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Amateur Radio Newsline #904 10 Dec 1994

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                       The following is a QST
 
   A ham radio repeater council election in California could
 affect repeater coordination nationwide.  This is because it
 appears that packet radio and not repeater owners decided the
 outcome.  Also, Israel readies for the launch of its first ham
 satellite and the busses are back!  Find out where exclusively on
 Newsline report number 904 coming your way right now!
 
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   PACKET RADIO RE ELECTS INCUMBENTS IN VOICE REPEATER COUNCIL
 
   The votes of at least four dozen packet radio operators was
 responsible for the re-election of Sidney Radus, N6OMS as
 President of Southern California's Two Meter Area Spectrum
 Management Association.  This, in the most hotly contested
 election in the history of that group.  And the outcome of this
 election impacts on all of the nations frequency coordinators.
 It spells an end to the separatism that has developed between the
 two modes over the past decade.  Radus says that the outcome of
 this election is a sign for all modes to start cooperating fully
 with one another:
 
   "We have to cooperate all the way across the band.  And to know
 that these people are interested in us, in repeater coordination
 to help re-elect a group that will try to protect coordinations
 and work cooperatively with them I think is to everyones
 advantage.
 We certainly appreciate the support they gave us."  Radus, N6OMS
 
   Radus and his slate of candidates, with the support of area
 packet operators were able to push back a challenge mounted by the
 San Diego based Committee for Better Amateur Radio.  C BAR as it
 calls itself had fielded a slate of candidates headed by attorney
 Rick Anglin, N6KUB.  While Anglin and the C BAR backed candidates
 almost all political unknowns, did rack up an impressive 252 votes
 it was not enough to best the 290 votes that Radus and his slate
 pulled in.
   But the key to Radus win was not as much a vote of confidence
 by repeater owners.  Rather a large turnout of repeater users and
 packet radio operators who saw Radus as more willing to cooperate
 with them to a greater degree than the San Diego based
 challengers.  Just weeks before the election, some of the key
 political leaders in the Southern California Packet Radio
 community pledged their support to N6OMS.  They then sent out area
 wide packet messages urging area packeteers to join TASMA, pay
 their dues and cast their votes for N6OMS.
   We have been told that the meeting room in Carlsbad, California
 that was jammed to the rafters for the December 3rd meeting.  It
 was filled with hams involved in both modes, but even they only
 accounted for a third of those who voted.  The other two thirds
 voted by proxy.  None the less, with over 540 votes cast, it's the
 heaviest turnout for a Southern California repeater council
 election in history.  Radus says that it is a clear mandate for
 Tasma to move forward with its plans:
 
   "During the next year we're going to implement the work of our
 interference committee to insurance that repeaters are operating
 within their parameters.  If there are interfering repeaters or
 other interference with repeaters that we can make our
 recommendations to the FCC on a solid basis.  With good technical
 data."  Radus.
 
   One side note.  Reports to Newsline indicate that the people
 most affected by the outcome of this election did not bother to
 show up.  The majority of the area's repeater owners were
 definitely conspicuous by their absence at the Carlsbad meeting.
   The bottom line.  The outcome of this election is bound to
 impact on repeater councils nationwide.  This is because
 California has long been considered one of the political trend
 setters in FM and repeater issues, and has been since the first
 repeater went on the air from a California hilltop back in the
 late 1940's.  And from now on its not going to be easy for
 repeater coordinators to tell packet radio to go it alone.  Packet
 has proven that it has the political clout to leave its mark
 wherever it wants.
   More on this part of the story in future Newsline reports.
 
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                        DELAY OF VANITY
 
   Do not look for any action on vanity ham radio call signs until
 the second quarter of 1995.  KO6AN reports via packet radio that
 he personally called the FCC about the pending issue a month ago.
 At that time, Jerry said that was told that the issue is still
 under consideration and they expect something out in the spring.
 Translate that to mean the commission will probably announce its
 decision the last weekend in April.  Making such announcements at
 the Dayton Hamvention Forum has become sort of a tradition with
 the FCC.
 
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                 FCC CHANGES AFFECT HAM RADIO
 
   Major changes in the structure of the Federal Communications
 Commission will definitely affect Amateur Radio.  Come 1995 it
 will be a radically different FCC.  Many old faces will be gone.
 Other unknown names will be taking their place as ham radio moves
 to the jurisdiction of the new Wireless Communications Bureau.
   The FCC's effort to get up to speed on the information
 superhighway includes creation of the new Wireless
 Telecommunications Bureau.  Ralph Haller, a key agency contact on
 ham radio issues is now a deputy chief.
 
   "The new Wireless Bureau encompasses a much larger scope, if
 you will, from what the Private Radio Bureau encompassed.
 Basically my duties are unchanged."  Haller.
 
   Haller sez the new bureau groups the various wireless services
 differently, with the same people in the same specialties.
 
   "The structural change at the commission, but in terms of the
 day to day operation of the commission with regard to amateurs, I
 think they are going to see a lot of the names that they are
 familiar with."
 
   For the amateur community we might see more responsiveness at
 the commission.
 
   "The new bureau is receiving some resources we didn't have in
 the past.  We have better computer equipment and we will have a
 few more people in the bureau.  So, I think if anything it should
 be viewed as fairly positive effects on the amateur community."
 Haller.
 
   In the mean time the FCC's agenda for regulating ham radio has
 not changed under the reorganization.
 
   "One big concern of ours right now, is the integrity of the
 license and the licensing processes.  And we are monitoring that
 very closely with the cooperation of the volunteer exam
 coordinators.  So I think that's one of the major areas.
   The other area that we are concentrating on tremendously right
 now is trying to implement the specialty or vanity callsign
 program."  Haller.
 
   And while other communications modes push technology ahead more
 quickly than ham radio operators, Haller says there is no way they
 will be lost in the shuffle.
 
   "I don't think that there is much chance of that happening.
 First of all the amateurs have a long standing history for being
 the first on the scene in times of disaster.  I think that is very
 well know here at the commission, it is very well known in
 congress."  Haller.
 
   Haller did say rival services looking for frequency spectrum
 will continue their focus on VHF and above.
 
   "We have a proceeding in the 902 to 928 Mhz band which allows
 would allow some additional sharing with automatic vehicle
 locations systems and part 15 devices like cordless telephones.
 But the amateur service has a good reputation for being able to
 share with other services.  So while we might see some additional
 sharing on some of the bands in the future, I don't think that the
 amateurs are going to lose bands."  Haller.
 
   Ralph Haller at the FCC's new Wireless Communications Bureau
 saying he is optimistic the agency and amateur radio operators
 will continue their long standing cooperation.
 
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               BUSSES BACK AT DAYTON HAMVENTION
 
   A Newsline exclusive.  Word that the busses will be back at the
 1995 Dayton Hamvention.  This, according to the event's General
 Chairman Ken Allen, KB8KE.  Allen says that the Hamvention is
 responding to the needs of those who attend the show, but it won't
 be for free:
 
   "As everyone is going to find out when they get their flyer,
 the Hamvention flyer that is coming out next week.  We're
 announcing that the busses are back.  We've made a deal with the
 bus company this year.  What we are going to do is, the majority
 of the hotels, and there will be a list of hotel names in the
 flyer, will be selling tickets for the bus trip.  Any hotel
 selling tickets, we will pick up, the buses will pick up in front
 of that hotel and take the people to the arena for the show and
 return them."  Allen.
 
   The cost of a round trip to and from the Hara Arena will be two
 dollars.  Allen says that the decision to re-instate the bus
 service was based on the willingness of the ham radio public to
 help defray the cost:
 
   "It was strictly a monetary thing last year when we trimmed
 back on the buses.  With the cooperation of the hotels and the
 small fee for a round trip which we heard everyone saying they
 would be glad to pay.  We decided to re-instate the buses this
 year."  Allen.
 
   On a related note, Ken Allen also says that nominating period
 is now open for the 1995 Dayton Amateur Radio Associations'
 prestigious "Radio Amateur of the Year," "Specific Achievement"
 and "Technical Achievement" awards.  Presentation of these awards
 will be made at the annual Dayton Hamvention Banquet, Saturday
 night April 29th.  For further information or to file a letter of
 nomination please write to the Dayton Hamvention, Awards
 Committee, P.O. Box 964, Dayton, Ohio 45401.
 
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                  YOUNG HAM of the YEAR HOME
 
   The Westlink Report Young Ham of the Year youth award is
 looking for a convention to host the recognition ceremony in 1995.
 Now entering its 9th year, the Westlink Report Young Ham of the
 Year honors a ham age 18 or younger who has made a significant
 contribution to the service.  For further information on the award
 or to apply to sponsor the 1995 award presentation please write to
 the Westlink Report Young Ham of the Year, 28197 Robin Avenue,
 Saugus, CA 91350.
 
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                             HPM-95
 
   The ARRL's Membership Services Committee says that it will
 recommend that the highly success Hiram Percy Maxim 125th Birthday
 Celebration be reprised in 1995.  The celebration of the birth of
 the man who founded the American Radio Relay League took place
 last September.  It was immensely popular among members of the ham
 radio community and the committee says that it wants to see it
 happen again in 1995.  Look for ARRL Board approval to be granted
 in January.
 
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                             ARCHIE
 
   The ARRL Foundation has agreed to match individual and club
 donations to a fund raising drive to print another series of
 Archie ham radio comic books.  The foundation will match up to
 $10,000 of the $19,000 needed for the next reprint run of this
 recruitment tool.  Donations to this fund are tax deductible,
 according to foundation sources.
 
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                   ISRAELI HAMSAT LAUNCH SET
 
   Some good news on the ham radio satellite scene.  The launch
 of the Gurwin One, Israel's first Amateur Radio satellite is now
 set for March 25th, 1995.  4X1AS who is a member of the Gurwin
 One launch team tells Newsline that orbital details are not
 available, but the satellite will be flying piggyback on a Russian
 remote sensing flight.  Gurwin One will carry a 9600 baud BBS
 "Pacsat-style" transponder with a 70 cm downlink and six uplinks,
 three on 2 meters and three in the 23 centimeter band.
 
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                            VOA-RIP
 
   A part of shortwave history has disappeared from the radio
 waves.  Radio Netherlands reports the demise of the Voice of
 America relay station in Bethany, Ohio.  Bethany is located just
 north of Cincinnati.  It made its last broadcast on November 15th.
 Radio Netherlands says that the federal government intends to use
 the land for other purposes and the former VOA transmitters are
 headed for a new home in Sri Lanka.
 
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                      GO-LIST TO CONTINUE
 
   The GO-LIST of ham radio QSL managers will continue, but under
 new management.  Jay and Jan O'Brien who have been the publishers
 of the "The W6GO and K6HHD QSL Manager List" have decided to
 retire after a decade and a half of service to ham radio.   Jay
 has announced that Paul, N4FFO and Nancy, KB4RGW Smith, will be
 taking over the QSL Manager List including DX-BBS and the
 PacketCluster SYSOP interface.
 
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                              NCJ
 
   Also word that Bruce Draper, AA5B of Albuquerque, New Mexico
 has been selected as the new editor of the National Contest
 Journal.  Draper replaces Trey Garlough, WN4KKN who retires in
 January.
 
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                               DX
 
   In DX, word that SM5MX who is now active from Hanoi signing
 XV7SW says that new legislation on amateur radio in the form it is
 known in other ITU countries is expected to be passed in Vietnam
 in 1995.  In the meantime, he has been granted a license to
 operate as XV7SW on certain fixed frequencies.  Listen for Rolf
 on 28.016, 28.019, 21.016, 21.019, 14.016, 14.021, 7.033 and 3.505
 MHz.  And sincere there is no QSL service in Vietnam Rolf will
 handle this chore as well.  His address is Rolf T. Salme, Embassy
 of Sweden, Box 9, Hanoi, Vietnam.
 
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                           ROBOT RADIO
 
   And finally this note from down under.  It seems that two years
 ago a computer temporally took over from the human disk jockey at
 Sydney Australia AM station 2SM.  This, following a corporate
 takeover by a new ownership company.  After a transition period of
 a few weeks the humans returned, and 2SM was reborn with a new
 program format.
   Then something interesting happened.  What broadcasters around
 the world call "the book" came out.  The book is the ratings
 report on station listenership and guess what it showed.  That's
 right, during the time that the computerized disk jockey was on
 the air the station's ratings had jumped upward by an amazing 40
 per cent.
 
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