Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Apr 19 2019 09:42 am
TEXT ALERTS IMPROVE THE HAMVENTION EXPERIENCE
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Are you going to Dayton Hamvention? Once again, texts to
your mobile can help make it easier to navigate, as we hear from Jack
Parker, W8ISH.
JACK: Before you know it, the weekend of Hamvention - May 17th through
the 19th - will be under way at the Greene County Fairgrounds, and Expo
Center, in Xenia, Ohio. To help you prepare for the action, which of
course, includes traffic, the Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer, KX8GCS,
has arranged for text alerts to once again be sent to people's mobile
phones. If you signed up for last year's alerts, you are already
registered. If you're new to the alert system, just text Hamvention19 to
888777. Travel, traffic, parking, and other information will be sent your
way. Organizers say this texting system complements the talk-in station
on the Dayton Amateur Radio Association's 2-meter repeater.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jack Parker, W8ISH.
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: There's more Hamvention news too: General chairman Jack
Gerbs, WB8SCT, has announced that Hamvention is opening its doors free
to the public on May 19, the Sunday, which is the three-day event's
lightest traffic day. Visitors needn't be hams to check things out.
Meanwhile, the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting, in West
Chester, Ohio, is again opening for expanded hours during Hamvention
weekend. Hamvention attendees will be able to visit, and the WC8VOA shack
will be open for licensed hams to get on the air. A special tour will also
be given of the historic WLW transmitter site nearby, featuring the
Crosley 500 kw WLW transmitter. Reservations are required. To sign up,
visit voamuseum dot org (voamuseum.org)
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WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA PREPS FOR ANNUAL MEETING
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: May is also a busy month Down Under, as hams in Australia
gather one week after Hamvention. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, has that story.
GRAHAM: There's a lot going on in Sydney on Saturday, the 25th of May, as
the Wireless Institute of Australia's 2019 Annual General Meeting, gets
under way. This year, the event coincides with the centenary celebrations
of the Waverley Amateur Radio Society, Australia's oldest continuously
licensed amateur radio club. Early registration will bring great rewards -
if you're lucky. If you register by midnight, on Saturday, the 11th of
May, you'll be entered into a drawing for an FDP DMR and Analogue radio
that operates on the amateur bands as well as DMR Land Mobile and Citizens
Band.
The next day, Amateur Radio New South Wales will open its doors, and
welcome visitors at the Dural complex, where a BBQ lunch will be served.
Tours will be given, and the word in some circles is that ARNSW's new
tower will be up and running in time for that weekend.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.
(WIA, ARNSW)
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FOX HUNTERS PREPARE TO HIT CHAMPIONSHIP TRAIL
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: An international foxhunt is coming this summer, but no
bushy-tailed creatures will be harmed. It's radio transmitters that these
foxhunters will be seeking, and Newsline's Joe Moell (MELL) K-zero-O-V,
has the details.
JOE: They range in age from the teens to the 70s, and they're coming from
all over, to compete in the most physical of all ham radio sports. I'm
talking about on-foot hidden transmitter hunters, also called foxtailers,
and radio-orienteers. Their sport is Amateur Radio Direction Finding, or
ARDF.
It's all done on foot in a BIG outdoor space. Thanks to a set of standard
international rules, it's pretty much the same all over the world, so we
can have international competitions. Your mission is to try to find up to
five hidden ham radio transmitters, without assistance, while on the run,
or trotting, or just walking. You'll carry a map and compass, so you don't
get lost.
Mix in with the USA's best radio-orienteers at the nineteenth national
ARDF championships in Raleigh, North Carolina, this summer. It starts on
July 28th, with four days of optional intense training, followed by four
days of competition.
Learn from the experts, then see how you do for yourself out on the
courses. You don't have to be a marathoner, but it helps to be in good
shape. There are thirteen separate categories, with medals for the best
three in each, so you'll only be competing against people of your own age
range and gender.
Registration for the championships is now open, so start making plans.
You can read all the details, and get a link to the registration form
on the web at www.homingin.com. That's homingin -- as one word --
homingin.com.
I hope to see YOU at the championships. For Amateur Radio Newsline, this
is Joe Moell, K-Zero-Oscar-Victor.
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