Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu May 19 2022 21:13:03

BREAK HERE:

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline 
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the K5DUR repeater 
in Rowlett, Texas, on Sundays at 7 p.m. local time.

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NOMINATION DEADLINE NEARS FOR YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR AWARD

SKEETER/ANCHOR: The nomination deadline is closer than you think for the 
Amateur Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year 
Award. This honor is given to a young radio operator with the kind of 
skill and dedication so valued by Newsline's late cofounder Bill 
Pasternak WA6ITF. Perhaps one of these youngsters will be the next award 
recipient. 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 "YHOTY" tab. Nominations close May 
31st - and that is coming up fast.

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SCOUTS OFFER HAMVENTION LANYARDS AND TICKET LAMINATION

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Are you headed to Hamvention? If you're looking for an 
inexpensive but extremely handy Hamvention souvenir, the Boy Scouts 
Venture Crew 73 has just what you need, and Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, has what 
you need to know.

DON: Once again, the best Hamvention souvenir is one of the least 
expensive and most useful. It's the 2022 Hamvention lanyard available 
from the Boy Scouts Venture Crew 73, led by George Ewing, WD8NHI. As you 
get ready to pass inside the main gate at the Greene County Fairgrounds 
look for the Venture Crew tent. Go inside and for just $5 you can get 
your Hamvention 2022 lanyard and have your Hamvention ticket laminated to 
hang around your neck. No more fumbling for your ticket at the entrance 
to the tents and buildings, your ticket is right there and visible for 
security to see. Best of all, you can't lose your ticket! While you're 
at it go ahead get the full color Hamvention 2022 patch from the Scouts, 
also $5. This patch features a loop so you can hang it securely from, 
you guessed it, your lanyard! If you're in too much of a hurry to get 
inside the gate, you can pass by booth 4011 in the building with the 
prize drum and get your lanyard and patch there. It also makes a great 
gift for your ham friends who couldn't make it to Hamvention this year 
and as gifts for the next club meeting or prizes for the next hamfest. 
Support Venture Crew 73 and get one of the most useful and least 
expensive items at Hamvention. That's a win all the way around. 

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW.

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HAM RADIO JOINS SWISS 'ADVENTURE EXPERIENCE'

SKEETER: TunBasel (Tunn Bah-Zull), an interactive adventure experience 
for young people in Switzerland, is encouraging children to engage in 
playful experiments with everything from soap to digital avatars to 
amateur radio. Youngsters from 7 to 13 years of age will combine 
recreation with learning in this science-focused environment over the 
course of several days. On May 22nd, the Union of Swiss Shortwave 
Amateurs, or USKA, will be among the presenters, which includes an array 
of noted universities. The hams will demonstrate shortwave, UHF and VHF 
communications and guide the children through a kit-building exercise. 
The TunBasel website says the event is designed to showcase and nurture 
young talent.

(SOUTHGATE)

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AUSTRALIAN REGULATOR MAKES FEE-CALCULATION TOOL AVAILABLE

SKEETER/ANCHOR: The sometimes confusing task of figuring out the correct 
fee for an apparatus license in Australia could become a little less 
confusing soon. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, explains.

GRAHAM: Hams in Australia have a new tool to help them calculate the 
apparatus licence fee for their shacks. The Australian Communications and 
Media Authority has made a fee calculator available to help find what the 
AMCA is calling "the most cost-efficient licence option" for amateurs and 
holders of other radio licences. The fees relate to the operation of a 
radiofrequency transmitter or receiver.

The ACMA has said that the calculator will receive regular updates with 
respect to pricing and other options. For a link to the calculator, see 
the text version of this week's Newsline script at arnewsline.org

[FOR PRINT, DO NOT READ: http://www.openspec.com.au/fee-calculator ]

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Graham Kemp VK4BB.

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