Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Aug 04 2017 07:30 am
KIDS ENJOY A SUMMER OF SOLDERING, NOT SWIMMING
DON/ANCHOR: The annual Youngsters on the Air summer event, organized
by Region 1 of the International Amateur Radio Union, is coming to
England this year. More on that from Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
JEREMY: If amateur radio is about forming friendships, few gatherings
can do it better than the summer camp taking place just outside London
this year, hosting 80 young radio amateurs from 30 different nations.
While some camps are content to offer swimming and archery, these young
amateurs will be building antennas, engaging in direction-finding,
trying their hands at kit-building, and operating Special Event station
GB17YOTA. There will also be side trips to the Science Museum in London,
and an outing to historic Bletchley Park, where both the British code
breakers worked during the second World War, and the National Radio
Centre is located. This year's camp, which his hosted by the Radio
Society of Great Britain, will meet up at the large wooded facility at
Gilwell Park, which is also the headquarters of UK Scouting. But
there'll probably be more soldering irons and circuit boards here than
counsellors - and lots of fun.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
(IARU, RADIO SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN)
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TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, AN OPPORTUNITY
DON/ANCHOR: Amateur radio is all about community service. If you want to
be of further service to the amateur community, listen to this report
from Jack Parker, W8ISH, on an opportunity for Indiana residents.
JACK PARKER: If you have some technical skill, live in the southeastern
Indiana area, and would like to help with your fellow hams and friends,
here is a call to serve you can't pass up. Mark Westermeier N90Z Indiana
Section technical coordinator, is looking to fill a technical specialist
position in the Richmond and southeastern Indiana area. If you are
interested, and want to find out more information, email him at
[email protected]
That's this week's news you can use from Indiana. This is Jack Parker,
W8ISH.
DON/ANCHOR: For more news of the Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana area, visit
our friends at amateurnewsweekly.com
(AMATEUR NEWS WEEKLY)
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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 North Coast
Amateur Radio Club's 2 meter Net on Sunday nights, at 9 in Brunswick, Ohio.
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'FATHER OF COMPETITIVE RADIO' IN USSR BECOMES SK
DON/ANCHOR: A pioneer in the formative years of competitive radio has died
in Moscow. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, has those details.
ED'S REPORT: Boris Stepanov, RU3AX, of Moscow, once known as the Father of
Competitive Radio, in what was then the Soviet Union, has become a Silent
Key. Boris, once active as an amateur radio journalist, had been ill for
some time, when he died on July 28. He was not only known for his extensive
writing on amateur and broadcast radio in books and magazines, but also
his work as deputy editor of Radio magazine. He is perhaps best known among
the world's contesters as one of the developers of the format used by the
World Radiosport Team Championship. When the first such contest was held
in 1990 in the U.S. city of Seattle, Washington, Boris served as one of
its judges. His love of contesting spurred his work in helping create
amateur radio competitions on the HF bands in the Soviet Union. He also
had a role in getting the Mir space station equipped for its earliest
amateur radio communications.
His love of radio dates back to the early 1950s, when he was a shortwave
listener. He became licensed in 1960, with the call sign UW3AX.
Boris Stepanov was 76.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.
(SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS)
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OHIO HAMS HOST 40-YEAR CELEBRATION
DON/ANCHOR: Four decades of growth have paid off for hams in one Ohio
club, and the members are celebrating in style this month. Here's Stephen
Kinford N8WB, with more.
STEPHEN: For the hams who belong to the Silvercreek Amateur Radio
Association, the last 40 years have been a picnic. It's not that the
group hasn't worked hard to grow since it began, but there's plenty to
celebrate, and a picnic is one-half of what they've got planned. From
August 19th through August 26th, the club will operate a Special Event
anniversary station, using its call sign W8WKY. Plans are to operate on
20, 40 and 80 meters. According to the its website, the club is basing
its operation on a pretty high-profile model: The centennial event W1AW
hosted in 2015. Throughout the week, club members will be operating from
their home stations, or will be portable -- but on the last day of the
station's operation, the hams will be working Field Day style in Norton,
Ohio, while having their 40-year picnic. Be listening!
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, and a proud member
of the Silvercreek Amateur Radio Association.
(SARA WEBSITE)
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