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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri May 24 2019 03:17:41

SILENT KEY: QRP PIONEER JOE EVERHART N2CX

NEIL/ANCHOR: QRP enthusiasts are grieving the loss of a well-known member
of the community, who shared his wisdom in low-power operation freely in
his writings, podcasts, and talks. Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, tells us about
him.

KEVIN: Joe Everhart, N2CX, is being remembered as a builder, designer,
antenna expert, and QRP guru, a ham radio operator who loved to share
his knowledge in writing, and in person. Joe has become a Silent Key. He
died at his home in Brooklawn, New Jersey, on May 14th. He had been
scheduled to be a copresenter at the QRP Event in Dayton, Ohio during the
recent Hamvention, and had most recently been interviewed on the QSO
Today podcast's episode number 245 in April. A former electrical engineer
for RCA and L3 communications, he belonged to the Gloucester County
Amateur radio Club, and the New Jersey QRP Club.

The blog by John, EI7GL, quotes this statement from Joe's longtime friend
and podcast cohost George Heron, N2APB.

George wrote: [quote] "His love of communicating the results of his latest
outing or antenna test was always clear, sometimes concise, and always
humorous. He had a punny way of making technical points, and was unmatched
in his writings over the years in 73, Sprat, QRP Quarterly, QEX, QST, QRP
Homebrewer, and more. His dry, skeptical, and at-times irreverent humor,
was unique within our ranks." [endquote]

George described his friend as "an engineer's engineer." Joe Everhart was
73.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.

(LEGACY.COM)

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TOWER TRAGEDY IN MISSISSIPPI

NEIL/ANCHOR: Tower safety: It's something no ham or radio technician can
take for granted. Christian Cudnik, K0STH, reports on the latest tragedy
at a tower.

CHRISTIAN: Federal workplace safety investigators, and local police, are
looking into what led to one man's fatal fall from a radio tower in
southwest Mississippi on May 16th. According to local news reports,
Christopher Chase Hawkins of Caraway, Arkansas, was working with another
tower technician, when he apparently slipped, and fell from the top of
the 280-foot structure. The Lincoln County coroner told the Daily Leader
newspaper that the two workers were doing regular maintenance, which
involved changing out lightning rods. The coroner said that for some
unknown reason, Hawkins unhooked his safety harness, and slipped. He was
pronounced dead at the scene.

Christopher Chase Hawkins was 34, and the father of two.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Christian Cudnik, K0STH.

(KATV-Channel 7, The Daily Leader, Wireless Estimator)

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EYE ON 60 METRES FOR AUSTRALIA?

NEIL/ANCHOR: In Australia, amateurs have got their eye on 5 MHz operations
and are hoping to move things forward. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, picks up the
story.

JIM: The Australian Communications and Media Authority has been asked by
a national amateur radio society to permit ham activity on the 60 metre
band on a trial basis. The Radio Amateur Society of Australia has written
to the regulator, asking for a channelised arrangement to be authorised
similar to the use of the 5 MHz amateur band granted in New Zealand, the
UK, and the United States.

The group is hoping hams will receive the OK to operate on the existing
commercial allocations in Australia - 5351, 5355 and 5360 kHz. The group's
president, Glenn Dunstan, VK4DU, said RASA would like the regulator to
approve use of Upper Sideband, with a maximum bandwidth of 2.8 kHz. The
group has also asked for a trial digital allocation in the segment of the
band between 5363 and 5365 kHz.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.

(SOUTHGATE)

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