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/////////////////////////////////////////// Amateur Radio Group and Grimes EMC Connect with Scouts: Posted: 07 Nov 2016 04:04 PM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/37951 Boy Scout Troop 361 members joined with the Grimes County Amateur Radio Group and Grimes County Emergency Management Coordinator Dave Lilly in the first Radio Jubilee in Grimes County. The Jamboree-on-the-Air is in its 59th year, but the newly formed Grimes County Amateur Radio Group (GCARG), hosted the first of many events in the county as a means in which to highlight the importance of Ham use during emergency events. The event was held at the Navasota Center on Stadium Drive. The GCARG is sponsoring the Troop 361 endeavor of the Radio Merit Badge. The Scouts were able to connect to others around the world and the State. Contact was made as far away as England and the U.K., while other participants in Laredo and Florida connected with members of Troop 361. More than 500,000 Scouts in 100 countries from Algeria to Zimbabwe participate in JOTA each year. As part of the event, all participants received a special JOTA patch, and a designated QSL card for the JOTA. /////////////////////////////////////////// Snaggin' the Waves: Posted: 07 Nov 2016 04:03 PM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/37950 For the preceding eight weeks, my senescent brain has been subject of an onslaught detailing electronic theory, facts, figures, and technical data. I cling to the prospect this cognitive effort may lend in delaying Alzheimer's grip. United with 29 other hopefuls, for three hours every Tuesday evening, we have striven to attain the title of "Technician" in the world of Amateur (Ham) radio. As I type this, the lot of us are cramming for the "day of judgment," when FCC examiners put us through our paces in the final test. Class organizer Bill McAlpin (WD9GIU) echoed the fact that we should study but needn't worry. Too late buddy, I'm losing sleep. /////////////////////////////////////////// Lone-Wolf Radio Hoaxer Hacks Melbourne Air Traffic Control -- Police: Posted: 07 Nov 2016 04:02 PM PST http://www.eham.net/articles/37949 Australian federal police are hunting a lone-wolf radio hoaxer who made 15 illegal transmissions to air-traffic controllers and domestic passenger pilots last month - including one telling a Virgin pilot to abort a landing. The agencies investigating the incidents believe only one person has made the transmissions by finding a way to tap into the air traffic control frequency and communicate directly with planes and control towers. Flight data shows the plane came close to the runway as it approached Tullamarine Airport on an October evening. Then, three minutes later, the plane climbed to 3,800 feet and started circling over north-west Melbourne - all under orders from the hoax air-traffic controller. Later that evening, the hoax caller impersonated the pilot of a light aircraft. He issued a mayday call and pretended to be experiencing engine trouble. John Lyons, president of Virgin Independent Pilots Australia, said rogue radio transmissions were "a concern" because pilots must obey instructions from air traffic controllers but may not be able to verify who is or isn't a legitimate controller. Lyons said rudimentary amateur VHF radio equipment could be used in such a hoax. "It's not hard for someone to obtain," he said. "There's a lot of people that spend a lot of time observing aircraft at airports, and many of them have radios that monitor frequencies. But most of them just listen. |
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