Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jun 23 2022 19:29:25

BALLOON LAUNCH TO FEATURE CROSSBAND REPEATER

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Amateurs in Kansas have rescheduled the launch of a high-
altitude balloon with a crossband repeater on board and they're hoping to 
keep it busy making contacts. Jack Parker, W8ISH, has those details.

JACK: Good things are worth waiting for and members of the Independence 
Amateur Radio Club, N0ID, only have to wait a little bit longer for the 
rescheduled launch of the high-altitude balloon they are sending skyward 
with a crossband repeater and APRS on board. The Kansas hams are 
especially excited because the launch, rescheduled from earlier this 
month, will coincide with the Great Plains Super Launch on July 16th. The 
Super Launch is a wide-ranging event in which a number of similar 
balloons will be launched at sites throughout the Midwest. Stan Pierson, 
AE0LM, secretary of the Independence club, told Newsline that during the 
club balloon's expected two-hour flight over southeast Kansas, it will 
communicate with one of the Super Launch balloons flying high over 
Wisconsin. Using a common downlink, but separate uplinks, the balloons 
will permit radio operators in both areas to talk to one another using 
VHF/UHF radios. The crossband repeater has an uplink on 147.91 MHz and a 
downlink on 449.01 MHz. Stan said that the repeaters will be configured 
to work bidirectionally so that anything received on the VHF frequency is 
repeated on the UHF frequency - and vice versa.

Those who cannot be on site at Riverside Park for the launch or reside 
out of the area and wish to track the balloon can follow its journey 
following the 8 a.m. launch that day at www dot aprs dot fi (www.aprs.fi)

Additional details are available at the club website at n0id.org

For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jack Parker, W8ISH.

(SUPERLAUNCH.ORG, STAN PIERSON, AEØLM)

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JUST FOR FUN: A NOT-SO-TRIVIAL QUIZ

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Now here's something that's just for fun: If you think 
you know ham radio, play along with two teams during a trivia quiz you'll 
be able to watch online starting Tuesday, June 28th. As we hear from Paul 
Braun, WD9GCO, one team's members are very familiar to Newsline 
listeners.

PAUL: A team from Amateur Radio Newsline took part in an event that was 
was both trivial and non-trivial at the same time.

The Newsline team, consisting of captain Paul, WD9GCO, Neil, WB9VPG,
Kevin, N5PRE, Andy, K9AWM, and Dave, WB8ODF, squared off against a team 
from the Ham Radio Workbench podcast led by team captain George 
Zafiropoulos, KJ6VU, in an amateur radio trivia contest hosted by Kyle 
Krieg, AA0Z.

The two teams fought four rounds featuring questions that ranged from 
general ham radio knowledge to specialized technical topics. We can say 
that the teams were very evenly matched, but we won't tell you who won - 
that would spoil all the fun, wouldn't it?

The competition will be released in two different forms on Tuesday, June 
28th - in video on Kyle's YouTube channel and in audio format on the Ham 
Radio Workbench feed. You will find links to both in the text version of 
this newscast on our website.

According to all who participated, it was a lot of fun and both sides 
made new friends, as should happen in ham radio events. And we’re ready 
for a rematch any time they're ready.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

[FOR TEXT VERSION OF NEWSCAST - LINKS ARE

https://www.youtube.com/c/KyleAA0Z

hamradioworkbench.com  ]

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