[Ham-News] Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1576 - October 26, 2007

Sat Oct 27 15:36:34 EDT 2007

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1576 - October 26, 2007

The following is a Q-S-T.  Ham radio takes on the California wildfires.
Even Amateur Radio Newsline gets evacuated.  Find out the details on
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1576 coming your way right now.

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RESCUE RADIO:  THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRE STORM

A firestorm sweeps California.  Even Amateur Radio Newsline it
affected.  Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is back in the newsroom with the
latest.  Bill.

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N6ZXJ:  "We were just up at the top of the hill and looked at it.  The
news said its heading toward Shangri La which is on the top of a hill
above Sierra and Solidad and the whole area on the West side of Sierra
Highway is on fire."

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That's Todd Hitzeroth, N6ZXJ reporting in on the position of  the
Buckweed Fire.  It started on October 21st as gale force Santana Winds
hit the area.  As this newscast is being prepared on the 25th, it is
still burning though considered as being 100% contained.

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"OK Brad.  I just looked it up and they are just North of Solidad
Canyon over on the East end of Canyon Country so that fire is around
Sierra Highway heading South of there so its looking like they will be
moving out."

"Well there's obviously one area that has not laid down because its
leaving a bright glow up there, but Ill have a better look at it once
we get up the hill here."

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The Buckweed Fire was the blaze that caused Amateur Radio Newsline's
office to be evacuated early on Tuesday morning, the 23rd.  Thankfully,
a well aimed water droop from a Bombadier TL-415 Super Scooper
firefighting aircraft on a ridgeline about 500 feet away kept the grass
from igniting and sending the fire our way.  None-the-less, the Sheriff
issued an immediate evacuation order and we all got out really quickly.
About 12 hours later an all clear was issued but as I am recording
this, the smell of smoke still permeates the air.

California tends to name its fires and the Buckweed fire burned 38,356
acres before being 100 percent contained.  In this one 21 homes and 22
outbuildings were destroyed and 15 homes were damaged. Three civilians
and one firefighter were injured. 874 firefighters are assigned to this
incident.  Hams involved in the Los Angeles Disaster Communications
Service were activated to provide logistic support:

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"Break 119 to net control."

"Go for net control."

"Courtlandt Way at Copper Hill at the top. I am guessing that its 20 to
30 MPH winds right now.  Pretty strong.  And also San Frisquito Canyon
is shut off at Copperhill.  Theres three CHP cars there."

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They also handle health and welfare inquiries such as this:

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"Net control, this is K6LDK."

"Go for net control."

"I have a request from a concerned relative on my 75 meter net about
Grate Lane and Canyon Country Drive.  Is that hear anything that's in
jeopardy?"

"Stand by.  Ill have to go look on the map.  I'm not familiar with
those streets so it doesn't sound like anything is happening, but
stand-by."

"QSL.  He lost contact with his son.  I did tell him that area is under
mandatory evacuation."

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Most of the communications for the Buckweed Fire took place over the
W6JW 146.79 MHz repeater operated by the Santa Clarita Amateur Radio
Club.

The Buckweed fire is just one of a half dozen major wildfires still
burning all across Southern California.  And if you have been watching
the T-V-news, you have seen the destruction first hand.  Hardest hit is
the San Diego area where a quarter of a million people have been
evacuated as the Witch Fire, the Harris fire and the Poochama fires
combined have scorched close to 300,000 acres.  The devastation from
these is staggering and hams are reported to be right in the middle of
the relief efforts.

According to Pat Bunsold, WA6MHZ, in El Cajon, posting to QRZ.com, ARES
and RACES are quite active and very busy.  ARES is assisting the County
with  hams staffing the Emergency Medical Services EOC, as well as most
hospitals.  Several medical facilities, including Poway Pomerado
Hospital have been completely evacuated requiring moving all the
patients to safer ground.

Bunsold says that hams have been using the high level repeaters on Mt
Palomar and Lyons Peak for traffic.  He notes that considerable traffic
has been passed using data modes such as WINLINK.  This provides the
Emergency Medical Service with a format that interfaces directly with
the WEBEOC software they are using.  He adds that County EMS is
delighted with ARES being able to seamlessly insert itself into the
WEBEOC software they are using in the disaster.   Gordon West, WB6NOA,
has been involved in this aspect of the operation and has more:

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WB6NOA:  "Its been a big day for ham radio operators especially in
Orange County (California) working with the American Red Cross.  Those
hams were (ED: and still are) handling hundreds of messages in and out
of several shelters that the Orange County American Red Cross had set
up.

And ham radio operators have found a new role besides messaging back
and forth between Red Cross and hams about supplies needed.  We went
high tech.

Ham radio operators brought in their own computers and were able to
bring up those sites to let thew clients know what was happening all
around them.  And all around us was heavy smoke, heavy ash and heavy
traffic on all of the VHF and UHF radio bands including traffic on HF
too.

With the multiple fires all around us, we were handling plenty of
communications to our Red Cross headquarters in Orange County while
also monitoring San Diego Red Cross that had more messages than just
about the hams could handle.  But the hams did handle it all.

Ham radio operators were very much a part of the fire scene and
handling communications expertly here in Southern California where the
temperature is 90 degrees with fires all around/

Gordon West, WB6NOA, at the Orange County American Red Cross.

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Meantime, out in San Bernardino County it's the Grass Valley, Santiago
and  Slide fires.  While smaller in size than some of the others, its
been just as disastrous.  We have heard that a number of ARES teams are
assisting with these fires but at airtime that the situation is very
fluid and little more is known.  The hams are just to busy to let the
world know what they are doing.  Saving lives and property is their
primary concern.

Obviously this story is ongoing and we will have more for you, next
week.

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

--

More on this in next weeks Amateur Radio Newsline report.  (See
http://www.fire.ca.gov/#fires04 for the latest fire update information)
(ARNewsline)

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RESCUE RADIO:  NAPANEE INDIANA TORNADO 	

As California hams are dealing with the heat and fires and strong Santa
Ana winds Northern Indiana hams are dealing with a rare fall tornado.
Newsline's Jack Parker W8ISH has this report.

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Amateur radio operators in northern Indiana were kept busy last week as
an EF three tornado sweep through Nappanee, Indiana and surrounding
communities.  Thanks to the late evening efforts of  Skywarn hams,
many Elkhart county residents escaped serious injuries and death as one
hundred and sixty mile an hour winds raced across the Hoosier landscape
under the cover of darkness.

According to the National Weather Service and amateur radio ground
observers the powerful half mile wide tornado cut a path across twenty
miles of  northern Indiana.   Emergency management officials said the
storm destroyed nearly two hundred homes and 53 businesses.  Normal
communication links were severely damaged.

In the days following the storm,  amateur radio operators continued to
help with communications around the area.

Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, this is Jack Parker W8ISH.

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Elkhart county Indiana is heavily populated with members of the Amish
faith.  As one observer noted during  cleanup following the storm, it
was interesting to see traditional labor working side by side with high
tech amateur radio communications.  (W8ISH)

**

BREAKING NEWS:  FCC'S RILEY HOLLINGSWORTH ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT NEXT
JANUARY

FCC Special Counsel, Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, has announced that he
will be retiring early next year.  This according to word from both the
American Radio Relay League and the Quarter Century Wireless
Association.

In a note to the American Radio Relay League, Hollingsworth said that
he has been considering making such a change for the better part of a
year and decided that Friday, January 3rd of 2008 would be the date.  He
also said that he loves  working for the FCC and has always had great
jobs, but his current one involving the Amateur Radio Service has been
the most fun and he has enjoyed every day of it.

Hollingsworth says that for the past nine years he has worked with the
best group of licensees on Earth.  That he has enjoyed their support
and tremendous FCC support which made him look forward every day to
coming to work.

Hollingsworth also said that the even without him at the helm, that the
Amateur Radio enforcement program will continue without missing a beat.
He ends by saying that after retirement he look forward to being
involved with Amateur Radio every way that he can, adding this thank-
you -- and we quote:

" I thank all of you for being so dedicated and conscientious, and for
the encouragement you give us every day."

At airtime no successor to run the FCC's Amateur Radio enforcement
program has yet been named.  More on Riley Hollingsworth's career with
the FCC in next weeks Newsline report.  (ARNewsline, QCWA, ARRL)

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HAM RADIO TRAINING:  FCC TO CFMC - NO YOU CANT BE A VEC

A request by the Chicago F M Club to become the nations next Volunteer
Examination Coordinator has been turned down by the FCC.  Not because
the group is not qualified.  Rather, the FCC says there are already
enough VEC's and no new ones are needed.

Back on April 17th, the FCC received a request from the Chicago F M Club
to designate the group as a VEC.  In support of its request, club
president Jim Small, WA9EMY, stated that the C-F-M-C is a 250-plus
member club with members in eight states, and that the club has
substantial financial resources that it is willing to use to support
the activities of a VEC.  Small also noted that a member of the club is
the former manager of another VEC, that he is willing to be the club's
VEC manager.

But in its October 19th letter denying the Chicago F M Club request, the
FCC says that it does not believe that additional VECs are needed at
this time because the Commission currently has agreements with fourteen
VECs.  This says the FCC provides sufficient opportunity for
individuals who want to take amateur radio operator licensing
examinations to do so.

The FCC does however offer the C-F-M-C an alternative.  It says that
with regard to the desire of the organization to administer amateur
radio operator license examinations, it says that many Volunteer
Examiner teams associate with an amateur radio club.  It says that this
makes it convenient for individuals who wish to become amateur radio
operators and to individuals who desire to upgrade their amateur radio
operator privileges to take exams.  The FCC suggests that members of
the Chicago FM Club who are interested in becoming Volunteer Examiners
contact one or more of the nations established V-E-C's and become
accredited to do so.    (FCC)

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ENFORCEMENT:  A THANK YOU FROM CANADA

Canada's Greater Vancouver Amateur Radio Council Interference Committee
has words of thanks for the United States FCC and for U-S hams who
assisted in locating the source of interference to the Canadian VE7RPT
repeater.  In a press release, the committee said it thanks to all the
people who devoted countless hours tracking and identifying the source
of this interference., calling it an excellent example of the
tremendous spirit of cooperation that exists between Amateur Radio
operators in both Canada and the US.

As recently reported here on Newsline, On September 25th the FCC issued
a Notice of Apparent Liability totaling $7,000, to James Grinton,
K7VNI, of Bellingham Washington.  The FCC alleges that Grinton has been
the source of ongoing interference to the Canadian repeater since 2006.

This is the second of a series of interference complaints affecting
repeaters in the greater Vancouver area to be brought to a conclusion.
The committee says that additional interference investigations are on-
going.  (GVARC)

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ENFORCEMENT:  FCC SAYS REPEATER OUT OF CONTROL

A Minnesota ham has been told by the FCC that his repeater is out of
control.  At least on a technical level.

David Huston, WD8RFS, of Ely, was notified from the FCC that the agency
had received a complaint concerning the operation of his  repeater on
145.370 MHz. The charges include a lack of control and defective
signals.  The FCC also says that Huston had been previously contacted
about these problems but has so far declined to address them.

WD8RFS was given 20 days from receipt of the FCC inquiry to respond and
describe in detail the procedures he uses to control the repeater.  He
was also directed to provide the names and addresses of all of his
repeaters control operators.  (FCC)

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ENFORCEMENT:  YOU ARE OUT OF BAND

Meantime, out on the West Coast, Guy  Weitl, WB6HGJ, of San Diego,
California, has been sent a notice by the FCC alleging "numerous
instances of out of band operation on 14.003, 14.005, 14.011 and 14.106
MHz.  These are frequencies which the FCC says are not authorized to
Weith under his General Class licensee. The complaint also alleges that
WB6HGJ has been sent several notices about out of band operation in the
past.

Weitl was given the usual 20 days from receipt of the FCC notice to
respond to it.  He was also directed to support his response with a
signed and dated affidavit or declaration that, under penalty of
perjury, verifies  the truth and accuracy of the information he submits
in his response.  (FCC)

**

THE LEGAL SIDE:  RAC AND THE NORMAN ESTATE

Some legal wows for Radio Amateurs of Canada.  This after the Canadian
national ham radio society is advised of the intention of the Norman
Estate to seek a judicial determination of the late Debbie Norman's
employment contract with Radio Amateurs of Canada as General Manager.
This, as to whether the contractual language supports a termination
payment.

Radio Amateurs of Canada says that it has retained legal counsel in
relation to this matter. Unlike an action in the courts, under Canadian
law the matter is expected to proceed by way of what is known as an
"Application" to determine rights in a contract pursuant to Ontario's
Rules of Civil Procedure.

Norman  became a Silent Key on November 27, 2006.  This, shortly after
giving notice of her intention to retire at the end of that year.  The
hearing in this matter is presently scheduled for early, 2008 in
Ottawa.  (RAC)

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RADIO LAW:  FCC CHAIRMAN WANTS A  LA  CARTE CABLE TV FOR ALL

The chairman of the FCC still wants consumers to be able to choose the
programming that they want to buy from cable TV operators.  Amateur
Radio Newsline's Jeff Clark, K8JAC, has the latest:

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Audio report only.  Hear it in the MP3 version at
http://www.arnewsline.org

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The cable companies are opposed to the concept of a la carte
programming.  They say that only through bundling certain programming
services into packages and selling them at a specific price point can
they keep pricing down.  (Published reports)

**

HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  AMSAT 2007 SYMPOSIUM BROADCASAT ON ECHOLINK

The 2007 AMSAT Symposium is being carried live to your home using
Echolink.  During the AMSAT open meeting portion of the Symposium,
EchoLink was activated so people from around the globe could check in
and join the gathering and in on the discussion.

If you already are an Echolink user, all you need to do is to select
Conferences and then view AMSAT and double click.  If you cannot
connect and then time out, accept the "learn more" option to connect
either through a proxy or how configure your router to allow the ports
needed by Echolink.

The AMSAT Symposium activities begin on Friday, October, 26th.  More is
on-line at www.amsat.org  (WB4GCS)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS:  N3MSE APPOINTED WPA SM

John Rodgers, N3MSE, of Butler, Pennsylvania, has been appointed ARRL
Section Manager of the Western Pennsylvania Section.  He will complete
the term of office of Larry O'Toole, K3LBP, of Mount Pleasant, who
stepped down due to health reasons.

Rodgers is returning to Section's top position where he served as
Western Pennsylvania Section Manager from January 2000 to September
2003. He also served as an Assistant Section Manger starting in 1995.
(ARRL)

**

THE SOCIAL SCENE:  ANTARCTIC CRUISE AND DXPEDITION.

F5PFP is organizing a 4 week Antarctic cruise and DXpedition for
January 2009. The trip will start in Ushuaia with stops at King George,
Nelson, Greenwich, Livingstone, Decepcion and 1 or 2 more islands
depending on sailing conditions.  He is currently searching for 5
passengers who are preferably amateur radio operators.  If you are
interested and for more details, send him an E-mail at
f5pfp at aliceadsl.fr  (F5PFP)

**

THE BPL FIGHT:  SOUTH AFRICA GETS INTERIM BPL STANDARDS

The South Africa Radio League says that a government Standards Liaison
Committee has approved the draft interim Power Line Telecommunications
or Broadband over Powerline in that nation.  One that contains some
protection against Broadband over Powerline interference to that
nations ham radio community.

One of the committee's recommendations is that only class B limits will
apply as the minimum requirements. The class B limit for conducted
disturbance is some 10dB more stringent than class A.

As you might imagine, the BPL industry had asked that class A limits
apply in industrial areas and at sub-stations.  This is a request that
the South Africa, Radio League opposed at the committee stage,

But the SARL is however not satisfied that compulsory notching of the
Amateur High Frequency bands was included in the draft standards.  At
the comment stage the national society says that it will submit
documentation in support of  its position that all amateur H-F bands
must be notched and that the minimum 10dB notching level be increased
to a higher value.

The interim South African interim Broadband over Powerline standards
will be in force until international standards have been agreed on.
(SARL)

**

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  THE RADIO TOOTHBRUSH

Radio from a toothbrush?  That's the latest from a company called Oral
B.  Rob Topp, VK5MM, reports:

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The toothbrush with "Sat-Nav."

As you clean your teeth, Oral-B's Triumph SmartGuide toothbrush
transmits its
exact location to a base unit.

The unit then shows you on an LCD screen which area of your mouth has
been
cleaned and a clock tells you how long you have left to brush.

The system uses technology similar to the Bluetooth system used with
hands-free ear-pieces for mobile phones.  The LCD display can be
mounted on the bathroom mirror or held in your free hand, picking up
information as you brush.

The remote display also doubles up as a bathroom clock Oral-B is hoping
that the brush will be a stocking filler this Christmas and has planned
its launch in Britain within weeks.

I'm Robb, VK5MM.

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No information as to when this new data radio toothbrush will be
available in the USA.  (WIA News)

**

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  HITACHI UNVEILS MEGA HARD DRIVES

If you need more space on your computer to store all those ATV images
or anything else, Hitachi says its researchers have successfully
shrunken a key component in hard drives to a nano-scale.  This the
company says will pave the way for quadrupling today's storage limits
to 4 terabytes for desktop computers and 1 terabyte on laptops by 2011.

Capacities of hard drives have grown as researchers have crammed more
bits of data closer together while also making the heads sensitive
enough to read the data. The industry looks to new technologies every
time physical limitations kick in, and giant magnetoresistance which
allows for extremely thin layers of alternating metals to detect weak
changes in magnetism _ was one of the breakthroughs that led to the
fastest growth rate in the early 2000s, allowing hard drives to double
in capacity every year.

The feat, which Hitachi presented at the Perpendicular Magnetic
Recording Conference in Tokyo, revisits  this technology G-M-R which
itself was the basis of the work of two European scientists who won the
Nobel Prize in physics last year.  Its estimated that one terabyte can
hold the text of roughly 1 million books, 250 hours of high-definition
video, or a quarter million songs.  (BC Newswire)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  NEW ANTENNAS FOR THE COLUMBUS ISS MODULE

Two new ham radio antennas have been installed on the new International
Space Station's Columbus module, set to launch later this year.  Both
antennas have been tested to meet flight specifications.  Once on-
orbit, the Columbus module ham station will provide several new modes
including the first ever full color Amateur Television on orbit.

Getting the new antennas installed on the space station module was an
expensive proposition.  Once the project was approved it was estimated
the cost would be in the area of $50,000 to $60,000 in U-S dollars.
Donations from various sources covered a payment of approximately
$12,000 back in March.  A second payment is due this fall and at
present there is a funding shortfall of about $21,000.  (ANS)

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WORLDBEAT - CANADA:  NEW VE5 QSL MAMNAGER NAMED

Radio Amateurs of Canada has announced that effective immediately, the
Incoming QSL Manager for the VA5 through VE5 region is Joe Musgrave ,
VA5JM.  Musgrove who also holds the call VE5CEM can be reached by e-
mail to ve5cem at sasktel.net.  (RAC)

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WORLDBEAT - FINLAND:  SPECTRUM OPPOSED BY NATIONAL SOCIETY

The Finnish Amateur Radio Society is opposing a possible spectrum
auction.  One that might include bands used for fast scan A-T-V in that
nation.

According to a spokesman for the society, the Ministry of Transport and
Communications in Finland recently had a hearing on the possibilities
of frequency auctioning.  The spokesman said that the society made
clear its  objections, especially as that nation already has in place a
Bandwidth Payment policy that replaced its Radio License fee a couple
of years back. The pricing formula has resulted in prohibitive costs,
especially to Amateur Television repeaters and resulted in the closing
down of several A-T-V systems.

The spokesman said that the ministry has always looked upon Radio
Amateurs in a protective manner, but apparently the European Union
politicians are blind to all the benefits of Amateur Radio to society.
(Southgate)

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WORLDBEAT _ SOUTH AFRICA:  SARL - HMO BEACN PROJECT

The South African Radio League's H-M-O Beacon Project officially
launched on Tuesday, October 23rd.  This, when the first beacon was
switched on at the National Amateur Radio Center.

During the first phase of the project there will be 30 beacons
strategically placed around that nation.  Each one is hosted by members
of the South African Radio League and operate on 7 point 023 MHz. in
Morse at about 8 words per minute.

Among other services the beacon network will provide, it will initially
be used to attract newcomers to the hobby.  (SARL)

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ON THE AIR:  CELEBRATING WRC-07

On the air, keep an ear open for the special callsign 4U1WRC to be used
between October 22nd and November 16th. Activity is taking place from
the International Amateur Radio Club station  4U1ITU in Geneva,
Switzerland, during the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference.  QSL
a directed by the station operator.  (OPDX)

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ON THE AIR:  A RRL MAKES CHANGE TO QUALIFYING RUN

And word of a slight change to the December 2007 ARRL West Coast
Qualifying Run schedule.  The December Run will be handled by Maritime
Radio Historical Society station K6KPH. This station is the same one
that sends out the W1AW Field Day Bulletin for the benefit of West
Coast amateurs.

Listen out for K6KPH to transmit December West Coast Qualifying Run on
Saturday, December 15 at 2200z UTC.  That's 2 PM local time.  The code
speeds will remain at 10-  to 35 Words Per Minute on 3581.5, 7047.5,
14047.5 and 21067.5 kHz.

A similar change was instituted for the October Run which has now past.
Qualifying Run submissions should still be sent to the ARRL for
processing.  (ARRL)

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DX

In D-X, W8HC and 6 other operators will be active as from Israel as
4X0C during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest on October 27th and 28th.
They will operate as a Multi-Single entry.  QSL via W8HC, direct or by
the bureau.

Also on for the contest will be EA1FDI, will be active from Senagalmas
6V7G.  His operating class is unknown.  QSL via EA1FDI.

Lastly, W2SC, will be active from Barbados as 8P5A during the same
contest.  This, as Single-Ooerator all-Band entry. QSL via NN1N.

Above from various DX news sources.

**

THAT FINAL ITEM:  AND THE WINNER IS

And finally this week, we have the name of the winner of an MFJ Model
816 SWR and Power Meter that was offered in a mailing list only drawing
to raise funds to help keep these newscasts on the air.  Here's our
Support Fund Administrator Andy Jarema, N6TCQ.

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Most of you know that we ran a contest from September 15th to October
15th for an MFJ power meter. This was to be awarded to the individual
or club who donated the most to Amateur Radio Newsline during that
period of time.

For obvious FCC reasons we couldn't do it over-the-air, but instead by
way of a mass e-mail to over 1000 listeners and clubs.

Well, response didn't exactly blow our hair back, but we did end up
with a 6-way tie for 1st place (gee, people, all you had to do was sent
one more buck). We then placed the names in a basket and the lovely
Judy picked the winner.

Before the drumroll, let me tell what you have won:  It's an MFJ Model
816 miniature SWR Bridge / Wattmeter. It measures forward power,
reflected power and SWR. The wattmeter measures power on two scales, 30
Watts and 300 Watts, and it's usable from 1.8 to 30 MHz."

Drum roll please:

Edmund Burckart, N9VTU of Glenview, IL.

Congratulations!  Please contact our producer, Bill Pasternak at
WA6ITF at arnewsline.org with shipping details.

I'm Andy Jarema, N6TCQ

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Andy says that this promotion was so successful that we will likely
hold another one before years end.  But to comply with FCC rules, you
will not hear a solicitation in the newscast.  Rather, you have to be
on the Newsline mailing list on Yahoogroups.com.  To sign up simply
send a blank e-mail with the words arnewsline-subscribe in the header
to arnewsline-subscribe at yahoogroups.com.  The list is self maintained
and the robot system at Yahoogroups will do the rest.  (ARNewsline
Support Fund)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE

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Magazine, the FCC, the Ohio Penn DX Bulletin, Radio Netherlands, Rain,
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You can also write to us or support us at Amateur Radio Newsline, P.O.
Box 660937, Arcadia, California 91066.

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