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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2441 for Friday August 9th, 2024
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2441 with a release date of Friday,
August 9th, 2024 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Hams play key roles during a landslide in southern
India. The threat of severe weather cancels a DXpedition off the coast of
Scotland - and a centenarian receives a once-in-100-years honor. All this
and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2441 comes your way right
now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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HAMS ASSIST RESCUE EFFORTS DURING SOUTHERN INDIA LANDSLIDE
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our top story this week takes us to southern India, where
teams of ham radio operators are being credited with providing lifesaving
communication that helped save lives amid the deadly landslides there.
Graham Kemp VK4BB brings us that report.
GRAHAM: With the help of vital information provided by an amateur radio
operator, rescue teams rushed to evacuate people from a region devastated by
landslides that began in late July in the Wayanad district of the Indian
state of Kerala.
A VHF repeater set up on the 3rd of August by the Sultan Bathery DX
Association carried location, condition and other details to district
officials as rescue efforts intensified using drones and radar. Hams relayed
information to district authorities from ravaged communities after being
asked by the district collector to step in and be a part of the relief
operations. Led by Sabu Mathew, VU2ELJ, the association's chairman, the hams
set up an amateur radio station inside the district collector's office in
Kalpetta.
With some cellphone towers washed away by the landslides, mobile phone
service was available only in a limited capacity, according to published
reports.
A press release from the district collector's office said that many lives
were saved because of the emergency network: Officials said [quote] Ham
radio messages came to their aid and the rescue team members were able to
facilitate their evacuation." [endquote]
This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.
(THE ECONOMIC TIMES)
**
FCC SEEKS .3 MILLION FINE IN UNLICENSED-BROADCAST CASE
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In the US, the FCC is seeking a fine of .3 million from a
New York City radio station that the agency said is operating without a
license. We have those details from Kent Peterson KCØDGY.
KENT: Charging that he ignored an FCC enforcement action late last year, the
FCC has amplified its sanctions against a Bronx broadcaster, imposing a
penalty of .3 million.
The commission says that Johnny Peralta has been operating an unauthorized
FM radio station in the Bronx for six or more years. According to the Radio
World website and local media, his broadcasts as La Mia Radio on 105.7 FM
are designed to serve New York City's Dominican audience. Having received no
response from its previous enforcement action against him, the FCC has
issued a forfeiture order, confirming the .3 million fine it is seeking.
That fine was proposed last November in a notice of apparent liability by
the commission. The notice followed the FCC's documentation of antenna
installations through photographs and numerous field-strength measurements
taken by field agents. The commission says the broadcaster did not respond
to that earlier notice.
Enactment of the PIRATE Act four years ago gave the FCC greater powers of
enforcement against unlicensed broadcast radio - and the ability to impose a
higher fine. The commission does not collect these fines, however. That is
the responsibility of the US Department of Justice, which it intends to
contact within 30 days if Peralta does not respond to this latest action.
According to the Radio World story, the FCC is confident that this is one
case that might draw more immediate attention from justice officials because
of the amount of the fine. It is the highest allowable amount under the
four-year-old federal law.
This is Kent Peterson KCØDGY.
(FCC, RADIOWORLD)
**
SILENT KEY: BARRY KIRKWOOD, ZL1DD, ZL "STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT" FOUNDER
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A well-respected and seasoned CW operator in New Zealand has
become a Silent Key. We hear about his life and contributions from Jim
Meachen ZL2BHF.
JIM: The love of CW was very obvious to any ham who got to know Barry
Kirkwood, ZL1DD. On the air from his dream shack, Baz - as he was known -
was a sought-after contact among ops on CW, especially for DX stations.
Baz became a Silent Key on the 30th of June in Chiang Mai, Thailand after a
brief illness. Although he had lived in Thailand in 2006, he did not get a
Thai callsign, operating first from the RAST club station in Bangkok, which
had the callsign HSØAC. When flooding destroyed the station, Barry played a
key role in getting super station HSØZIA on the air near Chiang Mai and
often participated in contesting from there there.
He collected boat anchors but, as a CW op, he also loved his collection of
Morse Keys. He distinguished himself as an award-winner many times in the
NZART Sangster Shield QRP CW contest. After learning that the original
Shield had been lost in the 1990s, he commissioned one to replace it in
2017. Baz was a longtime member of NZART, a member of the FISTS CW Club and
founder of the popular New Zealand Straight Key Night, which is held in
summer and winter.
He also held the Cambodian ham radio license XU7AEL. The New Zealand
callsign known so well among Barry's contacts was not his first. He had been
assigned ZL1DR in 1953 and later was ZL1BN. After the death of a friend,
Bert, who was the original holder of the call, ZL1DD, Bert's family had
asked Baz to take his friend's callsign as his own.
Baz was 88.
This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.
(NZ NET NEWS, QRZ.COM)
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SILENT KEY: CARTER CRAIGIE, N3AO, LEADER IN PENNSYLVANIA ENCOMM
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: An influential figure in encomm operations in Eastern
Pennsylvania has become a Silent Key. We learn about him from Travis Lisk
N3ILS.
TRAVIS: Carter Craigie, N3AO, was all about service to amateur radio. He
became a well-known figure in the Eastern Pennsylvania section of the ARRL
where he played a major role in shaping the emergency communications unit
for Chester County ARES, where he was its emergency coordinator from 2005 to
2007.
According to Bob Wilson, W3BIG, the Eastern Pennsylvania section manager,
Carter's design served as a blueprint for many other ARES units throughout
the section. On the air, he was most enthusiastic about making CW contacts
and operating QRP. According to his page on QRZ.com, he also volunteered at
the SKYWARN Desk at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in
Blacksburg, Virginia, where he lived most recently
Carter became a Silent Key on August 1st.
Carter was married to Kay Craigie, N3KN, who was Eastern Pennsylvania
section manager in 1986 before she became the ARRL's 15th president in 2010.
Bob posted on the section website [quote]: "Carter was a man of many talents
and was always a gentleman and friend to so many in the amateur radio
community."
Carter was 86.
(ARRL EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SECTION)
**
YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR TO BE HONORED IN HUNTSVILLE
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: It’s time for Amateur Radio Newsline to shine the
spotlight on a very special YL this month at the Huntsville Hamfest in
Alabama. Amateur Radio Newsline’s Mark Abramowicz (pronouncer:
Abram-o-vich) NT3V has the story.
MARK: The big day is almost here for Grace Papay K8LG, our 2024 winner of
the Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the
Year award. Grace, who’s 18 and from Holland, Michigan, will be publicly
recognized at the Huntsville Hamfest on Saturday afternoon, August 17th.
Grace is the daughter of Doug Papay K8DP and Carrie Papay K8CLP.
She’s the granddaughter of John Papay K8YSE – a veteran operator in the ham
satellite community. Grace holds an Extra Class license, earned a year after
she passed her Tech test.
Amateur Radio Newsline’s Don Wilbanks AE5DW will lead the Huntsville
presentation team. A commemorative plaque and gifts from award sponsors
Yaesu USA, Heil Sound Ltd. and Radiowavz Antenna Company will be given to
Grace at that time. It’s going to be a busy week for Grace as she’ll be
traveling to Huntsville from Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio where
she will be attending a
freshman orientation program. Grace begins studies in electrical engineering
there this fall. Congratulations and good luck Grace from all of
us. You will become a "leading light" as you receive your award on
International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend.
I’m Mark Abramowicz NT3V.
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline heard on bulletin stations around the world including the VK8MA
repeater on Sundays at 7 p.m. in the Northern Territory of Australia.
**
FCC APPROVES SATELLITES FOR CELLULAR BROADBAND
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The FCC has approved the launch of a low-earth orbit
communications array of five satellites on V-band that is expected to open
the door for US smartphones to make use of space-based cellular broadband
services across the nation. The satellites have been given the OK to operate
in the 37.5 to 42 GHz range for space-to-Earth communications; and the
ranges of 47.2 to 50.2 GHz and 50.4 to 51.4 GHz for Earth to space
communications.
Approval was also given for the use of 430-440 MHz for space-to-Earth and
Earth-to-space transmissions, 2025-2110 MHz for Earth-to-
space transmissions and 2200-2290 MHz for space-to-Earth transmissions.
The approvals are granted to Texas-based AST Space Mobile for what the
company is characterizing as the largest communications array in history in
low-earth orbit.
(FCC, YAHOO/FINANCE)
**
WEATHER HAZARDS CANCEL FLANNAN ISLANDS DXPEDITION
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A DXpedition to Scotland's Flannan islands has been called
off because of threatening weather. Jeremy Boot G4NJH tells us about the
activation the team had planned.
JEREMY: Despite their best hopes and plans, a team of seasoned radio
operators from the UK had to call off their attempt to activate the sixth
most wanted Island on the Air in Europe, Scotland's Flannan islands group.
The team said bad weather posed safety hazards.
The uninhabited islands carry the IOTA number EU-118 and are in the Outer
Hebrides. The group is the second most wanted IOTA in the UK after Rockall,
where one of the five Flannan team members, Nobby GØVJG, spent several days
in 2023.
The Flannan DXpedition had been assigned the same callsign that activators
used for Rockall: MMØUKI.
The team announced that the weather forecast compelled them to abandon the
hoped-for activation, which was to have been calling QRZ from the 1st of
August.
The team had already faced an earlier challenge - they had to replace their
original vessel which had developed an engine fault. The boat's skipper
later told them that the window for favourable weather was insufficient for
him to retrieve them safely and they would therefore have to return home.
They had planned to be on the air for 48 to 72 hours.
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(DXWORLD)
**
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, Gregor, S53RA is active from the Maldives as 8Q7GG until
the 13th of August. He is operating QRP, holiday style, mainly in the
evenings local time. He is using CW, SSB and FT8. See QRZ.com for QSL
details.
Philipp, OE6MCX, is on the air until the 12th of August as 8P9MC from
Barbados, IOTA Number NA-021. He is operating holiday style, using CW, SSB,
FT8 and FT4 on 40-6 metres. QSL direct to home call.
Listen throughout August for stations with the suffix D-O-G as they
publicize the poor state of stray animal care across many countries. For the
International Dog Day, which will be marked on 26th of August, listen for
K2D operating from various US states. See dogdayradio (dot) ORG for full
details.
Listen for Seth, N4XTT, operating holiday style as J6/N4XTT from St. Lucia,
IOTA Number NA-108, from the 10th through to the 17th of August. He will be
using CW, SSB, FT8 and FT4 on 40-10 metres. See QRZ.com for QSL details.
Luca, IU3MDI is active as ZA/IU3MDI [ZED AY STROKE EYE YOU 3 EMM DEE EYE]
from Shkoder, Albania until the 17th of August. He is using CW, SSB and FT8
on 40-10 meters. See QSL details on QRZ.com
(425 DXBULLETIN, DXWORLD)
**
KICKER: FOR THIS HAM, IT HAS BEEN THE SWEETEST CENTURY
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story for this week is about the enduring power of
amateur radio and the enduring love of those who have a license for it. Meet
a YL who has achieved recognition, just as she turns 100 years old. Jim
Damron N8TMW introduces her to us.
JIM: If you tried to add up the number of ham radio operators in North
Carolina who either got or upgraded their license after an exam supervised
by volunteer examiner Dorothy McCracken, you might find the mathematics a
bit challenging. You might also find it difficult to total how many hopeful
radio operators received her guidance as a volunteer instructor.
Along with her husband, Lewis WA4MTY, who is now a Silent Key, Dot spent
many years assisting those in the western Piedmont region who were ready to
take their FCC tests and hopefully get on the air. According to her
daughter, Janet, she also traveled all over the country with Lewis, giving
license exams where their presence was needed. Dot, who now has the
callsign AD4D, knows well how amateur radio can make a good life even better
-- at the age of 100.
Just days after reaching that one-century milestone in July, Dot received
one more: she was presented with a plaque from the ARRL's North Carolina
section manager, Marv Hoffman, WA4NC. The plaque was inscribed with the
section's SUGAR award - an acronym for "Supporting, Upgrading, Growing
Amateur Radio."
First licensed in 1985 as Extra Class operator KI4JM, she passed the 20 wpm
code part of the test at a time when women were not always viewed as
proficient CW ops. She not only mastered CW but went on to embrace portable
operating, going camping with her husband and getting on the air.
Now, after all those decades, Dot has received the equivalent of a very
large QSL card from amateur radio itself: The plaque that hangs on the wall
of her room in a North Carolina rehabilitation facility: It's the SUGAR
Award -- and how sweet it is.
This is Jim Damron N8TMW
(THE MOUNTAINEER, MARV HOFFMAN, WA4NC)
**
JUST SAY 'HI' TO HAIKU
If a good day of radio is like poetry to you, pick up a pencil and join the
Amateur Radio Newsline haiku challenge. Share your experience by sending an
original haiku to us here at Newsline. Use the entry form on our website,
arnewsline.org and please follow the rules for writing your three-line haiku
-- sorry but we cannot accept any entries that aren't written in traditional
haiku form. Share with fellow listeners the poetry that is inspired by your
ham radio experience!
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to AMSAT News Service; ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania
Section; Amateur Radio Daily; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Economic Times;
425DXNews; FCC; NASA; the Mountaineer; Marv Hoffman, WA4NC; NZNet News;
QRZ.com; Radio World; shortwaveradio.de; the WRTC; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. We remind our listeners that
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leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us. For now, with Caryn
Eve Murray KD2GUT at the news desk in New York, and our news team worldwide,
I'm Stephen Kinford N8WB in Wadsworth, Ohio saying 73. As always we thank
you for listening. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2024. All rights
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