Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Sep 29 2017 07:20 am
WORLD OF DX
In other DX, be listening for Rich, N0HJZ, who will be active from
October 23rd to November 1st, as C6ARW, from Grand Bahama Island. You
can expect to hear Rich on 30/17/12 meters using CW and SSB. He will be
operating low power, with wires and verticals. His plans are to be in
the CQWW DX SSB Contest October 28th and 29th, as a
Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via his home callsign, direct
with sufficient postage, or by the Bureau.
Harald, DF2WO, is on the air from Burkina Faso through the 30th of
October, operating as XT2AW. Be listening on CW, SSB and digital. His
QSL Manager is M0OXO.
Listen for Stan, LZ1GC, who is on a DXPedition in the Pacific, operating
as H40GC from Nendo Island, from the 30th of September to the 20th of
October. He is in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, which
counts as a separate entity for the DXCC Award. The IOTA reference number
is OC-100. QSL via Club Log OQRS.
Victoria Island in the Barents Sea, is being activated by a team of
Russian operators with the call sign RI1F. No definite dates were made
available by production time, but they are expected to be on the air
from October 1st through 7th. Send QSLs via Club Log OQRS. For the DXCC
Award, the contact counts as Franz Josef Land, but for the IOTA Award,
use the reference number EU-190.
(OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN)
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KICKER: WHEN HAMS MAKE CONNECTIONS FROM THE HEART
DON/ANCHOR: Finally, it's been a turbulent season of storms in some
parts of the world, and you've heard our reports about natural
disasters and ravaged communities. You've also heard how ham radio
has consistently met those challenges. We offer you now a bit of
reflection: One of the many, MANY amateurs to step in with
communications assistance this season was Stan Harts, KK4WCW, a
member of North Carolina's Hampstead Hams club. Stan joined the
vast team of hams around his state connecting Puerto Rico's storm
victims with worried relatives here in the U.S. Overcome with emotion
after completing a successful contact on Sept. 23, Stan decided to
share his feelings on social media - and now, we've asked him to share
that with you. Here's Stan:
STAN'S READING:
For the past 5 years, I have been into amateur radio. People sort of
look at me like I am crazy, and ask me why I don't just use a cell
phone. Puerto Rico is devastated by Hurricane Maria, and there is no
cellular phone system in operation. The Salvation Army is running what
is known as a welfare net, where persons in Puerto Rico can get a brief
message from a family locally (on paper), and relay it to an amateur
radio operator on the U.S. mainland. Depending on a variety of
conditions, some people hear certain signals better than others. Today,
I took a message from the net for a family with a 910 area code. I
called to tell the person here that the family and their home was OK.
Other than a slight language barrier, and the bit of confusion as to
how I got the message, the man started to cry with joy. About 15
minutes later, his wife called me back and asked for better details
of how I got the message. It seems her husband forgets some of his
English when he is crying. Well, we were all crying. So for those who
ask what my hobby is all about, this is it!!! The Iphone X won't reach
Puerto Rico right now, but a 1990 amateur radio on a 12V battery and a
100 foot wire strung between two trees in the back yard will.
DON/ANCHOR: Thank you Stan, and thanks to every amateur who joined in
these efforts everywhere. Stan's words speak for every radio operator
doing this priceless work: Ham radio is all about connections -- and
in these trying circumstances, those connections also happen to be
lifelines.
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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the
ARRL; the Associated Press; CQ Magazine; The FCC; Hap Holly and the
Rain Report; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; Oceania DX Contest;
Penn State University; Radio Club of America; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and you, our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send
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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 Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, saying 73, and
as always, we thank you for listening.
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