Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Oct 06 2017 07:42 am
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2084, for Friday, October 6, 2017
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2084, with a release date of
Friday, October 6, 2017, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. India does emergency planning with the
nation's hams. Pennsylvania preps for a friendly QSO party -- and
a Tennessee Net does things old school. All this and more, as
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2084, comes your way right now.
(Billboard Cart Here and Intro)
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INDIAN GOVERNMENT TO HELP HAMS' DISASTER PREP
JIM/ANCHOR: We begin this week's newscast with word that the Indian
government is giving higher priority to ham involvement. The urgent
need for amateur radio operators throughout the year in India,
especially during periods of dangerous weather, has prompted
government leaders to incorporate hams into more of their disaster
planning. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has that report.
JEREMY: Sometime before the end of the year, the government of the
Indian state of Pune expects to roll out an effort to efficiently
coordinate deployment of area ham radio operators through district
collectorates during emergencies such as landslides, earthquakes,
and floods, and to assist in public safety support during cultural
functions and religious pilgrimages when traffic levels are high.
The state's disaster management director Rajiv Nivatkar outlined
the plan in a recent report in The Times of India, acknowledging
that the project still is unfunded, but officials hope to move it
forward by the end of the year.
All state governments have received instructions from the National
Disaster Management Authority, asking officials to allocate agencies
and arrange for the training of volunteers.
In the state of Maharashtra, the initiative is already under way in
Sindhudurg where district leaders have trained about 20 amateurs
for such assistance.
An estimated 50,000 ham radio operators are believed to be active
throughout India.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
(THE TIMES OF INDIA)
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COMMUNICATION STATION MARKS 50 YEARS
JIM/ANCHOR: Radio transmissions have always been a mainstay of one
station in western Australia, where communications have occurred
in the low frequency part of the spectrum for half a century. Here's
Graham Kemp, VK4BB, with the details.
GRAHAM: For 50 years, radio signals have been transmitted at very
low frequencies from an antenna array in western Australia, in an
area covering more than 1 thousand U.S. acres. This is the Harold
E. Holt Naval Communication Station, in the shire of Exmouth.
Commissioned in 1967, it was transferred in 1992 from the command
of the U.S. Navy to the Royal Australian Navy. Its original purpose
was to give the U.S. Navy the ability to communicate with its
submarines and other vessels in the western Pacific and Indian
Oceans.
On the 16th of September, the station marked 50 years of operation,
in which it has, and continues to play a highly strategic role in
the still-vibrant relationship between the U.S. and Australia,
supporting both nations' military vessels.
Exmouth residents and officials marked the event with a full weekend
of celebrations, since the shire's establishment is so tightly
linked to the station's creation a half-century ago.
The station itself operates with 13 towers, where the tallest antenna
among the array stands nearly 400 meters above ground.
The station is named for the former Australian prime minister, who
was presumed to have drowned mysteriously in 1967, at the age of 59,
while swimming off the coast of Victoria.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.
(WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA, THE WEST AUSTRALIAN)
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ZOMBIE SHUFFLE CONTEST SCARES UP CONTACTS
JIM/ANCHOR: There's a Halloween-themed CW contest later this month,
and it's frightful fun -- at least that's what we hear from Don
Wilbanks, AE5DW.
DON: With Halloween only a few weeks away, we have to ask: do you
believe in zombies? Perhaps when you're on the air, you might even
be mistaken for one. No, that's not an insult - it's the description
for a highly prized operating method, that comes in quite handy
during this year's Zombie Shuffle, on Friday, the 20th of October.
Zombies, you see, don't sprint -- they shuffle - hence the name for
this eight-hour QRP contest.
It's designed mainly for North and South American operators using CW,
and it's marking its 20th year of operations among the undead. To
participate, you'll need to be assigned a Zombie Number, which you
can obtain free. Visit the Amateur Radio Newsline website at
arnewsline.org for details, and a link to the page.
Be not afraid! Dust off your key, and get out there, and scare up
some contacts.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW.
LINK:
http://www.zianet.com/qrp/zombie/2017/pg.htm
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