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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2558 for Friday, November 6th, 2026
 
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2558 with a release date of Friday,
November 6th, 2026 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. The FCC schedules a vote on legalized cell phone
jamming for prisons. Ham radio attracts a crowd at a tech fair in Chile -- and
students in Kazakhstan get their own personal satellite. All this and more as
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2558 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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FCC TO VOTE ON LEGALIZED PHONE JAMMING AT PRISONS

JIM/ANCHOR: The FCC is preparing to vote on a measure to give state and federal
prisons the right to jam signals from cellphones that are smuggled into
prisoners, as we hear from Kent Peterson KCODGY.

KENT:  Although deliberately jamming radio signals is illegal in the United
States, state and federal prison authorities could soon be granted an
exception, allowing them to disrupt cellular signals inside correctional
facilities. That is, if the Federal Communications Commission votes to approve
a new set of rules later this month.

The proposed rules are aimed at curbing inmates' use of contraband mobile
phones. The FCC reports that prison authorities recovered more than 25,000 cell
phones from inmates across the country in 2024, with more than 6,000 devices
reportedly seized at just two facilities.

Under the proposal, prisons would be required to establish and test designated
areas known as jamming containment areas. These zones would be designed to
prevent signal disruption from extending beyond prison grounds and interfering
with surrounding communities. Mobile carriers and other relevant parties,
including nearby residents, would also be notified ahead of on-site testing.

The FCC and prison authorities say blocking unauthorized cell phones could help
disrupt criminal activity coordinated from behind bars, including illicit
transactions and other operations carried out by inmates while incarcerated.

The commission is scheduled to consider the proposed rules at its open meeting
on November 19.

This is Kent Peterson KCODGY.

(FCC)

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CHANGES AT 2 US SHORTWAVE STATIONS

JIM/ANCHOR: The presence of shortwave broadcasting has been shrinking in Europe
and the UK - and the US isn't far behind, as we hear from Kevin Trotman N5PRE.

KEVIN: After 34 years of being on the air from Shelby County, Alabama, the EWTN
Global Catholic Network has said it is taking WEWN off the air, saying
listenership had diminished and the costs were too high to keep the station
going with its aging equipment.

The Radio World website carried news of the announcement made on the 31st of
October. The station has been heard on 12.050 MHz and 15.610 MHz but has
reduced its operating hours recently. It provided programs in English for
listeners mainly in the Middle East and Africa and programs in Spanish to Latin
America.

Meanwhile in Maine, the assets of the shortwave superstation WBCQ-The Planet
are being offered for lease or for sale. Those assets include a 500-kilowatt
Continental transmitter, a 360-degree rotatable antenna, a 2-megawatt generator
and 3,000 square foot transmitter and studio building, according to a report in
DX World. The station transmits on 7.490 MHz, 9.330 MHz, 5.130 MHz, and 3.265
MHz, offering brokered programming in the spirit of supporting free speech.

This is Kevin Trotman N5PRE.

(DX WORLD, RADIO WORLD)

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HAMS SHOWCASE RADIO'S ROLE AT MAJOR TECH FAIR

JIM/ANCHOR: In Chile, ham radio operators were proud to be included in the mix
of attractions during a major festival celebrating hobbies that provide vibrant
and engaging experiences through technology. Graham Kemp VK4BB tells us about
this two-day extravaganza.

GRAHAM: The event in the Chilean municipality of Villa Alemana was heralded as
two days of "geek culture," a festival of sorts for nerds and hobbyists.
Radio-controlled cars, action figures and musicians were among those stealing
the scene at the popular Hobby Planet fair, where admission was free and
imaginations could go wild.

Mingling in the family-friendly environment rich with pop culture and
technology was the Radio Club Los Molinos CE2CQ, whose members exhibited high
tech systems used to track the International Space Station - but also
demonstrated vintage vacuum-tube radios, providing a history lesson for the
youngsters.

Visitors also learned how amateur radio works a communications lifeline in
emergencies.

The club's vice president, Alvaro Torres Allen CE2WJ, was pleased that the hams
could be present for the second consecutive year at this major event. He said:
[quote] "Our goal is to continue bringing technology, science and amateur radio
closer to the entire community."[endquote]

This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.

(QRZ.COM FORUMS)

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SECONDARY STUDENTS IN PAKISTAN CALL CQ FOR 1ST TIME

JIM DAMRON/ANCHOR: In most classrooms, the teachers are the ones responsible
for transmitting knowledge -- but at one secondary school in Pakistan, the
students got to do some transmitting of their own, as we hear from Jim Meachen
ZL2BHF.

JIM: Never mind textbooks and lectures. Muhammad Salman. AP2MS, and his
colleagues in the Pakistan Amateur Radio Society let the amateur radio
equipment help them deliver the lessons to the 50 students at NJV Higher
Secondary School in the city of Karachi. Muhammad discussed radio's involvement
in disaster response, emergency preparedness and global friendship. This
program on October 17th was no passive exercise, however. When the listening
was over for the students, it was time to transmit. They went outside for field
activities with Muhammad, Kashif  Mukhtar AP2KM, Rehan Ali AP2DDC and shortwave
listeners Ali Raza Butt, Ahmad Feroz, Inam Ellahi and Dewan Shahid. With the
club members' help, the students built simple 2-meter ham radio antennas and
learned the correct protocol for making a QSO.

Muhammad told Newsline afterward: [quote] "One of the most encouraging outcomes
of the visit was the interest shown by NJV School's management in establishing
a dedicated amateur radio room at the school and obtaining a club callsign."
[endquote] 

It seems that the school learned a valuable lesson too: Youngsters' enthusiasm
can be boundless when it comes to learning radio science and making connections
with others over the air.

This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

(MUHAMMAD SALMAN, AP2MS; QRZ.COM FORUMS)

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STUDENTS IN KAZAKHSTAN GET MESSAGES FROM 'THEIR' SATELLITE

JIM/ANCHOR: If you've ever wondered what it's like to have your own personal
satellite, just ask some teenagers in Kazakhstan, who communicate with theirs
on a regular basis, as we hear from Dave Lee M9TLB.

DAVE: The teenage students at the Nazarbayev Intellectual School in Astana,
Kazakhstan are going to get plenty of lessons through the data they receive
from a QUBIK ("Cube-ick") satellite which downlinks telemetry via FSK on
435.240 MHz.

The satellite, NIS-PQ was built for them, with their long-distance
participation, by the nonprofit Libre Space Foundation in Athens, Greece which
specialises in microsatellites, nanosatellites and picosatellites. The
students' tiny satellite was one of eight that was launched in October aboard a
SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. 

Seventeen students and some graduates of the school were actively involved in
providing input for the creation of the 260-gram satellite. With the
encouragement of the Kazakhstan Space Agency, KazCosmos, Libre Space provided
the students with a model so they could be thoroughly trained on using the
satellite and, based on that model, built the so-called "pocket-class"
satellite.

SatNOGS, the Libre Space Foundation's open source satellite tracking network,
reported that by the 12th of October, 51 stations had logged a total of more
than 100 observations of the tiny student satellite.

This is Dave Lee M9TLB.

(LIBRE SPACE FOUNDATION, AMSAT NEWS)

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POLDHU COVE'S MARCONI CENTRE RECEIVES WORLD ORIGIN SITE AWARD

JIM/ANCHOR: The groundbreaking role the Marconi Centre at Poldhu Cove played in
the emergence of wireless communications has been recognized by the UK
government. Jeremy Boot G4NJH has the details.

JEREMY: One hundred and twenty-five years after the Italian inventor and
experimenter Guglielmo Marconi sent the first wireless signals across the
Atlantic Ocean from the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, the site is being
honoured with the government's World Origin Site Award. The award formally
acknowledges landmarks of significant events.

On 17th October, a plaque was unveiled at the centre by Lord Robert Teverson
and Carolyn Rule, MOADA, president of the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club GB2GM.

The Marconi site is one of the recognised sites such as London St. Mary's
Hospital, where penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Dr. Alexander Fleming.

This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(WORLD ORIGIN SITE.ORG, WIA)

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BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline heard on bulletin stations around the world including the K2ADA 2
meter repeater in Ocala Florida on Friday and Saturday nights at 7.

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HEDY LAMARR DAY ON THE AIR MONDAY, NOV. 9

JIM/ANCHOR: Monday, November 9th marks the 112th anniversary of the birth of
the actress Hedy Lamarr, in Vienna. Known for her glamour, she is less famous
for the role she played in developing designs for spread-spectrum technology
that was patented in 1942. Listen for a special four-hour net starting at 1400
UTC on ALLSTAR, DMR and elsewhere on VOIP modes. Callsign N9H will also be
calling CQ on HF, including 20 and 40 meters.

See QRZ.com for additional operating details and QSL information.

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NEW FUNDING BOLSTERS 3YOL DXPEDITION to SUB-ANTARCTIC

JIM/ANCHOR: New funding for the DXpedition to Peter the First Island has been
announced. John Williams VK4JJW has more on that. 

JOHN: Three years since the start of their planning, the Delta Xray Group is
now two months away from a trip to the sub-Antarctic where a team of 11
operators will use the callsign 3YOL to activate Peter the First Island for the
first time since 2006.

The remote island is one of Norway's Antarctic dependencies.

The trip is going forward with two recently announced grants in support of its
$3.7 million budget. The newest grants are from the Northern California DX
Foundation and the International DX Association. The team continues to seek
donations.

Operators and the support team are scheduled to leave Chile in late January for
the island, which is seventh on Club Log's list of most wanted DX entities.

This is John Williams VK4JJW.

(3YOL WEBSITE, QRZ.COM)

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ON-AIR CELEBRATION MARKS 40 YEARS OF EUROPEAN DX FOUNDATION

JIM/ANCHOR: Remember the letters "E U D X F." These five letters form the
suffix of a number of special callsigns that are on the air through to the 30th
of November in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the European DX
Foundation. So whether you've worked DL40EUDXF in Germany or DU40EUDXF in the
Philippines - or even VI40EUDXF in Australia, you can be part of the
celebration. The foundation was created four decades ago to provide support to
activators on DXpeditions, especially those taking place in rare countries
wanted by DX hunters.

For details, visit the EUDXF dot EU website.".

(EUROPEAN DX FOUNDATION)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Anders, SMOHPL will be on the air from Uganda with the
callsign 5X7W from the 8th of November through to the 29th of December,
operating QRP on 80-10 metres. Anders will be using CW and FT8/FT4. He will
also be using the callsign 5X1Q when he is operating a vintage Atlas 350-XL
transceiver.

Listen for Rob, N7QT, on the air through to the 16th of November as E51MWA from
Manihiki, IOTA Number OC-014, in the North Cook Islands. His main mode is CW.
When he operates FT8 he uses Fox/Hound mode. Other operators will be operating
the station remotely.

Radio Club QRM Belgrano, LU4AAO, will be celebrating Argentine Tradition Day by
calling QRZ on the HF bands using CW, SSB and FT 8. Listen for club members
from the 7th through to the 15th of November.

Nineteen teams of operators throughout Turkey are on the air with special
callsigns through to the 11th of November. They are celebrating two occasions:
the founding of the Republic of Turkey on the 29th of October, 1923 and the
anniversary of the death of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on the 10th of November,
1938. Operators will be on various bands using CW, SSB and the digital modes.
Callsigns include TCOATA,  TC1ATA, TC2ATA sequentially up to TC9ATA, as well as
TCOOTR, TC1TR sequentially up to TC9TR.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

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KICKER: YOUNG VOICES AT VOICE OF AMERICA MUSEUM

JIM/ANCHOR: Our final report tells the story of two very different chapters in
history and how they converged on one October weekend in Ohio. Here to share it
is Jim Davis W2JKD. 

JIM DAVIS: Two singular figures in history converged in Ohio on a recent
October weekend. One was Daniel Carter Beard, a 19th century outdoorsman and
Cincinnati native who helped shape America's national Scouting movement. The
other is a prominent Art Deco style building just outside Cincinnati. It opened
in 1944 as the Voice of America, a shortwave radio station created by the US
government to transmit the message of freedom to countries overseas.

On the weekend of scouting's annual Jamboree on the Air, the organization's
largest event, 40 Ohio youngsters in the Scouting Council named for the
pioneering advocate Daniel Beard visited that radio building, which is now a
museum. There, inside the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting, the
scouts called CQ, sending a message of friendship around the world using the
callsign of the West Chester Amateur Radio Club, WC8VOA.

Radio scouting is a big priority in the Scouting organization, which
supplemented the weekend's on-air activities with classroom lessons on
propagation, radio safety and related subjects. All of this - plus QSOs with
fellow scouts in other countries - will help these youngsters satisfy
requirements to earn a merit badge called Citizenship in the World. It's only
fitting that the Voice of America building was where their message began.

This is Jim Davis W2JKD.

(AMATEUR RADIO DAILY, SHAWN GRUBB, KE8BBC)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE

With thanks to AMSAT News; Amateur Radio Daily, David Behar, K7DB; DXWorld;
European DX Foundation; FCC; 425 DX Bulletin; Libre Space Foundation; Muhammad
Salman, AP2MS; QRZ.com; Radio World; Shawn Grubb, KE8BBC; 3YOL Website;
Wireless Institute of Australia; WorldOriginSite.org; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. We remind our listeners that
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