Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Mar 16 2018 09:39 am
RADIO SCOUTS PLAN FOR SUMMER
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In Radio Scouting, summer plans are getting under way,
as we hear from Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
BILL'S REPORT: This week in Radio Scouting, we have 1 activation of the
K2BSA callsign, summer camps callsign reservations are starting to come
in, and the executive committee seeks comments on some new and expanding
initiatives.
Chris Clark, W6CBC, will be activating K2BSA/6 at Camp Emerson Leadership
Camp in Idyllwild, CA, from March 24th to March 26th. This leadership
camp will prepare new unit leaders with the Introduction to Leadership
Skills for Troops curriculum. Chris always runs a great operation, and
this will introduce, and demonstrate Radio Scouting to these new leaders.
We're starting to see several summer camp operations starting to appear
on our calendar, and over on our Scout Camps on the Air site. One that
stands out so far, due to the length of operation, is William Coverdell
WD0BC's operation as K2BSA/0 at Camp Geiger in St. Joseph, MO. They will
be doing 6 weeks of Radio Merit Badge classes, and activating the HF
bands from their Scout owned station on camp, that was built through 100%
donations. In addition to the Merit Badge, they'll be introducing Scouts
to the emergency aspect of Ham Radio, and Morse Code. We look forward to
seeing them on the air this summer, as well as your summer camp!
The executive committee of the K2BSA met earlier this month, and talked
about some new initiatives and expansions of current projects. These
include developing a best practices guide to doing Radio Merit Badge at
Summer Camp, develop an incentive program that increases interest and
participation in getting Scout Camps on the Air, develop information on
how to set up and operate a council level committee for radio scouting,
and determine how to raise funds to support council/camp station
construction. We're currently seeking input on these projects, so check
out our latest member newsletter for more details.
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.
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NOMINATE NEXT YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We remind all listeners, that we are accepting nominations
for the 2018 Bill Pasternak Young Ham of the Year award. If you know a
promising young amateur, who is 18 or younger, and lives in the U.S., its
possessions, or Canada, please download a nomination form from our website,
arnewsline dot org, under the YHOTY tab. Nominations are due May 31, and
the award will be presented in August, at the Huntsville Hamfest.
**
WORLD OF DX
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In the World of DX, Will, W0ZRJ, and Bill, KH6OO, are
active until March 17th in Tahiti, using the call sign TX5X. They are
operating on CW, and in Digital modes. QSL via Club Log OQRS.
The Italian DXpedition Team is in Cameroon until the 29th of March, using
the call sign TJ3TT. Be listening on 160 - 10m CW, SSB and Digital. QSL
direct to I2YSB. For additional QSL information, visit their web page at
i2ysb dot com
Listen for a small group led by Zorro, JH1AJT, from Bhutan. They will be
there until the 18th of March, activating their A5A callsign while they
operate on SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via Club Log OQRS.
(IRTS)
**
KICKER: NO HANG-UPS HERE ABOUT ANTENNAS
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We close with a story of a creative homebrew competition
in Australia. It's a fun challenge -- that is, once you get the hang of
it, in every sense of the word. Here's John Williams, VK4JJW.
JOHN: When it comes to amateur radio, have you ever felt like hanging it
up? If you're in Central Victoria, that option just became a reality.
Hams attending AntennaPalooza, a two-day club event next month, just east
of Dandenong, will be encouraged to enter an antenna-building competition,
using metal coat hangers.
That's right, those very same things you've got in your closet keeping
your jackets and shawls from getting wrinkled. Using a pair of pliers,
and some creativity, homebrew enthusiasts will get to grab as many as a
dozen hangers, and work their magic. Their goal? To create an antenna
useful for the 2m or 70 cm band. Judges will score them on originality,
attractiveness, gain and, of course, SWR. This is the first time in its
five-year history that the AntennaPalooza gathering has set this kind of
challenge. The event usually concentrates on more conventional antennas
like dipoles, loops and beams. If this year's coat hangers are a success,
perhaps next year they can move on to umbrella stands.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; Bendigo Amateur
Radio and Electronics Club; BUSTLE.COM; CNBC; CQ Magazine; Hap Holly
and the Rain Report; the IEEE; the Irish Radio Transmitters Society;
K2BSA; the Martha's Vineyard Times; the Norwegian Radio Relay League;
Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; Peter Butterworth, G0GPH; South African Radio
League; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show;
Waverley Amateur Radio Society; 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
[email protected].
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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.
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