VK6WIA NewsWest for Sunday, 27 May 2018 – Contesting Edition

In the news this week we find out about a new owner of the Western Australian Valve Bank which until now has been managed and maintained by Wayne VK6FT.

We hear from the WA VHF Group who have just reactivated their 5.7 and 10 GHz beacons and have some ZLPLL-based microwave beacon boards on display at their monthly meeting.

The Radio Amateur Society of Australia shares the news that the ACMA have released their Draft Five Year Spectrum Outlook and we have contesting galore in our monthly contesting special with the Winter UHF/VHF Field Day, the VK Shires, the Trans Tasman, the RD contest and the Alara Contest.

I’m Onno VK6FLAB and on behalf of WA Amateur Radio News, producers of NewsWest – Amateur Radio News since 1931 thanks for taking time out of your day to join us in Western Australia and far beyond, on-air, on-line and on-demand.

We start the news this week with the Wireless Institute of Australia who have started controversial expulsion proceedings towards several members and the news that members of Amateur Radio Victoria are extremely unhappy at the treatment of one of their members by the WIA.

If you have questions or comments, feedback, good or bad, the address is newswest@vk6.net.

You’ll find links to resources on the vk6.net website where you’ll also find information on where to hear the news, where to download it, how to rebroadcast this news and how to register your callbacks.

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Originating in Perth Western Australia NewsWest is produced by WA Amateur Radio News for listeners on-air, on-line and on-demand.

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The main VK6 NewsWest broadcast occurs at 09:30 WST (01:30 UTC).

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Our address is newswest@vk6.net

Producer: Onno

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This is so that the RSGB complies with the new General Data Protection Act.

The RSGB is delighted that a large number of people have done so already and they will receive the GB2RS email this week.

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“Scouts BSA” Program Change Expected to Enhance Ham Radio Opportunities for Young Women @boyscouts @arrl

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2117 for Friday, May 25 2018

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2117 with a release date of Friday, May 25 2018, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Hamvention 2018 has come and gone. North Carolina amateurs go mobile in an ambulance — and there are new hams in China and South Africa. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2117 comes your way right now.
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HAMVENTION: MORE THAN FAIR AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: With Hamvention 2018 a memory, plans for next year have already begun – but first, Kevin Trotman N5PRE takes stock of this year’s experience.
KEVIN: Are you ready for Hamvention 2019? OK – not so fast – it’s only days since the big gathering in Xenia wrapped things up. General chair Ron Cramer KD8ENJ told Newsline the final attendance count wasn’t in yet, but he expected this year’s attendance to top the nearly 30,000 amateurs who visited the fairgrounds in 2017. The theme of “Amateur Radio, Serving the Community” didn’t just find its way into various award ceremonies and forums but even turned up in informal gatherings near the food trucks where hams from Puerto Rico and other storm-ravaged places enjoyed eyeball QSOs for the first time with hams who shared last year’s storm assistance efforts with them. Ron said some of the greatest strengths of the weekend event were the new weather-resistant tents and the 767 volunteers who came in from around the world to keep operations running smoothly. Meanwhile there were special hours at the Voice of America Museum in nearby West Chester Ohio which opened its doors to more than 250 hams from around the world who got immersed in broadcast history and even got on the air. To quote Ron, when Newsline asked him about the overall positive feedback so far: “If you have any complaints about Hamvention 2018 you probably weren’t there.”
For Amateur Radio Newsline I’m Kevin Trotman N5PRE.
(RON CRAMER KD8ENJ)
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NEW CQ HALL OF FAMERS INDUCTED AT HAMVENTION
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Their contributions to the amateur community landed 11 notables in the limelight at Hamvention. Mike Askins KE5CXP has those details.
MIKE: The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame inducted 11 new members during Hamvention, including Silent Keys ranging from the late actor Marlon Brando FO5GJ to the three astronauts killed in the Challenger shuttle disaster of 2003: Laurel Clark KC5ZSU, David Brown KC5ZTC and Kalpana Chawla KD5ESI.
The list also includes open-source QRP kit designer Ashhar Farhan VU2ESE, Silent Key Grady Fox W4FRM, one of the pioneers of SSB; African-American broadcaster and college radio supporter Wendell King, a Silent Key who was formerly 2ADD and Fred Lloyd AA7BQ who founded QRZ.com. The list also included well-known educator and youth advocate Carole Perry WB2MGP; cybersecurity’s Mark Pecen KC9X/VE3QAM and U.S. Army photographer Ed Westcott W4UVS.
The Hall of Fame was created in 2001 by CQ Magazine and has since inducted 321 members.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I’m Mike Askins KE5CXP.
(CQ MAGAZINE)
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THIS “HAMBULANCE” ANSWERS THE CALL
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Going mobile is part of the amateur radio experience – and is there any better vehicle for public service than a refurbished ambulance? One club doesn’t think so and Kent Peterson KC0DGY tells us why.
KENT The Johnston County North Carolina ham club does what many clubs do. They have around 65 members who support hurricane evacuees when they come inland. They run and support a repeater. They participate in field day. And they have their very own “hambulance.”
MARK: Somebody

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  With 4 RF bands and multi-mode system access, the APX 8000 knows no limits when it comes to interoperability. Whether it’s loud or windy, wheth… Read more

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Radio club plans Hamfest, show – Midland Daily News

The Midland Amateur Radio Club will host its 44th annual Hamfest on June 16 at the Midland Salvation Army Building, 330 Waldo Road.

Vendor set‑up is at 6:30 a.m., with doors opening at 8 a.m. Tickets are $5. The MARC Hamfest traditionally features commercial vendors as well as table space available for amateurs with equipment to sell and trade. A vast array of amateur radio equipment and accessories, computers and software, parts, coaxial cable and connectors will greet visitors. The Midland Amateur Radio Club’s large stock of vintage and hard-to-find vacuum tubes will also available for sale.

Outside, space will be available for trunk sales.

The Club will offer VE exams for those wishing to earn their Ham Radio license, or an upgrade. Registration for exams begins at 10:30 a.m. and testing starts at 11 a.m. Applicants need to bring two pieces of ID, copies of any licenses and certificates that are applicable and at least two pencils. Test fee is $15. If applicants choose to visit the Hamfest proper, the gate fee is not included in the testing fee.

For more details, contact Keith Johnson, KB8SOE, at 989-488-4337 or at kb8soe@arrl.net.

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MOVIE on Amateur radio that speak with a Russian Cosmonaut !

Da OGGI al cinema : “Il cosmonauta sovietico rimasto nello spazio mentre non c’era più l’URSS ! “

Il protagonista del film “Sergio Sergei” è ispirato alla sua storia, e fa amicizia con un radioamatore cubano !

Quando l’Unione Sovietica sparì, cambiò tutto per per moltissime persone; quelle che la abitavano, quelle che le vivevano intorno, e molte in tutto il mondo. E infine, per il cosmonauta sovietico Sergej Konstantinovič Krikalëv: che invece si trovava nello spazio, nella stazione spaziale Mir, in rappresentanza di uno Stato che nel frattempo non c’era più.

C’è un film che prende spunto da quella storia: si chiama Sergio Sergei – Il professore e il cosmonauta e sarà nei cinema italiani dal 24 maggio.

Parte dalla vera storia di Krikalëv e parla dell’amicizia tra un cosmonauta sovietico e un professore cubano di filosofia. Il film è ambientato nel 1991: grazie a una radio, Sergio, il professore, entra in contatto con Sergei, il cosmonauta. I due diventano amici e confidenti, parlano tra loro di piccole cose quotidiane ma si fanno anche importanti confidenze personali e seri discorsi sulla direzione che stanno prendendo i loro paesi e quindi il mondo.

Diana Sanchez ha scritto che il film mescola in modo delizioso «utopia comunista, entusiasmo da radioamatori, atmosfere del cosiddetto Período especial di Cuba,

Fonte:

Il cosmonauta sovietico rimasto nello spazio mentre non c’era più l’URSS

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PS bei tempi quando collegai appunto negli anni ’90 il Comandante Korzun sulla mitica stazione MIR, e da li fondai il MIR fan Club con tanti soci OM in tutto il mondo, quanti ricordi , hi hi !

73 de IW2BSF – Rudy

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ARRL White Paper Provides Context for Recommended Governance Changes

05/23/2018

ARRL has released a “white paper” that provides some context to explain proposed alterations to the Articles Of Association and By Laws that the Executive Committee (EC) of the Board of Directors recommended for full Board passage at its April 21 meeting. Study continues of the so-called “Code of Conduct” for Board members, known officially as the ARRL Policy on Board Governance and Conduct of Members of the Board of Directors and Vice Directors, with changes to be recommended for later Board consideration.

At its January meeting, the Board pledged to provide the membership with the rationale and purpose behind proposed changes to the Articles and By Laws that it had adopted last July. In April the EC recommended minor revisions to two new amendments to ARRL’s Articles of Association and one change to its By-Laws for Board approval at its July 2018 meeting. In all, four changes are being proposed.

One proposed change involves the wording of the Articles that address indemnification and personal liability of ARRL Directors, Vice Directors, and officers. Although the Board had adopted new Articles 15 and 16 at its July 2017 meeting, ARRL’s Connecticut counsel recommended two revisions, requiring Board approval, to make the wording of those changed sections consistent with Connecticut state statutes.

Article 15 addresses personal liability of Directors, Vice Directors, and volunteer and staff officers for damages due to a breach of duty in their respective roles, provided the breach did not involve a “knowing and culpable” violation of law, improper personal economic gain, a lack of good faith, and conscious disregard or sustained and unexcused pattern of inattention amounting to abdication of duty.

Article 16 would provide indemnification of Directors, Vice Directors, and volunteer and staff officers for any monetary judgement based on any actions taken or any failure to take action, except under the circumstances listed in Article 15.

A change to the wording of Article 1 would add “ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio” as an informal name for the organization, in addition to “American Radio Relay League, Inc.” This adds the informal name of the organization to the formal name spelled out in Article 1 to indicate that either rendering is a proper description of the organization.

A clarification of the Directors/Vice Directors election cycle spelled out in By Law 23 also was required. This involved only a wording change to include the correct years involved.

The minutes of the April 21 ARRL Executive Committee meeting include the specific wording of the proposed changes.

The Board made two specific edits to the “Code of Conduct” at its January meeting and directed the EC to review the remaining provisions with the intention of presenting those to the full Board. The EC began this process at its April meeting, considering a simplified version of a document recommended by the National Council of Non-Profits but realized it would take longer than anticipated to complete this review and present its findings to the Board and the membership. The EC expects to have a discussion and a proposal for the Board’s consideration later this year.

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‘I’m a nerd, I know what I’m doing’ – Post-Bulletin

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John joined the Post Bulletin in May 2018. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 2004 with a BA in Journalism and Japanese. Away from the office, John plays banjo, brews beer, bikes and is looking for other hobbies that begin with the letter “b.”

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An example of astronomical third party pricing on Amazon.com

I’ve been helping a friend’s daughter study for her Technician Amateur Radio License. Besides my tutoring, she’s only been studying with a free phone app thus far and essentially learning the answers to the questions. I know she really needs a book that can provide context for each question.

Since there was no need to buy a new $30 guide (that’s only valid until the end of June), I started my search on Amazon.com thinking that there may be some affordable, good condition used study guides I could snag for a decent price.

I was wrong.

Check out the screenshot below from this page:

And if $2,000 US (plus $3.95 shipping!) wasn’t too high…$4,093 (plus $3.95 shipping!) for a used “Acceptable” condition Technician License Study Guide?!? What a deal! Is there a limit on how many I can buy?

I’ve heard that some sellers add high prices to items that they want to put on “hold.” I did some searching this afternoon and saw discussions by sellers admitting that this technique saves them time from relisting an item that might need more research. More than one admitted that “And hey, if someone buys it for that price, all the better!”

Personally, I think this practice should be banned by Amazon. I checked out one of the stores from a seller in the list above and almost all of their listings have astronomical prices.

What do you think? Am I the only one noticing this trend?

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