Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Sep 14 2018 09:54 am
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2133 for Friday, September 14, 2018
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2133, with a release date of
Friday, September 15, 2018, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Hams deploy for storm communications. The
Voice of America's Bethany Relay Station marks an anniversary - and
a tribute to Navajo Code Talkers. All this and more, as Amateur
Radio Newsline Report 2133, comes your way right now.
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BREAKING NEWS: HAMS RESPOND TO ATLANTIC HURRICANE SYSTEMS
JIM/ANCHOR: We begin this week's report with breaking news. As
Newsline went to production, hams in the U.S. were bracing to
provide storm response on several fronts. By Sept. 12, South
Carolina ARES had been activated, and the ARRL had shipped Ham
Aid kits to the state, in advance of Hurricane Florence. The
Hurricane Watch Net was closely following that hurricane, as well
as Tropical Storm Isaac and other systems. The Salvation Army Team
Emergency Network was also preparing for the likelihood of an
extended activation. With more details, here's Bobby Best, WX4ALA.
BOBBY: What just before the start of the official start of the
hurricane season was predicted to be an average to slightly above
average season by The National Hurricane Center, was later
downgraded midseason to an average to below average season, sure
seems to have kicked off September with a vengeance.
With one named storm, Tropical Storm Gordon already having made
landfall along the Alabama/Mississippi Gulf Coast, plus, as of
this story being filed, there were three named storms in the
Atlantic basin; Hurricane Florence, that is forecast to make
landfall somewhere along the southern Atlantic Coast, Hurricane
Isaac that could affect the Caribbean, and finally, of the named
storms there's Hurricane Helene, located just off the coast of
Africa.
There's also an area of concern that the National Hurricane Center
is monitoring that could ultimately affect the western Gulf in the
coming days.
This area of the Gulf of Mexico is very conducive for the potential
of tropical development at this time. So, persons in this area, or
with interest in the area need to closely monitor weather conditions.
Be sure to follow the National Weather Service, and local media
outlets, and heed the advice of local government officials. If
evacuations are suggested; follow those suggestions, please.
Additionally, follow the directions of your local ARES leadership
before and after landfall, and monitor and report emergency traffic
on the National Hurricane Center, and the various local SKYWARN NETS
on their respective frequencies through this event.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bobby Best, WX4ALA.
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ANTENNA GIVES BOOST TO FLEDGLING DXers IN UK
JIM/ANCHOR: Young members of an amateur radio club at one school in
the UK just got the gift of DX, as Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, tells us.
JEREMY: If some of the students at the Sandringham School in St. Albans,
Hertfordshire, seem to be disappearing at lunchtime or after school,
it's probable you'll find them in the first-floor room that houses the
school's amateur radio club station, M0SCY.
At this secondary school for high-achievers, these particular youngsters
are looking for particularly high marks - not just in academics, but
also in DXing. Members of the Sandringham School's Amateur Radio Club,
now in its second year, they recently helped assemble and install a
tri-band beam antenna, that had been donated by the school's headmaster
Alan Gray, G4DJX.
With extra help from him and the school's caretaker, the team of young
hams got the antenna in place early this month, and added a donated
rotator, with the support of a friend and Nevada Radio. Alan told
Newsline that the students went on the air and, immediately noticing
the improvement of the beam over the multi-band dipole they'd been
using, they wasted no time setting themselves up for their next
assignment: the challenge of completing DXCC by year's end.
Alan noted that this won't just be a ham radio achievement for the
youngsters but, with a nearby map, a geography lesson as well. He said
the students have their eyes on some contests in the coming months,
and have begun entering the Radio Society of Great Britain's 80 metre
cumulative contests. These high achievers have done well: the club's
September entry made 68 contacts in an hour and a half, with only four
operators. Best of all, Alan said, the students are teaching one another,
and working together. Now, he says, all he needs is a little extra help
around the shack to keep up the encouragement and the knowledge.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
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