Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Aug 25 2022 18:04:55

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, members of the Zagreb Amateur Radio Association will 
activate the special callsign 9A24ZRF during the 24th ZagrebRadio Fest on 
September 2nd and 3rd. QSL via the Bureau or LoTW.

In Malaysia, the Taiping Amateur Radio Club and the Malaysian Amateur Radio 
Transmitter Society (MARTS), will be using the callsign 9M65MA from August 
30th through to September 1st. This is to mark the 65th anniversary of 
Malaysia's independence. Listen on various HF bands for operators using CW, 
SSB, FM and the Digital modes. QSL via 9M2OHM direct.

Trinidad and Tobago will be marking the 60th anniversary of their 
independence with an amateur radio special event operated by members of 
the Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society. They will be using the 
callsign 9Y60TT between the 26th of August and the 2nd of September. Listen 
on HF as well as the VHF bands where operators will be using CW, SSB, Slow 
Scan TV, Digital Modes and Moonbounce. They will also be making use of 
satellite contacts and APRS via the International Space Station. Be 
listening as well on DMR, C4FM, D-Star and EchoLink. QSLusing LoTW, ClubLog 
or QRZ.com.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: ONE ANTENNA THAT'S A-MAIZE-ING

JIM/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with a story about field day. No, not 
THAT field day. For this story, we're going straight to the field - the 
corn field, that is. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, brings us some kernels of 
wisdom.

RALPH: If you're stalking the newest and most unusual kind of antenna, look 
no further than the two 8-foot-tall green stalks that Kevin, K0KLB,
harvested recently in an Iowa cornfield to create the homebrew vertical he 
called the CornTenna. Relying on the combination of two stalks plus their 
inherent conductive moisture, Kevin had a hunch that by joining them and 
adding a copper wire, mounting them on a wooden batten and adding radials, 
he might get an SWR acceptable enough for some QSOs on 20m. With a little 
adjusting, the CornTenna tuned right up in the field and, well, things 
were soon popping. Operating at 5w QRP, he logged two contacts in Texas and 
had a few other contacts that almost made it into the log. Not quite smooth 
as silk, but for a Corn-Tenna? Downright a-maize-ing. You can see Kevin and 
the CornTenna in action on YouTube at the link in the text version of this 
week's newscast at arnewsline.org. He's got a real antenna farm and yes, 
he's having a field day.

Meanwhile, one lingering question remains: Whether this innovative vertical 
can hold its own in a real amateur radio DX CORNtest. We're all ears.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

[FOR PRINT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG1e1K1RR-s&t=165s ]

(YOUTUBE)

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