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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Dec 01 2022 18:54:28

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Tony, JH1FFW, on the air from Palau as 
T88RC until December 5th. You can hear him on the HF bands, using SSB 
and FT8. QSL via eQSL or LoTW. 

Look for Giorgio, 5UA99WS, who will be on the air from Niger (nye-Jeer) 
until the 23rd of December. He will be on 15 and 20 metres using SSB 
when time permits. QSL via his LoTW manager, IK5SRF. 

Listen for Sergey, RX3APM, on the air from the Maldives as 8Q7BB from 
December 4th through to the 17th. He will participate in the ARRL 10m 
contest which is taking place on December 10th and 11th. At other times 
he will be operating on 80 through 10 metres. QSL to his home call.

Be listening for Joe, VE3BW, operating from Costa Rica as TI7/VE3BW 
between December 23rd and January 4th. He will be on the air on 160-6m, 
using CW, SSB and FT8. See his page on QRZ.com for details.

(DX-WORLD.NET)

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KICKER: HAPPY ENDING FOR PRODUCER OF HAM RADIO DOCUMENTARY

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Sometimes the best movies are the ones in which it's 
impossible to guess the ending. Our final report in this week's newscast 
tells us about one such movie, a documentary, and the student filmmaker 
who created it. Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, brings us her story.

RALPH: The 30-minute documentary that made its TV premiere on Montana 
Public Broadcasting  on Thanksgiving Day was a production by Grace 
Wolcott, a University of Montana student working with Media Arts 
students at the school. The film has a one-word title: "Ham." Grace told 
Newsline it was inspired by a class assignment and, in part, by the 
small portable shortwave radio she listens to. It's the story of 
Montana's ham radio community and the reason for radio operators' 
devotion.

She called the documentary a learning experience with everyone willing
to work outside their comfort zones. Grace was producer, director and 
assistant editor. The production also offered moments of radio magic. In 
one of her favorite moments, the crew was interviewing a ham in his 
shack when another ham could be heard on the air -- and then there was 
yet another. A QSO got under way and each learned that they'd all been 
interviewed for Grace's film. Grace told Newsline: [quote] "I felt in 
that moment, even if this documentary isn't a masterpiece or nobody sees 
it, I am glad that, just like amateur radio, we are bringing people 
together." [endquote]

So can you guess the ending? Grace, who aspires to be an independent 
filmmmaker, now has another goal. She wants to become a ham. She's 
already studying with the help of Lance Collister, W7GJ, the amateur 
seen in the opening scenes of the film. She said: [quote] "Everyone I 
met in the community is patiently waiting for me to get my license and I 
will not let them down!" [endquote]

She gets her diploma at the end of this semester and hopes to get on the 
air next year. 

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: If you'd like to see Grace's documentary, it's available 
on the Montana PBS website. See the link in the text version of this 
week's Newsline script at arnewsline.org

[FOR PRINT, DO NOT READ:    https://www.montanapbs.org/programs/ham/  ]

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: 

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Australia; YOTA; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur 
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Ohio, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening. 

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