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   their equipment and other supplies for next year's DXpedition, the team   
   has called off its plans for a lottery to help raise funds. Organizers   
   announced on the team website that the cancellation is the result of   
   [quote] "legal issues brought to the team's notice." [endquote] The   
   announcement did not offer any specifics.   
      
   Preparedness workshop and other activities still lay ahead for the   
   operators well in advance of their scheduled departure date from Cape   
   Town, South Africa on the 1st of next February. The 21-day DXpedition   
   has a budget in excess of $1.6 million in US currency and had hoped the   
   lottery would help cover expenses. The announcement of its cancellation   
   included assurances that all tickets already purchased will be fully   
   refunded through PayPal.   
      
   This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.   
      
   (3Y0K WEBSITE; DX WORLD)   
      
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   GRANT ASSISTS YOUNG AMATEURS IN MALAWI   
      
   STEPHEN ANCHOR: The newest ham radio operators in Malawi are   
   celebrating their success - and a few are celebrating their upgraded   
   licenses John Williams VK4JJW tells us about this growing community of   
   hams in this African nation.   
      
   JOHN: A handful of new and newly upgraded amateur radio operators in   
   Malawi are celebrating their achievement in late July: the young radio   
   operators have passed their exams with support of a grant from the   
   Yasme Foundation to cover all fees and related costs.   
      
   Foundation president Ward Silver, N0AX, announced in late July that   
   there are now five new licensees and four amateurs with upgraded   
   licenses. The Yasme Foundation has been assisting the Malawi Project,   
   which was launched by members of the HacDC Amateur Radio Club, W3HAC,   
   in Washington, DC, under the leadership of Don Jones K6ZO/7Q6M. The   
   project works with aspiring young amateurs in Malawi, the Comoros and   
   Uganda. It is now part of the Jeffrey Dahn Memorial Foundation, which   
   promotes education in electronics to young people in Africa.   
      
   This is John Williams VK4JJW.   
      
   (DXNEWS, JEFFREY DAHN FOUNDATION)   
      
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   CELEBRATING A PARK'S CENTENNIAL BY PUTTING IT ON THE AIR   
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Indiana amateurs are preparing to celebrate a   
   100-year-old park the best way hams know how. Andy Morrison K9AWM gives   
   us a full report.   
      
   ANDY: There is a rich history in Pokagon State Park, one that dates   
   back to its designation as the fifth state park in Indiana in 1925.   
   What was originally known as Lake James State Park was renamed to honor   
   Leopold and Simon Pokagon, the father and son leaders of the Potawatomi   
   Native American tribe who made their home in the region in the 19th   
   Century.   
      
   The Land of Lakes Amateur Radio Club is joining with Friends of Pokagon   
   on the 23rd of August to mark the park's centennial. Special event   
   station K9P will be on the air from the park from 9 a.m. until dusk.   
      
   The celebration acknowledges the importance of the park, where the   
   government's Civilian Conservation Corps lived and worked from 1934 to   
   1942, helping shape the park's wooded hills, wetlands and open meadows   
   through the addition of landscaping elements built from natural stone   
   and logs. The park is on the shores of Lake James and comprises   
   1,260-acres. It carries the POTA designation of US-4182.   
      
   This is Andy Morrison K9AWM.   
      
   (THE OUTDOOR WIRE, INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES)   
      
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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, during the Prime K9JHQ Club net   
   on Sundays at 7 p.m. local time.   
      
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   UK HAMS TAKE ON CHALLENGE TO BUILD TRACKER FOR BALLOON   
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Tracking a balloon is challenging enough -- but   
   building the tracker? That's the real challenge - and that's the   
   challenge facing some adventurous hams in the UK, as we hear from   
   Jeremy Boot G4NJH.   
      
   JEREMY: On Saturday, the 20th of September, a high-altitude balloon   
   will be launched with a cross-frequency LoRa APRS Digipeater as its   
   payload. Ben Lloyd, GW4BML, a director of the Radio Society of Great   
   Britain, will send the balloon on its way () at 11 a.m. local time from   
   Welshpool in Powys. The balloon is expected to be in the air for about   
   two hours, reaching an altitude of  90,000 feet.   
      
   The challenge for amateur radio operators is to build or re-code a LoRa   
   tracker using instructions provided on the RSGB website - then try to   
   get the farthest signal from the launch site. Successful transmissions   
   will reach the airborne relay and be retransmitted to one of the   
   Internet gateways local to the launch site.   
      
   Individual hams and some ham clubs may boost their chances through the   
   use of a high-gain antenna or by operating from a summit or other high   
   ground at the same time to get a line-of-sight advantage.  If your   
   tracker build is successful, it will beam up packets to the airborne   
   relay to be retransmitted.   
      
   The event is part of National Coding Week, in which the RSGB is   
   participating  in during the third week of September.   
      
   For details, visit the website rsgb.org   
      
   (RSGB)   
      
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   YOUNG AMATEURS IN AUSTRALIA PREP FOR 1ST YOTA CONTEST   
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Although it seems that YOTA Month is a long way off   
   -December is, of course, a few months away yet - young amateurs in   
   Australia are getting ready for an inaugural event this year. Graham   
   Kemp VK4BB has those details.   
      
   GRAHAM: The VK YOTA Contest is coming to shacks Down Under as the   
   Fisher's Ghost Amateur Radio Club has announced it will be hosting the   
   event, encouraging hams anywhere in the world to join in. The contest   
   is being held in cooperation with Youngsters on the Air, a programme of   
   Region 1 of the International Amateur Radio Union. The purpose isn't so   
   much to be the highest-scoring operator but to simply be on the air   
   enjoying new contacts and renewing some old ones.   
      
   In other words, rag chews are absolutely encouraged! The contest begins   
   00:00 UTC on the 1st of December and ends at 23:59 UTC on the 31 of   
   December.There will be a bit of overlap with the YOTA contest organised   
   by the Hungarian Amateur Radio Society. Three days before the Fisher's   
   Ghost club contest ends, Round 3 begins for the YOTA contest hosted by   
   the Hungarian operators. That's on December 29th beginning at 10:00 UTC   
   and ending at 21:59 UTC.   
      
   It looks like December is already heating up down here in Australia.   
      
   This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.   
      
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: For details about the VK YOTA Contest see the link in   
   the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org   
      
   [DO NOT READ:    https://yota.fgarc.org.au/pages/about.php  ]   
      
      
   (WIA, FISHER'S GHOST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB)   
      
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   WORLD OF DX   
      
   In the World of DX, listen for Aldir, PY1SAD, on the air as 8R1TM from   
   Guyana until the 23rd of September.  He is using CW, SSB  and digital   
   modes on all HF bands, and via satellite.  See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   Darrell, N3JWJ, is on the air as SV5/N3JWJ from Rhodes Island, in the   
   Dodecanese Islands, IOTA Number EU-001, until the 25th of August. See   
   QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   Yuris, YL2GM, and Eugene, EA5EL, will be using the callsign 3C0W from   
   Annobon Island, IOTA Number AF-039, for two weeks  in September. They   
   are awaiting final dates from the ferry service they will be using.   
   Listen for them also as 3C3W  from  Bioko Island, IOTA Number AF-010,   
   in Equatorial Guinea. They will be using CW, SSB and FT8 on 160-6   
   metres. See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   There will be a number of special event stations in some Malaysian   
      
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