Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Apr 14 2023 12:45:54

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, get ready for the DX0NE DXpedition. This is a 
single-operator DXpedition to the Spratly Islands, IOTA Number AS-051. 
Gil, 4F2KWT, will be on the air from the 30th of April until the 9th of 
May. He has set aside one of his two radios to use FT8 using multi stream 
MSHV. The pilot station is Nic, DU1NA. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, which is 
preferred, or via IZ8CCW.

Local amateurs in Israel are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the 
founding of the Israel Amateur Radio Club and the establishment of the 
State of Israel by using special prefixes 4X75 and 4Z75 from the 14th to 
the 30th of April. Awards are being given to hams who contact stations 
with those prefixes as well as with the standard 4X and 4Z stations until 
the end of the month.

Be listening for the special event callsign DM23BUGA on the air until 
October 8th. This callsign honors the biennial horticulture show and 
festival taking place in Mannheim, Germany this year. All QSOs will be 
confirmed automatically via the bureau. You may also QSL direct via 
DL2VFR.

Listen for Jean, F8CHM, using the call TM1AI (TEE EM ONE AY EYE) from Aix 
(EX) Island, IOTA Number EU- 032, until the 16th of April. He is using CW 
and SSB on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home call.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

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NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR'

DON/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that young hams who live in the 
continental United States have an opportunity to make news, if they 
aren't already doing so, by being a recipient of this year's Amateur 
Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. 
Consider nominating an amateur radio operator 18 years of age or younger 
-- someone who has talent, promise and a commitment to the spirit of ham 
radio. Find application forms on our website arnewsline.org under the 
"YHOTY" tab. Nominations are now open and close on May 31st.

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KICKER: ON TOP OF THE WORLD IN HER FIRST YEAR OF SOTA

DON/ANCHOR: We end this week by asking: What parent doesn't hope that one 
day that their child will achieve success at new heights? Meet a mother 
and father who aren't only watching their daughter achieve that, but are 
right up there with her. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, brings us their story.

JEREMY: The past year has been an exciting climb for Sophie, SN9ZJ. The 
11-year-old received her amateur radio licence one year ago this month. 
It didn't take long for her to find her way to the higher elevations of 
Poland, calling QRZ for points in Summits on the Air and experiencing the 
thrill of other operators wanting her callsign in their log. Her father, 
Pawel, SN9PJ, calls her [quote] "my amazing daughter." [endquote]

Considered Poland's youngest SOTA operator, she activated seven summits 
during her first year as a ham, with her father beside her on five of 
those trips and her mother Anna helping her log contacts during the other 
two. Anna, an avid hiker, had helped Sophie study for her licence and may 
eventually take the exam as well.

Pawel said Sophie had her sights on those mountain tops the moment her 
licence arrived. The youngster draws great inspiration and love of the 
outdoors from her father, a mechanical engineer and her mother, an 
environmental engineer.

In time, her parents would not be surprised if one day Sophie provided 
some inspiration herself. She has a younger sister, Elizabeth, and 
younger brother, Bart who one day, they hope, they may follow her to the 
mountain tops, operating their own radios.

This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(SOTA REFLECTOR, PAWEL SN9PJ)

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DO YOU HAVE NEWS?

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Newsline would be interested in? We are not talking about advertising 
your club's upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something 
that is out of the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the 
contact page at arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to 
cover it, we'll get back to you for more details.

NEWSCAST CLOSE: 

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT News Service; ARRL; CQ 
Magazine; CNN.COM; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; 425 DX News; Jenny 
Tupper; Johns Hopkins University; Hackaday; NASA; Patch.com; Pawel, 
SN9PJ; QRZ.COM; Radio World; Radio Society of Great Britain; 
shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector; Space.com; Wired.com; Wireless 
Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the 
Amateur Radio Newsline. 

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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, 
and our news team worldwide, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in Picayune, 
Mississippi, saying 73. As always we thank you for listening. 

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