Subj : Newsline Part 4
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 23 2016 07:23 am
WORLD OF DX
Sila, AK0SK, will be on SSB from Kenya, until January 6th, working as
5Z4/AK0SK. Listen on 80m through 10m. QSL to the home call.
Listen for Jeff, K5WE, from the Cayman Islands through December 30th.
He is using the call sign ZF2WE, and working CW and some RTTY on all
the HF bands. He will upload his logs to Logbook of The World. Send
QSLs via the home call.
Harry, JG7PSJ, returns to the Ogasawara Islands, where you can hear him
through January 1st. Listen for the call sign JD1BMH. Please note that
Ogasawara counts as a separate entity for DXCC. Its reference number is
AS-031 for the Islands on the Air Award.
And there's some encouraging news for DXers: The German communications
authority issued a notice on their website on December 19th, giving
German class A Amateur radio enthusiasts access to the 5.3MHz (60 metre)
band, as per the WRC15 (15KHz wide) frequency range and (15w EIRP) power
limitations on a non-interference. Enjoy adding some new contacts there
to your log!
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KICKER: 'TWAS THE END OF THIS WEEK'S NEWSCAST
JIM/ANCHOR: It's now time for Amateur Radio Newsline to celebrate the
holiday with a little gift to our listeners, and we preface this gift
with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore. The author of the classic
"Night Before Christmas" wasn't a ham - and the author of the poem
you're about to hear probably is - or was at one time. Either way, we
hope you enjoy it, and give it a good signal report.
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: "OM! QRZ?"
"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 co-ax.
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 seven-three."
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to ABC News; Alan Labs; AMSAT-UK; the ARRL
and ARRL Pacific Section; CQ Magazine; Hap Holly and the Rain Report;
IEEE Spectrum; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; RadioInfo.com.au; Radio Society
of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio
Show; Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; and you, our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send
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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston,
West Virginia, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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