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   A few days earlier on a college campus in Kolkata, 156 students at the   
   Women's Christian College received another kind of lesson in amateur   
   radio. The same two organisations offered an overview of radio's   
   essential role in disaster mitigation. The one-day workshop was led by   
   Debdutta Mukherjee, VU3JXA, Suvonkar Saha, VU3XSO, Soumo Chakraborty,   
   VU3FWK and Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA. The college principal said she   
   expected to introduce amateur radio formally into coursework at the   
   school soon.   
      
   This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.   
      
   (MILLENNIUM POST, STATESMAN, AMBARISH NAG BISWAS, VU2JFA)   
      
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   RADIO SUPPORT IS FAMILY AFFAIR AT CONNECTICUT ROAD RACE   
      
   PAUL/ANCHOR: Half of the members of a community service-based amateur   
   radio club in Connecticut turned out to recently provide radio support   
   for a major fundraising road race. The radio team included the youngest   
   member of the club, a newly licensed 10-year-old boy who teamed up with   
   his grandfather. Dave Parks WB8ODF has that story.   
      
   DAVE: The Manchester Road Race isn't just an established fundraising   
   tradition in Connecticut; it's now a family affair for Jack Robinson   
   KA1GCZ and his 10-year-old grandson, Aiden Karp, KC1TWN. Both of them   
   are members of the BEARS of Manchester. The club's acronym stands for   
   Better Emergency Amateur Radio Service and has the club call W1BRS. On   
   Thanksgiving Day, the 28th of November, the two amateurs helped their   
   fellow club members relay information about the whereabouts and the   
   well-being of the 12,000 participants running along the 4.7-mile   
   course. They also kept a watchful eye on the more than 30,000   
   spectators.   
      
   This kind of public service radio became a regular family affair after   
   Aiden got his license last December, joining his three cousins as well   
   as his aunt and uncle as hams. Jack said Aiden, who is an active member   
   of BEARS, also enjoys fox hunting activities that the club hosts and   
   keeping a watchful eye on the weather as a SKYWARN spotter.   
      
   Aiden is the youngest amateur to have ever provided this kind of   
   support for the road race -- but because the sixth-grader has inspired   
   other kids, that might just change soon. Jack told Newsline that ever   
   since Aiden was seen in the spotlight with his radio, lots of area   
   youngsters will be signing up to study for their license.   
      
   This is Dave Parks WB8ODF.   
      
   (JACK ROBINSON, KA1GCZ)   
      
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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 AA9RT Repeater in Shiloh, Illinois on Sundays at 7 p.m., following   
   the PRIME Amateur Radio Association K9JHQ Net.   
      
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   PRESENTERS NEEDED FOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE   
      
   PAUL/ANCHOR: If you're involved in using digital modes to deliver vital   
   information during a crisis - or want to learn more about how others do   
   it - the Utah Digital Communications Conference might be a good place   
   to start. Conference planners are also looking for presenters to share   
   their ideas and methods. Here's Sel Embee KB3TZD with the details.   
      
   SEL: Amateurs with insights into some of the roles that digital modes   
   can play in emergency communications are invited to be presenters at   
   the 8th annual Utah Digital Communications Conference. The one-day   
   event will take place on Saturday the 22nd of February on the Miller   
   campus of the Salt Lake Community College in Sandy, Utah.   
      
   The organizers hope to be able to offer an array of topics, including   
   the use of Winlink, VARA FM and the Amateur Radio Emergency Data   
   Network, or AREDN.   
      
   The conference is being held in collaboration with the Utah VHF   
   Society.   
      
   There is an online form for submitting proposals on the conference   
   website, where you can also find information about attending. Guests   
   under the age of 18 are admitted for free.   
      
   See the link to the website in the text version of this week's newscast   
   at arnewsline.org   
      
   This is Sel Embee KB3TZD.   
      
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   (ZERO RETRIES NEWSLETTER, UTAH DCC)   
      
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   MEET THE NEWEST OP IN AUSTRALIA: SANTA!   
      
   PAUL/ANCHOR: Yes there a lot of opportunities at this time of the year   
   to work Santa Claus on the air -- but have you ever thought of a QSO   
   with Santa from his QTH near the SOUTH Pole? Amateur radio can make it   
   happen - and John Williams VK4JJW tells us about the magic involved.   
      
   JOHN: If you believe in Santa Claus - and who doesn't, am I right? -   
   you probably believe that he lives only at the North Pole. Wrong! Santa   
   has a summer home and here in Australia, you can find him in Wangara,   
   Western Australia, where he is in his shack, excited to have finally   
   got his Australian callsign. It's VK6SANTA and he's making good use of   
   it right now through to the 24th of the month by hosting the VK6 Santa   
   Amateur Radio Net.   
      
   Santa is a very happy new Australian op and he is spreading holiday   
   cheer.   
      
   Visit his page on QRZ.com and you'll find that Santa is eager to work   
   local hams as well as some DX - he's on 2 metres as well as 10, 20 and   
   40 metres. If all you want for Christmas is to get Santa in your   
   Yuletide Log, you might just get your wish.   
      
   This is John Williams VK4JJW.   
      
   (NEWSWEST, QRZ.com)   
      
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   WORLD OF DX   
      
   In the World of DX, listen for the Bahrain Amateur Radio Society using   
   the callsign A91ND through to the 16th of December to mark the Kingdom   
   of Bahrain's  National Day. QSL via EC6DX. Other amateur radio groups   
   will be joining the celebration on the air, including the Emirates   
   Amateur Radio Society, calling QRZ as A60BHR from the 11th through to   
   the 16th of December. The Saudi Amateur Radio Society will be on the   
   air as HZ1BHR, the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society will be calling as   
   9K9BHR and the	Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society will be using A43BHR.   
   See QRZ.com for individual callsigns for activation and QSL details.   
      
   Listen for Take [Tah-Kay], JI3DST, calling QRZ as JS6RRR from Miyako   
   Island, IOTA Number AS-079 through to the 31st of March 2025. Take will   
   be using a variety of callsigns throughout the stay, including   
   JJ5RBH/6,  JR8YLY/6,  JS6RRR/6 and JS6RRR/p on FT8. Visit the JS6RRR   
   page on QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   On Wake Island, IOTA Number OC-053, Allen, KH7AL, is operating as   
   KH7AL/KH9 holiday style. Listen for him on SSB and some CW on 40, 30,   
   20, 17, 15 and 10 metres. See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   The special event callsign PH24XMAS will be on the air to celebrate   
   Christmas and the New Year from the 6th to the 28th of December. The   
   callsign PH25HNY will follow from the 28th of December through to the   
   5th of January. See QRZ.com for details.   
      
   (425 DX BULLETIN)   
      
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   KICKER: ROUNDING OUT SOME ACTION ON LOCAL REPEATERS   
      
   PAUL/ANCHOR: For motorists here in the US, a roundabout is another word   
   for a traffic circle, the kind of road that isn't always easy to   
   navigate. In two western states, however, ham radio operators recently   
   enjoyed a repeater roundabout -- and it became a happy weekend journey   
   for an ever-widening circle of friends. For our final story this week,   
   we turn to George Zafiropoulos KJ6VU.   
      
   GEORGE: For the third year in a row, hams in Idaho and Washington state   
   took a special adventure together on dozens of the region's VHF and UHF   
   repeaters. The event was known as the Repeater Roundabout and this   
   year's roundabout - held on the weekend of November 23rd and 24th - was   
   put together with 186 regional repeaters and 70 radio groups.   
      
   The event's creator, Quentin K7DRQ, said the goal has always been   
      
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