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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu May 19 2022 21:13:07

AMERICAN LEGION POST GETS NEW HAM CLUB

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Congratulations to American Legion Post 289 in 
Clarksville, Tennessee, where members recently formed an amateur radio 
club, joining other American Legion posts on the air. According to a 
story on the Clarksville Now website, Larry Johnson, K4JOH, a member of 
the post, was one of the key people in getting the club established for 
the local military veterans' group. One of its big activities planned for 
later this year is to host the Boy Scouts' Jamboree on the Air in October 
with help from the Clarksville Amateur Transmitting Society.

The American Legion's National Executive Committee approved amateur radio 
activities at its posts in 2011.

(CLARKSVILLE NOW, QRZ)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, members of the Voice of Toyoake Amateur Radio Club, 
JH2ZCW, are using the special callsign 8N2TY from Toyoake City, Aichi, 
Honshu Island, AS-007, until November 30th. Operators are commemorating 
the 50th anniversary of the Toyoake City. Be listening on 160m to 1.2 GHz 
where they will be using various modes. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or direct.

For signals from Cape Verde, listen for Pierre, HB9AMO, Philippe, HB9ARF, 
and Marco, HB9CAT, using the callsign D4Z from Sao Vicente Island, 
AF-086, during the CQWW WPX contest taking place on May 27th and 28th. 
QSL via LoTW. The station may also be on the air before and after the 
contest.

Listen for Rafael, EA5XV, who hopes to be on the air from Panama as 
EA5XV/HP1 between June 28th and September 12th. Listen for him on SSB. 
Send QSLs to his home call.

Fabian, DF3XY, will be active as 3B8/DF3XY from Mauritius, AF-049, 
between May 21st and June 2nd. Be listening on 40, 30 and 20 meters where 
Fabian will be using mostly FT8. QSL via DF3XY, direct, by the Bureau or 
eQSL. Fabian also welcomes cards from shortwave listeners.

Koh, JA1ADT, will be on the air as JD1AJD from Ogasawara, AS-031, between 
June 24th and July 2nd. Listen on 20-6 meters where he will be using CW 
and FT8. His operation will concentrate on 6m for Europe and North 
America. Send QSLs to his home callsign.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: CARRYING A MEMORIAL MESSAGE WITH FLAGS INSTEAD OF RADIOS

SKEETER/ANCHOR: There will be recognition and honor for the Highland 
Amateur Radio Association when the ham world gathers at the Greene County 
Fairgrounds in Xenia, Ohio on the weekend of May 20th to 22nd. The 
southern Ohio club was named Hamvention Club of the Year. Just a week 
ago, however, club members themselves were the ones bestowing highest 
honors. They did so without formality or fanfare. Ralph Squillace, 
KK6ITB, has our final story.

RALPH: On Saturday, May 14th, carrying small American flags instead of 
radios, a dozen or so Ohio amateurs planted each one at a burial plot for 
more than a thousand military veterans at the city cemetery in Hillsboro, 
Ohio. It was a quiet act by the Highland Amateur Radio Association, which 
first stepped in three years ago when the local Scouts became unable to 
continue the tradition. John Levo, W8KIW, the club's public information 
officer, said many of the graves date back to the Revolutionary War. He 
said that this year, a flag was also placed at one of the newer graves: 
Vietnam veteran Floyd Colville, KD8SIK, a beloved club member who became 
a Silent Key late last year, having succumbed to the effects of Agent 
Orange. John said Floyd was one of those who worked side by side with the 
team, installing those same flags during the previous two years. Placed 
just two weeks shy of America's official observance of Memorial Day, the 
flags will stay in place until the summer is through. So too will the 
message each one carries — in this case, not in words transmitted over 
the air, but delivered instead from the heart.

From Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB. 
 
(JOHN LEVO, W8KIW)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: 

With thanks to the ARRL; the Ashe Post and Times; the Australian 
Communications and Media Authority; Clarksville Now; CQ Magazine; David 
Behar K7DB; DXWorld.net; John Levo, W8KIW; Ohio Penn DX; Paul Raiche, 
N1XI; QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur 
Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; and you our listeners, that's all from the 
Amateur Radio Newsline. 

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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and 
our news team worldwide, I'm Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, in Shelbyville,
Tennessee, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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