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Four New Section Managers to Start in the New Year
MARS Volunteers Reach Out to Amateur Community to Test
Interoperability
Amateur Radio Volunteers Turn Out En Masse to Support Chicago
Marathon
W1AW Centennial Operations Moving to Delaware, Louisiana, and Puerto
Rico
Working Red Badge Holders Could Be Key to Boosting Your Centennial
QSO Party Totals
Riley Hollingsworth to North Carolina Club: Amateur Enforcement "Very
Much Alive"
"Frequency" TV Series Would Reprise Amateur Radio-Themed Movie
New Jersey Radio Amateurs Enter Emergency Antenna-Raising Project in
Innovation Competition
Two Japanese Satellites Will Carry Ham Radio Payloads into Deep Space
this Month
A Century of Amateur Radio and the ARRL
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions and Events
ARRL Headquarters Closed November 27-28
ARRL Headquarters will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on
Thursday and Friday, November 27-28. The ARRL Letter will not publish
on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 27, and there will be no
edition of ARRL Audio News on Friday, November 28. We wish all our
members a safe and enjoyable holiday!
Four New Section Managers to Start in the New Year
ARRL members in the Western Pennsylvania Section have elected elite
contester Tim Duffy, K3LR, as their new Section Manager. In a
three-way race, Duffy polled 545 votes, Cynthia L. Rushton, WB3CNJ,
received 83 votes, and Paul Plants,W3PLP, 62 votes. Ballots were
counted Tuesday, November 18, at ARRL Headquarters. Western
Pennsylvania Section Manager John Rodgers, N3MSE, of Butler decided
to not run for another term after serving since October 2007. He also
was Section Manager from 2000 to 2003.
Duffy, who lives in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, has been an ARRL
member and radio amateur for 42 years. He has served for 4 years as
the Atlantic Division representative to the ARRL Contest Advisory
Committee. Duffy also has been an active member of ARES and RACES and
has extensive net and traffic-handling experience.
Three other ARRL Sections also will begin the New Year with new
Section Managers.
In Eastern Massachusetts, Tom Walsh, K1TW, of Bedford, will take the
helm of that ARRL Section on January 1. Walsh has been an Assistant
Section Manager and was the only candidate for the Section Manager's
job.
Current SM Phil Temples, K9HI, who has served as Eastern
Massachusetts SM since 2011, decided not to run for a new term of
office. Temples also served as Section Manager from 1994 to 1996 and
from 2001 to 2004.
Taking over the top leadership role in the Southern New Jersey
Section on January 1 will be Thomas J. "Skip" Arey, N2EI, of Beverly.
He was the only nominee for the position. Arey has been the
Affiliated Club Coordinator in Southern New Jersey. Incumbent SM
George Strayline, W2GSS, opted not to run for another term after
serving since 2009.
In the West Central Florida Section, Darrell Davis, KT4WX, of Fort
Meade, will be the new SM starting in the New Year. He was the only
candidate for the position. Davis brings to the office his experience
as an Assistant Section Manager, ARESEmergency Coordinator, and
Technical Specialist. He will succeed Dee Turner, N4GD, of Pinellas
Park, who chose not to run for another term after serving since 2005.
The following incumbent Section Managers faced no opposition in the
fall election cycle, and they will continue with new terms of office
starting January 1, 2015: Dale Bagley, K0KY (Missouri); Matt
Anderson, KA0BOJ (Nebraska); Jim Mezey, W2KFV (New York City-Long
Island); Tom Dick, KF2GC (Northern New York), and Marc Tarplee, N4UFP
(South Carolina).
Two-year terms for all successful candidates will begin on January 1,
2015.
MARS Volunteers Reach Out to Amateur Community to Test
Interoperability
The Army and Air Force branches of the Military Auxiliary Radio
System (MARS) merged their long-distance radio networks in late
October for a 48-hour Department of Defense-sponsored contingency
communications exercise. The MARS volunteers provided communication
support in the wake of a simulated disruption to the nation's
telecommunications infrastructure. In addition to passing message
traffic for the Defense Department (DoD), the scenario for the
October 27-28 exercise also required MARS stations to interface with
the Department of Homeland Security Shared Resources -- or SHARES --
HF network. The plan also called for MARS members -- using their
Amateur Radio call signs and operating on amateur frequencies -- to
establish two-way communication with Amateur Radio Emergency Service
(ARES) leadership or members in as many US counties as possible.
"During the exercise, MARS Headquarters tasked MARS members to reach
out to ARES and Amateur Radio operators in as many counties across
the US as possible, using amateur HF as well as VHF and UHF
frequencies," explained Army MARS Program Manager, Paul English,
WD8DBY. According to English, preliminary results showed that
MARS-to-Amateur Radio contacts were made with approximately one-half
of the more than 3000 US counties. Direct radio contacts with Amateur
Radio operators or contacts made via an Amateur Radio net during the
48-hour exercise were counted as county contacts, he said.
Planning for this particular portion of the MARS exercise began in
late September between English and ARRL Emergency Preparedness
Manager Mike Corey, KI1U. English said the Defense Department and
MARS intend to continue developing this relationship with the Amateur
Radio community for future MARS exercises.
"This communications exercise [was] sponsored by the DoD to provide
MARS operators the opportunity to develop and train interoperability
procedures with their state/local ARES Emergency Coordinators and
their Amateur Radio colleagues," English explained. Read more.
Homeland Security's 2014 National Emergency Communications Plan
Incorporates Amateur Radio
The US Department of Homeland Security's 2014 National Emergency
Communications Plan (NECP) has incorporated Amateur Radio in its mix
of media that could support and sustain communications in a disaster
or emergency. The 2014 NECP is the first update since the original
plan was released in 2008. The NECP is "the nation's over-arching
strategic plan for enhancing emergency communications capabilities
and interoperability nationwide," DHS said in announcing the updated
plan on November 12.
"[A]mateur radio operators...can be important conduits for relaying
information to response agencies and personnel when other forms of
communications have failed or have been disrupted," the NECP states.
The NECP also describes changes that lie ahead for emergency
communication systems, such as 9-1-1 systems. "In the future, Next
Generation 9-1-1 will enhance the capabilities of current 9-1-1
networks, allowing the public to transmit pictures, videos, and text
messages that will provide additional situational awareness to
dispatchers and emergency responders," the NECP says.
The updated NECP stresses the importance of interoperability. It
recommends that state, regional, and local administrations "assess
their existing governance structures to ensure they are positioned to
address current and emerging policy, technology, and planning
developments." This effort, the NECP continues, could include the
addition of representatives from the Amateur Radio community to
statewide interoperability governing bodies and executive committees.
The NECP also recommends that federal, state, local, tribal, and
territorial jurisdictions "identify domestic and international
entities with potential roles in information sharing and the delivery
of emergency communications during emergencies," such as Amateur
Radio operators. "As appropriate, these entities should be
incorporated into training and exercise activities on a more regular
basis," the NECP suggests.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) -- a part of the
Department of Homeland Security -- is headed by ARRL member, W. Craig
Fugate, KK4INZ.
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Amateur Radio Volunteers Turn Out En Masse to Support Chicago
Marathon
A huge turnout of Amateur Radio volunteers supported communications
October 12 for the 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon and its 2000
volunteer medical teams. For the first time this year, the Amateur
Radio volunteers also shadowed the nine triage units that attended to
runners within Grant Park, the marathon's finish line. The hams
communicated with the ambulance service, if further medical support
was needed. Some of the 120 radio amateurs taking
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon attracted some 45,000 runners.
[Courtesy of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon]
part in the event ended up walking as many as 9 miles just within the
park during their volunteer stints. Some 45,000 runners from every US
state and more than 100 countries took part in the Chicago Marathon.
Approximately 2.5 million onlookers also enjoyed the ideal weather.
This marked the sixth year that the ham radio community has supported
this event. Operators came from four states and from cities as far
away as Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Indianapolis, Indiana;
Peoria, Illinois, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Twelve local ham
radio clubs were represented.
The ham radio volunteers made use of six local repeaters and several
simplex channels, starting off at 6:30 AM on race day -- to let
organizers know when the medical teams were on site and to assure
that medical services and supplies were in place and ready. Eight
operators worked at the forward command tent, side by side with event
officials, Chicago city services, and other agencies, to provide
health-and-welfare traffic to the physician in charge. The ham radio
volunteers also interfaced with the medical logistics teams and the
ambulance service.
The 120 radio amateurs were among some 12,000 volunteers at the race
event. Rob Orr, K9RST, who serves as the volunteer lead, has already
put out the call for volunteers at next year's marathon. -- Thanks to
ARRL Illinois Section News via The ARES E-Letter
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W1AW Centennial Operations Moving to Delaware, Louisiana, and Puerto
Rico
The ARRL Centennial W1AW portable operations taking place throughout
2014 from each of the 50 states are now in Florida and Arkansas. They
will transition at 0000 UTC on Wednesday, November 26 (the evening of
November 25 in US time zones), to Delaware (W1AW/3), Louisiana
(W1AW/5), and Puerto Rico (W1AW/KP4). So far during 2014, W1AW has
visited each of the 50 states for at least 1 week, and by year's end
W1AW will have been on the air from every state at least twice.
The ARRL Centennial QSO Party kicked off January 1 for a year-long
operating event in which participants can accumulate points and win
awards. The event is open to all, although only ARRL members and
appointees, elected officials, HQ staff and W1AW are worth ARRL
Centennial QSO Party points.
Working W1AW/x from each state cticut
does not count for Connecticut. Participants must work W1AW/1 in
Connecticut.) A W1AW WAS certificate and plaque will be available.
An ARRL Centennial QSO Party leader board shows participants how many
points they have accumulated in the Centennial QSO Party and in the
W1AW WAS operations. Log in using your Logbook of The World (LoTW)
user name and password, and your position will appear at the top of
the leader boards. Results are updated daily, based on contacts
entered into LoTW.
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Working Red Badge Holders Could Be Key to Boosting Your Centennial
QSO Party Totals
It's getting down to crunch time: The ARRL Centennial QSO Party ends
in just about 6 weeks! If you've been procrastinating about building
your point totals to the certificate level, two more major
opportunities to put some serious points into your log lie just
ahead. "Red Badges on the Air" activities will take place on
Saturday, November 22, and on Wednesday, December 31.
Working ARRL Midwest Division Director Cliff Ahrens, K0CA, is worth
225 points.
Point levels for Centennial QSO Party awards have already been
established. Participants will need 1000 points to qualify for a
first-level certificate, 3000 points for a second-level certificate,
7500 points for a third-level certificate, and 15,000 points for a
top-level award certificate. As of November 13, 13,000 participants
had attained 1000 points in the QSO points Challenge, and 7000 ops
had reached the 3000-point level.
The next ARRL Red Badges event gets underway at 0000 UTC on Saturday,
November 22 (starting on the evening of Friday, November 21, in US
time zones). ARRL officers, elected officials such as Director or
Section Manager, as well as Headquarters staffers and volunteers, and
other members of the ARRL family will be out in force on both
occasions. Contacts with red badge wearers are worth as much as 300
points per contact for working ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN. Many
stations will try to keep their contacts short; the minimum exchange
is a signal report, and any ARRL office, appointment, or member
abbreviation is optional. Read more.
Riley Hollingsworth to North Carolina Club: Amateur Enforcement "Very
Much Alive"
Former FCC Special Counsel for Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth,
K4ZDH, told the Forsyth Amateur Radio Club that the FCC is still
active in the Amateur Radio enforcement arena, even though it's not
always apparent. He spoke to the Winston-Salem, North Carolina, club
on November 10.
"You may not think so, but enforcement is very much alive," said
Hollingsworth, who -- although retired -- still keeps up with goings
on at the FCC and with the enforcement activities of his successor,
FCC Special Counsel Laura Smith. "You just don't hear a lot about it,
as you used to," he said, because ham radio news media report only
the "big announcements" these days. During his tenure, Hollingsworth
routinely released preliminary letters of inquiry and warning notices
to radio amateurs suspected of breaking the rules. Now, he said, the
FCC is using "the IRS model" of releasing information, partly in
response to privacy considerations.
"You only see final actions [now]," he said. "So, you don't think a
lot's being done, but it's all behind the scenes, and you don't know
about it."
What is not helpful, he told the club members, is e-mailing or
writing Laura Smith or the FCC proper to demand Commission attention
to particular enforcement issues. Hollingsworth said the FCC has
received "nasty e-mails to FCC personnel" concerning suspected ham
radio rule breaking.
Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, addresses members of the Forsyth Amateur
Radio Club in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. [Courtesy of
HamRadioNow]
"I'm talking about horrible e-mails, threatening e-mails, threatening
to the degree that the security office sometimes gets involved," he
said. "We've got to stop this." Hiding behind the anonymity of the
Internet, he stressed, gives some within the FCC a bad impression of
ham radio and could prove counterproductive.
In remarks now familiar to many who have heard him speak at Dayton
Hamvention and elsewhere, Hollingsworth also warned his audience
members against getting into on-the-air spats with rude or careless
operators.
"Don't engage people, and don't humor the idiots," he said.
"Stupidity can't be regulated, no matter how good the rules are. Just
turn the big knob. Every rig has one."
Hollingsworth's complete talk appears as Episode 174 of the online
Amateur Radio television series HamRadioNow, produced by Gary Pearce,
KN4AQ. Read more. -- Thanks to HamRadioNow and Gary Pearce, KN4AQ
"Frequency" TV Series Would Reprise Amateur Radio-Themed Movie
Mike Baxter, KA0XTT -- Tim Allen's character in the "Last Man
Standing" TV show on ABC -- may be getting some competition on the
ham bands, as NBC appears poised to launch a television series based
on the 2000 movie Frequency, in which ham radio -- aided by some
spectacular solar phenomena -- plays a central role in the sci-fi
thriller.
According to a November 13 article in The Hollywood Reporter, NBC has
already committed to the series. Jeremy Carver is writing the script
for Warner Brothers Television and will be the series' executive
producer. Toby Emmerich, who wrote the movie, will be a co-producer.
Jim Caviezel played NYPD detective John Sullivan in the 2000
Frequency movie. [New Line Cinema]
While Amateur Radio has made only fleeting appearances in "Last Man
Standing," it is an essential plot device in Frequency. In the movie,
a New York City fireman, Frank Sullivan, played by Dennis Quaid,
re-connects via a bizarre ham radio link with his son, John, 30 years
in the future. Jim Caviezel, now a star in the CBS drama, "Person of
Interest," portrayed John Sullivan, an NYPD detective.
John Sullivan comes across his late father's 1960's-era Heathkit
transceiver, through which -- with the help of a quirk of nature and
some Hollywood magic -- he is able to communicate with his father
through time and space. Read more. -- Thanks to John Bigley, N7UR,
Nevada Amateur Radio Newswire
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New Jersey Radio Amateurs Enter Emergency Antenna-Raising Project in
Innovation Competition
A group of young Amateur Radio operators from Warren County in
Northern New Jersey, has entered its 2013 Dayton Hamvention® Youth
Forum project -- the Emergency Antenna Platform System (EAPS) -- in
the Boca Bearings Innovation Competition. The group, which calls
itself the 721st Mechanized Contest Battalion, developed the device
for quickly raising antennas on vertical structures such as lamp
posts and flagpoles. In an emergency, a ham radio operator could use
the EAPS to put up an antenna and establish a communication link.
Devlin Murray, KC2PIX, and Chris Blackwood, KD2CXC, first presented
the project at Dayton. Murray and Blackwood delivered a Youth Forum
presentation on robotics at the ARRL Centennial National Convention
last July in Hartford, Connecticut.
In a scene from their entry video, Gavin DeAngelis, KD2DPN (left) and
Chris Blackwood, KD2CXC, demonstrate how to use the Emergency Antenna
Platform System (EAPS).
"This project was inspired by Hurricane Sandy," the developers told
Boca Bearing in their entry narrative. "Warren County, New Jersey,
was hit fairly hard; at one point, even the county's public service
communications system was knocked out. Hams pitched in to maintain
communications between the various hospitals, shelters, and water
distribution sites."
The group's entry relates that while setting up a communication post
in a mall parking lot in Sandy's aftermath, the operators encountered
reception problems. "We wanted to develop a simple system that was
easily transported and deployed to raise antennas," they said. The
EAPS can be powered from a vehicle battery. While initially intended
for emergency use, the EAPS conceivably could be used to erect
antennas for public Amateur Radio demonstrations, such as ARRL Field
Day. Read more. -- Thanks to Rob Roschewsk, KA2PBT
Two Japanese Satellites Will Carry Ham Radio Payloads into Deep Space
this Month
[UPDATED 2014-11-20 2030 UTC] Two Amateur Radio satellites, Shin'en 2
(Abyss 2) and ARTSAT2: DESPATCH, will be heading into deep space this
month. The satellites will hitch a ride with the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 asteroid mission, which is
scheduled to launch on November 29.
The Shin'en 2 satellite during assembly and testing. [Courtesy of
Kyushu Institute of Technology/Kagoshima University]
A 17 kg, 50 cm diameter polyhedron, Shin'en 2, developed by Kyushu
Institute of Technology and Kagoshima University, will carry into
deep space an F1D digital store-and-forward transponder, but not the
Amateur Radio Mode J linear transponder reported earlier. A linear
transponder had been part of the initial design, but Hideo
Kambayashi, JH3XCU, said that Japanese regulations would not allow it
and that it would have taken a long time to negotiate a variance with
regulatory authorities. "So, they gave up the use of the
transponder," he said on the AMSAT-BB earlier this week. The data
format is posted on the Kagoshima University website.
Inclusion of a transponder will offer an opportunity for earthbound
radio amateurs to test the limits of their communication
capabilities. The project also is hoping to gather listener reports.
The Hayabasa 2 project is expected to help pave the way for future
lunar rover missions. Hayabusa 2 will make a round trip to the C-type
asteroid 1999 JU3, arriving at the asteroid in mid-2018. It then
would survey and take samples of the asteroid before departing in
December 2019, and return to Earth in December 2020.
The Shin'en 2 satellite makes extensive use of carbon-fiber
reinforced plastic materials that can be bonded by heat to reduce its
weight and the number of hardware fasteners.
Shin'en 2 will be placed into an elliptical orbit around the Sun and
travel into a deep space between Venus and Mars. Its inclination will
be almost zero, which means Shin'en 2 will stay in the Earth's
equatorial plane. The distance from the Sun will be between 0.7 and
1.3 AU (an astronomical unit is 149,597,871 km).
ARTSAT2:DESPATCH will carry this 3D printer-generated sculpture into
deep space.
The ARTSAT2:DESPATCH "art project" satellite -- a 1U CubeSat -- is a
joint project by students at Tama Art University and Tokyo
University. It will carry a 30 kg "deep space sculpture" developed
using a 3D printer, plus an Amateur Radio payload -- a CW beacon at
437.325 MHz. At its maximum operational distance, it will be some 3
million km (1.86 million miles) from Earth about a week after launch.
-- Thanks to AMSAT-UK
A Century of Amateur Radio and the ARRL
In January 1997 a high-tech, massive, expensive, and very successful
DXpedition was mounted to operate as VK0IR from Heard Island in the
Antarctic. The 20-man crew, led by KK6EK and ON6TT, made a remarkable
80,673 contacts! The VK0IR story was told in detail in the September
1997 issue of QST.
The ARRL Board of Directors designated 1997 as Amateur Radio's Year
of Public Service, with two aims. One was to publicize ham radio's
major role in public service over its many decades of existence. The
other was a large public relations effort to tell non-hams about ham
radio.
The Phase 3D amateur satellite had been in the works for some time
and was nearing its launch date. A five-part series of QST articles
in 1996 and 1997 described the bird and how hams could use it. As
told in the June 1997 issue of QST, for his Eagle Scout public
service project, Brian, KC4LLD, volunteered to build the Phase 3D
shipping container. The project eventually required the help of 21
other Scouts to complete.
The Phase 3D satellite during construction.
On August 6, 1997, Gate 3 of the vanity call sign program was opened,
with about 1500 immediate applicants.
During 1997, Congress considered the wording of a bill to make it
illegal to listen in on cellular telephone signals and to market
equipment that covered cellular service frequencies. The ARRL put
forth a successful effort to be sure that radio amateurs would not be
affected by the bill.
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, Washington, reports: The average daily
sunspot numbers were up this past week by nearly 14 points to 98.9,
while average daily solar flux jumped 25 points to 164.4.
The predicted solar flux is 175, 180, 185, and 180 on November 20-23;
170, 150, 140, and 130 on November 24-27; 120 on November 28-29; 115
on November 30-December 6; 135 and 155 on December 7-8; 165 on
December 9-10, and 160 on December 11-15. Solar flux peaks at 170 on
December 17-19.
The predicted planetary A index is 12 on November 20-21; 10 on
November 22; 12 on November 23-24; 8 on November 25; 5 on November
26-December 3; 12, 10, and 8 on December 4-6; 5 on December 7-10, and
10, 15, 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 10 and 12 on December 11-19.
This weekly "Solar Update" in The ARRL Letter is a preview of the
"Propagation Bulletin" issued each Friday. The latest bulletin and an
archive of past propagation bulletins is on the ARRL website.
In tomorrow's bulletin look for an updated forecast and reports from
readers. Send me your reports and observations.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
November 22-23 -- LZ DX Contest (CW, SSB)
November 26 -- SKCC Straight Key Sprint
November 27 -- Top Band Sprint (CW, SSB)
November 29 -- Full Day of Hell
November 29-30 -- CQ World Wide DX Contest (CW)
December 3 -- CWOps Weekly Mini-CWT Tests
December 5-7 -- ARRL 160 Meter Contest (CW)
December 6 -- TARA RTTY Mêlée
December 6 -- AWA Bruce Kelly QSO Party (CW)
December 6-7 -- 50-1296 ARRL EME Contest
December 6-7 -- VU International DX Contest (SSB, CW)
December 6-7 -- Top Operators Activity Contest (CW)
December 7 -- Ten Meter RTTY Contest
December 7 -- Straight Key Weekend Sprintathon
December 7 -- SARL Digital Contest
December 7 -- Great Colorado Snowshoe Run (CW)
December 8 -- OK1WC Memorial Contest (SSB, CW)
December 9 -- ARS Spartan Sprint (CW)
December 10 -- NAQCC Monthly QRP Sprint (CW)
See the ARRL Contest Calendar for more information.
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions and Events
December 12-13 -- West Central Florida Section Convention, Plant
City, Florida
January 4 -- New York City/Long Island Section Convention, Bethpage,
New York
January 10 -- TECHFEST, Lawrenceville, Georgia
January 16-17, 2015 -- North Texas Section Convention, Forest Hill,
Texas
January 18-24 -- Quartzfest, Quartzsite, Arizona
January 23-24 -- Mississippi State Convention, Jackson, Mississippi
January 23-25 -- Puerto Rico State Convention, Hatillo, Puerto Rico
February 7 -- South Carolina State Convention, North Charleston,
South Carolina
February 7 -- Virginia State Convention, Richmond, Virginia
Find conventions and hamfests in your area.
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