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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Sep 29 2017 07:20 am
FORMER MIT PRESIDENT BECOMES SILENT KEY
DON/ANCHOR: A noted Massachusetts Institute of Technology educator and
former ham has become a Silent Key. Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, tells us about
his life.
KEVIN: The former president of MIT, and a former longtime ham radio
operator, Paul Gray of Concord, Massachusetts, has become a Silent Key.
An electrical engineering professor emeritus, Paul became a ham radio
operator as a New Jersey teen in the 1940s, at the end of World War II.
He was especially proud of having built all his own equipment, and his
lifelong fascination with gadgets, and all things electrical, served him
well in his later career. He was first licensed in New Jersey as W2UWN,
and later became K1ZVT, but his license lapsed in 1970.
An electrical engineering graduate of the school, he became MIT's 14th
president, serving between 1980 and 1990. The school plans a memorial
service for November 30th.
Paul Gray died September 18th, after a long battle with Alzheimer's
disease. He was 85.
For Amateur Radio Newsline in Aiken, South Carolina, I'm Kevin Trotman,
N5PRE.
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100 WATTS AND A WIRE SCHEDULES 2nd 'FALLOUT' ACTIVITY
DON/ANCHOR: It's time to Fall Out. It's not a contest, and not a Special
Event Station. It's an annual activity of radio fellowship, as we hear
from Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT.
CARYN'S REPORT: What's the best thing in autumn besides the turning of
the leaves? How about the turning of the dials on your rig, up and down
the HF bands? The 100 Watts and a Wire amateur radio community is marking
the autumnal equinox with its second annual FALL OUT activity on the 6th
and 7th of October.
If you have a 100 Watts and a Wire ID, you're encouraged to go portable,
and get out among all those falling leaves to work other members -- or
find a summit, a park or a beach. Exchange signal reports, exchange your
100WattsIDs, exchange ideas - and spot yourself on the group's Facebook
page.
If you can't go portable, stay home. Just get on the air - anytime during
those days, and in any mode. If you don't have a 100Watts ID, get one at
the website 100wattsandawire dot com.
It's not a contest, but if you post your total contacts on their Facebook
page, you'll automatically be put in a random drawing for some prizes -
prizes you'll be able to use in your shack, no matter what the season.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT.
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IN NEW ZEALAND, FRIENDLY COMPETITION
DON/ANCHOR: In New Zealand, hams are getting ready for two weekends of
Pacific Islands DXing, as Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, tells us.
JIM'S REPORT: Hams in New Zealand consider the Oceania DX Contest, one
of the easiest and most friendly competitions around. It's also one of
the longest-running ham radio contests. In fact, this event seems to
deliver everything but the on-air contact itself. The competition heats
up during the first two weekends in October, over two 24-hour periods,
and all that's needed is 50 QSOs to qualify for a certificate. The
weekend of October 7th and 8th will be reserved for phone; CW operators
will get their chance on October 14th and 15th.
It's a tradition of Pacific Island contesting, that dates back to the
1930s, and organizers are encouraging New Zealand hams in particular
to make this their first contest, if they have yet to jump into the fray.
There are new island activations in the contest this year - both VK9XI
and VK9CI will be on Christmas Island, and Cocos Keeling Island,
respectively. There will also be a memorial plaque awarded for the first
time this year in honor of Australian amateur Ken Jewell, VK3AKK, who
became a Silent Key in May.
According to the website, organizers in New Zealand and Australia, have
counted just fewer than 1,200 logs from last year's event - an increase
of 70 percent over the previous year - so hope is high for this year's
participation.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.
(OCEANIA DX CONTEST)
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