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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2281 for Friday July 16, 2021
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2281 with a release date of Friday July
16, 2021 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. A giant ham radio retailer sets its sights on
Florida. Success for the first ham youth summer camp in the Americas — and
harvesting electricity from your body instead of a battery. All this and
more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2281 comes your way right now.
***
BILLBOARD CART
**
HAM RADIO OUTLET OPENING FLORIDA STORE
JIM/ANCHOR; Ham Radio Outlet, the nationwide amateur radio retailer in the
US, has announced that its ongoing expansion plans will include a store in
the state of Florida. The new store will join 12 already open in such states
as California in the West, where the company is based, to Delaware in the
East, Arizona and Texas in the South, New Hampshire in the North. The
company's announcement on social media set off a wave of speculation about
the new location, especially on Instagram where the company wrote, "We're
not telling yet! We're open to suggestions." The closest Ham Radio Outlet to
Florida is in Atlanta, Georgia. The company, which calls itself the world's
largest supplier of amateur radio equipment, is also known for shipping
internationally.
(HAM RADIO OUTLET)
JIM/ANCHOR: In other business news, the Dayton Daily News reports that Sandy
Mendelson, founder of the legendary Ohio electronics retail store,
Mendelson's Liquidation outlet, died on July 3rd at age 77. The downtown
Dayton location, which was for decades a magnet for local and visiting hams
especially during Hamvention, closed its doors in late 2019. Its eight-story
building was sold to a Columbus, Ohio developer.
(DAYTON DAILY NEWS)
**
YOUTH ON THE AIR CAMP ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL START
JIM/ANCHOR: The first youth ham radio summer camp in the Americas was a
success. We hear some details from camp director—and Newsline
correspondent—Neil Rapp WB9VPG.
NEIL: Youth on the Air camp is off to a roaring start in suburban
Cincinnati, Ohio. Twenty-three campers arrived on Sunday and attended
orientation. Tim Duffy, K3LR, was the keynote speaker. On Monday, the
campers tried their hands at building a radio direction finding receiver
that they will use later in the week. They also learned about contesting,
and practiced with a pair of eyeball sprints. On one of the sprints, the
adults joined in to provide QRM to make the sprint a bigger challenge. On
Tuesday, campers learned about D-STAR and Ballooning. The campers
successfully launched and recovered a large high altitude balloon that
reached over 100,000 feet in altitude. They also launched three other mid-
altitude balloons with WSPR and APRS tracking. After enjoying a night of
games, the camp proceeded to Kings Island Amusement Park for more team
building and some VHF contesting. Thursday featured satellite operation and
direction finding, and the camp ended on Friday with an antenna building
contest. What made this camp different is that the youth are leading the
sessions, and with a high amount of hands-on learning. The campers have
been all smiles, and really enjoy using their ham radio skills. Reporting
live from YOTA Camp, I'm camp director Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
JIM/ANCHOR: We add our congratulations to Neil and the campers for their
successful contact with astronauts aboard the ISS on Wednesday July 14th.
See it and hear it on YouTube. The link is available in the printed version
of this week's script at arnewsline.org
[FOR PRINT ONLY, DO NOT READ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtMMo6ryU0U]
**
OFCOM REMINDS SWISS HAMS OF SATELLITE-USE FEES
JIM/ANCHOR: If operating via satellite is as easy for you as stepping
outside and pointing your antenna skyward to catch a pass, consider what
hams in Switzerland are required to do. Ed Durrant DD5LP explains.
ED: Switzerland's amateur radio society, the USKA, is reminding hams that
the nation's regulator, Ofcom, requires special permits to be requested by
all amateurs who wish to use the geostationary ham radio satellite QO-100.
The regulator is charging 70 Swiss francs–the equivalent of about 76 US
dollars. Hams' applications must contain all relevant information including
their location so the regulator can keep track of all Swiss radio operators
making use of the transponder on board the satellite. Transmitters are
limited to a maximum output of 100 watts PEP on the satellite uplink in the
frequency range between 2.4 and 2.41 GHz. Ofcom's biggest concern is the
potential for interference in the 2.4 GHz band which may be used licence-
free for industrial, scientific and medical purposes.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Ed Durrant DD5LP.
(USKA, SOUTHGATE)
**
SPECIAL EVENT STATION HONORS AMERICAN COMEDIAN 'RED' SKELTON
JIM/ANCHOR: There's little doubt that although he never held an amateur
radio license, the late American comedian Red Skelton was quite a ham. Fans
of his TV, stage and film antics will attest to that. Andy Morrison K9AWM
tells us about a special event that recently honored this Indiana native.
ANDY: Getting on the air to mark the 108th birthday of the late Red Skelton,
special event station K9R exceeded its organizers' expectations. Operators
called QRZ for nearly two weeks to end on Sunday July 18th, and by the
latest count before Newsline's deadline, the log was fast approaching more
than 700 QSOs, both DX and domestic. The QRZ page was getting 400 hits per
day.
Organizer Mark Steven Williams K9GX said this first-time activation was
designed to coincide with a festival being held by the Red Skelton Museum of
American Comedy in the comedian's hometown of Vincennes, Indiana. The museum
is showcasing an exhibit called "Airwave Anniversaries," spotlighting
broadcast high points of his career. Mark said that when he spoke to the
museum's director Ann Pratt about a possible activation, they both agreed
the exhibit and festival paired naturally with the special event.
Ultimately, the ham bands themselves also hosted a kind of exhibit: one of
memories. Listen to this personal memory from a very enthusiastic YL:
[insert clip here]
K2R organizers said that while waiting to receive their QSL cards, hams who
made contact are invited to upload pictures of themselves and their shacks
to the Facebook page of the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Andy Morrison K9AWM—proud to be one of the
K9R operators.
(MARK STEVEN WILLIAMS K9GX)
**
UK HAMS RESPOND TO SURVEY ABOUT AMATEURS' CHALLENGES
JIM/ANCHOR: Hams in the UK have weighed in issues designed to help the IARU
deal with changes facing its member societies. Jeremy Boot G4NJH picks up
the story from here.
JEREMY: More than 1,000 amateur radio operators in the UK have replied to
the Radio Society of Great Britain’s survey about ham radio's response to a
changing world.
The International Amateur Radio Union is looking to address ways in which
national societies can boost membership and support ham radio's growth. The
RSGB was one of a number of national societies to invite amateurs to voice
their opinions on various issues. Those concerns included threats,
opportunities, weaknesses and strengths of amateur radio.
Hams took the survey in May throughout the UK and Crown Dependencies. A
summary of the responses will be published in RadCom magazine and will also
appear on the RSGB website at rsgb.org/survey .
IARU Region 1 will be holding its General Conference Workshop in October in
Serbia.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(RSGB)
**
BREAK HERE; Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the K6PVR
repeater in Ventura, California on Sundays at 6:30 p.m. local time.
**
RESEARCHERS STUDY PIEZOELECTRICITY AS BATTERY REPLACEMENT
JIM/ANCHOR: Imagine powering your own portable station simply by using your
body instead of a battery: Graham Kemp VK4BB tells us about some research in
Israel that makes that sound more real than you may think:
GRAHAM: Researchers call it piezoelectricity (pee-eight-zoh electricity) and
it's been around for a while. The accumulation of electrical charges from
solid materials is actually not a new concept, at least in the lab. Now
researchers at Tel Aviv University believe this nanotechnology will one day
be able to power medical devices, such as pacemakers, by transforming the
body's mechanical movements into electricity. That's because they have
discovered a way to do this using materials that are nontoxic, making them
safe for implantation into the body.
The research was published recently in the journal Nature Communications.
Now the time has come for this to be tried out on humans. The lead
researcher, Professor Ehud (Ay-WHOOD) Gazit (Gah-Zeet) said the practical
applications extend beyond medicine. He said the device could also power
street lights simply by being placed on the road to capture energy from tire
movement.
We hams, of course, will be watching and waiting for the results of this new
development in green energy. For those of us who operate portable or mobile,
it certainly puts all kinds of possibilities for power in motion.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp VK4BB.
(TIMES OF ISRAEL)
**
SUMMER AM QSO PARTY ATTRACTS EUROPEAN AMATEURS
JIM/ANCHOR: In Europe, it's all about amplitude modulation for some
amateurs. Jeremy Boot G4NJH tells us about an event celebrating this
respected mode.
JEREMY: The Amplitude Modulation Amateur Radio Society is a newly formed
group but the mode it celebrates has been around for quite some time: It's
the original voice mode on the amateur bands. The society is joining with AM
Amateur Radio Europe to host the summer AM QSO Party, which is happening
from the 16th to the 18th of July.
The AM QSO Party organisers said on their website that although this is not
a contest, there will be certificates awarded for points earned. The main
purpose of the event is to encourage QSOs and conversation. Hams are
expected to be operating on the AM portions of 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 12 and
10 metres.
A hopeful sentiment on the website adds: [quote] "Fingers crossed that
propagation allows us to use the higher bands for longer distance QSOs
around Europe and even further afield!" [endquote]
Details can be found on Facebook by searching for "AM Amateur Radio Europe."
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(AM AMATEUR RADIO EUROPE)
**
FINNISH AMATEUR RADIO LEAGUE HOLDS CENTENNIAL SPECIAL EVENT
JIM/ANCHOR: When you're a ham with something big to celebrate, there's only
one right way to start the festivities: Turn on the rig and get on the air.
Ed Durrant DD5LP introduces us to some hams in Finland who are doing just
that.
ED: Hams in Finland have two reasons to celebrate: Not only is the Finnish
Amateur Radio League SRAL halfway through marking its centennial year but
COVID-19 domestic restrictions have been relaxed throughout the country. In
an organised event lasting through to the end of this year, hams are
activating in a number of amateur radio carnivals. Turning the HF bands into
one massive party. The callsigns include OF2HQ and OFzeroHQ, which are being
used by a dozen hams on both CW and SSB. OFzeroHQ is being operated from the
Aland Islands archipelago where three HF superstations are located.
Other call signs taking part are OH100SRAL—the official SRAL centennial
jubilee station—and OH2A, the SRAL headquarters station in Helsinki. The
Finnish Signal Corps will be using the callsign Oeye3AX. Carnival contact
logs should be sent to of9x at sral dot fi (of9x@sral.fi) in January 2022.
There's a touch of the Christmas spirit in this celebration by the way:
Santa Claus himself will be signing the OH-NL-100 certificate given to hams
who score 1,000 points. The top-ten continental highest scorers can also
count on Santa's signature. The Finnish call sign OF9X has traditionally
been the Santa Claus call used during the holiday season.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Ed Durrant DD5LP.
**
WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, be listening for members of the international group
known as the Slow Morse Code Club, which is celebrating its first
anniversary. They will be using CW and the special callsigns TM1SMC for
France, GB1SMC for England and EI1SMC for Ireland. The anniversary event
will be on the air between July 17th and July 25th. The callsign TM1SMC will
also be using SSB. QSL cards will be sent via the Bureau. Send your QSL
cards and SWL reports to F4IIQ. Visit the QRZ page of TM1SMC for more
details.
Be listening for Brian, GW4DVB, active as J88PI from Palm Island, also known
as Prune Island, in the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Island group, between
July 24th and August
1st. He wlil be on the air holiday style on 40/20/17/15/10 and 6 meters
using CW, SSB, SSTV and FT8. Send QSLs to his home call only.
The Svalbard DXpedition team has been joined by Rune, LA7THA, as the
operators get ready for activation between July 21st and July 26th. They
will be using the callsign JW0W (Jay W Zero W). Send QSLs to QSL manager
Charles M0OXO through OQRS, Direct or via the Bureau. The full log will be
uploaded to LoTW.
John, KL2A, will be active from Anchorage, Alaska, throughout July on 160-6
metres using mainly CW and possibly FT8. Send QSLs to Post Office Box 924,
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83816, in the US.
Members of the Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik, LZ1KCP, are honoring yet
another of the Orthodox saints during July. They will be using the callsign
LZ950TM. This is part of a year-long activity toward the "All Saints -
2021" award. Send QSLs via the Bureau or direct to LZ1KCP. For more details
about the awards visit the website at www dot lz1kcp dot com
(www.lz1kcp.com). August's special event will have the callsign LZ363ER.
(OHIO PENN DX)
**
KICKER: DOUBLE THE AMATEUR RADIO JOY FOR MINNESOTA TWINS
JIM/ANCHOR: For our final story, we ask: What's better than being in a ham
radio family? How about having your identical twin right beside you in the
shack for going on eight decades. Kent Peterson KC0DGY introduces us to
these two YLs.
KENT: Janet Robidoux K0JE and her sister Janice Robidoux K0JA are the real
Minnesota Twins. Their kind of teamwork has nothing to do with the American
pro baseball team by the same name in their home state. Their teamwork
reflects more on the sisterhood of a pair of Midwestern YLs who are not just
identical twins but amateur radio operators.
Being 86 means Janet and Janice have become DXers through life itself: At
one time or another during their eight decades on the planet they have
engaged in canoe-racing, competitive bowling, wildflower photography and
adventure travel to every US state except Hawaii. They've taken part in
volunteer efforts close to home and in enviable DX locations such as
Indonesia and Tonga. They've also traveled to visit ham friends for eyeball
QSOs in New Zealand and Australia.
They have long since sold their recreational vehicle, their ice skates and
their snow shoes and have stopped climbing the 65-foot tower outside their
home 11 years ago but they're still game for a good hunt. At the home QTH,
they chase national park radio operators while using CW and SSB. They also
hunt and pounce the big DX with the help of 1,000 watts of power and the
antenna they rotate to pull their quarry in.
Their station log may be filled with countless QSOs but as they told the
Star-Tribune newspaper, it's the blank pages they're focusing on now. Janet
said: [quote] "We always want to get more countries." [endquote] Outside
the front door in their garden, where the sisters' steel tower stands,
possibilities still grow abundantly amid the flowering annuals.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Kent Peterson KC0DGY.
(STAR TRIBUNE)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to AM Amateur Radio Europe; Amateur News Weekly;
the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Dayton Daily News; DX-World.net;
IARU; Finnish Amateur Radio League; Ham Radio Outlet; QRZ.com; Mark Steven
Williams K9GX; Radio Society of Great Britain; the Star-Tribune newspaper;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO Radio
Show; the Times of Israel; USKA; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. You can write to us at
newsline@arnewsline.org. For more information or to support us visit our
official website at arnewsline.org. Be sure to follow some of these stories
as they get a more indepth look on the YouTube Channel of 100 Watts and a
Wire. Search for the video segment with the title "Two Stories."
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.
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2021. All rights reserved.
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