Subj : Newsline Part 1 To : ALL USERS From : DARYL STOUT Date : Thu Mar 10 2016 09:18 pm Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2002, March 11, 2016 Amateur Radio Newsline report number 2002, with a release date of Friday, March 11, 2016, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. A treasured vintage radio finds a new home. Hams in Australia celebrate 50 years of nostalgia and friendship. California DXPeditioners make a gift to students in the Falkland Islands. And an Ohio amateur looks at nearly 9 decades of life on the bands. All this and more, in Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2002, coming your way right now. (Billboard Cart Here and Intro) HISTORIC RECEIVER'S GREAT RECEPTION JIM/ANCHOR: We begin this week's newscast with a story of past and present. In early February, Amateur Radio Newsline shared the story of a vintage radio receiver that was making a journey from College Station, Texas to its new home at the the U.S.S. Indianapolis memorial museum. Well, it has arrived, and is settling in nicely, and we're happy to bring you this update, courtesy of Mike Sercer, WA9FDO. [MIKE'S REPORT] A few weeks back, Don Wilbanks reported on the donation of a rare R-C-K World War II receiver by Mr. Doug Christensen, KG5KSG. of College Station, Texas. We are happy to report that the radio, manufactured by the E.H. Scott Company in 1944, has been received in Indianapolis by the volunteer ham operators at the U.S.S. Indianapolis Memorial Radio Room. Chuck Crist, W9IH, the volunteer coordinator for the Radio Room exhibit, explains the significance of this rare find: [CHUCK CRIST SOUND BITE] The Radio Room exhibit is the result of eight years of work and contains over 50 pieces of fully operational equipment of the type aboard the ship at the time of its sinking - just give days before the end of World War II. For a look inside the room, and the history behind the ship, log on to their website at www dot ussindyradio dot org. From the Indiana War Memorial in downtown Indianapolis, this is Mike Sercer, WA9FDO, reporting for Newsline. ** IN AUSTRALIA, A 50-YEAR REUNION JIM/ANCHOR: Speaking of history, time has gone by - lots of time - since a small group of hams in Australia first gathered at Easter time for a social weekend. Well, the group has decided it's time to catch up with one another's lives, and Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp, VK4BB, lets us in on what they've got planned. [GRAHAM'S REPORT:] Amateur radio was 50 years younger, as were its licensees and their families, on a long-ago Easter Saturday when 15 or 20 people attended a campsite gathering at the Ceratodus reserve on the banks of the Burnett River in VK4. They seemed to have a good time - from what some of them can remember - so they thought they'd try again. The group now has plans to return to the central Queensland site on the 26th of March, and they're going to party like it's 1966. Although the main events will be eyeball chatter, sharing memories and offering a welcome to young and prospective hams, there's also going to be a little bit of on-the-air activity too. Plans are to work 7.060 Mhz on 40 meters and 146.500 simplex FM on 2 meters. The social camping weekend reunion was organized by Kev, VK4MKB, Brandon, VK4VIP, and Geoff, VK4GI. Of course, in the ensuing decades, some things have changed. Geoff was still a year away from getting his call sign, and Kev himself was only 8 years old. Brandon, on the other hand, hadn't even been thought of yet. But one thing remains constant for them all. As Geoff told Amateur Radio Newsline in an email: QUOTE "We have been friends for a very long time." ENDQUOTE For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB, down the river a bit from Ceratodus Reserve. (GEOFF BONNEY, VK4GI, WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA) ** NATIONAL PARKS EVENT GETS BOOST FROM STATE OF ILLINOIS The frontier explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, could probably have benefitted from having an amateur radio on board as they made their way through what was then the New American West. But the next best thing to that is the amateur radio operation taking place on Saturday, March 19 at the historic Illinois site that marks the starting point of the adventurers' trail. Helping mark the National Park Service's centennial, the State of Illinois historic site located at the beginning of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail will be hosting the all-day event, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. showcasing amateur radio. Local hams will be demonstrating the use of backup communications under emergency conditions, and will talk about ham radio's role aboard the International Space Station as well as with the American Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The site is located in Hartford, Illinois, a few miles north of Illinois Route 3, and is operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. On March 19, however, it will be operated by hams instead. (THE ALTON TELEGRAPH) ** DXPEDITIONERS GIVE GIFT TO FALKLANDS SCHOOLS JIM/ANCHOR: In California, a noted group of avid DXers, recently back from the Falklands, has decided to pay it forward. After working the bands in the Falkland Islands, they've gotten down to the task of helping some of the schools there, in a very amateur radio kind of way. We hear now from Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. [NEIL RAPP REPORT]: Forget, for a moment, all those QSL cards generated by the recent Intrepid-DX Group DXpedition through the Falkland Islands. There's another kind of bounty, one that's likely to be more long-lasting: The Northern California DX Foundation, which operated the DXpedition, has announced a scholarship grant to the Falkland Island Elementary and Middle schools so they can buy amateur radio antennas, kits and other equipment for the students, as well as to create supporting material for the classroom curriculum. The foundation credits David Collingham, K3LP, with doing the groundwork while in the Falklands, meeting with school administrators, teachers and government officials as the team worked the bands recently in its South Sandwich and South Georgia operations. Part of the California foundation's charter provides for scholarship opportunities and for projects such as this, to support the next generation of amateurs. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington, Indiana. (ARRL) ** ATTENTION DXERS, DINNER IS SERVED JIM/ANCHOR: It's time to start thinking about Dayton Hamvention. And for some DXers, it's also time to start thinking about the Dayton DX Dinner. Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephen Kinford, N8WB, has the details: STEPHEN: What's on the menu at the 2016 Dayton DX Dinner? Fellowship, giveaways, awards presentations -- all that, plus a great meal. But if you don't get your tickets soon, you could go hungry and miss out on everything. The Southwest Ohio DX Association, which is sponsoring the 31st annual DX Dinner in conjunction with Dayton Hamvention, reports that tickets are selling quickly. Individual reservations or entire tables of 10 can be purchased by going to the Southwest Ohio DX Association website and using PayPal. Or you can download a mail-in registration form. Visit the website at www.swodxaevents.org The event is Friday, May 20 at the Dayton Marriott. Last year, more than 400 amateurs attended. Don't forget to stick around for the next day's event, also geared to DXers: On Saturday, May 21, the Hara Arena will open its doors to a DX Forum. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio. (SWODXA) ** BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the WB7TJD Repeaters, 147.120 and 449.600, after the 8 p.m. Superstition Amateur Radio Club Net on Wednesdays in the Mesa-Phoenix, Arizona. Also on KB7KWK-L EchoLink. --- BgNet 1.0a12 - The Thunderbolt BBS wx1der.dyndns.org Little Rock, AR .