Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Mar 31 2023 04:47:24

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, a DARC team has activated the special event callsign
DA23WARD, in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. The station will be
on the air through to the 18th of April. The bureau will automatically
confirm all contacts. Direct QSLs should be sent via DL2VFR. Another
station marking World Amateur Radio Day is the UBA special event station
in Belgium, using the callsign OT23WARD. This station will be on the air
from the 1st through to the 30th of April. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, 
eQSL. A certificate will be available.

Be listening for 3A8AB from Monaco between April the 1st and the 30th.
The activation commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first
transatlantic two-way contact via amateur radio between Leon Deloy,
F8AB, and Fred Schnell, 1MO. Leon became a Silent Key in 1969 in Monaco,
and bequeathed his fortune to a variety of philanthropic organizations.
QSL via LoTW. 

(425 DX BULLETIN)

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KICKER: FOR PIERRE PULLINMYLEG, BOUVET ISLAND IS FOR THE BIRDS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story of this week tells about a very new club.
In fact, it's one of the most remarkable clubs to ever come into being.
It's based in a most unlikely - and very remote - location: Bouvet Island.
Our April Fool's Day correspondent, Pierre Pullinmyleg, tells Newsline
listeners about the new Bouvet Island Amateur Radio Club, and its highly
unusual members. Remember you heard this story first on Amateur Radio 
Newsline. Pierre?

PIERRE:  After saying goodbye to ze 3Y0J DXpedition only a few weeks
earlier, ze local residents were inspired. They knew it was time for
Bouvet Island to have its own amateur radio club. So one was hatched,
just like so many of its members. Yes, hatched - because zeese members
you see, zay are zee penguins native to this South Atlantic Island.
Zese birds are so very intelligent, and zey had very carefully watched
from afar as ze team of operators called CQ. Zey learned just enough
CW along the way to try and operate! AHA! So just maybe did you bust one
of zose pileups? Maybe you ended up working a penguin -- and you didn't 
know it? Well, now zese birds, zay have developed zere own digital mode
of operating to make things easier. It is called Pen-Gweeno. Pen-Gweeno
is good because ze birds found zat CW, she is nice enough but is too
hard: ham radio operators with wings, mes amis, cannot possibly hope to
have a good fist.

So be listening for low-power, highly efficient transmissions of
Pen-Gweeno on ze HF bands. Listen for ze club callsign 3Y2PENG. Please
remember too that just because zese birds cannot fly, it does not mean
they can't get on zee air.

Zis has been Pierre Pullinmyleg saying "au revoir, mes amis."

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NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the
continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they
aren't already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur
Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award.
Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger --
someone who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham
radio. Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org under the
"YHOTY" tab. Nominations are now open, and close on May 31st.

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DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

STEPHEN/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: 

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Great Britain; Radio World; Reddit; Rochester Institute of Technology;
SOTA Reflector; shortwaveradio.de; Space.com; West Bengal Radio Club;
Wireless Institute of Australia; World Wide Flora & Fauna; 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 Stephen Kinford, N8TMW, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening. 

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