Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Nov 04 2022 01:09:50 OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN HALTS PUBLICATION DON/ANCHOR: DXers and others interested in chasing special callsigns have learned that an important resource for more than three decades is ceasing publication. Jack Parker, W8ISH, has that story. JACK: After 31 years of publishing the free Ohio Penn DX Bulletin, Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, is calling it quits. Tedd, the president of the Northern Ohio DX Association, has made this free resource available on the internet and packet clusters around the world. He announced that the edition of October 31st, 2022 was to be the final bulletin. The bulletin's webmaster, John Papay, K8YSE, said on the website that the archived issues of the bulletin will continue to be available on the EIDX Network, papays.com. John said that readers enjoyed it as an email or on the list servers. He said that thousands of readers saw it on the website as well. He wrote: [quote] "What I found surprising is that people will not only read the current OPDX, but they will read back issues by the hundreds as well. What a great resource it has [become] and will still be." [endquote] John encouraged people to email Tedd to thank him for his years of DXpedition reports, propagation updates and other relevant information. The email address is kb8nw@arrl.net. This is Jack Parker, W8ISH. (OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN) ** "RETIRED REPEATER" LIVES ON IN COLORADO DON/ANCHOR: Where do old repeaters go when they retire? In the case of one very old repeater in California, that would be the Colorado Rockies. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, shares this story, which was told recently on the website eham.net: RALPH: In the early 1960s, before the area had frequency coordination groups and standards for repeater offsets, a privately owned repeater went up on a place called Contractors Point, high above San Fernando in southern California. The W6AQY solid-state repeater, which operated on VHF FM, relied on the parts of a Motorola walkie-talkie that it was built from. On the website, eham.net, Paul, W0RW, said he helped install it on the mountaintop long ago with Jim, W6UJX, and Jim's father, facing the challenge of putting a 30-foot telephone pole in a trench in that rocky soil. The repeater itself was protected from the elements inside a waterproof Motorola truck mount box and its batteries needed changing every three months. He said that the transmitter had an output of about 20 watts ERP and used a three-element beam turned toward Los Angeles and it served all of southern California successfully for much of that decade. It was finally taken out of service in 1969 and after some refurbishment moved to Colorado where it was put back to work -- this time as WR0ACR. A half- century later, it is still doing its job - but like most retirees, it is on standby service for much of the time. This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB. (EHAM.NET) ** POTA QSOs INCREASE BY NEARLY 30 PERCENT DON/ANCHOR: With the past few weeks bringing great weather for outdoor activations, Parks on the Air QSOs have grown. Matt Heere, N3NWV, brings us the latest statistics. MATT: Hi All. I'm Matt, N3NWV here, with your October 2022 POTA stats and news update. October included the fall "Support Your Parks" weekend event and the stats show a big jump from last month. We had 15,781 activations by 2,808 activators from 5.483 parks. Forty- seven DXCC entities were represented this month and we reached a total of 706,846 QSOs, a month-over-month increase of 29% . Congratulations to all of our category leaders for October, and as always a big thanks for everyone who participates in the POTA program. Speaking of participating, our "Park a Day" Bailey-Sprott list hasn't changed notably this month. We still have five activators and two dozen hunters on track for pressing the POTA button every day in 2022. Good luck to all now that we're down to the final two months of the year. The October 15 and 16 "Support Your Parks" weekend was a huge success, generating over 100,000 QSOs. Nearly 11 hundred activators got to over 15 hundred parks, and worked over 15,000 hunters. All in all, 34 DXCC entities participated in the weekend in one way or another. That wraps it up for this month. Seven-three and POTA on! (POTA) ** INTERNATIONAL NEWSMAKER AWARD TO BE ANNOUNCED DON/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that in a little more than one month, we will be announcing this year's recipient of the Amateur Radio Newsline International Newsmaker of the Year Award. We began this award in 2019 as a way of honoring individuals, groups or formal clubs whose actions and contributions show the world the value that amateur radio brings to society. Recipients are chosen by the editorial staff of Amateur Radio Newsline. All past recipients have shown themselves to adhere to the high standards of selflessness and community service which ham radio is known for and have also helped garner recognition and a higher profile for ham radio in the mainstream media. Be listening in early December when we announce the recipient who has not only made headlines, but made a difference, too. --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (954:895/7) .