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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2451 for Friday October 18th, 2024
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2451 with a release date of Friday,
October 18th, 2024 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. A proposal to harmonize the 40m band in Region 3. A
new world record for receiving callsigns in CW - and a North Carolina
repeater transmits a message of hope. All this and more as Amateur Radio
Newsline Report Number 2451 comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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PROPOSAL MOVES AHEAD TO HARMONIZE 40M BAND IN REGION 3
JIM/ANCHOR: Our top story this week takes us to IARU Region 3 where a study
of the 40m band's varied allocations has produced a proposal to harmonize
the band. The recommendations could ultimately have a far-reaching effect in
other regions. Graham Kemp VK4BB brings us up to date.
GRAHAM: A proposal to harmonise use of the 40m band across Region 3 of the
IARU will be taken up by members at the next conference, in the hopes that
this may lead to even broader harmonisation with IARU Regions 1 and 2.
The IARU's proposal is the result of a recent consultation by the Wireless
Institute of Australia with the goal of finding band plans for various modes
that could ultimately form the basis of a global agreement. The committee
noted in its report that one of its biggest challenges was to settle on an
equitable redistribution of use of the spectrum based on activity and demand
within the various modes. The proposal noted that very little spectrum is
set aside for the digital modes and discusses the potential use of
channelisation of the bands for digital modes. To deal with the challenge of
allocations that include SSB and CW, the committee studied, among other
things, activity shown on ClubLog.
In addition to its intent to change some things, the committee reaffirmed
the need to retain certain longstanding rules: the start of CW operation
from the bottom of the band and SSB operation from the top, with data modes
occupying the boundary area between the two.
The proposal asks for accommodations for emergency traffic so as to limit
the possibility of QRM from other amateur activity.
To download the full proposal in PDF format, visit the link that appears in
the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org
This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.
[DO NOT READ: https://www.iaru-r3.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IARU-
Region-3-HF-40m-Band-Plan-Challenges-Proposals-2024_4.pdf ]
(IARU REGION 3)
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ROMANIAN TEEN SETS NEW RECORD FOR CW CALLSiGN COPY
JIM/ANCHOR: Congratulations were given freely in Tunisia to a young Romanian
ham who set a new world record while competing in the 20th IARU High Speed
Telegraphy World Championship. Thirteen-year-old Ianis Scutaru, YO8YNS, won
a gold medal and broke the record he set last year in the category of
Callsign Receiving. According to the competition's website, his total score
of 311,192 points represent his maximum copy speed of 1,126 characters per
minute - an equivalent just exceeding 225 words per minute.
An announcement on the championship's website said: [quote] "This remarkable
achievement showcases not only Ianis's dedication and skill but also the
talent of the Romanian ham radio community." [endquote]
His father, Lucian, YO8SLC, told Newsline in an email that Ianis has been a
ham for a little less than six years.
(IARU HST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, LUCIAN YO8SLC)
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ARDC NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY
JIM/ANCHOR: A veteran of software development has been named the new
director of technology for Amateur Radio Digital Communications. We hear
about him from Jack Parker W8ISH.
JACK: Congratulations to software developer Schuyler Erle NØGIS who has
joined the team at Amateur Radio Digital Communications as its new director
of technology. Announcing his arrival on their website, ARDC called Schuyler
uniquely qualified for the post because of his long history in open source
software development, ham radio and wireless technology and engineering
management. He has been a licensed ham since 2011 and is a former member of
the Auxiliary Communications Service in San Francisco, California, which
operates in times of crisis.
Schuyler is the coauthor of "Mapping Hacks," published in 2005 by O’Reilly
Media. The book explores the potential held by Free / Open Source geographic
information systems. In Sonoma County, California, he was able to establish
a cooperative that helped bring high-speed Internet access to a rural
community living in the coastal hills.
This is Jack Parker W8ISH.
(ARDC)
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WRTC 2026 ANNOUNCES UK EVENT HEADQUARTERS SITE
JIM/ANCHOR: Organizers of the World Radiosport Team Championship to be held
in the UK in 2026 have announced the location of the headquarters hotel.
Jeremy Boot G4NJH brings us the news.
JEREMY: Organisers of the prestigious World Radiosport Team Championship
have announced that its headquarters will be Wyboston Lakes in Bedford in
the east of England. Mark MØDXR, chairman of the UK organising committee,
said that anyone interested in attending the event as a spectator will be
able to book their place through the WRTC 2026 website starting in 2025. The
WRTC will feature 50 competing two-person teams operating throughout the
counties of Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk.
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(WRTC)
**
SKCC SEEKS QSL CARD DESIGNS FOR STRAIGHT KEY MONTH 2025
JIM/ANCHOR: It's not too early to start thinking about January 2025 and
Straight Key Month, an event run by the Straight Key Century Club. Randy Sly
W4XJ explains why.
RANDY: If you think that the Straight Key Century Club may have designs on
the future, you're right. As the club does every year, it is extending an
invitation to its members to submit an imaginative and attractive QSL card
to be sent out following the annual Straight Key Month activity in January.
The K3Y event will mark the club's 19th anniversary.
In mid-December the submitted designs will be presented to club members for
a vote. The most popular design will appear on the official K3Y QSL card
and, as before, 12 other top selections will appear in the SKCC's print
calendar.
The popular event, which begins on the 2nd of January - following the ARRL's
Straight Key Night - features club members calling CQ from all 13 regional
call areas in the US and from countries in six IARU continental regions.
If you don't have a copy of this year's calendar and want to see some of the
most popular designs created by members, visit the link in the text version
of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org
This is Randy Sly W4XJ.
[DO NOT READ: https://skccgroup.com/k3y/k3y-docs/SKCC_Calendar_2024.pdf ]
(SKCC)
**
NEW HAM SHACK ON PENNSYLVANIA CAMPUS IS ALSO RESEARCH TOOL
JIM/ANCHOR: Having a new ham radio shack is always something worth
celebrating, but what if your new shack also happens to be a valuable
research tool and a center for the education of university students? Travis
Lisk N3ILS takes us to one such shack on the campus of the University of
Scranton in Pennsylvania.
TRAVIS: The new radio shack inside the Loyola Science Center at the
University of Scranton offers a vast view of the city five floors below. The
state-of-the-art amateur radio equipment that make up this station offers a
view of the world beyond and the electromagnetic activity above that
provides the means by which we radio amateurs make HF contacts.
This is the new shack for the W3USR Amateur Radio Club, which was founded
four years ago. This is not just a headquarters for student operators on
campus but a research resource for students and faculty members who are
involved in HamSCI, the citizen-scientist investigation group led by
university professor Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF. The shack will become a busy
place as HamSCI conducts its experiments funded by benefactors such as NASA,
the National Science Foundation and Amateur Radio Digital Communications.
Outside, a 40-foot tower has antennas for HF, VHF/UHF satellite and
microwave frequencies, with some antennas on rotators.
The shack officially opens its doors on Friday the 25th of October. The open
house includes a public dedication ceremony and a lecture, followed by a
buffet dinner for those who hold tickets to that event.
This is Travis Lisk N3ILS.
(UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON, AMATEUR RADIO DAILY)
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BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the ZSØMOT
(Zed Ess Zero Em Oh Tee) repeater in Middelburg South Africa on Wednesdays
at 7 p.m. local time.
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SPECIAL EVENT RECALLS MARITIME DISASTER IN 1922
JIM/ANCHOR: Shipwrecks have always fascinated one radio amateur in Wisconsin
-- but none more than the sinking of a rail car ferry that killed everyone
on board in 1922. The activation of a special event tells its story, as we
hear from Paul Braun WD9GCO.
PAUL: From the time he was a youngster, maritime stories and disasters
always held a fascination for Nathan Banks, KC9HYY. When he recently learned
of the tragic sinking of the SS Milwaukee Rail Car Ferry, the October 22nd,
1922 disaster hit close to home for this Milwaukee area native. This wasn't
like the Titanic, the Andrea Doria or the Lusitania - this was a local story
that held him spellbound. Nathan, who has been a ham for two decades, will
be on the air for the inaugural special event station N9M from the 21st
through to the 23rd of October. A special QSL card will be available for
those working the station either on SSB, FT8, FT4 and possibly CW.
Nathan hopes to spread the word about the ship's long career transporting
train cars and the stories about the crew members who died when the vessel
was swallowed up by Lake Michigan. There were no survivors. The wreck lies
at the lake's bottom, 3 miles offshore, north of Milwaukee.
This is Paul Braun WD9GCO.
(NATHAN BANKS, KC9HYY)
**
BROADCASTER IN STOLEN-TOWER CASE DIES
JIM/ANCHOR: The Alabama broadcaster who told police his AM radio station's
tower was stolen last February, has died. Brett Elmore, owner and general
manager of WJLX in Jasper, Alabama, made headlines after reporting to
authorities that the station’s transmitter and 200-foot stainless-steel AM
tower had been stolen mysteriously overnight.
The case has not been solved. News reports gave no cause of the
broadcaster's death. He was 41.
(RADIO WORLD, WIAT-TV)
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HOT AIR BALLOON CRASH DESTROYS RADIO TOWER
JIM/ANCHOR: In New Mexico, more trouble for broadcast radio towers: The
tower of an AM radio station in Albuquerque collapsed after being struck by
a hot air balloon from the nearby International Balloon Fiesta on Friday
October 11th. The talk radio station, KKOB-770 AM, shut its 50,000-watt
transmitter as the pilot and his passengers, two young boys, descended a
ladder on the tower near where the balloon had become entangled. No injuries
were reported.. The station stayed on the air at 96.3 FM. Local news media
reported that, ironically, it was 20 years ago to the day that another
balloon, also bearing the likeness of Smokey Bear, crashed into the same
tower.
(RADIO INSIGHT, KRGE.COM)
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WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, listen for Kazu, MØCFW on the air as 3B9/MØCFW from
Rodrigues Island, IOTA number AF-017, from the 22nd through to the 30th of
October. Listen for him during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. operating as 3B9KW.
See QRZ.com for QSL details.
Bernie, ZS4TX, and John, ZS6JON will be on the air from Lesotho on 70 cm EME
using the callsign 7P8Z. The grid square is KG30. They will do two moon
passes starting on Friday the 18 of October at 18:00 UTC moonrise and ending
Sunday the 20th of October at 05:00 UTC moonset. They will also do some
satellite passes which include the ISS, if available, RS-44 and SO-50. QSL
via PA3CMC and LoTW.
Listen for Vasco 7Q7CT, Jorge CT1BOL, Vasco D2ACE and Fran EC7R who will be
using the callsign 7Q1 - Seven Quebec One - from Malawi between the 23rd
of October and the 2nd of November. Listen for them in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest. QSL via EA7FTR.
Saty, JE1JKL will be operating as 9M6NA from Labuan Island, IOTA number OC-
133, in East Malaysia from the 23rd of October to the 25th of November.
Listen for him in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest and the CQ WW DX CW Contest. See
QRZ.com for QSL details.
(425 DX BULLETIN)
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KICKER: REPEATER TRANSMITS A SPIRIT MIGHTIER THAN ANY HURRICANE
JIM/ANCHOR: Our final story takes us to the mountains of North Carolina,
where the voices on the Mount Mitchell repeater carry hope amid hurricane
wreckage. Andy Morrison K9AWM shares their story.
ANDY: Many of the hams who call rural North Carolina home consider the
region's Mount Mitchell repeater their home as well. The repeater, owned by
Randy Johnston, N2GE, also became their refuge and their lifeline while the
deadly force of Hurricane Helene tore their communities and their lives
apart. Lynn Moose, KI4ZEK, was on the repeater on Friday, September 27th, as
neighbors checked in to say they'd survived the winds and the floodwaters -
as many looked for loved ones and sought help. Later, Dan K2DMG, who is part
of Iredell County Emergency Communications, stepped in to relieve Lynn as
net control as Lynn went to assess damages at his own home. Dan was able to
pass emergency traffic until he found himself on the road to Florida where
his parents were awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Milton. At that point,
Vicki AD3I got on the air to help coordinate volunteers and resources.
The repeater, however, passed more than traffic and reassurance during the
two weeks of rescue and recovery. During moments when the repeater was less
active, Lynn read a poem that his wife had found posted on Facebook, written
by a North Carolina woman named Elizabeth Greene Silvers. With that poem,
the repeater now transmitted hope to a devastated community. These words are
a part of that affirmation - [quote]: "Yet we still rise, with mountains
high, for in these hills, our spirits fly." [endquote]
The full poem, posted October 6th, can be seen on the Facebook page of
Elizabeth Greene Silvers.
This is Andy Morrison K9AWM.
(LYNN MOOSE, KI4ZEK, FACEBOOK, MT MITCHELL REPEATER)
**
HAIKU FOR YOU
We hope you have been enjoying the Amateur Radio Newsline haiku challenge.
Now it's your turn to try your hand at haiku authorship. Are you inspired?
Pick up a pencil and share your ham radio 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 Weekly; Amateur Radio Digital
Communications; David Behar K7DB; 425DXNews; IARU Region 3; IARU HST World
Championship; KRGE.com; Lucian, YO8SLC; Lynn Moose, KI4ZEK; Mt. Mitchell
Repeater N2GE; Nathan Banks, KC9HYY; Radio Insight; Radio World;
shortwaveradio.de; Straight Key Century Club; University of Scranton; and
you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. We remind
our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit
organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish
to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we
appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you like our
newscast, please leave us a 5-star 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 Jim Damon, N8TMW in Charleston West Virginia saying 73.
As always we thank you for listening. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is
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