[LeArc] The ARRL Letter, Vol 21, No 26

[Tony Coniglio]

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> ***************
> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 21, No. 26
> June 28, 2002
> ***************
>
> IN THIS EDITION:
>
> * +Hams support Arizona wildfire response
> * +FCC advisory panel recommends phased-in worldwide 40-meter allocation
> * +AO-7 is back from the dead
> * +Meeting discusses enhanced public safety, security role for ham radio
> * +FCC initiates inquiry into Tennessee exam session
> * +Second all-ham crew now aboard space station
> *  Solar Update
> *  IN BRIEF:
>      This weekend on the radio
>      Certification and Continuing Education course registration
>      CC&R bill attracts additional cosponsors
>      Petition for Reconsideration follows FCC's denial
>     +Dayton Hamvention attendance dips again in 2002
>      Field Day turns tragic for Alabama club
>      Nevada ARES team supports fire response
>      SKYWARN activates for busy night in Minnesota
>
> +Available on ARRL Audio News
>
> ===========================================================
> NOTE: ARRL Headquarters will be closed Thursday and Friday, July 4 and 5,
> so staff members may enjoy an extended Independence Day holiday weekend.
> There will be no W1AW bulletin and code practice transmissions Thursday
> and Friday, July 4 and 5, and no editions of The ARRL Letter or ARRL Audio
> News Friday July 5. ARRL Headquarters will reopen and W1AW bulletin and
> code practice transmissions will resume Monday, July 8. The ARRL Letter
> and ARRL Audio News will return Friday, July 12. We wish all a safe and
> enjoyable holiday!--Rick Lindquist, N1RL
> ===========================================================
>
> ==>AMATEURS SUPPORT ARIZONA WILDFIRE RESPONSE; ARES STANDS DOWN IN
> COLORADO
>
> Amateur Radio support of the Arizona wildfire response has continued this
> week. Arizona ARRL Section Manager Cliff Hauser, KD6XH, reports that there
> are enough Amateur Radio operators on hand to support the fire-fighting
> efforts. President Bush this week declared parts of the state federal
> disaster areas.
>
> In addition to VHF and UHF repeaters, amateurs are maintaining HF nets on
> 3990 and 7265 kHz. An FCC communications emergency has put both HF
> frequencies, plus or minus 3 kHz, off limits to anyone not involved in
> handling emergency traffic. The ban will remain in effect until lifted.
> W1AW has suspended its bulletin transmissions on 3990 for the duration of
> the ban.
>
> The combined Rodeo-Chediski Fire now has scorched more than 420,000 acres
> of Arizona woodlands. Upwards of 600 homes and businesses have been
> destroyed, and some 30,000 Arizona residents have been evacuated as a
> result of the fire.
>
> The Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) has taken on the
> job of coordinating communications during the emergency. SATERN Western
> Area Coordinator Warren Andreason, K7CWA, reports SATERN has stations and
> operators at six locations in Arizona, including one in the threatened
> community of Show Low, where the National Guard asked The Salvation Army
> to set up a kitchen operation. Another has been set up at The Salvation
> Army's Camp Ponderosa near Heber, which is serving as a FEMA incident
> command post as well as a responder staging area.
>
> SATERN Coordinator Pat McPherson, WW9E, said the HF network has been very
> effective in smoothing the flow of goods and supplies coming into the
> affected area. At one point, McPherson said, an on-the-air conference of
> Salvation Army principals established procedures and refine supply-chain
> logistics. "This only occurred due to the opportunity for all the
> principals to be on the air via Amateur Radio," he said. McPherson said
> that, so far, SATERN has had a good supply of volunteer reinforcements
> from the amateur community.
>
> Hauser said other amateurs are supporting Red Cross facilities in
> Flagstaff, Holbrook and Phoenix. Operators from the Arizona Amateur Radio
> Club's W7IO are staffing the Arizona Emergency Operations Center in
> Phoenix. Cris McBride, KB7QXQ, told ARRL that about 30 radio amateurs from
> the Show Low area--including members of the Kachina Amateur Radio
> Club--have been helping to maintain contact between the Navajo County EOC
> and the state EOC. McBride, who lives five miles from Show Low, was among
> those evacuated June 19.
>
> Hauser reports that Dave Epley, N9CZV, remains in Show Low, whose 8000
> residents have been largely evacuated. Epley has been handling
> health-and-welfare traffic for town residents who chose not to leave.
> Hauser said he plans to spend next week in Show Low to help out. Epley has
> requested that users not attempt to connect with his N9CZV IRLP node 336
> in Show Low, which is being used for the fire emergency.
>
> Meanwhile in Colorado, Amateur Radio Emergency Service support for the
> Hayman Fire concluded June 25. Several Colorado ARES teams spent the past
> few weeks volunteering their services as needed to local governments and
> to relief organizations, including the American Red Cross and The
> Salvation Army. ARRL Colorado SM Jeff Ryan, K0RM, reports that most
> evacuated residents have been allowed to return home.
>
> ==>FCC WRC-03 ADVISORY PANEL RECOMMENDS PHASED-IN WORLDWIDE 7-MHZ BAND
>
> The FCC is requesting comments on the draft recommendations of its World
> Radiocommunication Conference 2003 Advisory Committee (WAC). Among the
> panel's recommended draft proposals to next year's international gathering
> is a plan--still subject to change--that would create a worldwide amateur
> allocation at 7.0 to 7.3 MHz by 2010. The deadline for comments on the
> proposals is July 12.
>
> The draft proposals "may evolve as we approach WRC-03 and during the
> course of interagency discussions," the FCC noted in a Public Notice.
> "Therefore, they do not constitute the final national position on these
> issues."
>
> While US amateurs already enjoy a 7.0 to 7.3 MHz allocation, only 7.0 to
> 7.1 MHz is available to amateurs in all three International
> Telecommunication Union regions, with 7.1 to 7.3 MHz available to
> broadcasting in much of the rest of the world. The draft proposal for
> WRC-03 agenda item 1.23 dealing with possible realignment of the 7-MHz
> amateur allocation calls for making 7.1 to 7.2 MHz available worldwide by
> April 1, 2007, and the 7.2 to 7.3 MHz segment by April 1, 2010.
> Broadcasting allocations would shift upward by 100 kHz at the same
> time--to 7450 kHz by 2007 and to 7550 by 2010. The intervening periods
> would permit time for international broadcasters and other services to
> adjust their operations accordingly.
>
> The International Amateur Radio Union already is on record in favor of the
> approach. An earlier suggestion to shift the 40-meter allocation down by
> 100 kHz came off the table earlier this year to avoid affecting Fixed
> Service operations between 6765 and 7000 kHz.
>
> In other draft proposals affecting the Amateur Service, the FCC's WRC-03
> Advisory Committee has recommended no change to the table of allocations
> in the band 420 to 470 MHz. Agenda item 1.38 will consider providing up to
> 6 MHz of spectrum to the Earth exploration-satellite service (EESS) in the
> band. So-called synthetic aperture radars (SARs) are used to measure soil
> moisture, tropical biomass and Antarctic ice thickness, and to document
> geological history and climate change. At issue is whether the EESS
> allocation could be established without interfering with incumbent
> services, including radiolocation and amateur.
>
> Agenda item 1.5 will consider spectrum requirements and regulations for
> new and additional allocations to the mobile, fixed, EESS and space
> research services at 5.15 to 5.725 GHz. The FCC expressed reservations
> about WAC proposals for this frequency range, citing concerns expressed by
> the ARRL and others. Amateur and Amateur-Satellite services allocations
> could be negatively affected by new mobile allocations.
>
> The full texts of the FCC WRC-03 Advisory Committee draft proposals are
> available on the panel's Web site <http://www.fcc.gov/wrc-03>. Commenters
> should submit an original and one copy to the Office of the Secretary,
> FCC, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554 and provide a courtesy copy
> to Alex Roytblat, FCC WRC-03 Director, Room 6-B505. Comments should refer
> to specific proposals by document number.
>
> World Radiocommunication Conference 2003 will take place in Geneva,
> Switzerland, from June 9 until July 4, 2003.
>
> ==>IT'S ALIIIIIVE! AMSAT-OSCAR 7 SATELLITE RETURNS FROM THE DEAD
>
> After being declared dead more than 20 years ago, the AMSAT-OSCAR 7
> satellite suddenly came back to life this month. First heard June 21 by
> Pat Gowan, G3IOR, AO-7 subsequently has been monitored--and used again--by
> several other amateurs. AO-7 was launched November 15, 1974. It remained
> operational for more than six years before succumbing to battery failure
> in 1981.
>
> "I'm blown away," was the reaction of AO-7 Project Manager Jan King,
> W3GEY. "So, this old war horse of a spacecraft seems to have come back
> from the dead if only for a few moments."
>
> Exclaimed satellite enthusiast and AMSAT Vice President for User Services
> Bruce Paige, KK5DO, "This is really awesome!" Paige said the latest turn
> of events makes AO-7 the oldest amateur satellite that's still working.
> AMSAT-NA has now listed AO-7 as "semi-operational."
>
> AMSAT says it seems certain the satellite is running only off its solar
> panels, not from the onboard batteries, so it will be operational only
> while it's in sunlight. King speculates that the batteries, which shorted
> as they failed two decades ago, now are "un-shorting" and causing the
> satellite to come back to life.
>
> For those attempting to use AO-7, Mode A (2 meters up/10 meters down) is
> not a problem, but Mode B (70 cm up/2 meters down) is. Because of changes
> in the international Radio Regulations that went into effect in the 1970s
> as AO-7 was under construction, the 432.1 MHz uplink frequency is no
> longer authorized for space communications.
>
> AMSAT advises potential users that when uplinking to a satellite, they are
> operating in the Amateur-Satellite Service. AMSAT says uplinking to AO-7
> "is possibly illegal since the Amateur Satellite Service is not permitted
> at 432.1 MHz." The current band plan earmarks the 432.1 MHz range for weak
> signal work. Sections 97.207(c)(2) and 97.207(b)(2) of the FCC's rules
> authorize space station and earth station operation only in the 435-438
> MHz segment.
>
> Built by a multinational team under the direction of AMSAT-NA, AO-7
> carries Mode A (145.850-950 MHz uplink; 29.400-500 MHz downlink) and Mode
> B (432.180-120 MHz uplink; 145.920-980 MHz downlink) linear transponders
> plus beacons on 29.502 and 145.972 MHz. A 2304.1 MHz beacon was never
> turned on because of international treaty constraints.
>
> AMSAT has additional information on AO-7 on its Web site
> <http://www.amsat.org>.
>
> ==>ARRL HQ MEETING EXPLORES ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY ROLE FOR AMATEUR RADIO
>
> Exploring an enhanced post-9/11 public safety and homeland security role
> for Amateur Radio was the focus of a National Public Safety
> Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) Amateur Radio Working Group meeting
> June 25. ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, hosted the daylong session at
> ARRL Headquarters which included participation by several ARRL staff
> members.
>
> "It's our goal to increase the credibility of the Amateur Radio Service,
> especially after 9/11," Haynie said. "We know we have a great service that
> we can offer, and the resources are at no cost to the taxpayer, and it
> just makes good sense to us to use the Amateur Radio operators of America
> to help with homeland security and defense."
>
> ARRL Field and Educational Services Manager Rosalie White, K1STO, briefed
> the gathering on ARRL's Amateur Radio Emergency Communications on-line
> training course series <http://www.arrl.org/cce/courses.html>. Copies of
> the Level I emergency communications course were distributed to meeting
> participants for their suggestions and comments.
>
> Chairing the session was Gene McGahey, AL7GQ, who is deputy manager of
> Communications Technology Technical Assistance for the National Law
> Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center. NPSTC
> <http://www.npstc.org/>--pronounced "nipstick"--is a coalition of
> organizations involved in public safety communications. ARRL is a NPSTC
> participant. This week's meeting was a followup to a brainstorming session
> last February in Washington, DC, in which ARRL took part.
>
> McGahey said discussion this week included the public safety aspects of
> the proposed secondary domestic amateur allocation at 5 MHz; the relevance
> of accreditation and training programs and their role in validating
> Amateur Radio's participation in public safety communications support; the
> potential of 4.9 GHz to relieve public safety pressure from 2.4 GHz; and
> proposed research involving Amateur Radio's public safety role. Two
> surveys are under consideration for sometime within the next 12 months.
> One would determine Amateur Radio's specific emergency resources and
> capabilities. A second would assess the utilization and need for Amateur
> Radio resources by public safety officials.
>
> Haynie said after the meeting that he's optimistic about Amateur Radio's
> greater involvement in public safety and homeland security communications.
> "It's a whole new mindset since September 11," he said, "and we now need
> to pay attention to how all Americans--whether they're in public safety or
> Amateur Radio--can cooperate to make this a safer nation."
>
> ==>FCC INITIATES INQUIRY INTO TENNESSEE ARRL-VEC EXAM SESSION
>
> The FCC has asked two ARRL VEC volunteer examiners to explain why they
> took part in administering amateur exams to their family members. The
> inquiry involves a December 14, 1999, test session in Cookeville,
> Tennessee, at which the wife of VE Bobby A. Raymer, N2BR, and the brother
> of VE Steven G. Hunter, KF4FAV, were among the candidates. Kathy J.
> Raymer, KG4FWO, and Gary E. Hunter, KG4FRN, successfully passed exam
> elements at the session.
>
> An FCC rule--�97.509(d)--prohibits a VE from administering an examination
> to a close relative. The FCC also wants to know how Steven Hunter could
> have been both a VE and an exam candidate at the same session.
>
> The ARRL VEC has suspended its accreditation of both volunteer examiners,
> which is standard operating procedure in such cases. According to FCC
> Special Counsel for Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth, Kathy Raymer already
> has agreed to forfeit her Technician license as a result of the FCC
> inquiry.
>
> In separate letters May 30, Hollingsworth asked Bobby Raymer and Steven
> Hunter to "explain in detail the justification, if any" for administering
> Amateur Radio examinations to close relatives. In addition, the FCC wants
> to know how Steven Hunter was able to serve as a VE at a session during
> which he also upgraded to Extra class.
>
> Hollingsworth pointed out that the rules prohibiting VEs from testing
> their own kin are in place "to help insure the integrity of the volunteer
> testing process."
>
> ==>ANOTHER ALL-HAM CREW SETTLES IN ABOARD THE ISS
>
> The International Space Station Expedition 5 crew of US astronaut Peggy
> Whitson, KC5ZTD, Russian cosmonaut and crew commander Valery Korzun,
> RZ3FK, and cosmonaut Sergei Treschev, RZ3FU, is settling in aboard the
> space outpost. The increment 5 crew is the second all-ham crew to serve a
> duty tour aboard the ISS. The Expedition 5 team will be in space for 4-1/2
> months.
>
> Scheduled Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school
> contacts are set to resume in early July, when QSOs have been penciled in
> with the Progymnasium Rosenfeld in Rosenfeld, Germany, and the Adler
> Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago. Other contacts with schools
> and educational institutions in the US and abroad are pending.
>
> Although school contacts have been on hold during the crew transition, all
> has not been silent on the ARISS front. Korzun occasionally has been
> active on 2 meters as RS0ISS and even made a few contacts during Field
> Day. Among those reporting QSOs was Huntsville, Alabama, AMSAT Area
> Coordinator Tim Cunningham, N8DEU. He worked Korzun from the K4BFT Field
> Day setup, where he managed the satellite station. Brian Mileshosky,
> N5ZGT, of New Mexico, also reported a quick Field Day QSO with Korzun
> while using only a 5 W handheld transceiver and an Arrow antenna.
>
> On June 12, Lonny Kelly, W7LGK, struck up a casual QSO with Korzun after
> he heard some activity on the ARISS downlink frequency (145.800 MHz ) and
> put out a call. "Man, what an exciting moment!" he said afterward. "I had
> been trying for a little over a year to talk to one of the astronauts
> aboard the ISS, and I had finally made it."
>
> The Expedition 5 crew officially began its duty tour June 7, arriving
> aboard the shuttle Endeavour. Since coming aboard, the crew has been
> unpacking gear and familiarizing itself with the station and its systems.
> A Progress supply rocket is scheduled to dock with the ISS June 29. Still
> undetermined is the effect on the ISS schedule resulting from the
> grounding of the NASA shuttle fleet while it looks into possible fuel line
> cracks. Missions are scheduled for July, August and October, when the
> Expedition 6 team is scheduled to arrive, and the current crew returns
> home.
>
> ==>SOLAR UPDATE
>
> Rabid propagationist Tad "I wanna soak up the sun" Cook, K7VVV, Seattle,
> Washington, reports: There has been very little activity on the sun to
> speak of. Average solar flux this week was about the same as last, up by
> less than six points. Average sunspot numbers declined a little more than
> 10 points.
>
> The prediction for the near term is absolutely flat, with solar flux at
> 140 for the next week. This is a little too far out to predict with great
> accuracy, but the projected solar flux is expected to drop below 140 in
> the period July 9-12. All of this is well below last week's prediction,
> which indicated a rise to 170 by the end of June.
>
> There is a possibility of an eruption from sunspot 8, but it is not
> directly facing Earth and will continue to rotate away from us.
>
> Sunspot numbers for June 20 through 26 were 122, 113, 102, 144, 133, 127
> and 102, with a mean of 120.4. The 10.7-cm flux was 145.1, 139.6, 142,
> 142.8, 150.3, 144.7 and 143.8, with a mean of 144. Estimated planetary A
> indices were 10, 8, 9, 14, 10, 11 and 8, with a mean of 10.
>
> __________________________________
>
> ==>IN BRIEF:
>
> * This weekend on the radio: There are no Amateur Radio operating events
> on the calendar for the June 29-30 weekend, so it's a great time to work
> on the antennas. The RAC Canada Day Contest is July 1. The Michigan QRP
> July 4th CW Sprint is July 4-5. JUST AHEAD: The Venezuelan Independence
> Day Contest (SSB) and the Kentucky QSO Party are July 6-7. The IARU HF
> World Championship (and World Radiosport Team Championship 2003), the
> FISTS Summer Sprint and the QRP ARCI Summer Homebrew Sprint are the
> weekend of July 13-14. 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 Level I ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course
> (EC-001) will remain open through the April 6-7 weekend. Registration for
> the Level II Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course (EC-002) and
> for the Antenna Modeling Course (EC-004) opens Monday, April 8;
> registration for the Level III Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
> Course (EC-003) opens Monday, April 15. All registrations open at 4 PM
> Eastern Time. ARRL Emergency Communications courses must be completed in
> order, starting with Level I. A reminder: Beginning July 1, registration
> fees for all on-line courses will increase by $5. 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, cce@arrl.org.
>
> * CC&R bill attracts additional cosponsors: The bill now in Congress aimed
> at providing relief to amateurs faced with private deed covenants,
> conditions and restrictions--CC&Rs--in erecting antennas has gained
> additional cosponsors. Freshman Rep Steve Israel (D-NY) introduced the
> "Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Consistency Act" on May 14. The
> measure--HR 4720--would require private land-use regulators--such as
> homeowners' associations--to "reasonably accommodate" Amateur Radio
> communication consistent with the PRB-1 limited federal preemption. PRB-1
> now applies only to states and municipalities. Rep Greg Walden, WB7OCE
> (R-OR) and Rep Pete Sessions (R-TX) signed on as original cosponsors of HR
> 4720. Since its introduction, the bill also has attracted additional
> cosponsors--Rep J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), Rep Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Rep Patsy
> Mink (D-HI), Rep Ken Calvert (R-CA), Rep Rick Boucher (D-VA), Rep Joseph
> Hoeffel (D-PA) and Rep John Duncan Jr (R-TN). Visit the US House of
> Representatives "Write Your Representative Service" Web page
> <http://www.house.gov/writerep/> for information on how to contact your
> representative. The ARRL requests those writing or e-mailing members of
> Congress--whether or not they are supporting this legislation--to copy
> ARRL on their correspondence--via e-mail to ccr-bill@arrl.org or via US
> Mail to CC&R Bill, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. Correspondents
> should include the bill number, HR 4720, as well as their name and address
> on all correspondence.
>
> * Dayton Hamvention attendance dips again in 2002: Dayton Hamvention
> reports that attendance for this year's 50th anniversary event was
> 24,832--down about 5 percent from 2001's crowd of 26,151. The 2002 number
> marks the second year in a row that Hamvention attendance has dipped. Over
> the past five years, attendance numbers had climbed to 28,804 in 2000, the
> year of the ARRL National Convention at Dayton. Hamvention attendance
> peaked in 1993 at 33,669--before the event date changed from April to May.
>
> * Petition for Reconsideration follows FCC's denial: Nick Leggett, N3NL,
> and Don Schellhardt have asked the FCC to reconsider its staff-level
> denial of their petition that would have required all electronic equipment
> subject to the Commission's jurisdiction--possibly including amateur
> gear--to be shielded against electromagnetic pulse (EMP) damage. In late
> May, the FCC dismissed the petition, designated RM-10330, saying that
> comments filed overwhelmingly favored that action. In their
> reconsideration request, Leggett and Schellhardt noted that they now have
> sent letters requesting the support of key congressional leaders as well
> as members of the Executive Branch, including President George W. Bush.
> "We will soon see which of these individuals, if any, are willing to
> extend themselves on a matter of pressing national security: that is, the
> need for mandatory shielding to protect vital civilian electronics
> equipment from the possible hostile use of an Electromagnetic Pulse
> (EMP)," the petitioners said in an emotional appeal. Among other things,
> the petition accuses the FCC of breach of statutory duty for failing to
> take steps to mitigate any EMP threat. The FCC said it saw no need to
> intervene because industry already was developing its own voluntary EMP
> standards, which Leggett and Schellhardt view as inadequate and
> incomplete.
>
> * Field Day turns tragic for Alabama club: Muscle Shoals Amateur Radio
> Club President Randy Newton, AF4TG (ex-KE4TZV) of Killen, Alabama,
> suffered a fatal heart attack during the club's W4JNB Field Day operation
> June 23. He was 43. "Randy had been doing his part to bring club members
> into the meetings, as well as making everyone feel welcome on the 146.61
> club repeater," said club member Rick Ruhl, W4PC. Ruhl said attempts by
> trained individuals on site failed to revive Newton. "He did pass on doing
> what he loved, ham radio, which was some comfort to us," Ruhl said. The
> club terminated its Field Day operation after the incident. Newton was an
> ARRL member and a volunteer examiner. Survivors include his wife, Mary,
> KF4MEI. A funeral service was held June 25.
>
> * Nevada ARES team supports fire response: ARES Northern Nevada District
> Emergency Coordinator Matt Parker, N7TOD, reports that the Cannon Fire in
> northwestern Nevada prompted a request for communications support from the
> Sierra Nevada Chapter of the American Red Cross in Reno June 17. Members
> of the Northern Nevada Amateur Radio Services (NNARS), Douglas County
> Amateur Radio Team (DCART), and Lyon County ARES (LCARES) responded.
> Parker says Amateur Radio was used to set up a communication link between
> evacuation centers in Topaz and Coleville, California, and the chapter
> house in Reno. "Mountainous terrain and the 80-mile distance between Reno
> and the fire area made communications using the Red Cross radio system
> impossible," Parker explained. Two meters was used from Reno, while HF was
> used into the fire area. DCART members in the Minden/Gardnerville, Nevada,
> area provided relays between the two points. Support operations began on
> the afternoon of June 17 and ended at noon on June 19 when the fire moved
> away from populated areas and evacuation orders were cancelled. "Chapter
> personnel were most grateful for our services," Parker said. "The Red
> Cross was grateful as well for the assistance given by members of DCART
> and LCARES." An after-action report for NNARS' participation is on the
> Northern Nevada Amateur Radio Services Web site
> <http://www.qsl.net/nnars>.
>
> * SKYWARN activates for busy night in Minnesota: Amateurs in Central
> Minnesota had a busy night June 20 when severe weather was reported in
> several counties. Stearns County SKYWARN activated at about 7:40 PM local
> time with John Wetter, K0WDJ; Jack Maus, W0MBD; and Brian Wall, KC0IOG,
> handling net control duties and Stearns County Emergency Management
> Director Marvin Klug, KB0RRS, in the 911 dispatch center. At 7:58 PM, Bill
> Klundt, KG0DX, spotted a tornado about five miles southwest of Sauk
> Centre. The report was shared with the National Weather Service office in
> Minneapolis/Chanhassen, K0MPX, which issued a tornado warning for Stearns
> County. Spotters continued to watch the storm as it moved through the
> county, with a report of a funnel cloud near Freeport from Ron Kittelson,
> K0OS, and again near St Stephen. Funnel clouds were again spotted as a new
> storm formed and moved near St Cloud. A brief tornado was reported in Sauk
> Rapids at 9:18 PM, but no damage was confirmed. The SKYWARN net stood down
> at 9:45 PM as the storms weakened and moved out of the county.--John
> Wetter, K0WDJ
>
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> sources:
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> * ARRLWeb, http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/. (NOTE: The ARRL Letter will be
> posted each Friday when it is distributed via e-mail.)
>
> * The QTH.net listserver, thanks to volunteers from the Boston Amateur
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> (NOTE: The ARRL cannot assist subscribers who receive The ARRL Letter via
> this listserver.)
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