Subj : Newsline Part 4
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 16 2016 11:51 am
WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, Mike, VE7ACN, has moved from Grenada to Grand Turk
Island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, operating as VP5/VE7ACN until
December 19th. Mike is using CW, and operating holiday style. Send QSL
cards to his home call.
Matt, VK1MA, will be using the call sign VK9NM, while visiting Norfolk
Island from December 19th through the 26th. He will upload logs to
Logbook of The World.
Help the Liechtenstein Radio Amateur Society celebrate its 30th
anniversary this year, by working their special event station, HB0AFVL.
Hams will be on the air until the end of December, and contacts will
receive a special QSL card.
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KICKER: A PARADE THAT RUNS (OR MARCHES) ON HAM POWER
PAUL/ANCHOR: We close this week's report with a story of hams giving an
annual holiday gift to a Christmas parade in Tennessee: These hams give
their best efforts to support the event. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's
Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
MIKE'S REPORT: It's a Christmas tradition in Murfreesboro, Tennessee:
Start marching on East Main Street at Middle Tennessee Boulevard. Strut
proudly around the historic square, delighting the crowds that, by some
estimates, exceed 50,000 -- who are all eager to see the Murfreesboro
Christmas parade.
That was the scene Sunday, December 11th, with two former NASA astronauts,
the husband-and-wife team of Robert "Hoot" Gibson, and Dr. Rhea Seddon,
as grand marshals.
There was also an unseen parade that day -- and since the mid-80s, that
invisible procession has been as much a holiday tradition as this lively,
more colorful Christmas display itself: That would be the parade of
amateur radio volunteers helping the event run smoothly. This group of
behind-the-scenes hams includes members of Rutherford County ARES, and
the Stones River Amateur Radio Club.
Tom Delker K1KY, of the Stones River club, served as communications
coordinator between the two groups, working out of a trailer in the
parking area of Middle Tennessee State University. He told WGNS radio
that radio's increased use of technology has certainly made crowd and
traffic management easier for the hams in recent years, but basically
it's still hard work.
Like Santa's elves, however, these hams are loyal to the cause of wrapping
up and delivering this gift to the community - and already they're
clearing their calendars for next year.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
(WGNS RADIO)
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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to ABC News; Alan Labs; Antara News; the ARRL;
CQ Magazine; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; IARU Region 3; Irish Radio
Transmitter Society; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; Radio Amateurs of Lebanon;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Washington
Post; WGNS Radio; Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; Young
Transmitters New Zealand, 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 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 Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso, Indiana,
saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2016. All rights reserved.
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