Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri May 18 2018 09:36 am
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2116, for Friday, May 18, 2018
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2116, with a release date of
Friday, May 18 2018 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Hams in Hawaii keep an eye on an active volcano.
Findings are released in the death of a New Zealand amateur -- and TV's
"Last Man Standing" is coming back. All this and more, as Amateur Radio
Newsline Report 2116, comes your way right now.
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INFORMAL NETS MONITOR HAWAII VOLCANO
DON:/ANCHOR: We begin this week with breaking news. The eyes of the
world have been on the continuing eruptions of scalding lava from
Hawaii's Kilauea (Killa-Waya) volcano but formal assistance from the
amateur radio community has not yet been needed. At Newsline's
production time, all normal communications remained functional, and
hams were simply monitoring the situation. However, two nets have been
operating informally on the island - one on 40 meters, and another on
a 2 meter repeater run by Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster.
As evacuations continue and national parks and other locations remain
shut, Amateur Radio Newsline will continue to follow developments.
(ARRL)
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REPORT: FAULTY ELECTRIC BLANKET LED TO HAM'S DEATH
DON/ANCHOR: The death of a radio amateur in New Zealand last summer has
been traced to a tragic malfunction of an electric blanket. Robert
Broomhead, VK3DN, has that report.
ROBERT: Arthur Earle Plimley, ZL1TAG, became a Silent Key last August,
after a fire erupted in the room of his home in Thames. The 76-year-old
retired electrician was pronounced dead on the scene, the result of
asphyxiation from a smouldering fire.
A new report reveals that the fire had been set off by a 40-year-old
electric blanket that he had modified. The blanket burned the mattress
on his bed, and it is believed that he got up from the bed in an attempt
to reach the window but was overcome by smoke.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Robert Broomhead, VK3DN.
(RADIO NEW ZEALAND)
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NEW CHANCES TO COMPETE AT WRTC
DON/ANCHOR: While many of us have spent months planning for Hamvention
in Dayton, Ohio, organizers in Germany have devoted their efforts to
the World Radiosport Team Championship coming up this summer. Things
just got a little more exciting for non-contestants too, as Ed Durrant,
DD5LP, tells us.
ED�S REPORT: The list of available WRTC awards for non-contestants is
getting longer. Five more will be added to the two existing, WWQR and
VOTA award programs for WRTC 2018. These programs have already had more
than 1800 certificates issued.
"With our awards, we want to support the already large, international
interest in the WRTC and reward all the stations who will create the
pile-ups for the competitors," said Michael Hoeding, DL6MHW, from the
WRTC organizing team.
Those who contact all WRTC stations can download the "Worked All WRTC
Stations (WAWRTC)" certificate from the internet as soon as the
competition completes. "A log does not have to be sent in. The data to
create the certificates is generated from the log books of the WRTC
stations." explained Awards Manager Hajo Weigand, DJ9MH.
The "WRTC Sprint" award is all about speed. Those who contact all 63
WRTC stations regardless of operating mode or band within a short period
of time, will be honoured with a certificate. The leader in each of the
29 different WRTC qualifying regions will receive a prize in addition to
the certificate.
Stations that contact the WRTC stations on all bands and modes should
apply for the "WRTC Most QSOs (MQ)" award to add to their collection.
The maximum number of contacts for all WRTC stations on CW and SSB across
all five amateur contest bands is 630. Will anyone reach that? Here too,
regional winners get a special prize.
The WRTC 2018 Distance Challenge relates to contacts over as many
kilometres as possible and making up to the maximum possible 630 contacts
with the WRTC teams. This special prize is attractive to those who can
show the most kilometres worked from the logbook, reports Michael Hoeding.
All contacts of the WRTC teams will be verified by the referees.
As in many sports, the WRTC referees rely on assistance. The most
important assistance comes from the logbooks of amateurs who contact
the WRTC teams and are received by 18:00 UTC on Sunday, July 15. Amateurs
submitting these check-logs go into a draw for the "Assistant Judge"
prize.
All details of the awards will be published on the WRTC 2018 website at
www.WRTC2018.de.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.
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