[South Florida DX Association] The ARRL Letter, Vol 23, No 16

[Bill Marx]

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> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 24, No. 16
> April 22, 2005
> ***************
>
> IN THIS EDITION:
>
> * +ARRL Executive Committee reviews legal, legislative issues
> * +New Mexico's high court says amateur's antennas can stay
> * +Two-ham crew takes charge of ISS in formal change of command
> * +New Hampshire school logs state's first ARISS QSO
> * +Amateur applications referred for hearings
> * +Ham-radio-in-space pioneer will be ARRL 2005 Convention special guest
> *  Solar Update
> *  IN BRIEF:
>      This weekend on the radio
>      ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course registration
>      Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course registration
>      ARRL Executive Committee bandwidth proposals unchanged for VHF/UHF
>     +Dayton HamventionR to fete award winners
>     +First 47-GHz moonbounce QSOs announced
>      ARRL Field Day 2005 publicity information available
>
> +Available on ARRL Audio News <http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/audio/>
>
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>
> ==>EXPERIMENTAL LICENSE, BPL COURT CHALLENGE ON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AGENDA
>
> The ARRL has applied to the FCC for a Part 5 Experimental license on
behalf
> of a group of amateurs interested in operating in the vicinity of 500 kHz.
> ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, announced the filing during a
> meeting of the ARRL Executive Committee April 9 in Denver. The
experimental
> application was among several items the EC dealt with in addition to its
> recommendations <http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/04/13/1/>
> <http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/04/13/1/> to the ARRL Board of
> Directors regarding a planned regulation-by-bandwidth petition.
>
> If granted, the two-year Part 5 license would permit experimentation and
> research between 495 and 510 kHz using CW and PSK31 at power levels of up
to
> 20 W effective radiated power. ARRL Member Fred Raab, W1FR, of Burlington,
> Vermont, would manage the project, which calls for 23 discrete fixed sites
> from New England to California and Minnesota to Louisiana.
>
> In other business, Imlay noted that the pleading cycle on petitions for
> reconsideration of the FCC's October 14, 2004, Report and Order (R&O) on
> Broadband over Power Line (BPL) has closed. He also reminded the panel
that
> the FCC has yet to take effective enforcement action in a single case of
> ongoing BPL interference.
>
> Imlay informed the EC that he sees at least two strong procedural bases to
> challenge the BPL R&O in the US Court of Appeals. After some discussion,
the
> committee instructed Imlay to develop a recommendation for outside counsel
> to assist with such an appeal. In March, ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, said
> the League did not expect the FCC to make any substantive changes to the
R&O
> in response to various petitions for reconsideration and that the BPL
> proceeding ultimately would wind up in court.
>
> On other legal and legislative matters, Imlay indicated that the FCC R&O
in
> another proceeding, "Nationwide Programmatic Agreement for Review Under
the
> National Historic Preservation Act of 1966," WT Docket 03-128, has
> implications for radio amateurs who might want to install antennas near
> historic sites. Required procedures could be cumbersome and expensive, he
> told the EC. The committee asked ARRL staff to begin discussions with FCC
> staff to come up with the best way to minimize the burden on both Amateur
> Radio licensees and the Commission.
>
> The EC reviewed the status of enforcement action against an unlicensed
> individual in Southern California and agreed that the process has been
> unacceptably slow. The result has been continued and ongoing interference
to
> repeaters in the Los Angeles area.
>
> ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, reported to the EC on recent informal
> discussions with National Telecommunications and Information
Administration
> (NTIA) personnel regarding the possibility of increasing amateur
privileges
> in the 60-meter band. Haynie cited the favorable experience to date
sharing
> five discrete channels with federal government stations. A possible
> presentation to federal government spectrum managers could be the next
step.
>
> Haynie also reported briefly on his February visit to Central America to
> promote Amateur Radio as an educational tool. Haynie expressed
appreciation
> for the help of ARRL Technical Relations Office staff member John
Siverling,
> WB3ERA, and noted that the ARRL delegation was warmly received.
>
> Minutes of the April 9 Executive Committee meeting are on the ARRL Web
site
> <http://www.arrl.org/announce/ec_minutes_476.html>.
>
> ==>NEW MEXICO AMATEUR WINS ANTENNA CASE IN STATE SUPREME COURT
>
> Two 130-foot antenna support structures on the property of New Mexico
radio
> amateur Gerry Smith, W6TER, will remain, now that arguments to permit them
> have prevailed in the state Supreme Court. This month's opinion reversed
New
> Mexico Court of Appeals and District Court decisions that had ruled
against
> allowing Smith to continue constructing the towers on his rural Bernalillo
> County property. In July 1999, the county issued Smith a building permit
but
> in December of that year ordered him to halt the project claiming it had
> erred in issuing the permit. New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice
Richard
> C. Bosson recounted events a bit differently in the unanimous opinion.
>
> "After neighbors complained, the county changed its mind, tried
> unsuccessfully to stop the construction and devised new reasons why
> Plaintiff's [Smith's] radio towers should not be allowed," Bosson wrote.
>
> Smith bought his property in July 1999 after extensively researching deed
> covenants, conditions and restrictions, receiving assurances from county
> officials and submitting a detailed, professionally prepared site plan.
> After Smith got his building permit and began work on the tower project,
> Bernalillo County attempted to shut it down, citing June 1999 amendments
to
> its zoning ordinance that, the county asserted, had removed Amateur Radio
> antennas as an "incidental use" in the A-2 (rural agricultural) zone.
>
> Smith took his case to District Court, which agreed with the county's
> rationale and added another reason of its own to prohibit the structures.
> The case then went to the Appeals Court. In 2002, New Mexico became the
14th
> state to adopt an Amateur Radio antenna bill, based on the limited federal
> preemption known as PRB-1, which requires municipalities to "reasonably
> accommodate" Amateur Radio communication. Paraphrasing the language of
> PRB-1, the Appeals Court agreed that the District Court had acted properly
> in denying Smith's petition because the two 130-foot towers were
> "unreasonable" as a customarily incidental use.
>
> The New Mexico Supreme Court applied three standards of review and agreed
> with Smith on all counts. The high court said that the plain terms of the
> county ordinance indicate that Amateur Radio towers are exempt from height
> restrictions, that the county had previously interpreted ham radio
antennas
> as customarily incidental, and that the county had failed to adopt a
> specific standard to preserve scenic value.
>
> "The results of this case may be unfortunate for the neighbors who
> understandably regard Plaintiff's radio towers as an eyesore," Bosson
wrote
> for the court. "But Plaintiff fairly relied on the express language of the
> ordinance and the assurances of the county zoning officials in buying his
> property." The Supreme Court said that if the county had wanted to prevent
> towers like Smith's, it could have expressly amended its zoning ordinance
to
> include specific height limitations.
>
> "The County cannot after the fact come up with a new legal rationale to
> block an unpopular activity, which was previously permitted, to the
> detriment of a property owner who did everything in his power to follow
the
> rules," Bosson concluded in reversing the Court of Appeals affirmation of
> the District Court decision.
>
> Regarding his neighbors--the nearest of which is some 1500 feet
away--Smith
> said their main concern was not that the towers were an eyesore. "It is
> depreciation of property value," he told ARRL. "In fact, over the course
of
> this litigation, their property values have substantially escalated, in
tune
> with other areas around where I live."
>
> The League actively participated in Smith's case from the start, and ARRL
> General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, filed a friend-of-the-court (amicus
> curiae) brief with the Court of Appeals in support of Smith's appeal. The
> League also filed three extensive briefs in the case, most recently with
the
> New Mexico Supreme Court, said Imlay, who called the decision "a great
> precedent" for similar cases and a "shot in the arm for tower planning."
>
> "Most importantly, the case holds that Amateur Radio antennas--even large
> ones not specifically regulated by ordinance--can be constructed without
an
> unlegislated 'reasonableness' factor," Imlay commented.
>
> Smith credited Albuquerque attorney Ed Ricco, N5LI, an ARRL Volunteer
> Counsel, for the successful outcome. "It was Ed's masterful briefs and
oral
> argument that won this case," he said.
>
> ==>NEW TWO-HAM TEAM TAKES OVER ABOARD ISS
>
> International Space Station Expedition 10 crew members Leroy Chiao,
KE5BRW,
> and Salizhan Sharipov have formally handed over command of the station to
> the Expedition 11 crew of Commander Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR, and US
Astronaut
> and ISS Science Officer and Flight Engineer John Phillips, KE5DRY. A
formal
> change-of-command ceremony was held aboard the ISS today.
>
> "We are at the end of our mission," said Chiao, who headed the Expedition
10
> crew. "Salizhan Shapirovich Shapirov and I look back with pride at our
> mission and accomplishments. We are proud to have represented the
> international partnership in space and to have moved us forward in our
> collective efforts to further our reach into the cosmos."
>
> Chiao then handed the microphone over to Krikalev. "John Phillips and I
are
> ready to accept the responsibility of operating and maintaining the ISS,"
> the new commander said. "We will take good care of her and continue the
> forward push in our international efforts of space exploration." Chiao
then
> formally passed command of the ISS to Krikalev, which he accepted.
>
> Accompanying Krikalev and Phillips on the April 15 Soyuz "taxi flight" was
> European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut Roberto Vittori, IZ6ERU, of Italy.
> Over the past week, the five space travelers have been involved in various
> crew handover duties and briefings. And while the newcomers have been
> settling in, Chiao and Sharipov--who have been aboard the space outpost
> since last October--have been gathering up their gear, understandably
eager
> to go home.
>
> Krikalev, 46, and Phillips, 54, both have been aboard the ISS before. Now
> returning as the crew commander, Krikalev was a member of the very first
> crew to occupy the ISS in November 2000. By the time his Expedition 11
stay
> is over, Krikalev will have spent more time in space than any other human.
> Phillips was a member of the shuttle Endeavour STS-100 crew and
coordinated
> two spacewalks at the ISS to install Canadarm2. He's been wanting to
return
> ever since.
>
> During his brief visit, Vittori conducted experiments aboard the station
> under a commercial agreement between ESA and the Russian space agency. He
> also put in a little radio time, talking to youngsters back on Earth
during
> three Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS
> <http://www.rac.ca/ariss/> ) contacts.
>
> On April 18, he conducted ARISS school group QSOs with two technical
> schools. One of the schools was named for wireless pioneer Guglielmo
> Marconi, and his daughter, Princess Elettra Marconi, assisted in the event
> and extended greetings to Vittori, at one point saying her father "would
> have been proud of you for your marvelous mission."
>
> On April 20, Vittori answered questions from youngsters gathered at the
> European Space Research Institute (ESRIN) in Frascati, Italy. The ESA had
> invited more than 120 pupils from primary schools in the region to the
> event. All of Vittori's school group contacts were conducted in Italian.
> Special event station II0ESA will be on the air on HF from Rome until May
15
> to celebrate the Vittori's flight.
>
> The departing crew and Vittori will leave the ISS Sunday, April 24, aboard
> the Soyuz transporter that carried Expedition 10 into space last fall.
> They're scheduled to land that evening in Kazakhstan.
>
> Although he made few casual Amateur Radio contacts, Chiao set an ARISS
> record during his duty tour by racking up a total of 23 ARISS school group
> contacts. The first Expedition 11 ARISS school group contact is scheduled
> for May 4.
>
> ==>SECOND TIME'S THE CHARM FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL SPACE CONTACT
>
> Youngsters at Maple Avenue Elementary School in Goffstown, New Hampshire,
> had to wait an extra week, but on April 13, they were able to talk
directly
> via Amateur Radio with Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW, at the controls of NA1SS on
the
> International Space Station. Technical problems cropped up on the
originally
> scheduled date of April 5. The Amateur Radio on the International Space
> Station (ARISS) program was able to reschedule the contact for April 13.
> Chiao told one youngster that while there's no weather per se in space,
the
> ISS can view Earth's weather. The external environment of space does come
> into play, however, in developing suits for spacewalks, he said.
>
> "We really don't run into any kind of environmental weather or anything
like
> that," Chiao explained. "Of course, outside in space it's a vacuum and
it's
> very cold or very hot depending on whether you're in the sun or in the
> shade. And so those are factors that we consider when we design the
> spacesuits."
>
> During the approximately 10-minute direct VHF contact, the 20 Maple Avenue
> kids ran smoothly through a list of 20 questions, and Chiao was almost
> through answering the last when the ISS got out of range of ground station
> W1SSC, the call sign of Spaceflight Systems Corporation Amateur Radio Club
> in Nashua.
>
> Students taking part in the ARISS contact were in Georgia Paris' fourth
> grade class, who spoke with NA1SS using Amateur Radio equipment set up at
> the school specifically for the contact with NA1SS.
>
> Responding to another question, Chiao elaborated on experiments that have
> been under way during his Expedition 10 duty tour. Chiao said the space
> station's goal is to be a worldwide laboratory.
>
> "We've done some interesting experiments on board," Chiao said. "We've
done
> one experiment in particular--something called 'Telemed'--and we use an
> ultrasound machine to image each other's internal organs and bones and
teeth
> and things like that, taking directions from a doctor on the ground."
>
> Chiao has explained in past ARISS school contacts that the Telemed
> experiment is aimed in part at coming up with ways to monitor the health
of
> space travelers and diagnose problems that might arise during long-term
> space ventures. The two-man crew, which includes Russian cosmonaut
Salizhan
> Sharipov, also has been growing some pea pods, Chiao said.
>
> The Maple Avenue Elementary QSO marked the first Amateur Radio school
group
> contact with a New Hampshire school. An audience of 200 students,
teachers,
> parents, local dignitaries and news media was on hand for the event. Jim
> Heedles, WW1Y, who served as the Earth station control operator for the
> contact, thanked all who were involved in helping to make "lifelong
> memories" for the fourth graders.
>
> ARISS <http://www.rac.ca/ariss/> is an educational outreach with US
> participation by ARRL, AMSAT and NASA.
>
> ==>FCC ENFORCEMENT BUREAU REFERS TWO AMATEUR APPLICATIONS FOR HEARINGS
>
> The FCC Enforcement Bureau has referred two Amateur Radio Service
> applications to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) for hearings
> because of enforcement-related issues. If they agree to go forward with
the
> formal proceedings, Yuriy Ryabinin, W3MMM (ex-KC2LLM)/UR5DEM, of Brooklyn,
> New York, and Thomas A. Lynch Jr, K6COL, of Los Altos, California, would
> have to appear in separate sessions before an administrative law judge
(ALJ)
> in Washington, DC. The ALJ would rely on hearing testimony in determining
> how the FCC should dispose of the respective pending applications.
Ryabinin
> has applied to upgrade from Tech Plus to General, while Lynch is seeking
to
> renew his General ticket.
>
> "It is apparent that you either do not have a sufficient understanding of
> Commission rules or are disregarding Commission rules," FCC Special
Counsel
> for Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth told Ryabinin and Lynch in separate
> letters March 11 and March 16, respectively.
>
> Issues involving Ryabinin's amateur operation in the US attracted the
FCC's
> attention in 2003, when the Commission notified him regarding his alleged
> operation during contests on frequencies not available to him as a
> Technician class licensee. The FCC accepted Ryabinin's November 2003
> explanation that he was confused about the privileges available to him in
> the US under his Ukraine licensee. Because Ryabinin is a US citizen and
> already holds an FCC Amateur Service license, the Commission reminded him
in
> January 2004, he does not enjoy reciprocal operating privileges in the US
> and must operate under the privileges his US licenses allows.
>
> Ryabinin passed the General examination in March 2004 and submitted an
> upgrade application. The FCC last June notified him that it was reviewing
> his application as a result of information that Ryabinin had submitted
logs
> showing he'd operated outside of his Tech Plus privileges five times
during
> the 2003 ARRL 10-Meter Contest.
>
> Responding last July to the FCC inquiry, Ryabinin again pleaded a mistaken
> understanding of the rules and "fatigue during competition," and said he
> would not repeat the errors. Hollingsworth said Ryabinin's explanations of
> the rule violations were "not acceptable," however.
>
> Hollingsworth further noted that the ARRL last October disqualified
> Ryabinin's single-operator, low-power entry for the ARRL International DX
> Contest (CW), in which Ryabinin operated as KF0R, then issued to the DX
> Venture Club of New York City. Whether or not Ryabinin operated under the
> direction of a qualified control operator, Hollingsworth said, he
apparently
> violated FCC Amateur Service rules either way.
>
> In Lynch's case, Hollingsworth noted complaints dating back about a year
> regarding alleged interference, as well as at least one instance of
> operating outside his General class privileges. "Your responses have been
> inadequate," Hollingsworth said, adding that monitoring information
> "continues to show your apparently deliberate interference" on 40-meter
SSB,
> including complaints as recent as February 2005.
>
> Lynch's license expired March 28, 2005. Since he filed a timely renewal
> application, he will be permitted to continue operating until the FCC
makes
> a decision on whether to grant his application.
>
> At some point, the WTB is expected to issue a Hearing Designation Order to
> each licensee. Hollingsworth noted that the burden of proof in such
hearings
> is on the applicant, not the FCC. In the meantime, Hollingsworth warned
both
> licensees that fines for any violations such as out-of-band operation or
> deliberate interference normally range from $4000 to $7500.
>
> ==>HAM-RADIO-IN-SPACE PIONEER TONY ENGLAND, W0ORE, TO BE ARRL EXPO GUEST
>
> Tony England, W0ORE, the second US astronaut to ever use Amateur Radio in
> space, will be a special guest of the League's at ARRL EXPO 2005
> <http://www.arrl.org/announce/nc/2005/> at Dayton Hamvention
> <http://www.hamvention.org>.
>
> Present plans call for England to be at the ARRL EXPO 2005 area in the
> Ballarena of the Hara Arena complex Friday, May 20, from 9:30 until 10 AM,
> and at the ARRL youth activities area from 10 until 10:30 AM. Visitors may
> want to have England autograph their Dayton Hamvention programs or ARRL
> Passports.
>
> During his NASA career, England served on the support staff for the Apollo
> 13 and 16 flights. In 1985, England flew the Space Amateur Radio
EXperiment
> (SAREX) during the STS-51F Spacelab-2 mission. He retired from NASA in
1988
> after logging 188 hours in space.
>
> England, 62, now is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the University
> of Michigan College of Engineering as well as a professor of electrical
> engineering and computer science and professor of atmospheric, oceanic and
> space sciences.
>
> ==>SOLAR UPDATE
>
> Propagation maven Tad "Hey, Mister Sun" Cook, K7RA, Seattle, Washington,
> reports: Little changed in terms of sunspots and solar flux this week, but
> it was one of those periods were average daily sunspot numbers were up
> slightly and average daily solar flux was down a little. Average daily
> sunspot numbers were up more than 10 points to 50.9, and average daily
solar
> flux was down 5 points to 81.9.
>
> Geomagnetic conditions were calmer and quieter, with no really stormy days
> at all. As for the most unsettled days, the planetary A index was 19 on
> April 14, while the mid-latitude A index was 14. On April 20, the
planetary
> A index was 21, and the mid-latitude A index was 12.
>
> No large sunspots are detected on the sun's far side, and the projection
for
> the next week is for more of the same in terms of solar flux and sunspot
> numbers. April 25-28 could see a slight rise in sunspot count. April 22-23
> could produce some unsettled geomagnetic conditions if the interplanetary
> magnetic field turns south. Currently, the field points north.
>
> Sunspot numbers for April 14 through 20 were 63, 61, 52, 54, 44, 43 and
39,
> with a mean of 50.9. The 10.7 cm flux was 85.4, 84.9, 82.9, 83.6, 81.3,
78.2
> and 77, with a mean of 81.9. Estimated planetary A indices were 19, 13, 7,
> 5, 8, 8 and 21, with a mean of 11.6. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were
> 14, 7, 4, 4, 5, 6 and 12, with a mean of 7.4.
>
> __________________________________
>
> ==>IN BRIEF:
>
> * This weekend on the radio: The DX Colombia International Contest, the SP
> DX RTTY Contest, the Helvetia Contest, and the Florida and Nebraska QSO
> parties are the weekend of April 23-24. JUST AHEAD: the EUCW/FISTS QRS
Party
> runs from April 24 until April 30. The SBMS 2 GHz and Up WW Club Contest
is
> the weekend of April 30-May 1. The May CW Sprint and the AGCW QRP/QRP
Party
> are May 1. The RSGB 80-Meter Club Championship (SSB) is May 2. 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 HF Digital Communication (EC-005) and ARRL
> VHF/UHF--Beyond the Repeater (EC-008) courses remains open through Sunday,
> April 24. Classes begin Friday, May 6. Students participating in
> VHF/UHF--Beyond the Repeater (EC-008) will enjoy exploring some of the
> lesser-used and more intriguing aspects of VHF/UHF operation. HF Digital
> Communication students will learn to use a variety of HF digital modes. To
> learn more, visit the ARRL Certification and Continuing Education Web page
> <http://www.arrl.org/cce/> or contact the ARRL C-CE Department
> <cce at arrl.org>.
>
> * Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course registration: Registration
> for the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level III on-line
course
> (EC-003) opens Monday, April 18, 1201 AM EDT, and will remain open until
all
> available seats have been filled or through the April 23-24
> weekend--whichever comes first. Class begins Friday, May 6. Thanks to our
> grant sponsors--the Corporation for National and Community Service and the
> United Technologies Corporation--the $45 registration fee paid upon
> enrollment will be reimbursed after successful completion of the course.
Act
> now! This is the final year of the grant-subsidized classes! Radio
amateurs
> age 55 and older are strongly encouraged to participate. During this
> registration period, seats are being offered to ARRL members on a
> first-come, first-served basis. To learn more, visit the ARRL
Certification
> and Continuing Education Web page <http://www.arrl.org/cce>. For more
> information, contact Emergency Communications Course Manager Dan Miller,
> K3UFG, cce at arrl.org; 860-594-0340.
>
> * ARRL Executive Committee bandwidth proposals unchanged for VHF/UHF: The
> ARRL Executive Committee's bandwidth recommendations for VHF and UHF bands
> have not changed since the Committee's recommendations of last August.
> <http://www.arrl.org/announce/bandwidth.html>. They are repeated here. 6
and
> 2 meters: The proposal preserves the lower 300 kHz in each band for
> narrowband, weak-signal modes reflecting established practice, but opens
the
> rest of these bands for bandwidths up to 100 kHz. This is intended to
permit
> new modes, particularly multimedia. 1.25 meters: Both segments of this
band
> already permit up to 100 kHz bandwidth for data. The ARRL requested in
> RM-10413 that spread spectrum emissions be authorized in the 222-225 MHz
> segment. 70 cm through 1 mm: Present rules permit 100 kHz for data but
allow
> wider bandwidth for TV, generally regarded as up to 6 MHz for vestigial
> sideband AM in bands below 1240 MHz, noting that FM TV is used in bands
> above 1240 MHz. In these bands, the rules should minimize regulation of
> bandwidth to permit maximum flexibility in Amateur operation. The only
> limitation should be to keep the occupied bandwidth of the emission in the
> allocated in the band and utilize normal band-sharing protocols. As
reported
> in The ARRL Letter, Vol 24, No 15, the ARRL EC has somewhat altered its
> recommendations for the HF bands. Visit the ARRL Web site for details
> <http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/04/13/1/>.
>
> * Dayton HamventionR to fete award winners: Dayton Hamvention will honor
> this year's award recipients at an invitation-only dinner Saturday, May
21.
> The event will not be open to the general public because of space
> limitations, but it will be videotaped for later presentation. The 2005
> Dayton Hamvention award winners are Alan Kaul, W6RCL, Radio Amateur of the
> Year; Bharathi Prasad, VU2RBI, Special Achievement Award, and Jerry
Sevick,
> W2FMI, Technical Excellence Award. The Hamvention Awards Committee will
host
> the gala, which will feature a banquet and awards ceremony. A formal award
> presentation will be held Sunday, May 22, during the Hamvention 2005
closing
> ceremonies just prior to the grand prize drawing. Dayton Hamvention will
> host the ARRL 2005 National Convention May 20-22
> <http://www.arrl.org/announce/nc/2005/>.
>
> * First 47-GHz moonbounce QSOs announced: The team of Al Ward, W5LUA,
Barry
> Malowanchuk, VE4MA, Gary Lauterbach, AD6FP, and Sergei Joutiaev, RW3BP,
have
> announced the completion of the first 47-GHz Earth-Moon-Earth (EME)
> contacts. RW3BP copied the first lunar echoes on 47 GHz in August 2004.
That
> same month, he was heard by AD6FP, W5LUA, VE4MA and VE7CLD. Since the
> receipt of the first 47-GHz echoes via the moon, numerous tests between
> RW3BP and AD6FP led to improvements by Joutiaev allowing him to copy calls
> in January from Lauterbach's lower-power signal. As of April 16, AD6FP,
> W5LUA and VE4MA have each completed a CW QSO via the moon with RW3BP.
"Since
> Doppler shift can be as much as 100+ kHz at 47 GHz, one must continuously
> adjust the receive frequency to keep the station centered in the
passband,"
> Ward explained. Ward says the operators used various techniques to keep
the
> Doppler-shifted frequency in the receivers' passbands.
>
> * ARRL Field Day 2005 publicity information available: Field Day 2005 is
the
> weekend of Saturday and Sunday, June 25-26. Per rule 7.3.2, 100 bonus
points
> are available to FD stations in all classes for bona fide efforts to
obtain
> publicity for your Field Day operation from local media. ARRL Field Day
2005
> publicity information now is available on the ARRL Web site
> <http://www.arrl.org/pio/contact/2005/04/fddocs> for public information
> officers and clubs. The page includes sample news releases and information
> on publicizing your participation in Field Day 2005. It also reviews
> publicity information for "National Take your HT to Work Day" June 21,
when
> hams are encouraged to clip their handheld transceivers on their belts or
> place them on their desks to raise awareness and prompt inquiries about
> Amateur Radio from co-workers. Amateur Radio Week 2005 is June 19-26.
>
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