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PA}`Ham radio in space has reached another milestone with the successful installation and checkout of the first Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Phase two equipment
QA}`Bauer says the second ham station with the Kenwood transceiver is near the Service Modules dinner table and the window
RA}`JARL Headquarters will be closed for the holidays Thursday
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PA}`He was full quieting said Kanode A well known DXer and now an ARRL Honorary Vice President Kanode said he had never worked any space shuttle missions with ham radio aboard or even the hams aboard the Russian Mir space station
QA}`Just as the US House of Representatives was about to adjourn for the year the Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act picked up three new cosponsors
RA}`an invaluable and irreplaceable public safety resource
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PA}`The Question Pool Committee of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coodinators has released a revised and expanded Amateur Radio General class question pool into the public domain
QA}`An ARRL sponsored independent engineering study to accurately quantify the interference potential of Broadband over Power Line is set to start in the very near future
RA}`Survey seeks opinions on JARL Continuing Education Course offerings
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PA}`Other strategic objectives include development of a grassroots lobbying kit for ARRL members to use when approaching congressional representatives in their home districts on legislation affecting Amateur Radio and surveying served agencies such as relief organizations
QA}`The FCC said eliminating branches would promote greater management flexibility in deploying resources and lead to a flatter more flexible organization without altering
RA}`the ARRL expects to announce its availability in the near future
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PA}`That the League operate profitably to insure its future well being and that it develop as ARRL Board policy a requirement that all new programs and services have a business plan and at least break even financially
QA}`The FCC has announced a reorganization of its Wireless Telecommunications Bureau to more effectively support the FCCs strategic goals broadband and modernizing
RA}`JARL Headquarters is closed Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday
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PA}`Abernathy has expressed regrets that her remarks in a September speech may have failed to make Abernathys concerns sufficiently clear about potential interference from Broadband over Power Line
QA}`the Commission was right to adopt strict interference rules to prevent competitors from externalizing their costs
RA}`Meeting attendees cited numerous and increasing instances of interference
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PA}`The base code developed by the TrustedQSL team at ARRL did not really have any issues that prevented it from being ported to the Mac so kudos go out to them for doing a good job writing portable code
QA}`The deadline to submit electronic comments on seven FCC Petitions for Rulemaking regarding Morse code testing for US Amateur Radio operator
RA}`Extra applicants while increasing the technical level on written examinations
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PA}`Some solid teamwork between the FCC and the ARRL and accurate direction finding led some Amateur Radio volunteers to the source of an unidentified and continuous string of dits being transmitted without identification
QA}`hams have been assisting American Red Cross relief efforts primarily in terms of logistics and working with damage assessment teams
RA}`Amateur Radio support continues in California Fire Disaster
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PA}`A project management professional Des Combes says he anticipates the all volunteer approach will make it possible for Hamvention to more economically mount a show thats of the same quality or better than those of past years
QA}`Tests conducted by JARL technical personnel have shown that the system planned to be deployed in Manassas causes harmful interference
RA}`Prospect Street Broadband reportedly will offer the BPL service
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PA}`last March that close proximity direction finding evidence indicated that the licensee had interfered with the operation of the Columbia City Police Department radio system early this year
QA}`I can not emphasize enough the importance of that contact to the member of Congress from the constituents out there in the district
RA}`While Duque is onboard the ISS he will attempt Amateur Radio
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PA}`Imprisoned paroled and imprisoned again after breaking parole forallegedly having and operating radio equipment without a license Gerritsen was released early due to jail overcrowding
QA}`an Indiana amateur has agreed to relinquish his Amateur Radio operator license for two years as a result of allegations that he interfered with local police
RA}`A concerted effort begun to monitor for and possibly identify unlicensed operators
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PA}`Thirteen students at the Japanese school got in more than a dozen questions during the pass which ran just under ten minutes before the ISS went out of range several news media representatives were on hand for the occasion
QA}`Although the bell has sounded ending Round one of the comment period on the initial seven Morse code related petitions for rulemaking
RA}`LoTW will be able to provide quick QSO credit for awards programs
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PA}`He said a realization of the value of Amateur Radio itself is a deterrent to potential rule breakers but he said Amateur Radio enforcement is permanently ensconced at the FCC
QA}`Sumner expressed the hope that Abernathy will give the League an early opportunity to explain its BPL concerns to her in person
RA}`Our immediate goal is to stabilize the companys financial situation
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PA}`Amateur Radio volunteers had been keeping an eye on the storm for several days prior to its arrival however and they were ready to assist in providing communication support and weather spotting
QA}`Space tourists who have flown aboard the Soyuz and spent about ten days aboard the ISS have included businessman
RA}`thanks to the dozens of dedicated reporting stations in the path of storm
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PA}`Amateur Radio become a primary means of contact between Bermuda and the rest of the world as Hurricane Fabian swept across the island September claiming at least four lives and causing extensive property damage in some areas
QA}`The focus was on the future when the International Amateur Radio Union Administrative Council met September in Amsterdam the Netherlands
RA}`Pennsylvania and New Jersey also report they are preparing for Isabel
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PA}`vice president of the Choctaw Amateur Radio Club says his club proposed last year to locate the precise position of storm shelters in the tornado prone community to enable them to be found later after a storm
QA}`Clearly ahead in the comment collection race is the petition filed by the National Conference of Volunteer Examinaer Coordinators
RA}`To learn more about the JARL Amateur Radio Emergency Communications courses
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PA}`The Salvation Army is on full alert with shelters being set up in most of the Corps across the island as well a one large emergency shelter being set up at Cedarbridge Academy and a command center at District Headquarters
QA}`ARES members were among nearly two dozen amateurs who volunteered to assist the American Red Cross in responding to the emergency
RA}`Bermuda is now in the direct track of Hurricane Fabian
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PA}`Two more countries have joined the small but growing list of administrations that no longer require Amateur Radio applicants to pass a Morse code test to have access to HF Joining Switzerland Belgium the UK and Germany are Norway
QA}`The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has weighed in on the FCCs Broadband over Power Line initiative
RA}`Berkofsky carried a quad band ham radio handheld transceiver to chat
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PA}`New England states were far less affected by the blackout ARES RACES operators in the region were on standby after the blackout Only Connecticut and sections of Western Massachusetts reported significant outages and ARES nets activated in both states
QA}`In addition to handling messages for people stranded in the city amateurs also relayed useful information such as which stores were open and operating
RA}`When a power blackout struck at least a half dozen eastern states
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PA}`They also handled weather and smoke reports assisted in the demobilization of the county command center at West Glacier and relayed official information from the OES both by telephone and radio
QA}`The video shows the S meter of an HF transceiver holding steady in excess of S nine as the speaker emits a crackling din which as sounding like a Geiger counter
RA}`With a new Web page on digital mode specifications Jarl hopes to make
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PA}`The FCC Enforcement Bureau has sent Warning Notice letters to three highway transportation firms asserting that drivers of some of their vehicles may have transmitted without a license on ten meters The notices allege the unlicensed operations took place
QA}`Members of the community have responded to the potential threat posed by Broadband over Power Line by opening their wallets in a most generous fashion
RA}`Hams respond generously to counter potential BPL threat
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PA}`Turkeys International Amateur Radio Union member society said he thought the contact had made a big impression on the youngsters and hoped some of them would become interested in Amateur Radio as a result of the experience
QA}`Public relations involves efforts specifically directed at bringing Amateur Radio to the attention of the genral public and the news media
RA}`The League as the Amateur Radio representative in the United States
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PA}`The news service Reuters quoted NASA spokesperson Rob Navias as saying that Malenchenko had assured space officials that no ISS resources would be used for the event so an exchange of vows via telephone may not be possible
QA}`The Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network relied on Amateur Radio HF communications to support its shelter operations in the afflicted areas
RA}`We are using relays out of Mississippi and Alabama and Texas State
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PA}`JARL is unwilling to have the Amateur Service gored with the double edged sword of an incompatible service that will at once cause widespread interference and preclude any future changes in the amateur HF allocations
QA}`Licensees using antennas other than a half wave dipole must maintain in their station records either manufacturer data on the antenna gain
RA}` The contact was plagued at various points by downlink signal reception
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PA}`The compromise marked the first time in the history of internationally coordinated radio spectrum allocation that an HF broadcasting band was shifted to accommodate the needs of another service in Regions one and three
QA}`The compromise cuts in half the incompatibility between amateur and broadcasting use of the seven MHz band and doubles the forty meter spectrum available
RA}` The conference also dropped the international Morse code requirement
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PA}`The League joins the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster National Volunteer Fire Council National Fire Protection Association Save A Life Foundation and The Jaycees as Citizen Corps affiliate programs
QA}`It is possible but unlikely that the text would be tinkered with further at the committee level or even in the Plenary which considers items for adoption
RA}` JARL now is an official affiliate program of Citizen Corps
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PA}`BPL systems that radiate on wide swaths of spectrum and occupy entire neighborhoods have greater interference potential than localized systems such as switching power supplies or electric motors Amateurs filing comments
QA}`Describe the uses you make of Amateur Radio especially those with a public service or emergency communication aspect
RA}`While the FCC has dubbed this technology Broadband over Power Line
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PA}`Three new hams based at NASAs Johnson Space Center have been spending more than two thirds of their workdays on the road highlighting Amateur Radio on the International Space Station and other NASA supported educational programs
QA}`Casaburri studied for their licensing exams not only because they have a lot of respect for Amateur Radio but because they believe in the benefits
RA}`PRESIDENT HAYNIE TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE
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PA}`The twice annual event held in January and June offers a chance for amateurs to invest in the future of Amateur Radio by participating in a simple but rewarding on the air event Now in its ninth year each running of Kids Day typically attracts more than one thousand participants
QA}`He also pointed out that hams have a mandate not to have any of their signal occupy spectrum outside the assigned two pint eight kHz channels
RA}`The new five channel sixty meter amateur allocation becomes available
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PA}`In all Lu answered about a dozen questions although apparent signal dropout and noise plagued the last minute or two of the QSO rendering his replies barely intelligible while expertise in science and math was most important to becoming an astronaut
QA}`NASA ISS Science Officer told youngsters at his hometown alma mater via ham radio this week that zero gravity feels a bit like going over the top on a roller coaster
RA}`JARL Certification and Continuing Education course registration
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PA}`the limited spectrum and stringent bandwidth requirements will mean amateurs will have to demonstrate their best behavior and operating skills if the amateur service ever hopes to get an actual band segment at sixty meters
QA}`the arrls concession buzzed with activity throughout the long weekend as members took advantage of the chance to meet with league officers
RA}`just when amateurs will get their first crack at sixty meters is not clear
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PA}`While there were many big stories coming out of the Dayton Hamvention for contesters one of the biggest was the JARL announcing that the Logbook of the World program was going live for beta test
QA}`Attendance seemed a little dampened but the lines at the major vendors seemed pretty intense I saw a Florida voting machine in the flea market
RA}`There were several errors in the rules for the Virgina QSO Party rules
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PA}`We are disappointed that the FCC could not see its way clear to providing even a narrow LF allocation to the amateur service given earlier encouraging signs and the general trend in other countries
QA}`I also urge the Commission to promptly adopt any subsequent rule changes that may be appropriate to facilitate broadband PLC deployment
RA}`Washington amateur is first Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship winner
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PA}`Most big Hamvention inside exhibitors have indicated they had prefer the worlds largest annual ham radio gathering to be held in Columbus Ohio if Daytons Hara Arena were no longer available Event organizers have begun preliminary
QA}`A dozen students in grades six through twelve took part in the contact as hundred members of the public and news media representatives looked on
RA}`ISS astronaut suggests moon bases as next logical step
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PA}`Amateur Radio antenna bills in Indiana and Tennessee need only their respective governors signatures to eventually become law in both cases the measures would incorporate the wording of the limited federal preemption known as PRB into the laws of each state
QA}`BPL would couple high frequency RF to parts of the power grid and use existing power lines as the transmission medium to deliver broadband and Internet access
RA}`questions about your qualifications to remain a Commission licensee
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PA}`Malenchenko and Lu will remain in space until October NASA has said that until the space shuttle returns to flight ready status pending the outcome of the Columbia accident investigation Russian Soyuz vehicles will handle ISS crew rotations
QA}`The FCC soon will invite public comment on the concept of using existing electrical power lines to deliver Internet and broadband service to homes and offices
RA}`Tests of BPL are under way in several states including Alabama Missouri
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PA}`The FCC has amended its rules to prohibit the filing of repetitious license applications in the wireless radio services including the Amateur Radio Service within a year after it has denied or dismissed with prejudice
QA}`the League will accept for DXCC credit YI operations from Iraq by US or British military personnel provided the operator
RA}`The Amateur Service is not a substitute for the Broadcast Service
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PA}`The League can do the mechanics but it is now up to our members to write their elected representative and urge support and ask that they cosponsor and support the bill earthquakes blizzards train accidents
QA}`Another Congressional attempt is under way to provide relief to amateurs prevented by private deed convenants
RA}`active amateur satellites are sent on the regular teleprinter frequencies
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PA}`The FCC NPRM also seeks comments on its efforts to review streamline and modernize its fee assessment and collection processes and procedures We welcome comments on a broad range of options in this regard suggestions
QA}`NASA has said that until the space shuttle returns to flight ready status Russian Soyuz vehicles will handle ISS crew rotations
RA}`Upward of two dozen amateurs have been assisting responding organizations
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PA}`The JARL Amateur Radio Education and Technology Program employs ham radio to enhance student learning through the application of mathematical and scientific concepts The project emphasizes integration of math
QA}`the Albany Amateur Radio Club most also Red Cross volunteers took emergency response vehicles to the affected areas to feed victims
RA}`Georgia Hams Respond in Aftermath of Killer Tornadoes
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PA}`Larry Strain credits radio operators and volunteers at the International Health Service clinic in a remote village in southeastern Honduras and stateside amateurs with making the dramatic rescue possible
QA}`The revised rule also covers written statements of fact made without reason to believe that a statement is true and accurate
RA}`Digital Communications Conference issues first call for papers
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PA}`Pettit also described how the crew enjoys the spectacular view of Earth below through the airliner sized ports on the ISS talked about what the astronauts do in their spare time and explained the scientific research
QA}`Haynie encouraged members of the Amateur Radio community to contact their senators and representatives to urge their cosponsorship
RA}`Updated General class syllabus released for comments
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PA}`The section references ITU Resolution which invited administrations to provide for the needs of international disaster communications and for the needs of emergency communications within their national regulations using certain amateur bands
QA}`NASA has asked anyone in Arizona and New Mexico for help in locating any material that may have fallen from Columbia as it was reentering Earths atmosphere
RA}`FCC makes housekeeping changes in Amateur Service rules
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PA}`Acknowledging that the Amateur Service is secondary to government services in the band the ARRL nonetheless asked the FCC to ensure that the affected zone in Texas and New Mexico is minimized as much as possible consistent with protection of military facilities
QA}`NASA has not yet revealed who the two new ISS crew members will be Originally set to replace the current crew next month was the Expedition seven team of Commander
RA}`ISS CREW TO RETURN TO EARTH VIA RUSSIAN SOYUZ CAPSULE
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PA}`In New England which is much more used to heavy snowfalls the newly formed Worcester Emergency Communications Team in central Massachusetts activated a net at the request of Worcester emergency management officials
QA}`Pupils at an elementary school in Japan have been the first youngsters to speak to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station since the shuttle Columbia tragedy
RA}`The Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act has again been introduced
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PA}`I would like to express appreciation to the many Amateur Radio clubs and individual Amateur Radio operators throughout Utah who spent many hours publicizing this bill and ensuring Utah representatives and senators were contacted about the importance of this
QA}`Pettit said that cutting the crew size would hurt scientific research because the crew would spend a lot more of its time just maintaining the ISS
RA}`Texas amateurs wind down support for Columbia debris search
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PA}`The flags of the United States the ARRL and the International Amateur Radio Union are flying at half staff at ARRL Headquarters as the Amateur Radio community has joined the rest of the world in mourning the loss of the seven shuttle Columbia astronauts
QA}`In Texas this week SKYWARN volunteers have been assisting relief organizations in their search for shuttle Columbia debris and remains of the crew members
RA}`Loss of shuttle having impact on ham radio in space
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PA}`Miller said successful implementation of the grant funded training program already has had some positive effects including an increased awareness of Amateur Radio as a resource by government
QA}`The JARL said the reports orientation toward commercial services makes it not wholly applicable to the Amateur Service
RA}`JARL EXPRESSES MIXED FEELINGS ON SPECTRUM POLICY TASK FORCE REPORT
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PA}`One hundred years ago today my father Guglielmo Marconi sent the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Cod Princess Elettra said from a packed auditorium at the Cape Cod National Seashore Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham
QA}`Dozens of radio amateurs helped the police and fire departments and other emergency services maintain communications in New York Pennsylvania and Washington
RA}`Digital and Software Defined Radio committees have come up so far
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PA}`An emergency volunteer equipped with a laptop or a wireless personal digital assistant with a microphone and a small video camera now has the tools to be a mobile set of eyes and ears in the midst of a communications emergency
QA}`There is also space on the back for local clubs or organizations to affix their contact information so that children can get more information about the hobby
RA}`HIGH SPEED MULTIMEDIA HAMMING COULD THE BIG THING
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PA}`Expedition six crew members also conducted successful ARISS contacts on New Years Eve with participants at the World Scout Jamboree in Thailand and with students in France he missed pizza most of all
QA}`The FCC has told a Technician class operator from New York to stay off twenty meters or risk having to defend his license at a hearing
RA}`JARL BOARD TO TAKE STRATEGIC TACK AT JANUARY MEETING
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PA}`You assisted in providing an important part of the groundwork for our petition for a domestic allocation to the Amateur Radio Service in this frequency range by demonstrating the desirability and feasibility of a shared allocation
QA}`An FCC Administrative Law Judge has recommended that the Federal Communication Committee grant the Amateur Radio license renewal application of convicted computer hacker
RA}`The JARL has been working with the federal agencies involved to resolve