Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Sep 13 2019 09:54 am
TIME FOR 'FALL OUT' WITH 100 WATTS AND A WIRE
JIM/ANCHOR: If you're in a part of the world welcoming autumn's cooler
temperatures, why not take your rig outside, and enjoy the break from
the heat? Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, tells us how.
KEVIN: Amateur radio knows many seasons, and here in the U.S., the
season that is almost upon us is the Fall Out Season. It gets its name
from the third annual Fall Out event, being held by the 100 Watts and
a Wire podcast, from the 11th through to the 13th of October. The
podcast's host and creator, Christian Cudnik, K0STH, told Newsline that
this is the season for hams to get outdoors, and exercise their bodies
as well as their gear, before the cold temperatures arrive, and force
everyone here in the U.S. into the warmth of their QTH. If you're into
SOTA, POTA, and IOTA, why not activate for those awards and then "double
dip" by making it a Fall Out event too?
While this isn't a contest, there are prizes for participants who earn
25 points for contacts with some of the "special ops" - with each
operator worth 5 points.
If you were listening this past week to the 100 Watts and a Wire podcast,
you probably heard Christian announce the details. You can also visit the
website at 100wattsandawire dot com slash activities
(100wattsandawire.com/activities). While you're there, you can also
subscribe to the podcast.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, this is 100 Watts and a Wire Member ID 179,
Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.
**
MARKING 75 YEARS OF VOA'S BETHANY RELAY STATION
JIM/ANCHOR: The Voice of America's Bethany Relay station will be
celebrating its 75th anniversary, as hams from the West Chester Amateur
Radio Association, WC8VOA, get on the air. Be listening on September 21st
from 1500 to 2200 UTC, on the HF bands, for operators callling QRZ on SSB,
FT8, and possibly CW. Certificates will be available a few days after the
event, downloadable from the club's website wc8voa dot org (wc8voa.org)
(JOCELYN BRAULT KD8VRX/VA2VRX)
**
SILENT KEY: ARRL and IARU President Emeritus Larry Price, W4RA
JIM/ANCHOR: A lifelong radio amateur, who held major roles in both the ARRL
and the International Amateur Radio Union, has become a Silent Key. IARU
president emeritus Larry Price, W4RA, was also an ARRL Life Member, and a
former ARRL vice president, and first vice president, before ascending to
the organization's presidency. As president, he served four two-year terms.
At the same time, he was also secretary of the IARU, eventually becoming
its president for a decade, starting in 1999. He also helped incorporate
the ARRL Foundation.
The Arkansas native, first licensed as a ham at 16, died on September 10th.
He was also a veteran of the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
JIM/ANCHOR: The former president of the Cushcraft Antenna Company, also
has become a Silent Key.
Glen Whitehouse, K1GW, was considered an innovator, as well as a
businessman. The North Carolina resident, who served in the U.S. Air
Force during the Vietnam War, died on the 5th of September of cancer.
The DXCC Honor Roll member, and officer of the Yankee Clipper Contest Club,
left his mark on the Cushcraft Antenna Company, after arriving there from
G.R. Whitehouse & Company, which provided components for tuners, and
high-power amplifiers. Under Glen's leadership, Cushcraft launched the
VHF/UHF Yagi "Boomer" line, as well as the Skywalker X-7 and X-9
tribanders. A New Englander by birth, the Maine native retired to North
Carolina, after having lived for a time in Amherst, New Hampshire. In a
posting on eham dot net, friends remembered him for his sense of humor,
and his eagerness to learn new things in software programming. He was the
creator of a number of SDR home brew radios. He had been a radio amateur
for more than 60 years.
Glen Whitehouse was 76.
(EHAM.NET)
**
SILENT KEY: JAPAN AMATEUR RADIO LEAGUE'S HISAO SHONO JA1AA
JIM/ANCHOR: And...a prominent longtime influencer in amateur radio in
Japan, has become a Silent Key. Hisao {pronounced hee-sow} Shono, JA1AA,
who died on the 19th of August, had served for two terms as the vice
chair of the Japan Amateur Radio League, the national member society.
The longtime amateur got his first license in 1938, with the call sign
J2IB. He was granted his last call sign, JA1AA, in 1952 after amateur
radio was permitted again in Japan - and was, in fact, the first of the
nation's hams to be re-licensed. He particularly enjoyed QRP operating,
as well as DXing.
