THE WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Robert, DL7VOA, will be using the
call sign V34AO, from Hopkins, in Belize, between the 18th and 30th of November. He will be operating holiday style on the beach, mainly using
CW during the local evening, and nighttime hours. You may be able to
hear him as well on SSB. Be listening for him, especially during the
CQWW DX CW Contest, November 25th and 26th. Robert would be very happy
to receive recordings of his transmissions in MP3 at DL7VOA dot DE.
Send QSLs via DL7VOA, by the Bureau or direct.

Be listening through the 10th of November for two Canadian amateurs
operating as VY0ERC, from the Eureka Amateur Radio Club station, on
Ellesmere Island. The island, which is in the northernmost part of
Canada, counts as NA-008 for the Islands on the Air award program.
The hams will be operating from inside the Eureka Weather Station.
QSL M-ZERO-OXO OQRS, or Direct Mail.

Thomas, OZ1AA, is operating until November 7th, as 4W/OZ1AA from East
Timor. Listen for him on 40-10 meters using mainly CW and some FT8.
Send QSLs via OZ1ACB, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW.

(OHIO-PENN DX NEWSLETTER)

**

KICKER: SLOW-SCAN EXPERIMENT A TV HIT

PAUL/ANCHOR: Finally, let's consider the value of something manmade
versus something natural: in this case, let's consider the aurora.
Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, tells us about a recent aurora that truly
deserves to have its name up in - what else? - lights.

KEVIN'S REPORT: When it comes to the real thing versus its artificial equivalent, is it OK to accept a substitute? For the team at the High
Frequency Active Auroral Research Program in Alaska, the answer is
most certainly YES. Ham radio operator Christopher Fallen, KL3WX, and
a team of technicians at the research facility, known as HAARP,
experimented a few weeks ago, with the creation of an artificial aurora,
using an array of 180 antennas. The aurora, known as radio-induced
airglow, was a challenge to create, given the cloudy environment at the
time. He set up two video cameras that work a low-light environment,
and hoped for the best. He even tweeted his intentions hoping amateur
radio operators would tune in. Then, he began transmitting images within
the radio wave, and watched his Twitter feed come alive, as radio
listeners responded from such places as Pueblo, Colorado, and Victoria,
British Columbia.

The Slow Scan TV experiment, reported in the IEEE Spectrum journal, was proclaimed a success. One of the images returned to Chris, that he had
sent earlier, was an image of the logo of the University of Alaska,
Fairbanks, where he is an assistant professor in the Geophysical
Institute. After this, he can feel a bit like a star of Slow Scan TV,
too.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.

(IEEE SPECTRUM)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly;
AMSAT-North America; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; the Daily Mail; the FCC;
Forces Network; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; IEEE Spectrum; Irish
Radio Transmitters Society; the Mirror; Ohio Penn DX Bulletin; South
African Radio League; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO
Radio Show; 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 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 Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

Nuri, TA3X, will be active as TC630MECCA, from Izmir, Turkey, from
the first of November, to the 14th of January, 2018. He will operate
CW, SSB, and digital modes, on 160 to 10 metres. QSL via TA3X, direct,
or bureau.

Rob, N7QT, is leading a team of 9 radio operators from Mellish Reef
in Australia, as VK9MA, through the 16th of November. The team will
be active from Heralds-Beacon Islet, the only permanent land in the
reef on all the HF bands, using SSB, CW and RTTY. The operators ask
all amateurs to please note that they are always going to be working
split. Send QSLs to N7QT.

Get ready! November the 18th sees the next annual Europe to North
America SOTA Summit to Summit event, where SOTA activators will be
out on both continents, trying to make contacts. Look for stations
to be spotted on the SOTA Cluster at SOTAWATCH dot ORG, between
around 12 and 1500 UTC on the 18th. and give the activators a call,
they appreciate all calls. We are hoping for better propagation
conditions for this weekend, where both SSB and CW stations, will
be heading up some hills, and mountains for the event.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: PAPAL 'VISIT' TO THE ISS

JIM/ANCHOR: Students aren't the only ones who get excited to talk to
the Space Station. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, tells us about one recent
contact that was blessed - truly blessed - by good fortune.

MIKE'S REPORT: It's a given that when Pope Francis has some big
questions to ask about life and the universe, he looks to the
heavens. That's just what he did on October 26th, in fact - and he
got some answers - only this heavenly exchange didn't come from the
source you might imagine. The pontiff got a chance to chat via a
satellite feed, with the six astronauts on board the International
Space Station, and his questions were understandably tough. Like the
rest of us, he was seeking to understand humanity's place in the
universe - but these were challenges that space travelers such as
Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA, and Joseph Acaba, KE5DAR, could only take a
stab at, from a scientific point of view.

NASA'S Randy Bresnik, the Expedition 53 commander, told the Pope,
however [audio clip]: "People cannot come up here, and see the
indescribable beauty of the earth, and not be touched in their
souls."

With this exchange, Pope Francis became the second pope to speak with astronauts, following Pope Benedict in 2011.

Paolo, of course, did take the opportunity to make a kind of confession. Humbled at not knowing all the answers to the pope's questions he said
"our aim here is to spread knowledge, [but] the more we learn, the more
we realize we do not know."

So together, they will all continue to look to the Heavens.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.

(SPACE.COM)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; Cornwall Live;
the CQ Magazine; Daniele Hopper; Filippo Ricci, IK7YCE; HamTalk Live;
Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; K2BSA;
Livonia Amateur Radio Club; Ohio Penn DX Bulletin; South African Radio
League; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Space.com; Stillwater Amateur
Radio Association; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WGLT public radio;
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 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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MORE FREQUENCIES FOR HAMS IN ARGENTINA, COLOMBIA

NEIL/ANCHOR: There's more room for more QSOs on the bands! Hams in
Argentina have something to celebrate: Local communications authorities
have granted new privileges on the bands on 630 meters and 60 meters,
and extended existing allocations on 160 meters, 80 meters and 30
meters. Radio Club Argentino made the announcement, following final
approval, and said the changes will be effective in February, 2018.

In Colombia, hams are getting access to part of the band on 2200 meters,
630 meters, and 60 meters. The announcement was made this month by the Colombian Radio Society, a member of the IARU.

(RADIO CLUB ARGENTINO, COLOMBIAN RADIO SOCIETY)

**

THE WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Argentinian DXers on San Andres
Island in the Caribbean, operating through the 26th of November as
5K0T. The IOTA reference for San Andres is NA-033. Send QSLs to LU1FM.

Harald DF2WO is in Rwanda through the end of November, operating with
the callsign 9X2AW. Listen for him on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL Manager
is M0OXO.

Georg, DK7LX, is in Bermuda through the 21st of November, operating holiday-style as VP9/DK7LX. You can listen for him on 40 through 15
meters operating CW only. QSL via Club Log OQRS.

(IRTS)

**

KICKER: THE SCIENCE OF HONORING SUPPORTER'S MEMORY

NEIL/ANCHOR: We close this week with a tale of weather balloons
released in an Indiana football field -- two balloons with two
missions. Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, shares that story.

DON: In the eyes of 20 high school seniors from Indiana's Hobart High
School, few things could have flown higher in those few moments of
launch, than Gensis and Exodus, the weather balloons that lifted off
on Nov. 9, from the school's football field.

The engineering and design seniors were led by teacher Brent Vermeulen,
who had secured about $3,000 in grants to make the launch happen. Each helium-filled balloon had a GoPro camera, and a 360 degree HD camera to
record its flight, plus an antenna enabling tracking by two local hams.

Exodus lived up to its name, traveling 240 miles before ending up in a cornfield near Huron, Ohio. Genesis made it as far as Napoleon, Ohio, completing a trip of about 162 miles, before landing in a farmer's
field there.

Much more was on board, however, than just recording and radio equipment. Jackie Fitzgerald of Hobart, had been on the sidelines watching it all.
This year her brother, Marvin Boetcher, WV90, could not be there for
one of his favorite annual events. The Hobart amateur, a 1967 graduate
of the school, became a Silent Key in March.

Jackie had made a donation in her brother's memory to help the flight --
and these words covered the payload of Genesis: "in loving memory of
Marvin Boetcher."

She watched the students, and their balloons, and in her eyes too, few
things could have flown higher on that bright morning.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW.

(CHICAGO TRIBUNE)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; the Chicago Tribune;
the CQ Magazine; the CW Operators Club; Hap Holly and the Rain Report;
Irish Radio Transmitters Society; Law 360; the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology; Ohio Penn DX Bulletin; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the U.S. Court of Appeals; Worldwide Flora and
Fauna; 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 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 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, a group of Argentinian radio operators will be on
the air as HC8LUT, from San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos Islands,
from the 29th of November until the 8th of December. Listen for them
on 160 through 10 meters, where they will be using mainly SSB, and the
digital modes. They will also operate on the low earth orbit satellites
on SSB and FM. Send QSLs via IK2DUW.

Listen for Obaid/A61M operating as 5T1R, and Fawaz/A92AA, operating as
5T1A from Mauritania, through the 20th of December. Hear them on 40-10
meters using SSB and FT8. QSL both callsigns via A92AA. They will be
joined by Ahmad/9K2AI, for an IOTA activation to Tidra Island, as 5T5TI
between the 1st and 7th of December. For the Tidra Island activation,
send QSLs via NI5DX, LoTW or ClubLog.

Olof, G0CKV, will be on the air through the 11th of December, from
Rodriguez Island operating as 3B9HA. Olof will be working holiday
style focusing on the low bands and CW. Send QSLs via M0OXO or LoTW.

**

KICKER: BIRTH (AND LAUNCH) OF A NATION

PAUL/ANCHOR: If you've ever wondered what it takes to launch a new
nation, look to the launchpad itself. Here's Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, with
our final story of the week, about a most unusual new nation.

SKEETER'S REPORT: It's the size of a loaf of bread, or perhaps a milk
carton, but in actuality, it's much more than than that.

On Nov. 12 the Asgardia-1 nanosatellite seceded not from any nation, or
any continent, but from Planet Earth itself. The satellite is a nation
unto itself, a "space kingdom" with a population of 115,000 individuals
from 200 nations here on Earth who have been given status as citizens.
That gives them the privilege to upload their personal data onto the
cubesat for safekeeping in space. So far 0.5 TB of data are on board --
family photographs and memorabilia, along with the space nation's own
flag, national symbols, and constitution.

The emerging nation of Asgardia was lifted through the atmosphere on
Nov. 14 aboard a NASA commercial cargo vehicle to dock with the
International Space Station, for a one-month stay. In about three
weeks, it will launch even higher into orbit.

The space nation is the creation of billionaire Russian scientist Igor Ashurbeyli, who modeled it to be what he calls a peaceful society,
making use of technology. It bears the name of a city in Norse mythology
that resided in the skies - at a time before uploading of anything was
ever invented.

One of Ashurbeyli's next plans is to convince the UN to recognize
Asgardia as a sovereign nation -- but for now its citizens - still at
home here on Earth - will have to be content with the independence it
won on the launchpad.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Skeeter Nash, N5ASH.

(SOUTHGATE, CNN)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL;
CQ Magazine; CNN; David Vowell, N3NTV; the FCC; Hap Holly and the Rain
Report; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; K2BSA; Ohio Penn DX Bulletin;
QRZ; Radio Club of America; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's
QSO Radio Show; Times of Swaziland; Wireless Institute of Australia;
WTWW Shortwave; Youngsters on the Air; 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 Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

Members of the "The Holy land DX Group" will be operating a special
event station from The Shivta National Park in Israel, from Friday,
December 22nd, through noontime on December 24th. They will be using
the callsign 4X0XMAS, and hams can listen for them on SSB, and using
CW on the WWFF frequencies. This will be the first time for an
operation from this QTH. During the Christianity On the Air event,
December 22nd through 24th, the station will also participate for the
HOCOTA Award. Send QSLs via LoTW and eQSL. The park is considered a
World Heritage Site, by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.

Be listening for Fawaz, A92AA, operating as 5T1A, from Mauritius,
until December 20th. Listen for him on all bands, using SSB and FT8.
He plans a short break, to join the 5T5TI DXpedition team between
December first and seventh. Send QSLs via A92AA.

A team of operators, including Massimo/HP1MAC, Ricardo/HP1RIS, and Gianni/HP1YLS will be active between January 6th and 9th, as H91IT
from Taboga Island. Listen for them on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB.
Send QSLs via HP1RCP.

(OHIO PENN DX NEWSLETTER)

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KICKER: SANTA PLAYS THE FOX IN AUSTRALIA

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story is about Santa Claus again. But wait -
this is in Australia, where the search for Santa is getting a bit of an
amateur radio twist, as we hear from John Williams, VK4JJW.

JOHN'S REPORT: When it comes to amateur radio direction-finding at this
time of the year, even Santa can be pretty foxy about it. Perhaps it's
because Santa *is* the fox during this exercise, which is happening on
the 15th of December. It's the annual Townsville Amateur Radio Club
Monster Christmas Lights Tour, when mobile shacks make their way along
a route to a secret destination, all the while monitoring 2 meters to
receive instructions from Santa. Yes, Santa's calling the shots, as all
the hams take their festive trip around the illuminated City of
Townsville, Australia. Where is Santa headed? Ah, that's the secret --
but by 10 p.m. all will be revealed. The organizer, Gavin, VK4ZZ, is no
humbug. He'll make sure everyone gets an eyeful, as well as an earful. Handhelds will be provided on loan, if hams don't have one available.
Do bring your own water, however. Sleighbells are not expected to be
ringing in the summer heat.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.

(TOWNSVILLE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL;
CQ Magazine; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; the IARU; NASA; Ohio Penn
DX Bulletin; Radio Amateurs of Canada; SOUTHCARS; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the 3916 Nets; Townsville Amateur
Radio Club; 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 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 Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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KICKER: HAM TURNS 103 WITH PARADE OF WELL-WISHERS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: For our final story, we roll out some good wishes -
really roll them out on four wheels - for a ham who just turned 103.
Ralph Squillace tells us how his fellow amateurs in North Carolina
took that celebration literally.

RALPH: If Oscar Norris W4OXX (W 4 Oh Ex Ex) is feeling lately like
he's the ham of the century, there's a good reason: Licensed since
1949, Oscar was treated to a different kind of birthday party when he
turned 103 on September 25th in the middle of a pandemic.

According to Tony Jones, N4ATJ, president of the Gaston Radio Club of Gastonia, North Carolina, family members, church members and hams from
around the state piled into 40 cars and formed a procession past the
Courtland Terrace Assisted Living Center where Oscar lives. ARRL
section manager Marv Hoffman, WA4NC, presented Oscar with a plaque
marking the occasion.

Meanwhile, the birthday boy got busy doing what hams do best - making
QSOs worldwide via one of his HTs using EchoLink, which had been set
up on the Charlotte Amateur Radio Club's W4CQ repeater by Tim
Richards, KO4AXL (Kay Oh Four A X L). The club was honoring him with a 10-day-long activation of special event station N1O (En 1 Oh) - which
stands for ham of the century - and hams from North Carolina, South
Carolina and Florida were calling QRZ.

One of those hams was Oscar himself -- no surprise there. And, in true birthday fashion, he was the one station worth bonus points. To Tony,
however, and so many others, Oscar is worth bonus points every day. As
Tony, the party's organizer, told Newsline: [quote] "He is one of my
favorite people in the ham radio world and outside the ham radio
world." [endquote]

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(TONY JONES N4ATJ)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL;
the Associated Press; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; the FCC; the
Forks Forum; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de; Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society; South Dublin Radio Club; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; space.com; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Telephone Pioneers;
Tony Jones N4ATJ; WKBT; 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 arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Take (TAH-KAY), JG8NQJ, using the
call sign JG8NQJ/JD1, from Marcus Island in the Minami Torishima group, starting on the 14th of October through to mid-January 2021. He will
operate in his spare time, mainly on 17 meters, but will also be on 20/15/12/10 and 6 meters using CW and possibly RTTY. Send QSL's to
JA8CJY, or by the Bureau to JG8NQJ.

There are also some special events marking the 75th anniversary of the
United Nations. In Austria, members of the Amateur Radio Contest DX Club
4U1A, are using the call sign 4U75A, from Vienna until the 31st of
December. Be listening on 80/40/20 and 15 meters where they will be using
CW and SSB. Send QSLs to UA3DX via the Bureau or direct.

In the United States, members of the United Nations Amateur Radio Club, station 4U1UN, is on the air as 4U75UN to celebrate the opening of the
General Assembly and UN's 75th anniversary. The operation is being done remotely. Send QSLs to HB9BOU. QSL cards for 4U75UN have been ordered.
Watch for updates on the club's Facebook page.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: WHEN A PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATOR GOES AMATEUR

JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, in our final story, we hear of one professional communicator who used the pandemic as an opportunity to become....an
amateur communicator. With that story is Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

ED: On the technology website known as the Pledge Times, the correspondent
in Spain is known as Reiner Wandler. He is known on the air, however, as
Echo Alpha 4 Hotel India Hotel. The professional communicator decided
recently that these pandemic times served as a good opportunity for
becoming an amateur communicator too.

In an October 1st article, he wrote on the website: "I used the lockdown
to work my way through OhmÆs law, through circuits, antenna technology and abbreviations such as CEPT, IARU or VHF. After passing the exam, I am now
in one of the oldest virtual communities: the three million amateur radio operators worldwide, 31,500 of them in Spain."

The Pledge Times describes itself as an online publication that reports on
new discoveries and advances, keeping readers plugged into a world that is constantly in flux and advancing. Of course, as Reiner himself
acknowledges in his article, not everything is about megabytes and
megabits. There's always room for some MegaHertz. He writes: "Now I chat without the internet, just like that - over the airwaves."

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(PLEDGE TIMES)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Alan Thompson W6WN; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL;
Bob Ringwald K6YBV; Clay Today; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; the FCC; Hamcation; IARU Region 2; Ohio Penn DX; Phys.Org; the Pledge Times;
QRZ.COM; the Radio Society of Great Britain; Scouts Australia; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate Amateur Radio News; space.com; Tech Explorist.com; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; WTAJ; WQOW;
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 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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NETS OF NOTE: ADVANCED CLASS PRESERVATION GROUP NETS

PAUL/ANCHOR: In our occasional series Nets of Note, we look at how and
where on the bands amateur radio operators are checking in and what
they're saying. This week Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, gives us a look at the Advanced Class Preservation Group Nets.

KEVIN: Hams like Paul Buescher, N8HHG, and Scott Endsley, W5URX, take
pride in being among the 39,000 radio amateurs who hold an Advanced Class license issued by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC stopped granting these licenses a decade ago, but Advanced Class holders can renew their license indefinitely and many do, celebrating their place in U.S. amateur radio history. Lately, they've even begun meeting up on air in a formal setting known as the Advanced Class Preservation Group Nets. There
are already more than 100 members. There's plenty of history to celebrate: Advanced is the only remaining license class where holders passed the 13
wpm Code test -- and the majority of those licensed before 1984 were
tested at an FCC office, instead of by a volunteer examiner.

According to Bart Pulverman, WB6WUW, Paul and Scott started the nets two months ago on weekday evenings, providing a place for Advanced class
members to check in. Membership is free to Advanced Class members only --
but Extra Class members are also invited to participate. To make things
even more official, holders of valid Advanced Class licenses receive a
free personalized certificate that is suitable for framing. For details on membership and the certificate, send an email to n8hhg at aol dot com (n8hhg@aol.com)

Then, get on the air and join the Nets: they meet on Mondays through
Fridays at 1700 UTC on 14.213 MHz, plus or minus; Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at 2200 UTC on 14.213 MHz, plus or minus; and Tuesdays and
Thursdays at at 2300 UTC on 7.130 MHz, plus or minus.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.

(BART PULVERMAN WB6WUW)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, listen for Don, K6ZO, who is active as 7Q6M from a
mission hospital at the Loudon Station in Malawi through the middle of December. He will be using CW and SSB at various times, usually on 20, 40,
and 80 meters and possibly 160m. At his residence, he will operate FT8.
You can also listen for him during the CQWW DX SSB Contest on October 24th
and 25th, and the CQWW DX CW Contest on November 28th and 29th. Send QSLs
to K6ZO.

In the Bahamas, Richard, KN4CV, will be using the call sign KN4CV/C6A from Alice Town, Bimini Islands. Listen on the various HF bands. Send QSLs via
his home callsign.

Thomas, DL2RMC, is on the air as 9G5FI from Accra, Ghana, where he is
likely to be through next year. Listen on various HF bands where he will
be using CW, FT8 and operating through the QO-100 satellite. Send QSLs via DL1RTL, direct, by the Bureau, eQSL, ClubLog and soon LoTW.

In Guadeloupe, Philippe, F1DUZ, is using the call sign FG4KH from
October 16th through November 5th. Listen for him on the various HF bands using SSB and FT8. He will also be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest, Send QSLs
via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, eQSL or LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: COOKING UP A COMING-OF-AGE SPECIAL EVENT

PAUL/ANCHOR: Finally, you know you've come of age as a club, when you've Elmered new hams, made new radio friends, and even activated your first special event station while cooking lunch. Here's Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, to
dish out the savory details.

SKEETER: It's been little more than a year, but the Bledsoe County Amateur Radio Club has come of age, and already celebrated some milestones. Formed
in July of 2019, to promote amateur radio in that Tennessee County, the
club was granted the call sign N4BCT this past summer. It also celebrated
the return to radio of one member, a formerly licensed ham who is 93 years old. When that ham, Bryan Knight KO4FHG, upgraded this month and got his Amateur Extra license, the club celebrated that milestone too.

Now the club is cooking up its first special event station - and the
emphasis is on the cooking. Since the season has brought chilly weather to Tennessee, that also means - chili weather - as in homemade chili, that long-simmering often-spicy stew. The Bledsoe County Amateur Radio Club's
Chili Cookoff includes the not-so-secret ingredient of a special event
station with the call sign W4C in honor of the contest. According to
Andrew Albertson, KN4CTG, club treasurer and trustee, W4C will be on the
air from October 23rd to the 25th. On the day of the cookoff itself,
October 24th, a special certificate will be available to anyone working
the station between 2300 and 0300 UTC. Contacts can be made on Echolink
Node 17285, Allstar node 52061, or the KF4JPU repeater.

Radio - and the smell of chili - will both be in the air. Sounds like a
recipe for success.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Skeeter Nash, N5ASH.

(ANDREW ALBERTSON KN4CTG)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; Andrew Albertson, KN4CTG; the
ARRL; Bart Pulverman, WB6WUW; CQ Magazine; CNN: David Behar, K7DB; the
FCC; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; the Radio Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum;
Southeastern Massachusetts Amateur Radio Association; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; 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 arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, members of the Azuay Radio Club, HC5ARC, will be
operating as HD200C, from Cuenca, Ecuador between the 31st of October and
the 3rd of November. They are marking the 200th anniversary of the independence of the city of Cuenca. If you make a minimum of three QSOs on different bands or modes, you will be eligible for an award. For details
visit QRZ.COM.

Be listening for Ron, VA3RVK, who will be on the air in Canada as XL3T
between October 24th and November 24th. Ron is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the ending of World War II and the Canadian Liberation. Be listening for him as well as CJ3T on November 28th. QSL for both callsigns
to VE3AT.

Jim, W2JHP, is active until November 8th as V31TA from Turneffe Atoll in Belize. He will be on various HF bands using SSB and perhaps some digital modes. He is using 100 watts and a wire in a palm tree. Send QSLs to EA5GL, direct, LoTW or eQSL.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: WHEN 'MORNING TEA' BECOMES A MARATHON

NEIL/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with the story of one net in
Australia - and one net controller - who has gone the distance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, brings us the final story of this week.

JASON: Most people who work his station know Bob Hudson as VK2AOR. He's the member of the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club who has served on the club's management committee, led "Show & Tell" instructional sessions and has run
an international net, keeping friendship strong across the oceans. Lately
Bob has taken on a new unofficial title among members of the New South Wales club. Bob has become a kind of "Marathon Man." Monday October 19th marked
Day 200 for Bob serving as net control for the Morning Tea Net on the
Echolink connected VK2RAG 2 meter repeater.

This net isn't your average ragchew session, by the way. The Morning Tea Net was originally intended for hams to check in on their mates during the toughest times of the COVID pandemic. It eventually went beyond the local scene however, receiving international check-ins from all over, including Germany and Japan most recently. Bob has been there consistently, checking everyone in and making sure everyone else gets a reality check of sorts. That's the kind of marathon a seasoned ham can run without so much as
breaking a sweat. Congratulations Bob, for helping keep everyone in the running!

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.

(CCARC)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; Central Coast Amateur Radio Club; CQ Magazine; CNN; David Behar, K7DB; the FCC; Gloucester Echo; John DeRycke, W2JLD; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Popular Mechanics; the Radio Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; the Smithsonian National Air
and Space Museum; Steven Driver, N9BWT; Southeastern Massachusetts Amateur Radio Association; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio
Show; Twitter; WTWW Shortwave; Youngsters on the Air; 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 arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington Indiana,
saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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APRIL 18 2021: NATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS DAY??

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Amateur radio operators in the United States may be
getting their own national holiday, thanks to one Arizona lawmaker. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko has introduced a resolution to declare
April 18, 2021 as National Amateur Radio Operators Day, recognizing
ham radio as a means for teaching, for communicating, and for spurring
the development of new innovations. The congresswoman presented the
measure just days after attending a virtual event hosted by the Sun
City Grand Hams based in Surprise, Arizona. The date is timed to
coincide with the anniversary of the founding of the International
Amateur Radio Union.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Oleh, UR5BCP/KD7WPJ, will be on the air as J8/UR5BCP
from Saint Vincent Island, between the 21st and 28th of November. Be
listening on 40-6 meters, where Oleh will be using mainly FT8 with some
CW and SSB. QSL to KD7WPJ, direct or by the Bureau. He will be using LoTW
for the Digital QSOs only.

There's a special event about to begin in European Russia. Members of the Miller-DX-Club will be using the call sign RQ30DX between November 16th
and 29th to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the
International MILLER-DX-CLUB. Send QSLs to RQ7L, direct, by the Bureau
or ClubLog's OQRS.

Bob, W0YBS, is active as V31CO in Belize until November 13th. Be listening
on 80-10 meters including 30, 17, and 12 meters, where Bob will be using
CW, SSB, FT8, and RTTY. Send QSLs to W0YBS and LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: AMATEUR PLANS MEMORIAL DXPEDITION TO HONOR SON

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: For our final story, we revisit the island of Rotuma,
where a ham on DXpedition lost his young son late last year. As John
Williams, VK4JJW, tells us, he's heading back - with an important mission.

JOHN: The amateur radio community, and the DX world, embraced Tony, 3D2AG,
in the earliest weeks of this year, as the avid DXer cut short his
DXpedition following the tragic drowning death there of his young son.

Even as he was overcome by profound grief, the scientist was also
overwhelmed by profound gratitude for the support of ham radio radio
friends around the world.

The scientist still has unfinished business on Rotuma, however, and is
planning his return in December. He will activate the island on CW and
FT8, while visiting his wife's family - and he will take care of his
most important mission of all: The grieving father will finalize the
tombstone that will serve as a memorial for 11-year-old Rehanisi. His
son's body was found in the deep water off the Republic of Fiji on the
9th of January this year.

Tony will remain on the island into the middle of January, 2021, and he
plans to be on the air for what he is calling the "Rehanisi Memorial DXpedition." Rotuma is the 58th most-wanted DXCC entity, according to
Club Log.

Tony writes on his QRZ.COM page that he realised after his son's death
how many friends he truly has around the world. He told Newsline in an
email that the meaning of his son's name in Rotuman suited him well.
Rehanisi means "love" or "compassion." Tony told Newsline: [quote] "It
is fitting for the most kind personality that my son had, and which we
miss so much now. We were blessed to have him with us for eleven years." [endquote] The ham radio world still shares his grief.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.

(QRZ.COM, OHIO PENN DX)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David
Behar, K7DB; the FCC; FoxNews31; Geratol.net; the GoodNews Network; Jenni Jones, M0HZT; NBC Channel; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Twitter; Vice Netherlands; WTWW Shortwave; Zachary Manganello, K1ZK; 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 arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio,
saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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NEW LIST RELEASED OF MOST WANTED DXCC

NEIL/ANCHOR: This is the list so many hams wait to see. It's the most
wanted DXCC list and a new one was just released by ClubLog. The top five
are, starting with top most-wanted: North Korea, Bouvet Island, Crozet
Island, Scarborough Reef and fifth is San Felix Islands. For the rest of
the list - and it's a long one - visit clublog.org.

(CLUBLOG)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Larry, G4HLN, using the call sign
GB4CKS, until November 14th. He is operating CW and some SSB on 40 to 10 metres marking the 85th anniversary of the death of Australian record-
setting aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. The aviator disappeared on November 8th 1935 off the coast of what was then known as Burma, while
trying to break the England-to-Australia speed record. Send QSLs to G4HLN, direct or via the bureau.

Be listening for special event station OZ100MILL, which is on the air until December 15th, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the unification of Southern Jutland with Denmark. Operation is on all the HF bands using CW,
SSB, RTTY and other digital modes. Send QSLs via the bureau.

Special event station DK70DARC is active until the end of December, marking the 70th anniversary of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club. Send QSLs to the bureau.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: SOME REAL DX WITH THIS ANTENNA UPGRADE

NEIL/ANCHOR: So you've swapped your 40 metre dipole out for a nice new beam and you're hoping to score more DX? Well, the folks at NASA can relate to that. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, wraps up this week's newscast with that story.

GRAHAM: Repairs and upgrades to the Deep Space Station 43 dish in Canberra Australia had kept it off the air since last March. That's significant
because it's the only dish in the world that can send commands to the
Voyager 2 probe. Well, NASA reports that an upgrade to the dish allowed it
to finally make contact with the probe again on October 29th. It was the
first successful transmission since March.

It's not that the mission team had lost contact entirely: Data and status updates could still be received from the probe. But with the dish out of commission these past few months, there was no way to successfully transmit
to the craft some 116 billion miles away. No antennas anywhere else on
Earth can do what the powerful dish in the Southern Hemisphere could. According to NASA's website, the dish is expected to return to full service
by February 2021.

So, if lately, you're confounded by your own antenna projects, be glad
you're not trying for a rare DX in Deep Space. Those kinds of upgrades are best left, perhaps, to the professionals.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(NASA, ENGADGET)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; Bendigo Amateur Radio
and Electronics Group; BNAmericas; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; EIRSAT-1; EnGadget; FCC; Flying Pigs QRP Club; NASA; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted
Randall's QSO Radio Show; Tokyo Hamfest; 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 arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington Indiana,
saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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HONORS FOR QRP PERFORMERS AND ONE 'HOMEBREW HERO'

JIM/ANCHOR: Congratulations to the top performers in the recent Fox-Mike-
Hotel Portable Operations Challenge. Results have been published and Grand Champion has been identified as Magnus Samuelson, SA0AQT, in Sweden. The amateur who made the single contact over the most kilometres for watts used was Jack Haefner, NG2E, in the state of Virginia. The contest was held in early October.

Separately, we congratulate the newest winner of the Homebrew Heroes Award,
an honor given by the Fox Mike Hotel website, with support from the ICQ Podcast. This year's award goes to George Thomas, W5JDX, who many listeners may know for his appearances on HamNation, and as the host of
AmateurLogic.tv Homebrew Heroes recognizes efforts by those whose homebrew constructions help define the frontiers in amateur radio technology.

Well done, everyone!

(Frank Howell K4FMH)

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KICKER: A HAM RADIO SISTERHOOD THAT ENDURES

JIM/ANCHOR: We end this week's newscast with a history lesson, a short one, but an important one. Let Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, share it with us.

RALPH: November 22nd marks the anniversary of the death of the woman
believed to be one of the first licensed American YLs. Her name was
Genevieve Josephine Emerson, or at least that was her name when, as a young girl in Oakland, California, she achieved a perfect score on her radio operator's exam and was issued the call sign 6APL. Genevieve, later known as Genevieve Josephine Emerson Stohler, was part of a small but important collective of female radio operators in the early 20th century, including Gladys Kathleen Parkin, callsign 6SO. Gladys, who lived in San Rafael, California, was celebrated in 1916 for being the youngest female to pass the radio license test.

The legacy of Gladys, who lived to be 89 and Genevieve, who was 93 when she died on November 22nd, 2002, is worth noting. Today women are on the air everywhere, and can be found in groups like ALARA in Australia, CLARA in Canada, and the YLRL in the United States. The recent Day of the YLs
memorial contest held earlier this month around the world is a tribute to their enduring friendship and sisterhood.

It is a sisterhood that finds its roots with people like Genevieve and
Gladys a century ago.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(SFGATE, ELK GROVE FLORIN AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, THE MARY SUE)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; Angelo Giuffre, VK2NWT; the ARRL; Clay Today Online; CNET; CQ Magazine; CNN: David Behar, K7DB; DX-World; the Elk Grove Florin Amateur Radio Club; the FCC; Frank Howell, K4FMH; the Mary Sue; Northeast Now; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; the Radio Society of Great Britain;
the Saipan Tribune; SFGate; shortwaveradio.de; the Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Times of Israel; the 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 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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KICKER: WHEN A SPECIAL CALLSIGN COMES A-CALLING

DON/ANCHOR: Finally, do you believe in coincidence? Well this week's
final story - about two YLs in Oregon, and one special callsign - might
leave you wondering. Here's Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

KENT: Marjory Ramey and Hannah Rosenfeld are separated by seven decades
but united by four letters and a number: W7HER. That became Hannah's
vanity call this summer after the Oregon college student, who belongs to
a family of hams, passed her Extra Class exam, encouraged by her father
Scott, N7JI.

Scott N7JI wrote on QRZ.COM that [quote] "It's obviously an ideal call
sign for a YL."

No doubt Marjory Ramey would agree. Now 95 years old, she was known as
Marjory Allingham in 1939 when the callsign was hers. Like Hannah,
Marjory was also part of a ham family - her father William held the
callsign W7KY, and her mother, Lucille, was W7FXE.

Scott unearthed all this during a dig in the online archive of Radio
Amateur Callbooks to learn more about his daughter's new callsign. He
later discovered Marjory's house was just a mile away right in their
hometown. Marjory, who is no longer active in amateur radio, was still
happy to have an eyeball QSO with the current holder of the callsign --
and in September they met. Marjory gave Hannah some advice about the University of Oregon, which Hannah now attends -- and which is Marjory's
alma mater.

Though no QSL cards will be sent from that eyeball QSO, Scott and Hannah assured Marjory that W7HER will be checking in with her from campus every
now and again.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

(QRZ.COM)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; Brittanica; Chuck Poch,
K0ITP; CNN; CQ Magazine; Datta, VU2DSI; David Behar, K7DB; NASA; New
York Times; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain;
RebelDX Group; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted
Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Times-Call newspaper; VK4DX website;
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 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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2 NEW CANADIAN AMATEUR RADIO HALL OF FAMERS

ANCHOR/PAUL: There are two new names listed among amateurs in the
Candian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has more
details:

JEREMY: Congratulations to the two newest inductees into the Canadian
Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. Radio Amateurs of Canada and the Hall of
Fame trustees have recognised Maurice-André Vigneault, VE3VIG, and Doug
Leach, VE3XK, now a Silent Key, for their contributions. Maurice-André,
who is the author of more than 200 published articles on amateur radio,
is also the former manager of amateur radio station VE3JW at the Canada
Museum of Science and Technology. He has been Canada's delegate to AMSAT
and to the ARISS Working Group and a member of the ARISS School
Selection Committee for Canada and Latin America. A busy Elmer, he also responded to the North American ice storm of 1998 as a volunteer radio operator.

Doug Leach, VE3XK, became a Silent Key on January 15th of this year. He
is being recognised as a driving force behind the RAC's creation and he
served it as an acting president, a first vice-president as well as a
director of its Ontario North Region. Programs he initiated, such as the
RAC Affiliated Club Program; the RAC Foundation; and the RAC Audio-
Visual Program amongst others, have become mainstays of the RAC.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(RAC)

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, the Market Reef DX Association, OH9A, will be
marking the holiday season in Finland with activity on all bands and
modes as OG1XMAS between the 29th of November and the 26th of December.
QSL via LoTW and Club Log.

In Belgium, members of Club Radio Durnal, ON4CRD, are active as OP19MSF
until December 13th, to focus on the work of Medics Sans Frontier [Pron:
Medix sawnz fronteer], or Doctors Without Borders, for its active role
during the pandemic. QSL via the bureau or direct.

In Sweden, Lars, SM3EAE, and Goran, SM5SIC, will participate in the CQ
WW DX CW Contest as SI9AM. QSL via SM3FJF, direct or bureau. Please note
that this will be the last activity from the King Chulalongkorn (Chew- La-Long-Korn) Memorial Amateur Radio Society Visitor's station which
closes on December 1st.

Be listening for special call signs from Poland, including 3Z20ARISS,
HF20ISS and HF7ISS, until December 21st. Hams there have been on the
air, marking the 20th anniversary of continuous operation of the Amateur
Radio on the International Space Station. For QSL details, see QRZ for individual call signs.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: TIS THE SEASON TO TALK TO SANTA

PAUL/ANCHOR: Here in the U.S., the Thanksgiving holiday has just ushered
in the holiday season. In some amateur radio households, however, the
season doesn't arrive until Santa gets on the air. We close this week's
report with.....well, listen and you'll find out:

SANTA: Ho Ho Ho! Well, boys and girls, my how times have flown!
It's time again for the Santa Watch Net. That's right. Old Santa is
gonna be making his rounds and can you believe it for the TENTH YEAR in
a row, the gang at the DoDropIn will be watching the radar. Join the
Santa Watch Net starting at 1800 ET on Christmas Eve.

Ho Ho, well my little elf Dave, N3NTV, he's a busy fellow so he is
taking the year off, but his little buddy John, W2JLD, he'll be sitting
in the BIG CHAIR, and keeping track of Santa's location.

And just like last year, and EVERY YEAR, Santa will have a radio in his sleigh, and yeah, he might even chat with the kids again. So, bring all
the little ones and get 'em checked in. Third party traffic is always on
the nice list.

Once again it's the Santa Watch Net, Christmas Eve 1800 ET on the
DoDropIn Echolink conference server node 355800.

Merry Christmas from me, Old Santa, and all my elves at the DoDropIn.

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; Central Coast
Amateur Radio Club; Chris Perry, KY4CKP; CQ Magazine; David Behar,
K7DB; Facebook; Jim Emmert, WB0URW; High Appalachian Mountain Amateur
Radio Society; Israel Amateur Radio Club; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Radio
Society of Great Britain; Radio Amateurs of Canada; shortwaveradio.de;
Ralph Rognstad Jr. W4RRJ; Shortwave Listening Post; the SOTA Reflector; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; West Bengal
Radio Club; 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 arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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U.S. POST OFFICE SUSPENDS ACCEPTING SOME INT'L MAIL

JIM/ANCHOR: Bagged some big DX? Well if you're in the U.S., don't run
to the mailbox with those QSL cards just yet. Stephen Kinford, N8WB,
tells us why.

STEPHEN: If you're a busy DXer in the United States, and you're writing
a stack of QSL cards, you may want to slow down a bit on some of them.
The U.S. Postal Service has suspended international mail acceptance for certain destinations.

Service to Panama, Libya, Madagascar, and Turkmenistan, has been halted
as a result of foreign postal operator service shutdown. In other
locations, including Brunei, Angola, Cuba, Sierra Leone, French Guiana, Maritius, Yemen, Guadeloupe and South Sudan service is suspended
temporarily as a result of transportation not being available. This is
not a complete list, so please visit the U.S. Postal Service website
whose URL appears in the print version of this newscast's script for a
full list and any updates. Until then, postal officials ask that items addressed to these countries not be mailed.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB.

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HONORING RADIO'S FIRST VOICE TRANSMISSION

JIM/ANCHOR: If you prefer your mic to a straight key or some other
device in your shack, you owe it to inventor Reginald Fessenden to work
this next special event, which celebrates the human voice. Kevin
Trotman, N5PRE, lends his voice to this report.

KEVIN: When special event station W4F gets on the air later this month,
you can expect to hear operators calling QRZ from their home stations
on all bands and in all modes - but if you can hear them on AM, that's especially significant. The Vienna Wireless Society in Virginia is
operating in honor of Reginald Fessenden whose experiments in wireless telegraphy in the early 20th century led to his development of a way to transmit the human voice by modulating the radio wave's amplitude into
the shape of a sound wave. That's the very principle behind AM.

On December 23rd, 1900, the inventor used this technique to transmit a
brief voice message between two stations about a mile apart on Cobb
Island in the Potomac River in Maryland. Club member Bill Mims, W2WCM,
said that the location is just south of the club's QTH and the time
seemed right to mark the 120th anniversary of the transmission. He said
the idea was inspired by a recent Monday night VHF net in which the net control Nancy, N1GFV, posed a question about the first wireless voice transmission. The idea grew from there.

Station W4F will be on the air between the 18th and 24th of December.
There will be a special QSL card for all confirmed contacts.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.

(BILL MIMS W2WCM)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Alexey, RX6A, who will be in
Antarctica and will be on the air as RX6A/MM from December 7th to the
25th and as RI01ANT from December 25, 2020 to May 30, 2021. Alexey will
be using CW and FT8 on 40-15m, with 50 watts. For QSL information visit QRZ.COM.

The Bima DXpedition Team is active as 7C9B from the Indonesian island
of Sumbawa until the 10th of December. Listen for team members on 10m
to 160m using SSB and FT8. Send QSLs to DL3KZA.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

**

KICKER: HAM RADIO SAVES THE BACON (AND OTHER GROCERIES)

JIM/ANCHOR: We wrap up this week's newscast with this very personal
story of how ham radio recently saved the bacon - along with some other groceries - for one of our own Newsline team members. It happened to
her when she arrived at her local store to pick up the order she had
placed in advance. Unfortunately, when she arrived she discovered she'd
left her cellphone at home, and couldn't call to say she was parked
outside and ready for delivery. So Amanda Alden, K1DDN, reached for her
mobile radio, and did what hams do best:

[INSERT 3 SECOND PLEA FOR HELP AUDIO]

AMANDA: Robert, KF0BVR, whose QTH is 35 minutes away, responded to my
distress call. The freshness of our fruits and vegetables was at stake.
Oh, and even our steak was at stake.

[INSERT 5 SECOND ANSWER AUDIO]

AMANDA: Robert phoned the grocery store, and got us checked in, so they
could bring the groceries out to the car.

[INSERT 2 SECOND "YOU'RE CHECKED IN" AUDIO]
[INSERT 3 SECOND THANK YOU AUDIO]

AMANDA: When all else fails - including your own memory to carry your cellphone - there's always ham radio.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, with a happy and full refrigerator, I'm
Amanda Alden, K1DDN.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; Andy Meyer, N2FYE; the ARRL; Bill
Mims, W2WCM; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; DX World Net; the
Guardian; Israel Amateur Radio Club; NobelPrize.Org; NPR; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; 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 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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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, hams in Poland and in England are running special
event stations to welcome the new year. Until January 10th, listen for HF2021HNY from Poland. QSL direct or via Clublog or if using the
Bureau, QSL via SP2PBM. In England, Paul, M0XZT, will activate the
special New Years station with the call sign GB0NY. He will be on the
air through January 7th a few hours a day on 160-10m, 2m/70cm and 4m,
using SSB, FT8/FT4, SSTV, FM, D-STAR, DMR and C4FM modes. QSL only
using eQSL. He will upload logs after January 7th.

In Slovenia, members of the Radio Club Elektron Brezice (BRAY-zuh-chuh)
will be using the special event call sign S520SAFE until January 31st
to promote the campaign of "Be Safe, Stay Safe," emphasizing a safe
lifestyle during the COVID-19 pandemic. QSL cards via eQSL and LotW. If sending direct via S56IPS including a self-addressed envelope and $3 in
US currency. Bureau cards will not be accepted.

Hams in Japan are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Niiza City with
special event station 8N1IZA until March 31st. No QSL requests are
needed! All QSLs will be sent automatically via the Bureau.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: PARADE OF A LIFETIME HONORS NY AMATEUR

PAUL/ANCHOR: As hams we know that there are many things that can get in
the way of making a good contact: poor propagation, the wrong antenna,
bad SWR - or just too much distance. In Rochester, New York, however,
nothing stopped one contact from happening after more than a year of
planning. Randy Sly, W4XJ, tells us about it in this week's final
story.

RANDY: A lifetime achievement award comes along, literally, once in a lifetime. In the hearts of the Rochester DX Association and the
Rochester VHF Group, Irv Goodman, AF2K, was ready for his. Now well
into his 80s, Irv's more than 50 years of radio service has included
providing hospitality at Hamvention, taking overnight shifts at Field
Day, being part of the local Breakfast Club net and being one of the contesters in the annual New York QSO Party.

Chris Shalvoy, K2CS, president of the Rochester DX group, told Newsline
that Irv was to have received his lifetime achievement plaque from the
two groups at their annual banquet this year, but COVID restrictions
cancelled it. There was also a challenge in getting the plaque made
after the original company shut its doors because of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, Irv himself had relocated recently to a care facility. He'd
had a stroke some years ago while helping raise a tower.

Despite a snowfall and sub-freezing temperatures, conditions were right
for a good contact on December 20th. A parade of 32 cars set off with
more than 50 hams aboard to pay tribute from a distance. The award was
handed off and given to Irv by a ham who works inside the care
facility.

Still, this wasn't going to be a one-way contact for this veteran radio operator. Irv was handed an HT and gave thanks to his friends the best
way he knows how: by getting on the air.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Randy Sly, W4XJ.

(CHRIS SHALVOY K2CS)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; Amazon; the ARRL; Chris Shalvoy,
K2CS; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; Facebook; Hideo Kambayashi,
JH3XCU; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; the Radio Society of Great Britain;
South African Radio League; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate; the SOTA
Reflector; Space.com; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Verge; WTWW
Shortwave; Youngsters on the Air; 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 arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso,
Indiana, saying 73, and happy New Year to you all. As always, we thank
you for listening.

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WHEN THE DX FINDS THE DXer IN FINLAND

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: There are many of us who like to go off in search of
some good DX - but what happens when the DX unexpectedly finds YOU? Ed Durrant, DD5LP, tells us.

ED: As she gave her "good morning" greetings to local listeners from her
radio studio in Canada's Yukon territory, CBC program host Elyn (ELLEN)
Jones recently gained a new fan. It was Jorma (YORMA) Mäntylä (MON-too-
lah), who was listening on 560 kHz, the station's AM frequency, from his
home 7,000 km away in Finland. He was somewhat surprised to hear the programme, "Yukon Morning," as it arrived last fall via the long wire
antenna he'd directed toward North America. Jorma is no stranger to DX
though. He's been at it since getting his amateur radio licence in 1967,
with some of his proudest DX contacts being New Zealand, Israel and
Japan.

Still, he believed some kind of special QSL card was in order, so he
emailed the CBC and attached an mp3 file of what he'd heard. It was a multimedia e-qsl card of sorts. The file revealed a signal of varying
quality but it was still a valid contact. "Yukon Morning" is one of many
CBC radio shows that are available via streaming and on demand but I'm
sure Jorma would tell you RF is best!

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(SOUTHGATE, CBC)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Hams are honoring the work of Lions Clubs
International with special event tation GB4BLC in England. Members of
the Bedworth Lions Club and operators from the Coventry Amateur Radio
Society will be operating through January 28th on most of the HF bands.
The operation will include the digital modes. There will be no QSL
cards.

Another special event station is operating from Poland. Members of the
SEDINA Contest Club will activate the special event station SQ0MORSE
through April 30th, marking the 230th anniversary of the birth of Samuel
F.B. Morse. Operations will be on various HF bands. Send QSLs to SP1EG,
direct or by the Bureau.

(OHIO PENN DX, QRZ)

**

KICKER: FOR HUNTING DECOY MARKETER, THE COST OF RFI IS DEAR

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story is about an FCC action against a company
it has charged with radio interference. The government agency, it seems,
is making some noises involving - of all things - animal noises. Kent Peterson, KC0DGY, has more.

KENT: Can the grunt or snort or a bleat of a deer be considered QRM?
Probably not, but instructions being transmitted wirelessly, directing a hunting decoy to utter those noises is quite another matter. The FCC and
a US company called Primos have entered into a consent decree over its product, the Waggin' Whitetail Electronic Deer Tail Decoy, for what the
FCC has called noncompliance with Part 15 of its rules. The FCC believes
the decoy's remote, which users report has a transmission range of
between 40 and 60 yards, exceeds authorized field strength emissions
limits and could interfere with nearby electronics. According to the
FCC, the company acknowledged that it had marketed six such models that
exceed those limits.

Primos has agreed to embark on a plan for compliance and has begun a
voluntary recall.

The company will also pay a civil penalty that could be considered somewhat.....dear: $55,000.

Primos noted that it had received no complaints of interference
occurring with any other devices. As for interference complaints from
any of the local wildlife -- no bucks or does were available to grunt,
snort, bleat or otherwise comment for this report.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

(FCC, PRIMOS)

**

Newsline closes this week by congratulating Richard, G4TUT, on the 50th edition of the CQ Serenade program, which carries Amateur Radio Newsline weekly on the shortwave dot de transmitters in northern Europe.

NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; Andy Meyer, N2FYE;
ARRL; the BBC; the CBC; Clean Technica; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; Facebook; the FCC; John Bignell, VE1JMB; Ohio Penn DX newsletter;
Popular Mechanics; Primos; Radio Amateurs of Canada; the Radio Society
of Great Britain; Southgate; Space.com; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show;
the US Air Force; 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 arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73, and happy New Year to you all. As always, we thank you
for listening.

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FANS OF RADIO'S FIRST VOICE MODE PREP FOR AM RALLY

JIM/ANCHOR: Amplitude Modulation, or AM, was the first voice mode over
radio. It has three parts - a carrier, an upper sideband, and a lower
sideband - and in just two weeks, it will be gaining a fourth part:
The AM Rally. This is an annual event designed to encourage AM
activity for newcomers as well as longtime fans who may be firing up
their vacuum tube rigs to make contacts.

This year's event will be held from 0000Z on Saturday, February 6th to
0700Z Monday February 8th - or for those in the United States, 7 p.m.
Eastern Time on Friday February 5th to 2 a.m. Eastern time Monday
February 8th. Organizers said YLs in particular are invited to return,
based on the success of last year's "Ladies' Night" feature. All types
of radios are permitted, from modified military and broadcast
equipment to homebrew and those commercially manufactured.

For additional details, and to find operating and logging guidance,
visit the website amrally dot com (amrally.com)

(CLARK BURGARD N1BCG)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, AMSAT Argentina, LU7AA, will celebrate the 31st anniversary of the LUSAT satellite (LO-19) between January 16th and
24th. Be listening on the HF bands on SSB, CW and the digital modes.
A special certificate is available. Visit QRZ.COM for additional
details.

In Israel, listen for 4X0RMN to be operating from the Ramon Crater,
Israel's largest national park, in the Negev desert between the 30th
of January and the 1st of February. Send QSLs to 4X6ZM, LoTW and eQSL.
A certificate will be available for working three out of the four
special stations that are operating as part of the ongoing Land of
Craters Program that kicked off last year. For more details, visit
QRZ.COM.

Be listening for Bo, OZ1DJJ, operating in his spare time as OX3LX from Tasiilaq (TAZZY-Uh-LACK) Island in Greenland through the 30th of
January. Send QSLs to LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or direct to OZ0J.

**

KICKER: GOT A MINUTE? ER, 59 SECONDS?

JIM/ANCHOR: Got a minute? Or maybe a millisecond less? It's time for
Graham Kemp, VK4BB, and our final story of the week.

GRAHAM: Things might just get a little challenging for UTC -
Coordinated Universal Time, that is - the time-keeping system so
familiar to us hams who pursue precision in our DX contacts or use
some of the newer digital modes. As reported on the UK news website,
The Telegraph, scientists are now suggesting that the world's atomic
clocks, which control UTC, shorten the minute so that UTC can better
keep pace with the irregular rate of the Earth's rotation, which most
people measure using the less precise method known as "solar time."

Let's face it, it's hard to stay in sync. When the Earth's rotation
was seen to be slowing, scientists added something called a "leap
second" to the end of a particular year. They've done this 27 times
since 1972 to keep atomic clocks and UTC sympatico with solar time.
Scientists believe Earth's 24-hour rotation has grown swifter now,
making the days ever-so-slightly shorter. They also believe 2021 could
well be the shortest year we've had in many decades. They say this
will ultimately have an impact on navigation systems and satellite communications and anything else that requires precision in cosmic timekeeping.

This very subject is up for discussion at the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2023 which is at least two years - and many, many, many,
many seconds away.

Now that's a thought that could probably make our own heads spin a lot
faster too.

Having the time of my life with that report for Amateur Radio
Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(NTIA, BUSINESS INSIDER, TELEGRAPH)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT-EA; the ARRL; Business
Insider; Clark Burgard N1BCG; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB;
Hamvention; EOS.org; the NTIA; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; Orlando
HamCation; QRZ.com; QSO Today; the Radio Society of Great Britain;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; South African Radio League;
shortwaveradio.de; Southgate; the Telegraph; Ted Randall's QSO Radio
Show; the 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 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. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Michael, HB9WDF, will be active as 8Q7AO from
Vilamendhoo (Villa Mend Who) Island between January 25th and February
7th. Michael will be operating holiday style, and only on the QO-100
satellite. QSL via the Bureau, eQSL, ClubLog, or LoTW.

In Antarctica, listen for Felix, DL5XL, operating as DP1POL from the
German research station "Neumayer III" (NOY-MY-ERR THREE) where he is
part of the wintering team as an electronics engineer. He will be there
until mid-March. Listen on various HF bands, using the QO-100 satellite,
using CW, and the Digital modes. QSL via DL1ZBO, direct, by the Bureau,
or LoTW.

Be listening, too, for GU4YDX, operating from Guernsey in the CQ 160-metre
CW Contest, which is happening from January 29th through the 31st. QSL
via LoTW, or GU4YDX direct.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: LAST HURRAH FOR 'LAST MAN'

NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally, we close with an update on the popular American
TV show "Last Man Standing." When the show wraps up its final day of
shooting this spring, it's going to be saying farewell ham radio style.
The prime time show, which became a showcase for amateur radio through
its main character, Mike Baxter KA0XTT (Kay Ay Zero X TT), is leaving
the air after nine years -- but not before it first gets ON the air on
the amateur bands. Executive producer John Amodeo, AA6JA, told Newsline
that a big farewell special event station is planned for KA6LMS between
March 14th and March 30th, the last day of the show's production. At
that point, the mailing address of the Last Man Standing Amateur Radio
Club will also change to 11684 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 810, Studio City, California, 91604.

The show grew even more popular, after star Tim Allen made things real
by getting the callsign KK6OTD. It also featured guest radio operators
on the set during meal breaks. John told Newsline: "Rather than have it
slip away silently, we should have one more activation of KA6LMS now."
With operators from the Great South Bay Amateur Radio club, the K2H
special event station, and the 12 Days of Christmas, the activation
will give everyone a last chance to work KA6LMS in an ambitious special
event. Be listening on CW, SSB, D-STAR, DMR, RTTY, PSK, and FT-8.
Consider it one last hurrah for "Last Man Standing."

(JOHN AMODEO AA6JA)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT-UK; Andy Meyer, N2FYE; the ARRL; Australian Communications and Media Authority; Bob Ringwald, K6YBV; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; the FCC; ITV website; John Amodeo, AA6JA;
the Millennium Post; NoozHawk; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QRZ.com; the
Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; 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 arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington,
Indiana, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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MARKING 100 YEARS OF NEW ZEALAND HAM RADIO

PAUL/ANCHOR: Having survived earthquakes and other challenges, one club
in New Zealand is celebrating its centennial with a special event
activation. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, clues us in on how to work them.

JIM: What began in 1921 as the Radio Society of Christchurch is now a
robust club of enthusiasts known as the Christchurch Amateur Radio Club
ZL3AC. The club has traveled a long road, displaced by earthquakes in
2010 and 2011, but is now happily ensconsed in Fendalton. Members are
marking their 100-year journey by operating as ZL100RSC throughout
February and offering an informal award to anyone who contacts the
station on VHF/UHF or HF or through digital voice reflectors, repeaters,
EME and satellites.

For the award, hams must contact ZL100RSC, which is worth 25 points. Ten points may also be earned by contacting the club station ZL3AC;
individual Christchurch club members are worth five points each.
February 15th is a bonus day. That's the 100th anniversary of the club's
first meeting and on that day, all points earned are being doubled. For
more details, visit the QRZ page for ZL100RSC.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.

(SOUTHGATE)

**

WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Tom, 9A2AA, is using the special
event callsign 9A64AA until the end of the year, marking 64 years as a
ham radio operator. QSL via his home callsign.

In Bulgaria, George, LZ2VP, is operating special event station LZ190FT
until the 31st of December, celebrating the 190th birthday of the
Bulgarian Revolutionary Filip Totyu. Listen for him on the HF bands. QSL
via LZ2VP.

Another special event - this one in Peru - will be on the air throughout
2021, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Peru's independence. There
are four special event callsigns, each with a single suffix spelling the
word PERU. Listen for OC200P, OC200E, OC200R, and OC200U. Send QSLs via
OA4O. (Oh-Ay-Four-Oh).

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: IN SWEDEN, A CENTURY OF WISDOM

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our final story this week is a lesson in surviving
isolation. Sweden's most senior radio operator learned long ago that
being a ham means you're never alone - not even in a pandemic. Here's Ed Durrant, DD5LP, with his story.

ED: As the oldest active amateur radio operator in Sweden, Tage
(pronounced: TAW-GUH) Karlsson, SM7ALI, has the wisdom befitting his 101 years.

Even with the constant companionship of his loyal cat Hubert, Tage
(TAW-GUH) knows the best way to beat the loneliness of life in a
desolate forest near Hässleholm is to key the mic and call QRZ. For the
past year, amateur radio has brought the world to his cottage door while
the coronavirus pandemic has kept people worlds apart.

A recent report about him on National Swedish Television described how
he was a young radio enthusiast who successfully completed his licence
test after World War II.

Mats Gunnarsson, SM7BUA, told AR Newsline that Tage (TAW-GUH) has been
on the air almost non-stop since the sixties. Mats is one of 20 or so
amateurs who enjoy daily fellowship with Tage (TAW-GUH) each morning
when they gather on the air.

As Tage (TAW-GUH) himself said on the TV news report: [quote] "The fun
is all the friends you get." [endquote] Over the years he has lost the
exact count of how many friends he has made - but one thing is certain.
While it took a pandemic for the world to learn what amateur radio can
do, Tage (TAW-GEH) has been celebrating that gift over much of his 101
years

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(MATS GUNNARSSON SM7BUA, HANS LARSSON)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar,
K7DB; the Defense Post; Hans Larsson of Swedish National Television;
Intrepid DX Group; Irish Radio Transmitters; Mats Gunnarsson, SM7BUA;
Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QCWA; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate; Space.com; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show;
UPI; the Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; YOTA; 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 arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso,
Indiana, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for the members of the Kuwait Amateur Radio
Society operating as 9K60NLD throughout the month of February. This is a special event celebrating Kuwait's 60th National Day, which is February
25th, and Liberation Day, which is February 26th). QSL via 9K2RA.

In Mozambique, Bruno, CS7AMN, will be using the call sign C91BVA from
Maputo starting on February 18th. Be listening on 80/40/20/15 and 10
meters where he will be using SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via LoTW, by
the Bureau (via CS7AMN), ClubLog or eQSL.

In Germany, members of the Local Branch Kerpen (G29) have begun operating
with the special event callsign DC220GERKE and will remain on the air
through April 31st. They are celebrating the 220th birthday of Friedrich Clemens Gerke, who revised the Morse Code telegraphy system into the standardized form we know today as the International Morse code. QSL via
DJ6SI direct or by the Bureau.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: HIGH-FLYING HUNGER HITS THE ISS

JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, if you've got an appetite for a good story, our final report this week is about some high-flying hunger in space that led the
hams on board to engage in a bit of dietary diplomacy. Mike Askins,
KE5CXP, serves this one to us:

MIKE: Whoever said hams love a good meal so much that they're unwilling to share their food may have eaten their way through more than a few hamfests
-- but they haven't been aboard the International Space Station.
Astronauts and cosmonauts not only appreciate one another's space-friendly cuisine but are required by NASA to do pre-flight sampling of the international goodies for the sake of their in-flight stomachs. So when
the US astronauts heard their Russian colleagues learned would have a two-month delay in their next shipment of food, meal-sharing was the only solution. Kate Rubins, KG5FYJ, Victor Glover, KI5BKC, Mike Hopkins,
KF5LJG, and Shannon Walker, KD5DXB, stepped up to the plate, so to speak. Sergey (SUR-GAY) Ryzhikov (RIZ-HIGH-KOV), one of the two cosmonauts,
reported that the 13 containers of the Americans' food were even provided
free of charge. That should be sufficient for the two cosmonauts until February 15th. According to a report from the Russian state-owned news
site RIA Novosti, that's when the next shipment is scheduled.

With the ISS traveling at speeds of up to 17,100 miles an hour, you might
even consider this to be fast-food. Very fast food.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.

(NASA, RIA NOVOSTI)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the ACMA; Airforce.Gov.Au; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT;
ARISS; the ARRL; Central Coast Amateur Radio Club; CQ Magazine; David
Behar, K7DB; David Johnson, KF4ALH; LATMOS; LiveScience; Phys.Org; Myles Bruns, VE7FSR; NASA; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; OpenFalklands.com; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Space.com; Ted Randall's
QSO Radio Show; RIA Novosti; Spaceflight Now; The Times of India; the
Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; YouTube; 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 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 Charleson, West
Virginia, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, members of a group known as "The Fifth Ocean" with
the support of the Union of Radio Amateurs of Russia will be on the air
as R115AN to celebrate the 115th anniversary of the birth of legendary aircraft engineer Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov, a legendary aircraft
designer, until February 14th. He is considered the father of transport aviation in Russia.

Listen on various HF bands as well as VHF. There will be an operators'
diploma honoring him as the "Father of Transport Aviation." For QSL
details, visit QRZ.com.

In Brazil, Charles, PU3NVN; Douglas, PU3DPA; and Gilberto, PY3GIL; will
use the call sign ZW3CM from a lighthouse in Tavares, during the 13th
American Lighthouses Weekend. Activity begins February 19th and runs
through to the 21st. Send QSLs to PU3DPA, by the Bureau. Be listening on
20 meters.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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FOX MIKE HOTEL PORTABLE OP CHALLENGE IS RETURNING

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Expect to see the return of the Fox Mike Hotel Portable Operations Challenge later this year with changes. The event will happen earlier - on the 4th and 5th of September - and will consist of three
separate four-hour "sprint windows" for operators, a departure from last year's format. Each 4-hour session is a contest in itself but all three
will be totalled to find the overall winner. As in last year's contest, scoring system is kilometre-per-wattΓÇôbased and uses a handicapping system
to level the playing field between the large and small stations. Mark it
on your calendar. Details will follow later this year. Meanwhile, you can visit foxmikehotel.com/challenge for more details.

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KICKER: RESEARCHERS PUT A NEW SPIN(ACH) ON WIRELESS EMAILING

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Finally, we end this week's report by asking: Do you think that's just spinach on your plate? Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, tells us why
we may need to rethink this popular salad ingredient.

RALPH: Popeye, the classic American cartoon character, knew that eating spinach could make him strong, but imagine if that same spinach could help
you send emails wirelessly? Sure, hams are doing this right now with the proper software - but not with vegetables. According to a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, researchers there have used nanotechnology to transform spinach into sensors that can detect
explosives. When they do, they relay that information back to the
scientists, wirelessly. This complex feat of engineering electronic
components and systems into plants is known as "plant nanobionics." In
this instance it takes advantage of spinach's extensive root network which
has the ability to sample and transport groundwater from the soil up into
the leaves. If the roots detect that groundwater possesses nitroaromatics, something often found in explosives, the carbon nanotubes embedded in the spinach leaves emit a signal that can be read by an infrared camera
capable of emailing an alert to a handheld device similar to a mobile
phone. If this sounds a little too wild to believe, consider our story on Newsline last year about researchers in Huntsville, Alabama, who
discovered that there's electrical signal propagation going on between
tomato plants.

Whether any of this is ultimately useful to us in the ham shack remains to
be seen, but one thing's for sure: We may soon be looking at our salads
with newfound respect.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(SCIENCE.SLASHDOT, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; Bill Kleinschmidt, N9FDE; the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club; CQ Magazine;
David Behar, K7DB; HAMSci; MARS; the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology; Mike Zwingl, OE3MZC; Military Aerospace.com; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QRZ.com; Patch.com; Phys.Org; Science.Slashdot; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate; Space.com; Ted Randall's
QSO Radio Show; Tim Helming, WT1IM; the Wireless Institute of Australia;
WTWW Shortwave; YOTA; 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 arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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