Subj : Newsline Part 2
To : ALL USERS
From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Thu Mar 31 2016 08:17 pm
BREAK HERE:
Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including W9EAR, the EARS
Wide Area Repeater Network, in Vincennes (Vinn SENNS) Indiana, on
Mondays at 8:30 p.m.
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ONE HAM'S DESIGNS ON NATIONAL PARKS
National Parks on the Air is a big deal event for the Department of the
Interior, but also for Quentin Gardner, WQ7G, of River Heights, Utah.
He's been busy designing special QSL cards for each activation in his
plans, beginning with the Pony Express Trail, TR15, southwest of Salt
Lake City. Listen for him on the air on Tuesday, April 5 at 2000 UTC
until Wednesday, April 6, 0200 UTC. He also plans to activate the Golden
Spike National Historic Site, NS31, in May, marking the 147th
anniversary of the completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad.
Yes, there's a custom-designed card for that too - so listen for him
from 2000 UTC on Tuesday, May 10 through 0200 UTC on Wednesday, May 11.
His other intended sites include Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail,
the Fossil Butte National Monument, the California National Historic
Trail, and the Craters of the Moon National Monument. You might say
these national parks aren't just in his plans - they're in the cards.
(QRZ.COM)
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FOOLS RUSH IN - OR MAYBE NOT - IN PECULIAR, MISSOURI
JIM: In Missouri, the Southside Amateur Radio Club has been making it
clear that their special event station on April 1 is anything but a
prank. Amateur Radio Newsline's Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, explains.
SKEETER: It's Peculiar.....And that's exactly what it's supposed to be.
The QTH, in fact, is Peculiar, Missouri and the operators are hams from
the Southside Amateur Radio Club. Now, these amateurs are no fools;
they're marking April 1 by going on the air from Peculiar's Fire
Protection District Station on South Main Street, starting Friday,
April 1 at 1900 CDT right through 1700 CDT on Saturday April 2.
Work one of them successfully, and you'll get a custom QSL card
celebrating yet another April Fool's ham radio event.
To hear them, start listening on 80 meters, around 3920 kHz, on 40
meters, around 7220 kHz, on 20 meters around 14220 kHz and on 17 meters
around 18120 kHz. They'll also be on 15 meters around 21320, and 10
meters around 28420 kHz - all plus or minus 20 kHz.
Listen carefully - or your attempt at an April 1 QSO might just end up
being a fool's errand. And that's no joke.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Skeeter Nash, N5ASH in Topeka, Kansas.
(SOUTHSIDE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
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RADIO'S OLD TIMERS: LIVE LONG AND PROPAGATE
Ham radio helps you live longer, right? Well, Laurie, G2BUP and Fred,
G6YUY are two amateurs in the UK who won't dispute that notion. They're
the very newest among the newscomers to join the Radio Amateur Old
Timers Association's 40 meter net, and their appearances on the band on
Thursday, March 24 marked a special occasion: Both had turned 100 years
old in recent weeks.
The RAOTA, of course, is not taking any chances on missing this
opportunity talk up the participation of these most senior junior
members.
The association wrote on its website, "although there is no direct
evidence of casuality, perhaps being part of RAOTA increases your life
expectancy. Why risk it? Join now!" The club is open to anyone who has
been actively involved in Amateur Radio for more than 25 years, whether
licensed or not.
(WWW.RAOTA.ORG)
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SK: ELMER "BUD" FROHARDT JR., AN ELMER'S ELMER
Bud Frohardt Jr., W9DY, wasn't just called an inspiration - he was called
an Elmer. In fact, his name was Elmer, and the Madison, Wisconsin ham is
widely believed to have been the very Elmer people had in mind when they
affectionately referred to the beloved mentors who are the guiding spirits
for new licensees.
Frohardt, who was a veteran DXer, as well as a champion of young
licensees, became a Silent Key on March 22.
His renown as the ultimate Elmer Among Elmers has its origins in 1971,
when the late Rod Newkirk, W9BRD, invoked his name in a column in QST
Magazine about such mentors. It seemed fitting.
A life member of the ARRL, Elmer "Bud" Frohardt Jr. was 93.
(ARRL)
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GEORGIA QSO PARTY PLANNING
Fifty-five years after their first Georgia QSO Party, the Southeastern
DX Club and the South East Contest Club, are prepping for another which,
this year, will happen on Saturday, April 9 through Sunday, April 10.
Organizers are expecting all or nearly all of the state's 159 counties
to be on the air, and ready for contacts. As before, individual awards
and certificates will be awarded, along with two club awards: engraved
gavels.
Computer logging is required, and logs should be submitted in Cabrillo
format.
For more details, visit the website, georgiaqsoparty.org
(Chaz Cone, W4GKF)
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