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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2395 for Friday September 22nd, 2023

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2395 with a release date of Friday September 22nd, 2023 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. A club goes QRT after vandals destroy their
equipment. Hams in Latvia celebrate the mechanical key -- and hams,
it's almost time to head for the bunkers in the UK. All this and more
as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2395 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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VANDALS DESTROY CLUB'S SHED, EQUIPMENT, IN CANADA

PAUL/ANCHOR: We begin this week with the story of a ham radio club in
Canada that is struggling with the loss of important radio equipment
that was the heart and soul of the group. We hear about them from Sel
Embee KB3TZD.

SEL: The Cambridge Amateur Radio Club VE3SWR went QRT earlier this
month following a break-in at the shed where the club stores its
equipment. The Kitchener-Waterloo Amateur Radio Club helped get them
back on the air. While the Cambridge club sorts out the damage and the
losses from the early September incident, members have been given use
of the Kitchener-Waterloo club's equipment and repeaters. Harry Niezen,
VE3HZ, president of the Kitchener club, told the CBC that it was
natural for the club to open its doors to help fellow hams.

According to a story on the CBC website, Scott Mitchell, VA3GGT,
president of the Cambridge club, said that the club's electric
generator went missing along with numerous tools after the break-in.
Part of the storage shed had been set on fire and the club's repeaters
suffered smoke damage. The club's duplexer had been thrown to the other
side of the shed and was destroyed.

Scott said he discovered the damage in early September after going to
the shed to check on why the club repeater had not been on the air for
a few days. He thought perhaps the extreme heat in that part of Canada
had caused the shutdown. Temperatures were 40 degrees Celsius,
including the humidity index.

Scott posted on the club's Facebook page that although much of the shed
was ransacked [quote] "thankfully our repeaters were the only thing
they didn't break into." [endquote]

The incident has been reported to police. According to a report on
iheartradio Canada, the losses and damage are estimated at between
$2,000 and $3,000.

This is Sel Embee, KB3TZD.

(CBC, IHEARTRADIO. CAN, FACEBOOK)

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MAINE HAMS ADDING EMERGENCY RADIO TOWER

PAUL/ANCHOR: In Maine, hams are getting ready to take on a lifesaving
project that addresses a need in one part of their region of the state.
Andy Morrison K9AWM fills us in.

ANDY: An amateur radio club in Maine says there is something important
missing in one region of Aroostoock County: an emergency amateur radio
tower. The group, the Caribou Emergency Amateur Radio Service, plans to
change that. Members are raising the estimated $35,000 they will need
to build a 190-foot tower filling the radio void that exists between
Caribou and the St. John Valley. The hams plan to install the tower on
a 1.5-acre plot of land donated by Caribou Emergency Amateur Radio
Service president T.H. Merritt, KL5YJ, and his wife, Terri. They said
the land's high altitude makes it an especially good location for
atower.

When completed, this will be the Caribou group's fourth tower for use
by area hams for communications every day and in emergency situations.

The new tower will also be a welcome addition to communicators around
the region, according to Darren Woods, KC1ERZ, the director of
Aroostook's Emergency Management Agency. He told the Bangor, Maine,
Daily News that all first responders in the area will benefit from
having this kind of expanded radio access in a crisis.

The funds being raised are expected to cover the cost of the tower, a
backup generator that relies on solar and battery power, and other
items. The Caribou radio group, which is a nonprofit organization, has
also applied for a $8,590 community safety grant from the local
utility, Versant Power, to purchase a repeater.

This is Andy Morrison K9AWM.


(BANGOR DAILY NEWS)

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MISSOURI HAMS ADD DEFIBRILLATOR TO EMERGENCY TOOLKIT

PAUL/ANCHOR: The amateur radio operator's tool kit for disaster
assistance usually consists of towers, radios, antennas and other communications equipment. Now one club in Missouri has just added a new
device - one that communicates with the heart. Randy Sly W4XJ brings us
the details.

RANDY: The Sedalia-Pettis Amateur Radio Klub has a new addition to its emergency communications trailer. It's an AED, an automated external defibrillator which is capable of restoring the heart's natural rhythm
in cases of cardiac arrest. The small device was donated by an
organization called Wear Red for Women, which raised the funds to buy
it during a luncheon and auction earlier this year.

The club's vice president, Richard Camirand, KE0QYA, told local media
that the AED will be placed in the emergency communications trailer
that hams use during disaster drills as well as real emergencies.

This is Randy Sly W4XJ.

(KMMO RADIO, THE SEDALIA DEMOCRAT)

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HAMS IN LATVIA CELEBRATE THE MECHANICAL KEY

PAUL/ANCHOR: You may have worked the Latvian Contest Group YL1ZX in
any number of major contests on the band over the course of any year.
Well, now those same hams are involved in another activity - one that
its members have organized as a kind of celebration. We hear about it
from Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY: Something special will be happening on 80 metres in a few short
weeks: It's a celebration of the mechanical key used by many CW
operators. This one-hour activity featuring bugs, side-swiper and
straight keys will encourage amateurs to shake the dust off on the 13th
of October and engage in as many QSOs as they can using a simple
exchange. The activity frequencies will be between 3.520 MHz and 3.560
MHz. Operators will be calling "CQ MK," of course, for "mechanicalkey."

This is the third activity of this kind that the group will have hosted
this year in the hopes of recognising these keys' increasing
popularity.

For details and to see the operators' simple exchange, see the link
that can be found in the text version of this week's newscast.

This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

[FOR PRINT ONLY: http://yl3jd.fizioikskile.lv/mkey/ ]

(QRZ.COM, LATVIAN CONTEST GROUP)

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AMATEURS AMONG RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA HONOREES

PAUL/ANCHOR: The ham radio community can once again be proud of some of
the award-winners being recognized by the Radio Club of America. Who
are they? Neil Rapp WB9VPG tells us.

NEIL: A number of amateur radio operators are being recognized by the
Radio Club of America for their contributions to radio and the wireless community. Ruth Willet KM4LAO, was chosen as the first recipient of the
Radio Club of America's Carole Perry Young Professional Award.
According to the RCA website, her selection was based on her work with
the RCA's Youth Activities Program and recognizes her pursuit of a
career in the wireless industry. Ruth previously received the RCA's
Young Achiever Award while she was an undergraduate at Kettering
University in Michigan.

The other recipients include Ray Novak N9JA of Icom America, who will
receive RCA's Special Service Award. Tim Duffy, K3LR, the CEO of
DXEngineering is being recognized for products their business has
provided to the wireless industry. They will join a number of others at
an awards banquet in November in Denver, Colorado.

The RCA has also announced the inauguration of two awards named for
scientsts prominent in the field of radio. The awards are named for entrepreneur and scientist Ulrich Rohde N1UL/DJ2LR and Nobel
Prize-winning radio astronomer Arno Penzias. The first recipients will
be named next year. The Ulrich L. Rohde Award for Innovation in Applied
Radio Science and Engineering recognizes innovation and major
contributions to wireless communications. The Arno A. Penzias Award for Contributions to Basic Research in the Radio Sciences recognizes
research in RF and related subjects.

This is Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

(RADIO WORLD)

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SPECIAL EVENT STATION SAYS 'COME AND GET WYOMING'

PAUL/ANCHOR: If your heart is set on getting that elusive Worked All
States award and the state of Wyoming is still missing from your log,
wait no longer. Special event station W7Y will be listening for you
from September 22nd to October 2nd. When operators around the state
call "QRZ" what they're really saying is "Come and Get Wyoming" - which
just happens to be the name of the event being organized by the ShyWy
Amateur Radio Club. Just as in previous years, Wyoming contacts are out
there for the taking so get on the air and go for it. For additional
details visit QRZ.com and look for W7Y - "come and get Wyoming."

(ROBERT BRAGG, WY7AA; QRZ.COM)

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on Sundays at 7:30 p.m. local time.

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WISCONSIN RADIO CAMPOUT EXPANDS

PAUL/ANCHOR: What's better than camping out with friends and radios?
How about camping out with MORE friends and MORE radios? That's why
three Wisconsin amateurs are sharing their annual autumn tradition with
the immediate world. Kent Peterson KC0DGY tells us what's going on.

KENT: In autumn, you'll find Michael KB9VBR, Travis W9HDG, and Joe
KD9CJX in the park together, camping and calling CQ as they have done
for a few years now. This year, as October rolls around, they've
decided to put out another call - a QST to anyone and everyone in the
area, or who'll be visiting, to join them at the Clear Lake Campground
in the Northern Highlands American Legion State Forest. That park
carries the POTA designation K-7260 so you know what that means.

The three ham hosts are calling this the inaugural Wisconsin Ham Radio
POTA Campout and it's taking place on October 13th to the 15th.
According to the event website, you can activate as much or as little
as you like and use any mode you wish. Come for the weekend - or just
for a day. However, if you're going to camp, you'll need to make a
reservation through the Wisconsin state parks system.

If you want to attend, you can use the contact form on the event
website or email Michael directly. His email address and the campout
website both appear in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

Oh, and arrive prepared for the kind of the outdoor weather that
mid-October in Wisconsin can bring. The campout even has its own
official T-shirt and hoodie, with either to be worn, depending on the
weather. As for the weather, well, the organizers say that this event
will take place, rain or shine -- or anything else!

This is Kent Peterson KC0DGY.

(DO NOT READ: Michael's email is kb9vbr@jpole-antenna.com Event
website is: https://www.jpole-antenna.com/2023/08/14/join-us-for-the-1st-ever-wisco nsin-pota-campout/ ]

(AMATEUR RADIO DAILY)

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UK HAMS PREPARE FOR A MONTH OF ACTIVATING BUNKERS

PAUL/ANCHOR: History will come alive next month at numerous military
bunkers around the UK. This is a radio exercise, not a contest, and
organizers hope it will become a popular event every year. We learn
more from Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY: Throughout October, hams and shortwave listeners around the
world are getting a new chance to make contact with hundreds of Royal
Observer Corps bunkers throughout the UK, including the Isle of Man.
Activators will be stationed all month at these important defence
watching posts just as other hams have done over the years when the
event was managed by a team at Castles and Stately Homes on the Air.
Organisers of this event are dedicating it to the memory of Chris
Darlington, M0DOL, who helped create the programme for the previous
group. Chris became a Silent Key in the spring of 2017.

The origins lie with the Coventry Amateur Radio Society, which made
bunker activations a club event for some four years. Two hams, Brian
G8GMU and Joshua M3HBM, are credited with starting the activity as a
low-power VHF and UHF exercise.

Bunkers, of course, are used as observation posts and in keeping with
that mission, the organisers will be doing just that to see whether
this is a viable programme that can be launched in earnest starting in November.

Visit the event website at the link that appears in the text version of
this week's newscast script at arnewsline.org

This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

[FOR PRINT, DO NOT READ: https://bunkersontheair.wixsite.com/october23]

(WIA, BOTA)


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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Darren, VK4MAP, operating holiday style
as 3D2RAT from Rotuma Island, IOTA number OC-060, until the 29th of September. Darren is using SSB on 80, 40, 20, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL
direct to his home call.

The Emirates Amateur Radio Society is marking Saudi National Day with a
special callsign A60ARS. The station will be on the air through to the
23rd of September. Details are available on QRZ.com. The callsign
A91ARS will also be on the air through the 23rd, operating by the
Bahrain Amateur Radio Society. QSL via EC6DX.

Listen for John, AG7N, using the call DL/AG7N as he operates holiday
style from Norderney Island, EU-047, through to the 23rd of September.
Listen on 20 metres where he will be using CW. See QRZ.com for
details.

Vincent, K6VVK, is operating holiday style as FO/K6VVK from two
islands in French Polynesia. He is on Moorea, IOTA number OC-046, from
the 25th of September to the 1st of October and then he is moving on to Rangiroa, IOTA number OC-066, where he will operate from the 2nd to the
t6th of October. He will be using SSB, CW and FT8/FT4 on the HF bands
and 6 metres. See QRZ.com for QSL details.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

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KICKER: BIOGRAPHY CELEBRATES A UNIVERSE OF CONTRIBUTIONS

PAUL/ANCHOR: In our last story, we introduce a prominent figure in
radio astronomy, the late Australian researcher Joe Pawsey. How big are
his contributions? As we hear from Graham Kemp VK4BB, they're as big as
the universe itself.

GRAHAM: It took 15 years and the efforts of three authors on two
continents to complete the project - but the fruits of their labour
would likely have brought a smile to Australian radio astronomer Joe
Pawsey. His biography has been published.

W.M. Goss, Claire Hooker and Ronald D Ekers collaborated on the book,
"Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy." On
Wednesday, the 27th of September, scientists at the National Radio
Astronomy Observatory in New Mexico are preparing to celebrate the
coauthors' achievement, which maps the researcher's life and work and
its relevance to radio astronomy today.

The story tracks the researcher's earliest studies following the Second
World War, when Joe Pawsey was at the helm of Australia's first radio
astronomy research group. He is credited with inspiring the creation of
the radio astronomy group of the Radiophysics Laboratory at Australia's national science agency in Sydney. The book explains how his study of
the interference between radio waves later paved the way for creation
of the Very Large Array, antennas that create a single telescope
spanning great distances.

The book launch, like the book itself, has also spanned great
distances. In July, the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre in Perth
hosted the event in his native Australia -- a nation whose profile he
helped elevate in the world of science. As Ronald Ekers writes on the
NRAO website [quote] "The book explains how an isolated continent with
limited resources grew to be one of the international leaders in the
study of radio astronomy and the design of instruments to do so."
[endquote]

This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.

(NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY)


PAUL/ANCHOR: For copies of the book, please see the links in the text
version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

[DO NOT READ - FOR TEXT VERSION ONLY:

For Europe it is available at:

https://herrholgersson.de/shop/item/9783031079153/joe-pawsey-and-the-fo unding-of-australian-radio-astronomy-von-w-m-hooker-goss-gebundenes-buc
h#

For the US from:

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-07916-0

In the UK from:

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9783031079177

and in Australia from:

https://www.booktopia.com.au/joe-pawsey-and-the-founding-of-australian- radio-astronomy-w-m-goss/book/9783031079153.html ]

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DO YOU HAIKU? ROGER ROGER!

PAUL: What's the one ham radio competition you can enter without
turning your rig on? The Amateur Radio Newsline haiku challenge. In the
spirit of fun and perhaps a little bit of literary adventure, we've
been inviting listeners to channel their most creative selves and share
the joy of ham radio in the form of a haiku. On our website,
arnewsline.org, you will find a submission form. Use it to send your
most poetic offering that follows the traditional haiku form: The first
line is five syllables, the second line is seven syllables and the
finishing third line has another five syllables. We cannot accept any
other formats.

Our team will pick from the best submissions that follow the 5/7/5
syllable rule and represent the love of amateur radio. Your prize? For
now, bragging rights -- and a featured spot for your haiku on the
Amateur Radio Newsline website. We may have a surprise for you at the
end of the year, however. So visit our website at arnewsline.org and
take a look at this week's winning ham radio haiku.

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it, we'll get back to you for more details.

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KD2GUT at the news desk in New York, and our news team worldwide, I'm
Paul Braun WD9GCO in Valparaiso Indiana saying 73. As always we thank
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