Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2028, Sept. 9, 2016

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2028 with a release date of
Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Licensing changes in Europe permit more hams to
work across borders. In Australia, a special Field Day marks a 60-year
milestone. Scouts prepare for Jamboree On The Air -- and we offer a
special tribute to a Silent Key who nurtured a generation of young
amateurs. All this and more in Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2028
coming your way right now.

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ELLIE VAN WINKLE, SILENT KEY

JIM/ANCHOR: We open this week's newscast with a special tribute to
Ellie Van Winkle, N Zero QCX, of Colorado. On September 1st, she became
a Silent Key at the age of 83, but not before giving her all and her
heart to the next generation of hams. Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul
Braun, WD9GCO, takes a look at her life doing what she loved most.

PAUL: It has been said that your best hope as a person is to make a
difference in someone's life, and to leave behind a good legacy.

Ellie Van Winkle, N Zero QCX, took that mantra to an exceptional level.
A retired kindergarten teacher and longtime member of the Boulder
Amateur Radio Club in Colorado, Ellie and her husband, Howard "Rip" Van
Winkle, NV Zero M, decided to start an offshoot called BARC Junior for
kids from nine to eighteen. They invited them into their home, and for
over 24 years, taught more than 250 children about technology,
electronics, and ham radio and best of all, got them licensed.

Ellie passed away on September first, and did in fact leave behind a
stellar legacy. Under her and Rip's guidance, BARC Junior grew into one
of the largest radio-oriented youth organizations in the country, if
not the world. She felt it was important that a representative from the
club was able to speak every year at the Dayton Hamvention Youth forum
and she and Rip always made it happen.

I spoke with three people who had been directly involved with Ellie and
Rip and BARC Junior about the impact she'd had on their lives. Matt
Sturtz, KB Zero K Zed R, was one of the kids who came up through the
program:

MATT: Ellie sort of created BARC Junior and certainly embodied BARC
Junior and everything BARC Junior stood for. And that was that it was
OK to be a geeky kid at age 14 or less. Now of course we have the Maker
phenomenon and kids are sort of encouraged to do those things but when
I was a little kid it wasn't all that exciting to be the one who was
all into radios and technology and communicating around the world. BARC
Junior sort of made that OK, at least for me.

PAUL: Dave Casler, KE zero OG, was one of the original elmers involved
in training the kids.

DAVE: Without Ellie's constant hard work it wouldn't have lasted. Very
few other people have been able to put together youth groups like this
interested in amateur radio. The kids went to Ellie's house. Rip, her
husband, was always more the silent type who would show the kids some
technical things but Ellie was very very much a people person.

PAUL: He said she loved the kids, and they all loved her, including his
own daughter:

DAVE: Every Saturday her house would be flooded with about 30 kids of
all ages, from about 9 or 10 all the way up to 18. My daughter was part
of this. She got her license 2 weeks shy of her 10th birthday.

PAUL: Dave's proud of what the the BARC Junior graduates have gone on
to become:

DAVE: I coordinated a reunion of some of these kids at the BARC Junior
Field Day and interviewed them and wrote an article. One of the kids
was and still is one of the key employees of an Internet company and
one of them still works at a game company as a professional game maker.
Another was an aerospace engineer. All these kids went into technical
fields and they all credited their BARC Junior experience for that.

PAUL: Jack Ciaccia, WM zero G, is Colorado Section Manager for the ARRL
and has been president and is currently a member of the parent club,
BARC. He remembered Ellie's drive and energy:

JACK: Ellie was an absolute dynamo behind BARC Junior, it was a 24/7
entity for her. That was her job as far as she was concerned.

PAUL: According to Ciaccia, BARC Junior's future is in good hands and
Ellie's legacy lives on:

JACK: Yes it will, it obviously will take a change because nobody will
be able to replace her in that regard. But Mike Wilson is running it
now and they still meet and they still do most of their activities.
But she was involved right up to the end.

PAUL: Ellie is survived by her husband, Rip, and her sister Maude.

From all of us here at Amateur Radio Newsline, we say Thank You, Ellie.
Your efforts, and others inspired by you, are helping to insure that
the hobby we all love has a bright future indeed.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

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NAVAJO CODE TALKER DIES

JIM/ANCHOR: The world suffered another big loss this week. Joe Hosteen
Kellwood, a World War Two Navajo Code Talker who received the
Congressional Silver Medal for his service with the Marine Corps, has
died at the age of 95.

His death was announced in Phoenix, Arizona by Navajo Nation officials.
Responding to the news, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey remarked that more than
400 of the bilingual code talkers used the Navajo language to keep
communications secure from the Japanese following the Pearl Harbor
attacks.

Kellwood, who served the 1st Marine Division, had trained at Navajo
Code Talker's School at Camp Elliott in San Diego, California.


(ASSOCIATED PRESS, ABC NEWS)

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LICENSE TO TALK AROUND THE WORLD, ALMOST

JIM/ANCHOR: If you are a ham who travels from your home country to
nations within Europe, expect some licensing changes that will simplify
your life on the air. Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams VK4JJW
explains.

JOHN'S REPORT: Planning to work the bands while visiting a European
country? There's even more of a chance you can do that now, and more
easily. An increasing number of amateur radio operators who are
licensed outside Europe should now be able to operate there on a
temporary basis under measures adopted by the Working Group Frequency
Management of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications
Administration, or CEPT, on recommendation from the International
Amateur Radio Union, Region 1.Amateurs from countries within CEPT are
already able to operate across the borders of the 42 CEPT member
countries on a short-term basis, a privilege shared by visiting
amateurs from certain non-CEPT nations, including the United States,
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Peru.

The new recommendations that have been adopted will open the door for
more nations to join them. Officials approved the recommendation by
Region 1 that there be adoption of a "Statement of Conformity"
regarding licenses. This allows nations wishing to be part of the CEPT
licensing framework to identify which class of its amateur license is
equivalent to the CEPT license and vice-versa. This replaces the
current procedure which involves having CEPT's European Communications
Office examine the other nation's license requirements, determining the
equivalence themselves. The conformity procedure is also being
considered for the CEPT Novice license.

Changes were also adopted for the CEPT license exam itself, known as
the Harmonized Amateur Radio Examination Certificate. The syllabus now
touches on specific operating practices and responsible conduct.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW

(IARU, REGION 1)

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IN CANADA, MORE THAN JUST A DRILL

JIM/ANCHOR: Simulated disasters pave the way for smooth operations when
the real thing happens. Canadaian amateurs are preparing now for a big
weekend drill next month. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather
Embee, KB3TZD.

HEATHER'S REPORT: Canadian amateurs, get ready: The Simulated Emergency
Test will take place on Saturday, October 8, so prepare for the
unexpected. The nationwide drill will enable hams to challenge their
communications equipment and their own personal skills with a simulated
natural or man-made disaster. A number of agencies are working to
develop simulated emergency scenarios that will play out in cooperation
with the Amateur Radio Emergency Service, the National Traffic System
and members of the RAC's Field Organization.

The RAC has said that in Ontario, the exercise will also be held on
Wednesday, Oct. 5, for amateurs whose Emergency Operations Centers are
located in government offices, which are closed on weekends.

The RAC urges hams to contact their Section Managers to learn how to
participate in the exercise at either the local or Section-level.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD.

(RADIO AMATEURS OF CANADA)

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BREAK HE

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the
KB3LSM repeater in Evans City, Pennsylvania, just north of Pittsburgh.

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AUSTRALIAN FIELD DAY'S A 60-YEAR CELEBRATION

JIM/ANCHOR: Sixty years is a long time, and a milestone worth
celebrating, especially if you're an amateur radio club preparing for a
big annual gathering. That's what's happening in New South Wales,
Australia, as we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp, VK4BB.


GRAHAM'S REPORT: As stations in the Northern Hemisphere prepare for a
rainy Autumn and cold Winter, those OMs down in VK & ZL are looking
forward to Spring and Summer. In summer, the largest meeting of Radio
Hams in the Southern Hemisphere will take place on February 26th, 2017
at the Wyong racecourse on the Central Coast of New South Wales in
Australia. The Central Coast Amateur Radio Club will be hosting its
Field Day -- known to hams in the Northern Hemisphere as a Hamfest or
Radio Rally. The CCARC, based just north of Sydney, has held those
gatherings for 60 years as a way to raise money for the club.

The club will mark its 60 years with a special call sign to be used
later in 2017, but during the Field Day, using VK2-W-F-D, for Wyong
Field Day, seems special enough.

So to all those hams wanting to escape the cold months now arriving in
the Northern Hemisphe Isn't February 2017 the best time to get away
from that horrible winter weather and head "down under" to enjoy the
Australian Summer? The Field Day and the club itself are a short hour's
drive out of Sydney and for those interested in SOTA, there's even a
local drive-up summit with free electric barbecue facilities on top of
it at Mount Elliot - what could be more Australian?

Full details on the club and the Wyong Field Day can be found via the
club's website at www.ccarc.org.au. Plan early! Get in quick and book
those cheap seats on the inter-continental flights and enjoy a
well-earned break down in the land of Koalas and Kangaroos!

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

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TROPHY HONORS AMATEURS WHO GO THE DISTANCE

JIM/ANCHOR: In the UK, the search is on for a deserving DXer who'll be
the next recipient of a special trophy. Here's more from Amateur Radio
Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

JEREMY'S REPORT: Whether they are rookies or oldtimers, amateurs who
have been awarded the G5RP Trophy from the Radio Society of Great
Britain are in a unique club of DXers: They have shown swift progress
in their DX contacts during the previous year. There's still time to
nominate recipients for this annual award, which will be given at the
RSGB Convention on the 7th of October through the 9th of October in
Milton Keynes. Last year's winner was Jamie 2E0SDV, a 15-year-old from
the Wythall Radio Club.

The trophy bears the call sign of Ted Wake G5RP, a Silent Key and an
enthusiastic HF DXer who had been chairman of the Vale of White Horse
Amateur Radio Society in South Oxfordshire. The trophy was donated in
his memory by the members of the radio club.

Send nominations to Ian Greenshields G4FSU via email to


Deadline for him to receive nominations is Friday the 16th of
September.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH

(RADIO SOCITY GREAT BRITAIN, QRZ)

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BIG WEEKEND AHEAD FOR RADIO SCOUTING

JIM/ANCHOR: While Scouts prepare for next month's Jamboree On The Air,
they're keeping the call sign K2BSA active. Amateur Radio Newsline's
Bill Stearns NE4RD tells us what these young amateurs are up to.

BILL'S REPORT: This week in Radio Scouting we have 2 activations of the
K2BSA callsign and other updates.

Stephen Hughey, AK4R, will be the control operator of the portable 4
station at the Wa Hi Nasa Order of the Arrow Lodge Fall Fellowship in
Lebanon, Tennessee from Friday September 16th through the Sunday
September 18th. This annual activity boasts several events along with
huge bonfire on Saturday evening. Expect to hear them on the mainly on
Saturday during peak activity at the event.

Tom Schuessler, N5HYP, will be the control operator of the portable 5
station at the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas on Saturday
September 17th. They'll be active from 10 am to 2 pm local time on HF.
This is in preparation for their big Jamboree on the Air effort.

Speaking of Jamboree on the Air, it will be on the weekend of October
14th through the 16th. We ask that you take the time to register
your event at the K2BSA website and submit your operating schedule. If
you're still looking to participate, it's not too late to contact your
local district or council and help make amateur radio an experience for
the youth in your area.

For more information on K2BSA, JOTA resources, and radio scouting,
please visit http://www.k2bsa.net/.

For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association,
this is Bill Stearns NE4RD.

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GET IN THE RUNNING FOR ASHLAND HALF-MARATHON

JIM/ANCHOR: The Boston area, home of the Boston Marathon, is hosting
another race in just a few weeks and volunteers are needed. We hear
more from Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.

NEIL'S REPORT: Although the race in Ashland, Massachusetts, is actually
a half-marathon, hams are needed to lend support by making a marathon
effort. The 5th annual Ashland Half Marathon 5K Race and One-Mile Walk
steps off on Saturday, Oct. 29, and radio support is essential to
assist with runner safety.

The race begins and ends at Marathon Park, which had been the original
starting line for the Boston Marathon between 1897-1923. This race,
however, will be a 13.1-mile figure eight and if runners - and the hams
helping them out - get lucky, there should be spectacular fall foliage.

If you are interested in being a part of the half-marathon support
team, contact Mark Richards by email at

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.

(MINUTEMAN REPEATER ASSOCIATION)


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THE WORLD OF DX:

In the world of DX, be listening for Marcel, PD5MVH, working as
PD5MVH/p from Ameland Island until September 17th. Find him on 40, 20
and 10 meters, using CW, SSB and JT65. Send QSL cards to his home call
sign, direct or via the Bureau.

Uli DL2AH is active from Pitcairn Island using the callsign VP6AH until
November 25th. He is operating holiday style on SSB and Digital. Send
QSL cards to his home call.

Ken KH6QJ is operating from East Kiribati using the call sign T32AZ
until Sept. 15. Listen for him on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m using SSB.
Send QSL cards to his home call.

A very committed J28PJ will be active from Djibouti for the next three
years if not longer. The operator is Jean-Philippe F1TMY. Send QSL
cards to his home call.

(IRTS, DX NEWS)

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KICKER: DANCING WITH THE STARS?

JIM/ANCHOR: And finally, our last report, which comes to us courtesy of
another solar system. Well, maybe. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's
Jason Daniels, VK2LAW

JASON'S REPORT: When the RATAN-600 telescope in Russia spotted a signal
on the 11 GHz band for about four seconds in May of 2015, Russian
astronomers found themselves believing it might just originate from a
sun-like star, HD164595. Could the powerful signal have indeed come
from an alien life form in that solar system, considered billions of
years older than our Sun?

Possibly - but it took the Russians about a year to share news of that
radio signal with others, including the SETI Institute, where
astronomers share that passionate search for extraterrestrial
intelligence.

Seth Shostak, a senior astronomer with the Institute, would like to
believe that possibility of an alien transmitter reaching out, of
course, but he's just not sure.

As with most radio contacts, the mystery may not be solved perhaps
until the QSL card arrives. With the solar system 94 light years away,
however, that could take some time.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW

(THE SETI INSTITUTE)


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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to ABC News; Alan Labs; the ARRL; Amateur
Radio Europe; The Associated Press; CQ Magazine; DX News; Ed Durrant
DD5LP; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; the IARU; Irish Radio Transmitter
Society; K2BSA; Minuteman Repeater Association; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin;
QRZ; Radio Amateurs of Canada; Radio Society of Great Britain; the SETI
Institute; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show;
Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners,
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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.

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