[LeArc] The ARRL Letter, Vol 21, No 37

[Tony Coniglio]

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> ***************
> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 21, No. 37
> September 20, 2002
> ***************
>
> IN THIS EDITION:
>
> * +Progress reported on 5 MHz compromise
> * +Hurricane Watch Net, W4EHW activate for first time this season
> * +Tennessee hams pass the acid test
> * +FCC shuts down California UHF system
> * +Digital fans enjoy annual ARRL/TAPR conference
> * +Vintage Maxim QSL card brings record price
> * +ARRL updates contest certificate designs
> *  Solar Update
> *  IN BRIEF:
>      This weekend on the radio
>      ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course registration
>      Maximize your public relations efforts with new PC presentations
>      Vote on QST Cover Plaque Award
>      NASA names Whitson first ISS science officer
>      ARRL DXCC Desk accredits 7O/OH2YY Yemen operation
>      Ten-Tec announces annual hamfest
>      Murphy G. "Murph" Ratterree, W4WMQ, SK
>
> +Available on ARRL Audio News
>
> ===========================================================
>
> ==>ARRL OFFICIALS UPBEAT ABOUT REACHING 5-MHZ COMPROMISE
>
> ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, and General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD,
> say they're optimistic about reaching a resolution to issues that could
> otherwise block plans for a new 5 MHz band. Until surprise opposition
> surfaced from the National Telecommunications and Information
> Administration (NTIA), the FCC appeared to have put ARRL's request for a
> new, domestic-only, secondary amateur allocation at 60 meters on the fast
> track.
>
> In an eleventh-hour move a month ago, the NTIA recommended in a letter to
> the FCC--sent after the comment deadline--that the Commission not go
> forward with a proposal for an Amateur Radio allocation at 5250 to 5400
> kHz. The NTIA regulates radio spectrum allocated to the federal
> government.
>
> "We are working together with the Federal agencies involved toward a
> solution of the impasse raised by the NTIA letter," Imlay said after he
> and Haynie attended a series of meetings September 19 in Washington, DC.
>
> Acting NTIA Associate Administrator for Spectrum Management Fredrick R.
> Wentland had said in an August 21 letter that critical federal agencies,
> including the Department of Justice, the US Coast Guard and the Department
> of Defense, were making extensive use of 5 MHz frequencies. He worried
> that the 5 MHz proposal the FCC put forth last May at the ARRL's request
> "does not adequately provide for protection from harmful interference to
> these critical government operations."
>
> After initially huddling this week with NTIA and FCC officials and staff
> members, Haynie and Imlay met face-to-face with representatives of the
> agencies involved to share mutual concerns.
>
> "They are willing to work with us," Haynie said. "Chris and I left feeling
> a whole lot better." Haynie said hammering out some differences will
> involve some further meetings--including one with the US Navy--but that he
> and Imlay were feeling much more positive about the situation.
>
> "I feel confident we'll get something," Haynie said. "I don't think we'll
> get everything we want, but it's certainly a start, and it's a lot better
> than what it was this time last week."
>
> One difficulty in the negotiations is that some of the information on the
> government's use of the 5-MHz frequencies involved is classified. "We were
> given some hints about the sensitivity and the seriousness of some of the
> activity that's going on," Haynie said, "and we fully appreciate that
> now--more so than before--because we just didn't, and couldn't, know. The
> important thing is that we have established a good working relationship
> with the Justice Department and the Coast Guard."
>
> Imlay said the discussions tended to center on power restrictions and
> frequencies but emphasized that no decisions were reached. The ARRL
> proposal called for a 150-kHz wide band and the full legal power limit.
> Imlay hinted, however, that perhaps a smaller band than the one requested
> coupled with some power output limitations, was a real possibility.
>
> The ARRL has called the 5 MHz allocation "an urgent priority of the
> Amateur Service" and has asked that the proceeding to grant it be
> expedited. Until the latest snafu, the FCC had been expected by early next
> year to issue a Report and Order on proposals for the 5-MHz band, a new
> low-frequency allocation in the vicinity of 136 kHz and primary Amateur
> and Amateur-Satellite status at 2400 to 2402 MHz.
>
> ==>HURRICANE WATCH NET, W4EHW ACTIVATE FOR ISIDORE
>
> The Hurricane Watch Net <http://www.hwn.org> activated this week for the
> first time in the current hurricane season as a nascent hurricane
> threatened Cuba and possibly parts of the Gulf of Mexico. HWN Manager Mike
> Pilgrim, K5MP, said the net activated at midday on September 19 on 14.325
> MHz while Isidore was still a tropical storm. The storm continued to gain
> strength, however, and by the next day was a Category 2 hurricane packing
> winds of 100 MPH, with higher gusts.
>
> Members of the Hurricane Watch Net <http://www.hwn.org> were continuing to
> keep their eyes on the storm, which, at week's end, was closing in on
> Western Cuba. As of September 20, tropical storm warnings and hurricane
> watches were been posted for portions of Mexico's Yucatan
> Peninsula--including the island of Cozumel. The National Hurricane Center
> was predicting that Isidore would make landfall over Western Cuba. A
> hurricane warning remained in effect for several provinces.
>
> Well-known Cuban amateur and International Amateur Radio Union Region 2
> Area C Emergency Coordinator Arnie Coro, CO2KK, said it appeared that the
> main impact of the storm was poised to strike the Isle of Youth (Isla de
> la Juventud) and the western part of Pinar del Rio Province. Coro
> requested protection from interference for 3740, 7040 and 7125 kHz. He
> said amateur operators were deployed at CO9BNA at the Cuban weather
> service, Instituto de Meteorologia.
>
> Isidore was moving at about 8 MPH to the west-northwest. Heavy rainfall of
> up to 30 inches and damaging surf conditions were forecast for the storm's
> path. Official advisories are available on the NHC Web site
> <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov>.
>
> Assistant Amateur Radio Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4JR, at W4EHW at the
> National Hurricane Center <http://www.fiu.edu/orgs/w4ehw/>, reported that
> W4EHW also commenced operations on September 19. W4EHW has HF stations on
> both 20 and 40 meters. W4EHW is collecting reports via APRS, e-mail and
> its on-line Hurricane Reporting Form.
>
> The Hurricane Watch Net and W4EHW at the National Hurricane Center work
> hand-in-hand to gather and disseminate real-time, ground-level weather
> data and damage reports from Amateur Radio operators to assist
> forecasters. The HWN also functions as a backup communication link for the
> NHC, emergency operating centers and the National Weather Service.
>
> ==>AMATEURS AID IN ACID SPILL AFTERMATH
>
> Dozens of Tennessee hams passed the acid test after a train derailed near
> Knoxville the morning of Sunday, September 15. The wreck of the
> Norfolk-Southern freight dumped more than 10,000 gallons of concentrated
> sulfuric acid, some of which leaked into Ft Loudoun Lake along the
> Tennessee River. The resulting vigorous thermal reaction generated a
> hazardous mist, prompting a massive evacuation. Two Amateur Radio
> emergency teams activated to assist responding agencies.
>
> ARRL Knox County Emergency Coordinator Greg Williams, K4HSM, says
> authorities ordered the evacuation of all residents--some 9000
> households--within a 1.3-mile radius and recommended those within five
> miles also get out of the area.
>
> Williams said the Middle East Tennessee Emergency Radio Service (METERS)
> was called up at 12:30 PM on the Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville repeater
> system. Nearby Blount County activated its ARES net as the potentially
> toxic cloud drifted south by the prevailing winds.
>
> "There were several immediate concerns," Williams said. "One was a bike
> tour sponsored by the Multiple Sclerosis Society that had cyclists
> traveling near the affected area." Williams said hams assisting with the
> MS Bike Tour were alerted to the spill. Event personnel promptly called
> off the remainder of the tour, evacuated the few remaining cyclists and
> had paramedics check them for any symptoms.
>
> Meanwhile, the Red Cross set up shelters to handle evacuees, and the
> emergency operations centers for Knox and Blount counties activated.
>
> Williams said Amateur Radio assistance, although offered, was not
> immediately needed by the emergency services overseeing the situation. But
> the Red Cross requested ARES activation by mid-afternoon due to overloaded
> phone lines and a need to communicate with shelter workers. Amateur
> operators were deployed throughout the afternoon and into the evening to
> all shelters in Knox and Blount counties.
>
> According to Williams, more than 50 amateurs checked into the METERS net
> over the course of the 10-hour activation, which drew praise from Red
> Cross officials. Williams reports that more than 50 amateurs checked into
> the METERS net during the activation.
>
> ==>REPEATER? REMOTE BASE? FCC ORDERS CALIFORNIA SYSTEM TO SHUT DOWN
>
> The FCC has ordered a UHF Amateur Radio system in the Los Angeles area
> shut down until it either obtains coordination or comes up with an
> acceptable plan to prevent interfering with a coordinated repeater just 10
> kHz away. FCC Special Counsel for Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth says the
> owner of the 447.250-MHz system on Mt Disappointment, Steven R. Decho,
> KE6FX, has complied with the FCC request, which was included in a
> September 4 Warning Notice.
>
> "For over two years, your Mt Disappointment KE6FX station has been
> characterized by lack of control and identification problems,"
> Hollingsworth wrote. "The real basis of this matter seems to be that you
> object to a recent change in spacing standards by the coordinator and do
> not wish to conform to them." The regional coordinator, the Southern
> California Repeater and Remote Base Association (SCRRBA), has told the FCC
> that the coordination for KE6FX was abandoned.
>
> The FCC considers the KE6FX station a repeater, while Decho, who resides
> in Draper, Utah, calls it "a remote base." As a remote base, he has
> claimed, KE6FX does not require coordination. But the FCC said Decho did
> submit outdated coordination documents in his response last year to FCC
> communications.
>
> In either case, Hollingsworth again pointed out, the KE6FX system is
> causing interference to the coordinated WA6UZS repeater 10 kHz away. If
> it's a repeater, Hollingsworth explained, KE6FX is obliged to prevent
> interference to the WA6UZS repeater under �97.205 of the FC rules. If it's
> an auxiliary station or a remote base, "the fact remains that it
> interferes with the WA6UZS repeater," Hollingsworth said.
>
> In previous communications with Decho going back about a year and a half,
> Hollingsworth among other things cited "reports of dead carriers that last
> for weeks, a tone that lasted continuously for three weeks, weekends of
> 2-meter rebroadcasts and a repeating CW identification that lasted for
> weeks." Over the July 4 holiday this summer, the system re-broadcast other
> repeater traffic and ignored attempts by WA6UZS repeater personnel to
> contact Decho, the FCC said.
>
> In August 2001, the FCC said the KE6FX beacon identifier that activated
> without operational input, the rebroadcasting of other repeater traffic,
> dead carriers, continuous tones or repetitive CW identifiers "must cease
> immediately" and normal repeater traffic, if any, must not interfere with
> WA6UZS.
>
> ==>DIGITAL AFICIONADOS TURN OUT FOR 2002 ARRL/TAPR CONFERENCE
>
> More than 100 of the most active Amateur Radio digital enthusiasts from
> around the world turned out in Denver, Colorado, September 13-15 for the
> 2002 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference. This year's event marked
> the 21st conference. Agenda topics ranged from APRS (Automatic Position
> Reporting System) to high-speed digital networking and software-defined
> radio (SDR), among others.
>
> Friday's forums were dominated by discussions of APRS. Topics included a
> discussion of single-wire APRS weather stations, high-altitude balloon
> tracking and recovery--presented by representatives from Edge of Space
> Sciences <http://www.eoss.org/>--APRS in the Sydney Olympics and the
> versatile Findu.com <http://www.findu.com/> on-line APRS database.
>
> Saturday's sessions included forums on the prospect of using consumer
> wireless devices (popularly known as 802.11b or "Wi-Fi" devices) to create
> high-speed Amateur Radio digital networks. A forum on HF digital voice
> also drew considerable interest.
>
> One of Saturday's highlights was a demonstration of the new ICOM D-Star
> <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/dv/DStar brochure.pdf> digital radio system. At
> the heart of D-Star is the ID-1 transceiver, which ICOM had on display at
> the Dayton Hamvention last spring. The ID-1 operates on 1.2 GHz and can
> communicate using FM analog voice, digital voice and data. The transceiver
> can be programmed with a desktop or laptop computer, or it can be operated
> in a more conventional manner via a remote front panel. ICOM's Ray Novak,
> KC7JPA, said D-Star will be available in the US in November. (Click here
> for a sample of D-Star audio recorded at the conference.)
>
> Bruce Perens, K6BP, <http://perens.com/> was the featured speaker at the
> Saturday evening banquet. His entertaining presentation stressed the
> notion that individuals, not just corporations, still can innovate and
> invent. Perens called for grassroots development of Amateur Radio software
> and hardware according to the Open Source model. He also encouraged the
> audience to become educators, because, he explained, "the future strength
> of Amateur Radio is in our value as technology teachers."
>
> SDR was another hot topic at the conference, and the Sunday seminar was
> devoted exclusively to that subject. Projects such as GNU Radio
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuradio/gnuradio.html> promise a day when
> amateur transceivers will achieve extraordinary levels of flexibility.
> Under the SDR paradigm, software, rather than the hardware, literally will
> "define" the way in which a radio operates.
>
> Proceedings of the 21st ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference
> now are available for $20 (plus shipping and handling) via the ARRL Web
> catalog <http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=8756>. Order item No 8756.
>
> ==>VINTAGE 1AW QSL BRINGS RECORD PRICE
>
> We're not certain if ARRL co-founder and first president Hiram Percy Maxim
> would have been proud or surprised to know that one of his old 1AW QSLs
> apparently set a price record for the sale of a single QSL card. A
> 1923-vintage HPM 1AW card recently went for $2125 on the eBay auction site
> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2131624991>.
>
> Neither the seller nor the buyer have been identified, but ARRL member
> Paul Cassel, VE3SY, of Petersburg, Ontario, Canada, acted as the sale
> agent and posted the card on the auction site. "The winning bidder is in
> California and is a very serious QSL collector," he said after the auction
> closed. Cassel pledged to donate half of his sale commission to the W1AW
> Endowment Fund <http://www.arrl.org/endoww1aw.html>.
>
> The 1AW card appears to verify reception of 9CTR on a wavelength of 193
> meters rather than a two-way contact. "You were calling another 9," Maxim
> wrote in the card's "Remarks" section. Although the card proclaims
> "American Radio Relay League Station 1AW" across the top, the now-famous
> call sign was Maxim's own personal call sign at the time, not the
> League's, and Maxim operated from his home on Hartford.
>
> Until the 1AW card sale, Cassel says the highest known price paid for a
> single QSL card was more than $1100 for an AC4YN QSL from the Tibet
> DXpedition of Sir Evan Nepean, G5YN, who died last March at age 92.
>
> ==>ARRL CONTEST BRANCH ANNOUNCES REDESIGNED CERTIFICATES
>
> The ARRL Contest Branch has released newly designed certificates for
> various ARRL-sponsored contests. The new certificate designs will be used
> for all contests starting with those issued to qualifying participants in
> the December 2001 ARRL 160-Meter Contest.
>
> "They replace a design that has been in use by the ARRL for at least the
> past 20 years," ARRL Contest Branch Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND, said of
> the new designs. He explains that part of the redesign involved
> reformatting the certificates from a "landscape" (horizontal) to a
> "portrait" (vertical) layout.
>
> The ARRL November Sweepstakes certificate features an attractive red,
> white and blue design and incorporates the popular outline map of the US
> and Canada that has been appearing on Sweepstakes plaques.
>
> Certificates for other HF events are highlighted by the "global" icon now
> found on the International DX Contest plaques.
>
> The VHF/UHF/Microwave contest certificates incorporate a moonbounce dish
> antenna as a background motif.
>
> While the criteria for winning an award vary among the various operating
> events, certificates normally go to the top-finishing station in each
> category from each ARRL/RAC section and DXCC entity.
>
> "We are waiting for the new certificates to arrive back from the
> printer's," Henderson said. "As soon as we have them in hand, we will
> begin printing and mailing the backlog of certificates."
>
> ==>SOLAR UPDATE
>
> Heliophile Tad "House of the Rising Sun" Cook, K7VVV, Seattle, Washington,
> reports: Average sunspot numbers were up a bit this week compared to last,
> and solar flux on average was about the same.
>
> Solar flux peaked in the short term on September 10 at 220.5 and has been
> mostly declining since. Solar flux on Tuesday through Thursday of this
> week was 194, 176.8 and 165.3. For Friday though Sunday it's predicted at
> 165, 160 and 155. Sunday's value may continue for a few more days and
> should be the minimum for the near term. Assuming returning activity from
> the current solar rotation, solar flux is expected to peak again around
> October 6-11.
>
> Sunspot numbers for September 12 through 18 were 258, 246, 256, 168, 190,
> 228 and 225, with a mean of 224.4. The 10.7-cm flux was 212.4, 206.1,
> 206.9, 187.8, 182.6, 194, and 176.8, with a mean of 195.2. Estimated
> planetary A indices were 17, 16, 11, 8, 8, 13, and 14, with a mean of
> 12.4.
>
> __________________________________
>
> ==>IN BRIEF:
>
> * This weekend on the radio: The ARRL 10 GHz Cumulative Contest, the AGB
> NEMIGA Contest, the SARL VHF/UHF Contest, the Scandinavian Activity
> Contest (CW), the Collegiate QSO Party, the QRP Afield Event, the
> Washington State Salmon Run, the Panama Anniversary Contest and the Fall
> QRP Homebrewer Sprint are the weekend of September 21-22. JUST AHEAD: The
> CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest (RTTY), the Scandinavian Activity Contest
> (SSB). the Alabama, Louisiana and Texas QSO parties, and the Anatolian DX
> Contest are the weekend of September 28-29. 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.
>
> * ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course registration:
> Registration for the ARRL Satellite Communications course (EC-007) opens
> Monday, September 23, 4 PM Eastern Daylight Time (2000 UTC). Registration
> will remain open through Sunday, September 29. Classes begin September 30.
> Registration for the Level III Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
> (EC-003) and HF Digital Communications (EC-005) courses remains open
> through Sunday, September 22. 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 Howard Robins, W1HSR,
> hrobins@arrl.org. [C-CE logo]
>
> * Maximize your public relations efforts with new PC presentations: Thanks
> to the efforts of ARRL Public Relations Committee member and Santa Barbara
> Section Public Information Coordinator Jeff Reinhardt, AA6JR, the ARRL is
> happy to offer two new PowerPoint presentations to help field volunteers
> get the most out of their public relations programs. Both presentations
> can be found on the PR Department Web site <www.arrl.org/pio>. The
> presentation "How to be a Media Relations Superstar"
> <http://www.arrl.org/pio/Superstar.ppt> is packed with lots of helpful
> pointers to guide you in successfully promoting Amateur Radio in your
> area. This presentation also would work well for anyone giving a talk on
> how to promote ham radio. The presentation "100 Great Publicity Ideas for
> your Amateur Radio Club" <http://www.arrl.org/pio/100Ideas.ppt> speaks for
> itself. Check it out for great tips to help you build positive public
> awareness about Amateur Radio all year long!--Jennifer Hagy, N1TDY
>
> *Vote on QST Cover Plaque Award: The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award
> for August was Declan Craig, EI6FR, for his article "The 2002 South
> Sandwich/South Georgia Micro-Lite DXpedition." Congratulations, Declan!
> The winner of the QST Cover Plaque award--given to the author of the best
> article in each issue--is determined by a vote of ARRL members. Voting
> takes place each month on the Cover Plaque Poll Web page
> <http://www.arrl.org/members-only/qstvote.html>. There's still time to
> cast a ballot for your favorite article in the September 2002 issue of
> QST. Voting ends September 30.
>
> * NASA names Whitson first ISS science officer: NASA has named astronaut
> Peggy Whitson, KC5ZTD, as the first NASA International Space Station
> science officer. Whitson, who holds a doctorate in biochemistry from Rice
> University, became the ISS's first resident scientist when she arrived at
> the orbiting outpost June 7. "Dr. Peggy Whitson is an obvious choice for
> NASA's first ISS science officer," NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said in
> making the announcement September 16. Before joining the astronaut corps,
> Whitson's NASA career included time spent as a researcher. She helped
> develop experiments to fly on the space shuttle, served as the project
> scientist for the Shuttle-Mir program and co-chaired the US-Russian
> mission science working group. The post of NASA ISS science officer is a
> new duty assignment that will be made for a NASA astronaut on each ISS
> crew increment. For now, NASA says, the science officer will focus on US
> research conducted aboard ISS. When she returns to Earth this fall,
> Whitson's science officer duties will continue for those experiments
> conducted during Expedition 5.--NASA news release
>
> *ARRL DXCC Desk accredits 7O/OH2YY Yemen operation: The ARRL DXCC Desk
> reports that it has received evidence that the Yemen operation by Pekka
> Ahlqvist, OH2YY, in May 2002 was conducted with written approval from the
> Yemeni government. "Credit for QSOs with 7O/OH2YY from May 4 through May
> 11, 2002, will be given effective immediately," said ARRL Century Club
> Manager Bill Moore, NC1L. Regarding the 7O1YGF operation, the DXCC Desk
> says it still has received no evidence traceable to the Yemeni government
> to accredit that operation for DXCC. "DXCC credit for this operation will
> be given only after such evidence has been presented to ARRL," Moore said.
>
> * Ten-Tec announces annual hamfest: Ten-Tec will hold its third annual
> hamfest Friday and Saturday, September 27-28, at the company's plant in
> Sevierville, Tennessee. Hours will be 5-9 PM Friday and 9 AM-3 PM
> Saturday. On hand will be displays and on-the-air demonstrations of
> Ten-Tec equipment, including the new Model 565 Orion and Model 516
> Argonaut V. Other activities include technical forums, Amateur Radio
> examination sessions, guided tours of the plant, tailgating (Saturday
> only), a swap meet, equipment sales and trade ins. There will be free
> refreshments Friday; barbecue will be available Saturday. On the forum
> schedule are ARRL Sales and Marketing Manager and avid contester Dennis
> Motschenbacher, K7BV; and QEX Editor and digital signal processing guru
> Doug Smith, KF6DX, and well-known antenna expert L. B. Cebik, W4RNL.
> Forums get under way at 10 AM Saturday. Ten-Tec is located at 1185 Dolly
> Parton Parkway in Sevierville, about 30 miles east of Knoxville. For more
> information, visit the Ten-Tec Web site <http://www.tentec.com>. The
> Ten-Tec Hamfest is an ARRL-sanctioned event.
>
> * Murphy G. "Murph" Ratterree, W4WMQ, SK: Murph Ratterree, W4WMQ, of Rock
> Hill, South Carolina, died September 9. He was 67. An ARRL member, was the
> founder and first president of the International DX Association (INDEXA),
> which promotes worldwide goodwill among Amateur Radio operators and
> supports DX operations in countries with little or no amateur activity. He
> also was a veteran member of the Carolina DX Association. A chapel service
> was conducted September 11. Survivors include his wife, Margaret Sue, and
> a son and daughter. Memorial contributions are invited to the American
> Cancer Society, 500 E Morehead St, Suite 211, Charlotte, NC 28202.--Judy
> Roush, AA7UC
>
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