Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Feb 08 2020 10:17 am
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX be listening all month for members of the Kuwait
Amateur Radio Society, using the call sign 9K59NLD. The hams are
marking Kuwait's National and Liberation Day. Send QSLs to 9K2RA.
In Tanzania, listen for 5I5TT (pronounced: Five Eye Five Tea Tea),
from Zanzibar Island, until the 18th of February. A number of
operators are part of this activation, which is on the HF bands,
using CW, SSB, and RTTY. Four stations are active. Send QSLs to I2YSB.
Matteo, IZ4YGS, is on the air from Ghana as 9G5GS, until the 26th of
February. Listen for him on 160 through 20 metres using FT8 and SSB.
He also plans some activity over the Satellite QO-100. Send QSLs direct
to his home call.
(OHIO PENN DX)
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KICKER: WEATHER NEWS FROM THE UNDERGROUND
DON/ANCHOR: It doesn't matter if it's terrestrial weather or solar
weather, hams are always concerned about it. In our final story this
week, Mike Askins, KE5CXP, tells us how a groundhog can best help us
weather the storms - solar and otherwise.
MIKE: Punxsutawney Phil, America's official forecasting groundhog, may
not be able to predict the solar weather yet, but he could probably
have foreseen some of the heavy traffic he inspired on Saturday,
February 1st. The day before Groundhog Day, the Punxsutawney Amateur
Radio Club, K3HWJ, got on 40 and 20 meters in Pennsylvania, and called
QRZ to celebrate Phil.
Well-grounded though this groundhog may be, Phil did not get on the air
himself to greet those answering the call for him. No matter: The
signals were good as enthusiastic hams called in from Oklahoma,
Michigan, Texas, Arkansas, and points beyond. Most expressed
appreciation for the legendary rodent's longstanding pursuit of his
shadow, and for the club's tribute to him.
Let's face it through. Phil works one day a year, and gets this nice
special event station. Meanwhile, we hams have to deal with solar
weather forecasts every day - and we don't even get to hibernate!
Never mind. America's official groundhog is calling for an early spring,
and our solar forecasters are saying more sunspots are on the way. So
this is no time to hibernate in the shack! Unlike with Punxsutawney Phil,
for us hams, it's a case of "you snooze, you lose."
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
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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 Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in Picayune,
Mississippi, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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