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)

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KICKER: SUMMING UP A LIFE OF PUBLIC SERVICE

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

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

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

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

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

(THE LONGVIEW DAILY NEWS)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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

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

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

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WORLD OF DX

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

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

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

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

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

(DX-WORLD.NET, 3Y0J WEBSITE)

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KICKER: THIS SHOPPING LIST INCLUDED A SURPRISE QSO

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

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

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

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

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

(BILL PRICE K4FLH)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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

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

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

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WORLD OF DX

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

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

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

(DX-WORLD.NET, IRTS)

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KICKER: WHEN A HAM HAS THE METTLE FOR A MEDAL

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

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

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

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

(BOB JOSUWEIT, WA3PZO)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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

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

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

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

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

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

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

(OPDX)

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KICKER: A MODERN TRIBUTE TO AN ANCIENT WALL

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

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

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

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

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

(SOUTHGATE, QRZ.COM)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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

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

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

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WORLD OF DX

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

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

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

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

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

(OHIO PENN DX)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(SOUTHGATE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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

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

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

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WRTC ORGANIZERS TO ATTEND ORLANDO HAMCATION

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

**

WORLD OF DX

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

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

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

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

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

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: WATCHING THEIR QSOS LIKE A HAWK

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

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

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

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

(ANNE ELIZABETH MANNA WB1ARU)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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

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

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

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WORLD OF DX

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

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

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

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

(DX-WORLD. NET)

**

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

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

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

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

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

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

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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

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

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

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WORLD OF DX

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

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

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

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(above URL all on one line)

(LONG ISLAND CW CLUB, RSGB)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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

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

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

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WORLD OF DX

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

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

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

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

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: GETTING A STRING OF CONTACTS WITH A KITE

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

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

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

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

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

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

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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

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

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New
York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union,
Kentucky, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

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

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

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

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

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

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

'HAM TALK LIVE' MARKS 300TH EPISODE

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

**

KICKER: HOPING TO SPY INTEREST IN REVIVING AN OLD NET

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

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

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

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

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

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

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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

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

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

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WORLD OF DX

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

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

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

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

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

"Really? Oh, my God!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Her payload was small roundworms or C elegans.

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

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

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

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

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

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

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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

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

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

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PROS TO MENTOR TEEN RADIO ENTHUSIASTS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(RADIO WORLD, RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA)

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KICKER: WHEN HOME-BREW GIVES A TASTE OF HISTORY

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

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

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

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

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

(JOHN LEVO W8KIW, GEOFFREY BOURNE)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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

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

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

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WORLD OF DX

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

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

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

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

**

KICKER: NO NEED TO DECODE A SON'S DEVOTION

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

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

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

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

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

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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

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

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Tom, KA1IS, (Kay Ay Won Eye Ess)
who will be on the air as JW/KA1IS on Spitsbergen Island (EU-026)
between the 10th and 16th of August. He'll be on various HF bands
using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign.

Eugen, DL8AAI, will be active as 5H2JK from August 8th to 14th
from the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania, (National Park
5HFF-0005). He will operate afterward in the town of Moshi. Be
listening on HF where he will be using SSB. QSL via home call
through bureau only.

Along with around 300 other teams, the Isle of Man Amateur Radio
Society will be celebrating the 25th annual Lighthouse and
Lightship weekend on August 20th and 21st by activating the Point
of Ayre Lighthouse. This will be "Lighthouse IM0001" for the
weekend and operators will be using the club call sign, GT3FL for
the full 48 hours. Listen on 80m through 70 cm. Operators will be
using CW, SSB and some digital modes. There will be a special 25
years of ILLW downloadable certificate available for the
lighthouse teams taking part. See QRZ.com for further details of
GT3FL's activation.

Plan ahead to be listening for Kasimir, DL2SBY, will be active in
Monaco as 3A/DL2SBY between October 20th and 23rd. He will be
using mostly FT8 but some CW. He will be operating with 100 watts
and mobile antennas. QSL only via ClubLog, direct or LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX, IRTS)

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KICKER: YLs STILL CELEBRATE THE MESSAGE OF A TELEGRAPHY PIONEER

DON/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with the story of an
international group of YLs paying tribute to a telegraphy
pioneer. For that story we turn to Sel Embee, KB3TZD.

SEL: A statue stands in Cobourg, Canada honoring Fern Blodgett
Sunde, the first Canadian woman to hold a second class wireless
operator's certificate. Blodgett Sunde herself stands as a
pioneer and role model for many women who've followed her path in
sharpening their own telegraphy skills, even those in civilian
life. During World War II, Blodgett Sunde crossed the Atlantic
Ocean 78 times aboard a Norwegian ship because neither Canada nor
Great Britain permitted women to work on board their country's
ships. Recently, members of the Canadian Ladies Amateur Radio
Association made trips of their own - some of them crossing
oceans too - in order to see that statue. The visitors who
arrived in Cobourg on July 28th included Ann Nutter, VE3HAI,
Sarla Sharma, VU2SWS, Suzanne Snape, VE7IM, Roberta Williams,
VA3RMWX, and Janet Maggart, N9ZKU. They told the website, Today's Northumberland, that after watching the unveiling of the statue
two years ago in an online video they started planning their own
journey to be there in person.

Such tributes may not have the same sense of ceremony and pomp as
the one in 1943, when Blodgett Sunde became the first woman to be
honored by the King of Norway who gave her the Norwegian War
Medal. But there is perhaps no greater honor than to be
recognized by a generation that follows your path, a community of
YL operators gathering from around the world to celebrate someone
who led the way in wartime.

This is Sel Embee, KB3TZD.

(FACEBOOK, TODAY'S NORTH UMBERLAND)

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HUNTSVILLE HAMFEST INVITATION

DON/ANCHOR: One final note: An invitation to join us August 20th
at the Huntsville Hamfest in Alabama, as we present our annual
Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year award to Audrey
McElroy, KM4BUN. We, along with the Huntsville Hamfest staff and
our corporate partners CQ Communications, Yaesu USA, Heil Sound
and RadioWavz Antennas, hope to see you there. To find out more,
visit hamfest.org.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to ALARA; the ARDC; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David
Behar K7DB; DV Scotland; Eric, G6FGY; Facebook; the FCC; Hamfest
India; IRTS; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great
Britain; RepublicWorld.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; SpaceKidzIndia; Stephen VK3SN; Today's North
Umberland; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur
Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-
volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its
continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our
website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We
also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please
leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, members of the West Bengal Radio Club, VU2WB,
will be using the call sign AT2AAM on August 15th to commemorate
the 75th anniversary of India's independence from the UK. Be
listening on various HF Bands. QSL to AT2AAM or VU2WB.

Be listening for Eugen, DL8AAI, on the air as 5H2JK/p from August
11th through the 17th during a hiking tour in Kilimanjaro
National Park, 5HFF-0005. He will be on the air holiday style,
mainly on SSB on 20 through 10 metres, using the World Wide Flora
and Fauna frequencies. QSL via DL8AAI.

In Cuba, Lefty, CO2QU, is on the air from from Havana, NA-015,
until December 31st, on 30 meters, using FT8/FT4, and 6 meters,
using FT8. QSL to CO2QU direct via LoTW.

Members of the Saudi Amateur Radio Society, HZ1SAR, are on the
air as HZ1CPCF for the Crown Prince Camel Festival special event,
until September 4th. Be listening on 20, 17, 16 and 6 metres
where the operators are using CW, SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL to HZ1SAR.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: WE NEVER SAUSAGE A THING

NEIL/ANCHOR: Over the past few weeks, Newsline has carried
stories about the fabulous images transmitted back to Earth from
the James Webb telescope. We end this week's newscast with an
update, a report that has.....even more...meat to it. Here's Paul
Braun, WD9GCO.

PAUL: Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away there was a
French physicist with a report that was also far, far away...in
this case, from reality: In late July, a very excited scientist,
Etienne Klein, posted an image on his Twitter account,
identifying it as the James Webb telescope's highly detailed
capture of Proxima Centauri which, at 4.2 light years away from
Earth, is the closest star to the sun. It is so close to the sun,
in fact, you might say it sizzles. In this case, it sizzles like
sausage -- because that's what it turned out to be: a single
round slice of chorizo, a type of savory Spanish smoked sausage,
in closeup under the camera lens. Klein later admitted his post
was a light-hearted deception but only after thousands of his
Twitter followers - who presumably were NOT vegetarians - had
approved of the image. He told French media later that the tweet
was meant only as a joke and insisted that any and all reports of
celestial sausage are, you might say, tough to swallow. You might
even call it a bit of baloney.

This is Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

(PEOPLE MAGAZINE)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARDC; the ARRL; Bernie Van Der Walt, ZS4TX;
Bob Josuweit, WA3PZO; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; IARU Region
1; Northeast Today; Ohio Penn DX; People Magazine; QRZ.com;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Space.com;
SpaceKidzIndia; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-
volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its
continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our
website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We
also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please
leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New
York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in
Union, Kentucky, saying 73. As always, we thank you for
listening.

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KICKER: 8-YEAR-OLD WAKES UP TO HER DREAM QSO

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Some amateurs go to sleep dreaming of a contact with an astronaut on the International Space Station. One young girl in a
coastal town of England went to sleep recently only to awaken quite
suddenly to the real thing. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has her story.

JEREMY: US astronaut Kjell [pronounced "CHELL"] Lindgren, using the
call sign NA1SS, was aboard the ISS over England recently just as 8-
year-old Isabella Payne had gone to bed. The Broadstairs girl's trip to dreamland was short-lived, however. Her father Matthew Payne, M0LMK,
woke her suddenly so she could fulfill another dream while fully awake:
A chance to talk with an astronaut via amateur radio during the short
window of opportunity. Matthew, the holder of a Full licence, has been
helping Isabella to study to become an amateur and both are members of
the Hilderstone Radio Society.

Isabella told the Isle of Thanet newspaper that the contact [quote]
"made my day and night." [endquote] Likewise, the astronaut wrote on
Twitter that even though he has worked stations on all continents and
spoken to many children through the Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station programme, this short chat was probably his all-time
favourite.

Isabella's next stop is the website of the US space agency, NASA, where
her chat with the astronaut is being featured, along with her photo.

This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(ISLE OF THANET NEWS)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Arden Nelson KA9WAR; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar
K7DB; DX-World.net; IEE Spectrum; Isle of Thanet News; Lou N2CYY; Ohio
Penn DX; Peshtigo Times; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; US Circuit Court; The Verge; Young Amateurs Radio
Club; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

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operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star
rating wherever you subscribe to us.

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, members of the Zagreb Amateur Radio Association will activate the special callsign 9A24ZRF during the 24th ZagrebRadio Fest on September 2nd and 3rd. QSL via the Bureau or LoTW.

In Malaysia, the Taiping Amateur Radio Club and the Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitter Society (MARTS), will be using the callsign 9M65MA from August 30th through to September 1st. This is to mark the 65th anniversary of Malaysia's independence. Listen on various HF bands for operators using CW, SSB, FM and the Digital modes. QSL via 9M2OHM direct.

Trinidad and Tobago will be marking the 60th anniversary of their
independence with an amateur radio special event operated by members of
the Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society. They will be using the
callsign 9Y60TT between the 26th of August and the 2nd of September. Listen
on HF as well as the VHF bands where operators will be using CW, SSB, Slow Scan TV, Digital Modes and Moonbounce. They will also be making use of satellite contacts and APRS via the International Space Station. Be
listening as well on DMR, C4FM, D-Star and EchoLink. QSLusing LoTW, ClubLog
or QRZ.com.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: ONE ANTENNA THAT'S A-MAIZE-ING

JIM/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with a story about field day. No, not THAT field day. For this story, we're going straight to the field - the
corn field, that is. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, brings us some kernels of wisdom.

RALPH: If you're stalking the newest and most unusual kind of antenna, look
no further than the two 8-foot-tall green stalks that Kevin, K0KLB,
harvested recently in an Iowa cornfield to create the homebrew vertical he called the CornTenna. Relying on the combination of two stalks plus their inherent conductive moisture, Kevin had a hunch that by joining them and adding a copper wire, mounting them on a wooden batten and adding radials,
he might get an SWR acceptable enough for some QSOs on 20m. With a little adjusting, the CornTenna tuned right up in the field and, well, things
were soon popping. Operating at 5w QRP, he logged two contacts in Texas and had a few other contacts that almost made it into the log. Not quite smooth
as silk, but for a Corn-Tenna? Downright a-maize-ing. You can see Kevin and the CornTenna in action on YouTube at the link in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org. He's got a real antenna farm and yes,
he's having a field day.

Meanwhile, one lingering question remains: Whether this innovative vertical can hold its own in a real amateur radio DX CORNtest. We're all ears.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

[FOR PRINT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG1e1K1RR-s&t=165s ]

(YOUTUBE)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Alabama Contest Group; the ARRL; Arstechnica; CQ
Magazine; CNN; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Indian YL Echolink Net; Levi
C. Maaia, K6LCM; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm 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, Michel, F5LRL, is operating as CN2DX in Morocco
through to the 9th of September. He is operating holiday style on various
HF bands using CW, SSB and FT8. He recommends that operators look for him between 0500-1000 UTC and 1800-2200 UTC. QSL via EA5GL.

Be listening for Mike, VE6TC, operating as ZL4/VE6TC, on the air from
Stewart Island, IOTA OC-203. He is in Grid Square RE43BE. Mike will be operating until early October and can be found on 20m. QSL direct to the
home callsign, via the Bureau, via LOTW or EQSL.

Operators Sven, PA1SVM, "JW," PA7JWC, and Maarten, PD2R, will be on the
air as OZ/PA1SVM, 5Q7DX and OV2T, respectively, from North Jutland
between September 11th and the 18th. Listen on 160-2 meters where the
team will be using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL to OV2T via PA0ABM.
QSL to 5Q7DX via PA7JWC or LoTW. No QSL cards will be available for
OZ/PA1SVM.

Listen for Masa, JA0RQV, using the callsign A35JP from Tongatapu Island,
IOTA number OC-049, until September 30th. Masa will be on 80-6 meters
using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW and ClubLog, or direct with $2 in US currency. You may also use the Bureau via his home callsign JA0RQV. He
will be unable to send paper QSLs until his return to Japan in October.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: THIS HAM'S MEMORY ISN'T FOOL-HEARTED

NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally, we end this week's report with a memory that's
sweetest in the mind of one radio amateur, a songwriter who shared the
glory of having a hit single four decades ago. Skeeter Nash, N5ASH,
caught up with him recently.

SKEETER: Forty years ago, on August 28, 1982, a song co-written by a
young Nashville songwriter - and sung by an up-and-coming future
superstar - was at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles
chart. The song was "Fool Hearted Memory," and the singer was George
Strait. What does this have to do with amateur radio, you ask? The
young songwriter was Byron Hill, KD4KMQ. and the song was his first
Number One cut. I recently asked Byron to reflect on how the song
came to be, and how it feels to celebrate this musical milestone.

BYRON HILL: Back in 1981, I was writing on Music Row at a company called
ATV Music. They had film connections and wanted me to write a song for a movie. They wanted an artist connected with the song, so that maybe they
could have a hit on Country radio. My Publisher connected me with a young producer whose name is Blake Mevis. Little did we know that they were
writing the very first Number One for George Strait! So the song, "Fool Hearted Memory," ended up being a lot more successful than the film was,
and played such a big role in George Strait's success.

SKEETER: KD4KMQ then recalled his beginnings in amateur radio, and how
the hobby helped him to write another hit song for another Country
superstar named "George".

BYRON HILL: I was interested in radio since the time I was very small;
you know, even as a kid, I had a CB base station that my parents got me
from Sears Roebuck - even had a Morse code Morse keyer. When I get a
little older, I went in the Boy Scouts; took Radio Merit Badge. Later
on, I met a friend who is a songwriter in Nashville, who was also a ham operator. Started writing songs together; and one of the songs that we
wrote was a song called "High-tech Redneck" for George Jones. So we
kinda leaned on our Ham Radio knowledge for that, even though we didn't
put "ham" in there; but we put a lot of technical stuff that made George
sound really cool - and that cowriter was a guy name Zach Turner, and
his call sign was N4ZFM. Anyway, I went on to get my General Class
license, but I kind of went a long period there where I didn't get on
ham radio; but thanks to you, Skeeter, I kind of got a little more
involved. But basically, you know, I'm just a novice radio guy with a
General Class license, and I've got a lot of new stuff to learn if I
want to catch up!

SKEETER: Thanks, Byron! Glad to be part of your ham radio experience! There’s more to the story, and you can access the full interview with
Byron Hill in the "Extras" section at arnewsline.org. Reporting from Shelbyville, Tennessee - about an hour south of Music City - I'm Skeeter
Nash, N5ASH.

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; ITV.COM; NASA; Northeast SOTA Club; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector; T-Mobile; The
Verge; Wireless Institute of Australia; YouTube; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, George, K5KG, Steve, K4EU, and Tom, K4NMR, are active
from Iceland, EU-021, until September 20th. They will be using the TF/
prefix with their home calls. Listen for them in various contests. QSL
via the home calls or LoTW.

Be listening for Steve, WB4GHY, active from Diego Garcia Island, IOTA
AF-006, between the 16th of September and the 16th of November. He will
be using the callsign VQ9SC. Be listening on 160 - 10m, where Steve will
be using SSB and FT8. Send QSLs via WB2REM.

Michal, OK1WMR (OK1M), is active as FR/OK1M from Reunion Island, IOTA
number AF-016, until the 12th of September. Listen for him on 20, 15 and
10 meters using SSB, RTTY and possibly FT8. QSL via OK1M.

Be listening for Mike, VE6TC, active as ZL4/VE6TC from Oban, Stewart
Island (IOTA OC-203). He will be on the air until early October. QSL via
the Bureau, direct to his home call, eQSL or LoTW.

(DXNEWS.COM, OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: THEY GOT ON THE AIR TO SAY FAREWELL AND THANKS

PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week with a story of grief among friends in a close-knit California radio group. They celebrated her life recently by
doing just what she wanted them to do, as we hear from Ralph Squillace,
KK6ITB.

RALPH: Getting on the air became a way of life after retirement when
Kathi Mixon, KD6CAF, joined with her husband Ken, KC6WOK, and some
amateur radio friends to create the GOTA Hams, a group that celebrated friendship and family. The couple's RV soon became the club's mobile
shack, gaining the callsign WG6OTA.

Kathi, who lived in Covina, California, became a Silent Key on the 10th
of August. The last few years of her life were filled with club
activities: radio in the park, drilling EmComm skills and social
gatherings inside the GOTA Home RV at San Dimas Canyon Park. Shortly
after her death, the GOTAHams website devoted a section of its home page
as a memorial to the woman they affectionately called the Mother of
GOTAHams.

According to a notice in the YLBeam newsletter, Kathy had a congenital
liver disease known as primary biliary cirrhosis, and after a difficult
final year, she died in hospice care this summer. Ten days after her
death, the club held a celebration of Kathi's life in a local park.
Everyone was asked to bring some food and memories to share. Organizers
also made one more request: Bring your radios too and get on the air.
That surely would have pleased the woman known as the Mother of GOTAHams.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(YLBEAM, GOTAHAMS.COM)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT-EA, the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DXNews;
GOTA Hams; the Indian Academy of Communication and Disaster Management; OceaniaDX contest; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Space.com; Wireless Institute of Australia; the
YLBeam; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Stephen, VK3SN, on the air from
Christmas Island for a week beginning the 24th of September. He is a member
of the Christmas Island Amateur Radio Club and will use the club's call
sign, VK9XX. Be listening during the afternoons and evenings local time
when he will be using SSB and FT8 on the HF bands. For details visit the
club website at c i a r c dot org dot au (ciarc.org.au)

Be listening for Pablo, LU7MT, operating as 5K0C; Daniel, LU9FHF, operating
as 5J0DX, Jose Louis, LU1FM, operating as 5K0T, and Alejandro, LU8YD, operating as 5K0YD, from San Andres Island, IOTA number NA-033, from
September 16th through to the 25th. Listen on the HF bands as well as 6m.
The hams will also be making use of various satellites. They will be using
CW, SSB and FT8/FT4. For QSL information, check the QRZ.com pages for the individual calls.

Listen for Kevin, 2E0KKV, Peter, G4UIX, Stuart, M0SGV, and Ray, M0XDL using the callsign GB0IOW from the Island of Wight, through the 23rd of
September. This is a trip by the South Dorset Radio Society. Listen on the
HF bands where operators will be using SSB and various digital modes, especially FT8. QSL via eQSL or LoTW. For direct QSL, send to M0XDL.

Special event stations 7Z92ND, 8Z92ND, and HZ92ND, are now active until September 25th in Saudi Arabia to mark the 92nd anniversary of the "Unification Day for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" and "Saudi N ational
Day." Free electronic awards are available at the level of gold, silver and bronze for hams who request them by email. QSL all callsigns via HZ1SAR,
the Saudi Amateur Radio Society.

In Northern Ireland, Pastor Brian Madden, GI0RWO, will be using the special callsign GBØKC to celebrate the new King Charles the Third, as well as remembering the passing and the exemplary service of Queen Elizabeth the Second. There were no details about modes but the DX clusters have shown
him on 20 and 40 meters SSB. QSL via E-mail. Send details of your QSO to
him at pastorbrianmadden at me dot com (pastorbrianmadden@me.com)

(OHIO PENN DX, VK3SN)

**

KICKER: HISTORIC PAGODA IN PENNSYLVANIA COMES ALIVE WITH RADIO

DON/ANCHOR: For our final story, we ask: What does a Japanese-style pagoda that became a historical landmark for a Pennsylvania community have to do
with a radio club's centennial anniversary? Amateur Radio Newsline's
Mark Abramowicz (Abram-o-vich), NT3V, takes us on a journey for the answer.

MARK: To residents of the town of Reading, Pennsylvania, The Pagoda here
atop Mount Penn has been a part of the skyline since the early 1900s. It
has become the most recognizable tourist attraction and symbol for Reading
for more than 100 years.

Local historians say it was built to cover up a developer's gravel quarry damage to the mountain overlooking this city. The seven-story structure, modeled after an actual Japanese pagoda, was supposed to become a luxury hotel.

But the history books say its owner failed to get Pennsylvania's permission
to serve alcoholic beverages there. The owner claimed his pagoda never realized its full potential and he went bankrupt.

By 1911, the city officials bought The Pagoda for a dollar and opened it to the public as a local attraction. More than 60 years later, it was listed
on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Pagoda became a natural symbol for the emblem adopted by the Reading
Radio Club, which is marking its 100th anniversary this year.

On Saturday, Sept. 24, the club will be on the air from The Pagoda as a special event station using the club call sign W3BN.

Three other HF stations using W3BN also will be on the air from the Reading area for 12 hours to give amateurs an opportunity to join the party and
earn a keepsake color certificate featuring a photo of Reading's historic Pagoda.

You'll find more on the Reading Radio Club's Facebook page or on QRZ.com, search W3BN.

I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Reading, Pennsylvania.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARRL; CQ Magazine; the CRAC; David Behar K7DB; Engadget; Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport; GuardonLine; ICQ
Podcast; IEEE Spectrum; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Radio Amateurs of Canada; Reading Radio Club; South African Radio League; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; shortwaveradio.de; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, the special callsign 9H6QE is being used by the
Marconi Amateur Radio Circle, 9H1MRC, on the island of Malta, IOTA
number EU-023. The activation celebrates the life of the late Queen
Elizabeth II. The station will be on the air until October 14th on
20,17,15, 12 and 10 meters. QSL direct only via 9H1MRC.

Be listening for Francesco, IK6QON, on the air as 5R8FG from Madagascar
from October 8 and the 17th. He will be operating holiday style on
various HF bands using CW and SSB. He will also be on on Nosy Be Island,
IOTA number AF-057, and Nosy Iranja Island, IOTA number AF-57, and in
the city of Diego Suarez in the north part of Madagascar. QSL via
IZ6BRJ, direct or through the Bureaus.

Listen for Gianpi, (Jee-On-Pea) IK1TTD, on the air on 20 metres as 8Q7TD
from the Maldive Islands, on Fasmendhoo Island, IOTA number AS-013,
between October 2nd through to the 17th. He is commemorating his 25th
wedding anniversary. QSL via his home callsign, direct, through the
Bureau or LoTW.

Alex, K6VHF, will be active as K6VHF/HR9 from Roatan Island between
October 27th and 31st on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and 10 watts on the digital modes. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog OQRS, eQSL, direct or through the
Bureau to his home callsign.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: ON LONG ISLAND, A TOWER OF POWER

PAUL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we take you to Long Island, New York,
where inventor Nikola Tesla conducted many of his groundbreaking
experiments. Tesla's former laboratory is the perfect inspirational spot
for a ham radio club to celebrate an important anniversary. Jim Damron,
N8TMW, tells us what happens next.

JIM: Marking its 75th anniversary on Long Island, the Suffolk County
Radio Club, W2DQ, appreciates what it means to be part of radio history.
So it's celebrating the occasion at a nearby historic spot -
Wardenclyffe, the former laboratory of electronics innovator Nikola
Tesla, now renamed the Tesla Science Center. Though the noted engineer
and inventor died in 1943 - four years before the radio club was founded
in Suffolk County, his spirit will be present on October 8th when the
club activates special event station N2T from the historic tower between
1500 UTC and 2359 UTC.

Ed Wilson, N2XDD, vice president of the Suffolk County Radio Club, told Newsline in a phone call that Wardenclyffe was the perfect place for the special event station because of the history behind the site and Tesla's contributions to radio. Hams contacting the operators during the event
will be able to receive a downloadable certificate.

Meanwhile, even with Tesla himself long gone, his old laboratory is
still functioning as an incubator for new things in the radio universe.
The Tesla Science Center Amateur Radio Club, N2TSC, was formed this past
July by a handful of hams. Ed, who is also its president, told Newsline
that members have the immediate goal of focusing on education in the
schools - a priority that is sure to have an impact that lasts beyond
the next 75 years.

This is Jim Damron, N8TMW.

(ED WILSON, N2XDD)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT-UK; the ARRL; Bernard Wehrli, HB9ALH; CQ Magazine;
David Behar K7DB; Ed Wilson, N2XDD; Jocelyn Brault, KD8VRX/VA2VRX; Ohio
Penn DX; QRZ.com; REAST; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; Twitter; the USKA; Youth on the Air Camp; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued
operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for the special call sign TM10KIY (TM one zero
Kay eye why), marking the 10th anniversary of the Radio Club du Pays de
Nied through until October 7th. Club members will be on various HF bands
using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and FT8/FT4. QSL via F4KIY, through the Bureau
or direct.

In Guadeloupe, listen for Sigi, DL7DF, Manfred, DK1BT, Wolf, DL4WK,
Annette, DL6SAK, Tom, DL7BO and Frank DL7UFR operating as TO2DL between
the 10th and 23rd of October. Guadeloupe has the IOTA designation of NA-
102. Operators will be on various HF bands using different modes. QSL via DL7DF, direct or through the DARC Bureau. The full logs of the DXpedition
will be uploaded to LoTW six months after the team has returned.

Members of the Calabria DX Team will be active as ID9Y from Vulcano
Island, IOTA number Vulcano Island, IOTA EU-017, between October 5th and
9th. They include Alex, IK8YFU, Domenico, IW8RAO, Sal, IZ8CZR and Luigi/IU8GUK. Listen on various HF bands where the operators will be
using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL only via LoTW or eQSL.

Marco, IS0BSR, and a number of other amateurs will be using the call sign IMØB from San Pietro Island, IOTA number EU-165, between October 22nd and November 5th. QSL only via LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: RADIO RIDES ALONG FOR MOUNT WASHINGTON HILLCLIMB

JIM/ANCHOR: For our final story, we visit Mount Washington in the United States, a summit known to pose a challenge to anyone who wants to get to
the top. Amateur radio helped make that triumphant trip safer recently
for some bicyclists, as we hear from Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

RALPH: There's no question in anyone's mind that New Hampshire's Mount Washington, the highest peak in the northeastern United States, presents
a climb to remember, whether by car, by foot or even by bicycle. The
summit of 6,288 feet - or nearly 2 km -- is hardly a challenge for radio waves, which is why hams from clubs and emergency service units
throughout the state and other parts of New England were on hand a few
weeks ago for the 49th annual Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle
Hillclimb.

More than 500 cyclists turned up for the event, which is the largest fundraising event held by the Tin Mountain Conservation Center, a environmental education group in New Hampshire. Riding up what is
considered by experts to be one of the world's toughest hill climbs,
cyclists were assisted only by their own stamina and muscle power -- and
of course the power of amateur radio.

It was a particularly big day for one cyclist, a four-time winner who not
only regained his title but set a new record of 50 minutes and 38
seconds. The ride itself raised more than $20,000 for the nonprofit
group. It was also a big win for the hams who were given a big share in everyone's victory. Race director Erin Holmes told the competitors
afterward [quote]: "We could not do this event year after year without
teams at the Mount Washington Auto Road and the Central New Hampshire
Amateur Radio Club as our eyes on the mountain to keep you all safe."
[end quote]

In that respect, everyone crossed the finish line together.

I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(CONWAY DAILY SUN)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; the ARRL; Central Coast
Amateur Radio Club; the Conway Daily Sun; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Millennium Post; National Science Foundation; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com;
Radio Society of Great Britain; Ron Skipper, W8ACR; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Thornton Tomasetti; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
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know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm 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, Didier, F6BCW, is active from the Marquesas Islands,
IOTA number OC-027, using the call sign TX7G until the 15th of October.
Listen on 80-10m, where Didier will be using CW, SSB and possibly FT8 and RTTY. QSL via F6BCW.

Don, K6ZO, will again be active from Malawi as 7Q6M from October 19th
through to the end of November. You can listen for him on 160-6m. He will
also operate during the CQWW SSB and CW contests. See QSL details on the
QR Zed dotcom page for 7Q6M.

Be listening for Helmut, DF7EE, who will be operating from Madeira after
the 25th of October as CT9/DF7EE along with CT9/D D 8 Zed X. He will be
using the callsign CQ3W for the CQWW SSB contest. See QSL information on QRZ.com.

In Antarctica, Oleg, ZS1OIN [Zed Ess 1 Oh Eye Enn], will be on the air on
the HF bands as RI1ANU from Novolazarevskaya (No-Voh Lazza Rev Sky Yuh) Station at the end of October. QSL to his home call.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

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KICKER: WITH HAMS' HELP, A FESTIVAL OF HOMECOMING JOY

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with a story of how hams helped bring about a well-timed family reunion in India. Graham Kemp, VK4BB,
tells us how it happened.

GRAHAM: The annual festival of Durga Puja is a big source of celebration
in India, especially in eastern states such as West Bengal. It marks the journey of the goddes Durga as she returns to her family home. For the
Satpute family in the Indian state of Maharashtra, however, there was a
more immediate return home that brought them joy: The family's 73-year-
old patriarch, who went missing 15 years ago and was presumed to be dead,
came home with the help of a network of amateur radio operators.

It was an extra source of happiness, too, for members of the West Bengal
Radio Club, who specialise in accomplishing reunions such as these -- especially because it happened during this holiday.

Club secretary Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA told Newsline that he was
contacted by Dipankar (DEE-PANK-ARR) Chatterjee, a retired member of the Indian Air Force, who was out walking with friends when he noticed the
man eating scraps of food off the street. The friends guided the man to a location where he could get food and clean clothing. Chatterjee reached
out to the hams, explaining he believed the man to be mentally
challenged. Club members were able to determine that that the man was
from a part of Maharashtra, nearly 12,000 kilometres away. It did not
take long for hams in Maharashtra to respond to the West Bengal amateurs' calls and to track down the family. Suddenly, the holiday took on even
more meaning as the Satpute family prepared for a long overdue reunion.

This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE, WEST BENGAL RADIO CLUB)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; the ARRL; BBC News; CQ
Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.Net; GERATOL Net; IARU; Indo-Asian
News Service; NASAp QRZ.com; SKCC; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; US Department of State; West Bengal Radio Club; and
you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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

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RADIO BOOT CAMP WELCOMES NORTH AMERICAN HAMS

NEIL/ANCHOR: Every ham needs a guide at one time or another, no matter
the level of license. Sel Embee, KB3TZD, is here to tell us about a Ham
Boot Camp program designed to break down so many of the mysteries in
amateur radio.

SEL: No matter how much studying you do, are you ever fully prepared to program your HT? Do you know what it takes to successfully transport
and set up a portable station? How do you get involved in emergency communications, select the right key for CW or even build your own
station and set it up for the different modes? Ham Radio Boot Camp was
created by the Nashua Area Radio Society, N1FD, to address these
questions and scores of others that new hams, seasoned hams - and even prospective hams - may have. You don't even need to be in New
Hampshire, or for that matter, New England, to attend the all-day
session on November 5th. It is taking place on Zoom and anyone in North America is able to attend. Sessions start at 10 am Eastern Time
focusing on subjects of concern for Technician-level licensees. In the afternoon, topics move to issues encountered by hams who hold General
or Extra Class licenses. The program ends at 6 p.m. Eastern Time.

See the link in the print version of this week's newscast script at arnewsline.org. The program is free but registration is mandatory.

This is Sel Embee, KB3TZD.

[ FOR PRINT ONLY: www.n1fd.org/register-ham-bootcamp/ ]

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Wolf, OE1MWW, operating as
S79/OE1MWW from the Seychelles until the 21st of October. He will be
operating holiday style on 20m using FT4/FT8, CW and SSB. QSL to his
home call.

Listen for Moto, JA1GZV, operating from Okinawa island, Iota Number
AS-017, as JS6UKY/6 from October 18th through to the 25th. Moto will be
on 40-15m using CW. QSL via Bureau, e-QSL or Direct to JA1GZV.

Listen for a team of DXpeditioners using the call VP2MLB from
Gingerbread Hill on Montserrat through the 20th of October. They are
calling on 160 through 6m using CW, SSB, and FT8/FT4. QSL details can
be found on QRZ.com.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: HORRORS! ZOMBIES SEEKING QSOs WITH CW OPS

NEIL/ANCHOR: As so many of its enthusiasts will tell you, CW is not -
most definitely NOT - dead. At this time of the year, however, with
Halloween just around the corner, CW does have a tendency to become a
little ZOMBIE-FIED. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, tells us why.

MIKE: You don't need to go trick-or-treating as Samuel F.B. Morse to
become a CW Zombie. On the night of Friday, October 28th, just turn
your power to 5 watts or less and you too can participate in a QRP
activity that's been haunting hams for 25 years: The Zombie Shuffle.
The zombies and their keys rise from the grave at 4 p.m. local time and continue until the witching hour of midnight in the hope of using 15
and 20 meters before nightfall spirits the good conditions away.

Now because this is radio, wearing a costume won't help you very much,
but organizers encourage operators to adopt an alias for the night.
Last year's ops reported working "Chucky," "Boris," "Elvira," "Lazarus"
and even....."Igor."

Details can be found in the event link that appears in the text version
of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

[https://www.zianet.com/qrp/ZOMBIE/pg.htm]

Fellow Creatures of the Night: Please remember to shuffle - Zombies do
not like to go fast. Call "CQ BOO" and....let's hope the bands won't be
dead.

This is Mike Askins, KE5CXP.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; AMSAT Argentina; the ARRL;
CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX World Net; European Space Agency;
Irish Tech News; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great Britain; Ron Skipper,
W8ACR; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; The Times of
India; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued
operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star
rating wherever you subscribe to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Dan, K6ZO, operating from Malawi
as 7Q6M until the end of November. He is on 160-6m and will be
participating in the CQWW SSB and CW contests. QSL to his home call
sign.

The Qatar Amateur Radio Society is activating a number of special event stations until the 18th of December marking the FIFA World Cup in
Qatar, where 32 teams will compete across 64 matches. Amateur radio
stations will be using all modes on all HF bands and the QO100
satellite. Operators at the Qatar ham group headquarters and at Doha
Corniche will be using the call sign A722FWC. Eight other stations will
also be operating as World Cup Stadium stations. They begin with the
call sign A71FIFA and continue in numerical order through to A78FIFA.
QSL via the QARS bureau or direct by instructions on QRZ.com. Logs will
be uploaded to LoTW once the event is over.

Listen for Jaap PA7DA, operating from Aruba with the call sign P4ØDA
from November 13th through to the 27th. QSL via the Dutch QSL Bureau to
his home call sign. For direct QSL information, see his QRZ.com page.

Listen for Oleg, ZS1ANF, who hopes to be on the air as ZS7ANF at Wolf's
Fang Runway in Antarctica starting on November 1st. QSL details are on
QRZ.com

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: HAMS' HALLOWEEN RADIO PLAY HAS JUST THE SPIRIT

JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, many of us know the unexpected problems -- and the
perks -- of operating portable. What if you are a ham who also works in commercial radio and dreams up a different kind of portable operation
for Halloween? One from a spooky old house? Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB,
ends our newscast with a story about this thriller.

RALPH: Ken Alan, WU6I, is haunted by radio wherever he goes. If he's
not on the air as an amateur Extra Class operator, he's recording
voiceovers and involved in other commercial projects. During this
Halloween season however, the spirits moved him to cross over into the
Great Beyond, that ethereal space somewhere between the F-layer of the ionosphere and the rest of eternity, the ancient realm known as radio
drama. His 40-minute radio play "Sparks & Baxter Spend the Night in
Murder Mansion" takes portable to a whole new level of activation.

The plot? A popular radio morning team sets up a remote broadcast on
Halloween Eve and experiences the kind of radio interference the FCC
can't help them with. There's even a seance, the equivalent of calling
QRZ on the spirits' frequency.

With mostly original sound effects and ghoulish music, the drama
presents a chance for Ken and another amateur radio friend to be hams
of a different sort. You can conjure it all up on the 'Ken Alan Voices' YouTube channel but not until Halloween Eve at midnight Pacific Time.
It promises to be....a scream.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.....or, call me Baxter.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar,
K7DB; DX-World.net; Facebook; Gizmodo; Hackaday; Internet Archive Blog;
Jacob Wriston, KE8PWC; Karl Kruger, 2E0FEH; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Standards Manual; Printmag.com; Worked All Britain; and you our listeners, that's all
from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for John, W5JON, on the air from St Eustatius
as PJ5/W5JON from Oct. 25th through to the 4th of November. He will be
on 6-60m, using SSB and FT8. QSL direct or via LoTW to his home call.

Dan, K6ZO, is active from Malawi using the call sign 7Q6M through
to the end of November. Listen on 160-6m. Dan will participate in
both the CQWW SSB and CW contests. QSL to his home call.

Four hams in Aruba will form a team using the call sign P40L and
participate in the CQWW SSB contest. QSL via WA3FRP.

A group of radio operators from Belgium and Luxembourg will be
using the call sign LX8M from Merscheid, Luxembourg, during the
CQWW DX SSB Contest. QSL via LoTW.

Mark your calendars for a DXpedition by Marcelo, ZL1MTO, who will
be active from Norfolk Island as VK9MTO from December 29th through
to January 5th, 2023. Marcelo will be operating on 20 and 10 metres
using SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL to his home call.

(OHIO PENN DX, DX-WORLD. NET)

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NEW POSTAL SERVICE MESSAGE NEEDS NO DECODING

PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week's newscast by remembering some code-
breaking women of wartime, and celebrating a tribute to them from
the United States Postal Service. Here's Dave Parks, WB8ODF, to
explain.

DAVE: Sending messages the old fashioned way - by postal service -
just got even more traditional for letter-writers and bill-payers
in the United States. A new postage stamp has been issued honoring
women of the US military who handled messages in a much-less
straightforward way: They were the cryptologists of World War II,
the backbone of an operation that contributed in a big way to the
Allied victory.

The stamp was formally released on Tuesday, October 18th at a
ceremony in Maryland. The stamp is a tribute to the more than
11,000 women who worked tirelessly with the traffic of intercepted
enemy message that were sent encoded. Like so many others in the
military at that time, they were sworn to secrecy about their
roles. The stamp's design features a recruitment poster seeking the participation of these women, who were known as WAVES, an acronym
for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. In announcing
the new stamps, the US Postal Service called the women "STEM
pioneers" adding that they [quote] "opened the door for women in
the military and have helped shape information security efforts for
future generations." [endquote]

This is Dave Parks, WB8ODF.

(US POSTAL SERVICE)

**
NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Alaska Native News; Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; the
ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; HFUnderground;
Facebook; Frank Scott, VK2BFC; itshamradio.com; Minneapolis Star-
Tribune; Ohio Penn DX; Polish Amateur Radio Union; QRZ.com;
Reuters; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Steve
Richards, G4HPE; Telengana Today; the US Postal Service; Wireless
Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

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volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its
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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

This week's World of DX looks at the various contacts you can make during
the CQWW CW contest taking place on November 26th and 27th. They include Henning, OZ1BII (OH ZED ONE BEE EYE EYE) who will be on the air from
Pristina, Kosovo as Z68EE during the contest. Listen for Henning on all
HF bands. QSL via LoTW, OQRS.

A Slovenian team will be active as TK0C in Corsica during the CQWW CW
contest. Before and after the contest, listen for the various team
members using their personal calls with the TK/ prefix. QSL via LoTW,
eQSL or S50C.

Be listening for Doug, VA3DF, and Anthony, VE3RZ, operating from Grand
Turk during the contest using the call sign as VP5Y. QSL via M0URX.
Outside the contest, both Doug and Anthony will be operating mainly on CW
on 160-10m. They will be using the callsigns VP5/VA3DF and VP5/VE3RZ

Listen for the call sign HQ9X from Roatan Island, Honduras, IOTA number NA-057, during the contest. The call will be used by team members K1TR,
K1XM, KQ1F, SM7IUN and W1UE. QSL via KQ1F, LoTW.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: GETTING A BETTER READ ON RADIO, PAGE BY PAGE

DON/ANCHOR: Finally, if listening to radio and talking on radio isn't
quite enough for you, consider joining a book club that also lets you
read all about radio. Let Randy Sly, W4XJ, be your guide.

RANDY: To amateur radio operators, a lengthy conversation on the air is
called a “rag chew” and most "rag chews" are about...you guessed it...
ham radio. So when Russell Calabrese, KR2NZ, established a book club for members of the Long Island CW Club, the topic was...you guessed it...ham radio, but with a twist! Meeting approximately every six weeks on Sundays
at 6 p.m. Eastern time, the book club digs into the interesting world of amateur radio through fiction, non-fiction, technical and historical
books. For example, the current book is "200 Meters and Down" by Clifton DeSoto, which covers the strides and setbacks that were present when
radio pioneers were establishing the amateur radio service during its
early years.

Interested readers can join anytime. The meeting times and information
are posted on the LICW calendar at longislandcwclub.org. Asked what is
next for the book club, Russell said he has added a "movie club" aspect, featuring films and documentaries with a connection to...you guessed
it...ham radio.

I'm Randy Sly, W4XJ

(LICW)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; the ARRL; BBC; CQ Magazine;
David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Facebook; Indo-Asian News Service; Long
Island CW Club; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Reuters; Romy Isidro DU1SMQ;
Space.com; shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you
our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm 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 Frans, PC2F, operating as PF01MAX
until the 20th of November, during the Grand Prix weekends of this year's
FIA Formula One World Championship. QSL to PC2F either direct, via the
bureau, Logbook of The World or eQSL.

The T88WA team is active until the 14th of November from Koror Island, IOTA number OC-009, Palau. They are on the air from this western Pacific island
on 160m through 6m. Send QSLs via M0URX or LoTW.

Chris HB9FIY is on St Helena Island and will operate for the next two weeks
as ZD7CA on 40-10m, holiday style. He will be using SSB and the Digital
modes when time permits. QSL via EA5GL.

Listen for Brian, ND3F, on the air from New Providence Island as C6AQQ from November 24th through to December 1st. He will be on all HF bands and will participate in the CQWW CW contest. QSL via EA5GL.

If you were hoping to work Haru, JA1XGI, as TX5XG this month from the
Austral Islands, please update your calendar: He has postponed his
activation until next year. No further details were available.

(DX NEWS, RSGB, DX-WORLD.NET)

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KICKER: THANKING A SINGULAR MILITARY VETERAN

JIM/ANCHOR: We end this week's report by looking a holiday that is observed every November in the US. It was originally known as Armistice Day. So what does this have to do with amateur radio? Randy Sly, W4XJ, will tell us now.

RANDY: In the United States, November 11th is Veterans Day, a day honoring
the men and women who have served in the U.S. armed forces. The annual
holiday is marked on the anniversary of the end of World War I. On that
day, one man likes to honor amateur radio for its service as well. Eligible for the draft in late 1960s, he chose to enlist in the Navy. When asked if
he had any experience, he mentioned he had been a ham radio operator since
his freshman year in high school. The recruiter's eyes lit up: He shared
that his amateur radio license would allow him to enlist at a higher rank
and enter active duty as a third class petty officer without needing to
attend Radioman A school.

During his time on active duty, that man's ham radio experience paid off, helping him become a leader in the communications mission of his destroyer.
In addition to using his technical expertise, he was the only one in radio central that could also send and receive traffic using Morse Code during training exercises.

That man, and many others like him who have served their country, received their training simply by being hams. So thank you, amateur radio, for your service. By the way, that man was me.

This is Randy Sly, W4XJ.

JIM/ANCHOR: And, thank you for YOUR service, Randy!

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Anemoi Incident Response; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Jerry Spring, VE6TL; Mirage News; QRZ.com; Radio
Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de;
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to us.

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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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POLICE SAY HAMS' 'PUMPKIN PATROL' HELPED DETER MISCHIEF

NEIL/ANCHOR: State police in New York tapped the crime-fighting potential
of amateur radio during the recent Halloween season. Sel Embee, KB3TZD,
shares this success story.

SEL: In New York State, the Pumpkin Patrol has been an amateur radio
holiday tradition since the mid-1980s, pairing hams with New York State
police along one of the state's main thoroughfares - the New York State Thruway. The Thruway extends from Newburgh in the Hudson Valley, all the
way north to Syracuse.

For five hours on both Halloween Eve and Halloween Night, a traditional
time for mischief, New York amateur radio clubs once again worked this
year with the state police to monitor checkpoints along the overpasses to ensure motorist safety.

According to a report on the website, MyLittleFalls.org, no suspicious activity was reported. State police said that 15 ham organizations participated, representing 19 counties in New York State.

The crime-deterring effort was inspired by an incident in 1976 when a CB
radio operator was talking to a truck driver on Halloween when the truck driver's windshield was shattered by a pumpkin that had been tossed at the vehicle from an overpass. CB radio operators began the first Halloween
safety patrols soon after - and the effort grew from there.

This is Sel Embee, KB3TZD.

(MYLITTLEFALLS.COM)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Bob, W7YAQ, and Al, K7AR, on the air
from Pago Pago, American Samoa. They are calling QRZ from November 18th to December 1st using the callsign K8H. You can also hear them in the CQWW CW Contest. The station will be on 160 through 10 metres. Logs will be
uploaded to Club Log on a regular basis. QSL via OQRS, LoTW, or W7YAQ.

There is still time to work Paco, EA7KNT, from Porto Antiguo, Sal Island
(IOTA number AF-086) Cape Verde. He is on the air until the 20th of
November using the callsign D4SAL. QSL to his home callsign.

There is also still time to work the Rebel DX Group operating as T33T from Banaba Island in the Republic of Kiribati. They will be active until the
26th of November on 160 - 10m using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via ClubLog OQRS
or LOTW.

Listen for Andy, N2NT, using the callsign V47NT from St. Kitts before and after the CQWW CW contest. He will participate in the contest as well,
using the callsign V47T. QSL via W2RQ.

Beginning on the 1st of December, be listening as special event station
GB1LJF gets on the air to celebrate the British Electric Lightning fighter/interceptor aircraft. The plane flew as an interceptor in the 1960s and '70s and made its last flight in the UK in 1988. Details are available
on the station's page on QRZ.com. QSL direct to 2E1HQY.

(DX-WORLD.NET, DX NEWS.COM, RSGB)

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KICKER: A THANKSGIVING NET WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS

NEIL/ANCHOR: Our final story is about a net held once a year by a group of amateurs marking the American holiday of Thanksgiving. Hams are welcome to check in either before or after the traditional holiday feast. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, serves us a generous helping of the details.

MIKE: Thomas Black, K9ASE, is looking to talk turkey with a couple of hams. It's the kind of straightforward but friendly on-air chat he and other
radio operators have been enjoying on Thanksgiving Day for the past 11
years. They mark the American holiday by putting amateur radio on the menu before or after the traditional feast. This year, as in all the previous years, everyone is invited to the table - domestic or DX - on November
24th.

Many of those who check in have grown to know one another from the forums
on QRZ.com. Others simply show up to wish holiday cheer. Thomas told
Newsline: [quote]: "It's a great opportunity to wish everyone happy
holidays and spread good will. There are no formal rules." [endquote] Frequencies are on or near 28.450, 21.310, 14.245 and 7.200 MHz. Updates
are posted in the QRZ.com forums under the thread with the heading "Turkey
Day Net."

The action starts at 1500 UTC and continues into the evening until, as with the big meal itself, everyone has had enough.

This is Mike Askins, KE5CXP.

(THOMAS BLACK K9ASE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Aerospace.org; the ACMA; Amateur Radio Digital
Communications; AMSAT News; the ARRL; BBC; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Facebook; Funk Telegramm Magazine; Jeff Savasta, KB4JKL; Hamvention 2023; MyLittleFalls.com; QRZ.com; the RSGB; shortwaveradio.de; Thomas Black K9ASE; Wales Millennium Centre; Wireless Institute of
Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union, Kentucky, saying
73. As always we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, you still have time to contact Peter, LA7QIA, who is operating from Svalbard as JW7QIA, from November 25th to the 29th. He'll
be taking part in the CQWW CW contest as a single operator. QSL to his
home call via LoTW.

Sigfrido, IW9FMD, is on the air as 5W0RS from Samoa, as time permits
between work assignments. Be listening on 20M SSB. QSL via IT9VYO.

You have until December 3rd to contact the team on Nosy Be, IOTA AF-057, Madagascar. Team members including Ron, PA3EWP, who is operating as 5R8WP,
and will be in the CQWW CW contest. His teammates are Guenter, DL2AWG, operating as 5R8WG; Erno, DK2AMM, operating as 5R8MM; Gerben, PG5M,
operating as 5R8CG, and Johannes, PA5X, operating as 5R8PA. The team is
running two stations at the same time using CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8, in fox/hound mode.

If possible, logs will be uploaded to Club Log on a daily basis. See
QRZ.com for QSL information.

Be listening for Take (TAH-KAY), JS6RRR operating from Miyako-jima, IOTA
number AS-079, until December 17th. Take will be on 80-6m, using SSB, CW,
FM, RTTY, and JT65. He will participate in the CQWW CW contest as JS6RRR.
QSL information is on QRZ.com.

Ferdy, HB9DSP, will be active from Zanzibar, using the call sign 5H3FM,
from November 25th to December 13th. You will find him mostly on 20, 15,
and 10 metres, using SSB and FT8. QSL to his home call.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

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KICKER: A RADIO, A RESCUE AND A QSL CARD

PAUL/ANCHOR: Sometimes a QSL card can confirm so much more than just a successful radio contact. Just ask one ham in Wyoming, who recently got
such a card, with a special message. Here's Ralph Squilllace, KK6ITB,
with that story.

RALPH: Nicholas Cashoili, N0ASL, recently sent a QSL card to Jim Shirey,
N7FC. The men had a QSO on Halloween night on the same frequency, where
members of the Buffalo Amateur Radio Klub customarily check in, and keep up-to-date on matters related to the club. The voice coming from Jim's
HT, however, wasn't from a fellow club member: It was that of a motorist
in distress. That motorist was Nicholas. According to a report on the
Buffalo Bulletin website, Nicholas told Jim that he needed help: He'd
been driving through a canyon in Johnson County in north central Wyoming,
when his car slid off the road. His car was disabled, and there was no
cell service available in the area. Using his radio, Jim gathered what information he could get from Nicholas, and then called 911. The story
in the Buffalo Bulletin said that the fire and sheriff's departments
were sent to assist at the scene.

Jim, however, didn't learn of the happy ending, until he received that
QSL card from Nicholas this month. Only after its arrival from Nicholas' Nebraska QTH, did Jim discover some of the details of what turned out
to be a successful rescue. Nicholas was safe, and had not been injured.
The day it arrived, his QSL card did double duty -- as a thank-you card.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(BUFFALO BULLETIN)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARRL; Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; the Buffalo Bulletin;
CNX Software; CQ magazine; David Behar, K7DB; DX-World.net; Facebook;
Fremont Tribune; Gulf News; Hackaday; Longmont Amateur Radio Club; QRZ.com;
the RSGB; shortwaveradio.de; the 3916 Nets; Van Herridge, N4VGE; and you,
our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Tony, JH1FFW, on the air from Palau as
T88RC until December 5th. You can hear him on the HF bands, using SSB
and FT8. QSL via eQSL or LoTW.

Look for Giorgio, 5UA99WS, who will be on the air from Niger (nye-Jeer)
until the 23rd of December. He will be on 15 and 20 metres using SSB
when time permits. QSL via his LoTW manager, IK5SRF.

Listen for Sergey, RX3APM, on the air from the Maldives as 8Q7BB from
December 4th through to the 17th. He will participate in the ARRL 10m
contest which is taking place on December 10th and 11th. At other times
he will be operating on 80 through 10 metres. QSL to his home call.

Be listening for Joe, VE3BW, operating from Costa Rica as TI7/VE3BW
between December 23rd and January 4th. He will be on the air on 160-6m,
using CW, SSB and FT8. See his page on QRZ.com for details.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: HAPPY ENDING FOR PRODUCER OF HAM RADIO DOCUMENTARY

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Sometimes the best movies are the ones in which it's impossible to guess the ending. Our final report in this week's newscast
tells us about one such movie, a documentary, and the student filmmaker
who created it. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, brings us her story.

RALPH: The 30-minute documentary that made its TV premiere on Montana
Public Broadcasting on Thanksgiving Day was a production by Grace
Wolcott, a University of Montana student working with Media Arts
students at the school. The film has a one-word title: "Ham." Grace told Newsline it was inspired by a class assignment and, in part, by the
small portable shortwave radio she listens to. It's the story of
Montana's ham radio community and the reason for radio operators'
devotion.

She called the documentary a learning experience with everyone willing
to work outside their comfort zones. Grace was producer, director and assistant editor. The production also offered moments of radio magic. In
one of her favorite moments, the crew was interviewing a ham in his
shack when another ham could be heard on the air -- and then there was
yet another. A QSO got under way and each learned that they'd all been interviewed for Grace's film. Grace told Newsline: [quote] "I felt in
that moment, even if this documentary isn't a masterpiece or nobody sees
it, I am glad that, just like amateur radio, we are bringing people
together." [endquote]

So can you guess the ending? Grace, who aspires to be an independent filmmmaker, now has another goal. She wants to become a ham. She's
already studying with the help of Lance Collister, W7GJ, the amateur
seen in the opening scenes of the film. She said: [quote] "Everyone I
met in the community is patiently waiting for me to get my license and I
will not let them down!" [endquote]

She gets her diploma at the end of this semester and hopes to get on the
air next year.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: If you'd like to see Grace's documentary, it's available
on the Montana PBS website. See the link in the text version of this
week's Newsline script at arnewsline.org

[FOR PRINT, DO NOT READ: https://www.montanapbs.org/programs/ham/ ]

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARRL; CQ magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net;
JAXA Amateur Radio Club; Facebook; Montana PBS; NASA Spaceflight.com;
The Print; QRZ.com; Radio World magazine; the RSGB; Republic World;
SARCNet; shortwaveradio.de; Youth on the Air Camp; Wireless Institute of Australia; YOTA; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur
Radio Newsline.

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and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, you can find Burkhard, DL3KZA, on the air from
Albania as ZA/DL3KZA until December 13th. He is on 40-17m; mainly
using FT8. QSL to his home call, either direct or by the bureau.

Between December 10th and 16th, you will be able to hear S21DX on
the air from Dhal Char island in Bangladesh, IOTA number AS-140. The
operators will be using the HF bands and the QO-100 satellite. QSL
via EB7DX.

Lester, W8YCM, is active until December 11th from Jamaica using the
call sign as 6Y8LV. He is also signing W8YCM/6Y for the remainder of
his stay, which lasts into January. Listen on the HF bands. Send
QSLs for his home call.

Listen for Capi, LU1COP, operating from Isla Martin Garcia,
Argentina, IOTA number SA-055, as LP1A/E until December 11th. Capi
is on 80 through 10 metres using FT8 and SSB. QSL via Logbook of the
World. Paper QSLs should be sent to EA7FTR.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: MEET OUR INTERNATIONAL NEWSMAKER OF THE YEAR FOR 2022

NEIL/ANCHOR: When Amateur Radio Newsline began presenting its
International Newsmaker of the Year award in 2019, we did it to
acknowledge the best embodiment of the spirit of amateur radio in
the activities of an individual, club or other organization during
the past year. In presenting this year's award, we congratulate the
winner we celebrated in that inaugural year: The West Bengal Amateur
Radio Club of Kolkata, India. Here's our editor, Caryn Eve Murray,
KD2GUT, to tell us why.

CARYN: Congratulations once again to the West Bengal Radio Club of
Kolkata India, Newsline's International Newsmaker for 2022.

Operating on a thin budget, sometimes with borrowed radio equipment,
the club has consistently provided communications during cyclones,
after earthquakes, at major public events and to reunite missing
family members with loved ones. The club also teaches its members
valuable emergency-response skills that help save lives. This past
year, those skills helped prevent a different kind of tragedy: They
assisted law enforcement in locating and rescuing a woman who had
been kidnapped and was about to be handed over to a human-
trafficking ring. The stories we have given our listeners this past
year about this club's efforts show that its commitment to public
service, like their energy, knows no limits.

Newsline spoke to the club's secretary, Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA,
and he explained why members are so committed:

AMBARISH NAG BISWAS: We only make this club, not only for the
amateur radio hobby. We make using this hobby how to save lives
because all technology is for the human. If you are not using your
hobby for the human, I don't believe that hobby...that hobby is just
a hobby.

CARYN: All of us at Amateur Radio Newsline salute this group for its combination of technology and humanity.

This is Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT.

**

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With thanks to Amateur Radio Weekly; the ARRL; CQ magazine; David
Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; FCC.gov; Holmesburg Amateur Radio Club;
Inventiva; QRZ.com; Radio World magazine; the RSGB; shortwaveradio.de; Space.com; startupstorymedia; Tom McElroy, W4SDR; USAJobs.gov; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the
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York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG in Union,
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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for the Israel Amateur Radio Club, which
is operating special event stations celebrating Christmas and the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Be listening for Hanukkah station 4Z8NER on the air
from December 18th through the 26th. Christmas stations 4X7XMAS, 4X8XMAS
and 4X9XMAS will be on the air December 23rd, 24th and 25th. QSL via
4X6ZM, LoTW and eQSL.

The TN8K DXpedition in the Congo begins operation shortly after operators arrive from the Czech Republic on January 6th. The team will continue operating until their departure date of January 21st. Be listening on 160 through 6 metres using CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8, FT4 and PSK. Operators will
also be making contacts via the QO-100 satellite.

Listen for Harry, JG7PSJ, operating as JD1BMH from Chichijima (CHEE CHEE JEEMA), IOTA number AS-031, Ogasawara (OH GAH SAH WARRA), from December
24th to January 2nd. He will be using CW, SSB and RTTY on 80 through 10 metres. QSL to his home call JG7PSJ via the bureau or direct.

Be listening for Pierre-Jean, F4GPK, operating as FY/F4GPK from French
Guiana (GEE YONNA) from December 26th to January 8th. QSL via eQSL or
direct to his home call.

Joe, VE3BW, will be using the callsign TI7/VE3BW (Tee Eye Seven/VE3BW)
while operating from Costa Rica from the 23rd of December to the 3rd of January. Joe will be operating CW, SSB and FT8 on 160-6 metres. QSL to
his home call. All QSOs will be loaded to LOTW on his return.

(425 DX NEWS)

**

KICKER: NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HAM RADIO STYLE

JIM/ANCHOR: We end this newscast with a Newsline holiday tradition - a
ham log instead of a yule log. I'm going to share with you this much-
loved adaptation of the Clement Clarke Moore classic - proof that there
is still magic in the season, and even moreso on the amateur bands this
time of year.

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"

(AUTHOR UNKNOWN)

**

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David Behar K7DB; the DoDropIn; DX-World.net; The 425 DX News; Ham Radio University; Intrepid DX Group; POTA India; Radio Society of Great
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and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston, West Virginia, saying 73. As always we thank you for listening.

And, from all of us, Merry Christmas!

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, special stations SP90ENIGMA and SP90ENG are active
until 15 January to mark the 90th anniversary since Polish cryptologists
first broke the Enigma cipher. For SP90ENIGMA, send QSL via SP3PGR. For SP90ENG, QSL via SP3PDO.

The Marconi Club is holding the fifth edition of its QSO Party Day on the
7th of January. Operators will be on the air from 0700 to 18000 UTC on
80, 40 and 20 metres, using CW. The ARI Loano (LOW-ANNO) Marconi Club is a member of the International CW Council. Operators will be calling "CQ MCD."

Special callsigns R2023NY and UE23NY are active on the HF bands until the
8th of January for the annual "Russian New Year" radio marathon organized
by the Miller DX Club. QSL via RQ7L.

Be listening for HH75RCH on the bands from January 1st through the 1st of
May. This is the special callsign marking the 75th anniversary of the
Radio Club d'Haiti, established on March 29th 1948. QSL via Club Log's
OQRS, or via N2OO (N 2 OH-OH).

(425 DX NEWS)

**

KICKER: A HOLIDAY NET THAT'S A SAFETY NET

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story for this week is about one holiday net
that is also, for many, a kind of safety net. Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, has
that story for us.

DON: Sometimes we get on the air looking for more than just a signal
report. As the holiday season draws to a close, ONTARS, the Ontario
Amateur Radio Service, has stepped in twice to do just that. Known for the daily net it holds on 3.755 MHz, ONTARS also provided a gathering place
for amateurs who spent this past Christmas in need of company. That net,
known as Sam's Christmas Cracker, was conducted by Sam Jones, VE3ZSZ, as
he has done for the past six years with the support of Barry Lisoweski, VE3ISX, the ONTARS manager. Sam shared this year's net on December 25th on
80 metres at 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time with Kevin, VA3RCA.

Sam told Newsline in an email that the net added some holiday brightness
for people who may have suffered a death in the family or perhaps were
left trapped by the recent blizzard that struck in the northeastern
regions of the United States and Canada. He said [quote] "It was about 120 minutes of just funny jokes and funny stories." [endquote]

Together everyone checked in and found a common meeting ground on the air.
Sam said he plans to hold another net on New Year's Day, January 1st. This will be on 7.185 MHz lasting from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. It will
be called the Positive Vibrations Net.

Sam told Newsline [quote]: "It's important. I try to bring smiles across
the miles." [endquote]

This is Don Wilbanks, AE5DW.

(SAM JONES, VE3ZSZ)

**

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Alexanderson Association; Amateur Radio Weekly; the
ARRL; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Congresswoman Debbie Lesko;
Contest University; CQ magazine; the DARC; David Behar K7DB; the 425 DX
News; Sam Jones, VE3ZSZ; shortwaveradio.de; the True Blue DXers Club; University of Alaska Geophysical Institute; Wireless Institute of
Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for VI10SOTA (VEE EYE TEN SOTA) which is
on the air in Australia to celebrate the 10th year of Summits on the Air
in the VK1 region. The station will be active through to the end of the
year and any amateur with an Australian licence who is activating a VK1
SOTA peak may use it.

Logs of all activators will be found under each activator’s log in their account.

Be listening for Harald, DF2WO, using the call sign D44TWO from Sao Tiago (AF-005), Cape Verde until the 21st of January. He is on 160 through 6 metres, using FT8 with some SSB and CW. He is also using the QO-100 satellite. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.

Listen for Darren, VK4MAP, who is working holiday style as FW/VK4MAP from Wallis & Futuna in the South Pacific through the first half of January.
Listen for him on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres where he will be operating
SSB. QSL direct to his home call.

The special call sign DB100RDF is on the air to mark 100 years of
broadcasting in Germany. This commemorates the fact that the first
official radio entertainment in Germany went on the air on the 29th of October, 1923. QSL direct to DO2PZ or via the bureau.

You can hear the special call sign EG1NMP from the 7th to the 10th of
January. The station is on the air to remember the wreck of the Monte Palomares, a Spanish freighter that sank in the North Atlantic on the
10th of January, 1966. QSL only via LoTW and eQSL.

(425 DX NEWS)

**

SAYING 73 TO THE OLD YEAR AROUND THE WORLD

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our final story has a little bit of magic in it. Some of it
is amateur radio magic and the rest is simply New Year's magic -- because
we can't put a final ribbon on the holiday season without this story of a
QSO that happened in two countries across the change of the year. John Williams, VK4JJW, explains.

JOHN: With poor conditions on the bands, the 10-minute QSO between one
ham in Australia and another in Thailand might have felt more like it
lasted for a year. Well....in a way, it actually did.

Supoj (Sue Podge) E25JRP was on 20 metres at 2130 local time in Bangkok
in the final hours of the old year, but very few CW operators responded
to his call in that first half-hour. At 2200 local time, someone more
distant came back to him - like the others, his call began with a V -
perhaps it was VR, from Hong Kong, or VU, from India. Battling serious
QSB, Supoj asked for a repeat - and then another.

He told Newsline: [quote] "After a couple of question marks and 'again,'
I got all of his callsign." [endquote] It was VK5PL, Dave, a colleague
from the Long Island CW Club in the United States. Dave was at home in Australia and recognised Supoj's callsign when he heard it on the air.
Two thousand twenty-three was already well underway at his QTH. The year-change had started two hours earlier.

Riding the fickle QSB, the two had just enough time to exchange new
year's wishes - and for Dave to log his first QSO of the new year and
Supoj to log one of his final ones of the old year.

Dave wrote on the club's forum on groups.io: [quote] "I had a great start
to the year." [endquote]

Supoj told Newsline: [quote] "I turned off my rig with a big smile." [endquote]

Now, of course, with everyone properly settled into 2023, the only thing
that needs to get in sync are those band conditions.

This is John Williams, VK4JJW.

(SUPOJ, E25JRP; GROUPS.IO)

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ARRL; Birla Institute of Technology; CQ magazine; Dave, VK5PL; David
Behar K7DB; the 425 DX News; IEEE; Radio Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; Springfield News-Sun; Supoj, E25JRP; Straight Key
Century Club; 3YØJ Website; West Bengal Radio Club; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso, Indiana,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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ACTIVATORS PLAN SUMMIT CAMPING TRIPS

DON/ANCHOR: In some parts of North America, where winter has taken hold,
many people are making plans to go into the mountains for a weekend of
hiking or skiing. Then there are the hams who activate summits and look at those same mountains as places they'll activate this spring and summer. Sel Embee, KB3TZD, tells us what they've got planned.

SEL: We may only be in January, but two clubs in the northeastern United States are already deep in the planning stages of campouts that combine eyeball QSOs with summit activations. The Northeast SOTA Club has scheduled its first campout for this spring. Hams will be meeting up in Woodstock,
New York, which is nestled in the Catskill Mountain region. The campout
will take place between May 19th and May 22nd; amateurs will be able to use one of the 45 campsites available at the Woodland Valley Campground. There
is also an option to bring an RV. The club is advising early reservations
for those planning to attend. Contact AJ at the email address found in the text version of this week's newscast.

Meanwhile, east of the Catskills, campers are looking forward to returning
to the White Mountains of New Hampshire for the sixth annual W1 SOTA
campout. These SOTA enthusiasts will be gathering from June 1st to June
5th. One of the organizers, Bob, A-C-one-Zed, writes on the SOTA Reflector: [quote] "Join in for the entire four-night campout or for as many nights as you can or just stop by for a while!" [endquote] Email Bob for details or
to let him know your plans. His email address can be found in the text
version of this week's newscast.

This is Sel Embee, KB3TZD.

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[DO NOT READ: bobac1z.nh@gmail.com ]

(SOTA REFLECTOR)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for AT18BSG, a special event station that will be on the air until the 15th of January in India. The station is
marking the 18th National Jamboree of the Bharat Scouts and Guides.
According to the event's page on QRZ.com, thousands of scouts, guides and adult leaders will be active. QSL via VU2NRO.

Whether or not you are a soccer fan, be listening for special callsign 7U7C being used by operators who belong to the Great Desert Djelfa Radio Amateur Club 7X2VFK. The club is on the air marking the seventh African Nations Championship taking place in Algeria from the 13th of January until the 4th
of February. This biennial football tournament is organized by the Confederation of African Football. See QRZ.com for details.

In central Africa, Roland F8EN is operating as TR8CR from Gabon until March 15, 2023. He is on the air using CW on 30 to 10 meters. QSL via F6AJA.

Many special event stations are on the air announcing the upcoming World Radiosport Team Championship to be held in Italy. Here are two in
particular to listen for as they operate in Indonesia and New Zealand.
Listen for 8B0RARI and ZL6WRTC on various HF bands where operators will be using CW and SSB. See QRZ.com for QSL details.

(DX WORLD, 425 DX BULLETIN, QRZ.COM)

**

KICKER: A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

DON/ANCHOR: For our final story we ask: how does a radio operator pursue 3 SOTA summits, 6 island activations and 2 lake activations in the space of seven days? Answer: he goes with the flow - in this case, the flow of a
river in New Zealand. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, takes us on that ride.

JIM: It was a seven-day journey along the length of the Clutha River in New Zealand, and Matt, ZL4NVW, was more than up to the challenge. He had his packraft, his kayak, his radio and his gameplan. Writing on the SOTA
reflector later, Matt shared the details of how he collected peaks and some summit-to-summit contacts along the way. He battled band conditions as well
as scrub from the wild landscape. Entering the river south of Alberttown
with his gear safely packed and waterproofed, he braced for the river equivalent of a solar storm: rapids, whirlpools and boils. The trip
afterward was marked by alternating moments of extreme peace and
temperamental waters -- though he suffered a wrist injury at one point.

He advised readers to file his story [quote] "under the lengths someone
will go to activate a 1-point summit." [endquote] That would be one of the stops he made to climb Tyrwhitt Peak on Mou Waho island in Otago, the
summit designated ZL3/OT-493.

Perhaps just a single point earned here, but the total adventure points for this trip were off the charts.

This is Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.

(SOTA REFLECTOR)

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With thanks to Amateur Radio Weekly; AMSAT News Service; the ARRL; ARDC; CQ magazine; David Behar K7DB; Diane Ortiz, K2DO; the K8CX Ham Gallery; FCC;
the 425 DX News; John Fulton, K9AI; Parks on the Air; the Register;
Shortwave Listening Post; shortwaveradio.de; the SOTA Reflector; Tom
Carrubba, KA2D; Wireless Institute of Australia; Worked All Britain; and
you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
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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 Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in Picayune, Mississippi, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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TEN METERS PUTS OUT ITS WELCOME MAT

JIM/ANCHOR: A stretch of days with great conditions on 10 meters
has provided a bonus for a number of events on the band lately. In
Germany, the DARC held its 10-meter contest on January 8th with
hams getting on the air using CW and SSB. The Nordic Radio Amateur
Union's 10m activity contest will be held on February 2nd, with CW
ops on the air from 1800 to 1900 UTC; SSB users on from 1900 to
2000 UTC; FM users competing between 2000 UTC to 2100 UTC and
Digital competitors getting in on the action from 2100 to 2200
UTC.

Just two days later, entrants in this year's Ten-Ten International
Winter QSO Party will hope to make good use of favorable band
conditions for operators using SSB on February 4th and 5th. The
nonprofit organization, the Ten-Ten International Net, was created
in 1962 to encourage activity on the 10m band and promote good
operating practices.

(TEN-TEN INTERNATIONAL NET, NORDIC RADIO AMATEUR UNION)

**

KICKER: SQUIRRELING AWAY SOME GREAT QSOs

JIM/ANCHOR: We end this week's newscast with the story of a net
that puts squirrels on the air. Not flying squirrels on the air.
These are radio squirrels. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, tells us about
their chatter.

GRAHAM: As anyone who lives in Australia knows, there are no
native squirrels living here. Or.....are there? If you ask Linda
G0YLM, a member of the North West Fusion Group in the UK, she
might insist there are - and for good reason: She has had plenty
of QSOs with them. Linda and her husband, Ian, G0VGS, participate
in the group's daily morning Squirrel Net, where Linda is net
control. The squirrels are all the hams who check in starting at
0700 UTC from New Zealand, Australia, The Netherlands, Ireland,
Sri Lanka, and even the United States.

Ian told Newsline that the net was inspired by early-morning walks
the couple would take in the local park in the early days of the
pandemic. Radios in hand, they would chat with friends as they
strolled. Ian said: [quote] "From time to time we would see a
squirrel and mention it on the air. This moved to logging the
first squirrel sighted each morning, and the Squirrel Net was
born." [endquote]

Conversation topics vary from day to day and the chatter often
gets as lively as the group's furry little namesakes. Because hams
are almost always in danger of timing out, the award of the Golden
Acorn is conferred virtually on any ham who passes the
conversation along just in time.

You can find the Squirrel Net in WIRES-X room 41755 and on the GB-
NWFG reflector, YSF 26499. As Ian told Newsline, everyone is
welcome to join the peanut gallery - even those elusive Australian
squirrels.

This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(NORTH WEST FUSION GROUP)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Weekly; Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA;
the BBC; CQ magazine; David Behar K7DB; the 425 DX News; The Hindu
newspaper; Ian Maude, G0VGS; Jim Storms, AB8YK; North West Fusion
Group; shortwaveradio.de; 3Y0J (THREE WHY ZERO JAY) Website;
Wireless Institute of Australia; Winter Field Day Association;
Worldwide Flora and Fauna; and you our listeners, that's all from
the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-
volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its
continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our
website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We
also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please
leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

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

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STILL TIME TO PLAN FOR DXPEDITION BOOTCAMP

NEIL/ANCHOR: Speaking of chasing DX and DXpeditions, a group of amateurs is hosting a DXpedition bootcamp in the South Pacific offering the expertise of experienced ops to help those who hope to do it for real sometime. The
station on Norfolk Island offers CW and SSB from 160m through 10m with dedicated stations for FT8 and 6m along with a variety of dipole and
vertical antennas. A short drive from the DXpedition station is Mount Bates where interested operators can try their hand at a SOTA activation. Norfolk Island National Park is also adjacent to the DXpedition station. The camp
will take place from March 17th to the 31st. For information about costs or other details, visit the website dxpeditionbootcamp - that's one word - dot net. Yes, meals are included.

(WIA, DXPEDITION BOOTCAMP)

**

KICKER: WHEN 'THANK YOU' IS A SPECIAL EVENT

ANCHOR: Finally, we end with a story about gratitude. There are lots of ways to say thank you of course but in amateur radio some gestures go beyond mere words or even certificates. Here's Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, to tell us about
a group of hams here in the US who turned a "thank you" into a special
event.

RALPH: How exactly do you say thank you to your mentor, the ham who
patiently answered your questions - all of them - helped with your studies, guided you with your shack, handled questions about on-air protocol and.....well, you name it. The simple answer is: you get on the air. For a group of radio operators in New England that translated into creating a special event thank you to their Elmers late last year. Using the callsign W1E/ELMER, six of them got on the air for a few days late last year, telling stories - and hearing stories - about those all-important hams who made a difference in their lives. In all, there were a little more than 300 QSOs, each one an audio thank-you card offered as a tribute.

However, the Elmer event doesn't end there. Two of the organizers, Bill, W1FMX, and Rich, KB1FGC, know there are more stories out there and lots of thank yous to share. This year it will be happening again, starting on September 29th, and Rich hopes that hams everywhere - not just in New
England - will join them on the air. So if you've been thinking about "why" and "how" of where you are now in amateur radio, now is the time for Rich to hear from you. His email address is in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

[FOR PRINT ONLY; DO NOT READ: marzo7088@yahoo.com

Rich's first special event was a few years ago in honor of his father who
had owned a trucking business and was on the board of the Department of Transportation in Connecticut -- but at the time Rich had never heard of a special event that let hams honor other hams. He believed that an on-the-air event honoring radio mentors would provide an appropriate means for celebrating those who made it possible for many of us to get on the air in
the first place.

As the participants' certificate states clearly, Elmers help to keep ham
radio strong.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(RICH GUERRERA KB1FGC)

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KB3YRU; 425 DX News; EA Digital Federation; Jenny Tupper; Mc Gill
University; Rich Guerrera, KB1FGC; Sean Kutzko, KX9X; shortwaveradio.de; UNESCO; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Willy, ON4AVT operating as
6W7/ON4AVT from Warang, Senegal from the 6th of February to the 31st of
March. He is expected to be on 80 through 10 metres using mainly FT8 with
some SSB and CW. He will also be making contacts via the QO-100
satellite. QSL via Club Log's OQRS or his home call.

Listen for the call sign JD1YCC from Chichijima, Japan, IOTA number
AS-031. A group of Japanese operators will be active there from the 7th
to the 13th of February. They will operate EME on 2m, 70cm and 23cm. QSL
via LoTW, or direct to JH3AZC.

Listen for Gene, W8NET, using the call sign N8V from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, IOTA number NA-106, from the 6th to the 10th of February. Gene
will be using SSB and FT8 on 80, 40, 20, 17, and 10 metres. He will also
be activating three Parks on the Air locations. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's
OQRS, eQSL, or direct to W8NET.

Peter, G4HSO is active holiday style as S79/G4HSO from the Seychelles
until the 21st of February, concentrating on CW and VarAC. QSL via LoTW,
no paper QSLs.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BUT REAL RAGCHEW

PAUL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we take a look at ChatGPT, the
intensely popular chatbot launched late last year by Open AI. It has
quite literally become the talk of more than quite a few towns, if not
the world. Now, it seems, it is also the talk of amateur radio. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, explains.

RALPH: An enterprising ham in Manitoba, Canada, has found a way to use a
voice recognition engine and a text-to-speech engine to give ChatGPT its
own voice -- via a transmission that occurs over D-STAR.

William Franzin, VE4VR, has been a ham since the 1990s, long before the
age of today's modern digital modes, but he has almost always tinkered
with voice repeater controllers. He told Newsline that those early
projects really didn't take off for him. It was only after Amazon
released its Alexa voice assistant that the project gained real traction.
Five years ago he successfully integrated voice-assistant products with popular ham radio platforms. His recent addition of ChatGPT simply meant including it as one more platform.

An article on the Hackaday website describes the process: A DSTAR digital voice transmission is received and transcoded to regular digital audio. A voice recognition engine delivers the question for ChatGPT's AI. The AI’s output then enters a text-to-speech engine which delivers the question's
reply over D-STAR. William has registered the VE4AVS callsign just for
these applications. He stressed that all of this is still in the
experimental phase.

However, he posed one question that might prove too tough even for
ChatGPT itself to tackle: Could the AI answer enough questions to qualify
for a license and an upgrade on its own?

We're listening for that answer.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(WILLIAM FRANZIN, VE4VR, HACKADAY)

**

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for the UN Global Service Center Amateur Radio club, 4U1GSC, using the call sign 4U13FEB for the month of February.
The special call is on the air to promote World Radio Day, which is marked
on the 13th of February. The club is based in Brindisi, Italy. QSL via
9A2AA, either direct or by the bureau.

Be listening for Alex, K6VHF, who is using the call sign K6VHF/HR9 from
Roatan Island, IOTA number NA-057 until the 15th of February. Alex is operating FT8, RTTY and some SSB and CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or direct to his home call.

Francois, F8DVD, is on the air as TM20AAW from the 10th to the 24th of February and will participate in the 20th Antarctic Activity Week, which
takes place from the 19th to the 26th of the month. He is operating from France. QSL via LoTW, or via home call, direct or by the bureau.

Listen for Bernhard, DL2GAC, who is on the air from the Solomon Islands
until the 8th of May. His call sign is H44MS and he is operating from
Malaita, IOTA number OC-047, until late April. Listen for him on 80-6
metres where he will be using SSB and some FT8. QSL to his home call,
direct or via the bureau. He will upload his log to Club Log and LoTW when
he returns home.

(425 DX NEWS BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: (SUPER)BOWLED OVER BY GMRS RADIO

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: You don't have to be a fan of American football to
appreciate our final story this week. You just need to be a fan of radio. Here's Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, to explain.

RALPH: If you're a fan of American football, you might think all the excitement would be centered around State Farm Stadium in Glendale,
Arizona. for the big game on Sunday, February 12th. If you're a fan of
radio, however, you know that the Super Bowl isn't the only spot where the action is. This is the year the NFL - the National Football League - meets GMRS. The Arizona GMRS Repeater Club decided to open up access to its
General Mobile Radio Service repeater for Super Bowl weekend, from Friday, February 10th through to Sunday, February 12th. Any and all licensed GMRS operators who've come to town may use the repeater on 462.550 MHz, which is Channel 15 on many radio models. The tone is 141.3 Hz and the mode is
narrow band FM.

President Gary Hefley, whose GMRS call is WQUZ645, told Newsline in an
email that on the weekends the repeater is not customarily open to non- members. It's where the club holds its general and training nets. When one
of the club's members came up with the idea to open it up for Super Bowl visitors, the board agreed.

Like more than half of the more than 380 club members, Gary is also an
amateur radio operator. his call sign is K7AZL. Everyone knows that in
GMRS, like amateur radio and football, there are rules. As the club said in
a recent press release: [quote] "This is a family friendly repeater, so use your best judgment. Even if your team loses." [endquote]

This is Ralph Squillace, KK2ITB.

(GARY HEFLEY, K7AZL; LLOYD COLSTON, KC5FM)

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the ARRL; the Austin Chronicle; CQ magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-
World.net; Eddie Misiewicz, KB3YRU; FCC; 425 DX News; Gary Hefley, K7AZL;
Greg Mossop, GØDUB; Hackaday; IARU Region 1; John VE1CWJ; Lloyd Colston, KC5FM; the Quarter Century Wireless Association; Radio World; shortwaveradio.de; Steve Wright, EI5DD; William Franzin, VE4VR; Wireless Institute of Australia; WPSD Local 6; and you our listeners, that's all
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our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Antonio, CT1FFU, operating holiday style
as D4T from Ilha do Sal, IOTA number AF-086, Cape Verde, until the 22nd
of February. He is using SSB, CW, and digital modes, on the HF bands and
6 metres. He will also make contacts via QO-100. QSL via his home call
direct or by the bureau. He will upload his log to Club Log.

Philippe, F1DUZ, is using the callsign FG4KH from Guadeloupe, IOTA number NA-102, from February 15th through to March 8th. He will also participate
in the SSB portion of the "Coupe du REF" contest on the 25th and 26th of February as well as the ARRL DX SSB contest on the 4th and 5th of March.
QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or direct to F1DUZ.

Saudi Arabia's Founding Day are being commemorated by special event
stations 7Z3FD, 8Z3FD and HZ3FD until the 22nd of February, which is the actual date of the celebration. QSL via HZ1SAR; the logs will be uploaded
to Club Log.

Eric, F5LCX, is on the air holiday style from Togo as 5V23LE until the
25th of February. QSL via LoTW.

Listen for Dom, VK2HJ, using the call sign VK2HJ/VK9 from Norfolk Island,
IOTA number OC-005, from the 17th through to the 20th of February. He is
using SSB on 40 through 10 metres. QSL via eQSL.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: WEARABLE FABRIC HELPS 'SING THE BODY ELECTRIC'

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our final story comes from Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB. Prepare
to get a real charge out of it. A real charge.

RALPH: OK, so here's a real yarn for you. Yes - a real yarn, the kind of
which sweaters are made. These are high-tech fibers known as twistrons,
which scientists developed about five years ago. Unlike conventional
knitting yarns, twistrons are spun from carbon nanotubes, resulting in lightweight material that increases in density whenever it is twisted or stretched. The result from all that stretching isn't necessarily a better-fitting sweater, however -- it's voltage that can drive an
electric current. To researchers like Ray Baughman at the University of
Texas at Dallas, twistrons present a promising way to make use of the
motion of the body to power an electronic device because it taps into the wearer's mechanical energy. Scientists say the energy conversion
efficiency of twistrons has improved over the years, up from 17.4 percent
from twisting to an impressive 22.4 percent.

Researchers recently used an array of twistrons weighing 3.2 milligrams
to charge a supercapacitor capable of powering a small device such as an electronic watch or five small LEDs.

While the researchers aren't quite at the point of releasing their own clothing line, they do have their eye on harnessing the motion of ocean
waves using twistrons to create electric power. We hams can only imagine dressing for success like this, going out for a summit activation or for
Field Day. The possibility is electrifying.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(IEEE SPECTRUM)

**

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Spectrum; QRZ.com; Radio World; Radio Society of Great Britain; Rich
Ryba, WQ3Q, shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; WRTC Reflector; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Phil, VA3QR, is operating from Panama throughout
March, using various call signs depending upon his location. Those call
signs include HP1/VA3QR, HP3/VA3QR and HP8/VA3QR. He will be using SSB
and the digital modes. QSL to his home call.

Listen for Matt, ZL4NVW, who will be activating several SOTA summits on Secretary Island off the Fiordland coast from the 7th to the 13th of
March. He will be on 40m through 10m, SSB only. Secretary Island uses
the IOTA designation OC-203 for the South Coastal Islands of New Zealand.
QSL to his home call.

Listen for Robert, OK2PYA, operating as EA6/OK2PYA from various World
Wide Flora & Fauna areas on Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, IOTA EU-004 until the 7th of March. He is using CW on 40-10 metres. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS and LoTW.

(425 DX BULLETIN, DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: THE HEIGHT OF GRATITUDE FOR A SUMMIT RESCUE

NEIL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we visit with a SOTA activator who is recovering from serious injuries after a fall on a summit. While he is healing, he plans to active a campaign of gratitude for his rescuers.
Here's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, with that story.

JEREMY: It was just a few weeks ago that Alan, 2E0JWA, had hopes of
scoring 4 points plus a 3-point winter bonus for activating the largest
summit in his immediate area, G/SP-001 Kinder Scout in the Peak District National Park.

His goal on that day in January came crashing down with him when he fell
on a piece of black ice on the well-marked summit path, shattering his
left leg. He expects that after two surgeries, he will be back on his
feet by mid-May - perhaps even back on the air for a summit by summer.

As he tells colleagues on the SOTA Reflector, however, he might not be
making those plans at all were it not for the kind souls who first rushed
to his aid on the trail to stabilise him -- and then for the welcome
arrival of the volunteer team he describes in his blog as "angels in red coats," the Glossop Mountain Rescue Team. It was a complicated rescue but
they moved him safely off the hill just as snow showers were threatening
to arrive.

Alan is now asking others on the SOTA Reflector and the ham community to
help inspire some kind of special event or thank-you gesture for helping
to keep this SOTA activator alive. To Alan, the winter bonus for that
summit truly belongs to the angels in red coats.

This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(SOTA REFLECTOR, 2E0JWA BLOG)

**

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Breaking Defense.com; CQ magazine; David Behar K7DB;
Donald De Riggs, J88CD; DX-World.net; FCC; 425 DX News; Hambel Net;
HamSCI; Parks on the Air; RadioWorld SOTA Reflector; the 2E0JWA Blog; shortwaveradio.de; Washington Post; YouTube and you our listeners, that's
all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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to us. We also wish a happy 21st anniversary to the Summits on the Air
awards scheme, created March 2nd, 2002.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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KICKER: FINDING FAMILY, EIGHT DECADES LATER

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We finish this week's report with one family's story.
Nearly eight decades after fleeing Bangladesh during turbulent political times, a woman in northern India has reconnected with the family she left behind. It happened all because of ham radio. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, has that story.

GRAHAM: Nearly eight decades of silence and loss ended on Tuesday, March
7th, when 85-year-old Maya Chakraborty finally spoke with the nephew she'd been seeking for so long - the son of her deceased older sister. The call
was via internet video, but the human connection here was because of ham radio. She was a young girl when her family left their native village in Sylhet in Bangladesh, and lost contact with her much older sister. The
Times of India newspaper reported that she had lost much hope of finding
the rest of her family but asked her son Suvendu to help track them down. Suvendu contacted the West Bengal Radio Club, which has expertise in
reuniting missing persons. The club's secretary contacted the Amateur
Radio Society of Bangladesh and the hams were able to find Ranjit
Chakraborty, Maya's nephew, who is nearly 80 years old himself. His mother
- Maya's sister - had long since died.

Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA, secretary of the West Bengal club, told the newspaper [quote] "It was difficult to find a person among millions." [endquote] He told Newsline that on March 7th, the aunt and her nephew
were reconnected during an emotional video call. He said that both are now applying for visas to take that reunion to its logical next step.

This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(TIMES OF INDIA, AMBARISH NAG BISWAS VU2JFA)

**

IN SEARCH OF 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they aren't already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur Radio
Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger -- someone
who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find
more details along with application forms on our website arnewsline.org
under the "YHOTY" tab. The nomination period closes on May 31st.

**

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out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the contact page
at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to cover it, we'll
get back to you for more details.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Digital Communications; Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; CQ Magazine; Dan Romanchik, KB6NU; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; FCC; Free DV Project; 425 DX News; IARU Region 1; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; RadioWorld; RuralRadio.com; shortwaveradio.de; the Times of
India; the Washington Post; YouTube and you our listeners, that's all from
the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for the Russian DXpedition Team using the
callsign 9X5RU in Rwanda from March 22nd to April 7th. You will hear them
on 160-6m and they will also be using the QO-100 satellite. They will
operate CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW.

Listen for the special event callsign A60AP, which is on the air until
the 31st of August. The suffix stands for the Emirates "Astronaut
Program," which prepares crews of UAE astronauts for missions that
include the International Space Station. QSL via EA7FTR.

Be listening for CT9/DD8ZX, CT9/DF7EE and CT9/DJ9KM operating from
Madeira, IOTA Number AF-014 from the 22nd to the 28th of March. Helmut,
DF7EE, will also participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as CQ3W. QSL CT9/DD8ZX and CT9/DJ9KM via LoTW or the operators' home calls; QSL CQ3W
and CT9/DF7EE via LoTW or Club Log's OQRS.

Miguel, EA1BP, will be active as FM/EA1BP from Martinique, IOTA Number
NA-107, from the 21st to the 28th of March. He will be focusing on 17m
and 12m and operating SSB. Listen for him in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest
where he will be using the callsign TO7O (TEE OH SEVEN OH). QSL via LoTW,
or via home call.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: WHEN "LINE OF SIGHT" SERVES AS A LIFELINE

PAUL/ANCHOR: Most of us have heard the phrase "when all else fails, ham radio." Well, our final story for this week carries an alternative
thought: "when all else fails, aerial drones." Here's Ralph Squillace,
KK6ITB, with that story.

RALPH: Deep snow in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon left two motorists
trapped earlier this year in the Willamette National Forest. One of them
was a woman who had become stranded in her minivan. The other was a man traveling not far from there. There was rarely any traffic or even
maintenance workers on this little-traveled road but they were able to
spot one another and try to find a way out of their predicament. However,
the road's remote location put it out of range for cellphone service.

The snow grew higher, and the temperatures dropped lower.

As the two tried to find a way to get word out that they were in danger,
the man realized he might in fact have a way out for the both of them,
after all. He would use line-of-sight communications, the same principle employed by ham radio operators on VHF/UHF and microwave frequencies, as
well as those using satellites. He realized that if he could get his
cellphone up high enough - say, several hundred feet above the thick
treetops - its signal would reach a cell tower, enabling it to send a
text message that could carry the details of his distress to a friend.

He had the cellphone and, as luck would have it, he happened to have an
aerial drone in his car and the drone had enough power to make that
successful flight.

It worked. The man's friend received the text with his location and the details of what had happened and the sheriff's search and rescue team did
the rest. The two motorists - and the drone - were brought to safety.

This is Ralph Squilllace, KK6ITB.

(THE DRIVE.COM, KRNV NEWS 4)

**

NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

PAUL/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they
aren't already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur
Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award.
Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger
-- someone who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org under the
"YHOTY" tab. Nominations are now open and close on May 31st.

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Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising
your club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something
that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the
contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to
cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; Amazon India; Antennapalooza; CQ
Magazine; CNN.COM; Daniel Sohn, WL7COO; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net;
FCC; 425 DX News; National Weather Service; QRZ.COM; Radio World: RUV
Iceland; shortwaveradio.de; Telangana Today; UK National Hamfest; and you
our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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

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KICKER: HE HAS MASTERED THE CODE OF LONGEVITY

NEIL/ANCHOR: For our final story we ask: Can you imagine being 101 years
old, and still on the air, sending and copying CW? We visit with one man
in Iowa, who doesn't have to imagine it; because he is living it! Jim
Damron, N8TMW, tells us about him.

JIM: Just like the Morse Code he loves to send, the 101 years of Lowell
Dibble, W0TER, have been a continuous wave.

The lowa man turned 101 years old on St. Patrick's Day, and according to several press reports and a video on YouTube his longevity and enthusiasm - like his ability to send CW - transmit a powerful message on a daily basis.

Lowell has a long history on the air. He served as a radio officer with
the Merchant Marine during World War II. An Amateur Extra Class operator,
he has regular QSOs with his friends using CW and keeps active at the retirement community, where he lives. His mental workouts with Code are complemented by his daily routine of physical workouts that start his day.

His son Mark told TV station KCRG in an interview just days before his father's birthday that what keeps him going is [quote]: "the excitement of
just wanting to do things, get up in the morning...It's not 'what am I
going to do??' It's 'What of all of these things am I going to do today?'" [endquote]

Dibble told the TV station that although he credits good genes, having a positive outlook is also a definite plus -- and he plans to keep riding
the excitement of that continuous wave.

This is Jim Damron, N8TMW.

(KCRG TV)

**

NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

NEIL/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they
aren't already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur
Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award.
Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or
younger -- someone who has talent, promise, and a commitment to the
spirit of ham radio. Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org
under the "YHOTY" tab. Nominations are now open, and close on May 31st.

**

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Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising
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that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the
contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy, and we would like
to cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Dayton Daily News; DX-World.net; FCC; 425 DX News; Groups.IO; Gulf News; KCRG.TV; Lloyd Colston, KC5FM; Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre; New Jersey Institute of Technology; QRZ.COM; Sci-Tech Daily; shortwaveradio.de; Tech Crunch; Vance Smith, KE5BAL; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org
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if you like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union, Kentucky, saying
73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, a DARC team has activated the special event callsign DA23WARD, in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. The station will be
on the air through to the 18th of April. The bureau will automatically
confirm all contacts. Direct QSLs should be sent via DL2VFR. Another
station marking World Amateur Radio Day is the UBA special event station
in Belgium, using the callsign OT23WARD. This station will be on the air
from the 1st through to the 30th of April. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL. A certificate will be available.

Be listening for 3A8AB from Monaco between April the 1st and the 30th.
The activation commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first
transatlantic two-way contact via amateur radio between Leon Deloy,
F8AB, and Fred Schnell, 1MO. Leon became a Silent Key in 1969 in Monaco,
and bequeathed his fortune to a variety of philanthropic organizations.
QSL via LoTW.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: FOR PIERRE PULLINMYLEG, BOUVET ISLAND IS FOR THE BIRDS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story of this week tells about a very new club.
In fact, it's one of the most remarkable clubs to ever come into being.
It's based in a most unlikely - and very remote - location: Bouvet Island.
Our April Fool's Day correspondent, Pierre Pullinmyleg, tells Newsline listeners about the new Bouvet Island Amateur Radio Club, and its highly unusual members. Remember you heard this story first on Amateur Radio Newsline. Pierre?

PIERRE: After saying goodbye to ze 3Y0J DXpedition only a few weeks
earlier, ze local residents were inspired. They knew it was time for
Bouvet Island to have its own amateur radio club. So one was hatched,
just like so many of its members. Yes, hatched - because zeese members
you see, zay are zee penguins native to this South Atlantic Island.
Zese birds are so very intelligent, and zey had very carefully watched
from afar as ze team of operators called CQ. Zey learned just enough
CW along the way to try and operate! AHA! So just maybe did you bust one
of zose pileups? Maybe you ended up working a penguin -- and you didn't
know it? Well, now zese birds, zay have developed zere own digital mode
of operating to make things easier. It is called Pen-Gweeno. Pen-Gweeno
is good because ze birds found zat CW, she is nice enough but is too
hard: ham radio operators with wings, mes amis, cannot possibly hope to
have a good fist.

So be listening for low-power, highly efficient transmissions of
Pen-Gweeno on ze HF bands. Listen for ze club callsign 3Y2PENG. Please
remember too that just because zese birds cannot fly, it does not mean
they can't get on zee air.

Zis has been Pierre Pullinmyleg saying "au revoir, mes amis."

**

NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they
aren't already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur
Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award.
Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger -- someone who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham
radio. Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org under the
"YHOTY" tab. Nominations are now open, and close on May 31st.

**

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think Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about
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but something that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief
overview via the contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy,
and we would like to cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; ARRL; Australia Communications and
Media Authority; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; FCC; 425
DX News; Hackaday; National Public Radio; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of
Great Britain; Radio World; Reddit; Rochester Institute of Technology;
SOTA Reflector; shortwaveradio.de; Space.com; West Bengal Radio Club;
Wireless Institute of Australia; World Wide Flora & Fauna; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org
and know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that
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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8TMW, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, get ready for the DX0NE DXpedition. This is a single-operator DXpedition to the Spratly Islands, IOTA Number AS-051.
Gil, 4F2KWT, will be on the air from the 30th of April until the 9th of
May. He has set aside one of his two radios to use FT8 using multi stream MSHV. The pilot station is Nic, DU1NA. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, which is preferred, or via IZ8CCW.

Local amateurs in Israel are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the
founding of the Israel Amateur Radio Club and the establishment of the
State of Israel by using special prefixes 4X75 and 4Z75 from the 14th to
the 30th of April. Awards are being given to hams who contact stations
with those prefixes as well as with the standard 4X and 4Z stations until
the end of the month.

Be listening for the special event callsign DM23BUGA on the air until
October 8th. This callsign honors the biennial horticulture show and
festival taking place in Mannheim, Germany this year. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. You may also QSL direct via
DL2VFR.

Listen for Jean, F8CHM, using the call TM1AI (TEE EM ONE AY EYE) from Aix
(EX) Island, IOTA Number EU- 032, until the 16th of April. He is using CW
and SSB on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home call.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

DON/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they
aren't already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur
Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award.
Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger
-- someone who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org under the
"YHOTY" tab. Nominations are now open and close on May 31st.

**

KICKER: ON TOP OF THE WORLD IN HER FIRST YEAR OF SOTA

DON/ANCHOR: We end this week by asking: What parent doesn't hope that one
day that their child will achieve success at new heights? Meet a mother
and father who aren't only watching their daughter achieve that, but are
right up there with her. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, brings us their story.

JEREMY: The past year has been an exciting climb for Sophie, SN9ZJ. The 11-year-old received her amateur radio licence one year ago this month.
It didn't take long for her to find her way to the higher elevations of Poland, calling QRZ for points in Summits on the Air and experiencing the thrill of other operators wanting her callsign in their log. Her father, Pawel, SN9PJ, calls her [quote] "my amazing daughter." [endquote]

Considered Poland's youngest SOTA operator, she activated seven summits
during her first year as a ham, with her father beside her on five of
those trips and her mother Anna helping her log contacts during the other
two. Anna, an avid hiker, had helped Sophie study for her licence and may eventually take the exam as well.

Pawel said Sophie had her sights on those mountain tops the moment her
licence arrived. The youngster draws great inspiration and love of the outdoors from her father, a mechanical engineer and her mother, an environmental engineer.

In time, her parents would not be surprised if one day Sophie provided
some inspiration herself. She has a younger sister, Elizabeth, and
younger brother, Bart who one day, they hope, they may follow her to the mountain tops, operating their own radios.

This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(SOTA REFLECTOR, PAWEL SN9PJ)

**

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that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the
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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT News Service; ARRL; CQ
Magazine; CNN.COM; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; 425 DX News; Jenny
Tupper; Johns Hopkins University; Hackaday; NASA; Patch.com; Pawel,
SN9PJ; QRZ.COM; Radio World; Radio Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector; Space.com; Wired.com; Wireless
Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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

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HAMS PREP FOR ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND TEST

JIM/ANCHOR: Hams are getting ready to participate once again in the Armed Forces Day Crossband Test - an exercise with an important mission. Jack Parker, W8ISH, explains.

JACK: From Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, to Camp Foster in Okinawa, military stations will be making two-way radio contacts with amateur radio operators on various ham frequencies as part of an important
interoperability test that has united hams and government radio operators
for a half century.

This year, the Armed Forces Day Crossband Test will be held on May 13th, testing two-way communications between hams and the military. It's an important exercise that does not have any impact on use of the bands by
hams or other private radio operators. All communications are conducted on upper sideband unless the instructions specify otherwise. An internet
search for DoD MARS - Armed Forces Day provides complete information, including participating stations, time periods and details about QSL
cards.

Created in 1925, the Military Auxiliary Radio System, also known as MARS, relies on the skills of more than 3,000 civilians - most of them licensed
ham radio operators - who assist the US military with communications at
every level from local to international, especially in emergency
situations.

This is Jack Parker, W8ISH.

(US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, WWW.MARS.AF.MIL)

**

NOMINATE NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

JIM/ANCHOR: Time is running out to nominate your choice for Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak Young Ham of the Year award. Candidates must
reside in the continental United States and be a licensed ham 18 years of
age or younger. We are looking for someone who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find application forms on our
website arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. Nominations close on May
31st - that's at the end of this month!

**

KICKER: FOR RADIO'S PROBLEM, THIS TOILET PAPER WAS ON A ROLL

JIM/ANCHOR: If you've ever been troubled by noisy speakers - no, we don't
mean the kind you suffer through at an awards banquet - our final story of this week may be of interest to you. We should advise you, however, the solution to this problem is somewhat bizarre, even in the opinion of its creator. Here's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, with that story.

JEREMY: When Richard Langer received a second-hand DAB radio from a
friend, he realized right away that listening to it at lower volume was
going to be a challenge: there was a noticeable scratching sound that went away only if the radio volume was made louder.

Using the kind of ingenuity we amateurs also know quite well, Richard
tried to find a way to fix the problem without the need to replace the speaker. Looking among some everyday household items, Richard ultimately
got to the bottom - and yes, we do mean the bottom - of the situation. He reached for a roll of toilet tissue.

The speaker's paper cone had apparently warped, causing the voice coil to
rub against the magnet assembly. The friction had worn out the insulation
on the turns of the coil and taken it out of proper alignment. Crumpling
the toilet tissue, he determined that if he inserted it at just the right
spot between the cone and the metal housing, it would exert sufficient pressure to restore the alignment. The result? Good, noise-free sound.

Richard shared this simple solution in a recent video on his YouTube
channel. The solution was picked up as well by the website Hackaday. With
a clever permanent solution as close as one's own bathroom, Richard is no doubt pleased there will be no need for the little radio to be flushed.

This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(HACKADAY, YOUTUBE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ACMA; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT News Service; the
ARDC; ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Dignity Memorial; DX-World.net;
the FCC; 425 DX News; Hackaday; Legacy.com; MARS; Maine Monitor; Mills on
the Air; News Center Maine; QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de; 3916 Freewheelers
Net; US Dept. of Defense; The Verge; YouTube; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm 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 VU7W, the call being used by Yuris,
YL2GM, on Minicoy Island, IOTA Number AS-106, in the Lakshadweep Islands.
He will be on the air throughout June, focusing on the 6m band, with some operation on other HF bands. QSOs are to be uploaded to LoTW.

Special event station IQ3UV, is on the air now through June 11th, using
CW and SSB on all the HF bands, marking the 100th anniversary of the
founding of the Alpine group of Tolmezzo, and the Carnia section. A
certificate will be available as a downloadable PDF for all stations
who make contact. For other details, see QRZ.com

Be listening for Dan, F5DBT, on the air as MM/F5DBT from several islands
off Scotland's west coast until the 15th of June. He will operate SSB,
FT8 and FT4, on 40, 20, 15, and 10 metres. QSL information is available
on QRZ.com

Ric, DL2VFR, and Fred, DL4BBH, will operate as LA/DL2VFR and LA/DL4BBH
from IOTA group EU-061 and the Ytre Hvaler (EE-trah Valla) National Park
in Norway, from the 2nd to the 6th of June. They will be using CW and
SSB. This is an IOTA and World Wide Flora & Fauna Expedition. QSL details
are available on QRZ.com

(425 DX BULLETIN, QRZ.COM)

**

KICKER: FROM POUNDING THE BRASS TO WINNING THE BRASS

JIM/ANCHOR: For our final story, we talk to a ham who took a test that
may have been just a little bit harder than the one for his amateur
license. Plus, it was on national TV. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, tells us how
it all played out.

GRAHAM: CW has always been a perfect fit for Richard Ayre, VK6PZT, since
he became a ham 10 years ago. Unaccustomed as he is to speaking publicly
on or off the air, he is most comfortable when he lets the dits and the
dahs do his talking for him. So why would he opt to get on the air - in
this case, on a national TV programme - where he had to answer questions,
and even trade gently disparaging remarks with the host, in a kind of
sledging worthy of any cricket pitch? It's because the Australian hit
show, "Hard Quiz," would test his trivia knowledge about his beloved CW.
Oh -- and because his two daughters asked him to.

On Wednesday, the 31st of May, TV fans watched the medical sonographer
square off in the Melbourne studio against three other contestants, who,
like him, were originally from England, Australia's rival this month in
the Test Series cricket matches. So he studied hard in pursuit of the
show's coveted Brass Mug. As he told Newsline recently: [quote] "I
challenged myself to find out something new about Morse Code once per
day for about one year prior to the show, and made notes in a small blue
book. I asked my family and friends at our local Bunbury Radio Club to
come up with the most obscure questions possible for me to answer."
[endquote] In fact, he said: [quote] "I think if I spent as much time practicing my head copying as I did reading about how the code was
developed or used over the last 100 years, I would be a much better
operator." [endquote]

No worry there: Richard scored a strong victory, and got to take away
the huge 5kg mug. Now instead of pounding the brass, he'll said he'll
be drinking from it.

This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

**

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contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy, and we would like
to cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily; Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; AMSAT
News Service; ARISS; ARRL; Cale, K4HCK; CQ Magazine; Dario Rovedo,
IV3HXF; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; FCC; 425 DX News; Jenny Tupper;
Mark Felton Productions; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain; Radio
World; Sci Tech Daily; Science News; shortwaveradio.de; and you, our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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

We also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please leave
us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm 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 Harold, DF2WO, on the air as 9X2AW
from Rwanda until the 15th of May. Harold will be using CW, SSB, and the digital modes on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.

Look for Pete M1PTR, Tom, M0DCG, and Kieron, M5KJM, on the air from Great Basket Island, IOTA Number EU-007, using the callsign EJ6KP/p until the
18th of May. They are using SSB on the HF bands during local daylight
hours. Check QRZ.com for QSL details.

Listen for Giorgio, IU5HWS, using the callsign 5UA99WS from Niger until
the 15th of June. He will be on 40 through 10 metres using FT8 and SSB.
QSL via LoTW, or via EA5GL.

You have until May 31st to log the special event callsign VI2023HRH in Australia. Members of the Wireless Institute of Australia are calling QRZ
with that call, through the end of the month, to celebrate the coronation
of King Charles III of England. QSL via the operator's instructions.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: COFFEE-LOVING HAM WORKS JAVA BUT IT'S NOT DX

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: OK, grab a cup of hot coffee for this week's final story.
Sit back, and let's listen to Randy Sly, W4XJ.

RANDY: For many of us there's nothing better than working DX or calling CQ
in a contest while sipping on a fresh hot cup of coffee. But what if that coffee was known as "Ham Shack House Blend," "Key Up Cowboy," or "Morse
Code Mocha?"

Steve Eilers, W3BIZ, believes we can have our ham radio and drink it too! Early in 2023, Steve began the Homebrew Coffee Company, combining his love
for coffee with his love for ham radio. This coffee is not someone else's brand that he re-labeled, but his own original coffee blends that are
roasted and shipped the same day -- no matter the propagation. He is an entrepreneur who takes his business seriously:

STEVE: "We source our beans from Bali, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, you name it… Ethically sourced beans, fair trade - that's a huge thing for me, is to make sure we're doing it right. These people are getting compensated
for their farms and everything's fair."

RANDY: His blends are made to resonate with a variety of tastes, from a
donut shop style to a dark Italian roast or something with a french
vanilla or mocha flavor. All these and more await you at homebrewcoffee.com.

When he's not making coffee, you can find Steve hunting POTA, chasing DX,
rag chewing or operating SKYWARN and ARES in Kent County, Michigan -- and
of course, drinking coffee.

This is Randy Sly, W4XJ.

**

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STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising your club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something that is
out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the contact page
at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to cover it, we'll
get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Air Force Technology; MSAT News Service; the APRS Net;
ARRL; CQ Magazine; CNN.COM; Dave Altman, KO4YLZ; David Behar K7DB; The
Daily Jeffersonian; 425 DX News; GypsyRoadTrip.com; the IEEE Spectrum; Kay Savetz, K6KJN; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the Millennium Post; QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de; the Times of India; the Vincentian; the YL
Beam; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for special event station GB0AEL, which
is on the air until May 26th. Hams with the North West Group Amateur
Radio Club are marking the anniversary of Amelia Earhart's transatlantic flight. In May of 1932 she became the first woman to make that trip solo
and nonstop, departing from Canada and landing 15 hours later in
Londonderry, Northern Ireland. QSL instructions are on QRZ.com

Listen for Vincent, HB9VCJ, using the callsign 8Q7VJ from the Maldives,
IOTA Number AS-013 from May 20th through to June 4th. His QRP operation
will be SSB and various digital modes on 40-6 metres, and FM on 10
metres. QSL instructions are on QRZ.com

Ivan, YT4RA/IV3CTS, and his brother Goran, YT7AW/SA7DXR will be operating
from Malta, IOTA Number E U-023, from the 24th to the 29th of May, with
their biggest activity to be during the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. They plan
to use the callsign 9H6WPX. QSL via LoTW.

Be listening for T41DX on the island of Cuba, IOTA Number NA-015, from
May 18th through to the 22nd. The Guani DX Group will be operating CW,
SSB and various digital modes on 80-10m. QSL manager is RW6HS.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

NETS OF NOTE: THE ROOSTER NET HAS SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT

DON/ANCHOR: We end this week with an installment from our occasional
series, Nets of Note. We revisit a very proud group of early morning
radio enthusiasts who Newsline first interviewed back in 2017. Jim
Damron, N8TMW, tells us why they're so proud right now.

JIM: The early risers who have been meeting on 80 meters at 6 a.m.. local
time since 1957 are about to celebrate a milestone and this isn't exactly chicken feed. The Rooster Net, as the group is known, will be marking
24,000 daily sessions on the air on May 26th.

The check-ins - that's check-ins, NOT chickens - can expect to get pretty lively that day on 3.990 MHz. The rooster roster claims amateurs from as
far north as Canada, as far south sometimes as South America and as far
west as Arizona and Montana. So congratulations to these hams who leave
the nest early to get up with the sun - and with one another. That's
something to crow about.

This is Jim Damron, N8TMW.

(ARRL)

**

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that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the
contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to
cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the American Cancer Society; AMSAT
News Service; ARRL; Australian National Maritime Museum; CAMSAT; CQ
Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; 425 DX News; Gardner News; IARU Region 3; QRZ.COM; Manly Warringah Radio Society; National Public Radio;
Radio Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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

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

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100 WATTS AND A WIRE SCHEDULES SPRING TUNE-UP

NEIL/ANCHOR: The 100 Watts and a Wire community, which has been around
since 2015, has chosen the weekend of June 9th, 10th and 11th, as its
Tune-Up weekend, its annual spring operating event. That means that
operators will be on the air calling "CQ Tune-up" on June 9th, 10th and
11th on any band at anytime during those three days - and in any mode, including digital. If you're a member of the 100 Watts and a Wire
community, exchange your membership numbers with one another - and if
you're not a member, you can still make a contact and then check out the
100 Watts and a Wire podcast. Membership is free. As podcast producer Christian Cudnik, K0STH, notes, the weekend event is a perfect time to
test your equipment and operating skills in preparation for Field Day -
and to get out of the shack for some fresh air while ON the air!

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for members of the Rockall DXpedition, MM0UKI. They are hoping to set a new record on the air from the
uninhabitable granite islet in the North Atlantic Ocean. This rare
location has the IOTA designation of EU-189 and is Grid Square IO37DO (Eye
Oh Three Seven Dee Oh). The team departed for the island on May 25th and
will be on the air around the clock using SSB, CW and FT8 on 40 through
10m as well as 2m. Details and QSL information are on QRZ.com

(DX-WORLD.NET, 425 DX BULLETIN)

**

NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

NEIL/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that the window closes on May 31st to nominate a promising young radio amateur for this year's Amateur Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. Young hams
who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news
of their own in the world. Think of an amateur radio operator 18 years of
age or younger -- someone who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find the nomination form on our website
arnewsline.org under the "AWARDS" tab. Time is about to run out!

**

KICKER: LOST AND FOUND WITH THE HELP OF HAMS

NEIL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we ask you to imagine being missing and
lost for three decades. Listen to this story of an older man's 30-year
journey back to his family - thanks to ham radio. Jason Daniels, VK2LAW,
has his story.

JASON: For one homeless grandfather from Nepal, this was a homecoming that
was three decades in the making, with the help of a merchant in a busy
Bengali business district and a group of ham radio operators in West
Bengal.

The man, identified as Bir Bahadur Singh, had been spotted as a vagrant by
a Bengali businessman who reached out to the West Bengal Radio Club. He
knew the club's reputation of using their wide-ranging amateur radio
network to reunite family members. Club secretary Ambarish Nag Biswas
VU2JFA contacted hams in Nepal who were able to locate the man's village,
and eventually his wife. They learned that Bir Bahadur Singh had
apparently fallen ill 30 years ago while he was transporting his son from Nepal to Delhi. From there, the man somehow disappeared.

The son, now grown and working in Delhi, was overjoyed his father had been found so many years later, according to media reports. He has been coordinating with the Nepal Consulate to bring his father home. Ambarish
Nag Biswas told the Indo-Asian News Service: [quote] "He never doubted his father and always knew that the man must have suffered from some sort of mental illness to have left him alone." [endquote]

This is Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.

(INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the American Cancer Society; ARRL; Associated Press; Australia Communications and Media Authority; CQ
Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; 425 DX News; FCC; Gardner News; House.gov; IARU Region 1; IARU Region 3; Indo-Asian News Service; News2;
100 Watts and a Wire; QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector; Variety; West Bengal Radio Club; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
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to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm 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, Kasimir, DL2SBY will be using the callsign 8Q7KB from
the Maldives, IOTA Number AS-013, until the 7th of May using CW, SSB and
FT8/ FT4 (using MSHV). He will concentrate on 30, 17, 12, 10 and 6
meters. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or direct to home call.

On April 26th this year, it will be 100 years since the first amateur
radio contact between New Zealand and Australia was made, between Frank
Bell of Shag Valley Station, Waihemo in Otago and Charles Maclurcan, 2CM
in Sydney.

Listen for the callsign ZL100 from now until the 25th of July. Members of
the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters will be on the HF bands
with this callsign commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first trans-Tasman Radio contact between Australia and New Zealand.

Members of the Russian Robinson Club are using the special call CO30RRC
from Cayo Coco Island, IOTA Number NA - 086, until the 4th of May. Listen
on the HF bands. QSL via N7RO, LoTW, or Club Log. QSL for hams with RU
and EW prefixes via RW3RN.

During May 16th through to the 18th, listen for Pete M1PTR, Tom, M0DCG,
and Kieron, M5KJM/EI6KP, on the air from Great Blasket Island, Iota
Number EU-007, in the North Atlantic. They will use the callsign EJ6KP/P.
QRV on HF SSB operating during local daylight hours. QSL via LoTW.

(WIA, DXNEWS.COM, 425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: THEY'RE 'PUTTING THE DIGIT BACK IN DIGITAL'

PAUL/ANCHOR: Finally, with International Morse Code Day just having
passed on April 27th, we celebrate Morse Code. In fact, a recent magazine article published by a world class institution does just that - and it
uses a language that needs no decoding. Kent Peterson, KC0DGY, takes a
look with us.

KENT: Smithsonian magazine is published by the Washington, D.C.-based Smithsonian Institution, considered the largest museum, education, and research complex in the world -- and while you might rightfully expect telegraph keys and other communications equipment to be featured as
museum pieces, Morse Code itself is hardly the stuff of archives. That's
the whole point of the article, in fact: It notes that the dits and dahs
of the original digital communications system - which had its beginnings
two centuries ago - are not only part of a very vibrant code but one that
is experiencing a resurgence.

As one would expect from anything by the Smithsonian, the article gives a clear history of the code's evolution from American Morse to
International Morse, explaining its mechanics, its appeal and yes even
its purported medical benefits for brain health.

With references to the ARRL, the Long Island CW Club and the Straight Key Century Club, the article extolls the practice as an enduring form of communication that is [quote] "putting the digit back in digital communication." [endquote] There are even instructions, complete with diagrams, telling non-hams on how to build a Morse Code generator so they
can practice their dits and dahs with the help of their smartphone.

To see the article, follow the link in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

[PRINT ONLY: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/morse-code-back- looking-ditch-twitter-180981309/ ]

(above URL all on one line)

The article is encouraging: While CW might not ultimately replace
Twitter - as the headline suggests - it may just turn radio
communications on its ear.

This is Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

(SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE)

**

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Software Award; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT
News Service; ARRL; CQ Magazine; CNN.COM; Dave Altman, KO4YLZ; David
Behar K7DB; Dignity Memorial; DX-World.net; Emirates News Agency; 425 DX
News; Ian Burgess, VA6EMS; Gulf News; the IARU; the IEEE Spectrum;
QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de; Smithsonian Magazine; South African Radio
League; spacenews.com; Vince D'Eon, VE6LK; and you our listeners, that's
all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
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like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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

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AMATEUR RADIO DUO GOES QRT ON ROCKALL

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: With the departure of his two amateur radio companions, a Scottish adventurer is now facing the challenge of breaking the record
for occupying Rockall, a North Atlantic islet, by living there for as
many as 60 days.

Cam Cameron, a schoolteacher with a spirit for adventure, was accompanied
by Emil Bergmann, DL8JJ, and Nobby Styles, G0VJG, who landed on the rock
with him on the 30th of May. The hams operated for several days as
MM0UKI, logging an estimated 8,000 QSOs before going QRT.

(THE GUARDIAN)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Roland, F8EN, is celebrating his 95th birthday with
an activation from Libreville, Gabon as TR8CR during the months of June
and July. Listen for Roland using CW on 30 through 10 metres. QSL via
F6AJA.

Listen for Chris, VK2YUS, using the callsign YJØCA from Efate, IOTA
Number OC-035, Vanuatu from the 17th through to the 28th of June. He will operate SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL direct to his home call.

Kasimir, DL2SBY, will be on the air as 8Q7KB from the Maldives, IOTA
Number AS-013, from the 13th through to the 21st of June. He will be
using CW and SSB focusing on 12, 10 and 6 metres. See QRZ.com for QSL
details.

Michel, F8GGZ, will use the callsign TM4ØØBP from the 14th through to the 21st of June. The activation marks the 400th anniversary since the birth
of French mathematician, philosopher, scientist and writer Blaise Pascal.
QSL to Michel's home call.

(425 DX BULLETIN, DX WORLD)

**

KICKER: SETTING A RECORD THAT IS OUT OF THIS WORLD

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Hams in the space programs of five nations have helped
set a record that's, well, out of this world. Paul Braun, WD9GCO, brings
us our final story of the week.

PAUL: Let's face it, some people are just out of this world. One of them
is Rayyanah Barnawi, 7Z1RB. The amateur radio operator is the first Saudi woman to go into space, was a member of the Axiom-2 mission to the ISS
which departed on May 21st and returned 8 days later using the Crew-
Dragon spaceship "Freedom." Two of the three team members were also hams.

Before they splashed down near Panama City on May 30th, the mission
specialist and her crew helped set what is being called a new record for
the number of people to be in Earth orbit at the same time.

That's a total of 17. On May 30th, before the Axiom-2 splashdown, crews
from five different nations were up there circling our planet. That
included the three members of China's Shenzhou 16 mission, which launched
on May 29th for the Tiangong space station. That crew joined the three Shenzhou 15 mission members who were already up there since last
November.

Greeting Rayyanah on the ISS was the Expedition 69 crew with seven
members from different countries including Emirati astronaut Sultan Al
Neyadi, KI5VTV.

In this busy travel season for some down here on Earth, it's good to know there are some people up above who take the notion of a getaway even more seriously.

This is Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

(AMSAT NEWS SERVICE, SPACE.COM)

**

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that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the
contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to
cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily; Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; AMSAT
News Service; ARRL; Central States VHF Society; CQ Magazine;
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; David Behar K7DB; DX- World.net; Eddie Misiewicz, KB3YRU; The Guardian; Hamfest India; the
Hindu; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain; Radio World; shortwaveradio.de; Space.com; WRTC2022 Reflector; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for the special callsign IL3P on the
air between the 1st of July and the 30th of September throughout
the Italian region of Veneto. Be listening especially on the 28th
through the 31st as the team activates Pellestrina Island, IOTA
number EU-131, holiday style and participates in the IOTA contest.
See QRZ.com for QSL details.

Bo, OZ1DJJ, is using the callsign OX3LX from Qaanaaq, Maidenhead
locator FQ57jl, from Greenland, IOTA number NA-018 until the 18th
of July. He will be operational on 4 and 6 metres, but he will
also be active on the HF bands. He may include a side trip to
Herbert Island, IOTA number NA-134 or Meteorite Island. See
QRZ.com for QSL details and some great pictures.

Dave, G4OSY, will be active holiday style as VP9/G4OSY from
Hamilton Parish, Bermuda, IOTA number NA-005, until the 8th of
July. He'll be using SSB most of the time and operating on 40
through 10 metres. You may also hear him on 6m. QSL direct to his
home call.

Several operators in Germany will be using the special callsign
DL0SOP for the month of July, marking the 65th edition of the Sea
of Peace award. A small silk pennant is to be given for QSOs with
the Baltic neighboring states and regions all month long. Annual
stickers are available for hams participating during other years.
See QRZ.com for QSL details.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: MEET 2023'S YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR, KEES VAN OOSBREE W0AAE

NEIL/ANCHOR: And, for our final item this week, we're proud to
announce the winner of the 2023 Amateur Radio Newsline Bill
Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of The Year award. Amateur Radio
Newsline’s Mark Abramowicz (Abram-oh-vich), NT3V, is chairman of
the award program, and he spoke with our latest honoree.

KEES: "Oh my gosh! Thank you so much. Yes, that is so cool. Thank
you so much!"

MARK: And that was the reaction of Kees Van Oosbree, W0AAE, of
Maple Grove, Minnesota, in suburban Minneapolis upon learning he
had been selected as the Young Ham of the Year. Kees recently
turned 19 years old - just making the cut-off for the award. He is
the son of Mark and Jean Van Oosbree.

He is a recent honors graduate of Heritage Christian Academy in
Maple Grove and was the valedictorian for his class. Kees says
when he was 12, during a museum visit he spotted a fascinating
exhibit that sparked his curiosity about amateur radio.

KEES: "And I saw this cool amateur radio shack there. There was
this cool map with all of their markers where they made contacts,
and I saw Antarctica."

MARK: He says that prompted some online research.

KEES: "I got a book on Amazon, studied and took the two licenses
[Technician and General] and it was on from there. I got a Baofeng
Handie Talkie. I still have it."

MARK: But Kees says he wanted to explore more.

KEES: "HF was my life. I got involved with a few radio clubs the
Minnesota Wireless Association which is contesting. Contesting is
pretty much my main thing that I do in Amateur Radio although I do
branch out and do other things."

MARK: Among those other things was getting connected to youth in
amateur radio through the Youth on the Air - Americas program
where he has taken up leadership roles in training of operators,
QSL manager and sharing his interest in remote operating.

Kees says he did some on-line research on remote operating and
found a mentor - Ray Higgins, W2RE - who opened a door to a whole
new world.

KEES: "He gives us unlimited access to these highly competitive
stations that use FlexRadios. I was able to do very, very well
through that and contesting through DX contesting...He gave us the
tools and we branched off of there. I was one of the five youth
that kind of started the program. And now we have over 80, 100
youth."

MARK: Kees says he taught himself Morse Code through on-line
computer programs. And, while he says his ability to copy CW
exceeds 35 words per minute, his sending speed is a little slower
and he prefers a key to paddles. Kees has picked up several awards
for his DX and domestic contest SSB and CW entries over his short
time in ham radio.

MARK: He's only been licensed for nearly five years.

His favorite contest, he says, is the North American QSO Party.

KEES: "It's just 12 hours long and it's just on Saturday only, and
I love that, because I can work on homework on Sunday."

MARK: Kees will begin college in August at Iowa State University.

KEES: "I’m really excited because they have a really great
aerospace engineering program three-a-half hours away from me so
not too far away. There are only a few colleges in the country
that do this particular major."

Congratulations Kees, from all of us at Amateur Radio Newsline!

I’m Mark Abramowicz, NT3V.

NEIL/ANCHOR: Kees will be honored during a presentation ceremony
on Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Huntsville Hamfest.

**

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily; AMSAT News
Service; Arunava Dey, VU3XRY; ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; DX-World.net; FCC; 425DXNews; IFLScience, Military & Aerospace
Electronics; National Institute of Amateur Radio; Ofcom; OSCAR
India; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain; Radio World; shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; Zacks
Investment Research; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

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volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its
continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our
website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We
also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please
leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New
York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in
Union, Kentucky, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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KICKER: WHEN THE "INTELLIGENCE" IS NOT FOR REAL

ANCHOR: Imagine AI - artificial intelligence - behind the radio mic? Well.....it has already arrived in broadcasting and that's giving us here
at Newsline something to think about too. Here's Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB,
to explain.

RALPH: In Portland, Oregon, the radio DJ known as Ashley Z Elzinga has
some company in the studio: herself. The station, "Live 95.5" KBFF has
begun using an artificial version of her voice to produce segments, using Futuri Media's RadioGPT during midday programming. Ashley Z is a
syndicated talent heard on a number of other stations, including ones in Michigan and Seattle. The Oregon station is calling her "AI Ashley" and
it even quotes her in the station's press release expressing her
commitment to being the world's first AI DJ.

Meanwhile, students at the University of Florida have used RadioGPT to
create an AI personality they have named "Q." Q is featured on the
College of Journalism and Communications audio research and development platform, GHQ. According to a report in RadioWorld, RadioGPT generates
scripts about relevant topics by scanning online content and social media
and then voices the script using AI.

It does leave us wondering, however: How long before something called
HamGPT is developed and learns to scan the solar reports, the propagation maps, the DX clusters and even our personal details on QRZ.com, handing
out "5 9" and "7 3?"

Perhaps for that answer - for now - we'll have to Google it.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(RADIOWORLD, RADIOINSIGHT.COM)

**

DO YOU HAIKU? ROGER ROGER!

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We hope our listeners have been enjoying the Amateur
Radio Newsline haiku challenge. We certainly have! In the spirit of fun
and perhaps a little bit of literary adventure, we've been inviting
listeners to channel their most creative selves and share the joy of ham
radio in the form of a haiku. On our website, arnewsline.org, you will
find a submission form for sending your most poetic offering. To qualify,
you need to follow traditional haiku form: The first line is five
syllables, the second line is seven syllables and the finishing third
line has another five syllables. We cannot accept any other formats.

Our team will pick from the best submissions that follow the 5/7/5
syllable rule and represent the love of amateur radio. Your prize? For
now, bragging rights -- and a featured spot for your haiku on the Amateur Radio Newsline website. We may have a surprise for you at the end of the
year, however. So visit our website at arnewsline.org and take a look at
this week's winning ham radio haiku.

**

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be interested in? We are not talking about advertising your club's
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the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to cover it, we'll
get back to you for more details.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily; AMSAT News Service; ARRL; CQ
Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; FCC; 425DXNews; ETVBHARAT.com QRZ.COM; RadioInsight.com; Shortwave Listening Post; shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from
the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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

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KICKER: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE RADIO KIND

PAUL/ANCHOR: Do you believe in Unidentified Flying Objects? Well whether
you do or you don't, as long as you believe in amateur radio, you'll be interested in our final story this week, which comes to us from Kent
Peterson, KC0DGY.

KENT: It's no secret that Pete Guldan, KD0SQJ, and his fellow club
members in the Midwest have been seeing flying saucers for quite some
time. The flying discs hover with great tenacity on the landing page of
the website for N0FOO, which identifies the Minnesota group by its
formal club name: Hams of Insignificant Value.

Ah, but the amateurs' true worth is actually as great as the universe
itself - and thanks to these hams, visitors in a nearby Wisconsin
village are about to have a close encounter of the radio kind.

The village of Elmwood considers itself the UFO capital of the state,
based on residents' claims of having had so many sightings over the
years. It is therefore not insignificant that for the first time in the festival's 44-year history, there will be sightings of amateur radio
operators calling QRZ on the HF bands. They bring a message of peace:
"Take me to your feedline." The club will have operators on the air with
the club callsign N0FOO from July 28th to the 30th.

Let's face it: Having radio amateurs at a UFO festival is proof that
there is indeed intelligent life on this planet.

Be listening, from anywhere on earth - or even beyond.

This is Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

(PETE GULDAN, KD0SQJ)

**

DO YOU HAIKU? ROGER ROGER!

PAUL: What's the one ham radio competition you can enter without turning
your rig on? The Amateur Radio Newsline haiku challenge. In the spirit
of fun and perhaps a little bit of literary adventure, we've been
inviting listeners to channel their most creative selves and share the
joy of ham radio in the form of a haiku. On our website, arnewsline.org,
you will find a submission form. Use it to send your most poetic
offering. To qualify, you need to follow traditional haiku form: The
first line is five syllables, the second line is seven syllables and the finishing third line has another five syllables. We cannot accept any
other formats.

Our team will pick from the best submissions that follow the 5/7/5
syllable rule and represent the love of amateur radio. Your prize? For
now, bragging rights -- and a featured spot for your haiku on the
Amateur Radio Newsline website. We may have a surprise for you at the
end of the year, however. So visit our website at arnewsline.org and
take a look at this week's winning ham radio haiku.

DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think Newsline would
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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily; AMSAT News Service; ARRL; BBC, CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; 425DXNews; IARU Region 1; ICQ Podcast; Pete Guldan, KD0SQJ; Phillip Tanner, VA7XOZ; Phys.org; QRZ.COM;
RockallExped.com; shortwaveradio.de; UY5XE Homepage; Wireless Institute
of Australia; Worldwide Antarctic Program; Youth on the Air; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued
operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

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

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ARISS-USA SEEKS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

PAUL/ANCHOR: If you're an educator who enjoys helping the next generation explore science and tech careers - and you're a fan of ham radio on the
ISS - this part-time job opportunity might be what you're looking for.
Here are the details from Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.

KEVIN: Youngsters who participate in amateur radio contacts with the International Space Station are the priority of ARISS-USA, which looks to engage them in the worlds of science and technology. ARISS-USA is looking
for an experienced educator to work as director of education, guiding the organization with strategies to enhance the education of youth involved
in the ARISS program. This is a part-time, remote position that requires leadership skills to guide the education engagement volunteer team,
seeking ways to inspire youth in the fields of STEAM and STEM. The
director of education is also responsible for coordinating proposals from schools and other educational institutions seeking to host astronaut
contacts.

For a full list of other requirements and responsibilities -- and for
more details about the position -- visit www.ariss-usa.org.

This is Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.

(ARISS-USA.ORG)

**

NEW AWARD OFFERED BY QRZ.COM

PAUL/ANCHOR: Qrz.com is marking 30 years of online service to the world's amateur radio community by introducing a new operating award. A ham
becomes eligible for the "Thirty Years of QRZ Award" by completing and confirming on-air contacts with 30 members of qrz.com anywhere in the
world.

The award is free. Like the other qrz.com awards, it is presented based
on the logbook each operator maintains on the site.

The award is open to everyone who has a presence on qrz.com, not just subscribers.

Details about the award and instructions on how to apply can be found on qrz.com under the "Awards" tab.

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Chris, VK2YUS is using the callsign YJ0CA from Efate,
IOTA number OC-035, Vanuatu [VAN OO AH TOO] from the 17th through to the
28th of June. He is using SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL direct to his home
call.

Look for Ren, PY8WW, to be active as PX8B, from Ilha de Bailique, IOTA
number SA-045, from June 21st through to the 25th. He will be on 80
through 6 metres. QSL via his home call.

There's still time to work Kasimir, DL2SBY, who is operating as 8Q7KB
from the Maldives, IOTA number AS-013, through to the 21st of June. He is focusing on CW and SSB, largely on 12, 10 and 6 metres. See QRZ.com for
QSL details.

(425 DX BULLETIN, THE DAILY DX, DX WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: TWO "LUCIANOS" ENJOY THE KEYS OF LIFE

PAUL/ANCHOR: A radio amateur who just reached the age of 106 has been enjoying music - and the music of CW - for almost as many years. We hear
about him from Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

RALPH: Louis Benvenuto, W6OTB, and the late Italian tenor, Luciano
Pavarotti, had two things in common: Louis' given name at birth was also Luciano until he changed it at the age of 16 -- and both Lucianos knew
how to make beautiful music, just not together:

Pavarotti, the famed singer, used his voice.

For Louis Benvenuto, a lifelong CW operator, the instrument of choice is
a key. Even now, at the age of 106, he makes that key sing. On Tuesday,
June 6th, the key could well have been singing "Happy Birthday" to Louis
as he reached another milestone.

The Nebraska native was still a young man when he got the callsign he
still retains today. He attended radio school in California and
eventually got a job in professional radio but his first love - amateur
radio - was always with him. Later, he made the leap into TV, becoming a cameraman for a number of popular TV shows, including the Johnny Carson
show. It was on that late-night talk show, in fact, where Luciano the
singer met Luciano the amateur radio operator.

The cameraman simply introduced himself. It was perhaps one of the
easiest contacts the veteran radio operator ever made. While it didn't
turn into a ragchew, he did end up logging it - deep in his memory, where
it remains even now.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(FOXTV10; eHam.net)

**

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Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising
your club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something
that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the
contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to
cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily; AMSAT News Service;
ARRL; ARISS-USA; Associated Press; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX- World.net; eHAM.net; FoxTV10; GNURadio.org; Jamie M0SDV; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain; Radio World; Scouting Magazine; the Seattle
Times; shortwaveradio.de; Susanna Cunningham, WB7CON; you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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

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AUSTRALIAN AMATEUR GROUP MARKS 100 YEARS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In Australia, hams who belong to one radio group know
that a lot has happened in the last 100 years - and they're celebrating
all those years, for a good reason. John Williams, VK4JJW, tells us what
it's all about.

JOHN: Congratulations to the Ballarat Amateur Radio Group, VK3BML, which
is marking its 100th anniversary with a month-long on-the-air event. It
was big news in June of 1923, when the Ballarat Star newspaper announced
the formation of a ham radio group and informed readers of its first
general meeting on the 23rd of June. At the time, the organisation was identified as the Ballarat Amateur Radio Club. Under the leadership of
Ben Daniel, VK3NRD, the members themselves are not certain how the
original ham groups may have changed, especially with the slight
difference in its name, and they continue to research their history. Meanwhile, members are celebrating their cententary. There is no special
event callsign but hams around the world are being asked to listen for individual stations from Ballarat in the state of Victoria, Australia and share in the special occasion.

This is John Williams, VK4JJW.

(BALLARAT AMATEUR RADIO GROUP, WIA)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Dave, W9DR, on the air as VP2V/W9DR
from Anegada in the British Virgin Islands, IOTA number NA-023, from the
23rd to the 29th of June. He is using FT8, Q65, SSB, and CW on 6m only.
QSL direct to his home call.

Be listening for Ken, K4ZW, and Bob, W9XY, operating with the callsign
ET3AA, the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society's club station at the Addis
Ababa University's Institute of Technology from June 19th to the 29th.
They will be using CW, SSB and FT8 on 6 metres and all HF bands except
for 80 metres. See QRZ.com for QSL details.

In the Amami Islands, IOTA number AS-023, Masa, JF3ELH, will be using the callsign JF3ELH/6 for CW and SSB and will be using the callsign JF3ELH/p
for FT 8 operations. He will be operating on 80-6 metres. QSL via home
call.

Listen for Yas, JA1QQU, on the air as KH2/JA1QQU from Guam, IOTA number OC-026, from the 29th of June until the 4th of July. See QRZ.com for more details.

(425 DX NEWS)

**

KICKER: SUB-ATOMIC PARTICLES SEEN AS GPS REPLACEMENT

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Fans of GPS - Global Positioning Satellite navigation -
might soon be feeling a little fickle about their allegiance to this
system. There's a new option in town - or there will be, soon enough.
Graham Kemp, VK4BB, concludes this week's report with this story about
the promises offered by a special kind of sub-atomic particle.

GRAHAM: They're known as muons, sub-atomic, high-energy particles that
always travel at the same speed. They can be found all over the Earth and researchers at the University of Tokyo are studying these readily
available muons as the basis for wireless navigation that can also
function indoors, underwater and beneath the ground.

Hiroyuki Tanaka calls it the muometric positioning system. Unlike GPS
devices, which gather information from low-earth orbit satellites,
muometric positioning uses the reference point of muon-detecting sensors. Researchers acknowledge that while this shows promise, accuracy needs to
be further fine-tuned before the system can be deployed in devices such
as smartphones -- but it certainly means that navigation itself could
travel in a whole new direction.

This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(IFLSCIENCE)

**

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With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily; AMSAT News Service; ARRL; ARISS-USA; Associated Press; Ballarat Amateur Radio Group; Cal Poly Amateur Radio
Club; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; eHAM.net; 425DXNews;
iFixit website; IFLScience, QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain;
Radio World; shortwaveradio.de; Times of India; Venable LLC; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

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to us.

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

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Francesco, IK6QON operating as
IA5/IK6QON from Isola del Giglio, IOTA Number EU-028, until the 31st of
July. He is on HF using CW and SSB. See QRZ.com for QSL details.

Listen for JA1QQU/6 operating from Yoron Island, IOTA Number AS-023 from
the 27th through to the 30th of July. He will be on 10 and 6 metres using
FT8 between 2300 and 0200 UTC and again from 1000 through to 1400 UTC. See QRZ.com for QSL details.

Lance, W7GJ, will be conducting a 6-metre DXpedition as 3B9GJ from
Rodrigues Island, IOTA Number AF-017, from the 27th of August to the 7th of September. He will be operating on the HF bands as well as doing EME. See QRZ.com under Lance's home call for additional details and QSL information.

Frans, DJ0TP, will be operating as TK/DJ0TP from Corsica's main island,
IOTA number EU-014 from the 27th of July to the 3rd of September. See
QRZ.com for QSL details.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: ONE LAST POTA FOR JACK

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story takes us to a park in Florida, where a
group of POTA activators gathered to share stories and remember the friend
who no longer joins them. Dave Parks, WB8ODF, brings us that story.

DAVE: Amateur radio was there for Jack Hales, W1BBU, following the loss of
his wife six years ago after a lifetime of nearly 50 years together.
Returning to radio restored the grieving widower into a vibrant circle of life.

On Sunday, July 23rd, amateur radio was there for Jack again. This time the hams were offering a memorial activation at Sawgrass Lake Park in Florida.
It was a familiar and frequent operating spot for Jack and his friends
doing Parks on the Air, until Jack's unexpected death on June 13th at the
age of 80.

One of the four radio operators during those three hours was Lisa
Neuscheler, KC1YL. She said the days' tally of 108 SSB contacts were rich
with memories from many POTA enthusiasts who had written Jack's callsign several times in their logs. They traded stories along with signal reports. All contacts from the Sunday activation will receive certificates. The four operators' names and callsigns appear on them as well as a photo of Jack,
the man whose travels in the military left his mark around the world, including Indonesia where he'd helped establish a fledgling amateur radio society.

Even as a Silent Key, Jack is also launching another prospective ham
career: His granddaughter Haley, who had accompanied him and his St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club friends, is studying for her license. She
will likely use her grandfather's shack equipment and - she is hoping - his callsign, the same call that belonged to Jack's father.

No doubt, like her grandfather, you will soon find her among the tall
antennas under the sun at Sawgrass Lake Park.

This is Dave Parks, WB8ODF.

(QRZ.COM, LISA NEUSCHELER, KC1YL)

**

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Adventure Radio Society; Amateur Radio Daily; AMSAT News Service; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; 425DXNews; Lisa Neuscheler KC1YL;
the Monitoring Times; National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research;
QRZ.com; RockallExped.com; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector; Tom
Schuessler, N5HYP; URESAT-SAT1 website; Wireless Institute of Australia;
and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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

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