Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Nov 05 2020 22:22:02

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2245, for Friday, November 6th, 2020

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2245, with a release date of Friday,
November 6th, 2020, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. A triumph across seven summmits for Tokyo's Ham 
Fair. The ISS crew has reason to celebrate - and Peru's selling part of its 
amateur spectrum. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 
Number 2245 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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JAPAN'S HAM FAIR OFFERS REAL-TIME SOTA EXPERIENCE

NEIL/ANCHOR: We begin this week's report with yet another story of amateur 
persistence. Never let it be said that hams ever let their goals be 
thwarted, even after COVID-19 cancelled such core events as Dayton 
Hamvention and Ham Radio Friedrichshafen this year. The massive Tokyo Ham 
Fair was also a casualty, but like so many others, the show went on - 
virtually. Here's John Williams, VK4JJW, with those details.

JOHN: The virtual doors were open in Tokyo on November 1st, as planned, 
even though no one was physically present at the Tokyo Hamfair 2020 for the 
seminars and workshops. The presentations went forward, and one of them 
turned out to have a respectable showing "in person": It was the ham fair's 
scheduled in-depth look at Summits on the Air, or SOTA. Fortunately, SOTA, 
by virtue of its portable and socially distant operating environment, could 
keep things real. The programme included live-streamed video from seven 
SOTA summmits throughout Japan, where hams were busy making activations. 
Toru JH0CJH predicted that this activity would lead to many hams becoming 
new SOTA enthusiasts in Japan.

Meanwhile, the Japan Amateur Radio League is back at work, making plans and 
deciding on dates for 2021, hoping for the best in the year ahead.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW.

NEIL/ANCHOR: For a look at some of the SOTA activations, follow the YouTube 
link posted on our Newsline website arnewsline.org in the printed version 
of this script.

[FOR PRINT ONLY: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCPnFma21Uk&feature=youtu.be]

(SOTA REFLECTOR, TOKYO HAMFEST)

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SPACE STATION MARKS 20 YEARS WITH ONBOARD CREW

NEIL/ANCHOR: Happy anniversary to the International Space Station, which on 
November 2nd marked 20 years of having a crew on board continuously. This 
is an occasion being celebrated by the five space agencies involved in the 
ISS project: NASA, Roscosmos, ESA, JAXA, and CSA. Of note is the role that 
amateur radio has played up there through the ARISS program. Amateur radio 
was already part of the Expedition One crew who arrived on board on 
November 2nd, 2000: Commander William Shepherd, KD5GSL, Soyuz Commander 
Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR.

(ARISS)

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NY HAM CLUB DONATES TO HOSPITAL FOR COVID RESPONSE

NEIL/ANCHOR: Hams who have their go-kits at the ready know what it's like 
to respond to a crisis. So this next gesture of appreciation by one New 
York ham club shows particular understanding of vital emergency response. 
Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, tells us more.

KEVIN: On Long Island, New York, where the COVID-19 pandemic hit hard, 
members of the Radio Central Amateur Radio Club W2RC decided that medical 
responders and their support teams needed a show of support for their 
service.

The club took up a collection from among its 40 members for a donation to 
the local hospital, St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson. In an article 
posted in the QRZ.COM forum, the club's president, Neil Heft, KC2KY, says: 
[quote] "We Wanted to do something more than just putting up a thank you 
sign." A one-thousand dollar donation was presented recently to the 
hospital in recognition of the hard work by its doctors, nurses, security 
officers, medical support staff, and facility personnel.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE. 

(QRZ.COM)
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