Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Mar 30 2018 08:51 am
BREAK HERE:
Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the NL7RQ repeater
of the Cabot STARS Club in Cabot, Arkansas, on Sundays at 7:30 p.m local
time.
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DXing BY FOOT
PAUL/ANCHOR: For one ham in the UK, the journey of 560 miles begins with
a single step - and, of course, an HT. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, tells us more.
JEREMY: Sunday the 1st of April marks the day that Paul Truswell, M3WHO,
takes the first of many, many steps along a 900-mile walk across Great
Britain. Paul and his 2m transceiver are making the trek in support of
Fibromyalgia Action UK, a national charity. This is truly the equivalent
of DXing for walkers, though the Macclesfield, Cheshire resident has done
previous challenges, including a 560-mile journey in 2016, that took him
from Lowestoft west to Land's End, for the benefit of his local Scouting
group.
This year's trip will begin at the English Channel at Dover and finish -
eventually - at the lighthouse in Britain's northwest corner at Cape
Wrath. He's dubbed the trip Magnetic North, acknowledging its direction.
According to published reports, it will take him about 50 days to finish,
if he averages 18 or so miles a day and gives himself some rest time in
between. He's hoping to raise 10,000 pounds - the equivalent of about
fourteen thousand U.S. dollars.
Richard Newstead, G3CWI, will be providing logistic support to Paul from
his motor home, using the 2 metre FM band during the last, most remote
stages of the walk, between Oykel Bridge and Cape Wrath, across the
north-west highlands of Scotland.
As he wrote on his website: [QUOTE]: "Easter Day and April Fool's day -
what could be better?!!" [ENDQUOTE] Perhaps a glorious finish, and some
QSOs along the way, especially with Richard Newstead, G3CWI, from his
motor home.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
(SOUTHGATE ARC)
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A LIGHTHOUSE WITH 2 REASONS TO SHINE
PAUL/ANCHOR: One of the registered stations for International Marconi
Day is a lighthouse with two reasons to shine. Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT,
brings us those details.
CARYN: International Marconi Day is as close as we can get to having our
own amateur radio holiday. The annual event is held on the Saturday
closest to Guglielmo Marconi's birthday, and is organized by the Cornish
Radio Amateur Club, GX4CRC. This year stations in Ireland, Austria,
Germany, and Australia, will be among the registered stations
acknowledging that we are all beneficiaries of this radio pioneer's
legacy. In Atlantic Canada, activation of the Cape Bear Lighthouse on
Prince Edward Island, as VY2PLH, brings extra significance to the 24-hour
period.
GEORGE: Well, Cape Bear has the distinction of being the only Marconi
station in Canada, that was in contact with the Titanic, when that ship
was in distress. Now, people may say that Cape Race in Newfoundland,
also made a contact which they did, but at the time, Newfoundland and
Labrador weren't a part of Canada. They didn't join until 1949, so
technically, Cape Bear is the only Canadian station to have had contact
with the Titanic.
CARYN: That was George Dewar, VY2GF, one of the hams operating from this
historic site, which includes a small museum dedicated to the Titanic.
George said he, and Bernie Cormier, VE9BGC, and the other operators, have
a pretty good idea of who they want to contact.
GEORGE: Just about anybody and everybody! Well, it would be nice to
contact stations at other historical Marconi sites.
CARYN: Will that include GB4IMD, the special event callsign being used by
the Cornish radio amateur club? They are, after all, the creators of the
event, and will be giving out awards.
GEORGE: Well I hope so. They put a tremendous amount of effort into
organizing this.
CARYN: If you want the Cape Bear Lighthouse, VY2PLH, in your log, be
listening on Saturday, the 21st of April, from 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC.
They'll be operating on SSB, and digital modes.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, this is Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT.
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