Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Nov 04 2022 01:09:38

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2349, for Friday, November 4th, 2022

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2349, with a release date of Friday, 
November 4th, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Hams on alert during the Philippine's latest 
cyclone. Bouvet Island Dxpeditioners announce their pilot team -- and a 
New York club looks at people who wrote the book - or books - on ham 
radio. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2349, 
comes your way right now.

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HAMS AT THE READY IN PHILIPPINE CYCLONE

DON/ANCHOR: Our top story takes us to the Philippines where a radio group 
called Ham Radio Emergency Operations was preparing for the region's 
latest cyclone. John Williams, VK4JJW, brings us up to date.

JOHN: A tropical cyclone delivered deadly flooding and landslides in the 
Philippines in late October, as dozens died and thousands of others 
sought shelter. Romy Isidro, DU1SMQ, chairman of the National Traffic 
System in the Philippines, said that Ham Radio Emergency Operations, or 
HERO, began monitoring emergency frequencies and awaiting further 
instructions.

Romy said that reports from cities and provinces indicated that much of 
the traffic over emergency frequencies were from the various localities 
for flooding, commercial electricity, impassable roads, destroyed bridges 
and requests for ambulance aid. When a wall collapsed, an amateur radio 
operator in Central Luzon, in Region 3, volunteered to relay word of that 
to the nearest Disaster Risk Reduction Office, which was already 
monitoring the emergency frequencies.

Romy said however that most of casualties and fatalities were reported in 
very poor regions of the Philippines where the lack of HF radios can 
complicate emergency communication. Offers of aid to the hardest-hit 
provinces came in from the United States, China, Japan, and Australia.

This is John Williams, VK4JJW.

(ROMY ISIDRO, DU1SMQ; REUTERS)

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PILOTS SELECTED FOR 2023 BOUVET ACTIVATION

DON/ANCHOR: As the time draws closer for the Bouvet Island activation, 
new members of the team are being put into place as pilots. We have that 
update from Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.

JIM: In preparation for the Three Y Zero Jay (3Y0J) DXpedition to Bouvet 
Island in early 2023, the team has announced the addition of pilots. 
These hams provide a critical role as intermediaries between the 
DXpedition team and the DX chasers. They will be keeping an eye on 
propagation in their designated parts of the world to help facilitate 
contacts. The chief pilot and pilot for Europe is Morten, LA3MHA; North 
America's East Coast will be covered by Steve, N2AJ. The West Coast of 
North America will have Rich, KE1B, as pilot. South America's pilot will 
be Siso, HK3W. Hams in VK/ZL/OC will have Lee, VK3GK, as pilot; and in 
Asia and Japan, hams will rely on Champ, E21EIC.

The team expects to activate from the sub-Antarctic island between 
January 13th and February 28th.

This is Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.

(OHIO PENN DX, FACEBOOK)

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SILENT KEY: PORTABLE OP PROPONENT JANKO SLIVKA OM3WZ/OM3WCF

DON/ANCHOR: Hams in the radio community in the Slovak Republic have lost 
a leader and a friend. We hear about him from Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

ED: Hams in the Slovak Republic are grieving the loss of a respected 
leader: Janko Slivka OM3WZ/OM3WCF, the former president of the Radio Club 
OM3VSZ, who has become a Silent Key. His death was announced on a number 
of online ham radio forums and on Facebook. The club's current president, 
Vlado Ludrovsky, OM3TWM, remembered him as a radio operator who combined 
his love of amateur radio with his love of outdoor sports, including 
cycling and marathon running. He also noted that Janko was an 
enthusiastic CW operator.

No further details were available.

I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(FACEBOOK, CQ.SK website)
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