Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2301 for Friday December 3rd, 2021
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2301 with a release date of Friday,
December 3rd, 2021, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Ham radio marks 100 years of signals crossing the
ocean. A well-known author and podcaster becomes a Silent Key -- and we
announce the winner of the 2021 Amateur Radio Newsline International
Newsmaker of the Year award. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline
Report Number 2301, comes your way right now.
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AMATEUR RADIO'S 100 YEARS OF TRANSATLANTIC SIGNALS
NEIL/ANCHOR: We begin this week by marking a turning point in amateur
radio history: the first transatlantic communications on the amateur
portion of the spectrum 100 years ago this month. A video from the Antique
Wireless Museum in New York celebrates the one-century-mark of what the
museum is calling "The Triumph of the Amateurs," which began with the
first test on Dec. 11 1921. Jack Parker, W8ISH, picks up the story from
here.
JACK: A dramatic video released recently by the Antique Wireless Museum
tells how hams conceived of a historic test in 1921 that showed the world
that the shortwave spectrum below 200 meters was anything but useless when
it came to sending messages across the ocean. This was the now-famous
Transatlantic Test Project. In a one-hour video, Ed Gable, K2MP, and Mark
Erdle, AE2EA, tell how the amateur spirit of experimentation put ham
station 1BCG on the air with a tube-based transmitter on 1.3 MHz. The CW
transmission from Connecticut by the Radio Club of America was
successfully copied in Scotland.
As hams prepare to re-enact that day on its anniversary using a replica of
the original transmitter, hams everywhere can learn all about the moments
that made history on 160 meters. Find a link to the YouTube video in the
text version of this week's newscast on our website arnewsline.org
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jack Parker, W8ISH.
(FOR PRINT ONLY, DO NOT READ:
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt_M5VVsR1Q )
(YOUTUBE, ANTIQUE WIRELESS MUSEUM)
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RADIO CAROLINE SEEKS REPORTS ON NEW TRANSMITTER
NEIL/ANCHOR: Who doesn't love the thought of a better, more powerful
transmitter? You don't even have to be a ham: In the UK, an upgrade has
been made at Radio Caroline, a once-notorious pirate radio station,
leaving the station feeling loud and proud. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, picks up
the story from here.
JEREMY: If you can hear the new, high-power signal of Radio Caroline on
648 KHz AM, you can thank its new 25 kW transmitter, a Harris DX25U which
is a nice step up from the station's older 10 kW Nautel model.
The station manager, Peter Moore, writes on the Southgate Amateur Radio
News website that the station is keen to know how much further its signals
are reaching these days. He asks for reception reports to be sent to help
the crew achieve even more improvements. You can find a link to the
reception report at radiocaroline.co.uk
Peter said: [quote] "Now the new transmitter is in service covering a much
larger area than before, we hope to reconnect with more of our listeners
from the past." [endquote]
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
(RADIO CAROLINE, SOUTHGATE)
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CYCLING HAMS HELP RAISE FUNDS TO BEAT CANCER
NEIL/ANCHOR: All hams know that public service is a big part of what we do
ΓÇö but it isn't always done holding a radio, as we hear from Graham Kemp,
VK4BB.
GRAHAM: When the Great Cycle Challenge rolled out in October to raise
funds to find cures for childhood cancers, the Bendigo Amateur Radio and
Electronics Club was ready for this monthlong bicycle-based event. This
time, however, members weren't stationed along any particular route, as
hams often are during one-day events; they were on the road themselves
throughout the month, pedaling more than 600 kilometres toward their
financial destination. The club reports that the BAREC Pedal Radio Group's
efforts helped raise nearly AU $1,400.00 for the cause, adding their total
to the national fundraising total of more than $6.9 million.
Of course, that's not to say there wasn't some kind of radio involved.
BAREC pedal group member Graeme Knight, VK3GRK, said afterward in a press
release: [quote] "Some of our radio club members enjoy bike riding, and
some of us even use radios to keep in touch with others while out riding."
[endquote]
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.
(BAREC)
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