Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jun 26 2020 09:15:56

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Marco, CU7BC, Bruno, CS8ABG, and Paulo,
CU2CO, operating as CQ8F for one day only - June 29th - from the
Formigas Islets in the Azores. They will be on HF, using CW and SSB.
QSL via Logbook of the World.

Andy, DK5ON, will be on the air as EA6/DK5ON, from Mallorca Island
between the 1st and the 11th of July. He will be operating holiday
style, with some possible EAFF and SOTA/GMA activities. Listen on
40-6 metres, where he will be using CW, SSB, and the Digital modes.
Send QSLs via DK5ON, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog, or LoTW.

Listen for Peter, LA7QIA, using the call sign JW7QIA, from from
Spitsbergen Island, between June 27th and July. He will concentrate
on 6 metres, but may also be found on 70 MHz, using CW, SSB, and the
Digital modes. QSL via his home callsign.

A special event in Vanatu, between July 1st and 30th, features operators
Colin, YJ8CW, Estelle, YJ8ED, and Rod, YJ8RN, who are using the call sign
YJ40IND. This is a 40th anniversary celebration of the Vanatu's
independence. Until it was granted independence on July 30th, 1980, it
had been known as the New Hebrides, when it was a joint British/French
condominium. Operations will be mainly on 40/20/15 meters, using CW, SSB,
and FT8. Most of their activity will be on the weekends.

(OHIO PENN DX)

**

KICKER: IN FINANCE, THEY'RE TRADING THEIR MODE OF TRANSMISSION

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our final story is about the amateur bands. As hams, we know
what they're worth to us in making QSO'S, but in some circles, it seems
the bands also have the potential to make big money. Mike Askins, KE5CXP,
tells us more.

MIKE: Fiber-optic transmission may be fast but....what's faster than
fast? Try 300 million metres per second or, as any ham knows, the speed
of light - and our radio waves.

Wanting to go faster than fiber-optic fast when sending time-sensitive
trading data internationally via cable, highly competitive financial
traders have literally seen the light. They are buying and selling on
the exchanges, using the same swiftness, with which many of us make our
contacts, and give our signal reports. Microwave transmitters have
replaced fiber-optic cables, which support a much slower rate of about
124,000 miles per second. But microwaves have their limitations - they
require line-of-sight before needing a boost - and traders are now
looking to the shortwave frequencies.

There are still problems here. Though faster, these waves handle less
data than fiber-optic cable can, and, as any ham will tell you, reception
is not always reliable.

Communications companies are puzzling over these challenges, hoping to
increase the signals' reliability, and provide a backup service, such
as a parallel fiber line, just in case.

As developments go forward, for those at hedge funds and large algorithmic
trading firms, however, the concept of being a high-frequency trader is
sure to take on an added meaning.

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

(BLOOMBERG)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to American Friends of Tel Aviv University; Amateur News
Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; Bloomberg; Carteret County News-Times;
CentralJersey.com; CQ Magazine; the DARC; David Behar, K7DB; DX-World;
Hurdy Gurdy Museum; the NRRL; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of
Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted
Randall's QSO Radio Show; Twitter; the West Bengal Radio Club; the
Wireless Institute of Australia; 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 Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2020. All rights reserved.
--- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32
 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (454:1/33)

.