Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jul 07 2023 07:23:31

BREAK HERE: 

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, 
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the IRLP Western 
Reflector Channel 9258 on Mondays at 7 p.m.

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PROGRAM ROLLOUT FOR SCOUT CAMPS ON THE AIR

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A sweeping new program is in the works to encourage hams 
everywhere to make contacts with young hams involved in Scouting. Think 
of it as a push for hams to do a bit of scouting for Scouts.

It's called Scout Camps on the Air and it started as the dream of Matt 
KR8E. He saw it as a way for the ham population to have QSOs with Scout 
stations - stations based on camps that are owned or leased by the 
Scouting organization or those not at any camps but still known as Scout 
Stations on the Air.

Though the program is still a work in progress, the committee has added 
three active scouts who are deeply involved in amateur radio, hoping to 
add to the momentum. The committee has been asking Scout councils to 
provide input. Organizers are meanwhile developing an multi-level awards 
program to recognize licensed hams worldwide everywhere who have 
successful radio contacts with the Scouts.

You can follow the progress of Scout Camps on the Air, or get involved, 
by following the program on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. See the text 
version of this week's newscast script at arnewsline.org for the Twitter 
and Instagram handles of Scout Camps on the Air.

[DO NOT READ: Twitter handle is @SCOTA_k2bsa

Instagram handle is scota_k2bsa ]

(SCOUT CAMPS ON THE AIR)

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WEST BENGAL HAMS ASSIST IN MISSING MOTHER'S RETURN

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Amateur radio operators in India have once again used 
their extensive network of contacts to bring about a family reunion. 
Graham Kemp, VK4BB, gives us their story.

GRAHAM: A mother in India who went missing at a fair 17 years ago while 
her three children were on an amusement ride is heading back home to 
Bihar thanks to local radio amateurs. Following the separation, the 
children had come to believe their mother had long since died. Their 
fears were proven wrong, however, after police enforcing the recent 
COVID-19 lockdown saw her wandering the streets outside her home village, 
unable to speak. They took her for hospital evaluation. From there she 
was transferred to the Missionaries of Charity Home where she remained 
until the home asked the West Bengal Radio Club for assistance. Ambarish 
Nag Biswas, VU2JFA, the club's secretary, told the website etvbharat.com 
(E TEE VEE BARRAT DOT COM) that the radio club sent pictures to amateur 
radio operators they know throughout India. A reply ultimately came from 
the woman's daughter in Bihar, though the hams there. The daughter told 
the West Bengal hams she had been seeking her mother for years and that 
she was feared dead. At the time the family's story appeared in the local 
media, a reunion was being planned.

This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(ETVBHARAT.COM) 

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Rag, LB3RE, operating on 40-6 metres 
as DU1/LB3RE from Luzon Island, IOTA number OC-042, until the 18th of 
July. See QRZ.com for QSL details.

Be listening for a six-member team of activators using the callsign RI1OR 
(R Eye One Oh R) from Bolshoy Solovetsky Island, IOTA number EU-066, from 
the 25th to the 29th of July. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes 
on 160-10 metres. Send QSLs via RZ3EC.

Chasers of World Wide Flora & Fauna activations may want to listen for 
Bruno, F4JIK. He is touring Finland in his camper van and is on the air 
as OH/F4JIK/p until the 13th of July. Listen for him on SSB on 40, 20 
and 15 metres from several Finnish Flora & Fauna locations.

Listen for Ben, PE5B, who will be active as PJ7/PE5B from Sint Maarten, 
IOTA number NA-105, from the 7th to the 14th of July. He will be 
operating SSB and RTTY while doing training and demonstrations of ham 
radio and HF EmComm to local groups. QSL via LoTW.

(DX WORLD.NET, 425 DX BULLETIN)
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