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Amateur
Radio Parity
Act is
Introduced
in US Senate
The
Amateur
Radio
Parity
Act
of 2017
was
introduced
in the
US
Senate
on July
12,
marking
another
step
forward
for this
landmark
legislation.
Senators
Roger
Wicker
(R-MS)
and
Richard
Blumenthal
(D-CT)
are the
Senate
sponsors.
The
measure
will,
for the
first
time,
guarantee
all
radio
amateurs
living
in
deed-restricted
communities
governed
by a
homeowner's
association
(HOA) or
subject
to any
private
land use
regulations,
the
right to
erect
and
maintain
effective
outdoor
antennas
at their
homes.
The
Senate
bill, S.
1534, is
identical
to H.R.
555,
which
passed
the US
House of
Representatives
in
January.
"Amateur
Radio
continues
to be a
critical
part of
our
emergency
communications
operations,"
Wicker
said.
"Mississippians
learned
firsthand
after
Hurricane
Katrina
how
Amateur
Radio
operators
can
provide
a
resilient,
distributed
network
to first
responders
and
disaster
relief
organizations
when
other
communications
tools
fail."
"Amateur
Radio
operators
provide
an
invaluable
service
to their
communities
by
assisting
local
emergency
communication
efforts
when
disasters
occur
and main
lines
are
down,"
Blumenthal
said.
"This
bipartisan
measure
ensures
that
operators
have
access
to the
tools
they
need to
support
our
first
responders
when
lives
are at
stake."
FCC
Chairman
Ajit Pai
applauded
the bill
in late
January,
saying
that it
would
"help
Amateur
Radio
operators,
and take
several
steps to
promote
public
safety."
ARRL
President
Rick
Roderick,
K5UR,
expressed
the
League's
appreciation
to the
Senate
sponsors.
"ARRL is
grateful
for the
support
of
Senators
Wicker
and
Blumenthal
for
sponsoring
this
important
piece of
legislation,
and for
advocating
this
bill for
the past
3
years,"
he said.
"Their
continuing
support
is
critical
to the
success
of our
efforts."
President
Roderick
also
thanked
Senator
John
Thune
(R-SD),
who
chairs
the
Senate
Commerce
Committee,
for
"championing
the
Parity
Act in
the
Senate
since
the
beginning
of our
effort."
The
bill has
enjoyed
widespread,
bipartisan
support.
In the
114th
Congress,
nearly
130
cosponsors
signed
onto the
legislation
in the
House
and the
Senate.
The
legislation,
which
strikes
a
carefully
crafted
balance
for all
concerned
parties,
is the
result
of
months
of work
culminating
in the
accord
reached
by ARRL
and the
Community
Associations
Institute
(CAI).
The
measure
provides
for the
guarantee
of an
effective
outdoor
antenna
while
protecting
the
aesthetic
concerns
of HOAs.
In a
statement,
ARRL
said it
looks
forward
to
working
with the
bipartisan
leadership
of the
Senate
and the
Commerce
Committee
to help
move the
Wicker-Blumenthal
legislation
through
the
Senate
and to
the
President's
desk.
HAM
RADIO IN MINT CONDITION
PAUL/ANCHOR: Now here's one special
event station that's as newly minted
as any station could ever be. A team
of operators in the UK will be
activating the Royal Mint in South
Wales, which produces coins for many
of the world's countries. With those
details, here's Amateur Radio
Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH
JEREMY: Between the 29th of July and
the 5th of August, radio amateurs
from the Barry Amateur Radio Society
will be calling QRZ as Special Event
Station GB4RME. The club is calling
this The Royal Mint Experience,
marking it as a world first.
Organizers say this is the first
time hams have operated from inside
a mint anywhere in the world, much
less a royal one. According to team
leader Glyn Jones GW0ANA, listeners
will be able to hear the hams on
satellite, SSB, CW, RTTY, JT65 and
possibly even EchoLink. Glyn said
their visibility inside the mint
will give school visitors and other
youngsters a closer look at the
operation of amateur radio stations.
In fact, children who learn to
transmit their names in Morse Code
will receive a certificate of
recognition.
Glyn said that with the Mint
producing coins for more than 80
nations around the world, the hams
have the ambitious agenda of
contacting as many of them as they
can. He said it was [QUOTE] "a
monumental effort" [END QUOTE] but
that the hams plan to give it their
best shot. The Radio Society of
Great Britain has been contacting
national radio societies to further
publicize the operation.
NEW JOBS FOR INDIANA HAMS
PAUL/ANCHOR: Radio operators are
communicators, whether on the air or
off. Some Indiana hams are taking
that job even more seriously off the
air. Jack Parker W8ISH of the
Amateur News Weekly podcast shares
his report with us now.
JACK: Central Indiana now has a new
crop of public information officers.
The basic public information course
sponsored by the Wayne Township Fire
Dpeartment on the city's west side
is now complete. The free course was
offered to Indiana hams wanting
basic skills in performing public
information services. The three-day
class was limited to 25
participants. They used interactive
presentations and practical
applications to convey information
and engage the participants in
learning. The basic public
information officer course is
designed to prepare participants to
function as full or part time PIOs.
This training equipped participants
with basic skills such as oral and
written communications for working
with the media. The course was
offered to amateur radio operators
as well as emergency mangement
personnel including fire, law
enforcement, public health and other
organizations active in disasters.
If you are techically minded, the
Indiana section of the ARRL has a
job for you! Mark Westermeier N90Z,
Section Technical Coordinator for
Indiana, is looking to add technical
specialists to some underserved
areas of the Hoosier State,
especially the east, central and
southeast areas of the state
bordering Ohio. If you live in
Richmond and have a technical bent,
you may be the person they are
looking for to fill a technical
specialist position.
FINAL COUNTDOWN TO BOY SCOUT
JAMBOREE
PAUL/ANCHOR: It's time to set up for
the National Boy Scout Jamboree.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill
Stearns NE4RD will be on the scene
throughout the event and filed this
report as preparations entered their
final stages.
BILL'S REPORT: This week in Radio
Scouting we are traveling to the
Summit! Myself and over 5,000 other
adult Scouters will be making our
way to the Summit Bechtel Reserve in
West Virginia to setup for the
National Boy Scout Jamboree. The
K2BSA team arrives loaded and ready
to begin check-in and setup on
Saturday, July 15th. We hope to
start station testing as early as
July 16th. Scouts start arriving
around the 19th.
This is where you come in, as the
amateur radio community, we are
asking for meaningful and engaging
contacts for the Scouts visiting the
station. We expect to have around
4,000 of through the demonstration
station throughout the week. We want
this not only to serve as a
requirement of a merit badge for
those that need it, but as an
experience and introduction to a new
and exciting hobby.
I spoke with Russ Mickiewicz, N7QR,
about his role and setup of the
stations at National Jamboree:
RUSS: "My name is Russ Mickiewicz my
call is N7QR. I was originally
licensed from the Midwest as WA9SSR
back in '66 and my job in the
Jamboree is the technical crew for
K2BSA. I have one person on my
staff, Jason Miller. Between us two
we sort of shepherd the rest of the
operations people, we get the labor
from wherever we can find it and
essentially put the radios together,
put the antennas together, get all
the feedlines together and set up
around six stations. We'll have a
VHF station and about 4 HF stations
and maybe a rover station that can
do other things like Echolink.
Another part of my job is if
anything breaks, if we can put it
back together again or smoke gets
out, we try and put it back in the
box so that we have stations
operating all the time. Then at the
end we'll run around for a couple
days boxing it all up, putting it in
the trailer and back where they
store it.
BILL: I will be making sure that we
continue getting the message out
about this event while we're on the
ground in West Virginia. We'll be
posting updates on our website
k2bsa.net, our twitter feed
@K2BSA_Scouting, our Facebook Page
@K2BSA, and rumor has it that we'll
be featured live on the W5KUB
Youtube channel. All of our
operating frequencies and modes will
be updated on a special page on our
website at
www.k2bsa.net/jamboree-live. We hope
to work you on the air.
NEW LICENSES ISSUED IN SCANDINAVIA
PAUL/ANCHOR: There are a whole bunch
of new hams in Scandinavia calling
QRZ. As Amateur Radio Newsline's
Jeremy Boot G4NJH reports, testing
in Sweden and Norway has gone well.
JEREMY'S REPORT: Norway and Sweden
have welcomed some new amateurs on
the air, following their successful
completion of exams in those two
countries. The Norwegian Radio Relay
League reports that 21 new
license-holders are now ready to get
on the bands, following exams given
this spring. The newly minted
amateurs are as young as 15 and and
the eldest is 60. The Norwegian exam
contains 28 questions and although
only one of those to sit for the
test in Norway failed to get a
passing grade, the league notes that
the candidate scored close enough
for brighter prospects next time
around.
Meanwhile in Sweden, the airwaves
now have 64 new hams calling CQ. The
new radio operators gained their
licenses during the first six months
of the year and all but three have
opted to become members of the
Swedish national radio society, the
SSA. June was among the busiest
months of the testing season in
Sweden and the results speak for
themselves.
OKLAHOMA CITY HAMFEST A HAM HOLIDAY
PAUL/ANCHOR: It looks like Amateur
Radio Newsline anchor and
correspondent, Don Wilbanks AE5DW,
is about to make some news himself.
He's a man with a plan - and a plane
ticket - and he's heading back to
his home state of Oklahoma. Don, is
THAT what they call a "ham holiday?"
DON/ANCHOR: That’s right, Paul! I’m
doing the Steve Miller thing and
getting on that big ol’ jet airliner
to Oklahoma City for Ham holiday,
the OKC hamfest. They’ve invited me
to be a guest speaker at their bar b
q buffet banquet on Friday night,
July 21st and I’ll be hanging around
the hamfest Saturday the 22nd taking
in a few forums and just enjoying
being back home in The Sooner State!
So if you’re in or near the Oklahoma
City area I invite you to Ham
Holiday, the Oklahoma City hamfest
July 21st and 22nd! Everything you
need to know is at hamholiday.com. I
hope to see you there!
PAUL/ANCHOR: Another member of the
Newsline crew, Mike Askins KE5CXP
will also be appearing at the
hamfest. TheyÕd love to meet you.
SILENT KEY: JEFFREY CARMEL N1SAV
PAUL/ANCHOR: Participants in one New
England net are grieving the loss of
one of their net control operators.
We hear more from Amateur Radio
Newsline's Stephen Kinford N8WB.
STEPHEN: Sunday nights on 3958 kHz
will not be the same anymore. The
on-air gathering known as the Maine
Potato Net is mourning the passing
of Jeffrey Carmel N1SAV who became a
Silent Key on July 5 at the
Berkshire Medical Center in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts. A
mechanical technician and a member
of the First Baptist Church of
Pittsfield, Jeffrey served as net
control on 80 meters for the group
on Sunday nights at 7. According to
an obituary in the Berkshire Eagle
newspaper, he also enjoyed restoring
antique radios. Jeffrey was a
talented musician who played a
variety of instruments including
trumpet, trombone, bass and guitar
in a number of bands.
SPECIAL HONOR FOR S.C. SILENT KEY
PAUL/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, hams in
South Carolina are honoring a club
member who became a Silent Key last
year. Here's Amateur Radio
Newsline's Kevin Trotman N5PRE with
the details of a very special
Special Event station.
KEVIN'S REPORT: Steve Foster N4SZ,
was an active and respected member
of the Anderson Amateur Radio Club
in Anderson, South Carolina. When he
died September 18th of last year he
left a big vacancy. The club will
operate Special Event station N4AW
in Steve's memory, honoring all his
good work and his friendship. His
death came only a few months after
he received a 50-year service
certificate from the ARRL. Steve, an
accomplished DXer, had been a
longtime active member of the club
as well as an active participant in
missions with Southern Baptist
Disaster Relief. He was also
Coordinator of Anderson County
Emergency Preparedness. Be listening
on 20 and 40 meters for N4AW between
the 15th and 21st of July as hams
honor Steve Foster.
GETTING READY FOR HAMFESTERS OUTSIDE
CHICAGO
PAUL/ANCHOR: One of the largest
hamfests in the Chicago area is back
in town and Amateur Radio Newsline's
Neil Rapp WB9VPG gives us the
details.
NEIL: A lot of planning has gone
into the 83rd annual Hamfesters
Radio Club hamfest being held on
Sunday August 6th at the Will County
Fairgrounds south of Chicago.
Exhibits open at 8 a.m. inside a
fully air-conditioned building. For
enthusiastic shoppers, the flea
market will actually be open
starting at 6 a.m., so
bargain-hunters can get a two-hour
jump on things. Tickets can be
bought online. They are $8 in
advance; $10 at the gate and
children younger than 12 are
admitted free. Speakers include
broadcast producer Christian Cudnik
K0STH, host of the 100 Watts and a
Wire podcast; Keenan Campbell
KB9ZDK, director of the Bureau
County Emergency Management Agency;
and Mark Thompson WB9QZB founder of
the Yaesu Fusion System Yahoo group.
This is Peotone's largest hamfest,
with 14,200 square feet of exhibit
space. Perhaps one of the best
things you can leave with - if you
don't have it already - is a new
license or an upgrade. VE testing
will be available between 8 a.m. and
10:30. For more details, visit the
website hamfesters.org
STATION FIT FOR A QUEEN (MARY)
PAUL/ANCHOR: A group of YLs in
California known as Ladies of the
Net KM6CIR are celebrating their
recent success aboard the Queen Mary
W6RO, operating from the vessel's
radio room. They didn't just make
contacts there on July 8th; those
out-of-towners who had come to
operate were able to stay for two
days in the onboard hotel.
Tina Madsen KK6KSY told Amateur
Radio Newsline the experience was a
trip back into history, surrounded
by the vintage equipment on board
the 80-year-old vessel. It was also
a challenge managing the pileups she
said, especially since a large
foghorn nearby went off regularly
four times a day - at three-hour
intervals.
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, it's time to
celebrate offshore broadcasting with
special event station GB5RC, which
will be on the air August third
through seventh marking the long and
colorful history of Radio Caroline.
Be listening as seven operators from
the Martello Tower Group call QRZ
aboard the Ross Revenge which is
moored in the River Blackwater near
Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex. The
special event station is also
encouraging Short Wave Listening.
Operations will be primarily on 80m,
40m and 20m and the hams are also
hoping for operation on 17m, 15m,
12m and 10m if conditions favor it.
Texas amateur John W5JON is
operating on the Caribbean island of
St. Kitts and calling as V47JA until
the 5th of August. callsign. Listen
for him on the HF bands, 160meters
to 6 meters on single sideband and
also listen for him during the IOTA
contest at the end of July. Send
QSLs to his home call sign.
Be listening for Pierre VE3KTB who
will be using the call sign VY0ERC
through the 22nd of July as he
operates from Ellesmere Island where
the Eureka Amateur Radio Club has a
station. In addition to a contact,
working Pierre will count as NA-008
for the IOTA award. Pierre's QSL
manager is M0OXO.
KICKER: BIKES ARE VEHICLES FOR
KANSAS RESCUE DRILL
PAUL: Finally, we look at a rescue
drill in which the victims weren't
local residents simulating serious
injuries. Let's hear from Amateur
Radio Newsline's Mike Askins KE5CXP
how the hams handled THIS challenge.
MIKE: It was a search-and-rescue
mission unlike the kind most hams
get involved in but the Manhattan
Area Amateur Radio Club was
prepared. Coordinating their efforts
with the local Community Emergency
Response Team, radio operators like
Jim Foster KDØNQQX, the club's
secretary, served as
emergency-response workers, keeping
their eyes on the ground to discover
where help was needed in the city's
downtown.
It was July 8 in Manhattan, Kansas,
and there was no time to waste:
There were bicycles - yes bicycles,
dozens of bicycles - damaged and in
distress all around, some in
advanced stages of disrepair.
Of course, this was a drill, a
simulated disaster. The bicycles,
however, were real and so was the
need for some of them to be fixed so
they could be returned to service
with the city's free bicycle-sharing
service, Green Apple Bikes.
This so-called Green Apple Bikes
Rescue Operation was a way for Riley
County Emergency Management to test
emergency response in the city and,
at the same time, get much-needed
repairs for the well-used
two-wheelers.
Just like human disaster victims
would be transported for medical
care, the bicycles were taken to
repair facilities for their own
version of triage after the hams
spotted them and radioed for help.
In this case, however, there was no
need for any get-well cards or, for
that matter, QSL cards.
WWV 25 MHz Signal Swapped to
Circular Polarization, Reception
Reports Invited
The resurrected 25-MHz signal of
time and frequency standard
station
WWV is now emanating
from a circularly polarized
turnstile antenna.
WWV had used a vertically
polarized antenna on 25 MHz in
the 1970s. Silent since 1977,
the 25-MHz signal returned to
the air on an “experimental
basis” in April 2014, and it’s
been transmitting ever since —
initially on
a broadband discone until August
2015, when it switched back to a
vertical, which it used until
the July 7 switch to circular
polarization.“[W]e are
broadcasting with 2 kW from a
circularly polarized turnstile
antenna,” WWV lead electrical
engineer Matt Deutch, N0RGT,
told ARRL this week. “It is just
your standard plain-vanilla
turnstile — two horizontal
orthogonal dipoles with a
quarter-wave phase-shifting coax
linking them.”
Deutch has explained that
when the 25-MHz transmitter was
shut down in 1977, the antenna’s
radiating element was “tossed in
the bone yard, and a new longer
section put on the tower to make
it a 15 MHz stand-by antenna,”
Deutch recounted. When WWV first
reintroduced the 25-MHz
broadcast some 37 years later in
response to requests, it used a
broadband monopole. But, it was
later decided to use that
antenna for WWV’s 2.5-MHz
stand-by transmitter and to
rebuild the 25-MHz antenna. The
old radiating section was
retrieved and the antenna
rebuilt, so that it looked like
what was being used in 1977.
Deutch said it’s hoped that
the latest antenna change to
circular polarization might be
helpful to anyone studying
propagation during next month’s
total solar eclipse, which will
be visible across the US. “My
effort right now is focused on
getting the word out, just to
make people are aware that [the
25-MHz signal] is available, if
it can be useful to them.”
Before
the change, Deutch said WWV had
received reports on the 25 MHz
signal from across the Atlantic.
The 25 MHz broadcast includes
the same information transmitted
on all other WWV frequencies and
at the same level of accuracy.
Located
in Fort Collins, Colorado, WWV
is operated by the National
Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST).
WWV has
invited listeners’
comments and reports on its
25-MHz signal.
Historic Maritime Shore Stations
Take to the Air on July 12 for Night
of Nights XVIII
It's again time for historic
maritime CW stations to return
to the air, as they do each
July.
Night of Nights XVIII takes
place on July 13 at 0001 UTC
(Wednesday, July 12, in US time
zones). The event commemorates
the day — July 12, 1999 — when
coast and shipboard station
operators ceased to transmit
message traffic via Morse code.
The annual event i s
sponsored by the Maritime Radio
Historical Society (MRHS).
The RCA receiving station
in
Point Reyes National Seashore
(PRNS) in California will hold
an open house and tours of the
facility, starting at 3 PM PDT.
Some US Coast Guard stations
also will be on the air. "None
of this would have been possible
without the trust and vision of
the Point Reyes National
Seashore," an MRHS announcement
said. "The only reason these
facilities were spared the
bulldozer that visited all the
others is that they are on park
land. And the only reason they
have been restored to operation
is that the PRNS staff
understood their importance and
trusted the MRHS to restore them
to life."
Eighteen
transmitters will be on the air
from the MRHS site in Bolinas,
California — not counting
transmitters held in ready
reserve in case of failure. At
KPH, transmissions are scheduled
on 500/426 kHz; 4,247 kHz;
6,477.5 kHz; 8,642 kHz; 12,808.5
kHz, 17,016.8 kHz, and 22,477.5
kHz. Commemorative messages,
weather, traffic lists, and the
like will be sent via KPH.
Station KFS will send the
station identification “wheel”
on all HF channels when not
working ships. Its frequencies
are 500 kHz; 6,365.6 kHz;
12,695.5 kHz, 17,026 kHz, and
22,581.5 kHz.
Operators
at K6KPH, the MRHS Amateur Radio
club station, will monitor
frequencies on 80, 40, 20, 17,
and 15 meters, as propagation
and operator availability
permit. K6KPH will be open for
signal reports, traffic, or
general contacts. Its
frequencies are 3,550 kHz; 7,050
kHz; 14,050 kHz, 18,097.5 kHz,
and 21,050.0 kHz.
Send
reception reports and QSL
requests for MRHS stations to
Maritime Radio Historical
Society, PO Box 392, Point Reyes
Station, CA 94956. Include an
S.A.S.E.
Coast
Guard Stations
Four US Coast Guard call
signs will be active for the
event, using MF and HF
frequencies. They are NMC
(transmitter in Bolinas,
receiver in Point Reyes), NMN in
Chesapeake, Virginia; NMQ
(transmitter in Cambria,
California, receiver and control
point in Point Reyes), and NMW
(transmitter in Astoria, Oregon,
receiver and control point in
Point Reyes). NMN will be
remotely controlled from NMC.
Only one MF transmitter will be
in service at each station.
Morse transmissions will be made
on an as-available basis from
each station as USCG operators
must also accommodate scheduled
NAVTEX transmissions.
Send USCG
station reception reports and
QSL requests to ET1 Mike Leska,
ESD Ketchikan-QSL, 1300 Steadman
St, Ketchikan, AK 99901. Include
an S.A.S.E. — Thanks to Brian
Smith, W9IND, MRHS>
Ofcom to auction former
amateur radio spectrum
Ofcom has announced how valuable airwaves will be released
to meet the growing demand for mobile broadband, including
new measures to safeguard competition.
Ofcom is helping to meet growing demand for mobile data by
releasing extra spectrum, allowing mobile operators to
increase their networks’ capacity.
Later this year we will auction licences to use 190 MHz of
spectrum in two ‘frequency bands’ – 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz –
increasing the airwaves available for mobile devices by
almost one third.
The auction rules set out today are designed to reflect
recent market developments and safeguard competition over
the coming years.
The rules include competition safeguards. When auctioning
the spectrum, Ofcom will impose two different restrictions
on bidders. These will limit the amount of spectrum
operators can win in the 2.3 GHz band; and place overall
limits on the spectrum an operator can win across the 2.3
GHz and 3.4 GHz bands in aggregate.
Ofcom Statement
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/award-of-the-spectrum-bands
FCC Crackdown on Pirate
Broadcasters Targets at Least One
More Amateur Licensee
A recent flurry of FCC
Enforcement Bureau
correspondence to alleged
unlicensed broadcasters has
targeted at least one more radio
amateur — this time in the
Greater New York City area. It’s
not the first time Winston A.
Tulloch, KC2ALN, of Paterson,
New Jersey, has heard from the
FCC, which has had Tulloch in
its sights for at least several
months regarding a pirate FM
station on 90.9 MHz. Last
November, the Enforcement Bureau
sent Tulloch a Notice of
Unlicensed Operation after
receiving information that he
was operating a radio station.
FCC agents used
direction-finding techniques to
zero in on a signal on 90.9 MHz
coming from his residence.
“The field strength of the
signal on frequency 90.9 MHz was
measured at 105,451 microvolts
per meter (µV/m) at 101 meters,
which exceeded the maximum
permitted level of 250 µV/m at 3
meters for non-licensed
devices,” the FCC said at the
time.
Tulloch was sent a second
Notice of Unlicensed Operation
on June 8, after Enforcement
Bureau agents from the FCC’s New
York Office on May 2 responded
to a complaint of an unlicensed
FM station operating on 90.9 MHz
in Paterson. This time the
signal, measured at 176,526 μV/m,
was determined to be emanating
from another residence about 1
mile from Tulloch’s. The FCC
said someone at the residence
identified Tulloch as the
station’s operator.
A
third Notice of
Unlicensed Operation
followed on June 30, after
Enforcement Bureau agents
following up in the unlicensed
FM station investigation in
Paterson on June 12 confirmed by
direction-finding techniques
that the signal on 90.9 MHz was
continuing to come from the same
residence. On that occasion, the
agents measured the signal at
5,705 µV/m at 185 meters, still
greatly exceeding the maximum
permitted under FCC Part 15
rules for unlicensed devices.
FCC Enforcement Bureau Region
1 Director David C. Dombrowski
now has advised Tulloch at least
three times that the unlicensed
radio operation on 90.9 MHz
“must be discontinued
immediately.” The Commission’s
enforcement resources are
already suffering from last
year’s closing of FCC field
offices and the layoffs of field
agents, however, and the current
administration’s budget
allocates less money for the
FCC.
In late May, the Enforcement
Bureau issued a Notice of
Violation (NoV)
to Lyle E. Hilden, KD6LUL, of
Vista, California, alleging that
he had engaged in pirate radio
broadcasting on the FM band.
In the past week, the
Enforcement Bureau also sent
Notices of Unlicensed Operation
to other individuals in the
Greater New York City area as
well as to individuals and
couples in Massachusetts and
Florida. ARRL
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New England Hams you
might run across on 3864 or 3910.........
K1TP- Jon....Editor of As The
World Turns....
W1STS-
Scott...philosopher, hat
connoisseur,
KB1JXU- Matthew...75 meter
regular...our token liberal Democrat out of VT
KA1BXB-Don....75 meter
Regular......residing on the Cape of Cod, flying
planes and playing radio
KMIG-Rick....75
Meter Regular....teaches the future of mankind, it's
scary!
W1GWU-Bob....one of
the Hosstrader's original organizers, 75 meter
regular, Tech Wizard!!!
K1PEK-Steve..Founder
of Davis-RF....my best friend from high school
K9AEN-John...Easy going ham
found at all the hamfests
K1JEK-Joe...Easy going, can be
found at most ham flea market ...Cobra Antenna
builder..
K1BXI-
John.........Dr. Linux....fine amateur radio op
....wealth of experience...
KA1GJU- Kriss- Tower climbing pilot who cooks on
the side at Hosstrader's...
N1XW.....Mike-easy
going, Harley riding kind of guy!
W1XER...Scott....easy going
guy, loves to split cordwood and hunt...
K1BQT.....Rick....very
talented ham, loves his politics, has designed gear
for MFJ...
W1KQ- Jim-
Retired Air
Force Controller...told quite a few pilots where to
go!
N1OOL-Jeff- The 3936 master
plumber and ragchewer...
K1BRS-Bruce- Computer Tech of 3936...multi
talented kidney stone passing ham...
K1BGH- Arthur, Cape Cod,
construction company/ice cream shop, hard working
man....
W1VAK- Ed, Cape
Cod, lots of experience in all areas, once was a
Jacques Cousteus body guard....
KD1ZY- Warren....3910
regular
N1IOM-
Paul.....3910 test king....testing......always
right....
N1YSU- Bob,
easy going, kind of like Mr. Rogers until politics
are brought up then watch out...
K1BNH- Bill- Used to work for
a bottled gas company-we think he has been around
nitrous oxide to long .
K1PV- Roger....75 meter
regular, easy going guy...
Silent KeyWB1DVD- Gil....Gilly..Gilmore.....easy going,
computer parts selling, New England Ham..
Silent KeyKB1CJG-"Cobby"- Low
key gent can be found on many of the 75 meter
nets.........
Silent KeyWB1AAZ-
Mike, Antrim, NH, auto parts truck driver-retired
Silent Key
W1OKQ- Jack....3936 Wheeling
and Dealing......keeping the boys on there toes....
Silent Key
W1TCS- Terry....75
meter regular, wealth of electronic knowledge...
Silent Key
WIPNR-
Mack....DXCC Master, worked them all!.. 3864 regular
for many years...
Silent Key
WILIM-
Hu....SK at 92... 3864 regular for many
years...
Silent Key
N1SIE- Dave....Loves
to fly
Silent Key:N1WBD- Big
Bob- Tallest ham, at 6'10", of the 3864 group
Silent Key:
W1FSK-Steve....Navy Pilot, HRO
Salesman, has owned every radio ever built!
Silent Key:
W4NTI-Vietnam Dan....far
from easy going cw and ssb op on 14275/313
Silent Key:K1FUB-Bill-
Loved ham radio........Ham Radio Ambassador!
Silent Key:
K1GAR- John- Very colorful
character!......self appointed "hambassador" by
Gordon West.....
Silent Key:
N1GXW-Frank-Mellow Mainer..........
Silent Key:W1JSH-Mort-
Nice fellow to talk to on 3936 on the early
afternoon session
Silent Key:
K4WHO-Kerry-Mellow ham,
professional musician, one of the nice guys
on14313....
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