Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Aug 09 2019 01:38 pm
RADIO SCOUTS WRAP UP 24th WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE
NEIL/ANCHOR: World Scout Jamboree is over, and thousands of youngsters
are looking back on an experience of a lifetime, as we learn from Bill
Stearns, NE4RD.
BILL: This week in Radio Scouting, the 24th World Scout Jamboree, and
operations at NA1WJ, came to a close. Over 45,000 Scouts from 150
countries, and over 8,000 staff, all departed the Summit Bechtel
Reserve, leaving behind a life experience, that most Scouts will only
have once in their Scouting career.
The team at NA1WJ was able to demonstrate amateur radio to over 3000
Scouts, making over 4000 QSOs, and working over 80 countries. These
contacts were made on HF, D-STAR, Echolink, and satellite. The team
would like to thank all those who contacted the station, and spent time
talking to Scouts on the air. QSL request information is on the K2BSA
website.
The team launched, under the expertise of Mike Cullen K1NPT, 4 high
altitude balloons with APRS payloads. The two farthest traveling
balloons were NA1WJ-6, which made it to Spain before going silent,
and NA1WJ-7, which made it to Tunisia before going silent.
An ARISS contact was also completed, where scouts signed up for a
chance to ask a question of assistant Scout master, and astronaut
Drew Morgan. Every selected Scout that was able to make it over to
the stage, was given one to two questions to ask. Over 250 attended
the event, which was conducted via telebridge, with ON4ISS in Belgium
and executed on one of the many outdoor stages at the event.
There will be a final report forthcoming, that will detail out the
operation and results, and will be posted on the K2BSA website.
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.
**
THE WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, Gil, IZ2DLV, is operating as 8Q7GB from Nika Island
in the Maldives until August 18th. Gil is operating holiday style on 40,
30, 20, 17, and 15 meters, using CW, SSB, and FT8. QSL via LoTW or ClubLog.
Operators Valdimir, RV1CC, and Yuri, RM0F, are using the call signs
RV1CC/0 {zero}, and RM0F/P, respectively, from Iturup Island, beginning
August 15th. They'll be on various HF bands. For QSL details, visit
QRZ.com.
Be listening too, on the weekend of August 17th and August 18th, for hams
calling QRZ during International Lighthouse & Lightship weekend. Please
check out ILLW dot NET on the web, for additional information (illw.net).
(OHIO PENN DX)
**
KICKER: A VIDEO VOYAGE WITH 3Y0I TO BOUVET
NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally - With Bouvet Island reaffirmed as the second most
wanted DXCC entity, what can hams do until it's time to listen again for
DXpeditioners on a calling frequency? Here's Mike Askins, KE5CXP, with
one idea.
MIKE: So you think you missed out on a chance for contact with the Bouvet
Island DXpedition team Three Y Zero Eye (3Y0I)? Guess again.
You can now share 27 minutes and 19 seconds of adventure and radio with
the team -- and while it's not quite a ragchew, it is a valid contact
of another sort. So many months later, they are back with a video called
"The Road to Bouvet," a chronicle of their attempt earlier this year,
before their landing on remote island's western shore was scrapped by
a monstrous storm, and damage it caused to their vessel. They were only
70 nautical miles from their destination, when they made the difficult
decision to turn back.
Team member Mietek, SP3CMX, who made the video, cautions viewers - whether
they get seasick or not - to simply "Buckle Up", and click on the video
on the Rebel DX group's website. You'll be watching the DXpedition unfold
just before the Atlantic Tuna's journey was scrapped.
No, it won't earn you a QSL card, but that's still not out of the
question. The team has plans to set off once again later this year.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
(REBEL DX GROUP WEBSITE)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE:
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Carolina; Galway VHF Group; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ.COM Forums; New
Zealand Radio Spectrum Management; Rebel DX Group; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; Steve Wright, EI5DD; SWLing Post; Ted Randall's QSO Radio
Show; Wireless Institute of Australia; 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 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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