[LeArc] The ARRL Letter Vol. 21, No. 18 May 3, 2002

[Joseph L. Rossmiller]

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The ARRL Letter
Vol. 21, No. 18
May 3, 2002
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IN THIS EDITION:

* +Latest "space tourist" enjoying ham radio, life in space
* +Weather emergencies bring out the best in amateurs
* +ISS duty tour like "a long family trip," Bursch says
* +FCC will not require birth date on  Form 605
* +McGan Award nomination deadline looms
* +Former ARRL staffer Laird Campbell, W1HQ, SK
*  Solar Update
*  IN BRIEF:
     This weekend on the radio
     Certification and Continuing Education Program registration
     Amateurs invited to participate in Armed Forces Day on-air event
    +Amateur Extra class population tops 100,000
     Colorado fire prompts Amateur Radio response
     Florida amateurs activate during power outage
     Second national ARDF championships a wrap
     Sixth Southeastern VHF Society conference draws a crowd

+Available on ARRL Audio News

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==>SHUTTLEWORTH ENJOYS BUSY WEEK IN SPACE

It's been a busy, but apparently enjoyable, week on the radio and in the
laboratory for South African Mark Shuttleworth, who paid $20 million to
have the time of his life in space and conduct a little research.
Shuttleworth this week completed four Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station (ARISS) school contacts. On April 29 Shuttleworth spoke
with students at Bishops College--his alma mater--marking the first
ARISS QSO with a school in Africa.

"I'm living my own dream here," the 28-year-old Shuttleworth told the
Bishops students. "We need to think about our future and dream about a
better future, and I hope that this project--the realization of a
dream--will inspire some other people to pursue theirs."

Shuttleworth also thrilled several US amateurs by showing up unannounced
on 2 meters during a North American pass May 1. Shuttleworth's solo
casual operation--at the encouragement of ARISS--resulted in a string of
contacts.

"As you can imagine, I was thrilled to work him," said Stan Vandiver,
W4SV, who was at or very near the head of the line in working
Shuttleworth. "He was doing a pretty good job fielding the calls." Those
who routinely monitor the ISS 145.80 MHz downlink frequency got a hint
that something was up when they began hearing Shuttleworth's
British-accented English instead of packet bursts.

"Wow!" was the simple reaction of Bruce Weaver, K3LTM, the advisor to
the Cowanesque Valley School Amateur Radio Club in Knoxville,
Pennsylvania, after the school's KB3BRT club station made its own brief
contact with Shuttleworth.

"The class shouted 'hello' to him, and I told him our QTH and some info
about the school," Weaver said in a posting to AMSAT's SAREX (Space
Amateur Radio Experiment) reflector. "It was very exciting for
everyone."

Among several other stations, Shuttleworth also spoke briefly with ARISS
International Group Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO. "Thanks, Frank. Thanks
very much for your help with A-R-I-S-S," Shuttleworth said, spelling out
the acronym.

During a May 2 ARISS QSO with students gathered in Gauteng, South
Africa, Shuttleworth spoke at some length about his research projects.
He described one experiment from the University of Stellenbosch as
especially challenging and ambitious.

"No one's ever done anything like it in space before," he said. The
experiment involves carrying sheep and mice embryos and stem cells into
space to see how they react to the weightless environment. Upon his
return, the embryos and stem cells will be compared to identical embryos
and stem cells left on Earth.

Other research involves attempts to crystallize HIV and human immune
system proteins to study their structure and provide insights into
developing drugs to treat AIDS, a major health problem on the African
continent. Shuttleworth said he also was studying muscle degradation and
the ways humans burn energy in space.

Accommodations aboard the ISS are "not too bad" and "quite comfortable,"
according to Shuttleworth. "The International Space Station is all about
learning how to make space suitable for human exploration, and we still
have a very long way to go," he said. Nonetheless, he added, the food's
good and the view is fabulous.

A native of South Africa, Shuttleworth now lives in London. He and his
two crewmates--Russian cosmonaut and ISS veteran Yuri Gidzenko and
European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, IZ6ERU, blasted off
April 25 from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz "taxi
mission." They will begin their return to Earth May 5.

All of Shuttleworth's ARISS contacts have been via WorldCom
teleconferencing hookups using Amateur Radio Earth stations in
Australia, South Africa and the US. Vittorio is scheduled to attempt a
direct 2-meter ARISS contact with a school in Cervignano del Friuli,
Italy on May 4.

ARISS is an international project with US participation by the ARRL,
AMSAT and NASA. More information is available on the ARISS Web site
<http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov>.

==>AMATEURS MUSTER FOR WEATHER EMERGENCIES

Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) teams activated or stood by to
assist as severe weather struck several states in recent days. The
National Weather Service (NWS) said storms over the April 27-28 weekend
left pockets of devastation from Kentucky to Maryland.

"It has been a wild 24 hours in Charles County, Maryland," said Maryland
ARRL Section Manager Tom Abernethy, W3TOM. A tornado April 28 badly
damaged the business district in La Plata. Among structures destroyed or
damaged were the Charles County Chapter of the American Red Cross office
and the building housing the Charles County Emergency Operations Center
(EOC).

Abernethy said Michelle Sack, N3YRZ--on the job at the LaPlata hospital
at the time--broke into a SKYWARN net to report a tornado only one-half
mile away to the west heading directly for her location. "She tracked
and described the tornado until it struck her location and then
continued to provide on-the-scene assessments," Abernethy said. Other
amateurs along the storm's track also provided reports on severity and
damage.

Charles County ARES Emergency Coordinator and RACES Officer Mike
Tackish, KA3GRW, activated the Charles County ARES/RACES team's
emergency plan. Amateurs established a UHF command/control net while VHF
tactical nets supplied communications for the hospital, which was left
without telephone service or internal communication.

ARES/RACES also worked with the county's Director of Emergency Services,
Donald McGuire, and provided communication at Red Cross shelters.
ARES/RACES teams from Prince Georges and Calvert counties supported
Charles County ARES/RACES. After an activation that lasted until 2 AM
the following day, amateurs returned a few hours later to enable direct
communication between damage assessment teams in the field and the
Charles County EOC.

Amateurs specially trained in National Weather Service severe weather
investigations also assisted NWS Meteorologist Barbara Watson of the
Washington/Baltimore NWS office in its follow-up investigation of the
tornado, a record-breaker at F5 on the Fujita scale with winds of 261
MPH or greater.

"Amateur Radio has once again proved to be of immense value to our
community in time of disaster," Abernethy said. "With large areas of the
county without commercial power and cell phones not useful due to
overloading, Amateur Radio provided a communications bridge in the time
of need until normal services were restored."

In Kentucky, Section Emergency Coordinator Ron Dodson, KA4MAP, said the
Wide Area Repeaters Net (WARN) and Meade/Breckinridge County ARES
responded April 28 to assist both the National Weather Service and Meade
County Emergency Management when severe weather struck that state.

Dodson said a weather-spotting net activated after a severe thunderstorm
warning was issued for the two counties. A few minutes later, a tornado
was spotted in Breckinridge County. A second report of a possible
tornado west of Irvington was followed by damage reports east of the
town. As a result of amateur reports, the NWS issued a tornado warning.
Several homes in the Irvington area were damaged or destroyed, Dodson
said, and one person died. No major damage was reported in Meade County,
although the area experienced power outages, high winds and heavy
rainfall. Dodson said 11 amateurs participated in the response.

Floyd Sense, K8AC, notes that a tornado that swept through the Jackson
Township, Ohio, area April 28 severely damaged the home of Jerry
LaRocca, KF8EB, in Massillon. "Jerry and his wife, while in the house
when the tornado struck, were uninjured," Sense said. "The home next
door, about 50 feet away, was completely leveled."

In Erie, Pennsylvania, Lee Williams, N3APP, reported that a line of
severe thunderstorms that plowed through his area April 28 left a trail
of destruction. The Radio Association of Erie was providing
communications for a March of Dimes nine-mile walk, which was called off
after the severe weather hit. "SKYWARN was activated, and the event's
net control was advised that a tornado warning had been issued,"
Williams said.

High winds damaged buildings at the Erie International Airport, which
also suffered a power outage. Trees and power lines also were downed,
but no injuries were reported.

In Missouri on April 24, tornadoes struck southeastern Missouri. Hardest
hit were Butler, Carter and Madison counties. More than 100 homes were
damaged or destroyed. ARRL Missouri Section Emergency Coordinator
Patrick Boyle, K0JPB, said ARES teams and individual amateurs remained
on standby to assist if needed during the recovery period.

==>ISS CREW MEMBERS SOMETIMES "BUG" EACH OTHER, BURSCH TELLS STUDENTS

Astronaut Dan Bursch, KD5PNU, aboard the International Space Station,
conceded this week that he and his crew mates sometimes get on each
others' nerves. The comment came April 30 as Bursch answered questions
from an enthusiastic group of youngsters at Woodland Middle School on
New York's Long Island.

"If you can imagine taking a long family trip and never getting out of
the car for six months," Bursch said, replying to a question about
whether he and his crew mates ever get frustrated or annoyed with each
other. The three ISS crew members occasionally "bug each other" over
little things, Bursch said, and when that happens, they usually go off
and do something else by themselves.

Nearly five months in space have not blunted Bursch's sense of humor.
"My personal primary goal is to make sure that my number of launches
equals my number of landings," Bursch quipped when asked about the
crew's primary goals. He said fostering international cooperation in
constructing the ISS is an overarching objective. Education--including
the ARISS school contacts and cooperating with student experiments--also
is an important part of the ISS program, he said.

Handling Earth station duties for the 10-minute contact was Mark
Steiner, K3MS, at the controls of NN1SS at Goddard Space Flight Center
in Maryland.

The Woodland contact was the first of two Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS) school QSOs April 30--an ARISS
first. After a missed schedule earlier in the day, a contact between
"space tourist" Mark Shuttleworth and South African students was
promptly--and successfully--rescheduled.

==>FCC WON'T REQUIRE AMATEUR APPLICANTS TO SUPPLY DATE OF BIRTH AFTER
ALL

The FCC can't seem to make up its mind about whether or not it wants to
know the date of birth of an Amateur Service applicant. Supplying a date
of birth used to be a requirement on amateur applications, and the FCC
made the information public as part of a licensee's record. But a few
years ago, the FCC dropped the requirement and hid the database field
that once displayed birth date information.

Last year, the FCC flip-flopped and announced it was revising FCC Form
605 to include a date of birth field and would again require the
information--although it would not be made public. Now, the FCC has
changed its mind once more. Missing from the latest version of Form 605
is the requirement for Amateur Service applicants to supply a date of
birth, although they may do so if they wish (it is a requirement for
certain other wireless service applicants).

A call to the FCC's Gettysburg office confirmed the discontinuation of
birth date collection for amateur applicants. The latest version of FCC
Form 605 (dated April 2002) is available on the FCC Web site. The FCC
has no plans to change the format of its Amateur Service data records.

Valid FCC Form 605s are those bearing March 2001, November 2001 and
April 2002 dates. The FCC now requires applicants to have an FCC
Registration Number (FRN) before applying.

==>MCGAN AWARD NOMINATIONS DUE MAY 24!

Nominations close May 24 for the Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna
Award. The annual award honors an amateur who demonstrates outstanding
public relations success at the local, state or national level on behalf
of Amateur Radio, and who best exemplifies the volunteer spirit of the
award's namesake.

"Successful PR efforts can bring new hams into the ranks, create better
relationships with people in the community and make reporters aware that
Amateur Radio is still alive and well," said ARRL Media Relations
Manager Jennifer Hagy, N1TDY.

The award is named for the late journalist Philip J. McGan, WA2MBQ, the
first chairman of the ARRL's Public Relations Committee and an
enthusiastic Amateur Radio booster. The ARRL's Public Relations
Committee will screen eligible nominations and forward its
recommendation to the ARRL Board of Directors, which will make a final
determination on an award recipient at its July meeting.

To obtain an entry form for the Philip J. McGan Silver Antenna Award,
contact Jennifer Hagy, N1TDY, jhagy@arrl.org; 860-594-0328. Send
completed forms and supporting materials to Philip J. McGan Silver
Antenna Award, care of Jennifer Hagy, N1TDY, ARRL, 225 Main St,
Newington, CT 06111.

Complete details, including official entry rules, are in February issue
of QST.

==>FORMER ARRL STAFF MEMBER E. LAIRD CAMPBELL, W1HQ, SK

Former ARRL Headquarters staff member Laird Campbell, W1HQ, of Amarillo,
Texas, died April 26 following a long battle with multiple sclerosis. He
was 70. During his distinguished 35-year HQ career, he served in a
variety of roles, including QST managing editor and ARRL advertising
manager. He was an ARRL Charter Life Member.

"Laird was an uncommonly decent human being--I was proud to call him my
friend," said current QST Managing Editor Joel Kleinman, N1BKE. "Despite
the setbacks he had after he left the ARRL HQ staff, he never lost his
sense of humor. He was the quintessential gentleman."

Campbell developed his interest in electronics while attending Texas
Tech. Following an active duty stint in the US Naval Reserve, he was
licensed in 1951 as WN5TQD (later W5TQD). He joined the ARRL staff as a
contest log checker in 1954 and became W1CUT. His later choice of W1HQ
reflected his close association with ARRL Headquarters.

While at ARRL HQ he met his future wife, Connie, and Amateur Radio
legend Lew McCoy, W1ICP, gave away the bride at their wedding. Connie
Campbell later became W1CIE. She died in 1990, and the couple's daughter
Mary now holds her mother's call sign.

As a technical assistant at HQ, Campbell in 1955 was believed to have
made the first Amateur Radio contacts using transistorized transmitters.
After stints as QST managing editor and advertising manager, he was
promoted to assistant general manager for business operations in 1976.

ARRL Executive Vice President David Sumner, K1ZZ, recalled that, for
many years, Campbell made a point of working--and getting a QSL card
from--every new licensed ARRL HQ staffer. "This was in the days before
VHF handhelds, so it was far from a trivial pursuit; he had to use a
variety of bands and modes," Sumner said. "I think he took special
pleasure in cajoling newly licensed staffers into getting on the air."

Campbell retired in 1989. At the time, it was said in QST, "Few persons
have contributed as much to the League or in as many different ways as
has Laird."

Among his closest friends during his ARRL career were HQ staff members
Bob and Ellen White, W1CW and W1YL, and their son Jim, K4OJ. "We've all
lost something very special in our lives," Ellen White said.

A memorial service was set for May 4, 11 AM, in the parlor at Park Place
Towers of Amarillo.

Survivors include a son, Michael, and his wife Rie; a daughter Mary
Campbell-Barry, W1CIE, and her husband, Will Barry, N1XRK--an ARRL
Volunteer Counsel; and Laird Campbell's partner of the past six years,
Shelli Mosier of Amarillo. The family invites memorial contributions to
the Maine Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, PO Box 8730,
Portland, ME 04104.--some information provided by the Amarillo
Globe-News

==>SOLAR UPDATE

Solar sage Tad Cook, K7VVV, Seattle, Washington, reports: Both average
solar flux and daily sunspot numbers dropped last week. Sunspot numbers
were down more than 30 points, and solar flux was down nearly 20 points.

During the last half of April, three coronal mass ejections sent energy
past Earth, resulting in geomagnetic storms. Energy from a coronal hole
should sweep past us shortly, but it shouldn't cause the kind of upset
that April's storms brought us. Over the next few days expect moderate
geomagnetic activity with a rising solar flux. Flux values are expected
to rise above 180 by Sunday and peak for the near term above 200 around
one week from now.

Lower geomagnetic indices are generally good for HF propagation. The
solar flux is rising, which is also good. Ten meters should be fading
away as we move toward summer, but 15 meters should do quite well over
the next month. This summer 20 meters should be excellent during
nighttime.

Sunspot numbers for April 25 through May 1 were 208, 160, 173, 121, 124,
113 and 166, with a mean of 152.1. The 10.7-cm flux was 167.3, 162.6,
156.9, 147.1, 153, 153.4 and 162.4, with a mean of 157.5. Estimated
planetary A indices were 5, 6, 8, 19, 9, 8 and 5 with a mean of 8.6.

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==>IN BRIEF:

* This weekend on the radio: The AGCW QRP/QRP Contest, the IPA Contest
(CW May 4; SSB May 5), the MARAC County Hunters Contest (CW), the 10-10
International Spring Contest (CW), the Microwave Spring Sprint, the
Indiana QSO Party, the ARI International DX Contest and the New England
QSO Party are the weekend of May 4-5. JUST AHEAD: The Armed Forces Day
Communications Test (see below); the Nevada and Oregon QSO parties, the
Volta WW RTTY Contest, the FISTS Spring Sprint, the CQ-M International
DX Contest and the 50 MHz Spring Sprint are the weekend of May 11-12.
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 Program registration:
Registration opens Monday, May 6, for the Level I Amateur Radio
Emergency Communications course (EC-001); Monday, May 13, for the Level
II course (EC-002); and Monday, May 20 for the Level III course
(EC-003). Amateur Radio Emergency Communications courses must be
completed in order, starting with Level I. Registration for the Antenna
Modeling course (EC-004) opens Monday, May 13. Registration for the HF
Digital Course opens Monday, May 20. Registration for all courses begins
at 4 PM Eastern Time. 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 Coordinator Dan Miller, K3UFG, cce@arrl.org.

* Amateurs invited to participate in Armed Forces Day on-air event:
Amateurs  are invited to take part in the 52nd celebration of Armed
Forces Day by exchanging contacts with Army, Air Force, Navy-Marine
Corps and Coast Guard radio stations. This year's traditional Armed
Forces Day Anniversary and Military/Amateur Crossband Communications
Test will take place May 11-12, starting at 1100 UTC. Armed Forces Day
actually falls on May 18, but the traditional cross-band communications
test was rescheduled to avoid a conflict with the Dayton Hamvention.
During the cross-band test, military stations in the continental US,
Germany and Hawaii will listen on amateur frequencies in the 80, 40, 20,
15 and 10-meter bands and transmit on selected MARS frequencies.
Participating military stations will announce their listening
frequencies. Thirteen military stations will be active on SSB and will
exchange QSL cards. MARS has requested that contacts be limited to two
minutes or less. Ten additional stations will transmit the Secretary of
Defense's Armed Forces Day message via digital modes. Full details are
on the Army MARS Web site
<http://www.asc.army.mil/MARS/afd/mars_afd.htm>.

* Amateur Extra class population tops 100,000: For the first time ever,
the population of Amateur Extra class operators topped 100,000
licensees. According to figures available from the FCC Amateur Radio
Statistics Web site <http://ah0a.org/FCC/index.html> compiled by Joe
Speroni, AH0A, there were 100,153 Extra; 85,690 Advanced; 138,980
General; 319,768 Technician (including Tech Plus); and 38,574 Novice
licensees. As of the end of April, there were 683,165 total Amateur
Service licensees in the FCC database. According to Speroni's
statistics, 1888 new licensees came aboard during April 2002--1800 of
them as Technicians.

* Colorado fire prompts Amateur Radio response: Colorado Section
Emergency Coordinator Mike Morgan, N5LPZ, reports that hams there
responded within hours after a major wildfire broke out April 23 some 40
miles southwest of Denver. Because of extremely dry winter and spring
conditions--and fanned by strong and unpredictable winds--the so-called
Snaking Fire spread over more than 2200 acres within a couple of days.
Some 30 Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) operators responded, and
Colorado ARES Districts 6 and 23 provided direct tactical and logistical
communications support to local wild land fire responders, Morgan said.
Amateurs from additional ARES districts (including 22 and 24) as well as
Red Cross communicators supported the Red Cross at shelters and the
Salvation Army, which provided food and support to the more than 400
firefighters at the scene. More than 4000 residents were evacuated from
the Bailey, Colorado, area as a result of the fire. "As in the past,
Colorado hams will continue to provide critical communications support
as long as needed," Morgan said.

* Florida amateurs activate during power outage: Florida Crown District
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) District Emergency Coordinator
Billy Williams, N4UF, reports ARES activated April 29 to assist in the
wake of a power outage. Williams says several independent events
triggered the failure which hit virtually all of Duval County
(Jacksonville) along with parts of Nassau, Clay and St Johns counties.
"There was a fire at a major generator facility along with a malfunction
at a second facility," Williams said, citing information from the
Jacksonville Electric Authority. "At almost the same time, a tree fell
across a feeder line." The incident took out traffic signals during
afternoon rush hour, although power was restored quickly to most of the
affected areas. The Duval County Emergency Net and the Florida Crown
Emergency Net both activated for a couple of hours. ARES was active from
the Duval Emergency Operations Center, and operators were on standby to
report to several fire stations and hospitals. "A big problem was that
there were no traffic signals during Monday afternoon rush hour,"
Williams said. In addition, cellular phone systems became jammed and
unreliable. Most critical users had power back by 9 PM, although
interruptions continued until midnight. Red Cross opened a critical
needs shelter for a couple of hours, and Amateur Radio provided a link.

* Second national ARDF championships a wrap: ARRL Amateur Radio
Direction Finding Coordinator Joe Moell, K0OV, reports that the second
US national championship of on-foot hidden transmitter hunting near Pine
Mountain, Georgia, is in the record books. Hosted by hams in the Georgia
Orienteering Club, the event took place April 20-21. "About two dozen of
our country's best fox-finders went into the deep woods of Franklin D.
Roosevelt State Park, trying to be first to find up to five transmitters
and then navigate their way to the finish line," Moell said. In addition
to hidden transmitters, participants were seeking medals and places on
Team USA at this fall's ARDF World Championships in Slovakia.
Participants competed on two courses, with hidden transmitters on 2
meters the first day and 80 meters the second. Best ARDF performance
overall was by Gyuri Nagi, KF6YKN/HA3PA, who averaged 19 minutes per fox
on 2 meters and an amazing 15 minutes per fox on 80 meters. Photos and
complete results on the GAOC 2002 Radio-Orienteering Championships  are
the GAOC Web site http://www.gaorienteering.org/Radio-O/Radio.htm>. More
information about ARDF is on Moell's Homing In Web site
<http://www.homingin.com/>.

* Sixth Southeastern VHF Society conference draws a crowd: Fans of the
Amateur Radio bands above 50 MHz flocked to the sixth Southeastern VHF
Society Conference April 26 and 27 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Those in
attendance enjoyed a diverse program of presentations from moonbounce
(EME), weak-signal and antenna experts plus a bit of digital signal
processing. Presenters covered operating and station-construction
techniques for all the bands between 50 MHz and 50 GHz. Highlights
included Al Ward, W5LUA, detailing how he and Barry Malowanchuk, VE4MA,
completed the first-ever Amateur Radio 24-GHz EME contact. "47 GHz is
next!" Ward predicted. L.B. Cebik, W4RNL, showed some improved
topologies and element spacings that achieve substantial reduction in
the side and back radiation of Yagi and log-periodic arrays. Paul Wade,
W1GHZ, told the gathering about his design and use of periscope antenna
systems and how they help him get 10-GHz contacts. Dexter McIntyre,
W4DEX, won the coveted K4UHF Award. Conference Proceedings are available
from ARRL for $20 (order item 8683). Visit the ARRL on-line catalog
<http://www.arrl.org/catalog/> or call toll-free 888-277-5289.--Doug
Smith, KF6DX

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