Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Jul 09 2021 10:55:48 BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the W8WKY repeater in Doylestown, Ohio on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. local time, right before the weekly SARA net at 8:00 p.m. ** PLUTO SPECIAL EVENT IS BACK IN ORBIT STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Whoever said there was no such thing as a second chance obviously hasn't heard this next report about a special event station that was held earlier this year and is coming back, for a few days, in just a few weeks. Randy Sly, W4XJ, explains. RANDY: Is Pluto still in your orbit? Did you participate in the special event in February that launched the 10-year countdown to the 100th anniversary of Pluto's discovery? Or did you mean to....and just never got around to it? According to Bob Wertz, NF7E, one of the organizers, the event was such a success that not everyone got to work W7P this year so the special event is getting back on the air for three more days. On Friday August 6th through Sunday August 8th, the Northern Arizona DX Association is putting W7P back on the air to mark the anniversary of Pluto's discovery by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Just as in February, you will also have a chance to work the late astronomer's nephew, Doug Tombaugh who'll be using the callsign W7P/0. After that, be listening each year on the Saturday preceding February 18th. The special event will conclude in 2030, which marks 100 years since the discovery. For details about QSL cards and certificates, visit the association website at n a d x a dot com. (nadxa.com) For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Randy Sly, W4XJ. (NADXA, BOB WERTZ NF7E) ** ONLINE EDITION UPDATED FOR FRENCH AMATEUR DIRECTORY STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Radio operators looking for the most up-to-date information about French amateurs have just received a new resource. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, explains. JEREMY: France's National Frequency Agency has published the latest edition of its online directory of radio amateurs, enabling users to locate radio club addresses, find managers of repeaters and search regular and special event callsigns throughout France. A search tool enables users to filter criteria for more exact results. In making the announcement the agency said that the directory complies with the General Data Protection Regulation that allows amateurs to not be included in the list by registering to opt out. Hams will also be able to dispute any information on their listing that they challenge as inaccurate. The website provides a link through which hams can send an email to correct their information. The URL for the online directory appears in the printed version of this week's newscast at arnewsline dot org. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. [FOR PRINT ONLY: https://annuaire-amateurs.anfr.fr/ ] (ANFR) ** LIGHTHOUSE SOCIETY HONORS 3 WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Congratulations to three hams who have received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society: Jim Buffington, K5JIM, Jim Elliott, KA3UNQ, and Dan Hatcher, KD3CQ. Jim Buffington has had a long career in professional broadcasting and has served the lighthouse society as vice president and chairman. He has activated lighthouses along the US East Cast and Gulf Coast Eastern Seaboard and the Gulf Coast. He activated his first lighthouse in Biloxi in 2001. Jim Elliott has activated more than 200 East Coast lighthouses and has chased and contacted more than 1,450 others. He received the society's first Activator of the Year award in 2009. He also developed a weekly chat room on the society webite. Dan has activated 178 lighthouses in 15 states, with 72 of them being first-time activations. He has also chased and confirmed almost 1,800 lighthouses in the US, Canada and in DX locations. Dan belongs to the society's Advisory Council. The society was founded in 2000 by Jim Weidner, K2JXW. (AMATEUR RADIO LIGHTHOUSE SOCIETY) --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (954:895/7) .