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NEWSLINE RADIO - CBBS EDITION #128 - POSTED 06/14/94
 
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                     The following is a QST
 
   The FCC says no to a proposal that would make Technician Plus
 license holders into instant Advanced class hams.  Also, two
 California hams fail to appeal a state court order barring them
 from a repeater.  This could open the legal door to run off other
 unwanted users of repeaters nationwide.  These stories and more
 on Newsline report number 878 coming your way right now!
 
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                      COMBO PETITION DENIED
 
   The Amateur Radio Industry Group's Slow-Code proposal could be
 in for some rough sledding if the FCC keeps to its current
 position of denying any request to change the structure of ham
 radio licensing.  It did so once again on May 13th when it flatly
 refused to consider a request from the Cass County Amateur Radio
 Club aimed at combining the Technician Plus, the Advanced General
 class licenses into one.
   The Cass County group claimed that the majority of hams are
 dissatisfied with the current operator class arrangement.  It
 wanted all three to be combined into a single license with full
 privileges.
   But the FCC gave the Cass County petition the same traditional
 wave-off it has to every other request since it enacted no-code
 almost three years ago.  It said that the matter has been looked
 into many times in the past and as far as the Commission is
 concerned, hams are very happy with the current five class system.
 
Therefore the petition is denied and no changes to the Part 97
 licensing structure will take place in the foreseeable future.
 
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                            SLOW-CODE
 
   Word of the amateur radio industry group's plan to seek a
 relaxation of Morse code requirements for HF privileges continues
 to spread and hams have plenty to say about the proposal.  At the
 recent BirmingHAMFest and Alabama ARRL State convention, radio
 amateurs expressed both opposition and support for the idea:
 
   "I don't much care for it myself.  Just personally the 13 wpm
 barrier is not that big of a barrier if someone wants to
 participate in hf and use those privileges.  I don't think it is
 that much of an obstacle."
 
   "I think it's a gimmick.  If you can do 10 wpm you can do 13
 wpm."
 
   "Personally I think it would have an adverse impact.  I'm kind
 od from the old school that if I had to learn it everybody else
 should.  There is a purpose for it, the hf bands are crowded
 already.  I think it might cause a problem."
 
   "You can't condemn somebody cause maybe they're not quite as
 fast on code.  Because they are not quite as adept at it.  If it
 opens it up to increase more communication, then I think it would
 be a benefit."
 
   As we go to air the Amateur Radio Industry Group has not yet
 fled its slow-code proposal to the FCC, but that filing could
 happen at any time.
 
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                            NO APPEAL
 
   It appears as if an Orange County California Superior Court
 decision to issue a restraining that bars two hams from operation
 on an area repeater will stand.  This is because Anthony Cardenas,
 WA6IGJ and Drew Feldman, N3KSO have failed to file an appeal to
 the order in the allotted time period.
   As a result, the matter now becomes a part of California legal
 record and can be used as case precedent by attorneys for other
 repeater licensees who are trying to bar those deemed to be
 undesirable from operating on a given repeater.
   In theory, the same case law could be applied to other
 disputes.  These might include hams accused of harassing high
 frequency nets or packet bulletin boards that want to stop the
 postings of a specific board user to name only two.
   Right now, the legal precedent developed in this case by
 Attorney Sid Radus, N6OMS is only applicable in California.
 However, repeater trustees in other states who are facing similar
 problems are expected to try the same legal method of removing
 unwanted users from their repeaters as well.
 
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                    YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR '94
 
   Allison Daneen Zettwoch, KD4CKP is now officially the 1994
 Westlink Report Young Ham of the year.  Allison accepted the honor
 at the Sea Pack Convention in Seaside Oregon.  We have this
 report.
 
   "I recruit people that are very active and enjoy the hobby.
 They come and they help.  They are not here to take it over, they
 want to help.  Because I couldn't do it all by myself, I don't see
 how you all can.  But I have found that I really enjoy the hobby.
 I like all the bands.  I like cw and I like voice.  I'm starting
 to enjoy packet as well.  My father has said that is something I
 need to learn how to do.  So I just want to thank everybody once
 again for all your hospitality and support.  I couldn't have done
 it without you.  Thank you."  Allison Daneen Zettwoch, KD4CKP
 Westlink Report Young Ham of the Year '94.
 
   Newsline joins with hams nationwide in congratulating 15 year
 old Allison Daneen Zettwoch, KD4CKP -- the 1994 Westlink Report
 Young Ham of the Year.
 
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             CUBAN-AMERICAN JOINT CONTEST OPERATION
 
   For the first time in more than thirty-five years, a team of
 American ham radio operators has joined their Cuban counterparts
 in a joint international radiosporting effort.  Traveling at the
 invitation of the Federation de Radioafficianados de Cuba, the
 United States team was lead by Joe Lynch, N6CL and included Lauren
 Libby, KX0O, Chip Margelli, K7JA and Janet Margelli, WA7WMB.
   The four American hams operated in the ARRL VHF QSO Party
 using special call signs CO0FRC for the primary operation and
 CO2OJ/R as the "rover" entry.  Highlights of the operation
 included the first ever QSO's from Cuba on 222 MHz. and 1296 MHz.
 and a moonbounce contact with W5UN.
 
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                        NEWSLINE UPDATE
 
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                           GOLDWATER
 
   The elder statesman of Amateur Radio is coming to a commercial
 radio station near you.  U.S. Senator Barry M. Goldwater, K7UGA,
 has accepted an invitation to be Len Winkler's Ham Radio and More
 on Sunday afternoon, June the 26th.  Winkler says that the show
 will be devoted to a discussion that everyone knows is close to
 Barry Goldwater's heart and you can also talk to K7UGA:
 
   "On June 26th we have Senator Barry Goldwater, K7UGA.  We're
 going to talk about ham radio.  He loves to talk about ham.  So
 he'll be on the national show.  We are looking very much forward
 to it.  The last time he was on, the lines were lit from the
 beginning of the show till the very end.  Loves to talk about ham
 radio."  Len Winkler, KB7LPW.
 
   Winkler, whose call sign is KB7LPW says that anyone can tune
 in on Ham Radio and More if there is a Talk America station in
 your area:
 
   "The show is on the Talk America Network which is on many local
 affiliates through the United States.  It could be also heard on
 satellite via Spacenet 3, transponder 9, 6.8 audio.  It airs every
 Sunday live at 6:00 pm Eastern time."  Len Winkler, KB7LPW.
 
   Again that's Barry Goldwater, K7UGA on Ham Radio and More on
 June 26th over the Talk America Network, nationwide.
 
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                   Resolution gains majority
 
   The Amateur Radio Service Joint Resolution 199, now has a
 majority of the US House of Representatives as cosponsors. The
 Resolution seeks formal recognition of the value of Amateur Radio
 to the country, would support Amateur Radio as "national policy,"
 and would encourage rules and regulations to facilitate Amateur
 Radio as a public benefit by encouraging new technologies.
 Including Resolution sponsor Jim Cooper the total number of voting
 sponsors is now 218.  There are currently 434 Representatives in
 the House.
 
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                        TANDY EDUCATION
 
   The Tandy Corporation has begun using information from the
 ARRL's entry level text Now You're Talking and from the ARRL
 Handbook to illustrate antenna fundamentals and schematic symbols.
 This, for use in its training certification program for store
 personnel.  The Now You're Talking entry level study program is
 sold in Radio Shack outlets.
 
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                       QST ON THE STANDS
 
   Begging this July, QST Magazine will be available on news
 stands nationwide.  According to the League, the only difference
 between the news stand and member versions of QST will be the
 magazines cover.  The news stand version will have a significantly
 different look and will include teasers for the stories inside.
 The traditional version of QST will still be sold by radio stories
 and parts suppliers as well.
 
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                        VHF CONFERENCE
 
   The Central States VHF Society's annual conference will be
 held July 28th to the 30th in Memphis, Tennessee, and a call for
 papers has been issued.  For information on the technical program
 or submission of papers, contact Joel Harrison, WB5IGF, 528 Miller
 Rd, Judsonia, Arkansas 72081.
 
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                           IARU NEWS
 
   On the international scene, word that the Ukrainian Amateur
 Radio League is the newest member society of the International
 Amateur Radio Union.  President of the UARL and its IARU liaison
 is Nickolai Gostry, UT5UT; secretary is George A. Chlijanc,
 UY5XE.  Also from the former Soviet Union news that the Union of
 Radio Amateurs of Russia has applied for IARU membership as well.
 Finally, the new address for the UA and RL prefix QSL bureau is
 PO Box 56, Kiev 252001 Ukraine.
 
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                  HACKERS PUBLISH SECRET PAPERS
 
   It's the revenge of the computer hackers.  According to a
 report in the San Francisco Examiner, a group of hackers,
 apparently angry at government attempts to place restraints on
 what they feel is their freedom to communicate using any
 electronic means at their disposal, have distributed on a National
 Security Agency employee manual over the Internet.  The report
 said that the manual was intended for internal NSA use only but
 the hackers found a way to distribute it on Internet.  They also
 sent copies to several news organizations.  This, apparently to
 embarrass the government and prove that there is no way to keep
 anything secret from a hacker.
   The government believes that the computer users who distributed
 the document hoped to undermine a federal push for data-encryption
 regulations that would allow the government to tap into private
 communications on computer networks.
   The Clinton administration wants all new computers to contain a
 microchip that would allow the government to tap into any
 electronic transmission.  Officials say that is necessary to
 monitor criminal, espionage and terrorist activities.
   The manual distributed describes the basic goals and duties
 of NSA workers.  It first appeared on a Texas-based hackers
 network the week of April 4th.  The identity of the person who
 initially obtained the document and the method used are so far
 unknown.
 
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