Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 16 2022 11:03:24

BOUVET ISLAND HAMS LAUNCH PROPAGATION POLL

PAUL/ANCHOR: Few of us need reminders that the Bouvet Island 
DXpeditioners who'll be activating 3Y0J (Three Y Zero J) from the 
remote island are setting sail in less than a month. The 22-day on-
air operation is being led by Ken, LA7GIA; Rune, LA7THA; and Erwann, 
LB1QI and the 12-member team is motivated to log more than 200,000 
QSOs. With Bouvet in the number two spot on the DXCC Most Wanted 
List, this is not an impossible goal. While others have activated 
Bouvet over the years, none have approached logging that many QSOs.

The team is committed to making contacts. If you visit the 
DXpedition website at 3Y0J dot N O (3Y0J.no), you will find a 
Propagation poll under the tab labeled "Latest News." This will 
enable interested DXpedition chasers to provide the team with 
details about their station setup, including power and antenna, so 
that the operators can approximate propagation to a certain region 
based on the stations calling them from there.

(3Y0J)

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KICKER: WHEN A HOMEBREW QSL CARD IS BEST

PAUL/ANCHOR: We begin our final story this week by making an 
observation: When you are an amateur radio operator, it's easy to 
make someone else happy. That's what a retiree in Oregon and a 
youngster in Wisconsin both recently discovered. Ralph Squillace, 
KK6ITB, tells us how it happened.

RALPH: A late November day found Chris Billings, WA7RAR, activating 
a local park near his Oregon home. It was Thanksgiving Day and in a 
fitting mood for the US holiday, Chris was grateful to find 10 
meters open. He decided to call CQ on that small portion of the band 
where Technician class operators can legally operate SSB on HF, 
hoping to give newcomers a chance to work him. A young voice emerged 
from the pileup: It was Bennett Bachman, KD9WCG, age 10. Chris 
learned that this was an especially happy moment for the new ham 
from Wisconsin. This was only his second QSO on 10 meters.

Chris mailed Bennett a QSL card along with a note that he wasn't 
expecting Bennett to respond, especially if he had no QSL cards of 
his own yet.

On December 8th, it was Chris' turn to have a happy moment: 
something from Bennett arrived - a handmade QSL card. Bennett's 
father, Dave KV9O (Kay Vee 9 Oh), said that Bennett designed the 
cards himself, sending one to Chris and the other to his first 10m 
contact, Gordon West, WB6NOA. Dave said the first contact was a 
joyful moment too because Bennett had studied for his license using 
Gordon's Technician guide. Bennett is now trying to start a ham 
radio club at school and is studying for his General class license 
so he can be less dependent on 10m band openings.

Chris, however, is glad Bennett found him on that 10m opening on 
Thanksgiving Day. Posting on Facebook, he publicly thanked Bennett 
for the handcrafted card, adding [quote] "I love to find cards in my 
mailbox and this is certainly one of the special ones!"[endquote]

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(CHRIS BILLINGS, WA7RAR; DAVE BACHMAN, KV9OX; FACEBOOK)

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NEWCAST CLOSE - DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

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details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE: 

With thanks to Adrian Baciu, YO5IA; Amateur Radio Weekly; the ARRL; 
Arunava Dey, VU3XRY; Bob Allison, WB1GCM; Chris Billings, WA7RAR; CQ 
magazine; Dave Bachman, KV9OX; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; 
Endhoven Space Blog; Facebook; FCC.gov; POTA India; shortwaveradio.de;
Three Y Zero J; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT at the news desk in New York, 
and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun WD9GCO in Valparaiso, 
Indiana, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening. 

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