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   facebook.com/SotaAustralia/   
   wwffaustralia.com/   
      
   Activator Dies in Accidental Electrocution   
      
   Tripp Owens N 4 NTO is believed to have been electrocuted whilst working   
   with an antenna mast during a Parks on the Air activation in   
   North Carolina. N4NTO was an avid participant activating over 660 parks.   
      
   Investigators determined that Ambrose "Tripp" Owens was attempting to   
   raise a temporary amateur radio antenna in the Chicora Cemetery and the   
   mast of the antenna accidentally came in contact with a power line.   
      
   Hams on social media posted many condolences remembering tripp as an   
   avid POTA activator, particularly using CW with over 600 activations.   
      
   Operating in the outdoors can be hazardous and this is a timely reminder   
   to be safety conscience. When using masts or simply throwing a wire   
   antenna. Remember. Look up and live!   
      
   (ard)   
      
   AUSSIE PARK'ing   
      
   The next quarterly POTA support your parks weekend is Saturday   
   19th & Sunday 20th of July which is next weekend.   
      
   There will be many POTA activators operating from parks, forests,   
   trails, beaches and Rivers over this weekend. Yes that right, our scenic   
   rivers are now in POTA.   
      
   Support your parks weekend is a global POTA event, so POTA hunters you   
   may have a great chance to make contact with activators all around the   
   world.   
      
   Mark VK4EMP the POTA mapping rep for Queensland has organised a meetup   
   for POTA activators on Saturday 19th July at Red Beach on Bribie   
   Island.   
      
   Darren VK6EK is organizing a meetup for the south west Australian   
   POTA group.   
      
   For more details of these events go to the POTA Australia,   
   New Zealand FaceBook group and click on the events tab.   
      
   This is Marty VK4KC. POTA Admin for Australia. POTA ON!   
   THE WORLD IS FULL OF OTA's   
      
   Summits, Parks, Beaches, Lakes, Huts Bunkers even VOLCANOS.   
      
   BUT although you may activate, say a beach, to claim activity points and to   
   give who you contact a fair go before you head out to your favourite SPOT,   
   make sure it is has a registered ID.   
      
      
   For those in New Zealand, or if you are working a ZL station from here a web   
   site exists with map, ID, and all set out by type so it is simply easy to   
   establish ID's for your scoring.   
      
      
   the website URL is as easy as finding the number..   
   ontheair.nz   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS   
      
   Record Breaking Balloon Launch Attempt in August   
      
   On August 15, a unique balloon mission is planned by a Polish amateur   
   radio team.   
      
   This is being organised by the AstroLife community in cooperation with   
   experienced stratospheric balloon operators and amateur radio enthusiasts   
   SP 5 LOT and SQ 5 RB. They intend to launch a balloon from central Poland   
   that will carry a scientific payload at least 40km up into the   
   stratosphere. The team plan to equip it with a camera and transmitter   
   that will transmit live images digitally during the flight.   
      
   (irts)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - CW   
      
   Well the attempt was made - The attempt achieved.   
      
   Recently we told you of a young hams goal to better his remarkable call   
   signs in CW copy made last year, this new attempt was held at Ham Radio   
   Friedrichshafen where an estimated 11,600 guests from 52 countries were   
   in attendance.   
      
   Many of them were present as the ham radio fair celebrated his record   
   breaking moment.   
      
   This 13-year-old radio amateur from Romania surpassed last year's   
   achievement in high-speed telegraphy, As spectators watched, mostly in   
   silence, Ianis YO 8 YNS,  achieved a maximum speed of 1,160 characters   
   per minute for callsign copy - for a total score of 395,191 -   
   landing him in the Guinness Book of World Records.   
      
   The crowd erupted in cheers and applause only after he had finished and   
   the announcement was made.   
      
   Ianis has been practicing Morse Code since the age of 8.   
      
   (newsline 2488)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA   
   iota-world.org/   
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   SA-078, Isla Fuerte.   
      
   Members of the Asociacion de Radioaficionados Unidos (HK4RAU)  have   
   announced plans for a DXpedition to  Isla Fuerte (SA-078), Colombia   
   to take during the last week of July,  including  participation  in   
   the  IOTA Contest 26-27 July.   
      
   Callsigns  to be  used  are 5 K 0 T and 5 K 0 C   
      
   (425news)   
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   OC REMINDERS   
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   OC-013   
      
   Steve, ZL2KE will again be active from Rarotonga as E 51 KEE during   
   August,  3-18 to be exact. He was previously active from there last   
   year.   
      
   QRV mainly on 40-10m, CW & SSB using verticals next to sea and   
   End-fed wires.   
      
   QSL via IK2DUW, LoTW, eQSL, Club Log.   
      
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   OC-065   
      
   Lance, W7GJ  will be active as  H40GJ  from Pigeon Island (OC-065),   
   Temotu Province on  8-27 August. This will be a  6m EME DXpedition,   
   using Q65-60A in the "Q65 Pileup" mode.   
      
   "When I am not aimed up at the moon, I will be monitoring 50.313 on FT8   
   mode", Lance says.  "Please take the initiative to call  my direction   
   when you think  there may be  ionospheric propagation.  If propagation   
   is good and there are many callers, I may switch to FT4 or FT8 F/H on a   
   frequency to be announced". QSL via LoTW, or direct to W7GJ.   
      
   (425DX plus facebook.com/lance.collister/)   
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   OC-054   
      
   The  DX Obsessed Group  will  be active as FW5K from Wallis Island   
   (OC-054) from 20 October to 7 November, including a Multi-2 entry in the   
   CQ WW DX SSB Contest.  Six operators will be QRV on 160-6 metres CW SSB   
   FT8 and RTTY.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS;  QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW   
   6 months after the end of the DXpedition.   
      
   (425 DX and dxobsessed.org/home)   
      
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   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS - YOTA   
   (Youngsters On The Air)   
   WIA committee:- Steve VK6SJ, Alec VK2MV and Pete VK2LP.   
   ham-yota.com/category/yota-region-3/   
   facebook.com/groups/YOTAOC/   
   youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA   
   Thank you Col   
      
   And a thank you to Richard VK2SKY for bringing an article about the Waveband   
   Hack Club Y S W S to our attention.   
      
      
   For Teens interested in R T L-S D R, this club helps bring them together.   
      
   Craig Giles wrote to RTL-SDR.com and informed them that Hack Club is a   
   non-profit aimed at teaching teenagers how to code by building projects.   
      
      
   Hack Club runs a variety of programs called YSWSs, or You Ship, We Ships,   
   which are programs in which a teen works on a themed project and gets   
   rewarded with a prize following the theme.   
      
      
   Waveband was a YSWS about RTL-SDR dongles, where teens make a computer   
   program that uses an RTL-SDR dongle, and they get a V4 dongle and antenna kit   
   in return.   
      
      
   The intent was to get more teens involved in SDR and give them the hardware   
   to do so through this program.   
      
      
   The club has a clever interactive website that interested teens can go to and   
   learn more.   
      
      
   The club ran the program for a limited time from June 11 to  July 11 where   
   they got a free RTL-SDR dongle if they submitted a program they've written   
   that uses an RTL-SDR in a unique way.   
      
      
   Keep your eye out for future projects they run!   
      
   For WIA National News, I am Alec VK2MV in Sydney. Now back to you Col.   
   hackclub.com/   
   tinyurl.com/2pzj8ucd   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- VHF AND ABOVE.   
      
   Everybody to the moon! or the "RUSSIAN EME CONTEST".   
      
   Back at the end of June this year the first round of the most high-tech   
   international competition of the Union of Radio Amateurs of Russia, (SRR)   
   was held. This on VHF, in which radio communications were carried out   
   with a reflection from the Moon.   
      
   The  competition is supported by the Ministry of Sports of Russia.   
      
   Round two is coming up.   
      
      
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