Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Aug 18 2017 09:05 am

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2077 for Friday, August 18, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2077, with a release date of
Friday, August 18, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Disappointing news for shortwave fans in
Australia. A special plea for QSL cards for a very ill youngster
in Michigan -- and we meet a ham with a VERY high-flying antenna!
All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2077, comes
your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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NO REVIVAL OF AUSTRALIAN SHORTWAVE

NEIL/ANCHOR: Our top story comes from Australia. For awhile, hope
was still alive for some radio listeners after the Australia
Broadcasting Corporation pulled the plug on its shortwave service.
Not anymore, however. With that update, here's John Williams, VK4JJW.

JOHN'S REPORT: There will be no restoration of shortwave service for
the Australia Broadcasting Corporation. The Australian senate has
voted down a measure that would have put the transmissions back on
the air.

South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon was among those who fought for
Radio Australia to go back on the air, following its termination in
January. He called the shutdown a foreign policy failure, noting that
a number of Pacific Island communities in remote areas, such as the
Solomon Islands and Papua, New Guinea, relied on it. The transmissions
covered remote parts of northern Australia as well.

At the time the service termination was announced, the ABC declared
shortwave to be outdated, and indicated its closure would save $1.9
million which could be better spent on additional content and services
to customers. It said it would reinvest that sum by expanding audience
content and services.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.

(RADIO NEW ZEALAND)

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BACK TO DAYTON: THIS TIME FOR THE AIR FORCE

NEIL/ANCHOR: Do you need another reason to go back to Dayton so soon
after Hamvention? Well, there's a big event happening in September at
the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and volunteer hams are needed.
We hear more about it from Phil Thomas, W8RMJ, who shares this report
courtesy of Amateur News Weekly.

PHIL THOMAS: The U.S. Air Force Marathon is rapidly approaching.
Approximately 65 radio operators will be needed to support the marathon
on Saturday Sept. 16, at Dayton Ohio's Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
This world class event has over 25 thousand participants, volunteers
and spectators in attendance each year. This will also be the 70th
anniversary for the U.S. Air Force, which was formed on Sept. 18, 1947.
If you are a Technician or higher class amateur, and would like to help
or if you have questions, contact Dave Crawford, KF4KWW, lead amateur
volunteer via email at [email protected].

NEIL/ANCHOR: That was Phil Thomas, W8RMJ, of Amateur News Weekly. For
more news in the Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana area, visit their website
at amateurnewsweekly-dot-com (amateurnewsweekly.com)

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RAC MEMBERS VOTE IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO

NEIL/ANCHOR: Things are heating up in the province of Ontario, where
voting is beginning for the selection of a new regional director.
Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has more.

JEREMY: Balloting has opened to elect a new director for the Ontario
South Region of the Radio Amateurs of Canada. The two candidates are
Philip McBride, VA3QR/VA3KPJ, and Igor Slakva, VE3ZF/VA3YDX. Ballots
should be returned by regular mail to RAC Headquarters by noon on
Friday, September 15. The address is: RAC Corporate Secretary, Radio
Amateurs of Canada, 720 Belfast Road, Suite 217, Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z5

Philip is an IT consultant, who has been an RAC member for 14 years,
and has been active in emergency communications planning for amateur
radio. He is a member of the Canadian Forces Affiliate Radio System.
Igor is a network analyst, and an RAC member who is an active
DXpeditioner and contester. For a more detailed bio on both candidates,
visit the RAC website at wp-dot-rac-dot-ca (wp.rac.ca)

Meanwhile, RAC volunteers are in the process of sending ballot papers
out to the membership in Canada.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(RAC)



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