[LeArc] The ARRL Letter, Vol 21, No 29

[Tony Coniglio]

> ***************
> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 21, No. 29
> July 26, 2002
> ***************
>
> IN THIS EDITION:
>
> * +"Section News" and contest scores moving from QST to the Web
> * +Changes at the top in the ARRL Great Lakes Division
> * +ARRL names Maxim and McGan Memorial award winners
> * +ARRL announces educational, technical award winners
> * +FCC to toughen stance on offending power companies
> * +UK to mount 5 MHz experiment
> * +KB3GWY is 2002 YHOTY Award winner
> *  Solar Update
> *  IN BRIEF:
>      This weekend on the radio
>      Certification and Continuing Education course registration
>      ARRL 2001 Annual Report copies being mailed
>      Minnesota teenage ham wins IEEE Presidents' Scholarship
>      SATERN volunteer honored for WTC, Flight 587 assistance
>      Review under way of unlicensed 2.4 GHz systems
>
> +Available on ARRL Audio News
>
> ===========================================================
>
> ==>"SECTION NEWS," CONTEST LINE SCORES MOVING FROM QST TO WEB
>
> Starting next January, "Section News" and contest line score results will
> appear on the ARRL Web site rather than in QST. Meeting July 19-20 in
> Windsor, Connecticut, the ARRL Board of Directors voted 9-6 to approve a
> resolution formally relocating "Section News" to the ARRL Web site.
> "Section News" has appeared in the League's official journal at least
> since 1919. The "Section News" Web sites--already in place--will provide
> the officials of each ARRL section "the capability of an up-to-date
> information resource that can be tailored to the needs of their section,"
> the resolution said.
>
> The space freed up by relocating "Section News" will allow more in-depth
> coverage of general news, public service activities and "how-to" articles.
> Members unable to use the Web can request their section's reports in
> hard-copy format.
>
> The Board first considered the issue at its January meeting but postponed
> action until July to give members the opportunity to better understand the
> reasons for relocating "Section News," to discuss alternatives and to
> better understand and see the advantages of the expanded content available
> on the Web site.
>
> Voting for the change were Directors Dick Isely, W9GIG (Central); Jay
> Bellows, K0QB (Dakota); Frank Fallon, N2FF (Hudson); Wade Walstrom, W0EJ
> (Midwest); Tom Frenaye, K1KI (New England); Dennis Bodson, W4PWF
> (Roanoke); Walt Stinson, W0CP (Rocky Mountain), Art Goddard, W6XD
> (Southwestern); and Coy Day, N5OK (West Gulf).
>
> Directors Bernie Fuller, N3EFN (Atlantic); Rick Roderick, K5UR (Delta);
> George Race, WB8BGY (Great Lakes); Greg Milnes, W7OZ (Northwestern); Jim
> Maxwell, W6CF (Pacific); and Frank Butler, W4RH (Southeastern), voted
> against the change.
>
> In a separate resolution approved by voice vote, the Board agreed that the
> ARRL Web site now provides a better medium to report the results of
> ARRL-sponsored contests. As a result, contest line scores no longer will
> appear in QST. The change does not affect ARRL Field Day results, which
> will continue to be published in the magazine. QST coverage of
> ARRL-sponsored contests will continue with expanded writeups, photos and
> soapbox submissions. QST also plans to carry more feature articles about
> contesting.
>
> A contest Web site established earlier this year now includes, among other
> features, a searchable database of line scores for members and the ability
> to easily analyze individual and club scores. There's also an on-line
> Soapbox to post comments and photos immediately after a contest, as well
> as an expanded narrative for each event. The ARRL also now offers members
> the free Contest Rate Sheet newsletter
> <http://www.arrl.org/contests/rate-sheet>, which focuses specifically on
> contesting.
>
> The minutes of the July 19-20 ARRL Board of Directors meeting have been
> posted on the ARRL Web site <http://www.arrl.org/announce/board-0207/>.
>
> ==>GREAT LAKES DIVISION LEADERSHIP CHANGES
>
> George Race, WB8BGY, of Albion, Michigan, unexpectedly stepped down as
> Great Lakes Director during the ARRL Board of Directors meeting on July
> 20. Race, 66, had served on the Board for 12 years. Prior to that, he'd
> held numerous other field organization positions over the years, including
> several terms as Michigan Section Manager.
>
> Great Lakes Vice Director Gary Johnston, KI4LA, was declared the new Great
> Lakes Division Director.
>
> Race said that while a Board vote to shift "Section News" from QST to the
> Web did play a small part in his decision to resign, it was not the
> primary factor and he harbors "no bad feelings" that the vote went the
> other way. "My wife Barb and I just decided we needed some time for
> ourselves," said Race, who resigned in a letter to ARRL Chief Executive
> Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, the Board secretary. "There's life beyond the
> League," Race added.
>
> Legendary within the ARRL field organization for his travels around the
> Great Lakes Division, Race said he's spent some 45,000 to 50,000 miles a
> year on the road on the League's behalf and "wore out three cars."
>
> "I've enjoyed so much working with the membership and with the Board,"
> said Race, who is the technical services supervisor at Albion College,
> where he's worked for nearly 35 years.
>
> ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, has appointed Michigan Section Manager
> Dick Mondro, W8FQT, to be the new Great Lakes Vice Director.
>
> ARRL Field and Educational Services Manager Rosalie White approved the
> appointment of Debbie Kirkbride, KA8YKK, of Bay City to replace Mondro as
> Michigan SM. An Extra class licensee, Kirkbride served as an Assistant SM
> under Mondro and was Section Emergency Coordinator from 1997 until 2001.
>
> ==>ARRL BOARD NAMES HIRAM PERCY MAXIM, McGAN WINNERS
>
> The ARRL Board of Directors has named Tamara M. Stuart, KF6RIV, of Palm
> Springs, California, as the winner of the prestigious Hiram Percy Maxim
> Memorial Award for 2001. Established in 1936, the award goes each year to
> a radio amateur under the age of 21 whose Amateur Radio accomplishments
> and contributions are of the most exemplary nature.
>
> A recent graduate of Palm Springs High School, Stuart is active in the
> Desert Radio Amateur Transmitting Society of Palm Springs ("Desert RATS"),
> the Southwest Remote Radio Club, the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
> (RACES) and the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) United States Air Force Auxiliary.
> She's a Technician licensee and an ARRL member.
>
> For the past four years Stuart has experimented with radio wave
> propagation and antenna design, compiling a praiseworthy her list of
> science fair projects. Her 2001 entry was "Radio Frequency (RF) Radiation
> Propagation and Polarization of One-Wavelength Loop Antennas." She also
> has made presentations about her radio experiments to youth and community
> service groups, and she has encouraged young women to pursue
> nontraditional careers in science and engineering.
>
> A ham since 1998, Stuart enjoys operating on VHF and UHF. She remains
> active in school and community activities and was selected as Miss Palm
> Springs 2002. She's also a 2001 National Discover Card scholarship winner.
> While in high school, she maintained a 3.91 grade point average while
> participating in an advanced placement program. In the fall, she plans to
> attend Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California. As the Hiram Percy
> Maxim Memorial Award winner, Stuart will receive a cash award of $1500 and
> an engraved plaque.
>
> The Board picked Sharon T. "Sherri" Brower, W4STB, of Vero Beach, Florida,
> as the winner of the 2002 Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award.
> Established in 1993, the McGan Award honors an amateur who demonstrates
> outstanding public relations success at the local, state or national level
> on behalf of Amateur Radio.
>
> A ham since 1989, Brower has been an ARRL Public Information Officer since
> 1995. She holds an Extra ticket, is an ARRL Life Member and is active in
> ARES and RACES.
>
> ARRL Southern Florida Section Manager Phyllisan West, KA4FZI, nominated
> Brower for the McGan Award. "Rather than being a single, loud
> thunderstorm, Sherri's public relations contributions are a refreshing and
> encouraging yearlong rain that keeps Amateur Radio in view of the public
> throughout her three-county district and spills over into other parts of
> the Southern Florida Section," West said. While Brower makes a special
> effort to aim her public relations activities at youth, West said, she's
> also helped educate local governmental officials about ham radio and its
> benefits. In addition, she said, Brower's presentations have helped in the
> fight against antenna restrictions in Florida.
>
> The award's namesake--the late journalist Philip J. McGan, WA2MBQ, the
> first chairman of the ARRL's Public Relations Committee--was an
> enthusiastic Amateur Radio booster. As this year's winner, Brower will
> receive an engraved plaque.
>
> ==>ARRL NAMES EDUCATIONAL, TECHNICAL AWARD WINNERS
>
> At its meeting July 19-20, the ARRL Board of Directors named the winners
> of various ARRL educational and technical awards.
>
> William Dumond, W7QT, is the 2001 ARRL Professional Educator of the Year.
> This award is presented to a teacher who uses Amateur Radio within the
> curriculum. The Lambda Amateur Radio Club of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
> is an award cosponsor. A third-grade teacher at Stillwater Elementary
> School in Carnation, Washington, Dumond in 1994 initiated a ham radio
> program known as "Radio Experience." To date, more than 700 students have
> participated.
>
> Thomas Henderson, WD5AGO, is the winner of the 2001 ARRL Professional
> Instructor of the Year Award. This award is given to an individual who
> teaches an Amateur Radio licensing class as a regular course in an
> educational institution, such as a community college or vocational school.
> Henderson has been incorporating Amateur Radio into his Wireless Design
> class at Tulsa Community College for eight years. Students in Henderson's
> classes build amateur transmitter and receiver projects as well as VHF and
> UHF antennas, which can be tested on the college's antenna range. The
> students get to keep their finished projects.
>
> Richard W. "Rick" Crockett, W0PC, has been chosen to receive the 2001 ARRL
> Herb S. Brier Instructor of the Year Award. The award, named for the late,
> long-time CQ Novice editor, honors an individual who represents the spirit
> of Brier's effective and caring Amateur Radio instruction. Cosponsoring
> the award is the Lake County Amateur Radio Club of Crown Point, Indiana.
> Crockett, who's been teaching licensing classes for more than 25 years, is
> an active member of the St Charles Amateur Radio Club. He enjoys SSTV, CW
> and PSK31.
>
> Dumond, Henderson and Crockett will receive engraved plaques.
>
> John B. Stephensen, KD6OZH, is the recipient of the 2001 Doug DeMaw, W1FB,
> Technical Excellence Award. The award recognizes the author whose article
> in an ARRL periodical was judged to have the highest degree of technical
> merit. Stephensen was selected on the basis of his article, "Reducing IMD
> in High-Level Mixers," which appeared in the May/June 2001 issue of QEX,
> the ARRL's technical journal. Established in 1975 as the ARRL Technical
> Excellence Award, the name was changed in 1997 to honor the late Doug
> DeMaw, W1FB, a former ARRL Headquarters technical editor and well-known
> Amateur Radio author. The award consists of an engraved nine-inch pewter
> cup.
>
> The 2001 ARRL Technical Innovation Award will go to three amateurs. This
> award is given to an amateur or group of amateurs whose technical research
> and development accomplishments are of the most exemplary nature. Keith
> Lamonica, W7DXX, Bob Arnold, N2JEU, and Stan Schretter, W4MQ, will share
> the award. They were cited for their development of Internet control of
> remote HF stations with new and unique software and a hardware interface.
> Their efforts were recognized in an article, "Remote-Controlled HF
> Operation Over the Internet," by Brad Wyatt, K6WR, which appeared in the
> November 2001 issue of QST. The ARRL Technical Innovation Award carries a
> cash award of $500 and an engraved plaque.
>
> ==>FCC TO GET TOUGH ON OFFENDING POWER COMPANIES
>
> The FCC plans to get tougher on electric utilities that fail to fix
> problems causing interference with Amateur Radio and other licensed
> communications. Special Counsel for Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth met
> recently at ARRL Headquarters with Ed Hare, W1RFI, and John Phillips,
> K2QAI, of the ARRL Lab staff to discuss various electromagnetic
> compatibility (EMC) issues. As a result of that session, changes will be
> made in the way ARRL and FCC cooperate on power-line cases.
>
> "What we've done is to review all cases that the League has worked on
> where we had no cooperation," Hollingsworth said this week. "In at least
> three instances, the power company in question hasn't cooperated as it
> should have." Hollingsworth said these cases will "go to the next step,"
> which likely will entail involving the appropriate FCC field office for
> additional investigation and appropriate enforcement. In the future,
> initial letters from the ARRL and the FCC will impose a shorter compliance
> window and will be more firmly worded. In addition, a follow-up letter
> from the FCC will be sent to utilities that fail to respond appropriately
> to the initial inquiry.
>
> The routine FCC letter to a power company cites the requirement to rectify
> problems with their equipment "if the interference is caused by faulty
> power utility equipment." FCC Part 15 rules classify most power-line and
> related equipment as "incidental radiators." This means the utility
> equipment does not intentionally generate any radio-frequency energy but
> may create it as an incidental part of its intended operation. The FCC
> urges a utility to locate sources of any interference caused by its
> equipment and make necessary corrections "within a reasonable time."
>
> Typical was a recent letter from the FCC's Consumer Information and
> Governmental Affairs Bureau to Commonwealth Edison of Chicago citing radio
> frequency interference complaints from five Illinois amateurs. According
> to the FCC, the amateurs had attempted without success to work through the
> utility's complaint resolution channels.
>
> Utilities that appear unwilling to abide by Part 15 rules regulating
> unintentional radiation are in the minority, Hollingsworth said. By and
> large, utilities contacted by ARRL as a result of power-line noise
> complaints from amateurs have been extremely cooperative, and he had high
> praise for the League's role in resolving complaints in the early going.
> Only a handful of cases--perhaps a dozen in all--have ended up being
> forwarded by the ARRL to the FCC for action.
>
> "The League's record is outstanding here," Hollingsworth said. Cases
> necessitating FCC follow-up action have been minimal, he said, and most of
> those stem from the utility's failure to understand its obligations under
> Part 15.
>
> Over the past year, the League has worked with amateurs on behalf of the
> FCC to handle 72 complaints of suspected power-line interference. Hare,
> the ARRL Lab supervisor, says that the effort has had its successes, some
> cases may require more than an advisory letter from the FCC.
>
> "Having the FCC field offices investigate those cases where a power
> company is not willing or able to assume its responsibilities is a good
> next step," Hare said. "The League and the FCC both hope that continued
> cooperation will bring these cases to a satisfactory end without having to
> resort to drastic enforcement measures."
>
> ==>UK TO AUTHORIZE 5-MHZ EXPERIMENTAL OPERATION
>
> Amateur Radio experimental operation on 5 MHz in the United Kingdom could
> begin as soon as early August. The Radio Society of Great Britain has
> announced that the Radiocommunications Agency (RA) and the UK's Ministry
> of Defence have granted permission to allocate five frequencies in the
> range 5250 kHz to 5450 kHz. The announcement opens up the possibility of
> the first Amateur Radio transatlantic contacts on 60 meters.
>
> Earlier this year, the FCC, responding to an ARRL petition, proposed
> allocating 5250 to 5400 kHz to US amateurs on a secondary basis.
> ARRL-sponsored experimental operation under the call sign WA2XSY
> continues.
>
> The RSGB said the purpose of what it's calling "The Fivemegs Experiment"
> is to carry out propagation and antenna investigations aimed at improving
> the understanding of near zenithal radiation or near-vertical incidence
> skywave (NVIS) propagation. Frequencies to become available are 5260,
> 5280, 5290, 5400 and 5405 kHz. "These will be made available in the form
> of 3-kHz bandwidth channels by way of a Notice of Variation (NoV) to
> individual Amateur Radio licence holders," the RSGB announcement said.
> Applications will be accepted starting July 29.
>
> According to the RSGB, NoVs will only be issued to Full Class-A license
> holders. As a "controlled experiment," UK amateurs authorized to operate
> on 5 MHz will be required to report their findings and results to the
> RSGB.
>
> The Radiocommunications Agency is expected to issue the first NoVs on or
> around August 1, with experimental operation getting under way a day or
> two later. The RSGB anticipates that the experiment will run for up to
> four years, terminating around August 2006.
>
> An application form for UK amateurs and further details are available via
> the RSGB RSGB Web site <http://www.rsgb.org> or via e-mail
> ar.dept@rsgb.org.uk.
>
> An amateur allocation in the vicinity of 5 MHz has long been an objective
> of the International Amateur Radio Union. The IARU's Administrative
> Council has approved a long-term goal of "a narrow allocation, even on a
> shared basis in the vicinity of 5 MHz."
>
> ==>KB3GWY IS 2002 AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR
>
> Josh Abramowicz, KB3GWY, of Reading, Pennsylvania, has been named the
> Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year (YHOTY) for 2002. The YHOTY
> Award is presented annually to a radio amateur age 18 or younger who has
> provided outstanding national or community service or improved the state
> of the art in communications through Amateur Radio. An Eagle Scout,
> Abramowicz, 17, was honored for promoting Amateur Radio to young people
> through his activities in the Boy Scouts of America
> <http://www.bsa.scouting.org/>.
>
> "Amateur Radio and scouting have always had a close relationship, with
> many of today's most successful scientists, engineers and professionals
> beginning their careers as both Scouts and radio amateurs," said Award
> Administrator Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, who edits and produces Newsline
> <http://www.arnewsline.com>, a weekly Amateur Radio news program.
> Nominating Abramowicz for the YHOTY award was ARRL Senior Assistant
> Technical Editor Larry Wolfgang, WR1B, who's very active in the scouting
> program. Wolfgang became acquainted with Abramowicz at the National Scout
> Jamboree last summer.
>
> A General licensee and an ARRL member, Abramowicz is a rising senior at
> Central Catholic High School in Reading. He credits both the Boy Scouts
> and his parents with getting him interested in ham radio. His father,
> Mark, is NT3V, and his mother, Suzanna, is NZ3G.
>
> Not long after getting licensed, Abramowicz served on the K2BSA staff at
> the National Scout Jamboree in Virginia last summer and helped demonstrate
> ham radio to many of the 35,000 Scouts attending the event. He also helped
> to train some 400 Scouts who earned Radio Merit Badges at the gathering.
> Abramowicz later convinced the Frankford Radio Club to sponsor a Venture
> Crew--a scouting program for older youth. He then convinced the BSA Hawk
> Mountain Council leadership to use space in its new science center for a
> permanent Amateur Radio station.
>
> The Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award will be presented
> to Abramowicz August 17 at the Huntsville Hamfest. Corporate underwriters
> for the award include Vertex Standard USA (Yaesu) and CQ Magazine.
>
> ==>SOLAR UPDATE
>
> Propagation prophet Tad "That Lucky Ol' Sun" Cook, K7VVV, Seattle,
> Washington, reports: Active sunspot regions have been coming into view,
> with a resulting rise in solar flux and sunspot numbers. Average daily
> sunspot numbers were up nearly 30 points, and solar flux up about the same
> amount when compared to the previous week. Wednesday had a very high
> sunspot number of 270--the highest since May 4 and 5, when it reached 271
> and 317.
>
> On July 23 sunspot 39 emitted a strong flare, but it didn't cause any
> major upset. Planetary K indices on July 25 were running between two and
> three, but earlier in the week the geomagnetic field was quite unsettled,
> with planetary K indices of four from July 20-23. On July 22 the planetary
> K index reached five, and Alaska's high-latitude college K index went to
> six.
>
> Sunspot numbers are expected to remain fairly high, continuing above 200
> over the next few days. As long as there aren't any geomagnetic storms,
> this is good for HF propagation. The current outlook for Friday through
> Monday is solar flux at 220, 220, 225 and 225, and a mild geomagnetic
> outlook with predicted planetary A index values of 15, 10, 10 and 8.
>
> Sunspot numbers for July 18 through 24 were 166, 148, 136, 131, 176, 226
> and 270, with a mean of 179. The 10.7-cm flux was 180.7, 182.3, 184.8,
> 182.8, 189.7, 198.3, and 208.4, with a mean of 189.6. Estimated planetary
> A indices were 8, 12, 18, 19, 20, 18, and 12, with a mean of 15.3.
>
> __________________________________
>
> ==>IN BRIEF:
>
> * This weekend on the radio: The Venezuelan Independence Day Contest (CW),
> the Russian RTTY World Wide Contest and the IOTA Contest are the weekend
> of July 27-28. JUST AHEAD: The North American QSO Party (CW), the ARRL UHF
> Contest, the 10-10 International Summer Contest (SSB), and the European HF
> Championship are the weekend of August 3-4. See the ARRL Contest Branch
> page <http://www.arrl.org/contests/> and the WA7BNM Contest Calendar
> <http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html> for more info.
>
> * Certification and Continuing Education course registration: Registration
> for the Satellite Communications (EC-007) course remains open through the
> July 27-28 weekend. Registration for the Level I Emergency Communications
> course (EC-001) opens Monday, August 5. All registrations open at 4 PM
> Eastern Time. ARRL Emergency Communications courses must be completed in
> order, starting with Level I. To learn more, visit the ARRL Certification
> and Continuing Education Web page <http://www.arrl.org/cce> and the C-CE
> Links found there. For more information, contact Certification and
> Continuing Education Program Coordinator Dan Miller, K3UFG,
> dmiller@arrl.org.
>
> * ARRL 2001 Annual Report copies being mailed: Demand has been brisk for
> copies of the ARRL 2001 Annual Report, and requests now are being honored.
> While ARRL invites requests via e-mail, these will not be routinely
> acknowledged. Requests should include your full name, call sign and
> mailing address. Copies will be sent as soon as possible. ARRL members can
> obtain a free copy of the ARRL 2001 Annual Report with a request to Media
> Relations Manager Jennifer Hagy, N1TDY, jhagy@arrl.org; 860-594-0328. The
> Annual Report also is available for viewing via the ARRL Web site
> <http://www.arrl.org/announce/annualreport/01ar.pdf>.
>
> * Minnesota teenage ham wins IEEE Presidents' Scholarship:
> Eighteen-year-old James J. Jefferson, KB0THN, of Winona, Minnesota, has
> won the $10,000 IEEE Presidents' Scholarship. For his winning project,
> "Automatic packet reporting system (APRS): Building a large-scale
> geospatial database," Jefferson collected and cataloged the entire APRS
> Internet stream into a relational database. A ham since 1995 and an ARRL
> member, Jefferson said it struck him that "something useful could come
> from all this data, if it could be collected and analyzed." For the
> purposes of the project, he concentrated on the Los Angeles freeway
> system. The data are reported in a variety of ways, so Jefferson had to
> write a program to translate the data into a common format. He also
> developed software to analyze the position data and wrote another program
> to search digital maps for the distance to the nearest road, in order to
> offer options to people stuck in traffic. The project involved writing
> some 10,000 lines of code, and Jefferson worked completely on his own. His
> software collects more than 600,000 data points a day. A friend helped him
> locate space for a series of computers he linked together called a Beowulf
> cluster to work the data. The rest of the work he does in his basement.
> Jefferson (who prefers to use his middle name instead of his legal
> surname, Jarvis) plans to continue with his project, investigating the use
> of neural networks to detect road anomalies such as traffic jams. For
> relaxation Jefferson tends a weather station he built with a friend near
> his home and enjoys hiking and biking. He plans to attend Iowa State
> University in the fall and major in computer sciences.
>
> * SATERN volunteer honored for WTC, Flight 587 assistance: Salvation Army
> Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) volunteer Jeff Schneller, N2HPO, was
> among the 17 recipients of the Mayor's Volunteer Service Award, presented
> June 26 by the office of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in
> recognition of Schneller's outstanding volunteer service to the City.
> Schneller was honored for his efforts as part of SATERN following the
> World Trade Center attack in New York City and during the rescue and
> recovery operation two months later that followed the crash of Flight 587
> in Belle Harbor, New York. The SATERN liaison for the Greater New York
> City area, Schneller coordinates, supervises, schedules and trains
> individual Amateur Radio operators for SATERN membership. Schneller was
> cited for his outstanding leadership skills, excellent judgment and
> expertise in emergency communications.
>
> * Review under way of unlicensed 2.4 GHz systems: The AMSAT-NA Board of
> Directors is reviewing the large number of unlicensed systems active in
> the 2.4-GHz band. These systems are being used for high-speed digital
> communications. Although these systems are not licensed, they are
> permitted to operate under FCC Part 15 rules with low power (100 mW or 1 W
> spread spectrum). AMSAT-NA and ARRL plan to develop a joint strategy
> regarding S band, as both organizations anticipate that interference may
> become a problem area as similar Part 15 unlicensed equipment
> proliferates. Two amateur satellites, UO-11 and AO-40, now operate
> transmitters in the 2.4-GHz band, and both OSCAR-Echo and OSCAR-Eagle--two
> AMSAT-NA satellite projects now under development--will have S-band
> transmitters. In addition, various ATV systems and other amateur
> communication systems operate in the vicinity of 2.4 GHz. The FCC has
> proposed making amateurs primary at 2400 to 2402 MHz. AMSAT-NA seeks
> reports from amateurs who have experienced interference with 2.4-GHz
> reception of AO-40 from a Part 15 device. Send details to
> ve3frh@amsat.org.--AMSAT News Service
>
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