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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2078 for Friday, August 25, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2078 with a release date of Friday, 
August 25, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Canada reviews its options for operations on 60 
meters. Be on the lookout for an updated form from the FCC -- and 
Huntsville was terrific, we'll tell you all about it! All this and more 
as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2078 comes your way right now.

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HUNTSVILLE HAMFEST - OUR YHOTY RECAP

PAUL/ANCHOR: We're back from Huntsville Hamfest! We begin this week's 
report with a wrapup of one of the biggest highlights for us, an annual 
tradition. Here's Don Wilbanks AE5DW.

DON'S REPORT:

"Good afternoon everyone.  It's 2 o'clock in Huntsville on the Saturday 
of the hamfest which means that since 1993 it has been time to announce 
the Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham Of The Year award, now known as the 
Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Young Ham Of The Year award."

And so began our celebration of youth excellence in amateur radio. Since 
Shawn Alan Wakefield, WK5P, of Bartlesville, OK in 1986, we've gathered 
to celebrate the lifeblood of this great hobby. This year it was Marty 
Sullaway, KC1CWF of Massachusetts in the spotlight.

"Marty is cofounder of the Eastern Massachusetts Contesting Club and 
trustee of it's callsign, KR1DX.  Marty created the club to get more 
young people involved in amateur radio in the suburban Boston area.  
He's helped teach and mentor many young people sparking interest in HF 
contesting, he's a member of the Yankee Clipper Contest Club.  His 
efforts in contesting have netted him many accolades including the 2015 
CQ WW SSB USA rookie plaque. His score of 13 million and change 
operating from K1FR still stands.  He also started a podcast called The 
Phasing Line and along with Sterling Coffee, N0SSC discussed topics like 
home brew antennas, contesting, activites of youth in ham radio and 
Sterling's cats, I think.  They talk about Sterling's cats a lot."

Time to hear from Marty.

MARTY: "Thank you! I'm so honored to be here!  It's so cool to be on 
this stage looking at so many people who've helped me along the way.  
It's important to realize that it takes a village to do anything and ham 
radio is no exception.  I've had so many people help me, whether it's 
hanging an antenna or learning a different skill, it's crazy to think 
how many people have come out of their way to help and suport me and I 
really appreciate that alot because there are a lot of things to learn 
and I've been very lucky, and I hope to learn a lot more.  I'm so lucky 
to be selected for this year's Bill Pasernak WA6ITF Amateur Radio 
Newsline Young Ham Of The Year and it's so cool to be here!  So awesome 
to be in Huntsville and super honored to accept this award.  I'm really, 
really honored."

Rich Moseson, W2VU, editor of CQ Magazine and Young Ham Of The Year 
judge explains most eloquently why we do this.

RICH: "The first recipients of this award 30 years ago are now among 
those who are worried about where the next generation of young hams are 
going to be coming from so this is not something new and different. It 
has to be an ongoing thing because we always need to be bringing along 
and encouraging the next generation of young amateur radio operators.  
I'd also like to recognize a few people in the audience, a couple of 
participants in the Dave Kalter Youth DX expidetion team that went to 
Costa Rica just a couple of weeks ago.  Several team members and their 
parents are here and that's another great way of helping to mentor young 
hams into becoming the next generation of ham radio leaders."

DON: That just scratches the surface.  Along with Newsline, our 
corporate sponsors Yaesu USA, CQ Communications, Heil Sound and 
Radiowavz Antennas presented Marty with an array of amazing ham radio 
gifts including a Yaesu FT-817 transceiver.  We continue the tradition 
that Bill Pasternak started by honoring youth excellence in amateur 
radio. Marty Sullaway, KC1CWF is just the latest in a string of amazing 
young hams dating back to 1986 and we will continue every year because 
it is the right thing to do.

Congratulations again to Marty Sullaway, KC1CWF, the 2017 Bill Pasternak 
WA6ITF Amateur Radio Newsine Young Ham Of The Year.  We are all so very 
proud of you!

There is so much more to the awards ceremony and you can hear it in it's 
entirety as a Newsline Extra.  I encourage you to visit arnewsline.org 
and click on the Extra tab on the top of the page.

For Amateur Radio Newsline and everyone involved in the judging 
committee, our corporate sponsors and the fine folks of the Huntsville 
Hamfest, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW.

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BE LISTENING FOR RADIO SCOUTS

PAUL/ANCHOR: Other young hams have been doing some inspiring things on 
the air too. Here's Bill Stearns NE4RD with the latest news on the K2BSA 
call sign used by radio scouts.

BILL'S REPORT: This week in radio scouting we have 1 activation of the 
K2BSA Callsign, 1 activation from scout camps on the air and it's still 
not too late to get started on your Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Activation.

Alexander Pritchard, KG5GKQ, will be the control operator for K2BSA/5 in 
Colleyville, TX on September 5th.  Alexander will be doing an 
out-of-this world event with scouts demonstrating satellite 
communications during a pass of the SO-50 satellite.

Brian McDaniel, N4AE, will be activating his club's callsign K9RSR at 
the Rainbow Scout Reservation in Morris, IL, on September 16th.  Brian 
and his group will be demonstrating ham radio on phone, PSK and DMR. 
Look for them on 80, 40, 30, 20, 17 and DMR.

With Jamboree on the Air quickly approaching, I spoke with Brian about 
getting started now.

BRIAN: Well my name is Brian McDaniel, N4AE, and I'm the trustee of 
K9RSR which is the official scout radio station at Rainbow Council in 
Illinois.  The Cub-scout program received a major overhall that benefits 
I think Ham Radio for the best.  The Arrow Of Light which is a Webelos 
achievement has a tailor made option for us connect with a Scout in 
another country at an event like JOTA.  It's written right into the 
program and your ham club should be reaching out to those local cub 
scout packs now.  I kind of describe it as mana from heaven as far as 
ham radio goes.  And you want to reach out to that cubmaster because 
he's going to set the calendar, and what you tell him is really really 
simple. Look, I have Arrow of Light advancement for your Webelos, you 
show up to this park or where ever your location is going to be, spend 
an hour, the kids are going to play with computers, they're going to 
play with radios, they're going to talk with people in other countries, 
and they're going to have a good time and you get to check the box.  And 
I don't know of any cubmaster in the country who wouldn't say where do I 
need to be and when.

The rest of my conversation with Brian about Radio Scouting can be found 
on our website.  To find a local scouting unit that you can get involved 
with, visit scouting.org and search for a unit by ZIP code.

For more information on JOTA and Radio Scouting, please visit our 
website at www.k2bsa.net.

For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this 
is Bill Stearns, NE4RD.

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HOPEFULS AWAIT TEST RESULTS IN BANGLADESH

PAUL/ANCHOR: It was a big day for hopeful radio amateurs in Bangladesh 
on Aug. 19 when more than 250 of them showed up to take the license exam 
offered by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Authority. Now 
the waiting begins.  Anup Kumar S21TV of the Bangladesh Amateur Radio 
League said in a recent email that the last amateur radio exam had been 
given in 2013 and was taken by 160 candidates. Of those who took that 
exam, 147 passed. Good luck to the future hams! We'll be listening for 
you on the air.

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CANADA EYES CHANGES ON 60 METERS

PAUL/ANCHOR: In Canada, authorities are giving 60 meters a second look. 
With those details, here's Heather Embee KB3TZD

HEATHER'S REPORT: Canadian regulators are seeking comment on the 
proposed changes on the 60-meter band for amateur use. The review of 
these regulatory changes is based on proceedings at the 2015 World 
Radiocommunication Conference and would add the international 5351.5 to 
5366.5KHz band to the existing five, U.S. compatible channels that were 
allocated by the Canadian regulator Industry Canada, in 2014."
George Gorsline VE3YV, the International Amateur Radio Union's Region 2 
Area A director, told Radio Amateurs of Canada that the responses will 
be tabulated after a 60-day period but said there was no schedule or 
deadline for the changes to be made. In any event, he added, amateur 
radio regulations would first have to be updated.

Industry Canada's own comments include notes that numerous nations have 
authorized 60-meter usage with restrictions and that no interference has 
been reported. Its consultation notes also said that the proposed 
changes would be especially helpful for radio operators responding to 
disasters at the domestic and international level.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Heather Embee KB3TZD.

(RADIO AMATEURS OF CANADA)

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repeater of the General Motors Amateur Radio Club in downtown Detroit, 
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NEW FCC FORM ASKS 'THE FELONY QUESTION'

PAUL/ANCHOR: If you're heading to a VE session anytime soon, pay 
attention - there's an updated form to watch for. Neil Rapp WB9VPG has 
the details.

NEIL'S REPORT: The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner 
Coordinators, better known as the NCVEC, has updated its unofficial Form 
605 that is used at volunteer exam sessions to coincide with the revised 
FCC Form 605. All exam sessions were required to start using the new 
version of the form on August 21st in preparation for the FCC deadline 
of September 7th. The change to the form questions applicants if he or 
she has been convicted of a felony in any state or federal court. This 
question has been on other FCC forms, and the omission on the form 605 
was not previously noticed. Applicants that answer yes to the question 
must provide a statement directly to the FCC concerning the 
circumstances of the conviction for qualification review. All previous 
versions of both FCC and NCVEC form 605 should be discarded.

Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG in 
Bloomington, Indiana.


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STATIC OVER AMATEUR TOWER IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

PAUL/ANCHOR: Being able to put up a tower doesn't necessarily put an end 
to the controversy over it, as some amateurs know. Kevin Trotman N5PRE 
tells us how one ham in Canada is handling things with his neighbors.

KEVIN'S REPORT: Just in time for the August 21 solar eclipse a ham in 
British Columbia received approval from Innovation, Science and Economic 
Development Canada for a 50-foot-tall radio tower in his backyard that 
will enable him to follow the effect the sun has on radio signals.

Brian Summers VE7JKZ got the approval despite a tide of opposition from 
neighbors who had circulated a petition asking that his tower plans be 
halted. Summers told the Victoria News that previous towers he has had, 
when he lived in Ottawa, Calgary and Richmond, never faced such 
obstacles and this was his first experience having to apply for formal 
approval.

He told the newspaper [QUOTE] "I wouldn't say I enjoyed it. It went on 
for too long, quite frankly, and people get very emotional about this." 
[ENDQUOTE]

Neighbors were claiming that the antenna was disrupting residents' WiFi 
reception in their homes, meaning that some subscribers to Netflix were 
unable to use that service. A few area residents have said they plan to 
follow up in court.

Meanwhile, Summers has advised neighbors that if they keep a log of WiFi 
interruptions, he will work with them on tracking his antenna use to see 
if it is indeed the cause of interference. And if need be, he said, he 
will correct it.

He told the newspaper [QUOTE] "I will be more than happy to work with 
their internet supplier to come up with a solution. That's part of my 
responsibility as a radio operator." [ENDQUOTE]

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman N5PRE

(VICTORIA NEWS)

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FIRST IT WAS TOWERING, NOW IT'S NOT

PAUL/ANCHOR: Speaking of towers, a big radio tower just came down in a 
Kentucky park. The demolition was deliberate, as we hear from Jack 
Prindle AB4WS.

JACK'S REPORT: If you heard a loud explosion around noon on Tuesday, 
August 16th in the Devou Park area in Covington, Kentucky, you witnessed 
the sounds of a 300-foot radio tower coming to the ground. The tower was 
part of the Kenton County Public Safety radio system for police and fire 
departments and had to be taken down. County Administrator Joe Shriver 
said it was discovered that a tree had had fallen and put pressure on 
the guy wires which help hold up the 300-foot tower. When the tree's 
weight came down on the guy wires it pulled and twisted the tower. The 
safest thing to do was a controlled demolition, otherwise the tower 
would have collapsed on its own. After placing a charge of a couple of 
pounds of explosives at the tower's base and anchoring points for the 
guy wires, Jeff Sizemore of O'Rourke Wrecking was able to bring down the 
tower in a predetermined fall zone. After demolition, the crews began 
removing the tower pieces. The tower was first built in 1942 for the 
U.S. Navy. Kenton County acquired the tower in the early 1990s for its 
public safety communications system and am emergency tower is being used 
to replace this one for the next 30 days. After that, Kenton County will 
use the Cincinnati tower for coverage until the new public safety radio 
communications system is installed sometime next year. Covering your 
amateur radio news in the Greater Cincinncati area and the Commonwealth 
of Kentucky for Amateur News Weekly, this is Jack Prindle AB4WS in Big 
Bone, Kentucky.

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our thanks to Amateur News Weekly for sharing that report. 
For more news of the Ohio-Indiana-Kentucky area visit amateurnewsweekly.com.

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HAMS IN INDIA HELP DETECT ILLEGAL RADIOS

PAUL/ANCHOR: Hams were called in recently by local authorities in India 
to help locate illegal transcivers. They succeeded, as we hear from 
Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY: Amateur radio operators assisted recently with the successful 
detection of at least four radio transceivers operating illegally in the 
Darjeeling Hills region of India, according to a report in the Times of 
India. Security agencies had brought in the hams who were ultimately 
able to detect communications from what was described as a senior 
pro-Gorkhaland leader across the border. The Gorkhaland Movement 
Coordination Committee, which has been trying to establish its own 
separate statehood, has denied any connection to the operation.

According to the newspaper report, hams began to monitor the radio 
transmissions right after violence began on June 8 and were able to 
confirm as well that the illegal transceivers were picking up wireless 
communications from law enforcement.

One of the amateurs told the newspaper that the initial communications 
picked up from two sets operating in the hills were innocuous decoys but 
later communications, which were made in Nepali, were detected between 
one of the movement's senior leaders and someone on the other side of 
the border.

Officials told the newspaper that some of the transceivers were later 
confiscated during raids. Hams remained optimistic that their 
cooperation with law enforcement would continue and one radio operator 
told the newspaper [QUOTE] "we share a very good synergy with security 
agencies." [ENDQUOTE]

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH

(TIMES OF INDIA)

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Malaysian amateurs are having a special event 
marking the 60th anniversary of independence, which is observed on the 
31st of August. Call signs beginning with 9M60 are the ones to be 
listening for. The event began on the 15th of August but there's still 
time for contacts in West Malaysia and East Malaysia until the 31st of 
August. Organizers recommend checking QRZ.com for details, especially 
QSL information, because each station has different requirements.

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KICKER:FINDING DIRECTION AT A UKRAINE SUMMER CAMP

PAUL/ANCHOR: Finally, with summer ending in some parts of the world, 
many youngsters are finishing the season with memories of having gone to 
camp. Jason Daniels VK2LAW has this story about how, in the depths of 
one Ukranian forest, some young hams found new directions.

JASON's REPORT: A resort in a well-forested area in northern Kiev became 
a welcoming QTH earlier this month for a radiosport summer camp that 
brought together young hams from both Ukraine and China. The South China 
Province of Guangdong had sent 55 youngsters who were particularly 
interested in participating in amateur radio direction-finding activities.

The summer camp is considered the first of its kind for the two 
countries. The youngsters departed for their QTH after a welcoming 
ceremony at the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine on August 16. Organizers said 
that despite the difference in language between China and Ukraine, all 
the youngsters will be able to communicate in English. The camp is to 
last 10 days and include formal training sessions in direction-finding - 
and then the kids will enjoy a contest between the two nations' teams.

One of the Chinese students, Xu Yi, who is a veteran of these 
competitions in Bulgaria, said she had actually developed an interest in 
radio direction-finding in order to lose weight. She told Xinhua.net 
[QUOTE] "then I got fond of it and it helped me to find a lot of friends 
in China and abroad." [ENDQUOTE]

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels VK2LAW

(XINHUA.NET)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; 
CQ Magazine; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Irish Radio Transmitters 
Society; K2BSA; Radio Amateurs of Canada; Southgate Amateur Radio News; 
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Shortwave; Xinhua.Net; and you our listeners, that's all from the 
Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at 
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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, 
and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun WD9GCO in Valparaiso Indiana 
saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

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