Subj : Newsline Part 2
To : ALL USERS
From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Fri Feb 12 2016 10:16 am
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AT INDIANA HOSPITAL
SKEETER: In one Indiana community, a hospital isn't just helping people
respond with an ambulance. Now they'll have radios. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Paul Braun, WD9GCO, explains:
PAUL: The newest operating room inside St. Vincent Clay Hospital in
Brazil, Indiana will only be used for emergency operations - but no one
will need to scrub up before stepping inside.
The operating equipment here will consist of two-way radios and other
components, and the operations will be conducted by the hams who belong
to the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service.
The hospital-based radio center is being underwritten by a grant of
nearly $2,000 from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. Clay
County's Emergency Management Director, Bryan Husband, applied for the
grant, with the support of the Clay County Commissioners. The volunteers
are to provide assistance during natural disasters and extreme weather
events.
Husband was quoted in a recent article in the Brazil Times as saying that
the radio shack would be able to communicate, during these emergencies,
with other radio operators outside the county, on behalf of the emergency
management office. Seems it's just what the doctor ordered, after all.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun,WD9GCO, in Valparaiso, Indiana.
(THE BRAZIL TIMES)
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BREAK HERE:
Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the WR9ARC repeater
of the Riverland Amateur Radio Club in LaCrosse, Wisconsin on Sundays.
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WELL-GROUNDED GROUNDHOG
SKEETER: Punxsutawney Phil will never be a ham radio operator. He's a
groundhog, after all. But then, he doesn't need a license. He has a
devoted group of local hams who go on the air for him. Here's that story
from Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD.
HEATHER'S REPORT:
While a certain famous groundhog may have put Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
on the map, it took a special event station to put Punxsutawney on the
air.
While weather-watchers everywhere sat tight for the arrival of Tuesday,
Feb. 2, when the legendary rodent emerged from his burrow, hams got a
jump on things a few days earlier with QSOs celebrating the time-honored
tradition that takes place at Gobblers Knob.
On Saturday, Jan. 30, six members of the Punxsutawney Area Amateur Radio
Club and three of their guests, went deep into their own burrow - in this
case, the radio shack at the Punxsutawney Airport. But the hams there did
anything but hibernate: The operators of K-3-H-W-J worked busy conditions
on three bands; 20, 40 and 2 meters.
Club President Steve Waltman, K-B-3-F-P-N told Amateur Radio Newsline
that, although lots of activity on the bands made for challenging contacts
this year, there were about 100 QSOs by day's end - a respectable number.
Waltman said this is a longstanding annual tradition for the club - though
clearly the annual gig by Punxsutawney Phil predates this one by a couple
of decades, and predates the age of radio itself by two years. Still, as
even the groundhog would tell you - assuming you even asked - there's
nothing wrong with working in the shadow of a celebrity, especially a
weathercaster like Punxsutawney Phil.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD in Berwick,
Pennsylvania.
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HAM RADIO MOVIE GETS TV PILOT
The hottest thing on TV these days might just turn out to be radio - ham
radio, to be exact. Just as TV's "Last Man Standing" has given viewers a
sampling of what goes on inside a ham shack, the CW Network has announced
it plans a pilot for the 2000 movie, "Frequency," from New Line Cinema.
In that sci-fi thriller, the son of a deceased New York City firefighter,
makes radio contact with his dad over the father's old ham radio equipment
after an aurora borealis alters band conditions across time.
The TV pilot recasts things with a new twist. It follows a female
detective who uses her ham radio to communicate with her detective
father, who'd died 20 years earlier. If all goes well, the producers may
end up being more concerned about RSTs than Nielsens.
(TVLINE.COM, The CW TELEVISION NETWORK)
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
We also note some recent changes in the lives of some notable amateurs:
Randy Thompson, K5ZD, is stepping down as the director of the CQ WW
Contest, and the search is on for his replacement. Thompson has been
director since September 2012, taking on the responsibilities of
appointing the contest committee and organizing work that involves
log-checking, creating the rules and producing the results, Interested
candidates should apply by email to
[email protected]. Or send related
inquiries directly to CQ Amateur Radio's publisher, Dick Ross, K2MGA, at
[email protected]. Thompson will stay on until he is replaced.
ARRL President Emeritus Harry Dannals, W2HD, of Charlottesville, Virginia,
was recently honored by the Quarter Century Wireless Association for his
70 years as a ham. The association's chapter in his hometown held a
luncheon for him on Feb. 3. Dannals, who is in his late 80s, is the
oldest living former president of the ARRL and the only person to have
been president of both the ARRL and the Quarter Century Wireless
Association, which he served from 1989 to 1994.
And finally, Matt Holden, K-ZERO-B-B-C (K0BBC), has been appointed as
the ARRL's Dakota Division Vice Director as of Feb. 4. The Minnesota
resident, an ARRL Life Member, succeeds Kent Olson, K-A-ZERO-L-D-G
(KA0LDG). Among his other many amateur radio activities, Holden is ARES
Emergency Coordinator for the City of Bloomington and a Minnesota Section
Public Information Officer. He will serve out the remaining term of the
current office, which concludes on Jan. 1, 2017.
(ARRL)
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ANTIQUE WIRELESS IN ACTION
It's all over but the counting! The Antique Wireless Association of
Southern Africa, Z-S-ZERO-A-W-A (ZS0AWA) is giving participants in its
recent CW Activity Day, held on Feb. 7, until Tuesday, March 1, to submit
their logs, either by email or postal service. Certificates will be sent
to those who are in first, second and third place, and to the amateur
with the highest single band score. Email logs to
[email protected]
or mail to the association at Post Office Box 12320, Benoryn, 1504.
(SOUTHGATE)
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