Subj : Newsline Part 2
To : ALL USERS
From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Thu Jan 21 2016 10:06 pm
THE UK'S NEWEST RECORD-SETTERS
Speaking of CW, there is reportedly a new record in distance for CW
contacts in the UK, as reported on Southgate Amateur Radio news by the
hams who say they've accomplished it: Ian Lamb, G8KQW, and John Hazell,
G8ACE. claim to have set a new UK distance record for Code on 134 GHz.
The record-breaking contact is said to have occurred on January 16,
with the two amateurs utilizing a line-of-sight path from Chute Causeway
near Andover, all the way to Cheesefoot Head near Winchester.
The distance covered? 35.6 kilometers, which is a little more than 22
miles. The previous UK record on 134 GHz was 19.2 km, and had been set
by G8KQW and G8ACE on September 20, 2015.
(SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS)
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A FIRST FOR A CW CONTEST
And one more bit of news for CW enthusiasts, especially those who are
proud to have a competitive edge. The UK and Ireland Contest Club will
have its first annual DX CW Contest on January 23 and January 24 - a
24-hour competition that starts at noon, local time, on Saturday.
UK and EI districts are multipliers, as are other DXCC countries on each
band from 80 to 10m. The exchange is your Serial and 2-character District
Code. Hams competing in EI and UK districts will need to know their
district codes, which are listed in the rules at ukeicc.com.
The contest will NOT have an exchange. Good luck!
(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTER SOCIETY)
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BANQUET TICKETS GOING FAST
You may not be hungry for dinner right now, but it pays to plan ahead.
Especially if you're planning to enjoy the banquet on Saturday Feb. 13
at the ARRL National Convention at the Orlando HamCation in Florida.
Tickets are still available, but the cutoff date is Jan. 31. The evening
banquet's keynote speaker will be ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, who is
retiring this spring. Master of Ceremonies will be ARRL's Southeastern
Division Director Doug Rehman, K4AC.
Both the convention and HamCation will offer a menu of other events
beyond the banquet. But the dinner gathering is going to be a big deal,
so you need to plan. So reserve now: Banquet tickets, like the banquet
itself, will be all gobbled up soon.
(ARRL)
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BREAK HERE:
Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the KB9WSL
repeater in Rochester, Indiana, following Thursday's 7 pm weekly net.
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PRELUDE TO AN AUSTRALIAN PREFIX
DON: It's not that Australian hams will be having an identity crisis on
January 26. It's just that they'll be celebrating Australia Day. So that
means something special happens to their call signs. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Graham Kemp, VK4BB, explains:
GRAHAM:
That's not a call sign - THAT's a call sign! VK........to AX!
Happy Australia Day - well, almost.
The national celebration of culture and country - not to mention
fireworks - arrives Tuesday, January 26 this year, and with this feeling
of patriotism comes an opportunity for radio amateurs to make history
too. On Australia Day, they get to substitute their callsign's VK prefix
with AX. And it's done automatically.
Thus, as national flags fly and barbecues are lit, hams will be raising
the banner of this special prefix, just as they will get to do again
later this spring -- both on ANZAC Day, April 25, and International
Telecommunications Day, May 17.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority automatically grants
amateurs use of the prefix for the duration of the celebration.
Australia Day, Jan. 26, marks the First Fleet's landing in Australia and
the establishment of a settlement at Port Jackson - Sydney Harbor - as
Governor Arthur Phillip raised the British flag in 1788.
And, as before, it will also be a day for amateurs worldwide to try for
a special QSL card bearing the commemorative prefix.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB or -- on Jan. 26, AX4BB
(WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA)
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LUXEMBOURG HAMS HONOR ROYALTY
Another special call sign - this one in Luxembourg - is being activated
through June to mark the 95th anniversary of His Royal Highness the Grand
Duke Jean of Luxenbourg.
Some members of the Luxembourg Amateur Radio Union will be working as
LX1AM on single sideband and as LX1EA and LX3X in digital modes.
There is a special QSL card that will be sent via the Bureau. QSOs will
also be confirmed on LoTW and eQSL.
For more details, visit QRZ.COM.
(QRZ.COM)
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MAKING IT IN MUNICH
Ham radio is romancing the tinkerers and the Makers again -- this time,
in Germany. The Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club, Germany's national nonprofit
radio organization, took its place at a Maker and Hacker event in Munich
earlier this month, in an attempt to capture the imagination and
creativity of the more than 7,500 attendees.
The two-day hobbyist fair, known as Make Munich, is a major do-it-yourself
festival where lovers of technology and tinkering with technology stretch
their dreams in new directions. According to a report on DARC's webpage,
which quotes Markus Heller, DL8RDS, the group's booth attracted numerous
inquiries about amateur license courses and exams. The same report noted
that many visitors signed the DARC guestbook, and included the call sign
they already had - even from their home countries, such as the U.S. and
Finland.
(SOUTHGATE ARC and MAKE MUNICH)
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