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TGIF EDITION: Hurricane Earl is supposed to hit us tonight but it doesn't look too bad....ARRL Headquarters will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday, September 6. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Tuesday, September 7 at 8 AM Eastern Daylight Time. We wish everyone a safe and festive holiday weekend....AWT will be open for business...8-Foot Shark Caught in Potomac River ...Brain trust Stephen Hawking says no such thing as God....

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This is the most clearly stated, sensible, and historically accurate statement that I've read on this issue.
Statement on the Proposed "Cordoba House" Mosque near Ground Zero
by Newt Gingrich

There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no
churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia The time for double standards that allow
Islamists to behave aggressively toward us while they demand our weakness and
submission is over.

The proposed "Cordoba House" overlooking the World Trade Center site - where a
group of jihadists killed over 3000 Americans and destroyed one of our most
famous landmarks - is a test of the timidity, passivity and historic ignorance
of American elites. For example, most of them don't understand that "Cordoba
House" is a deliberately insulting term. It refers to Cordoba, Spain - the
capital of Muslim conquerors who symbolized their victory over the Christian
Spaniards by transforming a church there into the world's third-largest mosque
complex.

Today, some of the Mosque's backers insist this term is being used to "symbolize
interfaith cooperation" when, in fact, every Islamist in the world recognizes
Cordoba as a symbol of Islamic conquest. It is a sign of their contempt for
Americans and their confidence in our historic ignorance that they would
deliberately insult us this way. Those Islamists and their apologists who argue
for "religious toleration" are arrogantly dishonest. They ignore the fact that
more than 100 mosques already exist in New York City Meanwhile, there are no
churches or synagogues in all of Saudi Arabia. In fact no Christian or Jew can
even enter Mecca. And they lecture us about tolerance.

If the people behind the Cordoba House were serious about religious toleration,
they would be imploring the Saudis, as fellow Muslims, to immediately open up
Mecca to all and immediately announce their intention to allow non-Muslim houses
of worship in the Kingdom. They should be asked by the news media if they would
be willing to lead such a campaign.

We have not been able to rebuild the World Trade Center in nine years. Now we
are being told a 13 story, $100 million mega mosque will be built within a year
overlooking the site of the most devastating surprise attack in American
history.

Finally where is the money coming from? The people behind the Cordoba House
refuse to reveal all their funding sources. America is experiencing an Islamist
cultural-political offensive
designed to undermine and destroy our civilization. Sadly, too many of our
elites are the willing apologists for those who would destroy them if they
could.

No mosque.
No self deception.
No surrender.

73 de W7SG

 

Ham radio operators to commemorate end of WWII
Members of the Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club will be aboard the Battleship North Carolina on Thursday night. Using original radio gear from the 1940s, they plan to establish radio contact with the battleship USS Missouri, anchored at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, at 9 p.m. local time.
Anchored in Tokyo harbor, the battleship Missouri was the site of the surrender ceremony on Sept. 2, 1945, formally ending hostilities.
“We have been in touch with the USS Missouri and we have set a schedule to communicate between the two ships when propagation is best,” said Azalea Coast club member Charlie Vaughan.
Some of the vintage radio equipment is on loan from an amateur radio operator in upstate New York, Vaughan said.
Now preserved as a war memorial and floating museum on the Cape Fear River, the USS North Carolina was the first American battleship to enter Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941. It participated in every major naval offensive in the Pacific and earned 15 battle stars.
For more information on the transmission, visit the radio club’s website at www.ac4rc.org.
On the 65th anniversary of the Japanese surrender in World War II, local ham radio operators will try to link up historic battleships that served in the Pacific Theater.
 

MISSING ARIZONA HAM FOUND DEAD IN TRAILER
A sad end to the search for a Glendale, Arizona, ham who went missing in mid August.
Authorities in Maricopa County, Arizona are confirming the body of 30-year-old David Wile, KE7SWL, of Glendale, was found August 24t, hidden inside a box trailer being pulled by a truck in the Sun City area.
The truck driver, 48-year-old David Edison, has been charged with concealing a body. He is being held on $20,000 bond.
An autopsy on August 27th by the Maricopa County medical examiner confirmed the body was indeed Wile's. A cause and manner of death was still being investigated. The sheriff's homicide unit is also now actively pursuing the case. They say more charges could be pending against Edison.
Investigators say they got a call from a couple following the truck and trailer on August 24th and they reported what they described as a foul smell coming from the vehicle. They gave deputies the description and license number of the vehicle and it was stopped a short time later between Peoria and Sun City, authorities say. Investigators say when deputies opened the trailer, they made the grim discovery of a decaying body tucked inside a garment.
Edison was interviewed, but is reported to have invoked his right to counsel and he was charged and committed to the jail. On a blog posting, a woman identifying herself as David Wile's aunt claimed the suspect is a roommate and former business partner of her nephew.
Wile was reportedly last seen at his Glendale home on August 14th. He was reported missing by his family on August 17th after he failed to show up for a ballroom dance competition at a Tempe, Arizona dance studio.

This Week On The Radio:
This week:
- September 4 -- Russian RTTY WW Contest; Wake-Up! QRP Sprint; AGCW Straight Key Party
- September 4-5 -- ARRL EME Contest http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest; All Asian DX Contest (Phone); Colorado QSO Party; Brazil Independence Day BPSK31 CDX Contest
- September 5 -- WAB 144 MHz QRP Contest (Phone)
- September 5-6 -- Tennessee QSO Party
- September 6-7 -- Michigan QRP Labor Day CW Sprint
- September 7 -- ARS Spartan Sprint
- September 8 -- QRP Fox Hunt
- September 8-9 -- CWops Mini-CW Test
Next week:
tember 10 -- NCCC Sprint Ladder
- September 11 -- Ohio State Parks on the Air
- September 11-12 -- Arkansas QSO Party; FISTS Get Your Feet Wet Weekend; WAE DX Contest (SSB)
- September 11-13 -- ARRL September VHF QSO Party http://www.arrl.org/september-vhf-qso-party
- September 12 -- North American Sprint (CW); SKCC Weekend Sprint
- September 16 -- NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint
 

 HAM TECHNOLOGY: VK2DGR RELEASES ROYALTY FREE DIGITAL VOICE CODEC
An exciting development in the world of ham radio digital audio. This as David Rowe, VK5DGR, announces the release of Version 0.1 alpha of Codec2, which is a fully function 2550 bit per seconds codec for Amateur Radio digital voice.
As previously described here on Newsline, Codec2 is an open source low bit rate speech codec released under the GNU Lesser General Public License designed for communications quality speech use. Applications include low bandwidth High Frequency and VHF digital radio.
Those who support Codec2 claim that the lack of a copyright free Codec has impeded the development of amateur radio digital voice communications on both the High Frequency and VHF bands. They hope that Codec2 will eventually be incorporated into DV software such as WinDRM and FDMDV which has so far relied on a non open source Codec.

TECH GROUPS AT ODDS OVER CELLPHONE FM CHIP
It appears the FM chip aspect of performance royalty discussions between the National Association of Broadcasters and the MusicFirst coalition that represents artists and recording companies have angered some wireless companies. As a result, several technology industry associations have written letters to the Chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. They are urging the lawmakers to resist efforts to mandate an FM chip in cell phones and other personal devices in any legislation addressing what they term as an: " unrelated conflict between the broadcast and recording industries over royalties."
Six trade groups signed the letter. These include the very politically powerful Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and the equally powerful Consumer Electronics Association. Joining them are the Telecommunications Industry Association, TechAmerica, the Information Technology Industry Council and the Rural Cellular Association. All put forth the same argument that essentially says that this is not their fight and they will not permit themselves to be drawn into it.
In their letter the groups say that calls for an FM chip mandate are not about public safety but are instead about propping up a business which consumers are abandoning as they avail themselves of new, more consumer-friendly options. The letter goes on to state that it is simply wrong for two entrenched industries to resolve their differences by agreeing to burden a third industry. which has no relationship or other interest in the performance royalty dispute.
Those signing the letter say that they do not accept the rationalization that an FM control chip as an emergency alert" solution. They state that this idea was considered and rejected during implementation of the WARN Act. As such, it would put this multi-year collaboration and investment at risk and delay the widespread availability of alerting capability. (RW)

HAM RADIO IN SPACE: BURNING WATER CUBESAT CONCEPT
Two videos on YouTube video show the concept for a CubeSat propulsion system using plasma electrolysis of water. This prototype shows that thrust can be produced by plasma electrolysis or burning water so to speak. You can view these videos on-line at tinyurl.com/2csky34. (Southgate, ANS)

ON THE AIR: RADAR COMES TO HAM RADIO IN AN ON THE AIR OPERATION

RADAR is coming to the ham bands, but in a good way. This as PD1AJJ and PD3EM will be active with the special event callsign PD55RADAR from 4th to the 14th.
In this case RADAR stands for Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio. This is an international concept of radio amateurs being able to operate anywhere under all circumstances. The goal is to setup an amateur radio station quickly on remote sites anywhere using only battery power. And anywhere means not only sites reachable by car but also on locations after a few miles walk. Also the groups 5 by 5 concept means being able to communicate by amateur radio within 5 minutes after arriving at the operating site with the QRP power of 5 watts maximum.
PD1AJJ and PD3EM will participate in the IARU HF SSB Field Day On September 4th and 5th from the Dutch polders near the famous windmills of Kinderdijk. They will use a Yaesu FT-817 which means QRP only. The rest of the period they will be operating PD55RADAR in their free-time which will mainly be during the evenings. QSL via PD3EM, More information on line at www.pd3em.com (PD3EM)

The great expectation of DX quadruplets
The five islands of the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean Sea are to undergo constitutional status changes next month and result in a four new DXCC entities.
Sint Maarten PJ7, Curacao PJ2, Bonaire PJ4, each are to become a DX entity, while Saba PJ6 and Sint Eustatius PJ5 combined, are set to be a single entity due to their close proximity.
There are two announced DXpeditions to Sint Maarten, and one each to Saba, Bonaire and Curacao, with that island also being the venue at the time for the Global Amateur Radio Emergency Conference GAREC-2010.
The DX community is waiting for the 10th day of the 10th month 2010 for the new DX entities
Two existing DXCC entities, PJ2/PJ4 Leeward Islands and PJ5/PJ6/PJ7 Windward Islands, is said to be set for deletion at the same time.
Aruba P4 seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 and gained DXCC entity status at that time.

Landing Ship, Tank (LST) Signals in Morse
The Beaver County Times reports Bob Pointer N9XAW flashed 'bye' - dash, dot, dot, dot; dash, dot, dash, dash; dot - in Morse code with a signal light from the third deck of LST 325 as it left a crowd lining the Ohio River at the New Cumberland Locks and Dam Tuesday evening.
“If there’s a ham down there, he’ll flash back,” said Pointer, a Navy veteran from Evansville, Ind., who served aboard an LST. “Every once in a while, we’ll get one who’ll answer us. Ham radio operators still use Morse code.”
Read the full Beaver County Times article at
http://www.timesonline.com/bct_news/news_details/article/1373/2010/august/31/crowds-line-banks-to-see-lst-lumber-by.html
The LST (Landing Ship, Tank) is an amphibious vessel designed to land battle-ready tanks, troops and supplies directly onto enemy shores.
Ships of this type proved to be enormously useful during times of war and peace. This particular LST was originally known as LST-325 during the Second World War, USNS LST-325 during its arctic operations in the 1950's, and later L-144 (A/G Syros) while it was in the service of the Greek Navy. It was acquired by The USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc., in 2000,
WW2LST - USS LST 325 Amateur Radio Club
http://www.eham.net/qslmgr/result?Callsign=WW2LST
The USS LST Ship Memorial
http://www.lstmemorial.org/
 

THURSDAY EDITION: I already mentioned it was hot here....Spy Satellites created and used for war are now being made available to local law enforcement for use on U.S. Citizens...CBO publishes report that shows President Obama's stimulus bill will in fact cost the United States more money than the entire eight years fighting in Iraq. Of course, those are just facts and everyone knows facts have a liberal bias ...The good thing about our horrible economy is the entry of illegal immigrants is slowing way down, no jobs here!

Usually once a year, an e-mail gets circulated around claiming that on the night of August 27th, the planet Mars will appear in the sky as large as the Full Moon. Before you know it, "Mars Mania" becomes the talk of the town and everyone begins flooding the internet for more information about this once in a lifetime event. However, the truth must be revealed – it's a flat out hoax!
Mars will never come close enough to Earth in its orbit around the Sun to be viewed as large as the Full Moon from our vantage point. So how did "August 27" get chosen? Back on August 27, 2003, Mars did make a historical close pass by of Earth at about 34.6 million miles, but even back then, Mars appeared as a very bright reddish "star" and didn’t look at all like our own Full Moon in terms of size. The Mars hoax has been circulating ever since.
Mars is currently visible in the western sky at dusk as a faint star and sets about 90 minutes after the Sun. Nearby you’ll find a very brilliant "star" which is actually the planet Venus. If you’re interested in viewing Mars or Venus, Celestron offers a variety of different telescope models to choose from, including the LCM, AstroMaster and PowerSeeker series. Why not have a look at our closest celestial neighbors in the solar system and see for yourself tonight?

Java Breadboard Simulator 1.11
The Java Breadboard Simulator application was designed to be a small tool which enables students to simulate circuits developed on a breadboard.
Students can place chips on the breadboard and these chips should work just as the real hardware.
In order to allow easy extendibility of the system, each chip is a separate class. The user can write new classes for new chips, re-compile the applet and the new chip will be included.
However, this approach means that the application must be downloaded and re-compiled. Also, it requires that the user is able to program in Java.
The "Circuit Design Tools for a Bread-Board Simulator" project involves the development of tools that allow the user to create new chips using standard circuit design tools like schematic circuit diagrams, transition tables and boolean algebra.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Science-CAD/Java-Breadboard-Simulator.shtml

WEDNESDAY EDITION: Fricken hot here, 94 and humid...bring on the damn hurricane and let us cool down. How the hell do you 4-landers stand this humidity and heat?...I am looking for a backup amop for my Alpha 99 and I received quite a few responses from New England area hams with Acoms, Kenwoods, Ameritrons, etc.....decisIons, decisions....

Email: Never Never PISS on an electric fence, It is very shocking.. I learned this many years ago/ wz0t/Scotty

Dumbass NH teen who zapped nipples during shop class sues

DOVER, N.H.—A New Hampshire high school student shocked so severely in shop class that his heart stopped beating is suing his teacher, the school district and the city of Dover.

Kyle Dubois and his parents claim teacher Thomas Kelley did not warn Dubois and other students of the dangers of the electrical demonstration cords in their electrical trades class.

On March 11, Dubois attached an electrical clamp to one nipple while another student attached another clamp to the other. A third student plugged in the cord.
Dubois was critically injured.
The New Hampshire Union Leader says Dubois' suit contends he suffered permanent brain damage.....sounds like he had brain damage before he lit himself up!
Kelley resigned from his teaching position about a month after the incident. He declined to comment on the lawsuit.

FCC Reaffirms 2×2 Call Signs Are Only for Advanced, Amateur Extra License Classes -that's right, the FCC made a decision!

In May 2010, John Gottschalk, KB1DDK, of Westwood, Massachusetts, requested a new call sign via the FCC’s vanity call sign program. Gottschalk, a General class licensee, requested KK1CQ -- a 2×2 call sign -- and a waiver from the Commission allowing him to hold the call sign. The FCC denied both requests on Tuesday, August 31, 2010.

Per Section 97.19(d) of the Commission’s Rules, an applicant may request a vanity call sign from only the group of call signs corresponding to the same or lower class of operator license held by the applicant, as designated in the sequential call sign system. Hence, Gottschalk is not eligible to hold a 2×2 call sign (a Group B call sign), as these call signs are reserved and assignable only to Amateur Extra Class and Advanced Class licensees. As such, he requested a waiver to hold the call sign; Gottschalk told the FCC that the previous holder of KK1CQ was a close friend of his whom he wished to memorialize.

“When the Commission implemented the vanity call sign system, it provided that no licensee could receive a vanity call sign corresponding to a higher license class, because this would be unfair to other licensees who passed the examination for that license class,” the FCC stated in its letter to Gottschalk. “The Commission also concluded that it was reasonable to require the licensee to upgrade to the requisite license class in order to be eligible for the desired call sign. We conclude that grant of your waiver request is not appropriate because you have not shown that you could not or cannot upgrade to an Amateur Extra Class operator license. We also conclude that grant of the waiver would not be in the public interest because it would deprive other, eligible licensees of the opportunity to request this call sign.”
 

Human poop powered vehicle

Interior shot...

(Telegraph)- A car that runs on methane gas produced by human waste has been launched and its makers claim drivers cannot tell the difference.
The Bio-Bug has been converted by a team of British engineers to be powered by biogas, which is produced from human waste at sewage works across the country.
They believe the car is a viable alternative to electric vehicles.
Excrement flushed down the lavatories of just 70 homes is enough to power the car for 10,000 miles – the equivalent of one average motoring year.
This conversion technology has been used in the past but the Bio-Bug is Britain’s first car to run on methane gas without its performance being reduced.
It can power a conventional two litre VW Beetle convertible to 114mph.

MONDAY/TUESDAY EDITION: New England area hams, I am looking for a clean used amplifier. What have you got?...Boxboro was busy on Saturday but light traffic on Sunday. I missed the event due to my wife's recent surgery, but it comes back in two years and I probably saved a lot of money on stuff I really don't need...We the people...

I have often wondered why it is that the conservatives are called the “right” and the liberals are called the “left.”
Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV)

“The heart of the wise inclines to the right,
but the heart of the fool to the left.”
 

 BEWARE! KJ4TOF - Ripp Off Artist and Thief
This guy was slick...sent me a "cashier's check" and upon receipt, sent the item to this jerk only to find out 10 days later, check was bogus....
Now, I and a disabled friend of mine are out of the funds he stole plus the item I "sold" him...
He lives in Catonment Florida, not far from Pensacola...beware as he posts on EHam and QRZ frequently. He doesn't seem to know much about amateur radio basics, but definitely knows how to cleverly steal and rip off individuals. Don't buy or sell this character anything....
Won't return the item or the money...decided to quit "communicating with him", even though he doesn't answer e-mails. I have processed paperwork, following up thru formal processes...
JUST BEWARE; I suspect to see this liar and thief to escalate his scamming activities and possibly a call sign change in the near future.
Billy Stone
Cantonment Florida

US Amateur Radio Emergency Service celebrates 75 years of service
The US Amateur Radio Emergency Service, ARES, will be celebrating its 75th anniversary from September through December 2010.

This program of the ARRL has provided 'ham radio' emergency communications for agencies such as the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, countless Emergency Operations Centers and other responders in the worst of times.

Their specially trained radio communications volunteers give thousands of hours of community service for free.

The fastest way to turn an emergency into a disaster is to lose communications. In events from ice storms to Hurricane Katrina and Haiti, when normal communications systems were down or overloaded, the Radio Amateurs in the ARES programmes filled requests for communications aid.

The first mention of an organized Amateur Radio emergency response organisation appeared in the September 1935 issue of QST Magazine.
 

Walmart shoppers have nothing on the goofs that surface at every hamfest  ...I
have always hated the look of those nerdly sandals with the white socks but the blanket just sets it off.

Seen at the hamfest  for sale...

Saturday at the outside fleamarket...tnx for pics Dean-kb1pgh

AFTER 10 years of comparative slumber, the sun is waking up - and it's got astronomers on full alert.

This week several US media outlets reported that NASA was warning the massive flare that caused spectacular light shows on Earth earlier this month was just a precursor to a massive solar storm building that had the potential to wipe out the entire planet's power grid.

NASA has since rebutted those reports, saying it could come "100 years away or just 100 days", but an Australian astronomer says the space community is betting on the sooner scenario rather than the latter.

Despite its rebuttal, NASA's been watching out for this storm since 2006 and reports from the US this week claim the storms could hit on that most Hollywood of disaster dates - 2012.



Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/sun-storm-to-hit-with-force-of-100-bombs/story-e6frfro0-1225909999465#ixzz0y7NH0Dj7
 

Sun storm to hit with 'force of 100m bombs'

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/sun-storm-to-hit-with-force-of-100-bombs/story-e6frfro0-1225909999465#ixzz0y7Nlkgww

NASA has since rebutted those reports, saying it could come "100 years away or just 100 days", but an Australian astronomer says the space community is betting on the sooner scenario rather than the latter.

Despite its rebuttal, NASA's been watching out for this storm since 2006 and reports from the US this week claim the storms could hit on that most Hollywood of disaster dates - 2012.
 



 

New England Hams you might run across on 3864 or 3910.........

W1GWU-Bob....one of the Hosstrader's original organizers, 75 meter regular
W1TCS- Terry....75 meter regular, wealth of electronic knowledge...
K1PV- Roger....75 meter regular, easy going guy...
K1PEK-Steve..Founder of Davis-RF....my best friend from high school 

NE1Z- Bill...3910, what can I say? Good cw op, collector of OO cards...
W1FSK-Steve....Navy Pilot, HRO Salesman, has owned every radio ever built!
K9AEN-John...Easy going ham found at all the hamfests
WB1DVD- Gil....Gilly..Gilmore.....easy going, computer parts selling, New England Ham..
KB1GCK- Junkyard Jack- "Has the license...Further learning not required"..
W1OKQ- Jack....3936 Wheeling and Dealing......keeping the boys on there toes....
K1JEK-Joe.........Easy going, can be found at every ham flea market in New England ...Cobra Antenna builder..
K1BXI- John.........Dr. Linux....fine amateur radio op ....wealth of experience...
KA1GJU- Kriss- Tower climbing pilot who cooks on the side at Hosstraders...
KB1CJG-"Cobby"- Low key gent can be found on many of the 75 meter nets.........a musician, woodworker, net control!
N1XW.....Mike- claims to have been abducted by aliens......Temper!
W1XER...Scott....easy going guy
K1BQT.....Rick....very talented ham, loves his politics, has designed gear for MFJ...
W1KQ- Jim-  Retired
Air Force Controller and on the HRO staff in NH...
N1OOL-Jeff- The 3936 master plumber and ragchewer...
K1BRS-Bruce- Computer Tech of 3936...multi talented kidney stone passing ham...
WB1AAZ- Mike, Antrim, NH, truck driver, MIA as of late..
K1BGH- Arthur, Cape Cod, construction company/ice cream shop, hard working man....
 W1VAK- Ed, Cape Cod, lots of experience in all areas, once was Jacques Cousteus body guard....
N1YSU- Bob,  easy going, kind of like Mr. Rogers until politics are brought up then watch out...loves Chinese food!
N1WBD- Big Bob- Tallest ham, at 6'10", of the 3936 (now 3864) group and owner of Peanut (silent key)- 3864 mascot..................
K1BNH- Bill- Works for bottle gas company-we think he has been around nitrous oxide to long .
WA1ZVN- Scott...if you say it's black, Scott will say it's white.....
N1IOM-Paul....Vermont's King of  Test on 3910..how do I sound now?
KD1ZY-Warren....one of 3910's colorful and controversial characters....
W1LJW-Lee-Hauled Gas for a living...easy going ham from NH
Silent Key: W4NTI-Vietnam Dan....far from easy going cw and ssb op on 14275/313
Silent Key:K1FUB-Bill- Loved ham radio........Ham Radio Ambassador!
Silent Key: K1GAR- John- Very colorful character!......claims to an appointed "hambassador" by Gordon West.....
Silent Key: N1GXW-Frank-Mellow Mainer..........
Silent Key:W1JSH-Mort- Nice fellow to talk to on 3936 on the early afternoon session

Silent Key: K4WHO-Kerry-Mellow ham, professional musician, one of the nice guys on 20 meters..........