Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Nov 03 2017 05:48 pm

THE WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Robert, DL7VOA, will be using the
call sign V34AO, from Hopkins, in Belize, between the 18th and 30th of
November. He will be operating holiday style on the beach, mainly using
CW during the local evening, and nighttime hours. You may be able to
hear him as well on SSB. Be listening for him, especially during the
CQWW DX CW Contest, November 25th and 26th. Robert would be very happy
to receive recordings of his transmissions in MP3 at DL7VOA dot DE.
Send QSLs via DL7VOA, by the Bureau or direct.

Be listening through the 10th of November for two Canadian amateurs
operating as VY0ERC, from the Eureka Amateur Radio Club station, on
Ellesmere Island. The island, which is in the northernmost part of
Canada, counts as NA-008 for the Islands on the Air award program.
The hams will be operating from inside the Eureka Weather Station.
QSL M-ZERO-OXO OQRS, or Direct Mail.

Thomas, OZ1AA, is operating until November 7th, as 4W/OZ1AA from East
Timor. Listen for him on 40-10 meters using mainly CW and some FT8.
Send QSLs via OZ1ACB, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW.

(OHIO-PENN DX NEWSLETTER)

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KICKER: SLOW-SCAN EXPERIMENT A TV HIT

PAUL/ANCHOR: Finally, let's consider the value of something manmade
versus something natural: in this case, let's consider the aurora.
Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, tells us about a recent aurora that truly
deserves to have its name up in - what else? - lights.

KEVIN'S REPORT: When it comes to the real thing versus its artificial
equivalent, is it OK to accept a substitute? For the team at the High
Frequency Active Auroral Research Program in Alaska, the answer is
most certainly YES. Ham radio operator Christopher Fallen, KL3WX, and
a team of technicians at the research facility, known as HAARP,
experimented a few weeks ago, with the creation of an artificial aurora,
using an array of 180 antennas. The aurora, known as radio-induced
airglow, was a challenge to create, given the cloudy environment at the
time. He set up two video cameras that work a low-light environment,
and hoped for the best. He even tweeted his intentions hoping amateur
radio operators would tune in. Then, he began transmitting images within
the radio wave, and watched his Twitter feed come alive, as radio
listeners responded from such places as Pueblo, Colorado, and Victoria,
British Columbia.

The Slow Scan TV experiment, reported in the IEEE Spectrum journal, was
proclaimed a success. One of the images returned to Chris, that he had
sent earlier, was an image of the logo of the University of Alaska,
Fairbanks, where he is an assistant professor in the Geophysical
Institute. After this, he can feel a bit like a star of Slow Scan TV,
too.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.

(IEEE SPECTRUM)

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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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