Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Apr 06 2018 01:50 pm
HAMVENTION DIVERSION: HEARING (AND SEEING) VOICE OF AMERICA
JIM/ANCHOR: If you're heading to Ohio, for Hamvention in May, there's
one stop you'll want to make. Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, tells us where -- and
why.
NEIL: When the lights go out at the Greene County Fairgrounds after a
busy day at Hamvention, what happens next? The National Voice of
America's Museum of Broadcasting has that answer: A visit to West
Chester, Ohio, a half-hour or so away from the convention by car. The
museum is open for extended hours during Hamvention weekend, and visitors
can get an early start on Thursday, when the museum is open from 1 to
4 p.m. The museum will have especially late hours until 9 p.m. on Friday,
May 18th and Saturday May 19th. This historic site, known as VOA's
Bethany Station, had six of the world's most powerful shortwave
transmitters, sending messages to Europe, Africa, and South America,
between 1944 and 1994, when the studio finally went silent. Attendees can
visit the exhibits dedicated to broadcast pioneer Powel Crosley Jr., see
a huge collection of Drake Amateur Radio gear, and VOA's remaining
250,000-watt transmitter, as well as the 1960s master control room. Or
do what hams enjoy best: get on the air from the ham shack for WC8VOA,
the West Chester Amateur Radio Association.
For more information on hours and exhibits, visit voamuseum dot org - and
see you in Ohio!
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
(VOICE OF AMERICA MUSEUM)
**
AN ON-AIR SALUTE FOR THE SOLDIERS
JIM/ANCHOR: ANZAC Day is a big deal in Australia and New Zealand, and not
just on the ground, but on the air, as we hear from John Williams, VK4JJW.
JOHN'S REPORT: Amateurs in New Zealand and Australia will be saluting
members of the military who have died serving their country, by getting
on the air the old-fashioned way, on Monday the 25th of April - ANZAC Day.
They'll be operating on AM and CW. This annual tribute event, which is
marking its eighth year, is especially popular with hams who have radios
that were once used in the military, or are using older crystal-locked
transceivers. These are the modes used by the military during the early
wars. The commemorative event has its roots in an inspired conversation
between Mike Patterson, VK4MIK, of the Tableland Radio Group of Far North
Queensland, and Lionel Veale, who had served as a Coastwatcher in Papua,
New Guinea, during the Second World War.
The Tableland Radio Group, VK4GHL, is asking all hams who have the
capability in their home shacks to change modes for that day -- and to
remember.
ANZAC day is also one of the three days in the year when Australian
amateurs can substitute AX for VK in their call sign prefix. Perhaps AX
should mean AM Extra Special in this case?
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.
**
LOOKING FOR YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
JIM/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.
**
BREAK HERE
Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the N6MPX repeater
of the Mad Scientist Amateur Radio Club, in San Mateo, California, which
can be heard on Friday evenings, at 9pm Pacific time.
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