Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Nov 17 2017 01:20 pm
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2090, for Friday, November 17, 2017
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2090, with a release date of
Friday, November 17, 2017, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. A court dismisses a defamation suit against
the ARRL. A pioneer of software-defined radio dies -- and a Special
Event station in India prepares to honor a 19th century "father of
wireless." All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2090,
comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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COURT DISMISSES HAM'S SUIT AGAINST ARRL
NEIL/ANCHOR: In our top story, a federal appeals court has ruled in
a defamation lawsuit filed against the ARRL. Kent Peterson, KC0DGY,
has those details.
KENT: A U.S. district court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed
against the American Radio Relay League by its former Eastern
Pennsylvania Section Manager, Joseph Ames, W3JY. The suit was filed
last year, after an article appeared, explaining his dismissal in
June of 2016.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on the 13th of November,
found the ARRL's contention to be true -- that the Malvern,
Pennsylvania amateur had improperly conducted disaster planning
directly with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The ARRL said
Joseph Ames had violated ARRL bylaws, which state that the league is
responsible for its own representation with government agencies, such
as FEMA. The ARRL argued that the arrangement was thus unauthorized.
According to the court papers the three-judge panel found [quote]
"Ames treated NTS like a separate entity from ARRL by making decisions
on policy issues, issuing press releases, doing government advocacy,
and giving NTS volunteers the false impression that NTS is separate
from ARRL." [endquote]
Ames had been chairman of the ARRL National Traffic System's Eastern
Area, when he was voted out by the executive commmitte. He had sued the
ARRL and three of its officers. The NTS was created by the league in
1949.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.
(LAW 360, ARRL, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS THIRD CIRCUIT)
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SOFTWARE PIONEER VANU BOSE DIES
NEIL/ANCHOR: The man behind the first FCC-certified software-defined
radio has died. We hear more from Jim Damron, N8TMW.
JIM DAMRON's REPORT: The chief executive of the first company to be
certified by the FCC for software-defined radio, died suddenly in
Massachusetts on Nov 11. The death of software executive Vanu Bose
was announced on the website of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, where he was an alumnus, and member of the MIT Corporation.
Bose's company Vanu Inc., uses technology he developed while a graduate
student at MIT, and now provides wireless infrastructure around the
world.
The company also used its technology for humanitarian causes, most
recently assisting with communications in Puerto Rico, following the
devastating hurricane.
In 2004, Bose's company made news when it won the first FCC approval
of Vanu's Software Radio GSM Base Station, which was capable of being
modified without changes to its hardware. It was heralded as a major
advance in wireless communications.
Vanu Inc. was also the developer of cellular repeater stations, capable
of running on solar power, enabling communications in remote areas of
the world, including developing countries.
He was the son of the late Amar G. Bose, who was the founder of the
Bose Corporation.
Vanu Bose died of a pulmonary embolism. He was 52.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW.
(MIT)
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