***************The ARRL LetterVol. 27, No. 1January 11, 2008***************IN THIS EDITION:* + Wisconsin ARES Members Activated to Assist with Tornado Aftermath * + Newly Elected Board Members Visit Newington* + Cycle 24 Here, Experts Say * + Oregon Governor Allocates $250,000 for Digital CommunicationsNetwork* + New Prefix for Bosnia-Herzegovina Officially Announced * + EmComm Software for Windows Now Available for Beta Testing * Solar Update * IN BRIEF: This Weekend on the Radio ARRL Continuing Education Course Registration + Classic Gil Cartoon Book Now Available + New Amateur Extra Class Question Pool Released Geoff Haines, N1GY, Wins December QST Cover Plaque Award ARRL QSL Bureau Sees Rise in Number of Cards Sent IARU HF Championship Results in March QST ARRL Warehouse Experiencing Shipping Delays +Available on ARRL Audio News <
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<k1sfa@arrl.org>;=============================================================> WISCONSIN ARES MEMBERS ACTIVATED TO ASSIST WITH TORNADO AFTERMATH A rare January EF3 tornado in Wisconsin destroyed houses and knocked outpower shortly after 4 PM (local time) Monday, January 7, displacingabout 160 people. The Red Cross activated members of the Kenosha Countyand Racine County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) groups toprovide logistical communications at the two relief shelters in KenoshaCounty, as well as from a communications station at the Kenosha CountyEmergency Operation Center. Riding along with Red Cross teams, ARESmembers helped relay damage assessments back to the Red Cross buildingin Racine. "Providing communications is essential," said Assistant EmergencyCoordinator for the Racine County ARES Alex Voss, N9RGX. "We set up acommunications network at the Red Cross building in Racine, outside ofthe affected area. We were ready to go when activated. I couldn't bemore proud of our volunteers. We will work with the responding agenciesas long as they need us. We'll take what we've learned this time and useit to improve our response in the future." According to ARRL Wisconsin Section Emergency Coordinator William M.Niemuth, KB9ENO, Wheatland, Somers and the city of Kenosha were hardesthit by the storm. "In Wheatland, 20 homes were destroyed and at least 50homes had some kind of damage. In Kenosha, six homes were destroyed andalmost 30 were damaged. There were a handful of homes in other parts ofthe county with minor damage." An unknown number of cars were blown offthe road on Highway 50 near Highway O, said Sgt Gil Benn of the KenoshaCounty Sheriff's Department. "It was a severe storm with a lot of damage," Kenosha County SheriffDavid Beth said. "In all my time here, I have never, ever, seen anydamage to this degree. This is something I've only seen on TV thathappens in other places, but during the middle of January this issomething absolutely incredible that happened for us." Until the stormson Monday, there has been only one tornado in January since 1844,according to data from the National Weather Service. Twelve people were treated at area hospitals for storm-related injuries,but none of the injuries was major. There were no fatalities. The tornado disrupted legal proceedings as at least 300 people evacuatedto a courthouse basement as a precaution. A Kenosha County Circuit judgewho was presiding over opening testimony in a high-profile murder trialsaid he couldn't believe it when the deputy told him that he and the 50or so people in the courtroom had to be evacuated because of a tornadowarning. He said he wasn't scared. "It's a first," he said while waitingin the basement. "I've actually had...warnings occur during jury trialsbefore and frankly I just ignored them, but not in January." Niemuth thanked the 18 ARES and RACES members who responded. "I bet thismorning that [the 18 responders] never thought they would be respondingto help their community recover from an EF3 tornado by evening! But, thereality is emergency and disaster situations most always catch us bysurprise. That is why we train and prepare." Sherriff Beth concurred: "It was heart-wrenching to see how most ofthese people are volunteers...and they just strap on their clothes, theyleave their loved ones at home and they go running to help others.Usually we're used to an incident that happens here in one spot, andthis happened over miles. This happened from southwestern Wisconsin allthe way over to Kenosha and everybody did their job. Everybody did whatthey had to do." -- Some information provided by Racine CountyEmergency Coordinator Jim Markstrom, KB9MMA; Racine County AssistantEmergency Coordinator Alexander Voss, N9RGX; ARRL Wisconsin SectionEmergency Coordinator William M. Niemuth, KB9ENO; David Voss, WB9USI,and KenoshaNews.com. ==> NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS VISIT NEWINGTONThe four ARRL Board members new to the Board family -- ARRL SoutheasternDivision Director Greg Sarratt, W4OZK; ARRL Rocky Mountain Division ViceDirector Dwayne Allen, WY7FD; ARRL Dakota Division Vice Director GregWidin, K0GW, and ARRL Southwestern Division Vice Director Marty Woll,N6VI -- journeyed to ARRL HQ earlier this week for two days to learn the"ins and outs" of the ARRL Board and ARRL Headquarters operation inpreparation for the Board's 2008 Annual Meeting on January 18-19 inHouston, Texas. According to ARRL Chief Operating Officer Harold Kramer, WJ1B, "The newBoard members came to Newington to learn not only how the Boardfunctions, but to see what each department does and how it interactswith and serves both Amateur Radio and ARRL members, through our fourpillars: Public Service, Advocacy, Education and Membership. I ampleased they came to see how we support Amateur Radio each and every dayhere at ARRL HQ." One of the highlights of the group's visit to Headquarters was a tour ofthe ARRL Lab. Ed Hare, W1RFI, ARRL Laboratory Manager, explained thefunction of the Lab and its staff: "We showed them how we supportAmateur Radio through the Technical Information Service, product reviewtesting, RFI issues such as power line noise, and support for spectrumdefense, including BPL issues." Sarratt said, "It was a pleasure visiting ARRL headquarters in Newingtonto attend an orientation for new ARRL Directors and Vice Directors. Thisorientation was beneficial covering numerous facets of what the ARRLdoes for Amateur Radio and ARRL members. We met many of the staffmembers and learned more about what they do. All the ARRL folks areknowledgeable, helpful and enthusiastic about their jobs." Widin concurred: "I've been a member of ARRL for more than 40 years, butI still discovered great things going on at ARRL HQ that I wasn't awareof. I was impressed by the level of commitment to ham radio that wasevident in everyone I met. I was also a little surprised that so manystaffers are licensed -- truly ARRL is an organization 'by and forhams.' ARRL HQ is not just a bunch of people who work for the League --it is an organization of colleagues of all members. I've always beenproud to be a League member, but I left with a renewed appreciation ofthe great organization we share." The group joined the Newington Amateur Radio League (NARL) for theirannual awards banquet on Monday evening. ARRL Chief Executive OfficerDavid Sumner, K1ZZ, gave the keynote address, "Not Your Grandfather'sAmateur Radio," focusing on the emerging technologies and activitiesthat the Amateur Radio Service has to offer. Incoming NARL PresidentMary Hobart, K1MMH, said "It was an honor to welcome Dave and four ofthe new ARRL Board Members to NARL's annual awards dinner. They addedboth stature and luster to the evening!" Woll summed up the two fast-paced days, saying, "I enjoy spreading theARRL message to radio clubs and other groups, and I can now do so witheven greater confidence that our members -- and indeed, all hams -- arebeing very well served by the ARRL. I am delighted to have had theopportunity to meet so many of the ARRL staff in Newington during therecent orientation for new Directors and Vice Directors, and Iappreciate the warm welcome I was given. The high caliber of the teammembers at Headquarters is a real asset to our members, and to theLeague as a whole. What impressed me most was that the HQ staff viewtheir responsibilities not just as jobs, but as a shared mission to growand improve Amateur Radio. This common vision is reflected in theirenthusiasm and in their eagerness to work together in a collaborativeway. I've been inside hundreds of businesses in my career, and I can'tthink of anywhere where the collective attitude was more positive." ==> CYCLE 24 HERE, EXPERTS SAYWith the appearance of Sunspot 981 -- a high-latitude, reversed polaritysunspot -- on Friday, January 4, experts at NASA and the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said that Cycle 24 is nowhere. "This sunspot is like the first robin of spring," said solarphysicist Douglas Biesecker of the Space Weather Prediction Center(SWPC), part of NOAA. "In this case, it's an early omen of solar stormsthat will gradually increase over the next few years." Solar physicist David Hathaway of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center inHuntsville, Alabama concurred, saying that new solar cycles begin with a"modest knot" of magnetism, like the one that appeared on December 11 onthe east limb of the Sun: "That patch of magnetism could be a sign ofthe next solar cycle. New solar cycles always begin with ahigh-latitude, reversed polarity sunspot." The region of magnetism thatappeared back in December achieved high latitude (24 degrees North) andwas magnetically reversed, but no supporting sunspot appeared until 25days later. Reversed polarity describes a sunspot with opposite magnetic polaritycompared to sunspots from the previous solar cycle. High-latitude refersto the Sun's grid of latitude and longitude. Old-cycle spots congregatenear the Sun's equator; new-cycle spots appear higher, around 25 or 30degrees latitude. Sunspot 981's high-latitude location at 27 degreesNorth and its negative polarity leading to the right in the NorthernHemisphere are clear-cut signs of a new solar cycle, according to NOAAexperts. The first active regions and sunspots of a new solar cycle canemerge at high latitudes while those from the previous cycle continue toform closer to the equator. While experts vary in their predictions on when the solar cycle willpeak and how strong it will be, NOAA, in April 2007, in coordinationwith an international panel of solar experts, predicted that the next11-year cycle of solar storms "would start in March 2008, plus or minussix months, and peak in late 2011 or mid-2012." In the cycle forecastissued in April 2007, half of the panel predicted a "moderately strongcycle of 140 sunspots, plus or minus 20, expected to peak in October2011. The other half predicted a moderately weak cycle of 90 sunspots,plus or minus 10, peaking in August 2012. An average solar cycle rangesfrom 75 to 155 sunspots. The late decline of Cycle 23 has helped shiftthe panel away from its earlier leaning toward a strong Cycle 24. Thegroup is evenly split between a strong and a weak cycle." NASA's Hathaway, along with colleague Robert Wilson at a meeting of theAmerican Geophysical Union in San Francisco last month, said that SolarCycle 24 "looks like it's going to be one of the most intense cyclessince record-keeping began almost 400 years ago." They believe the nextsolar maximum should peak around 2010 with a sunspot number of 160, plusor minus 25. "This would make it one of the strongest solar cycles ofthe past fifty years -- which is to say, one of the strongest inrecorded history." Four of the five biggest cycles on record have comein the past 50 years. "Cycle 24 should fit right into that pattern,"Hathaway said. According to Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, "As for improvement inpropagation on the higher bands, we still have a way to go before thathappens, and it depends on the magnitude of Cycle 24. The Solar Cycle 24Prediction Panel has published predictions for Cycle 24, butunfortunately the panel did not reach one consensus prediction. If thelarger of the two predictions comes true, we should expect consistent F2propagation on 10 and 12 meters to start toward the end of 2009. If thesmaller prediction comes true, this will be delayed about one year." Luetzelschwab, who writes the column "Propagation" for the NationalContest Journal (NCJ), continued: "While we wait for improved high bandconditions, don't forget the low bands. Around solar minimum and for thenext year or so, the Earth's geomagnetic field is at its quietest. Thisis good for low band propagation. Thus, right now is the time to start(or add to) your 80 and 160 meter DXCC efforts." According to NASA's Tony Phillips, many forecasters believe Solar Cycle24 will be big and intense. "Solar cycles usually take a few years tobuild to a frenzy and Cycle 24 will be no exception. We still have somequiet times ahead," says Hathaway. ==> OREGON GOVERNOR ALLOCATES $250,000 FOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONSNETWORKThe State of Oregon's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) received$250,000 from Governor Ted Kulongoski's Strategic Reserve Fund tofurther develop and enhance a statewide Amateur Radio digitalcommunications network, announced ARRL Oregon Section Manager BonnieAltus, AB7ZQ. "This network, the Oregon ARES Digital Network (OADN), already uses acombination of different radio equipment and spectrum segments,computers and the Internet to provide a robust backup communicationssystem in times of disaster. With its enhancements, all Oregon countieswill be able to communicate with the state OEM," she said. "In December,this system proved its usefulness in the storms and floods by utilizingWinlink stations in Lincoln and Clatsop Counties to communicate withOEM. Early in that activation, the OEM's Amateur Radio Unit found theywere not able to keep up with maintaining a complete log ofcommunications when using voice communications, but Winlink activitiesmaintained an automatic log for them." According to Altus, the primary purpose of the OADN is to provideback-up digital communications capabilities between county EmergencyOperations Centers and Oregon Emergency Management and other stateagencies in Salem, in the event that normal communications systems failin an emergency. During the December storms, Amateur Radio operators were there to help.After a visit to one of the severely affected towns, Governor Kulongoskisaid, "I'm going to tell you who the heroes were from the very beginningof this...the ham radio operators. These people just came in andactually provided a tremendous communication link to us." Oregon's OEMsaid the radio operators were "tireless in their efforts to keep thesystems connected. When even state police had difficulty reaching someof their own troops, ham radio worked, setting up networks so emergencyofficials could communicate and relaying lists of supplies needed instricken areas." Through an Intergovernmental Agreement between the individual countyEmergency Managers and Oregon's Office of Emergency Management,ARES/RACES groups in each county will be responsible for installation,maintenance and operation the network. ==> NEW PREFIX FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCEDIn response to a request from the Ministry of Communications andTransport of Bosnia and Herzegovina in August, the InternationalTelecommunication Union (ITU) withdrew the call sign prefix allocationT9A-T9Z for Bosnia and Herzegovina and made a new allocation, E7A-E7Z.The change was made initially on a provisional basis under authority ofthe ITU Secretary-General and was confirmed by the 2007 WorldRadiocommunication Conference to be effective November 17, 2007. According to International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Secretary DavidSumner, K1ZZ, the Ministry of Communications and Transport (BiH) held apress conference in Sarajevo on December 18 to formally announce thechange. Minister Dr Bozo Ljubic explained the desirability of changing aprefix that initially was allocated during wartime and how it was nowbeing replaced with one that has no connection to that troubled time;similar steps have been taken with regard to passports, drivers'licenses and automobile registrations, he said. Ljubic also observedthat the costs associated with the change were minimal compared to thebenefits. Amateur Radio station licenses bearing E7 prefixes will beissued beginning in January 2008, and the use of other prefixes will bephased out. Sumner and IARU Region 1 President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR, of Norway, wereinvited to speak at the press conference. Accompanying them was IARURegion 1 Executive Committee member Nikola Percin, 9A5W, of Croatia.They expressed congratulations and support for the change, eliminatingan issue that has complicated relations among the radio amateurs ofBosnia-Herzegovina. Also invited to speak was Miroslav Nikse, President of the Union ofRadioamateur Associations of Bosnia and Herzegovina (URAS), a recentlyformed umbrella organization of Amateur Radio associations based indifferent parts of the country. He thanked those involved in promotingthe change. In his remarks, Dr Ljubic pledged support from the Ministry ofCommunications and Transport to the umbrella organization for thedevelopment of Amateur Radio repeater and digital networks that wouldcover the whole of the country, enhancing emergency communicationscapabilities. ==> NEW EMCOMM SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS NOW AVAILABLE FOR BETA TESTING The NarrowBand Emergency Messaging System (NBEMS) development teamannounced earlier this week that a Windows NBEMS software suite for betatesting is now available. NBEMS for Windows is a suite of softwareprograms designed for point-to-point, error-free emergency messaging upto or over 100 miles distant. According to developers Skip Teller, KH6TY and Dave Freese, W1HKJ, theNBEMS system is designed primarily for use on VHF and up, or on HF withNear Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) antennas. The system uses thecomputer soundcard as the modem. Other than a simple interfaceconnection between the computer and transceiver, no additional hardwareis needed. Composing and sending emergency messages on NBEMS is no moredifficult than sending e-mail via the Internet. All forwarding is doneby stations manned by live operators on both ends who can confirm that afrequency is clear locally, or negotiate a frequency change to avoidcausing interference. The NBEMS software can also be used for daily casual communications onPSK31, PSK63, RTTY or MFSK16 and is capable of sending flawless, highresolution, passport photo-sized color images in less than 10 minutesover any path that can sustain PSK250 without excessive repeats. Radio amateurs are invited to participate in the beta test of the NBEMS.The NBEMS suite can be downloaded for beta testing from the NBEMS Website <
http://w1hkj.com/NBEMS/>. Send comments and bug reports via e-mail
<kh6ty@comcast.net>;. ==>SOLAR UPDATETad "He Loves to Lie a-Basking in the Sun" Cook, K7RA, this weekreports: We just saw eight days of sunspots, but now the solar disk isspot-free. The big story this week is the sighting of the first spot ofSolar Cycle 24. The sunspot -- Sunspot 981 -- has now faded away, but anew spot is emerging near the solar equator and it has the same polarityas the Cycle 24 spot last week. This is odd, because the spots from thenew cycle should emerge at high latitudes, like last week's did. Sunspotnumbers for January 3 through 9 were 13, 26, 12, 12, 14, 16 and 0 with amean of 13.3. The 10.7 cm flux was 79.3, 79, 79.7, 79.2, 77.7, 75.5 and76.5 with a mean of 78.1. Estimated planetary A indices were 1, 2, 18,13, 12, 13 and 6 with a mean of 9.3. Estimated mid-latitude A indiceswere 1, 2, 13, 12, 10, 11 and 6 with a mean of 7.9. For more informationconcerning radio propagation, visit the ARRL Technical InformationService Propagation page<
http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/propagation.html>. To read this week'sSolar Report in its entirety, check out the W1AW Propagation Bulletinpage <
http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/>. __________________________________==>IN BRIEF:* This Weekend on the Radio: This weekend, the 070 Club PSKFest and theMidwinter Contest (CW) are January 12. The Hunting Lions in the AirContest, the Michigan QRP January CW Contest and the North American QSOParty (CW) are January 12-13. The NRAU-Baltic Contest (CW), theMidwinter Contest (Phone) and the DARC 10 Meter Contest are scheduledfor January 13. The NRAU-Baltic Contest (SSB) is January 14 and theNAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint is January 17. Next weekend, check out theARRL January VHF Sweepstakes on January 19-21. The LZ Open Contest onJanuary 19. The UK DX Contest (RTTY), the Hungarian DX Contest and theNorth American QSO Party (SSB) are January 19-20. The Run for the BaconQRP Contest is on January 21. See the ARRL Contest Branch page<
http://www.arrl.org/contests/>, the ARRL Contester's Rate Sheet<
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rate-sheet/> and the WA7BNM ContestCalendar <
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html> for moreinfo. * ARRL Continuing Education Course Registration: Registration remainsopen through Sunday, January 20, 2008 for these online course sessionsbeginning on Friday, February 1, 2008: Technician License Course(EC-010); Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1 (EC-001); RadioFrequency Interference (EC-006); Antenna Design and Construction(EC-009); Analog Electronics (EC-012), and Digital Electronics (EC-013).Each online course has been developed in segments -- learning units withobjectives, informative text, student activities and quizzes. Coursesare interactive, and some include direct communications with aMentor/Instructor. Students register for a particular session that maybe 8, 12 or 16 weeks (depending on the course) and they may access thecourse at any time of day during the course period, completing lessonsand activities at times convenient for their personal schedule. Mentorsassist students by answering questions, reviewing assignments andactivities, as well as providing helpful feedback. Interaction withmentors is conducted through e-mail; there is no appointed time thestudent must be present -- allowing complete flexibility for the studentto work when and where it is convenient. To learn more, visit the CCECourse Listing page <
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<cce@arrl.org>;.* Classic Gil Cartoon Book Now Available: "Gil: A Collection of ClassicCartoons from QST" is more than a book of illustrations -- it is atribute to a legend, a man who, over a span of 40 years, created morethan 1500 cartoons and drawings for QST and the ARRL. The work of Philip"Gil" Gildersleeve, W1CJD, became a tradition. In tribute to thistalented, creative and devoted artist and ham, the ARRL presents in thisbook a reprint of a portion of the best of his work. Gil was an avidradio amateur, devoted family man and exceptionally active in thecommunity. For several years he worked as a radio operator aboardmerchant ships, later becoming News Editor of the Middletown (CT) Press.Although he became a Silent Key in 1966, his characters live on. Stilltoday, Gil's conceptions remain alive in the minds of both old-timersand newcomers to Amateur Radio. Get your copy today at the ARRL OnlineStore <
http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=0364>. * New Amateur Extra Class Question Pool Released: The NationalConference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) has released a newpool of 741 questions and 12 graphics<
http://www.ncvec.org/page.php?id=338> for the Amateur Extra classlicense. This pool will become effective for examinations given on orafter July 1, 2008, and should be in service until June 30, 2012. It canbe downloaded from the NCVEC Web site in Word, PDF or RTF formats. Ifyou have any questions concerning the new Amateur Extra question pool,please contact the NCVEC's Question Pool Committee via e-mail
<qpc@ncvec.org>;.* Geoff Haines, N1GY, Wins December QST Cover Plaque Award: The winnerof the QST Cover Plaque Award for December is Geoff Haines, N1GY, forhis article "The Octopus -- Four Band HF Antenna for Portable Use."Congratulations, Geoff! The winner of the QST Cover Plaque award --given to the author or authors of the best article in each issue -- isdetermined by a vote of ARRL members on the QST Cover Plaque Poll Webpage <
http://www.arrl.org/members-only/qstvote.html>. Cast a ballot foryour favorite article in the January issue by Thursday, January 31.* ARRL QSL Bureau Sees Rise in Number of Cards Sent: Despite the factthat sunspots have been virtually non-existent, the ARRL Outgoing QSLService is doing a brisk business. "We are seeing bigger numbers thisyear as compared to last year," says ARRL Outgoing QSL Service ManagerSharon Taratula. "It's amazing, considering where we are in the sunspotcycle." In 2007, the Outgoing QSL Service sent out 1,035,225 QSL cards,she says, compared with 1,000,475 cards sent during 2006 -- a differenceof 34,750 QSLs. The volume of outgoing QSL cards reflects the trend,although not all cards received -- especially those destined for rarerDXCC entities -- go out right away in the monthly mailings to foreignbureaus. In 2005, the Bureau sent out 1,137,550 cards. "Now that the newsolar cycle is here, we should see even more cards," Taratula said. Inthe last solar cycle (Cycle 23), the number of cards shipped via theARRL Outgoing QSL Service topped 1.9 million cards in the 2001-2002period. The Outgoing QSL Service sorts and forwards QSLs received fromUS radio amateurs to bureaus in more than 220 countries. For moreinformation on the ARRL Outgoing QSL Service, please visit their Website <
http://www.arrl.org/qsl/qslout.html>. * IARU HF Championship Results in March QST: The 2007 results article,which normally appears in the February issue, will be in the March 2008issue instead. You will also be able to find a complete report online atthe ARRL Web site <
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