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   they started the longest journey of any YOTA Americas balloons yet.  At   
   the time of recording this edition of Newsline, one balloon is flying   
   over Hawaii and is closing in on an entire orbit around the Earth,   
   while the other balloon made it to western Iran before returning to the   
   ground.   
      
   Jack told Newsline, "This all would not have been possible without the   
   curiosity and efforts of the campers, for they were the ones   
   assembling, balancing, and launching the balloons.  I hope that through   
   experiences like this, youth can be inspired to bring their amateur   
   radio expertise into areas that they never thought possible, from   
   research projects to future careers."  The balloon launch was sponsored   
   by the North Fulton Amateur Radio League.  You can follow the trek of   
   these balloons on WSPRNET.ORG under KM4ZIA and on APRS.FI under W0Y-1   
   and W0Y-11.   
      
   (YOUTH ON THE AIR)   
      
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   SILENT KEY: AUSTRIAN MILITARY RADIO SOCIETY's MONIKA WLCEK, OE3YUP   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: An active and influential YL in Austria has become a   
   Silent Key. We hear more about her from Jeremy Boot G4NJH.   
      
   JEREMY: A near-fatal shooting in the head during an armed robbery in   
   Vienna more than three decades ago nearly claimed the life of Monika   
   Wlcek, OE3YUP. She ultimately emerged from a coma and recovered, though   
   she was left partially paralyzed for the rest of her life. Her love of   
   amateur radio, which she shared with her husband Helmut, OE3HCB, kept   
   her in the forefront of the amateur radio community until she became a   
   Silent Key on the 10th of June of this year. Her death was reported   
   recently in the YL Beam newsletter.   
      
   Monika was an active member of the Forest District of the Austrian   
   Military Radio Society and an active participant in YL activities each   
   year at Ham Radio Friedrichshafen.   
      
   Monika was 79.   
      
   This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.   
      
   (YL BEAM)   
      
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   NYC PROPERTY OWNER GETS "PIRATE" LETTER FROM FCC   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: In New York City, which the FCC considers one of the most   
   active locations for unlicensed radio activity, another broadcaster has   
   been charged with radio piracy. Kent Peterson KC0DGY has the details.   
      
   KENT: The Federal Communications Commission has sent a letter to a   
   property owner in the New York borough of the Bronx, charging them with   
   permitting unlicensed broadcasting from that location. The FCC cited   
   complaints about a broadcast on 89.3 FM coming from an apartment above   
   ground-floor retail establishments in June and November of 2024 and   
   again this past January.   
      
   The letter was sent under the PIRATE Act of 2020, which strengthened   
   the FCC's enforcement authority and raised possible penalties against   
   pirate broadcasters. The property owners are required to respond to the   
   agency within 10 days.   
      
   Under the PIRATE Act, the FCC can issue a maximum fine of $2.5 million   
   if the broadcasts continue after the response period has passed.   
      
   The RadioWorld website, which carried the report, said one of its   
   readers in New York City identified the broadcast as coming from an   
   entity known as "Digital FM WDYM."   
      
   This is Kent Peterson KC0DGY.   
      
   (RADIO WORLD, FCC)   
      
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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 multimode Jacksonville Hub which connects to such modes as the   
   AB4KK-R Echolink node number 626636, Allstar 510740 and TGIF   
   TalkGroup33333.   
      
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   BRAZILIAN SPECIAL EVENT CELEBRATES 105-YEAR-OLD YL   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: At 105 years of age, the Brazilian radio operator known as   
   "Grandma Alda" still keeps the word "young" in YL. Graham Kemp VK4BB   
   tells us about the on-air celebration held for her.   
      
   GRAHAM: The special event callsign PP105ASN was on the air for 11 days   
   in June - but the YL being honoured has been on the air for 49 years   
   -and she has been on the planet for 105. Her name is Alda Schlemm   
   Niemeyer, who is known widely as "Grandma Alda."   
      
   To mark her 105th birthday this past spring, her fellow members in the   
   Blumenau Amateur Radio Club used SSB and FT8 on HF -- as well as 2m FM   
   simplex. The club's president, Mauro Cerqueira Leite, PP5BSD, told   
   Newsline there were a total of 1,200 QSOs and they were acknowledged   
   via digital QSL,   
      
   This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.   
      
   (YL BEAM, BLUMENAU AMATEUR RADIO CLUB)   
      
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   'NIGHT OF NIGHTS' HONORS LONG-GONE MARITIME TRADITION   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: Every year, devoted volunteers return the tradition of   
   maritime radio to the air in California. Ralph Squillace KK6ITB tells   
   us how.   
      
   RALPH: The silencing of the last maritime radio station in the US in   
   California in 1999 gave voice to an effort to create the Maritime Radio   
   Historical Society, K6KPH, to preserve its treasured Morse Code   
   tradition.   
      
   Every year, the event, "Night of Nights," celebrates this tradition on   
   the anniversary of the day that the station signed off - ensuring that   
   July 12th would not mark the station's final signoff, after all.   
   Broadcast engineers, radio operators and history enthusiasts have seen   
   to that. They volunteered to bring new life to the receive site at the   
   Point Reyes National Seashore and to the Bolinas Radio transmitter site   
   - returning Morse service to the station known as KPH/KFS.   
      
   This year's 26th edition of "Night of Nights" is a collaboration of   
   modern skills and classic style equipment, including "Marconi T" type   
   antennas at both the transmitter and receive sites. KPH and KFS will be   
   operating on assigned commercial frequencies while K6KPH will be   
   operating on several HF amateur radio bands. For times, frequencies and   
   QSL information, please check the Maritime Radio Historical Society   
   website at radiomarine.org.   
      
   This is Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.   
      
   (MARITIME RADIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY; QRZ.COM)   
      
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   DOUBLE CENTENARY FOR AMATEURS IN JAPAN   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: The practice of amateur radio in Japan is feeling its age   
   - 100 years old next year - and hams there are ready to send a message   
   that the best is yet to come. Jim Meachen ZL2BHF tells us what's   
   planned.   
      
   JIM: Japanese amateurs are marking a double anniversary - both spanning   
   100 years: They're celebrating the establishment of the Japan Amateur   
   Radio League in June of 1926. The league was created to assist   
   innovators and experimenters who were conducting their radio research   
   without benefit of a licence. That changed in September of the   
   following year, when the callsign JXAX was assigned by the government   
   to the first of what would soon become a handful of radio telegraph and   
   telephone stations. Ham radio kept growing so that just before the   
   Second World War, the nation had 300 such stations.   
      
   Hams in Japan will be marking those two formative moments in history   
   during a celebration designed to last 16 months -- the same time period   
   between the events 100 years ago. Awards, ceremonies, special event   
   stations, contests and an anniversary book are among the activities   
   planned.   
      
   Clearly there's a lot to celebrate in that 100-year stretch which last   
   year landed Japan in the Guinness Book of World Records for putting   
   JS1YMG, the first amateur radio station, on the moon.   
      
   This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.   
      
   (JAPAN AMATEUR RADIO LEAGUE, AMATEUR RADIO DAILY)   
      
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   GRANT WILL HELP WITH CLUBLOG OPERATIONS UPGRADE   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: Expect improved operations soon from ClubLog, thanks to   
   some grant money to cover the costs. Here's Jeremy Boot G4NJH with the   
   details.   
      
   JEREMY: ClubLog, a service that has become a mainstay for DXers   
   worldwide, has received an $8,000 grant in US currency for a hardware   
      
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