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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2036, November 4 2016

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2036 with a release date of Friday,
November 4 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. We bring you an update on the brave hams in India who
are monitoring suspicious signals on the border. We pay tribute to three
Silent Keys -- and if you're a fan of AM operation, you'll be glad for some
news we have from Australia. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline
Report 2036 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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UPDATE: AMATEURS TRACK POTENTIAL TERROR

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We begin with an update about some courageous amateurs who
have apparently made some progress tracking a potential terror threat in
India. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY: India's Intelligence Bureau is now responding to reports from amateur
radio operators who believe they have pinpointed the region from which
suspicious radio transmissions have been intercepted. The hams spent several
days conducting around-the-clock monitoring of the signals, which were sent
at night along the border with Bangladesh.

Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA, secretary of the West Bengal Amateur Radio Club,
has been listening on VHF with club members after authorities had expressed
concerns that the transmissions might be linked to extremists or terror
activity.

A report in the Indian Express notes that the coded transmissions, heard at
night, appear to have been pinpointed as coming from the West Bengal region
of Basirhat. Basirhat has been widely viewed as a nexus for terrorism.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

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ATTACK PLAN SUSPECTED ON HAARP FACILITY

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Two men in Georgia have been charged with plotting an attack
on the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project in Alaska, a facility
of great interest to the amateur community. Authorities released news of the
arrests as Newsline went to production. An arsenal of weapons was also
recovered that police believe were to be used in the planned attack. The plot
was discovered during an investigation of reports that one of the suspects
was engaged in selling drugs. Marmian Grimes, a representative of the
University of Alaska at Fairbanks, told the Alaska Dispatch that the research
facility has faced threats before and was grateful Georgia authorities were
alert. The authorities said the pair had told them they were acting on
directions from God.

(ARRL)

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IN MEMORY OF THREE SILENT KEYS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The amateur community has suffered three more losses. They
are National Medal of Science winner, an expert in acoustics and ARRL
president emeritus, Jim Haynie, W5JBP.

Jim had been in failing health when he died on November 1. He was the ARRL's
13th president and began his term in January of 2000. He served in that post
for six years. His tenure was marked by strong advocacy for ham radio
education and his promotion of radio science in the classroom led to the
ARRL's Education & Technology Program. He was outspoken on Capitol Hill on
such issues as spectrum protection and deed restrictions. Haynie, who was
named Amateur of the Year at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention, was a force in
mustering hams to assist after the 9/11 attacks and testified before Congress
about radio response during Hurricane Katrina.

Jim Haynie was 73.

We hear now from Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun, WD9GCO about contester
and DXer Paul Obert K8PO.

PAUL: Contesting is an activity that some hams just approach casually, and
others very seriously. And for some, like Paul Obert, K8PO, it was an
obsession. His antenna farm resembles an antenna research facility. Sadly,
Obert became a Silent Key on October 21st.

I spoke with two hams who had known Paul and asked for their memories of the
man. Larry Emery, K1UO, remembers the first time he heard him on the air:

LARRY: When I first heard Paul on the air, he was what I would call my "new
competition" that I didn't know about when he came to Maine. I kept wondering
who he was, who this K8PO guy was who kept beating me out on the low bands
because we enjoy 160 meters DXing and so forth.

And so, one day my wife and I took a drive up to Paul's and his wife Jackie's
place up in Union and I saw all of these towers and stacks from 40 to 10
meters and a full-sized 160 meter vertical and I said, "Ah-Ha!" and that sort
of answered that question!

And that was the first day I met him and we kinda hit it off and of course
Paul would do anything for you. The last few years we'd meet sort of halfway
in a little hole-in-the-wall diner and run over the past contest activities
or just anything in general we were trying. One of the last things we were
talking about was remoting because I was in an HOA.

PAUL: Scott Redd, K0DQ, fondly remembers his friend as a man of many talents:

SCOTT: Paul was, in my view, what I would call a triathlete in ham radio. He
was an accomplished DXer on all bands, especially the low bands; he was a
contester, which was my particular interest, and he did some great things
there; and he was an incredible engineer.

He was a station designer - he had a good station, but it was engineered
perfectly. He was of German descent, and it showed. Paul did all of those
things in terms of his ham radio skills, and he was also a wonderful human
being.

PAUL: If you'd like to see a few photos of Paul's towers, go to his QRZ page.
There you will also see some of his awards, including the W1AW Worked All
States for the ARRL Centennial. Some of his other achievements included 359
confirmed countries, including 20 that are no longer on the list. He was one
zone away from achieving Nine-Band-Worked-All-Zones.

Paul Obert will be missed by many around the world. But where he is now, the
reception is static-free and the bands have no limits.

All of us at Amateur Radio Newsline offer our condolences to his family and
friends.

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

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Neil Rapp WB9VPG tells us more about Internet pioneer and
acoustics expert Leo Beranek.

NEIL: National Medal of Science winner Leo Beranek, a former amateur radio
operator and the creator of ARPANET, the precursor to today's Internet - has
become a Silent Key at the age of 102. A renowned acoustical scientist, he
ran the electro-acoustics laboratory at Harvard University in the 1940s and
the Navy Systems Research Laboratory at Beavertail Point, Rhode Island, for
which he was given the Presidential Certificate of Merit from President Harry
Truman for his work during World War II.

The Iowa native, who ultimately got a PhD from Harvard University, had worked
with the young startup Collins Radio Company years earlier when he'd had to
drop out of college. Many years later, in 1972, he helped found WCVB, the TV
station in Boston. Leo had become a licensed radio amateur during his college
years, although records now of his call sign are not available. He was given
the National Medal of Science for Engineering in 2003 by President George W.
Bush.

The Leo Beranek Student Medal for Excellence in the Study of Noise Control
was created in 2010 by the Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the
United States, to honor him.

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


(ARRL, BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL, BOSTON GLOBE, INSTITUTE OF NOISE CONTROL
ENGINEERING)

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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 K7MRG repeater in
Prescott, Arizona on Tuesday evenings.

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CELEBRATING AMPLITUDE MODULATION IN AUSTRALIA

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Amplitude modulation is alive and well, especially in
Australia. We hear more from Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams VK4JJW.

JOHN: Single Sideband changed the shape of how we talk on the radio, putting
amplitude modulation, or AM, on the sidelines because of its more sizable
bandwidth. In Australia, however, there is a renewed focus on AM as a result
of a newly released band plan. The guidlines apply to Australian amateur
bands below 30 MHz. On 10 meters, AM is now recommended for 29.0 to 29.1 MHz.
On 40 meters, crystal-controlled AM can be found around 7.125 MHz. The upper
portion of 160 meters is also recommended for AM transmissions.

The band plans were updated recently by John Martin VK3KM, the technical
advisory committee co-ordinator for the Wireless Institute of Australia.

By the way, if you're going the AM route, be sure to listen for WIA president
Phil Wait VK2ASD, whose homebrew AM transmitter can be considered something
of a frequent flyer on that designated spot on 40 meters. Not only is 7.125
used for crystal-controlled rigs but also VFO-rig AM operation.

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

(WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA)

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HISTORY, BRAVERY AND AUSTRALIANS ON THE AIR

STEPHEN: The spirit of a famous naval battle from the first World War lives
on in a special event station in Australia. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's
Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.

JASON: The team members of VICTOR INDIA 4 SYDNEY EMDEN ACTION have their work
cut out for them. They are commemorating November 9, 1914, a remarkable day
for the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Sydney took on the German adversaries
aboard the SMS Emden off the Cocos Keeling Islands. It was the first WW1
action seen by Australia's Navy.

One hundred and two years later, this special event station, which began its
operation on the first of November, will conclude its international contacts
on November 9, but not before the operators sweep the bands between 630
meters to 6 meters. It's no small detail that most of the operators are
former navy or military personnel.

The station's QRZ page notes that the special event station does not attempt
to glorify war but to commemorate everyone's bravery on both sides of the
conflict.

With that in mind, the Australian radio operators ask hams to remember all
the brave sailors involved - not only those from Australia but also those
from Britain and Germany.

Indeed, the QSL card features side-by-side portraits of Australia's Capt.
John Glossop and Germany's Capt. Karl von Muller, calling them both "The Last
Gentlemen of War," no doubt a nod to the 1984 history book, "Gentlemen of
War."

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW

(SOUTHGATE, QRZ, WIA)

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YOUNG HAMS WHO MAKE THE GRADE

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: It's smart to be a ham.....but it can pay off especially well
to be a smart young ham. We hear why from Amateur Radio Newsline's Geri
Goodrich KF5KRN.

GERI'S REPORT: The ARRL Foundation is looking for a few bright students.
Actually, the foundation is searching for a couple of dozen -- all of them
hopeful recipients of more than 80 scholarships available from the foundation
in amounts ranging from $500 to $5,000. The scholarship application window
opened on October 1 and students who are active radio amateurs have until
January 31 to submit their online application along with a PDF of their
transcript from their most recently completed academic year.

The scholarships support the students' post-secondary school education in the
academic year 2017 to 2018.

Last year, 81 students were awarded funds for a total of $120,150 in
scholarships which are funded entirely through contributions to the
foundation by clubs, friends and amateurs themselves.

Read more about the scholarships, or find an application, by visiting
arrl.org/scholarship-descriptions

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Geri Goodrich, KF5KRN

(ARRL)

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KC0W IS ON THE MOOOOOOOVE AGAIN

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: There's good news for hams who are chasing Tom Callas, KC0W,
the noted "Cows Over the world" DXer whose DXpeditions came to a halt after
he was the victim of a theft. Tom has announced on his QRZ.com profile that
he expects to start operating in early November through the 25th of the month
from the Philippines using the call sign 4I7COW. So welcome back Tom - and to
everyone else, go get him!

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WORLD OF DX

Elsewhere in the world of DX, John AD8J is working as AD8J/HR9 until November
12 from the island of Guanaja, Honduras, IOTA reference NA-057. Send QSL
cards via his home call sign.

Roly ZL1BQD is working until November 25th as E51RR from Rarotonga in the
South Cook Islands. Listen for him 40, 20 and 15m. Send QSL cards to his home
call.

Be listening  for the callsign XU7MDC until November 14th. That would be a
team of radio operators from the Mediterraneo DX Club on the air from
Cambodia. You can listen for them on all HF bands. The team's QSL manager is
IK2VUC.


(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)

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KICKER: A COMIC STRIP TRIBUTE TO CODE

We close this week's newscast with this story of a classic comic strip with a
surprise element: Morse Code. Now, Samuel Morse isn't exactly the kind of
character you'd find in the pages of any comic strip, much less the classic
strip, "The Phantom." The Phantom, an avenger with a sense of justice, was
created in the 1930s, long after Samuel Morse devised his system of dots and
dashes in the 19th Century. In the strip's earliest days, The Phantom was
already using amateur radio to send important messages. It seems that in the
intervening years, he hasn't forgotten ham radio's reliability -- nor has he
forgotten his CW.

Now he is an older, wiser Phantom - and the father of two, including a son
attending college at a remote Himalayan location. He is seen in the comic's
current story thread keeping tabs on his son by communicating with one of his
teachers via code. His wife, of course, asks her crime-fighting husband
"isn't that obsolete?" The Phantom replies: "Not at all."

Right you are, Phantom. That's what makes you OUR hero too!

(SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; Boston Globe; Boston
Business Journal; CQ Magazine; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Institute of
Noise Control Engineering; Irish Radio Transmitter Society; Ohio-Penn DX
Bulletin; 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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