Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Mar 03 2022 21:12:08

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, there's less than a year to go for the 3Y0J Bouvet 
Island DXpedition, according to an announcement from the team. Operators 
have confirmed that January 6 2023, is their scheduled date to leave Cape 
Town, South Africa for their destination aboard the vessel SV Marama. The 
DXpedition is expected to be active for 44 days in all. The operators are 
building in a contingency week. Bouvet is the second-most-wanted DXCC
entity.

Be listening for Wies, SP1EG; Hans, DK8RE; Frank, DM5WF; and Hans, DL8UUF, 
operating as OH0EG, from Fasta Aland, the largest island in the Finnish 
archipelago. They will be on the air between April 1st and 9th, operating 
on 160 through 10 metres. Station OH0EG will participate in the Polish SP 
DX Contest on April 2nd and 3rd, using CW and SSB during the contest. 

Outside of the contest, operators may also use the callsigns as OH0/DM5WF 
and OH0/DK8RE.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: IN AUSTRALIA, A WATERBORNE CONTEST STAYS AFLOAT

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Last week, we ended our newscast with a story about boat 
anchors. This week, Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, tells us something about some 
other boats that occasionally become useful to hams in Australia: the 
ferries in Sydney.

JASON: Now here's an amateur radio contest that has managed to stay afloat 
for a number of years but, let's face it, these hams have traditionally 
had a bit of help: They have boarded ferries in and around Sydney Harbour 
for what has customarily been a six-hour competition on UHF and VHF with 
their HTs. This year's event by the Waverley Amateur Radio Society is 
still afloat, of course, but the pandemic has taken it mostly to dry dock 
and shortened it to a four-hour contest. Hams, as always, adapt to 
circumstances. Competitors for the Sunday March 6th event were asked to 
operate on land or their own boats within sight of the harbour and to 
avoid mingling with ferry passengers. The contest rules allow operators to 
use repeaters or to make their contacts simplex. The rules even permitted 
operating from home or a mobile station.

In the tricky waters of this global pandemic, the Waverly Club has 
adjusted, realising that what works is whatever floats your boat....or 
not.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.

(SOUTHGATE, WAVERLY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: 

With thanks to the Antique Wireless Museum; ARRL; the BBC; CQ Magazine; 
David Behar K7DB; the DARC; Ed Gable, K2MP/W2AN; NEXUS-IBA; Ohio Penn DX; 
QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain; South African Radio League; 
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; SWLing Post; Waverly 
Amateur Radio Society; WRMI; YouTube; 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, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio,
saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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