Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jun 19 2020 08:52 am
IRELAND GETS NEW NATIONAL RADIO SOCIETY
NEIL/ANCHOR: A second national organization has been created in Ireland
to help represent the interests and concerns of hams there. Jeremy Boot,
G4NJH, tells us about it.
JEREMY: The Republic of Ireland has a new national nonprofit organisation
representing hams, shortwave enthusiasts, and wireless experimenters. The
group, the National Radio Society of Ireland, was founded this year, and
has also become a member association of EURAO, the European Radio Amateurs'
Organization.
To further serve its amateur radio membership, the organisation also
maintains a national/Irish QSL bureau.
The National Radio Society of Ireland has opened its membership to anyone
who either lives fulltime in Ireland, or has spent at least two months
there as a visitor, and has an interest in amateur radio communications.
The society has tutors operating at 10 training centers across the country,
but also provides online training - especially important during the
COVID-19 pandemic. This is being done through a newly established
networking portal called MyHam, which most recently has listed activities,
and events that are part of the public safety STAYHOME campaign, and its
related radio activities.
The new group arrives on the amateur radio scene in Ireland, where the
Irish Radio Transmitters Society was established in 1932. The IRTS
represents Ireland in the International Amateur Radio Union as one of
160 organisations representing ham radio interests and concerns worldwide.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
(NRSI)
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REWARDS FOR GOOD OPERATING BEHAVIOR
NEIL/ANCHOR: Formal notices recently went out to a number of hams
concerning their operating behavior on the air. Believe it or not,
these notices weren't just welcome - they were appreciated. Jim Damron,
N8TMW, has that report.
JIM: The notifications are called Good Operator Notices, and they're
part of the Volunteer Monitor Program established by an agreement
between the FCC, and the ARRL in the United States. The purpose? To
acknowledge hams for exemplary on-air conduct, and to encourage further
compliance with FCC rules. Those notices went out recently to 17
operators in 15 states, according to program coordinator Riley
Hollingsworth, K4ZDH. The notifications were sent out after a lot of
listening in May: a total of 2,035 hours of monitoring on HF and 2,856
hours on VHF/UHF, and other frequencies. Recipients included a
13-year-old in North Carolina, for CW operation during a Youth on the
Air Special Event, and a 14-year-old in Wyoming, who was operating on
SSB. Newcomers and veteran hams alike were recipients, Riley said. One
operator in Pennsylvania, received a notice for having established, and
run a 2-meter COVID-19 net on a repeater there.
According to Riley, Volunteer Monitors are trained to look for the good
operators, as well as those whose on-air behavior requires a report to
the FCC. The monitors have been keeping an ear to the bands, since
February 1st, when the program had its "soft rollout" and is now fully
operational.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW.
(ARRL)
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DREAMS OF A SUMMER HAM CAMP DOWN UNDER
NEIL/ANCHOR: Young hams in Australia and New Zealand may be getting a
different way to spend their summers soon. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, has been
following this development.
JIM: The organisation is called Youngsters On The Air Oceania, and it's
something of a youngster itself, having only come into being in late May
of this year. Its members, however, can surely relate: they are the
youngest ham radio operators in New Zealand and Australia, and they share
a youthful devotion to radio operating, and all it entails, from
antenna-building, to participating in nets. Benjamin Isaacs, ZL2BCI, told
Newsline he has created the group to fill a gap in services and mentoring
for this next generation of hams -- a safe place to ask technical
questions, or any questions at all relating to ham radio.
Benjamin is also hopeful that by next summer, there might be a YOTA
Oceania camp possibly held in Wellington, New Zealand's capital, or
Auckland. He told Newsline that in its short lifetime, YOTA Oceania
has already attracted more than 80 members. The group also needs
adults who can offer skills, contacts and experience.
Look for updates on the group's Facebook page and, of course, here on
Newsline, where we will be reporting important developments as YOTA
Oceania grows and matures.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.
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