Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jan 11 2019 09:50 am

BREAK HERE:

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the K6SOA repeater
in Laguna Beach, California, on Tuesday nights, at 8 local time.

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CHRISTMAS WISHES COME TRUE FOR '12 DAYS' SPECIAL EVENT OPERATORS

PAUL: The holidays are over, but the celebrating continues for organizers
of the first 12 Days of Christmas Special Event station. Neil Rapp,
WB9VPG, spoke with one of the hams behind the big event.

NEIL: Amateur radio's first 12 Days of Christmas special event was a big
hit!  Salli Rosato, K2RYD, tells us some of the details.

SALLI: We had such a great response, you can't even believe it. And,
during the whole thing, people were emailing us to become operators,
asking us if we needed help. We had someone from the 13 Colonies. We
had the organizer of the Lake Havasu Lighthouse event that they run in
November. We had so many people. We had 18 operators that made 12,200
contacts. We worked over 50 countries. We had a Worked All States - and
all the operators had at least 45 states. So I would think that it was
pretty successful.

NEIL: If you worked one of the stations, you can now download your
certificate. Just go to the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club web site
gsbarc.org and click on special events. Then you can click on the link
to receive your certificate. As the interview with Salli was taking
place, the 1,000th certificate was already downloaded. If you can't
download the certificate, just mail $5 to K2RYD, and she will print and
mail yours to you. Salli says plans for next year are even bigger and
better.

SALLI: I have my callsigns for next year. And, I already have
confirmations from different operators that are going to operate for
me at the end of this year, for the second annual Twelve Days of
Christmas. So, I'm really psyched out about it.

NEIL: I even joined in on the operation for a couple of days, including
some satellite contacts. I'll be back for this year, as well helping
people collect all 184 birds.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington,
Indiana.

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GET READY FOR WORLD RADIOSPORT TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2022

PAUL/ANCHOR: Just as the Olympic Games return, the World Radiosport Team
Championship will be back before you know it. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, tells us
about the first qualifying event - coming soon!

ED: It's not too early to start thinking about the World Radiosport Team
Championship. The next one is being held in July of 2022, in Bologna,
Italy. Qualification rules are now available for review and discussion,
before they are published in their final form on the 31st of January.
Then, get ready for the first qualifying event. That will be the ARRL's
International DX CW Contest, which is taking place on the 16th and 17th
of February. To view the proposed rules in English, visit wrtc dot it
slash en slash. (wrtc2022.it/en/)

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(WRTC)

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OHIO CONTEST IS COMPETITION WITH A PURPOSE

PAUL/ANCHOR: If you live in Ohio, and enjoy operating on VHF and UHF,
you might be one of the hams in this contest described by Stephen Kinford,
N8WB.

STEPHEN: There are contests....and then there are contests. This one,
held on the 12th of January, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time, happens
on 6m, 2m, and 70 cm in Ohio - with all the operators on simplex. It's
the Ohio ARES VHF Simplex Contest, and its purpose is to test simplex
coverage areas on those bands, and to scrutinize station and antenna
capabilities. The contest organizers note that while the contest is meant
to be enjoyed, the underlying purpose is a serious one: in extreme
emergencies, when even repeaters fail, and simplex is the only method of
communication, so it needs to be tested and documented. Hams may compete
in categories that include fixed, fixed EOC, portable and rover - and
spotting assistance is allowed. All modes are acceptable for this
exercise. Entries are due no later than February 15th, and should be
emailed to contest at k8es dot org (contest@k8es.org). The contest is
being held by the Ohio ARES Group of the ARRL's Ohio Section.

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB.

(LLOYD COLSTON KC5FM)

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