[TCARC-NTx] Fwd: The ARRL Letter, Vol 21, No 28

david johnson [email protected]
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> ***************
> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 21, No. 28
> July 19, 2002
> ***************
> 
> IN THIS EDITION:
> 
> * +ARRL gets government grant for emergency
> communication training
> * +ARRL Board meets in Connecticut
> * +It's a WRTC "threepeat" for N5TJ, K1TO
> * +HR 4720 gains additional cosponsors
> * +FCC nomination goes to Senate
> * +Astronaut has kind words for ARISS
> * +Pop star set for space journey
> *  Solar Update
> *  IN BRIEF:
>      This weekend on the radio
>      Museum Ships event set for July 20-21
>      IARU HF World Championship administration is
> separate from WRTC
> 2002's
>      Certification and Continuing Education course
> registration
>      ARRL HQ job opening
>      ARRL 2001 Annual Report is hot off the press!
>      ARRL okays RTTY contacts with P5/4L4FN for DXCC
> credit
>      Volunteer Examination Coordinators to meet in
> Gettysburg
>      Vote on QST Cover Plaque Award
>      ARRL Foundation grant aids SETI League radio
> telescope project
> 
> +Available on ARRL Audio News
> 
>
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> 
> ==>ARRL RECEIVES HOMELAND SECURITY TRAINING GRANT
> 
> The ARRL will receive a $181,900 homeland security
> grant from the US
> government to train Amateur Radio operators in
> emergency communication.
> The League was among several dozen nonprofit
> organizations designated to
> receive some $10.3 million in federal money to boost
> homeland defense
> volunteer programs. The grant, from the Corporation
> for National and
> Community Service special volunteer program, will
> provide free ARRL
> Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course
> training to 5200 volunteers
> nationwide, starting in 2003.
> 
> "ARRL is the national association for Amateur Radio
> and is the national
> leader in emergency communications by volunteers who
> operate their own
> equipment on their time at no cost to any
> government, organization, or
> corporation," said the July 19 announcement from
> Homeland Security
> Director Tom Ridge. The ARRL plans to revise and
> update the emergency
> communications curriculum to incorporate additional
> elements of emergency
> preparedness and homeland security.
> 
> ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, said he was
> extremely pleased by the
> news. "This adds legitimacy to the public service
> work Amateur Radio has
> been doing for years," he said.
> 
> ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH,
> applied for the funding
> in May, inviting the Corporation for National and
> Community Service to
> become "a partner with the nation's oldest volunteer
> radio communications
> organization."
> 
> "I think this is an extraordinarily exciting day for
> Amateur Radio that
> the role of Amateur Radio in homeland security is
> recognized at the
> highest levels of government," Hobart said upon
> learning of the grant. The
> League's grant application characterized Amateur
> Radio as "the bedrock of
> communications when other outlets fail."
> 
> Citing Amateur Radio's response in the aftermath of
> the September 11
> terrorist attacks, Hobart said the federal grant
> "will help continue our
> work in providing public service and to protect
> lives, homes, businesses
> and our frequencies, as we have for decades."
> 
> The League had sought a three-year grant of
> $541,750. The $181,900 grant
> covers the first year's direct program costs. The
> proposed budget includes
> the cost of a project coordinator who would be
> responsible for overall
> fiscal management of the grant.
> 
> ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ,
> said he was pleased that
> the League would be able to extend its Amateur Radio
> Emergency
> Communications program to thousands of amateurs who
> might otherwise not be
> able to afford the program. "We hope all who are
> interested will get on
> board," he said.
> 
> The grant announcement said that "expanding the
> opportunities for
> Americans to participate in meaningful volunteer
> service" is at the heart
> of President George Bush's USA Freedom Corps, of
> which the Corporation for
> National and Community Service is a part.
> 
> "We are deeply grateful to Tom Ridge and to the
> Corporation for National
> and Community Service for providing Amateur Radio
> with a unique
> opportunity to serve our country," Hobart said.
> 
> In June, the ARRL and United Technologies
> Corporation announced a
> partnership to provide free ARRL Amateur Radio
> Emergency Communications
> Course training for up to 250 Connecticut amateurs.
> 
> ==>ARRL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETS IN CONNECTICUT
> 
> The ARRL Board of Directors convenes July 19-21 in
> Windsor, Connecticut,
> for its mid-year meeting. Among the issues up for
> consideration is whether
> to drop "Section News" and contest line scores from
> QST and move them to
> the ARRL Web site. A Board resolution in January
> said the moves were part
> of an effort to stem ARRL operating losses while
> retaining its commitment
> to "effectively and efficiently providing
> information of interest to all
> ARRL members."
> 
> ARRL management and the ARRL Administration and
> Finance Committee proposed
> the QST change last winter. At its January meeting,
> however, the Board put
> off a decision on the controversial move saying it
> wanted members to first
> be "aware of the reasons for the proposed relocation
> and the enhanced
> capabilities available on the Web site." The Board
> also said it wanted to
> evaluate "variations and alternatives" to the
> proposal.
> 
> Also up for discussion are preparations for World
> Radiocommunication
> Conference 2003, including an update on efforts to
> secure a 300-kHz
> worldwide amateur allocation at 40 meters. In
> addition to officer and
> committee reports, the Board also will hear a review
> from ARRL General
> Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, of FCC regulatory and
> legal matters. ARRL Chief
> Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH, will report
> on the status of the
> League's fundraising efforts.
> 
> Addressing Board members, guests and ARRL staff
> members July 18 prior to
> the formal Board session, FCC Special Counsel for
> Enforcement Riley
> Hollingsworth said that while complaints are down,
> he does not expect
> Amateur Radio to be in a maintenance mode until next
> year. "These are
> great times for Amateur Radio," Hollingsworth
> declared. Although
> enforcement will hold the course, he's hoping by
> year's end to take "a
> more aggressive stance" against 10-meter incursions
> by unlicensed
> individuals. He said that using 10 meters was among
> the best defenses
> against intruders. Hollingsworth also met with ARRL
> staff members July 19
> to discuss specific areas of concern and
> cooperation.
> 
> At their meeting, Board members also will consider
> nominees for several
> ARRL-sponsored awards, including the prestigious
> Hiram Percy Maxim award,
> the Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award
> and various instructor
> and recruiting awards.
> 
> The Volunteer Resources, Membership Services and
> Administration and
> Finance committees met this week in advance of the
> formal Board session.
> Radio Amateurs of Canada President Bill Gillis,
> VE1WG, is a guest at the
> July Board meeting.
> 
> ==>N5TJ, K1TO MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW AT WRTC 2002!
> 
> It's final. The dynamic contesting duo of Jeff
> Steinman, N5TJ, and Dan
> Street, K1TO, took home the World Radiosport Team
> Championship gold for
> the third time. Operating as OJ3A, N5TJ and K1TO
> racked up 1,629,798
> points to again earn the top spot. Grabbing the
> second-place silver was
> the Russian team of Igor Booklan, RA3AUU, and Andrei
> Karpov, RV1AW, with
> 1,619,226 points from OJ8E. Operating as OJ2V, the
> German team of Frank
> Grossman, DL2CC, and Bernd Och, DL6FBL, picked up
> the bronze with
> 1,608,673 points. Preliminary results had given the
> silver to the German
> team and the bronze to the Russians.
> 
> "Some software used by teams did not count
> multipliers correctly," said a
> statement on the WRTC 2002 Web site
> <http://www.wrtc2002.org/>. "This is
> the reason why some claimed scores were changed just
> after the contest on
> the scoreboard." The on-line real-time scoreboard
> was a first for a WRTC.
> 
> The winners at WRTC 96 in the San Francisco Bay area
> and at WRTC 2000 in
> Slovenia, Steinman and Street were considered the
> odds-on favorites to top
> the field at this year's international competition
> in Finland. The OJ3A
> station, on loan from host Timo Keskinen, OH2HXP,
> was the easternmost of
> the WRTC 2002 stations, located some 70 km from the
> Finnish capital of
> Helsinki.
> 
> By and large, propagation was excellent for the
> event, which ran
> concurrently with the IARU HF World Championship.
> Although 10 meters never
> opened, others reported excellent conditions on 40
> and 20 meters. The
> equivalently equipped WRTC competitors used antennas
> that were about 40
> feet above ground, and all stations ran 100 W.
> 
> WRTC 2002 was organized jointly by Contest Club
> Finland and the Finnish
> Amateur Radio League--SRAL. WRTC 2002 formally
> concluded July 16 with an
> awards banquet and presentation.
> 
> Official results are posted on the WRTC 2002 Web
> site
> <http://www.wrtc2002.org/results.htm>.
> 
> ==>CC&R BILL HR 4720 GAINS ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
> 
> The bill now in Congress aimed at providing relief
> to amateurs faced with
> private deed covenants, conditions and
> restrictions--CC&Rs--in erecting
> antennas has gained additional cosponsors. Freshman
> Rep Steve Israel
> (D-NY) introduced the "Amateur Radio Emergency
> Communications Consistency
> Act" on May 14. The measure--HR 4720--would require
> private land-use
> regulators--such as homeowners' associations--to
> "reasonably accommodate"
> Amateur Radio communication consistent with the
> PRB-1 limited federal
> preemption. PRB-1 now applies only to states and
> municipalities. Rep Greg
> Walden, WB7OCE (R-OR) and Rep Pete Sessions (R-TX)
> signed on as original
> cosponsors of HR 4720.
> 
> Since its introduction, the bill also has attracted
> several additional
> cosponsors. These include Repentatives J.D. Hayworth
> (R-AZ), Patrick
> Tiberi (R-OH), Patsy Mink (D-HI), Ken Calvert
> (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA),
> Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), John Duncan Jr (R-TN), Dennis
> Moore (D-KS), Charles
> Stenholm (D-TX) and David Price (D-NC).
> 
> Visit the US House of Representatives "Write Your
> Representative Service"
> Web page, www.house.gov/writerep/ for information on
> how to contact your
> representative. The ARRL requests those writing or
> e-mailing members of
> Congress--whether or not they are supporting this
> legislation--to copy
> ARRL on their correspondence--via e-mail to
> [email protected] or via US
> Mail to CC&R Bill, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT
> 06111. Correspondents
> should include the bill number, HR 4720, as well as
> their name and address
> on all correspondence.
> 
> ==>FCC INCHES CLOSER TO FULL STRENGTH
> 
> The FCC moved closer to its full complement of five
> commissioners as the
> US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
> Committee held a
> confirmation hearing on the nomination of Jonathan
> S. Adelstein July 16. A
> Democrat, Adelstein has been tapped by the White
> House to serve out the
> remaining term of former FCC Commissioner Gloria
> Tristani, which expires
> next June 30. Following the hearing, Adelstein's
> nomination was sent on to
> the full Senate, but no vote has been set.
> 
> President George W. Bush announced his intention to
> name Adelstein in
> February, but the nomination subsequently became
> embroiled in political
> wrangling, with some Senate Republicans vowing to
> block the nomination.
> Adelstein was a longtime aide to Senate Majority
> Leader Tom Daschle, who
> recommended Adelstein for the job and introduced him
> at the confirmation
> hearing. FCC appointments traditionally are divided
> along party lines,
> with the party holding the White House getting three
> of the five seats.
> 
> Adelstein, 39, is from Rapid City, South Dakota.
> Before joining Daschle's
> staff, Adelstein served on the staffs of senators
> David Pryor and Donald
> Riegle. According to a White House statement,
> Adelstein has been a
> teaching fellow in Harvard College's Department of
> History and a
> communications consultant to Stanford University's
> Graduate School of
> Business. Adelstein holds bachelor's and master's
> degrees from Stanford
> University. He's also completed graduate-level work
> in public policy at
> Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
> 
> ==>VOSS CITES ARISS' VALUE IN SENATE TESTIMONY
> 
> International Space Station Expedition 2 crew member
> Jim Voss got in a few
> good words for Amateur Radio when he appeared June
> 19 before the US Senate
> Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. A
> retired US Army
> colonel, Voss cited the value of the Amateur Radio
> on the International
> Space Station (ARISS) program in helping to inform
> and educate youngsters
> about space exploration and life aboard the ISS as
> well as to demonstrate
> scientific principles. ARISS is an international
> project, with US
> participation by ARRL, AMSAT and NASA.
> 
> Voss said ARISS "offers the opportunity for students
> to experience the
> excitement of space flight by talking directly with
> crewmembers of the ISS
> via Amateur Radio." Voss also cited the enthusiastic
> comments of Allen
> White, WB4MIO, who helped to coordinate Voss' ARISS
> contact with Admiral
> Moorer Middle School in Alabama. "There is no way I
> can adequately
> describe the excitement this created in our school
> and community," White
> wrote in a letter to Voss. "I think this was the
> most exciting educational
> event of the year for these students."
> 
> Although not an amateur licensee, Voss participated
> in several ARISS
> school QSOs from the controls of NA1SS, the ARISS
> station, during his duty
> tour aboard the ISS. The other Expedition 2 crew
> members were Crew
> Commander Yury Usachev, RW3FU, and Susan Helms,
> KC7NHZ. The crew spent 167
> days in space aboard what Voss called "a permanent
> orbiting classroom that
> brings education and research out of textbooks and
> into real life."
> 
> Voss said the in-flight education programs like
> ARISS "use the unique
> environment of space to inspire the next generation
> of explorers." Taking
> advantage of technological tools that include
> Amateur Radio, he concluded,
> "students are able to study and explore Earth from
> space, learn about life
> aboard an orbiting laboratory, and conduct
> demonstrations that illustrate
> scientific and mathematical concepts."
> 
> ==>POP STAR LANCE BASS OF 'N SYNC GETS SET FOR SPACE
> 
> According to media accounts, a deal has been struck
> with Russian space
> officials to put 'N Sync pop singing star Lance Bass
> aboard the
> International Space Station this fall. MSNBC reports
> that the 23-year-old
> singer now is in training at Russia's Star City
> cosmonaut facility near
> Moscow. Russian space agency officials reportedly
> are seeking formal
> approval from the ISS partners. One topic still at
> issue is whether
> there's enough time for Bass to undergo the
> requisite training--typically
> at least six months. At best, Bass will get somewhat
> more than three
> months to wrap up his training regimen.
> 
> The arrangement, which followed months of
> negotiations, would mark the
> third visit by a paying guest to the ISS.
> Millionaire businessman Dennis
> Tito, KG6FZX, and South African entrepeneur Mark
> Shuttleworth each paid
> some $20 million for the privilege of spending about
> 10 days in space. A
> similar price tag is being suggested for the Bass
> journey.
> 
> While in space, Tito and Shuttleworth made use of
> the Amateur Radio on the
> International Space Station's NA1SS to communicate
> with family and friends
> and with schools on Earth.
> 
> If all goes as planned, Bass would travel to the ISS
> aboard a Soyuz
> vehicle in October. He would become the youngest
> person ever to travel
> into space--and the first entertainer. Media
> deals--including a TV series
> covering Bass' space adventure--already are in the
> works. MSNBC says a
> formal announcement is pending.
> 
> ==>SOLAR UPDATE
> 
> Solar wonk Tad "Sunrise, Sunset" Cook, K7VVV,
> Seattle, Washington,
> reports: A huge sunspot has crossed the Earth-facing
> side of the sun this
> week. Sunspot 30 brought a nice short-term rise in
> the sunspot count and
> solar flux, but it also caused geomagnetic
> instability--and there's more
> to come.
> 
> Sunspot 30 first peeked around the eastern limb of
> the visible solar disk
> about 10 days ago and was directly facing Earth
> around July 16. The
> sunspot number peaked at 209 on July 15, and on the
> same day the Penticton
> Observatory read a solar flux value of
> 323.6--clearly an off-the-scale
> anomaly. NOAA produced an adjusted value of 160 for
> the day, which is the
> official solar flux number.
> 
> A full-halo coronal mass ejection blasted away from
> the sun on Tuesday,
> which caused unsettled to active conditions on
> Wednesday. On Thursday
> there was a solar flare at 0745 UTC.
> 
> Average daily sunspot count for the week was up more
> than 16 points
> compared to the previous week's numbers, and the
> average solar flux rose
> by nearly 16 points. Without the downward adjustment
> of the flux value on
> July 15, the average for the week would have risen
> by nearly 40 points.
> 
> For the next few days the estimated planetary A
> index is expected to
> rise--to 20 on Friday, then 15 on Saturday and back
> to around 20 on
> Sunday. Solar flux is expected to rise from 185 on
> Friday and Saturday to
> 190 on Sunday, then 195 on Monday and Tuesday.
> 
> Sunspot numbers for July 11 through 17 were 99, 93,
> 141, 152, 209, 182 and
> 179, with a mean of 150.7. The 10.7-cm flux was
> 136.4, 133.2, 134.9,
> 143.8, 160, 171.5, and 180, with a mean of 151.4.
> Estimated planetary A
> indices were 9, 20, 8, 6, 8, 11, and 18, with a mean
> of 11.4.
> 
> __________________________________
> 
> ==>IN BRIEF:
> 
> * This weekend on the radio: The Colombian
> Independence Day Contest, the
> Pacific 160 Meter Contest, the AGCW QRP Summer
> Contest, the W/VE Islands
> Contest, the North American QSO Party (RTTY), the CQ
> Worldwide VHF
> Contest, the Georgia QSO Party and the CQC Great
> Colorado Gold Rush are
> the weekend of July 20-21. JUST AHEAD: the
> Venezuelan Independence Day
> Contest (CW), the Russian RTTY WW Contest and the
> IOTA Contest are the
> weekend of July 27-28. 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.
> 
> * Museum Ships event set for July 20-21: The Museum
> Ship Special Event,
> sponsored by the USS Salem Radio Club-K1USN, will be
> held July 20-21.
> Stations located at more than 80 museum ships and
> submarines in the US and
> around the world will be on the air for the event,
> some using special
> event call signs. Vessels include warships,
> submarines and various other
> motor vessels from the World War II era and earlier.
> Operators at the
> battleship USS Wisconsin, berthed at the Nauticus
> Museum in Norfolk,
> Virginia, will be on the air as N4WIS from the deck
> of the ship for the
> first time. Suggested operating frequencies are
> 3.860, 7.260, 14.260,
> 18.160, 21.360, 24.960, 28.360 and 50.160 MHz on SSB
> and 3.539, 7.039,
> 10.109, 14.039, 18.099, 21.039, 24.899 and 28.039
> MHz on CW. A certificate
> will be available from the USS Salem Radio Club for
> working 10 or more
> ships. Send a copy of your log and a list of the
> ships and call signs
> along with a 9x12 self-addressed, stamped envelope
> to KC1XI. For more
> information, including a list of vessels, visit the
> K1USN Web site
> <http://www.qsl.net/k1usn/event.html>.--Whitey
> Doherty, K1VV
> 
> * IARU HF World Championship administration is
> separate from WRTC 2002's:
> ARRL Contest Branch Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND,
> reminds contesters that
> the administration of the IARU HF World Championship
> is completely
> separate from that of World Radiosport Team
> Championship 2002. While many
> operators sent their IARU HF logs to the WRTC 2002
> committee to assist in
> the adjudication of their event, these submittals
> should not be construed
> as entries for the IARU event and will not be
> forwarded to ARRL, which
> administers the contest for the IARU. "You must send
> in your IARU HF World
> Championship to either [email protected] or
> [email protected] in order for
> your results to be included in the official contest
> results," Henderson
> emphasized. The ARRL Contest Branch will not receive
> any logs from WRTC
> 2002. Entries are due by August 13. Henderson also
> explained that the
> "ARRL-SECTION" field is required in a Cabrillo log
> header for this event
> to determine award recipients. W/VE stations should
> provide the
> appropriate ARRL or RAC section. Non-W/VE stations
> must enter "DX" in that
> field. Complete IARU HF World Championship rules are
> on the ARRL Web site
>
<http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2002/rules-iaru.html>.
> 
> * Certification and Continuing Education course
> registration: Effective
> July 1, the registration fee for all on-line courses
> has increased by $5.
> Registration for the Level III Amateur Radio
> Emergency Communications
> (EC-003) and HF Digital Communications (EC-005)
> courses remains open
> through the upcoming weekend of July 20-21.
> Registration for the Satellite
> Communications course (EC-007) opens Monday, July
> 22. All registrations
> open at 4 PM Eastern Time. ARRL Emergency
> Communications 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 more
> information, contact
> Certification and Continuing Education Program
> Coordinator Dan Miller,
> K3UFG, [email protected].
> 
> * ARRL HQ job opening: ARRL is seeking a full-time
> Assistant News Editor.
> The position is located at ARRL Headquarters in
> Newington, Connecticut.
> The Assistant News Editor will write and edit news
> and feature articles
> for publication on the ARRL Web site and in QST.
> Responsibilities include:
> researching and developing news stories that
> describe ARRL's activities to
> promote and defend Amateur Radio; writing news items
> for publication in
> QST and on the ARRL Web site; writing feature
> articles for publication on
> the ARRL Web site; editing feature articles written
> by outside authors and
> preparing them for publication on the ARRL Web site;
> and preparing a
> monthly summary for the ARRL Web site that describes
> what ARRL has done on
> behalf of its members during the previous month. The
> successful candidate
> will demonstrate news writing ability, attention to
> detail and ability to
> meet deadlines. QUALIFICATIONS: A degree in English,
> journalism, public
> relations or related field; Amateur Radio license
> and on-the-air
> experience; familiarity with ARRL membership
> benefits and programs; some
> experience and familiarity with Microsoft Word, the
> Internet and digital
> photography. Applicants are invited to send a
> resume, cover letter and
> salary expectations to Assistant News Editor
> Position, Robert Boucher,
> ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111-1494;
> [email protected]; fax
> 860-594-0298. No telephone calls, please. ARRL is an
> Equal Opportunity
> Employer.
> 
> * ARRL 2001 Annual Report is hot off the press! The
> ARRL 2001 Annual
> Report is now available free-of-charge by request.
> ARRL members can obtain
> a copy by sending a request to Media Relations
> Manager Jennifer Hagy,
> N1TDY, [email protected]; 860-594-0328. The Annual
> Report also is available
> for viewing via the ARRL Web site
>
<http://www.arrl.org/announce/annualreport/01ar.pdf>.
> 
> * ARRL okays RTTY contacts with P5/4L4FN for DXCC
> credit: The ARRL DXCC
> Desk has announced that it will now accept RTTY
> contacts with Ed
> Giorgadze, P5/4L4FN, for DXCC credit, effective with
> contacts made on or
> after November 1, 2001. P5/4L4FN QSL Manager Bruce
> Paige, KK5DO, reports
> some good news and some bad news. Giorgadze has
> repaired his Ameritron
> AL-80A linear, which had a blown rectifier bridge.
> But he has had to take
> down the Hex Beam he'd installed, because the mast
> he was using wasn't
> strong enough to support it and the rotor. "He is
> looking for something
> that will work better, and that might have to wait
> until he goes back to
> Beijing in four to five weeks," Paige said. "His
> work at the present time
> has kept him from doing as much operating as he
> would like, but he will be
> back on more as things settle down." Giorgadze was
> featured in a program
> about Amateur Radio in North Korea that aired July 5
> on Radio Austria.
> RealAudio or MP3 files in either English or German
> are available on the
> Radio Austria Web site
> <http://roi.orf.at/roi/intermedia/im_aktuell.html>.
> Scroll down and click on "DIE P5-STORY / THE
> P5-STORY Amateur Radio in
> North Korea." The 25-minute program covers all
> previous P5 operations plus
> interesting interviews with P5/4L4FN about his
> activity.
> 
> * Volunteer Examination Coordinators to meet in
> Gettysburg: New methods to
> transmit amateur exam test results to the FCC,
> amateur enforcement, and
> World Radiocommunication Conference 2003 will be
> among the topics on
> agenda the agenda when the National Conference of
> Volunteer Examination
> Coordinators (NCVEC) meets Friday, July 26, in
> Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
> The FCC's Bill Cross, W3TN, will be among those
> addressing the daylong
> gathering. Attendees at the NCVEC session also will
> talk about the effects
> of restructuring on Amateur Radio and hear a report
> from a subcommittee
> looking into issues surrounding Amateur Radio
> testing in sparsely
> populated areas, the Question Pool Committee and the
> Rules Committee.
> 
> * Vote on QST Cover Plaque Award: The winner of the
> QST Cover Plaque Award
> for June was Ron Block, KB2UYT, for his article
> "Lightning Protection for
> the Amateur Station--Part 1." Congratulations, Ron!
> 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>. As
> soon as your copy
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> * ARRL Foundation grant aids SETI League radio
> telescope project: The ARRL
> Foundation has issued a $3000 grant to the SETI
> League to design and
> construct a next-generation radio telescope
> prototype. The SETI League
> says its Very Small Array (VSA), now under
> construction, will combine
> eight standard satellite TV dishes to form a radio
> telescope of unique
> flexibility. The 1296-MHz antenna system is slowly
> taking shape in the
> backyard of SETI League Executive Director H. Paul
> Shuch, N6TX, in
> Pennsylvania. It will be used to test reception of
> the SETI League's ham
> radio moonbounce beacon
> <http://www.setileague.org/eme/index.html>. Once
> the array becomes operational, Shuch says he hopes
> its success will enable
> the SETI League to attract major coprporate funding
> for a much more
> ambitious radio telescope array. The VSA will be
> used in the meantime to
> test engineering concepts, Shuch said. The SETI
> League promotes and
> supports a privatized search for extraterrestrial
> intelligence. For more
> information, visit the SETI League Web site
> <http://www.setileague.org>.
> 
> 
>
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