[TCARC-NTx] Fwd: The ARRL Letter, Vol 21, No 43

[david johnson]

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> ***************
> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 21, No. 43
> November 1, 2002
> ***************
> 
> IN THIS EDITION:
> 
> * +New cosponsors step forward for CC&R bill
> * +NTIA opposes SAVI Technology's RFID proposals for
> 70 cm
> * +Philly youngsters meet astronaut via ham radio
> * +Texas amateurs do tornado duty
> * +ARRL resurrects Frequency Measuring Test
> * +Vanity application reminders bear repeating
> *  IN BRIEF:
>      This weekend on the radio
>      VY1JA to be on the air for both Sweepstakes
> weekends
>      ARRL Emergency Communications course
> registration
>     +ARRL Diamond Club off to "a great start"
>      New on-line edition of The ARRL PIO's Handbook
> debuts
>      UK holding the line on additional 5 MHz
> experimenters
>      Indian pirates persist
> 
> +Available on ARRL Audio News
> 
>
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> NOTE: To accommodate vacation schedules, this week's
> editions of The ARRL
> Letter and ARRL Audio News are being distributed
> October 30. The Solar
> Update will be available November 1 on the ARRL Web
> site as well as via
> W1AW/ARRL bulletin.
>
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> 
> ==>NEW CC&R BILL COSPONSORS CONTINUE TO STEP FORWARD
> 
> Despite the fact that action on the CC&R bill, HR
> 4720, is highly unlikely
> as the current session of Congress winds down,
> additional cosponsors
> continue to register their support for the measure.
> The
> latest--representatives Todd Platts (R-PA), Larry
> Combest (R-TX), Duke
> Cunningham (R-CA), and Mary Bono (R-CA)--raise the
> total cosponsor count
> to 34.
> 
> The recent spurt in cosponsors may have resulted
> from an eleventh-hour
> initiative in late September, when the bill's
> sponsor, Rep Steve Israel
> (D-NY), and the only two amateurs in the US House of
> Representatives--Mike
> Ross, WD5DVR (D-AR) and Greg Walden, WB7OCE
> (R-OR)--appealed by letter to
> their colleagues who had not already done so to
> agree to cosponsor the
> measure.
> 
> HR 4720 is aimed at providing relief to amateurs
> faced with private deed
> covenants, conditions and restrictions--CC&Rs--in
> erecting antennas. No
> more votes will occur until a post-election "lame
> duck" session that
> begins November 12 to complete several
> appropriations, homeland security
> and other high-profile bills. Another lame duck
> session in December also
> is possible.
> 
> With further progress on the bill unlikely this
> year, the effort to secure
> a congressional solution to the CC&R issue will
> start all over again after
> the new Congress convenes in January. The current
> list of HR 4720
> cosponsors and more information are available on the
> HR 4720, The Amateur
> Radio Emergency Communications Consistency Act of
> 2002 page of the ARRL
> Web site <http://www.arrl.org/govrelations/hr4720>.
> 
> ==>NTIA STUDY IS BAD NEWS FOR SAVI 425-435 MHz
> PROPOSALS
> 
> A National Telecommunications and Information
> Administration (NTIA) study
> supports the ARRL's position that the FCC would be
> making a mistake to
> permit SAVI Technology to deploy RF identification
> (RFID) tag devices at
> 433 MHz at much greater duty cycles than current
> Part 15 rules permit for
> such devices. RFID tags are used for tracking
> shipments and packages,
> among other applications.
> 
> "NTIA has grave concerns about the Commission's
> proposal to amend its Part
> 15 rules to permit the operation of RFID tags in the
> band 425-435 MHz at
> increased power levels and increased duty factor (or
> activity factor) and
> data transmission by remote control devices," wrote
> Fredrick R. Wentland,
> the NTIA's acting associate administrator in the
> Office of Spectrum
> Management. "Given the likelihood of interference to
> critical government
> radars, NTIA is unable to support the Commission's
> proposal."
> 
> The NTIA filed initial comments in the proceeding,
> ET Docket 01-278, last
> March but requested additional time to document an
> NTIA staff study with
> respect to field strength limits for RFID tags in
> the band.
> 
> ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ,
> said the NTIA staff study
> bears out what the League has been saying all along.
> "RFID tags represent
> a significant source of potential interference to
> sensitive receivers,"
> Sumner said, adding that use of the 425-435 MHz band
> would be incompatible
> with ongoing requirements of incumbent
> services--military and amateur. "We
> trust that the FCC will now terminate this portion
> of the proceeding and
> that the RFID proponents will focus their attention
> on other, more
> appropriate parts of the radio spectrum."
> 
> That's exactly what the NTIA advised. It recommended
> that the FCC "explore
> other bands that might be able to accommodate the
> technology without
> causing unacceptable interference to critical
> incumbent users." Among the
> suggestions was 450 to 470 MHz, which provides
> nearly the same propagation
> characteristics as the band SAVI picked. The NTIA
> also noted that 902 to
> 928 MHz--an amateur allocation--or 2400 to 2483.5
> MHz--which includes part
> of an amateur microwave allocation--might
> accommodate the proposed RFID
> tags as spread spectrum devices.
> 
> Accompanying Wentland's letter was a six-page NTIA
> technical analysis. The
> study asserts that the FCC's proposal to permit
> increased duty cycles and
> field strengths for the 425-435 MHz RFID emitters
> "would result in
> received power levels in excess of the required
> interference-to-noise
> ratio" that could adversely affect "critical
> government radar systems."
> 
> SAVI this week filed its own detailed study that
> rebuts the NTIA's
> position. SAVI suggested it would be willing to have
> the FCC limit the
> available band for "advanced RFID" products to 433
> to 435 MHz, lower the
> peak-to-average ratio to 14 dB, strengthen the
> definition of RFID products
> to add language forbidding voice transmissions and
> limit use of RFIDs to
> "commercial or industrial locations."
> 
> More than 130 amateurs filed comments in opposition
> to SAVI Technology's
> RFID tags proposal, and most supported the ARRL's
> position that the
> proposed rules are flawed and should not be adopted.
> A copy of the NTIA
> letter and study and SAVI's rebuttal study in ET
> Docket 01-278 are
> available via the FCC Electronic Comment Filing
> System page
> <http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html>. Click on
> "Search for Filed
> Comments" and enter "01-278" in the "Proceeding"
> field.
> 
> ==>PHILLY YOUNGSTERS MEET ASTRONAUT PEGGY WHITSON
> VIA HAM RADIO
> 
> US Astronaut Peggy Whitson, KC5ZTD, told students in
> Philadelphia that she
> thinks it's possible there's life on other planets
> somewhere in the
> universe. Using NA1SS aboard the International Space
> Station October 22,
> Whitson answered several questions from youngsters
> attending Spruce Hill
> Christian School. The contact was arranged via the
> Amateur Radio on the
> International Space Station (ARISS) project.
> 
> "Actually, I think with the thousands and thousands
> of universes that we
> can see," Whitson said, "and knowing that there are
> even thousands and
> thousand more that we can't, I think that on all
> those planets somewhere
> there probably is going to be life somewhere
> else--maybe not exactly like
> ours, but I imagine there's going to be some kind of
> life."
> 
> Whitson said one of the most "fun" things she does
> aboard the ISS is look
> out the window. "Seeing the earth from this vantage
> point of over 200
> miles above the earth is really impressive. It's
> really a beautiful place
> that we live on, and I think we take it for granted
> sometimes, when we
> live there." She said she also enjoys exercise--a
> necessity for long-term
> spaceflight. "We obviously aren't exposed to the
> effects of gravity, so we
> have to work very hard to maintain our physical
> fitness," she said.
> 
> Life in microgravity leads to demineralization of
> bones, Whitson
> explained. When the Expedition 5 crew returns to
> Earth next month, she
> said, it will take months before their bones return
> to normal. The crew
> likely will recover much more quickly from the other
> aftereffects of
> several months in space, she added, such as the
> dizziness or
> lightheadedness experienced by some returning
> astronauts.
> 
> The ARISS QSO got off to an uncertain start when
> Whitson and ground
> control operator Nancy Rocheleau, WH6PN, in Hawaii,
> apparently got on
> different frequencies. Initially, Rocheleau was able
> to copy NA1SS, but
> Whitson did not hear WH6PN. Once things got under
> way for real, the
> contact lasted a little more than seven minutes.
> 
> Remote audio between the school and the ISS via
> WH6PN in Hawaii was
> handled through a WorldCom teleconferencing circuit.
> Whitson, who is
> related to the wife of the school's principal, Seth
> Cohen, asked ARISS to
> arrange the Spruce Hill contact as a "crew pick."
> ARISS is an
> international project with US participation by NASA,
> ARRL and AMSAT.
> 
> ==>TEXAS AMATEURS VOLUNTEER AS TORNADO STRIKES
> CORPUS CHRISTI
> 
> Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers
> activated October 24 as
> a tornado struck Corpus Christi, Texas. One person
> died after a wall at
> the library of Del Mar College collapsed. The
> twister also caused perhaps
> two dozen other injuries as well as considerable
> property damage. ARRL
> South Texas Section Manager Ray Taylor, N5NAV, said
> the Texas Department
> of Public Safety was unable to get helicopters in to
> rescue stranded
> people due to the storm's turbulence. Gov Rick Perry
> declared a state of
> disaster for Corpus Christi and Nueces County.
> 
> The American Red Cross, The Salvation Army and the
> Texas Men's Baptist
> Kitchen were among the responding organizations.
> According to the Texas
> Division of Emergency Management, feeding and
> shelter operations continue
> in the impacted areas.
> 
> SKYWARN volunteers and South Texas Amateur Repeater
> Club weather station
> N5CCW were activated in advance of the severe
> weather that hit Corpus
> Christi. ARRL South Texas District Emergency
> Coordinator Robert Lobaugh,
> W5JYJ, said rainwater runoff depth ranged from 18
> inches to several feet,
> depending upon the location. He reported downed
> power lines and roads
> blocked by debris and water. ARES teams and
> individual amateurs assisted
> as needed, Taylor said.
> 
> The tornado swept through about three miles from the
> shop of Mark Mireles,
> AD5CA. "It was impressive," Mireles said of the
> tornado damage. "People
> here are not used to that type of thing." Mireles
> said the Corpus Christi
> emergency operations center was activated, and
> amateurs staffed the radio
> room from noon until 10 PM October 25 and from 8 AM
> until shortly before
> noon October 26. Anticipated severe weather from
> Hurricane Kenna failed to
> materialize, so emergency volunteers were able to
> stand down.
> 
> "We have been well-received by all the city
> officials, from the city
> manager to the police chief," Mireles said, "and I
> almost have the EMS
> director talked into becoming a ham." Amateurs made
> use of a networked
> repeater system to facilitate communication.
> 
> The Corpus Christi tornado was the most severe
> weather problem for the
> Lone Star State in a week that had included heavy
> rains and flooding
> elsewhere. According to Lobaugh, San Patricio
> County, some 30 miles north
> of Corpus Christi, suffered storm damage October 23.
> Roads were closed due
> to high water, and utility poles were downed. Power
> has since been
> restored, he said. Taylor said wet weather earlier
> in the week caused some
> residents in Seguin and Gonzales near the Guadalupe
> River to be evacuated.
> "The people in New Braunfels along the same river
> had to leave while they
> were in process of rebuilding from storm damage
> earlier this year," he
> added.
> 
> By the end of the week, the remnants of Hurricane
> Kenna exacerbated the
> situation in some areas after the storm dumped
> additional precipitation
> that led to more flooding in Pearland and possibly
> elsewhere. Weather
> problems continued this week as tornado and
> thunderstorm watches were in
> effect for more than a dozen Texas counties. Taylor
> reports that another
> tornado October 29 in the Beaumont area caused one
> death by drowning and
> did some damage.
> 
> The Hurricane Watch Net conducted an abbreviated
> session October 25 to
> disseminate Hurricane Kenna advisories. The eastern
> Pacific storm, once a
> treacherous Category 5 hurricane, moved across
> Mexico toward southern
> Texas. Well-known Cuban amateur and International
> Amateur Radio Union
> Region 2 Area C Emergency Coordinator Arnie Coro,
> CO2KK, said Cuban
> amateurs monitored the Mexican emergency net on 7065
> kHz during the storm.
> 
> ==>ARRL RESURRECTS FREQUENCY MEASURING TEST
> 
> The Frequency Measuring Test (FMT)--an ARRL staple
> for nearly 50
> years--will return in early November. A FMT
> transmission will replace the
> W1AW SSB bulletin on November 7, 0245 UTC
> (Wednesday, November 6, in US
> time zones). The resurrected FMT will kick off a
> series of measuring
> tests.
> 
> "These tests will exercise the capabilities of hams
> to measure important
> operating parameters, improve their understanding of
> complex radios and
> give them a better mental picture of their
> transmitted signals,"
> Contributing Editor Ward Silver, N0AX, said in an
> October 2002 QST article
> describing the art and science of frequency
> measurement. "The goal is a
> more technically aware amateur confident of
> compliance with FCC
> regulations." Silver's article, "The ARRL Frequency
> Measuring Tests,"
> appears on page 51 of the October issue.
> 
> Today's amateurs tend to take for granted the
> accuracy of their
> transceiver's frequency readout. But, as Silver
> notes in his article,
> relying simply on a transceiver's digital readouts
> could mean part of your
> signal is outside the band edge--in violation of FCC
> Part 97 rules.
> Transceiver or receiver readout accuracy "depends
> entirely on the quality
> of the receiver's master oscillator," he points out
> in QST.
> 
> Increasing technical quality of amateur gear was one
> of the primary
> reasons for the decline and fall of FMTs in 1980. In
> prior decades,
> however, thousands of amateurs took part in the
> FMTs, and participation
> was required of ARRL Official Observer and Official
> Relay System stations.
> The first FMT, held in October 1931, employed three
> transmitting
> stations--W1XP at Massachusetts Institute of
> Technology, W9XAN at Elgin
> Observatory in Illinois and W6XK at Don Lee
> Broadcasting System in Los
> Angeles--and drew more than 200 measurement reports.
> 
> "Winners demonstrated better than 99.99% accuracy,
> and more than half
> received certificates for better than 99.90%
> accuracy," Silver
> reported--not too shabby for the state of the art
> back then.
> 
> The 2002 FMT will begin at the appointed time--0245
> UTC November 7 (9:45
> PM EST November 6)--with a general Morse code "QST"
> from W1AW on four
> amateur frequencies. The test itself will consist of
> 20 seconds of carrier
> followed by a series of CW dits followed by a
> station ID. The test will
> last about five minutes and will conclude with a
> series of Vs and another
> station ID. The approximate frequencies are 3580,
> 7047, 14,048 and 21,068
> kHz.
> 
> FMT 2002 participants should include time of
> reception, measured frequency
> and signal report, as well as their name, call sign
> and location.
> Participants are encouraged to submit reports on
> more than one of the
> frequencies. A Certificate of Participation will be
> available to all who
> send in reports. Those who come closest to the
> measured frequency will be
> listed in the test report and will receive special
> recognition.
> 
> Send FMT 2002 entries postmarked by December 6,
> 2002, to W1AW/FMT, 225
> Main St, Newington, CT 06111. More information and
> background on the 2002
> FMT is available on the ARRL Frequency Measuring
> Tests - Supplement page
> <http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/fmt/>.
> 
> ==>VANITY APPLICATION REMINDERS BEAR REPEATING
> 
> When applying for a vanity call sign, the
> application purpose on FCC Form
> 605 should always be "Modification" (MD). ARRL VEC
> Manager Bart Jahnke,
> W9JJ, advises that vanity applicants within their
> 90-day license renewal
> window should not attempt to do a
> "Renewal/Modification" (RM) when
> applying for a vanity call sign.
> 
> "I would recommend that you renew first," Jahnke
> said. "If vanity
> processing is delayed for some reason--as happened
> last fall and
> spring--your license could expire while awaiting
> processing, and your
> application would be dismissed."
> 
> The fee for a vanity call sign increased to $14.50
> in September. Jahnke
> says it is possible for vanity applicants to
> register a name, address or
> contact information (eg, e-mail or telephone number)
> change with the FCC
> while also applying for a vanity call sign, since
> both actions can be
> dealt with as a Modification. Note, however, that if
> you're only changing
> such data as name, address or contact information
> and not applying for a
> new call sign, you should check "Administrative
> Update" (AU) as the
> application purpose--and, yes, this is confusing.
> 
> By the way, unlike a vanity application, which
> requires a fee and goes to
> the FCC's fiscal agent in Pittsburgh, an
> Administrative Update application
> requires no fee and goes directly to the FCC in
> Gettysburg.
> 
> Amateur applications may be filed electronically via
> the FCC's ULS Web
> site <http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/> or on paper
> (using FCC Form 605). The
> FCC says that anyone filing any application with the
> FCC--whether for a
> vanity, license renewal, upgrade or
> modification--first must be registered
> with the Commission Registration System (CORES) and
> have obtained an FCC
> Registration Number (FRN).
> 
> For more information on vanity filing, visit the
> Amateur Radio Vanity Call
> Signs page <http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/vanity.html>
> on the ARRL Web site.
> 
> __________________________________
> 
> ==>IN BRIEF:
> 
> * This weekend on the radio: The ARRL November
> Sweepstakes (CW), the IPA
> Contest (CW/SSB), the Ukrainian DX Contest, the
> North American Collegiate
> ARC Championship (CW), the ARCI Running of the QRP
> Bulls, the High Speed
> Club CW Contest and the DARC 10-Meter Digital
> Contest are the weekend of
> November 2-3. JUST AHEAD: 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. 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.
> 
> * VY1JA to be on the air from Yukon Territory for
> both Sweepstakes
> weekends: J Allen, VY1JA, in Whitehorse, Yukon
> Territory, is in his new
> house and will be active for both November ARRL
> Sweepstakes weekends (CW
> and SSB) as his schedule permits to hand out that
> rare SS multiplier
> (Yukon Territory counts for the NWT multiplier). "I
> plan to put in a
> serious effort on each, but I take time for Tae Kwon
> Do and for church, so
> I miss some of the best time of the contest," he
> said. For the lower
> bands, he'll be running 500 W to a "V-beam" dipole
> (450 feet per leg); for
> the higher bands, he hopes to have a tribander up on
> his tower by contest
> time, if the weather cooperates. QRP ops take note:
> VY1JA does listen for
> SS participants in the QRP (5 W or less output)
> category every hour on the
> half hour. Other times, VY1JA has been active on 6
> meters running low
> power. CW SS is November 2-4; SSB SS is November
> 16-18 (UTC).  For more
> information on ARRL November Sweepstakes, visit the
> 2002 ARRL November
> Sweepstakes Rules page
>
<http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2002/nov-sweeps-rules.html>.
> 
> * ARRL Emergency Communications course registration:
> Registration opens
> Tuesday, November 5, at 4 PM Eastern Time (2100 UTC)
> for the Level I
> Emergency Communications course (EC-001).
> Registration remains open
> through the November 9-10 weekend or until all
> available seats have been
> filled--whichever comes first. Class begins Tuesday,
> November 19. Thanks
> to the federal homeland security grant from the
> Corporation for National
> and Community Service, the $45 registration fee paid
> upon enrollment will
> be reimbursed after successful completion of the
> course. During this
> registration period, approximately 200 seats are
> being offered to ARRL
> members on a first-come, first-served basis. 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 Emergency
> Communications Course Manager Dan Miller, K3UFG,
> dmiller@arrl.org;
> 860-594-0340.
> 
> * ARRL Diamond Club off to "a great start":
> Following announcement of the
> ARRL Diamond Club membership a month ago, 126
> charter members have
> enrolled, including three at the top Director level.
> "Contributions total
> $28,131," reports ARRL Chief Development Officer
> Mary Hobart, K1MMH. "This
> is a great start, and we look forward to growing
> these numbers daily."
> Joining the Diamond Club is very easy. Membership is
> a one-year commitment
> and is renewable annually. Each year you select the
> contribution level
> that fits your budget and circumstances, and ARRL
> does the rest. Before
> your Diamond Club membership expires, we will notify
> you so that you can
> tell us what level of commitment you want to make
> for the coming year.
> Benefits include an extension of your ARRL
> membership (including QST, of
> course) for one calendar year as well as additional
> benefits at each
> Diamond Club contribution level. A Diamond Club
> membership is a great gift
> idea for someone who shares your commitment to the
> League. Diamond Club
> contributions are tax deductible to the extent
> permitted by law--as are
> all contributions to ARRL above and beyond basic
> membership. Those who
> become Diamond Club charter members before year's
> end will receive an
> extra thank-you gift. Diamond Club details
> <https://www.arrl.org/diamondclub/> are on the ARRL
> Web site. Members also
> can call (860-594-0397) or e-mail <mhobart@arrl.org>
> the ARRL Development
> Office for more information.
> 
> * New on-line edition of The ARRL Public Information
> Officer's Handbook
> debuts: The latest edition of The ARRL Public
> Information Officer's
> Handbook <www.arrl.org/pio/handbook> now is
> available the ARRL Web site.
> Formerly a hard-copy publication and then an Adobe
> PDF scan, the new PIO
> Handbook is now an updateable electronic document.
> It contains 12 chapters
> packed with helpful advice for anyone interested in
> promoting Amateur
> Radio. Over the past few months, the League's Public
> Relations Committee
> has been developing the new Web-based manual, based
> in part on a previous
> publication by Gene Pressler, W3ZXV. The PIO
> Handbook is perfect for ARRL
> Public Information Coordinators, Public Information
> Officers, club PIOs
> and anyone with the desire to help raise public
> awareness--predominantly
> via the media--about Amateur Radio in their
> communities. The PIO Handbook
> covers many of the basics, such as how to identify
> what is news and how to
> write a press release. Other topics include how to
> write for magazines,
> how to deal with major breaking stories, the how-tos
> of media interviews,
> getting ham radio into the public spotlight and much
> more. "Because this
> is a Web document, we'll easily be able to add
> information and keep the
> PIO Handbook timely," said ARRL Media Relations
> Manager Jennifer Hagy,
> N1TDY. "I hope our PR volunteers find this to be a
> useful tool in their
> efforts to provide a very important service for the
> League and also for
> Amateur Radio on the local level." ARRL thanks the
> members of the PR
> Committee who contributed to the PIO Handbook and
> also to Gene Pressler,
> who had the vision to create the original manual
> that served PR volunteers
> for a number of years.
> 
> * UK holding the line on additional 5 MHz
> experimenters: The Radio Society
> of Great Britain (RSGB) reports that the
> Radiocommunications Agency (RA)
> in the UK on October 31 put a temporary moratorium
> on applications from
> full Class A amateurs who wish to experiment in the
> 5 MHz band. Eligible
> amateurs in the UK have had to apply for a Notice of
> Variation (NoV) to
> experiment in the band using five spot frequencies.
> The RA says
> applications for 5 MHz NoVs exceeded its
> expectations; it now worries that
> the risk of congestion may be detrimental to the
> overall success of the
> experiment. The RA says it will monitor occupancy of
> the five channels and
> review its position. "It is likely that an
> announcement will be made later
> this year for action early in the new year," the
> RSGB said.--RSGB
> 
> * Indian pirates persist: Sahruddin, VU2SDN, the
> president of the Amateur
> Radio Society of India, reports a spate of pirate
> operations using call
> signs VU4A, VU7A and similar other call signs
> continues. These have all
> been pirates, he says. A blanket ban exists on
> operations from Andaman,
> Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands, so VU4 and
> VU7-prefix call signs have not
> being assigned for 10 years, although the brief 1993
> VU2JPS from the
> Andaman Islands was valid. Sahruddin reported last
> April that India's QSL
> Bureau was receiving many QSL requests for contacts
> apparently made by
> bootleggers using VU call signs. Sahruddin has
> explained that call signs
> that begin with VU2 followed by two or three letters
> or with VU3 followed
> by three letters are the only valid call signs for
> India.--The Daily DX
> 
>
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