Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Apr 13 2018 01:34 pm
WORLD OF DX
In the world of Dx, Oleh, UR5BCP, will be active as E51BCP, from
Rarotonga Island in the South Cook Islands, between April 15 and
April 20th. Listen for him on the Digital and SSB modes, on all HF
bands, including the WARC bands. You will also be able to hear E51BCP
during some SOTA activations. QSL via KD7WPJ.
In Micronesia, Sho, JA7HMZ, will be active as V63DX, from Pohnpei Island
between April 18-24th, focusing on 160 meters FT8. He is looking in
particular for European stations. QSL via his home callsign, direct or
LoTW. He is not accepting Bureau QSLs.
Listen for operators Hendro/YB3LZ, Bimbo/YB3MM, and Tety/YB3TET, on the
air using their home calls slash 8 (/8) from Tinabo Island, between
April 28th and May 1st, and then from Selayar Island on May 1st and 2nd.
Send QSLs via IZ8CCW, ClubLog or LoTW.
If you were hoping to work Franz, DC4CQ, from Senegal, please note that
he has cancelled his operation as 6W/DC4CQ this month due to illness.
(OHIO PENN DX)
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KICKER: SOUNDS OF SILENCE, MAYBE
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We close this week's newscast with word that ham radio
has gone Hollywood again - in a new sci-fi movie. Here's Don Wilbanks,
AE5DW.
DON: Now here are some words to live by: "If they can't hear you, they
can't hunt you." Sounds like some great advice for radio operators
trying to pick up some DX contacts, using a QRP signal under bad band
conditions. But no, guess again: These words are the tagline for a new
movie called "A Quiet Place." It's a futuristic horror flick, in which
aliens invade the earth, and kill people for making noise.
That's right, even space aliens sometimes find QRM unbearable.
So why should we care? Well, the main character, a New England farmer
portrayed by actor-writer-director John Krasinski, has something in
his basement we should all care about. He's got a ham shack down there,
which he uses to listen for signs of life beyond Planet Earth, where if
you want to stay alive, there's no talking aloud. There's not even noisy
walking allowed!
Ham radio perhaps has one of the few speaking roles in a film that is
largely devoid of dialogue. The movie, however, has been causing quite
a bit of chatter among amateur radio operators, who are always happy to
see some of their favorite rigs get some on-screen time. You might even
say that among hams "A Quiet Place" is raising the noise floor - but in
a good way.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW.
PHILLY INQUIRER, DEADLINE.COM
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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston,
West Virginia, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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