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Amateur Radio Newsline #907 03 Jan 1995
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NEWSLINE RADIO - CBBS EDITION #907 - POSTED 01/02/95
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[907]
The following advisory is not necessarily for broadcast.
This is just a reminder that the address for the Newsline Support
Fund is Newsline, in care of Andy Jarema - N6TCQ, Post Office Box
660937, Arcadia, California 91066. Again, and as always, we thank
you. This ends the closed circuit with Newsline report number 907
for release on Friday, December 30, 1994 to follow.
The following is a QST
A communications industry group says it's time for the FCC to
show local governments who's the boss on radio matters. The EAA
wants federal regulation to stop any and all local radio frequency
interference rules. Also, a new Russian ham satellite is in orbit
and operation from Palestine may not count for DXCC. These
stories and more on Newsline report number 907 coming your way
right now!
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LOBBY GROUP PROPOSES FEDERAL BAN ON LOCAL RFI LAWS
If a Washington-based communications trade association gets
its way, state and local regulation of radio frequency energy
matters will be a thing of the past. Instead, jurisdiction on any
issue involving RF should rest with the FCC. That's what the
Electromagnetic Energy Association says must happen if new
technologies are to be developed. As Newsline's David Black,
KB4KCH, reports from our Southeast Bureau in Alabama, what the
Association wants could have a major impact on amateur radio.
This could be the start of sweeping new rules that take away
power by local governments to regulate radio frequency issues.
The Electromagnetic Energy Association is made up of some of
America's leading communications and telecommunications companies.
The EEA says existing technologies are on a collision course with
increasing state and local RF energy regulation. Amateur radio
operators will be watching this one with interest.
Don Stoner, W6TNS, is past president of the National Amateur
Radio Association. He says what the Energy Association wants
could give hams new ammunition when fighting locally imposed
operating restrictions. Stoner says he's backing the Energy
Association 100-percent.
Without FCC preemption, the association says technologies
including advanced television, digital audio broadcasting, and
personal communications services cannot be fully realized. In a
December 22nd petition, the Association asks the FCC to issue a
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the matter. EEA Chairman
Jesse Russell calls FCC preemption of state and local regulation
of RF energy something whose time has come.
The EEA says FCC preemption is warranted whenever local laws
obstruct the intended social, technological or economic benefits
of continued service or future advancements in communications.
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RS-15 IN ORBIT
The new Russian Radiosport 15 satellite is in orbit and on the
air. According to information supplied by Leonid Labutin, UA3CR,
RS-15 was launched on December 26th at 03:00 UTC into a 64 degree
inclination orbit with a period of 124 minutes 24 seconds. The
apogee and perigee distance from earth were stated as 1946 and
1809 kilometers respectively.
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DX - PALESTINE ZC6B UPDATE
Don't look for the December 11th, ZC6B operation to be counted
for DXCC credit. This is because the call sign has not been valid
since July of 1968. That's when the ZC6 prefix was deleted from
the DXCC countries list. While the operator who is identified as
Dr. Sammi Tarazi has reportedly sent the paperwork for this
operation to the ARRL under the current DXCC rules it is unlikely
that DXCC credit for Palestine using the ZC6 prefix can be
reinstated. This is because the allocation list of international
call signs shows that the prefix ZC6 is legally allocated to the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Even if no DXCC credit is granted the QSL card from that
operation is truly a collectors item. If you were lucky enough to
contact ZC6B, QSL to Dr. Sami Tarazi, Box 1008, Gaza, Palestine
via Israel.
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NEO NAZI PACKET
A South American Neo-Nazi ham radio group is spewing message of
hate out onto the worldwide packet radio airwaves. Amateur radio
operators throughout north America are outraged by a message
originated under the call sign PP5SH that endorse the so called
"Skin Head" movement and other fascist doctrine.
The pro-Nazi posting was transmitted into the worldwide packet
network through the PY2GN Sat Gateway in Brazil. It herald the
return of fascism to rule the world.
While many SySops tried to kill the pro-Nazi posting as soon
as it appeared, the sheer volume and duplicity of routing is
making censorship of this messages an almost impossible task.
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ORACLE TO NZART: READ OUR LIPS!
ORACLE, New Zealand' Organization Requesting Alternatives
through Code Less Examinations has told that nations national
Amateur Radio society that it plans to continue its lobbying
efforts to overturn mandatory Morse Code testing. The lobby group
has also issued a policy paper that takes to task the position of
the New Zealand's Amateur Radio Transmitters. As reported last
week, the NZART endorses continuing the status quo.
Specifically, ORACLE says that the NZART statement does not
accurately reflect the actual position of Morse code policy in New
Zealand. Rather it reflects a conservative view of the national
ham radio society.
With regard to the Minister of Communications letter to NZART
also reported on by Newsline, ORACLE Managers say that the
response says that the ministry is open to further discussion on
this matter. They note that the Minister is legally the
Government spokesperson for amateur radio. ORACLE interprets his
words as meaning it would be unwise to adopt the three very
specific positions recently proposed by the NZART.
ORACLE notes that the letter shows that the New Zealand
Government has a more progressive view of amateur radio than
appears to be the case for NZART or the IARU on Morse code
policy. It believes that there can be a change at such time as
evidence of significant opinion is produced.
Finally, ORACLE says that it is recognized by the New Zealand
Government on this issue. It guarantees it will be active in
producing evidence in support of abolishing Morse Code testing
worldwide.
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2400-MHz COMMENTS FILED BY ARRL
The ARRL has filed comments on an FCC notice of proposed rule
making, in ET Docket 94-32, a proposal to reallocate a block of
spectrum from federal government to commercial use. Some of that
block includes parts of the 2400-MHz band shared by Amateur Radio
on a secondary basis with the government.
The ARRL asked that the Amateur Service be given primary
allocation status at 2402 to 2417 MHz, and that it be given at
least co-primary status at 2390 to 2400 MHz.
The League also said that because a previous government study
had recommended the 2400 to 2402 MHz segment for amateur use, it
would be desirable to make the entire segment 2390 to 2450 MHz
amateur primary.
The ARRL notes that any fixed or mobile service station that is
granted an assignment at 2390 to 2400 MHz, must be required to
protect the Amateur Service from interference and must tolerate
any interference received from amateur stations.
In summation, the League requested that the FCC not make any
additional allocations in the 2390 to 2417 MHz band. Rather it
wants to have Amateur Radio made the primary allocation status in
that band.
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HAM SCOUTING NEWS
Dates have been set for the 1995 Jamboree On The Air operating
event. JOTA is an annual event in which Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts and Guides from all over the world speak to each other by
means of Amateur Radio. JOTA 1995 will take place Saturday
October 21, 1995 at 00:01 hours local time to Sunday October 22 at
23:59 hours local time. For more information, contact the ARRL
Educational Activities Department.
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K6IR HONORED
The Quarter Century Wireless Association, the QCWA has named
Kenneth Miller, K6IR, of Rockville, Maryland as recipient of its
Distinguished Service Award for his "engineering accomplishments
and his leadership of the Radio Club of America Scholarship
Program."
Millers professional career spans over four decades in the
executive management and development of products in the electronic
equipment manufacturing business segment of industry in the United
States, Europe and Asia. In his role as an executive with Lear
Jet, Motorola, American Standard, the Singer Company and other
well known corporations, K6IR participated in the production and
marketing of a broad array of high-tech electronic products
including airborne and ground based communications, navigation
instrumentation and digital communications devices.
The award was presented to Miller at the recent QCWA National
Convention in El Paso, Texas.
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NEW 2 METER TROPPO RECORD
In DX, new tropospheric ducting, continental distance record
has been reported on the 2 meter band. This, on November 5th when
Rene Shaw, WB4MJE, of Big Pine Key, Florida, and Serge Spilfogel
VE1KG, of Halifax, Nova Scotia worked over a 1687 mile path. The
previous record was 1468 miles was set by K5WXZ and K1RJH. It
had stood since October of 1968.
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DXCC LIST
Also a reminder from the American Radio relay League that the
annual DXCC list will not appear in QST magazine. Rather, look
for it in the 1995 DXCC yearbook due out in February. Anyone who
made a DXCC submission during the past twelve months will
automatically receive a copy.
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CABLE PIRACY SENTENCE
The National Cable Television Association's anti-piracy
division is praising an Arkansas judge's decision requiring a man
convicted of cable copyright theft to pay a record $2.7 million in
restitution.
Jan Gregory Manzer, who went by the alias V.C. Hacker, was
fined the $2.7 million and sentenced to 46 months in jail in U.S.
District Court in Hot Springs, Arkansas after being convicted of
illegally modifying General Instruments VideoCipher descramblers.
He was also found guilty of constructing satellite receivers with
software that allowed other dealers to receive unscrambled
signals.
Jim Allen, who heads up the NCTA's office of cable signal theft
says that operations like Manzer cost the cable and satellite
industry billions of dollars a year in stolen programming
services. The message of this court decision is that cable piracy
leads to jail time."
At the Manzer sentencing hearing, representatives of HBO and
Cable Home Communications Corp. testified that Manzer's actions
cost the industry millions in lost revenue.
Manzer is expected to appeal.
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