[Ham-News] Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1535 - January 12th, 2007

Sun Jan 14 10:32:00 EST 2007

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1535 - January 12th, 2007

The following is a Q-S-T.  

A California ham becomes an international hero for assisting in the 
rescue of a stranded sailor off the coast of Chile.  Also, a power 
provider works with hams in Massachusetts to avoid interference and 
more about Reginald Fessenden and the worlds first radio broadcast.  
Did he really make it?  You decide for yourself after hearing Amateur 
Radio Newsline report number 1535 coming your way right now.

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RESCUE RADIO:  SOCAL HAM ASSISTS IN RESCUE AT SEA

A Riverside California ham has been dubbed a hero by his fellow radio 
amateurs.  This after he helped to coordinate the rescue of a sailor 
off the coast of Chile.  We have more in this report from Burt Hicks, 
WB6MQV:

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We have all heard the story before.  Someone, somewhere in need of 
communications during an emergency and out from the sidelines comes a 
ham that can provide it.  An in reality, that's the story of the rescue 
of around-the-wold sailor Ken Barnes off the  coast of Chile on January 
5th.  A rescue made possible with more than a little help from a ham 
radio operator back home.

That ham is Migual Morales, KC6CYK, of Riverside California.  

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Morales:  "I got involved because I learned last Monday evening that an 
American was stranded and adrift somewhere in the South Pacific where 
two oceans collide at the tip of the continent down there.  No 
cellphone.  The satellite cellphone that he had was cutting off and on 
every 30 seconds and that was the most (time) he could talk."

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Mike, as he is known locally,  heard about Barnse's predicament on 
local newscasts and offered to help.  He did this by contacting the 
sailor's fiancee, Cathy Chambers, and suggesting he might be able to 
get in touch by radio with hams in Chile who also might be able to 
assist.  

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Morales :  "And so I called the family.  I found their number in the 
directory and I introduced myself  to Cathy Chambers and I told her 
that I had lived in Chile when I was a kid.  And speaking the language 
and having a ham radio license here in the states and being affilated 
with the Radio Club of Chile I was able to talk to my colleagues down 
there, and I offered my services voluntarily of coarse.  And she said 
that she was very happy and said to please do what you can."

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In an interview with the ARRL, Morales, who also peaks fluent Spanish, 
said he felt it was important for Barnes family to know the mariners 
situation and how the rescue plans were progressing.  He did this by 
making contact with on 10 meters with stations in Chile.  From them he 
obtained what he termed as credible reports as to what was actually 
happening.  

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Morales:  "I was lucky enough really:  I have a Novice license but I 
was able to go to 20 meters and 5 meters abd monitor and listen and 
talk on 10 meters with ham rafio operators in CE7 in the southern part 
of Chile.  

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One of the things he learned that the Chillian Navy was putting off any 
rescue attempt.

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The Chilean Navy had no intention in rescuing Ken Barnes.  To them, it 
was someone else stranded there and they were expecting him not to 
survive.  That's a reality of that part of the world.  

To them, to send a war ship into international waters  some 300 miles 
over the 200 nautical miles that they had to extend their trip. It was 
not worth it.  

They are now claiming credit and they are now saying that yhey were 
coordinators and they instructed.  Baloney -- they didn't do that." 

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The Navy did dispatch one of the CP3 Orion aircraft Chile uses to 
patrol its 200-mile-offshore territorial claim.  The plane spotted 
Barnes foundering vessel, photographed it and even attempted to drop a 
life raft that missed its mark.  Morales later learned that the Chilean 
Navy recruited the trawler the Polar Pesca 1 to undertake the actual 
rescue while it coordinated the effort.

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Morales:  "The private company Ploa Pesca is the one (that rescued 
Barnes).  It is a private factory fleet of fishing vessels.  They are 
the ones that deserve the credit."

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Morales said he was able to gather information from Punta Arenas, on 
the extreme southern tip of South America, and, via his Chilean ham 
radio contacts, from the rescue ship. 
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Morales: "I was relaying information as far as the location of the 
privateer.  I woud get the latitude and longitude from the Punta Arenas 
radio operators --  and not from the Chilean Navy -- and I relayed it 
to the U.S. Coast Guard as well as the family.  So, for the first time 
they knew first hand the true information and the true location and 
what was being done to rescue him."

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The 47 year old Barnes, left Long Beach, California, late last October, 
hoping to be the first person to sail around the world from the United 
States West Coast.  A severe storm badly damaged his boat and soaked 
his supplies.  

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Burt Hicks, WB6MQV, in Los Angeles

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The City of Riverside has announced plans to honor Morales for 
rendering assistance to Barnes.  For his part, Morales says he's "a 
very low-key type of person who isn't all that fond of being in the 
media spotlight.  That said, we hams can her more with Mile Morales, 
KC6CYK on this weeks Rain Report.  Its available right now as an MP3 
file at our website at www.arnewsline.org and streaming audio at 
www.therainreport.com.  Its also available by telephone at 641-985-
5999.  (ARNewsline, ARRL, Riverside County Amateur Radio Assn., 
W6TRTW, others)

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RESCUE RADIO:  GAREC 07 TO BE HELD IN THE USA

The International Amateur Radio Union has announced that the Global 
Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference 2007 will take place 
in August.  This, in conjunction with the 2007 ARRL National Convention 
at the Huntsville Hamfest.   Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, has more:

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According to the ARRL Letter, the league's Alabama Section and the 
Huntsville Hamfest Association will co-sponsor GAREC-07.  IARU 
International Coordinator for Emergency Communications Hans Zimmermann, 
F5VKP and HB9AQS, says it will take place Thursday and Friday, August 
16 and 17 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, just prior to the convention and 
hamfest.  

This will mark the third annual Global Amateur Radio Emergency  
Communications Conference and the first held in the United States. 
GAREC-07 is an acronym for Global Amateur Radio Emergency 
Communications Conference  2007.

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

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Additional details on the Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications 
Conference for 2007 will be announced as they become available .  
(ARRL)

**

THE BPL FIGHT: CONCORD MASS. DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY

Amateurs in Concord, Massachusetts are closely monitoring plans by the 
town's electric utility to implement a Broadband over Power Line system  
using gear supplied by PowerGrid Communications.  But they also say 
that so far there has been a lot of cooperation between the supplier 
and the Concord ham community in planning the system.  

Steve Telsey, N1BDA, of the Colonial Wireless Association says that 
PowerGrid' Chief Technology Officer has already held a meeting with the 
local ham community and brought samples of the equipment to 
demonstrate.    N1BDA describes their relationship with the company as 
cordial and very cooperative.  

He says that PowerGrid is aware that hams are very concerned about this 
system and that they are willing to notch out the ham bands.  But 
Telsey also notes that this will not address problems faced by 
shortwave listeners and users of time signal stations like WWV.

There are currently no BPL operations in Concord and that any pilot 
program would not commence until at least February or March.  The BPL 
database indicates that the proposed new system will include the entire 
community of Concord with some overhead and underground installation.  
Approximately 130 nodes would be deployed. 

N1BDA says that the lighting company is still exploring a possible 
business model.  He says that it is still possible the whole thing 
might get canceled. For now, Colonial Wireless Association officers are 
requesting that the matter be kept low key so that negotiations can 
move forward in a spirit of cooperation as they have been, so far.  
(K9HI,  Eastern Mass AR News)

**

LICENSING STATS:  NUMBERS GOING DOWN EXCEPT TECH

The latest numbers are in and it looks as if very little upgrading has 
been taking place lately.  But George Mc Couch, K3UD, thinks that's all 
about to change.  And change for the better.  Amateur Radio Newsline's 
Bruce Tennant has both the bad news and the good:

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George Mc Couch, K3UD, posts licensing statistics on QRZ.com.  He says 
that the number of Extras, Advanced, General and Novice class license 
holders has decreased somewhat in recent days.  

Mc Couch says that as of January 1st, there are only 108,205 Extra class 
license holders.  That's down by 208 since the last reporting period.  
Also gone are 866 Advanced, 704  General and 683  Novice class 
operators.  

Meantime, the Technician class continues to grow.  Their number stands 
at 322,966 and representing a growth of 1,896 licensees.  It also means 
that Technicians now account for half of the 655,832 licensed United 
States hams.  

But here is the good news we promised.  In an editorial note, George 
says that he thinks that we have hit the low point for upgrading and 
its likely to get better from here.  He says that since the FCC has 
announced that it will soon be dropping the code test requirement he 
expects to see an initial, and likely ongoing gain in the General and 
Extra class trickets.  

Mc Couch thinks it could be that the bottom line number of 655,832 is 
about as low as it will.  But he adds that it will be interesting to 
see what the effect the upcoming rules change will have.  

This is K3UD's analysis the numbers of individual FCC licensees for the 
months of October, November and December 2006.  He also covers many 
other license statistics in addition to the quarterly figures we have 
presented here.  

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

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All of K-3-U-D's very comprehensive licensing statistics appear on the 
Home and News Pages at QRZ.com but you may have to hunt a bit to find 
them by the time this weeks newscast makes it to air.  (QRZ.com, 
ARNewsline)

**

ENFORCEMENT:  PA HAM GETS NOV FOR FAILURE TO UD

A Pennsylvania ham who allegedly failed to identify in a timely manner 
has been sent an official Notice of Violation from the Philadelphia 
office of the FCC.   The notice to Andrew Ban, KB3GRK, whom the FCC 
says was monitored by one of its agents on September 12 and 13, 2006 
and failed to identify for long durations during his transmission made 
on both days.

The FCC says that in one instance, Ban or whomever was operating his 
station did identify for nearly one hour.  In a second instance, the 
period exceeded 20 minutres.  The FCC says that these are violations of 
section 97.119(a) of the Amateur Radio Service rules.  This section  
requires stations in the Amateur service to identify at the end of each 
communication, and at least every 10 minutes during a communication.

Ban was given 20 days from the December 20th issuance of the Notice of 
Violation to respond.  (FCC)

**

ENFORVCEMENT:  DON'T TO TO THOSE NOT LICENSED

Todd A. Hamilton, KC8WOM,  Darren L. Kamphouse, KD8DDO, and David E. 
Kutzbach, KD8BNG, have each been sent an Advisory Notice by the FCC.  
This, for allegedly failing to identify and conversing on the air with 
other, unlicensed stations.  

In its Debember 6th, 2006 letter to the three Michigan hams,  the FCC 
says that it has information that indicates while participating in 
hunting activities in their area, that they were transmitting without 
identifying by call sign and to communicating with hunters using 
unlicensed Amateur Radio equipment.  

The FCC says that such use of their stations violates its rules.  It 
requested that each ham call FCC Special Counsel Riley Hollingsworth to 
discuss this matter with him.  (FCC)

**

RADIO ACCIDENTS:  ICE FELLS KSYZ  FM TOWER

The KSYZ FM transmitting tower  in Boelus, Nebraska hit the ground 
early Sunday morning, December. 31st.  The tower came down as a result 
of the  recent ice storm that hit central Nebraska a few days earlier.  
The station that operates on 107.7 MHz says that weather permitting, it 
will start  rebuilding soon.  In the meantime the station is back on 
the air from a temporary tower site  Pictures of the fallen tower are 
at http://www.ksyz.com/towerpics.html) (CGC)

**

HAM RADIO IN THE WEB: WWW.HAMATLAS.EU

www.hamatlas.eu is a new, on-line Amateur Radio reference LIBRARY just 
brought on-line by Darek Milka, SP6VNK.  The site already contains 
complete information on all 337 DXCC entities, over 3000 pictures and 
more than 1100 maps all of which are related to the hobby.  Darek tells 
Amateur Radio Newsline that it took for years of work to bring it on 
line.  He says that everyone is welcome to stop by.  Again the URL is 
www.hamatlas.eu  (SP6VNK)

**

HAM RADIO ON THE SILVER SCREEN:  NEW VIDEO TELLS NCDXF STORY

The Northern California DX Foundation has released a new promotional 
video explaining the many aspects of the organization and its work.  
Produced by James Brooks, 9V1YC, the 10 minute show highlights the many 
accomplishments of the Foundation. This includes its educational 
programs, its commitment to sponsorship of DXpeditions, its support for 
the World Radiosport Team Championship games and the joint  NCDXF  IARU 
International Beacon Network,   

DVD copies will be available in the coming weeks, but the show is 
available now for viewing on-line under the "Videos" section of the 
groups website at www.ncdxf.org. It can be viewed or downloaded from 
the Google Video at 
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1969114446660423090  
(Various))

**

HAM HAPPENINGS:  MARCONI DAY IN APRIL

Its not to early to begin planning for the next International Marconi 
Day.  Jeramy Boot, G4NJH, has more:

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International Marconi Day will take place on Saturday 28th April this 
year. Although the event is not a contest, participants can qualify for 
award certificates by contacting special stations. 

These stations must operate on or close to a site where Guglielmo 
Marconi carried out experiments or where Marconi equipment was used 
prior to his death in 1937.

If you would like to operate one of these special award stations, it is 
essential that you register the station by emailing 
webmaster at gb4imd.org.uk prior to the event .

Jeramy Boot, G4NJH. 

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More on International Marconi Day is on the web at  www.gb4imd.org.uk.  
(GB2RS)

**

NAMES IN THE NEWS:  APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS AT THE FCC

Some names in the news.  First up is Federal Communications Commission 
Chairman Kevin J. Martin who named Fred Campbell as Chief of the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Catherine Seidel as Chief of the 
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.  

Fred Campbell comes to  the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's Chief 
after serving as Chairman Martin's Legal Advisor for wireless issues.  
Preior to that he held thr position of an Attorney Advisor in the 
Wireline Competition Bureau.  

Newly promoted Catherine Seidel has been the Acting Chief of Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau (since April of 2005.   She has also served 
as a Deputy Bureau Chief and Chief of Staff for that bureau.  
Previously, she served as the Chief of the Telecommunications Consumers 
Division in the Enforcement Bureau and has also held positions in the 
Common Carrier Bureau and the Mass Media Bureau.  Prior to joining the 
Commission in 1993.  (FCC)

**

NAMES IN THE NEWS:  ZL3NL RECEIVES RCA FRED LINK AWARD

High honors for a ham from New Zealand.  Jeff Clark, K8JAC, reports:

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The Radio Club of America has honored Sir Angus Tait, Zed-L-3-N-L, as 
the recipient of the 2006 Fred M. Link ,W2ALU, Award.  R-C-A recognized 
Tait for his substantial contributions to the advancement and 
development of land mobile radio and communications. 

Angus Tait had a childhood fascination for electronics and left high 
school to work in a radio store. He served with the Royal Air Force in 
radar during World War II.  After the war, he designed and built mobile 
radio equipment, although his first company.

In 1969, he founded Tait Electronics Ltd., in Christchurch, New 
Zealand, considered a world leader in mobile radio.  He has kept  his 
manufacturing base in New Zealand, with 95 per cent of production 
exported to 160 countries

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The 87 year old Tait was unable to attend RCA's awards banquet to 
receive the honor.  Tait Communications President Bill Fredrickson 
accepted the award in his stead.  (RCA)

**

NAMES IN THE NEWS:  VE7IS WINNER OF IRLP NEW YEARS ROUND-UP

Kenneth Roy McNeil, VE7IS, of  Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, 
Canada, is the winner of the 4th annual IRLP New Year Around the 
World QSO Party.  According to Alinco's North America representative 
Evelyn Garrison, WS7A, Mc Neil's name was chosen out of the more than 
500 hams who were on frequency and on-line at the time of the drawing.  

Garrison tells Newsline that Bill Slaughter, VE7CIM, of Burnabee Radio 
in Burnaby, British Columbia, will get to present Mc Neil with an 
Alinco DJ-5 hand-held radio the not to distant future.  She also said 
that a lot of people had a great New Years Eve celebrating together 
thanks to ham radio and the Internet Radio Linking Project.  The New 
Year Around the 
World QSO Party was part of the regular Friday Night IRLP Open Forum 
International Net.  (WS7A)

**

WORLDBEAT - IRELAND:  WIN A HAM TRIP WITH CQIR - IRELAND CALLING

If you have ever dreamed of a ham radio vacation in Ireland, here is 
your chance to win a free trip to Erin's Isle.  This, as the Irish 
Radio Transmitters Society celebrates the 75th anniversary of its 
founding throughout 2007.

The Irish Radio Transmitters Society came into being back in 1932.  As 
part of the jubilee celebrations, overseas entrants with 75 or more 
QSOs with special event stations will have the opportunity to win a 
trip to Ireland!  To make this possible, the Society is organizing an 
International Radio Contest called "CQIR - Ireland Calling."  Full 
rules and county codes on the society's website. At www.irts.ie.  
(IRTS)

**

HAM RADIO IN SPACE"  NEW HAM-SATS GET OSCAR DESIGNATIONS

Two new ham-sats now have official OSCAR designations.  AMSAT OSCAR 
coordinator Bill Tynan, W3XO, has re-named the RAFT  One  as  NAV-
OSCAR-60 or NO-60.  Also, the ANDE satellite is now NAV-OSCAR-61 or NO-
61.  Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy's Satellite 
Laboratory designed and built RAFT One and ANDE orbital communication 
packages under the watchful eye of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR.  (ANS)

**

HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  AMSAT-NA LAB MOVES TO MARYLAND

AMSAT North America should be all moved into its new Lab facility by 
the time this newscast rezches air.  Its Vice President of Engineering, 
Bob Mc Gwiar, N4HY, says that the Florida-to-Maryland-Move-Team planned 
to have all of the contents of the old AMSAT Orlando laboratory placed 
in the new facility in Pocomoke City, Maryland on or about January 7th.

The new lab is 6000 square feet.  The Clean Room is so Large that it 
requires required 8 large air handlers that were delivered to the 
facility by 24 foot trucks.

Mc Gwiar says that the new facility will handle the Eagle and several 
joint ventures on smaller satellites.  AMSAT North America plans to 
have the new laboratory available to help in the development of the 
Phase 3 E ham radio bird.  

Photos of the new facility are on-line at 
http://n4hy.smugmug.com/gallery/2297432/  (ANS)

**

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  NEW RECORD FOR SOLAR POWER

A new world record achieved in Solar Cell technology.  Boeing-
Spectrolab says that it recently achieved a conversion efficiency of 
40.7 percent.  This,  establishes a new milestone in sunlight-to-
electricity performance.  More is on line at 
www.energy.gov/news/4503.htm  (Science OnLine)

**

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  NEW CHIPS IMPROVE MOBILE RECEPTION

STMicroelectronics has announced that it is sampling a new digital 
AM/FM radio receiver chipset for use in automotive applications.  The 
company says that the chips sophisticated digital signal processing 
techniques allow them to provide excellent reception quality while 
reducing interference even in the presence of challenging signal 
conditions.  Jointly developed by ST and Bosch's subsidiary, Blaupunkt, 
this advanced digital receiver chipset integrates audio signal 
processing and Radio Data System decoding.  (RW)

**

WORLDBEAT-ANTARCTICA AND U.K:  BECOMING AWARE OF THE SOUTH CONTINANT

The United Kingdom's North Wakefield Radio Club will be running special 
event station GB0WAP between February 19th to the  25th.  This, to raise 
awareness about Antarctica.   

This will be the only Worldwide Antarctic Program station running from 
Britain.  For award chasers, the station will have the unique reference 
of 'W-A-P zone 72,   More information can be found on the world-wide-
web at www.ddxc.net/wap/  (GB2RS)

**

WORLDBEAT -  MONGOLIA:  NEW NATIONAL SOCIETY FORMED

Mongolia now has a new national ham radio society.  According to JT1CD, 
the Mongolian Amateur Radio Society was formed at a conference of that 
nations radio amateurs held last November 18th.

Nick named MARS, the Mongolian Amateur Radio Society will officially 
represent Mongolia to the International Amateur Radio Union.  It will 
also act as a conduit in dealings with other national Amateur Radio 
societies, worldwide.  (OPDX)

**

WORLDBEAT _ BULGARIA:  A SPECIAL EVENT

Radio Bulgaria's DX Editor Dimiter Petrov, LZ1AF will be using the 
special event call sign LZ50DXJ through December 31, 2007.  This, to 
mark the 50th anniversary of Radio Bulgaria's DX Program which started 
on November 17, 1957.  LZ1AF will be active on all H F bands mostly on 
CW. Special QSL cards will be issued and dealt with via the QSL bureau.  
(Southgate)

**

WORLDBEAT - PORTUGAL:  ZL TO CT ON 2 METERS

Moonbounce enthusiasts in New Zealand and Portugal are claiming a new 
Earth-Moon-Earth distance record.  This, in a December 6th  contact, 
using the digital JT-65-B mode.

Taking part were Nick Wallace, ZL1IU and  Joe Kraft, CT1HZE.  Wallace 
was running 500 Watts to four 12 element Yagis, while Kraft  was 
putting  1.5 kW into four 11 element beams.  The E-M-E contact spanned 
a terrestrial distance of 19,685 kilometers.  (WIA News)

**

DX

In D-X, word that CE3FZ , will  be active as CE2P from Panul 
Lighthouse, Chile during the weekends of January and February.  
Activity will be on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters on SSB only.   QSL to his 
callbook address.

Also, ON4AA, is active as portable HI8  from the Dominican Republic 
until 14th January.  He plans to focus on 40 and 20 meter SSB, RTTY and 
PSK31.  

And PA0RRS will be active from Penang Island through the 28th of 
February.  QSL these last two as directed on the air.

(Above from various DX news sources)

**

THAT FINAL ITEM:  FESSENDEN - YES OR NO?

And finally this week, conflict over Canadian inventor Reginald 
Fressenden and the claim that he made the worlds first radio broadcast 
on  Christmas Eve of  1906.  While radio amateurs world wide seem to 
have adopted this belief as being true, some non-ham scholars are not 
so sure.  Jim Linton, VK3PC, has the story of one of them and the facts 
he says prove the Fessenden broadcasts never took place:

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Fessenden - father of broadcasting or not?

The world is celebrating the centenary of radio broadcasting, marking 
the first broadcast by Reginald Aubrey Fessenden in December 1906. .

Undoubtedly a brilliant man, Canadian-born Fessenden with numerous 
inventions to his name, is now having doubts cast over whether he is 
the father of broadcasting.

A radio history enthusiast and writer, James E. O'Neal, has found that 
evidence for the broadcast having actually occurred, is decidedly 
lacking.

Writing in Radio World magazine, O'Neal makes some valid points that 
are likely to be the subject of continued debate.

Fessenden never spoke of a Christmas Eve broadcast at the time and only 
mentioned it once, in a 1932 letter just before his death.

The often repeated reference to 1906 broadcast is the 1940 biography, 
"Fessenden: Builder of Tomorrows," written by his widow Helen. 

Through most of his career, Fessenden wrote in numerous technical 
journals. However despite extensive research by O'Neal he could not 
find any printed reports in them of Fessenden's Christmas Eve and New 
Year's Eve broadcasts of 1906. Much less any newspaper reports to back 
up the story.

Fessenden was supposed to have alerted stations by wireless telegraphy 
of his impending broadcast. Again, archival checks of wireless logbooks 
found no reference to such an alert or the broadcast.

O'Neal also raises doubts whether wireless telegraphy station equipment 
at the time could have demodulated the intelligence on an AM signal.

While another inventor, Lee De Forest, in a 1925 Radio News article 
claimed that he originated the world's first broadcast of speech and 
music. Fessenden never rebuts De Forest's claim in any subsequent issue 
of that publication. 

O'Neal writes that he really wanted to believe that Fessenden did what 
is claimed. 

He had the means to do the broadcast, however according to O'Neal, all 
evidence points to the Christmas Eve event 1906 at Brant Rock, 
Massachusetts, as being a contrived story.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Linton, VK3PC.

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Its likely that none of us will ever know for sure if Fessenden really 
was the first radio broadcaster.  Those signals are lost in the 
antiquity of time.  Then again there are some things that are far 
better left to the mind, to the imagination and to the heart.  They are 
called traditions and the belief in Reginald Fessenden's radio 
broadcasts seem to lie among them.  (WIA News)

**

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