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   Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2488 for Friday, July 4th, 2025   
        
   Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2488 with a release date of Friday, July   
   4th, 2025 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a QST.  A teen sets a world record for CW callsign copy. A   
   high-flying Field Day experience -- and meet our Young Ham of the Year for   
   2025! All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2488 comes   
   your way right now.   
      
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   NEW WORLD RECORD FOR CW CALLSIGN COPY   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Our top story this week takes  us to Germany where Europe's   
   biggest ham radio trade fair was also the scene of a record-breaking   
   achievement worthy of the Guinness Book of World Records. Jeremy Boot G4NJH   
   brings us up to date.   
      
   JEREMY: Ham Radio Friedrichshafen's theme this year centered around remote   
   radio operations but strong attendance proved that hams still like to show up   
   in person to greet one another. An estimated 11,600 guests from 52 countries   
   made the annual trip to Germany.   
      
   Many of them were present as the ham radio fair celebrated a record-breaking   
   moment. A 13-year-old radio amateur from Romania surpassed last year's   
   achievement in high-speed telegraphy, As spectators watched, mostly in   
   silence, Ianis Scutaru, YO8YNS,  achieved a maximum speed of 1,160 characters   
   per minute for callsign copy - for a total score of 395,191 - landing him in   
   the Guinness Book of World Records.   
      
   The crowd erupted in cheers and applause only after he had finished and the   
   announcement was made. Ianis, the son of Lucian, YO8SLC, has been practicing   
   Morse Code since the age of 8.   
      
   This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.   
      
   (LUCIAN, YO8SLC; HAM RADIO FRIEDRICHSHAFEN)   
      
   **   
   IN WEST VIRGINIA, A HIGH-FLYING FIELD DAY   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: So how was YOUR Field Day? In West Virginia, it had one radio   
   operator flying high, as we hear from Jen DeSalvo, W9TXJ.   
      
   JEN: The East River Amateur Radio Club in Bluefield, West Virginia, picked   
   quite the location for this year's Field Day.   
      
   DAVE: We chose the local municipal airport, Mercer County Airport, to be our   
   venue.   
      
   JEN:  President Dave Lester, N8VFR, said it was in a nice area outside of the   
   airfield where they set up pop-ups and GOTA. As the event was winding down   
   Sunday, and Dave was starting to think about packing up, club member and   
   pilot, Jay Belt, K8CTI?   
      
   DAVE ....looked at me and said ?let's go get on HF, up in the air.? And of   
   course, I'm not going to say no.   
      
   JEN: Jay had put together a station, an H-F rig?    
      
   DAVE ? just 20 meters. It was a quarter wave end-fed, and he had that ran from   
   wing to tail.   
      
   JEN: Being in the air, Dave was easily getting through pile-ups.   
      
   DAVE I noticed immediately that I didn't have to turn the VFO very much at all   
   to hear stations. You know, I guess elevation. I was just hearing everything!   
      
   JEN: They used Jay?s callsign in the air. Toward the end of the flight, Dave   
   found THE frequency?   
      
   DAVE: ?and just started calling CQ.   
      
   SOUND CLIP: ?CQ Field Day ? Aeronautical Mobile Station Kilo Eight Charlie   
   Tango India?   
      
   JEN: There were some challenges. The logistics of logging and?   
      
   DAVE: ...The radio and the tuner were were screwed to this board, and I was   
   having to balance it between my knees because there's nowhere in the plane to   
   mount the thing.   
      
   JEN: It was a total of 39 minutes from takeoff to landing. During that time,   
   Dave snagged eleven contacts.   
   It wasn?t just the aircraft on the air which made the club?s Field Day   
   successful.   
      
   DAVE: I was completely blown away and overwhelmed by the public reaction to   
   our Field Day. They just came out of nowhere.   
      
   JEN: There were young adults in their twenties, an amateur extra who came to   
   GOTA for his very first time, and several people sign up for the club?s exams.   
      
   DAVE: It was definitely a positive impact on the community. And, you know,   
   the, I guess being at the airport was, was kind of a draw.   
      
   JEN: I?d say.   
      
   SOUND CLIP: "CQ Field Day Aeronautical Station Mobile!"   
      
   JEN: Jen DeSalvo W9TXJ   
      
   **   
   SILENT KEY: ROGER SMALLWOOD, N8EKG, R&L ELECTRONICS EXECUTIVE   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: The ham radio community is grieving the loss of Roger Smallwood,   
   N8EKG, president of operations at R&L Electronics in Ohio for more than 40   
   years. Roger, who had cancer, became a Silent Key on Saturday the 28th of   
   June. In his online obituary, customers and longtime friends alike recalled   
   his friendly, easygoing manner, his helpfulness and his much-anticipated   
   appearances at Dayton Hamvention. Many recalled the family business that   
   helped build, which earned the popular nickname, "The Candy Store" for its   
   assortment of amateur radio equipment.   
      
   Roger was 55.   
      
   (BROWN-DAWSON-FLICK FUNERAL HOME)   
      
   **   
   RUSSIAN EME COMPETITORS PREP FOR SECOND ROUND   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: For decades now, the race to the moon has always symbolized one of   
   the biggest challenges in global space-based competitions. The Russian EME   
   Contest doesn't use any spacecraft, however, just VHF radio communications -   
   and it's a race to the moon that's stirred interest worldwide for years. Jim   
   Meachen ZL2BHF explains.   
      
   JIM: Get ready for the second round of the Russian EME contest, hosted by the   
   Union of Radio Amateurs of Russia. The sixth annual international competition   
   kicked off with its first round on the last weekend in June. Now competitors   
   are preparing for the final round on July 26th and 27th. While the first round   
   was held on 144 MHz, 432 MHz, 5.6 GHz and 24 GHz, the second round will see   
   amateurs trying for EME QSOs utilising 1296 MHz, 2.3 GHz and 10 GHz. Once   
   again, hams will be making use of CW, SSB and the digital modes.   
      
   To see the results of last year's competition, visit the link in the text   
   version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org   
      
   [DO NOT READ:   https://eme.srr.ru/results/    ]   
      
   This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.   
      
   (UNION OF RADIO AMATEURS OF RUSSIA, AMATEUR RADIO DAILY)   
      
   **   
   OHIO YL CHOSEN AS NEWSLINE'S YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Our panel of judges has selected the 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline   
   Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award winner. Mark Abramowicz   
   NT3V is chairman of the award committee and has the announcement..   
      
   MARK: She is 17 years old and from the small town of Columbiana in northeast   
   Ohio. Meet Katie Campbell KE8LQR.   
      
   MARK w/KATIE: You are the 2025 Young Ham of the Year   
      
   KATIE: Thank you so much.   
      
   MARK: Are you surprised?   
      
   KATIE:: Uh, yeah, yeah.   
      
   MARK: Not expecting a call like this as the summer begins?   
      
   KATIE: No, I was not.   
      
   MARK:: Katie Campbell is a bright and talented advocate for youth in amateur   
   radio whose interest in the hobby was sparked when she was 10.   
      
   KATIE: My school started an amateur radio and electronics club [in] my   
   fifth-grade year open to just middle-schoolers that year. So, I joined and   
   then pretty quickly made the connection that that?s? like what my family had   
   been sort of involved with.  My grandpa had had his license since he was   
   around 14. And, then my mom she?d also had her license since middle school.     
      
   MARK: Katie says she quickly got her ham ticket advancing all the way to Extra   
   by the age of 11. She says she then discovered the music of Morse Code. She   
   immersed herself in CW and contesting and rose to become president of K8LPS,   
   the Columbiana School Radio Club located inside the science classroom of   
   Katie?s mom, Colleen Campbell KB8VAQ.   
      
   Her dad is Robert Campbell KE8LYZ. Katie?s maternal grandfather is Thomas   
   Frost N8GGK. It was her interest that got him radio active again.   
      
   Katie attended the Youth on the Air camp in 2022 in Cincinnati and has been a   
   key staff member ever since, doing public relations and mentoring campers.     
      
      
   Katie has been a regular presenter at forums at the Dayton Hamvention,   
   Hamcation and SEA-PAC.   
      
   Katie has another opportunity as she begins her senior year of high school: as   
   an exchange student in Germany. She?s hoping to make amateur radio a part of   
   her experience.   
      
   Congratulations, Katie, from all of us at Amateur Radio Newsline.   
      
   I?m Mark Abramowicz NT3V.   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio   
   Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the AA7WI   
   2-meter repeater in Tucson, Arizona from on Fridays at 7 p.m. local time.   
      
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   RUSSIA WORKS ON MODULES FOR SPACE STATION   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Russia's space-station partnership with the US will soon be   
   replaced by its own orbital station as Roscosmos prepares its first modules.   
   We hear more from Graham Kemp VK4BB.   
      
   GRAHAM: Just as the US prepares to take the International Space Station out of   
   service in 2030, the space agency Roscosmos plans to launch the first modules   
   for its Russian Orbital Station, the world's first drone platform space   
   station employing robot maintenance. The move also marks the end of   
   international collaboration in space between NASA and Roscosmos.   
      
   The Russian space agency is eyeing a 2027 launch for the first segment of its   
   space station - the Scientific and Power Module, as the station enters a   
   near-polar orbit. The full transition to the Russian Orbital Station is   
   expected to be completed by 2030, just as the ISS awaits decommissioning.   
   Other modules are also set for launch in 2030, including the gateway, the   
   universal-node and base modules. Roscosmos expects the spacecraft to establish   
   several stable communication channels by 2030, as the number of communication   
   devices increases over the years. Roscosmos views the space station as a   
   permanent fixture for Russia's space activities well outside of Earth's orbit.   
      
   This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.   
      
   (WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA)   
      
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   FCC ROUNDTABLE FOCUSES ON HURRICANE-RESPONSE COMMUNICATION   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: If you are involved in hurricane-response here in the United   
   States and are hearing this newscast before July 7th, a live-streamed   
   roundtable, hosted by the Federal Communications Commission on that date may   
   be of interest to you. Randy Sly W4XJ explains.   
      
   RANDY: The Federal Communications Commission has scheduled a live online   
   roundtable that it hopes will help communicators, public safety workers and   
   power companies improve collaboration during this hurricane season in the US.   
   The Hurricane Season Resiliency Roundtable is taking place on Monday, the 7th   
   of July, and will be conducted by the Public Safety and Homeland Security   
   Bureau. Advance registration is required.   
      
   The program, which can be attended in person or via a livestream, will take   
   place in three panel sessions: ?Challenges to Response and Recovery of Power   
   and Communications Outages in the Aftermath of a Hurricane,?will be the first   
   topic covered. Collaboration will be explored in the second session, ?Current   
   Government, Intra-Industry and Cross-Industry Partnerships.? The final session   
   will look at planning ahead. It is called ?The Advance Preparation Frameworks   
   for Power and Communications.?   
      
   The roundtable begins at 9:30 a.m. at FCC headquarters in Washington, D.C.   
      
   To register, see the link in the text version of this week's newscast script   
   at arnewsline.org   
      
   [DO NOT READ:  https://www.fcc.gov/public-safety/event-registration ]   
      
      
   This is Randy Sly W4XJ.   
      
   (FCC, RADIO WORLD)   
      
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   WORLD OF DX   
      
   In the World of DX, Aldir, PY1SAD  is on the air as 8R1TM from Guyana until   
   the 8th of July. He is using CW, SSB and the digital modes on 160-6 metres. He   
   is also making contacts via satellite. See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   Peter LB2OB is operating holiday style from Jan Mayen, IOTA number EU-022 as   
   JX/LB2OG for the next few weeks. He is operating primarily on 40 and 20   
   meters, using SSB and FT8. QSL via his home call.   
      
   Tim, N?UI is on the air as ZD7TIM from St. Helena, IOTA Number AF-022, through   
   to the 13th of July.   
   Tim is using CW, SSB and maybe some RTTY on 40-10 metres. Be listening as well   
   on 6 meters if conditions are favorable. See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   (425 DX BULLETIN)   
      
   **   
   KICKER:  TOILETS ON THE AIR? GO WITH THE FLOW   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Our final story isn't exactly a news leak but.....let's just say   
   that we really can't hold it much longer. Neither can Neil Rapp WB9VPG.   
      
   NEIL: Are you sitting down? Well, it's time to lift the lid on the news:   
   Toilets on the Air is coming in August. If you happen to be in the New York   
   City area that month, well, you gotta go, you just gotta go! The amateur radio   
   contest was begun by Georg DH5GH at the Chaos Communication Congress, a hacker   
   conference in Germany. It is making its debut in the US at the HOPE 16   
   conference in New York City in August. Because HOPE is a hub for hackers and   
   innovators, contest organizer Todd Mazierski KE2AEQ, thought this venue would   
   be perfect to launch a creative challenge to licensed hams there. Activators   
   select designated restrooms on the campus of St. John's University to make the   
   most CW, voice and digital contacts with others on 2 meters and 70 cm.   
      
   Now let's be clear, activators are permitted to sit or stand while they are   
   doing their business while holding their HTs -- but they must be outside the   
   restroom doors -- and a few meters away. They can only go inside the bathroom   
   to, uh, "go" inside the bathroom for the usual reason. Yes, you heard that   
   right: bathroom breaks are OK. Now that's a relief!   
      
   Todd announced the contest on his blog. So did Thomas Witherspoon K4SWL. It's   
   posted on his site, the appropriately named QRPer.com [QR-PEE-er dot com]   
      
   This is Neil Rapp WB9VPG.   
      
   (TODD MAZIERSKI BLOG, QRPer)   
      
      
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   A good QSO can be like poetry - sometimes! So why not write a haiku about   
   amateur radio and join the Newsline haiku challenge? It's as easy as writing a   
   QSL card. We can only accept the correct haiku format - that is, a three-line   
   verse with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second and five in   
   the third. Submit your work on our website at arnewsline.org - each week's   
   winner gets a shout-out on our website, where everyone can find the winning   
   haiku.   
      
   NEWSCAST CLOSE   
      
   With thanks to Amateur News Daily; AMSAT; ARRL; BBC; Brown-Dawson-Flick   
   Funeral Home; David Behar K7DB; DX World; 425DX Bulletin; FCC; Ham Radio   
   Friedrichshafen; Lucian, YO8SLC; QRPer.com; QRZ.com; Radio World;   
   Shortwaveradio.de; Todd Mazierski Blog; Union of Radio Amateurs of Russia;   
   Wireless Institute of Australia; Zero Retries Newsletter; and you our   
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