Subj : Newsline Part 1
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From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Thu Mar 10 2016 09:18 pm
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2002, March 11, 2016
Amateur Radio Newsline report number 2002, with a release date of Friday,
March 11, 2016, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. A treasured vintage radio finds a new home. Hams
in Australia celebrate 50 years of nostalgia and friendship. California
DXPeditioners make a gift to students in the Falkland Islands. And an
Ohio amateur looks at nearly 9 decades of life on the bands. All this
and more, in Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2002, coming your way right
now.
(Billboard Cart Here and Intro)
HISTORIC RECEIVER'S GREAT RECEPTION
JIM/ANCHOR: We begin this week's newscast with a story of past and present.
In early February, Amateur Radio Newsline shared the story of a vintage
radio receiver that was making a journey from College Station, Texas to
its new home at the the U.S.S. Indianapolis memorial museum. Well, it has
arrived, and is settling in nicely, and we're happy to bring you this
update, courtesy of Mike Sercer, WA9FDO.
[MIKE'S REPORT]
A few weeks back, Don Wilbanks reported on the donation of a rare R-C-K
World War II receiver by Mr. Doug Christensen, KG5KSG. of College Station,
Texas. We are happy to report that the radio, manufactured by the E.H.
Scott Company in 1944, has been received in Indianapolis by the volunteer
ham operators at the U.S.S. Indianapolis Memorial Radio Room. Chuck Crist,
W9IH, the volunteer coordinator for the Radio Room exhibit, explains the
significance of this rare find:
[CHUCK CRIST SOUND BITE]
The Radio Room exhibit is the result of eight years of work and contains
over 50 pieces of fully operational equipment of the type aboard the ship
at the time of its sinking - just give days before the end of World War II.
For a look inside the room, and the history behind the ship, log on to
their website at www dot ussindyradio dot org.
From the Indiana War Memorial in downtown Indianapolis, this is Mike
Sercer, WA9FDO, reporting for Newsline.
**
IN AUSTRALIA, A 50-YEAR REUNION
JIM/ANCHOR: Speaking of history, time has gone by - lots of time - since
a small group of hams in Australia first gathered at Easter time for a
social weekend. Well, the group has decided it's time to catch up with one
another's lives, and Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp, VK4BB, lets us
in on what they've got planned.
[GRAHAM'S REPORT:] Amateur radio was 50 years younger, as were its
licensees and their families, on a long-ago Easter Saturday when 15 or 20
people attended a campsite gathering at the Ceratodus reserve on the banks
of the Burnett River in VK4. They seemed to have a good time - from what
some of them can remember - so they thought they'd try again. The group
now has plans to return to the central Queensland site on the 26th of
March, and they're going to party like it's 1966.
Although the main events will be eyeball chatter, sharing memories and
offering a welcome to young and prospective hams, there's also going to be
a little bit of on-the-air activity too. Plans are to work 7.060 Mhz on
40 meters and 146.500 simplex FM on 2 meters.
The social camping weekend reunion was organized by Kev, VK4MKB, Brandon,
VK4VIP, and Geoff, VK4GI.
Of course, in the ensuing decades, some things have changed. Geoff was
still a year away from getting his call sign, and Kev himself was only 8
years old. Brandon, on the other hand, hadn't even been thought of yet.
But one thing remains constant for them all. As Geoff told Amateur Radio
Newsline in an email:
QUOTE "We have been friends for a very long time." ENDQUOTE
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB, down the river a bit
from Ceratodus Reserve.
(GEOFF BONNEY, VK4GI, WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA)
**
NATIONAL PARKS EVENT GETS BOOST FROM STATE OF ILLINOIS
The frontier explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, could probably
have benefitted from having an amateur radio on board as they made their
way through what was then the New American West. But the next best thing
to that is the amateur radio operation taking place on Saturday, March 19
at the historic Illinois site that marks the starting point of the
adventurers' trail. Helping mark the National Park Service's centennial,
the State of Illinois historic site located at the beginning of the Lewis
and Clark National Historic Trail will be hosting the all-day event, from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. showcasing amateur radio. Local hams will be
demonstrating the use of backup communications under emergency conditions,
and will talk about ham radio's role aboard the International Space Station
as well as with the American Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management
Agency. The site is located in Hartford, Illinois, a few miles north of
Illinois Route 3, and is operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation
Agency. On March 19, however, it will be operated by hams instead.
(THE ALTON TELEGRAPH)
**
DXPEDITIONERS GIVE GIFT TO FALKLANDS SCHOOLS
JIM/ANCHOR: In California, a noted group of avid DXers, recently back from
the Falklands, has decided to pay it forward. After working the bands in
the Falkland Islands, they've gotten down to the task of helping some of
the schools there, in a very amateur radio kind of way. We hear now from
Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
[NEIL RAPP REPORT]: Forget, for a moment, all those QSL cards generated
by the recent Intrepid-DX Group DXpedition through the Falkland Islands.
There's another kind of bounty, one that's likely to be more long-lasting:
The Northern California DX Foundation, which operated the DXpedition, has
announced a scholarship grant to the Falkland Island Elementary and Middle
schools so they can buy amateur radio antennas, kits and other equipment
for the students, as well as to create supporting material for the
classroom curriculum. The foundation credits David Collingham, K3LP, with
doing the groundwork while in the Falklands, meeting with school
administrators, teachers and government officials as the team worked the
bands recently in its South Sandwich and South Georgia operations.
Part of the California foundation's charter provides for scholarship
opportunities and for projects such as this, to support the next generation
of amateurs.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington, Indiana.
(ARRL)
**
ATTENTION DXERS, DINNER IS SERVED
JIM/ANCHOR: It's time to start thinking about Dayton Hamvention. And for
some DXers, it's also time to start thinking about the Dayton DX Dinner.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephen Kinford, N8WB, has the details:
STEPHEN: What's on the menu at the 2016 Dayton DX Dinner? Fellowship,
giveaways, awards presentations -- all that, plus a great meal. But if
you don't get your tickets soon, you could go hungry and miss out on
everything. The Southwest Ohio DX Association, which is sponsoring the
31st annual DX Dinner in conjunction with Dayton Hamvention, reports that
tickets are selling quickly. Individual reservations or entire tables of
10 can be purchased by going to the Southwest Ohio DX Association website
and using PayPal. Or you can download a mail-in registration form. Visit
the website at www.swodxaevents.org
The event is Friday, May 20 at the Dayton Marriott. Last year, more than
400 amateurs attended. Don't forget to stick around for the next day's
event, also geared to DXers: On Saturday, May 21, the Hara Arena will
open its doors to a DX Forum.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio.
(SWODXA)
**
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