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   Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2003, March 18, 2016   
      
      
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 2003 with a release date of Friday,    
   March 18, 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
      
      
   The following is a QST. Hams step in to help during the Louisiana    
   floods. In Maine, a historic radio-equipped schooner sails back into    
   history. Hams in New Zealand and Australia prepare to go retro for ANZAC    
   Day. And a capital city in South India may be getting its first    
   repeater.  All this and more in Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2003    
   coming your way right now.   
      
      
      
   (Billboard Cart Here and Intro)   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   TIME TO NOMINATE 2016'S BILL PASTERNAK YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR   
      
      
      
   Before we begin this week's report, we'd like to let you know that    
   Amateur Radio Newsline is now accepting nominees for its 2016 Bill    
   Pasternak Young Ham of the Year Award. We confer this annual honor on    
   the best of the best: a young licensed radio amateur who has used ham    
   radio for public service, benefitting his or her community, or who has    
   impacted technological development affecting communications in some way.    
   Nominees must reside in the United States, Canada or Puerto Rico and be    
   no older than 19.   
      
      
      
   Our judging committee will consider candidates who have made outstanding    
   overall contributions - most especially in their public service work but    
   also for experimentation in technology, science or electronic    
   communication. The committee's decision is final.   
      
      
      
   For details on nomination requirements, and to download an application    
   form, visit our website, www.arnewsline.org, and click on the tab for    
   "Y-H-O-T-Y." Completed forms and supporting documentation should be sent    
   to: The Young Ham of the Year Award, in care of Amateur Radio Newsline    
   Inc., Editorial Office, P.O. Box 451, Huntington Station, New York 11746.   
      
      
      
   The award is named in memory of the late Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF,    
   cofounder of Amateur Radio Newsline who, not surprisingly, was once an    
   outstanding young ham himself, long before awards were given, growing up    
   in Brooklyn, New York.   
      
      
      
   Again, the website address is www.arnewsline.org, and click on the tab    
   for Y-H-O-T-Y. Electronic filing will also be accepted. Send files in    
   .PDF or .JPG format via email to newsline@arnewsline.org. Deadline for    
   submissions is June 30, 2016.   
      
      
      
   And now, here's the latest for this week from our Amateur Radio Newsline    
   team:   
      
      
      
   **   
      
   HAMS RESPOND TO LOUSIANA FLOODS   
      
      
      
   Already having been called up by two emergency activations in February,    
   hams were ready to go to work once more in Louisiana after flooding    
   overtook the area as a result of record-setting rains in early March. A    
   tornado watch on March 8 led to a SKYWARN activation, as volunteers    
   undertook weather-spotting and reporting over linked repeaters. Their    
   reports not only covered Louisiana but parts of Arkansas and Texas.   
      
      
      
   Then, an ARES team in southeastern Louisiana also became active for    
   nearly 2 days in response to heavy rain and flooding. ARES Region 9 DEC    
   Bob Priez, WB5FBS, told the ARRL that by March 11, numerous waterways,    
   streams and major rivers had advanced beyond the flood stage. But, he    
   said, hams were able to successfully transmit and receive weather    
   bulletins on local repeaters, and fixed stations made use of packet    
   radio on VHF as well as email to communicate with the National Weather    
   Service.   
      
      
      
   In all, the highest rainfall reported to the National Weather Service    
   was just shy of 27 inches.   
      
      
      
   (ARRL)   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   STORM PREP, FROM A DISTANCE   
      
      
      
   STEPHEN: The Lousiana flooding is just one example of hams in action. In    
   Florida, the National Hurricane Conference has offered a special seminar    
   to help hams be at their best when weather is at its worst. Even if some    
   hams can't be at the conference in Orlando, they can still participate.    
   We hear more from Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.   
      
      
      
   NEIL: The forecast for this year's National Hurricane Conference is    
   anything but stormy - at least not for amateur radio operators. For    
   those hams who can't be there in person at Florida's Hilton Orlando    
   hotel, the next best thing is to attend the free sessions on Tuesday,    
   March 22, via livestream.   
      
      
      
   The session opens at 1:30 p.m. with National Hurricane Center Director    
   Rick Knabb, followed by a talk on hurricane meteorology by Bob    
   Robichaud, VE1MBR, of the Canadian Hurricane Centre, and Julie Ripoll,    
   WD4R, who is assistant coordinator at WX4NHC, the National Hurricane    
   Center's amateur radio station.   
      
   The ARRL's assistant Emergency Preparedness Manager, Ken Bailey, K1FUG,    
   will present a beginner's course in hurricane preparedness for hams.   
      
      
      
   But because even the best-prepared amateurs can't always be ready to    
   also travel, the sessions are being recorded and will be uploaded to    
   YouTube for viewing later.   
      
      
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.   
      
      
      
   (2016 NATIONAL HURRICANE CONFERENCE, ARRL)   
      
      
      
      
      
   **   
      
   SPRINT AHEAD, DON'T FALL BACK   
      
      
      
   The North American SSB Sprint is coming up fast -- well, what would you    
   expect from something that's called a "sprint?"   
      
      
      
   So have your rigs ready on April 3 at 0000 UTC - locally that's April 2    
   -- for what's been called "the fastest four hours in Radiosport." The    
   sprint's date was moved to the first weekend in April, following a    
   schedule conflict with another popular RTTY sprint.   
      
      
      
   The committee asks hams planning to operate to fill out a form on the    
   website indicating the planned activity. Visit http://ssbsprint.com   
      
      
      
   (NA SSB SPRINT CONTEST COMMITTEE)   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   RELAUNCHING MAINE SCHOONER INTO HISTORY   
      
      
      
   STEPHEN KINFORD: An old, well-traveled schooner in Maine is preparing to    
   resume its journeys, and yes, those trips include a few ventures into    
   ham radio history. Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun, WD9GCO, has that    
   story.   
      
      
      
   PAUL BRAUN: The month of June can't come soon enough for the team    
   members working to refurbish a 95-year-old schooner that once touched    
   the heart, and the generosity of Hiram Percy Maxim himself, as well as    
   those on the ARRL board.   
      
      
      
   Built in 1921 in East Boothbay, Maine as an Arctic explorer, the    
   schooner Bowdoin was well-equipped with wireless communications when it    
   set out on its travels during the Arctic Expedition of Donald B. MacMillan   
      
   in 1923. It later transported MacMillan, Richard Byrd and crew to    
   Greenland in 1925.Maxim and the board not only provided radio support to    
   the schooner's adventures but recruited an operator   
      
   -- Donald H. Mix, 1TS, of Bristol, Connecticut -- to come on board and    
   transmit from the 100-watt, medium-wave rig. The equipment used by Mix    
   had been custom designed by ARRL Board member M.B. West, who had it    
   built by hams at the Zenith Electronics firm.   
      
      
      
   I spoke with Professor Donald Eley, K-B-ONE-V-J (KB1VJ), of the    
   Department of Marine Transportation, about operating amateur radio from    
   the sailing ship:   
      
      
      
   [PROF. ELY'S SOUND CLIP]   
      
      
      
   PAUL: The schooner's refurbishment is now being paid for by the Bowdoin    
   Centennial Campaign. It is the official vessel of the State of Maine.    
   And though its explorations are likely to be far more modest nearly a    
   century after its first launching, the Bowdoin is nonetheless set to    
   sail into its new life on June 1.   
      
      
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   BREAK HERE:   
      
      
      
   Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio    
   Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the    
   Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club, W2GSB, on Long Island, New York, on    
   Monday nights, following the 7:30 p.m. Info Net on the club's 2-meter    
   repeater.   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   REPEATER PLANS ENCOURAGE AMATEURS IN SOUTH INDIA   
      
      
      
   A proposal to install a new amateur radio repeater in the capital of the    
   Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, is giving local hams in southern India    
   some hope. If local permission is granted, the repeater would be placed    
   atop the Gunadala (GOONA-DALLA) Hill in the capital city, Amaravati    
   (om-RAVA-tee). A district official has given an encouraging response to    
   a request by Arza Ramesh Babu, coordinator of the district's Ham Radio    
   Training Centre. Mr. Ramesh Babu told local officials the presence of    
   such a repeater would facilitate creation of an emergency network of ham    
   radio operators who would make use of the repeater with their handheld    
   transceivers and serve the region.   
      
      
      
   Furthermore, he said, the repeater would also have the capability to    
   communicate via EchoLink, over the Internet, giving it global reach. Mr.    
   Ramesh Babu estimated that there are nearly 500 licensed radio amateurs    
   who would make regular use of the repeater once it is operational. He    
   told The Hindu newspaper - QUOTE - "If all goes well, this 'sunrise'    
   state will soon transform into a hub of ham radio activity." ENDQUOTE   
      
      
      
   (THE HINDU)   
      
      
      
      
      
   **   
      
   RADIO MODES GO RETRO ON ANZAC DAY   
      
      
      
   STEPHEN: ANZAC Day is a major public holiday for everyone in New Zealand    
   and Australia, but hams observe it in a way that only radio operators    
   could. Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp, VK4BB, has that story:   
      
      
      
   GRAHAM: Amateurs in New Zealand and Australia aren't being asked to suit    
   up in military uniforms to help mark ANZAC Day, but they are being    
   encouraged to participate in a military radio salute, nonetheless.    
   They've been asked to work the bands using the same older modes once    
   employed by radio operators in the military, and to do this on Monday,    
   April 25, marking ANZAC Day. The solemn national holiday remembers those    
   who died in 1915 in the fighting at Gallipoli.   
      
      
      
   The on-air observance, which is being encouraged by the Tableland Radio    
   Group of Far North Queensland, would shift that day's radio operations    
   from SSB to the AM mode and also encourage more CW operation.   
      
      
      
   The event's genesis is a conversation between Tableland's Mike    
   Patterson, VK4MIK, a veteran of the Royal Australian Navy, and Lionel    
   Veale, an ex-sergeant and former Australian Coast watcher who had used    
   the old radios, ATR4A transceivers, during World War II.   
      
      
      
   The AM & CW event has become a popular annual ANZAC Day activity for the    
   past couple of years, with many  amateurs from a number of clubs    
   partipating using older, crystal-locked transceivers or former military    
   radios. Keep in mind it's not a contest, but a tribute. And in    
   peacetime, the operating strategy won't require any military maneuvers -    
   just a bit of moving about to find a clear frequency.   
      
      
      
      
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.   
      
      
      
   (WIA)   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   SILENT KEY: ENGINEERING PIONEER GRANT BINGEMAN, KM5KG   
      
      
      
   Grant Bingeman, KM5KG, an influential designer and programmer who    
   changed the shape of AM RF engineering, has become a Silent Key. The    
   Plano, Texas amateur was an early developer of Method of Moments    
   modeling of AM antenna systems, and wrote his own programs for ham radio    
   applications and to do AM modeling.   
      
   	   
      
   A professional engineer, he was respected for his expertise in antenna    
   couplers, network design and phasing systems for AM radio, along with    
   computer control. A longtime colleague, Jack Sellmeyer, was quoted in    
   one published article as saying that Bingeman had worked at    
   Gates/Harris, Rockwell/Collins and later, the Rockwell/Collins'    
   broadcast division that was acquired by Continental Electronics.    
   Sellmeyer said industry consultants often relied heavily on his work for    
   their phasor designs.   
      
      
      
   Bingeman, who died on Feb. 29, was 66.   
      
      
      
   (RADIO WORLD)   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   SILENT KEY: QSL MANAGER MARY ANN CRIDER, WA3HUP   
      
      
      
   The amateur community is also mourning the loss of Mary Ann Crider,    
   WA3HUP, who for decades connected hams with other hams, quietly working    
   behind the scenes as QSL maanger for a number of DXers, including    
   Jordan's King Hussein, JY1. She had also been manager of the W3 QSL Bureau.   
      
      
      
   The Air Force veteran had been a licensed amateur since 1967 when she    
   was in the service.   
      
      
      
   The Pennsylvania amateur died March 12 at the age of 91.   
      
      
      
   (ARRL)   
      
      
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   THE WORLD OF DX   
      
      
      
      
      
   In the world of DX, these are the last days to work Herbert DK2BR in    
   Vietnam. He is operating holiday style from Con Son Island until March    
   26 with the callsign 3W2BR on 40m to 10m SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Send QSL    
   cards direct to his home callsign.   
      
      
      
   Operators Helen RC5A and Yuri RM0F are going to Maldive Islands where    
   they will be active as 8Q7CA and 8Q7FU, respectively, between April 17    
   and 30th. They will work 160-6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via their    
   home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or the OQRS on ClubLog.   
      
      
      
   Listen for Bill, K2HVN, working as 9Y/K2HVN on the Island of Tobago    
   between April 14 and 26th. He will work 40 to 10 meters vacation style.    
   Listen for him on SSB and in CW mode.QSL via his home callsign. Cards    
   are already printed. He will not accept LoTW. See QRZ.com for info.   
      
      
      
   A number of teams will be working the CQWW WPX SSB Contest on March 27    
   and 27. They include members of the CT3 Team, active as CQ9T from    
   Funchal, working as a Multi-Single/ Low-Power entry. QSL via CT3KN.    
   Listen also for members of Amateur Radio Taipei, active from Taiwan as    
   BP0P as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via BP0P. QSL also OK via Amateur Radio    
   Taipei's QSL Service. And during the contest, be listening as well for    
   Laurent, FM5BH, who will be active as TO972M from Martinique Island as a    
   Single- Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL TO972M via FM5BH direct.   
      
      
      
   (OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN, IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)   
      
      
      
      
      
   **   
      
   KICKER: DECODING AN OVERDUE 'THANK YOU'   
      
      
      
   STEPHEN: And finally, we close this week's report with a story of one    
   woman's quietly triumphant act of service in World War II. Like so many    
   others who helped break the Germans' code, no one was ever supposed to    
   know about her, or even celebrate her efforts. Until now -- as we hear    
   from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.   
      
      
      
   JEREMY: Recognition was the last thing Theo Hopkinson would have wanted,    
   or even asked for, 71 years ago, when she was working to help decode    
   Nazi messages during World War II. In fact, she was part of a larger    
   group of code-breakers who, similarly, vowed to keep as low a profile as    
   possible while they worked at either Bletchley Park or Hanslope Park,    
   intercepting messages from Germany.   
      
      
      
   Theo, who worked at Hanslope Park, is now 89 and the war is long since    
   over. So when Theo recently intercepted something once again, it was    
   quite public and clearly worded. It was, in fact, a long overdue thank    
   you for her efforts which, like those of her colleagues, have been    
   credited for helping shorten the war and save millions of lives.   
      
      
      
   On Friday, the 11 of March, Theo was among a small group of women now    
   living in Canada who received the Bletchley Park Medal. It was presented    
   by British Consul General Kevin McGurgan at the University Club in    
   Toronto, Canada.   
      
      
      
   Mr McGurgan said: "It's good that now we're able to actually honour and    
   acknowledge these people in a way that perhaps should have been a lot    
   earlier.   
      
      
      
   And fortunately, there was absolutely no need to decipher the meaning there.   
      
      
      
   (THE TORONTO SUN)   
      
      
      
   **   
      
      
      
   NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to ABC.NET Australia; Alan Labs; the ARRL;    
   CQ Magazine; DX.NET; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; the Hindu newspaper;    
   Irish Radio Transmitter Society; the Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QSL.NET;    
   QRZ.COM., Southgate Amateur Radio News; The Toronto Sun; TWiT TV;    
   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 Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,    
   Ohio, saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.   
      
      
      
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