Subj : Newsline Part 4
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Oct 13 2016 10:08 pm
AMATEURS PLAY KEY ROLE IN INDONESIAN FLOOD RESCUE
JIM/ANCHOR: Radio amateurs in Indonesia recently demonstrated how
consistent communications can help guide rescue, and then the recovery
process after the massive and deadly flooding there. We hear the details
from Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams, VK4JJW.
JOHN: Recovery work continues in West Java, where massive flooding late
last month, created deadly landslides, that killed dozens, and left a
number of people missing. Cars were overturned, and buildings destroyed,
as a search team moved in with sniffer dogs. The disaster scene was
further complicated, when two rivers overflowed their banks. ORARI, the
amateur radio organization in Indonesia, responded early on the 21st of
September, assisting with emergency communications, by operating an HF
net on 40 meters. Hams also made use of a VHF repeater to assist search
and rescue personnel, as well as government officials, who moved in
during the recovery phase.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.
(INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO UNION REGION 3)
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THE WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, eight German amateurs, using the callsign S9YY, will
be operating from Sao Tome until the 23rd of October. Find them on CW,
SSB and Digital on the HF bands, as well as 2m EME. Their QSL manager is
DH7WW.
Be listening for Harald, DF2WO, in Burkina Faso, where he is active until
the 20th of November. Harald will be using the callsign XT2AW, and
working on the HF bands. His QSL manager is M0OXO.
You have a few more days to listen for the group of Indian amateurs
operating a DXpedition on Shiyal Bet Island. They are using the callsign
AT2SL, and they will be active until the 17th of October. Their IOTA
reference number is AS-176. Send QSL cards via Club Log OQRS.
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KICKER: A GREAT SIGNAL REPORT FOR THE DUKE AND DUCHESS
JIM: We end this week's report with a visit to Canada's Yukon territory,
where British royals have broken new ground -- not in construction, but
in communication. Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp, VK4BB, tells us
how.
GRAHAM: It has been said that some husbands and wives eventually learn
to communicate in code. Though the Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge
could hardly be considered an old married couple, they have certainly
embraced the "code" part -- and added a little modern touch of a Tweet.
The royals were making their first official visit to Canada's Yukon
territory late last month, and wished to sign the visitors' book inside
the historic telegraph office of the Yukon's MacBride Museum. In this
case, it was an online guest book. How could they make their presence
known? They tweeted -- but in Morse Code, with the help of telegraph
operator Doug Bell. At 90 years of age, the former World War II radio
operator knows his way around the dots and dashes, and was the perfect
guide for Kate and William.
There inside the Whitehorse Telegraph Office, Doug tapped out their
message on a 100-year-old key, while husband and wife depressed the
"send" button that dispatched the message to the Telegraph-to-Tweet
Twitter account. The telegraph-to-tweet technology was developed by a
Canadian company called Make IT Solutions.
The message became the online guestbook's first entry, and read simply:
"The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, September 2016, Whitehorse Yukon."
No translation needed there.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.
(HUFFINGTON POST)
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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; CQ Magazine;
cyclingtheglobe.com; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; The Huffington
Post; the International Amateur Radio Union; Irish Radio Transmitter
Society; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted
Randall's QSO Radio Show; the VOA Museum of Broadcasting; Wireless
Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; and you, our listeners, that's
all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address
at
[email protected]. More information is available at Amateur
Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.
For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston,
West Virginia, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2016. All rights reserved.
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