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   Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2046, January 13, 2017   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2046 with a release date of Friday,   
   January 13, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a QST. The Radio Club of America has embraced the role of   
   YLs in wireless. A special event station marks the presidential inauguration.   
   Scouts are already preparing for Jamboree On The Air -- and our top story, a   
   vital repeater in suburban New York faces eviction. All this and more as   
   Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2046 comes your way right now.   
   	   
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   BILLBOARD CART   
      
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   LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK REPEATER IMPERILED   
      
      
   DON/ANCHOR: We begin this week's report with breaking news: a critical   
   repeater site that's served its suburban New York community for three   
   decades, and put to use in a number of disasters, is now being asked to leave   
   its location. Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun WD9GCO, has our top story:   
      
   PAUL: A 30-year-old repeater site that is key to public safety in Long   
   Island, New York is facing possible eviction from new building owners. I   
   spoke with club president Pres Waterman, W2PW, about their plight:   
      
   WATERMAN: Basically the repeater's been on top of a 10-story building for   
   almost 30 years. The arrangements under which it was up there have been sort   
   of lost to history - I mean, there have been so many management changes and   
   regime changes and what not that it kind of slipped into an undocumented   
   status but it's been there for a heck of a long time. It covers really,   
   really well in central Long Island.   
      
   I've got IRLP and D-STAR happening at the site and it's been used for a   
   number of public-service situations such as TWA 800 going down in the   
   Nineties, September 11th, Hurricane Irene, Hurricane Sandy -- in fact, I   
   wasn't even home during Hurricane Sandy because I was at the Red Cross   
   shelter doing communications duty and then I found out I came back to find my   
   house had been wrecked in Sandy so it's a real thing that affects us here in   
   Long Island, New York.   
      
   Basically, several months ago an entity from out of town, named Delaware   
   North, acquired the building with the intentions of opening up a casino, and   
   those plans are taking shape. I was told about a month-and-a-half ago that   
   the equipment had to go -- they didn't even know about it, which is not   
   surprising -- but had to go because the state gaming board would not allow it   
   unless it was used for the "building operations or the government." So, I   
   went directly to the gaming board and they said, "We don't have a problem   
   with that."   
      
   So then I went back and I was still told no, even so they still want it off   
   the building, so it just seems like a whack-a-mole game of reasons and   
   excuses and what-not.   
      
   But I did some research on the company and they do have a global footprint of   
   their operations and they do talk about stewardship and giving back to the   
   community, and I'm reasoning that this is an excellent way for the management   
   to give back to the community by allowing the repeater site to simply stay at   
   no investment to them whatsoever!   
      
   PAUL: They are running short on time to get the corporation to reverse their   
   decision and let the repeaters stay right where they are. Waterman said he'll   
   be contacting as many in the corporate headquarters as he can, as well as   
   enlisting the help of area first-responders and emergency organizations to   
   help drive home the importance of the repeaters. Waterman stated that there   
   is no equivalent site for relocation.   
      
   If you'd like to sign the petition, please go to www.change.org and search   
   for "Keep the Amateur Radio Repeaters Operational."   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO   
      
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   MEMORIAL PLAQUE NAMED FOR POPULAR UK CONTESTER   
      
   DON/ANCHOR: A ham who won many contesting honors during his lifetime is now   
   being paid a special tribute by organizers of one of his favorite contests --   
   as a Silent Key. We learn more from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot   
   G4NJH.   
      
   JEREMY: By the time Steve Cole GW4BLE became a Silent Key on Dec. 2, 2016,   
   the Welsh amateur had a lifetime of achievements in contesting. He ranked   
   high on the ARRL's DXCC Honor Roll and had high standings in different events   
   run by the Radio Society of Great Britain. His favorite contest of all,   
   however, was the CQ World Wide SSB contest where he scored many wins over the   
   course of 40 years.   
      
   CQWW has now added a plaque in his memory to be given to the highest-scoring   
   European amateur station each year in the EU SSB Classic section. It will be   
   managed by the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation and will be available   
   starting this year. Dave G8FXM told Ohio Penn DX that only one other amateur   
   in the UK has ever had an award named in his memory: Al Slater G3FXB.   
      
   In this way, by honoring Steve, the noted achievements of "Bravo Lima Echo"   
   continue on in the very spirit he brought to the competition.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH   
      
      
   (OHIO PENN DX, RADIO SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN)   
      
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   NETS OF NOTE: THE YL SYSTEM   
      
   DON/ANCHOR: With our next report, Amateur Radio Newsline brings you the first   
   in an occasional series that looks at nets with interesting stories to tell.   
   This week we introduce the YL System of Nets, which has been on the air for   
   53 years. It began with a group of female ham radio operators but it's not   
   just for YLs anymore, as we learn from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Damron   
   N8TMW.   
      
   BOBBIE: "It's a good place to come, our controls are very friendly. It takes   
   a lot of people to run this system because they are there 8 o'clock in the   
   morning until the band goes out at night. And that happens Monday through   
   Friday. On the weekends, we are there for at least three hours."   
      
   JIM: That's Bobbie Livingston K4ZGH, president of the YL International Single   
   Sideband System, an ambitious collection of nets that run from sunrise to   
   sundown during the week and several hours each weekend. What began in 1963 as   
   an emergency response network among women morphed over the years from a   
   sisterhood into a system. Soon friends and friends-of-friends, both YLs and   
   OMs, came on board to help run the various net sessions throughout each day   
   and to talk, ham to ham.   
      
   BOBBIE: "We have 17,292 members at this time. Of course, with that number we   
   also have some Silent Keys because we have been operating for 53 years. Each   
   year it is a loss when one of our members is called home. And you know,   
   they're like your family."   
      
   JIM: In between all those nets, there are newsletters, get-well cards,   
   conventions and even eyeball QSOs. There is also always a big welcome for new   
   participants. Details can be found at ylsystem.org. Meanwhile, be listening   
   during the week on 14332 kHz and, at other times, you can find them on 15, 40   
   and 80 meters. This is one busy group!   
      
   BOBBIE: It takes a lot of people to keep this all going -- and with the help   
   of all of our members, we do it!   
      
   JIM: Bobbie spoke with Amateur Radio Newsline's Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT. I'm   
   Newsline's Jim Damron, N8TMW.   
      
   DON/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, if you know of a net with an interesting story to   
   tell, email us at newsline at arnewsline.org and we might just feature it as   
   one of our next Nets of Note.   
      
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   RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA SPOTLIGHTS 'WIRELESS WOMEN'   
      
   DON/ANCHOR: The Radio Club of America, the world's oldest organization of   
   wireless communications professionals, has devoted an expanded section of its   
   website to women in wireless. It's not just a history lesson, it's a   
   collection of resources, as we learn from Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather   
   Embee, KB3TZD.   
      
   HEATHER: What does screen star Hedy Lamar have in common with Kentucky's   
   Lieutenant Governor Jenean Hampton, K-5-E-I-B? The same thing Professor Ada   
   Poon of Stanford University shares with former ARRL president Kay Craigie   
   N-3-K-N. They are all featured in the newest section of the Radio Club of   
   America website in an area called "Wireless Women." The section was   
   established to inspire and inform women who are considering a profession in   
   the wireless sector.   
      
   It also lists resources to help women researching career opportunities and   
   presents the RCA Vivian Carr Award to honor women for outstanding   
   achievements in the industry. The award was named for the former Radio Club   
   president. Perhaps best of all, for the youngest of the YLs, that section of   
   the website lists universities with an engineering focus that also have a   
   significant number of female students.   
      
   For women wishing to network, the website provide information and links for   
   the best contacts at such professional organizations as the Society of Women   
   Engineers, IEEE's Women in Engineering and Women of Wireless Communications.   
   For any amateurs wanting to turn professional, it's the place to go.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee K-B-3-T-Z-D.   
      
   DON/ANCHOR:  Visit the website at radioclubofamerica.org and navigate to the   
   section marked "wireless women."   
      
      
   (RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA)   
      
      
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   BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station.  We are the Amateur Radio   
   Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the Spokane,   
   Washington UHF Repeater of K7TMF and K7MMA on Fridays at 5 p.m. Pacific Time.   
      
      
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   SCOUTS GETTING PREPPED FOR JAMBOREE ON THE AIR   
      
   DON/ANCHOR: Radio Scouting has kicked off the new year with an ambitious   
   agenda. We hear the details from Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Stearns NE4RD.   
      
   BILL: This week in Radio Scouting we have one activation of the K2BSA   
   callsign, Jamboree on the Air planning, and Scout Camps on the Air.   
      
   Bryan Gonderinger, AF0W, will be activating a portable station at a Merit   
   Badge Fair in Longmont, CO, on January 28th.  Bryan will be getting scouts on   
   the air for that portion the radio merit badge program.   
      
   Jamboree on the Air is 10 months away, but in order to ensure a successful   
   event it is time to get started.  January is the month you contact your local   
   district and get the event on the calendar, or find a compatible event   
   already on the calendar for your operation.  After you have date set, it's   
   time to recruit your team.  Flying solo can work well with smaller groups,   
   but it always helps to have the extra hands in working with scouts.  A   
   planning calendar and more tips for JOTA/JOTI can be found on our website.   
      
   Are you putting a summer camp, a camporee, or a simple troop campout on the   
   air with your Scouts?  Besides telling us about it and reserving the K2BSA   
   callsign for your event, you can announce and spot the event at the Scout   
   Camps on the Air website at www.scota.us.  A quick glance at the calendar   
   there we can see that WS5BSA will be activating for a campout in Oklahoma   
   City, OK, on Saturday January 14th, and they'll be on HF 17/20 meters.   We   
   also see that W0KCN will be activating for a Venture Crew in Kansas City, MO,   
   on Tuesday January 17th,  and this appears to be an informational event for   
   the Kansas City Northland ARES Group.  So, give this site a try for your next   
   event.   
      
   For this and more information on K2BSA and  Radio Scouting, please visit   
   www.k2bsa.net.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this is   
   Bill Stearns, NE4RD   
      
      
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   100 YEARS' WORTH OF ISLAND CELEBRATION   
      
   ANCHOR/DON: Yearlong celebrations of a centennial have become big in amateur   
   radio -- and this year's focus is on the United States Virgin Islands. Here's   
   Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephen Kinford N8WB with the details of an event   
   going on there.   
      
   STEPHEN: A special event station is marking 100 years since the Treaty of the   
   Danish West Indies which were sold to the U.S. and renamed the Virgin   
   Islands. The celebration is already under way, in fact, and on the air!   
   Listen for the EDR HAM Radio Club of Skanderborg using the callsign OZ100DVI   
   (OH-ZEE-One Hundred- DVI) right up through December 31st, 2017 honoring the   
   islands of Saint Croix, Saint John and Saint Thomas along with the smaller   
   islands nearby. St. Thomas will play a especially prominent role: Not only   
   will the station be on all bands for this yearlong event but operators will   
   be doing hiking trips and SOTA activity from Saint Thomas Island.   
      
   For further details, visit qrz.com   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Stephen Kinford N8WB.	   
      
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   KAZAKHSTAN GETS 60 METER BAND   
      
   DON/ANCHOR: The Republic of Kazakhstan, now a quarter-century old, just got   
   an anniversary present from authorities there - a new amateur radio band. We   
   hear more from Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams VK4JJW.   
      
   JOHN: The Republic of Kazakhstan, which just marked its 25th anniversary of   
   independence, has just got something else to be proud of: the right to   
   operate on the 60-meter band. The radio spectrum management authority there   
   has allocated 5351.5 through 5366.5 kHz on a secondary basis for amateur use.   
   Making the band available has been advocated by the Association of Amateur   
   Radio Services of Kazakhstan, which pressed its case with the Minister of   
   Information and Communications. It is unclear, for now, what the maximum   
   output power is and what other restrictions may apply. The Association of   
   Amateur Radio Services expects to determine those shortly.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.   
      
   (SOUTHGATE)   
      
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   80-METER COUNTIES CONTEST LOGS ARE DUE   
      
   DON/ANCHOR: The Irish Radio Transmitters Society reminds all hams who   
   participated in the 80-meter Counties Contest on the 1st of January to have   
   logs submitted no later than Sunday, January 15th. Contest organizers report   
   that most counties were active with radio contacts and band conditions   
   favorable overall. In fact, propagation was off to a great start as the event   
   began, with many operators proclaiming conditions excellent. Toward the end,   
   hams experienced longer skip. Even the weather was good, encouraging portable   
   stations to get out there and on the band. So if you've logged your contacts   
   and want to make that day's efforts count, don't forget the January 15th   
   deadline.   
      
   (IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)   
      
      
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   THE WORLD OF DX   
      
   In the world of DX, be listening for the German Antarctic Research Base   
   called "Neumayer (NOY-MY-ER) 3," which is on the air throughout this month   
   until February. Operators are using the call sign DP 1 POL and mainly   
   transmitting in CW and digital modes. This activity counts as AN-016 for the   
   IOTA program. The QSL Manager is DL 1Z BO. Logs will be uploaded to Logbook   
   of The World.   
      
   The operators of Lions Clubs International Belgian Amateur Radio are using   
   the call sign OR 100 LCI to mark the Lions Club's 100th anniversary. They   
   will be on the air until March, using CW, SSB and RTTY on the HF bands. Send   
   QSL cards via ON 8 ZL.   
      
   Three stations are on the air this month from the Sovereign Base Areas on   
   Cyprus. The call signs for this rare location are ZC4SB, ZC4DB and ZC4JB.   
   Check out qrz.com for QSL details.   
      
   Tom PA3TG is operating from Lagos this month using the call sign 5N40TG. Send   
   QSL cards to his home call sign.   
      
   (WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA, IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS)   
      
      
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   KICKER: POLITICS ASIDE, INAUGURATING THE AIRWAVES   
      
   DON/ANCHOR: And finally, as the United States gets ready for the transition   
   to a new president on Friday, January 20th, one special event station has   
   solemly sworn to inaugurate as much of the radio spectrum as it can. We hear   
   details from Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp WB9VPG.   
      
   NEIL: Two teams of amateurs from the Washington, D.C. area will operate   
   Special Event Station W3T from 12:01 am Eastern on Thursday, January 19th   
   through midnight Eastern on Saturday, January 21st to recognize the   
   inauguration of the 45th United States president.   
      
   Carrying on the tradition of a commemorative special event station during the   
   inauguration, Michael Lonneke, W4AAW, will have his remote multi-multi   
   contest station active from Round Hill, Virginia; while a Maryland amateur,   
   Jim Nitzberg, WX3B, will host from his multi-multi station as well. A third   
   VHF station is also in the works. Richard Maylott, W2YE, will supervise the   
   distribution of the thousands of   
   commemorative QSL card requests. One station will be on the traditional   
   contest bands 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters, while the other will focus on   
   the WARC bands. All modes will be used throughout the 48 hours of operation.   
   W4AAW explains the recognition behind the special event station.   
      
   MICHAEL: The main thing that I wanted to put across is that it marks the   
   peaceful transition of administrations, which has always happened in this   
   country since the beginning. And I think that's unique to the United States   
   that we've never had.....you know, it can be contentious as this one   
   apparently is, but we are, after all, all Americans. The president has been   
   chosen according to the Constitution, and that's the way the power changes.   
   It's as just as much as honoring the new president. When Obama was the new   
   president, he was honored. And now Trump's going to be the new president, and   
   he's going to be honored. I think we're looking at the bigger picture, and   
   not anything political.   
      
   NEIL: Those desiring QSL cards can send them direct to W4AAW or by the W3   
   bureau. If sending direct, please include an SASE, and DX stations are asked   
   to add $2 in U.S. currency for postage.   
      
   Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.   
      
      
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   NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; Hap Holly   
   and the Rain Report; K2BSA Amateur Radio Association; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin;   
   QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain; Radio Club of America; Southgate   
   Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; the YL   
   International Single Sideband System; 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.   
      
   For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and our   
   news team worldwide, I'm Don Wilbanks AE5DW in Picayune, Mississippi saying   
   73 and as always we thank you for listening.   
      
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