Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1838 - November 2 2012 Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1838 with a release date of November 2, 2012 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a Q-S-T. Ham radio responds to Hurricane Sandy and a Pacific Ocean Tsunami; a new video snowing A-P-R- S from the space station is made public, a record number of students take part in an ARISS contact and a look at the Ham Radio Salutes Hollywood operation from the historic C-B-S soundstage where it took place. All this and more on Amateur Radio NewslineT report number 1838 coming your way right now. (Billboard Cart Here) ** RESCUE RADIO: HAM RADIO MEETS KILLER HURRICANE SANDY As Hurricane Sandy made her way across the Caribbean and the up along the U.S. East Coast ham radio operators had been tracking the storms every move. When she made landfall on the New Jersey shore they were ready to respond. Mark Abramowicz, NT3V is here with whats known so far: -- To be sure, the hams who responded to Hurricane Sandy will never, ever forget the destructive power of a superstorm that - to this point - has been unmatched in modern history. It was New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who the day following the storm striking along the state's barrier islands, summed up the grit and determination for the people of his state... "We have a long road ahead of us but I have complete confidence we're going to come out of this better and stronger than before," Christie said. "This state is too tough to give in to this type of devastation." And, in the immediate aftermath of the storm, radio operators in southern New Jersey were put to the test, especially in Atlantic and Ocean counties. The first is home to Atlantic City, which ended up under water as the storm passed, and the second, home to Long Beach Island and other well-known seaside communities where homes were ripped apart and boats thrown into piles like toys in a child's messy play chest. Southern New Jersey hams will remain on the job with relief coming into Atlantic County for shelters still being manned by Red Cross personnel. John Zaruba, K2ZA, is ARRL Section Emergency Coordinator for Southern New Jersey, Zaruba says hams went active Saturday morning - days before the storm arrived - and began moving equipment into position. He says by Sunday night as the rain bands from Sandy starting closing in on New Jersey and tge wind began kicking up, operators were already out.. "There was a lot of good ground intelligence," Zaruba says. "You know where people were trying to get places and there was a lot of reporting of, 'Okay this road's flooded, you can't go here. You have to re-route and go this way.' So there was a lot of real-time information coming back that way." Zaruba says the Red Cross was operational with shelters in- land, away from the coastal areas, before the storm hit... "In some of the counties, seven or eight shelters actually operating," Zaruba says. "But as the storm passed through. They started consolidating things, getting people out that could go back to their homes and other people that needed more long-term sheltering. They started moving them into more consolidated shelter facilities." At one point, Zaruba says there was a need for more equipment and section officials contacted ARRL headquarters and a response came quickly... "We were able to get six 'Go Kits' sent down from the League to Ocean County and that went a long way toward easing their operational burden," Zaruba says. As for the modes of communication, Zaruba says it was all voice... "Primarily, we were using 2-meter FM," Zaruba says. "And, I've been a big proponent of using digital communications. But, here, again, we've got a bit of a way to go to get people focused in on that's an available tool in our tool kit and let's utilize it. "Right now, most of the mindset revolves around voice communication." Zaruba says hams in south Jersey are standing down, for the most part, and he's proud of their dedication and response... "They did an outstanding job, to a person," Zaruba says. "All went above and beyond the call of duty. The folks in Ocean and Atlantic counties were pulling some brutal shifts." And, Zaruba says, some of the volunteer radio operators also suffered some devastating losses themselves... "Some hams that were talking about shore houses that have 20- 25 inches of water in the bottom," Zaruba says. "And, granted those folks didn't sound real happy but as long as there were no lives lost, the house and the contents are all replaceable." Now, on to New York, where Sandy socked the city hard. Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, is ARRL section manager for New York/Long Island. He says during the storm itself, operations were hunkering down like everyone else, but quick sprung into action once it passed. "Despite the tremendous devastation that the city has faced, the role amateur radio played in the five boroughs was relatively small, "Lisenco says. "We manned the emergency operations center at the American Red Cross in mid-town Manhattan." But Lisenco says the devastation is far worse outside the city and its environs... "In Nassau Couny, the response has been rather large because a good portion of the southern part the county has seen complete devastation, primarily because they are very close to the water," Lisenco says. "The Red Cross has run a rather large sheltering operation in Nassau County. We've been providing communications for the shelters "They've been running a resource net as well as a net for passing traffic back and forth between the shelters and to, of course, Red Cross headquarters in Nassau County." Lisenco says the many hams responding to help faced some challenges even getting into position... "The biggest problem I think we faced was the fact that there's these widespread power outages," Lisenco says. "We're talking about millions of people without power in the area. And, also what damage that was done with downed trees, power lines, a tremendous amount of sand washed up on shore, houses displaced, a large problem would then be in terms of transporting oneself to a location that they're supposed to be manning, such as a shelter. "Even just driving around Brooklyn we have a lot of areas where they have no power. Lights are out. Driving, even during the day is somewhat tenuous. So imagine having to do that at night." Lisenco says the effort in Nassau County remains very fluid and active and he expects emergency operations will continue for the coming days as we go to air on Friday, Nov. 2. Lisenco and Zaruba from the southern New Jersey section agree on one thing. It's important for all amateurs to realize the role they can play in their communities in times of disaster. Lisenco sums it up... "It's very easy for people to grow complacent over time when they feel their services aren't needed," Lisenco says. "But they need to keep in mind that emergencies happen at any point in tie, anywhere. "And, they need to be involved at some level in the emergency communications aspect of amateur radio. Amateur radio is both a service and a hobby. And we can't lose sight of that. And, in order to participate in the hobby aspect, you have to give something back." So, while New Jersey and New York have a long way to go in coping with the aftermath of Sandy, Lisenco and Zaruba say communities can rest assured amateur radio will be there when needed. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Philadelphia. -- Obviously, reports are still coming in and it will be some time before we know the full extent of the work of radio amateurs in response to this event that's been called the perfect storm. More in future Amateur Radio Newsline reports. (ARNewsline) ** RESCUE RADIO: HAWAII EMCOMM RADIO AMATEURS RESPOND TO TSUNAMI WARNING Amateur radio operators in Hawaii responded to a tsunami warning on Saturday evening, October 27th. This by providing valuable information to emergency management officials after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of British Columbia, Canada at 5:04 pm Hawaii Standard Tine. At 7:14 pm, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center upgraded an earlier bulletin to a warning with an estimated wave arrival time of 10:28 pm. At this point key members of Hawaii's emergency communications ham radio network were alerted by an automated text message system. One of them was Ron Hashiro AH6RH, is the Hawaii State Civil Defense RACES Coordinator. -- AH6RH: "With the estimated wave arrival time of 10:28 pm, we really had to hustle because now we were within the three hour time limit that we would normally sound sirens and of coarse all of that notification was subsequently delayed. The telephone alert process took 22 minutes and from there we had to mobilize and it took 40 minutes to get on site at the state EOC. -- Also alerted were ARES Emergency Coordinators on each island that make up the State of Hawaii. This lead to a call-up of various ARES and RACES nets. Hams were also dispatched to keep an eye on ocean levels and report back: -- AH6RH: " We had Kalani Ku, WH6KX, on the north side of Maui at Kahului Harbor and Dave Garrison, AL4A, on the South side reporting ocean level changes. At 10:53 pm Kalani reported that the water was receding from Kahului Harbor and shortly thereafter Dave reported the same. "For the next two hours WH6KX and AL4A passed timely reports of ocean level changes ranging from plus 2 feet to minus 3 feet below normal. The ocean level reports were received by hams at all the EOC's and passed on to their respective EOC operations." -- Once the Tsunami arrival time was well past, a determination was made to downgrade the warning to an advisory effective at 12:54 am. Nets stood down at about 10 minutes later. AH6RH says that the only major incident that took place came in a notice from the Hilo EOC. Hams there reported that the receding water in Hilo Bay caused the bottom of boats to hit the floor of the bay. (ARNewslineT, AH6RH) ** BREAK 1 From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the WA4WPD repeater serving Rocky Mount North Carolina. (5 sec pause here) ** RESTRUCTURING: SARL PRESENTS AMATEUR RADIO'S NEEDS IN THE MICROWAVE BANDS AT HEARING The South African Radio League was to discuss amateur radio's needs for allocation in the 2.3; 3.5 and 5 GHz bands at a hearing with that nations telecommunications regulator held on November 1st and 2nd. The hearing dealt with the draft frequency migration regulation and frequency migration plans for this spectrum. Prior to the meeting the South African Radio League had put forward its requirements for allocations in these bands in line with the IARU Region 1 spectrum requirements for amateur radio use of these bands. Like many parts of the world, this region is also looking into ways to make more spectrum available to broadband and other emerging technologies. (SARL) ** RESCUE RADIO: MOBILE WEATHER TRAINING AT GAREC 2012 A free session on the Mobile Emergency Weather Station is available to those who will be attending the Global Amateur Radio Emergency Conference being held in Malaysia from November 11th to the 14th. Presented by its inventor Gregory Lee, HS0ZHM, of the Rural Training Centre in Thailand, the session will first cover the Weather Observation Log form and then take the trainees through the device set-up and its operation. The Mobile Emergency Weather Station device enables hams to quickly gather weather data in a reliable manner for them to be reported by radio. Its ultimate goal is to provide meaningful weather reports from a disaster zone. This, to help in making the multitude of decisions by relief authorities and also to improve helicopter flight operations and safety. The Mobile Emergency Weather Station session will be on November 11th at the Melaka House, in Port Dickson. For more information contact 9W2PCK by e-mail to choysegt (at) gmail (dot) com (VK3PC) ** RESCUE RADIO: SANTA CLARITA CALIFORNIA RESCUES STRANDED HIKER A stranded hiker has been saved in California. On Sunday, October 28th, at approximately 1:15pm the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriffs Station Search and Rescue Team along with Los Angeles County Fire Department responded and rescued a 54-year-old female hiker from the narrows portion of Towsley Canyon. When located, the hiker was suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration. She was airlifted by a Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter and brought to a safe landing zone where she was medically checked out by Search and Rescue team members, and fire department paramedics. The hiker was then released to her family. At the time the incident occurred the team was helping out with the haunted jailhouse fundraiser. This by teaching children about rescues along with demonstrating some of the most common gear used during a rescue. When they received an emergency call regarding a stranded hiker they quickly decided how many members would deploy to Towsley Canyon and how many members would remain at the haunted jailhouse event. The Santa Clarita Search and Rescue team is made up of highly trained individuals from all walks of life, several of whom are ham radio operators. Their backgrounds range from school teachers to contractors, to film directors and even rocket scientists. For further information please visit www.scvrescue.com (nixle.com) ** RADIO LAW: FCC PROHIBITS ROBOCALLING TO PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS The government has put in place some rules to prevent automated telemarketing devices from calling emergency service providers. Jeff Clark, K8JAC, has the details: -- Emergency Service providers are getting government protection from unwanted robocalls that can tie up their phone lines. This through the establishment a specialized Do-Not-Call registry for Public Safety Answering Points and prohibiting the use of robocalling equipment to contact registered Public Safety Answering Point phone numbers other than for an emergency purpose. Public Safety Answering Points are typically 911 call centers that receive emergency calls and route them to emergency service personnel. By some estimates, hundreds or even thousands of unwanted robocalls are made to these centers each day, tying up public safety phone lines and diverting critical first responder resources away from the provision of emergency services. Specifically, the new rules released on October 17th allow Public Safety Answering Points to upload any number associated with the provision of emergency services or communications with other public safety agencies onto a specialized Do-Not-Call registry. They also prohibit operators of rob calling equipment from using such equipment to contact any number on the registry except for an emergency purpose and adopt specific monetary penalties for contacting or disclosing numbers contained in the registry. In the case of violations prohibiting disclosure or dissemination of registered numbers, the new law provides for monetary penalties of up to $1,000,000 per incident. The rules also address concerns voiced by the public safety community in comments to the FCC about the potential problems unwanted texts to Public Safety Answering Points may pose in the future. For violations of the prohibition on robocall texting numbers on the registry, the law provides for monetary penalties that are not less than $10,000 per call or text or more than $100,000 per call or text. For the Amateur adio Newsline, I'm Jeff Clark, K8JAC -- For those that have never heard the term robocalling, those are the irritating automated telemarketing calls that seem to be growing in number each day. And in more and more instances the operators of these machines seem to be programming them to call back incessantly if you hang up and keep on doing so until you give some type of response. (FCC) ** RADIO LAW: FBI AND STINGRAY VS PUBLIC RIGHT TO KNOW Tracking cell phones by tricking them into operating on a bogus network is a law enforcement tactic shrouded in secrecy. Now the FBI is under pressure to release information about it-but the bureau doesn't want to let go of 25,000 pages of documents on sophisticated cell surveillance technology. In an Arizona court case last year it was made public that the FBI had used a cell-site simulator in order to track down a suspect. The portable equipment, sometimes described as either an I-M-S-I catcher or a Stingray, covertly sends out a signal that fools all phones within a specific area into connecting to a fake network. The spy tool can force targeted phones to release unique identity codes that can then be used to track a person's movements in real time. But not everyone likes the idea of this type of law enforcement tool being used. Among them is the Electronic Privacy Information Center which is attempting to obtain internal FBI documents relating to the technology. In fact the Center is taking legal action to force the prompt disclosure of records concerning Stingray devices or other cell site simulator technologies. It alleges that the FBI has failed to comply with statutory deadlines by not handing them over quickly enough following a freedom of information request made last February. For its part, the FBI says that it has found 25,000 pages of documents that relate to the request, about 6,000 of which are classified. Because of this the agency says that it may need up to three years to process the files before they can be released. In light of the FCC's recent enforcement activities against cellular telephone jamming devices, it will be interesting to see if the regulatory agency can or will become involved in this controversial issue. (slate.com) ** ENFORCEMENT: SATELLITE JAMMING TRACED TO SYRIA AND IRAN According to European satellite operator Eutelsat, disruptions in satellite signals in the Middle East and Europe have been traced back to Syria and Iran. There has been speculation that the jamming is a reaction to changes in the regulations put forth by the International Telecommunications Union to comply with the European Union's increasingly tough sanctions on Iran. The ITU altered its regulations at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva after receiving complaints of repeated and deliberate interference in the reception of TV in Persian and Arabic. Because of these changes, Eutelsat no longer carries 19 radio and television channels broadcast by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The European Broadcasters Union has now responded to the information by condemning it. In a press statement it's Director Ingrid Deltenre said that access to information is a universal human right and an essential component for democracy. As such the E-B-U deplores this attack on media freedom. For its part, the International Telecommunications Union says that these recent incidents are not the first time that there have been allegations of Iran blocking communications from the outside world. The latest wave of interference has affected numerous radio and TV broadcasters including the BBC, France 24, Deutsche Welle and the Voice of America. (RW) ** NAMES IN THE NEWS: M6GLD UNVEILS ISS APRS VIIDEO Some names in the news. First up is Robert Broughton, M6GLD who has made available a new video demonstrating reception of amateur radio APRS signals from the International Space Station. The data shown in the clip is decoded using free online software and a soundcard connected from a receivers audio out to the computers audio in. For this demonstration the closest slant range to the I-S-S at zenith was around 1,350 miles line of sight with the space station transmitting on 145.825 Mhz. You can watch the video at tinyurl.com/iss-aprs-video (M6GLD) ** NAMES IN THE NEWS: K6LCS RECEIVES SPECIAL PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD Clint Bradford K6LCS of Jurupa Valley, California and his wife Karen have earned a special award from the Public Relations Society of America. This for their work in planning a space related educational event held back on April 19th. Called "LIVE! . from outer space!" the operation gave students a chance to speak to an astronaut in the orbiting International Space Station." Some 120 students of Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy, more than 80 parents, community leaders and media representatives got to witness a live contact with the International Space Station. Flight Engineer Don Pettit was on the I-S-S to answer questions posed by some of the students via ham radio. K6LCS initiated the event because of his volunteer position through Amateur Radio on the International Space Station or ARISS program which is allied to NASA's with Teaching from Space curriculum. The latter is available to any school that applies, but the typical wait-time from application to an actual contact with a member of the space station crew is three years. According to K6LCS for the Flabob school contact it was 13 months of planning for 10 minutes of conversation. But adds Bradford, but, "oh, what a conversation!" (Southgate) ** NAMES IN THE NEWS: LEAGUE SEEKING NEW MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER The ARRL is currently looking to fill the position of Media and Public Relations Manager at ARRL Headquarters in Newington. This following the recent retirement of Allen Pitts, W1AGP, from that position. The ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager is responsible for explaining the value of the amateur radio service to the media and the general public, directly and through a corps of volunteers. Outstanding communications skills and the ability to train and motivate volunteers is also required. For more information on this position and how to apply please viait the news paes at www.arrl.org. (ARRL) ** BREAK 2 This is ham radio news for today's radio amateur. From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline with links to the world from our only official website at www.arnewsline.org and being relayed by the volunteer services of the following radio amateur: (5 sec pause here) ** HAM RADIO IN SPACE: LARGEST CONTACT EVER WITH THE ISS The largest contact in the history of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station program has taken place in Florida. This as Florida Science Museum station WS4FSM hosted the largest school contact ever with the ISS. Take a listen: -- Actual contact audio -- The contact took place on Tuesday, October 30th, at 15:58 UTC when most of Palm Beach County's 187,000 students were watching live as 10 students and 2 teachers made the historic contact. The actual call was from the Motorola Theater at the museum. Both a tower mounted tracking antenna and a mast mounted Eggbeater were loaned to the club by area hams for making this contact. Eleven students and two teachers already asked their questions of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI. Hoshide who has been on the International Space Station since mid-July, was quick to provide answers. -- Actual contact audio -- The event was to be televised live by closed circuit system to classrooms in all the county schools and streamed on the web as well as on the school system's educational channel and Comcast Cable in South Florida. The final audience was expected to be over 250,000 live viewers. The West Palm Beach Amateur Radio Group sponsors the station at the South Florida Science Museum as part of a permanent amateur radio exhibit. Club members and other volunteer hams in the area staff the station and exhibit on weekends, for school tours during the week, and during summer science camps. More about the club is on-line at www.wpbarc.com. (Southgate, Palm Beach Post, AJ4XM) ** WORLDBEAT: DENMARK SETS DIGITAL RADIO SWITCHOVER DATE The Danish government's new media policy has defined 2019 as the year for the country's digital radio switchover. This providing that at least half of all radio listening in the country is digital by 2018. Uffe Elbak, the Danish Culture minister stated that this move is a normal progression. He said that the world is digital and therefore it is a natural continuation of previous efforts and policy decisions in the area that we now will speed up the digitization of radio, just as we did with the TV a few years ago. Elbak said that this will be accomplished by continuing to expand the nations digital radio network, and establishing, albeit with conditions, a date for the switch-off of analog FM. By setting a date Elbak says that his nation is sending a clear signal to both the industry and the Danish radio listeners about where digitalization of broadcasting is headed. According to other reports, the national single-frequency Digital Audio Broadcasting or DAB block used by the public service broadcaster D R Multiplex will be exchanged for two DAB regional frequency blocks now occupied by a single commercial multiplex. This will take place in 2013. All Danish DAB transmissions will also transition from the original DAB standard to the DAB+ standard. (RW) ** WORLDBEAT: MULTIPLE COPIES OF RAC REPORT E-MAILED Radio Amateurs of Canada says that there have been issues with multiple copies of its R-A-C Report unintentionally going out via e-mail. Chief Information and Technology Officer Paul Burggraaf, VO1PRB, says that the society is working to fix this problem before the next issue is sent out. (Radio Amateurs of Canada) ** DX IN DX, the March, 2013 DXpedition to Clipperton Island has received the callsign TX5K to be used during the operation. So far the team has 23 members and one space remains available for another operator, scientist, or other supporter who wishes to join the DXpedition. More information is on-line at www.cordell.org/CI, DL1LLL is currently operational portable Zed-S-7 from Antarctica on the High Frequency Bands. His location is the Neumeyer Emergency base. QSL via DL5EBE. VK6LC will be active from Vietnam in November as XV1LC. He will be operational on the High Frequency Bands using CW and SSB only. QSL direct via VK6LC. JA1PBV will be on the air from Mauritania as 5T5BV until November 10th. His activity has so far been on 30, 12 and 10 meters using CW and RTTY. QSL via JA1PBV. JH5GHM is currently on the air stroke V26 from Antigua Island on the High Frequency bands only. No mention of modes or times on the air. QSL via his home call or electronically using Logbook of the World. JA1PBV is currently active from Mauritania as 5T5BV. Listen out for him on the High Frequency bands operating mainly CW. QSL via home call DL8NU will be active from Mahe Island in the Seychelles November 9th to the 24th as S79NU He will be operational on the High Frequency bands mostly on CW. QSL via home call Lastly, UA4WHX is currently active stroke EX from Kyrgyzstan. Hes been reported being heard on many o the High Frequency bands. His QSL route is direct to his home callsign. (Above from various DX news sources ** THAT FINAL ITEM: HAM RADIO CELEBRATES HOLLYWOOD And finally this week, Ham Radio Celebrates Hollywood was the title of an all-band multi mode operation from Stage 9 at CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, October 28th. Stage 9 is currently the home of the hit sitcom Last Man Standing which features ham radio as one of the shows themes. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, stopped by the operation and has this report: -- The callsign of the operation was K6H which stood for King-6- Hollywood. And maybe you were one of the lucky ones to make contact with members of the southern California-based PAPA repeater system who sponsored and staffed this fun event: -- Actual 40 meter QSO -- That was just one of several stations that were up and running at K6H. And while the majority of operators came from the PAPA System, the idea for the event was that of John Amodeo, NN6JA, who happens to be the producer of Last Man Standing: -- NN6JA: "I think it came about because a while ago I was asked to do a forum at Dayton by the ARRL to talk about ham radio and the way it's treated in the media. That set me off to thinking how ham radio is often portrayed either inaccurately or negatively. "I wrote a forum and performed it in Dayton and it went out very well. But I could see that there was a bigger audience to reach with the whole concept of ham radio and Hollywood. And I thought that a special event radio station might be fun. "We have the stage and we have a lot of ham radio equipment on the stage to do that. And I'm a member of several radio clubs; in particular the PAPA group here in Southern California, the Great South Bay Radio Club on Long Island, and a member of B.E.A.R.S. which is the Broadcast Engineers Radio Club who are connected to D.E.A.R.S. who are the Disney amateur radio guys and DARI which is an interconnect repeater system ob the East coast. "So I thought to myself that if we could get the PAPA people on the West coast, the B.E.A.R.S. guys on the East coast and maybe throw in IRLP and Echolink, I could cover much of the country." -- The K6H event had a lot of pre-publicity in the ham radio media. Even so, there are always bound to be last minute changes. So to cover this, Amodeo and the PAPA group turned to another kind of communications; the social media: -- WA6ITF: ".You have an official tweeter?" NN6JA: "We have an official tweeter on the show. Billy is our Assistant Production Coordinator and also a ham radio operator. As some of your fans might know we have twelve ham radio operators on staff and Billy's one of them. And he is over there tweeting and Facebook'ing about the event so that people can follow the frequencies we are broadcasting on." -- Ham Radio Celebrates Hollywood was only on the air for a few hours. Even so the operators racked up a good number of contacts using traditional modes like SSB voice as well as emerging technology that included Echolink and IRLP. But perhaps the most important aspect of K6H is that it let the world of amateur radio know that the hams of Hollywood are also, thinking about the hobby and thinking about them as well. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in the newsroom in Los Angeles. Don. -- While a final QSO count is not available at airtime, there is no doubt that Ham Radio Celebrates Hollywood was a rousing success. And less we forget, an interview with Last Man Standing Producer John Amodeo, NN6JA, is on this week's Rain Report. You can hear it or download it at www.therainreport.com. (ARNewslineT) ** NEWSCAST CLOSE With thanks to Alan Labs, AMSAT, the ARRL, the CGC Communicator, CQ Magazine, the FCC, the Ohio Penn DX Bulletin, Radio Netherlands, Rain, the RSGB, the Southgate News, TWiT-TV and Australia's W-I-A News, that's all from the Amateur Radio NewslineT. Our e-mail address is newsline(at) arnewsline (dot) org. More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline'sT only official website located at www.arnewsline.org. You can also write to us or support us at Amateur Radio NewslineT, 28197 Robin Avenue, Santa Clarita California, 91350 For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors' desk, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in southern Mississippi saying 73 and we thank you for listening. Amateur Radio NewslineT is Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.