Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu May 02 2019 22:34:56

PORTUGUESE FREEDOM DAY NOT FREE FROM CHALLENGES ON BANDS

JIM/ANCHOR: In Portugal, the nation's Freedom Day celebration brought
noises of joy -- but hams marking the day on the air encountered other
noises, as we hear from Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
	
JEREMY: The Association of Amateurs of the Lisbon Region commemorated
Portugal's Freedom Day on the 25th of April, with operations that were
active from the 23rd to the 27th of the month. The national holiday
marked the 45th anniversary of the nation's coup, and the first free
elections that followed a year later. Visitors, including school groups,
got to see an exhibit of military, amateur and CB radios dating to the
1970s. According to the group's president Antonio Viegas, CT2IXQ.
making contacts proved to be challenging on 40 and 20 metres for special
event station CS25MFA. He told Newsline, however, that CB radio operators
joined in the on-air activity on Channel 16. and everyone together logged
as many contacts as they were able. Those who were able to make contact
with the special event station will receive a commemorative QSL card.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, this is Jeremy Boot. G4NJH.

(Antonio Viegas CT2IXQ)

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WORLD OF DX

In this week's World of DX, remember to listen for Nobby, G0VJG, active
as 3D2AS from Fiji Island. until May 8th. and again from May 20th to the
22nd. Then, between May 8th and the 22nd. he will be operating as
FW/G0VJG, from Wallis Island. and possibly make a short side trip to
Futuna Island. His operating dates are flexible. Listen on HF, where he
will be operating on SSB and FT 8. QSL via M0OXO {pronounce: EM ZERO OH
EX OH], direct only, or through ClubLog's OQRS.

Ric, DL2VFR, Friedrich, DL4BBH, and Klaus, DL7UXG, will have the prefix
"LA" in front of their home call signs, when they operate from Vesteralen
Island between May 27th and 31st. They will be on CW, SSB, and FT8. Check
QRZ.com for details on QSL information.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR

JIM/ANCHOR: It's May - and that means there's only a little more time
to honor a bright young ham in the U.S. or Canada, by nominating them
for Amateur Radio Newsline's Young Ham of the Year Award. The honor is
named in memory of Newsline's Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF. The deadline to
submit nominees by May 31st, is fast approaching. Information about
candidate eligibility is available on our website, arnewsline.org, under
the YHOTY tab. You can download a nomination form there, to return to us.
The award will be presented on August 18th, at the Huntsville Hamfest in
Huntsville Alabama. Join us!

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KICKER: CAMPING IT UP ON THE AIR IN FINLAND

JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, while we're on the subject of young hams, let's end
our report with this story about another group of youthful radio
enthusiasts -- youngsters who met up for some fun on the frequencies in
Finland. Here's Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

ED: The weekend of April 19th through the 22nd wasn't just Easter Weekend:
For some 40 or so youngsters in Europe, it was camp weekend too.

Young radio amateurs in Scandinavia, celebrated friendship, fox hunting,
and other radio activities, during the Nordics on the Air event, that
took place in Finland that weekend, as a subregional camp of the
Youngsters on the Air program. The three days were a blend of
intercultural activities, as well as amateur radio direction finding,
and a chance to operate from Finland's YOTA station, OH2YOTA. According
to their blog, they were also on the lookout for snakes and mosquitoes
at the campsite, but, this being Finland, there was also a sauna. On the
third day, the youngsters were challenged to fashion straight keys, bugs,
and sweepers utilising bananas, apples, or some other sorts of fruit,
and then attempt to send CW.

All in all, a fruitful time.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(YOTA)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Alan Labs; Amateur News Weekly; Amateur Radio
Experimenters Group; Antonio Viegas, CT2IXQ; the ARRL; the Borneo
Post; CNN; CQ Magazine; FCC; Grant, VK5GR; Hap Holly and the Rain
Report; Jojo Vicencio, DU1VHY; Millennium Post; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin;
Philippine Amateur Radio Association; QRZ.COM; Radio Amateur Society
of Thailand; Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio
News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; Youngsters On the
Air; and you, our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.

Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More
information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official
website at arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston,
West Virginia, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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