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Amateur Radio Newsline #910 21 Jan 1995
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NEWSLINE RADIO - CBBS EDITION #910 - POSTED 01/26/95
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The following is a QST
A killer quake in Japan, floods in California and a missing
yachtsman is found. All these ham radio stories and more on
Newsline report number 910 coming your way right now!
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JAPAN QUAKE
Ham radio operators around the world are being asked not to try
to send messages into the earthquake ravaged city of Kobe Japan.
This is because these is no way to get these messages delivered at
this time. For hams in the United States wanting to provide
assistance the problem is even bigger. This, since no bi-lateral
third party traffic agreement exists between the United States and
Japan. As such, United States hams are barred from handling any
form of health and welfare messages until and unless both nations
declare a need for amateur radio to get involved.
By way of background, on Sunday Morning January 16th here in
the USA, the city of Kobe was rocked by a 7 dot 2 magnitude
trembler. The devastation in that city is wide-spread. The
casualty list as of Wednesday January 18th says that 3000 are dead
and at least another 1000 are still missing. At least 40,000 are
homeless and these figures are expected to rise as rescue efforts
continue.
As we go to air, CNN reports that much of Kobe is without
public utilities. This includes telephones and electricity and
the situation could remain that way for several weeks. As a
result, most hams in the Kobe region are off the air. Those few
who do have power and whose equipment survived the quake are
probably involved in providing inter-city communications within
Japan. They cannot be bothered handling health and welfare
requests from outside the country until such time as the
immediate emergency is past.
Once again, if you live outside of the United States and you
are being requested to send traffic to Japan, please hold all
messages until such time as word comes from Japan that these
messages can be delivered. If you live in the United States
please wait until you are told by the FCC that a temporary third
party agreement has been put in place to permit emergency traffic
to Japan. As we go to air, no such order has been issued by the
FCC.
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YACHTSMAN FOUND
Some good news. Ernie Nievera, N2MBC reports that missing
yachtsman Tony Wee, WZ7B who left San Diego on December 1st has
turned up safe in Hilo, Hawaii on January 7th. Tony was presumed
missing after loosing regular contact with the Maritime Mobile
Net.
As it turned out, Tony had trouble charging his batteries
and could not use any electronic equipment including his High
Frequency ham transceiver.
N2MBC says in his packet report that Tony has scrapped his
voyage for the Philippines and selling the boat in Hawaii.
Until he turned up in Hilo, boaters along the US West Coast
had thought WZ7B was shipwrecked somewhere off Baja California,
Mexico.
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2310 MHz REALLOCATED
Word that the FCC has voted to allocate spectrum from 2310 to
2360 MHz for a new satellite digital audio radio service. This
band is part of spectrum from 2300 to 2450 MHz, all of which is
currently allocated to the Amateur and Amateur Satellite Services
in ITU Region 2 on a secondary basis. This, with the exception of
2310 to 2390 MHz which is restricted from use by hams.
The FCC says the new audio service will allow direct satellite
to ground radio to areas of the country and to minority and ethnic
groups that are inadequately served by traditional, terrestrial
radio.
The Commission notes that service and licensing rules for the
new allocation will be addressed in a later rule making.
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OFF THE AIR
Word that health and welfare station K4CG is shutting down due
to federal budget cutbacks. K4CG is located in Alexandria,
Virginia. It was formerly known as NMH and was the site of the
Headquarters for the United States Coast Guard radio station.
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BOY SCOUT NET
The Boy Scouts of America has established a new net called BSA
Net International. It meets every Sunday at 20:30 UTC on 14.290
MHz. KB8OCC will act as net control.
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10-10 CONVENTION
The 10-10 International net Inc. will hold its convention in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama on June 16th and 17th. Information is
available from K4CIH for a business size SASE or packet from
K4CIH at the KD4CIF packet BBS.
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IRAQ HAM CONVENTION
Also on the convention scene, Adel Aswad, YI1FC says that Iraq
is planning to hold a world-wide amateur radio convention in
March. He says his government wants invite all active radio
amateurs around the world to attend the gathering. With Iraqi
strongman Saddam Hussein still running Iraq, it will be
interesting to see who from outside that nation accepts the
invitation.
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AMSAT-NA JOINS WORLD-WIDE WEB
Turning to the Newsline science page, word that the amateur
radio space program has a new communications tool that will
eventually benefit all hams. Here is what it is and how it works.
AMSAT-North America has joined the World Wide Web service on
the Internet. This new pilot project will make available a
variety of hypertext documents, pictures, video, and audio
materials related to the amateur satellite program. Users will
need a computer with an Internet connection and a special browser
program. The Web presents a very friendly, easy to use interface
to a wealth of information on AMSAT's new server and on thousands
of other servers worldwide. Graphical browser programs such as
"Mosaic" are freely available for many popular computers,
including the PC running Windows or OS/2, the Macintosh, and UNIX
machines using the X Window System. Text mode browser programs,
such as Lynx, are freely available for text terminals attached to
host computers. The project also joins the AMSAT.ORG mailing
lists as a service of the Electronic Publishing department of
AMSAT-NA.
More information on this World Wide Web project is available
directly from Amsat North America or your local Amsat area
coordinator.
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TRAKBOX FIRMWARE FIX
As most active satellite Trak Box users must know by now,
here is a bug in firmware versions 3.30a through 3.30h. The
problem relates to the clock settings now that we are in the
year 1995 and became apparent at midnight on December 31, 1994.
A new code to fix the problem is available from various
sources for the benefit of those users who have programming
capability. The code will be posted on the KO-23 and KO-25
satellites as soon as the birds are back in normal service.
Meanwhile, Track Box users can also find the new operating code
in DL5 of the HAMNET Special Interest Group on Compuserve.
For those Track Box users not having programming capability,
Tucson Amateur Packet Radio is taking orders for new ROMs for
your Trak Box. Please contact that organization for more
information on any charges and availability.
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DX
In DX word that Seborgia may soon be on the air again. This in
a fax received by several DX newsletters from 3A2LZ who states he
has received operating permission for 1995. Look for him as
IK/3A2LZ/1P0D usually on weekends operating CW and RTTY until the
battery in his laptop computer runs out.
Also, DU9RG, has announced that plans are being made for a
Spratley Island operation around April 10th to the 16th. The
callsign that will be used is DU0K. No other information was made
available as we go to air. Also a reminder that Spratly is a
disputed territory and is claimed by several countries.
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OMEGA RADIO MOVE
This note to those who listen to Newsline by satellite
rebroadcast over the Omega Radio Network. Word that Omega radio
will be moving to a new satellite and transponder in two weeks.
Effective February 1st, look for programming like the Friday
Night Live TVRO Show, This Week in Amateur Radio and Spectrum
on the Telstar 302 communications satellite on Channel 21.
Again, the change in satellites and transponders for hobby
radio programming of the Omega Radio Network takes place on
February 1st. Look for it on Telstar 302 on Channel 21.
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A CASE OF HONOR
And finally, here is a sad tale as reported by Tony Breathmach,
EI5EM over in Dublin, Ireland, which would leave a sour taste to
any serious DX operator. A blatant request for a bogus QSL card
for DXCC credit!
According to a packet radio dispatch from the Irish Amateur
Radio Association, EI5EM says that after a recent CW QSO with a
European Station on 80 meters he received a package direct to his
address. A correct QSL card was enclosed for the 80 meter
contact, but also included was a card for a CW QSO on 160 meters
that Tony says never took place. A blank third party QSL card
was also enclosed for a special event Marconi Station QSO. Also
included was a note specifically requesting a QSL card for the
fictitious QSO on 160 meters. The note said it was needed for
8 Band DXCC as 160 meter QSO's with EI prefix stations are
particularly difficult.
But it gets worse still. EI5EM says that the operator also
supplied a list of blank QSL's in addition to the special event
one enclosed. Tony said it was obvious to him that these would
become available if the 160 meter QSL was sent.
But we can all be very proud of EI5EM. Tony filled out only
the legitimate QSL card and returned the other two cards with
appropriate comments. Among the rare cards available from the
operator in question were HB0, IS0, 4U1ITU, UA0, 4K1, 7X2 and
numerous others.
But here is the real kicker. Tony says that printed in bold
type on the rogue operators QLC card were the words "DXCC Honor
Roll".
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And for this week, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.
You can write to us at Post Office Box 660937 in Arcadia,
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