Subj : Newsline Part 2
To : ALL
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jun 16 2016 08:08 pm
HONORS FOR WEATHERING THE STORM
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Speaking of weather, one New York ham's devotion to
watching for storm systems has won him special recognition. Here's
Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD.
HEATHER'S REPORT: Dave Robinson, N-4-U-A-R, of Oswego County, New York,
isn't exactly a fair-weather friend. What would be the point of that,
anyway? His skills and volunteer efforts are especially needed when bad
storm systems roll in. He is a trained weather spotter in the SKYWARN
program of the National Weather Service, and a member of the county's
Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services.
More recently, Dave became an emergency communications honoree,
receiving this year's RACES Service Award for his work in central New
York, where he joined RACES in 2008. That work has not just garnered him
honors; it has also kept him busy, and made him a leader during drills
as well as real weather emergencies.
Dave was praised at a recent RACES meeting by Radio Officer Fred Koch,
K-A-2-H-P-G. Fred said: QUOTE "Dave is one of the first to show up for
RACES work details. He is a quiet individual, who is invaluable to the
group as a leader and mentor." ENDQUOTE
He now has the award to remind him of that - just in case he gets too
busy during the storm season ahead.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, K-B-3-T-Z-D.
(OSWEGO COUNTY TODAY)
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IN THE AIR AND ON THE AIR
STEPHEN: There's a new ham in town. Actually ABOVE town. He's way, WAY
above town! He's NASA astronaut Scott Tingle, now known as KG5NZA.
Having passed his technician exam on June 3, he is now getting ready to
join the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, or ARISS,
program.
Although amateur radio studies are optional during the two years of
astronaut training, he began in Russia, his interest in ham radio grew
during his studies, and he was determined to exercise that option.
Meanwhile, three amateurs aboard the ISS are to be back home on Earth
by Saturday, June 18. They are Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra,
KE5UDN; Flight Engineer Tim Peake, KG5BVI/GB1SS, and Yuri Malenchenko,
RK3DUJP. So with the crew up there always in transition, Scott Tingle
can expect to find plenty of room when he launches with the Expedition
53 crew in the fall of 2017.
(SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS)
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BREAK HERE:
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in Arlington, Virginia on Tuesday nights at 7.
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AUSTRALIA HAM WITH NASA PROGRAM
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In amateur radio, as in most things, it's not just what
you know, but WHO you know. One ham in Queensland, Australia found that
out a few years ag,o when the "who you know", ended up being an astronaut
from Australia. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp, VK4BB, with
that story.
GRAHAM: Shane Lynd, VK4KHZ, of central Queensland didn't exactly have
high-flying ambitions on that day, 18 years ago, when his signal was
picked up unexpectedly by Australia's man in space, Andy Thomas, VK5MIR,
on board the Russian space station Mir.
It turned out to be more than just a memorable QSO: That radio connection
got him to thinking about his personal connections to space, and how many
learning opportunities await in the great, vast void above the Earth.
Not long after, Shane was invited to join as one of three Australian
volunteers, working with NASA, supporting Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station. Surely, Shane could relate to the thrill
students would have connecting with voices in space, since he'd
experienced that himself. He would also be on standby, having his shack
available to NASA in case of an emergency, such as a lost communications
link with the space station.
Along the way, Shane made some important ground-based connections, too.
Now, in local schools, he brings and demonstrates one of his tracking
stations to students, and helps them have the same space experience he
enjoyed with Andy Thomas.
That happened recently, when he helped students at Glenmore State High
School in Rockhampton contact Tim Kopra, KE5UDN, commander of the ISS.
As part of the ARISS volunteer team, he is working to help plan plenty
more connections like that. If space is a void, Shane Lynd hopes to be
out there personally, doing his very best to fill that void -- with the
sound of ham radio, of course.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB
(ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA)
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