Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Aug 14 2020 12:26:04

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for the special event call sign CB33M
From Chile. Members of the Radio Club Eternautas, CE3ETR, are on the air
until the 13th of October, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the
landslide in north Chile, that trapped 33 miners for three months in
August of 2010. The miners were rescued. Be listening on 80m-70cms,
where the operators will be using CW, SSB, and the Digital modes
(FT8/FT4, JS8, RTTY, PSK31, and SSTV). QSL via PO BOX 12096, Santiago,
Chile.

Listen for Francesco, IK6QON, operating through the 20th of August, as
SV8/IK6QON, from Corfu Island. He is operating holiday style on 40-6
meters, using CW and SSB. QSL via IK6QON.

In Mexico, Ramon, XE1KK, is using the special callsign 6E6E, until
December 31st. This callsign is a non-renewable, one-time-use-only
call sign, that he will also use in the CQWW DX SSB Contest in October,
as well as other contests. Outside of contests he will be using FT8/FT4
on 160-6 meters. QSL via LoTW only.

In Ghana, Matteo, IZ4YGS, is using the call sign 9G5GS, in the country's
western region, a jungle area just a few hundred meters from the ocean.
He will be there until September 15th. Listen for him between 2100 and
0000 UTC. He will be using mostly FT8 in fox-hound mode, as well as
standard mode. He will also be on the QO-100 geostationary satellite
in USB mode. Matteo will be updating his ClubLog entries daily. Send
QSLs via LoTW, IZ4YGS, direct or eQSL.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER:TRANSMITTING WITH THE POWER OF LOVE

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our final story is about a bond between two hams - a
father and son - and a boundless gesture of love and untimely loss that
could only be shared on radio. Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, shares their story.

SKEETER: There are no limits to the power of a father's love. But, when
the father is a radio operator grieving the recent loss of his young
son, the power of two 100 kW transmitters counts for something. Thomas
Klingensmith, KL0K, works the controls at KNLS, the World Christian
Broadcasting shortwave station in Anchor Point, Alaska.

On Monday, August 3rd, Thomas closed out an English-language broadcast
by adding a tribute, a 12-second Morse Code recording that said "73 de
K9ZDK." Then, moments later, came a second recorded message - "CQ de
K9ZDK" just before the station's Russian-language program began.

K9ZDK was Zavier Dean Klingensmith, Thomas' son, who became a Silent Key
in June 2019 at age 22. Thomas told Newsline that he broadcast these
12-second recordings, not just to fill a brief programming gap, but to
honor his son, who had been learning CW.

Listener Dan Van Hoy, VR2HF, heard it all that night from Hong Kong, and
wrote later on the Shortwave Listening Post blog: [quote] "His call on CW
was heard on every English, Russian, and Mandarin show, that evening,
over 16 hours of broadcasts....Wow." [endquote] That's the kind of power
that needs no further boosting. However, Thomas is also making free iambic
keyer kits available to interested hams who contact him. The project board
bears his son's name and call sign -- along with the strong possibility
that it will operate easily with the power of love.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Skeeter Nash, N5ASH.

(SWLING POST, DAN VAN HOY VR2HF, THOMAS KLINGENSMITH KL0K)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; Australian
Communications and Media Authority; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB;
Dan Van Hoy VR2HF; Deadline.com; the FCC; Frank Howell K4FMH; the
ICQ Podcast; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Radio Amateurs of Canada; Radio
Society of Great Britain; shortwaveradio.de; the Shortwave Listening
Post; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the
Times of India; 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, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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