Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Oct 27 2017 12:50 pm
WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, be listening for Alain/F5OZC, and Sebastien/F8DQZ,
operating as 3XY3D, from Kassa Island, Los Islands, between the 2nd of
November, and the 1st of December. Hear them on 80-10 meters, using
mainly CW. QSL via F5OZC.
In Micronesia, Shu, JA1FMN, will be active as V63PSK from Weno Island,
also known as Moen Island, from the 14th to the 18th of November. Shu
will be working holiday style on 20-10 meters, using JT65, JT9, FT8,
and PSK63. Listen mainly between 1700-0200z. QSL via JA1FMN, by the
Bureau, direct, eQSL or ClubLog's OQRS.
You can hear Saty, JE1JKL, in East Malaysia, active as 9M6NA, from
Labuan Island, during the CQWW DX CW Contest November 25th and 26th.
QSL via his home callsign or LoTW.
John, W2GC, will be active in Aruba, as P40W, between November 20th
and 28th. John will be active in the CQWW DX SSB Contest on October
28th and 29th, as well as the CQWW DX CW contest November 25th and
26th. Outside of the contest, be listening for John on CW on 160/80m
and 30/17/12 meters, with 160 meters on the hour and 80 meters on
the half hour. QSL via LoTW, or direct to his QSL manager N2MM. John
does not accept bureau cards.
A reminder: It's just a little more than 250 days to the World
Radiosport Team Championship, and the organizers would still welcome
donations. If you feel you can help, please go to www.WRTC2018.de
for details of the event and how you can donate.
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KICKER: COMMERCIAL STATION GOES BAREFOOT AFTER THE STORM
PAUL/ANCHOR: Finally, here's one more storm story as hurricane season
starts to wind down. This story, however, isn't about rescue by
amateur radio - rather, it's about a commercial radio station that
stayed alive as a Florida hurricane raged, as we hear from Don
Wilbanks, AE5DW.
DON'S REPORT: As the Atlantic hurricane season enters its final weeks,
we celebrate a special victory: the power of nature versus the power
of 100 watts. Hurricane Irma may have slammed Florida on September 10,
but it was no match for the largest commercial shortwave radio
transmission facility in the United States. Radio Miami International,
WRMI, survived, even though its 100,000-watt operation, and its
impressive array of 68 towers and 23 antenna systems, got knocked off
the air.
That's not the end of the story, though. Ham radio operators who work
barefoot will appreciate what happened next. According to a report in
RadioWorld, general manager Jeff White, said the station wasn't silent
for long. Operating around the clock from inside a reinforced concrete
building, WRMI was able to stay on the air, with the use of a
25-kilowatt diesel generator, a 100-watt transmitter, and a dipole.
Yes, one heroic dipole.
Equally impressive was the much-lower-power station's continued capacity
for international reception with reports from as far away as parts of
California and Canada. Well, things are back to normal now, and we wish
our 100,000-watt friends at WRMI good fortune, and of course, good DX.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW.
(RADIOWORLD)
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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly;
AMSAT-UK; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; Hap Holly and the Rain Report;
the Irish Independent; John Ronan EI7IG; K2BSA; Ohio Penn DX
Bulletin; RadioWorld; Reuters; 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 emails to
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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 Paul Braun, WD9GCO, saying 73, and
as always, we thank you for listening.
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