Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Mar 31 2022 20:54:18 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2318, for Friday, April 1st, 2022 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2318, with a release date of Friday, April 1st, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. A DXpeditioner and humanitarian becomes a Silent Key. Radio triumph atop the Caribbean's highest point -- and special report from Newsline's April Fool's Day correspondent, Pierre Pullinmyleg. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2318, comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART HERE ** SILENT KEY: YASUO "ZORRO" MIYAZAWA, JH1AJT, DXPEDITIONER AND HUMANITARIAN STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We begin this week with news of the death of a beloved DXpeditioner who touched the world in more ways than by radio. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, has that story. ED: Hams around the world are grieving the death of the noted DXpeditioner and humanitarian known as Zorro, JH1AJT. Zorro, whose name was Yasuo Miyazawa, { pronounced Ya Su oh Me ah za wa } became a Silent Key at 72 years of age on March 22nd. He had been diagnosed with cancer. Known as much for his optimistic outlook on life and his generous heart, Zorro was a key part of DXpeditions in Yemen, Laos, Ethiopia, and Bhutan, to name a few. In 2015, Zorro received the Intrepid Spirit Award from the Intrepid DX Group for his achievements in Eritrea, Myanmar, and Bangladesh. His many humanitarian efforts include the establishment of a prep school in Japan that specializes in the education of students with special needs, and his gifts of thousands of dollars to programmes in Myanmar to serve the nation's medical and educational needs. Zorro also created and endowed the Humanitarian Aid Fund of the International DX Association. A statement from one of that association's directors, Ralph Fedor, K0IR, lauded Zorro as a skilled operator who mentored and encouraged less experienced operators. The statement also praised him for his humanity. The statement said [quote] "Through his schools and his humanitarian trips in Asia and Africa he brought a better life to all of those he touched." [endquote] The statement went on to add: [quote] "The world lost a great man...he was truly a brother to us all." [endquote] For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP. (INTREPID DX GROUP, OHIO PENN DX, PAUL EWINGX N6PSE, RALPH FEDOR, K0IR) ** SHORTWAVE STATION SENDS MUSIC, MESSAGES TO COMFORT UKRAINE STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Shortwave radio signals coming from the United States have been sending comfort in the form of music and recorded messages of hope to people in Ukraine and Russia. We hear those details from Skeeter Nash, N5ASH. SKEETER: Using the power of a 100,000-watt shortwave transmitter in Tennessee, two radio amateurs are using the additional power of rock and roll to send some upbeat moments to the people of Ukraine and Russia. Ted and Holly Randall, WB8PUM, and KG4WXV, operate short-wave AM Broadcast station WTWW located in a warehouse building from their nearby home. The transmitter is overseen by the couple's son, David, KG4WXW. Music isn't the only thing the couple has been transmitting. They are broadcasting recorded messages left by callers to the radio station carrying messages of hope and encouragement to be received on the small shortwave receivers many of the Ukrainian listeners have. Ted Randall told the local TV station WVLT: [quote] "These people are listening in bunkers. They are listening in shelters and those little radios, that's the type of radio they are listening on." [endquote] As a ham, Ted also recognizes that radio's power goes beyond any mere measurement in wattage. He told the TV station: [quote] "If we can touch lives through radio, then that’s our responsibility.” [endquote] For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Skeeter Nash, N5ASH. (WVLT-TV, SOUTHGATE, NBC PHILADELPHIA) --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .