Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Feb 09 2023 19:35:56 WORLD OF DX In the World of DX, be listening for the UN Global Service Center Amateur Radio club, 4U1GSC, using the call sign 4U13FEB for the month of February. The special call is on the air to promote World Radio Day, which is marked on the 13th of February. The club is based in Brindisi, Italy. QSL via 9A2AA, either direct or by the bureau. Be listening for Alex, K6VHF, who is using the call sign K6VHF/HR9 from Roatan Island, IOTA number NA-057 until the 15th of February. Alex is operating FT8, RTTY and some SSB and CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or direct to his home call. Francois, F8DVD, is on the air as TM20AAW from the 10th to the 24th of February and will participate in the 20th Antarctic Activity Week, which takes place from the 19th to the 26th of the month. He is operating from France. QSL via LoTW, or via home call, direct or by the bureau. Listen for Bernhard, DL2GAC, who is on the air from the Solomon Islands until the 8th of May. His call sign is H44MS and he is operating from Malaita, IOTA number OC-047, until late April. Listen for him on 80-6 metres where he will be using SSB and some FT8. QSL to his home call, direct or via the bureau. He will upload his log to Club Log and LoTW when he returns home. (425 DX NEWS BULLETIN) ** KICKER: (SUPER)BOWLED OVER BY GMRS RADIO STEPHEN/ANCHOR: You don't have to be a fan of American football to appreciate our final story this week. You just need to be a fan of radio. Here's Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, to explain. RALPH: If you're a fan of American football, you might think all the excitement would be centered around State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. for the big game on Sunday, February 12th. If you're a fan of radio, however, you know that the Super Bowl isn't the only spot where the action is. This is the year the NFL - the National Football League - meets GMRS. The Arizona GMRS Repeater Club decided to open up access to its General Mobile Radio Service repeater for Super Bowl weekend, from Friday, February 10th through to Sunday, February 12th. Any and all licensed GMRS operators who've come to town may use the repeater on 462.550 MHz, which is Channel 15 on many radio models. The tone is 141.3 Hz and the mode is narrow band FM. President Gary Hefley, whose GMRS call is WQUZ645, told Newsline in an email that on the weekends the repeater is not customarily open to non- members. It's where the club holds its general and training nets. When one of the club's members came up with the idea to open it up for Super Bowl visitors, the board agreed. Like more than half of the more than 380 club members, Gary is also an amateur radio operator. his call sign is K7AZL. Everyone knows that in GMRS, like amateur radio and football, there are rules. As the club said in a recent press release: [quote] "This is a family friendly repeater, so use your best judgment. Even if your team loses." [endquote] This is Ralph Squillace, KK2ITB. (GARY HEFLEY, K7AZL; LLOYD COLSTON, KC5FM) ** NEWSCAST CLOSE - DO YOU HAVE NEWS? PAUL/ANCHOR: Do you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising your club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to cover it, we'll get back to you for more details. NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur Radio Weekly; Amateur Radio Digital Communications; the ARRL; the Austin Chronicle; CQ magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX- World.net; Eddie Misiewicz, KB3YRU; FCC; 425 DX News; Gary Hefley, K7AZL; Greg Mossop, GØDUB; Hackaday; IARU Region 1; John VE1CWJ; Lloyd Colston, KC5FM; the Quarter Century Wireless Association; Radio World; shortwaveradio.de; Steve Wright, EI5DD; William Franzin, VE4VR; Wireless Institute of Australia; WPSD Local 6; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us. For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2023. All rights reserved. --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (954:895/7) .