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   Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2028, Sept. 9, 2016   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2028 with a release date of Friday,   
   Sept. 9, 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a QST. Licensing changes in Europe permit more hams to work   
   across borders. In Australia, a special Field Day marks a 60-year milestone.   
   Scouts prepare for Jamboree On The Air -- and we offer a special tribute to a   
   Silent Key who nurtured a generation of young amateurs. All this and more in   
   Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2028 coming your way right now.   
      
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   ELLIE VAN WINKLE, SILENT KEY   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: We open this week's newscast with a special tribute to Ellie Van   
   Winkle, N Zero QCX, of Colorado. On September 1st, she became a Silent Key at   
   the age of 83, but not before giving her all and her heart to the next   
   generation of hams. Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun, WD9GCO, takes a look   
   at her life doing what she loved most.   
      
   PAUL: It has been said that your best hope as a person is to make a   
   difference in someone's life, and to leave behind a good legacy.   
      
   Ellie Van Winkle, N Zero QCX, took that mantra to an exceptional level. A   
   retired kindergarten teacher and longtime member of the Boulder Amateur Radio   
   Club in Colorado, Ellie and her husband, Howard "Rip" Van Winkle, NV Zero M,   
   decided to start an offshoot called BARC Junior for kids from nine to   
   eighteen. They invited them into their home, and for over 24 years, taught   
   more than 250 children about technology, electronics, and ham radio and best   
   of all, got them licensed.   
      
   Ellie passed away on September first, and did in fact leave behind a stellar   
   legacy. Under her and Rip's guidance, BARC Junior grew into one of the   
   largest radio-oriented youth organizations in the country, if not the world.   
   She felt it was important that a representative from the club was able to   
   speak every year at the Dayton Hamvention Youth forum and she and Rip always   
   made it happen.   
      
   I spoke with three people who had been directly involved with Ellie and Rip   
   and BARC Junior about the impact she'd had on their lives.  Matt Sturtz, KB   
   Zero K Zed R, was one of the kids who came up through the program:   
      
   MATT: Ellie sort of created BARC Junior and certainly embodied BARC Junior   
   and everything BARC Junior stood for. And that was that it was OK to be a   
   geeky kid at age 14 or less. Now of course we have the Maker phenomenon and   
   kids are sort of encouraged to do those things but when I was a little kid it   
   wasn't all that exciting to be the one who was all into radios and technology   
   and communicating around the world. BARC Junior sort of made that OK, at   
   least for me.   
      
   PAUL: Dave Casler, KE zero OG, was one of the original elmers involved in   
   training the kids.   
      
   DAVE: Without Ellie's constant hard work it wouldn't have lasted. Very few   
   other people have been able to put together youth groups like this interested   
   in amateur radio. The kids went to Ellie's house. Rip, her husband, was   
   always more the silent type who would show the kids some technical things but   
   Ellie was very very much a people person.   
      
   PAUL: He said she loved the kids, and they all loved her, including his own   
   daughter:   
      
   DAVE: Every Saturday her house would be flooded with about 30 kids of all   
   ages, from about 9 or 10 all the way up to 18. My daughter was part of this.   
   She got her license 2 weeks shy of her 10th birthday.   
      
   PAUL: Dave's proud of what the the BARC Junior graduates have gone on to   
   become:   
      
   DAVE: I coordinated a reunion of some of these kids at the BARC Junior Field   
   Day and interviewed them and wrote an article. One of the kids was and still   
   is one of the key employees of an Internet company and one of them still   
   works at a game company as a professional game maker. Another was an   
   aerospace engineer. All these kids went into technical fields and they all   
   credited their BARC Junior experience for that.   
      
   PAUL: Jack Ciaccia, WM zero G, is Colorado Section Manager for the ARRL and   
   has been president and is currently a member of the parent club, BARC. He   
   remembered Ellie's drive and energy:   
      
   JACK: Ellie was an absolute dynamo behind BARC Junior, it was a 24/7 entity   
   for her. That was her job as far as she was concerned.   
      
   PAUL: According to Ciaccia, BARC Junior's future is in good hands and Ellie's   
   legacy lives on:   
      
   JACK: Yes it will, it obviously will take a change because nobody will be   
   able to replace her in that regard. But Mike Wilson is running it now and    
   they still meet and they still do most of their activities. But she was   
   involved right up to the end.   
      
   PAUL: Ellie is survived by her husband, Rip, and her sister Maude.   
      
   From all of us here at Amateur Radio Newsline, we say Thank You, Ellie. Your   
   efforts, and others inspired by you, are helping to insure that the hobby we   
   all love has a bright future indeed.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.   
      
   **   
   NAVAJO CODE TALKER DIES   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: The world suffered another big loss this week. Joe Hosteen   
   Kellwood, a World War Two Navajo Code Talker who received the Congressional   
   Silver Medal for his service with the Marine Corps, has died at the age of 95.   
      
   His death was announced in Phoenix, Arizona by Navajo Nation officials.   
   Responding to the news, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey remarked that more than 400   
   of the bilingual code talkers used the Navajo language to keep communications   
   secure from the Japanese following the Pearl Harbor attacks.   
      
   Kellwood, who served the 1st Marine Division, had trained at Navajo Code   
   Talker's School at Camp Elliott in San Diego, California.   
      
      
   (ASSOCIATED PRESS, ABC NEWS)   
      
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   LICENSE TO TALK AROUND THE WORLD, ALMOST   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: If you are a ham who travels from your home country to nations   
   within Europe, expect some licensing changes that will simplify your life on   
   the air. Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams VK4JJW explains.   
      
   JOHN'S REPORT: Planning to work the bands while visiting a European country?   
   There's even more of a chance you can do that now, and more easily. An   
   increasing number of amateur radio operators who are licensed outside Europe   
   should now be able to operate there on a temporary basis under measures   
   adopted by the Working Group Frequency Management of the European Conference   
   of Postal and Telecommunications Administration, or CEPT, on recommendation   
   from the International Amateur Radio Union, Region 1.Amateurs from countries   
   within CEPT are already able to operate across the borders of the 42 CEPT   
   member countries on a short-term basis, a privilege shared by visiting   
   amateurs from certain non-CEPT nations, including the United States,   
   Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Peru.   
      
   The new recommendations that have been adopted will open the door for more   
   nations to join them. Officials approved the recommendation by Region 1 that   
   there be adoption of a "Statement of Conformity" regarding licenses. This   
   allows nations wishing to be part of the CEPT licensing framework to identify   
   which class of its amateur license is equivalent to the CEPT license and   
   vice-versa. This replaces the current procedure which involves having CEPT's   
   European Communications Office examine the other nation's license   
   requirements, determining the equivalence themselves. The conformity   
   procedure is also being considered for the CEPT Novice license.   
      
   Changes were also adopted for the CEPT license exam itself, known as the   
   Harmonized Amateur Radio Examination Certificate. The syllabus now touches on   
   specific operating practices and responsible conduct.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW   
      
   (IARU, REGION 1)   
      
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   IN CANADA, MORE THAN JUST A DRILL   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Simulated disasters pave the way for smooth operations when the   
   real thing happens. Canadaian amateurs are preparing now for a big weekend   
   drill next month. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD.   
      
   HEATHER'S REPORT: Canadian amateurs, get ready: The Simulated Emergency Test   
   will take place on Saturday, October 8, so prepare for the unexpected. The   
   nationwide drill will enable hams to challenge their communications equipment   
   and their own personal skills with a simulated natural or man-made disaster.   
   A number of agencies are working to develop simulated emergency scenarios   
   that will play out in cooperation with the Amateur Radio Emergency Service,   
   the National Traffic System and members of the RAC's Field Organization.   
      
   The RAC has said that in Ontario, the exercise will also be held on   
   Wednesday, Oct. 5, for amateurs whose Emergency Operations Centers are   
   located in government offices, which are closed on weekends.   
      
   The RAC urges hams to contact their Section Managers to learn how to   
   participate in the exercise at either the local or Section-level.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD.   
      
   (RADIO AMATEURS OF CANADA)   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK HERE:   
      
   Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,   
   heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the KB3LSM repeater in   
   Evans City, Pennsylvania, just north of Pittsburgh.   
      
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   AUSTRALIAN FIELD DAY'S A 60-YEAR CELEBRATION   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Sixty years is a long time, and a milestone worth celebrating,   
   especially if you're an amateur radio club preparing for a big annual   
   gathering. That's what's happening in New South Wales, Australia, as we hear   
   from Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp, VK4BB.   
      
      
   GRAHAM'S REPORT: As stations in the Northern Hemisphere prepare for a rainy   
   Autumn and cold Winter, those OMs down in VK & ZL are looking forward to   
   Spring and Summer. In summer, the largest meeting of Radio Hams in the   
   Southern Hemisphere will take place on February 26th, 2017 at the Wyong   
   racecourse on the Central Coast of New South Wales in Australia. The Central   
   Coast Amateur Radio Club will be hosting its Field Day -- known to hams in   
   the Northern Hemisphere as a Hamfest or Radio Rally. The CCARC, based just   
   north of Sydney, has held those gatherings for 60 years as a way to raise   
   money for the club.   
      
   The club will mark its 60 years with a special call sign to be used later in   
   2017, but during the Field Day, using VK2-W-F-D, for Wyong Field Day, seems   
   special enough.   
      
   So to all those hams wanting to escape the cold months now arriving in the   
   Northern Hemisphere: Isn't February 2017 the best time to get away from that   
   horrible winter weather and head "down under" to enjoy the Australian Summer?   
   The Field Day and the club itself are a short hour's drive out of Sydney and   
   for those interested in SOTA, there's even a local drive-up summit with free   
   electric barbecue facilities on top of it at Mount Elliot - what could be   
   more Australian?   
      
   Full details on the club and the Wyong Field Day can be found via the club's   
   website at www.ccarc.org.au.   
   Plan early! Get in quick and book those cheap seats on the inter-continental   
   flights and enjoy a well-earned break down in the land of Koalas and   
   Kangaroos!   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.   
      
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   TROPHY HONORS AMATEURS WHO GO THE DISTANCE   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: In the UK, the search is on for a deserving DXer who'll be the   
   next recipient of a special trophy. Here's more from Amateur Radio Newsline's   
   Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.   
      
   JEREMY'S REPORT: Whether they are rookies or oldtimers, amateurs who have   
   been awarded the G5RP Trophy from the Radio Society of Great Britain are in a   
   unique club of DXers: They have shown swift progress in their DX contacts   
   during the previous year. There's still time to nominate recipients for this   
   annual award, which will be given at the RSGB Convention on the 7th of   
   October through the 9th of October in Milton Keynes. Last year's winner was   
   Jamie 2E0SDV, a 15-year-old from the Wythall Radio Club.   
      
   The trophy bears the call sign of Ted Wake G5RP, a Silent Key and an   
   enthusiastic HF DXer who had been chairman of the Vale of White Horse Amateur   
   Radio Society in South Oxfordshire. The trophy was donated in his memory by   
   the members of the radio club.   
      
   Send nominations to Ian Greenshields G4FSU via email to hf.manager@rsgb.org.uk   
      
   Deadline for him to receive nominations is Friday the 16th of September.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH   
      
   (RADIO SOCITY GREAT BRITAIN, QRZ)   
      
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   BIG WEEKEND AHEAD FOR RADIO SCOUTING   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: While Scouts prepare for next month's Jamboree On The Air,   
   they're keeping the call sign K2BSA active. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill   
   Stearns NE4RD tells us what these young amateurs are up to.   
      
   BILL'S REPORT: This week in Radio Scouting we have 2 activations of the K2BSA   
   callsign and other updates.   
      
   Stephen Hughey, AK4R, will be the control operator of the portable 4 station   
   at the Wa Hi Nasa Order of the Arrow Lodge Fall Fellowship in Lebanon,   
   Tennessee from Friday September 16th through the Sunday September 18th.  This   
   annual activity boasts several events along with huge bonfire on Saturday   
   evening.  Expect to hear them on the mainly on Saturday during peak activity   
   at the event.   
      
   Tom Schuessler, N5HYP, will be the control operator of the portable 5 station   
   at the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas on Saturday September 17th.    
   They'll be active from 10 am to 2 pm local time on HF.  This is in   
   preparation for their big Jamboree on the Air effort.   
      
   Speaking of Jamboree on the Air, it will be on the weekend of October 14th   
   through the 16th.  We ask that you take the time to register your event at   
   the K2BSA website and submit your operating schedule. If you're still looking   
   to participate, it's not too late to contact your local district or council   
   and help make amateur radio an experience for the youth in your area.   
      
   For more information on K2BSA, JOTA resources, and radio scouting, please   
   visit http://www.k2bsa.net/.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this is   
   Bill Stearns NE4RD.   
      
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   GET IN THE RUNNING FOR ASHLAND HALF-MARATHON   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: The Boston area, home of the Boston Marathon, is hosting another   
   race in just a few weeks and volunteers are needed. We hear more from Amateur   
   Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.   
      
   NEIL'S REPORT: Although the race in Ashland, Massachusetts, is actually a   
   half-marathon, hams are needed to lend support by making a marathon effort.   
   The 5th annual Ashland Half Marathon 5K Race and One-Mile Walk steps off on   
   Saturday, Oct. 29, and radio support is essential to assist with runner   
   safety.   
      
   The race begins and ends at Marathon Park, which had been the original   
   starting line for the Boston Marathon between 1897-1923. This race, however,   
   will be a 13.1-mile figure eight and if runners - and the hams helping them   
   out - get lucky, there should be spectacular fall foliage.   
      
   If you are interested in being a part of the half-marathon support team,   
   contact Mark Richards by email at kmalittl1@gmail.com   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.   
      
   (MINUTEMAN REPEATER ASSOCIATION)   
      
      
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   THE WORLD OF DX:   
      
   In the world of DX, be listening for Marcel, PD5MVH, working as PD5MVH/p from   
   Ameland Island until September 17th. Find him on 40, 20 and 10 meters, using   
   CW, SSB and JT65. Send QSL cards to his home call sign, direct or via the   
   Bureau.   
      
   Uli DL2AH is active from Pitcairn Island using the callsign VP6AH until   
   November 25th. He is operating holiday style on SSB and Digital. Send QSL   
   cards to his home call.   
      
   Ken KH6QJ is operating from East Kiribati using the call sign T32AZ until   
   Sept. 15. Listen for him on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m using SSB. Send QSL cards   
   to his home call.   
      
   A very committed J28PJ will be active from Djibouti for the next three years   
   if not longer. The operator is Jean-Philippe F1TMY. Send QSL cards to his   
   home call.   
      
   (IRTS, DX NEWS)   
      
   **   
   KICKER: DANCING WITH THE STARS?   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: And finally, our last report, which comes to us courtesy of   
   another solar system. Well, maybe. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Jason   
   Daniels, VK2LAW   
      
   JASON'S REPORT: When the RATAN-600 telescope in Russia spotted a signal on   
   the 11 GHz band for about four seconds in May of 2015, Russian astronomers   
   found themselves believing it might just originate from a sun-like star,   
   HD164595. Could the powerful signal have indeed come from an alien life form   
   in that solar system, considered billions of years older than our Sun?   
      
   Possibly - but it took the Russians about a year to share news of that radio   
   signal with others, including the SETI Institute, where astronomers share   
   that passionate search for extraterrestrial intelligence.   
      
   Seth Shostak, a senior astronomer with the Institute, would like to believe   
   that possibility of an alien transmitter reaching out, of course, but he's   
   just not sure.   
      
   As with most radio contacts, the mystery may not be solved perhaps until the   
   QSL card arrives. With the solar system 94 light years away, however, that   
   could take some time.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW   
      
   (THE SETI INSTITUTE)   
      
      
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   NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to ABC News; Alan Labs; the ARRL; Amateur Radio   
   Europe; The Associated Press; CQ Magazine; DX News; Ed Durrant DD5LP; Hap   
   Holly and the Rain Report; the IARU; Irish Radio Transmitter Society; K2BSA;   
   Minuteman Repeater Association; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ; Radio Amateurs of   
   Canada; Radio Society of Great Britain; the SETI Institute; Southgate Amateur   
   Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Wireless Institute of Australia;   
   WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio   
   Newsline. Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org, or   
   send mail to our Editorial Offices at P.O. Box 451, Huntington Station, New   
   York 11746. 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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