Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu May 04 2023 18:06:00 GRANT FUNDS STUDENT COURSE ON SPECTRUM AT OBSERVATORY JIM/ANCHOR: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, is offering a select group of young students an opportunity to study the electromagnetic spectrum, as we hear from Sel Embee, KB3TZD. SEL: Twenty science-minded students between the ages of 18 and 20 are being given an opportunity to enroll in an intensive course about the electromagnetic spectrum being hosted by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia. This is the second year the observatory has conducted the course, which begins in September of this year and runs through May of 2024. The program is being overseen by the observatory's director of Diversity & Inclusion and is funded by a grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications. A special effort is being made to find enrollees who are Black, indigenous or people of color as well as students from the LGBTQIA community who wish to gain experience, particularly as it applies to amateur radio and any future careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Students accepted into the 40- week program will receive a stipend of $4,000. Lyndele von Schill, director of Diversity & Inclusion, can be reached for questions at her email address at lvonschi@nrao.edu The observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation. This is Sel Embee, KB3TZD. (ARDC) ** SILENT KEY: JOHN KNIPPING, AA9KC, OF THE 'FREEWHEELERS NET' ON 80M JIM/ANCHOR: A founding member of a popular net that is a fixture on 80m has become a Silent Key. We hear about him from Kevin Trotman, N5PRE. KEVIN: John Knipping, AA9KC, was one of the original "Freewheelers" on 3916 kHz. In November of 1998 he answered a call put out by Ken Odom, W4FCW, on 3916 kHz and out of that early QSO bloomed a friendship and ultimately a popular net where everyone was welcome. John became a Silent Key on April 29th at the age of 92. According to his online obituary he was a Korean War veteran, a musician and a member of the Egyptian Radio Club. The tradition of easy camaraderie lives on, however: The net continues making new friends and welcoming old ones every night on 80m, starting at 10 pm Eastern Time. This is Kevin Trotman, N5PRE. (LEGACY.COM, 3916 FREEWHEELERS NET) ** JOIN US AT THE NEWSLINE "TOWN HALL FORUM" IN DAYTON JIM/ANCHOR: Just a reminder to our listeners that there's more to Amateur Radio Newsline this month than just this newscast. If you're going to Xenia, Ohio for Hamvention, be sure to stop in Forum Room 2 on Friday, May 19th, starting at 11:35 a.m. local time. The popular Town Hall forum is back after many years, and we have three guests. Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, will take questions about the ARRL Volunteer Monitor Program. IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, will discuss issues facing the IARU that affect amateurs worldwide -- and Mark Smith, N6MTS, will take questions about a proposal to standardize headset connectors for interoperability. Come along and join us! ** BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard in bulletin stations around the world including the shortwave broadcast station of shortwaveradio.de in Lower Saxony, Germany on 6160 kHz AM. The station's European summer schedule will be 07:00 to 17:00 UTC on weekends, 15:00 to 17:00 UTC Monday to Friday. Broadcasts can also be heard from 17:00 to 23:00 UTC daily on 3975 kHz AM. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (954:895/7) .