Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Dec 23 2022 00:40:45 WORLD OF DX In the World of DX, be listening for the Israel Amateur Radio Club, which is operating special event stations celebrating Christmas and the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Be listening for Hanukkah station 4Z8NER on the air from December 18th through the 26th. Christmas stations 4X7XMAS, 4X8XMAS and 4X9XMAS will be on the air December 23rd, 24th and 25th. QSL via 4X6ZM, LoTW and eQSL. The TN8K DXpedition in the Congo begins operation shortly after operators arrive from the Czech Republic on January 6th. The team will continue operating until their departure date of January 21st. Be listening on 160 through 6 metres using CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8, FT4 and PSK. Operators will also be making contacts via the QO-100 satellite. Listen for Harry, JG7PSJ, operating as JD1BMH from Chichijima (CHEE CHEE JEEMA), IOTA number AS-031, Ogasawara (OH GAH SAH WARRA), from December 24th to January 2nd. He will be using CW, SSB and RTTY on 80 through 10 metres. QSL to his home call JG7PSJ via the bureau or direct. Be listening for Pierre-Jean, F4GPK, operating as FY/F4GPK from French Guiana (GEE YONNA) from December 26th to January 8th. QSL via eQSL or direct to his home call. Joe, VE3BW, will be using the callsign TI7/VE3BW (Tee Eye Seven/VE3BW) while operating from Costa Rica from the 23rd of December to the 3rd of January. Joe will be operating CW, SSB and FT8 on 160-6 metres. QSL to his home call. All QSOs will be loaded to LOTW on his return. (425 DX NEWS) ** KICKER: NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HAM RADIO STYLE JIM/ANCHOR: We end this newscast with a Newsline holiday tradition - a ham log instead of a yule log. I'm going to share with you this much- loved adaptation of the Clement Clarke Moore classic - proof that there is still magic in the season, and even moreso on the amateur bands this time of year. JIM: Twas the night before Christmas and all through the shack. The rig was turned off, and the mic cord lay slack. The antenna rotor had made its last turn, The tubes in the linear had long ceased to burn. I sat there relaxing and took off my specs, Preparing to daydream of Armchair DX. When suddenly outside I heard such a sound, I dashed out the door to see what was around. The moon shone down brightly and lighted the night. For sure propagation for the low bands was right. I peered toward the roof where I heard all the racket, and there was some guy in a red, fur-trimmed jacket! I stood there perplexed in a manner quite giddy: Just who WAS this stranger? di di dah dah di dit? He looked very much like an FCC guy, who'd come to check up on some bad TVI. I shouted to him: "Old man...QR-Zed?" "Hey you by the chimney, all dressed up in red!" I suddenly knew when I heard sleigh bells jingle; The guy on the rooftop was Jolly Kris Kringle. He had a big sack full of amateur gear Which was a big load for his prancing reindeer. Transmitters, receivers, for cabinets and racks; Some meters and scopes and a lot of coax. He said not a word 'cause he'd finished his work. He picked up his sack and he turned with a jerk. As he leaped to his sleigh, he shouted with glee; And I knew in a moment, he'd be QRT. I heard him transmit as he flew o'er the trees "Merry Christmas to all, and to all seventy-three." "Ho Ho Ho" (AUTHOR UNKNOWN) ** NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur Radio Weekly; Arunava Dey, VU3XRY; CQ magazine; David Behar K7DB; the DoDropIn; DX-World.net; The 425 DX News; Ham Radio University; Intrepid DX Group; POTA India; Radio Society of Great Britain; Robert Steenburgh, AD0IU; shortwaveradio.de; SKYWARN; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us. 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. And, from all of us, Merry Christmas! Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2022. All rights reserved. --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .