Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Nov 23 2018 11:24 am
DISTANCE LEARNING BRINGS LESSONS CLOSER
JIM/ANCHOR: Of course, sometimes hams don't have to travel at all - not
even to receive instruction to upgrade their class of license. Jeremy
Boot, G4NJH, tells us about the next class that's starting soon.
JEREMY: Are you ready to go the distance to get the highest level amateur
licence in the UK? The Bath Based Advanced Distance Learning Course is
preparing to help hams achieve that goal. This is a very different kind
of DXing. The long-distance instruction is being provided free by the
Bath & District Amateur Radio Club through classes that start on Friday
the 1st of February - but because the class fills up fast, the team of
instructors is already opening registration to interested amateurs. The
course is free, but a deposit of �40 will be held, and then returned to
students upon completion of the training. Deposits from hams who do not
complete the coursework will be donated to charities such as the RCF,
British Wireless for the Blind and the RAIBC. The next Advanced Exam is
expected to be given in either July or August of 2019. Coursework in the
past has included video tutorials and instruction on the internet.
Hams interested in registering should email Steve G-ZERO-FUW (G0FUW) at
g0fuw at Tiscali dot co dot uk
[email protected]
Of course, those who live close to Bath can attend a classroom course
that will be held on Wednesday evenings, starting the 30th of January,
at Scout headquarters on Grove Street.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH
(RADIO SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN, Bath & District Amateur Radio Club)
**
GOING APE OVER 'TARZAN' SPECIAL EVENT STATION
JIM/ANCHOR: OK movie fans, did you miss having a QSO with Tarzan this
month? We mean "Tarzan" the film classic, of course. An on-air tribute
provided amateurs around the world with this special opportunity, as we
hear from Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
MIKE: Movie-goers and fans knew the iconic figure as "Tarzan of the Apes"
thanks to Brian Tordoff, KD0GRS, he became "Tarzan of the Hams," if
only for a day. Using the call sign W0T, for Whiskey Zero Tarzan, Brian
operated from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time on Saturday, Nov. 11, receiving
83 contacts - three from Canada, and 1 from Norway among them. Each of
those contacts helped him celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first
"Tarzan" movie. That film, called "Tarzan of the Apes," starred Elmo
Lincoln as the first actor to wear the iconic loincloth. There was a lot
of material for a ragchew, he said, and as fans checked in, they recalled
the 24 Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the 48 movies and the 19
actors who got to portray Tarzan on screen.
Brian, it seems, has been a ham for only nine years, but a Tarzan fan
for more than 60 years. Realizing last year that the anniversary would
be coming up this year, he applied for the special call sign, and his
son helped him produce the special QSL card he'd designed.
Brian told Newsline he likely would have fared better with more than 100
watts, but he's still glad he made the special event happen. He's
certainly not alone in his love of this classic literary figure. In
fact, when a few hams heard him calling QRZed, they keyed the mic, and
simply went ape.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
**
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