Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Nov 10 2017 05:39 pm
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2089, for Friday, November 10, 2017
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2089, with a release date of
Friday, November 10, 2017, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. The Baker Island DXpedition gets a big
boost. Morse Code averts a boating tragedy -- and Pope Francis
makes a heavenly contact - via satellite feed! All this and more,
as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2089, comes your way right now.
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BIG BOOST FOR BAKER ISLAND DXPEDITIONERS
JIM/ANCHOR: If you like chasing DX -- really challenging DX -- our
top story this week is for you, and it comes to us courtesy of the
HamTalk Live podcast. Here's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
NEIL'S REPORT: A team heading to Baker Island for a DXpedition in
June, just received a major boost. The team of eleven people will
be heading to the Pacific, to the small island located between
Hawaii and Australia, for the first activation since 2002.
DON: Baker Island is currently number four on the wanted list, and
it's going to be number three on the list after the folks going to
Bouvet get done.
NEIL: Like most DXpeditions, the expenses for the trip are extensive.
DON: Any large, far away place requires a lot of money because it's a
long sail from anywhere. All your equipment has to be frozen, has to
be purchased new. We are not taking any chances of bringing any
invasive species or new bugs onto the refuge. We hope to make lots of
Qs. So, when people work us, and request a QSL card, they put in a
little tip for our good efforts. We just started the fundraising,
because we only got permission to go a couple of months ago, and then
we had to negotiate with the Fish and Wildlife Service on the actual
operating conditions, and had to find a boat.
NEIL: The cost of the trip is in excess of $430,000. Team members are
paying for about half of the cost, while the other half must come from
contributions from individuals and foundations. A major donation was
just announced last week by team leader Don Greenbaum, N1DG, on Ham
Talk Live!
DON: We've applied to the Northern California DX Foundation for support.
They let us know this morning, that we will be receiving a grant of
$75,000. To put that into perspective, it's the second largest grant
ever given by NCDXF, the biggest one being $100,000 to the upcoming
Bouvet. So we're honored they had so much faith in this group, that the
wallets were opened in quite a substantial way.
NEIL: For more information about the KH1 Baker Island DXpedition, or
to make a contribution, be sure to visit baker2018.net, and their
Facebook group.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
(HAM TALK LIVE)
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JAMBOREE STATIONS START REPORTING IN
JIM/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, radio scouts are back on the air as results pour
in from the recent worldwide Jamboree on the Air, as we hear from Bill
Stearns, NE4RD.
BILL'S REPORT: This week in radio scouting, we have one activation from
Scout Camps on the Air, and we check up on our Jamboree on the Air
Reports.
BSA Troop 20 Amateur Radio Club, WS5BSA, will be on the air from John
Nichols Scout Ranch in Mustang, Oklahoma, on Saturday, November 11th,
from 8am to 5pm Central Standard Time. They will operate SSB on 40m
through 10m, and VHF/UHF FM on the WX5LAW and KB5LLI linked repeater
systems throughout the day.
With over 12,000 locations registered for JOTA-JOTI world-wide,
including an astonishing 990 from the United States, we need reports
from all those locations, to determine the number of Scouts, amateur
radio operators, and guests, in attendance.
Here's a couple of the great reports we've received so far:
William Mitchell, W0WMM, from their station from WoodSmoke in Gibson
Island, Maryland, reports that the scouts enjoyed DXing, and making
contacts with Spain, Argentina, Brazil and the UK. The highlight of
the event, was when they talked to scouts on the Nuclear Submarine
Savannah in the Baltimore harbor.
Jeremy Brown, KA7BIF, with the K7MVA activation from the Snake River
Boy Scout Council in Twin Falls, ID, reported that this was their
first time doing JOTA, and that they had a blast, and can't wait for
next year. With the local Council's help, it was a success, and we
helped 22 boy scouts earn their Radio Merit Badge.
For more information on radio scouting, and to file your JOTA report,
please visit our website at www.k2bsa.net.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association,
this is Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
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