Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Oct 20 2017 09:12 am
THE WORLD OF DX
Be listening as the Liberia Radio Amateur Association hosts three IOTA
enthusiasts between the 30th of October, and the 3rd of November, for the
first activation of Baiyah Island, a new IOTA designation, AF-111. Col
McGowan, MM0NDX, will operate as EL2EL; David Deane, EI9FBB, will operate
as EL2BB, and Jeremy Sheehan, EJ5GM, will operate as EL2GM. This is
described as the first Islands on the Air operation from the island. The
DXpedition call sign will be 5L3BI.
A special event station is operating from October 20th through November
20th, marking the 79th anniversary of the death of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk,
the founder of the Turkish Republic. Listen for operators on all the HF
bands using CW, SSB, and the digital modes. A bronze, silver and gold
diploma will be available. The 10 call signs will include TC10A, TC10F,
TC10T, along with numberous others.
On Mauritius, Jean-Paul, HB9ARY, will be active as 3B8HC, between the
4th and 18th of November, working holiday style. Find him on 80 through
6 meters, though he will concentrate on 80, using mainly SSB. He will
also work some slow CW. QSL via NI5DX direct.
If you want to work Kuwait, be listening for Abdallah, 9K2GS, who will
be operating from there in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest on the 28th and 29th
of October. He'll be using the call sign 9K2K. QSL via Logbook of the
World only.
(OHIO PENN DX)
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KICKER: ON THE WATCH FOR SASQUATCH
CHRISTIAN/ANCHOR: Our final story was just made for Halloween. It
involves amateur radio operators deep in the woods - and a monster
known as Bigfoot. Here's Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
MIKE: Now here's a Halloween question for hams: When you're operating
out in the wild, sitting around a campfire, and telling ghost stories,
while pursuing good signal reports, what do you need more than favorable
band conditions? How about.....bravery?
It's the 50th anniversary of a documentary film that is said to have
captured footage of the Bigfoot monster at Bluff Creek, Oregon. The
controversial 1967 account by Bob Gimlin and Roger Patterson, is the
inspiration behind the Bigfoot Radio Net Expeditionary Team's sojourn
this month into the woods of southeastern Oklahoma. The hams will be
calling QRZ on the HF bands, wondering about the likelihood of good
copy by Sasquatch himself.
Maybe the melting Smores will draw him out into the open? Or maybe the
smell of good campfire coffee? Look for details about the team's
adventures, and keep current on their operating frequency on their
Facebook Page. Then, listen for them on the air. The Bigfoot Radio Net's
field operation begins October 23rd. It runs through the 28th....at
least unless Bigfoot has other plans for them. It is, after all, almost
Halloween.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP, in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
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ARRL; the Associated Press; CQ Magazine; The FCC; Hap Holly and the
Rain Report; the Independent; K2BSA; the Ohio Penn DX Bulletin; South
Yorkshire Repeater Group; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's
QSO Radio Show; Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; and
you, our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.
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We also close this report, by also offering congratulations from all of
us at Amateur Radio Newsline to our colleagues at the ICQ Podcast, which
just completed its 250th edition, and the SolderSmoke podcast which just
marked its 200th. Well done, and we wish you many more 5 and 9 reports
on your shows.
For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Christian Cudnik, K0STH, saying 73,
and as always, we thank you for listening.
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