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Thursday, May 16, 2019

Daily ham radio news 05/16/19

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ON8AZ, ON4KZ, ON5HC, ON5DZ & ON7PQ will be active from Les Minquiers, EU-099 as MJ/OQ7A/P during May 25-31, 2019. QRV on 80-10m. Full info here.

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Southgate ARC - Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

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Southgate ARC - George completes the 2019 Echolink Pi/SVXlink project. Tommy discovers an interesting new online SDR. Mike, VE3MIC joins us with a really cool BlueDV-AMBE server project. Plus another Foreign Food taste test, courtesy of Kevin Mitchell, ZL1KFM

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Southgate ARC - ARRL reports the Board of Directors of a self-contained residential community for older adults has voted to allow limited amateur radio antennas

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Southgate ARC - Broadband, phone and TV customers must be told when their minimum contract period is coming to an end, and shown the best deals available, under new rules announced today by Ofcom.

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Southgate ARC - The FGC Radio Team (E31A) will be active from the State of Eritrea between May 25th and June 3rd

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Southgate ARC - IARU Region 1 report this year’s second Kidsday will be held on Saturday June 15. This event is especially created to promote Amateur Radio to youth

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Southgate ARC - NOAA forecasters have boosted the odds of geomagnetic storms this week to 75% as a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) approaches Earth

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Stephen Cooper who shares photos from his recent visit to the Duga-2 Soviet Union era over-the-horizon (OTH) radar system near Chernobyl.
The following photo gallery contains images of the antenna, control room, training room and server room. Click on the thumbnails below to enlarge images and browse:
What an amazing site, Stephen! Thank you for sharing your photo tour with us.
Readers: Stephen is also an application developer and the kind fellow behind Shortwave.am, Interval Signal Ringtones for Android, and the Shortwave Radio Schedules app. Check them out!


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The Board of Directors of an antenna-restricted community in Arizona voted overwhelmingly in April to allow radio amateurs to erect certain outdoor antennas on their properties. Some 75 hams live in the 10,000-home Sun City Grand, a self-contained residential community for older adults. An article in the Grand Ham Newsletter by Gordon Bousman, NW7D, called it “a big win” and said the Sun City Grand community homeowners’ association (HOA) is believed to be the largest in the US to permit Amateur Radio antennas. The HOA board includes one radio amateur. The new antenna guidelines went into effect on May 9.
“The road to success took nearly a year of meetings, negotiations, and occasional setbacks driven by a team of dedicated amateurs who were persistent in reaching our goals,” Bousman said in his article. “While our initial discussion points focused on the possibility of passage of the [Amateur Radio] Parity Act, we later shifted our focus to the value that Amateur Radio operators can bring to the community in the event of an emergency or crisis.”
Bousman told ARRL the group “somewhat” modeled its antenna proposal after that of the Sun City Texas Ham Radio group in Georgetown, Texas, which permitted several years ago. “In our research, we learned that Sun City Hilton Head, South Carolina, and Sun City Henderson, Nevada, also allow certain Amateur Radio antennas,” he added. “There may be other communities with similar antenna permissions, but we did not uncover any in our research.”
The types of antennas permitted are modest. The list includes flagpole antennas that do not exceed 16 feet, verticals that do not rise more than 5 feet above the peak of a home, and wire antennas no higher than 5 feet above the roof peak. No traps in wire antennas are allowed and towers of any type remain prohibited.
“[These] antennas should provide amateurs very adequate capabilities to work long distances on the HF bands and to be able to adequately communicate across our community on the VHF/UHF bands — as well as being able to reach most repeaters in the Phoenix area valley including several emergency repeaters,” the newsletter article opined.
Radio amateurs will need to apply to the HOA’s Architectural Review Committee Standards Office to obtain approval and may only erect two outdoor antennas.
Bousman said more than a dozen antenna applications were submitted in the first week and other hams are working on designs. “We have encouraged all of our ham club members to get VHF/UHF antennas installed as soon as possible so that we can begin our [emergency communication] exercises,” he told ARRL.
The newsletter included technical information on various antenna configurations and resources on where to obtain commercial antennas that would meet the HOA requirements. As suggested reading, the newsletter recommended four ARRL antenna books, including The ARRL Antenna Book and Antennas for Small Spaces.
SOURCE:ARRL

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Kidsday 15 June 2019

Kidsday 15 June 2019

This year’s second Kidsday will be held on Saturday 15th of June. This event is especially created to promote Amateur Radio to youth. This is a moment… Read more
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Amateur Radio Roundtable and host Tom Medlin, W5KUB, will be back at Dayton Hamvention to livestream the activity and action before, during, and after the May 17 – 19 event. Amateur Radio Roundtable’s show coverage will go live on Thursday, May 16 and continue through the weekend. “This is a big event and we have viewers in about 150 countries,” Medlin said. “Astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC, will join us again for the 7th year as cohost. Join in the live chat room. More information is on the W5KUB Facebook group.

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The DX-Radio Amateur Club of Karditsa on 19-05-2019 from 05:00 to 16:00 UTC at Lake Nikolaos Plastiras, Karditsa (botanical garden), Grid Square KM09UG, is going to raise a meteorological type balloon with ham antenna at a height of 80m. Look for SZ4KRD/P on HF (SSB). Focus on 80 & 160m.

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I saw this on Facebook this morning. I am shocked.


This was posted by Joe’s son, Kevin. Joe was one of the pillars of NJQRP.

So many thoughts running through my head right now. Just wanted to share.

72 de Larry W2LJ

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“The Sun gets crazy busy this week with multiple solar storms that are inbound to earth! We should feel the first of the direct hits sometime May 15 and storing should continue into May 16 and possibly through the 17th before things begin to calm down. All this rukus is due to regions 2740 and 2741 that have been firing non-sotp solar storms ever since before they even came into Earth view. Lucky for aurora photographers, they have already given us G1 and G3 level storms with aurora dipping down as far south as Wyoming and Colorado in the USA. Learn more about these regions, how they are boosting emergency and amateur radio propagation back into the marginal range, and why they could mess with your GPS reception this week!”

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Kidsday 15 June 2019

Kidsday 15 June 2019

This year’s second Kidsday will be held on Saturday 15th of June. This event is especially created to promote Amateur Radio to youth. This is a moment… Read more
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Yaesu FT-3DR

Yaesu FT-3DR 5W C4FM/FM 144/430MHz Dual Band Digital Transceiver Reservation
The new FT3DR provides reliable 5W RF power output in compact design and light weight from factor – W2.44” x H3.94” x D1.28”/ 9.95oz (282g). Battery power-saving settings are available for each frequency band with TX output power level (5W/ 2.5W/ 1W/ 0.3W) individually selectable. Even in a compact body, the user can enjoy loud and clear C4FM voice quality from 700mW of audio power. Real Dual Band Operations (V+V, U+U, V+U, U+V) are available with two independent receivers, and the FT3DR supports simultaneous C4FM digital monitoring for both the A and B bands (C4FM/C4FM standby).
The new FT3DR is designed with a high-resolution 320 x 240 dot matrix full color TFT LCD display – which clearly highlights the frequency of the operational bands. Utilizing the Touch Sensitive Screen function of the display, three one- touch-panel keys at the bottom of the display are used for changing the mode, direct frequency entry and various setting from the function menu display with ease of use in mind. With its highly visible full color display, the new High-Resolution Band Scope function is available as one of the new advanced features which enables users to monitor up to 79 channels centered around the current VFO frequency in real time. Number of channels scanned is selectable from from19ch/ 39ch/ 79ch.
The features of the C4FM digital communication which are already popular in the market such as Automatic Mode Select (AMS), Digital Group ID (DG-ID) operation, and Smart Navigation function are available with the new FT3DR. The new FT3DR supports the WiRES-X Portable Digital Node Function as well. In the same way as some other current C4FM transceivers, users can easily set up a portable digital node with the new FT3DR and the optional SCU-39 cable kit and enjoy the WiRES-X internet communication.
CAM (Club Channel Activity Monitor) function is one of the new and advanced features of the FT3DR. Up to 10 groups with 5 channels per group each, of frequency used memory channels can be registered, and whist receiving on the current channel, the signal strength of this channel and past peaks of the other channels in the group can be displayed and monitored. With a single touch of a channel bar graph, it becomes the active operating channel and the FT3DR users may immediately start communicating with other club members on that channel.

A built-in Bluetooth unit is installed in the new FT3DR. Users can enjoy the Hands-Free Operation using the optional YAESU Bluetooth headset SSM-BT10 or a commercially available product. SSM-BT10 is equipped with the PTT button and supports the voice activated transmission (VOX) function.
Other remarkable features of the new FT3DR include:
  • Wide-range RX coverage with continuous reception from 0.5MHz – 999.99MHz (A Band)/ 108MHz – 580MHz (B Band)
  • Built-in high-sensitivity 66 channel GPS receiver
  • 1200/ 9600bps APRS Data modem
  • 2,200mAh High-Capacity Li-ion Battery Pack (SBR-14LI) as standard
  • Voice Recording Function for the received and transmitting voice and audio data which can be saved as an audio file on the micro SD card
  • Simultaneous AM/FM broadcast Reception while monitoring two frequency channels
  • Micro SD Card Slot

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Raf Vit, IH9YMC will be active from Pantelleria Island, IOTA AF - 018, in RSGB IOTA Contest, 27 - 28 July 2019.

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For the tenth year in a row, fellow volunteers and I will be representing the charity Ears To Our World (ETOW), at the Hamvention now in Xenia, Ohio.
You can find us at booth 6510. (Click here for a map.)
I always enjoy meeting SWLing Post readers who stop by our booth to introduce themselves!
If you’re not familiar with Ears To Our World and our mission to empower children and teachers in the third word through radio and other technologies, check out our website.
Note that this year we will also give away our HumanaLight kits to those who donate $10 or more to ETOW (while supplies last). 
Look forward to meeting you in Xenia!
-Thomas (K4SWL)


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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ed, who shares this update regarding RM Broadcasting:
(Source: Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, May 13, 2019
Court Finds RM Broadcasting Must Register as a Foreign Agent
U.S. District Court Judge Robin L. Rosenberg has ruled that a Florida-based company, RM Broadcasting LLC (RM Broadcasting), was acting as an agent of a foreign principal and must register as such under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA).
The Department of Justice contended in a civil counterclaim that RM Broadcasting has been acting as an agent of the the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency (Rossiya Segodnya), a Russian state-owned media enterprise created by Vladimir Putin to advance Russian interests abroad. The litigation marked the first FARA civil enforcement action since 1991. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida made the announcement.
“The American people have a right to know if a foreign flag waves behind speech broadcast in the United States,” said Assistant Attorney General Demers. “Our concern is not the content of the speech but providing transparency about the true identity of the speaker. This case shows that the Department can and will utilize all of its tools to bring transparency to efforts by foreign entities to influence the American public and our government, and demonstrates our renewed effort to enforce FARA rigorously.”
“While the right to free speech remains paramount to our democracy,” U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan said. “FARA ensures that the American public is fully cognizant of the true source of the messages broadcast in the United States. Armed with full information, Americans may properly evaluate the value of the speech they hear. As such, FARA is a fundamental tool in our continuing efforts to defend our democracy.”
In November 2017, RM Broadcasting and Rossiya Segodnya entered into a services agreement pursuant to which RM Broadcasting would provide for the broadcast of Rossiya Segodnya’s “Sputnik” radio programs on AM radio channel 1390 WZHF in the Washington, D.C. region. Under this agreement, RM Broadcasting could not alter Rossiya Segodnya’s radio programs in any way. As the services agreement established Rossiya Segodnya’s direction and control over RM Broadcasting, the FARA Unit of the National Security Division informed RM Broadcasting that it was acting as a publicity agent and an information-service employee of Rossiya Segodnya and was required to register as an agent of a foreign principal.
RM Broadcasting initiated the proceeding in the Southern District of Florida seeking a declaratory judgment that it did not have to register as an agent of a foreign principal. The Department responded by filing a counterclaim seeking an injunction to require RM Broadcasting to register. Earlier this week, the court granted the Department’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. A final judgment directing RM Broadcasting to register under FARA is expected.
This case was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew J. Feeley and Trial Attorney Nicholas Hunter of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.
About FARA
The purpose of FARA is to protect the national defense, internal security, and foreign relations of the United States by requiring public disclosure by persons engaging in political activities and other activities for or on behalf of foreign governments, foreign political parties and other foreign principals so that the Government and the people of the United States may be informed of the identity of such persons and may apprise their statements and actions in the light of their associations and activities.
Component(s):
National Security Division (NSD)
USAO – Florida, Southern
Press Release Number:
19-519


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(Source: European DX Council)
A reminder that this year’s EDXC Conference takes place in Andorra, starting on Friday 6th September, with a visit that morning to Radio Valira.
Please can you let EDXC Secretary General Chrissy Brand (chrissylb@hotmail.co.uk) or EDXC Assistant Secretary General Christian Ghibaudo (chr.ghibaudo@gmail.com) know if you are planning to attend the conference?
If there is enough demand, we will run a coach from Toulouse in the evening of Thursday 5th September, probably leaving by about 1700 latest.  This will travel the four hours to the hotel in Andorra.
Please contact Chrissy at chrissylb@hotmail.co.uk or Christian if you wish to book a seat on the coach.
The conference will start on the Friday evening and run through Saturday and Sunday. Trips to Radio Andorra and Radio Valira have been arranged.
Then, in the afternoon of Sunday 8th September, a coach will return to Toulouse, where we will be able to have a local sightseeing tour on Monday 9 September. We will send out suggestions for a hotel in Toulouse.
Please,  if at all possible, can you book your accommodation at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Andorra before June 1st. See this previous blog post for details.
Best wishes,
Chrissy and Christian


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Henry, NL0H, will travel on business to St. Lawrence Island, NA-040 (Alaska) during May 16 to 20. He will bring a rig and wire antennas. Unfortunately, there is a CME expected to produce some serious geomagnetic disturbances between May 16-18. He will attempt to be on 20m & 30m SSB and FT8 as much as […]

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