Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Apr 28 2021 17:34:33

PRESENTATIONS NEEDED FOR SOUTH AFRICAN SYMPOSIUM

JIM/ANCHOR: Organizers of a virtual space symposium taking place this 
summer are looking for presentations on amateur satellites, space weather 
and related topics. Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, tells how you can share your 
knowledge.

JASON: If you have expertise on space weather, amateur satellites or weak 
signal communication, AMSAT SA and the South African Radio League are 
interested in hearing from you. They're looking for papers on these 
subjects and related topics for presentation at this year's space 
symposium being presented virtually on Saturday the 10th of July. 
Interested presenters are being asked to submit their proposals no later 
than the 15th of May, preferably in Word document format. The papers can 
be emailed to admin at amsatsa dot org dot za. (admin@amsatsa.org.za) 
Authors of the presentations being chosen will be notified on the 20th of 
May and the final versions of the papers are due by the 30th of June.

The symposium's theme is "Unlocking Amateur Space Technology."

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW. 

(AMSAT)

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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, isten for John, W2GD, who will be active as P40W 
between May 25th and June 1st from Aruba, focusing on 30, 17 and 12 
metres. He will also be on 160 metres mostly on CW. Listen for him during 
the CQWW WPX CW Contest being held May 29th to 30th where he will use the 
call sign P44W. QSL using LoTW or N2MM. 

If you want to work Indonesia, listen for Hans, YB2DX, during the CQWW 
WPX CW Contest in May. Send QSLs using LoTW or direct to his home 
callsign.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: A VANISHING FRATERNITY OF RADIO REPAIRMEN

JIM/ANCHOR: Our final story is about a vanishing fraternity: two brothers 
in India whose love of repairing old radios is endless but whose way of 
earning a living is, sadly, finite. In fact, if the brothers who run the 
family's radio repair shop in Hyderabad (HYDRA-bad), India were amateur 
radio operators, they might have earned the nickname "The Homebrew 
Brothers." Their business has operated in the heart of town since 1948. 
The brothers spend their time repairing and re-selling radios. They 
learned the art from their father, who first learned in the 1920s and 
founded the business. Mujeebudin (moo-gee-BOO-din) is now 82 years old 
and his younger brother, Moinuddin (Moe-Ee-NOO-Din) is 71. The business 
is called Mahboob Radio Service and according to an article on the Arab 
News website, it is the last radio repair shop in the southern Indian 
state of Telangana (tell-an-GHANA). The shelves inside contain a who's 
who of much-loved brands: Marconi, Phillips, Johnson, GEC and Telefunken. 
The oldest radio set is a 100-year-old Murphy.

In here, the brothers do things the old-fashioned way: they fix things by 
replacing damaged parts. They told the news website that newer radios, 
with their advanced technology, don't necessarily even offer that option. 
There's one more option that's also unavailable to the brothers: passing 
their radio business on to the next generation. None of their children 
know how to fix radios, and aren't interested anyway.

Said one of the brothers: "The business will end with us."

(ARAB NEWS)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to the Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; Arab News; 
the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; HamCommunity.Org; the Japan 
Amateur Radio League; Joseph Durnal NE3R; NASA; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; 
PHYS.ORG; QRZed.com; Straight Key Century Club; Southgate Amateur Radio 
News; shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; Tillamook County 
Pioneer; 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 Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston, West 
Virginia, saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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