Monthly Archives: June 2012

ARRL 2012 Field Day – http://www.arrl.org/field-day

Objective-

To work as many stations as possible on any and all amateur bands (excluding the 60, 30, 17, and 12-meter bands) and to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than optimal conditions. Field Day is open to all amateurs in the areas covered by the ARRL/RAC Field Organizations and countries within IARU Region 2. DX stations residing in other regions may be contacted for credit, but are not eligible to submit entries.

ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. Each year over 35,000 amateurs gather with their clubs, friends or simply by themselves to operate.

ARRL Field Day is not a fully adjudicated contest, which explains much of its popularity. It is a time where many aspects of Amateur Radio come together to highlight our many roles. While some will treat it as a contest, most groups use the opportunity to practice their emergency response capabilities. It is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate Amateur Radio to local elected community leaders, key individuals with the organizations that Amateur Radio might serve in an emergency, as well as the general public. For many clubs, ARRL Field Day is one of the highlights of their annual calendar.

* Amid tons of radio signals, often on top of each other or very close by causing QRM (a Q Code for Being Interfered With) – Alan Spicer (KA4UDX) is participating in the Field Day Event from the home QTH. Operating on the “Low Bands” or H.F. (High Frequency bands) in the 1.6 to 30 Mhz range – using a Kenwood TS-480SAT Transceiver, MFJ-986 Manual Antenna Tuner (Differential-T Roller Inductor), Ameritron Al-811 (3 Russian Svetlana 572-B Vacuum Tubes), and various antennas (Off Center Fed Dipole, Ground Mounted 6 Band Trapped Vertical) – to contact as many stations as possible, practise emergency and adverse conditions operations, and demonstrating Amateur Radio …

* Some video may be placed on http://www.youtube.com/user/alanspicertelecom. 

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73 de KA4UDX,

Alan Spicer

http://www.qrz.com/db/KA4UDX

Alan Spicer Telecom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom has been providing wireless solutions for marine vessels including sail and motor yachts for over 8 years. We provide Cellular, WiFi, Satellite, and Onboard Network for marine conveyances (boats) – but have also done Marina WiFi Hotspot systems and other special projects.

Recently we’ve been called upon to link buildings and other structures on land for boat owners and captains. We have a house barn link in Tenessee with the Internet linked 1000 feet along with local wireless routers and even IP Cameras in each building structure. Also currently working on linking a Mainland House to an Island where another beautiful house will be linked along with a boathouse, and office building structure, and a barn … a we’ll be adding High Definition Color Cameras to this project as well.

You can be your own ISP – Internet Service Provider … providing Internet from a main source (home or other building with DSL or Cable Modem) to another sub-building (carriage house) or even an island with one or more building structures. We can BEAM the Internet across at full speed and link up your properties.

* Contact – Alan Spicer

Alan Spicer Telecom / Marine Telecom

+1 954-683-3426

communications @ marinetelecom.net

THANK YOU!

World_IPv6_launch_banner (click to enlarge it)

* http://www.worldipv6launch.org/ is the Internet Society (ISOC) web site for this.

* There was an World IPv6 Day in 2011 but this one differs (notice the “Launch” word is added)

On 8 June, 2011, top websites and Internet service providers around the world, including Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Akamai and Limelight Networks joined together with more than 1000 other participating websites in World IPv6 Day for a successful global-scale trial of the new Internet Protocol, IPv6.
 
By providing a coordinated 24-hour “test flight”, the event helped demonstrate that major websites around the world are well-positioned for the move to a global IPv6-enabled Internet, enabling its continued exponential growth.

* World IPv6 Launch Day – “This Time It is For Real” – although not as deadly as it sounds to YOUR existing Internet connection equipment – is where large network providers actually turned IPv6 on permanently … and other equipment vendors commited to having “easy” router box gear available on sale after June 6th, 2012.

* These guys said it kind of interestingly … http://www.extremetech.com/computing/130514-world-ipv6-launch-day-escaping-the-ipocalypse

World IPv6 Launch Day: Escaping the IPocalypse
By Sebastian Anthony on June 6, 2012 at 11:32 am

Do not adjust your NIC: As of this morning, unbeknownst to you, you might be surfing the IPv6 internet. Your memorable, 4-to-12-digit IPv4 address may have been replaced by a gribbly IPv6 monster that looks something like this: 2001:0db8:85a3:0000: 0000:8a2e:0370:7334. In a world that has virtually exhausted its IPv4 address pool, and with internet-connected devices expanding exponentially, this is a very good thing.

Today, following a successful one-day test on June 8 2011, is World IPv6 Launch Day. From this day on, permanent IPv6 routes will traverse the internet. Almost every major US ISP, and a bunch of network operators in Europe and around the world, has pledged to provide an IPv6 connection to all new subscribers, and begin upgrading their existing user base. Many major websites, including Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Bing, will support IPv6 connections from this day forth. Rounding out the last mile and closing the IPv6 loop, Cisco (Linksys), D-Link, Zyxel, NEC, and Yamaha have pledged to sell routers that support configuration-free IPv6 — much like IPv4 today.

(more at their link.)

* What it DOES NOT mean is that your Internet connection, of whatever type, will break soon. If the even that you were somehow switched to IPv6 because you had newer Internet Router gear (not likely for most people) you will probably not know the difference. And you will still be able to go to IPv4 web sites that have not switched yet just as easily as you have been doing. The companies that have “launched” have turned on IPv6 permanently in the core infrastructure (in the core large US and Worldwide Networks criss crossing all over…) and at the Internet Service Providers (ISP’s) – but they are running what is called “Dual Stack” which means they support the old Coke (ipv4) as well as the new Coke (ipv6). So nothing gets broken for anybody for another year or three. And you probably don’t need to run out and buy anything or call up your ISP. But … you might want to start asking your ISP.

* What hasn’t changed is your Internet Router. The one that links you to DSL, or Cable Internet, (or Satellite or Cellular or even WiFi). But your ISP will tell you if that becomes a requirement before they would turn the “Internet Lights” out on you.

Vint Cerf – so called Father of the Internet has a video about this …




The new, larger version of the Internet: IPv6 – Vint Cerf

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Alan Spicer – Alan Spicer (Marine) Telecom

http://www.marinetelecom.net and http://www.wifiyacht.net

+1 954-683-3426

Email: communications @ marinetelecom.net

http://www.change.org/petitions/federal-communications-commission-void-antenna-restrictions-by-homeowner-s-associations-and-developers

* Alan Spicer’s Note First: I thought there was already such a thing from the FCC – It is called PRB-1. Search Google.com for PRB-1.

* Anyway here is the contents of the petition … please sign it at the above link.

Void antenna restrictions by homeowner’s associations and developers
 
Greetings,
 
I just signed the following petition addressed to: Federal Communications Commission.

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Void antenna restrictions by homeowner’s associations and developers

For 100 years amateur radio has played a vital role in the technological development of the United States and continues to do so today. Thousands of scientists and engineers got started in electronics and communications careers as a result of an early interest in amateur radio. Many of today’s scientists and engineers, as well as others in less technical fields, continue to enjoy amateur radio. Amateur radio is an activity that has a demonstrated history of “paying off” for society.

Radio amateurs have a proud tradition of making their skills and equipment available for backup and auxiliary emergency communications in times of disaster – at no cost to taxpayers. The Amateur Radio Service provides a layer of redundancy – a most desirable feature of any communications system.

Unreasonable and unnecessary land use restrictions are now near universal in prohibiting the erection of antennas essential for amateur radio communications in most residential developments constructed in recent decades. Homeowner’s and property owner’s associations have usurped the legitimate authority of the Federal Communications Commission in this area of telecommunications. This has had a detrimental effect upon the development of the Amateur Radio Service and, as a consequence, it has had a negative effect upon our ability to provide emergency communications during times of disaster.

We request the Federal Communications Commission to take whatever steps are necessary to immediately void all existing private land use restrictions dealing with antennas used for the transmission or reception of radio signals and to disallow any future creation of such restrictions by private homeowner’s and property owner’s associations. We further request that the Federal Communications Commission consider the establishment of reasonable criteria for permitting the erection of antennas in private residential areas.
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73 de KA4UDX,

Alan Spicer

Pending the actual approval by the Award Manager K7INA … (approval granted.)

eDX 75 Award – for contacting 76 Countries via 2 way radio communications – 06-06-2012

KA4UDX, Alan Spicer – has contacted 75 (actually 76) countries Confirmed with Authenticity Guaranteed Status on http://www.eqsl.cc

eQSL is an Electronic Amateur Radio Logging, QSL Card (electronic by image files) Exchange System for Ham Radio / Amateur Radio Operators.

* There may be more countries contacted – but that have not confirmed on eQSL, or do not have Authenticity Guaranteed Status.

* The following are the Countries and Call Letters of the stations / operators contacted:

ALASKA KL7IYD (to KA4UDX)
WL7E (to KA4UDX)
 
ARGENTINA LQ1H (to KA4UDX)
LQ4D (to KA4UDX)
LR1H (to KA4UDX)
LS1D (to KA4UDX)
LU2DO (to KA4UDX)
…etc… 
AUSTRALIA VK7ZE (to KA4UDX)
 
AUSTRIA OE3DIA (to KA4UDX)
OE4RLC (to KA4UDX)
OE8TLK (to KA4UDX)
OE9MON (to KA4UDX)
 
BAHAMAS C6ANM (to KA4UDX)
 
BARBADOS 8P6ER (to KA4UDX)
 
BELGIUM ON3GTS (to KA4UDX)
ON3TC (to KA4UDX)
ON7JM (to KA4UDX)
ON7USB (to KA4UDX)
ON8DM (to KA4UDX)
…etc… 
BELIZE V31GB (to KA4UDX)
 
BONAIRE/CURACAO NETH. ANTILLE PJ4/PG4M (to KA4UDX)
 
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA E79D (to KA4UDX)
E7HQ (to KA4UDX)
 
BRAZIL PQ5B (to KA4UDX)
PT7ZT (to KA4UDX)
PU8WWW (to KA4UDX)
PY2BK (to KA4UDX)
PY2CX (to KA4UDX)
…etc… 
BULGARIA LZ1DLZ (to KA4UDX)
LZ2ZF (to KA4UDX)
 
CANADA VA2WA (to KA4UDX)
VA3AGZ (to KA4UDX)
VA3DHJ (to KA4UDX)
VA3DLT (to KA4UDX)
VA3MJR (to KA4UDX)
…etc… 
CANARY ISL. EA8DO (to KA4UDX)
EA8MT (to KA4UDX)
EA8TL (to KA4UDX)
EF8R (to KA4UDX)
 
CAPE VERDE D4C (to KA4UDX)
 
COLOMBIA HK1R (to KA4UDX)
HK1T (to KA4UDX)
HK1W (to KA4UDX)
HK3JJB (to KA4UDX)
HK3Q (to KA4UDX)
 
COSTA RICA TI7/N5BEK (to KA4UDX)
TI8M (to KA4UDX)
 
CUBA CO6HLP (to KA4UDX)
 
CURACAO PJ2/W5FKX (to KA4UDX)
 
CZECH REP. OK1AW (to KA4UDX)
OK1MSP (to KA4UDX)
OK1WCF (to KA4UDX)
 
DENMARK OZ0MJ (to KA4UDX)
OZ3BEN (to KA4UDX)
OZ5EV (to KA4UDX)
 
DOMINICA J73WA (to KA4UDX)
J7Y (to KA4UDX)
 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HI3/AD7GW (to KA4UDX)
HI3/W1JNZ (to KA4UDX)
HI3K (to KA4UDX)
HI7JPJ (to KA4UDX)
HI8CSS (to KA4UDX)
…etc… 
ECUADOR HC2FN (to KA4UDX)
HC7AE (to KA4UDX)
 
ENGLAND G0RDG (to KA4UDX)
G0VQY (to KA4UDX)
G4AKC (to KA4UDX)
G6TW/P (to KA4UDX)
M0BZH (to KA4UDX)
…etc… 
ESTONIA ES4RZ (to KA4UDX)
 
FRANCE F4EXA (to KA4UDX)
F4FFH (to KA4UDX)
F5MUX (to KA4UDX)
F5NMK (to KA4UDX)
F5TTI (to KA4UDX)
…etc… 
GERMANY DB2HG (to KA4UDX)
DF9ZP (to KA4UDX)
DG0OBU (to KA4UDX)
DG7LAL (to KA4UDX)
DJ3HJ (to KA4UDX)
…etc… 
GRENADA J39BS (to KA4UDX)
 
GUADELOUPE FG1GW (to KA4UDX)
 
GUANTANAMO BAY KG4EM (to KA4UDX)
 
GUATEMALA TG9ANF (to KA4UDX)
TG9AXF (to KA4UDX)
 
HAWAII KH7S (to KA4UDX)
 
HONDURAS HR2J (to KA4UDX)
 
HUNGARY HA4XH (to KA4UDX)
HG1RM (to KA4UDX)
HG5BUN (to KA4UDX)
 
ICELAND TF2MSN (to KA4UDX)
 
IRELAND EI7JN (to KA4UDX)
EI9HQ (to KA4UDX)
EI9JU (to KA4UDX)
 
ISRAEL 4Z5NU (to KA4UDX)
 
ITALY I2VRN (to KA4UDX)
IK2XYI (to KA4UDX)
IK4CLF (to KA4UDX)
IK6BGJ (to KA4UDX)
IK6DTB (to KA4UDX)
…etc… 
JAMAICA 6Y5SJ (to KA4UDX)
 
JAPAN JA1YPA (to KA4UDX)
 
LATVIA YL4HQ (to KA4UDX)
 
LITHUANIA LY1G (to KA4UDX)
LY1TR (to KA4UDX)
LY3W (to KA4UDX)
LY600V (to KA4UDX)
 
MEXICO XE2S (to KA4UDX)
 
MOLDOVA ER4DX (to KA4UDX)
 
MOROCCO CN8SG (to KA4UDX)
 
NETHERLANDS PA0AA (to KA4UDX)
PA9CC (to KA4UDX)
 
NORTHERN IRELAND 2I0NDJ (to KA4UDX)
 
NORWAY LN9Z (to KA4UDX)
 
OMAN A41MX (to KA4UDX)
 
PERU OA4SS (to KA4UDX)
OA6/OE3NHW (to KA4UDX)
 
POLAND SP1DTG (to KA4UDX)
SP2IJ (to KA4UDX)
SP9QMP (to KA4UDX)
SQ2NNN (to KA4UDX)
SQ3LVO (to KA4UDX)
 
PORTUGAL CT2FPY (to KA4UDX)
CT5KAO (to KA4UDX)
 
PUERTO RICO KP4BD (to KA4UDX)
KP4KE (to KA4UDX)
 
ROMANIA YO3CZW (to KA4UDX)
 
RUSSIA (EUROPEAN) R2DW (to KA4UDX)
RA3DA (to KA4UDX)
RA6ALS (to KA4UDX)
RJ3AA (to KA4UDX)
RK6CI (to KA4UDX)
…etc… 
SAINT MARTIN FS/N4ECW (to KA4UDX)
 
SCOTLAND 2M0YIO (to KA4UDX)
MM0SJH (to KA4UDX)
 
SENEGAL 6V7Z (to KA4UDX)
 
SERBIA YT1AA (to KA4UDX)
YU6DX (to KA4UDX)
YU9DX (to KA4UDX)
 
SLOVAK REP. OM2DT (to KA4UDX)
OM2VL (to KA4UDX)
OM3GI (to KA4UDX)
 
SLOVENIA S51ZZ (to KA4UDX)
S52BB (to KA4UDX)
S52QM (to KA4UDX)
 
SOUTH AFRICA ZS3D (to KA4UDX)
 
SPAIN EA3BOX (to KA4UDX)
EA3WD (to KA4UDX)
EA5EYW (to KA4UDX)
EA5GPQ (to KA4UDX)
EE2W (to KA4UDX)
…etc… 
ST. EUSTATIUS AND SABA PJ5/AH6HY (to KA4UDX)
 
ST. MAARTEN/SABA/ST. EUST PJ7MF (to KA4UDX)
 
SWEDEN SJ22S (to KA4UDX)
SJ2W (to KA4UDX)
SM2EKM (to KA4UDX)
 
SWITZERLAND HB9ESS (to KA4UDX)
HB9QT (to KA4UDX)
 
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 9Z4DZ (to KA4UDX)
 
TURKEY TA3HM (to KA4UDX)
 
UKRAINE UR5MW (to KA4UDX)
US0LW (to KA4UDX)
US3ION (to KA4UDX)
UT7UV (to KA4UDX)
UW2ZM (to KA4UDX)
…etc… 
URUGUAY CX4ACH (to KA4UDX)
 
USA AA1AR (to KA4UDX)
AA6YX (to KA4UDX)
AA7CU (to KA4UDX)
AB1J (to KA4UDX)
AB9QU (to KA4UDX)
…etc… 
VENEZUELA YV1FPT (to KA4UDX)
YV4AR (to KA4UDX)
YV5AAG (to KA4UDX)
YV5ANF (to KA4UDX)
YV5KAJ (to KA4UDX)
…etc… 
VIRGIN ISL. NP2KW (to KA4UDX)
 
WALES GW4BLE (to KA4UDX)
GW9T (to KA4UDX)
MW0ZZK (to KA4UDX)
 
Total of 76 Countries

* Note: These contacts are purely radio contacts on HF (and VHF with 6-Meters) bands – no Internet connectivity or land line / commercial infrastructure was used in these contacts. They are pure R.F. Radio Contacts via authorized U.S. Amateur Radio Frequency Bands using private H.F. / S.S.B. Radio Equipment andAntenna Systems. Frequencies are in the 2 – 30 Mhz Range using “conditions” known as Ionospheric Propagation. Some of the contacts were SSB + Digital Modes such as Radioteletype (RTTY) and PSK31, but most were Voice SSB Radio. The certificate will be on here and on http://www.qrz.com/db/ka4udx as soon as it becomes available. If you are a ham radio operator I hope to work you soon on The Bands!

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73 de KA4UDX,

Alan Spicer

yU9 dx – Serbia on 20 Meters

http://www.qrz.com/db/yu9dx

R275T – Russia

* 20 meters band has been open for good propagation into the night quite late … I have some new videos up on:

http://www.youtube.com/user/alanspicertelecom

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73 de KA4UDX,

Alan Spicer