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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Aug 28 2020 16:45:24

ENTHUSIASM FOR DUTCH AMATEURS' DATV EXPERIMENT

NEIL/ANCHOR: Nothing succeeds in ham radio like the spirit of 
experimentation, as a group of radio operators in the Netherlands 
recently found out. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, has those details.

ED: Hams have responded enthusiastically to an invitation by the 
Dutch amateur radio society, VERON, opening the door to the use of 
2 metres for digital amateur TV, or DATV. The organisation mounted 
the challenge in early July, hoping that hams would prove that 144 
MHz was indeed well-suited for such use. The four-hour trial run 
on 144.600 and 145.300 MHz, attracted a group of 27 participants 
and a video was made available to instruct them in the use of the 
software used to decode the images.

VERON is reviewing the data sent by all hams, and said that it's 
clear the participants are ready to do this again.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(VERON)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, members of the Aruba Amateur Radio Club, P43ARC, 
are using the special callsign, P42WW, when they are on the air from 
September 2nd to the 30th. They are marking the anniversary of the 
end of the second World War. Note that the prefix P42 has never before 
been issued, and is available just for this occasion. Be listening on 
all bands and modes. QSL information will be announced at a later date.

Plan ahead to be listening for Makoto, JI5RPT, who'll be operating from 
Ogasawara, as JD1BLY, between the 3rd and 6th of October. Find him on 
frequencies between 630 metres and 6 metres using SSB, CW, and digital 
modes. On the 630 metre band he will be using mainly JT9. He will also 
be operating on the Russian satellite RS-44. Send QSLs to his home call.

(DX-WORLD.NET, OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: A FAREWELL NET FOR SILENT KEY LONNIE BLAND N6RBR

NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally, we all know it's hard to say "73" for the final 
time, when a friend becomes a Silent Key. But hosting a memorial net, 
as one group did recently in California, surely helps -- as Ralph 
Squillace, KK2ITB tells us.

RALPH: The August 24th net on the Western Amateur Linking Association's 
repeater system, was a gathering of grieving friends and family, who 
shared stories, and comforted one another, following the loss of one 
of their own: Lonnie Bland, N6RBR, who became a Silent Key on Wednesday, 
August 19th.

Described by many as a ham radio ambassador, Lonnie was celebrated with 
tears as well as tales, as one of the founders of California's 
far-reaching repeater system. It was his dream to grow the system from 
three linked repeaters, to a network that now stretches up and down the 
coast, with worldwide links through IRLP, Allstar, and EchoLink. One of 
the first to check into the net was his wife, Graffie, KC6ADB, clearly 
emotional over the tribute to the generous, friendly radio operator, 
who had helped many newcomers discover their amateur radio voice. Net 
control operators included Jeff, W6JSO, and Lonnie's grandsons, Isaac, 
KI6FXM, and Justin, KI6FTP.

Throughout the one-hour-and-forty-minute net, many hams addressed him 
directly. One ham, checking in from South Africa, said [quote]: "You 
are a Silent Key on Earth, but your voice will never be silent in 
Heaven." [end quote]

Sal De Franco, N6SPD, who manages the WALA system's north hub, added: 
"November Six Radio Best Radio, 73 my friend."

Lonnie Bland was 88.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(SAL N6SPD, WALA via ECHOLINK)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: 

With thanks to the Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association; Amateur 
News Weekly; the ARRL; BletchleyPark.org; CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; 
DX-WORLD.NET; Europost; Facebook; the FCC; Greek City Times; the MKCitizen;
Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; Radio Amateurs of Canada; Radio Society of Great 
Britain; R.J. Bragg, WY7AA; shortwaveradio.de; the Shortwave Listening 
Post; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Times of 
India VERON; the Western Amateur Linking Association; Wireless Institute 
of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; 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 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington, 
Indiana,,saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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