Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 18 2020 08:16:06

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Tom, DL7BO, using the call sign 5T7-
Oh-Oh (5T7OO) from Mauritania until the 20th of December. You can find him 
on 40 through 10 metres and possibly 160 and 80 metres using CW, SSB, RTTY,
and FT8. Send QSLs to DJ6TF, direct or by the Bureau. The log will be 
uploaded to LoTW and possibly ClubLog later.

Be listening for the special call sign HZ18SAT, through the 27th of 
December. The Saudi Amateur Radio Society is marking the 18th anniversary 
of the launch of the Saudi satellite 1C SO-50. QSOs will be on the 
satellite SO-50 only, using 145.800 MHz for uplink and 436.795 MHz for 
downlink. For more details, see QRZ.com.

In Sweden, members of the Kristianstad Radioamateur Club (SK7BQ) are 
getting ready for the new year with an activation of special event station 
7S60BW throughout 2021. This will be to celebrate the 60th anniversary of 
their radio club. QSL via SM7BHM.

Be listening for special event station HF2021HY in Poland, from December 
19th to January 10th to celebrate the New Year. Members of the "Enigma" 
club SP2PBM will be operating. Send QSLs to SP2PBM by the bureau, Clublog's 
OQRS, or via LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HAM RADIO STYLE

NEIL/ANCHOR: We end this newscast with a Newsline holiday tradition - a ham 
log instead of a yule log. We again offer this much-loved adaptation of the 
Clement Clarke Moore classic, as read by Jim Damron, N8TMW. 

JIM: 

 Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the shack,
 The rig was turned off and the mic cord lay slack.

 The antenna rotor had made its last turn, the tubes in the linear
 had long ceased to burn.

 I sat there relaxing and took off my specs, preparing to daydream of 
 Armchair DX

 When suddenly outside I heard such a sound, I dashed out the door to 
 see what was around.

 The moon shone down brightly and lighted the night. For sure
 propagation for the low bands was right.

 I peered toward the roof where I heard all the racket, and there was
 some guy in a red, fur-trimmed jacket!

 I stood there perplexed in a manner quite giddy: Just who WAS this
 stranger? di di dah dah di dit?

 He looked very much like an FCC guy who'd come to check up on some
 bad TVI.

 I shouted to him: "Old man...QR-Zed?"
 "Hey you by the chimney all dressed up in red!"

 I suddenly knew when I heard sleigh bells jingle. 
 The guy on the rooftop was Jolly Kris Kringle

 He had a big sack full of amateur gear which was a big load
 for his prancing reindeer.

 Transmitters, receivers, for cabinets and racks
 Some meters and scopes and a lot of coax.

 He said not a word 'cause he'd finished his work.
 He picked up his sack, and he turned with a jerk.

 As he leaped to his sleigh, he shouted with glee
 And I knew in a moment, he'd be QRT.

 I heard him transmit as he flew o'er the trees
 "Merry Christmas to all, and to all seventy-three."

 "Ho Ho Ho"

 Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW.

(AUTHOR UNKNOWN)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: 

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT-UK; the ARRL; CNN; Contest 
University; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; the G-QRP Club; Ham Radio 
University; the New York Times; New Zealand Gazette; Ohio Penn DX 
newsletter; the Radio Society of Great Britain; Science magazine; Science 
Alert; Southgate; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Winter Field Day 
Association; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the 
Amateur Radio Newsline. 

Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More 
information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official 
website at arnewsline.org.

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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