Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Apr 19 2019 09:42 am

WHERE MARCONI MADE HIS MARK

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Saturday, the 27th of April, is all about the Marconi
connection. Hams around the world will be calling QR Zed from sites in
Wales, Canada, Australia, and other locations, where radio pioneer
Guglielmo Marconi lived, worked, or operated. Dave Parks, WB8ODF, has
that story.

DAVE: One of the many operations honoring Marconi on the 27th of April,
is the result of a partnership between the Great South Bay Amateur Radio
Club, and the Long Island CW Club, both in New York. Hams will be on the
air at a small marina in the village of Babylon, Long Island, not far
from where a Marconi shack once stood, as one of the first wireless
stations in the United States. This was a training school in 1901, and
it remained in the Long Island waterfront community, until its relocation
further east to the Long Island community of Rocky Point in 1930.
According to Howard Bernstein, WB2UZE, who belongs to both clubs, the
shack had a 210-foot antenna, and could contact ships as far away as 200
miles.

Hams are hoping for an even better reach on Marconi Day. Be listening
between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. for two call signs: W2LCW will be operating CW,
and W2GSB will be operating SSB and digital. The CW station will drop its
power to 5 watts for QRP operation every hour for a 15-minute period.
Both stations will be spotting on the clusters. For a full list of
stations, visit gx4crc dot com (gx4crc.com), and click on the tab for IMD
Stations 2019.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Dave Parks, WB8ODF.

**

RADIO SCOUTS ARE COUNTING DOWN

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: You may not have heard K2BSA on the air lately, but these
radio scouts have been busy, as Bill Stearns, NE4RD, tells us.

BILL: This week in Radio Scouting, we're well into two countdowns for
Jamboree on the Air, and World Scout Jamboree.

While activations have been quiet on the calendars, we've been busy
talking to many radio scouters, looking forward to this year's Jamboree
on the Air, which is only six months away. April is the month when you
recruit scouts for your summer Field Day plans, and solidify your plans
for October, with the troop, crew, pack, district, or council. You can
also prepare to help activate a scout summer camp. Jamboree on the Air,
the largest international scouting event, has been held the third full
weekend of October since 1957.

World Scout Jamboree has passed the 100-day mark, and we're all getting
really excited to activate the Summit Bechtel Reserve as NA1WJ. The team
is getting to know each other better through team training, and conference
calls, and we're happy that most of our initial plans are still in the
works. We did have to move our ARDF component over to the orienteering
section of the summit, but so far, we'll still going to have the
demonstration station, balloon launches, and a contact with the
International Space Station, at Summit Center. If you want to help from
your shack, join our mailing list over on groups.io. Just look up NA1WJ.

For more information on this, and radio scouting, please visit our website
at k2bsa.net.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this
is Bill Stearns, NE4RD.

**

SEEKING THE 2019 YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: If you know a bright young U.S. or Canadian radio amateur,
who gives of himself or herself to the hobby, and the community, you
probably know a strong candidate for Amateur Radio Newsline's Young Ham
of the Year Award. The honor is named in memory of Newsline's Bill
Pasternak, WA6ITF. We are currently accepting nominations -- but the
deadline of May 31st is fast approaching. Information about candidate
eligibility is available on our website, arnewsline.org, under the YHOTY
tab. You can download a nomination form there to return to us. The award
will be presented on August 18th, at the Huntsville Hamfest, in Huntsville,
Alabama. See you there!

**

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