Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Nov 09 2018 08:31 am
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, you have a little more time to contact Andy, OE7AJH,
operating from Madagascar, along with Thomas, OE7KUT. Andy is using the
call sign 5R8UP until November 13th, working holiday style on 40 through
10 meters and possibly 80 meters. He will be using both CW and SSB. QSL
via OE7AJH.
Be listening for Take (Tah-KAY)JG8NQJ on Minami Torishima starting around
the 15th of November. He expects to be there for three months, operating
CW and some RTTY as JG8NQJ/JD1. QSL via JA8CJY (direct) or JG8NQJ
(bureau).
Be listening for John, W2GD, operating as P40W from Aruba from the 19th
to the 27th of November. Although he will mainly be participating in the
CQ WW DX CW Contest, he will also be on the air outside the contest,
operating SSB and CW on 160-10 metres. QSL via LoTW or direct only to
N2MM.
Listen for Nobu, JA0JHQ, operating as T88PB from Koror, Palau, between
the 23rd and 26th of November. He will be most active during the CQ WW
DX CW Contest. QSL via LoTW, which is preferred, or send direct to
JA0JHQ.
(OHIO PENN DX)
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KICKER: NO VALID LICENSE? WELL, NO VALID TRAFFIC TICKETS EITHER
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We all know that getting on the air without a license
isn't legal. As Andy Morrison, K9AWM, tells us in this week's final
story, that's true even for the local traffic cops.
ANDY: Hams are not the only ones who can get in trouble for not having
an appropriate and valid FCC license. Take the case of the Buckeye
Lake Police Department in Ohio. Village officers have been writing
speeding tickets, as police are known to do, for any motorists driving
in excess of the 35 mph village limit - but apparently every ticket
that's been handed out since 2013, has been unlawful, according to
Buckeye Lake Police Chief Vicki Wardlow. According to an Associated
Press story quoting the local Newark Advocate newspaper, the chief told
the village council members at a meeting in October that the department's
license with the FCC expired in 2013, which means the radar guns used to
measure the speed of motorists whizzing by cannot be calibrated for use.
No one applied to renew the license, so the tickets issued in the past
five years simply aren't valid, she said. She told the council that the
law requires the department to have that license in order to operate both
its radar units and its radios. That means the department can't write
valid tickets, at least for now.
A new license could cost anywhere from $840 if she files the application
herself, or a total of $1,400 if the village outsources the process
and would not expire for another 10 years. It was unclear what penalty
if any would be assessed for the department's 5 years of unlicensed
operation.
The Village's clerk treasurer Rochelle Menningen said the police
department's budget has the funds to cover the cost of a new license
and so, presumably, it will apply as quickly as possible for its FCC
license - but of course, at a speed within the legal limit.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Andy Morrison, K9AWM.
(JOHN HILLIARD W8OF)
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