[Ham-News] Amateur Radio Newsline 1336 - March 21, 2003

Sat Mar 22 10:51:43 EST 2003

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1336 - March 21, 2003

The following is a Q-S-T.  War in the middle East and ham radio prepares to 
help defend itself and the American homeland.  Find out what you can do on 
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1336 coming your way right now.

The following is a Q-S-T.  War looms on the horizon in the middle East, and 
ham radio prepares to help defend itself and the American homeland. Find 
out what you can do on Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1336 coming 
your way right now.

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AMERICA AT WAR:  HAM RADIO PREPARES

America's terror threat level has again been raised to "Code Orange." This 
in the wake of President Bush's ultimatum to Iraqui dictator Saddam 
Hussein.  And with our nation on high alert for terrorist attacks, Homeland 
Security Secretary Tom Ridge outlined a national plan Tuesday March 
18th.  One that he said would increase America's at-home defenses. Part of 
it is in the area of personal communications.  Amateur Radio Newsline's 
Norm Seeley, KI7UP, has the latest on this and the way ham radio can be 
prepared:

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The plan, which Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has named Operation 
Liberty Shield heightens security at the nation's borders, airports, 
seaports and railways.  It also provides additional security at nuclear and 
chemical plans along with protecting elements of the nation's food supply 
and distribution system.

As you have probably heard in other n ews reports, vehicles are again will 
be subject to random inspections on roads leading into and out of airports, 
sea-ports and similar facilities.  Most of those who will making inspection 
stops are probably unaware of ham radio equipment and why hams have it in 
their cars.  Akll they will sdee is a different kind of radio that they 
have never experienced before.  So, for the forseeable future Amateur Radio 
operators would be well advised to carry a copy of their license with them 
if they are driving a vehicle equiped with an antenna array anyplace close 
to a high security area.  Its much simpler to show you ham ticket to the 
inspector than to try to explain the hobby while a long line of cars behibd 
you are honking their horns.

Also suggested by Holeland Security is for every family put in place an 
emergency communication plan.  This plan should be specific to a given 
family unit, understood by all of its members and practiced regularly.

Some experts have recommended that a family communications plan not be 
totally dependant on land based or cvellular telephones that can easily 
become overloaded in an emergency.  Recommended are forms of personal radio 
including FRS and the new M.U.R.S. service.  Families where all members are 
licensed radio amateurs have a definite advantage here.  If your wife and 
kids are not yet hams, now might be a hood time to make getting them all 
tickets as a super high priority.  Three places on the web you can find 
training information are www.arrl.org, www.w5yi.org and 
www.gordonwestradioschool.com.  And gordonwestradioschool is one word.

Radio amateurs involved in civil defense and disaster preparedness should 
now be on high alert as well.  Radio gear should be in tip-top shape, 
tested daily and H-T batteries should be maintained at full charge.  Do the 
same spare battery sets.  Also, have one or more sets of alkaline cells 
ready to go.  If the power goes out you will have no way to quickly 
recharge your NiCad or NiMH packs.

If you belong to an emergency service group like ARES or RACES, make sure 
your leaders know how to contact you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Take 
part in regular any scheduled on-the-air drills so that you will be 
knife-edge sharp if your services are needed.

And if you have never had Emergency Communications training, don't wait. 
The ARRL is the only national Amateur Radio group certified to provide you 
with the schooling you need and courses are available right now.  As soon 
as this newscast is over we urge you to go to the League's website at 
www.arrl.org and to sign up.

Meantime, the American Red Cross is urging families and individuals across 
the nation to make appropriate preparations.  The relief agency suggests 
everyone follow the Red Cross Recommendations for the Homeland Security 
Advisory System.  It's on the web at www.redcross.org.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seely, KI7UP, reporting.

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We will have more on ham radio and its part in defending America against 
the threat of terrorism in future Amateur Radio Newsline reports. 
(ARNewsline)

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AMERICA AT WAR:  PROTECTING THE NATIONS COMMUNICATIONS

With war now reality and  the possibility of terrorism, leaders from the 
telecommunications, Internet Service Provider, satellite and cable 
industries have begun consideration of widespread recommendations to help 
restore communications services in the event of an attack on the nation's 
communications infrastructure.  Some of the recommendations were presented 
by members of the Network Reliability and Interoperability Council at its 
quarterly meeting March 14th at the FCC.

In developing what the group calls its best practices for service 
continuity and disaster recovery, the industry representatives identified 
and analyzed more than 200 such concepts.  These cover a wide range of 
scenarios.  And for the first time in the area of cyber security the 
communications industry has conducted a thorough assessment and analysis of 
its vulnerabilities.

The 56-member council vote on which recommendations to put in place will be 
completed on  March 28th.  (Published news reports)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  ARISS TO CONTINUE WHILE SHUTTLES ARE GROUNDED

The grounding of America's Space Shuttles following the February 1st 
Columbia disaster has not had any major impact on Amateur Radio.  Roy Neal, 
K6DUE, brings us up to date on whats happening in the shuttle program and 
with manned ham radio in space:

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The announcements by NASA that its having Boeing build a new Orbital Space 
Plane and that it hopes to have the remaining Space Shuttles back in the 
sky by this fall signal a turning point for the space agency.  It is 
telling the world that things are getting back on track.

But in there here and now there are still several months before full space 
operations resume.  Amateur Radio on the International Space Station 
Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, says that ARISS is prepared for any 
eventuality.

According to Bauer, until the shuttles fly there will be less scientific 
work taking place on the International Space Station.  This is because of 
the reduced on-orbit staffing of two member crews.

Bauer believes the most probable scenario for a crew change will be what we 
reported two weeks ago.  That U-S Astronaut Ed Lu, KC5WKK and Russian 
Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko will fly to the I-S-S on a Soyuz rocket to 
become the Expedition 7 crew.  But Bauer adds that Astronaut Mike Foale, 
KB5UAC, is a back-up for the crew -- also in training -- just in case he is 
needed.  He also notes that Astronaut Pedro Duque, KC5RGG, who planned to 
use the ARISS equipment on the upcoming Soyuz transport flight, will now 
probably fly in the fall.

Baueer says that the only major setback for ham radio so far concerns 
upgrading the I-S-S ham station itself.  According to KA3HDO, with the 
shuttles not flying,  consumables like food and water are the highest 
priority items to be launched on the upcoming Progress re-supply 
missions.  This means that the ARISS hardware that was planned to be flown 
this year will probably be delayed.  The gear waiting for transport 
includes the Slow Scan Television  equipment, plus Kenwood D700 and Yeasu 
FT-100 radios and the Naval Academy's P C Sat 2 ham satellite.  Bauer says 
that this equipment will be kept ready for any upcoming transport flight 
opportunities to the I-S-S.

The good news:  Bauer says that the opportunities for school contacts will 
remain at the same.  Look for them at a rate of at least two a week.  Maybe 
more if the Expedition 7 crew finds itself with extra free time.

Right now, it appears as if ARISS operation from the I-S-S will continue on 
as it has since operations resumed.  This, as investigators on the ground 
work to determine what caused the Columbia to disintegrate as it attempted 
to land last month and get ready to return the rest of the shuttle fleet to 
service later this year.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Roy Neal, K6DUE.

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The only item not touched on by Bauer was open contacts with the ham radio 
public.  These tend to occurr only when the crew has some unscheduled free 
time.  (ARISS)

**

RESCUE RADIO:  UK RADIO CLUB FIRE

Back on Earth, a radio club meeting is interupted by a fire.  It happened 
in the U-K and Jeramy Boot, G4NJH, joins us from Nottingham Englanmd with 
the details:

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The Bredhurst Receiving and Transmitting Society's quiz night on the 6th of 
March was interrupted by what all members present assumed to be a power 
cut. However, club member Terry Wheeler, G7MIM, went out to investigate and 
discovered that a fire had broken out in the room above the club. He calmly 
asked the members to leave the premises and the evacuation of the building 
took place in a swift, orderly and calm manner. Richard, G7PPE, tried to 
open the door of the flat above the club room where the fire had started as 
the occupant was still inside, but was unable to break down the door. Fire 
crews arrived in a matter of minutes and the occupant was rescued and taken 
to hospital.  Jeramy Boot, G4NJH.

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Jean Darley, G1DLL, the Secretary of the Bredhurst Receiving and 
Transmitting Society says -- and we quote:  "It's never a dull moment if 
you're a member of our radio society."  G1DLL is also now trying to find an 
alternative venue for the club to meet.  (GB2RS)

**

RADIO LAW:  ANTENNA PROTECTION - CALIFORNIA TRIES AGAIN

If at first you don't succeed, try again.  And that's exactly what hams in 
California are doing as they try to convince the state legislature and the 
governor that its time to offer protection for their antennas and 
towers.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW has more:

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March 26th is the date for a legislative hearing on California's latest 
attempt to pass an Amateur Radio antenna protection bill.  The ARRL Letter 
says that Assembly Bill 1228 was introduced February 21st by Assemblyman 
Bob Dutton.  It has been referred to the Committee on Local Government for 
consideration.

ARRL Pacific Division Director Bob Vallio, W6RGG, and the League's antenna 
expert Dean Straw, N6BV, are among those scheduled to testify on behalf of 
AB 1228.  Several others also plan to attend.

Back in 2000, the California Legislature passed a bill incorporating the 
essence of PRB-1, but Governor Gray Davis vetoed the measure. At that time 
the Governor said his opposition stemmed from a lack of budgetary funds to 
complete the required studies and his personal belief that amateur antennas 
should be considered a local rather than a state issue. The earlier 
California measure had carried a price tag of between $70,000 and $100,000 
to fund studies and a model ordinance that lawmakers required.

Organizers behind the current bill say the new measure, being called "The 
Emergency Communications Enhancement Act," will not carry any price tag.  A 
copy of the current legislative proposal is available on-line the 
California State Legislature web site.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los Angeles.

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So far, 16 states have incorporated the essence of PRB-1 into their laws or 
have approved Amateur Radio antenna legislation that includes minimum 
regulatory heights for antenna structures.  (ARRL)

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RADIO LAW:  CALIFORNIA WORKING TO MOBILE CELL PHONE BAN

Still in the Golden State, a bill requiring cell phone users to use 
handsfree devices while driving has been adopted by a powerful California 
Assembly committee.  Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, has been following the story 
and has the latest developments:

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The measure passed the California Assembly Transportation Committee on a 14 
to 5 vote on Monday March 10th.  This,  after falling a single vote short 
of passage for the past two legislative sessions.

The bill's author is Assemblyman Joe Simitian, of Palo Alto.  He has called 
the committee's approval the first step to saving lives on California roads 
and highways.

Under the Simitian's bill a first offense for using a cell phone while 
driving a motor vehicle would result in a mandatory $20 fine. Subsequent 
violations would carry a maximum fine of $50.  Drivers could use handsfree 
cell phones without threat of a penalty.

The measure is exclusive to mobile cellular telephone use. It reportedly 
excludes all other forms of two-way radio communications.  The bill now 
heads to the state Appropriations Committee for further hearings.

Reporting from near the city of Valencia California, I'm Bill Pasternak, 
WA6ITF, for the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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If the measure eventually becomes law, California will become the second 
state to require handsfree use of cell phones by drivers.  New York was the 
first back in 2001.  (ARNewsline from various reports and sources.)

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ENFORCEMENT:  FCC ALLEGES NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS ONB MICHIGAN REPEATER

A pair of Michigan repeater operators have been told to cease operating 
their systems under automatic control.  This, as the FCC launches an 
investigation into charges of several rules violations.  The agency's Daryl 
Duckworth, NN0W, has more;

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Duckworth: "The Detroit District Director issued an order to cease 
autonmatic control of Amateur repeater station K5YHA to Sheri Gilbert and 
an order to cease automatic control of Amateur repeater station K5EKP to 
William Gilbert, both of Lupton Michigan.  Both stations are under review 
by the Enforcerment Bureau for apparent violations of the Commissions rules 
inccluding inadaquite station control and deliberate interference."

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In a letter February 24th letter to the Gilberts, FCC Special Counsel Riley 
Hollingsworth alleges that numerous rule violations have taken place on the 
repeater.  Also that the repeater is the source of interference to the 
K8GER system.  He said that Violations on the repeater consisted of failure 
to identify by some users, use of false or misleading call signs by users 
and failure to have a control operator for the repeater.  Hollingsworth 
alleges that back in January the Gilberts' apparently turned the operation 
of the repeater over to a car rally.  During that time several of these 
type of rule violations occurred for more than 12 hours during a two-day 
period.

The letters warns the Gilberts' that that if they are unwilling or unable 
to prevent violations on their repeater, then their Amateur operator and 
station licenses will be subject to enforcement action by the 
Commission.  This could include a fine, operator license suspension or 
station license revocation.  The Gilbert's have since informed the FCC that 
the repeater has been taken off the air.  (FCC)

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AT THE FCC:  NOW WE HAVE COALS

The acronym laden Federal Communications Commission has added COALS to its 
dictionary.  This, as the regulatory agency begins implementation of the 
Cable Operations and Licensing System by  Report and Order on March 13th.

With COALS the FCC has expanded its electronic filing capabilities to make 
it easier for multichannel video programming distributors to submit 
applications, reports, and other documents.  The FCC says that COALS also 
makes license and cable operational information more accessible to FCC 
staff.  This in turn makes for more efficiency in monitoring spectrum usage 
and competitive conditions in the cable and multichannel video 
marketplace.  The FCC adds that the introduction of COALS represents more 
progress in the FCC's own modernization initiative. (FCC)

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RADIO RULES:  MEDIA OWNERSHIP HEARINGS

It looks like there will be more public hearings on media ownership 
restrictions. A Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission plans to 
hold two more hearings, sidestepping the wishes of the agency's Republican 
chairman.

Commissioner Michael Copps says he will hold hearings at the University of 
Washington in Seattle and Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Copps 
is seeking public input on the F-C-C's review of whether decades- old media 
ownership restrictions are appropriate in a market altered by the growth of 
the Internet, satellite boadcasting and cable television.

FCC chairman Michael Powell had previously said that the hearing he held in 
Richmond, Virginia, on February 27th is all that's needed.  Powell said 
that the agency has received 13 thousand comments from the public, most 
filed electronically.  (FCC)

**

HAM RADIO CUDOS:  PAUL HARVEY HONORS HAMS

Radio commentator Paul Harvey dchose Wednesday, March 19th to honor ham 
radio.  In his broadcast, Harvey described radio amateurs as America's 
quiet warriors.  He said that there are 700,000 of them who are unpaid, 
uncelebrated, civilian, radio operators, who are there during and after 
floods, fires and tornadoes.  And says Harvey, after the 911 attack hams 
were indispensable in reuniting families.

It was a very unexpected salute to the nations ham radio community.  You 
can find it on the web at www.paulharvey.com.  Look for the show dated 
March 19th.  (W6RCL)

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CHANGING OF THE GUARD:  MARC TONNA, F9FT, - SK

A pioneer in antenna design has passed on.  According to a notice on thew 
A.F.T. antenna wwebsite, company founder Marc Tonna, F9FT died on March 2nd 
at the age of 91.

Way back in 1946, Marc Tonna revisited the design described by the Japanese 
searchers Yagi and Uda in 1926.  Tonna brought to the Yagi improvements 
that made his antennas famous among the radio-amateurs, as well as in the 
field of the then uprising commercial TV.  He later went on to become the 
co-founder of the company Antennes Tonna which today is known as 
A.F.T..  (AFT)

**

NAMES IN THE NEWS: NEW ARKANSAS SM

Dennis Schaefer, W5RZ, has been appointed as the new Arkansas ARRL Section 
Manager.  He succeeds Bob Ideker, WB5VUH, who first served as Section 
Manager from 1991 through 1995 and who returned to office in 2001.

And heres where it become rather uinteresting.  Ideker had decided to not 
run for another term.  Eldon Bryant, K7ZQR, was elected to replace 
him.  But Bryant later decided not to assume the office and Schaefer was 
named as his replacement.

Schaefer's term begins on April 1st.  Arkansas ARRL members -- or anyone 
elser can contact him by e-mail to w5rz at arrl.org  (ARRL)

**

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  CALL IT MC INTERNET

Hungry?  You may soon get a surprising bonus when you dine at the Golden 
Arches.  This, with word that McDonald's restaurants in three U.S. cities 
will be offering  one hour of free high-speed Internet access to anyone who 
buys a promotional meal.

Ten McDonald's in Manhattan New York began offering wireless WiFi, or 
802.11b, Internet access on Wednesday, Matrch 12th. By the end of 2003 
McDonald's plans to extend the access to 300 restaurant locations in New 
York City, Chicago and a yet to be announced California city. Window signs 
will alert customers to which restaurants have WiFi wireless access. After 
using the hour of free access that comes with a meal, customers can pay $3 
for another hour online or get more time by purchasing another extra value 
meal

Besides McDonald's, Internet surfers will also be able to tote their 
laptops to 400 U.S. Borders book stores, hundreds of hotels and a pair of 
U.S. airports where WiFi access will be available this summer. (Published 
news reports)

**

SPACE AND SCIENCE:  MORE ON SETI at HOME

Last week Amater Radio Newsline's Henry Feinberg, K2SSQ, brought you the 
latest news on a project called seti at home.  Henry is back this week with 
some background on the project and how it got stasrted:

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SETI at home first offered its screensaver to the world in May of 1999 as the 
first example of wide-scale distributed computing.  Its aim was to link 
idle computers through the Internet to tackle large computational problem 
involved in searching for intelligent signals from space.

The key to its success was the collaboration between two people who would 
become the principal architects of the project.  David Anderson is a 
computer scientist who was one of the principal developers of distributed 
computing.  Dan Werthimer is a physicist with two decades of experience 
collecting radio data and parsing it in  search of unusual signals from 
space.  Together, they have drawn in not only the computer community, but 
many others as well.  This includes thousands of ham radio operators 
interested in offering use of their spare computer time to benefit 
worthwhile projects.

Werthimer, who serves as chief scientist for SETI at home has conducted his 
own Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence for the past 24 years.  For 11 
of those years he has been able to use the giant 1,000 foot diameter 
radiotelescope at Arecibo Puerto Rico to look again at promising locations 
and frequency ranges.  This, to determine if a strong radio signal is more 
than random noise or a transmission from an orbiting satellite.

So far no luck but Werthimer is not disappointed.  This is because 
SETI at home has mobilized so much more computing power than has ever before 
been thrown at signal analysis.  Also, the team has been able to perform 
much more detailed and complicated computations on the radio data than now 
possible with Werthimer's own ongoing SETI project, called Search for 
Extraterrestrial Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent 
Populations.  Thats SERENDIP IV for short.

What is important is that SETI at home has performed the most sensitive and 
detailed SETI sky survey to date.  It has also demonstrated the power of 
the Internet for doing scientific distributed computing, and has allowed 
the general public -- and the ham radio communuity to participate directly 
in an exciting research project.

And the success of SETI at home has also spawned numerous other distributed 
computing projects.  These include Folding at home -- a distributed computing 
project to calculate the three-dimensional structure of proteins and 
climateprediction.net to improve scientific forecasts of 21st century 
climate.  And scientists say that there is more to come.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Henry Feinberg, K2SSQ.

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So far, 4,287,000-plus users have lent thir spare computing time to analyze 
radio data for the SETI at home team.  You can become a part of the project by 
taking your web browser over to http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu.  And if 
you missed that U-R-L you will find it in the print edition of this weeks 
amateur Radio Newsline report.  (W6RCL, Published Reports)

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DX

In D-X, word that A35KB has gone QRT -- probably for good!  Paul Kidd, 
A35RK, told the Ohio Penn D-X newsletter that he hasn't heard Father Kevin 
Burke, A35KB, on the air for some time.  So, last week telephoned Father 
Kevin only to learn that he is very busy with his duties as parish priest 
on the Island of Eua.  Because of this, he is no longer able to operate on 
the radio, has allowed his license to expire, his station is dismantled, he 
has no intention of getting back on the air any time soon.  Nor can he any 
longer respond to QSL requests.  (OPDX)

On a brighter note for D-X'ers, the OPDX also reports that SP9FIH will be 
active from Tonga through April 14th. He already has verbal permission to 
operate and his license will be given to him after arrival on the island. 
Activity will be SSB on  80 through 10 meters including the WARC 
Bands.  QSL to P.O. Box 480, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.  (OPDX)

And lastly word that Meanguera Island in the Fonseca Gulf will ba activated 
by DL7IQ, DL7IO and YS1CF from march 27th to the 28th as HU1M. Modes used 
will be SSB, CW, SSTV and RTTY.  On the 29th and 30th the same call letters 
will be from San Diego Beach El Salvador.  Full information is on the web 
at www.dl7io.de. (The' Modern DX'er)

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THAT FINAL ITEM:  SWLFEST 2003

And finally this week, hams are not the only radio hobbiests who get 
together at conventions.  Shortwave listeners recently had a major get- 
together in Pennsylvania that saw guests and presenters from around the 
world.  Steve Coletti of WBCQ was among them and has this in-depth report 
on SWL Winterfest 2003:

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The listening side of the radio hobby made its 16th pilgrimage through the 
snow to the little town of Kulpsville, PA., for the annual SWL Winterfest 
hosted by NASWA.  Although SWL stands for short wave listeners, the fest 
activities cover DC to daylight as again there were the usual 
demonstrations of overseas TV via satellite, the activities of the group 
who we affectionately call the "Scanner Scum", and a demonstration of DRM, 
the European digital shortwave broadcast standard by Jan Peter Werkman of 
Radio Netherlands, James Briggs of Merlin Communications and Kim Elliot, 
KD9XB, of the Voice Of America with additional help of a PC loaned by 
attendee Eric Cottrell, WB1HBU, to decode the broadcasts beamed 
specifically to Kulpsville.

This year, Bill Whitacre of the International Broadcast Bureau, parent of 
the VOA and other US international broadcast ventures, was able to schedule 
it's annual meeting of radio monitors to coincide with the Winerfest and 26 
professional listeners from around the world joined the crowd in Kulpsville 
to explain that their job was more than just making sure that the signal 
was heard in the target area.

Although the Fest has been a listener only event, over one third of the 
attendees every year are hams and this year new ground was broken as Skip 
Arey, N2EI, ran an introduction to Ham Radio forum.  Not only the first 
time for this discussion, but it was also one of two first time evening 
forums held on Friday night.

The international broadcasters were represented this year by Adventist 
World Radio and Radio Free Asia in the forums as well as live broadcasts 
over WBCQ.  In addition to some regularly scheduled programming that went 
remote on Friday night, WBCQ had a Saturday marathon broadcast by the 
station's engineering magician, "Tim Tron" Smith, WA1HLR.

Other forums featured reports on listening tips, a summation of a 
DXpedition to Australia, and a report on overseas SWL group, the European 
DX Council's annual meeting.

Last year, Bob Zenotti, HB9ASQ, co-host of the now gone Shortwave Merry- 
Go-Round on Swiss Radio International made his first appearance at the fest 
as a guest speaker.  This year he came on his own as regular attendee.

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Zenotti: "This is one of the best ones I can remember.  Great bunch of 
people, fantastic discussions, and a lot of excitement here_.and very 
little sleep."

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The fest was not without it's humor.  The hotel has the Stockholm, 
Copenhagen, and Oslo meeting rooms.  In honor of the delegation from 
Finland that attends every year, the hosts of the event, Richard Cuff and 
John Figliosi, unofficially named the fest's hospitality suite, the 
Helsinki room.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Steve Colletti a-k-a Big Steve Cole of 
WBCQ Radio reporting fot the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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The 2004 S-W-L Winterfest is slated a year from now on March 12th to the 
13th at the same venue.  You will find lots more about it on the web at 
www.swlfest.com.  (Strve Coletti for ARNewsline)

**

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