Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Sat Oct 24 2020 04:17:01 BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the K8SCH repeater of the OH-KY-IN Amateur Radio Society, in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. local time. Newsline has played during the TechTalk net for more than 35 years! ** ASSAULT IN UK AMATEUR OPERATING PORTABLE NEIL/ANCHOR: In the UK, authorities are looking for four men who assaulted an amateur operating portable. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has that story. JEREMY: Police in Gloucestershire are looking for information about the assault on a ham who was operating portable last month near Cheltenham. The amateur, whose name and call sign were not made public, was attacked by four men who accused him of spying on them and recording them. A report in the Gloucester Echo said the ham was operating portable from Cleeve Common near Cheltenham at 9:20 on the evening of September 8th. The report did not say whether the man, who is in his fifties, required medical attention. Police said the assailants left the scene in a Land Rover. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. (SOUTHGATE, GLOUCESTER ECHO) ** NO RESISTANCE TO THIS NEWFOUND SUPERCONDUCTOR NEIL/ANCHOR: Most of us know about electrical conductors, such as cables and electrical lines. They carry electricity but, of course, it comes at a price: some of that energy is lost due to resistance. Now a group of New York researchers is saying things don't necessarily have to be that way. Scientists at the University of Rochester say they have created a superconductor that has no resistance - and unlike most other superconductors, can operate at room temperature instead of needing to be cooled. According to an October 15th article posted on the Popular Mechanics website, this superconductor combines the right amount of pressure with the elements that bond readily. The scientists have squeezed sulphur, carbon, and hydrogen�carbonaceous sulphur hydride in a diamond anvil, which exerts nearly 300 gigapascals of pressure. Therein lies the catch: that pressure is the equivalent of about 3 million times the Earth's ambient air pressure. The researchers next task, then, is to tinker with the chemical mix and see if they can take some of that pressure off. (POPULAR MECHANICS) ** AN ECHOLINK NET CELEBRATES ACTRESS HEDY LAMARR NEIL/ANCHOR: Actress Hedy Lamarr was as noted for her performances as her penchant for inventing in the realm of radio. There's a party for her on Echolink - and Jim Damron, N8TMW, tells us about it. JIM: Among radio enthusiasts and fellow tinkerers, the late actress Hedy Lamarr deserved her name up in lights for reasons that had nothing to do with Hollywood. An inventor with a penchant for technology the star is credited with helping develop a patented radio signaling device used during the Second World War that years later led to GPS, Bluetooth, increased security on mobile phones and Wi-Fi. In 1997 - just three years before her death at the age of 85 - she was given the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Award. On Monday, November 9th, which would have been her 106th birthday, the Echolink ROC-HAM Conference Server is hosting Hedy Lamarr Day with a four- hour net. Four YL net controllers will be taking check-ins and celebrating her accomplishments. The net will also be accessible on the DODROPIN Conference Server Node 355800. For just a short while, Hedy Lamarr will also be back on the screen - the small screen in this case. Organizer John DeRycke, W2JLD, told Newsline that the event will be streamed on YouTube's World Amateur Radio Day channel. It will also be heard on Broadcastify. Be watching Netlogger - and be listening on EchoLink -- for the call sign N9H, and visit the QRZ page for details about a special event QSL card. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW. ** RSGB ANNOUNCES NEW UK HAMS, UPGRADES ACHIEVED REMOTELY NEIL/ANCHOR: Congratulations to the newest hams across the Pond in the UK. A Twitter announcement by the Radio Society of Great Britain reports that 2,000 hams have passed their Foundation exams via remote invigilation. Big congrats as well to the 268 amateurs who were able to upgrade to Intermediate level in the same manner. The remote exams were put in place in April in response to the pandemic. (SOUTHGATE, TWITTER) --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (454:1/33) .