[Ham-News] Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1537 - January 26th, 2007

Sun Jan 28 08:22:06 EST 2007

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1537 - January 26th, 2007

The following is a Q-S-T.  A big change in Morse in the U-S-A, a bill 
to force the FCC to properly watch over B-P-L and hams in space chat 
with a famous TV personality.  Who was it?  Find out the details on 
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1537 coming your way right now.

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RADIO RULES:  THE END OF MORSE TESTING IS NEAR

Morse testing in the United States should end soon.  How soon you ask?  
Amateur Radio Newsline's David Black, KB4KCH, has the latest on this 
major change coming to the hobby:

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Morse testing to obtain or upgrade an Amateur Radio license in the 
United States will end on Friday, February 23rd.  This, following a 30 
day "take effect period" after the January 24th publication in the 
Federal Register of the Report and Order on F-C-C rule-making W T 
Docket 05-235.  And on February 23rd, Morse testing will be a part of 
ham radio history.  

According to an earlier bulletin released by the American Radio relay 
League, the FCC maintains that this change will eliminate an 
unnecessary regulatory burden.  One that the FCC says may discourage 
current Amateur Radio operators from advancing their skills and 
participating more fully in the benefits of Amateur Radio.

The new rules mean that all Technician licensees, whether or not 
they've passed a Morse code examination, will gain some High Frequency 
operating  privileges 
identical to those of current Novice, Tech Plus or Technician with 
Element 1 Morse credit licensees.  This, without having to apply for an 
upgrade. Novices and Technicians with Element 1 credit already have 
Morse privileges in segments of the 80, 40, 15 meter bands.  They also 
have Morse,  R-T-T-Y, data and SSB privileges on a portion of 10 
meters.

And one final word.  Do not operate under the newly changed licensing 
rules until after their effective date.  If you do and wind up getting 
caught, there's a good chance you will wind up with a most unwelcome 
letter asking you why you went on early.  And that letter will be 
coming from the FCC.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm David Black, KB4KCH,at the South-
East bureau in Birmingham, Alabama.  

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Deletion of the Morse requirement is a landmark in United States 
Amateur Radio history. Until 1991, when a code examination was dropped 
from the requirements to obtain a Technician ticket, all prospective 
radio all applicants for an amateur license had to pass a Morse 
proficiency exam.  (ARRL, ARNewsline, others)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  PEHUENSAT - 1 ON THE AIR

The Pehuensat One ham radio satellite is on the air.  Reports are 
coming in from all over the world of the reception of signals from this 
latest ham radio bird and so far all are good.

The satellite was launched on  the 10th January from the Satish Dhawan 
Space Centre in India.  It transmits on 145.825 MHz FM voice in 
English, Spanish and Hindi followed by AX25 1200 bps packet.

To have a quick glance at next passes in your location and time, visit 
www.amsat.org.ar.  Then click on the revolving globe, then on your 
location, then on Pehuensat.  We will have more ham radio space related 
news later on in this weeks report.  (Via Press Release)

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THE BPL WAR:  WD5DVR INTRODUCES BPL CONTROL BILL TO CONGRESS

A bill now making its way through the United States Congress could 
force the FCC to determine once and for all whether radio amateurs have 
the right to protection from interference caused by Broadband over 
Powerline technology.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW,  
is here with the details:

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The measure is known in the House of Representatives as HR 462.  It was  
introduced on January 12 by Representative Mike Ross, WD5DVR, as part 
of the Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Protection Act for 2007.   

The bill gets right into the middle of a high-stakes battle between 
power utilities heavily invested in BPL and the American Radio Relay 
League which views as its prime objective to protect the ham radio 
bands from any form of man made interference,

If passed and signed into law, the measure would require the FCC to do 
a comprehensive study within 90 days after the date of its enactment.  
It would also require that the FCC produce a new set of improved rules 
governing BPL service transmission while at the same time calling on 
the agency to come up with a safe distance of separation that will 
guarantee no interference from BPL emissions.

And there is one real zinger that the B-P-L is likely to crusade 
against.  HR 462 would also force the FCC also would have to 
investigate the degree of notching necessary to protect the reliability 
of mobile radio communications and provide a technical justification 
for permitted BPL radiated emission levels relative to ambient noise 
levels.  In other words it would not just be home station operations 
that would be safeguarded from interference caused by B-P-L.  Mobile 
operations would be protected as well.  

The ARRL has conducted field tests in areas where BPL systems have been 
deployed as well as experiments to assess the emissions leakage level.  
As a result of these tests and of member complaints, the League has 
been outspoken in its criticism of two deployments in particular.  
These are a commercial installation in Manassas, Virginia, and a test 
placement in Briarcliff Manor, New York.  As previously reported, the 
League says tests conducted at both sites by its members have detected 
B-P-L generated interference at distances of hundreds of feet from 
overhead transmission lines and making communications impossible on the 
H-F bands in both of these areas.  

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

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HR 462 has been sent to the House Committee of Energy and Commerce for 
study.  (ARRL, InformationTechnology News, redherring.com, others)

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THE BPL WAR:  THE BATTLE CONTINUES DOWN-UNDER

Meantime, down-under, Australian telecommunications A-C-M-A has 
undertaken another round of B-P-L interference measurements following 
ongoing complaints from a radio amateur.  On Thursday January 11th,  A-
C-M-A field engineers visited the home of Conrad Kley, VK7HCK in the 
town of Sands Bay in response of complaints of interference he is 
suffering from the broadband system operated by Aurora Energy.  Justin 
Giles-Clark, VK7TW, was there during the tests and has this report:

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Measurements were taken using a flat-response loop antenna and also 
using Conrad's quad and vertical antennas so a comparison could be made 
between the calibrated professional antenna and tuned amateur antennas.  
There was definite correlation between what Conrad was reporting using 
the "S" signal strength scale and what was measured using the test 
equipment on the same antenna. 

ACMA took notch profile measurements which showed up to a 20dB notch 
depth  however this still resulted in about an S3-4 signal level being 
experienced by Conrad within a notch. 

As some background, Conrad put in a complaint of unacceptable levels of  
interference from BPL emissions in November 2005 and then again in 
September 2006, and these have been the subject of ongoing 
investigation by ACMA.  ACMA staff undertook initial measurements at Mt 
Nelson in November 2005, June and July 2006. ACMA even detected 
emissions at the Quoin Ridge ITU monitoring station which is 20km away 
back in November 2005, however that is no longer the case possibly due 
to the utilization of wireless technology for the BPL back-haul 
network. 

Following Conrad's complaint of September 2006, ACMA compiled their  
measurement results into a report which was released at the end of 
November 2006 and reported signal levels ranging from 34.1 to 64dBuV/m 
across the HF amateur bands. 

This ACMA report substantiates the claims made by Conrad that the 
Aurora  Energy BPL system is causing interference and greatly reducing 
his ability to operate licensed amateur radio equipment.

I'm Justin VK7TW 

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VK7HCK has requested that the ACMA order Aurora Energy to make further 
reductions in emission levels including the widening of notching in 
various bands and notching of the 10m band. 

(WIA News)

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A SIGN OF THE TIMES:  WSWSS TO DISBAND

And a sad sign of the times.  This with word that the Western States 
Weak Signal Society will cease to exist as of February 1st.   Jeff 
Reinhardt, AA6JR, has more:

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Word of the demise of the Western States Weak Signal Society comes in 
the re-posting to the VHF Reflector of a note received by Jim Foster, 
NN7K, from the society's treasurer Paul Hammer, KA6CHJ.  In it, Hammer 
says that he is the only functioning officer remaining.  He says that 
requests for members to fill the other vacant positions did not yield 
enough volunteers.

According to the post, membership dues will begin being refunded with 
payments received in December 2006 and working backward.  Any remaining 
funds will be donated to the ARRL Spectrum Defense Fund.  Remaining 
office supplies will go to the local Salvation Army.  

The Western States Weak Signal Society certificate program will also 
cease.  Hammer says that all remaining awards to be distributed to 
those waiting by mid-February.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeff Reinhardt, AA6JR, in Los 
Angeles.

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More about the disbanding of the Western States Weak Signal Society is 
on-line at www.wswss.org  (VHF Reflector)

**

RESCUE RADIO:  HAMS IN VK CONTINUE WILDFIRES EM-COMMS

Wildfires continue in Australia's Victoria state and V-K hams 
affiliated with WICEN are on alert.  WICEN is Australia's equivalent of 
A-R-E-S in the United States.  Jim Linton, VK3PC, of the W-I-A News has 
the latest:  

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For 50 days fires have raged in Victoria burning out more than a 
million hectares with the loss of homes, property, livestock and 
wildlife. Responding agencies are stretched to the limit. They have 
needed to import fire-fighters from New Zealand, Canada and the United 
States. 

In the midst of it all are WICEN operators assisting with 
communications systems for the Department of Sustainability and 
Environment - DSE. WICEN Victoria State Coordinator, John Kerr VK3BAF 
advises that operators were first stationed at Swifts Creek. 

The activation, after a short while, was escalated with WICEN operators 
also deployed at Benalla and Mansfield. Rain that fell on Thursday 
eased the situation somewhat - but there's more of summer ahead. 

The previous occasion on which WICEN Victoria provided assistance to 
DSE was in the 2002-03 Bogong bushfires in the state's north-east. 

WICEN Victoria provided refresher training courses for its members in 
December on the operations of the DSE trunked radio system. Excellent 
forward planning indeed! 

Earlier the Red Cross communications arm RECOM with radio amateurs as 
volunteers provided communications in December at the bushfire relief 
center that was set up at Bairnsdale in Gippsland. 

And also in mid-December, WICEN had 15 operators activated in Tasmania 
when fire swept along that's state's east-coast causing extensive 
damage.  With no end in sight to the fire situation as Australia 
remains in grips of its worst drought for century, we're certain to see 
more involvement of radio amateurs as they uphold the long tradition of 
providing emergency communications in times of natural disasters. 

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

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Bushfires are common in Australia's summer, but officials say the 
situation is even worse than normal this year.  Many of the fires this 
year were caused by lightning, while others were believed to have been 
started deliberately.  (WIA News)

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ENFORCEMENT:  PART 15 INTERFERENCE TO CELL SITE

The New York District FCC Office, Northeast Region, has issued a 
Citation to a Dave Yogesh of Wayne, New Jersey.  This, for operating 
what the FCC calls Part 15 amplifier on the roof of his residence that 
caused interference to a Sprint cellular telephone site. 

According to the CGC Communicator, the problem sounds like a self-
oscillating UHF-TV antenna preamplifier, but the Citation did not fully 
describe the device causing the problem.  (CGC)

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RADIO HISTORY:  WOR AM TOWERS TAKEN DOWN IN NJ

Three giant radio towers that used to radiate the signal of New York 
City radio station W-O-R  A-M have been demolished.  The towers that 
have been a fixture alongside the New Jersey Turnpike in the city of 
Lyndhurst came crumbling down Thursday morning, January 11th.

The 700 foot tall towers were owned by W-O-R and have been a landmark 
on the turnpike for more than 40 years.  Each was safely felled by a 
demolition crew which simply loosened one guy wire on each tower to 
permit it to fall in the direction it was being tugged by the other 
two.  

Lyndhurst police finally approved the demolition after halting it last 
September.  At that time, the city cited safety concerns and the 
possibility some people might confuse the demolition with a terrorist 
attack.

The towers and associated transmitting house have been unused for the 
past several years following a move by W-O-R  A-M to a new transmitting 
site a half-mile to the north in the town of Rutherford.  (Southgate)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS:  AN ALL HAM FAMILY

A word of congratulations to 10 year old Ricky Martinez, KD8EYO, of 
Stockbridge, Michigan.  Rickey, who is only age 10 recently got his 
license after passing the Technician class exam at a recent test 
session held by the Livingston Amateur Radio Klub.  That's Klub with a 
"K."

What makes Ricky so unique is that he is the youngest person in the 
history of the Livingston Klub to earn an Amateur Radio Operators 
license through the groups program.  

Dick Renaud, W8KDR, w is the Vice President of the  Livingston Amateur 
Radio Klub.  He says that Ricky has wasted no time in getting involved 
in the hobby.  He says that KD8EYO has already participated in the 
National Weather Service SKYWARN Spotter training program.  Renaud 
believes that KD8EYO and will no doubt become part of the county's 
Amateur Radio emergency communications support team as he continues in 
his pursuit of his Amateur Radio adventure.

It should be noted that Ricky Martinez is no stranger to ham radio.  
His dad is Rick Martinez, W8RCM, and his mother is Katy, KD8EFS.  Katy 
Martinez earned her ham ticket only two months ago making the Martinez 
household an all ham radio family.  (W8KDR, others)

**

THE SOCIAL SCENE:  THE HAMCATION IN ORLANDO IN FEBRUARY

Back on this side of the great Atlantic pond the 2007 ham radio social 
season starts in sunny Florida in February.  This at the Hamcation in 
Orlando the weekend of the  9th, 10th and 11th.  

The venue is the Central Florida Fairgrounds on Colonial Drive with the 
theme of this years Hamcation being "Fellowship in Amateur Radio."   

Among the Hamcations's special guest presenters is "Mr. Audio" himself, 
Bob Heil, K9EID.  Bob, along with Chip Margelli, K7JA, will explore the 
latest in audio technology to make every ham radio operator sound 
better on the air.  

Also on hand will be the crew from Icom America.  They will join with 
members of the Orlando Amateur Radio Club to explore the latest in 
digital voice technology using the popular D-STAR system. 

And less we forget, this year the Hamcation has selected the Flex Radio  
SDR 1000 as the events grand prize.  

Sound like fun?  The Orlando Hamcaton always is.  And you can find out 
lots more on line at www.hamcation.com  (Hamcation)

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THE SOCIAL SCENE:  TWO IN MICHIGAN IN FEBRUARY

The Hiawatha Amateur Radio Association's 28th annual Swap and Shop will 
be held from 9 am, to 1 p.m. on February 3rd. The venue is the Negaunee 
Township Hall, in  Negaunee, Michigan.  . For more information please 
contact Robert Serfas, N8PKN, P0 Box 1183, Marquette, Michigan or e-
mail n8pkn at aol.com.  The events website is www.qsl.net/k81od;

And a week later on February 10th the Cherryland Amateur Radio Club will 
hold its 34th annual Swap-N-Shop at the Immaculate Conception Middle 
School Gymnasium in Traverse City, Michigan.  Doors open to the public 
at 8 a.m and close at noon after the last orizes have been awarded.  
For more information on this one e-mailjnovak at charter.net  (Worldradio)

**

THE SOCIAL SCENE:  HAMVENTION 2007 AWARD NOMINATION PERIOD ENDS 
FEBRUARY 19th 

The  Dayton Hamvention has set February 19th as the cutoff date to 
accept  nominations for its 2007 Radio Amateur of the Year, Special 
Achievement and Technical Excellence awards.  Evi Simons has more:

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If any honors program in Amateur Radio has earned the right to be 
called prestigious, it is the Dayton Hamvention's three awards.  Awards 
that many consider the Oscar and Emmys of ham radio.  And now the 
Hamvention has set February 19th as the last day that it will accept 
nominations for  this years presentation.  

By way of background, the Radio Amateur of the Year Award will be 
presented to an individual who has made a long-term, outstanding 
contribution to the advance of amateur radio. The Special Achievement 
Award goes to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to 
Amateur Radio, usually by spearheading a single significant project.  
Last but by no means list is the Technical Excellence Award.  It goes 
to a ham who has made an outstanding technical advance related to 
Amateur Radio.

Nominators should send details of their nominee's accomplishments along 
with substianting documentation to the Dayton Hamvention Awards, PO Box 
964, Dayton, Ohio, 45401. You can find out more about the awards and 
file a nomination on-line at www.hamvention.org.

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

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Again, the deadline for nominations for this years Hamvention Awards  
is February 19th. The winners will be presented their awards at the 2007 
Dayton Hamvention, which takes place May 18th to the 20th.  We hope to 
see many of you there.  (Hamvention)

**

HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  HAMS IN SPACE CHAT WITH MARTHA STEWART

Homemaking expert and television personality Martha Stewart, chatted 
with the International Space Station Expedition 14 crew of Monday, 
January 22nd.  During the interview Stewart asked the Expedition crew 
members about their experiments on station, the view of Earth from 
their vantage point, and life in their orbital home away from home.

Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, was one of those 
providing answers from Earth orbit.  She showed off her green thumb 
with a sample of bean sprouts she had been growing as part of a 
horticulture experiment for long-term living in space. 

After giving a glimpse of their personalized sleeping areas, Williams 
and Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, KE5GTK, told Stewart they were 
open to any home decorating or cooking tips for their home in space. 

The event started at 11:40 a.m. EST and was shown on NASA TV. The 
conversation was taped for replay on Stewarts' TV show.  (Southgate)

**

HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  AO-27 RETURNS TO THE AIR

Some good news for satellite users.  As of January 14th, AMSAT OSCAR 27 
is back in operation.  This, thanks to the dedicated work of the 
satellites Command Team.

Michael Wyrick, N3UC, reports that after working on several problems 
with the A-F-S-K modem on board  AO-27, the controllers were able to 
upload the flight n code.  As a result, AO-27 is now running the E-O-S 
software and sending good back telemetry and the analog repeater has 
been turned back on.

The Command Team asks that all users keep in mind that AO-27 is 13 
years old and that it takes some work to keep it going.  More 
information is on-line at www.ao27.org  (AMSAT)

**

HAM RADIO NEAR SPACE:  HAM RADIO BALLOON TO FLY IN ARIZONA JAN 27

If you have never worked a balloon carrying ham radio you will soon have 
a chance.  This Saturday, January 27 at 1600 U-T-C is when A-N-S-R, or 
Arizona Near Space Research is launching a high altitude balloon carrying 
Amateur Radio at.

The 2200 gram weather balloon  will be sent aloft from a school in 
Maricopa County, in Arizona.  It's expected to rise to 90,000 feet with a 
flight time from launch to burst of about 2 1/2 hours. 

College students built the varied payload which will include a cross band 
repeater, an ARPS Beacon and a simple FM-voice repeater.   The latter has 
a downlink frequency of 445.525 MHz and an uplink of 145.560 MHz with a 
PL tone of 162.2 required for access.  This repeater will be linked to 
the world through I-R-L-P Node 9255.

More is on line at www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?kd7lim-11 and 
http://map.aprsworld.net/kd7lmo-11  (K6PZW)

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WORLDBEAT - SOUTH AFRICA:  SARL NEEDS NEW YOUTH NET NCS 

The South Africa Relay League's Youth Net needs a new host.  This, as 
its current teenage moderator decides to step down as its Net Contro 
Station after running it the past year.

Stuart, Zed-R-6-D-B-Z has been hosting the weekly gathering and has 
built it up to a formidable network.  But Stuart is now facing more 
schoolwork and sporting activities which require more of his time.  He 
plans to hand-over the reigns of Youth Net to someone else at the end 
of January. 

Now, the South Africa Relay League's is inviting young people to come 
forward to host the weekly gathering on a Thursday afternoon.  If you 
live there and are interested, drop a line to armi at sarl.org.za with 
your contact details.  (SARL)

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WORLDBEAT:  VK EMBARGORES SPECTRUM FOR DRM

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has placed an embargo 
on frequencies and bands potentially suitable for use by digital 
broadcasting services using Digital Radio Mondiale.  These bands are 
outside the spectrum used by traditional broadcasting services.

The frequencies involved are 5.950 to 6200, 7.100 to 73.00, 9.500 to 
9900, 11.650 to 12.050, 13.600 to 13.800, 15.100 to 15.600, 17.550 to 
17.900, 21.450 to 21.850 and 25.670 to 2.6100 MHz.  The  A-C-M--A will 
consider applications for the licensing of trials to investigate the 
use of these bands for Digital Radio Mondiale operations.  (WIA NEWS)

**

WORLDBEAT - DENMARK:  PIRATE CONTINUES IN COPENHAGEN

Talk about breaking the law with at least tacit government approval.  
This is really the crux of a pirate radio station in Copenhagen that's 
been on the  continuously for over a month with no action by Denmark's 
telecommunications regulatory body to shut it down.

Since Thursday 14 December, the station has been on the air on 101.8 
MHz from an area of Copenhagen known as Ungdomshuset.  Translated to 
English, Ungdomshuset  literally means "the Youth House" and it's a 
well known rendezvous for various left-wing political and social 
initiatives, concerts and festivals.  It is permanently occupied by 
activists, and has become a de facto "no go area" for the police.  
Consequently, the station has not been raided by the authorities.

(Media Network)

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WORLDBEAT - CROATIA:  THE 9A60K AWARD

Members of Croatia's Amateur Radio Club Koprivnica will be active 
through December 31st with the special anniversary callsign 9A60K.  
This, to celebrate the clubs 60th anniversary.  Also, the club will 
issue its new Koprivnica City Award as a part of the year long 
celebration.  The QSL and Award Manager is 9A7K.  More  information is 
on-line at www.9a7k.com

(Southgate)

**

DX

In D-X, the long awaited VU7RG DXpedition to Lakshadweep Islands in the 
Indian Ocean is on the air.  The expedition is sponsored by the 
National Institute of Amateur Radio of India and is scheduled to remain 
on the air through January 31st. The Lakshadweep Islands are 2nd most 
wanted entity on the DX Magazine's Top 100 Most Wanted  Countries List.  

And word that a group of radio amateurs is planning a DXpedition to the 
Spratly Islands in Asia. The DX0JP DXpedition is set to take place 
between 3rd and 13th February. The plan is to operate on 160 through 6 
meters on the SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK modes  Also listen out for 6 and 2m 
for JT65 digital for E-M-E contacts.  You can find out more about the 
DX-pedition on the web at www.dxcom.jp/dx0jp.

Also, a DXpedition to Swaziland is planned for March 16th and 30th.  
This, to celebrate the 75th Jubilee of the Irish Radio Transmitters 
Society. The  DXpedition will be on the air for St. Patrick's Day and 
for the CQ WPX contest . The expedition leader is I-R-T-S vice 
president Paul Martin,  E-I-2-C-A.

And a member of the United Kingdom's Craven Radio Amateur Group will be 
operating as 8-Q-7-A-K from the Island of Embudu in the Maldives until 
2nd of February. The bands bring used are 30, 20, 17, 15 and 12 meters 
mostly on SSB with occasional CW.  QSL all of these operations as 
directed on the air.

**

THAT FINAL ITEM:  RADIO MAY BE THE KEY TO FINDING ET

And finally this week, yet another search for an E-T using radio.  
That's E-T as in am extraterrestrial civilization or two.  Jeramy Boot, 
G4NJH, of the GB2RS News Service helps us to seek out new worlds and 
news civilizations and to boldly go where no ham has gone before:

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Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in the 
US have unveiled a new initiative aimed at detecting extraterrestrial 
life.  The project, due to kick off in early 2008, will use a new radio 
telescope to search other planets for radio transmissions similar to 
those that are generated on Earth.

At present, most attempts to find alien life look for radio signal that 
are deliberately beamed across space, but the new initiative by the 
Harvard-Smithsonian Center is different in that it will look for the 
residue of radio
transmissions sent from one place in a planet to another. It will 
search the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that is used on Earth 
for radar, television and FM radio broadcasts.

David Aguilar, director of communications at the Center for 
Astrophysics, said: "We may pick up spurious signals from people that 
never meant for us to hear them and get an inkling that something's 
going on."

I'm Jeramy Boot, G4NJH in Nottingham, and you are listening to the 
Amateur Radio Newsline.

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A new low-frequency radio telescope is currently been built in the 
Australian outback to detect these weak signals.  That area was chosen 
because it is remote enough to avoid most radio interference.  The 
researchers behind the project believe that they will be able to detect 
Earth-like radio signals within a distance of 30 light years. There are 
more than 1,000 stars within this area.  (GB2RS)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE

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For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors desk, I'm Jim 
Meachen, ZL2BHF, in Aucklamd, New Zealand, saying 73 and we thank you 
for listening.