Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2123 for Friday, July 6, 2018

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2123 with a release date of Friday, 
July 6, 2018 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. The World Radiosport Team Championship is almost 
here. The U.S. Technician license exam arrives - and the FCC settles a 
four-year-old case with a Pennsylvania amateur. All this and more as 
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2123 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT WITH PENNSYLVANIA AMATEUR

DON/ANCHOR: We open this week's report with word from the government 
that it has settled a four-year-old interference case with a ham in 
Pennsylvania. He's paying a hefty fine and losing some privileges, as we 
hear from Andy Morrison K9AWM.

ANDY: A North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania ham radio operator has agreed to 
pay a $7,000 fine for creating interference on the amateur radio bands, 
according to the U.S. attorney's office. The government announced a 
settlement on July 3 with Brian Crow K3VR dating back to the 
government's charges that on March 14, 2014 he interfered with other 
radio amateurs and failed to identify himself by call sign. A press 
release from the U.S. attorney's office also noted that the settlement 
reduces his operating class to Technician for the next six months. 
According to the FCC, if no new violations occur, his Amateur Extra 
operating privileges will be restored.

An FCC press release called the fine "a substantial payment for an 
amateur operator."

Brian Crow has held an amateur radio license since 1976.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Andy Morrison K9AWM

(U.S. Attorney's Office, FCC)

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ONE WEEK TO GO UNTIL WRTC KICKS OFF

DON/ANCHOR: Are you ready for the biggest global radio challenge of the 
year? It's almost here. Ed Durrant DD5LP has this report on how you can 
be involved in this championship contest without having to travel to 
Germany.

ED'S REPORT: It's less than a week to go to the World Championships of 
Amateur Radio and the Organisers need YOUR help. In order to 
test-the-metal of the 63, two person teams during the IARU HF contest on 
the 14th & 15th of July, they need you to call as many of the WRTC 
stations as possible. In return, there are awards to be won, along with 
the respect and thanks of the organisers.

Once you've worked all the stations, do you want to stay involved in the 
competition? Well you can through watching the real-time on-line 
scoreboard, the daily video news programs and the live-streamed opening 
and closing ceremonies, but please, just get on the bands and keep 
calling until you get through to the stations.

The call signs of the stations will be announced during the 
live-streamed opening ceremony on Thursday as well as being posted to 
the event web site in plenty of time for the contest start on Saturday 
at 12:00 UTC.

To those coming to Wittenberg, whether competitors, judges, volunteers 
or visitors, the organisers look forward to welcoming you, for those 
can't attend, all the competitors look forward to working you on the HF 
bands.

Full details are at the www.wrtc2018.de website (this including links to 
the live-streaming videos, daily TV info programs and the on-line 
scoreboard).

Getting packed to go up to Wittenberg this has been Ed Durrant DD5LP.

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NORTH AMERICAN HOLIDAYS KEEP THE BANDS BUSY

DON/ANCHOR: There's nothing like patriotism to get hams on the air and 
keep them there. Kevin Trotman N5PRE tells us why hams in the U.S. and 
Canada started July with a full calendar.

KEVIN: The bands over North America seem to be getting no rest, not even 
after Field Day. Radio Amateurs of Canada brought the annual Canada Day 
contest to the air on Sunday, July 1. Hams found the action on HF as 
well as 6 and 2 meters and everyone wanted to score big. It was, after 
all, Canada's birthday celebrating the Constitution Act which turned 
three provinces into one country solidifying the Canadian identity.

South of its shared border with the U.S., an American Independence Day 
tradition kicked off on the air that same day. The tenth annual 13 
Colonies Event began with hams chasing contacts in states that comprised 
the 13 original colonies. They chased two bonus stations as well: 
WM3PEN, the Holmesburg Amateur Radio Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
and GB13COL operated by the Durham and District Amateur Radio Society in 
England where, of course, the colonies all began. If you're hearing this 
after 0400UTC on Friday - or midnight Eastern Time - that event is all 
over but the counting of the contacts.

Finally, a less competitive event brought Canada and the U.S. together 
on DMR - also on July 1. This was the Sunday night Midnight Hour Net on 
TAC 310. Hams checking in here from both sides of the border simply 
reported traffic, if there was any, and wished one another well for 
their respective holidays.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Kevin Trotman N5PRE.

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A LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVATION AND A TRIBUTE

DON/ANCHOR: Nova Scotia's Port Bickerton Lighthouse has a story that's 
about to get a new chapter -- as we hear from Kent Peterson KC0DGY.

KENT'S REPORT: Canadian radio amateur Billy Budge VE1AAO created his 
first tribute to his father a number of years ago with the publication 
of a book that tells his family's story when they lived on St. Paul 
Island. Fred Budge was the lighthouse-keeper there starting in 1955 and 
the book "Memoirs of a Lightkeeper's Son" recalls those years. There's 
now a second tribute planned for Billy's father. On July 13th through 
15th, the Pictou County Amateur Radio Club and the Maritime Lighthouse 
Amateur Radio Group are activating the Port Bickerton Lighthouse on Nova 
Scotia's Eastern Shore. Fred Budge had been a lighthouse-keeper there as 
well from 1960 to 1977.

Using the callsign VE1UW, the hams will be on the air for 48 hours, 
dedicating their activation to Fred Budge. They will honor him from a 
lighthouse that has remained a beacon of safety for more than a century 
for those sailing the North Atlantic.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Kent Peterson KC0DGY.

(GEORGE DEWAR, VY2GF)

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IN THE MARKET FOR A CHALLENGE AT MARKET REEF

DON/ANCHOR: On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean another lighthouse 
is about to see a different kind of action. Jeremy Boot G4NJH tells us 
more.

JEREMY: The lighthouse on a small reef between Sweden and Finland is 
about to provide an unprecedented opportunity for an international group 
of young radio amateurs. They will be on the air at the Market Reef 
Lighthouse, a DXCC entity. operating as OJ-0C from 21st to 28th July.

Their activities are being sponsored by the Finnish Lighthouse Society 
and the Amateur Radio League of Finland, in conjunction with 
OH-DX-Foundation (OHDXF) and DX University. The organizers are calling 
this activity “International Youth at Sea.”

Their operations on the air will be supplemented by instruction in 
operating the radio equipment, managing pileups, an introduction to 
digital modes and, just as importantly, safety and survival. That fact 
is not insignificant: The Market Reef lighthouse is anything but a safe 
haven: set at sea level, waves cover it at times and it has no jetty, so 
landings must be accomplished via small inflatable boats.

The operators, all of whom are between 16 and 25 years of age, are also 
part of a cultural exchange that is to be repeated sometime in August.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH

(DXWORLD)

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FIRST TO TAKE U.S. TECH TEST ARE IN AUSTRALIA

DON/ANCHOR: The new exam for the U.S. Technician license made its debut 
- but not where you might think. John Williams VK4JJW has that story.

JOHN: In case you were wondering where in the United States the first 
new Technician exam was given with the new set of questions - well, keep 
wondering. It wasn't in the U.S at all but in Australia. Two candidates, 
Ward and John, sat for the test at a hangar in Bankstown Airport in 
Sydney at 8 a.m. local time on Sunday, July 1. But wait - it was still 
Saturday afternoon in the States! Getting a jump on things nonetheless 
were VEs Julian AG6LE, Bob AC1CZ and Brad AK2QQ as part of Oz-VE, which 
gives the U.S. licensing tests across eastern Australia. Better still, 
Julian tells us, both candidates passed the test. The early bird gets 
the ... license.

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

DON/ANCHOR: Newsline would like to add its congratulations to Ward 
Havens VK2FWLH  and John Vetters VK2JV.

(JULIAN SORTLAND VK2YJS/AG6LE)

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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 
K2ADA 2 meter repeater in Ocala Florida on Friday and Saturday nights at 7.

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UP, UP AND AWAY IN NOVA SCOTIA

DON/ANCHOR: Some Canadian students let their dreams take flight recently 
with a radio and a balloon. Here's Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

NEIL: There's NASA in the United States, and the European Space Agency 
in Europe. But now, a town of 20,000 people in Nova Scotia has their own 
space agency... of sorts. The Annapolis Royal Space Agency, or ARSA, is 
a high school group at the Annapolis West Education Center that launches 
high altitude balloons into near space. Like many others, the group 
gathers data and video, and sends it back to Earth using ham radio. The 
Annapolis Valley Amateur Radio Club joined in to provide the know how 
for APRS tracking. Their latest flight was on June 27th, and went 
amazingly well. They reached a peak altitude of 31,567 meters (or 
103,566 feet) before landing in just 3 hours. The group feared an ocean 
landing like their last launch, but luckily they missed the Atlantic by 
about 300 meters (or 984 feet). VA1AVR-11 tracked the entire flight 
using APRS, and the payload was retrieved the same day as the launch... 
which was immediately after the school's graduation ceremony. Now these 
students can truly say that graduating high school was out of this 
world, and tell their parents, "I need my space!"

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

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RADIO SCOUTS ACTIVATE SUMMER STATIONS FOR K2BSA

DON/ANCHOR: It's summer and radio scouts are keeping busy. Bill Stearns 
NE4RD tells us where to be listening.

BILL: This week in Radio Scouting we're in the midst of summer camps on 
the air with two activations of the K2BSA callsign, 2 activations from 
our SCOTA site, and Jamboree on the Air Patches available.

William Coverdell, WD0BC, is continuing to activate K2BSA/0 at Camp 
Geiger in St Joseph, MO, through July 21st.  The camp will be offering 
radio merit badge classes throughout the six week period.  Scouts will 
be getting on the air with a generous station that is completely 
scout-owned through 100 percent donations.

Garland Eubanks, KB4RTM, is activating K2BSA/4 at Skymount Scout 
Reservation in Alatamont, TN, through July 14th.  During this time 
period on the Fridays there might be activities when scouts might also 
attempt to contact other summer camps operating under K2BSA.

Brian McDaniel, N4AE, will be activating his callsign at Camp Freeland 
Leslie in Naperville, Illinois, from July 8th through the 13th.  Brian 
will be attending Summer Camp with his Troop and running Holiday Style 
with a FT-817ND into a Double Bazooka Coaxial Dipole. Running on 80, 60, 
40, and 20. Phone and some CW.

Thomas Barker, WA1HRH, will be activating a special event callsign K1A 
at Moses Scout Reservation in Russell, MA, from July 9th through the 
27th.  A short three week summer camp season for a new activation. 
Radios will include Yaesu FT 897, FT 817, home made dipole for 40. Will 
operate as time allows only on 40 meters using recommended SCOTA 
frequencies of 7.030 and 7.090. They'll be running commercial power and 
paper logging will be used.

Jamboree on the Air and Internet are just 3 months away now. Hopefully 
most groups had a chance to test their gear and recruit some volunteers 
at Field Day.  Now is the time to start ordering up your patches and 
printing out literature in preparation for your event.  The patches are 
now available at the ScoutStuff.org site.

For more information on JOTA and Radio Scouting, please visit our 
website at www.K2BSA.net.

For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this 
is Bill Stearns, NE4RD.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, there is still time to work Peter/VE3IKV and 
Bill/W4TAA/VE3MMQ operating as VQ5Z on the Turks and Caicos Islands. 
They are on the air through the 10th of July. Listen on the HF bands and 
6 meters (with a focus on 6m) using CW, SSB, FT8, MSK144 and JT65A. They 
also have a 6m beacon running on 50.107 MHz. Monitor the ON4KST 6 meter 
chat page. QSL via VE3IKV direct.

Members of the Amateur Radio Club SP3PET will be active from July 18th 
to 31st as JW100PUT from Spitsbergen in the Svalbard island group. The 
Norwegian archipelago is between the North Pole and Norway. The 
operators are marking the 100th anniversary of the Academic Ham Radio 
Club of the Poznan University of Technology. Activity will be on 
80/40/20 meters as well as 2m and 70cm using SSB and FM. QSL via SP3PET.

Be listening for Karel, OK2ZI, operating as 3B8/OK2ZI from Pointe aux 
Sables, Mauritius starting on July 26th until August 4th. Karel will be 
on 80-10 meters and possibly 160m, depending on local conditions. He 
will be using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via his home callsign, 
direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW six months after his 
expedition has ended.


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KICKER: AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE'S MILESTONE

DON/ANCHOR: I’d like to share a personal moment with  you. Amateur  
Radio  Newsline  is  celebrating  a  birthday. A milestone,  if  you  
will. It was June 29th, 1976 that  Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, Jim 
Hendershot, WA6VQP and  Robert  Sudock, WB6FDF produced and presented 
the  very first Westlink Report, later rechristened as Amateur Radio  
Newsline.From that day until Bill’s sudden admittance to the hospital in 
December of 2014, Newsline had not missed a single weekly deadline. 
Ever. 1,946 consecutive weeks  of  newscasts.  After  his  passing  on 
June 11th, 2015 we took some time to regroup. Now, 42  years after that  
inaugural  Westlink  Report, Newsline  is  continuing.  We begin  our  
42nd  year  with  report  #2123  and  this  promise. We  will  remain  
as  we  began:  totally unbiased and independent, 100 percent  
voluntary. I joined the  Newsline staff in 1995, just a few months after 
getting my license. Bill was a friend and a mentor to me. I'm by no 
means the head of Amateur Radio  Newsline, I’m  just  the  most  
visible  due to my role on Ham Nation. Newsline is a total team  effort. 
Newsline has always set itself apart from other bulletin services 
because Bill modeled it after a network radio newscast with professional 
broadcasters behind the mic and the  typewriter, now the word processor. 
A lot of our current staff came along following Bill’s passing. We are 
all committed to continuing the path Bill set us out on.  Our mantra  
is  "WWBD: What  Would  Bill  Do?" We  ask  that question  every  
day.    I  know  the  current  Newsline  staff and  product  would  
please  Bill  because  we’re  doing  it like  Bill  would. A  large  
part  of  his  legacy  is  the Young  Ham  Of  The  Year  award,  now  
named  in  his  honor. Bill loved kids and loved sharing this  hobby  
and  service  with everyone,  particularly  kids. In  closing,  I’d  
like  to  thank you,  our  listeners, for  supporting  us  for  these  
4  decades and counting, and for  your  continued  support  as  we 
soldier on as if  Bill is  still  here. In  a  sense, he  is. His  
memory and  example are always with us. With great appreciation to  you, 
our listeners, supporters and our  staff,  I’m  Don  Wilbanks, AE5DW.

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; ARISS: 
the ARRL; the U.S. Attorney's Office; CQ Magazine; the FCC George Dewar 
VY2GF; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Irish Radio Transmitters Society; 
Julian Sortland VK2YJS/AG6LE; K2BSA; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZNOW.COM, 
Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; 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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