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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Nov 02 2018 12:13 pm

WORLD OF DX

In this week's World of DX be listening for Andy, OE7AJH, who is active
holiday style, mornings and evenings, as 5R8UP from Madagascar. He is
on the air from the 3rd through the 13th of November, operating CW and
SSB, on 40 through 10 meters, and possibly 80 meters. Send QSLs via his
home call, direct or bureau.

Be listening for Michael, DF8AN, who is operating on Christmas Island
as VK9XQ, from the 3rd to the 6th of November, and again from the 9th to
the 17th of November. He will be operating from the Cocos Islands as
VK9CH, from the 6th to the 9th of November. At both locations, he will be
operating mainly CW, RTTY, and other digital modes and can be found on
160 meters through 6 meters. QSL via his home call, direct or bureau,
or eQSL.

Starting on the 3rd of November, and through the end of December, you can
listen for Special Event Station IY1EY, operating from Loano (LOW-anno).
The station is commemorating Guglielmo Marconi's experiments that were
conducted in the Ligurian Sea aboard his yacht "Elettra" from 1919 to 1936.
Listen on all bands, both in CW and SSB. There will be a special QSL card
courtesy of IK1QBT.

The Ducie Island DXpedition VP6D closed down early at 1630 UTC on the
31st of October due to bad weather, and while many were undoubtedly
disappointed that they didn't get a contact with them,  it was nice to
see all the compliments, and good wishes for a safe return home to the
team on the DX Cluster.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: A GOLDEN TRIBUTE TO LITHUANIA'S AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITES

JIM/ANCHOR: We conclude this week with a story about a tribute to
Lithuania's ham radio satellites - a tribute that's golden. Here's Jim
Meachen, ZL2BHF.

JIM MEACHEN: Let's talk money. Depending upon how well you equip your
shack, amateur radio can end up costing you a couple of coins. If you're
a ham in Lithuania, however - or even if you're not - there are now some
new amateur radio coins that can end up costing you a couple of regular
coins. These are gold commemorative ones valued at 5 euros - that's a
little more than five dollars in U.S. currency - and the Bank of Lithuania
is issuing them on the 6th of November. They honor the nation's two
amateur radio CubeSats, the LituanicaSAT-1 and LitSAT-1, both of which
were launched to the International Space Station in January of 2014. and
then deployed from there on Feb. 28 of that same year. The LituanicaSAT-1's
payload included an FM transponder and camera, and the LitSat-1 was
carrying a linear transponder for SSB and CW developed by a ham.

The coin bears the images of both CubeSats as well as the Lithuanian coat
of arms which appears as a constellation of stars.

LitSat-1 also broadcast a three-word message shortly after it left the
ISS. Transmitted in Lithuanian, the words translate to: "Lithuania Loves
Liberty," and hams in Brazil, Germany, and Estonia, were the first to
receive that signal. It all made Lithuania's presence in space as good
as gold - and now the nation has the currency to prove it.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Allan Schlaugat (pronounced
"SCHLOGGIT") N9ISN; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; Cesi DiBenedetto,
KD8OOB; Cincinnati Observatory website; CQ Magazine; Daryl Lambe, ZS6DLL;
Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Marty Sullaway, KC1CWF; Ohio-Penn DX
Bulletin; Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; 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 Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston, West
Virginia, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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