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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri May 10 2019 06:10 am
Amateur Radio Newsline 2167, for Friday, May 10, 2019
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2167, with a release date of
Friday, May 10, 2019, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Hams step up when a cyclone bears down on
India. A beloved DXer in Greece becomes a Silent Key - and are you
headed to Hamvention? All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline
Number 2167, comes your way right now.
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HAMS ASSIST AS CYCLONE FANI BEARS DOWN ON INDIA
PAUL/ANCHOR: Our top story this week finds us in India, where hams
showed their strengths amid a raging cyclone. Here's Jason Daniels,
VK2LAW.
JASON: Cyclone Fani, the deadly storm that swept into coastal India
and Bangladesh on the third of May is history. Although at least 34
people in the Indian state of Odisha, and 15 more in Bangladesh were
reported to have been killed, authorities say the high level of
emergency preparedness in the region kept the death toll from going
higher, as winds reached up to 127 miles (or more than 200 kilometres)
per hour. That preparedness included the amateur radio operators of
southeast Asia. One ham, Nilkantha Chatterjee, VU3ZHA, was credited
with crafting a website in cooperation with the Climate Resilient
Observing Systems Promotion Council, enabling storm victims to help
track persons who had gone missing during the cyclone. The
lost-and-found portal of the Amateur Radio Development Society included
two toll-free numbers linking people to disaster control operators.
Meanwhile, Arunava Dey, VU3XRY, Debdutta Mukherjee, and Avrajit Das,
VU3YDA, of the West Bengal Radio Club, traveled to help the Odisha
State Disaster Management Authority establish communication links,
using VHF and HF radios, braving wind speeds of as much as 118 miles
(or 190 kilometres) per hour. In Kolkata, Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA,
and others assisted in relaying messages to Delhi.
With the storm now gone, those remaining in its wake have been wrestling
with power outages, and shortages of water.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.
(THE INDIAN EXPRESS, NDTV, FACEBOOK)
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SILENT KEY: MONK APOLLO SV2ASP/A
PAUL/ANCHOR: The DXing community has lost a beloved friend, who called
QR Zed from a Greek monastery. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has the details.
JEREMY: The noted DXer, Monk Apollo SV2ASP/A, known to hams around the
world for operating from Mount Athos in northern Greece, has become a
Silent Key. One of the earliest reports of his death was made by Masa,
JE1LET, on his page on QRZed dot com. Masa said in an email to Newsline
that he learned of Apollo's death on the 5th of May, from a Greek friend
visiting Mount Athos. An Orthodox Christian monk since 1973, and a
resident of the Holy Monastery of Dochiariou (DOH HEE AR EE YOU) since
1980, Apollo received his amateur licence in 1988, becoming the first
active ham radio operator on Athos.
On his QRZed page, Apollo said he was inspired to become a ham, after
one of the brothers became seriously injured in a gardening accident in
1986. One of the physicians at the hospital in Thessalonica, who also
happened to be chairman of the Radio Amateur Union of Northern Greece,
recommended that the monastery have a resident ham radio operator for
reasons of safety, as well as security. Masa told Newsline Apollo had
most likely not been on the air since last December, and that his
condition had deteriorated since his first surgery on his head. Masa
said he'd been unable to speak, see, or walk.
Masa said that following Apollo's death in the monastery, a funeral was
held at noon local time, on the 6th of May.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
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COUNTDOWN TO HAMVENTION - AND AN APP TO PACK
PAUL/ANCHOR: Are you packed for Dayton Hamvention yet? Well don't forget
your app. Organizers have rolled out the first Dayton Hamvention event
mobile app, compatible with both Apple and Android platforms. Use it to
track activities, events, and exhibits, and even winners of all those
coveted prizes. The free app was developed by TripBuilder Media, in a
collaboration between Dayton Hamvention, and the ARRL. The Hamvention App
is called "ARRL Hamvention 2019", but if you search for "Hamvention",
you'll find it. If you are going to Hamvention, be sure to look for the
Newsline booth between the Heil Sound, and ICOM, and say hello. We love
to meet our listeners.
