Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Oct 13 2017 08:21 am
BREAK HERE
Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the
4GS Repeater of the Grand Strand Amateur Radio Club, in Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina, following the Sunday night 8 p.m. Net.
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SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP? DO YOUR HOMEWORK!
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Are you ready for School Club Roundup? Jump in, but, as
Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, cautions us, be mindful of emergency frequencies.
NEIL'S REPORT: The fall session of the School Club Roundup starts on
Monday, October 16th, and runs through Friday, October 20th. It's a
great chance for schools to get on the air, and talk to each other, but
it's also a great chance to expose young people to ham radio by making
contacts with anyone and everyone. So, get on the air, and listen for
schools participating in the roundup.
There is one temporary last-minute change being made to the semi-annual
event. Due to the number of hurricane-related nets in the usually
recommended segment on 20 meters, 14.250 to 14.280, School Club Roundup
sponsors are urging participants to stay clear of these frequencies, to
avoid unintentional interference.
So, look for schools just above and below those frequencies. While the
recommended frequencies on other bands should not be affected, staying
away from similar nets on other bands is still encouraged. As always,
be sure to listen first! For more information about School Club Roundup,
visit arrl.org/school-club-roundup.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
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IN WASHINGTON STATE, NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: By the way, there's a rookie in this year's School Club
Roundup with big dreams. Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, tells us more.
KEVIN'S REPORT: There's a new freshman in class at Wahkiakum
(wuh-KAI-uh-come) High School in Wahkiakum, Washington State. This
particular newcomer could not possibly want a warmer welcome. It's
the school's new amateur radio club, and it has already got more than
$3,000 in donated equipment from Northwest Aluminum Outfitters, and
the Wahkiakum Amateur Radio Club, N7WAH, which is sponsoring these
student hams. The kids have wasted no time in getting on the air, and
already have contacts in parts of the U.S. and Canada in their log.
Not content with terrestrial transmissions, however, the youngsters are
aiming higher. According to Ron, W7ERY, a retired teacher, Richard,
KC4ONA, has already begun work with the school district to apply for a
contact with the International Space Station, that would involve all
students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Meanwhile, members are
eager to participate in this year's School Club Roundup.
Can the project succeed in a digital age, and give kids newfound respect
for the power of RF? Ron says [QUOTE] "we don't have hope because we
are certain! If we do our jobs thoughtfully, we will be successful."
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There's one other certainty here: We here at Amateur Radio Newsline
will be listening for these new kids on the block on the air. For
Amateur Radio Newsline, this is Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, in Aiken, SC.
(RON WRIGHT W7ERY)
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SILENT KEY: SATELLITE PIONEER PATRICK GOWEN G3IOR
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Satellite enthusiasts and others are mourning the death
of a major player in AMSAT-UK, as we hear from Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
JEREMY: A pioneer in the world of amateur radio satellites has become
a Silent Key. Patrick Gowen, G3IOR, a cofounder of AMSAT-UK, died in
August, after a lengthy illness. Patrick was not only an advocate for
satellite communications, but a polished practitioner of the craft: He
was the first amateur to use a low-Earth obit satellite to work 100
DXCC entities. He was also known for his contacts with cosmonauts on
board the International Space Station and MIR.
Pat wrote frequently for the AMSAT Journal, and Oscar News, and was the
satellite columnst for Practical Wireless. Pat made especially big news
in 2002, when he detected a beacon sending slow CW on 2 meters, a
transmission that turned out to be from the Oscar-7 satellite. That
satellite, launched in 1974, was long believed to be dead after a
battery failure during 1979.
A resident of Norwich in Norfolk, Pat was 85.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
(SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS)
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WORLD WAR 2 CODE TALKER DAVID PATTERSON DIES
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The Navajo nation is grieving the loss of a World War
II hero, a legendary Code Talker. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, tells us more.
MIKE: The United States has lost another World War II hero, David
Patterson Sr., a Navajo Code Talker, who served in the Marine Corps,
and made use of his Navajo language on behalf of the military,
fighting Japanese forces in the Pacific. David Patterson's service
between 1943 and 1945, won him the Congressional Silver Medal.
The Code Talkers' role during the war was significant; history notes
that the Navajo language was the only spoken code never deciphered by
the enemy. The Navajo nation announced his death on October 8th,
from pneumonia, and complications from a subdural hematoma in Rio
Rancho, New Mexico. David Patterson was 94. He was to be buried on
the military side of Shiprock Cemetery, in Shiprock New Mexico.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
(KGW.COM WEBSITE)
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