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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2331 for Friday July 1, 2022
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2331 with a release date of Friday July
1, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Hams gather for Field Day in North America and for
Friedrichshafen in Germany. A special event honors an amateur radio
humanitarian -- and look, up in the air, it's Kite POTA! All this and more
as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2331 comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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AMATEURS IN US, CANADA, GET OUTDOORS FOR FIELD DAY
NEIL/ANCHOR: We begin this week remembering Field Day. From the Ramona
Outback Amateur Radio Society in California to the Great South Bay Amateur
Radio Club in New York and all points in between plus in Canada, the ARRL
Field Day lit up the bands on June 25th and 26th. As always, Field Day put
amateur radio on display to the public as visitors everywhere stopped by
where clubs and individuals were operating outdoors, curious to learn about
the equipment and the antennas or to watch Morse Code and phone operators in
action.
In central Florida, the Lake Monroe Amateur Radio Society got an extra boost
from the efforts of a station set up for use by club members who are blind,
specifically to make as many CW contacts as possible. The ARRL noted on its
website that operators could receive 100 bonus points simply by sharing
their details in posts on the ARRL Field Day Facebook Group or elsewhere on
all social media by using the hashtag #ARRLFD.
Regardless of the score, for everyone everywhere it was a day for learning
and for fellowship.
The ARRL had set a deadline for logs to be submitted by July 26th so watch
for the results.
(WESH CHANNEL 2, RAMONA SENTINEL, ARRL WEBSITE)
**
HAM RADIO EXPO RETURNS TO FRIEDRICHSHAFEN
NEIL/ANCHOR: In Europe, Ham Radio Expo made a triumphant return and
Newsline's Ed Durrant DD5LP was there.
ED: Last weekend saw the 45th Ham Radio Expo in Friedrichshafen, the first
after three years of lockdowns and two cancelled events. All were eager to
get back to the "Neue Messe" in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance in the
south of Germany.
Turnout was expected to be around 10,000 compared to just under 14,000 in
2019. After the effects of the pandemic and with the current inflation
levels this is not a bad showing. While the main hall seemed a little less
full than normal due to the stands of Kenwood and Yaesu not being there
along with the large WIMO retailer, the flea market in its two Zeppelin-
sized halls was fuller than in 2019.
Talking with dealers and manufacturers, I learned they were all glad to
have, it seems, come through the pandemic. Several, however, said it was
close and another lockdown would have meant the end of their businesses.
Many are worried about parts supply and while most have stockpiled
components, their stock is dwindling.
Talking with the national societies and the IARU, I learned there is concern
on how we will keep our band allocations especially in the microwave
frequencies and a need is seen to have the hobby change and be open to new
technologies and possibilities to attract more people.
There were positive notes too: The Austrian national society's president,
Michael Zwingl, OE3MZC, was very enthusiastic over several new projects.
An institute will be a platform for hams, makers and professionals to work
together on new technology projects in Austria.
WRAN, will supply a way for access from 6 metres, 2 metres and 70
centimetres into the Europe-wide HamNet, which is a 2.4 and 5 GHz ham radio
high-speed RF data network.
A Lora-based network linking low power IOT devices using the QO-100
satellite will enable data communications between devices across a third of
the world's surface.
Overall there was a very positive feel at HAM RADIO 2022 and as this year's
motto said, it was indeed "A reunion with friends."
On Amateur Radio Newsline we can only bring you a brief overview of the
event. For a more detailed report with interviews take a listen to our
friends at ICQPodcast.com for their coverage.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Ed DD5LP.
**
SILENT KEY: ALPHA AMPS' RICHARD EHRORN W4EA/W4ETO
NEIL/ANCHOR: The man behind the highly successful company Ehrhorn
Technological Operations has become a Silent Key. Dick Ehrhorn W4EA/W4ETO
started the company in 1970 and began production of the line of high-power
Alpha RF amplifiers so popular in the amateur radio community. Dick was a
lifelong ham. Mary Bittner WBØPXM, told Newsline that Dick and her late
husband, the Rev. Paul Bittner, who had held the call sign WØAIH, had been
friends since their Minnesota high school days when they met through a
school amateur radio club. She described Dick as a good friend and a man of
faith.
She said Dick, who was in failing health, died on Sunday, June 26th in
Virginia. He was 88.
(EHAM.NET, MARY BITTNER WB0PXM, FACEBOOK)
**
SPECIAL EVENT STATION TO HONOR DXPEDITIONER, HUMANITARIAN ZORRO
NEIL/ANCHOR: A special event is under way to celebrate the life of a ham
known globally as a man of adventure and compassion. That story comes to us
from Jason Daniels VK2LAW.
JASON: The gifts of friendship, humanitarian gestures and good DX that
filled the life of Zorro Miyazawa JH1AJT are being celebrated by operators
of a month-long special event station, 3D2AJT, in Fiji through to late July.
Zorro, who had cancer, became a Silent Key in March of this year. Throughout
his long amateur radio career, his DXpeditions helped put notable and
coveted DXs in the logbooks of hams around the world. Zorro was also known
for his charitable work on behalf of children in Cambodia, Bangladesh, Japan
and elsewhere. The special event operators will be on the air using CW, SSB,
FT4, FT8 and varAC HF digital chat until the 27th of July, which would have
been his 73rd birthday. According to the station's page on QRZ.com, the
final day on the air will be marked with a farewell party organised by
Zorro's widow at one of the schools her husband founded in Fiji.
QSL via ClubLog.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jason Daniels VK2LAW.
(DX-WORLD.NET, QRZ.COM)
**
TRANSMITTER TO REMAIN OFF THE AIR ON ALEXANDERSON DAY
NEIL/ANCHOR: In Sweden, the Grimeton Radio Station is opening its doors to
visitors at last this year but its historic transmitter must stay off the
air. Jeremy Boot G4NJH has those details.
JEREMY: For the first time since the pandemic began, the Alexander
Association in Sweden will be welcoming visitors to Alexanderson Day on
Sunday, 3rd July at the World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station.
Unfortunately, the 98-year-old mechanical transmitter will be unable to get
on the air. A note on the association website reports that a shortage of
components prevents this Alexanderson Day tradition from happening.
The 200 kW transmitter with the call sign SAQ will be started up twice and
visitors to the radio station can be present but no transmission will be
made into the top-loaded vertical antenna customarily used for 17 kHz
transmissions. The transmitter was developed by the radio pioneer Ernst
Alexanderson of Sweden who was an engineer at General Electric in the United
States. It first went on the air in 1924.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(THE ALEXANDERSON ASSOCIATION)
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the N5OZG
repeater in New Orleans, Louisiana on Sundays at 8 p.m.
**
THIRTEEN COLONIES SPECIAL EVENT RUNS THROUGH JULY 8TH
NEIL/ANCHOR: Get ready for the annual mad dash for a Clean Sweep with the 13
Colonies Special Event. Jim Damron N8TMW brings us that report.
JIM: The Thirteen Colonies Special Event, one of the amateur radio
calendar's most popular activities, starts calling QRZ starting Friday, July
1st at 1300 UTC. Operators will be based on each of the original 13 US
colonies and at bonus stations in England, Pennsylvania and France. The
event runs through July 8th at 0400 UTC. The event honors the original 13
colonies that fought for American independence and honors military veterans
and those still active in the service.
This 14th annual nonprofit event is also dedicated to Tom Francis, W1TEF,
who had served as the state manager for South Carolina, which is using the
special event call sign K2L. Tom became a Silent Key in March of 2020.
For further details on the event, including the modes being used, visit the
website www.13colonies.us - that's w w w numeral ONE, numeral THREE colonies
dot us. You can also visit the QRZ page for any of the colonies or for bonus
station TM13COL in France, GB13COL in England and WM3PEN in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jim Damron N8TMW
(13 COLONIES SPECIAL EVENT)
**
SHOPPING FOR QSOS AT WALMART
NEIL/ANCHOR: One of the more zany on-the-air events is back for its third
run. WalMart Parking Lots on the Air will be held on July 2 from 0000Z to
2359Z to coincide with the birthday of the famous chain of American stores.
The exchange must take place on an amateur radio satellite and include the
callsign and either the WalMart store number or grid square. Activators --
or "associates" as they are called by the event organizers -- are asked to
use the store number to reduce duplicate contacts. Rules and award
information are online at wmplota.org. So don't miss out on bonuses like
the birthday special or the MacGyver. Put on your pajamas and aluminum foil
hat, grab the rig, and head to a store parking lot near you.
**
SOUTH AFRICA ANNOUNCES NEWEST LICENSEES
NEIL/ANCHOR: South Africa has announced its newest licensed radio amateurs.
Jim Meachen ZL2BHF has that report.
JIM: South Africa has welcomed its newest amateur radio operators, following
exam sessions for Class A and B licences that were held recently. Seventy-
four who took the Class A exam on May 21st successfully completed its 60
multiple-choice test questions, according to the South African Radio
League.The Class A licence permits a maximum of 400 watts of power.
A Class B exam was held on the 11th of June hosted by the ZS3ZU Hammies. All
seven young operators who took the 30-question exam passed. To mark the
occasion, three of the new amateurs took part in the Hammies Sprint being
held the next day - Sunday the 12th of June - running the ZS3ZU station. The
Class B licence, issued to operators younger than 21, permits a maximum
output of 100 watts of power on HF, VHF and UHF bands. The licence is only
valid until holders reach their 25th birthday..
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.
(SOUTHGATE, SARL)
**
WORKSHOP EXPLORES DISASTER COMMUNICATION AND THE PRESS
NEIL/ANCHOR: A workshop held jointly by groups in India and Japan took an in
depth look at communicating with the press during disasters. We have more
details from John Williams VK4JJW.
JOHN: Amateur radio operators were among those in attendance during a
disaster-risk workshop held jointly on Friday, June 24th, by organisations
in India and Japan. Attendees were there to tackle the challenge of
communicating with the press about disasters. Specialists from Japan and
India teamed up for the full day of presentations hosted by the Press Club
of Kolkata. Both nations' governments gave their support to the event, which
also marked 70 years of diplomatic relations between Japan and India.
Described as a media sensitisation program, it united responders, government
agencies and media managers to discuss various aspects of handling
information and news coverage about risks during disasters.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams VK4JJW.
(ASIAN COMMUNITY NEWS, AMBARISH NAG BISWAS, VU2JFA)
**
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, Rafael, NN3RP will be active from Granada, Nicaragua as
YN2RP during July 5. He will be operating on the HF bands, FM satellites,
and will be using FT8/FT4, CW, RTTY, VarAC, and SSB. QSL via LoTW and eQSL.
Be listening for Pete, ZL4TE, operating as E51RMP from the Cook islands
during July 14th through 21st. Although he will be mainly on Rarotonga, he
will make a side trip Aitutaki, IOTA number OC-083, on July 18th and 19th.
Be listening on the HF bands. He will be QRP. QSL to Pete's home call.
FIrst-time contest participant VK5KI will be on the air for the Radio
Society of Great Britain's IOTA Contest from Kangaroo Island, IOTA number
OC-139, off South Australia's coast, from Friday July 29th to Sunday July
31st. The station will operate in CW and SSB. Before the contest, be
listening on 80m through 10m. During the contest, be listening on
80/40/20/15/ and 10m. QSL via Charles MØOXO.
Be listening also for KL7RRC from Kiska Island, NA-070, during the RSGB IOTA
contest on July 30th and 31st. Send QSLs to N7RO.
(DX-WORLD.NET)
**
KICKER: GETTING A STRING OF CONTACTS WITH A KITE
NEIL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we introduce a radio amateur who is lucky
enough to have found a way to combine two things she really loves - amateur
radio and flying kites. Mike Askins KE5CXP tells us about her adventures in
Kite POTA.
MIKE: Lisa Neuscheler (Newsh-Lurr) KC1YL has found a way to string together
her Parks on the Air contacts from as close to her Florida home as Texas and
as far away as the western states, the Caribbean and Europe. That's because
the string she uses is the string of a kite. The kite enthusiast launched
her first high-flying ham radio antenna in October of last year on Florida's
east coast with friends. Back home on the west coast near Tampa, she and her
small team have done eight kite activations since that time. This past
March, she was on Florida's Honeymoon Island when she achieved her first
POTA kite-to-kite contact with another team that also brought their kite
there.
Lisa told Newsline that she credits Kourt de Haas, KB5PRZ, with inspiring
her lofty goals after she learned that the Texas amateur accomplished his
QSO with her in 2016 - while she was still living in Connecticut - using an
antenna on a kite over the Gulf of Mexico. Now she runs along the Florida
beaches with a POTA kite team of her own, including Julie NF1T, Jack W1BBU
and others.
Her next challenge is a longer-distance POTA kite-to-kite contact with her
friend Paul W1IP in Connecticut. Their first attempt on June 13th was
scrapped by insufficient wind on Paul's local beach. Lisa made 95 regular
POTA contacts that day using her kite antenna but none were made with Paul.
So they're trying again on July 11th.
Lisa told Newsline: [quote] "You have to be happy when you are holding a
kite string." [endquote] No doubt she'll be even happier if on that day the
wind helps carries her ambition to reality. You might even say it will be
uplifting.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Mike Askins KE5CXP.
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to the Alexanderson Association; ARRL; CQ
Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DXWorld.net; Eham.Net; Facebook; Mary Bittner,
WBØPXM; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Ramona Sentinel; South African Radio
League; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Thirteen Colonies
Special Event; WESH Channel 2; 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.
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.
73 de Bill, PY2BIL
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