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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2023, August 5, 2016

*** CLOSED CIRCUIT ADVISORY ****

The following is a closed circuit advisory and not for broadcast.

Newscast #2023 is an expanded edition of Amateur Radio Newsline, containing
special reports. This newscast has three segments and there are 2 breaks for
identification.

And now, here's this week's anchor, Stephen Kinford, N8WB.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2023 with a release date of Friday,
August 5, 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Dayton Hamvention has found a new home now that Hara
Arena is closing. We proudly introduce the 2016 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF
Memorial Young Ham of the Year -- and we devote a special segment to
celebrating a few other young amateurs who've distinguished themselves on and
off the air. Hear all this and more in our expanded edition of Amateur Radio
Newsline, Report Number #2023 coming your way right now.

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DAYTON HAMVENTION FINDS A NEW HOME

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We open this week with our top story: With Hara Arena's
closing, the big question looming was "Where will Hamvention go?" Now we
know. Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun, WD9GCO, tells us more.

PAUL'S REPORT:

PAUL: For the first time since 1964, the Dayton Hamvention has a new home!

ESTHER PIERSON: We are excited, I'm telling you! This is going to be the
greatest thing for this fairground. We're really happy!

PAUL: That was the response from Esther Pierson from the Greene County
Fairgrounds and Exposition center in Xenia, Ohio, talking about the news that
Hamvention will be moving there for 2017.

Ron Cramer, KD8ENJ, General Chairman of Hamvention, and Michael Kalter, W8CI,
spokesman for the event, talked about the new venue on Wednesday evening's
HamNation podcast:

RON CRAMER: Well, we are moving from Hara. We are going to Xenia, Ohio, which
is almost a suburb of Dayton. We are going to the Greene County Fair and
Exposition Center.

PAUL: For those concerned that there won't be enough space for Hamvention,
they wanted to assure everyone that there definitely is:

RON CRAMER: One hundred and four acres are available to us, and a part of
that is in parking. It is going to take a lot of parking spaces. We are
hoping we can park everyone on the site.

PAUL: Cramer and his team have big plans for the 2017 show. Kalter said that
they're not aiming for "Good enough":

MICHAEL KALTER: we are not going to just start out good and get better. We
want to start out great and get awesome.

PAUL: The future of Hamvention, which only a week ago seemed rather bleak,
appears now to be very bright indeed.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

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YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR HAILS FROM COLORADO

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The Amateur Radio Newsline is proud to announce the winner of
its 2016 William Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Mark Abramowicz has the details:

MARK'S REPORT: He is Skyler Fennell KD0WHB of Denver, Colorado.

The 17-year-old is the son of Karl and Carol Fennell. He's a recent honors
graduate of the Denver School of the Arts.

Skyler credits a family member with introducing him to what he hopes will
become his career...

"Back in third grade is really where my interest in electronics sparked,"
Sklyer recalls. "To my great grandpa, he gave me, it was a snap circuits kit
on starting building simple electronic circuits and I was so interested I
built everything in it."

But Skyler says it didn't stop there as he continued work on other projects
going through middle school...

"I built a laser spirograph in eighth grade which take a laser pointer and it
had some mirrors and stuff and it made cool shapes," Skyler says. "Then,
about ninth grade, my friend, KD0MLV really sparked my interest in amateur
radio."

Talk of the technical, Skyler admits, and what ham radio could do really got
his attention...

"He said he had his license but he told me that, 'Oh, you can talk around the
world with HF and all the different bands' and how wavelengths on antennas,
like different sections of wavelengths make good antennas," Skyler says. "I
started doing research and I'm like, wow, this seems like an amazing hobby
and I quickly got my Technician license the summer of that year."

Skyler says he got involved with repeaters - designing and building them -
thanks to his first, on-air contact...

"My first contact was a broadcast engineer KE0VH. He kind of started
answering questions about repeaters and everything when I used them," he
recalls. "I was like, how does this work, and he started mentoring me as well
as some other broadcast engineers."

Skyler got involved with satellite communications thanks to Colorado Amateur
Satellite Net and expanded that to an affiliation with AB0BX STEM School
Amateur Radio Club in nearby Littleton, Colorado.

He says there he got exposed to Edge of Space science missions and helped put
together payloads for the balloon launches.

Skyler also started the Denver School of the Arts Amateur Radio Club and
became trustee of its call sign, KE0FXH.

Skyler had spare time growing up to become involved in the Boy Scouts and
earned the rank of Eagle Scout by the age of 13.

And, then, there was music and the piano - a passion he developed at an early
age thanks, he says to the support and patience of his parents.

"Have a lot of fun with it, whether it's jazz or classical," Skyler says.
"Been involved with a lot of different things with my school - orchestra, the
band and really it's been a big part of my life. Really fun."

So what's next for Skyler? You could say the sky is the limit...

"I'm headed off to New Mexico Tech for electrical engineering," Skyler says.
"So, I hope to gain more knowledge about electronics, that I get a deeper
understanding of how it all works.

"And, of course, continue on with music. Eventually, I see myself designing
my own electronics, prototypes, maybe starting a business."

Congratulations Skyler and our best wishes for great success in school and
your future from all of us at Amateur Radio Newsline.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Philadelphia.

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Skyler will be recognized at the Huntsville Hamfest in
Huntsville, Alabama on Aug. 20. And, a special thanks to our sponsors, CQ
magazine, Yaesu USA, Heil Sound, and Radiowavz.

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OHIO AMATEUR WINS HIRAM PERCY MAXIM AWARD

STEPHEN: Skyler Fennell is in good company. A young Ohio ham has just won one
of the ARRL's biggest honors. Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun, WD9GCO,
spoke with him.

PAUL: The winner of the A-Double-R-L's 2015 Hiram Percy Maxim Award is
13-year-old Chris Brault, KD8YVJ.

I had the opportunity to speak with this remarkable young man. He explained
that getting licensed was actually a father-son project. His father, Jocelyn
Brault, is KD8VRX :

CHRIS: I was first licensed in 2014 and my dad, when I was a Scout, he would
do JOTA - Jamboree On The Air - and what he would do, when I was in the Cub
Scouts, he became a Scoutmaster. And we were wondering if we could do
Jamboree on the Air. He did some research and found out how to get a ham
license and got his. And then he had a little HT and he would put it in the
car with a mag mount and I would be in the back seat and I would do a third
party and that's pretty much how I got started. I wanted to get licensed and
I did - and now I'm a General. I love doing HF, DXing and even some satellite
work.

PAUL: I asked Chris what he enjoyed most about ham radio:

CHRIS: Probably DXing and a little bit of contesting. I like talking to
different places and seeing how far I can get with my antennas and my dad's
antennas, and just seeing what we can do to get the farthest distance and
stuff like that.

PAUL: As to what it means to him to receive this award, Chris said:

CHRIS: It is amazing. It makes me feel really special and that I can do
anything I set my mind to do. Of course, there are a lot of people that
helped me get here, a bunch of my Elmers at the West Chester Amateur Radio
Association, our club station, and the YACHT [Young Amateurs Communications
Ham Team] group.

PAUL: I asked Chris what he has to say to other young people in today's world
of internet, smartphones, and instant messaging who might think ham radio is
old-fashioned:

CHRIS: Well, your Bluetooth, your Wifi, your cell phone, all the stuff that
you use that's wireless, is radio! Cellular is a more advanced version of
radio, and I am kind of doing a more simple version. But mine is more
powerful and we have different antennas we can make and use more power and
directional antennas.

PAUL: According to the A-double-R-L press release, Chris is active in a wide
range of Amateur Radio-related activities, including antenna building and
bicycle mobile operation.

He is also active in the recruitment and training of new amateurs by
participating in such events as Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) and activities at
the West Chester Amateur Radio Association/Voice of America Museum (WC8VOA),
where he serves as a volunteer. Brault was involved in developing an Amateur
Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact proposal, in
cooperation with iSPACE and the WCARA/VOA Museum.

I was first licensed as a novice at the age of 15. But looking back on what I
accomplished compared to what Chris Brault has accomplished, what we mostly
have in common is that we both like amateur radio, both like the space
program, and share the first four letters of our last names.

Chris Brault is a remarkable young man, and gives you hope in the future of
our hobby.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

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BREAK HERE:

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the West Chester
Amateur Radio Club repeater WC8VOA in West Chester, Ohio, on Monday nights.

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SUMMER CAMP IS OVER

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We continue our look at promising young amateurs with this
special report on the IARU's Youngsters on the Air camp, which recently
wrapped up its activities in Austria. Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp,
WB9VPG, spoke to one of the two Americans lucky enough to be invited to
attend this year.

NEIL: Two young radio amateurs from the United States are the first hams to
attend the IARU Region 1 Youngsters on the Air camp in Austria, held July 16
through the 23rd. Sterling Coffey, N0SSC, of St Louis, Missouri, and Sam
Rose, KC2LRC, of Syracuse, New York, were invited by Glenn Johnson, W0GJ,
from the Northern California DX Association and Ward Silver, N0AX, from the
Yasme Foundation, in an effort to learn from the event and hopefully develop
a similar event in the U.S. The camp is for 15- to 25-year-olds, and is
designed to expose young hams to additional modes, and step up their skills
to the next level.

YOTA is in its sixth year and is growing in number of countries
participating. Sam Rose told us the planners had an excellent balance of
radio events and social events to promote international goodwill.

SAM: We partook of various events which were workshops where we learned about
things like using a Raspberry Pi to transmit WSPR, or HamNet, which is a
high-speed amateur radio data protocol based on WiFi. There were some
demonstrations such as an ISS contact. We had a good balance of that and some
just plain touristy things, like going to see the largest ice cave in Austria
and going and seeing one of the castles.

NEIL: Sam said YOTA included a contact with the ISS, as well as a European
style fox hunt on 80 meters.

SAM: What you would do is do a race to see who could find the five foxes the
fastest. So each fox had a little punch on the top and you would be timed.
People would start on 1 minute, zero, and you could go through and punch your
card with one of the punches from each of these foxes. The goal was to be the
fastest person to find all the foxes and return. So it was both a competition
in how good you were at radio direction finding and how athletic you are.

NEIL: The U.S. team's reports will be made available by the fall to help
facilitate creation of a hoped-for camp in Region 2 here in the U.S.
Meanwhile, Sam and Sterling are thinking back on a great time, when the two
Americans, as camp first-timers, also enjoyed a bit of minor celebrity.

SAM: It was really exciting for a lot of the attendees there to see people
from the U.S. There were attendees from Ethiopia and South Africa. And it
was, "Oh God, I get to take my picture with an American, this is so cool!"

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG

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FCC FINES GEORGIA OPERATOR $1,000, CALIFORNIA OPERATOR $25,000

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The FCC is cracking down again on violators. We hear first
about one Georgia amateur who the agency has described as a repeat offender.
Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD.

HEATHER: Saying that a Georgia radio operator has shown "deliberate
disregard" for prior warnings, the FCC has fined him $1,000 for failure to
properly identify himself on the air.

David J. Tolassi, W4BHV, of Ringgold, Georgia, received a Forfeiture Order
from the agency, one year after the FCC sent him a Notice of Apparent
Liability for Forfeiture. In proposing the fine last year, the FCC said
Tolassi had disregarded an earlier warning about his failure to send his call
sign properly while operating on 20 meters.

The FCC states that Tolassi told the agency he had identified properly during
the 10-minute window while transmitting on 14.313 MHz - but the FCC has
challenged his assertion, saying that 15 minutes had elapsed without
identification during the time agents were monitoring him.

The FCC has determined that he repeatedly violated Section 97.119, and
reaffirmed those charges in the recent Forfeiture Order, released July 29. He
has 30 days to pay the fine. Tolassi had earlier asked the agency to cancel
the Notice of Apparent Liability and issue a Warning Letter, but the agency
denied that request.

The Enforcement Bureau reports that Tolassi has had other enforcement issues
relating to other violations, years earlier.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD.

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In another FCC action, the agency has also fined a California
amateur $25,000 for intentional interference. William F. Crowell, W6WBJ
(formerly N6AYJ), of Diamond Spring, California, has been assessed the full
amount that had been proposed in a December 2015 Notice of Apparent Liability
for Forfeiture. In an August 2 Forfeiture Order, the FCC said that its fine
is based on QUOTE "the full base forfeiture amount as well as an upward
adjustment reflecting Mr Crowell's decision to continue his misconduct after
being warned that his actions violated the Communications Act and the
Commission's rules." ENQUOTE

The FCC said its December notice was issued after complaints from the Western
Amateur Radio Friendship Association, whose 75 meter nets had been challenged
by Crowell. According to the FCC, Crowell had interfered with amateurs on the
air there in August of 2015. The FCC described Crowell as someone who has a
long-standing record of interaction with the FCC Enforcement Bureau.


(ARRL)


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OFCOM INTRODUCES NEW LICENSING PORTAL

STEPHEN: In the UK, a computer upgrade is completed and radio license holders
and applicants have access to what the licensing authority OFCOM hopes is an
improved online experience. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has
more on that story.

JEREMY: The UK licensing authority OFCOM has rolled out its new Amateur Radio
and Ships Radio Licensing Portal. They expect the update will improve
customers' on-line experience while keeping information secure.

The new portal is being called the first stage of an ongoing effort to
refresh services and OFCOM acknowledged on its website, that some technical
issues can be expected along the way. Hams may use the redesigned portal to
apply for and manage all amateur radio licenses, including those held by
clubs.

In this early stage of the roll-out OFCOM is looking for feedback on user
experience and asks that any visitors to the portal send an email with
comments to licensing.feedback@ofcom.org.uk

Visit the website at licensing.ofcom.org.uk

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH in Nottingham, the UK.


(OFCOM, RADIO SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN)

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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE

STEPHEN: Speaking of licensing, there are some important changes - and a
deadline - looming for some licensees in South Africa. Amateur Radio
Newsline's John Williams, VK4JJW, has those details.

JOHN: If you're a South African amateur radio operator with a ZU license and
you're older than 25, time is running out for you. Newly enacted age
restrictions for ZU licensees require an upgrade to Class A. This means that
by April 1 2017, anyone 25 and older who still possesses a ZU license will be
unable to renew it.

The next Radio Amateur's Examination will be offered this coming October and
registration has already begun. The Independent Communications Authority of
South Africa is urging all affected ZU license-holders to begin their studies
now for the Class A license and be prepared for the test this fall. For the
registration web page on the SARL website, visit
http://www.sarl.org.za/Web3/RAE/RAERegistration.aspx

This will be the only chance to take the test before the April expiration
date.

Under the regulation changes, amateurs younger than 20 are able to hold a ZU
license, which is a Class B license, until they are 25 years old. After that,
they must take the Class A exam for the ZS/ZR license.

Applicants must achieve a passing grade of at least 65 percent on the test,
with at least 50 percent in both the technical and regulatory sections.

So hit the books...as the clock is ticking!

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.

(SARL)

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BREAK HERE:

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the Riverland Amateur
Radio Club's WR9ARC repeater in LaCrosse, Wisconsin on Sundays.

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FACE TO FACE WITH ARISS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Now here's some news that Space Geeks around the world won't
be able to resist! There's a big meeting this fall about the Amateur Radio on
the International Space Station program and it's being held, not in space but
on Planet Earth - in Houston Texas. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham
Kemp, VK4BB.

GRAHAM: What's happening in Texas this coming November might well be
considered the ultimate Eyeball QSO: It's the Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station's global face-to-face meeting. American team
members will serve as hosts in Houston as the worldwide team gathers there on
November 15 through November 18.

These meetings are open for the public to observe and there is no
registration fee -- although it's going to take some planning if you want to
attend. The dates this year were selected to coincide with the 20th
anniversary of ARISS which had its first meeting -- not surprisingly -- at
the same NASA Johnson Space Center where this gathering will occur. In fact,
a tour of the space center will be given to meeting attendees on the
afternoon of Monday, Nov. 14.

To learn more about attending the meeting, email Rosalie White at
K-ONE-sto@arrl.org, or Frank Bauer at K-A-THREE-HDO@verizon.net

The agenda is an ambitious one and will obviously look forward to the
program's next 20 years - and beyond.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.


(ARISS)


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THE WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, two members of the Ukrainian DX Team, operators
Alex/UX0LL and Alex/UT5UY, will be on the air as 5H1XX from Zanzibar Island
between August 13th and August 22nd. They can be heard on various bands and
modes. Send QSLs to M-Zero-URX.

The Essex UK based Martello Tower Group will be operating the special event
station GB5RC ( G-B-5 Radio Caroline) from August 5th to the 8th on-board the
MV Ross Revenge in the River Blackwater to commemorate five decades of
offshore radio broadcasting in the UK . The group will be active on 40 to
10metres  with full UK legal output power. A special QSL card will be
available.

Listen for operators Dietmar/DL3DXX, Rene/DL2JRM, Kurt/DJ4XX and Robin/DO2XX
working as OJ0DX from Market Reef between August 11th and 16th. They will be
transmitting on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. They also have plans to
be in the Worked All Europe CW Contest that takes place August 13th and 14th.
Send QSLs to DL3DXX.

A special event station, operated by a team of Cuban amateurs will be on the
air between August 11th and 14th. The call sign is T42FRC. Listen for them on
160-10 meters where they will be using CW, SSB, PSK31, PSK63, PSK125, RTTY
and JT65. Send QSLs to CO2WL.

(OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN)

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KICKER: MADE FOR EACH OTHER

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We end this week's newscast with the tale of a magazine
notice that led to a happy marriage, with the help of an amateur in Georgia.

No, this isn't the story of two people who went out on a date and found
romance. It's about the happy marriage between one museum and a vintage Morse
Code-generating machine it had been wanting for about a decade.

Last year, the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center in Massachusetts placed a
notice in the ARRL's QST magazine saying it was looking for something called
a Creed keyer to add to its collection. The keyer generates one-way Morse
Code messages to ships at sea at speeds as fast as 100 words per minute,
using tapes with holes punched ahead of time - player-piano style - by
another machine.

The museum  had been searching for the perfect match for its collection for
10 years - and Gene Greneker, K4MOG, of Powder Springs, Georgia, proved to be
the ultimate match-maker. The ham radio operator had the machine, which he
and a friend had found and bought from a small RCA wireless station in
Lantana, Fla.

After some fundraising on behalf of the museum, the Creed machine was sold,
shipped and enroute to its new home in Massachusetts.

The Maritime Center's president, Dick Kraycir said the next step is to pair
the machine with another mate: a translator that converts the Creed machine's
output into dots and dashes that museum visitors will be able to hear. A
vintage translator is currently undergoing restoration and once that's done,
the two are expected to live happily ever after.


(CAPE CODE CHRONICLE, ARRL)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; ARISS; Cape Cod
Chronicle; CQ Magazine; the FCC; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Irish Radio
Transmitter Society; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ; the South African Radio
League; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Wireless
Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all
from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at
newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio
Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and our
news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio, saying 73
and as always we thank you for listening.

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