Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Sep 15 2017 07:42 am
WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, be listening for David, G4NRT, operating as Z21NRT,
in Zimbabwe, until September 29th. He'll be on 80 through 6 meters SSB,
CW, and Digital. QSLs can go to his home call.
You can work E6AG through the 25th of September. The operator is VK5GR,
and he is on the island of Niue. He will be operating holiday style.
QSLs go via Club Log OQRS to M0OXO.
Be listening for JW/OM6TC from Longyearbyen, Svalbard, through September
20th. QSLs go to to his home call.
Three Russian amateurs are operating as A25BI, A25SP, and A25BE in
northeastern Botswana, through the 25th of September. Listen for them
on 160 through 6 meters using CW, and SSB.
In Mauritania, a group of Czech operators, will operate as 5T5OK, until
the 28th of September. Be listening for them on SSB, CW, and RTTY. Send
QSLs to OK6DJ. The group will upload logs to Logbook of The World.
(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTER SOCIETY)
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KICKER: HAM'S LOW-KEY, LOW-POWER POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
NEIL: Finally, we have this story of one amateur radio operator, who's
running for office in a political campaign, that could well be described
as QRP. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, tells us more.
JIM: As a licensed radio amateur in New Zealand, Basil Lawrence, ZL2LBJ,
knows how to communicate. So when he announced he was running in this
month's parliamentary election, he stated clearly what he wanted to do:
give the average person a choice different to that offered by the big
party candidates.
According to local media reports, Basil hasn't bothered with billboards,
mailings, or newspaper ads for this campaign. In fact, he doesn't even
have much of a budget.
He is, however, a ham, and as every amateur knows, there's nothing like
a good ragchew. So he's been bolstering his campaign with eyeball QSOs
- by chatting with friends and neighbors, and speaking at local
candidates' meetings.
It's not all that optimistic for him, winning a seat in Parliament, but
at least he can count on a 5 and 9 wherever he takes his campaign.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.
(FAIRFAX MEDIA DIGITAL)
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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 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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