Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Oct 09 2020 08:48:46

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Take (TAH-KAY), JG8NQJ, using the 
call sign JG8NQJ/JD1, from Marcus Island in the Minami Torishima group, 
starting on the 14th of October through to mid-January 2021. He will 
operate in his spare time, mainly on 17 meters, but will also be on 
20/15/12/10 and 6 meters using CW and possibly RTTY.  Send QSL's to 
JA8CJY, or by the Bureau to JG8NQJ.

There are also some special events marking the 75th anniversary of the 
United Nations. In Austria, members of the Amateur Radio Contest DX Club 
4U1A, are using the call sign 4U75A, from Vienna until the 31st of 
December. Be listening on 80/40/20 and 15 meters where they will be using 
CW and SSB. Send QSLs to UA3DX via the Bureau or direct.

In the United States, members of the United Nations Amateur Radio Club, 
station 4U1UN, is on the air as 4U75UN to celebrate the opening of the 
General Assembly and UN's 75th anniversary. The operation is being done 
remotely. Send QSLs to HB9BOU. QSL cards for 4U75UN have been ordered. 
Watch for updates on the club's Facebook page.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: WHEN A PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATOR GOES AMATEUR

JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, in our final story, we hear of one professional 
communicator who used the pandemic as an opportunity to become....an 
amateur communicator. With that story is Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

ED: On the technology website known as the Pledge Times, the correspondent 
in Spain is known as Reiner Wandler. He is known on the air, however, as 
Echo Alpha 4 Hotel India Hotel. The professional communicator decided 
recently that these pandemic times served as a good opportunity for 
becoming an amateur communicator too.
 
In an October 1st article, he wrote on the website: "I used the lockdown 
to work my way through Ohm’s law, through circuits, antenna technology and 
abbreviations such as CEPT, IARU or VHF. After passing the exam, I am now 
in one of the oldest virtual communities: the three million amateur radio 
operators worldwide, 31,500 of them in Spain."

The Pledge Times describes itself as an online publication that reports on 
new discoveries and advances, keeping readers plugged into a world that is 
constantly in flux and advancing. Of course, as Reiner himself 
acknowledges in his article, not everything is about megabytes and 
megabits. There's always room for some MegaHertz. He writes: "Now I chat 
without the internet, just like that - over the airwaves."

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

(PLEDGE TIMES)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: 

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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 Jim Damron N8TMW in Charleston, West 
Virginia, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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