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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jan 11 2019 09:50 am
WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, thousands of Hindu pilgrims are preparing to arrive
on Sagar Island in the Ganges Delta, south of Kolkata, India, and members
of the West Bengal Radio Club, VU2WB, will be marking the occasion with
Special Event Station, AU2HAM. The activation of IOTA-AS 153 from the
10th through to the 17th of January, marks the Ganga Sagar Mela, a solemn
time of worship, when pilgrims immerse themselves in the water, where the
Ganges River meets the Bay of Bengal. Hams contacting the special event
station during this annual event should QSL via VU2NRO.
Be listening for Art, NN7A, operating as V31JZ/p, from South Water Caye,
in Belize, from the 31st of January through to the 6th of February. He
will operate mainly CW on 80-10 meters. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via
NN7A, direct or by the bureau.
Bernie, W3UR, is active as V47UR from St. Kitts, until the 20th of
January. He is operating holiday style on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, and FT8.
QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or via his home call.
Members of the North Country DX Association will be active between the
15th of January and the 28th of February, using callsigns with the suffix
of "RST. Listen for them operating from Alaska, Yukon, Northwest
Territories, Nunavut, and Greenland. The callsigns will include KL7RST,
VY1RST, VE8RST, VY0RST, and OX7RST. There will also be N1RAC/KL7,
operating from Fairbanks, Alaska. QSL direct to K7ICE.
(OHIO PENN DX)
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KICKER: THE QSL CARD IS IN THE MAIL - EVENTUALLY
PAUL/ANCHOR: Our last story for this week asks the question: Can a QSL
card be a member of the quarter-century club? For that answer, we turn
to Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
MIKE: It pays to send those QSL cards, even if it takes a while. Even
if it takes 24 years - the time that elapsed between the New Year's Day
QSO in 1995, between Doug Grant, K1DG, and John Fulton, N9NJX, on 20
meters - and the New Years arrival this year of Doug's card. John had
worked Doug's station during a 50-year anniversary celebration for CQ
Magazine. As the author of a now-out-of-print almanac for CQ, Doug had
been part of the coveted group of "CQ Family" operators being chased,
and he had been using the call sign K1DG/50." Doug told Newsline
recently that the event was [quote] "fun with some nice pileups."
[endquote]
Not long after the event, however, another pileup appeared -- the QSL
cards that went unanswered after the special event ended, and Doug ran
out of cards. N9NJX's card went into a shoebox, with others earmarked
as "cards to be answered" someday. Doug told Newsline however that
"Someday never came," despite his practice of always answering cards
as an active contester, paying special attention to envelopes that are
self-addressed and with postage. The shoebox eventually surfaced after
Doug and his wife moved. He told Newsline "I felt guilty about having
not answered them, so I worked my way through the pile." [endquote]
The 20 or 25 hams he determined were still active today, got updated
postage and updated cards, and a hand-written note of explanation.
Two hams emailed him directly, surprised and happy. John, who recently
returned to ham radio after taking a break, posted his New Year's
treasure on Facebook, saying its arrival initially baffled him, because
he hasn't yet put an antenna back up. Doug, meanwhile, told Newsline:
"My conscience is clear." His schedule, unfortunately, is not: Doug's
next project is following up on QSLs for DXCC band-entities, including
for QSOs from the 90s or before.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE:
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Central Coast Amateur Radio Club; CQ Magazine; Hap Holly and the Rain
Report; Kevin Duplantis, W4KEV; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; Lloyd Colston,
KC5FM; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Wireless Institute of Australia;
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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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