Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2120 for Friday, June 15, 2018   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2120 with a release date of Friday,    
   June 15, 2018, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a QST. Australian amateurs catch Field Day fever; YLs    
   prep for their big convention this summer - and a radio amateur gets a    
   government post in Spain. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline    
   Report 2120 comes your way right now.   
      
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   BILLBOARD CART   
      
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   AUSTRALIA HAS FIELD DAY FEVER   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: We open this week's newscast with the question: do you have    
   Field Day fever yet? If you're hearing this report in Australia, a fair    
   distance from the ARRL event of the same name, the answer is probably    
   yes. Graham Kemp VK4BB explains.   
      
   GRAHAM: Don't look now but we're barely a week away from Field Day - no,    
   not the summer contest going on in that other hemisphere. Here in    
   Australia it's a winter event known as VHF-UHF Field Day and hams are    
   gearing up for it on the 23rd and 24th of June. The competition promotes    
   amateur operation on VHF and microwave bands as well as portable    
   operation - or, as the Wireless Institute of Australia puts it - "head    
   for the hills." Hams can even move from location to location throughout    
   the contest.   
      
   The 24-hour operation does not exclude home stations, either - they    
   simply have their own section for competition. Field Day does preclude    
   operation making use of satellites or repeaters: Work it simplex or not    
   at all.   
      
   Although the first VHF-UHF Field Day was a test undertaken in January of    
   1989, Winter VHF-UHF Field Day came along much later. This year it marks    
   its tenth year.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Graham Kemp VK4BB.   
      
   **   
   YOUNG LADIES' RADIO LEAGUE PREPS FOR CONVENTION   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: With all our recent reports of Dayton Hamvention and    
   Friedrichshafen behind us, we take a look now at big plans being made by    
   an amateur radio group in which YLs help YLs. To tell us more, here's    
   Paul Braun WD9GCO.   
      
   PAUL: Hamfest and convention season is upon us once again. I think it's    
   safe to say that most hams enjoy a good gathering of the tribe so they    
   can catch up with old friends, meet new ones, enjoy some food and prowl    
   through the swap meet looking for that one special piece of stuff that    
   they can't live without.   
      
   Most ham radio gatherings, however, tend to be, well, guy-heavy. There    
   is one, however, that is specifically for women hams to learn from and    
   to help other women hams and that is August 2018 meeting of the YLRL. I    
   spoke with Michelle Carey, W5MQC about the organization:   
      
   CAREY: The YLRL is the Young Ladies' Radio League. The club has actually    
   been around since 1939. It started with an ad in QST Magazine where one    
   YL was looking for "where are all the other YL's?"  The response to that    
   ad was twelve ladies and that's what they're calling the "Founding    
   Mothers."   
      
   PAUL: Carey said that the group holds a convention every three to four    
   years at various locations around the country. According to Carey, the    
   last one was in Washington state, and before that Ohio and Alabama and    
   this year it's going to be in Oklahoma.   
      
   CAREY: The convention is going to take place at the Sheraton Hotel in    
   downtown Oklahoma City. At the convention we're going to have some    
   really incredible speakers. We're going to have Ria, N2RJ - she's going    
   to talk to us all about digital modes, Andrea Slack, K2EZ is going to    
   get us all rovering - you know, she's one of the top rovers. Our banquet    
   keynote speaker is Nancy Hall, KC4IYD, a research scientist with NASA    
   and she's the district representative for District 8 of the YLRL.   
      
   Carol Milazzo, KP4MD, she's going to get us all ready to go on a remote    
   vacation with her DXPedition. We're also going to have some Elmira-ing    
   sessions where we can all get together and help each other so whether    
   it's Echolink, setting up your first HF rig, logging your contacts, DMR,    
   FT8, how do you program your radio, we're going to have some testing    
   sessions and we're all going to have a little fun.   
      
   PAUL: Carey said that men can attend the convention, but that they must    
   accompany a licensed woman. She said that the focus is primarily on    
   YLs.  So, if this all sounds fun to you, please check out the    
   convention's website at triple-w Y-L-R-L_convention dot org.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun WD9GCO.   
      
   **   
   A SPORTING WAY TO SCORE AT THE WRTC   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: The radio athletes are ready for the big World Radiosport    
   Team Championship taking place July 12 through 16. So how is everyone    
   going to know the score? Ed Durrant DD5LP explains.   
      
   ED: How's the competition going? Who is ahead? Where is a particular    
   team? Answers to these questions interest competitors and spectators    
   alike, in every sport - including radio sports. It's about speed not    
   only in the operators at the WRTC stations but also with results    
   reporting. On-line presentation of the current scores requires a lot of    
   technical effort behind the scenes! Ben B�ttner, DL6RAI, who leads the    
   responsible IT team at WRTC 2018, says: "We want to make sure that from    
   all the competition locations, the on-going results in minute intervals    
   are available on a scoreboard similar to a Football league table and at    
   the same on the Internet published on www.wrtc2018.de. "In order for    
   this to work, special attention is attached to unwanted RF radiation,    
   thermal stability and redundant power when we build the Score Collection    
   Computers."   
      
   The SCCs, which are built on a RaspberryPi base, collect the information    
   required for the presentation of the results from the relevant logbook    
   software at each site and transfer this data via the mobile phone    
   network to a central server. From the results gathered there, the    
   current position table is created and made visible on the Internet for    
   everyone.   
      
   The idea of a current scores table is not new. The scoreboards were    
   already available in 2002 "on-line", but only current on an hourly    
   basis. At that time, the referees sent messages via SMS, which were then    
   published to the Internet. At the time it was extraordinary and a    
   novelty. At WRTC 2014 in Boston, Bob Raymond, WA1Z and Dave Pascoe,    
   KM3T, developed the SCC concept. When used in 2014, however, it became    
   clear that not all locations could be reliably reached via the local    
   mobile phone network.   
      
   "You can watch the top people driving each other during the contest.    
   This scoreboard is also interesting and useful for normal radio ops as    
   often there are competitors with similar station capabilities to the    
   normal Op. This is fun and transforms the contest into a new kind of    
   direct head-to-head competition," comments Michael H”ding, DL6MHW.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Ed Durrant DD5LP.   
      
   **   
      
   HAM NAMED MINISTER FOR SCIENCE IN SPAIN   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: It's not unusual for government officials to also be    
   licensed as hams. Think of King Hussein of Jordan JY1. Think of U.S.    
   Senator Barry Goldwater K7UGA. Well, now Spain has an influential    
   amateur as one of its own in government. Here's Jeremy Boot G4NJH with    
   those details.   
      
   JEREMY: Spain's new Socialist government not only has a record number of    
   women -- 11 -- in its 17 cabinet posts but it has one amateur radio    
   operator as well: Pedro Duque, 55, KC5RGG / ED4ISS is the new minister    
   of science. Pedro was among those sworn in recently by Spain's King    
   Felipe VI.   
      
   The former astronaut has been well-grounded since his last space mission    
   in 2003 on board the International Space Station where he spent a week    
   and completed two ARISS contacts with schools in Spain. His first trip    
   into space came in 1998 as part of NASA's STS-95 mission from Cape    
   Canaveral in Florida. It was a nine-day mission aboard the shuttle    
   Discovery and he was a mission specialist.   
      
   The new science minister is an aeronautical engineer who will now    
   concern himself with more earthly matters.   
      
   FOr Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.   
      
   (SOUTHGATE, BBC)   
      
   **   
      
   A LIFE-SAVING PACT IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Atlantic hurricane season has begun and preparedness is on    
   everyone's minds in that region. The Dominican Republic is taking no    
   chances - it's reaffirming its partnership with hams. Here's Andy    
   Morrison K9AWM with more.   
      
   ANDY MORRISON: In the Dominican Republic, which has seen its share of    
   weather disasters, Radio Club Dominicano has signed an agreement with    
   Dominican Civilian Defense. The May 30 pact cements the relationship    
   between the two, ensuring enhanced cooperation during emergencies.   
      
   The two will work together with Dominican Civil Defense relying on the    
   radio club for emergency communications during disaster response. The    
   club notes that the agreement comes just as the Atlantic hurricane    
   season gets underway. The Dominican Republic was among the places    
   devastated last year during Hurricanes Irma and Maria.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Andy Morrison K9AWM.   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur    
   Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including    
   the K7EFZ repeater in Firth Idaho on Friday evenings at 9:30 local time    
   during the weekly net.   
      
   **   
      
   SILENT KEY: YASME FOUNDATION DIRECTOR/SECRETARY KIP EDWARDS W6SZN   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: The influential Yasme Foundation and its supports are    
   mourning the death of an amateur who was its lifeblood. Stephen Kinford    
   N8WB has that report.   
      
   STEPHEN'S REPORT: The director and secretary of the Yasme Foundation, a    
   nonprofit that supports amateur radio projects worldwide, has become a    
   Silent Key. DXpeditioner and DX contester G. Kip Edwards W6SZN, of    
   Indianola, Washington, died on June 6.   
      
   Yasme Foundation president Ward Silver, N0AX, told the ARRL that Kip was    
   the prime mover behind a number of important grant programs and brought    
   a sharp sense of organization to several amateur radio organizations. A    
   lawyer by training, he retired in 2013 from a San Francisco practice    
   where he had been a partner. He relocated to Washington state.   
      
   A member of the DXCC Honor roll, Kip got his earliest amateur radio    
   license at the age of 11 in Kansas. He rekindled an interest in the    
   hobby as an adult after years of inactivity. He eventually became    
   president of the Northern California Contest Club and editor of its    
   newsletter. He was honored by the club as Contester of the Year in 1982.    
   He was also a member and one-time president of the Northern California    
   DX Club.   
      
   He was a life member of the ARRL and a member of the ARRL Maxim Society.    
   Kip was 71.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Stephen Kinford N8WB.   
      
   (YASME FOUNDATION, ARRL)   
      
   **   
   SILENT KEY: JAPAN AMATEUR RADIO LEAGUE PAST PRESIDENT SHOZO HARA JA1AN   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: In Japan, ham radio operators are marking the death of an    
   influential past president and CQ Hall of Famer. We have that report    
   from Robert Broomhead VK3DN.   
      
   ROBERT: The past president of the Japan Amateur Radio League and a    
   member of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame has become a Silent Key.    
   Shozo Hara JA1AN, who had trained as an electrical engineer at Waseda    
   University, died on June 9.   
      
   The Nagasaki prefecture native became a director of the league in 1972    
   and then was chosen as president. He served for 41 years, stepping down    
   in 2011. He had also been the first president of the Japan Amateur Radio    
   Development Association.   
      
   CQ inducted him into the Amateur Radio Hall of Fame in 2003.   
      
   Shozo Hara, who had also been an accomplished equestrian, was 91.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Robert Broomhead VK3DN.   
      
   **   
      
   THAILAND PUTS AMATEUR RADIO EXAMS ON LINE FOR SAMPLING   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Sure you've got your license in your home country - but do    
   you ever wonder if you could qualify elsewhere? Jason Daniels VK2LAW    
   helps answer that question.   
      
   JASON: Could you qualify for your amateur license in Thailand? If you    
   aren't one of that nation's 110,000 radio amateurs and want to see if    
   you could make the grade, the National Broadcasting and    
   Telecommunications Commission, Thailand's communications agency, has    
   posted sample exams online for the world to see and perhaps sample.   
      
   For years, any exams other than those for the basic license were    
   unavailable - but now the intermediate and advanced tests are among    
   those posted online.   
      
   The tests are timed, by the way. You have 90 minutes to answer 100    
   questions for the basic and intermediate license and two hours for the    
   100 questions on the advanced license examination. They don't count for    
   a real license but they give you a good idea of what would be involved    
   if you sat for the test.   
      
   Meanwhile, those who have their license are getting an opportunity to    
   use a special event call sign now through Oct. 31. Be listening for    
   stations using HS50IARU which commemorates the 50th anniversary of    
   Region 3 of the International Amateur Radio Union. Thailand is among a    
   number of countries whose amateur societies belong to Region 3.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jason Daniels VK2LAW.   
      
   (SOUTHGATE)   
      
   **   
      
   WORLD OF DX   
      
   In the world of DX, be listening for Tatsuko, JJ1BDT from Palau in    
   Micronesia using the call sign T88YL. She is operating holiday style    
   from June 22nd through June 27th on 40, 17 and 15 meters SSB. She is new    
   to the HF bands and asks everyone's patience. Send QSLs via JR1FKR.   
      
   Dave, W9DR is  active  as  VP5/W9DR from  the  Caicos Islands from the    
   13th to the 25th of June. He is on 6 meters only, operating SSB and CW.    
   Send QSLs direct to his home call.   
      
   John, W5JON, will once again be active as V47JA from his vacation home    
   at Calypso Bay, St. Kitts, from June 22nd through July 20th. Listen for    
   him on 160-6 meters, including 60 meters, on SSB. He will also be in the    
   Phone Section of the IARU SSB Contest July 14th and 15th. Send QSLs to    
   W5JON direct or via LoTW. No bureau QSLs please.   
      
   Listen for Special station VP8HDM on the 16th and 17th of June from the    
   Historic  Dockyard Museum  in Stanley in the Falkland Islands. You can    
   hear the station on FT8 and SSB. Send QSLs via VP8LP, direct only.   
      
   (OHIO-PENN DX)   
      
   **   
   100 WATTS AND A WIRE TOTALS 1,630 CONTACTS   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: We here at Newsline would also like to congratulate one of    
   our own - Christian Cudnik K0STH - on a successful Tune-Up Weekend June    
   8th through 10th. He reports that 56 states and provinces and 21    
   countries were worked for a total of 1,630 total contacts -- most of    
   them on SSB.   
      
   **   
      
   KICKER: DEATH OF A NAVAJO CODE TALKER   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, we mark the death of one of the last surviving    
   Navajo Code Talkers. Samuel Tom Holiday died in the Southern Utah    
   Veterans Home on June 11 at age 94. He was one of hundreds of Navajos to    
   utilize an unbreakable code during World War II - a code based on the    
   Navajo language which the Japanese were never able to crack. According    
   to various news reports, there are fewer than 10 Code Talkers remaining    
   from that era.   
      
   Samuel Tom Holiday, a native of Utah, served with the United States    
   Marine Corps. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey called him a "true American    
   patriot and hero" for his service to the allied forces. He had been the    
   recipient of a Congressional Silver Medal and the Purple Heart.   
      
   He was to be buried on the Navajo Reservation, in Kayenta, Arizona    
   beside his wife. His honor lives on in the library and media center of    
   the Kayenta Middle School which was dedicated in his name last November.    
   Thank you for your service Samuel Tom Holiday.   
      
   (FOX 10 PHOENIX, NATIVE NEWS ONLINE)   
      
   **   
      
   NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL;    
   BBC; CQ Magazine; DX World; Fox 10 Phoenix; Hap Holly and the Rain    
   Report; Native News Online; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZNOW.COM, Southgate    
   Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Wireless Institute of    
   Australia; WTWW Shortwave; Yasme Foudation 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 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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