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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 27 2019 09:23:34

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, a team of Tunisian radio amateurs is traveling to
Algeria on a joint Low Bands DXpedition being conducted with a team of
Algerian hams. They will be on the air between the 28th of December
and the 2nd of January. The operators can be heard on 160 and 80 metres
as well as some of the other HF bands and on satellite. They will
operate CW, SSB, and FT8. Send QSL cards to 7X2RO. You can also QSL
via LoTW.

Listen for Sergey, RX3AMY, using the call sign 8Q7BS, in the Maldives
between the 3rd and 23rd of January. He will be operating holiday
style, mainly on 40 and 20 metres using mostly SSB but a little CW.
Send QSLs to his home call.

In the Gambia, be listening for Przemyslaw, SP3PS, who will use the
call sign C5SP between the 27th of December and the 17th of January.
Listen for him on 20 through 6 metres using SSB and FT8/FT4. He will
mainly call on 20m, but has said he will be on the other bands,
including LF in SSB. Send QSLs to SP3PS, direct, LoTW or on eQSL.

You have until the 7th of January to work Arie, PA4ARI, who is active as
PZ/PA4ARI in Suriname. Listen for Arie on 80, 40 and 20 metres where he
will be using SSB, FT4, and FT8. Send QSLs to his home call, direct or
by the bureau.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: ONE HAM'S MAKER MOVEMENT PROJECT: A FILM SET IN CUBA

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: For our final story this week, we celebrate ingenuity.
Hams are known for it but, as one filmmaker has learned, so are the
people of Cuba. Here's Mike Askins, KE5CXP, with that story.

MIKE: On his first trip to Cuba with an American tour group in 2014,
Levi Maaia, K6LCM, immediately recognized the ingenuity and
self-sufficiency of the people there, that were threads commonly held
with radio amateurs and hobbyists throughout the world. That memory
stayed vivid until Levi's next encounter with Cuba, which arrived via
the HF bands the following year, when he answered the CQ of Cuban
station CO2YQ - a ham named Joel. The QSO lasted perhaps 6 minutes,
but its memory also left an enduring impression. Only weeks later -
quite by coincidence - Levi got to visit Joel during a professional
research trip to Cuba. In January, Levi is headed back to Cuba once
more. Levi, who is a filmmaker, plans to start the new year laying
the groundwork for a documentary about the tinkerers, and inventive
spirits of the Maker movement in this Caribbean island nation.

Levi, who has worked for two decades in broadcasting, and has been a
ham since 2006, told Newsline in a recent email that he has assembled
a team of industry veterans including executive producer Noah Mark,
whose work has been seen on both broadcast and cable TV. Their film
will be called "Making It in Cuba." Its progress can be seen on the
website makingitincuba dot com. (makingitincuba.com) It will track
Levi and his creative team in this Maker movement project of their own.

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

(LEVI MAAIA K6LCM, QST MAGAZINE)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to ALARA; AMSAT; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; Greenham
Control Tower website; JoJo Vicencio, DU1VHY; Levi Maaia, K6LCM; Los
Altos Museum website; MetroWest Daily News; Newbury Today; Ohio-Penn
DX Bulletin; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great Britain; QST Magazine;
the South African Radio League; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Worldwide
Antarctic Program; 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 Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73, Merry Christmas, and as always, we thank you for
listening.

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