Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Aug 10 2017 11:51 pm
RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA HONORS AMATEURS
CHRISTIAN/ANCHOR: Amateurs are known for giving of themselves to the
on-air community, but nothing feels quite so rewarding as formal
recognition. Heather Embee, KB3TZD, tells us who's been chosen for this
year's prestigious honors from the Radio Club of America.
HEATHER'S REPORT: A number of radio amateurs are listed among the winners
of this year's awards and fellowships, from the Radio Club of America,
the world's oldest professional wireless communications group. The awards
will be presented November 17 in Pittsburgh. Winners include Dayton
Hamvention spokesman Michael Kalter, W8CI, recipient of the Barry
Goldwater Amateur Radio Award. Michael was a prime mover behind
Hamvention's move this past spring to the Xenia, Ohio fairgrounds,
following Hara Arena's closure. Michael is also treasurer of the Dayton
Amateur Radio Association.
Other recipients include Ulrich Rohde, N1UL, of Florida, who received the
Lifetime Achievment Award, and antenna designer and university professor
James Breakall, WA3FET, of Pennsylvania, the recipient of the Sarnoff
Citation. The Fred M. Link Award has been given to Peter J. Madsen, K2PM,
of Michigan, for his work in land-mobile radio communications.
Another radio amateur, Robert Hobday, N2EVG, of New York, who had been
named RCA Fellow in 2016, was awarded the Jack Poppele Award, for his
work in radio broadcasting. Fellow ham Charles Kirmuss, W0CBK, of
Colorado, was given the RCA's Special Services Award, recognizing his
involvement in the RCA's Youth activities Program.
A number of hams were also announced as RCA Fellows: they are David P.
Bart, KB9YPD; Nathan Cohen, W1YW; Brent Finster, K6BEF; James M. Roden,
W5JR, and Bruce Roloson, W2BDR.
Congratulations everyone! For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee,
KB3TZD.
(RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA)
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K2BSA HAD JAM-PACKED TIME AT JAMBOREE
CHRISTIAN/ANCHOR: While Scouts are resting up after a very full week at
their National Jamboree, organizers are counting the QSOs, and the merit
badges. Here's more from Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
BILL'S REPORT: This week in Radio Scouting, we are reporting that the
Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree was a great success. While our
full after-action report is not available at this time, I can happily
report that we feel our goals were met. Our entire team of volunteers
really pulled it together to produce a great event.
The tentative numbers that I have are that 2,457 scouts visited the
demonstration station, 305 radio merit badges were earned, 1,259 contacts
on HF and VHF were made, 2 balloons were launched with APRS payloads, 3
SOTA activations of Garden Ground Mountain were completed, 140 satellite
contacts were made, and 198 unique callsigns on our nightly net were
logged. While the final numbers from the BSA have not been released, we
feel that we did meet our planned goals for the station, and merit badges.
All of the gear provided by our sponsors worked extremely well, in spite
of poor band conditions. We thank the many operators on the other end of
the QSOs that helped provide the scouts the opportunity to make a contact
that met the requirement of their merit badge, or provoked an interest in
the hobby. QSL cards are already going out for the event. Our second
balloon launch was picked up over the Dominican Republic this weekend,
but our first balloon is still missing in action.
Please visit our website for QSL information, and balloon tracking. For
more information on radio scouting, please visit www.k2bsa.net.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this
is Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
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NEWCOMER OPERATING NEAR FIRE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
CHRISTIAN/ANCHOR: New York's Fire Island Lighthouse is going to be a busy
place during International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend -- and a new
call sign will be operating there, as we hear from Caryn Eve Murray,
KD2GUT.
CARYN'S REPORT: The Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club W2GSB, has activated
the Fire Island Lighthouse, since the beginning of the International
Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend in 1997. On August 19th and 20th, the
suburban New York club is getting a friendly neighbor, operating less than
a thousand feet away from their setup at the lighthouse. The Fire Island
Lighthouse Radio Annex Memorial Club, W2NMY, will be on the air in the
nearby annex building used as the park rangers' official residence. While
W2GSB will operate on single sideband, W2NMY will be sending CW. The
lighthouse club was created about two months ago by Howard, WB2UZE, so
that its annex activation could call attention to the role the building
played in naval communications, right up through 1973. Walter, KA2CAQ,
who also works as a volunteer at the lighthouse, said both clubs will be
operating until 6 p.m. local time on both days.The two clubs won't just
be sharing space at the beach - they also share some of the same members
and a purpose: to keep lighthouses out there in the spotlight.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT.
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