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Thursday, June 7, 2018

Hungary Regains Access to 60 Meters

ARRL 2018 Field Day Site Locator is Live, Public Service Announcements Available

06/06/2018

ARRL Field Day is June 23 – 24. See the May issue of QST, page 85, for the Field Day announcement. The Field Day site locator is now up and running, and, to date, some 900 are sites already in the database. To find a Field Day site near you, type your town and state in the “Location or Call Sign” box at the upper left. Listings also are available by state or Canadian province. To add a site, visit the Add Field Day Station page.

Amateur Radio public service announcements (PSAs) for event publicity are now available in audio or video formats. Local versions have room at the end for clubs to add a tag that includes contact information. Each spot is 29 seconds.

Notify ARRL if you are able to place these PSAs for radio, TV, or cable system airtime, and let us know if your club tagged a PSA with local contact information to promote your club.

More information is available on promoting ARRL Field Day. Visit the Field Day social media page for information on promoting your Field Day operation via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

Read the full article at http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-2018-field-day-site-locator-is-live-public-service-announcements-available. STRAY SIGNALS does not claim ownership of the article.

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Young US Radio Amateur Will Be Sole IARU Region 2 Attendee at YOTA Camp – ARRL

06/05/2018

Thirteen-year-old Faith Hannah Lea, AE4FH, of Palm Coast, Florida, will be the only representative of International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 (IARU R2) at the Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) camp this summer in South Africa. Faith Hannah has mounted a GoFundMe campaign to cover expenses.

“When I was chosen to go to South Africa for the YOTA summer event, I was thrilled that the committee thought I was one of the best choices to represent the United States,” Faith Hanna said. “The cost of the trip and the deadline it needs to be paid for does not allow me enough time to raise the funds in my usual way to be able to go. With the help and generosity of other hams, I will be able to go to South Africa for the summer event and learn more about Amateur Radio and other cultures. I am extremely thankful for any and all donations. To everyone who donates, thank you.”

Licensed at age 10 and now holding an Amateur Extra-class license, Faith Hannah is very active on the airwaves and in promoting Amateur Radio via YouTube and elsewhere. She has been a presenter at the Hamvention Youth Forum. Faith Hanna comes from an all-ham family. Her dad, James, is WX4TV; her mother, Michelle, is N8ZQZ; her brother, Zechariah, is WX4TVJ; one sister, Hope, is KM4IPF, and her other sister, Grace, is KM4TXT. Faith Hannah will be traveling to South Africa from Florida in early August with her father.

Read the full article at http://www.arrl.org/news/young-us-radio-amateur-will-be-sole-iaru-region-2-attendee-at-yota-camp. STRAY SIGNALS does not claim ownership of the article.

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Amateur Radio Field Day demonstrates science, skill, service … – Biddeford Journal Tribune

KENNEBUNK — Members of the New England Radio Discussion Society will participate in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise Saturday, June 23 at 2 p.m. through Sunday, June 24 at 2 p.m. on the south yard of The New School in Kennebunk.

Since 1933, amateur radio operators across North America have established temporary amateur radio stations in public locations during Field Day to showcase the science and skill of Amateur Radio. This event is open to the public.

Society members will demonstrate effective emergency procedures and technical proficiency in an outdoor setting resembling a quickly erected emergency operations site. Licensed club members will use voice, Morse code and digital data links to contact other stations while employing innovative techniques for power-generation in the field.

For over 100 years, Amateur Radio — sometimes called ham radio — has allowed people from all walks of life to experiment with electronics and communications techniques, and to provide a free public service to their communities during a disaster – all without needing a cell phone or the Internet.

Field Day demonstrates amateur radio’s ability to work reliably under adverse conditions from almost any location and create an independent communications network. Over 35,000 people from thousands of locations participated in Field Day in 2017.

“Field Day is a chance to test our radio communication skills,” explains club founder Alex Mendelsohn. “Over the years, hams have established communications during terrorist attacks, floods, hurricanes, fires, earthquakes, and other disasters, whether they be local, regional, or national in scope. As Congress has noted, when other means of communications fail, ham radio gets through.”

“It’s easy for anyone to pick up a computer or smartphone, connect to the Internet and communicate, with no knowledge of how the devices function or connect to each other,” said David Isgur, communications manager for the American Radio Relay League, the national association for Amateur Radio. “But if there’s an interruption of service or you’re out of range of a cell tower, you have no way to communicate. Ham radio functions completely independent of the Internet or cell phone infrastructure, can interface with tablets or smartphones, and can be set up almost anywhere in minutes. That’s the beauty of Amateur Radio during a communications outage.

“Hams can literally throw a wire in a tree for an antenna, connect it to a battery-powered transmitter and communicate halfway around the world,” Isgur said. “Hams do this by using a layer of Earth’s atmosphere as a sort of mirror for radio waves. In today’s electronic do-it-yourself (DIY) environment, ham radio remains one of the best ways for people to learn about electronics, physics, meteorology, and numerous other scientific disciplines, and is a huge asset to any community during disasters or emergencies if the standard communication infrastructure goes down.”

Anyone may become a licensed Amateur Radio operator. There are more than 725,000 licensed amateurs in the
United States, as young as 9 and as old as 100. And with clubs such as the New England Radio Discussion Society, it’s easy for anybody to get involved in southern Maine.

For more information about Field Day, club meetings or amateur radio, contact Alex Mendelsohn at 967-8812 or visit https://ift.tt/1ggT4D6.

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Read the full article at https://www.journaltribune.com/articles/community/amateur-radio-field-day-demonstrates-science-skill-service/. STRAY SIGNALS does not claim ownership of the article.

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Gearhart hosts ham radio field day – – The Daily Astorian – Daily Astorian

Violetta, KM4ATT interviewed by Tim, K3LR at 2018 CTU in Dayton, OH

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

SV5/OK2QQ – Dodecanese

Marcel, OK2QQ will be active from the islands of Kalymnos and Telendos as SV5/OK2QQ during June 12-22, 2018. QRV on 40m to 2m; CW, SSB and FM. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or direct info via email.

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Sunday, May 27, 2018

H40D Duff Islands Gallery. From DXNews.com

H40D Duff Islands IOTA Expedition 2018. IOTA OC – 179 Gallery.

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H44R Russell Islands Gallery. From DXNews.com

H44R IOTA Expedition Russell Islands, IOTA OC – 168, April 2018. Photo Gallery.

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ICQ Podcast Episode 267 – Dummies Guide to DMR

ICQ Podcast –

In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Leslie Butterfield G0CIB, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, and Bill Barnes N3JIX to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief, and this episode’s feature is – Dummies Guide to DMR

Is the internet, Millennials or FT-8 Killing Ham Radio?
2×1 Contest Amateur Radio Callsigns for Norway
Amateur Radio Parity Act language in NDA Act
2018 IARU HF World Championship Contest
TF1VHF 4m and 6m Beacons
New IRTS 8m and 5m Amateur Radio Bandplans

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H44R/P Florida Islands Gallery. From DXNews.com

H44R/P Florida Islands IOTA Expedition 2018. Photo gallery.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

VK5CE/6 IOTA Expedition. From DXNews.com

VK5CE/6 Craig, VK5CE inform dxnews.com that he will be active as VK5CE/6 From Woody Island, IOTA OC – 170, East Lewis Island, IOTA OC – 199, Direction Island, IOTA OC – 140, Cheyne Island, IOTA OC – 193, St Peter Island, IOTA OC – 220.

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[UPDATE] VK5CE/6 – IOTA tour

NEWS UPDATE — Craig VK5CE has done the final update on the website for the 5 week July VK IOTA tour at https://ift.tt/2GJiYUZ it now includes: – updated operation dates for OC-164, OC-199, OC-140, OC-193, OC-170 and OC-220 – propagation forecasts and operating times/bands for all 6 islands – for those people sponsoring before the […]

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

HI1LT Beata Island. From DXNews.com

Team will be active as HI1LT from Beata Island, IOTA NA – 122, 20 – 28 January 2019.

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VP5/AK5Q Providenciales Island Turks and Caicos. From DXNews.com

Mickey, AK5Q will be active as VP5/AK5Q from Providenciales Island, IOTA NA – 002, Turks and Caicos, 7 – 14 May 2018.

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