Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2036, November 4 2016
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2036, with a release date of Friday,
November 4 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. We bring you an update on the brave hams in India,
who are monitoring suspicious signals on the border. We pay tribute to
three Silent Keys -- and if you're a fan of AM operation, you'll be glad
for some news we have from Australia. All this and more, as Amateur Radio
Newsline Report 2036 comes your way right now.
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UPDATE: AMATEURS TRACK POTENTIAL TERROR
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We begin with an update about some courageous amateurs
who have apparently made some progress tracking a potential terror
threat in India. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
JEREMY: India's Intelligence Bureau is now responding to reports from
amateur radio operators who believe they have pinpointed the region from
which suspicious radio transmissions have been intercepted. The hams
spent several days conducting around-the-clock monitoring of the signals,
which were sent at night along the border with Bangladesh.
Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA, secretary of the West Bengal Amateur Radio
Club, has been listening on VHF with club members after authorities had
expressed concerns that the transmissions might be linked to extremists
or terror activity.
A report in the Indian Express notes that the coded transmissions, heard
at night, appear to have been pinpointed as coming from the West Bengal
region of Basirhat. Basirhat has been widely viewed as a nexus for
terrorism.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
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ATTACK PLAN SUSPECTED ON HAARP FACILITY
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Two men in Georgia have been charged with plotting an
attack on the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project in Alaska,
a facility of great interest to the amateur community. Authorities
released news of the arrests as Newsline went to production. An arsenal
of weapons was also recovered that police believe were to be used in the planned
attack. The plot was discovered during an investigation of
reports that one of the suspects was engaged in selling drugs. Marmian
Grimes, a representative of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, told
the Alaska Dispatch that the research facility has faced threats before,
and was grateful Georgia authorities were alert. The authorities said the
pair had told them they were acting on directions from God.
(ARRL)
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