Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Apr 17 2020 08:24:49

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2216 for Friday April 17 2020

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2216, with a release date of
Friday, April 17, 2020, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Ham Radio Friedrichshafen is cancelled in
Germany. Radio operators deploy as storms ravage a region of the
American South -- and New York amateurs prepare for a huge on-air
thank-you to the heroes of the state's pandemic. All this and more,
as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2216, comes your way right
now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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HAM RADIO FRIEDRICHSHAFEN IS CANCELLED

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our top story is the cancellation of Ham Radio
Friedrichshafen (Pron: Freed Ricks Har Fen). This major global
amateur radio event was scheduled for the 26th through the 28th
of June in southern Germany. New regulations announced by
Chancellor Angela Merkl and Bavaria's President Markus S”der
have ended prospects for any large events at least through to
the end of August. Newsline will provide more information as it
becomes available.

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AMATEURS ASSIST DURING ALABAMA STORMS

PAUL/ANCHOR: Meanwhile in Alabama, residents in COVID-19 lockdown
were also dealing with severe weather. This report was written by
Newsline correspondent Bobby Best, WX4ALA. Bobby writes: Alabama
amateur radio operators were deployed Easter Sunday afternoon and
evening, in advance of a severe weather outbreak, to assist the
National Weather Service and individual county offices of the
Alabama Emergency Management Agency. As this story was being
written, at least 7 tornadoes had been confirmed across North and
Central Alabama though that number could rise.

One particularly hard-hit area was Walker County, just northwest
of Birmingham. Local hams there passed Skywarn traffic on the
WB4ACN ARES repeater regarding at least two separate tornadoes
that struck, one with speeds of between 86 and 110 miles per hour
and another with speeds of between 111 and 135 miles per hour.
Station K4NWS in the weather service's Birmingham office received
hams' reports of winds downing trees across the county.

Further North in Huntsville, hams staffed WX4HUN at the weather
service's Huntsville Office, and received traffic from hams on
the North Alabama and the Southern-Middle Tennessee Skywarn Net.
That net is made up of 7 linked repeaters covering a 14-county
area. As of midweek, only 3 tornadoes had been confirmed, plus
widespread wind damage reports.

This weather wasn't anything unusual for these areas. April is
the peak month of the Spring severe weather season across all of
"Dixie-Alley", and Alabama hams are always prepared step up and
assist.

(BOBBY BEST WX4ALA)

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NY HAMS PREPARE A RADIO THANK-YOU TO PANDEMIC HEROES

PAUL/ANCHOR: In New York, hams are preparing a statewide thank-you
to those on the front lines of this unprecedented pandemic. Jim
Damron, N8TMW, has that story.

JIM: Hams in New York State, which has more COVID-19 patients than
any other U.S. state - and more cases than any other nation - are
giving the world's biggest amateur radio "thank you" to the men
and women on the front lines. The Great South Bay Amateur Radio
Club in Lindenhurst, New York, is coordinating the activation of
special event station K2H - that's "H" for heroes - starting May
1st, and running through May 31st. This is a statewide activation,
with hams in every county throughout the state operating in the
spirit of gratitude for the police, firefighters, mortuary workers,
medical professionals, and food-service workers - the people who
keep things moving, while the world itself seems to have stopped.
If you're in New York State, and wish to join them, please email
the organizers at k 2 h heroes at gmail dot com (k2hheroes@gmail.com)
for details -- that's k2h followed by the word "heroes" at gmail dot
com. If you're hearing this report anywhere in the world, be listening
for K2H on all bands and in all modes. Downloadable certificates will
be available -- as will big thank-yous for everyone.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW. 

(GREAT SOUTH BAY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB)
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