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New Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign Fee Set at $21.40
Next "Red Badge Day" on September 21 is a Chance to Rack Up Serious
Centennial QSO Party Points
Amateur Radio Transponder Will Accompany Japanese Asteroid Mission
into Deep Space
FCC Ups the Ante in Proposing Huge Fine on CB Operator
W1AW Centennial Operations Heading to Colorado and Texas on September
10 (UTC)
MARS Mulls Adopting New Training Approach, Upping Its Recruitment
Game
The ARRL September VHF Contest Has Room for Everyone!
Moonbounce Enthusiasts Enjoy Conference, Brittany Coast
Top Band Webinar Set
UKube-1 Satellite Using FUNcube-2 For Downlink Workaround
W4DXCC DX and Contest Convention Marks its 10th Year
"Archie's Ham Radio Adventure" Comic Artist Stan Goldberg, SK
A Century of Amateur Radio and the ARRL
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events
New Amateur Radio Vanity Call Sign Fee Set at $21.40
The FCC has adjusted very slightly downward -- to $21.40 -- its
proposed Amateur Service vanity call sign regulatory fee for Fiscal
Year 2014. In a June Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), the
Commission said it intended to hike the current $16.10 vanity fee to
$21.60 for the 10-year license term. The FCC released a Report and
Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (R&O) in the
proceeding on August 29, in which it recalculated the fee to $21.40
for the 10-year license term. The $5.30 increase still represents the
largest vanity fee hike in many years. The new $21.40 fee does not go
into effect until 30 days after the R&O is published in The Federal
Register.
In the R&O, the FCC said it considered eliminating the regulatory fee
for Amateur Radio vanity call sign applications and for other
services but decided not to do so "at this time," because it lacks
"adequate support to determine 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 Commission said it would reevaluate this issue in the future to
determine if it should eliminate other fee categories.
The FCC's Office of Managing Director sets the actual fee vanity call
sign fee, based on Wireless Telecommunications Bureau projections of
new applications and renewals, taking into consideration existing
Commission licensee databases, such as the Universal Licensing System
(ULS) database.
The FCC reported there were 11,500 "payment units" in FY 2014. The
Commission said the vanity program generated an estimated $230,230 in
FY 2013 revenue, and it estimated that it would collect nearly
$246,100 in FY 2014.
The vanity call sign regulatory fee is payable when applying for a
new vanity call sign or when renewing any vanity call sign designated
as "HV" in the FCC's ULS database.
Next "Red Badge Day" on September 21 is a Chance to Rack Up Serious
Centennial QSO Party Points
ARRL's "Red Badgers" will be out in force on Sunday, September 21 UTC
(starting the evening of Saturday, September 20, in US time zones),
offering another opportunity to snag some high-value contacts to
boost your ARRL Centennial QSO Party total. During the second "Red
Badges on the Air" activity, ARRL officers, elected officials -- such
as Director or Section Manager -- Headquarters staffers and
volunteers, and other members of the ARRL family who merit red ARRL
name/call sign badges will take to the air. Contacts with red badge
wearers are worth a lot of points -- as much as 300 points per
contact for working ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN -- so
participants can increase their Centennial QSO Party tallies very
quickly. ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Manager Dave Patton,
NN1N, said that ARRL red badge holders number about 200 -- including
officers, Directors, Section Managers, and Headquarters staff, many
of whom will be on the air on September 21.
Working this Red Badge wearer -- ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN --
is worth 300 Centennial QSO Party points.
"Not just Red Badgers will be active, but many ARRL appointees, VEs,
and members will be as well," said Patton. "The first Red Badge Day
on June 1 was a huge success but left many operators wanting more.
Nine months into ARRL's Centennial year, the Centennial QSO Party and
W1AW activations already have proven to be the largest and most
active special events in the history of Amateur Radio, with more than
20,000 participants on the air from all continents."
The event is considered an activity day, not a contest, and operation
is permitted on all bands. Participants can call "CQ ARRL Centennial
QSO Party" on phone or "CQ CENT" on CW or digital modes. While the
event will focus on encouraging ARRL Red Badgers to hand out
Centennial QSO Party points, all activity is welcome, regardless of
point value.
ARRL members are worth at least one point in the Centennial QSO
Party. Participants get credit for each band/mode contact, regardless
of point value. ARRL Centennial QSO Party participants can use the
leader board to determine how many points they have accumulated.
Other high-value contacts include: President Emeritus (PE) or Past
President (PP), 275 points; Honorary Vice President (HVP) or ARRL
Vice President (VP), 250 points; Director (DIR), Director Emeritus
(DE), or Past Vice President (PVP), 225 points; Vice Director (VD),
200 points; Section Manager (SM), 175 points; ARRL officer (OFF) or
Past Director (PD), 150 points, and Past Vice Director (PV), 125
points. W100AW, Charter Life Member (CLM), or Past Section Manager
(PSM) contacts are worth 100 points.
ARRL Headquarters department managers (DM), 75 points; ARRL
Headquarters staffers/volunteers, (HQ), 50 points; Assistant Director
(AD), 40 points, and NCJ Editor and QST columnists, 30 points.
Amateur Radio Transponder Will Accompany Japanese Asteroid Mission
into Deep Space
According to a news report, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
(JAXA) Hayabusa 2 asteroid mission, now scheduled to launch in
December, will carry the Shin'en 2 (Abyss 2) Amateur Radio satellite.
A 17 kg, 50 cm diameter polyhedron, Shin'en 2, built by students at
Kyushu Inistitute of Technology, makes extensive use of carbon-fiber
reinforced plastic materials that can be bonded by heat to reduce its
weight and the number of hardware fasteners. In addition to a Mode J
linear transponder for Amateur Radio communication, Shin'en 2 will
include CW and WSJT beacons. The inclusion of the transponder will
offer an opportunity for earthbound radio amateurs to test the limits
of their communication capabilities.
The Abyss 2/Shin'en 2 satellite is prepared for its journey into deep
space.
"For confirming the operational status of the spacecraft in deep
space, the know-how of the Moon-reflecting communication technology
can be applied. By using an Amateur Radio service transponder,
amateur stations can communicate with each other when the spacecraft
is in near-Moon orbit," a project outline on the Shin'en 2 website
explains. "Beyond this distance, signal detection by Morse code and
telemetry data transmitted from the spacecraft will be performed."
The project is expected to help pave the way for future lunar rover
missions.
Hayabusa 2 will make a round trip to the C-type asteroid 1999 JU3,
arriving at the asteroid in mid-2018. It then would survey and take
samples of the asteroid before departing in December 2019, and return
to Earth in December 2020.
Shin'en 2 will be placed into an elliptical orbit around the Sun and
travel into a deep space between Venus and Mars. Its inclination will
be almost zero, which means Shin-En2 will stay in the Earth's
equatorial plane. The distance from the Sun will be between 0.7 and
1.3 AU (an astronomical unit is 149,597,871 km).
The ARTSAT2 "deep space sculpture" will travel into space.
The IARU-coordinated frequencies for Shin'en 2 are: CW beacon,
437.505 MHz; WSJT telemetry, 437.385 MHz; Inverting SSB/CW
transponder, 145.940-145.960 MHz uplink (LSB)/435.280-435.260 MHz
downlink (USB). The project also is hoping to gather listener
reports.
The ARTSAT2:DESPATCH satellite is on the same launch. The satellite,
a joint project by students at Tama Art University and Tokyo
University, will carry a 30 kg "deep space sculpture" developed using
a 3D printer, as well as an Amateur Radio payload, a CW beacon in the
435 MHz band. At its maximum operational distance, it will be some 3
million km (1.86 million miles) from Earth about a week after launch.
-- Thanks to AMSAT-UK
FCC Ups the Ante in Proposing Huge Fine on CB Operator
Right on the heels of a whopping $14,000 proposed forfeiture for a
Florida CBer for failing to allow a station inspection, the FCC
Enforcement Bureau is recommending a $22,000 fine for a New York
CBer. The FCC issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) in the case
of James Engle of Lewiston, New York, on August 28, alleging that he
interfered with the communications of other CBers, operated with an
external linear amplifier, operated without authorization, and
disregarded earlier FCC warnings.
"Mr Engle was warned repeatedly in writing by the Enforcement Bureau
that his actions violated the law, and his apparent disregard for the
Commission's authority warrants an increased penalty," the FCC said
in the NAL.
The FCC said that last October 23, agents from the Commission's
Philadelphia office, responding to a complaint from a CB operator on
27.325 MHz, CB channel 32, tracked the interfering transmissions to
Engle's station and "heard him repeatedly interrupt ongoing
transmissions of another CB operator." The following day, the agents
inspected Engle's CB station and discovered two linear RF amplifiers.
The FCC said Engle "admitted that he used one of the power
amplifiers" the previous night. Testing showed the unit was capable
of putting out nearly 150 W.
The FCC pointed out that while its Part 95 rules do not require
individual CB operators to obtain licenses, CBers who operate "in a
manner that is inconsistent with the CB rules" are required to have
an FCC authorization. "The Commission will presume an individual has
used a linear or other external RF power amplifier, if the amplifier
is located on the individual's premises," the NAL said, "and if there
is other evidence showing that a CB station was operated with more
power than allowed by the Rules." FCC rules also prohibit using an
external RF amplifier with a FCC-certificated CB transmitter.
Transmitting without FCC authorization merits a base forfeiture of
$10,000, the FCC noted, while the base forfeiture for interfering
with other communications is $7,000.
"The fact that Mr. Engle operated with a linear amplifier to cause
intentional interference to other CB operators despite being warned
twice in writing demonstrates a deliberate disregard for the
Commission's requirements and authority," the FCC, in making an
"upward adjustment" of $5,000 in the proposed forfeiture.
Engle has 30 days to pay the fine or file in writing seeking
reduction or cancellation of the proposed fine.
Ad
W1AW Centennial Operations Heading to Colorado and Texas on September
10 (UTC)
The ARRL Centennial W1AW portable operations taking place throughout
2014 from each of the 50 states are now in Tennessee and Oregon. They
will relocate at 0000 UTC on Wednesday, September 10 (the evening of
September 9 in US time zones), to Colorado (W1AW/0), and Texas
(W1AW/5). During 2014 W1AW will be on the air from every state (at
least twice) and most US territories, and it will be easy to work all
states solely by contacting W1AW portable operations.
The ARRL Centennial QSO Party kicked off January 1 for a year-long
operating event in which participants can accumulate points and win
awards. The event is open to all, although only ARRL members and
appointees, elected officials, HQ staff and W1AW are worth ARRL
Centennial QSO Party points.
Working W1AW/x from each state is worth 5 points per mode/contact,
even when working the same state during its second week of activity.
To earn the "Worked all States with W1AW Award," work W1AW operating
portable from all 50 states. (Working W1AW or W100AW in Connecticut
does not count for Connecticut. Participants must work W1AW/1 in
Connecticut.) A W1AW WAS certificate and plaque will be available.
An ARRL Centennial QSO Party leader board shows participants how many
points they have accumulated in the Centennial QSO Party and in the
W1AW WAS operations. Log in using your Logbook of The World (LoTW)
user name and password, and your position will appear at the top of
the leader boards. Results are updated daily, based on contacts
entered into LoTW.
MARS Mulls Adopting New Training Approach, Upping Its Recruitment
Game
A new take on training and a growing role in global disaster relief
were primary discussion topics at the Army Military Auxiliary Radio
System (MARS) leaders' workshop August 24-26 in Arizona. Behind the
official agenda, however, loomed an understated theme: MARS is
seeking younger tech-oriented hams -- or potential hams -- and
recently retired members of the military to join its corps of
seasoned volunteer communicators. Army MARS Headquarters introduced a
new national staff officer from the business world to head up that
effort -- Kurt Edelman, KF7PDV, of Willcox, Arizona, who holds the
title of planning officer.
"We discussed difficult issues, explored new ideas, and shared our
successes and shortcomings," Army MARS Program Officer Paul English,
WD8DBY, said in summarizing the meeting. "At the end of the day we
are stronger and more cohesive than ever."
An official auxiliary within the US Department of Defense, MARS is
formed of Amateur Radio operators who volunteer their time and
equipment to support emergency communication in the event the
Internet and telephone services are disrupted by natural or manmade
disaster. The Army, Navy, and Air Force each have branches.
During the August gathering at Army MARS Headquarters station in Fort
Huachuca, Arizona, 11 region directors plus national staff officers
discussed an innovative instructional methodology, debated
eliminating membership qualifications based solely on hours on the
air, and pondered marking the auxiliary's 90th anniversary next year
with a vigorous recruiting drive.
Kurt Edelman, KF7PDV, the new Planning Officer at Army MARS
Headquarters, introduced himself and a new training system at the
August MARS leadership workshop.
It wasn't all policy and planning, though. Juanita Portz, the senior
contract operator, guided attendees through the battery of
military-standard transceivers that continuously monitor MARS and
regular Army frequencies for contingency traffic. The leaders checked
into an Arizona net and got familiar with military radio models that
may turn up on MARS nets down the road.
Edelman briefed leaders on an advanced instructional system that MARS
now is eyeing as a possible replacement for current training and
participation requirements. Known in the active Army as METL (for
Mission-based Essential Task Lists), it replaces traditional
generalized basic training with instruction in the specific tasks
associated with an individual's duty assignment, and only those. METL
could require annual qualification in tasks rather than simply
requiring personnel to accumulate a minimum number of hours served. A
former vice president in charge of new technology at a Fortune 500
financial firm, Edelman leads a workgroup of region directors and
trainers drafting a preliminary METL program, which he expects to
deliver as early as 2015.
Wrapping up the meeting was preliminary discussion on commemorating
the 90th anniversary of the Army's invitation to the ARRL the
backdrop August 25-26, as more than 100 moonbounce (EME) enthusiasts
from 18 countries gathered to compare notes and to socialize. The
16th International EME Conference was held at the Parc du Radôme in
Northern Brittany. In July 1962, the 64 meter Radôme was on the
receiving end of the first TV satellite link between the US and
Europe. Those attending EME 2014 engage in similar activity, bouncing
their Amateur Radio signals from Earth to the Moon and back,
operating on frequencies as high as 77 GHz. The conference featured
some 2 dozen presentations on moonbounce-related topics.
"Speakers from all over the world contributed their experience,
technical achievements, and research," said Rick Rosen, K1DS, one of
the attendees. "Workshops and demonstrations were interlaced with the
program and included operation of the on-site 144 MHz digital
The 13 meter EME dish and 2 meter Yagi antennas. [Rick Rosen, K1DS,
photo]
EME and 5.6 GHz CW/SSB EME stations, and reception of the 10 GHz EME
beacon with a small 50 cm dish, preamp and down-converter." Rosen
said attendees also exchanged technical small talk throughout the
2-day event. Rosen said a presentation by Al Katz, K2UYH, addressed
the important issue of Doppler shift in EME work.
"Although Doppler shift for EME signals is almost negligible on 6 and
2 meters, it becomes a bigger challenge as the frequencies used are
increased. As there are many stations using 432 MHz and bands through
24 GHz to communicate by the moon, Doppler shift becomes trickier to
calculate," Rosen said in recounting Katz's talk. "Doppler shift at
10 GHz can be several kilohertz. The Earth is continually spinning
and the apparent position of the moon is changing at rates that may
differ for both the transmitting and receiving stations. The ability
to listen to one's own echoes or to place a signal where it will
likely to be heard by a DX station is critical to the success of an
EME QSO."
"Al walked us through the various situations, use of Doppler
prediction software and helped clarify to many of us the use of these
tools," Rosen said.
A presentation by Jan van Muijlwijk, PA3FXB, outlined the history and
restoration of the 25-meter diameter Dwingeloo dish, which has been
operational as a radio astronomy site since 1956 but sat dormant
since the 1990s. As van Muijlwijk's presentation explained,
volunteers restored the facility during a 2-year publicly funded
project that involved disassembling and refurbishing the dish.
Restoring the reassembled dish to its mount involved the largest
crane in The Netherlands.
PA0EHG (center) describes and demonstrates a small-dish EME 10 GHz
beacon receiver. [Rick Rosen, K1DS, photo]
The PI9CAM station at Dwingeloo is now active on the air on 432 MHz
and 1296 MHz moonbounce. "The station also was used to help an ailing
nanosatellite last fall," Rosen explained. "[T]he satellite became
unresponsive to commands due to a spurious 2 meter output that was
blocking the 432 MHz command receiver. Once software was loaded at
Dwingeloo, a set of commands were sent to shut off the 2 meter
transmitter, and the satellite was successfully restored to
operation." Rosen said the PI9CAM station is one of the easiest to
work, by even modest EME stations. The Dwingeloo dish has even served
as a wedding venue.
Hans van Alphen, PA0EHG, described and demonstrated a small-dish EME
10 GHz beacon receiver. The DL0SHF 10 GHz beacon was placed on the
air using a 7.6-meter dish and 50 W output in December 2013. Using a
compact motorized auto-tracking system and a 48 cm dish, van Alphen
was able to copy the beacon in both its high (600 W) and low (50 W)
power outputs, Rosen said.
The ARRL EME Contest takes place over several weekends this fall --
October 11-12, November 8-9 and December 6-7. EME 2016 will take
place in Venice, Italy. -- Thanks to Rick Rosen, K1DS
Top Band Webinar Set
The World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF) will sponsor a Top
Band webinar, "A Long Overdue Review of Gray Line Propagation on the
Low Bands," for Thursday, September 11, at 9 PM EDT (Friday,
September 12 at 0100 UTC).
Presenter Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, will trace the history of gray
line propagation and theorize on a problem with the current
explanation that propagation along the terminator is efficient. He
will offer an alternative explanation. Advance registration is
required. -- Thanks to Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, via The Daily DX
UKube-1 Satellite Using FUNcube-2 For Downlink Workaround
The online industry publication SatelliteToday has reported that the
UKube-1 CubeSat is "experiencing an anomaly with its primary
communications link." To work around the problem, the United Kingdom
Space Agency (UKSA) commanded the small spacecraft to use an
alternate configuration of what it called "the FUNcube-2
transceiver," using it as the satellite's temporary downlink. The
Amateur Radio transponder on FUNcube-2 is not yet active -- just the
BPSK telemetry beacon on 145.915 MHz. UKube-1 is hosting FUNcube-2,
which is actually a set of FUNcube boards flying as a sub-system of
the 3U CubeSat. The FUNcube project is aimed at supporting science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) initiatives now
underway in the US, the UK, and elsewhere. The target audience is
primary and secondary school students.
According to SatelliteToday, the satellite, which launched on July 8,
is otherwise healthy and its attitude is stable, but the
communication "anomaly" is not allowing ground controllers to proceed
with normal payload commissioning. UKube-1 is the space agency's
first CubeSat. The USKA said the FUNcube-2 payload is running at high
power to make it easier for schools to copy its telemetry.
SatelliteToday said the space agency hopes to stabilize UKube-1 over
the coming weeks to permit payload commissioning. The FUNcube-2
payload includes a 400 mW inverting SSB/CW Amateur Radio transponder,
with an uplink passband of 435.080 to 435.060 MHz (LSB) and a
downlink passband of 145.930-145.950 MHz (USB). The telemetry beacon
is on 145.915 MHz.
The UKube-1 satellite was built by Clyde Space in Glasgow, Scotland.
The FUNcube Project is a joint initiative of AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL
(Netherlands).
The existing FUNcube-1 Dashboard App does not correctly display
FUNcube-2 telemetry, but it does correctly forward data to the
Warehouse. The FUNcube team has not yet released a FUNcube-2 specific
Dashboard software. It is working to provide a fully functional
FUNcube-2 page on the Data Warehouse as soon as possible. -- Thanks
to Trevor, M5AKA, for some information
W4DXCC DX and Contest Convention Marks its 10th Year
The 10th annual W4DXCC DX and Contest Convention takes place
September 26-27 in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. This year's event
features extended hours and a full schedule of forum presenters.
Among presentations on the program is "FT5ZM, to the End of the World
and Back" with Bob Allphin, K4UEE. Also, Krish Kanakasapapathi,
W4VKU, will discuss the VU7AG DXpedition.
Two new manufacturers will be at this year's show -- Heil Sound and
SteppIR Antennas. Heil Sound will conduct workshop sessions on "The
Science of Audio." Amateur Radio examinations will be offered. More
information is on the W4DXCC website. -- Thanks to Dave Anderson,
K4SV
"Archie's Ham Radio Adventure" Comic Artist Stan Goldberg, SK
Stan Goldberg, the artist who, with Mike Esposito, drew the "Archie's
Ham Radio Adventure" comic for ARRL in the 1990s, died August 31. He
was 82. A New York City native, Goldberg was Marvel Comics' chief
colorist during the 1960s, when most of the characters now associated
with Marvel were created.
Cartoonist Stan Goldberg.
"He's the reason Spider Man's costume is red and dark blue, the
reason the Incredible Hulk's skin is green," said Jim Massara, N2EST,
who penned QST cartoons in the 1980s and also once worked for Marvel.
"Goldberg was a giant in our industry."
Massara said Goldberg was best known for drawing teen-related comics,
first for Timely, a Marvel Comics predecessor, where Goldberg started
as a staff colorist in 1949, when he was just 16. He went on to work
for DC Comics and, finally, for Archie Comics starting in the early
1970s. "He was Archie Comics' prolific lead artist for a number of
years, and along with Dan DeCarlo was one of two artists who defined
the look of Archie and the gang for several decades," Massara told
ARRL.
Massara said Goldberg was well liked and respected by his colleagues.
In 1994, he was hformation.
Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events
September 5-7 -- ARRL-TAPR Digital Communications Conference, Austin,
Texas
September 6 -- Kentucky State Convention, Shepherdsville, Kentucky
September 6 -- Virginia Section Convention, Virginia Beach, Virginia
September 12-14 -- Southwestern Division Convention, San Diego,
California
September 19-20 -- W9DXCC Convention, Schaumburg, Illinois
September 26-27 -- W4DXCC/SEDCO, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
September 26-28 -- Mid-Atlantic States VHF Conference, Bensalem,
Pennsylvania
September 27 -- North Dakota State Convention, West Fargo, North
Dakota
September 27 -- Washington State Convention, Spokane Valley,
Washington
October 4 -- Delaware State Convention, Georgetown, Delaware
October 5 -- Iowa Section Convention, West Liberty, Iowa
October 10-11 -- Florida State Convention, Melbourne, Florida
October 10-12 -- Pacific Division Convention (Pacificon), Santa
Clara, California
October 11 -- Pacific Northwest VHF Conference, Seaside, Oregon
October 12 -- Connecticut State Convention, Meriden, Connecticut
October 18 -- Arkansas State Convention, Batesville, Arkansas
October 18 -- Wisconsin ARES/RACES Conference, Wisconsin Rapids,
Wisconsin
October 24-25 -- Oklahoma Section Convention, Ardmore, Oklahoma
November 1 -- TechFest 2014, Lakewood, Colorado
November 1-2 -- Georgia State Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia
November 8 -- Alabama State Convention, Montgomery, Alabama
November 15-16 -- Indiana State Convention, Fort Wayne, Indiana
December 12-13 -- West Central Florida Section, Plant City, Florida
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