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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2005, April 1, 2016



Amateur Radio Newsline report number 2005 with a release date of Friday, 
April 1, 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.



The following is a QST. Radio amateurs reach out in supportfriendship to 
terrorist-hit Brussels. Hams share their memories of a childhood radio 
colleague, the late comic actor Garry Shandling. Georgia prepares for 
its 55th annual QSO Party. And oh yes, it's April 1, and that means our 
special correspondent, Pierre Pullinmyleg, is back with some big news. 
That is, if you can believe it. All this and more in Amateur Radio 
Newsline Report 2006 coming your way right now.



(Billboard Cart Here and Intro)



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BRUSSELS BOMBING



JIM: We open this week's newscast with two stories in the aftermath of 
the deadly blasts in Brussels on March 22. In the first report, from 
Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, we hear how one radio 
amateur's life was touched - almost too closely - by the tragic events.



JEREMY: Longtime contester and DXpeditioner Olivier, ON4EI, has faced a 
number of challenges during his more than 20 years on the air, but 
perhaps the greatest challenge in the Belgian ham's life came during his 
moments off the air in Ireland on Tuesday, the 22nd of March. That day, 
his wife phoned him in Ireland from the family's home city of Brussels 
to say she and the couple's 8-year-old twins had been just a short 
distance away from the deadly bombs detonated a short time earlier at 
the Brussels Airport. The family ran to safety just in time as the 
second blast went off.



Olivier's wife and daughters were not injured but he left Ireland for 
Brussels the next day to bring his family back to Ireland with him on 
Friday, the 25 of March, for the Easter holiday.



Olivier then announced on his QRZ page that he would still proceed with 
his plans to operate as EI1A during the WPX contest that weekend - the 
26 and 27 of March - writing that his decision [QUOTE] "represents the 
resistance and a beacon signal of liberty in memory of Brussels bombings 
victims on 22 March 2016." [ENDQUOTE]



For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, in Nottingham, the UK.



JIM: The Brussels bombings also spurred a heartfelt note of sympathy, 
from one longtime ally to another: Belgium and Australia have been 
closes since their soldiers fought together during World War I. Amateur 
Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp, VK4BB, tells us more.



GRAHAM: A message from Fred Swainston, vice president of the Wireless 
Institute of Australia, has assured colleagues in Belgium that the WIA 
stands in sympathy with the nation, a longtime ally, and most especially 
with the Royal Belgian Amateur Radio Union.



The letter says, in part [QUOTE] "We are saddened to hear the news of 
the terrorist attacks in your country. This short note is to say that 
our thoughts and prayers are with you, the Belgian people and those who 
have been lost or injured by these despicable acts." [ENDQUOTE]



The Belgian radio union was an active participant in the WIA's recent 
ANZAC 100 program marking the centenary of the Australian and New 
Zealand Army Corps. The two nations' enduring, close relationship will 
again be marked on ANZAC Day, Monday the 25 of April, in Belgium at the 
Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, just south of Zonnebeke. 
Cemetery markers represent some 2,108 Commonwealth servicemen, who are 
either buried or commemorated there, from the first World War.



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



(SOUTHGATE, BELGIUM EMBASSY IN AUSTRALIA)



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A TRIBUTE TO GARRY SHANDLING, WA7BKG/KQ6KA



JIM: Late last month, the entertainment world lost a major talent with 
the death of Garry Shandling. But the news also hit hard for many in the 
amateur world, especially those who knew Shandling as a young ham. We 
hear from two of them: First from a New Yorker with whom he developed a 
long-lasting, long-distance friendship. He spoke with Amateur Radio 
Newsline's Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.



KENT:The news of the sudden passing of actor and comedian Garry 
Shandling, had a very special significance to one person in the ham 
community, Alan Davis K2WS



ALAN: It started in the fall of 1965, I was a fairly active ham radio 
operator. it was just serendipity. We got to be friends.  I have my old 
log books in front of me, we'd talk weekly.



KENT: Shandling's call back then?



ALAN: WA7BKG



KENT: That's right, Gary Shandling was a ham radio operator who had 
regular QSOs with Davis over 40 years ago. They developed a long 
distance ham radio friendship



ALAN: At one point Garry said why don't you come out to the house? And I 
told him that I have a disability and he said, "no problem, we'll take 
care of you."



KENT: Davis said Shandling was a jokester right from the start.



ALAN: I know he had a sense of humor, Garry had his dad print up this 
award, the Dipple Award, dated February 1966, "for his oustanding 
display of ignorance beyond the capability of any other radio amateur 
for causing undue interference on the amateur radio spectrum. Keep up 
the bad work." And on the lower left hand side was Garry Shandling's 
signature, "Chief of Dipple Registration." He wouldn't send these things 
out. It was just a joke. We all knew that. But it was hilarious.



KENT: Four years later Davis once again paid Shandling a visit.



ALAN: And at that time he told me he was doing gigs in Las Vegas .. I 
didn't get it.



KENT: But Shandling did go on to a successful career as a comedian, 
actor and
writer, winning five Emmy awards.



ALAN: He could joke around, but on the inside he as a great guy. I'm 
getting a little emotional.



That's Alan Davis K2WS recalling his old ham radio friend Garry 
Shandling WA7BKG and later KQ6KA who passed away after suffering an 
apparent heart attack on March 24th.  Shandling was 66.



For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.



JIM DAMRON: Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Massara, N2EST, spoke with one 
longtime friend of the Shandling family in his Arizona hometown where 
his young friends knew him as a good pal and a jokester.



JIM MASSARA'S REPORT:



Garry Shandling grew up in Tucson, Arizona. As a teenager, that's where 
he earned his first ham-radio license in 1964 -- first as a Novice, 
WN7BKG, and later as WA7BKG when he upgraded to General.



An old family friend who asked not to be identified tells Newsline that 
Shandling was part of a group of teens who all got their tickets at the 
same time. Once licensed, they would hang out together, sometimes at 
Garry's shack, which his parents had built for him in the family 
carport. There, they'd get on the air and make contacts, mostly on 40 
and 20 meters.



Shandling and the other teenagers also hung out at a local ham-radio 
club, where they were most definitely noticed. "We would go to the local 
club in Tucson, sit in the back, and make fun of the old hams," 
according to the family friend. It got them kicked out of meetings more 
than once. Shandling, no doubt, was practicing for a future career.



A few years later, Shandling enrolled at the University of Arizona, 
where he first majored in electrical engineering but later completed his 
degree in marketing. That led to post-grad studies in creative writing 
and later a move to Los Angeles, where the rest, as they say, is history.



Although many of those teenaged hams are still hams and still friends, 
over the years Shandling fell out of touch with most of them, and 
eventually he let his license lapse. But Shandling's old family friend 
says a mutual acquaintance was very close to getting Garry to take the 
Tech test and get back on the air. The only problem?  As a celebrity, 
Shandling was a very private person, and he was always concerned that 
his distinctive nasal voice would be immediately recognized on the air.



Reporting from Atlanta for Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Massara, N2EST.



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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 W9EAR, 
the EARS Wide Area Repeater Network, in Vincennes (Vinn SENNS) Indiana, 
on Mondays at 8:30 p.m.



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ONE HAM'S DESIGNS ON NATIONAL PARKS



National Parks on the Air is a big deal event for the Department of the 
Interior, but also for Quentin Gardner, WQ7G, of River Heights, Utah. 
He's been busy designing special QSL cards for each activation in his 
plans, beginning with the Pony Express Trail, TR15, southwest of Salt 
Lake City. Listen for him on the air on Tuesday, April 5 at 2000 UTC 
until Wednesday, April 6, 0200 UTC. He also plans to activate the Golden 
Spike National Historic Site, NS31, in May, marking the 147th 
anniversary of the completion of the first Transcontinental 
Railroad.Yes, there's a custom-designed card for that too - so listen 
for him from 2000 UTC on Tuesday, May 10 through 0200 UTC on Wednesday, 
May 11.



His other intended sites include Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, 
the Fossil Butte National Monument, the California National Historic 
Trail and the Craters of the Moon National Monument. You might say these 
national parks aren't just in his plans - they're in the cards.



(QRZ.COM)





FOOLS RUSH IN - OR MAYBE NOT - IN PECULIAR, MISSOURI



JIM: In Missouri, the Southside Amateur Radio Club has been making it 
clear that their special event station on April 1 is anything but a 
prank. Amateur Radio Newsline's Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, explains.



SKEETER: It's Peculiar.....And that's exactly what it's supposed to be. 
The QTH, in fact, is Peculiar, Missouri and the operators are hams from 
the Southside Amateur Radio Club. Now, these amateurs are no fools; 
they're marking April 1 by going on the air from Peculiar's Fire 
Protection District Station on South Main Street, starting Friday, April 
1 at 1900 CDT right through 1700 CDT on Saturday April 2.



Work one of them successfully and you'll get a custom QSL card 
celebrating yet another April Fool's ham radio event.



To hear them, start listening on 80 meters, around 3920 kHz, on 40 
meters, around 7220 kHz, on 20 meters around 14220 kHz and on 17 meters 
around 18120 kHz. They'll also be on 15 meters around 21320 and 10 
meters around 28420 kHz - all plus  or minus 20 kHz.



Listen carefully - or your attempt at an April 1 QSO might just end up 
being a fool's errand. And that's no joke.



For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Skeeter Nash, N5ASH in Topeka, Kansas.





(SOUTHSIDE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB



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RADIO'S OLD TIMERS: LIVE LONG AND PROPAGATE



Ham radio helps you live longer, right? Well, Laurie, G2BUP and Fred, 
G6YUY are two amateurs in the UK who won't dispute that notion. They're 
the very newest among the newscomers to join the Radio Amateur Old 
Timers Association's 40 meter net, and their appearances on the band on 
Thursday, March 24 marked a special occasion: Both had turned 100 years 
old in recent weeks.



The RAOTA, of course, is not taking any chances on missing this 
opportunity talk up the participation of these most senior junior members.



The association wrote on its website, "although there is no direct 
evidence of casuality, perhaps being part of RAOTA increases your life 
expectancy. Why risk it? Join now!"The club is open to anyone who has 
been actively involved in Amateur Radio for more than 25 years, whether 
licensed or not.



(WWW.RAOTA.ORG)



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SK: ELMER "BUD" FROHARDT JR., AN ELMER'S ELMER



Bud Frohardt Jr., W9DY, wasn't just called an inspiration - he was 
called an Elmer. In fact, his name was Elmer, and the Madison, Wisconsin 
ham is widely believed to have been the very Elmer people had in mind 
when they affectionately referred to the beloved mentors who are the 
guiding spirits for new licensees.



Frohardt, who was a veteran DXer as well as a champion of young 
licensees, became a Silent Key on March 22.



His renown as the ultimate Elmer Among Elmers has its origins in 1971 
when the late Rod Newkirk, W9BRD, invoked his name in a column in QST 
Magazine about such mentors. It seemed fitting.



A life member of the ARRL, Elmer "Bud" Frohardt Jr. was 93.



(ARRL)



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GEORGIA QSO PARTY PLANNING



Fifty-five years after their first Georgia QSO Party, the Southeastern 
DX Club and the South East Contest Club, are prepping for another which, 
this year, will happen on Saturday, April 9 through Sunday, April 10. 
Organizers are expecting all or nearly all of the state's 159 counties 
to be on the air and ready for contacts. As before, individual awards 
and certificates will be awarded, along with two club awards: engraved 
gavels.



Computer logging is required and logs should be submitted in Cabrillo 
format.



For more details, visit the website, georgiaqsoparty.org





(Chaz Cone, W4GKF)



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WORLD OF DX



These are the last days for DXers to catch Makoto, JA7FGI, who is active 
until April 4 as XW7FG from Vientiane in Laos. Makoto is working on 80-6 
meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK31, with a focus on the higher bands. QSL 
via JA7FGI, by the Bureau or eQSL.



Mike, VO1OK, will be active as V31OK from Belize City between April 24 
and 27 and from Ambergris Caye Island between April 28 and May 3. Mike 
will be on 40/20/10 meters using SSB. QSL via his home callsign using 
LoTW or eQSL.



Led by Yuris, YL2GM, their team leader, operators will be working as 
EP2A from the Gilan Province in Iran between April 16 and April 25. They 
can be heard on 160-6 meters -- but not 60 meters -- and will be using 
CW, SSB and RTTY. They will have four stations on the air. QSL via YL2GM 
or by ClubLog's OQRS, either direct or Bureau.



(OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN)



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KICKER: PIERRE PULLINMYLEG'S SPECIAL APRIL 1 REPORT





[ANCHOR/JIM]: The centennial of the nation's parks has opened up new 
operating challenges to amateurs from coast to coast - and beyond. 
Honoring the annual tradition of providing an April 1 report each year 
for Amateur Radio Newsline, our roving correspondent Pierre Pullinmyleg, 
returns to share this account on his very unpredecented way of working 
in one of the nation's foremost national parks - Wyoming's Yellowstone.





[PIERRE] Zere is nothing like making ham radio history when you are 
marking 100 years of America's national parks. And never has zere been a 
ham radio mode such as what I am working now. I, Pierre Pullinmyleg, am 
the creator of such a special event mode. It is not PSK or JT-65. Ziss 
is Geyser Mode. My antenna izz actually zee historic geyser herself, Old 
Faithful. Zee spouting water, oh she has become my vertical antenna. And 
that is, shall we say, so very magnifique. [Mmmmmmwwwwwwwah!] Because of 
zee minerals in ziss water, she transmits my 100-watt signal and zere is 
very little loss. Well no - zere is actually water loss - lots of 
splishy splashy so I must wear zee protective plastic trenchcoat during 
QSOs. And zee park rangers, they think I am maybe Inspector Jacques 
Clousseau. Ridiculous! Now I have been able to tune ziss geyser to 15, 
20 and 40 meters but I am having no luck with contacts. I suspect 
malicious interference. In fact, reports from zee tourists here say zere 
is another ham's National Parks station and he is operating above 
something called a supervolcano here in Yellowstone. Mon Dieu! He is 
using ziss volcanic hotspot to power his linear amplifier. Sacre bleu! 
Ziss lid, he is jamming my signal! I wanted to make history and now 
instead I must make zee complaint. I must call zee FCC. Mais, non, I 
must call zee park rangers!!!! Zut alors!



I am Pierre Pullinmyleg at the Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone, for 
Amateur Radio Newsline. 73 and a bientot.



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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to ABC.NET Australia; Alan Labs; the ARRL; 
the Belgian Embassy in Australia; Chaz Cone, W4GKF; CQ Magazine; DX.NET; 
Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Irish Radio Transmitter Society; the 
Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QSL.NET; QRZ.COM., Radio Amateur Old Timers 
Association; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Southside Amateur Radio Club; 
TWiT TV; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's 
all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Our email address is 
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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