Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1941 - October 24 2014
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1941 with a release date of October
24th 2014 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Hams in the Philippines to assist in Manila crime
watch; the Sun unleashes an X class flare on October 22; China launches a
ham radio payload to circle the moon; CQ issues a revised policy statement in
regard to Crimea in contest scoring; the Veterans Administrations announces
plans for its own High Frequency radio network; Russia plans to launch newly
designed smart mini satellites and how to collect cosmic rays on a smart
phone. Find out the details on Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1941
coming your way right now.
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WORLDBEAT: HAMS TO BE AMONG VOLUNTEERS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR CROMINAL ACTIVITY
IN MANILA
Ham radio operators will soon be among several groups of volunteer radio
operators on the lookout for criminal activities in the city of Manila in the
Philippines. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF has the details:
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government has requested that
volunteers from a number of communication groups use their radios to report
from areas subject to a high incidence of theft and robberies.
Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II and the National Capital Region Police
chief recently met with various communications groups as part of an anti
criminal activity campaign. This included representatives from the
Philippine Amateur Radio Association, React Philippines and several other
volunteer radio communication organizations. Discussions centered on areas
where the radio equipped volunteer observers would be deployed as well as
their responsibilities.
For them to be easily recognized by those in need of assistance the radio
equipped volunteers will wear red berets and red vests. On observing
criminal activities or receiving a complaint the radio operators would notify
one of a number of command centers. The command centers will in turn relay
the complaints to the police stations for officers to be dispatched.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government and the radio
communication groups will sign the Memorandum of Agreement in November.
Roxas acknowledged that the collaboration was prompted by the lack of police
deployed to patrol in high crime areas. He added that if this pilot project
is successful in the metro Manila area it would also be expanded to other
geographic regions.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, in Nelson, New
Zealand.
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The complete story of this crime fighting initiative in Manila is on the web
at tinyurl.com/anti-crime-drive (inquirer.net)
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PROPAGATION: X CLASS FLARE CAUSES RADIO OUTAGE
If the ham bands seemed to suddenly disappear from your radio on October
22nd, you can blame it on the sun. According to a report posted to Facebook
by Thomas David Hood, NW7US, a strong, level X 1 point 7, sunspot x-ray flare
was produced by active sunspot region AR 2192 peaking at 14:28 UTC. This
caused an R3-level radio blackout on the sunlit side of the Earth, during the
flare event.
NW7US said that if a Coronal Mass Ejection or CME was released, it is likely
heading toward Earth and would arrive in anywhere from two and four days.
Hood, who writes the propagation column in CQ Magazine notes that if that
occurs, it would result in Aurora along with degradation of shortwave radio
propagation. You can follow Hood's solar activity reports at
facebook.com/spacewx.hfradio. Updates are also available at spaceweather.com
(NW7US via Facebook)
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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: HAM RADIO PAYLOAD ON ITS WAY TO CIRCLE THE MOON
China has launched its robotic moon circling mission that carries a ham
radio payload. The main purpose of this flight is to test of re-entry
technology for the country's future lunar sample-return mission. Complete
details on the role of amateur radio can be found beginning on page 14 of the
mission outline at tinyurl.com/lux-space-moon. The file is in PDF format. A
wed-based report on the actual launch provided by NASA is at
www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/10/china-lunar-sample-return-test-mission (LUX
Space, NASA)
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RESTRUCTURING: CEPT TO CONSIDER REGION 1 ALLOCATION ON 4 METERS
A proposal has been adopted to modify the European Common Frequency
Allocation table to assign 69.9 to 70.5 MHz in the 4 meter band on a
secondary basis to the Amateur Service.
International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 and five IARU Region 1 countries
submitted the proposal at a meeting of the European Conference of Postal and
Telecommunications Administrations or CEPT. This when its Frequency
Management Working Group met October 6th through the 10th in France.
At this time more than two dozen governments that comprise members of
International Telecommunications Union Region One have adopted the CEPT
agreement that permits amateur radio operators the use of part or all of the
4 meter band. Others have taken wait and see position looking to the CEPT
and the ITU for final guidance on this matter.
Efforts to place a request for an allocation at 70 MHz in the region one on
the CEPT future action table have been underway since the mid-1990's. From
here the matter will work its way through the organization for ongoing
consideration and possible future action. (IARU-R1, Southgate)
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WORLDBEAT: UK 146 - 137 MHZ NOTICES OF VARIATION NOW AVAILABLE VIA RSGB
WEBSITE
United Kingdom holders of that nation's Full license class can now apply for
Notices of Variation to gain temporary access to use the 146 MHz to 147 MHz
band.
As reported last week, British telecommunications regulator Ofcom had
published a Statement that included an intention to release an additional
megahertz of 2 meter spectrum to radio amateurs on a temporary basis but UK
hams wanting to use the spectrum would require a Notice of Variation.
Now comes word that applications for the Notices of Variations can be made
via the RSGB website from the end of October. These Notices of Variation
currently being issued have an expiration date of October 31, 2015. What
type of activity will take place in this added temporary spectrum is at
airtime unknown. (RSGB)
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RADIOSPORTS: CQ MAGAZINE REVISES POLICY ON CRIMEA IN CQ SPONSORED CONTESTS
CQ Magazine says that it has reconsidered an earlier decision regarding
contact credit made with stations in the Crimea. This after receiving
requests from contesters world-wide.
On September 17th, CQ announced that logs will not be accepted for any CQ
contest from stations in Crimea operating with Russian-issued call signs.
Also, contacts made by others with those stations will be removed from
contestants' logs without penalty and that no contact or multiplier credits
will be given.
This brought on some highly heated debate both on the air as well as in
web-based discussion groups. Now, in its October 21st response to requests
from a large number of contesters around the world, CQ has reconsidered its
decision.
As CQ Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, explained, a large portion of the
contesting community felt that CQ was unfairly denying our fellow amateurs in
Crimea of the opportunity to fully participate in our contests. Ross went on
to say that since the country list for CQ contests is based on a combination
of the Worked All Europe and ARRL DXCC lists, and the ARRL has already
adopted a policy regarding Crimean stations in its award and contest
programs, CQ will amend its policy to be consistent with the ARRL's DXCC
policy.
With this latest decision the listings of Crimean stations submitting logs
for CQ contests will be based on the call sign under which they have
operated. If they used Russian-issued calls in the contest, they will be
listed under Russia. If they used Ukrainian-issued calls in the contest,
they will be listed under Ukraine.
According to Ross, this change reflects not only the desire of many
contesters around the world, but also of a large majority of members of the
CQ World Wide DX Contest Committee. (CQ)
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DX UP FRONT: ZD9 TRISTAN DA CUNHA OPERATION CANCELLED.
In DX up front, the Italian DXpedition Team has announced that its ZD9TT
DXpedition to Tristan Da Cuna originally planned for September 2014, but
later postponed until September 2015 due to transportation issues, has now
been canceled. The group also says that it will no longer advertise its
plans in advance and that it regrets that this decision might affect the
plans of other teams. However, it feels compelled to adopt this policy due
to the course of events. (OPDX)
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DX UP FRONT: CHRISTMAS ISLAND THROUGH OCTOBER 31
A team of operators from Poland should be active as VK9XSP from Christmas
Island through October 31st. Operation will be on 160 through 6 meters using
CW, SSB and RTTY with two to three stations on the air 24 hours a day.
Special attention is being paid to the lower bands and to areas where
Christmas Island is the most difficult to work. QSL's go via SP6EQZ. (OPDX)
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DX UP FRONT: DXCC APPROVED FOR E30FB ERITREA
The ARRL has announced that last the September 17th to the 22nd E30FB from
Eritrea sponsored by the Foundation for Global Children has been approved for
DXCC credit. This was the operation by JH1AJT reported on extensively in
past Amateur Radio Newsline reports. (OPDX)
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RESCUE RADIO: VETERANS ADMINISTRATIONS ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR ALE BASED HF
RADIO NETWORK
The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to establish its own High
Frequency radio network to link up medical facilities in case of an emergency
that damages or destroys other normal lines of communications. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB, has more:
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NextGov.com has reported on a plan by the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs Strategic Acquisition Center to award a five year firm fixed
price Indefinite Delivery and Indefinite Quantity contract for the creation
of a new high frequency radio network for its exclusive use. The contract
will include equipment, installation, testing, certification, warranty and
training to guarantee that the network will be a fully functional turnkey and
resilient emergency communications system.
As outlined, this HF Network shall be made up of a yet to be determined
number of 400 watt backbone stations. These will work in tandem to receive
and automatically relay communications 125 watt fixed and mobile stations
located at approximately 200 Veterans Health Administration facilities.
This High Frequency Network would operate somewhere in the 3 to 30 MHz
spectrum though no exact frequencies have been mentioned. As outlined it
would provide emergency two-way radio communication, along with an
interconnect to the existing public switched telephone network as well as
cellular and Internet Protocol telephone networks. This would allow for
radio-to-telephone communication and Automatic Link Establishment better
known in ham radio circles as ALE. The Veterans Administration plans to
issue a formal request for proposals by October 31st.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, reporting.
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An in-depth look at this proposal including a ham radio aspect in its
planning is on the web at tinyurl.com/VA-HF-network (NextGov.com, Southgate)
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RADIO LAW: ARRL EXEC COMMITTEE POLICY STATEMENT ON AR MOBILE OPERATION
The ARRL Executive Committee has adopted an updated Policy Statement on
amateur radio mobile operation. While agreeing that driver inattention is a
leading cause of auto accidents and that concern over driver distraction "is
not unreasonable," the policy cites Amateur Radio's 70-year history of
two-way mobile operation as evidence that such radio use does not contribute
to driver inattention.
The policy statement goes on to point out that Amateur Radio operation
differs from cell phone communication in part because the device need not be
held to the face to listen. Also, no text messaging is involved and mobile
ham operators only need to pick up a microphone to make brief and infrequent
transmissions.
Prompting the policy update is the 2012 federal law titled "Moving Ahead for
Progress in the 21st Century" or MAP-21. This is a statute that requires
states to enact and enforce laws that prohibit texting through a personal
wireless communications device while driving in order to qualify for federal
grants to support a state's program.
Many states already have statutes in place that restrict the use of cell
phones and other communication devices to a greater or lesser degree, and
several already exempt Amateur Radio. The ARRL is urging states or
localities to adopt motor vehicle codes that narrowly define the class of
regulated devices, in order to specifically exclude Amateur Radio from their
jurisdiction.
The complete ARRL position on this issue can be found at
arrl.org/mobile-amateur-radio-policy.
(ARRL)
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RESCUE RADIO: FCC ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH INDUSTRY CANADA FOR CROSS-BORDER
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS
A new pack will permit cross border hand-held radio communications between
the United States and Canada between those involved in public safety issues
in both nations.
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and Industry Canada Senior Assistant Deputy
Minister Kelly Gillis have signed an agreement allowing public safety
officials who cross the U.S.-Canada border to use their hand-held radios in
either country. The agreement called a Statement of Intent between the FCC
and Industry Canada expands roaming privileges originally granted to public
safety officials in a 1952 Treaty.
The big difference is that the new Statement of Intent allows public safety
officials to operate hand-held radios in the other country whereas the 1952
agreement only contemplated the cross-border operation of radios installed in
public safety vehicles. The Statement of Intent also eliminates the need for
the host country to issue permits to public safety officials crossing the
border provided the radios used by such officials are licensed in their
country of origin. (FCC)
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ENFORCEMENT: FCC AFFIRMS $24000 FINE FOR INTERFEREING WITH SHOPING CENTER
RADIO SYSYEM
The FCC has denied a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Kevin W. Bondy
and at the same time has affirmed a forfeiture of $24,000 against him. This,
for engaging in unlicensed operation, intentionally interfering with licensed
radio operations, and refusing to allow an FCC inspection of his radio
equipment.
Back in 2009 the FCC received a complaint about interference to the
operations and security frequency for a shopping center in Thousand Oaks,
California. The security manager told the Enforcement Bureau someone was
interfering with the center's 461.375 MHz and 466.375 MHz frequencies after
which the FCC traced the interference to Bondy.
According to the FCC, Bondy admitted he was trying to force the shopping
center off its frequencies by transmitting NOAA Weather Radio on their radio
channels. The agency said Bondy also refused to allow an inspection of his
transmitting equipment and eventually issued the $24,000 Notice of Apparent
Liability to him.
Bondy did file an appeal but on October 14th the FCC ruled that it was
procedurally defective because it was filed to late. It then upheld and
affirmed the fine and gave Bondy fifteen calendar days to pay the amount in
full or to contact the agency to arrange a time payment schedule.
(FCC)
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ENFORCEMENT: FCC AFFIRMS $20000 FINE TO UNLICENSED FLORIDA BROADCASTER
The FCC has affirmed a penalty of $20,000 against Marc-Nus Charles for
operating an unlicensed radio station in Pompano Beach, Florida.
This past June 2nd , the Enforcement Bureau's Miami Office issued a Notice
of Apparent
Liability for Forfeiture to Charles for his alleged operating an unlicensed
radio transmitter on the frequency 92.5 MHz in Pompano Beach.
Before issuing the proposed fine the regulatory agency had warned Charles in
writing that such operations are illegal. When the stations broadcasts
continued the FCC proceeded to issue the $20,000 Notice of Apparent Liability
but Charles did not filed a response to the proposed fine.
In affirming the fine the FCC stated on October 16th that the fact the
Charles ignoring the agency's warnings demonstrated a deliberate disregard
for the Commission's authority and its rules, warranting a significant
penalty. As such, and based on the information before it, the FCC affirmed
the $20,000 forfeiture and gave Charles the thirty calendar days to pay in
full. (FCC)
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NAMES IN THE NEWS: JEAN L. KIDDOO JOINS FCC WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BUREAU AS DEPUTY BUREAU CHIEF
Some names in the news. The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has
announced that Jean L. Kiddoo has been named as its Deputy Bureau Chief.
Ms. Kiddoo is a graduate of Colgate University and earned her law degree
from the Catholic University of America. For more than 30 years she has
represented telecommunications, media and technology companies before federal
agencies, courts and state regulatory commissions.
She is a longtime member of the Federal Communications Bar Association and
served as its President from 1999 to 2000. (FCC)
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NAMES IN THE NEWS: KELLY KLAAS, K7SU, TO RETIRE FROM TOWNSQUARE MEDIA
Longtime Twin Falls, Idaho, broadcaster Kelly Klaas, K7SU, will retire at
the end of the year from Townsquare Media. This, after more than 45 years on
the air.
Klaas began his radio career as a Top 40 Disk Jockey in 1969 at station KEEP
which is today known as KEZJ. He ascended through various positions,
including News Director and Program Director, but most enjoyed hosting and
delivering the news.
Klaas is the recipient of numerous awards from the Idaho State Broadcasters
Association including Newscaster of the Year, Best Farm Broadcast of the Year
and several Best Commercial Production of the Year. He also served as a
station Chief Engineer and was essential in integrating new stations into the
existing operations.
On retiring, K7SU plans to spend more time with his grandchildren, operating
his amateur radio station and woodworking shop. He also expects to pursue
his interest in photography. More about his career and interest in ham radio
is at www.K7SU.com (All Access Media, magicvalley.com)
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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:
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: OFCOM EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW BROADBAND SYSTEM IN UK
United Kingdom telecommunications regulator Ofcom is in the middle of trials
of what it calls an innovative new wireless technology as we hear from WIA
reporter VK2LAW:
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Ofcom is progressing plans for the introduction of new wireless technology
in the UK - the first country in Europe likely to do so.
Both public and private organizations are taking part in trials, testing a
variety of innovative applications, using spectrum temporarily licensed by
Ofcom.
With trials already taking place across the country, Ofcom is working with
Google and ZSL London Zoo. These are the latest organizations to launch a TV
'white space' trial, using the technology to stream live footage of animals
to YouTube.
There are seven trials currently running across the UK, testing a variety of
applications, including: live wireless video streaming, next generation
Wi-Fi, sensor networks for flood defense, and broadband in remote locations.
I'm VK2LAW.
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How long this trial period will last and when the results will be made
available to the public is unknown at this time. (WIA News)
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: COLLECTING COSMIC RAYS ON A SMARTPHONE
Scientists at two campuses of University of California are looking to get
voluntary public support in their efforts to measure and track what they term
as the unimaginable number of cosmic ray particles that bombard the Earth
every second of the day. And all anyone needs to participate in this
research is a smart-phone with a camera and the researchers' new Cosmic Rays
Found in Smartphones or CRAYFIS app.
According to a news release, the app works by recording and tracking every
time one of these particles hits a smart-phone camera's sensor. This
effectively turns the device into a pocket based detector, computer and data
recorder. By creating the app and making it available to the general public,
the scientists believe that they can remotely gather data and build a larger
database than they could ever possibly compile on their own.
Right now what's being called the CRAYFIS group is letting people sign up
for beta versions of the app that's available for both Android and iOS
platforms in an attempt to gather a sufficient number of volunteers. They
say that the challenge is to create a willing user base within a dense enough
area to gather all the required data.
The complete proposal which includes graphical representations of the
research is available at the Cornell University Library in several formats at
www.arxiv.org/abs/1410.2895 (petapixel.com)
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WORLDBEAT: NEW SCHEDULE FOR SARL AMATEUR RADIO TODAY BROADCAST
The South African Radio league has announced a new broadcast schedule for
its program Amateur Radio Today. As of October 26th the Sunday morning
transmission will take place at 10:00 central African time will be
transmitted on 7 dot 205 and 17 dot 760 MHz. The Monday transmission will be
at 18:30 Central African Time on 4 dot 895 MHz.
As many broadcasters around the world make their frequency change on October
26th, reception reports on the various frequencies from around the world will
be appreciated. Please send reports to artoday (at) sarl (dot) org (dot) za.
(SARL)
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WORLDBEAT: HAM RADIO FOR YOUNGSTERS URGED IN WEST BENGAL
India's ZeeNews reports that members of the West Bengal Amateur Radio Club
recently met with the governor of West Bengal. This, in the hope of making
headway to popularize the hobby among the youth in that area.
In the interview with the newspaper, VU2MQT who took part in the meeting
noted that basic equipment to get started in amateur radio is very simple,
inexpensive and user-friendly. He also noted that the process is easy enough
for children to understand. Because of this the best way to begin is to
introduce ham radio into West Bengal school curriculum.
The article is titled Ham Radio Can Counter Dark Side of Social Networking.
It can be found in the English language at tinyurl.com/west-Bengal-ham-radio
(ZeeNews.com)
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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: 2ND ANNUAL AFRICA CUBESAT WORKSHOP
Radio amateurs from around the world are invited to attend the second annual
International Africa CubeSat workshop to be held in the city of Cape Town on
November 3rd and 4th. The venue is the Bellville Campus of the Cape
Peninsula University of Technology. Registration is free. More information
is at www.sarl.org.za (SARL)
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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: CALL FOR PROPOSED ARISS EDUCATIONAL CONTACTS COSES
DECEMBER 15, 2014
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station or ARISS program is
seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations. These
to host an amateur radio contact with a crew member on board the
International Space Station next year.
ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between May 1st and
December 31st, 2015. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, planners
would like organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and
that can integrate the contact into a well developed education plan. Crew
scheduling and International Space Station orbit parameters will determine
the exact contact dates.
The deadline to submit a proposal is this December 15th. Interested parties
can find more information about the program at www.ariss.org. A contact
proposal form is at tinyurl.com/ariss-contact-2015. (ARISS)
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DX
In DX, DG1BH is reported to be operating stroke 5B from Cyprus and will be
there through November 9th. Activity will be QRP holiday style using a
FT-817 on 20 meters on PSK and some SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or
by the Bureau.
DL1WH will be operating stroke P from Pellworm Island until October 28th.
Activity is holiday style and mainly CW. QSL via his home callsign, either
direct or by the bureau.
KL7SB will be active from Raratonga as E51RAT between late November and
early December. He will operate only as time permits but is definite for
November 29th and 30th. QSL via NI5DX.
KK6BT will be operational as TX5W from Raivavae Island in the Austral
Islands group
between January 5th and the 11th of 2015. His operation will be on 40
through 10 meters including 17 and 12 meter bands, operating exclusively
SSB. His primary objective is
to work as many amateurs in Central and Northern Europe as possible. QSL
information will follow shortly.
Lastly, a multi-national team of operators from Belgium, The Netherlands and
Greece will be active likely using the call EP6T from Kish Island in January
2015. Reportedly, it took nearly 3 years of negotiations and a reconnaissance
trip by ON4HIL, to Tehran which finally resulted in obtaining a legal license
to operate with a team of ten people for fourteens days. The group plans to
have at least four stations on the air around the clock for at least 10 days.
Activity will be on 160 through 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. More
information will as well as a Web page for this DXpedition will be available
in the near future.
(This weeks DX news brought to you courtesy of the Ohio-Penn DX Newsletter)
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RADIO IN SPACE: RUSSIAN SMART MINI-SATELLITES TO GO INTO ORBIT IN 2016
And finally this week, the first group of Russian smart mini-satellites
should be launched into orbit in 2016. Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather
Embee, KB3TZD tells us about these new and very intelligent mini birds:
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A number of Russian universities and space industry companies are expected
to create a specialized aerospace association. One which will work on
creating software to control groups of mini-satellites and improve their
ability to interact with one another.
Mikhail Sonkin is the Deputy Governor of Russia's Tomsk Region. He
announced that association members will include the Tomsk Polytechnic
University and the Tomsk State University. Also, that in addition to the
smart mini-satellites both will also be working on developing new materials
for the space industry as well as on establishing communication networks in
remote areas.
Last month, Sergey Psakhie who is the Chairman of the Presidium of the Tomsk
Scientific Center announced that Russian scientists were planning to create
unique mini-satellites capable of group interaction. The satellites will be
similar to the CubeSats that were developed in the United States, but would
be able to self-educate and repair each other without leaving the Earth's
orbit. This is quite a step forward in miniature satellite design.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, reporting.
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Sonkin is made the announcement at the recent Open Innovations Forum in
Moscow. (ANS via RIA Novosti and Space Daily)
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