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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2441 for Friday August 9th, 2024 Amateur
Radio Newsline Report Number 2441 with a release date of Friday, August
9th, 2024 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Hams play key roles during a landslide in
southern India. The threat of severe weather cancels a DXpedition off
the coast of Scotland - and a centenarian receives a once-in-100-years
honor.	 All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2441
comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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HAMS ASSIST RESCUE EFFORTS DURING SOUTHERN INDIA LANDSLIDE

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our top story this week takes us to southern India,
where teams of ham radio operators are being credited with providing
lifesaving communication that helped save lives amid the deadly
landslides there. Graham Kemp VK4BB brings us that report.

GRAHAM: With the help of vital information provided by an amateur radio
operator, rescue teams rushed to evacuate people from a region
devastated by landslides that began in late July in the Wayanad
district of the Indian state of Kerala.

A VHF repeater set up on the 3rd of August by the Sultan Bathery DX
Association carried location, condition and other details to district
officials as rescue efforts intensified using drones and radar. Hams
relayed information to district authorities from ravaged communities
after being asked by the district collector to step in and be a part of
the relief operations. Led by Sabu Mathew, VU2ELJ, the association's
chairman, the hams set up an amateur radio station inside the district
collector's office in Kalpetta.

With some cellphone towers washed away by the landslides, mobile phone
service was available only in a limited capacity, according to
published reports.

A press release from the district collector's office said that many
lives were saved because of the emergency network: Officials said
[quote] Ham radio messages came to their aid and the rescue team
members were able to facilitate their evacuation." [endquote]

This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.


(THE ECONOMIC TIMES)

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FCC SEEKS $2.3 MILLION FINE IN UNLICENSED-BROADCAST CASE

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In the US, the FCC is seeking a fine of $2.3 million
from a New York City radio station that the agency said is operating
without a license. We have those details from Kent Peterson KC0DGY.

KENT: Charging that he ignored an FCC enforcement action late last
year, the FCC has amplified its sanctions against a Bronx broadcaster,
imposing a penalty of $2.3 million.

The commission says that Johnny Peralta has been operating an
unauthorized FM radio station in the Bronx for six or more years.
According to the Radio World website and local media, his broadcasts as
La Mia Radio on 105.7 FM are designed to serve New York City's
Dominican audience. Having received no response from its previous
enforcement action against him, the FCC has issued a forfeiture order,
confirming the $2.3 million fine it is seeking. That fine was proposed
last November in a notice of apparent liability by the commission. The
notice followed the FCC's documentation of antenna installations
through photographs and numerous field-strength measurements taken by
field agents. The commission says the broadcaster did not respond to
that earlier notice.

Enactment of the PIRATE Act four years ago gave the FCC greater powers
of enforcement against unlicensed broadcast radio - and the ability to
impose a higher fine. The commission does not collect these fines,
however. That is the responsibility of the US Department of Justice,
which it intends to contact within 30 days if Peralta does not respond
to this latest action. According to the Radio World story, the FCC is
confident that this is one case that might draw more immediate
attention from justice officials because of the amount of the fine. It
is the highest allowable amount under the four-year-old federal law.

This is Kent Peterson KC0DGY.

(FCC, RADIOWORLD)

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SILENT KEY: BARRY KIRKWOOD, ZL1DD, ZL "STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT" FOUNDER

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A well-respected and seasoned CW operator in New
Zealand has become a Silent Key. We hear about his life and
contributions from Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

JIM: The love of CW was very obvious to any ham who got to know Barry
Kirkwood, ZL1DD. On the air from his dream shack, Baz - as he was known
- was a sought-after contact among ops on CW, especially for DX
stations.

Baz became a Silent Key on the 30th of June in Chiang Mai, Thailand
after a brief illness. Although he had lived in Thailand in 2006, he
did not get a Thai callsign, operating first from the RAST club station
in Bangkok, which had the callsign HS0AC. When flooding destroyed the
station, Barry played a key role in getting super station HS0ZIA on the
air near Chiang Mai and often participated in contesting from
therethere.

He collected boat anchors but, as a CW op, he also loved his collection
of Morse Keys. He distinguished himself as an award-winner many times
in the NZART Sangster Shield QRP CW contest. After learning that the
original Shield had been lost in the 1990s, he commissioned one to
replace it in 2017. Baz was a longtime member of NZART, a member of the
FISTS CW Club and founder of the popular New Zealand Straight Key
Night, which is held in summer and winter.

He also held the Cambodian ham radio license XU7AEL. The New Zealand
callsign known so well among Barry's contacts was not his first. He had
been assigned ZL1DR in 1953 and later was ZL1BN. After the death of a
friend, Bert, who was the original holder of the call, ZL1DD, Bert's
family had asked Baz to take his friend's callsign as his own.

Baz was 88.

This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

(NZ NET NEWS, QRZ.COM)

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SILENT KEY: CARTER CRAIGIE, N3AO, LEADER IN PENNSYLVANIA ENCOMM

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: An influential figure in encomm operations in Eastern
Pennsylvania has become a Silent Key. We learn about him from Travis
Lisk N3ILS.

TRAVIS:  Carter Craigie, N3AO, was all about service to amateur radio.
He became a well-known figure in the Eastern Pennsylvania section of
the ARRL where he played a major role in shaping the emergency
communications unit for Chester County ARES, where he was its emergency
coordinator from 2005 to 2007.

According to Bob Wilson, W3BIG, the Eastern Pennsylvania section
manager, Carter's design served as a blueprint for many other ARES
units throughout the section. On the air, he was most enthusiastic
about making CW contacts and operating QRP. According to his page on
QRZ.com, he also volunteered at the SKYWARN Desk at the National
Weather Service Forecast Office in Blacksburg, Virginia, where he lived
most recently

Carter became a Silent Key on August 1st.

Carter was married to Kay Craigie, N3KN, who was Eastern Pennsylvania
section manager in 1986 before she became the ARRL's 15th president
in2010.

Bob posted on the section website [quote]: "Carter was a man of many
talents and was always a gentleman and friend to so many in the amateur
radio community."

Carter was 86.

(ARRL EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SECTION)

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YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR TO BE HONORED IN HUNTSVILLE

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: It's time for Amateur Radio Newsline to shine the
spotlight on a very special YL this month at the Huntsville Hamfest in
Alabama. Amateur Radio Newsline's Mark Abramowicz (pronouncer:
Abram-o-vich) NT3V has the story.
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