Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Apr 20 2018 12:46 pm
YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS STILL OPEN
CHRISTIAN/ANCHOR: Another reminder: Don't wait too long to send in your
nominations for this year's Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the
Year Award. We are accepting nominations through May 31, and it's coming
up fast. Candidates must be 18 or younger, and be a resident of the
United States, its possessions, or any Canadian province. Application
forms are available on our website arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab.
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MILITARY TRIBUTE TO AUSTRALIA'S VINTAGE RADIOS
CHRISTIAN/ANCHOR: Hams in Australia are getting ready to honor military
veterans - especially the radios that served so well. Here's Graham Kemp,
VK4BB.
GRAHAM: A group of hams here in Australia, has decided it's time to put
a very select group of military veterans back into service - their
vintage radios, many of which served during World War II, right up
through the Vietnam War. From the 28th to the 29th of April, you can
hear these operators throughout the HF bands, during the inaugural
Australian Military Radio Operators Weekend. Their outputs range from
QRP to 400 watts PEP, their modes range from CW to AM, and even SSB. So,
be listening for the call "CQ Military Radio Weekend", or if you happen
to have one of these fine vintage vets in your possession, answer the
call of duty and get on the air.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.
(WIA, NIC VK7BEE)
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JAPAN LADIES RADIO SOCIETY ENDS SPECIAL-EVENT YEAR
CHRISTIAN/ANCHOR: YLs in Japan have finished a year of celebrations,
and Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, has the details.
JASON: Special Event station 8N60JLRS is off the air. The Japan Ladies
Radio Society has concluded its 60th anniversary activation, which
began last year, with the special event callsign assigned to the club.
Despite on-again, off-again band conditions, club members could be heard
for 12 months, calling CQ from Hakkaido in the north, to Okinawa in the
south. According to club chairperson, Yukiko Maki, 7K4TKB, the year's
operations ended with more than 20,000 QSOs logged, which she said was
more than expected. She told Amateur Radio Newsline in an email that
the special event station accomplished so much more than that. She
wrote: [quote] "This excitement led to the restart for those who had
stopped ham radio activities. Some members purchased the state-of-the-art
transceivers, repaired their antennas, and are getting ready for their
renewed enjoyment." [endquote] Now THAT is a happy anniversary indeed.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.
(JAPAN LADIES RADIO SOCIETY)
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WRTC 2018 HAS PLANS FOR NON-COMPETITORS TOO
CHRISTIAN/ANCHOR: The time is edging closer for the World Radio Team
Championships in Germany -- and not just for competitors, as we hear
from Ed Durrant, DD5LP.
ED'S REPORT: Tours and events at the World radio team championships.
WRTC 2018 is not just a radio contest. It also provides competitors
and their families the opportunity to gather, and visit interesting
and educational places around the Wittenberg region.
The WRTC organizers are very aware of their responsibility to provide
interesting activities for the non-competing guests, who are coming to
support friends and family on the various teams.
It's not just the visitors and families who get to go sightseeing,
though. The committee members have made time in the seven day schedule
to allow competitors also to join trips to visit Leipzig on Thursday,
and to Berlin on Monday. During the times that the teams are busy
(Friday through Sunday) the non-contesters are well taken care of,
with tours to Dresden, and the beautiful, calm Worlitzer country Park.
All tours use first class buses with English speaking, and optionally
Russian speaking tourist guides.
All attending WRTC can also join walking tours in Wittenberg, around
which the WRTC is based. This historical town in the heart of Europe
has guided tours covering the history of Martin Luther, and showing
the place where Wilhelm Weber was born. Our hobby owes much to Weber
who invented wire-based telegraphy, with Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1833.
Without their work, there would be no CW in our hobby today.
If there's enough interest, there's also talk of a "Beer DX-pedition"
we're told this would be a scientific approach to beer drinking, with
a visit to the historical brewery in Wittenberg.
Visitors to WRTC 2018 in Germany can book tours and tickets via
booking.wrtc2018.de/en/offers
As well as the tours, there are a limited number of tickets for the
WRTC opening (Thursday), and closing (Monday) formal events.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, and counting down the weeks to the event,
this is Ed Durrant, DD5LP.
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