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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jan 18 2019 02:57 am
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2151, for Friday, January 18, 2019
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2151, with a release date of
Friday, January 18, 2019, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Another Navajo Code Talker has died. Hams in
New York help save a historic library -- and a family of Florida
amateurs asks the community for help. All this and more, as Amateur
Radio Newsline Report 2151, comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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U.S. MOURNS DEATH OF NAVAJO CODE TALKER
NEIL/ANCHOR: We begin this week with news of the death of a courageous
war veteran, who was among those to use their talents to thwart the
enemy through code during World War II. Alfred K. Newman was one of the
hundreds of Navajos who served in the United States Marines Corps,
baffling the Japanese by using a code based on the Navajo language. He
died on January 13th in a Bloomfield, New Mexico, nursing home at 94.
In the Marines, he had served on Guam, Iwo Jima, New Caledonia, and
elsewhere during his time with the 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment,
and 3rd Marine Division. He is remembered among the hundreds of Navajos
who rushed to enlist in the U.S. military, following the Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor. By some estimates, there are now fewer than 10 surviving
Code Talkers. Thank you for your service, Private First Class Newman.
(ARIZONA CENTRAL, NAVAJO TIMES)
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HAMS DONATE TO HELP SAVE LIBRARY MEETING PLACE
NEIL/ANCHOR: Ham radio's do-it-yourself spirit and scientific spirit are
accompanied by a giving spirit. It's just that spirit that moved one club
in northern New York State to be providing - instead of asking - for a
donation. Here's the story from Heather Embee, KB3TZD.
HEATHER: The James Prendergast Library in Jamestown, New York, owes its
very existence to a 19th century gift from Alexander and Mary Prendergast,
in memory of their son who was 31 at the time of his death in 1879. It was
considered a treasured gift by the family to the city Alexander Prendergast
founded. The library opened in 1891, replete with an art gallery, in a
building that has long since become a local landmark. With the library's
very existence now imperiled by a struggling city budget, it finds itself
instead as the recipient of gifts -- and the Chautauqua (CHA-TOCK-WA)
Amateur Radio Service recently became one of its benefactors. The club
holds its monthly meetings at the library, so it was only natural for the
members to make a donation. Earlier this month, the club presented library
director Tina Scott, with a check for $400, as a show of support for the
library's hoped-for continued presence in the city.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD.
(POST JOURNAL)
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HORROR FILMS AND HTs, THEY GO TOGETHER
NEIL/ANCHOR: You may recognize some of the familiar faces making their way
on screen in an upcoming horror film this year. They're not actors: They're
rigs. Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, explains.
SKEETER: Amateur radio may not necessarily get top billing in every movie
by Peter Vekinis (Vuh-KINNIS), but it certainly finds its way into the
supporting cast. Peter, whose call signs are KH6VP and LX1QF, is executive
producer of the psychological horror film "Infernum", which will be
released sometime this year. Hams in the audience will be pleased to see
scenes featuring the Icom D5100 mobile radio, and the Icom D51 HT,
especially as the heroine, a young sculptor named Camille, makes use of
radio to call for help. Peter said Icom donated the rigs -- but they're
not the only amateur links in the thriller. Sculptures used in the film
are the creations of Bobbie Habermann, NH6RH, who also has a small
on-screen role. Peter told Newsline that his previous movie, "The Dark
Hand," is even more infused with amateur elements. In this dark thriller,
HTs and HF radios figure prominently as a brother searching for his
long-lost sibling discovers a conspiracy of people involved in depleting
the earth of its oxygen. They use - what else? - amateur radio to
communicate. Peter's amateur radio creations, by the way, include his two
children: Naomi Malik, his daughter, who lives in the UK, and holds the
call signs VE3NEN and LX3NEN. His son Justin, who is in Tokyo, holds the
call signs VE3VEK and LX3VEK.
"Infernum," which was shot in Nevada, is due for release sometime this
year.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Skeeter Nash, N5ASH.
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