Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Apr 28 2022 22:36:57

NOMINATE NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

DON/ANCHOR: We'd like to remind our listeners that it's time to think 
about the next generation of radio operators and appreciate their skill 
and dedication. Perhaps one of them will be the next recipient of the 
Amateur Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year 
Award. Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or 
younger in the continental United States with talent, promise and a 
commitment to the spirit of ham radio. Find application forms on our 
website arnewsline.org under the "AWARDS" tab. Nominations close May 31st 
-- and that's coming up soon.

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Michael, DF8AN, operating as FM/DF8AN 
and TO8N, in Martinique, J97MN, from Dominica and a yet to be issued call 
on St Lucia. He is on the air until May 1st on the HF bands using mainly 
CW and digital. QSL using his home call.

Between May 9th and 14th, listen for Ilya, EX/R5AF, and Igor, EX/R4FCN, in 
Kyrgyzstan (KEER GUH STAN) on 40 through 10m. They will be using CW, FT8 
and possibly some SSB. QSL via LoTW, Club Log, eQSL, HAMLog.

Yuris VU3FZC, Deepak, VU2CDP, and Monoj, VU2CPL, will operate from the 
Andaman islands as VU4W between May 3rd and 16th. Listen on the HF bands. 
For the official VU4W website reference refer to the text version of this 
broadcast at arnewsline.org. 

[PRINT ONLY: DO NOT READ: https://www.lral.lv/vu4w/ ]

John, W2GD, will operate from Aruba between May 24th and 31st from the 
P40W QTH. He will be using the call P44W. Be listening for him using CW on 
all HF bands as time permits. He will place special emphasis on the WARC 
bands. QSL via LoTW and N2MM. 

(DX-WORLD.NET)

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KICKER: TURNING 'CHILDREN'S DAY' INTO 'RADIO DAY'

DON/ANCHOR: We end this week with a story that answers a common question 
these days: How do you get youngsters involved in radio? The answer is 
simple enough: You get them on the air for some serious DXing. Here's Jim 
Meachen, ZL2BHF, to tell us how it's being done.

JIM: Some people wait a lifetime for that special DX contact. But that 
waiting period isn't part of the equation for youngsters in Japan. 
Students in elementary, junior high and high school classes are at the top 
of the list for contacts when the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition 
station 8J1RL calls QRZ for Children's Day, a national holiday in Japan. 
The contacts will take place for several hours on May 5th using 21 MHz 
SSB. This is the 63rd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition but for many 
of the youngsters who'll soon be in the radio operators' log, it is going 
to be a very big first.

The students in Japan will join the ranks of those who have gone before 
them at schools in Alberta, Canada; Israel and the United States who, 
instead of talking to the South Pole, have briefly mingled their voices 
with those in space, through Amateur Radio on the International Space 
Station. Whether young people talk to research scientists down below, or 
astronauts and cosmonauts up above, the spirit of adventure so dear to 
youngsters' hearts becomes even more accessible through the gateway of 
amateur radio.

In that respect, the Japanese holiday of Children's Day, which promotes 
the health and happiness of young people, is celebrated anywhere in the 
world whenever a youngster discovers the magic of radio.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.

(SOUTHGATE, ARISS)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: 

With thanks to ARISS; ARRL; BBC; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Dept. of 
Defense; FCC; Industrial Equipment News; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Radio 
Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; 
WAGM-TV; YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio 
Newsline. 

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. We remind our listeners 
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us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate 
you all.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and 
our news team worldwide, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in Picayune, 
Mississippi, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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