[TCARC-NTx] Fwd: The ARRL Letter, Vol 21, No 25

[david johnson]

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> Subject: The ARRL Letter, Vol 21, No 25
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> ***************
> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 21, No. 35
> September 6, 2002
> ***************
> 
> IN THIS EDITION:
> 
> * +NTIA throws ARRL's 5-MHz proposal a curve
> * +Lance Bass sidelined for ISS trip
> * +Indiana kids enjoy back-to-school space chat
> * +Amateurs assist tornado-stricken town
> * +South African amateurs back up summit
> communications
> * +ARRL announces new ARES gear
> * +Award winner donates prize to ARRL scholarship
> fund
> *  Solar Update
> *  IN BRIEF:
>      This weekend on the radio
>      Special event station K4P to mark first
> anniversary of Pentagon
> attack
>      DXCC announces 30-Meter Award
>      ARRL computer system upgrade delayed
>      National Frequency Coordinators' Council, Board
> announce election
> results
> 
> +Available on ARRL Audio News
> 
>
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> 
> ==>NTIA HEAVES POTENTIAL MONKEY WRENCH INTO 5-MHZ
> BAND PROPOSAL
> 
> The National Telecommunications and Information
> Administration (NTIA) has
> recommended that the FCC not grant an ARRL petition
> for a domestic-only,
> secondary Amateur Radio allocation at 5 MHz. The
> NTIA regulates radio
> spectrum allocated to the federal government. The
> last-minute
> recommendation followed hundreds of largely
> favorable comments and reply
> comments from organizations--including the ARRL--and
> from individuals.
> 
> In an August 21 letter, the NTIA's Fredrick R.
> Wentland said federal
> agencies are making extensive use of HF for
> emergency services, including
> communications support for the Department of
> Defense, the Coast Guard and
> Department of Justice law enforcement activities.
> "NTIA believes the
> Commission's current proposal does not adequately
> provide for protection
> from harmful interference to these critical
> government operations primary
> in the band," said Wentland, who is NTIA's acting
> associate administrator
> for spectrum management.
> 
> In its recent comments, the ARRL called the 5 MHz
> allocation "an urgent
> priority of the Amateur Service" and asked that the
> proceeding to grant it
> be expedited. Wentland's letter arrived at the FCC
> beyond the cut-off date
> for reply comments in the proceeding, ET Docket
> 02-98.
> 
> Wentland said that without a more complete
> understanding of the
> interference potential to federal operations, the
> NTIA believes the
> secondary amateur allocation would be "premature."
> But he said that NTIA
> would work with the federal agencies, the FCC and
> the amateur community to
> determine whether "some future accommodation" for
> amateurs at 5 MHz would
> be possible. That could include limitations on power
> or emission types, a
> reduction in the size of the proposed band, the use
> of discrete
> frequencies or geographical restrictions, he
> suggested.
> 
> ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, said that
> while he and the ARRL
> Board of Directors have been long aware of the
> concerns registered by the
> US Coast Guard and the US Department of Justice with
> the NTIA's
> Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC), he
> was surprised by the
> tone of the NTIA letter.
> 
> "This is a lot worse than we were told to expect,"
> he said, noting that
> the FCC had cancelled a meeting to discuss issues
> expressed by the NTIA
> several months ago and went forward with its
> proposal despite the NTIA's
> concerns.
> 
> "We don't know how seriously the FCC will take
> NTIA's comments," Imlay
> added. "We're in the process of expediting
> coordination arrangements and
> other means to identify and satisfy NTIA's
> legitimate concerns."
> 
> On May 2, the FCC proposed granting the ARRL's
> requests for new amateur
> allocations at 5250 to 5400 kHz and 135.7 to 137.8
> kHz and to elevate the
> Amateur Radio allocation at 2400 to 2402 MHz to
> primary and to create a
> primary Amateur-Satellite allocation there. Imlay
> said the 5250 to 5400
> kHz segment was proposed because it appeared to have
> the fewest US
> government assignments.
> 
> Ironically, the ARRL's own timely filed comments and
> reply comments in
> late July and mid-August noted that the eagerly
> anticipated 5-MHz
> allocation request was "essentially uncontested" and
> enjoyed "extensive
> support" within the amateur community."
> 
> The FCC went along with ARRL's proposal to permit
> amateurs to operate at
> full legal limit on a new 5-MHz allocation, but it
> left open for further
> discussion whether to restrict band access to
> certain license classes or
> to break the band down into mode-specific subbands.
> In its comments, the
> ARRL said that the band should be open to General
> and Extra class
> licensees and that band planning was sufficient to
> maintain order among
> modes.
> 
> Two non-amateur organizations commented negatively.
> The HomePlug Powerline
> Alliance (HPPA), while not opposing the allocation,
> suggested that its
> Part 15 home wiring telecommunication devices
> operating in the 5 MHz range
> be presumed to not cause interference to amateur
> operations and not have
> to cease operation if interference is alleged. The
> ARRL called HPPA's
> request "absurd."
> 
> The Power Line Communications Association (PLCA)
> said the FCC should not
> grant the 5-MHz band request because amateurs could
> interfere with its
> planned deployment of Part 15 broadband devices
> operating in the same
> region. "No Part 15 device manufacturer is entitled
> to oppose an
> allocation to a licensed radio service based on
> future deployment of an
> unlicensed device, period," the League said in its
> reply comments.
> 
> Many more negative comments were received regarding
> the proposed 136-kHz
> low-frequency allocation, most of them from
> utilities that employ
> unlicensed Part 15 power line communication (PLC)
> systems. The ARRL
> reiterated its request for 200 W PEP power-output
> limitation but in no
> case greater than 2 W equivalent isotropically
> radiated power (EIRP) on
> 136 kHz. The League also asked the FCC to reconsider
> granting an amateur
> allocation at 160 to 190 kHz as it had requested in
> its initial petition.
> 
> The League also took a dim view of a suggestion by
> the IEEE Local and
> Metropolitan Area Network Standards Committee that
> Part 15 devices
> operating in the 2.4 GHz region enjoy a "safe
> harbor" of operation. The
> ARRL reminded the FCC that such Part 15 devices have
> "no allocation status
> at all."
> 
> The ARRL's comments and reply comments urged the FCC
> to immediately
> implement the three proposals. "The Commission
> cannot make allocation
> decisions based on non-technical assertions of Part
> 15 users or user
> groups or manufacturers of such devices," the ARRL
> said. "ARRL contends
> that compatibility between amateur uses in the
> subject bands and those of
> incumbents is not a substantial concern in any of
> the three cases."
> 
> A copy of the ARRL's comments
>
<http://www.arrl.org/announce/regulatory/et02-98/arrl-comments.pdf>
>  and a
> copy of ARRL's reply comments
>
<http://www.arrl.org/announce/regulatory/et02-98/arrl-reply.pdf>
> in ET
> Docket 02-98 are available on the ARRL Web site.
> 
> The NTIA letter is available on the FCC Web site
>
<http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_docu
> ment=6513290159>.
> 
> ==>BASS BOOTED?
> 
> A cargo container appears destined to replace "space
> tourist" hopeful
> Lance Bass, KG4UYY, on an October mission to the
> International Space
> Station. Associated Press, CNN and Reuters reported
> that the pop
> singer--part of the group 'N Sync--will not be going
> into space after all.
> It's still not clear, however, that this is the
> final word on the on
> again/off again relationship between Bass and the
> Russian space program.
> 
> Last week, Bass passed his Technician Amateur Radio
> license test in
> preparation for doing some Amateur Radio on the
> International Space
> Station (ARISS) school contacts during his planned
> ISS tour. The FCC
> granted the new call sign to the Orlando, Florida,
> resident on September
> 5. News accounts this week reported, however, that
> Bass has been removed
> from the roster of the Soyuz taxi mission crew and
> has left the Star City,
> Russia, cosmonaut training center--although he's
> still said to be in the
> Moscow area.
> 
> Still on the Soyuz flight schedule are Russian
> commander Sergei Zalyotin
> and Belgian flight engineer Frank De Winne, ON1DWN.
> Russian Space Agency
> officials said this week that the commercial
> consortium backing the Bass
> adventure still has not come up with any of the
> estimated $20 million
> payment, despite several deadline extensions. Bass
> who's relying on the
> corporate sponsors to pay for his fare as a space
> tourist, began his
> training in July at Star City and had just returned
> to Russia after a week
> at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
> 
> Bass's handlers are blaming the nonpayment on
> paperwork problems and say
> the latest setback is temporary and negotiations are
> continuing. The
> Russians are standing firm that Bass is out of the
> program. They have said
> they'll now send a container of additional equipment
> instead of the pop
> star. The 23-year-old Bass has been hoping to become
> the youngest person
> ever to journey into space.
> 
> During his Amateur Radio training at Johnson Space
> Center in Texas, Nick
> Lance, KC5SWM--who instructed Bass in getting his
> ticket--also exposed him
> to a simulation of what he might expect to hear in
> space while making
> casual QSOs. "Frank Bauer [KA3HDO, the ARISS Board
> chairman] and I felt it
> was important for him to experience what it would be
> like responding to
> thousands of calls simultaneously, so I arranged for
> pileup training for
> Lance with my students acting as the ground
> stations," Lance said.
> 
> With his wife Renee, KC5VMA, serving as control
> operator for the training
> event, a couple of dozen students called while Bass
> tried to copy and
> respond to each one. "Lance was initially overcome
> by all the call signs,
> then settled down after making several contacts and
> did well himself,"
> Lance said.
> 
> Bass later stopped by to say hello to the students
> who had just helped
> train him. "Everyone was thrilled," Lance said.
> "Then we went back to our
> studies and Lance Bass took the exam and passed.
> 
> ==>INDIANA YOUNGSTERS ENJOY BACK-TO-SCHOOL BOOST
> FROM ARISS
> 
> Students at the Stanley Clark School in South Bend,
> Indiana, started out
> their school year on a high note on September 4. As
> an audience of about
> 200 fellow students and 50 adults looked on, 13
> fifth, sixth, seventh and
> eighth-grade students at the school spoke via
> Amateur Radio for about 10
> minutes with US astronaut Peggy Whitson, KC5ZTD,
> operating NA1SS aboard
> the International Space Station. Whitson had visited
> the school in 1999.
> The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
> (ARISS) contact was
> the first with a US school since last spring.
> 
> "The Earth is incredibly beautiful, but I think the
> most interesting thing
> is seeing how thin the atmosphere is," Whitson told
> the youngsters in
> response to one question. "It looks very fragile and
> like something we
> should take care of." Whitson said there are several
> windows in the ISS
> Service Module so the crew can observe Earth from
> there.
> 
> Replying to a question about the debris shields on
> the ISS, Whitson said
> that at a speed of 17,000 MPH, any debris is a
> threat. "We see damage by
> things as small as paint chips," she explained.
> 
> Students always seem to be interested in the food
> aboard the ISS, and the
> South Bend youngsters were no exception. "I think
> the food on the ISS is
> pretty good, but I tell ya what, after several
> months up here, I am a
> little bored with it." Her favorites are the
> rehydrated strawberries and
> cookies, she said.
> 
> So far, she told the Stanley Clark students, she has
> not experienced cabin
> fever, "maybe because I got to go on a space walk."
> She didn't think her
> two Russian crewmates were having problems with
> cabin fever either.
> 
> Whitson, an Iowa native, said that when she was very
> young, she saw the
> first astronauts on TV when they walked on the moon,
> "and I think that had
> a big effect on me," she said.
> 
> Students spoke with NA1SS via W9AB, with Mary Nimtz,
> N9YHI, at the
> controls. W9AB is the club station call sign of the
> Michiana Amateur Radio
> Club in South Bend. The contact was marred at points
> by QRM from a local
> paging system, but 15 questions were asked and
> answered.
> 
> Crews from two South Bend TV stations were on hand
> to provide media
> coverage. Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, was the ARISS mentor
> for the Stanley Clark
> School contact.
> 
> Earlier this month, Whitson spoke with youngsters in
> Israel, where 2002
> has been declared "Space Year" in honor of Israeli
> astronaut Ilan Ramon,
> who will be aboard shuttle mission STS 107.
> Youngsters from several
> Israeli schools gathered September 2 in the
> Givatayim Observatory for the
> QSO. Using an earth station set up by AMSAT-Israel
> President Shlomo
> Menuhin, 4X1AS, 15 students got to put 20 questions
> to Whitson as the ISS
> passed overhead. The participating students--ranging
> from 10 to 15 years
> old--were selected for their high scores in
> space-related activities and
> study projects.
> 
> On August 29, Whitson also spoke with students at
> Kursk High School No. 55
> in Russia got to chat with the ISS during two
> passes. In all, 10 questions
> were asked. "Now we have experience, so we are ready
> anytime for new radio
> communications with the ISS," said Valery Pikkiev,
> RW3WW. Students used
> the school's RK3WXZ club station call sign.
> 
> ARISS is an international project, with US
> participation by ARRL, AMSAT
> and NASA.--thanks to Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, Gene
> Chapline, K5YFL, and
> Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
> 
> ==>AMATEURS CONVERGE TO HELP TORNADO-STRICKEN TOWN
> 
> An Amateur Radio Emergency Service team is on the
> scene in the
> northwestern Wisconsin community of Ladysmith, which
> was devastated by a
> tornado on Labor Day. ARRL Wisconsin Section Manager
> Don Michalski, W9IXG,
> reports that the first wave of ARES volunteers
> arrived in the Rusk County
> town of nearly 4000 inhabitants at 10 PM Monday,
> within hours of the
> tornado.
> 
> Reports indicated that the tornado arrived with
> little or no warning. "We
> were lucky that this hit on a holiday, when the
> business district was
> closed," Michalski remarked. The Ladysmith tornado
> was one of four that
> touched down in the Badger State on Labor Day, but
> it was by far the most
> damaging. Gov Scott McCallum has declared a state of
> emergency in Rusk
> County. Gov McCallum toured Ladysmith on September
> 3.
> 
> Jim Staatz, KG9RA, reports that members of the Eau
> Claire Amateur Radio
> Club and the Tri County Repeater Association have
> been providing
> communication support for the American Red Cross and
> The Salvation Army.
> In addition, Paul Brooten, KB9TYC, of the Tri County
> Repeater Association
> reports that the Barron County American Red Cross
> Amateur Radio Club and
> the NORWESCO ARES/RACES team from Washburn County
> also have been involved
> in assisting the relief organizations. Eau Claire
> County Emergency
> Coordinator Rob Indrebo, KB9SDF, also has been among
> those assisting.
> 
> The Red Cross and The Salvation Army opened a
> shelter at a high school in
> Bruce. A toll-free number for people inquiring about
> family members has
> been set up. It's 800-837-6313.
> 
> The Salvation Army reports that its emergency
> disaster relief personnel
> immediately went into action following the tornado
> that also left hundreds
> without shelter and thousands without electricity.
> "Two Salvation Army
> canteens have been roving the area offering aid,
> including meals and
> crisis counseling, to residents and relief workers,"
> a Salvation Army news
> release stated. The Salvation Army said it also was
> providing residents
> with vouchers to replace prescriptions, clothing and
> other necessary items
> lost in the tornado.
> 
> The severe weather that moved across Wisconsin also
> spawned two tornadoes
> in Marathon County--one in Brokaw, near Wausau, and
> one near Athens--as
> well as in the Fond du Lac County town of Brandon.
> Wind damage was
> reported in several other communities.
> 
> Wisconsin Emergency Management reports that the
> tornado that hit Ladysmith
> cut a swath some 14 to 16 blocks long and 2 to 4
> blocks wide, destroying
> numerous businesses and homes. There were no reports
> of fatalities, but
> some 60 people were injured. Most were treated and
> released. Search and
> rescue operations continued throughout the evening
> of Labor Day. Crews
> this week worked to restore power, and all roads
> were reported open.
> 
> ==>SOUTH AFRICAN AMATEURS PROVIDE BACK-UP
> COMMUNICATION DURING WORLD
> SUMMIT
> 
> Members of the South African Amateur Radio League's
> Hamnet assisted with
> back-up communication during the just-ended World
> Summit on Sustainable
> Development. The global gathering was held in late
> August and early
> September in Johannesburg, South Africa.
> 
> Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV, reports no major
> problems during the
> 10-day event. "Some time ago, the organizers had
> approached Hamnet, the
> national emergency communications organization of
> the South African Radio
> League, to provide back up communications," van de
> Groenendaal explained.
> Hamnet established HF and VHF
> communication--including repeaters and
> simplex--at three of the joint operational
> centers--one near the
> Johannesburg International Airport, one at
> Waterkloof Airbase, which
> serves as an overflow airport, and one at the main
> joint operations center
> near the Sandton Convention Center, where the summit
> was held.
> 
> Hamnet National Director Francois Botha, ZS6BUU,
> reported that all
> operations ran smoothly. In addition to the three
> operational centers,
> many radio amateurs monitored emergency channels and
> could be called upon
> at short notice. The amateurs remained available for
> back-up communication
> around the clock during the conference. Botha said
> South African amateurs
> cooperated in keeping a primary 40-meter frequency
> clear during the event.
> 
> Among the more than 100 heads of state and other
> dignitaries on hand for
> summit were British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US
> Secretary of State
> Colin Powell, who represented President George W.
> Bush. In all, the world
> conference drew some 45,000 delegates.--Hans van de
> Groenendaal, ZS6AKV
> 
> ==>ARRL ANNOUNCES NEW GEAR FOR ARES VOLUNTEERS
> 
> ARRL has announced that new gear for Amateur Radio
> Emergency Service
> (ARES) volunteers is now available. The initiative
> to offer stylized ARES
> gear to volunteers arose during the ARRL Board of
> Directors' meeting last
> January--in the wake of Amateur Radio's deep
> involvement in responding to
> the September 11 terrorist attacks. The Board asked
> ARRL staff to look
> into the possibility of developing distinctive
> garments for use by ARES
> team members that would be similar to jackets and
> vests worn by other
> public service volunteers.
> 
> A questionnaire circulated among ARRL field
> volunteers indicated
> overwhelming interest in the idea. Results of the
> survey plus additional
> feedback from ARES volunteers led to arrangements to
> make available ARES
> vests, windbreakers and equipment bags.
> 
> The ARES vest is a reflective-style garment similar
> to those worn by law
> enforcement officers or joggers. This orange "bib"
> can be worn over a
> shirt or jacket. Constructed of neon mesh with large
> front and back
> reflector panels, the vest is imprinted with the
> words "AMATEUR RADIO
> COMMUNICATIONS" on one side.
> 
> The vest is lightweight and easily folded and stored
> in your
> immediate-response kit. It features adjustable side
> straps, and one size
> fits most. The ARES vest retails for $9.95 plus
> shipping and handling.
> 
> The brightly colored, royal blue windbreaker jacket
> features an
> embroidered ARES logo on the front and the words
> "AMATEUR RADIO
> COMMUNICATIONS" in white lettering on the back. The
> jacket is 100% Nylon
> and has a snap front and a polyester lining. There's
> a bottom drawstring
> to keep out drafts, plus side slash pockets and
> elasticized cuffs.
> 
> ARES members may personalize their windbreakers with
> FIRST NAME and CALL
> SIGN (optional) for an additional $4. Sizes are
> medium (M), large (L) and
> extra-large (XL). The windbreaker retails for $30.95
> (sizes 2X are $34.95
> and 3X are $38.95), plus shipping and handling.
> 
> The ARES equipment bag is the perfect
> immediate-response kit! It offers
> lots of places to store hand-held radios, spare
> batteries, paperwork and
> manuals, portable rigs, coaxial cable, clothing, and
> more.
> 
> The ARES equipment bag comes in black only. It's
> embroidered with an
> attractive three-color ARES logo. It includes both
> hand and shoulder
> straps, heavy-duty zippers, Velcro and quick-snaps.
> It's great for
> travelers or as an airplane carry-on too. The bag
> measures 20 inches long
> by 11 inches tall and 10 inches wide. It retails for
> $24.95, plus shipping
> and handling.
> 
> All orders must be placed through ARRL's authorized
> agent--Barker
> Specialty Company
> <http://www.barkerspecialty.com/arrl>. ARRL
> Headquarters
> cannot handle orders. Barker Specialty also carries
> other official ARRL
> sportswear and supply items.
> 
> ARES stickers, decals, patches and other public
> service supply items are
> available directly from ARRL's online store
> <http://www.arrl.org/shop>.
> 
> ==>CORPORATE AWARD WINNER DONATES AWARD SCHOLARSHIP
> TO ARRL
> 
> ARRL Life Member Bill Mueller, W5VSD, of Dallas,
> Texas, recently won
> MAXRAD's <http://www.maxrad.com/> fifth annual
> George M. Hanus Award. The
> award provides a $1000 scholarship to a student at a
> technical college or
> university of the recipient's choice to support
> technical education in the
> field of communication. Mueller chose to donate his
> honorarium to support
> ARRL's Education Fund.
> 
> Mueller, a former president and CEO of Hutton
> Communications Inc, is a
> veteran Amateur Radio operator who's been involved
> in the electronics and
> wireless communications industry for more than 40
> years. ARRL President
> Jim Haynie, W5JBP, accepted the $1000 scholarship
> donation from Mueller in
> a presentation August 27 at Hutton Communications
> headquarters. Mueller
> told Haynie he supports ARRL and wanted to help
> further Amateur Radio.
> 
> MAXRAD is a manufacturer of antennas for wireless
> devices headquartered
> near Chicago. Established in 1998 in memory of the
> company's founder, the
> company's Hanus Award recognizes leadership figures
> within the wireless
> communications industry. Prior to his association
> with Hutton, Mueller
> worked for Texas Instruments and ICOM.
> 
> ==>SOLAR UPDATE
> 
> Solar wonk Tad "Sunshine of Your Love" Cook, K7VVV,
> Seattle, Washington,
> reports: Average daily sunspot numbers for the week
> were higher than last
> week's, and the average solar flux was slightly
> lower. Geomagnetic indices
> were unsettled for most of the week. Then on
> Wednesday there was a
> surprising jump in geomagnetic activity. This began
> Tuesday evening in
> North America after the interplanetary magnetic
> field near Earth
> unexpectedly turned south.
> 
> If the interplanetary magnetic field points south at
> the magnetopause, it
> partially cancels Earth's magnetic field at this
> point of contact and lets
> in the solar wind. This is what happened on
> Wednesday, and the results
> were impressive auroral displays and a planetary K
> index of six.
> 
> Over the next few days solar flux is expected to
> rise, with values over
> 200 by Sunday, then peaking around 230 by the end of
> next week.
> 
> Sunspot numbers for August 29 through September 4
> were 146, 150, 153, 187,
> 227, 266 and 215, with a mean of 192. The 10.7-cm
> flux was 169.3, 170,
> 180.3, 180.5, 173.8, 171.4 and 171.3, with a mean of
> 173.8. Estimated
> planetary A indices were 10, 10, 13, 13, 14, 10 and
> 42, with a mean of 16.
> 
> __________________________________
> 
> ==>IN BRIEF:
> 
> * This weekend on the radio: The North American
> Sprint (CW), the All Asian
> DX Contest (SSB), the IARU Region 1 Field Day (SSB),
> the DARC 10-Meter
> Digital Contest and the QRP ARCI End of Summer PSK31
> Sprint are the
> weekend of September 7-8. JUST AHEAD: The ARRL
> September VHF QSO Party,
> YLRL Howdy Days, the Worked All Europe DX Contest
> (SSB), the North
> American Sprint (SSB) and the Tennessee QSO Party
> are the weekend of
> September 14-15. 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.
> 
> * Special event station K4P to mark first
> anniversary of Pentagon attack:
> Deanna Lutz, K7DID, reports that special event
> station K4P will operate
> from the Pentagon starting 0400 UTC Wednesday,
> September 11 through 0400
> UTC Thursday, September 12, to mark the first
> anniversary of the terrorist
> attack. "Given the added security restrictions on
> that day, only a handful
> of us will be active there, however," Lutz said. K4P
> will operate from the
> Pentagon and from other sites in the Washington, DC,
> area. Activity will
> be on 80 through 10 meters, SSB and CW. QSL with an
> SASE to K7DID, PO Box
> 70071, Washington, DC 20024.
> 
> * DXCC announces 30-Meter Award: The ARRL DXCC Desk
> has announced the
> addition of a 30-meter (10-MHz) single-band DXCC
> award. Applications for
> this award will be accepted starting October 1. The
> 30-meter DXCC
> certificates will be dated but not numbered.
> Thirty-meter credits will
> count toward the DeSoto Cup competition and included
> in the DXCC Annual
> List totals for the period ending September 30,
> 2003. A 30-meter
> endorsement to 5-Band DXCC also will be available.
> The 30-meter band was
> added to the standard DXCC printout in January 2002.
> If you have received
> a copy of your record since then, you already have a
> copy of your 30-meter
> credits. If you don't have a record of your 30-meter
> credits, contact DXCC
> for a copy. These are also available as Adobe PDF
> documents from DXCC via
> an e-mail request <dxcc@arrl.org>. Hard copies are
> available from DXCC ($2
> US and Canada; $4 elsewhere) by writing to DXCC
> Desk, ARRL, 225 Main St,
> Newington, CT 06111. For more information, contact
> DXCC via e-mail
> <dxcc@arrl.org>.
> 
> * ARRL computer system upgrade delayed: A planned
> major ARRL computer
> system conversion that was to have begun last week
> has been postponed. At
> least for the time being, it's business as usual on
> the ARRL Web site, and
> all lookup features remain operational and up to
> date. An announcement
> will be made as to when the changeover will be
> accomplished and its impact
> on the operation of the ARRL Web site. Once
> installed, the new system will
> allow ARRL to serve its members better.
> 
> * National Frequency Coordinators' Council, Board
> announce election
> results: The National Frequency Coordinators'
> Council (NFCC) and National
> Frequency Coordinators' Board (NCFB) have announced
> the election of new
> officers: NFCC President Nels Harvey, WA9JOB; NFCC
> Vice President Ken
> Chilton, KA1TIH; NFCC Secretary Alex Harvilchuck,
> N3NMN; and NFCC
> Treasurer Vince Bardsley, KB3OM. Current NFCC
> by-laws call for officers to
> serve from September 1, 2002, through August 31,
> 2003. Harvey will serve
> as NFCB chairman, and Chilton will serve as NFCB
> vice chairman. Other
> board members are Harvilchuck, Bardsley, and Clay
> Freinwald, K7CR.--Dick
> Isely, W9GIG
> 
>
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