Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 27 2019 09:23:32

BREAK HERE:

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the WA9RDF
repeater, of the MidState Amateur Radio Club, in Greenwood, Indiana, on
Sundays, at 7 p.m. local time.

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VIRGINIA AMATEUR PAYS TRIBUTE TO FIRST HOLIDAY CONCERT

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: If you were listening on Christmas Eve to 486 kHz, you
were probably enjoying a tribute to Canadian inventor Reginald Fessenden,
coordinated by Brian Justin WA1ZMS of Virginia. Thanks to an FCC Part 5
Experimental License, WI2XLQ, Brian conducted a 24-hour transmission
designed to recreate the world's first Christmas concert broadcast,
similar to the one by Reginald Fessenden on both Christmas Eve, and New
Year's Eve in 1906. Brian made use of more modern equipment, of course,
much of it homebrew. In case you missed those sounds of the season, the
holiday spirit is not gone just yet: Reports say he will repeat the
program on New Year's Eve.

(ARRL)

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SOUTH AFRICAN SYMPOSIUM NEEDS PRESENTERS' PAPERS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Papers are needed for presentation at a symposium being
held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Robert Broomhead, VK3DN, tells how
to submit your ideas.

ROBERT: It's not too early to start thinking about the seminars planned
for the second annual symposium on ham radio technology, being held by
the South African Radio League. The league has issued a call for papers
that can be presented in Johannesburg, where the symposium will begin
on the 3rd of April, at the Wanderers Conference Centre.

The symposium's theme is "Unlocking Amateur Radio Technology."

Interested authors are being asked to submit their proposals no later
than the 15th of January, by sending a Word document to AR-TO-TODAY at
SARL dot ORG dot ZA (artotoday@sarl.org.za). Each speaker will receive
a time allotment of no more than 20 minutes, with an additional 10-minute
session for questions and answers.

Organisers will publish the final programme on the 31st of January.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Robert Broomhead, VK3DN.

(SARL)

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START THE NEW YEAR WITH AMSAT'S CW ACTIVITY DAY

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Want to start the New Year with things looking up? Try
participating in the AMSAT CW Activity Day on January 1st. This is a
worldwide event, that is being held in memory of Larry Brown, W7LB,
and Keith Pugh, W5IU. The two hams were known for their presence on
the AMSAT 20-meter net, and their efforts helped AMSAT grow.

To participate in the event, operate through any amateur radio satellite
on the first day of the new year - and feel free to use a straight key
or a bug. Even though this event was once known as Satellite Straight
Key Night, there are no restrictions on what you use to send code.
Amateurs are reminded, however, that use of AO-7 requires QRP operation.

(AMSAT)

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BOOK ABOUT ANTARCTICA BY UKRAINIAN HAM BREAKS THE ICE

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A Ukranian biologist is sharing his science and radio
adventures in the Antarctic. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, has the details.

ED: Pavlo Tarasoviych UT1KY knows how to break the ice with high school
students: He simply shares the adventures he had when he was living on
the ice. Pavlo was part of the fifth Ukrainian scentific expedition to
Antarctica from 2000 to 2001. Amateur radio operators who are Antarctic
chasers likely remember him from his activations in the South Shetland
Islands, on Galindez Island and Peterman Island, among others. But
students will remember the Ukrainian biologist as the guest author who
visited their classroom on December 17th. He was there to discuss his
book "Antarctica, the Sixth Continent," which is an overview of the
southern continent's history as well as its birds and other animals. The
book, which is available in English, is also rich with pictures taken at
the time Pavlo was at the Vernadsky Research Base where the Ukrainian
Antarctic Program conducts much of its work. It was there that many hams
who worked him received a QSL card with a cartoon of him operating
alongside penguin onlookers as EM1KY.

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

(QRZ.COM, WORLDWIDE ANTARCTIC PROGRAM)
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