[Ham-News] Amateur Radio Newsline 1459 - July 29, 2005

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1459 - July 29, 2005

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Thank you Andy. Now, Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1459 with a 
release date of Friday, July 29, 2005 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
 
The following is a Q-S-T.  United States ham radio operators react to the 
FCC no-code licensing proposal, Australia takes another step forward in 
creating a Foundation Class ticket and Amateur Radio Newsline names Rebekah 
Dorff, WG4Y, as the 2005 Young Ham of the year.  All this and more on 
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1459 coming your way right now.
 
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RESTUCTURING:  THE HAM COMMUNITY REACTS TO THE FCC's NO CODE PROPOSAL

Ever since last weeks announcement by the FCC that its considering dropping 
the Morse requirement for any class United States ham radio licensee, the 
discussion has become wide spread and polarizing.  One side says that its 
about time while the other says it will lead to decay and erosion of the 
hobby.  And as usual, most of what is being said is not on the air.  Rather 
its in cyberspace.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW has more:

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Yes, those with opinions on the FCC proposal to end the need to be 
proficient in Morse are burning up cyberspace to make their opinions known.  
But right now that's about the only place where W-T Docket 05-235 is 
generating any really heated discussion.  And except for an occasional on a 
net or local repeater, that's about all the air-play that this FCC song is 
getting.

If you want to read and feel the emotion, you will have t turn to the ham 
radio blogs.  Websites like QRZ.com com and E-Ham dot net have become the 
place where those with any opinion on the issue are sharing their emotions 
with the wold.  And an emotional issue this is.  

By way of example, at 6:15 Pacific on July 20th, QRZ.com posted a front page 
topic titled the "FCC Issues NPRM To Eliminate The Code Requirement."  
Within 24 hours there were close to 800  postings in response.  A day later 
the number was well over 1000 and by the afternoon of the 26th it was past 
1800 on its way to 2000.  Normally a front page past on Q-R-Z evokes about 
25 to 50 responses in the course of a week.

So, what are the ham radio bloggers saying?  Well you can easily divide the 
posts into two camps.  Those who believe that the abandoning of mandatory 
C-W is long overdue and others who believe that abandoning Morse for 
everyone will lead to the end of ham radio as we all know it.  For example, 
one poster simply says that it will be a sad day when the change takes 
effect. The very next post intone: Its about time," qualifying his comment 
by adding - quote:  At least they're keeping the written testing 
requirements" but concluding that it's a good day when it comes.

May of the posts are short and to the point while others go on paragraph 
after paragraph.  There are even those who threaten to sell their gear and 
drop away from the hobby. They bring quick responses offering to buy their 
gear for a pittance.  

With close to 1900 posts on Q-R-Z and many thousands more spread across the 
various ham radio weblogs and newsgroups there is no way for us to report 
each one separately.  But it is safe to say that once you put the personal 
beliefs aside, you do find some hard facts to bolster either point of view.  

With al of this, one big question remains:  How many posts in cyberspace 
will become comments on WT Docket 05-235 back to the FCC.  We will all know 
that answer in about 60 days.  

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K66PZW, in Los Angeles.

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If you ear interested in reading what other hams have to say or posting 
your own views,  QRZ.com and eHam.net are the places where the discussion 
is really taking place.  On the air it is, for the most part, just business 
as usual.  [Ed Note:  as we go to air, the commentary level on QRZ.com has 
exceeded 2400 and continuesto grow.] (ARNewslineT)

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RESTRUCTURING:  VK FOUNDATION LICENSE UPDATE

A new entry level license called the Foundation Class is making its way 
through the legislative process in Australia.  Michael Owen, VK3KI, is the 
president of that nations national society - the WIA:

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"The WIA has been in constant contact with the ACMA in relation to  the 
introduction of the new Foundation licence and the changed  privileges for 
the existing novices.

 In order for the new licences to come into effect, it is necessary to  
amend a number of legislative instruments including the Amateur Licence 
Conditions Determination and the Qualified Operators  Determination.  A 
Determination is subordinate legislation and has  the force of law.  
Amendments to legislation are subject to very strict  procedures including 
the requirement that they must be placed before Parliament and may be 
disallowed.
 
The amendments are in the process of being drafted by the specialist 
legislative draftsmen in the Attorney Generals Department.  When  this 
process is complete, the amending Determinations will be submitted to the 
ACMA Board for its formal approval.  The Determinations will come into 
force when registered on the Federal  Register of Legislative Instruments.
 
It is only when the Determinations are so amended that the ACMA  will be 
able to issue certificates of proficiency to enable the issue of  the new 
Foundation and other licences.
 
I believe that these processes will result in the first Foundation  
Certificates of Proficiency being able to be issued in September."

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Owen says that its only been within the past two weeks that the Wireless 
Institute  of Australia has received sufficient clarification on some 
issues from the A-C-M-A regulators.  This says Owen will permit the W-I-A 
Board to commit as to the costs and resource involved in putting into 
effect the training of candidates for the accredited assessor system the 
society has proposed.  (WIA News)



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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: PCSAT2 DIGIPEATER LAUNCHED T ORBIT

The return of the United States Space Shuttles to flight on July 26th with 
the successful launch of the Discovery was also good news for ham radio.  
This is because the PCST 2 Amateur Radio data relay system was carried into 
space on the STS 114 mision. 

But PCSAT2  will not be activated until it is installed on the outside of 
the International Space Station until a space walk slated for the August 
1st or 3rd.  Then it wll be another week of on-orbit checkout before the 
flying A-P-R-S digipeater will be activated for general use.  If all goes 
as planned, that should be on or arpund August 10th. (WB4APR, AMSAT-NA)

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THE BPL WAR:  PITTSBURG SUBURB GETS BPL ON AUGUST 8 

Super low cost BPL is coming to a Pittsburg, Pennsylvania suburb, and the 
rollout may have caught the local ham radio community off guard.

According to an article in the July 22nd edition of the Pittsburgh Post-
Gazette, Duquesne Light has announced that it will begin to offer wireless 
Internet service to about 2,800 customers in the Monroeville area.  The B-
P-L will provided by  Duquesne Broadband.  This is described as a joint 
venture between the utility and BPL Global Internet.  

And how cheap is low cost?  Beginnig on August 8th Duquesne Broadband will 
be offered in two areas with residential customers and a limited number of 
small commercial customers with a basic monthly service at a speed of 500 
kilobits per second for only $19.95.  A $29.95 per month premium service 
will operate at speeds of 3 megabits per second,  A decision whether to 
expand to other neighborhoods served by Duquesne Light will be made in six 
to nine months. 

Amateur Radio Newsline has learned of one ham who works about a 20 minute 
drive from the initial test area.  Reportedly, he's made plans to listen 
and log any interfrence.  A rival power company in the region, Allegheny 
Power, has no BPL plans due to technical and regulatory issues.  (WN3VAW, 
Pittsburg Post-Gazette)

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HAM RADIO AWARDS:  REBEKAH DORFF, WG4Y, NAMED 2005 YHOTY RECIPIENT

Amateur Radio Newsline is proud to announce that 12 year old Rebekah Dorff, 
WG4Y, of Hoover Alabama, has been selected as the 2005 Young Ham of the 
year.  This for her her total dedication to the service.  David Black, 
KB4KCH, is at our South-East Bureau in near-by Birmingham, with an 
introduction to this very outstanding young member of the ham radio 
community:

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When you look at Rebekah Dorff's amateur radio resume, it's easy to assume 
she must be a long time ham with many years of being active on the ham 
bands.  But you'd be wrong.  Rebekah's time in amateur radio spans just 
four years--and she's not even a teenager yet.  First licensed at age 8 
...upgraded to extra by age 9.  But it's not just getting licensed at an 
early age that propelled Rebekah to the winning spot in the Young Ham of 
the Year Award -- it's what she's done with that license.

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(W4OZK) "She has a long list of accomplishments and shes adding to them on 
a daily basis, it seems like."


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Greg Sarratt, W4OZK is the ARRL's Alabama Section Manager, talking About 
his Assistant Section Manager for Youth Activities.  Last year, Rebekah 
came up with the idea to hold a toy drive for children affected by 
Hurricane Ivan:

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WG4Y:  "I just thought it'd be a really nice thing to do for the kids that 
hot hit buy the hurricane for their Christmas.."

W4OZK: "She came up with the toy drive idea on her own, and did all the 
legwork and al the hard work.  Just all around a good Amateur Radio 
operator."

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>From working scores of local and national contests--for both kids and 
adults--to building a Rock-Mite transceiver--and making the DXCC by age 
10...Rebekah Dorff leads the kind of Amateur Radio life many adults merely 
talk about living.  She heads up a local kids net on a Birmingham repeater 
and stays active on the low bands.

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WG4Y:  "I like getting to talk to other countries and peoples that are 
across the world.."

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Helping recruit others into ham radio is one of Rebekah's priorities.  She 
made  presentations during youth forums at Hamfests last year...and is 
scheduled to do the same thing again this year.  And she's no stranger to 
Field Day, having taken part for the last four years.  Rebekah admits --she 
was in for a surprise when she learned she's this year's Young Ham of the 
Year award winner:

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WG4Y:  "It feels like a great honor."

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It's an honor Rebekah Dorff gets to show off to the ham radio world August 
20th.

>From the Southeast Bureau in Birmingham, Alabama, I'm David Black, KB4KCH, 
for the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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Rebekah will receive the award on Saturday, August 20th, at the Huntsville 
Hamfest where she will be the guest of Vertex-Standard which manufactures 
Yeasu brand ham radio gear.  She will also get to spend a week in Spacecamp 
courtesy of C-Q Magazine and a plaque from Amateur Radio Newsline declaring 
WG4Y as 2005 Young Ham of the Year.   (ARNewslineT)

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HAM HONORS: REBECCA RICH KB0VVT NAMED HPM AWARD WINNER

And it seems to be the year for young women named Rebecca winning ham radio 
awards.  In this case the ARRL Board of Directors has named Rebecca Rich, 
KB0VVT, of Raytown, Missouri, as the recipient of the 2004 ARRL Hiram Percy 
Maxim Memorial Award.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Cathy Anno, KB0FDU, 
reports:

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The ARRL Letter describes Rebecca Rich, KB0VVT as a rising senior at 
Raytown South High School.  Only 17,  Rich is president of her school's 
National Honor Society chapter and maintains a 4.0 grade point average 
while taking an accelerated course of study.  An ARRL member, the League 
says that Rich enthusiastically participates in local club activities and 
amateur contesting and has been a regular presenter at youth-oriented 
Amateur Radio forums, including at Dayton Hamvention.

Carole Perry, WB2MGP moderates the Dayton Hamvention's "Youth in Amateur 
Radio Forum. In endorsing Rich's nomination, Perry called Rich an 
inspiration to many others.  Perry added that KB0VVT is the perfect example 
of a youngster who loves the hobby and service and is always out there 
helping to recruit other young hams.

Rich says she plans to pursue studies in engineering and mathematics when 
she heads off for college.  As winner of the  Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial 
Award, she'll receive an engraved plaque, to be presented at a suitable 
occasion, and a check for $1500.

Our congratulations to her.  

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Cathy Anno, KB0FDU, near the end of the 
Yellow Brick Road.

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The Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award s the League's highest youth honor. It 
goes annually to an amateur under age 21 who has contributed in an 
exemplary manner to both the Amateur Radio community and the local 
community.  In granting it to KB0VVT, the ARRL Board of Directors called 
her an outstanding example of a young amateur who epitomizes the precepts 
of The Amateur's Code.  (ARRL)

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RESCUE RADIO:  HAMS HELP SAVE ONE OF THEIR OWN

Ham radio helped save one of its own on Tuesday, July 19th.  This, after 
Jason Jacks KG6ZTR, went hiking in the mountains close to Mt Baldy in 
Southern California and found himself lost in heavy brush. 

But Jacks had a companion with him who could summon assisance.  His trusty 
2 meter H-T.  KG6ZTR used it to put out a cal for assistance on N6USO, 
Sunset Ridge Repeater asking for help. His request was heard by several 
hams and a call was made to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.  
The Sheriff's Rescue Air-5 responded to the call.

KG6ZTR was also carrying a hand held GPS.   He used I to give his 
coordinates to  repeater owner Burton Brink, N6USO.  Brink, who is a Los 
Angeles County Deputy Sheriff used his service radio to relay the 
information to the air rescue unit.  Using this information, Brink was able 
to direct the pilot to Jason's location.

KG6ZTR put out his cal for help at about 6:50 pm local time.  Only an hour 
later air-lifted off of the side of the mountain to safety.  Hams taking 
part in the rescue effort included of Ron Stucker, W6RJS; Richard Pauze, 
KGVNC;  Ken Harris, KG6YTZ and of course Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff, 
Burton Brink, N6USO.  (Press release)

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RADIO POLITICS:  PRESIDENT MAY NOMINATE TWO NEW FCC COMMISSIONERS SOON

A White House aide has emerged as a top contender for one of two Republican 
seats on the Federal Communications Commission. This according to published 
news reports Tuesday, July 26th.  Reports that quote unidentified 
administration sources who say that Michael Meece is a front-runner for an 
FCC seat.
    
An Internet search reveals that Meece is currently the Deputy Director of 
the White House Public Liaison Office.  Prior to that he worked as Deputy 
Chief of Staff U.S. Commerce Secretary to Don Evans during President Bush's 
first term in office.  Meece would replace the now departed Michael Powell. 

And with Republican Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy having announced her 
intention to depart the agency in the near future a list of names has 
emerged as her possible successor.  These include Deborah Tate, a director 
on the Tennessee Regulatory Authority, and Suzanne Terrell, who 
unsuccessfully tried to unseat Louisiana Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu 
in 2002. 
Why all the secrecy?  According to one news story the sources declined to 
be identified because of the sensitive nature of the selection process and 
because there has been no comment from the White House on any of those 
named.  (Published news reports)


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ENFORCEMENT:  A PROPOSED FINE TO KNOE

The FCC has proposed an $8000 fine against Noe Corp.  Noe is the  licensee 
of Station of KNOE television in Monroe, Louisiana which trhe FCC claims did 
willfully and repeatedly violate section 73.1206 of the Commission's rules.  
This by twice recording telephone conversations for broadcast without 
informing the other party to the calls of its intention to do so.  

According to the FCC, the proposed forfeiture is based on a series of 
complaint filed by  Mack Calhoun, who serves on a Police Jury for Ouachita 
Parish Louisiana.  In a letter dated September 23, 2003, Calhoun asserted 
that, on or about September 12, 2003, KNOE news reporter Ken Booth 
telephoned Mr. Calhoun's residence and, without providing prior notice to 
Mr. Calhoun, recorded his outgoing voice mail message with the intent to 
broadcast the recording.  According to Calhoun, KNOE-TV broadcast the 
recorded voice mail message during the evening news later that day.   Mr. 
Calhoun filed additional complaints with the Commission on September 26, 
2003, and April 20, 2004.  (FCC)

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ENFORCEMENT:  TWO UNLICENSED BROADCASTERS OFF THE AIR

A pair of long time unlicensed broadcaster has been taken of the air.  This 
with word that Vermont F.M.er Radio Free Brattleboro on 107.9 Mhz was 
raided on June 22 by Federal marshalls.  At that time most of the station's 
equipment was seized, despite an apparent Court filed assurance that the 
FCC would not contemplate such a move 

Meantime San Francisco unlicensed station Berkeley Liberation Radio has 
stopped its community "micro-power" broadcasts on 104.1 MHz.  This, in 
response to an FCC Cease-And-Desist order. For the past 11 years Berkeley 
Liberation Radio has peppered the area with radical political commentary 
spiced by non-traditional music.  The station was previously raided by the 
FCC in 1998 and again in 2002.  (Greg Hardison BC Update)


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HAM RADIO BUSINESS:  WWW.CQYELLOWPAGES.COM

A Texas ham has set up a new web site that he says is to help other hams 
market products and services. Barry A. Goldblatt, WA5KXX, says that his CQ 
Yellow Pages will enable hams to place information about their business 
products and services by category in a fully-searchable national database. 

Goldblatt says that the site provides over 2,600 categories from A to Z 
just like a standard commercial directory.  WA5KXX says that his goal is to 
build a site to build a national cyberspc marketplace where advertisers and 
visitors have something in common.  You can find out by visiting 
www.cqyellowpages.com on the world-wide-web.  (WA5KXX)

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THE SOCIAL SCENE:  RCA SPRING GATHERING SUCCESS

The second Radio Club of America Spring Gathering is being called a huge 
success. Held in Concord, California the event featured past APCO President 
and Radio Club of America Fellow, Joe Hanna, was the keynote speaker.  
Hanna  addressed the current state of re-banding in the telecommunications 
industry.  The event also raised several thousand dollars in donations for 
the club's Scholarship Fund.  (RCA)

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RADIO RESEARCH:  INTERNET SURFING LEADS TO LESS TV VIEWING

The World-Wide-Web is affecting the television viewing habits of the world.  
According to a new survey Hungarian non-Internet surfers watch 17.5 hours 
of TV per week, while those who use the Internet watch only 11.8 hours per 
week.  That's a difference of 5.7 hours. In the United States, Internet 
users watch 11.6 hours of TV per week, while non-Internet users watch 16.8 
hours. 

The lengthy, first-of-its kind study, called the World Internet Project, 
conducted by UCLA Center for Communication Policy surveyed residents of 14 
countries. In every case, Internet users watched less television that those 
who never surf the web.  (UCLA Center for Communication Policy)

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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  THE NANO-TRANSISTOR

Canadian engineers have unveiled the creation of the world's smallest 
transistor in which electricity flows through a sngle molecule.  Science 
Today reports that the device is only visible through a powerful 
microscope, but experts say it may be the biggest development so far in 
nanotechnology.  Nanotechnology is a science with a gal of reducing 
computers and other devices to minuscule sizes.  (Science Today)

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WORLDBEAT - INDIA:  40 METER TRANSMISSIONS ARE FLOOD CONTROL

Hindi language transmissions on 40 meters originating from Inda re legal.  
According to th W-I-A News, it appears as if these are Sharda Canal control 
stations usng 100 Watt commrcial sets, while a few appear to be using FT 
747 transceivers opened for general coverage.  But the bottom line is that 
the frequency being used was allotted to India's  Central Flood Forecasting 
Organization some thirty years ago and has not yet been withdrawn.  This, 
despite numerous complaints that have been made.  (WIA News)

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WORLDBEAT:  UK EXTENDED PRESIDENCY

The RSGB's National Council has unanimously agreed that the current 
Presidential term be extended by one year until 31st December 2006.  This 
is in recognition of the unique situation facing Amateur Radio at the 
moment.  One which makes it important that stability is maintained among 
the key society officers in dealing with these issues on a day to day 
basis.

In agreeing to serve for a further year, Jeff Smith, MI0AEX, becomes the 
first RGGB President to serve a three-year term of office since the late 
Alf Gay, G6NF.  Gay served during the war years from 1941 to 1943.  (GB2RS)

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HAM CELEBRATIONS:  ANTIQUE RADIO CLUB OF ILLINOIS AT 25

The Antique Radio Club of Illinois says that it will operate special event 
station W9R.  This, during the club's 25th anniversary Radiofest to be held 
August 4th to the 6th at the Holiday Inn located in Bolingbrook Illinois.  
Operation will be on 20, 15 nd 10 meters as well as the clubs K9ONA 
repeater.  QSL with an S-A-S-E to Jim Novak, WA9FIH, 2335 South  2nd Ave., 
North Riverside, Ilinois, 60546.  More is on line art www.antique-
radios.org  (E-mail)

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DX

In DX listen for WB2REM from Bora Bora and Vahine, French Polynesia through  
August.4th.   Jim plas to operate on 10, 15, 20 and 40meters usng his own 
call portable F Oh.  QSL to his callbook address.  (E-Mail)

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THAT FINAL ITEM:  A  COMMENTARY ON THE FCC NO-CODE  PROPOSAL 

And finally this week, with the no-code discussion heating up, Amateur 
Radio Newsline asked a well known ham for his commentary and opinion.  He 
is a television news producer by profession, a C-W DX'er and contester in 
the hobby and also the 2005 Dayton Hamvention Radio Amateur of the Year.  
Here is Alan Kaul. W6RCL:

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"I have not spent as much time as Newsline suggested on the FCC's NPRM, but 
I have read it and jotted a few notes.  

For starters, we've got to remember that the FCC is independent.  It is 
empowered to make decisions and is not required to take into account the 
wishes of the general public nor the amateur community nor the ARRL nor 
anyone else.   Congress can pre-empt the FCC by enacting public laws, or 
the federal court system can review FCC rules and regs - but that is about 
it!  

My reading of the FCC NPRM is that the agency believes that three license 
classes are required (Technician, General and Extra), and that operating 
"in the public interest" no longer requires CW Morse telegraphy. 

Candidly, when FISTS or the ARRL or anyone else argues that "CW 
requirements would enable communications when nothing else works," they 
provide absolutely NO PROOF that the statement is true.  CW fans - of 
course - (and I am one) want to believe it's true.  And it stands to reason 
that it could be true under some conditions.  BUT, when the biggest 
communications failure that I am aware of occurred in the 1980's, CW did 
not help.  President Reagan was en route to Japan.  A solar flare event 
interrupted all communications between Air Force-1 and Washington - there 
was no High Frequency, no satellite, NADA, ZERO, ZIP.  At the time, the Air 
Force still had CW trained radio operators so I assume that someone on the 
flight crew should have had a working knowledge of CW.  Of course, even the 
Morse Code cannot overcome a propagation failure.

What I believe is more significant than the actual proposal is the FUTURE 
impact of NO CODE.  Let us assume that no amount of public comment is going 
to change this NPRM.  The future, then, is this: if there are no CW 
requirements, why should there be huge CW sub-bands?  How can the FCC 
possibly justify a 250-kilohertz swath on 80 Meters of CW-only when NO new 
license applicants will ever again be tested on telegraphy?  The answer is, 
the FCC cannot.  Which is probably why the ARRL is so anxious these days 
over its FREQUENCY ALLOCATION BY BANDWIDTH proposal. 

The FCC already gives a hint of what is likely to happen when it writes in 
the NPRM that Novice and Technician-CW privileges no longer require special 
sub-bands.  I believe the meaning of that is that if the ham bands remain, 
SMALLER portions of the bands will become CW-only at some future date.

The bigger question, of course, is that if the Amateur service does not 
"need" all those CW frequencies, does the FCC now believe that we no longer 
need all the other frequencies assigned to the current HF bands?

No, from my point of view, the NPRM isn't about no-code, it is all about 
the future of ham radio.

I'm Alan Kaul, W6RCL, for Newsline."


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Do you agree or disagree?  We at the Amateur Radio Newsline want to give 
you a chance to voice your opinion on the FCC's proposal to drop the Morse 
requirement.  Here's how.

Put together an audio op-ed piece that runs no more than 2 minutes.  That's 
the limit we are setting.  2 minutes.  

Record your op-ed onto a tape cassette or audio CD.  If it's a C-D, do it 
as a wave file.  Use a good quality external microphone in a quiet 
environment.  

Then mail your tape or CD along with a neatly typed transcript or a .doc, 
.rtf or .txt file to us. As time permits during the 60 day FCC commentary 
period we will air some of them on the weekly ARNewsline audio bulletins.  

Our address for submissions is the Amateur Radio Newsline, Editorial 
Office, 28197 Robin Avenue, Saugus, California 91350.  

And the legal stuff.  All tapes and C-D's received become the sole property 
of the Amateur Radio Newsline Inc. and cannot be returned.   And before you 
ask, we have no way to accept audio files by e-mail so please do not send 
them that way.  (ARNewslineT)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE

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For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors desk, I'm Don 
Wilbanks, AE5DW, In New Orleans saying 73 and we thank you for listening."  
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