Subj : Newsline Part 2 To : ALL From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Jun 23 2016 08:47 pm SCOUTS ARE OUT AND ABOUT JIM/ANCHOR: Once again, the young hams operating as K2BSA are on the move. Newsline's Bill Stearns, NE4RD, brings us this Radio Scouting update. BILL: This week in Radio Scouting, we have 5 activations of the K2BSA callsign in MI, MO, NM, OH, and VA, as well as a father and his son activating their camp QRP. Our portable zero station is still active at Camp Geiger in St. Joseph, MO and will continue to be through July 22nd. Our portable five station at the Philmont Scout Ranch continues as well in NM through September 1st. Fred Stieg, KT6K, will be the control operator for the portable 6 station at the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network's Field Day setup in Yucaipa, CA. Fred will be operating the GOTA station with scouts from the Arrowhead and Greyback districts. Edward Evans, WV8ED, will be the control operator for the portable 4 station at Camp Powhatan in Haiwasee, VA from June 27th through June 30th. Ed will be running a solar powered HF station on 10 through 40 meters as conditions allow. Richard Zarczynski, AC8FJ, will be the control operator for the portable 8 station at Camp D-Bar-A Scout Ranch in Metamora, MI from June 26th through July 2nd. Richard will be offering a first time radio merit badge course at this very successful Trail to Eagle program. Jeremy Adler, KG6YFT, will be attending summer camp with his son, Jacob Adler KK6MYW, at Camp Chawanakee in Shaver Lake, CA from June 26th through July 2nd. Jeremy and Jacob will be getting scouts on the air in the afternoons with their portable QRP station. Please help support this activity, and others involving youth in amateur radio, by working and spotting them on the air and online. For more information on K2BSA and radio scouting, please visit http://www.k2bsa.net/. For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this is Bill Stearns NE4RD. ** RACING FOR A BENEFIT NEAR BOSTON JIM/ANCHOR: On Independence weekend, the New England Patriots won't have an MVP at Gillette Stadium....but a group of hams might. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. NEIL: Seats at a stadium's 50-yard line are often coveted spots because they offer the best view of the action. But there's another reason for all eyes to be on the 50 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts this coming Independence Day weekend. The kickoff on July 3 will be a benefit run for One Mission, the pediatric cancer foundation based in Framingham, Massachusetts. Both a 5K and a 10K event will step off that evening, with the 50-yard line as the finish line. Hams are needed to get in the running -- not to race but to bring their HTs and monitor runners' safety, as the athletes tackle both the football field, and the various ramps throughout the stadium itself. If you've got a dual-band HT, and a few hours to spare the evening of July 3, consider helping out between 4:30 and 8:30 p.m. To sign up, contact Brett Smith of the Boston Amateur Radio Club at pubserv@brettcsmith.org or phone him on 859-466-5915. Once the event is over, there'll be a fireworks display at 9 p.m., just right for celebrating our nation's freedom -- and perhaps one day too, freedom from childhood cancers. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. (FINISH AT THE FIFTY.COM, DAVID WOLFE KG1H) ** BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the Triangle Repeater Association's WB5ITT repeater in Beaumont/Port Arthur/Orange, Texas on Monday nights at 7:30 Central Time. *** THE MOST WANTED DX MOVES FORWARD JIM/ANCHOR: If you're still hoping to work that prized DX in North Korea, you may get your chance at last. Newsline's Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, has more. JASON: The latest news reports are saying that the North Korean government has given approval for Dom, 3Z9DX, to return for his long-anticipated operation from the world's most-wanted DX spot. The Polish DXer has apparently been authorized to operate from P5 for as many as five days. Though there are not many details yet, he will apparently be working single sideband only, possibly 20, 15 or 10 meters. Dom had surprised the amateur world last December with an unannounced activation from North Korea on the 20th and 21st of December, working mostly on 15 meters. He made 780 contacts during that operation, which was a demonstration for the North Korean officials. He had hoped to return in midwinter for a more formal, planned activation but that did not happen. And now, apparently, that is about to change. More details as we learn them. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW. (SOUTHGATE) JIM/ANCHOR: Please note too: Dom's activation will be permitted on one band only, and at short notice. --- þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, AR - wx1der.dyndns.org .