Subj : Newsline Part 2
To : ALL
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jun 02 2016 10:15 pm
YASME FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES GRANTS, EXCELLENCE AWARDS
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Other gifts to amateur radio - these ones benefiting
young amateurs - have been announced by the not-for-profit Yasme
Foundation. Three supporting grants are being given out. The Foundation
for Amateur Radio is receiving support for its 2017-2018 scholarship
program; the ARRL Foundation will be helped with funds for its Yasme
Foundation scholarship. A third grant will assist two young hams in
Ethiopia who will participate in the Youth Contesting Program in Estonia.
The Yasme Foundation is organized to support scientific and educational
projects related to Amateur Radio, including DXing, and the introduction
and promotion of Amateur Radio in developing countries. Supporting grants
were also given to other recipients to specifically support global HF
operations.
The foundation also announced three recipients of its Excellence Award,
which recognizes achievement in technical, organizational or operational
areas: They are longtime educator Carole Perry, WB2MGP; Tim Duffy, the
ARRL's Western Pennsvylania section manager; and longtime amateur radio
mentor and trainer, Tom Rauch, W8JI.
(YASME FOUNDATION)
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BREAK HERE:
Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the Lakes Area
Amateur Radio Club's W5JAS repeater in Jasper, Texas, on Monday nights.
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NORFOLK ISLAND REPORT
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Norfolk Island, off the east coast of Australia, normally
doesn't have a lot of amateur radio activity. That changed during the
last weekend in May. We hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams,
VK4JJW.
JOHN WILLIAMS' REPORT: You've probably heard of "The Thornbirds", a world
best seller novel, and then, TV series, written by long time resident of
Norfolk Island, Australian Colleen McCulloch, who passed away last year,
and now rests on this verdant rock in the middle of the South Pacific.
Now, the Wireless Institute of Australia has put Colleen's home on the map
again by holding its Annual General Meeting over the last weekend of May
in the 35-square-kilometer -- or 14-square-mile island paradise with
almost 100 hams and their partners, making the bit-over-2-hour-flight
from the mainland, and staying there for at least the three-day occasion.
Some hams have made it a real break, and stayed for a week! Flying is the
easiest way to get there, because ships sometimes have to anchor offshore
for weeks, waiting for calm seas to transfer goods and people.
In recent years, the WIA AGM has been held in different places all around
Australia, and so it was fitting that we journey to a soon-to-be-made
official part of the country.
Norfolk Island is an Australian External Territory just 1300 Km or 900
miles off the east coast. With a resident population of around 1500, it
has very few hams, and with the passing several years ago of avid
Norfolk Island resident Dxer, "Island Chaser" Jim Smith VK9NS, there have
been very few opportunities since to work this rare location.
Some of the latest visitors even went to the trouble and expense of
arranging their very own VK9 call, expressly to activate the island
again, if only for a short time. But then, that makes it even more
desirable for the DX hound, doesn't it!
When the formalities and socializing of the AGM weekend didn't get in the
way, there was a fair amount of "CQ DX" happening from the land of
Norfolk Pine trees - I was there too!
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW
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O CANADA! 150 YEARS OF CANADA!
Hams participating in the events marking Canada's sesquicentennial in
2017, have been given permission to use special call sign prefixes to
mark the occasion.
For those Canadian amateurs wishing to change their prefix, VA becomes
CF; VE becomes CG; VO becomes CH; and VY, CI.
The announcement was made by Radio Amateurs of Canada during the recent
Dayton Hamvention. Radio Amateurs of Canada notes that use of the prefixes
is optional -- but a nice way to mark 150 years, nonetheless.
(RADIO AMATEURS OF CANADA)
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PROGRESS ON PARITY
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Trying to hammer out acceptable language for the Amateur
Radio Parity Act hasn't been easy. But the ARRL, and the organization
representing homeowners associations, have helped fashion an amended bill
with input from congressional staffers that would permit outdoor antennas
to be installed in communities with deed-restricted residential
properties.
The homeowners group, called the Community Associations Institute, issued
a statement expressing support for the amended language in the
legislation, also known as HR 1301. And Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, the ARRL
Hudson Division Director, and Legislative Affairs Committee Chairman,
also noted he was pleased with the agreement - but stressed that some
matters still need to be worked on.
Congress is expected to act on the bill sometime this year.
(ARRL)
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