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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1989, December 11, 2015

Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1989 with a release date of
Friday, December 11, 2015 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Hams in India struggle to help the nation's
flooded south. The founder of Ham Radio Outlet becomes a Silent Key.
Boston area amateurs are already planning for the city's big marathon.
And get ready to do some real DXing with Pluto, the so-called "dwarf
planet." All this and more in Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1989 coming
your way right now.

(Billboard Cart Here and Intro)

**

HAMS CHALLENGED BY INDIA'S FLOODS

We open this week's newscast with a developing story, as flood-soaked
Chennai, the fourth largest city in India, struggles in the aftermath
of devastating floods -- and the hams who've been looking to give
assistance are struggling too. Even radio amateurs who have been able
to travel to the area to provide emergency communications are being
challenged by a scarcity of available power, as many of the batteries
in their portable gear have long since discharged. The International
Amateur Radio Union in India told the ARRL that an emergency net was
established on 7.070 MHz, and amateurs who are able to have also been
making use of some local repeaters. Some news reports indicate that the
band at 14.160 MHz has also been put into use for contact with the
National Institute of Amateur Radio, with the special call sign AU2MTT.

The president of the Amateur Radio Society of India, Gopal Madhavan,
VU2GMN, reported, however, that with so many areas surrounding the city
being underwater and cut off, ground transportation has been impossible
and even hams who want to travel to give assistance have been unable to
get out. Madhavan told the ARRL that QUOTE"efforts are being made to
garner more hams into relief activity as soon as they are able to move
out of their locales,"ENDQUOTE, adding, QUOTE"the situation is
grim."ENDQUOTE.

He was optimistic at midweek that, with the floodwaters receding, the
hams will soon be able to do more. (SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS, ARRL,
HINDUSTAN TIMES)

**

SILENT KEY: HAM RADIO OUTLET FOUNDER ROBERT FERRERO, W6RJ

[JIM/ANCHOR:]

The amateur radio community has lost a businessman, a friend and a
devoted advocate and DXpeditioner: Robert Ferrero, W6RJ, the founder of
the national Ham Radio Outlet chain, became a Silent Key on Dec. 4.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, talked to Ferrero's
longtime friend and associate, Chip Margelli, K7JA.

[DON'S REPORT]

**

MAKING A MARATHON EFFORT

Even with the Boston Marathon still months away, local hams have
already gone into training to build up some endurance of their own. The
April 18, 2016 event will rely on the efforts of an estimated 300
Amateur Radio volunteers who will cover the 26-mile course with the
assurance of reliable emergency communications.

The Boston Athletic Association's Communications Committee is already
warming up, and this year they'll be flexing some high-tech and digital
muscle. Committee member Matthew Forman, K6MCF, told Amateur Radio
Newsline in an email: "A major initiative of the Committee this year is
to bolster the technology we use on Marathon Monday. To do so, we're
forming a Technical Infrastructure Subcommittee and seeking Amateurs
who can offer current skills in Analog and/or Digital modes (UHF/VHF),
repeaters, and infrastructure. We'd like to have the TIS consist
of one technically-seasoned member from Amateur Radio clubs in
Massachusetts, Southern New Hampshire, and the northern parts of
Connecticut and Rhode Island."ENDQUOTE

Committee member, Mark Richards, K1MGY, will work to get word out about
the subcommittee among clubs and other special interest groups.

By April, everyone should be in the running - especially the hams.


**

[JIM/ANCHOR:] A new club for hams is starting up in the Ozarks of
Missouri and it promises to be a much-needed resource for local
amateurs. Matthew Chambers, N-R-ZERO-Q, has the details:

[MATTHEW CHAMBERS REPORT]: Radio amateurs in the Missouri Ozarks are in
the process of organizing a new amateur radio club. The Wright County
Outlaws Amateur Radio Club members met in November and elected a board
of directors and officers. They will meet again in January to vote on a
constitution and by-laws. Primary mission for the club will be SKYWARN
and Amateur Radio Emergency Services communications in Wright County,
Missouri. They will meet at the Wright County Emergency Management
Agency in Hartville, Missouri. Reporting for the Amateur Radio
Newsline, I'm Matthew Chambers NR0Q, in Mountain Grove, Missouri.

**

FIRST OFCOM LICENSES REVOKED

The UK has 530 fewer licensed radio amateurs as of this month.
Following notice it gave to hams earlier this year, Ofcom has made good
on its warning and revoked the first batch of licenses that went
without the required validation process. The Ofcom website has a list
of the call signs affected, and a copy of those notices of revocation.
The office said there are at least 15,000 such licenses that still
remain unvalidated and will, over the course of time, also be revoked.

Ofcom requires radio amateurs to revalidate their license at least once
every five years. So if you want to stay on the air, be sure to check
that your license is current. And contact Ofcom for further details.

(SOUTHGATE)


BREAK HE

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including
W-ZERO-E-F, the Twin City FM Club repeater in Plymouth, Minnesota,
Saturday mornings at 9:30.

**

SKYWARN: WEATHER OR NOT

[JIM/ANCHOR]:

No matter the weather, the sun is always shining on SKYWARN Recognition
Day which, this year, was Saturday, Dec. 5. At National Weather Service
locations around the country, volunteer radio operators connected with
other amateurs for 24 hours, reaffirming their commitment to keep the
lines of communication open when severe weather strikes. Forecaster
Mary Keiser (KI-ZER), KE5TXH, of the National Weather Service in
Birmingham, Alabama, told Amateur Radio Newsline's Hap Holly, KC9RP,
about how this special day underscores the important role hams play:

[HAP'S REPORT]

[JIM/ANCHOR]: That was Mary Keiser (KI-ZER) of the National Weather
Service talking to Hap Holly, KC9RP.


**

PLUTO: BIG EVENT FOR A DWARF PLANET

The Northern Arizona DX Association has come to think of Pluto as "the
little planet that could." Or, in this case, the downgraded planet that
still can. The radio amateurs are marking 2015 as the Year of Pluto and
are operating Special Event Station W7P through December 13. The
station will operate out of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, the
very observatory from which astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto
in 1930. Although Pluto has since undergone a celestial demotion to
"dwarf planet," there's nothing small about the DX Association's
commemoration. The astronomer's nephew, Doug Tombaugh, N3PDT, will be a
special guest radio operator -- and a number of others will be on the
air from the interior of the actual telescope dome where Pluto's
discovery was made. QSLs and a certificate will be available. For more
information, visit the NADXA website, www.nadxa.com. And on the outside
chance anyone snags a QSO from coming from Pluto itself, that would be
the ultimate DX.


**

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: LARRY PRICE, W4RA

The Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame has named Larry Price, W4RA, as
its inaugural honorary member. Price, president emeritus of the ARRL
and the International Amateur Radio Union, has been an active leader in
the amateur community for more than three decades. He was president of
the ARRL from 1984 to 1992, and president of the IARU from 1999 to
2009. He is a Life Member of the ARRL and also belongs to the ARRL
Maxim Society. Last year he was named Amateur of the Year at the Dayton
Hamvention.

The Canadian Hall of Fame Board of Trustees said him nomination by the
Radio Amateurs of Canada comes after many years of support to that
organization and amateur radio in Canada in general.

He will be formally inducted into the Hall of Fame early next year.

(ARRL)

**

NEW ZEALAND JOINS SOTA

Amateur radio has achieved a new summit in New Zealand -- or several
new summits - literally. The nation's hams are now able to participate
in this worldwide activity, following the mapping and checking of
summits for the North Island. South Island summits will follow next.

Warren Harris, ZL2AJ, the association manager for SOTA New Zealand, has
encouraged all hams to climb to the heights, even if they're not
necessarily mountaineers. In urging the amateur community to get on
board with this worldwide activity, he said recently: QUOTE"I am keen
to encourage SOTA activity. I am available to give some branches a
talk, and to provide advice and encouragement to fellow hams."ENDQUOTE
There is also a Yahoo Group that supports interested hams in New
Zealand.

He asks that hams wanting more information, write him directly at
And then, climb on up.

**

THE WORLD OF DX

Joel, N5JR, will be working from Haiti as HH2/N5JR until Dec. 14. He
will focus primarily on the WARC bands but he can also be found on all
HF bands, 160m to 6m. Send QSL cards to his home address.

William, K2HVN, will be active from St. Barthelemy in the Caribbean
from Dec. 12 through Dec. 17, using the call sign FJ/K2HVN. He will be
working 40m through 10m, in both CW and SSB. Send QSL cards to his home
call sign.

In France, a special event station connected to the United Nations
Climate Change Conference is operating as F8DVD. The station will be on
the air until Dec. 13 and a special QSL card will be available.

Ravi,M-ZERO-XUU/VU3HPF, will be working from Kasane and Gaborone from
Dec. 22 through Dec. 30, working the bands primarily in the mornings or
evenings, holiday style. He will operate on CW and SSB across 40, 30,
20 and 17 meters. QSLs can be sent to his home call sign, M0XUU.


(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTER SOCIETY, DX COFFEE)

**

KICKER: CHRISTMAS IS IN THE AIR

We end this week's newscast with more on-air adventures of Santa Claus,
whose Yule Log has been looking more and more like an amateur radio log
these days. It seems 2015 has presented more than a sack full of
opportunities to QSO with the big guy, thanks to amateurs with spirit,
imagination and a little creativity.

For the first time this year, the Battleship Iowa Amateur Radio
Association, using the call sign NI6BB, is providing a round-the-clock
connection to Santa's Shack in the North Pole, on December 16 and 17.
Organizers, who will be spending the night aboard the battleship
museum, say that Santa's own XYL, Mrs. Claus, may also put in an
appearance on the HF bands.

In New Jersey, the Santa's Workshop Special Event station, W2S, is on
the air through Dec. 23, with support from the South Jersey DX
Association and the Old Barney Amateur Radio Club. Never mind Christmas
cards -- this Santa is sending personalized QSL cards and Chuck, W2CCW,
is serving as Santa's QSL QS-ELF.

And although the Barrow Amateur Radio Club in Bethlehem, Georgia,
already concluded their special holiday event earlier this month, Old
Father 9 Christmas, OF9X, has just begun the long journey through the
Land of Santa again, starting at the Arctic Circle, for the benefit of
the Finnish Red Cross disaster relief fund. That journey doesn't end
until Dec. 28. So that's not QRN you're hearing through your headphones
-- it's jingle bells. Turn on your rigs: It's beginning to sound a lot
like Christmas.


** **

NEWSCAST CLOSE With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; Bruce Sperka,
KG7MXL; CQ Magazine; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; the Hindustan
Times; Matthew Forman, K6MCF; Northern Arizona DX Association; the
Ohio-Penn DX Newsletter; QRZNOW; SOTA New Zealand; Southgate Amateur
Radio News; TWiT TV; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur
Radio Newsline. Our email address is
. More
information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official
website located at
www.arnewsline.org. You can also write to us or
support us at Amateur Radio Newsline, 28197 Robin Avenue, Santa
Clarita, CA 91350.

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 and as always we thank you for listening.

Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2015. All rights reserved.



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