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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2050 for Friday, February 10, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2050 with a release date of Friday, February 10, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Hams test drive an experimental band in the U.S.
Young amateurs prepare for School Club Roundup -- and we hear from the winner of the Dave Kalter Youth DX Adventure's essay competition. All this and more
as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2050 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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TAKING 630 METERS FOR A TEST DRIVE

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We open this week's report with an update on a ham band that
is still experimental -- at least in the U.S. Until 630 meters becomes mainstream in the States as it is so many places elsewhere in the world there are always events like the Mid-Winter 630-meter Operating Activity. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Skeeter Nash N5ASH with the details of the second
such event, held earlier this month.

SKEETER: Conditions on 630 meters were average, according to Fritz Raab W1FR, coordinator of the ARRL'S 630 Meter Experimental group, but he told Amateur Radio Newsline that participants enjoyed the second annual mid-winter
activity on the band.

According to a summary from John Langridge KB5NJD, WSPR activity was at an all-time high and there were abundant trans-Pacific openings. Canadian
stations were eager participants as well on their newest band although hams
in British Columbia had complications from snow and ice conditions. A number
of stations were also active using CW and JT9.

Raab had said previously that as the solar cycle has gone into decline, MF propagation has improved, especially in the paths to VK and JA.

Now it is a matter of waiting. Countries permitting 630-meter band operation include Ireland, Switzerland, New Zealand, Finland, Canada, Poland and Bulgaria. Raab said hams in the U.S. have been hoping for the FCC to permit normal operation on 472 kHz to 479 kHz since 2004 and so they are accustomed
to sitting things out. We hope their patience pays off.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Skeeter Nash N5ASH.

(FRITZ RAAB W1FR)

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DISTINCTION FOR A YOUNG DXer

ANCHOR/STEPHEN: Meet Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO, a young ham who just qualified for a DX adventure in Costa Rica with a winning essay about ham radio's
meaning in his life. Let Amateur Radio Newsline's Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, introduce him to you.

DON: Last November YDXA, the Dave Kalter Youth DX Adventure announced an exciting essay competition for young radio amateurs between the ages of 12
and 18 describing their involvement in, personal future plans for, and importance of Amateur Radio. I am very pleased to introduce the winner,
Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO from my part of the world, New Orleans. Hi Bryant, welcome to Newsline!

BR - Hello Mr. Don, how are you?

DW - I'm well, thank you. How old are you Bryant?

BR - I'm 12 years old, about to be 13.

DW - When is your birthday?

BR - My birthday is on Saturday.

DW - Well, Happy Birthday! How long have you been a ham?

BR - One and a half years.

DW - What got you interested in ham radio?

BR - [long answer]

DW - How did you hear about the YDXA essay contest?

BR - [long answer]

DW - Tell me about how you found out that you had won the essay contest.

BR - [long answer]

DW - Quite an exciting club meeting! Now besides the trip what else was included in the prize?

BR - [gear list]

DW - And what license class are you?

BR - General studying for Extra

DW - So you can use this right now! Did you already have an HF station?

BR - Yes, ...

DW - And when is the trip to Costa Rica?

BR - August 3rd through August 8th.

DW - Very exciting! Let's plug your local club. What club is that?

BR - Jefferson Amateur Radio Club, Metairie, Louisiana

DW - Well congratulations Bryant! We want to check back with you when you
come back and we'll look for you on the air from Tango India

BR - Thank you!

DON: A very impressive young radio amateur. I've said it many times... there are way more good apples in the basket than bad and if Bryant is any
indication of the folks who are going to be running the world when we are
done with it we will be in very good hands. Congratulations Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO.

If you would like to hear my extended conversation with Bryant just click on the Extra tab on the Newsline website.

From New Orleans, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW.

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: If you know anyone who's interested in the DX adventure in August, applications are still being accepted for team members. They will
also be available at YDXA's Hamvention(r) booth in May.

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SCOUT CAMPS GET ON THE AIR

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Some other bright young hams will be on the air this month as part of Radio Scouting, as we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill
Stearns, NE4RD.

BILL'S REPORT: This week in Radio Scouting we have one activation of the
K2BSA call sign and two activations from Scout Camps on the Air.

Jeffrey Kent, KB0GVI, is the control operator for the K2BSA portable 0
station at the Old Capitol Valley District Winter Camporee at Lake Iowa State Park in Landora, IA, on February 26.

Chuck McBride, WS5ADV, is the control operator for WS5BSA at the Troop 20 Hut in Oklahoma City, OK, on February 11th. Charles will have the scouts active
on 20 through 10 m on SSB from a Yaesu Ft-840 if the bands are open.

Chuck will also be activating WS5BSA from the Chickasaw National Recreation Area on February 18th. This time they'll be active with a Yaesu FT-817 on
20m and 17m throughout the day. They will also be monitoring the SWIRA repeater system.

For more information on K2BSA and radio scouting, please visit http://www.k2bsa.net/.

For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this is Bill Stearns NE4RD.

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WORLD OF DX

Pista HA5AO is in Lesotho until February 26th as a volunteer at orphanages using the call sign 7P8EUDXF to celebrate 30 years of the European DX Foundation. He is on the air in his spare time. QSL cards go via OQRS to
HA5AO.

You can find Michael DF8AN on the air as CE0Y/DF8AN from Easter Isla nd until February 17th. Listen for him operating on CW and on Digital modes. He will move on to Juan Fernandez Island after February 21st and operate as
CE0Z/DF8AN. QSLs go via his home call.

(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)


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BREAK HERE:

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the K7MRG repeater in Prescott, Arizona on Tuesday evenings.

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HISTORY ON THE USS HORNET

ANCHOR/STEPHEN: The Ladies of the Net Radio Club KM6CIR have a big day scheduled aboard a historic World War II ship. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Damron, N8TMW has the details.

JIM: A lot of history has sailed aboard the USS Hornet Museum Ship which now makes Alameda, California its permanent home. The Naval aircraft carrier, formerly the USS Kearsage, was known in more recent decades for recovering
the Apollo 11 astronauts following their return to Earth after the first moon landing mission in 1969.

On Saturday, February 18th, the Ladies of the Net Radio Club KM6CIR will get closer to the ship's renowned history when they begin operating from the on-board radio station NB6GC beginning at 1900 UTC. The club, an informal net that meets weekday mornings on 40 meters, is based in Union City, California.

The World War II ship, which was decommissioned in 1970, has been a public museum since 1998 and it became home to the US Hornet Amateur Radio Club in 2002.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW.

(YL BEAM, QRZ.COM, USS HORNET AMATEUR RADIO CLUB)
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SAILING TOWARD SIGNALS IN SYDNEY

ANCHOR/STEPHEN: Of course, some hams would rather try for radio contact
aboard a smaller boat, like a ferry, as we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jason Daniels VK2LAW.

JASON: Ferry boats aren't exactly battleships but a few of the ones in Sydney Harbor are going to see some competetive action soon during the Sydney
Amateur Radio Ferry contest on the 12th of March. The Waverley Amateur Radio Society VK2BV is hosting its second annual ferry contest, which is a VHF/UHF event utilizing both simplex frequencies and repeaters. The competition
invites hams to contact other hams on hand-held receivers while on any of the ferries or wharves in and around Sydney Harbor.

The event takes place from 10 am to 4 pm local time. There will be a number
of honors including the coveted Worked All Ferries award. So if you're
waiting for your ship - or perhaps your ferry - to come in, consider the purchase of an Opal Card for $2.50 which permits a full day's travel on board.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.

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ROUNDING UP CONTACTS FOR SCHOOL HAM CLUBS

ANCHOR/STEPHEN: OK, hams, you have some homework to do as we hear from
Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

NEIL: School Club Roundup is just around the corner once again. It's time to support our school ham radio clubs by giving students a call on the air! The on-air activity, in a contest-like format, starts at 1300 UTC Monday,
February 13th and lasts through 2359 UTC on Friday, February 17th. Lew Malchick, N2RQ, the event's organizer from the sponsoring Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club, or LIMARC, explains the goal of School Club Roundup.

LEW: I constantly run into people who say we need new hams... young hams.
And, one of the ways to get them is to introduce them to ham radio. Get 'em
on the air. And School Club Roundup is one of the ways to get them on the
air. Schools of course are the biggest attraction, biggest multiplier in the scoring, and all of that... but It's not about the scoring, really. It's just about the experience. You will hear elementary school age kids operating
like they've been on the air for a decade. And you'll hear kids that have
never touched a microphone or [worked] a digital contact before. But the
whole idea is to give them the experience. And hopefully, sow the seeds of
some new operators.

NEIL: In order for the kids to operate, they need some stations to contact.

LEW: If we depended only on the schools talking to other schools, it
wouldn't be very much. You get on the air especially with the recent conditions, you're not going to make that many contacts. So we need the individuals. We want everyone to get on and have some fun! And so, we have that opportunity. The other thing we'd like, since we've had some complaints in recent years, is for individual operators and maybe some net people and stuff like that, to be courteous. Recognize that a lot of these operators
are very inexperienced. Give them a little slack, and be a little bit more courteous than you might otherwise be...or patient.

NEIL: For recommended frequencies and complete rules, visit www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup. And I look forward to hearing YOU on the air.

Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
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KICKER: A SPECIAL REQUEST FOR A FRIEND'S SPECIAL PROJECT

STEPHEN: And finally, we close out this week's report with a special request from a good friend, Hap Holly KC9RP, who spoke with Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun WD9GCO.

PAUL/ANCHOR: Most hams take the written word for granted. Whether it's an online article, something in QST or CQ, or perhaps a magazine article from a particular collector's club on the history of a radio.

But not everyone can do that. Take, for example, Hap Holly, KC9RP.

Hap is not only the founder of The Radio Amateur Information Network, or RAIN Report broadcast, but a longtime contributor and supporter of Newsline as
well. He's also blind. For him, capturing and presenting amateur radio information and history in audio form is not only fun, it's critical. That is also the reason that he records every forum speaker at Dayton every year and presents them later in his broadcast.

I recently spoke to Hap about RAIN and a specific project he needs help with:

HAP: I am concerned that, as time goes on, we are losing more and more of our radio "pioneers." After all, we just lost one of my mentors, Bill Pasternak, co-founder of Newsline, last year and every year it seems that there are more and more of those who were involved with ham radio manufacturers back in the Sixties and Seventies who are becoming Silent Keys. And I want to document -
I want to archive - interviews with as many of these people as I can from manufacturers who are no longer around. I.E., Hammarlund, National, Heathkit, Lafayette, Allied, Gotham, Hallicrafters, you name it.

I have interviewed a few - Herb Johnson from Swan and Atlas - many back in
the early 90s - Wes Schum of Central Electronics, he's gone, and it concerns
me because I, as a blind person, do not have the access to some of this history. Oh, yeah, if you look around on the Internet enough maybe you'll
find it, but I want to have it easily accessible in audio format so folks can play it in their own ham shack, put it on a net, play it in a radio club -
that sort of thing. And that's what the RAIN Report is for.

PAUL/ANCHOR: We here at Amateur Radio Newsline agree with Hap that it's important to document the history of our hobby, and we also feel that is best served by speaking directly with the people who were involved with that history.

If you can help Hap with information or a contact, please visit the newly-redesigned website at www.therainreport.com. If you're interested in listening to or carrying RAIN:

HAP: The RAIN Report does update every week, usually on Saturday. And anyone can transmit it on amateur radio - you don't have to ask me for permission - and there is a break in the middle, of course because it's formatted to be transmitted by amateur radio.

PAUL: We appreciate all that Hap has done for Newsline over the years, and
we'd like to help him, too.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; Dave Kalter Youth DX Adventure; Fritz Raab W1FR; Hap Holly and the RAIN Report; Irish
Radio Transmitters Society; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ.COM; South African
Radio League; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; USS Hornet Amateur Radio Club; the Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW
Shortwave; the YL Beam Newsletter; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford N8WB in Wadsworth, Ohio saying 73
and as always we thank you for listening.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2051, February 17th, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2051 with a release date of Friday, February 17th, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Intensive studies of the ionosphere are resuming at last at a high-profile research site in Alaska. A group of DXers in the U.S. gets a ham in the North Cook Islands on the air after three decades - and shortwave listeners prepare for their 30th annual gathering. All this and
more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2051 comes your way right now.

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PAUL: We open this week's report with word that the ionosphere, the very
thing that lets us hams BE hams, is about to go back under formal scientific scrutiny this month at a former military site in Alaska. Now, of course, the study is an academic exercise, as we learn from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Damron N8TMW.

JIM'S REPORT:: The University of Alaska at Fairbanks is about to embark on
its first radio research project later this month at the High Frequency
Active Auroral Research Program site. The experiments will occur within
HAARP's transmitter tuning range of 2.7 to 10 MHz. According to university researcher Chris Fallen KL3WX, the transmissions are likely to be audible outside Alaska and may even be visibly detected within the state.

He said that if conditions are favorable, HAARP radio transmissions may also
be heard from virtually anywhere in the world using an inexpensive shortwave radio. The transmissions' exact frequencies will not be determined until
right before the experiment and will be posted on Twitter as soon as they are known. Listeners are advised to follow the site by its Twitter handle, which
is at-U-A-F-G-I (@UAFGI).

The work is being done under a grant from the National Science Foundation.
The university took over the Gakona, Alaska site 18 months ago from the U.S. Air Force, which had used the 40-acre grid of antennas and powerful array of
HF transmitters to conduct research into the properties and behavior of the ionosphere.

Later experiments will include a look at over-the-horizon radar and satellite-to-ground communications.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Damron N8TMW

(UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA, ARRL)

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NO RADIO SILENCE IN ANTARCTICA

PAUL: In another cold place, on the opposite end of the planet, hams still await signals from hams at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. There are, however, alternatives as we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY'S REPORT: The ice hasn't melted in Antarctica but there appears to be something of a thaw anyway - at least in terms of amateur radio
communications. The KC4USV operation at McMurdo Station hasn't been on the
air in two years but if you've been listening during the last few weeks you might have heard someone else - KC4AAA -- at the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South
Pole Station. Sure enough, there was activity on SSB on 40 meters. Even
though the station wasn't on the air too often during 2016, it was active in December and January and will be sending out QSL cards in March, according to the QSL Manager Larry Skilton K1IED (KAY-ONE-EYE-EE-DEE).

If you can't get through to KC4AAA, try Mikhail "Mike" Fokin, RI1AND, at Novolazarevskaya Base, Antarctica. He has been working stations in the U.S.
on 40 and 20 meters using PSK31. You also have a few more days - until the
22nd of February, to contact Oleg Neruchev, ZS1OIN/UA3HK. He is active as RI1ANN from the Russian Progress station.

Meanwhile, McMurdo Station KC4USV is waiting for a thaw of its own and K1IED requests, on its QRZ page, that hams contact the National Science Foundation and press them to put the station back on the air.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.


(THE DAILY DX, QRZ)

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THIS 'COMEBACK KID' IS AN OM

PAUL: What's more satifying as making radio contact with a ham from the North Cook Islands? How about...helping him get on the air in the first place! Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen ZL2BHF tells us that story.

JIM: There's a voice back on the HF bands, and the sound of some
well-practiced Code, coming from the North Cook Islands that some longtime
hams haven't heard in about 30 years. Pia Taraeka E51PT, also known as Papa Pia, has had his license but until recently little else to get on the air.

That all changed recently thanks to two hams from the Western Washington DX Club, W7DX. Papa Pia received a donation of radio gear from Bob Nielsen N7XY. Another club member, Bengt-Erik Norum K7ADD/E51AMF, who has been active from the region on a DXpedition, helped get the shack up and running again. The DX Club is one of the West Coast's largest, most active radio clubs on the West Coast.

Now Papa Pia can resume a radio career that began in 1962 when he was
employed as a radio operator for the Cook Island and New Zealand governments. His amateur radio activity ended in 1984, he says in his QRZ profile.

He's back now, so be listening for him and please note - if you contact him,
he only accepts QSL cards mailed directly to him.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.


(THE DAILY DX, COOK ISLANDS NEWS)

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HONORING A HEROIC HAM AND HIS CREW

PAUL: There is a movement to honor the heroic and quick-thinking actions of
one amateur radio operator and three other crew members on board a military aircraft nearly 43 years ago. We hear more from Amateur Radio Newsline's Don Wilbanks AE5DW.

DON's REPORT: On September 15th, 1974 Staff Sergeant Homer Perry K4YZJ and three other crewmen on board a C-7A aircraft serving with the 94th Tactical Airlift Wing at Dobbins Air Force Base in Georgia were on a local training mission with 13 Aeromedical personnel on board.

During the takeoff roll, the number-2 engine exploded and erupted into
flames. Unable to abort the takeoff, they continued and attempted a go-around and began shut down procedures on the number-2 engine and to extinguish the fire.

Due to a magnesium fire in the engine nacelle, practically impossible to put out, the first attempt to extinguish the fire failed. Witnesses testified seeing flames trailing as much as 100 feet behind the number-2 engine.

With an unsuccessful first attempt, the crew discharged the remaining engine fire extinguisher, also unsuccessful. The aircraft commander was able to turn the aircraft around and lined up with the opposite runway as the fire eventually self-extinguished.
The crew made a successful emergency landing and safely evacuated all
personnel on the aircraft. Investigators say that had the fire not been extinguished, the aircraft would have likely exploded in mid-flight resulting in wing separation. The rapid and decisive actions of the crew resulted in
the saving of 17 lives and a multi-million-dollar aircraft from total destruction.

There is a petition to award the crew the Distinguished Flying Cross for
their heroism. If you would like to add your name to honor Homer Perry,
K4YZJ and the rest of this brave crew please visit www.thepetitionsite.com, click browse and search for Heroism after 43 years. The detailed link can be found in the printed edition of this week's Newsline report. You can also visit the Facebook page. Facebook.com/DFCfortheC7crew.

Let's see these heroes get the recognition they deserve.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW.


http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/812/048/032/


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SHORTWAVE FEST LONG ON AMBITION

PAUL: Listen up! There's still time to register for the 30th anniversary of
the Shortwave Listeners' Fest in Pennsylvania. Amateur Radio Newsline's
Stephen Kinford N8WB has those details.

STEPHEN: The North American Shortwave Association is looking for a few good listeners. Well, more than a few, actually. Radio hobbyists are gathering in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia, from March 2nd through March 4th for the Winter SWL-Fest. They will explore scanning, satellite TV, shortwave, mediumwave and even take a look at pirate broadcasting. Attendees in the past have typically included broadcasters from Voice of America, Trans World Radio, Swiss Radio International and China
Radio International, among others. There will also be a late-night listening session on Friday, which will include a celebration of the 30th anniversary
of the SWL-Fest.

Yes there's still time to register and you can do that online. Visit swlfest.com for details.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Stephen Kinford N8WB

(NORTH AMERICAN SHORTWAVE ASSOCIATION)


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BREAK HERE:

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world including W5AW, the Big Springs Amateur Radio Club Repeater in Big Springs, Texas, on Thursdays at 8 p.m.


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NEWEST RADIO INTERFERENCE UNDER THE SUN?

PAUL/ANCHOR: Though a solar array can save some homeowners big on their
energy bills, it's very possible nearby amateurs are paying a price on the bands. If you are experiencing interference on the air and you believe the source is a nearby solar array, the Federal Communications Commission wants
to hear from you. Whether the solar setup is right next door or a few doors down, the agency would like you to document the issue and explain why you believe the solar array is the source of problem. They can then proceed with the investigation.

According to the FCC's Deborah Chen, complaints can be filed with the agency and should include any or all of the following: photographs, recordings and
any other meaningful supportive documents.

Submit your complaints on the agency website at consumercomplaints-dot-fcc-dot-gov (consumercomplaints.fcc.gov). "Consumercomplaints" is one word.

In followup contacts with the FCC, be sure to mention your complaint ticket number.

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TWO SILENT KEYS FOR THE CENTURY

PAUL: We note now the recent passing of two Silent Keys who were not just longtime radio operators but centenarians. Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee KB3TZD has the details.

HEATHER:The amateur radio world has lost two among its most senior operators. In Russia, Oleg S. Klyucharev ( pronounced 'clue-cha-rev '), U-1-A-U, became
a Silent Key the age of 102. At the time of his death on January 31st, Oleg
was an active amateur radio operator. He died only days after Charlie
Hellman, W-2-R-P, became a Silent Key in the United States at the age of 106. Oleg had been licensed since 1933 and got his present call sign the following year. A veteran of World War II, he had been a member of the Amateur Radio Association of St. Petersburg.

Charlie, who lived in New York's Hudson Valley, died on January 25th. He had been licensed for 92 years an d was honored in 2015 by the Quarter Century Wireless Association with a "90 Year Continuous Licensed" certificate award.

Another very senior radio enthusiast, a former licensed ham, died on January 28th at the age of 108. Mary Cousins was no longer active as W-1-G-S-C, but
she got her license in 1933 becoming the first woman in the state of Maine to become a ham radio operator.

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

(ARRL)

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THE WORLD OF DX


In the world of DX, it's time to look to those mountain tops, with two Summit to Summit events planned in March. The first organised by Mike 2E0YYY and Andrew VK1AD is a long path Europe to Australia event for Saturday 11 March 2017 starting at 06:30 UTC. Activity will be SSB or CW on 20 metres. The
second event planned by Pete WA7JTM and Andrew VK1AD is for the
Australia-North America path is later in the UTC day from 19:30 UTC, or
6:30am Sunday in Eastern Australia. Check reflector.sota.org.uk for details
of both events. Contacts with home stations are welcome from the SOTA activators however those contacts between the mountain peaks are very special.


Several U.S. operators are operating from Guantanamo Bay until February 24th. Be listening for KG4WV, KG4AW, KG4DY and KG4ZK. Visit each of their pages on QRZ.COM for details about QSL cards.

Alain F5OZC and Sebastien F8DQZ are operating until February 26th from the
Los Islands off the coast of Guinea. They are using the call sign 3XY3D.
Their QSL manager is F5OZC.

Listen for Eric SM1TDE who will be active as 5X8EW from Entebbe in Uganda
from February 23rd through the 26th. You can hear him on 40 meters through 10 meters using CW. Send QSL cards to his home call sign.


(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY, OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: A VERY MERRY "CHRISTMAS HAM"

PAUL: We close this week's report with the story of a newly ticketed amateur who may not be the ONLY ham on an Indian Ocean island but he might just be
its newest. Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams VK4JJW tells us his tale.

JOHN'S REPORT: He's calling himself the Christmas Ham even though it's
already February. Cliff Tindall, VK9VKL, is a new licensee who has chosen to announce his advent on the bands by posting on QRZ.COM and on his blog.

He says he's the newest ham on Christmas Island -- even if he can't get on
the air just yet.

Christmas is coming soon enough for Cliff, however, because his rig, antenna and other equipment are on their way to his remote location in the Indian Ocean, 870 miles northwest of Australia. He explains on QRZ how his
relatively remote location made a Foundation license impractical for him as a DXer, so he studied even more intensely to qualify for a Standard ticket.

It's challenging and lonely not having regular club meetings or an Elmer next door, so while Cliff awaits the contents of his new shack to be delivered,
he's been blogging at Vee-Kay-Nine-Vee-Kay-Ell-dot-island-dot-Cee-EX (vk9vkl.island.cx) bringing the world up to date. As of early February,
there's a G5RV enroute to be his starter antenna and a Yaesu FTDX 1200 transceiver - among all the other items on his Christmas list.

Meanwhile, he's puzzling out the slow and costly process of sending those eventual QSL cards out. For their eventual recipients, they're bound to
become Christmas cards of a very different sort.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm John Williams VK4JJW.

(QRZ, SOUTHGATE)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; Cook Islands News; The Daily DX; DX Coffee; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; North American Shortwave Association; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ.COM; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio
Show; University of Alaska; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun WD9GCO in Valparaiso Indiana saying 73
and as always we thank you for listening.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2052 for Friday, February 24, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2052 with a release date of Friday, February 24, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Hams in the UK mark a broadcast station's birth 95 years ago. Australian amateurs receive honors from the navy -- and there's
big news for the International Space Station. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2052 comes your way right now.

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NEW AMATEUR RADIO ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

JIM/ANCHOR: This week's report opens with good news for the International
Space Station: They're expecting a special delivery. It's a new radio that's been very much needed for several months now. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Mike Askins KE5CXP with the story.

MIKE's REPORT: The newest amateur radio aboard the International Space
Station is on its way: It's an Ericsson 2 meter VHF radio and it took off
from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center with the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday February 19th. Its mission? To replace the Ericcson radio that failed aboard the space station several months ago. The Ericsson will be used for contact with educational groups and schools and for amateur packet radio in the Columbus module.

Frank Bauer KA3HDO, ARISS' International Chairman, reports that the Ericsson will be installed in the Columbus module and will take the place of the UHF radio that has been used in the meantime for some school contacts and APRS packet. Frank announced in a statement that he believed ARISS was making
QUOTE "great progress on the development of the new interoperable radio
system that we hope to use to replace our aging radio infrastructure in the Columbus module and the Service module." ENDQUOTE

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins KE5CXP.


(ARISS)

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ARISS: BOOK EARLY, DON'T GET LOST IN SPACE

JIM/ANCHOR: If you're part of a school or other educational institution
that's hoping for student radio contact with the crew on board the ISS,
you'll want to plan ahead - but first you'll want to hear this report from Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

NEIL'S REPORT: Educators and school officials have only until April 15 to
apply for a chance to make radio contact with the International Space Station in 2018. ARISS is already looking to book its crew's schedule between January 1st and June 30 of next year. Applicant schools should be able to engage
large numbers of participants and show how the radio contact will be used as part of an overall education plan. As the astronauts and cosmonauts answer questions about living and working in space, students will also get to learn about space research, radio science, satellite communication and wireless technology. The contacts over FM are expected to last about 10 minutes. If
you need guidance putting your application together, ARISS has information sessions online which last about an hour. The next sessions will be on Monday March 6 at 7 p.m. Eastern Time and Tuesday March 16th at 4 p.m. Eastern Time.

For further details contact ARISS directly by emailing ariss-at-ariss-dot-org (ariss@ariss.org)

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

(ARISS)

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NAVAL HONORS FOR AUSTRALIAN AMATEURS

JIM/ANCHOR: You don't have to be in the military to receive Navy honors - not if you're one of the Australian hams who were involved in a special event marking a noted World War I battle at sea. Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams VK4JJW has that story.

JOHN'S REPORT: The Royal Australian Navy's role in WWI was a point of pride back then, even as it is now. Just ask Mike VK4QS, Alan VK4SN, Bob VK4RJ,
Peter VK4QC, Mike VK4MIK and Doc VK5BUG. The six hams, operating as VI4SEA
last November, marked the Navy's first single-ship action at sea during the
war as HMAS Sydney engaged Germany's SMS Emden. The hams' efforts were hailed in a letter their team leader received from the Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral
Tim Barrett, who said he was encouraged by amateur radio's promotion of the nation's military heritage. The team had also operated two other stations during the ANZAC centenary in 2015 -- VI4AE2 honoring the Australian
submarine at the Dardanelles in April and VI4ANZAC noting the Royal
Australian Naval Bridging Train in December.

(WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA)

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RADIO SCOUTING

JIM/ANCHOR: More Scouts are getting on the air this week, and Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Stearns NE4RD tells us where and when.

BILL'S REPORT: This week in Radio Scouting we have one activation of the
K2BSA callsign, one activation from Scout Camps on the Air, and JOTA planning.

Jeffrey Kent, KB0GVI, is the control operator for the K2BSA portable 0
station at the Old Capitol Valley District Winter Camporee at Lake Iowa State Park in Ladora, Iowa, on February 26. Look for Jeffrey on the cluster and
help make his event a success for the scouts.

Chuck McBride, WS5ADV, is the control operator for WS5BSA at the Troop 20 Hut in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on March 11th. Chuck will have the scouts active on 20 through 10 m on SSB from a Yaesu Ft-840 if the bands are open. This is
a pretty active group, and they'll be on our activation list regularly.

We're just finishing up our 9th month in the countdown to Jamboree on the
Air. If you haven't found a location, scheduled the event on the district calendar, or found some partners, now is the time to get cracking! Merit
Badge Colleges and Fairs are popping up on many districts calendar over the next few weeks, this is a prime time to recruit help, advertise your desire
to have an event (if you haven't scheduled it), or promote your event by helping with a Radio Merit Badge program.

For more information on K2BSA and radio scouting, please visit http://www.k2bsa.net/.

For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this is Bill Stearns NE4RD.

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NEWFOUNDLAND HAM BECOMES RAC'S ATLANTIC DEPUTY DIRECTOR

JIM/ANCHOR: Radio Amateurs of Canada has had a new deputy director appointed
in its Atlantic Region. He is Frank Davis VO1HP, who is known as an enthusiastic DXer on 160 meters and a contributor to a project that would bridge the Atlantic on 144 MHz using terrestrial propagation modes. Frank,
who lives in Newfoundland, has been a licensed ham for more than a half-century.

Frank's appointment took effect on February 8th. He replaces Len Morgan VE9MY of New Brunswick, who will continue on as manager of the RAC's incoming QSL bureau.

(RADIO AMATEURS OF CANADA)


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Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world including the WW8GM General
Motors Amateur Radio Club in Michigan on the club's 70cm RenCen Repeater at 443.075 MHz every Saturday at 9pm.

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CONTACT WITH THE CONCORDE

JIM/ANCHOR: The supersonic airplane known as the Concorde was taken out of service in 2003, but a Seattle-area amateur is marking the 48th anniversary
of its test flight with a special event station that begins next week. With that report is Amateur Radio Newsline's Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT.

CARYN'S REPORT: Starting on March 2, Greg Magone (Kilo-Bravo-7-Quebec-Papa-Sierra) KB7QPS, a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is celebrating the test flight of
a supersonic jet aircraft that forever changed the world's concept of air travel.

GREG: The Concorde certainly was a revolution for transatlantic jet travel.
It shrunk the number of hours for being able to cross the pond, so to speak, and it was revolutionary for that. It was a unique airplane with a unique design for a commercial aircraft. I thought that it was an important event to commemorate in the history of mankind because the Concorde was such a unique aircraft out there.

CARYN: Special Event Station Whiskey 7 Charlie is the latest installment in Greg's year-long Air, Space and Technology Operating Event. Greg will be
flying solo as the lone operator for those four days in March and he's
looking forward to hearing what hams have to say:

GREG: "I imagine many are going to comment as to whether or not they have actually flown on the Concorde and if they have not flown, certainly they
would have memories of seeing it fly in and out of airports or otherwise some other connection they have to the Concorde when they come and make contact."

CARYN: Greg himself has actually been on board the Concorde a few times, not
as a passenger but a visitor to the museum where the aircraft is on display. There's no question it has captured his imagination. Still, he does have one regret:

GREG: "I have never seen the Concorde fly, unfortunately. It would have been fun to see but I never had that opportunity."

CARYN: The Concorde gets back in the air - or rather, ON the air, between the 2nd and 6th of March, traveling this time at the speed of light courtesy of radio waves. Be listening on 20 meters around 14250 kHz. A beautiful, full-color QSL card awaits you.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT.

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HAMS HELP CELEBRATE RADIO STATION'S 95 YEARS

JIM/ANCHOR: A beloved old broadcast station came to life again in the UK, thanks to an amateur radio club with a sense of history, respect and great enthusiasm for its legacy. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY: Ninety-five years ago, radio came alive inside a small broadcast station -a former military Marconi hut - in Essex as Britain welcomed its
first regular broadcast station 2MT. The date was the 14th of February 1922
and it is considered by many to mark the birth of British broadcasting.
Earlier this month, that same historic hut rang out with different radio
sounds -- amateur radio -- as the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society
transmitted from there as station GB952MT, calling CQ to commemorate the anniversary.

Taking radio from its deep past into the digital present, club member Jim Salmon 2E0RMI also made use of an internet radio station to air vintage comedies, radio-related documentaries and other historic material during the three-day celebration, which took place the 12th through the 14th of February.

As the website for Radio Emma Toc noted,the amateurs were not looking to recreate the original station 2MT, just to celebrate it along with its spirit.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH

(THE MALDON AND BURNHAM STANDARD, CHELMSFORD AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY)

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THE WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Elvira IV3FSG is in Burkina Faso until March 13th
operating as XT2SE on CW, SSB and Digital. Her QSL Manager is IK3GES.

Listen for Lot DJ7ZG and Babs DL7AFS in Antigua where their call sign is
V21ZG through the end of their station's operation on March 26th. They are operating on all HF bands on SSB and will be uploading logs to Logbook of The World. You can get QSLs through Club Log OQRS.

Mike W0MU and Jonathan G0DVJ are in Belize until February 28th operating as V31MU and V31DV, respectively. Listen for them on SSB, CW and RTTY. Send QSL cards to the home calls.

Jonathan KK7PW is in Uganda until March 7th operating as 5X1O. Listen for him early in the morning or late in the evening on 40, 20, 15 and 10m on CW, SSB and Digital. His QSL Manager is EA5GL.

(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)

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IN SEARCH OF YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR 2017

JIM/ANCHOR: We close this week's newscast with an announcement that has long since become a treasured annual tradition at Amateur Radio Newsline: The Bill Pasternak Young Ham of the Year Award. Just as Bill helped create Newsline
for hams of the present, he believed in nurturing hams of the future. We
carry on that mission this year by inviting listeners to look around them at the promising young operators they know who are making a difference in their communities and making contributions to advance radio science. Nominees must
be 18 or younger and be a resident of the United States, its possessions or
any Canadian province. Application forms are available on our website arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. Please read the rules carefully. Applications are being accepted between Wednesday, March 1 and May 31. The award will be presented on August 19th at the Huntsville Hamfest in
Huntsville Alabama. In the weeks ahead, you'll hear some of our past winners speaking on Newslin
e, explain
ing the award's impact on their life. For now, look around you, find that deserving young ham and make that nomination.

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; ARISS; the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society; CQ Magazine; Hap Holly and the RAIN Report; Irish
Radio Transmitters Society; K2BSA; the Maldon and Burnam Standard; Ohio-Penn
DX Bulletin; QRZ.COM; Radio Amateurs of Canada; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; the YL Beam Newsletter; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron N8TMW in Charleston, West Virginia saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2017. All rights reserved.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2053 for Friday, March 3, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2053 with a release date of Friday,
March 3, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Australian hams turn a retired public bus into a classroom and ham shack. Texas amateurs donate books to inspire and
teach new licensees -- and amateur radio becomes a tool for police in
India. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2053 comes
your way right now.

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HAM RADIO ADDED TO POLICE RESOURCES IN INDIA

NEIL/ANCHOR: Our top story this week takes a look at how one police organization in India has been busy integrating amateur radio into its well-established strategy of radio response. That's going to mean more
ham radios - and more licensed hams! Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's
Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY: The Assam Police Radio Organization, which uses wireless
communication for law enforcement and crises, is working to integrate
amateur radio use more deeply into its operations, particularly for
disaster preparedness. According to a recent article in the Assam
Tribune, the strategy gained traction during a February APRO seminar on disaster response and planners said priority needed to be given to communication methods that did not rely on the existing communications
grid.

The director general of Assam's police, Mukesh Sahay, said during the
seminar that the need for more trained and licensed amateur radio
operators is paramount.

The police will be working with S. Ram Mohan VU2MYH, director of the
National Institute of Amateur Radio in Hyderabad, to develop a system.
Police in Assam have used various forms of wireless communications since
1946 and an independent communications network was expanded following
India's independence the following year. Disaster response was taken to
a new level in 2005 when the Amateur Radio Center VU2VKP was opened at
the APRO Training School.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(ASSAM TRIBUNE, ASSAM POLICE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AMATEUR RADIO)


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WORLD-CLASS PLANNING FOR HF CONTEST

NEIL/ANCHOR: Staging a world-class HF contest takes a lot of planning
and preparation, so organizers of next year's World Radiosport Team Championship in Germany can't start too soon. With some milestones
already under their belts, planners still have a few more to go -- as we
hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT.

CARYN'S REPORT: It's around 500 days to the 2018 World Radiosport Team Championship and preparations are well under way. A successful test was already performed on one of the planned sites in July 2016 and now, from
June 23rd to the 25th, several stations will be set-up and taken down in
the Jessen/Wittenberg area of North East Germany where the 2018 event
will take place.
From antenna and mast assembly through power supplies and tents,
everything will be tested to find any possible problems. The processes
for the volunteers supporting the event will be "fine tuned" and
documented so that when the pinnacle of HF contesting comes to Germany
next year all will be ready and everything will run smoothly.

For anyone wishing to help with the financing of this major event full
details of how to sponsor the event, a team or a tent can be found on
the WRTC2018 website at W R T C TWO ZEROONE EIGHT DOT D E.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT

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HELPING PROSPECTIVE HAMS, BY THE BOOK

NEIL/ANCHOR: Elmering has a long tradition in amateur radio and one
Texas club takes it so seriously, they have invested some grant money in
a special book to recruit and encourage new licensees. Let's hear more
from Amateur Radio Newsline's Skeeter Nash N5ASH.

SKEETER: Members of the Cedar Creek Amateur Radio Club K5CCL don't
consider prospective hams to be dummies - and they're not calling them dummies. They'd actually like to call them fellow hams. That's why
they're making free copies available of the ARRL book, "Ham Radio for Dummies." The Athens, Texas club believes that wide distribution of the
book to libraries and schools will give people greater access to radio knowledge and perhaps help cultivate new licensees. The book, which is
in its second edition, is by ARRL contributing editor Ward Silver N0AX.
A grant from LDG Electronics of St. Leonard, Maryland, made it possible
for the club to purchase copies and nearly every school and public
library in the tri-county area around this Texas community received a
copy from Glenn Hughes KF5CTG, a former teacher who coordinated the
project for the Cedar Creek club.

An estimated 30 copies were distributed now await their new readership
and the club hopes some VE sessions will eventually follow.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Skeeter Nash N5ASH.

(CEDAR CREEK LAKE NEWS, THE ATHENS REVIEW, CEDAR CREEK AMATEUR RADIO
CLUB BLOG)

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A WINNING WYONG FIELD DAY

NEIL/ANCHOR: Amateurs from the Central Coast of New South Wales,
Australia, had a full day recently - a VERY full day - during Field Day
at Wyong. With that story is Amateur Radio Newsline's Ed Durrant DD5LP.

ED'S REPORT: After months of preparation and hard work, the Central
Coast Amateur Radio Club's Field Day at Wyong took place Sunday, the
26th of February.

Aerial shots of the hamfest from a drone showed the car parks to be
full, in fact overflowing and lots of people walking around the flea
market.

Many positive comments have already been received regarding the variety
of topics being covered in the two, parallel lecture streams. A big vote
of thanks goes to Bob VK2AOR for putting both lecture streams together.

The ATV and DMR demonstrations on the upper floor of the race club were
well attended with all seats being filled and standing room only for the Brandmeister and DMR demos. Ian VK2HK, who ran these demonstrations,
tells me he was only able to get away for 10 minutes during the day, so
high was the interest and questions about this new digital voice mode.
Ian had to be supplied with food and drink by other club members, so
again thanks to Ian for his dedication.

Along with the DMR demonstrations, the other hits of the day were the
lecture on Space Weather from the Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology and the Drone flying demonstrations. These demonstrations
were so effective that the drone retailer left at the end of the day
with no stock left.

While lectures and demonstrations were taking place on the upper floors,
there was also lots happening at ground level with the traders and flea
market stalls getting lots of attention and the testing room busy not
only with Australian but this year also US amateur radio examinations.

For a hamfest that has been going almost 60 years, it is good to see the
CCARC expanding into new areas of interest to their visitors and having
a very successful Wyong Field Day 2017.

Through involvement of a local radio station and attendance of
youngsters from local schools, it is hoped that the message about
Amateur Radio will be passed on to a new generation of club members but
before the CCARC Field Day in 2018, the club has a lot to prepare in
it's celebrations of the club's 60th. birthday in October. Long may the
CCARC continue in its efforts of promoting Amateur Radio in "God's
Country" the Central Coast of New South Wales Australia.

For the Central Coast ARC this has been Ed DD5LP VK2JI

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NOMINATE YOUR "YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR"

NEIL: Amateur Radio Newsline would like to remind listeners that the nomination period has opened for the Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham
of the Year Award. Although we accept nominations through May 31, don't
wait too long to download your application from our website and get your documentation together to support your nominee. Young Ham candidates
must be 18 or younger and be a resident of the United States, its
possessions or any Canadian province. Application forms are available on
our website arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. Please read the rules carefully. Applications are being accepted between Wednesday, March 1
and May 31. The award will be presented on August 19th at the Huntsville Hamfest in Huntsville Alabama. Join us in helping celebrate young,
talented, community-minded amateurs by nominating a youngster you admire.

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BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur
Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including
K8SCH, the 2-meter repeater of the OhKyIn (Oh-KY-Yin) Amateur Radio
Society, on Wednesday nights following the Tech Net.

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GETTING ON BOARD THE HAM RADIO BUS

NEIL/ANCHOR: In Australia, one lifelong amateur has turned an old public
bus into a kind of school bus - the school of radio - as we hear from
Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams VK4JJW.

JOHN: An out-of-service bus sits outside town in the central Victoria community of Castlemaine, and the vehicle's not likely to be going
anywhere soon. The same can't be said for the small group of teenagers
inside: They are Castlemaine Venturers, scouts who have just begun their journey into ham radio. Their tutor, Tony Falla VK3KKP, is igniting in
them the same wonder he felt as a child.

TONY: When I was 5, my dad brought home radios from work. He was working connected with the military. I was playing with radios, dismantling them
and putting them in boxes and every weekend I would bring them out and
take them into even smaller parts. Then I went to primary school. I must
have been about 7 years old. I was next to an army training camp and the soldiers invited us all into the trucks and into the tanks to listen to headphones. We heard the whole battles, the pretend battles going on and
I think that really got me in. I remember that moment so vividly. So
when I introduce these ideas to kids these days I do see that they have
the same excitement. I just put some earplugs into my first grandchild,
she was about 5, and it was a radio station there. To see the look on
her face was amazing!

JOHN: Sometimes, Tony said, even well-taught classroom theory and radio simulation can't compete with the power of the real thing.

TONY: When we were just talking across the car park, somebody broke in
from New Zealand and we got talking to them. The scouts saw that was a
genuine contact that hadn't been set up and the scouts talked to the
chap. He was up a mountain, one thousand meters high, camped in a little
cabin with a radio and a battery. Again because they are scouts, they
knew this person was in a remote area. Chatting to us one evening
suddenly made it real again, you see. So I think what we were talking
about before, making all these examples real, not just simulating them
over Echolink or Skype, we were actually doing it for real -- and that
person was isolated! So it did tweak them as well.

JOHN: A member of the Bendigo Amateur Radio and Electronics Club, Tony
said the enthusiasm for ham radio has now gotten a bit infectious.

TONY: We've had teachers approach us and other members of the public and
we are going to be teaching the teachers hopefully. We are going to
teach the scoutmasters so they can go on and teach other scouts. We
think we should move up a level so that we don't get burned out -- but
at the same time just keep using these arguments to demonstrate why we
think it is important.

JOHN: The first group of students takes the Foundation exam this month.
We wish them luck as they ride the ham radio bus and bring more
passengers on board.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm John Williams VK4JJW.

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NEW MANAGER FOR ARRL WEST VIRGINIA SECTION

NEIL: Leadership of the ARRL's West Virginia section has just changed
hands. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Damron N8TMW tells us who's in
charge now.

JIM: Here in West Virginia, a new ARRL Section Manager has been
appointed as of March 1st. He is Morgantown attorney Dan Ringer K8WV,
and he will succeed Phillip Groves, N8SFO. Phil has served since July
2015 and is stepping down for personal reasons. Dan will fill the
remainder of the term, which concludes on September 30th. The new
two-year term for section manager begins on October 1st and nominating petitions are due at the ARRL’s Connecticut headquarters no later than
June 9th. I talked with Dan about his new position.

DAN: I took the position because first of all I have been deeply
involved in amateur radio for most of my life. I was first licensed
when I was 13 years old...and I have been involved with the ARRL during
most of that time. I was an assistant director for the Roanoke Division
for a number of years. I have been an assistant section manager for a
longer period of time. I’m an attorney so I’ve volunteered as a
volunteer counsel with the ARRL. And because I’m an attorney, I tend to
know people involved in local government so I have been a local
government liaison.

JIM: Any closing thought on our ham radio hobby?

DAN: It’s a wonderful hobby. It’s an important hobby, and it’s a useful hobby. Everybody...there’s a role for everybody in amateur radio.

JIM: That was Dan Ringer, K8WV, newly appointed WV ARRL Section Manager.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Jim Damron, N8TMW

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THE WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, listen for Makoto JI5RPT from Ogasawara Island,
operating as JD1BLY from March 7th to 10th. He'll be on 160m to 10m CW,
SSB and digital. QSLs go to the home call.

In Ghana, a group of 6 operators from the UK will be using the callsign
9G5X between the 7th and 21st of March. They will operate on all bands
from 160m to 10m. Send QSL cards via M0OXO OQRS.

Peter HA3AUI will be using the call sign J5UAP in West Africa in early
March for a few days. Listen for him on CW running 100w to a Spiderbeam.
QSL via the on-line log on cqafrica.net.

Between March 3rd and March 5th, members of the Kuala Lumpur DX Team
will sign 9M4IOTA from Tioman Island on all bands from 80 meters to 10
meters, using CW, SSB and digital modes. This will count as AS-046 for
the Islands on the Air Award. QSL manager is 9M2OOO.


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KICKER: HEARING DUBAI'S VICE PRESIDENT LOUD AND CLEAR

NEIL/ANCHOR: In our final story this week, we hear how the leader of
Dubai is sharing a message with the world via satellite -- relying on
more than just a little help from ham radio. Amateur Radio Newsline's
Graham Kemp VK4BB has those details.

GRAHAM: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai,
may not have his ham radio license, but his message is traveling far and
wide on the HF bands, the first message to be transmitted from a newly launched satellite of the United Arab Emirates.

The satellite is a Nayif-1 launched in late February from the Satish
Dhawan Space Center in India and it is Dubai's first nanosatellite. The sheikh's message, being sent out in Arabic, translates to say [QUOTE]
"The renaissance of peoples, nations and civilizations starts with
education and the future of nations starts at their schools." [ENDQUOTE]

At one school in particular, the American University of Sharjah,
engineer students worked with the space center in India to design,
build, test and operate the nanosatellite. Now the school is monitoring
it. Its main objective is to send and receive messages on amateur radio frequencies, transferring messages mainly among speakers of Arabic.

So far the sheikh's message has been heard loud and clear by hams in
Haiti, the U.S., Sweden and Spain, as the satellite flies high over the
earth at an altitude of 600 kilometers, or not quite 375 miles high. Its telemetry and transponder data are available online at the AMSAT-UK
website.

Now, if the sheikh happens to hear his own message endorsing the power
of education, perhaps he will undertake some study himself and get on
the air in a more conventional manner - as a brand new ticket.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB

(AMSAT-UK, THE UAE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER)

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Newsline. Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org.
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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG in Bloomington,
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2054 for Friday, March 10, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2054 with a release date of Friday,
March 10, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. A ham in Maine tracks down some unconventional interference. A Morse Code operator is honored for her service in World
War II -- and a Hurricane Watch Net founder becomes a Silent Key. All
this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2054 comes your way right
now.

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SHEDDING LIGHT ON AN RFI ISSUE

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our report begins this week with an RFI detective story.
We've all experienced interference on the bands - but one ham in Maine followed its trail and found a rather unconventional source. Amateur
Radio Newsline's Kent Peterson KC-ZERO-DGY (KC0DGY) spoke to him.

ROGER: It first started about three years ago I have a pan adapter and
was looking at the 160 meter band which is the band I operate most. I
noticed down at the end of the band was a strange looking signal down
there and wondered what heck was that? Then later on as the season went
on this signal gradually kept increasing.

KENT That's Roger Johnson N1RJ of Limington Maine talking about his
discovery of RFI on his favorite ham band.

ROGER I went on the web and found out it was pretty much the signature
of a switched mode power supply. I found out this was probably a a grow light. Since these grow light ballasts operate at power levels up to
thousand watts. A lot of them are ordered from the far east and have
fake FCC compliance stickers, so there's no filtering built into these
things at all.

KENT Johnson's hunt for the interference was on.

ROGER I started to do some DFing I made a SDR receiver and started
driving around until I found the guy. I went up and talked with him. A
nice young guy who was astonished to find out he was creating
interference to someone a mile away. He showed me all around his grow operation, he has a marijuana grow license and he's very proud of his operation. I got to thinking about that, I don't want to report him to
the FCC because they'll issue him to cease and desist order, he'll have
30 days solve the problem or or shut down. How is he going to solve the problem he's not an RF guy? He bought these ballasts in good faith,
but they have a false FCC sticker on them. If he goes out and buys new ballasts, there is nothing assuring him he'll not get another batch of
bad ballasts. He's providing a service and he's doing it honestly and complying with Maine law.

KENT Johnson estimated this guy could be looking at an additional
thousand dollar expense to filter his ballasts. He went on to tell me he proposed legislation to get the state to ban ballasts that produced interference. His suggestion was for out-of-compliance ballasts to be
refunded or replaced with a units that doesn'tï¿1/2t produce noise, but
that proposal died in the Maine Senate. Johnson pointed out the FCC had
about 300 field engineers back in 1960, today that number now sits at 43.

ROGER: What are the chances getting a field engineer to drive five or
six hundred miles on a complaint some ham has to interference complaint
from grow lights? I think it is nil.

ROGER: With Maine and more and more states legalizing these grow of
marijuana I can see these small time guy these are going to spring up
like mad. These things legally cannot be imported since they don't meet
the rules for conducted radiated interference. But no one is minding the store, They're bringing in these things by the thousands if these grow operations take off. It is going to get a lot worse before it gets
better. If they just keep issuing letters to these offenders, they're
going to run out of stationery pretty soon because there's going to be
too many of them.

Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Kent Peterson KC0DGY

**
WWV: THE DAY THAT TIME STOOD STILL

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Daylight Saving Time, which starts Sunday, March 12,
confuses lots of people - at least temporarily. But radio station WWV
had another issues recently with keeping. Here's Newsline's Neil Rapp
WB9VPG.

NEIL's REPORT: Radio Station WWV, operated by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology, continually transmits the current
time on several frequencies from just outside Fort Collins, Colorado.
If you tuned into WWV recently, and it seems they disappeared... well,
it wasn't another David Copperfield TV special. WWV was off the air
recently for installation of a 250 kVA backup generator. Matt Deutch,
N0RGT is the chief engineer at WWV, and explains what took place.

MATT: We've had the same diesel generator to back up WWV since 1967, 68 something like that, and it worked wonderfully for us, but over the
years it has slowly started to accumulate its problems. And the
reliability was in question. It was having trouble starting sometimes especially when we needed it, and so the division scraped together some
money and said let's get a new generator. So we've installed a new
generator. The testing isn't done quite yet. We're still in the midst
of... Cummins is gonna test it... but we've run it. We have a new
automatic transfer switch, and we're hoping to do a load test next week
and transfer it onto the building also and make sure everything works okay.

NEIL: Matt further explains what took place instead of the expected two
days of service outage that was anticipated.

MATT: That was to pull the new cable through the conduit... put in new
conduit and pull cable through it, and reconnect it to the distribution
panel. So it was just for safety measure for the workers to work on
that equipment. And it went a lot faster than we thought it would,
which is good. And so, we just had two short outages instead of the day
long outages like we had anticipated.

NEIL: So for the couple of weeks until the testing is complete, WWV is
running without a backup generator. And ironically, that's exactly the
time that an unexpected outage took place.

MATT: We did have one outage that was unscheduled. We need the
generator about once every five years. And, we did have a snow storm
last week, and one of our outages was unplanned. We didn't have a
backup generator, and sure enough we lost power. We were off the air
for about two hours without a backup generator.

NEIL: The generator will be fully functional soon, and WWV will be back
to being all time, all the time. And it sure was fun to call WWV and
ask, "What time is it?" But alas, it's happened many times before.

Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG in
Bloomington, Indiana.

**
A MEDAL FOR HER MORSE CODE

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A 90-year-old former Morse Code operator in the UK has
just been honored for her World War 2 service, as we learn from
Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY: A World War II wireless operator who used her Morse Code skills transmitting coded messages between India and England has been awarded a
war medal recognising her service. Diana O'Brien is now 90 years old.
She was 17 and her name was Diana Ballantyne when she joined the First
Aid Nursing Yeomanry in 1944. She'd decided to help the war effort even
more by learning Morse Code and working as a wireless operator.

She trained at Henley-on-Thames and Bletchley Park but was eventually
posted to India, where she worked in Delhi and then Calcutta,
transmitting coded messages back to England, supporting troops behind
enemy lines in Burma. She returned to the UK in October of 1945 and
eventually married and settled in the Lake District.

The Mayor of Shrewsbury, where Diana has lived since 2015, presented her recently with the campaign War Medal 1939-1945.

Her family told the Westmorland Gazette that her spirit for public
service stayed with her even after the war. Before moving into a
residential care home, she volunteered for a number of local
organisations, including the Women's Royal Voluntary Service, the League
of Friends at Westmorland County Hospital, the Red Cross, the Victoria
League and the Women's Institute.

And yes, her family says, she still remembers Morse Code.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(THE WESTMORLAND GAZETTE)

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Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including W4GS,
the Grand Strand Amateur Radio Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on
Sundays at 8 p.m.

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NOMINATE YOUR "YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR"

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: This is another reminder that the nomination period has
opened for Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of
the Year Award. We accept nominations through May 31. Candidates must be
18 or younger and be a resident of the United States, its possessions or
any Canadian province. Find application forms on our website
arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. The award will be presented on
August 19th at the Huntsville Hamfest in Huntsville, Alabama.

**

SHE'S A SCHOLAR - AND A TOP HAM

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Ham radio may have just helped launch the physics career
of one Indiana teenager. Here's Newsline's Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

NEIL: Maria Lysandrou, KD9BUS, is one of 150 students nationally to be
named a Coca-Cola Scholar. Maria was selected from over 86,000
applicants. The scholarship program focused mostly on community
involvement, which included her music -- and of course ham radio. The
senior at Bloomington High School South in Bloomington, Indiana, who is
the president of the Amateur Radio Club, plans to study physics next
year... partially due to her involvement in the school's ham radio
program. Maria explains how ham radio played a role in landing this
$20,000 scholarship.

MARIA: For some of the essays, they were just mainly about leadership
and how you've been a leader throughout your community... and one of my communities was that I talked about ham radio. So, I talked about how
I'm a woman in science, and how I go to my research lab and I'm one of
the only people in my astrophysics research lab. I'm the only woman in
my research lab, and it makes me want to continue to pursue science
because I want to merge that gender gap in science, especially in
physics. And so, I talked about ham radio and how during contests I'm
like one of the only women on air, and how I went to the Dayton
Hamvention. Mr. Rapp invited me to the Dayton Hamvention, and he
contacted the people there, and I actually talked at the educator
forum... at the teachers' forum. And I talked about how to get more
women in science and more women in ham radio specifically. And so, I
talked about how I hope to, in my future, to be a leader in ham radio
and be a leader for women in ham radio especially younger women.

NEIL: Maria will be making her college selection soon, as she puts the finishing touches on AP Chemistry.

Basking in the sunlight radiating off of Maria, I'm Mr. Rapp, WB9VPG
reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline.

**

K2BSA ACTIVATIONS IN LOUISIANA AND OHIO

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Radio Scouts are back on the air with more activations
this week, as we hear from Newsline's Bill Stearns NE4RD.

BILL'S REPORT: This week in Radio Scouting we have 2 activations of the
K2BSA callsign in LA and OH, 2 activations from Scout Camps on the Air,
and we're eight months out to Jamboree On The Air.

Michael Nolan, KD5MLD, will be the control operator for the K2BSA
portable 5 station at the Istrouma Area Council Centennial at Airline
Highway Parish Park in Baton Rouge, LA, on March 23rd to 26th. Michael
will be operating on Friday evening from 6pm until 10pm central, on 3905
(+ or - 5k) and on Saturday during the day from 8am to 4pm central on
7225, (+ or - 5k) or 14270 (+ or - 5k), depending on band conditions.
There will be demonstrations of CW and other digital modalities during
the celebration. Those frequencies will primarily be in the 40 & 20
meter band plans. Code will be around 10 to 13 wpm. They are expecting around 5000 scouts to attend this event.

John Baddour, KC8KI, will the control operator for the K2BSA portable 8 station at the Radio Merit Badge Midway Classes at Lorain County Joint Vocational School in Oberlin, OH, on March 25th. John will be working
with scouts on their Radio Merit Badge and will most likely be on VHF
and possibly HF for the on-air component of the program.

Gary Hinton, AC7R, will be the control operator for KJ7BSA at the Mesa District Varsity Scout Mongollon Mountainman Rendezvous at Camp Geronimo
in Payson, AZ, on March 18th. Gary will have scouts on the air on HF,
VHF, and UHF. Scouts will also be doing a Fox Hunt.

Chuck McBride, WS5ADV, will be the control operator for WS5BSA at the
Webelos Woods for Sooner District of the Last Frontier Council at John
Nichols Scout Camp in Oklahoma City, OK, on March 25th. Chuck will have
a FT-817 QRP rig on 17 and 20 meters on a half-wave dipole antenna.
This group will also be monitoring VHF and UHF.

We're eight months out for JOTA, so hopefully you've been following our countdown suggestions on our website. This month you should be
contacting your local clubs for support and personnel, and get on the
agenda at a club meeting to inform the members of what JOTA is and how
they can help. Now is also the time to register your event on the
JOTA-JOTI registration system, last year this was a slightly complicated process. So, the earlier the better to get started on that! Also, try
to look for events on the scout calendars where you can do a
demostration station.

For more information on K2BSA and radio scouting, please visit http://www.k2bsa.net/.

For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this
is Bill Stearns NE4RD.

**
HURRICANE WATCH NET'S DON KAY K0IND, SK

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A founding member of the Hurricane Watch Net has become
a Silent Key, as we hear from Newsline's Mike Askins KE5CXP.

MIKE's REPORT: The Hurricane Watch Net has lost one of its original
members, U.S. Air Force Col. Don Kay K0IND. He became a Silent Key on
March 1 following a three-year battle with lung cancer.

Don, a native of Detroit, Michigan, and a graduate of the U.S. Naval
Academy, served in the Air Force after attending Basic Flight School and
later became an All Weather Pilot. Don's military service lasted from
1946 until 1977 and included 175 combat missions, including more than
610 hours in Vietnam, where he was with the Vietnam Defense Campaign and
Air Campaign from April 1965 to March 1966.

He was known to many as a devoted ham and Elmer and qualified for his
amateur radio license in the early 1950s while stationed in Colorado
Springs, Colorado. He is considered a co-founder of the Hurricane Watch
Net, which he joined in 1965 as one of the original members. He was
assistant net manager for 23 years and later, net manager for four,
ending in 1992. He even designed the Hurricane Watch Net logo in the
early 1980s.

Don Kay was involved with the Maritime Mobile Service Net and Air Force
MARS, working as well with the Medical Amateur Radio Conference, where
he helped missionaries and doctors running phone patches in the
Caribbean and Central America.

Through his assistance in the Jonestown Massacre in Guyana in 1978 and
the Grenada conflict in 1983. Don was added to the Congressional Record
in recognition of his work by Sen. Barry Goldwater K7UGA, now a Silent Key.

Don Kay was 89.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Mike Askins KE5CXP

(BOBBY GRAVES KB5HAV, HWN NET MANAGER)

**
WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, the F6KOP expedition team is in the Ivory Coast
operating as TU7C through March 19th. They will be active on all HF
bands CW, SSB and Digital. Send QSL cards to F1ULQ or the Web page OQRS.

Listen on all bands, from 160 through 10 meters, for a multi-national
team operating from Niger as 5U5R until March 20th. They are operating
on SSB, CW and RTTY. Send QSL cards to EA5RM.

Also through March 20th, be listening for the "Echo India" DXPedition
team operating from Nepal as 9N7EI. The team is operating as many as
five stations continuously over their nine-day period in Nepal and can
be heard on all bands and modes, 80 meters through 10 meters. They are
working 40 kilometers outside Kathmandu about 6,000-feet above sea
level. The group's QSL manager is M-ZERO-OXO.

(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)


**

KICKER: FOLLOW THE 'MORSE CODE BRICK ROAD'


STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story is all about how Morse Code has gotten underfoot - literally - on two college campuses. Here's Newsline's Paul
Braun WD9GCO.

PAUL'S REPORT: To those hams who thought learning Morse Code was hard - possibly even harder than a brick - meet artist Jackie Ferrara whose
works feature Morse Code numbers and letters that actually ARE bricks.
The colorful objects, set into walkways and walls, spell out words in
Morse Code in at least two public spaces Jackie redesigned and
redefined: a walkway at the University of Rochester in upstate New York
and a memorial rooftop garden at Tufts University in Massachusetts.

In Rochester, her patterned walkways outside the Memorial Art Gallery
spell out the gallery's name and the name of the school in red and dark
brick dots and dashes. At Tufts University, Code was used to spell out
the name of a young man who killed himself in 2003 during his sophomore
year. The library rooftop garden is now dressed in planters, decorative
mosaic brick, a sundial - as well as the student's name spelled out in
Morse.

More recently, Jackie's Code-infused creations turned up on the walls of
a New York City art gallery exhibit in a collection of line drawings.
Here, Morse Code was used to spell out titles of films the artist has collected over time.

It's not clear whether Jackie Ferrara has actually memorized - or can
even copy - Code, or has ever used a bug or even a straight key. But her career has been long and it has also been successful, so clearly she's
getting her message across somehow, one brick at a time.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun WD9GCO.

(NY ARTBEAT, TUFTS UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL;
Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Hurricane Watch Net; Irish Radio
Transmitters Society; NY Art Beat; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ.COM;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Tufts
University; University of Rochester; Westmorland Gazette; WTWW
Shortwave; and you ourlisteners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline. Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org.
More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford N8WB in Wadsworth, Ohio saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

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IN SEARCH FOR THE AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR 2017

The 2017 Bill Pasternak Young Ham of the Year nominations will be
accepted between March 1, 2017 and May 31, 2017.
The award presentation will be held at the Huntsville Hamfest on August
19, 2017.

Just as Bill WA6ITF/SK helped create Newsline for hams of the present,
he believed in nurturing hams of the future. We carry on that mission
this year by inviting listeners to look around them at the promising
young operators they know who are making a difference in their
communities and making contributions to advance radio science. Nominees
must be 18 or younger and be a resident of the United States, its
possessions or any Canadian province. Application forms are available on
our website https://www.arnewsline.org/yhoty

Please read the rules carefully. Applications are being accepted between Wednesday, March 1 and May 31. The award will be presented on August
19th at the Huntsville Hamfest in Huntsville Alabama. In the weeks
ahead, you'll hear some of our past winners speaking on Newsline,
explaining the award's impact on their life. For now, look around you,
find that deserving young ham and make that nomination.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2055 for Friday, March 17, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2055 with a release date of Friday,
March 17, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. A longtime amateur supplier of crystals is
closing its doors. South African youngsters find new friends on the air
-- and hams climb to summits around the world to face challenging
contacts. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2055 comes
your way right now.

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CRYSTAL MANUFACTURER SHUTTING AFTER 6 DECADES

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Our top story this week is about International Crystal Manufacturing. The longtime supplier to the amateur radio community is
going out of business, as we hear from Newsline's Mike Askins KE5CXP.

MIKE'S REPORT: International Crystal Manufacturing, once one of the
suppliers of crystals for Collins Radio, will be closing its doors by
the end of May. The Oklahoma City company manufactures precision
crystals, quartz crystals, oscillators, filters and other products and
has been in business since 1950.

A letter on the company's website from Royden Freeland Jr. W5EMH, the
son of the company's founder, said the company will honor all pending
orders and would try to fill a limited number of new orders depending on
the availability of raw materials.

International Crystal is considered one of the few remaining makers of
crystal products based in the U.S. ICM expanded from crystals into other electronics in the 1980s, following the 1978 death of the founder and
his wife in an airplane crash. It eventually went back to its core
manufacture of crystals in the 1990s after selling much of its
distribution and equipment business.

In addition to being a Collins supplier, ICM also provided materials to RadioShack which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for a second time
and announced that many of its 5,900 employees and 1500 remaining stores
would be impacted.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins KE5CXP in Shawnee, Oklahoma

**

MONIX: THE LONG AND SHORT OF SHORTWAVE

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Shortwave listeners and scanner enthusiasts in and
around Cincinnati are making use of a resource to monitor themselves as
well as radio signals. We hear more from correspondent Jack Prindle
AB4WS, in this report courtesy of Amateur News Weekly.

JACK: In the greater Cincinnati area there is a group of avid radio
monitors who listen to all kinds of RF. Calling themselves MONIX, they
have been a base for SWL and scanner listeners in the area for years.
MONIX was founded in 1983 as an informal club of scanner enthusiasts, shortwave listeners, DXers and others who share an interest in the hobby
of radio monitoring. MONIX is a full spectrum, all-mode club covering
all aspects of radio monitoring, from DC to daylight. MONIX covers the Cincinnati-Dayton metro area, southwest Ohio, southeast Indiana and
northern Kentucky. Monix is an open group. Anyone anywhere may join! If
you're a radio hobbyist, this is the place to be. They have a group on Yahoogroups and Facebook, which can be found by searching yahoogroups
for MONIX. For more information visit the MONIX website at M-O-N-I-X dot N-E-T.

Covering your amateur radio news in the greater Cincinnati area and the Commonwealth of Kentucky for Amateur News Weekly, this is Jack Prindle
AB4WS in Big Bone, Kentucky.

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Our thanks to Amateur News Weekly for that report.
Additional reports on the Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky region can be found
at www.amateurnewsweekly.com

**

PUSH-TO-TALK MAKES CONTACTS - AND FRIENDS

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Young hams in South Africa are making friends with young American hams living in Michigan. It's all because of ham radio, as we
hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

JIM MEACHEN: You're never too young to form a long-distance friendship,
but while children before the era of the internet did that by becoming penpals, some youngsters of the current digital age are going - not
online - but on the air. Kids in the South African Radio League's
Hammies Amateur Radio Club ZS6ZU have been building bonds with their counteparts in the U.S. for almost two years through a net organized by
Ed Engelman KG8CE, of the Young Amateur Communications Ham Team in
Menominee, Michigan. Hammies organizer Noel Hammond ZR6DX said it's fun
- and it's working.

NOEL: The aim and whole idea of the net and the group is to get the kids
to discuss, to talk about themselves, learning different cultures and
what it is like here in Africa, what it is like in the States and
hopefully getting to learn each other's cultures. Kids have been very
good ambassadors from both sides.

JIM: Even with their days being many hours apart, Noel said the kids
still find a way to bridge that huge time zone between them.

NOEL: We have had some great conversations with the kids. The kids have
had great conversations with each other. They ask about South Africa of
course and there are a lot of questions about the States, what they do
and what they like about ham radio. The fantastic thing here is that the common denominator is ham radio.

JIM: In South Africa, those twelve weeks of Saturday morning Hammies
classes have taught the kids enough technical stuff to become confident operators, but it's the on-air get-togethers with the other children
that provides unity. Maybe one day Noel, says, the radio can unite them
in other ways.

NOEL: I am hoping over a period of time we can take it to the next level
and maybe we can get an eyeball QSO. That would absolutely be a dream,
be a dream come true. Maybe take some kids there or some kids come
across here and do some of those things and get to know each other that
way.

JIM: That's ham radio building friendships, one child at a time. For
Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.

**

YL DXER IS DAYTON DINNER'S HEADLINER

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Ruth Willet KM4LAO isn't just an active YL and a DXer,
she's the keynoter at an upcoming dinner at Dayton Hamvention. Let
Newsline's Neil Rapp WB9VPG, introduce her:

NEIL'S REPORT: The SouthWest Ohio DX Association has announced that Ruth Willet, KM4LAO, will keynote its 32nd annual DX Dinner(r), held in
conjunction with the 2017 Dayton Hamvention(r). Her topic will be "Experiencing the Hobby of a Lifetime." So, let's meet Ruth. She will
tell you a little bit about herself.

RUTH: I'm a freshman at Kettering University in Michigan where I am
majoring in mechanical engineering and engineering physics. So although
I live in Georgia, I chose to go to Kettering in Michigan because of the
small size and another big attraction to the school was the co-op
program. So basically the entire schedule is set up around co-ops.
It's basically a quarter schedule, so you're in school for a quarter,
about 11 weeks, an entire semester, and then you go and work for a
company in an engineering field related to your major. So I'm working
right now for Textron Specialized Vehicles in Augusta, Georgia. I've
been there since the beginning of January. I'll be there until the end
of March, which is about 11 weeks, and then I'll be heading back to school.

NEIL: Ruth is still basking in the thrill of last year's enviable ham
radio DX adventure.

RUTH: I was a member of the 2016 Dave Kalter Memorial Youth DX
adventure. We traveled to the island of Saba last August. There were
nine of us. We lived on the island for about a week. It was a lot of
fun, getting the experience of traveling there and operating from the
island. We operated on satellites, as well as HF. So satellites were
pretty neat since most of us hadn't experienced satellite operations
before. Getting to put Saba on the air was quite the adventure.

NEIL: Ruth looks forward to sharing her adventures with everyone at the
DX dinner.

RUTH: I'm looking forward to basically sharing some of the stories of
what I've been able to do in this hobby, thanks to the great people I've
been able to interact with and learn from. Building on that, share my
ideas that I've learned from the different experiences I've been able to
have regarding how we can promote this personal hobby and attract people
who will get licensed and stay interested in this hobby and interested
in amateur radio to keep it moving forward into the future.

NEIL: You can hear Ruth's talk at the DX dinner on Friday, May 19, at
the Dayton Marriott, 1414 S. Patterson Boulevard, starting with a social
hour at 5:30 PM. For more information and to order tickets, visit swodxaevents.org. Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.

**

BREAK HERE: Time to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the
W2GLD repeater in Pinckney, Michigan on Saturdays at 8 p.m. local time.

**
THE PLACE TO BE FOR WEST VIRGINIA HAMS

SKEETER/ANCHOR: If you're anywhere in West Virginia, Charleston will be
the place to be on March 25, as we hear from Newsline's Jim Damron N8TMW.

JIM'S REPORT: The 33rd Annual Charleston, West Virginia Hamfest is
slated for Saturday, March 25, 2017 from 9 AM to 2 PM at the Charleston
Civic Center in downtown Charleston, WV. In addition to the dealers and
flea marketers, informative forums will be a part of the day, including
ARRL and ARES. VE testing will take place at noon. DXCC, Worked All
States, and VUCC card checkers will be on hand as well. Prizes include
a $500 cash first prize. The event is the first hamfest of the year in
West Virginia and attendees come from all over the state, as well as
bordering states of Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia. Hamfest president
Randy Damron N8XEA talks about a special attraction:

RANDY: We are excited about the advent of a new partner this year at the upcoming Hamfest. It’s the Radio Museum of Technology in Huntington,
better known locally as the Antique Radio Museum. They’re going to be
with us this year in their own separate area inside the hamfest and
they’re bringing lots of antique radios and antique ham gear for
sale...along with a soldering exhibition, particularly PL259’s being
soldered to coax cable. Should be a lot of fun.Hope to see you there.

Jim: For more information on the Charleston, WV Hamfest, E mail n8tmw@arrl.net For Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Jim Damron, N8TMW.

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SOTA SCALES TO NEW HEIGHTS, NEW CHALLENGES

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Amateurs activating summits around the world climbed to
a new challenge recently as they worked with long-path propagation to
make those coveted contacts. Here's Newsline's Ed Durrant DD5LP with
that report.

ED's REPORT: In Summits on the Air (SOTA), one of the more difficult and therefore challenging actions is to communicate from one summit to
another usually using low power and a simple antenna at both ends. Add
to that distance and poor propagation and the challenge is enormous.

This is the situation faced by the SOTA activators who climbed to
summits in Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan on
Saturday the 11th of March. In two actions to correspond with long path propagation times between Europe and Asia Pacific and Asia Pacific and
North America over 30 summits were activated across all the countries.

For the first of the two actions starting around 0700 UTC – the Europe-Australia one – hopes were not high with predicted propagation
and the results of a test at the same time the previous day by the
organizers – Mike 2E0YYY and Andrew VK1AD, when contacts were very
difficult to make even between a summit station and a well-equipped home (chaser) station.

But despite these predictions, the Amateur Spirit kicked in and early
morning in Europe and late afternoon in Asia Pacific the stations were
out in force on the summits. A total of 25 summits were “activated” in Europe, 8 in Australia, 5 in Japan and 1 in New Zealand.

Luck was with us, the band conditions, while variable, were better than
the previous days and inter-continental Summit to Summit contacts were
made. I myself managed five summit to summit contacts, two of those into Australia from Germany, the other three were with Portugal, Germany and
the UK. I heard a SOTA summit in Japan although call as I may, he didn't
hear me. Others managed contacts from Europe into New Zealand and Japan
as well as Australia. So all in all a surprisingly successful event.
There are many comments on the SOTA reflector from those who took part
saying how much they enjoyed the event and when would the next one be.
For several activators, this was the first time they managed an inter-continental summit to summit contact.

Then while the Europeans went home and had a nice restful evening, on
the other side of the world, activators in Australia were heading out
early on their Sunday morning to try for summit to summit contacts into
North America. Three Australian activators camped overnight on their
summits, so that they could take part in both events.

Again for the VK-to-North America path, predictions were not good and in
this case, unfortunately the predictions were mainly true.

Although inter-continental summit to home station contacts were made,
and several S2S contacts within each region, no inter-continental summit-to-summit contacts were achieved. This might sound a little disheartening but in fact it has increased the resolve of those taking
part to come back and try again when conditions are somewhat better and
with improved antenna set-ups. I'm sure it won't be long before the VK
to North America path will be as successful as the European to VK one.
One similarity already exists, that those taking part thoroughly enjoyed themselves and are looking forward to another go.

Active during this event; the VK-to-North America event, were 5 summit stations from Australia, 5 from the USA, and 1 from Japan. Going by the enthusiasm of those taking part I expect there will be many more next time.

These events are organised by individuals within the SOTA community, so
it just shows how much fun can be had based simply on an idea, a date
and a loooong walk up a hill!

For Amateur Radio Newsline this is Ed Durrant DD5LP.

**
WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Dmitry/RZ3DJ, Pavel/R2DX, R2DY and Yury/R2DG will
be active as EK/RZ3DJ, EK/R2DX, EK/R2DY and EK/R2DG from Armenia until
March 21st. Find them on 160-10 meters. QSL via their home call-sign or ClubLog's OQRS. An "Armenia Plaque" is available if you work them on
three different bands

Nigel, G3TXF, is active as 3B8/G3TXF through March 21st in Mauritis.
Nigel will be mainly on CW on the 30/17/12-meter bands. You may also
hear him in the Russian DX Contest on March 18th and 19th. QSL via
ClubLog's OQRS for direct and Bureau QSLs.

Antoine, 3D2AG, will once again be active as 3D2AG/P from Rotuma Island between March 25th and April 22nd, pending shipping schedule. Find him
on 160 through 6 meters, including 60m, using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31.
He will run barefoot and entirely solar-powered. QSL via his home
callsign direct only or PayPal (see QRZ.com). Also, watch QRZ.com for
update by Antoine.

In Uganda, Anton, ON6NL, is once again active as 5X8C from Entebbe.
Listen for him on various HF bands. QSL via his home callsign, direct,
by the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLog.

(OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN)

**

YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR: NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Finally, we remind you of Amateur Radio Newsline's
commitment to honoring young talent. Is there a young radio operator who particularly impresses you? Nominations have opened for the Bill
Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award for amateurs 18 or
younger who reside in the United States, its possessions or any Canadian province. Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. The award will be presented on August 19th at the
Huntsville Hamfest in Alabama.

Visit our website for details. Nominations close May 31, which will be
here before you know it.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL;
Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Hurricane Watch Net; International
Crystal Manufacturing; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ.COM; Southgate Amateur Radio News; the Southwest Ohio DX Association; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send
emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Skeeter Nash N5ASH in Topeka, Kansas
saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2017. All rights reserved.


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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2056 for Friday, March 24, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2056 with a release date of Friday,
March 24 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. South African hams take on the rising noise
floor. AM mode gets its day in the sun -- and you'll go nuts for the
world's smallest homebrew transmitter. All this and more as Amateur
Radio Newsline Report 2056 comes your way right now.

**

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SPEAKING UP (LOUDLY) ABOUT RISING NOISE FLOOR

PAUL/ANCHOR: We begin this week's newscast with this report on noise.
The noise floor is rising on the bands and so are the efforts at
mitigation. In South Africa, a detailed study is about to get under way
and the South African Radio League is in search of input and expertise
to assist, as we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

JIM: In South Africa, it's time to start making some noise - some
complaining noise - to help make the bands more hospitable for amateur
radio. The South African Radio League is forming a study group to
monitor the rising RF noise floor on the bands and to identify ways to mitigate noise from manmade sources that impacts the radio frequencies.

The radio league is collecting information from radio amateurs who may
have expertise or interest in providing input to the study in
preparation for a workshop being held on the 22nd of April. The open
meeting will take place at the National Amateur Radio Centre in Cape Town.

For more details about the workshop on the rising noise floor, or to
express interest in being a part of the noise study, send an email to sarlregwg-at-sarl-dot-org-dot-za (sarlregwg@sarl.org.za)

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

**

FROM DUBLIN TO NEPAL AND BACK AGAIN

PAUL/ANCHOR: Call it a success! The Irish DXpeditioners who went to
Nepal are back home, returning with more than 30,000 QSOs completed, as
we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY: The Irish DXpedition 9N7NEI reports that it has completed its
goal of more than 30,000 QSOs during 10 days of operation before going
QRT on March 19. The team's shutdown came just in time - it was right
before a major power outage, the team reports on its website. In fact,
much of the DXpedition was plagued on and off by power outages,
electrical storms and noise issues. There were bright spots however,
that had nothing to do with a sky illuminated by lightning: Operators
got to celebrate St. Patrick's Day at the team's QTH at the Sojourn
Himalaya Resort in Nepal. They also played host to a number of guests including three students and their teachers from the Sweden's Sando
Rescue College, who had come to learn the logistics of setup and
operations, especially with a dozen operators on the air.

The team is grateful of course for exceeding its QSO goal and counts
itself lucky even as it counts those 30,366 contacts. All that remained
was the 22-hour trip back to Dublin.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(9N7NEI WEBSITE)

**
THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF AM ARE BACK

PAUL/ANCHOR: If you've never tried AM mode, now's your chance. Whatever
the age of your rig, this time-honored voice communication mode is about
to have an event all its own. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather
Embee KB3TZD with more.

HEATHER: What could be better than high-fidelity amateur radio? Nothing!
How about enjoying this through a contest known as the AM Rally, which
takes place the weekend of April 1st and 2nd. The weekend of AM QSOs not
only pays homage to the oldest form of voice modulation, which predates
SSB, but encourages all amateurs - even first-timers who've never used
AM mode - to switch their rigs out of SSB. Hams are asked to experience
the rich sound their contacts have when their signals contain a carrier
with double sideband - perhaps for the first time in their operating
careers. The action is happening on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6 meters
and there's an opportunity to earn certificates as well as learn more
about this historic mode of transmission. Hams with transistorized rigs, home-brew rigs, boat anchors, software-based rigs and many other types
of equipment can participate. Even military rigs and rigs converted from
AM broadcast qualify; there are separate categories for each type.
Please visit www-dot-amrally-dot-com (www.amrally.com) for details,
operating frequencies and information about logging software.

Even if you're too young to remember the good old days of AM, if you're licensed, you're old enough to go back in time for just a few hours and experience AM.

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

(CLARK BURGARD N1BCG)

**

NETS OF NOTE: THE BROTHERS NET

PAUL: Newsline's occasional series, Nets of Note, takes a look at some
unusual on-air gatherings. This week's find is from Amateur Radio
Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.

NEIL: On this week's "Nets of Note, we meet Phil Henline, KB0OPR, one of
the founding brothers of the Brothers Net on 40 meters. These guys know
how to throw a party... I mean... a net. Phil tells us how it all got started.

PHIL: The net started quite by accident. My younger brother got me into
ham radio. Our father passed away in '93. He bribed me with my dad's
Kenwood 520S and a tuner and said "if you get your general license I'll
give those to you." So I got my license. I got on one night. I don't
remember what frequency it was, and I heard about three fellows
chatting, and I heard this one fellow say that he lived in Indiana but
he was originally from Wisconsin. So when they finished, I contacted him
and we had a little chat and we discovered that we each had brothers
still living in Wisconsin that were hams. So we would make contacts
every Saturday morning, and that went on for probably about six or eight months. Then one day my brother Kurt said, "We should start a brothers
net."

NEIL: Very soon, though, the net was opened to everyone, brothers or no brothers. And it just started to grow. Now there are 944 members in 41
states and 32 countries. Each night has a different theme.

PHIL: Monday night we do what we call tube night, which is old radio
night. You don't have to have an old radio to join us, but if you do
we'd like you to fire it up. Every other Tuesday night is Route 66,
where we talk about nothing but cars and Route 66 and things of that
nature. The opposite Tuesday night we have what we call rocket science
night. And we have another NCS that is into the scientific area, and he
does a net around that.

NEIL: Wednesday night is Canadian night. Thursday is for astronomy,
Friday is for trivia. Saturday is well, wide open! This net even has its
own mascot!

PHIL: My brother, Kurt, WA9KMB, in Medford, had an eagle nesting in one
of the trees on his property. So we called him Rudy, and eventually we
decided we should have a mascot. So Kurt found this beautiful stuffed
eagle that's about maybe 2 foot tall, very attractive, and we have what
we call a "handshake" every year. So every first week in June, we go to Russellville, Kentucky to K4ELO. He has a farm there, and he hosts it.
We have about 40 people a year. And, Rudy the mascot then gets auctioned
off. Whoever wins Rudy has to take Rudy with them wherever they go and
they have to photograph Rudy in all these different places. They'll
submit the photographs to me, and I'll keep a constant slideshow going
on our website.

NEIL: For some brotherly advice, try the Brothers net on 7.192 at 7 pm
Eastern Monday through Saturday. And you can check out the pictures of
Rudy and get more information at their website, w9bro.net.

Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

ANCHOR/PAUL: Meanwhile, if you know of a net with an interesting story
to tell, email us at newsline at arnewsline.org and we might just
feature it as one of our next Nets of Note.

**

BREAK HERE:

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the
KD5DMT repeater of the Benton County Radio Operators club in Centerton, Arkansas, which transmits Newsline at the end of its regular Thursday
evening net.

**

A YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR REMEMBERS 2011

PAUL/ANCHOR: For the past few weeks we've been reminding you that it's
time to submit your nominations for this year's Amateur Radio Newsline
Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. But our words can
only go so far and only say so much. So let's hear some words instead
from Alabama's Kaitlyn Cole KS3P. She was our youngest winner, at age
11, in 2011.

KAITLYN: Hi, I'm Kaitlyn Cole KS3P and I was the 2011 Amateur Radio
Newsline Young Ham of the Year. It was a gerat honor to be chosen as the recipient of this internationally known award. I was the youngest person
to receive it at the age of 11. This award made it possible for me to be
an example to other young hams and the award also shows the amateur
radio community that young people are the future of amateur radio and
that we are doing great things in public service and technical
innovation along with being enthusiastic ambassadors for amateur radio.
I am really looking forward to meeting the 2017 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF
Amateur Radio Newsline YOung Ham of the Year at the Huntsville Hamfest.
73 from Kaitlyn KS3P.

PAUL: Thank you Kaitlyn, we're proud of all you've accomplished. If any listeners know of a promising your amateur like Kaitlyn, visit our web
page at arnewsline.org and click on the YHOTY tab to download a
nomination form. Candidates must be 18 or younger and reside in the U.S.
or any of its possessions or Canada. Application deadline is May 31.
Find more details on our website.

**
GREATER HOUSTON HAMFEST'S HAPPENING

PAUL/ANCHOR: If anyone knows how to stage a hamfest, it's Houston. The
Greater Houston Hamfest and ARRL Texas State Convention isn't exactly an
event of modest proportions. Hams who attend on Saturday March 24 and
Sunday March 25 are likely to remember plenty about the two days of the group's 16th annual hamfest. The principal speaker will be Tim Duffy
K3LR, who is the chief operating officer of DX Engineering. He will also
be at the helm of two technical sessions - one on the K3LR superstation
and a second one on the value a reverse beacon network has for DXers and contesters. Joe Eisenberg K0NEB, the kit editor for CQ Magazine, will
also lead a kit-building class for beginners.

So come to the hamfest at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds in Rosenberg, Texas. Stay for the fellowship and the forums and oh yes, the two
balloon launches. Things are looking up!

For more details, visit houstonhamfest.org

(RON LITT K5HM)

**

WHEN ALL THE WORLD'S A TRANSMITTER

PAUL/ANCHOR: If it feels like the whole world is on the air on April
18th, perhaps that's because hams are marking World Radio Day. What's
that? Amateur Radio Newsline's Jason Daniels VK2LAW explains.

JASON: If propagation is good, your signal is getting through and the
QSL cards are filling up your mailbox, you might feel like every day is
World Amateur Radio Day. Officially however this once-a-year event takes
place on April 18th, the date in 1925 marking the formation of the International Amateur Radio Union in Paris. So if you feel you're in
need of a special occasion to operate, this is the one.

World Amateur Radio Day is set aside for IARU members to show public
pride in being a radio operator by contacting hams worldwide as a
gesture of global friendship. The Bahrain Amateur Radio Group will
operate for several days as A91WARD with a special QSL card for the
event. The Puerto Rico Field Day Group will be on the air on Amateur
Radio Day itself as KP4FD. Australia's Albury Wodonga Amateur Radio Club
will be operating for three days as VK2EWC.

For the third consecutive year, the World Friendship Net will also be
part of the action. The net is operating on ECHOLINK conference server
*WORLD* and IRLP node 9251. Last year it logged more than 300 check-ins
from 33 international stations and 18 different countries during its 10
hours of operation, making it the largest event on VOIP/ECHOLINK.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jason Daniels VK2LAW

(IARU)

**

In the world of DX, a team of radio amateurs from the Netherlands will
be operating from Liechtenstein as HB0/homecall between the first and
8th of April. The operators are Mans/PA2HGJ, Robert/PA2RDK,
Frank/PA3CNO, Paul/PA3DFR, Henry/PA3HK, Gert/PE0MGB and Piet/PE1FLO.
Listen for them on all bands between 160 and 10 meters. They'll be using mainly CW and some SSB/Digital modes. Much of their activity will be on
the new 60m band. Send QSL cards via PE1FLO.

Another ham is also operating from April 1st through the 8th. Bill K9HZ
will be operating from his villa in St. Lucia. He can be found on 160
through 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. He is especially interested in contacts into Alaska and Montana in the United States, to complete his
8P WAS. Send QSL cards to his home call sign. He also uses LoTW, ClubLog
and eQSL.

There are a few days left to contact Franz, OE2SNL, who is active until
the 30th of March working from Grenada as J3/OE2SNL. You can hear him on
160 through 10 meters. Send QSL cards to his home callsign.

(OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: TRANSMITTING, IN A NUTSHELL

PAUL: We end this week's newscast with the story of a very miniature
homebrew transmitter that was a tough nut to crack. Well....maybe not.
The transmitter is actually a very simple device for sending CW. It
operates QRP, drawing its power from a 9-volt battery. Of course, it's
so tiny that the battery actually has to be outside the device: the transmitter is housed inside a walnut shell! Its creator, Jarno (YARN-O)
de Haan PA3DMI in Amsterdam, just happens to really like walnuts -- and
the ones he was eating from his neighbor's tree inspired him to follow a design he had seen for a tiny CW transmitter. As he told Amateur Radio Newsline in a recent email: QUOTE "looking at the design and eating
walnuts got me thinking what if....." ENDQUOTE

What if, indeed. He found four very tiny crystals on the Internet for
$10, added a few other super-small components, then added the most
miniature hinges he could find that would allow the nut to open and
close. When he hooked it up to a dummyload, out came 50 to 60 milliwatts!

After he posted a video of it on YouTube, the website Hackaday.com took
it viral. The rest is Internet and ham radio history. Followers have
gone, well.....nuts over it. As for Jarno (YARN-O), he's inspired now to
do more. He wrote Newsline to say: QUOTE: "I still have about a half
kilo of walnuts so I could make a receiver, an antenna tuner, a new
walnut CW-key - the possibilities are endless." ENDQUOTE

Amateur Radio Newsline congratulates Jarno (YARN-O) on revolutionizing
the wireless world of walnuts and asks that he please write us again
when he's had his first successful QSO with a squirrel.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL;
Clark Burgard N1BCG; Hackaday.com; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; the
IARU; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; 9N7NEI Website; Ohio-Penn DX
Bulletin; QRZ.COM; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio
Show; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur
Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at
newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun WD9GCO in Valparaiso Indiana saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2017. All rights reserved.

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world, this Amateur Radio Newline(tm) message has been gated from the
internet and posted to you by Waldo's Place USA, fidonet node 1:3634/12.
We hope you enjoyed it!

Please address all comments and questions to the ARNewsletter editor as described in this posting. If you have any specific questions related
to the actual posting of this message, you may address them to hamfdn(at)wpusa.dynip.com.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2057 for Friday, March 31, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2057 with a release date of Friday,
March 31 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Amateur radio continues its advances in digital technology. In Italy, one amateur creates a detailed online map that
locates repeaters -- and it's time for an exclusive report from our
roving correspondent, Pierre Pullinmyleg, who's back to break some
exclusive April Fool's Day news! All this and more as Amateur Radio
Newsline Report 2057 comes your way right now.

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WHEN SOUND CARDS ARE A SOUND IDEA

JIM/ANCHOR: We open this week's newscast with two stories about digital advances which continue to transform amateur radio. We hear first from correspondent John Bartholomew KD9ECH. His report comes to Newsline
courtesy of Amateur News Weekly.

JOHN BARTHOLOMEW: Amateur Radio operators have been on the cutting edge
of technology since the beginning of the hobby. When the hams were sent
above 200 meters in the early part of the 20th century, they proved that communications around the world was possible. They pioneered single
sideband transmission and satellite communications. Now the computer is playing a vital role in emergency communications. Recently the Indiana
Elmer Network, under the umbrella of the Laurel Amateur Radio Club,
sponsored a workshop and demonstration of the various digital soundcard
modes. Bob Burns W9BU was one of the presenters and says the technology
uses the soundcard in a computer to send data over the airwaves. A short
time ago this technology did not exist, but leave it to the hams to
figure out how to develop it.

BOB: As more and more personal computers had soundcards in them, the
hams that were technically astute started figuring out ways to interface
these soundcards with their radios and use them to send and receive
data. For the most part, these modes have been developed by amateur
radio operators and it is part of the technical basis of amateur radio.

JOHN: Burns says that while this started out as purely experimental,
there are other reasons to use it.

BOB: If you are in an auxiliary communications situation where you have
to move a large amount of data, you want that data to be accurate. Also
most of the sound card modes are fairly narrow in bandwith, narrower
than a single sideband signal, and that way you can pack more signals
into a given amount of spectrum.

JOHN: One scenario for using the digital modes would be a hospital
receiving a large amount of patients and the facility is running low on supplies.

BOB: The hospital folks put together a list of things that they need,
you can send that information using voice and take a lot of time and
maybe have trouble getting things spelled correctly -- or you can use
the soundcard digital modes to send it as a piece of data and then you
don't have to worry about the spelling and everything gets through
accurately and in a minimum amount of time.

JOHN: What new technologies will come forth in the coming years remains
to be seen but you can bet if it involves communciations amateur radio operators will have a hand in it. Reporting for Amateur News Weekly,
this is John Bartholomew KD9ECH.

JIM/ANCHOR: Our thanks to Amateur News Weekly for providing that report.
For more of Amateur News Weekly, visit their website at
amateurnewsweekly.com

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DIGITAL CROSSES THE FINISH LINE

JIM/ANCHOR: In this next report on digital radio modes, we hear about
one amateur radio club in Ireland that took this new technology for a
test run in County Galway and found it roadworthy. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH explains.

JEREMY'S REPORT: Runners in the annual Kinvara Rock and Road Half
Marathon and 10K run in County Galway, Ireland, can always expect a
stunning finish as the race winds up on the quay in Kinvara. In this
year's contest, however, another group celebrated a fine finish of their
own: Hams in the Galway VHF Group were providing radio assistance to
runners along the seaside route and these hams ended up feeling like
winners too: This was the club's first time making use of C4FM
technology -- and the effort was deemed a success. It may have been the
club's first all-digital operation for an Amateur Radio Emergency Network-supported event but it won't be their last. According to the
club, it has been decided that similar operations in the future will
feature DMR radios or radios equipped with Yaesu Fusion.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH

(KINVARA ROCK AND ROAD MARATHON, GALWAY VHF GROUP, IRTS)

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103-YEAR-OLD HAM IN RUSSIA, A SILENT KEY

JIM/ANCHOR: In his lifetime, Victor Sokkolov U5FS of Izmail, Russia, had
seen World War I, the Russian Revolution and World War II, in which he
served in the military. Victor, who became a Silent Key on March 25 at
the age of 103, was believed to be among the oldest amateurs in Russia,
if not the world.

A less active ham in his later years, Victor was proud of his military
service and would often tell of the action he was involved in, including
the Russian landing on the Kerch Strait which aimed to recapture Crimea
from Germany.

His death was reported in the Daily DX.

(SOUTHGATE, DAILY DX)

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PUTTING ITALY'S REPEATERS ON THE MAP

JIM/ANCHOR: Anyone who has ever searched for a repeater only to be
frustrated should get to know a ham like Andrea (ON-DRAYA NOOT-ZI) Nuzzi IZ8WNH. Over the course of two to three months, he researched and
created an interactive map of amateur radio repeaters throughout Italy,
with downloadable data for programming transceiver memory. Andrea
explains here how he accomplished it.

ANDREA: Greetings from IZ8WNH to all Amateur Radio Newsline followers.
The map was conceived to easily visualize repeaters' data based on Ham
radio operator's position. It's not obvious to find information when
moving from a place to another so the map allows OM/YL to find easily
what they are looking for. Italy's repeaters' data are unofficially distributed through IK2ANE Walter's spreadsheet, which means they are
not either exhaustive or accurate. I am doing a huge effort to find new
data and validate the existing ones by verifying more than 1850 records,
one by one and asking the collaboration of local OM/YL. So far, 40% of
records have been positively validated and there's still a lot to do.
The map offers additional tools like four combinable filters based on
italian regions, counties, the type of repeater and the band. Filtered recordsets are automatically shown on the map and on demand in a table. Collected data are exported as pdf and csv files. There are two
different csv formattings to help OM/YL in setting RTX memories with
Chirp or dedicated Yaesu softwares.

The website works with some HTML and PHP, a lot of JavaScript and MySQL database. It took me about 2-3 months to write down the complete code,
create a database, insert additional code to provide a fully responsive website and fix incompatibilities among IE- and FF-based browsers. Nevertheless, maintaining the website up and running as well as updating
the database are never-ending processes!


JIM/ANCHOR: Thank you, Andrea. A link to his repeater map can be found
at iz8wnh.it/en.html

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IARU GUIDE: NOTHING LOST IN TRANSLATION

JIM/ANCHOR: Another ham - this one in Romania - has taken a different
kind of creative initiative. He has translated the IARU Emergency Telecommunications Guide into Romanian. The guide is an invaluable
resource for amateurs wanting to set up a state-of-the-art National
Emergency Network and provide training for operators. Hams in Romania
now have additional help in doing this, thanks to the efforts of one
amateur, Francisc Grunberg (Fran-Sick Groon-berg) YO4PX who has
translated its 93 pages.

The guide is now available in HTML and PDF format on the website of the Romanian Federation of Radio Amateurs at radioamator.ro.

The IARU guide is the latest body of ham radio literature translated by Francisc, whose profession is that of a translator and writer.

(SOUTHGATE, QRZ)

**

BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur
Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including
the WA3PBD repeater of the Two Rivers Amateur Radio Club in McKeesport, Pennsylvania during the 8 pm. Monday Night Net.

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DON'T FORGET: YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR

JIM/ANCHOR: Just another reminder that April is here and the deadline approaches to nominate a young candidate for Amateur Radio Newsline's
Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. This is our
commitment to honoring young talent. Is there someone who particularly impresses you? Nominations are open to amateurs 18 or younger who reside
in the United States, its possessions or any Canadian province. Find application forms on our website at arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY"
tab. The award will be presented on August 19th at the Huntsville
Hamfest in Alabama.

Visit our website for details. Nominations close May 31 and that date is coming up fast!

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RADIO SCOUTING UPDATE

JIM/ANCHOR: Radio Scouts are starting this month with a bit of activity.
We hear about 2 activations and some progress on merit badges from
Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Stearns NE4RD.

BILL: This week in Radio Scouting we have 1 activation of the K2BSA
callsign, 1 activation from Scout Camps on the Air, Radio Merit Badge
numbers are in, and we're moving into 7 months out for Jamboree on the Air.

Laurence Galle, K9EYZ, will be the control operator for the K2BSA
portable 5 station at the Jamboree Shakedown Campout at Camp Tiak in
Wiggins, MS, from April 7th to April 9th. Troop 4125 will be preparing
for this summer's great adventure at the National Jamboree. Hopefully
other councils having these shakedown campouts leading up to the event
will consider activating amateur radio stations.

Hatchie Crew 32, KB5WAX, will be activating K5BSA at the Venturing
Rendezvous for Southern Region Area 2 at Camp Wisdom in Dallas, TX, from
March 31st to April 2nd. Along with a Low Cope Course, Rock Climbing,
and Water Sports, this active venture crew is activating an amateur
radio demonstration station.

The Boy Scouts of America have released the rankings and numbers for all
the merit badges earned during 2016. From the Byran on Scouting blog
the Radio Merit Badge came in at 74 with 6,442 badges earned during
2016. A big thanks goes out to all of our Radio Scouters involved in
making this happen throughout the year. This year we expect to see a
bump in numbers with the roughly 300 plus scouts going through this
program at the National Jamboree this summer.

As we move into April, we're only 7 months out for Jamboree On the Air.
A lot of clubs are starting to plan Field Day operations. Consider
inviting your local council, district, or troop, out to your event.
Remember, the GOTA station is free and receives bonus points for each 20
QSOs made by the same guest operator. What a great opportunity to get
Scouts involved with your club!

For more information on K2BSA and radio scouting, please visit http://www.k2bsa.net/.

For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this
is Bill Stearns NE4RD.

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HAMS' TRADITION OF SURVIVAL

JIM/ANCHOR: A husband-and-wife team of amateurs in South Africa has a
special reason for going on the air with a most unique call sign.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen ZL2BHF explains.

JIM MEACHEN: For South African radio operators Tom ZS1AFS and Sue ZS1AFR
the annual tradition of being on the air as ZT1T is one for which
they're immeasurably grateful. The activation marks the Morgans'
dramatic rescue from their yacht which became disabled in the South
Atlantic Ocean in 2011, while they were sailing to South Africa from the
UK. The prefix of their call sign makes their radio operation all the
more meaningful too, not just for Tom and Sue but for those who contact
them, because "ZT" is a one-of-a-kind prefix for a South African call sign.

Having marked the anniversary date of their Feb. 25 rescue not long ago,
Tom and Sue Morgan are now preparing for their next big radio operation.
That will be Easter weekend. In an email to Amateur Radio Newsline, Tom
said they operate every Christmas and Easter and often use the ZT1T call
sign as well in events such as the WPX SSB Contest to provide a
multiplier to operators. They will begin their Easter operation starting
on Thursday the 13th of April, mostly on SSB but with some PSK-31 as well.

There's lots to celebrate, since the Morgans' on-air operations are
always immensely popular -- especially because they're still here and
still on the air.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

(SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS)


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THE WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Jean-Marc, F5SGI, will be active between April 9th
and 15th as EA6/F5SGI from Minorque Island. He will be operating on the
HF bands, CW only. Send QSL cards to his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

Listen for Marc, ON5SM, in the Philippines where he is operating from
April 4th through May 24th as DU9/ON5SM. He will be active on 80 meters through 6 meters using SSB and the Digital modes. Send QSL cards via his
home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

Between April 18th and 27th, listen for Stephen/WF2S and Ralph/K1ZZI, operating from St. Lucia. You can hear them on various HF bands, most
likely on SSB, RTTY, PSK and JT65. They will also operate some CW. Send
QSL cards to their home callsigns, direct or LoTW, which is preferred.


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KICKER: PIERRE PULLINMYLEG AND A LICENSE WITH CLASS!

JIM/ANCHOR: And finally - no fooling - it's April Fool's Day time again but....we don't have to tell you what that means. We'll let our special correspondent Pierre Pullinmyleg do that. Pierre?

"PIERRE:" It is, mes amis, a happy development we report today that zee
FCC is about to approve a newer, easier entry level class for amateur
radio. Amateur Radio Newsline has confirmed zis in an exclusive
interview with the new FCC commissioner Ajit Pai. The interview, she was
so very very exclusive, in fact, that zee FCC commissioner himself was
not even aware it took place!! What we have learned is that it will be
so very simple, so very easy, tout de suite, for beginners to get on the
air with this new radio license. Even your dog, she will be able to get
her license. Rumors, they are true: This license exam is bringing back
zee old Morse Code requirement -- but worry not, you must only be able
to copy zee dashes, don't worry about zee dots. I, Pierre Pullinmyleg,
have been given some super-secret advance access to the question pool as
well which I share with you now: You must know the shoe size and birth
date of zee last three FCC commissioners and you will be asked to write
a limerick using words that rhyme with "propagation" and "DXpedition."
Zere will also be a spelling bee. To get your license, you must be able
to spell QRV, QST and QRZ and yes, even FCC. How about mathematics! Zoot alors! You must show you can add 73, 88 and 33 -- all without help from
zee calculator or your fingers and toes. Now, mon cheri, please remember
this license will be ONLY for hams using mobile operation. Zee vehicle
must have an engine with no more than 4 cylinders and a horsepower of
150 or less. It must use zee unleaded fuel and cannot be a minivan. Your
new entry level license is good for three years or 30,000 miles,
whichever comes first. The test will be given only one day a year - on
the 31st of April. BONNE CHANCE MES AMIS!! For Amateur Radio Newsline,
this has been Pierre Pullingmyleg saying 73.

**

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and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron N8TMW in Charleston West
Virginia saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2058 for Friday, April 7, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2058 with a release date of Friday,
April 7, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Hams respond to natural disasters in Australia
and Colombia. The Radio Communication Museum opens in the UK -- and
you're all invited to activate a lighthouse in Atlantic Canada! All this
and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2058 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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AUSTRALIA'S TROPICAL CYCLONE DRAWS AMATEUR RESPONSE

NEIL/ANCHOR: Our top story is a special report from Australia, where Queensland is still repairing massive damage and counting losses from
Tropical Cyclone Debbie, which hammered North and Central Queensland on Tuesday, March 28th. Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp VK4BB gives us
the details, which have been provided to us by Gavin VK4ZZ in
Townsville, one of the affected areas.

GRAHAM: Amateur radio responded, despite challenges of its own, as
Tropical Cyclone Debbie battered the tourist and agricultural centers in
North and Central Queensland. The storm knocked out the power
infrastructure, halting mining operations, destroying buildings,
bridges, roadways and crops and wiping out essential amenities in the
resort regions.

Hams along the cyclone track, experienced in storm response, made
preparations -- most especially in the regions of Bowen, Mackay, Central Highlands and Townsville, according to Gavin VK4ZZ, who lives in
Townsville. They checked radio gear, dismantled fragile antenna systems
and ensured they had enough fuel to run emergency power generators.
Gavin told Newsline that by Sunday the 26th of March, hams with HF
antennas still aloft boosted call-in numbers on the local nets. He said members of the Townsville Amateur Radio Club who were out providing communications support for an autosports Hillclimb during the day still
kept an eye out on the predicted storm track updates.

On Monday the 27th of March counter-disaster authorities, which included
some embedded hams, tweaked their pre-deployment plans according to
Gavin. Bowen, one of the affected towns, was able to provide VHF
repeater coverage throughout the Cyclone -- and indeed was on the air
despite lack of power in the town -- thanks to the Bowen Radio Amateur
Group and in particular Geoff/VK4JDW who was powering the repeater off
the emergency generator at his house, where the repeater is situated.
The antenna system survived winds of as much as 125 miles per hour.
Further inland the Central Highlands Linked Repeater System remained functional but its northern coastal node, the Midge Point Repeater, was disabled by structural and power system damage.

Gavin said many hams became part of the recovery efforts, embedded with
the Queensland State Emergency Service and other responders. As the
cyclone swept out, hams put their HF antennas back up and have joined
the nets with stories of either dodging the bullet or being on the
recovery trail. He said all eyes are now on the city of Rockhampton,
where there were some evacuations as the city deals with post-cyclone
flooding from the Fitzroy River.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp VK4BB.

(GAVIN CHARLES REIBELT VK4ZZ)

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COLOMBIAN HAMS AFTER FLOODS, LANDSLIDE

NEIL/ANCHOR: Hams were also on the scene in a Colombian mountain town threatened by flooding and subsequent landslides. We hear more from
Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

JIM MEACHEN: An amateur radio emergency response network was activated
on 40 meters in Colombia to assist with recovery efforts there following flooding and a massive landslide outside the mountain town of Mocoa (Muck-KO-a), near the border with Ecuador. With more than 200 dead and
many others missing or injured - and all electricity cut off - the
amateurs have been deployed to assist local fire departments and other emergency responders, according to Roberto Rey HK3CW.

A state of emergency was declared after the Mocoa River and two
tributaries overflowed their banks into the town, where it devastated residents' homes. The flood is considered one of the worst natural
disasters in Colombia in the last two decades.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF

(IARU REGION 2, ASSOCIATED PRESS, ARRL, NPR)

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RESTORING RADIO AUSTRALIA'S SHORTWAVE

NEIL/ANCHOR: Radio Australia's shortwave service went off the air in
January but shortwave radio proponents say it's not dead yet. Here's
Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams VK4JJW.

JOHN: The Australian Parliament is considering a proposal that would
restore Radio Australia's shortwave transmission services to the
Northern Territory as well as international audiences in the Pacific.
The controversial January shutdown sparked a public outcry and an
immediate call for reversal of the decision. In the meantime, Sen. Nick Xenophon of South Australia has proposed an amendment to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act of 1983 that would require the shortwave station's return to the air, including its services to areas such as New Guinea and Vanuatu. The senator has declared the shortwave service vital
to thousands of Australians living in rural areas, most especially in
the bush.

The broadcaster had cut the service, claiming it wanted to focus on its digital offerings instead and noted that the move would save
$1.9-million annually.

Public comment is being accepted by the Senate Environment and
Communications Legislation Committee which is due to make its report on
the bill on the 10th of May.

One supporter of the senator's measure is former shortwave radio
engineer, Gary Baker, who told the Shepparton News recently that even if
the measure succeeds, it would take time to get back on the air again.
He said shortwave broadcast is a highly specialized field and staffing
is likely to be the biggest challenge if service is restored.

He told the newspaper [QUOTE] "You can’t just grab someone off the
street and get them to run Radio Australia." ENDQUOTE

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams VK4JJW.

AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT WEBSITE, ABC.NET.AU, SHEPPARTON NEWS)


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UPDATE: IN THE UK, RADIO MUSEUM DOORS OPEN

NEIL/ANCHOR: The waiting is over. The newest radio communication museum
in Great Britain has begun receiving visitors, as we hear from Amateur
Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY: In the central England city of Derby, the new Radio
Communication Museum of Great Britain has been in the midst of two construction projects. The first is the museum building itself, housing exhibits that comprise all manner of wireless communication. The other construction project has been the website, which is growing as its brick-and-mortar counterpart does too.

The building now contains an operations room with transmitters
connnected to antennas; a mechanical workshop; an ESD electronics
laboratory and a variety of galleries. The museum has at long last been
open to groups by arrangement -- but formal school programs are expected
to get under way very shortly this spring.

The museum exists thanks to longtime radio amateur Steve Haseldine
G8EBM, whose profession is also in radio. In addition to conceiving of
the museum, he donated items from his personal collection to create the
first displays.

Hams like Steve are expected to be especially drawn to the operations
room with its selection of radios dating from the 1930s to the present
day - from Collins and Drake and Eddystone to Hallicrafters and
Flexradio. There are even former military and commercial AM radios from Labgear and Geloso. The museum, it seems, is now QRV.

For more information visit radiocommunicationmuseum.org

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

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DON'T FORGET OUR YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR

NEIL/ANCHOR: We remind you once again of Amateur Radio Newsline's
commitment to honoring young talent. Is there a young radio operator who particularly impresses you? Nominations have opened for the Bill
Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award for amateurs 18 or
younger who reside in the United States, its possessions or any Canadian province. Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. The award will be presented on August 19th at the
Huntsville Hamfest in Alabama.

Visit our website for details at arnewsline.org. Nominations close May
31, and that's just a few weeks away.

**

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BREAK HERE

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the EARS
Wide Area Repeater Network W9EAR in Vincennes, Indiana on Mondays at
8:30 p.m.

**

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LIGHTHOUSE SHINES ITS WAY TO A QSO

NEIL/ANCHOR: Imagine what it would be like if your ham shack were a
lighthouse on Canada's Prince Edward Island. This report from Amateur
Radio Newsline's Paul Braun WD9GCO may help.

PAUL: For hundreds of years mariners relied on lighthouses to navigate
and avoid hazards in the dark and in foggy conditions. Today, sonar and
GPS has mostly rendered lighthouses obsolete. But many still exist, and
one ham, George Dewar, VY2GF, has great plans for some of them on Prince Edward Island. He explains:

GEORGE: They have been taken over by community groups and turned into
tourist attractions. A lot of them have gift shops and museums
associated with them. Even though they're not used for marine navigation
much now they are an integral part of the community here on Prince
Edward Island because tourism here in Prince Edward Island is our third-biggest industry after farming and fishing.

So, my friend Bernie from Monkton is a bit of an antenna expert so he
brings some verticals over and we set up and have fun for the weekend.

This year is Canada's one hundred and fiftieth birthday, and the idea of Canada started here in Prince Edward Island in 1864. So they've
designated the lighthouse at East Point as the Confederation Lighthouse because it's the only lighthouse still standing that was built in 1867.

So basically what I'm doing is extending an invitation to anybody and everybody to come to Prince Edward Island for activating a lighthouse
for a particular weekend. We'd sure like people to sit in with us and
operate, and there are a lot of lighthouses around so if somebody wanted
to do an individual activation it'd be quite easy to do. As a matter of
fact a gentleman called Bob from Ohio, November 8 Golf Uniform, he's
going to activate a lighthouse at Cape Bear which has the distinction of
being the only radio station in Canada that made a contact with the
Titanic in 1912 while she was sinking.

PAUL: I asked George where people could go to get more information on
the lighthouses and activations:

GEORGE: If you go onto my QRZ page with this callsign, VY2PLH, I've got
our past activations listed there, I've got the upcoming ones, and
there's also a link to a website there for the PEI Lighthouse Society.
On my page there I've got my email address and I would welcome people if
they were to send me an email and I'll help them out all I can.

PAUL: So if you enjoy collecting special activations, or even if you’re interested in activating a lighthouse yourself (according to the society website, there are 63 of them), look George up and send him an email.
He’ll be happy to have you come visit.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Paul Braun, WD9GCO

**

FIRSTNET FOR THOSE FIRST ON THE SCENE

NEIL/ANCHOR: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has announced a deal for a nationwide wireless network for first responders. It's called FirstNet,
as we hear from Phil Thomas W8RMJ in this report courtesy of Amateur
News Weekly.

PHIL: The U.S. government has awarded AT&T the FirstNet Project. It is a $6.5-billion deal with AT&T to build a nationwide wireless network for
first responders, a project that was first proposed after the 911
terrorist attacks. This decision is a major step forward for FirstNet.
This will be a nationwide wireless broadband network that police, fire
and other police responders will use exclusively during a major
emergency. This is one of a dozen of recommendations made by the 911 Commission in 2004. Currently, the first responders share wireless
networks with regular customers, meaning communications get clogged due
to network congestion during a major emergency. Commerce Department
Secretary Wilbur Ross announced a 25-year contract with AT&T and its
partners which include Motorola Solutions. Working with FirstNet, AT&T
will build and manage a network that will strengthen and modernize
public safety communications capabilities enabling them to operate
faster, safer and effectively when lives are on the line. AT&T will work
with FirstNet to deliver a system that will cover all 50 states, five
U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. Work on FirstNet is
expected to generate 10,000 jobs across the company as well as its
contractors over the next two years. The network buildout is scheduled
to begin later this year.

NEIL: That report was from Phil Thomas W8RMJ of Amateur News Weekly. For
more of Amateur News Weekly, visit their website at amateurnewsweekly.com

**

THE WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Jean-Marc, F5SGI, is active as EA6/F5SGI between
April 9th and 15th from Minorque Island. He will be on the HF bands
using CW only. Send QSL cards to his home callsign, direct or via the
Bureau.

Listen for Jean, 5T0JL, who will operate from Mauritania using the
special callsign 5T3MM
between April 12th and April 18th. Jean will participate in the CQ
Manchester Mineira DX Contest, which is taking place April 15th and
16th. Send QSL cards via PY4KL.

Helmut, DJ7CF, is active from Jamaica until April 28th as 6Y5/DJ7CF.
Although his preference is to operate on 20 meters and 17 meters, listen
for him on various HF bands operating in CW, SSB and the Digital modes.
Send QSL cards to his home callsign via the Bureau.

**

KICKER: A NET IN THE NAME OF FRIENDSHIP

NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally, we've already told you about World Amateur Radio
Day on Tuesday, April 18. It's an on-air celebration of the day the International Amateur Radio Union was created in Paris. But even if you
can't join everyone on the HF bands, you don't have to feel left out.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT explains.

CARYN'S REPORT: Hams won't necessarily have to find themselves somewhere between 160 and 10 meters to mark World Amateur Radio Day. Find them
instead on the World Friendship Net, which operates on VOIP/EchoLink on
the Western Reflector using IRLP node 9251 of the Nevada Amateur Radio Repeaters group. Organizer John DeRycke W2JLD of Rochester, New York
says he expects things to get busy.

JOHN: We first started this net three years ago. I was the only person
doing it and we were doing it on the World Conference Server. The
following year I got a hold of the conference server owners and system administrators and told them what I wanted to do and they were all on
board. Now, in the third year, we have eight conference servers that are
going to be hooked up. There will be multiple repeaters and links. I
have contaced several ham radio media outlets to promote World Amateur
Radio Day. So this event is our flagship event over on the World
Conference Server.

CARYN: John believes ham radio's spirit of friendship translates into
giving access to amateurs who ordinarily might be left out. This effort
is inclusive: Hams who aren't on HF - or can't be on HF - can still get
in on the action.

JOHN: We get a wide variety of connections but EchoLink certainly
provides a platform as an introductory platform, especially for those
who can't afford an HF rig or dont have the money to have an antenna. We
have had people that checked in that are in health care facilities that
can't bring in an HF rig or an HT, so for them to use EchoLink, it
really provides an ability for them to get out there and hit that Push
to Talk Key.

CARYN: He said last year there were more than 300 check-ins from 33 international stations during its 10 hours on the air for World Amateur
Radio Day.

JOHN: It's just been so successful, I don't know what I'm going to do
next year.

CARYN: The spirit of global friendship is alive and well, especially on
April 18 -- and especially on Echolink World Conference Server 479886 or
IRLP Node 9251. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT.

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CQ Magazine; Gavin Reibelt VK4ZZ; Hap Holly and the RAIN Report; Irish
Radio Transmitters Society; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ.COM; Radio Communication Museum of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW
Shortwave; the YL Beam Newsletter; and you our listeners, that's all
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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
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Indiana saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2059 for Friday, April 14, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2059 with a release date of Friday,
April 14, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. A young amateur reports back from his first DXpedition. Hams get busy with Marconi Day and the anniversary of Samuel Morse's birthday -- and we give you a preview of contesting at
Hamvention! All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2059
comes your way right now.

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IN INDIA, A REUNION BY RADIO

DON/ANCHOR: We begin this week with the story of ham radio at its best:
It's the tale of a dramatic and emotional reunion played out in India
after a local amateur radio club helped a lost and injured young man
find his way back home to his worried family a good distance away.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp VK4BB has that report.

GRAHAM: It took a month of searching, but a 25-year-old man who had been separated from his family during a religious fair in India, was reunited
with them with the help of an amateur radio club.

The young man had been hospitalized with head injuries when Ambarish Nag Biswas, secretary of the West Bengal Radio Club, heard about his
situation from Kolkata's health officer. Biswas told The Hindu newspaper
that the man was hardly able to speak. With the help of an interpreter,
they learned his name and that his family is from Vellore district. They
also learned he ended up in Kolata by mistake. He was lost.

The amateur radio club put word out about him and distributed his photo
on social media and in videos. Kolkata police helped in the search and,
one month later, the man and his family were reunited - first by phone
and then by bringing the family to Kolkata.

Biswas told the newspaper: "The idea is to put this radio into best use."

And what better purpose than this?

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp VK4BB

(THE HINDU)

**
GOOD PROGNOSIS FOR HOSPITAL RADIOS

DON/ANCHOR: Hospitals exist to help us -- but who's out there helping
the hospitals? Hams, of course! Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul
Braun WD9GCO with the story of one such special effort.

PAUL: Emergency communications are a big part of what amateur radio is,
and why it remains relevant in today's connected world. And one critical
area is emergency healthcare, where many providers are turning to
amateur radio as a backup.

Andy Finnick, W9FXT, has been involved in setting up amateur radio
backup systems for hospitals in Northwest Indiana for almost twenty years.

ANDY: Yeah, I got involved in 1998 when St. Margaret's Hospital in
Hammond, Indiana wanted some emergency communications so I put a
repeater up there. And ever since then it grew. I put another repeater
up there and they were real helpful - they gave me a nice climate room
to put it in, they put a cage, put in emergency power, put a phone line.
And then about 2007 they hired a man who was the bio-terrorism director,
and by then things were starting to happen.

We started out with about ten or twelve people - some local law
enforcement, the Schererville police chief, and other agencies - there
was just a small group of us. And it grew and grew until the point where
it became District One. There are ten districts in the State of Indiana.

PAUL: Eventually, the system involved more than just on-site repeaters:

ANDY: What I was told was that the State and Federal government mandated amateur radio for backup and emergency communications. So, we start
installing radio stations in there besides repeaters. One reason we
install them at the hospital is so that any licensed amateur can walk in
there and operate that station.

PAUL: I asked Finnick if there were any special requirements to
volunteer for his group:

ANDY: We don't refuse any help, but we would like them to join RACES so
that we have a structure to it. But anyone that wants to help out,
please do.

PAUL: If you are in the Northwest Indiana area and want to get involved,
or if you want more information on how you can start a similar program
in your area, you can contact Andy via email at w9fxt at sbcglobal dot net.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Paul Braun, WD9GCO

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FOR K2BSA, IT's MORSE AND MORE

DON/ANCHOR: Scouts are busy on the radio again this week and there's
even a fun code competition thrown into the mix. For more details on
that, let's hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Stearns NE4RD.

BILL: This week in Radio Scouting we have 1 activation of the K2BSA
callsign and 1 activation from Scout Camps on the Air.

Ben Kuo, KK6FUT, will be the control operator for the K2BSA portable 6
station at the Ventura County Council Conejo Valley District Camporee in Moorpark, California on April 22nd and 23rd. This the the third
activation of the camp by the ham radio operators from the Conejo
(co-ney-ho) Valley Amateur Radio Club (CVARC). In the spirit of Boy
Scout Camporees, where scouts compete to show off their scouting skills,
the group is sponsoring a competition for scouts to decode a message in
Morse Code to win a blister pack of FRS radios and an ARRL Technician
License Manual. Ben, who has been organizing the event and regularly
works with scouts as a scout leader and Radio Merit Badge counselor,
said that, surprisingly, one of parts of ham radio which attracts the
most interest from scouts is Morse Code. Although it’s no longer
required for a license, the scouts have an enormous interest in decoding
and sending Morse code, even more than talking on the radio. After last year’s event, scouts were sending Morse code messages by flashlight all
over camp, and scouts were specifically coming to the group’s tent to
learn about Morse code. Last year, the group showed off ham radio to the
over 600 participants in the Camporee, with 65 scouts decoding their
first Morse code message and entering the contest and helping dozens of
scouts make contacts on the air. The group is hoping to do the same
this year, with another Morse Code contest and first contacts for
scouts. The group plans to be on HF on 20m, 40m, 15m, and 10m primarily
on phone and digital, depending on band conditions, and local VHF
repeaters.

Robert Swain, W5APO, will be the control operator for special event
station W0A at the Southern Area 4 Section Order of the Arrow Conference hosted by Uh-To-Yeh-Hut-Tee Lodge at the Sand Hill Scout Reservation in Brooksville, FL, on April 22nd. The event will host close to 1000
scouters and scouts, and will be a great opportunity to show off amateur radio!

For more information on K2BSA and radio scouting, please visit http://www.k2bsa.net/.

For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this
is Bill Stearns NE4RD.

**

BREAKING THE ICE....IN ICELAND

DON/ANCHOR: Does ham radio leave you cold? Well it did for one youngster
from North Carolina who got back recently from his first DXpedition - to Iceland. Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp WB9VPG talked with him.

NEIL: Mason Matrazzo, of Clemmons, North Carolina, was on the air from
Iceland as TF/KM4SII in the middle of March. This was his first
DXpedition. He took along a Buddistick, an FT-450, and 25 feet of coax
on a trip to Iceland with his mother. Mason is just 14 years old. Mason explains the difficulties he ran into operating on the trip.

MASON: Mother nature was none too kind during this expedition, and I
only got really one day where I could get the antenna set up the whole
time we were there… maybe actually technically speaking two. But,
there’s a bunch of problems.

NEIL: Problems getting the antenna mounted outside the hotel and extreme weather conditions definitely got in his way. Mason wasn’t very happy
with the amount of contacts he was able to get, but he still had a great
time and learned a lot.

MASON: I managed to work 15 countries, and it was only like - I don't
know - 20 something maybe no more than 25 QSOs. It was very painful,
I’ll say, when you when you're trying to work somebody through S9, S9+10 noise. So I couldn't actually hear if a frequency was clear very easily.
But fortunately, I had Internet access. So I got on one of the online
SDRs in Europe, and found a clear spot, and I just started calling CQ
there and eventually I got spotted by someone in Russia and I got some callers. It was slow going, but I did manage to pull some of them out of
the S9 noise. That was the first night, and the second night I was on
the air, it was a little bit late and the band had gone really long and
funky, and I wasn't getting any callers coming back to my CQ, at least
that were audible. So I just spent the rest of the night in search and
pounce mode.

NEIL: Mason plans on trying another DXpedition soon.

MASON: Like I said, this is the first I've ever been internationally.
So, it was a good first time. Next time I'm hoping that I operate where
I get myself a quieter location and a warmer location. I think somewhere tropical would be good next, because it was… it was cold!

NEIL: And Mason, I can’t blame you for that.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.

**

KNOW A POTENTIAL YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR?

DON/ANCHOR: Speaking of young hams, this is just another reminder that
the deadline approaches to nominate a candidate for Amateur Radio
Newsline's Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. Do you
know someone who particularly impresses you? Nominations are open to
amateurs 18 or younger who reside in the United States, its possessions
or any Canadian province. This is Amateur Radio Newsline's commitment to honoring young talented radio operators. Find application forms on our
website at arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. The award will be
presented on August 19th at the Huntsville Hamfest in Alabama.

Visit our website for details. Nominations close May 31 and that date is coming up fast!

**

BREAK HERE: Time to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the
W2GLD repeater in Pinckney, Michigan on Saturdays at 8 p.m. local time.

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MARKING THE DAY OF MARCONI

DON/ANCHOR: Are you up to date on your radio history? If you are, you'll remember that Marconi Day is coming, and that's as good a reason as any
to get on the air, as we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot
G4NJH.

JEREMY: International Marconi Day is not a contest, but a global
tribute. Organized by the Cornish Amateur Radio Club, it's about as
close as any radio operator may get these days to having the "Marconi experience." On April 22 - which will be April 21 in the United States -
hams are encouraged to get on the HF bands and make as many contacts as possible with the dozens of stations that have registered as so-called
"award stations."

This is the 30th International Marconi Day and it will include the participation of a number of special event stations celebrating
Guglielmo Marconi's birth on April 25, 1874. Participation is in two categories: for transmitting amateurs completing contacts with 15 of the official award stations, and for shortwave listeners logging two-way communications made by 15 of those stations.

Award stations include the Kerry Amateur Radio Club in Ireland,
operating as EI6YXQ at the former Marconi station site at Ballybunion.
In Binghamton, New York, in the U.S., operators can listen for special
event station K2M. The Binghamton site is where Marconi demonstrated in
1913 that communciation was possible with a fast-moving train. The site contains the remaining tower Marconi used. Other North American
stations, with links to Marconi's historic work, include Cape Cod, Massachusetts, operating as WA1WCC and KM1CC and Nova Scotia as VE1IMD.

Of course, in the UK, the Cornish club's members will also be operating,
using the call sign GB4IMD. Cornwall was where Marconi did much of his formative work. Marconi himself might appreciate this event as a day
that should be filled with big discoveries.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH

(CORNISH AMATEUR RADIO CLUB)

**
ON THE FRONT PORCH OF RADIO HISTORY

DON/ANCHOR: For a little bit more radio history, head to New York
State's Hudson Valley, where dots and dashes are taking center stage. Or
at least.....the front porch. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather
Embee KB3TZD with that story.

HEATHER: The Samuel Morse estate in New York's Hudson Valley was the
summer home of the noted inventor and 19th century telegrapher. The
historic house and grounds, known as Locust Grove, is marking the 227th anniversary of Morse's birth by doing the very thing Morse himself made possible - communicating in code. On April 29, the Hudson Valley QSY
Society will be operating in CW from the porch of the old house, making
radio contacts in Morse Code to demonstrate to the public how effective
a mode it still is. Guests at the home will also be welcome to visit the historic home's telegraph gallery which contains reproductions of early electromagnetic telegraphs similar to those developed and used by Morse.

Locust Grove is located in Poughkeepsie (Poo-KIP-See) New York and the
event, which is free, begins at 10 a.m. Visit the website at lgny.org

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

(LOCUST GROVE HISTORIC ESTATE)

**

PLANNING FOR DAYTON: HOW SUPERSUITE IT IS!

DON/ANCHOR: Are you ready for Dayton Hamvention? This year, of course,
it's in Xenia, Ohio but there's one big contest activity that's still happening in Dayton in a suite of hotel rooms. It just got a fresh new website, to boot. We learn more from Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephen
Kinford N8WB.

STEPHEN: Scott KA9FOX has already been more preoccupied than most of us
with this year's Dayton Hamvention and with good reason - he's just
launched the new website that showcases one of the hottest events being
run in conjunction with this year's event in Xenia, Ohio: It's the
Contest Super Suite, hosted by the Mad River Radio Club, North Coast Contesters and the Frankford Radio Club. Find all the contest action in
the Harding, McKinley, Garfield and Harrison Rooms of the Crowne Plaza
Hotel in Dayton on Wednesday the 17th of May through Saturday the 20th.
This is a contest event that's going to have everything on it - just
like some of the pizza being served each evening - and on Friday night
at 10 p.m, expect yet another Hamvention-quality performance by the
Spurious Emission Band. So, if you can't wait to visit Hamvention, you
can at least visit the website now at www.contestsupersuite.com

Be sure to look under the tab for "Contest Related Events" to see more
related activities.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford N8WB.

(TIM DUFFY K3LR)

**
WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Helmut DJ7CF is using the call sign 6Y5/DJ7CF from Greenwood, Jamaica until April 28th. Be listening for him on SSB, CW and PSK31. QSLs go via his home call.

Between the 21st and 28th of April, be listening for operators
David/OK6DJ and Petr/OK1FCJ using the call sign 5V7P from Lome in Togo.
Find them on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. Send QSL
cards via OK6DJ, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW.

In the Galapagos Islands, listen for Tim, LW9EOC, who will be on the air
from May 15th through the 29th as HC8/LW9EOC. He will be on Isabela
island, active on 160 through 6 meters, with an emphasis on
30/17/12meters, using SSB, CW and RTTY. Send QSL cards via his home call
sign, direct or LoTW.

**
KICKER: ESSEX HAMS IN A LATHER

DON: We end this week's newscast with a story of ham readiness. Hams, as
we all know, are accustomed to being prepared - we assist at marathons
and half-marathons, we provide a communications safety net at boating
events, hiking events and cycling events. So in Maldon, England, when
the Essex RAYNET was called in to assist at a fundraising fun run around Maldon Promenade Park, the hams there were prepared. After all, not
every amateur gets to assist at a mad dash through a fortress of colored bubbles. Actually, there were four such bubble stations and as the
runners came charging through each, streams of colorful bubbles were
shot in their direction, the thick lather rising as high as 4 feet.

It was the hottest day of the year so far - Sunday, April 9 - and an
estimated 1,000 runners nonetheless turned up to raise money for a local hospice. The event was sold-out and with the help of Essex RAYNET and
its UHF repeater, it was proclaimed a great success.

No doubt organizers who'd worked so hard got a chance to celebrate
afterwards. Maybe they even broke out a bit of the....bubbly.

(ESSEX HAM WEBSITE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; Cornish Amateur Radio Club; Essex RAYNET; Hap Holly and the Rain Report;
the Hindu newspaper; the IARU; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; K2BSA
Amateur Radio Association; Locust Grove Historic Estate, Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ.COM; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio
Show; Tim Duffy K3LR; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all
from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Don Wilbanks AE5DW in Picayune,
Mississippi saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2060 for Friday, April 21, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2060 with a release date of Friday,
April 21 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. VHF's back on board the International Space
Station. Australia prepares for a new shortwave service -- and YLs in
Japan are marking a milestone event. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2060 comes your way right now.

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VHF PACKET DELIVERS ON THE SPACE STATION

PAUL/ANCHOR: We open this week's report with cause for rejoicing to the
skies. So if you follow the International Space Station - or are hoping
for a contact someday with one of its astronauts - listen carefully to
this report from Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

NEIL: There's good news from outer space! The International Space
Station is back on the air on VHF from the Columbus module! After a
failure of a VHF handheld in October, a UHF replacement was retrieved
from storage and put into use temporarily. Because failure is not an
option, the ARISS team began the process of getting the 17-year-old replacement handheld radio up to the space station until the new mobile
radio is ready and certified. At the end of February, the SpaceX 10
launch vehicle, Dragon, flew to the ISS with the HT on board. On Friday,
April 14th, it was finally unpacked. Rosalie White, K1STO, ARISS International Secretary, shared the good news with us the day it happened.

ROSALIE: The ARISS team was notified this morning that the radio was
set up and turned on to 145.825 as the crew just found time finally
after unpacking that 5,500 pounds of cargo that got delivered. So we're
back in business again!

NEIL: Followers of ISS Fan Club have already posted that they've heard
and used VHF packet and are thrilled to have it again! Rosalie reminds
us that they don't know how long the radio will last and work is still progressing on a permanent replacement.

ROSALIE: The Ericsson that we sent up was the very last one that was in storage at Houston. It's only 6 watts, and our new system that we're developing is 25 watts. It's going to make it so much nicer. The audio
will be so much better for the school kids. And that system is in the
works. We've got the Kenwoods, but the power supplies are in the
process of being built, and because they have to be space-certified
parts inside, they are extremely expensive. So if anyone is interested
in helping out with some of those costs, they can go to the AMSAT
website www.amsat.org or the ARISS www.ariss.org site and contribute.
If you are enjoying the use of the packet, we hope to be able to
continue that for you and could sure use a hand.

NEIL: So if you need your space... consider donating to the cause.
Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.

**
IN CORNWALL, FROM TITANIC TO MARCONI

PAUL/ANCHOR: As hams in Cornwall, England prepared for International
Marconi Day on Saturday, April 22nd, they were already deeply involved
in operating for another on-air commemoration: the 105th anniversary of
the sinking of the Titanic, the ill-fated ocean liner that had a Marconi station on board. Amateur Radio Newsline's Ed Durrant DD5LP worked
Cornwall special event station GB2GM and shares this report.

ED'S REPORT: April 22nd is a very special day in the world of radio.
It's the day that we celebrate the birth of the great inventor, Marconi, without whom radio communications would not be what it is today.
There are many stations around the world who will take part in
INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY. One of those stations I happened to come
across on Good Friday commemorating another historical event where
Marconi radio operators were involved. The sinking of the Titanic
happened when it hit an iceberg 105 years ago. GB2GM is the special
event station run by the Poldhu Radio Club from the Marconi Centre in
Poldhu, Cornwall, England. Here's my short conversation with Malcolm
GM0DBW while he was operating the club station.

------ Audio clip from IC-7300 of QSO in here------

ED: So, when tuning around on April 22nd if you hear GB2GM GB2 Golf Mike
on the bands give them a call and you'll be talking to the museum
located in the old Marconi station hut in Poldhu, Cornwall, the site of
the first ever transatlantic wireless communication! Full information
about the Poldhu Radio Club can be found on their web site at GB2GM.ORG.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, this is Ed Durrant DD5LP.

**

NO SHORTAGE OF SHORTWAVE

PAUL/ANCHOR: Shortwave service is back in Australia but it's not what
you think. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp.

GRAHAM: With Radio Australia having ended its shortwave transmissions in January, some of the gap is about to be filled by a North Queensland
radio operation starting in May. Radio 4KZ Innisfail will run its 1.5
thousand watts into an inverted V antenna and will simulcast station 4KZ
which is an AM/FM operation. The shortwave simulcast will be on 5055kHz
seven days a week between 4 p.m. and 9 a.m. local time. The new
shortwave service was reported on the website SWLING.COM and credited
the general manager of NQ Radio, Al Kirton, VK4FFKZ, with creating this
to provide service to some areas left without radio when Radio Australia
went off the shortwave bands earlier this year. Meanwhile in Parliament, there's a measure by Senator Nick Xenophon which would reinstate Radio Australia's shortwave service if it passes.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp VK4BB

PAUL/ANCHOR: Al Kirton VK4FFKZ told Amateur Radio Newsline in an email
that listeners will receive an attractive QSL card if they send in
reception reports. He said the first two weeks of shortwave will be a trial-run operation.

(WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA, Al KIRTON VK4FFZ, SWLING.COM)

**
STILL TIME TO NOMINATE YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR

PAUL/ANCHOR: And now, another reminder that nominations are open for our Amateur Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Young Ham of the Year Award. What
does it all mean? Let's hear from a past winner.

CHRISTOPHER: I'm Christopher Arthur NV4B, the 2000 Newsline Young Ham of
the Year. Being chosen Young Ham of the Year remains one of the greatest honors I have ever received. It showed me that the amateur radio
community appreciates leadership among the youth in our hobby. My early success in amateur radio has translated to a ten-plus-year career in
computer engineering. I have remained active in the hobby since I won
the award and I am currently an active member of the Muscle Shoals
Amateur Radio Club where I am involved in technical projects and presentations, Field Day, VHF contesting and education and testing of
new hams. The yaesu FT-847 I was awarded has been used to make over 20 thousand QSOs since 2000. I hope that number continues to grow as I
remain active in the years to come. For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm
Christopher Arthur NV4B.

PAUL/ANCHOR: If there is a young radio operator who particularly
impresses you, visit our website for details at arnewsline.org. Find application forms under the "YHOTY" tab. Nominations close May 31. Yes,
that's barely a month away!

**

BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur
Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including
W3BN, the 2-meter repeater of the Reading Radio Club in Reading,
Pennsylvania on Friday evenings at 8 p.m. local time.

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GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE TECH

PAUL/ANCHOR: Girls are very much the focus of the International Telecommunications Union, which is getting ready to mark yet another International Girls in Information and Telecommunication Technologies
Day. That would be April 27. The annual program is the UN agency's
global effort to open up the world of science and tech to girls who
might someday be employed in the sector. Companies, schools, government agencies and other ICT affiliates aroudn the world will be hosting
workshops, career fairs and hands-on activities. The daylong event acknowledges amateur radio as one gateway into the sector and encourages girls' involvement.

Since ICT Day's establishment in 2011, more than 240 thousand girls and
young women haave been involved in 7,200 events in 160 countries around
the world, according to the ITU.

(ARRL, ITU)

**

TIME TO PARTY IN NEW ENGLAND

PAUL/ANCHOR: The New England QSO Party is coming up fast, and organizers
are asking hams to come out and represent their counties. We hear more
from Amateur Radio Newsline's Geri Goodrich KF5KRN.

GERI'S REPORT: If you can't visit New England, the next best thing is to
WORK New England, and you'll get your chance on the 6th and 7th of May
during the New England QSO Party. Organizers are working hard to get
every county in every New England state represented. So if you're
already in New England, consider this your invitation to the
20-hour-long party, for however many hours you can participate. Yes,
there will actually be a sleep break between 1 a.m. Sunday and 9 a.m.
Sunday local time to relax and recharge. The rest of the time hams can
operate using CW, SSB and digital modes on 80/40/20/15 and 10 meters.

Last year the party had a turnout to be proud of: 179 stations in New
England and 300 more participating from around the country and the world.

If you're in New England, register by emailing info-at-neqp.org

If you're anywhere else, be ready starting Saturday May 6 at 20:00 UTC.
Visit neqp.org for more details.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Geri Goodrich KF5KRN.

(NEW ENGLAND QSO PARTY)


**

GETTING LUCKY IN KENTUCKY

PAUL/ANCHOR: If you're proud to drive a vehicle that has your callsign
on its license plate, you'll understand why hams in Kentucky want to
give their own state license plates a second look. Amateurs there are considering a remake that perhaps offers a little higher wattage. This
report comes to us courtesy of Amateur News Weekly's Jack Prindle AB4WS.

JACK'S REPORT: In Kentucky, our amateur radio vehicle registration
plates are very plain: a white background and your call sign in blue and
the words "amateur radio" make up the plates. Many would like to see the commonwealth update these plates. What do YOU think? Please email your
ideas and opinions to arrlky@yahoo.com

Covering your amateur radio news in the Greater Cincinnati area and the commonwealth of Kentucky for Amateur News Weekly, this is Jack Prindle
AB4WS in Big Bone Kentucky.

PAUL/ANCHOR: That report was from Amateur News Weekly. To hear more news serving hams in Kentucky and the Greater Cincinnati area, visit amateurnewsweekly.com

(AMATEUR NEWS WEEKLY)

**
THE WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, the Tortugas CW Group will be operating as ED9T for
the King of Spain CW Contest on May 21st and 22nd from the Spanish
external territory of Melilla on the North African coast. They will
mostly operate on CW however you may also hear them operating as EG9TOR
on SSB and digital modes outside of the contest. QSL via EA4PN or use
OQRS for a direct, LoTW, eQSL or bureau card.

Listen for David, OK6DJ and Petr, OK1FCJ operating as 5V7P from Togo
between April 21st and the 28th. Find them on 160 to 10 meters using CW,
SSB and digital modes. QSL via OK6DJ, ClubLog's OQRS or
LoTW.

Next month, Tim LW9EOC will be operating as HC8/LW9EOC from the
Galapagos Islands between May 15th and May 29th on 160 meters through 6 meters. He will focus mainly on 30, 17 and 12 meters using SSB, CW and
RTTY. QSL via his home call, direct or LoTW.

Listen also for Pasi, OH3WS, on the air as OJ0W from Market Reef on May
6th and 7th. Find Pasi on 20 to 6 meters using CW and SSB. Pasi will
also try 60 meters on both CW and SSB, on 5354 kHz. QSL via his home call.

Finally, despite likely very average propagation and busy bands with
contests, the SOTA operators have planned their next Europe-to-North
America - Summit to Summit activity for Saturday May 13th between 12:00
and 18:00 UTC. Likely bands are 20m and 17m CW and SSB; as always
realtime spotting will be available at sotawatch.org.

**

KICKER: HERE'S TO THE NEXT 60 YEARS IN JAPAN

PAUL/ANCHOR: And finally, we look forward - and we look back - with a 60-year-old club for YLs in Japan. The Japan Ladies Radio Society has something special going on, as we learn in this week's final report,
from Amateur Radio Newsline's Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT.

CARYN: Special event station 8N60JLRS began operating in Japan on April
1 and the celebration won't stop until next March. What's going on? The
Japan Ladies Radio Society is marking the long life it has enjoyed since
three pioneering female amateurs founded it in 1957 to help that
nation's small but rapidly growing population of YLs enjoy life on the
amateur bands. According to Yukiko Maki 7K4TKB it was quite an adjustment.

YUKIKO: Once YLs in Japan started to call CQ there were always huge
pileups and heavy QRM and it wasn't easy and comfortable for them to
have a relaxing conversation with other YLs in Japan. It was very
difficult to do so at the time. That was the reason this club was
founded. It was meant to be the place for Japanese YLs to meet and enjoy talking with other YLs.

CARYN: Yukiko, who chairs the radio society's DX operations, said the
group has 160 domestic and 40 DX members. She said the special event
station is just one of many activities the YLs have had: there are two
annual contests, there's an awards program and over the years, there's
been some adventure.

YUKIKO: The first one was a DXpedition in Maldives near India using
callsign 8Q7YL in 1985 with 9 members and more than 23 thousand QSOs
were made during the 5-day stay. Another one took place in 2007 to
celebrate our fiftieth annivesary and at the time the QTH for this Dx
was in the Palau Islands in the Pacific Ocean. We used our call sign was
T80J with 18 members and at the time we did more than 2700 QSOs.

CARYN: The group's 60th anniversary will also be celebrated at the
general meeting of the Japan Ladies Radio Society in Tokyo this summer.
Yukiko said it's going to be great catching up with everyone. If you
can't get to Tokyo, there's always special event station 8N60JLRS now
through March of 2018. The YLs will be calling CQ -- and listening.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Al Kirton VK4FFZ; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Japan Ladies Radio
Society; New England QSO Party; QRZ.COM; QST Magazine; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Summits on the Air;
SWLING.COM; Tufts University; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our
address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at
Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at
www.arnewsline.org.

Also -- if you've going to Hamvention this year -- you can contact us in person! Just look for the Newsline crew at the HamNation booth in Xenia.
We'll be wearing our distinctive blue polo shirts. We'd love to meet our listeners.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun WD9GCO in Valparaiso,
Indiana saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2061 for Friday, April 28, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2061 with a release date of Friday,
April 28 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Hams in the UK take on the rising noise floor.
There's a repeater group in Canada that's gone international. And an
Indiana high school launches a balloon project. All this and more as
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2061 comes your way right now.

**
SOUNDING OFF ABOUT QRM IN THE UK

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We open this week's newscast with word that in the
global battle against the rising noise floor, amateurs in the UK are
ramping up their own efforts against QRM. With those details is Amateur
Radio Newsline's Ed Durrant DD5LP.

ED'S REPORT: There's more than just a little bit of noise being
generated in the UK lately about QRM. Just as the Radio Society of Great Britain is taking Ofcom to task over the regulator's handling of
complaints about man-made interference on the radio spectrum, hams,
short-wave listeners, CB radio enthusiasts and others are working
together to save the bands' quality. The website, u-k-q-r-m dot O-R-G
dot U-K, hosts the organisers' campaign urging radio enthusiasts to
reach out, most especially in these weeks before the UK's June 8th.
general election and have candidates to commit to solving the problem -
even if it means dissolving Ofcom and replacing it with a new regulator.

In the meantime, the website also advises all radio operators to contact
Ofcom with their noise issues once they have determined the QRM is
caused by something not on their property.

The UKQRM website also shares ways to help track down the QRM's source
and report it. The rising noise floor on the bands has gained attention
in numerous other countries too - most recently in South Africa where
the South African Radio League held a study group in late April to
formulate a strategy against excessive QRM.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant DD5LP

(UKQRM.COM)

***

IN INDIA, ATTENTION TO ANTENNAS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In India, where mountaineering and amateur radio are
starting to converge for reasons of navigation and safety, one club is
helping adventurers sort out the important business of antennas. Amateur
Radio Newsline's Jason Daniels VK2LAW has those details.

JASON: Mountaineer Chanda Gayen became the third woman from West Bengal
to successfully scale Mount Everest in 2013. The following year, she and
her two Sherpa guides were killed in an avalanche at an altitude of more
than 26,200 feet on Mount Kangchenjunga, the world's third highest
mountain in the Himalayas.

Members of the West Bengal Amateur Radio Club have not forgotten this
tragedy, particularly now that the club reports that its membership has
been expanding thanks to mountaineers who hope to learn how to use radio
when disasters like this happen. With this in mind, the club recently
hosted its first antenna workshop in cooperation with the National
Institute of Amateur Radio, coinciding with World Amateur Radio Day on
April 18th.

The 46 participants not only learned about the design of four-element
VHF Yagi antennas but built them with an eye toward using them with a
handheld transceiver on 2 meters. Workshop leaders Ambarish Nag Biswas
VU2JFA and Samar Kumar Biswas VU3ZHN both said the antenna and radio combination will provide vital tools for rescue work whether on a summit
or any other place where people can get lost.

Organizers said these antennas, which can be used well in foxhunting,
are especially useful in finding distress signals.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jason Daniels VK2LAW

(WEST BENGAL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB)

**
GOING BIG WITH BALLOONS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In Indiana, one ham helped some high school students
keep close tabs on their balloon project. We hear more from Amateur
Radio Newsline's Paul Braun WD9GCO.

PAUL: It’s always encouraging when the youth of today express an
interest in amateur radio. Recently, a group of twelve high school
students in Hobart, Indiana really dug in with a project suggested by
their teacher, Brent Vermeulen, assisted by local ham Mark Skowronski, K-9-M-Q. I spoke with both gentlemen about the project:

BRENT: I'm a high school engineering and technology teacher at Hobart
High School in Hobart, Indiana, and I do a lot of pre-engineering and technology. I do a lot of software work but mainly my biggest focus is
problem solving and I like to teach students how to be problem-solvers.

I ran across another teacher on the East Coast that had done this high-altitude balloon project. The following year I just said, "You know
what? Let's just go for it. I think my students can do it and what
better way to be a problem solver than to really go big!”

PAUL: I asked Vermeulen how he got Skowronski involved with his class:

BRENT: Sending this high-altitude balloon to one hundred thousand feet,
we wanted to record the whole trip, we wanted to get a lot of data, but
one of the biggest hurdles is "how do we track this thing?"

So we set out, and while I already knew a few answers, I really tried to motivate my students to really do some research and find out different
ways to track not only through GPS, which is the first thing people
think of, and one of the students ended up coming across amateur radio
and ways that you can maybe put that online. I knew about that and I was excited when they came across it. So then we set out to say we needed to
get in contact with someone with a license and found out there was a
Lake County Amateur Radio Club. Mark responded back to me and he came
and spoke to my class.

PAUL: Skowronski did some advance planning before his presentation:

MARK: I wanted to find out what they wanted to do as a class, what
their expectations were. Did they need stuff built? Were they ready to
go buy stuff that was off-the-shelf, when they wanted to do all this stuff?

Once I did that Brent asked me to come in and talk about exactly what
amateur radio was - most of the kids didn’t know that - and then
specifically how packet radio and APRS plays a role in the recovery of
this balloon and I was able to do a kind of demonstration since they’d purchased some equipment for APRS so we were able to show exactly how it
would work.

PAUL: I asked Skowronski what equipment had been installed in the experiment’s capsule:

MARK: The amateur radio portion of the project involved a 2-meter APRS transmitter. We used a Bionics all-in-one transmitter and it had a
built-in TNC and GPS unit, and it put out about one watt. We used the
DMR network here in Indiana with all the various repeaters on the
Indiana Statewide talkgroup to kind of coordinate everyone who was
helping with recovering the balloon.

PAUL: Hobart is approximately 50 miles Southeast of Chicago. I asked
Vermeulen how far the balloon ended up traveling:

BRENT: It went South-Southeast to Kokomo, Indiana, so, about 140 miles.

PAUL: The team also installed APRS tracking equipment in the chase
vehicle so people could follow THEM as they followed the balloon. The
class declared the project a success.

If you’d like to find out more about the project for your own group, or
would like to help with the next launch, please contact us via newsline@arnewsline.org and we will pass it along to Mr. Vermeulen.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Paul Braun, WD9GCO


**

COUNTDOWN FOR YHOTY NOMINATIONS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Speaking of getting youngsters involved, the deadline approaches for nominations for the Amateur Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. Nominations are open to licensed
hams 18 or younger who reside in the United States, its possessions or
any Canadian province. Find application forms on our website at
arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. The award will be presented on
August 19th at the Huntsville Hamfest in Alabama. Nominations close May
31 -- there's barely a month to go! While you're at it, be sure to catch
the May 2 webcast of the W5KUB Amateur Radio Roundtable. Host Tom Medlin
will be talking with Amateur Radio Newsline's Don Wilbanks AE5DW about
the Young Ham of the Year award. You may just be inspired to fill out
that nomination form right away.

**

BREAK HERE

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the
Stephens County Amateur Radio Society, N4DME repeater, in Toccoa,
Georgia Tuesday nights at 8PM.

**

KIDS ARE KEEN ON KITS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Kit-building is growing in popularity and some hams in Scotland are doing their part to help. We hear more from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY: Ham radio is what you make it -- and nowadays there are plenty
of enthusiasts making it - making their radios, making their antennas
and making other electronics for their shacks. To encourage kit-building
with confidence, especially among young people, CQScotland.com is
hosting a group kit-building event and micro:bit showcase for young enthusiasts. They are looking for volunteers from the amateur radio
community to assist with the hands-on instruction. The workshop will be
held on the 7th of May at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow.

If you can volunteer, you will be assisting with the building of a BBC micro:bit Morse Code transceiver or the creation of another simple
electronics project.

If you are the parent or guardian of a young enthusiast looking to build
the love of the hobby while building something real and useful, contact CQScotland.com

The program is supported by the micro:bit Educational Foundation and the
Radio Society of Great Britain.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(CQSCOTLAND)

**

INTERNATIONAL REPEATER GROUP MAKES CONNECTIONS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A wide-ranging system of repeaters in Canada has grown
from simple beginnings in one province to international importance. It's
even used across the border with the U.S. We hear again from Amateur
Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

NEIL: The International Repeater Group in New Brunswick, Canada is a collection of 25 repeaters that serve the entire province, as well as
many parts of Maine in the United States. It's a secured system divided
into zones, and has hard-linked repeaters. It all began with one ham 43
years ago.

FRANCIS: It has grown now to a system of 25 repeaters that can be linked across the province of New Brunswick. They are accessible throughout New Brunswick; also from amateurs on the in the state of Maine, Nova Scotia,
and PEI; and over in the province of Québec as well there in the Gaspe peninsula because they can reach into the northern repeaters and join us.

NEIL: The repeater network is a success in part due to the financial and technical support of the Emergency Measures Organization of New
Brunswick and CANWARN in addition to the group's members. While EMCOMM training and various nets make use of the system, one of the more vital functions is the weather net that operates daily, November through April.

FRANCIS: Our net controller Rick, VE9MTB, does a great job. He collects
all the data from stations across New Brunswick and in northeastern
Maine where the St. John River starts, because we do have a flooding
issue along the St. John River and Rick collects all of the data seven
days a week, sends it into Environment and Climate Change Canada which
helps the forecasters keep an eye on the snowpack and how fast melting
is going on in various regions and how much water is gonna be coming
down the streams with the potential of provincial flooding on some of
our tributaries.

NEIL: The operators take the "I" for "INTERNATIONAL" very seriously and literally.

FRANCIS: We have a tremendous, good working relationship, not only in
amateur radio - but it can be fire department, mutual aid agreements,
you name it - along the Canada/US border. As far as we're concerned,
that border is just an imaginary line, because we're gonna back each
other up no matter what. It's fantastic! Boat ways, you know, we'll help
our friends in the state of Maine, and just like they will come over and
help us here. And you know, thank God for this neighborly stuff because
there are many times, you know, we've depended on each other.

NEIL: You can see the map and other information at their website
www.irg73.net

Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, this is Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

(GEORGE DEWAR VY2GF)


**

STARRING ROLE FOR DSTAR

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: If you enjoy any number of nets and you're starting to discover the excitement of DSTAR, here's another option for you starting
in May. Here are the details from Jack Prindle AB4WS, who filed this
report for Amateur News Weekly.

JACK PRINDLE: Mark your calendars, the Kentucky DSTAR Net on Reflector
56 Bravo is returning starting on May 4, 2017 every Thursday evening at
7 p.m. Eastern Time thanks to the work of Ray KI4BM and Larry NN4H. Hope
to hear you on DSTAR Reflector 56 Bravo Thursdays at 7 p.m. Eastern
Time. Pass it on! Covering your amateur radio news in the Greater
Cincinnati area and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, this is Jack Prindle
AB4WS in Big Bone, Kentucky.

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: To hear more news serving hams in Kentucky and the
Greater Cincinnati area, visit amateurnewsweekly.com

(AMATEUR NEWS WEEKLY)

**
ThE WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, listen for a team of operators from the UK signing
as A25UK from Botswana until the sixth of May. They'll be on all bands
160m to 10m SSB, CW and RTTY. QSLs go via M0OXO.

Be listening for Peter DF7DQ in Vietnam from the first of May until the
10th. He is using the call sign 3W9DQ and operating holiday style on 40m
to 15m CW, SSB and RTTY. Send QSL cards to his home call.

The latest stop for Tom KC0W is Guatemala and you can hear him using the
call sign TG7/KC0W until May 8th. After that, be listening for him when
he arrives in Guyana and uses the call sign 8R1/KC0W beginning May 10th.

(IRTS)

**
KICKER: AUSTRALIA'S BACK IN SPACE

STEPHEN: We end this week's newscast with a report from Australia where,
it seems, scientists are back in the satellite business. We hear the
details from Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams VK4JJW.

JOHN'S REPORT: There's an awful lot of pride lately among scientists and satellite enthusiasts in Australia, now that the first new satellites to
be built in that nation in 15 years have been launched by NASA at Cape Canaveral.

The miniaturized research satellites were developed by university-based
teams at the University of New South Wales, the University of Sydney,
the Australian National University, the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia.

Lifting off from Cape Canaveral on April 18, the Australian satellite
projects were designed to help gain an understanding of climate and
weather systems by studying the Earth's thermosphere.

Andrew Dempster, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research
director at the University of NSW, said the only two Australian
satellite launches before this were in 1967 and 2002. Iver Cairns, from
the University of Sydney, was present at the launch and told reporters
he considered it a big day for Australian space research. He said he was especially proud that the three satellites would be the first from
Australia going to the International Space Station for deployment.

All of that leaves a pretty good feeling in the Land Down Under for what
is about to be accomplished "Up Over."

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.


(SOUTHGATE, ABC.NET.AU)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to ABC.NET Australia; Alan Labs; Amateur
News Weekly; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; CQ Scotland; George Dewar VY2GF; Hap
Holly and the Rain Report; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's
QSO Radio Show; West Bengal Amateur Radio Club; WTWW Shortwave; and you
our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send
emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

Also -- if you've going to Hamvention this year -- you can contact us in person! Just look for the Newsline crew at the HamNation booth in Xenia.
We'll be wearing our distinctive blue polo shirts.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford N8WB in Wadsworth Ohio
saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2017. All rights reserved.


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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2062 for Friday, May 5, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2062 with a release date of Friday,
May 5 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. There's a tragedy in India - and hams respond.
Morse Code's ruled unnecessary in Taiwan -- and in Ohio, the Voice of
America Museum opens its doors for Hamvention. All this and more as
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2062 comes your way right now.

**
BILLBOARD CART

**

HAMS AID RESCUE ON THE RIVER

NEIL/ANCHOR: Our top story this week is the report of a sudden -- and
tragic -- collapse of a jetty on a riverfront in India bustling with commuters. Local hams rushed to the scene to assist with the rescue
efforts, as we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline' Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY's REPORT: Hams in West Bengal responded to a dramatic rescue
effort on a riverfront outside Kolkata, India after an aging wooden
jetty in disrepair collapsed, sending at least four people to their
death and injuring more than a dozen. The jetty, which was in disrepair,
was crowded with more than 150 commuters, including school children, at
the time of its collapse in the Hooghly River about 22 miles north of
Kolkata on April 26. The commuters were waiting for boats to ferry them
to jetties on the opposite bank.

As local fishermen took their boats out into the water to pull victims
from the water, and others dived in, members of the West Bengal Radio
Club arrived on the scene with their 2-meter handheld transceivers and
using EchoLink, contacted the club station VU2MQT 15 kilometers away to
assist in the rescue effort. Rinku Nag Biswas VU2JFB was at the club
station and able to relay information. The EchoLink station utilized the KM6EOM repeater of the Wanderers Amateur Radio Club in Los Angeles,
California after contacting its custodian Greg KI6GIG.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(HINDUSTAN TIMES, SOUTHGATE)

**

WHAT, NO MORE MORSE?

NEIL/ANCHOR: Morse Code has become history once again. It's no longer a requirement for amateurs seeking their license in Taiwan. Here's more
from Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams VK4JJW.

JOHN'S REPORT: Following the lead taken by so many other nations,
Taiwan's National Communications Commission is preparing to do away with
the Morse Code requirement for amateur licensees in that nation.
The change, which is contained in a recent amendment, has already been approved but won't take effect immediately because the amendment must
first be presented for public view for two months.
The NCC's frequency and resources department deputy director Chen
Chun-mu told the Taipei Times that in addition to dropping the code requirement, the amendment also extends the lifetime of an amateur
license from five years to 10 and allows hams with expiring licenses to
begin the renewal process as many as five months before the expiration
date. Presently hams in Taiwan can only do this one month before
expiration.
Commission data reflects that 42,900 licenses have been issued by the
NCC for qualified operators between 2012 and 2016.
Morse Code became an optional part of global amateur radio after the
World Radiocommunication Conference of 2003 when the International Telecommunications Union gave nations the right to decide individually
whether Code proficiency would remain part of their licensing
qualifications.
In the U.S. the FCC did away with the Morse Code requirement for the Technician class entry level license in 1991 and a change that took
effect in 2007 eliminated the FCC code requirement from licenses
altogether. Poland, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia and the UK also
number among the many nations no longer requiring Morse.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams VK4JJW.


(THE TAIPEI TIMES, RADIO SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN)

**

MALTA, UAE GET ON 60 METERS

NEIL/ANCHOR: Been on 60 meters lately? Well listen up, you might hear
some newcomers, as Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen ZL2BHF tells us.

JIM'S REPORT: It's getting a little bit busier on the air these days
between 5351.5 kHz and 5366.5 kHz as hams in Malta and the United Arab Emirates get the green light to get on the band. The Malta
Communications Authority's new national plan gives amateurs there access
to the 60 meter band on a secondary basis. The maximum power permitted
is 15w EIRP. Likewise, hams in the UAE are permitted to a maximum power
of 15w EIRP. Malta and the UAE join a number of nations that have been enjoying privileges on 60 meters, including hams in the U.S. who were
given access by the FCC in 2012 for the band's use on a channelized
basis. Eight channels have also been available for hams in Israel since
2013 for General and Extra class licensees. The Cayman Islands, the
Dominican Republic and Greenland are among those nations also having
access using channelized operation.

Since the agreement at the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2015
many countries who are new to the band are adopting the 15KHz band
rather than channels along with the 15 watts effective isotropic
radiated power limit.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen ZL2BHF

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K2BSA ON THE AIR IN OREGON AND CALIFORNIA

NEIL/ANCHOR: The K2BSA call sign is going camping again this week and
will also be part of a net. Here are the details from Amateur Radio
Newsline's Bill Stearns NE4RD.

BILL'S REPORT: This week in Radio Scouting we have 2 activations of the
K2BSA callsign, 1 activation from Scout Camps on the Air, a Scouters
Net, and more.

Russ Mickiewicz, N7QR, will be the control operator for K2BSA/7 at the
Sunset Trails District Camporee in Rainier, OR, on Saturday May 6th.
This is the annual Camporee for the Sunset District of the Cascade
Pacific Council which consists of Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts of the west Portland Oregon area. Russ will have about 200 boys who will compete in patrols including various skills such as knot tying, tomahawk throwing,
fire starting, canoe portaging among others. One of the stops will be
the amateur radio station where they will hear about the station and get points by answering questions and get bonus points for talking on the
air. Russ will have scouts on the air from 9am to 4pm PST probably
starting out on 14.290 MHz. With the 7 area QSO party going on, there
should be plenty of local activity, and hopefully contest participants
will give this group some room.

Ray Dzek, N6DZK, will be the control operator for K2BSA/6 at the
Scout-o-Rama for the Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council at Historic
Park in San Jose, CA on Saturday May 13th. Ray will have a 100' tower
with a Yaesu FT-991 into a Hex Beam. They will be on the air from 10am
to 4pm PST on 40, 20, or 15 meters depending on band conditions.

Stephen Shearer, WB3LGC, will be the control operator for KB3NCC at the
Henson Scout Reservation in Rhodesdale, MD, on Friday May 5th through
the 6th. Stephen will be running 15 watts or less on 40/20 PSK on
Friday and then joining into the state QSO parties on voice and CW in
the 10-10 contest for Saturday.

The Radio Scouting Net will be on Thursday May 11th at 9pm Central on
Echolink *JOTA-365*. If you are interested in talking with some
veterans of Radio Scouting, this is a great opportunity to have an
informal discussion during the net.

Hamvention is approaching rapidly, and the K2BSA group will be present
in building 2 in Booth 2205. Please consider a visit to the booth to
learn more about what you can do to get involved in radio scouting like getting scouts to your field day event and learn about our upcoming
events like National Jamboree and Jamboree on the Air.

For more information on K2BSA and radio scouting, please visit http://www.k2bsa.net/.


For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this
is Bill Stearns NE4RD.

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STILL SEEKING YHOTY NOMINATIONS

NEIL/ANCHOR: One more reminder that the deadline approaches to nominate
a candidate for Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak Memorial Young
Ham of the Year Award. Do you know someone 18 or younger who
particularly impresses you? This is Amateur Radio Newsline's commitment
to honoring young talented radio operators. Find application forms on
our website at arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. Nominations close
May 31 -- that's later this month!

Also be listening on Tuesday May 9 at 8 p.m. Central Time as Amateur
Radio Newsline's Don Wilbanks AE5DW joins Ted Randall WB8PUM on the QSO
Radio Show, heard live on WTWW 5085 kHz.

**

BREAK HERE:

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana (OH-KY-IN) Amateur Radio Society repeater, 146.670
MHz, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

**

VOA MUSEUM, A HAMVENTION 'PLUS'

NEIL/ANCHOR: It's May and Hamvention is coming! And not more than an
hour's drive from Dayton Hamvention is another popular gathering spot
for amateurs: the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting
located at the site of VOA's Bethany Relay Station in West Chester
Township. If you're going to Hamvention and you're free after 5 p.m.,
check it out. Amateur Radio Newsline's Mike Akins KE5CXP has the details.

MIKE: It's not quite quite Hamvention after dark but the VOA Museum is
still offering some incredible nightlife for amateurs visiting Ohio
starting May 19th. Although the Bethany Relay Station stopped operating
in 1994 and its towers have long since come down, its doors will be open
to amateurs who'll want to experience its rich history in global radio.
The museum's executive director, Jack Dominic, said there's plenty to
see - and do.

JACK: If you think about it, it is kind of a must-see for someone who
hasn’t been here before. If you are interested in ham radio, you are interested in shortwave and this facility is arguiably the most
significant shortwave presence in the whole United States. At one time,
six of the world's highest-power shortwave transmitters were located here.

MIKE: Take a tour and see one of the transmitters, a 1960 vintage
Collins rig, visit the control room and see the antenna-switching matrix
that once allowed transmissions to be aimed directly at Europe, North
Africa and South America. The museum also contains equipment from Robert
L. Drake's personal amateur radio collection. Museum board member Gary
West K8DEV says yes, bring your license and you can even get on the air!

GARY: We have a club station here, the West Chester Amateur Radio
Association. We are here in West Chester Township and WC8VOA is our call
sign. We have got six operating stations and we do encourage people to
get on the air when they are here. If they are interested, just let us
know.

MIKE: The open house promises to be a celebration of wireless. Admission
is $5 and the doors are open on May 19th and May 20th until 9 p.m. For
Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins KE5CXP.


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NETS OF NOTE: THE AIR FORCE FLYERS CLUB NET

NEIL/ANCHOR: We bring you another installment in our occasional series,
Nets of Note. This one has real historical significance - and it's
high-flying too. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun WD9GCO.

PAUL'S REPORT: This week's "Net of Note" is a very special one with a
lot of American history tied in. I spoke with group member Jon
Stromsland, WA6LJS, about what makes their net special:

JON: It's called the Air Force Flyers Club Net and it's a historic and patriotic group of airmen from all wars and all branches of the military
- Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard - who served as pilots, air crew, ground
crew, missle crew and we've even got air traffic controllers in the net.

The net was started in 1989 by WA7IFX who's since become a silent key.
Some of the original members are silent keys now, but the ones that
started it were basically World War II pilots. The first member, Van
Nordstrom was a B-17 gunner.

We have the distinction of having the youngest fighter ace in history
there - we had November Three Golf Tango Tango, Dale Karger was his name
- and he was 19 years old when he flew P-51's and he had eleven kills.

PAUL: This "net of note" has definitely had some "members of note," many
of which were notable outside of the ham radio world:

JON: We also have some historic people that were in the net. People have
heard of General Curtis LeMay - he was called the Father of Strategic
Air Command, and in 1961 General LeMay was the Chief of Staff of the
United States Air Force. He was also a ham radio operator and in 1957 he established single-sideband as the standard for high-frequency
communications for SAC bombers.

PAUL: They have even had one former U.S. Senator:

JON: Barry Goldwater, who I╒m sure everybody╒s heard of, he used to
check into the net way back when and he did phone patches for the troops
back in the early 60╒s


PAUL: Membership has fallen off in recent years, according to
Stromsland, but still remains very active:

JON: At one point, we had over 500 members and a lot of the old-time
members of course, have become silent keys, but currently we have about
69 active members.

PAUL: I asked Stromsland where you can find the net:

JON: The net meets on 20 meters every day, seven days a week, on 14.290
at 1530 Zulu. And then on Tuesdays only, we have a 40 meter net that
comes on right after the 20 meter net closes on 7.181 in the morning and
on Tuesday in the evening at 7pm Pacific time we meet on 7.278.

PAUL: While you have to be either active military or a veteran in order
to join the net, anyone is welcome to check into the net and join in the discussion. And, as always, we here at Amateur Radio Newsline thank all
our military, past and present, for your service.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

NEIL/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, if you know of a net with an interesting story
to tell, email us at newsline at arnewsline.org and we might just
feature it in our occasional series Nets of Note.


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THE WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, we have a few CW operators who'll be calling QRZ.
You have a few more days to listen for S79J operating from Mahe Island
in the Seychelles Islands. The callsign is being used by Ivan LZ1PJ
until the 10th of May. Listen for S79J operating in CW on the HF bands
and on 6m. QSL to the home call.

Martin MW0BRO is operating from Qatar as A7/MW0BRO through the 18th of
May. He is transmitting from the Qatar Amateur Radio Society club
station in Doha. Listen for him operating in CW on 80 through 10m. QSL
to his home call.

Gab HB9TSW is operating as Z68BG from Slatina Air Base in Pristina,
Kosovo until the 23rd of May. He will use CW on 40m to 10m. QSOs with
Kosovo do not count for the DXCC Award at the present time.

On Saint Martin Island, John K9EL is operating as FS/K9EL on SSB, CW and
RTTY through the 15th of May. Listen for him on 80 meters through 6
meters. Send QSL cards via the home call, OQRS, LoTW and eQSL.


(DXCOFFEE, IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)

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KICKER: SKY HIGH TOY STORY

NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally, we end this newscast with the tale of a modest
project in Australia that wasn't so modest after all -- finding a way to
get kids interested in space travel and radio tracking with the help of
a small animal. Well, OK, a plush toy small animal. Let's hear more from Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp VK4BB.

GRAHAM: Can an echidna fly? Well, if you're a spiny anteater named
Anstey and you're in the company of the Amateur Radio Experimenters
Group in Adelaide, South Australia, you can not only fly, you can soar.

That was the fate of Anstey, a plush toy echidna who got a trip into
space with the help of the radio amateurs group, including Mark Jessop
VK5QI. Anstey went up into the sky via a high-altitude balloon - one of
many the amateur group has launched over the years - as a way of
grabbing the attention of young South Australians at the Tea Tree Gully library at the end of last year. The plush toy is the library's mascot
and she became a mascot with a mission.

Anstey was sent up to a height of about 23 miles from a sports field in
the Adelaide Hills and was tracked via radio to a somewhat soft landing
a few days later in a wheat field about 75 miles from where she had been launched.Mark said she was buried in the tops of the wheat and wasn't
visible until they literally stumbled upon her. The journey took the
little plush toy into air temperatures estimated to be minus 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

The library, however, had a good warming feeling about the whole matter.
ABC News Australia picked up on the story recently, as did other media.
Now the celebrity echidna is back at the library for another appearance.
On May 8, younsters will visit the library, learn about the journey,
meet the well-traveled toy and celebrate the first echidna in space.
Likely she won't be the last.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Graham Kemp VK4BB.

(ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to ABC News Australia; Alan Labs; Amateur
News Weekly; the ARRL; Chelmsford Weekly News; ;CQ Magazine; DX Coffee;
Hap Holly and the Rain Report; the Hindustan Times; the IARU; Irish
Radio Transmitters Society; the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association; the
Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; the Taipei Times; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and you our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send
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and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG in Bloomington Indiana saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2064 for Friday, May 19, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2064 with a release date of Friday,
May 19, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Germany gets a new band on a trial basis. A
former amateur with a long combative history becomes a Silent Key -- and
we meet two hams honored at Hamvention. All this and more as Amateur
Radio Newsline Report 2064 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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AT HAMVENTION, HAMS WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE

DON/ANCHOR: We begin with - what else? - Hamvention which gets underway
as this report goes to production. One of the highlights of this annual
event is the recognition of amateurs who've made a difference for others
in our hobby. The honorees this year have done just that. Let's hear
more about them from Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

NEIL: The celebration of ham radio that is the Dayton Hamvention is
underway as we go to broadcast. And part of the celebration is
recognizing the Hamvention award winners. Two of the winners accepted
the invitation to be featured on a recent episode of Ham Talk Live! This year’s Amateur of the Year is Frank Bauer, KA3HDO. Frank is the
international chairman of the Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station project. He worked for NASA and other space related companies
for 4 decades. Frank has worked on several projects tying ham radio with space. And, his current one involves maintaining a ham radio presence on
the ISS.

FRANK: It is hard to believe that two weeks after the first crew came on board, we inaugurated the amateur radio station. And, we have been
operational ever since. And so, that was back in November of 2000. Since
then, we've done over a thousand contacts. We’re almost up to 1100
contacts at this point. And what the team has accomplished has been phenomenal… being able to allow hams around the world to talk to the astronauts on orbit. When we get a crew member that [is] interested in
talking to hams on the ground, and all of the students… and getting
students excited about amateur radio. That's a very important thing… not
only excited, but actually getting licensed.

NEIL: Bauer also reflected on the connection between space and ham radio.

FRANK: This is that melding of amateur radio into other activities,
scientific activities and engineering activities, where this hobby is
just phenomenal. And, I’ll say I’m forever grateful for the fact that I
got involved in amateur radio because it has helped my career, and it
has helped everyone on earth from that perspective.

NEIL: Ram Mohan, VU2MYH is this year’s Special Achievement Award winner.
Ram is the Executive Vice Chairman & Director of the National Institute
of Amateur Radio in Hyderabad, India. Ram’s efforts to bring youth into amateur radio in India has been exemplary.

RAM: Evidence of this activity in India is still on the lower side, I
would say. We are just trying to introduce and create awareness on the activities for the youth to get involved, and join, have fun, and
interacting with people all over the world… get to learn things about wireless communications, as they practice the art of amateur radio. And interestingly, this grown into leaps and bounds. A lot of young people
getting involved into the activity. They're all excited to get into the
world of amateur radio. Do-it-yourself concept helps in building a skill
for them. And a lot of technical institutes are coming forward and
encourage the students to get involved in amateur radio. And it is our
effort to get the message across to all the young people who want to get involved in the amateur radio activity.

NEIL: Ram has also been involved in communications efforts for several
natural disasters, such as the recent Nepal earthquake.

RAM: In India, we have several kinds of natural calamities hitting the region… really pretty bad ones. The ones that happened Gujaratin 2001.
The earthquake took a toll on a lot of people, and there was a major
disaster and hams could provide instant communications at that point in
time. The super cyclone of 1999 was a major disaster here in India, and
the tsunami of 2004.

NEIL: Ram is grateful for the recognition from the Dayton Amateur Radio Association.

RAM: We are very fortunate that the award comes back to our organization
again after so many years.

NEIL: Another winner of the prestigious awards is Rob Brownstein, K6RB,
who won the technical achievement award for his work with CW Ops. And
the Clark County Amateur Radio Club W7AIA, which serves Southwest
Washington and Northwest Oregon, received the Club of the Year award for
their efforts with youth, licensing, and visual situation reporting. For
more information about this year’s award winners, go check out the
official Hamvention program at Hamvention.org, or tune into the entire broadcast on hamtalklive.com.

Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.

**

SILENT KEY HAD LONG COMBATIVE HISTORY WITH FCC

DON/ANCHOR: For most hams, the call sign K1MAN was once synonymous with
the name Glenn Baxter, an amateur with a long combative history with regulators. Earlier this month, three years after losing his license, he became a Silent Key. We hear the details from Amateur Radio Newsline's
Mike Askins KE5CXP.

MIKE'S REPORT: A former radio amateur long known for his disputes with
the FCC over malicious interference and other illegal transmissions has
become a Silent Key. Glenn Baxter of Belgrade, Maine died May 5. He
first became a licensed amateur in 1956 but at the time of his death,
Baxter had long since lost his Amateur Extra call sign, K1MAN, which is
now held by another radio operator.

Baxter was well-known for his enforcement battles with the FCC and his disputes with the ARRL, with whom he had also locked horns. He lost his license in 2014 when the FCC denied his renewal application based on his failure to pay a $10,000 fine from previous violations. The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau dismissed Baxter’s long-pending renewal
application from 2005 “without prejudice,” indicating that if he wanted
to become licensed again, he would have to file a new application.

An obituary on the Maine Today website said Baxter was a registered professional engineer.

Glenn Baxter was 75.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins KE5CXP

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BELIZE CLUB ADMITTED INTO IARU

DON/ANCHOR: It took some time, but Belize radio amateurs are back in the
IARU. That's good news for everyone who worked hard to be included, as
we learn from Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp VK4BB.

GRAHAM: Less than a week ago, the top news story among the headlines on
the Belize Amateur Radio Club website was about....the Belize Amateur
Radio Club! After much waiting, the ham radio group received its
hard-won admission into the International Amateur Radio Union in an overwhelmingly positive vote - 77 member societies voting yes to
membership status, where only 55 votes were needed.

Although IARU membership is new to this club, the group adopted the same
name of an organization that previously belonged to the IARU but no
longer exists. Now the right to membership in IARU Region 2 rests
exclusively with this Belize club, after IARU officials determined the
group met requirements established by the IARU constitution and its bylaws.

The club's website, barc-dot-bz (barc.bz) proudly displays the IARU
press release, issued the 11th of May, announcing the club's new
official status. According to its website, the club was established in
2015 to promote technical education, encourage wireless experimentation
and advance international partnerships. Speaking of partnerships, the
Belize club's admission into the IARU makes it one of 167 member
societies involved in this ever-widening global community.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.


(BELIZE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, SOUTHGATE)

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LAST DAYS TO NOMINATE YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR

DON/ANCHOR: If you haven't already thought of a young amateur to
nominate for Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham
of the Year Award, you don't have too much more time to come up with a candidate. Time is running out! This award is our commitment to honoring
young talent. Is there a young radio operator who particularly impresses
you? Nominations are still open -- but not for much longer - for
amateurs 18 years of age or younger who reside in the United States, its possessions or any Canadian province. Find application forms on our
website arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. The award will be
presented on August 19th at the Huntsville Hamfest in Alabama.

Visit our website for details. Nominations close May 31. Look at your
calendar - that's not too many days from now!

**

BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur
Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including
the K2SPD repeater of the Suffolk Police Amateur Radio Club in
Farmingville, New York, during its Monday Night Net at 8 p.m. The net
can also be heard on the AB2M conference server on EchoLink.

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GERMANY GETS NEW 4 METER BAND

DON/ANCHOR: Things are about to get very busy on 70 MHz in Germany. From
now until late summer, hams will be enjoying a test period on the band.
That includes Amateur Radio Newsline's Ed Durrant DD5LP, who has that
story.

ED'S REPORT: The German regulator "BNetza" in its announcement 384/2017 released on the 16th. May, a day earlier than originally expected,
reports that German Amateurs may use a section of the 70MHz band from
70.150 to 70.180MHz for a test period starting from immediate effect
until August 31st this year. The same conditions apply as were in place
for the previous test in 2015.

These conditions are - the amateur is a secondary user on a
non-Interference basis (the primary users are the national Railway and
the Military), no portable or mobile operation, 25 watts ERP maximum on
any mode up to 12KHz bandwidth and horizontal polarisation only. All transmissions, including equipment tests must be entered in a station
log book.

Four meters is a little-used section of the amateur spectrum and not
available in many countries. The lack of suitable commercially made
amateur radio equipment has been a problem until more recent Software
Defined Radios have been able to provide 70MHz access.

The 70 MHz band performs especially well during times of Sporadic E propagation - typically occurring during the summer months which permits
radio communications throughout Europe.

Additional details are available at 70MHz.de website, which is in German
but has translations into various other languages available.

Already having sent a CQ on 4 meters with no replies as yet, for Amateur
Radio Newsline this is Ed Durrant DD5LP in Bavaria, Germany.

(SOUTHGATE)


**

SCOUT CAMPS GET ON THE AIR

DON/ANCHOR: The young radio scouts of K2BSA are busy again on the air, activating the call sign at a variety of locations - and showing up in
Ohio for Hamvention! Here are the details from Amateur Radio Newsline's
Bill Stearns NE4RD.

BILL: This week in Radio Scouting we have 3 activations from Scout Camps
on the Air and we'll be seeing you in Ohio.

Douglas Sharafanowich, WA1SFH, will be activating WA1BSA at Camp Sherman
Hoyt in West Redding, CT on Saturday May 20th. This activation is for
the Radio Merit Badge Requirement 9(a)(6) and will have 20 scouts. Part
of a STEM Merit Badge weekend.

Larrie Deardurff, AF7NU, will be activating his callsign at the Benton District Camporee in Alsea, OR on Saturday May 20th. Larrie will demo
radio to Scouts at the Camporee with an Icom-7100 and a Butternut HF9V
HF Vertical.

BSA Troop 20 ARC, WS5BSA, will be activating Black Mesa in Kenton, OK
on Sunday May 28th. This active group will set up Yaesu FT-817 from top
of Black Mesa and operate SSB on 17m & 20m. They will use either Gipsy
Dipole or MFJ-1899T Vertical antenna. They will also carry portable 2m
Yagi and attempt to hit multiple repeaters in OK, TX, KS, CO, and NM
using FT-817.

Hamvention is this weekend May 19th through the 21st. K2BSA will be
present and will be answering your questions on how you can get involved
in radio scouting. We look forward to seeing as many of you there as we
can. We'll be in booth 2205.

For more information on K2BSA and radio scouting, please visit http://www.k2bsa.net/.


For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this
is Bill Stearns NE4RD.


**
ONE CLUB'S HOMEBREW SOLUTION

DON/ANCHOR: When it comes to ham radio, there's homebrew.....and then
there's homebrew. When one New Jersey ham club realized it was facing a
major overhaul of its repeater system, they knew they couldn't just pass
the hat to raise money. So they came up with a solution that was
strictly homebrew....and it involved a project that was also strictly homebrew. We hear more in this report from Amateur Radio Newsline's
Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT.

CARYN: How can a portable HF magloop antenna help an aging system of UHF
and VHF repeaters? Actually, it can save the day when it becomes a
homebrew fundraising project for a ham club. Rob Fissell K2RWF,
president of the Tri County Radio Association in Union, New Jersey, said
this magloop was the right choice at the right time.

ROB: W2LI has been in existence now for over 80 years at this point and
one of the big things we provide is a very wide area coverage repeater
sytem, both VHF and UHF. That equipment is starting to show its age. We
wanted to be proactive about coming up with replacements for it and
ensuring that whatever we bought would last us for a decade or two to
come and with that comes with the expense of it. Rather than kind of
wait for something bad to happen and all of a sudden we need to
scramble, we thought we'd take the proactive approach of fundraising
through a number of different avenues or at least explore a number of different avenues and work to get the money ourselves.

CARYN; Work is just what they did! Gathering on weekends with antenna components and an order of Chinese food or donuts, they held "antenna
building parties." Working assembly-line style, they have already
shipped 40 mag loops and the club continues to receive pre-orders for
the next batch. Rob says the little antennas are downright popular!

ROB: It's a club-raising effort and people like the concept that not
only are they getting a quality product but they are also supporting a
cause at the same time.

CARYN: The antennas cost $165 and every sale helps the bottom line, says
Rob. Best of all, this venture is all about hams building something for
other hams - and in turn, it's about hams buying something that will
benefit fellow hams. Like a mag loop antenna itself, the effort all
comes full circle.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT

DON/ANCHOR: If you'd like to order a magloop antenna, visit the club
website at w2li.org/magloop - all sales include shipping and are used to
fund the repeater system.


**

WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, John, KK7L, is using the call sign T2R from Funafuti
Atoll between May 23rd and 29th. He will be operating on various HF
bands and may also take part in the CQWW WPX CW contest. Send QSL cards
via N7SMI, LoTW or ClubLog.

Listen for Ken, LA7GIA, active as TN5E from Brazzaville between May 25th
and June 4th. Find him on 80-10
meters -- and possibly even 6 meters -- operating CW and SSB. Send QSL
cards via M0OXO, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS.

Janusz SP9FIH will be on the air as E44WE from Bethlehem in Palestine
until May 30th. He is operating with 100 watts and focusing on 17
meters. Be listening as well on 10 meters and 6 meters. Send QSLs via
Club Log OQRS.

Finally, we have an update on the latest Summit-to-Summit event. In the
Europe to North America Summit-to-Summit event last Saturday the 13th.
of May, a total of 36 European summits and 18 North American summits
were activated. Despite abysmal radio conditions with deep QSB and high
QRN levels several trans-Atlantic QSOs were made, including some summit
to summit contacts. Overall everyone enjoyed the event and many are
already looking forward to the next event on the 18th of November when
it is hoped that conditions will be significantly improved.


(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY, OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: SPECIAL DELIVERY

DON/ANCHOR: Our last story, which comes from Australia, isn't exactly
about amateur radio but it IS about changing times and changing
communication. It's the story of John Riddett, a longtime postal service employee who obviously knows all too well that a message delivered
effectively is always a welcome message. John isn't a ham, sorry to say,
but his telegraphy skills are something many CW operators would envy. He trained in Morse Code as a teenager in 1953 at the Postmaster General's
office and he used his talents afterward to help send telegrams. That's
a practice now out of use for about 50 years. Now John gets the message
across by demonstrating his skills to children visiting the Telstra
Museum in Hawthorne, Melbourne. This spring, however, he took a trip to
Alice Springs for a ten-day gathering of former postal workers who, like
him, were once fluent in the poetry of dots and dashes. It was his 24th
such gathering but this year only John and two other former telegraphers showed up. He told ABC Australia that judging from the size of the
turnout, the get-together was probably going to be one of the last. With
that kind of turnout, he said, he got the message - unfortunately well-delivered.


(ABCNET.AU)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to ABCNET.au; Alan Labs; Amateur News
Weekly; the ARRL; Belize Amateur Radio Club; Chelmsford Weekly News; CQ Magazine; the FCC; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; the IARU; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; K2BSA; the Lambton (Ontario) Shield newspaper;
Ohio Penn DX Bulletin; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO
Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Don Wilbanks AE5DW in Picayune,
Mississippi saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2065 for Friday, May 26, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2065 with a release date of Friday,
May 26, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Ham radio operators help answer a boat's Mayday
call. The Special Olympics needs some hams to make a special effort --
and we share some of the sounds of Hamvention 2017. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2065 comes your way right now.

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HAMVENTION 2017 IS HISTORY


JIM/ANCHOR: So you couldn't get to Hamvention? Well, there's always next
year. Meanwhile, we open this week's report with a sampling of sounds
direct from Ohio's Greene County Fairgrounds as reported by Amateur
Radio Newsline's Stephen Kinford N8WB.

STEPHEN: Hamvention brought new products, forums, award ceremonies,
contests and more than 1,000 exhibitors plus a huge flea market. Yes,
there was rain and mud and traffic delays part of the time but there was
also fellowship among the thirty thousand or so attendees. Here are a
few we spoke to:

"My name is Frank Roman. I’m KC8VKA and I've been coming to the
Hamvention for about the past six years and this one here surprisingly
is very nice and well-organized. The people in town are friendly and
it's a good thing that they moved. The other one was kind of a little
bit embarrassing when people from another country come and they see that
place falling apart. I can see people coming into this little town.
Everything is clean, the grass cut, the whole town went way out to make
sure that everything looked good. As I drive through town, I can see
that they're proud of their town and they want everyone to see it.

"Randy W9ZR from Columbus Ohio. I've been coming to Dayton since 74 and
I love the flea market. There are always special finds out here in the
flea market that can only be found at Dayton. We are enjoying the new
venue here - just a little bit too much rain this weekend.

"My name is Gary Shorter the call is AA8CS. I am from the Akron Ohio
area. I love the Hamvention, I love the new facility but could do
without the mud in the flea market.

"My name is Ken Dorsey, my call is KA8OAD and I'm loving the new venue
here. I am really liking the Hamfest this year. I think it's a great opportunity to get a new chance to have a new venue so enjoying it a lot.

"I'm Brian K3USC from Cleveland Ohio, licensed since 1962. It'll be 55
years this summer.

[STEPHEN: And how many years have you been selling equipment?]

I would say 54 years of the 55. Sure, as a kid, this was a way that I
can upgrade my equipment by buying and selling and I haven't given it up."


STEPHEN: Best of all, we get to do it all again next year. Hamvention
2018 will be held May 18th through the 20th. For Amateur Radio Newsline,
I'm Stephen Kinford N8WB.


JIM/ANCHOR: Amateur Radio Newsline had a presence there too - at the Ham Nation booth. If you did get to Hamvention and we missed you, see you
there next year.

**

HAMS NEEDED FOR OLYMPIAN EFFORT

JIM/ANCHOR: What is the essence of ham radio? It's people, of course.
The Virginia Special Olympics, which takes place in June, is offering a
unique opportunity for amateurs who want to really make their on-air
time count for people. Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun WD9GCO has
the details.

PAUL: If you’ve ever known someone who’s been involved with Special Olympics, you know just how uplifting of an event it can be. But it
doesn’t go on without a lot of logistics and support personnel, and
quite often, Amateur Radio is part of that staff. The Virginia Special Olympics are coming up on June 9th and 10th of this year, and they’re
looking for additional help. I spoke with Matthew Kimball, K4MTK, about
how hams can help:

MATTHEW: Paul, I started about eight or nine years ago actually. I took
over as the director and I got involved in amateur radio then and it
kinda just fell into my lap, to be honest. From the first time I
volunteered working Special Olympics it hits ya, being around these
athletes who have no fear, they show nothing but love, and they’re
always just so excited. It’s amazing - they just come up to you and
high-five you and hug you and from then on I was hooked. So, I took over
the director’s position and we’ve grown it ever since.

PAUL: I asked Kimball who they’re looking for:

MATTHEW: We’re looking for amateurs who would like to participate
locally at the event and we’ve got three different venues that we
provide amateur radio support at.

We’ve got stationary positions, we’ve got positions where you are gonna
run until you’re dead. We learned last year that we need to have more
people with the medical staff so we’ll be filling that out even more so
this year as well to make medical response even faster.

Secondarily, I would love to have some amateurs that would like to do
some HF just promoting Special Olympics during that weekend using the
call sign K4O. I’ve already gotten QSL cards complete and ready, I just
need people to complete logs and send them to me and I will be more than
happy to mail out QSL cards to those people who made contact with those stations as well.

PAUL: They are even offering incentives for out-of-the-area hams:

MATTHEW: The best way to reach out to us is through RVAHams.com, that’s
Romeo Victor Alpha Hotel Alpha Mike Sierra dot com. You can go to the “Events” tab and there’s a dropdown there for Special Olympics and it
will tell you all about the event and it will also give you the page
where you can sign up. We’re also taking amateurs from out-of-town, so
if anybody from the Northern Virgina, Eastern Virginia, wherever would
like to participate, we’ll be more than happy to get hotel rooms for them.

PAUL: Sure, DX’ing and contesting is fun, but it’s events like this that show the community at large what ham radio is really all about. For
Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

**
THE EAGLE FLIES HIGH FOR ARNEWSLINE's NT3V

JIM DAMRON: On a personal note, Amateur Radio Newsline would like to congratulate one of its own - correspondent Mark Abramowicz NT3V, whose reports you may have heard on some of our newscasts. In addition to
working hard as part of the Newsline team, Mark is active in Scouting as
he has been for most of his life - having achieved status of Eagle Scout
in 1973. Becoming an Eagle Scout is a difficult challenge. It's an honor
that only a small percentage of Scouts get to achieve. On May 18, Mark -
who considers himself an Eagle Scout for Life - received another honor:
The Outstanding Eagle Scout Award of the National Eagle Scout
Association. He was recognized for his devotion to public service and
for upholding the values and traditions of the Boy Scouts of America.

We at Amateur Radio Newsline already know personally Mark's selfless
work not just on the air but behind the scenes. Mark also chairs the
committee that selects each year's winner of the Bill Pasternak Memorial
Young Ham of the Year award. Although some might say this kind of
devotion comes naturally to hams, we know with even greater certainty it
comes naturally to Mark, a professional journalist whose talents and generosity have served Newsline so well over the years.

Congratulations Mark Abramowicz NT3V from all of us at Newsline.

(THE READING EAGLE)

**

NOMINATE A YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR

JIM/ANCHOR: Speaking of awards and honors.....we are down to the final
days to receive nominations for the Amateur Radio Newsline Bill
Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. Nominations are open to licensed hams 18 or younger who reside in the United States, its
possessions or any Canadian province. Find application forms on our
website at arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. The award will be
presented on August 19th at the Huntsville Hamfest in Alabama.
Nominations close on Wednesday, May 31.


**
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Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the
West Chester Amateur Radio Club repeater WC8VOA in West Chester, Ohio,
on Monday nights.

**
A MAYDAY FOR MARITIME MOBILE

JIM/ANCHOR: The real strength of radio isn't its signal but its
potential to save lives. Just ask hams who participate in the Maritime
Mobile Service Network, as Amateur Radio Newsline's Kent Peterson,
KC0DGY did.

KENT's REPORT: May 12th started as a typical day for the net control
operators of the Maritime Mobile Service Network until around 1825 UTC.

KEN: I monitor all the time, I leave my radio on 14.300 and I heard
faintly a voice saying May Day May Day emergency traffic.

KENT: That Mayday call was heard by net control operator Ken Porter
AC0ML. Porter thinks he's handled about 20 emergency calls during his
10 years as net control operator.

KEN: I took charge of the net and told everyone to focus only on the
emergency traffic.

KENT: Meanwhile control operator Scott Roberts KK4ECR was reaching out
to other control operators.


KEN: Scott was calling several of the other net controls and getting as
many sets of ears on frequency as possible for us to offer assistance.

KENT: The captain of the sailing vessel Ubiquity is ham operator Brian
Stipak KF7QCX who was in VHF marine radio contact with the Free Spirit
and relayed their location to the Maritime Net using his shipboard SSB
ham radio.

KEN: The captain of Ubiquity reported the Free Spirit was taking on
water and the engine would not start and they were taking on water and
they were preparing to abandon ship. The Ubiquity had lost contact with
the Free Spirit. There was a lot of concern at that time.

KENT: Meanwhile the 20 meter band had closed as well.

KEN: I had lost contract with the Ubiquity I made several calls over the course of an hour, no one was able to reach him. And I also asked other
net control stations but no one was able to reach him either

KENT: Porter was able to reach the U.S. Coast Guard in San Diego who
also came on frequency in an attempt to reach the vessel Ubiquity, but
band conditions had changed and they too were unable to reach the boat.
The U.S. Coast Guard relayed the information provided by Porter to the
Mexican Navy who located the ship in distress and towed the ship and passengers to the Port of San Carlos in Mexico.

KEN: We didn't find out the disposition of that event until the
following morning.

KEN: I've had a number of different vessels in life-threatening
situations calling frantically for help and just to know that you can
give that help is really rewarding. It is one of the best types of
service work I've ever found, I'm a member of my ARES group in this area
and that's nice to be part of. But this is something on an entirely
different level.

KENT: For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kent Peterson KC0DGY

**
HAM RADIO GOES TO CAMP

JIM/ANCHOR: Some youngsters prefer swimming and soccer when they go to
camp. In Gujarat, India, however, one group of kids were learning about soldering and signal reports. We hear more from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY's REPORT: This wasn't the average summer camp experience for
students in Gujarat, India. This was summer camp, ham radio style, and
the young attendees at Science City Ahmedabad got all the basics - from station setup to propagation to different modes of communication. They
even learned, much to their surprise, that ham radio can put them in
touch with astronauts aboard the International Space Station and help
them communicate with satellites.

The program on the 20th of May was coordinated by Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP, regional coordinator of AMSAT-INDIA.

As an added measure, Rajesh's nephew, Priyesh Vagadia VU3GLY, gave a demonstration on VHF to encourage his peers. The teenager, a high school student, is a big fan of digital modes. He has been ticketed since 2013.

Finally, in a somewhat optimistic gesture, summer camp organizers also included a detailed discussion of the licensing procedure in India -
because there's life - and there's radio - after summer camp.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(QRZ.COM, SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO)

**

GET READY FOR 100WAAW ACTIVITY

JIM/ANCHOR: If Field Day is considered a rehearsal for a real emergency,
what do you call a rehearsal for Field Day? Here's Amateur Radio
Newsline's Paul Braun WD9GCO with the answer.

PAUL: Christian Cudnick, K0STH, the host of the 100 Watts and a Wire
podcast, has announced the next activity day for the 100 Watts and a
Wire community.

The event, called The TUNE UP, is being considered a rehearsal for Field
Day and will be held on June 10th and 11th. According to Cudnick, there
are no formal rules and it’s not a contest. Anyone with a 100 Watts ID -
and there are over 2,000 of them - is encouraged to just get on the air
and call CQ. If you have an ID you can exchange with fellow 100 Watters.
If not, they’re available for free from the website. Most members will
be spotting themselves on the Facebook Group. The event is on any band,
any mode.

For more information, go to 100wattsandawire.com, that’s the number 100,
then wattsandawire dot com and click on the “Activity Days” button.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Paul Braun, WD9GCO

**
WORLD OF DX

Members of the Gotlands Radioklubb SK1BL are operating through December
31st using the special callsigns 7S1GRK and SK70BL from Gotland Island.
This is a celebration of the club's 70th anniversary. Listen on various
HF bands. A special award is available. All QSOs are being confirmed automatically via the bureau. The club requests no return QSL cards.

Two German amateurs, DF3MC and DL8JJ, are on the air from the Faroe
Islands until the 25th of May using the callsigns OY/homecall. They are focusing on operating from summits as part of the Summits on the Air
program but will also be heard on HF.

Listen for Henning OZ1BII as ZA/OU2I while he operates from Albania
until the 29th of May. Listen for him as well during t he CQ WW WPX CW
contest on the 27th and 28th of May. QSL via Club Log OQRS.

Tom KC0W hopes to be active from Zimbabwe as Z25DX from the 23rd of May
to the 18th of June. He will operate CW only. QSL cards go via KC0W.

**

KICKER: CHASING AFTER HAM NATION GLORY

JIM/ANCHOR: And finally, if you tune in for your weekly dose of Ham
Nation, you know our friends on the podcast are marking Episode 300 with
a special event station. What does that mean? Well, something pretty
exciting. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Mike Askins KE5CXP, who can DEFINITELY feel the excitement as he shares it with you now.

MIKE: Ham Nation fans, are you up for the ultimate chase? You have until
0500z on the 1st of June to meet the challenge of an on-air event that celebrates Episode 300 of the Ham Nation podcast. What began on
Wednesday, May 24 can only get better: Hams taking to sideband and
digital mode in dogged pursuit of the show hosts and after-show net
control operators. Most of them are using special-event 1 x 1 callsigns
and yes, they're worth points! You can earn a Ham Nation 300 certificate
by working six of the 9 special event call signs, and a clean sweep
sticker for that certificate if you work all nine.

There are commemorative QSL cards as well as "wild card" stations using
their own call signs - Bob, Gordon, Randy and George.

Again, you have until the 1st of June to chase after contacts with Dale, Kevin, Don, Steve, Amanda and the rest of the crew, using the 1 x 1 call signs.

For details, visit qrz.com and search for the page for call sign
W-ZERO-H [w0H]. Then....expect pileups with the excitement around this
event!

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins KE5CXP.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL;
CQ Magazine; the FCC; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Hamvention; the
IARU; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; K2BSA; Ohio Penn DX Bulletin;
QRZ; The Reading Eagle; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO
Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron N8TMW in Charleston, West
Virginia saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2066 for Friday, June 2, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2066 with a release date of Friday,
June 2, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. One ham gives a sky-high tribute to Amelia
Earhart. In India, amateur radio reunites a family after four years --
and a former pirate goes legit. All this and more as Amateur Radio
Newsline Report 2066 comes your way right now.

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FAMILY REUNION, RADIO STYLE

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our top story this week is about a ham radio rescue - one
that didn't come in the aftermath of an earthquake, a cyclone or a
flood. This rescue was a bit more personal. Here are the details from
Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams VK4JJW.

JOHN'S REPORT: Ham radio has been known to help bridge vast geographic distances, but what about huge gaps in personal memory? For one woman in India, who lost the whereabouts of her family and the ability to recall
what happened, ham radio has provided a solution and ultimately a
reunion - at a distance some 900 miles away.

The woman, known as Visalakshi, had been under psychiatric care in a
West Bengal hospital for the four years since she was found wandering
about, disoriented and separated from her family. After her memory began
to gradually improve recently, she asked hospital administrators to help locate her relatives. The hospital reached out to the West Bengal Radio
Club, led by Ambarish Nag Biswas and a team of nine hams connected with
six of their colleagues in Tamil Nadu, where Visalakshi's home is located.

They connected via EchoLink during one of their regular 9:15 p.m. nets
and passed along the information. Hams spread the word to other hams and eventually one of the administrative officers in the woman's village
located her brother. At that point, the brother contacted the hospital
and shortly thereafter, plans were being made for a reunion - and to
bring her home.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams VK4JJW.

**

ONE HAM'S TRIBUTE TO AMELIA EARHART

PAUL/ANCHOR: Eighty years ago, Amelia Earhart -- the first woman to
cross the Atlantic on a solo flight -- attempted to fly around the
world. Now Project Amelia Earhart is honoring that attempt with a ham
radio operator at the helm, as we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's
Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.


KENT's REPORT:

BRIAN: Two things I've been for a long time: A ham and a pilot. Both go
back to before I can remember, love of radios and love of airplanes.

KENT: Brian Lloyd WB6RQN is taking off in June to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Amelia Earhart's famous attempt at circumnavigating the
world. What sets this flight apart is Lloyd's plan to work hams on HF
along the way.

BRIAN: What does amateur radio have to do with it? Anytime you cross
the ocean, you are required to have HF communications. Being a ham, I
can use that for not only communicating with air traffic control but
also with other hams. So I'll have it on and work people as I travel
around the world.

KENT: Lloyd's ham rig will be a Motorola Micom 3 HF transceiver with
Automatic Link Establishment or ALE.

BRIAN: Making a contact with ALE is nothing more than entering a
person's call sign and the radio then figures out oh I can reach that
person on this band. Once it establishes the connection it switches to
SSB voice. Its almost like dialing a telephone. I press a button to
establish the call and we talk.

KENT: Lloyd hopes hams will give ALE a try.

BRIAN: If you operate digital modes now, like Olivia or PSK31, you can
pick up a copy of PC ALE and install that and you will be able to
operate ALE and communicate with me that way. It can be a bit tricky,
but if you've operated the digital modes, it is really straight
forward. Mostly I'll be operating in the DX portions of 40 and 20
meters depending on band openings. You can track me directly. The web
page is all one word: project Amelia Earhart dot org, That web site
links to the face book page. I hope to get a chance to work many of your listeners as I make my way around the world.

KENT: Lloyd hopes to finish his trek by landing on Monday July 24th at
the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual gathering in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

**

FCC ACTS ON TWO INTERFERENCE CASES

PAUL/ANCHOR: Interference is the scourge of every amateur on the air.
Recent actions from the FCC are taking on two more such instances.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp WB9VPG has the details.

NEIL'S REPORT: On May 23rd, the Federal Communications Commission
Enforcement Bureau issued an Order and Consent Decree which imposed a
$90,000 fine, a compliance training program, mandated reporting, and
other measures on a marketer of LED light fixtures which reportedly
caused interference to radio transmissions. After an investigation, the
FCC found that the product was in violation of the rules. AFX,
Incorporated based in Waukegan, Illinois agreed to the order, and
resolved to solve the interference problem to bring the devices into compliance. The FCC asserted its authority to prevent electronic
equipment suppliers from legally marketing their products by denying
equipment certifications.

In other enforcement news, the FCC issued a Notice of Unlicensed
Operation to Bradley C. Pike of Dallas on May 17. The notice was issued
in response to a complaint from Dallas County Consolidated Services
regarding interference to their VHF public safety radio system. Agents
used direction finding to determine the source of the interference. Pike
then surrendered a radio signal jammer and admitted to causing the interference. Pike could face a fine, seizure of equipment, and criminal sanctions. He has 30 days to respond to the notice.

Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

(FCC)

**
K2BSA CONTINUES PREP FOR JAMBOREE

PAUL/ANCHOR: The radio scouts of K2BSA are on the move again as Jamboree
Day comes even closer. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Stearns NE4RD gives
us an update on their next activities.

BILL'S REPORT: This week in Radio Scouting we have one activation of the
K2BSA callsign, one activation from Scout Camps on the Air, and the
National Jamboree is quickly approaching.

Jeffrey Phillips, KN4FRG, will be activating K2BSA/0 at a Merit Badge University in St Robert, MO, on Saturday June 3rd. Scouts will be
completing their on air component of this merit badge.

Gary Hinton, AC7R, will be activating KJ7BSA at Mesa East Stake Young
Men Encampment at Camp Toone in Blue Ridge AZ, the week of June 12th
through the 17th. This camp will be active on HF, VHF, and UHF, and
will also be doing ARDF.

Hamvention was a great success for K2BSA. We enjoyed the many vistors
to the booth and new venue. We are now looking to our next major event
which is the National Jamboree from July 15th through the 28th at The
Summit Betchel Reserve, in West Virginia. We are almost fully staffed
for the event at this time. We will have the K2BSA callsign active on
the HF bands, Echolink, and Satellite. We are planning a balloon
launch, a SOTA activation, and an ARISS contact. We will be talking
more about this event as it gets closer.

For more information on K2BSA and radio scouting, please visit http://www.k2bsa.net/.

For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this
is Bill Stearns NE4RD.


**

BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur
Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including
the W2GLD repeater in Pinckney, Michigan on Saturdays at 8 p.m.

****

WHEN PIRATES WERE IN THEIR PRIME

PAUL/ANCHOR: No one can look back on the history of radio without
devoting a good bit of attention to pirate radio. A new project in
Ireland hoping to do just that in a much more formal way, as we hear
from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY: Pirates are almost always in search of buried treasure, but what
kind of a treasure hunt is in search of PIRATE treasure? This is an
important hunt being conducted by the Irish Broadcasting Hall of Fame,
which is hoping to put together a pirate radio history gallery or
full-scale pirate radio museum containing memorabilia from the era
dating back to 1916. That was the year of the Easter Rebellion, or
Easter Rising, which occurred while the UK was enmeshed in World War I.
Easter Rising marked the birth of the first radio broadcasts from
Dublin, which announced the declaration of an Irish Republic.

According to the hall of fame website, a meeting will be held on the 7th
of June to discuss what the museum should contain and how to curate its exhibits. Broadcasters, former pirate radio employees or even radio enthusiasts and collectors are invited to brainstorm at the session
which will be held at Branigan's Pub near St. Mary's Pro Cathedral.

For details, send an email to irishbroadcastinghalloffame@gmail.com

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH

PAUL/ANCHOR: The first UK offshore pirate radio station back in the 60s
was Radio Caroline, which broadcast its Medium Wave AM signal from the converted ferry Frederica in the Thames estuary. Well, Caroline has
officially closed the books on its pirate reputation. Ofcom has just
granted Radio Caroline an AM community radio broadcasting license,
allowing it to provide its classic 1960s rock format to its target
audience of those aged 45 and older in Suffolk and northern parts of
Essex in the UK. It should prove popular as ever since its pirate heyday
in the mid-60s, Radio Caroline boasted having more listeners than the
three BBC networks combined.

(OFCOM, IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)


**
THEY'RE SOUR ON HIS TOWER

PAUL/ANCHOR: Hams are no stranger to unneighborly opposition when
antennas or towers go up. Just ask one amateur in British Columbia.
Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee KB3TZD with that report.

HEATHER: Brian Summers VE7JKZ of Saanich, British Columbia is finding
his plans for a 50-foot ham radio tower to be a hard sell in the
neighorhood. The locals have taken their case to the local council,
saying his plans for the backyard tower are playing havoc with their
property values, the aesthetics of the community - and even their privacy.

Neighbors say they have even circulated a petition that already has
signatures from 25 neighbors who don't want the project to go forward.

Brian, however, has been a ham for more than 60 years and has put up
towers before, at his former residence in Richmond, Calgary and Ottawa.
He told the local Saanitch News paper that there's never been a problem
with neighbors and he believes residents in Saanich wouldn't even notice
it after a few days.

Although the local council has received input, planning authorities told
the newspaper that the ultimate decision will rest with the agency known
as Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Agency spokesman
Hans Parmar told the newspaper that the office is permitting 30 days of
public comment in writing and will permit Brian 60 days to respond after
that, before reaching a decision.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Heather Embee KB3TZD.

(VICTORIA, B.C., SAANICH NEWS)

**

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THE WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Haru JA1XGI, using the call sign
9H3XG from Malta between the 7th and 12th of June. Find Haru on 40
through 15 meters using CW and RTTY. Send QSL cards via his home
callsign or LoTW.

Reiner DL2AAZ, is active through the 7th of June as FG/DL2AAZ from
Sainte Rose. Reiner is working holiday style and can be heard on 30-10
meters using CW and SSB. Send QSL cards via DL2AAZ, direct or by the Bureau.

You can find Oliver, DK7TX, active as SV8/DK7TX from Erikoussa Island on
June 9th and 10th. Listen for Oliver on various HF bands. Send QSL cards
via his home callsign.

Scottish amateurs from the Stirling and District Amateur Radio Society
are operating as HB0/GM4UYE from Liechtenstein from 1st to 6th June. QSL manager is M0OXO.

Thomas F4HPX is on St. Denis on Reunion Island and will operate holiday
style as FR/F4HPX between the 4th and 16th of June. He plans to use
digital modes and may even operate some CW.

For just a few more days, you can catch Vlad UA0FAM operating on
Kunashir Island, which is IOTA AS-025. Vlad is using the callsign
UA0FAM/P through Monday June 5.


(OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN, IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)


**

KICKER: A TALE OF TWO HOLLANDS

PAUL/ANCHOR: There are many kinds of mills - paper mills, or mills that
grind wheat and corn. And then there are mills that generate contacts
between amateurs, across continents and across oceans. In this case,
both of them were in Holland - but in different parts of the world.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH explains.

JEREMY'S REPORT: The springtime amateur radio event that has come to be
known as Mills on Air is a natural for Holland, the land of windmills.
On the weekend of May 13th and 14th, hams were active at windmills and
pumping stations throughout the Netherlands and participated in the
Mills on the Air event with other hams in Europe and even, this year, Australia. Using call sign PB17MILL, Dutch hams activated a mill in the northeast part of the Netherlands about 25 kilometers from the German
border. The three operators, Frank PD5JFK, Mark PD0ME and Bernard PB7Z
were active all weekend and according to Bernard, they made a total of
725 QSOs in 53 DXCC entities, with the farthest contact being in Argentina.

While this was the ninth year for the Holland mill to be participating
from the Netherlands, another Holland - this one in the U.S. - was
making its debut. Bernard told Amateur Radio Newsline that he had been
in touch with two American hams in Holland, Michigan - Phil K8PVH and
Jeff KB8QAP - to help get their authentic Dutch Mill into the game. This
year the mill, known as De Zwaan, made it, using the call sign K8DAA and operating on SSB, CW and PSK. The Mill was even on EchoLink.

Bernard said that, from a distant Netherlands, the Dutch hams couldn't
be prouder of that mill. Built in Holland, it arrived in the U.S. during
the 1960s. Now it's not just the only authentic Dutch mill operating in
the U.S., but the only one operating on the radio spectrum!

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(BERNARD PB7Z, WMUK.ORG PUBLIC RADIO)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; Bernard PB7Z; CQ Magazine; the FCC; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Irish
Radio Transmitters Society; K2BSA; Ofcom; Ohio Penn DX Bulletin; Project Amelia Earhart; QRZ; Saanich News; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted
Randall's QSO Radio Show; WMUK Public Radio; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send
emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun WD9GCO saying 73 and as
always we thank you for listening.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2067 for Friday, June 9, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2067 with a release date of Friday,
June 9, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Hams face the tough challenge of a deadly
monsoon in Sri Lanka. Two federal agencies help amateurs put tower
safety first -- and radio helps those of us on land track a ship's epic journey through Canada's Northwest Passage. All this and more as Amateur
Radio Newsline Report 2067 comes your way right now.


**

BILLBOARD CART

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HAMS BRAVE SRI LANKAN MONSOON

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: This week's top story shows the courage that hams can
have even in the face of the most extreme obstacles. It takes more than carrying an HT -- it takes a special kind of heart -- to fly into
dangerous conditions following devastation of a storm. But that's what
radio amateurs did in southwestern Sri Lanka, where dozens of people
died in a monsoon, and hundreds more were left in need of critical
assistance. We turn, for that story, to Amateur Radio Newsline's Jason
Daniels VK2LAW.

JASON: During a torrent of monsoon rains that battered southwestern Sri
Lanka in late May, hams responded to some greater challenges -- namely,
how to get in there and respond to the government's requests for help.
The siege that left nearly 200 people dead amid landslides and flooding presented few options. With communications down and roads impassable,
the Sri Lankan Air Force was called upon to help by providing air rescue support, which included the airlift during challenging weather
conditions, of radio amateurs who could establish communications links.
One of the hardest hit areas was remote Kalawana village which had been
cut off from Ratnapura, the base of one of the government's main
coordinating centers.

The president of the Radio Society of Sri Lanka, Jaliya Lokeshwara
4S7JL, was among the two teams of hams flying in on the MI-17 military helicopters. He worked with other hams, establishing an HF link on 40
and 75 meters within 30 minutes of landing. Another link was set up on 2 meters. This enabled communications support for patients' transport for medical care as well as other rescue flights and food drops.

The radio society's website noted that it was the first time this kind
of mission has been undertaken by the hams in Sri Lanka. Emergency radio communications stayed intact until mobile phone services were
operational again and the roads were open. By May 30th, the hams were
safely on their way home.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels VK2LAW.

(RADIO SOCIETY OF SRI LANKA, IARU)

**

SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT IS TEACHER'S HELPER

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: How do you make magic happen in a classroom? That's easy
- you get on ham radio and let kids talk to astronauts. Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun WD9GCO tells us how it happened recently in one
New York school.

PAUL: Two of my favorite things growing up (and actually, still are well
into adulthood) were ham radio and the Space Program. The men and women
of the Astronaut Corps have always been heroes to me.

Since the very first OSCAR was launched early 1960s, ham radio and space
have been becoming more and more intertwined. There's also moonbounce,
meteor scatter,and since the beginning of the Shuttle program, there
have been hams flying into space and talking back to hams on Earth. In
recent years, NASA has been very open to allowing school children access
to the astronauts on the International Space Station through amateur radio.

I recently spoke with Jennifer Medordi, W2WIN, who was involved in just
such a project:

JENNIFER: I'm a teacher at St. Joseph School in Ronkonkoma, New York and
I've been a ham radio operator for a few years, but I grew up in a house
that was ham-radio-centered. My father, WS2N is a ham radio enthusiast
and a space enthusiast, so he told me about the ARISS organization which
is dedicated to helping organizations such as my own contact the
International Space Station so when I found out about that I was super excited!

I submitted a proposal and we were one of twelve schools chosen this
cycle. We spent the entire year doing space activities with the kids. We figured out pretty quickly that it was going to have to be embedded in
the curriculum for these kids to get an idea of space and ham radio
which is something they're not really exposed to on a daily basis.

PAUL: Medordi said that they taught the kids about the history of the
Space Program throughout the year, and then she and her husband Vincent, KC2WMR set up a portable station at the school and had a ham radio day.
She said they also had help getting ready for QSO Day:

JENNIFER: We had a mentor involved who helped us through the whole
process leading up to this. His name was Dave Jordan, AA4KN, and on the
phone with us - it was a telebridge - we had W6SRJ in California. They
help schools reach the ISS if the school can't set up a direct contact.
We didn't really have the ability to do that so we were happy to work
with California with that.

And then in England we had Ciaran Morgan, M0XTD. He helped us prepare
the call so he was basically making sure everybody was ready, and there
was myself on the call.

We waited and finally they said they were ready to go. There were five
CQs calling the NA1SS and finally, when Jack Fisher answered it was
clear, it was beautiful, and I could just see the audience wanting to
break out into applause they were so excited!

PAUL: Medordi, the technical director at St. Joseph, made sure that as
many people as possible could see the event:

JENNIFER: I think we had about 300 people - we went to capacity in our
gym. I telecasted it over UStream so we had a bunch of other schools
watching at the same time and we also had people outside of our state -
I think I counted 600 people watching live with us as we were inside of
the gym.

PAUL: The children got to ask 20 questions in their allotted time and, according to Medordi, we thrilled by the experience. A few of the older
kids even expressed an interest in getting a license.

If you'd like to read a transcript of the QSO, visit the school's
website. The ARISS program is a wonderful opportunity for school
children, one that I really wish I had when I was young.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

**

BACK ON EARTH, THE PRIDE OF FRANCE

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: For the past six months, the International Space Station
was home to France's 10th astronaut. Now that he's home again, two radio amateurs are celebrating the achievements of their fellow ham with a
special event station. Here are the details from Amateur Radio
Newsline's Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT.

CARYN'S REPORT: French astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG has helped turn
two French amateurs into Space Station enthusiasts. Thomas ended his
six-month mission and returned to Earth on Friday June 2. Now he's
orbiting earth via another means - a special event station set up by
Adrien F4GVE and Nicolas F4HTN. The two hams are celebrating the
achievement of the 39-year-old pilot, who has become became France's
10th astronaut in space. Every weekend through July 19th, the two are operating special event station TM1ISS in his honor. They're making
contacts on single sideband, digital modes and a little CW. Adrien says
the station was born out of pride in France but also in appreciation for Thomas for kindling the imagination of young people through his
experiments, his school contacts and his talented use of videos and
social media:

ADRIEN: "This is kind of the new generation of astronaut...." to "........ARISS."

CARYN: If propagation is cooperative, the French hams are also hoping to
make lots of contacts during Field Day. So be listening on HF and VHF in
SSB, CW, RTTY and BPSK. You can find the operating schedule for TM1ISS
on QRZ.com. Now that this astronaut has his feet planted back on Earth,
is it possible we'll hear Thomas Pesquet work the very station that commemorates his flight? Adrien shares his thoughts on that prospect.

ADRIEN: That would be super......why not? Let's hope.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT.

**
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**

HAM RADIO, A SERVICE TO VETS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Not all the ham radio news out of Xenia has to do with
last month's Hamvention. Another important meeting of amateurs has been quietly going on since last year, bringing results and hope to some
military veterans who need both. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Mike
Askins KE5CXP with that report.

MIKE: While Xenia, Ohio made big ham radio news this year as the new
home of Dayton Hamvention, other hams in that same community have been
working a more quiet kind of amateur radio magic.

The station is called W8DVA and it's based on the campus of the Dayton
VA Medical Center where it was set up - just like Hamvention - with the
help of the Dayton Amateur Radio Association. It's not even a year old
yet but already it has begun to fulfill its mission to help military
veterans get over the trauma of combat.

Xenia amateur Jim Simpson WB8QZZ, who assisted with the station's setup,
told the Xenia Gazette newspaper that radio communication provides an
extreme focus that helps redirect the veterans' minds toward something
more positive.

The veterans are in good company at the hospital. It seems that one of
the physicians there is a ham too. The chief of radiology is Dr. John
Mathis WA5FAC, an enthusiastic fellow amateur. He told the newspaper
that many of the veterans respond positively to the sight of the vintage equipment in the shack. The tube radio, he said, was used in the
military during the Vietnam War.

Mathis said many of the veterans get on the air and talk to others
across the U.S., or perhaps the world, who have had similar struggles of
their own, whether in the military or not. In this radio shack,
commiseration not only loves company but can be downright therapeutic.

Jim said the VA's ham shack is also another means by which local
amateurs can fulfill the community service obligation that comes with
having an FCC license. Not all needs, requiring life-saving assistance
from radio are visible to the eye, after all.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins KE5CXP

(XENIA GAZETTE)
**

A TOWERING NEED FOR SAFETY FIRST

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: If you've got tower work on your list of things to do at
your home QTH, or are planning to climb and help out a friend or local
club, you might want to have this guidebook in your shack. It was
released jointly by the FCC and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on June 1. This special report comes to us courtesy of
Amateur News Weekly's Phil Thomas W8RMJ.

PHIL'S REPORT: The FCC and OSHA have announced the release of a free publication, "Communications Towers, Best Practices Guide." The guide
offers information applicable to the amateur radio community and to contractors working on amateur radio antenna support structures. The FCC
said the guide was the result of two tower safety workshops regarding
the risks that tower employees face. OSHA and the FCC held a workshop on communication tower safety on Oct. 14, 2014. During this workshop the
families of communication tower employees who had been killed on the job gathered to discuss issues affecting the safety of communication tower workers. A second workshop was held on the best practices that could
reduce injuries and fatalities among tower workers. The document is a collection of the best practices gathered from those workshops and from discussions that continued beyond those events.

Among other points, the guide emphasizes that all tower workers need to
have and use proper safety equipment at all times and that no work
should be done if proper safety equipment is unavailable or if the
safety equipment is not functioning properly. The guide also notes that
drones are being used today for tower inspections. This technology has
the potential to reduce unnecessary climbing and to avoid putting tower workers at risk.

FCC chairman Ajit Pai said that communications tower workers today face potential hazards that can prove fatal if not performed safely. Every
tower worker's death is preventable.

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: That was Amateur News Weekly's Phil Thomas W8RMJ. For
more news from the Cincinnati-Ohio-Kentucky area, visit
amateurnewsweekly.com

**
NOT JUST A CRUISE ALONG THE COAST

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Want to ride along on a ship that's making its way
through Canada's Northwest Passage? Be listening on the air for the
ship's onboard WSPR beacon - and give a listen, meanwhile, to this
report from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

JIM'S REPORT: What a journey it has been for Canada's C3 Vessel, which departed from Toronto, Ontario on June 1 for 150 days of travel to
Victoria, British Columbia via the Northwest Passage. The ship bears the special mission of marking Canada's Sesquiceentennial - but it's also
carrying an important passenger of sorts: CG3EXP, an Amateur Radio WSPR
beacon that is part of an onboard science experiment.

Radio Amateurs of Canada reports that the mission's organizers have
worked with Barrie Crampton VE3BSB to make the beacon operational to
enable others to track its sailing voyage along the world's largest
coastline. The live tracking link, which generates a dot for each
Maidenhead grid square of the journey, is being hosted by Jeff Milne
VE3EFF. One of the experiment's goals is to produce a map, at the end of
the journey, showing the course the vessel took, displaying the number
of listeners who logged the beacon and where they were located.

To see the live tracking link, visit QRP hyphen labs dot com forward
slash cee three (qrp-labs.com/c3)

Canada C3 has an ambitious schedule of daily stops so there's plenty of opportunity for tracking. Its agenda includes 13 national parks, 20
migratory bird sanctuaries and 50 coastal communities.

Don't expect the beacon to have an easy time of it on this cruise. The
RAC notes that a number of the locations on the itinerary are in
marginal areas for radio, subject to auroral disturbances and "arctic
flutter.

For CG3EXP, it looks like this scenic trip is going to be a working
holiday.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.

(ARRL, CANADA3C WEBSITE)


**

WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, the Frontenac Amateur Radio Club is celebrating the
50th anniversary of the founding of the Canadian Amateur Radio
Federation. The Federation was Canada's first successful national
amateur radio society. In 1993 it joined with the Canadian Radio Relay
League and formed Radio Amateurs of Canada. Listen for them operating as XM3CARF through the 3rd of July.

Now through the 23rd of June you can work J48GEO from the GeoPark on
Lesvos Island, where members of the Radio Amateur Union of North Aegean
SZ8LSV are set up. They are on 160 through 10 meters using CW, SSB and
Digital modes. QSL via SZ8LSV, direct or LoTW.

Meanwhile, don't forget Brian WB6RQN is on his Aeronautical Mobile
flight around the world operating on HF as he goes - see projectameliaearhart.org for details, including real-time tracking.

(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY, OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: BILL PASTERNAK WA6ITF SK AND HIS YHOTY LEGACY

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Finally, we mark a bittersweet anniversary this week. On
June 11, 2015, Amateur Radio Newsline lost its cocreator when Bill
Pasternak WA6ITF became a Silent Key. Beloved among his many friends, he helped take Amateur Radio Newsline to the global status it enjoys today.
To say he is missed is an understatement but with every newscast we
still feel - and benefit from - his talents and his contributions.

A big part of Bill's legacy is our Young Ham of the Yeard award which he created in 1986 and which now bears his name. We'd like to think Bill
would be especially proud to learn that our 2016 award recipient, Skyler Fennell KD0WHB, of Denver Colorado, has just added another
accomplishment to his already stellar amateur radio resume. The ARRL Foundation has just awarded Skyler a $2,500 Victor Poor W5SMM Memorial Scholarship.

Congratulations Skyler -- you have made all of us proud and you have
honored the spirit of ham radio that was always so precious to Bill.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL;
Cedar Creek Amateur Radio Club; CQ Magazine; the FCC; Hap Holly and the
Rain Report; the IARU; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; Monitor.net;
Ohio Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ; the Radio Society of Sri Lanka; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; the
Xenia Gazette; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org.
More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron N8TMW in Charleston, West
Virginia saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2068 for Friday, June 16, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2068 with a release date of Friday,
June 16, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. South Africa's hams mobilize as deadly wildfires
knock out communications. An amateur radio club in Minnesota marks a milestone. Morse Code is history for hams in Jamaica -- and the FCC
gives an ultimatum to manufacturers causing RF interference. All this
and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2068 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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HAMS MOBILIZE AMID SOUTH AFRICA'S WILDFIRES

NEIL/ANCHOR: Our top story comes to us from a fire-stricken region of
South Africa, where hams were recently called in to assist as flames
swept through a coastal resort community. For more on that, here's
Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp VK4BB.

GRAHAM: In South Africa's Southern Cape area, the region exploded with
fierce wildfires, prompting the activation of area radio amateurs to
assist with communications after landlines and cellphones were disabled
along with internet services. On the 8th of June, hams reported to the
Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network: Mossel Bay Mesh Network working
around the clock on the emergency network as well as on HF and VHF/UHF.
Strong winds from a storm kicked the flames yet higher, sweeping through
an estimated 20 suburbs. Hams remained engaged until June 11th when conventional means of communications returned. The deadly fires claimed
at least four lives. Especially hard hit was the coastal resort
community of Knysna, where more than ten thousand were evacuated as humanitarian support was summoned. Homes were also destroyed in nearby Pletternberg Bay. The bush wildfires came as the region was struggling
with a severe drought. It was unclear what ignited the fires.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp VK4BB.

(SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS, REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES)

**

HAMS ACTIVATED AFTER GUATEMALA QUAKE

NEIL/ANCHOR: As Amateur Radio Newsline went to production, news broke
that a magnitude 6.9 earthquake had struck Guatemala. Radio Amateurs
Club of Guatemala said an amateur radio net was monitoring 7.090 MHz and
the net frequency on 146.88 MHz.

As of June 14, there were no reports on damage or victims. We will be following the aftermath of this story into next week.

(ARRL)

**

AT FIRE DEPT., HAM RADIO TO THE RESCUE

NEIL/ANCHOR: Emergency response is so much a part of being a ham that
one community in Texas decided to help give that life-saving effort
greater communication access. Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun WD9GCO
has those details.

PAUL: In Texas, the Gun Barrel City Fire Department is celebrating its
newest piece of life-saving equipment: a Hexbeam antenna and rotor
giving the firefighting QTH access to the HF bands. The antenna was
installed with the help of the Cedar Creek Amateur Radio Club, and the
new HF station uses the club's call sign K5CCL.

The club station's new Hexbeam has access to 20 through 10 meters, with
a long wire for the lower bands.

The fire department has had basic radio service on site as part of its emergency operations center but adding a ham radio club station provides
what Cedar Creek club president Ed Busch K8MKN calls "another layer of protection for area residents."

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Paul Braun WD9GCO.

(THE MONITOR.NET, CEDAR CREEK AMATEUR RADIO CLUB)


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FCC GETS TOUGH ON RF TESTING

NEIL/ANCHOR: Manufacturers and marketers of products that generate RF interference in the U.S. could be facing an ultimatum from the FCC.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephen Kinford N8WB has that story.

STEPHEN: The FCC has announced that overseas manufacturers who are not
in compliance with RF equipment testing could be barred from selling
their products in the U.S. The products could range from lighting to
devices for the Internet of Things. Any devices that generate RF energy, including those using wireless connections, are subject to FCC
authorization.

The communications agency's action comes on the heels of the most recent
FCC enforcement action - this one announced in May against AFX Inc., a manfacturer whose lighting fixtures were reported last year to be
interfering with AM/FM radio signals. The negotiated settlement produced
a $90,000 civil penalty and the company's agreement to institute tougher compliance procedures.

The agency's announcement this month formally puts IOT manfacturers and
other producers on notice that their equipment must adhere to FCC rules
before they can be permitted into the U.S. marketplace.

Manufacturers and marketers of unauthorized devices are subject to
various sanctions including substantial monetary fines.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford N8WB.

**
IN JAMAICA, NO REMORSE OVER MORSE

NEIL/ANCHOR: It's goodbye dits and dahs for amateurs in Jamaica, as the island's regulators give a nod to modern technology. Here's Amateur
Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH with that story.

JEREMY'S REPORT: Jamaica has joined the ranks of many nations that has
done away with the requirement of Morse Code for amateur radio licenses.
The Regulations Committee of Parliament was told that Morse Code is no
longer relied upon, as it once was, for emergency transmissions,
especially with the development of more modern modes of communication.

The argument was made to the committee by Ida-Gaye Warburton, director
of legal affairs for Jamaica's Spectrum Management Authority. She said
the Jamaica Amateur Radio Association can expect to see a boost in
membership as a result of these changes and there are hopes this will
also result in greater support for Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, especially with the start of 2017's Atlantic
hurricane season underway. The Jamaica radio group has a memorandum of understanding with the Office of Disaster Preparedness and the
government to respond in times of crisis.

The Jamaica amateur radio group's president, Nigel Hoyow, 6Y5HN, told
the Jamaica Observer newspaper that although older amateurs do use Morse
Code, he has found that younger hams lack the patience to learn. He said [QUOTE] "Morse Code is not dead but we need to get rid of it here." [END QUOTE]

The licensing changes also include a modification of the format of the
exams, which presently follow that of the UK test. The Spectrum
Management Authority is also looking at the test given in the U.S. to
make adjustments accordingly.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(THE JAMAICA OBSERVER)

NEIL/ANCHOR: Hams in Jamaica will soon discover that sometimes when you
lose something - in this case, the Morse Code requirement - you gain
something - in this case access to a new band. The Jamaica Spectrum
Management Authority recently granted a secondary allocation on 60
meters to hams in Jamaica operating with a maximum power of 25 watts
EIRP. The allocation covers 5351.5 kHz to 5366.5 kHz.

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STILLWATER HAMS MARK 25 YEARS

NEIL: A quarter of a century may not seem like a long time, but for one
club in Stillwater, Minnesota, it's a lifetime - and a very productive
one at that. Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee KB3TZD tells us
about the Minnesota club that's celebrating this milestone.

HEATHER: It's been 25 years since the Stillwater Amateur Radio
Association emerged from nothing but an idea in the mind of Hans Wald, a
ham who came to Stillwater, Minnesota regularly to spend his summers. He
was one of three local amateurs who, in 1992, formed a club where once
there was none. Now as it reaches the quarter-century mark, the club has
grown to 80 members and among them are some who've been there since the
start, including Shel Mann N0DRX and Mary Mann N0DXH.

In the years since its long-ago founding, the club has stepped up in its public service efforts, providing communications at major events,
including fundraising walks and a 2004 visit by President George W.
Bush. The club is also at the ready to provide disaster communications
in case of an emergency at the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant in Welch, Minnesota.

The group is involved with the Minnesota-based Courage Kenny HandiHams program, which mentors disabled would-be hams and assists them in
getting their licenses and then on the air.

Perhaps operators nationwide, however, are most familiar with the club's annual tradition - Ice Station W0JH - its challenging portable operation
from the frozen surface of Lake Elmo every winter.

While the Stillwater club looks forward to its next 25 years, it
continues to meet every Thursday night and has more ambitious events on
its agenda - including its notable Radio in the Park gathering on
Thursday, June 29 at Valley View Park in Oak Park Heights, starting at 6
p.m.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Heather Embee KB3TZD.

**

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Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
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K2BSA GETS BUSY AS SUMMER STARTS

NEIL/ANCHOR: School's out - and that means the K2BSA callsign is keeping
busy on the bands. There's a lot of activity to report this week, along
with plans for the scouts' National Jamboree - so let's hear the details
from Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Stearns NE4RD.

BILL: This week in Radio Scouting you can tell it's summertime, we have
5 activations of the K2BSA Callsign, 5 activations from Scout Camps on
the Air, and we hear from the Amateur Radio Direction Finding Lead at
the National Jamboree.

William Coverdell, WD0BC, will be activating K2BSA/0 for the summer at
Camp Geiger in St. Joseph, MO, from June 14 through July 14. This
station will be giving scouts their on-air component of their radio
merit badge.

Jay Leeper, W4TFX, will be activating K2BSA/4 for the Order of the Arrow Friday Nets at Camp Barstow in Batesburg, SC on June 16, 23, and 30, and
July 14. Camp Barstow will be conducting a two meter net on 146.715, at
1900 local with linked repeaters across South Carolina, during summer
camp as part of the intro to ham radio.

Chris Clark, W6CBC, will be activating K2BSA/6 for Scout Field Day at
the J.C. Penney Parking Lot in Temecula, CA on June 24. We hope that
other clubs are considering inviting their local districts and troops
out to field day!

Richard Zarczynski, AC8FJ, will be activating K2BSA/8 for the Trail to
Eagle at D-Bar-A Scout Ranch in Metamora, MI on June 25th through the
28th. This program is specifically designed for older Boy Scouts to
give them the opportunity to work on their merit badges they need to
complete Eagle Scout requirements.

John Baddour, KC8KI, will be activating K2BSA/8 at the Beaumont Summer
Camp in Rock Creek, OH on June 29. John will be giving a Radio Merit
Badge class at camp.

Russ Bush, N3YD, will be activating KB3BSA at Camp Olmsted in Scandia,
PA from June 24th through the 30th. Russ will be operating from the
Crew 73 Communications shed. Operations will include: 80m-6m SSB,CW,Dig.
2m FM,SSB 70cm FM and the KB3BSA Camp Repeater 145.250, negative offset,
186.2 CTCSS or PL tone.

Keith Kaiser, WA0TJT, will be activating NR0AD for the ARRL Field Day in Platte City, MO on June 24th with the Platte County Amateur Radio Group.

David Gibbons, KC3AFR, will be activating KC3HNB this summer at Resica
Falls Scout Reservation in East Stroudsburg, PA from June 25 through
Sept. 19th. The Scout Camp will be running a KX3 with 100W amplifier
and a G5RV, look for this group throughout the summer looking to get
camp goers on the air.

Darryl Frasier, N3AOI, will be activating W3TSR at the Trexler Scout Reservation in JONAS, PA starting on June 26th. This station operates
for the Summer camping season as well as JOTA. They have a TS 950 with a
TH7 multi-band beam at 40 feet, wire antennas for 40 meters and 80
meters and a packet node at 145.010.

The National Jamboree is the Boy Scouts of America's flagship event, and
the K2BSA station is there to promote Amateur Radio in Scouting. I had
a chance to speak with Keith Kaiser, WA0TJT, about his leadership role
this summer.

KEITH: My name is Keith Kaiser WA0TJT, I live in Kansas City, Missouri
and this will be my second year, second time at the National Jamboree.
2013 I was there in pretty much the same role in which I'll be in this
year which is the team leader for the ARDF/Foxhunting. I have a
tendency to put both terms together ARDF, Amateur Radio Direction
Finding, and Foxhunting because the program we do is kind of a hybrid of
the two. It's not a true ARDF in the sense that you're not running
through the woods as fast as you can with a Yagi tape measure antenna
trying to find your hidden fox, so much as it is that foxes have been
put out there, in this case in the Summit Center, and the goal is to
find 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 of them, however many you feel like finding.
Just getting an introduction to how the sport is done. We're using a
little different equipment this year than we did last time. But the end result should be pretty much the same.

BILL: We're looking forward to an exciting event starting July 15th
through the 28th.

For more information on K2BSA and radio scouting, please visit http://www.k2bsa.net

For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this
is Bill Stearns NE4RD.


**

WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, David, NK5G will be active as NK5G/6Y5 from Montego
Bay in Jamaica between the 25th of June and the first of July. You may
also find him on APRS. QSL via LoTW and eQSL. David does not accept or
send cards by mail.

Listen for the call sign DL0DFF from Hallig Hooge Island between the
22nd and 24th of June. Operators there will be on 80 through 10 meters,
as well as 2 meters, using CW, SSB and various digital modes. A WSPR
beacon will be running as well. QSL via DL3HBZ, direct, by the Bureau
or ClubLog's OQRS.

Several special event stations will be active as Azerbaijan hosts the
Formula One Grand Prix in the capital city of Baku from the 23rd to 25th
of June. Be listening for 4JF1EU, 4JF1BAKU, 4KF0NE and 4KF1BAKU. QSL
info can be found on their respective pages on QRZ.COM.

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KICKER: THIS CHICKEN SANDWICH IS OUT TO LAUNCH

NEIL/ANCHOR: And, finally... You've heard about high altitude balloon
launches carrying APRS equipment and sending data back to Earth. But we
leave you this week with this sizzling question: "Why did the chicken
sandwich cross the launching pad?" The answer: "To get into space, of
course."

This isn't just any sandwich -- and this isn't just any chicken. This is
the main ingredient for a promotional stunt by KFC for its sizzling
spicy Zinger sandwich. The space antics are playing off an advertising campaign that features Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Col. Harland
Sanders, played by actor Rob Lowe, in a space suit. KFC is introducing
the sandwich in the U.S., and decided to mark that launch with........a
real launch. Talk about fast food!

Sometime after June 21, the sandwich will be dispatched to the edge of
the atmosphere via high-altitude balloon known as a stratollite,
courtesy of World View Enterprises of Arizona. This will be poultry in
motion at very high altitudes indeed. KFC is betting its lunch that this flight constitutes the longest controlled stratospheric balloon flight carrying a commercial payload.

When it comes back to earth - at least four days later -- it will bring
back telemetry data - but sorry, there's no dessert.

Riding aboard the stratollite, it's not likely the sandwich will make it
as high as 62 miles up, which is considered the edge of space. But
perhaps that honor will someday be reserved, not for chicken, but some high-flying ham instead.


(ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK TIMES)

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2069 for Friday, June 23, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2069 with a release date of Friday,
June 23, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Hams enjoy the longest radio day of the year in England. Schools begin prepping for Space Station contacts -- and
hurricane season is upon us! All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2069 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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HURRICANE SEASON COMES STORMING IN

JIM/ANCHOR: Don't look now but Hurricane Season has just gotten under
way. As we start this cautious time of year on the Atlantic Coast of the
U.S., our first report comes to us courtesy of Phil Thomas W8RMJ of the Amateur News Weekly podcast. Phil reports on the recent release of the
2017 Hurricane Outlook from NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

PHIL'S REPORT: June the first marks the official start of the 2017
Hurricane Season which continues through November the 30th. In an
average season, based on data from 1981 to 2010, twelve named tropical cyclones should be expected, with six of these reaching hurricane
intensity and three developing into major hurricanes. The outlook is a
general guide to the overall activity during the upcoming hurricane
season. It is not a seasonal hurricane landfall forecast nor does it
predict levels of activity for any particular location. The official
NOAA 2017 Hurricane Season Outlook indicates a 45 percent probability of
an above-normal season. The outlook calls for between 11 and 17 named
storms. This already includes pre-season Tropical Storm Arlene which
occurred in April. Of these named storms, between five and nine could
reach hurricane intensity, with between two and four of these becoming a
major hurricane. FEMA is encouraging residents and businesses to prepare
by understanding the risks, planning for the entire family and
downloadint the FEMA app. The app contains important information on what
to do before and after a hurricane. The app also allows users to receive weather alerts from NOAA's National Weather Service including
life-saving safety tips. To learn more, go to www.hurricanes.gov.

JIM/ANCHOR: That was Phil Thomas W8RMJ of Amateur News Weekly. For more
news from the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana area, visit amateurnewsweekly.com

(AMATEUR NEWS WEEKLY)


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"LAST MAN STANDING" BREATHES ITS LAST

JIM/ANCHOR: True fans may already know this but TV's "Last Man Standing" appears to have breathed its last. The show, which was cancelled by ABC,
was in talks to be revived on CMT but media reports indicated that negotiations with 20th Century Fox Television, as of June 20, had broken
down. According to the Hollywood Reporter website, talks fell apart over
cost.

The ratings hit, which ran for six seasons on ABC, featured Tim Allen as
an amateur radio operator. The show eventually prompted the actor to get
his own real-life license, KK6OTD. At least for now, his character Mike
Baxter KA0XTT, appears to have become a Silent Key.

(FOX NEWS, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

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SOLSTICE: RADIO'S LONGEST DAY

JIM/ANCHOR: The Northern Hemisphere's longest day is June 21st and one
group of hams in the UK think that makes a perfect opportunity for a
long day of radio. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH spoke to
the Essex Ham group prior to the event to hear just what their plans
were going to be.

JEREMY: On the day of the summer solstice, some people may choose to
dance at Stonehenge but in another part of the UK amateurs plan on
making the most of the longest day of the year by making it a full day -
a VERY full day - of amateur radio.

PETE: It's a little bit of tradition now for some of our guys who've
been doing it for a few years now. It is, of course, the longest day so
if you are going to do a day's worth of amateur radio do the longest
day. Why not?

JEREMY: That was Pete M0PSX of Essex Ham, the group that plans on
marking the solstice with three activations this year: Sunday the 18th
of June, Wednesday the 21st of course, and Saturday the 24th of June.
Special Event Station GB1JSS operates from sun-up to sun-down - at a
central location in Chelmsford - where there are passers by, a nice pub
-- and some radio history.

PETE: Chelmsford is what we call the birthplace of broadcasting. So 1922
was where all the braodcasting was started in the UK and we are not all
that far away, 4 or 5 miles away from where it all started.

JEREMY: It all seems a good fit for the calendar and the location, which
is what its creator Charlie M0PZT of Essex Ham had in mind when he first suggested the event - by that we mean the special event station, not the Solstice. They've been planning for a long day on the air!

PETE: We will do as much as we possibly can on Saturday. For the U.S. it
will be 9 a.m. GMT will be the start of our activities on Saturday. We normally tweet as soon as we are set up so if people want to find out
what we're up to, if they follow "at-essexham" (@essexham) or look on
Facebook we always announce the frequencies we're operating on. If
anyone wants to work us, brilliant. If we can set up a sked if someone
would be keen to make that connection in Chelmsford, let us know. Really
the twitter feed is the active one for us. We also have a Facebook page
and a website which is www.essexham.co.uk and yes we will keep you all updated, we will be on as many bands as we can. Typicall 40 20 30 we do
CW as well as voice and we even have DMR, some of the digital radio
stuff as well normally. So if we know people are out there and trying to
work us, we will make sure we let you know where we are.

JEREMY: As the hams in Essex would say: Who needs Stonehenge anyway? For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH

JIM/ANCHOR: We're happy to say that Amateur Radio Newsline's European correspondent Ed Durran DD5LP caught up with the special event station
on the longest day of the year, and here's a small part of his contact.

ED's AUDIO: <short clip of QSO between DD5LP and Special Event Station
GB1JSS operator "Dot.">

JIM/ANCHOR: Hams were expected to get one more try on Saturday June 24
for contact with GB1JSS.

(ESSEX HAM)

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ALABAMA'S ARISS MOMENT

JIM/ANCHOR: There's big excitement in Pinson, Alabama right now as
Pinson Valley High School prepares for what it hopes will be its Space
Station Moment. Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp WB9VPG has that story.

NEIL: Pinson Valley High School in Alabama has become one of 13
educational facilities in the U.S. to be chosen for the Amateur Radio on
the International Space Station program. What happens next? The school
needs to submit its proposal and equipment plan for ARISS review and demonstrate that the school can be available at those moments between
next January and June when NASA can arrange for amateur radio contact opportunities with one of the astronauts on board. English teacher
Jennifer Moore, who is leading the faculty team behind the project, said
the experience is designed to make the sciences real to students in a meaningful way and encourage careers in related fields of technology, engineering and mathematics. The school's partners in the Space Station venture will include the Southern Museum of Flight, the U.S. Space and
Rocket Center and the Birmingham Amateur Radio Club’s Amateur Radio Advancement Group.

The excitement is real elsewhere too: Students and teachers are doing
the same in a dozen other schools this year, including Mill Springs
Academy in Alpharetta, Georgia; Freeport Public Schools in Freeport, New
York and Bellefonte Area Middle School in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. This
is one effective way of getting students to aim high.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

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GIPPSTECH WINDOW IS CLOSING

JIM/ANCHOR: A few weeks before the Friedrichshafen ham radio event,
Australian and New Zealand amateurs will gather in Churchill, about 105
miles east of Melbourne, Australia for GippsTech 2017. The event is
organized by the Eastern Zone Amateur Radio Club. Amateur Radio
Newsline's John Williams VK4JJW tells us more:

JOHN'S REPORT: GippsTech 2017 is a conference in Victoria, Australia,
that focuses on microwave, UHF and VHF operations, particularly for weak-signal operations. Amateurs will attend the annual gathering this
year on July 1st and 2nd.

The conference, which has been held for 20 years, is organized by the
Eastern Zone Amateur Radio Club. Peter Freeman VK3PF, chairman of
GippsTech, told Amateur Radio Newsline that it is modeled after similar
events in the U.S. that allow hams to share techniques for various
weak-signal operations. Peter said the Eastern Zone club itself has a
number of enthusiastic members who are interested in these modes of communication and GippsTech became an outgrowth of that.

What started as a one-day event is now a formal two-day conference
drawing amateurs from most of the states throughout Australia and even
New Zealand and elsewhere. At the 2003 event, Joe Taylor K1JT presented
his WSJT software, which was then still new.

This year the agenda will include some microwave activations and there
will be reports on previous years' proceedings available for purchase.
The conference is making a Partners' Program available with a minibus providing sightseeing in the local area.

If you want to be among this year's attendees, please note that
registration closes June 25. Download a registration form at vk3bez.org/conference

For more details contact Peter VK3PF at vk3pf-at-wia-dot-org-dot-au (vk3pf@wia.org.au)

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm John Williams VK4JJW.

(WIA, EASTERN ZONE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB)


**

BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur
Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including
the WR9ARC Repeater of the Riverland Amateur Radio Club in La Crescent, Minnesota, as part of the Sunday Night Net at 8 p.m. local time.


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SECOND TEST DAY PREPS FOR WRTC 2018

JIM/ANCHOR: It's never too early to start testing equipment and setup
for a big event and in Germany that's what hams are doing to prepare for
the World Radiosport Team Championship, or WRTC. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Ed Durrant DD5LP.

ED'S REPORT: In preparation for WRTC 2018, the second test day will take
place from the 23rd to the 25th of June around Jessen, in central
Germany. The focus will be on testing logistics and training of the
volunteer support teams along with looking for any possible process improvements. Nearly 100 volunteers are coming from all over Germany to
build the fifteen stations.

On Saturday after completing their training on Friday, the fifteen teams
will go to their allocated sites to assemble the test stations. The goal
is to assemble all structures quickly and smoothly, while documenting
any areas where the process can be optimized. After each site is set up,
radio operation is planned. This will not only test the on-line
scoreboard system but also act as publicity for WRTC 2018. It is
expected that there will be a lot of DX traffic on 20 or 15 meters on
Saturday evening which coincides with the ARRL Field Day.
A special diploma for contacts with the test stations is planned. For
details about the diploma and how to submit a request, monitor the
WRTC2018.de website.

On Sunday, all sites will be dismantled, the material checked and stored.

During the tests live pictures will be posted to Facebook.
The test weekend should help the organizers evaluate the best techniques
and new possibilities before WRTC 2018.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, this is Ed Durrant DD5LP.

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SOTA'S BIG DAY AT FRIEDRICHSCHAFEN

JIM/ANCHOR: European amateurs are preparing for a major global gathering
of hams in Germany this month and Summits on the Air will be a big part
of it. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT with more details.

CARYN's REPORT: Now that Hamvention is behind us, it's time for Europe
to put on a world-class Amateur Radio event.
"Ham Radio" in southern Germany, like Dayton attracts Hams and vendors
from around the world.
"Ham Radio" takes place at the convention and exhibition center in Friedrichshafen (Freed-Ricks-Ha-Fenn), located on Lake Constance which
forms the border between Germany and Switzerland.
The town is used to hosting the largest trade events in Europe and Ham
Radio uses only a fraction of the space available at the center. All
sellers, including the flea market, are inside the well-ventilated, Zeppelin-sized, halls. The air-conditioned lecture rooms host multiple parallel lecture streams across all three days.

As you'd expect, outside you find the Bier Gardens and there are several
food outlets to give you the energy to explore the three Amateur Radio
and one Maker Faire halls. Many international groups use the event for a once-a-year meet-up and one of those is the worldwide SOTA community,
for whom this year, Saturday, June 24 will become "SOTA-Day."

After the annual meet-up at noon by the QSL wall, lectures run from 2 to 3:45pm, followed by an activation of a local SOTA summit. To finish out
the day, there's a SOTA dinner where, thanks to SOTABeams, a prize of a WSPRLite unit will be awarded to the attendee wearing the most original
SOTA clothing item.

So if you're in Europe between July 14th and 16th, why not try to get
down to "Ham Radio" at Fredrichshafen, especially if SOTA is your "thing."

Amateur Radio Newsline's own European correspondent, Ed Durrant DD5LP,
will be attending and promises to produce a report. Ed asks if you see
him at the show in his blue ARNewsline staff polo shirt, please come up
and say hello and - who knows - you may be included in the report!

For Amateur Radio Newsline, this is Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT.


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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, as Azerbaijan hosts the Formula One Grand Prix in
its capital city of Baku, several special event stations are active. Be listening for 4JF1EU, 4JF1BAKU, 4KF0NE and 4KF1BAKU from the 23rd of
June to the 25th. Send QSLs direct or via LoTW.

Hams belonging to the Cuban amateur radio association, FRC, will be
using the call sign CO9KAA marking the 50th anniversary of an annual
cultural event honoring the 19th century poet Cristobal Napoles Fajardo,
from June 28th until July 3rd. Listen on 80/40/20/15/10/6 meters where
hams will be using CW and SSB. A digital certificate is available for
amateurs contacting CO9KAA on at least 3 bands in either mode.

The Chinese Radio Amateur Club, CRAC, will be active as B7CRA between
June 26th and July 2nd from the rare Yongxing Island in the Paracel
Islands. The ship's schedule may adjust the operations slighly,
depending on conditions. Be listening on 80-6 meters - except for 30
meters. Hams will be operating on CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via
BA4TB or ClubLog's OQRS.

Be listening for Eddy, DM5JBN, operating as 9A/DM5JBN from both Hvar
Island and Brac Island. He'll be on Hvar Island from June 28th to July
2nd and then move on to Brac Island starting July 4th through the 9th.
He will be operating mainly using CW and RTTY. QSL via his home
callsign, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or eQSL.


(OHIO PENN DX SOUTHGATE, IRTS)

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KICKER: PHYSICIST'S GIFT IS HEAVEN SENT

JIM/ANCHOR: And finally: Promise her the moon perhaps but deliver her an asteroid. Swedish radio amateur Asta Pellinen-Wannberg SM3UHV, has done
her job so well that the International Astronomical Union thought she
needed a show of appreciation. Well, there was no wrapping paper large
enough for this gift: her very own personal celestial body. It's known
as Asteroid 11807 Wannberg and it's hers and hers alone.

SSA, the Swedish national amateur radio society, noted that the physics professor's work using scattering radar to study meteors is in use by at
least 10 stations around the world. The scattering radar assesses
meteors that become activated after small particles penetrate the
atmosphere, enhancing scientists' ability to study particles and flows
in the atmosphere. The physicist's specialty is studying small bodies in space, especially meteors that interact with the earth's atmosphere.

Asta is chair of the Swedish National Committee for Radio Science, where
she is responsible for helping to promote research, development and
education in the field of radio. She also represents Sweden in the International Union of Radio Science. Now she's even got a little
asteroid to call her very own. Hopefully it's just the right size and
color and she won't try to exchange it for a planet instead.

(SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL;
the Associated Press; CQ Magazine; Eastern Zone Amateur Radio Club;
Essex Ham; the FCC; Fox News; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; the
Hollywood Reporter; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; Ohio Penn DX
Bulletin; Reuters; the Stillwater Amateur Radio Association; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Wireless Institute of Australia; WMUK Public Radio; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our
address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at
Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at
www.arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron N8TMW in Charleston, West
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2070 for Friday, June 30, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2070 with a release date of Friday,
June 30, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. New Zealand prepares for the nation's first
satellite. Kids in Tennessee find that amateur radio is more than just a museum piece. A special government assignment has hams in India
listening carefully on the bands -- and in South Carolina, one ham club
was offering a wearable keepsake of this year's Field Day. All this and
more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2070 comes your way right now.

**

BILLBOARD CART

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SETTING THE STAGE FOR NEW ZEALAND SATELLITE

NEIL/ANCHOR: New Zealand has more than just the America's Cup to be
proud of: the nation has its own first satellite, KiwiSAT, and it's just
about ready for prime time. Well, it does need a few more team members
to see the project through. If you're in New Zealand and can help,
listen to this report from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.


JIM's REPORT: Awaiting its launch after a series of setbacks, the
satellite known as KiwiSAT has delivered a message to the New Zealand
amateur community: Take me to your leader. The amateur radio satellite
is at its staging point, ready to transport a payload of big hopes and
dreams for New Zealand's ham community as the nation's first satellite.
The on-again, off-again project has suffered from a variety of obstacles
over the years but AMSAT-ZL is hoping to get it into orbit at last.
Organizers have been collecting names of KiwiSAT members and other
amateurs who have stepped forward to serve as launch coordinator or part
of the support team working with the coordinator. There is already an engineering team prepared to move forward so the priority for now has
been to conduct environmental testing of KiwiSAT and then tend to the
details of launch timing, coordination and funding. The project has also
been in search of a new leader of the engineering team who can take up
the reins from Fred Kennedy ZL1BYP, who has stepped down due to medical issues.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF

(NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF RADIO TRANSMITTERS)


**
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT FOR HAMS IN WEST BENGAL

NEIL/ANCHOR: In India, the government of West Bengal has reached out to
a local amateur radio club for a different kind of listening assignment
on the bands. This is DXing with a rather different purpose. We hear the details from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY's REPORT: Hams in West Bengal have been asked to listen for radio communications between leaders of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, a
separatist movement trying to create a new state in that region of
India. Media reports said the government believes that the GJM has
established small radio stations in the plains and hills of the region
and continues to be able to communicate despite government shutdown of
cable and internet services as of the 18th of June.

Ambarish Nag Biswas VU2JFA, secretary of the West Bengal Amateur Radio
Club, told the local media that long conversations have been detected in Nepali and Tibetan but the content was classified and he would not speak further about the club's involvement.

Police raided the separatists' office on June 15 and confiscated two
radios. Authorities quoted in local Indian media said that there have
been suspicious signals in code sent between the activists and other
regions. Police said they decided to call the ham radio operators in
after they discovered the radios, hoping the hams could help track the activities. GJM leaders are believed to be in hiding following a period
of violence and agitation as supporters of the movement have gone on an indefinite strike.

In various media reports Roshan Giri, the general secretary of the GJM,
has denied existence of the radios, saying the government has sought to
defame the movement.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(THE INDIAN EXPRESS)

**
MUSEUM-QUALITY QSOs IN TENNESSEE

NEIL/ANCHOR: Does ham radio belong in a museum? Well, some kids in
Tennesse would say yes but not because amateur radio is a relic. It's
just that the local children's museum is where radio comes alive for
them. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Mike Askins KE5CXP with that story.

MIKE'S REPORT: Youngsters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee who got on the air for
ARRL Kids Day had QSOs that were true museum-quality contacts. That's
because the kids, who ranged in age from 4 to 11, were operating from
inside the Children's Museum of Oak Ridge. Every third Sunday afternoon
of the month, the Oak Ridge Amateur Radio Club hosts its amateur radio outreach day for the kids and in June that happened to coincide with
ARRL's Kids Day on June 18. The youngsters learned - and transmitted -
their names in Morse code, learned a little bit of radio science and
then keyed their mics and got on the air.

The event took place in the museum's Discovery Lab - a great place for
kids to discover the magic of radio. Jim Bogard KY4L, said the museum
and the amateur radio club have a longstanding relationship with one
another and recently signed a memorandum of understanding that may
eventually lead to a permanent amateur radio exhibit at the museum. Jim
said the concept would include an operating amateur radio station as
well as equipment used during World War II when Oak Ridge was founded
during the Manhattan Project.

Meanwhile, he said the museum and the ham club are looking forward to
the next Amateur Radio Outreach day for youngsters, which will be Sunday
July 16th.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins KE5CXP.

(OAK RIDGE TODAY NEWSPAPER)
**

JAKARTA PREPS FOR AMATEUR RADIO FAIR

NEIL/ANCHOR: If hams in Indonesia are a little preoccupied right now,
it's because there's a big happening in the middle of the month: the
Jakarta Amateur Radio Fair. Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams
VK4JJW tells us more.

JOHN'S REPORT: It's the season for ham gatherings - from Dayton
Hamvention in the U.S. to Germany's Ham Radio Friedrichshafen -- and now
hams in Indonesia are preparing for their own big annual radio fair in Jakarta. The two-day event is set for the 15th and 16th of July - the
same weekend as Ham Radio Friedrichshafen - but Indonesia's is taking
place in North Jakarta's Ancol Beach City. The activities will include
mobile and walking direction-finding exercises, a Code receiving
contest, a logging contest, a QSL card challenge and everyone's favorite activity of all - shopping for the latest equipment. A number of radio innovators will be on hand to discuss new technological developments and
ways to improve radio service. The Jakarta Amateur Radio Fair will also
host a special event station - be listening for the call sign YB0JARF -
if you can't get there in person. Of course, you'll be missing out on
all the giveaways and plenty of food but if propagation is right, you'll
get a QSL card.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.

(NZART, Jakarta Amateur Radio Fair, Southgate Amateur Radio News)

**

BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur
Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including
the W3BN repeater of Pennsylvania's Reading Radio Club on Fridays at 8
p.m. during the On-The-Air Net.

**
100-YEAR-OLD MILWAUKEE CLUB IS AN "OM" AMONG OMs

NEIL/ANCHOR: Now it's time to meet a club that's an "OM" among OMs. It's
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun WD9GCO
spoke to one of its members.

PAUL's REPORT: There are quite a few ham radio clubs scattered all over
the world. However, not many of them can claim to be as old as the
Milwaukee Radio Amateur's Club, which is celebrating its centennial this
year. I spoke with Dave DeFebo, WB9BWP, about the club.

DAVE: Four guys got together in January of 1917 and started a club that
was based in the center of Milwaukee. There were already a few clubs in
some surrounding suburbs, but back then people didn't have cars and transportation wasn't as prevalent so there was a number of these
smaller clubs scattered around.

PAUL: The club has already had a couple of special events, and will have
a few more, according to DeFebo:

DAVE: We had a parking-lot hamfest during Field Day weekend for those
that couldn't make it. This year it was raining so we had to move it
inside the building, unfortunately the bands didn't cooperate well.

One of our members who's a motorcycle rider made arrangements with a
dealer in town, House of Harley-Davidson. We spent Saturday there - the morning wasn't bad, we made a bunch of contacts - but by afternoon,
things really died and we really didn't see a lot of contacts.

PAUL: You'll want to keep an ear open for the W9RH call during the
remainder of 2017, as many club members may be using it:

DAVE: We are running, throughout the year for any individual members, if somebody wants to do a weekend or a weekday or something we let them go
out and be W9RH/100 and we'll have some certificates and things later in
the year.

PAUL: If you'd like more information on the Milwaukee Radio Amateur's
Club and its history, go to their website at www.w9rh.org. According to DeFebo, they actually have all club documents going back to 1917 and
they are in the process of digitizing the archives with the intent of
making them available.

If you're in the Milwaukee area, the club will be holding a banquet on
October 21st as the official celebration of the centennial.

From all of us here, congratulations to the Milwaukee Radio Amateur's
Club on one hundred years, and here's to a bright future.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO

**
2 WEEKS TO NATIONAL SCOUT JAMBOREE

NEIL/ANCHOR: What'a happening in Radio Scouting? There's barely a month
left until the National Scout Jamboree. The team is busy preparing, as
we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Stearns NE4RD.

BILL'S REPORT: This week in Radio Scouting we hear from Jim Wilson,
K5ND, the president of the K2BSA amateur radio association. Jim sent
out a video to all the team members to help them prepare for the
National Scout Jamboree. Members start arriving in two weeks and the
event runs from July 15th through the 28th at The Summit Betchel Reserve
in WV. Here's Jim talking about the goals of the operation and he also introduces the team leaders.

JIM: Our overall goal is to provide Scouts exposure to amateur radio,
explain what it is, how it is relevant to them, and provide an
opportunity to try as many aspects of the hobby as possible within the constraints of the Jamboree.

We’re not selling amateur radio, but we are sharing it with the sincere
hope that many will be favorably impressed or at least better informed. Ideally, a few will pursue it as a hobby or even as an inspiration for a career option.

Our targets for Amateur Radio Demonstrations are 10% of Jamboree
participants, that's about 3,000 Scouts.

Radio Merit Badge — Our target is 400 Scouts.

ARDF-Foxhunting — We hope to see 100 teams compete in the course.

We also will be operating a Special Event Station with many amateur
radio operators across the country and around the world seeking to make
a contact with K2BSA. Propagation willing, we hope to provide that opportunity.

Let me introduce you to our leadership Team:

Bill Bode, N4WEB, and Demi Pulas, K4BSA, are leading our demonstration station. They are both back from the K2BSA 2013 operation and Demi has
served as a staff member for several World Jamborees

Phil Westover, WA7URV, and Gary Wilson, K2GW, lead our radio merit badge training. Phil has worked long and hard on animated slide decks for the training. Gary has long been involved in developing radio merit badge
training and both have activated a number of Jamboree on the Air stations.

Keith Kaiser, WA0TJT, and Mike Crownover, AD5A, lead the fox hunting activities and Mike will be activating a Summit on the Air from Garden
Ground during the Jamboree. Keith activated fox hunting for the 2013
Jamboree. Both are heavily involved in their local JOTA operations.

Russ Mickiewicz, N7QR, is responsible for our technical support team.
He’s been at every Jamboree since 2001, most of those with the K2BSA operation.

Bill Stearns, NE4RD, claims to be a NERD, but is also very good at
working public relations. He’s active in all aspects of Radio Scouting
and will be handling our social media and PR outreach.

There are another 40 plus staff members you’ll be working with at the Jamboree. Every single one has an extraordinary Scout background. And, they’ve given up their summer vacation to spend it with you. Let’s all
make the most of it.

For more info on K2BSA and Radio Scouting, please visit www.k2bsa.net.
For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Radio Association this is Bill Stearns NE4RD.

**
WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Antonio EA5RM in Bolivia. He is on
the air until August 14th and will use his call sign CP1XRM. Send QSLs directly to his home call.

John G4IRN will be on the air, operating holiday-style from the Maldive Islands through July 6th. Listen for him using the call sign 8Q7RN. Send
QSLs via Club Log OQRS. Logs will also be uploaded to Logbook of The World.

You have until July 4th to contact Ken KH6QJ in East Kiribati using the
call sign T32AZ. Send QSLs via his home call.

(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)


**

KICKER: REPLACING A CW FIST WITH A WRIST

NEIL: Finally, with Field Day behind us, we visit with one club in South Carolina that had a gem of an idea for Field Day: jewelry, ham-radio
style. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Damron N8TMW tells us more.

JIM's REPORT: When you're a ham looking to get the message out in
flawless CW, would could be better than having a good fist? How
about........a good wrist? While tens of thousands of hams throughout
North America took to their straight keys and their mics recently for
ARRL Field Day, the Anderson Radio Club in South Carolina added another communications mode into the mix: the Morse code bracelet. Out there
amid the radios and the generators near the Anderson Civic Center was a
table beneath a tent offering an assortment of colored beads, string and clasps. Visitors were encouraged to learn a little Code first and then
spell their names out with beads representing dots, dashes and spaces
between. From there, they made the bracelets. Best of all no amateur
license necessary.

Of course, there turned out to be a bit of hidden message behind all
that wearable CW. It said: "Become a licensed ham and all this can be
yours next time." So perhaps next year some of the guests will indeed be
back - and this time, they'll be wearing a headset instead.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW.


(ANDERSON INDEPENDENT MAIL, MARGIE SPANGENBERG KK4AGN)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the
Anderson Independent Mail; the ARRL; the Associated Press; CQ Magazine;
Hap Holly and the Rain Report; The Indian Express; Irish Radio
Transmitters Society; Jakarta Amateur Radio Fair; K2BSA; The New York
Times; Margie Spangenberg KK4AGN; New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters; Oak Ridge Today; Ohio Penn DX Bulletin; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send
emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG saying 73 and as
always we thank you for listening.

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2071 for Friday, July 7, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2071 with a release date of Friday,
July 7, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. A new FCC commissioner gets nominated. We follow
the trail of a pilot recreating the Amelia Earhart flight. Lighthouses
are in the spotlight - and in our top story, a jury convicts an Illinois
man in the killing of a ham two years ago. All this and more as Amateur
Radio Newsline Report 2071 comes your way right now.

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CONVICTION IN ILLINOIS HAM'S KILLING

DON/ANCHOR: We begin this week's report with a courtroom conclusion to a gruesome case from two years ago: the killing of a ham radio operator in Illinois. There's been a verdict and Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp
WB9VPG has the details.

NEIL'S REPORT: A jury has convicted a Rockford, Illinois man of killing
an amateur radio operator and his dog two years ago and then setting
their house on fire. The verdict in the killing of Henry Murphy WB9TFX
was announced June 30 ending a case that began with the discovery of the bodies on July 18, 2015.

Prosecutors had said the killer, Delano L. Foreman, 31, first robbed
Henry Murphy, then shot both him and his golden retriever before setting
three fires inside the Winnebago County home.

Silent Key Henry Murphy was also a veteran of the U.S. Army.

Foreman's attorney has filed a defense motion for a new trial and is
scheduled to reappear in court on Aug. 16 but will remain in the
Winnebago County Jail without bond until that time. If the defense
motion is denied, he will be sentenced immediately.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG


(THE ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR, QRZNOW.COM)

**
NEW FCC COMMISSIONER NOMINATED

DON/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, the big news out of Washington is that there is a nominee to fill one of the vacancies on the Federal Communications
Commission. We hear more from Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephen Kinford
N8WB.

STEPHEN'S REPORT: The FCC's general counsel, Brendan Carr, is considered
the next likely candidate to fill one of two empty spots on the
commission. President Donald Trump has announced he will nominate the Republican - a move applauded by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in a public
statement that praised his record.

The appointment, if confirmed by the Senate, would still leave one
remaining vacancy to be filled - a seat reserved for a Democrat. No more
than three members of the FCC are permitted to belong to the same
political party. On June 14, Trump named former Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, to fill another vacant seat and she too must be confirmed by the Senate. She would be returning to the commission,
following the expiration of her term last year.

A third vacancy is being created by the departure of Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, another Democrat, whose term has just expired.

Brendan Carr is viewed as a major supporter of Ajit Pai’s efforts to
undo “net neutrality” rules that had been passed by the commission's Democratic majority.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB.

(ARRL)

**
BRIGHT TIME FOR LIGHTHOUSE ON PEI

DON/ANCHOR: Coming off its 150th anniversary festivities, Canada has
something else to celebrate - a very special lighthouse on Prince Edward Island. And who better to mark the occasion than amateur radio
operators? Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee KB3TZD.

HEATHER: Built in 1845, the Point Prim lighthouse was the first
lighthouse on Prince Edward Island -- and there's no doubt that the
things it has seen in the last 172 years would give it a lot to say.

Soon, it will be doing just that, talking to the world: The Prince
Edward Island Amateur Radio Group will be activating the lighthouse on Saturday, July 15 as part of the lighthouse's open house marking its acquisition last year by the Point Prime Lighthouse Society.

Radio operators will be calling CQ on all the HF bands right through the
late afternoon hours of Sunday, July 16. Modes will include SSB and PSK-31.

Hams who collect lighthouse QSOs will be happy to know that Point Prim
has been assigned the code CAN-809 by the Amateur Radio Lighthouse
Society, which keeps track of 15,000 lighthouses worldwide. Islands on
the Air also declares PEI as NA-029 in their list of islands around the
world.

Point Prim stands out among Canadian lighthouses as a brick structure
with a distinctive round shape. It is, in fact, the only round brick lighthouse on Prince Edward Island. It is also one of seven lighthouses
on the Island to be named on the National Heritage List. Now the
lighthouse is about to distinguish itself with a reception featuring
music, guest speakers, a barbecue, free tours and amateur radio. That
should establish it as quite a beacon.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee KB3TZD

(GEORGE DEWAR VY2GF)

**

LIGHTHOUSE-LIGHTSHIP WEEKEND REGISTRATION GROWS

DON/ANCHOR: Speaking of lighthouses, it's almost time for amateur radio
to celebrate the world's community of lighthouses and lightships, and
the number of participating locations keeps growing. For that story, we welcome Amateur Radio Newsline's Kevin Trotman N5PRE, who is joining us
on the air with his first report.

KEVIN'S REPORT: Don't expect any certificates or prizes or other perks
for contacts you may log next month during the International Lighthouse
and Lightship Weekend. The 20-year-old event is not a sprint, a contest
or even an emergency drill. It's a celebration of these time-honored navigational aides.

This year, the lighthouse activations will take place on the weekend of
Aug. 19th and 20th. Lighthouse registrations were already at 240 and
counting as of the first week in July -- with Germany and Australia in
the lead. Many other nations will be participating as usual including
South Africa, the U.S., Canada, Scotland and Wales.

There are also some new countries where hams can count on hearing "CQ" - including Serbia, where you can listen for Alex YU1CA operating near the
banks of the Danube River at the Tamis River West Lighthouse.

What it comes down to is an event that's part fellowship, part public relations. The activations are designed to be visible to visitors who
can stop by and see the hams in action. In a way that's keeping in the
true lighthouse spirit - shining a little light, so to speak, on the
amateur radio community.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman N5PRE.


(SOUTHGATE)

**
HAM CLUB IN UK FIGHTS FOR SURVIVAL

DON/ANCHOR: One amateur radio group in a rural part of the UK has been struggling to find creative ways to stay alive. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH has that story.

JEREMY'S REPORT: The club in the small town of Workington, Cumbria,
announced on its website that all meetings at the Helena Thompson Museum
have been cancelled until September but the September meeting will
indeed be held - to talk about the club's future. The club website noted
that a real action plan is needed in order to survive and build
membership or the club may ultimately face shutdown.

Alex Hill G7KSE, told Amateur Radio Newsline in an email that the club
has enjoyed a strong record over the years in training new hams and had
great success with DXpeditions, special events and contesting. He noted, however, that the membership has been aging and the club is now
challenged about ways to attract an infusion of new amateurs to the
club, which is in the Western Lake District.

Alex said one option being explored is outreach to the Maker movement
and code clubs as a way of boosting membership. As the club itself noted
on a web page about its future: [QUOTE] "At this stage, no idea is a bad
one." [ENDQUOTE]

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH

(WORKINGTON and DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, ALEX HILL G7KSE)

**

BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur
Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including
WFBT, Wilmington's Big Talker in Wilmington, N.C. on Saturday ands
Sundays starting at 8:30 a.m.


**
ADVENTURE CONTINUES FOR AMELIA EARHART TRIBUTE PILOT

DON/ANCHOR: The world has been watching as a ham from the U.S. navigates
a flight in tribute to Amelia Earhart's final trip 80 years ago. At
Newsline's production time, he was getting ready to depart Australia,
where we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp VK4BB.

GRAHAM's REPORT: Texas radio amateur Brian Lloyd WB6RQN continues his
flight along Amelia Earhart's path and as Amateur Radio Newsline went to production, he was preparing to leave us here in Australia for the next
leg of his journey. His arrival there on July 1, however, brought some
welcome refueling for both Brian and his plane - and an eyeball QSO with
Stuie VK8NSB. The Australian amateur had contacted the pilot on 20
meters and via satellite while he was still enroute from Indonesia and
met him on arrival. Stuie didn't just greet him and provide overnight hospitality but, at departure time from Darwin, he was there to help
refuel and see the aircraft off, adding a sticker of the Australian flag
to the plane's wing.
Other amateur radio contacts followed as Brian took to the air, enroute
to Ayers Rock, Uluru.

Brian's final stop in Australia was to be in Sydney and then he was off
to Auckland, New Zealand, followed by a flyover of Howland Island. His
plan was to drop a memorial wreath into the water there near the spot
where Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared in 1937.
As he continues his journey to Hawaii and beyond, be listening on SSB on 14.210, 14.346, 18.117 or 7.130 MHz.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp VK4BB.

(JIM LINTON VK3PC)

**

WORLD RADIOSPORT TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP PASSES TEST

DON/ANCHOR: For volunteers who were testing equipment in Germany
recently for next year's World Radiosport championship event, it was a
dry run - well, not really quite so dry thanks to the weather. We hear
more from Amateur Radio Newsline's Ed Durrant DD5LP.

ED'S REPORT: The WRTC test and training days 2017 between the 23rd and
25th of June brought together more than 100 volunteers from all over
Germany to the Jessen / Wittenberg region, to set up portable stations
exactly as will be used next year.

The Thursday before the tests brought devastating rain storms to the
area but this did not stop the training of the antenna teams at the main campsite in Prettin on Friday. There were many new enthusiastic
contesters between the ages of 20 and 80 who took part in the weekend alongside some well-known faces from the test day in 2016.

Saturday was the main construction day, where the wind made the antenna erection somewhat more difficult but apart from that the weather was
sunny and dry. Concentrated work was called for to ensure that all parts
were correctly installed and after many hours of construction work,
radio operation and exchange of experiences followed. Lessons learned
were noted and changes included in planning for next year. The Ham
Spirit shone through with the enthusiasm ensuring new friendships
emerged and many new ideas were born.

On Sunday morning the stations were all dismantled and by 3 pm
everything was packed up and sent to the main storage warehouse. Thanks
to excellent preparation and the spirit of all participants, the test
and training days were a total success. The WRTC team is ready to
welcome 63 teams to Germany in 2018.

Before that however there is still work to be done, more finances are
required and next weekend at HAM RADIO Friedrichshafen the WRTC 2018
team will have both a stand inside the halls and an example portable
station setup outside to illustrate what the competitors should expect.
The team will be looking for additional volunteers for next year's event
as well as donations from supporters.

An additional highlight announced just after the test day is that Honda
Power Equipment have come on-board as a platinum sponsor of WRTC 2018
and will be supplying EU20i petrol generators for each team in next
year's event.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, this is Ed Durrant DD5LP.

**

WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Eric KV1J who is operating from the
St Pierre & Miquelon Islands as FP/KV1J until July 18th. Listen for him
on SSB and RTTY. Send QSLs to the home call.

Geoff ZL3GA is operating holiday style from Vanuatu in the Pacific until
July 13th. He will be using the call sign YJ0GA. His logs will be
uploaded to Logbook of The World and also to Club Log.

Be listening for the call sign RI0Z being used by a team of Russian
amateurs in the Komandorskiye Islands. The Islands on the Air reference
is AS-039. The team's QSL manager is RZ5D.


(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)

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KICKER: MORSE CODE IN A NEW DIMENSION

DON/ANCHOR: For this week's final story, we look at a bit of modern innovation. It's always nice when amateur radio can enter a new
dimension. As we close out this week's report, we look at a Morse Code
Key that is definitely in that category because it gets all three of its dimensions from a 3-D printer. Although that's where the key originates,
its real roots are in the imagination of the 14-year-old son of the
Texas radio amateur, Joe Delgado KC5ILR, who developed the key to make
his son happy. Joe says on his website that his son wanted something
"cool" and "colorful" for Morse Code and the 3-D printing of the key
made him happy -- plus it sends code! Now if someone can find a way to
print a 3-D noise filter to clean up the bands, we've got it made.

(JERRY WRIGHT NK2C)

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