Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri May 11 2018 10:30 am
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, be listening for Adam, SP4CUF, in Poland. He is
celebrating 40 years of ham radio activity by operating on various HF
bands with the special callsign HF40CUF. QSL via his home callsign.
A group of operators including Doug/W6HB, Bruce/AD7MM, and Marilyn/KI7DLK,
will be active as E51DLD, E51BAS, and E51MAS, respectively - with other
team members - from Rarotonga Island until the 25th of May. You may also
hear Jim/E51JD, and Bob/E51BQ. These operations will be holiday style on
various HF bands, and in various modes. Two of the stations will operate
with 100 watts, and wire antennas. QSL via their home callsigns.
In the Canary Islands, members of the Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles,
EA8URL, is operating as EG8CID, through the 30th of May to celebrate Canary
Islands Day. Operations will be on all bands and modes. QSL via LoTW or
via EA8URL.
Be listening for Walter, HB9XBG, operating as FO/HB9XBG, from Bora Bora
Island, in French Polynesia, between June 7-17th. Activity will be on 20
meters SSB. QSL via his home callsign.
(OHIO PENN DX)
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KICKER: STRAIGHT KEY IS A SILENT KEY
NEIL: Finally, we end this week's report with a story of a reluctant
ending. Paul Braun, WD9GCO, has a story of a very special kind of Silent
Key.
PAUL: We all know that empty moment when we learn of another Silent Key -
but what happens when the Silent Key is bigger than just one person? What
does it mean when a group like the Morse Telegraph Club's British Columbia
chapter goes silent?
The 10 remaining members of the chapter gathered for their final meeting
on the 26th of April in a Canadian retirement community. The gathering had
21 guests in all, because a few of the members brought their adult
children.
One member, Chris Naylor, age 87, called the moment the "closing of an
era." Another member, Doug Taylor, age 78, said "our ranks are thin. I'm
a bit sad."
As always, however, Morse Code proved once again to be a blessing to them
all - this time in a very literal sense. In fact, at the luncheon meeting,
retired Lutheran pastor Alfred Johnson, age 92, offered grace over the
meal, by tapping out a prayer of thanks, using a straight key.
Dessert followed, and the icing on the cake - a festive sheet cake - had
the image of a small straight key, and the accompanying words "What Hath
God Wrought." That is the Biblical text sent through the first U.S.
telegraph line on May 24, 1844. It was the beginning of the age of the
telegraph, and proved the last message the chapter would send as a group.
And then - silence.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.
(THE SURREY NOW-LEADER NEWSPAPER)
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Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; the South Cheshire Amateur Radio Society;
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Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW
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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 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always we thank you for listening.
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