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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 27 2019 09:23 am
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2200, for Friday December 27th, 2019
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2200, with a release date of
Friday, December 27th, 2019, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. In the Philippines, hams brace for another
typhoon. Radio helps an Indian family reunite after 50 years -- and
neighbors obstruct another amateur radio tower in the U.S.
All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2200,
comes your way right now.
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HAMS RALLY AS TYPHOON PHANFONE HITS PHILIPPINES
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We begin this week with breaking news. As Newsline went
to production, Christmas Day brought misery and destruction once again
to the Philippines. JoJo Vicencio, DU1VHY, told Newsline in a Christmas
Eve email that Typhoon Phanfone (fan-PHONE) had moved in. Iver, DV6ILA,
who was operating QRP inside a church, was already reporting severe
flooding in the province of Capiz. Jojo said hams in the Philippines
Amateur Radio Association's Ham Emergency Radio Operations Network had
activated. They reported that the island of Samar and Tacloban
(TOCK-LOW-BON) City had already lost power and cell phone service, some
as a direct action by the power companies. He said hams were continuing
to monitor the 40 metre band, where they were conducting emergency
operations at 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. local time, and also monitoring
typhoon status via the government's weather bureau and social media.
Newsline will continue to follow this story, and post updates on our
Facebook and Twitter accounts.
(JOJO VICENCIO DU1VHY)
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INDIAN FAMILY REUNITED AFTER 50 YEARS
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: This next story is about the timeless power of amateur
radio. In India, it's what led to a family reunion, that ended a
separation that spanned more than 5 difficult decades. Graham Kemp,
VK4BB, has that story.
GRAHAM: An elderly man who'd gone missing from home in his 20s - and for
whom a death certificate in the meantime had been issued - is back home
with his family in Odisha, India, with the help of amateur radio
operators. The West Bengal Radio Club's secretary, Ambarish Nag Biswas,
VU2JFA, had noticed the 75-year-old resting on a bench. Though the man
did not speak to him, Ambarish befriended him over time, bringing him
food, a blanket, and a mosquito net. When the man finally spoke, and
said his name was Charu, Ambarish recognized that he was from Odisha. He
contacted a ham there - Dushyant Kumar Das - who was able to track down
the man's family home, based on his memories of what it looked like 57
years ago, the last time Charu had been there. Dushyant found the
location, and eventually tracked down Charu's younger brother, Ajay, who
recounted how after Charu had gone missing, and could not be located, had
been declared dead. The Odisha hams relayed the Charu's return.
Subir Datta, VU3ZSD, president of the West Bengal Radio Club, told the
Millennium Post, "We are happy to help a person to reunite with his
family after so many years."
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that the West Bengal Radio Club
was recently chosen Newsline's inaugural International Newsmaker of the
Year for 2019.
(MILLENNIUM POST)
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CONTEST UNIVERSITY IN DAYTON NOW ACCEPTING STUDENTS
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Students have already begun registering for Contest
University at the 2020 Dayton Hamvention. Contest University will be
held on Thursday the 14th of May, one day before Hamvention itself
opens on the fairgrounds in Xenia, Ohio. Classes will be held at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dayton. Organizers expect to post the course
outline shortly. Interested hams should visit the website at
contestuniversity dot com (contestuniversity.com). This coming spring
will mark the university's 14th year in Dayton. Don't wait too long:
Organizers report that last year's registration was a sellout.
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