WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, from the Maldives, listen for Henry, LU4DXU,
operating as 8Q7AH between February 8th and 15th. Henry will be using
various HF bands. QSL direct to his home callsign.

Listen for Mathias, DL4MM, active as P4/DL4MM from Aruba until the 2nd
of February. He will be on various HF bands, focusing on the lower bands
and 30, 17 and 12 metres. Mathias will be using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via DL4MM, direct or via the Bureau Club-Log or LoTW. Listen for him in the
CQ 160m CW Contest on January 28th through the 30th, where he will be
using the callsign P40AA.

Alex, OE3DMA, will be operating as OE19AAW from Altenburg, Austria
during the 19th Antarctic Activity Week taking place between February
21st and 27th. Send QSLs to his normal callsign.

Listen for Thaire, W2APF, on the air as VP2MDX from Montserrat Island
until February 18th. Listen on 80-10 metres for Thaire using CW and SSB.
Send QSLs to his home callsign.

If you've been chasing operators in Italy for the WRTC Award, this
scheme resets every month. With the start of February, you have a chance
to work all the Italian special event WRTC stations again starting
February 1st and see how far up the monthly ranking tables you can get.
Full details are in the rules at WRTC2022.IT.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: NO MORE 'PI' IN THE SKY FOR 'ED AND IZZY'

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story is about a changing of the guard, of
sorts, aboard the International Space Station. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, tells
us what's been happening up there.

ED: After nearly six years of loyal service, Ed and Izzy have been told
their services are no longer needed. European Space Agency astronaut
Matthias Maurer KI5KFH / DP0ISS broke the news to them recently aboard
the International Space Station where the two AstroPi computers have
operated for a half-dozen years. Matthias completed the installation of
their replacements, which had been brought to the ISS in December on
board a Falcon 9 supply rocket.

The units comprise Raspberry Pi 4 Model B hardware, a 12.3MP camera, and
a range of sensors. The AstroPi units are capable of uploading code submissions from two programs: Mission Zero and Mission Space Lab, both
of which are used to nurture students' coding skills. The new units have greater capacity than Ed and Izzy and are expected to outperform them dramatically.

Now, this changing-of-the-guard should have come as no surprise to Ed
and Izzy, who were originally installed on the ISS by British ESA
astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI / GB0ISS. The ESA gave a very public preview
of their replacements in September of last year, calling the
replacements essential - adding that the original batteries were due to
expire soon.

There was no word as to whether Ed and Izzy would be given a formal
farewell or even offered severance pay. The names of the new AstroPis
have yet to be disclosed.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(SOUTHGATE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the the ARRL; Ars Technica website; the ARS Awards
Website; the BBC; CQ Magazine; the DARC; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Hayden Honeywood, VK7HH; the IEEE Spectrum; Nordic Radio Society;
QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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WRTC ORGANIZERS TO ATTEND ORLANDO HAMCATION

DON/ANCHOR: If you're excited about attending HamCation in Orlando,
Florida this month, and just as excited about the World Radiosport
Team Championships next year in Bologna, Italy, here's a way to
combine the two events. Be sure to look for organizers of the WRTC.
WRTC organizers said they're happy to be finally making the trip
after two long years. WRTC organizers Claudio, I4VEQ, and Fabio,
I4UFH, will be making a presentation at Contest University on
February 10th at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Orlando at SeaWorld,
and will be attending HamCation, which runs through February 13th.

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, the Bouvet Island 3Y0J Dxpedition has received
another financial boost in support of its planned activation in
November. The Norwegian Radio Relay League will be providing 20,000
Krone - the equivalent of about $2,200 in US currency. A number of
Norwegian DXpeditioners are participating in the much-anticipated
activation.

Meanwhile, in Antarctica, Chris, W2RTO, is active from the KC4USV
McMurdo Station on Ross Island (AN-011) on 20 meters. Chris is using
SSB and FT8, and will be on the air until mid-2022. QSL KC4USV via
K7MT or LoTW.

In Bulgaria, Anton, LZ1XM, will activate the special callsign LZ150GD
in honor of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Bulgarian
revolutionary Georgi Nikolov Delchev. Georgi is considered a national
hero. Anton will be on the air between February 1st and 28th. QSL via
the Bureau only.

Listen for Lee, K3DMG, on the air in Aruba as P4/K3DMG until the end
of March. He is operating holiday style on various HF bands using
mainly CW, RTTY, and the Digital modes. QSL via LoTW and eQSL. Paper
QSLs will not be accepted.

Throughout the month of February, Rob, PA0RDY, will activate the special callsign PF88ANT from Amsterdam, marking the 19th Antarctic Activity
Week celebration which takes place between February 21st and 27th. Send
QSLs via PA0RDY, direct, which is preferred, or by the bureau.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: WATCHING THEIR QSOS LIKE A HAWK

DON/ANCHOR: For our final story we say - don't look now, but there's
something on your tower, and it's NOT an antenna! Ralph Squillace,
KK6ITB, identifies the culprit.

RALPH: When it comes to hunting DX, it's always fun to do it as a team.
That partnership works nicely for Anne Elizabeth Manna, WB1ARU, and her husband, Tony, WA1ENO, who make good use of their 60-foot tower. It has
a Stepp-IR 3-element beam with a 40m loop about 53 feet up, and a
10-meter beam mounted crosswise above it at a height of about 57 feet.
The tower is also home to a home-brew 3-legged wire antenna, that runs
off the tower to trees that are across a pond behind their house. A
little lower down on the tower, a standoff mount holds ladder line that connects to the wire antenna.

While these are all good tools for hunting those elusive contacts, the
tower is frequently home as well to one of the most successful hunting
entities known to ham and non-ham alike: a local hawk. The hawk doesn't
need to key the mic to get a successful contact. The bird is, of course,
a bit more omnidirectional, but it doesn't require any SWR measurements
to safely get on - or in - the air. Anne shared a picture of the latest addition to the family tower in a recent Facebook post. As he sits in
that familiar hunt-and-pounce position that may be familiar to many
contesters, it's still a little hard to know: Does he have his sights
set perhaps....on Mouse Island off Corfu in Greece?

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(ANNE ELIZABETH MANNA WB1ARU)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT News Service; Anne Elizabeth Manna WB1ARU; the
ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Interesting
Engineering.com; the Japan Amateur Radio League; KAN Israeli TV;
National Trail Amateur Radio Club; the New Westminster Record; Ohio
Penn DX; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great Britain; Russian Robinson
Club; the Searchlight Newspaper; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Straight Key Century Club; the Times of Israel;
the Turkish Press; VK90ABC.NET; Wireless Institute of Australia;
Youlou Radio Movement; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

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BOUVET, MARS HELICOPTER ON QSO TODAY EXPO AGENDA

JIM/ANCHOR: Bouvet Island and the Ingenuity Mars helicopter are just two topics awaiting guests at this year's QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo next
month. Jack Parker, W8ISH, has more details.

JACK: For insights into the planning of the Bouvet Island 3Y0J DXpedition
in November this year -- or to hear how amateur radio and other technical pursuits can advance global technology -- these are just two of many presentations being offered at the next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo. It's taking place on March 12th and 13th. Presentations will also include some hands-on guidance on operating and building techniques. In all, there will
be more than 60 notable amateurs offering perspectives on at least 20 different topics. The keynote speaker is Courtney Duncan, N5BF, who
recently retired from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he worked on digital and radio frequency hardware and software for various space
missions. His most recent project was the Ingenuity Mars helicopter, for
which he was telecommunications lead.

Tickets and additional details are available at qsotodayhamexpo - that's
one word - dot com.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jack Parker, W8ISH.

(QSO TODAY)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Francis, F6BWJ, operating as FM/F6BWJ from Martinique until mid-March. You can hear him on 40/30/15 meters using CW only. QSL to F6BWJ.

Yuri, VE3DZ, is also on Martinique, operating as FM/VE3DZ starting on
February 19th. Listen on all HF bands where he will be using CW, SSB and
FT8. You can also hear him in the ARRL DX CW Contest on February 19th and
20th when he will be using the callsign TO4A. He will continue with the
TO4A callsign until February 24th. QSL via VE3DZ to the home call via
OQRS.

On the French side of St. Martin, you'll find Jeff, VA3QSL, operating as FS/VA3QSL until the 22nd of February. He is operating holiday style on CW,
SSB and the digital modes on 40 metres through 6 metres. QSL to his home callsign, via the Bureau or direct. You may also use LoTW after he returns home on February 22nd.

Jean, F4CIX, is using the callsign FW1JG from Wallis Island where he will remain for the next two or so years. Listen on 40/20/15/10 meters where he
is using SSB and FT8. QSL direct via LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: WHEN MORSE CODE HAS A FAMILIAR RING

JIM/ANCHOR: Hams who are learning Morse Code are often told it takes time before all those dits and dahs develop a comfortable familiar ring -- but
for one ham in Massachusetts, that comfortable CW ring didn't come for 29 years. When it did arrive, the ring didn't land on his ears, but on the
fourth finger of his left hand. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, ends our newscast
with that story.

MIKE: As Stephen Celuzza, K1SAC, practices to master his CW, you might conclude he's practically married to the study of the Code. While he's certainly devoted to his radio journey, he's more devoted to Becky, his
wife of 29 years. Becky understands the joy her husband takes in chasing
POTA activators and QSOs during the slow speed CW contests held by K1USN.
So when his original wedding ring no longer fit and couldn't be enlarged because of its distinctive pattern, Becky, who is an artist, devised a creative solution: She designed a new ring for her husband. It features
lotus flowers and bamboo stalks -- and a special secret Morse Code
messsage. Each flower stands for "dit" and each stalk represents "dah."
She cast a sample of it in bronze which the couple took to a jewelry
casting shop which created the final ring in white gold. As for what its hidden message, well, it begins with the letter "I" followed by the letter "L." When a couple is married for 29 years, there's no further need for guesswork in copying that code.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.

(STEPHEN CELUZZA, K1SAC)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT; Carole Perry, WB2MGP; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Heil Sound; the IEEE; Jocelyn Brault, KD8VRX; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; QSO Today; Radio Society of Great Britain; Stephen Celuzza,
K1SAC; South African Radio League; SOTA; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; West Bengal Radio Club; Wireless Institute of
Australia; the YL Beam; Youth on the Air; and you our listeners, that's
all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, if you consider working China to be an Oympian-style challenge, here's your chance. The Chinese Radio Amateurs Club has
activated a special event station operating on CW, SSB and FT8 in support
of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Hams will be
calling QRZ until the end of the Paralympic Winter Games. The call sign
is BY1CRA/WO22. The QSL manager is BA4TB. See QRZ.COM for available
awards.

Be listening for Rob, DM4AO, who is on the air from Cabo Verde as D44AO
until the 25th of February. He is using mostly CW and operating on 80
through 10 metres. He will participate in the ARRL CW DX contest on
February 19th and 20th. See QRZ.com for QSL details.

Listen for Yuri, VE3DZ, operating from Martinique as FM/VE3DZ until the
24th of February. He will be using the callsign TO4A in the ARRL CW DX contest. QSL to his home callsign or via ClubLog.

Karel, OK2WM and Vlad, OK2WX are on the air from Innahura island,
Maldives as 8Q7WM and 8Q7WX until March 8th. Listen for them on 160, 80
and 40 metres using CW and SSB. Send QSLs to their home callsigns.

(DX-WORLD.NET, SOUTHGATE)

**

KICKER: IN PENNSYLVANIA, HERE'S TO THE NEXT 100 YEARS

PAUL/ANCHOR: In a small town made world famous by a railroad property on
the classic American board game Monopoly, they're getting ready to
celebrate 100 years of radio activity. Amateur Radio Newsline's Mark Abramowicz (pronounced Abram-a-vich), NT3V, has our final story for
this week.

MARK: It's a centennial being marked by more than candles on a cake.

The Reading Radio Club in the town of Reading, Pennsylvania - about 55
miles north and west of Philadelphia - is reflecting on its past and
hopes for the future.

Joe Pietruszynski, AC3DI, is the club president.

He said a small community of wireless radio hobbyists in Reading were
part of ham radio's infancy.

"Thirty people or so that were experimenters," Pietruszynski explained.
"In fact, back in those days they used what they called spark gaps."

West Reading resident William Wagner, was listening at the right time.

"(The) Titanic had a spark-gap transmitter," Pietruszynski said. "In
fact, one of the local hams had heard the distress call."

Wagner became the first Reading area resident granted a federal ham radio license - 3KL - in 1913.

The group's history records Harold Landis, 3LP, who also got his license
just after Wagner, as gathering a group of hobbyists to form the Reading
Radio Club in 1921.

They gained official recognition in 1922, when the club affiliated with
the American Radio Relay League.

Pietruszynski said like many radio clubs, interest and membership has had
its ups and downs.

"I think we're on a cycle now where more and more interest is coming
in," he said. "Youth are where ham radio is going to wind up being."

What kind of impact will they have? The next 100 years may hold the
answer.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Reading, Pennsylvania.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT; Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society; CQ Magazine;
David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; the IARU; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; QSO
Today; Radio Society of Great Britain; the St. Patrick's Award; South
African Radio League; SOTA; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you, our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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appreciate you all.

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our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso, Indiana,
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COLLECTOR IN ENGLAND ENJOYS MORE THAN 200 RADIOS

NEIL/ANCHOR: If certain important people in your life, maybe even the
ones living under the same roof as you, constantly remind you that you
have far too many radios, perhaps it's time you shared this story about a retired electrical engineer in England and his collection of more than
200 radios. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has all the details you'll need.

JEREMY: How many radios is too many? Norfolk retiree Richard Allan
stopped counting when his collection reached 200. His shelves of crystal
sets, antique transistor and valve radios is valued somewhere around £15,000, or $20,000 in US currency. His favourite radio is the one his
late father bought in 1928 and listened to throughout World War II. His
father had been an amateur radio operator and at one point even built his
own transmitter. He passed along his skill for repairing radios to his
son along with his massive radio collection. Richard, who is 85, has
spent the past 50 years adding to that collection and restoring the nonfunctioning ones to good working order. He told the Daily Mail
newspaper: [quote] "The value is in the eye of the beholder." [endquote]

About 90 percent of the radios work just fine. The other 10 percent are
the ones that keep him busy. He told the newspaper: [quote] "If they were
all working, I'd have nothing to do with my time!" [endquote]

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(THE DAILY MAIL)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Karel, OK2WM, and Vlad, OK2WX, are on the air as
8Q7WM and 8Q7WX, respectively, from Innahura Island, AS-Ø13, in the
Maldives, until March 8th. Listen for them on 160, 80 and 40 metres where
they will be using CW and SSB. Send QSLs to their home calls.

Listen for Oliver, DJ5QW, who is using the callsigns D4CW and D44DX from
Sal Island, AF-086, Cape Verde, until the 2nd of March. You can hear him
on 80-10 meters where he is using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign
or by the DARC Bureau.

Philippe, EA4NF, will be operating as EA8/EA4NF from Hierro Island,
AF-004, the smallest island of the Canary Islands. He will be on the air between March 4 and 6th using the FM and Linear low-earth orbit
satellites. He hopes to activate the very rare grids IL07 and IL17. QSL
via LoTW.

Listen for Gildas, F6HMQ, and Michel, F6GWV, operating as FG/F6HMQ and FG/F6GWV, respectively, from Guadeloupe until the 27th of March.
Operating on the HF bands holiday style, they will be in the ARRL International DX SSB Contest on March 5th and 6th and the CQWW WPX SSB
Contest on March 26th and 27th using the callsign TO3Z. For QSL
information, visit QRZ.com.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: DRAKE RECEIVER'S WINDFALL IS ITS.....WATERFALL

NEIL/ANCHOR: It's uncommon to mention "boat anchor" and "waterfall" in
the same sentence unless, of course, you're talking about the kind of
boat anchor you'd drop to secure a seagoing vessel. Meet a relatively new
ham who talks about boat anchors AND waterfalls on dry land - in his
shack. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, brings us this week's final story.

RALPH: Scott Baker, KK7CAI, is no stranger to tinkering in the shop. A
list of his varied electronics projects populate his website smbaker dot
com. So when he got his amateur radio license this past December, it was
only natural that he wouldn't let his newly acquired Drake R-4B receiver
stay in the 1970s forever. He decided to build a panadapter - a circuit
to capture a wideband signal from the old tube radio receiver. With the
help of an SDR dongle and his computer, his goal was to display all the transmissions on the band.

The project wasn't without its hitches and glitches. As he writes on his
blog: "I had to install a hefty RF choke on the cable going to the SDR,
or it would lock up whenever I transmit." There were other challenges
along the way too, but nothing he couldn't resolve.

Now the waterfall pours forth and the old Drake has entered the 21st
century. Scott says in his video it's a "useful visualization tool." Yes,
it's a success -- and more than that, it looks like this old boat
anchor's ship has finally come in.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(HACKADAY, SOUTHGATE, YOUTUBE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT; ARISS-USA; Bangor Daily News; Central Coast Amateur Radio Club; City Life Chelmsford; CQ Magazine; the Daily Mail; David
Behar K7DB; the Erie, Pennsylvania News-Times; Greg Mossop, G0DUB;
Hackaday; Ham Radio University; IARU Region 1; Ohio Penn DX; Politico; QRZ.com; QSO Today; Reuters; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

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us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, there's less than a year to go for the 3Y0J Bouvet
Island DXpedition, according to an announcement from the team. Operators
have confirmed that January 6 2023, is their scheduled date to leave Cape Town, South Africa for their destination aboard the vessel SV Marama. The DXpedition is expected to be active for 44 days in all. The operators are building in a contingency week. Bouvet is the second-most-wanted DXCC
entity.

Be listening for Wies, SP1EG; Hans, DK8RE; Frank, DM5WF; and Hans, DL8UUF, operating as OH0EG, from Fasta Aland, the largest island in the Finnish archipelago. They will be on the air between April 1st and 9th, operating
on 160 through 10 metres. Station OH0EG will participate in the Polish SP
DX Contest on April 2nd and 3rd, using CW and SSB during the contest.

Outside of the contest, operators may also use the callsigns as OH0/DM5WF
and OH0/DK8RE.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: IN AUSTRALIA, A WATERBORNE CONTEST STAYS AFLOAT

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Last week, we ended our newscast with a story about boat anchors. This week, Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, tells us something about some
other boats that occasionally become useful to hams in Australia: the
ferries in Sydney.

JASON: Now here's an amateur radio contest that has managed to stay afloat
for a number of years but, let's face it, these hams have traditionally
had a bit of help: They have boarded ferries in and around Sydney Harbour
for what has customarily been a six-hour competition on UHF and VHF with
their HTs. This year's event by the Waverley Amateur Radio Society is
still afloat, of course, but the pandemic has taken it mostly to dry dock
and shortened it to a four-hour contest. Hams, as always, adapt to circumstances. Competitors for the Sunday March 6th event were asked to operate on land or their own boats within sight of the harbour and to
avoid mingling with ferry passengers. The contest rules allow operators to
use repeaters or to make their contacts simplex. The rules even permitted operating from home or a mobile station.

In the tricky waters of this global pandemic, the Waverly Club has
adjusted, realising that what works is whatever floats your boat....or
not.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.

(SOUTHGATE, WAVERLY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Antique Wireless Museum; ARRL; the BBC; CQ Magazine;
David Behar K7DB; the DARC; Ed Gable, K2MP/W2AN; NEXUS-IBA; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain; South African Radio League; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SWLing Post; Waverly
Amateur Radio Society; WRMI; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all
from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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you all.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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POTA ADDS NEW DX ENTITIES INCLUDING THOSE ON FALKLAND ISLANDS

NEIL/ANCHOR: Parks on the Air has announced a new group of DX entities.
Here's Vance Martin, N3VEM, with details.

VANCE: Parks on the Air is excited to welcome a new batch of DX entities
to the program this month. Be on the lookout for new parks getting added
in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Kingdom of Eswatini,
Bolivia, Paraquay, Uruguay, Suriname, Guyana, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago,
and the Falkland Islands. If your country, or one you'd like to
represent, is not yet part of POTA please reach out via the "contact us"
link from Parks on the Air dot com, and we'll help you get started as a volunteer country administrator.

In upcoming events, we hope you join us for the upcoming Spring Support
Your parks event on April 16th and 17th UTC.

We also hope you'll join us this summer for our very popular annual
plaque event, on July 16th and 17th, UTC. There will be three new
plaques available for DX activators this year, one each for stations activating outside of the continental US, in IARU regions one, two and
three. Sponsorship opportunities will be opening at the end of March, so
if you or your club is interested in sponsoring a plaque, please send an
email to N3VEM at parks on the air dot com. Due to steady growth, and improving conditions that make it possible to, as KN4MQR said on twitter "...load up a wet pasta noodle, and get pileups for hours" -- we are
expecting a very large turnout.

This is November Three Victor Echo Mike from the Parks on the Air news
desk.

(VANCE MARTIN, N3VEM)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Dick G3RWL, operating as 8P6DR
holiday style from Barbados until the 31st of March. He will be on 80
through 10 metres, using CW only. He will be active in the British Commonwealth Contest on March 12th and 13th, but the contest is not for
US operators. QSL to his home callsign, direct, or by the Bureau using ClubLog's OQRS.

In the Maldives, Laurent, F8CZI, is using the callsign 8Q7ZI until the
21st of March. He is operating holiday style using CW and SSB. QSL via
his home call.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: AUSTRALIAN MIGHT 'ROO' THE FATE OF HIS DIPOLE

NEIL/ANCHOR: For our final story, let's talk about ground wave
propagation. It's not unusual to use the earth's surface to help you
cover a short distance. Sometimes it's even preferable when you're using
one of the lower frequencies. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, tells us about one
antenna in Australia that recently covered a short distance in just this manner -- but it wasn't even transmitting at the time.

GRAHAM: Compton, VK2HRX, was operating portable one weekend last month
and went to bed happy with the performance of his linked dipole on 20,
40 and 80 metres. After a good day operating in the bush on Saturday, he
was looking forward to more good contacts when he awoke on Sunday
morning. He even left the antenna in place so he'd be ready to start
when the sun came up. But as he told fellow hams on the Oz SOTA mailing
list recently, things didn't quite work out that way [quote]: "When I
went to use it on Sunday AM it wasn't there." [endquote] He discovered
that one leg was broken at the 40/80 link and the other leg had simply vanished. Walking farther, Compton spotted the bright yellow antenna
wire up on a nearby hill. It was then that he remembered the previous
night when 20 or so kangaroos had come bouncing by. He guessed that one
of them may have run off with the wire. Likely he was trying to work
skip.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(OZSOTA Groups.io mailing list)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; ARRL; CQ Magazine; David
Behar K7DB; DXWorld.net; Facebook; the FCC; the Morning Journal News;
India TV News; Ohio Penn DX; OZSOTA Groups.io; QRZ.com; the Radio
Society of Great Britain; South African Radio League; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Stacy Holbrook, KH6OWL; the Statesman;
YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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POTA ACTIVATION MARKS A SCOUTING 100TH ANNIVERSARY

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: An anniversary celebration for Scouting gets on the air
on Saturday April 2nd in the form of a Parks on the Air activation. The
Ten Mile River Scout Camp Amateur Radio Club and the Fair Lawn Amateur
Radio Club will be operating with the callsign K2T from Bear Mountain
State Park, POTA Park K-2010, in Rockland County, New York. The hams are marking 100 years since the founding of the New York City Boy Scout
Foundation by Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was governor of New York State
at the time. It will be a multi band / mode operation. A commemorative
QSL card will be available. See K2T's page on QRZ for details.

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Israel is celebrating its 74 years as an independent nation and hams are using special prefixes 4X74 and 4Z74 between the 5th
and 11th of May. QSL cards via LoTW or indivdual operators. You may also
hear the callsigns during the Holyland Contest on April 15th and 16th.

In West Malaysia, Alex, SQ9UM, is using the callsign 9M2/SQ9UM from Kuala Lumpur until March 31st. Be listening on 40-6 meters where Alex will be
using CW, SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL via his home callsign.

In Nepal, Matjaz, S57MK, will be calling QRZ on various HF bands as 9N7MK during the trekking sessions on Mt. Everest between April 2nd and 23rd.
Watch his QRZ page for QSL details.

**

KICKER: APRIL FOOL! HERE'S A RIG THAT CAN TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Finally, with the arrival of April 1st, April Fool's Day, Newsline brings our special April Fool's Day correspondent, Pierre Pullinmyleg, out of retirement. We offer his very special report here.

PIERRE: Good day to you mes amis, it is I, Pierre Pullinmyleg with yet
another Amateur Radio Newsline exclusive report - so exclusive is this
that no one - not even the people in zis story - know that this is news.
So exclusive that not even YOU - our listeners - know that this is news.
I, Pierre Pullinmyleg, do not even know that this is news. But we
announce this week that history is made: the makers of the world's
amateur radios have signed a contract with the makers of the world's automobiles to build zee Rigmobile, an HF transceiver that seats up to
four passengers with plenty of cargo space -- and has an optional roof
rack and bobblehead doll on the dashboard. Now you can work DX and drive
there afterward to deliver your QSL card personally. Why rely on zee
lousy post office? Now on acceleration? She is fantastic! You will reach speeds of 300,000 kilometres per second - zee speed of light -- and no authorities except zee communications regulators can make you stop!!
After all, you already have your ticket. Zee Rigmobile means no more
annoying hours spent wiring your car and cursing. Get behind its wheel
and "Q R Z" is as close as your accelerator pedal! What could be better? <clears throat> Well....sources have told Pierre Pullinmyleg that there
are talks now with makers of the world's small passenger airplanes for a flying transceiver, Zee SkyRig. Zat seems zee best way to bust zat pileup we're expecting on Bouvet Island. For now, this is Pierre Pullinmyleg
saying "au revoir mes amis."

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT; ARRL; CQ Magazine; CNN; David Behar K7DB;
XWorld.net; Facebook; Nature.com; Ohio Penn DX; Paul Ewing, N6PSE;
QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain; Ralph Fedor, K0IR;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector;
Steven Reiners, KC9SIO; TAPR: Twitter; Yeudy Marte, HI5YJM; and you,
our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our
listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If
you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org
and know that we appreciate you all.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Antonio "Tony," CU8AS, who will be
active as CQ84AS from Flores Island between April 13th and 19th. He is
using the prefix CQ84 to celebrate his 84th birthday. Be listening on
160 through 10 metres where he will be using mainly CW with some SSB.
QSL via HB9CRV or LoTW.

Listen for Pat, N2IEN, Ray, W2RE, Lee, WW2DX, Rock, WW1X and Lori,
KB2HZI, who will be operating from Tortola (Tor-TOH-La), British Virgin Islands using the callsign VP2V/N2IEN from April 10th through the 16th.
Be listening on various bands and modes.

Three radio operators - VK3HJ, VK3QB, and VK6CQ - will be on the air
from Norfolk island using the callsign VK9NT from April 14th to the
25th. Listen for them on 160 through 10m where they will be using CW,
SSB and FT8. QSL via M0OXO.

Look for Max, DK1MAX, to be on the air between April 7th and 20th from
Burkina Faso as XT2MAX. He will be operating holiday style, using CW and
the Digital modes. Send QSLs via EA5GL.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: A 'CONCERTED' EFFORT AT CW

JIM/ANCHOR: For our final story this week, we recognize the fact that
for some CW enthusiasts, the joy of a successful QSO can be music to
one's ears. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, explains.

JIM: If you hear Chris Rio sending "CQ CQ de ZL4RA" in his latest
YouTube video, don't ask him what keyer he is using. You're better off
asking what Key: could it possibly be C-major we're hearing from him? No matter. Chris is using his fingers instead of his fist because he's not
in his shack. He's demonstrating CW on his electric guitar.

In the video, we hear a response from Adam, K6ARK, a California amateur
who shares Chris' enthusiasm for another ham radio pursuit: Summits on
the Air. Chris and Adam exchange signal reports, with Adam using a more conventional - and nonmusical - instrument of CW. Then, just like that,
it's all over. Fine business.

Chris shared his musical experiment as well as the video with friends on
the SOTA Reflector and apparently found a symphony of support. In fact,
Brian, G8ADD, confessed he had also tried the same thing once with his clarinet. And Ron, VK3AFW, suggested having a go with bagpipes. Whether
the next instrument is wind or percussion, one thing is certain. It is
sure to be a concerted effort.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.

(YOUTUBE, SOTA REFLECTOR)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARRL; CQ Magazine; Daryl Stout, WX4QZ; David Behar
K7DB; DX-World.net; the Erie Times-News; Facebook; the FCC; LABRE; Lloyd Colston, KC5FM; QRZ.com; the Millennium Post; the Radio Society of Great Britain; the SOTA Reflector; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; the Times of India; YouTube; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued
operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston, West Virginia, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening on the HF bands for 8N650JP, the
special call sign being used by the Japan Amateur Radio League's Okinawa Branch. Hams are marking the 50th anniversary of the return of the
Okinawa Prefecture to Japan from United States administration. The
callsign is active through the 30th of September. QSOs will be confirmed automatically through the bureau.

In the Maldives, E77DX is active holiday style as 8Q7DX through the 27th
of April. Be listening on 80 through 10 metres. QSL via LoTW and E73Y.

Kenji, JA4GXS, will be on the air from Otsu Island, AS-117, from April
30th to May 1st. Be listening on 40, 20, 17 and 6m, where Kenji will be
using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via the home call.

Listen for the call sign 3Z80AK through May 31st. Polish amateurs are
marking the 80th anniversary of the formation of the Home Army, which
was the dominant underground resistance movement in Poland during World
War II. QSL via SP1PBW.

Start planning ahead for the 2022 Commonwealth Games that start on the
28th of July in the UK. GB22GE, one of the seven national special event stations for the Games, will operate on the grounds of the National
Exhibition Centre where the Games will be held for 12 days. The Radio
Society of Great Britain is asking for volunteers to operate the station
and chat with visitors. If you can help, send an email to RSGB Region 5 representative Neil Yorke, M0NKE, at rr five at rsgb dot org dot uk (rr5 @rsgb.org.uk.)

(DX-WORLD.NET, SARL, SOUTHGATE)

**

KICKER: FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, ADVICE FOR THE "ORIGINAL SOCIAL MEDIA"

NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally, we end by remembering that ham radio is often
called the original social media, something to rely on in troubling
times. We listen now to the story of one YL who has been using her video channel on modern-day social media to help guide ham radio in these challenging times. Here's Graham Kemp, VK4BB, with her story.

GRAHAM: There are more than eighty-five hundred followers on the YouTube channel YL Raisa. Its provider, Raisa, R1BIG, has used her channel to
find a few "helping hams," some of the more well-known ham YouTubers in
their respective countries. She's asked them to help her continue her
work in reaffirming the definition of ham spirit. It's an important
reminder especially now in a troubled world and in light of World
Amateur Radio Day. Callum, M0MCX of DX Commander reminded Raisa that
"ham radio has a great history of crossing boundaries" and suggested she
host a friendship net once a month while operating portable from a
hilltop. Rob, VE3PCP, told her that by setting an example for YLs, she
helped put DXing within their reach. Ferry, YB0AR, in Indonesia, Ray,
AC5KD, from Texas, and Hayden, VK7HH, from Ham Radio DX, encouraged her
to continue with her videos, no matter what. Pete, M0PSX, of Essex Ham
said getting hams to brainstorm in online groups could be useful.
Finally, Ria, N2RJ, in the US extended the ultimate form of friendship
and ham spirit, the QSO. She reminded Raisa [quote] "I don't have you in
my log, we've gotta fix that." [endquote]

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(YOUTUBE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to the ARRL; BBC; CQ Magazine; David Behar,
K7DB; DXMarathon; DXWorld.net; INDEXA; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain; South African Radio League; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's
all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Fabian, DF3XY, using the call sign
3B8/DF3XY in Mauritius between May 21st and June 2nd. Listen for him on
40, 30 and 20 meters where he will be using mostly FT8. QSL via DF3XY,
direct, by the Bureau and eQSL. Cards are also welcome from SWLs.

Byron, KF8UN, will be active as 4L/KF8UN from Georgia between May 9 and
11th but it is possible he'll be there a bit later. He will also be on
the air as TA/KF8UN from Turkey between May 22nd and 24th. He will be operating on 20 meters, SSB most of the time. QSL via his home callsign direct.

The fourth activation in the Israeli "Land of Craters" program is taking
place between the 13th and 14th of May. Be listening for operators using
the callsign 4X0RMN from the Negev Desert. Reference numbers for this
crater, known as the Ramon Crater, are Holyland Square F-30-BS,
Maidenhead WW Grid Square KM70jo and WWFF Reference 4XFF-0020. Radio
amateurs working three of the four craters are eligible for a certificate.
Be listening on 80 through 10 meters where the team of operators will be
using CW, SSB, and FT8. They will also use the QO-100 satellite. QSL via
4X6ZM, direct, by the Bureau, eQSL or LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: REMOTE POSSIBILITIES BRING THEM CLOSER TOGETHER

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Finally, when we talk about being "remote," we're
usually referring to people who are distant from one another. Here's how
one unique amateur radio project -- a new remote operation with its QTH
in Canada -- has redefined the meaning of that word, bringing people
together from all over. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, tells us what has made
it so successful.

RALPH: The heart and soul of the remote HF station operated by the
Inverhuron Ham Radio Club, VE3IHR, is the Kenwood TS850 that Rob Noakes
VE3PCP inherited when his father became a Silent Key. Controlled by
RemoteHams software and connected to a seven-band ground-mounted
vertical antenna, what was once the pride and joy of his dad's shack has become a valued key that has begun to unlock access to HF for amateurs worldwide: Some are living where an HF station does not exist or is not possible; others are away from home for extended periods. Add to those
groups an international collective of YLs, including Maria, R3TM; Biggi, DK3YB; Marija, YU3AWA; and Raisa, R1BIG, who worked one-on-one with Rob
to help coordinate operations for YLs and youngsters into this new
remote project. On Sunday, April 17th - a day before World Amateur Radio
Day - the YLs and youngsters got on the air using the remote stations's
new callsign VA3YLR. Rob told Newsline there are now seven YLs from five countries and four young hams from two countries all operating remotely through the station. Rob told Newsline that [quote]: "ham radio should
be kept as an open line of communications regardless of what may be
happening and we fully support that notion." [endquote] As the community
of users continues to grow, what seemed so remote is now well within the
reach of many.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(ROB NOAKES, VE3PCP)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to AMSAT News Service; the ARRL; the Asahi Shimbun website;
CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DXWorld.net; Ed Wilson, N2XDD; Jocelyn
Brault, KD8VRX/VA2VRX; KCBD-TV; NASA; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Radio
Amateurs of Canada; Rob Noakes VE3PCP; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Tesla Science Center; US National Park Service;
Wireless Institute of Australia; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's
all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, in Shelbyville, Tennessee, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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NOMINATE NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

DON/ANCHOR: We'd like to remind our listeners that it's time to think
about the next generation of radio operators and appreciate their skill
and dedication. Perhaps one of them will be the next recipient of the
Amateur Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year
Award. Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger in the continental United States with talent, promise and a
commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find application forms on our
website arnewsline.org under the "AWARDS" tab. Nominations close May 31st
-- and that's coming up soon.

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Michael, DF8AN, operating as FM/DF8AN
and TO8N, in Martinique, J97MN, from Dominica and a yet to be issued call
on St Lucia. He is on the air until May 1st on the HF bands using mainly
CW and digital. QSL using his home call.

Between May 9th and 14th, listen for Ilya, EX/R5AF, and Igor, EX/R4FCN, in Kyrgyzstan (KEER GUH STAN) on 40 through 10m. They will be using CW, FT8
and possibly some SSB. QSL via LoTW, Club Log, eQSL, HAMLog.

Yuris VU3FZC, Deepak, VU2CDP, and Monoj, VU2CPL, will operate from the
Andaman islands as VU4W between May 3rd and 16th. Listen on the HF bands.
For the official VU4W website reference refer to the text version of this broadcast at arnewsline.org.

[PRINT ONLY: DO NOT READ: https://www.lral.lv/vu4w/ ]

John, W2GD, will operate from Aruba between May 24th and 31st from the
P40W QTH. He will be using the call P44W. Be listening for him using CW on
all HF bands as time permits. He will place special emphasis on the WARC bands. QSL via LoTW and N2MM.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: TURNING 'CHILDREN'S DAY' INTO 'RADIO DAY'

DON/ANCHOR: We end this week with a story that answers a common question
these days: How do you get youngsters involved in radio? The answer is
simple enough: You get them on the air for some serious DXing. Here's Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, to tell us how it's being done.

JIM: Some people wait a lifetime for that special DX contact. But that
waiting period isn't part of the equation for youngsters in Japan.
Students in elementary, junior high and high school classes are at the top
of the list for contacts when the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition station 8J1RL calls QRZ for Children's Day, a national holiday in Japan.
The contacts will take place for several hours on May 5th using 21 MHz
SSB. This is the 63rd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition but for many
of the youngsters who'll soon be in the radio operators' log, it is going
to be a very big first.

The students in Japan will join the ranks of those who have gone before
them at schools in Alberta, Canada; Israel and the United States who,
instead of talking to the South Pole, have briefly mingled their voices
with those in space, through Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station. Whether young people talk to research scientists down below, or astronauts and cosmonauts up above, the spirit of adventure so dear to youngsters' hearts becomes even more accessible through the gateway of
amateur radio.

In that respect, the Japanese holiday of Children's Day, which promotes
the health and happiness of young people, is celebrated anywhere in the
world whenever a youngster discovers the magic of radio.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.

(SOUTHGATE, ARISS)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to ARISS; ARRL; BBC; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Dept. of Defense; FCC; Industrial Equipment News; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; WAGM-TV; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate
you all.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in Picayune,
Mississippi, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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AMERICAN LEGION POST GETS NEW HAM CLUB

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Congratulations to American Legion Post 289 in
Clarksville, Tennessee, where members recently formed an amateur radio
club, joining other American Legion posts on the air. According to a
story on the Clarksville Now website, Larry Johnson, K4JOH, a member of
the post, was one of the key people in getting the club established for
the local military veterans' group. One of its big activities planned for later this year is to host the Boy Scouts' Jamboree on the Air in October
with help from the Clarksville Amateur Transmitting Society.

The American Legion's National Executive Committee approved amateur radio activities at its posts in 2011.

(CLARKSVILLE NOW, QRZ)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, members of the Voice of Toyoake Amateur Radio Club, JH2ZCW, are using the special callsign 8N2TY from Toyoake City, Aichi,
Honshu Island, AS-007, until November 30th. Operators are commemorating
the 50th anniversary of the Toyoake City. Be listening on 160m to 1.2 GHz where they will be using various modes. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or direct.

For signals from Cape Verde, listen for Pierre, HB9AMO, Philippe, HB9ARF,
and Marco, HB9CAT, using the callsign D4Z from Sao Vicente Island,
AF-086, during the CQWW WPX contest taking place on May 27th and 28th.
QSL via LoTW. The station may also be on the air before and after the
contest.

Listen for Rafael, EA5XV, who hopes to be on the air from Panama as
EA5XV/HP1 between June 28th and September 12th. Listen for him on SSB.
Send QSLs to his home call.

Fabian, DF3XY, will be active as 3B8/DF3XY from Mauritius, AF-049,
between May 21st and June 2nd. Be listening on 40, 30 and 20 meters where Fabian will be using mostly FT8. QSL via DF3XY, direct, by the Bureau or
eQSL. Fabian also welcomes cards from shortwave listeners.

Koh, JA1ADT, will be on the air as JD1AJD from Ogasawara, AS-031, between
June 24th and July 2nd. Listen on 20-6 meters where he will be using CW
and FT8. His operation will concentrate on 6m for Europe and North
America. Send QSLs to his home callsign.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: CARRYING A MEMORIAL MESSAGE WITH FLAGS INSTEAD OF RADIOS

SKEETER/ANCHOR: There will be recognition and honor for the Highland
Amateur Radio Association when the ham world gathers at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia, Ohio on the weekend of May 20th to 22nd. The
southern Ohio club was named Hamvention Club of the Year. Just a week
ago, however, club members themselves were the ones bestowing highest
honors. They did so without formality or fanfare. Ralph Squillace,
KK6ITB, has our final story.

RALPH: On Saturday, May 14th, carrying small American flags instead of
radios, a dozen or so Ohio amateurs planted each one at a burial plot for
more than a thousand military veterans at the city cemetery in Hillsboro, Ohio. It was a quiet act by the Highland Amateur Radio Association, which first stepped in three years ago when the local Scouts became unable to continue the tradition. John Levo, W8KIW, the club's public information officer, said many of the graves date back to the Revolutionary War. He
said that this year, a flag was also placed at one of the newer graves: Vietnam veteran Floyd Colville, KD8SIK, a beloved club member who became
a Silent Key late last year, having succumbed to the effects of Agent
Orange. John said Floyd was one of those who worked side by side with the team, installing those same flags during the previous two years. Placed
just two weeks shy of America's official observance of Memorial Day, the
flags will stay in place until the summer is through. So too will the
message each one carries — in this case, not in words transmitted over
the air, but delivered instead from the heart.

From Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(JOHN LEVO, W8KIW)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARRL; the Ashe Post and Times; the Australian Communications and Media Authority; Clarksville Now; CQ Magazine; David
Behar K7DB; DXWorld.net; John Levo, W8KIW; Ohio Penn DX; Paul Raiche,
N1XI; QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, in Shelbyville,
Tennessee, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Barry, FO/KD6XU, has been active from French
Polynesia and can be heard from the Society Islands. Be listening for
him using CW mainly on 40-12m bands.

Listen for Team ZY8AM from the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil between July
1st and 12th. They will be active on 160m to 6m using CW, SSB and FT8.
QSL using LoTW or Direct only.

In Guatemala, Stephen, K4IM, is on the air as TG9AWS until October.
Listen for him from 160 to 10 metres with a focus on RTTY. QSL via home
call, direct, LoTW, OQRS Club Log.

Roland, F8EN is on Gabon Island operating as TR8CR until the end of July. Listen on 40, 30 and 20 meters where he is using CW. QSL via F6AJA direct
or bureau.

(DX-WORLD. NET)

**

KICKER: MORSE CODE IS KEYING UP IN AUTOMAKER'S NEW CAMPAIGN

DON/ANCHOR: For our final story, we look at how one car maker's ad
campaign has embraced the spirit of the DXpedition. In fact, the car
maker is using that campaign as a vehicle - a four-wheel-drive vehicle in
this case - to honor the kind of adventurous spirit found in amateur
radio and to celebrate - in a big way - Morse Code. Here's Mike Askins,
KE5CXP, with the details.

MIKE: There's no need to keep a secret about what's going on at Jeep: the popular carmaker has been into Morse Code now for quite a few years. In
2015, there was the campaign slogan "Don't Morse Code and Drive," which
gave good safety advice to motorists having off-road adventures in their four-by-four. Later came a Morse Code message in the cars themselves,
dits and dahs in raised bumps visible on the driver's left footrest.
Decoded, the message spells out "Sand, Snow, Rivers, and Rocks," the
terrain the SUV was made to conquer with relative ease. Now there's a new campaign called "Jeep Code," released this past spring by the ad agency Publicis Groupe. The agency's executive creative director said on the
website Little Black Book online that CW serves as an ideal match for
Jeep because Morse Code is a good form of communication for people in
remote, off-road places. The agency directed the creation of a website to complement the campaign, letting people generate or translate their own
Morse Code messages, just for fun. That website is jeeplifeiscalling dot
com (jeeplifeiscalling.com)

When miles- or kilometres-per-hour teams up with words-per-minute, the
only thing left for the carmaker to do, perhaps, is to trade in all those ignition keys.....for straight keys.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.

(JEEPLIFEISCALLING.COM, LITTLE BLACK BOOK ONLINE, ADSOFTHEWORLD.COM)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Ads Of the World; AMSAT News Service; ARRL;
Astroscale; BBC; CQ Magazine; Daily Mirror; Daily Express; David Behar
K7DB; DX-World.net; JeepLifeIsCalling; IARU Region 1; Little Black Book Online; Millennium Post; NPR; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Robert Sabarese; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Sable Island DXpedition website; shortwaveradio.de; TechMonitor; the Washington Post; and you our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners
that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support
us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in Picayune,
Mississippi, saying 73. As always we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Rafael, NN3RP will be active from Granada,
Nicaragua as YN2RP during July 5. He will be operating on the HF
bands, FM satellites, and will be using FT8/FT4, CW, RTTY, VarAC,
and SSB. QSL via LoTW and eQSL.

Be listening for Pete, ZL4TE, operating as E51RMP from the Cook
islands during July 14th through 21st. Although he will be mainly on Rarotonga, he will make a side trip Aitutaki, IOTA number OC-083, on
July 18th and 19th. Be listening on the HF bands. He will be QRP.
QSL to Pete's home call.

FIrst-time contest participant VK5KI will be on the air for the
Radio Society of Great Britain's IOTA Contest from Kangaroo Island,
IOTA number OC-139, off South Australia's coast, from Friday July
29th to Sunday July 31st. The station will operate in CW and SSB.
Before the contest, be listening on 80m through 10m. During the
contest, be listening on 80/40/20/15/ and 10m. QSL via Charles
M0OXO.

Be listening also for KL7RRC from Kiska Island, NA-070, during the
RSGB IOTA contest on July 30th and 31st. Send QSLs to N7RO.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: GETTING A STRING OF CONTACTS WITH A KITE

NEIL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we introduce a radio amateur who
is lucky enough to have found a way to combine two things she really
loves - amateur radio and flying kites. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, tells
us about her adventures in Kite POTA.

MIKE: Lisa Neuscheler (Newsh-Lurr), KC1YL, has found a way to string
together her Parks on the Air contacts from as close to her Florida
home as Texas and as far away as the western states, the Caribbean
and Europe. That's because the string she uses is the string of a
kite. The kite enthusiast launched her first high-flying ham radio
antenna in October of last year on Florida's east coast with
friends. Back home on the west coast near Tampa, she and her small
team have done eight kite activations since that time. This past
March, she was on Florida's Honeymoon Island when she achieved her
first POTA kite-to-kite contact with another team that also brought
their kite there.

Lisa told Newsline that she credits Kourt de Haas, KB5PRZ, with
inspiring her lofty goals after she learned that the Texas amateur accomplished his QSO with her in 2016 - while she was still living
in Connecticut - using an antenna on a kite over the Gulf of Mexico.
Now she runs along the Florida beaches with a POTA kite team of her
own, including Julie, NF1T, Jack, W1BBU, and others.

Her next challenge is a longer-distance POTA kite-to-kite contact
with her friend Paul, W1IP, in Connecticut. Their first attempt on
June 13th was scrapped by insufficient wind on Paul's local beach.
Lisa made 95 regular POTA contacts that day using her kite antenna
but none were made with Paul. So they're trying again on July 11th.

Lisa told Newsline: [quote] "You have to be happy when you are
holding a kite string." [endquote] No doubt she'll be even happier
if on that day the wind helps carries her ambition to reality. You
might even say it will be uplifting.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Alexanderson Association; ARRL; CQ Magazine;
David Behar K7DB; DXWorld.net; Eham.Net; Facebook; Mary Bittner,
WBØPXM; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Ramona Sentinel; South African
Radio League; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de;
Thirteen Colonies Special Event; WESH Channel 2; and you our
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-
volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its
continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our
website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New
York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union,
Kentucky, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, members of the West Bengal Radio Club, VU2WB,
will be using the call sign AT2AAM on August 15th to commemorate
the 75th anniversary of India's independence from the UK. Be
listening on various HF Bands. QSL to AT2AAM or VU2WB.

Be listening for Eugen, DL8AAI, on the air as 5H2JK/p from August
11th through the 17th during a hiking tour in Kilimanjaro
National Park, 5HFF-0005. He will be on the air holiday style,
mainly on SSB on 20 through 10 metres, using the World Wide Flora
and Fauna frequencies. QSL via DL8AAI.

In Cuba, Lefty, CO2QU, is on the air from from Havana, NA-015,
until December 31st, on 30 meters, using FT8/FT4, and 6 meters,
using FT8. QSL to CO2QU direct via LoTW.

Members of the Saudi Amateur Radio Society, HZ1SAR, are on the
air as HZ1CPCF for the Crown Prince Camel Festival special event,
until September 4th. Be listening on 20, 17, 16 and 6 metres
where the operators are using CW, SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL to HZ1SAR.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: WE NEVER SAUSAGE A THING

NEIL/ANCHOR: Over the past few weeks, Newsline has carried
stories about the fabulous images transmitted back to Earth from
the James Webb telescope. We end this week's newscast with an
update, a report that has.....even more...meat to it. Here's Paul
Braun, WD9GCO.

PAUL: Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away there was a
French physicist with a report that was also far, far away...in
this case, from reality: In late July, a very excited scientist,
Etienne Klein, posted an image on his Twitter account,
identifying it as the James Webb telescope's highly detailed
capture of Proxima Centauri which, at 4.2 light years away from
Earth, is the closest star to the sun. It is so close to the sun,
in fact, you might say it sizzles. In this case, it sizzles like
sausage -- because that's what it turned out to be: a single
round slice of chorizo, a type of savory Spanish smoked sausage,
in closeup under the camera lens. Klein later admitted his post
was a light-hearted deception but only after thousands of his
Twitter followers - who presumably were NOT vegetarians - had
approved of the image. He told French media later that the tweet
was meant only as a joke and insisted that any and all reports of
celestial sausage are, you might say, tough to swallow. You might
even call it a bit of baloney.

This is Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

(PEOPLE MAGAZINE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ARDC; the ARRL; Bernie Van Der Walt, ZS4TX;
Bob Josuweit, WA3PZO; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; IARU Region
1; Northeast Today; Ohio Penn DX; People Magazine; QRZ.com;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Space.com;
SpaceKidzIndia; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-
volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its
continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our
website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We
also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please
leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New
York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in
Union, Kentucky, saying 73. As always, we thank you for
listening.

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KICKER: 8-YEAR-OLD WAKES UP TO HER DREAM QSO

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Some amateurs go to sleep dreaming of a contact with an astronaut on the International Space Station. One young girl in a
coastal town of England went to sleep recently only to awaken quite
suddenly to the real thing. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has her story.

JEREMY: US astronaut Kjell [pronounced "CHELL"] Lindgren, using the
call sign NA1SS, was aboard the ISS over England recently just as 8-
year-old Isabella Payne had gone to bed. The Broadstairs girl's trip to dreamland was short-lived, however. Her father Matthew Payne, M0LMK,
woke her suddenly so she could fulfill another dream while fully awake:
A chance to talk with an astronaut via amateur radio during the short
window of opportunity. Matthew, the holder of a Full licence, has been
helping Isabella to study to become an amateur and both are members of
the Hilderstone Radio Society.

Isabella told the Isle of Thanet newspaper that the contact [quote]
"made my day and night." [endquote] Likewise, the astronaut wrote on
Twitter that even though he has worked stations on all continents and
spoken to many children through the Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station programme, this short chat was probably his all-time
favourite.

Isabella's next stop is the website of the US space agency, NASA, where
her chat with the astronaut is being featured, along with her photo.

This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(ISLE OF THANET NEWS)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Arden Nelson KA9WAR; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar
K7DB; DX-World.net; IEE Spectrum; Isle of Thanet News; Lou N2CYY; Ohio
Penn DX; Peshtigo Times; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; US Circuit Court; The Verge; Young Amateurs Radio
Club; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

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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 Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Dan, K6ZO, operating from Malawi
as 7Q6M until the end of November. He is on 160-6m and will be
participating in the CQWW SSB and CW contests. QSL to his home call
sign.

The Qatar Amateur Radio Society is activating a number of special event stations until the 18th of December marking the FIFA World Cup in
Qatar, where 32 teams will compete across 64 matches. Amateur radio
stations will be using all modes on all HF bands and the QO100
satellite. Operators at the Qatar ham group headquarters and at Doha
Corniche will be using the call sign A722FWC. Eight other stations will
also be operating as World Cup Stadium stations. They begin with the
call sign A71FIFA and continue in numerical order through to A78FIFA.
QSL via the QARS bureau or direct by instructions on QRZ.com. Logs will
be uploaded to LoTW once the event is over.

Listen for Jaap PA7DA, operating from Aruba with the call sign P4ØDA
from November 13th through to the 27th. QSL via the Dutch QSL Bureau to
his home call sign. For direct QSL information, see his QRZ.com page.

Listen for Oleg, ZS1ANF, who hopes to be on the air as ZS7ANF at Wolf's
Fang Runway in Antarctica starting on November 1st. QSL details are on
QRZ.com

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: HAMS' HALLOWEEN RADIO PLAY HAS JUST THE SPIRIT

JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, many of us know the unexpected problems -- and the
perks -- of operating portable. What if you are a ham who also works in commercial radio and dreams up a different kind of portable operation
for Halloween? One from a spooky old house? Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB,
ends our newscast with a story about this thriller.

RALPH: Ken Alan, WU6I, is haunted by radio wherever he goes. If he's
not on the air as an amateur Extra Class operator, he's recording
voiceovers and involved in other commercial projects. During this
Halloween season however, the spirits moved him to cross over into the
Great Beyond, that ethereal space somewhere between the F-layer of the ionosphere and the rest of eternity, the ancient realm known as radio
drama. His 40-minute radio play "Sparks & Baxter Spend the Night in
Murder Mansion" takes portable to a whole new level of activation.

The plot? A popular radio morning team sets up a remote broadcast on
Halloween Eve and experiences the kind of radio interference the FCC
can't help them with. There's even a seance, the equivalent of calling
QRZ on the spirits' frequency.

With mostly original sound effects and ghoulish music, the drama
presents a chance for Ken and another amateur radio friend to be hams
of a different sort. You can conjure it all up on the 'Ken Alan Voices' YouTube channel but not until Halloween Eve at midnight Pacific Time.
It promises to be....a scream.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.....or, call me Baxter.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar,
K7DB; DX-World.net; Facebook; Gizmodo; Hackaday; Internet Archive Blog;
Jacob Wriston, KE8PWC; Karl Kruger, 2E0FEH; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Standards Manual; Printmag.com; Worked All Britain; and you our listeners, that's all
from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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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 Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston, West Virginia, saying 73. As always we thank you for listening.

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TEN METERS PUTS OUT ITS WELCOME MAT

JIM/ANCHOR: A stretch of days with great conditions on 10 meters
has provided a bonus for a number of events on the band lately. In
Germany, the DARC held its 10-meter contest on January 8th with
hams getting on the air using CW and SSB. The Nordic Radio Amateur
Union's 10m activity contest will be held on February 2nd, with CW
ops on the air from 1800 to 1900 UTC; SSB users on from 1900 to
2000 UTC; FM users competing between 2000 UTC to 2100 UTC and
Digital competitors getting in on the action from 2100 to 2200
UTC.

Just two days later, entrants in this year's Ten-Ten International
Winter QSO Party will hope to make good use of favorable band
conditions for operators using SSB on February 4th and 5th. The
nonprofit organization, the Ten-Ten International Net, was created
in 1962 to encourage activity on the 10m band and promote good
operating practices.

(TEN-TEN INTERNATIONAL NET, NORDIC RADIO AMATEUR UNION)

**

KICKER: SQUIRRELING AWAY SOME GREAT QSOs

JIM/ANCHOR: We end this week's newscast with the story of a net
that puts squirrels on the air. Not flying squirrels on the air.
These are radio squirrels. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, tells us about
their chatter.

GRAHAM: As anyone who lives in Australia knows, there are no
native squirrels living here. Or.....are there? If you ask Linda
G0YLM, a member of the North West Fusion Group in the UK, she
might insist there are - and for good reason: She has had plenty
of QSOs with them. Linda and her husband, Ian, G0VGS, participate
in the group's daily morning Squirrel Net, where Linda is net
control. The squirrels are all the hams who check in starting at
0700 UTC from New Zealand, Australia, The Netherlands, Ireland,
Sri Lanka, and even the United States.

Ian told Newsline that the net was inspired by early-morning walks
the couple would take in the local park in the early days of the
pandemic. Radios in hand, they would chat with friends as they
strolled. Ian said: [quote] "From time to time we would see a
squirrel and mention it on the air. This moved to logging the
first squirrel sighted each morning, and the Squirrel Net was
born." [endquote]

Conversation topics vary from day to day and the chatter often
gets as lively as the group's furry little namesakes. Because hams
are almost always in danger of timing out, the award of the Golden
Acorn is conferred virtually on any ham who passes the
conversation along just in time.

You can find the Squirrel Net in WIRES-X room 41755 and on the GB-
NWFG reflector, YSF 26499. As Ian told Newsline, everyone is
welcome to join the peanut gallery - even those elusive Australian
squirrels.

This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(NORTH WEST FUSION GROUP)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Weekly; Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA;
the BBC; CQ magazine; David Behar K7DB; the 425 DX News; The Hindu
newspaper; Ian Maude, G0VGS; Jim Storms, AB8YK; North West Fusion
Group; shortwaveradio.de; 3Y0J (THREE WHY ZERO JAY) Website;
Wireless Institute of Australia; Winter Field Day Association;
Worldwide Flora and Fauna; and you our listeners, that's all from
the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its
continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our
website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We
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leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New
York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW, in
Charleston, West Virginia, saying 73. As always, we thank you for
listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Willy, ON4AVT operating as
6W7/ON4AVT from Warang, Senegal from the 6th of February to the 31st of
March. He is expected to be on 80 through 10 metres using mainly FT8 with
some SSB and CW. He will also be making contacts via the QO-100
satellite. QSL via Club Log's OQRS or his home call.

Listen for the call sign JD1YCC from Chichijima, Japan, IOTA number
AS-031. A group of Japanese operators will be active there from the 7th
to the 13th of February. They will operate EME on 2m, 70cm and 23cm. QSL
via LoTW, or direct to JH3AZC.

Listen for Gene, W8NET, using the call sign N8V from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, IOTA number NA-106, from the 6th to the 10th of February. Gene
will be using SSB and FT8 on 80, 40, 20, 17, and 10 metres. He will also
be activating three Parks on the Air locations. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's
OQRS, eQSL, or direct to W8NET.

Peter, G4HSO is active holiday style as S79/G4HSO from the Seychelles
until the 21st of February, concentrating on CW and VarAC. QSL via LoTW,
no paper QSLs.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BUT REAL RAGCHEW

PAUL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we take a look at ChatGPT, the
intensely popular chatbot launched late last year by Open AI. It has
quite literally become the talk of more than quite a few towns, if not
the world. Now, it seems, it is also the talk of amateur radio. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, explains.

RALPH: An enterprising ham in Manitoba, Canada, has found a way to use a
voice recognition engine and a text-to-speech engine to give ChatGPT its
own voice -- via a transmission that occurs over D-STAR.

William Franzin, VE4VR, has been a ham since the 1990s, long before the
age of today's modern digital modes, but he has almost always tinkered
with voice repeater controllers. He told Newsline that those early
projects really didn't take off for him. It was only after Amazon
released its Alexa voice assistant that the project gained real traction.
Five years ago he successfully integrated voice-assistant products with popular ham radio platforms. His recent addition of ChatGPT simply meant including it as one more platform.

An article on the Hackaday website describes the process: A DSTAR digital voice transmission is received and transcoded to regular digital audio. A voice recognition engine delivers the question for ChatGPT's AI. The AI’s output then enters a text-to-speech engine which delivers the question's
reply over D-STAR. William has registered the VE4AVS callsign just for
these applications. He stressed that all of this is still in the
experimental phase.

However, he posed one question that might prove too tough even for
ChatGPT itself to tackle: Could the AI answer enough questions to qualify
for a license and an upgrade on its own?

We're listening for that answer.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(WILLIAM FRANZIN, VE4VR, HACKADAY)

**

NEWCAST CLOSE - DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

PAUL/ANCHOR: Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think
Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising
your club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something
that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the
contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to
cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Weekly; Amateur Radio Digital
Communications; the ARRL; Austin Chronicle; CQ magazine; David Behar
K7DB; Eddie Misiewicz, KB3YRU; FCC; 425 DX News; Hackaday; John VE1CWJ;
the Quarter Century Wireless Association; Radio World; shortwaveradio.de; Steve Wright, EI5DD; William Franzin, VE4VR; Wireless Institute of
Australia; WPSD Local 6; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
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like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Antonio, CT1FFU, operating holiday style
as D4T from Ilha do Sal, IOTA number AF-086, Cape Verde, until the 22nd
of February. He is using SSB, CW, and digital modes, on the HF bands and
6 metres. He will also make contacts via QO-100. QSL via his home call
direct or by the bureau. He will upload his log to Club Log.

Philippe, F1DUZ, is using the callsign FG4KH from Guadeloupe, IOTA number NA-102, from February 15th through to March 8th. He will also participate
in the SSB portion of the "Coupe du REF" contest on the 25th and 26th of February as well as the ARRL DX SSB contest on the 4th and 5th of March.
QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or direct to F1DUZ.

Saudi Arabia's Founding Day are being commemorated by special event
stations 7Z3FD, 8Z3FD and HZ3FD until the 22nd of February, which is the actual date of the celebration. QSL via HZ1SAR; the logs will be uploaded
to Club Log.

Eric, F5LCX, is on the air holiday style from Togo as 5V23LE until the
25th of February. QSL via LoTW.

Listen for Dom, VK2HJ, using the call sign VK2HJ/VK9 from Norfolk Island,
IOTA number OC-005, from the 17th through to the 20th of February. He is
using SSB on 40 through 10 metres. QSL via eQSL.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: WEARABLE FABRIC HELPS 'SING THE BODY ELECTRIC'

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our final story comes from Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB. Prepare
to get a real charge out of it. A real charge.

RALPH: OK, so here's a real yarn for you. Yes - a real yarn, the kind of
which sweaters are made. These are high-tech fibers known as twistrons,
which scientists developed about five years ago. Unlike conventional
knitting yarns, twistrons are spun from carbon nanotubes, resulting in lightweight material that increases in density whenever it is twisted or stretched. The result from all that stretching isn't necessarily a better-fitting sweater, however -- it's voltage that can drive an
electric current. To researchers like Ray Baughman at the University of
Texas at Dallas, twistrons present a promising way to make use of the
motion of the body to power an electronic device because it taps into the wearer's mechanical energy. Scientists say the energy conversion
efficiency of twistrons has improved over the years, up from 17.4 percent
from twisting to an impressive 22.4 percent.

Researchers recently used an array of twistrons weighing 3.2 milligrams
to charge a supercapacitor capable of powering a small device such as an electronic watch or five small LEDs.

While the researchers aren't quite at the point of releasing their own clothing line, they do have their eye on harnessing the motion of ocean
waves using twistrons to create electric power. We hams can only imagine dressing for success like this, going out for a summit activation or for
Field Day. The possibility is electrifying.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(IEEE SPECTRUM)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE - DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

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cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Weekly; AMSAT News Service; Baynet.com; CQ magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; FCC; 425 DX News; IEEE
Spectrum; QRZ.com; Radio World; Radio Society of Great Britain; Rich
Ryba, WQ3Q, shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; WRTC Reflector; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
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to us.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Phil, VA3QR, is operating from Panama throughout
March, using various call signs depending upon his location. Those call
signs include HP1/VA3QR, HP3/VA3QR and HP8/VA3QR. He will be using SSB
and the digital modes. QSL to his home call.

Listen for Matt, ZL4NVW, who will be activating several SOTA summits on Secretary Island off the Fiordland coast from the 7th to the 13th of
March. He will be on 40m through 10m, SSB only. Secretary Island uses
the IOTA designation OC-203 for the South Coastal Islands of New Zealand.
QSL to his home call.

Listen for Robert, OK2PYA, operating as EA6/OK2PYA from various World
Wide Flora & Fauna areas on Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, IOTA EU-004 until the 7th of March. He is using CW on 40-10 metres. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS and LoTW.

(425 DX BULLETIN, DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: THE HEIGHT OF GRATITUDE FOR A SUMMIT RESCUE

NEIL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we visit with a SOTA activator who is recovering from serious injuries after a fall on a summit. While he is healing, he plans to active a campaign of gratitude for his rescuers.
Here's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, with that story.

JEREMY: It was just a few weeks ago that Alan, 2E0JWA, had hopes of
scoring 4 points plus a 3-point winter bonus for activating the largest
summit in his immediate area, G/SP-001 Kinder Scout in the Peak District National Park.

His goal on that day in January came crashing down with him when he fell
on a piece of black ice on the well-marked summit path, shattering his
left leg. He expects that after two surgeries, he will be back on his
feet by mid-May - perhaps even back on the air for a summit by summer.

As he tells colleagues on the SOTA Reflector, however, he might not be
making those plans at all were it not for the kind souls who first rushed
to his aid on the trail to stabilise him -- and then for the welcome
arrival of the volunteer team he describes in his blog as "angels in red coats," the Glossop Mountain Rescue Team. It was a complicated rescue but
they moved him safely off the hill just as snow showers were threatening
to arrive.

Alan is now asking others on the SOTA Reflector and the ham community to
help inspire some kind of special event or thank-you gesture for helping
to keep this SOTA activator alive. To Alan, the winter bonus for that
summit truly belongs to the angels in red coats.

This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(SOTA REFLECTOR, 2E0JWA BLOG)

**

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Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising
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that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the
contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to
cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Breaking Defense.com; CQ magazine; David Behar K7DB;
Donald De Riggs, J88CD; DX-World.net; FCC; 425 DX News; Hambel Net;
HamSCI; Parks on the Air; RadioWorld SOTA Reflector; the 2E0JWA Blog; shortwaveradio.de; Washington Post; YouTube and you our listeners, that's
all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us. We also wish a happy 21st anniversary to the Summits on the Air
awards scheme, created March 2nd, 2002.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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KICKER: FINDING FAMILY, EIGHT DECADES LATER

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We finish this week's report with one family's story.
Nearly eight decades after fleeing Bangladesh during turbulent political times, a woman in northern India has reconnected with the family she left behind. It happened all because of ham radio. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, has that story.

GRAHAM: Nearly eight decades of silence and loss ended on Tuesday, March
7th, when 85-year-old Maya Chakraborty finally spoke with the nephew she'd been seeking for so long - the son of her deceased older sister. The call
was via internet video, but the human connection here was because of ham radio. She was a young girl when her family left their native village in Sylhet in Bangladesh, and lost contact with her much older sister. The
Times of India newspaper reported that she had lost much hope of finding
the rest of her family but asked her son Suvendu to help track them down. Suvendu contacted the West Bengal Radio Club, which has expertise in
reuniting missing persons. The club's secretary contacted the Amateur
Radio Society of Bangladesh and the hams were able to find Ranjit
Chakraborty, Maya's nephew, who is nearly 80 years old himself. His mother
- Maya's sister - had long since died.

Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA, secretary of the West Bengal club, told the newspaper [quote] "It was difficult to find a person among millions." [endquote] He told Newsline that on March 7th, the aunt and her nephew
were reconnected during an emotional video call. He said that both are now applying for visas to take that reunion to its logical next step.

This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(TIMES OF INDIA, AMBARISH NAG BISWAS VU2JFA)

**

IN SEARCH OF 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they aren't already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur Radio
Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger -- someone
who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find
more details along with application forms on our website arnewsline.org
under the "YHOTY" tab. The nomination period closes on May 31st.

**

DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising your club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something that is
out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the contact page
at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to cover it, we'll
get back to you for more details.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Digital Communications; Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; CQ Magazine; Dan Romanchik, KB6NU; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; FCC; Free DV Project; 425 DX News; IARU Region 1; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; RadioWorld; RuralRadio.com; shortwaveradio.de; the Times of
India; the Washington Post; YouTube and you our listeners, that's all from
the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for the Russian DXpedition Team using the
callsign 9X5RU in Rwanda from March 22nd to April 7th. You will hear them
on 160-6m and they will also be using the QO-100 satellite. They will
operate CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW.

Listen for the special event callsign A60AP, which is on the air until
the 31st of August. The suffix stands for the Emirates "Astronaut
Program," which prepares crews of UAE astronauts for missions that
include the International Space Station. QSL via EA7FTR.

Be listening for CT9/DD8ZX, CT9/DF7EE and CT9/DJ9KM operating from
Madeira, IOTA Number AF-014 from the 22nd to the 28th of March. Helmut,
DF7EE, will also participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as CQ3W. QSL CT9/DD8ZX and CT9/DJ9KM via LoTW or the operators' home calls; QSL CQ3W
and CT9/DF7EE via LoTW or Club Log's OQRS.

Miguel, EA1BP, will be active as FM/EA1BP from Martinique, IOTA Number
NA-107, from the 21st to the 28th of March. He will be focusing on 17m
and 12m and operating SSB. Listen for him in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest
where he will be using the callsign TO7O (TEE OH SEVEN OH). QSL via LoTW,
or via home call.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: WHEN "LINE OF SIGHT" SERVES AS A LIFELINE

PAUL/ANCHOR: Most of us have heard the phrase "when all else fails, ham radio." Well, our final story for this week carries an alternative
thought: "when all else fails, aerial drones." Here's Ralph Squillace,
KK6ITB, with that story.

RALPH: Deep snow in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon left two motorists
trapped earlier this year in the Willamette National Forest. One of them
was a woman who had become stranded in her minivan. The other was a man traveling not far from there. There was rarely any traffic or even
maintenance workers on this little-traveled road but they were able to
spot one another and try to find a way out of their predicament. However,
the road's remote location put it out of range for cellphone service.

The snow grew higher, and the temperatures dropped lower.

As the two tried to find a way to get word out that they were in danger,
the man realized he might in fact have a way out for the both of them,
after all. He would use line-of-sight communications, the same principle employed by ham radio operators on VHF/UHF and microwave frequencies, as
well as those using satellites. He realized that if he could get his
cellphone up high enough - say, several hundred feet above the thick
treetops - its signal would reach a cell tower, enabling it to send a
text message that could carry the details of his distress to a friend.

He had the cellphone and, as luck would have it, he happened to have an
aerial drone in his car and the drone had enough power to make that
successful flight.

It worked. The man's friend received the text with his location and the details of what had happened and the sheriff's search and rescue team did
the rest. The two motorists - and the drone - were brought to safety.

This is Ralph Squilllace, KK6ITB.

(THE DRIVE.COM, KRNV NEWS 4)

**

NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

PAUL/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they
aren't already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur
Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award.
Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger
-- someone who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org under the
"YHOTY" tab. Nominations are now open and close on May 31st.

**

DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

PAUL/ANCHOR: Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think
Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising
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that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the
contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to
cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; Amazon India; Antennapalooza; CQ
Magazine; CNN.COM; Daniel Sohn, WL7COO; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net;
FCC; 425 DX News; National Weather Service; QRZ.COM; Radio World: RUV
Iceland; shortwaveradio.de; Telangana Today; UK National Hamfest; and you
our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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KICKER: HE HAS MASTERED THE CODE OF LONGEVITY

NEIL/ANCHOR: For our final story we ask: Can you imagine being 101 years
old, and still on the air, sending and copying CW? We visit with one man
in Iowa, who doesn't have to imagine it; because he is living it! Jim
Damron, N8TMW, tells us about him.

JIM: Just like the Morse Code he loves to send, the 101 years of Lowell
Dibble, W0TER, have been a continuous wave.

The lowa man turned 101 years old on St. Patrick's Day, and according to several press reports and a video on YouTube his longevity and enthusiasm - like his ability to send CW - transmit a powerful message on a daily basis.

Lowell has a long history on the air. He served as a radio officer with
the Merchant Marine during World War II. An Amateur Extra Class operator,
he has regular QSOs with his friends using CW and keeps active at the retirement community, where he lives. His mental workouts with Code are complemented by his daily routine of physical workouts that start his day.

His son Mark told TV station KCRG in an interview just days before his father's birthday that what keeps him going is [quote]: "the excitement of
just wanting to do things, get up in the morning...It's not 'what am I
going to do??' It's 'What of all of these things am I going to do today?'" [endquote]

Dibble told the TV station that although he credits good genes, having a positive outlook is also a definite plus -- and he plans to keep riding
the excitement of that continuous wave.

This is Jim Damron, N8TMW.

(KCRG TV)

**

NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

NEIL/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they
aren't already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur
Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award.
Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or
younger -- someone who has talent, promise, and a commitment to the
spirit of ham radio. Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org
under the "YHOTY" tab. Nominations are now open, and close on May 31st.

**

DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

NEIL/ANCHOR: Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think
Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising
your club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something
that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the
contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy, and we would like
to cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Dayton Daily News; DX-World.net; FCC; 425 DX News; Groups.IO; Gulf News; KCRG.TV; Lloyd Colston, KC5FM; Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre; New Jersey Institute of Technology; QRZ.COM; Sci-Tech Daily; shortwaveradio.de; Tech Crunch; Vance Smith, KE5BAL; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org
and know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that
if you like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union, Kentucky, saying
73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, a DARC team has activated the special event callsign DA23WARD, in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. The station will be
on the air through to the 18th of April. The bureau will automatically
confirm all contacts. Direct QSLs should be sent via DL2VFR. Another
station marking World Amateur Radio Day is the UBA special event station
in Belgium, using the callsign OT23WARD. This station will be on the air
from the 1st through to the 30th of April. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL. A certificate will be available.

Be listening for 3A8AB from Monaco between April the 1st and the 30th.
The activation commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first
transatlantic two-way contact via amateur radio between Leon Deloy,
F8AB, and Fred Schnell, 1MO. Leon became a Silent Key in 1969 in Monaco,
and bequeathed his fortune to a variety of philanthropic organizations.
QSL via LoTW.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: FOR PIERRE PULLINMYLEG, BOUVET ISLAND IS FOR THE BIRDS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story of this week tells about a very new club.
In fact, it's one of the most remarkable clubs to ever come into being.
It's based in a most unlikely - and very remote - location: Bouvet Island.
Our April Fool's Day correspondent, Pierre Pullinmyleg, tells Newsline listeners about the new Bouvet Island Amateur Radio Club, and its highly unusual members. Remember you heard this story first on Amateur Radio Newsline. Pierre?

PIERRE: After saying goodbye to ze 3Y0J DXpedition only a few weeks
earlier, ze local residents were inspired. They knew it was time for
Bouvet Island to have its own amateur radio club. So one was hatched,
just like so many of its members. Yes, hatched - because zeese members
you see, zay are zee penguins native to this South Atlantic Island.
Zese birds are so very intelligent, and zey had very carefully watched
from afar as ze team of operators called CQ. Zey learned just enough
CW along the way to try and operate! AHA! So just maybe did you bust one
of zose pileups? Maybe you ended up working a penguin -- and you didn't
know it? Well, now zese birds, zay have developed zere own digital mode
of operating to make things easier. It is called Pen-Gweeno. Pen-Gweeno
is good because ze birds found zat CW, she is nice enough but is too
hard: ham radio operators with wings, mes amis, cannot possibly hope to
have a good fist.

So be listening for low-power, highly efficient transmissions of
Pen-Gweeno on ze HF bands. Listen for ze club callsign 3Y2PENG. Please
remember too that just because zese birds cannot fly, it does not mean
they can't get on zee air.

Zis has been Pierre Pullinmyleg saying "au revoir, mes amis."

**

NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they
aren't already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur
Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award.
Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger -- someone who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham
radio. Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org under the
"YHOTY" tab. Nominations are now open, and close on May 31st.

**

DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you
think Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about
advertising your club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation,
but something that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief
overview via the contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy,
and we would like to cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; ARRL; Australia Communications and
Media Authority; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; FCC; 425
DX News; Hackaday; National Public Radio; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of
Great Britain; Radio World; Reddit; Rochester Institute of Technology;
SOTA Reflector; shortwaveradio.de; Space.com; West Bengal Radio Club;
Wireless Institute of Australia; World Wide Flora & Fauna; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org
and know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that
if you like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8TMW, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, get ready for the DX0NE DXpedition. This is a single-operator DXpedition to the Spratly Islands, IOTA Number AS-051.
Gil, 4F2KWT, will be on the air from the 30th of April until the 9th of
May. He has set aside one of his two radios to use FT8 using multi stream MSHV. The pilot station is Nic, DU1NA. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, which is preferred, or via IZ8CCW.

Local amateurs in Israel are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the
founding of the Israel Amateur Radio Club and the establishment of the
State of Israel by using special prefixes 4X75 and 4Z75 from the 14th to
the 30th of April. Awards are being given to hams who contact stations
with those prefixes as well as with the standard 4X and 4Z stations until
the end of the month.

Be listening for the special event callsign DM23BUGA on the air until
October 8th. This callsign honors the biennial horticulture show and
festival taking place in Mannheim, Germany this year. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. You may also QSL direct via
DL2VFR.

Listen for Jean, F8CHM, using the call TM1AI (TEE EM ONE AY EYE) from Aix
(EX) Island, IOTA Number EU- 032, until the 16th of April. He is using CW
and SSB on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home call.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

DON/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they
aren't already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur
Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award.
Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger
-- someone who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org under the
"YHOTY" tab. Nominations are now open and close on May 31st.

**

KICKER: ON TOP OF THE WORLD IN HER FIRST YEAR OF SOTA

DON/ANCHOR: We end this week by asking: What parent doesn't hope that one
day that their child will achieve success at new heights? Meet a mother
and father who aren't only watching their daughter achieve that, but are
right up there with her. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, brings us their story.

JEREMY: The past year has been an exciting climb for Sophie, SN9ZJ. The 11-year-old received her amateur radio licence one year ago this month.
It didn't take long for her to find her way to the higher elevations of Poland, calling QRZ for points in Summits on the Air and experiencing the thrill of other operators wanting her callsign in their log. Her father, Pawel, SN9PJ, calls her [quote] "my amazing daughter." [endquote]

Considered Poland's youngest SOTA operator, she activated seven summits
during her first year as a ham, with her father beside her on five of
those trips and her mother Anna helping her log contacts during the other
two. Anna, an avid hiker, had helped Sophie study for her licence and may eventually take the exam as well.

Pawel said Sophie had her sights on those mountain tops the moment her
licence arrived. The youngster draws great inspiration and love of the outdoors from her father, a mechanical engineer and her mother, an environmental engineer.

In time, her parents would not be surprised if one day Sophie provided
some inspiration herself. She has a younger sister, Elizabeth, and
younger brother, Bart who one day, they hope, they may follow her to the mountain tops, operating their own radios.

This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(SOTA REFLECTOR, PAWEL SN9PJ)

**

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DON/ANCHOR: Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think
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that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the
contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to
cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT News Service; ARRL; CQ
Magazine; CNN.COM; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; 425 DX News; Jenny
Tupper; Johns Hopkins University; Hackaday; NASA; Patch.com; Pawel,
SN9PJ; QRZ.COM; Radio World; Radio Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector; Space.com; Wired.com; Wireless
Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in Picayune, Mississippi, saying 73. As always we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Harry, JG7PSJ, who is on the air as JD1BMH
from Ogasawara between April 24th and May 5th. Listen for him on 40-10m
where he is using CW, SSB and RTTY. For QSL and other details follow the
link on QRZ.COM to the JD1BMH webpage and monitor Twitter for updates.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: SOTA "MOUNTAIN GOAT" SAYS "TAG, YOU'RE IT"

NEIL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we catch up with a very grateful SOTA activator who has this important message for all those hams who, like
him, achieved the coveted status of Mountain Goat: "TAG - You're It!" Jim Damron, N8TMW, tells us his story.

JIM: Dave Altman, KO4YLZ, is looking for a few new goats. Actually, he's looking for a few old goats too. None of this has anything to do with age
- it's a reflection of pride in Dave's recent accomplishment. The SOTA activator achieved Mountain Goat status in the Summits on the Air awards scheme on March 30th, 11 months after making his first successful SOTA activation.

When his informal mentor Dean, K2JB, celebrated his new status by saying "welcome to the herd," Dave felt inspired to give something back to
colleagues in his own region. What better way to identify a local goat
than with a genuine ear tags, the kind of tags Dave sees often on some of
the local livestock?? Using the SOTA logo with permission, Dave had the durable plastic tags laser-printed for all those in the W4 region of SOTA
who attained the necessary 1,000 points for Mountain Goat status. He's
giving them as gifts to fellow members of the herd and no, he doesn't
expect anyone to attach the tags to their ears. These are for bags used
on SOTA outings.

Dave said in a recent email to Newsline that he had already given out
seven but has many more. Using the SOTA Reflector and the groups.io board
for his local region, he has told fellow Mountain Goats to either email
their name, callsign and mailing address or, better still, meet up with
him sometime fon an activation. Picture it: Just a couple of Mountain
Goats climbing their next summit together. That would not be so BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD.

This is Jim Damron, N8TMW.

(SOTA REFLECTOR, DAVE ALTMAN, KO4YLZ)

**

NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

NEIL/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they
aren't already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur
Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award.
Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger
-- someone who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org under the
"YHOTY" tab. Nominations are now open and close on May 31st.

**

DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

NEIL/ANCHOR: Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think
Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising
your club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something
that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the
contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to
cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Software Award; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT
News Service; ARRL; CQ Magazine; CNN.COM; Dave Altman, KO4YLZ; David
Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; 425 DX News; Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences; Hungarian Amateur Radio Society; Jocelyn Brault, KD8VRX/VA2VRX; NASA; National Telecommunications and Information Administration; NOKIA; QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector; Voice of America Museum; and
you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union, Kentucky,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Kasimir, DL2SBY will be using the callsign 8Q7KB from
the Maldives, IOTA Number AS-013, until the 7th of May using CW, SSB and
FT8/ FT4 (using MSHV). He will concentrate on 30, 17, 12, 10 and 6
meters. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or direct to home call.

On April 26th this year, it will be 100 years since the first amateur
radio contact between New Zealand and Australia was made, between Frank
Bell of Shag Valley Station, Waihemo in Otago and Charles Maclurcan, 2CM
in Sydney.

Listen for the callsign ZL100 from now until the 25th of July. Members of
the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters will be on the HF bands
with this callsign commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first trans-Tasman Radio contact between Australia and New Zealand.

Members of the Russian Robinson Club are using the special call CO30RRC
from Cayo Coco Island, IOTA Number NA - 086, until the 4th of May. Listen
on the HF bands. QSL via N7RO, LoTW, or Club Log. QSL for hams with RU
and EW prefixes via RW3RN.

During May 16th through to the 18th, listen for Pete M1PTR, Tom, M0DCG,
and Kieron, M5KJM/EI6KP, on the air from Great Blasket Island, Iota
Number EU-007, in the North Atlantic. They will use the callsign EJ6KP/P.
QRV on HF SSB operating during local daylight hours. QSL via LoTW.

(WIA, DXNEWS.COM, 425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: THEY'RE 'PUTTING THE DIGIT BACK IN DIGITAL'

PAUL/ANCHOR: Finally, with International Morse Code Day just having
passed on April 27th, we celebrate Morse Code. In fact, a recent magazine article published by a world class institution does just that - and it
uses a language that needs no decoding. Kent Peterson, KC0DGY, takes a
look with us.

KENT: Smithsonian magazine is published by the Washington, D.C.-based Smithsonian Institution, considered the largest museum, education, and research complex in the world -- and while you might rightfully expect telegraph keys and other communications equipment to be featured as
museum pieces, Morse Code itself is hardly the stuff of archives. That's
the whole point of the article, in fact: It notes that the dits and dahs
of the original digital communications system - which had its beginnings
two centuries ago - are not only part of a very vibrant code but one that
is experiencing a resurgence.

As one would expect from anything by the Smithsonian, the article gives a clear history of the code's evolution from American Morse to
International Morse, explaining its mechanics, its appeal and yes even
its purported medical benefits for brain health.

With references to the ARRL, the Long Island CW Club and the Straight Key Century Club, the article extolls the practice as an enduring form of communication that is [quote] "putting the digit back in digital communication." [endquote] There are even instructions, complete with diagrams, telling non-hams on how to build a Morse Code generator so they
can practice their dits and dahs with the help of their smartphone.

To see the article, follow the link in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

[PRINT ONLY: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/morse-code-back- looking-ditch-twitter-180981309/ ]

(above URL all on one line)

The article is encouraging: While CW might not ultimately replace
Twitter - as the headline suggests - it may just turn radio
communications on its ear.

This is Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

(SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE)

**

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Software Award; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT
News Service; ARRL; CQ Magazine; CNN.COM; Dave Altman, KO4YLZ; David
Behar K7DB; Dignity Memorial; DX-World.net; Emirates News Agency; 425 DX
News; Ian Burgess, VA6EMS; Gulf News; the IARU; the IEEE Spectrum;
QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de; Smithsonian Magazine; South African Radio
League; spacenews.com; Vince D'Eon, VE6LK; and you our listeners, that's
all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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HAMS PREP FOR ARMED FORCES DAY CROSSBAND TEST

JIM/ANCHOR: Hams are getting ready to participate once again in the Armed Forces Day Crossband Test - an exercise with an important mission. Jack Parker, W8ISH, explains.

JACK: From Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, to Camp Foster in Okinawa, military stations will be making two-way radio contacts with amateur radio operators on various ham frequencies as part of an important
interoperability test that has united hams and government radio operators
for a half century.

This year, the Armed Forces Day Crossband Test will be held on May 13th, testing two-way communications between hams and the military. It's an important exercise that does not have any impact on use of the bands by
hams or other private radio operators. All communications are conducted on upper sideband unless the instructions specify otherwise. An internet
search for DoD MARS - Armed Forces Day provides complete information, including participating stations, time periods and details about QSL
cards.

Created in 1925, the Military Auxiliary Radio System, also known as MARS, relies on the skills of more than 3,000 civilians - most of them licensed
ham radio operators - who assist the US military with communications at
every level from local to international, especially in emergency
situations.

This is Jack Parker, W8ISH.

(US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, WWW.MARS.AF.MIL)

**

NOMINATE NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

JIM/ANCHOR: Time is running out to nominate your choice for Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak Young Ham of the Year award. Candidates must
reside in the continental United States and be a licensed ham 18 years of
age or younger. We are looking for someone who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find application forms on our
website arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. Nominations close on May
31st - that's at the end of this month!

**

KICKER: FOR RADIO'S PROBLEM, THIS TOILET PAPER WAS ON A ROLL

JIM/ANCHOR: If you've ever been troubled by noisy speakers - no, we don't
mean the kind you suffer through at an awards banquet - our final story of this week may be of interest to you. We should advise you, however, the solution to this problem is somewhat bizarre, even in the opinion of its creator. Here's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, with that story.

JEREMY: When Richard Langer received a second-hand DAB radio from a
friend, he realized right away that listening to it at lower volume was
going to be a challenge: there was a noticeable scratching sound that went away only if the radio volume was made louder.

Using the kind of ingenuity we amateurs also know quite well, Richard
tried to find a way to fix the problem without the need to replace the speaker. Looking among some everyday household items, Richard ultimately
got to the bottom - and yes, we do mean the bottom - of the situation. He reached for a roll of toilet tissue.

The speaker's paper cone had apparently warped, causing the voice coil to
rub against the magnet assembly. The friction had worn out the insulation
on the turns of the coil and taken it out of proper alignment. Crumpling
the toilet tissue, he determined that if he inserted it at just the right
spot between the cone and the metal housing, it would exert sufficient pressure to restore the alignment. The result? Good, noise-free sound.

Richard shared this simple solution in a recent video on his YouTube
channel. The solution was picked up as well by the website Hackaday. With
a clever permanent solution as close as one's own bathroom, Richard is no doubt pleased there will be no need for the little radio to be flushed.

This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(HACKADAY, YOUTUBE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ACMA; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT News Service; the
ARDC; ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Dignity Memorial; DX-World.net;
the FCC; 425 DX News; Hackaday; Legacy.com; MARS; Maine Monitor; Mills on
the Air; News Center Maine; QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de; 3916 Freewheelers
Net; US Dept. of Defense; The Verge; YouTube; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston, West
Virginia, saying 73. As always we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Harold, DF2WO, on the air as 9X2AW
from Rwanda until the 15th of May. Harold will be using CW, SSB, and the digital modes on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.

Look for Pete M1PTR, Tom, M0DCG, and Kieron, M5KJM, on the air from Great Basket Island, IOTA Number EU-007, using the callsign EJ6KP/p until the
18th of May. They are using SSB on the HF bands during local daylight
hours. Check QRZ.com for QSL details.

Listen for Giorgio, IU5HWS, using the callsign 5UA99WS from Niger until
the 15th of June. He will be on 40 through 10 metres using FT8 and SSB.
QSL via LoTW, or via EA5GL.

You have until May 31st to log the special event callsign VI2023HRH in Australia. Members of the Wireless Institute of Australia are calling QRZ
with that call, through the end of the month, to celebrate the coronation
of King Charles III of England. QSL via the operator's instructions.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: COFFEE-LOVING HAM WORKS JAVA BUT IT'S NOT DX

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: OK, grab a cup of hot coffee for this week's final story.
Sit back, and let's listen to Randy Sly, W4XJ.

RANDY: For many of us there's nothing better than working DX or calling CQ
in a contest while sipping on a fresh hot cup of coffee. But what if that coffee was known as "Ham Shack House Blend," "Key Up Cowboy," or "Morse
Code Mocha?"

Steve Eilers, W3BIZ, believes we can have our ham radio and drink it too! Early in 2023, Steve began the Homebrew Coffee Company, combining his love
for coffee with his love for ham radio. This coffee is not someone else's brand that he re-labeled, but his own original coffee blends that are
roasted and shipped the same day -- no matter the propagation. He is an entrepreneur who takes his business seriously:

STEVE: "We source our beans from Bali, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, you name it… Ethically sourced beans, fair trade - that's a huge thing for me, is to make sure we're doing it right. These people are getting compensated
for their farms and everything's fair."

RANDY: His blends are made to resonate with a variety of tastes, from a
donut shop style to a dark Italian roast or something with a french
vanilla or mocha flavor. All these and more await you at homebrewcoffee.com.

When he's not making coffee, you can find Steve hunting POTA, chasing DX,
rag chewing or operating SKYWARN and ARES in Kent County, Michigan -- and
of course, drinking coffee.

This is Randy Sly, W4XJ.

**

DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising your club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something that is
out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the contact page
at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to cover it, we'll
get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Air Force Technology; MSAT News Service; the APRS Net;
ARRL; CQ Magazine; CNN.COM; Dave Altman, KO4YLZ; David Behar K7DB; The
Daily Jeffersonian; 425 DX News; GypsyRoadTrip.com; the IEEE Spectrum; Kay Savetz, K6KJN; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the Millennium Post; QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de; the Times of India; the Vincentian; the YL
Beam; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT ,at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for special event station GB0AEL, which
is on the air until May 26th. Hams with the North West Group Amateur
Radio Club are marking the anniversary of Amelia Earhart's transatlantic flight. In May of 1932 she became the first woman to make that trip solo
and nonstop, departing from Canada and landing 15 hours later in
Londonderry, Northern Ireland. QSL instructions are on QRZ.com

Listen for Vincent, HB9VCJ, using the callsign 8Q7VJ from the Maldives,
IOTA Number AS-013 from May 20th through to June 4th. His QRP operation
will be SSB and various digital modes on 40-6 metres, and FM on 10
metres. QSL instructions are on QRZ.com

Ivan, YT4RA/IV3CTS, and his brother Goran, YT7AW/SA7DXR will be operating
from Malta, IOTA Number E U-023, from the 24th to the 29th of May, with
their biggest activity to be during the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. They plan
to use the callsign 9H6WPX. QSL via LoTW.

Be listening for T41DX on the island of Cuba, IOTA Number NA-015, from
May 18th through to the 22nd. The Guani DX Group will be operating CW,
SSB and various digital modes on 80-10m. QSL manager is RW6HS.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

NETS OF NOTE: THE ROOSTER NET HAS SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT

DON/ANCHOR: We end this week with an installment from our occasional
series, Nets of Note. We revisit a very proud group of early morning
radio enthusiasts who Newsline first interviewed back in 2017. Jim
Damron, N8TMW, tells us why they're so proud right now.

JIM: The early risers who have been meeting on 80 meters at 6 a.m.. local
time since 1957 are about to celebrate a milestone and this isn't exactly chicken feed. The Rooster Net, as the group is known, will be marking
24,000 daily sessions on the air on May 26th.

The check-ins - that's check-ins, NOT chickens - can expect to get pretty lively that day on 3.990 MHz. The rooster roster claims amateurs from as
far north as Canada, as far south sometimes as South America and as far
west as Arizona and Montana. So congratulations to these hams who leave
the nest early to get up with the sun - and with one another. That's
something to crow about.

This is Jim Damron, N8TMW.

(ARRL)

**

DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

DON/ANCHOR: Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think
Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising
your club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something
that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the
contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to
cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the American Cancer Society; AMSAT
News Service; ARRL; Australian National Maritime Museum; CAMSAT; CQ
Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; 425 DX News; Gardner News; IARU Region 3; QRZ.COM; Manly Warringah Radio Society; National Public Radio;
Radio Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in Picayune,
Mississippi, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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100 WATTS AND A WIRE SCHEDULES SPRING TUNE-UP

NEIL/ANCHOR: The 100 Watts and a Wire community, which has been around
since 2015, has chosen the weekend of June 9th, 10th and 11th, as its
Tune-Up weekend, its annual spring operating event. That means that
operators will be on the air calling "CQ Tune-up" on June 9th, 10th and
11th on any band at anytime during those three days - and in any mode, including digital. If you're a member of the 100 Watts and a Wire
community, exchange your membership numbers with one another - and if
you're not a member, you can still make a contact and then check out the
100 Watts and a Wire podcast. Membership is free. As podcast producer Christian Cudnik, K0STH, notes, the weekend event is a perfect time to
test your equipment and operating skills in preparation for Field Day -
and to get out of the shack for some fresh air while ON the air!

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for members of the Rockall DXpedition, MM0UKI. They are hoping to set a new record on the air from the
uninhabitable granite islet in the North Atlantic Ocean. This rare
location has the IOTA designation of EU-189 and is Grid Square IO37DO (Eye
Oh Three Seven Dee Oh). The team departed for the island on May 25th and
will be on the air around the clock using SSB, CW and FT8 on 40 through
10m as well as 2m. Details and QSL information are on QRZ.com

(DX-WORLD.NET, 425 DX BULLETIN)

**

NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

NEIL/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that the window closes on May 31st to nominate a promising young radio amateur for this year's Amateur Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. Young hams
who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news
of their own in the world. Think of an amateur radio operator 18 years of
age or younger -- someone who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find the nomination form on our website
arnewsline.org under the "AWARDS" tab. Time is about to run out!

**

KICKER: LOST AND FOUND WITH THE HELP OF HAMS

NEIL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we ask you to imagine being missing and
lost for three decades. Listen to this story of an older man's 30-year
journey back to his family - thanks to ham radio. Jason Daniels, VK2LAW,
has his story.

JASON: For one homeless grandfather from Nepal, this was a homecoming that
was three decades in the making, with the help of a merchant in a busy
Bengali business district and a group of ham radio operators in West
Bengal.

The man, identified as Bir Bahadur Singh, had been spotted as a vagrant by
a Bengali businessman who reached out to the West Bengal Radio Club. He
knew the club's reputation of using their wide-ranging amateur radio
network to reunite family members. Club secretary Ambarish Nag Biswas
VU2JFA contacted hams in Nepal who were able to locate the man's village,
and eventually his wife. They learned that Bir Bahadur Singh had
apparently fallen ill 30 years ago while he was transporting his son from Nepal to Delhi. From there, the man somehow disappeared.

The son, now grown and working in Delhi, was overjoyed his father had been found so many years later, according to media reports. He has been coordinating with the Nepal Consulate to bring his father home. Ambarish
Nag Biswas told the Indo-Asian News Service: [quote] "He never doubted his father and always knew that the man must have suffered from some sort of mental illness to have left him alone." [endquote]

This is Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.

(INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

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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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AMATEUR RADIO DUO GOES QRT ON ROCKALL

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: With the departure of his two amateur radio companions, a Scottish adventurer is now facing the challenge of breaking the record
for occupying Rockall, a North Atlantic islet, by living there for as
many as 60 days.

Cam Cameron, a schoolteacher with a spirit for adventure, was accompanied
by Emil Bergmann, DL8JJ, and Nobby Styles, G0VJG, who landed on the rock
with him on the 30th of May. The hams operated for several days as
MM0UKI, logging an estimated 8,000 QSOs before going QRT.

(THE GUARDIAN)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Roland, F8EN, is celebrating his 95th birthday with
an activation from Libreville, Gabon as TR8CR during the months of June
and July. Listen for Roland using CW on 30 through 10 metres. QSL via
F6AJA.

Listen for Chris, VK2YUS, using the callsign YJØCA from Efate, IOTA
Number OC-035, Vanuatu from the 17th through to the 28th of June. He will operate SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL direct to his home call.

Kasimir, DL2SBY, will be on the air as 8Q7KB from the Maldives, IOTA
Number AS-013, from the 13th through to the 21st of June. He will be
using CW and SSB focusing on 12, 10 and 6 metres. See QRZ.com for QSL
details.

Michel, F8GGZ, will use the callsign TM4ØØBP from the 14th through to the 21st of June. The activation marks the 400th anniversary since the birth
of French mathematician, philosopher, scientist and writer Blaise Pascal.
QSL to Michel's home call.

(425 DX BULLETIN, DX WORLD)

**

KICKER: SETTING A RECORD THAT IS OUT OF THIS WORLD

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Hams in the space programs of five nations have helped
set a record that's, well, out of this world. Paul Braun, WD9GCO, brings
us our final story of the week.

PAUL: Let's face it, some people are just out of this world. One of them
is Rayyanah Barnawi, 7Z1RB. The amateur radio operator is the first Saudi woman to go into space, was a member of the Axiom-2 mission to the ISS
which departed on May 21st and returned 8 days later using the Crew-
Dragon spaceship "Freedom." Two of the three team members were also hams.

Before they splashed down near Panama City on May 30th, the mission
specialist and her crew helped set what is being called a new record for
the number of people to be in Earth orbit at the same time.

That's a total of 17. On May 30th, before the Axiom-2 splashdown, crews
from five different nations were up there circling our planet. That
included the three members of China's Shenzhou 16 mission, which launched
on May 29th for the Tiangong space station. That crew joined the three Shenzhou 15 mission members who were already up there since last
November.

Greeting Rayyanah on the ISS was the Expedition 69 crew with seven
members from different countries including Emirati astronaut Sultan Al
Neyadi, KI5VTV.

In this busy travel season for some down here on Earth, it's good to know there are some people up above who take the notion of a getaway even more seriously.

This is Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

(AMSAT NEWS SERVICE, SPACE.COM)

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ARISS-USA SEEKS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

PAUL/ANCHOR: If you're an educator who enjoys helping the next generation explore science and tech careers - and you're a fan of ham radio on the
ISS - this part-time job opportunity might be what you're looking for.
Here are the details from Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.

KEVIN: Youngsters who participate in amateur radio contacts with the International Space Station are the priority of ARISS-USA, which looks to engage them in the worlds of science and technology. ARISS-USA is looking
for an experienced educator to work as director of education, guiding the organization with strategies to enhance the education of youth involved
in the ARISS program. This is a part-time, remote position that requires leadership skills to guide the education engagement volunteer team,
seeking ways to inspire youth in the fields of STEAM and STEM. The
director of education is also responsible for coordinating proposals from schools and other educational institutions seeking to host astronaut
contacts.

For a full list of other requirements and responsibilities -- and for
more details about the position -- visit www.ariss-usa.org.

This is Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.

(ARISS-USA.ORG)

**

NEW AWARD OFFERED BY QRZ.COM

PAUL/ANCHOR: Qrz.com is marking 30 years of online service to the world's amateur radio community by introducing a new operating award. A ham
becomes eligible for the "Thirty Years of QRZ Award" by completing and confirming on-air contacts with 30 members of qrz.com anywhere in the
world.

The award is free. Like the other qrz.com awards, it is presented based
on the logbook each operator maintains on the site.

The award is open to everyone who has a presence on qrz.com, not just subscribers.

Details about the award and instructions on how to apply can be found on qrz.com under the "Awards" tab.

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Chris, VK2YUS is using the callsign YJ0CA from Efate,
IOTA number OC-035, Vanuatu [VAN OO AH TOO] from the 17th through to the
28th of June. He is using SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL direct to his home
call.

Look for Ren, PY8WW, to be active as PX8B, from Ilha de Bailique, IOTA
number SA-045, from June 21st through to the 25th. He will be on 80
through 6 metres. QSL via his home call.

There's still time to work Kasimir, DL2SBY, who is operating as 8Q7KB
from the Maldives, IOTA number AS-013, through to the 21st of June. He is focusing on CW and SSB, largely on 12, 10 and 6 metres. See QRZ.com for
QSL details.

(425 DX BULLETIN, THE DAILY DX, DX WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: TWO "LUCIANOS" ENJOY THE KEYS OF LIFE

PAUL/ANCHOR: A radio amateur who just reached the age of 106 has been enjoying music - and the music of CW - for almost as many years. We hear
about him from Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

RALPH: Louis Benvenuto, W6OTB, and the late Italian tenor, Luciano
Pavarotti, had two things in common: Louis' given name at birth was also Luciano until he changed it at the age of 16 -- and both Lucianos knew
how to make beautiful music, just not together:

Pavarotti, the famed singer, used his voice.

For Louis Benvenuto, a lifelong CW operator, the instrument of choice is
a key. Even now, at the age of 106, he makes that key sing. On Tuesday,
June 6th, the key could well have been singing "Happy Birthday" to Louis
as he reached another milestone.

The Nebraska native was still a young man when he got the callsign he
still retains today. He attended radio school in California and
eventually got a job in professional radio but his first love - amateur
radio - was always with him. Later, he made the leap into TV, becoming a cameraman for a number of popular TV shows, including the Johnny Carson
show. It was on that late-night talk show, in fact, where Luciano the
singer met Luciano the amateur radio operator.

The cameraman simply introduced himself. It was perhaps one of the
easiest contacts the veteran radio operator ever made. While it didn't
turn into a ragchew, he did end up logging it - deep in his memory, where
it remains even now.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(FOXTV10; eHam.net)

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AUSTRALIAN AMATEUR GROUP MARKS 100 YEARS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In Australia, hams who belong to one radio group know
that a lot has happened in the last 100 years - and they're celebrating
all those years, for a good reason. John Williams, VK4JJW, tells us what
it's all about.

JOHN: Congratulations to the Ballarat Amateur Radio Group, VK3BML, which
is marking its 100th anniversary with a month-long on-the-air event. It
was big news in June of 1923, when the Ballarat Star newspaper announced
the formation of a ham radio group and informed readers of its first
general meeting on the 23rd of June. At the time, the organisation was identified as the Ballarat Amateur Radio Club. Under the leadership of
Ben Daniel, VK3NRD, the members themselves are not certain how the
original ham groups may have changed, especially with the slight
difference in its name, and they continue to research their history. Meanwhile, members are celebrating their cententary. There is no special
event callsign but hams around the world are being asked to listen for individual stations from Ballarat in the state of Victoria, Australia and share in the special occasion.

This is John Williams, VK4JJW.

(BALLARAT AMATEUR RADIO GROUP, WIA)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Dave, W9DR, on the air as VP2V/W9DR
from Anegada in the British Virgin Islands, IOTA number NA-023, from the
23rd to the 29th of June. He is using FT8, Q65, SSB, and CW on 6m only.
QSL direct to his home call.

Be listening for Ken, K4ZW, and Bob, W9XY, operating with the callsign
ET3AA, the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society's club station at the Addis
Ababa University's Institute of Technology from June 19th to the 29th.
They will be using CW, SSB and FT8 on 6 metres and all HF bands except
for 80 metres. See QRZ.com for QSL details.

In the Amami Islands, IOTA number AS-023, Masa, JF3ELH, will be using the callsign JF3ELH/6 for CW and SSB and will be using the callsign JF3ELH/p
for FT 8 operations. He will be operating on 80-6 metres. QSL via home
call.

Listen for Yas, JA1QQU, on the air as KH2/JA1QQU from Guam, IOTA number OC-026, from the 29th of June until the 4th of July. See QRZ.com for more details.

(425 DX NEWS)

**

KICKER: SUB-ATOMIC PARTICLES SEEN AS GPS REPLACEMENT

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Fans of GPS - Global Positioning Satellite navigation -
might soon be feeling a little fickle about their allegiance to this
system. There's a new option in town - or there will be, soon enough.
Graham Kemp, VK4BB, concludes this week's report with this story about
the promises offered by a special kind of sub-atomic particle.

GRAHAM: They're known as muons, sub-atomic, high-energy particles that
always travel at the same speed. They can be found all over the Earth and researchers at the University of Tokyo are studying these readily
available muons as the basis for wireless navigation that can also
function indoors, underwater and beneath the ground.

Hiroyuki Tanaka calls it the muometric positioning system. Unlike GPS
devices, which gather information from low-earth orbit satellites,
muometric positioning uses the reference point of muon-detecting sensors. Researchers acknowledge that while this shows promise, accuracy needs to
be further fine-tuned before the system can be deployed in devices such
as smartphones -- but it certainly means that navigation itself could
travel in a whole new direction.

This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(IFLSCIENCE)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for the special callsign IL3P on the
air between the 1st of July and the 30th of September throughout
the Italian region of Veneto. Be listening especially on the 28th
through the 31st as the team activates Pellestrina Island, IOTA
number EU-131, holiday style and participates in the IOTA contest.
See QRZ.com for QSL details.

Bo, OZ1DJJ, is using the callsign OX3LX from Qaanaaq, Maidenhead
locator FQ57jl, from Greenland, IOTA number NA-018 until the 18th
of July. He will be operational on 4 and 6 metres, but he will
also be active on the HF bands. He may include a side trip to
Herbert Island, IOTA number NA-134 or Meteorite Island. See
QRZ.com for QSL details and some great pictures.

Dave, G4OSY, will be active holiday style as VP9/G4OSY from
Hamilton Parish, Bermuda, IOTA number NA-005, until the 8th of
July. He'll be using SSB most of the time and operating on 40
through 10 metres. You may also hear him on 6m. QSL direct to his
home call.

Several operators in Germany will be using the special callsign
DL0SOP for the month of July, marking the 65th edition of the Sea
of Peace award. A small silk pennant is to be given for QSOs with
the Baltic neighboring states and regions all month long. Annual
stickers are available for hams participating during other years.
See QRZ.com for QSL details.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: MEET 2023'S YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR, KEES VAN OOSBREE W0AAE

NEIL/ANCHOR: And, for our final item this week, we're proud to
announce the winner of the 2023 Amateur Radio Newsline Bill
Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of The Year award. Amateur Radio
Newsline’s Mark Abramowicz (Abram-oh-vich), NT3V, is chairman of
the award program, and he spoke with our latest honoree.

KEES: "Oh my gosh! Thank you so much. Yes, that is so cool. Thank
you so much!"

MARK: And that was the reaction of Kees Van Oosbree, W0AAE, of
Maple Grove, Minnesota, in suburban Minneapolis upon learning he
had been selected as the Young Ham of the Year. Kees recently
turned 19 years old - just making the cut-off for the award. He is
the son of Mark and Jean Van Oosbree.

He is a recent honors graduate of Heritage Christian Academy in
Maple Grove and was the valedictorian for his class. Kees says
when he was 12, during a museum visit he spotted a fascinating
exhibit that sparked his curiosity about amateur radio.

KEES: "And I saw this cool amateur radio shack there. There was
this cool map with all of their markers where they made contacts,
and I saw Antarctica."

MARK: He says that prompted some online research.

KEES: "I got a book on Amazon, studied and took the two licenses
[Technician and General] and it was on from there. I got a Baofeng
Handie Talkie. I still have it."

MARK: But Kees says he wanted to explore more.

KEES: "HF was my life. I got involved with a few radio clubs the
Minnesota Wireless Association which is contesting. Contesting is
pretty much my main thing that I do in Amateur Radio although I do
branch out and do other things."

MARK: Among those other things was getting connected to youth in
amateur radio through the Youth on the Air - Americas program
where he has taken up leadership roles in training of operators,
QSL manager and sharing his interest in remote operating.

Kees says he did some on-line research on remote operating and
found a mentor - Ray Higgins, W2RE - who opened a door to a whole
new world.

KEES: "He gives us unlimited access to these highly competitive
stations that use FlexRadios. I was able to do very, very well
through that and contesting through DX contesting...He gave us the
tools and we branched off of there. I was one of the five youth
that kind of started the program. And now we have over 80, 100
youth."

MARK: Kees says he taught himself Morse Code through on-line
computer programs. And, while he says his ability to copy CW
exceeds 35 words per minute, his sending speed is a little slower
and he prefers a key to paddles. Kees has picked up several awards
for his DX and domestic contest SSB and CW entries over his short
time in ham radio.

MARK: He's only been licensed for nearly five years.

His favorite contest, he says, is the North American QSO Party.

KEES: "It's just 12 hours long and it's just on Saturday only, and
I love that, because I can work on homework on Sunday."

MARK: Kees will begin college in August at Iowa State University.

KEES: "I’m really excited because they have a really great
aerospace engineering program three-a-half hours away from me so
not too far away. There are only a few colleges in the country
that do this particular major."

Congratulations Kees, from all of us at Amateur Radio Newsline!

I’m Mark Abramowicz, NT3V.

NEIL/ANCHOR: Kees will be honored during a presentation ceremony
on Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Huntsville Hamfest.

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York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in
Union, Kentucky, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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KICKER: WHEN THE "INTELLIGENCE" IS NOT FOR REAL

ANCHOR: Imagine AI - artificial intelligence - behind the radio mic? Well.....it has already arrived in broadcasting and that's giving us here
at Newsline something to think about too. Here's Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB,
to explain.

RALPH: In Portland, Oregon, the radio DJ known as Ashley Z Elzinga has
some company in the studio: herself. The station, "Live 95.5" KBFF has
begun using an artificial version of her voice to produce segments, using Futuri Media's RadioGPT during midday programming. Ashley Z is a
syndicated talent heard on a number of other stations, including ones in Michigan and Seattle. The Oregon station is calling her "AI Ashley" and
it even quotes her in the station's press release expressing her
commitment to being the world's first AI DJ.

Meanwhile, students at the University of Florida have used RadioGPT to
create an AI personality they have named "Q." Q is featured on the
College of Journalism and Communications audio research and development platform, GHQ. According to a report in RadioWorld, RadioGPT generates
scripts about relevant topics by scanning online content and social media
and then voices the script using AI.

It does leave us wondering, however: How long before something called
HamGPT is developed and learns to scan the solar reports, the propagation maps, the DX clusters and even our personal details on QRZ.com, handing
out "5 9" and "7 3?"

Perhaps for that answer - for now - we'll have to Google it.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(RADIOWORLD, RADIOINSIGHT.COM)

**

DO YOU HAIKU? ROGER ROGER!

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We hope our listeners have been enjoying the Amateur
Radio Newsline haiku challenge. We certainly have! In the spirit of fun
and perhaps a little bit of literary adventure, we've been inviting
listeners to channel their most creative selves and share the joy of ham
radio in the form of a haiku. On our website, arnewsline.org, you will
find a submission form for sending your most poetic offering. To qualify,
you need to follow traditional haiku form: The first line is five
syllables, the second line is seven syllables and the finishing third
line has another five syllables. We cannot accept any other formats.

Our team will pick from the best submissions that follow the 5/7/5
syllable rule and represent the love of amateur radio. Your prize? For
now, bragging rights -- and a featured spot for your haiku on the Amateur Radio Newsline website. We may have a surprise for you at the end of the
year, however. So visit our website at arnewsline.org and take a look at
this week's winning ham radio haiku.

**

DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think Newsline would
be interested in? We are not talking about advertising your club's
upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something that is out of
the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to cover it, we'll
get back to you for more details.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily; AMSAT News Service; ARRL; CQ
Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; FCC; 425DXNews; ETVBHARAT.com QRZ.COM; RadioInsight.com; Shortwave Listening Post; shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from
the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73. As always we thank you for listening.

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KICKER: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE RADIO KIND

PAUL/ANCHOR: Do you believe in Unidentified Flying Objects? Well whether
you do or you don't, as long as you believe in amateur radio, you'll be interested in our final story this week, which comes to us from Kent
Peterson, KC0DGY.

KENT: It's no secret that Pete Guldan, KD0SQJ, and his fellow club
members in the Midwest have been seeing flying saucers for quite some
time. The flying discs hover with great tenacity on the landing page of
the website for N0FOO, which identifies the Minnesota group by its
formal club name: Hams of Insignificant Value.

Ah, but the amateurs' true worth is actually as great as the universe
itself - and thanks to these hams, visitors in a nearby Wisconsin
village are about to have a close encounter of the radio kind.

The village of Elmwood considers itself the UFO capital of the state,
based on residents' claims of having had so many sightings over the
years. It is therefore not insignificant that for the first time in the festival's 44-year history, there will be sightings of amateur radio
operators calling QRZ on the HF bands. They bring a message of peace:
"Take me to your feedline." The club will have operators on the air with
the club callsign N0FOO from July 28th to the 30th.

Let's face it: Having radio amateurs at a UFO festival is proof that
there is indeed intelligent life on this planet.

Be listening, from anywhere on earth - or even beyond.

This is Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

(PETE GULDAN, KD0SQJ)

**

DO YOU HAIKU? ROGER ROGER!

PAUL: What's the one ham radio competition you can enter without turning
your rig on? The Amateur Radio Newsline haiku challenge. In the spirit
of fun and perhaps a little bit of literary adventure, we've been
inviting listeners to channel their most creative selves and share the
joy of ham radio in the form of a haiku. On our website, arnewsline.org,
you will find a submission form. Use it to send your most poetic
offering. To qualify, you need to follow traditional haiku form: The
first line is five syllables, the second line is seven syllables and the finishing third line has another five syllables. We cannot accept any
other formats.

Our team will pick from the best submissions that follow the 5/7/5
syllable rule and represent the love of amateur radio. Your prize? For
now, bragging rights -- and a featured spot for your haiku on the
Amateur Radio Newsline website. We may have a surprise for you at the
end of the year, however. So visit our website at arnewsline.org and
take a look at this week's winning ham radio haiku.

DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think Newsline would
be interested in? We are not talking about advertising your club's
upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something that is out
of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to cover it, we'll
get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily; AMSAT News Service; ARRL; BBC, CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; 425DXNews; IARU Region 1; ICQ Podcast; Pete Guldan, KD0SQJ; Phillip Tanner, VA7XOZ; Phys.org; QRZ.COM;
RockallExped.com; shortwaveradio.de; UY5XE Homepage; Wireless Institute
of Australia; Worldwide Antarctic Program; Youth on the Air; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued
operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us.

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. As always we thank you for listening.

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KICKER: A DXCC ACHIEVEMENT OF TWO LIFETIMES

JIM/ANCHOR: Our final story isn't just about the DX achievement of a
lifetime; it's about a personal tribute. Patrick Clark, K8TAC, brings us
that story now.

PATRICK: For some, a contact with Bouvet Island - considered the most
remote island on earth - is like winning the lottery but for Bob Wertz,
NF7E, it means so much more in the amateur radio lexicon. The QSO he logged earlier this year with the 3YØJ DXpedition ended his 47-year journey to log all 340 independent DXCC entities. The ARRL requires contact with only 331 such entities for any ham to be included on its DXCC honor roll. Clearly,
Bob had his sights set on a higher mountain - his personal challenge begun nearly a half-century ago.

Speaking of mountains, the impressive log he amassed toward that end
includes another remote contact - Mount Athos in Greece - where the
operator was Monk Apollo. Their QSO, using CW, took place in 2016. Monk Apollo, who is now a Silent Key, was viewed by DXers as one of the most sought-after contacts. Bob at one point thought it might end up being the
most difficult contact since he became a ham in 1976.

Bouvet, however, filled that role nicely. It also allowed him to fulfill a very personal - and perhaps most meaningful - goal. In an interview with Flagstaff Business News, he said he considers his completion of the
challenge to be a tribute to his father, who held the callsign KA9ACS, and
is now a Silent Key.

This is Patrick Clark, K8TAC.

(FLAGSTAFF BUSINESS NEWS, QRZ.COM)

**

TRY YOUR HAND AT OUR HAIKU CHALLENGE

JIM/ANCHOR: We hope our listeners have been enjoying the Amateur Radio Newsline haiku challenge. We certainly have! In the spirit of fun and
perhaps a little bit of literary adventure, we've been inviting listeners
to channel their most creative selves and share the joy of ham radio in the form of a haiku. On our website, arnewsline.org, you will find a submission form for sending your most poetic offering. To qualify, you need to follow traditional haiku form: The first line is five syllables, the second line
is seven syllables and the finishing third line has another five syllables.
We cannot accept any other formats.

Our team will pick from the best submissions that follow the 5/7/5 syllable rule and represent the love of amateur radio. Your prize? For now, bragging rights -- and a featured spot for your haiku on the Amateur Radio Newsline website. We may have a surprise for you at the end of the year, however. So visit our website at arnewsline.org and take a look at this week's winning
ham radio haiku.

DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising your club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something that is out of the
ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily; AMSAT News Service; ARRL; the
Australian Communications and Media Authority; Bob Allison WB1GCM; CNN; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Facebook; Flagstaff Business
News; FCC; 425DXNews; Indian Space Research Organization; Ofcom; QRZ.COM; Radio World; shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; WPMI; and
you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston, West
Virginia, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Francesco, IK6QON operating as
IA5/IK6QON from Isola del Giglio, IOTA Number EU-028, until the 31st of
July. He is on HF using CW and SSB. See QRZ.com for QSL details.

Listen for JA1QQU/6 operating from Yoron Island, IOTA Number AS-023 from
the 27th through to the 30th of July. He will be on 10 and 6 metres using
FT8 between 2300 and 0200 UTC and again from 1000 through to 1400 UTC. See QRZ.com for QSL details.

Lance, W7GJ, will be conducting a 6-metre DXpedition as 3B9GJ from
Rodrigues Island, IOTA Number AF-017, from the 27th of August to the 7th of September. He will be operating on the HF bands as well as doing EME. See QRZ.com under Lance's home call for additional details and QSL information.

Frans, DJ0TP, will be operating as TK/DJ0TP from Corsica's main island,
IOTA number EU-014 from the 27th of July to the 3rd of September. See
QRZ.com for QSL details.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**

KICKER: ONE LAST POTA FOR JACK

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story takes us to a park in Florida, where a
group of POTA activators gathered to share stories and remember the friend
who no longer joins them. Dave Parks, WB8ODF, brings us that story.

DAVE: Amateur radio was there for Jack Hales, W1BBU, following the loss of
his wife six years ago after a lifetime of nearly 50 years together.
Returning to radio restored the grieving widower into a vibrant circle of life.

On Sunday, July 23rd, amateur radio was there for Jack again. This time the hams were offering a memorial activation at Sawgrass Lake Park in Florida.
It was a familiar and frequent operating spot for Jack and his friends
doing Parks on the Air, until Jack's unexpected death on June 13th at the
age of 80.

One of the four radio operators during those three hours was Lisa
Neuscheler, KC1YL. She said the days' tally of 108 SSB contacts were rich
with memories from many POTA enthusiasts who had written Jack's callsign several times in their logs. They traded stories along with signal reports. All contacts from the Sunday activation will receive certificates. The four operators' names and callsigns appear on them as well as a photo of Jack,
the man whose travels in the military left his mark around the world, including Indonesia where he'd helped establish a fledgling amateur radio society.

Even as a Silent Key, Jack is also launching another prospective ham
career: His granddaughter Haley, who had accompanied him and his St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club friends, is studying for her license. She
will likely use her grandfather's shack equipment and - she is hoping - his callsign, the same call that belonged to Jack's father.

No doubt, like her grandfather, you will soon find her among the tall
antennas under the sun at Sawgrass Lake Park.

This is Dave Parks, WB8ODF.

(QRZ.COM, LISA NEUSCHELER, KC1YL)

**

DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising your club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something that is out of the
ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to cover it, we'll
get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Adventure Radio Society; Amateur Radio Daily; AMSAT News Service; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; 425DXNews; Lisa Neuscheler KC1YL;
the Monitoring Times; National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research;
QRZ.com; RockallExped.com; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector; Tom
Schuessler, N5HYP; URESAT-SAT1 website; Wireless Institute of Australia;
and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation.
If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and
know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you
like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe
to us.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT at the news desk in New York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio, saying
73. As always we thank you for listening.

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