Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2128 for Friday, August 10, 2018   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2128 with a release date of Friday,    
   August 10, 2018 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
   The following is a QST. Indonesian hams help after a deadly quake. No    
   new building for next year's Hamvention - and it's time for a QSO with    
   TV's "Last Man Standing." All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline    
   Report 2128 comes your way right now.   
      
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   INDONESIAN AMATEURS RESPOND FOLLOWING DEADLY QUAKE   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: We begin this week with breaking news. As an Indonesian    
   earthquake's death toll climbs, hams deploy to assist communications.    
   John Williams VK4JJW tells us more.   
      
   JOHN: Members of the Indonesian Amateur Radio Organisation, known as    
   ORARI, were deployed not long after a deadly 6.9 magnitude quake rocked    
   Indonesia on Sunday August 5th, leaving a death toll that was fast    
   approaching 100 as Amateur Radio Newsline went to production. Hardest    
   hit were the resort areas on Lambok where tourists emerged from a    
   landscape of massive debris and swarmed the beaches. The quake could be    
   felt as far away as the island of Bali. More than 300 were reported    
   injured. The hams established counter-disaster communications on 7110kHz    
   and a call was issued to amateurs worldwide to keep the frequency clear.    
   Stations within the immediate region were being asked to monitor    
   emergency traffic and assist where they could. ORARI also established    
   radio operations on VHF at 145.5 MHz and 147 MHz. The quake came on the    
   heels of an earlier one, on July 29th, which hit the same area with a    
   magnitude of 6.4, killing 16 and injuring several hundreds, many of them    
   hikers who were at the summit of a mountain in Lombok that collapsed    
   into the mouth of a volcano.   
   For Amateur Radio Newsline I’m John Williams VK4JJW.   
      
   (NEWS.COM.AU, CNN, Greg G0DUB and Ewan VK4ERM)   
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   NO NEW BUILDING FOR HAMVENTION 2019   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: In the U.S., hopes for a new building in time for next    
   year's Dayton Hamvention have been dashed. Andy Morrison K9AWM has that    
   report.   
      
   ANDY: There will be no new building after all for Hamvention 2019 when    
   it opens in Xenia, Ohio next spring. Hamvention General Chairman Jack    
   Gerbs WB8SCT announced on Aug. 5 that negotiations have failed to reach    
   an agreement on a contract between Hamvention organizers and the Green    
   County Fairgrounds and Expo Center. He said the county and the fair’s    
   board still have a good relationship with Hamvention at this point but    
   there will not be a building in time for the next gathering. Jack made    
   the announcement jointly with Hamvention assistant chair Rick Allnutt    
   WS8G, noting that the improvements attendees saw at the 2018 Hamvention    
   site will continue into next year: tent shelters will be improved, there    
   will be another forum room and the flea market area will feature    
   permanent paths.   
   Both Rick and Jack expressed hope that the amateur radio community would    
   continue to give Hamvention their full support.   
   For Amateur Radio Newsline I’m Andy Morrison K9AWM   
      
   (ARRL)   
      
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   YOUNG LADIES RADIO LEAGUE HOSTS SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Further west in the U.S., a successful gathering of YLs    
   wrapped up recently in Oklahoma City. We turn to Heather Embee KB3TZD    
   for those details.   
      
   HEATHER: For attendees at this year’s Young Ladies Radio League    
   Convention in downtown Oklahoma City, it’s all over now but the    
   memories. YLRL president Marilyn Melhorn AF7BI welcomed the group of 43    
   YLs and 22 OMs who traveled from 21 states and the Canadian provinces.    
   The local SCARS club sent five OMs to work as volunteers at the event,    
   which ran from August 2nd to 5th. There was a forum on digital modes led    
   by Ria Jairam N2RJ, rovering by Andrea Slack K2EZ and Mission Kosovo led    
   by Jim Fenstermaker K9FJ. NASA research scientist Nancy Hall KC4IYH    
   delivered the keynote speech at the convention banquet.   
      
   According to one member of the three-person organizing committee,    
   Michelle Carey W5MQC, the prize table was chock full of goodies from    
   convention sponsors and Saturday also featured Elmira roundtable    
   sessions offering help on DMR, antennas, CW, logging, programming rigs    
   and just about anything else. YLs got to make Morse Code bracelets.    
   Carol Milazzo KP4MD treated the YLs to a talk on the right way to    
   organize a DXpedition style holiday.   
      
   There were also moments of personal triumph: Pamela Saalbach KC3LCX    
   became a General class and a new ham, Aria Cunningham, passed her    
   Technican test. The YLRL convention only happens once every three or    
   four years so these are memories – and moments – that are sure to last.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline I’m Heather Embee KB3TZD.   
      
   (MICHELLE CAREY, W5MQC)   
      
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   LAND MOBILE RADIOS GET NEW BAND IN NEW ZEALAND   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: There's nothing like getting a new part of the spectrum and    
   that's good news to land mobile radio users in New Zealand where Jim    
   Meachen ZL2BHF has this report.   
      
   JIM: Almost everyone welcomes the approval of new radio bands to use and    
   in New Zealand, a new band has been created for use by land mobile    
   radios. It’s known as the G band and it allows transmissions between 174    
   MHz and 184 MHz. Users wanting to operate must possess licenses    
   certified by an Approved Radio Engineer. Although the band became    
   available for licencing effective the 2nd of August, licencees will not    
   be able to begin transmissions until the 1st of September. According to    
   RSM, the band is being made available following a technical consultation    
   that took place in 2017. Use of the band is covered under Crown Spectrum    
   Management Rights and a band plan is available on the website of Radio    
   Spectrum Management, a business unit of the Ministry of Business. Learn    
   more about the band plan by navigating from the home page at rsm dot    
   govt dot nz (rsm.govt.nz).   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline I’m Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.   
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   (SOUTHGATE)   
      
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   HAM IN IRELAND GOES RECORD DISTANCE ON VHF   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: A recent contact between a ham in Ireland and a ham off    
   Africa's coast is being called a record. Ed Durrant DD5LP tells us how    
   it happened.   
      
   ED: World records aren’t easy to come by so when Mark EI3KD made contact    
   from his QTH in Ireland with D4Z on the Cape Verde Islands off Africa’s    
   coast on the 5th of August, it was a big deal. For one thing, it was on    
   CW at 144.300 MHz, and for another this was a distance of 4163    
   kilometres, or not quite 2600 miles. As reported on Southgate Amateur    
   Radio News, this constitutes a new record for tropo in IARU Region 1,    
   besting a record set in July 2015 of 4130 kilometres, or roughly 2560    
   miles. The news was first reported on the blog written by John EI7GL on    
   Monday the 6th of August. The blog speculates that marine ducting most    
   likely helped propagation. With marine ducting, the water’s surface and    
   a layer in the lower atmosphere trap the VHF and UHF signals enabling    
   them to travel a greater distance than normal.   
   August 5th was apparently a good day as well for D4Z, the Monteverde    
   Contest Team, based in Cape Verde. The team also worked G7RAU and G4LOH    
   on 2m SSB in the southwest of England.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Ed Durrant DD5LP.   
      
   (SOUTHGATE)   
      
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   'LAST MAN STANDING' CALLING QRZ   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: If you are a fan of TV’s “Last Man Standing” but never got a    
   QSL card from KA6LMS – the amateur radio station on the set – be near    
   your shack on Tuesday the 14th of August. The Facebook page of the newly    
   revived show has announced that even as the popular sitcom returns to    
   the air this season – this time on Fox - its ham radio station is doing    
   the same on HF. Be listening around 4 p.m. Pacific Time for KA6LMS club    
   member Rob AA6RA. Rob is not only an original member of the club but was    
   a VE who took part in the exam that gave the show’s star Tim Allen his    
   license. Watch the show’s Facebook page and spotting sites for details.   
      
   (FACEBOOK)   
      
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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 WW8GM repeater of the General Motors Amateur Radio Club in Detroit,    
   Michigan on Saturdays at 9 p.m. local time.   
      
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   HAMS SCORE HOME RUN HELPING BASEBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: When the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York    
   inducted six new membrs, hams helped keep things safe and orderly for    
   tens of thousands of fans, as we hear from Neil Rapp WB9VPG.   
      
   NEIL: A crowd of about 53,000 turned out in Cooperstown New York to see    
   six athletes inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame – but looking out    
   for these tens of thousands was a much smaller crowd: ham radio    
   operators who’d been activated under RACES to provide communications    
   support at the event on behalf of the county’s office of emergency    
   services.   
   Brian Webster N2KGC, the Otsego County Amateur Radio Officer and an ARRL    
   District Emergency Coordinator, said about 15 amateurs were directly    
   involved at stations on the air. He said another half dozen or so were    
   assigned directly to various agencies where they also worked as    
   communications technicians. Volunteers came from Otsego and three    
   surrounding counties as members of the Oneonta Amateur Radio Club. They    
   operated primarily on a 2 meter analogue repeater using two 440 analogue    
   repeaters for backup near area hospitals.   
   July 29th was a big day for players Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, Trevor    
   Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero, Jack Morris and Alan Trammell who drew the    
   second largest crowd in the history of such inductions. Although a few    
   medical transports were required, Brian said the big event was largely    
   uneventful except of course for the inductions. The amateur radio    
   operators’ role is significant at this event, Brian said, because you    
   never know what dignitaries may show up or what kinds of security    
   concerns there might be.   
   Baseball fans, if you think this meant a free pass to the event think    
   again: Brian told Amateur Radio Newsline: [quote] “We only had two hams    
   on the actual site and they were both involved supporting the EMA    
   activities. The rest of us watched the ceremony on TV like many others.”    
   [endquote]   
   Still, with a crowd that size, the teamwork scored a home run.   
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Neil Rapp WB9VPG.   
      
   (BRIAN WEBSTER N2KGC)   
      
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   U.S. COAST GUARD HAS HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND GOOD SIGNAL REPORTS   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Members of two U.S. Coast Guard amateur radio groups kicked    
   off the month of August by marking the Coast Guard's 228th birthday on    
   the air. Kevin Trotman N5PRE tells us about the celebration.   
      
   KEVIN: What do birthday celebrations call for, other than a cake?    
   Conversation, of course. There was plenty of conversation happening on    
   the air Friday August 3rd and Saturday August 4th as two separate Coast    
   Guard Ham Radio groups helped celebrate the U.S. Coast Guard’s 228th    
   birthday.   
   According to Dick KE7A, president and trustee of the Coast Guard Amateur    
   Radio Club, the event’s goal was to make hams more aware of Coast Guard    
   history and to encourage more meaningful chatter instead of the usual    
   rapid-fire exchanges found during such events. The Coast Guard CW    
   Operators Association joined in the celebration on Friday by operating    
   special event station K1CG on CW at 10 different locations, including    
   Texas, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Washington state. Members of this    
   group are all Coast Guard veterans and have stood a CW watch in the    
   Coast Guard. The Coast Guard stopped using CW in 1995.   
   Meanwhile, the U.S. Coast Guard Amateur Radio Club special event station    
   W5CGC operated that Saturday on SSB, FT8, PSK31 and RTTY from 12    
   different locations including a park in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, Marine    
   Mobile moored at Reedville, Virginia and aboard the US Coast Guard    
   Cutter Ingham Museum Ship in Key West, Florida. Dick said there are 915    
   members active in the U.S. Coast Guard’s Amateur Radio Club who are    
   either active on duty in the Coast Guard or are veterans of the Coast    
   Guard.   
   Band conditions were poor on both days but despite that the CW operators    
   logged 95 QSOs on 4 bands and the Coast Guard ARC logged 512 on five bands.   
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Kevin Trotman N5PRE.   
      
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   SCOUTS BUSY WITH JAMBOREE PLANS AND K2BSA ACTIVATION   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR:  Radio Scouts continue with their activations as Bill    
   Stearns NE4RD tells us.   
      
   BILL: This week in Radio Scouting we have 1 activation of the K2BSA    
   Callsign, Jamboree on the Air is just around the corner, and World    
   Jamboree programs are coming together. Mike Cullen, K1NPT, will be    
   activating K2BSA/1 at Camp Yawgoog in Rockville, RI from August 19th    
   through the 26th.  BSA Troop 3 out of Newport, RI will be heading to    
   this camp, the fourth-oldest continuously run scout camp in the United    
   States. Troop 3 will be operating 20M/40M/80M voice & digital using    
   battery and solar power. Jamboree on the Air 2018 is the weekend    
   of October 19th - 21st. The JOTA-JOTI team have established trusted    
   partnerships for connecting units digitally during the event with JOTI    
   Radio, JOTI.TV, and Scoutlink.  JOTI Radio is the official JOTA-JOTI    
   radio station with trusted partner status. They will be providing    
   non-stop, live broadcasts throughout JOTA from their UK studios and are    
   powered by the wonderful team at Avon Scout Radio.  JOTI.tv is another    
   trusted partner that will gather all the webcams of scout groups all    
   over the world and build them together in one big mosaic. This will give    
   you a look inside JOTA-JOTI from the perspective of the participating    
   stations.   
   ScoutLink is a global, non-profit organisation that aims to connect    
   Scouts and Guides from all over the world. They do this in many ways,    
   but their 3 main services are IRC/Webchat (text chat), TeamSpeak (voice    
   chat), and Minecraft.   
   Finally we're looking forward to NA1WJ at the World Jamboree next year    
   in North America.  The team has been busy putting plans together and    
   organizing the program offerings that will include Amateur Radio demo    
   stations, ARDF on VHF and HF, multiple balloon launches with VHF APRS    
   and HF WSPR payloads, and hopefully an ARISS contact.  Please stay tuned    
   to our website for ways you can help the team provide these programs.   
   For more information on JOTA or Radio Scouting, or to signup for our    
   JOTA newsletter, please visit our website at k2bsa.net.   
   For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this    
   is Bill Stearns, NE4RD.   
      
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   IN MALAYSIA, A PREFIX AND A PARTY   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, if you happen to hear the prefix 9M61 on the air,    
   you're hearing the sound of a special Malaysian celebration. Graham Kemp    
   VK4BB tells us more.   
      
   GRAHAM: It’s been 61 years since Malaysia declared its independence,    
   first known as the Federation of Malaya, with a new prime minister. The    
   new country raised its own flag for the first time and everywhere there    
   was dancing, bonfires and even fireworks. On the 16th of September 1963    
   the federation, along with North Borneo or Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore,    
   formed into a larger federation of Malaysia. This year the ham radio    
   community is setting off its own fireworks of sorts by calling QRZ under    
   special event call signs that are regional, but all of them bear the    
   prefix 9M61. The celebration is already ongoing and will be active    
   through the 1st of September. Successful contacts can earn you four    
   different certificates from the Malaysian DX and Contest Group at    
   bronze, silver, gold and platinum levels. The event is in keeping with    
   the mission of the contest group which is to promote and raise the    
   profile for HF contesters and encourage DXing throughout Malaysia.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Graham Kemp VK4BB.   
      
   (SOUTHGATE, HISTORY TODAY)   
      
      
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   KICKER: BRITAIN'S INLAND WATERWAYS GET THEIR OWN EVENT   
      
   JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, amateurs who love radio - and radio by the water -    
   have an event all their own in Britain as we learn from Jeremy Boot G4NJH.   
      
   JEREMY: Now here is an all-purpose event that would combine Bicycles on    
   the Air, Boats on the Air and even Running Shoes on the air if they    
   existed: It’s the British Inland Waterways on the Air event being held    
   between the 25th and 27th of August – which is the August bank holiday    
   weekend. Amateurs who are making use of reservoirs, rivers, lakes,    
   canals and tow paths will be activating them either as individuals or as    
   a club event, some even using Special Event Station call signs. A number    
   of them may be using their own call signs while they operate portable or    
   mobile. Stefan Lattimer 2E0VKM, a member of the Nunsfield House Amateur    
   Radio Club, has been keeping track of which stations will be    
   participating. Primary bands will be 40 meters and 2 meters but    
   operators are not being restricted from using any band. The event is as    
   a way of encouraging hams to use their radios to celebrate the UKs    
   waterways and of course amateur radio. Organisers are hoping that    
   everyone will, of course, be inspired by their closeness to the water    
   and simply go with the flow.   
      
   For Amateur Radio Newsline I’m Jeremy Boot G4NJH.   
      
   (RADIO SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN)   
      
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   NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; ARISS;    
   the ARRL; CQ Magazine; Greg G0DUB; Ewan VK4ERM; Hap Holly and the Rain    
   Report; History Today; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; John Desmond    
   EI7GL; Michelle Carey W5MQC; News.com.au; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ;    
   Radio Society of Great Britain; 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.    
   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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