Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jan 12 2018 11:15 am
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2098, for Friday, January 12, 2018
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2098, with a release date of
Friday, January 12, 2018, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Participants in the World Radiosport Team
Championship in Germany are gearing up. Ham Radio University gives
amateurs refresher courses in New York -- and the ham community
grieves the sudden tragic loss of a noted DXer. All this and more,
as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2098, comes your way right now.
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SILENT KEY: DEATH OF A DXer
NEIL/ANCHOR: We begin this week's newscast on a somber note.
Following a tragedy not far from his home in Maryland, a beloved
radio amateur has become a Silent Key. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, has
more.
MIKE: A tragic accident has claimed the life of a well-liked and
respected amateur, who was an accomplished DXpeditioner, and an
Elmer to so many young people. David Collingham, K3LP, became a
Silent Key on Jan. 6. He died after falling through the ice during
an attempt a day earlier to rescue his dog from a frozen pond in
Frederick County, Maryland.
President of the Intrepid DX Group, David had participated in more
than 70 DXpeditions. He visited more than 100 different DXCC
entities, operating from 62 of them. In 2014, the CQDX Hall of Fame
added his name to its roster. David's accomplishments included
activating 8 of the Top 10 Most Wanted DXCC Entities, and 16 of the
Top 50. He was also a member of the ARRL, Potomac Valley Radio Club,
the National Capital DX Association, and the Southwest Ohio DX
Association.
His many friends, including James Nitzberg, WX3B, recall David's
unwavering love of children, and the care in which he encouraged
them to grow in the hobby. When David would visit a rare DX location,
James said, it was not unusual for him to leave behind radios and
antennas for the kids, or the amateur clubs to use as their own.
David Collingham was 59. We here at Newsline send our deepest
condolences to his wife, Rebecca, and the rest of his family.
Announcing his death, Paul Ewing, N6PSE, his friend and coleader on
the 2016 VP8STI/VP8SGI South Sandwich, and South Georgia Islands
Dxpedition, wrote: [quote] "He will always be a hero in our hearts."
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
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ARRL FACING CHALLENGES OVER POLICIES, CODES, LOBBYING
NEIL/ANCHOR: As the ARRL prepares for its next board meeting later
this month, it is facing some grassroots challenges, as we hear from
Paul Braun, WD9GCO.
PAUL: The ARRL is facing some major public challenges from the U.S.
amateur community, regarding its actions, bylaws and policies. A
group known as myARRLvoice is advocating change in the ARRL Code of
Conduct, and lobbying efforts, as well through its steering committee,
that comprises some of the ARRL's own past vice directors, Life Members,
and Maxim Society members.
The group launched a website on Monday, Jan. 8, urging them to press
the ARRL for more transparency at its next board meeting on Jan. 19.
ARRL leadership first became embattled in an escalating war of words,
with a vocal coalition in California over the league's Code of Conduct.
The Northern California Contest Club, an ARRL affiliate, claimed the
Code stifled communications in league matters, and prompted the
controversial public censure of a division director in November.
The ARRL will not publicly discuss the specifics of the censure.
However, its leadership continues to stand by the Code, as well as its
more recent actions. On Jan. 6, ARRL Hudson Division Director Mike
Lisenco, N2YBB, addressed that issue in very general terms, when he
gave a keynote speech at Ham Radio University on Long Island, New York.
Calling the censure a personnel matter not open to public by the ARRL,
he nonetheless reaffirmed both the need for the Code, and the content
of the Code, and supported the ARRL's actions.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.
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