[Ham-News] Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1630 - November 7, 2008

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1630 - November 7, 2008

The following is a Q-S-T.  The first ever real time ISS packet QSO 
between Hawaii and the U-S mainland finally takes place, a California 
jury recommends death for the killer of KD7VWJ and KD7VWK, the  US 
Supreme Court hears testimony on the issue of broadcast indecency and 
D-Star comes to a remote spot on the globe.  Find out the where on 
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1630 coming your way right now.
 
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RADIO RECORDS: FIRST  MAINLAND TO HAWAII IS PACKET CONTACT MADE

The first real time packet Hawaii to U-S mainland QSO and information 
exchange via RS0ISS  digipeater on board the International Space 
Station has taken place.  Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is in the newsroom 
with the details:

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The contact  occurred at 18:03 UTC on November 1st .when Scott Avery, 
WA6LIE, in Salinas, California made contact with Ron Hashiro, AH6RH, in 
Honolulu, Hawaii.

According to an e-mail from Avery, ever since ISS packet and voice 
system was activated, he has been looking for a partner on the east 
side of the Big Island of Hawaii to try such a contact attempt. So he 
sent out broadcast blind e-mails to all hams in the area.  

About 3 years ago he met up with AH6RH who shared the same goal. For 
the past few years the two have been trying to make this first contact. 
Between ISS packet being off the air, and limited times to try it took 
a bit of time to make it happen.  

But persistence paid off and the two did finally make the path on 
November 1st when the hooked up on 145.825 simplex on a very low pass of 
the ISS. which was barely above the horizon.  Even more astonishing is 
that their mutual window of opportunity to complete the contact was 
only about one minute and 20 seconds or so.  Hashiro says it all went 
better than either he WA6LIE could have hoped for:

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AA6RH:  It was a real pleasure partnering and working with Scott.  We 
got the job done.  We had it all scheduled for a minute and 20 seconds 
and we had almost a whole minute left over for sending a couple of 
extra packets.  So I really enjoyed making that record contact with 
Scott."

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Hashiro tells Newsline that both he and Avery have been longtime 
supporters of communications with and through the I-S-S ham radio 
stations.  He notes that when Space Tourist  Charles Simonyi, K-E-7-K-
D-P was on the International Space Station on April 11, 2007, he 
happened to be the first person to talk with him.  Minutes later as the 
ISS drifted towards the United States West coast Avery  was the first 
California and mainland station to make contact.   Now the Avery and 
Hashiro have made their mutual dream of making the first Hawaii to U-S 
mainland I-S-S packet contact come true.

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

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Hashiro notes that this was the first mutual window, and first weekend 
both he and Avery could try for a contact after completing the support 
for the Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, mission a little more than a week ago.  
(ARNewsline)

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THE HAWKES MURDERS:  JURY RECOMMENDS DEATH FOR KILLER OF KD7VWJ AND 
KD7VWK

A jury has reached its decision ion the proper penalty to impose on the 
man that they convicted of killing two ham radio operators off the 
coast of Newport Beach, California.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce 
Tennant, K6PZW has their judgement:

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A jury has recommended death for a man convicted of murdering two ham 
radio operators by binding them to an anchor and throwing them into the 
ocean off Newport Beach. News reports say that twenty-nine year old 
Skylar Deleon sat motionless on Thursday, November 6th as the jury 
announced its decision following nearly two days of deliberation in 
Orange County California Superior Court. 

Deleon was convicted last month of three counts of first-degree murder, 
which included the 2003 death of Anaheim resident John Jarvi and the 
killings of Tom and Jackie Hawks, KD7VWJ and KD7VWK.on their yacht in 
2004. Deleon killed the Hawks in 2004 after feigning interest in buying 
their nearly half-a-million dollar yacht. Prosecutors say he 
overpowered them on a test cruise, tied them to an anchor and tossed 
them into the Pacific Ocean as they begged for their lives. The Hawks 
bodies were never found. Deleon was also convicted of killing John 
Jarvi, whom he met in a work prison furlough program while serving time 
for burglary 

The penalty phase of the trial included six days of statements from 
attorneys, victims' relatives, Deleon's family and psychiatrists. Each 
offered differing opinions on the role child abuse has on a person's 
development. But the prosecutor urged jurors to recommend death for 
Deleon for the cruel, callous way he carried out the killings. In the 
end the jurors agreed with the prosecutor.

Outside the courtroom the jury of seven women and five men also issued 
a statement calling their recommendation the only reasonable outcome. 
This, given the evidence presented at trial. The jurors also extended 
their condolences to all concerned and hope that their decision will 
help them to heal. 
 
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los 
Angeles.

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Under California law, formal sentencing of Deleon by the trial judge 
will take place at a later date.  (ARNewsline from published news 
reports)

**

RADIO LAW:  SUPREME COURT TO CONSIDER INDECENCY ON THE AIR

The Supreme Court has heard arguments for and against the FCC's rules 
governing broadcast indecency and profanity. 

During the 60 minute hearing on Tuesday, November 4th the court 
reviewed broadcast indecency standards for the first time in 30 years  
In considering the policy that subjects broadcasters to fines for 
airing a single expletive blurted out on a live television show, 
several liberal justices seemed concerned over how broadcasters could 
prevent dirty words from being aired at live events like sports 
contests.  They also questioned whether the words might have other 
meanings beyond sex*al or excretory connotations.  On the other side 
some of the conservative justices appeared supportive of the crackdown 
adopted by the Federal Communications Commission against the one-time 
use of profanity on live television when children are likely to be 
watching.

The case is being closely watched by almost all radio service users.  
In the past the FCC has used standards created in any one given service 
as a basis of regulatory action in others.  And even in ham radio 
circles the use of words deemed patently offensive has in years past 
have lead to charges being brought against alleged users of such 
language.  A ruling is expected in the first part of next year.  
(Published reports)

**

RADIO LAW:  ONTARIO CELLPHONE BILL ON HOLD WHILE HAM RADIO PROTECTUON 
ADDED

Hams in Ontario, Canada can breathe a sigh of relief .  This, after 
government officials in that Province tabled legislation intended to 
improve road safety by banning the use of some kinds of electronic 
devices by drivers.  

While the target of Ontario Bill 118 was to regulate the mobile use of  
cellular communication devices, the draft was written so broadly that 
many ham became concerned that Amateur Radio mobile operation could be 
banned by the measure's provisions.  As a result, Radio Amateurs of 
Canada has already taken steps to protect the interests of Amateurs in 
Ontario  province.  

First off, the organizations President Dave Goodwin VO1AU has written 
to Minister Bradley.  In his note Goodwin specifically requests that 
Amateur Radio be excluded from the scope of the bill.  This letter also 
reminds the minister that similar legislation in Newfoundland and 
Labrador, Nova Scotia and Quebec explicitly or implicitly protects 
mobile Amateur Radio operation.

Also, a careful reading of the bill reveals that any exemptions will be 
contained in regulations.  As a result, Radio Amateurs of Canada says 
that it will soon meet with Ontario transportation officials to make 
the case for protecting mobile Amateur Radio operation.  (RAC)

**

SPECIAL EVENT:  CELEBRATING MARCOMI MARITIME MOBILE

Listen out for the Italian special event station IY1EY to be activated 
on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK 31 on all bands through November 9th.  The 
operation commemorates the radio experiments that Gugliemo Marconi made 
on his yacht Elettra from 1919 through 1936.  The QSL manager for this 
one is IK1QBT.  (TDXB)

**

THE WORLD OF DX:  CROZET TO BE ON IN LATE 2009

The 9th most sought after DXCC entity will be activated in 2009 by  
F4DYW.  This as he announces that he will take to the airwaves  from 
Crozet Island between December 1st and November 30th of next year.

Crozet is listed in the top 10 most wanted contacts in the DX 
Magazine's' listing.  F4DYW says that he will use the callsign FT5WO 
while on Crozet and his activity will be SSB only on 40, 20 and15 
meters using 100 watts into dipoles.  QSL will go to his  home 
callsign, either direct or by the bureau.  Watch for updates at 
http://f4dyw.free.fr/index.php?langue=uk&contenu=home.php  

We will have more DX news later on in this weeks report. (OPDX)

**

RESCUE RADIO:  A QUAKE DRILL TO END ALL DRILLS

Ham radio is about to take part in one of the most intensive mock 
earthquake drills ever held in California.  We have more in this 
report:

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A magnitude 7 point 8 earthquake anywhere would be considered a true 
killer quake.  One that strong rippling along California' San Andreas 
fault line would likely bring widespread devastation to the region.  
Older buildings would crumble and fall.  The power grid would likely 
fail and normal lines of communications would be cut to millions of 
residents.  Even emergency alerts might be hard to deliver because 
there would be no Internet access and many of the regions broadcast 
towers might be felled by the severity of such a quake.  

Who would be left to shoulder the communications load?  Some experts 
believe it would fall to the regions ham radio operators to become a 
lifeline into and out of the area.  And that theory will be tested on 
November 13th in an exercise that will simulate just such an emergency.

The drill is part of the Great Southern California ShakeOut.  It's 
taking place in coordination with the Golden Guardian 2008 exercise of 
the California Governor's Office of Homeland Security and is expected 
to be the largest earthquake drill in U.S. history.

To get a better sense of what things will be like after such a powerful 
quake, those coordinating the emergency response from San Bernardino's 
central command, will spend two hours without computers, lights or 
telephone  communication.  Megan Blaney of the county's Office of 
Emergency Services  says that  the region will fall back on its backup 
or redundant communication.  She describes this as being primarily ham 
radio operators and their own emergency radio gear.  

A similar drill will be taking place at the Riverside County Emergency 
Operation Center in Riverside,  California.  That's where 120 people 
will be reacting to the fictional quake.  According to spokesperson 
Zuzzette Bricker, KI6PPO, on November  15th that county will also host 
two large field-day activities for trained community emergency response 
teams.

California emergency agencies have had quite a bit of experience 
reacting to large-scale disasters. Destructive wildfires have provided 
experience in dealing with sheltering displaced residents, gaining 
access to damage-affected areas and post emergency cleanup.  However, 
the scope of destruction from a magnitude 7.8 earthquake would dwarf 
those operations but experts say that's the one to plan for.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Burt Hicks,  WB6MQV, in Los 
Angeles.

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Again, this mock earthquake drill takes place at 10 a.m. November 13th.

(KI6BNP, Press Enterprise)

**

RADIO HAPPENINGS:  SKYWARN RECOGNATION DAY DECEMBER 6

The 10th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day Special Event will take place 
from 0000 to 2400 UTC on Saturday, December 6th.  Co -sponsored by the 
ARRL and the National Weather Service, SKYWARN Recognition Day is a way 
to recognize the commitment made by Amateur Radio operators in helping 
to keep their communities safe especially during severe weather events. 
. 

The idea for the first SKYWARN Recognition Day took shape in the summer 
of 1999.  That's when Scott Mentzer, N0QE, the Meteorologist-in-Charge 
of the Goodland, Kansas office, tried to find a way to recognize the 
valuable contributions storm spotters.  As many of those storm spotters 
were also hams, Floyd felt that it was a natural fit for the 
recognition to be centered on Amateur Radio.

According to SKYWARN Recognition Day Coordinator David Floyd, N5DBZ, 
Amateur Radio operators can visit their local participating National 
Weather Service office. There, working as a team they can contact other 
hams around the world throughout the 24 hour event.  Last year, 
contacts were made in all 50 states and 40 countries.  (ARRL, others)

**

ENFORCEMENT:  FCC CANCELS FINE AGAINST BOSTON POLICE JAMMER DUE TO AGE

The FCC has cancelled a proposed fine levied against a Jamaica Plain, 
Massachusetts, resident only identified as a John Doe based on his 
inability to pay a proposed $10,000 fine.  Instead, it has admonished 
him for his willful and repeated violation of Section 301 of the 
Communications Act.   This, after he was caught operating radio 
transmission equipment in on land mobile channels reserved exclusively 
for use by public safety entities.  Amateur Radio Newsline's Don 
Carlson, KQ6FM, has more:

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Back on October 22nd, 2007, the Boston Police Department reported to the 
FCC's Enforcement Bureau that it was receiving interference to its 
radio communications system.  Because the interference was 
intermittent, the Telecommunications Director advised the Boston Office 
that he would provide additional information so that agents would know 
the best time of day to try to locate the interfering signal with FCC 
direction finding equipment. 

Three days later on October 25th the Telecommunications Director 
contacted the Boston Office and reported that on October 24th police 
officers had arrested a young person only identified as a John Doe.  At 
that time they  had also confiscated a Yaesu transceiver and a Motorola 
two-way handheld.  The person arrested admitted to having purchased the 
radios in April 2007 and provided the vendors with Boston Police radio 
codes so that the radios could be programmed with those channels.  He 
also admitted to operating on police radio channels.

On November 27, 2007, the Boston Field Office issued a Notice of 
Apparent Liability for Forfeiture to John Doe in the amount of $10,000 
for operating radio transmitting equipment on land mobile channels 
reserved exclusively for use by public safety entities.  In his 
response to the proposed fine, the John Doe did not dispute the 
findings.  Instead, he requested cancellation of the forfeiture based 
on his inability to pay.  

Now, after examining the financial documentation submitted by John Doe, 
the FCC concluded that cancellation of the forfeiture is warranted, 
based solely on his lack of income.  However, because of the 
seriousness of the violation, the FCC did formally admonish John Doe 
for his willful and repeated violation of Section 301 of the 
Communications Act.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Carlson, KQ6FM, in Reno.

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The John Doe in this story had been arrested on charges unrelated to 
his operation on police radio channels.  Because of his age his name 
and other information on the case was not made public by authorities.  
But one question remains.  That being why the unidentified radio 
vendors were not at least a bit suspicious when a young person walked 
in to buy a radio programmed to transmit on the Boston Police 
frequencies.  Regardless of the story the customer gave it cannot be a 
usual kind of a sale.  (FCC)

**

RADIO LAW:  FCC INVESTIGATING DIGITAL CABLE TRANSITION
The Federal Communications Commission has opened an investigation into 
the pricing policies of major cable operators and that of Verizon 
Communications.  The agency wants to ensure the companies' customers 
are getting treated fairly, 
On October 30th the FCC wrote to numerous cable operators including 
Comcast and Time Warner Cable.   The agency's letter questioned the 
companies' practice of moving analog channels into digital tiers to 
free up bandwidth for other uses, such as high-definition channels.  
Analog customers will have to get a digital set-top box from the 
operator or buy the digital TV tier to watch those channels.  The 
agency also will look into whether cable operators and Verizon are 
confusing customers by linking the shift of the analog channel to the 
digital tier to the nation's transition to digital broadcasts.  The FCC 
says that the two moves are unrelated.  
Most cable customers are analog customers, and those who do not wish to 
upgrade to digital cannot watch the channels that are moved to the 
digital tier The FCC gave the companies being probed to submit 
information about their pricing practices within two weeks.  Verizon, 
which offers pay-TV services with FiOS, was also included in the probe.  
(FCC, published reports)

**

RADIO LAW:  FCC APPROVES BROABAND ACCESSS TO WHITE SPACES
The FCC has approved a plan to open up unused, unlicensed portions of 
the television airwaves known as "white spaces" to deliver wireless 
broadband service.  The vote on Tuesday, November 4th is being viewed as 
a major victory for public interest groups and big technology 
companies.  They say white spaces have the potential to bring broadband 
to rural America and other under served parts of the country.
But not everyone is happy with the FCC decision.  The move to open up 
these spectral parcels was opposed by the nation's television 
broadcasters.  They say that their use to deliver wireless Internet 
access could disrupt their over-the-air transmissions.  Also opposed 
are the manufacturers and users of wireless microphones.  They too have 
raised concerns of mutual interference issues.
For those unaware, a white space in telecommunications refers to unused 
frequencies that in this case lie between television stations.  They 
are assigned to that status to avoid adjacent channel interference.   
(FCC)

**

COMMUNICATIONS SAFETY:  ANOTHER LAPTOP BATTERY RECALL

Sony has announced that it will recall roughly 100,000 notebook 
batteries worldwide.  This following several reports that the batteries 
could overheat.

The recall covers notebooks made by Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Toshiba, 
during the same timeframe as the widespread Sony laptop battery recall 
of 2006.  However, the laptops named by the Consumer Products Safety 
Commission with whom Sony is cooperating not overlap with the models 
previously recalled.

There is some good news this time around.  The hazard cited by the 
agency does not include the risk of a short-circuit or fire as in the 
last recall.  Sony's previous recall cost the company at least $429 
million, and covered over 10 million batteries.  

Go to your machines manufacturers website to find out if your battery 
is among those being recalled.  (CPSC)

**

HAM HAPPENINGS: 6 METER BROADCAST HAMS TO CELEBRATE ANALOG 2 GOING AWAY

The removal of all analog television from channel 2 will be celebrated 
with an on the air 6 meter operating event.  According to Chris Boone, 
WB5ITT, who is coordinating the happening, the noise floor on 6 meters 
is expected to  drop markedly when all the 100 kilowatt analog channel 
2 transmitters go away.  This means that here to for unreadable signals 
may just come out of the noise like never before. 

WB5ITT says that he currently has representatives from three analog 
channel 2 stations on board the event and is looking for others to join 
in the party.  Engineers and other hams at analog channel 2 television 
stations who will not be staying on channel 2 after the February 17th' 
digital transition should contact Chris at wb5itt at wb5itt dot net.  A 
remailer on Yahoogroups has also been established.  Join it using the 
normal sign-up commands to TV2on6meters at yahoogroups.com  The date of 
the operating event will be  (WB5ITT)

**

D-STAR NEWS:  D-STAR COMES TO THE AZORES

D-Star has come to one of the remotest points on the globe.  This, with 
word that the first D-Star repeater in the Azores Islands is on the 
air.

Operating as CQ0DAH dash B, this D-Star repeater is located on Santa 
B rbara Mountain on Terceira Island. It operates on UHF Channel R U 
576, with a transmit frequency of 438.450 MHz and receive frequency of 
430.850 MHz, transmitting 25 watts out.  

The adoption of D-Star in a remote outpost like the Azores is very 
significant since ham gear is not easy to come by in that part of the 
world.  What it also seems to mean is that the D-Star digital system is 
quickly becoming the world standard that will eventually replace analog 
F-M for ham radio ham radio utility repeater communications.  This, 
even though its only supported by Icom with most other manufacturers 
having turned their backs to it or trying to push alternatives systems 
that the worlds ham radio community is showing little interest in 
adopting.  (Southgate)

** 

D-STAR NEWS:  W6HRO FROM HRO IN ANAHEIM CA

Ham Radio Outlet in Anaheim, California, has a low power D-Star 
repeater set up in the store.  W6HRO operates on both 70 centimeters 
and 23 centimeter.  It was originally established to help demonstrate 
the D-Star equipment but according to tore manager Janet Margelli, 
KL7MF, it was found to have pretty fair coverage around parts of Orange 
County. 

The actual operating frequencies are W6HRO A on 1282.550 with a -12 MHz 
input offset and W6HRO B on  447.800 out with a -5 MHz input offset.  
Both receive and transmit in the normal D-Star format and are connected 
to the national gateway.  Both bands also retransmit these Newsline 
reports once every week.  As far as we know, W6HRO is the first D-Star 
repeater to serve as a Newsline outlet.  (KL7MF)

**

RADIO EDUCATION:  TECHNICIAN CLASS TRAINING ON LINE

The Arlington Radio Public Service Club has placed Technician Class 
Amateur Radio License Course material on their web site.  The study 
materials are available, with some limitations, to other organizations 
without charge provided that prior permission is obtained and 
appropriate copyright notice and acknowledgement are included.  For 
more information on obtaining and using this material please e-mail 
techclass (at) w4ava (dot) org.  (KC5FM)

**

WORLDBEAT - BELGIUM: CELEBRATING THE FIRST TV SHOW

Turning to news from around the world, the first television show in 
Belgium was broadcast 55 years ago in 1953.  And this is the reason for 
the special event station signing ON55INR.  It will be active on SSB, 
CW and the digital modes through December 31st.  QSL only via the 
bureau.  (Southgate)

**

WORLDBEAT - FRANCE:  CELEBRATING THE BOAT RACE

Members of France's Radio Club Vendeen will be active as TM6VG in all 
modes on all bands through November 15th.  This, to celebrate  Vendee 
Globe which is a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, sailed non-
stop and without assistance that started on November  9th.  More 
information is on-line at www.vendeeglobe.org  (TDXB)

**

WORLDBEAT - OMAN:  A SPECIAL GUEST OPERATION

Members of Germany's Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club and the Deutsche 
Amateur Radio Club I09 are currently the guests of the Royal Omani 
Amateur Radio Society and will be on the air From Oman through November  
11.  They are reportedly using the call letters A43DLH on CW, SSB and  
various digital modes on all bands.  And during the final days of the 
event some EME operation is planned as well by DL8YHR. QSL via DK7PE. 
(OPDX)

**

DX ASSISTANCE:  KN4LF RESUMES PROPAGATION FORCASTS

Tom Giella, KN4LF, in Lakeland, Florida reports that as of Friday 
October 31st that he resumed publishing his radiowave propagation 
forecast once again. You can find it in cyberspace at 
www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6.htm  (KN4LF via Southgate)

**

DX

In DX, word that ZS6AVM, will be on the air from Swaziland during 
November.  Kisten out for him signing 3DA0VM on 40 through 10 meters 
using a Flex-5000A Software Defined Radio.  QSL cards are requested to 
only be sent direct via his home call.

And members of Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group Inc. will spend 10 days 
on Lord Howe Island for the 2009 CQ WPX Contest.  VK4FW has announced 
that the operation will take place between March 24th and April 3rd 
2009.  He says that the group has successfully obtained accommodations 
and booked flights for the trip. To date they have 9 confirmed 
operators for a total of 13 actual people going.  They still have  room 
for a couple more, but you must be super-quick as both the 
accommodations on the island is almost full and so is the plane.  If 
interested, contact vk4fw at westnet.com.au

F6ICX will be active as 5R8IC from Ile Sainte Marie Madagascar between 
November 18th and December 14th. Activity will be CW on 30 through 10 
meters. QSL direct to F6ICX.

W6DXO, will be active as portable C6A from South Andros Island between 
March 1st and 7th of 2009.  His operation will be holiday style with 
focus on 30, 17 and 12 meter bands as propagation allows.  A QSL 
Manager will be announced at a later date

Lastly, N6NO, will be operating as CE0Y from Easter Island through 
November 16th.  His activity will be mainly CW on use 40 through 12 
meters. Although amateur radio is not normally permitted on 30 meters 
in the band for this operation.  QSL via his home call.

(Above from various DX news sources.)

**

THAT FINAL ITEM: NEWSLINE FOLLOW-UP:  SAVE DELANO MOVEMENT SPARKS 
YOUTUBE VIDEO

A follow-up to last weeks story on the support being given by inventor 
Mike Dorrough, KO6NM, to the effort to save the Voice of America 
transmitter facility in Delano, California, from being dismantled.  
Now, the Southgate News reports that a new video presentation on 
YouTube dot com highlights the story of the decommissioning of the 
Delano facility along with the history of the Voice of America Service.

Produced and hosted by Al Parker, the video's description says that the 
last remaining intact Voice of America shortwave broadcast facility in 
Delano, California is facing destruction unless we act now to save a 
vital part of our cultural heritage.  It goes on to note that the Voice 
of America radio service was not only important to deployed troops and 
Americans working overseas, it also provided oppressed people around 
the world a window onto a free society.

The shows title is simply "Save the Delano VOA."  You can see it on-
line at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qlLhWlDbKbI&fmt=18  (Listener 
reports)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE

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