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Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1567 - August 24, 2007

Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1567 with a
release date of Friday, August 24, 2007 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a Q-S-T. U-H-F repeaters face
new challenges from Pave Paws radar, Germany
comes to 500 Kilohertz, D-Star is the star of the
Huntsville Hamfest and Grant Morine, W-4-G-H-M,
receives the 2007 Young Ham of the Year Award and
a cat tries some strange communications of its
own, Find out the outcome of its curiosity on
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) report number 1567 coming your way right now.


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HAM RADIO VS PAVE PAWS RADAR - ROUND 2

The saga of the government's Pave Paws radar
system versus a number of UHF ham radio repeaters
in Northern California and New England
continues. This, as the ARRL Lab sends out a
letter to those systems to bring them up to date
on where interference mitigation now
stands. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant,
K6PZW, is here with some of the details made public by one repeater owner:

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The following is from a letter to an unnamed
California repeater owner from ARRL Lab Manager
Ed Hare, W1RFI, posted to the Internet. It says
that back on July 16th a teleconference was held
among ARRL representatives, the staff of the US
Air Force Space Command and civilian contractors
from the Department of Defense that operate of the Pave Paws radar sites.

During the meeting Department of Defense
representatives confirmed that specific
interfering signals were measured on a number of
frequencies used by the Pave Paws Radar
system. The research was done using a calibrated
antenna and receivers at both Pave Paws sites during August, 2006.

The Air Force stated that its concerns about
interference are based on these actual
measurements. Also, factors such as tower
shielding or other antenna patterns have been
fully taken into account. In other words, the
claims of interference from UHF repeaters
operating near the two Pave Paws sites is
real. Also that it is based on solid data and
good engineering practice. -- end quote.

So what's to be done to eliminate the
problem? According to Hare's letter to the
repeater owner, to work towards resolving this
with his repeater, the ARRL Lab recommends that
he take the following steps,. Again in part we quote:

In some cases, it may be possible to reduce
power. The reduction in power from 50 watts to 5
watts, for example, is a reduction of 10 dB. In
some cases, however, where tens of dB of power
reduction is required, it simply is not practical
to do that much power reduction to that extent.

Power reduction can also be combined with a
change in antenna pattern. If the antenna used on
your repeater is omnidirectional, installing a
directional antenna with a null in the direction
of the Pave Paws Radar site should further reduce
the signal transmitted in the direction of the radar system.

In cases where significant attenuation by use of
nulls is required -- more than 10 to 15 dB, for
example -- it will be necessary to "aim" that
null carefully. One way to do this could be to
listen to the radar signal, using a receiver with
an S meter, and adjust the orientation of the
antenna until the received radar signal is at its minimum value.

You may be able to relocate the repeater, either
significantly farther away, or perhaps lower in
elevation, if you can take advantage of terrain
shielding in the direction of the Pave Paws Radar
and still get reasonable coverage for the
repeater. Terrain shielding can help, but that,
too, has its limits. -- end quote.

W1RFI continues by stating that there is a
practical limit to how much interference
mitigation can be accomplished. While there is
no limit to how far power can be reduced, at some
point the repeater becomes unusable. In some
cases, especially those where significant
mitigation is being required, the only practical
solution may be to shut the repeater down, or
locate it significantly farther away, or in a
location where significant terrain shielding can
further reduce the signal at the Pave Paws radar site.

For the repeater owner operators of the affected
systems and their users, none of this is very good news.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los Angeles.

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The situation currently involves 15 repeaters in
an area of less than 100 miles of Otis Air Force
Base near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and more than
100 repeaters within some 140 miles of Beale Air Force Base in California.

And FM voice repeaters might not be the only ones
eventually affected. Department of Defense
officials indicated to Hare that there could be
other sources of interference identified in the
future including other amateur operations in the
70cm band. However, for now they are only
working only with the original list of repeaters
provided to them last March. (QRZ.com, VHF Reflector, others)

**

RESCUE RADIO: HAMS STEP IN AS WICKED WEATHER HITS

Ham radio has been working side by side with
first responders from the Caribbean to Mexico to
the U-S mid-West. This as Mother Nature shows
that she is still in charge of the rain, the wind and the skies.

First to America's heartland heavy rains have
sent rivers spilling over their banks, flooding
towns and stranding thousands from Minnesota to
Ohio. As the wicked weather moved in, hams
across the effected region went on alert. As
waters rose, some ham radio communications units were called up.

According to a report posted to QRZ.com, early
on, Winona County Wisconsin ARES and RACES was
looking for spotters to help them with their
flash flooding reports. Also, a Red Cross
shelter had been activated at St. Mary's college
as part of the county were being evacuated. The
hams involved in both operations stayed on duty
all night without any breaks.

In Ohio, Governor Ted Strickland termed the
situation a major disaster. He said that in one
county alone more than 700 houses were severely
damaged or destroyed by the raging
overflows. Hams there are also heavily involved in relief efforts as well.

Across the Caribbean and into Mexico the story is
Hurricane Dean. The storm first raked
Martinique, St Lucia, Dominica, and other islands. It then hit Jamaica:

--

"I copy 81 MPH winds in a North-Wst direction
from Kington from John Williams. Is that a gust or is that a sustained
wind?"

"From what I understand, that is a sustained wind. KA4IYK."

--


Using both over the air radio and the Voice over
I-P Hurricane Net, hams passed along vital
environmental reports to the National Hurricane
Center in Miami. Thats where station WX4NHC had
been activated. Radio amateurs also became a
lifeline to some islands as cellular telephone
service was all but obliterated as wire-line
communications and electrical power was literally blown away.

Dean then made its way across the Gulf of Mexico
slamming into the Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as a
Category 5 storm. Thankfully, Dean made landfall
in a less heavily populated area than originally
predicted. Still, winds in excess of 120 miles
an hour were reported in Corozal. And across the
region most phone service and electrical power
was knocked out. During the height of natures
rampage, much of the communications into Belize
and surrounding areas was using ham radio circuits.

As we go to air, Dean has become a scattered
tropical depression. Forecasters say that its
remnants could bring some flash flooding to
desert areas of the great American
south-west. (ARNresline(tm), Audio provided by KD1CY)

**

BPL UPDATE: RSGB OPPOSES BPL SCHEME

Turning to news on the Broadband Over Powerline
front, the Radio Society of Great Britain is
supporting International Amateur Radio Union
Region 1 efforts to stop proposals, whereby
Broadband over Powerline systems could operate
within the High Frequency broadcast
bands. This, using a technique called dynamic
notching. The R-S-G-B support has been to echo
IARU's detailed technical objections; the
response can be seen from the link on the RSGB web site. (GB2RS)

**

THE BPL FIGHT: DIREC-TV IN BPL WEB ACCESS DEAL WITH CURRENT GROUP

Some better news from this side of the
Atlantic. That's where United States satellite
television provider DirecTV is going into the
Broadband Over Powerline business, but there is
very little concern that the system they will be
using will cause interference to ham radio or any
other service. This is because Direc TV is
partnering with the Current Group to offer
subscribers high-speed Internet and voice
services carried by over electric power
lines. And the Current Group has a good track
record when it comes to protecting over the air
reception from the kind of interference caused by other B-P-L systems.

According to the CGC Communicator, it contacted
the ARRL and was told that Current Technologies
is the company that has already deployed B-P-L to
about 60,000 homes in Cincinatti, Ohio and is in
the process of building out a deployment in the
greater Dallas area as well. The ARRL told CGC
that these deployments have proceeded without
major interference problems for ham operators.

The ARRL told the CGC Communicator that Current
has been an early leader in carefully choosing
its design to avoid interference to Amateur
Radio. Their equipment does not operate below 30
MHz on overhead lines and all on premise
wiring uses HomePlug technology which notches out the ham bands.

Direc TV says that its service could start as
early as the end of 2007. To date the ARRL says
that it has no interference reports involving
either Current or HomePlug equipment. And that's
very good news for hams in the Dallas - Fort
Worth Texas area where the Direc TV BPL rollout will begin. (CGC)

**

BREAK 1

From the United States of America, We are the
Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin
stations around the world including the Muncie
Area Amateur Radio Club net in Muncie Indiana in
the memory of David Doirion, WA1MKE/9

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THE SOCIAL SCENE: HUNTSVILLE HAMFEST / ARRL NATIONAL A BIG SUCCESS

Take a warm weekend in the South. Add in some
5000 hams eager to see one another. Provide the
latest Amateur Radio gear to play with. Add in
some of the nations top speakers and baste with
the gigantic ARRL expo. What it all adds up to
is the combined Huntsville Hamfest and 2007 ARRL
National Convention. And according to Heil
Sound's Chip Margelli, K7JA, this has got to be
one of the best Huntsville Hamfests ever:

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Margelli: "I have to say that the show has been
very exciting so far. I was coming down the
stairs in the lobby just as the doors were
opening. There was a crowd of people like I have
not seen in years. (They were) all the way out to
the front door and completely loaded the
lobby. People were just storming into the
exhibit area and it looks very exciting. People are having a great time."

--

And having a great time they are says ARRL
Alabama Section Manager Greg Sarratt, W4OZK. He
termed this years Huntsville Hamfet as being among the very best:

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Sarratt: "Oh, this hamfest is by far the
best. Its just o much fun this weekend. So many
people here. So many activities. Its wonderful."

--

And wonderful is not an overstatement as far as
the manufacturer displaying their wares were
concerned. Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, of
Vertex Standard says that Huntsville 2007 was one of the very best:

--

Motschenbacher: "I'd rate it on a scale of 1 to
10 at least a 9. The organizers did a great
job. And on a national level and counting all
shows, this one is probably in the top 4, I would say."

--

Motschenbacher 's words were echoed by just about
every manufacturers representative and
vendor. And according to this years Huntsville
Hamfest emcee Doug Childs, K-4-D-I-G, the best may be yet to come:

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Childs: "Im hoping that everyone goes home this
year and tells everyone what a great time they
had and that brings more out-of-towners here
because that what makes it so much fun to talk to
these distant contacts (in person) that you do
not normally get to see unless you go traveling all over the place."
--

And some hams we spoke to did travel long
distances. A number came from as far off as
Europe and Asia. Some were delegates to the
Global Amateur Radio Communications Conference
that was held in tandem with the Huntsville
Hamfest. But others were just there to share the
sights and sounds of one of the friendliest ham
radio shows found anywhere on the
globe. Southern ham radio hospitality, at its very best. (ARNewsline(tm))

**

THE SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY SCENE: D-STAR IS THE STAR IN HUNTSVILLE

Every convention needs a star attraction, but in
the case of the Huntsville Hamfest, the star was
not a person but rather an emerging mode of
communications. Its called D-Star and Alabama is
likely the D-Star capital of the world. The area
sports more D-Star users and D-Star repeaters
than just about anywhere else in the country so
its not really surprising that this emerging
replacement for FM would take center stage at the
Huntsville Hanfest. Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, says it
all came about as the result of improvements in
the regions ham radio emergency communications capability:

--

Sarratt: "We've had a statewide analog link for
many years like many states do. And we have lost
a few sites so we are looking at D-Star as addubf
to and enhancing that system. And once we
started promoting it, it really caught on like
wildfire and were covering the state pretty much now."

--

Because of this, more and more hams in Alabama
are going the D-Star route. So in planning the
hamfest a decision was made to devote a lot of
forum time and some after hours gatherings to the
new mode. Again, Greg Sarratt, W-4-O-Zed-K:

--

Sarratt: "We had standing room only in our
'Introduction to D-Star (forum). Probably 150
people. Last night after the hamfest (closed) we
had a D-Star users group meeting and
reception. Same thing: We had an overflow
capacity and we actually asked the hotel to move
the retractable wall away to give us more space
and more seats. They gladly did that adding
another 120 to 150 people at the reception."

--

So will D-Star eventually supersede analog F-M as
the mode of choice for VHF and UHF repeater
operation nationwide? Maybe it will, but not
right away. At present there are only about 60
D-Star repeaters on the air as opposed to
the 3000 or more operating analog F-M. And
while there are those who will always want to be
the first to try something new, it appears that
for the immediate future a lot of eyes and ears
are on Alabama to see where that states D-Star trail leads. (ARNewsline(tm))

**

THE SOCIAL SCENE: W4GHM RECEIVES YHOTY AWARD AT HUNTSVILLE

Another aspect of the Huntsville Hamfest is that
it's the unofficial home of our own amateur Radio
Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award ceremony.
Since about 1993 its been where most of the
winners were presented with their award and this
year was Grant Morine, W4GHM. Mark Abramovich, NT3V, has mo

--

It was a proud moment for all as our Newsline
editor, Bill Pasternak, brought Grant up to the
stage for the award presentation.

"Most, though not all, most of the winners have
one or two things in common: They're either
members of the Scouts or they come from a family
of educators. In this case, Grant is a Scout and
he's been involved in Scouting virtually all his life from what I
understand.

"He is singled out for one specific project that
he undertook which was the design and fabrication
of antennas, stand-by antennas to help an
emergency operations organization in his home
state. But, his other accomplishment which is
just equally as important is that of having spent
a lot of time helping other youngsters - you're
only 18 now, you're a youngster, 17, you're one
of the young ones. Grant has brought a number of
kids into ham radio, kids, young adults who are
starting their own ham radio careers."

For his part, Grant gave the credit to others for his achievement.

"I would like to thank anyone who helped me with
my Eagle project which is what helped me get this
award - all those people back at home who helped
me, especially my mentor, all the Scouts who
helped me to do my Eagle project. I'm really
grateful for all of that. I just came back from a
week of space camp and that was part of the prize and that was amazing.

"And, I'd like to thank CQ Magazine and Yaseu for
the nice equipment they gave me and also Newsline
for the plaques and the award. I had a wonderful
time here and I'm looking forward to having more
fun as a ham. Thanks very much."

Grant, from all of us on the committee, congratulations, once again!

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark
Abramowicz, NT3V, chairman of the Young Ham of the Year award committee.

--

Our sincere thanks to our corporate underwriters
Vertex Standard and CQ Magazine. Also to Charlie
Emmerson, N4OKL, and the team that puts on the
Huntsville Hamfest for welcoming us back, year
after year after year. We truly thank you all for
your hospitality and your support of the Young
Ham of the Year Award program. (ARNewsline(tm))

**

RESCUE RADIO: MARYLAND HAMS ASSIST IN ROAD RESCUE

Two Maryland ham radio operators recently helped
bring speedy assistance to the scene of a two-car
collision near northern Stafford
County. According to the Fredricksburg Free Lance Star on-line,

During a heavy rainstorm on July 27, Siegfried
Gates, KG4UCM was driving south on State Route
612 ialong the western edge of Quantico Marine
Corps Base. At 6:30 p.m. he came across two cars
that had plunged into the southbound
ditch. Other vehicles had stopped to see if they could assist.

Gates asked if anyone had called 911 and he was
told there was no cell signal in the area. So
KG4UCM used his 2 meter radio to contact Camden
Bullock, N2CLB, who in turn used his cellular
phone to call the local emergency response
number. He was connected to the Prince William
County dispatcher. Within minutes the Stafford
emergency unit arrived and the victim was taken
to a local hospital for treatment.

T.J. Pittman ,N4SJX, is secretary of the Stafford
Amateur Radio Association. He told the newspaper
that this story brings great credit to the two
ham radio operators, and also to the police
dispatchers and the medical teams who responded
to the aid of our citizens during this time of
need. (eHam.net, Fredricksburg Free Lance, K0OV)

**

RESCUE RADIO: NM AMATEUR RADIO CRUCIAL IN RESCUING ELDERLY WOMAN

Amateur Radio was crucial in summoning help for
an elderly New Mexico woman after repeated
attempts to contact 911 services by landline and cellular telephone failed.

On August 12th, a thunderstorm knocked out parts
of Cibola county's telephone service. About 5:50
in the afternoon, Jonathan Pickens', KD5PHG,
received a phone call for his wife, Pam. She
told him that a resident of the El Morro Ranches
had discovered an elderly neighbor lying
semi-conscious on the floor of her home.

The couple rushed to the home of the woman. It
turns out that the woman was eighty-six
years-old. She had been on the floor for at
least two days and was suffering from an apparent
stroke and broken hip. She had been unable to
yell for help or move to reach a phone. Pam,
having medical training as a first responder,
began providing assistance while neighbors tried to summon help.

Another El Morro resident was finally able to
reach the Cibola County Sheriff and notify them
of the situation. But the Sheriff's office was
unable to contact area ambulance services because
their local phone service had also failed.

KD5PHG realized the situation required an
ambulance or possible life flight. With local
landline and cell phones useless, Jonathan used
his mobile radio to contact the Cibola County
Amateur Radio Emergency Service on the Zuni 2 meter repeater.

Dana and Kathy Farmer, WA5SOX and KB5QGH,
responded to the call for help from Vanderwagen,
New Mexico. They were able to contact the Gallup
Metro dispatch who sent the Vanderwagon Fire
Department and the Pine Hill Clinic
ambulance. The elderly woman was eventually
taken to the Gallup medical center for further
evaluation. Shes likely alive thanks to the
quick response of her ham radio neighbors and
their ability to communicate with all phone service knocked out. (K5CEC)

**


BREAK 2

This is ham radio news for today's radio
amateur. From the United States of America, We
are the Amateur Radio 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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RADIO EXPERIMENTS: GERMANY IN 500 KHZ EXPERIMENT

Five experimental German stations are now on the
air in the 600 Meter Band. While most of the
operators are German hams, the experiment is not
classified as Amateur Radio because there is no
500 KHz or 600 meter ham radio allocation in the Germany.

Rather they are considered as being experimental
stations that operate under special permission
and use the special D I prefix. All stations are
allowed to transmit only on 505 point 1 kHz with
a bandwidth not exceeding 100 Hertz. They are
also limited to an effective radiated power no greater than 9 watts.

All operators welcome QSL cards. Send them to
the addresses that they give you on the air. (Southgate)

**

NAMES IN THE NEWS: ARRL SECTION MANAGER WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Some names in the news. First up in the only
contested ARRL Section Manager race this summer,
Bill Hillendahl, KH6GJV, was re-elected as the
S-M for San Francisco. He received 237 votes and
his opponent, Warren "TR" Reese, WB6TMY, received
134 votes. Election ballots were counted Tuesday,
August 21, 2007 at ARRL Headquarters. Hillendahl,
of Santa Rosa, California, begins his third
two-year term of office on October 1st. .

All other ARRL Section Managers running for
re-election and who did not face opposition and
were declared re-elected. This includes Jeff
Ryan, K0RM, of Colorado; Mark Tharp, KB7HDX,
in Eastern Washington; Susan Swiderski, AF4FO,
in Georgia; Phineas Icenbice (PRON ICE IN BICE),
W6BF, of Los Angeles; Ray Taylor, N5NAV, down in
South Texas and Ann Rinehart, KA8ZGY, of West Virginia.

Ron Murdock, W6KJ, who already had been declared
elected as the new Sacramento California Valley
Section Manager as of October 1, began his term a
little early on July 2nd. Murdock was appointed
to fill in for Casey McPartland, W7IB, who
stepped down because of a planned move out of the section. (ARRL)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS: CONGRATS TO KC6LXQ

A word of congratulations to television reporter
Tony Valdez, KC6LXQ, on his recognition by the
Los Angeles Police Department for his public
service work on its behalf. KC6LXQ was honored
on Tuesday, August 21st for his volunteerism in
producing and hosting a new video presentation
for that law enforcement agency.

Tony Valdez is a career reporter for the Fox
owned KTTV and host of his own public affairs
program "Midday Sunday" that airs on that
station. He also profiles criminal suspects and
missing persons in an ongoing news segment called
L.A.'s Most Wanted. To date, L.A.'s Most Wanted
has resulted in the arrest and surrender of more
than 100 suspects since its inception back in
early 1992. KC6LXQ is also known within the ham
radio community as an occasional contributor to
these weekly Amateur Radio Newsline reports. (ARNewsline(tm))

**

NAMES IN THE NEWS: CLAY FREINWALD, K7CR RECEIVES RADIO WORLD AWARD

And kudos to our longtime friend Clay Freinwald,
K7CR. Clay has been named to receive the 2007
Radio World Excellence in Engineering Award from the editors of Radio World.

The announcement was made by Editor in Chief Paul
J. McLane. He says that the recipients of the
award represent the highest ideals of the U.S.
radio broadcast engineering profession and
reflect those ideals through contributions to the industry.

Clay Freinwald is an RF systems engineer for
Entercom in Seattle, Washington, and vice
president of the Society of Broadcast Engineers.
He is recognized for his work to improve the
state of emergency alerting systems in the United
States and broadcasters' involvement in the
Emergency Alert System, as well as for his
accomplishments as a corporate technical executive.

K7CR is also well known in the ham radio world
for his longtime involvement in frequency
coordination matters. He was one of the founders
of the Western Washingtom Amateur Relay Association.

The publication bestowing the honor, Radio World,
is a highly respected specialty newspaper for
radio managers and engineers. (RW)

**

THE SOCIAL SCENE: HANDIHAMS AT 40

And this summers Handi Ham Minnesota Radio Camp
will also be a celebration of 40 years of the
Courage Handiham System. And to commemorate this
milestone, camp stations W0ZSW and W0EQO will be
on the air making anniversary contacts. Operation
will be on 40 and 20 meters using C-W and
SSB. If you work either of these stations
between Friday August 24th and Tuesday the
28th, QSL with a self addressed stamped envelope
to Avery Finn, K0HLA, 3915 Golden Valley Rd,
Golden Valley, Minnesota, 55422 (Hamdi Hams, N7HVF)

**

RADIO SAFETY: KOREAN STUDY TIES AM TOWERS TO LEUKEMIA

A new study conducted in South Korea suggests
children who live close to an AM radio
transmission tower may have an elevated risk of
leukemia. According to Radio World, researchers
found that children who lived within 2 kilometers
of an AM radio transmitter were twice as likely
to develop lymphocytic leukemia as children who
lived more than 20 kilometers away.

The study included 1,928 children with leukemia,
956 with brain cancer and 3,082 healthy children.
The researchers took measurements of electric and
magnetic fields surrounding AM transmission
towers in various areas of South Korea. They
then used a mathematical model to estimate
residents' exposure to radiation from the towers.

The findings were published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. (RW)

**

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: MODERN DAY FANTASTIC VOYAGE

Shades of the 1960's science fiction classic
Fantastic Voyage. A news medical telemetry
capsule that when swallowed travels through the
digestive system becomes a sort of mini
transponder has won federal approval. The
wireless device, about the size of a large
vitamin pill, journeys along the gastrointestinal
tract collecting data and transmitting it to a
receiver worn on the patient's belt or around the neck.

Doctors like the telemetry capsule because it can
be given at the office and is reliable and
noninvasive. They say that it is a way to
diagnose an uncomfortable stomach condition and
other digestive track problems on a real time
basis. The Food and Drug Administration approved
the device on July 19th following clinical trials
that wrapped up in November 2006.

Manufactured by a company called Smart Pill, each
of these micro transponders will sell for about
$500 each. And for those of you not familiar
with the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage, its plot
involves a diplomat who is nearly assassinated.
In order to save him, a submarine and its crew
are shrunken to microscopic size and injected
into his blood stream. Their job is to burn away
a blood clot before the patient expires. For now,
the Smart Pill is likely as close to that
scenario as medical science is going to get. (Press Release)

**

WORLDBEAT - SWEDEN: NORDIC HF CONFERENCE

The latest Nordic High Frequency Conference was
held August 14th to the 17th. The 3 day program
covers Very Low Frequency, Low Frequency as well
as High Frequency operations.

The conference was initially planned for a
limited audience of Nordic countries now. It has
since gone international with contributions of
papers, exhibits and participants from around the globe.

The Nordic conferences on H-F communications
began back in 1986 in Sweden. Since then the
event has been held every 3 years at Faro Island
off Sweden's south-eastern coast. More about the
Nordic HF Conference is on-line at www.nordichf.org/ (Southgate)

**

BEACON NEWS: NEW 6 METER BEACON IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

A new 6 meter propagation beacon has come to
505.060 MHz in the Czech Republic. According to
OK2BVG the OK0EMW experimental beacon is in
operation from Grid Square J N 88 K S running 1
watt out to an inverted L antenna. It uses a
home built transmitter and identifies in Morse at
6 words per minute. QSN reports go by e-mail to
lubomir.bobalik@ rtv5.cz (VHF Reflector)
**

DX

In D-X, a DXpedition to the Republic of
Equatorial Guinea will take place between October
5th and the 14th. Operators will be KH7Y,
EA5BRE, EA5YN and EA5BYP. The team will operate
with two stations and will sign 3C7Y. Activity
will be on all bands and modes SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via EA5BYP.

Look for several stations to be active between
September 7th and October 20th to celebrate the
World Rugby Association Championship in France
and the U.K. Four different levels and awards
will be available. Details about the awards are
available on line at www dot ref-union dot org
And G3RWL, will be active from Barbados as 8P6DR
between September 27th and October 14th. He
plans to be active in the CQ WW RTTY DX Contest
on September 29th and 30th. QSL direct to G3RWL.

Also plan for W7EJ active from Morocco as CN2R
starting around October 19t. He also plans to
be active in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest on
October 27th and 28th as a Single-Operator
Single-Band 160 meter entry. QSL via W7EJ.

Lastly, DF8HS, will activate Samso Island for the
Danish Islands Award from August 26th to
September 8th. He will be operating all bands
using SSB, PSK-31 and RTTY. QSL to DF8HS.

(Above from various DX news sources)

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THAT FINAL ITEM: CAT USES TECHNOLOGY ON COMPOSER

And finally this week, a truly different kind of
communications. That between feline and
man. That's feline as in cat or in this case
kitten. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak,
WA6ITF, grabs for some catnip to tell this one:

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To tell the story we must wander across the
Atlantic pond to Merry old England. That's where
the creator of the musical CATS has had his
latest work destroyed by one of his own feline
friends. Specifically by a kitten named Otto who
was a bit to curious about a computer built into an electronic piano.

London's Daily Mail reports that famed composer
Andrew Lloyd Webber's new kitten managed to
obliterate the music he had penned for the
upcoming sequel to his famed The Phantom of the
Opera. This, after the six-month-old cat somehow
climbed into the frame of the composers digital
piano and then managed to erase the audio files
on its built-in computer and hard drive.

The new musical that Sir Andrew is writing is
titled the Phantom in Manhattan. It is based on a novel of the same name.

Andrew Lloyd Webber told the London paper that he
was at work trying to write some more new music
when Otto got into the grand piano. The cat then
jumped onto the computer and the entire score for
the new Phantom was lost. According to news
reports Otto the kitten was unhurt.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Evi Simons, in New York.

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The composer says that kitten did all the damage
all in one fell swoop. We are wondering what
message Otto the kittie was trying to deliver to
Sir Andrew. (Published news reports)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE

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