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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2070 for Friday, June 30, 2017

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2070 with a release date of Friday, 
June 30, 2017 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. New Zealand prepares for the nation's first 
satellite. Kids in Tennessee find that amateur radio is more than just a 
museum piece. A special government assignment has hams in India 
listening carefully on the bands -- and in South Carolina, one ham club 
was offering a wearable keepsake of this year's Field Day. All this and 
more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2070 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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SETTING THE STAGE FOR NEW ZEALAND SATELLITE

NEIL/ANCHOR: New Zealand has more than just the America's Cup to be 
proud of: the nation has its own first satellite, KiwiSAT, and it's just 
about ready for prime time. Well, it does need a few more team members 
to see the project through. If you're in New Zealand and can help, 
listen to this report from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.


JIM's REPORT: Awaiting its launch after a series of setbacks, the 
satellite known as KiwiSAT has delivered a message to the New Zealand 
amateur community: Take me to your leader. The amateur radio satellite 
is at its staging point, ready to transport a payload of big hopes and 
dreams for New Zealand's ham community as the nation's first satellite. 
The on-again, off-again project has suffered from a variety of obstacles 
over the years but AMSAT-ZL is hoping to get it into orbit at last. 
Organizers have been collecting names of KiwiSAT members and other 
amateurs who have stepped forward to serve as launch coordinator or part 
of the support team working with the coordinator. There is already an 
engineering team prepared to move forward so the priority for now has 
been to conduct environmental testing of KiwiSAT and then tend to the 
details of launch timing, coordination and funding. The project has also 
been in search of a new leader of the engineering team who can take up 
the reins from Fred Kennedy ZL1BYP, who has stepped down due to medical 
issues.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF

(NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF RADIO TRANSMITTERS)


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SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT FOR HAMS IN WEST BENGAL

NEIL/ANCHOR: In India, the government of West Bengal has reached out to 
a local amateur radio club for a different kind of listening assignment 
on the bands. This is DXing with a rather different purpose. We hear the 
details from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY's REPORT: Hams in West Bengal have been asked to listen for radio 
communications between leaders of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, a 
separatist movement trying to create a new state in that region of 
India. Media reports said the government believes that the GJM has 
established small radio stations in the plains and hills of the region 
and continues to be able to communicate despite government shutdown of 
cable and internet services as of the 18th of June.

Ambarish Nag Biswas VU2JFA, secretary of the West Bengal Amateur Radio 
Club, told the local media that long conversations have been detected in 
Nepali and Tibetan but the content was classified and he would not speak 
further about the club's involvement.

Police raided the separatists' office on June 15 and confiscated two 
radios. Authorities quoted in local Indian media said that there have 
been suspicious signals in code sent between the activists and other 
regions. Police said they decided to call the ham radio operators in 
after they discovered the radios, hoping the hams could help track the 
activities. GJM leaders are believed to be in hiding following a period 
of violence and agitation as supporters of the movement have gone on an 
indefinite strike.

In various media reports Roshan Giri, the general secretary of the GJM, 
has denied existence of the radios, saying the government has sought to 
defame the movement.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(THE INDIAN EXPRESS)

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MUSEUM-QUALITY QSOs IN TENNESSEE

NEIL/ANCHOR: Does ham radio belong in a museum? Well, some kids in 
Tennesse would say yes but not because amateur radio is a relic. It's 
just that the local children's museum is where radio comes alive for 
them. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Mike Askins KE5CXP with that story.

MIKE'S REPORT: Youngsters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee who got on the air for 
ARRL Kids Day had QSOs that were true museum-quality contacts. That's 
because the kids, who ranged in age from 4 to 11, were operating from 
inside the Children's Museum of Oak Ridge. Every third Sunday afternoon 
of the month, the Oak Ridge Amateur Radio Club hosts its amateur radio 
outreach day for the kids and in June that happened to coincide with 
ARRL's Kids Day on June 18. The youngsters learned - and transmitted - 
their names in Morse code, learned a little bit of radio science and 
then keyed their mics and got on the air.

The event took place in the museum's Discovery Lab - a great place for 
kids to discover the magic of radio. Jim Bogard KY4L, said the museum 
and the amateur radio club have a longstanding relationship with one 
another and recently signed a memorandum of understanding that may 
eventually lead to a permanent amateur radio exhibit at the museum. Jim 
said the concept would include an operating amateur radio station as 
well as equipment used during World War II when Oak Ridge was founded 
during the Manhattan Project.

Meanwhile, he said the museum and the ham club are looking forward to 
the next Amateur Radio Outreach day for youngsters, which will be Sunday 
July 16th.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins KE5CXP.

(OAK RIDGE TODAY NEWSPAPER)
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JAKARTA PREPS FOR AMATEUR RADIO FAIR

NEIL/ANCHOR: If hams in Indonesia are a little preoccupied right now, 
it's because there's a big happening in the middle of the month: the 
Jakarta Amateur Radio Fair. Amateur Radio Newsline's John Williams 
VK4JJW tells us more.

JOHN'S REPORT: It's the season for ham gatherings - from Dayton 
Hamvention in the U.S. to Germany's Ham Radio Friedrichshafen -- and now 
hams in Indonesia are preparing for their own big annual radio fair in 
Jakarta. The two-day event is set for the 15th and 16th of July - the 
same weekend as Ham Radio Friedrichshafen - but Indonesia's is taking 
place in North Jakarta's Ancol Beach City. The activities will include 
mobile and walking direction-finding exercises, a Code receiving 
contest, a logging contest, a QSL card challenge and everyone's favorite 
activity of all - shopping for the latest equipment. A number of radio 
innovators will be on hand to discuss new technological developments and 
ways to improve radio service. The Jakarta Amateur Radio Fair will also 
host a special event station - be listening for the call sign YB0JARF - 
if you can't get there in person. Of course, you'll be missing out on 
all the giveaways and plenty of food but if propagation is right, you'll 
get a QSL card.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.

(NZART, Jakarta Amateur Radio Fair, Southgate Amateur Radio News)

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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 W3BN repeater of Pennsylvania's Reading Radio Club on Fridays at 8 
p.m. during the On-The-Air Net.

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100-YEAR-OLD MILWAUKEE CLUB IS AN "OM" AMONG OMs

NEIL/ANCHOR: Now it's time to meet a club that's an "OM" among OMs. It's 
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Braun WD9GCO 
spoke to one of its members.

PAUL's REPORT: There are quite a few ham radio clubs scattered all over 
the world. However, not many of them can claim to be as old as the 
Milwaukee Radio Amateur's Club, which is celebrating its centennial this 
year. I spoke with Dave DeFebo, WB9BWP, about the club.

DAVE: Four guys got together in January of 1917 and started a club that 
was based in the center of Milwaukee. There were already a few clubs in 
some surrounding suburbs, but back then people didn't have cars and 
transportation wasn't as prevalent so there was a number of these 
smaller clubs scattered around.

PAUL: The club has already had a couple of special events, and will have 
a few more, according to DeFebo:

DAVE: We had a parking-lot hamfest during Field Day weekend for those 
that couldn't make it. This year it was raining so we had to move it 
inside the building, unfortunately the bands didn't cooperate well.

One of our members who's a motorcycle rider made arrangements with a 
dealer in town, House of Harley-Davidson. We spent Saturday there - the 
morning wasn't bad, we made a bunch of contacts - but by afternoon, 
things really died and we really didn't see a lot of contacts.

PAUL: You'll want to keep an ear open for the W9RH call during the 
remainder of 2017, as many club members may be using it:

DAVE: We are running, throughout the year for any individual members, if 
somebody wants to do a weekend or a weekday or something we let them go 
out and be W9RH/100 and we'll have some certificates and things later in 
the year.

PAUL: If you'd like more information on the Milwaukee Radio Amateur's 
Club and its history, go to their website at www.w9rh.org. According to 
DeFebo, they actually have all club documents going back to 1917 and 
they are in the process of digitizing the archives with the intent of 
making them available.

If you're in the Milwaukee area, the club will be holding a banquet on 
October 21st as the official celebration of the centennial.

From all of us here, congratulations to the Milwaukee Radio Amateur's 
Club on one hundred years, and here's to a bright future.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO

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2 WEEKS TO NATIONAL SCOUT JAMBOREE

NEIL/ANCHOR: What'a happening in Radio Scouting? There's barely a month 
left until the National Scout Jamboree. The team is busy preparing, as 
we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Stearns NE4RD.

BILL'S REPORT: This week in Radio Scouting we hear from Jim Wilson, 
K5ND, the president of the K2BSA amateur radio association.  Jim sent 
out a video to all the team members to help them prepare for the 
National Scout Jamboree.   Members start arriving in two weeks and the 
event runs from July 15th through the 28th at The Summit Betchel Reserve 
in WV.  Here's Jim talking about the goals of the operation and he also 
introduces the team leaders.

JIM: Our overall goal is to provide Scouts exposure to amateur radio, 
explain what it is, how it is relevant to them, and provide an 
opportunity to try as many aspects of the hobby as possible within the 
constraints of the Jamboree.

We’re not selling amateur radio, but we are sharing it with the sincere 
hope that many will be favorably impressed or at least better informed. 
Ideally, a few will pursue it as a hobby or even as an inspiration for a 
career option.

Our targets for Amateur Radio Demonstrations are 10% of Jamboree 
participants, that's about 3,000 Scouts.

Radio Merit Badge — Our target is 400 Scouts.

ARDF-Foxhunting — We hope to see 100 teams compete in the course.

We also will be operating a Special Event Station with many amateur 
radio operators across the country and around the world seeking to make 
a contact with K2BSA. Propagation willing, we hope to provide that 
opportunity.

Let me introduce you to our leadership Team:

Bill Bode, N4WEB, and Demi Pulas, K4BSA, are leading our demonstration 
station. They are both back from the K2BSA 2013 operation and Demi has 
served as a staff member for several World Jamborees

Phil Westover, WA7URV, and Gary Wilson, K2GW, lead our radio merit badge 
training. Phil has worked long and hard on animated slide decks for the 
training. Gary has long been involved in developing radio merit badge 
training and both have activated a number of Jamboree on the Air stations.

Keith Kaiser, WA0TJT, and Mike Crownover, AD5A, lead the fox hunting 
activities and Mike will be activating a Summit on the Air from Garden 
Ground during the Jamboree. Keith activated fox hunting for the 2013 
Jamboree. Both are heavily involved in their local JOTA operations.

Russ Mickiewicz, N7QR, is responsible for our technical support team. 
He’s been at every Jamboree since 2001, most of those with the K2BSA 
operation.

Bill Stearns, NE4RD, claims to be a NERD, but is also very good at 
working public relations. He’s active in all aspects of Radio Scouting 
and will be handling our social media and PR outreach.

There are another 40 plus staff members you’ll be working with at the 
Jamboree. Every single one has an extraordinary Scout background. And, 
they’ve given up their summer vacation to spend it with you. Let’s all 
make the most of it.

For more info on K2BSA and Radio Scouting, please visit www.k2bsa.net. 
For Amateur Radio Newsline and the K2BSA Radio Association this is Bill 
Stearns NE4RD.

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Antonio EA5RM in Bolivia. He is on 
the air until August 14th and will use his call sign CP1XRM. Send QSLs 
directly to his home call.

John G4IRN will be on the air, operating holiday-style from the Maldive 
Islands through July 6th. Listen for him using the call sign 8Q7RN. Send 
QSLs via Club Log OQRS. Logs will also be uploaded to Logbook of The World.

You have until July 4th to contact Ken KH6QJ in East Kiribati using the 
call sign T32AZ. Send QSLs via his home call.

(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)


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KICKER: REPLACING A CW FIST WITH A WRIST

NEIL: Finally, with Field Day behind us, we visit with one club in South 
Carolina that had a gem of an idea for Field Day: jewelry, ham-radio 
style. Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Damron N8TMW tells us more.

JIM's REPORT: When you're a ham looking to get the message out in 
flawless CW, would could be better than having a good fist? How 
about........a good wrist? While tens of thousands of hams throughout 
North America took to their straight keys and their mics recently for 
ARRL Field Day, the Anderson Radio Club in South Carolina added another 
communications mode into the mix: the Morse code bracelet. Out there 
amid the radios and the generators near the Anderson Civic Center was a 
table beneath a tent offering an assortment of colored beads, string and 
clasps. Visitors were encouraged to learn a little Code first and then 
spell their names out with beads representing dots, dashes and spaces 
between. From there, they made the bracelets. Best of all no amateur 
license necessary.

Of course, there turned out to be a bit of hidden message behind all 
that wearable CW. It said: "Become a licensed ham and all this can be 
yours next time." So perhaps next year some of the guests will indeed be 
back - and this time, they'll be wearing a headset instead.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW.


(ANDERSON INDEPENDENT MAIL, MARGIE SPANGENBERG KK4AGN)

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Times; Margie Spangenberg KK4AGN; New Zealand Association of Radio 
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