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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jun 10 2022 14:09:53

GERMAN RADIO CONFERENCE SEEKS PRESENTERS, PAPERS

JIM/ANCHOR: Following two years of gathering virtually, organizers of 
a conference in Weinheim, Germany are preparing for an in-person 
event. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, brings us that story.

ED: Organisers of the Weinheim VHF Conference are looking for 
assistance from hams worldwide as they put together their next event to 
be held in September. This in-person event follows two years of virtual 
conferences in response to the pandemic.

Presenters are needed on a variety of topics, not just related to VHF, 
in keeping with the the event's broad focus on amateur radio computer 
applications, SDR, HamNet, digital processes and microcontrollers. The 
conference has been held since 1956, attracting amateurs throughout 
Europe to share ideas and skills.

Interested presenters are asked to send a 300-word abstract no later 
than July 19th. Scripts for the lectures will be due no later than 
August 9th. The conference is being held from September 9th to the 11th 
at the Dietrich Bonhoeffer School in Weinheim, Germany.

See the text version of this week's newscast for the full email address 
where conference submissions may be sent.

[FOR PRINT ONLY: referate@ukw-tagung.org ]

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(WEINHEIM VHF CONFERENCE)

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, listen for Makoto, Jay Eye 5 R P T (JI5RPT) on the
air from Ogasawara as JD1BLY from June 11th to the 14th. He will be on 
40m to 6m using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL to his home call.

Be listening for Z21RU, the Russian DXpedition Team, on the air from 
Zimbabwe from June 17th through to the 29th. The operators will be on 
all HF bands as well as 50 MHz and will be using the QO-100 satellite. 
See QRZ.com for a link to the team's website for additional details.

Special event station 4JF1EU (Four-Jay-Eff-One-Eee-You) is active in 
Azerbaijan until the 15th of June. The operator is Alexander Frolov 
4J3DJ, who is on the air to mark the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Azerbaijan 
in Baku. That race is taking place from June 10th to the 12th. QSL to 
Alexander's home call 4J3DJ.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

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KICKER: A MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE WAS IN THE CARDS

JIM/ANCHOR: When is a QSL card not just a QSL card? When it's a thank 
you card for something so basic and so right that it is at the very 
heart of our hobby. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, has our final story for this 
week.

MIKE: Licensed since 1972, Dayton Martin, WB4JWD, has been around the 
bands long enough to have a collection of stories, memorable contacts 
and QSL cards, especially for all his CW contacts. One of the most 
recent envelopes to arrive in his mailbox in Alabama, however, was 
filled with promise too: He shared the story recently in a Facebook 
post, writing [quote] "It came from an old ham who was licensed in 1957 
but had been a 'CW listener' while in Vietnam...I gathered that he had 
once had a big station. He spoke of big towers in the past. What he was 
thanking me for was patiently trying to pull out his weak signal on 30 
meters." [endquote] At 81, Dayton said his hearing isn't what it once 
was and the ham, a military veteran he identified as John K3BSY, was 
operating barefoot near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with an Elecraft K3 
and a mobile whip. Dayton and his cootie key got the job done and both 
men logged their contact. Dayton told Newsline: "John complimented me 
on my skills on copying him...He did say some would shun him because of 
his weak signal." Perhaps some, but not Dayton. Realizing that working 
everyone is the privilege and the spirit of being a ham, he'll be 
sending a QSL card in return and keeping John's as a reminder [quote] 
"to not shun the weak signals, nor even the ones whose code is not the 
best because you just never know!" [endquote] Oh, and he'll also be 
listening again on 30m for his fellow CW enthusiast. Listening 
carefully.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: 

With thanks to the ARRL; Carlos Felix, KD9OLN; CQ Magazine; David Behar 
K7DB; Dayton Martin, WB4JWD; Essex Ham; JAMSAT; DX-World.net; KWHI 
NEWS; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Radio Amateurs of Canada; the Radio 
Society of Great Britain; Silvercreek Amateur Radio Association; 
Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; the Weinheim VHF 
Conference; the Wireless Institute of Australia; 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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appreciate you all.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, 
and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston,
West Virginia, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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