Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jul 03 2020 08:43 am
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2227, for Friday, July 3, 2020
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2227, with a release date
of Friday, July 3, 2020, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. A former Newsline anchor becomes a Silent Key.
A petition in India focuses on amateur satellites -- and a VERY
special event station celebrates an equally special wedding. All this
and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2227, comes your way
right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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NO 'NIGHT OF NIGHTS' EVENT AT HISTORIC MORSE STATION
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A cherished tribute to radio history has been called
off just before it was scheduled to happen. The annual Night of Nights
event, held annually on July 12th, at a historic maritime commercial
telegraphy station, will not be taking place at radio station KPH this
year. The building is one of several shuttered inside the Point Reyes
(RAZE) National Seashore by the COVID-19 pandemic. KPH was originally
silenced on July 12, 1999, but was soon restored by the Maritime Radio
Historical Society, which put it back on the air, with the station's
vintage equipment, and the amateur callsign K6KPH.
Idled once by history, it is silenced this time by a pandemic. Richard
Dillman W6AWO, the society's founding member, said however, that hams
may opt to activate on July 12th, from their homes instead, using their
personal calls followed by slash MRHS. Watch for updates on the society's
website radiomarine.org
Meanwhile, the New England Historical Radio Society, licensed operator
of commercial ship-to-shore station WNE, hopes to uphold the spirit of
the evening. The station is expected to be on the air that same night
at 8 p.m. local time, transmitting high seas weather for the North
Atlantic, according to the group's president Stephen Russell WA1HUD.
Be listening on 472 kHz.
(TECHCRUNCH.COM. RADIOMARINE.ORG)
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SOTA ENTHUSIASM REACHES NEW HEIGHTS IN EUROPE
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: What happens when a good idea for an activation just
keeps growing and growing? Undeterred by COVID-19, that's what is
happening in Europe among SOTA enthusiasts. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, explains.
ED: This year's Austrian SOTA Activities Day is planned for September
19th. It's normally a radio event combined with a social event afterward,
but with the COVID-19 safeguards in place, organisers are looking for a
new way to gather safely in the bier garden outside the "Gasthaus."
Meanwhile, SOTA operators in Switzerland have become inspired by the SOTA
day announcement by Martin OE5REO. The Swiss association manager J�rg,
HB9BIN, has suggested that operators there could hold a second activity
day, coinciding with the one in Austria. Now, SOTA organisations in other
German-speaking countries are hoping to expand this yet further, garnering
interest from Alpen countries such as France and Italy. Could this become
the first Europe-wide event of its kind?
One thing is for sure, on September 19th. the Alpen hills will be alive
with RF-music!
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.
(MARTIN OE5REO)
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HAMS IN INDIA KEEP WATCH DURING QUARANTINE
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Hams in India who put public service first, are taking on
new responsibilities in the age of quarantine. John Williams, VK4JJW,
explains.
JOHN: Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, ham radio operators' roles
have been evolving in India. Hams have helped distribute food where it was
needed, and have helped direct airport and rail travelers, who have
required quarantine. Now, hams are being dispatched to monitor individuals
who must comply with home quarantine. According to a recent article in The
Hindu newspaper, amateur radio operators throughout Bengaluru, have joined
a volunteer task force, to ensure that the proper protocol is followed for
persons who are mandated to stay home.
The director of the Indian Institute of Hams, Shankar Sathyapal, VU2FI,
told the newspaper that HF and VHF radio operators have been on the air,
working in shifts, assisting with neighborhood watch, but said that the
hams are limiting their mobility in the communities to minimize risk. He
said that the risks of dealing with quarantine violators are also being
mitigated. He said that the hams are not trained to intervene, but will
instead transmit messages to senior officials who are better-equipped to
handle the situation.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.
(THE HINDU)
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