Subj : Newsline Part 4
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jun 30 2016 07:59 pm
OFFSHORE RADIO FLOATS SOME MEMORIES IN THE UK
PAUL/ANCHOR: If you don't remember Radio Caroline, one of many popular
off-shore broadcasters from decades ago, here's a chance to sample what
the experience was like, amateur-radio style. Newsline's Jeremy Boot,
G4NJH, tells us more:
JEREMY: What happens when a group of hams is waiting for their ship to
come in? In this case, what happens can result in a great tribute, and
some radio nostalgia. That's what's taking shape next month with Special
Event station GB5RC, where the "R" and "C" stand for Radio Caroline.
Those who remember the era will recall Radio Caroline as the highly
popular offshore broadcast operation, complete with superstar DJs, who
revolutionized listening in the UK for about five decades.
That ship, by the way, has already come in: It is the MV Ross Revenge,
the site of the original Caroline broadcasts. It will be moored in the
River Blackwater in Essex. The Martello Tower Group, based in Essex, is
operating two stations aboard the craft from 5 August through 8 August.
This time around, though, there won't be any disc jockeys, nor any
spinning records. But amateurs will be spinning the VFOs on their rigs
on most of the HF bands between 40 and 10 meters, including possible
operation on 17 and 12. Both stations will operate at the same time, and
there will be a commemorative QSL card.
It's not such a far stretch for amateur radio to play such a key role
in celebrating broadcast radio:
Hams, after all, were very involved in many of the technical aspects of
keeping Radio Caroline up and running in the '60s and '70s.
Of course, the Caroline broadcasts on board the MV Ross Revenge stopped
in 1991. But the tributes go on and on.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, in Nottingham, the UK.
(SOUTHGATE ARC, MARTELLO TOWER GROUP, WWW.MDS975.CO.UK)
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KICKER: SK: MARGIE RAPP, WD9HEE, OF VINCENNES INDIANA
PAUL/ANCHOR: We close this week's newscast on a personal note, as we take
a moment to remember a Silent Key, Margaret Rapp, WD9HEE, of Vincennes,
Indiana. Margie, a member of the Old Post Amateur Radio Society, died at
her home on April 21 after several years of health issues. She was the
mother of Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, and the wife of Del
Rapp, WB9UKG. Inspired by her amateur radio son and husband, Margie got
her license in 1977, the year after her husband and son received their
tickets. She grew to became a strong proponent of YLs on the air, and was
an active participant in the YL International Sideband System on 40 meters.
In a recent podcast of his show, HamTalk live, Neil talked about his
mother, and her love of a good ragchew on the local repeaters. He said
she once even helped a team track down a bootlegger's signal while she
was on the radio.
Margie was a retired beautician and telephone operator and, according to
her son Neil, QUOTE "a friendly voice to those passing through or needing
help." ENDQUOTE
If people did not know her by her voice, they surely knew her by her
callsign phonetics, WD9HEE, for "Happy Easter Egg." Margie Rapp was 82.
The Rapp family asks that memorial contributions be sent to the ARRL
General scholarship fund.
We here at Amateur Radio Newsline extend our sympathies to Neil and his
family.
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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With this newscast, Amateur Radio Newsline marks 39
years - the beginning of its 40th year - of keeping the global amateur
community informed. We're proud of the legacy entrusted to us by the
late Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, and we're grateful to all of you for your
listenership, contributions and news tips. This week we especially
thank Alan Labs; the ARRL; Barrett Communications; CQ Magazine; Ham
Talk Live; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; the IARU; Irish Radio
Transmitter Society; Martello Tower Group; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin;
Pope2016.com; Radio Resource International; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Wireless Institute of Australia;
WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur
Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at
[email protected]. More information is available at Amateur
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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO in Valparaiso,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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