Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 15 2017 10:31 am
HAMS HOPING FOR A HANUKKAH MIRACLE
DON/ANCHOR: A group of Jewish amateur radio operators has big hopes
for reviving a very old - and very beloved - net. Neil Rapp, WB9VPG,
has that story.
NEIL: The Jewish holiday known as Hanukkah, is about miracles, and
one group of amateurs is hoping for a miracle, or at least an
unexpected opportunity, to restart a beloved net begun long ago, that
linked Jewish amateurs across the miles.
BOB: The organization was called Chaverim, and it's for Jewish hams,
as we call ourselves the kosher hams. The organization had existed
for many years. About 3 or 4 years ago because many of the members
were getting old, the organization was more or less dissolved,
although we did continue the nets.
NEIL: That was Bob Schoenfeld, WA2AQQ. With only one chapter left,
and with original members growing older, a Facebook group tried to
resurrect more at one point. Bob has another suggestion too:
BOB: We have been trying to get younger members. If they want to,
If anybody's interested when they hear this, they can contact me at
my call,
[email protected], and I will get in touch with them, and we
can arrange, you know, for either meeting; eyeball meetings, or
eyeball QSOs, or whatever. If things are looking good, I can even
arrange, since I don't have any equipment over here, except that I
can get on Echolink with my tablet or my cell phone, I might be able
to arrange an Echolink net to start again.
NEIL: Again, if you have an interest in reviving this net for Kosher
hams, contact Bob at
[email protected]. Reporting for Amateur Radio
Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
**
RADIO SCOUTS FILE FINAL JOTA REPORT
DON/ANCHOR: Radio scout activations are fairly quiet this week, but
there's still Jamboree news, as we hear from Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
BILL'S REPORT: This week in Radio Scouting, it's quiet on the
activation front, as the winter holiday season sets in, however, we
have our final report out for JOTA 2017, we're looking towards JOTA
2018, and we talk about a new callsign becoming active.
JOTA 2017 numbers are in for the U.S., and activity was down from
2016, but they were right in line with 2014 & 2015. 7,872 scouts,
4,753 vistors, and 958 Amateur Radio Operators, making 7,177 recorded
contacts, made up the U.S. reportable numbers for this year. The
feedback and comments received, will go a long way into improving the
guides we have for leaders, and the advice we can pass on to future
activators for making your event a success.
With 2017 in the can, we have 10 months to prepare for JOTA 2018.
It's time to take stock in what worked, and what didn't. I, for one,
will have to think about planning for wind in my 2018 activation.
We were being hit by 25 to 40 mph winds at the park, where we had
our event, causing some of our equipment to go airborne. What
changes are you going to implement in your 2018 plan? Now is the
time to start that planning.
A few people have started following some of the early chatter, from
the @NA1WJ_Scouting's twitter account. NA1WJ (or North America 1
World Jamboree) is the currently planned callsign, and source of
information on the radio scouting activation, at the 2019 World
Jamboree being held at The Summit in West Virginia. World Jamboree
is held every four years at locations around the globe, and this time,
it has landed in North America. Please follow NA1WJ and K2BSA on this
journey to make the World Jamboree a spotlight event for Scouting,
STEM, and Amateur Radio.
For more information on radio scouting, please visit our website at
www.k2bsa.net.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association,
this is Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
**
GERMANY OPTS OUT OF NEW ENTRY LEVEL LICENSE
DON/ANCHOR: It looks like hams in Germany won't be seeing a new entry
level license anytime soon, as we hear from Ed Durrant, DD5LP.
ED'S REPORT: Hopeful radio enthusiasts who were counting on the
introduction of a new entry level amateur radio license in Germany,
are going to have to wait a little longer - in fact, they're going to
have to wait indefinitely.
The license won't be happening, despite the fact that recent reports
from Germany show that licensing is on the decline in that nation.
Statistics show Germany having a peak of 80,000 licensed amateurs in
2002. By 2015, the number of license holders had slipped to 67,349.
In recent years, the Deutscher Amateur RadioClub, or DARC, has been
promoting amateur radio among young people, and has been offering a
free online training course. Figures show an increase in 2015, in the
numbers of applicants taking license exams, but, for now, there will
be no entry-level category for radio operators.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.
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