Subj : Newsline Part 4 To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Nov 18 2016 05:02 pm WORLD OF DX In the world of DX, Alan, G3XAQ, is operating as 5X1XA, on the HF bands, using CW until the 28th of November from Kampala in Uganda. Send QSL cards via G3SWH. Be listening for Tom, DJ6TF, and Reiner, DL7KL, as 5Z4/DJ6TF and 5Z4/DL7KL, respectively, from Diani Beach until December 1st. You can hear them on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. Send QSLs to their home callsigns. John, W5JON, is using the call sign V47JA, from Calypso Bay, St. Kitts, until the 15th of December. He can be found on single sideband on 160 to 10 meters, including 60 meters. Send QSLs direct to his home call sign. (RADIO SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN) ** KICKER: SANTA ARCHIVES JIM/ANCHOR: With the holiday season quickly upon us, our closing story is about an old friend in a red suit - a very old friend. You see, this particular Santa Claus doesn't have a sack. Instead he has.........a Net, and it's on 80 meters. If you believe in him, you'll want to listen very closely to this report from Kent Peterson, KC0DGY. KENT's REPORT: PETE: We're now in our 11th year on 3916. This started when I had a 7- or 8-year-old at home. Somebody got the idea of what if we got the kids to talk to Santa. That was the humble beginning of Santa net. KENT: And with that, the holiday spirit once again is crackling on the HF bands, with the start of the 80-meter Santa Net, every night at 7:30PM Central time. Pete Thomson, KE5GGY, thinks he could have up to 400 Santa contacts this year, starting on November 25th, right through, and including Christmas Eve, December 24. PETE: I would encourage anybody to think about any kids in your neighborhood. Think about your own kids and grandkids, people you can introduce to ham radio. That's the other thing that happens here. Not only do we make a kid's Christmas, but we're getting kids connected to ham radio, and that's pretty powerful. That is the magic of radio. Imagine what goes on in their minds when there's static, and suddenly, they are talking to Santa. We've been looking for female relays to help us relay in the voice of Mrs. Claus. We've had a little bit of luck in the past, but I'd like to see more this year. KENT: Pete sent along this contact he made last year. PETE: Robert are you on the frequency? ROBERT: "Yes I am. I've got my granddaughter Morgan on my lap." PETE: Are you excited Morgan? MORGAN: Ya. PETE: Well Morgan, this is Pete, and we're going to call Santa Claus. Calling Santa claus this is KE5GGY. SANTA: "Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas everybody. Morgan are you on the radio? MORGAN: Hi. SANTA: How are you doing, you're getting so big. Have you been a good girl this year? MORGAN: Ya. SANTA: That's what it says on my good girl list. You're at the top of my list. KENT: So, if you know someone who wants to talk to Santa, just dial up 3916 weeknights at 7:30PM central time, starting November 25th. For Amateur Radio Newsline, ho ho, I'm Kent Peterson, KC0DGY. ** NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; the BBC; CQ Magazine; CNN; Daily DX; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; Irish Radio Transmitter Society; Ken Duffy ZL4KD; Les Nouvelles DX; Livingston County Amateur Radio; the New Zealand Herald; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; the Santa Net of the 3916 Tailgaiters and Freewheelers; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Radio Society of Great Britain; Riri Azrak, OD5RI; Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; and you, our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website located at www.arnewsline.org. For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston, West Virginia, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2016. All rights reserved. Posted by VPost v1.7.081019 .