Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Sep 09 2022 16:52:54

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, George, K5KG, Steve, K4EU, and Tom, K4NMR, are active 
from Iceland, EU-021, until September 20th. They will be using the TF/ 
prefix with their home calls. Listen for them in various contests. QSL 
via the home calls or LoTW.

Be listening for Steve, WB4GHY, active from Diego Garcia Island, IOTA 
AF-006, between the 16th of September and the 16th of November. He will 
be using the callsign VQ9SC. Be listening on 160 - 10m, where Steve will 
be using SSB and FT8. Send QSLs via WB2REM.

Michal, OK1WMR (OK1M), is active as FR/OK1M from Reunion Island, IOTA 
number AF-016, until the 12th of September. Listen for him on 20, 15 and 
10 meters using SSB, RTTY and possibly FT8. QSL via OK1M.

Be listening for Mike, VE6TC, active as ZL4/VE6TC from Oban, Stewart 
Island (IOTA OC-203). He will be on the air until early October. QSL via 
the Bureau, direct to his home call, eQSL or LoTW.

(DXNEWS.COM, OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: THEY GOT ON THE AIR TO SAY FAREWELL AND THANKS

PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week with a story of grief among friends in a 
close-knit California radio group. They celebrated her life recently by 
doing just what she wanted them to do, as we hear from Ralph Squillace,
KK6ITB.

RALPH: Getting on the air became a way of life after retirement when 
Kathi Mixon, KD6CAF, joined with her husband Ken, KC6WOK, and some 
amateur radio friends to create the GOTA Hams, a group that celebrated 
friendship and family. The couple's RV soon became the club's mobile 
shack, gaining the callsign WG6OTA.

Kathi, who lived in Covina, California, became a Silent Key on the 10th 
of August. The last few years of her life were filled with club 
activities: radio in the park, drilling EmComm skills and social 
gatherings inside the GOTA Home RV at San Dimas Canyon Park. Shortly 
after her death, the GOTAHams website devoted a section of its home page 
as a memorial to the woman they affectionately called the Mother of 
GOTAHams.

According to a notice in the YLBeam newsletter, Kathy had a congenital 
liver disease known as primary biliary cirrhosis, and after a difficult 
final year, she died in hospice care this summer. Ten days after her 
death, the club held a celebration of Kathi's life in a local park. 
Everyone was asked to bring some food and memories to share. Organizers 
also made one more request: Bring your radios too and get on the air. 
That surely would have pleased the woman known as the Mother of GOTAHams.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(YLBEAM, GOTAHAMS.COM)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: 

With thanks to AMSAT-EA, the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DXNews; 
GOTA Hams; the Indian Academy of Communication and Disaster Management; 
OceaniaDX contest; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; 
shortwaveradio.de; Space.com; Wireless Institute of Australia; the 
YLBeam; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio 
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saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening. 

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