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World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 Starts on November 2
National Emergency Net Activates in Mexico for Category 5 Hurricane
Patricia
ARRL Field Day 2015 Results Now Available
ARISS Celebrates 1000th Event, 15 Years of Permanent Ham Radio
Presence in Space
UK to Auction Former Ham Radio Spectrum
It's ARRL November Sweepstakes Season!
Use of 146.52 MHz FM Simplex Frequency Cleared for ARRL Contests
Amateur Radio is on National Tribal Assistance Coordination Group
Workshop Program
ARRL Medium-Wave Experimenters Sponsoring November Special Event
In Brief...
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions and Events
World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 Starts on November 2
Amateur Radio's interests will be well represented as the 2015 ITU
World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) convenes on November 2 in
Geneva, Switzerland. Preparations have been under way since the last
WRC wrapped up in 2012. Held every 3 or 4 years, WRCs review, and, if
necessary, revise the Radio Regulations -- the international treaty
governing the use of the radio frequency spectrum. Delegates will
consider several items of interest to the Amateur Radio community
during the nearly month-long international gathering. Two ARRL staff
members will be on the US delegation to WRC-15 -- Chief Technology
Officer Brennan Price, N4QX, and Technical Relations Specialist Jon
Siverling, WB3ERA. International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) President
Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA, and several others will be on the IARU team or
in other delegations.
The primary WRC-15 agenda item of interest to most radio amateurs is
Agenda Item 1.4, which calls on delegates to consider the possibility
of allocating an appropriate amount of spectrum -- not necessarily
contiguous -- to the Amateur Service on a secondary basis within the
band 5250-5450 kHz. Many amateurs have been hoping for a band, rather
than the discrete channels now available in the US and in several
other countries.
"While efforts of the IARU and its member societies have led four
regional organizations to make affirmative proposals -- two of them
quite generous -- the outcome of this item remains uncertain," said
ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, who will be attending WRC-15 briefly to
support the IARU team. He explained that several major countries,
including Canada, Russia, the UK, and the US, view an allocation in
the triple digits of kilohertz as too generous and, except for Russia,
have not signed on to regional proposals. Russia leads a regional
proposal for no change. Canada has proposed allocating 50 kHz in two
25 kHz blocks, but several countries, including the US, are on record
as opposing an allocation.
ARRL Chief Technology Officer Brennan Price, N4QX, will attend WRC-15
as part of the US delegation.
"We are disappointed that the United States was unable to join the
Inter-American Proposal (IAP), which is admittedly more generous than
we expected the US to be able to support," Sumner said. "With the
neighboring countries of Mexico supporting the IAP, Canada proposing
two 25 kHz segments, and Cuba proposing a contiguous 27 kHz band, and
with affirmative proposals for an amateur allocation having been
submitted on behalf of dozens of other countries, we remain hopeful
that a positive consensus will emerge that the US, in the end, will be
able to accept."
Countries opposed to any change have argued that propagation
characteristics near 5 MHz are ideal to support reliable operation of
the incumbent HF services. Current primary non-government occupants of
the band are fixed and mobile services, except aeronautical mobile,
and radiolocation in the 5250-5275 kHz segment.
Other items that could affect Amateur Radio include:
Agenda Item 1.1, to consider additional spectrum for mobile services
on a primary basis and identification of additional bands for
commercial mobile telephony and data service -- in essence,
smartphones. In 2007, nearly 90 countries identified 3400-3500 MHz in
the amateur 9 centimeter band for this purpose. Efforts to maintain
amateur access to this band since then has been a country-by-country
effort. The US has said that it will not implement mobile telephony
and data services at 3400-3550 MHz, due to its use by incumbent
services, including radiolocation and Amateur Radio.
Agenda Item 1.6.1 will consider possible additional primary
allocations for the fixed-satellite service of 250 MHz between 10 GHz
and 17 GHz in Region 1. It also would review regulatory provisions on
current fixed-satellite service allocations, taking ITU-R studies into
account. The amateur 10 GHz allocation is not a potential target.
Agenda Item 1.10 seeks additional mobile-satellite allocations,
including the satellite component of broadband applications, including
mobile telephony and data services, in the range from 22 to 26 GHz.
The amateur 24 GHz allocation has not been identified by proponents as
a potential solution.
Agenda Item 1.12 would consider extending the current worldwide
allocation to the Earth exploration-satellite (active) service (EESS)
in the band 9300-9900 MHz by up to 600 MHz, which would intrude into
the amateur 10 GHz allocation. Although EESS is likely to obtain a
primary allocation that overlaps the 10 GHz band in full or in part,
its impact on Amateur Radio would likely be nominal.
Agenda Item 1.18 will address automotive radar applications at
77.5-78.0 GHz. Studies have indicated general compatibility with these
applications and Amateur Radio, and, in any case, the primary status
of Amateur Radio is not proposed to be downgraded. Read more.
National Emergency Net Activates in Mexico for Category 5 Hurricane
Patricia
In the face of the approaching Category 5 Hurricane Patricia, Mexico's
National Emergency Net activated on October 23 along Mexico's Pacific
Coast, an area popular with tourists. Nets were established on 75, 40,
and 20 meters, and on VHF repeaters. The storm, the most powerful
hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere by the National
Hurricane Center, brought sustained winds of up to 200 MPH as it made
landfall along a less-populated stretch of coastline. The storm downed
trees, flooded streets, and buffeted buildings, but quickly lost
strength in the mountains and was downgraded to a tropical storm.
Remnants of the storm eventually caused some heavy rainfall and
flooding in the US.
Omar Alvarez, XE1AO, a faculty member at the University of Colima,
initially activated a net October 22 on 7060 kHz (LSB) from the
University, which has its own amateur station. Other stations checked
in from the capital city of Colima. The net stood down at 0700 UTC on
October 24, ending the emergency.
"The net involved 110 stations in the Republic of Mexico," Zian
Aguirre, XE1ATZ, told ARRL. "Nine stations were on the air from Colima
State, closest to shore, including some in the port of Manzanillo. The
hurricane hit about 65 miles from Manzanillo, in a community called
'La Manzanilla,' and the impact zone extended from El Paraiso Beach in
Colima to the town of Chamela in Jalisco."
An October 23 GOES satellite image of Hurricane Patricia coming ashore
on Mexico's Pacific Coast. [NOAA image]
In the storm's wake, civil protection authorities, the Red Cross, and
the Mexican military were on duty, and radio amateurs were standing by
to handle any communication needs, Aguirre said.
"Fortunately in the city of Colima, where I live, the effects of the
hurricane were few -- mainly downed trees and some damaged roads,"
Aguirre said. "There was no loss of life; preventive action paid off
magnificently." Tens of thousands were evacuated in advance of the
dangerous storm.
As it approached landfall, the National Hurricane Center in Miami had
called the Category 5 storm "potentially catastrophic." The minimum
central pressure estimated from NOAA aircraft data was an extremely
low 25.96 inches.
ARRL Field Day 2015 Results Now Available
Results of ARRL Field Day 2015 are now available. These include the
searchable scores database, the soapbox, and the QST results article
(PDF). A total of 2720 stations submitted entries for the ever-popular
June 27-28 event.
While propagation was on the sorry side for Field Day 2015, the number
of contacts for this year's event rose slightly over 2014 -- a modest
1.1 percent -- and CW contacts account for all of that increase; phone
and digital contact numbers dipped slightly in 2015. Nearly 1.3
million contacts were logged during FD 2015.
The number of logs received appears to be an all-time ARRL Field Day
record. This year saw 35,369 participants, down slightly from 2014.
A total of 1247 entries claimed the broad classification of "A" (which
includes generator, commercial, and alternate/battery-powered
entries). Joining that core group operating in temporary setups were
an additional 315 Class B entries (one- or two-person entries). This
indicates that 58 percent of all Field Day 2015 participants in some
way took to the field.
ARISS Celebrates 1000th Event, 15 Years of Permanent Ham Radio
Presence in Space
This month, the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) program marked its 1000th space station Amateur Radio event,
continuing a string that started 15 years ago, when the program
established the first permanent ham radio presence in space. The
inaugural ARISS contact took place on December 21, 2000, between a
member of the ISS Expedition 1 crew and youngsters at Luther Burbank
Elementary School near Chicago. Several pupils and a teacher got to
chat on 2 meters with "Space Station Alpha" Commander William "Shep"
Shepherd, KD5GSL. The contact had a rocky start. Attempts by the
school a couple of days earlier had been unsuccessful, despite
extensive technical preparations hampered by snowstorms and
sub-freezing temperatures. That contact marked the first use of the
special NA1SS call sign for a school contact.
"It has always been all about youth, piquing their interest in Amateur
Radio, science, technology -- especially wireless technology --
engineering, math, and aerospace...really anything educational, and it
will always be about these things," said ARISS International Secretary
Rosalie White, K1STO. While on the ARRL Headquarters staff, White was
in on the ground floor of ARISS, which grew out of the space
shuttle-era SAREX (Space Amateur Radio EXperiment). She represented
ARRL, an ARISS partner, in initial discussions to set ARISS into
motion.
Rosalie White, K1STO. [ARISS photo]
In 1996, with the ISS still a few years off, the SAREX team decided
not to wait until the first crew was on station to start thinking
about getting Amateur Radio on board, White said. By then it would be
too late to ensure equipment room in the ISS's tight quarters as well
as to address cabling, antennas, power, flight certification -- myriad
details that also included both NASA and Russian approvals and
licensing astronauts. NASA stipulated that it wanted a single,
worldwide group to be solely responsible for "everything Amateur
Radio" on the ISS.
With a lot of hard work, an ARISS team based on countries having space
agencies supporting the ISS -- Canada, Japan, Russia, several European
countries, and the US -- was pulled together. White said it was "a
monumental task" to get everyone to the US for the scheduled meeting
dates in November 1996.
"In the end, at least one Amateur Radio operator came from Canada,
Japan, Europe, Russia, and the United States, the areas now known as
ARISS regions," White said. "That's how it all began!"
ARRL Education Services Manager Debra Johnson, K1DMJ, said NASA will
be celebrating the arrival of the first crew to inhabit the ISS. "The
ham radio gear was activated a few days later," she said. "Amateur
Radio is considered the first ISS payload."
Astronaut Reid Wiseman, KF5LKT, operated ARRL Field Day from NA1SS on
the International Space Station and took part in several ARISS school
contacts. [NASA photo]
ARISS touches tens of thousands of students per year. One ARISS goal
is to inspire an interest among young people in science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) subjects and in STEM careers. Another is
to provide an educational opportunity for students, teachers, and the
public to learn about space exploration and satellites, as well as
about wireless technology and radio science through Amateur Radio.
The program has made a positive impression on educators, with 92
percent of those who have been involved indicating that ARISS provided
ideas for encouraging student exploration, discussion, and
participation, and 78 percent saying that ARISS was effective in
stimulating student interest in STEM.
The proposal submission deadline is looming for schools, educational
organizations, and groups willing and able to host an ARISS contact in
2016. The window for formal and informal proposals closes on November
1.
In an era of tighter NASA budgets, ARISS International President Frank
Bauer, KA3HDO, recently indicated that ARISS needs to raise $90,000
annually to maintain its current level of operation, and $214,000 to
grow operations and meet its desired goals. ARISS encourages donations
via the AMSAT website (select the "ARISS Donate" button). Individuals
contributing $100 or more will receive the new ARISS Challenge Coin.
UK to Auction Former Ham Radio Spectrum
Spectrum at 2.3 and 3.4 GHz that once was allocated to Amateur Radio
is going on the auction block in the UK. Telecommunications regulatory
agency Ofcom announced this week the steps it will take in selling off
the shared spectrum it took back after the military no longer needed
it. Ofcom announced in April 2014 that it was ending Amateur Radio
access to significant portions of the 2.3 and 3.4 GHz bands following
a year-long consultation -- a rule making proceeding -- that involved
the release by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of 40 MHz of spectrum at
2.3 GHz and 150 MHz of spectrum at 3.4 GHz. Amateur Radio was
secondary on both bands.
"We expect the award frequencies to be of interest to mobile network
operators (MNOs) and others involved with mobile broadband," Ofcom
said in its Public Sector Spectrum Release document released on
October 26. "The particular characteristics of the spectrum to be
released, in terms of propagation and the penetration of signals, make
it especially suitable for the latest long-term evolution (LTE) mobile
technologies."
Amateur Radio lost privileges on frequencies in the two bands that
overlapped with the 190 MHz of spectrum that Ofcom now has put on the
block -- 2350 to 2390 MHz and 3410 to 3475 MHz. Amateur Radio will
retain access to the adjacent bands, but Ofcom has put procedures in
place to remove even those frequencies from Amateur Radio access, if
necessary in the future.
Ofcom said in 2014 that, with military and other government use of the
2.3 and 3.4 GHz spectrum ending, it believed that "an award of the
spectrum for high power use is likely to deliver greater benefit to UK
consumers and citizens than continued amateur use."
The MoD plan is part of a government commitment to release 500 MHz of
spectrum by 2020 for new civil uses "based on growing demand from UK
consumers for spectrum-hungry devices such as smartphones and
tablets."
Ofcom has said it would make 2300-2302 MHz available for amateur use,
but licensees first must obtain a Notice of Variation to their
licenses. Hams in the US have access to 2300-2310 MHz, 2390-2450 MHz
(Amateur Radio in the US is primary in the band 2390-2417 MHz), and
3300-3500 MHz. Neither the affected 2350-2390 MHz segment nor the
2310-2350 MHz that may be removed down the road in the UK has been
available to US amateurs for many years. In the international Table of
Frequency Allocations, the 3.4-3.6 GHz band is designated for future
mobile wireless broadband in many countries, including the UK, but not
in the US. Germany and Israel are the only ITU Region 1 countries with
amateur allocations at 3400-3475 MHz. -- Thanks to RSGB, Ofcom
It's ARRL November Sweepstakes Season!
ARRL November Sweepstakes -- two weekends of fun on CW and SSB,
respectively -- are just ahead. The CW event is November 7-9; the
phone weekend is November 21-23. The contest period runs from 2100 UTC
on Saturday through 0259 UTC Monday. Those planning to participate
should check out the 2015 Operating Guide (PDF).
"More activity means more fun for everyone!" said ARRL November
Sweepstakes Manager Larry Hammel, K5OT.
Sweepstakes is the ARRL's oldest "domestic" contest and is one in
which stations may only contact each other once on any band. The
multipliers are official ARRL and RAC sections. Some are especially
rare, so keep your ears open! For stations in the United States and
Canada (including territories and possessions), the object is to
exchange the required contact information with as many other US and
Canadian stations as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters.
There are several entry classes.
Affiliated Club competition continues to be a very popular aspect of
Sweepstakes each year. Even members who cannot put in a full-time
effort can contribute.
The Clean Sweep mug -- for working all 83 ARRL/RAC sections -- is
available again this year, as are Participation Pins for anyone who
completes more than 100 contacts on CW or phone during Sweepstakes.
Use of 146.52 MHz FM Simplex Frequency Cleared for ARRL Contests
The ARRL Programs and Services Committee earlier this year unanimously
adopted a recommendation from its VHF and Above Revitalization
Committee to remove the rule prohibiting the use of 146.52 MHz simplex
for making contest contacts. The change becomes effective in 2016,
starting with the ARRL January VHF Contest.
The VHF and Above Revitalization Committee concluded that the
restriction was no longer necessary. The committee felt that
permitting the use of 146.52 MHz would allow new/curious contesters
possessing only FM-mode radios to stumble upon more contacts,
increasing their chances of being drawn further into VHF+ contesting
-- the primary aim of the Revitalization Committee.
The change will also be incorporated into the ARRL Field Day rules
This change eliminates Rule 1.8 in the "General Rules for ARRL
Contests Above 50 MHz," with subsequent Rule 1 sections renumbered
accordingly. -- Thanks to Dan Henderson, N1ND, Regulatory Information
Manager/Acting Contest Manager
Amateur Radio is on National Tribal Assistance Coordination Group
Workshop Program
ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager Lloyd Colston, KC5FM, will be among the
presenters at the national 2015 National Tribal Assistance
Coordination Group (TAC-G) Workshop, November 3 to November 5 in
Catoosa, Oklahoma. Colston will speak on "Social Media in Emergency
Management/Amateur Radio."
Oklahoma Section Manager Lloyd Colston, KC5FM.
The 2015 TAC-G National Workshop is aimed at providing an opportunity
for collaboration with individuals and organizations that offer
assistance to American Indians and Alaska natives, tribes, and tribal
governments during emergencies and disasters.
During his 45-minute presentation, Colston said, he'll offer a broad
overview of Amateur Radio and will touch upon the Amateur Radio
Emergency Service (ARES), Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
(RACES), Military Auxiliary Radio Service (MARS), and SKYWARN.
"I will also be covering social media as it relates to emergency
management and the Virtual Operations Support Team concept," Colston
said.
Colston, who will represent the League as an ARRL Section Manager, has
served since 2014 as the head of Oklahoma's field organization. He
will wear additional hats as vice president of the Virtual Emergency
Management Association and as the emergency management director for
Altus, Oklahoma. He also serves as Oklahoma Section Public Information
Coordinator.
ARRL Medium-Wave Experimenters Sponsoring November Special Event
The 107th anniversary of the Berlin Treaty, which created the
international distress frequency at 500 kHz, will be the occasion for
a special event operation in that vicinity of the spectrum. The event,
announced by ARRL Medium-Wave Experiment (WD2XSH) Coordinator Fritz
Raab, W1FR, set for the November 13-14 weekend, will involve
experimental operators in the US, Canadian Amateur Radio stations, and
US heritage maritime stations.
"For US experimental ops, this will be a CW event," Raab said. "Some
stations will run beacons with special messages, and some will offer
special QSLs. Other stations will simulate maritime communication.
They will call CQ on a designated calling frequency and then QSY to
complete the QSO. Silent periods will be observed. Some stations will
pass message traffic."
Activity for the special event will focus on 465 to 480 kHz and 495 to
510 kHz, since different licensees have different frequency
authorizations, Raab explained. Designated calling frequencies are 475
kHz for the lower segment, and 500 kHz for the upper.
Raab said the Maritime Radio Historical Society (MRHS) will conduct a
mini "Night of Nights" on Saturday night, with special attention to MF
operation. "This will give listeners the best chance of copying their
MF signals by operating during the winter and extending our operating
hours well into the evening Pacific time," Raab said. MRHS Coast
Station operstors KPH will keep 426 and 500 kHz active with messages
and will verify listener reports.
Five Canadian amateurs are expected to operate in the 472-479 kHz
band. "In addition to activities similar to those of the US
experimental stations, the Canadian amateurs will conduct cross-band
communication tests with amateurs operating on 80 and 40 meters," Raab
said.
"All stations will either call CQ or send VVV marker beacons while
listening on their respective QSX frequencies," Raab said. Stations
will announce their listening frequencies. Read more.
In Brief...
Palmyra DXpedition to Sign On as K5P: When the Palmyra DXpedition gets
under way in January 2016, operators will be using the call sign K5P.
The Pacific Islands DXpedition Group has been granted permission to
activate Cooper Island in the Palmyra Atoll. Palmyra and Jarvis
Islands (KH5) ranks number 9 on ClubLog's DXCC Most Wanted List.
"After many months of planning, securing permits, and negotiating
contracts with US Fish and Wildlife and the Nature Conservancy, we are
quickly approaching the much anticipated DXpedition to Palmyra,"
co-leaders Craig Thompson, K9CT, and Lou Dietrich, N2TU, said in a
recent news release. A team of 12 operators will operate five stations
from January 11 through January 26. Visit the Palmyra 2016 website to
learn more.
SAREX Reflector to Close on November 1 The SAREX (Space Amateur Radio
EXperiment) reflector will close on November 1, and its functions will
be folded into the AMSAT-BB list. Those subscribed to both SAREX and
AMSAT-BB will not need to take any action. The SAREX archives will
continue to be available for historical purposes. Subscribe to
AMSAT-BB to continue receiving human spaceflight announcements.
Existing SAREX subscription will not be automatically carried over. --
Thanks to AMSAT News Service
Ham Radio Used to Gather Election Results from Remote Polling Station
in India: Don't look for anything like this to happen in the US
anytime soon, but the New Indian Express reports that Amateur Radio
will help to facilitate the gathering of local election results from
an isolated community in Kerala state in extreme southwestern India.
According to the report, a 30-member group led by a ham radio and
disaster management society would transmit the poll news for the
government and district administration from Edamalakkudy, the most
remote polling station in the district, which lacks telecommunications
and electrical power. Information from 13 polling stations would be
transmitted via a repeater to the collection point. It's not the first
time Amateur Radio has been used to help obtain poll results. Ham
radio carried news from the region when members of a reclusive tribal
community voted for the first time in 2010. The newspaper said
election officials in the remote forest also used ham radio to contact
their families, and it was used again when wild elephants attacked
election officials trapped in dense forest with polling equipment. The
article also briefly noted Amateur Radio's role in responding to
disasters.
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Solar flux and sunspot numbers
barely budged last week. Average daily sunspot numbers went from 75 in
the previous 7 days to 77.6 in the week ending October 28. Average
daily solar flux slipped from 118.2 to 110.9.
Predicted solar flux is 115 and 110 on October 29-30; 105 on October
31 and November 1; 100 on November 2; 95 on November 3-4; 90 on
November 5; 85 on November 6-8; 90 on November 9; 95 on November
10-11; 100, 105, and 110 on November 12-14; 115 on November 15-16, and
120 on November 17. Flux values then drop to 85 on November 30 through
December 5, and then rise above 100 a few days later.
Predicted planetary A index is 15 and 12 on October 29-30; 15 on
October 31 through November 1; 12 on November 2; then very high
disturbed values of 55, 50, and 30 on November 3-5; 12 on November
6-7; and 20, 25, and 20 on November 8-10; Geomagnetic conditions
remain unsettled and active. On November 30 through December 2
planetary A index is predicted to rise to 50, 40, and 25, an echo of
the high values on November 3-5. In fact, this activity would be from
the same area of the sun a whole solar rotation later.
Sunspot numbers for October 22 through 28 were 94, 91, 74, 63, 72, 78,
and 71, with a mean of 77.6. The 10.7 cm flux was 120.5, 114.9, 106.3,
106.4, 106.2, 110.1, and 112.2, with a mean of 110.9. Estimated
planetary A indices were 6, 7, 11, 8, 3, 4, and 3, with a mean of 6.
Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 4, 5, 10, 7, 2, 3, and 1, with a
mean of 4.6.
Send me your reports and observations.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
October 31-November 1 -- ARRL EME Contest
October 31 -- Feld Hell Sprint
October 31 -- Russian WW MultiMode Contest
November 1 -- High Speed Club CW Contest
November 3 -- ARS Spartan Sprint (CW)
November 4 -- UKEICC 80 Meter Contest (SSB)
November 5 -- NRAU 10 Meter Activity Contest (CW, phone, digital)
See the ARRL Contest Calendar for more information.
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions and Events
November 7 -- Fall TechFest, Lakewood, Colorado
November 7-8 -- Georgia Section Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia
November 14 -- HamJam Convention, Alpharetta, Georgia
November 14-15 -- Indiana State Convention, Fort Wayne, Indiana
December 11-12 -- West Central Florida Section Convention, Plant City,
Florida
January 9 -- TECHFEST, Lawrenceville, Georgia
January 10 -- New York City-Long Island Section Convention, Bethpage,
New York
January 15-16, Southern Florida Section Convention, Fort Myers,
Florida
January 15-16, North Texas Section Convention, Forest Hill, Texas
January 17-23, Quartzfest, Quartzsite, Arizona
January 29-30, Mississippi State Convention, Jackson, Mississippi
January 29-31, Puerto Rico State Convention, Hatillo, Puerto Rico
Find conventions and hamfests in your area.
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