Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jun 15 2018 08:46 am
SILENT KEY: YASME FOUNDATION DIRECTOR/SECRETARY KIP EDWARDS W6SZN
JIM/ANCHOR: The influential Yasme Foundation, and its supports, are
mourning the death of an amateur, who was its lifeblood. Stephen
Kinford, N8WB, has that report.
STEPHEN'S REPORT: The director and secretary of the Yasme Foundation,
a nonprofit that supports amateur radio projects worldwide, has become
a Silent Key. DXpeditioner and DX contester G. Kip Edwards, W6SZN, of
Indianola, Washington, died on June 6.
Yasme Foundation president Ward Silver, N0AX, told the ARRL that Kip
was the prime mover behind a number of important grant programs, and
brought a sharp sense of organization to several amateur radio
organizations. A lawyer by training, he retired in 2013, from a San
Francisco practice, where he had been a partner. He relocated to
Washington state.
A member of the DXCC Honor roll, Kip got his earliest amateur radio
license at the age of 11 in Kansas. He rekindled an interest in the
hobby, as an adult after years of inactivity. He eventually became
president of the Northern California Contest Club, and editor of its
newsletter. He was honored by the club as Contester of the Year in
1982. He was also a member and one-time president of the Northern
California DX Club.
He was a life member of the ARRL, and a member of the ARRL Maxim
Society. Kip was 71.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB.
(YASME FOUNDATION, ARRL)
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SILENT KEY: JAPAN AMATEUR RADIO LEAGUE PAST PRESIDENT SHOZO HARA JA1AN
JIM/ANCHOR: In Japan, ham radio operators are marking the death of an
influential past president, and CQ Hall of Famer. We have that report
from Robert Broomhead, VK3DN.
ROBERT: The past president of the Japan Amateur Radio League, and a
member of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, has become a Silent Key.
Shozo Hara, JA1AN, who had trained as an electrical engineer, at Waseda
University, died on June 9.
The Nagasaki prefecture native became a director of the league in 1972,
and then was chosen as president. He served for 41 years, stepping down
in 2011. He had also been the first president of the Japan Amateur Radio
Development Association.
CQ inducted him into the Amateur Radio Hall of Fame in 2003.
Shozo Hara, who had also been an accomplished equestrian, was 91.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Robert Broomhead, VK3DN.
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THAILAND PUTS AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS ON LINE FOR SAMPLING
JIM/ANCHOR: Sure you've got your license in your home country - but do
you ever wonder if you could qualify elsewhere? Jason Daniels, VK2LAW,
helps answer that question.
JASON: Could you qualify for your amateur license in Thailand? If you
aren't one of that nation's 110,000 radio amateurs, and want to see if
you could make the grade, the National Broadcasting and
Telecommunications Commission, Thailand's communications agency, has
posted sample exams online for the world to see, and perhaps sample.
For years, any exams other than those for the basic license were
unavailable - but now the intermediate, and advanced tests, are among
those posted online.
The tests are timed, by the way. You have 90 minutes to answer 100
questions for the basic and intermediate license, and two hours for
the 100 questions on the advanced license examination. They don't
count for a real license, but they give you a good idea of what would
be involved if you sat for the test.
Meanwhile, those who have their license are getting an opportunity to
use a special event call sign now through Oct. 31. Be listening for
stations using HS50IARU, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of
Region 3 of the International Amateur Radio Union. Thailand is among
a number of countries whose amateur societies belong to Region 3.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.
