Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Sun Jun 07 2020 12:22 pm BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the N8NC repeater of the North Coast Amateur Radio Club in Brunswick, Ohio at 8 p.m. local time on Sundays. ** NETS OF NOTE: INFORMATION AS AN AGENT OF HEALING STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In our occasional series, "Nets of Note," Newsline looks at where hams are checking in - and why. This week's Net of Note is actually two nets - and both are especially timely for a world suffering a health crisis. Here's Paul Braun, WD9GCO. PAUL: Since its creation in New York City in 1966, the Medical Amateur Radio Council, or MARCO, has served as a global gathering place for health care professionals and scientists. MARCO is perhaps best-known for its weekly Sunday "Grand Rounds" Net on 14.342 MHz at 1530 UTC. The informational net is run by Dr. Warren Brown, KD4GUA, a retired NASA flight surgeon, and it shares updates on a variety of current topics in medicine and health. More recently, MARCO members launched the Emergency Medical Net on COVID-19. It is run by biomedical physicist and infectious disease specialist Harry Przekop, WB9EDP, with help from Dr. Jerry Ziperstein, N4TSC, and check-ins begin at 0130 UTC on Wednesdays on 7.222 MHz. Listeners don't have to be medical professionals to hear either of these worldwide nets; in fact, listeners don't even have to be hams. Both nets are live-streamed on the internet at www.marcoaudio.net, where past nets are also archived. MARCO, of course, is always looking for new members, and anyone directly involved in medicine can become a full member, while others who have an interest in medical issues can become an associate member. For more details, visit the website at marco hyphen ltd dot org (marco-ltd.org). For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO. (MICHALINE PRZEKOP KC9ARP) ** SILENT KEY: CALIFORNIA'S WILLIAM MAHNCKE KB6QEX STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A beloved member of the California amateur radio community, known for his generous nature, has become a Silent Key. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, tells us about him. RALPH: Hams in California's Bay Area are grieving the loss of a longtime friend and Elmer: William Mahncke (MAN-KEY), KB6QEX, became a Silent Key on Saturday May 30th. He was a longtime member and vice-president of the Mad Scientists Amateur Radio Club in San Mateo, where he had a reputation as a home-brewer. According to one club member, Donn Lovell, K8DLL, Bill was always up to the challenge of fixing things. He enjoyed operating on 20 meters, and would often share images on SSTV. Donn told Newsline that Bill was [quote] "an Elmer to anyone interested in radio, and always willing to share a good story." [endquote] The Michigan native was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and had retired from a long career as a tool and die maker for Best Foods. At the time of his death at home, Bill was 98 years old, and still held a valid drivers license. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB. ** TEMPORARY WAIVERS GRANTED FOR FIELD DAY HOME STATIONS STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Temporary rule waivers adopted in late May have kept ARRL Field Day on the amateur radio calendar this year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The need for quarantine and social distancing forced many clubs to drop their plans to participate in one of the year's biggest and most anticipated events on June 27th and 28th. The two waivers being put in place will allow Class D stations - known as "home stations" - to receive credit for contact with other Class D stations, something previously not allowed. Under the second waiver, hams operating in any class have the option to include their club or group's name when they submit their results. Without such a waiver, Field Day rules would only permit club names to be included in results for Class A and Class F stations. (ARRL) --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (801:1/2) þ Synchronet þ Temple of Doom BBS - tod.eothnet.com .