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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Feb 01 2019 09:24 am
WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, be listening for Mark, EI3KD, using the call sign
EI19RE, throughout this year. He is commemorating the centenary of
Ireland's first Parliament on 21 January 1919. QSL via EI3KD.
Listen for Philippe, F1DUZ, operating as FG4KH from Guadeloupe, between
the 18th of February, through to the 11th of March, on SSB and FT8. He
will be on a variety of HF bands. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or via F1DUZ,
direct or bureau.
In Ecuador, Bill, K5YG, will operate as HC5MWT, from the 18th, through
to the 23rd of February. He plans to operate mainly CW, with some SSB,
RTTY, and FT8. QSL via LoTW, or direct to his home call.
There's been a change in plans for the Italian DXPedition Team that was
heading to Chad in March. They will instead be in Uganda, March 13th
through to the 25th, operating on 160 through 6 meters, using CW, SSB,
RTTY, and FT8.
(OHIO PENN DX)
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KICKER: HAWAII AMATEUR HELPS TV SPECIAL EXPLORE EARHART MYSTERY
PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week's newscast in Hawaii, where one ham radio
operator had a chance to help a TV crew revisit the mystery of Amelia
Earhart's disappearance in the Pacific. Here's Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
MIKE: The disappearance of American aviator Amelia Earhart still tugs at
the world's imagination. Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan, vanished in
the Pacific Ocean, while attempting to circle the globe in 1937. American
television's Travel Channel recently explored what might have happened to
that plane, and the show's host, Don Wildman, discussed a number of
theories with experts in different fields. One of them was amateur radio
operator Richard Olsen, KH6DO.
DICK: I first got a message they were looking for some old radio
direction-finding equipment, and they were coming to Hawaii. I said you
won't find any of that equipment here; you might look on eBay, etc. Then,
we got into more discussion. I got a call from an executive producer and
began talking about my background. They were coming to Hawaii. Then I
ultimately got a call, "Our producer would like to talk to you." We had a
long conversation, and I was able to explain a lot of things he didn't
understand, in terms of propagation, frequency, wavelengths, resonant
frequencies, and things like that. Then we talked about sailing, and my
experience, and he said "you know, we'd really like to have you on our
program" -- and that's how it all happened.
MIKE: On the show "Mysteries at the Museum," Dick notes that Amelia Earhart
was transmitting on 3105 kHz at the time of her disappearance. Even the
commercial airline, Pan American, was keeping tabs on her. They were hoping
to track her path through a relatively new technique back then, known as
radio direction finding.
DICK: Pan Am had 3 listening posts at Wake, Midway, and on Oahu, and that
was how they would triangulate their planes, and they were asked to listen
for her. They sent her a transmission on 3105 at certain time on the 3rd
of July -- all those stations listened on that frequency at that time, and
they heard this carrier, and that was how they were able to get their
radio direction finding bearings.
MIKE: All those bearings pointed toward Gardner Island -- one of various
locations where the plane is believed to have ended up. Other theories
say the plane crashed into the ocean, or landed on Saipan, where the
Japanese are believed to have executed the fliers. After working with the
TV crew in November, Dick finally got to sit back in January, as a member
of the TV audience, when the episode premiered on Wednesday the 23rd of
January. It was cause for celebration - with appropriate refreshments.
DICK: I recorded it, and yes, we had a party watching it.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
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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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