CHRISTMAS PARTY AT PEPE’S

(Located on the free road just south of Rosarito on the east side of highway)

Monday, December 12 at 5:00 p.m. until ?

CUBAN BUFFET

Free to all – just bring a donation for the elderly such as food (rice and beans are both good, large-sized bags available at Smart and Final), clothing (can be used), blankets, Depends, etc. Anything will be welcomed.

Note: Beverages are not included in the meal

You are invited to the 3rd Annual Holiday Open House

“Shop for a Child”

Rueschenberg Residence in Rosarito

(Contact one of the hosts for directions)

DATE CHANGE - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20 at 5:00 P.M.

Bring an appetizer or salad and come join us for a wonderful evening of friendship, fun and great food while contributing to this very worthy cause.

Donation - an unwrapped toy and/or blanket; if you have finished your shopping you can donate a few dollars toward a gift basket.

(Last year we provided Christmas dinners for 25 needy families. Each family was given a blanket and the children received a toy and a bag of candy.)

Hosted by:

Connie West (664) 631-3793

Mary Buder (661) 612-4910; e-mail: rushnbud@prodigy.net.mx

Joan Hess (661) 612-3607; e-mail: bajaexplorer2001@yahoo.com

**PLEASE NOTE: CARPOOLING IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED**

El Señor Chano González

¡Hola a Todos!

Sólo quise dejar a todos ustedes saber si usted tenía el placer de alguna vez conocer al señor Chano González quién trabajó en San Antonio Del Mar durante muchos años, y en muchas casas, está muy enfermo. Él tiene el Cáncer y no es esperado a que viva más que unos días. El esta localizado en el Hospital Del Carmen en Tijuana.

Quiero preguntar si ustedes están interesados en dar la donación de dinero para ayudar a pagar para su medicación para que no este en dolor durante sus ultimos días de su vida. El hospital cobra para la permanencia y medicación que ellos le dan.

Si ustedes están interesados en la donación a esta causa por favor envíeme por correo electrónico o llámeme y lo recogeré de usted.

Mi número es 631-3762.
Gracias,

Lupe Rodriguez

El señor Chano es sobrevivido por una esposa y cinco pequeños niños.
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Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to let you all know if you had the pleasure of ever meeting Chano who worked in San Antonio for many years on many homes in San Antonio is very ill. He has Cancer and is not expected to make it more than a few days and is located in Hospital Del Carmen in Tijuana.

I wanted to ask if you are interested in donating money to help pay for his medication to keep him sedated so he is not in pain during his last days. The hospital charges for the stay and medication they give him.

If you are interested in donating to this cause please email or call me and I will pick it up.

My number is 631-3762.

Thank you,

Lupe

INFORME

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 at 6:00 p.m.

EXPLANADA - INSIDE THE ROSARITO PALACIO (City Hall)

The citizens of Rosarito are invited to the first "INFORME" (an annual activity report) given by our Mayor to the citizens of Rosarito.

This information from:

FRAO Coordinator - Olivia del Corral

Foreign Residents Affairs / Sister Cities World Program

614-9600 x 2240 & 614-9697

Phoenix APRS Balloon launch with cross-band repeater this Saturday

Listen in on IRLP 9255
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ballooning/http://www.kd7lmo.net/

The ANSR-27 High Altitude Balloon flight is a go for 8:00 AM MST (1500UTC).

The following is the payload frequency plan:
Cross Band NB-FM Voice
Repeater Input: 145.560 MHz/162.2 Hz PL tone
Output: 445.525 MHz

APRS when repeater not in use on 445.950 MHz at 10, 20, 40, and 50 seconds UTC time via KD7LMO-11

Landing prediction after burst at 15 and 45 seconds UTC time via KD7LMO-0

Linked to IRLP reflector 9255 * See Notes below

Pico Beacon APRS
445.950 MHz packet at 00 and 30 seconds GPS time via KD7LMO-11

HF-APRS 50.62MHz 1200 bps

A-FSK APRS at 53, 55, 57 seconds UTC time14070.450KHz

PSK-31 every 2 minutes starting at 00 seconds UTC time

Our mobile cross band Digipeater will repeat the APRS data to the144.390 MHz standard APRS frequency and thus will be I-GATED to theInternet for out of area trackers.

You track the flight using eitherof the following links:
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?kd7lmo-11
http://map.aprsworld.net/kd7lmo-11

* NOTE on IRLP reflector. When you connect, the node will report youare connected to the Western States Reflector 925 on channel 5. This channel has been reserved for high altitude balloon flights. Remember to key your transmitter for 2 seconds BEFORE you begin to talk. Also,when you join the node, please listen 10-15 seconds before transmitting. The cross band repeater is also used for our tracking and recovery team.

Info from: douglasnicholson at yahoo dot com

Bruce Mc Cauley has been found - November 25, 2005

Bruce McCauley, formerly of Rosarito, has been found. He was located with the assistance of the U.S. State Department, and is reportedly in Mazatlán, México. The local expatriate community had been searching for him approximately three weeks. Our thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Chambers of Rosarito for the extensive time and effort they invested in the search.

Mc Cauley left Rosarito on approximately the fifth or sixth of November, 2005, without leaving any word of his intentions with nieghbors. It is reported that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.

A discussion of disaster preparedness

Craig writes:

The below is from the North County Times. The original editorial is on their website.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/10/18/opinion/editorials/100705192057.txt

This brings up one of my favorite pet peeves. One I don't believe I have ever shared with everyone. Here is my opinion.

THERE ARE TO (sic) MANY PLAYERS!

OES, Fire Safe Council, Disaster Committees, CERT, VOAD, all competing for attention, members, grants, control. With all these originations involved are we being effective in preparing local communities with effective disaster planning?

During any emergency the #1 task is effective command and control. You can't have that if everyone thinks they are in charge.

Being a volunteer I don't have all the official answers but being involved in this disaster preparedness stuff over the past 3 years it seems clear that:

During a declared disaster in the County, the Board of Supervisors are in charge.
Their agency assigned to get it done is the Office of Emergency Services (OES).
Everyone comes under OES or they are not a part of the "official" county response.

Local events are run by local agencies, Sheriff and Fire.
These happen every day, command and control for them is well established.
The only difference between a local emergency and a "disaster" is OES becomes the head of the County command structure.

If you are not a part of the above "official" structure you are not a part of the solution.

You are not a part of the "official" communications channels.

You probably don't know what is going on.

You have no insurance, if you get injured or injure others, you have a tremendous liability.

If you get in the way you will be arrested.

As I understand it, all the above applies to the disaster structure in the cities in San Diego County

The bottom line in my area, Campo, probably:

We will never be involved in VOAD, Fire Safe Council or any other disaster structure other than OES.

Because the same 40 volunteers who are involved in every other community activity in the area ARE TIRED.

We will continue to structure our Disaster Committee under OES.
Our "official" community disaster volunteers are our CERT Team Members.

We will probably fund all this ourselves because we don't have the time or resources to compete with all these other "professional", "volunteer", disaster originations, their grant writers or full time staff.

Bottom line, my opinion, the average citizen still assumes when there is an emergency dialing 911 will bring help in 10 minutes.
There is much to do.
Are we structured to get it done?
Craig A. Williams W6CAW
Chair, Campo / Lake Morena Disaster Committee

craig at craigwilliams dot com


From the North County Times, without permission.
All talk, little readiness for next disaster

By: North County Times Editorial Staff -

Our view: Local officials must at least develop warning, evacuation plans.

North County is not ready for the major disaster that is certain to strike the region. Nobody knows precisely what will happen ---- catastrophic earthquake, another epic wildfire, nuclear meltdown or terrorist strike ---- but we do know that the actions taken by local officials to protect the public are woefully inadequate.

This official failure was outlined Sunday in a special report by the North County Times.



It should be said that most of our cities have disaster plans. However, many are out of date. Others have been revamped since 9-11, but they remain riddled with poor assumptions and uncertainty.

For example, Oceanside says it is well-prepared. After all, its planners say the city, which sits near a big seismic fault, faces a three-in-five chance that a "catastrophic" earthquake will strike by 2017. Police and firefighters are ready to work special shifts, city workers are prepared to help the Red Cross house the displaced, and public works officials have backup plans to keep fresh water flowing.

On the other hand, there is no credible plan to evacuate the city if the San Onofre nuclear plant melts down. This inability to notify the public and give good advice during a disaster is endemic throughout the region.

Consider Escondido, which ---- to its great credit ---- recently took the essential step of staging disaster drills for city workers. Their most likely scenario involves sudden, severe flooding of the city's core if an earthquake or something else causes a major break in the Lake Wohlford dam, which is 111 years old.

Officials reckon that water would race down East Valley Parkway to City Hall in about 30-40 minutes. Much of the city's downtown would be under 11 feet of water in three hours.

Sounds like a lot of time, right? Well, 12 hours or more into the October 2003 wildfires, deputies were still moving door-to-door through neighborhoods trying to warn people that death was coming. Thousands never got any official warning; some were trapped for hours by fast-moving fires that blocked roads.

And yet, this door-to-door strategy is official policy in our cities and back country. County and city leaders are tinkering with "reverse 911" systems that call people with alerts.

But telephone lines would be among the first essential services to fail in a major earthquake, wildfire or flood. What are these folks thinking? It's tough to get a call through on Mother's Day; what are the odds that any surviving lines wouldn't be jammed for days?

It turns out that small volunteer groups ---- citizens taking care of their families and neighbors ---- are making the most progress. In Fallbrook and Hidden Meadows, local fire-preparedness councils have worked with safety officials to design escape routes, designate shelters, and mail maps to residents. The Hidden Meadows group has even sought grants for six warning sirens, the cheap and effective systems that civil defense officials have used since the 1950s all over the Midwest and East Coast.

In celebrating such triumphs of common sense, we do not diminish the complexity of disaster planning. Officials are rightly worried about sending people into harm's way with bad information. And the public won't tolerate major tax hikes to fund elaborate civil defense measures.

Still, homeland security became a national priority after 9-11. What happened?

Government's job is to take reasonable measures to protect the public. No system can protect everyone when the Big One hits, whatever it turns out to be. That's why officials urge families to keep enough food and water on hand to survive for three days to a week.

However, our governments are failing us in their basic responsibilities to let the public know where to go and what to do when the most likely disasters strike.

It is deeply troubling that ---- 20 years after Chernobyl, 11 years after the Northridge quake, two years after the Paradise Fire ---- our leaders are mostly just talking about disaster preparedness.

Pat writes:

I am blogging Craig's note because disaster preparedness is an issue that effects everyone regardless of where they live. Craig lives in an isolated community of San Diego's East County, and he discusses some points are unique to his locality. However, there are many parallels between the Campo/Lake Morena area and the incorporated communities located in San Diego County (San Diego City, Chula Vista, Escondido etc.) as well as as here in Baja California.

Here in the Tijuana & Rosarito Municipios the same kind of thing goes on. The only difference between disaster event planning in Baja California and the U.S. is that, here in the Baja there is no plan. Each community here is entirely dependent on its own resources in the aftermath of an event such as an earthquake or flooding (although a certain amount of cooperation exists at certain levels of government in the United States and the City of Tijuana/Baja California State). It's a "Katie bar the door" approach. Or to restate, the community leadership here has yet to develop the infrasructure to effectively deal with disaster events in a meaningful way (although the mayor of Rosarito has recently proposed a plan as a result of the assassination of the Chief of Police). The Mexican governmental structure (State and Federal) is traditionally not answerable to its citizens in the same manner that The U.S. or California government is. It a different system which is more centralized and insulated from citizen input.

I realize that some may not consider preparedness relevant to their situation. As an example, nieghbor of mine broke down one night on his way home from work on the Autopista between Playas and San Antonio Del Mar. He walked several miles to the guard shack at the North Gate, and was unable to call a tow truck. When he returned to his van the next morning, he found that it had been vandalized and his tools were stolen. I asked him if he had a radio or a cell phone. His answer was it was too much trouble to use these things and they cost too much money.

The nieghbor's experience was not a disaster, but it illustrates the kind of things that can go wrong when one encounters an unforeseen event or situation, and how some people resist adaptation. Typically in a disaster (or mini-disaster) there is difficulty communicating for assistance or contacting family members. Any step that can be accomplished ahead of time to implement control over a critical situation is well worth the investment. There are ways to deal with these sort of things; make your own choices ....

A MESSAGE FROM NATALIE:

PEDIATRIC HEALTH FAIR IN LA MORITA

Thank you to those of you who indicated that you would like to volunteer at (the) Pediatric Health Fair in Tijuana on December 3, 2005! For everybody else, this is a second invitation for you to participate in this unique opportunity.

In participation with officers at Camp Pendleton, the Palomar Chapter of the Flying Samaritans is helping to organize the third annual health fair in Tijuana. The mission and goals of this project are included at the end of the email.

We need your help! We need organizations and individuals to volunteer to sponsor one or two modules each. What this involves: creating visual aids and posters, developing educational activities, and presenting the health information at the health fair on December 3, 2005! We also need help with fundraising to provide food for health fair attendees.

If you are interested in participating or would like more information, please contact me at ndorwin at gmail dot com. The fair is only a month and a half away, so please let me know as soon as possible if you'd like to volunteer! Thank you!

Modules to be presented:
Nutrition
Dental Hygiene
Germs and Infectious Diseases Prevention
Vision Screening (UCSD Med Students have chosen this module)
Drug Use Prevention/Child Safety
Height/Weight Screening

There will also be 10 pediatricians seeing children, volunteers from Camp Pendleton doing diabetes screening, and nurses giving immunizations to the children. We are also entertainment for the children and food for everybody – children, parents, volunteers!

Thank you and take care!
Natalie Dorwin
ndorwin at gmail dot com


December 3, 2005 Pediatric Health Fair in La Morita, Tijuana

Mission & Objective: To educate the general population especially the young generation in all aspects of physical, psychological and social health to prevent the incidence and spread of disease.

Project Background: Tijuana is a very large city and constantly growing due to the influx of immigration not only of Mexican nationals but other Central Americans who come to Tijuana with the hope of someday crossing the border. This overflow of population has completely exhausted the already limited medical resources. There aren't enough physicians or nurses to cover the basic medical needs of those who seek medical assistance when their diseases are already at an advanced state. Physicians often become frustrated when they see patients at this advanced disease states that could have been easily prevented if they had received the proper education and prevention.

Additionally, being so close to the border many of these people eventually end up on the other side where they will eventually become a burden to the US healthcare system.

Project Goal: To hold annual Health Fairs to educate the general population of the marginal communities especially the young and adolescent who are at greater risk of contacting sexually transmitted diseases, teen pregnancy and drug abuse. Adolescents already victims of these social diseases will get referred to special local institutions for therapy and follow up treatment. By means of this annual health fair we hope to increase public awareness with respect to health issues, detection and prevention and the need to take control of their own health considering the limitations and lack of interest of the government in the healthcare needs of these rural areas. But the best measure of success with the adolescent population will be observed with a marked decrease in teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and drug use.

MAPS, DIRECTIONS, & WAYPOINTS:

Casa San Eugenio Southbound Directions
Mileages listed here are accurate, Odometer readings vary. Note the various landmarks listed and travel safe!

Mileage Notes WPT

0.00 Zero Odometer at Border Crossing - Stay in middle (or #3) lane - Follow signs to "Via Rapida" 1

0.70 If you miss Via Rapida you will see the "New Costco" at the first light - Don't Worry! New Costco

1.26 2nd light - turn left around the glorieta (round about) and get in far right lane. 3

1.43 Stop sign - Turn Right on to Via Rapida, do not go over bridge - If you made Via Rapida just continue from here. 4

1.50 Stay on the side road until the next note if you are going to the meeting place at the old Costco - Merge left into main traffic lanes if you are driving the whole way

3.55 Old Costco on right - turn into parking lot Old Costco

9.10 End of Via Rapida - T intersection - Turn Left 7

9.50 Second stop light - Turn Right - Road Sign to Tecate - Both right hand lanes turn right. 20

11.55 Get in right lane - road sign to El Florido - turn right on clover leaf exit. Stop Light - You will see a Gigante store on your left. - Continue forward 21

13.98 Stop Light - Turn Right - note Calimax Store on far left corner 18

14.26 Road forks - Stay Right 13

14.63 Stop Sign - Turn Left down hill

14.92 T intersection 4 lane divided road - Turn left up hill 17

15.63 At top of hill turn right on to dirt road. Note High Tension Tower on the right - Follow main track 14

15.75 Road forks - Stay Left

15.82 Road goes to the right - follow main track.

16.20 T intersection - Turn Right 15

16.46 Casa San Eugenio on right - Note military green painted buildings - Turn right through gate - You Made It! 16

A pediatric health fair being planned for December 3, 2005 in La Morita, Tijuana, Baja California

A planning meeting, scheduled by Natalie Dorwin, will be held Saturday morning, October 15, 10 AM, at the Tri-City hospital cafeteria, in Vista, California.

Extortion in San Antonio Del Mar




A note from Ron:

"I am aware of two SADM residents who recently have received a phone call from a man trying to extort money from them. The caller threatens to hurt them if they don't give him $5,000. One of the threatened victims called the police who did not even send anyone to investigate. Telnor was contacted but they also refused to do anything.

In such an instance having caller ID could be helpful. Personally, I'd be more comfortable with a 12 gauge that had an 18 inch barrel and was loaded with buckshot."

Arizona Near Space Research (ANSR) announcement

From:

"Douglas Nicholson"

All Southern California hams!
Your help is needed Sat OCT 8th 8:00 am!

Another record breaking flight will be attempted on Saturday October
8th as the Arizona Near Space Research (ANSR) is pleased to
announce the flight of ANSR-26. This high altitude balloon flight
will take place on Saturday, October 8th at 8:00 AM MST (1500 UTC).
The launch site will be announced closer to the flight date and will
be based on winds aloft. Launch from some location in central
Arizona.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ballooning/


The balloon will be a 1200-gram weather balloon, filled with helium.
The expected burst altitude will be 90,000 feet or more. The flight
is anticipated to last about 2.5 hours from launch to touchdown.

The flight will be an attempt to set two records as part of the
2005 Onset ARHAB (Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning Record)
competition. The portion we are attempting on this flight includes:

1. VHF/UHF Greatest Telemetry Distance (APRS on 445.950 MHz)
2. Greatest 2-way QSO (Cross Band Voice Repeater)

We need your assistance (especially distance stations) in an attempt
to set these records. VHF/UHF stations in Southern California, New
Mexico, and Colorado Mountain Tops would work best for the 2-way QSO
and telemetry attempts.

The following is the payload frequency plan:

Cross Band NB-FM Voice Repeater
Input: 145.560 MHz/162.2 Hz PL tone
Output: 445.525 MHz

APRS when repeater not in use on 445.950 MHz at 10, 20, 40, and 50
seconds UTC time via KD7LMO-11

Landing prediction after burst at 15 and 45 seconds UTC time via
KD7LMO-0

Linked to IRLP reflector 9255 * See Notes below


Pico Beacon APRS (Flight test for two Pico Beacons)
445.950 MHz packet at 0, 5, 20, 25, 30, 55 seconds UTC time via
KD7LMO-11


Our mobile cross band Digipeater will repeat the APRS data to the
144.390 MHz standard APRS frequency and thus will be I-GATED to the
Internet for out of area trackers. You track the flight using either
of the following links:

http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?kd7lmo-11
http://map.aprsworld.net/kd7lmo-11

* NOTE on IRLP reflector. When you connect, the node will report you
are connected to the Western States Reflector 925 on channel 5. This
channel has been reserved for high altitude balloon flights. Remember
to key your transmitter for 2 seconds BEFORE you begin to talk. Also,
when you join the node, please listen 10-15 seconds before
transmitting. The cross band repeater is also used for our tracking
and recovery team.

Hurricane Center information (U.S. National)

For reporting Hurricanes, Submitting Health & Welfare inquiries, accessing Emergency Radio Network frequencies, Disaster relief links, etc., go to URL:

http://www.wx4nhc.org/

Current San Diego Area Ham Radio Events

Western Intertie Network System Campout

Date: Friday, September 30, 2005
Time: All Day

Join the WIN System End of Summer Campout at Campland on the
Bay, Mission Bay, San Diego, CA. Campers will begin arriving as
early as Thursday. The big day is Saturday, October 1, 2005,
beginning with a continental breakfast, furnished by the WIN
System. The day will include games for the kids, raffles,
fellowship with members and guests, pot luck dinner (meat is
provided by the WIN System). The evening will include a live
band and dancing. A great time will be had by all. For more
information, contact Shorty K6JSI@winsystem.org, Susan
W6SLA@winsystem.org, or Nancy, wife of WB6TUG, ht8-2wt@cox.net.
Hope to see you there.
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Campo Fire Department

Open House / Spaghetti Dinner Fund Raiser

October 15th at the Firehouse, 4PM to 7PM

$4.00/adults, $2.00 / 12 and under.

Silent Auction, 4:30 to 6:30 PM, and more.

Come see the new "house" and Community Emergency Operations Center.

Disaster Preparedness Information.

Campo fire and Rescue is a 100% volunteer department!

The Campo Fire Station is at , 437 Jeb Stuart Rd, downtown Campo.












Images: Craig Williams, W6CAW

PEMEX gas cost - August 14, 2005

A gallon of regular hi-sulphur gasoline in Rosarito is approximately $2.293 U.S. dollars.

Jeep Cherokee

1991 Model: Limited, 4-door
Power steering, Power Brakes, A/C, Power Windows, AM/FM radio
Engine: 4.0L High Output Straight 6
Transmission: 4-Speed Auto
4 wheel ABS ( Anti-Lock Brake System )
Towing Package

Other: 4-Wheel Drive w/ 4 driver selected options (full time, part-time etc.) this is the older style driver selection type transfer case.
Color: White, Interior: Tan
Tires: Nearly new
License: California (renewed in July)
Mileage: 107,000 (low for its age)
Known Problems: exhaust leak, minor pan oil leak, headliner needs to be replaced, driver seat upholstery
Price: $3,000 (firm)


dueño: Harvey, K6QK
correo electrónico: <hhiller1@san.rr.com>

tel: 001.858.292.7623
(colonia en San Diego es Tierra Santa)

Info from Dennis, N6KI

Tools for Maintenance & Reliability Workshop in Cleveland, Ohio
October 3-5

Outline & information at URL:

http://www.lean2005.com/PDF/lean2005.pdf

DIF* ROSARITO


“FROM THE BOTTOM OF YOUR HEART”

3RD ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT



DATE: SUNDAY, August 14

TIMES: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with REGISTRATION at 7 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.

COST: $150 USD or $500 USD for groups of four players

PLACE: Real del Mar, km 19.5 on the Tijuana-Ensenada Toll Road.



Trophies will be awarded to the first three places and a brand new car to a Hole-in-One in hole number 6, plus many more prizes. For the first time a mini tournament for children of ages up to twelve years, accompanied by their parents, will be held starting at noon with toys as prizes. After the tournament, a delicious Mexican buffet will be served along with many raffles.



The office of "DIF", a municipal non-profit organization for the integral development of families of Playas de Rosarito, headed by our first lady Ms. Maria Ana Medina de Macias, wife of our city mayor, has organized their 3rd annual golf tournament in benefit of DIF programs.


Our goal for this event is to raise funds, involving the government, businesses, and people in general, interested in improving the quality of life of those who need us the most through the programs that DIF Rosarito has for seniors, teenage mothers, abused children, battered women and poor families of our city.



We ask your support to extend this invitation to your friends and fellow workers. Thank you for your cooperation and your disposition to help us in our mission to help the poor families in our city.



For information/registration please call:

DIF ROSARITO: 661.612.6735, FAX 661.612.6077/661.612.6082 (if calling from USA, use prefix 011.52) or e-mail: dif_rosarito@hotmail.com



Mrs. María Ana Medina de Macías

President of DIF Rosarito

*(DIF-Systema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia)

'ICE" CAMPAIGN UPDATE

ICE IS NOT A SCAM - VODAFONE

Vodafone have moved to reassure customers that putting ICE (In Case of Emergency) in your mobile phone will NOT cause a problem.

A spokesman for the company said it helped the East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust launch the initiative earlier this year.

Updated "ICE" program information at URL: http://www.eastanglianambulance.com/default.asp

'ICE" ACTUALIZACIÓN DE CAMPAÑA

ICE NO ES UNA TIMO - VODAFONE

El Compania Vodafone se ha movido para tranquilizar a clientes que la puesta del "ICE" (en Caso de la Emergencia) en su teléfono móvil no causará un problema.

Un portavoz de la compañía dijo que esto ayudó a la Ambulancia de Anglian del este la Confianza de NHS lanza la iniciativa antes este año.

Información de programa "de ICE" actualizada en URL: http: // www.eastanglianambulance.com/default.asp

Jack Gerritsen ex-KG6IRO - "Ding Dong the Witch is dead! The Wicked Witch is dead! Let's hope the Witch STAYS dead!"

Dennis-N6KI

Re: State of California, v. Jack Gerritsen. Case# 5RH02481

On July 13, 2005 at Rio Hondo Superior Court El Monte Division, Gerritsen was sentenced to 120 days in State Prison and given 3 years probation for making threats over the 145.440 N6USO repeater (on Sunset Ridge, near Claremont and Pomona, California). The jury had taken one-half hour to reach a verdict on the case.

Fortunately, his criminal activities on both sides of the international border have now been stopped. He is scheduled for a Federal trial in October for additional charges related to radio-jamming.

A letter from the Deputy District Attorney who prosecuted the case appears below the Spanish translation:

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En el 13 de julio de 2005 en Rio Hondo, la División de Tribunal Superior, el Gerritsen fue sentenciado a 120 días en la prisión estatal y dada 3 años de libertad condicional para hacer las amenazas sobre el 145,440 MHz. repetidor N6USO (en Sunset Ridge, cercano Claremont y Pomona, California). El jurado había tomado un medio hora de alcanzar un juicio en el caso.

Afortunadamente, sus actividades criminales en ambos lados de la frontera internacional ahora se han parado. El es planificado para un proceso Corte Federal en octubre para cargos adicionales relacionados a atascar las radiofrecuencias.

Para su información, una carta del deputado del Ministro de Justicia que procesó el caso es incluida:

"To all HAM's who lent their generous support, About the only thing more plesant for me than securing a conviction in the trial of Jack Gerritsen was the tremendous support received from all of you, either through your testimony, your appearance at the sentencing, and/or your emails. It made this case and the effort that the prosecution team expended all the more worth it. I learned a great deal about 'HAM' radio through this trial. One thing I learned is that there are a great deal of hard-working, civic minded HAM operators out there. The sad reality is that people like Jack Gerritsen seem to ruin it for a whole lot of good people. It is extremely unfortunate that at times he has had success in making HAM radio more difficult to enjoy and to use. But it's certainly time this conduct came to a screeching halt.

While it is unfortunate that Mr. Gerritsen was only subject to six months of confinement for his conduct, there is still hope. As many of you know, Mr. Gerritsen is set to stand trial in federal court in early October. He will again be representing himself. But this time the stakes will be much higher. I am writing both to thank you for the assistance you gave me, but also to encourage you to attend as much of the federal proceedings as you can (downtown Los Angeles federal district court building).

Mr. Gerritsen was duly tried and properly convicted in state court. I expect the same to happen in federal court where Mr. Gerritsen will again receive a fair trial before 12 members of our community. What I cannot stress enough, however is how important it is to have a HAM presence during the trial.

Even I, after some time preparing for this case, lost sight of the fact that a great deal of the general public does not understand and/or appreciate HAM radio. And the general public certainly does not understand the extent of the terror Mr. Gerritsen has unleashed on amateur radio. Your presence and your support at every stage of the federal trial is important. I can't tell you that all of it will be interesting, but I can tell you it will be important. And knowing Jack Gerritsen as well as I now do, I'm willing to bet you that his case will go to jury trial.

Your support can help see that he is fairly and justly convicted again. I want to thank in particular the following persons without whom this case would not have ended so successfully:

1. Ron Stucker
2. Don Walker
3. John DeGennaro
4. Burton Brink
5. Dan Welch

All of these gentlemen were very patient with me and because of that patience, justice prevailed. We all owe them thank yous. Feel free to contact me if you have any further questions. Looking forward to getting a license (unlike someone we all know) I am, Very Truly Yours,

Russell L. Moore
Deputy District Attorney
County of Los Angeles El Monte Area
Office(626)350-4591"
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The following is a statement by Ronald J. Stucker, W6RJS, regarding this matter:

"To all Licensed Amateur Radio Operator's (sic) and all involved in the matter of The People of the State of California, V. Jack Gerritsen. Case# 5RH02481. On April 8, 2005 on the 145.440 N6USO repeater, Jack Gerritsen made a terrorist threat against my life and my daughter. I left the repeater and made a complaint to the local Sheriff's Department. Later that day I returned to the 447.920 KD6LVP repeater owned by Mike Steiner to turn it back on and make a call. I was asked previously by K6JPS Jim Schellin Trustee of said repeater to be a control operator because of Jacks (sic) continued terrorism. Before I could shut the repeater back down Jack threatened me again stating that he looked up my call sign on qrz.com, he had my address and was on his way over to my home. He also stated nice picture of you and your daughter, will she be there too? I put another call to the Sheriff's department to ask for protection.

The Deputy returned to my residence and camped out hidden for almost two hours. Long story short, Jack Gerritsen was convicted of said terrorist threat today. He was incarcerated and bail was set at one hundred thousand. This is great news for all in the ham community Jack has terrorized for over five years now making terrorist threats, jamming ham radio repeaters, nets, ect. Jack also has transmitted prerecorded political and religious messages (Illegal Broadcasting) criticizing our presidents and religious leaders. He has done this all even jamming a children's net using said vulgar language. I know this is just the beginning of Jacks (sic) new court cases.

He was out on bail till today for his arrest on May 5, 2005 bye (sic) the FBI assisted by the FCC on Communications Violations. I hope this news makes US. Amateur Radio Operators all over feel better about our legal system and our rights as operators. Justice was served today in this Jury trial. It only took the Jury thirty minutes to deliberate a guilty verdict.

I thank them for seeing the truth, not feeling sorry for him and not allowing Jack to confuse them about irrelevant questions about ham radio and how he was the victim being jammed. The District Attorney instructed the Jury to focus on "The Charge! The Charge! The Charge! "The crime, the terrorist threat ect. All through this trial Jack insisted that he had a valid license to talk on ham radio and this was a just another conspiracy to silence his freedom of speech.

I would like to give a special thanks to the following:

1. District Attorney Rusty Moore, for working so hard and doing so much research.
2. Don Walker KF6QQC for taking time out of his busy work schedule testifying.
3. John De Genaro KF6QHN for taking time out of his busy work schedule testifying.
4. Deputy Burton Brink N6USO for his testimony, hard work.
5. And all others involved in this matter.

Thank you all again! This was a great day for Amateur Radio! Ex-KG6IRO Jack Gerritsen the TERRORIST is being sentenced on July 13, 2005, 9:00 AM at Rio Hondo Superior Court El Monte Division Department 4. The address is 11234 Valley Blvd, El Monte, CA 91731

(IMPORTANT) District Attorney Rusty Moore instructed me to flood said court room on Jack (sic) Sentencing date. I ask that all victims, Ham Radio Operators, ect, (sic) to Please show up and show support on this day and time.

Sincerely and Thanks, Ronald J. Stucker W6RJS

P.S. You all have my permission to forward this email to Licensed Amateur Radio Operators.

A good restaurant in Rosarito?

I know it's hard to believe, but the grapevine says that "KAPTAIN JACK'S" is excellent. It is located at the Don Luis Hotel, the site of the former Restaurante El Jardin, on Bulevar Benito Juárez.

My thanks to BJ Carpenter for this information.

A menu and other details are at URL:
http://www.kaptainjacks.com/pages/1/index.htm

Volume I, Issue 4 – July 2005

CUOTA PUEDE SER PAGADA EN LA OFICINA “YOU NAME IT” EN LA ENTRADA DE SAN ANTONIO DEL MAR DEL POR EL LADO SUR. Para mas informacion de las cuotas hable con: Dennis Albright - 631-3622

LOS PROPIETARIOS DE SAN ANTONIO DEL MAR ELECTO CINCO NUEVOS MIEMBROS A LA MESA DIRECTIVA - Una bienvenida fue dada a los nuevos miembros de la mesa directiva que graciosamente acordaron a dar su tiempo y talento a La Mesa de directivas de SADM. Estos nuevos miembros de la mesa incluyen a William (Bill) Maragno, Marvin Standsberry, quiénes fueron provisionalmente designados por La Mesa a principios de Junio y confirmados unánimemente por la reunión el dia Junio 25, 2005. Otros miembros que se ofrecieron para unir con La Mesa y fueron decididos por el voto unánime incluido: Dennis Albright, Joel Rosales y Nishmet Carmedy. Otroso miembros de La Mesa incluyen Clara Anderson, Art Caines y Ed Monroe.

SEGURIDAD - El grupo de Seguridad “Vigilante” asume la seguridad en San Antonio. Los coches de patrulla de “Vigilante” fueron mostrados en SADM el dia de la Reunión General.

NUEVAS ETIQUETAS ADHESIVAS DE COCHE DISPONIBLES A TODOS LOS MIEMBROS PAGADOS DE SADM - Los coches con las nuevas etiquetas pegadas a la ventana de su caro a lado izquierdo serán inmediatamente reconocidos por las fuerzas de seguridad y permitidos entrar. Los coches sin las etiquetas tendrán que llevar tiempo para identificarse y mostrar ID y la prueba de razon de entrar a SADM antes de ser permitido entrar por las puertas. Estas etiquetas están disponibles a todos los miembros pagados de nuestra comunidad. Estas etiquetas estan marcadas 2005 y serán cambiadas cada año y continúan ano por ano. Este procedimiento es solamente uno de muchos nuevos cambios designados para mejorar la seguridad en San Antonio. Este puede reducir la marcha de la entrada y salir un poco pero esperamos que todos sean cooperativos en saber que estos procedimientos son diseñados para ayudar en la protección de todos los propietarios, residentes y invitados a San Antonio De Mar. La cuota puede ser pagada en la ofician “You Name It” por la entrada del sur de SADM.

CAPITANES DE CUADRA - En la Junta Generale de Junio, la idea de designar a Capitanes de cuadra fue sugerida. Los Capitanes de cuadra se juntan sobre grupos para vigilar la vecindad, como un modo de que los residentes de SADM participan en la vigilancia de el comunidad. Activamente implicado en esfuerzos de prevención de crimen, cambiando information entre vecinos de crimens que pasan en SADM un modo bueno de conservarse en la comunicación directamente con la Mesa directiva. A los residentes que ofrescan los servicios de Capitanes de Cuadra pueden llamar a cualquier miembro de La Mesa, o yendo a nuestro sitio Web “www.mysadam.com”, y ofreciéndose por la página. Después de el entreniamento, los Capitanes de Cuadra desarrollarán un sistema de comunicación de vecindad para distribuir la información vital y luego transmitir estas preocupaciones a la Compañía de Seguridad y La Mesa. Uniéndonos juntos, lograremos una comunidad mas segura en SADM. Por favor ofrézcase! Jim y Lorey Welch (nuestro primer voluntario para ser Capitanes) han sido Capitanes de Cuadro muchos años en San Diego. Ellos aprendieron de su experiencia que la creación de Capitanes de Cuadro para San Antonio Del Mar será muy provechosa en la conservación de nuestra comunidad. En su residencia anterior, ellos tuvieron resultados de menos delitos en su comunidad en San Diego por más de 80% en un año!. Ellos son más que complaciente a trabajar con sus vecinos para conservar la seguridad en San Antonio Del Mar y hacerlo un mejor lugar para todas las familias. Ellos dan la bienvenida a alguien que está interesado en este esfuerzo para toda la seguridad de su vecindad. Su recomendación a todos los ciudadanos que ven un delito en el progreso o notan la actividad sospechosa debe observar y informe a los trabajadores de seguridad en la Caseta- (6313026) o a un Capitán de Cuadro o a un miembro de La Mesa (las direcciones de correo electrónico está sobre el sitio Web). Ellos sugieren que usted no encare a un delincuente a menos que usted esté en el peligro inmediato. No queremos que nadie trate de detenar a un delincuente o la interfere con un delito en el proceso. Hable imediatamente a la seguridad. Trabajando juntos, lograremos un lugar mas securo en San Antonio Antonio Del Mar para todos nosotros.

SIGNOS DE LA CALLE - Necesitamos Ebanistas y Artistas. Alguna vez an estado perdidos por aquí? Amigos o vendedores que llaman y dicen que ellos no pueden encontrar su casa? ¿La maravilla qué algunos signos hechos de mano grandes agradables, para la calle harían para aliviar el problema? Jim Welch es un trabajador de madera que está interesado en la ayuda del diseño de signos para las calles para nuestra comunidad. Si hay alguien interesado en la ayuda del diseño y construir signos de la calle por favor póngase en contacto con Jim Welch al numero de telefono- 631-2088 o correo electrónico en bajalorey@aol.com.

FECHAS PARA NOTAR: El 1 de Julio – Deuda de cuota mensual
El 4 de Julio – Día de la Independencia Estadounidense
El 9 de Julio –Reunión de la Mesa Directiva
NOTA: los Comentarios o las sugerencias deben ser puestos por escrito “La Mesa Directiva De San Antonio del Mar Asociación de Propietarios y lo deja en el la oficina de “YOU NAME IT” por la entrada del sur.

SAN ANTONIO HOME OWNERS ELECT FIVE NEW MEMBERS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS - A rousing welcome was given to the new board members who graciously agreed to give their time and talent to San Antonio Del Mar Board of Directors. These new board members include William (Bill) Maragno, Marvin Standsberry, who were tentatively appointed by the Board in early June and confirmed unanimously by the meeting. Other members who volunteered to join the board and were elected by unanimous vote included: Dennis Albright, Joel Rosales and Nishmet Carmedy. Current Board members are Clara Anderson, Art Caines and Ed Monroe

SECURITY - “Vigilante” Security group takes over security at San Antonio. Patrol cars used for SADM were displayed at General Meeting

NEW CAR STICKERS AVAILABLE TO ALL PAID MEMBERS OF SADM - Cars with the new decals in their left windshield will be immediately recognized by the security forces and allowed to enter. Cars without the decals will have to take time to identify themselves and show ID and proof of status before being permitted to enter the gates. These decals are available to all paid up members of our community. These decals are marked 2005 and will be changed every year as times goes on. This procedure is just one of the many new changes designated to improve security at San Antonio. This may slow entrance and exit a bit but we hope all will be cooperative in knowing that these procedures are designed to aid in the protection of all homeowners, residents and visitors to San Antonio Del Mar. Dues can be paid at “YOU NAME IT” office at the south entrance.

BLOCK CAPTAINS - At the General membership meeting in June, the idea of appointing Block Captains was suggested. Block Captains would head neighborhood watch groups, as a way to keep SADM residents actively involved in crime prevention efforts, allowing information exchanges between neighbors and a good way of keeping in direct communication with the Board of Directors. Block Captains were asked to volunteer by calling any board member, or going to our web site “www.mysadam.com”, and volunteering through the “feedback” page. After training, Block Captains will develop a neighborhood communication system to distribute vital information and then relay these concerns to the Board and Security Company. By joining together, we will succeed in making SADM a safe community. Please volunteer! Jim and Lorey Welch ( our first volunteer Block Captains) have been Block Captains for many years in San Diego. They learned from their experience that the creation of Block Captains for San Antonio Del Mar will be very helpful in preserving our community. By uniting their neighborhood in their previous residence, they succeeded in dropping the crime rate in our San Diego Community by over 80% in one year! They are more than willing to work with their neighbors to preserve security in San Antonio Del Mar and make it a better place for all families. They welcome anyone who is interested in this endeavor and have many very simple helpful hints for all of you to ensure the safety of your neighborhood. Their recommendation to all citizens who see a crime in progress or notice suspicious activity is to observe and report from a place of safety. They suggest that if anyone sees some suspicious activity to report the activity to the Casita ( 6313026), to a Block Captain or to a Board member (their email addresses are on the web site.) They suggest that you not confront an offender unless you are in immediate danger. We do not want anyone to get hurt or injured trying to apprehend an offender or interfering with a crime in process. By working together, we will succeed in making San Antonio a Safer place for us all.

STREET SIGNS - Woodworkers and Artists Wanted! Ever get lost around here? Got friends or vendors who call and say they cannot find your house? Wonder what some nice, hand carved, large street signs would do to alleviate the problem? Jim Welch is a wood worker who is interested in helping design new street signs for our community. If there is anyone interested in helping design and construct such street signs please contact Jim Welch who can be contacted at 631-2088 or email at bajalorey@aol.com.

DATES TO NOTE: July 1 – monthly dues due
July 4 – U.S. Independence Day
July 9– Board meeting

NOTE: Comments and/or suggestions must be put in writing to “The Board, San Antonio del Mar Homeowners Association” and left at the “YOU NAME IT” office at the south entrance.

Carelessness

This is an allegory, a story told to illustrate what carelessness may bring, and how the Mexican system of justice works. Any similarity to actual persons is purely coincidental.

Joe was a heavy drinker. One night as he was driving home to Tijuana after a few hours at his favorite watering hole, he lost control of his car and ran over three people who were waiting for a taxi at the side of the road. They died at the scene.

Joe was sentenced to serve three years at the La Mesa State prision. After 17 months, he bought off the other half of his sentence for about $12,000. Joe learned how to work the system. He had studied Spanish, taught classes.

He is no longer boistrous and carefree, has lost too much weight; he is gaunt and almost tiny now. He has endured much recently; and he may yet face a mourning family that lost a mother and her two children.

Retold by Patrick Mullen

An apt description ....
Una descripción apropiada ....

"This (Tijuana) is not Mexico; it is a border town." Overheard

"Este (Tijuana) no es México; es una ciudad fronteriza." Oído por casualidad.

MEXICAN CRACK-DOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME ALONG THE BORDER

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20050622-9999-6m22border.html

MEXICAN JOURNALISTS ARE IN A PITILESS LANDSCAPE

http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14153

Abuse by homeowner's association

On June 8, the City of Tijuana cut down and removed the entrance gates to Punta Bandera. The home owners' association had prevented certain residents from entering the development. Apparently the city has taken these steps because the roads to Punta Bandera are public, and the home owners' association has no legal right to erect gates on them.

This information appeared in the letters to the editor section of the northern edition of the "Gringo Gazette." Details at URL: http://gringogazettenorth.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=116

RENE’S 17TH ANNUAL CHARITY BLOCK PARTY
JULY 2, 12 NOON - 7 PM, K28 ROSARITO, BAJA CALIFORNIA

ENTERTAINMENT & TOMFOOLERY

• The Grimaldos - 2004 U.S. Karaoke finalists
• Emilio Caballo - Karaoke vocalist from Rosarito
• Carol Wahl - Vocalist
• Barbara Collins and “The Grannies” - Comedic dance troupe
• Las Sirenitas - Mexican Dance troupe
• Hugo Rosales-Barba - Mariachi Troubadour

FOOD * CASH BAR * RAFFLE PRIZES * BOOTHS * FREE ADMISSION

Donations – Rene’s Block Party, P.O. Box 433220, San Ysidro, CA 92143
For information and raffle gift donations, please contact Ruby Arteaga at 661.613.1049 or Email rubyandvince at yahoo dot com

Police Release Photo Of Murder Suspect
Woman's Nude Body Found Earlier In Week


UPDATED: 12:02 pm PDT May 20, 2005

SAN DIEGO -- Police in Mexico have released a photograph of the man suspected of beating a San Diegan to death at a tourist campground in Rosarito Beach earlier this week.

Photo URL and details: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/4513021/detail.html?rss=dgo&psp=news

More than 600 people have been killed in Mexico this year by drug cartels

Alejandro Dominguez, the police chief of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, was gunned down June 9, 2005, by men firing assault rifles from a convoy of Chevrolet Suburbans nine hours after he was sworn in.

Details are at URL: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3217908

and URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/15/AR2005061502553.html/?nav=yb-t2

Mexican troops and federal police took over the city on June 13 to curb a drug war that has spiraled out of control, killing dozens.

Audio post of SAN ANTONIO DEL MAR homeowners' meeting information - click on the button:

from Pat Mullen

SADM Homeowners Meeting, Saturday, 6/25/05

10 AM in the park

Bring your own chair

Some comments have been forwarded:

"1. Why do we have a STOP sign. I realize the purpose is to stop and look before proceeding, but very few of us obey the sign. The majority of the residents and ALL of the trucks and workers who come in here, buzz right past me. I have nearly been rear-ended several times because I take the time to stop. Either enforce or eliminate.

2. Getting on the highway, headed south, there is a very deep pot hole right under the over-pass. To avoid hitting it, you must swerve, endangering the traffic coming through at 65 miles per hour. Unfortunately, the other direction is identical. There is a pot hole just before getting off the highway headed north, right before you swing around to the right and go over the bridge. This may be responsibility of Caminos y Puentes, but nothing has been done and it is a real road hazard.

3. We are destroying our cars on our potholes here. Cantil (100 block) is very hard on my car. Mercedes told me I have shot one of my shock absorbers already, and I am just waiting to ruin the other before investing in unwanted replacements. My solution is simple. Charge a toll to all business vehicles (pick-ups as well as big cement trucks, etc. ) They all come in here and take over our roads; speeding in many areas, and doing harm to the stone roads. If we charged a toll according to size of truck, the monies earned would pay for the repair of our roads, costing us nothing more. Wouldn't that be a good deal? My principal at San Ysidro Middle School said never give a complaint without some sort of solution, so...that's mine."

Amy Valenzuela

Post replies by clicking on the "comments" link, or send them to:

patrick_mullen_kb6oxxxe2 at yahoo dot com dot mx

Additional SENTRI lane at San Ysidro Port Of Entry

The additional lane has reduced the wait time for north-bound travelers to a few minutes. A fourth lane is under contruction and is scheduled to open in the next few weeks.

No additional lanes are scheduled to be built at the Otay border crossing, which has one SENTRI lane. A SENTRI lane will be installed at the Calexico crossing later this year.

SENTRI is the acronym for Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection.

Additional information can be found at the following URLs:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20050611-9999-7m11sentri.html
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/20/fast_lane_slows_to_a_crawl_along_border?mode=PF

THE DIAMOND 320A TRIBAND MOBILE ANTENNA

Has anyone had problems folding this thing over? Kim, KG6UFN, and I have tried everything short of sprinkling sacrificial chicken blood on his. Any suggestions would be welcomed at:

patrick_mullen_kb6oxxxe2 at yahoo dot com dot mx

Also, I found a nice HAM radio blog site at URL:

http://k7vo.blogspot.com/2005/03/road-trip-on-222mhz.html#comments

Border Patrol travel agents

A popular prime-time soap opera in Brazil titled "America" depicts a character who is smuggled across the U.S./Mexican border who finds a job in Miami as an exotic dancer. Because of some rather curious decisions by the U.S. Government, there now exists a enormous loophole in illegal immigration enforcement at the nation's borders. The Brazilian "telenova" is becoming a mirror of fact rather than fiction.

There is space for about 19,450 people in the immigration detention system; this is far less than the number required. U.S. immigration officials are faced with the dilemma of detaining a migrant who has criminal record or detaining one who doesn't. Mexican detainees are returned to Mexico; however, since international law does not allow sending non-Mexican detainees to Mexico, they are issued a court summons, a "notice to appear." When a detainee is given the summons it allows them to remain in the U.S. pending an immigration hearing.

In the first eight months of this federal fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, more than 85,000 migrants were apprehended. Nearly all are no-shows at their court hearings (comprehensive federal figures are not available). In essence, the summons allows the migrants to continue their journey to anywhere they want to go.

For a more detailed description of this travel service provided free of charge by the U.S. Border Patrol, see URL: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20050604-9999-1n4texas.html

A Smuggler's Life

http://www.sandiegomag.com/issues/april05/featureb0405.asp

This note was received from John Alcorn, VK2JWA (vk2jwa at bigpond dot net dot au) of the Summerland Amateur Radio Club in eastern Australia:

* * FAKE EBAY EMAILS AFTER YOUR DETAILS

If you get ANY emails pretending to be from Ebay asking for your info etc. DO NOT ANSWER THEM. Ebay NEVER asks for this info by email. Forward them complete without any alteration or comment to -spoof at ebay dot com dot au. Ebay will immediately acknowledge receipt. The same applies to PayPal. Never respond to them.

Mexicali prison director shot to death in his car

Acribillan al director del penal de Mexicali en su automóvil

English account: sanignonsandiego

La cuenta en español : eluniversal

Luis Fonseca beaten and killed in San Antonio Del Mar

Luis Fonseca, and elderly widower who lived in San Antonio, was beaten and murdered late last night in his home at 840 Calle Arrefice. Rosarito police apprehended two “skin heads” early this morning when they observed an SUV driving erratically. When they questioned the occupants, they determined that the vehicle was apparently stolen and possible contained stolen property, which led to the discovery of Fonseca’s body in San Antonio.

The San Antonio Del Mar homeowners association is apparently determining how the assailants were able to enter and exit the community. There is a homeowner’s meeting in the park on June 25th, and all homeowner’s are urged to attend.

Luis Fonseca golpeado y matado en San Antonio Del Mar

Luis Fonseca, un viudo mayor que vivió en San Antonio, fue golpeado y asesinado tarde en la noche pasada en su casa en Calle Arrefice °840. La policía de Rosarito detuvo dos “cabezas de la piel” temprano esta mañana cuando ellos observaron un SUV que conduce irregularmente. Cuando ellos preguntaron a los inquilinos, ellos determinaron que el vehículo fue por lo visto robado y se lleva propiedad possible robada, lo que condujo al descubrimiento del cuerpo de Fonseca en San Antonio.

El San Antonio que la asociación de propietarios de marzo de Del determina por lo visto como los atacantees eran capaces de entrar y salir la comunidad. Hay reunión de un propietario en el parque el 25 de junio, e impulsan todo el propietario a asistir.

Mexican Police authorities encounter increasing criminal activities along international border

Rosarito, B. Cfa., Mexico - Rosarito Police Chief Carlos Bowser was was riddled with bullets on Saturday morning, May 21, 2005, as he left his house.

Authorities detained, and later released, five suspects, and confiscated three cars in the hours following the killing.

Police found guns and masks inside the vehicles.

Bowser had been named police chief in December and vowed to eliminate drug houses in the city. He also promised to establish order within the Rosarito police Department.

Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, May 21, 2005— A federal police officer was killed in a late-night shooting Friday which left three others dead, a Mexican newspaper reported.

At about 1 a.m. along the Las Fuentes colonia, a group of federal officers was confronted by armed men driving a white Dodge Ram, which led to a 30-minute shootout with federal agents.
Pedro Moreno Feria, the federal officer killed, received a bullet wound through his arm so severe that it ruptured his heart and lungs. He was taken to a local hospital but later died as a result of his injuries, sources said.

The events unfolded as the driver of the Dodge Ram led federal police on a high-speed chase, during which shots were fired from both sides. The chase ended in front of Taller de Transportes Garza Herrera, a commercial area of Reynosa.

Once the chase ended, federal agents, with the help of other law enforcement agencies, surrounded the truck and ordered those inside to surrender, officials said. When they did not give up, agents fired several shots at the truck, killing two. The driver of the Dodge Ram ran, leading agents on a second chase in which more rounds were fired. He was later slain by his pursuers.

U.S. authorities last month reissued a warning to U.S. travelers in response to a surge in violence linked to drug trafficking in Mexico near the U.S. border. Mexican officials have said they are working to improve security in the border region, while suggesting the United States overreacted.

The Law of Unintended Consequences - la Ley de Consecuencias no Planeadas

A Rosarito municipal official has apparently sparked a lively debate in the local expatriate community that will apparently last for a long time. He has openly addressed the issue of extortion, specifically the extortion of foreigners, and has proposed a remedy, viz., putting all foreign residents on a master list. Pick your poison:

Un funcionario municipal de Rosarito ha chispeado por lo visto un discusión animado en la comunidad de los expatriados local que durará por lo visto durante mucho tiempo. Él se ha dirigido abiertamente a la cuestión de extorsión, expresamente la extorsión de extranjeros, y ha propuesto un remedio, es decir, poniendo a todos los residentes extranjeros a una lista de patrón. Escoja su veneno:

Author: Lorena GARCÍA RAMÍREZ, of "El Mexicano"newspaper
Translated by Patrick Mullen

"PLAYAS DE ROSARITO - More than 6,000 foreigners live in Playas de Rosarito; the Municipal Public Relations Office seeks to involve them in the active life of the city and to make them feel part of the locality.

Marco Antonio Corona, a city official, explained that a total of 6,200 foreign residents are registered in the office of international visitors; nevertheless they look to create a more exact census and at that time offer benefits to the registrants.

For them (the registrants) a credential will be issued which will give them access such as a legal advisor, emergency, medical care, tourist information, notary public, immigration advice, and translation services, to mention a few.

'We want to conduct a more exact census to let the foreign residents know they can count on an office to help and support them 24 hours a day.'

Corona-Bolaños indicated that various expatriate organizations exist in Playas de Rosarito, and that they (municipal officials) will approach them to present the proposition and to look at the possibility of creating a census system.

'We want to distinguish the residents from the visitors, to make them feel at home.'

In time, the act of identifying them as 'Foreigners at home' will inhibit the comission of acts of extortion by such as those in authority.

When the program would mature, the Public Relations Office is confident that the foreign residents would benefit, in an indirect manner, as promoters of Playas de Rosarito, attracting more investors, potential residents, or simply more tourists."
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PLAYAS DE ROSARITO. Más de seis mil extranjeros residen en Playas de Rosarito, mismos que la dirección de Relaciones Públicas del gobierno municipal busca involucrar en la vida activa de la ciudad y hacer quese sientan parte de la localidad.

Marco Antonio Corona, titular de dicha dependencia, explicó que son un total de 6 mil 200 residentes extranjeros los que tienen registrados en la oficina de atención a visitantes internacionales, sin embargo buscan crear un padrón más exacto y que a la vez ofrezca beneficios a los inscritos.

Para ello, expedirán una credencial que les dará acceso a servicios como asesoría legal, atención médica de emergencia, información turística, notarios públicos, asesoría migratoria y hasta los servicios de traducción, por mencionar algunos.

"Queremos disponer de un padrón más exacto para hacerles saber a los residentes extranjeros que cuentan con una oficina para ayudarlos y asesorarlos las 24 horas del día".

Corona Bolaños indicó que existen varias organizaciones de norteamericanos en Playas de Rosarito, a los que se acercarán para plantearles la propuesta y ver la posibilidad de crear un patronato.

"Queremos que el residente se distinga del visitante, hacerlos sentir que son de casa", comentó.

A su vez, el hecho de que se identifiquen como"extranjeros de casa", inhibirá la comisión de actos de extorsión por parte tanto de particulares como de autoridades.

Cuando dicho programa comience a rendir frutos, la dirección de Relaciones Públicas confía en que los residentes extranjeros fungirán, de manera indirecta, como promotores de Playas de Rosarito por lo que atraerán a más inversionistas, residentes potenciales o simplemente a más turistas."

URL:http://www.el-mexicano.com.mx/nota.aspx?idNota=120838&SeccId=4&esSecc=True(April 9, 2005)

Sr. Corona has a brave soul.

Revised entry and reentry requirements into the U.S. - bilingüe

Americans will need passports to reenter the United States from Canada, Mexico, Panama and Bermuda by 2008.

Similarly, Canadians will also have to present a passport to enter the United States. Canadians have been the only foreigners allowed to enter the United States with just a driver's license.

An announcement from the State Department, will specify that a passport or another valid travel document will have to be shown by U.S. citizens. These include a document called "Sentri" that is used for Mexico travel, or a "Nexus" for Canada travel.

Until now, Americans returning home from Canada have needed only to show a driver's license or other government-issued photo identification card.

Americans returning from Mexico, Panama, or Bermuda, currently need only a government-issued photo identification card plus proof of U.S. citizenship like an original birth or naturalization certificate.

The new rules, to be phased in by Jan. 1, 2008, were created in intelligence legislation approved last year by Congress.

These changes are being made to facilitate the identification process at U.S. Ports of entry and airports so Customs officials won't have to sift through different travel documents.
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Los americanos necesitarán pasaportes reingresar en los Estados Unidos de Canadá, de México, de Panamá, y de Bermudas, antes de 2008.

Del mismo modo, los canadienses tendrán que presentar también un pasaporte para entrar en los Estados Unidos. Los canadienses han sido los únicos extranjeros permitió entrar en los Estados Unidos con solamente un licencia de automovilista.

Un anuncio, del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, especificará que un pasaporte u otro documento de viajes válido tendrán que ser mostrados por ciudadanos estadounidenses.

Estos incluyen un documento llamado el "Sentri" que es usado para viajes de México, el "Nexus" para viajes de Canadá.

Hasta ahora, los estadounidenses que devuelven a casa de Canadá han tenido que sólo mostrar una licencia de automovilista u otro carnet de identidad de foto publicado por gobierno.

Los estadounidenses que vuelven de México, Panamá o Bermudas, actualmente necesitan sólo un carnet de identidad de foto publicado por gobierno más la prueba de la ciudadanía estadounidense como un certificado de naturalización o nacimiento original.

Las reglas nuevas, para ser sincronizadas en por enero 1, 2008, fueron creadas en la legislación de la espionaje aprobada el año pasado por el Congreso de E.U.A.

Estos cambios se hacen para facilitar el proceso de identificación en puertos de la entrada de EE.UU. y aeropuertos, así que funcionarios de Aduana no tendrán que examinar documentos diferentes de viaje.

Spring Break in Rosarito

I briefly visited Rosarito on my way back from the annual St. Patrick's buffet at Costa del Sol (south of town) Saturday afternoon. There was a huge traffic jam and hundreds of people on the sidewalks extending from the Rosarito Beach Hotel northward along Bulevar Benito Juárez as far as I could see. In the past, there have been crowds here during the holidays, but I have never seen everything come to a complete standstill like it did yesterday. If you are going to visit here during the Easter Season, please make appropriate plans.

BTW, comparisons were made between Irish food and Mexican food at the St. Patrick's event. I was told that the Mexican equivalent of corned beef is chorizo ;)

Trailer for sale

Pictures and description at URL: http://members.cox.net/bfgrelay/

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

---------------------Office of the Spokesman--------------------------------

This information is current as of today, Tue Mar 08 19:07:06 2005.

URL: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html

Casa San Eugenio Health Fair photos provided by Bill Wiederhold - WB6BFG and Ellen Utschig - N6UWW at URL: http://members.cox.net/bajaexpress/

The Greyhound solution

March 2, 2005

20 men and women arrested who are part of a National City, California gang linked to armed robbery, drug trafficking and illegal firearms activity, were arrested and are being deported according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

If history is any indicator, once returned to their country of origin, they will continue creating law enforcement issues there.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/4247570/detail.html?rss=dgo&psp=news

INTERNET RADIO LINKING PROJECT

THE FOURTH ANNUAL IRLP CONFERENCE IS SATURDAY APRIL 16 AND SUNDAY APRIL 17, 2005 IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

Less than two months until the IRLP Conference - Reserve a seat now. The hotel and I need to know if you are going to the conference. Please send the Meeting Registration form now.

http : // www dot narri dot org/Annual_IRLP_Conference dot html
http : // www dot narri dot org/2005_IRLP_Conference_Details dot html

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DEADLINES

Registration Form with full payment due now through April 5, 2005.

http : // www dot narri dot org/2005_Meeting_Registration_Form dot html

SLEEPING ROOMS: Please call the Imperial Palace Convention Desk TOLLFREE 1-800-800-2981 and mention IRLP Group Number V6584 for DeluxeRooms at $119 plus 9% tax. Ask hotel for its refund policy. Wifi Band G is available for $9.99 per 24 hr period; for details prior to check-in call 866-684-0529. Room $79 plus 9% tax two before and after conference. Reserve now for conference specials. See meeting flyer for other details.

Arrival Date Friday April 15, 2005. Check in Time 3 P.M.Departure Date Sunday April 17, 2005 Check out time is 1 P.M.

REFUND POLICY: No refunds on Meeting Registration deposits, fees or Banquet after April 8, 2005.

Please contact Kent W7AOR Western Reflector 925X, NARRIIRLP/EchoIRLP Nodes, phone 702-452-4412 or e-mail W7AOR @ NARRI dot ORG with any questions.

Women's Health Fair in La Morita, Baja California

We can use a little help from the amateur radio community this Saturday, March 5.

Casa San Eugenio will be holding a free health clinic in the La Morita settlement, east of Tijuana, Saturday morning. "Flying Samaritan" volunteers from Tijuana, Carlsbad, Camp Pendleton, and the Orange County/L.A. area will be assisting the handful of local physicians.

There are only a couple of HAMs involved in this project and we would like to monitor/coordinate the travel of the volunteers from El Florido to La Morita as well as possible. The road is a difficult dirt trail that takes many turns and it is easy for newcomers to become disoriented, or mired in mud.

Mexican HAM operators are needed to assist at the health clinic. It would be great to have Mexican operators at the Casa San Eugenio dispensary, as well as at the beginning of the road into La Morita from the paved road. Any assistance by norteamericano operators in the States would be appreciated.

There are roughly 50 American volunteers who will be crossing the border Friday night and Saturday to help us at La Morita. A capability to pass health and welfare/logistic traffic to the San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles regions, as well as between La Morita/El Florido/ and Tijuana is required. Email me at patrick_mullen @ yahoo dot com, or post at comment on this Weblog, if you can help out.

Patrick Mullen http://groups.msn.com/fencejumpers

"Perhaps it is an idle task to judge in times when action counts."

Albert Einstein

Information regarding the U.S. Army's 8th Cavalry Regiment stationed in Baghdad during the U.S. presidential election of 2004:

A Company of Soldiers

CLINCA BAJA MEDIX

Outpatient and emergency ambulance services is located near (one block east) the Rosarito Beach Hotel, Mar del Norte # 484, 24-hour phone - 661.613.1266.

Membership Health Plan information
· Call Dolly for an appointment - 661.613.0383
· A copy of the membership agreement is available at the clinic for review.
· To discuss the plan contact Hector Camacho at 661.612.1266

Clinca Baja Medix is directed by Dr. Elias Perales (former head of the Red Cross Clinic in Rosarito) who has an excellent reputation in Rosarito.

It is recommended that expatriates register with BAJAMEX even though they do not decide to enroll in the health plan. The fact that you have your medical information on file with a Mexican clinic will facilitate obtaining medical care/ambulance transportation here should you require it.

In addition, registration will provide the necessary data and examination required for a death certificate. A death certificate is required by the U.S. State Department before a body can be brought into the U.S.

"The FCC has no established procedure for measuring this radiation"

"Dear (San Diego) Union Tribune,

I am so thrilled to see your great endorsement of Broadband over Power Line(BPL) yesterday. It just further enforces my long standing belief that the UT never investigates anything anymore but just re-writes peoples press releases and prints them as fact. Especially those from SDG$E like this"Editorial" and the recent errored report of the "first" wind power farm in the back country. Consider the following.

How do you figure that our SDG$E, who is one of the highest priced power producers in the USA, is going to provide competitive pricing in broadband, an industry they know nothing about?

Do you really think they are going to invest the equipment dollars required to bring BPL to the back country? BPL is not free to implement. Cable and DSL are not in the back country because it has no economic payback for them. Unless it's 100% subsided by the rate payer what is SDG$E going to do different?

This is an old, obsolete technology. When I was in (the) industry 30 years ago BPL was going to solve all our communications problems. 30 years later they are still running "trials". Unless you assume the people responsible for making BPL work are stupid you must believe it doesn't work well.

Finally, BPL is a brute force technology that generates massive amounts of RF interference. Not only does it destroy Amateur Radio, short wave, and broadcast reception blocks from the BPL devices but it also can and has strongly interfered with military and Department of Homeland Security HF networks.

What is the "real" answer to wide range, high speed wireless? Third generation cellular and wireless. It's here, more is rolling out now andwill be in place competitively long before BPL finishes its trials.

On the off chance you want to do a real report on BPL I have included the recent Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) article below. It contains links to further information on the thus far, failed attempts by the power industry to implement BPL. There is also a primer on BPL at http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/
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From the ARRL:==>ARRL TELLS FCC TO "RECONSIDER, RESCIND AND RESTUDY" BPL ORDER

The ARRL has petitioned the FCC to take its broadband over power line (BPL)Report and Order (R&O) back to the drawing board. In a Petition forReconsideration filed February 7, the League called on the Commission to"reconsider, rescind and restudy" its October 14, 2004, adoption of new Part15 rules spelling out how BPL providers may deploy the technology on HF andlow-VHF frequencies. Asserting that the R&O fails to adequately take intoaccount the technology's potential to interfere with Amateur Radio and otherlicensed services, the League called the FCC's action to permit BPL "a grosspolicy mistake." The R&O, the ARRL said, "represents a classic case ofprejudgment" by an FCC that knew better but ignored evidence already at itsdisposal.

"It is readily apparent that the Commission long ago made up its mind thatit was going to permit BPL without substantial regulation, no matter whatthe effect of this flawed application of old technology is on licensed radioservices," the League's petition declares. The ARRL accuses FCC CommissionerMichael Powell and his four colleagues of deliberately authorizing "a spectrum pollution source" that's proven to be incompatible with existinglicensed uses of the HF spectrum.

"The Commission wanted nothing to contradict its enthusiasm about BPL," the League said, and its Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) saw to itthat evidence of the "fundamental incompatibility" between BPL and incumbent HF radio services "was suppressed, ignored or discredited." The FCC has not adjudicated a single interference complaint, the ARRL added, but has swept interference complaints under the rug.

While expressing appreciation for Commissioner Michael Copps' concernsregarding BPL's potential to interfere with Amateur Radio and his call forquick complaint resolution, the League said his admonition "has not beenheeded by either the Enforcement Bureau or the Office of Engineering andTechnology."

In the filing, which included several technical exhibits to bolster its major points, the ARRL further argued that Powell--a self-described"cheerleader" for the technology--the ARRL further argued that Powell should have recused himself from voting on the R&O. The chairman, the ARRL says,violated the FCC's own ex parte rules by attending a BPL provider's demonstration October 12, after release of the October 14 agenda. Powell "tainted this proceeding" by taking part in the demonstration, and that alone is sufficient to have the Commission vacate and reconsider its action,the ARRL alleged.

The League also said the FCC's "late and incomplete" responses to ARRL's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests fail to show any support forFCC's conclusions regarding interference to licensed services from BPL. The highly redacted information release contained nothing that supports theFCC's conclusions about BPL's interference potential and suppressed negative recommendations from its own technical investigators, the petition says. As a result, the League said, the Commission "failed to conduct impartial, reasoned rulemaking."
The Commission used an unlawful "balancing test" that weighed BPL'spurported benefits against its interference to licensed services, the League asserts, creating "a hierarchy of licensed radio services" based upon "how much interference each service deserves." The Communications Act, the League's petition points out, requires an objective determination from the outset that the likelihood of harmful interference from a proposed unlicensed service is virtually nil.
The interference mitigation rules in the R&O are both ineffective andinequitably applied, the ARRL's petition further argues. Noting the new rules do not require BPL systems to shut down in the event of interference except as "a last resort," the League said the practical effect is "that systems will never have to shut down," even if the BPL operator has not been able to remedy ongoing harmful interference to the Amateur Service. The newrules, the petition charges, accord priority to unlicensed BPL, "regardlessof the preclusive effect" or the duration of interference.
In its unanimous BPL decision, the Commission, the League says, has abandoned its fundamental obligation to avoid interference in telecommunication systems, instead requiring complainants to initiate contact with BPL providers and "beg for resolution." The ARRL petition also faults the Commission's adopted measurement standards.

The League's Petition for Reconsideration in ET Dockets 03-104 and 04-37 ison the ARRL Web site,www.arrl.org/announce/regulatory/et04-37/recon_petition/.

==>BPL LEGAL WRANGLES CONTINUE IN AUSTRIAN CITY
Local telecommunication authorities in Austria have sent a "first-step"legal notice to Linz Strom GmbH (Linz Power), calling on the utility to"take necessary technical measures" to operate its "Speed-Web" broadband over power line (BPL) system so it doesn't cause interference to other telecommunication equipment. Joseph Ibinger, who heads the UpperAustria-Salzburg field office for the Federal Ministry for Commerce,Innovation and Technology (BMVIT), told Linz Power in late December that interference mentioned in complaints is definitely coming from the utility's BPL system. From the time the BPL installation was a pilot project, radio amateurs have been among the most vocal in expressing their displeasure,blaming BPL for causing excessive interference on HF bands throughout theCity of Linz. The Austrian Amateur Transmitter Federation (ÖsterreichischerVersuchssenderverband--ÖVSV), Austria's International Amateur Radio Union(IARU) member-society, praised the action, which the utility is very likely to appeal.

"The Austrian Amateur Radio Society applauds this decision of local authorities and notes that radio users have repeatedly indicated the problem of unwanted radiation from unshielded mains wiring," said ÖVSV PresidentMichael Zwingl, OE3MZC. "The recent decision will be an example for authorities in other European countries facing similar problems in BPL trials."

In October 2003, Linz Power received a similar letter from local telecommunications authorities asking the utility to "remove the illegal interference" on the HF bands generated by the utility's BPL then-pilot project. As a result, Zwingl says, the utility took legal action against ÖVSV.
Assuming an appeal by Linz Power, the BMVIT must move Ibinger's initial response--essentially the equivalent of a warning notice or citation--up tothe next level, and it could take up to six months to resolve the matter. Zwingl says if the federal authorities affirm the local decision, they could prohibit operation of the BPL system. As it now stands, the utility was given a month to resolve the interference.

Zwingl said ÖVSV has been unable to obtain a copy of the actual decision andwas only able to obtain details of the document in January by working through a "peoples' lawyer," essentially a legal ombudsman who runs interference between the Austrian federal government and citizens.
According to legal ombudsman Peter Kostelka's report to Zwingl, the telecommunication authorities cited Linz Power's use of unshielded wiring totransport data signals, resulting in constant emissions that interfere with short wave bands as "an undesirable byproduct" of the system.

The Linz Power BPL system boasts upward of 4000 "satisfied customers" out of the 40,000 in its service area. It offers its basic service for €24 a month; a faster version goes for €42 a month, both less installation charges. Speed-Web uses Main.net BPL technology.
Zwingl said the recent official decree followed "some years of complaints and investigations" into the Linz Power BPL project.

"We put pressure on officials to not just take measurements but also to react by all legal means," he said. "It took us some time, but we never agreed with the opinion of some authorities who have made a judgment between the importance of ham radio and BPL." Zwingl maintains that Austria's telecommunication rules conform with International Telecommunication Union(ITU) regulations and "protect radio services and spectrum regardless of subjective importance."
Linz Power Executive Josef Heizinger reportedly reacted calmly to the field office decision. "We are absolutely in the right, legally, and will continuethe BPL development according to plan," he's quoted in the media. In another interview, Heizinger declared that "simultaneous problem-free operation ofBPL and Amateur Radio equipment is possible," and he blamed a small group of dissident radio amateurs for trying to discredit "this innovative ande conomical technology."
Linz Strom blames the few radio interference problems its system has caused on "defective equipment," and says it's resolved those cases promptly.

ÖVSV continues to insist that in its current form BPL--also known inGerman-speaking countries as "Internet from the Electrical Outlet"--is incompatible with HF reception.

Craig A. Williams W6CAW
Craig Williams Consulting
Campo, CA619-806-4146"

www.craigwilliams.com

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Addenda:

As of March 20, 2003, BPL (Broadband over powerline) was in one million US homes.

I found an interesting comment from the March 20, 2003, CITI Powerline III conference held at Columbia University, New York, NY*

"At issue is unintentional radiation created by the PLC signal as it travels over powerlines. PLC vendors have been vigilant about FCC Part 15 certification of all their equipment. As an industry, PLC has held that existing Part 15 standards are sufficient to regulate any interference that may be caused. But Alan Scrime, Chief of the Policy and Rules Division at OET, posed this question:

If you are doing everything right, and existing regulations are sufficient, why am I up here asking you questions?

Brett Kilbourne, Director of Regulatory Services for UPLC, had the answer:

Because there are incumbent users [of that spectrum] that you have a duty to protect.

In the PLC band of spectrum, there are established broadcast uses, including amateur radio and military applications such as radar, with which unregulated wireline services such as PLC may not interfere. And while Part 15 explicitly sets limits for point sources of radiation such as pieces of equipment, it does not address interference caused by a network of overhead or underground wires.

Speaking with Alan Scrime after the presentation, he made it clear that the FCC does not know of any PLC interference problems, has no wish to obstruct the growth of the industry. Yet, there is no denying that the heterogeneity of the power network makes it possible that some lines will unintentionally radiate the PLC signal, the cumulative effect of which is unknown. The FCC has no established procedure for measuring this radiation, and no limits to protect incumbent spectrum users. For months, said Alan, PLC vendors and organizations have promised to set up testing sites and report measurements. It has not happened, and with the industry progressing toward commercial deployment the FCC felt compelled to act. The proceeding is expected to begin this month, but has not yet been announced."

* URL: http://www.wave-report.com/other-html-files/citipowerline3.htm

Patrick Mullen