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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2395 for Friday September 22nd, 2023
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2395 with a release date of Friday
September 22nd, 2023 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. A club goes QRT after vandals destroy their
equipment. Hams in Latvia celebrate the mechanical key -- and hams, it's
almost time to head for the bunkers in the UK. All this and more as Amateur
Radio Newsline Report Number 2395 comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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VANDALS DESTROY CLUB'S SHED, EQUIPMENT, IN CANADA
PAUL/ANCHOR: We begin this week with the story of a ham radio club in Canada
that is struggling with the loss of important radio equipment that was the
heart and soul of the group. We hear about them from Sel Embee KB3TZD.
SEL: The Cambridge Amateur Radio Club VE3SWR went QRT earlier this month
following a break-in at the shed where the club stores its equipment. The
Kitchener-Waterloo Amateur Radio Club helped get them back on the air.
While the Cambridge club sorts out the damage and the losses from the early
September incident, members have been given use of the Kitchener-Waterloo
club's equipment and repeaters. Harry Niezen, VE3HZ, president of the
Kitchener club, told the CBC that it was natural for the club to open its
doors to help fellow hams.
According to a story on the CBC website, Scott Mitchell, VA3GGT, president
of the Cambridge club, said that the club's electric generator went missing
along with numerous tools after the break-in. Part of the storage shed had
been set on fire and the club's repeaters suffered smoke damage. The club's
duplexer had been thrown to the other side of the shed and was destroyed.
Scott said he discovered the damage in early September after going to the
shed to check on why the club repeater had not been on the air for a few
days. He thought perhaps the extreme heat in that part of Canada had caused
the shutdown. Temperatures were 40 degrees Celsius, including the humidity
index.
Scott posted on the club's Facebook page that although much of the shed was
ransacked [quote] "thankfully our repeaters were the only thing they didn’t
break into." [endquote]
The incident has been reported to police. According to a report on
iheartradio Canada, the losses and damage are estimated at between ,000
and ABFSL2HM$,000.
This is Sel Embee, KB3TZD.
(CBC, IHEARTRADIO. CAN, FACEBOOK)
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MAINE HAMS ADDING EMERGENCY RADIO TOWER
PAUL/ANCHOR: In Maine, hams are getting ready to take on a lifesaving
project that addresses a need in one part of their region of the state. Andy
Morrison K9AWM fills us in.
ANDY: An amateur radio club in Maine says there is something important
missing in one region of Aroostoock County: an emergency amateur radio
tower. The group, the Caribou Emergency Amateur Radio Service, plans to
change that. Members are raising the estimated ABFSL2HM$5,000 they will need to
build a 190-foot tower filling the radio void that exists between Caribou
and the St. John Valley. The hams plan to install the tower on a 1.5-acre
plot of land donated by Caribou Emergency Amateur Radio Service president
T.H. Merritt, KL5YJ, and his wife, Terri. They said the land's high altitude
makes it an especially good location for a tower.
When completed, this will be the Caribou group's fourth tower for use by
area hams for communications every day and in emergency situations.
The new tower will also be a welcome addition to communicators around the
region, according to Darren Woods, KC1ERZ, the director of Aroostook's
Emergency Management Agency. He told the Bangor, Maine, Daily News that all
first responders in the area will benefit from having this kind of expanded
radio access in a crisis.
The funds being raised are expected to cover the cost of the tower, a backup
generator that relies on solar and battery power, and other items. The
Caribou radio group, which is a nonprofit organization, has also applied for
a (sal061),590 community safety grant from the local utility, Versant Power, to
purchase a repeater.
This is Andy Morrison K9AWM.
(BANGOR DAILY NEWS)
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MISSOURI HAMS ADD DEFIBRILLATOR TO EMERGENCY TOOLKIT
PAUL/ANCHOR: The amateur radio operator's tool kit for disaster assistance
usually consists of towers, radios, antennas and other communications
equipment. Now one club in Missouri has just added a new device - one that
communicates with the heart. Randy Sly W4XJ brings us the details.
RANDY: The Sedalia-Pettis Amateur Radio Klub has a new addition to its
emergency communications trailer. It's an AED, an automated external
defibrillator which is capable of restoring the heart's natural rhythm in
cases of cardiac arrest. The small device was donated by an organization
called Wear Red for Women, which raised the funds to buy it during a
luncheon and auction earlier this year.
The club's vice president, Richard Camirand, KEØQYA, told local media that
the AED will be placed in the emergency communications trailer that hams use
during disaster drills as well as real emergencies.
This is Randy Sly W4XJ.
(KMMO RADIO, THE SEDALIA DEMOCRAT)
**
HAMS IN LATVIA CELEBRATE THE MECHANICAL KEY
PAUL/ANCHOR: You may have worked the Latvian Contest Group YL1ZX in any
number of major contests on the band over the course of any year. Well, now
those same hams are involved in another activity - one that its members have
organized as a kind of celebration. We hear about it from Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
JEREMY: Something special will be happening on 80 metres in a few short
weeks: It's a celebration of the mechanical key used by many CW operators.
This one-hour activity featuring bugs, side-swiper and straight keys will
encourage amateurs to shake the dust off on the 13th of October and engage
in as many QSOs as they can using a simple exchange. The activity
frequencies will be between 3.520 MHz and 3.560 MHz. Operators will be
calling "CQ MK," of course, for "mechanical key."
This is the third activity of this kind that the group will have hosted this
year in the hopes of recognising these keys' increasing popularity.
For details and to see the operators' simple exchange, see the link that can
be found in the text version of this week's newscast.
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
[FOR PRINT ONLY: http://yl3jd.fizioikskile.lv/mkey/ ]
(QRZ.COM, LATVIAN CONTEST GROUP)
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AMATEURS AMONG RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA HONOREES
PAUL/ANCHOR: The ham radio community can once again be proud of some of the
award-winners being recognized by the Radio Club of America. Who are they?
Neil Rapp WB9VPG tells us.
NEIL: A number of amateur radio operators are being recognized by the Radio
Club of America for their contributions to radio and the wireless community.
Ruth Willet KM4LAO, was chosen as the first recipient of the Radio Club of
America's Carole Perry Young Professional Award. According to the RCA
website, her selection was based on her work with the RCA's Youth Activities
Program and recognizes her pursuit of a career in the wireless industry.
Ruth previously received the RCA's Young Achiever Award while she was an
undergraduate at Kettering University in Michigan.
The other recipients include Ray Novak N9JA of Icom America, who will
receive RCA's Special Service Award. Tim Duffy, K3LR, the CEO of
DXEngineering is being recognized for products their business has provided
to the wireless industry. They will join a number of others at an awards
banquet in November in Denver, Colorado.
The RCA has also announced the inauguration of two awards named for
scientsts prominent in the field of radio. The awards are named for
entrepreneur and scientist Ulrich Rohde N1UL/DJ2LR and Nobel Prize-winning
radio astronomer Arno Penzias. The first recipients will be named next year.
The Ulrich L. Rohde Award for Innovation in Applied Radio Science and
Engineering recognizes innovation and major contributions to wireless
communications. The Arno A. Penzias Award for Contributions to Basic
Research in the Radio Sciences recognizes research in RF and related
subjects.
This is Neil Rapp WB9VPG.
(RADIO WORLD)
**
SPECIAL EVENT STATION SAYS 'COME AND GET WYOMING'
PAUL/ANCHOR: If your heart is set on getting that elusive Worked All States
award and the state of Wyoming is still missing from your log, wait no
longer. Special event station W7Y will be listening for you from September
22nd to October 2nd. When operators around the state call "QRZ" what they're
really saying is "Come and Get Wyoming" - which just happens to be the name
of the event being organized by the ShyWy Amateur Radio Club. Just as in
previous years, Wyoming contacts are out there for the taking so get on the
air and go for it. For additional details visit QRZ.com and look for W7Y -
"come and get Wyoming."
(ROBERT BRAGG, WY7AA; QRZ.COM)
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline heard on bulletin stations around the world including the
Montgomery Amateur Radio Club's KV3B repeater in Rockville Maryland on
Sundays at 7:30 p.m. local time.
**
WISCONSIN RADIO CAMPOUT EXPANDS
PAUL/ANCHOR: What's better than camping out with friends and radios? How
about camping out with MORE friends and MORE radios? That's why three
Wisconsin amateurs are sharing their annual autumn tradition with the
immediate world. Kent Peterson KCØDGY tells us what's going on.
KENT: In autumn, you'll find Michael KB9VBR, Travis W9HDG, and Joe KD9CJX in
the park together, camping and calling CQ as they have done for a few years
now. This year, as October rolls around, they've decided to put out another
call - a QST to anyone and everyone in the area, or who'll be visiting, to
join them at the Clear Lake Campground in the Northern Highlands American
Legion State Forest. That park carries the POTA designation K-7260 so you
know what that means.
The three ham hosts are calling this the inaugural Wisconsin Ham Radio POTA
Campout and it's taking place on October 13th to the 15th. According to the
event website, you can activate as much or as little as you like and use any
mode you wish. Come for the weekend - or just for a day. However, if you're
going to camp, you'll need to make a reservation through the Wisconsin state
parks system.
If you want to attend, you can use the contact form on the event website or
email Michael directly. His email address and the campout website both
appear in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org
Oh, and arrive prepared for the kind of the outdoor weather that mid-October
in Wisconsin can bring. The campout even has its own official T-shirt and
hoodie, with either to be worn, depending on the weather. As for the
weather, well, the organizers say that this event will take place, rain or
shine -- or anything else!
This is Kent Peterson KCØDGY.
(DO NOT READ: Michael's email is kb9vbr@jpole-antenna.com
Event website is: https://www.jpole-antenna.com/2023/08/14/join-us-for-the-
1st-ever-wisconsin-pota-campout/ ]
(AMATEUR RADIO DAILY)
**
UK HAMS PREPARE FOR A MONTH OF ACTIVATING BUNKERS
PAUL/ANCHOR: History will come alive next month at numerous military bunkers
around the UK. This is a radio exercise, not a contest, and organizers hope
it will become a popular event every year. We learn more from Jeremy Boot
G4NJH.
JEREMY: Throughout October, hams and shortwave listeners around the world
are getting a new chance to make contact with hundreds of Royal Observer
Corps bunkers throughout the UK, including the Isle of Man. Activators will
be stationed all month at these important defence watching posts just as
other hams have done over the years when the event was managed by a team at
Castles and Stately Homes on the Air. Organisers of this event are
dedicating it to the memory of Chris Darlington, MØDOL, who helped create
the programme for the previous group. Chris became a Silent Key in the
spring of 2017.
The origins lie with the Coventry Amateur Radio Society, which made bunker
activations a club event for some four years. Two hams, Brian G8GMU and
Joshua M3HBM, are credited with starting the activity as a low-power VHF and
UHF exercise.
Bunkers, of course, are used as observation posts and in keeping with that
mission, the organisers will be doing just that to see whether this is a
viable programme that can be launched in earnest starting in November.
Visit the event website at the link that appears in the text version of this
week's newscast script at arnewsline.org
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
[FOR PRINT, DO NOT READ: https://bunkersontheair.wixsite.com/october23 ]
(WIA, BOTA)
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WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, listen for Darren, VK4MAP, operating holiday style as
3D2RAT from Rotuma Island, IOTA number OC-060, until the 29th of September.
Darren is using SSB on 80, 40, 20, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL direct to his
home call.
The Emirates Amateur Radio Society is marking Saudi National Day with a
special callsign A6ØARS. The station will be on the air through to the 23rd
of September. Details are available on QRZ.com. The callsign A91ARS will
also be on the air through the 23rd, operating by the Bahrain Amateur Radio
Society. QSL via EC6DX.
Listen for John, AG7N, using the call DL/AG7N as he operates holiday style
from Norderney Island, EU-047, through to the 23rd of September. Listen on
20 metres where he will be using CW. See QRZ.com for details.
Vincent, K6VVK, is operating holiday style as FO/K6VVK from two islands in
French Polynesia. He is on Moorea, IOTA number OC-046, from the 25th of
September to the 1st of October and then he is moving on to Rangiroa, IOTA
number OC-066, where he will operate from the 2nd to the t6th of October. He
will be using SSB, CW and FT8/FT4 on the HF bands and 6 metres. See QRZ.com
for QSL details.
(425 DX BULLETIN)
**
KICKER: BIOGRAPHY CELEBRATES A UNIVERSE OF CONTRIBUTIONS
PAUL/ANCHOR: In our last story, we introduce a prominent figure in radio
astronomy, the late Australian researcher Joe Pawsey. How big are his
contributions? As we hear from Graham Kemp VK4BB, they're as big as the
universe itself.
GRAHAM: It took 15 years and the efforts of three authors on two continents
to complete the project - but the fruits of their labour would likely have
brought a smile to Australian radio astronomer Joe Pawsey. His biography has
been published.
W.M. Goss, Claire Hooker and Ronald D Ekers collaborated on the book, "Joe
Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy." On Wednesday, the
27th of September, scientists at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in
New Mexico are preparing to celebrate the coauthors' achievement, which maps
the researcher's life and work and its relevance to radio astronomy today.
The story tracks the researcher's earliest studies following the Second
World War, when Joe Pawsey was at the helm of Australia's first radio
astronomy research group. He is credited with inspiring the creation of the
radio astronomy group of the Radiophysics Laboratory at Australia's national
science agency in Sydney. The book explains how his study of the
interference between radio waves later paved the way for creation of the
Very Large Array, antennas that create a single telescope spanning great
distances.
The book launch, like the book itself, has also spanned great distances. In
July, the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre in Perth hosted the event in
his native Australia -- a nation whose profile he helped elevate in the
world of science. As Ronald Ekers writes on the NRAO website [quote] "The
book explains how an isolated continent with limited resources grew to be
one of the international leaders in the study of radio astronomy and the
design of instruments to do so.ö [endquote]
This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.
(NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY)
PAUL/ANCHOR: For copies of the book, please see the links in the text
version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org
[DO NOT READ - FOR TEXT VERSION ONLY:
For Europe it is available at:
https://herrholgersson.de/shop/item/9783031079153/joe-pawsey-and-the-
founding-of-australian-radio-astronomy-von-w-m-hooker-goss-gebundenes-buch#
For the US from:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-07916-0
In the UK from:
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9783031079177
and in Australia from:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/joe-pawsey-and-the-founding-of-australian-
radio-astronomy-w-m-goss/book/9783031079153.html ]
**
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 that follows the
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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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; ARRL; Bangor Daily News;
the BBC; Bunkers on the Air; CBC; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Facebook;
425DXNews; iHeartRadio; Latvian Contest Group; National Radio Astronomy
Observatory; QRZ.com; Radio World; Robert Bragg, WY7AA; The Sedalia
Democrat; 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 Paul Braun WD9GCO in Valparaiso Indiana saying 73. As
always we thank you for listening. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright
2023. All rights reserved.
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