[South Florida DX Association] ARLX003 The ARRL Letter, Volume 24,
Number 24 - SPECIAL
Bill Marx
bmarx at bellsouth.net
Wed Jun 22 18:35:50 EDT 2005
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> Special Bulletin 2 ARLX003
> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT June 22, 2005
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB SPCL ARL ARLX003
> ARLX003 The ARRL Letter, Volume 24, Number 24 - SPECIAL
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> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 24, No. 24
> June 17, 2005
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> IN THIS EDITION:
>
> * +Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection bill now in US Senate
> * +"Get involved in the good things" in ham radio, Dayton forum urged
> * +ISS crew could be on for Field Day again this year
> * +The FCC proposes $21,000 in fines for K1MAN
> * +Hams activate in advance of first named Atlantic storm
> * +"SuitSat" moves closer to launch
> * Solar Update
> * IN BRIEF:
> This weekend on the radio: ARRL Kid's Day is June 18!
> +President names Scott Redd, K0DQ, to head counter-terrorism center
> +K6KPH to transmit W1AW FD bulletin for West Coast
> ARRL warns against spurious, virus-infected e-mails
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> ==>US SENATE VERSION OF AMATEUR RADIO SPECTRUM PROTECTION ACT OF 2005
> INTRODUCED
>
> A US Senate version of the Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2005
> has been introduced in the 109th Congress with bipartisan support. Sen
> Michael Crapo of Idaho sponsored the measure, S 1236, on June 14. The
> wording of the bill is identical to the House version, HR 691,
> introduced earlier this year by Rep Michael Bilirakis of Florida.
> Joining Crapo as cosponsors of the Senate bill were Senators Christopher
> Bond of Missouri, Max Baucus and Conrad Burns of Montana, and Daniel
> Akaka of Hawaii. The bill has been referred to the US Senate Commerce,
> Science and Transportation Committee of which Burns is a member. ARRL
> CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, said the League is pleased that Crapo has agreed
> to once again sponsor this legislation at ARRL's urging.
>
> "We are grateful for Sen Crapo's demonstration of support by introducing
> the Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2005," Sumner said. "His
> sponsorship of this bill shows his appreciation for the value and
> utility of Amateur Radio to the US public, especially in times of
> emergency."
>
> Like previous versions of the proposal, the House and Senate measures
> would require the FCC to provide "equivalent replacement spectrum" to
> the Amateur Radio and Amateur-Satellite services in the event of
> reallocation to other services of primary amateur spectrum or the
> diminution of secondary amateur spectrum. The bill also would cover
> additional allocations within Amateur Radio bands that "would
> substantially reduce" their utility to Amateur Service licensees.
>
> In a letter this week, ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, also thanked
> Crapo for his continued support of the Spectrum Protection Act. "As you
> know, this legislation is vital for ensuring that the Amateur Radio
> Service, the only 100 percent fail-safe emergency communication
> capability, remains a viable public safety option," Haynie said, adding
> that the League also appreciates the work of Crapo's staff in getting
> the bill into play in the new Congress. "The ARRL looks forward to
> working with you on successfully passing this legislation during the
> 109th Congress," he said.
>
> The legislation references Amateur Radio's role in providing "voluntary,
> noncommercial radio service, particularly emergency communications," and
> it points out that hams have "consistently and reliably" provided
> communication support in the event of emergencies and disasters
> including tornadoes and hurricanes, chemical spills, forest fires and
> rail accidents. As the measure notes, FCC actions already have led to
> the loss of at least 107 MHz of spectrum to radio amateurs.
>
> Efforts will continue--now in both chambers of Congress--to attract
> additional cosponsors for S 1236 and HR 691. The League encourages its
> members to urge their congressional representatives and senators to sign
> aboard. A sample letter for HR 691
> <http://www.arrl.org/govrelations/hr-691-sample-letter.html> and a
> sample letter for S 1236
> <http://www.arrl.org/announce/regulatory/s-1236/>--are available on the
> ARRL Web site for members to use as guides in writing their members of
> Congress to seek their support.
>
> To expedite delivery, send all correspondence bound for Members of
> Congress--preferably as an attachment--to research.assistant at chwatco.com
> or fax it to 703-684-7594. The ARRL will bundle correspondence addressed
> to each Member of Congress for hand delivery.
>
> ==>RILEY HOLLINGSWORTH: "GET INVOLVED IN THE GOOD THINGS IN AMATEUR
> RADIO!"
>
> FCC Special Counsel for Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth told the Dayton
> Hamvention FCC Forum May 21 "all you need to know to enhance your radio
> service--in one simple lesson." Drawing upon his nearly seven years
> experience as the FCC's Amateur Radio enforcement point man,
> Hollingsworth told his audience "what I personally think you need to do
> to make the Amateur Radio Service thrive and to enjoy the incredible
> opportunity" to have fun and engage in public service activities.
>
> "Overall, amateur compliance, I think, is very, very good--I'm really
> happy with it," although, he said, "we still have a good distance to go"
> in certain areas. Complaints also have continued to decline steadily
> over the past year. "I think that's a good sign," he said, predicting
> the trend would continue. He advised hams to avoid ugly on-the-air
> situations and confrontations. "Just use the VFO and go somewhere else,"
> he said.
>
> On the other hand, enthusiasm and happiness on ham radio are contagious,
> Hollingsworth asserted, and amateur licensees themselves are responsible
> for creating and maintaining a hospitable operating environment. Among
> the good things going on in ham radio, Hollingsworth elicited a round of
> applause by singling out Pennsylvania teacher Sean Barnes, N3JQ, whose
> classes have helped 60 youngsters to obtain Amateur Radio licensees over
> the past three years.
>
> The most high-profile recent enforcement case--involving former amateur
> licensee Jack Gerritsen in the Los Angeles--"is not technically an
> amateur case," Hollingsworth explained. He pointed out, however, that
> the FCC is looking to determine who supplied Gerritsen with Amateur
> Radio equipment and "encouraged him."
>
> His final admonishment: Good amateur practice means "not operating so
> that whoever hears you becomes sorry they ever got interested in Amateur
> Radio in the first place." He urged hams to look to the future and "get
> involved in the good things in Amateur Radio" and spread the word among
> to acquaint the public and even legislators, lawmakers and government
> officials.
>
> "It's not about enforcement. It's about your obligation," he said.
> Enforcement can't cure all Amateur Radio's ills. "It's all about you and
> what you're doing with [Amateur Radio]," he concluded. "Look beyond
> enforcement."
>
> ==>ISS ASTRONAUTS COULD BE ON THE AIR FOR FIELD DAY!
>
> International Space Station crew members John Phillips, KE5DRY, and
> Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR, may be on the air for ARRL Field Day, June
> 25-26. ISS Ham Radio Project Engineer Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, at Johnson
> Space Center, says the Expedition 11 astronauts plan to participate in
> Field Day 2005 on a limited basis. Previous ISS crew members have handed
> out contacts during Field Day from both NA1SS and RS0ISS. Ransom this
> week reviewed potential ISS pass times, and a few are favorable for US
> stations, although some will occur during the very early morning hours.
> Phillips and Krikalev will use the Amateur Radio on the International
> Space Station (ARISS) radio gear aboard the spacecraft.
>
> "Hams on the ISS will try to be on for ARRL Field Day," Ransom said.
> "The crew can make contacts anytime during the 1800 UTC June 25 to 1800
> UTC June 26 period as time permits. Most activity will be over North and
> South America, but stations worldwide should be listening."
>
> Ransom says the pass times are only recommendations, and there is no
> guarantee that either Phillips or Krikalev will actually be on the air
> during any of them. Passes marked by asterisks (*) are recommended.
> Times are in UTC.
>
> Saturday, June 25
> 1826-1834 Hawaii
> 1852-1902 Southern Chile & Argentina
>
> Sunday, June 26
> 0743-0804 Canada and NW US
> 0847-0901 Central and eastern Australia
> 0919-0938 Southern Canada and NE US
> 1020-1035 Western Australia
> *1053-1115 Alaska, SW Canada and eastern US
> *1110-1130 Caribbean, NE South America
> 1211-1223 Eastern Japan
> *1226-1248 Alaska, Western US
> *1246-1306 Central South America
> 1346-1359 Western Japan
> 1428-1442 Central Argentina
> 1606-1617 Southern Chile and Argentina
> *1715-1725 Hawaii
>
> Phillips will operate as NA1SS and handing out "1 Alfa ISS" for a
> report. If Expedition 11 Commander Krikalev gets on the air too, he'll
> identify as RS0ISS and give the same exchange. In the past, crew members
> have operated from both the Phase 1 and Phase 2 ARISS stations using 2
> meters and 70 cm.
>
> The standard ISS voice frequencies for contacts in ITU Region 2 are
> 144.49 MHz up and 145.80 MHz down, FM.
>
> If the astronauts can't get on the air to make voice QSOs, the RS0ISS
> packet station should be on and available for ground stations to work
> each other via the packet digipeater using "ARISS" as the alias for the
> call sign in UNPROTO mode. Frequencies are 145.99 MHz up and 145.80 MHz
> down.
>
> ARRL Contest Branch Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND, notes that ISS voice or
> direct packet contacts with the ISS do not count for bonus satellite
> contact points because the ISS is not an "Amateur Radio satellite" as
> event rules specify. Packet contacts relayed via the ISS are valid.
>
> "The ISS contacts do not count for satellite credit, since they are
> point-to-point, whereas the traditional satellite QSO is a relayed
> Earth-satellite-Earth two-way contact," he explained. Field Day has no
> specific rules relating to ARISS operation because there's no guarantee
> that the crew will be able to get on the air for the annual exercise.
>
> ==>FCC ISSUES $21,000 NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY TO MAINE AMATEUR
>
> The FCC has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL)
> proposing to fine Glenn A. Baxter, K1MAN, of Belgrade Lakes, Maine,
> $21,000. In the NAL, released June 7, the FCC alleges that Baxter has
> violated several sections of the Part 97 Amateur Service rules. The list
> includes interfering with ongoing communications, transmitting
> communications in which he has a pecuniary interest, failing to provide
> information the FCC has requested, engaging in broadcasting, and failing
> to exercise control of his station. In the NAL, the FCC's Enforcement
> Bureau recounts past correspondence to and from Baxter--a registered
> professional engineer and executive director of the American Amateur
> Radio Association (AARA).
>
> "In response to numerous complaints of deliberate interference caused by
> transmissions from Mr Baxter's Amateur station K1MAN to ongoing radio
> communications of other stations, including stations participating in
> the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Net, the Bureau issued a Warning
> Notice to Mr Baxter on September 15, 2004," the NAL states.
>
> The Warning Notice requested that Baxter explain his method of station
> control and what action, if any, was being taken in response to the
> interference complaints. The FCC said its Warning Notice also recalled a
> written warning dated April 14, 2004, advising Baxter that enforcement
> action would be taken if he failed to correct the deliberate
> interference attributed to his station and if he continued to use his
> station for pecuniary interest by advertising his Web site.
>
> Baxter responded on October 14, 2004, stating "no corrective actions are
> necessary at K1MAN" and that his method of station control "is in full
> compliance with all FCC rules" and that K1MAN "is in full compliance
> with all FCC rules, state laws, and federal laws."
>
> Calling Baxter's response "insufficient," the FCC issued a second
> Warning Notice last October 29, spelling out his "obligations as a
> licensee to furnish the information requested by the Bureau." The
> Warning Notice also reported the receipt of two more complaints alleging
> deliberate interference. The FCC gave Baxter 20 more days to provide
> information regarding the identity of the control operator and his
> method of station control on the dates and times specified in the recent
> interference complaints.
>
> The FCC says Baxter responded last November 2 to indicate that his
> previous response had "provided all the information required by FCC
> rules and by federal law." He did not offer any information regarding
> the identity of the control operator or the method of station control,
> the FCC added.
>
> The NAL also cites monitoring of K1MAN by FCC personnel and asserts that
> last November 27, "K1MAN began transmitting on top of ongoing
> communications at 5:54 PM EST on 3.890 MHz, disrupting the
> communications by other licensees," the FCC reported. It alleged similar
> occurrences on December 8 and March 31.
>
> FCC personnel from Boston inspected K1MAN last November 30. During that
> visit, the FCC said, Baxter demonstrated that he could control his
> station's transmitter using a telephone interface.
>
> Last December 1, the FCC said, K1MAN transmitted "a pre-recorded program
> lasting nearly seventy minutes, which consisted of an interview by Mr
> Baxter with Mr Jeff Owens." The Commission contends that the
> transmission "consisted of a lengthy broadcast of the telephone
> interview with Mr Owens" during which, it says, Baxter explained how
> Owens could invest in franchises of Baxter Associates--a management
> consulting, executive search and executive career management
> enterprise--and how Baxter planned to market franchises of Baxter
> Associates.
>
> "Nothing in the program related to Amateur Radio, and no station call
> sign was given until the conclusion of the seventy-minute program," the
> FCC stated. The Commission said the transmission constituted a broadcast
> and an impermissible one-way transmission.
>
> On December 19, 2004, the Commission asserts, K1MAN "broadcast
> transmissions of an apparently defective pre-recorded audio tape, which
> resulted in the repeated transmission of a nine-word phrase, and
> segments thereof, without any intervention of a control operator and
> without the identification of the station's call sign." The transmission
> lasted some 46 minutes, the Commission reported, noting that Baxter's
> station shut down abruptly in mid-sentence. The FCC said this incident
> indicated that the control operator did not have sufficient control over
> his station.
>
> The Commission says on March 30, 2005, on at least four occasions on
> 3.890 MHz its monitoring personnel observed K1MAN advertising the AARA
> Web site, which "offers various products for sale." It concluded that
> those mentions and the transmission of the Baxter Associates interview
> violated FCC Amateur Service rules "by transmitting communications
> regarding matters in which he has a pecuniary interest."
>
> The FCC further concluded that Baxter failed to supply information it
> had requested in its warning notices of last September 15 and October
> 29. The Commission gave Baxter 30 days to pay the fine or file a written
> statement seeking a reduction or cancellation of the proposed fine.
>
> ==>HURRICANE WATCH NET, WX4NHC ACTIVATE IN ADVANCE OF TROPICAL STORM
> ARLENE
>
> The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) and WX4NHC at the National Hurricane
> Center in Miami announced activations Saturday, June 11, around midday
> UTC, a few hours before Tropical Storm Arlene made landfall along the
> western Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama. The storm, which
> produced considerable rainfall, never did reach hurricane status,
> although it had been expected to.
>
> After making landfall, the storm quickly dissipated into a tropical
> depression. Arlene caused scattered power outages affecting several
> thousand customers in the Florida Panhandle.
>
> The HWN activated on 14.325 MHz to gather ground-level weather data to
> relay via WX4NHC to hurricane forecasters. HWN Manager Mike Pilgrim,
> K5MP, reports the HWN secured operations at 1830 UTC on June 11.
>
> The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Arlene had been
> sporting maximum sustained winds near hurricane force--70 MPH--with
> higher gusts before coming ashore. WX4NHC monitored the HWN as well as
> EchoLink and IRLP 9219 via the WX_Talk Conference Room. Remnants of
> Arlene continued to drop heavy rains well into the US Midwest early this
> week.
>
> ==>FALL LAUNCH VIEWED FOR "SUITSAT" AS ARISS-US DELIVERS HARDWARE
>
> The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) US Team has
> delivered its hardware contribution to the "SuitSat" project to NASA's
> Johnson Space Center (JSC), where the ARISS-US Team had performed safety
> tests. If all goes according to plan, the ISS crew will deploy
> SuitSat--a surplus Russian Orlan spacesuit equipped with Amateur Radio
> gear, a DVD of school artwork and other experiments--this fall during a
> spacewalk. ARISS International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said this week
> that NASA is in the process of shipping the ARISS-US hardware to Russia,
> where it will undergo final tests and certification and integration with
> ARISS-Russia's SuitSat gear. SuitSat will fly to the ISS aboard a
> Progress supply rocket in August or September.
>
> "On behalf of the ARISS International team, I want to congratulate the
> SuitSat hardware development team for their 'can do' spirit and ability
> to deliver the SuitSat hardware on such a very challenging schedule,"
> Bauer said. He pointed out that NASA only gave the okay on May 10 for
> the ARISS-US team to go forward with the SuitSat project.
>
> "In the four short weeks since that letter was signed," Bauer said, "the
> US project team, has designed, built and tested a simple--yet fully
> featured--system that we hope will inspire hams and students around the
> world."
>
> Bauer says SuitSat will beam down special messages and an SSTV image
> from within the Orlan spacesuit as it floats in space. "The SuitSat
> radio system will allow hams and students to track the suit and decode
> special international messages, spacesuit telemetry and a pre-programmed
> Slow Scan TV image through its specially built digital voice messaging
> system and Amateur Radio transmitter," he said this week. The ARISS-US
> Team expressed its appreciation to Kenwood for its donation of--and
> assistance with--the radios that are embedded in the SuitSat system.
>
> The brainchild of the ARISS-Russia team headed by Sergei Samburov,
> RV3DR--SuitSat will have transmit-only capability operating from the
> suit's battery power. The concept came in for extensive discussion
> during the joint AMSAT Symposium/ARISS International Partner meeting
> last October. "Since October the SuitSat design concept matured and
> evolved due to the challenging development time constraints," Bauer
> said.
>
> On the ARISS-Russia side, SuitSat is being led by Project Manager A. P.
> Alexandrov and Deputy Project Manager A. Poleshuk. Satellite veteran Lou
> McFadin, W5DID, is heading up the hardware development for the ARISS-US
> Team.
>
> The SuitSat project has generated interest from several schools, which
> have contributed audio greetings in English, French, Spanish, German,
> Japanese and Russian for transmission from SuitSat. Students at a NASA
> Explorer School, Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring, Maryland,
> supplied the voice message for the US English contribution, Bauer said.
>
> The ARISS-Russia team is building a launch container and has assembled
> systems consisting a transmitter, digi-talker assembly, control box,
> dummy load, antenna cable and control cable. SuitSat's call sign, RS0RS,
> and voice greetings--along with educational materials solicited from
> schools--have been burned into memory. Among other things, SuitSat will
> carry voice greetings to commemorate the 175th anniversary of Russia's
> Bauman Moscow State Technical University.
>
> The SuitSat project already is attracting attention within the
> non-Amateur Radio world. ARRL Field and Educational Services Manager
> Rosalie White, K1STO--who's ARISS-International
> Secretary-Treasurer--already has fielded questions from a reporter for
> NewScientist.com, and news stories have surfaced on Space.com and on
> Greensboro, North Carolina, TV station WFMY.
>
> Once deployed, SuitSat is expected to orbit the planet for several weeks
> before burning up when it enters Earth's atmosphere. A second Orlan
> space suit is expected to become available for possible deployment as a
> temporary satellite in 2007.
>
> ==>SOLAR UPDATE
>
> Propagation guru Tad "That Lucky Ol' Sun" Cook, K7RA, Seattle,
> Washington, reports: If you look at the average of daily sunspot or
> solar flux numbers for the past week, you'll see hardly a change from
> the previous period. This does not mean there was no activity or zero
> sunspots, but the average daily solar flux is exactly the same the past
> week as the one previous, and the average daily sunspot number was down
> by less than one point. Sunspot counts rose in the earlier period,
> peaked at the end of that reporting week (Thursday through Wednesday)
> and declined over the next seven days. Last Friday, June 10, sunspots
> 775 and 776 were transiting the center of the visible solar disk, which
> meant they were in the best position for affecting Earth.
>
> A coronal mass ejection (CME) on June 9 caused a geomagnetic storm on
> June 12, when the arrival of the ejection and solar wind was met with a
> south-pointing interplanetary magnetic field. When the field points
> north, it helps protect the Earth from the effects of solar wind. But
> when it points south, Earth is vulnerable. On June 13 the field again
> pointed north.
>
> Currently we are experiencing effects from a CME that swept over Earth
> around 0900 UTC on June 16. This was a weak disturbance, but it was
> followed by a moderate solar wind. Expected planetary A index, a measure
> of geomagnetic stability worldwide, is expected around 25, 15, 10 and 8
> for June 17-20. Solar flux is expected to remain below 100 until the end
> of this month.
>
> Sunspot numbers for June 9 through 15 were 99, 103, 85, 85, 73, 44 and
> 64 with a mean of 79. 10.7 cm flux was 116.1, 114.3, 108, 103, 91.8,
> 93.8 and 94.5, with a mean of 103.1. Estimated planetary A indices were
> 5, 5, 6, 35, 33, 10 and 21 with a mean of 16.4. Estimated mid-latitude A
> indices were 3, 2, 6, 23, 17, 8 and 14, with a mean of 10.4.
>
> __________________________________
>
> ==>IN BRIEF:
>
> * This weekend on the radio: ARRL Kid's Day, The All Asian DX Contest
> (CW), the SMIRK Contest, the AGCW VHF/UHF Contest, the West Virginia and
> Quebec QSO parties are the weekend of June 18-19. JUST AHEAD: The RSGB
> 80-Meter Club Championship (SSB) is June 23. The NCCC Thursday Sprint is
> June 24. ARRL Field Day, the ARCI Milliwatt Field Day, the Marconi
> Memorial HF Contest and His Majesty the King of Spain Contest (SSB) are
> the weekend of June 25-26. 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.
>
> * President names Scott Redd, K0DQ, to head counter-terrorism center:
> President George W. Bush has again called on retired Vice Adm John
> "Scott" Redd, K0DQ, to take on an important assignment. Bush announced
> June 10 that he was tapping Redd, a well-known DXer and contester, to
> direct the new National Counter-Terrorism Center. A former commander of
> US naval forces in the Middle East and a 36-year Navy veteran, Redd, 60,
> was executive director of the Silberman-Robb presidential commission on
> US intelligence failures in Iraq. Redd previously served as deputy
> administrator and chief operating officer of the Coalition Provisional
> Authority in Baghdad, for which he received the Secretary of Defense
> Medal for Exceptional Public Service. Pending Senate confirmation, Redd
> will report to National Intelligence Director John Negroponte. He'd
> replace interim director John Brennan. The National Counter-Terrorism
> Center is to be the central organization for analyzing and integrating
> all foreign and domestic intelligence on terrorism and will carry out
> "strategic operational planning" for domestic and foreign
> counterterrorism operations.
>
> * K6KPH to transmit W1AW FD bulletin for West Coast: For Field Day 2005
> participants on the West Coast, the Maritime Radio Historical Society's
> K6KPH will again retransmit the W1AW Field Day bulletin this year on
> Field Day weekend, June 24-25. K6KPH CW frequencies will be 3.5815,
> 7.0475, 14.0475, 18.0975 and 21.0675 MHz. In addition to sending the
> bulletin on CW, K6KPH will make digital transmissions both days on RTTY
> and AMTOR on 40 meters only (7.095 MHz). A Field Day bulletin
> transmission schedule, which will be updated as necessary, plus full
> information on Field Day 2005 are posted on the ARRL Web site
> <http://www.arrl.org/contests/forms/> (scroll down to "Field Day").
>
> * ARRL warns against spurious, virus-infected e-mails: Some ARRL members
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> updating virus definitions on a regular basis.
>
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