Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Sep 10 2020 22:40:58

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2237 for Friday, September 11, 2020

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2237 with a release date of 
Friday, September 11, 2020, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. A tower accident kills a ham in Maine. 
Reactions to a U.S. license fee proposal fill FCC website -- and a 
jury returns a guilty verdict in a ham's murder. All this and more as 
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2237 comes your way right now.

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GUILTY VERDICT IN 2018 KILLING OF CALIFORNIA AMATEUR

JIM/ANCHOR: A U.S Marine Corps lieutenant has been found guilty in 
the beating death of a well-known amateur radio operator in his 
Murrieta, California home. A Riverside County jury found First 
Lieutenant Curtis Lee Krueger guilty of assault and second-degree 
murder in the 2018 killing of Henry Allen Stange WA6RXZ, according to 
John Hall, the DA's public information officer. The ham's body was 
not located until June of 2018 when his remains were discovered in a 
shallow grave in Joshua Tree National Park. Police said the beating 
had also fractured his skull. The prosecutor said the 54-year-old 
radio operator had been in a relationship with the Marine's 
girlfriend at the time.

She pleaded guilty last year to being an accessory after the fact, 
and received a sentence of 10 months in jail and three years 
probation for the felony. Krueger is scheduled to be sentenced on 
October 16th. He faces 16 years to life in prison.

(THE PRESS ENTERPRISE, RIVERSIDE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY)

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RESCUE BY REPEATER FOR TWO U.S. HAMS

JIM/ANCHOR: Two dramatic rescues-by-repeater took place near the 
Nevada-California border in late August bringing home the reality 
that amateur radio saves lives, especially in remote areas where 
cell phones simply do not function. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, has
those details.

RALPH: Ham radio came to the aid of a critically injured motorcyclist 
in a head-on highway collision in late August. Eric Bero, KI7WHH,
called in from the scene, where the victim remained on the center 
line of Highway 89, west of Highway 395. Jim Sanders, AG6IF, heard 
the details, and called 911, staying on the air with Eric while 
highway patrol responded. The road was secured from traffic, while a 
helicopter was summoned to transport the victim.

Elsewhere, hams responded to a distress call from a radio operator 
whose vehicle got stuck on a backcountry road. According to local 
news reports, Tom Foss, K6ICE, was carrying only a day's supply of 
water and no food when his Subaru Forester became immobilized. He 
called for help on the Sierra Intermountain Emergency Radio 
Association's NV7CV repeater. His situation was reported to police by 
Rick Olson, KM6DYL, and his son, Ryan, KM6DYO, who were listening. 

Another listener, Ed Terlau, KG7ZOP, guided Tom in finding his 
location coordinates on his mobile phone, and Paul Gulbro, WA6EWV,
linked his repeater to widen the communications reach. Finally, 
search and rescue, aided by John Abrott, KD7NHC, was able to bring 
Tom to safety.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(RECORD-COURIER.COM)

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HAM DIES IN FALL FROM TOWER IN MAINE

JIM/ANCHOR: Another tragic tower accident has claimed the life of a 
ham radio operator - this time in Maine. Heather Embee, KB3TZD, 
brings us that story.

HEATHER: A ham radio operator who worked part-time as a broadcast 
engineer for WLBZ News Center Maine has become a Silent Key following 
a fatal 80-foot fall from an amateur radio tower.

A friend who was on the scene in the rural town of Union, Maine, told 
authorities that James Larner, N1ATO, was secured to the tower using 
a harness and carabiner clips. At the time of the accident on 
September 2nd, he was taking apart an antenna that was mounted on the 
tower.

James, who was 74, was no stranger to towers, having worked as an 
engineer for a number of broadcast entities in his home state.

The accident is being investigated by the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration, which will work in conjunction with the Maine 
Medical Examiner.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD.

(NEWS CENTER MAINE, WIRELESS ESTIMATOR)
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