Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Aug 16 2019 12:39:59

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Thor, DK7RD, Paul, G4PVM, and Col, MM0NDX,
as they activate Europe's 5th most wanted IOTA, Shiant Isles, between
August 23rd and 25th. They'll be using the call sign MS-ZERO-INT, and
will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB, and FT8. Send QSLs to M-ZERO-SDV.

Operators Da, YO3GA, Mircea, YO4GKP, Alina, YO9RYJ, Petrica, YO9RIJ,
and a number of others, will be using the call sign YP ZERO F, from
Fericirii Island, between August 27th and September 1st. Be listening
on 160-10 metres, where they will be using CW, SSB, and FT8. Send QSLs
to YO9RIJ.

The Royal Amateur Radio Association of Morocco is active, using the
special event callsign 5E6A, for their National Celebration, until
September 29th. QSL direct to EA7FTR.

Listen for Michele, IW7EGQ, using the call sign SV8/IW7EGQ, from
Zakinthos in Greece, between the 20th and 28th of August. QSL via
EM ZERO OH EX OH's (M0OXO's) OQRS.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: 'QSL QUILT' GIVES BLANKET COVERAGE

JIM/ANCHOR: What's better than a QSL card? Try 50 QSL cards, all
combined into a unique quilt. Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, tells us about
this one-of-a-kind creation.

KEVIN: Margie Spangenberg, KK4AGN, has been taking comfort in good old
fashioned QSL cards, since she started receiving them in 2011, as a
new ham -- but there's another time-honored symbol of comfort Margie
also loves - quilts. With the help of a talented relative, she was able
to combine those two worlds last year. In a symbol of perfect unity,
all 50 United States are represented in the replica QSL cards stitched
together by a beloved aunt, into something Margie calls her QSL quilt.
There are squares stitched together representing the special event
station she contacted in Utah, her 13 Colonies contact from Delaware,
and the Marconi station in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. That's just for
starters. The images of each card were transferred by inkjet printer
to cotton fabric, and with Margie's aunt working diligently, the quilt
was QRV in less than four weeks. Since then, she's been taking the quilt
on tour to hamfests - most recently to the big one this month in
Huntsville, Alabama - and she's even visited a couple of quilting clubs.

A QSL quilt like this is the perfect example of what our hobby is all
about - stitching together far-away places and far-away friends -
acknowledging ham radio's role in the real fabric of our lives.

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

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT.ORG; the ARRL; Bangalore
Mirror; CQ Magazine; the Hindu newspaper; the ITU; Ohio-Penn DX
Bulletin; QRZ.COM Forums; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Stars &
Stripes; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; 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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