Subj : Newsline Part 1
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From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Fri Feb 05 2016 10:46 am
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1997, February 5, 2016
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1997, with a release date of Friday,
February 5, 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Radio amateurs help an Ohio community suffering
lead-tainted water. Hams give a gift of history to a prominent World War
II aircraft. And, three women who made lasting contributions to radio
during their long lifetimes, have died. All this and more, in Amateur
Radio Newsline Report 1997 coming your way right now.
(Billboard Cart Here and Intro)
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DON: This week's newscast opens with news of the deaths of three women who
made far-reaching contributions to radio communications during their long
careers and even longer lives. We begin with a report from Kent Peterson,
KC0DGY, on the death of Rose L. Shure, who chaired audio component giant
Shure Incorporated in Niles, Illinois.
[KENT'S REPORT]:
Rose Shure, who became chairman of the audio products manufacturer, Shure
Inc., after the death of her husband Sidney in 1995, has died in Chicago.
The company, founded by Sidney Shure in 1925 as an outgrowth of his hobby
in amateur radio, began as a mail-order distributor of components for
home-brew radio builders. Shure later got into manufacturing of audio
components and during World War II, supplied microphones to the U.S.
military, including headsets and noise-canceling microphones. The company
later expanded into phonograph cartridges and other audio equipment. But
it was its microphones, particularly the Shure 440/444, that gained great
popularity in the amateur radio marketplace.
Dubbed the "microphone maven" in her obituary in the Chicago Sun-Times,
Rose Shure married Sidney Shure in 1954, and in the decades that followed,
helped deliver mics into the hands of presidents as well as performers -
from Franklin Roosevelt to Elvis Presley.
Rose Shure was 95.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kent Petersen, KC0DGY, in Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
(CHICAGO TRIBUNE, SHURE INC., CHICAGO SUN-TIMES)
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WORLD WAR II CODE READER DIES
DON: Mary Harding, a wireless operator who worked for the Bletchley Park
codebreakers in Britain during the Second World War, has died in Britain.
Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH:
JEREMY: Mary Harding, who was born Dorothy Mary Thompson, was from
Keynsham in Somerset. She had worked as a Morse Code slip reader after
learning wireless techniques and code as a young volunteer for the war
effort. Her daughter, Sarah, told the Western Daily Press newspaper that
her mother was posted to Bletchley Park in 1942 and by age 22, she had
been promoted to sergeant in charge of a watch.
In her memoir, Mary described her assignment at Bletchley Park like
this: "It turned out that we were a nucleus for setting up signal
communication using high-speed Morse virtually worldwide - this did
eventually include a few very important hand key mobile units. These
messages were prefaced with the highest code for priority and
communication was always very poor quality."
Many of the messages, in German, were given to the codebreakers, making
accuracy paramount. The work at Bletchley Park was credited with
shortening the war by two years.
Mary Harding died Jan. 19, just days after she turned 93.
Added her daughter, Sarah, Mary Harding passed her legacy on to her
daughters years later when she and her husband, David, raised their
family. Sarah told the newspaper QUOTE "One of the first things she
taught us two daughters was Morse Code." ENDQUOTE.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, in Nottingham, the
UK.
(WESTERN DAILY PRESS)
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ARRL'S EVELYN GAUZENS, W4WYR, BECOMES SILENT KEY
DON: And lastly, the ARRL has lost a beloved member of its extended
family: Evelyn Gauzens, W4WYR, longtime vice director and honorary vice
president, became a Silent Key in Florida on Jan. 31.
A longtime part of the ARRL's close circle, Gauzens was elected to an
honorary vice presidency by the Board of Directors in 2002. The following
year, she was honored by the ARRL for 50 years of membership - and also
received a W4EHW/National Hurricane Center Award of Appreciation during
the annual Amateur Radio Hurricane Conference. Her career in ham radio
was extensive, and she left an enduring mark: She had been the ARRL's
Southeastern Division Vice Director for more than 20 years, and was a
cofounder of the Miami Tropical Hamboree, which she chaired for 45 years.
Past ARRL President Kay Kraigie, N3KN, recalled Gauzens as a strong
leader. She said QUOTE "She had a sense of humor, and she was kind. She
contributed to amateur radio and her community." ENDQUOTE
She received numerous honors, and in 2012, was inducted into the CQ
Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. She was recognized for promoting the presence
of amateur radio in public relations, and for her role helping to
organize the IARU Region 2 conference held in Miami Beach in 1976.
Her QRZ.com profile reflected her devotion to ham radio with these
words: QUOTE "Love Amateur Radio and all those I have met in the
fraternity." ENDQUOTE
Gauzens became a Silent Key shortly before her 87th birthday.
(ARRL)
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