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their equipment and other supplies for next year's DXpedition, the team
has called off its plans for a lottery to help raise funds. Organizers
announced on the team website that the cancellation is the result of
[quote] "legal issues brought to the team's notice." [endquote] The
announcement did not offer any specifics.

Preparedness workshop and other activities still lay ahead for the
operators well in advance of their scheduled departure date from Cape
Town, South Africa on the 1st of next February. The 21-day DXpedition
has a budget in excess of $1.6 million in US currency and had hoped the
lottery would help cover expenses. The announcement of its cancellation
included assurances that all tickets already purchased will be fully
refunded through PayPal.

This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

(3Y0K WEBSITE; DX WORLD)

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GRANT ASSISTS YOUNG AMATEURS IN MALAWI

STEPHEN ANCHOR: The newest ham radio operators in Malawi are
celebrating their success - and a few are celebrating their upgraded
licenses John Williams VK4JJW tells us about this growing community of
hams in this African nation.

JOHN: A handful of new and newly upgraded amateur radio operators in
Malawi are celebrating their achievement in late July: the young radio
operators have passed their exams with support of a grant from the
Yasme Foundation to cover all fees and related costs.

Foundation president Ward Silver, N0AX, announced in late July that
there are now five new licensees and four amateurs with upgraded
licenses. The Yasme Foundation has been assisting the Malawi Project,
which was launched by members of the HacDC Amateur Radio Club, W3HAC,
in Washington, DC, under the leadership of Don Jones K6ZO/7Q6M. The
project works with aspiring young amateurs in Malawi, the Comoros and
Uganda. It is now part of the Jeffrey Dahn Memorial Foundation, which
promotes education in electronics to young people in Africa.

This is John Williams VK4JJW.

(DXNEWS, JEFFREY DAHN FOUNDATION)

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CELEBRATING A PARK'S CENTENNIAL BY PUTTING IT ON THE AIR

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Indiana amateurs are preparing to celebrate a
100-year-old park the best way hams know how. Andy Morrison K9AWM gives
us a full report.

ANDY: There is a rich history in Pokagon State Park, one that dates
back to its designation as the fifth state park in Indiana in 1925.
What was originally known as Lake James State Park was renamed to honor
Leopold and Simon Pokagon, the father and son leaders of the Potawatomi
Native American tribe who made their home in the region in the 19th
Century.

The Land of Lakes Amateur Radio Club is joining with Friends of Pokagon
on the 23rd of August to mark the park's centennial. Special event
station K9P will be on the air from the park from 9 a.m. until dusk.

The celebration acknowledges the importance of the park, where the
government's Civilian Conservation Corps lived and worked from 1934 to
1942, helping shape the park's wooded hills, wetlands and open meadows
through the addition of landscaping elements built from natural stone
and logs. The park is on the shores of Lake James and comprises
1,260-acres. It carries the POTA designation of US-4182.

This is Andy Morrison K9AWM.

(THE OUTDOOR WIRE, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES)

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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 AA9RT repeater in Shiloh, Illinois, during the Prime K9JHQ Club net
on Sundays at 7 p.m. local time.

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UK HAMS TAKE ON CHALLENGE TO BUILD TRACKER FOR BALLOON

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Tracking a balloon is challenging enough -- but
building the tracker? That's the real challenge - and that's the
challenge facing some adventurous hams in the UK, as we hear from
Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY: On Saturday, the 20th of September, a high-altitude balloon
will be launched with a cross-frequency LoRa APRS Digipeater as its
payload. Ben Lloyd, GW4BML, a director of the Radio Society of Great
Britain, will send the balloon on its way () at 11 a.m. local time from
Welshpool in Powys. The balloon is expected to be in the air for about
two hours, reaching an altitude of  90,000 feet.

The challenge for amateur radio operators is to build or re-code a LoRa
tracker using instructions provided on the RSGB website - then try to
get the farthest signal from the launch site. Successful transmissions
will reach the airborne relay and be retransmitted to one of the
Internet gateways local to the launch site.

Individual hams and some ham clubs may boost their chances through the
use of a high-gain antenna or by operating from a summit or other high
ground at the same time to get a line-of-sight advantage.  If your
tracker build is successful, it will beam up packets to the airborne
relay to be retransmitted.

The event is part of National Coding Week, in which the RSGB is
participating  in during the third week of September.

For details, visit the website rsgb.org

(RSGB)

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YOUNG AMATEURS IN AUSTRALIA PREP FOR 1ST YOTA CONTEST

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Although it seems that YOTA Month is a long way off
-December is, of course, a few months away yet - young amateurs in
Australia are getting ready for an inaugural event this year. Graham
Kemp VK4BB has those details.

GRAHAM: The VK YOTA Contest is coming to shacks Down Under as the
Fisher's Ghost Amateur Radio Club has announced it will be hosting the
event, encouraging hams anywhere in the world to join in. The contest
is being held in cooperation with Youngsters on the Air, a programme of
Region 1 of the International Amateur Radio Union. The purpose isn't so
much to be the highest-scoring operator but to simply be on the air
enjoying new contacts and renewing some old ones.

In other words, rag chews are absolutely encouraged! The contest begins
00:00 UTC on the 1st of December and ends at 23:59 UTC on the 31 of
December.There will be a bit of overlap with the YOTA contest organised
by the Hungarian Amateur Radio Society. Three days before the Fisher's
Ghost club contest ends, Round 3 begins for the YOTA contest hosted by
the Hungarian operators. That's on December 29th beginning at 10:00 UTC
and ending at 21:59 UTC.

It looks like December is already heating up down here in Australia.

This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.


STEPHEN/ANCHOR: For details about the VK YOTA Contest see the link in
the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

[DO NOT READ:    https://yota.fgarc.org.au/pages/about.php  ]


(WIA, FISHER'S GHOST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Aldir, PY1SAD, on the air as 8R1TM from
Guyana until the 23rd of September.  He is using CW, SSB  and digital
modes on all HF bands, and via satellite.  See QRZ.com for QSL details.

Darrell, N3JWJ, is on the air as SV5/N3JWJ from Rhodes Island, in the
Dodecanese Islands, IOTA Number EU-001, until the 25th of August. See
QRZ.com for QSL details.

Yuris, YL2GM, and Eugene, EA5EL, will be using the callsign 3C0W from
Annobon Island, IOTA Number AF-039, for two weeks  in September. They
are awaiting final dates from the ferry service they will be using.
Listen for them also as 3C3W  from  Bioko Island, IOTA Number AF-010,
in Equatorial Guinea. They will be using CW, SSB and FT8 on 160-6
metres. See QRZ.com for QSL details.

There will be a number of special event stations in some Malaysian

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