Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jul 17 2020 11:44:21

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX be listening for Michele, IU2NKC, using the call sign
IA5/IU2NKC, from Isola del Giglio (JEEL-YO) in the Tuscan Archipelago
through July 25th. Michele will be operating holiday style on various HF
bands. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau, LoTW or eQSL.

Members of the Russian Robinson Club, will be on the air from Gogland
Island, between July 23rd and the 28th, and will participate in the RSGB
IOTA contest weekend, on July 25th and 26th. Operators will be using
their home call signs with /P (stroke portable). They include Mikhail,
R1MJ, Yulia, R1CBL, and Vitaliy, RA1AGJ. Listen on 160-15 meters. QSL
via their home callsigns.

Listen for a team of operators including Joerg, DJ1JB, Markus, DJ4EL,
and Thorsten, DJ5TM, on the air, from Pellworm Island, and nearby
islands, between August 27th and September 3rd. The will be operating
on 40-10 meters, using SSB, with verticals and quad antennas. QSL via
LoTW or their home callsigns.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: NO GARDEN-VARIETY MESSAGES IN TOMATOES' TRANSMISSIONS

PAUL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we ask the question: have your tomato
plants been calling QRZ? Then, this is obviously no garden-variety
special event. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, explains.

MIKE: Those of us who think about, talk about, dream about, antenna
farms, may need to look no further than a tiny packet of seeds. No,
we're not suggesting you plow your soil to let little yagis and
hexbeams and delta loops burst and flower across acres of sun-drenched
furrows.

We're talking tomatoes. Yes, tomatoes. Researchers in Huntsville,
Alabama, have just published a paper, studying the transmission of
electrical signals through the soil by, of all things, tomato plants.
The work was reported on the website PHYS.ORG, and cites the efforts
of a scientist associated with the University of Alabama, and a
biochemistry professor at nearby Oakwood University. The observations
by the pair, date back work they began in 2017. It's all about
propagation - in this case, electrical signal propagation within,
and between plants. Researchers Yuri Shtessel of Huntsville, and
Alexander Volkov of Oakwood, used mathematical modeling, to plot the
electrical patterns. According to the article, plants' electrical
signals can propagate, for instance through the roots, and into the
soil to another species, such as a nearby tree, by making use of fungi
in the soil. The soil is seen as a conductor of electricity, and the
signal is received -- but there is no guarantee of good copy, or even
being understood.

As Yuri Schtessel writes: [QUOTE] "No study of the cognitive processing
of the electric signals passed, and received by the plants was
accomplished." [ENDQUOTE]

It seems that we hams aren't the only ones who suffer when our signals
end up down in the mud.

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

(PHYS.ORG)

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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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