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Amateur Radio Newsline #908
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Amateur Radio Newsline #908 10 Jan 1995
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The following is a QST
The CTIA says no to local tower zoning. It wants the FCC to
preempt local and state government regulation for all structures
used for mobile communications. Also, the FCC says no to further
deregulation of packet radio auto-forwarding, and a major ham
radio newsletter mails its last issue. Find out which one on an
expanded Newsline report number 908 coming your way right now!
CTIA TO CITIES: NO MORE TOWER REGULATIONS
A wireless telecommunications industry group has asked the
Federal Communications Commission to preempt any and all state and
local rules governing tower sites used for cellular telephones and
other mobile communications services. In a filing with the agency
on Tuesday, December 27th the Cellular Telecommunications Industry
Association says that local and state governments will impede
industry efforts to build the transmission towers needed for new
wireless services unless the federal government steps in to ban
further attempts at municipal level regulation.
CTIA says that there are more than 38,000 local governments
being lobbied by so called "not in my backyard activists."
People and groups who do not want any radio installations near
where they live or work. In its filing to the FCC the CTIA asks
if these activists will be allowed to thwart a national pathway
for what CTIA terms parochial or ill-informed reasons?
The trade association's petition maintains that a 1993 law
prohibits state and local governments from regulating entry into
mobile services. It asks the FCC to codify the law into its own
telecommunication rules and regulations and them act to enforce
it.
If CTIA is successful in getting the FCC to issue a Notice
of Inquiry or Notice of Proposed Rule Making on its request, it
will be important for the Amateur Radio community to support it.
This is because the Cellular Telecommunications Industry
Association request goes far beyond what we hams currently have
under PRB-1. In fact, if it is enacted, the CTIA federal
preemption request may well mean the end to local municipalities
regulating ham radio towers and antennas except possibly for
safety.
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PACKET RECONSIDERATION DENIED
Further liberalization of the rules concerning automatic
packet radio message forwarding will not happen in the foreseeable
future. So says the FCC in denying Phil Karn, KA9Q's request for
reconsideration of a decision concerning message forwarding
systems in the Amateur Service.
By way of background, on March 30, 1994, the FCC adopted an
Order dealing with contemporary message forwarding systems. In
it, the FCC said that the control operators of intermediate
forwarding stations, other than the first forwarding station,
would not be held accountable when their stations retransmitted
improper communications inadvertently. It said that the purpose
of the Order was to relax the amateur service rules to enable
these systems to operate at high speed while retaining the minimum
safeguards necessary to prevent misuse.
But Karn tells Newsline that he felt the FCC order did not go
far enough. That as written the rules still impede technological
advancement in amateur radio data communications. He wants only
the person originating a message to be held legally responsible
for what it says.
"All I was asking for was that the burden for the content,
responsibility for the content of an amateur communication should
be on the originator. And that the requirement that the first
forwarding station be also responsible or authenticate the
originating station was unworkable given the technology. It was
conceived for a BBS environment, but not every use of amateur
packet radio uses a BBS." Karn, KA9Q.
But in its December 23rd action denying reconsideration, the
Commission said the Order did not address, nor was it intended to
address, what accommodations should be made for message forwarding
systems that may be developed in the future. It added that if the
present accommodation becomes unworkable in a system using a
different architecture, the managers of those particular systems
affected can request necessary rule changes at the appropriate
future date.
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GAZA UPDATE
We have yet another update on the controversial ZC6B operation
from Palestine. The Ohio Pen DX Newsletter says that it has
received a FAX from Arie Surkiss, 4X6UO. Surkiss is the High
Frequency Manager of the Israel Amateur Radio Club. His FAX is a
real eye opener on the situation and reads as follows. -- quote --
"According to the Israeli Ministry of Communication, Spectrum
Manager Division, the Ministry has not issued such a prefix and
there is no Israeli involvement in this operation. As far as I
know the ITU has not issued a prefix to Gaza or Jericho." -- end
quote --.
Meanwhile, IARU Secretary Larry Price, W4RA reports receiving a
FAX of his own. This one from the PLO established Palestine
Amateur Radio Association with information which may shed some
light on the disputed ZC6B call sign. The FAX contained a
newspaper article dated December 12, 1994 from the "Al Quds
Newspaper" stating that the call was issued in 1948 to Dr. Sami
Tarazi but never used because of the war that broke out.
As reported last week, all Palestine calls were canceled by the
ITU back in 1968. The ZC6 prefix is now the property of the
United Kingdom and not authorized for use by the PLO sponsored ham
radio group in Gaza.
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WLR DEMISE
After twenty one years and 687 issues the Westlink Report ham
radio newsletter has terminated its operations. This, effective
with its January 1st, 1995 issue. Its owners cite health and lack
of sleep as the primary reasons for the demise of the publication.
The Westlink Report began its publication life as HR Report in
January of 1974. It was written by Joe Schroeder, W9JUV and
published by Communications Technology Incorporated. This was the
same group that put out Ham Radio magazine. Schroeder says that
in the 1970's, it was an idea whose time had come.
"Lets face it. One of the reasons or the reason that HR Report
and subsequent efforts of yours and other people have been
successful and have added to amateur radio is that the traditional
publications, QST, CQ, 73 and at the time Ham Radio all had very
long lead time. As the world progresses, the lead time to get
things done gets shorter and shorter. So what we were doing to
get the information out so the people could react and start adding
their contributions to whatever it was that needed to be done long
before it would have been possible under the conditions ten years
earlier." Schroeder, W9JUV.
357 issues and 8 years later Poco Press took over HR Report,
renamed the newsletter the Westlink Report, moved publication to
California and continued bi-weekly for another thirteen years.
This makes the Westlink Report the longest running newsletter
serving amateur radio as well as the first to be published
regularly from west of the continental divide. Schroeder says
that the main impact of newsletters and other ham radio news
services is to make Amateur Radio operators more aware of what it
takes to keep the hobby service alive.
"Basically, the most important thing about amateur radio news
is that it made amateurs as a whole much more aware of what it
takes to keep amateur radio viable both on a national and an
international scale. Because I think, back certainly when I was a
much younger ham. We didn't talk amateur radio politics. We
didn't pay much attention to the FCC. They did what they thought
was right for amateur radio and a few people up in Newington took
care of our needs. And that was it. I think there is far far
more awareness and far far more involvement of rank and file
amateur radio in planning for the future and in looking at what's
going on day than there was 25 years ago." Schroeder, W9JUV.
Today, most amateur operators read about the world of ham
radio on their favorite packet bulletin board, hear it on their
local repeater from Newsline or listen by satellite to This Week
in Amateur Radio.
And there is some good news in all of this. Westlink Report
readers will automatically receive Worldradio Magazine to fill out
the term of their subscriptions on an issue for issue basis.
Also, Newsline has agreed to assume the duties of administering
the Westlink Report Young Ham of the Year Award program. An
announcement on the date for the 1995 presentation ceremony will
be made within the next few weeks.
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ALABAMA SM RESIGNS
Some names in the news. First the ARRL's Section Manager
for Alabama has resigned. Ken McGlaughn, KM4JD, cites personal
reasons not associated with amateur radio for his decision to
step down.
McGlaughn's resignation took effect December 31st, that's half
way into his second 2 year term as Alabama Section Manager.
Taking over the duties is Tom Moore, KL7Q. Moore is active in
ARRL activities and is recognized as a driving force in amateur
radio in that southeastern state.
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SCDCC
Out west, William Wetzel, N6RKY has been named
Administrative Director of the Southern California Digital
Communications Committee. Wetzel is best known for his fund
raising efforts earlier this year on behalf of the Claremont
Amateur Repeater Association. This, in Clara's successful court
fight to ban several unwanted users from its systems. Wetzel
replaces Jim Fortney, K6IYK who resigned from the SCDCC post for
personal reasons.
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CAREER MOVES
Some friends of the amateur satellite program have recently
made upward career moves. This according to Harold Price, NK6K
who reports that Professor Martin Sweeting, G3YJO, has been made
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Surrey Satellite
Technology Ltd. This gives him overall responsibility for the
administrative, financial & technical strategy of SSTL and
specific responsibility for marketing.
Dr. Jeff Ward, K8KA and also known as G0SUL, has been promoted
to Technical Director of Surrey Satellite Technology. He is now
in charge of all technical and project matters for SSTL, reporting
to the CEO. He also has a seat on the SSTL Board of Directors.
SSTL is the commercial arm of the University of Surrey's UO-SAT
Unit.
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WIRELESS TEACHING
The Clinton administration says that it wants to use some of
the billions of dollars that will be raised by auctioning the
nation's airwaves to connect U.S. classrooms to the Information
Highway. This, according to Vice President Al Gore.
The Federal Communications Commission was directed by Congress
to sell the airwaves as a way to reduce the federal budget
deficit. But the auctions could raise more money than Congress
initially intended. Gore suggested that some of these extra funds
could be used to plug the nation's schools into the
telecommunications networks of the future. FCC chairman Reed
Hundt, who shares the same vision, has endorsed the proposal.
Gore, speaking at opening ceremonies at the latest spectrum
auction said the White House plans to discuss the idea with
Congress.
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ARRL ON AOL
The American Radio Relay League has a new E-Mail address on the
America Online service. Messages intended for the league should
be posted to AOL address HQARRL1.
Electronic mail can also be sent to the League via Prodigy, MCI
Mail and over the Internet. Please be certain you have the
correct mailbox or address for the ARRL on each of these services.
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GB2RS
From England comes word of a new GB2RS News Broadcast on the
70 centimeter band. It started on November 27th and takes place
on 433.525 MHz on FM every Sunday beginning at 20:00 UTC. The
bulletin station issuing the broadcast is G4OBE located in
Enfield, just north of London.
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PENPAL
Pat Bowers, KF5OL who teaches fifth grade at Swinburne
Elementary School in Farmington, New Mexico has twenty four
students that are looking for someone to write to. If your
interested please send a note via packet introducing yourself to
Pat and the class to KF5OL@KA5JNJ.
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DX - ZS PIRATE
In DX, Ralf Aue, DL3JSW reports that he recently worked ZS6BUD
on 160m and immediately sent out a QSL. In return he received a
letter from ZS6BUD telling Ralf that he does not have equipment
for that band.
The real ZS6BUD told DL6JSW that he has received quite a few
QSL's for contacts that he did not made and that a pirate station
is most probably an eastern block operator as he has been heard in
Australia when Russian stations were also active.
Ralf adds that if you work ZS6BUD on 160 meters don't bother to
QSL. It's simply a waste of time.
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And for this week, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.
You can write to us at Newsline, Post Office Box 3506, Arcadia, CA
91006.
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