[KYHAM] The ARRL Letter, Vol. 22, No. 26

[R. William DeVore]

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***************The ARRL LetterVol. 22, No. 26June 27, 2003***************
IN THIS EDITION: * +ARRL becomes Citizen Corp affiliate* +Morse treaty
requirement on the way out* +Hams help fire fighting efforts in US
Southwest* +California antenna bill passes Senate* +Oregon's Section
Manager recalled* +Bogus QST solicitor on the loose*  First Cuba-US Field
Day operation announced*  Solar Update*  IN BRIEF:     This weekend on
the radio     Attention clubs participating in Field Day 2003!     New
Field Day Class F still attracting questions    +Western Washington gets
new Section Manager     No joy for New York ham antenna bills     ARRL's
2002 Annual Report is available     Correction +Available on ARRL Audio
News ===========================================================NOTE:
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holiday!===========================================================
==>AMATEURS "FIRST OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS," DHS OFFICIAL SAYS ARRL now
is an official affiliate program of Citizen
Corps<http://www.citizencorps.gov>, an initiative within the Department
ofHomeland Security <http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/> to enhance
publicpreparedness and safety. ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, signed
theformal Statement of Affiliation between DHS and ARRL during the ARRL
2003National Convention June 21. Chief Operating Officer of the
EmergencyPreparedness and Response Directorate (FEMA) Ron Castleman
representedUnder Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Michael D. Brownat the signing. Citizen Corps Liaison to the White House
Liz DiGregoriocalled ham radio operators the "first of the first
responders." "You are there. You are part of that very, very first
response when ithappens locally," especially in the initial stages of an
emergency ordisaster, DiGregorio told an overflow audience. She urged
amateurs toexplore ways to expand their role in the community beyond
being the lastresort when other communication systems fail. "You need to
show yourcommunity that you're engaged," she said. "They need to know as
acommunity that ARRL is there." Castleman said his agency really needs
Amateur Radio's help. "Hams have along and distinguished history of
assisting and cooperating with FEMA," hesaid. He said FEMA wants to
continue to work with Amateur Radio operatorsas partners and expand hams'
community safety role. "We also want to helpprepare every citizen across
our country before disaster strikes,"Castleman said. The League joins the
National Safety Council, Points of Light Foundation,National Voluntary
Organizations Active in Disaster, National VolunteerFire Council,
National Fire Protection Association, Save A Life Foundationand The
Jaycees as Citizen Corps affiliate programs. The SoA calls on DHS and
ARRL to raise public awareness of Amateur Radioas a safety resource.
"That's what you are all about, and we need a saferAmerica," DiGregorio
said. In addition, DHS and ARRL will cooperate in providing training
andaccreditation for Amateur Radio emergency communications. They also
willwork together to promote the formation of local Citizen Corps
councils andassist them with education, training and volunteer service
opportunities"that support first responders, disaster relief
organizations andcommunity safety efforts." As an affiliate, ARRL will be
linked from theFEMA and Citizen Corps Web sites. "We need you, and you
need us, and we want to work together with you tomake this all happen,"
DiGregorio concluded, "because we all share thesame goal, and that goal
is a better, stronger, more secure America." The ARRL National Convention
2003 was held in conjunction with Ham-Com<http://www.hamcom.org> in
Arlington, Texas. FEMA announced the SoAsigning on its Web site
<http://www.fema.gov/nwz03/nwz03_138.shtm>. ==>NO MORSE CODE CONTROVERSY
AT WRC-03 Whatever else happens at World Radiocommunication Conference
2003(WRC-03), there's no mystery about the delegates' direction regarding
theMorse code requirement. Morse code proficiency will disappear as a
treatyobligation for high-frequency access when the
InternationalTelecommunication Union (ITU)-sponsored gathering under way
in Genevaconcludes July 4. "One matter on which there appears to be no
disagreement is the Morserequirement," said International Amateur Radio
Union (IARU) Secretary (andARRL CEO) David Sumner, K1ZZ, in a
report<http://www.iaru.org/rel030623.html> on the second week of activity
atWRC-03. "It is clear that the outcome will be to leave it
toadministrations' discretion whether or not to have a Morse receiving
andsending requirement." He said no administration participating in
thesub-working group spoke in favor of retaining the Morse code
treatyrequirement. The modification of Article 25.5 of the international
Radio Regulationscleared Working Group 4C on June 24. Working Group 4C is
dealing with thisand other proposals relating to Article 25. The modified
text says,"Administrations shall determine whether or not a person
seeking a licenseto operate an amateur station shall prove the ability to
send and receivetexts in Morse code signals." It's possible but unlikely
that the text would be tinkered with further atthe committee level or
even in the Plenary, which considers items foradoption. Sumner said
delegates continue to wrangle over other aspects ofArticle 25, which
defines Amateur Radio operation. Adoption of the Article 25.5
modification would not mean the immediatedisappearance of the Morse
requirement to operate on the amateur bandsbelow 30 MHz. Each
administration, including the FCC, would then decidewhether or not to
drop the requirement from its domestic regulations. Somecountries have
indicated a desire to retain a Morse code requirement. Sub-working groups
this week funneled their reports to larger workinggroups assigned to
tackle various pieces of the huge WRC-03 agenda. Morethan 2600 delegates
and other participants are attending the four-weekconference. For WRC-03,
the IARU has fielded its largest team of observersat an ITU conference in
more than a decade. There's less consensus on efforts to secure a
"harmonized" 300-kHz-wideamateur allocation at 7 MHz. Sumner said initial
discussions inSub-Working Group 4C1 "were spirited and reflected sharp
differences ofopinion" between those advocating realignment and those
favoring no changeout of deference to the disruption that any realignment
would causebroadcasting services now occupying 7.1 to 7.3 MHz in Regions
1 and 3, andthe fixed services above 7.3 MHz that would be affected by
any upwardshift in broadcasting. Amateurs in the US and the rest of
Region 2 enjoy a300-kHz allocation from 7.0 to 7.3 MHz, but hams in the
rest of the world,Regions 1 and 3, have only 7.0 to 7.1 MHz. Three
alternative proposals have been passed on to Working Group 4C.
"Thelargest group favored realignment in two stages," Sumner explained.
Thatgroup included the US, CEPT, CITEL and the African
TelecommunicationsUnion. The two steps would expand the band in Regions 1
and 3 by 100 kHzin 2007 and add the remaining 100 kHz in 2015. Other
plans put forthcontained longer time lines. By week's end, Sumner said,
the issue couldbe passed on to Committee 4 and then to the Plenary, where
items need tworeadings for ultimate WRC-03 approval. The issue of an
allocation for satellite-borne synthetic aperture radars(SARs) in the
70-cm band (432-438 MHz) also appears well on the way toresolution.
"While it appears very likely that there will be anallocation, it will be
secondary," Sumner explained. Full reports on WRC-03 activities are
available on the IARU Web site<http://www.iaru.org/news-releases.html>.
==>AMATEURS RESPOND TO SOUTHWESTERN FIRES Amateurs in the vicinity of
Sandoval County, New Mexico, had just wrappedup an activation to support
emergency communication for personnel fightingthe Virgin Mesa fire about
50 miles north of Albuquerque when they werenotified to stand by for yet
another fire right in the city. Meanwhile,hams in Arizona remain ready to
aid the fight to douse the huge Aspen Firenorth of Tucson. The Arizona
fire is considered too dangerous for amateurvolunteers, however. Amateur
Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers in New Mexico activatedto
assist in the Virgin Mesa fire were released at midday June 24
andreplaced by a Type 2 Forest Team, said Sandoval County District
EmergencyCoordinator Mike Scales, K5SCA. Hams could be called back in,
however, ifthe fire blows up again. Fire officials in New Mexico have
ruled theVirgin Mesa fire--burning since June 22--to have been
human-caused. Some200 firefighters were working the blaze, and no homes
or developments werethreatened. Aided by three members of the Los Alamos
ARES team, Sandoval County hamsset up at the Incident Command post at the
La Cueva Fire Station, saidSandoval County ARES member Jay Miller,
WA5WHN. Traffic was coordinatedthrough a 2-meter repeater in Rio Rancho.
A number of hams were deployedas fire-spotters and to support operating
fire units. On June 24, a fire that broke out in a wooded area--called
the Bosque--inthe Albuquerque area caused some 600 residents to be
evacuated and left anestimated 16,000 people without power. Some 20
Sandoval County ARESmembers stood by to assist Bernalillo County ARES if
needed, Miller said.The City of Albuquerque was able to handle the blaze,
which destroyed anupscale home under construction. North of Tucson,
Arizona, progress was made this week to contain the AspenFire, which has
destroyed more than 250 homes--and possibly more-since itbroke out June
17. At mid-week, fire officials said the blaze was 25percent contained.
More than 1200 firefighters and support personnel areat the scene. ARRL
Arizona Section Manager Cliff Hauser, KD6XH, said that Arizona ARESand
RACES teams remain on-call, but that there is currently no
organizedAmateur Radio effort to support of the firefighters. "Fire
fighting officials indicate that at this point it is still toodangerous
in the fire's vicinity for Amateur Radio operators or otheruntrained
volunteers to assist," Hauser explained. Hauser also pointed outthat high
winds have been causing the massive fire to spread in sporadicand
unpredictable ways. Chuck Smallhouse, W7CS, reports that he and several
other amateurssupported the Type I fire team brought in to contain and
control the AspenFire. In addition to Smallhouse, the team included Chuck
Michels, KB7RFI;Norm Martin, K7OLD; John Henderson, K7FCC; and John
Glenn, K7RJR. "Thesehams took off their Amateur Radio caps at the door
and donned fire teamones," Smallhouse said. He said the hams were needed
to provide vitalcommunications support to the just-arrived skeleton crew
until theprofessionals showed up. Lost in the Arizona forest fire was the
Cactus Intertie System's repeaterequipment. The towers and repeaters were
located very close to where thefire got its start atop Mount Lemmon. Also
burned was the Zia Connectionsite, some 150 yards up the ridge from the
Cactus site. ==>CALIFORNIA ANTENNA BILL MOVES CLOSER TO GOVERNOR'S DESK
California's latest effort to pass an Amateur Radio antenna
bill--AssemblyBill 1228--this week passed the state Senate on a unanimous
38-0 vote.Sponsored by freshman Assemblymember Bob Dutton (R-63rd), the
billreceived unanimous approval April 10 in the California Assembly on a
67-0vote. It now returns to the Assembly for its approval of minor
wordingchanges made in the Senate. Given the prior unanimous vote,
Dutton'soffice expects Assembly approval to be routine, however.
"Certainly the people seem to be speaking here," said ARRL staff
memberand antenna expert Dean Straw, N6BV, who lives in San Francisco.
"PerhapsGov Davis should be alerted that there are 100,000 Amateur Radio
operatorsin California--and that we are also voters, should there be a
recallcampaign." An effort under way to recall Gov Gray Davis, a
Democrat, issaid to be gaining ground. The California legislature
approved a nearly identical PRB-1 measure threeyears ago, but Davis
vetoed it, because funds for required studies werenot included in his
budget. The new bill carries no price tag. ARRL Southwestern Division
Director Art Goddard, W6XD, expressed elationat the measure's unanimous
California Senate vote. "That's a vote ofappreciation and confidence for
Amateur Radio in California," he said.ARRL Pacific Division Director Bob
Vallio, W6RGG, spoke at an April 2Assembly hearing on AB 1228. Dutton's
office has recommended that amateurswho urge Davis to sign the bill
stress its emergency communicationbenefits to the state, which has, by
far, the largest number radioamateurs of any other state and nearly 15
percent of US total. AB 1228 would incorporate the language of PRB-1 into
the statutes ofCalifornia. It would require any ordinance regulating
Amateur Radioantenna structures not to preclude but to "reasonably
accommodate" AmateurRadio communications, to allow amateur station
antenna structures "atheights and dimensions sufficient to accommodate
Amateur Radio Servicecommunications" and to constitute "the minimum
practicable regulation toaccomplish the legitimate purpose of the city or
county." Senate-added language that the Assembly must now approve
declares that theLegislature's intent in enacting the bill is to "codify
in state law theprovisions of specified federal regulations relating to
amateur radiostation facilities." To date, 19 states have incorporated
the essence of PRB-1 into their laws. ==>OREGON SECTION MANAGER RECALLED
IN RARE SPECIAL ELECTION For only the third time in League history, an
ARRL Section Manager hasbeen removed from office through a recall
election. The audited vote tooust freshman Oregon Section Manager
Marshall D. Johnson, KK7CW, ofAlbany, was 939 to 280, with eight invalid
ballots. Members were asked tovote "yes" to recall Johnson and "no" to
retain him. Ballots were countedJune 24 at ARRL Headquarters, and the
election tally was verified by acertified public accountant. Oregon's SM
since last July 1, Johnson wasrecalled pursuant to the provisions of By
Law 24 and Rule 5(g) of the ARRLField Organization. The position is now
vacant until a successor isappointed by ARRL Field and Educational
Services Manager Rosalie White,K1STO. According to the ARRL By Laws, a
Section Manager removed through a recallelection or by action of the
Executive Committee may not run in the nextelection following removal
from office. The last time an ARRL Section Manager was recalled was just
over fiveyears ago in 1998, when ARRL members in the New York City-Long
IslandSection voted to recall Section Manager Leonard Buonaiuto, then
KE2LE. Thefirst SM to be recalled was former Vermont SM Frank Suitor,
W1CTM, inJanuary 1990. ==>LEAGUE WARNS OF BOGUS QST SOLICITATIONS Someone
has been attempting to sell "subscriptions" to QST, but it's notthe ARRL.
ARRL Customer Service/Circulation Manager Kathy Capodicasa,N1GZO, reports
she's received several telephone calls and e-mails frommembers reporting
the scam. "Apparently, there is some kind of bogus telephone solicitor
out theretrying to get people's names, addresses and credit card
numbers," shesaid. "ARRL does not solicit for 'subscriptions' to QST."
She warned thatunder no circumstances should a member give out a credit
card number tosomeone trying to sell them QST over the telephone. As the
official membership journal of the ARRL, QST is not available tothe
general public from a magazine distributor or outside publishinghouse.
Capodicasa advises those getting calls from the phony solicitor totry to
get the solicitor's name and to check the caller ID box, if theyhave one,
to obtain the caller's number. She requested that members shareany such
information with her via e-mail to n1gzo@arrl.org or
telephone,860-594-0257. ==>FIRST JOINT CUBA-US FIELD DAY OPERATION SET
Members of the Pi�a Colada Contest Club (KP2AA) will join forces with
theFederaci�n de Radioaficionados de Cuba in the first-ever joint
Cuba-USField Day operation June 28-29. Operating as CO0US (and T42FD for
the "GetOn The Air" newcomer station), the team will operate from a
location nearHavana (Grid EL83) on 80 through 2 meters. Commemorative
QSLs recognizingthe two countries' common interest in emergency
communication preparednessand international goodwill through Amateur
Radio will be available viaK7JA (include an SASE or SAE and other return
postage). Participating Cuban operators will include Arnie Coro, CO2KK.
ChipMargelli, K7JA, will be among the US operators. "All the operators
andsupport people look forward to making as many QSOs as possible and
testingour ability to provide a wide-area emergency communications
linkthroughout the duration of Field Day," Margelli said. This marks the
second year that Field Day welcomes participation bystations throughout
International Amateur Radio Union Region 2--theAmericas. Operators
outside the US and Canada exchange operating class and"DX" as their
"section" designator. No signal reports need be exchangedduring ARRL
Field Day, which begins at 1800 UTC June 28 and ends 2100 UTCJune 29.
Complete rules are on the ARRL Web
site<http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2003/rules-fd-2003.html>.--ChipMa
rgelli, K7JA ==>SOLAR UPDATE Solar seer Tad "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine
Anymore" Cook, K7RA, Seattle,Washington, reports: This week had somewhat
quieter geomagnetic conditions compared to theprevious week, but average
daily solar flux was down a bit and averagedaily sunspot numbers remained
about the same.  Recent projectionsanticipate no truly quiet periods
ahead. ARRL Field Day is this weekend, and I wish the geomagnetic
conditionscould be better.  The predicted planetary A index for Friday
throughMonday is 20, 25, 20 and 20.  Although an A index of 25 for
Saturdaydoesn't look very promising, this prediction is made several days
prior,and like weather forecasts, the real conditions could be different.
 Inaddition, a planetary A index of 20 or 25 doesn't guarantee a
radioblackout on the high frequencies. Sunspot numbers for June 19
through 25 were 108, 121, 118, 94, 104, 131,and 115, with a mean of 113.
10.7 cm flux was 122.9, 116.9, 115, 110.2,113.5, 114.5, and 116.3, with a
mean of 115.6. Estimated planetary Aindices were 18, 12, 23, 16, 20, 31,
and 19, with a mean of 19.9. ==>IN BRIEF: * This weekend on the radio:
ARRL Field
Day<http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2003/rules-fd-2003.html>, the
MarconiMemorial HF Contest, the QRP ARCI Milliwatt Field Day and the His
Majestythe King of Spain Contest (SSB) are the weekend of June 28-29.
JUST AHEAD:The RAC Canada Day Contest is July 1. The Michigan QRP July
4th CW Sprintis July 4-5. The Venezuelan Independence Day Contest
(SSB/CW), the DL-DXRTTY Contest and the DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest are
the weekend of July5-6. See the ARRL Contest Branch page
<http://www.arrl.org/contests/> andthe WA7BNM Contest
Calendar<http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html> for more info.
* Attention clubs participating in Field Day 2003! ARRL asks clubs
takingpart in ARRL Field Day 2003 June 28-29 to share their Field Day
tips andsetup strategies with other clubs. Send items to Margie Bourgoin,
KB1DCO<kb1dco@arrl.org>. This is your chance to claim bragging rights as
well asto confess the ways that Murphy has graced your carefully-planned
efforts!Also, visit the Club Companion Web
site<http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/> and check out "Our Club's
FieldDay" to see what other clubs are doing. * New Field Day Class F
still attracting questions: ARRL Contest BranchManager Dan Henderson,
N1ND, says he's still getting questions from clubsand groups planning to
operate under the new Class F category in FieldDay. The most popular of
ARRL's operating events, Field Day takes placeJune 28-29. Henderson
advises that unless clubs and individual operatorshave recently updated
their logging software to accept Class F as a validclass, they may run
into problems. "If this happens to your group," hesaid, "take manual
notes about any problems and correct the log afterField Day, but before
submitting it the to the ARRL." Henderson says mostquestions he's been
getting already are covered in the Field Day
rules<http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2003/rules-fd-2003.html> and in
thelist of frequently asked questions, which is part of the Field Day
packet<http://www.arrl.org/contests/forms/03fdpack.pdf> (scroll down to
Class FStation FAQs for information on that class). More than 1.4
millioncontacts were logged during Field Day 2002. Class F stations
operate froman established emergency operations center (EOC) activated by
a club ornon-club group. Class F operation must take place from an
established EOCsite. Stations may utilize equipment and antennas
temporarily orpermanently installed at the EOC. A station may not enter
Class F ifoperating from a mobile communications van deployed from an
EOC, however.Those entries will be Class A or Class C (mobile), depending
on thecircumstances. An EOC is operated by a federal, state, county, city
orother civil government, agency or administrative entity or by a chapter
ofa served agency (such as the Red Cross or Salvation Army) with which
yourlocal group has an established operating arrangement. Class F
operationmust take place in cooperation with the staff of the EOC being
activated.The W1AW Field Day bulletin schedule is available on the ARRL
Web site<http://www.arrl.org/contests/forms/w1aw-fd-sked-2003.html>.
Foradditional Field Day information or questions contact the ARRL
ContestBranch <contests@arrl.org> or call 860 594-0232. * Western
Washington gets new Section Manager: Veteran ARRL WesternWashington
Section Manager Harry Lewis, W7JWJ, is stepping down as of July1.
Assistant Section Manager Ed Bruette, N7NVP, of Poulsbo--the
onlycandidate who had filed to succeed Lewis in the fall--will fill
theremaining three months of Lewis's term. ARRL Field and
EducationalServices Manager Rosalie White, K1STO, announced Lewis's early
departureand Bruette's nomination June 26. "Your work as Section Manager
for morethan a dozen years has touched many people for the good of
Amateur Radio,"White said in praise of Lewis's tenure as SM. A ham since
the 1940s, Lewishas served as Western Washington Section Manager since
January 1991. Lewiswill continue as Technical Coordinator. He had
indicated earlier this yearthat he would not seek another term as SM, and
Bruette was runningunopposed for the Section Manager's seat. Lewis's
wife, formerNorthwestern Division Director Mary Lewis, W7QGP, also is
leaving hercurrent post as a Western Washington Assistant Section
Manager. Bruettehas been an ASM since January 2003 and was Section
Emergency Coordinatorfrom 1998 through 2002. He is also the Washington
State RACES officer. * No joy for New York ham antenna bills: ARRL Hudson
Division DirectorFrank Fallon, N2FF, reports no success in the third
effort to get a hamradio antenna bill through the New York Legislature.
The current sessionwrapped up June 19. "Thanks for your support, but we
were not successful,"Fallon said in a statement to his Division. "We have
a very difficultproject here." The bills--A2662 in the Assembly and S63
in theSenate--were introduced in January. The bills went beyond
simplyincorporating the limited federal preemption, PRB-1, into state
law. Theywould have prohibited municipalities from passing laws or
ordinances to"restrict antenna support structure height to less than 95
feet aboveground level or restrict the number of antenna support
structures." Fallonnoted that other states have been able to get antenna
bills enacted, butvery few of them include minimum regulatory heights.
Fallon said theHudson Division leadership remains committed to securing
passage of a billin both New York and New Jersey that specifies a height
below which localgovernments may not regulate. Fallon said this session's
bills died forlack of action, despite visits to the capital in Albany
during the pasttwo weeks of the session to meet personally with key
lawmakers. "Thelegislature was very distracted this year with other
issues and problems,"Fallon said. That included the arrest of a key aide
to Speaker of theHouse Sheldon Silver days before the session ended. "We
are disappointedbut not discouraged," Fallon concluded. "We will be
working on gainingadditional support between now and next January, when
the next sessionopens." * ARRL's 2002 Annual Report is available: The
League's 2002 Annual Reportis currently available to members free of
charge upon request. The reportoffers an overview of League activities
for the year, messages from ARRLPresident Jim Haynie, W5JBP, and Chief
Executive Officer David Sumner,K1ZZ, along with ARRL's complete audited
financial statements for 2002.Send requests--including your name, call
sign and mailing address--toMedia Relations Manager Jennifer Hagy, N1TDY,
jhagy@arrl.org.  Due to thelarge number of requests for the 2002 Annual
Report, individual replies toeveryone who e-mailed may not be possible.
All requests will be honored inthe order they were received at ARRL
Headquarters. The report also isavailable on-line as a PDF
document<http://www.arrl.org/announce/annualreport/02ar.pdf>. *
Correction: The story "Ham's Ticket Set Aside as FCC
InvestigatesAllegations of False Distress Calls" in The ARRL Letter, Vol
22, No 25(Jun 20, 2003) contained some erroneous information. FCC Special
CounselRiley Hollingsworth explains that the FCC Wireless
TelecommunicaitonsBureau set aside Michael V. Swift's license grant for
KG6QOB was set asideand his application has reverted to pending status
while the investigationcontinues. The WTB has a 30-day window to set
aside a license grant on itsown motion, Hollingsworth explained, although
the Universal LicensingSystem indicates Swift's ticket was canceled May
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