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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Apr 27 2018 09:52 am

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2113 for Friday, April 27, 2018

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2113, with a release date of
Friday, April 27, 2018, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Tragedy in St. Louis reminds us all of tower
safety. Hams in Lebanon get access to 6 meters -- and DXing reaches
new heights! All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report
2113, comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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CREW MEMBER DIES IN MISSOURI BROADCAST TOWER COLLAPSE

PAUL/ANCHOR: We begin this week with a cautionary tale about towers
and tower safety - this one from a tragedy outside a TV station in
Missouri. Here's Christian Cudnik, K0STH, with more.

CHRISTIAN: The 2,000-foot tall tower of a local public TV station
in Webster County, Missouri, collapsed on the 19th of April, killing
one worker, and injuring three others. The crew was conducting
maintenance outside Ozarks Public Television station KOZK, when the
structure toppled. Several members of the crew were on the tower,
about 105 feet off the ground, when the collapse occurred. The worker
who was killed had been trapped beneath the tower's debris.

The station is a Public Broadcasting System affiliate, operated by
Missouri State University. Stations in the region have assisted by
helping restore service to the station. Local authorities are
investigating to determine the cause.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Christian Cudnik, K0STH.

PAUL/ANCHOR: This story is a reminder as well to all of our listeners
to please follow safety precautions when doing any tower work. Whether
commercial broadcast or amateur, you can't be careful enough!

(KYTV-Springfield)

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WRTC CHAIRMAN TO SPEAK AT HAMVENTION

PAUL/ANCHOR: The worlds of Dayton Hamvention and the World Radio Team
Championships in Germany are about to converge in a little less than
a month, as we hear from Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

ED'S REPORT: Things are getting really busy as we approach WRTC 2018.
All is on schedule, but we've heard there are a couple of contesters
who haven't heard about WRTC, so we're sending Chris, DL1MGB, the
chairman of WRTC 2018 to Dayton Hamvention, to make sure all those at
the Dayton Hamvention Contest Dinner are fully informed. Chris was
kindly invited to be the key speaker. The dinner takes place on the
evening of May 9th, at the Crowne Plaza hotel in downtown Dayton.

If you can't get to Germany in July, we're planning to keep you all up
to date with proceedings at this internationally acclaimed event,
considered by many Contesters as the highlight of the season.

During the WRTC, a lot of photo and video material will be created,
processed, and distributed over TV, internet, and in print media, often
on the same day, or even in real time. The event's media team consists
of still and video photographers, Interviewers and editors, who will
create multiple articles, as well as a video magazine. Streamed Internet
video will be provided from the opening ceremony, the site allocation
announcements, and the closing event.

Neil Rapp's Ham Talk Live podcast program will be live from the WRTC
on the Thursday afternoon, giving everyone the opportunity to ask
questions about the WRTC before it kicks-off.

Videos from previous WRTC events are available on-line on the WRTC2018.de
website - see Amateur Radio Newsline's printed script for the direct URL.

SITE: http://wrtc2018.de/index.php/en/presse-2/wrtc-the-movies

Whether attending in person as a contestant, visitor, or helper, or just
watching from afar, we hope that the WRTC 2018 will be of interest to
all, and achieve or exceed the high standards set by previous events.

For the WRTC 2018 Publicity team, and AR Newsline, this is Ed Durrant,
DD5LP.

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SILENT KEY: FRANK VICTOR TARKINGTON W3KLQ

PAUL/ANCHOR: The amateur radio operator who brought television to the
White House, has become a Silent Key, as we hear from Heather Embee,
KB3TZD.

HEATHER: Frank Victor Tarkington, W-3-K-L-Q, the amateur radio operator
who installed the first White House TV set for President Harry S. Truman
in 1948, has become a Silent Key. Those who worked the Navy veteran's
station in Silver Spring, Maryland, were making contact with a slice of
history.

The World War II vet had witnessed the arming of the Enola Gay, while he
was on the island of Tinian, operating the radar station. By the time he
left the service, he had been advanced to Chief Radioman. After the war,
he worked for RCA, and in 1948, it was his job to install a 10-inch screen
in the White House Oval Office, so President Truman could watch the
opening of Congress that year.

Frank was an avid CW enthusiast, according to John Creel, W-B-3-G-X-W.
John and Frank - and many others - could be heard on the W-B-3-G-X-W
2-meter repeater in Silver Spring, Maryland, up until a few years ago.

The Oakland, California native died on April 19th, at the age of 102.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, K-B-3-T-Zed-D.

(JOHN CREEL WB3GXW, COLLINS FUNERAL HOME)
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