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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri May 31 2019 10:26 am
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS GET OUT THE VOTE IN PENNSYLVANIA
PAUL/ANCHOR: Hams showed up recently at one polling place in rural
Pennsylvania, but they weren't there to cast ballots. Heather Embee,
KB3TZD, picks up the story.
HEATHER: Hams got the vote recently in French Creek Township, a rural
community in Pennsylvania, where hams helped transmit election returns
from a polling site inside a local church, to the election bureau at the
county courthouse. The church where voters turned out for the recent
primary election, lacks landline telephone service, so another means of
filing the results had to be found. The election bureau director Jeff
Greenburg told the local newspaper that making use of hams, their radios,
and repeaters, provided an affordable way to get things done, saving
public officials hundreds of dollars that would have been spent
installing the phone lines, even on a temporary basis.
He also said it was a good opportunity to test the emergency response
capabilities of the town.
The Mercer County Amateur Radio Club, Auxiliary Communication Services,
Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services, and Amateur Radio Emergency
Services were elected to serve - not as candidates, but communicators.
Mike Varga, NR3C, said the hams worked three-hour shifts in turn at the
church, and at the courthouse itself, as the day's balloting went on.
Frank Jannetti, Mercer County public safety director, had suggested the
county use the hams for the elections based on local officials' previous
partnership with them during a pandemic drill conducted by health
agencies. Clearly the hams got the county's vote.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD.
(THE SHARON HERALD, WFMJ CHANNEL 21)
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WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, be listening on June 6th, as members of the Torbay
Amateur Radio Society in England, operate a chain of five World War II
special-event stations to mark the 75th anniversary of Operation
Overlord, and the D-Day landings in Normandy. The Torbay hams will use
the call sign GB75UF, operating above Brixham Harbour in Devon. Other
operators include the South Dorset Radio Society, GB75OF, at Omaha
Beach; the Southampton ARC, and Soton University Wireless Society,
GB75GF, at Gold Beach; Itchen Valley ARC and Waterside New Forest ARC,
GB75JF, at Juno Beach, and Fort Purbrook ARC, GB75SF, at Sword Beach.
Visit the TARS website for frequencies and other details. That's Torbay
ARS dot org dot uk (torbayars.org.uk)
(OHIO PENN DX)
**
KICKER: NEW YOUTH COORDINATOR TAKES THE 'YOUTH' PART SERIOUSLY
PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week's report by celebrating the achivement of
a bright YL in Texas, Katherine Forson, KT5KMF. Katherine has just been
appointed the ARRL's North Texas Section Youth Coordinator. Section
manager Steve Lott, KG5VK, who supported her nomination, couldn't be
prouder. By definition, a Youth Coordinator doesn't necessarily have to
be a student - but Katherine is - and the 15-year-old's scholastic
achievements include successful competition in the district, regional,
and state levels of the Texas Science and Engineering Fair. Katherine
told Newsline in an email that although she loves Field Day, and working
special events such as the Plano (PLAY-NO) Balloon Festival station, she
is committed to supporting radio's involvement in various public service
activities. She said one of her big challenges in her new role will be
introducing people, especially young people, to amateur radio's
excitement. Licensed since 2003, Katherine upgraded to Extra last summer.
In her new role, she'll be upgrading her commitment too. We here at
Newsline, congratulate Katherine, and wish her well.
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE:
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Australia; WTWW Shortwave; Xenia Gazette; Youngsters on the Air; and you,
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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 Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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