Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Nov 02 2018 12:13 pm Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2140 for Friday, November 2 2018 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2140, with a release date of Friday, November 2, 2018, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. A renowned contester dies in a tragic tower accident. Radio Scouts add up the score after Jamboree on the Air - and the RMS Queen Mary sets sail for satellites. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2140, comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** SILENT KEY: CONTESTER PAUL BITTNER W0AIH DIES IN FALL FROM TOWER JIM/ANCHOR: As Newsline went to production, the amateur radio community was rocked by the news that noted contester Paul Bittner, W0AIH, had suffered a fatal fall from a tower at his superstation's antenna farm near Eau Claire, Wisconsin. According to his longtime friend, Allan Schlaugat (pronounced "SCHLOGGIT") N9ISN, Paul had been working October 31st on his 180-foot tower, when the rope broke. Paul fell 60 feet. Allan told Newsline that emergency responders were called, and they pronounced him dead on the scene. A retired Lutheran minister, Paul had participated in the World Radiosport Team Championship in Germany this past summer. He and Allan had competed together in the CQ WorldWide DX contest in October, and had just posted a score of about 2.2 million points. Paul's many honors included induction in 2009 into the CQ Contest Hall of Fame. A ham for almost 7 decades, Paul Bittner was 85. Newsline will have more on his life and long career in next week's report. Vale (pronounced "Var-lay") Paul (2 seconds silence). ** RADIO SCOUTS WRAP UP JAMBOREE ON THE AIR JIM/ANCHOR: The world's largest event in Scouting, Jamboree on the Air, is over and all that remains now is the counting. The global event is all about ham radio, and ham shacks in October were filled with youngsters calling CQ. Last year, there were more then 1.5 million Scouts participating from more than 160 countries. Bill Stearns, NE4RD, tells us how Scouts in the United States are wrapping things up. BILL: This week in Radio Scouting, another great Jamboree on the Air is in the books, we have one activation from Scout Camps on the Air, and we look ahead to the World Jamboree 2019. AUDIO CLIP: CQ Jamboree CQ Jamboree, this is Oscar Echo Three Bravo Lima Sierra, Oscar Echo Three Bravo Lima Sierra listening through. AUDIO CLIP: Oscar Echo Three Bravo Lima Sierra, this is Whiskey Bravo Seven Oscar X-Ray Pah-Pah, Reno Nevada, USA There was a lot of activity on the bands during JOTA weekend, and a lot of people participated that maybe thought they wouldn't. Now is the time to file a report of your activity. Even if you didn't register your station, or maybe only worked one JOTA station, we want your report in our records for the accuracy of the annual report. Head over to k2bsa.net/jota-station-report/ to file right now! Even though JOTA is over, Radio Scouting continues on, with an activation from our Scout Camps on the Air Site. Thomas Barker, WA1HRH, will be activating W1M at the November Camporee at the Moses Scout Reservation in Russel, MA, on November 11th. They'll have their trusty FT-897 setup, with dipole and plan on being active on HF.  They'll be on or around the Scout frequencies as band conditions allow. The next big adventure in Radio Scouting will be happening in early August next year, and this will be the World Jamboree 2019 occurring at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia. Balloon Launches, ARDF, ARISS, and Demonstration Stations for HF, Satellite, SOTA and digital modes are some of the activities planned. If you're interested in aiding our efforts at the World Jamboree, or finding out more information about the operation plans, head over to our landing page for it na1wj.net. For more information on Radio Scouting please visit our website at k2bsa.net. For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this is Bill Stearns, NE4RD. --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32 * Origin: RadioWxNet: The Thunderbolt BBS wx1der.dyndns.org (801:1/2) þ Synchronet þ Temple of Doom BBS - tod.eothnet.com .