Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Apr 22 2022 07:58:02

BREAK HERE: 

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world including the W-ZERO-EF
repeater in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, on Saturdays at 9:30 a.m.

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ONLINE COURSE GETS UNDER WAY FOR CANADIAN LICENSE

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Classes are getting started for Canada's basic operating 
certificate -- and the course is being offered online. Dave Parks,
WB8ODF, has the details.

DAVE: Candidates for Canada's basic level amateur radio operator 
certificate are beginning their studies on Sunday, April 24th and will 
continue through Thursday, June 30th. This is an online course for 
anyone interested in a Canadian operating certificate, including 
candidates in overseas countries. The classes are being conducted with 
the help of the Annapolis Valley Amateur Radio Club of Nova Scotia. The 
coursework prepares candidates for the Innovation, Science and Economic 
Development Canada Basic Qualification Level Operator Certificate exam. 
Al Penney, VO1NO, is the instructor for the three-hour classes which 
meet on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons. To enquire about costs 
and registration, contact the course administrator via email at 
basiccourse - that's one word - at rac dot ca (basiccourse@rac.ca.) The 
sessions are being recorded so should anyone miss a class they may catch 
up on the material.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Dave Parks WB8ODF.

(RADIO AMATEURS OF CANADA)

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TEEN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM GETS HIGH GOVERNMENT HONORS

SKEETER/ANCHOR: An emergency-response team of teens - some of them 
amateur radio operators - has received an award from a top U.S. 
government agency. Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, has the details.

KEVIN: A high school emergency response team that includes several 
amateur radio operators has been recognized by federal officials for 
their crisis preparedness work. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, or FEMA, has presented its Region 6 Youth Preparedness Award to 
the Clovis High School Teen Community Emergency Response Team in Clovis, 
New Mexico. The team is known by the acronym CERT. The team has been 
training under the guidance of the city's emergency management director, 
Dan Heerding, KG5DTV, who shares the award with them. According to a 
news story on the KCBD-TV website, the young CERT members have already 
been deployed to three community events and collectively donated 856 
hours of their time.

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

(SOUTHGATE, KCBD-TV)

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NASA SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS HONOR APOLLO 16 ANNIVERSARY

SKEETER/ANCHOR: It's been 50 years since the historic moon mission known 
as Apollo 16. Amateurs around the US will agree: that's reason to 
activate some special event stations. Paul Braun, WD9GCO, has those 
details.

PAUL: If you remember NASA's Apollo 16 moon mission - or even if you 
weren't around back then - you don't want to miss the 50th anniversary 
celebration of that historic journey, which was the fifth moon landing 
mission. NASA on the Air special event stations around the United States 
will be on the bands between Saturday April 23rd and Wednesday April 
27th marking the milestone. Different local NASA radio clubs will be 
active at different hours so check the spotting clusters or the NASA on 
the Air wordpress blog site. The many participating clubs at NASA sites 
include the Ames Research Center Amateur Radio Club, NA6MF, in 
California; the Glenn Research Center club, NA8SA, in Ohio; the Goddard 
Space Flight Center club, WA3NAN, in Maryland and the Stennis Space 
Center club, N5SSC, in Mississippi.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

(AMSAT NEWS SERVICE, NASA ON THE AIR BLOG, NASA)
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