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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2369 for Friday March 24th, 2023
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2369 with a release date of Friday
March 24th, 2023 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Fire destroys an important lifesaving repeater in
Oklahoma. The Dayton amateur radio community loses a leader -- and a victory
atop an Australian summit for one young operator. All this and more as
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2369 comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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FIRE DESTROYS VITAL REPEATER IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
NEIL/ANCHOR: A vital repeater in southern Oklahoma has literally gone up in
smoke, leaving a region without an important emergency communications
resource. Ralph Squillace KK6ITB has that story.
RALPH: Fire has destroyed the W5BLW repeater in southern Oklahoma, taking
down a critically important resource for SKYWARN, the Red Cross and local
emergency operations in five counties of the region. According to Vance
Smith, KE5BAL, of the Ardmore Amateur Radio Club, it will be a slow road
back for the repeater, which stood for more than 16 years.
Vance told Newsline that the repeater was consumed by a controlled burn that
went the wrong way on the private ranch property where the repeater stood.
By the time the damage was noticed on the mountaintop, it was too late.
Now the scrambling - and the hard work - begins so that emergency
communications can resume when needed.
Vance said he has an old repeater that can be put up temporarily on another
site but it will be a while before a full power repeater will be back in
action at the site on top of Arbuckle Mountain. He told Newsline [quote] "We
have a lot of work to do up at the site. We are going to need a tower
climber to do work up top and along the side of the tower." [endquote]
The Ardmore Amateur Radio Club repeater bears the name and callsign of
Ardmore club member Charles M. Dibrell who became a Silent Key in 1998. He
had been a licensed ham since 1929.
Vance told Newsline: [quote] "This is a very important piece of radio
equipment for southern Oklahoma."[endquote]
This is Ralph Squilllace KK6ITB.
(VANCE SMITH, KE5BAL; QRZ: LLOYD COLSTON, KC5FM)
**
FCC SEEKS GUIDELINES FOR CELLPHONE SATELLITE OPTION
NEIL/ANCHOR: A recent move by the FCC means that increasing numbers of
smartphone users may discover what hams already know: that when there's no
terrestrial service, additional coverage is readily available from
satellites. Dave Parks WB8ODF has the details.
DAVE: Smartphones may soon have a direct connection to satellites when
necessary, following a move by the US Federal Communications Commission to
set out guidelines for such service. While space-based connections are
already a reality on a limited basis with Apple phones and are in the works
for T-Mobile, SpaceX, Qualcomm and Iridium, guidelines are still needed to
sort out the rules for broader implementation. A recent draft document by
the FCC seeks to explore this kind of supplemental service and how it would
work.
The FCC said in a news release that this would require agency authorization
for terrestrial-based providers so they could provide licensed operation on
a part of the spectrum reserved for them. Phones would switch to the
satellite signal when no other signal is available.
This is Dave Parks WB8ODF.
(TECH CRUNCH)
**
SILENT KEY: HAMVENTION'S RON CRAMER, KD8ENJ
NEIL/ANCHOR: A leader in the Dayton, Ohio amateur radio community and a
force in the annual Dayton Hamvention has become a Silent Key. We hear more
from Patrick Clark K8TAC.
PATRICK: Amateurs in Dayton, Ohio and beyond often looked to Ron Cramer,
KD8ENJ, for leadership. He was the vice president of the Dayton Amateur
Radio Association, which he had one time serve as president, and he was
general chairman of Dayton Hamvention. Ron became a Silent Key on Saturday,
March 11th, after a brief illness.
His skills at organizing and leading especially came to the forefront as
part of the group that worked to provide Hamvention with a smooth transition
to the Greene County Fairgrounds after more than five decades at Hara Arena.
In a message on the ARRL website, DARA president Jack Gerbs, WB8SCT,
described Ron as [quote] "a hardworking, dedicated, wonderful person who had
a positive impact on everyone he encountered. His only fault was, he would
never say no." [endquote]
Ron Cramer was 75.
This is Patrick Clark K8TAC.
(DAYTON DAILY NEWS, ARRL)
**
PEI AMATEUR HONORED FOR LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY
NEIL/ANCHOR: Congratulations to George Dewar, VY2GF, of Prince Edward
Island, Canada, on being chosen Activator of the Year for 2022 by the
Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society. George is being celebrated for his
numerous activations at the region's lighthouses and for promoting the
activity in the media. Society president John Huggins, KX4O and Tim Hijazi,
KB3K, said that George was selected for having [quote] "set a high bar not
just with quantity of lighthouse activations and logged QSOs but equally
with quality." [endquote]. All the best, George!
**
A SPACE JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION
NEIL/ANCHOR: Amateur radio communication is just one part of the outer-space
experience one ISS astronaut is sharing through a new website. Here's John
Williams VK2JJW with that report.
JOHN: The website is known as ELF in Space, and it has been created by the
Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai and the Emirates Literature
Foundation as a communications tool about technology and the space
programme. It features Sultan Al Neyadi, KI5VTV, the second astronaut from
the United Arab Emirates. The communications engineer is on board the ISS
for the longest Arab space mission to date. The website's debut was
announced on March 10th. Al Neyadi is giving its visitors a window into his
six-month experience on board the International Space station. His is not
the only voice to be heard. There will be input from some very terrestrial
voices, such as authors and space experts. Other UAE astronauts such as
Hazzaa Al Mansoori and Nora Al Matrooshi will join him.
The website has a strong tie-in to the classroom experience and each week
new topics will be released discussing the challenges and discoveries of
space travel. There are also classrooom-based activities for educators to
download for their students.
As part of a 20-week learning programme, students around the world will
watch each episode as it is released with subtitles
A link to the first episode is in the text version of this week's newscast
at arnewsline.org
This is John Williams VK4JJW.
[DO NOT READ: https://elfinspace.ae/exercise-in-space/ ]
(GULF NEWS, WIA, MOHAMMED BIN RASHID SPACE CENTRE)
**
AUTISM AWARENESS SPECIAL EVENT BEGINS
NEIL/ANCHOR: Just a reminder that the worldwide special event for Autism
Awareness is on the air March 25th through April 2nd, sponsored by the Ten
Mile River Scout Camp Amateur Radio Club. Listen for call signs from an
international team of operators including W2A, GB2AA, GB2AAW, GBØAAW,
8AØRARI, 4XØAAW, HIØAUT, S76A and VC2AA.
(QRZ.COM)
**
GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE SUN
NEIL/ANCHOR: Scientists have found the source of a mysterious radio signal
from the sun that sounds curiously like a heartbeat. Kent Peterson KCØDGY
takes the pulse of this remarkable research.
KENT: When a recent C-class solar flare more than 5,000 kilometers above the
sun sent out a radio signal in a heartbeat-like pattern, scientists began
work to unlock the reason behind it. The international team went in search
of the origin of this pattern, known as a quasi-periodic pulsation, or QPP.
Studying observations captured in 2017 by a radio telescope in California
that detects microwave frequencies, the researchers began studying a
heartbeat-like pattern that repeated every 10 to 20 seconds. Then they
unearthed something unexpected: a secondary signal, which was weaker and
could be discerned every 30 to 60 seconds.
According to their recently published study, they have been able to
determine that the so-called heartbeats are triggered by disruptions known
as "magnetic islands" which form in sheets of rapidly moving plasma from the
sun.
At the heart of the matter is what this research may ultimately reveal:
Writing in the journal Nature Communications, one researcher said the answer
was key to a fuller understanding of the scope of the damage that solar
storms can do when their energy is released.
This is Kent Peterson KCØDGY.
(NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SCI TECH DAILY)
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the K2JJI
repeater of the Tryon Amateur Radio Club, which is celebrating its 50th
anniversary this year in upstate New York. Newsline is heard Tuesdays at
6:30 p.m. before the ARES/RACES net, and on Echolink node 845553, with a
live audio feed on Broadcastify under K2JJI.
**
A VIRTUAL VISIT TO BOUVET ISLAND
NEIL/ANCHOR: The Northern Illinois DX Association hosted the first
presentation by a Three Y Zero Jay team member on what it was like to live
on and activate Bouvet Island. DXpeditioner Adrian KO8SCA provided a one-
hour talk, complete with dramatic photographs, on the Zoom platform earlier
this month. He described the team's 10-day effort to maintain a delicate
balance of food and fuel supplies as they scheduled precious time to operate
on the air - at first using CW and SSB and later FT8. They also kept an eye
on storm systems. As Adrian told his viewers [quote] "Mother Nature is never
doing things in your favor." [endquote] The DXpedition left the island on
February 14th after making more than 19,000 QSOs.
Whether you worked Bouvet Island or not, you can still view Adrian's talk
which is now available to everyone on YouTube on the Northern Illinois DX
Association channel. You can also find a link to it through the Northern
Illinois DX Association website at nidxa dot org (nidxa.org).
(YOUTUBE, AMATEUR RADIO WEEKLY)
**
FOR YOUNG ACTIVATOR IN AUSTRALIA, A PEAK AT GLORY
NEIL/ANCHOR: A very young amateur in Australia has completed a summit
activation that he's likely never to forget. Graham Kemp VK4BB shares his
victory with us.
GRAHAM: First-time summit activator Emile, VK5WWW, has now earned one point
in the SOTA awards scheme for each year of his life: The 10-year-old
Australian amateur successfully activated Mount Wellington in Tasmania with
an HT and a lot of hope on Tuesday, March 21st shortly before 9:30 am local
time.
The summit is 1,270-metres, or 4,167 feet, high.
Operating at VK5WWW/7 he logged six contacts in the Hobart area on 2m. One-
half hour later, it was a done deal. Emile's first solo act was a success.
His proud father, John VK5HAA, who is also an activator, reported his son's
SOTA success on the Australian SOTA activators' groups.io email list.
Congratulations on reaching new heights, Emile. Good on ya!
This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.
(GROUPS.IO)
**
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, the Sable Island DXpedition CYØS is under way in Nova
Scotia, Canada until the 30th of March and will include 2M EME operation.
Operators will also use the HF bands plus 6 metres. Modes will include CW,
SSB and FT8 in fox-hound mode. Contacts also count for Parks on the Air,
for Park VE-0210, the ARLHS Lighthouse Award, for Lighthouse SAB-002, and
IOTA for Island Number NA-063. QSL via WA4DAN.
Listen for Miguel, CT1EBM, who is using the callsign CN2EBM from the 26th of
March to the 9th of April during a 5,000-kilometre tour through Morocco. He
is using SSB and FT8 on the HF bands. He will be operating via the QO-100
satellite on SSB. For details, see QRZ.com.
Philippe FK4QX, Yves FK4RD and Michel FK8IK are using the callsign TX5L from
Lifou Island, IOTA Number OC-033, in New Caledonia from the 27th through to
the 31st of March. They are operating CW and SSB on 40-10 metres, QSL via
F4FTV.
Pista, HA5AO, will be on the air as 5X2I on the shores of Lake Victoria in
Uganda from the 24th of April to the 10th of May. He will operate CW, SSB
and FT8 in fox/hound mode on 40-10 metres. QSL request to OQRS or send your
card direct or via the bureau to HA5AO. The complete log will be uploaded to
LoTW six months after the expedition.
Be listening for Janusz, SP9FIH, who is operating as E51WEG and for Leszek,
SP6CIK, operating as E51CIK from Rarotonga, IOTA number OC-013, in the South
Cook Islands. They will be there from the 13th to the 28th of April,
operating CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 40-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS.
(425 DX BULLETIN)
**
KICKER: HE HAS MASTERED THE CODE OF LONGEVITY
NEIL/ANCHOR: For our final story we ask: Can you imagine being 101 years old
and still on the air, sending and copying CW? We visit with one man in Iowa
who doesn't have to imagine it because he is living it! Jim Damron N8TMW
tells us about him.
JIM: Just like the Morse Code he loves to send, the 101 years of Lowell
Dibble, WØTER, have been a continuous wave.
The lowa man turned 101 years old on St. Patrick's Day and according to
several press reports and a video on YouTube his longevity and enthusiasm -
like his ability to send CW - transmit a powerful message on a daily basis.
Lowell has a long history on the air. He served as a radio officer with the
Merchant Marine during World War II. An Amateur Extra Class operator, he has
regular QSOs with his friends using CW and keeps active at the retirement
community where he lives. His mental workouts with Code are complemented by
his daily routine of physical workouts that start his day.
His son Mark told TV station KCRG in an interview just days before his
father's birthday that what keeps him going is [quote]: “the excitement of
just wanting to do things, get up in the morning...It’s not 'what am I going
to do??' It’s 'What of all of these things am I going to do today?'ö
[endquote]
Dibble told the TV station that although he credits good genes, having a
positive outlook is also a definite plus -- and he plans to keep riding the
excitement of that continuous wave.
This is Jim Damron N8TMW.
(KCRG TV)
**
NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'
NEIL/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the
continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they aren't
already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur Radio Newsline
Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. Consider nominating an
amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger -- someone who has talent,
promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find application forms
on our website arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. Nominations are now
open and close on May 31st.
**
DO YOU HAVE NEWS?
NEIL/ANCHOR: Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think
Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising your
club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something that is
out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the contact page at
arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to cover it, we'll get
back to you for more details.
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; ARRL; CQ Magazine; David
Behar K7DB; Dayton Daily News; DX-World.net; FCC; 425 DX News; Groups.IO;
Gulf News; KCRG.TV; Lloyd Colston, KC5FM; Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre;
New Jersey Institute of Technology; QRZ.COM; Sci-Tech Daily;
shortwaveradio.de; Tech Crunch; Vance Smith, KE5BAL; Wireless Institute of
Australia; 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 Neil Rapp WB9VPG in
Union Kentucky saying 73. As always we thank you for listening. Amateur
Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2023. All rights reserved.
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