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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2022, July 29, 2016

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2022 with a release date of Friday, July
29, 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. News reports again raise questions about Hamvention's
future at Dayton's Hara Arena. Amateurs discover different ways to help in
wildfire country. Get ready for a one-man National Parks marathon -- and at
long last, Thailand administers its Advance Class radio test. All this and
more in Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2022 coming your way right now.

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BREAKING NEWS: MORE HARA ARENA QUESTIONS

SKEETER/ANCHOR: We begin this week with breaking news. Reports surfaced at
Newsline's press time that Hara Arena is unable to sign leases with Dayton's
professional hockey team, the Dayton Demolition, as well as other tenants,
and the team will be idle for the 2016-2017 season.

Coach Joe Pace Sr. broke the news in a public letter to fans on the team's
website, where he wrote QUOTE "Unfortunately, due to circumstances out of my
control Hara Arena is unable to sign leases not only to myself but to other
tenants." ENDQUOTE

Hara Arena is home to Dayton Hamvention and it was not immediately clear what
impact, if any, the absence of lease agreements could have on next year's
Hamvention, which is scheduled for May 19th to 21st. Hara Arena's marketing
director Karen Wampler did not immediately return Amateur Radio Newsline's
calls for comment, nor did Hamvention's sponsor, the Dayton Amateur Radio
Association. WDTN-TV Dayton reported that Hara Arena expects to make an
announcement in August.

(WDTN-TV Dayton, DAYTON PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY WEBSITE)


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HAMS' WILDFIRE WORK, OFF THE AIR

SKEETER/ANCHOR: We look again now at the wildfires that have been raging this
season, mostly in the American West. With so much attention given to the
important work hams do in disaster communication, we look now at other ways
hams are contributing - off the air. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Kent
Peterson, KC0DGY.

KENT Newsline has been following a number of wildfires this season.  A
significant fire broke out in late June near Weldon California where The
Sequoia Amateur Radio Group were preparing for their field day. But a lot of
the hams didn't get involved on the radio, rather they went out and
physically assisted setting up shelters and emergency supply centers.

MIKE  Most of the ARES people up here we didn't get involved on the radio we
ended up physically ended up physically doing things.

KENT That's Mike Higgins KA6IYS

MIKE Helping with setting up the shelters, working at the distribution points
for emergency supplies. We had people displaced from over 300 homes that
burned and people displaced.

KENT Mike told me the volunteer spirit exists throughout their group.

MIKE All of us have been active in communities our whole lives. I think it is
just the way our group is

KENT They were able to identify a few weak areas

MIKE We gave some message handling training at one time.  That's one of the
weak areas we found this time. We had a shelter full of people and we had
people wanting to know who was in there. We didn't really have anything set
up to handle health and welfare traffic. That's one of the things we will get
taken care of.

KENT The local government services appreciated the help from the hams

MIKE They knew we had our act together. We work very closely with the Kern
county fire department office of emergency services.  We've got antennas up
antennas out at at various locations. All these new buildings are RF tight. 
We're going to get antenna drops in buildings which will be used for shelters.

KENT Mike says everything came together this time

MIKE We're fortunate.  We have a community that's got a lot of background
training that can do just about anything. Very versatile. What we've preached
all along.  You take care of your self and your family first.  When you've
got that stable then you see what you can do for somebody else and that's
basically what everyone did.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Kent Peterson KC0DGY

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ONE HAM'S NATIONAL PARKS MARATHON

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Imagine going on the air from one of our nation's national
parks during this year's centennial celebration. Now, imagine going on the
air from a whole collection of national parks - one right after the other -
in 24 hours! Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun WD9GCO spoke with one ham
who's doing just that.

PAUL'S REPORT: The A-Double-R-L's National Parks on the Air program has
certainly raised a lot of interest and excitement this year. There have been
many interesting activations, unique operations... but probably few as
ambitous as the one that Vance Martin, N3VEM has  His goal?

VANCE: About a month to two and a half months ago, I found out I had to make
a work trip to Lexington for a training thing I am going to be involved in
and they allotted us a whole day to travel so I said, well, instead of flying
there, I'll drive and see how many parks I can hit in between so that's kind
of where it all started.

PAUL: Martin, who lives in Pennsylvania, loves these sort of events.
Especially this one:

VANCE: At the end of 2015, when they made the announcement about National
Parks on the Air I was actually pretty excited about it because I kind of
like that type of thing. So when they made the announcement I said "well
that's awesome, I travel all around all the time for work anyway so as I
travel for work I'll see how many of these parks I can hit." My primary goal
is to hit all 12 within that 24-hour period. So that's kind of what I wanted
to do, get 12 in a single day. You know, as I'm at each park, I kind of
blocked out a chunk of time so I'll stay there as long as I need to, to get
the minimum number of contacts. But I plan to stay at each for 30 to 40
minutes. Based on past experience in other parks I have activated, I can
usually rack up 30 to 60 contacts in about 30 or 40 minutes.

PAUL: He said operating portable is no big deal for him:

VANCE: Most of my operations have always been portable because my house has
been under construction for a year and a half. So I don't have a proper shack
in the house. So everything I have been doing has been portable.

PAUL: Martin is optimistic about his chances:

VANCE: I don't know if I'll actually get to all twelve but I presume if my
plan goes as planned and propagation cooperates I should be able to do it
based on past activations....My plan is to get through as many as I possibly
can.

PAUL: If you want to follow him, go to his blog at triple-w dot n3vem dot
com. This is one man who is truly excited by the phrase, "Road Trip!"

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

SKEETER/ANCHOR: The big day for Vance's NPOTA marathon is Monday, August 1.
So if you want to go along for the ride via radio, be listening starting at
0922 UTC.

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SNOWBOUND AND BOUND FOR CONTACTS

ANCHOR: Not all the excitment these days revolves around summertime
activations. In southeastern Australia, where it's winter, a small group of
amateurs has an equally abitious agenda for the snowy, hilly landscape there.
Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

GRAHAM: If you're an amateur planning to operate from a remote snowbound
location in Victoria in southeastern Australia, what could be more important
than having a good dipole?

Try a good ski pole!

A group of adventurous amateur radio outdoorsmen, led by Gerard VK3GT and
Stephen VK3SN, has been ready this kind of winter action for some time. For
four days, beginning Friday the 29th of July, the team is embarking on a
cross-country ski trip that will cover the remote Bogong High Plains but also
cover the bands -- 160m all the way to 70cm. They'll be operating QRP using
lightweight solar-powered rigs and homebrew antennas.

In some spots, the trip promises to be a slippery slope indeed. Actually, it
is expected to be several slippery slopes: team members will ascend at some
points to more than 1800 meters above sea level.

If you're hoping to contact them, be listening on 40m in the afternoons, and
on 80m in the evenings -- that's VK time! -- and even on your local
repeaters. The team is hoping to break the ice, so to speak, with other radio
operators while calling CQ.

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

(WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA)

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HAMFESTERS RADIO CLUB HOSTS 82nd ANNUAL HAMFEST

SKEETER/ANCHOR: What are you doing on Sunday, August 7th? Well if you're in
the Chicago area, you might just want to head down to the Will County
Fairgrounds. Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, tells us why.

NEIL: When the hosting club is named the Hamfesters, how can anyone resist
attending - what else but - the club's annual hamfest? The all-day gathering
hosted by the appropriately named Hamfesters Radio Club, W9AA, takes place at
the Will County Fairgrounds in Peotone, Illinois, on Sunday, August 7th. The
gates open at 6 a.m. and the main hall, home to 14,200 square feet of
exhibitors, opens at 8 a.m.

This is the 82nd year for this Chicago-area hamfest. The club, founded in
1933, has enjoyed a history as interesting as its parade of hamfests, club
visitors and members, including radio pioneers Lee De Forest and Wes Schum
W9DYV.

Advance tickets are $8; or $10 at the door. Kids younger than 12 are admitted
free.

Please note that license testing by VEs will take place at the hamfest,
starting at 8 a.m. and running through 10:30 a.m. -- for those folks who'd
like to take home a shiny new license along with all that nice radio and
computer equipment from the massive flea market.

For more information, visit their website, hamfesters dot org.

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

(HAMFESTERS RADIO CLUB)

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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, Indiana, Mondays at 8:30 p.m.

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CALIFORNIA AMATEUR SANCTIONED BY FCC

SKEETER/ANCHOR: The FCC has charged California amateur Philip Beaudet, N6PJB,
with malicious interference, transmitting music and failure to identify,
following complaints of interference on 80 meters filed last year. A Notice
of Violation was sent to him after agents, using direction-finding, tracked
the signal to his Burney, California home. The FCC reports that its agents
confirmed the violations in August and October of 2015.

The agency has asked him to respond in writing within 20 days of the notice,
which was issued on July 13. The FCC is asking him to explain each violation
and its circumstances and offer what remedial actions were taken. The
Enforcement Bureau indicated that a Notice of Violation could lead to
stronger action, such as a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, if
warranted.

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IARU QUESTIONS BAHRAIN HAM GROUPS

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Who represents amateur radio operators in Bahrain? That's a
good question. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, reports on the
confusion there.

JASON: The website of the International Amateur Radio Union listed the
Amateur Radio Association of Bahrain (A.R.A.B) among its member societies
earlier this week although the Bahrain organization has now been suspended.
According to minutes of the IARU Region 1 Executive Committee meeting held in
early May, upon inquiry the Bahrain authorities told the IARU that the radio
society was not authorized as an international representative of Bahrain
amateurs.

In the meeting's minutes, committee chairman Don Beattie, G3BJ, indicated
that the Bahrain amateurs' group would first need to make a formal
application for membership to the IARU and, until such time, its activity
with the Union would be suspended.

The minutes, published on the IARU website, explained that the Bahrain
group's initial inclusion in IARU member listings was based on the Bahrain
authorities' previous confirmation that the group was indeed authorized as an
international representative. As of now however the IARU will await further
word from Bahrain on its status and wait for a formal nomination and
application for the amateur radio society. The Bahrain group, A92C, posted a
notice on its website saying that "meetings are currently suspended until
further notice."

The IARU executive committee secretary, Dennis Green, ZS4BS, also indicated
he would be asking another group, the Bahrain Amateur Radio Group, A92AA,
(B.A.R.G) to remove the IARU's logo and as well as an on-line statement that
this group is a member society.

The minutes state that until an appropriate amateur radio entity submits a
valid application, there will be no member society representing Bahrain.

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

(WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA)

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ADVANCING THE LICENSE IN THAILAND

SKEETER/ANCHOR: In Thailand, there are a number of proud new Advanced Class
licensees. They're the country's first since the King himself became
licensed. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams, VK4JJW.

JOHN'S REPORT: Looks like the King of Thailand, whose Advanced license call
sign is HS1A, has finally got plenty of company: This summer, 171 hopeful
Intermediate licenced hams attended and 155 passed Thailand's first ever
Advanced Class amateur exam, which was given on June 18th. They will be
upgrading their licenses, as well as their power on HF -- all the way to 1
kilowatt.

These applicants were not all OMs either - some of the YLs taking the exam,
were the Thai 100 Watts Magazine Editor Thida, HS1ASC, RAST Treasurer Nong
Ee, HS0VDX and RAST Registrar J.C. Goi, E20NKB.

Advanced Class is nothing new to Thailand radio, of course - not if the King
himself is the holder of such a license. It has been in the nation's radio
regulations since 1987, but the two-hour exam was never made widely available
until now.

Thailand has about 108,000 amateur radio licensees, down significantly from
its peak years when licensed hams totaled about 248,000.

Advanced Class wasn't the only category to ever be challenged by a longtime
lack of examinations. Amateurs weren't able to take their Intermediate exam
in Thailand for eight years until that exam became available again in May
2012.

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

(SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS)


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THE WORLD OF DX

Laigu, F5IRO, will be on a DXpedition from Sao Miguel Island in the Azores,
working as CT8/F5IRO between August 5th and August 19th. Be listening on the
HF bands for CW and some SSB. Find QSL info on F5IRO's QRZ page.

Take (TAH-KAY), JG8NQJ, is active for the next few months as JG8NQJ/JD1 from
Marcus Island in the Minami Torishima. He will be on the air in his spare
time, mainly on 17 meters but you may also find him on 20/15/12/10/6 meters
working CW. Send QSLs to JA8CJY or via the Bureau to JG8NQJ.

Members of the Japan Amateur Radio Development Association will be  using the
call sign JD1YBV while on the air from Chichi Jima Island next month. The
hams are celebrating
the Silver Jubilee of the radio association. Be listening between August 23th
and August 28th on 40 through 6 meters for operators using CW, SSB and RTTY.

(OHIO PENN DX, IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)

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KICKER: BUMPY, BUT NOT GRUMPY

SKEETER/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with the story of a pair of radio
operators in the UK whose outdoor expedition hit a bump. Well, they were
SUPPOSED to hit the bump. Their plan was to treat that bump as if it were a
miniature - a very miniature - Summit on the Air - and activate it. Here's
Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

JEREMY: Take THAT, Summits On the Air! On Tuesday the 19 of July, Jim Bacon
G3YLA and Steve Nichols G0KYA ascended to a new accomplishment in amateur
radio by climbing a modest incline and activating a clump of land in North
Norfolk. They were barely 63 meters, or 207 feet, above sea level.

The duo named their slightly elevated spot the Beeston Bump, after its
location at the Beeston Hill "Y station," once a World War II listening post
that would intercept code and relay it to Bletchley Park to be decoded. For
this operation, the hams' low elevation was matched by even lower power: The
pair worked the HF bands using Morse Code and at QRP power levels.

In keeping with the theme of being low profile, the amateurs also issued no
special QSL cards, no certificates, no awards and used no special call sign.
They took particular pride in calling themselves BOTA - for "Bumps On the
Air."

Sure, they could have opted for a higher spot nearby - Beacon Hill, after
all, is 103 meters, or 338 feet. But as Steve wrote in his blog:

QUOTE "I don't want to overstretch myself! Anyway, the view is better at
Beeston and there are more ice cream shops nearby." ENDQUOTE

He concluded his blog entry by acknowledging the good work of Summits on the
Air amateurs, and extended an apology to that group for his variation on
their lofty theme. It was obvious however that, even at barely 200 feet up,
the amateurs were still paying them a high compliment.

To avoid confusion this new BOTA is not that other fun award scheme - Beaches
on the Air.

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

(BUMPS ON THE AIR)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; Bumps on the Air; CQ
Magazine; Dayton Demolition Hockey; the FCC; Hap Holly and the Rain Report;
Hamfesters Radio Club; Irish Radio Transmitter Society; Ohio-Penn DX
Bulletin; QRZ; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show;
Wireless Institute of Australia; WDTN-TV; 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 Skeeter Nash, N5ASH in Topeka, Kansas saying 73 and
as always we thank you for listening.

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