Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jul 27 2023 18:37:17

BREAK HERE: 

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, 
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the K9DEW repeater 
in Warsaw, Indiana, on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.

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DO YOU HAIKU? ROGER ROGER!

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: What's the one ham radio competition you can enter without 
turning your rig on? The Amateur Radio Newsline haiku challenge. We've been 
inviting listeners to channel their most creative selves and share the joy 
of ham radio in the form of a haiku. On our website, arnewsline.org, you 
will find a submission form. Follow traditional haiku form and send in your 
entry: The first line is five syllables, the second line is seven syllables 
and the finishing third line has another five syllables. We cannot accept 
any other formats.

We will pick from the best submissions that follow the 5/7/5 syllable rule 
and represent the love of amateur radio. Your prize? For now, bragging 
rights -- and a featured spot for your haiku on the Amateur Radio Newsline 
website. We may have a surprise for you at the end of the year, however. So 
visit our website at arnewsline.org and take a look at this week's winning 
ham radio haiku.

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'MOON DAY' PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON HAM RADIO

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Although the event at the Frontiers of Flight Museum was 
called "Moon Day," amateur radio shared the spotlight with the help of 
AMSAT and two area ham clubs. Moon Day was held at the Dallas, Texas museum 
at Love Field on July 22nd - the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission in 
1969. The educational event celebrated ham radio communications through 
satellites while acknowledging the great strides that have been made since 
that historic lunar landing. AMSAT ambassador Tom Schuessler, N5HYP, told 
Newsline in an email that AMSAT's presentations focused on amateur radio in 
space and with the help of AMSAT's Virginia Smith, NV5F, Calvin Gluck, 
W7KYG and Tony Medina, NT5TM, guests learned about the technology behind 
these communications. The keynote speaker was retired NASA astronaut Shane 
Kimbrough KE5HOD.

Working alongside AMSAT, the Dallas Amateur Radio Club, W5FC, demonstrated 
the use of repeaters, Morse Code and the HF bands. A number of young Scouts 
were able to work toward their radio and exploration merit badges. This was 
the 15th annual Moon Day held at the museum, and Tom told Newsline it will 
be back again next year.

(TOM SCHUESSLER, N5HYP)

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RADIO 'BUMBLEBEES' TAKE FLIGHT USING CW

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Sunday, July 30th, has been set aside for bumblebees. Those 
the the radio operators who'll be operating QRP as they call CQ. Randy Sly,
W4XJ, tells us how to "BEE" ready for them.

RANDY: The Adventure Radio Society is hoping for a swarm of bumblebees on 
Sunday, July 30th -- or at least, that's the buzz. For the four-hour period 
between 1700 and 2100 UTC, the organizers of a casual CW contest called The 
Flight of the Bumblebees are encouraging portable operators to walk, 
bicycle, row - using any means of engine-free travel - and set up at a 
field site. There, they will call CQ with their callsign and a unique 
identifying Bumblebee Number assigned to them. For bumblebees, being in the 
field is important. The society, which was created in 1996, tries to foster 
the practice of radio operations in an ecologically responsible manner.

Now remember: bumblebees are small, so this is going to be a QRP event and 
no one will be transmitting more than 5 watts. Typically, these radio 
bumblebees can be found on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters, around standard QRP 
frequencies. Who'll be looking for them? Other bumblebees, of course, but 
home-based stations who are also operating QRP can chase the bees or one 
another.

For details, rules and other information, visit arsqrp dot blogspot dot com 
(arsqrp.blogspot.com). Bumblebees and home-based stations will be eligible 
for commendations based on points, but additional recognition will be given 
to those busy bees who operate from attractive sites, have an unusual 
adventure, or perhaps operate with some notable equipment.

As with previous such contests, this one is sure to create a hive of 
activity.

This is Randy Sly, W4XJ.

(ADVENTURE RADIO SOCIETY, MONITORING TIMES 1999)
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