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FCC Penalizes Marketer of Ham-Band Drone Audio-Visual Transmitters
The ARRL International Grid Chase Kicks Off with the New Year!
January 1 Hosts Events for Legacy Keys
Radio Amateur's Invention to Treat Alzheimer's Patients Going to
Clinical Trials
The Doctor Will See You Now!
FCC Proposes $25,000 Fine for Breaking Now-Voluntary Labeling Rules
More Room for Hamvention® at Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center
Bouvet DXpedition Nears its Moment of Truth
Vietnam Vet, Radio Amateur Granted Dying Wish to Get on the Air One More
Time
In Brief...
The K7RA Solar Update
Getting It Right
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Christmas, December 25, and on New
Year's Day, January 1. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code-practice
transmissions on those days. This is the final edition of The ARRL
Letter for 2017. The ARRL Letter will return on Thursday, January 4. We
wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday season.
FCC Penalizes Marketer of Ham-Band Drone Audio-Visual Transmitters
The FCC has imposed a $180,000 civil penalty on a Sarasota, Florida,
company that had been marketing noncompliant audio-visual transmitters
intended for use on drones in violation of the Commission's Amateur
Service and marketing rules. In an Order released on December 19, the
FCC explained that Lumenier Holdco LLC (formerly known as FPV Manuals
LLC) was advertising and marketing uncertified AV transmitters capable
of operating on both amateur and non-amateur frequencies, including
bands reserved for federal government use. Some of the transmitters also
exceeded the 1 W power limit for Amateur Radio transmitters used on
model craft, the FCC said.
"Moreover, entities that rely on amateur frequencies in operating
compliant AV transmitters must have an amateur license and otherwise
comply with all applicable laws for such operation," the FCC said in the
Order. The FCC said that while it generally has not required amateur
equipment to be certified if it operates solely on Amateur Radio
frequencies, certification is required if a device can operate outside
of the ham bands.
Last January, in what it called an "extremely urgent complaint" to the
FCC, ARRL targeted the interference potential of a series of audio/video
transmitters used on unmanned aircraft and marketed as Amateur Radio
equipment. ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, said those
transmitters used frequencies intended for navigational aids, air
traffic control radar, air route surveillance radars, and global
positioning systems.
In addition to paying a civil penalty, Lumenier, which has admitted to
marketing the noncompliant AV transmitters, will enter into a Consent
Decree with the FCC to settle the enforcement proceeding and terminate
the investigation.
The case stemmed from complaints received by the Enforcement Bureau's
Spectrum Enforcement Division. "The investigation revealed that some of
the AV transmitters marketed by Lumenier were capable of being operated
outside of the authorized Amateur Radio Service bands, including on
frequencies reserved in whole or in part for federal agencies, but were
not certified or otherwise compliant with the rules," the FCC said in
its Order. "These AV transmitters are considered intentional radiators
and must comply with the Commission's Equipment Authorization and
Marketing rules."
The FCC said that Lumenier ceased marketing the noncompliant
transmitters after receiving a Letter of Inquiry from the FCC last
April.
The ARRL International Grid Chase Kicks Off with the New Year!
Ready, set, go! The ARRL International Grid Chase 2018 gets under way on
January 1 UTC (New Year's Eve in US time zones). The objective of the
year-long event is to work stations on any band (except 60 meters) in as
many different Maidenhead grid squares as possible, and then upload your
log data to ARRL's Logbook of The World (LoTW). Many hams are familiar
with grid squares from the VHF/UHF and satellite realms, and everyone
lives in one. An online calculator by David Levine, K2DSL, can determine
your grid square. Enter a postal address, ZIP code, or a call sign, and
the calculator will return the grid square for that location. Each new
grid square contact confirmed through LoTW will count toward your
monthly total.
Any contact you make in 2018 can count for your Chase score; as long as
the other operators participate in LoTW, you'll get credit automatically
when they upload their logs. This means that contest contacts will also
count, as will contacts with special event stations, or other on-air
activity that uses LoTW to confirm contacts.
There are no restrictions on modes or bands, as long as they are legal.
Satellite contacts are valid for the Chase. The event is open to all
radio amateurs.
Complete details of the ARRL International Grid Chase 2018 appeared in
the December 2017 issue of QST. For more information, contact the ARRL
Contest Branch.
January 1 Hosts Events for Legacy Keys
Every day is a good day to send CW, but January 1 is reserved for
Straight Key Night (SKN), sponsored by ARRL. Enjoy CW as it has been
sent and enjoyed since the earliest days of Amateur Radio. The 24-hour
event begins at 0000 UTC on January 1 (New Year's Eve in US time zones)
is not a contest but a day dedicated to celebrating Amateur Radio's
Morse heritage. Participants are encouraged to get on the air and enjoy
conversational CW contacts, preferably while using a straight key or a
semi-automatic key ("bug"). No points -- everyone's a winner. Submit
your votes for best fist and most interesting QSO.
The First-Class CW Operators' Club sponsors a concurrent event, FOC Bug
Day. FOC asks participants to send a description of the bug or bugs
used, a list of stations worked, and a vote for best bug fist heard, to
FOC Bug Day Manager Benny Owens, K5KV.
AMSAT will sponsor its second-annual satellite CW Activity Day on
January 1. This year's event is dedicated to the memory of Pat Gowen,
G3IOR. No rules -- just have fun. Operate CW through any ham radio
satellite. The use of straight keys and bugs is encouraged, but not
required. -- Thanks to Ray Soifer, W2RS, and Benny Owen, K5KV
Radio Amateur's Invention to Treat Alzheimer's Patients Going to
Clinical Trials
Inveterate inventor and radio amateur Eric Knight, KB1EHE, may be on the
cusp of medical history as a device he developed in collaboration with a
prominent Alzheimer's disease researcher enters clinical trials this
month. Both are hoping that the device, which essentially saturates the
brain with low levels of RF, may prove to be a viable treatment for the
dreaded disease affecting millions.
"Sometimes breakthroughs happen in ways that are unexpected," Knight
told ARRL.
Eric Knight, KB1EHE.
Knight learned of experiments that world-renowned Alzheimer's researcher
Dr. Gary Arendash was carrying out on mice specially bred to have the
disease, exposing them to low levels of RF. Knight said the effects were
dramatic, sometimes even reversing the disease's effects in the mice.
Borrowing some concepts from his early experiments with small rockets
and avionics, he set about developing, and later patented, a device that
could provide the requisite RF exposure to the human head.
"In the early 2000s, we were trying to figure out then how to make
antennas that would wrap around the airframes of the rockets we were
designing," he said, noting that the diameter of his group's space
vehicle was about the same as that of a human head. Knight learned that
Arendash was attempting to extend his investigations in a similar vein,
and eventually they collaborated.
"He came at it from mice and science, I came at it from an aerospace and
hobby perspective," said Knight, who patented a device based on a
bicycle-type helmet. At the same time, Arendash was developing a similar
wearable -- a fabric cap resembling an old-time aviator's headgear. Both
devices are embedded with small antennas to bathe the brain in
electromagnetic radiation in the 900 MHz spectrum set aside for
Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) applications -- some 100 MHz
higher than a cell phone's frequency.
"Ironic for sure," Knight said. "Who would imagine that cell phone radio
waves could be a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease?"
Knight, who has no medical background, said the device to be used in the
clinical trials consists of the cap plus a palm-sized transmitter and
wiring harness worn on the arm. The resulting combination has been
dubbed the NeuroEM 1000. Participants will get doses of RF twice a day.
From the Food and Drug ministration's (FDA) standpoint, the clinical
trials aim primarily to show that the technology is safe, but Knight
said he and Arendash are also looking for data that might demonstrate
that the device could be beneficial in treating Alzheimer's. The
protocol they've developed goes further than what the FDA requires and
includes before-and-after baseline data, with cognitive testing, assays
of spinal fluid and blood, and PET scans.
"The hope is that there is a tiny bit of efficacy. Then we can work to
refine it," Knight said, adding, "No one is expecting a magic cure."
The Doctor Will See You Now!
"Handheld Transceiver Antennas" is the topic of the new (December 21)
episode of the "ARRL The Doctor is In" podcast. Listen...and learn!
Sponsored by DX Engineering, "ARRL The Doctor is In" is an informative
discussion of all things technical. Listen on your computer, tablet, or
smartphone -- whenever and wherever you like!
Every 2 weeks, your host, QST Editor-in-Chief Steve Ford, WB8IMY, and
the Doctor himself, Joel Hallas, W1ZR, will discuss a broad range of
technical topics. You can also e-mail your questions to doctor@arrl.org,
and the Doctor may answer them in a future podcast.
Enjoy "ARRL The Doctor is In" on Apple iTunes, or by using your iPhone
or iPad podcast app (just search for "ARRL The Doctor is In"). You can
also listen online at Blubrry, or at Stitcher (free registration
required, or browse the site as a guest) and through the free Stitcher
app for iOS, Kindle, or Android devices. If you've never listened to a
podcast before, download our beginner's guide.
FCC Proposes $25,000 Fine for Breaking Now-Voluntary Labeling Rules
The FCC has proposed fining Acuity Brands Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia,
$25,000 for apparently marketing radio frequency devices that were not
labeled in accordance with Commission Part 18 rules in place at the
time. The FCC issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) on November
21. Compliance with the particular rule at issue now is voluntary.
"Specifically, Acuity marketed three models of consumer-grade electronic
fluorescent lighting ballasts -- two since 2006 and one since 2009 --
that did not have the FCC logo affixed to them," the FCC said in the
NAL. Application of the FCC logo, which the FCC no longer requires, was
to inform purchasers that a device had undergone compliance testing. The
FCC also said Acuity continued to market two models of the ballasts at
issue for approximately 6 months after being notified, causing the
Commission to up the penalty.
"We take this action today as part of our duty to ensure that radio
frequency devices are marketed in accordance with the Commission's
rules," the FCC said. "Consistent with this goal, we find it necessary
to enforce the rules requiring that devices subject to equipment
authorization are properly labeled to inform a consumer that such
devices have been tested for compliance under the Commission's technical
rules, because those devices could easily cause interference if they do
not conform to those rules."
The AccuPro Model AP-RC-432IP-120-1 ballast.
In January 2016, the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET)
conducted tests on Acuity's AccuPro Model AP-RC-432IP-120-1 fluorescent
lighting ballast after receiving complaints of interference said to have
been caused by the ballasts. The matter was referred to the FCC
Enforcement Bureau, to determine whether Acuity marketed the model at
issue before receiving equipment authorization.
A footnote in the NAL points out that the use of the FCC logo became
voluntary on November 2, but Accuity's alleged violations occurred
before that. The FCC adopted a rule that allows the FCC logo to be
physically placed on a device at the discretion of the responsible party
consistent with §18.209, but "only if [the] device complies with the
applicable equipment authorization rules." Presence of the logo "will
not obviate the need to provide required compliance information or
maintain pertinent records related to device testing," the FCC said in
adopting the change.
Acuity submitted test reports showing that the two types of fluorescent
lighting ballasts it markets did comply with relevant technical
requirements, but the company conceded that three models of its
consumer-grade lighting ballasts did not have an FCC logo affixed for
nearly 10 years.
ARRL has in the past -- and without response -- complained to the FCC
regarding the marketing and sale of interference-causing lighting
ballasts, as well as about a lack of required compliance notifications.
More Room for Hamvention® at Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center
Hamvention® reports that the Greene County Commissioners and the Greene
County Fair Board have approved the construction of a new building at
the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center, the new Hamvention venue
in Xenia, Ohio.
"Greene County officials have decided to move forward with construction
of a new building, as it will continue to expand their presence in the
region as a world-class Exposition Center," Hamvention Spokesperson
Michael Kalter, W8CI, said in a news release. "Hamvention certainly
benefits from the decision to expand the Expo Center footprint.
Construction is planned to be complete ahead of Hamvention 2018, and
[the new building] will be used for the event."
In addition to the new structure, another building on the property,
previously known as Fairgrounds Furniture, is being vacated and will be
available for use by Hamvention in May 2018. ditional details are
forthcoming.
Kalter said Hamvention has been told that the additional floor space
will cover an area larger than the tents Hamvention used for some
activities in 2017.
"Although this decision was made to expand opportunities at the Expo
Center, Hamvention is grateful for the support Greene County, Xenia
Township, and the city of Xenia," Kalter added.
Bouvet DXpedition Nears its Moment of Truth
The group mounting the 3Y0Z Bouvet Island DXpedition reports that it's
sorting through the myriad of details necessary to make a DXpedition to
the second most-wanted DXCC entity a reality. Plans call for 3Y0Z to be
on the air in late January and early February.
A shipping container holding tons of gear is now in Punta Arenas, Chile,
set to be moved out of "customs bond" soon. Last-minute supplies being
collected to take as extra baggage include ice screws, "should we find
ourselves camping on refrozen melt areas on the glacier."
Shelter and antenna layouts have been finalized, as has marine
transportation. Team members will take a marine safety course before
embarking. Still under negotiation is the cost of helicopter shuttles
from the ship to and from the island.
Two years of detailed planning have gone into the Bouvet Island
DXpedition. "We want to live up to all that is expected of us on this
'generational' DXpedition, which is likely the largest and most
challenging DXpedition ever," the DXpedition team said earlier this
fall. "Indeed, there may never be another like it."
The 3Y0Z Propagation Page has been updated and now includes a button
visitors can click, enter a call sign and grid square, and get a
propagation forecast specific for their location -- all bands over a
24-hour period.
A dependency of Norway, Bouvet is a sub-Antarctic island in the South
Atlantic. The last Bouvet activation was 3Y0E, during the winter of
2007-2008. -- Thanks to The Daily DX for some information
Vietnam Vet, Radio Amateur Granted Dying Wish to Get on the Air One More
Time
Vietnam War veteran John Nugent, WA2EQJ, got on the air for what likely
will be his final time earlier this month, thanks to help from the
Amateur Radio community. The 75-year-old US Army Signal Corps veteran,
who has cancer, lives at the James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center
in North Chicago, Illinois. Licensed since he was 16, he told a social
worker at the facility that one item on his "bucket list" was to operate
on ham radio one last time. Staffers at the facility got in touch with
the Lake County Veterans Assistance Commission, and replies came from
the American Legion Amateur Radio Club, the North Shore Amateur Radio
Club, and Lake County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES),
among others.
John Nugent, WA2EQJ (center), with his son, Chris (right), and
daughter-in-law Nina. [Don Whitney, K9DRW, photo]
"He was just over the moon," social worker Alesia Behnke told the
Chicago Tribune. "We had no idea we were going to pull it off."
The various Amateur Radio volunteers did, however, setting up an antenna
outside the facility and a simple HF station inside. David Hartnett,
K9DRH, and crew Don Whitney, K9DRW; James Nelson, K9QF; Harry Hahn,
WB9R, and Scott Campbell, KC9SJP, were among those who made it happen.
ARRL Illinois Section Manager Ron Morgan, AD9I, spread the word that
WA2EQJ would be on the air.
"John is terminally ill and wanted to make some 20-meter radio contacts
one last time," a post on the Lake County RACES page recounted. "He has
been in the [Lovell Center] for more than 3 years." Nugent had
volunteered to serve in the Army and was wounded during his Vietnam
service.
On December 5, Nugent -- with help from his family members and Lovell
Center staff -- turned on his radio and contacted stations in
California, Illinois, and Texas. After the contacts were in the log,
Nugent's son, Chris, thanked the Lake County RACES and other volunteers
who facilitated his dad's last wish.
Among the stations Nugent contacted was special event W9F, operated by
members of the Fermilab Amateur Radio Club (WB9IKJ) to mark the 50th
anniversary of the National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab).
"We were able to add dying Army vet John Nugent, WA2EQJ, to the W9F
special event log because of the rapid e-mail alert from the ARRL
Illinois Section Manager, notifying ARRL members that it was Mr.
Nugent's dying wish to make a final radio contact," Michaline Przekop,
KC9ARP, told ARRL. "It was truly a touching and unforgettable
experience."
Video of the event is available.
In Brief...
World Radiosport Team Championship 2018 (WRTC 2018) has named 65
referees (63 on site and 2 alternates). These individuals will be
monitoring the two-person competing teams during the competition July
14-15 in Germany. A referee will be at each station site to verify
compliance with the rules and make decisions on any rule questions
competitors may have. "The referees must be top-level contesters,
because they must simultaneously listen to the audio from both operators
for the entire 24 hours of the WRTC 2018 competition," WRTC 2018 said in
making the announcement. Managing the referee application and
verification process was Ulf Ehrlich, DL5AXX. More than 130 applied, and
the selection process considered many factors, including geographical
area, language skills, and SO2R ability. The Judging Committee of WRTC
2018, which Ehrlich heads, made the final choices.
Carlos Beviglia, LU1BCE, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, will take over as
the International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 (IARU R2) Monitoring
System Coordinator on January 1. The Region 2 Monitoring System has been
inactive recently. Licensed at age 16 in 1979, he represents the third
generation of radio amateurs in his family that began with his
grandfather, LU2BJ, in 1927, and that he hopes will continue with his
own children. He prefers to operate CW and is active on all HF bands. He
served as president of the Radio Club of Argentina from 2007 until 2017
and participated in the club's 2016 Summer Antarctic Campaign at LU1ZI
-- Carlini Base, South Shetland Islands, Argentine Antarctica.
There's Been a Change to December 30 West Coast Qualifying Run. The West
Coast Qualifying Run for Saturday, December 30, was scheduled to be
transmitted from Maritime Radio Historical Station (MRHS) K6KPH. Due to
antenna maintenance, however, K6KPH is unable to conduct the run that
day. Jim Michener, K9JM, will handle the task, at least on two bands
(K6KPH normally handles five bands). K9JM will transmit the scheduled
Run on 7,047.5 and 14,047.5 kHz at 2200 UTC on December 30.
Noted contester and DX station builder and operator Jim Sullivan, W7EJ,
died on December 19. Sullivan, 64, lived in Hillsboro, Oregon, and had
been an ARRL member. Licensed in 1970, he had been an active contester
since 1973. Starting in 1989, he began constructing stations in DX
locations -- including FG5R in Guadeloupe, 9M8R in East Malaysia, and
CN2R in Morocco, which hosted some of the luminaries of the contesting
world. Sullivan's stations racked up several contest records.
Professionally, he was involved in hardware design and programming, and
owned a small company, which developed websites and Windows
applications. He also enjoyed outdoor activities including hiking.
Ulrich "Uli" Bihlmayer, DJ9KR, who was active in the Deutscher Amateur
Radio Club's (DARC) Band Watch program for more than 40 years, died on
December 16 after a long illness. Bihlmayer, who was 77, headed the DARC
Band Watch from 1986 until 2012, and he served as Deputy Coordinator of
the International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (IARU-R1) Monitoring
System (Intruder Watch) (IARUMS) for 7 years. The DARC recognized his
contributions to promoting international goodwill through ham radio by
conferring its Gold Badge of Honor. He received the IARU Region 1 medal
in 2011, before he stepped down from the IARU Monitoring Service the
following year. Licensed in 1964, Bihlmayer was a top-tier DXer.
One of the few US broadcast stations east of the Mississippi that sport
K-prefix call letters -- KQV in Pittsburgh -- will go silent at midnight
on January 1 after nearly 1 century on the air. "It's a sad day for
broadcasting and for the news business," KQV Station Manager Bob Dickey
Jr. told the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. The family-owned news-talk
station operates on 1410 kHz with 5,000 W into a five-tower array that
provides separate day and night patterns. Unofficial accounts indicate
that KQV started out as "special amateur station" 8ZAE, to be used by
the Doubleday-Hill Electric Company primarily for two-way communication
with another station in Washington, DC. (Doubleday-Hill also sold
radios.) In October 1921, the Federal Radio Commission issued the
station a "limited commercial license," randomly assigning the KQV call
letters.
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: The first 6 days of the December 14-20
reporting week saw no sunspots. On December 20 one new sunspot group
appeared (2692) with a sunspot number of 16. The average daily sunspot
number decreased from 6.9 to 2.3 over the previous reporting week.
Average solar flux increased from 71 to 71.5, the average planetary A
index went from 7.4 to 9.4, and mid-latitude A index rose from 5.5 to
6.1. Solar flux for the next 45 days is predicted to be 75 on December
21-28; 74 on December 29-January 1; 76 on January 2-5; 74 on January
6-13; 72 on January 14-19; 74 on January 20-28; 76 on January
29-February 1, and 74 on February 2-3.
The predicted planetary A index is 5 on December 21; 8 on December
22-23; 5 on December 24-26; 10 and 8 on December 27-28; 5 on December
29-30; 10, 25, 15, and 10 on December 31-January 3; 5 on January 4-6;
10, 12, and 8 on January 7-9; 5 on January 10-12; 22 on January 13-14;
20, 16, 10, and 8 on January 15-18; 5 on January 19-22; 12 and 8 on
January 23-24; 5 on January 25-26; 10, 25, 15, and 10 on January 27-30;
5 on January 31-February 2, and 10 on February 3.
Send me your reports and observations.
Getting It Right
The story "Radio Anniversaries Abound in December," in the December 14
edition of The ARRL Letter contained incorrect information about the
location of Marconi's receiving station in Newfoundland. Marconi set up
near Cabot Tower in a "fever hospital."
The 2018 ARRL RTTY Roundup announcement in the December 2017 issue of
QST includes an incorrect log submission deadline. The correct date is
January 12, 2018.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
December 24 --RAEM Contest (CW)
December 26 -- DARC Christmas Contest (CW, phone)
December 27 -- SKCC Sprint (CW)
December 30 -- RAC Winter Contest (CW, phone)
December 30-31 -- Stew Perry Topband Challenge (CW)
December 31 -- Bogor Old and New Contest (Phone)
January 1 -- AGB New Year Snowball Contest (CW, phone, digital)
January 1 -- SARTG New Year RTTY Contest
January 1 -- AGCW Happy New Year Contest (CW)
January 1 -- AGCW VHF/UHF Contest (CW)
January 1 -- QRP ARCI New Year's Day Sprint (CW)
January 1-7 -- All IQRP Quarterly Marathon (CW, phone, digital)
January 2 -- ARS Spartan Sprint (CW)
January 3 -- UKEICC 80-Meter Contest (Phone)
January 3-7 -- Linc Cundall Memorial CW Contest
January 4 -- NRAU 10-Meter Activity Contest (CW, phone, digital)
See the ARRL Contest Calendar for more information. For in-depth
reporting on Amateur Radio contesting, subscribe to The ARRL Contest
Update via your ARRL member profile e-mail preferences.
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
January 6 -- New York City-Long Island Section Convention, Brookville,
New York
January 13 -- Georgia ARES Convention, Forsyth, Georgia
January 19-20 -- North Texas Section Convention, Forest Hill, Texas
January 20 -- GARS TECHFEST Convention, Lawrenceville, Georgia
January 21-27 -- Quartzfest Convention, Quartzsite, Arizona
January 26-27 -- Delta Division Convention, Jackson, Mississippi
February 3 -- South Carolina State Convention, North Charleston, South
Carolina
February 3 -- Virginia State Convention (Frostfest), Richmond, Virginia
February 9-11 -- Florida State Convention (HamCation), Orlando, Florida
February 16-17 -- Southwestern Division Convention, Yuma, Arizona
February 24 -- TECHCON Conference, Winter Haven, Florida
February 24 -- New Mexico TechFest, Albuquerque, New Mexico
February 24 -- Vermont State Convention, S. Burlington, Vermont
Find conventions and hamfests in your area.
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