Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Oct 28 2022 02:09:10

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for John, W5JON, on the air from St Eustatius
as PJ5/W5JON from Oct. 25th through to the 4th of November. He will be
on 6-60m, using SSB and FT8. QSL direct or via LoTW to his home call.

Dan, K6ZO, is active from Malawi using the call sign 7Q6M through 
to the end of November. Listen on 160-6m. Dan will participate in 
both the CQWW SSB and CW contests. QSL to his home call.

Four hams in Aruba will form a team using the call sign P40L and 
participate in the CQWW SSB contest. QSL via WA3FRP.

A group of radio operators from Belgium and Luxembourg will be 
using the call sign LX8M from Merscheid, Luxembourg, during the 
CQWW DX SSB Contest. QSL via LoTW. 

Mark your calendars for a DXpedition by Marcelo, ZL1MTO, who will 
be active from Norfolk Island as VK9MTO from December 29th through 
to January 5th, 2023. Marcelo will be operating on 20 and 10 metres 
using SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL to his home call.

(OHIO PENN DX, DX-WORLD. NET)

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NEW POSTAL SERVICE MESSAGE NEEDS NO DECODING

PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week's newscast by remembering some code-
breaking women of wartime, and celebrating a tribute to them from 
the United States Postal Service. Here's Dave Parks, WB8ODF, to 
explain.

DAVE: Sending messages the old fashioned way - by postal service - 
just got even more traditional for letter-writers and bill-payers 
in the United States. A new postage stamp has been issued honoring 
women of the US military who handled messages in a much-less 
straightforward way: They were the cryptologists of World War II, 
the backbone of an operation that contributed in a big way to the 
Allied victory.

The stamp was formally released on Tuesday, October 18th at a 
ceremony in Maryland. The stamp is a tribute to the more than 
11,000 women who worked tirelessly with the traffic of intercepted 
enemy message that were sent encoded. Like so many others in the 
military at that time, they were sworn to secrecy about their 
roles. The stamp's design features a recruitment poster seeking the 
participation of these women, who were known as WAVES, an acronym 
for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. In announcing 
the new stamps, the US Postal Service called the women "STEM 
pioneers" adding that they [quote] "opened the door for women in 
the military and have helped shape information security efforts for 
future generations." [endquote]

This is Dave Parks, WB8ODF.

(US POSTAL SERVICE)

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