Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jan 10 2020 01:53 pm
CLASS WAS IN SESSION AT HAM RADIO UNIVERSITY
PAUL/ANCHOR: In New York, class was in session recently at Ham Radio
University, and Dave Parks, WB8ODF, has this report.
DAVE: The usual undergraduates were mostly gone from the Long Island,
New York campus on Saturday, January 4th, but class was definitely in
session. Forget liberal arts or political science: This was the 21st
annual Ham Radio University, and it drew an enrollment of more than
300, many of whom were first-time attendees. These radio scholars
selected their curriculum from more than 30 forums, and three hands-on
workshops. The keynote speaker was Kris Bickell, K1BIC, the ARRL's
manager of Lifelong Learning. Appealing to the perennial student inside
almost all ham radio operators, he explained how to use the ARRL's new
Learning Center with its online training options.
HRU's full day of instruction was held on the campus of Long Island
University-C.W. Post College in Brookville, and also served as the
ARRL NYC-Long Island Section Convention. Along with popular programs
repeated from previous years, there were new forums, including the
planning, construction, and installation of HF antenna support
structures; an overview of computer logging programs, and online
techniques for learning Morse code.
In place of diplomas, there was the promise of more QSL cards and, of
course, there's always next year's Ham Radio University, which is
already in the planning stages.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Dave Parks, WB8ODF.
(MEL GRANICK KS2G)
**
SOUTH AFRICAN OPERATOR QUALIFIES FOR DXCC AWARD ON 2M
PAUL/ANCHOR: A South African amateur well-known for his work on the VHF,
UHF, and SHF bands, has qualified for his 2-metre DXCC award. John Sygo,
ZS6JON, drew attention most recently for recent VHF/UHF/SHF and EME
DXpeditions with the call signs Z21EME, 3DA0MB, and A21EME. He has also
Elmered a number of hams with their EME stations, providing guidance,
equipment, and phasing cables for VHF and UHF operation. John also
operates and maintains a VHF/UHF beacon farm outside Johannesburg. We
here at Newsline congratulate his achievement.
(SOUTHGATE)
**
YL RAISA SHARES HER RADIO JOURNEY VIA YOUTUBE
PAUL/ANCHOR: If you love ham radio, there's nothing like social media
to help you share that journey. Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, spoke with one
YL who has devoted a YouTube channel to her adventures.
CARYN: "Hello my radio friends." With those four words, a YL named Raisa,
call sign UB1AOA, cheerfully begins yet another conversation with the
world. Raisa is from St. Petersburg, Russia, but calls QRZ most often as
OH73ELK from a ham radio cottage on a Finnish island. Off the air, Raisa
continues her dialogue with the world on a YouTube channel she created
shortly after getting her radio license in December of 2018. She calls
her videos "My Way to Ham radio."
In more than a dozen short, episodes, she celebrates her new license,
hikes to a SOTA summit, tries out radio orienteering, and cheers out loud
after making QSO number 1,000 as part of the OH73ELK contest team. Raisa
tells Newsline in an email: "I want to inspire new people, and then meet
them on the air."
She received her own inspiration from three men, including her own OM
Alex, UA1AJD. Although they helped guide her way in ham radio, she hopes
that sharing her love of the hobby, will prove beyond question that radio
isn't just for boys and men.
In fact, sometimes it isn't for men at all. As Raisa tells Newsline --
almost gleefully: "When we arrive at the cottage, Alex has no way to go
on the air, because I am there with permanent pileups!"
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT.
PAUL/ANCHOR: To find Raisa (Rii-e-sa)'s videos, search for YL Raisa at
youtube.com, thats Y-L space R-A-I-S-A.
**
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