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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Sep 17 2020 22:10:50

QSO PARTY WELCOMES NEWCOMERS, PROMISES 'LOW STRESS'

PAUL/ANCHOR: If you're stressing out about doing well in your first 
QSO Party, try this low-stress, beginner-friendly one. Here's Neil 
Rapp, WB9VPG.

NEIL: When is the best time for a QSO Party? According to the Nashua 
Area Radio Society it's when the time of sporadic-E is fading away 
but the sun itself is starting to crank up the propagation 
possibilities. So the party is scheduled for September 26th and 27th 
and the radio society promises something for everyone: That means all 
modes are permitted except for those modes using repeaters, and all 
bands are permitted too, except for the WARC bands.

Activity will be in two categories: VHF-only for 6 meters on up, and 
All Bands.

Organizers are calling this QSO party an easy and low-stress 
introduction to contesting which also makes it ideal for newcomers to 
radiosport. As the society website says, the goal is to get as many 
people as possible on the air.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.

(NASHUA AREA RADIO SOCIETY, JIM LAJOIE K1BRM)

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KICKER: TOWERING MEMORIES STILL STAND TALL

PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with the story of a father, a 
son and the legacy of a 100-foot tower. Here's Andy Morrison, K9AWM.

ANDY: In the eyes of his son and so many others Lawrence Gasch, W3SFY,
was a towering figure. Before becoming a Silent Key 22 years ago, he 
carved out a reputation as a pioneer in the field. He perfected his 
craft of tower-building at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C., 
where he worked for the Search Radar Division. He was an antenna 
specialist. He fabricated antennas for the Vanguard satellite mission 
in 1959 and later, the Gemini 9 space capsule carried one of his 
antennas. An active ham in emergencies, he assisted with 
communications during the Great Alaska Earthquake in 1964.

His passing not only left behind a grieving family and community, but 
a 100-foot tower he'd built on a West Virginia mountaintop in the 
mid-1980s which still stands tall over the trees.

His son, John, was preparing to take it down recently, acknowledging 
in a Facebook post that the need for it was long gone.

Apparently, however, the good works of Lawrence Gasch are continuing 
after all. He wrote on Facebook: "Along came a savior - influenced by 
the ghost of my dad, perhaps." [endquote] Morgan Wireless, an internet 
provider, wants the tower so they can bring high speed internet to 
students living in rural areas, most especially for classes to be held 
during COVID-19.

"So we're giving the tower to them," John writes, calling it a win-
win. He adds: "Dad would be proud that his legacy will live on for 
another 20-30 years." It takes more than the passage of time to take 
down a tower - or a reputation - like that of Lawrence Gasch.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Andy Morrison, K9AWM.

(JOHN GASCH)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; Ambarish Nag 
Biswas VU2JFA; AMSAT-UK; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; Daryl Stout, WX4QZ; 
David Behar, K7DB; Jim LaJoie, K1BRM; Joel Case, W0CAS; John Gasch; 
Nashua Area Radio Society; News Track Live; Newsday; Ohio Penn DX; 
QRZ.COM; Radio Amateurs of Canada; shortwaveradio.de; Southgate 
Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; 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 Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso, 
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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