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   callsign 4V1SB through to the end of October. This is a special   
   callsign commemorating the role Haiti played in assisting the   
   revolutionary efforts of Simon Bolivar, who helped win independence   
   from Spain for many South American countries. The callsign bears his   
   initials. QSL via N2OO.   
      
   Mitsuru, JE1HXZ, is on the air as JE1HXZ/6 from Kita-Daito Island, IOTA   
   Number AS-047, from the 8th through to the 15th of October, using CW,   
   SSB, RTTY and FT8/FT4 on 160-6 metres. QSL via LoTW.   
      
   Listen for the Mediterraneo DX Club which is sending a large   
   multinational team to Sierra Leone using the callsign 9L8MD. They will   
   operate from the 30th of October through to the 10th of November, using   
   CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8/FT4 on 160-6 metres.  QSL via IK2VUC.   
      
   Six members of the DX Obsessed Group will be calling QRZ as FW5K from   
   Wallis Island, IOTA number OC-054, from the 19th through to the 31st of   
   October.  Listen for them on 160-6 metres using CW, SSB, FT8/FT4 and   
   RTTY. QSL via Club Log's OQRS.   
      
      
   (425 DX BULLETIN)   
      
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   KICKER: A TRIBUTE TO THE HELPING HAMS   
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: For our final story, we honor our mentors, our Elmers   
   -all those more experienced hams who are there to help newcomers. This   
   is the story of one ham's THANK YOU to them all, as we hear from Paul   
   Braun WD9GCO.   
      
   PAUL: One of the most time-honored traditions in amateur radio is that   
   of being an Elmer - a more experienced ham willing to answer questions   
   and pass on knowledge to newer hams.   
      
   The origin of the term is still up for discussion, but the impact they   
   have on the hobby is not.   
      
   On October 3rd, 4th and 5th, Rich Guerrera, KB1FGC, was on the air with   
   a special event celebrating Elmers - particularly the ones who shaped   
   his own life as a ham.   
      
   In an email to Newsline, Guerrera said that two things inspired him to   
   do the event â-" articles he'd read on QRZ.com about hams who had   
   helped others get into the hobby and the positive impact that they had   
   on their early years as hams. He also drew from his personal experience   
   with those hams who had given him a warm response and encouragement   
   when he first started out.   
      
   Guerrera said that operators had confirmed approximately 100 QSOs   
   during the event and received positive responses from hams they worked.   
   He's planning on doing it again next year, and said that there might be   
   a European team as well.   
      
   On a personal note, I was fortunate to have two exceptional Elmers as a   
   teenager - Bob Heil, K9EID and Steve Ramsey, K9SR who had been friends   
   since they were kids. Sadly, I lost Bob last March and Steve on   
   September 26th of this year. But the lessons they taught me and their   
   memories continue to drive me as a ham, and inspire me to pass along   
   what knowledge I have when someone asks a question. Elmering should   
   continue - there's always something to learn in this hobby that someone   
   else has already tried.   
      
   I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO   
      
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