Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jan 28 2021 18:58:34

MARKING 100 YEARS OF NEW ZEALAND HAM RADIO

PAUL/ANCHOR: Having survived earthquakes and other challenges, one club 
in New Zealand is celebrating its centennial with a special event 
activation. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, clues us in on how to work them.

JIM: What began in 1921 as the Radio Society of Christchurch is now a 
robust club of enthusiasts known as the Christchurch Amateur Radio Club 
ZL3AC. The club has traveled a long road, displaced by earthquakes in 
2010 and 2011, but is now happily ensconsed in Fendalton. Members are 
marking their 100-year journey by operating as ZL100RSC throughout 
February and offering an informal award to anyone who contacts the 
station on VHF/UHF or HF or through digital voice reflectors, repeaters, 
EME and satellites.

For the award, hams must contact ZL100RSC, which is worth 25 points. Ten 
points may also be earned by contacting the club station ZL3AC; 
individual Christchurch club members are worth five points each. 
February 15th is a bonus day. That's the 100th anniversary of the club's 
first meeting and on that day, all points earned are being doubled. For 
more details, visit the QRZ page for ZL100RSC.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF. 

(SOUTHGATE)

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for Tom, 9A2AA, is using the special 
event callsign 9A64AA until the end of the year, marking 64 years as a 
ham radio operator. QSL via his home callsign.

In Bulgaria, George, LZ2VP, is operating special event station LZ190FT 
until the 31st of December, celebrating the 190th birthday of the 
Bulgarian Revolutionary Filip Totyu. Listen for him on the HF bands. QSL 
via LZ2VP.

Another special event - this one in Peru - will be on the air throughout 
2021, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Peru's independence. There 
are four special event callsigns, each with a single suffix spelling the 
word PERU. Listen for OC200P, OC200E, OC200R, and OC200U. Send QSLs via 
OA4O. (Oh-Ay-Four-Oh).

(OHIO PENN DX) 

**

KICKER: IN SWEDEN, A CENTURY OF WISDOM

PAUL/ANCHOR: Our final story this week is a lesson in surviving 
isolation. Sweden's most senior radio operator learned long ago that 
being a ham means you're never alone - not even in a pandemic. Here's Ed 
Durrant, DD5LP, with his story.

ED: As the oldest active amateur radio operator in Sweden, Tage 
(pronounced: TAW-GUH) Karlsson, SM7ALI, has the wisdom befitting his 101 
years.

Even with the constant companionship of his loyal cat Hubert, Tage 
(TAW-GUH) knows the best way to beat the loneliness of life in a 
desolate forest near Hässleholm is to key the mic and call QRZ. For the 
past year, amateur radio has brought the world to his cottage door while 
the coronavirus pandemic has kept people worlds apart.

A recent report about him on National Swedish Television described how 
he was a young radio enthusiast who successfully completed his licence 
test after World War II.

Mats Gunnarsson, SM7BUA, told AR Newsline that Tage (TAW-GUH) has been 
on the air almost non-stop since the sixties. Mats is one of 20 or so 
amateurs who enjoy daily fellowship with Tage (TAW-GUH) each morning 
when they gather on the air.

As Tage (TAW-GUH) himself said on the TV news report: [quote] "The fun 
is all the friends you get." [endquote] Over the years he has lost the 
exact count of how many friends he has made - but one thing is certain. 
While it took a pandemic for the world to learn what amateur radio can 
do, Tage (TAW-GEH) has been celebrating that gift over much of his 101 
years

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

(MATS GUNNARSSON SM7BUA, HANS LARSSON)

**

NEWSCAST CLOSE: 

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar, 
K7DB; the Defense Post; Hans Larsson of Swedish National Television; 
Intrepid DX Group; Irish Radio Transmitters; Mats Gunnarsson, SM7BUA; 
Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QCWA; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News; 
shortwaveradio.de; Southgate; Space.com; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; 
UPI; the Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; YOTA; 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 Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso, 
Indiana, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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