Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 22 2017 01:48 pm
WORLD OF DX
Be listening through December 29th, for Mauri, AG1LE, operating as
E51DXX, from Rarotonga, in the South Cook Islands. He is working
holiday style on the HF bands, using SSB, PSK31 and FT8. QSL to his
home call.
In the Solomon Islands, listen for Shane, VK4KHZ, who is operating as
H44DA, until early January, 2018. Listen for Shane on 80 to 10 meters,
and satellite SO-50, but with a primary emphasis on 6 meters. QSL
direct to home call.
Rieder, HB9FIH, is in the Canary Islands, operating as EA8/HB9FIH,
until the end of March, 2018. Be listening on 80 to 10 meters, and
possibly 6 meters, where Rieder will be using CW, RTTY, PSK and some
SSB. QSL to home call.
From the Republic of Korea, you can hear Special Event station DT23WOP,
who started their operation on December 1st, celebrating the Winter
Olympic Games. They will run until February 28th of 2018. Send QSLs
via HL1IWD.
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FLORIDA 'SANTA-HAM' SHOWS HOSPITAL BEDSIDE MANNER
JIM/ANCHOR: Just when you thought there couldn't possibly be one more
ham radio story about Santa Claus, along comes this report from Tampa,
Florida, where a group of young hospital patients got the kind of
medicine that can only be delivered via antenna, and radio receiver.
We'll let Mike Askins, KE5CXP, take it from here:
MIKE: At this time of the year, almost all children want a little magic,
but perhaps no kids want it more than those who are in the hospital.
Inside St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, the Child Life team partnered
with the Bay Area Emergency Amateur Service, for Santa to make a house
call....er, a hospital call.
In this case, the North Pole was a lot closer than you might think:
the hams' station is actually housed inside the hospital's emergency
communications center, where it operates with the call sign W4TCH.
That's where the hams are based all year long, but at this time of
year, for nine years counting, it has been turned into Santa Net
Control.
The Bay Area hams' coordinator, Christopher Perry, KJ4JHT, said he
never tires of the smiles it brings, not to mention the sense of
reassurance to the kids, that although they are hospitalized, they
aren't forgotten.
Radio: It's just what the doctor ordered. And, at this time of the year,
no one has a better bedside manner than Santa himself.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
(PR NEWSWIRE)
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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 Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleson,
West Virginia, saying 73...and continued Christmas and New Year's
Best Wishes. As always we thank you for listening.
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