ON-AIR EXCITEMENT FOR WORLD'S LARGEST SCOUTING EVENT
JIM/ANCHOR: Yes, it's almost time for Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on
the Internet. Bill Stearns, NE4RD, gives us those details.
BILL: Radio Scouters are getting ready for the world's largest scouting
event just one week away, Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet
on October 16th through the 18th local times. With current COVID-19
guidelines varying from state to state and country to country, this year's
event will no doubt be somewhat of a challenge.
With the guidelines in place, we have definitely seen a decrease in
planned participation and as such we only have 4 call areas with reserved K2BSA
callsign usage.
Mark Hughes, KG4VWE, will be activating K2BSA/4 in West Point, GA, at the
Chattahoochee Council Fall Family Camp.
David Mulvey, K5DCM, will be activating K2BSA/5 in San Angelo, TX, with a
location of To Be Determined.
Brandon Arias, KM6WZP, will be activating K2BSA/6 in Riverside, CA, at
Mount Rubidoux.
Lori Abraham and Robert Crow, KA8CDC, will be activating K2BSA/8 in
Wheeling, WV, at the Sandscrest Scout Reservation.
Registration for JOTA/JOTI is located at jotajoti.info this year. Please
communicate your intentions for your activity with your local district and
council for any approvals needed under the current guidelines in your
area.
For more information on this and radio scouting, please visit our website
at k2bsa.net.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this
is Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
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HAMS ON HIGH ALERT DURING SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST
JIM/ANCHOR: Hams around the United States were on high alert on Saturday
October 3rd, and if the situations they faced felt a little unreal, that's
because they were: The carefully scripted emergencies were part of a drill
for the Simulated Emergency Test of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service.
Christian Cudnik, K0STH, has that story.
CHRISTIAN: From Bedford County, Pennsylvania to Cherokee County, Georgia -
and beyond - emergencies suddenly seemed real as first responders and
amateur radio operators played it for keeps in the Simulated Emergency
Test. The scenario there was a search for missing hikers in the woods.
Lloyd Roach, K3QNT, public information officer of the Bedford County
Amateur Radio Society, told WTAJ news that it was a chance to polish
coordination skills with the area's firefighters, fire chiefs, police and
even the search-and-rescue teams.
Hams in Northern Florida responded to a simulation in which excessive heat
taxed the power grid, prompting the state to begin rolling blackouts. The focus
there was on response to heatstroke patients and individuals with critical
needs requiring hospital transport.
In Georgia, the Cherokee ARES group tackled a simulated earthquake rocking
the state. Hams in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, responded to flooding
evacuations and illness from polluted water, ARES members in Hawaii
deployed EmComm stations for a simulated hurricane, communicating with shelters
providing assistance.
In the days following the Simulated Emergency Test, organizers are
expected to assess the activity and uncover any weaknesses in procedures
and communications to better prepare for the real thing.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Christian Cudnik, K0STH.
(WTAJ, WQOW, ARRL NORTHERN FLORIDA, CLAY TODAY)
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SILENT KEY: ARRL NNJ SECTION MANAGER STEVE OSTROVE K2SO
JIM/ANCHOR: A New Jersey amateur radio operator who was a leader in the
radio community has become a Silent Key. Steve Ostrove, K2SO, Northern New
Jersey Section Manager, died of cancer on October 2nd.
Steve became section manager in 2019, and had previously served in the position
from 2016 to 2017.
Steve Ostrove was 74.
(ARRL)
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RESEARCHERS CLAIM 'LIMITLESS' LOW-VOLTAGE POWER SOURCE
JIM/ANCHOR: Hams who operate portable, and even those who don't, are
always in search of the "perfect" power source. Researchers are too - and Kevin
Trotman, N5PRE, tells us about some findings from scientists in Arkansas.
KEVIN: Physicists at the University of Arkansas have created a circuit
that they say can harvest the thermal motion inside graphene - an
electrically conductive form of elemental carbon - and turn it into low- voltage
electrical current to power sensors or small devices.
They also say the power is clean and limitless. They created the circuit
by using two diodes to convert AC into DC. The pulsing DC current performs work
on a load resistor.
The researchers claim the diodes have a symbiotic relationship with the
graphene and increase the circuit's power. They believe that this project
has proven that grapheneÆs thermal motion at room temperature induces an
alternating current in a circuit -- an achievement that some physicists
have said is not possible.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.
(PHYS.ORG, TECH EXPLORIST.COM)
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