Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jul 23 2020 22:53:45

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, be listening for Matteo, IZ4YGS, operating from
Ghana as 9G5GS, between the 8th of August, and the 15th of September.
He expects to be on the air almost every evening local time, and plans
to be on 160m through 10m, using mostly FT8 in Fox-Hound mode, and SSB.
He also will be using the QO-100 geostationary satellite on upper
sideband. Matteo will update ClubLog daily. Send QSLs via LoTW, IZ4YGS
direct or eQSL.

Be listening for Philippe, EA4NF, who will be operating on the
satellites, from Lanzarote Island in the Canary Islands, using the
call sign EA8/EA4NF, between August 10th and 17th. He is placing a
special focus on the very rare IL39 Grid. Be listening on the FM and
linear satellites. Send QSLs via LoTW to EA8/EA4NF.

There is still time to work members of the Radio Galena Group, and the
Union of Radio Amateurs Vetusta, who are on the air in Spain, with
special event station EG1FMM, until July 30th. The groups are
commemorating the moon landing in July, 1969. Listen on 80m through 20m,
including 60m, using various modes. QSL via EB1CAM.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT? TRY AN ARDUINO NANO

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Amateur radio has brought many millions of people
together, and now one ham in Germany, is using his skill in radio
and electronics to make sure they stay safely apart. Ed Durrant,
DD5LP, has our final story of this week.

ED: Marcel Andre, DL1EKM, wants you to keep your distance. It's for
your own good, and everyone else's during these difficult pandemic
times. That's why the German amateur ham has done a bit of homebrew,
creating a COVID-19 distance-warning device, with the help of an
Arduino Nano, a distance sensor, some LEDs, and some carefully crafted
code.

If a nearby person oversteps a pre-set safe distance, and approaches
too close to you for comfort, the alarm responds with a buzzer, and
flashing lights, that display a sad face instead of a smiley one.

Publishing instructions for his creation on hackster.io, Marcel writes:
[quote] "One of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of
COVID-19, and other viral and cold diseases, is to keep other people
away." [endquote]

He says that queues at cash registers, or retail counters are particularly
risky spots, adding that no one carries a yardstick when they venture out
into the world.

That's where this device comes in. It requires only a few components, and
costs perhaps 10 euros - the equivalent of a little more than 11 U.S.
dollars. Then, you only need to download and follow his layout.

He's hoping that as word about it spreads - perhaps COVID-19 won't. You
can find the link in this newscast's printed script at arnewsline.org"

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

for print only:

hackster.io/dl1ekm2/covid-19-ultrasonic-distance-warning-tool-8bda4c

(QRZ, HACKSTER.IO)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to the Amateur News Weekly; AMSAT; the ARRL; CQ Magazine;
David Behar K7DB; DX-World; European Space Agency; Hackster.io; IARU
Region 2; Japan Amateur Radio League; NASA; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM;
PHYS.ORG; Radio Society of Great Britain; RadioWorld; shortwaveradio.de;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; 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 Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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