Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Apr 27 2023 22:08:41

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Kasimir, DL2SBY will be using the callsign 8Q7KB from 
the Maldives, IOTA Number AS-013, until the 7th of May using CW, SSB and 
FT8/ FT4 (using MSHV). He will concentrate on 30, 17, 12, 10 and 6 
meters. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or direct to home call.

On April 26th this year, it will be 100 years since the first amateur 
radio contact between New Zealand and Australia was made, between Frank 
Bell of Shag Valley Station, Waihemo in Otago and Charles Maclurcan, 2CM 
in Sydney.

Listen for the callsign ZL100 from now until the 25th of July. Members of 
the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters will be on the HF bands 
with this callsign commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first 
trans-Tasman Radio contact between Australia and New Zealand.

Members of the Russian Robinson Club are using the special call CO30RRC 
from Cayo Coco Island, IOTA Number NA - 086, until the 4th of May. Listen 
on the HF bands. QSL via N7RO, LoTW, or Club Log. QSL for hams with RU 
and EW prefixes via RW3RN.

During May 16th through to the 18th, listen for Pete M1PTR, Tom, M0DCG,
and Kieron, M5KJM/EI6KP, on the air from Great Blasket Island, Iota 
Number EU-007, in the North Atlantic. They will use the callsign EJ6KP/P. 
QRV on HF SSB operating during local daylight hours. QSL via LoTW.

(WIA, DXNEWS.COM, 425 DX BULLETIN)

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KICKER: THEY'RE 'PUTTING THE DIGIT BACK IN DIGITAL'

PAUL/ANCHOR: Finally, with International Morse Code Day just having 
passed on April 27th, we celebrate Morse Code. In fact, a recent magazine 
article published by a world class institution does just that - and it 
uses a language that needs no decoding. Kent Peterson, KC0DGY, takes a 
look with us.

KENT: Smithsonian magazine is published by the Washington, D.C.-based 
Smithsonian Institution, considered the largest museum, education, and 
research complex in the world -- and while you might rightfully expect 
telegraph keys and other communications equipment to be featured as 
museum pieces, Morse Code itself is hardly the stuff of archives. That's 
the whole point of the article, in fact: It notes that the dits and dahs 
of the original digital communications system - which had its beginnings 
two centuries ago - are not only part of a very vibrant code but one that 
is experiencing a resurgence.

As one would expect from anything by the Smithsonian, the article gives a 
clear history of the code's evolution from American Morse to 
International Morse, explaining its mechanics, its appeal and yes even 
its purported medical benefits for brain health.

With references to the ARRL, the Long Island CW Club and the Straight Key 
Century Club, the article extolls the practice as an enduring form of 
communication that is [quote] "putting the digit back in digital 
communication." [endquote] There are even instructions, complete with 
diagrams, telling non-hams on how to build a Morse Code generator so they 
can practice their dits and dahs with the help of their smartphone.

To see the article, follow the link in the text version of this week's 
newscast at arnewsline.org

[PRINT ONLY: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/morse-code-back-
looking-ditch-twitter-180981309/  ]

(above URL all on one line)

The article is encouraging: While CW might not ultimately replace 
Twitter - as the headline suggests - it may just turn radio 
communications on its ear.

This is Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

(SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE)

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