[Ham-News] Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1565 - August 10, 2007

Sat Aug 11 09:19:44 EDT 2007

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1565 - August 10, 2007

The following is a Q-S-T. 

Hams are praised for their communications support at California's Zaca  
wildfire, a ham is the first teacher in space, Scouting celebrates its 
100th anniversary with ham radio in space and the R-S-T signal reporting 
system may soon be a thing of ham radios analog past.  Find out the 
details on Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1565 coming your way 
right now.

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RESCUE RADIO:  PRAISE FOR ARES RESPONSE TO CALIFORNIA'S ZACA FIRE

Amateur Radio and particularly the Amateur Radio Emergency Service 
units involved with California's giant Zaca wildfire near have drawn 
the praise of that anta Barbara County's fire department.  Speaking at 
an August 1st Town Hall meeting of the fire-fighting Unified Command, 
Fire Department Public Information Officer Eli Eskow heaped praise on 
the hams who were out there backing up his firefighting teams:

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"There's one group I forgot to mention and thank personally. The 
Amateur Radio Emergency Services group has worked with us forever 
(applause) forever!!  And on this event, this fire I have asked them 
many, many requests and chores.  They've jumped at every opportunity to 
help us. They've carried mail. They have most importantly thrown their 
bodies in front of the public to stop them from going through closed 
roads, putting themselves in danger. They've been great. Anytime we've 
asked them anything, they jump at any opportunity to help us..."

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Some area 300 residents facing the possibility of evacuation attended 
the meeting.  Among those present representing ham radio were Santa 
Barbara District Emergency Coordinator Dennis Daniel, KM6DF, and Will 
Tefft, KG6DHK, who serves as Santa Barbara South County Emergency 
Coordinator.

Since that meeting the Zaca fire has intensified.  As this report is 
being written flames are less than two miles from a road that runs 
parallel to the Santa Ynez River.  ARES volunteers continue to bee 
active with communications support. (N6ZKJ)

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RADIO POLICY:  RSQ MAY REPLACE RST BELOW 30 MHz 

A new signal reporting method for digital modes will be considered at 
the International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 Conference.  This, at a  
very busy meeting to be held in Brazil from September 10th to the 14th.   
Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, has more:

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One of the agenda items is a recommendation that a new RSQ reporting 
system.  This, to be used for digital modes below 30 MHz. 

RSQ stands for Readability, Strength and Quality.  It was first 
proposed and endorsed at the Region 1 IARU General Conference back in 
2005.  From there it quickly gained popularity among the worlds ham 
radio societies and political leader.  Because of this the RSQ concept 
was also agreed to last year at the IARU Region 3 Conference in 
Bangalore, India. 

RSQ would replace the traditional RST reports that hams have used since 
1934.  RST stands for Readability, Strength and Tone but appears not 
suitable for digitally generated signals.  RSQ is favored because it 
can provide a more useful signal report for High Frequency digital 
modes.

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

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Even if Region 2 adopts the RSQ reporting system, it won't fully 
replace RST in the near future.  That's because the majority of signals 
on the air are still of the good old analog variety and will be with us 
for some time.  (WIA News)

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RESTRUCTURING:  SOUTH AFRICA RADIO LEAGUE TO ISSUE RAE CERTIFICATES

Amateur Radio restructuring continues in South Africa.  This with word 
that the South Africa Radio League will now issue the nations Radio 
Amateur Exam certificates following an agreement having been finalized 
with that nations telecommunications regulator.  

Candidates who pass the South African Class A Amateur Examination will 
be issued an international certificate.  This document allows operation 
in all CEPT countries and several others outside Europe who are 
complying with the conditions of the internationally accepted 
examination.  

Those who pass the introductory level Class B examination will be 
issued a Radio Amateur Exam  certificate only.  The class B examination 
is not compliant and the license issued for passing it cannot be used 
for operation in other countries.  (SARL)

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THE BPL FIGHT:  ARRL RETURNS TO COURT OVER BPL

The ARRL has gone back to court over BPL.  This as the League files its 
reply brief at the U-S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
Circuit.  

The July 31st action follows the FCC's brief that attempted to rebut the 
ARRL's challenge to the FCC's Broadband over Power Line rules enacted 
in late 2004 and affirmed by the agency in 2006.  According to ARRL 
General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, the FCC's brief does not accurately 
describe ARRL's arguments concerning harmful interference.   

The ARRL, in its reply brief, accuses the FCC of, engaging in 
misdirection and rebutting hyperbolic arguments ARRL never made.  It 
also charges the FCC with refusing to address the precedents ARRL cited 
and attempting to rewrite the Orders as if they made factual rather 
than legal determinations.  The ARRL's brief also states that this is a 
case about an unlicensed operator's legal duty to cease harmful 
interference once it arises and not about the standard for authorizing 
unlicensed transmissions.  (ARRL)

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INTRUDER WATCH FOLLOW-UP: 10 METER RELIGIOUS BROADCASTER FOUND IN 
IRELAND

A follow-up to our recent story involving a religious broadcaster in 
the 10 meter ham band.  The Irish Radio Transmitters Society reports 
that the culprit is a church the Dublin area.  Initial bearings would 
indicate that the transmissions are originating somewhere on the north 
side of that city but further work is required to identify the which 
church it actually is.  The I-R-T-S notes that services are transmitted 
28.105 MHz FM at 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00 A.M. local Dublin time on 
Sundays and at 10:00 A.M. on weekdays. The Irish Radio Transmitters 
Society is Ireland's national Amateur Radio organization.  (IRTS)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  KD5VNP TO MAKE TEACHER IN SPACE  DREAM COME TRUE

A ham radio operator and teacher is on her way to space to help in 
further construction of the International Space Station and to make the 
goal of a teacher in space a reality. Mission Specialist Barbara 
Morgan, KD5VNP, is part of the crew of Shuttle mission STS-118. This is 
an 11 day construction and re-supply mission of the orbiter Endeavour 
to the I-S-S.

Barbara Morgan is what is known as an Educator Astronaut. Almost two 
decades ago she was the back-up for Christa McAuliffe in the Teacher in 
Space Project. McAuliffe and the rest of the seven member crew on board 
the Challenger were killed on January 28, 1986 in a launch accident 
caused when a seal ruptured on the solid rocket motor and burned 
through the external fuel tank. Now, 22 years later, Morgan will 
complete the dream of an educator teaching from space when she gets the 
chance to talk with and answer questions from schoolchildren on the 
ground via ham radio.

Morgan trained side by side with McAuliffe but the Teacher in Space 
Project was put on hold after the Challenger tragedy. Morgan on her own 
initiative completed the tour of schools planned for McAuliffe and 
became a full member of the United States Astronaut Corps in 1998. In 
2002, she was chosen as the first educator to become a Mission 
Specialist astronaut. She passed her Amateur service exam and was 
licensed as KD5VNP in 2003.  (ANS, NASA, others)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  LONG SILENT RS-15 HEARD AGAIN

The long silent RS-15 Amateur Radio satellite heard again.  PA3GUO says 
that he heard and recorded the audio from RS 15 on 29.3156 MHz using a 
Kenwood TS-2000 and a 20 meter dipole.  PA3GUO says that he thinks that 
this was RS 15's Beacon 1.   Here's what he heard:

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Actual beacon audio.  Hrear it in the MP3 downloadable version of this 
weeks newscast at www.arnewsline.org

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RS is the Russian designation for Radiosport.  The RS-15 was launched 
on December, 26th 1994 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazikstan. Its 
orbit gave good coverage and its 2 meter to 10 meter transponder 
permitted low power DX working using very simple equipment. More is on 
line at http://home.vianetworks.nl/users/hamoen/pa3guo/ (Southgate) 

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RESCUE RADIO:  SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH

September is National Preparedness Month and the ARRL says that Amateur 
Radio operators are joining a wide variety of national, state and local 
organizations, including the US Department of Homeland Security.  This, 
in educating the public about preparing for emergencies.

The League says that when unexpected natural or man-made emergencies 
occur, our greatest individual defense is preparedness. Getting an 
emergency supply kit, making an emergency plan, and identifying 
preparedness and response resources within our communities are several 
things we can do to prepare ourselves.

This nationwide effort is to encourage individuals and families to take 
simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses and 
schools.  For hams it means getting your Go Kit ready  and making sure 
you are trained to properly communicate in case the worst actually 
happens.  (ARRL, others)

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RECUE RADIO:  HILTON HEAD ISLAND GORES HAM RADIO

South Carolina's Hilton Head Island is joining a growing number of 
communities in disaster preparedness.  This, by installing amateur 
radio gear to use as a backup system if the multitude of other 
communications systems are  knocked out by some form of disaster.  

After being convinced of the need by local radio amateurs, about a year 
ago the town installed an antenna system that local hams could use in 
times of emergencies.  Now Hilton Head Island has installed a city 
owned ham radio station at its emergency operations center and is 
purchasing two mobile units that can be used in cars.  The county and 
local hospitals are also adopting the radio system as a backup.  

Chief Tom Fieldstead of the Fire and Rescue Division says that the town 
normally uses an 800 MHz trunked radio system to communicate during 
emergencies.  It can also use a statewide radio system, microwaves, 
fiber optics and telephones if needed. 

Jay Harter, who is the town Emergency Management Coordinator and Deputy 
Fire Chief Randy Osterman recently completed a ham radio training 
class, passed the licensing exam and are awaiting their calls.  As an 
added incentive to hams on Hilton Head Island, city officials say that 
they will deputize members of local amateur radio clubs who volunteer 
to assist.  (SCMediaNews.com)

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ENFORCEMENT:  WHY WONT YOU CLEAN UP YOUR SIGNAL 

Turning to enforcement news, the FCC has written to Robert A. DiMezza, 
W2GGI, of Delray Beach, Florida regarding a complaint received by the 
Commission concerning the operation of DiMezza's Amateur station. The 
accusation alleges, among other things, poor signal quality and refusal 
by W2GGI to make corrections. 

The FCC's July 13th letter to DiMezza gave him 20 days from the date of 
receipt of the letter to  fully address the issues raised in the 
complaint.   The FCC also told DiMezza that his license is due for 
renewal on October 15th.  It says that the issues involved in the 
complaint against him must be resolved prior to any renewal.  (FCC)

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ENFORCEMENT:  PROPOSED $4000 FOR CONTEST RULES VIOLATION

Hams are not the only ones hearing from the FCC' enforcement folks in 
recent days.  The agency has issued a $4000 Notice of Apparent 
Liability for Monetary Forfeiture to Saga Communications of New 
England, L.L.C. licensee of Station WAQY -FM in  Springfield, 
Massachusetts.  The proposed fine comes as a result of the stations 
failure to fully and accurately disclose the material terms of the 
contest and conduct the contest substantially as announced or 
advertised.  Bruce Tennent, K6PZW, reports:

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The proposed fine is the result of a complaint from Robert Naginewicz 
alleging that Saga failed to conduct its contest involving the musical 
group Aerosmith, which was broadcast by the station during the June 
through July 2005 period.  According to Naginewicz, on July 17, 2005, 
he won the contest's "Grand Prize Giveaway," the prizes for which 
included a free two-year lease on a 2005 Buick LaCrosse automobile, or 
its cash equivalent, from the co-sponsor, Bob Pion Pontiac.  Also, the 
cars trunk was supposed to be loaded full of Aerosmith memorabilia.

Naginewicz alleges that although he was assured by the station's staff 
that all of his prizes would be delivered to him by July 22, 2005, he 
did not receive the monetary portion until August 18, 2005.  Also, 
despite numerous queries made of the station's staff, as of December 
31, 2005 he was still awaiting delivery of the memorabilia portion. 

Following up on the Naginewicz complaint, the Enforcement Bureau by 
letter dated January 24, 2006, inquired of Saga concerning these 
allegations.  Saga responded on March 2, 2006.  It  contended that its 
one-month delay in delivering the monetary portion of the prize, 
although less than ideal, was "within the zone of reasonableness."  It 
acknowledged, however, that its failure to fulfill the memorabilia 
portion until after Mr. Naginewicz had contacted the Commission, 
represents a station "problem" that it claims it has since addressed 
and resolved.  Saga indicated  that, because of its delay in fulfilling 
its promise to Mr. Naginewicz, it enhanced the award made to him by 
contributing additional prizes.

But the FCC says that under Section 73.1216 of its rules, a broadcast 
licensee must conduct station-sponsored contests "substantially as 
announced or advertised.  Also that it must disclose fully and 
accurately the "material terms" of such contests.  And the FCC says 
that it appears that Saga violated Section 73.1216 of the Commission's 
rules by failing to conduct the contest substantially as announced.  
Therefore the proposed $4000 fine.

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

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Saga was given the usual time to respond.  (FCC)

**

RADIO LAW:  METAL THEFT AFFECTS RADIO AND TELECOMMUNICATIOS

Wire and metal theft is growing nationwide and its impact is hitting 
the communications industry hard.  

Whether it be copper radials, stainless steel beer kegs or even iron 
manhole covers, metal thieves continue in their quest to profit from 
valuable metals being sought by unscrupulous recyclers.  In some 
instances items such as air-conditioning units, power cables, catalytic 
converters, light poles or aluminum bleacher seats have disappeared 
only to find their way to a recycling plant that pays cash and does not 
ask for proof the material is not stolen.

On several occasions this month, thieves dug up hundreds of feet of 
underground copper cable used to illuminate ball fields in suburban 
Maryland.  This forced the organizers of a youth baseball tournament to 
reschedule a half-dozen games.  But hardest hot seem to be remote radio 
locations where its easy to cut away and run off with coax, hardline 
and even tower sections.  

In some cases, thieves have put themselves in great danger by stealing 
live electrical wires from buildings. A 41-year-old man was 
electrocuted this month in a vacant building in Pasadena, California.  
A 47-year-old man was killed while stripping wire from a Washington 
D.C. school last year. 

In all, about two dozen people have been killed across the country in 
the past 12 months while trying to steal metals.  Some states and local 
governments are tightening ordinances to discourage the practice by 
holding recycling companies accountable.  Even so, the thefts continue 
to satisfy their need for raw materials needed by some emerging nations 
around the world.  (Published reports)

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RADIO BUSINESS:  CHIP MAKING DOWN IN 2006

If you are finding some integrated circuit chips hard to find, threes a 
reason.  According to an industry group, the utilization rate of the 
world's chip manufacturing plants stayed below 90 percent for the 
second straight quarter of 2006.  The usage rate was only 86.4 percent 
in the quarter bending December 30th.  That was  down from 88.5 percent 
in the July to September 2006 time period   (Silicon Industry News)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS:  W2IK COMMEMORATES 911

Some names in the news.  First up is Robert Hejl, W2IK.  He says that  
he will again be operating special event station W2IK stroke WTC911 
from 1300 to 0300 UTC on September 11th.  

W2IK says that this activity is in honor of those who lost their lives 
during the World Trade Center disaster of September 11th 2001.  He will 
be using his own callsign because that was the first call sent from 
Ground Zero.  

Listen for W2IK stroke WTC911 in the upper portions of 40, 20 and 15 
meters SSB.  QSL by sending a 9x12 SASE to W2IK at his address listed 
at  QRZ.com.  For more information please visit 
http://hometown.aol.com/realhamradio/ to see W2IK'entire story. (W2IK))

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NAMES IN THE NEWS KARC AT 75 OPERATING AS W8VY

And word from KC8ZTJ that Michigan's Kalamazoo Amateur Radio Club will 
be celebrating its 75th anniversary this month with a Special Event 
station.  The club  will be a portable from the Campus of Western 
Michigan University from August 18th, 1600 UTC and August 19th at 0400 
UTC.  Look for W8VY on 80 through 15 meters on CW and SSB.  QSL with a 
self addressed stamped envelop to KARC,  5640 Venture Court, Kalamazoo, 
Michigan, 49009  (KC8ZTJ)

**

RADIO CONFERENCES:  NAB BROADCAST ENGINEERRING CONFFRRENCE - 2008

The 62nd National Association of Broadcasters Broadcast Engineering 
Conference to be held next April in Las Vegas, Nevada. is already 
calling for technical paper proposals.  Topics to be considered include 
radio engineering; digital radio developments around the world; HD 
Radio implementation; audio and RF test measurement techniques; and 
automation systems.

The deadline for submitting proposals is Oct. 5th.  The NAB will notify 
presenters if a proposal has been accepted by November. 9th.   After 
acceptance, presenters have until January 18th 2008 to submit the 
completed paper, which will be published in the N-A-B Broadcast 
Engineering Conference Proceedings.  More information and a link to the 
submission form is on line at www.nab.org/nabshow/forms/bec.asp) (NAB)

**

HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  CELEBRATING THE WORLD SCOUT MOVEMENT FROM SPACE

The world scouting movement recently celebrated its 100th anniversary by 
vicariously going into space with the help of ham radio.  This as ten 
scouts at this year's World Scout Jamboree in Chelmsford, England 
exchanged questions and answers with astronaut Clay Anderson, KD5PLA, 
on board the International Space Station.  The contact took place on 
Saturday, August 4th, and KD5PLA was quick to respond to whatever was 
asked.  Take a listen:

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Eric:  "Hi.  I'm Eric from the Netherlands asking Brian's question.  
Can you see the sunrise from space?  Over."

Anderson:  "We can see the sunrise sixteen times a day.  We go around 
the Earth every 90 minutes and we can see a dunrise and a sunset every 
90.  So, yes we can.  Over."

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In all, KD5PLA answered 20 questions prepared by the scouts.  He 
confirmed he had been a 1st class scout himself and said he decided to 
become an astronaut when he was 8 years old and saw Apollo disappear 
behind the moon and emerge some 15 minutes later.  He also talked about 
life on-orbit:

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Shohe:  "Hi.  I'm Shohe from Japan asking Rio's question.  How easy is 
it to get along with each other in a confined space.  Over."

Anderson:  "Actually, its pretty easy because this space station has 
the same volume as a three bedroom house.  So we have a lot of room to 
move around.  Over.

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Communications for the event was handled by special ground station 
GB10J.  It was operated by Howard Long, G6LVB, while Carlos Eavis, 
G0AKI, was at the mike and conducted contact.  Paul Joosten, PA5UL 
established an Internet connection and fed the audio of the contact 
into Skype so that the signals could be relayed over EcholInk by Graham 
Lawton,  G7EVY.  The radio contact started at 21:12 UTC and the 
exchanges went on for 10 minutes with excellent conditions.  And they 
even had time to say goodbye before KD5PLA flew out over the horizon

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Eavis:  "NA1SS, this is GB100J.  Clay, Thank you very much for that and 
I am sure the audience would want to give you a huge round of applause.  
(Applause)

Anderson:  "Thank you and my best to the 21st World Scout Jamboree in 
Chelmsford, England.  And this is NA1SS signing out.  Thank you very 
much.  

(More applause)

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G6LVB also provided live streaming video of the event.  A video file of 
the entire contact is available for you to see at 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1swyCCTbP1w    (Audio supplied by Howard 
Long G6LVB.  Story material by Gaston Bertels - ARISS-Europe chairman)

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THE FINAL FRONTIER:  VIRGIN GALACTIC AND NASA PARTNER IN RESEARCH

NASA and Virgin Galactic have signed an agreement to explore the 
possibility of working together to develop new spacesuits, hybrid 
rocket motors and other space technology. 

The pact will allow NASA and Virgin Galactic to explore possible 
avenues of technology research that would make use of NASA's Ames 
Research Center facilities.  Some of the possible collaborations 
include developing protective heat shields for spaceships and vehicles 
that can travel at least five times the speed of sound. 

Virgin Galactic, was founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson.  
It plans to test-fly a vehicle being built by famed aerospace designer 
Burt Rutan next year and operate it commercially by 2009  (Science 
OnLine)

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THE FINAL FRONTIER:  CELEBRATING SPUTNIK 1 WITH CQ MAGAZINE

A well known ham radio magazine is planning to commemorate the worlds 
first man made satellite.  Dorothy Bishop, VK2DB, has the details:

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October 4, 1957 saw the launch of the worlds first artificial earth-
orbiting satellite, Sputnik I.  

The editor of CQ Magazine would like Radio Amateurs' recollections of 
that historic event for inclusion in the October issue.  Please respond 
as soon as possible by e-mail directly to a special mailbox they have 
set up at sputnik at cq-amateur-radio.com

I'm Dot, VK2DB, from ALARA.

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Again that e-mail address is sputnik at cq-amateur-radio dot com.  Mark 
your e-mail to the attention of Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU.  (WIA News, 
CQ)

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ON THE AIR:  INBB TO SHUTTER ITS DELANO CA FACILITY IN OCTOBER

The United States  International Broadcasting Bureau will stop 
broadcasting from Delano, California, at the end of October.  This, 
according to Radio World on-line that says the decision was announced 
in an internal e-mail to employees on July 24th. 

According to the on-line magazine the announcement stated that the move 
is being made as a result of the Broadcasting Board of Governors' 
changing global mission to meet current U.S. government broadcast 
requirements, along with reduced budgets and changes in technology .  

Located about 140 miles north of Los Angeles, California, the Delano 
station relies entirely on shortwave radio transmissions.  This is  a 
broadcast format that is relatively expensive to operate. Although 
shortwave was the focus of international broadcasting for many decades, 
sit has declined in importance as traditional audiences have shifted to 
FM and Medium Wave  radio, television and the World-Wide-Web

The station began shortwave broadcasts to the Pacific Theater of World 
War II in 1944.  In early days, it beamed transmissions directly to 
local audiences and to retransmitting facilities in Hawaii, Okinawa and 
the Philippines.  Later the station provided critical shortwave 
broadcasts to Cuba, South America and Asia.  For now at least the 
International Broadcast Bureau plans to  retain transmitting facilities 
in North Carolina, Flordia and the territory of the Northern Marianas.  
(ASWLC)

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RADIO HAPPENINGS:  JUST THE BREAR FACTS

Two public radio stations in Northern California may have been knocked 
off the air by a hungry bear.  The Redding Record Searchlight reports 
that power was restored Tuesday, July 24th  to the Jefferson Public 
Radio stations, which had gone silent two days earlier after what was 
throughout to be a wayward bear snapped the cable.

It originally was thought that the outage was caused by a microwave 
equipment failure or a severed power line on Mt. Bradley.  But an 
engineer for the stations has concluded that the likely culprit was a 
bear that apparently had pulled apart a special connector while trying 
to get to a beehive under the line. The bear was nowhere in sight when 
repair workers arrived.  The station Web site says the problem affected 
listeners in Shasta County and much of Siskiyou County.  (RW)

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WORLDBEAT - AUSTRALIA:  RAMPAGE BRINGS DOWN CELL TOWERS

Temporary phone towers may be needed after tank rampage in Sydney, 
Australia.  This after telecommunications provider Telstra says it may 
have to install temporary cell phone towers in Sydney's west to replace 
ones which were damaged when a man went on a rampage in a restored army 
personnel carrier. 

According to the Wireless Institute of Australia News, the man led 
police on a 90-minute chase through a number of suburbs.  Police are 
alleging that the 45-year-old destroyed six phone towers and damaged an 
electricity sub-station.  He was eventually apprehended and charged 
with a range of offenses including malicious damage and predatory 
driving. The Magistrate recommended that the driver be held for medical 
and psychiatric treatment before his case goes to Local Court. 

Telstra spokesman Jeremy Mitchell says repair crews were not able to 
gain immediate access to the towers as they were a "scene of crime".  
(WIA News)

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DX

In DX, word that KC0W, will be moving to St. Helena Island in early 
September and is expected to be active as ZD7X. His activity will be on 
CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK.  Look for his operations on 160 through 6 meters 
with special attention given to 160, 80, 75 and 40 meters.  ZD7X will 
also be active in most major contests.  Tom has already announced that 
he will be on as a Single-Operator Low-Power entry in both the 
September CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest  and the November CQ World Wide 
DX CW Contest.  His QSL Manager is WOMM.

And ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, has announced that the 2007 
J5UAR DXpedition to Guinea-Bissau has been approved for DXCC credit.  
Moore says that if you had cards rejected for this operation, please 
send an e-mail todxcc at arrl.org; and you will be placed on the list for 
update.

Lastly word that JA6GXK is active from Minami Torishima as JD1BMM. He 
has already been spotted using RTTY on 14.075 and CW on 14.050 MHz.  
QSLs via JA6GXK.

(Above from various DX news sources)

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THAT FINAL ITEM: SOME WORDS OF THANKS

And finally this week,  with some thank you's to those who help to keep 
these newscasts on the air, here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Support 
Fund Administrator, Andy Jarema, N6TCQ

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Our catching up on thank-yous takes us back to June, 2006.  

In that month we heard from the Raleigh, NC Amateur Radio Society, Sol 
Volen, N3UBY of Philadelphia, monthly contributors Joseph Bartzi, Jr., 
KC8DKF of Columbus, OH, William Walters, WA2IBM, and Scott Hensley of 
the Area Communications Team, also in San Jose. And our friends at the 
Pasadena, CA Radio Club, W6KA.  

Via PayPal, Dale Tounge of Ft. Bliss, TX.

Thanks for your help.  I'm Andy Jarema. N6TCQ.

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Andy will be back with us in the near future with more than-you's to 
those who have contributed to the support fund.  (ARNewsline Support 
Fund)

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Don't forget.  The presentation of this years Young Ham of the Year 
Award takes place this weekend, August 18th and 19th at the Huntsville 
Hamfest in Alabama.  We hope to see you many of there.

For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors desk, I'm Don 
Wilbanks, AE5DW, saying 73 and we thank you for listening.  