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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jan 18 2019 02:57 am

WORLD OF DX

In this week's world of DX, listen for Willy, KB8YRX, operating as 8P9CA,
from  Barbados until the 4th of February. Find him on 20 meters,
operating FT8. QSL via LoTW or via his home call.

Be listening for Saty, JE1JKL, using the call sign 9M6NA, in East Malaysia,
from the 24th of January through to the 28th, mostly on 160 metres. Saty
will also participate in the CQ WW CW 160-Meter Contest. QSL via LoTW and
Club Log's OQRS.

Harald, DF2WO, is on the air as 9X2AW, from Rwanda, until the 14th of
February, operating on 160 to 30 meters including 60 meters. He will be
using FT8 and CW. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.

Mat, DL4MM, will be active again as P4/DL4MM, from Aruba from the 22nd of
January through the 30th, operating CW, SSB, and FT8. He will concentrate
on the low bands, giving special focus on contacts with Europe and Asia.
He will participate in the CQ WW 160-Meter CW Contest as P40AA. Send QSLs
via Club Log's OQRS or via DL4MM - and in six months, by LoTW.

We also want to share an update from Ancletus Ernest, J69Z, whose special
event station J69Z/K3LP, paid tribute over the course of seven days to his
friend Silent Key David Collingham, K3LP. Ancletus told Newsline that he
was pleased to work 464 stations during the activation, starting with his
first contact Gene Benoit (buh-NOYT), W2PBY. He said he has QSL cards
designed, and will send them once he has sufficient money to get them
printed, and has been hoping for a sponsor.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: IS IT A FAMILY REUNION - OR A HAMFEST?

NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally, we all know amateur radio can run in the family.
But, for this one family in India, amateur radio seems to run and run
and run and - well, you get the idea. John Williams, VK4JJW, has their
story.

JOHN: When does a family get-together start to seem more like a hamfest
than a gathering of relatives? If you're related to S. Suri, VU2MY, and
D. Bharati, VU2RBI, as either a cousin, a sibling, or a son, or daughter,
you probably know the answer: That family is YOUR family. According to
Lakshmi Narayan, VU3WDJ, secretary of the Indian Railway Amateur Radio
League, this generously sized entourage has no fewer than 43 licensed
amateurs among its ranks. That's right: This is one family tree that has
all kinds of antennas strung up in the branches. S. Suri is the founder,
chairman, and CEO of the National Institute of Amateur Radio in India,
and D. Bharati is a DXer, DXpeditioner, and founding member of the
National Institute. Lakshmi told Newsline that he met up with this
gathering of familial radio operators quite unexpectedly at a recent
ham gathering in India, and after doing a little research arrived at
the conclusion that they may constitute the largest ham family in India.
He now hopes to get them included in the Guinness Book of World Records -
and said that when he told the family he was hoping to achieve that,
they were overjoyed. Perhaps this may one day lead to a new award to add
to Worked All Counties, Worked All States, and Worked All Continents.
Think of it as "Worked All Family Members."

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.

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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 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington, Indiana,
saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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