Federal Communications Commission concerning indecency on television

Federal Communications Commission concerning indecency on television


AFA is now offering a very quick and easy way for you to file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission concerning indecency on television.

The FCC is encouraging viewers to contact them concerning indecency on TV.

The form is real simple and requires little time to complete and email to the FCC.

We encourage you, when you see something indecent, obscene or profane, to take advantage of this new service.
You can file your complaint by clicking on the television graphic on the top left hand side of our website at www.afa.net. This form will be active 24/7 and will always be on the front page of www.afa.net.

AFA has worked long and hard in encouraging the FCC to make it easier for you to file a complaint. We hope you will use this form and encourage others to use it.


73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

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http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.

ARRLWeb: Indiana Tornado "Like a Thief in the Night," Ham Radio Volunteer Says

ARRLWeb: Indiana Tornado "Like a Thief in the Night," Ham Radio Volunteer Says

"Indiana Tornado 'Like a Thief in the Night,'
Ham Radio Volunteer Says

NEWINGTON, CT, Nov 11, 2005--

Amateur Radio volunteers continue to assist relief and recovery efforts in the wake of a November 6 tornado that left 22 people dead and hundreds injured.

The twister, an F3 on the Fujita scale with winds of up to 200 MPH, originated within a line of thunderstorms that struck the region during the early morning hours.

It cut a more than 40-mile swath through part of Kentucky and extreme southwestern Indiana, wiping out a section of a trailer park in Vanderburgh County where 18 of the fatalities occurred. "


73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.

Calling all hams - PittsburghLIVE.com

Calling all hams - PittsburghLIVE.com

"Calling all hams
By Mary Pickels
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, November 11, 2005


Ralph Ofchinick Jr. sat at his desk in his Harrison City home, seeking contact with other 'on the air' ham radio operators.

A volunteer named Joe was manning the East Coast Amateur Radio Service that morning. ECARS volunteers, Ofchinick said, do everything from chat with folks looking for a little conversation to call for roadside assistance for mobile users.

'Sounds like you're on the Schuylkill Expressway,' Joe told one motorist, who confirmed that he was on the Philadelphia-area roadway.

Another operator checked in from Nashua, N.H., where he said it was 38 degrees. "



73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.

Riding the sine wave - Sending data over power lines is not a new concept.

Riding the sine wave Sending data over power lines is not a new concept.

"Others weren't quite so taken with the news.

Manassas citizen, engineer, and ham (amateur-radio) enthusiast George Tarnovsky stated, 'This entire BPL system is a failure.' Tarnovsky's point focused not only on emissions from the BPL system that interfere with ham operations, but also on interference from hams and other sources to the BPL system. He continued, 'They have no ingress protection.'

Sending data over power lines is not a new concept.

The HPA (HomePlug Powerline Alliance) has for years touted power-line-based home networking, and HomePlug 1.0 products from multiple vendors offer 14-Mbps maximum data rates although actual data rates are in the 5- to 6-Mbps range. New HomePlug 1.0 Turbo products are just emerging that extend the maximum speed to 85 Mbps.

Meanwhile, the group is working on a new specification, HomePlug AV, which will focus on moving video around a home and offer 200-Mbps rates. That specification is complete, and chip samples that support HomePlug AV are due late this year."


73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.

The Austin Daily Herald: "Austin to adopt hurricane-ravaged city

The Austin Daily Herald: "Austin to adopt hurricane-ravaged city

"Austin to adopt hurricane-ravaged city
By Josh Verges/Austin Daily Herald

A committee geared toward adopting a city holds a news conference Wednesday morning at City Hall announcing that Austin has adopted Hurricane swept Wiggins, Miss. Eric Johnson photodesk@austindailyherald.com

Eleven weeks and two serious storms after Hurricane Katrina hit, Adopt-a-City organizers in Austin hope residents here havent forgotten about the survivors.

Representatives from the City of Austin, Austin Medical Center, service clubs and churches announced Wednesday that theyll be working to help the some 20,000 residents in the city of Wiggins and Stone County, Miss.

Pastor Glenn Monson of Our Saviors Lutheran Church proposed adopting a city at an Austin City Council meeting not long after the disaster. He had been invited to speak about the interfaith relief effort that followed Austins 2004 flood."



73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.

Radio operator shares another kind of ham in disasters

Radio operator shares another kind of ham in disasters

Radio operator shares another kind of ham in disasters
By LARRY AMBUEL
Special to Florida Baptist Witness
Published November 10, 2005

Most Southern Baptists know about our Florida Baptist Conventions superb efforts and accomplishments in the area of Disaster Relief.

And, most are familiar with what might be characterized as our major area of concentration--that is our ability to cook and prepare for the distribution of thousands of meals per day. If youve ever seen it, you would agree that the entire effort is quite impressive.

From the huge trucks containing the cooking equipment, including the clean up steam jennys, to the people who prepare and distribute the meals, the whole operation is awesome.

Although many of us who have participated in Disaster Relief kid from time to time about the food (oh no! not chicken and dumplings again), we are always glad when its time to eat."


73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.

Calling all hams - PittsburghLIVE.com

Calling all hams - PittsburghLIVE.com

"Calling all hams
By Mary Pickels
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, November 11, 2005

Ralph Ofchinick Jr. sat at his desk in his Harrison City home, seeking contact with other 'on the air' ham radio operators.

A volunteer named Joe was manning the East Coast Amateur Radio Service that morning. ECARS volunteers, Ofchinick said, do everything from chat with folks looking for a little conversation to call for roadside assistance for mobile users.

'Sounds like you're on the Schuylkill Expressway,' Joe told one motorist, who confirmed that he was on the Philadelphia-area roadway.

Another operator checked in from Nashua, N.H., where he said it was 38 degrees. "


73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.

DX News -- ARRL DX Bulletin #45: The ARRL EME Contest

DX News -- ARRL DX Bulletin #45: The ARRL EME Contest

"THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL EME Contest

The ARRL EME Contest, The Worked All Europe RTTY Contest, Japan International DX Phone Contest, OK/OM DX CW Contest, SARL Field Day Contest and the CQ WE (Western Electric) contest are all scheduled for this weekend. Please see November QST, page 103, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest websites for details.

NNNN
/EX
Source: W1AW Bulletin via the ARRL. "


73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.

'Broadband over Power Lines Set to Electrify the Internet Access Market' Says visiongain

'Broadband over Power Lines Set to Electrify the Internet Access Market' Says visiongain

"[November 10, 2005]
'Broadband over Power Lines Set to Electrify the Internet Access Market'

Says visiongain

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & LONDON --(Business Wire)-- Nov. 10, 2005 -- Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) is emerging as a new challenger to the dominance of DSL and cable for broadband internet access. BPL has been in development for the past ten years and is now starting to gain global market traction.

That is the finding from a new study, 'Broadband over Power Lines: Challenging existing broadband dynamics', published by industry research company, visiongain.
Also known as the 'third wire' for delivering broadband communications to users, more than 100 trials in 40 different countries worldwide since 2001 have confirmed the viability of BPL technology. The main commercial BPL networks in the EU are found in Germany, Australia and Spain.

There are also numerous trials and pilot projects currently underway in the US, where at least 10,000 users subscribe to commercial services. "


73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.

Indiana Ham Radio Volunteers Assisting in Wake of Killer Tornado:

Indiana Ham Radio Volunteers Assisting in Wake of Killer Tornado:

"SB QST ARL ARLB026
ARLB026 Indiana Ham Radio Volunteers Assisting in Wake of Killer Tornado

Indiana Section Emergency Coordinator David Pifer, N9YNF, reports Amateur Radio volunteers are assisting relief operations in the wake of a November 6 tornado that left 22 people dead and 200 injured. The twister slashed a more than 40-mile swath through part of Kentucky and extreme southwestern Indiana in the early morning hours, wiping out a section of a trailer park in Vanderburgh County where 18 of the fatalities occurred.

'Amateur radio has been involved with various aspects of the response from the beginning,' Pifer said. The Salvation Army and the American Red Cross are on the scene in the affected areas with canteen and mass-care facilities to feed and care for relief workers and tornado victims. "


73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.

BPL Isn't Dead Yet!

BPL Isn't Dead Yet!

"BPL Isn't Dead Yet!
Scott Schultz (N0IU) on November 9, 2005
View comments about this article!

So you think the ARRL is making great strides with the FCC in dealing with the interference issues caused by Broadband over Power Lines? Maybe the ARRL is focusing on the wrong government agency.

I ran across this Power Point presentation on the National Telecommunications and Information Agency's (NTIA) website. It is a presentation given by Assistant Secretary Michael Gallagher discussing Promoting Broadband Deployment Across America at the Western Telecommunications Alliance 2005 Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 7, 2005.

Today is November 9, 2005. As of two days ago, it does not appear as if BPL even has a bad cough much less is in danger of dying any time soon!

Link to the NTIA presentation: "


73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.

ARRLWeb: Dayton Hamvention Says Better Communication a Key Goal for 2006 Show

ARRLWeb: Dayton Hamvention Says Better Communication a Key Goal for 2006 Show

"Dayton Hamvention Says Better Communication a Key Goal for 2006 Show
Dayton Hamvention 2006 will return to Hara Arena May 19-21.

The main arena exhibit area is a popular gathering spot at Dayton Hamvention.

Dayton Hamvention's outside flea market always draws a crowd. [Fried Heyn, WA6WZO, Photo]

NEWINGTON, CT, Nov 9, 2005--Well in advance of the 55th Dayton Hamvention next spring, event organizers report they're implementing strategies to improve communication and provide more and better information about the show. Part of the plan is a complete makeover of the Dayton Hamvention Web site, still a work in progress. Hamvention 2006 takes place May 19-21 at Hara Arena in Trotwood, Ohio. Dayton Hamvention volunteers this past spring asked many vendors and visitors alike what they could do to improve the world's largest Amateur Radio gathering, and 'better communication' was the most common response. "

73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.