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   Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2017, June 24, 2016   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2017 with a release date of Friday,    
   June 24, 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a QST. New Mexico ARES teams respond to deadly    
   wildfires. There's upheaval inside the ARRL's National Traffic System.    
   Some DXing friends prepare to take a big step. And it looks like the    
   North Korea activation is about to happen! All this and more in Amateur    
   Radio Newsline Report Number 2017 coming your way right now.   
      
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   BILLBOARD CART HERE   
      
      
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   HAMS FACE NEW MEXICO WILDFIRE CHALLENGES   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: We begin this week's report with the deadly New Mexico    
   wildfires which spurred evacuations and prompted activation of local    
   Amateur Radio Emergency Service volunteers. The fires also put a number    
   of Field Day operating sites at risk. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bobby    
   Best, WX4ALA, has that story.   
      
   BOBBY: The Dog Head fire that began its deadly sweep on Tuesday, June    
   14, through more than 16,000 acres northwest of Tajigue, New Mexico, was    
   still only marginally contained by the start of the week beginning    
   Monday, June 20. As evacuation centers for both people and their pets    
   were established in Bernalillo and Torrance counties, nearly 1,000 New    
   Mexico responders stepped in - and New Mexico ARES members were among    
   them. ARES teams were activated in Valencia and Torrance counties, with    
   Sandoval County ARES placed on standby.   
      
   The main emergency channels being used for Dog Head Fire responders have    
   been the Capilla Peak 146.96 repeater and the Tapia Mesa 147.06    
   repeater. New Mexico Section Emergency Coordinator Bill Mader, K8TE told    
   the ARRL that the repeater coverage was likely sufficient for    
   communications needs in this emergency.   
      
   Meanwhile, the fire continued its deadly progression as blasting record    
   heat pressed down upon states in the desert southwest region. Fire    
   officials said efforts to contain the wildfires were being complicated    
   by the excessive temperatures.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bobby Best, WX4ALA.   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: At press time, at least one Field Day site, to be operated    
   by the Albuquerque DX Association W5UR group, had to be relocated, as    
   others assessed their own situations. Officials said the cause of the    
   fire was still under investigation as of Wednesday, June 22.   
      
      
   (KOB-TV, ARRL, NBC NEWS, ACCUWEATHER)   
      
   **   
      
   HONORS AND UPHEAVAL IN THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Major upheaval has shaken the ARRL's National Traffic    
   System, just a day after a key ARRL committee praised the NTS for its    
   valued public service contribution. The league's executive committee has    
   removed the system's Eastern Area Chair, Joe Ames, W3JY, who has also    
   been relieved of his position as Eastern Pennsylvania Section Manager.    
   His ousting became effective immediately.   
      
   According to the ARRL website, the executive committee determined that    
   Ames acted on behalf of the NTS and ARRL without authority to do so, and    
   had made commitments to FEMA, violating ARRL Field Organization rules    
   and regulations which state that NTS communication with FEMA should    
   happen only through authorized ARRL representatives.   
      
   Ames' removal was announced barely 24 hours after the league's Programs    
   and Services Committee asked the ARRL board to recognize the NTS for its    
   public service role, calling its members QUOTE "the lifeblood of this    
   important ARRL program." ENDQUOTE   
      
   (ARRL)   
      
      
   **   
      
   FRIENDS GO THE DISTANCE IN SEYCHELLES   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: What's better than starting out as a DXpeditioner? Doing it    
   with friends! Newsline's Paul Braun, WD9GCO, tells us about one group    
   that's going the distance.   
      
   PAUL'S REPORT: They're just a group of friends who like two main things:    
   adventure and ham radio. And from July 1st through the 10th, they're    
   going to combine both of them as they venture to the Seychelles to mount    
   an expedition. I spoke with Martin Wennergren, A65DC, about their plan.   
      
   MARTIN: I haven't been there before. I guess the reason why we are    
   chosing the Seychelles is that -- as it says on the web we are a small    
   group of hams from the United Arab Emirates and we want to do cooler and    
   greater and bigger DXpeditions in the future. But we need to start    
   somewhere. We are all kids in the beginning. So I guess the choice, we    
   were  playing around with Bhutan and Vietnam and some other places that    
   might actually be slightly higher up on the list of wanted countries but    
   the Seychelles came naturally. It's easy to get to from Dubai.   
      
   PAUL: Wennergren spoke briefly about their radio setup.   
      
   MARTIN: We have two stations running and one backup station with us that    
   we hope we are not going to use. But two TS-590s are going to be    
   operating all the time we hope.   
      
   PAUL: He said that the best way to keep up with them and to see if you    
   got in the log is to watch their website, A6DX.com   
      
   MARTIN: Yeah absolutely. We will try to have the current operating    
   frequencies, we will try to communicate what we are looking for. We will    
   have kind of short windows into North America so we are going to    
   communicate on our website where our antennas are headed at the moment    
   and what we are looking for, for shorter periods of time.   
      
   PAUL: So listen in and add a new island to your collection -- and keep    
   an eye on this group of hams. They've got big plans for the future! For    
   Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.   
      
      
   ***   
      
   SCOUTS ARE OUT AND ABOUT   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Once again, the young hams operating as K2BSA are on the    
   move. Newsline's Bill Stearns, NE4RD, brings us this Radio Scouting update.   
      
   BILL: This week in Radio Scouting, we have 5 activations of the K2BSA    
   callsign in MI, MO, NM, OH, and VA, as well as a father and his son    
   activating their camp QRP.   
      
   Our portable zero station is still active at Camp Geiger in St. Joseph    
   MO and will continue to be through July 22nd. Our portable five station    
   at the Philmont Scout Ranch continues as well in NM through September 1st.   
      
   Fred Stieg, KT6K, will be the control operator for the portable 6    
   station at the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network's Field Day    
   setup in Yucaipa, CA. Fred will be operating the GOTA station with    
   scouts from the Arrowhead and Greyback districts.   
      
   Edward Evans, WV8ED, will be the control operator for the portable 4    
   station at Camp Powhatan in Haiwasee, VA from June 27th through June    
   30th.  Ed will be running a solar powered HF station on 10 through 40    
   meters as conditions allow.   
      
   Richard Zarczynski, AC8FJ, will be the control operator for the portable    
   8 station at Camp D-Bar-A Scout Ranch in Metamora, MI from June 26th    
   through July 2nd. Richard will be offering a first time radio merit    
   badge course at this very successful Trail to Eagle program.   
      
   Jeremy Adler, KG6YFT, will be attending summer camp with his son, Jacob    
   Adler KK6MYW, at Camp Chawanakee in Shaver Lake, CA from June 26th    
   through July 2nd. Jeremy and Jacob will be getting scouts on the air in    
   the afternoons with their portable QRP station.   
      
   Please help support this activity, and others involving youth in amateur    
   radio, by working and spotting them on the air and online.  For more    
   information on K2BSA and radio scouting, please visit http://www.k2bsa.net/.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this    
   is Bill Stearns NE4RD.   
      
   **   
      
   RACING FOR A BENEFIT NEAR BOSTON   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: On Independence weekend, the New England Patriots won't have    
   an MVP at Gillette Stadium....but a group of hams might. Here's Amateur    
   Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.   
      
   NEIL: Seats at a stadium's 50-yard line are often coveted spots because    
   they offer the best view of the action. But there's another reason for    
   all eyes to be on the 50 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough,    
   Massachusetts this coming Independence Day weekend. The kickoff on July    
   3 will be a benefit run for One Mission, the pediatric cancer foundation    
   based in Framingham, Massachusetts. Both a 5K and a 10K event will step    
   off that evening, with the 50-yard line as the finish line.   
      
   Hams are needed to get in the running -- not to race but to bring their    
   HTs and monitor runners' safety as the athletes tackle both the football    
   field and the various ramps throughout the stadium itself. If you've got    
   a dual-band HT and a few hours to spare the evening of July 3, consider    
   helping out between 4:30 and 8:30 p.m. To sign up, contact Brett Smith    
   of the Boston Amateur Radio Club at pubserv@brettcsmith.org or phone him    
   on 859-466-5915.   
      
   Once the event is over, there'll be a fireworks display at 9 p.m., just    
   right for celebrating our nation's freedom -- and perhaps one day too,    
   freedom from childhood cancers.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.   
      
   (FINISH AT THE FIFTY.COM, DAVID WOLFE KG1H)   
      
   **   
   BREAK HERE:   
      
   Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio    
   Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the    
   Triangle Repeater Association's WB5ITT repeater in Beaumont/Port    
   Arthur/Orange, Texas on Monday nights at 7:30 central time.   
      
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   THE MOST WANTED DX MOVES FORWARD   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: If you're still hoping to work that prized DX in North    
   Korea, you may get your chance at last. Newsline's Jason Daniels,    
   VK2LAW, has more.   
      
   JASON: The latest news reports are saying that the North Korean    
   government has given approval for Dom, 3Z9DX, to return for his    
   long-anticipated operation from the world's most-wanted DX spot. The    
   Polish DXer has apparently been authorized to operate from P5 for as    
   many as five days. Though there are not many details yet, he will    
   apparently be working single sideband only, possibly 20, 15 or 10 meters.   
      
   Dom had surprised the amateur world last December with an unannounced    
   activation from North Korea on the 20th and 21st of December, working    
   mostly on 15 meters. He made 780 contacts during that operation, which    
   was a demonstration for the North Korean officials. He had hoped to    
   return in midwinter for a more formal, planned activation but that did    
   not happen.   
      
   And now, apparently, that is about to change. More details as we learn them.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.   
      
   (SOUTHGATE)   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Please note too: Dom's activation will be permitted on one    
   band only, and at short notice.   
      
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   KOSOVO HAMS ARE UP TO THE CHALLENGE   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: For a long time, hams in Kosovo had their eyes on membership    
   in the International Amateur Radio Union. Now they've got their eyes on    
   the prize. Newsline's John Williams, VK4JJW, tells us what's next.   
      
   JOHN'S REPORT: Admitted just this past December into the International    
   Amateur Radio Union, the Amateur Radio Society of Kosovo is busy    
   preparing for its first IARU HF Championship event. Station Z60A will be    
   jumping into the mix from its home station in the capital city of    
   Pristina between 6 July and 11 July.   
      
   Callsign Z60A represents a new HQ multiplier in the international event.   
      
   In going for the big score, the Kosovo operators will have plenty of    
   help from a team of visiting hams, including Kim Ostman, OH6KZP, who    
   will be in town to lecture at the local university on RF    
   microelectronics circuit development.  The competitors plan to make use    
   of equipment donated by Force-12 and the Chiltern UK DX Foundation: a    
   Force-12 XR6 beam antenna with a Yaesu G1000DXC rotator mounted high    
   atop the university building. The Kosovo radio society, or SHRAK, is    
   based on the campus of the Technical University of Pristina where most    
   of the SHRAK members are also located.   
      
   For these championship newcomers, however, this exercise promises to be    
   anything but academic.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.   
      
   (IARU REGION 1)	   
      
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   THE WORLD OF DX   
      
   In other DX operations, be listening for Vladimir/RV1CC and Mike/UA1QV    
   who are active as RV1CC/P and UA1QV/P, respectively from Kashin Island    
   until June 27th, They will be on 40 meters through 15 meters, also    
   making use of the Russian St. Petersburg University club callsign --    
   RC1M/p. QSL via their home call signs.   
      
   You have until June 29 to catch Dave/W9DR and Tom/W9AEB as FJ/W9DR and    
   FJ/W9AEB operating from Saint Barthelemy Island. Be listening for Dave    
   as FJ/W9DR on 6 meters only, doing CW/SSB with a 6m Beacon. Tom is    
   working as FJ/W9AEB on 40 through 10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via their home    
   callsigns.   
      
   Martin, DL5RMH, is working holiday style through June 25th as LA/DL5RMH    
   from Lofoten Island. Listen for him on various HF bands using CW and    
   SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW.   
      
      
   (OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN)   
      
   **   
      
   KICKER:  MEN'S SHEDS HAVE THEIR WATERSHED MOMENT   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: And finally, this week's newscast closes with a story about    
   men's sheds in the UK. They're not exactly garden sheds, but they are    
   definitely places for cultivating something important. Here's Amateur    
   Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.   
      
   JEREMY'S REPORT: Most everyone has heard of a ham shack. But how about a    
   ham SHED?   
      
   While not unheard-of, it's not exactly commonplace either -- at least    
   not yet. One ham in Scotland, David Searle, GM8WNY, is hoping to change    
   all that. The shed movement itself, which has evolved over the years in    
   Australia, New Zealand and the UK, typically concerns itself with groups    
   who gather to share information about woodworking, metalworking,    
   gardening and engineering. David, whose New Zealand call sign had been    
   ZL3DWS, and in Australia, VK2DWS, was a part of the movement, even    
   starting a shed of his own in New Zealand, with a diverse group ranging    
   in age of 5 to 83. When he and his wife relocated a few years ago to her    
   native Scotland, David decided to keep the movement going. He's now    
   trying to assemble a project called Electronics in Men's Sheds.   
      
   He wants to see amateur radio and electronics get more of a foothold    
   under the roof of sheds such as those in the UK. These nonprofit sheds    
   resemble gardening sheds but are somewhat larger. What David hopes will    
   grow and flourish inside them is the kind of innovation and enthusiasm    
   that has kept amateur radio buoyant. David not only wants to find    
   like-minded hams - or electronics enthusiasts - but individuals who have    
   some of the electronic components or hand tools to help everyone get    
   their projects started. He asks that interested amateurs contact him by    
   email at mensshedelectronics@gmail.com   
      
   Typically these sheds are the domain of older men, but in some locales    
   they are actually not limited by age or gender. Taking what he calls    
   "small steps" for now, David is counting on enthusiastic amateurs to    
   provide the spark for this small project to grow among older men.   
      
   David told Amateur Radio Newsline, in an email, he considers it QUOTE "a    
   sort of skills transfer. It might even create new hams and more voices    
   on the bands one day. I do hope so!" ENDQUOTE   
      
   The goal is, after all, to build not just a knowledge base but a community.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, in Nottingham, the UK.   
      
   (SOUTHGATE, UK MEN'S SHEDS ASSOCIATION, DAVID SEARLE, GM8WNY)   
      
   **   
      
   NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Accuweather; Alan Labs; the ARRL; CQ    
   Magazine; David Wolfe, KG1H; David Searle, GM8WNY; Facebook; Finish at    
   the Fifty.com; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; the IARU; KOB-TV, NBC-TV;    
   Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO    
   Radio Show; Wireless Institute of Australia; UK Men's Sheds Association,    
   WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio    
   Newsline. Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org.    
   More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official    
   website located at www.arnewsline.org.   
      
   And a final reminder: June 30th is a few days away. That's it: our    
   deadline to nominate candidates for the Bill Pasternak Young Ham of the    
   Year Award is here. Please visit our website at arnewsline.org and click    
   on the tab that says "Y-H-O-T-Y" for information and an application.    
   Remember to mail your applications to the New York address printed on    
   the application. And may the best Young Ham win.   
      
   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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