Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Oct 26 2018 09:07 am
WHAT'S ON TV? ASK NASA
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: NASA will be transmitting commemorative images on Slow
Scan TV, and you can tune in. Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, has more.
NEIL: Now here's a TV transmission you can't set your video recorder or
DVR to capture: It's a Slow Scan TV event aboard the International
Space Station, with the support of NASA's Space, Communication and
Navigation Department - and enabled by ARISS and Russian international
partners - and hams have been invited to participate.
The ARISS transmission is to begin at about 10 a.m. UTC on October 27th,
and it will be a downlink of 12 images. The transmissions are being
broadcast on 145.800 MHz using the PD-120 SSTV mode.
Six images will feature the educational activities of the Space,
Communication, and Navigation Department, and the other six will
commemorate such anniversaries, as the first manned lunar landing in
1968, and the establishment of NASA itself in 1958. Images can be
posted and viewed afterward at an ARISS website. See our website,
arnewsline.org, for a printed script of this newscast, which contains
an online link to that website.
http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php.
NASA has been celebrating a number of its anniversary moments all year
long, and this event is part of that celebration. Amateur radio clubs
at various NASA centers often operate special event stations marking
these milestones, and hams are able to receive certificates for
successful contacts.
In making its announcement about the Slow Scan TV event, ARISS cautioned
that the event was subject to change, and dependent on schedules, and ISS
crew responsibilities.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
**
WORLD OF DX
In this week's world of DX, listen for Peter, DC0KK, operating as 4S7KKG,
in Sri Lanka, starting November 1st through April 1st. He prefers
operating CW, and on the digital modes. Send QSLs via his home call sign,
direct, and by the bureau. Logs of all QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and
ClubLog.
Eric, VA2IDX, will be active from Anticosti Island as VA2IDX/p, from
November 2nd to the 7th. Be listening on 40 and 20 meters. He will be
operating QRP on SSB and possibly CW. QSL via his home call sign, direct,
and by the Bureau.
Meanwhile, if you can't wait for summer in the southern hemisphere, it's
likely you also can't wait for the Bouvet Island DXPedition of 3Y01
(Three Y Zero One). While the Rebel DX group has yet to announce the
exact days of the activation on the world's most remote island, they have
identified which bands and modes they'll be using for SSB, CW and FT8.
For details, visit their website bouvetoya dot org (bouvetoya.org)
(OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN)
**
KICKER: SCARING UP SOME CONTACTS IN TRANSYLVANIA
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Finally, with Halloween nearly here, Newsline asks: Do
you stand a ghost of a chance for some good contacts on HF? Mike Askins,
KE3CXP, has the answer.
MIKE: What's scarier than an encounter with the walking dead? An
encounter with the HF bands in the same condition. Short of hosting an
exorcism, your best option might just be to hit 'Push To Talk' anyway
and join some hams in Louisiana, who are hosting a BOO-SO party. Yes,
that's BOO-SO - a ham radio activity designed to scare up some contacts.
The Louisiana Delta Radio Club, KC5DR, will be at one of the region's
most visible haunts - the Transylvania, Louisiana Water Tower - calling
Q-R-Dead -- that is, Q-R-Zed - on the 27th of October, from 1600 UTC to
2200 UTC. There's no requirement to show up in costume, but the town's
water tower itself is dressed for the occasion year round - it bears the
likeness of a giant bat flying with its wings spread - joining everyone
on the air. So be listening for KC5DR on HF - and if you think you're
hearing voices, you'll know for sure that band conditions aren't a
complete horror show. The hams will be logging all contacts and, as
Dracula himself might say -- keeping Count.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
(JOE HOLLAND KB5VJY)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL;
CQ Magazine; DX-World.net; EURAO Newsletter; Kenneth Opskar, LA7GIA;
Lloyd Colston, KC5FM; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Irish Radio
Transmitters Society; Joe Holland, KB5VJY; Karl Martin, KG4HBN; Ohio-Penn
DX Bulletin; Sonoma County Radio Amateurs Club; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Variety; Wireless Institute of
Australia; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at
[email protected]. More information is available at Amateur Radio
Newsline's only official website at www.arnewsline.org.
For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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