DXER ham radio news 07/12/18

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The radio show offers rare insight into Cuban culture and music

QUITO, Ecuador — Twenty-two years ago, Cuban siinger and actor Ovidio GonzÃ¡lez arrived in the Ecuadorian capital. As he was adapting to his new surroundings, he noticed that Ecuadorians werenâ€™t very familiar with Cuban culture, music and musicians, but they were eager to learn.

GonzÃ¡lez thus launched the radio program â€œLa propuesta de Ovidioâ€ (â€œOvidioâ€™s Proposalâ€) in May 1996 to help educate Ecuadorians about his native island.

â€œI launched the show before the film â€˜Buena Vista Social Clubâ€™ was released, and my program was already featuring music from Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo, the Cuarteto Patria with Eliades Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer with Los Bocucos and so many Cuban music legends,â€ he said.

Initially, GonzÃ¡lez thought La propuesta de Ovidio would be aired for about a six months. Today however, 22 years later, the program continues to attract a loyal following, with its listeners still enjoying their weekend meetings. Public broadcaster Radio de la Asamblea Nacional airs the show every Saturday and Sunday from 2–4 p.m.

â€œMy show discusses Cuban roots and offers the audience a vision into the essence of being Cuban,â€ explained GonzÃ¡lez, who considers himself â€œnever far or outside of Cubaâ€ artistically.

[Read: Radiando Empowers Vulnerable Groups]

The program, in fact, provides insight into Cuban music produced and released on the island and often ignored — or unknown — by thethe mainstream music industry elsewhere.

Over the years, GonzÃ¡lez has interviewed many Cuban musicians and singers for his show. His work is praised by many fellow countrymen in Ecuador.

â€œOvidio is a Caribbean breeze on Ecuadorian radio, I always listen to him to listen to Cuba,â€ said Cuban painter Luis Alberto Saavedra, who is also a Quito resident.

â€œI think he is one of the main Cuban cultural figures abroad, and I hope he gets the institutional acknowledgement he deserves,â€ Saavedra added.

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Southgate ARC — Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deuttscher Amateur Radio Club

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Southgate ARC — UK radio amateur John Hey G3TDZ (SK) ddesigned the special low frequency radio equipment, the Heyphone, used in the recent cave rescue in Thailand

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Southgate ARC — An online network of KiwiSDR radios ennables you to pinpoint the location of stations using Time Difference of Arrival (TDoA) direction finding techniques

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Southgate ARC — Norwegian student amateur radio club AAkademisk Radioklubb has published a review of the Yaesu FT-25E 144 MHz FM handheld transceiver

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Southgate ARC — Possible threat to the Nova Scotia, Neewfoundland and Labrador
Hurricane Chris continues to track northeast at 37 kilometres per hour with sustained winds of 165 kilometres per hour and is due to make landfall on the Avalon Peninsula late Thursday night as a post-tropical depression

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Southgate ARC — A well kept secret of the WRTC-2018 too be held in Germany next weekend finally was revealed last night. Some minutes after midnight local time, the German regulatory authority BNETZA (similar to the OFCOM in the UK) published an official statement concerning the assignation of special callsigns to the participants of the competition

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Southgate ARC — Events around the World Radiosport Teaam Championship begin on the 12th of July. Participants from all over the world will meet in Germany and enter the contest, which is the best team of 2 operators

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Itâ€™s Thursday and that means itâ€™s Bulletin day again! Download the very latest FREE to read Weekly DX-World Bulletin by Bjorn, ON9CFG.

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Howard, WQ6B will be active from Guam as KH2/WQ6B during July 20–24, 2018. QRV on HF; SSB & FT8. QSL via H/c, LoTW.

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Ham radio technology used in Thailand cave rescue
UK radio amateur John Hey G3TDZ (SK) designed the special low frequency radio equipment, the Heyphone, used in the recent cave rescue in Thailand
On Facebook Phil Karn KA9Q posted:
Naturally I got interested in the technical aspects of the cave rescue in Thailand, particularly communications.
They used the â€œHeyphoneâ€, a voice radio designed by a UK radio ham, John Hey, G3TDZ, as open-source hardware specifically for cave rescues.
It uses upper (single) sideband voice on 87 kilohertz in the VLF (very low frequency) band. (Thatâ€™s what it says — 87 kHz is actually LF).
The â€œantennaâ€ consists of two stakes driven into the ground about 20m apart. Enough of the current between them fringes outward to couple to another antenna up to a few hundred meters away (or down).
John Hey passed away in 2016 so he didnâ€™t get to see his work used here. But ham radio should get some of the credit.
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Al Williams WD5GNR has written an article on Hackaday about the cave equipment
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Amateur radio operator Toph Jones, call sign KE8JIG, and his father Chris Jones, KE8JIH, attempt to make contact with other operators in the United States and Canada during the American Radio Relay Leagueâ€™s annual field day event on Saturday in Rittman. Silvercreek Amateur Radio Association (SARA) hosted the 24-hour on-air drill at the Rittman American Legion. The event allowed SARA to test its equipment under a simulated emergency situation in which there was no power. The group relied on batteries, solar power and generated power to operate their communication equipment.

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The ARRL Contest Branch has announced that some contest award certificates now are available for download from the ARRL website in PDF and JPEG formats. Just enter the call sign.

ARRL Contest Branch Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, credited â€œthe extraordinary efforts of Bruce Horn, WA7BNM, together with Trey Garlough, N5KO; Ward Silver, N0AX, and the ARRL IT team,â€ for making this a reality.

Currently available certificates are for the 2017 IARU HF Championship, the 2017 ARRL 222 MHz and Up Distance Contest, and the 2017 ARRL September VHF Contest.

â€œFuture certificates for more current events, as well as past events going back well over a decade, will be made available in the next few weeks,â€ Jahnke said. â€œThis new online certificate feature will offer enhanced content over what has been offered previously on ARRL certificates, and makes certificates available to a greater number of participants. New recognitions have been added for Top 10 participants in a broader number of geographical (country, Division, Section) or categorical entries.â€

New online event certificates will be announced as they are released.

Read the full article at http://www.arrl.org/news/view/some-arrl-contest-award-certificates-now-available-for-download. STRAY SIGNALS does not claim ownership of the article.

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Has released two new mobile apps

MAROLLES EN BRIE, France — Software developer <NeoGroupe has released two new mobile apps — NeoScreenerSmart and NNBSSmart.

The NeoScreenerSmart app is designed to operate with the NeoScreener talkshow call management solution and allows remote radio hosts to visualize and broadcast calls that are presented on the NeoScreener call screening system in the studio.

NeoGroupe says NeoScreenerSmart offers comprehensive user control, rights and action logging, allowing users to know who has access to their phones at all times.

The company has also introduced the NBSSmart application, which works with NeoGroupeâ€™s asset tracking system, NBS. NBSSmart allows a technician at a transmitter site to, for example, easily carry out an inventory check or scan an item and immediately access its historical information, including details about the vendor as well as scanned documents such as an invoice, manual or a configuration file.

[Read: Prepare Your Station for the New EU Data Protection Regulation]

The applications run on smartphones and tablets and are available for IOS and Android.

For information, contact NeoGroupe in France at +33–9–72–23–62–00 or visit www.neogroupe.com

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The radio show offers rare insight into Cuban culture and music

GonzÃ¡lez thus launched the radio program â€œLa propuesta de Ovidioâ€ (â€œOvidioâ€™s Proposalâ€) in May 1996 to help educate Ecuadorians about his native island.

[Read: Radiando Empowers Vulnerable Groups]

The program, in fact, provides insight into Cuban music produced and released on the island and often ignored — or unknown — by thethe mainstream music industry elsewhere.

Over the years, GonzÃ¡lez has interviewed many Cuban musicians and singers for his show. His work is praised by many fellow countrymen in Ecuador.

â€œOvidio is a Caribbean breeze on Ecuadorian radio, I always listen to him to listen to Cuba,â€ said Cuban painter Luis Alberto Saavedra, who is also a Quito resident.

â€œI think he is one of the main Cuban cultural figures abroad, and I hope he gets the institutional acknowledgement he deserves,â€ Saavedra added.

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Renner, PY7RP will be active as PY0F/PY7RP from Fernando de Noronha Island, IOTA SA — 003, 13–16 July 2018.

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Will deliver four Flexiva FAX 5-kW FM transmitters to Salam Media Cast

Doha-based Salam Media Cast has purchased four GatesAir Flexiva FAX 5-kW FM transmitters with redundant dual-exciter configurations.

GatesAir says Salam Media Cast selected its Flexiva transmitters due their air-cooled technology, compact footprint and competitive pricing. The company adds that it was also able to offer an accelerated delivery cycle, thus allowing the broadcast-service company to meet its set deadline.

[Read: Cumulus Orders 35 More GatesAir Flexivas]

Systems integrator, Media Group International, will assist with installation, commissioning and post-sales support among other services.

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ARRL –

â€œMailbagâ€ is the topic of the current (July 5) episode of the â€œARRL The Doctor is Inâ€ podcast. Listenâ€¦and learn!

Sponsored by DX Engineering, â€œARRL The Doctor is Inâ€ is an informative discussion of all things technical. Listen on your computer, tablet, or smartphone — whenever and wherever you like!

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â€œMailbagâ€ is the topic of the current (July 5) episode of the â€œARRL The Doctor is Inâ€ podcast. Listenâ€¦and learn!

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â€œMailbagâ€ is the topic of the current (July 5) episode of the â€œARRL The Doctor is Inâ€ podcast. Listenâ€¦and learn!

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The ARRL Contest Branch has announced that some contest award certificates now are available for download from the ARRL website in PDF and JPEG formats. Just enter the call sign.

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The ARRL Contest Branch has announced that some contest award certificates now are available for download from the ARRL website in PDF and JPEG formats. Just enter the call sign.

Currently…

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Renner, PY7RP will be active from Fernando de Noronha as PY0F/PY7RP between July 13–16, 2018. QRV 6 to 160m — participation in IAARU contest. QSL via H/c.

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Pista, HA5AO will be active as 3DA0AO, from eSwatini, 16 â€“ 28 September 2018.

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Commission adopts items that begin the process of collecting information about giving mobile operators access to midband spectrum

The Federal Communications Commission is moving ahead on its efforts to make more C Band spectrum available to additional users.

At its July Open Meeting, the commission adopted an Order and a separate Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will begin the process of collecting information about earth stations and space stations operating in the band as well as potentially add a mobile allocation to the 3.7–4.2 GHz band.

The reason: the United States is behind when it comes to making midband spectrum available for next-generation 5G networks, said FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel.

[Read: FCC Gives C Band Earth Station Filers Another 90 Days]

â€œNow the good news,â€ she said. â€œWith todayâ€™s rulemaking and order we are doing something about it. We explore a variety of mechanisms for clearing the 3.7–4.2 GHz band for 5G use. Annd if we make headway here, we can start to reclaim lost leadership in spectrum that is critical for success in 5G networks.â€

Rosenworcel acknowledged that these frequencies are currently being used by television and radio broadcasters and cable operators to deliver programming to more than 100 million American households. She said future discussions must take this into account.

Specifically, the order will require fixed satellite service earth stations operating in the 3.7–4.2 GHz band to certify the accuracy of registration and will collect additional information from space station licensees on their operations in the band. The commission will use this information to evaluate the most efficient way to drive the deployment of midband spectrum for mobile services and more intensive fixed services.

The notice proposes to add a mobile allocation to all 500 megahertz in the band and seeks comment on various proposals for transitioning part or all of the band for flexible use, working up from 3.7 GHz. The notice also seeks comment on allowing more intensive point-to-multipoint fixed use in some portion of the band on a shared basis. It also seeks comment on service and technical rules that would enable efficient and intensive use by any new services in the band.

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One licensee questions whether owner of winning CP permit in Arizona has permanent authority to operate a broadcast facility

The process of bringing a station to life is a complicated venture. Take the case of a construction permit for an FM station in Aguila, Ariz., which bounced through a bankruptcy case, a handful of objections, challenges over tower height and a fence, and whether the spot is really just a makeshift location.

Thatâ€™s whatâ€™s happening with KAZV(FM). Matinee Media acquired the KAZV construction permit from Able Radio Corp., which was the 2011 winning bidder for a new commercial FM station in Aguila, Ariz. It filed for bankruptcy in 2015. After acquisition, Matinee submitted a license to cover for the station in December 2017.

At the same time that the permit was awarded to Able in 2011, the Media Bureau simultaneously dismissed two competing modification applications by Entravision Holdings for stations KVVA(FM) and KDVA(FM). Entravision had repeatedly challenged the grant of the KAZV CP through informal objection, petition for reconsideration and application for review by arguing that Able had failed to obtain reasonable assurance of site availability at its original site.

[Read: Texas Licensee Denied Chance to See License Reinstated]

In April 2014, the bureau had its final say on the matter when it denied Entravisionâ€™s final application for review.

Now as the new assignee, Matinee specified it would build a 150-foot tower (instead of the proposed 365-foot tower) under a temporary use permit handed out by Maricopa County so that the tower could be built before the construction permit expired; a special use permit was on its way, the licensee said. On Dec. 26, 2017, the day the construction permit expired, Matinee filed its license application with the FCC.

A day later, Entravision responded by filing new modification applications and contending that the KAZV facilities are impermissibly temporary, saying that the KAZV license application was filed at the last minute and that the temporary use permit it is using does not provide permanent authority to operate the broadcast facility.

Entravision also argued that Matinee failed to file a post-license application ownership report, failed to construct a main studio, and failed to conduct RF field strength measurements and protective fencing. Because of these defects, Entravision argues that the KAZV application should be dismissed as a â€œmere placeholder.â€

Matinee responded by saying it did take appropriate RF field strength measurements, that a fence was not needed, and that requesting a main studio was unnecessary because the commission had already adopted an order eliminating the main studio rule. The licensee also urged the commission to distinguish between reasonable assurance of site availability issues and local zoning and permitting issues — an area â€œbest left to the apprropriate local governmental authorities with the expertise and jurisdiction over same,â€ Matinee said.

The Media Bureau responded to Entravisionâ€™s objections with a reminder that the Communications Act of 1934 imposes a stringent standard on challenges to license applications.

â€œSo long as all the terms, conditions, and obligations set forth in the application and permit have been fully met, Matinee is entitled, as an applicant for a license to cover a construction permit, to a high degree of protection …â€ the bureau said.

Traditionally, the commission is reluctant to designate license applications for hearing, the bureau said. So too in this case — the FCC foound that Entravision failed to demonstrate that Matinee failed to meet the terms of its permit or that grant of the KAZV license application would be inconsistent with the public interest.

However Entravision raised an important point: that some licensees have abused the system by erecting makeshift facilities when faced with the imminent expiration of a construction permit. As a result, FCC Rules do clarify that an applicant may not rely on temporarily constructed facilities to satisfy construction requirements.

Thatâ€™s not what is happening here, however, the bureau said.

After delays due to leasing, environmental review, tower registration and FAA compliance issues, Matinee encountered a local zoning issue regarding tower height that could not be resolved in time. Matinee amended its application and received the green light to construct alternative facilities (the smaller 150-foot tower versus an originally proposed 365-foot guyed tower). Matinee plans to increase its tower height through a future modification application if circumstances permit it to do so, the licensee said.

As a result, the bureau concluded that the Entravision has not demonstrated that the KAZV facilities are or were impermissibly temporary.

The bureau also clarified that it would leave enforcement actions concerning any alleged violations of local ordinances to the appropriate local authorities, that Matineeâ€™s delay in filing an ownership report does not rise to the level of enforcement action and said Matinee was in the right regarding the soon-to-be-obsolete main studio rule.

As a result, the commission denied the informal objection field by Entravision and granted Matinee its license.

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This news runs in tandem from earlier info regarding use of the Y8 callsigns. [tnx KO8SCA for image]

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Pista HA5AO will arrive eSwatini (Swaziland) on 14 September, late afternoon. He plans to operate during his free time between 16 â€“ 28 September from the Mountain Inn Resort at Mbabane. He received the 3DA0AO license and a LotW certificate. Pista will operate 80–10 meteers using a Hustler 6 BTV vertical antenna with 17 and […]

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07/12/2018

[UPDATED 2018–07–12 @ 1415 UTC] German telecommunications regulator Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) has announced that the 63 World Radiosport Team Championship 2018 (WRTC 2018) teams on the air this weekend for the international competition will use â€œclub stationâ€ call signs from the Y2A — Y9A block on a one-time basis. It is not yet known if these call signs will be in the 1 x 1 format or some other.

Available call signs for participating teams are to be announced during the WRTC 2018 opening ceremonies at around 1700 UTC on July 12. Just before the competition starts on Saturday at 1200 UTC, teams will chose one call sign out of the available block in a lottery.

Y2 — Y9 call sign prefixes were inhherited from the former East Germany regulatory regime and have not been used for nearly 30 years — since the reunification of East and West Geermany.

The regulator said radio amateurs in the participating teams may use the assigned club station call sign â€œif they hold a valid foreign Amateur Radio license according to CEPT recommendation T/R 61–01, an Amateur Radio license valid on a short-term basis in Germany, or a valid German Amateur Radio license.â€

This morning, WRTC 2018 participants and referees met for a briefing by organizers, during which competition organizers explained and clarified all rules and answered questions. â€œCompetitors and referees asked for a lot of detail,â€ a WRTC 2018 announcement said. â€œespecially as regards correct log keeping and rating of QSOs, such as what to do when the [other station] sends the wrong zone. The guidelines given at the meeting are a building block for fair competition, which must indeed be reflected during contest operation and not only through subsequent regulatory discussions.â€

A detailed briefing also was held for site referees, during which the function of the power-checking meter was described and the configuration of the score-collection computer explained.

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[UPDATED 2018–07–12 @ 1937 UTC — This story corrects somme incorrect statements included in an earlier post.]

A California man embroiled in a long-running license renewal proceeding has lost the next step in his fight to remain a radio amateur. In a July 9 Order, FCC Administrative Law Judge Richard L. Sippel terminated the decade-old license renewal application of William Crowell, W6WBJ (ex-N6A…

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[UPDATED 2018–07–12 @ 1937 UTC — This story coorrects some incorrect statements included in an earlier post.]

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Commission adopts items that begin the process of collecting information about giving mobile operators access to midband spectrum

The Federal Communications Commission is moving ahead on its efforts to make more C Band spectrum available to additional users.

The reason: the United States is behind when it comes to making midband spectrum available for next-generation 5G networks, said FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel.

[Read: FCC Gives C Band Earth Station Filers Another 90 Days]

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One licensee questions whether owner of winning CP permit in Arizona has permanent authority to operate a broadcast facility

[Read: Texas Licensee Denied Chance to See License Reinstated]

In April 2014, the bureau had its final say on the matter when it denied Entravisionâ€™s final application for review.

The Media Bureau responded to Entravisionâ€™s objections with a reminder that the Communications Act of 1934 imposes a stringent standard on challenges to license applications.

Thatâ€™s not what is happening here, however, the bureau said.

As a result, the bureau concluded that the Entravision has not demonstrated that the KAZV facilities are or were impermissibly temporary.

As a result, the commission denied the informal objection field by Entravision and granted Matinee its license.

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RW kicks off the 2018 edition of Summer of Products coverage

Itâ€™s new equipment season again! Radio Worldâ€™s â€œSummer of Productsâ€ feature is all about new gear that has come onto the market in recent months, especially during spring convention season. Here and in the next several issues we feature equipment that caught our eye.

No more having to check eBay and vintage audio equipment dealers for possibly creaky old stock. Legacy microphone maker Neumann is taking a spin in the Wayback Machine with a reissue of one of its famed microphones, the U 67.

The U 67 was introduced in 1960 and quickly found a home as on option in recording studios throughout Europe and the United States. The adventurous broadcast engineer might try to talk his GM into springing for one.

The tube-based mic features the K 67 capsule for that buttery Neumann sound. The new issue, according to Neumann, is loyal to its past. President Wolfgang Fraissinet said, â€œThe reissue has been meticulously reproduced to original specifications.â€

Keeping with the original are selectable omni/figure 8/cardioid pattern, low-cut filter, BV 12 output transformer along with matching tube circuitry for the EF86 tubes.

Info: www.neumann.com

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NEWBURY PARK, Calif., July 12, 2018 — Platinum Tools(R) (www.platinumtools.com), the leader in solutions for the preparation, installation, hand termination and testing of wire and cable, is proud to announce the new Xpress Jack Termination Kit (p/n 90175) is now available.

Platinum Tools will feature the new Xpress Jack Termination Kit during CEDIA Expo 2018, held in San Diego from Sept. 6–8 at the San Diego Convention Center, booth # 4352, and during ISE Expo 2018, held in Denver from August 14–16 at the Colorado Convention Center, booth # 122.

â€œThe Xpress Jack Termination Kit makes keystone jack terminations easier than ever,â€ explained Jason Chesla, Platinum Tools marketing manager. â€œWith the Cat5/6 Cable Jacket Stripper and the Scissor-Run Electricianâ€™s Scissors to prep your cable, and the Xpress Jack Punchdown tool, this kit makes terminating your Keystone Jacks an efficient and expedient process.â€

With an MSRP of $189.00, the kit also includes a hanging tool pouch, and ten blue Keystone Cat6 110 Jacks and ten white Keystone Cat6 110 Jacks.

For additional pricing and more information on Platinum Tools and its complete product line, please visit www.platinumtools.com, call (800) 749–5783, or email info@platinumtools.com.

Platinum Tools, founded in 1997, was created based upon two very simple objectives. First, develop the absolute best possible solutions for the preparation, installation, and hand termination of wire and cable. Second, implement an operational infrastructure that can deliver these products in an efficient, timely, and high quality manner.

All of our products must absolutely satisfy three critical benchmark criteria…utility of function; quality of function; and economic value.. Our people are our company. They, too, must be focused on and work to satisfy three critical benchmark criteria…customer satisfaction; producct knowledge and expertise; and willingness to learn and adapt.

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Dan has stars in his eyes

As a fan of movies and after having studied through my corollary sequence under Ohio Universityâ€™s School of Film, I have a great interest in movies and movie making. Iâ€™m always seeing a movie and certainly appreciate the work involved in creative story telling. Adding to my love for story telling is the idea that technology has now â€œevolvedâ€ (that word might not be the same word used by die-hard â€œfilmâ€ people) into 4K video and even 8K video. Besides my radio engineering career, Iâ€™m also a video engineer currently converting a full facility from HD to 4K (technically, UHD in this instance, but many people use them interchangeably). This Off the Beaten Path is about the movies and the HD and 4K/UHD technology behind them.

First, a quick explanation of 4K/UHD video to get you up to speed. The easiest way to put it is that UHD a combination of four HD images. The difference between 4K and UHD? 4K is what the movie people use for big displays in theaters. The aspect ratio is just a little wider than the standard TV widescreen ratio of 16:9, while UHD follows the 16:9 aspect ratio. Unlike common HDTV, 4K/UHD now has something thrown in called HDR or High Dynamic Range. The interesting thing about HDR is that itâ€™s like pre-emphasis in FM. To use an FM analogy what it really means is that if you use HDR with UHD/4K, you really need to have a monitor capable of decoding that HDR — something like encoding audio with dbx then listening to the audiio without running it back through a decoding circuit. It sounds odd.

To take it a little further, an HDTV image streams over coax/BNC at 3 Mbps. To send 4K/UHD video over a coax (or four of them if being done as â€œquad-linkâ€), you need to push 12 Mbps. Oh, and the next generation of video, called 8K, requires 48 Mbps of bandwidth!

So thatâ€™s the Cliffâ€™s Notes version of 4K/UHD, which is the current main display spec for movies. 8K is on the horizon, but for a typical consumer TV in a home, you wonâ€™t see big differences on images unless your screen size is excessively large — such as viewing oon an 8-foot TV screen! Remember when the days when a 25-inch RCA or Zenith console TV was considered a â€œbig screenâ€?

The First Film Makers

Just like radio & TVâ€™s history, film history becomes a little checkered and cloudy when you go back in time. Who is taking credit for what become a common issue with technology. Though Edison has a large influence in the U.S., Luis and Auguste LumiÃ¨re (â€œThe LumiÃ¨re Brothersâ€) are generally credited as the first true film makers. By 1881, the young teenaged brothers had created a developing process which took Edisonâ€™s â€œpeephole film viewingâ€ technique and gave it the ability to become something that could be â€œprojected;â€ which is the reason theyâ€™re more frequently credited with inventing â€œfilmâ€ (or something more closely resembling film today).

Early Movies

Itâ€™s simply amazing to see where weâ€™ve come from and where we are going with movie-making technology — from the earliest daays of Edison and the LumiÃ¨re brothers, to Charlie Chaplin, to Walt Disney and his multiplane camera, George Lucas, and into today. We began with studios where the roofs were open because they needed more light than was technically possible using the then current lighting technology. Then came â€œrockingâ€ sets. â€œTalkiesâ€ followed. Visual effects like forced perspective created size illusions while matte paintings created incredible backgrounds. Now computer graphics and digital animations make â€œvirtual everythingâ€ — from people to placces to create pretty much anything we want in film (from the truly believable to the unbelievable!). When you look at movie technology and consider all the invention behind it, a lot has happened in just over 100 years!

Technicolor

Hereâ€™s an awesome video about the technology behind Technicolor. Technicolor was not the first movie film available, but it really became the first great color film technology. The Technicolor process really held its own over the years and through the life of 35mm film.

Movie Mistakes

For fun, Iâ€™ve had this link about the worst on-set mistakes from Hollywood. Just like staying until the end of a Jackie Chan movie where you get to see the outtakes, itâ€™s interesting to see things when they donâ€™t go right!

Movie Technology â€œPast Predictionsâ€

This link is now six years old, but I included it because it was a look at the future of movie technology. Now we can look at it and see what came true and what hasnâ€™t. For instance, they talk about IMAX â€œwith lasers,â€ and the fact is that now high-lumen projectors are incorporating laser technology! Long gone are the days of carbon-arc projecting … and now even xenon bulbs are seemingly old technology. Instead of a massive 6,000 watt bulb, projectors have transitioned to multiple stacks of bulbs (no more single point of failure with a â€œbulb blow-outâ€) and laser technology. Just three years ago, I had the opportunity to see a 90,000 (!) lumen projector in Christieâ€™s digital labs in Kitchener, Ontario. Until then, 35,000 lumens was about the brightest output for a projector. To give you an idea how bright 90,000 lumens is, if you stand close in the path of the light, dark clothing can start to smolder and ignite! Though this technology hasnâ€™t advanced, likely due to the danger involved and the very unique need for something that bright, laser technology has continued to advance.

More on Movie Technology

Since the days computers found their way into movie making, things have changed a lot. Hereâ€™s another look at the technology today and where itâ€™s going.

Time to Think About 8K?

And hereâ€™s a sneak look into 8K video and the development. By the way, the next Olympics from Japan will be shot in 8K.

And finally …

If you stumble across a good or unusual website that might be of interest, please donâ€™t hesitate to send me the link and any info you might have about it. My email address is .

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Chief Operator Richard Dillman at Position 1 (Source: Maritime Radio Historical Society)

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Brian Smith (W9IND), who writes:

The cast may be smaller than in previous years, but the â€œNight of Nightsâ€ nostalgia show will go on. At 8:01 p.m. Eastern Time today (0001 UTC July 13), two maritime CW stations operated by the Maritime Radio Historical Society will begin transmitting Morse code on shortwave and medium wave bands, while the Societyâ€™s amateur radio station will be active on four ham bands.
Venerable KPH will reappear tonight in the company of KFS and ham station K6KPH, all transmitting from a century-old Marconi site at Bolinas, California. Theyâ€™ll be directed from a 1930 RCA station at 17400 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Point Reyes National Seashore. Several previous participants will be absent this year, including ship-to-shore powerhouse WLO of Mobile, Alabama, and a quartet of Coast Guard stations.
The annual July 12 event commemorates the date in 1999 when commercial Morse code operations ceased in the United States. One year later, â€œNight of Nightsâ€ debuted in a defiant declaration that maritime CW stations would not go gentle into that good night.
Typically, the two 5 kw coast stations transmit â€œcode wheelsâ€ (repeating messages), personal messages, and tributes to long-gone maritime stations and operators, remaining on the air till at least 0700 UTC. And K6KPH will not only be heard, but contacted by fellow amateur radio stations. A list of KPH, KFS and K6KPH frequencies can be found at www.radiomarine.org, including those used by ships. Reception reports go to P.O. Box 392, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956.
The public is welcome to observe todayâ€™s event and tour the facility at Point Reyes. Doors open at 3 p.m. local (Pacific) time, and Morse aficionados are invited to operate K6KPH. Whisper the words â€œtrue believerâ€ for a peek at the Treasure Room!
https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_nightofnights.htm

For a comprehensive list of frequencies please click here.

Many thanks for the notice, Brian! Weâ€™ll tune in!

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WRTC 2018 organizers today officially announced the list of call signs to be used during the World Radiosport Team Championship 2018 (WRTC 2018) competition that gets under way at 1200 UTC on Saturday, July 14. The call signs to be used will be Y81A through Y89U.

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Dariusz, SP9DLM will be active from Kalkudah, Sri Lanka as 4S7DMG during August 6–14, 2018. QRV on 40–20–15–10m.

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WRTC call sign mystery revealed
A well kept secret of the WRTC-2018 to be held in Germany next weekend finally was revealed last night.
Some minutes after midnight local time, the German regulatory authority BNETZA (similar to the OFCOM in the UK) published an official statement concerning the assignation of special callsigns to the participants of the competition.
According to that statement, the call sign block Y2A to Y9Z can be used by the contesters. There will be a lottery which team gets what callsign before the contest starts.
The Y2 block was formerly used by communist East Germany, the late â€œGerman Democratic Repbublicâ€ which perished in 1990. For more than 28 years, these old call signs have never been issued again until now.
The original statement can be seen here (in German Language):
RADIO DARC, the voice of the German Amateur Radio Club, will broadcast a special DX magazine to North America on Saturday, 14th of July from 11:00–13:00 hrs UTC and will cover all background information conceerning the WRTC. A rented 300 kW transmitter on 13860 kHz will be used. For Europe, the frequency is 6070 kHz with 300 kW also.
73Â´ Rainer DF2NU
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Yep. We remember the â€˜Yâ€™s….

WD9EWK
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The Y2A-Y9Z block is held by Germany, but the WRTC call signs will start with the Y8 prefix, according to the BNetzA statement. The second paragraph of that statement, as translated by Google (emphasis is mine), says this:
The statement continues, stating that Germany has the entire Y2A-Y9Z block of prefixes.
73!

WD9EWK
Ham Member

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The call signs have been unveiled. From a tweet by KO8SCA:

None of the call signs include the number 5, nor the letters that are all dits (E, I, S, H).
73!

W1YW
Ham Member

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The objective is quite reasonable: make it so no station has a (shortened) callsign time advantage on CW, while also making it obvious that each is a WRTC station, on all modes.
Have fun in Y land!

WD9EWK
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Program Offers Sales, Marketing, and Technical Support to Drive New Opportunities and Growth for Yamaha UC Partners

SUDBURY, Mass. — July 10, 2018 — Yamaha Unified Communications has announced a new partner program. Now open for registration, the channel partner program is available to authorized Yamaha Unified Communication partners in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Program members that work directly with Yamaha UC will have access to critical tools, resources, and expertise designed to increase business recognition and growth.

â€œYamaha is one of the most trusted leaders in audio, bringing decades of experience to solving customerâ€™s communication and collaboration needs, which is vital as the UC market continues to flourish,â€ said Ashley Nguyen, global channel marketing manager, Yamaha Unified Communications. â€œWith this new program available to our UC partners, they will be able to leverage the Yamaha name to differentiate their business from the competition while tapping into the best tools and resources that will help build their knowledge, grow their business quickly, and fast-track their ROI in the growing UC field.â€

The Yamaha UC Global Partner Program recognizes three partnerships: Basic, Emerging, and Prime, providing partners with additional benefits and incentives at each level. Basic level provides dealer registration, demo program, special discounts, welcome kit, product training, and post-sales technical support. Partners achieving Emerging and Prime levels are recognized as â€œClub Partners,â€ and given volume incentive rebates and additional marketing support to increase customer base and sales opportunities including market development funds. With these funds, partners can grow their sales presence and use funds for online and print advertising; social opportunities such as tradeshows, lunch and learns, roundtables, and other events; whitepapers or other content assets; webinars; or microsite developments.

To join Yamaha UC Global Partner Program and gain access to an assortment of sales and marketing resources designed to successfully represent and recommend Yamaha Unified Communications, register at the partner portal.

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Audio and video conferencing solutions from Yamaha Unified Communications, Inc. streamline collaboration and boost productivity wherever people work. Yamahaâ€™s renowned and rigorous approach to development and manufacturing of enterprise-grade microphone systems, conference phones, and video sound bars ensures superior audio quality, reliability, and flexibility. With both wired and wireless options, Yamahaâ€™s unified communications (UC) products enable users to have natural, clear conversations in every meeting space.

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New Technology and Engineering Sales Roles to Provide Increased Expertise

BEAVERTON, Oregon — July 10, 2018 — Biamp, a leading provider of innovative, networked media systems, announced the appointment of Brian Davies to the role of European technology architect. In addition, the company has promoted Dane Miller to field sales engineer. These new positions will strengthen Biampâ€™s global market leadership and provide additional resources for customers as the European AV market grows, with revenues expected to reach $43 billion by 2022, according to AVIXAâ€™s AV Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (IOTA) report.

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â€œAs a global company, Biamp continually seeks ways we can deepen our commitment to the market and set the bar ever higher for customer satisfaction,â€ said Stephen Patterson, sales development director for Europe at Biamp. â€œAs European customers seek out exceptional collaborative AV experiences and increase their appetite for AVoIP systems, Biamp will be there to provide expertise, guidance, and solutions. Establishing these new positions will ensure we continue to deliver the resources needed for distributor and integrator success throughout this growing region.â€

As part of Biampâ€™s commitment to European customers, Davies will assist end-user customers and consultants in providing the right solutions to solve their business communication needs. A recognized industry expert, Davies has more than 24 years of advanced technical and sales experience with AV solutions. He previously held roles as development and technical director for several global companies and holds a bachelorâ€™s degree in engineering from Kingston University as well as several industry programming and system design certifications.

In his new position, Miller will play a pivotal role in pre-sales projects and field sales engineering in Europe leveraging his vast AV experience that spans 10 years with Biamp. Previously, he was the international paging vertical market and business development manager and an applications engineer for Biamp. His technical knowledge has proved critical for in-depth system design help, onsite visits, and interpreting tender documents.

More information on Biampâ€™s full product portfolio is available at www.biamp.com.

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Biamp Systems, LLC is a leading provider of innovative, networked media systems that power the worldâ€™s most sophisticated audio/video installations. The company is recognized worldwide for delivering high-quality products and backing each one with a commitment to exceptional customer service.

Biamp is dedicated to creating products that drive the evolution of communication through sight and sound. The award-winning Biamp product suite includes: Tesira media system for digital audio and video networking, Devio collaboration tool for modern workplaces, Audia digital audio platform, Nexia digital signal processors, and Vocia networked public address and voice evacuation system. Each has its own specific feature set that can be customized and integrated in a wide range of applications, including corporate boardrooms, conference centers, huddle rooms, performing arts venues, courtrooms, hospitals, transportation hubs, campuses and multi-building facilities.

Founded in 1976, Biamp is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, USA, with additional engineering operations in Brisbane, Australia and Rochester, New York. For more information on Biamp, please visit www.biamp.com.

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The anti-radio piracy bill was approved by House E&C committee Thursday

The House Energy & Commerce Committee unanimously voted to pass the PIRATE Act (H.R. 5709) Thursday, and the move was lauded by several broadcast advocacy organizations, joining the numerous affirmations previously voiced about the bill.

In a statement, NAB Executive Vice President of Communications Dennis Wharton said, â€œNAB thanks the House Energy & Commerce Committee for advancing legislation that strengthens FCC resources in combatting illegal pirate radio operations. Reps. Lance, Tonko, Collins and their cosponsors are to be commended for addressing the unfortunate increase in pirate radio.â€

Wharton also called the legislators to move forward. He said, â€œThese stations not only interfere with licensed and legal broadcasts, but on multiple occasions have disrupted airline pilot and air traffic controller transmissions. NAB urges Congress to swiftly pass the PIRATE ACT.â€

[PIRATE Act Legislation Unanimously Approved by House Subcommittee]

New York State Broadcasters Association President David Donovan thanked the congressmembers who were involved in the legislation in his own statement and added, â€œWe urge members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to move forward with this essential legislation. Time is of the essence. The FCC must regain control of the nationâ€™s airwaves.â€

To emphasize his point, Donovan said, â€œThe number of illegal AM and FM stations operating in the New York City metro area exceeds the number of stations licensed by the FCC. The FCCâ€™s ability to police the airwaves has been severely compromised in a number of markets. The result is interference to the Emergency Alert System, interference to FAA airport communications systems, transmission of RF radiation at levels above government standards, and a complete disregard for all FCC and consumer protection laws. New enforcement tools are necessary to restore credibility to the FCCâ€™s licensing system.â€

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WA7BNM Contest Calendar — 0030Z-0230Z, Jul 19

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Dariusz, SP9DLM will be active as 4S7DMG from Sri Lanka, IOTA AS — 003, 6–14 August 2018.

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Takao, JO7GVC and Hirokazu, JK7LXU plan to be QRV from Norfolk Island as VK9/JO7GVC & VK9/JK7LXU between October 9–14, 2018. Holiday-style activity on 40–10m, mainly CW, PSK and FT8.

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Southgate ARC — The distribution of the print version of the July-August 2018 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine has been unexpectedly delayed

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Southgate ARC — Nearly two months after Orbital ATK, nnow part of Northrop Grumman, delivered several tons of supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station aboard its Cygnus cargo spacecraft, the spacecraft is set to depart the orbiting laboratory Sunday, July 15. Live coverage of unberthing and release will air on NASA Television and the agencyâ€™s website

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Southgate ARC — IARU-R1 Monitoring System reports Irannian radars continue to intrude in the Amateur Radio primary 28 MHz band and a digital signal from Sevastopol, Crimea causes interference on 7032 kHz

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Southgate ARC — A recent entry from a German amateur, DL1BWU, related to what could possibly be the oldest lighthouse entered in the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend, ILLW since its inception 21 years ago

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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 — Masa JN1GKZ reports JAXA has announcedd that nine CubeSats will deploy from the International Space Station today, Friday, July 13

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Southgate ARC — This weekend July 14–15 the IARU HF Chhampionship takes place

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Southgate ARC — ARRL wants the FCC to facilitate bona fide Amateur Satellite experimentation by educational institutions under Part 97 Amateur Service rules, while precluding the exploitation of amateur spectrum by commercial, small-satellite users authorized under Part 5 Experimental rules

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