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> ***************
> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 21, No. 44
> November 8, 2002
> ***************
> 
> IN THIS EDITION:
> 
> * +HR 4720 sponsor, hams in Congress survive
> election
> * +FCC Spectrum Policy Task Force issues
> recommendations
> * +Last Expedition 5 ARISS school contact a success
> * +FCC suspends Ohio ham following repeater
> interference
> * +MARS "Operation Holidays" turns 12
> * +Well-known contester Dan Robbins, KL7Y, SK
> *  Solar Update
> *  IN BRIEF:
>      This weekend on the radio
>      ARRL Certification and Continuing Education
> course registration
>     +No comments filed on multiple vanity
> applications petition
>      Attention all ARRL-affiliated clubs!
>      Jean R. Cebik, N4TZP, SK
>      Vote on QST Cover Plaque Award
>      Veterans' Day special event set
> 
> +Available on ARRL Audio News
> 
>
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> 
> ==>TWO HAMS IN US HOUSE, HR 4720 SPONSOR, MOST
> COSPONSORS SURVIVE ELECTION
> 
> The only two Amateur Radio operators in the US House
> of Representatives as
> well as the sponsor and most cosponsors of the CC&R
> bill, HR 4720, were
> returned to office in this week's mid-term election.
> HR 4720 sponsor, Rep
> Steve Israel--a New York Democrat--beat back a
> challenge from Joseph
> Finley in that state's second congressional
> district. An original HR 4720
> cosponsor, Texas Republican Rep Pete Sessions, of
> the 32nd congressional
> district, defeated Democratic challenger Pauline
> Dixon.
> 
> Elsewhere, Rep Greg Walden, WB7OCE, an Oregon
> Republican, handily won
> re-election in a three-way race in that state's
> second congressional
> district. Also re-elected was Arkansas
> fourth-district Democrat, Rep Mike
> Ross, WD5DVR, who defeated Republican Jay Dickey for
> another term. Walden
> and Ross are both HR 4720 cosponsors and the only
> hams in Congress.
> 
> Of the 34 HR 4720 cosponsors signed on to date, only
> three won't be back
> in January when the new Congress convenes. Although
> Rep Patsy Mink, the
> Hawaii Democrat died September 28, her name remained
> on the ballot, and
> she defeated Republican Bob McDermott. A special
> election will be held to
> fill the vacancy. Another cosponsor, Rep Bob
> Schaffer, a Colorado
> Republican, did not seek a new term, and a third,
> Maryland Republican Rep
> Constance Morella, was defeated for re-election by
> Democrat Christopher
> Van Hollen.
> 
> Although at least one "lame duck" session of
> Congress is scheduled between
> now and the time the new Congress convenes, action
> on HR 4720--"The
> Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Consistency
> Act"--is considered
> highly unlikely. Technically, the measure remains
> alive until Congress
> formally adjourns.
> 
> ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, has called HR 4720
> "probably the most
> important thing the League has done in a long time."
> The League's effort
> to secure a congressional solution to the issue of
> CC&Rs--deed convenants,
> conditions and restrictions as they affect the
> ability of amateurs to
> erect outdoor antenna systems--will re-start after
> the new Congress is
> gaveled into session in January.
> 
> The measure was referred to the House
> Telecommunications and Internet
> Subcommittee, to which Walden was appointed. It
> 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.
> 
> For more information, visit the HR 4720, The Amateur
> Radio Emergency
> Communications Consistency Act of 2002 page
> <http://www.arrl.org/govrelations/hr4720> on the
> ARRL Web site.
> 
> ==>FCC SPECTRUM POLICY TASK FORCE PRESENTS
> RECOMMENDATIONS
> 
> The FCC Spectrum Policy Task Force this week
> presented recommendations to
> modernize the rules that guide how the nation's
> spectrum is managed and
> utilized. The panel recommended that spectrum
> management evolve from a
> traditional government "command-and-control" model
> to a more flexible,
> consumer-oriented approach. Created by FCC Chairman
> Michael Powell last
> June, the Task Force--after research and extensive
> public input--concluded
> that the time is ripe for spectrum policy reform.
> 
> "The foundations of our current spectrum policy are
> cracking beneath the
> weight of innovation and widespread consumer use of
> spectrum-based
> services," Powell said. "This is no surprise, since
> most of our policies
> date from the 1920s." The FCC said in a Public
> Notice
>
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-228242A1.doc>
> that
> the Task Force's report will provide a starting
> point for a long-term
> review of spectrum policy approaches.
> 
> The ARRL was among the entities and individuals
> commenting in the FCC's
> Task Force initiative, ET Docket 02-135, earlier
> this year. The League
> told the FCC that marketplace forces should not
> determine Amateur Radio
> spectrum allocations, and that interference
> management is a technical, not
> an economic, issue.
> 
> "The value to the public of a vital, growing Amateur
> Radio Service, while
> perhaps only indirectly measurable in market terms,
> cannot translate to a
> marketplace ability to pay for spectrum, no matter
> what the mechanism,"
> the ARRL asserted in its comments. A market-oriented
> allocation processes
> could preclude Amateur Radio communications, the
> League asserted.
> 
> In its comments, the ARRL compared Amateur Radio
> spectrum to a public park
> or right-of-way. "Given the wide availability of
> Amateur Radio to the
> general public and its value as an educational and
> public service
> resource, the concept fits well," the League said.
> 
> The Task Force said some bands are heavily used
> while many are not in use
> in all geographic areas or are used only part of the
> time. "Thus, there
> may be opportunities for spectrum-based services or
> devices to operate in
> the resulting 'white spaces,'" the Task Force
> suggested. The Task Force
> said that technological advances--such as the
> increased use of digital
> technologies and the development of software-defined
> radios--are providing
> some potential answers to current spectrum policy
> challenges. "These
> technological advances enable spectrum rights to be
> parceled as a function
> of time," the FCC panel said. "Also, they allow
> systems to be much more
> tolerant of interference than in the past."
> 
> The Task Force also concluded that spectrum rights
> and responsibilities
> are not always clearly defined and that users need
> more certainty. "In
> addition, the rights and responsibilities that are
> defined need to better
> reflect more market-based models and policies," it
> said. Among its
> specific recommendations was to adopt "interference
> temperature" to
> quantify and manage interference.
> 
> The Task Force said using an "interference
> temperature" standard to
> establish maximum permissible interference levels on
> a band-by-band basis
> would place a limit on the noise environment in
> which receivers would be
> required to operate. "To the extent, however, that
> the interference
> temperature in a particular band is not reached,
> users who emit energy
> below that temperature could operate more flexibly,"
> the panel said, "with
> the interference temperature serving as the maximum
> cap on the potential
> RF energy they could introduce into the band."
> 
> The Task Force said it found that new technological
> developments now
> permit access to unused or underused spectrum
> through time-sharing of
> spectrum between multiple users and lead to more
> efficient use of the
> spectrum resource."
> 
> Concluded FCC Chairman Powell, "The Commission is
> chartered to serve the
> public interest. The public has made their desire
> for interference-free
> spectrum-based services quite clear. The challenge
> now rests with us to
> deliver."
> 
> ==>PARENT BAILS OUT LAST EXPEDITION 5 ARISS SCHOOL
> CONTACT
> 
> Despite some last-minute anxiety due to equipment
> failure, an October 28
> Amateur Radio contact between Colorado youngsters
> and the International
> Space Station was successful. The contact between
> ISS astronaut Peggy
> Whitson, KC5ZTD, and middle school students at
> Silverheels Middle School
> in Fairplay was arranged as part of the Amateur
> Radio on the International
> Space Station (ARISS) program.
> 
> "It's an experience we'll never forget, and we
> appreciate all the
> volunteers who made this possible," coordinating
> teacher Marcy Wilkins
> said. "I've been looking forward to this and so have
> the kids. They have
> been so excited about this since school started."
> The ARISS school contact
> was the last scheduled with a member of the ISS
> Expedition 5 crew.
> 
> Because the QSO was handled via a WorldCom
> teleconferencing link between
> the school and Earth station op Nancy Rocheleau,
> WH6PN, in Hawaii, all the
> school needed on its end was a working speakerphone.
> But, with all else
> ready, the school's speakerphone failed at the
> appointed hour. A parent
> rushed home and returned with a substitute unit, and
> the conversation went
> ahead as scheduled.
> 
> Student Jacob Reese wanted to know how long it takes
> Whitson to swim
> across the entire space station. Whitson said
> "swimming" in zero gravity
> is one of her favorite pastimes. "I actually can get
> across the station in
> probably less than a minute if I'm in a hurry,"
> Whitson, said. "But
> sometimes high speed can get you in trouble,
> especially if someone happens
> to be in  your way."
> 
> Replying to another question, Whitson took another
> mild swipe at the
> repetitious menu crewmembers consume while on ISS
> duty. "Every eight days
> we start over with the same foods we had the
> previous eight days," Whitson
> said. "So I think I'm looking forward to anything
> that's not on those
> eight days."
> 
> Whitson said it was an "amazing feeling" to lift off
> in the space shuttle.
> "It was a pretty exciting moment for me," she said.
> The first few days in
> space were another matter altogether. "You tend to
> feel like you have a
> head cold because the fluid has shifted toward your
> head, and a backache
> from having the fluid redistribute in your spine,"
> Whitson explained. But,
> she said, those effects disappear quickly.
> 
> Toward the end of the contact, Whitson again
> reflected on the enjoyment
> she derives from living and working in zero gravity.
> "Living up here on
> space station gives me an opportunity to enjoy the
> feeling of floating,"
> she said. "It's an amazing feeling." Working outside
> the space station,
> she added, made her feel like "a very very fast
> bird." As she's told other
> students, Whitson said she hopes to one day return
> to space after her
> current ISS tour ends later this month.
> 
> Whitson and her Expedition 5 crewmates, Valery
> Korzun, RK3FZ, and Sergei
> Treschev, RK3FU, have been in space since June 5.
> The Expedition 6 crew of
> Kenneth Bowersox, KD5JBP, Nikolai Budarin, RV3FB,
> and Donald Petit,
> KD5MDT, will launch aboard the shuttle Endeavour
> November 11. Bowersox
> will serve as the crew commander, Petit will be the
> NASA ISS science
> officer, and Budarin will serve as a flight
> engineer. The Expedition 6
> crew will be the third all-ham crew to serve aboard
> the ISS.
> 
> ARISS is an international project with US
> participation by NASA, ARRL and
> AMSAT.
> 
> ==>OHIO HAM SUSPENDED FOLLOWING REPEATER
> INTERFERENCE
> 
> An Ohio amateur accused of interfering with a local
> repeater system has
> agreed to stay off the air for one year. FCC Special
> Counsel for
> Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth notified Gary R.
> Weiler, KI8DI, of
> Loveland by letter October 22 to confirm the
> voluntary license suspension.
> 
> "The interference consisted of sound effects,
> harassment and unidentified
> communications," Hollingsworth said in his letter.
> In late September,
> Hollingsworth had served Weiler with a Warning
> Notice citing monitoring
> information alleging that on several occasions since
> last March Weiler had
> "deliberately interfered" with the K8CLA repeater in
> Cincinnati, Ohio. The
> Warning Notice also threatened him with enforcement
> action up to and
> including a fine of up to $7500 and revocation of
> his amateur license.
> 
> Hollingsworth credited the Cincinnati Amateur Radio
> Club with helping to
> pin down the source of the interference to Weiler's
> location. In his reply
> September 30, Hollingsworth said, Weiler owned up to
> the infractions and
> said they'd involved a personal dispute of some
> kind. "He said he realized
> he shouldn't have done it," Hollingworth said.
> 
> After reviewing his reply, Hollingsworth said Weiler
> agreed to the
> proposed one-year suspension, during which he will
> not maintain an Amateur
> Radio station. FCC said the suspension will end at
> midnight October 30,
> 2003, and that Weiler's amateur license would be
> returned automatically on
> or before that date.
> 
> On October 24, Hollingsworth issued a welcome
> reminder to Danny A.
> Kenwood, WA6CNQ, of San Francisco. In November 2000,
> Kenwood agreed to a
> modification of his ham ticket that prohibited all
> but CW operation below
> 30 MHz for two years. It was not the first FCC
> sanction Kenwood had
> endured. In the fall of 1999, Kenwood lost his VHF
> and UHF privileges for
> 90 days following allegations of profanity,
> obscenity and deliberate
> interference directed at users of the K7IJ Grizzly
> Peak repeater, and of
> failure to properly identify.
> 
> In the spring of 2000, the FCC issued Kenwood a
> Warning Notice on the
> basis of reports from the K7IJ repeater system
> control operator that the
> repeater had to be shut down due to what
> Hollingsworth called Kenwood's
> "interference and harassment to other operators on
> the repeater system."
> Kenwood subsequently agreed to the HF CW-only
> sanction. The modification
> of Kenwood's General license expires December 1.
> 
> ==>US ARMY MARS OPERATION HOLIDAYS NOW IN 12TH YEAR
> 
> The holiday season offers plenty of opportunity for
> good deeds by hams in
> general and members of the Military Affiliate Radio
> System (MARS) in
> particular. "Operation Holidays," sponsored by US
> Army MARS, marks its
> 12th year in 2002. The program offers the chance for
> families and loved
> ones to send US servicemen away from home free
> MARSgrams and phone
> patches.
> 
> In addition, "any servicemember" messages also will
> be delivered to
> selected overseas bases, and "any veteran" messages
> now can be sent to
> veterans in participating Veterans' Administration
> hospitals. The "any
> veteran" program inaugurated in Michigan and
> California two years ago is
> the newest wrinkle in MARS morale and welfare
> traffic.
> 
> Initiated by Frank Wegori, WD8NIK/AAA9AX, the Army
> MARS auxiliary
> membership coordinator, the new--and
> expanding--program is aimed at
> bringing recognition and hope to the 100,000
> hospitalized veterans who may
> not have family or friends nearby during the holiday
> season.
> 
> Any Amateur Radio operator can participate by either
> initiating or
> relaying traffic through a MARS member or via the
> Internet. For many, the
> simplest way to send a MARSgram is to connect to the
> United States Army
> Military Affiliate Radio System Web site
> <http://www.netcom.army.mil/mars>, click on
> "MARSgrams" in the lefthand
> column and follow the instructions. Each message
> must include the full
> military address and, if available, the addressee's
> telephone number.
> 
> Radio phone patch connections must be arranged by
> the overseas service
> member, and, in most cases, are available only where
> there no public
> telephone or e-mail link exists. In recent months,
> Army MARS has handled
> phone patch traffic from the Middle East, Africa and
> Eastern Europe, where
> Americans are stationed on peacekeeping missions.
> MARSgrams can be used to
> facilitate the connection.
> 
> Sending an "any servicemember" message is a worthy
> gesture for those who
> do not have loved ones of their own in uniform--a
> sort of pen pal
> arrangement. MARSgrams will be delivered to
> participating installations or
> organizations for forwarding to a serviceman or
> servicewoman. The largest
> overseas deployment is in Europe, and the active
> MARS organization there
> has challenged its members to initiate 100 "any
> servicemember" messages
> during the holiday season.
> 
> MARS asks senders to limit individual MARSgrams to
> 50 words each. There is
> no official limit on the number of MARSgrams a
> person may send,
> however.--Bill Sexton, N1IN
> 
> ==>DANIEL K. ROBBINS, KL7Y, SK
> 
> Well-known contester Dan Robbins, KL7Y, of Wasilla,
> Alaska, died October
> 31 as a result of a motorcycle accident in Hawaii.
> He was 54. According to
> a report in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Robbins lost
> control of the
> motorcycle he was riding in Kona, on the "Big
> Island" of Hawaii, and drove
> into a lava field. Robbins, who was not wearing a
> helmet, reportedly
> suffered fatal head and other injuries.
> 
> "Dan has always been like a part of my family," said
> Robbins' friend and
> neighbor Kevin Forster, NL7Z. "We will all miss that
> familiar voice and
> fist of KL7Y, his sense of humor and his knowledge."
> 
> At the time of the mishap that ended his life,
> Robbins--an ARRL Life
> Member--was vacationing in Hawaii, where he'd been
> part of the KH7R
> multi-multi operation for the CQ World Wide SSB
> contest the previous
> weekend. One of the KH7R team, Kimo Chun, KH7U, said
> that Robbins--a
> Raytheon employee--was returning from a visit to one
> of the company's
> sites on Hawaii when the accident occurred.
> 
> "We who knew him and enjoyed this last opportunity
> to radio contest with
> him are still in shock," Chun said in a CQ-Contest
> reflector
> <cq-contest@contesting.com> posting. "We all
> benefited from his presence
> and contributions." Another friend, Joe Jeffries,
> WL7E, called Robbin's
> passing "a great loss to the contesting community,
> ham radio and the lives
> of many," he said.
> 
> John Worthington, WA2GO, called KL7Y "Alaska's
> Amateur Radio ambassador to
> the world" as well as a great Elmer and a first-rate
> Elmer and technician.
> "He will live on as an inspiration to anyone who
> knew him," Worthington
> said.
> 
> A funeral service was scheduled for Saturday,
> November 9, 10 AM, at
> Congdon Funeral Home, 3012 Sheridan, Zion, Illinois.
> Jeffries said
> Robbins' friends and acquaintances may route
> condolences via e-mail
> <wl7e@arrl.net>. Survivors include his mother,
> Arlene Robbins (2202 Lydia
> Ave, Zion, IL 60099-2038) and his friend Linda
> McKinney (6204 235th Ave,
> Salem, WI 53168).
> 
> Memorial donations are invited to the Daniel K
> Robbins Memorial fund, c/o
> Bridgeview Bank, 11411 W Wadsworth Rd, Beach Park,
> IL 60099.--some
> information from the CQ-Contest mailing list
> <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
> 
> ==>SOLAR UPDATE
> 
> Solar maven Tad "Black Hole Sun" Cook, K7VVV,
> Seattle, Washington,
> reports: Sunspot numbers and solar flux increased
> last week. The average
> daily sunspot number rose nearly 31 points and the
> solar flux was up by
> nearly 11. Geomagnetic indices have been quite
> active of late, although
> this week was quieter than last. In general, HF
> operators appreciate A
> indices of 10 or lower, but November 1 was the only
> day in the past two
> weeks that the Planetary A index was ever as low as
> 10.
> 
> Lately our planet has been inside a constant solar
> wind from a coronal
> hole. Over the past week conditions haven't been so
> stormy that they would
> produce lower latitude auroras as they did on
> October 24 and 25.
> 
> A huge sunspot (number 180) has been squarely
> Earth-directed in the center
> of the visible solar disk for the past couple of
> days, and the daily
> sunspot number from Monday through Thursday has
> risen from 166 to 175, 234
> and 259. This sunspot presents a threat of solar
> flares. The predicted
> planetary A index for Friday through Monday is 10,
> 10, 20 and 20. Solar
> flux is expected to remain fairly high over the next
> few days.
> 
> A year ago this bulletin reported that the sunspot
> numbers were a small
> amount lower than this week (fewer than 4 points)
> and the solar flux was
> about 60 points higher. The latest Preliminary
> Report and Forecast of
> Solar Geophysical Data show that smoothed solar flux
> should be about 44
> points lower a year from now. The latest prediction
> for the next solar
> minimum is around September 2006 through April 2007
> for solar flux and
> centered right around December 2006 to January 2007
> for smoothed sunspot
> number.
> 
> Sunspot numbers for October 24 through 30 were 149,
> 151, 143, 120, 143,
> 168 and 182, with a mean of 150.9. The 10.7-cm flux
> was 160.3, 172.9, 158,
> 157.1, 158.3, 161.6 and 167.7, with a mean of 162.3.
> Estimated planetary A
> indices were 47, 40, 27, 22, 17, 16 and 19, with a
> mean of 26.9.
> 
> Sunspot numbers for October 31 through November 6
> were 134, 169, 177, 217,
> 166, 175 and 234, with a mean of 181.7. The 10.7-cm
> flux was 170.2, 162.2,
> 164.6, 169.2, 177.4, 183.1 and 184.5, with a mean of
> 173. Estimated
> planetary A indices were 18, 10, 21, 27, 21, 19 and
> 19, with a mean of
> 19.3.
> 
> __________________________________
> 
> ==>IN BRIEF:
> 
> * This weekend on the radio: The Japan International
> DX Contest (SSB), the
> WAE DX Contest (RTTY), the OK/OM DX Contest (CW) and
> the Anatolian ATA
> PSK31 Contest are the weekend of November 9-10. JUST
> AHEAD: The ARRL
> November Sweepstakes (SSB), the North American
> Collegiate Amateur Radio
> Club Championship (SSB),  the RSGB 1.8 MHz Contest
> (CW) the LZ DX Contest
> (CW) and the All-Austrian 160-Meter Contest are the
> weekend of November
> 16-17. See the ARRL Contest Branch page
> <http://www.arrl.org/contests/>
> and the WA7BNM Contest Calendar
> <http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html>
> for more info.
> 
> * ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course
> registration:
> Registration for the ARRL Level II Amateur Radio
> Emergency Communications
> (EC-002) and Antenna Modeling (EC-004) courses opens
> Monday, November 11,
> 4 PM Eastern Standard Time (2100 UTC). Registration
> will remain open
> through Sunday, November 17. Classes begin November
> 18. All 300 seats
> available in November for the Level I ARRL Amateur
> Radio Emergency
> Communications course (EC-001) have been filled, and
> registration has been
> closed for the month. If you were not able to enroll
> at this time, please
> be patient. New classes open every month. To learn
> more, visit the ARRL
> Certification and Continuing Education page
> <http://www.arrl.org/cce> on
> the ARRL Web site and the C-CE Links found there.
> For more information,
> contact Emergency Communications Course Manager Dan
> Miller, K3UFG,
> k3ufg@arrl.org.
> 
> +No comments filed on multiple vanity applications
> petition: A Petition
> for Rulemaking put on public notice (RM-10582) by
> the FCC in late
> September that asked the Commission to consider only
> one vanity call sign
> application per applicant per call sign attracted no
> comments. The period
> for comments ended in late October. The application,
> filed by Marvin
> Edwards, K4BWC, Frank Lynch, W4FAL and Norman Young
> Jr, KA4PUV, sought
> either a change in Part 97 Amateur Radio Service
> rules or modification of
> the FCC's current vanity call sign policy. FCC rules
> do provide for filing
> comments beyond the filing deadline, but commenters
> must justify the
> reason for late filing. The petitioners said that
> permitting multiple
> applications from the same applicant for the same
> call sign "has created a
> de facto lottery" that favors applicants who can
> afford to pay multiple
> application fees (now $14.50 per application and
> refundable if the call
> sign is not granted) and put applicants unable to do
> so at "a distinct
> disadvantage." The petitioners also cited specific
> instances where the
> winners of particular call signs had filed as many
> as 30 separate
> applications. By dismissing all applications after
> an initial vanity
> request for a given call sign, the FCC "would permit
> every licensed
> amateur competing for an available call to have an
> equal chance of having
> that call granted," the petitioners concluded.
> 
> * Attention all ARRL-affiliated clubs! ARRL Field
> and Educational Services
> reminds ARRL-affiliated clubs that they are eligible
> to sign up for ARRL
> E-Mail Forwarding Service (@arrl.net) vanity e-mail
> addresses. To apply,
> send an e-mail request <clubregistration@arrl.org>,
> and F&ES will do the
> rest. You should receive a test message once the
> process has been
> completed. F&ES also points out that to remain
> actively affiliated,
> ARRL-affiliated clubs need to file a report with
> ARRL Headquarters each
> year. A good way to remember to submit your club's
> report is to use your
> election time as a reminder "flag." ARRL HQ also
> needs to know any time a
> change occurs within a club's records. To update
> your club's records,
> complete the Affiliated Club Annual Report Form,
> available on the ARRL Web
> site
> <http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/forms/fsd2/>.
> Reminder notices
> go out to overdue clubs in January and July. For
> more information, contact
> ARRL Club and Educational Correspondent Margie
> Bourgoin, KB1DCO,
> mbourgoin@arrl.org; 860-594-0267; fax, 860-594-0259.
> 
> * Jean R. Cebik, N4TZP, SK: Jean Cebik, N4TZP, of
> Knoxville, Tennessee,
> died November 4. She was 59 and had been battling
> cancer for more than a
> year. Jean Cebik was the wife of well-known antenna
> guru and prolific QST,
> QEX and NCJ author L.B. Cebik, W4RNL. She was a Full
> Family Life Member of
> ARRL. His wife's final wish, L.B. Cebik said, was
> that all of her friends
> plant a tree or a shrub in her memory "to support
> the songbirds that she
> so much loved and so ably rehabilitated."
> 
> * Vote on QST Cover Plaque Award: The winner of the
> QST Cover Plaque Award
> for October was Mike Marcus, N3JMM, for his article
> "Linux, Software Radio
> and the Radio Amateur." Congratulations, Mike! 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>.
> There's still time to
> cast a ballot for your favorite article in the
> November 2002 issue of QST.
> Voting ends November 30.
> 
> * Veterans' Day special event set: To recognize
> Veterans Day and the
> anniversary of the birth of Gen Curtis E. LeMay,
> K0GRL/K4FRA/W6EZV (SK),
> the Strategic Air Command Memorial Amateur Radio
> Club (SACMARC)
> <http://www.sacmarc.org/> will operate special event
> station K0GRL on
> Monday, November 11, from 1200 to 2400 UTC.
> Operation will be in the
> General-class phone bands on or near frequencies
> ending in 47--for 1947
> when the Air Force became a single entity)--3947,
> 7247, 14,247, 21,347 and
> 28,347 kHz. LeMay held K0GRL when he was the
> Strategic Air Command,
> Commander assigned to Offutt Air Force Base near
> Omaha, Nebraska. LeMay
> later obtained K4FRA when he served as the USAF Vice
> Chief of Staff (later
> Chief of Staff). When he retired in California, he
> became W6EZV. SACMARC
> obtained K0GRL via the vanity call sign program in
> 1997. Include a
> self-addressed, stamped envelope with QSL requests
> to SACMARC, PO Box
> 1292, Bellevue, NE 68005-1292.--Darwin Piatt, W9HZC
> 
>
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