Subj : Newsline Part 3
To : ALL USERS
From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Fri Apr 08 2016 03:49 pm
IN THE UK, A GARDEN OF QSOS
You can now add one more piece of equipment - or perhaps two - to the
array of rakes, hoes and shovels you might find in a British garden: a
transceiver. This new garden tool cultivates a bountiful crop of QSOs.
The Radio Society of Great Britain has launched a new activity known as
Sheds, Allotments and Greenhouses on the Air, or SAGHOTA, and the date
for radio operation already began on Friday, April 1, and continues,
informally thereafter, on the dates of the amateur's choosing.
In the same spirit as Summits on the Air and Islands on the Air, SAGHOTA
will encourage the cultivation of contacts anywhere, as long as they are
made on the same band, on the same day. Organizers are quick to point out
that the event also celebrates the great tradition of British gardens,
expressing the hope that QUOTE "tea-making apparatus, biscuits (and
waffles if possible). Beer and sandwiches are optional." ENDQUOTE
(SAGHOTA GOOGLE WEBPAGE)
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WORLD OF DX
Listen for Ben, DL1RNT, working as 8Q7NT from Embudu Island, South Male
Atoll through April 17. Ben is working holiday style on 40-10 meters
using mostly CW with some RTTY and PSK. Send QSLs via his home callsign.
Mike, SQ3PMM, is active as 9X9MM throughout Rwanda, working 80 through
10 meters. He is using CW and SSB. Most of his operations have been on
20/15 meters SSB and some slow CW. See his QSL information on QRZ.com.
In Italy, it's a Special Event that's a wartime commemoration: Members
of the A.R.I. Fidenza Radio Club will be active on the HF bands as IQ4FE
from April 18 through April 28. The station marks a World War II event
known as "Fornovo's Sack Battle," near Parma, Italy, in April 1945. There
are commemorative QSL cards available. Send yours via the bureau to IQ4FE.
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KICKER: QSL CARD THAT DELIVERED
DON: And finally, we celebrate the fact that sometimes it takes a little
longer for a QSL card to reach its destination. Sometimes years. Sometimes
decades. And in this case, three quarters of a century. But oh, it was
worth it. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, with this
story of a time-traveling QSL card.
JEREMY: A QSL card that ended up in the hands of Jane Walton in the UK in
late February had to cross not just one ocean but two generations before
reaching her. It belonged to a British radio amateur named Clifton Trevor
Malkin, call sign G5IV. Clifton had been Jane's grandfather. And though
Jane is not a ham and never had a QSO with her grandpa, she always had
fond memories of being in his shack with him when she was a child in
Yorkshire. She would hear him make contacts around the world via radio
from Barnsley and be charmed by its magic.
Two months ago, some magic happened again - but a different way. Feeling
nostalgic, Jane decided to type her grandfather's call sign into the
Google search engine, and one of the responses that came up was an eBay
listing. It said: "QSL CARD, ham radio card" and the call sign was G5IV.
The card had been mailed to the U.S. long ago from Barnsley, England,
following a successful QSO in 1939. Now, the American seller was asking
$6.50 for G5IV's card.
Jane bid on the item and some 77 years later, the card is back home to
where it all began. The Barnsley Chronicle carried the story of Jane
Walton and the QSL card in its April 1 edition, creating the impression
that perhaps this was one of those April Fool's tales that makes its way
to the public this time of year. But indeed, the offering of the card can
still be found on eBay, in the inventory of eBay seller, Anne's Books &
Stuff. The seller, not surprisingly, has a number of other vintage QSL
cards from around the world.
But Jane Walton has the only one she wants. It's a piece of her childhood,
come back home.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, in Nottingham, the UK.
(FACEBOOK, EBAY, BARNSLEY CHRONICLE)
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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to ABC.NET Australia; Alan Labs; Andrew Frame,
WD4RCC; the ARRL; the Barnsley Chronicle; Big Lake Amateur Radio Club; CQ
Magazine; DX.NET; Eric Budinger, N2KOJ; eBay; Facebook; Hap Holly and the
Rain Report; International Amateur Radio Union; Irish Radio Transmitter
Society; the Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QSL.NET; QRZ.COM., Ralph Murray,
KB9WSL; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Sheds, Allotments and Gardens on
the Air; TWiT TV; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Our email address is
[email protected]. More information is available at Amateur Radio
Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.
A reminder that the nominating period for the Bill Basternak Young Ham Of
The Year award is now open. Full details and the nominating form is
available right now on our website, www.arnewsline.org. Click the YHOTY
tab.
For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in Picayune, Mississippi,
saying 73, and as always we thank you for listening.
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