Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jul 03 2020 08:43 am
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, be listening for Ennio, IW1RBI, using the call sign
3A/IW1RBI, from Monaco, between July 6th and 19th. Listen on 30 to 6
meters, where he can be found, using SSB and FT8. Send QSLs via his home
callsign, over the bureau or LoTW.
Members of the North Wales Amateur Radio Group are on the air from the
Welsh Mountain Zoo on the North Wales coast. They are using the special
callsign GB0WMZ (GB ZERO WM ZED) until July 17th. QSL via MW0JWP
(MW ZERO JWP) by the Bureau.
There is also a special centennial event: Members of the Royal Signals
Amateur Radio Society are marking their 100th anniversary with the
callsign GB100RS (G B ONE HUNDRED R S), and will be on the air until
the end of October, on various HF bands. Listen for them using CW, SSB,
RTTY, and PSK. Special awards are available. QSL via the Bureau.
A group of operators including Silvo/S50X, Goran/S52P and Hubert/S53Z
will be on the air as 9A followed by their call sign, from the Palagruza
Islands, between July 18th and 31st. Listen on 80 to 10 metres, where
they will be using CW and SSB. The group will use the callsign 9A20A
during the RSGB IOTA Contest, which is July 25th and 26th. Send QSLs
direct or by the bureau to S58MU.
(OHIO PENN DX)
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SPECIAL EVENT N4J - HF BANDS BECOME WEDDING BANDS
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: There is also a special event station you may want to
make note of. While it doesn't involve a DXpedition, it does include
a big trip down the aisle. Paul Braun, WD9GCO, explains.
PAUL: Be listening between July 9th and July 12th for special event
station N4J. That's Neil 4 Julie, marking the wedding on July 11th
between Newsline anchor and reporter, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, and his
fiancee, Julie, who became a part of our Newsline family, after meeting
Neil five years ago. We wish them both all the happiness in the world,
and hope that the sun - and a whole lot of sunspots - will shine on their
big day. We hope they settle into a good life together, as
husband-and-wife antenna farmers.
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Be listening for N4J on the bands - that's wedding bands
AND HF bands!
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KICKER: HIKER'S TRAIL LEADS TO RESCUE BY RADIO
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story is about is about radio as a tool of
rescue - and one amateur who's paying it forward. Skeeter Nash, N5ASH,
has his story.
SKEETER: Because he is alive today, despite a harrowing ordeal on a remote
hiking trail, Alden Sumner Jones IV, KC1JWR, may have helped inspire 20
new amateur radio operators.
Alden was hiking in Bennington County, Vermont, with his two cousins on
June 16, when he grew light-headed. His left hand became numb, and he
collapsed, passing out. An emergency medical technician hiking nearby
rushed over to assist -- but the medic's cell phone failed to reach 911
in that remote area.
Alden told Newsline that he rarely leaves home without his HT and so,
regaining consciousness after a second blackout, he keyed the mic and
eventually hit the Mount Greylock repeater K1FFK, asking for help. Aid
came swiftly - by search-and-rescue team, by helicopter and others - but
the treacherous terrain made for a problematic rescue. Nearly 7 hours
later, Alden was enroute to the emergency room of an Albany, New York
hospital. Alden told Newsline he has a history of low blood sugar, and
suffered a torn hamstring on the trail. He is recovering at home, while
awaiting a cardiology appointment.
A former member of a Massachusetts search-and-rescue team himself, he
never thought he'd be on the receiving end of similar services. Alden,
the president of the Southern Vermont Amateur Radio Club, was so
grateful for the power of his HT that his cousins, the medical tech
they met on trail, the helicopter crew, and members of the
search-and-rescue team, are looking into becoming amateur radio
operators, too. A military veteran, a former CBer, and member of the
Civil Air Patrol, Alden has been around radios most of his life. Now,
he said, he has the rest of his life -- thanks to his radio.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Skeeter Nash, N5ASH.
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Ohio, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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