Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Jan 14 2022 17:11:58 PARKS ON THE AIR TALLIES UP ITS 2021 CONTACTS NEIL/ANCHOR: Parks on the Air activators and chasers had a busy year in 2021. Vance Martin, N3VEM, gives us the year's numbers. VANCE: In Parks on the Air News, with 2021 now in the books, Parks on the Air would like to thank the nearly 4,000 activators, and 122,000 hunters who combined forces to make over 2.6 million contacts from over 10,000 parks in 45 different DXCC entities for 2021. Of particular note, we would like to congratulate Bill, K4NYM, who completed 1,260 activations for the year and David, NG5E who activated 421 different parks. Congratulations are also due to Gene, NT2A, who hunted 5,458 parks, and Joe, N3XLS, who made 11,467 hunter QSOs in 2021. We also want to give special acknowledgment to two hunters, N5HA, Kenneth Bailey, and W9AV, Clint Sprott, who managed to hunt at least one park every day in 2021. There are several folks including myself who are going to attempt the same feat in 2022, so stay tuned to the monthly POTA updates to see how the 2022 Bailey-Sprott Park-a-Day challenge is progressing, or follow along on twitter on instagram using the hashtags #baileysprott and #parkaday This is November 3 Victor Echo Mike with your 2021 December and Year End Parks on the Air Update. Be sure to visit parksontheair.com for information about the program, and pota.app for spotting, park information, leader boards, and more. (POTA) ** PRIDE RADIO GROUP TO HOST FIRST CONTEST NEIL/ANCHOR: Pride Radio Group, an Australian group with an international membership, is getting ready to host its first contest. Luke Erlacher, VK3UKW, brings us that story. LUKE: Pride Radio Group has been a home and a champion for underrepresented groups in amateur radio for a little more than a year, and we are now planning our first contest. The international CQ Pride contest will run through the first weekend of June to celebrate Pride Month 2022. The contest is open to all amateurs worldwide as single or multi operator entries, with bonus points for working diversity oriented amateur radio groups, newly licensed amateurs, and low-power operation. Some details such as log submission are still being finalised, but mark June 4 to June 6 on your calendars. Pride Radio Group is an international group that aims to further acceptance and inclusion for underrepresented groups in amateur radio. This has been Luke, VK3UKW, for Pride Radio Group, VK3PRG. NEIL/ANCHOR: Find the contest rules in the text version of this week's Newsline script. [FOR PRINT ONLY, DO NOT READ: https://prideradio.group/contest] (PRIDE RADIO GROUP) ** DXING COMES TO THE DESERT AT QUARTZFEST NEIL/ANCHOR: As amateurs gear up for the big Quartzfest gathering in Arizona, some hams are ready to go the distance -- the biggest distance they can. Here's Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, with the details. RALPH: Think of the upcoming competition as "DXing in the desert," because that's just what it is -- and think of two of the contest's past winners, such as Fred Scully, K0VK, and Richard McGaver, NK9G, as being ready to rumble later this month. It's all friendly fun, really, which is what amateur radio and camping out in Arizona's Sonora Desert should be. During the one-week ham radio event known as QuartzFest, a small but active club known as the Northern Arizona DX Association is challenging everyone there to see just how far their signals can reach while operating out among the tall cacti. The founder of the Distance Challenge, Bob Wertz, NF7E, said this will be the DX challenge's third year: He was inspired to suggest it after he attended QuartzFest in 2018, and with the help of co-chairman Ron Gerlak, KG7OH, the club made it happen. This year, QuartzFest takes place between the 23rd and the 29th of January. The challenge itself will take place on the three days: Monday, January 24th; Tuesday, January 25th; and Thursday, January 27th. Be there - or at least, be listening. You could be the next big DX that makes someone a winner. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB. (BOB WERTZ, NF7E) ** HAMSCI WORKSHOP GETS GRANT, SEEKS PRESENTERS NEIL/ANCHOR: The National Science Foundation has just given a grant to HamSCI, which is meanwhile looking for presenters for its March workshop. Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, brings us that story. KEVIN: Congratulations to Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, founder of the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, or HamSCI, on being selected to receive a National Science Foundation grant of nearly $50,000 toward HamSCI's next workshop in March. The workshop will be held at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama on the 18th and 19th of March, and will feature in-person as well as virtual activities. Its focus this year is HamSCI's Personal Space Weather Station project, which was previously granted $1.3 million from the National Science Foundation. One of the project's goals is to gauge the impact weather has on upper levels of the Earth's atmosphere. The findings are expected to rely heavily on input from amateur radio operators. Meanwhile, the workshop is calling for abstracts from prospective presenters. Abstracts should be submitted no later than February 1st, and successful speaker candidates will be notified by February 16th. To submit an abstract, upload the document using the button that can found at hamsci dot org stroke hamsci2022 (hamsci.org/hamsci2022) For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE. (HamSCI) --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (954:895/7) .