Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Nov 11 2021 22:11:43 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2298 for Friday, November 12th, 2021 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2298, with a release date of Friday, November 12th, 2021, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Hams in Japan homebrew their own virtual hamfest. A popular digital amateur TV magazine halts publication -- and QSL cards are racing their way to you from the Indianapolis Speedway. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2298, comes your way right now. *** BILLBOARD CART ** BREAKING NEWS: DAYTON HAMVENTION IS A 'GO' STEPHEN: We begin this week with breaking news. Dayton Hamvention 2022 is not just going to be a premier hamfest but a reunion, as organizers prepare for the first gathering at the Xenia Fairground and Expo Center in Ohio after two years of cancellations. Hamvention's general chairman Rick Allnut, WS8G, told Newsline in a phone interview that committees have been meeting and volunteers are committed to making up for the time lost to pandemic cancellations. Hamvention will be happening on Friday May 20th through Sunday May 22nd, with an international reception scheduled on Thursday May 19th. Rick said the registration site is already taking bookings from vendors and inside exhibitors and individual visitors can already buy their tickets. All details are available on the hamvention.org website. RIck said: "Tickets are all printed and ready to go." ** HAMS IN JAPAN HOMEBREW THEIR OWN FEST STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Hams have always believed that if you really want something, sometimes it's better to build it yourself. Nowhere is that more evident lately than in Japan, where radio operators were disappointed once again this year by cancellation of that nation's major radio event. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, tells us more. GRAHAM: Never mind that the Tokyo Ham Fair was cancelled again this year by the Japan Amateur Radio League because of COVID-19 precautions. The Virtual Ham Festa 2021 has taken its place thanks to the creativity of a group of independent dedicated radio amateurs. Scheduled speakers included Shiro Sakai, JH4PHW, explaining the best practices for using eQSL, and Yuki Shimizu We, JO2ASQ, explaining amateur satellite communications. One of the biggest topics on the agenda was the resurgence of CW. A true homebrew project built on the Zoom platform, the November 13th hamfest was designed with a Main Stage for seminars and live presentations. Other features included booths and a space for eyeball QSOs. The organising committee was headed by Taka, 7K1BIB, who said that like all major ham radio events, an on-the-air component was also a big part of the plan: As a social experiment an international FT8 QSO Party was to take place on 40 metres in parallel to the virtual event. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB. (TAKA 7K1BIB, SOUTHGATE) ** THE NATURE OF EXCITEMENT FOR SLOVENIA'S WWFF STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The World Wide Flora & Fauna program has welcomed S5FF - Slovenia - and hams there are eager to share the excitement. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, brings us up to date. ED: Radio operators in Slovenia held a quiet but well-earned celebration during the first full weekend in November as they marked their nation's arrival as a registered region in the Worldwide Flora & Fauna programme. It was the culmination of two months of intense effort by a team of hams including Mike Gregoric, S55GX, who said the team members are all experienced SOTA, IOTA and World Castles Award activators. Mike, who has been a ham since 1995, told Newsline that he realized this past summer that Slovenia needed to organize and become part of the awards programme, which would require adding a national log manager and coordinators. WWFF vice chairman Manfred Meier, DF6EX, and member administrator Luk Waterschoot, ON4BB, encouraged the Slovenian team's efforts. Mike, who serves as coordinator, told Newsline that the team pulled all the essential ingredients together, a web page, an S5 logo and the definition of all the new activation areas. Mike said that there are now 191 such sites - and the numbers are growing. Some other possibilities are growing too: Mike hopes Slovenia's participation will encourage more portable operations and even boost amateur radio tourism from abroad. He told Newsline: [quote] "Everyone can make nature their shack." [endquote] For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP. (MIKE GREGORIC, S55G; MANFRED MEIER, DF6EX, WWFF WEB PAGE) --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .