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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jan 04 2019 09:20 am
YOUTUBE VIDEOS FEATURE CANBERRA HAM CLUB PRESENTATIONS
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Can't get to a meeting of your ham club, but don't want
to miss a special presentation? One club in Australia has solved that
problem, as Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, explains.
JASON: It looks like the Canberra Region Amateur Radio Club is ready for
prime time. Late last year, the Australian club announced the launch of
its YouTube page. The club said in a posting on Facebook, that with the
increasing popularity of recording club presentations at its monthly
meetings, the committee had determined the videos deserved a home on
YouTube. Videos have already been made available featuring Roger, VK2ZRH,
discussing the mysteries of Sporadic E, and Wade, VK1MIC, discussing radio
communications during his three-day hike in the Bimberi wilderness over
last Easter weekend. The club noted that eventually all recorded
presentations will be posted on the site - and did not rule out the
likelihood of livestreaming in the future.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.
(CANBERRA REGION ARC)
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AMSAT HOLDS THIRD ANNUAL CW ACTIVITY DAY
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The first day of the New Year found CW enthusiasts sitting
with their straight keys, bugs, and even their computers, as part of the
third annual CW Activity Day organized by AMSAT. Ray Soifer, W2RS, told
Newsline, that as in previous years, the activity day is not a contest,
but a fun amateur satellite event. All forms of CW got into the act for
the 24 hour period. Ray said AMSAT's CW Activity Day replaced Straight Key
Night on the OSCAR Satellite, which had been an AMSAT tradition for 25
years. Ray wrote: [quote]: "The idea is to encourage everyone to enjoy CW
operation, no matter how they choose to do it." [endquote]
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ROLLING BACK TIME FOR A NIGHT ON AM
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Classic rigs, and those with state-of-the-art electronics
all got a few hours of AM action, organized by hams in the Cincinnati,
Ohio area, as Jack Parker, W8ISH, tells us.
JACK: While the rest of the world prepared to turn the calendar ahead in
late December, members of the Greater Cincinnati Amateur Radio Association
were turning back the clock, just for a night, on December 27th. The date
marked the club's annual AM night, which has been turning the weekly 160
meter sideband net into an AM Net since the mid-1990s. According to Jay
K8CJY, one of the 1936 net managers, it was a full night of AM, with lots
of participation. Jay told Newsline that that 65 stations and SWLs checked
into the net, with the most active amateurs checking in from 18 states.
There were also SWL reports from Utah, Indiana, New York, Florida, and
across the pond in England.
Where rigs were concerned, it was indeed a night for classics. Jay said
the station with the oldest transmitter was Joseph, WA4VAG, running a
World War II aircraft rig. Other military rigs got in on the action,
including net control station Bill, NM4A, running a TMC GPT 750. In
Malabar, Florida, Murray, K4HV, checked in with a Collins 20V3 broadcast
transmitter. Jay said that some of the stations were running classic AM
rigs from the 50s, while others checked in with the most up-to-date SDR
rigs such as FlexRadios.
The activity no doubt left everyone feeling nice and warm on a winter's
night - particularly since the formal net began at 9 p.m., and the radios
were still glowing, until the net concluded at 11:15 p.m. local time.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jack Parker, W8ISH.
**
CUBAN AMATEURS PASS LICENSE EXAMS WITH HIGH MARKS
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Congratulations to the 255 licensed amateurs, who'll be
operating in 2019, from Cuba after taking their exams late last month.
The licensing exam was given on the 22nd of December, and the Federation
of Radio Amateurs of Cuba reported that 96.95 percent of the 263
candidates were successful. The highest level exam, Category 1, gained
58 new licensees. According to the FRC website, this means that in 2018,
a total of 565 licensees passed their qualifying exams in Cuba, becoming
either new hams or successful upgrades.
