Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Apr 12 2019 09:13 am
INTERNATIONAL GIRLS' EVENT HAS ROLE FOR AMATEUR RADIO
JIM/ANCHOR: April 25th marks International Girls Day in Information and
Communications Technology. Private companies, nonprofit organizations,
and even big businesses around the world, are getting involved. The event
is backed by the membership of the International Telecommunication Union,
and it provides girls and young women with a window into the tech world
with the hopes of sparking interest in studies, and an eventual career.
Yes, ham radio is getting into the act too. In Austria, hams in the
vicinity of Vienna, are being asked to listen with extra attention, for
the voices of young girls on the air from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. local time,
from the offices of A1 Austria Telekom in that city. The girls will be
assisted by employees of the company, at the workers' ham radio station,
and will be calling QR Zed on both HF and EchoLink. According to the ITU
website, since the program began, more than 357,000 girls and young women
have participated in International Girls in ICT Day in 171 countries
worldwide.
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WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX,
Listen for Hiro, JF1OSL, Toru, JH0CJH, and Shin, JR1NHD, operating as
MD0HWX, MD0ITP, and MD0IUX, respectively, from the Isle of Man, between
April 27th and May 1st. They are on the air holiday style on various HF
bands using CW, SSB and the digital modes. For QSL information, consult
QR Zed.com
Operators Anne, OH2YL, and Marko, OH2LGW, will be operating as OG0YL,
and OH0/OH2LGW, respectively, from the Aland Islands, from the 19th to
the 23rd of April. Listen for them on 80 through 6 meters, using CW and
SSB. QSL OG0YL via OH2YL, and OH0/OH2LGW via OH2LGW.
Harald, DF2WO, is on the air as XT2AW, from Burkina Faso, until the 26th
of April. He is operating holiday style on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB,
and the digital modes, which will include FT8, PSK31, JT65, and RTTY. He
will also be operating using slow CW. QSL via M0OXO, direct, or by M0OXO's
OQRS.
(OHIO PENN DX)
**
KICKER: A MESSAGE FROM THE 3Y0I TEAM'S CAPTAIN
JIM/ANCHOR: We end this week on a note of hope for the Bouvet Island
DXPedition Three Y Zero Eye. Much of that hope and support comes from a
key person - who isn't even a ham! Ed Durrant, DD5LP, explains.
ED: Anthony Burke, the captain of the MV Atlantic Tuna - the vessel used
by the Three Y Zero Eye DXpedition to Bouvet Island, is not an amateur
radio operator. Still, he has sent one of the most coveted signal reports
ever to the team he had intended to transport to the island, until
dangerous conditions caused him to abort the trip on the 27th of March.
The captain wrote a letter to the global amateur radio community, which
the Bouvet team posted on its website. It is a virtual QSL card, any ham
could only wish for - and any Dxpeditioner could only hope for.
He wrote: [quote] "I must admit I have been totally impressed by how the
amateur radio expeditioners dealt with the extreme circumstances, and
helped me and my crew to maintain the vessel in such difficult moments.
I could easily see that the professional certified training course they
have received in South Africa over the past six months resulted in their
professional actions, and ablity to face one of the biggest dangers one
may encounter on routes just like [the one] to Bouvet Island." [endquote]
As a result, he has committed to return with the team after the ship's
necessary repairs, and technical examination. He is also committing his
own money -- making a financial contribution for the second attempt.
"Do not lose hope," the captain wrote, "for putting Bouevet Island onto
radio waves as early as this year."
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.
(BOUVETOYA.ORG)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE:
With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; American Institute
of Physics; the ARRL; Bouvet Island Dxpedition Website; CQ Magazine; FCC;
Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Lucy Helton, KD2MFV; NYU Wireless;
Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ.COM; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Space.com;
Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and you, our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.
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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 Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston, West
Virginia, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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