HONORS FOR QRP PERFORMERS AND ONE 'HOMEBREW HERO'
JIM/ANCHOR: Congratulations to the top performers in the recent Fox-Mike-
Hotel Portable Operations Challenge. Results have been published and Grand
Champion has been identified as Magnus Samuelson, SA0AQT, in Sweden. The
amateur who made the single contact over the most kilometres for watts used was
Jack Haefner, NG2E, in the state of Virginia. The contest was held in early
October.
Separately, we congratulate the newest winner of the Homebrew Heroes Award,
an honor given by the Fox Mike Hotel website, with support from the ICQ
Podcast. This year's award goes to George Thomas, W5JDX, who many listeners may
know for his appearances on HamNation, and as the host of
AmateurLogic.tv Homebrew Heroes recognizes efforts by those whose homebrew
constructions help define the frontiers in amateur radio technology.
Well done, everyone!
(Frank Howell K4FMH)
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KICKER: A HAM RADIO SISTERHOOD THAT ENDURES
JIM/ANCHOR: We end this week's newscast with a history lesson, a short one, but
an important one. Let Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, share it with us.
RALPH: November 22nd marks the anniversary of the death of the woman
believed to be one of the first licensed American YLs. Her name was
Genevieve Josephine Emerson, or at least that was her name when, as a young
girl in Oakland, California, she achieved a perfect score on her radio
operator's exam and was issued the call sign 6APL. Genevieve, later known as
Genevieve Josephine Emerson Stohler, was part of a small but important
collective of female radio operators in the early 20th century, including
Gladys Kathleen Parkin, callsign 6SO. Gladys, who lived in San Rafael,
California, was celebrated in 1916 for being the youngest female to pass the
radio license test.
The legacy of Gladys, who lived to be 89 and Genevieve, who was 93 when she
died on November 22nd, 2002, is worth noting. Today women are on the air
everywhere, and can be found in groups like ALARA in Australia, CLARA in
Canada, and the YLRL in the United States. The recent Day of the YLs
memorial contest held earlier this month around the world is a tribute to their
enduring friendship and sisterhood.
It is a sisterhood that finds its roots with people like Genevieve and
Gladys a century ago.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.
(SFGATE, ELK GROVE FLORIN AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, THE MARY SUE)
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NEWSCAST CLOSE:
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Northeast Now; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.COM; the Radio Society of Great Britain;
the Saipan Tribune; SFGate; shortwaveradio.de; the Southgate Amateur Radio
News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Times of Israel; the Wireless Institute
of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all
from the Amateur Radio Newsline.
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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston, West
Virginia, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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