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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2450 for Friday October 11th, 2024
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2450 with a release date of Friday,
October 11th, 2024 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Hams respond as Hurricane Milton engulfs Florida.
More funding will be used to strengthen broadcasters in disaster areas --
and in India, ham radio is being promoted as a tool for the well-being for
women. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2450 comes
your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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HAMS RESPOND TO 2ND HURRICANE IN SOUTHERN US
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: As Newsline went to production, our top story was still
developing: Hurricane Milton was rampaging through much of Florida in the
US. As Randy Sly W4XJ tells us, hams were prepared for the worst when it
came.
RANDY: While emergency communications were still continuing in the wake of
Hurricane Helene’s impact on the Southeastern United States, hams in Florida
had to begin their own activation for Hurricane Milton on Wednesday, October
9th. In addition to the Hurricane Watch Net on 20 and 40 meters, the
Statewide Amateur Radio Network, or SARNet, was busy handling traffic from
the state’s Emergency Operations Center. SARNet is a network of linked UHF
repeaters run out of the EOC covering most of the state of Florida.
Approaching the state's western coast south of Tampa with Category 3 winds,
Milton was already producing a number of tornadic supercells in southern
Florida before making landfall, causing the storm’s first deaths. More than
3 million were without power as the hurricane moved out to sea on Thursday
morning.
As with North Carolina's Mount Mitchell repeater during Hurricane Helene,
SARNet was linked to Broadcastify, allowing individuals from around the
world a front-row seat as amateurs passed emergency traffic. Unfortunately,
in addition to hearing a professionally-run net, listeners also witnessed
malicious interference on the repeaters, which could have endangered clear
communications. With handheld radios so easy to obtain nowadays, it is hard
to know whether the interruptions came from licensed hams or not.
This is Randy Sly, W4XJ
(SARNet, BROADCASTIFY)
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FEDERAL FUNDS TO STRENGTHEN BROADCASTERS' RESILIENCY
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Public radio and TV stations are getting an extra dose of
federal funds to strengthen their ability to operate during disasters. We
have those details from Patrick Clark K8TAC.
PATRICK: With disaster resiliency on almost everyone's mind in the US, the
Federal Emergency Management Agency has made an additional 0 million
available to public radio and TV stations to permit them to upgrade their
infrastructure. The money is being released through the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting. The funds are designed to permit radio stations'
investments in new transmitters, generators, backup power supplies, antennas
and related equipment for handling emergency messages. The equipment is
capable of handling messages through the federal agency's Integrated Public
Alert and Warning System and its Common Alerting Protocol. For TV stations,
the funds are to support training their personnel in the use of new or
upgraded equipment.
FEMA has already released two rounds of funding to public broadcasters This
third round will mean that 036-million has been spent during the course of
three fiscal years to assist public media's capabilities during disasters.
This is Patrick Clark K8TAC.
(RADIO WORLD)
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HAMS HELP AMPUTATION PATIENT IN INDIA FIND HIS WAY HOME
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A ham club in India with a specialty in helping families
reunite with lost relatives has assisted in the homecoming of a man
recovering from an amputated leg. We hear more about him from John Williams
VK4JJW.
JOHN: The suffering of a man separated from his family was amplified by the
agony of having just endured the amputation of his left leg - the result of
an apparent accident near the Sodepur and Agarpara railway station tracks in
West Bengal, India. Authorities were not clear how the man had become
injured but following his surgery at the Sagar Dutta Medical College and
Hospital. They knew they could at least help heal one part of his pain: his
sense of isolation and the onset of depression.
While the man recovered physically, the hospital superintendent sought help
to get him family support. On the 26th of September, the hospital official
Zahid Hossain, contacted the West Bengal Radio Club, an amateur radio
organisation with a proven track record of helping in missing-persons cases.
According to a report in the Millennium Post, the hams used their vast
network of contacts to locate the man's family in the West Bengal district
of Birbhum. The club's secretary, Ambarish Nag Biswas VU2JFA, told the
newspaper that when the hams got in touch with the man's elder sister, they
learned that she had reported him missing about a year ago. The siblings
were put in touch with one another and the man recognised his sister. When
he was considered healthy enough to be released by the hospital, he returned
home with her to the family's village.
This is John Williams VK4JJW.
(MILLENNIUM POST)
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COLORADO CHOSEN AS SITE FOR NEXT YOUNG AMATEURS' CAMP
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: As many as 50 licensed amateurs between the ages of 15 and
25 will be headed for Colorado next June as the Youth on the Air Camp for
the Americas enters its fifth season. The online application period begins
on December 1st and is open to young radio operators from North, Central and
South America. The camp will take place from June 15th through to the 20th.
Prospective campers living outside the United States are being given
priority and are encouraged to leave sufficient time to obtain the required
passport and tourist Visa, where applicable. First-time campers are also
being given priority. Attendees from past years are welcome to apply to
serve as leaders.
Meanwhile, plans are in the works to inaugurate two other camp experiences
next year: subregional camps and a YOTA Junior USA camp serving hams younger
than 15.
Visit youthontheair dot org - that's youthontheair - one word - dot org
(youthontheair.org) For additional information, please contact Camp Director
Neil Rapp, WB9VPG via the email address, director at youthontheair dot org
(director@youthontheair.org)
(YOUTH ON THE AIR)
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SILENT KEY: ALBANIAN AMATEUR RADIO LEADER JOVAN BOJDANI, ZA1H
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A leader in Albania's amateur radio community has become a
Silent Key. We hear about him from Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
JEREMY: From the very beginning, radio was almost certain to be in the
future for Jovan Bojdani, ZA1H. He grew up watching his father at the helm
of Radio Tirana, Albania's first broadcast radio station which transmitted
its powerful signal on 7050 kHz. Jovan's own history-making involvement in
radio came with the creation of the Albanian Amateur Radio Association,
which he served in as secretary. Jovan had been one of the first students to
be trained in the ZA1A IARU amateur radio program in 1989, in preparation
for amateur radio's reintroduction into Albania the following year.
Notices posted on a variety of DX websites praised Jovan's efforts to
welcome international operators to Albania and to provide whatever guidance
he could to local hams. A note posted on DX News said that [quote] "Jovan
worked tirelessly to unite competing amateur radio groups in Albania though
sadly, he did not live to see the fruits of his efforts." [endquote]
Details about the date and cause of his death were not available when
Newsline went to production.
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(425 DX NEWS)
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SILENT KEY: KEITH LAMONICA, W7DXX, PIONEERED INTERNET-REMOTE HAM STATION
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A lifelong ham radio enthusiast and former broadcaster who
co-developed the first Internet-remote amateur radio station has become a
Silent Key. We hear about him from Dave Parks WB8ODF.
DAVE: If you've ever operated an amateur radio station remotely via the
Internet, you have Keith Lamonica, W7DXX, to thank. The former broadcaster,
who was the recipient of numerous awards including the noted Peabody Award,
was perhaps best known among hams for working with another amateur, Bob
Arnold, N2JEU, to establish an internet-controlled base for amateur radio
enabling radio operators without antennas to get on the air remotely with
computers. This groundbreaking station was profiled in a 1999 article in CQ
magazine. Both Keith and Bob were inducted into CQ's Hall of Fame in 2016.
Keith died on Thursday, the 26th of September following a series of
illnesses, according to a notice on QRZ.com. His accomplishments as a ham
started very early on in his life when he made front page-news in the local
California newspaper for being the first person in the area to hear radio
transmissions being sent by the Soviet satellite Sputnik.
A satellite enthusiast, he developed the satellite radio talk show as a
format, creating a program known as FM America. He also hosted a Sun
Broadcast Network radio talk show.
His long professional career in radio and TV had him crisscrossing the US to
markets from the East Coast to the West Coast. The Peabody Award was
presented to him for his coverage of the trial of James Earl Ray, who was
convicted of the assassination of US civil rights leader Martin Luther King
Jr. in 1968.
Keith was 81.
This is Dave Parks WB8ODF.
(QRZ.COM)
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, like the George
County ARES repeater in Lucedale, Mississippi Wednesdays at 7:37 p.m. local
time.
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SEMINAR FOCUSES ON RADIO AS TOOL FOR WOMEN'S WELL-BEING
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A recent seminar on a university campus in India focused on
ham radio as a tool for the well-being of women. Jim Meachen ZL2BHF tells us
what the students learned.
JIM: As part of their efforts to promote amateur radio and STEM careers
among women in India, Sister Nivedita University and OSCAR India, a
programme of the All India School of Management and Information Technology,
spent a day exploring the value that involvement in radio can bring to
women's lives.
The all-day seminar, held on September 30th on the university's Kolkata
campus, placed a special emphasis on radio communication's vital role in
ensuring women's security.
Undergraduates enrolled in the university's Mass Communication and
Engineering departments were given an opportunity for hands-on experience
with radio equipment, especially gear used in emergencies. OSCAR India's
Convener Nilkantha Chatterjee, VU2OII, shared a sample of VoIP-based
communication, traditional radio modes and Morse Code.
OSCAR India, which has conducted training seminars across 20 states in India
during the last eight years, has placed a greater emphasis in its recent
programmes on young women using radios. The organisation, whose name is an
acronym for Open Source Convention for Amateur Radio, is encouraging young
women in particular to use ham radio as a gateway to greater personal
security. These seminars are designed to increase understanding of
technology and general societal well-being through radio connections.
This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.
(TELEGRAPH INDIA)
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BALLOON TO TAKE HAM PAYLOADS ALOFT IN SOUTH AFRICA
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The liftoff of a balloon from a South African air strip will
carry a variety of ham radio payloads into near space. Jason Daniels VK2LAW
has more details for us.
JASON: A dramatic early-morning weather balloon launch on Saturday, the 12th
of October, is scheduled to lift a series of CubeSats into a near-space
environment above South Africa as hams follow and track the balloon from
locations as far away as possible. The hams were encouraged to use the
various payloads, which included cross-band repeaters, LORA and APRS
trackers, parrot repeaters, WSPR beacons and SSTV payloads The CubeSats
remain aloft until the hydrogen-filled balloon bursts and then they
parachute back to earth.
The launch at a model air strip near Secunda, coordinated by the Secunda
Radio Club, ZS6SRC, is known as BACAR-12. The acronym stands for Balloon
Carrying Amateur Radio.
This is Jason Daniels VK2LAW.
(SARL)
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VOICE OF AMERICA GETTING NEW HQ
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The parent agency of Voice of America is preparing for
relocation to new headquarters in Washington, D.C., leaving the historic
Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building that VOA has called home since 1954.
Beginning this year, the US Agency for Global Media will begin moving VOA
and its four other international broadcast entities: Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty, Radio Free Asia, Middle East Broadcasting Networks and the Office
of Cuba Broadcasting. The relocation to 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue NorthWest
is being called a financially sound move. The media agency said that it will
save taxpayers more than 050-million over the lease's 15-year lifetime.
(RADIO INK)
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WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, there will be an earth-moon-earth event based in
Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, during the Boy Scouts of America Jamboree On The
Air activation on October 18th and 19th, It will be hosted by the Dwingeloo
Radio Telescope. Be listening for Scout stations on 432.050 MHz on both
days, between 17:00 UTC and 22:30 UTC. You can also monitor the audio via
CAMRAS WebSDR.
Listen for Sam, 7K1EAS, on the air as JR6/7K1EAS from Yonaguni Island, IOTA
Number AS-024, starting on the 13th of October through to the 17th. He will
be using FT8/FT4 and SSB on 40, 10 and occasionally 6 metres. QSL via the
bureau.
Volker, DL1WH, will be active holiday style as PA/DL1WH/p from Ameland
Island, IOTA Number EU-038 from the 12th of October through to the 26th.
Volker will be using CW and some SSB. See QRZ.com for QSL details.
There is still time to work Francesco, IKØFUX, who is operating holiday
style as 8Q7UX from the Maldives, IOTA Number AS-013. He is on the air
through the 14th of October, using CW primarily and some FT8. See QRZ.com
for QSL details.
Listen for Harold, DF2WO, whose 12-day operation from Rwanda begins on the
10th of October. He is using the callsign 9X2AW, using CW, FT4 and SSB on
80-10 metres. You may also hear in him on 6m. He will focus on stations in
Asia. Harold may also be heard via the QO-100 satellite. See QRZ.com for QSL
details.
(425 DX BULLETIN)
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KICKER: A BEAST OF AN EVENT FOR "SASQUATCH AWARENESS"
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We end this report with a reminder that it's October - the
same month as Halloween - and things are about to get a little - well OK, a
lot - hairy. Ralph Squillace explains.
RALPH: You may no longer believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny or even
the Tooth Fairy but do you believe in Sasquatch? The sizable simian of
popular American folklore has a sizable following -- and when he puts his
foot down, he leaves his mark. Bigfoot - that hair-covered mythical presence
reportedly sighted in Western states of the US - does everything in a big
way. So the Radio Club of Tacoma in Washington state is taking its cue from
him by devoting six days to mark National Sasquatch Awareness Day - October
16th through to the 21st.
Whether you call the beast Sasquatch or Bigfoot, you can celebrate Awareness
Day by chasing this legendary creature of the woods. Listen for W7 callsigns
with suffixes that spell "BIGFOOT," starting with W7B, W7I, W7G and so on.
Sasquatch Spotters will be posting his whereabouts on CW, phone, FT8/FT4,
RTTY and PSK on the HF bands.
Just remember before you get on the air: put your best - and possibly your
biggest - foot forward.
This is Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.
(AMATEUR RADIO DAILY)
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HAIKU FOR YOU
Don't forget the Amateur Radio Newsline haiku challenge. Share with fellow
listeners the poetry that is inspired by your ham radio experience! If
you're not too busy tuning your antennas or chasing the latest DXpedition,
pick up a pencil and share your experience by sending an original haiku to
us here at Newsline. Use the entry form on our website, arnewsline.org and
please follow the rules for writing your three-line haiku -- sorry but we
cannot accept any entries that aren't written in traditional haiku form.
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily; AMSAT News; ARRL;
Broadcastify; David Behar K7DB; FCC; 425DXNews; Millennium Post; QRZ.com;
Radio Ink; Radio World; shortwaveradio.de; SARNet; South African Radio
League; Telegraph India; Youth on the Air; and you our listeners, that's all
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rating wherever you subscribe to us. 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. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2024. All rights
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