Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Sep 23 2022 08:10:28

YOUTH ON THE AIR TO GO CAMPING IN CANADA

PAUL/ANCHOR: Organizers have just announced that campers attending next 
year's Youth on the Air camp in the Americas will be packing their bags 
for a northern location. Jack Parker, W8ISH, has the details.

JACK: The Youth on the Air Camp, which was held in West Chester, Ohio, 
for its first two years, is moving north to Canada for its third year. 
The camp will be able to host as many as 30 young amateurs from North, 
Central and South America on the campus of Carleton University in 
Ontario, Canada. Applications will be accepted starting December 1st and 
any amateur radio operators in the Americas who are between the ages of 
15 and 25 are welcome to apply. Prospective campers who do not live in 
Canada are being encouraged to apply for passports and tourist visas in 
time to enable them to enter the country to attend camp.

Youngsters who attended previous sessions of Youth on the Air camp will 
return to serve as leaders. Top priority for admission will go to first-
time attendees and youngsters who reside outside the United States.

The camp will take place from July 16th through to the 21st with Radio 
Amateurs of Canada serving as the local host.

For additional details, visit the camp's web page at YouthOnTheAir dot 
org (YouthOnTheAir.org)

This is Jack Parker, W8ISH.

(YOUTH ON THE AIR CAMP)

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VOICE OF AMERICA SITE MARKS 78TH ANNIVERSARY

PAUL/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, there are still big things happening in West 
Chester, Ohio, which had been the host of the youth camp for the past 
two years. Remembering the site's importance as a Voice of America relay 
station, hams are activating a special event station to mark its 
important anniversary. Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, brings us that report.

NEIL:  Where it once carried vital news to people in South America, 
Europe and Africa during troubled times in the world, the Voice of 
America Bethany Relay Station in West Chester, Ohio, is now carrying a 
message of celebration. Members of the West Chester Amateur Radio 
Association, WC8VOA, which is housed at the VOA museum on the relay 
station site, will be marking the 78th anniversary of the relay station 
during a special event station on September 24th and 25th. VOA sent its 
first news reports and programs out to the world from that former Ohio 
farmers field in July of 1944 and continued to do so until the 
transmitter went silent in 1994.

For the special event, hams will be using the club callsign and calling 
QRZ using CW, SSB and the digital modes. The station will begin 
operation at 12:00 UTC on Saturday and will go QRT at 00:00 UTC on 
Sunday. Be listening on 15, 20 and 40 meters. Hams making contacts will 
be eligible for a downloadable certificate from the club website. See 
the *WC8VOA* page on QRZ.com for details.

I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.

(JOCELYN BRAULT, KD8VRX/VA2VRX)

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