WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for special event station GB2CR in
Scotland until the 18th of March. The special callsign's suffix "CR"
stands for "Collins Radio," and the operators will be using vintage
valve/tube radio equipment manufactured in the U.S. by Collins. Be
listening on 80-10 meters; mostly SSB with some CW. All QSOs will be
uploaded to ClubLog.

Be listening for Bill, K9HZ; Kyle, WA4PGM, and Dan, W0CN active as J68HZ
from a villa in St. Lucia until March 11th. Their activity is usually on
160-2 meters using CW, SSB, FT8 and EME. QSL J68HZ via LoTW, eQSL or
direct to K9HZ

Stian, LB5SH, will be active as JW/LB5SH from the JW5E club station on Spitsbergen Island in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. He is
expected to be on the air between March 25th and March 28th on various HF bands using SSB and FT8. He will also be in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest on
March 27 and 28th using the callsign JW2T. Send QSLs to JW/LB5SH and
possibly JW2T via LoTW or ClubLog.

Be listening for Ian, ZS6JSI, who began operating from Benin as ZS6JSI/TY
in January and expects to be there for six months. Be listening mostly on
20 meters where he is using FT8. He also operates mobile and can be heard
at times on 80/40/20 meters using SSB and FT8. For details visit his page
on QRZ.com.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: DOCUMENTING AN OLD BOAT ANCHOR'S SAIL

DON/ANCHOR: If you've ever refurbished an old boat anchor, you know the challenges of adding a piece of history to your shack. No doubt you can
relate to this next story about a powerful old Collins boat anchor. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, tells about a new video that chronicles its rescue and
its cross-country journey several years ago.

RALPH: The control room and the Collins 250,000-watt transmitters once
used by Voice of America at its Delano Relay Station in California is transmitting history now instead of U.S. government broadcasts that began during World War II into the Pacific Rim and Central and South America.
The transmitter, once part of Delano (duh-LAY-no) Relay DL-8, is now part
of the permanent exhibit at the Antique Wireless Association Museum in Bloomfield, New York, where its cross-country journey ended almost six
years ago with the help of the museum, the Collins Collectors Association
and the VOA.

A video moderated by Dennis Kidder, W6DQ, and recently uploaded by the
museum shows the painstaking effort of the team to save the 821A-1
transmitter from the bulldozer headed its way after Voice of America
halted its operations there in 2007. The team, working to do disassembly
and transport on a tight deadline, consisted of Jim Stitzinger, WA3CEX,
Bill Cairns, N7OTQ, Rod Blocksome, N0DAS, CCA president Scott Kerr,
KE1RR, and Vince Baker from the VOA, among others.

This was not just Collins' most powerful transmitter for a shortwave broadcaster; it could also autotune within 20 seconds, helping it
successful avoid jammers seeking to silence the U.S. government's
messages. Its story, however, remains unsilenced: Visitors have shared
its message and its history at the Antique Wireless Museum and now in
this 40-minute video uploaded to YouTube in February.

A link to the video appears in the script of this week's newscast on our website, arnewsline.org

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

[FOR PRINT: do not read https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrSrdArng10 ]

(YOUTUBE, CCA, AWA)

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With thanks to the ACMA; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT-DL; the Antique
Wireless Association; the ARRL; Collins Collectors Association; CQ
Magazine; CNN; David Behar; EOS; Ofcom; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QRZ.com; South African Radio League; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SPACE.com; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Wireless Institute of
Australia; WTWW Shortwave; YouTube; YOTA Americas Camp; 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 at 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. As always we thank you for listening.

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13 COLONIES ADDS NEW BONUS STATION

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Fans of the popular 13 Colonies Special Event will
be happy to learn there's a new bonus station and a new design for
the QSL cards. Jim Damron, N8TMW, tells us more.

JIM: France, which played a key role in the American Revolution
as the Continental Army's primary ally, will also provide some major
assistance in this year's 13 Colonies Special Event. Ken Villone,
KU2US, manager of the popular on-air celebration, has announced that
TM13COL will be operating from France, and joining the other stations
as one of the bonus contacts. Ken said Didier (deed-yay), F5OGL,
asked whether he could represent France in the July event, and said
five other hams will also be willing to become on-air allies.

They are joining the other overseas bonus station GB13COL, which
is always popular with operators in the U.S. and Europe.

QSL cards are also getting a different look this year. They will
feature ships, a popular image used about eight years ago. U.S.
bonus station WM3PEN, operating for its 11th year, will feature
the USS United States, one of the first frigates built in Philadelphia
for the US Navy. Each state will select a Colonial-era ship relevant
to their history. The QSL card for Massachusetts will feature the USS
Boston, and the card for New York will have an image of the USS
Niagara. The overseas bonus stations will feature the Hermoine
(Her-MINEY) and the HMS Victory.

The event will be held from July 1st to July 7th. A certificate will
also be available for successful contacts. That success comes in big
numbers too: Last year more than 202,000 QSOs were made.

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

(KEN VILLONE KU2US)

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KICKER: LOW-POWER STATION GOES DX-ING THROUGH TIME

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We end this week with a story of DXing - not across
a distance of geography, but across a distance of time: eight years'
time, to be exact. Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, explains.

DON: Listeners to a radio message in the Washington, D.C. area had
come to call it the "ghost radio broadcast." Heard faintly amid the
static on 1650 AM, the low-power transmission was the same Department
of Transportation traffic report that first announced road closures
in 2013 for the second presidential inauguration of Barack Obama.
It's unknown why this so-called forgotten message persisted for so
long on the Traffic Information System transmitter - but according
to various websites, after Georgetown University faculty member Matt
Blaze called public attention to it on his Twitter account, the
seemingly never-ending message was turned off on March 3rd.

Ah, but it's not quite silent. Matt Blaze, a computer and network
security expert, and a past recipient of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation award, created an mp3 where the traffic report lives on.
Like so many old radio stations, it's simply playing on the internet
now.

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

(SWLING POST, GIZMODO, THE DRIVE)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Amateur News Weekly; Amateur Radio Digital
Communications; Amateur Radio Experimenters Group; the ARRL; CQ
Magazine; David Behar; The Drive; Gizmodo; Greg Lee, KI6GIG;
Hamvention.org; IARU Region 1; Ken Villone, KU2US; Ofcom; Ohio
Penn DX newsletter; QRZed.com; SWLing Post; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SPACE.com; Ted Randall's QSO Radio
Show; the Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; YouTube;
and you, our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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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 Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
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Hello, Daryl!

Replying to a message of Daryl Stout to All:

13 COLONIES ADDS NEW BONUS STATION

That is one of my favorite contests. I started out with the first contest in 2008 and have worked it since then off and on. Got a clean sweep last year. Worked the WM3PEN bonus station but just could not work the British bonus station. I can easily work France from here so this looks like even more fun.

73,
Sean KS4TD

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INDIAN HAMS MARK 100 YEARS OF RADIO

NEIL/ANCHOR: This is a big year for amateur radio in India. Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, tells us why.

JASON: Since January, radio amateurs throughout India have been celebrating the 100th year since the first ham radio licence was issued in that nation.
It has been a busy year as well for Nilkantha Chatterjee, VU3ZHA, and
Amrita Bose Chatterjee, VU3VCV, who have been involved in training
throughout India through a group known as OSCAR, Open Source Classes for Amateur Radio. Nilkantha told Newsline in an email that OSCAR has been providing online webinars, homebrew sessions, coaching institutes for YLs
and, when possible, antenna-building workshops, also with a special
emphasis on teaching YLs. OSCAR, which is part of the Smart Future
Foundation initiative, also has its own smartphone app in English, downloadable from Google Play. In addition, Nilkantha has been operating
with the special callsign AT2YAR, marking the 100-year celebration.

India's first licenced amateur was Amarendra Chandra Gooptu who had the
call sign 2JK 100 years ago. He was followed later that same year by Mukul Bose with the call sign 2HQ. By the 1930s, India still had only 50 licenced operators, a number that grew to 1,500 by 1980. Much later, India's former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was not only a supporter of amateur radio but a licensed operator himself with the call sign VU2RG. India launched its
first amateur radio satellite, the HAMSAT, in 2005. There are now more than 45,000 licensed hams in India as it moves into its second century on the
air.

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

(NILKANTHA CHATTERJEE VU3ZHA)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Mats, SM6LRR, will be active as 8Q7MS from the Maldives between March 28th and April 10th. He is operating holiday style on mainly 40-15 meters using CW, but he will also be using some SSB too. He does not plan to be on either 160 or 80 meters and will post QSL information soon.

Be listening for the special callsign DQ11WCA to be active from Germany
until April 17th. Hams are activating different areas in the World Wide
Flora Fauna and World Castle Award programs and successful contacts earn points in both awards schemes. The station also has a DOK-region number of WCA11 for the DLD award of the German Amateur Radio club. There is no need
to send QSL cards; all QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the Bureau.

Bodo, HB9EWU, is on the air in Zambia where he is on a humanitarian
mission. He is using the call sign 9J2BG and is active on 20 meters. Send
QSLs to HB9EWU, direct or by the Bureau. He is unsure of the length of his activation but will send QSL cards in 2022 when he returns to Switzerland.

Members of the International Amateur Radio Contest DX Club are active as
C7A during March for the World Meteorological Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations. Operators are on 60 through 6 metres,
including the WARC bands and are using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. You
can also hear them in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest being held March 27th to
28th. Send QSLs to UA3DX, direct or by the Bureau. According to the group's
Q R Zed.com page at press time, the DXCC status of this station based in Vienna, Austria is not yet defined by the DXAC or ARRL.

(OHIO PENN DX, SOUTHGATE)

**

KICKER: HIS CALL SIGN'S JUST THE TICKET

NEIL/ANCHOR: Our final story of the week is for all of you who think it
would be impossible - just impossible - to EVER forget to renew your
license. Here's Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

KENT: The last name Garriott isn't one you easily forget if you're a ham
and you follow the US space program. The late astronaut Owen Garriott,
W5LFL, is credited with having made the first QSO from space on amateur
radio. That was in 1983 when he was aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. His
son is astronaut Richard Garriott, who was assigned the callsign W5KWQ,
and who in proud tradition has also used amateur radio from space, as part
of the ARISS program.

Richard has a lot of other accomplishments to his credit: He is the first person to have visited both the North and the South poles and last month he traveled to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest ocean trench on Earth.

As accomplished as he may be, Richard still has some unfinished business
and it relates to amateur radio. His call sign apparently expired recently.
So he took to Twitter on the 7th of March and in a reply to Trevor, M5AKA, acknowledged that his status as an "ex" ham was only going to be temporary. Acknowledging the lapse, he tweeted: [quote] "Will correct ASAP!"
[endquote]

His return to the ham bands should come a whole lot sooner than another
goal he's got his eye on: Richard recently applied to be part of the
dearMoon project, a private lunar tourism mission. The trip is planned
aboard a SpaceX Starship in 2023.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

(TWITTER, AMSAT NEWS SERVICE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT News Service; the ARRL; Associated Press; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; David Jordan, AA4KN;
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO; Hackaday; Mike Curta, KD0UFO; Nilkantha Chatterjee, VU3ZHA; the NIST; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QRZ.com; Radio World; Radio
Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Twitter; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Wireless Institute of Australia; 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
at 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, in Bloomington, Indiana,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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HAM HELPS JAILED MAN RETURN HOME TO NEPAL

JIM/ANCHOR: For some hams, community service doesn't always involve using a radio. In India, one leader in the ham radio community called on his skills
in the legal profession to help a man find freedom. Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, brings us that story.

JASON: A citizen of Nepal is a free man after four decades in jail in India thanks to assistance from an amateur radio operator who served as his attorney. Hirak Sinha, VU3ZHG, successfully argued before the Kolkata High Court to allow the repatriation and return of the man who had been held in Darjeeling on murder charges since the age of 21. The man is now 62 years
old. The court released him in the presence of his brother and officials of the Nepalese Consulate after a mental health examination confirmed he was
not fit to stand trial. Hirak Sinha is vice president of the West Bengal
Radio Club.

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

(TIMES OF INDIA, AMBARISH NAG BISWAS VU2JFA)

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WORLD OF DX

A special event is commemorating the 117th anniversary of Italian settlers' arrival in southern Chile. Three stations will be on the air until Sunday, March 28th, from Italy, Argentina and Chile. They are II4CPC, LU6DK/D, and CB6I. There are three special event certificates available. For details see QRZ.com.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: SOFTWARE DEFINED QSOs? NO FOOLIN' (WELL MAYBE)

JIM/ANCHOR: April 1st is coming up fast and Newsline listeners know what
that means. Our final story this week is from Pierre Pullinmyleg, the only member of our team who works one day a year: on April Fool's Day. Pierre,
what fabulously remarkable story do you have for us now?

PIERRE: Bonjour, my ham radio friends. Zis is the famed French reporter Pierre Pullinmyleg back by popular request. I have been testing a new
product that I think you will find more popular than croissants at zee Hamvention. You know, sometimes zee bands... zay get lonely. It's so quiet that Pierre has no one else to talk to but my brother Pierre. So we teamed
up the pair of Pierres to bring you zee very latest in QSO technology. We call it the Software Defined QSO. When there's no one on zee bands, the software defined bot has a ragchew just for you! And, since it's carefully calculated by computer, the on-air manners are impeccable. We guarantee
that you will always get a 5 and a 9, and that you'll always get Good
Operator reports from zee FCC. There won't be a need for a dummy load,
because your QSO will be smart instead! Zis Software Defined QSO won't
talk about those things that make you cringe at night like on 75 meters...
the location of a new liver spot or the details of your last colonoscopy.
You can even pick from 73 different accents and 88 different voices to make your QSO more authentic, including some of those YLs for a nominal fee.

Be sure to check out the Software Defined QSO from the pair of Pierres.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, this is Pierre Pullinmyleg.

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Amateur News Weekly; Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA;
AMSAT-UK; the ARRL; Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency; Cleveland.com; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; DJ Finch, N4RRR; the Free
Radio Net website; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QRZed.com; Searchlight VC; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SWLing Post; Times of
India; 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
at 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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Matthew M0ZMS has announced he will be heading to the Falkland Islands at the end of April and hopes to get on the air from this rare DX using the call sign VP8ZMS. He may also use the call sign VP8RAF on occasion. Matthew will be promoting awareness of the Royal Air Force
Amateur Radio Society. Matthew is the serving members' representative of
the society and will be deploying to the British Forces South Atlantic Islands, Mount Pleasant Complex for the activation. Find his operating
details and other information on the Twitter page for VP8ZMS. He will QSL
on LoTW and ClubLog and will issue paper QSL cards upon his return to the
UK after August.

Be listening for John, MW1CFN, operating as GB ONE ZERO ZERO FOUR FTS (GB1004FTS) from Anglesey Island off the Welsh mainland's northwest coast until April 8th. He is marking the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air
Force's Number 4 Flying Training School. Listen for him on various HF bands
as well as 6 and 2 metres. He will be using SSB and the Digital modes. Send QSLs directly to his home call.

Danish radio amateurs are active with two special callsigns OZ75BO and
OZ75MAY until April 11th to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Bornholm Island following the end of World War II. Be listening on all
bands, including the WARC bands, where operators will be using CW, SSB and
all the Digital modes. Operators on the island itself will be using the
OZ75BO call. Send QSLs via OZ1ACB or ClubLog's OQRS. Operators prefer to
NOT receive a paper QSL card. A special award is available.

(OHIO PENN DX, SOUTHGATE)

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KICKER: HELPING HIS ALMA MATER GET BACK ON THE AIR

NEIL/ANCHOR: We end this week with the story of a grateful graduate of an Indiana college. He and his wife have given the school the gift of amateur radio. Here's Dave Parks, WB8ODF, with that story.

DAVE: Bill Becher, AA8RW, may have graduated from college in Indiana in
1950, but to a small group of undergrads studying there now, he is indisputably the Big Man on Campus. During Bill's time as an radio
engineering student, the Angola, Indiana school was known as Tri-State College. Today its name is Trine University and its campus is where the Michigan resident, and his wife Helen, KG8TQ, recently helped awaken the students' amateur radio club from dormancy by donating money and equipment.

Many of the 15 members are studying electrical engineering, as Bill did, or other forms of engineering and information technology. When they're not tending to their academic obligations they're hosting the weekly net of the Trine University Amateur Radio Club. According to the university's website, the young hams are also mentoring would-be licensees and building new equipment and antennas.

The club's president Tim Mayer, KD2TCP, licensed for two years, and
majoring in mechanical engineering, said the club also hopes to get
involved next in EME and satellite communications.

The students can look forward to aiming for the sky because of a generous husband and wife who never forgot the thrill of keying the mic, or sending some CW, and discovering the world.

Said faculty advisor Kevin Woolverton, KW9S: "Without them, it wouldn't
have been possible to start and continue."

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Dave Parks, WB8ODF.

(TRINE UNIVERSITY)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ACMA; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; Bill Brown, WB8ELK;
CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; HamSCI; IARU Region 1; Last
Man Standing Special Event; RI0Q online diary; Trine University; Ogden
Amateur Radio Club; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QRZed.com; Radio World; Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Twitter; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Wireless Institute of Australia; 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
at 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, in Bloomington, Indiana,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

Bodo, HB9EWU, is on the air in Zambia where he is on a humanitarian
mission. He is using the call sign 9J2BG and is active on 20 meters. Send
QSLs to HB9EWU, direct or by the Bureau. He is unsure of the length of his activation but will send QSL cards in 2022 when he returns to Switzerland.

Be listening for Alex, PA1AW, who will be using the special event call sign PA96WARD celebrating 'World Amateur Radio Day 2021 on the 18th of April.
That date is the anniversary of the creation of the International amateur Radio Union in 1925 in Paris. Send QSLs to PA1AW.

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KICKER: THE VAGABOND HAM

PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week's news report with an invitation: On the occasion of World Amateur Radio Day on Sunday April 18th, we ask you to sit back, relax and think of what it means to be a ham radio operator. To help your thoughts along, we offer this poem by Ken Johnson W6NKE/SK, first published in 73 magazine in 1960. Sunil, VU3ZAN, brought it to the
attention of Onno, VK6FLAB. We thank Onno, who reads it here in this except from his weekly podcast "Foundations of Amateur Radio."

The Vagabond Ham, by Ken Johnson W6NKE (SK)

A vagabond's life is the life I live
Along with others, ready to give
A friendly laugh and a word of cheer
To each vagabond friend, both far and near.
I travel the air waves, day or night
To visit places I'll never sight
From the rail of a ship, or from a plane
Yet I'll visit them all again and again.
I never hear from a far off land
That my pulse doesn't quicken.
With careful hand I tune my receiver and VFO dial
To make a new friend and chat for awhile.
Africa, Asia, they're all quite near
In as easy reach as my radio gear
With the flip of a switch, the turn of a knob
I can work a ZL, a friend named Bob.
There's an LU4, a fellow that's grand
Who's described to me his native land
'Till I can hear the birds, and feel the breeze
As it blows from the slopes of the mighty Andes.
I learned of the surf, and a coral strand
The smell of hybiscus where palm trees stand
Neath a tropical moon, silver and bright
From an FO8 that I worked one night.
I've thrilled to the tales of night birds' screams
In the depths of the jungle where death-laden streams
Flow'neath verdant growth of browns and greens
From a DU6 in the Philippines.
The moors of Scotland, a little French Shrine,
German castles on the River Rhine
Of these things I've learned, over the air
Without ever leaving my ham shack chair.
There's a KL7 on top of the world
To whom the Northern Lights are a banner unfurled
That sweeps across the Arctic night
Makes the frozen sky a thing of delight.
Tales of silver and gold and precious stones
Ancient temples and molding bones
Where the natives, I'm told, are tall and tan
By an XE3 down in Yucatan.
My vagabond trips over the air
Will take me, well, just anywhere
Where other vagabonds and I will meet
From a tropical isle, to a city street
My vagabond's life will continue, I know
Through the fabulous hobby of ham radio
And one day from out at the world's end
We'll meet on the air, my Vagabond friend.

I'm Onno, VK6FLAB

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ACMA; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Dronelife; DX-World.net; Hamvention; IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group; Intrepid DX Group; NASA Ohio Penn DX newsletter; Onno
Benschop VK6FLAB; QRZed.com; Radio World; Radio Society of Great Britain; Rebel DX Group; Rich Gordon K0EB; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Spacenews; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Wireless Institute of Australia; 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
at 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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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MEMBERSHIP REBOUNDS IN JAPAN'S RADIO LEAGUE

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In Japan, even as the ranks of licensed amateur
radio operators has declined, the Japan Amateur Radio League reports
a remarkable—and welcome—turnaround in membership. Jim Meachen,
ZL2BHF, has that report.

JIM: Struggling against steadily declining membership for nearly
three decades and a drop in licensed amateurs in that nation, the
Japan Amateur Radio League has posted some encouraging news about
its growing ranks. By the end of the previous fiscal year, ending
March 7th, the league gained 574 members, compared to the same
period of the previous year. The JARL declared this was the first
steady year-on-year increase since 1994.

It is a particular source of pride to the league since the growth
comes against the backdrop of a global pandemic that has all but
shut down most in-person activities supporting amateur radio. During
this time, JARL leadership has fortified its membership campaigns
and engaged in more robust public relations on its own behalf. The
league said that with ham radio licenses declining throughout the
nation it will now commit its efforts to promoting amateur radio
overall, hoping to boost the overall numbers of licensees.

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

(JARL, SOUTHGATE)

**

KICKER: THE QSL CARD OF A LIFETIME

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: When you're expecting a QSL card you really want,
the wait can seem forever. But what is it like when you receive the
QSL card of a lifetime–or in this case, TWO lifetimes? Find out in
this story from Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

RALPH: The father and son not only shared a name – Byron Sell - but
a lifelong hobby: amateur radio. They saw the world together by
communicating to that world together from inside the home shack.
Byron Sell, KB3CQX, lost his father and radio buddy, when the elder
Byron, W8VPF, became a Silent Key in 2012. This month, the
Pennsylvania amateur was given something else that belonged to his
father, a piece of his dad's own personal amateur radio history: It
was a QSL card marking the elder Sell's first amateur radio contact
80 years ago, as a youngster. The Horseshoe Amateur Radio Club had
received it as a donation from a card collector in Michigan, and
presented it earlier this month to a very grateful Byron Sell, a
longtime club member.

The card confirms the contact with a Michigan amateur at 8:07 p.m.
local time on April 8th, 1941. The young amateur added this message:
[quote] "You are my first contact." [endquote]

In an interview with the Altoona Mirror newspaper, Byron recalled
his father and their radio days together, saying "we've made a lot
of memories along the way." [endquote] Now he doesn't just have the
memories; he has a keepsake too.

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

(ALTOONA MIRROR)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Airline Ratings website; Altoona Mirror; Amateur
News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; Carlos Alberto Santamaria, CO2JC; CQ
Magazine; Cornish Amateur Radio Club; the Daily Dx; DARC; David
Behar, K7DB; the Japan Amateur Radio League; Kevin Duplantis,
W4KEV; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QRZed.com; Rohde & Schwartz;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Sputnik News; Ted
Randall's QSO Radio Show; Tim Helming, WT1IM; Walt Grosser, W2TE;
WRTC; 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 at 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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, members of the Korean Amateur Radio League are
using the special callsign HL41GDM to mark the 41st anniversary of the Democratic Uprising in South Korea, which occurred between May 18th
and 27th in 1980. Operators will be calling on all bands and modes
through May 31st. QSL via HL4CCM, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog, or
eQSL.

In Germany, operators are marking the 25th anniversary of the German
DX Foundation using the special event callsign DL25GDXF. The station
will be on the air until the 31st of July. Send QSLs to DL6DH. A
contact with this station or DF0GDX and club members are needed to be
eligible for the GDXF 25 years certificate.

Operators Ennio, IW1RBI, Alessandro, IZ1AZA, Gianluca, IU1KBL and
Andrea, IU1JXW, will be on the air with the callsign 3A/IW1RBI from
Monaco, and will identify a weekend between the end of May and mid-
June that works with the current COVID-19 restrictions. Be listening
for them on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and FT8 in fox-hound mode. QSL
via the address on QRZ.com or LoTW.

**

KICKER: RARE GRID HUNTERS FIND THAT THEIR SHIP HAS COME IN

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: OK grid hunters: Our final story of this week is for
you. If you are a ham on the prowl for the rarest grids, your ship
came in–literally–earlier this month. Neil Rapp WB9VPG explains.

NEIL: It's a long journey by ship between Florida and Saipan and
merchant mariners like Jim Clary who make the trip often face a
seven-day work week. On the trip he made this month, however, Jim,
whose call sign is ND9M, also faced a unique opportunity: Using the
passes of about a dozen satellites and two Yaesu rigs for full duplex operation, he activated some of the rarest grid squares on Earth. Jim,
who is his ship's communications officer, told Newsline that operating maritime mobile in his spare time helps him keep his wits together on
long runs like this one. The real gift, however, is the one he's been
giving hams around the world - an opportunity to work so-called "wet
grids," many of which he said are rarely, if ever, activated.

He told Newsline in an email: "Since these grid squares that I'm
sailing through are so rare, it would be a shame not to make them
available to VUCC chasers." VUCC is the VHF-UHF Century Club of the
ARRL, which issues awards for confirmed contacts with 100 or more grid
squares on UHF, VHF or via satellite. Grid squares themselves measure
a modest 1 degree latitude by 2 degrees longitude, so on this big
planet of ours there are plenty out there. There's an abundance of
satellites too: from the oldest one, AO-7, to the RS-44 with its huge footprint.

For Jim, this may have been just one more supply cruise, but for the
hams who intercepted his rare cargo on this trip, he surely delivered.

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

(JIM CLARY ND9M)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; Arizona Historical
Society; CQ Magazine; CNN; David Behar K7DB; Highland County Press;
New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters; Ohio Penn DX
newsletter; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great Britain; Reuters;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO
Radio Show; Washington Post; WTWW Shortwave; Wireless Institute of
Australia; YouTube; 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 at arnewsline.org. Be sure to follow some of these stories as
they get a more indepth look on the YouTube Channel of 100 Watts and a
Wire. Search for the video segment with the title "Two Stories."

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WEST BENGAL HAMS HELP REUNITE MAN WITH FAMILY

JIM/ANCHOR: Hams in West Bengal, India have helped an older man find his
way back to his family in another Indian state. Jason Daniels, VK2LAW,
brings us up to date.

JASON: Amateur radio operators in West Bengal, India, are working to
return a 70-year-old grandfather to his home and family in Uttar Pradesh.
The man has become a familiar face to villagers for the past seven months because of his seemingly nonstop work weeding patches on the sides of
roads, cleaning drainage ditches and tidying up around the banks of
ponds. According to a newspaper account, he earned the nickname "Clean Grandpa" from the local residents who watched him work. Hams in West
Bengal became involved after one of the local council members took a
photo of the man doing his cleanup work and shared it on social media.
The hams saw the photo and contacted local officials about him. The
officials were able to track down the man's relatives. The family was
making plans for their reunion with the man and to bring him home. The
man's return home is being coordinated by club member Arnab Roy
Chaudhury, VU3JWN.

Area residents told the newspaper they were sorry to see him leave,
saying he did a better job cleaning up the village than any government
workers could have done.

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

(WEST BENGAL RADIO CLUB)

**

KICKER: SPACE AGENCY LAUNCHES CONTEST TO NAME SPACECRAFT

JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, we ask: What's in a name? Plenty if you're trying to
name a spacecraft that's expect to have its moment in the sun. Graham
Kemp, VK4BB, brings us the last story of this week.

GRAHAM: Nothing may be new under the sun but something new will soon be
out in space keeping a vigilant eye on solar activity. The European Space Agency is designing a solar-storm-hunting spacecraft that can spot
eruptions known as coronal mass ejections before they reach the Earth.
When the spacecraft detects danger, it will transmit an alert that allows
us to prepare for what's to come here on Earth.

The ESA is calling the spacecraft "the world's first mission to provide
solar warning" -- but for now that's ALL the agency is able to call it
because the craft doesn't have a name. Not yet, anyway.

That's where the rest of us can step in. The ESA wants us to help name
the spacecraft, which will join us in watching sunspots form and will
track propagation of solar events before the end of the decade. Use the
ESA website to enter the name of your choice. You have until the 17th of October. Just bear in mind that you can't submit names that have already
been used for other missions. Sending those to the ESA for consideration
will surely get you a bunch of coronal mass...rejections.

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

(EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, AUTOEVOLUTION.COM)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; AutoEvolution.com; Bletchley Park CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; the
European Space Ageny; Kent Carter, AJ6NI; Legacy.com; Mike Swiader, KA9E;
NW Indiana Times; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QCWA; QRZ.com; Radio Society
of Great Britain; Rex King, W5EAK; Steven Reiners, KC9SIO; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; 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 at arnewsline.org. Be sure to follow some of these stories as
they get a more indepth look on the YouTube Channel of 100 Watts and a
Wire. Search for the video segment with the title "Two Stories."

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

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FOX MIKE HOTEL CHALLENGE

Wherever you are in the world, get ready for the return of the Fox Mike
Hotel Portable Ops Challenge coming September 4th and 5th. The contest is designed to create equal operating conditions between portable and fixed stations. For details visit foxmikehotel dot com.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: RADIO'S BLASTS, NOT NECESSARILY FROM THE PAST

PAUL/ANCHOR: Finally, we ask: Do you love solving a good mystery?
Scientists think they may be getting ready to do just that. They're hot
on the trail of some mysterious - and intensely fast - radio signals.
Here's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, with the details.

NEIL: Fast radio bursts: No, that's not the enviable signal report you
dream of getting from that rare DX somewhere in the Antarctic. These are
the formerly mysterious deep space signals astronomers have been tracking using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Notice we said "formerly"
mysterious. For years scientists have scratched their heads over the
source of these 1,000 or so powerful blasts, which began showing up in
2001. They are, however, so fast that they're here and then....they're
not. According to a report in CBS News, scientists have traced only 15 of
them and they apparently came from distant galaxies. New findings about
to be published in The Astrophysical Journal, track five of the most
recent radio blasts to the so-called "spiral arms" of the galaxies, the
places where stars form - but not from ' young stars exploding and dying. Rather, the blasts' origins appear to be from neutron stars, young
magnetars that have powerful magnetic fields. While this doesn't
completely solve the mystery, it does narrow things down quite a bit and that's no small task. This is the kind of power we hams can only envy: in
the one-thousandth of a second it takes these flares to erupt, they
create as much energy as the sun does in a year.

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

(CBS)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; Bangalore Mirror; Brussels Times; CBS; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; East Greenbush
Amateur Radio Association; the European Space Agency; FCC; HAMSci; Hudson Valley Digital Network; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MSN.COM;
New York Times; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great Britain; RadioWorld; Ron Panetta WB2WGH; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; SpaceNews; VERON; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For more information or
to support us visit our official website at arnewsline.org. Be sure to
follow some of these stories as they get a more indepth look on the
YouTube Channel of 100 Watts and a Wire. Search for the video segment
with the title "Two Stories."

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Simone, IK5RUN, and Carlo, IK5MES,
using the callsigns IG9/IK5RUN, and IG9/IK5MES, respectively, from
Lampedusa Island until June 25th. They will be operating holiday style
on 40-6 meters using SSB. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or by the Bureau.

Members of the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society will be on the air as
A43MI from Masirah Island, Oman, between July 22 and 27th. They will also
use the callsign A44M during the RSGB IOTA Contest being held July 24 and 25th). QSL both callsigns via ClubLog's OQRS, LoTW or eQSL.

Be listening for Luca, IK5AEQ, and Franco, IZ5IUY, operating as
IL7/IK5AEQ, and IL7/IZ5IUY, from San Domino Isle, until July 8th. Be
listening on various HF bands. QSL via their home callsign direct or
via LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: A FATHER, A SON AND A REPEATER

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our final story comes to us this week just in time for
Father's Day which in many parts of the world, is being celebrated this
year on Sunday, June 20th. One ham in Pennsylvania is marking his second holiday without his father. But there are a few ways amateur radio is
letting him keep his father close by. Here's Dave Parks, WB8ODF, with this story of father and son.

DAVE: The callsign W3NTT, and the repeater W3NTT, are now assigned to
Aaron Groover, but as far as this Pennsylvania amateur radio operator is concerned, part of both still belong to his father, James. A veteran of
the US Navy, James Groover became a Silent Key on June 10, 2020 at age 62.
He had been the inspiration for his son who at the time of his father's
death, held the callsign K3ALG.

Now operating with his dad's call, Aaron runs the repeater they had
dreamed of building, and running together. Aaron fulfilled that dream
alone atop from Pimple Hill, Pennsylvania, for the both of them and
getting it on the air for him is as much a source of pride, as a gesture
of love and respect. He told Newsline [quote] "it's making fantastic QSOs
and became one of the most used repeaters around." He added: "I figured he would love this."

Aaron has also been busy with the gift his father bought for him just
before his passing. Knowing his son's affinity for PiStar and DMR
gateways, he'd surprised him with an OpenSpot, a gift Aaron received only after his father was gone. He uses it today, he said, in his memory.

On June 10th of this year, the first anniversary of James Groover's death, Aaron went on the air and gave a call for him in his memory, a proper
Silent Key notice. It went out from a repeater that stands now on a
hilltop as a symbol of the bond between father and son. Aaron told
Newsline: "Everytime I key it up, I will forever think of my father."

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Dave Parks WB8ODF.

(AARON GROOVER W3NTT)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Africa News; the Alexander Grimeton Association; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; ARISS; the ARRL; CQ Magazine;
David Behar K7DB; FCC; Intrepid DX Group; Mauritius Research and
Innovation Council; NASA; National Hamfest; Ohio Penn DX newsletter;
QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great Britain; Slovenia Contest Club; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's
all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For more information or to support us visit our official website at arnewsline.org. Be sure to follow some of these stories as they get a more indepth look on the YouTube
Channel of 100 Watts and a Wire. Search for the video segment with the
title "Two Stories."

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Alex, DD5ZZ, will be on the air as OA7/DD5ZZ from
Peru between July 30th and September 17th. Be listening on HF between
40m and 10m, where he will be using SSB and FT8/FT4, maybe some CW. He
is considering participating in the WAE CW/SSB and WW Digi DX contests
later this summer, possibly using the OA7/5P6G. Send QSLs to DD5ZZ by
ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW.

In Canada, listen for Bill, VE3ES, who is on the air as VE3VACCINE in
Ontario, in the hopes he can encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. This special event station will be on the air until July 15th. Listen for him 30/20/10/6 meters using SSB and FT8/FT4. Send QSLs to
VE3ES.

Listen for Gerry, whose callsigns include G3WIP and VK0GB, among others.
He has just received the callsign ZD7GB for his activation from the main village of Jamestown on St. Helena Island. He is working there as a
doctor through September 6th and will be on the air during his spare
time, mostly on 40 through 10 meters using SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL details
were not available at press time.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: HAM RADIO: THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our final story for this week is about the enduring
friendship of two men whose lives went in different directions more
than 40 years ago. Their long search for one another ended recently,
thanks to amateur radio. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, tells us about them.

GRAHAM: It's well-known that in some parts of India, missing family
members are often reunited with their loved ones back home through
the efforts of the West Bengal Radio Club. Recently, however, the
club helped a man who wasn't really lost in quite the same way, but
had gone missing, from the life of a Kolkata phyisician who had come
to treasure his friendship more than four decades earlier. Both men
became doctors and are now in their 80s. They had been colleagues as
young physicians at a health center in Mathabhanga, a city in West
Bengal. Dr. B. Das had been searching for years for his colleague
Nityananda (Nit-YON-ONDA) Panda, who is from Odisha. He had even
visited Odisha a few times to look for him. With no success in sight
and with her husband now in frail health, his wife approached the
club, and told the secretary Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA, about the
friendship. She said the last time her husband saw his friend was in
1977. That year, Nityanda had handed his responsibilities to him at
the hospital before departing for Odisha.

The club reached out to Dushmanta (DOOSH-MON-TUH) Kumar Das VU2DKD,
an amateur radio operator based in Odisha. With the help of an old
photograph of Dr. Panda, he was able to track him down.

Ambarish Nag Biswas told the local Millennium Post that the two friends immediately got down to the business of catching up on more than 40
years of friendship.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB. And that's what
friends are for.

(MILLENNIUM POST)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; ARISS; the ARRL; the
Australian Communications and Media Authority; the Australian
Maritime College; CQ Magazine; CNN; David Behar K7DB; DX-WOrld.Net;
Josh Reichard K8KJR; Millennium Post; Ohio Penn DX newsletter;
QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SPACE.COM;
Straight Key Century Club; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW
Shortwave; and you, our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For more information,
or to support us, visit our official website at arnewsline.org. Be
sure to follow some of these stories as they get a more indepth look
on the YouTube Channel of 100 Watts and a Wire. Search for the video
segment with the title "Two Stories."

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for members of the international
group known as the Slow Morse Code Club, which is celebrating its
first anniversary. They will be using CW and the special callsigns
TM1SMC for France, GB1SMC for England and EI1SMC for Ireland. The
anniversary event will be on the air between July 17th and July
25th. The callsign TM1SMC will also be using SSB. QSL cards will be
sent via the Bureau. Send your QSL cards and SWL reports to F4IIQ.
Visit the QRZ page of TM1SMC for more details.

Be listening for Brian, GW4DVB, active as J88PI from Palm Island,
also known as Prune Island, in the St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Island group, between July 24th and August 1st. He wlil be on the
air holiday style on 40/20/17/15/10 and 6 meters using CW, SSB, SSTV
and FT8. Send QSLs to his home call only.

The Svalbard DXpedition team has been joined by Rune, LA7THA, as the
operators get ready for activation between July 21st and July 26th.
They will be using the callsign JW0W (Jay W Zero W). Send QSLs to
QSL manager Charles M0OXO through OQRS, Direct or via the Bureau.
The full log will be uploaded to LoTW.

John, KL2A, will be active from Anchorage, Alaska, throughout July
on 160-6 metres using mainly CW and possibly FT8. Send QSLs to Post
Office Box 924, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83816, in the US.

Members of the Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik, LZ1KCP, are
honoring yet another of the Orthodox saints during July. They will
be using the callsign LZ950TM. This is part of a year-long activity
toward the "All Saints - 2021" award. Send QSLs via the Bureau or
direct to LZ1KCP. For more details about the awards visit the
website at www dot lz1kcp dot com (www.lz1kcp.com). August's special
event will have the callsign LZ363ER.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: DOUBLE THE AMATEUR RADIO JOY FOR MINNESOTA TWINS

JIM/ANCHOR: For our final story, we ask: What's better than being in
a ham radio family? How about having your identical twin right
beside you in the shack for going on eight decades. Kent Peterson,
KC0DGY, introduces us to these two YLs.

KENT: Janet Robidoux, K0JE, and her sister, Janice Robidoux, K0JA,
are the real Minnesota Twins. Their kind of teamwork has nothing to
do with the American pro baseball team by the same name in their
home state. Their teamwork reflects more on the sisterhood of a pair
of Midwestern YLs who are not just identical twins but amateur radio operators.

Being 86 means Janet and Janice have become DXers through life
itself: At one time or another during their eight decades on the
planet they have engaged in canoe-racing, competitive bowling,
wildflower photography and adventure travel to every US state except
Hawaii. They've taken part in volunteer efforts close to home and in
enviable DX locations such as Indonesia and Tonga. They've also
traveled to visit ham friends for eyeball QSOs in New Zealand and
Australia.

They have long since sold their recreational vehicle, their ice
skates and their snow shoes and have stopped climbing the 65-foot
tower outside their home 11 years ago but they're still game for a
good hunt. At the home QTH, they chase national park radio operators
while using CW and SSB. They also hunt and pounce the big DX with
the help of 1,000 watts of power and the antenna they rotate to pull
their quarry in.

Their station log may be filled with countless QSOs but as they told
the Star-Tribune newspaper, it's the blank pages they're focusing on
now. Janet said: [quote] "We always want to get more countries."
[endquote] Outside the front door in their garden, where the
sisters' steel tower stands, possibilities still grow abundantly
amid the flowering annuals.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

(STAR TRIBUNE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AM Amateur Radio Europe; Amateur News Weekly; the
ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Dayton Daily News; DX-
World.net; IARU; Finnish Amateur Radio League; Ham Radio Outlet;
QRZ.com; Mark Steven Williams K9GX; Radio Society of Great Britain;
the Star-Tribune newspaper; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Times of
Israel; USKA; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from
the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For more information
or to support us visit our official website at arnewsline.org. Be
sure to follow some of these stories as they get a more indepth look
on the YouTube Channel of 100 Watts and a Wire. Search for the video
segment with the title "Two Stories."

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. As always, we thank you for
listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, the Willis Island DXpedition planned for November has
been cancelled. DXpedition leader Tommy Horozakis, VK2IR, said the
activation cannot go forward following the spread of COVID-19 to four Australian states, and a set of new rules from the Coral Island
Management Authority, banning the installation of any structures on the islands. The DXPedition would have coincided with 100 years of the
weather observation station being on Willis Island.

Bo, OZ1DJJ, will be active from Tasiilaq Island as OX3LX from July 28th through to August 13th. Bo will be on HF, but his main bands will be 6m
and 4m. Send QSLs via OZ0J.

Look for Yuris, YL2GM, and Ziedonis, YL2GN, to be on the air from the
Estonian island of Hiiumaa during the RSGB IOTA contest. Be listening
July 23rd through to the 25th.QSL via their home callsigns.

Phil, M7CBK, is using the callsign ZC4CBK, while operating at the
Akrotiri British Sovereign Base Area in Cyprus. Be listening to him
through October. He'll be operating FT4 and FT8 on 20 metres. According
to his QRZ page, he will also be on 2m in the hopes of using the FM and
D-STAR repeaters in the Troodos Mountains. Send QSLs to EB7DX.

Laurent, HB9HKE, is active from Iceland as TF/HB9HKE through to August
7th. Be listening on the HF bands. QSL via LoTW but also on QRZ and
eQSL.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: COLORADO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB REACHES A NEW HIGH POINT

PAUL/ANCHOR: In all of our amateur radio experiences, we've all had our
high points. For our final story this week, we visit a high point that's
at an elevation of 11,724 feet. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, takes us there.

MIKE: The Colorado site is called Sargents Mesa and on July 17th it
became the scene of many firsts: It was a first-time SOTA activation for
12 members of the San Luis Valley Amateur Radio Association K0SLV, and
the first-time activation of the summit which carries the code W0C/LG-027 [W-ZERO-C slash LG dash Zero Two Seven].

Like the summit, the hams' hopes were high as they started out under blue skies. Club president Bob Galey, NO1PB, told Newsline that the location
is a place that feels like hallowed ground, a fact that further elevated
the purpose of their visit. A polished granite monument there called SoldierStone honors the soldiers and civilians from Cambodia, Laos,
Vietnam and elsewhere who fought alongside American GIs during the
Vietnam War. Bob, a military veteran himself and now a pastor, made sure
the activators shared a formal moment of respect and prayer before hiking
a mile or so to the activation zone, where a total of eight operators got
busy calling QRZ. According to the SOTA database, the activation ended successfully with 61 contacts. The activation was a high point capping a
day of firsts for this club, which is less than two years old. It held
added meaning too for hams such as Rick, KF0DCY, who had recently become licensed.

Bob said a special QSL card will mark the occasion with a group picture
taken in front of the monument, a shining symbol of valor tucked away
quietly in a national forest high in the Rocky Mountains.

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

(SARA, SOTA ATLAS, BOB GALEY NO1PB)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Andover Advertiser; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; the
BBC; Bob Galey NO1PB; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; the
EI7GL Blog; the Framingham Source; Greg Mossop G0DUB; Hackaday; IARU
Region 1; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; Summits on the Air; SOTA Atlas; shortwaveradio.de; Ted
Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's
all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For more information or
to support us visit our official website at arnewsline.org. Be sure to
follow some of these stories as they get a more in depth look on the
YouTube Channel of 100 Watts and a Wire. Search for the video segment
with the title "Two Stories."

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, the on-again off-again Bouvet Island DXpedition,
3Y0J, [Three Y Zero J] appears enroute to being on again. DXpedition
co-leader Paul Ewing, N6PSE, said the team is negotiating a new charter
for the 12 operators to be transported to the rare DX location in the
South Atlantic. The DXpedition's plans were halted in June after Nigel
Jolly, K6NRJ, captain of the Braveheart, cancelled the contract with the DXpedition in preparation for his sale of the vessel. The team hopes to
renew its fundraising efforts soon to reboot the DXpedition.

Philippe, EA4NF, is operating as EA8/EA4NF from the Canary Islands until
the 14th of August. This is a satellite DXpedition to activate Grid
Squares IL27, IL28, and IL38 on both the FM and Linear satellites. QSL
via LoTW.

During International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend, which is taking place
on August 21st and 22nd, be listening for Ramesh, VU2LU, Sridhar,
VU3GLS, Madhu, VU3NPI and others operating as AT8KLH from the Kapu Light House. Send QSLs to VU2JHM.

Giovanni, IZ2DPX, will be active as CT8/IZ2DPX from three locations in
the Azores between August 14th and 29th. Be listening for him on the HF
bands where he will be using SSB and the digital modes. Send QSLs to
IK2DUW via ClubLog.

Bruce, ZL1AAO, will be in the South Cook Islands, activating Atiu Island
until the 9th of August and then Rarotonga Island until the 19th of
August. He will be using the callsign E51AAO and operating holiday style mainly on 40 and 20 meters SSB. Send QSLs to ZL1AAO direct or by the
Bureau.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: TWO FOR THE ROAD

NEIL/ANCHOR: So you think you know your kilocycles and your megacycles?
Well meet a pair of hams defining the meaning of "megacycle," with the emphasis on the cycles which, in this case, have handlebars, pedals, and
an important purpose. Here's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, with our final story of
the week.

JEREMY: Perhaps the journey of this father-daughter duo should be called
"the mega-metre" - they are on a one thousand six hundred forty
kilometre bicycle and radio route in the UK from LandΓÇÖs End to the Cape Wrath Lighthouse and then on to John OΓÇÖGroats. With bicycles and radios
on hand, this duo will be getting on the air often during their 28-day
trip using primarily 145 and 430 MHz FM but also operating HF QRP and
WSPR and APRS.

Kev, G0PEK, and his 16-year-old daughter, Lauren, 2E0HLR, will be
operating with their home callsigns except for when they camp at night
when they will be calling as MX0KRO, the callsign of the Kent Active
Radio Amateurs group. The two are making the DX-pedition-style journey
to raise money for the RNLI, The Royal National Lifeboat Institution,
which helps save lives of mariners in UK and the Republic of Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. The two share an enthusiasm
for the outdoors but also believe charitable causes can benefit from
their adventures.

On the project's GoFundMe page, Kev writes that the fund target is
£5000, roughly the equivalent of $7,000 US. He writes: [quote] "The
project will not just raise funds for the RNLI, but will also raise
awareness of amateur radio as a scientific hobby that can be linked to
other interests for people of all ages." [end quote]

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

(SOUTHGATE, GOFUNDME, KENT ACTIVE RADIO AMATEURS)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Airlineratings.com; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; CQ
Magazine; David Behar K7DB; FCC.Gov; FISTS; G4FON.NET; GoFundMe.com;
Kent Active Radio Amateurs; QRZ.com; QSO Today; Rohit Bhosale VU2MIB;
Satara Hams; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Ted
Randall's QSO Radio Show; Timaru Herald; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For more information or
to support us visit our official website at 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, in Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, keep your eyes on Bouvet Island, which is now the
focus of three DXpeditions: the Three Y Zero Eye (3Y0I) team later this
year, a rebooted, reorganized Three Y Zero J (3Y0J) team emerged, with co-leaders Ken, LA7GIA, Rune, LA7THA, and Erwann, LB1QI. On its new
website, that team announced it recently signed an agreement to make
the trip in November 2022. Meanwhile, the Intrepid-DX Group has also
announced that it is restarting its plans, under revised leadership,
for a DXpedition in 2023.

Listen for for members of the Radio Club Queretaro, XE1RCQ, in Mexico,
who will be using the special callsign 6E0CC to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Consummated Independence from Spain. They will be on various HF bands until September 30th. QSL via XE1EE, direct or LoTW.

Be listening for Jean Louis, F4FSY, using the callsign F4FSY/p from Ile
de Oleron until August 20th. He is on the HF bands using SSB and FT8.
QSL via LoTW, eQSL, by the bureau of the REF, the French national
amateur radio society, or direct.

Francesco, IK6QON, is on the air as SV8/IK6QON from Lefkada and
Meganisi Islands until the 17th of August. He is operating holiday
style, using CW and SSB on 40 through 6 metres. Send QSLs via his home
call.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: UP, UP AND AWAY FOR HIS 99th BIRTHDAY

JIM/ANCHOR: If a certain military veteran feels lighter than air lately
as he approaches his 99th birthday, there's good reason for it. For our
final story, let's let Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, introduce him.

JEREMY: World War II veteran Ron Shelley, G3NZY, marked his upcoming
99th birthday by going on the air. He did it in a very big way: there
was no radio involved, just a hot air balloon which was launched on
Monday 1st August from York Racecourse, giving him a clear view of the
North Yorkshire landscape.

According to a report in the Darlington and Stockton Times, Ron had
been a wireless operator, travelling far and wide during his time in
the Army. At age 22, he had been among the troops sent to France in
1944, six days after D-Day to transmit false messages to confuse the
enemy.

More recently, though, he had one decidedly true message to impart to
the staff at the Connaught Court care home in York where he is resident
that his life's dream was to ride in a hot air balloon. The staff, appreciating his spirit of adventure, enlisted the help of the
Association of Friends of Connaught Court to arrange it. They
successfully kept their birthday surprise from him until the time was
right.

A few weeks short of his 99th birthday, Ron Shelley was soon in the air
with his son, Peter. It was the uplifting moment in a long lifetime for
this decorated veteran army sergeant.

He told the newspaper: [quote] "I thought it would be a thrilling one-
off experience, a once in a life-time trip, so I’m seizing the chance
while I still can." [endquote]

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

(DARLINGTON AND STOCKTON TIMES)

**

We remind our listeners: Be sure to watch Newsline's presentation of
this year's Young Ham of the Year award to Faith Hannah Lea, KD3Z, on
W5KUB's Amateur Radio Roundtable. The link to the August 10th show can
be seen in the script of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

[PRINT ONLY, DO NOT READ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUoxFrQJxVQ]

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; the
Associated Press; CQ Magazine; Darlington and Stockton Times; David
Behar K7DB; FCC.Gov; GOV. uk; Greg Mossop G0DUB; NBC; NPR; QRZ.com; shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; the YL
Beam newsletter; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur
Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For more information or
to support us visit our official website at 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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Elvira, IV3FSG, using the callsign 5X3R
from Uganda through the 2nd of September. She is on 80m through 10m using
SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Send QSLs via IK2DUW, direct, by the Bureau or
ClubLog.

Fred, DL5YM, and his XYL Tina, DL5YL, will be on the air as HBZero/DL5YM
and HBZero/DL5YL, respectively, from Liechtenstein between the 5th and
28th of September. Their time on the air will be limited because they
will be hiking during the day. Listne on 160m through 6m where they will
be using mostly CW, with some SSB and RTTY. Be listening for them as well during the CQWW DX RTTY Contest taking place September 25th and 26th.
Send QSLs via their home callsigns, direct, by the DARC Bureau or
ClubLog.

Don't forget you can pick up some great DX during the International
Lighthouse Lightship Weekend on the 21st and 22nd of August. There are
nearly 300 registered Lighthouse/Lightship stations around the world that
are planning to be on the air. Visit the website illw dot net.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: A FRIEND IN NEED

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Finally, it's been said that "when all else fails,
there's ham radio." Our last story takes this one step further. Because
even when amateur radio isn't directly involved, when all else fails,
there's nothing like ham radio FRIENDS. Here's Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB,
with that story.

RALPH: Ham radio is what gave Blil Scott, K6PKL, and Skip Kritcher,
K7ZAA, the gift of friendship.

But ironically, it was the connection via another form of radio
communication -- the cellphone -- that gave Skip the gift of life.

According to a report from CBS Sacramento, the Myrtle Point, Oregon radio operator was apparently felled by a stroke last month, and desperately
punched up numbers on his mobile phone, thinking he was calling his
sister. Those numbers connected him instead with Bill, 500 miles away in
San Joaquin County, California.

Skip had difficulty speaking because his speech was slurred, but suddenly
Bill realized who it was who was speaking, and that his friend was in distress. Bill's wife, Sharon, a retired nurse, concluded Skip had just
had a stroke. The couple called 9-1-1, and first responders in Oregon were dispatched to his home to transport him to a hospital.

According to the news report, Skip is back at home recovering after four
days in the hospital and for now he still has some impaired vision. One
of the EMTs told Bill and Sharon he would have died within a few hours if
he hadn't found help.

While Skip recovers, he and Bill, who belongs to the Ham Radio Club in Manteca, have gone back to communicating under less urgent circumstances.
They are also using their preferred means of getting in touch with one another: amateur radio.

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

(CBS SACRAMENTO, MANTECA RIPON BULLETIN)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; the Associated
Press; Billerica Amateur Radio Society; Bristol CERT; CBS Sacramento; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Daily DX; FCC.Gov; Funk Funeral Home; Laird Solomon VE3LKS; Manteca Rpon Bulletin; NBC Connecticut; Ohio Penn DX;
QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's
QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from
the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For more information or
to support us visit our official website at 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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

The Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society is marking the 59th
anniversary of the nation's independence, with a special event station,
using callsign 9Y59IND, through September 12th. Listen on HF, the
digital modes, 2 meters, EME, DMR, D-STAR, and Yaesu Fusion. QSLs will
be via Logbook of the World only.

Masa, JA0RQV, is operating as A35JP from Tonga, where he will be until
October 31st. Be listening on 80 through 6 meters, where he is using
CW, SSB, and FT8.

QSL via LoTW and ClubLog, or direct with $2 in US currency, or by the
bureau using his home callsign.

Members of the Emirates Amateur Radio Society are using the special
event callsign A60EXPO, between September 1st and October 1st, to
promote World Expo 2020 in Dubai. The expo itself runs from October
31st until March 31st of next year. Send QSLs via EA7FTR.

Be listening for Pascual, EA5WO, who will be using the special event
callsign AN5WAR, from Valencia, Spain, between September 1st and the
30th. Pascual is commemorating the 82nd anniversary of the start of
the Second World War. He will be operating on various HF bands. QSL
via LoTW or eQSL.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: A SPARK GLOWS BRIGHTLY AT MUSEUM IN FINLAND

PAUL/ANCHOR: In our final story, we visit a museum in Finland, where
ham radio operators are delivering their messages to hams and non-hams
alike, via a display of their homebrew equipment. Ed Durrant, DD5LP,
takes us there.

ED: The exhibit is called "It Started with a Spark," and it honours
100 years of innovation and home-brewing among amateur radio operators
in Finland.

Housed at the Finnish Museum of Technology, the exhibit features
equipment created by amateur radio operators, many of whom are members
of SRAL, the Finnish Radio Amateur Association.

So, it is no surprise that this summertime exhibit is actually the
result of some clever home-brewing itself.

It began as a concept for Heikki Lempola, OH2BGX, a member of the radio association's anniversary committee. He envisioned it as a display of
self-made technology, that would feature some of the equipment the radio association itself had put on display previously during smaller local
one-day exhibits.

Like a spark that gives energy to something greater than itself, his
idea grew and grew, once Heikki had a conversation with Rina Linna,
the exhibition producer at the museum in Helsinki. The museum, and the
radio association's centennial tribute made for natural pairing. The home-brewing got under way, and the collection grew from compact antennas
to transmitters to transceivers, just for starters. The exhibit runs
through to the 29th of August.

In an interview posted on the museum's blog, both Heikki and Rina remark
that the equipment is on display to showcase its aesthetics, as well as
its functionality. Both agreed that visitors don't have to be hams to appreciate the beauty and the brilliance of what they're seeing.

It's the kind of amateur radio that gets its message across to everyone,
even to people who aren't hams.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(SOUTHGATE, SRAL, FINNISH MUSEUM OF TECHNOLOGY)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; the Australian Communications and Media Authority; the BBC; Business Insider; CQ
Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; Daily DX; EarthSky; Eric Koester, KA0YWN;
the Finnish Museum of Technology; the US Food and Drug Administration;
Mark Sullivan, ZL3AB; Mike Sartoretti, KC2SYF; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SRAL; Ted Randall's
QSO Radio Show; West Bengal Radio Club; WFTV Channel 9; WTWW Shortwave;
and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For more information,
or to support us visit our official website at 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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Michael, DF8AN, will be active as 9A/DF8AN from
Croatia until September 12th, and he intends to activate a number of lighthouses. Listen for him on CW, and the Digital modes. He will finish
his activation in Croatia, and move next to the Canary Islands in
October. Send QSLs via DF8AN, direct or by the Bureau.

A special event in Spain is marking International Chocolate Day with the callsign EG5DIC. The station will be on the air from September 10th to
the 19th, marking the special day itself which is on the 13th. Be
listening on various HF bands where the activators will be using CW, SSB
and FT8. A downloadable diploma in PDF format will be available. QSL via
the Bureau.

Ed Durrant, DD5LP, has asked us to remind those of you who are looking to
make DX contacts there's no better opportunity than in this weekend's
Portable Operations Challenge. Whether you have a large or small station
this international contest will be bringing out lots of eager stations
just wanting your 4-digit Maidenhead locator. Why not put in a log as
well even if you only get a few contacts, it's all part of the fun to see where you come compared to your locals! Full details can be found on the
FMH POC webpage. Will you take the challenge?

[DO NOT READ OUT: foxmikehotel.com/ challenge.]

**

KICKER: SKY HIGH PRIDE FOR HIS COLLEGE-BOUND DAUGHTER

JIM/ANCHOR: For our final story, we visit a ham radio operator, who is
the proud father of a first-year college student. You might say his pride is....sky-high. Kent Peterson, KC0DGY, picks up the story from here.

KENT: Almost every parent of a college-bound student wants their son or daughter to shoot for the stars. Roben Beyer, KG0OC, of Bemidji,
Minnesota gave his daughter something to help her do it: Her own 40-foot rocket.

According to a story in the Bemidji Pioneer newspaper, the ham
constructed the shape of a spacecraft using his amateur radio tower, and
that of course meant removing his antennas - at least temporarily. But
dad knew the rocket would help him transmit something better than a
signal report: His hopes and dreams for daughter Allie, as she leaves to pursue her studies in biochemistry and biology at the University of
Minnesota Duluth. According to the newspaper, her love of astronomy has
helped her set her sights on a career in the space industry.

In fact, Roben said, the tower-top rocketship took its inspiration from father-daughter stargazing sessions on the back deck of their home at
night, using a telescope that had belonged to his own father. He said to
the newspaper: [quote] "This was a seed that got planted that we've
nurtured through the years." [endquote]. Ascending his tower for the
first time in about 10 years, he created the rocket's body out of
reinforced plastic and finished off with wooden lettering. It may never
sail higher than its prominent spot atop the tower, but the Beyer family
is certain that their college student, fueled by dreams and hard work, is ready to be launched.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication;
Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; Appalachian Trail on the Air; the ARRL; BBC Sounds; the Bemidji Pioneer; CQ Magazine; the Daily Mail; David Behar
K7DB; Daily DX; FCC.Gov; Jenny Tupper; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Ron Delpiere-Smith, KD9IPO; the SOTA Reflector; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and you
our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For more information or
to support us visit our official website at 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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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AUSTRALIAN HAM CLUB INVITES THE WORLD

DON/ANCHOR: There's something for everyone in a new Special Interest
Group that's about to begin meeting up in Sydney, Australia. Best of
all, you don't even have to be in Australia to attend, as Graham
Kemp, VK4BB, tells us.

GRAHAM: The Bendigo Amateur Radio & Electronics Club is inviting you
all to Australia. The occasion is the startup of the club's Special
Interest Group Session, or SIGS. The first one is set for Friday,
September 17th at 7:30 p.m. local time. The location is club
headquarters in Bendigo East Hall in Bendigo but don't let the small
obstacle of an ocean or two prevent you from being a part of it: the
club is opening the session to attendees everywhere, via Zoom and
every radio club is encouraged to participate. According to an email
from Graeme Knight, VK3GRK, these sessions are being held on
weekends at BAREC headquarters and will cover a variety of topics,
led by club members with expertise in those areas. They will cover
such topics as CW, JS8Call, WinLink, mentoring and an introduction
to amateur radio.

The Zoom details can be found in the script for this week's newscast
at arnewsline.org.

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

[FOR PRINT ONLY, do not read: Meeting ID: 870 7458 1685
Passcode: 749704]

Link to meeting is https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87074581685?pwd=aXdrQ2l4eXlCdzdJOVRoOVdWQmtDdz09

(BAREC)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, special event stations ED3SDC, EG1SDC through
EG8SDC, and EH1SDC through EH8SDC are on the air from Spain until
the 12th of September. The stations are commemorating the Asturias
Day Festival and its patron saint, Santina de Covadonga. Send QSLs
to EA1AUM, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or eQSL. There are also
downloadable certificates. For more details visit QRZ.com.

Be listening for Mark, W5MED, who is at McMurdo Station on Ross
Island in Antarctica, AN-011, until October. Mark can be heard on
the air on 14.243 MHz SSB and 14.070 MHz FT8. Send QSLs direct to
K7MT, and Logbook of The World.

If you're planning to work any amateurs from Belgium, be listening
for the special prefix OS being used through the 12th of December.
The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications has
given permission for the substitution of the usual ON prefix to mark
the 120th anniversary of the first transatlantic radio transmission
by Guglielo Marconi.

(RSGB, OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: BROADBAND FOR THE BIRDS?

DON/ANCHOR: Our final story is transmitted signals, pigeons and a
bit of a flap that has nothing to do with those feathered wings.
Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, flutters in on a wing and a prayer with all those
details.

NEIL: Satellite enthusiasts are known to call their passion "working
the birds." Who doesn't love the thrill of bouncing signals from on
high with a little help from some ham-friendly tech in the sky? But
not all birds, apparently, are friendly to radio signals. In this
case, we mean the feathered kind of birds which are being eyed for
possible disruption of a satellite broadband service. Call it
suspected RFI - for Ruffled Feather Interference. Pigeons, it seems,
may be a source of trouble for at least one man who is beta-testing
Elon Musk's Starlink service in the UK. Signals from the low-earth-
orbit satellite system are sent to small rooftop receiving dishes
that could appear to be a birdbath in need of refilling — that is,
if you happen to be a thirsty bird. Alan Woodward, a professor at
the University of Surrey, told the BBC in a recent report that he
blames roosting pigeons for his intermittent lack of reception. The
BBC interviewed an unnamed expert who said the presence of pigeons
could impact service but the BBC had no comment from Starlink
itself. One thing is certain, however: satellites most definitely
benefit from line of sight, not line of flight.

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

(BBC)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Alan Thompson, W6WN; AMSAT; Appalachian Trail on the
Air; the ARRL; BAREC; BBC Sounds; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB;
Daily DX; FCC.Gov; Helvetia Telegraphy Club; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com;
Radio Society of Great Britain; the SOTA Reflector; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Spacenews; Ted Randall's QSO
Radio Show; Twitter; WTWW Shortwave; the YL Beam; and you our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For more information
or to support us visit our official website at 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. As always, we thank you for
listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Dom, 3Z9DX, will be on Conway Reef west of
Fiji activating as a one-man DXpedition to this, the 41st most
wanted DXCC entity. Dom, who belongs to the Rebel DX Group,
expects to be on the air by the 17th of September and will be
using the callsign 3D2CR. Be listening on 160 through 6 meters
where he will be using CW, SSB and FT8/FT4 for about a two-week
period. See QRZ.COM for QSL details.

Kiyo, JA7NQQ, is on the air from Katmandu, Nepal as 9N7NQ until
the 23rd of September. This is not a DXpedition so he will be
operating only during his free time, likely 23:00 to 0100 UTC and
12:00 to 15:00 UTC). Be listening on 40 to 10m where he will be
using mostly FT8 mode. His QSL information is at QRZ.com.

Brian, N3OC, and Bud, AA3B, are on Antigua operating as V26OC and
V26K, respectively, until September 20th. Be listening on the HF
bands and 6m. QSL via their home callsigns, LoTW or Club Log OQRS.

Mike, VK4DX, will be on the air from Russell Island OC-137 between
September 23rd and the 26th, operating on 40-15m. He will be using
CW, FT8 and SSB.

Bo, OZ1DJJ, is active as OX3LX from Greenland until the 21st of
September, operating on the low bands with a vertical antenna.
Send QSLs via OZ0J. (Oh Zed Zero Jay)

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: WITH CW, IT'S NO SPEED? NO PROBLEM!

NEIL/ANCHOR: Our final story is a retelling of the old fable that
"slow and steady wins the race." For one Australian club, it's
especially true for fans of CW. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, picks up the story....slowly.

GRAHAM: The Peel Amateur Radio Group believes there's no business
like Slow Business, especially when it comes to CW. The club,
based on Mandurah, Western Australia, has been on a mission to get
CW to flourish among its newest members and to rekindle the keyers
of oldtimers among them. They credit one member, Tony VK6DQ, with
leading the charge through his nighttime coaching sessions. The
club itself has already run a pair of Slow CW contests on 80
metres this year for members and nonmembers alike. The third
event, on Saturday September 18th, extends the competition
throughout all of the Oceania region.

It's actually not a competition at all. It's about being friendly and.....Taking. Your. Time. In fact, downloadable guidelines on
the club's website tell readers [quote] "You'll make mistakes and
you'll hear others making mistakes while they're learning too --
relax, have fun and don't sweat the small stuff!" [endquote]

It's not that the club is in any big rush to find slow senders --
but members DO want to encourage the slowest of the slow to get in
on the action. In fact, members David Millett, VK6FAAZ, and Mark
Bosma, VK2KI/VK6QI, have written in a Facebook post: [quote]
"Please give it a go, no matter how bad you think you are, it's
all about having a go and having some fun." [endquote]

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

(PEEL AMATEUR RADIO GROUP)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT; the Antique Wireless Association; the ARRL;
CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.Net; IARU; Japan Amateur
Radio League; Joe Stoltz K2AEI; NASA; NY Times; Ohio Penn DX; Peel
Amateur Radio Group; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great Britain; the
SOTA Reflector; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de;
Space.com; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Wichita Falls Times-
Record News; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all
from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For more
information or to support us visit our official website at
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, in
Union, Kentucky saying 73. As always we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Fred, KB4DMQ, has returned to Shemya (shem-Yuh)
Island in the Aleutians, southwest of Alaska, and for the next two
months will be operating again as KL7FBI. Be listening on 20 and 40
metres where he will be using SSB. Send QSLs to KL7FBI.

Harald, DF2WO, is operating as 9X2AW in Rwanda until the 28th of
September. He is using mainly the digital modes, FT8, PSK31, JT65 and
RTTY with some CW and SSB. He is also using the QO-100 satellite on 2m
and 70 cm. Send QSLs via M0OXO (Em ZERO OH X OH) or his OQRS.

If you're looking to get the Maldives in your logbook, prepare now for November when Remo HB9SHD will be on the air from Kandolhu island,
Maldives as 8Q7RM. His plan is to operate for several hours each day, especially at night for North and South America QSOs. Send QSLs via his
home callsign.

(DX-WORLD.NET, OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: FOR YOUNG HAMS, A MOUNTAIN MEETING WITH THE METEORS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story takes place in the mountains of
Romania, where students using SOTA gear during the day also made
contact with the cosmos at night. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, shares the
details.

ED: For the 18 students who spent three days on the summits in Romania,
this past summer will always be the Summer of the Perseids. Under the
guidance of seven adults, including their teacher Adrian, YO5IA, the
young amateurs from Transylvania ventured into the Vlădeasa (vulla-
DESSA) Mountains in mid-August. They were backpacking to experience
nature — and the nature of making SOTA radio contacts from on high.

Sorin, YO2MSB, who is ranked a SOTA Mountain Goat, schooled the
students in SOTA basics. Then, using their school club callsign YO6KGS,
they set up stations on various peaks in an attempt to accumulate
points.

According to a diary kept by students Daria, YO6CDC, and Horatiu,
YO6HDC, daylight hours were spent learning about SOTA and chasing
contacts. At night, they chased another contact, the Perseid Meteor
showers. They had extra help from a telescope brought by Rares, a guest
at the chalet where the group was staying.

Daria wrote in her diary, in English translation: [quote] "No matter
how tired we were, we couldn't miss the campfire and the opportunity to
look through Rares' telescope. Waiting for our turn to look at the
planets Saturn and Venus, our eyes were directed only to the sky at the Perseids. We were so excited that we woke up at 4 in the morning to
watch them at their maximum intensity."[endquote]

The students may not have successfully activated all the summits on
their list, but they scored big points with the Perseids. Adrian told
Newsline more SOTA expeditions are planned this year and then next
summer it's back to the Vlădeasa Mountains: He said [quote] "The days
of the Perseids will become a tradition for us."[endquote]

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(ADRIAN BACIU YO5IA)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Adrian Baciu, YO5IA; ARISS; the ARRL;
Bob Koepke, AA6TB; CQ Magazine; Dave Hartley, K5OZ; David Behar K7DB;
Don Beattie, G3BJ; East Essex Hackspace; Lloyd Colston, KC5FM; Ohio
Penn DX; QRZ.com; the PAARC; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; Spacenews; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Twitter;
WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur
Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to
support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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IN-PERSON EXAMS RETURNING IN UK

JIM/ANCHOR: In the UK, it's almost back to business as usual for amateur
radio exams but there are a few changes in the works. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, explains.

JEREMY: Face-to-face amateur radio exams are making a comeback now that pandemic restrictions are easing after 18 months. Exams via remote invigilation and training by distance-learning sessions are giving way to in-person club meetings and training for those who choose it. The Radio Society of Great Britain has announced that starting on the 1st November, clubs will be able to use a new online booking system for candidates' paper-based exams. The same booking system is already in use for online
exams as of the 6th of October. There are plans, however, to phase out the paper exams eventually.

Meanwhile, candidates planning to take the Foundation exam, going forward, will no longer be required to complete a practical test, according to the
RSGB Examination Standards Committee. The tests had in any case been
suspended during the 18-month pandemic restriction period, but clubs are
still encouraged to include a practical component in their candidate
training.

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

(RSGB)

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Nobby, G0VJG, operating as 3B8/G0VJG,
from Mauritius, until the 16th of October. He's on 80 through 10 metres
using SSB and the Digital modes. Request QSLs via M0OXO's OQRS or send directly to him.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: HAM RADIO FILM SHORT, 'NIGHT,' COMES TO LIGHT

JIM/ANCHOR: Our final story takes us to the movies -namely to the
screening of a short film featuring student actors....and amateur
radio! Mike Askins, KE5CXP, wraps it up for us this week.

MIKE: In 34 harrowing minutes, a world awakens darkened by a sudden and unexplained absence of morning sun. Amateur radio provides a lifeline for
a group of terrified children who've disovered they've been plunged into
an endless state of midnight. This is the plot of the film short, "Night," which premiered recently on YouTube following its release by John
D'Aquino's Young Actors Workshop, a California-based drama school. The workshop had reached out to the Edmond Amateur Radio Society, K5EOK, for technical assistance to prepare for the filming in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

The young actors may all be relative unknowns for now, but hams in
Oklahoma and beyond might recognize two of the names in the credits:
Marcus Sutliffe, N5ZY, and Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW. Marcus gets special
thanks for making the connections with the club, and Kevin is credited as technical advisor. Kevin, who has an extensive film and video production background, is also featured in a key speaking role as The Colonel, the
radio operator the youngsters reach out to for guidance. The Colonel tells them that a nuclear blast has occurred, putting a shroud of darkness
between the Earth and the sun.

Written and directed by John D'Aquino, the film is a showcase for the
young student actors, and was created with assistance from the Oklahoma
Film and Music Office. But even within its plotline of darkness and destruction, amateur radio emerges as a shining light and a ray of hope
for making meaningful connections in troubled times.

To view the film, see the link in the printed version of this week's
script at arnewsline.org

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

[FOR PRINT ONLY, DO NOT READ: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1Q4tS32Ww ]

(MARK KLEINE, N5HZR)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT; the ARRL; ARISS-UK; CQ Magazine; CQ Worldwide
contest blog; David Behar, K7DB; Mark Kleine, N5HZR; Mary Hare School;
Michael Moran, WB2FUV; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great
Britain; the SOTA Reflector; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector; space.com; spacenews; Sujanya News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; West Bengal Radio Club; WTWW Shortwave; and you,
our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for members of the International
Amateur Radio Contest DX Club who are using the call sign 4U2U until
October 31st. They are celebrating United Nations Day, which is October
24th. This station counts as a contact with Austria, prefix OE, for DX purposes and it counts as 4U for the Vienna International Centre for the
CQ DX Marathon Award. Send QSLs to UA3DX, direct or by the Bureau.

The CQ WW DX SSB contest taking place on October 30th and 31st offers
the opportunity for a number of stations in Indonesia, Kuwait and
Hawaii.

In Indonesia, a team using the callsign 7A2A will be operating from a
contest station in central Java. QSL using LoTW or send QSLs direct or
to YB2DX.

In Kuwait, Abdallah, 9K2GS, will be active in the contest as 9K2K. Send
QSLs to EC6DX or QSL via LoTW.

Be listening for Alex, KU1CW, in Hawaii, using the callsign KH7Q from
Oahu Island. He will also be active before and after the contest using
the callsign KH6/KU1CW. QSL KH7Q via LoTW or direct to AH6NF.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: WI-FI? WHY NOT? A DIFFERENT KIND OF DX

PAUL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we look at a most unusual kind of DX.
It was accomplished recently using a mode that is usually associated
with very local signals. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, tells us about it.

ED: It's hardly the preferred mode for DXing, but Wi-Fi certainly went
the distance recently for two hams in Italy who succeeded in making
contact between the island of Sardinia and the Tuscan summit of Monte
Amita, 304 kilometres, or nearly 200 miles away.

The connection made across the Tyrrhenian (TUH-REEN-EE-YUN) Sea was a
project undertaken by the Italian Center for Experimental Radio
Activities and was reported recently on the Wi-FiPLanet website. The
report didn't say who the hams were but the Italian center's spokesman
Mirco Paesante (PIE-SANTAY) IZ3HAD called the achievement a world record
for Wi-Fi and a first step in creating [quote] "a wide-band digital
network to connect all Italian ham radio users to each other and to
other services provided by our associations." [endquote] Those services include D-STAR, Echolink, and Amateur TV.

The 802.11a link was created using radio modules on both ends from
Ubiquity Networks based in San Jose, California. The modules were
connected to 35dBi 5GHz parabolic dish antennas.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(WI-FIPLANET.COM)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ACMA; the Alexanderson Association; AMSAT-UK; the
ARRL; COMREG; CQ Magazine; Dan Romanchik, KB6NU; David Behar, K7DB; NASA;
Ohio Penn DX Bulletin; Outremers360; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great
Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA
Reflector; space.com; spacenews; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Telengana Today; Wi-Fi Planet; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all
from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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. As always we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Miguel, EA1BP, will operate from Martinique from the
27th of October to the 5th of November as FM/EA1BP. He'll be on the air holiday style using CW and SSB only, on various bands. Listen for him as
well during the CQ WW DX SSB contest on the 30th and 31st of October, when
he will be using the callsign TO7O (T OH SEVEN OH). Send QSLs to his home
call direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog or LoTW.

In the months ahead, be listening for the special callsign DL35EUDX
between November of 2021 and October of 2022. Radio operators will be
using it to mark the 35th anniversary of the European DX Foundation. Be listening as well for other special event stations with callsigns ending
in 35EUDXF. An award will be available for contacts.

December will be a big month for Gavin, GM0GAV, who is activating the
callsign GB60ANT all month from Scotland to mark the 60th anniversary of
the Antarctic Treaty Signature. Send QSLs to GM0LVI.

Listen for TJ, PE1OJR, operating holiday-style from Bonaire as PJ4/PE1OJR through October 29th. He will be on SSB and FT8/FT4 on 40 and 20 meters.
QSL using LoTW or ClubLog.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: GOOD SIGNAL REPORT FOR NEW HAM MAGAZINE

NEIL/ANCHOR: If hams love something more than anything else, it's communicating. That means when they're not on the radio, they're talking
about radio or reading about it. John Williams, VK4JJW, tells us about a magazine recently launched by amateur radio operators in India that's
being published electronically to a worldwide readership.

JOHN: Amateurs from the Satara Institute of Hams and the Ocean Cadet
Academy Ham Club have just added to the library of amateur radio
publications with the launch of The Five Nine Amateur Radio Magazine.
Editor Gauri Gopi Shetty, VU3WTE, and associate editor Komal Bhosale,
VU3LWE, present articles every quarter showcasing projects, contests and
club activities, paying tribute as well to Silent Keys. According to the Satara Institute's Rohit Bhosale, VU2MIB / W2MIB, the digital magazine,
which is available as a free, downloadable PDF, already has more than
15,000 readers globally. The October issue has just been published. The inaugural issue, released in June, featured radio pioneer Jagadish Chandra Bose on the cover and a message from club president Deepak Visvanathan
VU3IKO. He said the editorial team takes particular pride in launching the magazine on the occasion of the centenary year of amateur radio in India.
The publication's name - represented by the numerals "5" and "9" represent
the report given for a perfect signal for QSOs by phone.

The editorial team is hoping readers will likewise give Five Nine magazine.....a five nine.

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

(ROHIT BHOSALE, VU2MIB / W2MIB)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the the ARDC; ARRL; Business Wire; CQ Magazine; CNN; David Behar, K7DB; Energous; HamSCI; Lt. Taylor Curran; Nashua Area Radio
Society; National Institute of Amateur Radio; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com;
Oregon Ham-WAN; Radio Society of Great Britain; Ralph Rognstad, W4RRJ;
Rohit Bhosale VU2MIB / W2MIB; Straight Key Century Club; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW
Shortwave; Yachting Monthly and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

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 Union, Kentucky, saying
73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, listen for the special event callsign CN46MS
until November 10th from Morocco. Hams will be marking the 46th
anniversary of the "Green March" for the annexation of the Spanish
Sahara called for by King Hassan the Second. Send QSL cards to
CN8WW.

Members of the Belgian Air Force Amateur Radio Association are
operating three special event stations until the end of 2021. The
callsigns are ON75AF, ON75BAF, and ON75BFS. The activations are in
celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Belgian Air Force. Be
listening on various HF bands. Send QSLs to ON6KL.

Listen for Richard, NN2T, and other operators using the callsign
C6AHB until November 22nd from Bimini. Send QSLs via LoTW or
ClubLog's OQRS.

Be listening for Jamie, M0SDV, using the callsign 3B8/KX7M from
Mauritius between November 22nd and December 1st. Jamie will be
part of the 3B8M team and will be operating on various HF bands.
QSL via LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: KC5BOO CAPTURES THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN

DON/ANCHOR: For our final story this week, we caution our listeners:
Halloween arrives on Sunday, October 31st, and there's nothing you
can do about it -- except perhaps get on the air. Mike Askins, KE5CXP,
offers this idea.

MIKE: Be not afraid. Instead, be like Judy Cox, a Texas YL whose
callsign, KC5BOO, inspires her to look forward each year to the
season of ghosts and goblins when she can scare up some extra
contacts on the bands. For Judy, the holiday has always been sweet
as the candy folks hand out to costumed trick-or-treaters when
they visit. But in her part of Texas, children don't go door-to-
door all that much so Judy gets into the spirit by getting on the
air and calling...."BOO" R Zed.

Judy told Newsline that her vanity callsign really has less to do
with Halloween than you might think: "Boo" is the nickname she was
given by her grandchildren. Her idea for an annual special event,
called Boo To You, took shape in 2018 and she sends special QSL
cards to confirm that the magic did indeed happen. She plans to be
on the air...for a spell...between 0001 UTC on October 31st until
0400 UTC on November 1st. Find her on the usual haunts on SSB.
Best of all, she said, you stand more than a ghost of a chance of
making contact this year: a few friends are helping out by
operating CW and FT8. She invites Newsline listeners to "come by
and say 'boo.' " That is, unless the bands turn out to be one big
horror show.

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

(JUDY COX, KC5BOO)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan MacNabb II, W0ARN; AMSAT-UK;
the ARRL; Binar Space website; CQ Magazine; Carlos Beviglia,
LU1BCE; David Behar K7DB; Henry Radio website; Judy Cox, KC5BOO;
Long Island CW Club; Ohio Penn DX; PHYS.org; QRZ.com; Radio Club
Argentino; Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; shortwaveradio.de; the Washington Post; and you our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our
listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-
profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued
operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all.

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. As always we thank you for
listening.

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KICKER: WHEN THE KEY TO ORDERING PIZZA IS A STRAIGHT KEY

SKEETER: We end this week's newscast with a little slice of life. Or maybe.....a little slice of pizza? Or maybe both. Well, if you enjoy pizza
and you enjoy Morse Code, you might enjoy a pie with everything on it - including some dits and dahs. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, delivers the pizza for
us here.

JEREMY: The pizza delivery chain, Papa John's, has just cracked the code
to a clever marketing scheme and it's using CW to make it happen. The
popular Call of Duty video game played on Xbox, Playstation and Windows,
has partnered with the pizza maker to launch the game's latest version,
"Call of Duty: Vanguard," which features a World War II theme with four leading characters: military officers from Great Britain, the US,
Australia and the Soviet Union. Now, it also features....pizza for those playing the game. By ordering a Morse Code kit in advance from the pizza maker, players will be able to get a kit that lets them crack the code
they then need to translate into CW. Each code corresponds to a different topping for their pie. The kits become available in the UK later this
month.

Giles Codd, the pizza chain's UK marketing director, said the campaign
also underscores the company's partnership with the Call of Duty Endowment which assists military veterans in the UK in finding jobs.

Whether any pizza orders will be placed from Bletchley Park....remains to
be seen.

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

(SOUTHGATE, TECHROUND, POLYGON.COM)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the American-Polish Eagle; the ARDC; ARISS; ARRL; the Associated Press; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Gert Botha ZS6GC; Irish Radio Transmitter Society; the National Transportation Safety Board; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Polygon.com, Radio Society of Great Britain; Secunda Radio Club; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Techround; the Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

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 Shelbyville,
Tennessee, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for special event callsigns ON75AF,
ON75BAF, and ON75BFS, from Belgium. These callsigns are helping amateurs
in the Belgian Air Force Amateur Radio Association mark the air force's
75 year anniversary. Be listening through the end of the year on HF, VHF
and UHF where operators will be using CW, SSB and the digital modes.

In Rwanda, members of the Holy Land DX Group will be using the callsign
9X4X starting on the 24th of November and running through to the 1st of December. Listen for them on 160m through 10m where they will be using
CW, SSB, RTTY and FT 8. They will also be in the CQ WW DX CW contest on November 27th and 28th. Send QSLs to Ruben, 4Z5FI.

Ferdy, HB9DSP, becomes a first-time DXpeditioner with the callsign
5Z4/HB9DSP when he operates from Kenya between December 2nd and the 16th. Listen for Ferdy on 20, 15 and 10 meters where he will be using mainly
SSB with some FT8. Send QSLs to his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau
or LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: A TRANSATLANTIC FRIENDSHIP POWERED BY STEAM

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Learning about technology isn't always what it seems. As
a group of girls in England recently found out, technology can lead to something wonderfully personal....called friendship. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH,
picks up the story from here.

JEREMY: The 11- and 12-year-old girls are called the STEAMettes, a name
that's a nod to their shared interest in Science Technology Engineering,
Art and Maths. For the past four years the Kent County youngsters have
been guided by John Hislop, G7OHO, a retired physics teacher and an
ambassador in STEM learning. Most recently John has taught them such
basics as soldering and the coding of a microbit computer they were going
to use to send CW they'd learnt. After Larry Olson, W9INE, saw a
presentation by John and the STEAMettes at the QSO Today ham expo in
August, Larry introduced them to Colorado teacher Ravi Davis, KF0FYL.
Ravi has several newly licensed hams in her sixth-grade school who have
also been coding microbits. Since the STEAMettes have studied Digital
Mobile Radio in preparation for their Foundation licence, they put their knowledge to use in a transatlantic QSO on October 29th via DMR. The
Colorado students used radios loaned to them by the Estes Valley Amateur
Radio Club. Ravi told the local newspaper that this was the first DX
contact for her students. They talked about their schools, their lives
and the differences in their respective communities. Suddenly, even with
7600 km between them, the students felt none of that distance at all.

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

(JOHN HISLOP G7OHO, SOUTHGATE, FACEBOOK)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the the ARRL; CQ-DATV magazine; CQ Magazine; David Behar
K7DB; Facebook; John Hislop G7OHO; Manfred Meier DF6EX; Mike Gregoric
S55G; Ohio Penn DX; Parks on the Air; PHYS.org; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Taka
7K1BIB; Wireless Institute of Australia; World Wide Flora and Fauna; and
you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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KICKER: REMEMBERING RUDY HUBBARD WA4PUP SK

DON/ANCHOR: Finally, we ask: What's in a name? If it's the name newly
bestowed on an ARES shack in Escambia County, Florida.....PLENTY! Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, concludes our newscast with that story.

KEVIN: The Amateur Radio Emergency Service room inside Escambia County, Florida's Public Safety building, proved to be a fitting place to
dedicate a plaque honoring the late Rudy Hubbard WA4PUP. Named in Rudy's memory on November 12th, the room works hard to keep people in northern Florida safe -- just as Rudy himself did until his death last May at 97.

To many amateurs, he was perhaps best known as the longest continuously
seated section manager for the ARRL in North Florida. To others, such as
Gene Bannon KB4HAH, he was a lifelong friend and an understanding Elmer.
Gene said one of Rudy's gifts to his community was his development of the section's first formally organized emergency plan, which laid out
guidelines later adopted by other ARRL sections.

Bill Hayden, WY8O (W Y 8 OH), said Rudy had a calming influence in tough situations and knew what buttons to push to make things happen. To Bill
and many others, he was a father figure.

Gene said that when Hurricane Ivan battered Florida in 2004, Rudy was
able to secure a replacement for a critical 2m repeater that failed --
and he ensured that it became operational within 24 hours to restore communications with shelters, distribution centers and various agencies.
Gene remembered too how in 2005, Rudy rallied other section managers to arrange for interstate amateur radio response when Hurricane Katrina
struck in Mississippi and Louisiana.

Shortly before his death, Rudy requested that his shack be dismantled and
its contents sold to benefit the Five Flags Amateur Radio Club. But
Rudy's expertise, his friends and of course, his name are together in
another shack, the ARES room where volunteers continue much of Rudy's
good works.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.

(GENE BANNON KB4HAH, BILL HAYDEN WY8O, PATCH.COM)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT; Bill Hayden WY8O; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB;
Gene Bannon KB4HAH; the ICQ Podcast; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; National Geographic; NPR; Ohio Penn DX; Patch.com; QRZ.com; Phys.org;
Ryan Curry WY7RDC; SciTech Daily; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Southland Times newspaper; Spiegel.de; shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur
Radio Newsline.

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that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for 10 special event stations on
the air to commemorate the 13th anniversary of Tangerang Selatan
City in Indonesia. The callsigns include: 8H13H, 8H13U, 8H13T and
8G13T, among others. An award is available. Check QRZ.com for
details.

Be listening for the Holy Land DX Group, HDXG, operating from
Rwanda with the callsign 9X4X until December 1st. Listen for them
on 160 through 10 metres where operators will be using CW, SSB,
RTTY and FT8. They may also operate via satellite. Operators are
expected to be active in the CQWW DX CW Contest on November 27th
and 28th. Send QSLs to Ruben, 4Z5FI, direct, by the Bureau, or
using ClubLog's OQRS.

Brian, ND3F, is using the callsign C6AQQ from Nassau, New
Providence Island in the Bahamas. He will be on the air during the
CQWW DX CW Contest and afterward until December 7th. Outside of
the contest, listen for Brian on FT8. Send QSLs to EA5GL.

Operators with the Budapest Radio Amateur Society are on the HF
bands until December 16th using the callsign HG5PLANET. They are
celebrating the "The Nature Friendly Development - Sustainability
Expo" in Budapest. E-QSLs are requested.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: THANKFUL IN BRAZIL FOR AMATEUR RADIO

JIM/ANCHOR: Here in the United States, where Newsline is produced,
households were marking the holiday of Thanksgiving, a time for
reflection and gratitude. Our final story comes from Brazil, where Thanksgiving may not be observed at all, but the giving of thanks
for amateur radio is certainly foremost on the minds of the
surviving firefighters who had been buried in a cave in late
October during a training exercise north of Sao Paolo.

According to the Associated Press, 16 of the 27 were trapped and 9
died after the roof of the cave collapsed. Search and rescue
operations went forward with the help of civil defense and, yes,
amateur radio. According to a translated post from the LABRE, the
Brazilian national society, that appeared on Southgate Amateur
Radio News, the hams of the Sao Paolo State Amateur Emergency
Network, provided vital communication links between the command
post and workers in the rescue area. With no telephone or internet
at their disposal, the hams knew that amateur radio and their
repeaters would serve as vital lifelines -- and that's a kind of
thanksgiving too, after all.

(ABC NEWS, SOUTHGATE, ASSOCIATED PRESS)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ABC News; the ARDC; ARRL; Associated Press; CQ
Magazine; CNN; David Behar K7DB; Ham Radio University; Ohio Penn
DX; QRZ.com; Oregon Ham-WAN; Radio Society of Great Britain; the
Shortwave Listening Post; the SOTA Reflector; the IARU; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; the UBA; YOTA; and you our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our
listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-
profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued
operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for
listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Datta (Dah-tah) VU2DSI is on the air until December
14th with the special event callsign AU2JCB. He is commemorating the
November 30th birth date of India's wireless pioneer Jagadish Chandra
Bose. He is operating on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB and can be heard
on 6m and 10 m in FM mode. Send QSL cards direct to his home callsign.

Operators Tom, DL7BO, and Tom, DJ6TF, are on the air as Z22O and Z21A, respectively, from Harare (ha rar eh), Zimbabwe, until the 15th of
December. Listen for them on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8/FT4. Send QSLs for both callsigns to DJ6TF. Ukraine stations should send to UY5ZZ or
use LoTW.

Members of the Dolomites Contest Team, IQ3DQ, based in the region of
Belluno (Bell oo no), are marking their 55th anniversary with the special event callsign IB3ABM until December 15th. They will be on the air on 80/40/30/20 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. For information on how to
earn diplomas available at the end of the event, see their page on
QRZ.com.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: CELEBRATING A YOUNGSTER WHO'S IN (AND ON) THE AIR

NEIL/ANCHOR: Although December is YOTA month, celebrating Youngsters on
the Air, for one 10-year-old in New England, every day of every month is
an occasion to be a youngster **IN** the air. We finish this week's
newscast with his story, shared by Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

RALPH: The third time was the charm for Max Kendall, W0MXX, whose high- altitude APRS ballooon projects explore science and the stratosphere, all
the while using amateur radio during launching, tracking and recovery.

The Medway, Massachusetts 10-year-old told Newsline in an email that his
third and latest balloon, identified as WB-3, was by far his most
successful. The balloon launched in October with a camera and a 2m APRS tracker. It stayed aloft for about three hours, carrying weather sensors
and a few science experiments. Coached by his Elmer Mike Hojnowski (HODGE-NOW-SKEE), KD2EAT, from the Medway Balloon Society, Max is hoping
the experiments will help him learn more about CO2 levels at high
altitudes, among other things.

The learning and experimenting won't stop there, however; Max has plans
for WB4 in his next year's line-up. He told Newsline that WB4 will be all about the tracking interfaces when using different protocols such as WSPR, APRS, 4FSK and FSQ. The sky, after all, is the limit.

To hear Max talk about the latest flight - and see a part of it - visit
his YouTube channel. A link to the video appears in the text version of
this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

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

[FOR PRINT ONLY, DO NOT READ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDGSaZW2EUQ]

(MAX KENDALL W0MXX, YOUTUBE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Antique Wireless Museum; the ARRL; Australian Communications and Media Authority; Bendigo Amateur Radio and Electronics Club; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Joe Reynolds, KA1GDQ; Max Kendall
W0MXX; Ohio Penn DX; Radio Caroline; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great
Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Wireless
Institute of Australia; YouTUbe; and you our listeners, that's all from
the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

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 Union, Kentucky, saying
73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Dani, EA4ATI, can be heard from Dakar in Senegal on 80 through 10 metres as 6W1TG. Send QSLs to EA4R. Dani's plan is to upload
his log to LoTW and eQSL.

In Lesotho, Chris, ZS1CDG, plans to be on the air as 7P8GOZ between
December 20th and 26th. He will be operating holiday style on 40, 20, 15
and 10 metres using FT8 and a long wire. Send QSLs via his home call or
LoTW.

Mario, IZ3KVD, is in Zambia using the callsign 9J2MYT. He will be there in Lusaka until June of 2022. Listen for him on SSB on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 meters. Send QSLs via IZ3KVD direct only. Reply QSL cards will be printed after he has returned to Italy.

We also have an update from the Rebel DX Group about their Bouvet Island
Three Y Zero Eye (3Y0I) DXpedition which was to begin this month. The team said that with borders open again in Fiji, they can leave and are
monitoring the access situation in South Africa closely, in order to plan their departure from Cape Town to Bouvet soon.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: GOING UP - VERY HIGH UP - FOR ANTENNA WORK

PAUL/ANCHOR: Finally, we all know it's a little more challenging doing
antenna work during the winter months but what if your antenna work is
being done in space where you have the added risk of dodging debris? Jack Parker, W8ISH, tells us exactly what happens - in fact, what DID happen.

JACK: The communications antenna on the ISS needed swapping-out and who
better than astronauts Thomas Marshburn, KE5HOC, and Kayla Barron, KI5LAL,
to tackle the task? The pair were originally supposed to make the switch during a spacewalk scheduled for late November but reports of space debris caused NASA to bump the action out to Thursday, December 2nd instead. With NASA Television capturing the moment, the hams ventured out to replace a faulty antenna system located on the station's truss structure. According
to the NASA website, the replacement antenna was needed to help retain communications redundancy, something that was in question recently after
the faulty antenna lost its ability to send signals to mission control
through NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.

A video of your own antenna work may not be quite as exciting as this but
if you want to watch Thomas and Kayla tackle the task, you can see it all
on YouTube. A link to the video appears in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jack Parker, W8ISH.

[FOR PRINT, DO NOT READ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScAtmwgIXwU]

(NASA, YOUTUBE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AirlineRatings.com; the ARRL; Associated Press; the BBC; CQ Magazine; CNBC; David Behar K7DB; Groups.io; the Hill; NASA; Ohio Penn DX; Princeton University; QRZ.com; QSO Today; Radio World; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SpaceNews; the USKA; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Zalo, XE3N, is on the air as 4C10M from Playa del
Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico, through December 20th. Listen for him on
SSB and the Digital modes and QSL via LoTW.

Lars, PH0NO, is using the special callsign PG44FF to promote the
World-Wide Flora & Fauna award program and the Dutch program "PAFF"
through early 2022. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS. See QRZ.com for more
details.

The new year is going to be a good one for members of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society. Hams will be using the special callsign EI90IRTS
to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of Ireland's national
society. Listen for the EI90IRTS callsign throughout 2022. QSL via
EI6AL.

Members of the Saudi Association of Radio Amateurs (SARA) will be on
the air until December 28th as HZ19SAT to celebrate the launch of a
Saudi satellite. The significance of the callsign is that it been 19
years since the Saudis launched their first CubeSat. QSL to HZ1SAR.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: THE BEST CARDS AREN'T ALWAYS QSL CARDS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We end this week with a story for the season: They
don't know it yet, but some South Carolina second-graders are about
to get a lesson in geography, friendship, and Christmas spirit, thanks
to amateur radio operators around the US. Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, brings
us the details.

KEVIN: Students at The Oakbrook Prep School in Spartanburg, South
Carolina, were looking forward to receiving Christmas cards from all
50 US states for a classroom lesson on states and capitals that their
teacher had begun in November. Their teacher networked as best she
could, contacting friends and other teachers, current and retired.
Retired second-grade teacher Ann Backys, K9ANN, was among those to
send a card as a favor to a friend, who was helping support the
project. When the Tennessee YL learned recently the class was still
short of its goal, it was time for amateur radio to come to the rescue.
Using a strategy similar to one she followed two years earlier for a
different school's project collecting postcards, Ann reached out to
ham radio operators and ARRL section managers far and wide, and made
her case. The hams responded - relaying the message even farther - and
sending the cards.

Ann told Newsline that she learned that [quote] "the teacher is blown
away by the response. She never dreamed she'd get all this. They are
going to hear from all fifty states, I just know it. In fact, they'll
probably get duplicates." Just in case you want to add your home state
to the mix, send a Christmas card with your name, city, and state, to
the Oakbrook Prep School, Mrs. Colvard's second grade class, 190
Lincoln School Road, Spartanburg SC 29301. Oh, and don't forget to
say Merry Christmas.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.

(ANN BACKYS K9ANN)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARRL; the BBC; Civil Air Patrol; CQ Magazine; CNBC;
David Behar K7DB; the DoDropInn; the EI7GL blog; the Hindu newspaper; HomingIn.com; Mark Erdle AE2EA; Ohio Penn DX; QR Zed.com; QSO Today;
Radio World; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Telangana
Today; the 3916 Nets; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from
the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to
support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that
we appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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KICKER: NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HAM RADIO STYLE

DON/ANCHOR: We end this newscast with a Newsline holiday tradition - a ham
log instead of a yule log. We again offer this much-loved adaptation of the Clement Clarke Moore classic as read by Jim Damron, N8TMW.

JIM: Twas the night before Christmas and all through the shack

The rig was turned off and the mic cord lay slack

The antenna rotor had made its last turn, the tubes in the linear
had long ceased to burn.

I sat there relaxing and took off my specs, preparing to daydream of
Armchair DX -- When suddenly outside I heard such a sound, I dashed
out the door to see what was around.

The moon shone down brightly and lighted the night. For sure
propagation for the low bands was right.

I peered toward the roof where I heard all the racket, and there was
some guy in a red, fur-trimmed jacket!

I stood there perplexed in a manner quite giddy: Just who WAS this
stranger? di di dah dah di dit?

He looked very much like an FCC guy who'd come to check up on some
bad TVI.

I shouted to him: "Old man...QR-Zed?"
"Hey you by the chimney all dressed up in red!"

I suddenly knew when I heard sleigh bells jingle
The guy on the rooftop was Jolly Kris Kringle

He had a big sack full of amateur gear which was a big load
for his prancing reindeer.

Transmitters, receivers, for cabinets and racks
Some meters and scopes and a lot of coax.

He said not a word 'cause he'd finished his work.
He picked up his sack and he turned with a jerk.
As he leaped to his sleigh, he shouted with glee
And I knew in a moment, he'd be QRT.

I heard him transmit as he flew o'er the trees
"Merry Christmas to all, and to all seventy-three."

"Ho Ho Ho"

Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW.

(AUTHOR UNKNOWN)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT; the ARRL; the BBC; CQ Magazine; Comreg; Contest University; David Behar K7DB; JAXA Amateur Radio Club; Madhu Prasad,
VU3NPI; National Public Radio; Ohio Penn DX; QR Zed.com; QSO Today; Radio World; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Space.com; shortwaveradio.de; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all.

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, Merry Christmas, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Mike, 5H3EE, on the air from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Operators have reported hearing him using FT8 on 12 meters. QSL using ClubLog.

In Kenya, Ferdy, HB9DSP, plans to be on the air for his first DXpedition between January 12th and 27th as 5Z4/HB9DSP. Be listening on 20, 15 and
10 meters where he will be using SSB with some FT8. Send QSLs to his
home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW.

Jacques, F6HMJ, is in Senegal and on the air as 6W7/F6HMJ until February
22nd. He will be using mostly CW with some SSB on 40-10 meters. Send
QSLs to his home callsign.

Listen for David, F8AAN, operating as FS/F8AAN from St. Martin Island, Anguilla, from January 1st to the 20th. He is operating holiday style on
40 through 10 meters using CW. Send QSLs to his home callsign or QSL
using LoTW, ClubLog or eQSL.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: SUMMING UP A LIFE OF PUBLIC SERVICE

JIM/ANCHOR: Most of us are ending 2021 by summing up the year. In
Longview, Washington, however, that formality also includes many friends
of one ham who are also summing up his life and what it meant to them.
Here's Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, with our final story of this week's
newscast.

RALPH: Randy Greeley, NU7DX, became a Silent Key on December 7th at the
age of 68 but not before devoting two thirds of his life to the spirit
of volunteerism that is at the heart of much of amateur radio.

Emergency response officials in Cowlitz County considered him to be the
one to call when the county faced flooding or other extreme challenges.
In a recent article in the Longview Daily News, many of them detailed
the behind-the-scenes work he did as a person who was never too far away
to give a ready response. According to the newspaper article, he jumped
into the active life of a volunteer shortly after becoming licensed in
1981. He and his wife became members of the Lower Columbia Amateur Radio Association, W7DG.

Randy's widow, Connie, KB7AYY, summed up his involvement by telling the newspaper [quote] "It started small and the tree ended up with many
branches." [endquote] One of those branches led back to the Lower
Columbia amateurs. Ralph Roggenback, N2RJR, its president, told Newsline
in an email that Randy had been both his friend and mentor. He said
[quote] "This community has no idea what it has lost." [endquote]

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

(THE LONGVIEW DAILY NEWS)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT-UK; the ARRL; the BBC; Can-India; CQ Magazine; CNN;
David Behar K7DB; Greg Mossop, G0DUB; Lloyd Colston KC5FM; Longview
Daily News; NASA; NY Times; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; QSO Today; Radio
Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; Space.com; Thelma Pascua DU1IVT; World Radiosport
Team Championship; Youth on the Air; and you our listeners, that's all
from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for members of the West Bengal Radio Club, VU2WB, in India operating with the special callsign AU2GSI from Sagar
Island, AS-153, between the 9th and the 16th of January. The activation coincides with the Gangasaga Mela Celebration. Be listening on 40, 20 and
15 metres. Send QSLs via eQSL.

Jacques, F6HMJ, is on the air in southern Senegal as 6W7/F6HMJ through to February 22nd. Listen for him on 40-10 metres where he will be using CW and SSB. Send QSLs to his home call.

There's still time to work Andrea HB9DUR who is using the callsign EX0DX
from Kyrgyzstan. He is there until the 10th of January. Listen on various
HF bands. QSL to his home call, or via LoTW, Club Log OQRS or eQSL.

A small team of operators will be on Friars Island, SA-023, Brazil from January 20th to the 23rd. Listen for ZY6A. The team will be operating on various HF bands. QSL details are on QRZ.COM

The Bouvet Island 3Y0J DXpedition recently announced some replacements in
its team. Cezar VE3LYC and Otis NP4G have come on board for the November
trip, which is going ahead after the departure of Sandro VE7NY, Laci,
HA0NAR, and Dima, RA9USU. The team expects to be on the island for three weeks.

(DX-WORLD.NET, 3Y0J WEBSITE)

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KICKER: THIS SHOPPING LIST INCLUDED A SURPRISE QSO

PAUL/ANCHOR: You never know what's going to happen when you call CQ. One
ham in Tennessee found out that if you do it in an unlikely place, using
an unlikely method, you may just be surprised at what happens. Here's
Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, with our final story for the week.

SKEETER: There was no doubt about it: Bill Price, K4FLH, was calling CQ,
and the sound of his Morse Code practice could be heard loud and clear, everywhere. In this case, "everywhere" turned out to be the inside of the
huge Walmart store where he was shopping. Instead of using a keyer, Bill
was practicing his CW using the small high-pitched electronic horn that's attached to the riding cart that the store provides for disabled shoppers
like him. The horn is there to warn other shoppers of the cart's approach.

Bill told Newsline he's been practicing that way since the summer and he
never once thought anything would come of it except improved code practice
-- that is, until late December. Bill wrote on Facebook that to his
surprise, that day his Morse message caught the ear of another shopper: a fellow ham also using a cart with a horn. What followed was a 10-minute QSO between the two. It ended when they agreed to meet up at the checkout for
an eyeball QSO.

Bill not only got his shopping list completed - he ended up with something that wasn't on his list. He wrote [quote] "I now have a new friend." [endquote]

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

(BILL PRICE K4FLH)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amanda Alden, K1DDN; the ARRL; the BBC; Bill Price K4FLH;
CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Frank Howell, K4FMH; Market Research Telecast; Microsoft News; QRZ.com; Radio Amateurs of Canada; Southgate Amateur Radio News; the Spokesman newspaper; shortwaveradio.de;
the 3Y0J website; VERON; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Felix, DL5XL, who has been
operating as DP1POL since late December from Neumayer III
(NOY-MEYER THREE) Station in Antarctica. Both Felix and Theresa,
DC1TH, will be on the air until mid-February, mainly on 15 metres
and 30 metres, using CW and FT8. The station is expecting the arrival
of Karsten, DM2KX, by the middle of this month.

The Norwegian amateur radio society, the NRRL, is marking its 100
year anniversary. Be listening throughout the year for operators on
the air from the club station in Totland, to the south east of Bergen,
using the callsign LA100B. Hams will be using a variety of modes on
HF and 6m. During contests, the operators will use the callsign LN1B.

The HD8M DXpedition team has cancelled its trip to the Galapagos
Islands which was scheduled for March. The announcement expressed
members' concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, and in particular
its impact on Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. With many of the
operators needing to travel through various airports and more than one
country, the team has opted to look for another date when conditions are
safer.

(DX-WORLD.NET, IRTS)

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KICKER: WHEN A HAM HAS THE METTLE FOR A MEDAL

NEIL/ANCHOR: With the Winter Olympics only weeks away in Beijing, it's
only natural to think about past challenges and triumphs. We end with
a story about one Olympic event that involved - what else? - amateur
radio. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, explains.

MIKE: If you called Bob Josuweit, WA3PZO, an Olympian among amateurs,
you wouldn't be wrong. During the traditional Olympic Torch Relay that
heralded the start of the 1980 Winter Olympics here in the United
States, Bob and Robert Strickland, WA3HWZ, were among the area hams
providing local, mid-range and long-distance communication as the torch
made its way north from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia to the opening ceremonies in Lake Placid, New York. Bob told Newsline that some hams
rode in the vehicles following the flame's path, ensuring the runners
arrived on time at various ceremonies along the 1,000-mile route.
Locally, members of the Holmesburg Amateur Radio Club were stationed at
various locations along that part of the route through Pennsylvania.
In all, he said, there were about 20 hams involved to meet the challenge
of this on-the-road communications network.

Now, Bob didn't play much sports in his younger days, and is more
accustomed to the kinds of "relays" you find on an HF Net, but he did
receive a Bronze Participation Medal from the Olympics organizers for
his efforts. Then, in 1984, when Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics,
he was called upon to provide technical support there as well. As
everyone knows, the best Olympic coaches are Olympic medalists too.

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

(BOB JOSUWEIT, WA3PZO)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the the ARRL; the BBC; Bangladesh Amateur Radio League;
Bob Josuweit, WA3PZO; Bob Wertz, NF7E; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Eastern and Mountain District Radio Club; HamSCI; IRTS;
NASA; National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators; Pride
Radio Group; QRZ.com; Roger Harrison, VK2ZRH; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; Winter Field
Day; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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 Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Neville, G3RFS, on the air as 6Y5FS
from Jamaica where he will be for the next two months. He has been
heard on 20 metres using CW. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog's OQRS, or via
G4BWP.

Oliver, DJ5QW, will be using the callsigns D4CW and D44DX from
Santa Maria village, Sal Island, Cape Verde, between February 19th
and March 2nd. Listen for him on 80-10 metres where he will be
using CW and SSB. QSL to his home callsign direct or via the DARC
Bureau.

Slavo, SP2JMB, and his XYL Dorota, SP2TO will be on the air as
3B8GY from Mauritius between February 5th and 25th. Be listening on
various HF bands and in various modes. QSL to SP2JMB direct.

Operators John, AF3K, and Ross, W2TT, who cancelled their operation
last year due to Covid, will be active as VP5/AF3K and VP5/W2TT,
respectively, from Providenciales Island (NA-002) between March 23
and March 31st. Listen for them as well in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest
on March 26th and 27th where they will use the callsign VP5P. Send
QSLs to N2OO or QSL via ClubLog's OQRS. All logs will be uploaded
to LoTW, eQSL and ClubLog

(OPDX)

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KICKER: A MODERN TRIBUTE TO AN ANCIENT WALL

PAUL/ANCHOR: Special Event Stations often connect radio amateurs
to great moments in history, whether it's the discovery of a planet,
a celebration of statehood or some other major event. Randy Sly,
W4XJ, and Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, bring us the details about a year-long
special event in England.

RANDY: Throughout 2022, hams will have an opportunity to connect to
some ancient history in commemorating 1900 years since the building
of Hadrian's Wall across England. I asked Amateur Radio Newsline Correspondent, Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, to tell me a little bit more
about the history that inspired two hams, Austin Vaughan, M0MNE and
Roy Nicholson, M0TKF to operate their stations near the wall.

JEREMY: In A.D. 43 after years of struggling, the Romans conquered
the southern portion of the British Isles. Since the area to the
North was inhabited by primitive Celtic tribes and never fully
settled, Hadrian's Wall was built, spanning 118 kilometres, from
coast to coast, as a defensive fortification for the southern,
"Roman" Province of Britannia. In addition to its place in history,
Arthur, the legendary Celtic king is said to have fought in battle
against the invading Anglo-Saxons in the vicinity of Hadrian’s
Wall. Parts of Hadrian's Wall still remain today.

RANDY: Amateurs from around the world should point their antennas
toward England this year and listen for the two special event
stations GB1900HA and GB1900HW on the HF and VHF bands in voice, CW
and digital modes. Be sure to check out the QRZ pages for GB1900HA
and GB1900HW.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Randy Sly, W4XJ, with Jeremy Boot,
G4NJH.

(SOUTHGATE, QRZ.COM)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT; Andrew Bate, ZL1SU; the ARRL; the BBC; CQ
Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Don Wallace, ZL2TLL; DX-World.net; the
DX Adventure website; Georgian Bay Amateur Radio Club; the Northern
California DX Foundation; Observatorial.com; QRZ.com; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; TechExplorist.com; Tony
Falla VK3KKP; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our
listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-
profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued
operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for
listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, from the Maldives, listen for Henry, LU4DXU,
operating as 8Q7AH between February 8th and 15th. Henry will be using
various HF bands. QSL direct to his home callsign.

Listen for Mathias, DL4MM, active as P4/DL4MM from Aruba until the 2nd
of February. He will be on various HF bands, focusing on the lower bands
and 30, 17 and 12 metres. Mathias will be using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via DL4MM, direct or via the Bureau Club-Log or LoTW. Listen for him in the
CQ 160m CW Contest on January 28th through the 30th, where he will be
using the callsign P40AA.

Alex, OE3DMA, will be operating as OE19AAW from Altenburg, Austria
during the 19th Antarctic Activity Week taking place between February
21st and 27th. Send QSLs to his normal callsign.

Listen for Thaire, W2APF, on the air as VP2MDX from Montserrat Island
until February 18th. Listen on 80-10 metres for Thaire using CW and SSB.
Send QSLs to his home callsign.

If you've been chasing operators in Italy for the WRTC Award, this
scheme resets every month. With the start of February, you have a chance
to work all the Italian special event WRTC stations again starting
February 1st and see how far up the monthly ranking tables you can get.
Full details are in the rules at WRTC2022.IT.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: NO MORE 'PI' IN THE SKY FOR 'ED AND IZZY'

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story is about a changing of the guard, of
sorts, aboard the International Space Station. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, tells
us what's been happening up there.

ED: After nearly six years of loyal service, Ed and Izzy have been told
their services are no longer needed. European Space Agency astronaut
Matthias Maurer KI5KFH / DP0ISS broke the news to them recently aboard
the International Space Station where the two AstroPi computers have
operated for a half-dozen years. Matthias completed the installation of
their replacements, which had been brought to the ISS in December on
board a Falcon 9 supply rocket.

The units comprise Raspberry Pi 4 Model B hardware, a 12.3MP camera, and
a range of sensors. The AstroPi units are capable of uploading code submissions from two programs: Mission Zero and Mission Space Lab, both
of which are used to nurture students' coding skills. The new units have greater capacity than Ed and Izzy and are expected to outperform them dramatically.

Now, this changing-of-the-guard should have come as no surprise to Ed
and Izzy, who were originally installed on the ISS by British ESA
astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB0ISS. The ESA gave a very public preview
of their replacements in September of last year, calling the
replacements essential - adding that the original batteries were due to
expire soon.

There was no word as to whether Ed and Izzy would be given a formal
farewell or even offered severance pay. The names of the new AstroPis
have yet to be disclosed.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(SOUTHGATE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the the ARRL; Ars Technica website; the ARS Awards
Website; the BBC; CQ Magazine; the DARC; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Hayden Honeywood, VK7HH; the IEEE Spectrum; Nordic Radio Society;
QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WRTC ORGANIZERS TO ATTEND ORLANDO HAMCATION

DON/ANCHOR: If you're excited about attending HamCation in Orlando,
Florida this month, and just as excited about the World Radiosport
Team Championships next year in Bologna, Italy, here's a way to
combine the two events. Be sure to look for organizers of the WRTC.
WRTC organizers said they're happy to be finally making the trip
after two long years. WRTC organizers Claudio, I4VEQ, and Fabio,
I4UFH, will be making a presentation at Contest University on
February 10th at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Orlando at SeaWorld,
and will be attending HamCation, which runs through February 13th.

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, the Bouvet Island 3Y0J Dxpedition has received
another financial boost in support of its planned activation in
November. The Norwegian Radio Relay League will be providing 20,000
Krone - the equivalent of about $2,200 in US currency. A number of
Norwegian DXpeditioners are participating in the much-anticipated
activation.

Meanwhile, in Antarctica, Chris, W2RTO, is active from the KC4USV
McMurdo Station on Ross Island (AN-011) on 20 meters. Chris is using
SSB and FT8, and will be on the air until mid-2022. QSL KC4USV via
K7MT or LoTW.

In Bulgaria, Anton, LZ1XM, will activate the special callsign LZ150GD
in honor of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Bulgarian
revolutionary Georgi Nikolov Delchev. Georgi is considered a national
hero. Anton will be on the air between February 1st and 28th. QSL via
the Bureau only.

Listen for Lee, K3DMG, on the air in Aruba as P4/K3DMG until the end
of March. He is operating holiday style on various HF bands using
mainly CW, RTTY, and the Digital modes. QSL via LoTW and eQSL. Paper
QSLs will not be accepted.

Throughout the month of February, Rob, PA0RDY, will activate the special callsign PF88ANT from Amsterdam, marking the 19th Antarctic Activity
Week celebration which takes place between February 21st and 27th. Send
QSLs via PA0RDY, direct, which is preferred, or by the bureau.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: WATCHING THEIR QSOS LIKE A HAWK

DON/ANCHOR: For our final story we say - don't look now, but there's
something on your tower, and it's NOT an antenna! Ralph Squillace,
KK6ITB, identifies the culprit.

RALPH: When it comes to hunting DX, it's always fun to do it as a team.
That partnership works nicely for Anne Elizabeth Manna, WB1ARU, and her husband, Tony, WA1ENO, who make good use of their 60-foot tower. It has
a Stepp-IR 3-element beam with a 40m loop about 53 feet up, and a
10-meter beam mounted crosswise above it at a height of about 57 feet.
The tower is also home to a home-brew 3-legged wire antenna, that runs
off the tower to trees that are across a pond behind their house. A
little lower down on the tower, a standoff mount holds ladder line that connects to the wire antenna.

While these are all good tools for hunting those elusive contacts, the
tower is frequently home as well to one of the most successful hunting
entities known to ham and non-ham alike: a local hawk. The hawk doesn't
need to key the mic to get a successful contact. The bird is, of course,
a bit more omnidirectional, but it doesn't require any SWR measurements
to safely get on - or in - the air. Anne shared a picture of the latest addition to the family tower in a recent Facebook post. As he sits in
that familiar hunt-and-pounce position that may be familiar to many
contesters, it's still a little hard to know: Does he have his sights
set perhaps....on Mouse Island off Corfu in Greece?

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

(ANNE ELIZABETH MANNA WB1ARU)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT News Service; Anne Elizabeth Manna WB1ARU; the
ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Interesting
Engineering.com; the Japan Amateur Radio League; KAN Israeli TV;
National Trail Amateur Radio Club; the New Westminster Record; Ohio
Penn DX; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great Britain; Russian Robinson
Club; the Searchlight Newspaper; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Straight Key Century Club; the Times of Israel;
the Turkish Press; VK90ABC.NET; Wireless Institute of Australia;
Youlou Radio Movement; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our
listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you
wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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BOUVET, MARS HELICOPTER ON QSO TODAY EXPO AGENDA

JIM/ANCHOR: Bouvet Island and the Ingenuity Mars helicopter are just two topics awaiting guests at this year's QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo next
month. Jack Parker, W8ISH, has more details.

JACK: For insights into the planning of the Bouvet Island 3Y0J DXpedition
in November this year -- or to hear how amateur radio and other technical pursuits can advance global technology -- these are just two of many presentations being offered at the next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo. It's taking place on March 12th and 13th. Presentations will also include some hands-on guidance on operating and building techniques. In all, there will
be more than 60 notable amateurs offering perspectives on at least 20 different topics. The keynote speaker is Courtney Duncan, N5BF, who
recently retired from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he worked on digital and radio frequency hardware and software for various space
missions. His most recent project was the Ingenuity Mars helicopter, for
which he was telecommunications lead.

Tickets and additional details are available at qsotodayhamexpo - that's
one word - dot com.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jack Parker, W8ISH.

(QSO TODAY)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Francis, F6BWJ, operating as FM/F6BWJ from Martinique until mid-March. You can hear him on 40/30/15 meters using CW only. QSL to F6BWJ.

Yuri, VE3DZ, is also on Martinique, operating as FM/VE3DZ starting on
February 19th. Listen on all HF bands where he will be using CW, SSB and
FT8. You can also hear him in the ARRL DX CW Contest on February 19th and
20th when he will be using the callsign TO4A. He will continue with the
TO4A callsign until February 24th. QSL via VE3DZ to the home call via
OQRS.

On the French side of St. Martin, you'll find Jeff, VA3QSL, operating as FS/VA3QSL until the 22nd of February. He is operating holiday style on CW,
SSB and the digital modes on 40 metres through 6 metres. QSL to his home callsign, via the Bureau or direct. You may also use LoTW after he returns home on February 22nd.

Jean, F4CIX, is using the callsign FW1JG from Wallis Island where he will remain for the next two or so years. Listen on 40/20/15/10 meters where he
is using SSB and FT8. QSL direct via LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: WHEN MORSE CODE HAS A FAMILIAR RING

JIM/ANCHOR: Hams who are learning Morse Code are often told it takes time before all those dits and dahs develop a comfortable familiar ring -- but
for one ham in Massachusetts, that comfortable CW ring didn't come for 29 years. When it did arrive, the ring didn't land on his ears, but on the
fourth finger of his left hand. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, ends our newscast
with that story.

MIKE: As Stephen Celuzza, K1SAC, practices to master his CW, you might conclude he's practically married to the study of the Code. While he's certainly devoted to his radio journey, he's more devoted to Becky, his
wife of 29 years. Becky understands the joy her husband takes in chasing
POTA activators and QSOs during the slow speed CW contests held by K1USN.
So when his original wedding ring no longer fit and couldn't be enlarged because of its distinctive pattern, Becky, who is an artist, devised a creative solution: She designed a new ring for her husband. It features
lotus flowers and bamboo stalks -- and a special secret Morse Code
messsage. Each flower stands for "dit" and each stalk represents "dah."
She cast a sample of it in bronze which the couple took to a jewelry
casting shop which created the final ring in white gold. As for what its hidden message, well, it begins with the letter "I" followed by the letter "L." When a couple is married for 29 years, there's no further need for guesswork in copying that code.

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

(STEPHEN CELUZZA, K1SAC)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT; Carole Perry, WB2MGP; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Heil Sound; the IEEE; Jocelyn Brault, KD8VRX; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; QSO Today; Radio Society of Great Britain; Stephen Celuzza,
K1SAC; South African Radio League; SOTA; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; West Bengal Radio Club; Wireless Institute of
Australia; the YL Beam; Youth on the Air; and you our listeners, that's
all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, if you consider working China to be an Oympian-style challenge, here's your chance. The Chinese Radio Amateurs Club has
activated a special event station operating on CW, SSB and FT8 in support
of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Hams will be
calling QRZ until the end of the Paralympic Winter Games. The call sign
is BY1CRA/WO22. The QSL manager is BA4TB. See QRZ.COM for available
awards.

Be listening for Rob, DM4AO, who is on the air from Cabo Verde as D44AO
until the 25th of February. He is using mostly CW and operating on 80
through 10 metres. He will participate in the ARRL CW DX contest on
February 19th and 20th. See QRZ.com for QSL details.

Listen for Yuri, VE3DZ, operating from Martinique as FM/VE3DZ until the
24th of February. He will be using the callsign TO4A in the ARRL CW DX contest. QSL to his home callsign or via ClubLog.

Karel, OK2WM and Vlad, OK2WX are on the air from Innahura island,
Maldives as 8Q7WM and 8Q7WX until March 8th. Listen for them on 160, 80
and 40 metres using CW and SSB. Send QSLs to their home callsigns.

(DX-WORLD.NET, SOUTHGATE)

**

KICKER: IN PENNSYLVANIA, HERE'S TO THE NEXT 100 YEARS

PAUL/ANCHOR: In a small town made world famous by a railroad property on
the classic American board game Monopoly, they're getting ready to
celebrate 100 years of radio activity. Amateur Radio Newsline's Mark Abramowicz (pronounced Abram-a-vich), NT3V, has our final story for
this week.

MARK: It's a centennial being marked by more than candles on a cake.

The Reading Radio Club in the town of Reading, Pennsylvania - about 55
miles north and west of Philadelphia - is reflecting on its past and
hopes for the future.

Joe Pietruszynski, AC3DI, is the club president.

He said a small community of wireless radio hobbyists in Reading were
part of ham radio's infancy.

"Thirty people or so that were experimenters," Pietruszynski explained.
"In fact, back in those days they used what they called spark gaps."

West Reading resident William Wagner, was listening at the right time.

"(The) Titanic had a spark-gap transmitter," Pietruszynski said. "In
fact, one of the local hams had heard the distress call."

Wagner became the first Reading area resident granted a federal ham radio license - 3KL - in 1913.

The group's history records Harold Landis, 3LP, who also got his license
just after Wagner, as gathering a group of hobbyists to form the Reading
Radio Club in 1921.

They gained official recognition in 1922, when the club affiliated with
the American Radio Relay League.

Pietruszynski said like many radio clubs, interest and membership has had
its ups and downs.

"I think we're on a cycle now where more and more interest is coming
in," he said. "Youth are where ham radio is going to wind up being."

What kind of impact will they have? The next 100 years may hold the
answer.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Reading, Pennsylvania.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT; Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society; CQ Magazine;
David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; the IARU; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; QSO
Today; Radio Society of Great Britain; the St. Patrick's Award; South
African Radio League; SOTA; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you, our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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COLLECTOR IN ENGLAND ENJOYS MORE THAN 200 RADIOS

NEIL/ANCHOR: If certain important people in your life, maybe even the
ones living under the same roof as you, constantly remind you that you
have far too many radios, perhaps it's time you shared this story about a retired electrical engineer in England and his collection of more than
200 radios. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has all the details you'll need.

JEREMY: How many radios is too many? Norfolk retiree Richard Allan
stopped counting when his collection reached 200. His shelves of crystal
sets, antique transistor and valve radios is valued somewhere around £15,000, or $20,000 in US currency. His favourite radio is the one his
late father bought in 1928 and listened to throughout World War II. His
father had been an amateur radio operator and at one point even built his
own transmitter. He passed along his skill for repairing radios to his
son along with his massive radio collection. Richard, who is 85, has
spent the past 50 years adding to that collection and restoring the nonfunctioning ones to good working order. He told the Daily Mail
newspaper: [quote] "The value is in the eye of the beholder." [endquote]

About 90 percent of the radios work just fine. The other 10 percent are
the ones that keep him busy. He told the newspaper: [quote] "If they were
all working, I'd have nothing to do with my time!" [endquote]

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

(THE DAILY MAIL)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Karel, OK2WM, and Vlad, OK2WX, are on the air as
8Q7WM and 8Q7WX, respectively, from Innahura Island, AS-Ø13, in the
Maldives, until March 8th. Listen for them on 160, 80 and 40 metres where
they will be using CW and SSB. Send QSLs to their home calls.

Listen for Oliver, DJ5QW, who is using the callsigns D4CW and D44DX from
Sal Island, AF-086, Cape Verde, until the 2nd of March. You can hear him
on 80-10 meters where he is using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign
or by the DARC Bureau.

Philippe, EA4NF, will be operating as EA8/EA4NF from Hierro Island,
AF-004, the smallest island of the Canary Islands. He will be on the air between March 4 and 6th using the FM and Linear low-earth orbit
satellites. He hopes to activate the very rare grids IL07 and IL17. QSL
via LoTW.

Listen for Gildas, F6HMQ, and Michel, F6GWV, operating as FG/F6HMQ and FG/F6GWV, respectively, from Guadeloupe until the 27th of March.
Operating on the HF bands holiday style, they will be in the ARRL International DX SSB Contest on March 5th and 6th and the CQWW WPX SSB
Contest on March 26th and 27th using the callsign TO3Z. For QSL
information, visit QRZ.com.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: DRAKE RECEIVER'S WINDFALL IS ITS.....WATERFALL

NEIL/ANCHOR: It's uncommon to mention "boat anchor" and "waterfall" in
the same sentence unless, of course, you're talking about the kind of
boat anchor you'd drop to secure a seagoing vessel. Meet a relatively new
ham who talks about boat anchors AND waterfalls on dry land - in his
shack. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, brings us this week's final story.

RALPH: Scott Baker, KK7CAI, is no stranger to tinkering in the shop. A
list of his varied electronics projects populate his website smbaker dot
com. So when he got his amateur radio license this past December, it was
only natural that he wouldn't let his newly acquired Drake R-4B receiver
stay in the 1970s forever. He decided to build a panadapter - a circuit
to capture a wideband signal from the old tube radio receiver. With the
help of an SDR dongle and his computer, his goal was to display all the transmissions on the band.

The project wasn't without its hitches and glitches. As he writes on his
blog: "I had to install a hefty RF choke on the cable going to the SDR,
or it would lock up whenever I transmit." There were other challenges
along the way too, but nothing he couldn't resolve.

Now the waterfall pours forth and the old Drake has entered the 21st
century. Scott says in his video it's a "useful visualization tool." Yes,
it's a success -- and more than that, it looks like this old boat
anchor's ship has finally come in.

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

(HACKADAY, SOUTHGATE, YOUTUBE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT; ARISS-USA; Bangor Daily News; Central Coast Amateur Radio Club; City Life Chelmsford; CQ Magazine; the Daily Mail; David
Behar K7DB; the Erie, Pennsylvania News-Times; Greg Mossop, G0DUB;
Hackaday; Ham Radio University; IARU Region 1; Ohio Penn DX; Politico; QRZ.com; QSO Today; Reuters; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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 Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, there's less than a year to go for the 3Y0J Bouvet
Island DXpedition, according to an announcement from the team. Operators
have confirmed that January 6 2023, is their scheduled date to leave Cape Town, South Africa for their destination aboard the vessel SV Marama. The DXpedition is expected to be active for 44 days in all. The operators are building in a contingency week. Bouvet is the second-most-wanted DXCC
entity.

Be listening for Wies, SP1EG; Hans, DK8RE; Frank, DM5WF; and Hans, DL8UUF, operating as OH0EG, from Fasta Aland, the largest island in the Finnish archipelago. They will be on the air between April 1st and 9th, operating
on 160 through 10 metres. Station OH0EG will participate in the Polish SP
DX Contest on April 2nd and 3rd, using CW and SSB during the contest.

Outside of the contest, operators may also use the callsigns as OH0/DM5WF
and OH0/DK8RE.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: IN AUSTRALIA, A WATERBORNE CONTEST STAYS AFLOAT

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Last week, we ended our newscast with a story about boat anchors. This week, Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, tells us something about some
other boats that occasionally become useful to hams in Australia: the
ferries in Sydney.

JASON: Now here's an amateur radio contest that has managed to stay afloat
for a number of years but, let's face it, these hams have traditionally
had a bit of help: They have boarded ferries in and around Sydney Harbour
for what has customarily been a six-hour competition on UHF and VHF with
their HTs. This year's event by the Waverley Amateur Radio Society is
still afloat, of course, but the pandemic has taken it mostly to dry dock
and shortened it to a four-hour contest. Hams, as always, adapt to circumstances. Competitors for the Sunday March 6th event were asked to operate on land or their own boats within sight of the harbour and to
avoid mingling with ferry passengers. The contest rules allow operators to
use repeaters or to make their contacts simplex. The rules even permitted operating from home or a mobile station.

In the tricky waters of this global pandemic, the Waverly Club has
adjusted, realising that what works is whatever floats your boat....or
not.

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

(SOUTHGATE, WAVERLY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Antique Wireless Museum; ARRL; the BBC; CQ Magazine;
David Behar K7DB; the DARC; Ed Gable, K2MP/W2AN; NEXUS-IBA; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain; South African Radio League; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SWLing Post; Waverly
Amateur Radio Society; WRMI; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all
from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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POTA ADDS NEW DX ENTITIES INCLUDING THOSE ON FALKLAND ISLANDS

NEIL/ANCHOR: Parks on the Air has announced a new group of DX entities.
Here's Vance Martin, N3VEM, with details.

VANCE: Parks on the Air is excited to welcome a new batch of DX entities
to the program this month. Be on the lookout for new parks getting added
in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Kingdom of Eswatini,
Bolivia, Paraquay, Uruguay, Suriname, Guyana, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago,
and the Falkland Islands. If your country, or one you'd like to
represent, is not yet part of POTA please reach out via the "contact us"
link from Parks on the Air dot com, and we'll help you get started as a volunteer country administrator.

In upcoming events, we hope you join us for the upcoming Spring Support
Your parks event on April 16th and 17th UTC.

We also hope you'll join us this summer for our very popular annual
plaque event, on July 16th and 17th, UTC. There will be three new
plaques available for DX activators this year, one each for stations activating outside of the continental US, in IARU regions one, two and
three. Sponsorship opportunities will be opening at the end of March, so
if you or your club is interested in sponsoring a plaque, please send an
email to N3VEM at parks on the air dot com. Due to steady growth, and improving conditions that make it possible to, as KN4MQR said on twitter "...load up a wet pasta noodle, and get pileups for hours" -- we are
expecting a very large turnout.

This is November Three Victor Echo Mike from the Parks on the Air news
desk.

(VANCE MARTIN, N3VEM)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Dick G3RWL, operating as 8P6DR
holiday style from Barbados until the 31st of March. He will be on 80
through 10 metres, using CW only. He will be active in the British Commonwealth Contest on March 12th and 13th, but the contest is not for
US operators. QSL to his home callsign, direct, or by the Bureau using ClubLog's OQRS.

In the Maldives, Laurent, F8CZI, is using the callsign 8Q7ZI until the
21st of March. He is operating holiday style using CW and SSB. QSL via
his home call.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: AUSTRALIAN MIGHT 'ROO' THE FATE OF HIS DIPOLE

NEIL/ANCHOR: For our final story, let's talk about ground wave
propagation. It's not unusual to use the earth's surface to help you
cover a short distance. Sometimes it's even preferable when you're using
one of the lower frequencies. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, tells us about one
antenna in Australia that recently covered a short distance in just this manner -- but it wasn't even transmitting at the time.

GRAHAM: Compton, VK2HRX, was operating portable one weekend last month
and went to bed happy with the performance of his linked dipole on 20,
40 and 80 metres. After a good day operating in the bush on Saturday, he
was looking forward to more good contacts when he awoke on Sunday
morning. He even left the antenna in place so he'd be ready to start
when the sun came up. But as he told fellow hams on the Oz SOTA mailing
list recently, things didn't quite work out that way [quote]: "When I
went to use it on Sunday AM it wasn't there." [endquote] He discovered
that one leg was broken at the 40/80 link and the other leg had simply vanished. Walking farther, Compton spotted the bright yellow antenna
wire up on a nearby hill. It was then that he remembered the previous
night when 20 or so kangaroos had come bouncing by. He guessed that one
of them may have run off with the wire. Likely he was trying to work
skip.

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

(OZSOTA Groups.io mailing list)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; ARRL; CQ Magazine; David
Behar K7DB; DXWorld.net; Facebook; the FCC; the Morning Journal News;
India TV News; Ohio Penn DX; OZSOTA Groups.io; QRZ.com; the Radio
Society of Great Britain; South African Radio League; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Stacy Holbrook, KH6OWL; the Statesman;
YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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 Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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NOMINATE YOUNG AMATEURS FOR NEWSLINE AWARD

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, young hams who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news of their own as a recipient of the Amateur Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year
Award. Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger with talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham radio.
Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY"
tab. Nominations close May 31st.

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Don, K6ZO, on air as D60AB between the 16th
and 29th of March from the Comoros Islands (AF-007). He will participate
in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest on March 26th and 27th. Don will also be
visiting Mayotte (AF-027), and use the callsign FH/K6ZO between March 18th
and 23rd. Don can be found on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL all callsigns via his home callsign direct.

A year-long special event will begin in Hungary on March 15th using the callsign HG200PS. Hams are marking the 200th birthday of Sandor Petofi, a revolutionary and celebrated poet. The station will be on the air until
March 15th, 2023. Be listening on all bands for operators using CW, SSB
and FT8. QSL via HA8RD, ClubLog or LoTW.

Listen for Thierry, F6CUK, on the air as TM8C from the Island of Brehat between the 23rd and 30th of April. Listen for him on 40, 30 and 20 meters using CW, SSB, and FT8. QSL to his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau,
and LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

***

KICKER: A MORSE CODE MESSAGE, ACCORDION TO HIM

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Next up, we offer you a serenade that's also a CW
Serenade. Morse Code enthusiasts have often likened the pattern of all
those dits and dahs to music. Now one ham in New Hampshire has taken
things one step further. Paul Braun, WD9GCO, hits the final high notes
this week with this story.

PAUL: Paul Castonguay [cass-tonn-gay], KC1LBL, is a ham who not only
composes messages when he's on the air — he can also compose a little
music when he's off the air. It's basic music with these basic lyrics: "CQ QRP." To get that message sent, he uses a special kind of keyer. It's not
a bug, an iambic paddle or a cootie. Well, actually, it's not a keyer at
all. It's an accordion. Paul performs his one-minute song on the accordion
to an appreciative audience of YouTube viewers. Fear not, music-lovers.
Even if you are completely CW-challenged or simply very QRS, this
performance comes with its own automatic decoder. It has subtitles. You
can watch his YouTube performance by using the link found in the text
version of this week's newscast. He's not expecting any QSL cards. Just applause.

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

[FOR PRINT ONLY, DO NOT READ:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKhVRtvHEn4 ]

(YOUTUBE, SOUTHGATE, STEPHEN WALTERS G7VFY)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DXWorld.net;
Facebook; the FCC; Ohio Penn DX; OZSOTA Groups.io; QRZ.com; the Radio
Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Stephen Walters, G7VFY; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from
the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

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 Shelbyville,
Tennessee, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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SPECIAL EVENT HONORS AMERICAN MUSIC LEGEND LORETTA LYNN

PAUL/ANCHOR: Get ready for a birthday party on the air, marking one of
the greats in American country music history. We hear more about this
special event from Jim Damron, N8TMW.

JIM: The Amateur Radio Service Club of Paintsville, Kentucky, will be operating a special event station from the birthplace of American
country music star Loretta Lynn, in Butcher Hollow, in Van Lear, Kentucky.
The hams are commemorating her 90th birthday.

During her musical career, Ms. Lynn received numerous awards including
three Grammys, seven American Music Awards, eight Broadcast Music
Incorporated awards, 13 Academy of Country Music, eight Country Music Association, and 26 fan-voted Music City News awards.

The club will be using the callsign K4L, which stands for Kentuckians
for Loretta.

The special event station will be operating from Zero through 2359 hours
UTC on April 14th, 2022 on all HF bands and on repeaters on the East
Kentucky Repeater System. They will also be operating some of the
digital modes, as well as CW.

For a specially-designed QSL card confirming your contact, send your QSL
and SASE to KY4ARC.

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

(JON HAGER N4KJU)

**

HAMS CLIMB UP FOR INTERNATIONAL HEMA SUMMIT DAY

PAUL/ANCHOR: Summit activators are getting ready for a formal
international challenge in the HEMA awards scheme. Ed Durrant, DD5LP,
bring us that report.

ED: Few challenges are too tall for radio operators who are accustomed
to conquering and activating summits. So when summit radio enthusiast
Rob, G7LAS, suggested to his fellow activators that they participate in
an International HEMA Summit Day on Saturday, April 2nd, they jumped on
board. Activators from around the world have committed to operating on
that day to get as many other summits in their logs as possible. Others
have pledged to be enthusiastic chasers. Activators will especially be
looking to grab contacts between HEMA summits in the recently added associations. To qualify for the HEMA award scheme summits must have a prominence between 100 and 150 metres over the surrounding terrain.

Details of the HEMA award scheme can be found at the internet address
given in the text version of this script at arnewsline.org.

[ hema.org.uk ].

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(FACEBOOK)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, the 3Y0J Bouvet Island Dxpedition has put out a QST
in the hopes that the team can add a radio operator from North America focusing on SSB. Co-leader Ken, LA7GIA, wrote in a posting on the team's Facebook page that the physical challenges during the DXpedition and the 10-day sail in early 2023 will be intense. The team guarantees pileups
but no showers for three weeks. The team members is expected to pay a
minimum of $20,000. Interested? Send an email to info at 3y0j dot no (info@3y0j.no)

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: NO DEFLATED EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS WEATHER BALLOON

PAUL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we hear about a group of university
students in Pennsylvania who were just as happy when their weather
balloon launched...as when it burst. Sel Embee, KB3TZD, has their story.

SEL: The morning fog covering Philadelphia burned off just in time for
the triumphant launch of the latest high altitude weather balloon of the Villanova University CubeSat Club. The balloon's 90-minute journey on
Friday, March 18th, began on the college campus in Pennsylvania just
before noon local time, and ended at 1:30 in the afternoon in central
New Jersey.

The payload included three amateur radio transmitters using the club
callsign W3YP, three cameras and a GPS tracker. Progress reports were
tweeted live by club advisor Alan Johnston, KU2Y, and the students livestreamed the action from the club's Instagram account. The helium-
filled latex balloon was designed to burst when the flight reached an
altitude of 60,000 feet or 18.2 kilometres. The payload was outfitted
with a parachute which returned it to Earth for successful recovery by
the students.

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

(TWITTER, FACEBOOK)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT-UK; the ARK; ARRL; CQ Magazine; Daryl Stout, WX4QZ;
David Behar, K7DB; DXWorld.net; Facebook; Global Bihari; Jon Hager,
N4KJU; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Space.com; Twitter; and
you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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POTA ACTIVATION MARKS A SCOUTING 100TH ANNIVERSARY

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: An anniversary celebration for Scouting gets on the air
on Saturday April 2nd in the form of a Parks on the Air activation. The
Ten Mile River Scout Camp Amateur Radio Club and the Fair Lawn Amateur
Radio Club will be operating with the callsign K2T from Bear Mountain
State Park, POTA Park K-2010, in Rockland County, New York. The hams are marking 100 years since the founding of the New York City Boy Scout
Foundation by Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was governor of New York State
at the time. It will be a multi band / mode operation. A commemorative
QSL card will be available. See K2T's page on QRZ for details.

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Israel is celebrating its 74 years as an independent nation and hams are using special prefixes 4X74 and 4Z74 between the 5th
and 11th of May. QSL cards via LoTW or indivdual operators. You may also
hear the callsigns during the Holyland Contest on April 15th and 16th.

In West Malaysia, Alex, SQ9UM, is using the callsign 9M2/SQ9UM from Kuala Lumpur until March 31st. Be listening on 40-6 meters where Alex will be
using CW, SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL via his home callsign.

In Nepal, Matjaz, S57MK, will be calling QRZ on various HF bands as 9N7MK during the trekking sessions on Mt. Everest between April 2nd and 23rd.
Watch his QRZ page for QSL details.

**

KICKER: APRIL FOOL! HERE'S A RIG THAT CAN TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Finally, with the arrival of April 1st, April Fool's Day, Newsline brings our special April Fool's Day correspondent, Pierre Pullinmyleg, out of retirement. We offer his very special report here.

PIERRE: Good day to you mes amis, it is I, Pierre Pullinmyleg with yet
another Amateur Radio Newsline exclusive report - so exclusive is this
that no one - not even the people in zis story - know that this is news.
So exclusive that not even YOU - our listeners - know that this is news.
I, Pierre Pullinmyleg, do not even know that this is news. But we
announce this week that history is made: the makers of the world's
amateur radios have signed a contract with the makers of the world's automobiles to build zee Rigmobile, an HF transceiver that seats up to
four passengers with plenty of cargo space -- and has an optional roof
rack and bobblehead doll on the dashboard. Now you can work DX and drive
there afterward to deliver your QSL card personally. Why rely on zee
lousy post office? Now on acceleration? She is fantastic! You will reach speeds of 300,000 kilometres per second - zee speed of light -- and no authorities except zee communications regulators can make you stop!!
After all, you already have your ticket. Zee Rigmobile means no more
annoying hours spent wiring your car and cursing. Get behind its wheel
and "Q R Z" is as close as your accelerator pedal! What could be better? <clears throat> Well....sources have told Pierre Pullinmyleg that there
are talks now with makers of the world's small passenger airplanes for a flying transceiver, Zee SkyRig. Zat seems zee best way to bust zat pileup we're expecting on Bouvet Island. For now, this is Pierre Pullinmyleg
saying "au revoir mes amis."

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT; ARRL; CQ Magazine; CNN; David Behar K7DB;
XWorld.net; Facebook; Nature.com; Ohio Penn DX; Paul Ewing, N6PSE;
QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain; Ralph Fedor, K0IR;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector;
Steven Reiners, KC9SIO; TAPR: Twitter; Yeudy Marte, HI5YJM; and you,
our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our
listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If
you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org
and know that we appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Antonio "Tony," CU8AS, who will be
active as CQ84AS from Flores Island between April 13th and 19th. He is
using the prefix CQ84 to celebrate his 84th birthday. Be listening on
160 through 10 metres where he will be using mainly CW with some SSB.
QSL via HB9CRV or LoTW.

Listen for Pat, N2IEN, Ray, W2RE, Lee, WW2DX, Rock, WW1X and Lori,
KB2HZI, who will be operating from Tortola (Tor-TOH-La), British Virgin Islands using the callsign VP2V/N2IEN from April 10th through the 16th.
Be listening on various bands and modes.

Three radio operators - VK3HJ, VK3QB, and VK6CQ - will be on the air
from Norfolk island using the callsign VK9NT from April 14th to the
25th. Listen for them on 160 through 10m where they will be using CW,
SSB and FT8. QSL via M0OXO.

Look for Max, DK1MAX, to be on the air between April 7th and 20th from
Burkina Faso as XT2MAX. He will be operating holiday style, using CW and
the Digital modes. Send QSLs via EA5GL.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

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KICKER: A 'CONCERTED' EFFORT AT CW

JIM/ANCHOR: For our final story this week, we recognize the fact that
for some CW enthusiasts, the joy of a successful QSO can be music to
one's ears. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, explains.

JIM: If you hear Chris Rio sending "CQ CQ de ZL4RA" in his latest
YouTube video, don't ask him what keyer he is using. You're better off
asking what Key: could it possibly be C-major we're hearing from him? No matter. Chris is using his fingers instead of his fist because he's not
in his shack. He's demonstrating CW on his electric guitar.

In the video, we hear a response from Adam, K6ARK, a California amateur
who shares Chris' enthusiasm for another ham radio pursuit: Summits on
the Air. Chris and Adam exchange signal reports, with Adam using a more conventional - and nonmusical - instrument of CW. Then, just like that,
it's all over. Fine business.

Chris shared his musical experiment as well as the video with friends on
the SOTA Reflector and apparently found a symphony of support. In fact,
Brian, G8ADD, confessed he had also tried the same thing once with his clarinet. And Ron, VK3AFW, suggested having a go with bagpipes. Whether
the next instrument is wind or percussion, one thing is certain. It is
sure to be a concerted effort.

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

(YOUTUBE, SOTA REFLECTOR)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARRL; CQ Magazine; Daryl Stout, WX4QZ; David Behar
K7DB; DX-World.net; the Erie Times-News; Facebook; the FCC; LABRE; Lloyd Colston, KC5FM; QRZ.com; the Millennium Post; the Radio Society of Great Britain; the SOTA Reflector; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; the Times of India; YouTube; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued
operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening on the HF bands for 8N650JP, the
special call sign being used by the Japan Amateur Radio League's Okinawa Branch. Hams are marking the 50th anniversary of the return of the
Okinawa Prefecture to Japan from United States administration. The
callsign is active through the 30th of September. QSOs will be confirmed automatically through the bureau.

In the Maldives, E77DX is active holiday style as 8Q7DX through the 27th
of April. Be listening on 80 through 10 metres. QSL via LoTW and E73Y.

Kenji, JA4GXS, will be on the air from Otsu Island, AS-117, from April
30th to May 1st. Be listening on 40, 20, 17 and 6m, where Kenji will be
using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via the home call.

Listen for the call sign 3Z80AK through May 31st. Polish amateurs are
marking the 80th anniversary of the formation of the Home Army, which
was the dominant underground resistance movement in Poland during World
War II. QSL via SP1PBW.

Start planning ahead for the 2022 Commonwealth Games that start on the
28th of July in the UK. GB22GE, one of the seven national special event stations for the Games, will operate on the grounds of the National
Exhibition Centre where the Games will be held for 12 days. The Radio
Society of Great Britain is asking for volunteers to operate the station
and chat with visitors. If you can help, send an email to RSGB Region 5 representative Neil Yorke, M0NKE, at rr five at rsgb dot org dot uk (rr5 @rsgb.org.uk.)

(DX-WORLD.NET, SARL, SOUTHGATE)

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KICKER: FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, ADVICE FOR THE "ORIGINAL SOCIAL MEDIA"

NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally, we end by remembering that ham radio is often
called the original social media, something to rely on in troubling
times. We listen now to the story of one YL who has been using her video channel on modern-day social media to help guide ham radio in these challenging times. Here's Graham Kemp, VK4BB, with her story.

GRAHAM: There are more than eighty-five hundred followers on the YouTube channel YL Raisa. Its provider, Raisa, R1BIG, has used her channel to
find a few "helping hams," some of the more well-known ham YouTubers in
their respective countries. She's asked them to help her continue her
work in reaffirming the definition of ham spirit. It's an important
reminder especially now in a troubled world and in light of World
Amateur Radio Day. Callum, M0MCX of DX Commander reminded Raisa that
"ham radio has a great history of crossing boundaries" and suggested she
host a friendship net once a month while operating portable from a
hilltop. Rob, VE3PCP, told her that by setting an example for YLs, she
helped put DXing within their reach. Ferry, YB0AR, in Indonesia, Ray,
AC5KD, from Texas, and Hayden, VK7HH, from Ham Radio DX, encouraged her
to continue with her videos, no matter what. Pete, M0PSX, of Essex Ham
said getting hams to brainstorm in online groups could be useful.
Finally, Ria, N2RJ, in the US extended the ultimate form of friendship
and ham spirit, the QSO. She reminded Raisa [quote] "I don't have you in
my log, we've gotta fix that." [endquote]

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

(YOUTUBE)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to the ARRL; BBC; CQ Magazine; David Behar,
K7DB; DXMarathon; DXWorld.net; INDEXA; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain; South African Radio League; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's
all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

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 Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Fabian, DF3XY, using the call sign
3B8/DF3XY in Mauritius between May 21st and June 2nd. Listen for him on
40, 30 and 20 meters where he will be using mostly FT8. QSL via DF3XY,
direct, by the Bureau and eQSL. Cards are also welcome from SWLs.

Byron, KF8UN, will be active as 4L/KF8UN from Georgia between May 9 and
11th but it is possible he'll be there a bit later. He will also be on
the air as TA/KF8UN from Turkey between May 22nd and 24th. He will be operating on 20 meters, SSB most of the time. QSL via his home callsign direct.

The fourth activation in the Israeli "Land of Craters" program is taking
place between the 13th and 14th of May. Be listening for operators using
the callsign 4X0RMN from the Negev Desert. Reference numbers for this
crater, known as the Ramon Crater, are Holyland Square F-30-BS,
Maidenhead WW Grid Square KM70jo and WWFF Reference 4XFF-0020. Radio
amateurs working three of the four craters are eligible for a certificate.
Be listening on 80 through 10 meters where the team of operators will be
using CW, SSB, and FT8. They will also use the QO-100 satellite. QSL via
4X6ZM, direct, by the Bureau, eQSL or LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: REMOTE POSSIBILITIES BRING THEM CLOSER TOGETHER

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Finally, when we talk about being "remote," we're
usually referring to people who are distant from one another. Here's how
one unique amateur radio project -- a new remote operation with its QTH
in Canada -- has redefined the meaning of that word, bringing people
together from all over. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, tells us what has made
it so successful.

RALPH: The heart and soul of the remote HF station operated by the
Inverhuron Ham Radio Club, VE3IHR, is the Kenwood TS850 that Rob Noakes
VE3PCP inherited when his father became a Silent Key. Controlled by
RemoteHams software and connected to a seven-band ground-mounted
vertical antenna, what was once the pride and joy of his dad's shack has become a valued key that has begun to unlock access to HF for amateurs worldwide: Some are living where an HF station does not exist or is not possible; others are away from home for extended periods. Add to those
groups an international collective of YLs, including Maria, R3TM; Biggi, DK3YB; Marija, YU3AWA; and Raisa, R1BIG, who worked one-on-one with Rob
to help coordinate operations for YLs and youngsters into this new
remote project. On Sunday, April 17th - a day before World Amateur Radio
Day - the YLs and youngsters got on the air using the remote stations's
new callsign VA3YLR. Rob told Newsline there are now seven YLs from five countries and four young hams from two countries all operating remotely through the station. Rob told Newsline that [quote]: "ham radio should
be kept as an open line of communications regardless of what may be
happening and we fully support that notion." [endquote] As the community
of users continues to grow, what seemed so remote is now well within the
reach of many.

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

(ROB NOAKES, VE3PCP)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT News Service; the ARRL; the Asahi Shimbun website;
CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DXWorld.net; Ed Wilson, N2XDD; Jocelyn
Brault, KD8VRX/VA2VRX; KCBD-TV; NASA; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Radio
Amateurs of Canada; Rob Noakes VE3PCP; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Tesla Science Center; US National Park Service;
Wireless Institute of Australia; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's
all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

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 Shelbyville, Tennessee, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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NOMINATE NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

DON/ANCHOR: We'd like to remind our listeners that it's time to think
about the next generation of radio operators and appreciate their skill
and dedication. Perhaps one of them will be the next recipient of the
Amateur Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year
Award. Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger in the continental United States with talent, promise and a
commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find application forms on our
website arnewsline.org under the "AWARDS" tab. Nominations close May 31st
-- and that's coming up soon.

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Michael, DF8AN, operating as FM/DF8AN
and TO8N, in Martinique, J97MN, from Dominica and a yet to be issued call
on St Lucia. He is on the air until May 1st on the HF bands using mainly
CW and digital. QSL using his home call.

Between May 9th and 14th, listen for Ilya, EX/R5AF, and Igor, EX/R4FCN, in Kyrgyzstan (KEER GUH STAN) on 40 through 10m. They will be using CW, FT8
and possibly some SSB. QSL via LoTW, Club Log, eQSL, HAMLog.

Yuris VU3FZC, Deepak, VU2CDP, and Monoj, VU2CPL, will operate from the
Andaman islands as VU4W between May 3rd and 16th. Listen on the HF bands.
For the official VU4W website reference refer to the text version of this broadcast at arnewsline.org.

[PRINT ONLY: DO NOT READ: https://www.lral.lv/vu4w/ ]

John, W2GD, will operate from Aruba between May 24th and 31st from the
P40W QTH. He will be using the call P44W. Be listening for him using CW on
all HF bands as time permits. He will place special emphasis on the WARC bands. QSL via LoTW and N2MM.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

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KICKER: TURNING 'CHILDREN'S DAY' INTO 'RADIO DAY'

DON/ANCHOR: We end this week with a story that answers a common question
these days: How do you get youngsters involved in radio? The answer is
simple enough: You get them on the air for some serious DXing. Here's Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, to tell us how it's being done.

JIM: Some people wait a lifetime for that special DX contact. But that
waiting period isn't part of the equation for youngsters in Japan.
Students in elementary, junior high and high school classes are at the top
of the list for contacts when the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition station 8J1RL calls QRZ for Children's Day, a national holiday in Japan.
The contacts will take place for several hours on May 5th using 21 MHz
SSB. This is the 63rd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition but for many
of the youngsters who'll soon be in the radio operators' log, it is going
to be a very big first.

The students in Japan will join the ranks of those who have gone before
them at schools in Alberta, Canada; Israel and the United States who,
instead of talking to the South Pole, have briefly mingled their voices
with those in space, through Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station. Whether young people talk to research scientists down below, or astronauts and cosmonauts up above, the spirit of adventure so dear to youngsters' hearts becomes even more accessible through the gateway of
amateur radio.

In that respect, the Japanese holiday of Children's Day, which promotes
the health and happiness of young people, is celebrated anywhere in the
world whenever a youngster discovers the magic of radio.

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

(SOUTHGATE, ARISS)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to ARISS; ARRL; BBC; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Dept. of Defense; FCC; Industrial Equipment News; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; WAGM-TV; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Gustavo, HC2FG, operating as HD8FG
from Santa Cruz island, Galapagos Islands, SA-004. He will be on the air
until the 8th of May, operating only on 6m FT8 and satellites. QSL to his
home call.

Reiner, DL2AAZ, will be active from Guadeloupe as TO2AZ from May 27th to
June 10th. Be listening on 40-10m where Reiner will be using CW and SSB.
Send QSLs to his home call.

Listen for Roland, F8EN, on the air from Libreville, Gabon as TR8CR during
the middle of May until July. Be listening on 40, 30 and 20 where he will
be using CW. Send QSLs to F6AJA.

Be listening for Paul, ZS2PS, who will be operating mobile as he visits Namibia in early May. He will be on the air through the middle of June, operating from various grids and doing some POTA activations. Be listening
on 80, 60, 40, 30, 20 and 10m. QSL via LoTW.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

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KICKER: THROUGH MUSIC AND MUSINGS, A RADIO DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HAMS

PAUL/ANCHOR: Finally, we end with a story about hams reflecting on being
hams. It's the sum and substance of a new radio documentary that made its premiere at an arts festival in the UK. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, brings us the details.

JEREMY: Radio celebrates radio in a half-hour audio documentary that made
its debut last month at an arts festival in Dublin. It is a mixture of interviews with amateurs based in Ireland, actual on-air contacts made by
the hams and - because this was for an arts festival - there is also music
by the Ficino String Quartet, an ensemble also based in Ireland. Dublin's
Five Lamps Arts Festival presented the half-hour programme, "Ham," as a broadcast on Dublin Digital Radio in early April. The documentary is the creation of Craig Cox, a composer and an active contributor to the city's experimental music community. All those musical notes are complemented by
an array of technical notes provided in interviews with Annard Brower,
EI4IQB; Ana Cañäizares Bejarano, EI5IXB; Tony Breathnach, EI5EM; and Joe Guilf, EI2JZ. The hams talk about moonbounce, signal reports, bandwidth
and the music inherent in the dits and dahs of Morse Code.

Though the Five Lamps Festival is a community-based event traditionally focusing on local arts, culture and theatre, the addition of the drama and culture of amateur radio transported the celebration across continents, if only for a few moments.

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

PAUL/ANCHOR: The documentary can be heard now on demand on SoundCloud. See
the text version of this week's Newsline script for the link.

[FOR PRINT, DO NOT READ: soundcloud.com/craigcoxsound/ham ]

(FIVE LAMPS FESTIVAL, SOUNDCLOUD)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Amateur Radio Experimenters Group; ARRL; BBC; CQ
Magazine; Dave Kalter Memorial Youth DX Adventure; David Behar K7DB; DXWorld.net; EMFCamp; Five Lamps Festival; The Hindu newspaper; the IEEE; James Gallo, KB2FMH; KPC News; New Zealand Association of Radio
Transmitters; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain;
Royal Belgian Amateur Radio Union; SoundCloud; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; shortwaveradio.de; The Times of India; the United States Navy;
YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Gerben, PG5M, active as HB0/PG5M
from Liechtenstein until the 15th of May. Gerben is operating holiday
style on various HF bands using CW only. QSL via PG5M or ClubLog's
OQRS. For updates, follow the Twitter page of his home call.

Members of the Ecuador DX Club will operate special event station HD1E
from Quito on Monday, May 23rd and Tuesday, May 24th. The hams are
celebrating Ecuador's Bicentennial Independence Day, which is on May
24th. They will be on all HF bands using all the usual modes. QSL via
LoTW. A free commemorative diploma will be available for all successful contacts.

Other hams in Ecuador who are members of the HCDX Group have been using
the callsign HD200BP since May 1st from Quito (Special Event) and will continue until the end of May. They are commemorating the 200th
anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha. Look for them on the HF bands
using SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL via EC5R.

Be listening for Reiner, DL2AAZ, using the callsign TO2AZ from
Basseterre Island, Guadeloupe, between May 27th and June 10th. Reiner
will operate holiday style on 40 to 10 meters, including 30, 17 and 12
meters. He will be using CW and SSB. QSL to his home call.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: A WORLD OF CONCERN FROM AN OCEAN AWAY

NEIL/ANCHOR: Our final story this week reminds listeners how small
amateur radio can make the world, especially in an emergency. Ed
Durrant, DD5LP explains.

ED: There's a great distance between the American South and the Azores,
where Geir Tore Christiansen LA5ZO was with his sailboat in late April.
The Norwegian amateur heard a ship's urgent transmission on 12 MHz
digital selective on his DSC-equipped HF radio and quickly pinpointed
its origin as the United States. Suddenly the vastness of geography
became irrelevant. Geir has been a radio operator on merchant ships and
oil rigs for much of his life and, as he told Newsline, responding to a
radio distress call is simply something an operator does. Geir reached
out to the United States Coast Guard via satellite phone. Meanwhile in
the U.S., the Coast Guard received a call on VHF-FM channel 16 from the
crew of that same ship off the coast of New Orleans, Louisiana. A crew
member had gone missing and was reported overboard in the Gulf of
Mexico.

According to a Coast Guard press release and a report on the nola.com
website, the Coast Guard sent out an urgent marine information broadcast
and several units of the service began a search in the waters. Geir said
he learned later that the man was successfully rescued. The Coast Guard
could not confirm those details to Newsline but a report on Southgate
Amateur Radio News said a heat-sensing camera located the man, who was
wearing an inflatable vest for flotation. A helicopter rescue pulled him
out of the water. No doubt the rescued man held fast to the lifeline as
it was lowered into the water for him. The other lifeline - radio - was
one he perhaps could not see but it was surely there as strong as ever.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(NOLA.COM, GEIR TORE CHRISTIANSEN LA5ZO, US COAST GUARD, SOUTHGATE)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARRL; Arpp, Root and Carter Funeral Home; CQ
Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Geir Tore Chrstiansen, LA5ZO; Mainichi
Shimbun; NOLA.COM; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great
Britain; Parks on the Air; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; Thorsten Schmidt, DO1DAA; US Coast Guard; Washington
Post; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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 Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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AMERICAN LEGION POST GETS NEW HAM CLUB

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Congratulations to American Legion Post 289 in
Clarksville, Tennessee, where members recently formed an amateur radio
club, joining other American Legion posts on the air. According to a
story on the Clarksville Now website, Larry Johnson, K4JOH, a member of
the post, was one of the key people in getting the club established for
the local military veterans' group. One of its big activities planned for later this year is to host the Boy Scouts' Jamboree on the Air in October
with help from the Clarksville Amateur Transmitting Society.

The American Legion's National Executive Committee approved amateur radio activities at its posts in 2011.

(CLARKSVILLE NOW, QRZ)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, members of the Voice of Toyoake Amateur Radio Club, JH2ZCW, are using the special callsign 8N2TY from Toyoake City, Aichi,
Honshu Island, AS-007, until November 30th. Operators are commemorating
the 50th anniversary of the Toyoake City. Be listening on 160m to 1.2 GHz where they will be using various modes. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or direct.

For signals from Cape Verde, listen for Pierre, HB9AMO, Philippe, HB9ARF,
and Marco, HB9CAT, using the callsign D4Z from Sao Vicente Island,
AF-086, during the CQWW WPX contest taking place on May 27th and 28th.
QSL via LoTW. The station may also be on the air before and after the
contest.

Listen for Rafael, EA5XV, who hopes to be on the air from Panama as
EA5XV/HP1 between June 28th and September 12th. Listen for him on SSB.
Send QSLs to his home call.

Fabian, DF3XY, will be active as 3B8/DF3XY from Mauritius, AF-049,
between May 21st and June 2nd. Be listening on 40, 30 and 20 meters where Fabian will be using mostly FT8. QSL via DF3XY, direct, by the Bureau or
eQSL. Fabian also welcomes cards from shortwave listeners.

Koh, JA1ADT, will be on the air as JD1AJD from Ogasawara, AS-031, between
June 24th and July 2nd. Listen on 20-6 meters where he will be using CW
and FT8. His operation will concentrate on 6m for Europe and North
America. Send QSLs to his home callsign.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: CARRYING A MEMORIAL MESSAGE WITH FLAGS INSTEAD OF RADIOS

SKEETER/ANCHOR: There will be recognition and honor for the Highland
Amateur Radio Association when the ham world gathers at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia, Ohio on the weekend of May 20th to 22nd. The
southern Ohio club was named Hamvention Club of the Year. Just a week
ago, however, club members themselves were the ones bestowing highest
honors. They did so without formality or fanfare. Ralph Squillace,
KK6ITB, has our final story.

RALPH: On Saturday, May 14th, carrying small American flags instead of
radios, a dozen or so Ohio amateurs planted each one at a burial plot for
more than a thousand military veterans at the city cemetery in Hillsboro, Ohio. It was a quiet act by the Highland Amateur Radio Association, which first stepped in three years ago when the local Scouts became unable to continue the tradition. John Levo, W8KIW, the club's public information officer, said many of the graves date back to the Revolutionary War. He
said that this year, a flag was also placed at one of the newer graves: Vietnam veteran Floyd Colville, KD8SIK, a beloved club member who became
a Silent Key late last year, having succumbed to the effects of Agent
Orange. John said Floyd was one of those who worked side by side with the team, installing those same flags during the previous two years. Placed
just two weeks shy of America's official observance of Memorial Day, the
flags will stay in place until the summer is through. So too will the
message each one carries — in this case, not in words transmitted over
the air, but delivered instead from the heart.

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

(JOHN LEVO, W8KIW)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARRL; the Ashe Post and Times; the Australian Communications and Media Authority; Clarksville Now; CQ Magazine; David
Behar K7DB; DXWorld.net; John Levo, W8KIW; Ohio Penn DX; Paul Raiche,
N1XI; QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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 Shelbyville,
Tennessee, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for special event call sign 9M22DX from
West Malaysia between June 1st and the 30th. The activation is designed
to promote mountain radio operation as well as DX. Between June 3rd and
5th, this callsign will be used from the Bukit Perangin summit on various
HF bands and modes. For the rest of the month, the activation will
continue as a DXpedition. QSL to 9M2CDX direct or via ClubLog.

Leonard, K1NU, will be active as K1JV from Shelter Key in Key Colony
Beach, Florida between June 11th and 18th. Listen on various HF bands
where Leonard will be using CW and FT8. QSL direct to the home call, to ClubLog or via LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: AT HAMVENTION, LOST AND FOUND AGAIN

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We end this week with a story of one of the unexpected
bonuses of going to Hamvention this year. It's not finding a good price
on a new rig or antenna or even winning a grand prize at a drawing. It's discovering something - or someone - believed to have been lost long ago.
Mike Askins, KE5CXP, brings us that story now.

MIKE: When the organizers of Hamvention declared it would be a Reunion
Weekend this year after two years of pandemic cancellations, they had no
idea how true the word "reunion" would ring for two hams in attendance. Shortly after Jocelyn Brault (pronounced "BRO") KD8VRX/VA2VRX and Jeff
Menard (MAY NARD) VA2SS were introduced to one another by a mutual
friend, Jeff had a flash of recognition and told Jocelyn: [quote[ "You
look familiar, don't I know you?" [endquote] Jocelyn, who lives in Ohio
but is originally from Montreal, didn't think so, especially since Jeff
is from Quebec. He was certain Jeff was mistaken. Still, Jeff kept
pressing for details as both of them continued talking, and it turns out
his hunch was right: The pair had known one another a lifetime ago: It
was on a campus in Sherbrooke, Quebec, where both had been college
students. Jeff and Jocelyn were nearly 30 years younger at the time and neither one had taken that leap yet into amateur radio.

Fast-forward now to the Xenia Fairgrounds, former college friends from
Canda reunited in Ohio by amateur radio.

The two exchanged call signs, their contact information and a promise to
stay in touch - on and off the air. All it took was the fine-tuning of Hamvention's Reunion Weekend to put two friends back on the same
wavelength.

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

(JOCELYN BRAULT, KD8VRX/VA2VRX)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amanda Farone, KC3GFU; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar
K7DB; DXWorld.net; Hackaday; Heil Sound; ICQ Podcast; Jocelyn Brault, KD8VRX/VA2VRX), Monaro Post; Ohio Penn DX; Pride Radio Group; QRZ.com;
Snowy Mountains Amateur Radio Club; the Radio Society of Great Britain;
South African Radio League; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

Be listening for the special callsign EI90IRTS, which was issued to mark
the 90th birthday of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society. Amateurs
throughout Ireland are calling QRZ with this callsign on all bands and
using all modes. According to a report from the IRTS, the call is already attracting pileups, so be ready. The callsign will be active for the
remainder of this year. QSL via Bureau, LOTW or eQSL. Direct QSLs can be
sent to EI6AL enclosing $2, or payment via Paypal or Clublog.

Harald, DF2WO will be using the callsign 9X2AW until the 22nd of June from Rwanda. He will be using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160m, 20m, 17m, 15m and
10 meters. QSL to M0OXO OQRS

Take (Tah-Kay), JS6RRR/JI3DST/JJ5RBH is on the air from Shodo island, AS-
200, until July 4th. Listen for the three call signs on 80m through 70cm
using CW, SSB, FT8, RTTY, FM. See QRZ.com for QSL details.

(DX-WORLD.NET, SOUTHGATE)

**

KICKER: THE DX TO END ALL DXES

PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with the story of the latest radio message that targets some receivers you might not necessarily find listed
on QRZ. Ralph Squilllace, KK6ITB, tells us what's going on.

RALPH: A group of Calfornia researchers is planning what some might call
"the DX to end all DXes." They recently announced they'll be transmitting
a message from a deep space network at Goonhilly, England, to an alien
solar system 39 light years away. The message targets TRAPPIST-1, a dwarf
star outside our solar system. Unlike amateur radio, the message to be
sent in early October will be able to transmit music, and it will, along
with details about the environmental crisis we are having here on earth.

The researchers are part of a group called METI International, a group of scientists devoted to pursuing interstellar messaging. In fact, the
acronym stands for "messaging extra-terrestrial intelligence."

Their planned message follows in the tradition of the most famous radio transmission to date, sent almost 50 years ago from the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. A decade later, another mode of messaging was
used involving the so-called “Golden Records,” phonograph records sent on board the two Voyager spacecrafts.

None of those attempts at communication reportedly got replies even though
in Voyager's case, instructions were included on how to play the records. Perhaps radio will win the day, after all, and this new message will
succeed where others seem to have failed.

Well, let's hope the band conditions are promising and hope someone is
still around if any reply comes.

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

(BIG THINK.COM)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARRL; the Australian Communications and Media
Authority; BigThink.com; Clark Ackison, AA8SH; CQ Magazine; David Behar
K7DB; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain; South
China Morning Post; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; the Wireless Institute of Australia; Youth on the Air; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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GERMAN RADIO CONFERENCE SEEKS PRESENTERS, PAPERS

JIM/ANCHOR: Following two years of gathering virtually, organizers of
a conference in Weinheim, Germany are preparing for an in-person
event. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, brings us that story.

ED: Organisers of the Weinheim VHF Conference are looking for
assistance from hams worldwide as they put together their next event to
be held in September. This in-person event follows two years of virtual conferences in response to the pandemic.

Presenters are needed on a variety of topics, not just related to VHF,
in keeping with the the event's broad focus on amateur radio computer applications, SDR, HamNet, digital processes and microcontrollers. The conference has been held since 1956, attracting amateurs throughout
Europe to share ideas and skills.

Interested presenters are asked to send a 300-word abstract no later
than July 19th. Scripts for the lectures will be due no later than
August 9th. The conference is being held from September 9th to the 11th
at the Dietrich Bonhoeffer School in Weinheim, Germany.

See the text version of this week's newscast for the full email address
where conference submissions may be sent.

[FOR PRINT ONLY: referate@ukw-tagung.org ]

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(WEINHEIM VHF CONFERENCE)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, listen for Makoto, Jay Eye 5 R P T (JI5RPT) on the
air from Ogasawara as JD1BLY from June 11th to the 14th. He will be on
40m to 6m using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL to his home call.

Be listening for Z21RU, the Russian DXpedition Team, on the air from
Zimbabwe from June 17th through to the 29th. The operators will be on
all HF bands as well as 50 MHz and will be using the QO-100 satellite.
See QRZ.com for a link to the team's website for additional details.

Special event station 4JF1EU (Four-Jay-Eff-One-Eee-You) is active in Azerbaijan until the 15th of June. The operator is Alexander Frolov
4J3DJ, who is on the air to mark the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Azerbaijan
in Baku. That race is taking place from June 10th to the 12th. QSL to Alexander's home call 4J3DJ.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: A MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE WAS IN THE CARDS

JIM/ANCHOR: When is a QSL card not just a QSL card? When it's a thank
you card for something so basic and so right that it is at the very
heart of our hobby. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, has our final story for this
week.

MIKE: Licensed since 1972, Dayton Martin, WB4JWD, has been around the
bands long enough to have a collection of stories, memorable contacts
and QSL cards, especially for all his CW contacts. One of the most
recent envelopes to arrive in his mailbox in Alabama, however, was
filled with promise too: He shared the story recently in a Facebook
post, writing [quote] "It came from an old ham who was licensed in 1957
but had been a 'CW listener' while in Vietnam...I gathered that he had
once had a big station. He spoke of big towers in the past. What he was thanking me for was patiently trying to pull out his weak signal on 30 meters." [endquote] At 81, Dayton said his hearing isn't what it once
was and the ham, a military veteran he identified as John K3BSY, was
operating barefoot near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with an Elecraft K3
and a mobile whip. Dayton and his cootie key got the job done and both
men logged their contact. Dayton told Newsline: "John complimented me
on my skills on copying him...He did say some would shun him because of
his weak signal." Perhaps some, but not Dayton. Realizing that working everyone is the privilege and the spirit of being a ham, he'll be
sending a QSL card in return and keeping John's as a reminder [quote]
"to not shun the weak signals, nor even the ones whose code is not the
best because you just never know!" [endquote] Oh, and he'll also be
listening again on 30m for his fellow CW enthusiast. Listening
carefully.

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

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARRL; Carlos Felix, KD9OLN; CQ Magazine; David Behar
K7DB; Dayton Martin, WB4JWD; Essex Ham; JAMSAT; DX-World.net; KWHI
NEWS; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Radio Amateurs of Canada; the Radio
Society of Great Britain; Silvercreek Amateur Radio Association;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; the Weinheim VHF
Conference; the Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to
support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Barry, FO/KD6XU, has been active from French
Polynesia and can be heard from the Society Islands. Be listening for
him using CW mainly on 40-12m bands.

Listen for Team ZY8AM from the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil between July
1st and 12th. They will be active on 160m to 6m using CW, SSB and FT8.
QSL using LoTW or Direct only.

In Guatemala, Stephen, K4IM, is on the air as TG9AWS until October.
Listen for him from 160 to 10 metres with a focus on RTTY. QSL via home
call, direct, LoTW, OQRS Club Log.

Roland, F8EN is on Gabon Island operating as TR8CR until the end of July. Listen on 40, 30 and 20 meters where he is using CW. QSL via F6AJA direct
or bureau.

(DX-WORLD. NET)

**

KICKER: MORSE CODE IS KEYING UP IN AUTOMAKER'S NEW CAMPAIGN

DON/ANCHOR: For our final story, we look at how one car maker's ad
campaign has embraced the spirit of the DXpedition. In fact, the car
maker is using that campaign as a vehicle - a four-wheel-drive vehicle in
this case - to honor the kind of adventurous spirit found in amateur
radio and to celebrate - in a big way - Morse Code. Here's Mike Askins,
KE5CXP, with the details.

MIKE: There's no need to keep a secret about what's going on at Jeep: the popular carmaker has been into Morse Code now for quite a few years. In
2015, there was the campaign slogan "Don't Morse Code and Drive," which
gave good safety advice to motorists having off-road adventures in their four-by-four. Later came a Morse Code message in the cars themselves,
dits and dahs in raised bumps visible on the driver's left footrest.
Decoded, the message spells out "Sand, Snow, Rivers, and Rocks," the
terrain the SUV was made to conquer with relative ease. Now there's a new campaign called "Jeep Code," released this past spring by the ad agency Publicis Groupe. The agency's executive creative director said on the
website Little Black Book online that CW serves as an ideal match for
Jeep because Morse Code is a good form of communication for people in
remote, off-road places. The agency directed the creation of a website to complement the campaign, letting people generate or translate their own
Morse Code messages, just for fun. That website is jeeplifeiscalling dot
com (jeeplifeiscalling.com)

When miles- or kilometres-per-hour teams up with words-per-minute, the
only thing left for the carmaker to do, perhaps, is to trade in all those ignition keys.....for straight keys.

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

(JEEPLIFEISCALLING.COM, LITTLE BLACK BOOK ONLINE, ADSOFTHEWORLD.COM)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Ads Of the World; AMSAT News Service; ARRL;
Astroscale; BBC; CQ Magazine; Daily Mirror; Daily Express; David Behar
K7DB; DX-World.net; JeepLifeIsCalling; IARU Region 1; Little Black Book Online; Millennium Post; NPR; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Robert Sabarese; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Sable Island DXpedition website; shortwaveradio.de; TechMonitor; the Washington Post; and you our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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. As always we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, there are a few days left to work members of the
Russian DX Team operating with the call sign Z21RU from Harare, Zimbabwe.
They are on the air until June 29th, operating on 160 through 6 meters
and on the QO-100 satellite. They are using CW, SSB and the Digital
modes. QSL via R7AL, ClubLog or LoTW.

Two special-event call signs are on-air from operators in Algeria. Listen
for Kamel, 7X2GK, operating as 7R19MG; and the Djefa Amateur Radio Club, 7X2VFK, using the call sign 7Y19MG. They are active between June 25th and
July 5th for the 19th Mediterranean Games being held in Oran, Algeria.
QSL 7R19MG via IK2DUW and 7Y19MG via 7X2VFK.

Listen for Alex, AK4AM, operating as AK4AM/p from Emerald Island, IOTA
NA-112, between July 3rd and 9th. He will be calling QRZ on 160-10
meters. QSLs only using LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: TIME TO READ MORE THAN JUST YOUR S-METER

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Finally, in this part of the world where we produce
Amateur Radio Newsline, summer has arrived - and for many that means it's
time to read something more than just your S-meter. Randy Sly, W4XJ,
shares some suggestions.

RANDY: It's that time of year when some amateur radio operators abandon
their shacks and head outdoors for the lazy crazy hazy days of summer.
Whether you're sitting quietly on a beach, enjoying a mountain view or
taking your hobby with you at a POTA station in a park, there may be
times when you say, "What else can I do?" Well, when you're not operating
ham radio, how about reading about ham radio? Not one of those technical manuals or heavy theory books, but a book about radio, about
communicating, and all the fascinating and dramatic stories that go with
it.

With the help of Russell Calabrese, KR2NZ, the book club moderator for
the Long Island CW club, I came up with a list of books that may make
good summer reading for those moments when you're off the air. If you
enjoy history, how about the "The World of Ham Radio," covering amateur
radio in the early 20th century. Or try "Code Girls, The Untold Story of American Women Codebreakers of WWII." There's also "Brass Pounders, Young Telegraphers of the Civil War." Want to know how single sideband started?
You can read "Wes Schum, Amateur Radio's Unsung Hero." Then, there's the
book by Don Keith, N4KC, "Riding the Shortwaves," which contains some
how-tos, along with fun anecdotes, stories and personal advice. For these
and other recommendations, check our longer list in the the text version
of this week's newscast at arnewsline.com.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Randy Sly, W4XJ.

[FOR PRINT ONLY: ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED BOOKS FOR SUMMER READING]

"The World of Ham Radio, 1901-1950" - Richard Bartlett
"Wes Schum: Amateur Radio's Unsung Hero" - Dominic Tusa
"Code Girls: American Women Codebreakers of WWII" - Liza Mundy
"Brass Pounders: Young Telegraphers of the Civil War" - Alvin F. Harlow
"Riding the Shortwaves: Exploring the Magic of Amateur Radio" - Don
Keith, N4KC
"Playing with Meteors" - Eric Nichols, KL7AJ (CQ books)
"The Collected Works of Professor Emil Heisseluft" (Humor) - Dr. Theodore
J. "Ted" Cohen, N4XX (CQ Books)
"Secret Wireless War" - Pidgeon, Geoffrey (ARRL books)
"Storm Spotting and Amateur Radio 3rd Edition" - Michael Correy, W5MPC,
Victor Morris, AH6WX (ARRL books)
"The life of St. Maximilian Kolbe: Apostle of Mass Communications" -
William L LaMay, K3RMW
"200 Meters and Down" - Clinton DeSoto
"The Land God Gave to Cain" - Hammond Innes

You can also simply search "Ham Radio Books" on the internet. You may also visit the Radio Society of Great Britain website:

https://www.rsgbshop.org/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Radio_Books___CDs_
29.html

(above URL all on one line)

(LONG ISLAND CW CLUB, RSGB)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to ARRL; the Associated Press; Aviation Today; CQ Magazine; catsanddogsontheair.com; Dan Romanchik, KB6NU; David Behar K7DB; DX-
World.net; Long Island CW Club; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Radio Society of
Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Stan
Pierson, AE0LM; Superlaunch.org; Swedish Society of Radio Amateurs; World Radiosport Team Championship Reflector; and you our listeners, that's all
from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Rafael, NN3RP will be active from Granada,
Nicaragua as YN2RP during July 5. He will be operating on the HF
bands, FM satellites, and will be using FT8/FT4, CW, RTTY, VarAC,
and SSB. QSL via LoTW and eQSL.

Be listening for Pete, ZL4TE, operating as E51RMP from the Cook
islands during July 14th through 21st. Although he will be mainly on Rarotonga, he will make a side trip Aitutaki, IOTA number OC-083, on
July 18th and 19th. Be listening on the HF bands. He will be QRP.
QSL to Pete's home call.

FIrst-time contest participant VK5KI will be on the air for the
Radio Society of Great Britain's IOTA Contest from Kangaroo Island,
IOTA number OC-139, off South Australia's coast, from Friday July
29th to Sunday July 31st. The station will operate in CW and SSB.
Before the contest, be listening on 80m through 10m. During the
contest, be listening on 80/40/20/15/ and 10m. QSL via Charles
M0OXO.

Be listening also for KL7RRC from Kiska Island, NA-070, during the
RSGB IOTA contest on July 30th and 31st. Send QSLs to N7RO.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: GETTING A STRING OF CONTACTS WITH A KITE

NEIL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we introduce a radio amateur who
is lucky enough to have found a way to combine two things she really
loves - amateur radio and flying kites. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, tells
us about her adventures in Kite POTA.

MIKE: Lisa Neuscheler (Newsh-Lurr), KC1YL, has found a way to string
together her Parks on the Air contacts from as close to her Florida
home as Texas and as far away as the western states, the Caribbean
and Europe. That's because the string she uses is the string of a
kite. The kite enthusiast launched her first high-flying ham radio
antenna in October of last year on Florida's east coast with
friends. Back home on the west coast near Tampa, she and her small
team have done eight kite activations since that time. This past
March, she was on Florida's Honeymoon Island when she achieved her
first POTA kite-to-kite contact with another team that also brought
their kite there.

Lisa told Newsline that she credits Kourt de Haas, KB5PRZ, with
inspiring her lofty goals after she learned that the Texas amateur accomplished his QSO with her in 2016 - while she was still living
in Connecticut - using an antenna on a kite over the Gulf of Mexico.
Now she runs along the Florida beaches with a POTA kite team of her
own, including Julie, NF1T, Jack, W1BBU, and others.

Her next challenge is a longer-distance POTA kite-to-kite contact
with her friend Paul, W1IP, in Connecticut. Their first attempt on
June 13th was scrapped by insufficient wind on Paul's local beach.
Lisa made 95 regular POTA contacts that day using her kite antenna
but none were made with Paul. So they're trying again on July 11th.

Lisa told Newsline: [quote] "You have to be happy when you are
holding a kite string." [endquote] No doubt she'll be even happier
if on that day the wind helps carries her ambition to reality. You
might even say it will be uplifting.

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

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Alexanderson Association; ARRL; CQ Magazine;
David Behar K7DB; DXWorld.net; Eham.Net; Facebook; Mary Bittner,
WBØPXM; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Ramona Sentinel; South African
Radio League; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de;
Thirteen Colonies Special Event; WESH Channel 2; and you our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-
volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its
continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our
website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all.

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 Union,
Kentucky, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, there is still time to work Elvira, IV3FSG, on the
air as 5X3R from Uganda until July 13th. She is operating on 80-10 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via IK2DUW, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog
or LoTW.

Be listening for the call sign CO9GNN from Cuba, where a number of
operators will be marking a special event, the 333rd anniversary of the founding of Santa Clara City, Cuba, which is IOTA NA-015. They will be on
most of the HF bands and on 2 meters using SSB and the Digital modes.
Digital diplomas are available. Contact Ernesto by email at ernesto c o 6
i d at gmail dot com (ernestoco6id@gmail.com)

A special event station in New Zealand is marking the 90th anniversary of
the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters Southland Branch 37.
They will be using the call sign ZL90GQ throughout July. For details
about the special award available and for details on how to QSL, visit
their QRZ.com page.

Listen for John, N9EAJ, operating as N9EAJ/P from Okaloosa Island, which
is IOTA reference NA-142, between July 24 and 31st. John will be on 40-10 meters using SSB and a little CW. You may hear him during the Radio
Society of Great Britain's IOTA Contest on July 30th and 31st. QSL via
N9EAJ direct or ClubLog's OQRS.

The exact details and dates are yet to be determined by Gilbert, 4F2KWT,
for a DXpedition that will be operating from the Spratly Islands with the
call sign DX0NE sometime between August 1st and December 31st, 2022.
There will be four operators and it will be a month-long activation on
the HF bands using CW, SSB, and FT8. QSL via 4F2KWT, ClubLog or LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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'HAM TALK LIVE' MARKS 300TH EPISODE

We'd also like to take a moment to celebrate with a member of the
Newsline family, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, on having completed Episode Number
300 of his podcast "Ham Talk Live," on July 5th. Neil is a Newsline
anchor and correspondent and a host of this lively talk show about one of
our favorite subjects. Congratulations Neil!

**

KICKER: HOPING TO SPY INTEREST IN REVIVING AN OLD NET

DON/ANCHOR: Finally, a popular CW net that went silent two decades ago
has found its voice in one amateur who is looking to revive it. He is
looking for hams with MK 123 transceivers or any spy radio equipment - including homebrew. We end this week with Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, who shares
some of the intrigue.

JEREMY: Colin, F5VHZ, remembers the great days of the Spy Set Net that attracted hams at the Bletchley Park Radio Club GB2BP. Back then the rig
of choice was mainly the MK 123 radio. The hams held CW nets, special
events and even a bit of chat. Colin recently posted on the QRZ forums
that he hopes to find like-minded amateurs who will join him once again
in calling "CQ, CQ CQ Spy Set Net," adding their call sign. Any CW speed
is welcome. Colin's love of history and old radios dates back to his home-brewed crystal projects as a child and a memorable visit in 1964 to
the British Science Museum where he saw a World War II radio transmitting
text from China's Chairman Mao in RTTY. He got his licence as F1HIC when
he moved to France, then returned to the UK in the 80s, becoming G1YEB.
He joined the Bletchley Park radio club and after passing the CW test he became M5AET. He was part of the first Spy Set Net operating mainly on
3.514 and 7.028 MHz. The net fell silent over the years but Colin told Newsline: [quote] "I have decided to try and kickstart the old Spy Set
Net back into action." [endquote] Of course, it will be on the old frequencies.

With a nod to a little espionage history, Colin adds a final thought:
"You can make up and send your own 'secret' message as in World War II,
like a string of messages: Thomas's bike has a puncture, Mary has found a
blue rose, there are owls in the woods tonight, etcetera." [endquote]

It's all a bit of fun and yes, even a little intrigue. Colin hopes he
spies others who are interested. His email is in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

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

[FOR PRINT ONLY: Colin's email is f5vhz@gmail.com]

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the A-13 GROUP NEWSLETTER; AMSAT-UK; ARRL; CQ Magazine;
Darren VK6EK; David Behar K7DB; Facebook; HawaiiARES.net; Institute of
Amateur Radio in Kerala; KITV HAWAII; Lloyd Colston KC5FM; Maritime Radio Histocial Society; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur
Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Pete, ZL4TE, using the call sign
E51RMP from the South Cook Islands through to the 21st of July. He will be operating holiday style, QRP on some of the HF bands and will also be on
VHF, using the digital voice mode D-STAR. Pete will be using both CW and
SSB. Send QSLs to his home call.

Listen for special event stations 4Z21MG and 4X21MG to be active from Maccabiah Village in Israel during the 21st Maccabiah Games, an
international sporting event, through July 26th. Operation is on various HF bands using CW, SSB, FT8. There will also be operation on various
satellites. QSL via 4X6ZM.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE ANNOUNCES 2022 YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR

JIM/ANCHOR: Amateur Radio Newsline is proud to announce the winner of the
2022 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year award. Newsline's Mark Abramowicz (Abram-o-vich) NT3V, chairman of the award program, is here with the story.

"Really? Oh, my God!"

That was the reaction of Audrey McElroy, KM4BUN, after learning she had
been selected as the recipient of Newsline's Young Ham of the Year award.

Audrey, of Cumming, Georgia, is the daughter of Thomas McElroy, W4SDR, and Janet McElroy, K4PRM. Her brother, Jack, is KM4ZIA.

Audrey is 18, and an honor student who graduated in June from Forsyth
Central High School in Cumming, Georgia. She already has begun computer science studies at Georgia Tech.

She credits her parents with generating her early interest in amateur
radio.

"By the age of like 3 or 4, I was out there helping my dad put antennas up, run coax in the hot summer heat," she recalls. "And, I became so fascinated looking into the radios."

Audrey passed her Tech test in June 2014 at the age of 10, took her General license exam a few years later and passed her Extra test on Election Night 2016 at the age of 13.

In 2019, Audrey was invited to join the Dave Kalter Memorial Youth DX Adventure to Curacao.

"Probably one of the best experiences in my life, not only in amateur radio but overall," she recalls. "We were so blessed to be able to use the PJ2T station."

"And we spent day and night making contacts. We broke the record for the number of contacts made. I think we made over 65-hundred contacts in just
the span of really just a few days when you count up all the hours."

Audrey says she put her love of amateur radio together with her pursuit of biotechnology STEM studies in high school to produce a senior capstone
project that involved a high-altitude balloon launch.

Her payload was small roundworms or C elegans.

"My whole project was launching them up to 100,000 feet, which I calculated using the amount of helium and everything," she explains. "And at the same time, I was taking measurements and readings about the pressure and the temperature."

But this was not her first launch. She credits her mentor, Bill Brown,
WB8ELK, a NASA engineer, with helping her achieve success in launching
several high altitude and orbiting balloons including one that circled the globe nearly five times.

Audrey has made presentations during forums in Dayton, Huntsville and for
the Youth on the Air camp. Audrey says promoting amateur radio is a big
part of her immediate future.

"Now, I kind of make it my mission to bring more youth and especially women into amateur radio and STEM," she says.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V.

JIM/ANCHOR: Audrey will receive her award on Saturday, Aug. 20, during ceremonies at the Huntsville Hamfest in the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARRL; Consumerguide.com; CQ Magazine; CNN; the Dit Dah
CW Gang; David Behar K7DB; NASA; ORARI; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; QSOToday; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio; thedrive.com; UN Office for Outer Space Affairs; USKA: and
you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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PROS TO MENTOR TEEN RADIO ENTHUSIASTS

PAUL/ANCHOR: A new program is creating a yearlong partnership between
radio professionals and teens -- and Andy Morrison, K9AWM, tells us how
it works.

ANDY: Founded as the Junior Wireless Club more than a century ago by a
group of teenage radio enthusiasts, the world's oldest professional
wireless radio organization is now reaching out to teen hobbyists in a
new formal role: pairing them with mentors.

The Radio Club of America already has an array of initiatives focusing on young people: a Youth Activities Program launched three decades ago
focuses on STEM studies through ham radio; a college scholarship program supports students in engineering and related fields; a Young Professionals program boosts the careers of those under the age of 30.

The club's Mentorship Program brings young people and veteran RCA members together for an intensive year of one-on-one support. The RCA's
president, John Facella, K9FJ, said in a statement: [quote] "RCA
recognized that an important new value for our membership was to have our
more experienced members provide help to members who were relatively new
to the wireless industry." [endquote]

The program recognizes the need for diversity and inclusion and will
encourage both mentors and mentees to outline goals and expectations as
their year together gets under way. The program's co-chairs are Paul
Scutieri and David Witkowski, W6DTW.

Additional details are available on the RCA website at
radioclubofamerica.org

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Andy Morrison, K9AWM.

(RADIO WORLD, RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA)

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KICKER: WHEN HOME-BREW GIVES A TASTE OF HISTORY

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our last story is about amateur radio generosity. An Ohio
ham with a gift for home-brew has now shared that gift with a radio
museum. Jack Parker, W8ISH, concludes this week's report with that story.

JACK: When Robert Gunderman, W8INO, built his home-brewed radio equipment
in the post-World War II era, he did so in the tradition of radio's
earliest pioneers. Recently those radios found a new QTH where they now educate future generations by giving visitors a glimpse of radio's roots
from a home-brewer's perspective.

The move took place with the help of John Levo, W8KIW, and other members
of the Highland Amateur Radio Association, this year's Hamvention Club of
the Year. With their assistance, David Gunderman, K8DG, was able to
provide a relevant museum with this carefully built collection from his
father Robert. Robert is relocating and will no longer have room for the equipment in his new home. Robert's collection has found a welcoming home
of its own now at the West Virginia Museum of Radio and Technology in Huntington where president and curator Geoffrey Bourne told Newsline the equipment is already on display. The items include a 2-inch oscilloscope,
a CRT rejuvenator for black and white TV images, a power supply and a converter - and a transmitter and receiver, both capable of operating on
10 through 80 meters.

Geoff told Newsline in a phone call that the craftsmanship shows true artistry. He said [quote] "the quality of the construction is
unbelievable." At the time Geoff spoke to Newsline, nothing had been
powered up yet, but the equipment was already doing its job anyway,
carrying its message of homebrew pride, the kind that amateurs respect
most.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jack Parker, W8ISH.

(JOHN LEVO W8KIW, GEOFFREY BOURNE)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the AMSAT-UK; ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Forbes; Geoffrey Bourne; the Graham Leader; John Levo W8KIW; IARU Region 1; Ohio
Penn DX; Olney Enterprise; QRZ.com; Radio Club of America; Radio World; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Space.com; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Raji, CN8QR, using the special call 5E9QR, from Marrakesh, Morocco from August 16th through to the 29th. Raji
is marking "Youth Day" and the 59th birthday of King Mohammed the Sixth.
Be listening on various HF bands. QSL via CN8WW.

Alan, VK1AO, will be on the air as 4W/VK1AO from Dili, Timor-Leste, until August 4th. While visiting family, he and plans to activate IOTAs OC-148, Timor Island, and OC-232, Atauro Island, and a number of Parks on the Air locations. Be listening on various HF bands where he will be using CW,
SSB, JS8 and FT8. QSL via eQSL, ClubLog or LoTW.

Elvira, IV3FSG, will be active as 5R8LH from Madagascar, AF-013, between August 1st and September 9th. Be listening on 80-10 meters where she will
be using SSB, RTTY and PSK31 in her spare time. QSL via IK2DUW, direct,
by the Bureau, ClubLog or LoTW.

Be listening for Bernhard, DL2GAC, on the air July 30th through September
15th as H44MS on Guadalcanal Island, OC-047, in the Solomon Islands.
Bernhard will be on 80-6 meters using SSB and possibly FT8. He will also
be active in the RSGB IOTA Contest on July 30th and 31st. QSL via DL2GAC, direct, by the Bureau or via ClubLog.

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KICKER: NO NEED TO DECODE A SON'S DEVOTION

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with a story about an event
that's not just a special event station but a tribute to a father from
his son. Randy Sly, W4XJ, picks up the story from here.

RANDY: Herb Goodluck, N7HG, grew up knowing that his father had served
with the Marines during WWII, but that was all. Then, in 1968, when the mission was declassified, he and his family first learned that John V. Goodluck was one of the famous Navajo Code Talkers, who used their native language to craft a messaging system that defied decryption by the enemy.
Herb gradually heard more and more stories of his father's efforts in the war's Pacific theater, enlarging his appreciation for their risks and contribution to winning the war.

When his father died in 2000, Herb, who had earned his amateur radio
license in 1996, wanted to do something special to honor him and preserve
the legacy of all who had been a part of the Code Talkers. "I was so
proud of my father," he told Amateur Radio Newsline, "and wanted to give
him - and all of them - something in return." So, in 2004, he reserved
N7C as the callsign for the first annual Special Event to take place
around August 14, which is Navajo Code Talkers Day.

Eighteen years later, this devoted son still honors the legacy of his
father and his fellow Code Talkers. This year's special event will run
from August 10 through the 14th. You can contact the station using phone,
CW and FT-8 on 40, 20 and 17 meters. Additional information can be found
in the QRZ.com listing for N7C.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Randy Sly, W4XJ.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARRL; Associated Press; BAREC; CQ Magazine; David
Behar K7DB; Essex Ham; Jurgen ON8VC; LABRE; NRRL; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com;
Radio Society of Great Britain; Reuters; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SpaceNews; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Tom, KA1IS, (Kay Ay Won Eye Ess)
who will be on the air as JW/KA1IS on Spitsbergen Island (EU-026)
between the 10th and 16th of August. He'll be on various HF bands
using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign.

Eugen, DL8AAI, will be active as 5H2JK from August 8th to 14th
from the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania, (National Park
5HFF-0005). He will operate afterward in the town of Moshi. Be
listening on HF where he will be using SSB. QSL via home call
through bureau only.

Along with around 300 other teams, the Isle of Man Amateur Radio
Society will be celebrating the 25th annual Lighthouse and
Lightship weekend on August 20th and 21st by activating the Point
of Ayre Lighthouse. This will be "Lighthouse IM0001" for the
weekend and operators will be using the club call sign, GT3FL for
the full 48 hours. Listen on 80m through 70 cm. Operators will be
using CW, SSB and some digital modes. There will be a special 25
years of ILLW downloadable certificate available for the
lighthouse teams taking part. See QRZ.com for further details of
GT3FL's activation.

Plan ahead to be listening for Kasimir, DL2SBY, will be active in
Monaco as 3A/DL2SBY between October 20th and 23rd. He will be
using mostly FT8 but some CW. He will be operating with 100 watts
and mobile antennas. QSL only via ClubLog, direct or LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX, IRTS)

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KICKER: YLs STILL CELEBRATE THE MESSAGE OF A TELEGRAPHY PIONEER

DON/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with the story of an
international group of YLs paying tribute to a telegraphy
pioneer. For that story we turn to Sel Embee, KB3TZD.

SEL: A statue stands in Cobourg, Canada honoring Fern Blodgett
Sunde, the first Canadian woman to hold a second class wireless
operator's certificate. Blodgett Sunde herself stands as a
pioneer and role model for many women who've followed her path in
sharpening their own telegraphy skills, even those in civilian
life. During World War II, Blodgett Sunde crossed the Atlantic
Ocean 78 times aboard a Norwegian ship because neither Canada nor
Great Britain permitted women to work on board their country's
ships. Recently, members of the Canadian Ladies Amateur Radio
Association made trips of their own - some of them crossing
oceans too - in order to see that statue. The visitors who
arrived in Cobourg on July 28th included Ann Nutter, VE3HAI,
Sarla Sharma, VU2SWS, Suzanne Snape, VE7IM, Roberta Williams,
VA3RMWX, and Janet Maggart, N9ZKU. They told the website, Today's Northumberland, that after watching the unveiling of the statue
two years ago in an online video they started planning their own
journey to be there in person.

Such tributes may not have the same sense of ceremony and pomp as
the one in 1943, when Blodgett Sunde became the first woman to be
honored by the King of Norway who gave her the Norwegian War
Medal. But there is perhaps no greater honor than to be
recognized by a generation that follows your path, a community of
YL operators gathering from around the world to celebrate someone
who led the way in wartime.

This is Sel Embee, KB3TZD.

(FACEBOOK, TODAY'S NORTH UMBERLAND)

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HUNTSVILLE HAMFEST INVITATION

DON/ANCHOR: One final note: An invitation to join us August 20th
at the Huntsville Hamfest in Alabama, as we present our annual
Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year award to Audrey
McElroy, KM4BUN. We, along with the Huntsville Hamfest staff and
our corporate partners CQ Communications, Yaesu USA, Heil Sound
and RadioWavz Antennas, hope to see you there. To find out more,
visit hamfest.org.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to ALARA; the ARDC; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David
Behar K7DB; DV Scotland; Eric, G6FGY; Facebook; the FCC; Hamfest
India; IRTS; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great
Britain; RepublicWorld.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; SpaceKidzIndia; Stephen VK3SN; Today's North
Umberland; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur
Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-
volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its
continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our
website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We
also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please
leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

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. As always we thank you for
listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, members of the West Bengal Radio Club, VU2WB,
will be using the call sign AT2AAM on August 15th to commemorate
the 75th anniversary of India's independence from the UK. Be
listening on various HF Bands. QSL to AT2AAM or VU2WB.

Be listening for Eugen, DL8AAI, on the air as 5H2JK/p from August
11th through the 17th during a hiking tour in Kilimanjaro
National Park, 5HFF-0005. He will be on the air holiday style,
mainly on SSB on 20 through 10 metres, using the World Wide Flora
and Fauna frequencies. QSL via DL8AAI.

In Cuba, Lefty, CO2QU, is on the air from from Havana, NA-015,
until December 31st, on 30 meters, using FT8/FT4, and 6 meters,
using FT8. QSL to CO2QU direct via LoTW.

Members of the Saudi Amateur Radio Society, HZ1SAR, are on the
air as HZ1CPCF for the Crown Prince Camel Festival special event,
until September 4th. Be listening on 20, 17, 16 and 6 metres
where the operators are using CW, SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL to HZ1SAR.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: WE NEVER SAUSAGE A THING

NEIL/ANCHOR: Over the past few weeks, Newsline has carried
stories about the fabulous images transmitted back to Earth from
the James Webb telescope. We end this week's newscast with an
update, a report that has.....even more...meat to it. Here's Paul
Braun, WD9GCO.

PAUL: Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away there was a
French physicist with a report that was also far, far away...in
this case, from reality: In late July, a very excited scientist,
Etienne Klein, posted an image on his Twitter account,
identifying it as the James Webb telescope's highly detailed
capture of Proxima Centauri which, at 4.2 light years away from
Earth, is the closest star to the sun. It is so close to the sun,
in fact, you might say it sizzles. In this case, it sizzles like
sausage -- because that's what it turned out to be: a single
round slice of chorizo, a type of savory Spanish smoked sausage,
in closeup under the camera lens. Klein later admitted his post
was a light-hearted deception but only after thousands of his
Twitter followers - who presumably were NOT vegetarians - had
approved of the image. He told French media later that the tweet
was meant only as a joke and insisted that any and all reports of
celestial sausage are, you might say, tough to swallow. You might
even call it a bit of baloney.

This is Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

(PEOPLE MAGAZINE)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARDC; the ARRL; Bernie Van Der Walt, ZS4TX;
Bob Josuweit, WA3PZO; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; IARU Region
1; Northeast Today; Ohio Penn DX; People Magazine; QRZ.com;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Space.com;
SpaceKidzIndia; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-
volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its
continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our
website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We
also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please
leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

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
Union, Kentucky, saying 73. As always, we thank you for
listening.

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KICKER: 8-YEAR-OLD WAKES UP TO HER DREAM QSO

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Some amateurs go to sleep dreaming of a contact with an astronaut on the International Space Station. One young girl in a
coastal town of England went to sleep recently only to awaken quite
suddenly to the real thing. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has her story.

JEREMY: US astronaut Kjell [pronounced "CHELL"] Lindgren, using the
call sign NA1SS, was aboard the ISS over England recently just as 8-
year-old Isabella Payne had gone to bed. The Broadstairs girl's trip to dreamland was short-lived, however. Her father Matthew Payne, M0LMK,
woke her suddenly so she could fulfill another dream while fully awake:
A chance to talk with an astronaut via amateur radio during the short
window of opportunity. Matthew, the holder of a Full licence, has been
helping Isabella to study to become an amateur and both are members of
the Hilderstone Radio Society.

Isabella told the Isle of Thanet newspaper that the contact [quote]
"made my day and night." [endquote] Likewise, the astronaut wrote on
Twitter that even though he has worked stations on all continents and
spoken to many children through the Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station programme, this short chat was probably his all-time
favourite.

Isabella's next stop is the website of the US space agency, NASA, where
her chat with the astronaut is being featured, along with her photo.

This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(ISLE OF THANET NEWS)

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With thanks to Arden Nelson KA9WAR; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar
K7DB; DX-World.net; IEE Spectrum; Isle of Thanet News; Lou N2CYY; Ohio
Penn DX; Peshtigo Times; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; US Circuit Court; The Verge; Young Amateurs Radio
Club; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

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and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, members of the Zagreb Amateur Radio Association will activate the special callsign 9A24ZRF during the 24th ZagrebRadio Fest on September 2nd and 3rd. QSL via the Bureau or LoTW.

In Malaysia, the Taiping Amateur Radio Club and the Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitter Society (MARTS), will be using the callsign 9M65MA from August 30th through to September 1st. This is to mark the 65th anniversary of Malaysia's independence. Listen on various HF bands for operators using CW, SSB, FM and the Digital modes. QSL via 9M2OHM direct.

Trinidad and Tobago will be marking the 60th anniversary of their
independence with an amateur radio special event operated by members of
the Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society. They will be using the
callsign 9Y60TT between the 26th of August and the 2nd of September. Listen
on HF as well as the VHF bands where operators will be using CW, SSB, Slow Scan TV, Digital Modes and Moonbounce. They will also be making use of satellite contacts and APRS via the International Space Station. Be
listening as well on DMR, C4FM, D-Star and EchoLink. QSLusing LoTW, ClubLog
or QRZ.com.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: ONE ANTENNA THAT'S A-MAIZE-ING

JIM/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with a story about field day. No, not THAT field day. For this story, we're going straight to the field - the
corn field, that is. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, brings us some kernels of wisdom.

RALPH: If you're stalking the newest and most unusual kind of antenna, look
no further than the two 8-foot-tall green stalks that Kevin, K0KLB,
harvested recently in an Iowa cornfield to create the homebrew vertical he called the CornTenna. Relying on the combination of two stalks plus their inherent conductive moisture, Kevin had a hunch that by joining them and adding a copper wire, mounting them on a wooden batten and adding radials,
he might get an SWR acceptable enough for some QSOs on 20m. With a little adjusting, the CornTenna tuned right up in the field and, well, things
were soon popping. Operating at 5w QRP, he logged two contacts in Texas and had a few other contacts that almost made it into the log. Not quite smooth
as silk, but for a Corn-Tenna? Downright a-maize-ing. You can see Kevin and the CornTenna in action on YouTube at the link in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org. He's got a real antenna farm and yes,
he's having a field day.

Meanwhile, one lingering question remains: Whether this innovative vertical can hold its own in a real amateur radio DX CORNtest. We're all ears.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

[FOR PRINT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG1e1K1RR-s&t=165s ]

(YOUTUBE)

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With thanks to the Alabama Contest Group; the ARRL; Arstechnica; CQ
Magazine; CNN; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Indian YL Echolink Net; Levi
C. Maaia, K6LCM; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the
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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Michel, F5LRL, is operating as CN2DX in Morocco
through to the 9th of September. He is operating holiday style on various
HF bands using CW, SSB and FT8. He recommends that operators look for him between 0500-1000 UTC and 1800-2200 UTC. QSL via EA5GL.

Be listening for Mike, VE6TC, operating as ZL4/VE6TC, on the air from
Stewart Island, IOTA OC-203. He is in Grid Square RE43BE. Mike will be operating until early October and can be found on 20m. QSL direct to the
home callsign, via the Bureau, via LOTW or EQSL.

Operators Sven, PA1SVM, "JW," PA7JWC, and Maarten, PD2R, will be on the
air as OZ/PA1SVM, 5Q7DX and OV2T, respectively, from North Jutland
between September 11th and the 18th. Listen on 160-2 meters where the
team will be using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL to OV2T via PA0ABM.
QSL to 5Q7DX via PA7JWC or LoTW. No QSL cards will be available for
OZ/PA1SVM.

Listen for Masa, JA0RQV, using the callsign A35JP from Tongatapu Island,
IOTA number OC-049, until September 30th. Masa will be on 80-6 meters
using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW and ClubLog, or direct with $2 in US currency. You may also use the Bureau via his home callsign JA0RQV. He
will be unable to send paper QSLs until his return to Japan in October.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: THIS HAM'S MEMORY ISN'T FOOL-HEARTED

NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally, we end this week's report with a memory that's
sweetest in the mind of one radio amateur, a songwriter who shared the
glory of having a hit single four decades ago. Skeeter Nash, N5ASH,
caught up with him recently.

SKEETER: Forty years ago, on August 28, 1982, a song co-written by a
young Nashville songwriter - and sung by an up-and-coming future
superstar - was at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles
chart. The song was "Fool Hearted Memory," and the singer was George
Strait. What does this have to do with amateur radio, you ask? The
young songwriter was Byron Hill, KD4KMQ. and the song was his first
Number One cut. I recently asked Byron to reflect on how the song
came to be, and how it feels to celebrate this musical milestone.

BYRON HILL: Back in 1981, I was writing on Music Row at a company called
ATV Music. They had film connections and wanted me to write a song for a movie. They wanted an artist connected with the song, so that maybe they
could have a hit on Country radio. My Publisher connected me with a young producer whose name is Blake Mevis. Little did we know that they were
writing the very first Number One for George Strait! So the song, "Fool Hearted Memory," ended up being a lot more successful than the film was,
and played such a big role in George Strait's success.

SKEETER: KD4KMQ then recalled his beginnings in amateur radio, and how
the hobby helped him to write another hit song for another Country
superstar named "George".

BYRON HILL: I was interested in radio since the time I was very small;
you know, even as a kid, I had a CB base station that my parents got me
from Sears Roebuck - even had a Morse code Morse keyer. When I get a
little older, I went in the Boy Scouts; took Radio Merit Badge. Later
on, I met a friend who is a songwriter in Nashville, who was also a ham operator. Started writing songs together; and one of the songs that we
wrote was a song called "High-tech Redneck" for George Jones. So we
kinda leaned on our Ham Radio knowledge for that, even though we didn't
put "ham" in there; but we put a lot of technical stuff that made George
sound really cool - and that cowriter was a guy name Zach Turner, and
his call sign was N4ZFM. Anyway, I went on to get my General Class
license, but I kind of went a long period there where I didn't get on
ham radio; but thanks to you, Skeeter, I kind of got a little more
involved. But basically, you know, I'm just a novice radio guy with a
General Class license, and I've got a lot of new stuff to learn if I
want to catch up!

SKEETER: Thanks, Byron! Glad to be part of your ham radio experience! There’s more to the story, and you can access the full interview with
Byron Hill in the "Extras" section at arnewsline.org. Reporting from Shelbyville, Tennessee - about an hour south of Music City - I'm Skeeter
Nash, N5ASH.

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; ITV.COM; NASA; Northeast SOTA Club; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector; T-Mobile; The
Verge; Wireless Institute of Australia; YouTube; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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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 Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, George, K5KG, Steve, K4EU, and Tom, K4NMR, are active
from Iceland, EU-021, until September 20th. They will be using the TF/
prefix with their home calls. Listen for them in various contests. QSL
via the home calls or LoTW.

Be listening for Steve, WB4GHY, active from Diego Garcia Island, IOTA
AF-006, between the 16th of September and the 16th of November. He will
be using the callsign VQ9SC. Be listening on 160 - 10m, where Steve will
be using SSB and FT8. Send QSLs via WB2REM.

Michal, OK1WMR (OK1M), is active as FR/OK1M from Reunion Island, IOTA
number AF-016, until the 12th of September. Listen for him on 20, 15 and
10 meters using SSB, RTTY and possibly FT8. QSL via OK1M.

Be listening for Mike, VE6TC, active as ZL4/VE6TC from Oban, Stewart
Island (IOTA OC-203). He will be on the air until early October. QSL via
the Bureau, direct to his home call, eQSL or LoTW.

(DXNEWS.COM, OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: THEY GOT ON THE AIR TO SAY FAREWELL AND THANKS

PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week with a story of grief among friends in a close-knit California radio group. They celebrated her life recently by
doing just what she wanted them to do, as we hear from Ralph Squillace,
KK6ITB.

RALPH: Getting on the air became a way of life after retirement when
Kathi Mixon, KD6CAF, joined with her husband Ken, KC6WOK, and some
amateur radio friends to create the GOTA Hams, a group that celebrated friendship and family. The couple's RV soon became the club's mobile
shack, gaining the callsign WG6OTA.

Kathi, who lived in Covina, California, became a Silent Key on the 10th
of August. The last few years of her life were filled with club
activities: radio in the park, drilling EmComm skills and social
gatherings inside the GOTA Home RV at San Dimas Canyon Park. Shortly
after her death, the GOTAHams website devoted a section of its home page
as a memorial to the woman they affectionately called the Mother of
GOTAHams.

According to a notice in the YLBeam newsletter, Kathy had a congenital
liver disease known as primary biliary cirrhosis, and after a difficult
final year, she died in hospice care this summer. Ten days after her
death, the club held a celebration of Kathi's life in a local park.
Everyone was asked to bring some food and memories to share. Organizers
also made one more request: Bring your radios too and get on the air.
That surely would have pleased the woman known as the Mother of GOTAHams.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(YLBEAM, GOTAHAMS.COM)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT-EA, the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DXNews;
GOTA Hams; the Indian Academy of Communication and Disaster Management; OceaniaDX contest; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Space.com; Wireless Institute of Australia; the
YLBeam; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

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to us.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Stephen, VK3SN, on the air from
Christmas Island for a week beginning the 24th of September. He is a member
of the Christmas Island Amateur Radio Club and will use the club's call
sign, VK9XX. Be listening during the afternoons and evenings local time
when he will be using SSB and FT8 on the HF bands. For details visit the
club website at c i a r c dot org dot au (ciarc.org.au)

Be listening for Pablo, LU7MT, operating as 5K0C; Daniel, LU9FHF, operating
as 5J0DX, Jose Louis, LU1FM, operating as 5K0T, and Alejandro, LU8YD, operating as 5K0YD, from San Andres Island, IOTA number NA-033, from
September 16th through to the 25th. Listen on the HF bands as well as 6m.
The hams will also be making use of various satellites. They will be using
CW, SSB and FT8/FT4. For QSL information, check the QRZ.com pages for the individual calls.

Listen for Kevin, 2E0KKV, Peter, G4UIX, Stuart, M0SGV, and Ray, M0XDL using the callsign GB0IOW from the Island of Wight, through the 23rd of
September. This is a trip by the South Dorset Radio Society. Listen on the
HF bands where operators will be using SSB and various digital modes, especially FT8. QSL via eQSL or LoTW. For direct QSL, send to M0XDL.

Special event stations 7Z92ND, 8Z92ND, and HZ92ND, are now active until September 25th in Saudi Arabia to mark the 92nd anniversary of the "Unification Day for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" and "Saudi N ational
Day." Free electronic awards are available at the level of gold, silver and bronze for hams who request them by email. QSL all callsigns via HZ1SAR,
the Saudi Amateur Radio Society.

In Northern Ireland, Pastor Brian Madden, GI0RWO, will be using the special callsign GBØKC to celebrate the new King Charles the Third, as well as remembering the passing and the exemplary service of Queen Elizabeth the Second. There were no details about modes but the DX clusters have shown
him on 20 and 40 meters SSB. QSL via E-mail. Send details of your QSO to
him at pastorbrianmadden at me dot com (pastorbrianmadden@me.com)

(OHIO PENN DX, VK3SN)

**

KICKER: HISTORIC PAGODA IN PENNSYLVANIA COMES ALIVE WITH RADIO

DON/ANCHOR: For our final story, we ask: What does a Japanese-style pagoda that became a historical landmark for a Pennsylvania community have to do
with a radio club's centennial anniversary? Amateur Radio Newsline's
Mark Abramowicz (Abram-o-vich), NT3V, takes us on a journey for the answer.

MARK: To residents of the town of Reading, Pennsylvania, The Pagoda here
atop Mount Penn has been a part of the skyline since the early 1900s. It
has become the most recognizable tourist attraction and symbol for Reading
for more than 100 years.

Local historians say it was built to cover up a developer's gravel quarry damage to the mountain overlooking this city. The seven-story structure, modeled after an actual Japanese pagoda, was supposed to become a luxury hotel.

But the history books say its owner failed to get Pennsylvania's permission
to serve alcoholic beverages there. The owner claimed his pagoda never realized its full potential and he went bankrupt.

By 1911, the city officials bought The Pagoda for a dollar and opened it to the public as a local attraction. More than 60 years later, it was listed
on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Pagoda became a natural symbol for the emblem adopted by the Reading
Radio Club, which is marking its 100th anniversary this year.

On Saturday, Sept. 24, the club will be on the air from The Pagoda as a special event station using the club call sign W3BN.

Three other HF stations using W3BN also will be on the air from the Reading area for 12 hours to give amateurs an opportunity to join the party and
earn a keepsake color certificate featuring a photo of Reading's historic Pagoda.

You'll find more on the Reading Radio Club's Facebook page or on QRZ.com, search W3BN.

I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Reading, Pennsylvania.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARRL; CQ Magazine; the CRAC; David Behar K7DB; Engadget; Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport; GuardonLine; ICQ
Podcast; IEEE Spectrum; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Radio Amateurs of Canada; Reading Radio Club; South African Radio League; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; shortwaveradio.de; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, the special callsign 9H6QE is being used by the
Marconi Amateur Radio Circle, 9H1MRC, on the island of Malta, IOTA
number EU-023. The activation celebrates the life of the late Queen
Elizabeth II. The station will be on the air until October 14th on
20,17,15, 12 and 10 meters. QSL direct only via 9H1MRC.

Be listening for Francesco, IK6QON, on the air as 5R8FG from Madagascar
from October 8 and the 17th. He will be operating holiday style on
various HF bands using CW and SSB. He will also be on on Nosy Be Island,
IOTA number AF-057, and Nosy Iranja Island, IOTA number AF-57, and in
the city of Diego Suarez in the north part of Madagascar. QSL via
IZ6BRJ, direct or through the Bureaus.

Listen for Gianpi, (Jee-On-Pea) IK1TTD, on the air on 20 metres as 8Q7TD
from the Maldive Islands, on Fasmendhoo Island, IOTA number AS-013,
between October 2nd through to the 17th. He is commemorating his 25th
wedding anniversary. QSL via his home callsign, direct, through the
Bureau or LoTW.

Alex, K6VHF, will be active as K6VHF/HR9 from Roatan Island between
October 27th and 31st on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and 10 watts on the digital modes. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog OQRS, eQSL, direct or through the
Bureau to his home callsign.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: ON LONG ISLAND, A TOWER OF POWER

PAUL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we take you to Long Island, New York,
where inventor Nikola Tesla conducted many of his groundbreaking
experiments. Tesla's former laboratory is the perfect inspirational spot
for a ham radio club to celebrate an important anniversary. Jim Damron,
N8TMW, tells us what happens next.

JIM: Marking its 75th anniversary on Long Island, the Suffolk County
Radio Club, W2DQ, appreciates what it means to be part of radio history.
So it's celebrating the occasion at a nearby historic spot -
Wardenclyffe, the former laboratory of electronics innovator Nikola
Tesla, now renamed the Tesla Science Center. Though the noted engineer
and inventor died in 1943 - four years before the radio club was founded
in Suffolk County, his spirit will be present on October 8th when the
club activates special event station N2T from the historic tower between
1500 UTC and 2359 UTC.

Ed Wilson, N2XDD, vice president of the Suffolk County Radio Club, told Newsline in a phone call that Wardenclyffe was the perfect place for the special event station because of the history behind the site and Tesla's contributions to radio. Hams contacting the operators during the event
will be able to receive a downloadable certificate.

Meanwhile, even with Tesla himself long gone, his old laboratory is
still functioning as an incubator for new things in the radio universe.
The Tesla Science Center Amateur Radio Club, N2TSC, was formed this past
July by a handful of hams. Ed, who is also its president, told Newsline
that members have the immediate goal of focusing on education in the
schools - a priority that is sure to have an impact that lasts beyond
the next 75 years.

This is Jim Damron, N8TMW.

(ED WILSON, N2XDD)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT-UK; the ARRL; Bernard Wehrli, HB9ALH; CQ Magazine;
David Behar K7DB; Ed Wilson, N2XDD; Jocelyn Brault, KD8VRX/VA2VRX; Ohio
Penn DX; QRZ.com; REAST; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; Twitter; the USKA; Youth on the Air Camp; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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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 Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso,
Indiana, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for the special call sign TM10KIY (TM one zero
Kay eye why), marking the 10th anniversary of the Radio Club du Pays de
Nied through until October 7th. Club members will be on various HF bands
using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and FT8/FT4. QSL via F4KIY, through the Bureau
or direct.

In Guadeloupe, listen for Sigi, DL7DF, Manfred, DK1BT, Wolf, DL4WK,
Annette, DL6SAK, Tom, DL7BO and Frank DL7UFR operating as TO2DL between
the 10th and 23rd of October. Guadeloupe has the IOTA designation of NA-
102. Operators will be on various HF bands using different modes. QSL via DL7DF, direct or through the DARC Bureau. The full logs of the DXpedition
will be uploaded to LoTW six months after the team has returned.

Members of the Calabria DX Team will be active as ID9Y from Vulcano
Island, IOTA number Vulcano Island, IOTA EU-017, between October 5th and
9th. They include Alex, IK8YFU, Domenico, IW8RAO, Sal, IZ8CZR and Luigi/IU8GUK. Listen on various HF bands where the operators will be
using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL only via LoTW or eQSL.

Marco, IS0BSR, and a number of other amateurs will be using the call sign IMØB from San Pietro Island, IOTA number EU-165, between October 22nd and November 5th. QSL only via LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: RADIO RIDES ALONG FOR MOUNT WASHINGTON HILLCLIMB

JIM/ANCHOR: For our final story, we visit Mount Washington in the United States, a summit known to pose a challenge to anyone who wants to get to
the top. Amateur radio helped make that triumphant trip safer recently
for some bicyclists, as we hear from Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

RALPH: There's no question in anyone's mind that New Hampshire's Mount Washington, the highest peak in the northeastern United States, presents
a climb to remember, whether by car, by foot or even by bicycle. The
summit of 6,288 feet - or nearly 2 km -- is hardly a challenge for radio waves, which is why hams from clubs and emergency service units
throughout the state and other parts of New England were on hand a few
weeks ago for the 49th annual Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle
Hillclimb.

More than 500 cyclists turned up for the event, which is the largest fundraising event held by the Tin Mountain Conservation Center, a environmental education group in New Hampshire. Riding up what is
considered by experts to be one of the world's toughest hill climbs,
cyclists were assisted only by their own stamina and muscle power -- and
of course the power of amateur radio.

It was a particularly big day for one cyclist, a four-time winner who not
only regained his title but set a new record of 50 minutes and 38
seconds. The ride itself raised more than $20,000 for the nonprofit
group. It was also a big win for the hams who were given a big share in everyone's victory. Race director Erin Holmes told the competitors
afterward [quote]: "We could not do this event year after year without
teams at the Mount Washington Auto Road and the Central New Hampshire
Amateur Radio Club as our eyes on the mountain to keep you all safe."
[end quote]

In that respect, everyone crossed the finish line together.

I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(CONWAY DAILY SUN)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; the ARRL; Central Coast
Amateur Radio Club; the Conway Daily Sun; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Millennium Post; National Science Foundation; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com;
Radio Society of Great Britain; Ron Skipper, W8ACR; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Thornton Tomasetti; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Didier, F6BCW, is active from the Marquesas Islands,
IOTA number OC-027, using the call sign TX7G until the 15th of October.
Listen on 80-10m, where Didier will be using CW, SSB and possibly FT8 and RTTY. QSL via F6BCW.

Don, K6ZO, will again be active from Malawi as 7Q6M from October 19th
through to the end of November. You can listen for him on 160-6m. He will
also operate during the CQWW SSB and CW contests. See QSL details on the
QR Zed dotcom page for 7Q6M.

Be listening for Helmut, DF7EE, who will be operating from Madeira after
the 25th of October as CT9/DF7EE along with CT9/D D 8 Zed X. He will be
using the callsign CQ3W for the CQWW SSB contest. See QSL information on QRZ.com.

In Antarctica, Oleg, ZS1OIN [Zed Ess 1 Oh Eye Enn], will be on the air on
the HF bands as RI1ANU from Novolazarevskaya (No-Voh Lazza Rev Sky Yuh) Station at the end of October. QSL to his home call.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

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KICKER: WITH HAMS' HELP, A FESTIVAL OF HOMECOMING JOY

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with a story of how hams helped bring about a well-timed family reunion in India. Graham Kemp, VK4BB,
tells us how it happened.

GRAHAM: The annual festival of Durga Puja is a big source of celebration
in India, especially in eastern states such as West Bengal. It marks the journey of the goddes Durga as she returns to her family home. For the
Satpute family in the Indian state of Maharashtra, however, there was a
more immediate return home that brought them joy: The family's 73-year-
old patriarch, who went missing 15 years ago and was presumed to be dead,
came home with the help of a network of amateur radio operators.

It was an extra source of happiness, too, for members of the West Bengal
Radio Club, who specialise in accomplishing reunions such as these -- especially because it happened during this holiday.

Club secretary Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA told Newsline that he was
contacted by Dipankar (DEE-PANK-ARR) Chatterjee, a retired member of the Indian Air Force, who was out walking with friends when he noticed the
man eating scraps of food off the street. The friends guided the man to a location where he could get food and clean clothing. Chatterjee reached
out to the hams, explaining he believed the man to be mentally
challenged. Club members were able to determine that that the man was
from a part of Maharashtra, nearly 12,000 kilometres away. It did not
take long for hams in Maharashtra to respond to the West Bengal amateurs' calls and to track down the family. Suddenly, the holiday took on even
more meaning as the Satpute family prepared for a long overdue reunion.

This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE, WEST BENGAL RADIO CLUB)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; the ARRL; BBC News; CQ
Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.Net; GERATOL Net; IARU; Indo-Asian
News Service; NASAp QRZ.com; SKCC; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; US Department of State; West Bengal Radio Club; and
you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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to us.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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RADIO BOOT CAMP WELCOMES NORTH AMERICAN HAMS

NEIL/ANCHOR: Every ham needs a guide at one time or another, no matter
the level of license. Sel Embee, KB3TZD, is here to tell us about a Ham
Boot Camp program designed to break down so many of the mysteries in
amateur radio.

SEL: No matter how much studying you do, are you ever fully prepared to program your HT? Do you know what it takes to successfully transport
and set up a portable station? How do you get involved in emergency communications, select the right key for CW or even build your own
station and set it up for the different modes? Ham Radio Boot Camp was
created by the Nashua Area Radio Society, N1FD, to address these
questions and scores of others that new hams, seasoned hams - and even prospective hams - may have. You don't even need to be in New
Hampshire, or for that matter, New England, to attend the all-day
session on November 5th. It is taking place on Zoom and anyone in North America is able to attend. Sessions start at 10 am Eastern Time
focusing on subjects of concern for Technician-level licensees. In the afternoon, topics move to issues encountered by hams who hold General
or Extra Class licenses. The program ends at 6 p.m. Eastern Time.

See the link in the print version of this week's newscast script at arnewsline.org. The program is free but registration is mandatory.

This is Sel Embee, KB3TZD.

[ FOR PRINT ONLY: www.n1fd.org/register-ham-bootcamp/ ]

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Wolf, OE1MWW, operating as
S79/OE1MWW from the Seychelles until the 21st of October. He will be
operating holiday style on 20m using FT4/FT8, CW and SSB. QSL to his
home call.

Listen for Moto, JA1GZV, operating from Okinawa island, Iota Number
AS-017, as JS6UKY/6 from October 18th through to the 25th. Moto will be
on 40-15m using CW. QSL via Bureau, e-QSL or Direct to JA1GZV.

Listen for a team of DXpeditioners using the call VP2MLB from
Gingerbread Hill on Montserrat through the 20th of October. They are
calling on 160 through 6m using CW, SSB, and FT8/FT4. QSL details can
be found on QRZ.com.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: HORRORS! ZOMBIES SEEKING QSOs WITH CW OPS

NEIL/ANCHOR: As so many of its enthusiasts will tell you, CW is not -
most definitely NOT - dead. At this time of the year, however, with
Halloween just around the corner, CW does have a tendency to become a
little ZOMBIE-FIED. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, tells us why.

MIKE: You don't need to go trick-or-treating as Samuel F.B. Morse to
become a CW Zombie. On the night of Friday, October 28th, just turn
your power to 5 watts or less and you too can participate in a QRP
activity that's been haunting hams for 25 years: The Zombie Shuffle.
The zombies and their keys rise from the grave at 4 p.m. local time and continue until the witching hour of midnight in the hope of using 15
and 20 meters before nightfall spirits the good conditions away.

Now because this is radio, wearing a costume won't help you very much,
but organizers encourage operators to adopt an alias for the night.
Last year's ops reported working "Chucky," "Boris," "Elvira," "Lazarus"
and even....."Igor."

Details can be found in the event link that appears in the text version
of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

[https://www.zianet.com/qrp/ZOMBIE/pg.htm]

Fellow Creatures of the Night: Please remember to shuffle - Zombies do
not like to go fast. Call "CQ BOO" and....let's hope the bands won't be
dead.

This is Mike Askins, KE5CXP.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; AMSAT Argentina; the ARRL;
CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX World Net; European Space Agency;
Irish Tech News; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great Britain; Ron Skipper,
W8ACR; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; The Times of
India; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

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rating wherever you subscribe to us.

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 Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Dan, K6ZO, operating from Malawi
as 7Q6M until the end of November. He is on 160-6m and will be
participating in the CQWW SSB and CW contests. QSL to his home call
sign.

The Qatar Amateur Radio Society is activating a number of special event stations until the 18th of December marking the FIFA World Cup in
Qatar, where 32 teams will compete across 64 matches. Amateur radio
stations will be using all modes on all HF bands and the QO100
satellite. Operators at the Qatar ham group headquarters and at Doha
Corniche will be using the call sign A722FWC. Eight other stations will
also be operating as World Cup Stadium stations. They begin with the
call sign A71FIFA and continue in numerical order through to A78FIFA.
QSL via the QARS bureau or direct by instructions on QRZ.com. Logs will
be uploaded to LoTW once the event is over.

Listen for Jaap PA7DA, operating from Aruba with the call sign P4ØDA
from November 13th through to the 27th. QSL via the Dutch QSL Bureau to
his home call sign. For direct QSL information, see his QRZ.com page.

Listen for Oleg, ZS1ANF, who hopes to be on the air as ZS7ANF at Wolf's
Fang Runway in Antarctica starting on November 1st. QSL details are on
QRZ.com

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: HAMS' HALLOWEEN RADIO PLAY HAS JUST THE SPIRIT

JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, many of us know the unexpected problems -- and the
perks -- of operating portable. What if you are a ham who also works in commercial radio and dreams up a different kind of portable operation
for Halloween? One from a spooky old house? Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB,
ends our newscast with a story about this thriller.

RALPH: Ken Alan, WU6I, is haunted by radio wherever he goes. If he's
not on the air as an amateur Extra Class operator, he's recording
voiceovers and involved in other commercial projects. During this
Halloween season however, the spirits moved him to cross over into the
Great Beyond, that ethereal space somewhere between the F-layer of the ionosphere and the rest of eternity, the ancient realm known as radio
drama. His 40-minute radio play "Sparks & Baxter Spend the Night in
Murder Mansion" takes portable to a whole new level of activation.

The plot? A popular radio morning team sets up a remote broadcast on
Halloween Eve and experiences the kind of radio interference the FCC
can't help them with. There's even a seance, the equivalent of calling
QRZ on the spirits' frequency.

With mostly original sound effects and ghoulish music, the drama
presents a chance for Ken and another amateur radio friend to be hams
of a different sort. You can conjure it all up on the 'Ken Alan Voices' YouTube channel but not until Halloween Eve at midnight Pacific Time.
It promises to be....a scream.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.....or, call me Baxter.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar,
K7DB; DX-World.net; Facebook; Gizmodo; Hackaday; Internet Archive Blog;
Jacob Wriston, KE8PWC; Karl Kruger, 2E0FEH; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Standards Manual; Printmag.com; Worked All Britain; and you our listeners, that's all
from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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rating wherever you subscribe to us.

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. As always we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for John, W5JON, on the air from St Eustatius
as PJ5/W5JON from Oct. 25th through to the 4th of November. He will be
on 6-60m, using SSB and FT8. QSL direct or via LoTW to his home call.

Dan, K6ZO, is active from Malawi using the call sign 7Q6M through
to the end of November. Listen on 160-6m. Dan will participate in
both the CQWW SSB and CW contests. QSL to his home call.

Four hams in Aruba will form a team using the call sign P40L and
participate in the CQWW SSB contest. QSL via WA3FRP.

A group of radio operators from Belgium and Luxembourg will be
using the call sign LX8M from Merscheid, Luxembourg, during the
CQWW DX SSB Contest. QSL via LoTW.

Mark your calendars for a DXpedition by Marcelo, ZL1MTO, who will
be active from Norfolk Island as VK9MTO from December 29th through
to January 5th, 2023. Marcelo will be operating on 20 and 10 metres
using SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL to his home call.

(OHIO PENN DX, DX-WORLD. NET)

**

NEW POSTAL SERVICE MESSAGE NEEDS NO DECODING

PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week's newscast by remembering some code-
breaking women of wartime, and celebrating a tribute to them from
the United States Postal Service. Here's Dave Parks, WB8ODF, to
explain.

DAVE: Sending messages the old fashioned way - by postal service -
just got even more traditional for letter-writers and bill-payers
in the United States. A new postage stamp has been issued honoring
women of the US military who handled messages in a much-less
straightforward way: They were the cryptologists of World War II,
the backbone of an operation that contributed in a big way to the
Allied victory.

The stamp was formally released on Tuesday, October 18th at a
ceremony in Maryland. The stamp is a tribute to the more than
11,000 women who worked tirelessly with the traffic of intercepted
enemy message that were sent encoded. Like so many others in the
military at that time, they were sworn to secrecy about their
roles. The stamp's design features a recruitment poster seeking the participation of these women, who were known as WAVES, an acronym
for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. In announcing
the new stamps, the US Postal Service called the women "STEM
pioneers" adding that they [quote] "opened the door for women in
the military and have helped shape information security efforts for
future generations." [endquote]

This is Dave Parks, WB8ODF.

(US POSTAL SERVICE)

**
NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Alaska Native News; Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; the
ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; HFUnderground;
Facebook; Frank Scott, VK2BFC; itshamradio.com; Minneapolis Star-
Tribune; Ohio Penn DX; Polish Amateur Radio Union; QRZ.com;
Reuters; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Steve
Richards, G4HPE; Telengana Today; the US Postal Service; Wireless
Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-
volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its
continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our
website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We
also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please
leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

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. As always we thank you for
listening.

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