October 15, 2007 by kb3ljm.

It is with sadness that I must inform our AMSAT colleagues, of the passing away of Jean Edmond Gruau F8ZS, President of Radio Amateur Club de l’Espace and Honorary President of AMSAT-France.

Jean was the father of ARSENE radioamateur mini satellite, launched in May, 1993.

He retired a few years ago from his position as Inspecteur General of the French space agency (CNES) that he contributed to create as well as the European Space Center in Kourou, French Guyana.

Jean F8ZS was a very kind man with always a lot of good stories to tell to his visiting friends about his large experience in radio transmissions and preventive failure security in space industry.

73 de Bernard, F6BVP, AMSAT France founding President

http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/news/

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October 15, 2007 by kb3ljm.

This week, ARRL Letter readers are in luck! The ARRL’s very own Doctor, author of the popular QST column “The Doctor Is IN,” answers a question from his mailbag:

Question – Ray Fritts, KA8SYX, of Jacksonville, Florida, asks: If a piece of coaxial cable has a specified loss figure in dB per 100 feet at a given frequency, does that mean that the loss in a different length of the same cable that is a fraction of 100 feet long is the same fraction of loss?
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October 15, 2007 by kb3ljm.

Airlines may soon be asking you to ditch your paper boarding passes and instead check-in using your cellphone or BlackBerry, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The Houston Chronicle writes that “a new bar code standard” was announced Thursday by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), something that could “pave the way” to allowing customers to use cellphones and other mobile devices to check-in for flights. Several airlines -– including Continental and Southwest -– tell the Houston Chronicle they’re interested, but say the Transportation Security Administration would first have to make allowances for customers who have checked in wirelessly to pass through security without a paper boarding pass.
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October 15, 2007 by kb3ljm.

Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), received his Amateur Radio license October 8. Touré, who holds the call sign HB9EHT, is from Mali. He has a Master’s Degree in electrical engineering from the Technical Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Leningrad and a PhD from the University of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics of Moscow.

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/10/10/101/?nc=1

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October 15, 2007 by kb3ljm.

Bettye Tiemeyer, K3VRZ
October 7, 2007
It was with great sadness that we learned that Miss Bettye passed away. The familiar “This is K-3-V-R-Zed” was often heard on the repeater, along with Bettye’s good nature and kind words for all. I heard her on the repeater a week or so ago and made sure to break in to say hello, as she often did when she heard me…. We will all miss her. Bettye was 80 …

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October 15, 2007 by kb3ljm.

Louis Ehrlich, N3VSC
October 1, 2007
We were deeply saddened to learn of Lou’s passing. Although a ham and a BRATS member for a relatively short time, Lou participated in many public service events…. We will miss Lou and his dedication…

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