Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jul 03 2020 08:43 am
BREAK HERE:
Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the N2JDW repeater
in New York City, on Mondays at 8 p.m. local time, just before the New
York City Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Service net.
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CQ MAGAZINE NAMES NEW CONTESTING EDITOR
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The September issue of CQ magazine will feature the
debut column of CQ's new Contesting Editor, Tim Shoppa, N3QE. The
magazine has named him as the successor to Dave Siddall K3ZJ, who
wrote the monthly contesting column for the magazine for five years.
According to a CQ press release, Dave has stepped down, to tend to
increasing work responsibilities.
Tim, who lives in Bethesda, Maryland, and is secretary of the Potomac
Valley Radio Club, is an active and seasoned contester, and a top
winner consistently, in the USA Tri-Bander/Wires category of the
CQ WPX contests. He said in the press release that he hopes his column
will provide encouragement for individuals and clubs, and inspire them
to improve their skills and stations through contesting. Tim has been
licensed since the age of 10.
(CQ MAGAZINE)
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NETS OF NOTE: THE BBC BROADCASTERS NET
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In our occasional series Nets of Note, Newsline visits
with groups of hams who share a special bond or interest. This week,
that common thread is the BBC and broadcasting - and Jeremy Boot, G4NJH,
has the story.
JEREMY: It doesn't require too much effort for BBC professionals to get
on the air, especially if these are broadcast professionals, who also
happen to be hams. So you can expect the BBC Broadcasters Net to offer
some pretty lively chat. Retirees, as well as those currently working
as engineers and broadcasters, join Giles Herbert, G0NXA, on Tuesdays
at 0900 British Summer Time, on or near 3.700 MHz. Giles, a former
engineer, whose parents also worked for the BBC, told Newsline that the
monthly net has become a weekly one, since the start of the COVID-19
restrictions. Now, he's hoping it will expand beyond its BBC connections,
and include people who have worked in the British Independent TV Sector,
and Cinema as well.
He said that with the roster growing, new voices and new stories are
heard every week. There are no YLs yet among the group of cameramen,
studio electricians, sound operators, engineers, and researchers, but,
he is hopeful. He said one of the more familiar voices is that of Jim
Lee, G4AEH, who is also heard reading the news on BBC Radio 4.
It isn't all shop talk, Giles said. The net also takes some lively turns
toward the subject of life after retirement, and of course, current events.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
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INTREPID-DX GROUP HOLDING YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: If you want to know how to attract more young hams to
amateur radio, you have to ask the experts. The experts, in this case,
are the young people themselves. That's the rationale behind a youth
essay contest, launched by the Intrepid-DX Group. Organizers are asking
U.S. licensees age 19 or younger, to write a two-page essay about their
personal ham radio goals, and their thoughts on attracting more young
amateurs. Author of the best essay will receive an ICOM IC-7300.
Deadline for entries is July 31st, and winners will be announced on the
DX group's website, and Facebook page, on August 10th. Entries should
be sent in text format, or as an MS Word attachment, to intrepiddxgroup
at gmail dot com (
[email protected])
(INTREPID DX GROUP)
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USING PUBLICITY TO BOOST AMATEUR RADIO
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Publicity can be magical, and when it comes to ham
radio, it's great magic. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, tells us how one amateur
in the UK, used newspaper publicity to boost ham radio's profile,
during the pandemic.
JEREMY: Have you ever wished your local community understood more about
amateur radio? Well, why not do what one enterprising ham did, and
contact your regional newspaper? Phil, G4OBK, lives in the North of
England, out in a country area, and he contacted the Rydale Gazette
Herald, and let them know about what radio amateurs are doing during
the COVID-19 lockdown, giving them as reference an article from the
national society, the RSGB, but also offered to add to it with local
content.
The newspaper jumped at the offer, and the result can be seen at the
newspaper reference given in our newscast notes on our website
arnewsline.org
[FOR PRINT ONLY:
https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/18518331.radio-enthusiast-making-
waves-nearly-40-years/ }
(above URL all on one line)
Perhaps a benefit from the publicity may be an easier time for amateurs
in the area applying for planning permission for new antenna masts when
the community understands more what amateur radio is?
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
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