Daily DXER ham radio news 06/09/18

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Southgate ARC — The American Radio Relay Leagueâ€€™s round-up of the forthcoming weekâ€™s DX activity on the amateur radio bands

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Southgate ARC — The Journal Tribune reports amateur raadio Field Day demonstrates science, skill, service

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Southgate ARC — The EU Radio Spectrum Policy Group is holding a Public Consultation on the Draft RSPG Opinion on the ITU-R World Radiocommunication Conference 2019

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Southgate ARC — Ofcom has published a consultation on the UKâ€™s preparations for the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) of the International Telecommunication

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Southgate ARC — Phoenix sailor and radio amateur Timotthy Henning, KE7WMZ, has expressed his gratitude to the Maritime Mobile Service Network (MMSN) for intercepting and handling his distress call on 14.300 MHz

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Daniel, SM0UDH will be active as 8Q7DT from Maldive Islands, IOTA AS — 013, 24 June — 9 July 2018.

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(Image source: IMDB)

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bruce Fisher, who writes:

I recorded this short piece of the soundtrack from the 3rd episode of the Picnic at Hanging Rock mini series– itâ€™s being used as a part of the music to an eerie scene,, and there is no telegraph or radio related visual corresponding to it. It certainly sounds like Morse Code to me, but I havenâ€™t decoded it. Anyone?

https://swling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Picnic-At-Hanging-Rock-3rd-episode-soundtrack.mp3

(If you canâ€™t see the embedded player above, click here to listen.)

Many thanks, Bruce! You certainly have sharp ears and are correct in assuming this is Morse Code. The spacing and cadence are a little awkward and jittery, however. I did a decode myself, but Iâ€™m curious what others might have heard.

Post readers: Please comment with what you heard in this code!

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A cost-effective solution for distributing special application data

The author is managing director for RFmondial

HANNOVER, Germany — Digital radio transmissions can be used as aan efficient and cost effective solution for providing data services to single users, specific regions or vast areas. In this context, the DRM system can be seen as a point-to-multipoint digital data channel, called DRM datacasting.

There are several reasons why DRM broadcasting can be the technology of choice. These include:

COSTS

DRM broadcasting can simply be cheaper than a dedicated satellite link: A BGAN 64 kbps stream with a net data rate of approximately 40 kbps results in costs of about US$5 per minute per reception. DRM shortwave with a guaranteed bitrate of 40 kbps costs approximately $5 per minute as well; however, the signal can be received by all receivers within the service area and increases the profitability the more receivers are involved, e.g. for naval fleets.

SERVICE AREA

As satellite data services are rarely available at high latitudes, DRM transmission can be the only service, which can provide data links to these areas.

Furthermore, in many cases where no satellite antennas can be installed due to technical or esthetic reasons on the reception site (e.g. sailing boats), shortwave antennas are already present.

INFRASTRUCTURE MODEL

DRM transmitter infrastructure can be self-operated from a friendly location. Nevertheless, any area worldwide can be reached from such a station, without being dependent on a third-party infrastructure operator (e.g. satellite, mobile).

Furthermore, many existing analog transmitters can efficiently be upgraded to digital transmission, enabling the opportunity to create new markets.

In the following several applications of datacasting, the technical solution as well as various experiences from the field are described.

DATACASTING APPLICATIONS

The main advantage of DRM datacasting lies in its exploitation of the inherent broadcasting concept, i.e. providing data that serve many customers. In the maritime context, nautical and weather data, safety information, but also general data like training material or infotainment can be transmitted.

For maritime and landline applications, the provision of differential GNSS information is necessary for high-precision localization information. Farming, marine navigation, offshore construction, autonomous driving and others can benefit from receiving the differential information via DRM. Further examples for datacasting are digital signage as well as energy load management and street lighting control. A direct integration of DRM with relevant standards (e.g. ECDIS, GRIB, AIS, RTCM) has been proven to be applicable. Of course, audio can always be transmitted in parallel to the data channels.

TECHNICAL SOLUTION

As DRM has been developed with such applications in mind, the technical implementation is straightforward. The desired data can either be integrated in one of the existing data services like Journaline or Slideshow or be sent via a transparent IP-channel. If desired, the transmission can be encrypted including a conditional access for single users and groups. DRM furthermore provides a fully integrated disaster and early warning service called Emergency Warning Functionality (EWF).

After receiving and decoding the DRM signal, the data are available via standard interfaces (e.g. Wi-Fi, LAN, serial) and can be connected to the respective application. Fig. 1 shows a typical setup for providing nautical data to a fleet of ships.Â

DRM DATACASTING IN THE FIELD

Various applications have already been implemented, others are under investigation. Some examples are listed in the following, technically supported by Media Broadcast, Fraunhofer, and RFmondial:

Crew infotainment on several frigates of the German NavyÂ as well as on a cruise ship passing the Northwest Passage and a cargo vessel from Hamburg (Germany) to Shanghai (China)
Data transmission with the German Navy for submarines
Differential GPS on DRM long- and shortwave in Germany for farming and autonomous driving

A trial project is being conducted by the United States Coast Guard (USCG), investigating the Next Generation Arctic Navigational Safety Information System (ANSIS) using existing infrastructure transmitting to the Northwest Passage.

[Read: DRM for Large Regions]

A wide range of information is broadcast such as detailed weather maps (e.g. current, surface, wind), ice maps (e.g. daily sea ice stage), NAVTEX, Marine Safety Information (MSI) Bulletins, NOAA data buoy, and Automated Identification System (AIS), Application Specific Messages (ASM), virtual aids to navigation, along with the latest news and sports.

The received data is both integrated into the vesselâ€™s Electronic Chart System (ECS) and provided in a browser-based application. The participants are excited to read the latest news and weather forecast on their cell phones without having to utilize expensive satellite links. If successful, the USCG will investigate bringing the system in operation.

CONCLUSION

DRM datacasting is a powerful option for providing cost-effective data services for a variety of special applications, which benefit from the point-to-multipoint capability of modern digital long-, medium- and shortwave transmissions.

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(Source: Amanda Dawn Christie)

Coming up this summer:

Spectres of Shortwave /
Ombres des ondes courtes

June 13 juin
Film Screening / Projection @ 7pm / 19 h
CinÃ©mathÃ¨que QuÃ©bÃ©coise
MontrÃ©al, QuÃ©bec

Radio Simulcast @ 23:00 UTC in Europe
German Shortwave Service — 3895 kHz

A film about radio waves, relationships, landscape, and loss.
This experimental documentary film about the Radio Canada International (RCI) shortwave radio towers, presents the site through four seasons, leading up to, and including, its demolition in winter of 2014. Images captured on 35mm film accompanied by personal stories from by people who lived with the site, interwoven with field recordings made by placing contact microphones onto the towers themselves.

Screenings of this film are accompanied by a radio simulcast, so that while viewers watch the film on a big screen in one part of the world, listeners can hear the sound track over radio waves in another part of the world. This Montreal screening is accompanied by a shortwave simulcast in Germany.

1 hour 53 minutes, colour, 5.1 sound
www.spectresofshortwave.net
http://www.amandadawnchristie.ca
CinÃ©mathÃ¨que website and info
facebook event

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Daniel, SM0UDH will be active from the Maldives as 8Q7DT between June 24 to July 9, 2018. QRV holiday-style on HF bands (SSB & Digi). QSL via H/c.

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Over-the-horizon communication on Mars

ARRL highlights a post by The Space Weather Woman, Dr. Tamitha Skov, that notes the role amateur radio technology could play in over-the-horizon radio communications on Mars
I am still smiling at the huge response I got to a post I put up on Twitter this week. A newbie to our Space Weather community dared to talk about Amateur Radio as if it were an outdated hobby– whoops, bad idea. I gently educated him.
In doing so, I roused many radio amateurs and emergency communicators, who added their own comments and talked about their own personal experiences in the field. It was very gratifying.
What I hadnâ€™t expected, however, was the strong interest in the concept that amateur radio will be critical to establishing over-the-horizon radio communications on planets like Mars in the near future.
This idea brings me back to how we managed to communicate over long distances many decades before we had satellites, internet or cellular networks. In terms of wireless communications on Earth, we were very much in the same place back in the early 1900s that we find ourselves in now when we think about colonizing Mars.
Yet few people realize that despite all our advanced technology, we canâ€™t bring a cell phone to Mars. We will need to fall back on our â€˜old waysâ€™ of doing things when it comes to communicating on other planets. Isnâ€™t it funny how â€˜oldâ€™ things become â€˜newâ€™ again?
Source ARRL
http://www.arrl.org/news/the-k7ra-solar-update-527
Space Weather Woman
http://www.spaceweatherwoman.com/
https://twitter.com/TamithaSkov
Dr. Tamitha Skovâ€™s latest video report:

Click here to view on YouTube.

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9 June 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin

No 1414

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***

******* CALENDAR *******

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

PERIOD CALL REF

till 09/06 K4D: Dog Island (NA-085) 1411

till 09/06 S9ZZ: Sao Tome Island (AF-023) 1405

till 10/06 KH8/WJ2O: American Samoa 1413

till 11/06 9M6NA: Labuan Island (OC-133), East Malaysia 1411

till 11/06 K4T: Dry Tortugas (NA-079) 1413

till 11/06 PJ4V: Bonaire (SA-006) 1413

till 11/06 TE6DX: Uvita Island (NA-155) 1407

till 12/06 SA6G/7: Ven Island (EU-137) 1405

till 15/06 FR/F4HPX: Reunion Island (AF-016) 1410

till 15/06 VE2SPEED: special event station 1413

till 16/06 VP9/WA4PGM: Bermuda (NA-005) 1413

till 17/06 FO/HB9XBG: Bora Bora (OC-067), French Polynesia 1413

till 17/06 TM24H: special event stations (France) 1411

till 18/06 V73/KW4WZ: Kwajalein (OC-028), Marshall Islands 1413

till 20/06 LA/SP7IDX: Vannoya (EU-046) 1413

till 24/06 9X2AW: Rwanda 1409

till 25/06 II1ITR: special callsign 1397

till 27/06 4X70A, 4X70E, 4X70L: special callsigns 1405

till 27/06 4X70I, 4X70S, 4X70R: special callsigns 1405

till 27/06 4Z70IARC: special callsign 1405

till 30/06 4U29MAY: special callsign (Italy) 1407

till 30/06 DM90AIW: special event station 1391

till 30/06 HH70A: special callsign 1391

till 30/06 II3AC: special callsign 1407

till 30/06 J48GEO: Lesvos Island (EU-049) 1414

till 30/06 LZ430PPW: special callsign 1392

till 30/06 VR20: special prefix (Hong Kong) 1364

till 30/06 YB50AC, YB50BA, YB50BB, YB50BE: special stations 1412

till 30/06 YB50AR: special event station 1412

till 30/06 YB50BT, YB50GO, YB50JA, YB50JB: special stations 1412

till 30/06 YB50JI, YB50JK, YB50JT, YB50KB: special stations 1412

till 30/06 YB50KI, YB50KR, YB50KS, YB50KT: special stations 1412

till 30/06 YB50LA, YB50MA, YB50MU, YB50NB: special stations 1412

till 30/06 YB50NT, YB50PA, YB50RI, YB50SA: special stations 1412

till 30/06 YB50SB, YB50SG, YB50SN, YB50SR: special stations 1412

till 30/06 YB50SS, YB50ST, YB50SU, YB50YO: special stations 1412

till 15/07 ***FIFA and ***FWC: special callsigns 1412

till 29/07 ZB2RAF: special callsign 1404

till 24/08 II6CNT: special calsign 1373

till 31/08 VI50IARU3: special callsign 1410

till 01/09 RI1FJ: Franz Josef Land (EU-019) 1404

till 30/09 EI0DXG: Ireland (EU-115) 1412

till 20/10 IB2RT: special callsign 1403

till 31/10 BV50IARU: special callsign 1414

till 31/10 HL50IARU: special callsign 1410

till 31/10 HS50IARU: special callsign 1414

till 13/11 OE100: special prefix 1401

till 31/12 4K100W: special callsign 1400

till 31/12 5W20SAMOA: special callsign (Samoa, OC-097) 1392

till 31/12 9A36W and 9A61AA: special callsigns 1391

till 31/12 DA200FWR: special callsign 1391

till 31/12 DJ70WAE: special callsign 1391

till 31/12 DK200MARX: special callsign 1391

till 31/12 EI100MCV: special callsign 1391

till 31/12 II2RR: special callsign 1398

till 31/12 IR0FOC: special callsign (Sardinia) 1394

till 31/12 LM90C, LM90HQ, LM90NRRL: special callsigns 1393

till 31/12 S590RTVS: special callsign 1407

till 31/12 SU9JT: Egypt 1399

till 31/12 YT100SF and YU100WWI: special callsigns 1399

till 31/03 2019 GB100RAF: special callsign 1404

till March 2019 VK0AI: Macquarie Island (AN-005) 1406

09/06–10/06 GB6GEO: special event station (England) 1413

09/06–11/06 VK5CE/6: Direction Island (OC-140) 1414

09/06–16/06 OJ0W: Market Reef (EU-053) 1414

09/06–23/06 DL1WH/p: Usedom Island (EU-129) 1414

11/06–13/06 5W: Samoa * by WJ2O 1413

11/06–15/06 ES0UG/8: Kihnu Island (EU-178) 1407

12/06–22/06 SV5/OK2QQ: Dodecanese (EU-001) 1413

13/06–15/06 VP5/W9DR: Caicos Islands (NA-002) 1413

13/06–17/06 KH8/WJ2O: American Samoa 1413

14/06–18/06 3W9NH: Vietnam 1414

14/06–28/06 J3/G0VJG: Grenada (NA-024) 1414

14/06–15/07 RU18WC and R18REF: special callsigns 1412

14/06–15/07 R18ARG, R18AUS, R18BEL, R18BRA: special callsigns 1412

14/06–15/07 R18COL, R18CRC, R18CRO, R18DEN: special callsigns 1412

14/06–15/07 R18EGY, R18ENG, R18ESP, R18FRA: special callsigns 1412

14/06–15/07 R18GER, R18IRN, R18ISL, R18JPN: special callsigns 1412

14/06–15/07 R18KOR, R18KSA, R18MAR, R18MEX: special callsigns 1412

14/06–15/07 R18NGA, R18PAN, R18PER, R18POL: special callsigns 1412

14/06–15/07 R18POR, R18RUS, R18SEN, R18SRB: special callsigns 1412

14/06–15/07 R18SUI, R18SWE, R18TUN, R18URU: special callsigns 1412

14/06–15/07 RC18EK, RC18KA, RC18KZ, RC18MO: special callsigns 1412

14/06–15/07 RC18NN, RC18RO, RC18SA, RC18SO: special callsigns 1412

14/06–15/07 RC18SP, RC18SR, RC18VG: special callsigns 1412

15/06–18/06 EJ0DXG: Little Saltee Island (EU-103) 1412

15/06–18/06 VK5CE/6: Cheyne Island (OC-193) 1412

15/06–19/06 ES0UG: Hiiumaa Island (EU-034) 1407

16/06–17/06 VP8HDM: Falkland Islands (SA-002) 1413

16/06–23/06 9A90P: Palagruza Islands (EU-090) 1405

17/06–18/06 TM62GG: special event station (France) 1414

18/06–24/06 R125NSK: special callsign 1414

20/06–23/06 VK5CE/6: Woody Island (OC-170) 1412

20/06–24/06 DL0DFF: Hallig Hooge (EU-042) 1411

21/06–27/06 H44XG: Guadalcanal (OC-047), Solomon Islands 1409

22/06–23/06 TM65EU: IOTA group EU-065 1409

22/06–20/07 V47JA: St. Kitts (NA-104) 1413

24/06–30/06 BW/DF8DX: Taiwan (AS-020) 1403

26/06–06/07 KH1/KH7Z: Baker Island (OC-089) 1414

27/06–29/06 OJ0Y: Market Reef (EU-053) 1413

27/06–29/06 VK5CE/p: St Peter Island (OC-220) 1412

June GB4FWW: special callsign (England) 1389

June II4AMP: special callsign 1391

June JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 1403

June PF2018HIN: special callsign 1387

June ZM50LA: special callsign 1404

01/07–06/07 5Q6D and 5Q9F: Romo Island (EU-125) 1413

01/07–11/07 VQ5Z: Caicos Islands (NA-002) 1409

01/07–31/07 LZ380PM: special callsign 1392

01/07–31/07 R25RRC: special callsign 1413

03/07–17/07 FP/KV1J: Miquelon Island (NA-032) 1405

05/07–10/07 VE1FA/KL7 and VA1YL/KL7: Round Island (NA-121) 1414

13/07–17/07 3D2: Fiji * by WJ2O 1413

18/07–25/07 YJ0GA: Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu 1409

20/07–22/07 EJ0DXG: EU-007 1412

25/07–29/07 GJ3RCV and MJ8C: Les Minquiers (EU-099), Jersey 1411

26/07–30/07 PS1S: Ilha de Santana (SA-077) 1405

27/07–30/07 F4GYM/p and F4GTB/p: Noirmoutier Island (EU-064) 1399

28/07–29/07 IJ7V: San Pietro Island (EU-073) 1405

28/07–29/07 TM6N: Noiremoutier Island (EU-064) 1399

July GB5GW: special callsign (England) 1389

July II4COU: special callsign 1391

July JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 1403

July PF2018FRA: special callsign 1387

July V63GJ, V63SS, V63YL: Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia 1412

July V6J: Ta Island (OC-254), Micronesia 1412

01/08–31/08 LZ1146SPS: special callsign 1392

24/08–26/08 EJ0DXG: EU-121 1412

August GB5FWW: special callsign (England) 1389

August II4VOL: special callsign 1391

August JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 1403

August PF2018HAR: special callsign 1387

August ZM50MAUQ: special callsign 1404

01/09–30/09 LZ920MLC: special callsign 1392

12/09–01/10 T32AH: Christmas Island (OC-024), East Kiribati 1399

13/09–16/09 EJ0DXG: EU-006 1412

26/09–10/10 9X0T: Rwanda 1413

28/09–14/10 5W0GC: Samoa (OC-097) 1407

30/09–12/10 C21GJ: Nauru (OC-031) 1413

September 3DA0AO: eSwatini (Swaziland) 1409

September GB6GW: special callsign (England) 1389

September II4LNZ: special callsign 1391

September PF2018DOK: special callsign 1387

September RI0B: Arkticheskogo Instituta Islands (AS-087) 1413

September RI0B: Firnley Islands (AS-054) 1413

September RI0B: Nansen Island (AS-104) 1413

September RI0B: Scott-Hansen Islands (AS-068) 1413

September RI0B: Sibirjakov Island (AS-005) 1413

September RI0B: Tyrtov Island (AS-121) 1413

01/10–31/10 LZ1545POA: special callsign 1392

02/10–29/10 WH8/DL2AH: Ofu Island (OC-077), American Samoa 1399

15/10–04/11 YJ0GC: Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu 1407

18/10–21/10 YB46SEA: special event station 1411

20/10–03/11 VP6D: Ducie Island (OC-182) 1407

26/10–06/11 Z23MD: Zimbabwe 1411

October GB6FWW: special callsign (England) 1389

October II4OER: special callsign 1391

October PF2018WOR: special callsign 1387

01/11–30/11 LZ33MM: special callsign 1392

03/11–06/11 VK9XQ: Christmas Island (OC-002) 1405

06/11–10/11 VK9CH: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003) 1405

10/11–11/11 GB0AD: special callsign (England) 1389

10/11–17/11 VK9XQ: Christmas Island (OC-002) 1405

November GB8GW: special callsign (England) 1389

November II4HNR: special callsign 1391

November PF2018STA: special callsign 1387

01/12–31/12 LZ532PSO: special callsign 1392

December II4FRD: special callsign 1391

December PF2018xxx: special callsigns 1387

TBA 3D2CR: Conway Reef (OC-112) 1411

TBA 3Y0I: Bouvet Island 1410

TBA DX8MAP: Mapun Island (OC-105) 1396

TBA DX8TT: Tawi Tawi (OC-174) 1396

TBA T31T: Central Kiribati (OC-043) 1411

TBA VK6BP/p: Cockatoo Island (OC-071) 1411

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9 June 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin

No 1414

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***

**** DX INFORMATION ****

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

DL — Volker, DL1WH will be active as DL1WH/p from Useddom Island (EU-129)

on 9–23 June. He will operate mainly CW with some SSB on the HF

bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter]

F — Special event station TM62GG will be active from Meurchin, Pas-de-

Calais for the 100th anniversary of World War I. Activity will take

place on 17–18 June, and again for a few other days between 12

October and 2 December. QSL via F4AHN, direct or bureau.

J3 — Nobby, G0VJG will be active as J3/G0VJG froom Grenada (NA-024) on

14–28 June. He will operate SSB on 80–6 metres. QSL via G4DFI,

direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]

KL — Look for Fred, VE1FA/KL7 and Helen, VA1YL/KKL7 to be active from

Round Island (NA-121) on 5–10 July. They will operate SSB on or

around 7150 and 14260 kHz. QSL via VE1FA. [TNX NG3K]

OJ0 — Pasi, OH3WS will be active again as OJ0W from Maarket Reef (EU-053)

on 9–16 June. In his spare time he will operate CW and SSB on 40–6

metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]

SV — Members of the Radio Amateur Union off North Aegean (SZ8LSV) are

active as J48GEO until 30 June to promote the UNESCO Global Geopark

of Lesvos Island (EU-049). They will operate SSB and digital modes

on all bands. QSL via LoTW or direct to SZ8LSV.

UA0 — Special callsign R125NSK will be active on 18–24 June to celebrate

the 125th anniversary of the city of Novosibirsk. [TNX 5B4AHJ]

VK — VK5CE/6â€™s operation from East Lewis Islannd (OC-199) was delayed by

bad weather and plagued by bad band conditions. Activity started at

08.30 UTC on 6 June and plans were to be QRV until around 22 UTC on

the 8th. Craig now expects to be QRV from Direction Island (OC-140)

from around 10 UTC on 9 June until around 22 UTC on the 11th.

XV — Nobu, JA0JHQ (http://pandasan.jimdo.com/) will be active as 3W9NH

from Hoi An, Vietnam on 14–18 June. Main activity will be during

the All Asian DX CW Contest, with a focus on FT8 outside the

contest. QSL via LoTW or direct to JA0JHQ.

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for Android. It is available on Google Play — free of charge, no ads. Enjjoy!

CQ DX MARATHON → The CQ DX Marathon is a year-long DX hunt, with

participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries

(â€œentitiesâ€) and CQ zones during the calendar year. Complete results of the

2017 edition are on http://www.dxmarathon.com/Results/2017/Results2017.htm.

IARU REGION III 50TH ANNIVERSARY → HS50IARU (QSL via p; LotW, Club Logâ€™s

OQRS or via the bureau) and BV50IARU (QSL via BV2FP) are the special

callsigns for the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) and the Chinese

Taipei Amateur Radio League (CTARL) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of

IARU Region 3 [425DXN 1410] until 31 October. See http://awards-iaru-r3.org

for information on the awards issued free of charge for working these and

other commemorative special callsigns.

KH1/KH7Z: PROPAGATION FORECASTS → The 2018 DXpedition&nbssp; to Baker Island

[425DXN 1413] occurs during the declining side of the solar cycle where

propagation is usually much, much worse, nearing the bottom. â€œHowever, this

is the when our permit is validâ€, the KH1/KH7Z team says, â€œand we are

planning to maximize the time we are available to work to propagation

challenged areasâ€.

Thanks to Stu, K6TU, â€œwe have imbedded his tools in our website where you

Can run forecasts specific to your grid square and station properties.

Please visit http://www.baker2018.net/pages/propagation.html to see when and

on what bands to look for us. We have also run these forecasts by geographic

area to know when we should be listening for youâ€. The pilots will also

report how well we are being heard in the various areas to keep the team

abreast of propagation.

â€œOur permit restricts our antennas to 43 ft vertical antennasâ€, and â€œwe will

be using Steppirs and special design antennas to take advantage of the salt

water groundâ€. KH1/KH7Z will also be using FT8 â€œto find openings we might

not hear, and to serve as a beacon. When we find an opening, we will put as

many radios, modes, operators on as we canâ€.

Make sure you read â€˜WORKING KH1/KH7Z USING THE FT8 DXPEDITION SUBMODEâ€™

(http://www.baker2018.net/pages/plan.html) which describes how the team

intends to operate as the â€˜Foxâ€™ and how they recommend all the â€˜Houndsâ€™

operate.

KH1/KH7Z will stay on 20 meters continuously and jump to other bands from

one of the other 7 operating positions. The 15 operators will rotate on and

off in 3 hour shifts. â€œWe have one goal, maximize the number of ATNO QSOs

with this 5th most wanted entityâ€.

NA-234 → The OQRS for the 25–27 May KL7RRC/p operation&nbbsp; is now up and

running on https://clublog.org/logsearch/KL7RRC/P/2018. Tim, NL8F and Yuri,

N3QQ made 2,255 QSOs operating from Chuginadak Island (not Kagamil as

previously announced).

OC-164 → The OQRS for VK5CE/6â€™s operation from Rottnestt Island (2 June)

is up and running on https://clublog.org/logsearch/vk5ce/6_oc164.

TRUE BLUE DXERS CLUB → â€œBecause itâ€™ hard, not becausee itâ€™s easyâ€ is the

True Blue DXers Clubâ€™s motto. â€œThe one and only requirement is your personal

commitment to pursuing and promoting DXing as a form of person-to-person

amateur radio activity involving the use of radiotelegraphy (CW) or

radiotelephony (SSB). Therefore, if you enjoy FT8, we wish you all the very

best in your ham radio activity, but the TBDXC is probably not for youâ€. See

https://www.tbdxc.net/ for more information.

WRTC 2018 → The designated Team Leader for Team Afrrica has withdrawn

owing to personal reasons, and he will be replaced by a â€œwild cardâ€

competitor. Wild card applications (â€œplease explain why you are applying as

TLâ€) for the now open position with DL1CW as teammate should be sent to

qualification[@]wrtc2018.de. The deadline is 9 June at 23.59 UTC.

+ SILENT KEY + G. Kip Edwards, W6SZN passed away on 6 June. Born in 1947,

first licenced as KN0PID (1958) and re-licenced as W6SZN in 1976, he was a

Director and Secretary of the Northern California DX Foundation and the

YASME Foundation. A serious DXer and contester, in the past he also various

offices of the Northern California DX Club and the Northern California

Contest Club. He was a team member of FO0XX (Clipperton Island 1986) and

3D2XX, the first DXpedition to Rotuma (1988).

Larry Skilton, K1IED passed away on 4 June. In 1991–2002 he worked a nightly

schedule to run phone patches and traffic for the US science stations in

Antarctica. The National Science Foundation rewarded his service to the

Antarctic group by naming Skilton Ledge (a rock platform in the Darwin

Mountains) after him. Larry was the QSL manager for KC4AAA (the Amundsen-

Scott South Pole Station), KC4AAC (Palmer Station on Anvers Island, AN-012)

and KC4USV (McMurdo Station on Ross Island, AN-011).

Gennady â€œGeneâ€ T. Shkumat, UA9AB passed away on 4 June after a long illness.

An active DXer and contester for nearly fifty years, he was also the QSL

manager for several stations, notably UN4L and UP2L.

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3V8SS LX1NO EN4U EA5HPX OH9W OH5BQ

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4J100RO 4K4K ER18FIFA ER1FF OM0R OM3GI

4J28MAY 4J5A ER4A ER1FF OM2018FIFA OM0CS

4K100W DL6KVA ET3AA N2OO OM7M OM3PA

4K28MAY 4K4K EV18FWC EU1EU P33W UA3DX

4K6FO DC9RI EX8VM RW6HS P44W N2MM

4L5P UT7QF FM5BH W3HNK PF2018HIN PA0MBD

4L8A K1BV FS4WBS IZ1MHY PJ2T W3HNK

4M1K OH0XX G4R G4RFR PJ4KY M0URX

4O7CC UA4CC G5O G8SRS PS2T K3IRV

4U1A UA3DX G5W G3BJ PX18WC PY2GTA

4U29MAY 9A2AA G6T M0URX PX2MTV PY2VM

4Z9III EA7HBC G6XX M0OXO R100PW UA4CDN

8P5A HA1AG GB100RAF G8FC R100PZ RX7K

9A18FWC 9A3JB GB18FIFA MI0SAI R1630SR RA4AV

9A70A 9A7A GB4RME GW0ANA R16JKR UA9JLL

9H3EE OZ1BII GB9RAF MI0MOD R16JUR UA9JLL

9H4G M0OXO GI6XX M0OXO R30STM RZ5D

9H6A 9H1BT GM6XX M0OXO R350SA RA4AV

9K2GS EC5AC GW6XX M0OXO R70AWB RZ4AWB

9L1YXJ KW4XJ HD18FIFA HC5VF R90ORC RA9MX

9M6NA JE1JKL HF100M SP2ZIE RN85AM RK1B

9M8YY JR3WXA HG3R HA3NU S9ZZ EB7DX

9X2AW M0OXO HG6N HA6KNB SA6G/7 SM6CUK

9X9PJ N4GNR HG7T HA7TM SD7SUB SM7EYO

A60FIFA A61BK HH2MK EB7DX SJ0X SM6JSM

A75GT N4GNR HP18FWC HP2BWJ SN2B SP3CGK

A91FWC A92AA HQ9X KQ1F SN740BAR SP1KRF

AH2R JH7QXJ HZ1FI DL1RTL SN7Q SP7GIQ

AL1G W2GR IB1CN IK1UGX SN8B SP8CUR

AO18FWC EA4URE IB9T IT9TQH SN8N SP8HZZ

AY0FWC LU5FB II1ITR IZ1ETD SP100N SP9MA

B4T BA4TB II2RR IK2VUC SP50ZCF SP9ZCF

B7P BA4EG II3B IQ3SD SX1T SV1ENG

BV50IARU BV2FP II3WW IQ3BM SX2G SV1RP

CB3R XQ3SK II4AMP IQ4FE TE6DX TI2CDA

CN18FWC CN8MC II5CWA IQ5DY TI7W W4FS

CN3A IK2OHG II9FIFA IW3RUA TM10ARP F4HRA

CQ7BE CS0RCL IO4T IZ4JMA TM18FWC F8ATS

CR140AA CU3AA J42L SV2DCD TM24H F6KFI

CR3DX OM2VL J48GEO SZ8LSV TM3FO F6KCZ

CR3W DL5AXX J48J SV1PMQ TM6GAL F6HQP

CR5E CT1ILT JT5DX JT1CO TM7Q DF3FS

CS20EXPO CT1REP JW8DW LA8DW UN9L LZ1YE

CS2C OK1RF K7UGA K7BHM UP0L DL8KAC

CS5SUB CS5NRA KH6LC WA6WPG UP4L UN7LZ

CW18FWC CX1AA KL7SB NI5DX V3A M0OXO

CW4MAX EA5GL KP2M NZ4DX VB3T VE3AT

DJ18FWC DK5ON LN8W LA9VDA VC3J VE3EJ

DK18FWC DK7TX LX/ON4PRA/P ON6LC VK18FIFA VK2IR

DM200MARX DG0CH LX0RL LX1KQ VK1FOC DK2BJ

DQ800HRO DL5KVV LX7I LX2A VK3FY M0OXO

DU1KA NR6M LZ25TRC LZ1YE VK4DX/p VK4DX

DX18FIFA DU1EV LZ30STM LZ1ZF VK5CE/6 VK5CE

E2A E21EIC LZ430PPW LZ1KCP VP5M K4QPL

E2X E20GMY M6T G4BWP VR2FIFA VR2XRW

E7CW E73ESP MD2C MD0CCE WH7AA N2NL

EF7X EA7PP OC18FWC OA4O YI0FIFA IK2DUW

EF8R EB7DX OD5YA IZ8CLM Z3Y Z37Y

EG1PNP EA1AUM OG0C OH5C Z68AT IW7EGQ

EG3PTM EA3DUR OG0Z W0MM Z68BH OH2BH

EG7JIR EA7LH OG73X OH8L ZB2RAF G8FC

EG8CID EA8URL OG7A OH6MW ZM4G ZL2IFB

EI0DXG M0OXO OH0R OH2PM ZP9MCE EA5ZD

EI6DX RA3R OH3077F OH3JF ZW8T PS8HF

4U1ITU International Amateur Radio Club, Case Postale 6, 1211 Geneve 20,

Switzerland

9Y4FIFA Trinidad and Tobago ARS, P.O. Box 1167, Port of Spain,

Trinidad & Tobago

EB7DX David Lianez Fernandez, Apartado Postal 163, 21080 Huelva, Spain

FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de lâ€™Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,

France

G8FC RAF Amateur Radio Society, Royal Air Force Cosford, Wolverhampton,

WV7 3EX, United Kingdom

KH7B Mauna Kea Contest Club, P.O. Box 532, Laupahoehoe HI 96764, USA

KW4XJ Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189–2160, USA

OH8WW Jouni Mehtomaa, Kylmalantie 1, FI-92140 Pattijoki, Finland

OV1CDX Frank Fendahl, Svinoevej 2, 4750 Lundby, Denmark

SZ1A Radio Amateur Association of West Greece, P.O. Box 84,

301 00 Agrinio, Greece

TI2CDA Charlie Azofeifa,. 8115 N.W. 74 Ave, CRBOX 50605262,

Miami FL 33166, USA

TM6M Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,

29830 Ploudalmezeau, France

VC2A Victor Androsov, 1185 Rue de Blois, Boucherville, QC J4B 7Z5,

Canada

VK4DX Mike Sivcevic, 31/45 Regent Street, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102,

Australia

VK5CE Craig Edwards, P.O Box 2160, Goolwa SA 5214, Australia

W9IMS Indianapolis Motor Speedway Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 30954,

Indianapolis IN 46230, USA

ZZ18FWC Mario E. Libardi, Rua Doutor Costa Leite 1038, Botucatu — SSP,

18602–110, Brazil

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Phoenix sailor and radio amateur Timothy Henning, KE7WMZ, has expressed his gratitude to the Maritime Mobile Service Network (MMSN) for intercepting and handling his distress call on 14.300 MHz. Net control operator Harry Williams, W0LS, caught Henningâ€™s call requesting assistance with an urgent medical condition on May 23. Henning, some 200 nautical miles south of Ensenada, Mexico, in his sailing vessel Victory Cat, reported that a severe vision problem had developed in his right eye, and he was seeking immediate medical attention and advice.

Williams contacted the US Coast Guard in Alameda, California, relaying all information concerning the medical problem and staying on the air with KE7WMZ for several hours. The Coast Guard, in turn, relayed the information to the on-duty flight surgeon who advised that Henning seek immediate medical attention at the closest port of call.

It was decided that Henning would continue on to Ensenada, and the Coast Guard arranged to have someone meet him there and transport him to the Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, while his wife stood by with the vessel at the dock.

Ultimately, it was determined that Henning had a detached retina, and he was transported to Phoenix for surgery.

â€œI appreciate, beyond words, that the Maritime Net was able to help us get in contact with the USCG and simply be at the other end of the HF radio, helping us through a challenging time,â€ Henning told the MMSN afterward. â€œI especially want to thank Harry, W0LS. He was extremely professional and invaluable in linking us effectively with the USCG. We were just completing our 10 years round-the-world sail voyage.â€

The Maritime Mobile Service Net operates daily on 14.300 MHz from 1700 UTC to 0200 UTC. It is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

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The Doctor offers advice about antenna options for the upcoming ARRL Field Day.

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Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Sunspots vanished again after appearing on every day, from May 21 through June 4. Average daily sunspot numbers for the May 31 through June 6 reporting week dropped from 26.3 to 12.9.

Average daily solar flux declined from 74.9 to 73.2. Average planetary A index increased from 3.9 to 11.7 while average mid-latitude A index increased from 4.7 to 10.4.

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Average daily solar flux declined from 74.9 to 73.2. Average planetary A index increased from 3.9 to 11.7 while average mid-latitude A index increased from 4.7 to 10.4.

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Average daily solar flux declined from 74.9 to 73.2. Average planetary A index increased from 3.9 to 11.7 while average mid-latitude A index increased from 4.7 to 10.4.

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Average daily solar flux declined from 74.9 to 73.2. Average planetary A index increased from 3.9 to 11.7 while average mid-latitude A index increased from 4.7 to 10.4.

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Average daily solar flux declined from 74.9 to 73.2. Average planetary A index increased from 3.9 to 11.7 while average mid-latitude A index increased from 4.7 to 10.4.

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On Friday, June 1st, the website http://www.tbdxc.net went online; since then, over 250 people have taken up membership in the newly created True Blue DXers Club (TBDXC). This, by any standard, can be seen as an almost extraordinary success.
The Club was created to bring together like-minded Amateurs who may feel that their ethos and approach to DX communication is dying off in the wake of the â€œdigital revolutionâ€ brought about by FT8. Given the level of enthusiasm the Club has triggered in only its first week of existence, this is obviously not the case. Practically, the aim of the Club is to a) to promote the use of radiotelegraphy (CW) and radiotelephony (SSB) in long-distance communications on the amateur bands; and b) to encourage the continuous improvement and refinement of the human, personal skills needed to do so.
Together with such warm reception by DX enthusiasts, this initiative has triggered some controversy. This is somewhat puzzling, as the â€œaboutâ€ section of the website states, right at the beginning, that:
â€œWe are not against anything, or anybody. We at True Blue DXers Club (TBDXC) applaud technical innovation, and we are glad that so many people have found a new avenue for their amateur radio passion. We wish digital operators every success and lots of enjoyment.â€
It would seem difficult to misinterpret such a clear statement, and yet, in some public comments this initiative has been labelled as a campaign against digital operators and — even more incredibly — a personaonal attack on FT8 creator Joe Taylor. In this respect, the TBDXC reaffirms that:
â€œThis is not some sort of â€œcrusadeâ€ against digital modes, their developers and users. We simply express support for a certain type of ham radio activity.â€
What kind of activity? Essentially, long-distance communication on the Ham bands that relies on people — rather that machines — exchanhanging information. This, obviously, applies to the competitive side of DXing, which the Club intends as pushing the limits, both the operatorsâ€™ and the stationâ€™s. People who have spent a lifetime improving their skills and knowledge, people who have shown incredible determination, patience and endurance in the pursuit of their hobby do not recognise themselves in a modality of communication that essentially involves watching a computer making contacts for them.
However, there is more to DXing that competing in furious pileups, waiting for that elusive 6m opening or spending sleepless nights trying to dig a signal out of the noise on Top Band. Simply communicating with a fellow ham thousands of miles away remains, for many people, an exquisite pleasure. They love the sound of DX — the auroral flutter on Polar paths,, the slow fading over the oceans, the slapback delay on multipaths. They like to hear that there is a fellow ham behind the key or the microphone, in a faraway place.
To learn more about the TBDXC and possibly consider the — entirely free — membership, visit http://www.tbdxc.net

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Try targeting the illegal equipment, rather than the operators

Pirate radio was an anomaly when I became involved in broadcast radio. These days, with people upset over the perceived monopoly stranglehold on the dial, you have everybody from format fanatics to members of underserved minority demographics resorting to pirate activity, most often apparent on the FM broadcast band.

The biggest problem is that the vast majority of these illegal pirates lack engineering skills, not only creating interference to licensed broadcasters but also creating havoc to adjacent radio spectrum, due to poorly constructed transmission equipment.

In my duties as a broadcast engineer, Iâ€™ve chased a few pirates, when they were creating interference to a licensed FM broadcaster or another stationâ€™s EAS monitoring reception.

Thereâ€™s a flood of poorly designed, cheap and illegal FM transmitters being imported and offered on venues such as Amazon or eBay, with power levels from 1.2 up to 15 watts or more. Besides the fact that these transmitters will grossly exceed the field intensity allowed under Part 15.239, many of them generate spurious emissions that can interfere with aeronautics and other public safety radio services.

The commission continues to play Whac-a-Mole with enforcement actions, shuttering pirates as they are discovered. How much are taxpayers on the hook to fund these tiger team romps and enforcement agent visits, especially in locales where regional FCC offices previously were closed due to budgetary concerns? In spite of anti-pirate laws in Florida, New York and New Jersey, thereâ€™s still plenty of pirate activity going on.

Obtaining a non-Part 15 compliant FM transmitter is no more difficult than a few clicks of the mouse, so should anyone be surprised by number of illegal signals on the air? Perhaps a William Shatner line from the movie â€œStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khanâ€ can sum it up, â€œBut like a poor marksman you keep missing the target.â€

I brought my concerns in a variety of communications to Chairman Ajit Pai, Commissioner Michael Oâ€™Rielly and more recently Reps. Leonard Lance of New Jersey and Paul Tonko of New York, authors of the PIRATE Act. Unfortunately, not one could be bothered to provide a response.

I would think it would be better to cut the radio pirate community off en masse instead of the one-at-a- time approach. While Congress and the FCC are busy writing new laws like the PIRATE Act thereâ€™s at least one on the books that would be the Achilles heel to prevent any illegal transmitter from entering the country and being sold by any merchant, if enforced.

STOP ILLEGAL SALES

Located in the text of The Communications Act of 1934 in Section 302, titled â€œDevices Which Interfere with Radio Reception,â€ Section 302(b) states â€œNo person shall manufacture, import, sell, offer for sale or ship devices or home electronic equipment and systems, or use devices, which fail to comply with regulations promulgated pursuant to this section.â€

I personally know of one manufacturer and an online merchant deliberately misrepresenting transmitters and making them available to the public. I made queries through several suppliers regarding an FM transmitter masquerading as Part 15-compliant, even though thereâ€™s no FCC certification. When asked, they informed their retailers that they donâ€™t have to be FCC certified because they are below the â€œspecified wattage.â€

An online retailer, under the guise of being a â€œhobby FM transmitter,â€ sells a transmitter allegedly certified under Title 47, Part 73 subpart G. They believe a simple disclaimer statement on their webpage is enough to avoid FCC action against them. Why hasnâ€™t the FCC done anything about this?

CLEARLY DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN PIRATES AND HAMS

I find another area of the PIRATE Act troubling, as it lacks any sort of written differentiation between a blatant pirate operator, likely pushing an effective radiated power of tens or hundreds of watts, from a Part 15 AM hobby or school radio enthusiast who might have gone slightly astray of the regulations. Many of these broadcast radio enthusiasts purchase FCC-certified transmitters costing many times more than the illegally imported junk transmitters but, perhaps through a misunderstanding of the regulations or installation requirements, may have a signal which may be out of compliance for a Part 15.219 certified transmitter.

Nothing in the PIRATE Act distinguishes between the two, potentially opening up a large liability to someone who is genuinely attempting a goodwill effort in complying with Part 15 regulations at a monetary outlay many times more than a typical radio pirate. When I posed this question to Commissioner Oâ€™Rielly and Chairman Pai, they again failed to respond.

I saw an unfair enforcement action several years ago against a law-abiding Part 15 hobbyist using an unmodified, certified AM transmitter that at the time was being sold by a major broadcast equipment manufacturer. If a similar circumstance were to take place after implementation of the PIRATE Act, will it come down to a lawsuit before the commission will recognize and place in writing how field inspectors should distinguish between the two?

Believe me, Iâ€™m in favor of preventing pirates from interfering with legitimate users of the broadcast bands. Removing the avenue of easily obtainable, illegal transmitters would greatly lessen the chance of pirates taking on the air in the first place. There also needs to be a differentiation between blatant pirate operators and those involved in legal, license-free low-power broadcasting afforded under FCC Part 15 regulations.

DeFelice is former chief engineer of WMMM(AM)/WCFS(AM) and a freelance engineer-for-hire. He also serves as webmaster for the History of Westport Connecticut Radio.

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Colossal shift toward app-centric world means the FCC must revamp regulatory approach, commissioner said

Itâ€™s time for the Federal Communications Commission to reevaluate and potentially change the scope of its authority — so says FCC CCommissioner Michael Oâ€™Rielly in a recent blog titled â€œFCC Regulatory Free Arena.â€

The fact of the matter is, he said, the FCCâ€™s authority and reach is inherently limited when it comes to many modern communications technologies — from OTT video offerings (like Netflix and YouTube) to sociial media like (Facebook and Instagram).

This universe of communications tools is known as the app economy or gig environment, â€œbut we should also call it for what it really is: an FCC regulatory free arena,â€ he said.

[Read: Oâ€™Rielly Seeks to Knock Down Barriers]

The industryâ€™s shift toward application-centric offerings like Snapchat, Twitter or Hulu means that itâ€™s time for the FCC to evolve its overall approach. Areas that were once key parts of the agencyâ€™s workload â€œneed to be scrapped immediately,â€ he said. â€œWhy, for instance, should the commission spend one more minute adjusting the wireline separations accounting rules?â€ he asked.

â€œThis is comparable to being located immediately adjacent to a thundering tornado and spending significant time debating which size umbrella to use.â€

Oâ€™Rielly pointed to a 2017 report from an app analytics firm that suggested that the global app economy will triple in value from $1.3 trillion to $6.3 trillion by 2021, while app use will double from to 1.6 trillion hours to 3.5 trillion in that same time period.

Likewise, a report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau found that online advertising has surpassed television as the number one advertising platform.

â€œAs such, it should be impossible for policymakers to ignore their immense popularity, the substitutability of services with those offered by commission regulatees, and the disruptive force nonregulated services are having with regards to the commissionâ€™s activities,â€ Oâ€™Rielly wrote in his blog.

â€œ[T]he need for the commissionâ€™s regulatory structures (and therefore its relevance and function) are fading like that of a snowman in springtime,â€ he said.

The commission also must rethink outdated terminology and market definitions. Continuing to label and regulate certain providers as incumbents based on notions of competition — instead of marketplace realities ââ€” makes no sense, he said. â€œA big fish may seem dominant in a small reef until a shark swims by,â€ he said.

For Oâ€™Rielly, there are only two logical takeaways from this information. One is to support greater deregulation of FCC regulatees who must compete with these services. The other is to advocate for new congressional powers to regulate these services, â€œwhich would seem futile and unnecessary,â€ he said.

â€œAt a minimum, people should realize that the commissionâ€™s role is much narrower than they may have originally assumed,â€ he said.

Oâ€™Rielly said that those FCC regulatees currently in the voice, video, or data business should be knocking down the FCCâ€™s doors to demand fundamental and colossal relief. â€œTalk with any market analyst or investor group, as I try to do regularly, on whether they see new large-scale investment coming to any services regulated by the commission and, except for certain opportunities in the wireless sector, they will look at you like you have two heads and speak Venusian,â€ he said.

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Comments can be submitted to the FCC ECFS electronic database using Docket 18–184

After a long wait, the Federal Communications Commission has issued a notice of inquiry about the possibility of creating a new FM class of stations, and commenters are already beginning to weigh in.

The notice seeks comments in two areas: one, whether it is viable to establish a new Class C4 FM station and whether or not certain eligible FM Class A stations are interested in taking advantage of an increase in power from 6,000 W to 12,000 W.

Two, what the impact would be on modifying the requirements for designating short-spaced assignments. The inquiry suggests amending Section 73.215 of the FCC rules, which allows FM stations to be located at less than the normally required distances to stations to which they could potentially cause interference. The proposal on the table would allow short-spacings if the upgrading station protects the other stationâ€™s actual contours not just the maximum permitted contour.

[Read: NAB Has Concern About C4 FMs]

Many commenters have so far lauded the potential move.

â€œWe believe that areas currently not serviced by a full-power station will be far better served with the additional coverage this new service would provide,â€ said Ron Stone, president and CEO of Adams Radio Group, licensee of 21 AM and FM stations. â€œIn times of natural emergencies, which happen often in our coverage areas in Florida, Maryland and Indiana, people find themselves in desperate need of news and information. There are far too many areas without service, which is unnecessary and avoidable with this C4 allocation.â€

Station owner Marcus Jones, whose company Lendsi Radio is licensee of WVBG(FM) in Redwood, Miss., agreed.

â€œOur Class A FM is in very hilly terrain. The increase of power would allow listeners to have a better signal in our coverage area,â€ he said, adding that the station is the only one to cover local news in the Vicksburg market. â€œOur station is the only locally owned media in Vicksburg, and we enjoy serving the community that we serve. Adoption of this proposal would help us do it better.â€

Bill Countryman, co-owner of KZRC(FM) in Bennington, Okla., said his station is challenged with reaching listeners to the west due to its 6,000 W broadcast limit. â€œOwning stations and living right here in southern Oklahoma, it is very important for us to be as local as possible in order to survive in the digital age,â€ he said. â€œAnd increase of power to 24,000 watts would allow us to reach more listeners in southern Oklahoma without infringing on any other radio station.â€

A petition calling for action on the C4 issue was co-authored by SSR Communications and the Multimedia Media, Telecom and Internet Council. SSR CEO Matthew Wesolowski told Radio World that the commission has finally acknowledged that there is a demand for a new station class after five long years.

While some have expressed concern that FM Class A stations upgrading to FM Class C4 could somehow knock hundreds of secondary signals off the air, Wesolowski said the data and studies of likely stations apt to take advantage of the new class do not support that conclusion.

â€œMy company conducted a study after the fourth and final AM revitalization filing window this year, taking into account thousands of new and relocated FM cross-service translators, and concluded that the impact of the FM Class C4 stations to these licenses would be negligible,â€ he said.

The National Association of Broadcasters has not yet filed formal comments on this particular notice of inquiry, though the organization said earlier this year that the creation of a new class of FM stations in this country will bring interference challenges.

Comments can be submitted to the FCC ECFS database using Media Bureau Docket 18–184. The deadline for comments will be 30 days after the notice is formally published in the Federal Register.

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Programming changes are afoot at KWFN and KSFM

Entercom has named Adam Klug as the new program director for KWFN(FM), the San Diego Padres Radio Network in southern California. Also, the company says Michael â€œBig Micâ€ Buhrman has joined KSFM(FM) as a PD; the Sacramento, Calif., station also added talent Mia Amore and â€œSOOSH*E.â€

Klug most recently worked at CBS Sports Radio in New York as a producer for national radio and TV hosts, Bill Reiter and Doug Gottlieb. Prior to that, he spent two years with ESPN Radio.

At KSFM, Amore will serve as morning drive host. She was most recently at KRBQ in San Francisco.

SOOSH*E comes to Entercom from Entravision Sacramento. Sheâ€™s on air at KSFM as evening host.

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Untimely filing was cited as the primary reason for dismissal

The FCC has denied a petition for reconsideration filed by an alleged N.J. pirate radio operator. The reason? Blame it on the mail.

According to a memorandum opinion and order by FCC Enforcement Bureau Deputy Chief Phillip Rosario

released June 8, a petition filed by Ivan Angeles and his attorney was dismissed as untimely.

Itâ€™s a relatable and cautionary tale. His petition for reconsideration was due to the commission no later than June 27, 2016. A letter from his lawyer sent to the FCC was dated 10 days prior — June 17. The catch? It was not filed until the next month; it was stamped â€œReceived & Inspected JUL 13 2016â€ and therefore did not fall within the 30-day filing period.

Angelesâ€™ attorney argues that the filing was late because his client never received the Sept. 25, 2015, Notice of Apparent Liability issued by the Enforcement Bureauâ€™s New York Field Office. However, the bureau says it followed protocol and â€œsent a copy of the NAL to Angelesâ€™s last known address by first-class mail and certified mail, return receipt requestedâ€ — which fulfilled the requirements.<

However, Angeles did not respond to the NAL, and about eight months later, on May 26, 2016, the the bureau adopted the forfeiture order, which said that Angeles was liable for the amount in the NAL — â€œ$15,0000 for willful and repeated violation of Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934.â€

Additionally, the dismissal notes that â€œAlthough we are dismissing the Petition as untimely, we would also deny the Petition if it had been timely filed.â€

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06/07/2018

Yasme Foundation Director and Secretary G. Kip Edwards, W6SZN, of Indianola, Washington, died on June 6. An ARRL Life Member, he was 71. Yasme Foundation President Ward Silver, N0AX, said Edwardsâ€™ death will leave a big hole in the organization.

â€œKip had been the Secretary of the Yasme Foundation for a long time and helped develop several grant programs, even donating personal equipment to some of the grantees,â€ Silver recounted. â€œHis organizational skills were invaluable to several major Amateur Radio organizations. He was one of those rare birds who could organize, build, and participate with equal skill.â€

First licensed in Kansas at the age of 11, Edwardsâ€™ interest in Amateur Radio lapsed as he became involved in school and other avocations. Pursuing a career in the law, Edwards graduated from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law in 1971, and, after a stint as a teaching fellow at Stanford Law School, he joined a major law firm in San Francisco, eventually becoming a partner. He retired in 2013 and moved back to Washington.

Attracted by the antennas on Ham Radio Outletâ€™s headquarters store, which he passed by on his commute, Edwards visited and came away with a Kenwood receiver. In short order, he passed the Amateur Extra-class exam and became W6SZN. Soon, he was a member of the Northern California Contest Club (NCCC) and served as its president and editor of The JUG, the clubâ€™s newsletter. The club honored him as Contester of the Year in 1982. He was also a member of the Northern California DX Club (NCDXC) and served as its president, and received the clubâ€™s DXer of the Year award in 1988. He was on the DXCC Honor Roll and held 9BDXCC and 5BWAS. He also was a prolific and successful DXpeditioner and DX contester.

Edwards served as a director of Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) in the 1980s, as editor of its newsletter, and editor of the Western Washington DX Clubâ€™s Totem Tabloid. In addition to his role in the Yasme Foundation, he was a member of the ARRL Maxim Society and a founding member of the Kitsap County DX Club.

Read the full article at http://www.arrl.org/news/view/yasme-foundation-director-secretary-kip-edwards-w6szn-sk. STRAY SIGNALS does not claim ownership of the article.

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ARLP023 Propagation de K7RA

Sunspots vanished again after appearing on every day, from May 21

through June 4. Average daily sunspot numbers this week (May 31

through June 6) dropped from 26.3 to 12.9.

Average daily solar flux declined from 74.9 to 73.2. Average

planetary A index increased from 3.9 to 11.7 while average

mid-latitude A index increased from 4.7 to 10.4.

Predicted solar flux is 69 on June 8 to 10, 70 on June 11 to 14, 72

on June 15 to 17, 74 on June 18 to 23, 72 on June 24 to 30, 73 and

72 on July 1 and 2, 70 on July 3 to 7, 72 on July 8 to 14, 74 on

July 15 to 20 and 72 on July 21 and 22.

Predicted planetary A index is 5 on June 8 to 12, 8 on June 13, 5 on

June 14 to 18, 8 on June 19, 5 on June 20 to 26, then 15, 28 and 18

on June 27 to 29, 10 on June 30 through July 1, 8 on July 2, 5 on

July 3 to 9, 8 on July 10, 5 on July 11 to 15, 8 on July 16, and 5

on July 17 to 22.

Summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere is coming up in less than

two weeks, on Thursday, June 21, just before ARRL Field Day weekend.

Around this time of year we may see sporadic-E propagation on ten

meters, and sometimes on six meters.

Check this site devoted to ten meter sporadic-E:

http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/spore.html

June 23 and 24 is Field Day weekend. Predicted solar flux of 74 and

72 looks promising, and the planetary A index prediction of 5 for

both days is excellent. Previously the planetary A index was

predicted at 8 for Sunday, and 5 is better.

Bill Mader, K8TE, president of the Albuquerque DX Association wrote:

â€œI hope you and Dr. Skov can educate folks about HF communications

on the planet Mars. Although Marsâ€™ atmosphere is approximately 0.6

per cent of Earthâ€™s,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AtmosphereofMars

there are sufficient atoms to provide an ionosphere according to

some scientists (see https://bit.ly/2xTY06z).

However, reading this paper, itâ€™s obvious the authors do not have a

lot of experience with the subject since they state the Mars

ionosphere â€˜reflectsâ€™ radio signals, rather than refracts them.

Long ago, I gave a presentation to a middle school class on this

very subject. This is before the scientific community knew about

Marsâ€™ complicated atmosphere, much less its ionosphere. I suggest

satellite communications would be necessary between explorers on

Marsâ€™ surface. It may well be you will eventually need to provide

HF propagation predictions for hams on Mars.â€

VK5EEE wrote, regarding a recent inquiry on HF beacons:

â€œBeacons on bands other than 10m on HF (28200 to 28300 kHz) are

discouraged by the IARU, however, there are a few exceptions that

have been approved (and many unapproved beacons).

The most famous and useful is DK0WCY. The German website (with a

few pages in English) has a wealth of information. I have also

corresponded with DDK9, the German RTTY WX station on 30m and

obtained information about that station too. To make it easy for

hams, I have put together pages that make it easy to find what you

need about these. Please take a look:

http://www.30cw.net/dk0wcy and http://www.30cw.net/ddk9

A very fun beacon is IY4M that is licensed just below the 10m

exclusive beacon band (28200 to 28300) on 28195, and also on 12m.

It is extremely hard to find information about this beacon, which is

sad, as it is an amazing work.

You can QSO with the beacon in CW and it is very friendly and

upbeat, you give it various commands, such as to speed up, slow

down, send this or that info, etc. I used to love having regular

QSOs with it from Europe especially during Sporadic E seasons.

All best wishes,

73 de Lou VK5EEEâ€

This is from George Ockwell, K7HBN:

â€œPerhaps it occurred too late in the reporting period, but Iâ€™m

surprised you didnâ€™t receive any comments on the exceptional

conditions during the WPX CW Contest. Here in Western Washington 20

meters was open to somewhere the full 48 hour period. The SFI was

74 to 75 with the A Index 4 to 5 and the K Index 0 to 1. 15 meters

was open to South America with some JA as well. Brief openings also

happened on 10 meters.â€

That was last weekend on May 26 and 27. See https://www.cqwpx.com/

Here is a propagation resource for the upcoming Baker Island

DXpedition:

http://www.baker2018.net/pages/propagation.html

Other resources from K6TU:

https://www.k6tu.net/

For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL

Technical Information Service at

http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For an explanation of

numbers used in this bulletin, see

http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.

An archive of past propagation bulletins is at

http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good

information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.

Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve

overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.

Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL

bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins.

Sunspot numbers for May 31 through June 6, 2018 were 21, 22, 20, 16,

11, 0, and 0, with a mean of 12.9. 10.7 cm flux was 76.8, 74.8,

74.4, 73.6, 70.5, 71.3, and 71.1, with a mean of 73.2. Estimated

planetary A indices were 12, 26, 17, 9, 5, 6, and 7, with a mean of

11.7. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 11, 19, 14, 9, 5, 6,

and 9, with a mean of 10.4.

NNNN

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Southgate ARC — Ofcom has published a consultation on the UKâ€™s preparations for the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) of the International Telecommunication

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(Image source: IMDB)

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bruce Fisher, who writes:

I recorded this short piece of the soundtrack from the 3rd episode of the Picnic at Hanging Rock mini series– itâ€™s being used as a part of the music to an eerie sceene, and there is no telegraph or radio related visual corresponding to it. It certainly sounds like Morse Code to me, but I havenâ€™t decoded it. Anyone?

https://swling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Picnic-At-Hanging-Rock-3rd-episode-soundtrack.mp3

(If you canâ€™t see the embedded player above, click here to listen.)

Post readers: Please comment with what you heard in this code!

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(Source: Amanda Dawn Christie)

Coming up this summer:

Spectres of Shortwave /
Ombres des ondes courtes

Radio Simulcast @ 23:00 UTC in Europe
German Shortwave Service — 3895 kHz

1 hour 53 minutes, colour, 5.1 sound
www.spectresofshortwave.net
http://www.amandadawnchristie.ca
CinÃ©mathÃ¨que website and info
facebook event

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Daniel, SM0UDH will be active from the Maldives as 8Q7DT between June 24 to July 9, 2018. QRV holiday-style on HF bands (SSB & Digi). QSL via H/c.

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(Source: Southgate ARC)

Over-the-horizon communication on Mars

ARRL highlights a post by The Space Weather Woman, Dr. Tamitha Skov, that notes the role amateur radio technology could play in over-the-horizon radio communications on Mars
I am still smiling at the huge response I got to a post I put up on Twitter this week. A newbie to our Space Weather community dared to talk about Amateur Radio as if it were an outdated hobby– whoops, bad idea. I gently educated him.
In doing so, I roused many radio amateurs and emergency communicators, who added their own comments and talked about their own personal experiences in the field. It was very gratifying.
What I hadnâ€™t expected, however, was the strong interest in the concept that amateur radio will be critical to establishing over-the-horizon radio communications on planets like Mars in the near future.
This idea brings me back to how we managed to communicate over long distances many decades before we had satellites, internet or cellular networks. In terms of wireless communications on Earth, we were very much in the same place back in the early 1900s that we find ourselves in now when we think about colonizing Mars.
Yet few people realize that despite all our advanced technology, we canâ€™t bring a cell phone to Mars. We will need to fall back on our â€˜old waysâ€™ of doing things when it comes to communicating on other planets. Isnâ€™t it funny how â€˜oldâ€™ things become â€˜newâ€™ again?
Source ARRL
http://www.arrl.org/news/the-k7ra-solar-update-527
Space Weather Woman
http://www.spaceweatherwoman.com/
https://twitter.com/TamithaSkov
Dr. Tamitha Skovâ€™s latest video report:

Click here to view on YouTube.

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ARRL –

Average daily solar flux declined from 74.9 to 73.2. Average planetary A index increased from 3.9 to 11.7 while average mid-latitude A index increased from 4.7 to 10.4.

Predicted s…

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Average daily solar flux declined from 74.9 to 73.2. Average planetary A index increased from 3.9 to 11.7 while average mid-latitude A index increased from 4.7 to 10.4.

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ARRL –

Average daily solar flux declined from 74.9 to 73.2. Average planetary A index increased from 3.9 to 11.7 while average mid-latitude A index increased from 4.7 to 10.4.

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ARRL –

Average daily solar flux declined from 74.9 to 73.2. Average planetary A index increased from 3.9 to 11.7 while average mid-latitude A index increased from 4.7 to 10.4.

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Average daily solar flux declined from 74.9 to 73.2. Average planetary A index increased from 3.9 to 11.7 while average mid-latitude A index increased from 4.7 to 10.4.

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Average daily solar flux declined from 74.9 to 73.2. Average planetary A index increased from 3.9 to 11.7 while average mid-latitude A index increased from 4.7 to 10.4.

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Why a project on gospel and pop deserves attention

The author is membership program director of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. NFCB commentaries are featured regularly at www.radioworld.com.

A new effort examining religionâ€™s intersection in pop culture may get you thinking about and exploring community mediaâ€™s incursions into this special conversation.

Philadelphiaâ€™s WXPN recently announced plans to distribute a radio documentary and short-run podcast on the influence of African-American spirituals on rock and soul music. According to the public media publication Current, â€œThe Gospel Roots of Rock and Soulâ€ is the noncommercial radio stationâ€™s third music-based endeavor to be funded by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. In addition to the podcast and documentary, the project will have a website and host live performances that recognize gospelâ€™s dominion in popular music.

Tracing this generations-long relationship is clearly one of the more intriguing backstories in rock and soul. The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin and many more Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees and nominees have saluted spirituals for shaping their maturation as performers. Moreover, the influence of gospel is something we overlook or simply take for granted.

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I was first awestruck by how music often associated with churches could transform a song when I first heard Sam Cooke. The rhythm and blues legend wrote â€œA Change is Gonna Comeâ€ in 1964, after experiencing the harsh realities of segregation in Louisiana. A bona fide superstar at the time, with the iconic tracks â€œYou Send Meâ€ and â€œChain Gangâ€ among a string of hits to his credit, Cooke was stunned by the rude treatment he received and ugly racism he experienced. The Mississippi native had spent his early career as part of the Soul Stirrers gospel group, and summoned that element to a song that became what the Smithsonian would call one of pop musicâ€™s most historically significant entries.

â€œI was born by the river in a little tent/Oh, and just like the river Iâ€™ve been running ever since,â€ Cooke crooned as if in service. â€œItâ€™s been a long time, a long time coming/But I know a change gonna come, Oh, yes, it will.â€ With â€œChangeâ€ came a civil rights anthem still celebrated today.

Gospelâ€™s influence is hardly the stuff of long-gone eras, though. Chance the Rapperâ€™s biggest release, 2016â€™s â€œColoring Bookâ€, has been covered extensively for its faith-based themes and spiritual touches in sound. The zenith of Beyonceâ€™s â€œLemonadeâ€ is the song â€œFreedom,â€ a song whose lyrics and flourishes are inspired heavily by religious music. If hearing didnâ€™t convince you, the official video makes it abundantly clear, as Beyonceâ€™s beautiful voice belts it a cappella before a small congregation.

Community radio stations offer many soul, blues and rock music programs where gospelâ€™s impact continues. Thereâ€™s also much faith-based music to catch as well.

Some might assume community media eschews this content, and may in some areas. However, all you need to do is look around to see the mix of programming available. Community radio stations around the nation feature religious music programs of all sorts. There is Gil Fearsâ€™ long-running Los Angeles gospel program and KOPN airing faith-based sounds in Missouri. At Houstonâ€™s KTSU, the station, operated by the HBCU known as Texas Southern University, the station features gospel from sun-up Sunday into the next day.

Organizations like National Religious Broadcasters do a splendid job of supporting Christian broadcasters. They also help these stations serve their mission-oriented service to communities in unique and at times bold ways. From compliance issues to addressing the issue of religious freedom, NRB and others have an open approach to how they see their place in civil society. Community media similarly should understand how stations serve their respective cities and towns and varying beliefs therein.

In difficult and polarized times, faith can unite people from different walks of life around a core set of values. It is the sort of unity community radio leaders regularly say they hope to emulate, a way of creating dialogue and shared sense of place and purpose. Some stations do this by offering different sorts of programming, like gospel, that appeals to divergent constituencies. Others, like Grand Rapidsâ€™ WYCE, seek to strike an overarching tone that appeals broadly and across differing viewpoints. Maybe WXPNâ€™s initiative may motivate your station to see how it can tell a story about your own community.

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Why a project on gospel and pop deserves attention

The author is membership program director of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. NFCB commentaries are featured regularly at www.radioworld.com.

A new effort examining religionâ€™s intersection in pop culture may get you thinking about and exploring community mediaâ€™s incursions into this special conversation.

[Read: Community Broadcaster: Amping Up Low Power]

Community radio stations offer many soul, blues and rock music programs where gospelâ€™s impact continues. Thereâ€™s also much faith-based music to catch as well.

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Hi,
A group of ham radio operators from Quebec opened an online petition has at the house of common regarding jamming activities.
The goal of this petition is to warn our elected representative about the threat that might cause to emergency communications.
Your support is appreciated.
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CircuitPython in 2018 — Python on Microcontrollers is here!

Have an amazing project to share? Join the SHOW-AND-TELL every Wednesday night at 7:30pm ET on Google+ Hangouts.

Join us every Wednesday night at 8pm ET for Ask an Engineer!

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The South African regulator, ICASA, recently published their 2018 National Radio Frequency Plan.

In this, amateur radio was allocated 100kHz on a shared basis in the 60 metre band.

5.350 to 5.450MHz is now available to all licensed radio amateurs on a shared, non-interference basis, with a power limit of 15W EIRP.

The South African Radio League Council is working on the 60m band plan and will publish it as soon as possible so operation on 60 metres can start.

Additionally, 5.290MHz has been allocated for WSPR beacons used in the SARL Propagation Research project.

Category: Front Page News, GB2RS Headlines

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As the next World Radio Conference approaches in 2019, Ofcom has launched a consultation regarding its positions and priorities on a range of agenda items.

These include next generation 5G wireless broadband and Wi-Fi, small satellites, amateur radio at 50MHz and wireless power transfer.

The Societyâ€™s response will be coordinated by the RSGB Spectrum Forum, where views can be fed in via its members and affiliated groups.

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Read the full article at http://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2018/06/08/uk-prepares-for-wrc-19/. STRAY SIGNALS does not claim ownership of the article.

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A new, and some might say oddly named, SOTA-like awards programme has been launched to encourage chasing and activating a subtly different kind of summit.

HEMA — HuMPs Excluding Marilyns Award — is for summits or hi hilltops that have a prominence between 100 and 150 metres.

The HEMA Activity Day is Saturday, 16 June 2018.

Most activity will take place between 1000UTC and 1400UTC.

Chasers and activators can get awards; itâ€™s not a contest, but rather a bit of fun to get people operating portable.

Further information hema.org.uk.

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Members of the Ham Association of Mesquite, a local Amateur Radio group, will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise, June 23–24 at 215 Holley Park Dr. Since 1933, ham radio operators aacross North America have established temporary ham radio stations open to the public to showcase the science and skill of Amateur Radio. The event is open to the public.

Amateur Radio operators provide a critical public service for our community; during times of disaster, we are able to provide reliable communications when normal infrastructure is offline. Licensed by the Federal Communications Commission and trained in the art and science of radio communications and basic electronics theory, operators own and maintain their own communication equipment and are prohibited by federal law from receiving payment for their services. ARRL, the national organization, has built relationships with several served agencies including FEMA, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and many others. In Mesquite, they work with the Mesquite Office of Emergency Management team to provide local support and with the Dallas County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service.

The public service is easily extended during non-emergency civic events, such as Mesquite Rodeo parade, Mesquite Rotary Club Rodeo Road Rally and the Technicolor 5K benefiting MISD.

The public is invited to come out and see what ham radio and emergency communication support is about, become educated, and maybe decide to take the next step and become a licensed â€˜Ham.â€™

Field Day location this year is 215 Holley Park Dr. in Mesquite.

More detailed information about ARRL Field Day can be found at arrl.org/field-day.

Read the full article at http://starlocalmedia.com/mesquitenews/news/amateur-radio-field-day-june-demonstration-science-skill-and-service/article_2cc38c90-69b3-11e8-9ade-57e4a9eada7a.html. STRAY SIGNALS does not claim ownership of the article.

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Voted Santa Barbaraâ€™s Best Website for 10 years in a row, edhat is local news from your community

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06/08/2018

The July edition of Digital QST is now available for viewing on your desktop or laptop. Click here to view the issue. It is also available for reading on your Apple, Android, or Kindle Fire device.

â — Build an antenna for 630 through 10 meters.

â — Cure RF interference to your home DSL or cable network.

â — Try an easy-to-build continuity and leakage detector.

â — Learn how ham equipment played a key role in an iconic action movie.

Enjoy Content You Wonâ€™t Find in the Print Edition…

â — See our video demonstration of the Monitor Sensors TVTR1 630-meter transverter.

Every issue of QST is filled with the news and features you need to keep active in Amateur Radio.

Read the full article at http://www.arrl.org/news/view/digital-qst-now-available. STRAY SIGNALS does not claim ownership of the article.

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â€œI test the MFJ-1788

in a horizontal position on my rooftop. The performance is great on 20m. I used an MFJ Cobweb antenna as the comparison antennaâ€

MFJs tiny 36 inch diameter loop antenna lets you operate 15 through 40 Meters continuously — including the WARC bands!

Ideal for limited space — apartments, small lots, motor hoomes, attics, or mobile homes.

Enjoy both DX and local contacts mounted vertically. Get both low angle radiation for excellent DX and high angel radiation for local, close-in contacts. Handles 150 Watts.

Super easy-to-use! Only MFJs super remote control has Auto Band Selection. It auto-tunes to desired band, then beeps to let you know. No control cable is needed.

Fast/Slow tune buttons and built-in two range Cross-Needle SWR/Wattmeter lets you quickly tune to your exact frequency.

All welded construction, no mechanical joints, welded butterfly capacitor with no rotating contacts, large 1.050 inch diameter round radiator — not a lossy thing flat — strip — gives you highehighest possible efficiency.

Each plate in MFJs tuning capacitor is welded for low loss and polished to prevent high voltage arcing, welded to the radiator, has nylon bearing, anti-backlash mechanism, limit switches, continuous no-step DC motor — gives smooth precision tuning.Â

Heavy duty thick ABS plastic housing has ultraviolet inhibitor protection.

Requires 110V input power. SeeÂ MFJ-1788XÂ for 220V version

Review

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Southgate ARC — On May 30, Radio Club Dominicano, reprresented by Mr. Hugo RamÃ³n, accompanied by a group of RCD members, signed a cooperation agreement with the Civilian Defense entity of the Dominican Republic

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Southgate ARC — We as radio amateurs log things. We loog our contacts, we log our progress towards an award, we log how many different countries weâ€™ve contacted, which stations we heard with WSPR, how many kilometres we managed per watt, which stations were in a net, what callsigns received a QSL card, what location weâ€™re in when we made a contact. You get the point, we log things, many things and for many different reasons

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Southgate ARC — It has been a very interesting week inn our journey towards this yearâ€™s International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW) event, which is now only two and a half months away

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Southgate ARC — This yearâ€™s International Air Ambulance Week will take place between 8th-16th september with the focus on supporting and generating donations for flying medical services around the world.
The event covers two weekends, giving amateurs a great chance to get involved and support the event

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Southgate ARC — Mars is approaching Earth for an almosst once-in-a-generation close encounter in late July. This week, the brightness of Mars surpassed that of Sirius, making the Red Planet brighter than any star in the sky

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Southgate ARC — A sky full of satellites, musings on tthe lot of the YL and the ACMA engaging us in a consultation. Not a bad mix. Welcome to NewsWest, the Amateur Radio news programme for the VK6 call area and beyond

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