[Ham-News] Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1572 - September 28, 2007
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1572 - September 28, 2007
The following is a Q-S-T. The National Frequency Coordinators' Council
asks the FCC to declare all digital voice repeaters follow the same
rules as analog F-M repeaters, Australia makes ready for digital voice
operations and four New England repeaters voluntarily shut down over
interference to Pave Paws radar.
Find out the details on Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1572
coming your way right now.
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RADIO LAW: NFCC ASKS FCC TO DECLARE DIGITAL VOICE REPEATERS THE SAME
AS ANALOG
Is a digital voice repeater really a repeater or is it something else
yet to be defined in law? The National Frequency Coordinators' Council
believes that anything that repeats voice in close to real time is a
repeater, and its now asked the FCC to declare this to be the case.
Jay Maynard, K5ZC, is president of the NFCC. He explains the back
story that lead his organization to act:
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K5ZC: "When D-Star started really taking off, somebody wanted to put
up a D-Star repeater. He went to his local coordination council and
wanted to put up a 2 meter D-Star repeater. He went to his local
coordination council but was told no because we do not have any
frequencies available for you. In desperation -- I don't know if
that's a truly accurate word but its close enough -- they (the want to
be repeater owners) went to the FCC and described what D-Star did in
such a way that the FCC -- specifically Bill Cross -- concluded that a
D-Star repeater really wasn't a repeater and therefore did not have to
operate in the repeater subbands."
--
That night be all well and good if it were only D-Star and other
digital repeaters that fell into this category. Unfortunately, many of
today's analog FM systems alo include a slight audio delay to
facilitate control or linking. And it soon became apparent that this
opinion by Bill Cross could lead to a lot of problems on the VHF and
UHF bands:
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K5ZC: "This guy said 'fine' and he put his machine up on 145.61MHz
with a minus 1.2 MHz offset and went to town That gave D-Star a
foothold in that area, but it also opened up a real can of worms
because the way that Bill Cross wrote the message, he said that its not
simultaneous because there is a delay in the path between the input
and the output.
The problem there is that lots of (analog) repeaters have delays
between the input and the output. Anyone that's running an RC-850
(controller) or other computerized controller has a delay. And it was
only a matter of time before some bright spark read that message and
said: 'Ah hah! My repeater does not transmit simultaneously either.
Its not a repeater and I can get on outside the repeater subbands and
go to town."
--
And that's what had frequency coordinators concerned. They did not
want to see a return to the repeater turf wars that marked the early
days of FM relay operation:
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K5ZC: "In the late 1960's and early 1970' there was a lot of
proliferation of repeaters. That was really the 'golden age' of
repeater construction. And in that era is when frequency coordination
first came about because you had people wanting to put their repeaters
up all on the same frequency, and that did not work very well -- as you
might imagine.
Part of the regulation that came down to stem that tide was restricting
repeaters to parts of the ham bands so that they wouldn't take over the
entire band. After all, there are folks that do other things than
operate FM repeaters on 2 meters and on some of the other bands and
they have just as much right to operate on the ham bands as repeater
operators do. And that's where the restriction (of repeaters) to
certain subbanbds comes from."
--
After debating the matter for several months as more and more digital
voice systems took to the air, the majority of NFCC members agreed that
it was imperative for them to let the FCC know that they believe any
device that retransmits an audio signal in near to real time is a
repeater and should be treated as such.--
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K5ZC: "What the NFCC did was vote to ask the FCC to treat anything
that asks like a repeater, as a repeater. This was a formal motion and
vote of the council."
--
Specifically, the letter states that the NFCC believes that any amateur
station, other than a message forwarding system, that automatically
retransmits a signal sent by another amateur station on a different
frequency while it is being received, regardless of any delays in
processing that signal or its format or content, is a repeater station
within the meaning of paragraph 97.3(a)(39) of the FCC rules and should
be treated as such. In practical terms, it means that D-Star, APCO 25
and any other repeatable digital voice system that comes along would be
restricted to operation in the FCC recognized repeater subbands. That
they could not simply set up shop on any frequencies that the system
owner might choose to the detriment of weak signal, satellite or any
other user of any ham radio band. It's an action likely to be lauded
by groups like those just mentioned but likely will be condemned by
those wanting to put up digital voice repeaters. If the FCC finds
itself agreeing with the N-F-C-C, then it will mean digital voice relay
enthusiasts will have to get in line behind all of the others waiting
for repeater pairs for their old line F-M systems.
Obviously we have only scratched the surface of this controversial
topic. If you want to learn more, take your web browser over to
www.therainreport.com. That's where you will find Part 1 of a two-pard
in-depth interview with NFCC President Jay Maynard, K5ZC. Again that's
www.therainreport.com or on the phone at area code 773-358-7845
(ARNewsline)
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: AUSTRALIA MAKES READY FOR D-STAR
The United States is not the only place where digital voice repeaters
are coming of age. Australia's National Technical Advisory Committee
or NATC has been considering how best to accommodate narrow band
digital voice technologies such as D-Star. They have now made a number
of proposals. Peter Young, VK3MV, of the WIA News reports:
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Firstly, in the 2 meter band, digital repeaters will be assigned to
frequencies in the 146 to 147 MHz band, using the space between
existing FM repeater channels. This is known as inter-leaving and is a
common method of assignment to increase spectrum efficiency. The are
some compelling reasons to take this approach for 2 meters, one is to
remove the potentially annoying "drone" of digital signals, and
secondly, the lack of normal FM repeater channels in some parts of
Australia. It also seems to make sense to have the uniform arrangements
across all of Australia.
The arrangements for simplex operations, again to separate digital and
FM emissions, NTAC has recommended the best area for simplex D-Star
activity would be the 145 MHz segment. One suitable channel that is
clear of other use is 145.125 MHz and should be used as the national
simplex digital channel.
On 70cms, where there is less congestion, NTAC has recommended that the
first fifteen repeater channels, that is, 438.025 to 438.375 MHz, be
used for D-Star type activity.
NTAC has recommended that the arrangements for simplex activity on 70cm
be centred on a national channel of 438.900 MHz, with secondary
channels 12.5 KHz either side of the national channel.
For the 23cm band, NTAC has recommend that repeater channels be
assigned in the high end of the 1293 to 1294 MHz repeater segment. And
on the 23cm, there is already a digital simplex segment between 1298
and 1300 MHz. As D-Star on this band uses a 128 KHz emission bandwidth,
it is suggested that channels are spaced at 200 KHz intervals,
beginning at 1298.1 MHz.
I'm Peter Young VK3MV
--
Australia's National Technical Advisory Committee will review these
arrangements as D-Star digital activity develops. Further information
can be found on the W-I-A website and will be included in the next
edition of the WIA call book. (WIA News)
**
ENFORCEMENT: HAMS HELP NAB FLORIDA BURGLERS
Back in the U-S, three Florida juveniles who allegedly used Amateur
Radio gear to coordinate at least one burglary and possibly more have
been taken into custody. This, after two they showed up on a wide area
repeater that two hams were monitoring. One of them was a retired
police officer.
It all started back on September 8th . Albert Moreschi, AG4BV, of
Jupiter Farms and John Levey, KI4HTL, of Palm Beach Gardens, were
listening to the repeater when some unexpected transmissions were
heard. Some unlicensed operators showed up and what they were talking
about caufght KI4HTL's ear. As a retired police officer, Levey, he
knew what it was being discussed. So he began recording the radio
transmissions from the suspects while he and Morsechi notified local
law enforcement. Unfortunately, the would-be burglars didn't describe
the house well enough to get the exact address.
Then on September 21st the same group of bootleggers again showed up on
the repeater. It was evident to Levey what was happening, so he again
began recording the transmissions while coordinating with Morsechi by
cellphone.
Meantime, the owner of the house being burglarized was huddled in her
bedroom closet, calling sheriff's deputies for help. They arrived on
scene and the hams listening to the repeater knew it because the last
transmission from the suspects was "Code Red, Code Red, Code Red. There
are cops everywhere, dude!"
But for Levey, the work didn't end with the suspects arrest. He then
headed to the Jupiter Farms Sheriff's Office substation where one of
the suspects had been taken. KI4HTL identified himself as a former
police officer and a ham radio operator. He told the deputy on duty
that he had recordings of the suspects radio transmissions. The
Sheriff's Office is now in possession of the tapes.
Oh yes. We forgot to mention that the repeater that the suspects chose
to use has coverage Boynton Beach to Port St. Lucie. That's several
hundred square miles. Its also a Citizens Emergency Response Team
Repeater so there is always someone listening in. (Palm Beach Post,
others)
**
HAM RADIO VS.THE MILITARY: THE LATEST ON PAVE PAWS
The reduction of interference to the governments Pave Paws radar on the
70 centimeter band has taken its first toll. This, even as the ARRL
works toward finding a solution that will appease the military and the
Department of Defense in eliminating interference to its Pave Paws
radar system. Amateur Radio Newsline's Don Carlson, KQ6FM, in Reno,
has more:
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Chris Smith, K1CJS, reports via eHam dot net that at least four U-H-F
repeaters have terminated their operation. All are in Massachusetts
and located within 30 miles of the East coast Pave Paws radar site.
The machines now gone are the Barnstable Repeater on 442.950, the
Dennis Repeater on 443.500, the 443.800 machine at Dartmouth and the
Falmouth Repeater on 444.250 MHz. Smith adds that other repeaters,
including the 447.825 system in Coventry, Rhode Island, are likely soon
to follow.
Meantime the ARRL Letter says that the League participated with the
Department of Defense in a teleconference call on Wednesday, September
19th, regarding Amateur Radio repeaters interfering with the Air Force's
Pave Paws radar system. According to Regulatory Branch Manager Dan
Henderson, N1ND, the Department of Defense acknowledged that it has
seen changes at some repeater sites, but not all of them. He confirmed
that some Massachusetts repeater owners have volunteered to completely
turn off their systems. Others have made changes, but more is needed
at both of the nations two Pave Paws radar sites.
Meantime, the Department of Defense has identified additional sources
of interference in Massachusetts. Henderson says that this was not
really unexpected and is part of what has become an ongoing project.
He says that the ARRL will begin working with these repeater owners as
soon as the Department of Defense provides the League with specific
information.
In California, where more than 100 repeaters are being scrutinized
Henderson said the majority of these systems have not been mitigated.
That's because the Air Force has not had a chance to revisit Beale Air
Force Base for new measurements, but it will be happening soon.
Meantime, reports circulating that a number of California repeater
owners have decided to take no further action about eliminating the
interference unless they receive official notice from the Federal
Communications Commission have proven to be false. California repeater
owner operators appear more than willing to cooperate in any way
necessary, but they need guidance on what to do next. As soon as they
receive directives, they will be taken care of. Repeater owner
operators are usually good about handling such things.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Carlson, KQ6FM, in Reno.
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The real problem on the Western horizon may turn out to be those
repeater users who are disenfranchised as their favorite systems.
This, as repeaters reign in coverage of leave the air all together.
More and more reports are surfacing of hams in the affected area
installing high power UHF amplifiers to try to keep in contact with the
same group they used to talk in over a repeater. From the standpoint of
interference mitigation, its a lot easier to deal with 10, 20 or even
100 repeaters whose location is cast in concrete than it is thousands
of high power mobile operators wandering the roads in the same
geographic zone. (ARNewsline, ARRL, eHam, K1CJS)
**
RESCUE RADIO: JOINT CANADA - USA EMCOMM PREPAREDNESS EVENT
A demonstration of cooperation in emergency communications preparedness
between Canadian radio amateurs and those in the United States was
being planned for September 29th and 30th. This, with the installation
of special event station VO1ARES at historic Signal Hill, in St.
John's, Newfoundland.
The objectives of the event is three-fold. First, is to highlight the
capabilities of Amateur Radio in providing emergency communications in
times of crisis. Also, to illustrate the cooperation between Canada
and the United States on emergency preparedness. Lastly, to create a
database of communications `first responders' that the Government of
Canada can contact for emergency communications assistance in times of
crisis.
Sponsors are Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada and Radio
Amateurs of Canada. Facilities, provided by Parks Canada, are being
coordinated by the Society of Newfoundland Radio Amateurs. The site is
the Marconi memorial station on Signal Hill where reception of the
first trans-Atlantic wireless transmission occurred in 1901.
This is the first time an official activity of its type has been
conducted and radio amateurs from all across Canada and the U.S. A.
were invited to participate and to talk up the value of Amateur Radio
as a valuable community resource. (RAC)
**
RESCUE RADIO: RAYNET ASSISTS AT UK PLANE CRASH
The United Kingdom's South Sussex RAYNET group were on hand to help
when a plane crashed at the recent Shoreham Airshow. Jeramy Boot,
G4NJH, has the details:
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Each year an emergency plan is rehearsed and refined, in the hope that
it will never be needed. However on the weekend 15th and 16th
September that practice paid off.
On the Saturday a Hurricane nose-dived into the ground, killing its
pilot instantly. The incident happened off-field, and no one else was
involved.
Two members of the team who witnessed the incident informed Control,
who put everyone on high alert. The emergency channel sprang into use.
The pre-prepared messages and procedure for Incident Off Field was
broadcast, and acknowledgements sought from all on that net. This
resulted in all access and departure gates being closed, all senior
safety and administrative personnel being briefed. The PA Caravan
being informed, and members of the public kept aware of the situation.
Jeramy Boot, G4NJH
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Shortly after the accident, a group of Spitfire aircraft flew the 'man
missing' formation. This, in tribute to the downed pilot. (GB2RS)
**
RECUE RADIO: DARC OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO GERMAN AUTHORITIES
The Deutscher Amateur Radio Club has sent a letter to the German
Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance. This to
offer Amateur Radio assistance in cases of emergency.
In a letter signed by president Jochen Hindruchs, DL9KCX, the German
national society underlines the fact that Amateur Radio stations are
technically independent and that the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
structure with districts and local clubs fits the communications needs
of the regional authorities. (Southgate)
**
HAM RADIO ON THE WEB: NEW UK D-STAR WEBSITE
Icom U-K is in the process of creating up a new website in the United
Kingdom for D-Star users. Located in cyberspace at www.d-staruk.co.uk,
the site will be content rich and will be a comprehensive guide to D-
Star related including sections about the history, features and
technical matters regarding the D-Star system. Also included will be
links to some successful forums that have already built-up a wealth of
information about setting up and running a D-Star system. Again that
URL is www.d-staruk.co.uk (Icom UK)
**
HAM RADIO PROMOTION: MGM FILM PRESENTS RADIO HAMS
A film from Metro Goldwayn Mayer that promotes Amateur Radio has
surfaced on the Internet. Produced in 1939 by Pete Smith, "Radio Hams
centers on a family called to dinner. All but the teenage son respond.
When family members go looking for him, one by one they are snared into
a world of ham radio high adventure. One that includes a rescue in
Alaska and a tragic search for a downed aircraft at sea.
Unlike most films promoting ham radio, this one is not a documentary.
It's a fully scripted 10 minute dramatic presentation featuring a cast
of professional actors well directed by Felix Fiest. E. Mauriece Adler
is credited with writing the screen play.
"Radio Hams" is really a nostalgic look back at ham radio the way it
never was, You can see it on-line at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBGIdf0VjQ4 (YouTube)
**
THE SOCIAL SCENE: THE 2007 QCWA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION IN COLORADO
The 2007 QCWA International Convention takes place October 4th through
the 7th at the Doubletree Hotel in Denver. Seminars on Friday and
Saturday, include Station Grounding Procedures, Health and Safety Tips
in the Shack, Amateur Radio Operations from the South Pole, an IARU
Update, the QCWA Forum and much more. Friday night's Meet & Greet will
feature The 4th U.S. Artillery Regimental Brass Band for your listening
pleasure. More information is on-line at qcwa-58.rmhcn.org/convention/
(QCWA)
**
THE SOCIAL SCENE: ROCK HILL HAMFEST OCT. 6 IN S.C.
The 53rd Annual Rock Hill Hamfest and Computer Expo takes place on
Saturday, October 6th at the Rock Hill American Legion Post 34 and the
York County Fairgrounds in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Gates open at 7am
with V-E License Testing starting at 10am. Talk-in is on the 147.03
MHz repeater. More information is on-line at www.rockhillhamfest.com
(eHam)
**
THE SOCIAL SCENE: HALL OF SCIENCE HAMFEST IN NY ON OCT 7
The Hall of Science Amateur Radio Club Hamfest takes place on Sunday,
October 7th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern time. The venue is the New
York Hall of Science Museum Parking Lot located in New York City's
Flushing Meadow Corona Park. Talk in is on the 444.200 repeater with a
136.5 hz. Tone access or on 146.52 simplex. More information is on-
line at www.HOSARC.org (Via e-mail)
**
NAMES IN THE NEWS: HAMS TO HEAD OPERATIONS AT TWO NASA CENTERS
Veteran astronaut Ellen Ochoa, KB5TZZ, who has been named Deputy
Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center. Ochoa has served as Director
of Flight Crew Operations at Johnson. She will succeed Bob Cabana,
KC5HBV, who was named Director of NASA's Stennis Space Center in
Mississippi.
According to an ARRL release, Ochoa and Cabana have each flown in space
four times. Ochoa flew on space shuttle missions STS-56 on Discovery
in 1993, STS-66 on Atlantis in 1994, STS-96 on Discovery in 1999 and
STS-110 on Atlantis in 2002, logging a total of 978 hours in space.
She became Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations at Johnson in
December 2002 and Director of Flight Crew Operations in September 2006.
Cabana has logged more than 1010 hours in space. He served as pilot on
STS-41 in 1990 and STS-53 in 1992, both on Discovery. He was mission
commander on STS-65 on Columbia in 1994 and STS-88 on Endeavour in
1998, the first International Space Station assembly mission. (ARRL,
NASA)
**
CHANGING OF THE GUARD: TOM ATKINS, VE3CDM - SK
Amateur radio has lost a great ambassador and advocate. This with the
sad news that former ARRL Canadian Division Director and IARU Region 2
President Tom Atkins, VE3CDM, passed away Tuesday, September 18.
Atkins was the last Director of the ARRL's Canadian Division before the
Canadian Radio Relay League began to operate independently in 1988.
The CRRL eventually gave way to today's Radio Amateurs of Canada..
VE3CDM also served for two terms as President of Region 2 of the
international Amateur Radio Union . He also served on the IARU
Administrative Council and as an IARU Expert Consultant.
In addition to his work with IARU, Tom Atkins was a QCWA Life Member as
well a member of Wild Rose Chapter 151. He was the President of the
Fred Hammond Chapter 73.
Tom Atkins, VE3CDM, dead at age 82. (RAC, ARRL, QCWA)
**
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: SCOUTS ASSIST IN SUIT-SAT 2 PROJECT
A group of young scouts are going into space. At least they are headed
there vicariously.
On Saturday, September 15th, approximately 58 boys, ages 6 to18 in
Maricopa, Arizona met to assemble two non-flight safety boxes for
SuitSat-2. The scouts from Cub Scout packs 983, 977, 778, 997, troop
993 and ham radio explorer post 599 also drew pictures to be included
on the SuitSat-2 DVD.
As an addeed bonus, the older boys were also taught how to solder and
lace cables. Photos from the Explorer Scouts working this project can
be found on line at
http://www.briansnapped.com/content/pics/SuitSat_2007/ (ANS)
**
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: CELEBRATING SPUTKIK 1
AMSAT-North America will mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of
Russia's first Sputnik artificial satellite with a special event on AO-
51 on the evening of Wednesday, October 3rd local U-S time. To
commemorate the occasion, AO-51 will rebroadcast original Sputnik
telemetry and a congratulatory message to mark the event during passes
over North America on the evening which translates to October 4th UTC.
At this time, only the passes over North America will be able to carry
the special event. (ANS)
**
RADIO IN SPACE: LOOKING FOR THE TINIEST LIGHTS IN THE SKY
Speaking about radio from space, when you look up at the night sky you
see the brightest stars in the firmament. But astronomers and radio
astronomers see lots more. Burt Hicks, WB6MQV, has their latest
discovery:
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An international team of astronomers has uncovered the faintest stars
ever seen in any globular star cluster. Using NASA's Hubble Space
Telescope, the team took hundreds of high-resolution photos that were
then radioed back to Earth. The astronomers then compared the images
pixel-by-pixel to identify the dimmest stars in the globular star
cluster NGC 6397. The researchers say that the light from these faint
stars is so dim that it is equivalent to that produced by a birthday
candle on the Moon, as seen from Earth.
--
Now those are truly faint stars! (Space & Science)
**
WORLDBEAT - SOUTH AFRICA: RTA PRESENTATIONS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE WEB
The first of the presentations made at the South African Radio League's
Radio Technology in Action days are now available on the web. The
presentations are in PDF format and can be downloaded for printing or
viewing on screen. The URL is www.sarl.org.za, click on activity and
then on RTA. The South African Radio League also invites everyone to
visit the RTA section of the web regularly as presentations will be
added over the next few weeks. (Southgate)
**
WORLDBEAT - UK: NEW LOOK FOR BARTG MAGAZINE AND WEBSITE
The British Amateur Teledata Group also known as BARTG, has undergone
some changes
recently. The group now has a new website www.bartg.org.uk which
offers extra features. It also gas a brand new look for irs Datacom
magazine. (GB2RS)
**
DX
In D-X, woird that a large group of Dutch amateurs will be going to
Qawra, Malta for their 20th holiday DXpedition. They will operate on
80 through 6 meters using CW, SSB and digital modes until September
30th. Listen out for the special callsign 9H20 and QSL via PB9ZR.
And the city of Cotacachi, Ecuador will be the temporary Q-T-H of
EA1APV operating portable HC1. This through the 20th of October.
Reports are that Marcos is working there so ham radio occupies only
very little of his spare time. QSL via his home call.
And the U-K's Border Amateur Radio Society is planning an on the air
operation as GS0BRS and GX0BRS through 29th December. Activity will be
on HF and VHF. For more details contact Ray Evans, GM0CDV.
Lastly, SU8BHI will be the Egyptian callsign of HA3JB through November
30th. He plans to work CW, RTTY, SSTV, PSK and a little SSB on all of
the H-F bands. QSLs only direct to HA3JB.
(Above from various DX news sources)
**
THAT FINAL ITEM: THE FRIENDLY QSO PARTY
Turning to the world of radio sports, the Pennsylvania QSO Party is
celebrating it's 50th anniversary as the Friendly QSO Party. The dates
this year are October 13th and 14th. Amateur Radio Newsline's Mark
Abramovich, NT3V, has more:
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Next to California's state party, Pennsylvania's is one of the most
active fall events on the bands.
Michael Coslo, KB3EIA, is PA QSO Party chairman.
"Participation has been steady," Coslo says. "We keep track of the
number of logs that have been submitted and we have been just about the
same for the last four, five years, which is interesting because
participation does tend to go down and up with the sunspot cycle."
Coslo says lots of people are participating in the party and he'd like
to see some more logs.
"We know there's a lot more activity out there than from what the log
submissions have been and I know there are some people who I've seen
their call signs in the logs, they would have actually won their county
if they had submitted a log," Coslo says.
"So, we try to encourage everybody, even though it's at the low ebb of
the sunspot cycle to send in a log because we're all playing in the
same pond, so to speak."
Coslo, who has been chairman of the PA Party for the past few years,
says this is the year he and the Nittany Amateur Radio Club, sponsor of
the event, decided to tackle the rules.
"We had always tried to keep things simple and down to one page. But,
finally decided that with the demand for clarification I was going to
start defining things. And, it's been a good thing. We now have a lot
of things that there used to be questions asked every year that things
are pretty well defined. But it also makes the rule pages a lot larger.
We went from one page to eight pages."
But Coslo says among the rules you'll find a few nice changes.
"We've added SSB-only class which there had been some call for that
since we offer a CW-only class," Coslo says. "And, we've also added
what's called a 'Good Neighbor Plaque.'
"This was started to encourage operation on 20 meters because some of
our friends in places like Florida and California, other places out
West - they'd like to get involved in the party, too. And, what we need
is operators from Pennsylvania to be working them."
He says last year's experiment with digital modes will continue with
operations on RTTY and PSK 31.
The best place to find out more about the PA QSO Party is by going to
the group's website at http://www.nittany-arc.net/paqso.html
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in
Philadelphia.
--
Again, the dates this years Pennsylvania QSO Party are October 13th and
14th. Hope to hear you on the air. (ARNewsline)
**
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Newsline personnel will be attending the QCWA convention in Colorado,
next weeks newscast number 1573 will be delayed by about 48 hours.
Look for it to be released at about noon, Sunday October 7th, Pacific
time. Our normal Friday release schedule will resume with newscast
1574 on October 12th.
For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors desk, I'm Don
Wilbanks, AE5DW, saying 73 and we thank you for listening.
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