Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jan 12 2023 08:39 pm
TECH CLASS OPERATORS WELCOME IN WINTERHEAT EVENT
DON/ANCHOR: An event known as Winterheat started on January 1st, and is
going on all month here in the US. If you have a Technician class license,
you're especially welcome to join in, as we hear from Jack Parker, W8ISH.
JACK: The very word itself - Winterheat - would suggest a name that
contradicts itself. Instead Winterheat has grown to stand for an event that
presents increasing opportunities for all amateur radio operators in the
United States, most especially those with a Technician class license.
Now in its fourth year, the month-long Winterheat challenges amateurs to
become active in the FM simplex band segments on VHF and UHF. The activity
also attracts operators on simplex DMR, D-STAR and Fusion. One of the
organizers, John Fulton, K9AI, told Newsline that Winterheat started
modestly in Illinois in 2019 but has since spread to other midwestern
states and outward toward both coasts. John said that last year's event
drew amateurs' participation in 38 states for a total of 134,000 contacts.
Winterheat makes its web-based logging and reporting system available to
registered operators and those operators can also view real time statistics
and propagation.
Licensed hams who are interested in being a part of Winterheat can register
to participate by signing up at www.hamactive.com.
This is Jack Parker, W8ISH.
(JOHN FULTON, K9AI)
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SILENT KEY: CONTEST HALL OF FAMER FRED LAUN, K3ZO
DON/ANCHOR: A well-known contester and leader in the amateur radio
community has become a Silent Key. We hear more about him from Kevin
Trotman, N5PRE.
KEVIN: Known worldwide for personal contributions to groups advancing
amateur radio, Fred Laun, K3ZO, was also an accomplished contester who was
inducted into the CQ Contest Hall of Fame in 1993. Fred, a resident of
Temple Hills, Maryland, became a Silent Key on January 3rd, after falling
ill in mid-December. According to various reports, at the time of his death
he had been diagnosed with an infection and COVID.
A member of the ARRL's Maxim Society and a Life Member of the league, Fred
had been a director of the Yasme Foundation, which helps fund projects
advancing amateur radio. His lifelong commitment to ham radio began in
1952, when he got his first license and was assigned WN9SZR as his call. A
retired foreign service officer, Fred was a member of the First Class CW
Operators' Club and the A1 Operator Club. He was also president of the
National Capitol DX Association and the Potomac Valley Radio Club.
RAST, the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand, penned a tribute on its
website to Fred, who also held the callsign HSØZAR. Fred had been a
longtime advisor to RAST. He became one of the young organization's
earliest supporters after its creation in the late 1960s when his work as a
United States Foreign Service Officer assigned him to a post in Thailand.
Tributes poured in on other websites too. Writing on the Reflector of the
Potomac Valley Radio Club, Ken K4ZW, said: "There was just something about
tuning the bands during a contest and hearing K3ZO. You knew everything was
right with the ham radio world." [endquote]
DON/ANCHOR: A noted Cuban journalist and amateur radio operator has also
become a Silent Key. Arnaldo Coro Antich, CO2KK, died on January 8th.
According to the Shortwave Listening Post, his death was the result of
complications of various chronic illnesses. Hams around the world also knew
him as Arnie Coro.
Arnie was active in amateur radio since the age of 12 when he joined an
organization that was then known as the Radio Club de Cuba. He pursued a
career in journalism and carved out a strong reputation in both radio and
in print media. Even at his current age of 80, he remained an active part
of the team at Radio Habana Cuba with an English-language program known as
DXers Unlimited, which had a worldwide amateur radio listenership. In
addition to teaching journalism at two institutes in Cuba, he was active in
the Cuban Radio Amateurs Federation, which was formed in 1966.
Committed to emergency response work, he was the emergency coordinator for
Area C of Region 2 of the International Amateur Radio Union. Arnie was 80.
(SHORTWAVE LISTENING POST)
**
BREAK HERE:
Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the AH6LE repeater
in Beavercreek and Wilsonville Oregon on Sundays at 6 p.m. local time.
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