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   Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2008, April 22, 2016   
      
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline report number 2008 with a release date of Friday,    
   April 22, 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a QST. Hams mobilize as Ecuador digs out from a deadly    
   earthquake. Getting on the air from Brazil just become a whole lot    
   easier during the Summer Olympic Games. Radio amateurs assist with    
   elections in West Bengal, India. And a new museum of radio science in    
   the UK competes for a big prize. All this and more in Amateur Radio    
   Newsline Report 2008 coming your way right now.   
      
   (Billboard Cart Here and Intro)   
      
   **   
      
   STEPHEN: We open this week's newscast with an update on the amateur    
   radio response to an earthquake in Ecuador that is being called that    
   nation's most powerful quake in decades. We hear more from Amateur Radio    
   Newsline's Graham Kemp, VK4BB.   
      
   GRAHAM: As officials continued to revise their counts of Ecuador's dead    
   and injured following the magnitude 7.8 quake on Saturday the 16 of    
   April, rescue operations stepped up with more than 10,000 troops and    
   3,500 police. Countless radio amateurs were also mobilized to assist    
   with emergency communications and other vital matters, and hams    
   everywhere were being advised to free up the band on 7.060 MHz for    
   emergency traffic. DXpeditioners were also cautioned to stay below that    
   frequency while operating RTTY.   
      
   In the days following the quake, the emergency frequency was carrying    
   messages around the clock, with Ecuadorean amateurs making use of    
   battery power and mobile stations to assist with recovery    
   communications. Officials reported that power systems and    
   telecommunications were either destroyed or disabled after the tremors.   
      
   As an emergency net became operational on the emergency frequency,    
   stations in countries nearby tuned into the frequency and prepared to    
   assist if necessary.   
      
   Rafael Correa, Ecuador's president, returned to his devastated nation    
   from a trip to Italy and declared the immediate focus to be on locating    
   survivors.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.   
      
   (IARU, Region 1, BBC, CNN, the Daily DX)   
      
   STEPHEN: Amateur Radio Newsline will continue to monitor hams'    
   involvement in these developments. As of Amateur Radio Newsline's    
   deadline, there was no word on amateur radio involvement in the deadly    
   magnitude-6.5 earthquake that rocked Japan just a few days earlier, on    
   Thursday, April 14. Those tremors, near the city of Kumamoto, were    
   considered the strongest since 2011.   
      
   **   
      
   WHEN RADIO SCIENCE IS AN ART   
      
   STEPHEN: Already the new Radio Communication Museum of Great Britain is    
   finding itself involved in some heavy duty contesting. But this    
   competition has more to do with art than radiosport, as Amateur Radio    
   Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH tells us.   
      
   JEREMY: This summer, when the new Radio Communication Museum of Great    
   Britain opens in Derby in the UK, it hopes to be a winner in more ways    
   than one. Even before opening its doors for the first time, the museum    
   has already become a finalist in a national competition that would    
   provide the institution with the talents of a leading contemporary    
   artist to create a major event on site later this year -- an event that    
   celebrates radio.   
      
   With so many other British museums vying for the prize, including some    
   in London, the decision is being left up to the public. That puts a lot    
   of power in the hands of museum fans - and of course, that means radio    
   fans as well - especially with the voting taking place online in just    
   another week.   
      
   Radio amateur Stephen Haseldine, G8EBM, a Derby businessman and museum    
   trustee, has designed the museum to be a showcase of amateur, military    
   and professional radios. Activities there will teach visitors about the    
   science of wireless communication while showing them the equipment that    
   has made it possible through the years. General manager William Presland    
   said he is hoping the competition will enable the museum to challenge    
   the guest artist to QUOTE "find art where there is none - in a museum of    
   science and technology - and present this to the public." ENDQUOTE The    
   contest culminates in a major event to be held in October called the    
   Museums at Night Festival.   
      
   Voting begins at 1100 UTC on Friday the 29 of April and remains open    
   through Saturday the 14th of May. The website for balloting is    
   museumsatnight.org.uk   
      
   The museum, which devotes itself to the varied uses of radio waves    
   through the years, is based on Stephen Haseldine's private radio collection.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, in Nottingham, the UK.   
      
   (SOUTHGATE ARC, THE DERBY TELEGRAPH, RADIO COMMUNICATION MUSEUM OF GREAT    
   BRITAIN)   
      
   **   
      
   NEW JERSEY'S NIGHT FOR RADIO   
      
   STEPHEN: Any night is a good night for radio but if you're in southern    
   New Jersey, Thursday is an especially good night for radio. The Ocean    
   Monmouth Amateur Radio Club, hosts a regularly scheduled Radio Night    
   Thursday evenings between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. local time, and welcomes    
   newcomers. The club itself has 70 members and is an ARRL affiliate - but    
   you don't have to be a club member, or even a local ham, to get on the    
   air with them. The club is also preparing for its spring Tailgate    
   Hamfest which will take place on Saturday, May 7, at the Diana Site,    
   2300 Marconi Road in Wall Township, New Jersey.   
      
   (OCEAN MONMOUTH AMATEUR RADIO CLUB)   
      
      
   **   
      
   AN OLYMPIAN EFFORT IN BRAZIL   
      
      
   STEPHEN: The Summer Games in Rio don't include radiosport, but things    
   just got a little bit easier for radio amateurs who want to travel to,    
   and work the bands, from Brazil. We hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's    
   Paul Braun, WD9GCO.   
      
   PAUL: Attending the Olympics and getting on the HF bands from Brazil    
   shouldn't require an Olympian effort itself. The good news is that now    
   it won't come to that. It's expected to be less of a struggle for radio    
   amateurs to operate in Brazil during the 2016 Summer Olympics as a    
   result of eased restrictions on the part of the Brazilian authorities.    
   Regardless of whether an amateur's country has a reciprocal agreement    
   with Brazil, authorizations for those hams will be simplified thanks to    
   an agreement between authorities and the Brazilian Amateur Radio League,    
   also known as LABRE. The radio league recently received permission from    
   Brazil's telecommunications regulator, ANATEL, to handle the    
   authorizations -- and without any fees.   
      
   Interested amateurs should email the radio league a copy of a valid    
   passport, a copy of their amateur radio license, a list of cities in    
   which you plan to operate, and on what dates, and include an email    
   address. The documents should be scanned and sent to the radio league    
   via email at executiva@labre.org.br.   
      
   When the paperwork arrives, you should be able to dive right in. Just    
   don't use any of the Olympic-sized pools.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.   
      
   **   
      
   SCOUTING FOR QSOs IN SPECIAL EVENT   
      
   STEPHEN: A group of Scouts in Texas plans to be on the air during the    
   next two weekends and they're hoping to work your station. Amateur Radio    
   Newsline's Bill Stearns, NE4RD, tells us where to look for these youngsters.   
      
   BILL: This week in Radio Scouting there will be an activation of K2BSA    
   in Abilene Texas at the Buffalo Mountain District Cub-O-Ree on April    
   22nd & 23rd.  Russ Parramore, K5MQR, will be the control operator for    
   the portable 5 station and will be active on 20 and 40  Phone.   
      
   There will also be an activation in Mt. Enterprise, TX at the East Texas    
   Area Council's Quadrennial All Council Jamboree on April 29th through    
   May 1st.  Jeff Sorrells, KG5BTF, will be the control operator for the    
   portable 5 station and will be active on 20 and 40 phone.  Jeff will    
   also demonstrating QRP gear for portable operations.   
      
   Please help support this activity, and others involving youth in amateur    
   radio, by working and spotting them on the air and online.  If you would    
   like to activate K2BSA for your Scouting event, please visit    
   http://www.k2bsa.net/.  If you would like to get involved in radio    
   scouting, find your local council by visiting http://www.scouting.org/.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this    
   is Bill Stearns NE4RD.   
      
      
   **   
      
   BREAK HERE:   
      
   Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio    
   Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the    
   N9IAA repeater in Valparaiso, Indiana, on Thursday nights.   
      
   **   
      
   AN INSTITUTE TO TEACH THE TEACHERS   
      
      
   STEPHEN: Every ham needs a teacher or two to guide them on their radio    
   journey. But who teaches the teachers? Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil    
   Rapp, WB9VPG, tells us about the ARRL's Teachers Institute on Wireless    
   Technology, where the application deadline is fast closing in.   
      
   NEIL: There are only a few more days left for teachers to submit their    
   applications to the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology,    
   which is preparing to present its summer coursework for the 13th year.    
   The professional development seminar offers teachers guidance on    
   presenting radio science to their students at levels starting as young    
   as elementary school. The classes include robotics, radio science,    
   satellite communications, weather science, microcontroller programming    
   and basic electronics. All expenses are paid. Coursework is available at    
   increasing complexity right through the university level. The institute    
   holds its classes at different locations throughout the country.   
      
   But the deadline to apply is May 1. If you're interested, but still    
   haven't put in your application, you can download the form from the web    
   page for the ARRL Teachers Institute at arrl.org   
      
   If you have additional questions, contact ARRL Education Services    
   Manager Debra Johnson, K1DMJ, at djohnson@arrl.org   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.   
      
   (ARRL)   
      
   **   
      
      
   REPEATERS ON THE MOVE   
      
   There's going to be a change of address for the Minuteman Repeater    
   Association's 2 meter and 440 repeaters, which are headed to a new site    
   in North Reading from their Burlington location. The Minuteman amateurs    
   are looking for volunteers on Saturday, April 30 to help take antennas    
   down and move the equipment to the new site, and then assist with setup.    
   The nonprofit association makes these repeaters available for community    
   and emergency events and maintains a system of repeaters at various    
   sites in central and eastern Massachusetts.   
      
   If you're interested in volunteering with the move, any hours you can    
   work between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. that day - or even for a half-day - will    
   be helpful, club members said.   
      
   The association is also planning to host a work party in June at its    
   Marlborough East site, where volunteers are needed to help with    
   weed-removal and other maintenance to improve access to the shelter.    
   Interior cleanup of the shelter is also being scheduled, as well as some    
   outside maintenance of the shelter building.   
      
   Please email Bob K1IW at k1iw@mmra.org, if you are interested and    
   available for either of these volunteer opportunities. The date in June    
   for the Marlborough East site has not been determined yet.   
      
   (MINUTEMAN REPEATER ASSOCIATION)   
      
   **   
      
   HAM RADIO HELPING in WEST BENGAL ELECTION   
      
   How do you connect an otherwise disconnected archipelago in the Indian    
   state of West Bengal? Ham radio. During the Assembly elections there    
   this month, radio amateurs are playing a decidedly nonpartisan roll in    
   helping with the poll results. A number of very remote districts, made    
   up of an archipelago, lack mobile connectivity and are relying for the    
   first time this year on local hams, according to Ambarish Nag Biswas,    
   VU2JFA, Secretary of the  West Bengal Radio Club, who spoke with The    
   Hindu newspaper.   
      
   At last report, the voter turnout throughout the state was encouraging.    
   As of Wednesday, April 20, the Hindustan Times reported that nearly 80    
   percent of the electorate throughout the state had shown up at polling    
   places to cast their ballots.   
      
   (THE HINDU, THE HINDUSTAN TIMES)   
      
   **   
      
   WORLD OF DX   
      
   Listen for Mike, DF8AN, working as 9M0S from the Spratly Islands through    
   April 29. He is working from Layang-Layang Island on 160m to 6m mainly    
   using CW. QSL to the home call.   
      
   Elvira, IV3FSG, is operating from the Democratic Republic of the Congo    
   as 9Q0HQ/1 until April 30. She will then use the callsign 9Q0HQ from May    
   1 through May 30. Her QSL manager is IK3GES.   
      
   Be listening for a group of Italian amateurs using the callsign, TK9C,    
   from Corsica Island until April 25. They will be on CW, SSB and Digital.    
   Their QSL manager is IK2AHB.   
      
   Doug, VK4ADX, is operating holiday style from Norfolk Island from April    
   23 through May 2,  using the callsign VK9NU. Listen for him on SSB only.    
   Logs will be uploaded to Logbook of The World.   
      
   (IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)   
      
   **   
      
   KICKER: A SINGULAR SOLAR ACHIEVEMENT   
      
   STEPHEN: And finally, a tale of hope for hassled, harried hams. You    
   can't outsmart the sun, and you certainly can't outshine it, but some    
   radio amateurs in India recently had their moment in the sun during the    
   National Field Day held by the Amateur Radio Society of India on    
   Saturday, April 16 and Sunday, April 17.   
      
   Camped out on a hilltop in the Turahalli forests, the group from    
   Bengaluru was looking to go the distance, wherever that distance might    
   take them. It didn't look like that was going to be very far, however.    
   Conditions were not the greatest. They were marred by strong solar    
   flares, making HF contacts extra challenging - or nonexistent. To add to    
   that, the operators found the midday sun to be brutally hot and blistering.   
      
   And then - contact! Operator Madhu Prasad, operating station VU3NPI,    
   connected on 21 MHz with Hong Kong station VR2XMT. It was enough. More    
   than enough. Signal reports and call signs were exchanged. And the    
   moment became one of the brightest spots during the 24-hour period.    
   Prasad told the Bangalore Mirror QUOTE "Within a minute of the rig going    
   live, we could establish contact." ENDQUOTE.   
      
   Among his colleagues in the Bangalore Amateur Radio Club, Antarctica is    
   the farthest anyone has contacted on their rigs. But Hong Kong, under    
   tough conditions, still proved to be a shining moment. And VU3NPI    
   enjoyed his Field Day moment in the sun after all.   
      
   (THE BANGALORE MIRROR, AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY OF INDIA)   
      
   **   
      
   NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the Amateur Radio Society of    
   India; the ARRL; the Bangalore Mirror; CQ Magazine; DX.NET; Hap Holly    
   and the Rain Report; the Hindu; the Hindustan Times; Irish Radio    
   Transmitter Society; K2BSA Amateur Radio Association; the Minuteman    
   Repeater Association; the Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; Southgate Amateur Radio    
   News; 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.   
      
   We also remind our listeners that there's still time to nominate    
   candidates for the 2016 Bill Pasternak Young Ham of the Year Award. This    
   honor recognizes licensed amateurs who are no older than 19 and living    
   in the U.S., Puerto Rico or Canada, and who have made significant    
   contributions to ham radio and their community. To download an    
   application form, visit our website, www.arnewsline.org, and click on    
   the tab for "Y-H-O-T-Y." Completed applications 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.   
      
   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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