WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Ennio, IW1RBI, using the call sign 3A/IW1RBI, from Monaco, between July 6th and 19th. Listen on 30 to 6
meters, where he can be found, using SSB and FT8. Send QSLs via his home callsign, over the bureau or LoTW.

Members of the North Wales Amateur Radio Group are on the air from the
Welsh Mountain Zoo on the North Wales coast. They are using the special callsign GB0WMZ (GB ZERO WM ZED) until July 17th. QSL via MW0JWP
(MW ZERO JWP) by the Bureau.

There is also a special centennial event: Members of the Royal Signals
Amateur Radio Society are marking their 100th anniversary with the
callsign GB100RS (G B ONE HUNDRED R S), and will be on the air until
the end of October, on various HF bands. Listen for them using CW, SSB,
RTTY, and PSK. Special awards are available. QSL via the Bureau.

A group of operators including Silvo/S50X, Goran/S52P and Hubert/S53Z
will be on the air as 9A followed by their call sign, from the Palagruza Islands, between July 18th and 31st. Listen on 80 to 10 metres, where
they will be using CW and SSB. The group will use the callsign 9A20A
during the RSGB IOTA Contest, which is July 25th and 26th. Send QSLs
direct or by the bureau to S58MU.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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SPECIAL EVENT N4J - HF BANDS BECOME WEDDING BANDS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: There is also a special event station you may want to
make note of. While it doesn't involve a DXpedition, it does include
a big trip down the aisle. Paul Braun, WD9GCO, explains.

PAUL: Be listening between July 9th and July 12th for special event
station N4J. That's Neil 4 Julie, marking the wedding on July 11th
between Newsline anchor and reporter, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, and his
fiancee, Julie, who became a part of our Newsline family, after meeting
Neil five years ago. We wish them both all the happiness in the world,
and hope that the sun - and a whole lot of sunspots - will shine on their
big day. We hope they settle into a good life together, as
husband-and-wife antenna farmers.

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Be listening for N4J on the bands - that's wedding bands
AND HF bands!

**

KICKER: HIKER'S TRAIL LEADS TO RESCUE BY RADIO

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story is about is about radio as a tool of
rescue - and one amateur who's paying it forward. Skeeter Nash, N5ASH,
has his story.

SKEETER: Because he is alive today, despite a harrowing ordeal on a remote hiking trail, Alden Sumner Jones IV, KC1JWR, may have helped inspire 20
new amateur radio operators.

Alden was hiking in Bennington County, Vermont, with his two cousins on
June 16, when he grew light-headed. His left hand became numb, and he collapsed, passing out. An emergency medical technician hiking nearby
rushed over to assist -- but the medic's cell phone failed to reach 911
in that remote area.

Alden told Newsline that he rarely leaves home without his HT and so,
regaining consciousness after a second blackout, he keyed the mic and eventually hit the Mount Greylock repeater K1FFK, asking for help. Aid
came swiftly - by search-and-rescue team, by helicopter and others - but
the treacherous terrain made for a problematic rescue. Nearly 7 hours
later, Alden was enroute to the emergency room of an Albany, New York
hospital. Alden told Newsline he has a history of low blood sugar, and
suffered a torn hamstring on the trail. He is recovering at home, while awaiting a cardiology appointment.

A former member of a Massachusetts search-and-rescue team himself, he
never thought he'd be on the receiving end of similar services. Alden,
the president of the Southern Vermont Amateur Radio Club, was so
grateful for the power of his HT that his cousins, the medical tech
they met on trail, the helicopter crew, and members of the
search-and-rescue team, are looking into becoming amateur radio
operators, too. A military veteran, a former CBer, and member of the
Civil Air Patrol, Alden has been around radios most of his life. Now,
he said, he has the rest of his life -- thanks to his radio.

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

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Alexander Association; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT;
the ARRL; Change.Org; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; DX-World; the
Hindu newspaper; Maritime Radio Historical Society; Ohio Penn DX;
QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; TechCrunch; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW
Shortwave; Yahoo News; 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Loick, HB9HBY, and Greg, HB9TWU,
operating as HB0/HB9HBY, from Liechtenstein, between July 24th and 26th.
They will be on the air around the clock for the three days on 80-6 metres, including 30, 17, and 12 metres, using CW, SSB and FT8. There will be a
special call sign on that Saturday, which has not yet been announced. Look
for updates on Facebook or on Twitter, using the call sign HB9HBY as the internet handle.

A special centennial event is to take place when members of the Royal
Signals Amateur Radio Society are marking their 100th anniversary, with
the callsign GB100RS (G B ONE HUNDRED R S), and are on the air until the
end of October on various HF bands. Listen for them using CW, SSB, RTTY,
and PSK. Special awards are available. QSL via the Bureau.

A group of operators including Silvo/S50X, Goran/S52P, and Hubert/S53Z,
will be on the air as 9A followed by their call sign from the Palagruza
Islands between July 18th and 31st. Listen on 80 to 10 metres where they
will be using CW and SSB. The group will use the callsign 9A20A during
the RSGB IOTA Contest, which is July 25th and 26th. Send QSLs direct, or
by the bureau to S58MU.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: EXCHANGING VOWS AND SIGNAL REPORTS

JIM/ANCHOR: Our final story is a love story -- a story of love and romance combined, with love of radio at high altitudes. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB,
takes us on this sentimental journey.

RALPH: Love was in the air - at an altitude of nearly 4,000 feet - on California's Morton Peak, where romance was being activated on July 4th,
just moments before a scheduled SOTA summit operation. The dearly beloved
had gathered for the wedding of David, KM3A, and Liz, K6LZT, officiated
by their friend, Scott, N0OI (En Zero Oh Eye), who became ordained for
just this purpose. The witnesses were friends, family, and members of the
AB3G Association. With that callsign Scott, his wife Corinne, N2ZIP, and
the groom, had plans to activate the summit shortly afterward on CW and
SSB.

But - first things first. Before the "CQ" there must be the "I do." The couple's original plans for June 7th were cancelled, due to COVID-19 restrictions. Undaunted by the detour, this ham radio couple decided a
mini SOTA expedition, with a great view of the San Gogonio wilderness
would be a great place to exchange vows, and signal reports. Scott and
his wife Corinne, N2ZIP, agreed, giving their dog Zippy the honored role
as ring bearer.

According to Scott, congratulatory wishes were recorded in the log from
coast to coast, and from one DX station in Panama. As for the bride, well,
Liz will always remember her wedding day, because it also marked one other major life event: On 2 meters, she had her first SOTA activation. Talk
about wedded bliss!

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

(SCOTT N0OI and SOTA REFLECTOR)

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With thanks to the Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; the
Daily Mail; David Behar, K7DB; DX-World; Groups.io; Jeff Savasta, KB4JKL; LocalDVM.COM; Maritime Mobile Service Network; the Morgan Messenger; Ohio
Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain; Scott, N0OI (En ZERO Oh
Eye); the Shelburne News; shortwaveradio.de; the SOTA Reflector; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; 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
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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 Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston,
West Virginia saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX be listening for Michele, IU2NKC, using the call sign IA5/IU2NKC, from Isola del Giglio (JEEL-YO) in the Tuscan Archipelago
through July 25th. Michele will be operating holiday style on various HF
bands. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau, LoTW or eQSL.

Members of the Russian Robinson Club, will be on the air from Gogland
Island, between July 23rd and the 28th, and will participate in the RSGB
IOTA contest weekend, on July 25th and 26th. Operators will be using
their home call signs with /P (stroke portable). They include Mikhail,
R1MJ, Yulia, R1CBL, and Vitaliy, RA1AGJ. Listen on 160-15 meters. QSL
via their home callsigns.

Listen for a team of operators including Joerg, DJ1JB, Markus, DJ4EL,
and Thorsten, DJ5TM, on the air, from Pellworm Island, and nearby
islands, between August 27th and September 3rd. The will be operating
on 40-10 meters, using SSB, with verticals and quad antennas. QSL via
LoTW or their home callsigns.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: NO GARDEN-VARIETY MESSAGES IN TOMATOES' TRANSMISSIONS

PAUL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we ask the question: have your tomato
plants been calling QRZ? Then, this is obviously no garden-variety
special event. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, explains.

MIKE: Those of us who think about, talk about, dream about, antenna
farms, may need to look no further than a tiny packet of seeds. No,
we're not suggesting you plow your soil to let little yagis and
hexbeams and delta loops burst and flower across acres of sun-drenched
furrows.

We're talking tomatoes. Yes, tomatoes. Researchers in Huntsville,
Alabama, have just published a paper, studying the transmission of
electrical signals through the soil by, of all things, tomato plants.
The work was reported on the website PHYS.ORG, and cites the efforts
of a scientist associated with the University of Alabama, and a
biochemistry professor at nearby Oakwood University. The observations
by the pair, date back work they began in 2017. It's all about
propagation - in this case, electrical signal propagation within,
and between plants. Researchers Yuri Shtessel of Huntsville, and
Alexander Volkov of Oakwood, used mathematical modeling, to plot the
electrical patterns. According to the article, plants' electrical
signals can propagate, for instance through the roots, and into the
soil to another species, such as a nearby tree, by making use of fungi
in the soil. The soil is seen as a conductor of electricity, and the
signal is received -- but there is no guarantee of good copy, or even
being understood.

As Yuri Schtessel writes: [QUOTE] "No study of the cognitive processing
of the electric signals passed, and received by the plants was
accomplished." [ENDQUOTE]

It seems that we hams aren't the only ones who suffer when our signals
end up down in the mud.

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

(PHYS.ORG)

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With thanks to the Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; CQ Magazine;
David Behar, K7DB; DX-World; European Space Agency; Ohio Penn DX;
QRZ.COM; PHYS.ORG; Radio Society of Great Britain; RadioWorld; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO
Radio Show; Vermont Digger; 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Matteo, IZ4YGS, operating from
Ghana as 9G5GS, between the 8th of August, and the 15th of September.
He expects to be on the air almost every evening local time, and plans
to be on 160m through 10m, using mostly FT8 in Fox-Hound mode, and SSB.
He also will be using the QO-100 geostationary satellite on upper
sideband. Matteo will update ClubLog daily. Send QSLs via LoTW, IZ4YGS
direct or eQSL.

Be listening for Philippe, EA4NF, who will be operating on the
satellites, from Lanzarote Island in the Canary Islands, using the
call sign EA8/EA4NF, between August 10th and 17th. He is placing a
special focus on the very rare IL39 Grid. Be listening on the FM and
linear satellites. Send QSLs via LoTW to EA8/EA4NF.

There is still time to work members of the Radio Galena Group, and the
Union of Radio Amateurs Vetusta, who are on the air in Spain, with
special event station EG1FMM, until July 30th. The groups are
commemorating the moon landing in July, 1969. Listen on 80m through 20m, including 60m, using various modes. QSL via EB1CAM.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT? TRY AN ARDUINO NANO

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Amateur radio has brought many millions of people
together, and now one ham in Germany, is using his skill in radio
and electronics to make sure they stay safely apart. Ed Durrant,
DD5LP, has our final story of this week.

ED: Marcel Andre, DL1EKM, wants you to keep your distance. It's for
your own good, and everyone else's during these difficult pandemic
times. That's why the German amateur ham has done a bit of homebrew,
creating a COVID-19 distance-warning device, with the help of an
Arduino Nano, a distance sensor, some LEDs, and some carefully crafted
code.

If a nearby person oversteps a pre-set safe distance, and approaches
too close to you for comfort, the alarm responds with a buzzer, and
flashing lights, that display a sad face instead of a smiley one.

Publishing instructions for his creation on hackster.io, Marcel writes:
[quote] "One of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of
COVID-19, and other viral and cold diseases, is to keep other people
away." [endquote]

He says that queues at cash registers, or retail counters are particularly risky spots, adding that no one carries a yardstick when they venture out
into the world.

That's where this device comes in. It requires only a few components, and
costs perhaps 10 euros - the equivalent of a little more than 11 U.S.
dollars. Then, you only need to download and follow his layout.

He's hoping that as word about it spreads - perhaps COVID-19 won't. You
can find the link in this newscast's printed script at arnewsline.org"

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

for print only:

hackster.io/dl1ekm2/covid-19-ultrasonic-distance-warning-tool-8bda4c

(QRZ, HACKSTER.IO)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; CQ Magazine;
David Behar K7DB; DX-World; European Space Agency; Hackster.io; IARU
Region 2; Japan Amateur Radio League; NASA; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM;
PHYS.ORG; Radio Society of Great Britain; RadioWorld; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW
Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More
information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official
website 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Francesco, IK6QON, who will be on
the air holiday style, from Corfu, from August 9th to the 20th. Be
listening on 40 through 6 metres, where he will be using CW and SSB.
QSL direct, by the bureau or eQSL.

Be listening for Simone, IU4HRJ, operating as IM0/IU4HRJ, between the
4th and 10th of August, from Maddalena Island. Simone will be on 40
through 2 metres, operating SSB and digital. Send QSLs direct, or by
the bureau.

Tina, DL5YL, and Fred, DL5YM, will be active from Liechtenstein, from
the 8th of September to the 2nd of October. They will be active in the
CQWW RTTY contest on September 26th and 27th. Send QSLs via their home
calls.

The special event station HA70MAV (HA-SEVEN ZERO-MAV) is on the air on
the HF bands in Hungary, through December 1st, to mark the 70th year of
the Hungarian State Railway. Send QSLs via eQSL.

(DX-WORLD)

**

KICKER: HE'S DOWNRIGHT PROPER ABOUT PROPAGATION

JIM/ANCHOR: Our final story this week is about predictions and
propagation -- and the man behind the ARRL's Propagation Bulletins.
Paul Braun, WD9GCO, spoke with him, and discovered that his path to
this important assignment, was the least predictable thing of all.

PAUL: Many hams rely on the ARRL Propagation Bulletins to help plan
their on-air strategies. But did you ever think about the guy behind
all of those reports? How did he get started writing them? Well, I
spoke with Tad Cook, K7RA, about just that topic:

COOK: Back in the mid-60s, I copied W1AW on CW, and copied a propagation bulletin by Ed Tilton, W1HDQ. In the early 80s, I started using software
for predicting propagation.

But, what actually led to me writing the bulletin is eventually W1HDQ
became ill, and this happened to be right at a time, when there was a
historic increase in solar flux, and that was in the spring of 1991.
The ARRL announced that the propagation bulletins were on hold for a
while, because he was sick. So I called headquarters, and said, "Look, somebody's got to write a propagation bulletin about this."

The person I talked to said, "Well, I don't know who would do that,"
and I said, "Well, I'm familiar with his style", and so I wrote one.
The next week, they wanted another one, and it's just continued since
then!"

PAUL: So what started as an offer to help while another ham was sick
has turned into almost 30 years of writing those reports. Cook has
hopes that the next sunspot cycle is just around the corner, so his
reports will have some DX sunshine in them.

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

***

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the Antique Wireless Association; the ARRL; Australian Communications and Media Authority;
CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; DX-World; European Space Agency;
Lloyd Colston, KC5FM; NASA; National Institute of Amateur Radio;
New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM;
Radio Society of Great Britain; SciTech Daily; shortwaveradio.de;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; University
of Maine; W7RN website; West Bengal Radio Club; WTWW Shortwave; and you,
our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More
information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official
website 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Shabu, M0KRI, is on the air from Uganda as 5X1RI,
until the middle of August. Send QSLs to his home call sign.

Mathieu, VA2MVR, is active as 8P9QC, and is living in Pine Gardens,
in Barbados, until Sept. 12th. Listen mainly on SSB, on 40 and 20 meters. Mathieu may try FT4/FT8 later. QSL only via LoTW.

The German section of the International Police Association Radio Club,
DL70IPA is on the air on Sundays and Thursdays, during August and
September, on 40 and 80 meters, to mark the 70th anniversary of the
police association. If conditions permit, they will also be on 20 meters.
Visit QRZ.com for QSL information.

In England, special event stations GB75PEACE, GB1945PE, and GB1945PJ,
will be on the air throughout August, marking the end of World War II
in the Pacific. QSL via LoTW.

Listen for special event station 4A2MAX, operating from Mexico,
throughout August, to honor the memory of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, SP3RN.
The station can be heard on the HF bands, using CW, SSB, and various
digital modes. QSL via LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX, SOUTHGATE)

**

KICKER: WHEN BUILDING A SUPERCAPACITOR BEARS FRUIT

NEIL/ANCHOR: Our final story for the week asks: Are you hungry for a
new kind of supercapacitor? Wrap your tastebuds around this one from
Australia, which John Williams, VK4JJW, is serving to you, right now.

JOHN: What are hackers cooking up on their workbench lately? Well, at
the University of Sydney, it looks like jackfruit, and durian fruit
are what's on the menu. Researchers on this Australian campus found
they were able to use biomass from waste scraps of the two fruits to
create electrodes for a supercapacitor which, according to one published report, doesn't let out any characteristic stench while in normal use.

The fruit aerogels were seen as having a large surface area and porous structures, and the durian fruit in particular, was a top performer.
The fruit also had the winning combination of pyridinic and graphitis
nitrogen. Researchers say electrodes based on these aerogels outperform standard carbon materials for energy storage.

The website Hackaday writes that clever tinkerers can replicate the researchers' process in their own garages - provided of course, they
are adept at handling vinylidene fluoride, and other chemicals, and have
a vacuum oven, and a furnace, with nitrogen on hand.

Oh, and don't forget a stinky ripe durian or two. It might be the only
way to get your ultracapacitor project to truly bear fruit.

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

(HACKADAY, ARS TECHNICA)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amazon; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; ARS Technica; the ARRL; Australian Communications and Media Authority; CQ Magazine; David Behar,
K7DB; Daryl Stout, WX4QZ; DX-World; FCC; Hackaday; Lloyd Colston, KC5FM;
NASA; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain;
shortwaveradio.de; Southgate Amateur Radio News; TechCrunch; Ted
Randall's QSO Radio Show; Youth on the Air; WNEP; 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for the special event call sign CB33M
From Chile. Members of the Radio Club Eternautas, CE3ETR, are on the air
until the 13th of October, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the
landslide in north Chile, that trapped 33 miners for three months in
August of 2010. The miners were rescued. Be listening on 80m-70cms,
where the operators will be using CW, SSB, and the Digital modes
(FT8/FT4, JS8, RTTY, PSK31, and SSTV). QSL via PO BOX 12096, Santiago,
Chile.

Listen for Francesco, IK6QON, operating through the 20th of August, as SV8/IK6QON, from Corfu Island. He is operating holiday style on 40-6
meters, using CW and SSB. QSL via IK6QON.

In Mexico, Ramon, XE1KK, is using the special callsign 6E6E, until
December 31st. This callsign is a non-renewable, one-time-use-only
call sign, that he will also use in the CQWW DX SSB Contest in October,
as well as other contests. Outside of contests he will be using FT8/FT4
on 160-6 meters. QSL via LoTW only.

In Ghana, Matteo, IZ4YGS, is using the call sign 9G5GS, in the country's western region, a jungle area just a few hundred meters from the ocean.
He will be there until September 15th. Listen for him between 2100 and
0000 UTC. He will be using mostly FT8 in fox-hound mode, as well as
standard mode. He will also be on the QO-100 geostationary satellite
in USB mode. Matteo will be updating his ClubLog entries daily. Send
QSLs via LoTW, IZ4YGS, direct or eQSL.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER:TRANSMITTING WITH THE POWER OF LOVE

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story is about a bond between two hams - a
father and son - and a boundless gesture of love and untimely loss that
could only be shared on radio. Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, shares their story.

SKEETER: There are no limits to the power of a father's love. But, when
the father is a radio operator grieving the recent loss of his young
son, the power of two 100 kW transmitters counts for something. Thomas Klingensmith, KL0K, works the controls at KNLS, the World Christian Broadcasting shortwave station in Anchor Point, Alaska.

On Monday, August 3rd, Thomas closed out an English-language broadcast
by adding a tribute, a 12-second Morse Code recording that said "73 de
K9ZDK." Then, moments later, came a second recorded message - "CQ de
K9ZDK" just before the station's Russian-language program began.

K9ZDK was Zavier Dean Klingensmith, Thomas' son, who became a Silent Key
in June 2019 at age 22. Thomas told Newsline that he broadcast these
12-second recordings, not just to fill a brief programming gap, but to
honor his son, who had been learning CW.

Listener Dan Van Hoy, VR2HF, heard it all that night from Hong Kong, and
wrote later on the Shortwave Listening Post blog: [quote] "His call on CW
was heard on every English, Russian, and Mandarin show, that evening,
over 16 hours of broadcasts....Wow." [endquote] That's the kind of power
that needs no further boosting. However, Thomas is also making free iambic keyer kits available to interested hams who contact him. The project board bears his son's name and call sign -- along with the strong possibility
that it will operate easily with the power of love.

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

(SWLING POST, DAN VAN HOY VR2HF, THOMAS KLINGENSMITH KL0K)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; Australian
Communications and Media Authority; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB;
Dan Van Hoy VR2HF; Deadline.com; the FCC; Frank Howell K4FMH; the
ICQ Podcast; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Radio Amateurs of Canada; Radio
Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; the Shortwave Listening
Post; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the
Times of India; 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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ENTHUSIASM FOR DUTCH AMATEURS' DATV EXPERIMENT

NEIL/ANCHOR: Nothing succeeds in ham radio like the spirit of
experimentation, as a group of radio operators in the Netherlands
recently found out. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, has those details.

ED: Hams have responded enthusiastically to an invitation by the
Dutch amateur radio society, VERON, opening the door to the use of
2 metres for digital amateur TV, or DATV. The organisation mounted
the challenge in early July, hoping that hams would prove that 144
MHz was indeed well-suited for such use. The four-hour trial run
on 144.600 and 145.300 MHz, attracted a group of 27 participants
and a video was made available to instruct them in the use of the
software used to decode the images.

VERON is reviewing the data sent by all hams, and said that it's
clear the participants are ready to do this again.

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

(VERON)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, members of the Aruba Amateur Radio Club, P43ARC,
are using the special callsign, P42WW, when they are on the air from
September 2nd to the 30th. They are marking the anniversary of the
end of the second World War. Note that the prefix P42 has never before
been issued, and is available just for this occasion. Be listening on
all bands and modes. QSL information will be announced at a later date.

Plan ahead to be listening for Makoto, JI5RPT, who'll be operating from Ogasawara, as JD1BLY, between the 3rd and 6th of October. Find him on frequencies between 630 metres and 6 metres using SSB, CW, and digital
modes. On the 630 metre band he will be using mainly JT9. He will also
be operating on the Russian satellite RS-44. Send QSLs to his home call.

(DX-WORLD.NET, OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: A FAREWELL NET FOR SILENT KEY LONNIE BLAND N6RBR

NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally, we all know it's hard to say "73" for the final
time, when a friend becomes a Silent Key. But hosting a memorial net,
as one group did recently in California, surely helps -- as Ralph
Squillace, KK2ITB tells us.

RALPH: The August 24th net on the Western Amateur Linking Association's repeater system, was a gathering of grieving friends and family, who
shared stories, and comforted one another, following the loss of one
of their own: Lonnie Bland, N6RBR, who became a Silent Key on Wednesday, August 19th.

Described by many as a ham radio ambassador, Lonnie was celebrated with
tears as well as tales, as one of the founders of California's
far-reaching repeater system. It was his dream to grow the system from
three linked repeaters, to a network that now stretches up and down the
coast, with worldwide links through IRLP, Allstar, and EchoLink. One of
the first to check into the net was his wife, Graffie, KC6ADB, clearly emotional over the tribute to the generous, friendly radio operator,
who had helped many newcomers discover their amateur radio voice. Net
control operators included Jeff, W6JSO, and Lonnie's grandsons, Isaac,
KI6FXM, and Justin, KI6FTP.

Throughout the one-hour-and-forty-minute net, many hams addressed him directly. One ham, checking in from South Africa, said [quote]: "You
are a Silent Key on Earth, but your voice will never be silent in
Heaven." [end quote]

Sal De Franco, N6SPD, who manages the WALA system's north hub, added: "November Six Radio Best Radio, 73 my friend."

Lonnie Bland was 88.

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

(SAL N6SPD, WALA via ECHOLINK)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association; Amateur
News Weekly; the ARRL; BletchleyPark.org; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; DX-WORLD.NET; Europost; Facebook; the FCC; Greek City Times; the MKCitizen; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Radio Amateurs of Canada; Radio Society of Great Britain; R.J. Bragg, WY7AA; shortwaveradio.de; the Shortwave Listening
Post; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Times of India VERON; the Western Amateur Linking Association; 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening on August 22nd and 23rd, for the 23rd International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend, which will activate lighthouses around the world for 48 hours. Some 314 entrants were
registered as of the 16th of August. To locate the names and locations
of the lighthouses, visit the website that appears in the printed
version of this week's newscast.

[FOR PRINT ONLY: https://illw.net/index.php/entrants-list-2020]

Members of the Association Royale des Radio-Amateurs du Maroc, are
active in Morocco using the special prefix 5E7 until the 31st of
August. The hams are celebrating the 67th anniversary of the
Revolution of the King and the People in Morocco on August 20th,
1953.

In West Malaysia, radio amateurs will be using the special callsign
9M63MR to celebrate the 63rd Malaysian Independence Day. Be listening
on various HF bands and modes. QSL to 9M63MR.

Be listening for Bo, OZ1DJJ, who will be using the call sign OX3LX,
from three islands off Greenland, between August 24th and September
20th. He will be on 40 through 4 meters, with an emphasis on 50 and
70 MHz. He will also be running a WSPR beacon on 40 through 6 metres
when he is not active. Send QSLs via OZ0J (Oh Zed Zero J) direct.
Visit QRZ.com for more details.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: YOUTHFUL OPTIMISM FROM MAXIM AWARD WINNER

PAUL/ANCHOR: Just like Newsline gives out the Young Ham of the Year
award to recognize outstanding young hams, the ARRL has the Hiram
Percy Maxim award, which our winner this year, Chris Brault, KD8YVJ,
won back in 2015.

This year's recipient is Jacob Nagel, AD0JA, from Missouri. Nagel's
technical accomplishments are many, including building and
troubleshooting repeater systems, helping a local fire department
upgrade their communications system, and sharing his knowledge
and experience in online forums.

I recently asked him what he felt like when he found out he had won:

NAGEL: I was very excited, and quite surprised, because I had applied
for this award before, hadn't won it before, and this was my last year
that I was eligible for it.

PAUL/ANCHOR: One of the biggest questions is how to attract, and keep
young hams in the hobby. I took this opportunity to go right ahead,
and ask one what he thought it would take:

NAGEL: Well, I think being welcoming to them in the amateur community
would be one thing, and the other thing is keep showing the current technological advances of amateur radio like DMR, FT8 - show the neat
things that involve computers with ham radio. That's what interests
younger people like me, are the new technologies in amateur radio.
You get them hooked on that - you know, it only takes an $80 radio to
get into DMR or so - get them hooked on that, and that's a fun way to
get started.

PAUL/ANCHOR: Nagel is currently attending college, where he hopes to
become an electrical engineer, a perfect fit for an active,
enthusiastic ham radio operator. All of us at Newsline, wish him the
best, and can't wait to see what the future holds for him.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; Andy Meyer, N2FYE; Arstechnica;
the ARRL; Bart Pulverman, WB6WUW; Benjamin Isaacs, ZL2BCI; the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB;
Facebook; the FCC; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Radio Amateurs of Canada;
Radio Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; the Shortwave
Listening Post; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO
Radio Show; University of Central Florida; the Verge; the
Washington Post; 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, and as always, we thank you
for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Reiner, DL2AAZ, who will be
operating with the special call sign 9H3SAT, in Malta, throughout
September. Reiner will be on the HF bands, and 6 meters, as well as
the QO-100 satellite, using CW and SSB. Send QSLs to his home call.

In Iceland, you will find Norbert, DJ7JC, using the call sign TF/DJ7JC,
until October 18. He is on the air holiday style, on 160 to 10 meters,
using CW, RTTY, and FT8. Send QSLs via DJ5BWD.

Members of the Bulgarian Radio Club will be on the air, with special
call sign LZ595IP, during the month of September, to honor the memory
of Orthodox saints. QSL via the bureau. For more details about the
diploma program, and other certicates visit the club's page on QRZ.com

Be listening for Peter, HB9DVG, operating as 4L/G4ENL, while working
at a hydropower plant in Georgia. He will be on the air during his
spare time on the HF bands, using CW, SSB, and FT8. It is unclear how
long he will be in Georgia. Send QSLs direct to his home call.

(OHIO PENN DX, DX-WORLD)

**

KICKER: ENGINEER ARNOLD SPIELBERG, FILMMAKER'S FATHER, A SILENT KEY

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We close with an appreciation for a Silent Key: Arnold Spielberg is known as the father of filmmaker Steven Spielberg, but on
the air, many knew him through the years as W8IDX or W9AUM. Like his
notable son, this father had big dreams that led him to professional prominence. For Arnold Spielberg, most of those dreams began with
amateur radio. He became a Silent Key on August 25th. Kent Peterson,
KC0DGY, tells us about him.

KENT: Arnold Spielberg had been an engineer at General Electric. He was
also the father of filmmaker Steven Spielberg, and three daughters,
Anne, Nancy, and Sue. The Cincinnati, Ohio, native was a tinkerer from
early childhood, when he first fell in love with radios. Becoming a professional engineer after college, his earliest jobs included work at
RCA in Camden, New Jersey, where he worked on part of the company's
first commercial and business computer. Later, at General Electric, he
helped design the GE-200 series of mainframe computers. He was honored
as a Pioneer Award winner of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Arnold Spielberg credited his professional success to his long tenure
as an amateur radio operator. The lifelong radio enthusiast had held
the call signs W8IDX and W9AUM. According to a story on QRZ.COM, he was
given his first ham radio when he was 12, and began a lifetime of
connecting with strangers around the world -- something that was to shape
his life.

Arnold Spielberg was 103 years old.

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

(QRZ.COM, VARIETY)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Amateur Radio Club Gmunden; Amateur News Weekly; the
Antique Wireless Association; AMSAT; ARISS; the ARRL; CQ Magazine;
Daryl Stout, WX4QZ; David Behar, K7DB; DX-WORLD.NET; Joseph Holland,
KB5VJY; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Variety; 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 Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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RESEARCHERS FIND WAY TO 'MAP' SPORADIC-E

JIM/ANCHOR: We all know sporadic-E is unpredictable - or is it?
Researchers in New Mexico say: "Not so fast." Geri Goodrich, KF5KRN,
explains.

GERI: Making use of broadband radio noise and unintentional RF
emissions from power lines, researchers in New Mexico report that
they are now able to characterize and map sporadic-E, the erratic
phenomenon that we hams make use of for long-range communications
mainly on 10 and 6 meters. Until now, sporadic-E's occurrence has
been largely unpredictable.

Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air
Force Base made use of a method developed by a team headed by
research physicist Ken Obenberger, who said the technique can be
employed anywhere there is an electrical grid.

Chris Fallen, KL3WX, one of the research collaborators at the lab,
was quoted in its publication comparing the technique to weather
forecasting. He says: [quote] �This is similar to how meteorologists
can predict how likely thunderstorms will occur in the afternoons
above New Mexico during monsoon season, but use Doppler radar to
identify and track specific thunderstorms as they occur. Ken�s
technique basically provides weather radar for sporadic-E, only using
radio noise from power lines as the radar transmitter.� [endquote]

The publication noted that the ability to more accurately get a
handle on sporadic-E would be vital during disasters that call upon
amateur radio operators to relay emergency information.

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

(LOS ALAMOS DAILY POST)

**

KICKER: 2019 YHOTY DHRUV REBBA KC9ZJX GETS ARRL POST

JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, Newsline takes special joy in announcing that
Dhruv Rebba, KC9ZJX, our 2019 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Young Ham of the
Year, has been appointed the ARRL Illinois State Section Youth
Coordinator. The prominent post is the latest accomplishment the high
school student has achieved. Last December, Dhruv was one of two
students chosen to receive the "I Have a Dream Award" for Youth at
the 44th annual Martin Luther King Awards Luncheon. In 2018, he was
part of the Dave Kalter Youth DX Adventure in Curacao. In his role
with the ARRL, Dhruv is responsible for promoting on-air activities
for youth, including School Club Roundup, and encouraging other
youth-related programs and ideas. Dhruv has been a ham since the age
of 9. All the best, Dhruv, we couldn't be prouder of you!

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Alexanderson Association; Amateur News Weekly; the
ARRL; CQ Magazine; Curtis, N9INK; David Behar, K7DB; Douggie
Lancaster, G7CDA; the FCC; the Los Alamos Daily Post; News Center
Maine; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; the Riverside County District
Attorney's office; the Press-Enterprise; shortwaveradio.de; the Record-Courier; South African Radio League; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Wireless Estimator; 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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QSO PARTY WELCOMES NEWCOMERS, PROMISES 'LOW STRESS'

PAUL/ANCHOR: If you're stressing out about doing well in your first
QSO Party, try this low-stress, beginner-friendly one. Here's Neil
Rapp, WB9VPG.

NEIL: When is the best time for a QSO Party? According to the Nashua
Area Radio Society it's when the time of sporadic-E is fading away
but the sun itself is starting to crank up the propagation
possibilities. So the party is scheduled for September 26th and 27th
and the radio society promises something for everyone: That means all
modes are permitted except for those modes using repeaters, and all
bands are permitted too, except for the WARC bands.

Activity will be in two categories: VHF-only for 6 meters on up, and
All Bands.

Organizers are calling this QSO party an easy and low-stress
introduction to contesting which also makes it ideal for newcomers to radiosport. As the society website says, the goal is to get as many
people as possible on the air.

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

(NASHUA AREA RADIO SOCIETY, JIM LAJOIE K1BRM)

**

KICKER: TOWERING MEMORIES STILL STAND TALL

PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with the story of a father, a
son and the legacy of a 100-foot tower. Here's Andy Morrison, K9AWM.

ANDY: In the eyes of his son and so many others Lawrence Gasch, W3SFY,
was a towering figure. Before becoming a Silent Key 22 years ago, he
carved out a reputation as a pioneer in the field. He perfected his
craft of tower-building at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C.,
where he worked for the Search Radar Division. He was an antenna
specialist. He fabricated antennas for the Vanguard satellite mission
in 1959 and later, the Gemini 9 space capsule carried one of his
antennas. An active ham in emergencies, he assisted with
communications during the Great Alaska Earthquake in 1964.

His passing not only left behind a grieving family and community, but
a 100-foot tower he'd built on a West Virginia mountaintop in the
mid-1980s which still stands tall over the trees.

His son, John, was preparing to take it down recently, acknowledging
in a Facebook post that the need for it was long gone.

Apparently, however, the good works of Lawrence Gasch are continuing
after all. He wrote on Facebook: "Along came a savior - influenced by
the ghost of my dad, perhaps." [endquote] Morgan Wireless, an internet provider, wants the tower so they can bring high speed internet to
students living in rural areas, most especially for classes to be held
during COVID-19.

"So we're giving the tower to them," John writes, calling it a win-
win. He adds: "Dad would be proud that his legacy will live on for
another 20-30 years." It takes more than the passage of time to take
down a tower - or a reputation - like that of Lawrence Gasch.

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

(JOHN GASCH)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; Ambarish Nag
Biswas VU2JFA; AMSAT-UK; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; Daryl Stout, WX4QZ;
David Behar, K7DB; Jim LaJoie, K1BRM; Joel Case, W0CAS; John Gasch;
Nashua Area Radio Society; News Track Live; Newsday; Ohio Penn DX;
QRZ.COM; Radio Amateurs of Canada; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and
you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More
information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official
website 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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AN AUTUMN ACTIVITY HAMS WILL 'FALL' FOR

NEIL/ANCHOR: As sure as the autumnal equinox has arrived in the
northern hemisphere, the 100 Watts and a Wire "FALLOUT" activity has
returned too. Stephen Kinford, N8WB, has those details.

STEPHEN: Here in the United States, while the leaves may be coming
down from the trees, antennas are still going up. That means fallout
-- the good kind -- the annual autumn portable operating event hosted
by the 100 Watts and a Wire podcast. This year it's taking place on
October 9th, starting at 0000 UTC and concludes on Sunday October 11th
at 2359 UTC. The exchange is simple: Call sign, state, province, or DX Country, true signal report and your 100 Watts ID number. Sure, you
can operate from your shack if you'd rather stay indoors, but if you
operate portable you get the added benefit of testing your equipment
and your readiness for next year's Field Day.

There are other extras too: Contacting bonus stations will let you get
extra points and at the end of the event, submit your totals and be automatically entered into a random drawing for prizes. One of them is
a complete QRP station. To qualify, stations must have a minimum of 25
contact points and be in the continental U.S. So get out - and FALL
out!

For more details visit the website, 100wattsandawire.com

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

NEIL/ANCHOR: One hundred Watts and a Wire is also a presence now on
YouTube, where it has its own channel, featuring videos and
livestreams. Now you can see the podcast, as well as hear it.

(100WATTSANDAWIRE)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Dave, M0VDL, is on the air as M0VDL/P, from Lundy
Island in the Bristol Channel, between September 26th and October 1st,
on 40 and 20 metres using SSB and FT8. You may possibly find him as
well on 80 metres. Be listening primarily in the morning and late
afternoon or evening UK time. QSLs can be sent via eQSL.

Be listening for members of the Charente DX Group, who will be using
the call sign TM7R, from R� Island off the west coast of France near
La Rochelle, between September 26th and October 3rd. The hams will be
on various HF bands using CW, SSB, and the digital modes. QSL via
ON4ZD, direct, by Bureau, or ClubLog. Operators are being encouraged
to use Clublog's OQRS as much as possible.

Jerry, F4HJO, will be active as F4HJO/P from Brehat Island off the
northern coast of Brittany between October 17 and 24th. Be listening
on 80/40/20/17 meters where Jerry will be using mainly SSB. QSL to
F4HJO, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS, which is
preferred.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: WHEN 40 METERS KIND OF 'GROWS' ON YOU

NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally, if you've got a favorite operating band -- one
that kind of "grows" on you -- you might have something in common with
a weed known as the thale cress. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, explains.

MIKE: If scoring a good contact on 40 metres leaves you feeling
energized, consider what it does to the thale cress, an annual weed
native to Asia, Europe and North Africa. Thale cress apparently LOVES
40 metres - so much so, in fact, that it gets downright excited in the presence of its radio waves.

Researchers at Sorbonne University in Paris exposed seedlings of the
plant to weak doses of RF at 7 MHz and waited. No, they weren't
standing by for a signal report - or even a QSL card. They just
watched and paid careful attention, the reported the results in a
recent issue of New Scientist magazine. Apparently the signal report
on 40 was pretty good: the radio waves appear to have accelerated the seedlings' growth by altering a biological protein receptor governing
that function.

Scientists believe if the findings can be confirmed this phenomenon
could prove useful in farming as well as medicine.

So does that make 40 metres the new "magic band?" Perhaps we'll know
soon enough. Perhaps making better use of that 40m dipole might just
find you standing a little taller when it's time for Field Day 2021.

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

(WIA, NEW SCIENTIST)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; CQ
Magazine; Daryl Stout WX4QZ; David Behar K7DB; Don Field G3XTT;
Greg Lee KI6GIG; K1USN; Michael Wheeler VK3FUR; the New Scientist;
Ohio Penn DX; 100WattsandaWire; QRZ.COM; Science Daily;
shortwaveradio.de; SI9AM; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Steve Thomas
M1ACB; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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KICKER: HAM TURNS 103 WITH PARADE OF WELL-WISHERS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: For our final story, we roll out some good wishes -
really roll them out on four wheels - for a ham who just turned 103.
Ralph Squillace tells us how his fellow amateurs in North Carolina
took that celebration literally.

RALPH: If Oscar Norris W4OXX (W 4 Oh Ex Ex) is feeling lately like
he's the ham of the century, there's a good reason: Licensed since
1949, Oscar was treated to a different kind of birthday party when he
turned 103 on September 25th in the middle of a pandemic.

According to Tony Jones, N4ATJ, president of the Gaston Radio Club of Gastonia, North Carolina, family members, church members and hams from
around the state piled into 40 cars and formed a procession past the
Courtland Terrace Assisted Living Center where Oscar lives. ARRL
section manager Marv Hoffman, WA4NC, presented Oscar with a plaque
marking the occasion.

Meanwhile, the birthday boy got busy doing what hams do best - making
QSOs worldwide via one of his HTs using EchoLink, which had been set
up on the Charlotte Amateur Radio Club's W4CQ repeater by Tim
Richards, KO4AXL (Kay Oh Four A X L). The club was honoring him with a 10-day-long activation of special event station N1O (En 1 Oh) - which
stands for ham of the century - and hams from North Carolina, South
Carolina and Florida were calling QRZ.

One of those hams was Oscar himself -- no surprise there. And, in true birthday fashion, he was the one station worth bonus points. To Tony,
however, and so many others, Oscar is worth bonus points every day. As
Tony, the party's organizer, told Newsline: [quote] "He is one of my
favorite people in the ham radio world and outside the ham radio
world." [endquote]

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

(TONY JONES N4ATJ)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL;
the Associated Press; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; the FCC; the
Forks Forum; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de; Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society; South Dublin Radio Club; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; space.com; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Telephone Pioneers;
Tony Jones N4ATJ; WKBT; 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Take (TAH-KAY), JG8NQJ, using the
call sign JG8NQJ/JD1, from Marcus Island in the Minami Torishima group, starting on the 14th of October through to mid-January 2021. He will
operate in his spare time, mainly on 17 meters, but will also be on 20/15/12/10 and 6 meters using CW and possibly RTTY. Send QSL's to
JA8CJY, or by the Bureau to JG8NQJ.

There are also some special events marking the 75th anniversary of the
United Nations. In Austria, members of the Amateur Radio Contest DX Club
4U1A, are using the call sign 4U75A, from Vienna until the 31st of
December. Be listening on 80/40/20 and 15 meters where they will be using
CW and SSB. Send QSLs to UA3DX via the Bureau or direct.

In the United States, members of the United Nations Amateur Radio Club, station 4U1UN, is on the air as 4U75UN to celebrate the opening of the
General Assembly and UN's 75th anniversary. The operation is being done remotely. Send QSLs to HB9BOU. QSL cards for 4U75UN have been ordered.
Watch for updates on the club's Facebook page.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: WHEN A PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATOR GOES AMATEUR

JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, in our final story, we hear of one professional communicator who used the pandemic as an opportunity to become....an
amateur communicator. With that story is Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

ED: On the technology website known as the Pledge Times, the correspondent
in Spain is known as Reiner Wandler. He is known on the air, however, as
Echo Alpha 4 Hotel India Hotel. The professional communicator decided
recently that these pandemic times served as a good opportunity for
becoming an amateur communicator too.

In an October 1st article, he wrote on the website: "I used the lockdown
to work my way through Ohm�s law, through circuits, antenna technology and abbreviations such as CEPT, IARU or VHF. After passing the exam, I am now
in one of the oldest virtual communities: the three million amateur radio operators worldwide, 31,500 of them in Spain."

The Pledge Times describes itself as an online publication that reports on
new discoveries and advances, keeping readers plugged into a world that is constantly in flux and advancing. Of course, as Reiner himself
acknowledges in his article, not everything is about megabytes and
megabits. There's always room for some MegaHertz. He writes: "Now I chat without the internet, just like that - over the airwaves."

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

(PLEDGE TIMES)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Alan Thompson W6WN; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL;
Bob Ringwald K6YBV; Clay Today; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; the FCC; Hamcation; IARU Region 2; Ohio Penn DX; Phys.Org; the Pledge Times;
QRZ.COM; the Radio Society of Great Britain; Scouts Australia; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate Amateur Radio News; space.com; Tech Explorist.com; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; WTAJ; WQOW;
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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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NETS OF NOTE: ADVANCED CLASS PRESERVATION GROUP NETS

PAUL/ANCHOR: In our occasional series Nets of Note, we look at how and
where on the bands amateur radio operators are checking in and what
they're saying. This week Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, gives us a look at the Advanced Class Preservation Group Nets.

KEVIN: Hams like Paul Buescher, N8HHG, and Scott Endsley, W5URX, take
pride in being among the 39,000 radio amateurs who hold an Advanced Class license issued by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC stopped granting these licenses a decade ago, but Advanced Class holders can renew their license indefinitely and many do, celebrating their place in U.S. amateur radio history. Lately, they've even begun meeting up on air in a formal setting known as the Advanced Class Preservation Group Nets. There
are already more than 100 members. There's plenty of history to celebrate: Advanced is the only remaining license class where holders passed the 13
wpm Code test -- and the majority of those licensed before 1984 were
tested at an FCC office, instead of by a volunteer examiner.

According to Bart Pulverman, WB6WUW, Paul and Scott started the nets two months ago on weekday evenings, providing a place for Advanced class
members to check in. Membership is free to Advanced Class members only --
but Extra Class members are also invited to participate. To make things
even more official, holders of valid Advanced Class licenses receive a
free personalized certificate that is suitable for framing. For details on membership and the certificate, send an email to n8hhg at aol dot com (n8hhg@aol.com)

Then, get on the air and join the Nets: they meet on Mondays through
Fridays at 1700 UTC on 14.213 MHz, plus or minus; Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at 2200 UTC on 14.213 MHz, plus or minus; and Tuesdays and
Thursdays at at 2300 UTC on 7.130 MHz, plus or minus.

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

(BART PULVERMAN WB6WUW)

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, listen for Don, K6ZO, who is active as 7Q6M from a
mission hospital at the Loudon Station in Malawi through the middle of December. He will be using CW and SSB at various times, usually on 20, 40,
and 80 meters and possibly 160m. At his residence, he will operate FT8.
You can also listen for him during the CQWW DX SSB Contest on October 24th
and 25th, and the CQWW DX CW Contest on November 28th and 29th. Send QSLs
to K6ZO.

In the Bahamas, Richard, KN4CV, will be using the call sign KN4CV/C6A from Alice Town, Bimini Islands. Listen on the various HF bands. Send QSLs via
his home callsign.

Thomas, DL2RMC, is on the air as 9G5FI from Accra, Ghana, where he is
likely to be through next year. Listen on various HF bands where he will
be using CW, FT8 and operating through the QO-100 satellite. Send QSLs via DL1RTL, direct, by the Bureau, eQSL, ClubLog and soon LoTW.

In Guadeloupe, Philippe, F1DUZ, is using the call sign FG4KH from
October 16th through November 5th. Listen for him on the various HF bands using SSB and FT8. He will also be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest, Send QSLs
via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, eQSL or LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: COOKING UP A COMING-OF-AGE SPECIAL EVENT

PAUL/ANCHOR: Finally, you know you've come of age as a club, when you've Elmered new hams, made new radio friends, and even activated your first special event station while cooking lunch. Here's Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, to
dish out the savory details.

SKEETER: It's been little more than a year, but the Bledsoe County Amateur Radio Club has come of age, and already celebrated some milestones. Formed
in July of 2019, to promote amateur radio in that Tennessee County, the
club was granted the call sign N4BCT this past summer. It also celebrated
the return to radio of one member, a formerly licensed ham who is 93 years old. When that ham, Bryan Knight KO4FHG, upgraded this month and got his Amateur Extra license, the club celebrated that milestone too.

Now the club is cooking up its first special event station - and the
emphasis is on the cooking. Since the season has brought chilly weather to Tennessee, that also means - chili weather - as in homemade chili, that long-simmering often-spicy stew. The Bledsoe County Amateur Radio Club's
Chili Cookoff includes the not-so-secret ingredient of a special event
station with the call sign W4C in honor of the contest. According to
Andrew Albertson, KN4CTG, club treasurer and trustee, W4C will be on the
air from October 23rd to the 25th. On the day of the cookoff itself,
October 24th, a special certificate will be available to anyone working
the station between 2300 and 0300 UTC. Contacts can be made on Echolink
Node 17285, Allstar node 52061, or the KF4JPU repeater.

Radio - and the smell of chili - will both be in the air. Sounds like a
recipe for success.

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

(ANDREW ALBERTSON KN4CTG)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; Andrew Albertson, KN4CTG; the
ARRL; Bart Pulverman, WB6WUW; CQ Magazine; CNN: David Behar, K7DB; the
FCC; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; the Radio Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum;
Southeastern Massachusetts Amateur Radio Association; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and you, our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More
information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official
website 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, members of the Azuay Radio Club, HC5ARC, will be
operating as HD200C, from Cuenca, Ecuador between the 31st of October and
the 3rd of November. They are marking the 200th anniversary of the independence of the city of Cuenca. If you make a minimum of three QSOs on different bands or modes, you will be eligible for an award. For details
visit QRZ.COM.

Be listening for Ron, VA3RVK, who will be on the air in Canada as XL3T
between October 24th and November 24th. Ron is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the ending of World War II and the Canadian Liberation. Be listening for him as well as CJ3T on November 28th. QSL for both callsigns
to VE3AT.

Jim, W2JHP, is active until November 8th as V31TA from Turneffe Atoll in Belize. He will be on various HF bands using SSB and perhaps some digital modes. He is using 100 watts and a wire in a palm tree. Send QSLs to EA5GL, direct, LoTW or eQSL.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: WHEN 'MORNING TEA' BECOMES A MARATHON

NEIL/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with the story of one net in
Australia - and one net controller - who has gone the distance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, brings us the final story of this week.

JASON: Most people who work his station know Bob Hudson as VK2AOR. He's the member of the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club who has served on the club's management committee, led "Show & Tell" instructional sessions and has run
an international net, keeping friendship strong across the oceans. Lately
Bob has taken on a new unofficial title among members of the New South Wales club. Bob has become a kind of "Marathon Man." Monday October 19th marked
Day 200 for Bob serving as net control for the Morning Tea Net on the
Echolink connected VK2RAG 2 meter repeater.

This net isn't your average ragchew session, by the way. The Morning Tea Net was originally intended for hams to check in on their mates during the toughest times of the COVID pandemic. It eventually went beyond the local scene however, receiving international check-ins from all over, including Germany and Japan most recently. Bob has been there consistently, checking everyone in and making sure everyone else gets a reality check of sorts. That's the kind of marathon a seasoned ham can run without so much as
breaking a sweat. Congratulations Bob, for helping keep everyone in the running!

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

(CCARC)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; Central Coast Amateur Radio Club; CQ Magazine; CNN; David Behar, K7DB; the FCC; Gloucester Echo; John DeRycke, W2JLD; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Popular Mechanics; the Radio Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; the Smithsonian National Air
and Space Museum; Steven Driver, N9BWT; Southeastern Massachusetts Amateur Radio Association; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio
Show; Twitter; WTWW Shortwave; Youngsters on the Air; 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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APRIL 18 2021: NATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS DAY??

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Amateur radio operators in the United States may be
getting their own national holiday, thanks to one Arizona lawmaker. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko has introduced a resolution to declare
April 18, 2021 as National Amateur Radio Operators Day, recognizing
ham radio as a means for teaching, for communicating, and for spurring
the development of new innovations. The congresswoman presented the
measure just days after attending a virtual event hosted by the Sun
City Grand Hams based in Surprise, Arizona. The date is timed to
coincide with the anniversary of the founding of the International
Amateur Radio Union.

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Oleh, UR5BCP/KD7WPJ, will be on the air as J8/UR5BCP
from Saint Vincent Island, between the 21st and 28th of November. Be
listening on 40-6 meters, where Oleh will be using mainly FT8 with some
CW and SSB. QSL to KD7WPJ, direct or by the Bureau. He will be using LoTW
for the Digital QSOs only.

There's a special event about to begin in European Russia. Members of the Miller-DX-Club will be using the call sign RQ30DX between November 16th
and 29th to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the
International MILLER-DX-CLUB. Send QSLs to RQ7L, direct, by the Bureau
or ClubLog's OQRS.

Bob, W0YBS, is active as V31CO in Belize until November 13th. Be listening
on 80-10 meters including 30, 17, and 12 meters, where Bob will be using
CW, SSB, FT8, and RTTY. Send QSLs to W0YBS and LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: AMATEUR PLANS MEMORIAL DXPEDITION TO HONOR SON

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: For our final story, we revisit the island of Rotuma,
where a ham on DXpedition lost his young son late last year. As John
Williams, VK4JJW, tells us, he's heading back - with an important mission.

JOHN: The amateur radio community, and the DX world, embraced Tony, 3D2AG,
in the earliest weeks of this year, as the avid DXer cut short his
DXpedition following the tragic drowning death there of his young son.

Even as he was overcome by profound grief, the scientist was also
overwhelmed by profound gratitude for the support of ham radio radio
friends around the world.

The scientist still has unfinished business on Rotuma, however, and is
planning his return in December. He will activate the island on CW and
FT8, while visiting his wife's family - and he will take care of his
most important mission of all: The grieving father will finalize the
tombstone that will serve as a memorial for 11-year-old Rehanisi. His
son's body was found in the deep water off the Republic of Fiji on the
9th of January this year.

Tony will remain on the island into the middle of January, 2021, and he
plans to be on the air for what he is calling the "Rehanisi Memorial DXpedition." Rotuma is the 58th most-wanted DXCC entity, according to
Club Log.

Tony writes on his QRZ.COM page that he realised after his son's death
how many friends he truly has around the world. He told Newsline in an
email that the meaning of his son's name in Rotuman suited him well.
Rehanisi means "love" or "compassion." Tony told Newsline: [quote] "It
is fitting for the most kind personality that my son had, and which we
miss so much now. We were blessed to have him with us for eleven years." [endquote] The ham radio world still shares his grief.

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

(QRZ.COM, OHIO PENN DX)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David
Behar, K7DB; the FCC; FoxNews31; Geratol.net; the GoodNews Network; Jenni Jones, M0HZT; NBC Channel; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Twitter; Vice Netherlands; WTWW Shortwave; Zachary Manganello, K1ZK; 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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NEW LIST RELEASED OF MOST WANTED DXCC

NEIL/ANCHOR: This is the list so many hams wait to see. It's the most
wanted DXCC list and a new one was just released by ClubLog. The top five
are, starting with top most-wanted: North Korea, Bouvet Island, Crozet
Island, Scarborough Reef and fifth is San Felix Islands. For the rest of
the list - and it's a long one - visit clublog.org.

(CLUBLOG)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Larry, G4HLN, using the call sign
GB4CKS, until November 14th. He is operating CW and some SSB on 40 to 10 metres marking the 85th anniversary of the death of Australian record-
setting aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. The aviator disappeared on November 8th 1935 off the coast of what was then known as Burma, while
trying to break the England-to-Australia speed record. Send QSLs to G4HLN, direct or via the bureau.

Be listening for special event station OZ100MILL, which is on the air until December 15th, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the unification of Southern Jutland with Denmark. Operation is on all the HF bands using CW,
SSB, RTTY and other digital modes. Send QSLs via the bureau.

Special event station DK70DARC is active until the end of December, marking the 70th anniversary of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club. Send QSLs to the bureau.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: SOME REAL DX WITH THIS ANTENNA UPGRADE

NEIL/ANCHOR: So you've swapped your 40 metre dipole out for a nice new beam and you're hoping to score more DX? Well, the folks at NASA can relate to that. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, wraps up this week's newscast with that story.

GRAHAM: Repairs and upgrades to the Deep Space Station 43 dish in Canberra Australia had kept it off the air since last March. That's significant
because it's the only dish in the world that can send commands to the
Voyager 2 probe. Well, NASA reports that an upgrade to the dish allowed it
to finally make contact with the probe again on October 29th. It was the
first successful transmission since March.

It's not that the mission team had lost contact entirely: Data and status updates could still be received from the probe. But with the dish out of commission these past few months, there was no way to successfully transmit
to the craft some 116 billion miles away. No antennas anywhere else on
Earth can do what the powerful dish in the Southern Hemisphere could. According to NASA's website, the dish is expected to return to full service
by February 2021.

So, if lately, you're confounded by your own antenna projects, be glad
you're not trying for a rare DX in Deep Space. Those kinds of upgrades are best left, perhaps, to the professionals.

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

(NASA, ENGADGET)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; Bendigo Amateur Radio
and Electronics Group; BNAmericas; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; EIRSAT-1; EnGadget; FCC; Flying Pigs QRP Club; NASA; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted
Randall's QSO Radio Show; Tokyo Hamfest; 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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HONORS FOR QRP PERFORMERS AND ONE 'HOMEBREW HERO'

JIM/ANCHOR: Congratulations to the top performers in the recent Fox-Mike-
Hotel Portable Operations Challenge. Results have been published and Grand Champion has been identified as Magnus Samuelson, SA0AQT, in Sweden. The amateur who made the single contact over the most kilometres for watts used was Jack Haefner, NG2E, in the state of Virginia. The contest was held in early October.

Separately, we congratulate the newest winner of the Homebrew Heroes Award,
an honor given by the Fox Mike Hotel website, with support from the ICQ Podcast. This year's award goes to George Thomas, W5JDX, who many listeners may know for his appearances on HamNation, and as the host of
AmateurLogic.tv Homebrew Heroes recognizes efforts by those whose homebrew constructions help define the frontiers in amateur radio technology.

Well done, everyone!

(Frank Howell K4FMH)

**

KICKER: A HAM RADIO SISTERHOOD THAT ENDURES

JIM/ANCHOR: We end this week's newscast with a history lesson, a short one, but an important one. Let Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, share it with us.

RALPH: November 22nd marks the anniversary of the death of the woman
believed to be one of the first licensed American YLs. Her name was
Genevieve Josephine Emerson, or at least that was her name when, as a young girl in Oakland, California, she achieved a perfect score on her radio operator's exam and was issued the call sign 6APL. Genevieve, later known as Genevieve Josephine Emerson Stohler, was part of a small but important collective of female radio operators in the early 20th century, including Gladys Kathleen Parkin, callsign 6SO. Gladys, who lived in San Rafael, California, was celebrated in 1916 for being the youngest female to pass the radio license test.

The legacy of Gladys, who lived to be 89 and Genevieve, who was 93 when she died on November 22nd, 2002, is worth noting. Today women are on the air everywhere, and can be found in groups like ALARA in Australia, CLARA in Canada, and the YLRL in the United States. The recent Day of the YLs
memorial contest held earlier this month around the world is a tribute to their enduring friendship and sisterhood.

It is a sisterhood that finds its roots with people like Genevieve and
Gladys a century ago.

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

(SFGATE, ELK GROVE FLORIN AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, THE MARY SUE)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; Angelo Giuffre, VK2NWT; the ARRL; Clay Today Online; CNET; CQ Magazine; CNN: David Behar, K7DB; DX-World; the Elk Grove Florin Amateur Radio Club; the FCC; Frank Howell, K4FMH; the Mary Sue; Northeast Now; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; the Radio Society of Great Britain;
the Saipan Tribune; SFGate; shortwaveradio.de; the Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Times of Israel; 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 Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston, West
Virginia, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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KICKER: WHEN A SPECIAL CALLSIGN COMES A-CALLING

DON/ANCHOR: Finally, do you believe in coincidence? Well this week's
final story - about two YLs in Oregon, and one special callsign - might
leave you wondering. Here's Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

KENT: Marjory Ramey and Hannah Rosenfeld are separated by seven decades
but united by four letters and a number: W7HER. That became Hannah's
vanity call this summer after the Oregon college student, who belongs to
a family of hams, passed her Extra Class exam, encouraged by her father
Scott, N7JI.

Scott N7JI wrote on QRZ.COM that [quote] "It's obviously an ideal call
sign for a YL."

No doubt Marjory Ramey would agree. Now 95 years old, she was known as
Marjory Allingham in 1939 when the callsign was hers. Like Hannah,
Marjory was also part of a ham family - her father William held the
callsign W7KY, and her mother, Lucille, was W7FXE.

Scott unearthed all this during a dig in the online archive of Radio
Amateur Callbooks to learn more about his daughter's new callsign. He
later discovered Marjory's house was just a mile away right in their
hometown. Marjory, who is no longer active in amateur radio, was still
happy to have an eyeball QSO with the current holder of the callsign --
and in September they met. Marjory gave Hannah some advice about the University of Oregon, which Hannah now attends -- and which is Marjory's
alma mater.

Though no QSL cards will be sent from that eyeball QSO, Scott and Hannah assured Marjory that W7HER will be checking in with her from campus every
now and again.

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

(QRZ.COM)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; Brittanica; Chuck Poch,
K0ITP; CNN; CQ Magazine; Datta, VU2DSI; David Behar, K7DB; NASA; New
York Times; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain;
RebelDX Group; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted
Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Times-Call newspaper; VK4DX website;
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 Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in Picayune,
Mississippi, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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2 NEW CANADIAN AMATEUR RADIO HALL OF FAMERS

ANCHOR/PAUL: There are two new names listed among amateurs in the
Candian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has more
details:

JEREMY: Congratulations to the two newest inductees into the Canadian
Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. Radio Amateurs of Canada and the Hall of
Fame trustees have recognised Maurice-Andr� Vigneault, VE3VIG, and Doug
Leach, VE3XK, now a Silent Key, for their contributions. Maurice-Andr�,
who is the author of more than 200 published articles on amateur radio,
is also the former manager of amateur radio station VE3JW at the Canada
Museum of Science and Technology. He has been Canada's delegate to AMSAT
and to the ARISS Working Group and a member of the ARISS School
Selection Committee for Canada and Latin America. A busy Elmer, he also responded to the North American ice storm of 1998 as a volunteer radio operator.

Doug Leach, VE3XK, became a Silent Key on January 15th of this year. He
is being recognised as a driving force behind the RAC's creation and he
served it as an acting president, a first vice-president as well as a
director of its Ontario North Region. Programs he initiated, such as the
RAC Affiliated Club Program; the RAC Foundation; and the RAC Audio-
Visual Program amongst others, have become mainstays of the RAC.

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

(RAC)

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, the Market Reef DX Association, OH9A, will be
marking the holiday season in Finland with activity on all bands and
modes as OG1XMAS between the 29th of November and the 26th of December.
QSL via LoTW and Club Log.

In Belgium, members of Club Radio Durnal, ON4CRD, are active as OP19MSF
until December 13th, to focus on the work of Medics Sans Frontier [Pron:
Medix sawnz fronteer], or Doctors Without Borders, for its active role
during the pandemic. QSL via the bureau or direct.

In Sweden, Lars, SM3EAE, and Goran, SM5SIC, will participate in the CQ
WW DX CW Contest as SI9AM. QSL via SM3FJF, direct or bureau. Please note
that this will be the last activity from the King Chulalongkorn (Chew- La-Long-Korn) Memorial Amateur Radio Society Visitor's station which
closes on December 1st.

Be listening for special call signs from Poland, including 3Z20ARISS,
HF20ISS and HF7ISS, until December 21st. Hams there have been on the
air, marking the 20th anniversary of continuous operation of the Amateur
Radio on the International Space Station. For QSL details, see QRZ for individual call signs.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: TIS THE SEASON TO TALK TO SANTA

PAUL/ANCHOR: Here in the U.S., the Thanksgiving holiday has just ushered
in the holiday season. In some amateur radio households, however, the
season doesn't arrive until Santa gets on the air. We close this week's
report with.....well, listen and you'll find out:

SANTA: Ho Ho Ho! Well, boys and girls, my how times have flown!
It's time again for the Santa Watch Net. That's right. Old Santa is
gonna be making his rounds and can you believe it for the TENTH YEAR in
a row, the gang at the DoDropIn will be watching the radar. Join the
Santa Watch Net starting at 1800 ET on Christmas Eve.

Ho Ho, well my little elf Dave, N3NTV, he's a busy fellow so he is
taking the year off, but his little buddy John, W2JLD, he'll be sitting
in the BIG CHAIR, and keeping track of Santa's location.

And just like last year, and EVERY YEAR, Santa will have a radio in his sleigh, and yeah, he might even chat with the kids again. So, bring all
the little ones and get 'em checked in. Third party traffic is always on
the nice list.

Once again it's the Santa Watch Net, Christmas Eve 1800 ET on the
DoDropIn Echolink conference server node 355800.

Merry Christmas from me, Old Santa, and all my elves at the DoDropIn.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; Central Coast
Amateur Radio Club; Chris Perry, KY4CKP; CQ Magazine; David Behar,
K7DB; Facebook; Jim Emmert, WB0URW; High Appalachian Mountain Amateur
Radio Society; Israel Amateur Radio Club; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Radio
Society of Great Britain; Radio Amateurs of Canada; shortwaveradio.de;
Ralph Rognstad Jr. W4RRJ; Shortwave Listening Post; the SOTA Reflector; Southgate Amateur Radio 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.

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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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U.S. POST OFFICE SUSPENDS ACCEPTING SOME INT'L MAIL

JIM/ANCHOR: Bagged some big DX? Well if you're in the U.S., don't run
to the mailbox with those QSL cards just yet. Stephen Kinford, N8WB,
tells us why.

STEPHEN: If you're a busy DXer in the United States, and you're writing
a stack of QSL cards, you may want to slow down a bit on some of them.
The U.S. Postal Service has suspended international mail acceptance for certain destinations.

Service to Panama, Libya, Madagascar, and Turkmenistan, has been halted
as a result of foreign postal operator service shutdown. In other
locations, including Brunei, Angola, Cuba, Sierra Leone, French Guiana, Maritius, Yemen, Guadeloupe and South Sudan service is suspended
temporarily as a result of transportation not being available. This is
not a complete list, so please visit the U.S. Postal Service website
whose URL appears in the print version of this newscast's script for a
full list and any updates. Until then, postal officials ask that items addressed to these countries not be mailed.

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

[FOR PRINT ONLY, DO NOT READ: https://tinyurl.com/sxvuqwb]

**

HONORING RADIO'S FIRST VOICE TRANSMISSION

JIM/ANCHOR: If you prefer your mic to a straight key or some other
device in your shack, you owe it to inventor Reginald Fessenden to work
this next special event, which celebrates the human voice. Kevin
Trotman, N5PRE, lends his voice to this report.

KEVIN: When special event station W4F gets on the air later this month,
you can expect to hear operators calling QRZ from their home stations
on all bands and in all modes - but if you can hear them on AM, that's especially significant. The Vienna Wireless Society in Virginia is
operating in honor of Reginald Fessenden whose experiments in wireless telegraphy in the early 20th century led to his development of a way to transmit the human voice by modulating the radio wave's amplitude into
the shape of a sound wave. That's the very principle behind AM.

On December 23rd, 1900, the inventor used this technique to transmit a
brief voice message between two stations about a mile apart on Cobb
Island in the Potomac River in Maryland. Club member Bill Mims, W2WCM,
said that the location is just south of the club's QTH and the time
seemed right to mark the 120th anniversary of the transmission. He said
the idea was inspired by a recent Monday night VHF net in which the net control Nancy, N1GFV, posed a question about the first wireless voice transmission. The idea grew from there.

Station W4F will be on the air between the 18th and 24th of December.
There will be a special QSL card for all confirmed contacts.

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

(BILL MIMS W2WCM)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Alexey, RX6A, who will be in
Antarctica and will be on the air as RX6A/MM from December 7th to the
25th and as RI01ANT from December 25, 2020 to May 30, 2021. Alexey will
be using CW and FT8 on 40-15m, with 50 watts. For QSL information visit QRZ.COM.

The Bima DXpedition Team is active as 7C9B from the Indonesian island
of Sumbawa until the 10th of December. Listen for team members on 10m
to 160m using SSB and FT8. Send QSLs to DL3KZA.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: HAM RADIO SAVES THE BACON (AND OTHER GROCERIES)

JIM/ANCHOR: We wrap up this week's newscast with this very personal
story of how ham radio recently saved the bacon - along with some other groceries - for one of our own Newsline team members. It happened to
her when she arrived at her local store to pick up the order she had
placed in advance. Unfortunately, when she arrived she discovered she'd
left her cellphone at home, and couldn't call to say she was parked
outside and ready for delivery. So Amanda Alden, K1DDN, reached for her
mobile radio, and did what hams do best:

[INSERT 3 SECOND PLEA FOR HELP AUDIO]

AMANDA: Robert, KF0BVR, whose QTH is 35 minutes away, responded to my
distress call. The freshness of our fruits and vegetables was at stake.
Oh, and even our steak was at stake.

[INSERT 5 SECOND ANSWER AUDIO]

AMANDA: Robert phoned the grocery store, and got us checked in, so they
could bring the groceries out to the car.

[INSERT 2 SECOND "YOU'RE CHECKED IN" AUDIO]
[INSERT 3 SECOND THANK YOU AUDIO]

AMANDA: When all else fails - including your own memory to carry your cellphone - there's always ham radio.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, with a happy and full refrigerator, I'm
Amanda Alden, K1DDN.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; Andy Meyer, N2FYE; the ARRL; Bill
Mims, W2WCM; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; DX World Net; the
Guardian; Israel Amateur Radio Club; NobelPrize.Org; NPR; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and
you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More
information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official
website 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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KICKER: MEET NEWSLINE'S INTERNATIONAL NEWSMAKER OF THE YEAR

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Last week we announced that Newsline's International
Newsmaker of the Year Award has been given to the Get on the Air to
Care campaign, conceived of by Paul Devlin, G1SMP, who partnered with
the UK National Health Service and the Radio Society of Great Britain.
This week we'd like you to hear Paul himself explain the genesis and
purpose of this award-winning project. Here's Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

ED: If Paul Devlin, G1SMP, had his way, the world would be a healthier
place, emotionally and physically. That was in fact his stated goal in
2018 when he told the UK regulator Ofcom and his bosses at the NHS
that he believed a ham radio station at the NHS could be the voice of
global well-being especially to people in remote areas. Paul told
them:

PAUL: It will be the only government-level ham radio station in the UK
and we will use it for health and well-being -- and when we promote
global health and well-being initiatives we will reach people who are
off the grid using amateur radio.

ED: With amateur station GB1NHS getting on the air, and carrying its
message two years before the world knew of COVID, the arrival of the
2020 pandemic brought a new role for GB1NHS - and indeed hams
everywhere:

PAUL: I had an idea for a weekend project and my weekend project was
called "On the Air to Care." I wanted to encourage just a handful of
people where I lived really to dust their radios off and plug them in,
fire them up and talk to a few people. I just thought "maybe Friday
Saturday and Sunday." What I did, I went to the RSGB and asked Steve
who is the general manager of the Society and Heather who is the communications manager, to just give me a little bit of support, give
me maybe a little bit of PR around it to get people involved. Anyway,
48 hours later "On the Air to Care, Weekend Project" became "Get On
the Air 2 Care," a global phenomenon.

ED: The Radio Society of Great Britain spread the word and in a bold
move, Paul even got the BBC's director-general to embrace it. Radio
eased the social isolation of lockdown and quarantine, and a wave of
new candidates signed up for licence exams. Paul believes the world's
oldest and most inclusive form of social media will continue to stay
front and center even after the age of COVID because it brings us
together, no matter who we are.

PAUL: Amateur radio is the ultimate leveler. It sees no boundaries it
is not discriminatory, it is not into ethnicity, into religion, it is
into this commonality for love of radio communications and nothing
else comes close to it. Nothing.

ED: Congratulations again, Paul, and to your team for global community
service in these pandemic times. Good luck going forward. For Amateur
Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Australian Communications and Media Authority;
Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB;
Grimeton World Heritage Foundation; Mark Kleine, N5HZR; the News
Gazette; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain; SemiMedia; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Strata-Gee.com; Ted
Randall's QSO Radio Show; WCIA; W5NOR.ORG; 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Tom, DL7BO, using the call sign 5T7-
Oh-Oh (5T7OO) from Mauritania until the 20th of December. You can find him
on 40 through 10 metres and possibly 160 and 80 metres using CW, SSB, RTTY,
and FT8. Send QSLs to DJ6TF, direct or by the Bureau. The log will be
uploaded to LoTW and possibly ClubLog later.

Be listening for the special call sign HZ18SAT, through the 27th of
December. The Saudi Amateur Radio Society is marking the 18th anniversary
of the launch of the Saudi satellite 1C SO-50. QSOs will be on the
satellite SO-50 only, using 145.800 MHz for uplink and 436.795 MHz for downlink. For more details, see QRZ.com.

In Sweden, members of the Kristianstad Radioamateur Club (SK7BQ) are
getting ready for the new year with an activation of special event station 7S60BW throughout 2021. This will be to celebrate the 60th anniversary of their radio club. QSL via SM7BHM.

Be listening for special event station HF2021HY in Poland, from December
19th to January 10th to celebrate the New Year. Members of the "Enigma"
club SP2PBM will be operating. Send QSLs to SP2PBM by the bureau, Clublog's OQRS, or via LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HAM RADIO STYLE

NEIL/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 Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT-UK; the ARRL; CNN; Contest University; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; the G-QRP Club; Ham Radio University; the New York Times; New Zealand Gazette; Ohio Penn DX
newsletter; the Radio Society of Great Britain; Science magazine; Science Alert; Southgate; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Winter Field Day
Association; 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Alex, 5B4ALX, active as C4XMAS in
Cyprus until December 31st to celebrate the Christmas season. Listen on
160-6 meters where Alex will be using CW, SSB and the digital modes.
QSL via IZ4AMS, direct, by the Bureau or ClubLog.

Listen for the special event call sign CN1M until the 31st of December.
This is an expedition in the southern part of Morocco. Send QSL cards
to RW6HS direct.

In Ukraine, members of the "7-DX-Club" are activating a special event
with the call sign EN50WZA between January 1st and 31st. They are
marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of their club. Send QSLs
to UT7WZA.

We also report the news that noted DXPeditioner Franz Berndt, DL9GFB,
has become a Silent Key. Franz was a member most recently of the Z66DX
team in Kosovo, but had also been in the Marshall Islands in 2015 with
the V73D Dxpedition and in Samoa in 2013 with 5W0M -- among many
others. He was part of the team VU7RG named "DXpedition of the Year
2006/2007" by the Southwest Ohio DX Association in 2007. A notice
posted on Facebook said he died following a stroke at the age of 68.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: IN AUSTRALIA, THE ULTIMATE DX?

SKEETER: We finish this newscast by celebrating another kind of DX, the ultimate DX. How about a contact from a star near the sun? Graham Kemp,
VK4BB, gives us that signal report.

GRAHAM: Astronomers in Australia are calling the mysterious radio
signal they heard BLC-1. It's their way of describing the narrowband
emission they detected in the spring of 2019 coming from the direction
of Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf star closest to our sun.

The unexplained signal was picked up by the Parkes telescope in New
South Wales, Australia and later analysed remotely at Penn State
University in the United States. The findings were posted this month on
the National Geographic website.

Was this a type of special event station from an alien life form? Well,
the listeners who received the signal are naturally hoping so, since
one of the two planets orbiting Proxima Centauri appears to have a
temperate climate like our Earth. The scientists who received this
signal are known as Breakthrough Listen and their 10-year search
focuses on extraterrestrials on the air.

While that narrowband reception in Australia gave them some hope - at
least initially - experts have advised the researchers that there is
more likely a rather ordinary, terrestrial explanation since the signal
is more akin to what is produced by our very earthbound Wi-Fi, GPS and
cell towers. They have also yet to receive that signal again.

Looks like that certificate for Worked All Stars may have to wait.

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

(NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AFP news service; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT-UK; the
ARRL; the BBC; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; the EI7GL blog;
Facebook; The FCC; IARU Region 1; National Geographic; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; the Radio Society of Great Britain; Science magazine;
Science Alert; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate; the SOTA Reflector;
Space.com; 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 Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, in Nashville,
Tennessee, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, hams in Poland and in England are running special
event stations to welcome the new year. Until January 10th, listen for HF2021HNY from Poland. QSL direct or via Clublog or if using the
Bureau, QSL via SP2PBM. In England, Paul, M0XZT, will activate the
special New Years station with the call sign GB0NY. He will be on the
air through January 7th a few hours a day on 160-10m, 2m/70cm and 4m,
using SSB, FT8/FT4, SSTV, FM, D-STAR, DMR and C4FM modes. QSL only
using eQSL. He will upload logs after January 7th.

In Slovenia, members of the Radio Club Elektron Brezice (BRAY-zuh-chuh)
will be using the special event call sign S520SAFE until January 31st
to promote the campaign of "Be Safe, Stay Safe," emphasizing a safe
lifestyle during the COVID-19 pandemic. QSL cards via eQSL and LotW. If sending direct via S56IPS including a self-addressed envelope and $3 in
US currency. Bureau cards will not be accepted.

Hams in Japan are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Niiza City with
special event station 8N1IZA until March 31st. No QSL requests are
needed! All QSLs will be sent automatically via the Bureau.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: PARADE OF A LIFETIME HONORS NY AMATEUR

PAUL/ANCHOR: As hams we know that there are many things that can get in
the way of making a good contact: poor propagation, the wrong antenna,
bad SWR - or just too much distance. In Rochester, New York, however,
nothing stopped one contact from happening after more than a year of
planning. Randy Sly, W4XJ, tells us about it in this week's final
story.

RANDY: A lifetime achievement award comes along, literally, once in a lifetime. In the hearts of the Rochester DX Association and the
Rochester VHF Group, Irv Goodman, AF2K, was ready for his. Now well
into his 80s, Irv's more than 50 years of radio service has included
providing hospitality at Hamvention, taking overnight shifts at Field
Day, being part of the local Breakfast Club net and being one of the contesters in the annual New York QSO Party.

Chris Shalvoy, K2CS, president of the Rochester DX group, told Newsline
that Irv was to have received his lifetime achievement plaque from the
two groups at their annual banquet this year, but COVID restrictions
cancelled it. There was also a challenge in getting the plaque made
after the original company shut its doors because of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, Irv himself had relocated recently to a care facility. He'd
had a stroke some years ago while helping raise a tower.

Despite a snowfall and sub-freezing temperatures, conditions were right
for a good contact on December 20th. A parade of 32 cars set off with
more than 50 hams aboard to pay tribute from a distance. The award was
handed off and given to Irv by a ham who works inside the care
facility.

Still, this wasn't going to be a one-way contact for this veteran radio operator. Irv was handed an HT and gave thanks to his friends the best
way he knows how: by getting on the air.

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

(CHRIS SHALVOY K2CS)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; Amazon; the ARRL; Chris Shalvoy,
K2CS; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; Facebook; Hideo Kambayashi,
JH3XCU; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; the Radio Society of Great Britain;
South African Radio League; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate; the SOTA
Reflector; Space.com; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Verge; WTWW
Shortwave; Youngsters on the Air; 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, and happy New Year to you all. As always, we thank
you for listening.

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WHEN THE DX FINDS THE DXer IN FINLAND

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: There are many of us who like to go off in search of
some good DX - but what happens when the DX unexpectedly finds YOU? Ed Durrant, DD5LP, tells us.

ED: As she gave her "good morning" greetings to local listeners from her
radio studio in Canada's Yukon territory, CBC program host Elyn (ELLEN)
Jones recently gained a new fan. It was Jorma (YORMA) M�ntyl� (MON-too-
lah), who was listening on 560 kHz, the station's AM frequency, from his
home 7,000 km away in Finland. He was somewhat surprised to hear the programme, "Yukon Morning," as it arrived last fall via the long wire
antenna he'd directed toward North America. Jorma is no stranger to DX
though. He's been at it since getting his amateur radio licence in 1967,
with some of his proudest DX contacts being New Zealand, Israel and
Japan.

Still, he believed some kind of special QSL card was in order, so he
emailed the CBC and attached an mp3 file of what he'd heard. It was a multimedia e-qsl card of sorts. The file revealed a signal of varying
quality but it was still a valid contact. "Yukon Morning" is one of many
CBC radio shows that are available via streaming and on demand but I'm
sure Jorma would tell you RF is best!

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

(SOUTHGATE, CBC)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Hams are honoring the work of Lions Clubs
International with special event tation GB4BLC in England. Members of
the Bedworth Lions Club and operators from the Coventry Amateur Radio
Society will be operating through January 28th on most of the HF bands.
The operation will include the digital modes. There will be no QSL
cards.

Another special event station is operating from Poland. Members of the
SEDINA Contest Club will activate the special event station SQ0MORSE
through April 30th, marking the 230th anniversary of the birth of Samuel
F.B. Morse. Operations will be on various HF bands. Send QSLs to SP1EG,
direct or by the Bureau.

(OHIO PENN DX, QRZ)

**

KICKER: FOR HUNTING DECOY MARKETER, THE COST OF RFI IS DEAR

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story is about an FCC action against a company
it has charged with radio interference. The government agency, it seems,
is making some noises involving - of all things - animal noises. Kent Peterson, KC0DGY, has more.

KENT: Can the grunt or snort or a bleat of a deer be considered QRM?
Probably not, but instructions being transmitted wirelessly, directing a hunting decoy to utter those noises is quite another matter. The FCC and
a US company called Primos have entered into a consent decree over its product, the Waggin' Whitetail Electronic Deer Tail Decoy, for what the
FCC has called noncompliance with Part 15 of its rules. The FCC believes
the decoy's remote, which users report has a transmission range of
between 40 and 60 yards, exceeds authorized field strength emissions
limits and could interfere with nearby electronics. According to the
FCC, the company acknowledged that it had marketed six such models that
exceed those limits.

Primos has agreed to embark on a plan for compliance and has begun a
voluntary recall.

The company will also pay a civil penalty that could be considered somewhat.....dear: $55,000.

Primos noted that it had received no complaints of interference
occurring with any other devices. As for interference complaints from
any of the local wildlife -- no bucks or does were available to grunt,
snort, bleat or otherwise comment for this report.

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

(FCC, PRIMOS)

**

Newsline closes this week by congratulating Richard, G4TUT, on the 50th edition of the CQ Serenade program, which carries Amateur Radio Newsline weekly on the shortwave dot de transmitters in northern Europe.

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; Andy Meyer, N2FYE;
ARRL; the BBC; the CBC; Clean Technica; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; Facebook; the FCC; John Bignell, VE1JMB; Ohio Penn DX newsletter;
Popular Mechanics; Primos; Radio Amateurs of Canada; the Radio Society
of Great Britain; Southgate; Space.com; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show;
the US Air Force; 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, and happy New Year to you all. As always, we thank you
for listening.

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FANS OF RADIO'S FIRST VOICE MODE PREP FOR AM RALLY

JIM/ANCHOR: Amplitude Modulation, or AM, was the first voice mode over
radio. It has three parts - a carrier, an upper sideband, and a lower
sideband - and in just two weeks, it will be gaining a fourth part:
The AM Rally. This is an annual event designed to encourage AM
activity for newcomers as well as longtime fans who may be firing up
their vacuum tube rigs to make contacts.

This year's event will be held from 0000Z on Saturday, February 6th to
0700Z Monday February 8th - or for those in the United States, 7 p.m.
Eastern Time on Friday February 5th to 2 a.m. Eastern time Monday
February 8th. Organizers said YLs in particular are invited to return,
based on the success of last year's "Ladies' Night" feature. All types
of radios are permitted, from modified military and broadcast
equipment to homebrew and those commercially manufactured.

For additional details, and to find operating and logging guidance,
visit the website amrally dot com (amrally.com)

(CLARK BURGARD N1BCG)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, AMSAT Argentina, LU7AA, will celebrate the 31st anniversary of the LUSAT satellite (LO-19) between January 16th and
24th. Be listening on the HF bands on SSB, CW and the digital modes.
A special certificate is available. Visit QRZ.COM for additional
details.

In Israel, listen for 4X0RMN to be operating from the Ramon Crater,
Israel's largest national park, in the Negev desert between the 30th
of January and the 1st of February. Send QSLs to 4X6ZM, LoTW and eQSL.
A certificate will be available for working three out of the four
special stations that are operating as part of the ongoing Land of
Craters Program that kicked off last year. For more details, visit
QRZ.COM.

Be listening for Bo, OZ1DJJ, operating in his spare time as OX3LX from Tasiilaq (TAZZY-Uh-LACK) Island in Greenland through the 30th of
January. Send QSLs to LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or direct to OZ0J.

**

KICKER: GOT A MINUTE? ER, 59 SECONDS?

JIM/ANCHOR: Got a minute? Or maybe a millisecond less? It's time for
Graham Kemp, VK4BB, and our final story of the week.

GRAHAM: Things might just get a little challenging for UTC -
Coordinated Universal Time, that is - the time-keeping system so
familiar to us hams who pursue precision in our DX contacts or use
some of the newer digital modes. As reported on the UK news website,
The Telegraph, scientists are now suggesting that the world's atomic
clocks, which control UTC, shorten the minute so that UTC can better
keep pace with the irregular rate of the Earth's rotation, which most
people measure using the less precise method known as "solar time."

Let's face it, it's hard to stay in sync. When the Earth's rotation
was seen to be slowing, scientists added something called a "leap
second" to the end of a particular year. They've done this 27 times
since 1972 to keep atomic clocks and UTC sympatico with solar time.
Scientists believe Earth's 24-hour rotation has grown swifter now,
making the days ever-so-slightly shorter. They also believe 2021 could
well be the shortest year we've had in many decades. They say this
will ultimately have an impact on navigation systems and satellite communications and anything else that requires precision in cosmic timekeeping.

This very subject is up for discussion at the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2023 which is at least two years - and many, many, many,
many seconds away.

Now that's a thought that could probably make our own heads spin a lot
faster too.

Having the time of my life with that report for Amateur Radio
Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(NTIA, BUSINESS INSIDER, TELEGRAPH)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT-EA; the ARRL; Business
Insider; Clark Burgard N1BCG; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB;
Hamvention; EOS.org; the NTIA; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; Orlando
HamCation; QRZ.com; QSO Today; the Radio Society of Great Britain;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; South African Radio League;
shortwaveradio.de; Southgate; the Telegraph; 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 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, Michael, HB9WDF, will be active as 8Q7AO from
Vilamendhoo (Villa Mend Who) Island between January 25th and February
7th. Michael will be operating holiday style, and only on the QO-100
satellite. QSL via the Bureau, eQSL, ClubLog, or LoTW.

In Antarctica, listen for Felix, DL5XL, operating as DP1POL from the
German research station "Neumayer III" (NOY-MY-ERR THREE) where he is
part of the wintering team as an electronics engineer. He will be there
until mid-March. Listen on various HF bands, using the QO-100 satellite,
using CW, and the Digital modes. QSL via DL1ZBO, direct, by the Bureau,
or LoTW.

Be listening, too, for GU4YDX, operating from Guernsey in the CQ 160-metre
CW Contest, which is happening from January 29th through the 31st. QSL
via LoTW, or GU4YDX direct.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: LAST HURRAH FOR 'LAST MAN'

NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally, we close with an update on the popular American
TV show "Last Man Standing." When the show wraps up its final day of
shooting this spring, it's going to be saying farewell ham radio style.
The prime time show, which became a showcase for amateur radio through
its main character, Mike Baxter KA0XTT (Kay Ay Zero X TT), is leaving
the air after nine years -- but not before it first gets ON the air on
the amateur bands. Executive producer John Amodeo, AA6JA, told Newsline
that a big farewell special event station is planned for KA6LMS between
March 14th and March 30th, the last day of the show's production. At
that point, the mailing address of the Last Man Standing Amateur Radio
Club will also change to 11684 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 810, Studio City, California, 91604.

The show grew even more popular, after star Tim Allen made things real
by getting the callsign KK6OTD. It also featured guest radio operators
on the set during meal breaks. John told Newsline: "Rather than have it
slip away silently, we should have one more activation of KA6LMS now."
With operators from the Great South Bay Amateur Radio club, the K2H
special event station, and the 12 Days of Christmas, the activation
will give everyone a last chance to work KA6LMS in an ambitious special
event. Be listening on CW, SSB, D-STAR, DMR, RTTY, PSK, and FT-8.
Consider it one last hurrah for "Last Man Standing."

(JOHN AMODEO AA6JA)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT-UK; Andy Meyer, N2FYE; the ARRL; Australian Communications and Media Authority; Bob Ringwald, K6YBV; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; the FCC; ITV website; John Amodeo, AA6JA;
the Millennium Post; NoozHawk; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QRZ.com; the
Radio Society of Great Britain; 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.

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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MARKING 100 YEARS OF NEW ZEALAND HAM RADIO

PAUL/ANCHOR: Having survived earthquakes and other challenges, one club
in New Zealand is celebrating its centennial with a special event
activation. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, clues us in on how to work them.

JIM: What began in 1921 as the Radio Society of Christchurch is now a
robust club of enthusiasts known as the Christchurch Amateur Radio Club
ZL3AC. The club has traveled a long road, displaced by earthquakes in
2010 and 2011, but is now happily ensconsed in Fendalton. Members are
marking their 100-year journey by operating as ZL100RSC throughout
February and offering an informal award to anyone who contacts the
station on VHF/UHF or HF or through digital voice reflectors, repeaters,
EME and satellites.

For the award, hams must contact ZL100RSC, which is worth 25 points. Ten points may also be earned by contacting the club station ZL3AC;
individual Christchurch club members are worth five points each.
February 15th is a bonus day. That's the 100th anniversary of the club's
first meeting and on that day, all points earned are being doubled. For
more details, visit the QRZ page for ZL100RSC.

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

(SOUTHGATE)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Tom, 9A2AA, is using the special
event callsign 9A64AA until the end of the year, marking 64 years as a
ham radio operator. QSL via his home callsign.

In Bulgaria, George, LZ2VP, is operating special event station LZ190FT
until the 31st of December, celebrating the 190th birthday of the
Bulgarian Revolutionary Filip Totyu. Listen for him on the HF bands. QSL
via LZ2VP.

Another special event - this one in Peru - will be on the air throughout
2021, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Peru's independence. There
are four special event callsigns, each with a single suffix spelling the
word PERU. Listen for OC200P, OC200E, OC200R, and OC200U. Send QSLs via
OA4O. (Oh-Ay-Four-Oh).

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: IN SWEDEN, A CENTURY OF WISDOM

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our final story this week is a lesson in surviving
isolation. Sweden's most senior radio operator learned long ago that
being a ham means you're never alone - not even in a pandemic. Here's Ed Durrant, DD5LP, with his story.

ED: As the oldest active amateur radio operator in Sweden, Tage
(pronounced: TAW-GUH) Karlsson, SM7ALI, has the wisdom befitting his 101 years.

Even with the constant companionship of his loyal cat Hubert, Tage
(TAW-GUH) knows the best way to beat the loneliness of life in a
desolate forest near Hässleholm is to key the mic and call QRZ. For the
past year, amateur radio has brought the world to his cottage door while
the coronavirus pandemic has kept people worlds apart.

A recent report about him on National Swedish Television described how
he was a young radio enthusiast who successfully completed his licence
test after World War II.

Mats Gunnarsson, SM7BUA, told AR Newsline that Tage (TAW-GUH) has been
on the air almost non-stop since the sixties. Mats is one of 20 or so
amateurs who enjoy daily fellowship with Tage (TAW-GUH) each morning
when they gather on the air.

As Tage (TAW-GUH) himself said on the TV news report: [quote] "The fun
is all the friends you get." [endquote] Over the years he has lost the
exact count of how many friends he has made - but one thing is certain.
While it took a pandemic for the world to learn what amateur radio can
do, Tage (TAW-GEH) has been celebrating that gift over much of his 101
years

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

(MATS GUNNARSSON SM7BUA, HANS LARSSON)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar,
K7DB; the Defense Post; Hans Larsson of Swedish National Television;
Intrepid DX Group; Irish Radio Transmitters; Mats Gunnarsson, SM7BUA;
Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QCWA; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate; Space.com; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show;
UPI; the Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; YOTA; 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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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for the members of the Kuwait Amateur Radio
Society operating as 9K60NLD throughout the month of February. This is a special event celebrating Kuwait's 60th National Day, which is February
25th, and Liberation Day, which is February 26th). QSL via 9K2RA.

In Mozambique, Bruno, CS7AMN, will be using the call sign C91BVA from
Maputo starting on February 18th. Be listening on 80/40/20/15 and 10
meters where he will be using SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via LoTW, by
the Bureau (via CS7AMN), ClubLog or eQSL.

In Germany, members of the Local Branch Kerpen (G29) have begun operating
with the special event callsign DC220GERKE and will remain on the air
through April 31st. They are celebrating the 220th birthday of Friedrich Clemens Gerke, who revised the Morse Code telegraphy system into the standardized form we know today as the International Morse code. QSL via
DJ6SI direct or by the Bureau.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: HIGH-FLYING HUNGER HITS THE ISS

JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, if you've got an appetite for a good story, our final report this week is about some high-flying hunger in space that led the
hams on board to engage in a bit of dietary diplomacy. Mike Askins,
KE5CXP, serves this one to us:

MIKE: Whoever said hams love a good meal so much that they're unwilling to share their food may have eaten their way through more than a few hamfests
-- but they haven't been aboard the International Space Station.
Astronauts and cosmonauts not only appreciate one another's space-friendly cuisine but are required by NASA to do pre-flight sampling of the international goodies for the sake of their in-flight stomachs. So when
the US astronauts heard their Russian colleagues learned would have a two-month delay in their next shipment of food, meal-sharing was the only solution. Kate Rubins, KG5FYJ, Victor Glover, KI5BKC, Mike Hopkins,
KF5LJG, and Shannon Walker, KD5DXB, stepped up to the plate, so to speak. Sergey (SUR-GAY) Ryzhikov (RIZ-HIGH-KOV), one of the two cosmonauts,
reported that the 13 containers of the Americans' food were even provided
free of charge. That should be sufficient for the two cosmonauts until February 15th. According to a report from the Russian state-owned news
site RIA Novosti, that's when the next shipment is scheduled.

With the ISS traveling at speeds of up to 17,100 miles an hour, you might
even consider this to be fast-food. Very fast food.

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

(NASA, RIA NOVOSTI)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ACMA; Airforce.Gov.Au; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT;
ARISS; the ARRL; Central Coast Amateur Radio Club; CQ Magazine; David
Behar, K7DB; David Johnson, KF4ALH; LATMOS; LiveScience; Phys.Org; Myles Bruns, VE7FSR; NASA; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; OpenFalklands.com; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Space.com; Ted Randall's
QSO Radio Show; RIA Novosti; Spaceflight Now; The Times of India; the
Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; 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.

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 Charleson, West
Virginia, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, members of a group known as "The Fifth Ocean" with
the support of the Union of Radio Amateurs of Russia will be on the air
as R115AN to celebrate the 115th anniversary of the birth of legendary aircraft engineer Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov, a legendary aircraft
designer, until February 14th. He is considered the father of transport aviation in Russia.

Listen on various HF bands as well as VHF. There will be an operators'
diploma honoring him as the "Father of Transport Aviation." For QSL
details, visit QRZ.com.

In Brazil, Charles, PU3NVN; Douglas, PU3DPA; and Gilberto, PY3GIL; will
use the call sign ZW3CM from a lighthouse in Tavares, during the 13th
American Lighthouses Weekend. Activity begins February 19th and runs
through to the 21st. Send QSLs to PU3DPA, by the Bureau. Be listening on
20 meters.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

FOX MIKE HOTEL PORTABLE OP CHALLENGE IS RETURNING

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Expect to see the return of the Fox Mike Hotel Portable Operations Challenge later this year with changes. The event will happen earlier - on the 4th and 5th of September - and will consist of three
separate four-hour "sprint windows" for operators, a departure from last year's format. Each 4-hour session is a contest in itself but all three
will be totalled to find the overall winner. As in last year's contest, scoring system is kilometre-per-watt–based and uses a handicapping system
to level the playing field between the large and small stations. Mark it
on your calendar. Details will follow later this year. Meanwhile, you can visit foxmikehotel.com/challenge for more details.

**

KICKER: RESEARCHERS PUT A NEW SPIN(ACH) ON WIRELESS EMAILING

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Finally, we end this week's report by asking: Do you think that's just spinach on your plate? Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, tells us why
we may need to rethink this popular salad ingredient.

RALPH: Popeye, the classic American cartoon character, knew that eating spinach could make him strong, but imagine if that same spinach could help
you send emails wirelessly? Sure, hams are doing this right now with the proper software - but not with vegetables. According to a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, researchers there have used nanotechnology to transform spinach into sensors that can detect
explosives. When they do, they relay that information back to the
scientists, wirelessly. This complex feat of engineering electronic
components and systems into plants is known as "plant nanobionics." In
this instance it takes advantage of spinach's extensive root network which
has the ability to sample and transport groundwater from the soil up into
the leaves. If the roots detect that groundwater possesses nitroaromatics, something often found in explosives, the carbon nanotubes embedded in the spinach leaves emit a signal that can be read by an infrared camera
capable of emailing an alert to a handheld device similar to a mobile
phone. If this sounds a little too wild to believe, consider our story on Newsline last year about researchers in Huntsville, Alabama, who
discovered that there's electrical signal propagation going on between
tomato plants.

Whether any of this is ultimately useful to us in the ham shack remains to
be seen, but one thing's for sure: We may soon be looking at our salads
with newfound respect.

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

(SCIENCE.SLASHDOT, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; Bill Kleinschmidt, N9FDE; the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club; CQ Magazine;
David Behar, K7DB; HAMSci; MARS; the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology; Mike Zwingl, OE3MZC; Military Aerospace.com; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QRZ.com; Patch.com; Phys.Org; Science.Slashdot; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate; Space.com; Ted Randall's
QSO Radio Show; Tim Helming, WT1IM; the Wireless Institute of Australia;
WTWW Shortwave; YOTA; 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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KICKER: A MARS LANDING FOR PENNSYLVANIA CLUB CALL SIGN

PAUL/ANCHOR: We conclude this week's report by asking: Can YOUR call sign
go the distance? For one Pennsylvania amateur radio club, the answer is a resounding: YES! Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, tells us why.

RALPH: This could be the world's tiniest QSL card for the world's rarest
DX thus far: The Perseverance Rover arriving on Mars to look for signs of
past microbial life and collect climate and geographic data will be
carrying the name of the Holmesburg Amateur Radio Club with it. The Pennsylvania club's name and call sign, WM3PEN, is one of almost 11
million names on board, stenciled into one of three tiny silicon chips by
an electron beam as part of NASA's "Send Your Name to Mars" campaign. The
club is perhaps best well-known for running the annual 13 Colonies Special Event that takes place around America's Independence Day celebrations each year.

Sure, the club had more than enough company on its journey when the launch took off at Kennedy Space Center in Florida last summer -- but how many of them are space-travel veterans like the Holmesburg hams? Club trustee Bob Josuweit WA3PZO, told Newsline that this is the second trek to Mars for
the club's call sign. The first journey was in 2011 on board the rover
named Curiosity where the club's call sign joined some 1.2 million names.
Bob told Newsline the club decided it was worth going along for the ride again. Talk about perseverance!

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

(NASA, BOB JOSUWEIT WA3PZO)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; Bob Josuweit WA3PZO; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; EOS; HAMSci; Indian Express; Michaela Wheeler VK3FUR; NASA; New York Times; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; PHYS.ORG; QRZ.com; Practical Wireless; Radio Society of Great Britain; Redders Bluer M5ACT;
Short Wave Magazine; Simon Strange, M0SYS; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate; Steve Hartley, G0FUW; Ted Randall's QSO
Radio Show; the Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; YOTA; 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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NOMINATIONS OPENING FOR NEWSLINE'S YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR

DON/ANCHOR: Do these names mean anything to you? Chris Brault, KD8YVJ;
Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO; Emily Stewart, KC0PTL; Kaitlyn Cole, KS3P. They
are all past winners of Amateur Radio Newsline's Young Ham of the Year
Award which since 2015 has carried another name - that of Newsline's late cofounder, Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF. These award-winners mean a lot to us
here at Newsline, because they make us proud of the generation we are
watching grow and flourish. On Monday, March 1st, downloadable nomination forms for this year's candidates will become available on our website arnewsline.org

If you know a young amateur 18 or younger living in the United States, its possessions or any Canadian province and they are devoted to radio and community service, visit arnewsline.org and consider making them your
nominee. The award will be presented at the Huntsville Hamfest in
Huntsville Alabama this August.

**

HAMS PREP FOR DXPEDITION TO WILLIS ISLAND

DON/ANCHOR: An adventurous group of radio amateurs has some big p lans for
a very small island just off the Australian coast. Can you say
"DXpedition?" That's just what Graham Kemp, VK4BB, describes for us here.

GRAHAM: What does a group of Aussie hams do when they see the 100th anniversary of one of the last remaining manned weather stations coming
up?

Well as the station is difficult to get to, located as it is on a very
small, 19 acre, island 450 kilometres off Cairns in Queensland, it
wouldn't be a simple special event station set-up. No, this has to be a
proper DX-Pedition. The group is the Hellenic Amateur Radio Association of Australia who have a long record of running DX-Peditions.

The location is Willis Island, which at number 38 is one of the more
wanted locations for DXCC. The hams are hoping to use the call sign VK9W,
but if not allocated will use VK9HR (the clubs own call sign) from this
rare IOTA Island - OC-007.

If you are looking to add this entity to your collection, get ready for
this Aussie team who will be joined by some international friends heading
out to the Coral Sea to get on the air on 160 through 10 metres between November the 3rd and the 13th 2021.

For more information check the URL given in the text version on the AR Newsline dot ORG website.

(FOR PRINT, DO NOT READ: https://dxnews.com/vk9hr/).

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Gareth, M0MOL, is on the air as MM0MOL/P from the main Island of Shetland for the remainder of February and into March. He will
be operating QRP with a portable setup. Listen for him mainly in the
evenings local time after work. Send QSLs to his home callsign.

The Pride Radio Group is using the special event callsign VI2021PRIDE throughout the Sydney Mardi Gras until March 7th. Be listening for
operations on SSB and FT8. QSL directly to Michaela Wheeler VK3FUR or via
the ClubLog OQRS system.

The Welland Valley Amateur Radio Society will be putting several special
event stations on the air in the months ahead to celebrate the patron
saints of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The first event will be
for the feast of Saint David, patron saint of Wales. Be listening for
GB0SD between February 28th and March 2nd. The actual feast day is on
March 1st. QSL by eQSL, LoTW and by the Bureau via manager G4XEX.

(OHIO PENN DX, SOUTHGATE)

**

KICKER: ON MARS, ALL IT TAKES IS A LITTLE INGENUITY

DON/ANCHOR: Finally: Have you ever dreamed of having the frequency all to yourself to make that one perfect, historic QSO? Well it can happen: On
Mars. Newsline's space cadet Paul Braun, WD9GCO, takes us there.

PAUL: Talk about operating mobile! NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter,
prepped to accomplish the first powered flight on that planet, has already achieved its first QSO. According to reports from NASA, the 4-pound helicopter, which is actually a drone, is resting comfortably in the underbelly of NASA's Perseverance rover which landed on the red planet on February 18th. Its mission is to conduct a test of the first powered
flight in the thin atmosphere there, where it is capable of achieving an altitude of no more than 15 feet, or 5 metres.

The tiny helicopter employs point-to-point wireless communication with the rover. A day after the landing, the helicopter sent its first message back
to Earth via the rover by making use of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter, saying all systems, including its power supply of six lithium-ion batteries, were working as expected. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
reported that a downlink from the orbiter confirmed that all was well. According to NASA, it will be at least a month before Ingenuity makes its maiden flight.

One has to wonder, though — is Ingenuity going to apply for a QSL card?
And if so, does that go direct or through a bureau? I've got to imagine
it's going to need one for that "Worked All Planets" award. That's a lot
of postage.

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

(NASA, CNN, MSN.COM)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to the ACMA; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; Burlington Free Press; CQ Magazine; CNN; David Behar; EOS; KCAL Los
Angeles; MSN.COM; NASA; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QRZ.com; Raisa R1BIG; 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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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)

**

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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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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)

**

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)

**

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.

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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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)

**

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)

**

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)

**

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.

**

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)

**

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.

**

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

**

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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PRESENTATIONS NEEDED FOR SOUTH AFRICAN SYMPOSIUM

JIM/ANCHOR: Organizers of a virtual space symposium taking place this
summer are looking for presentations on amateur satellites, space weather
and related topics. Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, tells how you can share your knowledge.

JASON: If you have expertise on space weather, amateur satellites or weak signal communication, AMSAT SA and the South African Radio League are interested in hearing from you. They're looking for papers on these
subjects and related topics for presentation at this year's space
symposium being presented virtually on Saturday the 10th of July.
Interested presenters are being asked to submit their proposals no later
than the 15th of May, preferably in Word document format. The papers can
be emailed to admin at amsatsa dot org dot za. (admin@amsatsa.org.za)
Authors of the presentations being chosen will be notified on the 20th of
May and the final versions of the papers are due by the 30th of June.

The symposium's theme is "Unlocking Amateur Space Technology."

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

(AMSAT)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, isten for John, W2GD, who will be active as P40W
between May 25th and June 1st from Aruba, focusing on 30, 17 and 12
metres. He will also be on 160 metres mostly on CW. Listen for him during
the CQWW WPX CW Contest being held May 29th to 30th where he will use the
call sign P44W. QSL using LoTW or N2MM.

If you want to work Indonesia, listen for Hans, YB2DX, during the CQWW
WPX CW Contest in May. Send QSLs using LoTW or direct to his home
callsign.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: A VANISHING FRATERNITY OF RADIO REPAIRMEN

JIM/ANCHOR: Our final story is about a vanishing fraternity: two brothers
in India whose love of repairing old radios is endless but whose way of earning a living is, sadly, finite. In fact, if the brothers who run the family's radio repair shop in Hyderabad (HYDRA-bad), India were amateur
radio operators, they might have earned the nickname "The Homebrew
Brothers." Their business has operated in the heart of town since 1948.
The brothers spend their time repairing and re-selling radios. They
learned the art from their father, who first learned in the 1920s and
founded the business. Mujeebudin (moo-gee-BOO-din) is now 82 years old
and his younger brother, Moinuddin (Moe-Ee-NOO-Din) is 71. The business
is called Mahboob Radio Service and according to an article on the Arab
News website, it is the last radio repair shop in the southern Indian
state of Telangana (tell-an-GHANA). The shelves inside contain a who's
who of much-loved brands: Marconi, Phillips, Johnson, GEC and Telefunken.
The oldest radio set is a 100-year-old Murphy.

In here, the brothers do things the old-fashioned way: they fix things by replacing damaged parts. They told the news website that newer radios,
with their advanced technology, don't necessarily even offer that option. There's one more option that's also unavailable to the brothers: passing
their radio business on to the next generation. None of their children
know how to fix radios, and aren't interested anyway.

Said one of the brothers: "The business will end with us."

(ARAB NEWS)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to the Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; Arab News;
the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; HamCommunity.Org; the Japan
Amateur Radio League; Joseph Durnal NE3R; NASA; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; PHYS.ORG; QRZed.com; Straight Key Century Club; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Tillamook County Pioneer; 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, 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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TRANS-ATLANTIC BEACON ON THE AIR IN IRELAND

DON/ANCHOR: A transAtlantic beacon has gone on the air in Ireland.
Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, tells us more about it.

JEREMY: A 2-metre, two-way transAtlantic beacon has completed its on-air
trial period and is now on the air with the call sign EI2DKH. The beacon
is operated by Tony Baldwin EI8JK in County Cork, Ireland. With antennas beaming due west, the 50-watt beacon transmits on 144.488 MHz every even minute and listens for replies on 144.120 MHz every odd minute. At least
one other beacon on the other side of the Atlantic is set up to be in listening mode for Tony's beacon. It's in St. John's, Newfoundland and
has the call sign VO1FN.

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

(IRTS)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Ken LA7GIA, the co-leader of the 3Y0J Bouvet Island DXpedition, reports on the group's Facebook page that the DXpedition has received a record $10,000 equivalent in US currency from the German DX Foundation. The group is planning its activation of the coveted DX
entity in 2023.

Elsewhere, be listening for Marius, ON4RU/OQ3R, who will be in
Martinique, using the call sign FM/OQ3R between the 23rd of May and the
5th of June. Be listening on 160-10 meters where he will be using CW
only. You can also listen for him as Tee-Oh-Three-F (TO3F) during the
CQWW WPX CW Contest on the 29th and 30th of May. QSL both callsigns via
ON4RU direct.

Phil, KC3CIB, expects to activate Shelter Island in Juneau, Alaska, for
a fishing trip between the 29th and 31st of May. Be listening on the HF
bands where he will be operating mainly using the digital modes. QSL via
eQSL or Direct.

(DX-WORLD)

**

KICKER: MINNESOTA BIRTHDAY PARTY, HAM RADIO STYLE

DON/ANCHOR: Finally—do hams know how to party, or what? Well if you're turning 163 years of age, as the state of Minnesota just did here in the
US, you definitely want amateur radio to be part of the festivities.
Kent Peterson, KC0DGY, tells us how it happened.

KENT: What if you could have a birthday party with an unlimited guest
list? Well, if you're the state of Minnesota and the party hosts are the members of the South East Metro Amateur Radio Club in Cottage Grove,
it's easy. The hams got on the air from a public park in Stillwater on Tuesday, May 11 to mark Minnesota's 163rd birthday, and they partied like
it was 1858 - the year Congress gave the territory its statehood.
Stillwater is considered the birthplace of Minnesota, the nation's 32nd
state.

Special event station W-Zero-M received birthday greetings on behalf of Minnesota from hams around the US and Canada. No one sang "Happy
Birthday" (you can't have music on amateur radio, after all) but 20 and 40 meters were lighting up with well-wishers while the operators enjoyed a
view of the scenic St. Croix River from the park.

Ordinarily a birthday party calls for cutting the cake but someone, a
local resident, according to a newspaper report - accidentally cut down
the antenna instead. The news report said that the person mistakenly
believed the thin wire had become caught in the park's fencing. A quick
fix, with the help of a slingshot, put the party back in action until
2100 UTC.

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

(THE GAZETTE NEWSPAPER, SEMARC WEBSITE)

**

DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR

DON/ANCHOR: This is an important reminder that we are fast approaching
the May 31st deadline to nominate the next Bill Pasternak WA6ITF
Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year. Time is running
out: If you know a dedicated radio operator 18 or younger who embodies
the spirit of experimentation, community service and communication, they
are eligible. Think of nominating them for this honor. The award will be presented in August at the Huntsville Hamfest. Candidates should be
living in the United States, its possessions or any Canadian province. Downloadable forms are available on our website arnewsline.org

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; ARDC; ARISS; the ARRL; Amateur Radio Digital Communications; CNET; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX World;
Forbes; Gazette Newspaper; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QSO Today; QRZ.com;
Radio Amateur Society of Macedonia; Radio Society of Great Britain;
R3EmComm; South East Metro Amateur Radio Club; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; shortwaveradio.de; Space Flight Now; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show;
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 Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in Picayune, Mississippi, 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)

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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.

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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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FINDING RADIO WARMTH IN THE FROZEN ANTARCTIC

DON/ANCHOR: In the dead of winter at the South Pole, what can bring
warmth to the challenging lives of research scientists working there?
Why radio, of course. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, shares their story.

JIM: On the 60th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty, declaring the
frozen continent devoted to peace and the study of science, the
continent was transformed - if only for a short while - by radio. On Midwinter's Day, the 21st of June, those working in the trio of
British Antarctic Territory Research Stations exchanged traditional
gifts, and then enjoyed the warmth of the BBC Midwinter Broadcast on
BBC World Service.

In a spot on the planet that has not seen the sun since the middle of
May, Midwinter's Day marks a turning point, and the comforting waves
of radio will soon be followed by rays of sunshine once more. Jerry
Gilliam, station leader at the King Edward Point Research station in
South Georgia, said the radio and the celebrations have already brought
some light into their lives.

He said: [quote] "We'll get messages and photos from every station,
and there's a sense of a wider community and camaraderie with these
people we'll never meet, but have something in common with."
[endquote]

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

(BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, the Bouvet Island Three Y Zero J team, which
recently announced the cancellation of their 2023 DXpedition, has
said they are working closely with Nigel Jolly, K6NRJ, the skipper
of the Braveheart, which is being sold. This was the vessel that
would have taken the team to the remote island. In an announcement
on DX-World.net, the team said they are helping Nigel form a new
plan that would allow him to continue managing the vessel under
its new ownership, keeping the Braveheart available for future
DXpeditions. The announcement said: [quote] "We are working out the
details of this plan and hope to have some very positive news very
soon." [endquote]

Elsewhere, be listening for a team of operators from the North Pole
Contest Group operating as W1AW/KL7 from Alaska between July 9th
and 13th. There will be four station locations, including KL7RA in
Kenai, KL2R in Fairbanks/Two Rivers, KL7AA in Anchorage, and a
fourth station most likely in Homer. Be listening on various HF bands,
and all modes, including EME. Send QSLs via W1AW, LoTW or ClubLog.

In France, Patrick, F4GFE, and Franck, F4DTO, will operate as TM21EURO
until July 11th for a special event marking the UEFA European Football Championship that is under way until then. There is an award available
and details are posted on QRZ.com. Send QSLs to F4GFE, direct or by the
bureau. There are other UEFA special event callsigns to listen for,
including 4J21EURO, UE2FA, and DL21EURO.

Mario, W4HBW, is active as VP5MA from Providenciales Island until
October. Listen for him on 20/15 meters using FT8. Send QSLs direct,
or via ClubLog's OQRS.

(DX-WORLD.NET, OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: RADIO RETAILER HAS A FIELD DAY ON FIELD DAY

DON/ANCHOR: For our final story, we look at one ham whose plans for
Field Day in his California community were a little different this
year. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, explains.

MIKE Call it good timing, call it sympatico - or call it just plain
clever marketing.

With hams from the Ramona Outback Amateur Radio Society conducting
their Field Day operations in an open lot next-door to him, California storekeeper Peter Von Hagen chose that same weekend of June 26th and
27th to stage his business' grand opening. It is, of course, a radio
store, and Peter himself is a ham with the call sign WA6HXM.

Naturally, he's hoping that his inventory of amateur, CB and commercial
radios will enjoy a field day of their own, because of the extra
exposure of hams outside calling QRZ throughout the weekend.

According to the local newspaper, the Ramona Sentinel, between 30 and
40 radio operators will be on the air to help the club score big.

As a retailer and a member of the Ramona radio society, Peter knows the importance of trying to score big. He and his business partner will be
trying to make some important contacts too—inside the store. Perhaps
for that weekend alone, the business might just want to consider a
name-change temporarily from being called All Day Radios. With Field
Day going nonstop for 27 hours, the scene will look a lot more like All
Weekend Radios.

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

(RAMONA SENTINEL)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; ARISS; the ARRL; British
Antarctic Survey; CQ Magazine; CNN; David Behar K7DB; DX-WOrld.Net;
FCC; NASA; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great
Britain; Ramona Sentinel; SAARC Evening Net; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave;
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. 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 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, 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 Land’s End to the Cape Wrath Lighthouse and then on to John O’Groats. 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)

**

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)

**

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)

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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)

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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)

**

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)

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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.

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 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)

**

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)

**

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)

**

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)

**

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)

**

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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