Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Apr 20 2018 12:46 pm YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS STILL OPEN CHRISTIAN/ANCHOR: Another reminder: Don't wait too long to send in your nominations for this year's Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. We are accepting nominations through May 31, and it's coming up fast. Candidates must be 18 or younger, and be a resident of the United States, its possessions, or any Canadian province. Application forms are available on our website arnewsline.org under the "YHOTY" tab. ** MILITARY TRIBUTE TO AUSTRALIA'S VINTAGE RADIOS CHRISTIAN/ANCHOR: Hams in Australia are getting ready to honor military veterans - especially the radios that served so well. Here's Graham Kemp, VK4BB. GRAHAM: A group of hams here in Australia, has decided it's time to put a very select group of military veterans back into service - their vintage radios, many of which served during World War II, right up through the Vietnam War. From the 28th to the 29th of April, you can hear these operators throughout the HF bands, during the inaugural Australian Military Radio Operators Weekend. Their outputs range from QRP to 400 watts PEP, their modes range from CW to AM, and even SSB. So, be listening for the call "CQ Military Radio Weekend", or if you happen to have one of these fine vintage vets in your possession, answer the call of duty and get on the air. For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB. (WIA, NIC VK7BEE) ** JAPAN LADIES RADIO SOCIETY ENDS SPECIAL-EVENT YEAR CHRISTIAN/ANCHOR: YLs in Japan have finished a year of celebrations, and Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, has the details. JASON: Special Event station 8N60JLRS is off the air. The Japan Ladies Radio Society has concluded its 60th anniversary activation, which began last year, with the special event callsign assigned to the club. Despite on-again, off-again band conditions, club members could be heard for 12 months, calling CQ from Hakkaido in the north, to Okinawa in the south. According to club chairperson, Yukiko Maki, 7K4TKB, the year's operations ended with more than 20,000 QSOs logged, which she said was more than expected. She told Amateur Radio Newsline in an email that the special event station accomplished so much more than that. She wrote: [quote] "This excitement led to the restart for those who had stopped ham radio activities. Some members purchased the state-of-the-art transceivers, repaired their antennas, and are getting ready for their renewed enjoyment." [endquote] Now THAT is a happy anniversary indeed. For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW. (JAPAN LADIES RADIO SOCIETY) ** WRTC 2018 HAS PLANS FOR NON-COMPETITORS TOO CHRISTIAN/ANCHOR: The time is edging closer for the World Radio Team Championships in Germany -- and not just for competitors, as we hear from Ed Durrant, DD5LP. ED'S REPORT: Tours and events at the World radio team championships. WRTC 2018 is not just a radio contest. It also provides competitors and their families the opportunity to gather, and visit interesting and educational places around the Wittenberg region. The WRTC organizers are very aware of their responsibility to provide interesting activities for the non-competing guests, who are coming to support friends and family on the various teams. It's not just the visitors and families who get to go sightseeing, though. The committee members have made time in the seven day schedule to allow competitors also to join trips to visit Leipzig on Thursday, and to Berlin on Monday. During the times that the teams are busy (Friday through Sunday) the non-contesters are well taken care of, with tours to Dresden, and the beautiful, calm Worlitzer country Park. All tours use first class buses with English speaking, and optionally Russian speaking tourist guides. All attending WRTC can also join walking tours in Wittenberg, around which the WRTC is based. This historical town in the heart of Europe has guided tours covering the history of Martin Luther, and showing the place where Wilhelm Weber was born. Our hobby owes much to Weber who invented wire-based telegraphy, with Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1833. Without their work, there would be no CW in our hobby today. If there's enough interest, there's also talk of a "Beer DX-pedition" we're told this would be a scientific approach to beer drinking, with a visit to the historical brewery in Wittenberg. Visitors to WRTC 2018 in Germany can book tours and tickets via booking.wrtc2018.de/en/offers As well as the tours, there are a limited number of tickets for the WRTC opening (Thursday), and closing (Monday) formal events. For Amateur Radio Newsline, and counting down the weeks to the event, this is Ed Durrant, DD5LP. --- SBBSecho 3.04-Win32 * Origin: RadioWxNet: The Thunderbolt BBS wx1der.dyndns.org (801:1/2) þ Synchronet þ Temple of Doom BBS - tod.eothnet.com .