Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1935 – September 12 2014

Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1935 – September 12 2014

Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1935 with a release date of September 12th 2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Radio Amateurs of Canada proposes world-wide 60 meter ham radio allocation; China announces a Lunar circling mission carrying amateur radio; Slow Scan television is back on the air from the International Space Station; the FCC announces an increase in the cost of a United States vanity callsign and New Zealand hams get ready to celebrate a major ham radio historical event. Find out the details are on Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1935 coming your way right now.


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RADIO POLITICS: RAC SAYS CANADA WILL PROPOSE WORLDWIDE 60 METER ALLOCATION AT CITEL MEETING

Radio Amateurs of Canada has announced an agreement with that that nation’s telecommunications agencies to back the society’s formal proposal to create a world-wide 60 meter ham radio allocation. One that would be introduced for discussion at WRC 2015.

According to the Radio Amateurs of Canada, this proposal will be brought up at the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission or CITEL meetings in Merida, Mexico next month. This, to be considered as Canada’s position going in to WRC 2015 and proposes two 25 KHz band segments for amateurs. The first would be from 5.330 to 5.355 MHz and the second beginning at 5.405 and ending at 5.430 MHz. Amateur access would be on a non-interfering secondary basis which is a standard operating approach already in force for several other amateur radio allocations.

Radio Amateurs of Canada says that although this is very good news, that the process is still ongoing. The final decision as to whether or not to create this new band will be made next year at WRC 2015. But says Radio Amateurs of Canada, presenting a firm proposal from that nation with specific frequencies for support by the International Telecommunications Union Region 2 countries is a giant step toward a favorable outcome next year. (RAC)

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RADIO LAW: OFCOM PROPOSES CHANGES TO UK HAM RADIO LICENSING

United Kingdom telecommunications regulator Ofcom has published a 32 page proposal covering possible changes to that nations amateur radio licensing.

In summary, the changes proposed are to drop what are termed as Regional Secondary Locators; relax how UK hams use their callsigns on the air and provide access to 470 kHz and 5 MHZ for Full Class license holders without the need for each to file for special permission. Also covered are several changes dealing with club license ownership.

The consultation or commentary period on these proposals runs through October 20th. If approved these could come into effect in April of 2015. (Ofcom, Southgate)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: 4M-LXS LUNAR HAM RADIO PAYLOAD

China plans to launch a Lunar circling spacecraft carrying a ham radio experiment and returning it safely back to Earth. Amateur Radio Newsline’s Heather Embee, KB3TZD, has the details:

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Hot on the tail of last week’s announcement by Japan that it plans to send a ham radio payload to an asteroid comes word that China will send some ham radio gear around our Moon and then bring it back home.

The ham radio payload is known as 4M-LXS. It was developed by Lux Space of Betzdorf, Luxembourg and is slated for launch as a part of a 196 hour China sponsored Moon circling mission in late October.

The amateur radio payload will weigh only 30 pounds and will transmit on 145.980 MHz plus or minus 2.9 kHz. The transmitter will be able to produce 1.5 watts fed to a simple monopole antenna. This should give a Signal to Noise ratio comparable to amateur moon bounce signals returning at the Earth’s surface.

During the lunar flyby, the spacecraft will be 248,000 miles from Earth and the distance to the Moon form the spacecraft will be between 7500 to and 15,000 miles depending on the final injection vector.

The continuous transmissions will start 77 point 8 minutes after launch with five successive 1 minute sequences sent during each 5 minutes transmit cycle. The digital mode J T 65 B will be used so as to permit hams using the free WSJT software to decode it.

Lux Space is encouraging radio amateurs around the world to receive the transmissions and send in data that they can capture. A Java client will be made available to automatically send the decoded files to a central database. That address will be made available before the flight on the Lux Space Facebook page. As we go to air, the launch is expected to take place on October 23^rd at 1800 UTC.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline. I’m Heather Embee, KB3TZD, reporting.

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The ham radio payload 4M-LXS stands for the Manfred Memorial Moon Mission. It was named in memory of the late Professor Manfred Fuchs who was the founder and chairman of OHB group, of Bremen, Germany who passed away last April 27th. A complete mission outline is on the web at tinyurl.com/China-Moon-Flyby. (AMSAT-UK, LUXSpace, others)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: ISS SSTV BACK ON THE AIR

Slow Scan Television appears to be once again operational from the International Space Station.

On Saturday, September 6, the ISS Slow Scan Television experiment was activated from the Russian Service Module on 145.800 MHz FM. This following an unsuccessful test back on August 27th using the Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver and a new cable that was not entirely successful. At that time only the carrier was detected but no SSTV audio tones were heard.

By September 6th the earlier issue was rectified and radio amateurs on the ground were treated to a day of Slow Scan television transmissions of images devoted to the life and work of Russia’s first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The pictures were in the PD180 SSTV format with an additional voice commentary. (AMSAT-UK, ISS Fan Club, Southgate, others)

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PROPAGATION: LONG DURATION CME EXPECTED ON SEPTEMBER 12

If propagation seems a bit strange you can once again blame it on our home star as we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline’s Bruce Tennant, K6PZW:

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At 17:46 UTC on Wednesday September 10th, Sunspot AR2158 erupted producing an X1 point 6 level solar flare. A flash of ultraviolet radiation from the solar blast ionized the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere, disturbing High Frequency radio communications for more than an hour. More importantly, the explosion hurled a Coronal Mass Ejection or CME directly toward Earth.

Radio emissions from shock waves at the leading edge of the CME suggest that the cloud tore away from the sun at speeds as high as 3750 kilometers per second. That would make this a very fast moving storm, and likely to reach Earth before on or before September 13th.

That eruption was preceded by a smaller event. At zero thirty hours on the morning of September 9th the magnetic canopy of sunspot AR2158 erupted, producing a long-duration solar flare and a bright Coronal Mass Ejection.

That CME which shot away from the Sun at nearly 1,000 kilometers a second had an Earth-directed component. As such, space scientists said that a glancing but powerful blow was possible during the late hours of September 11th or in the early hours of September 12th.

NOAA forecasters then issued a geomagnetic storm warning for September 12th noting that the storm could reach a G2 class moderate intensity event with auroras visible across northern-tier US states such as Maine, Michigan, and Minnesota.

Most of that celestial storm cloud was heading north of the sun-Earth line, but not all. A fraction of this earlier CME will deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field during the early hours of the 12th at about the time that this newscast goes to air.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Bruce Tennant K6PZW, in Los Angeles.

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In the past few weeks, glancing blows from minor CME’s have sparked beautiful auroras around the Arctic Circle. More information on these events is always available at spaceweather.com.
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DX UP FRONT: US ANTARCTICA STATIONS JOIN LOTW

In DX up-front, K1IED who is the QSL Manager for United States Antarctic stations KC4AAA, KC4AAC and KC4USV says that all three are now using Logbook of the World. K1IED notes that logs from the past two years, as well some that are older have already been uploaded. Also some other older logs could be uploaded in the future as well. (OPDX)

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DX UP FRONT: FOLLOW-UP ON JH1AJT FOUNDATION FOR GLOBAL CHILDREN ERITREA TRIP

And an update on our story last week concerning the visit of Zorro Miyazawa, JH1AJT, to the State of Eritrea as a part of a mission for the Foundation for Global Children. According to the latest news release he will be occupied by full of meetings during Tuesday 16th to Friday 19th with very little chance of getting on the air. As of now, he hopes to finally become operational on Saturday the 20th and Sunday 21st for a total of about 20 hours depending on the time he needs to sleep. He likely will shut down the station in the evening of Monday the 22nd and should back in Japan by noon on Wednesday September 24th. (JA1TRC)

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DX UP FRONT: TIMOR LESTE SEPT 20 - 29

JA7LU and JA2VWG will be active as 4W6LU and 4W6DD, respectively, Timor Leste between September 22^nd and the 29th. Their operation will be on 40 through 6 meters using SSB and RTTY. QSL each operator direct only via their home callsign. (OPDX)

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Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the AD5JT repeater serving Lockhart, Texas.

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RADIO LAW: FCC RECONSIDERING BROADBAND ASPECT OF NET NEUTRALITY

The Federal Communications Commission appears to be taking a second look at how it treats wireless net neutrality. This, in response to public comments on the agency’s proposed Open Internet access rules. Amateur Radio Newsline’s Stephan Kinford, N8WB, reports:

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Under the net neutrality rules the FCC put in place back in 2010, wireless broadband was set apart from wired Internet access. As a result, mobile service providers were given more leeway to treat some streams of traffic differently from others. But that distinction is a major concern for many of those who have commented on the agency’s newest Net Neutrality proposal.

According to news reports, FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler has been quoted as saying that an open Internet encourages innovation. This says Wheeler drives network use leading to more infrastructure build-out and that mobile wireless broadband is a key component of that cycle.

Wheeler went on to say that mobile operators have claimed they don’t need the same degree of net neutrality regulation as wired broadband providers because the wireless industry is more competitive. But says the FCC chairman, that logic doesn’t necessarily follow noting that there was plenty of mobile carrier competition in the era before independent applications stores when carriers approved all apps.

Wheeler said that while carriers should be allowed reasonable management to ensure their networks run properly that the FCC will hold them strictly to that definition. He also cited his recent letter to Verizon Wireless that admonished the carrier’s plan to throttle speeds for some subscribers with unlimited data plans.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline. I’m Stephan Kinford, N8WB, reporting.

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According to FCC Chairman Wheeler, the wireless industry’s role has changed since 2010, with broadband services delivering higher speeds that in some places as compared to wired services. In 2010, there were only 200,000 Long Term Evolution or LTE subscribers in the United States. Now, only four years later there are 120 million, with the potential of networks reaching 300 million residents. (Published News Reports)

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ENFORCEMENT: TWO HAMS RECEIVE WARNINGS REGARING FAILING TO PROPERLY ID

Two radio amateurs have been sent nearly identical warning letters from the FCC. This, concerning their alleged failure to properly identify their stations at regular intervals.

The letters which were sent to Gary E. Davis, W1IT and John J. Krajewski, KB3MZQ. In them, FCC Special Council Laura Smith notes that each of the operators was heard at the Commission's High Frequency Direction Finding Center this past July 15th and 16th as failing to properly identify their amateur stations while operating on 7.185 MHz.

In her letters to the operators Smith said that this type of is contrary to the basis and purpose of the amateur radio service as set out in Section 97.1 and is a violation of Section 97.119(a) of the Commission's rules. Smith went on to say that the letters to the two hams are meant to serve as a notice that, if operation of this type reoccurs after their receipt that each operator could be subject to severe penalties. This includes the possibilities of a monetary forfeiture, a modification proceeding to restrict the frequencies upon which each may operate or even license revocation.
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ENFORCEMENT: NEW ZEALAND EXPANDS PROHIBITION ON ANIMAL TRAINING RF GEAR

New Zealand is cracking down on prohibited radio frequency devices used for animal management. This as the nation’s telecommunications authorities expand the terminology applied to control the illegal import, distribution and use of these units.

Most of the illegal devices operate on 151.82, 151.88, 151.94, 154.57 and 154.60 MHz as permitted in the United States. However, these frequencies are in direct conflict with licensed land mobile services in New Zealand and cause interference its users. As a result of the expanded terminology of the law New Zealand Customs is actively intercepting such equipment when and where it is found entering the country. (NZART, WIA)

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RADIO LAW: MAJOR INCREASE ANNOUNCED FOR VANITY CALL FEE

The cost of getting a 10 year amateur radio vanity license is going up by a lot but down by not by very much. Sound confusing? Well here’s what has taken place.

The current Vanity Fee is $16.10. FCC had originally anticipated that the new fee would be $21.60 but the Report and Order released in late August came in at $21.40 or 40 cents less than originally proposed.

It should be noted that during its deliberations that the commission had considered excluding broadcast auxiliaries, FM translators and amateur radio vanity call fees from its regulatory fees categories. The agency says that for now that it is retaining these fees because it currently cannot say for with certainty whether the cost of recovery and burden on small entities outweighs the collected revenue; or whether eliminating the fee would adversely affect the licensing process.

The good news in all this is that the FCC says that it will review these categories again at some future date. None the less, this new Vanity Call Sign fee increase is the largest upward adjustment in many years. All these fees go into affect 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. (FCC, RW)

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RADIO LAW: GAO SAYS FCC NEEDS MORE DATA ON TV STATION SHARING AGREEMENTS

The Federal Communications Commission may have problems ensuring that its regulations on shared arrangements by TV stations meet the agency's goals on competition and diversity. This according to the United States General Accounting Office is because it lacks basic data to do so. Amateur Radio Newsline’s Jim Davis, W2JKD, picks up the story from here:

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At the request of Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, the GAO spent a year investigating the impact of shared service agreements between TV stations to jointly sell advertising, produce and acquire programming, or to share news or other equipment and resources.

Through interviews, a review of filings and documents, and a case study in six markets, the GAO found it difficult to objectively determine how such agreements affect the FCC's policy goals of competition, localism and diversity in the broadcasting industry.

In conclusion, the GAO found that TV stations were increasingly sharing services but said that the limited data on how prevalent those agreements were was not available. Neither the FCC nor industry representatives could point to a central data source to track such agreements.

I’m Jim Davis, W2JKD.

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The entire report is available for download in PDF format at tinyurl.com/gao-fcc-study
(GAO, Other published News Reports)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI ADDED TO ROUTE 66 EVENT

The amateur radio bands have been very busy this past week with the 15th annual “On the Air Route 66” special event. This year was very important to hams in Springfield, Missouri . This is the recognized birthplace of Route 66 and in 2014 it was added to the list of cities along the road that runs from Chicago to Los Angeles.

The Southwest Missouri Amateur Radio Club played host to special event station W6R and kicked off the event with a Field Day – like operation from the historic Route 66 park. That’s very close to the location where the telegram was sent to Washington, DC in 1926 giving the highway the name Route 66. Certificates, decals and QSL cards are available at W6JBT.org. The event ends on September 15^th. (K9EID)

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HAM HAPPENINGS: WC8VOA CELEBRATES 70 YEARS OF BETHANY OH VOA SITE

Ohio’s West Chester Amateur Radio Association will be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the decommissioned Voice of America Bethany Relay site on Saturday, September 20th. The club makes its home in the VOA building and operates station WC8VOA which is the call they will use for the commemorative event.

This location is also the home of the Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting. More about the museum can be found on the web at www.voamuseum.org. The clubs website is at wc8voa.org.
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HAM HAPPENINGS: VIDEOS OF ARRL CENTENNIAL CONVENTION NOW ON LINE

Several produced videos from the recent ARRL Centenary Convention in Hartford, Connecticut are now available on-line. The first two are from the hand of Randy Hall, K7AGE, and combine an overview of the show itself with a visit to ARRL Headquarters and League station W1AW. Each run between 5 and 7 minutes and are quite entertaining.

The ARRL itself has also posted two videos. The first is the dedication of the Centennial Terrace at League headquarters that took place just prior to the convention itself. The latest is the banquet address given by FEMA Administrator, Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, on Friday, July 18th.

All four have been posted to YouTube. Use the video sites search bar with the words ARRL Centennial Convention to locate them for your own viewing. (ARNewsline)

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This is ham radio news for today’s radio amateur. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline with links to the world from our only official website at www.arnewsline.org and being relayed by the volunteer services of the following radio amateur:

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CHANGING OF THE GUARD: TUSKEGEE AIRMAN AND CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL RECIPIENT GEORGE MITCHELL K6ZE - SK

Lifelong amateur radio operator George T. Mitchell, K6ZE, of San Diego, California, passed away on September 4^th at the age of 94.

During World War 2 George T. Mitchell was a member of the pioneering black aviators known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Mitchell, who built his first amateur station at age 12, was responsible for teaching radio operations and the Morse code to the aviation cadets at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama from 1943 to 1946. Following the war he went to work as a civilian engineer for the United States Navy. He retired to San Diego, but eventually returned to work for the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. In 2007, in recognition with his service with the Tuskegee Airmen, K6ZE, was a co-recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal which is the United States' highest civilian award.

George T. Mitchell, was a member of many amateur radio groups, including the OMIK Amateur Radio Association, the Air Force Flyers Club, the Old Old Timers Club and the Quarter Century Wireless Association. He was a member of the B.O. Davis Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen's Association and frequently spoke to school and civic groups about the role these American heroes played in our nation's history.

George T. Mitchell, K6ZE, was preceded in death in by his first wife Lillian. He is survived by his second wife D'Andrea Mitchell, sons Brian Stokes Mitchell of New York City, George Mitchell, of Los Angeles, Richard Mitchell, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, daughter, Lorna Mitchell of Fresno, California and stepsons Deon and Robert Coons, both of San Diego. (N7UR, Nevada Amateur Radio Newswire )

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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: 80M HAM RADIO BAND USED FOR 2012 WIDEBAND VIDEO AND DATA STUDY

A report on 2012 trials in the United Kingdom that used 3.613 MHz for 24 kHz bandwidth high-speed data and video transmissions is now available to the public. It notes that by using modern modulation techniques an SSB channel can support a raw data rate of 12,800 bits per second and wider transmissions can support proportionally faster data rates.

In recent years there has been increasing military interest in high-speed data transmissions on the High Frequency bands. Experiments have shown that color video at 15 frames per second can be streamed on HF in a bandwidth of just 18 kHz. That is the type of bandwidth that may possibly be accommodated in the 29 MHz amateur radio band.

More information on this experimentation can be found in a very fascinating article with the long title of “Wide Band High Frequency Communications 2012 UK Trials Summary” prepared by James Alexander of Rockwell Collins Corporation. You can find it in cyberspace at tinyurl.com/hf-video-testing (KC0DGY, Southgate, others)

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WORLDBEAT: US-TO-VK TRANS-PACIFIC RECEPTION ON 630 METERS REPORTED

The ARRL reports a radio amateur and medium-frequency experimenter in Australia has received a 475.62 kHz transmission from a radio amateur and Part 5 Experimental operator in Texas.

John Langridge, KB5NJD, in Texas, also holds Experimental license WG2XIQ. He says that his digital WSPR signal was heard in Australia on August 25 at 09:52 UTC by David Isele, VK2DDI.

While the approximately 8710 miles covered is not a distance record or a first for that part of the electromagnetic spectrum, it does represent the sort of accomplishments that hams in the United States might one day come to enjoy if ever an amateur radio allocation is approved by the FCC. More is on the web at tinyurl.com/630-meters-us-vk (ARRL)

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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: MODE-J TRANSPONDER ON JAPAN’S NEW NEXUS CUBESAT

The Japan AMSAT Association and students at the Nippon University are jointly developing a CubeSat called NEXUS which will have a 145 to 435 MHz Mode-J transponder and a 38 dot 4 kilobits per second data downlink.

NEXUS is an acronym of “Next Education Cross Unique Satellite.” It will be one unit CubeSat with a mass of between 2 and 3 pounds. If all goes as planned, the tiny bird will provide radio communications via its 145 to 435 MHz transponder; the ability to download 640 by 480 megapixel photos from its on-board camera; provide the data downlink at 38 point 4 kilobits per second using QPSK and more.

A launch opportunity for NEXUS has not yet been identified. Nippon University students have previously developed the SEEDS and SPROUT satellites. (JAMSAT )

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ON THE AIR: ROLLS-ROYCE SPECIAL EVENT OCT 10 - 11

October 11th and 12th will see a forty eight hours hour special event operation by the United Kingdom’s Hucknall Rolls Royce Amateur Radio Club station GB1RR. This to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the introduction of company’s famed Eagle aero engine.

By way of background, Rolls-Royce was asked by the United Kingdom government to develop an aero engine which entered military service in 1914.

For the anniversary event, the club plans to run SSB and PSK 31 on 160 through 10 meters plus FM and SSB locally on the 2 meter band using four separate stations. Further details are at www.hrrarc.com (M0NJJ)

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In DX, JA0JHQ will be on the air as AH0CO from Saipan Island through September 16th. Activity will be on 80 through 10 meters. QSL via JA0JHQ, direct or via the JARL Bureau.

PY2WAS will be operating as C6AAS from Cable Beach in the Bahamas from October 4^th to the 8th. This will be a holiday style operation concentrating nighttime on 30 through 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via PY2WAS either direct or via the bureau.

DJ7RJ and DJ2CW will be operating stroke as FR from Reunion Island starting September 30th. Activity will be on 160 through 10 meters using CW and SSB with one operator there only through October 8^th and the other remaining on the island through the 30^th. QSL via each operator’s home callsign.

HB9LCA will be active as S79LCA from the Seychelles through September through 27th. Operations will be on 40 through 6 meters using mostly CW with some SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.

Lastly, four operators will take to the airwaves from The Gambia using the call C5X from January 15^th to the 26th of 2015. Activity will be on 160 through10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and some PSK. Logs will be uploaded daily to ClubLog and Logbook of the World. The QSL manager is for this operation will be M0OXO.

(This weeks DX news courtesy of the Ohio-Penn DX Newsletter)

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THAT FINAL ITEM: 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOR FIRST NZ TO UK CONTACT

And finally this week, the New Zealand Amateur Radio Transmitters which is that nations national society has issued an update on preparations to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the first two-way radio communication between that nation and the United Kingdom. Amateur Radio Newslines’s Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, reports from down-under:

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On October 18, 1924, Frank Bell, 4AA, in Shag Valley, South Island, NZ contacted Cecil Goyder, who was operating as 2SZ from the Mill Hill school station in the United Kingdom.

New Zealand's Otago Branch 30 of the NZART is celebrating the 90th anniversary of this radio contact that changed radio communication forever as it established new and initially the then little understood rules of short wave communication.

In preparation for the celebration, working partys are being held to test the antenna while quite a bit of effort is going on arranging and sourcing equipment. So far, two visits have been made to Johnny Bell and his family who are the 6th generation of the Bell family at the Shag Valley Station location.

The attempt to recreate the contact will take place on Saturday October 18th at around 06:30 UTC or 19:30 New Zealand Daylight time which is the actual time of the original contact. This attempt will take place on 80 meters which is as close to the original frequency as possible. Later operations will include 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 meters. IRLP node 6507 will be on the club’s 690 VHF repeater as well.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, in Nelson, New Zealand.

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According to the latest update anybody is welcome to come and visit the station or assist with operating it at any time during the week long celebration. If you plan to do so just drop an e-mail to president (at) ZL4AA.org.nz so that they will know that you plan to attend. More is on-line at www.ZL4AA.org.nz and clicking the “90th Anniversary” tab. (NZART)

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