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   Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2002, March 11, 2016   
      
      
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 2002 with a release date of Friday,    
   March 11, 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
      
      
   The following is a QST. A treasured vintage radio finds a new home. Hams    
   in Australia celebrate 50 years of nostalgia and friendship. California    
   DXPeditioners make a gift to students in the Falkland Islands. And an    
   Ohio amateur looks at nearly 9 decades of life on the bands. All this    
   and more in Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2002 coming your way right now.   
      
      
      
   (Billboard Cart Here and Intro)   
      
      
      
      
      
   HISTORIC RECEIVER'S GREAT RECEPTION   
      
      
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: We begin this week's newscast with a story of past and    
   present. In early February, Amateur Radio Newsline shared the story of a    
   vintage radio receiver that was making a journey from College Station,    
   Texas to its new home at the the U.S.S. Indianapolis memorial museum.    
   Well, it has arrived and is settling in nicely, and we're happy to bring    
   you this update, courtesy of Mike Sercer, WA9FDO.   
      
      
      
      
      
   [MIKE'S REPORT]   
      
   A few weeks back, Don Wilbanks reported on the donation of a rare R-C-K    
   World War II receiver by Mr. Doug Christensen, KG5KSG. of College    
   Station, Texas. We are happy to report that the radio, manufactured by    
   the E.H. Scott Company in 1944, has been received in Indianapolis by the    
   volunteer ham operators at the U.S.S. Indianapolis Memorial Radio Room.    
   Chuck Crist, W9IH, the volunteer coordinator for the Radio Room exhibit,    
   explains the significance of this rare find:   
      
      
      
   [CHUCK CRIST SOUND BITE]   
      
      
      
   The Radio Room exhibit is the result of eight years of work and contains    
   over 50 pieces of fully operational equipment of the type aboard the    
   ship at the time of its sinking - just give days before the end of World    
   War II. For a look inside the room, and the history behind the ship, log    
   on to their website at www dot ussindyradio dot org.   
      
      
      
   From the Indiana War Memorial in downtown Indianapolis, this is Mike    
   Sercer, WA9FDO, reporting for Newsline.   
      
      
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   IN AUSTRALIA, A 50-YEAR REUNION   
      
      
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Speaking of history, time has gone by - lots of time - since    
   a small group of hams in Australia first gathered at Easter time for a    
   social weekend. Well, the group has decided it's time to catch up with    
   one another's lives, and Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp, VK4BB,    
   lets us in on what they've got planned.   
      
      
      
   [GRAHAM'S REPORT:] Amateur radio was 50 years younger, as were its    
   licensees and their families, on a long-ago Easter Saturday when 15 or    
   20 people attended a campsite gathering at the Ceratodus reserve on the    
   banks of the Burnett River in VK4. They seemed to have a good time -    
   from what some of them can remember - so they thought they'd try again.    
   The group now has plans to return to the central Queensland site on the    
   26th of March, and they're going to party like it's 1966.   
      
      
      
   Although the main events will be eyeball chatter, sharing memories and    
   offering a welcome to young and prospective hams, there's also going to    
   be a little bit of on-the-air activity too. Plans are to work 7.060 Mhz    
   on 40 meters and 146.500 simplex FM on 2 meters.   
      
      
      
   The social camping weekend reunion was organized by Kev, VK4MKB,    
   Brandon, VK4VIP and Geoff, VK4GI.   
      
      
      
   Of course, in the ensuing decades, some things have changed. Geoff was    
   still a year away from getting his call sign, and Kev himself was only 8    
   years old. Brandon, on the other hand, hadn't even been thought of yet.   
      
      
      
   But one thing remains constant for them all. As Geoff told Amateur Radio    
   Newsline in an email:   
      
      
      
   QUOTE "We have been friends for a very long time." ENDQUOTE   
      
      
      
      
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB, down the river a bit    
   from Ceratodus Reserve.   
      
      
      
      
      
   (GEOFF BONNEY, VK4GI, WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA)   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   NATIONAL PARKS EVENT GETS BOOST FROM STATE OF ILLINOIS   
      
      
      
   The frontier explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, could    
   probably have benefitted from having an amateur radio on board as they    
   made their way through what was then the New American West. But the next    
   best thing to that is the amateur radio operation taking place on    
   Saturday, March 19 at the historic Illinois site that marks the starting    
   point of the adventurers' trail. Helping mark the National Park    
   Service's centennial, the State of Illinois historic site located at the    
   beginning of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail will be hosting    
   the all-day event, from 10 a.m. to 4  p.m. showcasing amateur radio.   
      
      
      
   Local hams will be demonstrating the use of backup communications under    
   emergency conditions, and will talk about ham radio's role aboard the    
   International Space Station as well as with the American Red Cross and    
   the Federal Emergency Management Agency.   
      
      
      
   The site is located in Hartford, Illinois, a few miles north of Illinois    
   Route 3, and is operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.    
   On March 19, however, it will be operated by hams instead.   
      
      
      
      
      
   (THE ALTON TELEGRAPH)   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   DXPEDITIONERS GIVE GIFT TO FALKLANDS SCHOOLS   
      
      
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: In California, a noted group of avid DXers, recently back    
   from the Falklands, has decided to pay it forward. After working the    
   bands in the Falkland Islands, they've gotten down to the task of    
   helping some of the schools there, in a very amateur radio kind of way.    
   We hear now from Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.   
      
      
      
   [NEIL RAPP REPORT]: Forget, for a moment, all those QSL cards generated    
   by the recent Intrepid-DX Group DXpedition through the Falkland Islands.    
   There's another kind of bounty, one that's likely to be more long-lasting:   
      
      
      
   The Northern California DX Foundation, which operated the DXpedition,    
   has announced a scholarship grant to the Falkland Island Elementary and    
   Middle schools so they can buy amateur radio antennas, kits and other    
   equipment for the students, as well as to create supporting material for    
   the classroom curriculum. The foundation credits David Collingham, K3LP,    
   with doing the groundwork while in the Falklands, meeting with school    
   administrators, teachers and government officials as the team worked the    
   bands recently in its South Sandwich and South Georgia operations.   
      
      
      
   Part of the California foundation's charter provides for scholarship    
   opportunities and for projects such as this, to support the next    
   generation of amateurs.   
      
      
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington, Indiana.   
      
      
      
   (ARRL)   
      
      
      
      
      
   **   
      
   ATTENTION DXERS, DINNER IS SERVED   
      
      
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: It's time to start thinking about Dayton Hamvention. And for    
   some DXers, it's also time to start thinking about the Dayton DX Dinner.    
   Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephen Kinford, N8WB, has the details:   
      
      
      
   STEPHEN: What's on the menu at the 2016 Dayton DX Dinner? Fellowship,    
   giveaways, awards presentations -- all that, plus a great meal. But if    
   you don't get your tickets soon, you could go hungry and miss out on    
   everything. The Southwest Ohio DX Association, which is sponsoring the    
   31st annual DX Dinner in conjunction with Dayton Hamvention, reports    
   that tickets are selling quickly. Individual reservations or entire    
   tables of 10 can be purchased by going to the Southwest Ohio DX    
   Association website and using PayPal. Or you can download a mail-in    
   registration form. Visit the website at www.swodxaevents.org   
      
      
      
   The event is Friday, May 20 at the Dayton Marriott. Last year, more than    
   400 amateurs attended. Don't forget to stick around for the next day's    
   event, also geared to DXers: On Saturday, May 21, the Hara Arena will    
   open its doors to a DX Forum.   
      
      
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio.   
      
      
      
      
      
   (SWODXA)   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
      
      
   BREAK HERE:   
      
      
      
   Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio    
   Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the    
   WB7TJD Repeaters, 147.120 and 449.600, after the 8 p.m. Superstition    
   Amateur Radio Club Net on Wednesdays in the Mesa-Phoenix, Arizona. Also    
   on KB7KWK-L EchoLink.   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   PATRON SAINT OF CORNISH QSOS   
      
      
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: St. Piran, the patron saint of Cornwall, predates radio by    
   several centuries. But the two were in perfect harmony earlier this    
   month when a group of radio operators in Great Britain marked an    
   important event in their community. We hear more from Amateur Radio    
   Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH:   
      
      
      
   JEREMY'S REPORT:   
      
      
      
   St. Piran's presence is perhaps felt most keenly in Cornwall, where the    
   the Fifth Century abbott is the patron saint.   
      
      
      
   But his message was heard the world over on the 5th of March when    
   Cornish radio amateurs from the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club completed more    
   than 300 contacts in with fellow hams using Morse Code.   
      
      
      
   Operating with the call sign, GK3MPD, they worked from the Marconi    
   Centre above Poldhu Cove near Mullion. MPD itself is a significant call    
   sign, and had been the call for the old Marconi station, where the    
   pioneering scientist himself made the world's first translatlantic radio    
   contact.   
      
      
      
   The St. Piran's Day event was blessed with favorable radio conditions    
   and early on, the operators completed contacts in Code with four    
   stations in Japan and later heard from Canada, parts of Asiatic Russia    
   and even the U.S.   
      
      
      
   These contacts evoked some camaraderie beyond the usual fellowship that    
   can emerge among hams. The club's honorary secretary, Keith Matthew,    
   G0WYS, told the West Briton website: QUOTE "A surprising number claimed    
   a bit of Cornish in their ancestry." ENDQUOTE   
      
      
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, in Nottingham, the UK.   
      
      
      
      
      
   (WESTBRITON.COM)   
      
      
      
      
      
   **   
      
   LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES   
      
      
      
   If you are a radio amateur in the Philippines, you have only a few more    
   days to submit your nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award being    
   given this year by the Philippine Amateur Radio Association. The    
   deadline is Tuesday, March 15, and the names of your nominees should be    
   emailed to para1932@gmail.com   
      
      
      
   The award recognizes the achievements of senior members of the amateur    
   radio community. Awardees are typicall at least 80 years of age,    
   endorsed by 2 PARA members in good standing, and have a proven record of    
   outstanding contributions to amateur radio.   
      
      
      
   The award will be presented on April 9 at the PARA Convention in    
   Dumaguete City.   
      
      
      
   (PARA)   
      
      
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   HALL OF FAME VOTING FOR SARL   
      
      
      
   In South Africa, it's all over now, except the voting: 18 nominees have    
   been identified for the South African Radio League's Amateur Radio Hall    
   of Fame and ballots are being cast.   
      
      
      
   Nominees include such Silent Keys as radio pioneers John Streeter, Dave    
   Larsen and Dixon Bennett, as well as active amateurs who are leaving    
   their mark on our hobby today.   
      
      
      
   To vote visit the league website at www.sarl.org.za, and select the    
   nominations page. Visit the home page and follow the link under    
   "Activities."   
      
      
      
   You must be a league member to vote, and you can cast your ballot for as    
   many as five nominees.   
      
      
      
      
      
   (SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE, SOUTHGATE ARC)   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   A NET, JUST FOR SOUTH AFRICAN YOUNGSTERS   
      
      
      
   The Hall of Fame may honor established amateurs, but the South African    
   Radio League's YouthNet is designed especially to help the next    
   generation get established. The next monthly YouthNet on Sunday, March    
   13, is designed to attract young people and give them a taste of what    
   it's like to be on the air. Even the curious and the unlicensed can    
   participate, as long as they are under supervision of a licensed amateur.   
      
      
      
   There will be a drawing for a prize, based on shack logs, after the    
   YouthNet is over. This is also a chance for many radio operators to make    
   up for lost time: The February YouthNet ended up being cancelled as a    
   result of poor propagation and severe thunderstorms hitting the    
   Kemptonpark and Johannesburg areas.   
      
      
      
   (SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE)   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   GREAT BRITAIN CONTEST REVIEWERS NEEDED   
      
      
      
   If you're comfortable working with - and analyzing - large sets of data,    
   and enjoy looking at the work of amateur contesters, the Radio Society    
   of Great Britain might want to make use of your time and your skills.    
   The Society is studying alternative ways to score VHF contests, with an    
   eye toward making the scoring system more evenly balanced across the    
   country.   
      
      
      
   The Society is looking for volunteers who can assist with this process,    
   which is a continuation of the President's Review of Contesting that was    
   begun in 2015. Volunteers will be asked to analyze open logs being    
   generated, and study other data that is available publicly.   
      
      
      
   If you want to assist, contact Andy Cook, G4PIQ, via email at    
   vhfcc.chair@rsgb.org.uk.   
      
      
      
   (RADIO SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN)   
      
      
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   THE WORLD OF DX   
      
      
      
   A Polish Team of operators, working as 5J0P from San Luis, San Andres    
   Island, will continue through March 21, using CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-6    
   meters. QSL via the Clublog's OQRS tools for Bureau and direct requests.    
   No QSL cards please. QSL Manager is SP6IXF.   
      
      
      
   Mathias, DJ2HD, is once again active as 7P8DJ from Lesotho through March    
   15. He is working holiday style on CW, SSB and RTTY, on the HF bands.    
   QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.   
      
      
      
   Richard, G3RWL, is working as 8P6DR from Barbados from March 29 through    
   April 22. He will be on the air holiday style on 80 through 10 meters    
   using CW and RTTY. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau    
   using ClubLog's OQRS.   
      
      
      
   Hiro, JA6WFM, will be active in Tonga as A31MM during the CQWW WPX SSB    
   Contest, taking place from March 26 and 27. He will work a    
   Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via EA5GL or LoTW.   
      
      
      
   (OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN)   
      
      
      
      
      
   **   
      
   KICKER: RADIO'S HIS ELIXIR OF YOUTH   
      
      
      
   No doubt you've heard of "Last Man Standing," the popular TV show whose    
   star is a ham radio operator. But have you ever heard of "First Kid    
   Sitting?" Well, that would have described a teenaged Jack Goldfarb in    
   1941, as he sat in an FCC office in downtown Cleveland taking the exam    
   that would make him a licensed ham at age 16.   
      
      
      
   Goldfarb, W8WGO, who turns 92 this month, was the only youngster that    
   day. Indeed, he was the only test-taker.   
      
      
      
   But it's probably the last time he experienced anything solitary    
   connected with ham radio. Radio, and Morse Code, served him well during    
   his time in the Army during World War II. And for years the University    
   Heights resident used an antenna, mounted atop 40-foot tower at home,    
   and like so many other DXers, merged his world with those of hams    
   overseas. Now he's more often finding his way into pileups via smaller    
   antennas, or letting the Internet help his radio make those connections.    
   In a recent interview with cleveland.com, he explained how he often ends    
   up Elmering some of his long-distance contacts, too. And he described    
   how making contact with them is what keeps him feeling - and maybe even    
   looking - younger than his years.   
      
      
      
   His 16-year-old self, that "first kid sitting," would probably also be    
   the first to agree.   
      
      
      
   (CLEVELAND.COM)   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; The Alton Telegraph;    
   CLEVELAND.COM; CQ Magazine; DX.NET; Geoff Bonney, VK4GI; Hap Holly and    
   the Rain Report; Irish Radio Transmitter Society; the Ohio-Penn DX    
   Bulletin; QSL.NET; QRZ.COM., Radio Society of Great Britain; Mike    
   Sercer, WA9FDO; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Philippine Amateur Radio    
   Association; Southwest Ohio DX Association; TWiT TV; WestBritaon.com;    
   Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from    
   the Amateur Radio Newsline. Our email address is    
   newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio    
   Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.   
      
      
      
   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 and as always we thank you for listening.   
      
      
      
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