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| The award-winning monthly publication of The Baltimore Radio Amateur Television Society P.O.Box 5915 Baltimore, MD 21282-5915 |
November, 2008
Singapore to Make Temporary Licenses Available for Visiting Hams
On Thursday, October 9, the Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society
(SARTS) -- that country's IARU
Member-Society -- announced that the Infocommunications Development Authority
(IDA ) would begin issuing temporary Amateur Radio
licenses for visiting hams; the IDA is the agency responsible for Amateur Radio licenses in Singapore.
According to SARTS Vice President Peter Cook, 9V1PC, visiting hams should apply three weeks before arriving
in Singapore. The license, typically valid for a three month period at a cost of 50 Singapore dollars
(or $25 for VHF/UHF-only operation), would use the call sign 9V1/home call (for example, 9V1/K1SFA). "The
Singapore administration's accommodation of visiting radio amateurs will be greatly appreciated by many
who visit and pass through this busy city-state," said IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ. "Congratulations to
the Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society for achieving this long-sought objective." Check the
IDA Web site for the
application process and necessary forms.
PENNSYLVANIA GUARANTEES YOUR ERECTION!
Pennsylvania Becomes 27th State with PRB-1 Law on Books
On Wednesday, October 8, Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell (D) signed into law a bill that
guarantees radio amateurs the right to erect antenna support structures up to 65 feet without the
need for a Special Use Permit. The bill passed in the House with a vote of 196-1; it passed in the
Senate with a vote of 49-1. The new law is scheduled to go into effect December 8, 60 days after signing.
American Hams to Lead 2009 DXpedition to Desecheo Island
The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has selected a group of hams led by
veteran DXpeditioners Bob Allphin, K4UEE, and Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, to lead a
DXpedition to Desecheo Island, KP5 (IOTA NA-095), in early 2009. Desecheo currently sits at number 7 on DX Magazine's Most Wanted list.
E-mails Asking for Personal Information Are Not from ARRL
We have received several reports from ARRL members with arrl.net e-mail accounts who have recently been
contacted via e-mail asking for personal information, such as user names and passwords. Please be assured
that these e-mails are fraudulent attempts at "phishing" and
did not originate from ARRL. According to ARRL Information Technology Manager Don Durand, "This is a very crude
attempt at phishing, using an easily determined spoof of the originating/return address. There is never a time
when we would ask via mass e-mail for user names and passwords of arrl.net users. There is simply no need to
ever do so." If you receive an e-mail asking for personal information and it looks like it originated from ARRL,
please do not respond, just delete it.
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