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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Nov 17 2017 01:20 pm
MORE FREQUENCIES FOR HAMS IN ARGENTINA, COLOMBIA
NEIL/ANCHOR: There's more room for more QSOs on the bands! Hams in
Argentina have something to celebrate: Local communications authorities
have granted new privileges on the bands on 630 meters and 60 meters,
and extended existing allocations on 160 meters, 80 meters and 30
meters. Radio Club Argentino made the announcement, following final
approval, and said the changes will be effective in February, 2018.
In Colombia, hams are getting access to part of the band on 2200 meters,
630 meters, and 60 meters. The announcement was made this month by the
Colombian Radio Society, a member of the IARU.
(RADIO CLUB ARGENTINO, COLOMBIAN RADIO SOCIETY)
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THE WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, be listening for Argentinian DXers on San Andres
Island in the Caribbean, operating through the 26th of November as
5K0T. The IOTA reference for San Andres is NA-033. Send QSLs to LU1FM.
Harald DF2WO is in Rwanda through the end of November, operating with
the callsign 9X2AW. Listen for him on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL Manager
is M0OXO.
Georg, DK7LX, is in Bermuda through the 21st of November, operating
holiday-style as VP9/DK7LX. You can listen for him on 40 through 15
meters operating CW only. QSL via Club Log OQRS.
(IRTS)
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KICKER: THE SCIENCE OF HONORING SUPPORTER'S MEMORY
NEIL/ANCHOR: We close this week with a tale of weather balloons
released in an Indiana football field -- two balloons with two
missions. Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, shares that story.
DON: In the eyes of 20 high school seniors from Indiana's Hobart High
School, few things could have flown higher in those few moments of
launch, than Gensis and Exodus, the weather balloons that lifted off
on Nov. 9, from the school's football field.
The engineering and design seniors were led by teacher Brent Vermeulen,
who had secured about $3,000 in grants to make the launch happen. Each
helium-filled balloon had a GoPro camera, and a 360 degree HD camera to
record its flight, plus an antenna enabling tracking by two local hams.
Exodus lived up to its name, traveling 240 miles before ending up in a
cornfield near Huron, Ohio. Genesis made it as far as Napoleon, Ohio,
completing a trip of about 162 miles, before landing in a farmer's
field there.
Much more was on board, however, than just recording and radio equipment.
Jackie Fitzgerald of Hobart, had been on the sidelines watching it all.
This year her brother, Marvin Boetcher, WV90, could not be there for
one of his favorite annual events. The Hobart amateur, a 1967 graduate
of the school, became a Silent Key in March.
Jackie had made a donation in her brother's memory to help the flight --
and these words covered the payload of Genesis: "in loving memory of
Marvin Boetcher."
She watched the students, and their balloons, and in her eyes too, few
things could have flown higher on that bright morning.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW.
(CHICAGO TRIBUNE)
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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; the Chicago Tribune;
the CQ Magazine; the CW Operators Club; Hap Holly and the Rain Report;
Irish Radio Transmitters Society; Law 360; the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology; Ohio Penn DX Bulletin; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted
Randall's QSO Radio Show; the U.S. Court of Appeals; Worldwide Flora and
Fauna; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur
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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 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always we thank you for listening.
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