[Ham-News] Amateur Radio Newsline 1495 - April 7, 2006

Sun Apr 9 08:52:56 EDT 2006

Amateur Radio Newsline 1495 - April 7, 2006

The following is a Q-S-T.  Australia may replace hams with Ultra Wideband 
at 24 GHz, a tower rights law suit is filed in New Jersey, a B-P-L try-out 
ends in Arizona and a Hollywood producer will launch the new Ham Radio 
Video Corps at Hamvention 2006.  Find out the details on Amateur Radio 
Newsline report number 1495 coming your way right now.

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SPECTRUM REALLOCATION:  AUSTRILIA MAY PUT UWB RADAR IN 24GHZ HAM_SAT BAND

Hams in Australia face the prospect of loosing one of the most important 
Amateur Satellite bands.  This, if that nations telecommunications 
regulator goes ahead with a plan to replace ham radio operators with 
unlicensed wideband devices in that spectrum.  Graham Kemp, VK4BB, of the 
W-I-A News is here with more:

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During one of his regular scans of the ACMA Web Site, Don VK4MC turned up a  
little item which hasn't been widely publicized.   If the Gazetted Proposed 
Change announced by ACMA on the 16th March 2006 goes ahead, Australian 
Amateur Radio Operators will lose Primary Access to  24 to 24.05GHz Amateur 
Satellite segment and be severely curtailed in  experimenting in the 
Secondary Access segment of 24.05 to 24.25GHz.

ACMA state that the proposed variation to the Australian Radio Frequency  
Spectrum Plan is designed to support the introduction of Ultra Wideband 
vehicle radar technology in Australia in the 22 to 26.5 GHz frequency band.

ACMA is inviting comment on the proposed changes with the deadline for 
comment being by close of business 19th April 2006.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB, of the WIA News in 
Austtralia.

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If Australia does put unlicensed Ultra Wideband radar in the 24 GHz Amateur 
satellite spectrum it could impact on ham radio space operations worldwide.  
(WIA News)

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RADIO LAW:  NJ HAM COUPLE SUES FOR RIGHT TO PUT UP TOWER

A Bayville, New Jersey, ham radio couple are suing Berkeley Township over a 
tower they want to put up.  The city says no.  Amateur Radio Newsline's 
Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, has more:

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John Grove, KE2OI, and his wife, Cynthia, KB2EFP, find themselves locked in 
a battle with an Ocean County, New Jersey community over their effort to 
erect a telescoping tower for their ham station. 

According to the Ocean County Observer, the Grove's are suing the community 
of Berkeley Township and zoning officers who denied their application for a 
permit to put up a tower they say will be only 22 feet high most of the 
time, but could go as high as 86 feet when fully extended. 

The newspaper says the Groves were denied the zoning permit February 21 on 
the grounds the tower was deemed an accessory structure that could only be 
15 feet high. But the Groves argued that the law only applies to buildings 
and towers and antennas are excluded. 

The newspaper reports what makes this matter a little sticky from the legal 
sense is a township administrator and another zoning officer conceded on 
March 9 that the denial was a mistake and that the Groves should have been 
granted a permit. But the Observer reported those two officials backpeddled 
in their positions less than a week later. 

The couple's attorney, John Markwardt of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, wants a 
judge to invalidate the zoning administrator's denial and order the Grove's 
request for a permit be approved. 

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Philadelphia.

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More on this case in future amateur radio Newsline reports.  (ARNewsline(tm)) 
adapted from Ocean County Observer)

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THE BPL WAR:  COTTONWOOZ ARIZONA FIELD TRIAL ENDS

A Broadband Over Powerline field trial in Cottonwood, Arizona, that drew 
complaints from Amateur Radio operators from 2004 until earlier this year 
apparently has been shut down for good.   The ARRL Letter says that the 
system, which Mountain Telecommunications Inc operated under an FCC Part 5 
Experimental license WD2XMB, went silent in early March. 

The Part 5 license stipulated that the company establish and maintain a 
relationship with the Verde Valley Amateur Radio Association which called 
for the system's shutdown as recently as last December.  According to the 
groups B-P-L Committee Chair Bob Shipton, K8EQC, Mountain 
Telecommunications initially took the system down for a firmware upgrade 
but subsequently told him that it was discontinuing the experiment in 
Cottonwood and moving it, possibly to the Phoenix area, where the company 
is headquartered.

Shipton said that there was no definitive statement from Arizona Public 
Service or Mountain Telecommunications that they have stopped B-P-L in the 
state of Arizona entirely.  It's just that they have pulled out of the 
Cottonwood area.  (ARRL)

**

ENFORCEMENT:  LAWYER FOR CONVICTED RADIO JAMMER JACK GERRITSEN GETS SECOND 
SENTENCING CONTINUANCE

The sentencing of convicted radio jammer Jack Gerritsen, the short time 
licensed KG6IRO,  has been postponed once again.  This, on a motion by his 
attorney who only came to the case after the trial ended.

Back on December 8th of 2005 Gerretsen was convicted on one felony charge of 
interfering with frequencies used by the United States military and other 
government agencies.  He was also found guilty on two misdemeanor counts of 
willful and malicious interference to ongoing radio communications and 
three counts of transmitting without a license.  

During the trial Gerritsen acted as his own lawyer.  It was not until after 
he was convicted that he decieded to enlist an outside attorney.  He was 
originally to be sentenced on March 6th, but that was postponed ubtil early 
April when the new lawyer asked for the first continuance.  A second 
continuance was granted on April 3rd making the new sentencing date is June 
5th  at 10:00 AM in room 850 of the Roybal Federal Court building in Los 
Angeles, California.  

It is believed that will be no further continuances granted and Gerritsen 
will learn his fate at that hearing.  Depending on the recommendations of 
the probation department Gerritsen could find himself locked away in a 
federal prison for up to 15 years.  (N6USO, others)

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ENFORCEMENT:  K1MAN APPEARS READY TO FIGHT $21000 FINE

Glenn Baxter, K1MAN, has responded to the FCC decision to affirm a $21,000 
fine issued against him.  In a posting to his www.k1man.com website he 
again claims what he did in his response to the initial Notice of Apparent 
Liability.  That being his belief that he has been denied due process under 
the law, noting -- in his own words -- quote:  "Even a traffic ticket gets 
a hearing, right?"

K1MAN believes that the next step the government will take will be to sue 
him for collection of the fine in Federal Court.  He thinks that this will 
take place in Bangor, Maine.  If that happens, Baxter says that he will 
demand a jury trial where he can file motions, present evidence and call 
witnesses.

Baxter also writes that by statute, he believes unresolved forfeiture 
matters cannot be used in any other FCC proceeding such as the pending 
renewal of his Amateur Radio license.  Therefore, he can and will continue 
to operate until the renewal application is finally decided.  This he says, 
could include appeals to the Washington D.C. Court of Appeals and the 
United States Supreme Court.

But as others knowledgeable in current communications law point out, 
Baxter's reasoning regarding his pending license renewal may be flawed.  
This is because of the FCC's "red light" rule that went into effect back on  
November 1, 2004.  The "red light" rule gives the Commission authority to 
withhold action on any application or other request when the applicant is 
shown as being delinquent in non-tax debts owed to the FCC.  This, even if 
the matter is being adjudicated in the courts.  

In this matter K1MAN still has several weeks left in which to make good on 
the  $21,000 amount of fine owed to the FCC.   The Commission cannot invoke 
the "red light" rule unless an applicant fails to pay a debt by a specified 
date.  (K1MAN.com, others)

**

HAM HAPPENINGS:  HAM RADIO VIDEO CORPS TO KICK OFF AT DAYTON

If you own a video camera and would like to help publicize ham radio, then 
a new project conceived by Hollywood film maker Dave Bell, W-6-A-Q, could 
be your next adventure in the new world of Amateur Radio.  Its called the 
Ham Radio Video Corps and its being formed because there is a real need for 
pictures and sound about the hobby.  This is especially true when you are 
involved in  planning a movie or a publicity campaign around Amateur Radio:

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Bell: :  "The idea for the video corps came about because every time we 
looked around to find some recent footage shot of any ham activity at all, 
we can't find any because none has been shot.  As there are so many people 
out there with video cameras we thought that it would be a good idea to get 
them listed and, if they need a little help figuring out how exactly to 
shoot something so that it will edit together, we will give them that."

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Bell notes that with the ARRL mounting its new Hello campaign to publicize 
the hobby, having the right pictures and sound is essential:

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Bell:  "There are ham radio doings all over the country and all over the 
world all of the time.  You cannot make a story for television or for the 
Internet unless you have some video.  So there are lots of stories out 
there and we need to get them."

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Bell says that Hurricane Katrina was a prime example of ham radio providing 
a truly immeasurable public service.  Yet there are no pictures of ham 
radio in action to keep for posterity:

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Bell: "Katrina is a perfect example.  As far as I know there is no video 
footage whatsoever of ham activity during Katrina."

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W6AQ says that getting these pictures and sound means developing a corps of 
hams who carry a video camera as well as an H-T:

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Bell:  "So you are in the middle of an emergency and you have a video 
camera.  The temptation would be to take part in the emergency.  Your job 
is to get it on vide.  Unless its absolutely life threatening, you need to 
get whatever activity is going on -- on video -- if you are part of the 
Video Corps."

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Dave Bell says that he and a number of other video professionals will be 
kicking off the Ham Radio Video Corps at this years Dayton Hamvention Ham 
Radio Town Meeting.  The two hour session will not only introduce the idea 
and explain it.  The presenters will also provide a crash course in how to 
shoot and edit video for public presentation.  

The Ham Radio Town Meeting introducing the Ham Radio Video Corps will be on 
Saturday, May 20th at the Hara Arena in meeting room number 3.  More about 
this ession is at the in the forums area of the Hamvention website at 
www.hamvention.org.  Or you can e-mail Dave direct to dbellw6aq at aol.com.  
(ARNewslineT)

**

HAMVENTION 2006:  WA5KUB TO STREAM LIVE HAMVENTION VIDEO TO WWW

If you can't make it to this years Dayton Hamvention, you can still enjoy 
some of the sights and sounds live on your computer.  This,, thanks to Tom 
Medlin, WA5KUB, of Cordova, Tennessee, who will be streaming live video of 
the event to the World-Wide-Web.  

According to a note from Tom, this will be our 4rd year to broadcast live 
video of the 550 mile drive to Hamvention and then the 3 days outside in 
the fleamarket.  Tom adds that for 2006 the very popular helmet cam will be 
back.  This device will let people around the world get a view of all the 
things that he looks at as he walk around the Hara Arena during the event. 

On-web operations begin on Wednesday May 17th and ends when he pulls back 
into his driveway on May 21st at about 9 p.m. Central time.  The URL for all 
of this is http://wa5kub.com and the site is already up and running with a 
lot more information on what Tom and his crerw are planning for televising 
Hamvention 2006.  (WA5KUB)

**

ENFORCEMENT:  RPEATER COORDINATION - EVERYTHING OLD IS NOT NEW AGAIN

The FCC has dismissed a complaint against the Florida Repeater Council 
claiming it permitted a new repeater to interfere with one longer 
established because the older machine is not coordinated.  The deciding 
factor seems to be who is coordinated and who is not.  Amateur Radio 
Newsline's Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, has more:

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Felipe Figueroa, KC4MND, filed the complaint on February 25th.  He claimed 
that the coordination group known as the Florida Repeater Council had 
knowingly permitted the N4BIF repeater to come on the air and cause 
interference to his system.  

The FCC responded on March 17th noting that Figueroa has operated his system 
for several years on 144.670 and 145.270 MHz channel pair without 
coordination.  That while Figueroa claims to have filed for coordination, 
he is at this time unable to show a coordination document or even a 
coordination application.  Also that Figueroa has stated that coordination 
is not required for his repeater.

The FCC says that while it is true that coordination is not required, that 
Section 97.205(c) of its rules state that where there is interference 
between an uncoordinated repeater and a coordinated repeater, the 
uncoordinated repeater bears the primary responsibility to correct the 
interference.  It notes that  Figueroa's decision not to obtain 
coordination was entirely his.  As such, he cannot now complain that 
another repeater was coordinated on the frequencies you were using.  

And here's the real kicker.  The FCC says that pursuant to Section 
97.205(c) of the rules that KC4MND is now responsible for alleviating any 
interference between his repeater and N4BIF if any such problem arises.  

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the Newsline 
studio in Los Angeles.

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In other words, its not who is on the air first, but rather who'se repeater 
is coordinated that counts the most.  (FCC)

**

ENFORCEMENT NEEDED:  BLOWTORCH USED TO TOPPLE FOUR TOWERS AT KMIA(AM)

Vandals toppled four 197 foot towers that were part of a multi-tower array 
in Black Canyon City, Arizona.  The attackers reportedly used a blowtorch 
to knock Entravision's KMIA on 710 kHz off of the air.  

The towers have been the subject of a contentious lawsuit involving Black 
Canyon City residents opposed to the tower structures.  According to Bob 
Dreste, K7VOR, KMIA was known as KUET before it was converted to Spanish 
language operation three years ago.  (CGC)

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RADIO SAFETY: TOWER ACCIDENT KILLS ONE, INJURES ANOTHER

Martinsville Virginia  Police Department investigators are looking into an 
April 3rd tower rigging accident that killed one Lynchburg area contractor 
and sent another to a Roanoke hospital.

Dead is 60 year old Gregory David Harrington, 60, of Long Island, 
Vairginia. Michael John Hinsberger of Kasilof, Alaska, was transported by 
helicopter to Roanoke Memorial Hospital.  As we go to air his condition is 
unknown.

Witnesses told authorioties that the two tower climbers were with Sky Tower 
Service of Lynchburg.  They had completed installation of an antenna for 
WYAT television on the 400 foot high tower, and were descending using a 
cable-and-pulley system operated by a third contractor on the ground.  The 
cable apparently broke, dropping both individuals an estimated 30 feet to 
the ground.

Matt Hankins is the Communications Director for the City of Martinsville.  
He said that at this point investigators have no reason to believe this was 
anything other than a tragic industrial accident.  (CGC, Martinsville Daily 
On_line)

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RADIO RULES:  FCC PLANS $289,000,000 IN FEES - HAM LICENSES STAY FREE

The FCC has proposed raising regulatory fees just over 3%.  This, to 
collect about $289 million in regulatory fees for 2006 in the August to 
September timeframe.

According to Radio World on-line, the proposed radio fees range from $625 
for a Class A AM station serving a population of 25,000 or less to $9,125 
for an FM Class C 2 station serving a population of more than 3 million.  A 
basic Amateur Radio license will remain a free service of the FCC.  

Comments to MD Docket 06-68 are due at the FCC by April 14th.  (FCC)

**

THE LAW: NEW RULES FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME START IN 2007

Beginning in 2007, daylight saving time will start on the second Sunday of 
March and will end on the first Sunday of November. Intended to promote 
energy conservation by starting daylight saving three weeks earlier and 
ending it one week later, the change is part of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005.  (NBS)

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HAM HAPPENINGS:  AMATEUR RADIIO MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY IN MAY

Emery McClendon, KB9IBW, sends along a reminder that Amateur Radio Military 
Appreciation Day will be held on May 27th.  That's the day that hams and 
their clubs will give our troops, veterans, and retired military members 
thanks and appreciation on the ham radio bands. More information on Amateur 
Radio Military Appreciation Day is on the web at www.amrad.net.  And listen 
for KB9IBW discussing the event on the May 7th edition of Talking With 
Heroes on the Stardust Radio Network.  (KB9IBW)

**

HAM EVENTS:  THE PACKRATS TURN 50

Bob Mc Gwier, N4HY, reports over the VHF Reflector that the Mt. Airy VHF 
Society celebrated its  50th anniversary on Saturday evening, April 1st.  
The keynote speaker at the event was Frank Bauer, KA3HDO,  who is Vice 
President Manned Space for AMSAT  and Chairman of Amateur Radio on the 
International Space Station.  Others attending include newly elected ARRL 
President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, ARRL Executive Vice President Dave Sumner 
K1ZZ and Nobel Laureate Joe Taylor, K1JT. 

The Mt. Airy VHF Radio Club is one of the oldest amateur radio VHF 
societies in the world.  Better known as the Packrats, the club is 
dedicated to serving the VHF, UHF and Microwave Amateur Radio community as 
well as enhancing the state of the art for 50 MHz and above operation. 
Several members of AMSAT's Eagle satellite team are Packrats and the RF 
clean room facilities for Eagle is located in a business belong to a club 
member Allen Katz, K2UYH.  More about the club is on-line at 
http://members.ij.net/packrats/  (VHF Reflector)

**

WORLDBEAT - AUSTRALIA:  COMMONWEALTH GAMES A BIG SUCCESS DOWN-UNDER

Australia's recently concluded Commonwealth Games were a rousing success 
for those taking part as well as for those V-K hams who activated two 
special event call signs to commemorate the outing.  WIA Newsman Barry 
Robinson, VK3JBR, has the rest of the story:

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Amateur Radio Victoria expresses enormous appreciation to its members who  
activated the AX3GAMES and AX3MCG callsigns during March, and those who  
made contact with them from around the world.

While logs are still be tallied, it looks like some 10,000 contacts to  
more than 155 countries occurred, during often difficulty and patching  
propagation conditions.

Some 17 operators on most days of March put the special event callsigns to 
air using CW, Phone, PSK31 and a few Amateur Television contacts.  It will 
take a month to finalise the design of the QSL cards with a Commonwealth 
Games theme.

I'm Barry Robinson VK3JBR 

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Commonwealth Games chief Mike Fennell, in his closing address declared the 
18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne as being: "simply the best."  A lot of 
hams around the world feel that  a very similar accolade is deserved of 
those who activated the special event stations.  (WIA News)

**

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  SPRAY ON SOILAR CELLS

>From National Geographic comes word of significantly more efficient solar 
cells thanks to their ability to convert infrared as well as visible light 
into electric power.  This thanks to a new plastic material that can turn 
the sun's power into electrical energy, even on a cloudy day.  

The plastic material uses nanotechnology.  Like paint, the composite can be 
sprayed onto other materials and used as portable source of electricity.  A 
sweater coated in the material could power a cell phone or other wireless 
device such as a 2 meter H-T.  A hydrogen powered car painted with the film 
could potentially convert enough energy into electricity to continually 
recharge its own battery.  

One scientist goes even further.  He says that the new units are so 
powerful that one could cover 1/10th of the Earth's surface with such large-
area solar cells, we could in principle replace all of our energy habits 
with a source of power which is clean and renewable.

More is on line at 
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0114_050114_solarplastic.ht
ml with the URL courtesy of Marv Collins.  (CGC)

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HAM RADIO ON THE WEB:  NEW ECHNLINK INFORMATION WEBSITE

Daryl Stout, N5VLZ, tells Newsline of a new listing of Echolink sites tied 
into Amateur Radio operations.  Located in cyberspace at 
www.wx1der.com/elk.htm, the site also contains a feedback link along with 
the information Daryl is looking for.  

Daryl lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.  He says that Echolink is a godsend 
for him in that it has gotten him back on the air from a location with 
antenna restrictions that make it very hard to hit the area repeaters. But 
you can find him at Echolink User Node 284997  (N5VLZ)

**

RADIO IN SPACE:  CRATER SIZE GUESS

The Pasadena, California, based Planetary Society has picked three winners 
in its contest that asked people worldwide to guess the diameter of a 
crater created when a NASA space probe smashed a hole in a comet.     This, 
despite unclear data as to the crater's size. 

When the Deep Impact probe slammed into the comet Temple One last July, the 
impact hurled out a slew of debris from the comet's interior, preventing 
the mother ship from taking clear pictures of the hole.  The pictures taken 
were radioed back to Earth where through image processing mission 
scientists estimated the crater size to be between 328 feet and 820 feet.    

Based on those estimates, the Planetary Society chose three winners at 
random from about 18-hundred people who guessed within that range.  The 
winners will receive a custom plaque from the spacecraft builder, Colorado-
based Ball Aerospace and Technologies.  (Space)

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WORLDBEAT - JAPAN :  NHK TO BUILD WORLDS TALLEST BROADCAST TOWER

A broadcast consortium in Japan has announced plans to put up the worlds 
tallest television broadcast tower.  

The project team includes the NHK network and five major Tokyo commercial 
broadcasters who plan to build a 1,968 foot high tower in the Sumida-Taito 
area of Tokyo for transmitting digital television.

The edifice has been dubbed the second Tokyo Tower.  If constructed as 
planned it will become the world's tallest telecommunications tower, 
surpassing the C-N Tower in Toronto, which it lists its overall height at 
1,814.3 feet.

In addition to in-home digital television Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper 
says that transmitting antennas will also supply digital broadcasting 
direct to cell phones and other types of portable receivers.  The personal 
mobile video market is expected to become one of the hottest in the history 
of broadcast entertainment over the next decade.  Especially in Japan.  
(Yomiuri Shimbun, TV Technology)

**

HAM AWARDS:  THE LEARNING CURVE

Like every other aspect of life ham radio has many awards available to 
those that are a part of its world.  In fact, chasing after awards is what 
some hams revel in.  Jim Linton, VK3PC, has more:

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An activity that many radio amateurs engage in at least once, is awards,  
sometimes called diplomas and commonly known as wallpaper because they 
become showpieces  on the walls of radio shacks.

You qualify for an award certificate by making contact with a required 
number of stations. This is explained in the rules of each award. 

Some awards only need one contact, but these are usually during a special 
event or anniversary of an historical occasion.

The best known award is the DXCC, which stands for DX Century Club, and 
recognises those who have confirmed contacts with at least 100 countries.  
Radio clubs and groups often have awards too.

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

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A good way to find out more about the thousands of awards available in our 
world of Amateur Radio is to do search of the World-Wide-Web using Google 
or some other net search engine.  (VK3PC)

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DX

In DX, word that M0BOX will be activating Kuredu Island in the Maldives 
through the 20th April with the callsign 8Q7BO. Operation will be on 40 
through 10 meters primerally on SSB.  There will also be  special emphasis 
on digital modes such as PSK 31 and RTTY.  (GB2RS)

And DL5YWM, will be in Peru through the 30th of April and will operate CW 
and SSB signing portable OA4 from Lima.  He plans to focus on the 160 and 
80m bands.  QSL both of these operations as directed on the air.  (GB2RS)

**

THAT FINAL ITEM:  ARDF FOR THE VISUALLY IMPARED

Last but by no means least, a ham radio club in southern Ohio that puts on 
a transmitter hunting forum at the Dayton Hamvention is this year doing 
something very special.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Joe Moell K0OV, has the 
details: 

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Just a few weeks ago, I told you about upcoming championships for fans of 
on-foot radio direction finding, including our national championships in 
North Carolina and the World Championships in Bulgaria.  Transmitter 
hunting is suitable for persons of all ages and it's easily adapted to many 
physical handicaps.  For instance, last year's Courage Handi-Ham Radio Camp 
in Malibu, California had a transmitter hunt just for the campers, who had 
a variety of disabilities. 

Now I'm pleased to announce USA's first direction finding event that's just 
for the blind. It's planned for Friday, May 19 in Dayton, Ohio, coinciding 
with the Hamvention.  It's open to both hams and non-hams, and there will 
be direction-finding gear available for loan. 

If you or someone you know has a visual handicap and will be in Dayton that 
weekend, the members of OH-KY-IN Amateur Radio Society would welcome your 
participation in this special event. For more information, point your Web 
browser to www dot ardfusa dot com.  ARDF stands for Amateur Radio 
Direction Finding.  Again, it's www dot ardfusa dot com.  If you plan to 
attend, please contact the OH-KY-IN organizers and let them know right 
away, so they can plan for you and keep you updated. 

In my next report, I'll tell you about another opportunity to go 
transmitter hunting in May. This is Joe Moell K0OV for Amateur Radio 
Newsline. 

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If you missed the website Joe gave is www dot ardfusa.com.  (K0OV)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE

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us at Amateur Radio Newsline(tm), P.O. Box 660937, Arcadia, California 
91066. 

A reminder that the nominating period for the 2006 Amateur Radio Newsline 
Young Ham of the Year Award is now open. This award seeks to honor hams age 
18 or younger for their outstanding contributions through Amateur Radio. 
The cuttoff date for entries this year is May 30th. Full information on the 
award along with on-line and downloadable nominating forms are at the 
awards own wesite created and maintained at Web Designs by Kevin by our 
1993 recipient Kevin Boudreaux, N5XMH.  Its in cyberspace at www.yhoty.org.  
Again. that's www.yhoty.org

For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors desk, I'm Burt Hicks, 
WB6MQV, saying 73 and we thank you for listening."  