Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Dec 07 2018 10:59 am ONTARIO RADIO AMATEUR ADMITTED TO HALL OF FAME NEIL/ANCHOR: The Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame just gained a new member. Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, tells us more about him, his radio career, and this special honor. KEVIN: Neil Carleton, VE3NCE, has much to be proud of right now. The Ontario amateur has been admitted to the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame by the RAC's board of trustees. In making its announcement on Dec. 1, the board noted Neil's commitment, not just to his years as a classroom teacher by profession, but an educator in radio science to youngsters in the Ontario school system. According to the RAC, Neil served as one of the key advisors when the RAC Youth Education Program was being developed, to open kids' eyes to ham radio and, at the same time, provide whatever resources teachers and community youth groups need to further the kids’ education in the subject. Many of the hams who supported Neil's induction into the Hall of Fame noted that amateur radio has been as big a deal in his classroom as textbooks themselves. Said Bob Clermont, VE3AKV, [quote] "Mr.Carleton has used amateur radio as an educational tool in his classroom for years, with contacts around the world, having his students talking to various countries and exotic locations. I most wholeheartedly support, and endorse Neil Carleton to the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame." [endquote] For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE. ** IN INDIA, A FAMILY REUNION THANKS TO RADIO NEIL/ANCHOR: The power of radio is unmistakable. It has the power to help save lives - and in this case, to reunite them, as we hear in this report from Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. JEREMY: In India, a young man who had been reported missing for more than six months, was successfully reunited with his family in Bihar, with the help of the West Bengal Radio Club. Arun Kumar Rai's family had reported him missing, after he had travelled to Kolkata, to look for work. Although the details weren't clear about his subsequent whereabouts, he had apparently met with an accident, was admitted to a rural hospital, but had been unable to communicate with the doctors. He was eventually moved to the M.R. Bangur Hospital in Kolkata, and their administrators had asked hams from the West Bengal club for their assistance in tracking down his family. The club's secretary, Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA, told the Times of India that because it was difficult to ascertain where the young man had been before his admission to hospital, it was difficult to track down his family. He added that the man's photograph was then circulated by other club amateurs, with better results. His family was tracked down to their village in Bihar, and they arrived, not long afterwards. Soon the 25-year-old was heading home with them on a train. The reunion came only two weeks after the club had also assisted with the return of a 55-year-old man to his family in Tripura, after he too, had gone missing four months earlier. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. (TIMES OF INDIA) ** WORLD OF DX In this week's World of DX, listen for Alex, 5B4ALX, active as C4XMAS in Cyprus until December 31st, to celebrate the Christmas season. He is on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, and the Digital modes. QSL via IZ4AMS, direct, by the Bureau or ClubLog. In the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Peter, DD1GG, is active through December 19th as DD1GG/HI. He is operating holiday style on various HF bands. QSL via his home callsign. Tom, N9EAW, is on the air as HQ9T from Roatan Island, Honduras, until December 18th. Activity will be on various HF bands, using CW and SSB. QSL via N9EAW direct. December is YOTA month - Youngsters On The Air. Be listening all month for youngsters active with the "YOTA" suffix in the callsign. Participating stations include 4O18YOTA Montenegro, HA6YOTA, Hungary, R18YOTA, RUSSIA, and dozens of others. There's an update, too, on the much-anticipated Three-Y-Zero-Eye DXpedition to Bouvet Island. While the departure date is still not known, the team has room for two more operators competent in CW and SSB, and experienced in handling challenging weather. If you're up for the challenge, drop a line to Dom at k38dom at gmail dot com (k38dom@gmail.com) ** KICKER: HAVING A HOLIDAY QSO WITH 'SERGIO & SERGEI' IN JAPAN NEIL/ANCHOR: Continuing its trip around the globe, a popular film about amateur radio during the Cold War Era, is about to be released in theaters in two more countries. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, has the details. MIKE: Who doesn't love a holiday movie? "Miracle on 34th Street." "Polar Express." "It's a Wonderful Life." Only a Grinch among amateur radio operators would dare to challenge the latest one to be released into theaters on Saturday, Dec. 1st. "Sergio & Sergei," which debuted in the U.S. earlier this year, has finally made its way to the screen in Japan, as of Saturday, December 1st, and is set to show up in theaters in Poland on December 7th. Set in the Cold War Era, just as the Soviet Union is in the throes of collapse, the film tells the story of the friendship between an amateur radio operator in Cuba, and the cosmonaut Sergei, circling the earth in limbo, aboard the Mir space station, as political dismantling of the USSR gets under way below. The 93-minute film was an award-winner at the recent Havana Film Festival in New York, for best script. Now the creative team is hoping the dialogue in its Morse Code, and SSB sequences get a good signal report from movie-going hams and non-hams - in any language. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP. (QRZNOW, IMDB) ** NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT-North America; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; IMDB.com; Ironton Tribune; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZNOW; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Times of India; Twitter; 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 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 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington, Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2018. All rights reserved. --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32 * Origin: RadioWxNet: The Thunderbolt BBS tbolt.synchro.net (801:1/2) þ Synchronet þ Temple of Doom BBS - tod.eothnet.com .