[Ham-News] Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1516 - September 1, 2006

Mon Sep 4 09:37:54 EDT 2006

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1516 - September 1, 2006

The following is a Q-S-T.  

The Japan Amateur Radio League says yes to in-home BPL, a U-S equipment 
supplier has a fine for selling CB amplifiers affirmed by the FCC and 
the ham radio connection to T-V's Watch Mr. Wizard.  Find out the 
details on Amateur Radio NewslineT report number 1516 coming your way 
right now

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THE BPL FIGHT:  JARL AFFIRMS LIMITED USE OF BPL

The Japan Amateur Radio League's leadership has given a thumbs up to 
limited use of BPL in that nation.  Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, has the 
rest of the story:

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Known as Powerline Communications or PLC in Japan, the system given the 
green light is a restricted area form of BPL and not the wide-area 
powerline communications systems we in the USA are fighting.  What the 
JARL has tacitly approved is in-home Local Area Networking as well as 
some amount of "home to power-pole" interconnects that use Broadband 
over Powerline.  From the power pole, the actual path to and from the 
Internet Service Provider would be some other form of broadband such as 
Wi-Fi, coaxial cable or fiber optic cable.  

The JARL affirmed its limited BPL support in an opinion document 
presented at the Radiowave Regulation Council of the Japanese Telecom 
Ministry on August 23rd.  There the JARL was represented by 
organizations the full-time Director and the Director of its Technology 
Laboratory.  The information was then released to Japan's ham radio 
community where it was not very well received.  

As explained in a note from a ham in Japan forwarded to Amateur Radio 
Newsline, radio amateurs there fear that even the last-hop from a power 
pole to a home or internal home use of Powerline Communications can 
cause enough noise to hamper or disable communications on the High 
Frequency bands.  This says the writer would be especially true when 
you take into consideration the population level and building density 
of many of Japan's urban areas. 

For the amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in Los 
Angeles.

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There was some confusion when the announcement was first spread world-
wide because the ham who put out the news on various public websites 
and blogs did not specify that the Powerline Communications system in 
question was exceedingly localized.  It took a bit of digging to find 
out that it was mainly the in-home "plug-in and use variety" and not a 
region wide system such as that in Manassass, Virginia, and others 
elsewhere here in the USA.  (ARNewslineT from various releases)

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THE BPL FIGHT:  THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION BEGINS IN JAPAN

At least one Amateur Radio organization headquartered in Japan has 
expressed disappointment over the Japan Amateur Radio League's decision 
to not oppose localized BPL.  In an August 29th press release, the Tokyo 
International Amateur Radio Association says that it is concerned by 
the JARL endorsement of Power Line Communications before the nations 
Radiowave Regulation Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and 
Communications.

The Tokyo International Amateur Radio Association, better known by the 
acronym Tiara, was founded in 1972 by Japanese and non-Japanese radio 
amateurs.  Today. its membership includes diplomats, engineers and 
business people, making it one of the most politically powerful ham 
radio groups in Japan.  

Tiara says that there is no credible scientific evidence that the 
problem of interference from indoor modem or last hop from BPL modem to 
power-pole has been solved.  The association has expressed its hope 
that Japan's  Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications does not 
approve the deployment of Powereline Communications when it meets on 
September 13th.   (TIARA)

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ENFORCEMENT:  CB AMP SUPPLIER ORDERED TO PAY $7000 FINE

An alleged supplier of illegal 11 meter amplifiers has had a fine 
issued against it affirmed by the FCC. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce 
Tennant, K6PZW, has the rest:

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The Federal  Communications  Commission  has dismissed  as  untimely  a  
November 26th, 2004  Petition  for  Reconsideration  filed  by  Paladen  
Communications,  Inc. of North Jackson, Ohio.  It has also ordered the 
company to pay an outstanding $ 7, 000 fine for  what the regulatory 
agency terms as willful  and  repeated  violation  of the  
Communications  Act  of  1934 and of  the  Commission's  Rules  
involving  the  illegal  marketing  of  external  radio  frequency  
power  amplifiers  capable  of  operating  in  the  11 meter Citizens 
Band  Radio Service. 

Back on on  July 24,  2003, field  agents  from  the  Commission's  
Detroit,  Michigan,  Field  Office found  that  Paladen was offering  
for sale through its subsidiary known CB  Shop an  unauthorized CB  
linear  amplifier.  On  October  31,  2003,  the  District  Director  
of  the  Detroit Office  issued  a  Citation  to  Paladen  specifying  
the violations. and directing Paladen  to  discontinue such sales 
immediately.  

But apparently Paladen did not comply.  The FCC's Detroit Office  
determined  that the company continued to illegally market unauthorized 
C-B  linear amplifiers.  On  May 27, 2004, the FCC issued a Notice of 
Apparent  Liability to  Paladen,  proposing  a  fine in the amount of 
$7,000.  

In response, the Commission says that Paladen  filed a Petition for  
Reconsideration  of  the  forfeiture  Order. The FCC says that Paladen 
claimed  without  submitting  substantiating  documents that it was 
unable   to  pay  the forfeiture  amount.  Paladen also filed its 
response late leading the FCC to dismiss it because it was legally 
untimely.  And now the FCC has given the owners of Paladen 
Communications within 30 days of  the August 26th  release date of  the 
Order to pay.  

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

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At this point Paladen has only two options.  It can pay the fine or 
hire an attorney and take the matter into the federal courts.  The 
latter is likely to cost a lot more than the $7,000 is currently owes 
to the U.S. Treasury.  (FCC)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  US BUSINESS WOMAN TO BE NEXT SPACE TOURIST

U-S businesswoman Anousheh Ansari, will became the world's first female 
space tourist to visit the International Space Station.  This, when she 
blasts off aboard a Russian rocket on September 14th.  

Ansari, a U.S. citizen of Iranian origin, is the a 39-year-old 
chairwoman and co-founder of Prodea Systems, Inc..  Prodea is a digital 
home technology company,   She was officially named to the Soyuz TMA-9 
primary crew on Friday, August 25th by Space Adventures working in 
partnership with Russia's space agency Roskosmos.  

U.S. entrepreneur Dennis Tito, KG6FZX, pioneered space tourism back in 
April of 2001. He was followed by South African Mark Shuttleworth in 
April 2002 and American Greg Olsen, KC2ONX, in October 2005.  All three 
operated the ARISS ham radio station and spoke with school children on 
the ground.  Ansari is expected to do the same.  

As reported last week, Daisuke Enomoto, a Japanese entrepreneur who had 
hoped to lift off in a Soyuz spaceship, was deemed unfit for the 10-day 
journey by a medical commission early last week.  Space tourists are 
reported to pay the Russians about $20 million for the trip and a 10-
day stay on orbit on the I-S-S.  (Space Adventures release)

**

RESCUE RADIO:  SURVEY SAYS USA IS RADIO READY FOR EMERGENCIES

Nearly nearly four out of five American adults say they have taken some 
precaution to prepare for an emergency in the year since hurricane 
Katrina devastated the Gulf coast.  A survey commissioned by American 
Media Services found that only 21% say they have not yet taken any 
precautions.

The survey found that 62% of have bought candles or flashlights, 54% 
claim they have checked the batteries for their emergency equipment anf 
46% claim that they have stockpiled food and water.  An amazing 43% say 
that they have either bought or checked a battery-powered radio.  

The survey found that 77% have a battery-powered radio in their homes, 
and 82% of those with a radio said they've checked the batteries at 
some point within the past year.

The survey found that more than four out of five said they are 
confident their local radio stations would be able to provide the 
information they need to get through the emergency. Nearly two-thirds 
say they know which radio station to tune to in an emergency.

Omnitel Inc. conducted the telephone survey of 1,008 adults from August 
11th to the 13th.  (Science OnLine)

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RESCUE RADIO:  HAM WHO SURVIVED MINE BLAST SUES MINE OWNER

The ham radio operator who was the lone survivor of January's Sago West 
Virginia mine disaster and the families of two deceased victims have 
sued the mine owner and five other companies.  

The action was filed by Randal McCloy Jr., KC8VKZ, and his wife Anna; 
Judy Bennett, widow of miner Alva Bennett and Lily Bennett, widow of 
miner James Bennett.  All three lawsuits accuse International Coal 
Group and a subsidiary of shoddy operation of the mine near Buckhannon, 
and of producing unsafe conditions that led to the January .2nd 
explosion that killed twelve miners.  The McCloys' action additionally 
states that Randy has endured great physical pain and suffering, 
permanent scarring and disfigurement, and extreme mental anguish 
because of the explosion. 

Doctors have been unable to pinpoint why the 27 year old McCloy was the 
only one who survived the 41 hours it took rescuers to find the crew.  
He left the mine injured and comatose and spent months in the hospital 
having been diagnosed as having suffered brain damage from carbon 
monoxide poisoning.  He was released from a rehabilitation hospital in 
March. An ad-hoc campaign started by hams on the QRZ.com website and 
joined by many others raised several thousand dollars to assist KC8VKZ 
during the time of his recovery.  (Published news reports)

**

ENFORCEMENT:  NEW YORKER ARRESTED FOR PROVIDING VIEWERS WITH HEZBOLLAH 
TV

A New York businessman has been arrested on charges that he conspired 
to support a terrorist group.   This, by providing residents in the U-
S-A with access to a Hezbollah's operated satellite television channel.  
Amateur Radio Newslines' Evi Simons reports:

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In an August 24th public news release, Federal prosecutors in New York 
City said that Javed Iqbal was arrested on Wednesday, August 23rd.  
This, based on allegations that his Brooklyn based company called HDTV 
Limited was providing New York area customers with a Hezbollah operated 
television channel.

The release said that HDTV is registered with the Federal 
Communications Commission as a company providing satellite television 
transmissions to cable operators, private companies, government 
organizations and individual customers.  According to an affidavit made 
public in a U.S. District Court, a paid FBI confidential informant told 
law enforcement officials in February that the company was selling 
satellite television services that included access to al-Manar 
broadcasts.  The informant then had a recorded conversation during 
which Iqbal offered al-Manar broadcasts along with other Arab 
television stations.

Back in March, the U.S. Treasury Department designated al-Manar a 
global terrorist entity and as the media arm of the Hezbollah terrorist 
network.  That action froze al-Manar's assets in the United States.  It 
also prohibited any transactions between Americans and al-Manar.

The government's release says that Iqbal has been charged with 
conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.  
Federal authorities have reportedly searched HDTV's Brooklyn office and 
Iqbal's Staten Island home.  

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Evi Simons in New York

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U.S. Attorney Michael J. Garcia praised the efforts of the FBI's Joint 
Terrorist Task Force in conducting the investigation.  But the attorney 
representing the accused labeled the accusations against his client as 
being completely ridiculous.  He added that he is not aware of another 
instance in which someone was accused of violating U.S. laws by 
enabling access to a news outlet.  (USNewswire.com, NewsMax.com, Times 
of Malta, others)

**

TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW:  FCC ASKS XM ABOUT OTHER NON-COMPLIANT 
MODULATORS

The FCC is asking XM Satellite Radio about more wireless FM modulators 
and XM says it will give the commission information on the 
circumstances leading to the non-compliance, and remedies to correct 
the situation for the Airware, Tao and Roady 2.  This is in addition to 
earlier inquiries into other models which we've already reported on.

XM has also asked manufacturers to suspend shipments for the additional 
radios and is completing design or installation modifications.  It says 
that it expects the commission will soon approve new certifications for 
the modified radios.  (RW)

**

ELECTRONICS SAFETY:  APPLE AND DELL RECALL LAPTOP BATTERIES MADE BY 
SONY

Computer manufacturers Dell and Apple are recalling millions of 
batteries used in certain models of both companies brands of laptops.  
Dell pegs the number of defective batteries at 4.1 million while Apple 
says there are about 1.8 million that need to be replaced.  

All the defective batteries involved in the recall are said hold the 
potential to overheat.  In both cases the batteries were made by a Sony 
subsidiary known as Sony Energy Devices Corporation.  The Japan based 
company specializes in the manufacture of Lithium Ion power packs   

In a press release, Sony said the problems arises only on rare 
occasions.  It pegs the cause as tiny metal particles hitting other 
parts of the battery cell and causing a short circuit.  

So far only computers made by Apple and Dell are affected.  Sony says 
that the two recalls will cost it between $172 million and $278 
million.  More information is on-line at www.dellbatteryprogram.com and 
support.apple.com/batteryprogram respectively.  (Apple, Dell, others)

 **

HAM HAPPENINGS:  BOXBORO GOOD FOR QCWA

Some very good news for the Quarter Century Wireless Association.  
According to its national President, John B. Johnston, W3BE, the 
organization signed up 17 new members plus accepted one renewal at last 
weekends Boxboro Massachusetts Hamfest.  

Johnston reports that some 60 QCWA members stopped by the booth manned 
by Yankee Chapter #112.  Another QCWA official on hand was General 
Manager Chuck Walbridge K1IGD.  Walbridge and Johnston also put on a 
program aboiut the QCWA on hamfest Saturday, August 26th.  

While 17 new members may not seem like a big number, for an 
organization likw QCWA it could signal a turn around in its growth.  
And 17 new members is a lot more new members than many local radio 
clubs are seeing each year.   (QCWA)

**

HAM HAPPENINGS:  HRO MOVES TO NEW BURBANK LOCATION AND CELEBRATES

If you live in Southern California or will be passing through the area 
on Saturday, September 9th, you are invited to attend the grand opening 
of Ham Radio Outlets's Burbank, California store at its new location.  
T

his one-day event will give you a chance to see the new location, enjoy 
some refreshments, meet the manufacturers representatives and see their 
latest gear. There will also be hourly drawings, a grand prize drawing 
at 5 in the afternoon and a special in-person guest appearance by 2006 
Radio Amateur of the Year, Gordon West, WB6NOA.  

Ham Radio Outlets new Burbank location is 1525 West Magnolia Boulevard.  
For you Californians, thats between Victory Boulovard and Buena Vista 
Street not all that far from Interstate 5.  Visitors to the area can 
use the famed NBC Burbank Studio as a reference.  The New HRO location 
is less than 2 miles North-North-West of NBC's  "beautiful downtown 
Burbank" location.

Again that's Saturday, September 9th from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Pacific 
time at the new HRO location in Burbank, California.  We hope to see 
some of you there.  (HRO)

**

NAMES IN THE NEWS:  MOSTBACHER TO VERTEX-STANDARD

Some names in the news.  First is word that ARRL Sales and Marketing 
Manager Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, will be leaving that post and 
moving West.  This after Motschenbacher accepts the position of 
Executive Vice President of Vertex-Standard's Amateur Radio Sales 
Division.  

Vertex Standard are the folks who bring you Yaesu brand ham radio 
equipment.  And for the last 21 years, the company has been a principal 
underwriter of the Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award.  
(Various sources) 

**

NAMES IN THE NEWS:  RADIO SHACK PRESIDENT TO DEPART

RadioShack Corporation has announced that its president and chief 
operating officer, Claire Babrowski, was to leave the company effective 
Aug. 31. 

Babrowski has been with the company since July 2005. According to 
Chairman and CEO Julian Day, there are no plans to immediately fill the 
Chief Operating Officer position.

RadioShack recently announced plans to cut approximately 400 to 450 
positions across its various support functions to reduce its overhead 
expenses.  Those lay-off's took place on August 29th.   (Radio Shack)

**

NAMES IN THE NEWS:  KEVIN MITNICK (N6NHG) WEBSITE HACKED

The website belonging to former computer hacker turned cyberspace 
security expert, Kevin Mitnick, N6NHG, has been  hacked.  

According to news.com, online vandals, apparently operating from 
Pakistan, broke into the server hosting Mitnick's Web site on Sunday, 
August 20th.  They replaced Mitnicks front page with one of their own.  
As a result, four websites belonging to N6NHG, including 
KevinMitnick.com and MitnickSecurity.com, displayed what the news 
service termed as an explicit message on Mitnick and hacking.

For those not aware, Kevin Mitnick was at one time considered among the 
worlds very bet hackers.  He was caught by the FBI in 1995 and spent 
five years behind bar.  Today, he is a computer security consultant, a 
noted author with two books published and a much sought after public 
speaker.  

This isn't the first time that a Mitnick related website has been 
defaced.   News.com says that several years ago, a site set up by 
Mitnick's supporters was repeatedly hacked.  (News.com, CyberTimes, 
others)

**

NAMES IN THE NEWS:  KB9IBW ON "TALKING WITH HEROES"

And August 18th  saw Emery McClendon, KB9IBW, co-host the radio program 
"Talking With Heroes."  As a result of his appearance,  the Amateur 
Radio service has been offered the opportunity to be the topic on two 
additional programs.

Talking With Heroes is a program sponsored by the American Legion that 
allows members of the military and military support groups to present 
their perspective.  In upcoming episodes  Richard Andrew, N-9-H-R-A, 
will discuss Skywarn, ARES, and Amateur Radio in general.  A second 
program will cover Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day and the 
public service aspect of Amateur Radio.  (KB9IBW)

**

TECHNOLOGY UPDATE:  FCC SEEKS ENGINEERS IN TRAINING

The FCC is seeking applications from engineering school grads with 
strong academic credentials, an interest in communications engineering 
and I-P network knowledge.  This, for its Engineer-in-Training Program 
to be held during the 2006 and 2007 fiscal year.

The FCC will recruit recent engineering school graduates to the 
commission and provide training in the field of communications. 
Engineers hired as part of the program will fill positions at FCC 
headquarters in Washington D.C,  at the agency's Gettysburg, Pa., 
facility, or one of the FCC field offices.  

Applicants must specify locations for which they wish to be considered.  
More is in cyberspace at www.fcc.gov.  (RW)

**

RADIO AND SPACE:  TWO NASA PROBES TO WATCH FOR CME'S

NASA could soon watch the Sun's violent behavior when the star's 
magnetic field becomes unstable shooting plasma and high-energy 
particles deep into space and affecting radio propagation on Earth.  

According to Space.com, a pair of almost identical probes called the 
Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory were scheduled to be launched 
on August 31st.  The satellites will on a two-year mission to provide 
three dimensional views of the Sun.  

The probes are expected to provide a better view on the origin, 
evolution and consequences of Coronal Mass Ejection's or C-M-Es.  C-M-
E's are giant explosions on the Sun caused by magnetic field lines 
annihilating one another.  This causes the release of tremendous amount 
of energy that can reach the Earth.  

When C-M-E's occur, they can cause disruptions in radio propagation on 
Earth as well as producing electrical disturbances on spacecraft such 
as geostationary and Low Earth Orbiting satellites.  They can also 
affect power distribution systems the ground.  A solar storm back in 
the late 1980's is believed responsible for a famous outage of the 
entire Quebec power grid in Canada.  (Space)

**

ON THE AIR:  A PAIR OF MORSE ACTIVITIES FROM SPAR

The Society for the Preservation of Amateur Radio has approved 
sponsorship of 2 manual key CW activities that will be open to all 
interested amateurs. 

The first of these is called the Homebrew Key Competition..  In this 
one an entrant must build a hombrew CW key, bug, sideswiper or paddle 
that is actually useable on the air.  The other is called the SPAR 
Operating Championship where the objective is to make as many Morse 
contacts as possible during the month of October.  

Sorry, but no room here for specifics.  The details can be found on the 
SPAR web site at www.spar-hams.org by selecting the Key Month link 
under Activities and Contests.  (SPAR)

**

ON THE AIR:  UK HAMS CELEBRTING HYDROGEN

Members of the United Kingdom's Orkney Amateur Radio Club will be doing 
their bit to help the environment in September. This, when they power a 
special event station entirely using hydrogen. 

The special event station has been given the special call GB1H with the 
letter H obviously standing for hydrogen.  It will mark the fact that 
this will be one of the first Amateur Radio stations ever to be powered 
entirely by this fuel. 

GB1H will be on air September 7th to the 10th as part of the Orkney 
International Science Festival.  It will be operating from the Isle of 
Stronsay where a conference on the potential of hydrogen technology 
will be taking place.  Hydrogen is widely touted as the fuel to stave 
off global warming. Its only emission is water.  (GB2RS)

**

WORKDBEAT - UK:  CHURCHES AND CHAPELS ON THE AIR

The United Kingdom's Churches and Chapels on the Air event takes place 
on Saturday 9th September from 9.00 to 17.00 UTC.  We don't know very 
much about this one but you can find out more about it by contacting 
John Resdell, G3XYF, by e-mail to  braceybridge at enterprise.net.  
(GB2RS)

**

WORLDBEAT - ITALY:  THE 4TH ANNUAL ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK

Dates have been announced for the 4th annual Antarctic Activity
Week.  In a note to the Ohio Penn DX newsletter, I-1-H-Y-W says that 
the Worldwide Antarctic Program's next Antarctic Activity Week will be 
held February 19th to the 25th of 2007. 

Antarctic Activity Week is billed as a unique world-wide event where 
hams are both celebrating and working  to improve Worldwide interest 
around the Antarctic Continent.  More is on-line at 
www.aricassino.it/diplomi.htm  (OPDX)

**

DX

In D-X, listen out for three German operators who will be active as 
7P8WO, 7P8DJ and 7P8JF respectively, from Roma, Lesotho, between 3rd 
and 12th of September.  Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters  on CW, 
SSB, RTTY and PSK31.

Reports to the Ohio Penn DX Newsletter indicate that the July activity 
of a station signing 9A stroke TA3J as a pirate.  The real TA3J says 
that he did not operate from Croatia. 

And DH5JG will be operating portable  EA8  from Lanzarote in the Canary 
Islands until the 12th of September.  He will be on 40 through 10 
meters including the WARC bands.  Modes will be CW, SSB, RTTY and 
PSK31. 

L:astly, keep an Ear Open for JA1DHY, and JA1EKK operating from Vietnam 
as as XV3DHY and XV3EKK respectively.  They plan to be on from August 
31st to September 6th on 80 through 6 meters using CW, SSB and SSTV.  
QSL all of these operations as directed on the air.

(Above from various DX publications and sources)

**

THAT FINAL ITEM:  MR WIZARD - A TRIP BACK IN TIME

And finally this week, if you were a kid growing up in the 1950's or 
1960's and if you had any interest in technology, then is likely you 
tuned in every Saturday morning to NBC's Watch Mr. Wizard television 
show.  That's where Don Herbert, better known as Mr. Wizard, would walk 
kids through the magic of science found in every day living.  

One of those young people was a ham radio operator from Brooklyn, New 
York.  His name is Henry Feinberg, callsign K2SSQ, whom many of you 
know as an anchor and reporter right here on Amateur Radio Newsline. 
While a freshman in college in the early 1960's, K2SSQ accepted a job 
with the production company that put on the Watch Mr. Wizard show:

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K2SSQ:  "I was a physics major at New York University and there on a 
bulletin board was a notice for a laboratory assistant to work on a 
science television program.  Unnamed (program.)  Well, I took that 
notice right off the bulletin board, marched in and applied for the 
job.  I was interviewed and a couple of weeksa later got the job.  It 
was that easy."   

--

For next several years Henry designed and built many of the experiments 
that viewers got to see Mr. Wizard perform.  A simple record player was 
the beginning:

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K2SSQ:  "The first thing that I made after finding out it was Mr. 
Wizard -- I mean -- I had watched that program growing up -- was to 
take a piece of oak tag (ed:  heavy construction paper), make it into a 
cone, stick a darning needle on the end of it and use that as a 
phonograph player.  So you can see how dated the program was at that 
time."

--

That first job with Watch Mr. Wizard set Henry on a lifetime career 
that included designing and building the umbrella space communicator.  
One that was used in the motion picture E-T The Extraterrestrial to 
".phone home."  

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K2SSQ:  "The use of everyday objects to explain scientific phoneme at 
the Mr. Wizard show became very handy when Steven Spielberg's group 
called Bell Labs asking aid in producing props for his "ET" film.  At 
that time Spielberg was the "bad boy" of Hollywood and although Bell 
Labs had worked with Stanley Kubrick on "2001" they did not quite feel 
that it was -- well -- it was beneath them to work on props for a 
science fiction movie like "ET."  So they asked if I would handle that 
on my own, and the rest is history."

--

And what about Henry's first boss?  Mr. Wizard is still around too.  
Now in his late 80's, Don Herbert, continues to write and produce 
educational television.  And, recently he released many of the original 
Watch Mr. Wizard programs on DVD for the next generation of young 
scientists to learn from and for us older science buffs to enjoy once 
again.  More about what Don Herbert and his legendary Watch Mr. Wizard 
television program is on line at www.mrwizardstudios.com.  

Also, National Public Radio recently did an interesting audio 
retrospective with Don and some of the kids who were his assistants on 
the show.  Its on-line at www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2006-07-
27-voa68.cfm

Go take a look and a listen.  It's a trip back in time.

The complete interview with K2SSQ can be heard right now on the Rain 
Report.  Call in at 847-827-7246 or download it from our website at 
www.arnewsline.org  (ARNewslineT)

**

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