Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu May 25 2023 21:52:43 100 WATTS AND A WIRE SCHEDULES SPRING TUNE-UP NEIL/ANCHOR: The 100 Watts and a Wire community, which has been around since 2015, has chosen the weekend of June 9th, 10th and 11th, as its Tune-Up weekend, its annual spring operating event. That means that operators will be on the air calling "CQ Tune-up" on June 9th, 10th and 11th on any band at anytime during those three days - and in any mode, including digital. If you're a member of the 100 Watts and a Wire community, exchange your membership numbers with one another - and if you're not a member, you can still make a contact and then check out the 100 Watts and a Wire podcast. Membership is free. As podcast producer Christian Cudnik, K0STH, notes, the weekend event is a perfect time to test your equipment and operating skills in preparation for Field Day - and to get out of the shack for some fresh air while ON the air! ** WORLD OF DX In the World of DX, be listening for members of the Rockall DXpedition, MM0UKI. They are hoping to set a new record on the air from the uninhabitable granite islet in the North Atlantic Ocean. This rare location has the IOTA designation of EU-189 and is Grid Square IO37DO (Eye Oh Three Seven Dee Oh). The team departed for the island on May 25th and will be on the air around the clock using SSB, CW and FT8 on 40 through 10m as well as 2m. Details and QSL information are on QRZ.com (DX-WORLD.NET, 425 DX BULLETIN) ** NOMINATE OUR NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR' NEIL/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that the window closes on May 31st to nominate a promising young radio amateur for this year's Amateur Radio Newsline Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year Award. Young hams who live in the continental United States have an opportunity to make news of their own in the world. Think of 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 the nomination form on our website arnewsline.org under the "AWARDS" tab. Time is about to run out! ** KICKER: LOST AND FOUND WITH THE HELP OF HAMS NEIL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we ask you to imagine being missing and lost for three decades. Listen to this story of an older man's 30-year journey back to his family - thanks to ham radio. Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, has his story. JASON: For one homeless grandfather from Nepal, this was a homecoming that was three decades in the making, with the help of a merchant in a busy Bengali business district and a group of ham radio operators in West Bengal. The man, identified as Bir Bahadur Singh, had been spotted as a vagrant by a Bengali businessman who reached out to the West Bengal Radio Club. He knew the club's reputation of using their wide-ranging amateur radio network to reunite family members. Club secretary Ambarish Nag Biswas VU2JFA contacted hams in Nepal who were able to locate the man's village, and eventually his wife. They learned that Bir Bahadur Singh had apparently fallen ill 30 years ago while he was transporting his son from Nepal to Delhi. From there, the man somehow disappeared. The son, now grown and working in Delhi, was overjoyed his father had been found so many years later, according to media reports. He has been coordinating with the Nepal Consulate to bring his father home. Ambarish Nag Biswas told the Indo-Asian News Service: [quote] "He never doubted his father and always knew that the man must have suffered from some sort of mental illness to have left him alone." [endquote] This is Jason Daniels, VK2LAW. (INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE) ** NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the American Cancer Society; ARRL; Associated Press; Australia Communications and Media Authority; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; 425 DX News; FCC; Gardner News; House.gov; IARU Region 1; IARU Region 3; Indo-Asian News Service; News2; 100 Watts and a Wire; QRZ.COM; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector; Variety; West Bengal Radio Club; 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 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Union, Kentucky, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2023. All rights reserved. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .