Subj : Newsline Part 3
To : ALL USERS
From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Thu Jan 21 2016 10:06 pm
10 DAYS OF CONTESTING IN IRAN
The first Iranian ham contest kicks off on February 1, and runs to
February 11, marking the 37th anniversary of the Iranian Islamic
revolution. The contest's goal is simple: Organizers want to encourage
and increase new contacts with Iranian hams, and they're placing a
special emphasis on DXing. Find the action on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters,
in Single Side Band, RTTY and CW modes. QSL cards and certificates will
be available.
For further information, send an email to
[email protected]
(that's
[email protected])
(SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS)
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WORLD OF DX
The Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club will participate in SOS Week, and
activate during the last two weekends in January. Club members, using
the call sign, MN-ZERO-VFW (MN0VFW) will be operating on HF, VHF and
UHF bands.
Gene, N9SW, will be active from January 28 to February 9 as FJ/N9SW from
St. Barthelemy. He will work holiday style on 40-6 meters, mainly in CW.
QSL via his home callsign.
Stig, SM3PHM, is working as J79M from Dominica, holiday style, until
February 3rd. He is working CW only. QSL via SM3PHM.
And finally, Thilo, DL9NBJ, is working from Curacao beginning January 19
through February 9, using the call sign PJ2/DL9NBJ. He will work both
Single Side Band and CW on the HF bands. QSL only via ClubLog's OQRS.
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KICKER: NEW HAM CONTACT
DON: And finally, we ask you to recall your first QSO as a new ham. Well,
there's a teenager in the UK who will probably never have trouble
remembering hers. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, ends our
newscast with this story:
JEREMY:
Things could not have been more exciting for students at the Sandringham
School in Hertfordshire, England, earlier this month. During a week-long
Space Festival being held at the school, the 11- through 19-year-olds
learned about space and space travel, attended rocket workshops, heard a
spacecraft engineer's presentation, and even participated in an amateur
radio build-a-thon.
But, just when the students thought they'd heard it all - those talks
about Mars and discussions about cosmonauts - they tuned into 145.800 MHz
and heard something completely different. Operating with the call sign,
GB1SAN, reached out and contacted GB1SS, astronaut Tim Peake, aboard the
International Space Station.
And that's when things truly couldn't get anymore exciting: Jessica Leigh,
a Year 10 pupil, was the first student to talk to the astronaut during the
QSO on the 8th of January.
But it was a first for Jessica in another way. The Sandringham student is
a newly qualified amateur, having just passed her Foundation class exam
right before Christmas. Her call sign is M6LPJ.
And so Jessica's classmates not only got the thrill of a chat in space,
but in witnessing a launch. In this case, it was the launch of one of the
UK's newest amateurs, Jessica Leigh. And, needless to say, she was flying
high.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, in the UK.
(ARRL, EHAM.NET)
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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; DX.NET;
Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Irish Radio Transmitter Society; Make
Munich; the Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ.COM, Southgate Amateur Radio News;
Straight Key Century Club; TWiT TV; Wireless Institute of Australia; and
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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 Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in Picayune, Miss.,
saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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