Subj : Newsline Part 3
To : ALL USERS
From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Fri Mar 18 2016 11:54 am
SILENT KEY: ENGINEERING PIONEER GRANT BINGEMAN, KM5KG
Grant Bingeman, KM5KG, an influential designer and programmer who changed
the shape of AM RF engineering, has become a Silent Key. The Plano, Texas
amateur was an early developer of Method of Moments modeling of AM antenna
systems, and wrote his own programs for ham radio applications and to do
AM modeling.
A professional engineer, he was respected for his expertise in antenna
couplers, network design and phasing systems for AM radio, along with
computer control. A longtime colleague, Jack Sellmeyer, was quoted in one
published article as saying that Bingeman had worked at Gates/Harris,
Rockwell/Collins and later, the Rockwell/Collins' broadcast division that
was acquired by Continental Electronics. Sellmeyer said industry
consultants often relied heavily on his work for their phasor designs.
Bingeman, who died on Feb. 29, was 66.
(RADIO WORLD)
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SILENT KEY: QSL MANAGER MARY ANN CRIDER, WA3HUP
The amateur community is also mourning the loss of Mary Ann Crider,
WA3HUP, who for decades connected hams with other hams, quietly working
behind the scenes as QSL maanger for a number of DXers, including
Jordan's King Hussein, JY1. She had also been manager of the W3 QSL
Bureau.
The Air Force veteran had been a licensed amateur since 1967 when she
was in the service.
The Pennsylvania amateur died March 12 at the age of 91.
(ARRL)
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THE WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, these are the last days to work Herbert DK2BR in
Vietnam. He is operating holiday style from Con Son Island until March
26 with the callsign 3W2BR on 40m to 10m SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Send QSL
cards direct to his home callsign.
Operators Helen RC5A and Yuri RM0F are going to Maldive Islands where
they will be active as 8Q7CA and 8Q7FU, respectively, between April 17
and 30th. They will work 160-6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via their
home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or the OQRS on ClubLog.
Listen for Bill, K2HVN, working as 9Y/K2HVN on the Island of Tobago
between April 14 and 26th. He will work 40 to 10 meters vacation style.
Listen for him on SSB and in CW mode.QSL via his home callsign. Cards
are already printed. He will not accept LoTW. See QRZ.com for info.
A number of teams will be working the CQWW WPX SSB Contest on March 26
and 27. They include members of the CT3 Team, active as CQ9T from
Funchal, working as a Multi-Single/ Low-Power entry. QSL via CT3KN.
Listen also for members of Amateur Radio Taipei, active from Taiwan as
BP0P as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via BP0P. QSL also OK via Amateur Radio
Taipei's QSL Service. And during the contest, be listening as well for
Laurent, FM5BH, who will be active as TO972M from Martinique Island as
a Single- Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL TO972M via FM5BH direct.
(OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN, IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)
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KICKER: DECODING AN OVERDUE 'THANK YOU'
STEPHEN: And finally, we close this week's report with a story of one
woman's quietly triumphant act of service in World War II. Like so many
others who helped break the Germans' code, no one was ever supposed to
know about her, or even celebrate her efforts. Until now -- as we hear
from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
JEREMY: Recognition was the last thing Theo Hopkinson would have wanted,
or even asked for, 71 years ago, when she was working to help decode
Nazi messages during World War II. In fact, she was part of a larger
group of code-breakers who, similarly, vowed to keep as low a profile
as possible while they worked at either Bletchley Park or Hanslope Park,
intercepting messages from Germany.
Theo, who worked at Hanslope Park, is now 89 and the war is long since
over. So when Theo recently intercepted something once again, it was
quite public and clearly worded. It was, in fact, a long overdue thank
you for her efforts which, like those of her colleagues, have been
credited for helping shorten the war and save millions of lives.
On Friday, the 11 of March, Theo was among a small group of women now
living in Canada who received the Bletchley Park Medal. It was presented
by British Consul General Kevin McGurgan at the University Club in
Toronto, Canada.
Mr McGurgan said: "It's good that now we're able to actually honour and
acknowledge these people in a way that perhaps should have been a lot
earlier". And fortunately, there was absolutely no need to decipher the
meaning there.
(THE TORONTO SUN)
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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to ABC.NET Australia; Alan Labs; the ARRL;
CQ Magazine; DX.NET; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; the Hindu newspaper;
Irish Radio Transmitter Society; the Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QSL.NET;
QRZ.COM., Southgate Amateur Radio News; The Toronto Sun; TWiT TV;
Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from
the Amateur Radio Newsline.
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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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