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                       The following is a QST
 
   The FCC says no to morse code exemptions for the elderly and
 the ARRL announces some election winners.  These stories and more
 on Newsline report number 896 coming your way right now!
 
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                          ELDERLY REFUSAL
 
 
   The FCC says no a petition that proposed exemptions from Morse
 code exams for people age 65 and older.
   The petition to change the rules was filed by Guy A. Matzinger,
 KB7PNQ.  Matzinger is a 67-year-old Technician class licensee
 from Cheney, Washington.  In his petition Matzinger argued that
 old age results in diminished faculties.  He even equated people
 65 and older with the severely disabled in terms of passing a CW
 exam.
   To back up his claim, Matzinger introduced the results of a
 survey he conducted that said 63 percent of those he contacted
 supported an exemption for speeds above 5 WPM for anyone over age
 65.
   But in turning away Matzingers' request the FCC says that the
 survey was flawed.  It notes that the study provided only a
 statistical age profile of those contacted but did not say how
 many people were actually surveyed.
   The FCC says that similar petitions have been denied in the
 past.  This is because the current Amateur Radio license structure
 is based on the desires of the amateur service community and on
 the thousands of comments it received on previous petitions.
   The Commission also notes that its rules already provide for
 Morse code exemptions for candidates with certain recognized
 disabilities.  It adds that the Matzinger petition got the usual
 public notice, but says it received no comments at all on this
 regulatory change request.
 
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               CONGRESS ACTS TO SUPPORT HAM RADIO
 
   A joint congressional resolution supporting Amateur Radio was
 successfully passed through both houses of Congress in the wee
 hours of the morning of October 7.  The bill asks for "reasonable
 accommodation" in the operation of Amateur Radio in homes,
 automobiles and public places.
   It was a last ditch effort by Senators Charles Robb, Wendell
 Ford and Alan Simpson to make Senate Joint Resolution 90 a
 reality.  The bill passed on the floor of the Senate under
 unanimous consent at 12:10 AM.  It then went to the House of
 Representatives.  There it was brought up by Congressman Al Swift
 and passed unanimously at 2:45 AM.  Patricia Spurlock, a staffer
 for Senator Robb, and Stephanie Vance, a staffer for Congressman
 Mike Kreidler, worked overtime on the bill.  You may remember that
 it was Kreidler introduced the original House version.
   Passage was assisted by the efforts of David Leach, counsel to
 the House Energy  Commerce Committee, along with Jerry Waldron and
 Colin Crowell of the House Telecommunication and Finance
 Subcommittee.
   Not since the days when Barry Goldwater, K7UGA served in the
 senate has Amateur Radio seen this kind of support from Capitol
 Hill.
 
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                          ARRL WINNERS
 
   ARRL Directors and Vice Directors have been elected or re-
 elected by acclimation in several league divisions.  This happens
 when only one person was nominated and eligible.  At this point
 the Elections Committee declared that candidate elected.
   Those running unopposed this year and elected included Hudson
 Division Director Steve Mendelsohn, WA2DHF and Vice Director Paul
 Vydareny WB2VUK; New England Division Director Bill Burden
 WB1BRE and Vice Director Warren Rothberg WB1HBB; Rocky Mountain
 Division Vice Director Walt Stinson W0CP; Southwestern Division
 Director Fried Heyn WA6WZO and Vice Director Art Goddard W6XD.
 Finally, in the West Gulf Division Tom Comstock N5TC was
 re-elected as Director and former Director and ARRL Vice President
 Jim Haynie, WB5JBP comes in as the new West Gulf Vice Director.
   There were several divisions with contested elections.
 Ballots have been mailed to ARRL members in those divisions where
 a vote to decide the winners is required.
 
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                   TASMA'S RADUS STEPPING DOWN
 
   Out on the west coast, Attorney Sidney Radus, N6OMS, the
 current chairman of the Two Meter Area Spectrum Management
 Association of Southern California says that he will not stand for
 reelection.  He blames a mis-information campaign as his reason
 to step aside.
   In a letter to the TASMA membership and faxed to Newsline,
 Radus says that someone has been putting out information that the
 now defunct $10 a year contribution was a mandatory database
 maintenance fee.  He says that it was his understanding that
 payment was voluntary and intended to fund the work of the groups
 Interference Committee.
   According to Radus, much dis-information has been floated on
 packet radio, on the Prodigy system, on America OnLine and in the
 ham press regarding the purpose of the ten dollar donation.  And,
 while N6OMS stops short of naming names, he does say that there
 are apparently some people who are -- and we quote --- "who are
 attempting to generate a self fulfilling prophecy and stir up more
 turmoil and trouble" -- end quote.
   Radus says that he cannot condone and will not be a party to
 obtaining money under false pretense. For that reason he says that
 he has decided not to seek reelection as TASMA chairman.
 
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                AT&T FORMS TEAM TO TRACK HACKERS
 
   AT&T Corp.'s Global Business Communications Systems says that
 it has formed an investigative unit to monitor, track and catch
 phone-system hackers in the act of committing toll fraud.  The
 unit will profile hacker activity and initiate "electronic
 stakeouts" with its business communications equipment customers in
 cooperation with law enforcement agencies, and work with them to
 prosecute the thieves.  The company says that its goal is not only
 to defend against hackers but to get them off the street."
 
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                RAY BRIEM SHOW - HAM RADIO SPECIAL
 
   Hi.  I'm Ray Brien, N6FFT.  As many of you know, for the past
 thirty years I have hosted an all night talk show on radio station
 KABC in Los Angeles.  And for the past several years I have
 devoted at least one night a year to talk about one of my favorite
 subjects, ham radio.
   Well, at the end of the year I plan to retire.  Before I do I
 want to hold one more Ray Briem Ham Radio Special.  We plan to
 have some of the best known ham radio operators with us in the
 studio.  Others worldwide will join in by telephone.
   It's an all star ham radio line up to big to list here, but I
 will tell you that you won't be disappointed.
   I've chosen Saturday morning October the 29th for this special
 event.  We start at 5 minutes after midnight and go till 5 in the
 morning.  The nighttime signal of our powerful 5000 watt KABC
 transmitter means that many of you should be able to hear us
 throughout the western United States.
   So come and join us the morning of October 29th -- at 5 minutes
 past midnight for the last ever Ray Briem Show Ham Radio Special
 over KABC radio in Los Angels.  That's 790 on your AM dial.  Who
 knows.  We may even QSL.
 
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                       DISABLED HAMS FUND
 
   The ARRL Foundation has established The Program for the
 Disabled Fund.  This, to raise funds for the development of
 educational and informational materials for disabled licensed or
 prospective hams.  Your contribution can help make popular ARRL
 publications available in forms most useful to disabled hams and
 their instructors.  For more information please contact The ARRL
 Program for the Disabled Fund, 225 Main Street, Newington,
 Connecticut 06111.
 
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                       SMRS FRAUD CHARGE
 
   The Securities and Exchange Commission, responding to a
 complaint about a Florida based licensing mill has teamed up with
 the FCC's Miami office to act in the case.  As a result, an
 investment company brokering the sale of Specialized Mobile Radio
 System and Private Carrier licenses as investments through
 infomercial television advertising is now charged with interstate
 fraud.
   The FCC Miami Office provided information about licensing
 procedures and developed facts that showed the investment firm had
 been charging an average of $7,000 for each license.  The SEC has
 seized the company and issued a temporary restraining order
 against its owners doing further business.  Before it was able to
 stop the scheme some 12,000 investors had been dinged.
 
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             DP3MIR ACTIVE ABOARD MIR SPACE STATION
 
   German Astronaut Dr. Ulf Merbold is on the air from the Russian
 MIR space station signing DP3MIR.  This, during the ESA EUROMIR
 94 mission.
   In order to give actual information regarding the mission to as
 many radio amateurs and SWLs as possible, he is using the digital
 voice memory of MIR's ham radio rig designed and built by Thomas
 Kieselbach, DL2MDE.  Kieselbach made arrangements with DP3MIR to
 load actual spoken reports into the digital memory.  The reports
 in English and German are being retransmitted automatically on
 145.550 Mhz FM in regular time intervals.
 
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                     PRODIGY JOINS INTERNET
 
   Prodigy Services Co. has announced easier access to and help on
 the Internet.  This, for its novice members who often receive
 insulting messages from more seasoned users on the world's largest
 high tech computer network.
   Reports quoting the Reuter news agency say that Prodigy will
 offer a tutorial for new Internet user practice and education,
 simple point-and-click retrieval of frequently asked questions on
 Internet discussion groups and a primer on what Internet types
 call "Netiquette.  That being the protocol demanded of all new
 Internet users by those already there.
   Prodigy also plans to set up its own node on the Internet,
 which would enable Prodigy to offer content and services to
 Internet users.
   William Day, a Prodigy product manager, is quoted as saying
 that his users frequently send test messages to the Internet
 newsgroups.  As a result, many are "flamed" or insulted, by the
 typical sophisticated computer users on the Internet system.
 
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                            UK AWARD
 
   From Great Britain comes word that Roger Betts G0TRB, has
 been named as the recipient of the RSGB Supreme Transmitting
 Award in recognition of his three Senior Awards for operation on
 50 Mhz, 144 MHz and 432 MHz.  He also received an updated award
 for contacting fifty countries on the six meter band.
   On 70 MHz, a band not available in the United States or ITU
 Region 2, Derek Thom, G3NKS, has been awarded certificates for 60
 countries, 40 locator squares and 8 countries worked and
 confirmed.
 
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                           UK BEACON
 
   Also from the United Kingdom , word that the 23cm beacon
 GB3CLE will have to close down at its existing site next March.
 Two alternative sites have been offered.  One is near Oswestry in
 North-West Shropshire and the other is near Newtown. The sponsors
 of the beacon, the Salop Amateur Radio Society, invites users to
 indicate their preference. Anyone who uses this beacon, and who
 would like a say in its future, should contact the keeper, Don
 Goddard, G3UQH, at his Callbook address.
 
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                              DX
 
   In DX, word a large international team of hams will travel to
 Mexico's Naval Base of Socorro Island from 23 October through 01
 November including a multi-single entry in the CQ World Wide SSB
 Contest.  Signing XF4M, the team will operate on all HF bands and
 modes including RTTY and the RS-12 satellite.
   Soccoro Island is in the Revillagigedos Islands Group and this
 DXpedition also marks the first contest effort ever from
 Revillagigedos.
   Also, for the first time ever, the Mexican military will
 permit two prominent Russian amateurs to operate from this
 strategic island.  They are Andy Chesnokov UA3AB and Igor Booklan
 RA3AUU.  Both are well-known for DXpeditions to Afghanistan and
 Myanmar Republic in Burma.
   Others on the team include Frank Smith AH0W, Ed Kritsky NT2X,
 Gabriel Valdez XE2Z, Alfonso Belmar XE1ILH, Pepe Lozano XE1MX,
 Victor Keller XE1VIC, and Motoaki Saito JH1EDB.
   All stations working XF4M will get a prompt QSL from JH1AJT.
 
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                            NEW BABY
 
   And finally, back in 1987 this reporter had the good fortune to
 host a ham radio promotional video called The New World of Amateur
 Radio.  Those of you who have seen that show will remember I was
 joined on screen by two teenage hams.  Well -- Nathan Pyle
 KB6PLH and Kelly Howard N6PNY were teen-agers back then.
   Since 1990, Kelly Howard has been Mrs. Steven Lenert, and on
 Sunday night, October 2nd she gave birth to her first child, a 7
 pound boy named Michael Steven.
   Through "The New World of Amateur Radio," Kelly brought a lot
 of joy to hams around the world.  And through the magic of that
 video she has remained a very special part of all of our lives.
   So as we end this weeks newscast, we ask you to join with us in
 congratulating Kelly Lenert, N6PNY and her husband Steven on this
 very special moment in their lives.  We also welcome Michael
 Steven Lenert into his own new world, that some day may even
 include Amateur Radio.  Who knows what the future will bring.
 
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