Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Jul 22 2021 19:33:27 WORLD OF DX In the world of DX, the Willis Island DXpedition planned for November has been cancelled. DXpedition leader Tommy Horozakis, VK2IR, said the activation cannot go forward following the spread of COVID-19 to four Australian states, and a set of new rules from the Coral Island Management Authority, banning the installation of any structures on the islands. The DXPedition would have coincided with 100 years of the weather observation station being on Willis Island. Bo, OZ1DJJ, will be active from Tasiilaq Island as OX3LX from July 28th through to August 13th. Bo will be on HF, but his main bands will be 6m and 4m. Send QSLs via OZ0J. Look for Yuris, YL2GM, and Ziedonis, YL2GN, to be on the air from the Estonian island of Hiiumaa during the RSGB IOTA contest. Be listening July 23rd through to the 25th.QSL via their home callsigns. Phil, M7CBK, is using the callsign ZC4CBK, while operating at the Akrotiri British Sovereign Base Area in Cyprus. Be listening to him through October. He'll be operating FT4 and FT8 on 20 metres. According to his QRZ page, he will also be on 2m in the hopes of using the FM and D-STAR repeaters in the Troodos Mountains. Send QSLs to EB7DX. Laurent, HB9HKE, is active from Iceland as TF/HB9HKE through to August 7th. Be listening on the HF bands. QSL via LoTW but also on QRZ and eQSL. (DX-WORLD.NET) ** KICKER: COLORADO AMATEUR RADIO CLUB REACHES A NEW HIGH POINT PAUL/ANCHOR: In all of our amateur radio experiences, we've all had our high points. For our final story this week, we visit a high point that's at an elevation of 11,724 feet. Mike Askins, KE5CXP, takes us there. MIKE: The Colorado site is called Sargents Mesa and on July 17th it became the scene of many firsts: It was a first-time SOTA activation for 12 members of the San Luis Valley Amateur Radio Association K0SLV, and the first-time activation of the summit which carries the code W0C/LG-027 [W-ZERO-C slash LG dash Zero Two Seven]. Like the summit, the hams' hopes were high as they started out under blue skies. Club president Bob Galey, NO1PB, told Newsline that the location is a place that feels like hallowed ground, a fact that further elevated the purpose of their visit. A polished granite monument there called SoldierStone honors the soldiers and civilians from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and elsewhere who fought alongside American GIs during the Vietnam War. Bob, a military veteran himself and now a pastor, made sure the activators shared a formal moment of respect and prayer before hiking a mile or so to the activation zone, where a total of eight operators got busy calling QRZ. According to the SOTA database, the activation ended successfully with 61 contacts. The activation was a high point capping a day of firsts for this club, which is less than two years old. It held added meaning too for hams such as Rick, KF0DCY, who had recently become licensed. Bob said a special QSL card will mark the occasion with a group picture taken in front of the monument, a shining symbol of valor tucked away quietly in a national forest high in the Rocky Mountains. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP. (SARA, SOTA ATLAS, BOB GALEY NO1PB) ** NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to the Andover Advertiser; Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; the BBC; Bob Galey NO1PB; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; the EI7GL Blog; the Framingham Source; Greg Mossop G0DUB; Hackaday; IARU Region 1; QRZ.com; Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Summits on the Air; SOTA Atlas; shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For more information or to support us visit our official website at arnewsline.org. Be sure to follow some of these stories as they get a more in depth look on the YouTube Channel of 100 Watts and a Wire. Search for the video segment with the title "Two Stories." 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. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2021. All rights reserved. --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .