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NEWSLINE RADIO - CBBS EDITION #48 - POSTED 04/10/92
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Some of the hams of NEWSLINE RADIO...
WA6ITF WB6MQV WB6FDF K6DUE W6RCL N6AHU N6AWE N6TCQ K6PGX N6PNY
KU8R N8DTN W9JUV KC9RP K9XI KB5KCH KC5UD KC0HF G8AUU DJ0QN and
many others in the United States and around the globe!!!
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SAREX '92 FLIES ON STS-45
STS-45 is over and the first SAREX operation of 1992 has been
deemed a major success.
There were many opportunities for individual voice contacts
but the main highlight were the QSO's between the shuttle and
various schools worldwide. Each of the schools scheduled was
able to speak to the ham astronauts on-board Atlantis. Lew Mc
Fadin, W5DID who helped build the SAREX station also served as
one of the ham radio controllers for the STS-45 flight.
One QSO that will probably be remembered most by Astronaut
Brian Duffy occurred while he was talking with the Ed White
Elementary School in Houston Texas. There, 8 children were able
to ask the astro-hams a question. One of those was his own son
Shawn. It was while flying overhead in Atlantis that Brian Duffy
found out he had a new ham to share his station with. Using
SAREX, Shaun told his dad that he had passed his amateur radio
examination just for him.
Another excellent contact took place on March 29 when hams
belonging to the Marshall Spaceflight Center Amateur Radio Club
made contact with Atlantis. What made this QSO unique was that
the very first ham to operate from space, Owen Garriott, W5LFL,
initiated the contact and five students asked questions. This
QSO was carried live NASA select video. It showed SAREX on the
flight deck while the students were talking to Charles Bolden.
If you either worked or monitored N5WQC on Atlantis, and want
a SAREX QSL send your QSL and contact information to the Sterling
Park Amateur Radio Club at Post Office Box 599, Sterling,
Virginia, 22170.
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SAREX PACKET MAILBOX - A JSC FIRST
High Frequency packet radio is now a part of SAREX operations.
For the STS-45 mission, the hams at the Johnson Space Center ARC,
W5RRR, established an HF packet mailbox on 10.135 MHz for wide,
quick dissemination of STS-45/SAREX information. Hams only had
to Connect for the latest STS-45 SAREX information. The 10 Mhz
WARC band was chosen to permit almost 24 hour a day accessibility
while keeping the operation in a low QRM environment as possible.
This operation will be evaluated after the flight to assess its
utility for future SAREX missions.
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STS-50 CREW MEMBERS TESTED
When STS-50 flies on June 9, it will have at least two
licensed radio amateurs on board. On March 26th, at STS-45 was
in earth orbit, STS-50 Pilot Dick Richards and Mission Specialist
Ellen Baker took their license exams from an ARRL certified VE
team. Both candidates passed and are currently waiting for the
FCC to assign their licenses and call letters.
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HR-73
The April First W5YI report claiming that the amateur radio
spectrum protection act is doomed appears to be very much in
error. This, according to two very knowledgeable sources -- both
of whom are heavily involved in spearheading passage of the
measure.
Perry Williams W1EUD and Art Kay W5APX have told the Westlink
Report ham newsletter that HR-73 and its companion senate
measure S-1372 are both alive and well. Both men indicate that
the needed number of co-sponsors should soon be in hand and,
contrary to the Fred Maia report, hearings in both houses are
expected to take place. If signed into law, the Amateur Radio
Spectrum Protection Act would prevent the FCC from taking away
amateur radio without providing hams with equivalent bandspace.
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CABLE INVESTIGATION
The cable television industry has announced that it will make
an in-depth study of all RFI including amateur radio. Cable
Television Laboratories says that it will perform a study of RF
interference to consumer electronic such as television receivers,
stereo receivers and VCR's.
According to a CableLabs spokesman, this will be an
investigation involving typical television households throughout
the United States and Canada. All sources of interference to
these devices will be included in the survey, including such
radio frequency generators as Citizen Band Radio, Amateur Radio
and other transmitters available to the general public.
The source of the external signals which find their way into
tuners of consumer electronics devices primarily consists of VHF
and UHF television broadcast transmissions, as well as signals in
the high VHF amateur and business radio bands will be among the
signal sources investigated. The results of the study will be
furnished to consumer electronics manufacturers in the hope that
this will lead to improved RFI rejection in consumer electronic
equipment.
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EURO DISNEY
From the special events desk comes word that hams involved in
the Walt Disney organization will be taking to the air on April
4th and 5th to commemorate the grand opening of the Euro Disney
Resort near Paris. In addition to the three United States based
Disney employee amateur radio associations and the station at
Tokyo Disneyland, members of the Radio Club of Saint Maur in
Paris will also join in the event. QSL's go to the Disneyland
Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 3232, Anaheim, California 02803, in
the United States.
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