Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Jun 26 2020 09:15 am Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2226, for Friday, June 26, 2020 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2226, with a release date of Friday, June 26, 2020, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Hams experience a very different kind of Field Day. Australia prepares for in-person exams -- and a beloved museum curator becomes a Silent Key. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2226 comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** HAMS AT HOME WITH FIELD DAY 2020 PAUL/ANCHOR: As Newsline went to production, hams in the U.S. and Canada were getting ready to operate Field Day on June 27th and 28th under unprecedented conditions. With the COVID-19 pandemic creating public health and safety concerns, the ARRL issued a rule waiver permitting hams to operate from their home QTH, instead of the customary parks and other public spaces, even to the extent of using commercial power. As a result, hams were more at home with Field Day than ever. With the changes to the rules this year, entrants needed to make sure that they chose the correct contest entry class to match their revised operational situations. Some clubs, however were going ahead with the emergency preparedness event in public spaces, using added precautions for public safety. In North Carolina, some hams from the Carteret County Amateur Radio Society were to operate at the local Newport Town Park while others were getting on the air at home using the club call sign W4WMI. The Kansas-Nebraska Radio Club was to participate in their emergency communications trailer at the Veterans of Foreign Wars 7697 in Glasco, Kansas. Numerous other clubs, however, scrapped their plans to showcase amateur radio to the public, and like hams from the Manalapan Township ARES Group in New Jersey, were going ahead with plans to participate from home. (CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, NCK.TODAY, CENTRALJERSEY.COM) ** IN-PERSON EXAMS RETURN TO AUSTRALIA PAUL/ANCHOR: The eyeball QSO is making a comeback Down Under. Here's Robert Broomhead, VK3DN, with the details. ROBERT: Face-to-face exams are returning for amateurs, and licence candidates as exam locations put strict guidelines in place. The Australian Maritime College, which administers the exams for the Australian Communications and Media Authority, has announced that assessors will be able to proceed with the exams, provided there is a COVID Safe plan, and compliance is assured. The AMC's Amateur Radio Office must approve all exam sessions in advance, and will not accept exam papers it believes were exposed to unsafe conditions. In response to the pandemic, exams have been given via remote assessment, which requires oversight by approved level 3 AMC assessors. Clubs, meanwhile, are also restoring some normality. In New South Wales, the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club is preparing to reopen its club rooms on the 4th of July, when it plans to hold its first face-to-face general business meeting since the start of the pandemic. There are maximum occupancy limitations however. The meeting will also be available online for members who prefer to attend via a teleconference platform. The reopening and the safety guidelines have been set forth by the New South Wales Government Public Health Orders, which require strict compliance with sanitising procedures, as well as collecting the names and other details of attendees for tracking purposes. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Robert Broomhead, VK3DN. (WIA, CCARC) ** MORE AMATEUR RADIO EVENTS MOVE TO ONLINE PLATFORMS PAUL/ANCHOR: The online calendar of amateur radio events continues to fill up, even as physical events remain few and far between, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Germany, the DARC has announced that Friday, June 26th, kicks off the Ham RadiOnline event being held, in lieu of Ham Radio Friedrichshafen. The DARC and organizers are also making a virtual trade fair available for exhibitors to present their latest products. For those who want to mix workshops with their shopping, the online event will also offer sessions on operating, broadcast technology, and other related subjects. AMSAT is also moving into the online realm later this year. Instead of gathering in Bloomington, Minnesota, on October 16th through the 18th, attendees at the 38th annual Space Symposium, and annual General Meeting, will be participating through a virtual platform. AMSAT will provide additional information as soon as event planners have details available. In the UK, the Convention Committee of the Radio Society of Great Britain has planned an online equivalent of the RSGB Convention, and as with the in-person event, it will feature an array of speakers. It will be held on Saturday, the 10th of October. Details will follow when they become available. (AMSAT, DARC, RSBG) --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (801:1/2) þ Synchronet þ Temple of Doom BBS - tod.eothnet.com .