Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jul 27 2018 05:04 pm
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2126 for Friday, July 27, 2018
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2126, with a release date of
Friday, July 27, 2018 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. A ham in Japan achieves his goal after 4
decades. More than 300 lighthouses prepare for activation - and
meet Amateur Radio Newsline's Young Ham of the Year for 2018!
All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2126, comes
your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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TRIUMPH ON 6 METERS AND BEYOND
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We begin this week with a story of personal triumph.
One ham. One goal. One award. And 41 years. With those details,
here's John Williams, VK4JJW.
JOHN: Say the words "worked all states" to hams who have ambitions
for this ultimate ARRL award in American contacts, and they'll likely
tell you stories of perseverance, pileups, and no doubt, dreams. Ask
Tac Hirama, JA7QVI, a radio amateur in Japan, and he'll tell you that
he finally got to live that dream. On the 17th of June, almost 41 years
to the day after he began his Worked All States journey on 6 meters,
Tac had a successful QSO with New Jersey ham Andy, N2NT, via EME, or
moon bounce. It completed the protracted effort he began on June 11,
1977, in a QSO with Fred, W6PVB.
Tac told Amateur Radio Newsline in an email that his chase for a New
Jersey contact took a decade, and he had expected it would be, like the
other 49 states, either via F2 or Sporadic E propagation. Moon bounce,
however, did the trick.
He hasn't just collected an award however: Along the way, Tac has amassed
a number of friends - Dan, K1TO, Andy, N2NT, John, N2NC, Morris, N1IBM,
Dr. Joe, K1JT, among them.
We note that there's a little bit more to this adventure: With this
recent 6 meter accomplishment, Tac now boasts Worked All States awards
on 10 bands from 160 meters to 6 meters.
It pays, he said, not to give up on one's dreams.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.
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WHEN RADIO IS A BRIDGE TO THE WORLD
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Get ready to hear hams calling QRZ from bridges,
honoring a very special style of structure, as Jack Parker, W8ISH,
tells us.
JACK: If amateur radio is a bridge to the world, well, it's only
natural to expect to find hams on, or near bridges, on the 18th
of August. In Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, they'll be setting
up stations on, or near covered bridges. In Ohio, clubs such as the
Miami County Amateur Radio Club, and the Highland Amateur Radio
Association, will be among many activating these bridges, and calling
QRZ to mark Covered Bridge Day. The Miami County club will be operating
at the Eldean Covered Bridge in Troy, out of the nearby shelter house.
The bridge itself was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2017.
It was built in 1860, and is recognized as the longest "long truss"
style bridge in the U.S. The Highland club amateurs have a list of 7
bridges to be activated, including the Blackwood Covered Bridge in Lodi
Township, and the Lynchburg Covered Bridge. Meanwhile, that same day in
New York's Thousand Islands region, hams will be marking the 80th
anniversary of the opening of that region's International Bridge System.
The Thousand Islands Repeater Club, KC2TI, will be on the air from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. local time. The International Bridge System runs between
Collins Landing, New York, to the Ontario mainland, spanning 8.5 miles.
The weekend of August 18th and 19th promises to be a busy one, since the
bridge activations are taking place at the same time hams will be taking
part in the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend activations.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jack Parker, W8ISH.
(THOUSAND ISLANDS REPEATER CLUB, MIAMI COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB)
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