Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Sep 09 2022 16:52:42 CONNECTICUT CW CLUB HOSTS FIRST CONTEST PAUL/ANCHOR: Whoever said that fresh beginnings can't be fun probably didn't belong to this small but growing group of CW enthusiasts. Randy Sly, W4XJ, tells us about them. RANDY: You don't have to live in the state of Connecticut to be a member of the Connecticut CW Club but yes, it helps if you enjoy sending and receiving Morse Code. Members are going to get that chance in a big way this month: The club is having its inaugural CW contest starting on September 17th at 1200 UTC and ending September 18th at the same time. To participate and qualify for a certificate, you need to join the club -- and membership is free! Members have already signed up from North Carolina, California, Arkansas, New Hampshire and yes.....Connecticut. Operators who have the three highest scores - and the operator who makes the longest-distance QSO - will receive certificates. According to its website, the club has other goals too: sharing portable operations, including SOTA and POTA, having biweekly social meet-ups and teaching newcomers the ins and outs of CW. The group's meetings are held in person and in Zoom so members who don't live locally can still attend. See the website ctcw dot club (ctcw.club) for details. This is Randy Sly, W4XJ. (CONNECTICUT CW CLUB) ** AMATEUR RADIO MENTORS TRAIN CANDIDATES ON INDIA'S 'TEACHERS DAY' PAUL/ANCHOR: In India, where the birthday of the nation's second president is celebrated as Teachers' Day, amateur radio educators marked the occasion with a half-day training session for young license candidates. John Williams, VK4JJW, has the details. JOHN: In the spirit of a national holiday that honours mentors and educators, 35 students at Sodepur High School in Kolkata, India attended a practical class on electronics and amateur radio in preparation for testing for their licences. The course was offered by the Indian Academy of Communication and Disaster Management, an organisation founded at the school in 2010 with the help of the West Bengal Radio Club. Nearly four hours of classes were conducted in the spirit of Teachers' Day, a holiday marking September 5th, 1888, the birthdate of Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, a scholar, professor and philosopher who was elected president of India in 1962. The classes were taught by Pasupati Mandal, VU3ODQ, Dipak Chakraborty, VU3OKT, and Rinku Nag Biswas, VU2JFB, the secretary of the Indian amateur organisation. The students are expected to sit for their licence tests soon. This is John Williams, VK4JJW. (INDIAN ACADEMY OF COMMUNICATION AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT) ** BRAZIL REPORTS HIGHEST NUMBER OF HAMS ON AIR PAUL/ANCHOR: The numbers have brought good news to the amateur radio community in Brazil, where the figures show there are even more hams this year than previously. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, picks up the story from here. JEREMY: More amateurs than ever are on the air in Brazil and most of them are Class C entry level operators, according to a recent study by the The Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de R ¡dio Emiss†£o, the national amateur radio society. The organisation used data provided by the nation's regulator, ANATEL, and analysed by Ricardo Benedito, PY2QB. The data shows that this year's amateur radio ranks grew by 2.2 percent over last year, with more than 40,000 now holding a radio licence. The state with the most hams is S†o Paulo, where more than 10,000 amateurs reside. Likewise, the city of S†o Paulo has the most amateurs among Brazilian cities - with 2,430 operators - followed by Rio de Janeiro, which has 1,521. The number of stations also grew, according to the data: There were about 60,000 stations in 2021. The number is now in excess of 63,000, counting repeaters, mobile, fixed, beacons and terrestrial stations - with more than 17,000 of them in the state of Sao Paulo. This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. (LABRE, SOUTHGATE) --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (954:895/7) .