Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix6.panix.com!rri.panix.com!robomod!not-for-mail From: newsline@arnewsline.org (Amateur Radio Newsline) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.moderated,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.info Subject: Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2455 for Friday November 15th, 2024 Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.moderated,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 08:00:09 EST Organization: Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Approved: RRAM Approval Key , RRI Admin Message-ID: <4XqcYt05hpz1ZSy@panix2.panix.com> Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix6.panix.com:166.84.1.6"; logging-data="24514"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-RRI-Policy: http://www.panix.com/~rram/usenet/rri/index.html X-RRI-Info-1: Send submissions to rec-radio-info@panix.com X-RRI-Info-2: Send technical complaints to rec-radio-info-request@panix.com X-RRI-Info-3: Send complaints about policy to rec-radio-info-request@panix.com X-Comment-1: The moderators do not necessarily agree or disagree with this article. X-Comment-2: Moderators do not verify the accuracy of posted information. X-Comment-3: Acceptance does not convey approval of any external references. X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov), C++/Perl/Unix Consulting X-Moderation-1: Hassle-Free commercial hosting of moderation sites available X-Moderation-2: See http://www.algebra.com/~ichudov/stump X-Auth: PGPMoose V2.0 PGP rec.radio.amateur.moderated iJwEAQECAAYFAmc3RdkACgkQSO8RITXCfvsttwP/TbnkN8TRfvheZsiqExeh0FaP nNZJnTYfbvLOyVfwt/FzCcPUm/XJ1VnhbJg45XG/WBLIa7HcucylnPixmrA/Qb10 Nia76Adq+4c6ukw7UPHJYymVKv9y29+3yi9WIip32nLZBR067wN0qKcRskwGoG1L +ReHPf4QOQ2UhBncigg= =PGJi Bytes: 18004 Lines: 348 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. ** BILLBOARD CART ** 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) ** 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. ** 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) ** 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) ** 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. 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