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Joan M Bartay
[email protected]
Sat, 23 Feb 2002 03:49:44 -0600
Would you give me an address to send my check for my 2002 dues to?
Joan M. Bartay
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 22:20:59 -0600 "David Johnson" <[email protected]>
writes:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ARRL Letter Mailing List" <[email protected]>
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> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 12:42 PM
> Subject: The ARRL Letter, Vol 21, No 08
>
>
> ***************
> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 21, No. 08
> February 22, 2002
> ***************
>
> IN THIS EDITION:
>
> * +ARRL again challenges FCC on Part 15 authority
> * +Incumbent Virginia SM wins in high-profile race
> * +New York high schoolers quiz astronaut
> * +ARISS says the days of "NOCALL" are numbered
> * +San Diego SM praises amateurs' quick wildfire response
> * +Tennessee the latest to consider amateur antenna bills
> * +FCC redesigns Amateur Service Web site
> * ARRL announces on-line "Contest Soapbox"
> * Solar Update
> * IN BRIEF:
> This weekend on the radio
> Amateur Radio Emergency Communications course registration
> Bursch and Walz complete space walk
> Call for papers issued for ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications
> Conference
> Olympic special event redux
>
> +Available on ARRL Audio News
>
> ===========================================================
>
> ==>ARRL CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE FCC OVER PART 15 AUTHORITY
>
> The ARRL again has challenged the limits of the FCC's authority to
> permit
> unlicensed operation of radio devices that may interfere with
> licensed
> services. Opening another front in its campaign, the League has
> filed a
> Petition for Reconsideration in response to an FCC Report & Order to
> allow
> fixed point-to-point transmitters in the 24.05 to 24.25 GHz band to
> operate
> at field strengths 10 times the level currently permitted under Part
> 15. The
> ARRL has asked the FCC to reconsider and reverse a portion of its
> Order that
> addresses the FCC's jurisdiction to authorize unlicensed operation
> of RF
> devices that pose significant interference potential to licensed
> services.
>
> "The Commission has expanded the concept of unlicensed devices far
> beyond
> what its original concept allowed," the ARRL argues, "and far beyond
> what is
> permissible pursuant to Section 301" of the Communications Act of
> 1934.
> Amateur Radio is primary at 24.0 to 24.05 GHz and secondary on the
> rest of
> the band. The AO-40 satellite includes beacon, digital and analog
> transmitters in the vicinity of 24.048 GHz.
>
> The ARRL recently raised similar arguments to combat a proposal by
> SAVI
> Technology--in ET Docket 01-278 and RM-9375 and RM-10051--to permit
> unlicensed RF identification tags to operate as unlicensed Part 15
> devices
> between 425 and 435 MHz. In that case, the ARRL said the FCC lacks
> authority
> to permit the RFIDs to operate under Part 15 at the proposed field
> strengths
> and duty cycles.
>
> In the 24-GHz proceeding, the FCC first proposed permitting the Part
> 15
> devices at the elevated field strengths in 1998, in response to a
> Petition
> for Rule Making from Sierra Digital Communications Inc. The FCC
> released its
> Order in the three-year-old proceeding, ET Docket 98-156, on
> December 11.
>
> In its Order, the FCC took issue with ARRL's assertion that the FCC
> should
> acknowledge that Part 15 devices are only allowed under the
> Communications
> Act when they pose no interference potential to licensed services.
> Calling
> the ARRL interpretation "overly conservative," the FCC said Part 15
> rules
> appropriately provide for unlicensed devices to "share spectrum
> with
> licensed services" and provide adequate protection to licensed
> services if
> interference does occur.
>
> In its Petition for Reconsideration, filed February 13, the ARRL
> said the
> issue is not whether the FCC has jurisdiction to enact reasonable
> regulations concerning RF devices. "Rather," the League said, "it is
> whether
> or not a device which has substantial interference potential to
> licensed
> radio services must be licensed." The ARRL said the limit of the
> FCC's
> jurisdiction to permit unlicensed operation of RF devices "is
> reached when
> it is concluded that the operation of such devices has a
> substantial
> interference potential to licensed services."
>
> The FCC also had disagreed with ARRL that permitting Part 15 devices
> at the
> higher field strengths--up to 2500 mV per meter--would increase the
> risk of
> interference to amateur operations at 24.05 to 24.25 GHz. The
> Commission did
> impose a requirement to use directional antennas. Part 15 field
> disturbance
> sensors have operated in the band at 2500 mV/m field strengths "for
> years
> with no adverse affects to other users in the band, including
> amateur
> operations," the FCC added.
>
> In its Petition for Reconsideration, the ARRL reiterated earlier
> comments
> that the proposed power levels and antenna gain figures--33
> dBi--were
> "entirely inappropriate for Part 15 unlicensed facilities." The
> proposal is
> tantamount to "a request that additional spectrum be allocated for
> fixed,
> point-to-point microwave applications" such as those licensed
> routinely
> under FCC's Part 101 rules, the League said.
>
> The FCC "is incorrect in its assumption that it has unfettered
> jurisdiction"
> to authorize unlicensed devices regardless of their interference
> potential,"
> the ARRL concluded. It asked the FCC to make no changes in Part 15
> and to
> "review the rules adopted" by its Order "in view of the limits on
> its
> jurisdiction" raised by the ARRL.
>
> ==>INCUMBENT VIRGINIA SECTION MANAGER WINS IN HIGH-PROFILE ELECTION
>
> Incumbent Virginia Section Manager Carl A. Clements, W4CAC, has been
> elected
> to a full term in his own right after beating back a challenge from
> former
> Virginia SM Lynn Gahagan, AF4CD. The final tally was 976 to 779. In
> the
> Pacific Section--the only other contested seat in the current SM
> election
> cycle--Bob Schneider, AH6J, outpolled John D. Peters, K1ER, 137 to
> 112.
> Votes were counted February 19 at ARRL Headquarters.
>
> The Virginia race attracted a greater than usual level of attention
> and
> number of votes cast by ARRL members. Ballots had been pouring into
> ARRL
> Headquarters since early January.
>
> Gahagan, who was elected in April 1998 and re-elected without
> opposition two
> years later, was effectively removed from office last May after the
> ARRL
> Executive Committee declared the office vacant. The EC's action
> followed
> failed attempts to resolve several issues regarding the
> administration of
> the ARRL emergency communications program in Virginia. Clements was
> named to
> fill the declared vacancy.
>
> At its January meeting, the ARRL Board of Directors revised rules
> to--among
> other changes--prohibit a section manager removed from office from
> running
> in the next SM election following removal. Anyone removed by action
> of the
> Executive Committee would have to get that committee's consent to
> be
> eligible to run again. The Board also gave the EC the power to
> cancel any
> field organization appointment "whenever it appears to be in the
> best
> interest of the ARRL to do so." Rules in place for this election
> cycle did
> not prevent Gahagan from running again, however.
>
> In the Pacific Section, Schneider, an ARRL Life Member from Keaau,
> Hawaii,
> and a former SM, will replace incumbent Pacific SM Ron Phillips,
> AH6HN, who
> decided not to run for a third term. Schneider formerly held the SM
> position
> for two terms--from 1992 until 1996.
>
> Candidates in five other ARRL sections ran unopposed and were
> declared
> elected. Incumbent SMs re-elected to office were Pete Cecere, N2YJZ,
> Eastern
> New York; Eric Olena, WB3FPL, Eastern Pennsylvania; Mickey Cox,
> K5MC,
> Louisiana; and John Covington, W4CC, North Carolina. In San Diego,
> incumbent
> SM Kent Tiburski, K6FQ--who was appointed in January--ran unopposed
> for a
> full term. Tiburski is serving out the unexpired term of former SM
> Tuck
> Miller, NZ6T, who won election as Southwestern Division Vice
> Director last
> fall.
>
> Two-year terms for all successful candidates begin April 1.
>
> ==>NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS QUIZ SPACE STATION CREW
>
> It was a happy Valentine's Day for students at Vestal High School in
> Vestal,
> New York, as nine of them got to pose questions via ham radio to Dan
> Bursch,
> KD5PNU, aboard the International Space Station. Bursch is a 1975
> graduate of
> the school. The contact was arranged by Amateur Radio on the
> International
> Space Station--or ARISS--a cooperative venture of NASA, ARRL and
> AMSAT.
>
> The astronauts' diet, exercise, research and daily life aboard the
> space
> station were among the question topics. Among other projects, Bursch
> said,
> the crew is involved in some physiological research involving lung
> function
> before and after space walks--or EVAs. Bursch said research also was
> under
> way to determine if it's possible to grow larger, more perfect
> crystals in
> space.
>
> Using the NA1SS call sign, Bursch said that "care and feeding of
> space
> station" is a part of the crew members' everyday routine. "The idea
> is to
> continue to build space station while we continue to live on board,"
> he
> said. "We're kinda jacks of all trades up here."
>
> Asked about exercising aboard the ISS, Bursch remarked that it's
> really
> important to work out every day. "If I miss even one day of
> exercise, I can
> really notice it the next day," he said, adding that missing one
> exercise
> day in space was like missing a week on Earth.
>
> For reasons not entirely clear, the 2-meter downlink signal from the
> ISS
> during the approximately 10-minute direct contact was plagued by
> fading and
> noise, and the audio broke off altogether on several occasions. In
> addition,
> audio was lower than usual. But those on the ground were thrilled
> nonetheless. "The contact went very well," said Richard Crow, N2SPI,
> whose
> call sign and equipment were used at the school. "The students as
> well as
> those in the audience were quite impressed." Crow added that he
> thought the
> weak signals "made the event much more impressive.".
>
> Science teacher Chris Livingstone had a different take. "I don't
> know about
> the quality of the signal," she said, "but I can tell you it was
> just a
> wonderful experience."
>
> ==>ARISS PROMISES NO MORE "NOCALL" ON ISS PACKET
>
> No more NOCALL! Normal packet activity--with a real call
> sign--should begin
> soon on the International Space Station. Amateur Radio on the
> International
> Space Station (ARISS) Board Chairman Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said
> Expedition 4
> crew will install the new packet module sent up to the ISS last
> August, and
> the system should be up and running by February 25.
>
> Since Amateur Radio gear was installed on the ISS in 2000, the
> packet
> system--crippled with a dead RAM (random access memory) backup
> battery--has
> been operating in digipeat mode using the NOCALL call sign and other
> TNC
> default settings. Earthbound users have been able to access the
> system
> nonetheless, but the lack of a call sign has been an annoyance.
>
> Expedition 3 Crew Commander Frank Culbertson, KD5OPQ, was to have
> changed
> out the packet module during his ISS tour last year, but other
> duties took
> priority. The new module, using the call sign RS0ISS, will employ a
> specially developed ROM programmed with standard ISS defaults, a new
> battery
> and an extended memory--up to one megabyte. The TNC also has
> eight-bit
> capability to support Russian Cyrillic typesets, and a one-minute
> timeout
> disconnect from the PMS if no pertinent packets are heard.
>
> Although the mailbox function will be activated, hams are
> discouraged from
> using it. "Currently there is no computer hooked up to the packet
> module,"
> Bauer explained. "In addition, the crew will be much too busy to
> respond to
> messages posted there."
>
> ARISS packet radio frequencies will remain the same. The uplink is
> 145.99
> MHz; the downlink is 145.80 MHz. For additional information, visit
> the ARISS
> Web site <http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov/EVAs/amsat01.pdf>.--ARISS
>
> ==>QUICK RESPONSE KEY FACTOR IN ARES WILDFIRE RESPONSE
>
> San Diego Section Manager Kent Tiburski, K6FQ, says he was pleased
> that
> amateurs in his section were able to activate quickly when wild
> fires broke
> out earlier this month. Amateur Radio Emergency Service and Radio
> Amateur
> Civil Emergency Service teams from the San Diego Section assisted
> the
> American Red Cross and local agencies in responding to the Fallbrook
> fire.
>
> "I'm really proud that our hams can mobilize so quickly," Tiburski
> said. Our
> training has lent itself to this type of response, and our hams have
> proven
> they are up to the task."
>
> San Diego Section Emergency Coordinator Dave Doan, KC6YSO, said ARES
> moved
> quickly into action February 10 when Section Duty Officer Norm
> Swanson,
> KF6GOF, got the call from the American Red Cross. At that point, the
> fire
> was threatening homes, evacuations already were under way, and the
> Red Cross
> had opened a shelter at Fallbrook High School. Fallbrook EC Randy
> Jones,
> KD6UAK, promptly assigned three amateurs to assist at the shelter
> site.
>
> Swanson also notified ARES Red Cross Communications Coordinator Al
> Rich,
> W6WYN, who began mobilizing operators for duty at the Red Cross
> Emergency
> Operations Center. The Red Cross Mobile Command Vehicle (MCV), with
> Don
> Bain, N6CEO, and Jim Coons, N6LWL, aboard, soon was on its way to
> Fallbrook.
> Communication was maintained with the shelter at Fallbrook High
> School
> through the evening of February 10.
>
> Driven by winds gusting to more than 65 MPH, the fire destroyed more
> than 40
> homes as well as 17 other structures, Doan reported. Among the 22
> vehicles
> lost were two fire engines. More than 1000 firefighters battled the
> blaze.
>
> The following day, the winds had died down and the fire had moved
> into the
> Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton. Swanson was dispatched to the
> shelter,
> and the MCV was moved to the Red Cross Service Center at the
> Fallbrook Boys'
> and Girls' Club, to support damage assessment communications.
> Several
> amateurs pitched in to help with that task.
>
> Doan thanked the Palomar Amateur Radio Club on behalf of the San
> Diego ARES
> team for the use of the club's W6NWG 146.730 and 147.130 MHz
> repeaters.
>
> ==>AMATEUR ANTENNA BILLS FILED IN TENNESSEE
>
> Tennessee has become the latest state to consider Amateur Radio
> antenna
> legislation. Identical bills were filed January 31 in both houses of
> the
> 102nd Tennessee General Assembly that would incorporate the essence
> of the
> limited federal preemption known as PRB-1 into state law.
>
> House Bill 2973 and Senate Bill 3058 would amend Tennessee law to
> require
> that municipalities regulating the placement, screening or height of
> radio
> antennas "reasonably accommodate amateur radio antennas" and impose
> only the
> "minimum requirements necessary" to meet legitimate local
> requirements. In
> addition, if the legislation is approved and signed by Gov Don
> Sundquist,
> municipalities in Tennessee would not be able to restrict the number
> of
> support structures for an Amateur Radio antenna.
>
> The proposals would limit municipalities from imposing restrictions
> on
> Amateur Radio antenna height according to a three-tier schedule. In
> rural
> areas with a population densities of 120 or fewer per square mile,
> the
> minimum regulatory height would be 200 feet; in areas where the
> population
> density exceeds 120 per square mile, the minimum regulatory height
> would be
> 140 feet on lots of an acre or larger and 75 feet on lots of less
> than one
> acre.
>
> Municipalities still would be able to impose requirements "to meet
> clearly
> defined objectives relating to screening, placement, aesthetic, and
> health
> and safety factors with respect to the erection, maintenance and
> operation
> of amateur radio antennas." The proposed bills would grandfather
> amateur
> antennas already in place before the effective date of the
> legislation.
>
> Both bills now are in committee. The full text of the proposed bills
> is
> available on the Tennessee General Assembly Web site
> <http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB2973.pdf>.
>
> Thirteen states have incorporated the essence of PRB-1 into their
> laws. A
> measure awaits the governor's signature in Wisconsin. New PRB-1
> legislation
> or bills to expand existing PRB-1 laws are under consideration in at
> least
> three other states.
>
> ==>FCC REDESIGNS AMATEUR SERVICE WEB SITE
>
> The FCC has redesigned its Amateur Radio Service Web site and
> changed the
> URL <http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/amateur/>. The new layout
> makes it
> easier to find information on topics most requested by amateurs,
> including
> licensing, amateur exams, filing an application, changing an address
> or
> using the Universal Licensing System (ULS). The refurbished site
> also
> provides links to recent Amateur Radio-related news from the FCC.
>
> "The new design is a part of the Wireless Telecommunications
> Bureau's
> continuing effort to meet the needs of the Amateur Radio Service
> operators
> as identified in focus groups, letters, phone calls, and e-mails,"
> the FCC
> said in a news release.
>
> The new design clusters FCC public notices, news releases, and
> other
> official documents affecting Amateur Radio operators on the right
> side of
> the page. On the left side of the page, the new navigation scheme
> displays
> information on the Amateur Radio Service, the sequential call sign
> system,
> licensing and vanity call signs as well as amateur-related
> communications
> policies such as reciprocal agreements. The site also offers links
> to
> information on the limited federal preemption known as PRB-1, the
> Part 97
> Amateur Service rules and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and
> ULS
> sites.
>
> The site, launched on February 20, includes a search engine for the
> entire
> FCC Web site <http://www.fcc.gov>. Direct questions or comments
> concerning
> the FCC's Amateur Radio Service Web site to Bobby Brown,
> [email protected], or
> Jennifer Bush, [email protected]. For information concerning the Amateur
> Radio
> Service, contact Bill Cross, [email protected]; 202-418-0680.
>
> ==>ARRL ANNOUNCES ON-LINE "CONTEST SOAPBOX"
>
> The ARRL Contest Branch has opened a new on-line Contest Soapbox
> page
> <http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox> for ARRL Contests. The site
> officially opened February 17, just in time for participants in the
> ARRL
> International DX Contest (CW) to take advantage.
>
> "Our goal is to provide an entertaining and educational resource
> that can
> help attract interest in the contesting area of our hobby," said
> ARRL
> Contest Branch Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND. The ARRL Contest Soapbox
> is open
> to all--ARRL members and non-members. Henderson said the new site
> will offer
> participants an on-line home to share soapbox comments, photographs
> and
> narratives related to ARRL-sponsored operating events.
>
> "We encourage you to visit the site and post comments," Henderson
> said.
> "Focus your comments on your involvement in the contest--funny
> things that
> happened, new experiences for you in the contest, stories that may
> help
> others to learn from your efforts, or simply your general impression
> of the
> event."
>
> Henderson reminded participants that the potential audience to view
> postings
> is broad. "We encourage you to exercise decorum in your postings,"
> Henderson
> added. The ARRL reserves the right to edit or decline posts that may
> be
> inappropriate. Responsibility for content of all posts rests
> exclusively
> with the item's author. ARRL staff assumes no responsibility for
> errors,
> omissions, and accuracy. All questions and comments should be
> directed to
> the person originating the item.
>
> The ARRL Contest Soapbox is a work-in-progress, Henderson said.
> "Over the
> next several months and contests, we will be making additions and
> changes to
> the site." He welcomed suggestions for improvements via e-mail
> <[email protected]>.
>
> ==>SOLAR UPDATE
>
> Sun watcher Tad Cook, K7VVV, Seattle, Washington, reports: Average
> daily
> sunspot numbers and solar flux were both down this week.
> Fortunately,
> geomagnetic indices were low as well. Average daily planetary A
> index
> dropped from 10 to 6.
>
> The latest projection shows flux values around 200 for the next few
> days,
> gradually declining toward 180 around March 6. There isn't much
> visible
> sunspot activity, and holographic images show nothing substantial on
> the
> sun's far side. Geomagnetic conditions could become unstable by
> Saturday
> with a planetary A index around 20. This is because of a coronal
> mass
> ejection that left the sun on February 20, erupting from sunspot
> 9825. This
> area is right at the northwestern edge of the visible solar disk, so
> any
> effect on Earth is uncertain.
>
> Sunspot numbers for February 14 through 20 were 209, 156, 134, 121,
> 103, 130
> and 157, with a mean of 144.3. The 10.7-cm flux was 196.1, 195,
> 193.5,
> 196.6, 192.8, 189.4 and 193.4, with a mean of 193.8. Estimated
> planetary A
> indices were 4, 4, 5, 8, 9, 4 and 8 with a mean of 6.
>
> __________________________________
>
> ==>IN BRIEF:
>
> * This weekend on the radio: The CQ 160-Meter Contest (SSB), the REF
> Contest
> (SSB), the UBA DX Contest (CW), the High Speed Club CW Contest, the
> North
> Carolina QSO Party, and the CQC Winter QSO Party are the weekend of
> February
> 23-24. JUST AHEAD: The CQ 160-Meter Contest (SSB), the REF Contest
> (SSB),
> the UBA DX Contest (CW), the High Speed Club CW Contest, the North
> Carolina
> QSO Party and the CQC Winter QSO Party are the weekend of February
> 24-25.
> 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.
>
> * Amateur Radio Emergency Communications course registration:
> Registration
> for the Level III Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course
> (EC-003)
> will remain open through February 24 or until the 50 seats are
> filled--whichever occurs first. March registration for Level I opens
> Monday,
> March 4, at 4 PM Eastern Time. Courses must be completed in order,
> starting
> with Level I. 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 additional information, contact Certification and Continuing
> Education
> Coordinator Dan Miller, K3UFG, [email protected].
>
> * Bursch and Walz complete space walk: International Space Station
> Expedition 4 astronauts Carl Walz, KC5TIE, and Dan Bursch, KD5PNU,
> successfully completed a nearly six-hour spacewalk--or EVA--February
> 20. The
> two tested equipment and procedures for the Quest airlock and
> performed
> other tasks to prepare for the STS-110 shuttle Atlantis mission to
> the ISS
> in April. Walz and Bursch used an oxygen/exercise protocol to purge
> nitrogen
> from their bloodstreams. Scientists used the spacewalk to gather
> additional
> data for an experiment looking at the effects of spacewalks and
> long-term
> exposure to microgravity on lung function--an experiment Bursch
> mentioned in
> a recent Amateur Radio on the International Space Station contact
> with high
> school students. Walz and Bursch each had made one previous
> spacewalk from
> the ISS in January, when new Amateur Radio antennas were installed
> outside
> the Zvezda Service Module. Following the spacewalk, crew members
> spent the
> next day in the ISS Russian segment as the atmosphere in the US
> segment was
> cleaned due to an odor that apparently originated from a system
> that
> cleanses US spacesuit air scrubbers in the Quest airlock. The crew
> was not
> believed to be in any danger, however.--NASA
>
> * Call for papers issued for ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications
> Conference: A
> call has been issued for technical papers for presentation at the
> 21st
> annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference. The DCC will be
> held
> September 13-15, 2002, in Denver, Colorado. Papers also will be
> published in
> the Conference Proceedings, available from the ARRL. Presentation at
> the
> conference is not required for publication. Papers are due by August
> 5.
> Conference registration details and updates are available on the
> TAPR Web
> site <http://www.tapr.org/dcc>. The ARRL/TAPR Digital
> Communications
> Conference is an international forum for radio amateurs to meet,
> publish
> their work, and present new ideas and techniques. Presenters and
> attendees
> will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and learn about recent
> hardware
> and software advances, theories, experimental results, and
> practical
> applications. Topics include, but are not limited to, software
> defined radio
> (SDR); digital voice; digital satellite communications; global
> position
> system (GPS); Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS) and short
> messaging; digital signal processing (DSP); HF digital modes;
> Internet
> interoperability with Amateur Radio networks; spread spectrum;
> Amateur Radio
> use of 802.11 technologies; TCP/IP networking over Amateur Radio;
> mesh and
> peer-to-peer wireless networking; emergency and homeland defense
> backup
> digital communications; using Linux in Amateur Radio; updates on
> AX.25 and
> other wireless networking protocols. E-mail papers to Maty Weinberg,
> KB1EIB,
> at ARRL Headquarters <[email protected]>.
>
> * Olympic special event redux: Special event stations associated
> with the
> Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City have been racking up hundreds
> of
> contacts. W7U and WA7ITZ/W19OG (for "19th Winter Olympic Games")
> have been
> on the air since the games began. WA7ITZ/W19OG operator Ray Friess
> reports
> he's worked more than 1000 stations; W7U has logged some 2000
> contacts. On
> February 19, W7U and W19OG hooked up on 20 meters. "We not only
> worked each
> other, but we both stayed on the same frequency and worked the
> pileup
> together, giving other hams the chance to work both Olympic special
> event
> tions at the same time," Friess said. "Two for the price of one! We
> called it our blue light special." There are other special event
> stations on
> the air to commemorate the games. Rich Fisher, NS7K, reports he's
> been
> active as K7K during the Winter Olympics. K7K is operating on 80
> through 6
> meters. A fourth Olympics special event station, K7O, is scheduled
> to be on
> the air February 22-24. For W7U contacts, QSL to W7EO, PO Box 98,
> Grantsville, UT 84029. For W19OG contacts, QSL to WA7ITZ, 1801
> Jennifer Way,
> Salt Lake City, UT 84116. An SASE would be appreciated. For K7K
> contacts,
> QSL to Rich Fisher, NS7K, 590 W 200 S, Clearfield, UT 84015. For
> K7O
> contacts, QSL to Gordon Smith, K7HFV, 632 University St, Salt Lake
> City, UT
> 84102-3213.
>
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