Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Aug 18 2017 09:05 am
A BOOST FOR BOUVET ISLAND DXPEDITION
NEIL/ANCHOR: Paying for a DXpedition can be as big a deal as the
DXpedition itself - but the radio operators heading next year to
Bouvet Island just got a major boost. Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, tells
us more.
JASON'S REPORT: Never mind what the calendar says - 2018 just got a
whole lot closer for the Bouvet Island Dxpedition team 3Y0Z. The
hams just received a $100,000 grant - the largest ever given by the
Northern California DX Foundation - for their ambitious undertaking
early next year.
The international team has been active on seven continents and, with
a fundraising goal of $740,500, is looking to have its operators
activate what some have called the world's most isolated island, one
thousand miles north of Antarctica, where 97 percent of its surface
is covered in ice. The team has already gotten support from the German
DX Foundation, the Eastern Iowa DX Association, the Twin City DX
Association, and the Greater Milwaukee DX Association, among numerous
others.
Bouvet Island, which has had a handful of activations, is presently
the second most wanted entity on the DXCC list.
Expecting limited support from its ship, and operating at a high
elevation, the team writes on its website [quote]: "This place will
challenge our comfort zone." [endquote]
It will also challenge the world's amateurs who will key their mics
and hope for the best.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.
(SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS)
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RSGB CONVENTION TEAMS UP WITH AMSAT-UK COLLOQUIUM
NEIL/ANCHOR: A gathering of amateurs and radio enthusiasts in Great
Britain in October, is going to be two events in one. Jeremy Boot,
G4NJH tells us about what's planned.
JEREMY'S REPORT: When the Radio Society of Great Britain holds its
annual convention at the Kents Hill Park Conference Centre in Milton,
Keynes, in October, it will share the spotlight with the AMSAT-UK
International Space Colloquium. That is expected to bring a bonus of
speakers focused on AMSAT-UK activities. The subjects will include
the recent International Space Station contact with the Youngers on
the Air activation at Gilwell Park. There will also be a talk by ISS
Amateur Radio Project Engineer Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, who will cover
almost anything and everything about the ARISS program.
A presentation on amateur satellites will be given by David Johnson,
G4DPZ, who will give tips on how hams can get started. Open Source
software-defined radio will be discussed by Alexandru Csete, OZ9AEC.
Both the RSGB and AMSAT-UK will be holding dinners on Saturday, October
14th, each catering to their own groups. The two-day event concludes on
the 15th of October.
For more details, visit the website at
amsat-hyphen-uk-dot-org-slash-colloquium (amsat-uk.org/colloquium).
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
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ECLIPSE HAS GOT SOLAR POWER
NEIL/ANCHOR: Like most of the rest of North America, if not the world,
we are awaiting reports on the impact of the sun, Earth, and moon's
alignment for a few moments on Monday, Aug. 21. A number of amateur
radio teams will be experimenting with transmission everywhere, from
operators at the new Texas Museum of Broadcasting & Communications in
Texas to the Great American Eclipse Special Events Station W4E, in the
center of the eclipse's path, during the Eclipse QSO Party.
All eyes - carefully shielded, of course - will be looking toward a
sun that isn't there - for a few moments, anyway.
Find information before, during and after at eclipse2017.nasa.gov and
be listening for results.
(KILGORE NEWS HERALD)
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