Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Feb 11 2022 05:30:56 BOUVET, MARS HELICOPTER ON QSO TODAY EXPO AGENDA JIM/ANCHOR: Bouvet Island and the Ingenuity Mars helicopter are just two topics awaiting guests at this year's QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo next month. Jack Parker, W8ISH, has more details. JACK: For insights into the planning of the Bouvet Island 3Y0J DXpedition in November this year -- or to hear how amateur radio and other technical pursuits can advance global technology -- these are just two of many presentations being offered at the next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo. It's taking place on March 12th and 13th. Presentations will also include some hands-on guidance on operating and building techniques. In all, there will be more than 60 notable amateurs offering perspectives on at least 20 different topics. The keynote speaker is Courtney Duncan, N5BF, who recently retired from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he worked on digital and radio frequency hardware and software for various space missions. His most recent project was the Ingenuity Mars helicopter, for which he was telecommunications lead. Tickets and additional details are available at qsotodayhamexpo - that's one word - dot com. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jack Parker, W8ISH. (QSO TODAY) ** WORLD OF DX In the World of DX, listen for Francis, F6BWJ, operating as FM/F6BWJ from Martinique until mid-March. You can hear him on 40/30/15 meters using CW only. QSL to F6BWJ. Yuri, VE3DZ, is also on Martinique, operating as FM/VE3DZ starting on February 19th. Listen on all HF bands where he will be using CW, SSB and FT8. You can also hear him in the ARRL DX CW Contest on February 19th and 20th when he will be using the callsign TO4A. He will continue with the TO4A callsign until February 24th. QSL via VE3DZ to the home call via OQRS. On the French side of St. Martin, you'll find Jeff, VA3QSL, operating as FS/VA3QSL until the 22nd of February. He is operating holiday style on CW, SSB and the digital modes on 40 metres through 6 metres. QSL to his home callsign, via the Bureau or direct. You may also use LoTW after he returns home on February 22nd. Jean, F4CIX, is using the callsign FW1JG from Wallis Island where he will remain for the next two or so years. Listen on 40/20/15/10 meters where he is using SSB and FT8. QSL direct via LoTW. (OHIO PENN DX) ** KICKER: WHEN MORSE CODE HAS A FAMILIAR RING JIM/ANCHOR: Hams who are learning Morse Code are often told it takes time before all those dits and dahs develop a comfortable familiar ring -- but for one ham in Massachusetts, that comfortable CW ring didn't come for 29 years. When it did arrive, the ring didn't land on his ears, but on the fourth finger of his left hand. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, ends our newscast with that story. MIKE: As Stephen Celuzza, K1SAC, practices to master his CW, you might conclude he's practically married to the study of the Code. While he's certainly devoted to his radio journey, he's more devoted to Becky, his wife of 29 years. Becky understands the joy her husband takes in chasing POTA activators and QSOs during the slow speed CW contests held by K1USN. So when his original wedding ring no longer fit and couldn't be enlarged because of its distinctive pattern, Becky, who is an artist, devised a creative solution: She designed a new ring for her husband. It features lotus flowers and bamboo stalks -- and a special secret Morse Code messsage. Each flower stands for "dit" and each stalk represents "dah." She cast a sample of it in bronze which the couple took to a jewelry casting shop which created the final ring in white gold. As for what its hidden message, well, it begins with the letter "I" followed by the letter "L." When a couple is married for 29 years, there's no further need for guesswork in copying that code. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP. (STEPHEN CELUZZA, K1SAC) ** NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to AMSAT; Carole Perry, WB2MGP; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Heil Sound; the IEEE; Jocelyn Brault, KD8VRX; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; QSO Today; Radio Society of Great Britain; Stephen Celuzza, K1SAC; South African Radio League; SOTA; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; West Bengal Radio Club; Wireless Institute of Australia; the YL Beam; Youth on the Air; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. 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. 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