Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2132 for Friday, September 7th, 2018

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2132 with a release date of Friday, 
September 7th, 2018 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. An AMSAT satellite is plagued by QRM. Hams in 
Kenya find their clubhouse burglarized -- and an amateur in Northern 
Ireland gets a surprise message. All this and more as Amateur Radio 
Newsline Report 2132 comes your way right now.

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AMSAT BATTLING SATELLITE QRM

PAUL/ANCHOR: We open this week's report with some QRM -- which is 
exactly what's been plaguing a new AMSAT satellite, as we hear from Neil 
Rapp WB9VPG.

NEIL: AMSAT is looking for some help in tracking down some interference 
to the uplink frequency of its newest satellite. Drew Glasbrenner, 
KO4MA, Vice President of operations at AMSAT, tells us what's happening.

DREW: We've been having issues on AO-92 recently with QRM on the uplink 
frequency. You can tell that it's DMR. But because it's being filtered 
through the computer on the satellite and the audio process, we can't 
decode it right now.
We have a pretty good idea of where it is. Most likely in the Midwest or 
maybe the Colorado mountain area. We're not hearing it on real low West 
Coast passes, and we're not hearing it on passes that are east of, say, 
the Appalachians. So, it's mid-America somewhere. And it's fairly strong 
when it's there.

NEIL: If you're operating anything... a hotspot, repeater, or just 
running simplex in the satellite subbands, which are 145.8 to 146.0 and 
435 to 438 MHz, AMSAT is putting out a plea for those stations to move 
off those frequencies.

DREW: If anybody does hear it locally and not through the satellite, 
please let us know. Any help that we can get from satellite users or 
people who just happen to be listening and hear and know where it is 
would be very welcome.

NEIL: This particular case of QRM is believed to be near 435.36 MHz. If 
you have a report to make, please email it to ko4ma@amsat.org.

DREW: One of the things that we've investigated and ran by some people 
that are very familiar with regulations... we had some initial pushback 
from people that said, "Who are you to tell us that we can't operate 
there?" We're no one to tell you that you can't operate there. However, 
hotspots would fall under what's considered an auxillary station in the 
Part 97 rules. Auxillary stations are specifically exempted from the 
satellite sub-bands. They can not operate there according to FCC 
regulation. So it's not just us trying to clear off frequencies for the 
satellites. It's FCC regulation that protects those. So, we would like 
everybody to cooperate and clear those frequencies up and move their 
auxillary stations where they belong. But, the request does have some 
legal authority behind it.

NEIL: Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.

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CASE STILL OPEN IN KILLING OF HENRY STANGE WA6RXZ

PAUL/ANCHOR: In a recent newscast, Newsline reported an investigation 
into the death of California amateur Henry Stange WA6RXZ whose body was 
found in a shallow grave in Joshua Tree National Park in June. Although 
police did arrest two suspects - a Marine first lieutenant and his wife 
- on August 29th, the Riverside County district attorney declined to 
file charges against them and they were released two days later. A 
report in the Desert Star newspaper identified them as Curtis Krueger, 
30, and Ashlie Stapp, 27. The investigation continues.

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CLUB SHACK IN NAIROBI, KENYA BURGLARIZED

PAUL/ANCHOR: In Nairobi Kenya, hams were shocked to discover their club 
shack burglarized - for the second time - as Ed Durrant DD5LP reports.

ED: Members of the Radio Society of Kenya have reported that burglars 
struck their shack in Nairobi again this summer and while most of the 
equipment and supplies taken were of little value, two valuable items 
used as amateur radio awards have gone missing. Ted, 5Z4NU, the 
society's secretary, told Amateur Radio Newsline in an email that the 
building, a former pumping station, was broken into after window bars 
and then creating a large hole in the wall by pulling out the main fuse 
board. Ted said the shack's interior was extensively damaged and a 
report was made to the police by Hemant 5Z4HP, who made the discovery. 
Ted said that much of the radio equipment stolen was old, unusable and 
without any sale value and that the clubhouse was used mainly for 
monthly meetings. He said the club's station 5Z4RS has not been 
operational for some time and the local membership is limited to only 
five or six licensees in Nairobi.

The burglars did take a World War Two-era military Morse Code key that 
the club gave annually as a CW operator's award as well as a glass vase 
used as an award for hams making contacts with stations in Scandinavia. 
The club also lost an antenna rotator control, an old multimeter and 
other outdated equipment. He said the damage to the clubhouse interior 
was extensive and because the fuse board had been pulled from the wall 
the clubhouse alarm never went off. The few remaining pieces of 
furniture consisted of some chairs, he said.
Ted said he was not optimistic anything would be found, or an arrest 
made, adding that the location has been a target like this on and off 
for the past several years.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant DD5LP.

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SILENT KEY: MALAYSIAN AMATEUR FEROZ KHAN 9W2JOH

PAUL/ANCHOR: In Malaysia, hams are remembering a generous friend who has 
become a Silent Key. Here's Jason Daniels VK2LAW.

JASON: Hams throughout Malaysia are grieving the loss of Feroz Khan 
9W2JOH. The ham radio community learned on August 30th that he had 
become a Silent Key. Feroz was known particularly for his generous 
spirit among young Radio Scouts and their activities - and for an 
enthusiasm that would not be dampened even when he undertook projects 
with his fellow hams that seemed especially difficult. Piju 9M2PJU 
shared with Newsline some social media postings made by Feroz's close 
friend Jaya 9W2BUG. Jaya's posts noted that Feroz always showed 
tremendous generosity in loaning out his radio equipment to those who 
needed it, particularly for scouting events. He played key roles in a 
number of "firsts" in radio scouting, including the first international 
Jamboree on the Air in 2008 that included scouts from Singapore and 
Indonesia. Jaya also recalled one project that same year involving a 
helium balloon with a G5RV antenna which contacted the NASA's Houston 
operations center.
Jaya wrote that he will always remember his friend as a positive thinker 
who got things done. No doubt he speaks for many.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jason Daniels VK2LAW.

(FACEBOOK, PIJU 9M2PJU)

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SILENT KEY: MOMOKU SAKURA JI2EIT

PAUL/ANCHOR: In Japan, we report another Silent Key: a YL who was also a 
successful artist. Here's Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

JIM MEACHEN: Though many fans of Japanese manga comics came to know 
Momoko Sakura as a pre-eminent artist and illustrator, amateur radio 
operators knew her by her call sign JI2EIT. The well-known creator of a 
popular anime (ANN-NIM-MAY) series on Fuji TV became a Silent Key on the 
15th of August. Momoko got her radio license while still in school and 
later illustrated covers of Japan's CQ Ham Radio magazine. Her animated 
TV series, which was about a curious little girl named Maruko, even 
featured amateur radio in one of its episodes, with Maruko asking to 
obtain her license.
The hit show, which made its debut in 1990, is still in production and 
local news reports indicate it will continue.
Momoko Sakura died of cancer. She was 53.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

(SOUTHGATE, HAMLIFE.JP, THE JAPAN TIMES)

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DIGITAL ENTHUSIASTS HOLDING ANNUAL CONFERENCE

PAUL/ANCHOR: If your specialty is digital communications, you'll want to 
hear this report from Dave Parks WB8ODF.

DAVE: If you're a digital radio enthusiast and haven't registered yet 
for the 37th annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference taking 
place September 14th through 16th in Albuquerque New Mexico there's 
still time. The agenda features two days of technical forums on that 
Friday and Saturday with introductory forums on Saturday followed by 
what organizers are calling a "Sunday morning seminar deep dive." The 
two banquet speakers will be Philip J. Erickson W1PJE assistant director 
and head of the Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences group at MIT's 
Haystack observatory and Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF, assistant research 
professor at the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research at the New Jersey 
Institute of Technology. TAPR is amateur radio's leading digital 
technology organization. For details or to register, visit tapr dot org 
forward slash dcc (tapr.org/dcc)

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Dave Parks WB8ODF

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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 KV3B repeater in Rockville, Maryland on Sunday nights at 8.

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IN NORTHERN IRELAND, HAM'S SPECIAL DELIVERY FROM N. KOREA

PAUL/ANCHOR: A recent radio contact with Northern Ireland got a most 
unexpected response, as Jeremy Boot G4NJH tells us.

JEREMY: Sometimes a QSL card, or an SWL card just isn't enough. Jordan 
Heyburn MI6JVC found that out this summer when his rig picked up a 
broadcast from the state-run Voice of Korea in North Korea and he did 
what most any radio enthusiast might do: he sent a reception report. 
What he got back in the mail to his Northern Ireland home, however was 
so much more than he was expecting. An account in the Daily Mail 
newspaper notes that the station responded to his gesture with a 
generous package - one that contained an assortment of newspapers and 
magazines, an English-language program for the radio broadcast and a 
personal note about everyone's favorite subject, the weather. He said 
the parcel's arrival caused quite a stir at his local post office when 
he picked it up - everyone noted the return address was Pyongyang. The 
newspapers that were sent even included a story that covered the meeting 
this past June between U.S. President Donald Trump and Korea's Kim 
Jong-Un in Singapore.
The note concludes with a weather report from Korea and the heartfelt 
message: [quote] "Send our best regards to all your family." 
[closequote]. The station hoped to hear from him again.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(DAILY MAIL)

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KOREAN POSTAGE STAMP COMMEMORATES ARDF CHAMPIONSHIPS

PAUL/ANCHOR: There's some popular postage meanwhile in South Korea, as 
we hear from Graham Kemp VK4BB.

GRAHAM: Hams competing in the Amateur Radio Direction Finding World 
Championships in Korea may have something to write home about - and now 
they have a special postage stamp they can use to send their message 
home from Korea. A report by the Korea Stamp Society shows the 
commemorative postage stamp being issued by the Korea Post to mark the 
19th global event concluding September 8th. At least 30 nations were 
represented in the challenge, which takes places every two years. The 
stamps have been printed as a sheet of 16, with each stamp carrying a 
value of 330 South Korean won, or about 30 cents in U.S. currency. It 
shows two competitors engaged in the contest's activities, which include 
the search for hidden transmitters, or fox hunting. This year's event 
was hosted by the Korean Amateur Radio League.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Graham Kemp VK4BB.

(KOREA STAMP SOCIETY)


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CANADIAN SPECIAL EVENT STATION CELEBRATES REGATTA

PAUL/ANCHOR: How do you mark 200 years of a noted sporting event? John 
Williams VK4JJW tells us.

JOHN:  When the St. John's Regatta in Newfoundland Canada ran its 200th 
event, making it North America's longest running sporting event, special 
event station CY1R completed over 30 days 3,395 QSOs with 126 countries 
in 610 grid squares including all 50 U.S. States. That's a big 
accomplishment for the on-air event put on by the North Atlantic Radio 
Project supported by Chris VO1IDX and Sam VO1CBL, who also holds the 
K3KLC call.
Chris told Amateur Radio Newsline that the numbers also included 510 
counties in the U.S. and every continent on the globe over the course of 
the month. The hams were also able to take part in the RTTY Contest 
mid-month which gave Chris his first contact with Japan on RTTY.
He told Newsline that not all the excitement happened in front of one of 
the Flex and Elecraft rigs, however. During a big social gathering on 
one of the special event days, hams worked together - fighting extreme 
wind - to lift a vertical antenna with a helium balloon. This marked the 
first time, Chris said, something like this had ever been done in 
Newfoundland.

The station went QRT and as Newsline went to production, the QSO count 
was still being confirmed as more operators continued to upload to LoTW. 
He was confident that the count - like the helium balloon launched 
during the big event - would most certainly rise.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm John Williams VK4JJW.

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GET ON BOARD THE 'FLYING SCOTSMAN'

PAUL/ANCHOR: Ham radio is also helping mark railroad history, as we hear 
from Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY: The locomotive's website calls it a 'National Treasure' - and 
few would argue with that, even if they're not train enthusiasts or fans 
of the Flying Scotsman.

Built in Doncaster for the London and North Eastern Railway, the Flying 
Scotsman went into service in 1923, and became one of the most powerful 
express trains in service at that time.

So many years later, it's getting its own Amateur Radio Special Event 
station, GB0FS. The operators on the 15th of September, will be in a 
carriage pulled by this famous train. Its name was made in 1928 by 
providing the first non-stop service between London and Edinburgh - a 
long trip that was reduced to eight hours' travel time. The radio 
station is a collaborative effort between the Bury Radio Society and the 
Rochdale and District Amateur Radio Society. The journey will take the 
hams from Bury, Lancashire to Holyhead, in Anglesey, North Wales and back.
Organizers Dave M0LMN and Mo M0TXK note on the GB0FS page that this is 
the first Special Event Station to take place mobile on the main UK 
railway network. They will be operating simplex on 2m and 70 cm and can 
also be heard on DMR and Fusion repeaters.
So, All aboard!
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(BURY RADIO SOCIETY, QRZ)
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KICKER: THE 'BOOMERANG RADIO' COMES HOME

PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week on a personal note from one of our own 
here at Newsline. This is a story about the love of an old radio - and 
something more. This story belongs to Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

NEIL'S KICKER: Here at Newsline at the end of each report, we usually 
end with a funny or heartwarming story from someone. This week is no 
exception. But this time, the story is one of my own. Last week, I was 
picking up an amplifier that had been upgraded for K9SOU, the high 
school station located where I teach. Joe Fitter, K7JOE, my cohort at 
the amateur radio club at Indiana University, made the updates for us. 
But in addition to picking up the amplifier, he brought me a rather 
large receiver. It was a Hallicrafters S-40B that he told me about. He 
had been trading some equipment, as he often does. Then he said, "I 
think this belonged to your Dad." Dad became a silent key a little over 
a year ago. So Joe tells me to open up the lid, and inside was a small 
card from when the receiver had been repaired. It had my mom and dad's 
names on it, their callsigns, Vincennes, Indiana (my hometown), and at 
the bottom the name of a very close friend in my childhood, Paul Kent, 
W9CQ who mentored me in RTTY.

I barely remember this receiver, as I was only five years old at the 
time and Dad bought a newer receiver with general coverage not long 
before I earned my novice license. But, indeed it was in his hands at 
one time. Whether he repaired it or sold it is still not clear yet. I'm 
still trying to connect the dots for the entire story, but I seem to 
remember that he sold it and the Heathkit transmitter we started out 
with in order to get some money for an amplifier. Joe had bought it from 
Paul Kent's nephew, and figured out some of its history from the card. 
He was gracious enough to give it to me last week. And now, this 
receiver is back home... 42 years later.

Some have called it the "boomerang" radio, others have said it's a 
message Dad is trying to send like on the movie "Frequency." As for me, 
I'm just truly grateful.

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

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; 
the Bury Radio Society; CQ Magazine; Daily Mail; Hamlife.JP; Hap Holly 
and the Rain Report; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; the Japan Times; 
Korea Stamp Society; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ; 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. 
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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, 
and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun WD9GCO in Valparaiso Indiana 
saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

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