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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2065 for Friday, May 26, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2065 with a release date of Friday, 
May 26, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Ham radio operators help answer a boat's Mayday 
call. The Special Olympics needs some hams to make a special effort -- 
and we share some of the sounds of Hamvention 2017. All this and more as 
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2065 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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HAMVENTION 2017 IS HISTORY


JIM/ANCHOR: So you couldn't get to Hamvention? Well, there's always next 
year. Meanwhile, we open this week's report with a sampling of sounds 
direct from Ohio's Greene County Fairgrounds as reported by Amateur 
Radio Newsline's Stephen Kinford N8WB.

STEPHEN: Hamvention brought new products, forums, award ceremonies, 
contests and more than 1,000 exhibitors plus a huge flea market. Yes, 
there was rain and mud and traffic delays part of the time but there was 
also fellowship among the thirty thousand or so attendees. Here are a 
few we spoke to:

"My name is Frank Roman. I’m KC8VKA and I've been coming to the 
Hamvention for about the past six years and this one here surprisingly 
is very nice and well-organized. The people in town are friendly and 
it's a good thing that they moved. The other one was kind of a little 
bit embarrassing when people from another country come and they see that 
place falling apart. I can see people coming into this little town. 
Everything is clean, the grass cut, the whole town went way out to make 
sure that everything looked good. As I drive through town, I can see 
that they're proud of their town and they want everyone to see it.

"Randy W9ZR from Columbus Ohio. I've been coming to Dayton since 74 and 
I love the flea market. There are always special finds out here in the 
flea market that can only be found at Dayton. We are enjoying the new 
venue here - just a little bit too much rain this weekend.

"My name is Gary Shorter the call is AA8CS. I am from the Akron Ohio 
area. I love the Hamvention, I love the new facility but could do 
without the mud in the flea market.

"My name is Ken Dorsey, my call is KA8OAD and I'm loving the new venue 
here. I am really liking the Hamfest this year. I think it's a great 
opportunity to get a new chance to have a new venue so enjoying it a lot.

"I'm Brian K3USC from Cleveland Ohio, licensed since 1962. It'll be 55 
years this summer.

[STEPHEN: And how many years have you been selling equipment?]

I would say 54 years of the 55. Sure, as a kid, this was a way that I 
can upgrade my equipment by buying and selling and I haven't given it up."


STEPHEN: Best of all, we get to do it all again next year. Hamvention 
2018 will be held May 18th through the 20th. For Amateur Radio Newsline, 
I'm Stephen Kinford N8WB.


JIM/ANCHOR: Amateur Radio Newsline had a presence there too - at the Ham 
Nation booth. If you did get to Hamvention and we missed you, see you 
there next year.

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HAMS NEEDED FOR OLYMPIAN EFFORT

JIM/ANCHOR: What is the essence of ham radio? It's people, of course. 
The Virginia Special Olympics, which takes place in June, is offering a 
unique opportunity for amateurs who want to really make their on-air 
time count for people. Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun WD9GCO has 
the details.

PAUL: If you’ve ever known someone who’s been involved with Special 
Olympics, you know just how uplifting of an event it can be. But it 
doesn’t go on without a lot of logistics and support personnel, and 
quite often, Amateur Radio is part of that staff. The Virginia Special 
Olympics are coming up on June 9th and 10th of this year, and they’re 
looking for additional help. I spoke with Matthew Kimball, K4MTK, about 
how hams can help:

MATTHEW: Paul, I started about eight or nine years ago actually. I took 
over as the director and I got involved in amateur radio then and it 
kinda just fell into my lap, to be honest. From the first time I 
volunteered working Special Olympics it hits ya, being around these 
athletes who have no fear, they show nothing but love, and they’re 
always just so excited. It’s amazing - they just come up to you and 
high-five you and hug you and from then on I was hooked. So, I took over 
the director’s position and we’ve grown it ever since.

PAUL: I asked Kimball who they’re looking for:

MATTHEW:  We’re looking for amateurs who would like to participate 
locally at the event and we’ve got three different venues that we 
provide amateur radio support at.

We’ve got stationary positions, we’ve got positions where you are gonna 
run until you’re dead. We learned last year that we need to have more 
people with the medical staff so we’ll be filling that out even more so 
this year as well to make medical response even faster.

Secondarily, I would love to have some amateurs that would like to do 
some HF just promoting Special Olympics during that weekend using the 
call sign K4O. I’ve already gotten QSL cards complete and ready, I just 
need people to complete logs and send them to me and I will be more than 
happy to mail out QSL cards to those people who made contact with those 
stations as well.

PAUL: They are even offering incentives for out-of-the-area hams:

MATTHEW: The best way to reach out to us is through RVAHams.com, that’s 
Romeo Victor Alpha Hotel Alpha Mike Sierra dot com. You can go to the 
“Events” tab and there’s a dropdown there for Special Olympics and it 
will tell you all about the event and it will also give you the page 
where you can sign up. We’re also taking amateurs from out-of-town, so 
if anybody from the Northern Virgina, Eastern Virginia, wherever would 
like to participate, we’ll be more than happy to get hotel rooms for them.

PAUL: Sure, DX’ing and contesting is fun, but it’s events like this that 
show the community at large what ham radio is really all about. For 
Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

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THE EAGLE FLIES HIGH FOR ARNEWSLINE's NT3V

JIM DAMRON: On a personal note, Amateur Radio Newsline would like to 
congratulate one of its own - correspondent Mark Abramowicz NT3V, whose 
reports you may have heard on some of our newscasts. In addition to 
working hard as part of the Newsline team, Mark is active in Scouting as 
he has been for most of his life - having achieved status of Eagle Scout 
in 1973. Becoming an Eagle Scout is a difficult challenge. It's an honor 
that only a small percentage of Scouts get to achieve. On May 18, Mark - 
who considers himself an Eagle Scout for Life - received another honor: 
The Outstanding Eagle Scout Award of the National Eagle Scout 
Association. He was recognized for his devotion to public service and 
for upholding the values and traditions of the Boy Scouts of America.

We at Amateur Radio Newsline already know personally Mark's selfless 
work not just on the air but behind the scenes. Mark also chairs the 
committee that selects each year's winner of the Bill Pasternak Memorial 
Young Ham of the Year award. Although some might say this kind of 
devotion comes naturally to hams, we know with even greater certainty it 
comes naturally to Mark, a professional journalist whose talents and 
generosity have served Newsline so well over the years.

Congratulations Mark Abramowicz NT3V from all of us at Newsline.

(THE READING EAGLE)

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NOMINATE A YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR

JIM/ANCHOR: Speaking of awards and honors.....we are down to the final 
days to receive nominations for the Amateur Radio Newsline Bill 
Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. Nominations are open to 
licensed hams 18 or younger who reside in the United States, its 
possessions or any Canadian province. Find application forms on our 
website at arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. The award will be 
presented on August 19th at the Huntsville Hamfest in Alabama. 
Nominations close on Wednesday, May 31.


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BREAK HERE:

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio 
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the 
West Chester Amateur Radio Club repeater WC8VOA in West Chester, Ohio,
on Monday nights.

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A MAYDAY FOR MARITIME MOBILE

JIM/ANCHOR: The real strength of radio isn't its signal but its 
potential to save lives. Just ask hams who participate in the Maritime 
Mobile Service Network, as Amateur Radio Newsline's Kent Peterson, 
KC0DGY did.

KENT's REPORT: May 12th started as a typical day for the net control 
operators of the Maritime Mobile Service Network until around 1825 UTC.

KEN: I monitor all the time, I leave my radio on 14.300 and I heard 
faintly a voice saying May Day May Day emergency traffic.

KENT: That Mayday call was heard by net control operator Ken Porter 
AC0ML.  Porter thinks he's handled about 20 emergency calls during his 
10 years as net control operator.

KEN: I took charge of the net and told everyone to focus only on the 
emergency traffic.

KENT: Meanwhile control operator Scott Roberts KK4ECR was reaching out 
to other control operators.


KEN: Scott was calling several of the other net controls and getting as 
many sets of ears on frequency as possible for us to offer assistance.

KENT: The captain of the sailing vessel Ubiquity is ham operator Brian 
Stipak KF7QCX who was in VHF marine radio contact with the Free Spirit 
and relayed their location to the Maritime Net using his shipboard SSB 
ham radio.

KEN: The captain of Ubiquity reported the Free Spirit was taking on 
water and the engine would not start and they were taking on water and 
they were preparing to abandon ship. The Ubiquity had lost contact with 
the Free Spirit. There was a lot of concern at that time.

KENT: Meanwhile the 20 meter band had closed as well.

KEN: I had lost contract with the Ubiquity I made several calls over the 
course of an hour, no one was able to reach him. And I also asked other 
net control stations but no one was able to reach him either

KENT: Porter was able to reach the U.S. Coast Guard in San Diego who 
also came on frequency in an attempt to reach the vessel Ubiquity, but 
band conditions had changed and they too were unable to reach the boat. 
The U.S. Coast Guard relayed the information provided by Porter to the 
Mexican Navy who located the ship in distress and towed the ship and 
passengers to the Port of San Carlos in Mexico.

KEN: We didn't find out the disposition of that event until the 
following morning.

KEN: I've had a number of different vessels in life-threatening 
situations calling frantically for help and just to know that you can 
give that help is really rewarding. It is one of the best types of 
service work I've ever found, I'm a member of my ARES group in this area 
and that's nice to be part of. But this is something on an entirely 
different level.

KENT: For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kent Peterson KC0DGY

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HAM RADIO GOES TO CAMP

JIM/ANCHOR: Some youngsters prefer swimming and soccer when they go to 
camp. In Gujarat, India, however, one group of kids were learning about 
soldering and signal reports. We hear more from Amateur Radio Newsline's 
Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY's REPORT: This wasn't the average summer camp experience for 
students in Gujarat, India. This was summer camp, ham radio style, and 
the young attendees at Science City Ahmedabad got all the basics - from 
station setup to propagation to different modes of communication. They 
even learned, much to their surprise, that ham radio can put them in 
touch with astronauts aboard the International Space Station and help 
them communicate with satellites.

The program on the 20th of May was coordinated by Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP, 
regional coordinator of AMSAT-INDIA.

As an added measure, Rajesh's nephew, Priyesh Vagadia VU3GLY, gave a 
demonstration on VHF to encourage his peers. The teenager, a high school 
student, is a big fan of digital modes. He has been ticketed since 2013.

Finally, in a somewhat optimistic gesture, summer camp organizers also 
included a detailed discussion of the licensing procedure in India - 
because there's life - and there's radio - after summer camp.

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

(QRZ.COM, SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO)

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GET READY FOR 100WAAW ACTIVITY

JIM/ANCHOR: If Field Day is considered a rehearsal for a real emergency, 
what do you call a rehearsal for Field Day? Here's Amateur Radio 
Newsline's Paul Braun WD9GCO with the answer.

PAUL: Christian Cudnick, K0STH, the host of the 100 Watts and a Wire 
podcast, has announced the next activity day for the 100 Watts and a 
Wire community.

The event, called The TUNE UP, is being considered a rehearsal for Field 
Day and will be held on June 10th and 11th. According to Cudnick, there 
are no formal rules and it’s not a contest. Anyone with a 100 Watts ID - 
and there are over 2,000 of them - is encouraged to just get on the air 
and call CQ. If you have an ID you can exchange with fellow 100 Watters. 
If not, they’re available for free from the website. Most members will 
be spotting themselves on the Facebook Group. The event is on any band, 
any mode.

For more information, go to 100wattsandawire.com, that’s the number 100, 
then wattsandawire dot com and click on the “Activity Days” button.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Paul Braun, WD9GCO

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WORLD OF DX

Members of the Gotlands Radioklubb SK1BL are operating through December 
31st using the special callsigns 7S1GRK and SK70BL from Gotland Island. 
This is a celebration of the club's 70th anniversary. Listen on various 
HF bands. A special award is available. All QSOs are being confirmed 
automatically via the bureau. The club requests no return QSL cards.

Two German amateurs, DF3MC and DL8JJ, are on the air from the Faroe 
Islands until the 25th of May using the callsigns OY/homecall. They are 
focusing on operating from summits as part of the Summits on the Air 
program but will also be heard on HF.

Listen for Henning OZ1BII as ZA/OU2I while he operates from Albania 
until the 29th of May. Listen for him as well during t he CQ WW WPX CW 
contest on the 27th and 28th of May. QSL via Club Log OQRS.

Tom KC0W hopes to be active from Zimbabwe as Z25DX from the 23rd of May 
to the 18th of June. He will operate CW only. QSL cards go via KC0W.

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KICKER: CHASING AFTER HAM NATION GLORY

JIM/ANCHOR: And finally, if you tune in for your weekly dose of Ham 
Nation, you know our friends on the podcast are marking Episode 300 with 
a special event station. What does that mean? Well, something pretty 
exciting. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Mike Askins KE5CXP, who can 
DEFINITELY feel the excitement as he shares it with you now.

MIKE: Ham Nation fans, are you up for the ultimate chase? You have until 
0500z on the 1st of June to meet the challenge of an on-air event that 
celebrates Episode 300 of the Ham Nation podcast. What began on 
Wednesday, May 24 can only get better: Hams taking to sideband and 
digital mode in dogged pursuit of the show hosts and after-show net 
control operators. Most of them are using special-event 1 x 1 callsigns 
and yes, they're worth points! You can earn a Ham Nation 300 certificate 
by working six of the 9 special event call signs, and a clean sweep 
sticker for that certificate if you work all nine.

There are commemorative QSL cards as well as "wild card" stations using 
their own call signs - Bob, Gordon, Randy and George.

Again, you have until the 1st of June to chase after contacts with Dale, 
Kevin, Don, Steve, Amanda and the rest of the crew, using the 1 x 1 call 
signs.

For details, visit qrz.com and search for the page for call sign 
W-ZERO-H [w0H]. Then....expect pileups with the excitement around this 
event!

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins KE5CXP.

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; 
CQ Magazine; the FCC; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Hamvention; the 
IARU; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; K2BSA; Ohio Penn DX Bulletin; 
QRZ; The Reading Eagle; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO 
Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the 
Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at 
newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio 
Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org.

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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