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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Sep 24 2020 22:27:52

AN AUTUMN ACTIVITY HAMS WILL 'FALL' FOR

NEIL/ANCHOR: As sure as the autumnal equinox has arrived in the 
northern hemisphere, the 100 Watts and a Wire "FALLOUT" activity has 
returned too. Stephen Kinford, N8WB, has those details.

STEPHEN: Here in the United States, while the leaves may be coming 
down from the trees, antennas are still going up. That means fallout 
-- the good kind -- the annual autumn portable operating event hosted 
by the 100 Watts and a Wire podcast. This year it's taking place on 
October 9th, starting at 0000 UTC and concludes on Sunday October 11th 
at 2359 UTC. The exchange is simple: Call sign, state, province, or DX 
Country, true signal report and your 100 Watts ID number. Sure, you 
can operate from your shack if you'd rather stay indoors, but if you 
operate portable you get the added benefit of testing your equipment 
and your readiness for next year's Field Day.

There are other extras too: Contacting bonus stations will let you get 
extra points and at the end of the event, submit your totals and be 
automatically entered into a random drawing for prizes. One of them is 
a complete QRP station. To qualify, stations must have a minimum of 25 
contact points and be in the continental U.S. So get out - and FALL 
out!

For more details visit the website, 100wattsandawire.com

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB.

NEIL/ANCHOR: One hundred Watts and a Wire is also a presence now on 
YouTube, where it has its own channel, featuring videos and 
livestreams. Now you can see the podcast, as well as hear it.

(100WATTSANDAWIRE)

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, Dave, M0VDL, is on the air as M0VDL/P, from Lundy 
Island in the Bristol Channel, between September 26th and October 1st,
on 40 and 20 metres using SSB and FT8. You may possibly find him as 
well on 80 metres. Be listening primarily in the morning and late 
afternoon or evening UK time. QSLs can be sent via eQSL.

Be listening for members of the Charente DX Group, who will be using 
the call sign TM7R, from Ré Island off the west coast of France near 
La Rochelle, between September 26th and October 3rd. The hams will be 
on various HF bands using CW, SSB, and the digital modes. QSL via 
ON4ZD, direct, by Bureau, or ClubLog. Operators are being encouraged 
to use Clublog's OQRS as much as possible.

Jerry, F4HJO, will be active as F4HJO/P from Brehat Island off the 
northern coast of Brittany between October 17 and 24th. Be listening 
on 80/40/20/17 meters where Jerry will be using mainly SSB. QSL to 
F4HJO, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS, which is 
preferred.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: WHEN 40 METERS KIND OF 'GROWS' ON YOU

NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally, if you've got a favorite operating band -- one 
that kind of "grows" on you -- you might have something in common with 
a weed known as the thale cress. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, explains.

MIKE: If scoring a good contact on 40 metres leaves you feeling 
energized, consider what it does to the thale cress, an annual weed 
native to Asia, Europe and North Africa. Thale cress apparently LOVES 
40 metres - so much so, in fact, that it gets downright excited in the 
presence of its radio waves.

Researchers at Sorbonne University in Paris exposed seedlings of the 
plant to weak doses of RF at 7 MHz and waited. No, they weren't 
standing by for a signal report - or even a QSL card. They just 
watched and paid careful attention, the reported the results in a 
recent issue of New Scientist magazine. Apparently the signal report 
on 40 was pretty good: the radio waves appear to have accelerated the 
seedlings' growth by altering a biological protein receptor governing 
that function.

Scientists believe if the findings can be confirmed this phenomenon 
could prove useful in farming as well as medicine.

So does that make 40 metres the new "magic band?" Perhaps we'll know 
soon enough. Perhaps making better use of that 40m dipole might just 
find you standing a little taller when it's time for Field Day 2021.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP.

(WIA, NEW SCIENTIST)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; CQ 
Magazine; Daryl Stout WX4QZ; David Behar K7DB; Don Field G3XTT; 
Greg Lee KI6GIG; K1USN; Michael Wheeler VK3FUR; the New Scientist; 
Ohio Penn DX; 100WattsandaWire; QRZ.COM; Science Daily; 
shortwaveradio.de; SI9AM; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Steve Thomas 
M1ACB; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; 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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