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* Originally in: FidoNet Bulletins from the ARRL
* Originally on: 05-06-11 00:13
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SB QST @ ARL $ARLB013
ARLB013 FCC Seeks to Raise the Fee for Vanity Call Signs

ZCZC AG13
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 13 ARLB013
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT May 5, 2011
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB013
ARLB013 FCC Seeks to Raise the Fee for Vanity Call Signs

The FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order (NPRM) on
May 3, seeking to raise the fee for Amateur Radio vanity call signs.
Currently, a vanity call sign costs $13.30 and is good for 10 years.

The new fee, if the FCC plan goes through, will go up to $14.20 for
10 years, an increase of 90 cents. The FCC is authorized by the
Communications Act of 1934 (as amended) to collect vanity call sign
fees to recover the costs associated with that program.

The vanity call sign regulatory fee is payable not only when
applying for a new vanity call sign, but also upon renewing a vanity
call sign for a new term. Instructions on how to comment on this
NPRM are available on the FCC Web site at, http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/howtocomment.html.

The vanity call sign fee has fluctuated over the 14 years of the
current program -- from a low of $11.70 in 2007 to a high of $70 (as
first proposed in the FCC's 1994 Report and Order). In 2007, the
Commission lowered the fee from $20.80 to $11.70. The FCC said it
anticipates some 14,600 Amateur Radio vanity call sign "payment
units" or applications during the next fiscal year.

The vanity call sign regulatory fee is payable not only when
applying for a new vanity call sign, but also upon renewing a vanity
call sign for a new term. The first vanity call sign licenses issued
under the current Amateur Radio vanity call sign program that began
in 1996 came up for renewal five years ago.

Those holding vanity call signs issued prior to 1996 are exempt from
having to pay the vanity call sign regulatory fee at renewal,
however. That's because Congress did not authorize the FCC to
collect regulatory fees until 1993. Such "heritage" vanity call sign
holders do not appear as vanity licensees in the FCC Amateur Radio
database.

Amateur Radio licensees may file for renewal only within 90 days of
their license expiration date. All radio amateurs must have an FCC
Registration Number (FRN) before filing any application with the
Commission. Applicants can obtain an FRN by going to the ULS at, http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/index.htm?job=home, and clicking on the
"New Users Register" link. You must supply your Social Security
Number to obtain an FRN.
NNNN
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SB DX @ ARL $ARLD018
ARLD018 DX news

ZCZC AE18
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 18 ARLD018
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT May 5, 2011
To all radio amateurs

SB DX ARL ARLD018
ARLD018 DX news

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
NC1L, QRZ DX, The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, INDX, Contest
Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites.
Thanks to all.

MONACO, 3A. Members of the Monaco Telegraphy Group are QRV as
3A2CWG during the month of May in celebration of its 20th
anniversary. QSL via 3A2LF.

AZERBAIJAN, 4J. Special event station 4JV3AM is QRV until May 20 to commemorate the 66 years since the end of World War II and to honor
Azerbaijani hero Mamish Abdullayev. QSL direct via RW6HS.

SENEGAL, 6W. Fernando, EA1BT is QRV as 6W/EA1BT until May 12. QSL
to home call.

NEPAL, 9N. Sam, K0YAK is QRV as 9N7AK until July 4 while on work
assignment at the US Embassy in Kathmandu. Activity is on 20 to 10
meters using SSB and PSK31 in his spare time. QSL to home call.

IRAN, EP. Pooyan, EP3PK has been QRV on 20 meters using SSB around
1830z. QSL via IK2DUW.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HI. Ronny, ON4ARV is QRV as HI7/OT4R from Punta
Cana until May 20. He is active on 20, 15 and 10 meters daily using
SSB from 2000 to 2200z. QSL via operator's instructions.

REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HL. Operators Han, DS2GOO, Son, DS3HWS, Chae,
DS5BSX and possiby others will be QRV as home calls/4 from Pigum
Island, IOTA AS-060, from May 7 to 9. Activity will be on 80 to 10
meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home calls.

BULGARIA, LZ. Members of the Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs
are QRV with special event station LZ2011KM until May 31 to
celebrate national St. Kiril and Methodius Day, the creators of the
Cyrillic alphabet. Activity is on all bands and modes. QSL via
LZ1BJ.

CZECH REPUBLIC, OL. Members of the OK1KWM radio club are QRV using
special event station OL950CHEB during May to celebrate the 950th
anniversary of the city of Cheb. QSL via bureau.

NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event call sign PD04ISLE is QRV during May
to celebrate the 4th anniversary of the nature reserve on
Tiengemeten Island. QSL via PD2GCM. In addition, Fred, PA0FAW is
QRV as PC65ISWL until May 28 to celebrate the 65th jubilee of the
International Short Wave League. Activity is on the HF bands using
CW and various digital modes. QSL via operator's instructions.

BANGLADESH, S2. Nazim, S21B has been QRV using PSK on 20 meters
around 1330z. QSL via KX7YT.

POLAND, SP. Special event station SQ100MSC is QRV until July 31 to
commemorate Maria Skodowska-Curie, the very first woman to win a
Nobel prize in 1911 for chemistry. QSL direct via SP5XSL.

DODECANESE, SV5. Fred, PA1FJ will be QRV as SV5/PA1FJ/p from
Karpathos, IOTA EU-001, from May 8 to 14. Activity will be on 40 to
6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call.

EUROPEAN RUSSIA, UA. Special event station R1945HS is QRV until May
31 to mark 66 years since World War II. QSL direct to RW6HS.

CANADA, VE. Special event station VC2CQ85 is QRV till the end of
May to mark the 85 years of the Club Radio Amateur de Quebec. QSL
to VE2CQ.

OPERATION APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operation is
approved for DXCC credit; Revillagigedo, 4A4A, 2011 operation.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The New England QSO Party, 10-10
International Spring CW Contest, NCCC Sprint CW Ladder, Araucaria
VHF Contest, Microwave Spring Sprint, VK/Trans-Tasman 80-meter Phone
Contest, 7th Call Area QSO Party, Indiana QSO Party, ARI
International DX Contest, SKCC Weekend CW Sprint and the NAQCC-EU
Monthly CW Sprint will certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming
weekend. The CWops Mini-CWT Test and RSGB 80-meter Club Data
Championship are scheduled for May 11. Please see May QST, page 80,
and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details.
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* Originally in: FidoNet Amateur Radio Interest
* Originally on: 05-06-11 11:32
* Originally by: Amsat List

[ans] ANS-126 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AO-51 Batterie
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 126.01

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.

May 6, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-126.01

AMSAT Vice-President of Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA reported
the AO-51 Command Team is having a difficult time trying to restore
AO-51 to operation.

The current situation is the satellite will not retain the upload of
the flight software across eclipse. The batteries are in very poor
condition.

AO-51 ground control stations plan a few more things to try, but with
eclipses peaking around July at approximately 27 minutes, the long
term situation is grim.

There is a brief period around November where eclipses are as short
as 16 minutes, but past that it is a long climb to 30 minutes or
longer eclipses for many years.

At this time the Command Team cannot provide an estimated "return to
service" date. Stations with 9k6 digital capability can listen in on
control station attempts at recovery on 435.150 MHz on many passes
over the US.

Please support AMSAT-NA and the other AMSAT groups around the world,
and help us get new satellites into orbit. Projects like Fox, FunCube,
P3E, and Kiwisat need your financial support to keep our amateur sat-
ellite fleet flying. You can donate to AMSAT-NA via the link on the
front page at http://www.amsat.org.

Keep up with the latest AO-51 Control Team News on-line at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php

[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA VP Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA for the
above information]

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* Originally in: FidoNet Amateur Radio Interest
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* Originally by: Noaa Wwv

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2011 May 07 0605 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 06 May follow.
Solar flux 102 and mid-latitude A-index 4.
The mid-latitude K-index at 0600 UTC on 07 May was 1 (6 nT).
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 05 05 05 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 07 07 07
UTC 1500 1800 2100 0000 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0000 0300 0600
SFlx 107 107 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 102 102 102 102
A-in 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 4
K-in 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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* Originally on: 03-09-13 13:25
* Originally by: mark lewis


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[QUOTE]
A Dangerous Bargain

Gary Geissler, a Colorado-based IT specialist and high-tech advisor to Army MARS, sends this caution about a dangerous bargain in the ham radio marketplace.

=====

The best buy these days in handheld transceivers are the ones from Hong Kong. The HTs are being purchased by amateurs, public service providers, and others in government organizations. Some versions have FCC and other type acceptance.



The transceivers sell for a fraction of the price of comparable units from the big three yet can work all the amateur and public service frequencies from the civil aircraft band to the top of the public service UHF band. They have many memories and features and can be programmed from a PC. Powered by big lithium ion batteries (included) they are a steal for $55.00.

Or so it would seem.

I work for Digital Globe Incorporated. As our corporation is an important government contractor we are working with the USG to resolve issued as they appear with regard to computer and Internet security. The software tools we use are among the strongest available anywhere (and as a result, the most intrusive and painful!)

So when I put the tiny driver CD that came with my [Chinese] handheld transceiver's programming cable into a machine to scan it I had no idea that the disk would pull an immediate alert. The alert was so strong that I could not go any further and determine contents, files, names of virus, and so forth.

The CD was given to our computer security department. They will process it and forward the results to their USG contact. This is only the second time I have seen an alert this strong. The other time (last week actually) was while downloading a .pdf research paper from a university researcher's site.

Lest anyone think otherwise, we are under attack. One might suspect that the "real" object of the exercise with regard to the very low cost of the Hong Kong

HTs is the unseen present on the CDs. I'm not a conspiracy theory sort of guy;

we can talk more about this at some point.

I might suggest a neutrally worded warning to destroy any driver CDs that come with Hong Kong HTs; the Prolific USB/RS-232 drivers are available at no charge from US sites and the public domain open source CHIRP software is more than adequate for programming the radios in any event.

Gary

UNCLASSIFIED

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