Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Feb 16 2018 11:25 am
WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, begin listening on February 24th, for members of the
Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club of Frankfurt, Germany, as they begin
operating as XV9DLH, from Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam. It's not known how
long they plan to be there. Operators include Bernhard/DK7TF and
J�rgen/DH6ICE. QSL via DK8ZZ.
Jean-Pierre, F6ITD, is operating as FG/F6ITD, from the island of
Guadeloupe, until 15th of March. He can be found on SSB and FT8.
Listen for Lou, W0FK, operating as W0FK/4 on Longboat Key, between the
first of March through the 14th. He will be on 40-10 meters using CW,
SSB, and FT8. According to his QRZ page, he will upload contacts to
Logbook of the World. Contacts wanting a QSL card instead should send
a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
(OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN)
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KICKER: QSL, ANOTHER WAY OF CONTACTING YOUR IDENTITY
STEPHEN: Sometimes a QSL card is just a QSL card. Other times it's the
start of some amazing new connections that turn out to be - well - very
OLD connections. We'll let Mike Askins, KE5CXP, explain.
MIKE'S REPORT: One of the mainstays of amateur radio is the QSL card.
It's a mutual confirmation of contact. But what happens when a new
contact turns out to very possibly be an old contact -- one that
happened, say, generations and generations ago? That may well be the
case for Rita McConnell, NE0DB, of Colorado, and Gene Giddings, AA1XD,
of Maine. On the last day of 2017, Rita received a card from Gene,
confirming their recent QSO. Rita noted Gene's last name - Giddings -
is the same as her maiden name.
Having a great interest in researching ancestry, Rita started digging.
She noted in a Facebook post on December 31 that, at the very least,
the two amateurs may share a New England connection.
She wrote: [quote] "We discovered that our eighth great-grandfather
landed in Ipswich, Massachusetts on the Planter in 1635." [endquote]
This piqued Gene's interest even more. Gene told Newsline that he
suspects the connection, if there is one, does indeed go way, way back.
He has enlisted the help of a friend, who is good at such research,
and she is helping him do his own side of the genealogical dig. Now,
he says, it is time to wait and see.
Clearly, our QSL cards tell the world who we are - through our call
signs, our photos and our addresses - but for these two hams, the
discovery of identity through a QSL card may turn out to be so much
more.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; Chris Keezer,
KC9NVV; CQ Magazine; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; the Irish Radio
Transmitters Society; K2BSA; Michael Kalter, W8CI; Ohio-Penn DX
Bulletin; QRZ; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio
Show; the Trinidad and Tobago Newsday; Wireless Institute of Australia;
WTWW Shortwave; and you, our listeners, that's all from the Amateur
Radio Newsline.
Please send emails to our address at
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information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official
website at www.arnewsline.org.
For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2018. All rights reserved.
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