[CVRC] The ARRL Letter for February 10, 2011

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February 10, 2011
Editor: <mailto:k1sfa at arrl.org>S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA
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    * + Amateur Radio and the Law : Mixed 
Decision from the California Court of Appeals in 
Palmdale, California Antenna Case
    * + Board of Directors : ARRL Board Sets 
Legislative Agenda at 2011 Annual Meeting
    * + On the Air : The ARRL International DX CW 
Contest Is Just One Week Away!
    * + Amateur Radio in Space : ARISSat-1 to Be 
Deployed from ISS Next Week; Watch Live on NASA TV
    * FCC : FCC Adds New Country to CEPT Reciprocal Agreement for Amateurs
    * + Get Ready for the March Issue of QST !
    * Focus on Youth : ARRL Seeks New Youth Editor
    * Happy Valentine's Day : Love Is On-the-Air
    * ARRL in Action : What Have We Been Up to Lately?
    * + Radio Club d'Haiti Receives Repeater from 
ARRL and Radio Club Dominicano
    * ARRL Atlantic Division to Host Two Webinars in February
    * Solar Update
    * Amateur Radio Fun : New QuickStats Poll Now Available on ARRL Website
    * DXCC News : DXCC Desk Approves 9X0SP Rwanda 2010 DXpedition
    * This Week on the Radio
    * Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events
+ Amateur Radio and the Law : Mixed Decision from 
the California Court of Appeals in Palmdale, California Antenna Case

On January 27, the California Court of Appeals, 
Second Appellate District, issued its Opinion in 
the antenna case of Alec Zubarau, WB6X. In 
several respects, it is a win for Amateur Radio 
in California; however, the Court decreed that 
Zubarau was not entitled to his HF antenna, and 
said that his vertical antenna would suffice as a substitute for it.

The California Court of Appeals handed down a 
mixed decision in the Palmdale antenna case. In 
one of its three decisions, the Court said 
Palmdale followed the law when they made Alec 
Zubarau, WB6X, take down his permitted tower but 
allowed him to keep a VHF/UHF vertical on his 
roof. The Court said they thought this was a 
reasonable accommodation because it allowed him 
to be active in some part of Amateur Radio.

The Court found that the Palmdale antenna 
ordinance, as it pertained to the height limit 
for vertical antennas, was "unenforceable" 
because it allowed a radio amateur to have a 
vertical antenna up to 75 feet high when measured 
from the ground but limited the "active element 
of the antenna array" to 30 feet. The ordinance 
did not define "array" or "active element" and 
did not specify from where the 30 permitted feet 
for such "array" was to be measured. The Court 
found that if even one reasonable interpretation 
of the ordinance could be found, the ordinance 
could be upheld, but that in this case, no one 
could understand what the limitations were and 
how they could be applied. That portion of the 
City's ordinance was therefore unconstitutional 
and unenforceable. Read more 
<http://www.arrl.org/news/mixed-decision-from-the-california-court-of-appeals-in-palmdale-california-antenna-case>here. 

+ Board of Directors: ARRL Board Sets Legislative Agenda at 2011 Annual Meeting

The ARRL Board of Directors held its 2011 Annual 
Meeting January 21-22, 2011 in Windsor, 
Connecticut, under the chairmanship of President 
Kay Craigie, N3KN. At the meeting, the Board set 
the legislative agenda for the current 
Congressional session, approved the 2011 
operating plan, looked at the benefits of 
electronic publishing of ARRL periodicals and 
more. Read more 
<http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-board-sets-legislative-agenda-at-2011-annual-meeting>here.
+ On the Air: The ARRL International DX CW Contest Is Just One Week Away!

Gabriel Cornejo, LU3DAT -- a member of the Radio 
Club Almirante Brown, LU3DY Team in Argentina -- 
competes in the 2010 ARRL International DX CW 
Contest. [Photo courtesy of Alberto Silva, LU1DZ]

The weekend of February 19-20 is prime time for 
CW DXing as the <http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx>2011 
ARRL International DX CW Contest takes to the 
airwaves. According to ARRL Contest Branch 
Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, stations in the US and 
Canada work only DX stations -- Alaska and Hawaii 
are considered DX for this contest -- and DX 
stations only work the US and Canada. DX stations 
will be trying to make QSOs with all US states 
and Canadian provinces. The contest exchange is 
simple: US and Canadian stations send a signal 
report and their state or province, while DX 
stations send a signal report and the amount of 
power they are transmitting with. Read more 
<http://www.arrl.org/news/the-arrl-international-dx-cw-contest-is-just-one-week-away>here. 

+ Amateur Radio in Space: ARISSat-1 to Be 
Deployed from ISS Next Week; Watch Live on NASA TV

Expedition 26 Flight Engineers Dmitry Kondratyev 
and Oleg Skripochka, RN3FU, will step outside the 
International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, 
February 16. While in space, they will install 
and retrieve experiments on the Russian segment 
of the complex and deploy 
<http://www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-on-the-international-space-station>ARISSat-1, 
a small ham radio satellite. NASA TV coverage 
will begin at 6:45 AM (CST), while the 
extra-vehicular activity -- commonly called a 
spacewalk -- will begin about 30 minutes later. 
The spacewalk will be the second for Kondratyev, 
who will wear the spacesuit marked with red 
stripes, and the third for Skripochka, who will 
wear the suit with blue stripes.

Members of the ARISSat-1 team prepare the 
satellite for vibration testing at Johnson Space 
Center in Houston, Texas. For more on ARISSat-1, 
check out the February 2011 issue of QST.

During the nearly six hour spacewalk, Kondratyev 
and Skripochka will deploy an experiment called 
ARISSat-1, a boxy 57-pound nanosatellite that 
houses congratulatory messages commemorating the 
50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's launch to 
become the first human in space. The ham radio 
transmitter will enable communications with 
Amateur Radio operators around the world for 
three to six months. It is the first of a series 
of educational satellites being developed in a 
partnership with the Radio Amateur Satellite 
Corp, the NASA Office of Education International 
Space Station National Lab Project, the Amateur 
Radio on the International Space Station 
(<http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm/>ARISS) program and RSC-Energia.

The two cosmonauts will also install two 
experiments: One will collect information useful 
in seismic forecasts and earthquake predictions, 
and the second will look at gamma splashes and 
optical radiation during terrestrial lightning 
and thunderstorms. The spacewalkers also will 
retrieve a pair of panels exposed to space as 
part of an experiment to identify the best 
materials for building long-duration spacecraft.

You can watch live 
<http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html>online 
on the NASA TV Public and Media channels, or on 
your television set. Contact your local provider 
for the NASA TV channel in your area. -- Thanks to NASA for the information
FCC: FCC Adds New Country to CEPT Reciprocal Agreement for Amateurs

On Monday, February 7, the FCC released a Public 
Notice, adding a new country to the CEPT 
reciprocal operating arrangements for US citizens 
who hold an FCC-issued General, Advanced or 
Amateur Extra class Amateur Radio licenses. US 
hams may now operate in Montenegro, as well as 
the other countries covered by the European 
Conference of Postal and Telecommunications 
Administrations (CEPT), subject to the 
regulations in force in the country visited, to 
operate in those countries. CEPT has also set up 
Web sites that list all countries covered by 
reciprocal agreements. Read more 
<http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-adds-new-country-to-cept-reciprocal-agreement-for-amateurs>here.
+ Get Ready for the March Issue of QST!

The March issue of QST -- our annual antenna 
issue! -- is jam-packed with all sorts of things 
that today's Amateur Radio operator needs. From 
product reviews to experiments to contesting -- 
including antennas you can build yourself as well 
as a guide to buying your first commercial HF 
antenna -- this issue of QST has something for just about everyone.

The March issue of QST puts the spotlight on antennas.

With a multitude of articles on antennas -- 
ranging from antennas for HF, VHF and even 
antennas for hams with limited space, you are 
sure to find something to fit your needs. In his 
article "A Four Wire Steerable V Beam for 10 
through 40 Meters," Sam Moore, NX5Z, shows how 
you can put a strong signal across the upper HF 
spectrum just where you want it. And if you're 
into the low bands? If your property doesn't have 
space for Beverages, check out "A Roof Mount for 
a Rotatable 160 Meter Receiving Loop" by Steve 
Lawrence, WB6RSE. And now that your antennas are 
up in the air, how do you make sure that they are 
tuned correctly? Check out "Using a Noise Bridge 
and Spectrum Scope to Adjust Your Antenna Tuner" 
by Walter G. Mellish, KC2KZJ, to learn how to 
measure and adjust your antenna without putting a signal on the air.

Amateur Radio has long been a partner on airplane 
and hot air balloon flights. But what about hang 
gliding? Join Bill Schell, W4UHE, and get the 
hang of operating while gliding in "Hang Gliding 
with Ham Radio." With all of today's social 
networking capabilities, conversation is a lost 
art. QST Editor Steve Ford, WB8IMY, takes a look 
at this in his article "The Art of Conversation." 
And speaking of conversation, many hams enjoy 
chatting on their local repeater system, but 
getting frequencies, offset and tone into VHF FM 
transceivers can be a challenge. In his article 
"Making Memories -- Programming Your Local 
Repeaters," Sumner Weisman, W1VIV, presents some 
ways to make this a bit easier.

ARRL Contributing Editor Rick Palm, K1CE, takes a 
look at the ICOM IC-80 handheld VHF transceiver 
and the ICOM IC-T70A handheld dual band 
transceiver in this month's Product Review. He 
calls the IC-80 a "rugged 2 meter handheld with 
attractive features for emergency communications, 
as well as daily use." In looking at the IC-T70A, 
Palm said this radio "is a solid dual band 
handheld transceiver that includes a wide range 
of features, yet is easy to operate." QST 
Contributing Editor Phil Salas, AD5X, checks out 
the Array Solutions VNA 2180 vector network 
analyzer. He says that it "brings powerful vector 
network analyzer capabilities to the home 
workshop. It harnesses the power of your computer 
for control and display functions, bringing the 
cost to a level comparable to surplus commercial 
equipment with unknown issues or accuracy."

Of course, there are the usual columns you know 
and expect in the March QST: Happenings, Hints & 
Kinks, The Doctor Is IN, How's DX, Technical 
Correspondence, Vintage Radio and more. Look for 
your March issue in your mailbox. QST is the 
official journal of ARRL, the national 
association for Amateur Radio. QST is just one of 
the many benefits of ARRL membership. To join or 
renew your ARRL membership, please see the 
<https://www.arrl.org/join>ARRL Web page.
Focus on Youth: ARRL Seeks New Youth Editor

The ARRL has a proud tradition of promoting youth 
involvement in Amateur Radio. One of the ways we 
involve young people is through our Youth Editor. 
This person is responsible for writing a monthly 
column for the ARRL website about youth and youth 
activities within the Amateur Radio Service. We 
are looking for a new Youth Editor. Do you know 
of someone who would be a good fit for this 
position? Maybe they hold leadership positions 
either in their Section or in their local club. 
The candidate must be an ARRL member and must 
keep their membership current throughout their 
tenure in the position. He or she will be 
required to write a monthly column of at least 
1000 words and provide a minimum of three 
pictures (with captions) for each. For this, they 
will receive a small stipend for each column. 
Read more <http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-seeks-new-youth-editor>here.
Happy Valentine's Day: Love Is On-the-Air

Every once in a while, we will feature a story 
written that has been sent to us by a ham. This 
is one of those times. We hope you enjoy it.

Life can be funny at times. In high school, I was 
one of those kids who kept to themselves. I was 
so into the academic side of things that I only 
went out with a few girls. But there was one girl 
in school who every time she walked by, my heart 
would skip a beat. I never saw her with a 
boyfriend; she was one of the prettiest girls in 
school and all the guys were too afraid to ask 
her out. In our senior year, we had a math and 
English class together, and when we graduated, I joined the Navy.

I saw the world in the Navy. I spent some time 
overseas and from time to time, I wondered about 
that beautiful girl who I never asked out in high 
school. I was too busy with my naval career to 
settle down, always on the move with Special Ops. 
I spent 25 years in the Navy and when I retired, 
I was ready for my next career. I had some 
radioman experience in the Navy, so I got my 
Amateur Radio license and started work at a major communications company.

Years later, I found myself at a hamfest, looking 
for some new radio gear. I saw this radio I 
wanted back when I was a kid. I saw a guy pick it 
up and start to look at it. I ran over to the 
booth and waited for him to put it back on the 
table. He finally walked away so I asked how much 
the radio was and if it worked. The lady behind 
the table looked at me, told me the price and 
that the rig worked the last time she used it. 
Then we locked eyes. It was her! The girl from 
high school! I would know her face anywhere.

After the shock wore off, I asked her if this was 
her gear for sale. She told me that it was hers 
and her late husband's. She got her license back 
in high school and met him at a local club 
meeting. She told me that they had been married 
for 23 wonderful years and had one child who was 
now in the Navy. We talked for hours. She told me 
that she had had a crush on me back in high 
school, but was too afraid to ask me out; I told 
her I felt the same. After the hamfest, I helped 
her pack up the table and we went to get a bite to eat.

We talked all night, getting caught up on 
everyone we went to school with. Then she asked 
me if I had ever thought of her over the years 
and if I still had feelings for her. Of course I 
said yes! After a few dates, I asked her to marry me and she said yes.

We have now been married 10 years and I can 
honestly say that I married my high school 
sweetheart. I looked over my station logs and 
found that years ago I had worked her in a 
contest, but I never knew it was her. Oh, about 
the radio that started the whole thing -- yes, it 
works! -- Paul Rios, KC6QLS, <mailto:kc6qls at arrl.net>kc6qls at arrl.net
ARRL in Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?

Compiled by ARRL News Editor S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA

This feature is a concise monthly update of some 
of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its 
members. This installment -- which covers the 
month of January -- looks at the ARRL Board of 
Directors 2011 Annual Meeting, legislative 
actions affecting the Amateur Radio Service, 
filings with the FCC over vanity and club call 
signs, reports from the Official Observer Desk 
and more. Read more 
<http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-in-action-what-have-we-been-up-to-lately-30>here.
+ Radio Club d'Haiti Receives Repeater from ARRL and Radio Club Dominicano

Representing the Radio Club Dominicano (RCD), 
Douglas Lapin, K1OY (left), presents Radio Club 
d' Haiti President Jean-Robert Gaillard, HH2JR, 
with a repeater donated by the ARRL and the RCD. 
[Photo courtesy of Radio Club Dominicano]

As part of the relief efforts after the 
earthquake in Haiti, the ARRL -- through its Ham 
Aid Program -- with the help of IARU Region 2 and 
the Radio Club Dominicano 
(<http://www.radioclubdominicano.com/>RCD), 
delivered a 
<http://www.vertexstandard.com/ap/vxr-7000.html>Vertex 
VXR-7000 repeater to the Radio Club d'Haiti. This 
repeater, part of the original 
<http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-sends-ham-aid-equipment-to-haiti>equipment 
sent by the ARRL during the devastating Haitian 
earthquakes in January 2010, will help with radio 
communications coverage in that devastated 
nation. Both the Radio Club Dominicano and the 
Radio Club d'Haiti are IARU Member-Societies. 
Read more 
<http://www.arrl.org/news/radio-club-d-haiti-receives-repeater-from-arrl-and-radio-club-dominicano>here.
ARRL Atlantic Division to Host Two Webinars in February

Periodically, the ARRL's Atlantic Division hosts 
a "webinar" -- an interactive web-based seminar, 
designed to facilitate communication between a 
small number of presenters and a large remote 
audience using the Internet. During February, 
Atlantic Division Director Bill Edgar, N3LLR, 
will host two webinars for ARRL members, one on 
503(c)(3) organizations and one on using Narrow 
Band Emergency Messaging Software (NBEMS) -- a 
set of programs used to send messages and files 
via Amateur Radio using an audio interface. Read 
more 
<http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-atlantic-division-to-host-two-webinars-in-february>here.
Solar Update

The Sun, as seen on Thursday, February 10, 2011 
from 
<http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/realtime-update.html>NASA's 
SOHO Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope. This 
image was taken at 304 Angstrom; the bright 
material is at 60,000 to 80,000 Kelvin.

Tad 
"<http://www.gardendigest.com/zen/above.htm>The 
Sun rose over the shadows" Cook, K7RA, reports: 
Seven different sunspot groups were visible over 
the past week; the high sunspot number in the 
past seven days was 71 on Tuesday. The average 
daily sunspot number more than doubled, rising 
over 24 points to 44.3 and the average daily 
solar flux was up nearly three points to 83.5. 71 
is the highest sunspot number since May 5, 2010, 
when it was 77. Coincidentally, both February 8, 
2010 and February 8, 2011 had a sunspot number of 
71, and between those dates it was never higher 
except for 77 on May 5. NOAA/USAF predicts solar 
flux for February 10-20 at 88, 86, 84, 82, 82, 
82, 82, 84, 88, 88 and 88. They predict a 
constant planetary A index of 5 through the end 
of the month, then 7, 10, 10 and 7 on March 1-4. 
Even though NOAA sees a constant and quiet 
geomagnetic environment through the end of the 
month, Geophysical Institute Prague sees it a 
little differently for February 11-17. They 
predict quiet on February 11-12, quiet to 
unsettled February 13, unsettled February 14-16 
and quiet to unsettled February 17. Look for more 
information on the ARRL website on Friday, 
February 11. For more information concerning 
radio propagation, visit the 
<http://www.arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals>ARRL 
Technical Information Service Propagation page. 
This week's "Tad Cookism" is brought to you by 
Michael P. Garofalo's 
<http://www.gardendigest.com/zen/above.htm>Master 
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Amateur Radio Fun: New QuickStats Poll Now Available on ARRL Website

Four new poll questions have just been published 
on the <http://www.arrl.org/quickstats>QuickStats 
page on the ARRL website. Let your voice be heard!

Questions in this month's QuickStats poll include:
    * Do you own an eBook reader?
    * What type of product do you most like to 
see evaluated in QST Product Reviews and Short Takes?
    * Has the severe weather damaged your antennas?
    * How often do you attend the meetings of your local Amateur Radio club?

Visit the 
<http://www.arrl.org/quickstats>QuickStats page 
and be sure to bookmark it in your browser. 
Results from this QuickStats poll will be 
published in the May 2011 issue of QST on the 
QuickStats page, located in the rear advertising 
section of the magazine. Along with monthly poll 
results, QST QuickStats offers colorful charts 
and graphs that highlight interesting Amateur Radio statistics.
DXCC News: DXCC Desk Approves 9X0SP Rwanda 2010 DXpedition

ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, reports that 
the 9X0SP 2010 DXpedition to Rwanda has been 
approved for DXCC credit. "If you had cards that 
were recently rejected for this operation, please 
send an <mailto:dxcc at arrl.org>e-mail to the ARRL 
DXCC Desk," Moore said. "Please note that due to 
extremely heavy e-mail, DXCC staff may not 
respond to your message. Once your record is 
updated, results will appear in Logbook of The 
World 
(<https://p1k.arrl.org/lotwuser/default>LoTW) 
accounts or in the live, daily <http://www.arrl.org/dxcc/>DXCC Standings."
This Week on the Radio

This week:
    * February 12 -- Asia-Pacific Spring Sprint, FISTS Winter Sprint
    * February 12-13 -- New Hampshire QSO Party, 
CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest, Dutch PACC Contest
    * February 13 -- North American Sprint (SSB)
    * February 14-18 -- School Club Roundup

Next week:
    * February 18 -- NCCC Sprint Ladder
    * February 18-19 -- Russian PSK WW Contest
    * February 19 -- Feld Hell Sprint
    * February 19-20 -- 
<http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx>ARRL International 
DX Contest (CW), AWA Amplitude Modulation QSO Party
    * February 21 -- Run for the Bacon QRP Contest
    * February 23 -- SKCC Sprint

All dates, unless otherwise stated, are UTC. See 
the <http://www.arrl.org/contests>ARRL Contest 
Branch page, the 
<http://www.arrl.org/The-ARRL-Contest-Update>ARRL 
Contest Update and the 
<http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html>WA7BNM 
Contest Calendar for more info. Looking for a 
Special Event station? Be sure to check out the 
<http://www.arrl.org/special-event-stations>ARRL 
Special Event Stations Web page.
Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events
    * February 11-13 -- 
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/southeastern-division-convention-orlando-hamcation>ARRL 
Southeastern Division Convention, Orlando, Florida
    * February 18-19 -- 
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/arizona-state-convention-yuma-hamfest-emergency-preparedness-show>ARRL 
Arizona State Convention, Yuma, Arizona
    * February 26 -- 
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/vermont-state-convention-ham-con-1>ARRL 
Vermont State Convention, Colchester, Vermont
    * March 5 -- 
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/south-texas-section-convention-greater-houston-hamfest-1>ARRL 
South Texas Section Convention, Rosenberg, Texas; 
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/alabama-section-convention-birminghamfest>ARRL 
Alabama Section Convention, Birmingham, Alabama
    * March 11-12 -- 
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/oklahoma-section-convention-green-country-hamfest>ARRL 
Oklahoma Section Convention, Claremore, Oklahoma
    * March 12-13 -- 
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/north-carolina-section-convention-charlotte-hamfest>ARRL 
North Carolina Section Convention, Concord, North Carolina
    * March 19 -- 
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/west-texas-section-convention-56th-annual-st-patrick-s-day-hamfest>ARRL 
West Texas Section Convention, Midland, Texas; 
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/nebraska-state-convention-1>ARRL 
Nebraska State Convention, Lincoln, Nebraska
    * March 25 -- 
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/maine-state-convention-1>ARRL 
Maine State Convention, Lewiston, Maine
    * March 26 -- 
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/maryland-state-convention-greater-baltimore-hamboree-computerfest>ARRL 
Maryland State Convention, Timonium, Maryland

To find a convention or hamfest near you, click 
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests>here.

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