[Ham-News] Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1621 - September 5, 2008

Sat Sep 6 18:01:26 EDT 2008

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1621 - September 5, 2008

The following is a Q-S-T. 

Hams face the wrath of hurricane Gustav as they make ready for more 
Atlantic storms.  Also, Australia to get new radio frequency allocation 
table and a  major DXpedition invites young hams to join in on the fun. 
Find out the details on Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1621 
coming your way right now.

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RESCUE RADIO:  HAMS RESPOND TO THE THREAT OF HURRICANE GUSTAV

Ham radio operators were ready as hurricane Gustav made landfall along 
the Louisiana coast on Monday, September 1st.  Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, 
lives in Piccyune Mississippi and works in New Orleans.  He picks up 
the story from here:

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Hurricane Gustav slammed into the heart of Louisiana's fishing and oil  
industry with 115 mph winds delivering only a glancing blow to the city 
of New Orleans.  60 hours earlier, Mayor Ray Nagin had ordered that New 
Orleans be evacuated for fear that Gustav would bring the kind of 
catastrophic flooding brought by Katrina three years ago.  Thankfully, 
that did not happen.

That's not to say that the area escaped unscathed.   According to news 
reports, 2 non-federal levees in Plaquemines Parish just south east of 
New Orleans were on the verge of collapse as engineers, local law 
enforcement, parish employees and even prison trustees worked to 
fortify them.  In New Orleans the newly completed Army Corps of 
Engineers flood gates and pumps in the 17th St. Canal and London Avenue 
Canal were used in their first real test.  They worked flawlessly as a 
squall line caused the water to rise in those canals putting pressure 
on the repaired floodwalls that failed during Hurricane Katrina.

Across the region, roofs were torn from homes, trees toppled and roads 
flooded. More than 1 million customers were without power or minimal 
telephone service.  In many areas, cellular telephone service was non 
existent.  And it was here that ham radio operators were on the front 
line.  Hams like Joe Glorioso, N5OZG, who is a paramedic in New 
Orleans:

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N5OZG:  "We still got winds.  Maybe 40 to 50 MPH winds.  We still have 
some gusts.  If I had to take a guess, maybe 50 to 60 MPH.  There are a 
lot of powerlines down  A few trees down.  A lot of fences down.  But 
overall it looks very well as compared to Katrina." 

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Glorioso's report was one of many that were relayed using the 
facilities of the Voice Over Internet Protocol Weather Net. The net had 
numerous EchoLink and IRLP nodes on line from across the affected area 
along with several stations from outside of the hurricane zone.  
Together they provided critical information to forecasters at the 
National Hurricane Center in Miami:

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Unknown ham:  I just want to report that I'm in Jones County, just 
about 90 miles Asouth of Jackson (MS).  Thing are going pretty good 
here.  We've gotten reports of 40 MPH gusts so far and sustained around 
18 MPH and maybe over an inch of rain.  No major flooding here as of 
now."

--

Stations on the net filed reports of sustained measured winds of 100 
MPH in Houma, Louisiana before the ham radio spotters lost their wind 
instrumentation.  Reports out of New Orleans indicated several wind 
gusts 101 MPH.  The first reports of a levee break in Scarsdale, 
Louisiana was reported by N5OZG.  He also reported the good news when 
the situation was stabilized by a sandbagging efforts.

But the Voice Over Internet Protocol Weather Net was not the only ham 
radio communications effort that had been made ready for the arrival of 
Hurricane Gustav.  Long before the VoIP operation began, hams had been 
tracking Gustav as it spun across the Caribbean and slammed into Cuba 
before turning   toward the United States Gulf Coast.

The High Frequency Hurricane Watch Net activated at 1900 U-T-C on 
Sunday, August 31st.  Its initial job was to establish a list of 
available 
reporting stations along the northern Gulf Of Mexico shores.  Its 
primary frequency was 14.325 MHz upper sideband with additional 
activation on 7.268 MHz lower sideband during the storm.  It was then 
used to communicate with station WX4NHXC at the National Hurricane 
Center in Miami.  One of the jobs of both the HF and 
VoIP nets was to  funnel requests for severe weather reports to the ham 
community:

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KD1CY:  "Looking for any reports across south-east Louisiana or 
southern Mississippi of strong winds, wind damage.  Measurements or 
estimates on winds would be helpful along with any river or stream 
urban or coastal flooding.  This is KD1CY"

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And hams across the area answered the call.  They provided reports of 
wind speed, precipitation and water levels on rivers and lakes where it 
was feared that they might overflow:

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Unknown ham:  "the latest river state:  the last one I gave you was 
right at 4 point 0.  Its now risen to 4.5 on the river here at Biousara 
in Mobile county, Fairland, Alabama.

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Another job of the nets was to deliver bulletins from the National 
Weather Service to those listening in. Jim Sellars, N0UAM was the net 
control on the VoIP net  when this advisory was issued:

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N0UAM read the National Weather Service release.  (Not transcribed for 
newscast)

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But these were not the only two groups taking to the air as Gustav 
approached.  Others lending their support and expertise included the 
West Gulf Emergency Health and Welfare Net, the Water Way Net and the 
Maritime Mobile Network.  And the Southeastern D-Star Weather Net put 
its members on alert as well.  This net held forth on D-Star reflector 
002A.  All stations on the D-Star network were asked to monitor and to 
provide assistance if needed.

The work of ham radio operators with regard to Hurricane Gustav is not 
yet complete.  The storm left a lot of damage in its wake and that 
includes some communications outages as well as the need for ongoing 
damage assessment.  These are both areas that are certain to include 
networks set up by radio amateurs.  .

And its not over yet.  As Gustav diminished into a tropical storm and 
headed inland, the various nets turned their attention to Hurricanes 
Hanna and Ike.  They were also monitoring the progress of Tropical 
Depression Ten, now Tropical Storm Josephine as this story is being 
filed.  The members of these ham radio networks are well aware that at 
this  time of year more hurricanes and severe weather is developing out 
in the South Atlantic, and at least some of it will be heading their 
way.

For my home 60 miles north east of New Orleans in Picayune, 
Mississippi, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, reporting for the Amateur Radio 
Newsline.

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Julio Ripoll, WD4R, is the Assistant Coordinator for WX4NHC.  He said 
that  the incoming information provided by hams was very critical to 
operations at the National Hurricane Center and to WX4NHC as well.

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RESCUE RADIO:  HAM RADIO MAKES READY FOR HURRICANE HANNA

Ham radio is already involved in the watch of Hurricane Hanna.  That 
storm is expected to hit somewhere along the South-East U-S coastline 
in coming days.  And already, members of the Hurricane Watch Net have 
Hanna in their sights:

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Unidentified ham:  "At 5 PM AST which is the same as Eastern Daylight 
time Hanna continues to linger over the south-eastern Bahamas.  A 
hurricane warning is in effect for the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos 
Islands."  

--

As we go to air the Hurricane Watch Net is not yet fully activated for 
hurricane Hanna. You can keep up with the ham radio tracking of Hanna 
and other tropical storms at the networks website.  Its in cyberspace 
at www.hwn.org.  (HWN)

**

RECUE RADIO:  JARL OFFERS TO HOST GAREC 2009

Japan Amateur Radio League has offered to host the fifth Global Amateur 
Radio Emergency Communications Conference.  GAREC-2009, will likely 
take place in Tokyo next spring in conjunction with the famed JARL Ham 
Fair.  More information on this important rescue radio gathering as 
soon as its released.  (IARU)

**

RESTRUCTURING:  AUSTRALIA TO GET NEW FREQUENCY ALLOCATION PLAN

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released a draft 
of new Australian Radio Frequency Plan for comment. Geoff Atkinson 
VK3AFA reports:

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The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released a draft 
of a new Spectrum Plan for public comment. When completed, the new 
Spectrum Plan is intended to replace the current Spectrum Plan 
developed in January 2005. 

Go to the ACMA web page to "read all about it", but in brief proposed 
changes to the plan will provide: Protection of space research 
activities while allowing the use of new high data-rate meteorology 
satellite services; Upgrade of the radiolocation service to primary and 
allocating additional spectrum to the existing space research 
activities; Sharing between the mobile-satellite service and space 
research services and between the mobile-satellite service and mobile 
service; Improvements to the satellite coordination and notification 
procedures; Spectrum harmonization between space services and future 
terrestrial services.  Sharing arrangements between the fixed service 
and satellite systems using highly inclined orbits; and Spectrum 
compatibility between the radio astronomy service and the active space 
services.

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The proposed changes are scheduled to take effect on January 1st  2009.  
(WIA News) 

**

RADIO POLITICS:  IARU REGION 2 MEETS IN PANAMA CITY

Region 2 of the International Amateur Radio Union has issued a report 
on the recent Executive Committee meeting held in Panama City on August 
30th and 31st.  The main emphasis of the gathering was to emphasize the 
importance of having active member societies as being the only way to 
insure the future of amateur radio.  To this end, the support of Area 
Directors was requested in order to establish local links at area and 
country level to work with recently designated Coordinators.

The participation of the International Amateur Radio Union in the 
International Telecommunications Union as well as CITEL and CTU was 
also discussed. The  CTU has requested the support of  the IARU in 
order to have active Member Societies in its region.  This, ever since 
it became aware of the importance of radio amateurs in emergency 
situations.

The importance of creating an accurate list of Emergency Networks in 
Region 2 as soon as possible was talked about.  This list is being 
developed by the new EMCOR organization in conjunction with Dr. C‚sar 
P¡o Santos, HR2P, and with the support of Member Societies.

Under new projects, within the next few months a Spanish version of a 
manual for beginners in the hobby will be made available in digital 
form.  This, for easy distribution and to serve as an introductory 
study guide for all those interested in becoming new radio amateurs. 

IARU Region 2 will also begin preparations to participate in the 
Telecom Americas 2010 event.  It will be held in Buenos Aires, 
Argentina in March of 2010.  (Adapted from IARU Region 2 Release)

**

RADIO POLITICS:  IARU REGION 3 MEETS IN JAPAN

The Directors of Region 3 of the International Amateur Radio Union met 
in Tokyo. Japan from 20th  to the 22nd.   The gathering was hosted by the 
Japan Amateur Radio League.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, 
K6PZW, tells us what was discussed:

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The Directors of I-A-R-U Region 3 are Chairman Michael Owen, VK3KI, and 
members JE1MUI, ZL2AZ, VU2GMN and HL1AQQ.  Also attending was IARU Vice 
President Tim Ellam, VE6SH.  

First up was the future.  The next World Radiocommunications Conference 
will be held in 2011 and has agenda items that may directly and 
indirectly affect the amateur services.  The IARU Region 3 Directors 
said that they recognized the importance of ensuring that those 
involved in the preparation for that Conference at a regional and 
national level are kept fully informed. 

In the area of emergency communications, the Region 3 Directors again 
decided to urge member societies to approach their administrations to 
remove any national regulations that inhibited amateurs from either 
meeting emergency communication needs or practicing to meet such needs.   
At the same time the Directors congratulated the Chinese Radio Sports 
Association on the outstanding contribution of the Chinese radio 
amateurs.  This, in support of the humanitarian response to the tragic 
earthquake in May 2008. 

The Directors also carefully considered an interference complaint 
report from VU2UR.  He's the Regional Monitoring System Coordinator and 
his report dealt with the broadcasts from shortwave station the Sound 
of Hope in Taiwan on amateur bands.  The Directors will urge member 
societies to approach their administrations requesting that they object 
to the Taiwanese administration about these breaches of the Radio 
Regulations. 

Those are the meeting highlights.  I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los 
Angeles.

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In closing the meeting Chairman Owen acknowledged the time and 
contributions made by all Directors since their last meeting in August 
of 2007.  He said that it is important that all amateurs recognize the 
importance of the work of the IARU in protecting their operating 
privileges.  (IARU Region 3 News Release, WIA News) 

**

BREAKING DX NEWS:  BANGLADESH TO SPONSOR IOTA OPERATION THIS WINTER

Hot on the tail of last weeks announcement that ham radio is returning 
to Bangladesh comes word of the first organized DX operation.  
According to the Ohio Penn DX Newsletter, S21RC and possibly 3 other 
operators are preparing a DXpedition to St. Martin's Island located in 
Chittagong Region Group for this coming December.  

St. Martin's is a small island in the northeast part of the Bay of 
Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf 
peninsula, and forming the southernmost part of Bangladesh.  It is also 
the only coral island in Bangladesh. 

The exact dates for the operation are not yet confirmed but they plan 
to stay 6 days on the island. A special callsign is pending and will be 
announced at a later date.  For more details and information on you can 
how to help get this and other ham radio activities back up and running 
in Bangladesh,  please visit eb7dx dot com on the World Wide Web.  
(OPDX)

**

RADIO HUMNANITERIANISM:  A DXPEDITION TO FIGHT CANCER

A team of German operators will be trying to raise money for a 
children's cancer charity during their forthcoming DXpedition to 
Montenegro.  DL3NER, DG5NGJ, DG5NGI, DL9MB, DG8NGI and DK9NCX will be 
active portable 4O between September 25th and October 4th. 

The team says that it undertook the operation to help fund Station 
Regenbogen which is a German care and support center for children 
suffering from cancer and for their families.  On the air activity is 
planned for 160 through 2 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. 

QSL's go to each operator via his home callsign.  Information on 
supporting the operators cancer fighting mission is at  www dot qrz dot 
com slash callsign slash DK9NCX.  (Southgate)

**

ENFORCEMENT:  FCC WARNS UNLICENSD FLORIDA BROADCASTER TO GET OFF THE 
AIR

A Florida resident could face FCC sanctions if he permits an unlicensed 
transmitter to continue operating from his property.  Bill Pasternak, 
WA6ITF, reports:

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The FCC's Miami Office has warned the owner of property where an 
unlicensed transmitter is believed to have be located to take it off 
the air.  That, or face severe consequences.  

In its July 16th letter to R. Bryce Gray, Jr. the FCC says that it has 
received information that an unlicensed broadcast radio station on a 
frequency of 101.9 MHz was allegedly operating from his property in the 
Oakland Park area.  The FCC says that back on March 4th, 14th And June 3rd 
that agents from the its office confirmed by direction finding that 
radio signals on frequency 101.9 MHz were emanating from an antenna 
mounted on a pole at Gray's legal residence.  

The FCC has warned Gray that operation of radio transmitting equipment    
without a valid radio station authorization constitutes a violation of 
Federal laws and could subject the operator to severe penalties, 
including seizure of the offending radio equipment, and/or criminal  
sanctions including time behind prison bars.

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

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Gray was ordered to cease operations immediately.  He was also given 10 
days from the date of the FCC notice to respond to the agency with any 
evidence that he has written authority to operate granted by the FCC.  
Those dates are now past. (FCC)

**

YOUNG HAMS:  VK9WDX INVITING YOUNG HAMS ON WILLIS ISLAND OPERATION

The sponsors of the upcoming VK9DWX operation is inviting  two young 
hams who have a passion for DXing and contesting to take part in their 
operation from Willis Island in October.  The VK9DWX crew say that they 
will pay for all expenses of the young hams selected to join them 
except the cost of the flight to and from Cairns, Queensland, 
Australia.

Anyone planning to apply to go on this operation must have experience 
in working DX pile-ups. The dates that the young Dxers will be invited 
to take part in the operation are staggered.  One will be there from 
October 6th October to the 19th and the other from October 15th to the 
28th. 

To qualify, you must be  between 18 and 29, hold a valid amateur radio 
license in the country where you live.  If you fit this profile you 
need to send an e-mail to contact (at) vk9dwx (dot) de.  In it, you 
need to  include a minimum 500 words essay written in English.  In it, 
describe how you got started in ham radio, who your Elmer was and why 
you believe you should be selected for this DXpedition opportunity.  
Also be sure to include your full name, call sign, home address and any 
other pertinent contact information.  

Again, send this information to contact(at) vk9dwx (dot) de.  Those 
selected will be notified directly by the VK9WDX crew.  (DJ0QN)

**

YOUNG HAMS:  KB1OGL NAMED CQ MAGAZINE YOUTH EDITOR

And a young name in the news.  This with news that 14 year old Brittany 
Decker, KB1OGL, has been named Youth Editor of CQ Amateur Radio 
magazine.  

Decker is from of Hudson, New Hampshire.  She is a General Class 
licensee and already holds an amateur radio leadership position as 
Assistant Section Manager for Youth in the ARRL New Hampshire Section.  

KB1OGL came to CD's attention when she wrote an article titled "Saving 
the Hobby for KG7HF."  This was about her introduction to amateur 
radio, that appeared in the April, 2008, issue of CQ.  Another Decker 
article titled "A Rookie's Guide to Contesting," will be published in 
the October issue.

CD's youth column is scheduled to debut this December and will appear 
quarterly.  Stories by or about young hams should be e-mailed to 
Brittany at kb1ogl at cq dash amateur dash radio dot com or sent by the 
U.S. Postal Service to her at CQ magazine, 25 Newbridge Rd., 
Hicksville, NY 11801  (CQ)

**

THE SOCIAL SCENE:  SHELBY'S MOVE TO GASTON COUNTY A SUCCESS

The 2008 Shelby Hamfest is being called a huge success. According to 
the Cleveland County Star newspaper  more than 1,000 amateur radio 
enthusiasts were already gathered at Gaston County Park in Dallas 
County, North Carolina on Thursday, August 21st, even though the shows 
opening was still 48 hours away.

Celebrating 52 years the Shelby Hamfest usually hosts between 8,000 to 
12,000 attendees annually.  It is one of the largest hamfest in the 
United States, and certainly one of the largest in the Southeast.  The 
show had moved to the Gaston County Fairgrounds earlier this year after 
it became apparent that no compromise could be reached with the 
management of its longtime home in Cleveland County.  Many Shelby 
businesses have come to rely on income from the annual ham radio 
gathering and some are dismayed at the way in which the city handled 
the negotiations that lead the Shelby Amateur Radio Club to move the 
hamfest away .  

Meantime, the Cleveland County Star reported that people started 
arriving at the park as early as  Sunday, August 24th and that the heavy 
rain has not dampened their enthusiasm to be a part of this annual ham 
radio event.  The Star quotes Hamfest Chairman  Robbie Hamrick. WA4RH, 
as saying that festivities began Friday night with a free bluegrass 
concert in downtown Dallas.  

The Hamfest itself opened on Saturday morning August 30th  Hamrick used 
the opportunity of his newspaper interview to pass along his clubs 
gratitude for use of the Gaston county facility  He told the newspaper 
that the sponsors appreciate Gaston County letting them use it and make 
it their new home.  

As to the views of those who attended.  A sampling of posts on several 
websites and blogs all seem to be very positive.  Almost everyone 
seemed to be saying it was a good crowd, a good hamfest and that the 
Shelby Amateur Radio Club should not change a thing.  (Cleveland County 
Star, others)

**

THE SOCIAL SCENE:  ONTARIO VHF ASSN ON SEPT 27

The Ontario VHF Association will hold its annual get-together at Humber 
College North Campus in Ontario, Canada, on Saturday September 27, 
2008. The event is billed as a great way to meet and mingle with some 
of the best VHF, UHF, microwave gurus as well as other weak signal  
enthusiasts and experimenters. More info and directions to the college 
can be found on the web at home.cogeco.ca or by e-mail to Hugh Duff, 
VA3TO, at hduff (at) cogeco (dot) ca   (Ontario VHF Association)

**

HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  A CUTE EARTH MOVIE

The Amateur Radio Cute 1.7 satellite  better known as CO-65 has taken a 
short  motion picture of the Earth as viewed from orbit.  The video was 
taken while Cute was over Japan.  It's very brief but the team say it 
is the first ever taken by a tiny 3 kg microsat.  The CO-65 also team 
says that its planning to take pictures and videos  continuously. This 
first one was taken at July 17th at 02:14 UTC.  It can be seen on line 
at www.southgatearc.org/news/august2008/earth_movie.htm (Southgate)

**

ON THE AIR:  NASA GLEN ARC TO CELEBRATE NASA AT 50

Members of the NASA Glenn Amateur Radio Club in Cleveland. Ohio, will 
be on the air from October 1st through the 6th.  This, to celebrate the 
50th anniversary of the famed U.S. space agency.  

The club will be active daily from 2200 to 0500 UTC on  1.880, 3.880, 
7.280 and 14.280 MHz.  The callsign to listen for is NA8SA.  If you 
work NA8SA, QSL to the NASA Glenn Amateur Radio Club Lewis Field, 21000 
Brookpark Rd, MS8-1, Cleveland, Ohio.  44135-3191.  More information is 
on line at www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/Clubs/NA8SA  (OPDX)

**

DX

In D-X, DA0HEL will be active from Helgoland Island in the North Sea 
from September 6rth through the 8th.  The operation will be taking part 
in the IARU VHF Contest on 2 meters CW/SSB. QSL this one only via the 
Deuscher Amateur Radio Club bureau.  

W8AV will be on the island of Curacao through September 10th.  He will 
be operating from the PJ2T Signal Point station with his own call 
portable PJ2.  He plans to be on CW as well as RTTY .  This is an 
antenna maintenance trip, so he will only be on only as time permits.  
QSL as directed on the air. 

K3GV slash VY2 will be on the air from Prince Edward Island, Canada 
through September 22nd.  He is active is on 20 and 15 meters around the 
usual Islands on the Air frequencies. QSL via his home callsign, direct 
or by the bureau.

Look for the special call PA90CORUS from the Netherlands on all bands 
and modes through September 28th.  This in celebration of the 90 years 
history of CORUS in that nation.  The QSL manager is PB7CW.  More 
information is at www.pb7cw.net/corus .

Lastly, members of the Czech and Slovak OM0C Contest Crew have 
announced that they plan to mount a DXpedition to Suriname an expect to 
be active from here between October 21st to the 30th.  Operation will be 
on 160 through 10 meters plus VHF on 6 and 2 including some EME.  The 
same group also plans to be active as PZ5Z in the CQ World Wide SSB DX 
Contest on October 25th and 26th.  QSL via OM2FY, by the Bureau or 
direct.  More is on-line at www.om0c.com/suriname. 

Above from various DX news sources.  

**

THAT FINAL ITEM:  THE TICK

And finally this week, most ham are well aware of time standard station 
WWV at Ft. Collins, Colorado .  Its run by the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology and radiates 10,000 watts on 5, 10, and 15 
MHz; and 2500 watts on 2 point 5 and 20 MHz.  And over the years WWV 
broadcasts time and frequency information 24 hours per day, 7 days per 
week to millions of listeners worldwide.

Well now it appears to have an on-line rival. Well, one that's at least 
a tongue in cheek rival called "The Tick."  Take a listen:

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THE TICK HERE

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The Tick is the creation of Douglas Grant, KD1TJ, who happens to own 
Lownoise Productions in Tucson, Arizona.  We asked him to tell us how 
The Tick came about.

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KD1TJ:  "Back in the late 70's, about the time that I got my ham ticket 
and while I was still working in commercial radio, I turned a 
broadcaster and friend of mine onto shortwave listening, which I had 
been doing since the 60's.  I sold him one of my used radios and he 
became familiar with what was on the dial.  He would listen to Vladimir 
Posner on Radio Moscow, theatrical works on the BBC and all the other 
noises that you hear like WWV.   So he and I used to joke about the 
announcements that might be heard on that time and frequency station if 
it were commercial radio, like -- all the time, all the time.

"Fast  forward to 2003.  Another friend of mine had moved to Atlanta 
and was working as a television engineer for The Weather Channel.  And 
he revealed that one of the local TV weathermen on the air in Atlanta 
was in fact one of the voices of WWV -- John Doyle.

"So on a whim I wrote to John and I told him about some of the laughs 
we'd had  at WWV's expense over the years and inquired if he might want 
to voice ome lines in order to create a spoof .  And, to my delight he 
liked the idea, did some recording for me.  What resulted is The Tick. 
The new WWV."

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Grant tells Newsline that he has received lots of very positive 
feedback since he brought The Tick to the world of cyberspace several 
years ago.  You can  check out "The Tick" for yourself at 
www.lownoiserecords.com/wwv_the_tick.html    (ARNewsline and The Tick)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE

With thanks to Alan Labs, AMSAT, the ARRL, the CGC Communicator, CQ 
Magazine, the FCC, the Ohio Penn DX Bulletin, Radio Netherlands, Rain, 
the RSGB, the Southgate News, Australia's WIA News and of coarse "The 
Tick," that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.  Our e-mail address 
is newsline at arnewsline.org.  More information is available at Amateur 
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Box 660937, Arcadia, California 91066. 

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