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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2455 for Friday November 15th, 2024
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2455 with a release date of
Friday, November 15th, 2024 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. A new generation sets out for a challenging
DXpedition. The FCC revisits the controversy over AI in broadcasts -and
a 100-year-old transmitter tunes up. All this and more as Amateur Radio
Newsline Report Number 2455 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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YOUNG DXPEDITIONERS TAKE ON CHALLENGE OF ROTUMA ISLAND

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Our top story this week focuses on the next generation
of DXpeditioners. Get ready and get on the air as the youthful members
of this team take on the challenges offered by Rotuma Island. Jim
Meachen ZL2BHF gives us those details.

JIM: Listen for the pileups as a young generation of operators calls
QRZ as 3D2Y. The strong presence of youthful operators is a hallmark of
the Rotuma Island DXpedition, which is on the air from the 15th of
November through to the 4th of December. The Pacific Islands DXpedition
group has sent a team to the South Pacific island, including Gregg,
W6IZT; Dean, W2FQ and Nathan, K4NHW. The other half of the on-island
team comprises Jamie M0SDV, and Connor, KD9LSV, who are both 24; - and
Lukas, LY7J, who is 22. The team's operation is from the beach on the
island's north side.

At the same time, young operators in shacks around the world will be
calling QRZ to get their first sampling of what it's like to be on the
end of a DXpedition pileup. The activation's remote component will be
handled by Youth on the Air hams from their stations in Turkey, South
Korea, Canada, France and elsewhere. The support team includes Kees
[pron: CASE] W0AAE, this year's recipient of the ARRL's prestigious
Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award and the Amateur Radio Newsline Young
Ham of the Year for 2023.

Kees will be coordinating operation of the remote stations which are
set up as NexGenRiBs, self-contained radios in a box that are gaining
popularity in a number of recent island DXpeditions.

This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

(ROTUMA ISLAND DXPEDITION WEBSITE)

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FCC LOOKS AT BROADCASTER TRANSPARENCY OVER ADS' AI CONTENT

SKEETER/ANCHOR: In the US, the FCC is taking a look at whether
broadcasters should acknowledge that they are running political ads
that contain AI-generated content. We have that report from Kent
Peterson KC0DGY.

KENT: An FCC plan that would mandate radio and TV broadcast
transparency about AI content in political advertising on their
stations has met with resistance along party lines. The commission's
senior Republican, who is seen by many as the replacement to the
current Democratic FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel, is leading the
opposition against the proposal.

The Democrats on the commission support the FCC's notice of proposed
rule making, or NPRM, which does not seek to restrict or ban actual
content in the ads and focuses only on disclosure about the use of AI.

The senior Republican, Brendan Carr, is leading the charge against the
measure. Carr who received his FCC appointment during Donald Trump's
previous administration, said such controversial moves by the FCC
should be stalled until the new administration is in place.

This is Kent Peterson KC0DGY.

(RADIO WORLD, FCC)


SKEETER/ANCHOR: The FCC has received public comments on this proposal
and a spokesman told Newsline it is now in the process of reviewing
them. No announcements have been made about the next steps.

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TRANSMITTER'S CW MESSAGE TO MARK 100 YEARS AT GRIMETON

SKEETER/ANCHOR: The 100th anniversary of a commercial radio station in
Sweden is kicking off that jubilee year with a special CW  transmission
on the 1st of December. Yes, you'll can be a part of it too. Graham
Kemp VK4BB tells us how.

GRAHAM: It has been a century since the callsign "SAQ" was transmitted
across the Atlantic Ocean from Sweden to New York. The commercial
station's VLF signal from Grimeton was received by two stations on
eastern Long Island. The date was December 1st. 

On December 1st of this year, that same transmitter will be back on the
air at 10:00 UTC to mark the 100-year anniversary of that on-the-air
ocean crossing. Its annniversary message will be sent in CW on 17.2 kHz
from the historic World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station. This is the
Alexanderson alternator which bears the name of pioneering electrical
engineer, Ernst Alexanderson.

Of course, technology has changed much in 100 years. Those who cannot
be present in Sweden to see and hear the transmission in person - and
those whose radios cannot receive a VLF signal can still witness the
event. The transmission will be carried as a livestream on the YouTube
channel of the Alexander SAQ Grimeton Radio Station beginning at
09:20UTC.

Fans of the transmitter typically hear its regularly scheduled messages
twice a year - on Alexander Sunday in late June or early July and on
Christmas morning.

I'm Graham Kemp VK4BB.

(THE ALEXANDER ASSOCIATION)

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BROADCAST ENGINEER WINS HONOR FOR 2ND TIME

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Congratulations to Jim Dalke, W7PB. The broadcast
engineer has been honored by the Society of Broadcast Engineers with
its Engineer of the Year Award, named for Robert W. Flanders. The
Seattle,  radio amateur is the only person to have received the
society's recognition twice. He first received the award in 2014. The
honor was given earlier this year and reported recently on the website
of Radio World. It is presented to an SBE member whose career is marked
by excellence and who advances the mission of the SBE.

Having spent a lifetime at various broadast radio and TV stations, Jim
continues to be active in the radio industry at age 85. His
professional involvement includes assisting the operations of three AM
stations in the Seattle area. Over the years his contributions and
innovations have included creation of a digital weather display that
helps TV weathercasters better show the National Weather Service radar
on the air, a feature that was later purchased by some major-market TV
stations.

Jim remains a fervent believer in the value and future of AM broadcast
radio, particularly to deliver alerts in times of emergencies.
Emergency response is something he knows well: A ham since the age of
14, Jim is active in the Washington State Emergency Management
Division.

(RADIO WORLD)

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IARU ANNOUNCES YOUTH EXCELLENCE AWARD

SKEETER/ANCHOR: The most youthful amateur radio operators among us can
look forward to international accolades thanks to a new award created
by the IARU. John Williams VK4JJW has the details.

JOHN: Peter Young, VK3MV, has given much to amateur radio over many
decades. Most recently he has given his name to an award that was
created by the International Amateur Radio Union to recognise
excellence among young radio operators. Hams under the age of 25 will
be chosen as recipients by the IARU's Administrative Council and
special attention will be those who showed particular promise in many
of the YOTA programmes.

The award is called the Peter Young, VK3MV, IARU Youth Excellence Award
because it draws its inspiration from Peter's volunteer contributions
as well as his professional achievements in radiocommunications, most
recently in Southern Australia. Peter's varied volunteer involvement
includes participation with the 2005 Review of the Amateur Service with
the Wireless Institute of Australia, which he served as a member of the
board until 2012, Peter was also the IARU Region 3 Monitoring System
Coordinator from September 2011 to June 2014.

In his career, he is an award-winner himself. In 2008, he received the
Jonathan Livingston Award from the Australian Radio Communications
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