Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Feb 21 2020 06:02 am

PHOENIX CUBESAT NEEDS HAMS TO TRACK ITS PATH

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, members of the Phoenix CubeSat team in
Arizona, are asking hams to be listening on 437.35 MHz, following
their satellite's successful deployment from the ISS on Wednesday,
February 19. Project manager Sarah Rogers, KI700Y (pronounced:
Kay Eye Seven Oh Oh Why) asks that amateurs help track the spacecraft,
which is the school's first student-led CubeSat in space.

You'll find a link on how to decode packets - and other details - in
the printed version of this week's newscast on our website,
arnewsline.org

[for print only, do not read:
http://phxcubesat.asu.edu/content/amateur-operations]

(SARAH ROGERS KI7OOY)

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BREAK HERE:

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including
the K5DUR repeater, in Rowlett, Texas, on Sundays at 7 p.m. local
time.

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SILENT KEY: GERALD KLATZKO ZS6BTD, ARISS TELEBRIDGE OPERATOR

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The ARISS program has lost a ham, who had been a
mainstay of its earliest contacts between the ISS and schools.
Gerald Klatzko, ZS6BTD, of Parklands, South Africa, became a Silent
Key on the 1st of February. Gerald served often in those early
years as a radio telebridge operator, providing a direct radio link,
so schools could make successful contacts with astronauts, even
without an amateur radio operator on site. Gerald Klatzko was 95.

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AM QSO PARTY IS A HIT WITH HAMS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Hams who participated in an AM QSO Party are among
those rediscovering the joys of radio's first voice mode. Kevin
Trotman, N5PRE, has that story.

KEVIN: Challenging band conditions did not discourage fans of AM
from showing up for the annual AM QSO Party, held by the Antique
Wireless Association February 15th and 16th. The activity is a
celebration of this easy-listening mode, which many hams are
rediscovering - or discovering for the first time, regardless of
the age of the equipment they're using. According to Ron, W8ACR,
who was one of the organizers, many hams said it was their first
taste of this operating mode, the original voice mode for amateur
radio. Everyone was listening to get W2AN in their log. That's the
official call sign of the Antique Wireless Association, which
included the station at the AWA museum in Bloomfield, New York,
and the station operated by Ron in Knox, North Dakota. Although
not all the logs are in yet, Ron said three lucky hams in North
America also made at least one DX contact, logging Kevin, M0XLT
(pronounce: Em ZERO X L T) from across the Pond. Don't worry:
The party's not over. The AWA has other operating events throughout
the year, and holds weekly nets.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.

(RON W8ACR)

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MUSEUM RAISES FUNDS AND RADIO-CONSCIOUSNESS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Now here's an inventive way to raise money for a
museum: help non-radio people learn what radio is all about. Mike
Askins, KE5CXP, has those details.

MIKE: If you're anywhere near Bellingham in Washington State on
the last weekend in February, you might consider joining a
celebration of radio discovery, and invention to benefit the
SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention. The museum's artifacts need
no words to tell the story of the emergence of radio: the collection
includes items dating back to the 17th century, through to the
Golden Age of Radio. There are Leyden jars, a Hughes telegraph,
Edison light bulbs, and early telephones, as well as thousands of
radios that include the early "Herzian wave" models. There is also
a massive collection of various 19th century electromagnetic devices.

The museum is hosting its third annual fundraiser and auction, on the
29th of February, on the campus of Bellingham Technical College.
Organizers are calling the program "Ignite the Night", and hope it
allows the museum to continue inspiring the next generation of citizen
scientists. Perhaps one day, it will be their innovations joining the
collection.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.

(SPARK MUSEUM)
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