Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Feb 03 2023 02:13 am
NEWCOMERS GET SPOTLIGHT FOR RSGB CONSTRUCTION CONTEST
PAUL/ANCHOR: A construction and software contest in the UK is opening its
door a little wider to give special attention to new and young radio
amateurs. We have those details from Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
JEREMY: New Foundation licence holders and young amateurs under the age
of 24 are being given special recognition in the Construction Competition
organised by the Radio Society of Great Britain. Competitors have until
the 1st of March to submit their entries in four categories: beginners,
construction excellence, innovation and software. This competition is
being held over the internet and the judging is taking place online. The
RSGB states on its website that the challenges posed are in recognition
of the vital role construction plays in amateur radio.
Details on how to enter can be found on the website that appears in the
text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org
Cash prizes will be awarded in each category and the overall winner will
be presented with the bonus of the Pat Hawker G3VA Trophy. The trophy is
named in honour of Pat, who became a Silent Key in 2013 at the age of 90.
Pat had been the author of the "Technical Topics" column in the RSGB's
RadComm magazine.
This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
[DO NOT READ: rsgb.org/main/construction-competition/ ]
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FCC HELPS UNDERWRITE EXAM COST FOR YOUNG KENTUCKY AMATEURS
PAUL/ANCHOR: Young amateurs are a priority for one club in Kentucky which
is helping young candidates make use of a relatively new financial
benefit from the FCC. Jack Parker, W8ISH, tells us what this means.
JACK: One amateur radio club in Kentucky is making full use of an FCC
measure that helps cover costs for amateur radio candidates under the age
of 18. The Paducah Amateur Radio Association is encouraging local
youngsters between 8 and 13 to join the club's program, which it calls
"Pre-teen Talkers." The goal is to help them take the FCC licensing exam
and get on the air. Last April, the FCC and the American Radio Relay
League announced a negotiated agreement permitting Volunteer Examiners at
amateur radio club to waive the $35 license fee for applicants under the
age of 18, and to reduce the $15 ham radio testing fee to $5.
Club secretary Michael Durr, KN4TIP, told local TV station WPSD that
those who pass the entry level Technician Exam will become eligible for a
free handheld radio to be given to them by the club.
This is Jack Parker, W8ISH.
(WPSD LOCAL 6, ARRL)
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SILENT KEY: MUSICIAN, EDUCATOR RODNEY MOAG, W5NDS
PAUL/ANCHOR: In the Texas amateur radio community and beyond, hams are
grieving the loss of an influential colleague of many talents: professor
emeritus of linguistics, country-and-bluegrass radio host, recording
artist and performer and, not least of all, active radio amateur. Rodney
Moag, W5NDS, was a ragchewer and a popular presence on 10 meters and
elsewhere. He became a Silent Key on Thursday, January 19th at his home
in Austin, Texas.
Born with juvenile glaucoma, he became blind at the age of 7. He was
first licensed in 1951 as W2KUV when he was a 14 year old student at the
New York State School for the Blind. Rod operated almost exclusively on
AM and CW for more than 10 years before expanding into other modes.
According to his bio on the Quarter Century Wireless Association webpage,
he was the only active ham in his high school ham club and continued
being active even in college. He remained an active ham throughout most
of his 86 years.
His talent in music and his academic work in linguistics took him to many
places around the world, either touring as a musician or studying
languages. In the late 1970s, while teaching at the University of the
South Pacific in Fiji, he operated as 3D2RM.
He was a former vice-president of the Austin Amateur Radio Club, a
longtime member of the Texas VHF FM Society and a life member of ARRL and
the QCWA.
(QCWA, QRZ.COM, AUSTIN CHRONICLE)
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