[TCARC-NTx] Fwd: The ARRL Letter, Vol 21, No 20

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> ***************
> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 21, No. 20
> May 17, 2002
> ***************
> 
> IN THIS EDITION:
> 
> * +CC&R bill filed in Washington
> *  FCC releases details on new band proposals
> * +ARRL has a full schedule of activities at Dayton
> Hamvention
> * +It's a wrap: Expedition 4 crew completes ARISS
> school QSO schedule
> * +ARRL says 2390-2400 MHz "unavailable" to relocate
> other services
> * +ARRL contest log checking reports available on
> the Web
> * +Past ARRL President Bob Denniston, W0DX/VP2VI, SK
> *  IN BRIEF:
>      This weekend on the radio
>      FCC releases details of 5 MHz, 136kHz and
> 2400-2402 MHz proposals
>      ARRL Certification and Continuing Education
> course registration
>      Correction
>     +On-line ARRL November Sweepstakes SSB results
> available
>      Canada authorizes special amateur prefixes
>      Migrating RV TV amplifiers bringing
> interference with them
> 
> +Available on ARRL Audio News
> 
>
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> NOTE: Because of Dayton Hamvention, this week's
> editions of The ARRL
> Letter and ARRL Audio News are being distributed
> Wednesday, May 15. The
> Solar Update by Tad Cook, K7VVV, will be available
> on the ARRL Web site
> and distributed to propagation bulletin subscribers
> Friday, May 17.
>
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> 
> ==>LANDMARK BILL COULD PROVIDE AMATEURS RELIEF FROM
> RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
> 
> A bill introduced in Congress this week could
> provide relief to amateurs
> prevented by private deed covenants, conditions and
> restrictions--CC&Rs--from installing outdoor
> antennas. Rep Steve Israel
> (D-NY) introduced the "Amateur Radio Emergency
> Communications Consistency
> Act" on May 14. The bill has been designated H.R.
> 4720. Rep Greg Walden,
> WB7OCE (R-OR)--the only Amateur Radio operator in
> Congress--and Rep Pete
> Sessions (R-TX) have signed on as original
> cosponsors.
> 
> With respect to ham antennas, the measure would
> subject private land-use
> regulations to the PRB-1 limited federal preemption
> that now applies only
> to governmental zoning and land-use regulations. It
> contains but one
> sentence: "For purposes of the Federal
> Communications Commission's
> regulation relating to station antenna structures in
> the Amateur Radio
> Service (47 CFR 97.15), any private land use rules
> applicable to such
> structures shall be treated as a state or local
> regulation and shall be
> subject to the same requirements and limitations as
> a state or local
> regulation."
> 
> H.R. 4720 is expected to be assigned to the
> Telecommunications and
> Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and
> Commerce Committee.
> 
> Israel, whose father, Howard, is K2JCC, noted in a
> statement read into the
> Congressional Record that the FCC does not now apply
> PRB-1 consistently.
> "My bill addresses this issue and provides amateur
> radio licensees with
> the ability to negotiate reasonable accommodation
> provisions with
> homeowners' associations, just as they do now with
> public land-use
> regulators."
> 
> After the ARRL ran into a brick wall trying to
> convince the FCC to include
> CC&Rs under PRB-1, the League's Board of Directors
> agreed to pursue a
> congressional remedy. ARRL President Jim Haynie,
> W5JBP, and other League
> officials met with Israel, Walden, Sessions and
> others on Capitol Hill
> earlier this year to discuss the prospect of such a
> bill and how it should
> be worded. With the proposal now in the legislative
> hopper, Haynie urged
> ARRL members to write their members of Congress and
> voice support for the
> measure.
> 
> Haynie said the important thing to point out is that
> the bill, if passed
> by both houses of Congress and signed by the
> president, would give
> amateurs living under CC&Rs an opportunity for
> reasonable accommodation
> they don't have now.
> 
> Visit the US House of Representatives "Write Your
> Representative Service"
> Web page <http://www.house.gov/writerep/> for
> information on how to
> contact your representative. A sample letter is
> available on the ARRL Web
> site
>
<http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/05/14/102/sample-letter.html>.
> 
> ARRL requests those writing or e-mailing members of
> Congress to copy ARRL
> on their correspondence--via e-mail to
> ccr-bill@arrl.org or via US Mail to
> CC&R Bill, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111.
> Include the bill
> number--H.R. 4720--your name and address on all
> correspondence.
> 
> ==>FCC RELEASES DETAILS OF 5 MHz, 136 kHz AND
> 2400-2402 MHz PROPOSALS
> 
> The FCC has released the Notice of Proposed
> Rulemaking in ET Docket 02-98,
> which proposes to create new amateur allocations at
> 5 MHz and 136 kHz and
> to elevate the status of Amateur Radio at 2400 to
> 2402 MHz from secondary
> to primary. In response to separate petitions filed
> by the ARRL, the FCC
> voted unanimously May 2 to adopt the NPRM in ET
> Docket 02-98.
> 
> The Commission announced in a Public Notice released
> May 9 that it would
> propose a new, secondary, domestic (US-only) HF
> allocation at 5.25 to 5.4
> MHz and a new LF allocation 135.7 to 137.8 kHz. If
> eventually approved,
> the 5 MHz band would be the first new HF allocation
> since the early 1980s,
> when amateurs got 30, 17 and 12 meters. The LF
> allocation would be the
> first ever for US hams. The FCC said it received 87
> comments on the 5 MHz
> proposal and 32 comments on the LF proposal.
> 
> "We agree with ARRL that propagation and
> interference conditions in the
> 3500 kHz and 7000 kHz bands could hinder effective
> amateur HF
> communications," the FCC said in its NPRM. "In
> particular, as ARRL
> indicates, the nature of the ionosphere prevents
> communications during
> certain portions of the day because of increased
> atmospheric noise levels
> at certain times on certain frequencies."
> 
> The FCC said ARRL's WA2XSY experimental operation
> "appears to support its
> contention" that the band could supplement  80 and
> 40 meters at certain
> times.
> 
> The FCC has proposed letting amateurs operate at
> full legal limit on a new
> 5 MHz allocation, but it left open for further
> discussion whether to
> restrict the band to Amateur Extra Class licensees
> or make it available to
> General and higher class licensees. The FCC also
> invited further comment
> on whether the band should be broken down into
> mode-specific subbands. The
> ARRL had proposed opening the entire band to RTTY,
> data (including CW),
> phone and image emission types.
> 
> Assuming the 5-MHz band eventually is authorized, it
> could be a few years
> before it actually becomes available. The band 5.250
> to 5.450 MHz now is
> allocated to Fixed and Mobile services on a
> co-primary basis in all three
> ITU regions.
> 
> On 136 kHz, the FCC has proposed mirroring technical
> limits suggested by
> Canada during World Radiocommunication Conference
> 2003 preparations to 1 W
> effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) and with a
> transmission
> bandwidth of only 100 Hz. The ARRL has asked for
> than 2 W EIRP and a
> maximum transmitter power of 200 W PEP.
> 
> The FCC proposed no restrictions on antenna size or
> design, saying it did
> not want to inhibit experimentation by hams. It
> proposed to limit access
> to the band to General and higher-class licensees,
> as ARRL had proposed.
> 
> The FCC said it was reluctant to also propose
> allocating an amateur band
> at 160 to 190 kHz--as ARRL had requested--because of
> concerns about
> possible interference to unlicensed power line
> carrier (PLC) systems in
> that band. The FCC noted it had turned down a 1978
> ARRL petition for the
> same reason.
> 
> The FCC said ARRL's request to upgrade the 2400-2402
> MHz band "has merit."
> It did not propose any changes in service rules or
> operational
> requirements.
> 
> The NPRM is available on the FCC Web site
>
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-02-136A1.doc>.
> The
> FCC is expected to soon make this proceeding
> available for comments filed
> via its Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS).
> Visit the ECFS site
> <http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html>, click on
> "Search for Filed
> Comments" and enter "02-98" in the "Proceeding"
> field.
> 
> ==>FORUMS HIGHLIGHT ARRL'S 2002 DAYTON ACTIVITIES
> 
> Dayton Hamvention 2002 gets under way Friday, May 17
> and continues through
> Sunday, May 19. Again this year, ARRL will bring a
> significant presence to
> Hamvention. In addition to the ARRL concession in
> North Hall--where
> visitors can purchase ARRL publications and other
> products, ask questions
> or pick up free informational material--League
> personnel, officials and
> representatives of ARRL's extended family will be
> taking part in several
> Dayton forums and activities.
> 
> ARRL Great Lakes Division Director George Race,
> WB8BGY, will moderate the
> ARRL Forum on Saturday, 8:15-9:45 AM, in Room 3.
> Featured speakers will
> include President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, and Chief
> Executive Officer David
> Sumner, K1ZZ, who will also take questions from the
> floor. Other
> participants will include Chief Development Officer
> Mary Hobart, K1MMH;
> Great Lakes Vice Director Gary Johnston, KI4LA; and
> Great Lakes Division
> Assistant Director for Development Gary Des Combes,
> N8EMO.
> 
> ARRL Public Relations Committee member Jeff
> Reinhardt, AA6JR, will
> moderate the ARRL Public Relations Forum Sunday,
> 8:30-10 AM, in Room 1.
> The theme of this year's forum is "Emergency
> Response: Telling the Amateur
> Radio Story." This informative session will cover
> the many public
> relations issues hams face when emergency
> strikes--including how one
> Public Information Coordinator handled the press
> after September 11 in New
> York City.
> 
> In addition:
> 
> * ARRL Dakota Division Director Jay Bellows, K0QB,
> will participate in the
> Ham Radio and the Law Forum, Friday, noon-1:30 PM,
> in Room 3.
> 
> * ARRL RF Safety Committee Chairman Greg Lapin,
> N9GL, will moderate the RF
> Safety Forum, Friday, 1:45-2:45 PM, in Room 4. Lapin
> will address the
> question, "How do we know what is safe?" Lapin also
> will discuss RF safety
> issues and the news media. ARRL Lab Supervisor Ed
> Hare, W1RFI, will speak
> on the topic, "How do we keep our stations within
> the safety limits?" Hare
> will demonstrate how to perform the required RF
> safety assessment.
> 
> * QEX Editor Doug Smith, KF6DX, who chairs the ARRL
> Digital Voice Working
> Group, will moderate the Digital Voice Forum,
> Sunday, 10:15 AM-noon, in
> Room 1. The session will feature discussions and
> live audio demonstrations
> plus presentations from world-renowned authorities
> on digital-audio
> hardware, software and other technical details.
> 
> * QST Editor Steve Ford, WB8IMY, will discuss "The
> Fascination of PSK31"
> at the PSK31 Forum, Friday, 8:15-10 AM, in Room 1.
> 
> This year's Dayton Hamvention marks the event's 50th
> year and the 51st
> show. For more information, visit the Dayton
> Hamvention Web site
> <http://www.hamvention.org>.
> 
> ==>EXPEDITION 4 CREW WRAPS UP SUCCESSFUL STRING OF
> ARISS SCHOOL QSOS
> 
> Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
> (ARISS) school contacts
> will be taking a break of several weeks. Astronaut
> Dan Bursch, KD5PNU,
> this week completed the last QSO in a string of
> largely successful ARISS
> school contacts by Expedition 4 crew members. Taking
> the controls of NA1SS
> on May 14, Bursch answered questions posed by 15
> students from the
> Bordertown School in Bordertown, Australia.
> 
> Bursch was able to answer all of the students
> questions. Near the end of
> the contact, he told the students to make the most
> of their education in
> order to achieve their dreams and goals.
> 
> Hundreds of excited students and parents gave Bursch
> a huge cheer as the
> ISS went over the horizon and the contact ended. The
> event was covered on
> Australian radio and TV in prime time--at 8:30 PM
> local time in
> Bordertown.
> 
> Tony Hutchison, VK5ZAI, in South Australia was the
> school mentor and the
> master of ceremonies for the event, which was made
> possible via a WorldCom
> teleconferencing circuit with Gerald Klatzko,
> ZS6BTD, in South Africa.
> 
> ARISS School Contacts Coordinator Tim Bosma, W6ISS,
> took advantage of the
> occasion of the last Expedition 4 school contact to
> thank all involved for
> helping to make it--and the ARISS school contacts
> program--a success.
> 
> "I want to thank everyone involved; the folks at
> NASA who support this
> program; the volunteer mentors who prepare the
> students and the schools;
> the telebridge station operators who frequently have
> to get up in the
> middle of the night to make these contacts; and the
> organizations--WorldCom, AMSAT and the ARRL," Bosma
> said.
> 
> "Your support for this educational program makes it
> possible for students
> to talk to the astronauts and get excited about
> careers in science. This
> is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the students,
> teachers and the
> parents, and it does make a difference."
> 
> ARISS school contacts will resume in late June after
> the Expedition 5 crew
> of mission commander and US astronaut Peggy Whitson,
> KC5ZTD, and Russian
> cosmonauts Valeri Korzun and Sergei Treschev settles
> in aboard the
> ISS.--Tim Bosma, W6ISS/ARISS
> 
> ==>ARRL ASKS FCC TO PULL 2390-2400 MHz OUT OF PLAY
> AS "REPLACEMENT
> SPECTRUM"
> 
> The ARRL has asked the FCC to pull the 2390-2400 MHz
> amateur band out of
> consideration as possible "replacement spectrum" for
> relocated 800-MHz
> Public Safety band users. But the ARRL did leave the
> FCC some wiggle room.
> A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (WT Docket
> 02-55)--released in
> mid-March--invited comments on either sharing the
> band with displaced
> Public Safety services or moving amateurs elsewhere.
> 
> "The band is unavailable for relocation of Nextel or
> other CMRS services,
> and should not be under consideration in this
> proceeding," the ARRL told
> the FCC in comments filed May 6. The FCC had
> referred to 2390-2400 MHz as
> an "Unlicensed PCS Band," but, as the League
> reminded the Commission,
> "That band is allocated on a primary basis to the
> Amateur Service
> domestically."
> 
> In 1995, the FCC accepted a proposal negotiated by
> ARRL and Apple Computer
> that involved a compatible sharing proposal for
> 2390-2400 MHz. Under the
> plan, the band was allocated on a primary basis to
> the Amateur Service and
> made available for use by asynchronous unlicensed
> Personal Communications
> Service (UPCS) devices regulated under Part 15. In
> the current proceeding,
> the FCC also sought comments on whether existing
> UPCS operations could
> continue in the band or be forced to cease.
> 
> The FCC has said that increasing incidents of
> harmful interference to
> public safety systems in the 800-MHz band prompted
> the latest rulemaking
> proceeding, "Improving Public Safety Communications
> in the 800 MHz Band."
> The Commission said its discussion of 2390-2400 MHz
> and other segments in
> terms of replacement spectrum was intended to be
> "illustrative rather than
> exclusive" and that other bands "may also merit
> consideration."
> 
> Last summer, the FCC invited comments on proposals
> to reallocate some
> spectrum in the 2390 to 2400 MHz amateur segment--as
> well as in the
> non-amateur 1.9 and 2.1 GHz bands--for possible use
> by unspecified mobile
> and fixed services. The Commission has proposed 2390
> to 2400 MHz and other
> bands to support the introduction of advanced
> wireless services, including
> so-called third-generation (3G) mobile systems.
> 
> The ARRL said it's not prepared to speculate on
> relocation spectrum for
> amateurs if the primary amateur allocation is
> modified in either
> proceeding and amateurs are displaced. The League
> suggested that "some
> reaccommodation" might be made if the FCC allocates
> 2300-2305 MHz to the
> Amateur Service on a primary basis.
> 
> "While that would be, at best, an incomplete
> solution for the Amateur
> Service, it might contribute to the availability of
> some portion of the
> 2390-2400 MHz band for displaced 800 MHz licensees,"
> the ARRL said. The
> ARRL already has petitioned the FCC for primary
> status at 2300 to 2305
> MHz. The petition faces competition from AeroAstro,
> which wants co-primary
> status with the Amateur Service for its commercial
> satellite-based
> location service.
> 
> The ARRL said it's "a simple matter" to conclude
> that there is no
> compatibility between displaced 800 MHz incumbents
> and amateurs in the
> band anymore than there would be to share it with
> advanced wireless
> services, as earlier suggested.
> 
> "Sharing between the Amateur Service and commercial
> services, especially
> mobile commercial services, is extremely difficult
> generally," the ARRL
> concluded.
> 
> The FCC recently proposed upgrading the adjacent
> Amateur Radio 2400-2402
> MHz allocation from secondary to primary, mainly to
> protect satellite
> operations. The AO-40 satellite has been
> successfully using the band for
> downlink telemetry and transponder operation, and
> AMSAT plans a similar
> downlink for its next satellite project. The Amateur
> Service already is
> primary at 2402-2417 MHz. There's a secondary
> amateur allocation at
> 2417-2450 MHz.
> 
> The complete NPRM and a copy of ARRL's comments are
> available via the FCC
> Electronic Comment Filing System Web site
> <http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html>. Click on
> "Search for Filed
> Comments" and enter "02-55" in the "Proceeding"
> field.
> 
> ==>LOG CHECKING REPORTS FOR ARRL CONTESTS NOW
> AVAILABLE ONLINE
> 
> Log Checking Reports (LCRs) now are available for
> selected ARRL contests.
> These documents provide a detailed error analysis of
> a contest entry. LCRs
> will be available for selected events commencing
> with the 2001 ARRL
> November CW Sweepstakes. ARRL members may access the
> available reports on
> the ARRL Web site
> <www.arrl.org/members-only/contests/lcr.html>. To
> access
> your reports, you must be registered on the ARRL Web
> site as a League
> member.
> 
> ARRL Contest Branch Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND,
> said that while the
> League recognizes that it's useful for participants
> to review errors found
> in their contest logs, the ARRL has established firm
> guidelines regarding
> how it will address inquiries.
> 
> "Simply put, we will not enter into discussions or
> debates over individual
> QSOs," Henderson said. "All electronic log data is
> checked using custom
> software. All logs are judged by the same criteria."
> Henderson said the
> policy was dictated by the need to minimize staff
> time and avoid any
> inequities in the treatment of individual contest
> entries.
> 
> Henderson said the log-checking software can--and
> does--perform a good job
> of impartially adjudicating the logs. While audio
> tapes or files of
> particular QSOs, e-mail confirmations from others or
> other types of
> "documentation" can be useful for a contester's
> research and learning,
> they "usually are not definitive and will not be
> considered" in the event
> of a dispute.
> 
> The only exception might be in the rare event that a
> log file was
> corrupted during transmission to the ARRL. "We will
> deal with these
> problems as necessary," Henderson said.
> 
> Reports may be accessed as soon as the results for
> the ARRL contest become
> available. For single operators, your log-in
> username (call sign) must be
> the same as the one that appears on the log
> submitted for the event. If
> you were a guest operator at another station or part
> of a multioperator
> entry, you may access the LCR for that entry if your
> call sign appears as
> an operator in the Cabrillo header (summary) for
> that log. ARRL members
> without Internet access may request their LCR free
> of charge by sending a
> request and an SASE to LCR Request, ARRL, Contesting
> Branch, 225 Main St,
> Newington, CT 06111.
> 
> Non-ARRL members may obtain LCRs by mailing a
> request along with $3 and an
> SASE for each event (eg, the Phone and CW weekends
> of the ARRL November
> Sweepstakes count as separate events). For each
> request, include the name
> and year of the contest as well as the call sign of
> the entry.
> 
> Henderson said the style and format for each LCR may
> differ from contest
> to contest, since the various operating events are
> checked and processed
> by different software. For more information, contact
> Henderson via e-mail
> contests@arrl.org or by telephone 860-594-0232.
> 
> ==>PAST ARRL, IARU PRESIDENT ROBERT W. DENNISTON,
> W0DX/VP2VI, SK
> 
> Past ARRL President and DXpedition pioneer Bob
> Denniston, VP2VI and W0DX,
> of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, died
> unexpectedly in his sleep May 12
> or 13. He was 83. Denniston served as ARRL president
> from 1966 until 1972
> and as International Amateur Radio Union president
> from 1966 until 1974.
> He later was elected an ARRL honorary vice
> president.
> 
> "He was an Amateur Radio icon, and he will be
> missed," said ARRL President
> Jim Haynie, W5JBP. "Our condolences go out to his
> family and many
> friends."
> 
> ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ,
> said that Denniston
> traveled extensively during his years as IARU
> president to promote IARU
> membership and build support for Amateur Radio in
> anticipation of what
> eventually became the 1979 World Administrative
> Radio Conference. As a
> result of WARC-79, Amateur Radio gained allocations
> at 30, 17 and 12
> meters.
> 
> Denniston was a founding director of the IARU Region
> 3 Association in 1968
> and served as chairman of the Second IARU Region 3
> Conference in Tokyo in
> 1971. In 1972, he went to Managua, Nicaragua, to
> deliver equipment and to
> assist personally in providing communications in the
> aftermath of a major
> earthquake.
> 
> Japan Amateur Radio League President Shozo Hara,
> JA1AN, called Denniston
> "a great leader" of Amateur Radio who would be long
> remembered.
> 
> After heading up the "Gon-Waki" VP7NG DXpedition to
> the Bahamas during the
> 1948 ARRL International DX Contest, Denniston--then
> W4NNN--was credited
> with being the "father of the modern DXpedition."
> The DXpedition's name
> was a spoof on Thor Heyerdahl's "Kon-Tiki"
> expedition the previous year.
> (The full "Gon-Waki" story appeared in QST, Jul
> 1948, page 80.)
> 
> Denniston has said he didn't realize at the time
> that he was inventing the
> concept, and he credited CM9AA with coining the
> expression "DXpedition."
> In recent years, he and a group of friends
> commemorated the 1948 "Gon
> Waki" milestone each March, setting up vintage
> equipment and using simple
> wire antennas and hand keys to replicate the flavor
> of the original
> DXpedition from his Tortola QTH.
> 
> Long-time friend Jim Livengood, W0NB (ex-KP2L),
> operated with Denniston
> during some of the "Gon-Waki" recreations. "Bob was
> a treasure," Livengood
> said. Livengood credited Denniston with "lighting
> the fire" that led him
> into Amateur Radio and a career in broadcasting.
> "Bob was coaching new
> hams in the British and US Virgin Islands as late as
> this spring," he
> said."Bob loved our hobby, promoted its growth, and
> was an ardent
> supporter of the League as long as I knew him."
> 
> Denniston's other firsts included Clipperton Island
> (FO8AJ) in 1954 and
> Malpelo (HK0TU) in 1969. His strategy of visits to
> rare prefixes helped
> earn him a world record ARRL International DX
> Contest score in 1960 from
> VP1JH (now Belize).
> 
> "Bob Denniston was the operator's operator," said
> former ARRL staffer John
> Nelson, K0IO (ex-W1GNC), who lives in Denniston's
> hometown of Newton,
> Iowa. Nelson said Denniston promoted use of 160
> meters years ago and
> always encouraged newcomers to get on the air during
> Field Day. "It was
> fascinating to watch him use a bug," Nelson said,
> "sending with an
> easy-rolling motion of his wrist, and we beginner's
> took note of how the
> rate went way up!"
> 
> Denniston was first licensed some 70 years ago as
> W9NWX at the age of 13
> and later held W4NNN and W0NWX. He served for four
> years in the US Army
> Signal Corps and was chief of the radio control
> section of radio station
> WAR at the Pentagon. It was at WAR that he met his
> wife, Nell--a Women's
> Army Corps CW operator. At the end of World War II,
> Denniston was the
> radio operator aboard the presidential train.
> 
> Denniston was ARRL Midwest Division Director from
> 1956 until 1966, when he
> was elected as the League's sixth president. While
> in Iowa, he had been
> active in ARES and RACES. He was a Charter Life
> Member of the ARRL as well
> as a charter member and past president of the
> Potomac Valley Radio Club.
> He was the founder and president of the Virgin
> Islands Amateur Radio Club.
> 
> In his professional life, Denniston was president of
> Denniston and
> Partridge, a firm that operated more than two dozen
> lumberyards at one
> point. When he retired to the British Virgin
> Islands, he ran Smugglers
> Cove Hotel in Tortola.
> 
> Denniston's wife, Nell, died two years ago. A son,
> Matt, and daughter,
> Carol, are among his survivors. Funeral arrangements
> are incomplete.
> 
> Denniston remained active on the ham bands until his
> death--including
> operation on 6 meters during the tremendous openings
> last year and early
> this year. VP2VI QSL Manager Rick Casey, W6RKC, says
> he will continue to
> handle requests for VP2VI cards. Send cards via
> W6RKC, 10640 Tabeaud Rd,
> Pine Grove, CA 95665.
> 
> _________________________________
> 
> ==>IN BRIEF:
> 
> * This weekend on the radio: The Anatolian RTTY WW
> Contest, the His
> Majesty the King of Spain Contest (CW) and the
> Baltic Contest are the
> weekend of May 18-19. 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 Level III Amateur Radio
> Emergency Communications
> Course (EC-003) and for the HF Digital
> Communications Course (EC-005)
> opens Monday, May 20, at 4 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
> Registration for the
> Level II ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
> Course (EC-002) and
> for the Antenna Modeling Course (EC-004) will remain
> open through Sunday,
> May 19, or until all available seats are filled.
> Registration for Level I
> opens Monday, June 3, at 4 PM EDT. 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 C-CE Links found
> there. For more
> information, contact Certification and Continuing
> Education Coordinator
> Dan Miller, K3UFG, cce@arrl.org.
> 
> * Correction: In The ARRL Letter, Vol 21, No 19 (May
> 10, 2002), a report
> on Kenwood's donation of a TS-2000X transceiver
> contained some incorrect
> information on the transceiver's capabilities. The
> TS-2000X covers all
> Amateur Radio bands from 1.8 MHz through 1.2 GHz,
> with the exception of
> 902 MHz and transmit capability on 222 MHz. It was
> reviewed in the July
> 2001 issue of QST.
> 
> * On-line ARRL November Sweepstakes SSB results
> available: On-line results
> for the 2001 ARRL November Sweepstakes (SSB) now are
> available on the ARRL
> Web site <http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/>.
> Included with these are
> an expanded contest writeup by Kelly Taylor, VE4XT;
> a searchable database
> on the results of the Affiliated Club Competition
> for Sweepstakes; and
> other interesting sidebars and photographs.
> 
> * Canada authorizes special amateur prefixes: All
> Canadian Radio Amateurs
> have been authorized to use special prefixes to
> celebrate the Golden
> Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. From May 18 through
> July 18 2002, the
> following special prefixes are authorized on a
> voluntary basis: XM1 for
> VE1; XM4 for VE4; XM8 for VE8; XL1 for VA1; XM5 for
> VE5; XM9 for VE9; XM2
> for VE2; XL5 for VA5; XN1 for VO1; XL2 for VA2; XM6
> for VE6; XN2 for VO2;
> XM3 for VE3; XL6 for VA6; XO0 for VY0; XL3 for VA3;
> XM7 for VE7; XO0 for
> VY1; XL4 for VA4; XL7 for VA7; and XO2 for
> VY2.--Industry Canada
> 
> * Migrating RV TV amplifiers bringing interference
> with them: As many
> recreational vehicle owners make their seasonal trek
> northward,
> unintentional radio interference may be hitchhiking.
> As reported in
> February 2001
> <http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2001/02/14/3/>,
> certain
> amplified TV antennas have been found to produce
> interference in the
> 400-500 MHz range that could cause problems for
> Public Safety and Amateur
> Radio systems. Winegard has been replacing its
> offending Sensar antenna
> units at no cost. See the Winegard Web site
>
<http://www.winegard.com/products/mobile/sensar_customers.html>
> for
> details. The FCC's Dave Galosky in the Office of
> Engineering and
> Technology says Winegard estimates there still may
> be thousands of
> defective units in the field. Boat and RV owners
> using these antennas may
> experience interference to onboard systems, such as
> GPS. According to the
> FCC, similar antennas from three other manufacturers
> also produce
> interference. The RadioShack RS 1624--made by TDP
> Electronics--transmits a
> spurious emission at 468 MHz and at its second
> harmonic, 936 MHz. The
> Shakespeare Seawatch 2050 antenna and an unspecified
> antenna model made by
> RCA/Thompson also have been reported to generate
> similar interference, the
> FCC says.
> 
>
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