[Ham-News] Amateur Radio Report 1469 - October 7, 2005
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Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1469 - October 7, 2005
The following is a Q-S-T. A major Pennsylvania utility drops B-P-L, United
Kingdom hams respond to a bomb threat and ham radio space tourist Greg
Olson, KC2ONX, gets ready to operate on-orbit. All this and more on
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1469 coming your way right now.
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THE BPL WAR: PPL ABANDONS BPL
An electric utility in eastern Pennsylvania says that it will end its 2
year long B-P-L trial and is abandoning the project. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Josh Abramovich, KB3GWY, is in Philadelphia with the details:
--
PPL Corporation says it will pull the plug on its Broadband over Powerline
Internet access trial for residential customers in suburban Allentown,
Pennsylvania on October 31st.
The surprise announcement came October 3rd.
PPL had about 300 customers signed up for its BPL trial.
Eric Olena, ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Section Manager, has had members of
his section staff and other hams in the region closely monitoring PPL's
market trial. He says the announcement was good news.
"We're very excited about it and very happy that it has come to that
point," Olena says. "Although we were of fairly sound mind that that was
going to come about.
"The decisions behind the idea to promote it seemed rather flawed at least
from our way of thinking and we thought it would just be a matter of time,
we were hoping it would be a lot less time, that it would come to light
that this was not a technology that would work properly."
Olena says ARRL's top technical representative on BPL, Ed Hare, W1RFI, took
the early field measurements of the BPL interference in Emmaus,
Pennsylvania - just outside of Allentown - where PPL launched its trial. At
that time, PPL dismissed the interference concerns raised by Hare and hams
in the region.
Olena says information that got back to his staff shows PPL - at least
internally - recognized those concerns were legitimate.
"We had heard indirectly and we can't really attribute it to a particular
source or how reliable it is that they were having some serious
interference problems even with their own equipment with this type of
technology running," Olena says.
A PPL official quoted in news stories about the company's decision to
discontinue BPL service cited two reasons for abandoning the system.
Neither one mentioned interference.
The official blamed competition from the cable and telephone companies for
blocking the company from charging the rates it needed for the service to
be profitable.
Customers were paying about $40 a month for PPL's service. Phone and cable
companies in the region began running fiber-optic cables into PPL's BPL
area and offering Internet access for about half of what PPL was charging.
Secondly, the official claimed that the pool of potential customers was
just too small - he said, quoting here: "The economies of scale wouldn't
work."
Olena says that's quite an admission because PPL is a big company with more
than a million customers in eastern Pennsylvania. He says PPL's decision to
pull out is significant and could send shockwaves across the electric-
utility industry and affect those testing BPL or thinking about getting
into the game.
"I can't help but think that once a company of the reputation of PPL makes
a decision like that that others can't at least stop and think before they
leap ahead and take that into serious consideration," Olena says.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Josh Abramowicz, KB3GWY, in
Philadelphia.
--
Other power companies have not yet come to the same conclusion as PPL. At
airtime more than a dozen electric utilities nationwide are experimenting
with BPL technology. (ARNewslineT)
**
RESCUE RADIO: UK HAMS RESPOND TO A BOMB THREAT
It may have been a false alarm, but hams involved in the United Kingdom's
were ready to put it on the line to help protect their nations homeland
security. RSGB newsreader Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. reports:
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Members of the Fylde Raynet Group were called out at 12.30 on 23rd
September after a suspected explosive device was found under a car in
Blackpool. The Central Lancs, North Lancs and Rossendale Raynet groups were
put on standby.
Local residents were evacuated while army bomb disposal experts carried out
a controlled explosion. Subsequently the device was found to be a hoax. The
Raynet groups stood down at 16.30.
I'm G4NJH in Nottingham.
--
Even when the emergency is not what it appears, all the hours spent in
practice really pay off when the call for help goes out. (GB2RS)
**
RESCUE RADIO: POST KATRINA RELIEF OPS STILL NEDED IN MISSISSIPPI
W8ILC: The destruction down here is just unbelieveable. You have to see
it first hand to believe whats happening"
--
That Ron Moorefield, W8ILC, who is one of the hams involved in ham radio
communications support in southern Mississippi. Ron tells Newsline that a
month after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, ham radio is still the only
way to communicate for many areas:
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W8ILC: Cellphone service is still not normal down here. There are an
awful lot of dropped calls. A lot of cell sites have been destroyed.
They are getting the infrastructure back in order as soon as possible but
still there are a lot of problems. So Amateur Radio is really needed."
--
Also needed are a lot of relief operators to come to the Bilixi and
Gulfport areas because those there now there need some relief. Ron says
that you have the time, your help is really needed:
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W8ILC: "I've been checking in with the Emergency Operations Centers and
various Red Cross Chapters in the Biloxi, Gulfport and even over into
Mobile, Alabama. Please contact your ARRL Emergency Coordinator or ARRL
Director to get on a list to be deployed to help out for maybe a period of
two weeks or so."
--
Those wishing to volunteer can also sign up on line at
http://katrina.ab2m.net/ Currently over 100 hams are still serving in
areas ravaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Im Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF. Don. (ARNewslineT)
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RADIO RELATIONS: AN APPOLOGY FROM MOTOROLA - KIND OF
A senior official of Motorola has apologized to the nations ham radio
community for the negative remarks of one of his employees. This in regard
to Hgurricane Katrina Amateur Radio emergency communications efforts.
In a letter to Craig Collin, AD6OD, of Tracy, California, Motorola counsel
Tom Andrews claimed that the remarks of Jim Screeden appearing in the Wall
Street Journal were quoted out of context. Also, that Screeden was
focusing on Motorola's massive public safety recovery effort in the Gulf
Coast region.
As reported in our September 16th newscast, Screeden was quoted by the Wall
Street Journal as stating - and we quote: "Something is better than
nothing, that's right. But ham radios are pretty close to nothing."
On hearing the report AD6OD wrote a letter of complaint to Motorola's
Office of Ethics and Compliance. In his response Attorney Andrews went on
to say that the quoted comments do not represent Motorola's view on amateur
radio and that the company apologizes for the way the words appeared in the
Wall Street Journal story. He also said - and we again quote: . Motorola
has sent a letter of clarification and apology to the Board of Directors
for the Amateur Radio Relay League." -- end quote.
Yes that's Amateur Radio Relay League - his words, not ours. (AD6OD)
**
RADIO RULES: AMATEUR RADIO VANITY PROCESSING FALLS VICTIM TO HURRICANES
The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has suspended the processing
of Amateur Radio vanity call sign applications. According to the ARRL
Letter, the FCC halted vanity processing on or about September 23 after
realizing that filing and regulatory deadline extensions for hurricane-
affected licensees in certain states could adversely impact the vanity
system.
On September 1, the FCC extended until October 31 all filing and regulatory
deadlines falling between August 29 and October 30 for licensees in
Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana affected by Hurricane Katrina. On
September 24, it extended until November 21 all filing and regulatory
deadlines falling between September 20 and November 20 for licensees in
Louisiana and Texas affected by Hurricane Rita. The filing extensions also
apply to Amateur Radio's two-year grace period on license renewals.
So what should you do if you wanbt to file a vanity application? The FCC
says to send it in. The agency is encouraging radio amateurs to continue
filing vanity applications as they normally would. They will be handled in
the order received once processing resumes. (ARRL)
**
RESCUE RADIO: HAM RADIO COORDINATES TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN RESCUE
A life and death saga played out on top of Windrock Mountain near Knoxville
Tennessee the weekend of October 1st. This, after the brakes went out on
Eddie Cascuda's All Terrain Vehicle causing it to flip down a hillside.
According to a report from WVLT television news, Cascuda was severely
injured in the mishap.
One of the first on the accident scene was Scott Wyrick, KD4CWB. Wyrick
realized that Cascuda needed help quickly, but cellular phone service in
the remote mountain area was almost non existant. After giving his
cellphone a try with no luck, KD4CWB turned to his HT. He used it to
contact Kevin Rice, KG4LGL in Oak Ridge.
Using the phone patch on the Sevierville repeater, Rice put Wyrick into
direct contact with Paramedics. They responded and transported Cascuda to
a local hospital for treatment before he could fall into shock.
WVLT television says that it spoke with Cascuda on Monday October 3rd. He
told the station that he wanted to thank all of the people that helped save
his life, especially the ham radio operators who made possible his rescue.
(KD4CWB, WVLT)
**
RADIO LAW: KATRINA DELAYS FCC AUCTION
Hurricane Katrina has affected the FCC's upcoming auction of FM
Construction Permits. Auction 62 has been delayed until January to provide
additional time for bidder preparation and planning in the aftermath of the
hurricane.
The auction of 171 FM broadcast construction permits was initially slated
to begin on November 1st. Radio World on-line says that has been
rescheduled to begin on Jan. 12, 2006. Upfront payments are now due Dec. 2.
The commission hopes to announce the status of applications approximately
two weeks before the rescheduled upfront payment deadline. All other
previously announced auction procedures and requirements remain the same.
(FCC)
**
RESCUE RADIO: PRESERVING HAM RADIOS ROLE FOR POSTERITY
With Huricanes Katrina and Rita now in the record books the work of ham
radio is being lauded nationwide. But there is one thing missing. These
are the pictures that show ham radio in action during the storms. Alan
Kaul, W6RCL, has that part of the story and idea for the future:
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Did you see the hams on teleivision .. Second responders, aiding police and
fire communication at Hurricanes Katrina and Rita?
You didn't?
What about the hams handling health and welfare messages for the Red Cross
and Salvation Army after Katrina and Rita?
You didn't see that either?
Come to think of it, neither did I. With what seems to be over 1000
amateurs volunteering to help out following the hurricane of the century -
Katrina - or its weaker tag-along Rita, WHYdidn't we ever see any of those
volunteers on network or cable television?
I mean NBC Nightly News did a piece on September 23rd . interviewing Senator
John McCain .. who wondered what happened to all the money congress
appropriated to make a block of frequencies available for inter-agency
communications during emergencies.
HAM RADIO in that piece would have been a natural ... but instead the story
was about the National Assoc of Broadcasters not wanting to give up their
6mhz wide television channel assignments to make frequencies available.
I think someone got snowed-----you and I know that one single megahertz -
reserved nationwide - for emergency communications during disasters like
Katrina is all that is really needed. And if it was 169-to-170 mHz for
example, you know that the radio makers would be including that in all the
new models because if they didn't the competition would.
Back to the original question, though . Why no video of hams helping out?
Because it appears that no body shot any. Or if they did, they're making
it the best kept secret of the hurricane season.
The ARRL reportedly had cameras for two-or-three days in Alabama . but the
last I heard, what was shot will make a great Public Service announcement
several weeks or perhaps months down the road. Unfortunately, P-S-A's -
you might know - most often run in the middle of the night when a TV
station can't sell commercials. But no matter when it runs, a public
service announcement does not have the impact of news video.
For years, a few of us have been talking about the creation of a HAM RADIO
VIDEO CORPS.. Just average folks, like you and me, who live in every state
so that when there is an emergency like Katrina in their front yard, they
can get video of hams responding.
Then, the next time we want to get Congress's attention, there's the video
ready to show them NOT WHAT WE CAN DO IN A DRILL, BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND
CONTINUE TO DO IN ANY AND EVERY EMERGENCY THAT COMES ALONG.
The time for a VIDEO CORPS is now .. Unfortunately, no nationwide ham
organization seems interested enough in making it happen ... so it's up to
you and me.
I've got my camera . do you have yours?
I'm Alan Kaul, W6RCL for Amateur Radio Newsline
--
So what do you think of the idea of a Ham Radio Video News Corps? Please
let us know by e-mail to newsline at arnewsline.org and we will pass along
your ideas to the powers that be. (W6RCL, ARNewslineT)
**
ENFORCEMENT: CALIFORNIA LICENSE RNEWAL SET ASIDE
A California ham has been told that his license will not be routinely
renewed. This, after the FCC tells Steve L. Wingate, K6TXH, of Corte
Madera that his renewal application has been set aside as a result of
complaints filed against his station.
The exact nature of these allegations involving Wingate's station are not
spelled out in the FCC release. The agency does say that the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau has notified Wingate of the set aside and has
referred his application to the Enforcement Bureau for further scrutiny.
As of September 14th the Enforcement Bureau was in the process of reviewing
the complaints and had notified Wingate that it would contact him
concerning any additional information it might need in order to make a
decision in this matter. (FCC)
**
ENFORCEMENT: JAILED HAM'S LICENSED DESIGNATED FOR HEARING
The FCC says that a felony conviction appears to be grounds to revoke a ham
radio license grant. This, in a Show-Cause order to Edward David Cox,
W5OER, of Pride, Louisiana. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW,
has more:
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Edward David Cox's story goes back to August 27, 2003. That's when he was
arrested and subsequently charged with two counts of simple burglary. On
January 8, 2004, the District Court of Louisiana convicted W5OER on both
counts and sentenced him to five years incarceration at hard labor. The
sentence was suspended and the court placed Cox on supervised probation for
five years. He was released from custody on January 14, 2004.
But on September 21, 2004, Cox was arrested again and has been incarcerated
since that date. Following a plea agreement this past June 3rd, the United
States District Court sentenced Cox to concurrent terms of forty-one months
for felony violations of various firearms provisions of the United States
Criminal Code. The Court also ordered him to make restitution to a company
called Redstick Firearms and Indoor Range in the amount of $3,000.
In notifying Cox of its intention to challenge his license grant the FCC
says that Section 312(a)(2) of the Communications Act provides that the
agency may revoke any license. This, if conditions come to its attention
which would warrant it refusing to grant a license or permit on the
original application. Also, that the character of the applicant is among
those factors that the Commission considers in its review of applications
to determine whether a person has the requisite qualifications to operate
the station for which authority is sought.
In its order designating Cox license to a hearing, the FCC says that the
proceeding will determine the effect of his felony convictions on his
qualifications to be and to remain a Commission licensee.
The action was taken on September 26th with Cox given the usual 30 days to
respond. If Cox requests a hearing, the FCC says that it will be up to him
to prove to the Commission why it should permit him to remain an Amateur
Radio Service licensee.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, reporting.
--
To make certain that Cox receives the show cause order it not only sent it
to his home address of record. A copy was also sent by Certified Mail to
his current residence at the Catahoula Correctional Institution in
Harrisonburg, Louisiana. (FCC)
**
EMERGING COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY: GOOGLE OFFERS TO PROVIDE FREE WIFI IN
SAN FRANCISCO
Google Inc. has proposed to provide free wireless Internet services across
the city of San Francisco. the Web search company says that it's proposal
comes in response to a request for information by the City of San Francisco
to test local Internet services via Wi-Fi, the short-range wireless
technology built into most new laptop computers.
Google says that the Wi-Fi access could be funded through online
advertising. The service aims to test a range of new services and
applications around the hilly city, which is home to more than 700,000
residents.
Offering free wireless communications could thrust Google into competition
with entrenched local suppliers of broadband Internet access. This
includes cable giant Comcast and landline D-S-L supplier S-B-C
Communications.
An effort by the city of Philadelphia to offer municipal Wi-Fi Internet
access services has met with stiff opposition from telecommunications
provider Verizon Communications. Even so, New York City and Chicago are
among other metropolitan areas considering similar free Internet access
plans. (Google, other reports)
**
RADIO LAW: XM ASKS FOR SAT BOOSTER STA
Meantime, a popular satellite radio broadcaster has asked the FCC for a
terrestrial extension to the service that it provides. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Fred Vobbe, W8HDU, has the details:
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XM Satellite Radio has requested special temporary authority from the FCC
to operate up to 5,000 indoor signal boosters with an EIRP 100 milliwatts
each. X-M says that the boosters would be used to provide adequate
reception of its satellite radio service inside of stores and other
establishments where satellite radio receivers are displayed or used, but
where signals may be attenuated due to blockage from walls and ceilings.
No word if they would be made available to consumers if the radios fail to
receive the satellite signal in a private apartment or home.
--
No word as to if or when the FCC might act on the X-M Satellite Radio
request. (RW On-Line, CGC)
**
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: SPACE TOURIST KC2ONX READT TO TALK TO SCHOOLS BY HAM
RADIO
Space Tourist Greg Olson, KC2ONX, is on-orbit and ready to talk to kids in
schools world-wide using ham radio. Olson's first contact on Wednesday,
October 5th with Princeton High School in New Jersey. On Friday - Thursday
U-T-C time -- the space adventurer is slated to chat with teens at Fort
Hamilton High School in Brooklyn, New York. That contact is scheduled to
take place about the time this newscast goes to air. A third school QSO is
expected to have taken place on Saturday the 8th -- Friday U-T-C -- with
Ridgefield Park High School, Ridgefield Park, New Jersey
Its not known if Olson will have time to get on the air to make random
contacts with hams here on mother Earth. Many hope he will but, the school
contacts are planned months in advance and Olen had previoisly said he
wanted to use his ham radio airtime too talk with as many school kids as hr
could.
If KC2ONX does show up for a few public QSO's, it will likely be on a voice
downlink frequency of 145.80 MHz using narrownand F-M. As his operating
schedule will not be pre-published all you can do is to keep an ear on
145.80 and hope to hear him. To make a contact, hams in the United States
and North America transmit to him on 144.49 Mhz.
Olson reportedly paid the Russian Space Agency $20 million for his ride to
the I-S-S. He will return to Earth on Earth October 10th with departing
Expedition 11 crew members Sergei Krikalev, and John Phillips, KE5DRY.
More information is on line at www.issfanclub.com (AMSAT, ARRL, ARISS,
others)
**
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: WALES TO SPACE THANKS TO ARISS
Andits often said that out of the mouths of babes, oft times come gems.
And that's even true for a ham radio operator answering questions from
space. Take a listen:
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Q: My name is Kaley. If you cry in space, what happens to the tears?
Over.
A: Well that may be the most interesting question of the day. I think
that the tears would just stay right there on your eyes or possibly on the
edge of your cheeks. They wouldn't go very far. I think that maybe they
would just stay in your eyes until they evapoeate.
--
Kaley was one of a dozen or so students from the Tregaron Secondary School
in Wales who were able to chat astronaut John Phillips, KE5DRY, on boaard
the International Space Station last week, just before the arrival of the
Expedition 12 crew. It was also the first time that students in that
nation have had an Amateur Radio connection with the I-S-S crew and the
kids had a lot of questions to ask. Some, maybe a bit unexpected:
--
Q: "My name is Alice. Have you ever had any embarrassing moments in
space?"
A: "Well, only when I make a mistake or loose something. The work we do
is watched all the time by folks on the ground. When we make a mistake,
they know it and that becomes very embarrassing. So, I have found the best
solution is to take the initiative and as soon as I realize that I did
something wrong I tell them about it rather than have them find out about
it without me telling them."
--
The chance for these students in Wales and others around the world to talk
with the Astronaut crews on board the International Space Station is made
possible by a joint initiative ARISS and NASA. As this was a first ever
event for Wales, the Radio Society of Great Britain's G-B-4-F-U-N
communications vehicle also attended the event. This to provide a full
backup station with generator in case the main equipment failed. Thankfully
it was not needed and a good time was had by all. (ARISS)
**
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: OCTOBER 27th NEW LAUNCH DATE FOR SSETI EXPRESS
Thursday, October 27th at 6:62 U-T-C is the new launch date for the long
awaited SSETI Express satellite that will carry a ham radio payload. SSETI
Express will ride into orbit on board a Russian built launch vehicle from
the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
Once on orbit, SSETI Express will downlink telemetry in AX25 format on
437.250MHz and 2401.835MHz. It should also be available for Radio Amateurs
to use as a single channel FM transponder.
Those with access to the Astra 1G satellite can see the launch live on the
E-S-A channel. If there is any last minute launch delay the back-up date
is October 28th at the same time, U-T-C. (SSETI)
**
WORLDBEAT - AUSTRALIA: SPECIAL PREFIX FOR COMONWELTH GAMES
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has approved a Wirelress
Institute of Australia request for the use of the AX prefix to celebrate
the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. The AX prefix may be used by all
Australian Radio Amateurs for the period beginning March 1st and ending
Match 31st of 2006.
**
DX
In D-X, word that 9V1CW, will be active portable 9M2 as PF5X. This, from
Sibu Island on Rgrough the 10th of October . He will tenb move on to
Langkawi Island from 29th October to 5th November. In both caes he will
operate holiday style. Zthis means to listen for him during his local
evening hours. QSL via P-A-Zero-K-H-S.
And a rare one coming to 6 meters. A-A-9-D reports that he will be in
Carter County in southeast Montana for paleontological field work. He says
over the VHF Reflector that he will have a 50 Mhz mobile with him and will
operate from Grid Square D N 75 as his schedule allows. Listen for him
mostly evenings, Mountain states time.
**
THAT FINAL ITEM: A JAMBOREE ON THE AIR
And finally this week, its JOTA time again. JOTA stands for Jamboree on
the Air. This is a yearly event where scouts and scout guides around the
world take to the out-of-doors and to the airwaves. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Mark Abramovich, N-T-3-V, is himself involved in the scouting
program and has this first hand report on JOTA, 2005:
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CQ JOTA! CQ JOTA!
That's the call you'll likely hear on the HF bands as hams and Scouts join
forces for an event that continues exposes hundreds of thousands of young
people to amateur radio.
JOTA is a worldwide event sponsored by the World Organization of the Scout
Movement with the support of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl
Scouts.
Ray Moyer WD8JKV works out of the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in
Irving, Texas. He is the trustee of the BSA's own call sign - K2BSA - and
he served as staff director for the recently concluded national BSA
jamboree operations at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia this past summer. Moyer
explains how JOTA works.
"The Scouts get together with an amateur radio operator and that amateur
radio operator gets a chance to share his hobby with Scouts and Cub Scouts
and also Girl Scouts and they get a chance to experience what the amateur
does just as a hobby," Moyer says. "And, since it's unit hooked together
across the world. It gives the Scouts from around the world a chance to
talk to other Scouts around the world in a communication that they're
normally not using."
Moyer says it's also a time for the Scouts to gather for some good, old-
fashioned camping.
"There's a lot of Scout councils, districts and multiple councils that will
be getting together during JOTA weekend and having a big camporee, Scout
show and sometimes just strictly an amateur radio JOTA event," Moyer says.
"There'll be Scouts - 14-15 thousand at some events and they'll make the
operation available along with other activities during the weekend.
"But JOTA will be a really popular event and it will operate 24 hours a
day. There'll be Scouts from troops coming into those tents or the
buildings where the radios are set up and have a chance to see if they can
work someone."
The American Radio Relay League's Larry Wolfgang, WR1B, a veteran editor of
the radio license manuals and other publications, has been an active
Scouter for years and has participated in JOTA activities as well. Wolfgang
is with the Connecticut Rivers Council and is behind the JOTA event there.
"We're going to be having a camporee that has opportunities for the Scouts
to talk on single-sideband, but we're also going to be giving them an
opportunity to use digital modes, PSK 31, as well as operate some slow-scan
television and exchange some photos from our camporee with other Scouts
that we can contact on the air." Wolfgang says.
Wolfgang is the trustee of WA1BSA, the call sign for the Connecticut
Amateur Radio Scouters Amateur Radio Club. He says now, more than ever,
hams have an opportunity to spark the interest in the next generation of
amateurs.
"It's a great opportunity to hook up with the Scouting program if you
haven't been involved with it and show off all the fun things we can do
with our hobby," he says.
And, you might be asking, how can you get involved?
"For somebody who's a ham who's not involved with the Scouting program
probably the best thing for them to do would be to look up Boy Scouts of
America in the telephone book and call their local council," Wolfgang says.
The BSA's Moyer says its a lot of fun getting on the air and even listening
to some of the exchanges. He says it also brings out a lot of former Scouts
who are eager to share their memories.
"Hopefully we'll have a lot of amateurs that been Scouts in the past and
that's normally what we get that will be able to share some fun, exciting
times that they had back in the old days when they were Scouts and leaders
and the Scouts will be able to fill them in on what's going on now," Moyer
says. "So, hopefully it will be a good marriage of amateur and Scouts into
a good weekend of communication and learning."
And finally, there's something new this year, the BSA is encouraging
participation in a new thing activity for stateside Scouts. It's called
Jamboree on the Internet, and, as you can gather from the name, it's
similar to JOTA except all the traffic is on the internet via email or chat
links.
You can learn more about both events by clicking on the script version of
this week's newscast available at www.arnewsline.org and scrolling to that
final item
(To learn more about JOTA: www.scouting/org/international/JOTA.html; for
JOTI information go to www.joti.org)
And, if you plan to get on the air look for Venture Crew 59 from the Hawk
Mountain Scout Reservation in eastern Pennsylvania. We'll be operating as
KC3BSA.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Philadelphia.
--
Once again, the 2005 scout Jamboree on the Air takes to the air from 1200
UTC on October 15 until 1200 UTC on October 17, 2005. The scouts say that
they will be talking to you on the air. (ARNewslineT)
**
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