Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2024, August 12, 2016

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2024 with a release date of Friday,
August 12,2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST.  Hams activate the national park just outside the
White House. A steadily growing group of DXers in the UK mark their seventh
year. Denmark's bicycling ham is on the final leg of his journey -- and
amateurs in one Ohio town take it to the streets. All this and more in
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2024 coming your way right now.

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NPOTA: BIG DOINGS AT THE WHITE HOUSE

JIM/ANCHOR: We open this week's newscast with a story from Washington, D.C.,
that's decidedly NON-political. Nine radio amateurs have just completed their
successful race for the White House....well, OK, it was actually a challenge
they mounted in President's Park, outside the White House. We hear the story
of their triumphant National Parks on the Air activation from Amateur Radio
Newsline's Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

PAUL: You might remember our story a little while back about a group of hams
who decided they wanted to get to the White House without mounting a long,
expensive Presidential campaign.

Well, itÂ’s happened again. Only this time on a slightly more ambitious
scale. On August 5th and 6th, members from the Great South Bay Amateur Radio
Club ventured from New York to Washington DC to activate
PresidentÂ’s Park. According to Mike Sartoretti, KC2SYF:

MIKE: When we saw that the ARRL was having their National Parks on the Air,
we talked about it down at the club on Wednesdays and then I activated a few
parks here in the New York area. And I had a lot of fun doing it. I bought it
back to the club and said, "I want to activate the White House. Who would be
in and interested? This way I don't waste my money putting in a permit." And
I got a lot of hands that went up and said they would be interested. So we
put the permit in.

PAUL: They operated for two days, until lightning moved into the area. They
were busy, though:

MIKE: We had a total of about 1250 QSOs between satellite, CW, sideband and
simplex operation.

PAUL: They had no problems with the Secret Service, either.

MIKE: We were welcomed at the park by the U.S. Secret service, they stopped
by several times to check on us and make sure that we were doing well.

PAUL: Although, there was one tense moment:

MIKE: One time a Secret Service agent walked over to us and asked what time
we were here until or what time we would be operating until and I wasn't sure
if we were going to have a problem or not. I told them we had to be out of
the park by 5:30 and that we were going to cease operations by about 5. "Oh,"
he said, "I have a two-hour drive home and I'm a ham and I wanted to work you
guys." So we handed him an HT, he went for a little walk and he got to work
us on simplex.

There were nine licensed hams, eight from Long Island and one local from
Washington, DC. They were Paul, N8HM; Phil KD2GFO; Eric KD2GXN; Lou NO2C;
Sally K2RYD; Sam W2JDB; Tom KA2D; Howard WB2UZE; and Mike KC2SYF.

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

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CYCLING HAM'S FINAL ROUTE HOME

JIM/ANCHOR: The famous bicycle-riding radio amateur from Denmark is about to
begin the final leg of his journey. Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams,
VK4JJW, has the details.

JOHN: After six years spent on the road and some of it also on the air,
Thomas Andersen, OZ1AA, the bicycling ham from Denmark, has home well within
his sights.

A year ago this month, Amateur Radio Newsline caught up with him while he
pedaled his way through the East Coast of the United States enroute to
maritime Canada. As of this past Aug. 2, the scene was vastly different, as
he made his way through Morocco in North Africa. One of the high points of
his trip through the African continent was a chance to work some stations
from the shack of a student radio club, ET3AA, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa.

Now, however, Thomas and his HT and his fat-tire bicycle are rolling their
way into Spain and will follow a planned route through France and Germany,
where he also hopes to be more active on the bands. That will take him back
home to Copenhagen, where it all began.

With that arrival, Thomas and his cycle will indeed have come full cycle --
unless, of course, the starting point for his next adventure involves a
launch pad.

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

(ARRL)

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SUMMER WRAPPING UP FOR K2BSA

JIM/ANCHOR: The Boy Scouting hams of K2BSA are getting ready to wrap up
summer - but not without a few more notable activations. We hear more from
Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Stearns, NE4RD.

BILL: This week in Radio Scouting we have a report from scout camp, a special
event in France, and JOTA updates.

Philmont Scout Ranch is still on the air as K2BSA/5 while summer camp season
wraps up.  We received a report that there were Summits on the Air activated
from the scout camp as well.  Mike Crownover AD5A, did an 84 mile hike with
his son, Roy AE5EB, and grandson, Logan KF5GYD, where they planned on
activating two peaks in the 136,000 acre Scout Camp.  He had a crew of 8 (2
Adults and 6 Scouts) on this trek which was classified as "Extremely
Strenuous" according to the camp's rating system.  They were able to work 39
chasers on the two peaks that they summited.

RoverWay 2016, a gathering of 5,000 rovers in Jambville, France, is underway
through August 14th.  There will be Scouts on the air and online thanks to
Radioscoutisme Fran‡ais.  Their call is TM16RW and they will be operating on
7090 and 14290 kHz.

JOTA or Jamboree on the Air  will be the weekend of October 14th through the
16th.  Scout groups from all over the world will be on the air trying to
contact each other and those interested in working scouts.  The patch design
is out, and now is the time to start planning your JOTA event with your local
council and district.

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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BOXBORO CONVENTION NEEDS VOLUNTEERS

JIM/ANCHOR: Yes, there IS such a thing as a free lunch and you may find it at
the ARRL New England Convention next month. Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil
Rapp, WB9VPG explains.

NEIL's REPORT: The ARRL New England Convention will have three days of
banquets, classes, forums, a special event station, a flea market and a
screening of the popular feature film, "Frequency." For some attendees, the
convention will also present that mythical meal - known as the free lunch -
to all amateurs who volunteer to work a two-hour shift during this major
event running Sept. 9th through 11th. A variety of indoor and outdoor jobs
are available for volunteers, some involving physical work and most involving
long periods of sitting.

The three-day convention will take place at the Holiday Inn Boxboro Woods in
Boxborough, Massachusetts.

If you think you can volunteer your time, contact Andy, KB1OIQ at one of two
email addresses: kb1oiq@arrl.net or kb1oiq@mval.net

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

(FEMARA WEBSITE)

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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 W-D-ZERO-H-W-T
(WD0HWT), the Metro Area Repeater Association station in White Bear Lake,
Minnesota, on Sunday evenings.

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ANOTHER LIGHTHOUSE GUIDES THE WAY

JIM: In Canada, add the Wood Islands Lighthouse to the ever-growing list of
lighthouses being activated for a big ham radio weekend this month. Amateur
Radio Newsline's Mike Askins, KE5CXP, has more.

MIKE: Passengers who have taken the ferry between Nova Scotia and Prince
Edward Island in Atlantic Canada are familiar with the Wood Islands
Lighthouse. Now the world of radio amateurs gets to take a ride there too, if
they're lucky enough to catch the next call. Using the call sign VY2PLH, a
team of operators has added the historic lighthouse to the lineup of stations
worldwide working the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend for the
48 hours beginning Friday, August 19.

It will also be an opportunity for visiting guests at the lighthouse to try a
QSO of their own, supervised by a licensed amateur, hitching a ride on a very
different kind of wave - one that surfs the ionosphere.

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

(GEORGE DEWAR VY2GF, ILLW WEBSITE)

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A SUMMER CRUISE FOR PCARS

JIM: It's been seven years since one group of amateurs has gone mobile and
gone cruising, just for the fun of it. Well, they're about to do it again.
Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephen Kinford, N8WB.

STEPHEN: Hams in northeastern Ohio are taking it to the streets on Wednesday,
August 17, beginning at 6 p.m., and cruising throughout the night with their
mobile rigs. The seventh annual mobile cruise-in, sponsored by the Portage
County Amateur Radio Service, begins at the Ravenna A&W restaurant on East
Main Street and ends when the last 7-3 has been sent.

It's a night to show off your perfect installation, your ugly installation
and your installation with the most functioning amateur bands. That means HF,
UHF, VHF and whatever else you might be running. This night isn't just about
pride - it is also about prizes - and the Portage ham group promises some
surprises too.

Finally yes, there will be root beer. After all, you can't leave the Ravenna
A&W and be thirsty.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio.


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CHARLIE TANGO CELEBRATION IN THE UK

JIM: The Ohio hams aren't the only ones marking seven great years. An
ever-growing group in the UK, with membership well into the thousands, just
finished its own festivities. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot,
G4NJH.

JEREMY: The gathering wasn't the typical birthday party for a 7-year-old, but
then Charlie - as in Charlie Tango DX Group - isn't your average youngster.

The varied group of radio enthusiasts, which formed in 2009 in the UK, threw
itself a weekend-long celebration,  late July in Derbyshire. The guest list
theoretically could have included all 5,800 active Charlie Tango members
worldwide, since membership is open and free to all radio hobbyists, whether
they are licensed amateurs or enthusiastic shortwave listeners -- or even on
Citizens Band.

There was no danger of running out of beer and snacks since closer to 40
members turned up, by the group's own best estimate. Customarily, Charlie
Tango's gathering spot is the organization's website, www.charlietango.co.uk.
There, no one will run out of drinks or, for that matter, even chairs.

However, the Derbyshire festivities were such a success, Charlie Tango is
already preparing for its party next year when the group marks its 8th year
and when membership, no doubt, will have grown even more.

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

(SOUTHGATE, CHARLIE TANGO)


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THE WORLD OF DX:

How about some Olympic style DX? Mario, PY2DV, will be operating as PY22DV
until September 30 to celebrate the RIO 2016 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES in
Brazil. QSLs can be sent via Logbook of the World, as well as via the Bureau
or direct.

Elsewhere, Nicola IU7GSN is on the air from Albania as ZA3/IU7GSN until the
23rd of August. He is working holiday style. Send QSLs to his home call sign.

On St. Paul Island, a group of American and Canadian operators are operating
as CY9C from August 19th to the 28th. Listen for them on all bands 160 – 6m,
CW, SSB and RTTY. Send QSLs using Club Log OQRS or directly to WA4DAN.

Four German amateurs are on the air through August 16th as OJ0DX, operating
from Market Reef. Listen for them on 80 – 10m using CW and SSB. Send QSLs to
their manager DL3DXX.


(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY, DX COFFEE)

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KICKER: HIS 'N HERS HAMS

JIM/ANCHOR: And finally, we close this week's newscast with a story of
partnership, a his-and-hers DXpedition dream team that conquers the world
together - or at least makes thousands of QSOs with it. Here's Amateur Radio
Newsline's Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

PAUL: Most married hams, or hams in relationships, know that the typical
response from your significant other to the phrase, “Let’s bring the radios
on vacation with us!” is met with something like, “Then you can
leave me at home.”

But not for Rich Seifert, KE1B and his girlfriend Anna Sombor, W6NN. 
TheyÂ’ve turned every vacation into a DXPedition.

They werenÂ’t both hams at the beginning. Seifert had a long, storied career
in Silicon Valley technology. He was licensed at a young age, but went QRT
for two decades while he worked. Finally, he got back on the
air, and got his girlfriend interested:

RICH: I put her on 20 meters phone and she'd call CQ and you know that YL
voice is worth a couple of S-units. She'd have a pileup of Europeans and
she'd be having QSOs in Hungarian, in Italian, in Russian, you name it, she
speaks it! And she's having a blast. So she decides, hmmm.....I ought to get
my own license. And we would start doing contests together as multi-single.

PAUL: In their case, packing radios was actually AnnaÂ’s idea:

RICH: She comes up with a fiendish plan: "Hey, I'd really like to go lay on a
Caribbean beach." I say, "I don't want to lay on a Caribbean beach. That's
not my idea of fun anyway." She says: "How about we go to a Caribbean beach
and you bring a radio?" I say: "OK, no we're talking." So our first one, I
didn't have a radio to bring along, our first holiday DXPedition we rented
the house at PJ2T in Curacao. You can rent the house, which has living
accommodations and it is a MAJOR contest station!

PAUL: They soon realized that there was a limit to the available
“rent-a-shacks,” so he designed a “Station-in-a-box” that could travel
with them. And thus began the next phase of their lives:

RICH: And so our first expedition like that I think was to VP5 in the Turks
and Caicos, and what started there became our regular modus operandi.

PAUL: Together, theyÂ’re living a hamÂ’s dream, traveling and working all
over the world.

RICH: We started on Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos and then to Tiga,
Grenada and Malta in the Mediterranean. And the Canary Islands. We just came
back from a dual trip in the Grenadines and Barbados.

PAUL: Listen for their contest call, K6 Monkey Monkey Monkey, and get in on
the fun.

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

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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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