[Ham-News] Amateur Radio Newsline - November 25, 2005

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Amateur Radio Newsline - November 25, 2005

The following is a Q-S-T.  A ham radio operator is murdered in Mississippi, 
Ham-Aid funding is still available to rescue radio amateur stations damaged 
by recent hurricanes and the world of Amateur Radio reacts to the ARRL 
regulation by bandwidth docket.  Find out who is saying what on Amateur 
Radio Newsline report number 1476 coming your way right now.


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CRIME:  MURDERED MISSISSIPPI HAM RADIO OPERATOR REMEMBERED

A 22 year old is being held in connection with the death of Demetria L. 
Bracey, KD5QBA of Jackson, Mississippi.  Both were students at the same 
school.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, has more:

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To her many friends and acquaintances in the Jackson Amateur Radio Club, 
she was KD5QBA.
 
To those who read The Clarion Ledger Newspaper in Mississippi a few weeks 
ago, she was just another victim of a brutal, off-campus murder.
 
Her name was Demetria Bracey.
 
She was a senior at the University of Mississippi majoring in French. She 
played clarinet in the university marching band. She was a resident advisor 
in Crosby Hall on the university campus. And, she was only 21.
 
The Oxford Police Department in Lafayette County, Mississippi alleges she 
was killed by a friend, 22-year-old David Williams. She was found stabbed 
to death in his apartment.
 
While a newspaper story of this promising young woman's passing 
acknowledged her academic and extracurricular activities, it also mentioned 
her connection to amateur radio.
 
Bill McLarty, KM5GE, former treasurer of the Jackson Amateur Radio Club, 
recalled the bright, young high school student who showed up at the 
American Red Cross building behind the Murrah High School where the club 
met that night in 2001.
 
"She just introduced herself and said that she was interested in amateur 
radio and that this was the place she needed to be," McLarty recalls. "So 
we invited her to our meeting and she sat there very intently smiling the 
whole time, asking questions, she enjoyed our program I think. She just 
expressed interest in getting her ham radio license.
 
And, from that moment, McLarty says she was hooked on the hobby.
 
"She did continue to attend our monthly meetings and picked up a couple of 
Elmers along the way," McLarty says. "She then appeared at our bi-monthly 
VE session one Sunday afternoon in November of 2001, I believe it was, and 
passed the Technician exam on the first try."
 
Club members were impressed by Demetria's interest and two reached out to 
help her get on the air.
 
"One of our members gave her his cast-off, 2-meter handie-talkie so that 
she could get on the air," McLarty says. "In fact, I believe I was her 
first contact right after that meeting. We just walked out into the parking 
lot and I grabbed one of my HTs and we called each other and that was her 
first contact."
 
McLarty recalls club members were so taken with Demetria's enthusiasm that 
she was recognized with a special club award - the Breland Award - 
presented annually to outstanding young hams in the Jackson area.

"Because of our experience with Demetria, she was pretty much a shoo-in for 
the award that year and she was presented the award at our hamfest in 
February of 2002," McLarty says.
 
And, then Demetria graduated from high school and went off to college. 
McLarty says she lost touch with many in the Jackson club, but that's 
pretty typical for college students. McLarty says they didn't forget her.
 
Then, came the shocking news of her death. McLarty says the club conducted 
a moment of silence to remember Demetria during their meeting, two days 
after she was found.
 
Now, McLarty says, he hopes Demetria's passing won't be the end of her 
story.
 
"I hope that something positive could come out of her untimely passing," 
McLarty says. "It was noted in the write-ups about her that she was an 
amateur radio operator and I'm just certain that they're some young people 
out there who'd want to emulate her in every possible way and hopefully 
becoming a ham will be part of that legacy."
 
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Philadelphia.

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More on this sad story in future Amateur Radio Newsline reports.  
(ARNewslineT)

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RESCUE RADIO:  POLICE SAY RADIO AND AMBER ALERT CAPTURED TEEN MURDERER

Radio played a vital role in the recent capture of a teenager who shot and 
killed his 14 year old girlfriends parents and then drove off with her as a 
hostage.  WIBC News in Indianapolis quotes state police as saying the 
suspect was captured as a result of a nationwide Amber Alert.  

A truck driver listening to the information on WIBC AM spotted the suspect.  
He  then alerted authorities who made the arrest.  The 14 year old was 
found to be unharmed.  

WIBC News & Programming Director Jon Quick told Radio World On-Line that  
the action is evidence of the power of news radio, and the Amber Alert 
system.  Quick says:  "They work."  (RW)

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RESCUE RADIO:  HAM-AID FUNDS AVAILABLE TO HURRICANE RAVAGED RADIO CLUBS

If your clubs station or repeater was destroyed as a direct result of 
hurricanes Katrina, Rita or Wilma, help in rebuilding is available.  Thanks 
to a Corporation for National and Community Service grant extension, 
limited ARRL Ham Aid funds are available to help cover the cost of 
replacing these storm damaged Amateur Radio emergency communication 
systems. 

This assistance applies only to ARES group or club-owned open-access 
repeaters, critical Amateur Radio infrastructure or other essential 
communication backbone equipment damaged by hurricanes Katrina, Rita or 
Wilma. The goal of the program is to restore any critical Amateur Radio 
emergency communication systems in hurricane-prone areas especially in 
cases where equipment damage has compromised Amateur Radio's disaster 
response capability.  Ham Aid funds also remain available to cover limited 
out-of-pocket expenses for Amateur Radio volunteers who deployed to the 
field during hurricanes the three storms.

According to the ARRL Letter, funds will be dispersed on a first-come, 
first-served basis.  Qualified groups or organizations should be prepared 
to document their loss and provide a replacement budget.  Your contact at 
ARRL Headquarters is Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH.  Call 
her at 860-594-0397 or e-mail Mary to mhobart at arrl.org for complete 
application details. Application guidelines are also on the ARRL Web site 
at www.arrl.org/fandes/field/forms/cncs/

And less we forget:  This grant extension expires on December 31st.  (ARRL)

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HAM RADIO GOOD WORKS: SAN DIEGO TEACHER USES HAM RADIO WITH HOME SCHOOLERS

Some names in the news starting with Phil Leonelli, WF6L.  The San Diego 
Union-Tribune recently carried a story on Leonelli who has successfully 
integrated Amateur Radio studies into his public school curriculum. 

Leonelli is a teacher at Iowa Street School in Fallbrook, California near 
San Diego.  This is a campus that serves as a resource center for home 
schooled children from kindergarten through eighth grade and is a part of 
the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District.

In the program credentialed teachers offer academic support and provide a 
range of enrichment activities in music, art and science.  In Leonelli's 
case it is both music and science.  For the latter, WF6L uses ham radio as 
an integral part of the learning process.  

According to the newspaper article Leonelli's enthusiasm for amateur radio 
has rubbed off on his students.  A number of them have earned their 
technician class licenses and are enjoying the hobby while helping to 
insure its future in the next generation. 

Homefires.com, a home schooling website estimates that there are currently 
150,000 home-schooled children in California, with a projected increase of 
15 to 20% per year.  The full  story is at http://tinyurl.com/8vtar (CGC)

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RESTRUCTURING:  REGULATION BY BANDWIDTH REACTION

The decision by the American Radio Relay League to petition the FCC for a 
rules change to regulate Amateur Service transmissions by bandwidth rather 
than sub-band is bringing out a lot of emotion on the air and in 
cyberspace.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Courson, WA3VJB, is in the 
nations capital where has  sampled it all:

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Reaction continues to build even though the FCC has not yet decided whether 
to accept the League's petition that was filed in mid-November. 

It is the work of eight men who deliberated as an informal working group 
from late December 2002 until March 2003. It took another 2 1/2 years for 
League administrators in Newington to polish the idea to try to sell it to 
ARRL subscribers.

Controversy began almost immediately. The panel was formed at the pleasure 
of the League's president who acted without any published criteria 
governing ad hoc committees. There was no test to avoid conflicts-of-
interest, credentials were not validated, and there was no guarantee of 
fair and balanced deliberations.  

One man would resign, and another, Skip Teller, KH6TY, protested that the 
panel was pushing a commercial system called WinLink, to automatically 
connect internet email and ham radio. 

Now, website bulletin boards, email reflectors and on-air discussions 
include a litany of complaints that numerically outweigh observed public 
support.

The ARRL sought comment on its draft proposal, but has failed to reveal a 
tally of sentiment for and against the plan.

Steve NL7W posted to QRZ.com comments the League's scheme would mean 
"similar bandwidth digital and analog emissions would have to peacefully 
co-exist." He said quote "I don't believe this can happen"

Luke, AD4MG, a digital expert with Virginia's RACES emergency group, agreed 
and posted a spectrum image he feels shows the interference potential from 
dense digital signals, opposed to quieter analog voice signals.

Supporters include Stu, AB2EZ, who responded to a Newsline request for 
comment:

"I'm an avid CW operator, I really like CW. But there's an awful lot of 
spectrum that's empty most of the time that probably needs to be 
reclaimed."

Critics are concerned that the group in Newington hopes for support before 
coming up with the harder part of the proposal - new, voluntary band plans 
to coordinate what would go where on 160 through 10 meters.

George K3UD posted concern that there is no guarantee such plans would be 
honored. He told QRZ.com readers people "would be very suspicious as to who 
formed the agreements and more importantly, why.' He noted such plans "can 
be completely ignored with no fear of retribution by any governing 
authority."

In a statement in 2003, the chairman of the informal League panel that came 
up with the idea Vic Poor W5SMM, admitted the FCC had already tried 
regulating by bandwidth instead of mode. The agency proposal, 30 years ago, 
was shot down in the public comment process by hams who were overwhelmingly 
opposed, and convinced the FCC they liked things they way they are.

Poor is with a group that promotes an e-mail system between the internet 
and ham radio, WinLink, marketed to yachtsmen and recreational vehicle 
owners.

Reviving the idea of regulations that do not segregate by mode, the group 
in Newington promises to follow-through and develop a coordination plan if 
the FCC decides to accept the Petition for public comment.

The Petition does not propose that licensed hams measure their own signals 
for compliance with bandwidth technical standards, a subject of controversy 
among those reacting. 

Bob, W2ZM, told Newsline interference complaints may go up between users of 
incompatible modes, because a hobbyist would have to allege interference 
and a bandwidth violation:

"You have to have a set of specifications. Bandwidth today is defined at 26 
db either side. At the 26 db point, that's the end of your excursions. In 
other words, occupied bandwidth would be included in between 26 db down on 
one side, 26db down on the other."

Tim, WA1HLR operates AM and remembered how the FCC's proposal in 1976 would 
have eliminated AM below 10 meters. He's ready to do battle again if the 
ARRL Petition is accepted by the agency for public comment:

"I'm against any bandwidth proposal. The whole band should be available 
from 3-dot-5 to 4-point-0 for any mode."

Pete WA1SOV was in the same QSO with Tim and Bob as Newsline recorded their 
comments.

Details of the proposal from the group in Newington are on the ARRL 
website. 

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The decision by the ARRL to file its request is only the first step in a 
long regulatory process that may or may not lead to regulation by 
bandwidth.  We will keep on top of the progress of the ARRL request in 
future Amateur Radio Newsline reports.  (WA3VJB, ARNewslineT)

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ENFORCEMENT:  WRL / GALAXY ELECTRONICS FOUNDER MEYERSON ASKS FCC NOT TO 
RENEW K1MAN'S LICENSE

Another well known ham has written to the FCC asking the agency not to 
renew the license of American Amateur Radio Association founder Glen 
Baxter, K1MAN.  In a letter to FCC rules enforcer Riley Hollingsworth 
that's been posted in cyberspace, Leo I. Meyerson, W0GFQ, charges that 
Baxter has been distributing unsolicited commercial e-mail that uses his 
name to promote business interests.  He goes on to say that his now public 
letter is intended to let the FCC and the public know that Baxter has no 
authotrization to use his name,  photo nor that of Meyerson's wife.  Nor 
does he support any of Baxter's activities, business or otherwise.  

For those of you new to the hobby, Leo Meyerson, W0GFQ, is a walking 
legend.  He was the founder of World Radio Laboratories and Galaxy 
Electronics.  His simple but effective Globe Chief and Globe Scout 
transmitters were the first station for many new hams in the 1940's, 50's 
and 60's.  He was also among the first to bring high frequency transceivers 
to ham radio through his Galaxy product line. 

Meyerson's letter goes on to say that he is aware that the FCC has issued a 
$21,000 Notice of Apparent Liability against Baxter's Amateur Radio 
station.  He ends by asking the Commisson to not renew Baxter's license 
which has been set aside by the FCC.  

Meyerson's letter to the FCC concerning Baxter's pendoing license renewal 
is the second such note this year.  As previously reported, retired CBS 
Newsman Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD, wrote the FCC last June after Baxter 
allegedl;y refused to stop using 1996 era promotional material containing 
Cronkite's voice.  (Via E-Mail)

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RADIO POLITICS:  ABERNATHY TO LEAVE FCC

FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy is leaving her post effective December 
9th.  This, after serving 4-1/2 years in that post.

Earlier this year Abernathy she had said she wanted to leave, but would 
wait for the administration to nominate a replacement. Her term expired 
more than a year ago; she must leave by the end of this session of Congress 
as she did not seek to have her term extended.

Abernathy's exit leaves Chairman Kevin Martin, a Republican, with a four-
commissioner FCC made up of two Democrats and two Republicans, until her 
replacement is nominated and confirmed.  This could lead to tie votes on 
issues raised between the time of her departure and the seating of her 
replacement.

Meantime, the White House announced two weeks ago that President Bush 
intends to nominate Deborah Tate as an FCC commissioner and re-nominate 
Democratic Commissioner Michael Copps.  Tate, a Republican, is director of 
the Tennessee Regulatory Authority.  If confirmed by the Senate, Tate would 
fill the remainder of former Chairman Michael Powell's term until June 30, 
2007.  (Published reports)

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RADIO ON THE NET:  FIND HAMS BY ZIPCODE

What to find a ham living in your Zipcode or some other?  Well just take 
your web browser over to www.perconcorp.com/google_ham.html - put in the 
numbers and go click with your mouse.  Within a second or two you will be 
rewarded with a listing of all radio amateurs who reside in the same 
zipcode as you entered.  

The website is a service provided by Per Con Corporation Spectrum.  Per Con 
is a company which, among other things, provides CD-ROM and online services 
to the FCC's field offices as well as customer mapping and on-line product 
support.  (WA0KDC)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS:  VE9HC ELECTED RAC MARATIME PROVENCES SM 

And congratulations to Hugh Clark, VE9HC.  This, on his recent re-election 
as Radio Amateurs of Canada Section Manager in the Maritimes Section.  
Clark will serve a  two-year term that will begin on March 1, 2006.  He ran 
unopposed eliminating the need for a balloted election.  (RAC)

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HAM HAPPENINGS:  HAMFAIR ON LONG ISLAND NY IN FEB 06

Turning to the ham radio social calendar, the next annual Long Island New 
York Hamfair is slated for Sunday, February 26, 2006.  The venue will be 
Levittown Hall in the town of Hicksville with free parking for buyers 
provided. Talk-in on W2V-L repeater on 146.85 MHz. using a 136.5 Hz access 
tone.  For more information visit www.limarc.org or e-mail 
hamfest at limarc.org  (LIMARC)

**

CHANGING OF THE GUARD:  DR HAL BERGESON, W0MXY, S.K. 

Some sad news to report.  This, with the passing of Dr. Hal Bergeson, 
W0MXY, of Colorado Springs on Monday, November 14th. 

For those of you who are not familiar with W0MXY, he was very active as one 
of the original VHF and UHF rover stations in the early 1990's and for 
several years was a co-holder with W0LD of the 24 Ghz. U.S. distance record 
from Pikes Peak.  

Dr. Bergeson operated with the WB0DRL contest station in the l990's and 
served as vice-president of  the Central States VHF Society in l995.  He 
also  co-hosted the conference held in Colorado Springs that year.  Dr. 
Bergeson also helped lead a successful campaign to keep amateur radio 
towers and antennas legal in Colorado.

Professionally, Dr. Bergeson served as a Professor of Communications at 
Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs until his retirement two 
years ago.   Funeral services were held Saturday November 19th in Lewiston, 
Utah.  (VHF Reflector, W0LD )

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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  LACK OF NEW SINGLE DVD SEEMS LIKELY

It does not look good for the next generation of consumer DVD's to have a 
single standard.  This as two competing blue laser based systems hold their 
ground and refuse any compromise.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Davis 
reports:

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Will it be the 21st century repeat of the Betacam versus VHS war of the late 
1970's?  That's what many are asking as a pair of competing and totally 
incompatible next generation of DVD's is being made ready for release to 
the public.  

Sony-backed Blu-Ray and Toshiba developed HD-DVD have been in a three-year 
battle over which one of the formats will prevail as the standard for the 
next generation of DVD technology.  Both promise better picture quality, 
sound, and storage capacities than the current generation of DVD's but you 
will not be able to play a Blu-Ray DVD's on a HD-DVD player and vice versa.  

Efforts from both camps to unify the format into one single format to avoid 
confusion for consumers did not bear fruit earlier this year.  And while 
the two camps are still adamant that they will not license one another's 
technology to make all units play both new formats, you will be able to 
play your current DVD collection on a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD machine.  

I'm Jim Davis, W2JKD

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Several marketing experts feel the lack of a single standard is likely to 
confuse the buying public and could cause them to retreat from the purchase 
of either system.  (Future Tech)


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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  HAARP GETS ADDITIONAL TRANSMITTERS

HAARP is getting some new radio gear.  This as Continental Electronics 
announces that  it is ahead of schedule in delivering 132 ultra-low-noise 
transmitters to U.S. government contractor BAE Systems for use in the High-
Frequency Active Auroral Research or HAARP program.

The installation at the HAARP facility near Gakona, Alaska began in 1993 
with 18 transmitters.  It expanded to 48 in 1998 and will grow to 180 
transmitters. When the massive planar array for ionospheric research is 
completed in 2007, it will include a total of 180 ten kilowatt combined 
transmitters, which the company is upgrading specifically for the HAARP 
operation.  The final expansion will bring the HAARP array to full power, 
with ERP increasing from 84 dBW to about 96 dBW.

According to Continental, the federal government is constructing the 
facility to conduct upper-atmospheric and solar-terrestrial research via a 
phased array transmitter. The goal is to learn more about the ionosphere, a 
section of the atmosphere ionized by solar radiation with natural 
electrical currents that can be modulated with radio signals.  (RW, others)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  SUIT SAT DEPLOYMENT MOVED TO 2006

Suit Sat's deployment from the International Space Station is being delayed 
until early next year.  This, according to Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, who is 
AMSAT North America's Vice President for Human Spaceflight Programs and 
ARISS International Chairman.

In a note posted to the ARISS remailer, Bauer says that he has received 
information that the Russian space walk that will deploy Suit Sat, 
originally planned for December 8th  has been delayed to late January or 
early February.  No reason for the space walk delay was given but KA3HDO 
says that as more information on this E-V-A is made available it will be 
posted for all to read.  

Suit Sat is a decommissioned Russian built spacesuit given to ham radio for 
experimentation purposes.  Its been loaded up with ham radio gear and will 
be placed in orbit outside of the ISS when that space walk finally does 
take place.  (KA3HDO)

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WORLDBEAT - PACIFIC RIM:  ASIAN-PACIFIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORS MEET

Meanwhile, a recent meeting of Asian telecommunications leaders could 
impact operations world wide.  Felix Scerri, VK4FUQ, reports on the 
gathering:

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The 10th meeting of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Standardization Program  
was hosted by the Australian Communications and Media Authority in 
Melbourne  last week, 26 to 28 October.  The ASTAP provides a forum for 
debate and discussion on emerging  telecommunications standardization 
issues important to the Asia-Pacific region.

Topics discussed at the Forum included radio frequency identification, and 
next generation networks (NGN) and the relationship between global 
telecommunications standards and international free trade agreements.  A 
Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and NGN workshop was also be held.

I'm Felix, VK4FUQ.

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As telecommunications become more and more global, what happens in one 
region eventually affects us all.   (WIA)


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WORLDBEAT - AUSTRALIA:  SPECIAL CALLS FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES

You will be hearing some interesting calls on the air from down-under early 
next year.  Graham Kemp, VK4BB, says its all about a V-K sports event:

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Audio report only.  Download the MP3 version of  this newscast at 
www.arnewsline.org

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Again those calls are A-X-3-GAMES and A-X-3-M-C-G on during March of 2006.  
(WIA)

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DX

In D-X, word that members of the Clipperton DX Club are now active as from 
Bhutan as A52CDX.  The group will be there and on the air until December 
3rd. QSL via F9DK.

And word that TU5KG is currently on board a fishing boat in the Austral Sea 
near Kerguelen Island.  He has the callsign FT5XP and hopes to be active 
from Kerguelen when he stops at Port au Francais. He is expected to be 
there until December and back again for a 3 months period in January.  QSL 
as directed on the air.  

(Above from various DX sources)

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THAT FINAL ITEM:  THEY CALL IT BGPL

And finally this week, another player has entered the broadband access 
arena.  A a San Diego, California company called Nethercomm is developing a 
way to use ultra wideband wireless signals to transmit data at broadband 
speeds through natural-gas pipes.  Jim Linton, VK3PC, has the rather 
strange details:

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The catch-cry of late comic actor Jimmy Durante was to say, "Everybody's  
trying to get into the act!"  But today that's exactly how to describe the 
latest pipe-dream broadband delivery  idea.
 
 A United States company is proposing to use ultra wideband wireless 
signals to transmit data at broadband speeds.  But here's the interesting 
part, the transmission medium will be the pipes that carry natural gas.  
The company claims its yet to be tested technology could offer 100 megabits 
per  second to every home - more than enough to provide voice, video and 
high-speed  Internet access.
 
 Just like the promises made by BPL promoters that they can revolutionize 
the power industry, the same type of hype is likely to be associated with 
broadband over gas pipeline or BGPL. 

I'm Jim Linton VK3PC for the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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It all but boggles ones mind as to who will be next to try and get into the 
broadband access industry.  Perhaps your local water company or sewerage 
authority?  Only time will tell.  More is on-line at www.nethercomm.com 
(WIA)

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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, saying 73, and we thank you for listening.  Amateur Radio 
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Let me start out by wishing each of you a very Happy Thanksgiving.  As you 
know, this holiday marks the beginning of a very festive season around the 
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Here in yjr United States, this is the beginning of a time of hope and 
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