[HCRA] Fw: [emergcomm] Digest Number 724

Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:42:36 -0500

                               Eric Tuller   N1QKO
    flash floods+warlords+winter storms+callisto+tornados
        WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS.....AMATEUR RADIO !!
  earthquakes+monsters+hurricanes+evil gods+public service

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There are 2 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

      1. Plumbing, Antennas and Emergency Communications
           From: "Rick Harrison" <[email protected]>
      2. ARRL Expresses Concerns About Ham Radio Impact of 70-cm Changes
           From: "Rick Harrison" <[email protected]>

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Message: 1
   Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 16:08:18 -0500
   From: "Rick Harrison" <[email protected]>
Subject: Plumbing, Antennas and Emergency Communications

>From the ARRL Website:

PLUMBING, ANTENNAS AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS

 By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
February 21, 2003

 THIS week, visit a personal Web page where experimentation with antennas
and
emergency communication tools takes place.

 THE KB1DIG & KB1GTR Ham Page

                                 http://home.attbi.com/~buck0/hampage.htm

 takes a look at plumbing antennas and emergency communications in a box.

 THE KB1DIG & KB1GTR Ham Page is the personal Web page of Steve and Kim
Merrill, KB1DIG and KB1GTR, respectively. Steve experimented with
antennas
for 6 and 2 meters and the Merrills' Web page has a gallery of the
results
of his experiments, antennas that you can duplicate after a trip to buy
parts at your local hardware or home improvement store.

 STEVE'S "Outside PVC" 2-meter 5/8-wave collinear antenna is so popular
that
Roland Johansson, SM6EAT, translated the instructions for building it
into
Swedish and IW3HZF modified the instructions for 430 MHz and translated
them
into Italian. There are also instructions for building halo antennas for
6
and 2 meters (Be sure to check out the photos of the stealth halo
antenna).

 IN addition to documenting antenna experiments, the KB1DIG & KB1GTR Ham
Page
also kicks around some interesting ideas for emergency communications.
The
"Go Kit" link discusses "daily emergency communications gear ideas,"
while
the "The Box" link talks about "portable emergency communications station
ideas." In these days of orange alerts and duct tape panic attacks, it is
refreshing to read some intelligent thoughts regarding emergency
communications.

 BESIDES Steve and Kim's views on antenna and emergency communications,
their
Web page contains input from other folks who have viewed the page and
have
something interesting to add.

 ALL in all, this results in a diverse and useful resource where you may
read
something that will spark an idea in your head. There should be more
personal Web sites like this.

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Message: 2
   Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 23:47:07 -0500
   From: "Rick Harrison" <[email protected]>
Subject: ARRL Expresses Concerns About Ham Radio Impact of 70-cm Changes

QST de W1AW  
ARRL Bulletin 22  ARLB022
>From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington CT  February 24, 2003
To all radio amateurs 

ARLB022 - ARRL EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT
HAM RADIO IMPACT OF 70-CM CHANGES

THE ARRL said two FCC-proposed actions could negatively affect
Amateur Radio in comments filed in ET Docket 02-305. One would
substantially expand the geographical area of power limitations on
70 cm. The other would deploy National Weather Service wind-profiler
radars in the 448-450 MHz segment.

 IN a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) late last fall, the FCC
proposed on behalf of the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA) to vastly increase the size of the
geographical area in New Mexico and western Texas where amateurs in
the 70 cm band would be limited to 50 W PEP to protect military
radiolocation service operations.

 THE proposed region has 67 affected repeaters. ARRL said the
proposed area is ''in most respects far beyond line-of-sight paths to
any military facilities.''

 THE ARRL asked the FCC and NTIA to cooperatively evaluate the
restriction, which could also affect weak-signal operations, to
determine whether it is overly broad.

CONCERNING the wind profilers, the League said it had understood
that the National Weather Service, which operates the radars, would
notify ARRL of their locations as selected. ''Ideally,'' the League
said, ''since the amateur repeaters are incumbent in the band now,
the National Weather Service should select sites that minimize the
effect on those repeaters.''

 THE complete text of the ARRL's comments is available on the FCC Web
site.

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