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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2313 for Friday February 25th, 2022
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2313 with a release date of Friday
February 25th, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Ukraine bans ham radio before Russian invasion. An
amateur in Pennsylvania faces criminal charges -- and a historic Marconi hut
goes digital in England. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report
Number 2313 comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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UKRAINE BANS AMATEUR RADIO AS PART OF STATE OF EMERGENCY
NEIL/ANCHOR: A decree by Ukrainian officials imposing a state of emergency,
including a ban on amateur radio operation, took effect on Thursday,
February 24th. Officials had announced the previous day that they would do
so in anticipation of a Russian military invasion. The decree can last as
long as 30 days, with an option to be extended.
The International Amateur Radio Union was monitoring the events. Greg
Mossop, GØDUB, IARU Region 1's emergency communications coordinator, told
Newsline in an email [quote] "The events in Ukraine are obviously fast
moving and although there were early reports of telecommunications failures
it appears these may have been due to the volume of calls on the networks.
Webcams in the area are functioning and people do seem to be able to make
calls. Sadly, the Ukrainian National Society has reported that a ban on the
operation of amateur stations in Ukraine has been put in place for 30 days
commencing February 24th. IARU Region 1 and its member societies are
monitoring the situation closely but remind all amateur radio operators they
must follow their national laws and regulations." [endquote]
The US news website Politico quoted Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine’s
National Security and Defense Council, describing the actions as [quote]
"preventive measures to keep calm in the country." [endquote]
The declaration is not in effect in the political subdivisions of eastern
Donetsk and Luhansk, which have been occupied by Russian-backed separatists
since 2014.
(GREG MOSSOP, GØDUB; IARU REGION 1; POLITICO)
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PENNSYLVANIA HAM CHARGED WITH FALSE INFORMATION, BOMB THREATS
NEIL/ANCHOR: In the United States, a ham faces serious criminal charges for
on-the-air activities. Sel Embee KB3TZD has that story.
SEL: An amateur radio operator in Erie, Pennsylvania has been charged with
transmitting false weather emergencies on the radio and making bomb threats,
according to published reports.
The Erie Times-News identified the ham as Richard L. Wagner, whose call sign
is listed as N3BWG on QRZ.COM. The newspaper said that Erie County
detectives charged him with reporting bogus weather emergencies while on the
air and with making threats against other hams who told him to stop. The
news report said that a criminal complaint was filed on Monday, February
14th, alleging that between the 19th of December and February 13th, he went
on air with threats to bomb public buildings, including the city police
station and the county courthouse.
There were no details about any involvement in the case by the US Federal
Communications Commission.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 3rd.
(ERIE NEWS-TIMES)
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DIGITAL VOICE EMERGENCY NETWORK PLANNED IN MAINE
NEIL/ANCHOR: The largest United States county east of the Mississippi River
is about to get its first digital amateur radio emergency service to be
affiliated with the county. Jim Damron N8TMW has that story.
JIM: There's a lot of ground to cover in Aroostook [pronounced: uh-ROO-
stick] County, Maine, which at more than 6600 square miles, has a lot going
on when disaster strikes. A group of amateur radio operators calling
themselves the Caribou Emergency Amateur Radio Service are now working to
establish formal emergency communications structure in that rural county
with D-STAR. The idea is to connect hams with one another as well as local
and state agencies using that digital voice mode. Emergency response is
already provided from the Aroostook Amateur Radio Association and ARES, but
Caribou's response will primarily come alongside those of county agencies
using D-STAR. Caribou announced on its Facebook page earlier this month that
it is working to establish the first D-STAR repeater in northern Maine.
Meanwhile, T.H. Merritt KM4TJI, the group's president and cofounder, told a
Bangor, Maine newspaper that the group has already met with local fire,
police and emergency medical services. He said that the Caribou group is
being created based on his experience as an emergency radio operator in
Florida and has a membership of 17. That is expected to grow as more people
sign up and begin studying for their ham radio licenses.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jim Damron N8TMW.
(BANGOR DAILY NEWS)
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AMATEURS ENJOY TWO QSO PARTIES IN ONE
NEIL/ANCHOR: What's better than one QSO party? Try two that are going on in
the Carolinas. Kevin Trotman N5PRE has the details.
KEVIN: In the United States, North and South Carolina are teaming up for a
two-QSO-party weekend: On Saturday, February 26th, hams in South Carolina's
46 counties will be chasing contacts. There is a new category for hams
operating portable from temporary stations, activating in one or more
counties. Expedition stations may move from county to county.'
On Sunday, February 27th, it's North Carolina's turn and hams will be
chasing contacts in that state's 100 counties. There are bonus points for
working the NC4QP bonus station as well as the callsigns N4D, N4U, N4K, N4E
-- all the stations having suffixes that spell "DUKE" in honor of Duke
University, the pride of North Carolina.
For details on both QSO parties, see the text version of this week's
Newsline script at arnewsline.org.
[FOR PRINT ONLY, DO NOT READ: https://ncqsoparty.org/
http://scqso.com/ ]
From beautiful Aiken, South Carolina, this is Kevin Trotman, N5PRE for
Amateur Radio Newsline.
**
HAM RADIO UNIVERSITY WORKSHOPS NOW ONLINE
NEIL/ANCHOR: If there was a workshop you wanted to attend at the virtual Ham
Radio University conference, but missed it, now's your chance to make up for
lost time. Stephen Kinford N8WB tells us how.
STEPHEN: Held on January 8th as a virtual conference, Ham Radio University
may be over but it's not gone. Videos of the day-long event have been
uploaded to YouTube where any number of workshops are available for viewing.
Whether you couldn't attend HRU or weren't able to get to all the workshops
you wanted, the HRU YouTube channel makes it easy to see what you missed.
In addition to the introductory classes for DXing and the basics of HF
operating, presenters also cover contesting, the various logging programs
out there, Parks on the Air, the HF digital modes and QRP operations. As
well as several other topics covered in the videos, an assortment of
workshops from previous years complete the channel. Ham Radio University
played host to the ARRL New York City / Long Island Section Convention.
Find a link to the channel in the text for this week's newscast script at
arnewsline.org
[PRINT ONLY, DO NOT READ: www.youtube.com/c/HamRadioUniversityNLI/videos]
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Stephen Kinford N8WB.
(HRU)
**
VOICE OF AMERICA EVENT LOGS 3,665 QSOs
NEIL/ANCHOR: Congratulations to the organizers of the Voice of America 80th
anniversary special event station. Operators logged 3,665 QSOs at stations
W3V, W8O and W4A, according to Jocelyn Brault KD8VRX/VA2VRX of the West
Chester Amateur Radio Association. He said that all digital cards have been
sent and certificates will be emailed shortly. Paper QSLs are expected to be
sent out sometime in March.
**
HISTORIC MARCONI HUT DEPICTED IN VIRTUAL 3D MODEL
NEIL/ANCHOR: In England, radio is about to embrace one digital mode yet
unknown on the amateur bands: Digital art. Jeremy Boot G4NJH has that story.
JEREMY: Hams in the UK have played a big role in celebrations of the BBC's
centenary this year. The most recent special event station was heard on the
14th of February as radio operators in Chelmsford called QRZ as station
GB100 2MT [pronounced as GB100 2MT], marking the historic first transmission
from the Marconi Company's Writtle Hut there. The hut is now going digital
with the help of an artist who is creating a digital model of it for
inclusion at the Chelmsford Museum. The artist, Sian Fan, and the museum are
calling the exhibit Forecast22 - the Birth of British Broadcasting. The
virtual 3D model will include a replica of the 2MT transmitter as well as
contents of the building. The exhibit opens in October.
If you can't get to Chelmsford to take a step inside history, don't worry.
You can take part in the Forecast22 on your mobile phone wherever in the
world you might be. It's a different kind of 'digital DXing' but a fitting
option for a celebration that changed the shape and the sound of British
broadcasting.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(CITYLIFE CHELMSFORD)
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the word, including the K5DUR
repeater in Dallas, Texas on Sundays at 7 p.m. local time.
**
AUSTRALIA PREPARING FOR A WHOLE LOT OF 'MAYHAM'
NEIL/ANCHOR: There are big happenings planned for hams in New South Wales,
Australia. Jason Daniels VK2LAW brings us that report.
JASON: Mayham, the largest amateur radio gathering in the Southern
Hemisphere, has an equally large and ambitious agenda for Sunday the 1st of
May. In addition to planning the usual activities, such as pedestrian and
mobile fox hunts, organisers from the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club are
looking for lecturers to deliver talks on a variety of subjects. Each 45-
minute presentation will be followed by no more than 15 minutes of questions
and answers. Formerly known as Wyong Field Day, it has run over 60 years
without a break, even through these COVID years. Mayham is scheduled to be
held at the customary location of the Wyong race course. If you have a
presentation you'd like to share with some of Australia's most enthusiastic
radio amateurs, contact Col VK2ZCO by emailing ccarc at ccarc dot org dot au
(ccarc@ccarc.dot.org.au) and describe your proposed lecture. If you're
looking to upgrade - or even get - your first licence, contact education
coordinator of the club at education at ccarc dot org dot au
(education@ccarc.dot.org.au)
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jason Daniels VK2LAW.
(CENTRAL COAST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB)
**
ARISS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ISS CONTACTS
NEIL/ANCHOR: If you're interested in learning more about setting up, hosting
and participating in a contact with the ISS through Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station you may want to attend an introductory webinar
being hosted by ARISS. It will be held on UTC March 4th - which is the
evening of March 3rd for attendees in North America. The webinar will help
give schools, science centers, museums and other institutions information
they need to apply for a contact with the space crew. Registration for the
seminar is required.
Applications for a space-crew contact should be submitted no later than the
31st of March. Such a contact would ideally draw a large number of attendees
and participants and be included in an educational plan focusing on science,
technology, engineering and mathematics. Visit the ARISS-USA website for
more details. All contacts are being scheduled for January the 1st through
June 30th of 2023.
(ARISS-USA)
**
COLLECTOR IN ENGLAND ENJOYS MORE THAN 200 RADIOS
NEIL/ANCHOR: If certain important people in your life, maybe even the ones
living under the same roof as you, constantly remind you that you have far
too many radios, perhaps it's time you shared this story about a retired
electrical engineer in England and his collection of more than 200 radios.
Jeremy Boot G4NJH has all the details you'll need.
JEREMY: How many radios is too many? Norfolk retiree Richard Allan stopped
counting when his collection reached 200. His shelves of crystal sets,
antique transistor and valve radios is valued somewhere around £15,000, or
0,000 in US currency. His favourite radio is the one his late father
bought in 1928 and listened to throughout World War II. His father had been
an amateur radio operator and at one point even built his own transmitter.
He passed along his skill for repairing radios to his son along with his
massive radio collection. Richard, who is 85, has spent the past 50 years
adding to that collection and restoring the nonfunctioning ones to good
working order. He told the Daily Mail newspaper: [quote] "The value is in
the eye of the beholder." [endquote]
About 90 percent of the radios work just fine. The other 10 percent are the
ones that keep him busy. He told the newspaper: [quote] "If they were all
working, I'd have nothing to do with my time!" [endquote]
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(THE DAILY MAIL)
**
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, Karel, OK2WM, and Vlad, OK2WX, are on the air as 8Q7WM
and 8Q7WX, respectively, from Innahura Island, AS-Ø13, in the Maldives,
until March 8th. Listen for them on 160, 80 and 40 metres where they will be
using CW and SSB. Send QSLs to their home calls.
Listen for Oliver, DJ5QW, who is using the callsigns D4CW and D44DX from Sal
Island, AF-086, Cape Verde, until the 2nd of March. You can hear him on 80-
10 meters where he is using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign or by the
DARC Bureau.
Philippe, EA4NF, will be operating as EA8/EA4NF from Hierro Island, AF-004,
the smallest island of the Canary
Islands. He will be on the air between March 4 and 6th using the FM and
Linear low-earth orbit satellites. He hopes to activate the very rare grids
IL07 and IL17. QSL via LoTW.
Listen for Gildas, F6HMQ, and Michel, F6GWV, operating as FG/F6HMQ and
FG/F6GWV, respectively, from Guadeloupe until the 27th of March. Operating
on the HF bands holiday style, they will be in the ARRL International DX SSB
Contest on March 5th and 6th and the CQWW WPX SSB Contest on March 26th and
27th using the callsign TO3Z. For QSL information, visit QRZ.com.
(OHIO PENN DX)
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KICKER: DRAKE RECEIVER'S WINDFALL IS ITS.....WATERFALL
NEIL/ANCHOR: It's uncommon to mention "boat anchor" and "waterfall" in the
same sentence unless, of course, you're talking about the kind of boat
anchor you'd drop to secure a seagoing vessel. Meet a relatively new ham who
talks about boat anchors AND waterfalls on dry land - in his shack. Ralph
Squillace KK6ITB brings us this week's final story.
RALPH: Scott Baker KK7CAI is no stranger to tinkering in the shop. A list of
his varied electronics projects populate his website smbaker dot com. So
when he got his amateur radio license this past December, it was only
natural that he wouldn't let his newly acquired Drake R-4B receiver stay in
the 1970s forever. He decided to build a panadapter - a circuit to capture a
wideband signal from the old tube radio receiver. With the help of an SDR
dongle and his computer, his goal was to display all the transmissions on
the band.
The project wasn't without its hitches and glitches. As he writes on his
blog: "I had to install a hefty RF choke on the cable going to the SDR, or
it would lock up whenever I transmit." There were other challenges along the
way too but nothing he couldn't resolve.
Now the waterfall pours forth and the old Drake has entered the 21st
century. Scott says in his video it's a "useful visualization tool." Yes,
it's a success -- and more than that, it looks like this old boat anchor's
ship has finally come in.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.
(HACKADAY, SOUTHGATE, YOUTUBE)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to AMSAT; ARISS-USA; Bangor Daily News; Central
Coast Amateur Radio Club; City Life Chelmsford; CQ Magazine; the Daily Mail;
David Behar K7DB; the Erie, Pennsylvania News-Times; Greg Mossop, G0DUB;
Hackaday; Ham Radio University; IARU Region 1; Ohio Penn DX; Politico;
QRZ.com; QSO Today; Reuters; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline. You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. 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.
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 2022. All rights reserved.
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