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   for innovative technology devised by youngsters between the ages of 10   
   and 17. Newsline described the simple device in its first report on the   
   project in November of 2019, noting that it affixes a wheel-like   
   component to the top of a high bamboo pole. An electrical wire connects   
   it to metal in the earth  to ground it.   
      
   The secretary of the West Bengal Radio Club said in media reports that   
   40 such devices have already been put in place at 40 locations   
   throughout northern Bengal where the fields for the farmers and their   
   animals are moist and marshy.   
      
   Now the waiting begins: The Times of India reported that the patent   
   application for the project was filed on the 27th of July.   
      
   This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.   
      
   (TIMES OF INDIA, ANALYST IP)   
      
   **   
   SILENT KEY: FORMER ARRL SE DIVISION DIRECTOR FRANK BUTLER, W4RH   
   PAUL/ANCHOR: A longstanding and well-respected member of the amateur   
   radio community has become a Silent Key. Frank Butler, W4RH, had been   
   active in ham radio since the 1940s, when he received his commercial   
   and his amateur licenses. He spent part of his professional career as a   
   broadcast engineer at several radio stations. By many accounts, he gave   
   back generously to amateur radio over many decades. He served for   
   nearly 30 years as the Southeastern Division director of the ARRL until   
   he stepped down in 2007. He had begun his service with the league in   
   1957 as communications manager for the Western Florida Section.   
      
   According to a posting on the Facebook page of the Alabama section of   
   the ARRL, Frank became a Silent Key on Tuesday the 5th of August. He   
   was 100 years old.   
      
   On March 6th of this year, on the occasion of his becoming a   
   centenarian, the Okaloosa County Board in Florida proclaimed the date   
   "Frank M. Butler Jr. Day."   
      
   Hams throughout the division and beyond posted on social media,   
   recalling him as a gentleman and a frequent and prominent guest at   
   Huntsville and other hamfests. His generous spirit was also widely   
   known: He was a member of the ARRL Maxim Society, which recognizes   
   donors for their extraordinary monetary gifts to the league.   
      
   (FACEBOOK, OKALOOSA COUNTY BOARD)   
      
   **   
      
   ARRL'S RADIO ALPHA MUSEUM TRACKS HAM RADIO'S EVOLUTION   
      
   PAUL/ANCHOR: A museum project being hosted online by the ARRL is   
   tracking amateur radio's life story and its impact on society. We have   
   more details from George Zafiropoulos KJ6VU.   
      
   GEORGE: What began as the project of Chuck Penson, WA7ZZE, is slowly   
   growing into Radio Alpha, a ham radio museum and research resource   
   hosted by the ARRL. The historian's vision is to build a tool where   
   documents detailing amateur radio equipment and technology - and its   
   evolution - can be accessible to everyone in a central location.   
      
   Announcing the project on the ARRL website, Chuck wrote: [quote] "This   
   database will be a living resource, regularly updated and expanded   
   through ongoing research and community contributions, fostering a   
   deeper appreciation and understanding of amateur radio's profound   
   impact on communication, technology, and society," [endquote] Chuck is   
   looking for volunteers to assist him in building and collecting the   
   content, especially hams with deep knowledge of particular product   
   brands or operating modes.The project is being supported by the ARRL's   
   Historical Preservation Fund   
      
   If you are interested in assisting him, he can be emailed at radioalpha   
   at arrl dot org [radioalpha@arrl.org] That's radioalpha - one word - at   
   arrl dot org   
      
   To see how the collection has already grown, visit the link in the text   
   version of this week's newsline script at arnewsline.org   
      
   This is George Zafiropoulos KJ6VU.   
      
   [DO NOT READ: arrl.org/radioalpha or arrl.org/museum]   
      
   (ARRL)   
      
   **   
      
   BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur   
   Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including   
   the AH6LE repeater in Beavercreek and Wilsonville, Oregon, on Sundays   
   at 6 p.m. local time.   
      
   **   
   KATIE CAMPBELL, KE8LQR, PRESENTED WITH NEWSLINE'S YHOTY AWARD   
      
   PAUL/ANCHOR: Viewers of the Ham Nation podcast shared a proud moment   
   with Newsline's Young Ham of the Year, and Don Wilbanks AE5DW is here   
   to tell us about it.   
      
   DON: On Wednesday, July 30th it was my honor to present the 2025 Bill   
   Pasternak WA6ITF Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year award to   
   Katie Campbell, KE8LQR. As Katie will be in Germany as a foreign   
   exchange student for her senior year in high school on the weekend of   
   the Huntsville Hamfest, we presented the award live on Ham Nation, a   
   first for us. Our corporate partners Yaesu USA, Heil Ham Radio and   
   RadioWavz Antennas will have some gifts to show their appreciation.   
      
   Appearing with Katie, along with our Ham Nation regulars Josh Nass   
   KI6NAZ, Amanda Alden K1DDN and Gordon West WB6NOA, were Young Ham of   
   the Year committee chairman Mark Abramowics NT3V, judge Rich Moseson   
   W2VU, Newsline editor Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Newsline's Neil Rapp   
   WB9VPG, DX Engineering's Tim Duffy K3LR and Huntsville Hamfest chairman   
   Mark Brown N4BCD.   
      
   If you missed it live, you can watch the replay on YouTube on the Ham   
   Radio Crash Course channel, or just type Ham Nation in the YouTube   
   search bar. Our sincere congratulations go out to Katie for her amazing   
   contributions to the amateur radio hobby and service. We're looking   
   forward to next March when we again open nominations for the 2026 Young   
   Ham of the Year award. Again, many thanks to our corporate partners   
   Yaesu USA, Heil Ham Radio and RadioWavz, as well as you, our listeners   
   and the folks who continue to nominate the best of the best young radio   
   amateurs.   
      
   I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW.   
      
   **   
   ENIGMA MACHINE-STYLE EVENT CHALLENGES DECODING SKILLS   
      
   PAUL/ANCHOR: This next story is straightforward and, we hope, easy to   
   understand but it's about a radio-transmitted message that is   
   deliberately -- very deliberately --  cryptic. Ralph Squillace KK6ITB   
   tells us why.   
      
   RALPH: The Enigma machine that the Germans used during World War II to   
   create encoded secret messages is about to be put back into action.   
   KPH, the maritime radio station in California, will be transmitting   
   messages using Enigma encryption for broadcast via both CW and RTTY.   
   Listeners copy the message and then, using an actual Enigma machine   
   they may have in their shack or a simulated one available online, work   
   to decrypt the message which will be sent in groups of five   
   letterseach.   
      
   This annual tradition recalls the hard work of World War II era   
   cryptographers who ultimately cracked the code.   
      
   Certificates are awarded for proof of successful decode, first to   
   decode and for use of original or replica hardware.   
      
   The broadcast begins at 2000 UTC on the 30th of August on all KPH CW   
   and RTTY frequencies.   
      
   For more details, visit the link in the text version of this weeks   
   newscast at arnewsline.org   
      
   [DO NOT READ: https://tinyurl.com/4hfb2y5c   ]   
      
   This is Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.   
      
   (MARITIME RADIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY)   
      
   **   
   WORLD OF DX   
      
   In the World of DX, two Scout stations are finishing up their   
   activations. Scout station CR5OCEAN is on the air until the 9th of   
   August, operating from the  National Maritime Scout Camp "Oceanos" at   
   the Alqueva Dam in southern Portugal. Be listening on 40 and 20 metres.   
   QSL via CR6CNE. In Slovenia, another Scout station, S50ZLET, is being   
   operated by members of Radioclub Sezana, S59ABL, and Radioclub Koper,   
   S59CST, until the 8th of August for the Slovenian National Jamboree.   
   See QRZ.com for details.   
      
      
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