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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jun 07 2019 10:32:14

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Operators Vasily, R7AL, Vladimir, RK8A, and Albert,
UB9WLJ, will be on the air as R205NEW, from Bogoslova Island, Russia,
between the 14th and 18th of June. Be listening on the various HF bands
where they will be using CW, and SSB. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS.

Ali, EP3CQ, will be active as 6O1OO (Six-Oh-One-Oh-Oh) from Somalia,
starting in mid-June until the end of July. The call sign 60100
(Six-Oh-One-Oh-Oh) has been accepted for DXCC credit. Listen for him on
various HF bands on SSB, and on 40 and 20 metres using FT8. QSL direct
to his home call.

Be listening for Frans, PA3CQE (D44LD), Gerard, PE1BBI (D44KZ), and Rob,
PE1ITR (D44LA) operating under the main DXPedition call sign D44KZ from
Cape Verde, on the Island of Santiago between the 14th and 24th of July.
This is a VHF DXpedition making use of tropo, meteorscatter, and
ionospheric radio propagation. The team will operate mainly on 50 MHz,
and 144 MHz. The team will be using CW/SSB, and the Digital modes,
including FT8 and FSK441. Because the station is capable of EME, the
team will also do moonbounce on 2 metres and 6 metres, at moonrise and
moonset. QSL via their home call signs.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: THE FIRST HAM IN SPACE DIDN'T HAVE AMATEUR RADIO

PAUL/ANCHOR: With all this talk of space exploration, and the United
States' Apollo program, we end this report with a space-travel history
lesson. Here's Mike Askins, KE5CXP.

MIKE: So you think you know the story of the first ham in space? You
know his name, his call sign, and you take a kind of pride, in being
part of that same radio fraternity, right? Well....guess again.

On January 31st 1961, a very courageous ham lifted off from Mother Earth
aboard a Mercury-Redstone rocket, sent into suborbital flight, from which
he was later safely recovered following his 16 and a half minutes of
weightlessness. He flew 157 miles above the earth.

He was, however, not an American astronaut. Born in Cameroon, he was not
even an astronaut - nor was he the kind of ham to eventually lead to QSOs
on board the International Space Station. Ham - the letters H A M - stood
for Holloman Aero Medical - and this courageous creature was a chimpanzee
who despite 18 months of technical training that left him competent for
the trip, was nonetheless terrified. He was retired to zoo life, where he
lived another 22 years until his death in 1983.

A statement on the Save the Chimps website remembers Ham with gratitude.
It says: [quote] "His courage and heroism paved the way for Alan Shepard,
Jr., the first American in space." [endquote]

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.

(SAVE THE CHIMPS)

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Press; CQ Magazine; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; NASA; Ohio-Penn DX
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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 Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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