Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Feb 03 2023 02:13:04

NEWCOMERS GET SPOTLIGHT FOR RSGB CONSTRUCTION CONTEST

PAUL/ANCHOR: A construction and software contest in the UK is opening its 
door a little wider to give special attention to new and young radio 
amateurs. We have those details from Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

JEREMY: New Foundation licence holders and young amateurs under the age 
of 24 are being given special recognition in the Construction Competition 
organised by the Radio Society of Great Britain. Competitors have until 
the 1st of March to submit their entries in four categories: beginners, 
construction excellence, innovation and software. This competition is 
being held over the internet and the judging is taking place online. The 
RSGB states on its website that the challenges posed are in recognition 
of the vital role construction plays in amateur radio.

Details on how to enter can be found on the website that appears in the 
text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

Cash prizes will be awarded in each category and the overall winner will 
be presented with the bonus of the Pat Hawker G3VA Trophy. The trophy is 
named in honour of Pat, who became a Silent Key in 2013 at the age of 90. 
Pat had been the author of the "Technical Topics" column in the RSGB's 
RadComm magazine.

This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

[DO NOT READ: rsgb.org/main/construction-competition/  ]

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FCC HELPS UNDERWRITE EXAM COST FOR YOUNG KENTUCKY AMATEURS

PAUL/ANCHOR: Young amateurs are a priority for one club in Kentucky which 
is helping young candidates make use of a relatively new financial 
benefit from the FCC. Jack Parker, W8ISH, tells us what this means.

JACK: One amateur radio club in Kentucky is making full use of an FCC 
measure that helps cover costs for amateur radio candidates under the age 
of 18. The Paducah Amateur Radio Association is encouraging local 
youngsters between 8 and 13 to join the club's program, which it calls 
"Pre-teen Talkers." The goal is to help them take the FCC licensing exam 
and get on the air. Last April, the FCC and the American Radio Relay 
League announced a negotiated agreement permitting Volunteer Examiners at 
amateur radio club to waive the $35 license fee for applicants under the 
age of 18, and to reduce the $15 ham radio testing fee to $5.

Club secretary Michael Durr, KN4TIP, told local TV station WPSD that 
those who pass the entry level Technician Exam will become eligible for a 
free handheld radio to be given to them by the club.

This is Jack Parker, W8ISH.

(WPSD LOCAL 6, ARRL)

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SILENT KEY: MUSICIAN, EDUCATOR RODNEY MOAG, W5NDS

PAUL/ANCHOR: In the Texas amateur radio community and beyond, hams are 
grieving the loss of an influential colleague of many talents: professor 
emeritus of linguistics, country-and-bluegrass radio host, recording 
artist and performer and, not least of all, active radio amateur. Rodney 
Moag, W5NDS, was a ragchewer and a popular presence on 10 meters and 
elsewhere. He became a Silent Key on Thursday, January 19th at his home 
in Austin, Texas.

Born with juvenile glaucoma, he became blind at the age of 7. He was 
first licensed in 1951 as W2KUV when he was a 14 year old student at the 
New York State School for the Blind. Rod operated almost exclusively on 
AM and CW for more than 10 years before expanding into other modes. 
According to his bio on the Quarter Century Wireless Association webpage, 
he was the only active ham in his high school ham club and continued 
being active even in college. He remained an active ham throughout most 
of his 86 years.

His talent in music and his academic work in linguistics took him to many 
places around the world, either touring as a musician or studying 
languages. In the late 1970s, while teaching at the University of the 
South Pacific in Fiji, he operated as 3D2RM.

He was a former vice-president of the Austin Amateur Radio Club, a 
longtime member of the Texas VHF FM Society and a life member of ARRL and 
the QCWA.

(QCWA, QRZ.COM, AUSTIN CHRONICLE)

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