Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jun 16 2023 02:35:57

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2381, for Friday, June 16th, 2023

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2381, with a release date of Friday,
June 16th, 2023 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. A youth DXpedition sets its sights on Guyana. 
Satellites get in the act on Field Day -- and ham radio aids in a 
dramatic rescue in Idaho. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline 
Report Number 2381, comes your way right now.

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YOUNG DXPEDITIONERS SET SIGHTS ON GUYANA

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our top story this week takes us to Guyana - that's the 
location a young quartet of DXpeditioners has its collective eye on. We 
hear about their plans from Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

JEREMY: Their trip has been years in the making and now, with the travel 
precautions of the pandemic behind them, a team of DXpeditioners -- all 
in their 20s -- is finally free to travel to their destination: Guyana. 
Four friends, Jamie, M0SDV, Philipp, DK6SP, Tomi, HA8RT, and Sven, DJ4MX, 
are young: Sven is 21, team co-leader Jamie is 22; Tomi is 24 and co-
leader Philipp is 25.

Their youth hasn't stopped them from becoming veteran DXpeditioners. 
Jamie told Newsline: "We have been fortunate enough to visit some amazing 
locations worldwide." Now they putting together their plan to operate in 
Guyana between the 14th and the 24th of next February, operating CW, SSB, 
FT8, and RTTY, on the HF bands.

They have not yet been assigned a callsign.

The Northern California DX Foundation said it has given the team a $5,000 
grant as a way of encouraging the next generation of adventuring 
amateurs. 

Jamie said that the group's website will be updated regularly to keep DX 
hunters apprised and, of course, to encourage others to support the 
activation.

See the text version of this week's newscast on our website, 
arnewsline.org, to find a link to the DXpedition. The team will also be 
releasing a separate website dedicated to the DXpedition itself and will 
communicate with chasers via social media.

[DO NOT READ: www.8R-2024.com]

This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(GUYANA DXPEDITION WEBSITE, JAMIE MØSDV)

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HAM RADIO PLAYS PIVOTAL ROLE IN SEATTLE DRILL

PAUL/ANCHOR: Residents in the city of Seattle take the notion of being 
neighborly quite seriously. So seriously, in fact, that they regularly 
hold disaster drills to practice ways to help one another out. Of course, 
it involves amateur radio. Here's Jack Parker, W8ISH, with a report on 
the latest exercise, which was held on June 11th.

JACK: The disaster scenario in the city of Seattle, Washington, was 
simulated but there was nothing fictional about the scene of neighbor 
helping neighbor. On June 11th, the city's Emergency Communication Hubs 
rehearsed the all-important coordinated response that everyone would have 
in the event of a citywide power outage -- from neighbors to local 
authorities.

The exercise was called Power Down. Twenty-five hams from the Auxiliary 
Communications Service of Amateurs were dispatched to transmit messages 
using voice and digital modes, such as Winlink and Fldigi. The hams 
worked at one of the city's 10 participating hubs, at rally points for 
city workers, or in the radio room of the city's Emergency Operations 
Center. Many of the hams were asked to move between the various locations 
to help balance out resources. Most of the hams communicated via nets 
using repeaters that have power generators on site.

According to Susanna Cunningham, WB7CON, the public information officer 
for the ACS, the exercise was a successful demonstration of cooperation 
but unearthed some challenges: There were coverage issues with repeaters 
that are used less frequently -- and hams making use of Winlink did not 
always succeed in getting all the ICS forms submitted from the Hubs to 
their targeted locations. Susanne said that these issues and others will 
be evaluated at the July meeting of the ACS on July 8th.

This is Jack Parker, W8ISH.

(SUSANNA CUNNINGHAM, WB7CON)
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