Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri May 18 2018 09:36 am
WORLD WAR II WEEKEND IN READING, PENNSYLVANIA
DON/ANCHOR: More World War II history is being revisited -- this one at
a Pennsylvania airport, as we hear from Heather Embee, KB3TZD.
HEATHER: It's going to be World War II weekend in Reading, Pennsylvania,
and the re-enactors and warbirds will be converging on Reading Regional
Airport on June first, second and third. The weekend marks the 28th
anniversary of the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum.
So it's only natural that ham radio operators will also be called up for
duty. Starting on the 31st of May, and right through 4th of June, Special
Event Station W-2-R will be on the air from the cargo area of the Boeing
C-97 known as the "Angel of Deliverance," sent to the airport from the
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation. This model of aircraft has great
significance for the role it played in the development of single
sideband's standard use in long-range bomber aircraft.
Arthur Collins of the Collins Corporation installed a 75A-4 receiver,
and a KWS-1 transmitter - known as the company's "Gold Dust Twins" --
into the cargo area of a C-97. It didn't hurt, of course, that Curtis
LeMay and Butch Griswold were hams, as well as Air Force generals.
Be listening for the special event station, and you too can go into
battle - against the pile-ups, that is.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, K-B-3-T-Z-D.
(QRZ)
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WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, listen for special event station, 8J1ITU, on the
air in Japan, until May 31st. The station is marking the foundation of
the ITU, and is operated by the Japanese ITU Amateur Radio Club. Send
QSLs via the Bureau.
Listen for Yosuke, JJ1DQR, active as YB9/JJ1DQR, from Bali through to
the 21st of May. He will operate SSB on the HF bands. QSL via home call.
Dave VE7VR will be active holiday style in Botswana as A25VR from the
24th to the 3rd of June. Listen for him on 40, 30 and 20 meters. Send
QSLs via the home call.
Special callsign TC19M will be activated through to the 20th of May,
to mark the landing of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk at Samsun and the start of
Turkey's War of Independence. Listen for their SSB, RTTY, PSK, and FT8
signals on the HF bands. See qrz.com for QSL details.
(DAILY DX, DX WORLD)
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KICKER: REMEMBERING A CAPITAL HAM OF CAPITOL HILL
DON/ANCHOR: We close with this report about a special event station that
honors a man, who was a key lawmaker in United States history. He also
made it a point to be especially accessible to his constituents -- on the
ham radio bands. Here's Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.
KEVIN: He was an amateur people knew by his call sign, K7UGA, or even by
his first name, Barry -- although to much of the nation, and even the
world, he was also called United States Senator. It's no secret that
Barry Goldwater was a lifelong ham, and an advocate for the rights of
amateur radio operators. An Air Force veteran, he played an active role
with the Air Force MARS, providing phone patches for soldiers calling
home during the Vietnam War. Barry Goldwater became a Silent Key on May
29, 1998. This year, which marks the 20th anniversary of his death,
Special Event Station K7UGA will be on the air from the 28th of May to
the 3rd of June, on all bands, and all modes. The station is being
operated by the Central Arizona DX Association. So, it is still possible
to get a QSL card from K7UGA - this time in a way that honors, and
remembers the Arizona native who - like us - just loved being a part of
the hobby.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.
(THE TELEGRAPH, CADXA)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; the Barry Amateur
Radio Society; Central Arizona DX Association; CQ Magazine; the Daily
DX; DX World; Dayton Hamvention; Fox News; Hap Holly and the Rain
Report; John Amodeo; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; The Telegraph newsletter; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show;
the Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; and you our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send
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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 Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in Picayune,
Mississippi, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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