Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jun 01 2023 08:29 pm
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, be listening for VU7W, the call being used by Yuris,
YL2GM, on Minicoy Island, IOTA Number AS-106, in the Lakshadweep Islands.
He will be on the air throughout June, focusing on the 6m band, with some
operation on other HF bands. QSOs are to be uploaded to LoTW.
Special event station IQ3UV, is on the air now through June 11th, using
CW and SSB on all the HF bands, marking the 100th anniversary of the
founding of the Alpine group of Tolmezzo, and the Carnia section. A
certificate will be available as a downloadable PDF for all stations
who make contact. For other details, see QRZ.com
Be listening for Dan, F5DBT, on the air as MM/F5DBT from several islands
off Scotland's west coast until the 15th of June. He will operate SSB,
FT8 and FT4, on 40, 20, 15, and 10 metres. QSL information is available
on QRZ.com
Ric, DL2VFR, and Fred, DL4BBH, will operate as LA/DL2VFR and LA/DL4BBH
from IOTA group EU-061 and the Ytre Hvaler (EE-trah Valla) National Park
in Norway, from the 2nd to the 6th of June. They will be using CW and
SSB. This is an IOTA and World Wide Flora & Fauna Expedition. QSL details
are available on QRZ.com
(425 DX BULLETIN, QRZ.COM)
**
KICKER: FROM POUNDING THE BRASS TO WINNING THE BRASS
JIM/ANCHOR: For our final story, we talk to a ham who took a test that
may have been just a little bit harder than the one for his amateur
license. Plus, it was on national TV. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, tells us how
it all played out.
GRAHAM: CW has always been a perfect fit for Richard Ayre, VK6PZT, since
he became a ham 10 years ago. Unaccustomed as he is to speaking publicly
on or off the air, he is most comfortable when he lets the dits and the
dahs do his talking for him. So why would he opt to get on the air - in
this case, on a national TV programme - where he had to answer questions,
and even trade gently disparaging remarks with the host, in a kind of
sledging worthy of any cricket pitch? It's because the Australian hit
show, "Hard Quiz," would test his trivia knowledge about his beloved CW.
Oh -- and because his two daughters asked him to.
On Wednesday, the 31st of May, TV fans watched the medical sonographer
square off in the Melbourne studio against three other contestants, who,
like him, were originally from England, Australia's rival this month in
the Test Series cricket matches. So he studied hard in pursuit of the
show's coveted Brass Mug. As he told Newsline recently: [quote] "I
challenged myself to find out something new about Morse Code once per
day for about one year prior to the show, and made notes in a small blue
book. I asked my family and friends at our local Bunbury Radio Club to
come up with the most obscure questions possible for me to answer."
[endquote] In fact, he said: [quote] "I think if I spent as much time
practicing my head copying as I did reading about how the code was
developed or used over the last 100 years, I would be a much better
operator." [endquote]
No worry there: Richard scored a strong victory, and got to take away
the huge 5kg mug. Now instead of pounding the brass, he'll said he'll
be drinking from it.
This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB.
**
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