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Summerside Amateur Radio Club

Thu Jan 26, 2012

This Week On The Radio....


•January 27 -- NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint; NCCC Sprint Ladder
•January 27-29 -- CQ 160 Meter Contest (CW)
•January 28-29 -- BARTG RTTY Sprint; REF Contest (CW); UBA DX Contest (SSB); SPAR Winter Field Day
•January 28 -- WAB 1.8 MHz Phone Contest
•January 29 -- QRP ARCI Fireside SSB Sprint
•January 29-30 -- Classic Exchange (CW)
All dates, unless otherwise stated, are UTC. See the ARRL Contest Branch page: http://www.arrl.org/contests , the ARRL Contest Update: http://www.arrl.org/The-ARRL-Contest-Update , and the WA7BNM Contest Calendar: http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html , for more information. Looking for a Special Event station? Be sure to check out the ARRL Special Event Stations Web page: http://www.arrl.org/special-event-stations .


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Maine Amateur Charged....

On January 10, the US District Court for Maine issued a ruling in the FCC's lawsuit to collect monetary forfeitures issued to Glenn Baxter, K1MAN, of Belgrade Lakes, Maine. The FCC had assessed forfeitures in the amount of $21,000 against Baxter ( http://www.arrl.org/news/us-charges-k1man-with-failure-to-pay-fine ) on three asserted violations of the Communications Act of 1934 and its regulations: Failure to respond to an FCC inquiry in violation of Title 47, Section 308 of the US Code, willful or malicious interference with other radio transmissions in violation of Section 97.101(d), and engaging in communications in which he has a pecuniary interest in violation of Section 97.113(a)(3).

Chief US District Judge John A. Woodcock Jr, in writing for the Court, agreed with the FCC on the first two counts -- willful or repeated failure to respond to FCC requests for information, and willful or malicious interference -- and granted summary judgments to the FCC in the amount of $3000 and $7000, respectively. On the third claim -- communications in which an amateur station licensee or control operator has a pecuniary interest -- the Court declined to grant a summary judgment to the FCC, holding that there were issues of material fact to be litigated in the Court in later proceedings. Find a link to the complete decision here: http://www.arrl.org/news/us-district-court-for-maine-issues-order-granting-summary-judgment-against-glenn-baxter-k1man



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FYBO (Freeze Your Butt Off) QRP Contest

Take a look at this one-minute trailer I have made to promote the February 4th FYBO (Freeze Your Butt Off) contest and to let hams know that I will be making a video of my 2012 FYBO outing. Please participate in this event if you like QRP. There is also the MN, DE and VT QSO Parties happening the same day, so plenty of fun to be had by everyone. If you know of any hams or non-ham friends that would like to see this, or any ham radio clubs, please share it with them. Direct link to video: http://youtu.be/elWjGYdxmsA 73: Rem, K6BBQ

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EI80IRTS Certificate

The Irish Radio Transmitters Society was founded 1932 and we are proud to celebrate our 80th anniversary in 2012. As part of the celebrations the Society will be using the special callsign EI80IRTS. A special certificate, available to all amateurs and SWLs, is being offered to celebrate this occasion. Contact the special call EI80IRTS during the period of January 1st, 2012 to December 31st, 2012. Requirements: 2-way communication on Phone, CW or Digi modes on the HF (1.8-28) and VHF (50-1200MHz) bands. Cross band QSO’s will not be accepted for this award. Contacts made via active earthbound reflectors, repeaters and EchoLink will not be counted.

The certificate is available in three levels:
a. Bronze - 3 different bands.
b. Silver - 5 different bands.
c. Gold - 8 different bands.

Applicants should submit a list showing the date and time you worked or heard EI80IRTS, plus frequency and mode. QSL cards are not required. The declared QSO’s will be cross-checked for validity based on the logs of EI80IRTS. The application fee is €5 or $US7. Thos EI2JD will be the manager for this award. Send applications to: Thos Caffrey, The Slip, Clogherhead, Co. Louth, Ireland.
At the same time, please send an e-mail to contestmanager /at/ irts / dot/ ie to inform him that you sent your application by mail. IRTS members and affiliated clubs are invited to take part in the celebrations. If you or your club would like to activate EI80IRTS, you can contact Co-ordinators Ger McNamara EI4GXB at ei4gxb/ at/ gmail / dot/com or 087 2532512 or Thos Caffrey EI2JD at thoscaffrey
/at/ hotmail/ dot/com for details. A very attractive certificate for working EI80IRTS is sponsored by Dundalk Amateur Radio Society, and details can be seen at: http://www.ei7dar.com/ei80irts.html Irish Radio Transmitters Society website: http://www.irts.ie





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