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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri May 28 2021 11:14:56

WEST BENGAL HAMS HELP REUNITE MAN WITH FAMILY

JIM/ANCHOR: Hams in West Bengal, India have helped an older man find his 
way back to his family in another Indian state. Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, 
brings us up to date.

JASON: Amateur radio operators in West Bengal, India, are working to 
return a 70-year-old grandfather to his home and family in Uttar Pradesh. 
The man has become a familiar face to villagers for the past seven months 
because of his seemingly nonstop work weeding patches on the sides of 
roads, cleaning drainage ditches and tidying up around the banks of 
ponds. According to a newspaper account, he earned the nickname "Clean 
Grandpa" from the local residents who watched him work. Hams in West 
Bengal became involved after one of the local council members took a 
photo of the man doing his cleanup work and shared it on social media. 
The hams saw the photo and contacted local officials about him. The 
officials were able to track down the man's relatives. The family was 
making plans for their reunion with the man and to bring him home. The 
man's return home is being coordinated by club member Arnab Roy 
Chaudhury, VU3JWN.

Area residents told the newspaper they were sorry to see him leave, 
saying he did a better job cleaning up the village than any government 
workers could have done.

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

(WEST BENGAL RADIO CLUB)

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KICKER: SPACE AGENCY LAUNCHES CONTEST TO NAME SPACECRAFT

JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, we ask: What's in a name? Plenty if you're trying to 
name a spacecraft that's expect to have its moment in the sun. Graham 
Kemp, VK4BB, brings us the last story of this week.

GRAHAM: Nothing may be new under the sun but something new will soon be 
out in space keeping a vigilant eye on solar activity. The European Space 
Agency is designing a solar-storm-hunting spacecraft that can spot 
eruptions known as coronal mass ejections before they reach the Earth. 
When the spacecraft detects danger, it will transmit an alert that allows 
us to prepare for what's to come here on Earth.

The ESA is calling the spacecraft "the world's first mission to provide 
solar warning" -- but for now that's ALL the agency is able to call it 
because the craft doesn't have a name. Not yet, anyway.

That's where the rest of us can step in. The ESA wants us to help name 
the spacecraft, which will join us in watching sunspots form and will 
track propagation of solar events before the end of the decade. Use the 
ESA website to enter the name of your choice. You have until the 17th of 
October. Just bear in mind that you can't submit names that have already 
been used for other missions. Sending those to the ESA for consideration 
will surely get you a bunch of coronal mass...rejections.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, AUTOEVOLUTION.COM)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; 
AutoEvolution.com; Bletchley Park CQ Magazine; David Behar, K7DB; the 
European Space Ageny; Kent Carter, AJ6NI; Legacy.com; Mike Swiader, KA9E; 
NW Indiana Times; Ohio Penn DX newsletter; QCWA; QRZ.com; Radio Society 
of Great Britain; Rex King, W5EAK; Steven Reiners, KC9SIO; Southgate 
Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW 
Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio 
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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, saying 73. As always, we 
thank you for listening.

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