Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2116 for Friday, May 18, 2018

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2116 with a release date of Friday, 
May 18 2018 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Hams in Hawaii keep an eye on an active volcano. 
Findings are released in the death of a New Zealand amateur -- and TV's 
"Last Man Standing" is coming back. All this and more as Amateur Radio 
Newsline Report 2116 comes your way right now.

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INFORMAL NETS MONITOR HAWAII VOLCANO

DON:/ANCHOR: We begin this week with breaking news. The eyes of the 
world have been on the continuing eruptions of scalding lava from 
Hawaii's Kilauea (Killa-Waya) volcano but formal assistance from the 
amateur radio community has not yet been needed. At Newsline's 
production time, all normal communications remained functional and hams 
were simply monitoring the situation. However, two nets have been 
operating informally on the island - one on 40 meters and another on a 2 
meter repeater run by Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster. As 
evacuations continue and national parks and other locations remain shut, 
Amateur Radio Newsline will continue to follow developments.

(ARRL)

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REPORT: FAULTY ELECTRIC BLANKET LED TO HAM'S DEATH

DON/ANCHOR: The death of a radio amateur in New Zealand last summer has 
been traced to a tragic malfunction of an electric blanket. Robert 
Broomhead VK3DN has that report.

ROBERT: Arthur Earle Plimley ZL1TAG became a Silent Key last August 
after a fire erupted in the room of his home in Thames. The 76-year-old 
retired electrician was pronounced dead on the scene, the result of 
asphyxiation from a smouldering fire.

A new report reveals that the fire had been set off by a 40-year-old 
electric blanket that he had modified. The blanket burned the mattress 
on his bed and it is believed that he got up from the bed in an attempt 
to reach the window but was overcome by smoke.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Robert Broomhead VK3DN.

(RADIO NEW ZEALAND)

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NEW CHANCES TO COMPETE AT WRTC

DON/ANCHOR: While many of us have spent months planning for Hamvention 
in Dayton, Ohio, organizers in Germany have devoted their efforts to the 
World Radiosport Team Championship coming up this summer. Things just 
got a little more exciting for non-contestants too, as Ed Durrant DD5LP 
tells us.

EDÂ’S REPORT: The list of available WRTC awards for non-contestants is 
getting longer. Five more will be added to the two existing, WWQR and 
VOTA award programs for WRTC 2018. These programs have already had more 
than 1800 certificates issued.

"With our awards, we want to support the already large, international 
interest in the WRTC and reward all the stations who will create the 
pile-ups for the competitors," said Michael H”ding, DL6MHW, from the 
WRTC organizing team.

Those who contact all WRTC stations can download the "Worked All WRTC 
Stations (WAWRTC)" certificate from the internet as soon as the  
competition completes. "A log does not have to be sent in. The data to 
create the certificates is generated from the log books of the WRTC 
stations." explained  Awards Manager Hajo Weigand, DJ9MH.

The "WRTC Sprint" award is all about speed. Those who contact all 63 
WRTC stations regardless of operating mode or band within a short period 
of time will be honoured with a certificate. The leader in each of the 
29 different WRTC qualifying regions will receive a prize in addition to 
the certificate.

Stations that contact the WRTC stations on all bands and modes should 
apply for the "WRTC Most QSOs (MQ)" award to add to their collection. 
The maximum number of contacts for all WRTC stations on CW and SSB 
across all five amateur contest bands is 630. Will anyone reach that? 
Here too, regional winners get a special prize.

The WRTC 2018 Distance Challenge relates to contacts over as many 
kilometres as possible and making up to the maximum possible 630 
contacts with the WRTC teams.This special prize is attractive to those 
who can show the most kilometres worked from the logbook, reports 
Michael H”ding.

All contacts of the WRTC teams will be verified by the referees.

As in many sports, the WRTC referees rely on assistance. The most 
important assistance comes from the logbooks of amateurs who contact the 
WRTC teams and are received by 18:00 UTC on Sunday, July 15. Amateurs 
submitting these check-logs go into a draw for the "Assistant Judge" prize.

All details of the awards will be published on the WRTC 2018 website at 
www.WRTC2018.de.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Ed Durrant DD5LP.

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CQWW DX CONTEST GETS NEW DIRECTOR

DON/ANCHOR: Another competition, the CQ World Wide DX Contest, has a new 
director. CQ Magazine has named John Dorr, K1AR, successor to Doug 
Zwiebel KR2Q, who took on a number of active roles in the contest over a 
period of decades and will remain on the contest committee.

John's appointment is effective immediately. A member of the CQ Contest 
Hall of Fame, John's achievements include being a two-time medalist in 
the World Radiosport Team Championship. Congratulations from all of us 
at Newsline.

(CQ MAGAZINE)

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RETURN OF 'LAST MAN STANDING' IS A FIRST FOR FOX

DON/ANCHOR: Are you ready for "Last Man Standing?" No, we're not talking 
reruns - but we ARE talking QSOs. Mike Askins KE5CXP tells us more.

MIKE: Did your hope of working KA6LMS die with Season Six of TV's "Last 
Man Standing?" Take heart: The show's Mike Baxter KA0XTT hasn't let his 
amateur radio license languish and neither has the Last Man Standing 
Amateur Radio Club. Recent word is that the show will live and breathe 
again this fall on the Fox network.

The same familiar characters will be back but it's possible Mike has 
upgraded some of the equipment in his shack - we'll see. We have it on 
good authority that KA6LMS hopes to resume operation from the set on 
production days.

Fox News quoted actor Tim Allen as saying "I could not be more grateful 
for the fans who wrote petitions and kept up the passion and incredible 
support for the show." According to Fox, "Last Man Standing" was the 
second most-watched comedy on ABC with an average of 8.3 million 
viewers. That's an enviable pileup.

Details were still being worked out, according to producer John Amodeo 
(amma-DAY-OH), an Extra Class licensee himself, who said "Last Man" 
isn't ready to breathe its last.

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

(FOX NEWS, JOHN AMODEO)

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YHOTY NOMINATIONS CLOSING AT MONTH'S END

DON/ANCHOR: Time to finish up your nominations for this year's Young Ham 
of the Year Award. Why? Let last year's winner explain:

MARTY: Hi there. My name is Marty Sullaway KC1CWF. I was so deeply 
honored to be selected as the 2017 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Amateur Radio 
Newsline Young Ham of the Year. This year has been such a deep, deep 
blessing with the experiences of being able to travel to the Huntsville 
Hamfest, being on stage to receive that award - all the recognition has 
been fantastic and I am so grateful for everyone who has helped me on 
this journey, all of my Elmers and mentors. It is such an immense honor 
to be able to receive this award. As you may know the nomination period 
for the WA6ITF Young Ham of the award for 2018 is still open. It has 
been such a deep pleasure for me and this hobby has been such a deep 
honor to take part in - everyone has been so warm and kind and helpful 
and and generous. I look forward to seeing everyone at the Dayton 
Hamvention next week in Xenia Ohio. I am Marty Sullaway KC1CWF - and 
remember the deadline is approaching. Arnewsline.org!

DON/ANCHOR: The deadline is May 31st - and it's coming soon.

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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 WC8VOA repeater of the West Chester Amateur Radio Association in 
West Chester, Ohio on Monday nights at 8.


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RCA YOUNG ACHIEVER AWARD GOES TO COLLEGE SOPHOMORE

DON/ANCHOR: Congratulations to Ruth Willett KM4LAO, who was honored 
recently by the Radio Club of America. Neil Rapp WB9VPG caught up with 
her recently and shares this report.

NEIL: The Radio Club of America has presented a special Young Achiever 
Award to Ruth Willett, KM4LAO, a sophomore at Kettering University. The 
award was presented at the International Wireless Communications Expo 
held in Orlando, Florida March 5th through 9th. Ruth was able to attend 
the expo throughout the week and was honored at the Radio Club of 
America breakfast on the final day. Ruth tells us more about the 
experience.

RUTH: It was amazing getting to go to Orlando and attend the expo and 
learn so much about the Public Safety and the wireless communication 
side of radio, because IÂ’ve been so involved in amateur radio I've 
really only seen the hobbyist, the Amateur Radio side of the radio 
spectrum. It was very exciting getting to learn about the whole thriving 
field of wireless communications and how it's being used, specifically 
in Public Safety and what firefighters and policemen and all the public 
safety and first responders how they use the radios to make sure they 
can do their job safely. It was very beneficial for me, learning wise, 
because I was there for our four of the days getting to go to a lot of 
different seminars and workshops on different topics including RADAR and 
like why do we care about in-building wireless coverage and digital maps 
for in-building awareness... all sorts of very interesting things. I 
really enjoyed getting to do a women in wireless workshop on the Tuesday 
at the conference which was all morning, getting to network and learn 
from women who are successful in wireless fields.

NEIL: Ruth is double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering 
Physics at Kettering. Ruth has revived the campus amateur radio club and 
is making her way through all the red tape to get the club station going 
again.

RUTH: So basically I started to figure out what the old club callsign 
was. I figured out that the club callsign trustee still works at 
Kettering. He's a professor emeritus now. So I got in contact with him 
and got some information about what the club used to be like, just 
information... just general background... and then I started working 
with other students on campus, both a couple of unlicensed and a couple 
of licensed... just people who got interested. We started working to 
figure out what we needed to do to work with Kettering for the club 
approval process.

NEIL: And thanks to Dan Romanchik KB6NU who did a one day Technician 
class, most of those students now have a license. Congratulations to 
Ruth, and look for K8HPS to be back on the air from a campus location soon.

Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

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TIME TO TUNE-UP ON THE AIR

DON/ANCHOR: Even if you're not feeling especially competitive you'll 
want to jump into the fray for this activity, which is hosted by the 100 
Watts and a Wire online community. Jim Damron N8TMW has the details.

JIM: When is it OK to tune up on a frequency? Well in this case we're 
talking about a different kind of tune-up. The 100 Watts and a Wire 
podcast community is hosting a three-day activity that it's calling its 
own friendly version of a tune-up. From June 8th through June 10th, 
members are being encouraged to take to the bands on all modes at all 
hours and then spot themselves on the 100 Watts and a Wire Facebook 
Group Page. The event is organized by Newsline's own Christian Cudnik 
K0STH.

What's in it for you? Lots of QSL cards, for one thing. For another, a 
chance at a random drawing for ham shack-worthy prizes for any radio 
operators submitting their totals.

It's not a contest - and portable operation is recommended but not 
required. It also helps to have a 100 Watts and a Wire numerical ID. You 
can join the community of more than 3,000 other hams with those IDs by 
going to the website 100wattsandawire dot com and clicking on the tab 
that says "the gathering."

Then....get going and get on the air.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Damron N8TMW.

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IN WALES, THESE QSOs ARE IN MINT CONDITION

DON/ANCHOR: Marking the history of secret radio operations during World 
War II, hams in South Wales are going very public. Here's Jeremy Boot 
G4NJH with details of a special event.

JEREMY: A good QSO is worth its weight in gold - but what about silver? 
Silver may be worth even more - at least for two days in June - if 
you're a ham radio operator. The members of the Barry Amateur Radio 
Society in South Wales will be on the air using the special event call 
sign GB4RME - for Royal Mint Experience - as they operate from Her 
Majesty's Royal Mint in South Wales. On June first and second the hams 
will be celebrating covert radio operations that were used in World War 
II and marking the release of a special silver coin - a 10p coin, in 
fact - depicting James Bond, the legendary and mysterious secret agent 
popularised in novels by the late Ian Fleming.

These hams will not be hiding under cover however and hope to be easily 
detected on all the bands using CW, SSB, FT-8 Data and some satellite 
operations.

This is the second year the Barry amateurs have been permitted to 
operate inside the Royal Mint. They are hoping this return engagement 
helps them continue to make radio a not-so-secret agent of enjoyment.

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

(BARRY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY)

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WORLD WAR II WEEKEND IN READING, PENNSYLVANIA

DON/ANCHOR: More World War II history is being revisited -- this one at 
a Pennsylvania airport as we hear from Heather Embee KB3TZD.

HEATHER: It's going to be World War II weekend in Reading, Pennsylvania 
and the re-enactors and warbirds will be converging on Reading Regional 
Airport on June first, second and third. The weekend marks the 28th 
anniversary of the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum.

So it's only natural that ham radio operators will also be called up for 
duty. Starting on the 31st of May and right through 4th of June, Special 
Event Station W-2-R will be on the air from the cargo area of the Boeing 
C-97 known as the "Angel of Deliverance," sent to the airport from the 
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation. This model of aircraft has great 
significance for the role it played in the development of single 
sideband's standard use in long-range bomber aircraft.

Arthur Collins of the Collins Corporation installed a 75A-4 receiver and 
a KWS-1 transmitter - known as the company's "Gold Dust Twins" --  into 
the cargo area of a C-97. It didn't hurt, of course, that Curtis LeMay 
and Butch Griswold were hams as well as Air Force generals.

Be listening for the special event station and you too can go into 
battle - against the pile-ups, that is.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, K-B-3-T-Z-D.

(QRZ)

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, listen for special event station, 8J1ITU, on the air 
in Japan until May 31st. The station is marking the foundation of the 
ITU and is operated by the Japanese ITU Amateur Radio Club. Send QSLs 
via the Bureau.

Listen for Yosuke JJ1DQR active as YB9/JJ1DQR from  Bali through to the 
21st of May. He will operate SSB on the HF bands.  QSL via home call.

Dave VE7VR will be active holiday style in Botswana as A25VR from the 
24th to the 3rd of June. Listen for him on 40, 30 and 20 meters. Send 
QSLs via the home call.

Special callsign TC19M will be activated through to the 20th of May to 
mark the landing of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk at Samsun and the start of 
Turkey's War of Independence. Listen for their SSB, RTTY, PSK and FT8 
signals on the HF bands. See qrz.com for QSL details.

(DAILY DX, DX WORLD)

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KICKER: REMEMBERING A CAPITAL HAM OF CAPITOL HILL

DON/ANCHOR: We close with this report about a special event station that 
honors a man who was a key lawmaker in United States history. He also 
made it a point to be especially accessible to his constituents -- on 
the ham radio bands. Here's Kevin Trotman N5PRE.

KEVIN: He was an amateur people knew by his call sign K7UGA, or even by 
his first name, Barry -- although to much of the nation and even the 
world he was also called United States Senator. It's no secret that 
Barry Goldwater was a lifelong ham and an advocate for the rights of 
amateur radio operators. An Air Force veteran, he played an active role 
with the Air Force MARS, providing phone patches for soldiers calling 
home during the Vietnam War. Barry Goldwater became a Silent Key on May 
29, 1998. This year, which marks the 20th anniversary of his death, 
Special Event Station K7UGA will be on the air from the 28th of May to 
the 3rd of June on all bands and all modes. The station is being 
operated by the Central Arizona DX Association. So it is still possible 
to get a QSL card from K7UGA - this time in a way that honors and 
remembers the Arizona native who - like us - just loved being a part of 
the hobby.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman N5PRE.

(THE TELEGRAPH, CADXA)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; the Barry Amateur 
Radio Society; Central Arizona DX Association; CQ Magazine; the Daily 
DX; DX World; Dayton Hamvention; Fox News; Hap Holly and the Rain 
Report; John Amodeo; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ; Southgate Amateur Radio 
News; The Telegraph newsletter; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the 
Wireless Institute of Australia; 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 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 Don Wilbanks AE5DW in Picayune, 
Mississippi saying 73 and as always we thank you for listening.

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