MONK APOLLO BACK ON MOUNT ATHOS
PAUL/ANCHOR: We have updated word on a monk who is one of the world's
more popular DXers. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
JEREMY: The happy news is that Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A, is back on Mount
Athos following his recent hospitalization and major surgery. The
unwelcome news is that if you think you worked him between the 16th and
18th of October, you're mistaken. His call sign was apparently pirated
while the well-known DXer was undergoing medical treatment. A report
from Kostas, SV1DPI, in the Daily DX, notes that someone was on 20
meters CW, purporting to be Monk Apollo during that time period. There
are also other reports that contacts with him on the 22nd and 23rd of
October may also not be authentic. Most recent word from Mount Athos is
that Monk Apollo may be ready for new QSOs soon, so be on the bands, and
keep listening! The next time will likely be for real!
(DX WORLD, THE DAILY DX, SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO NEWS)
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THE WORLD OF DX
Elsewhere in the world of DX, Maurizio, IK2GZU, is on the air from
Tanzania until the 2nd of December, and in his spare time, he is
operating as 5H3MB. Logs will be uploaded to Logbook of The World, and
QSLs should go via the home call.
Listen for 6V1IS from Dakar, Senegal, and as 6V1IS/P, from two different islands
in the IOTA AF-045 group. A group of operators from Italy is on
the air from those locations, until the 20th of November. Their QSL
Manager is IK7JWX.
Willi, DJ7RJ, is operating as 3B8/DJ7RJ from Mauritius, until the 6th of
December, on all HF bands, from 160 to 10 meters. He asks that topband
enthusiasts look for him on 1826.6 khz.
(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)
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KICKER: ON THE AIR WITH KB2GSD, WALTER CRONKITE (SORT OF)
PAUL/ANCHOR: We close with a story that amateur radio operators of a
certain age - actually, anyone of a certain age - might appreciate. It's
about a beloved network anchorman who had been a noted ham too. For this,
we turn to Amateur Radio Newsline's Mike Askins, KE5CXP.
MIKE: THE Metro DX Club in suburban Chicago put legendary newsman Walter
Cronkite, KB2GSD, back on the air recently, only it was the late
journalist himself, who was making amateur radio news this time. On the occasion
of what would have been his 100th birthday, the club operated
Special Event Station W9C, between Monday, October 31st, and Sunday,
November 6th.
The CBS newsman, who became a Silent Key in July of 2009, was once known
as the "most trusted man in America", and it was his voice and his
expertise that the ARRL called upon in its 2003 video, "Amateur Radio
Today," to acquaint non-hams with the hobby.
Metro DX Club president Jim Mornar, N9TK, told Amateur Radio Newsline
that the National Parks on the Air centennial activity inspired him to
look for other 100-year anniversaries. Walter Cronkite's birthday came
up high on the list he found. He told us [QUOTE] "Since he was a ham, and
known to most of the ham demographic, I thought it would be a real winner.
And so it has!" [ENDQUOTE] Thousands of QSOs had been tallied up by
Saturday, November 5th. Jim called that day the highlight of the event,
as 15 or so club members worked from the super station of Jerry, WB9Z,
and Val, NV9L, in Crescent City, Illinois, and had a potluck lunch that
gave them strength to handle the pileups.
And THAT - as Walter Cronkite himself might say - is the way it is.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mike Askins, KE5CXP
(METRO DX CLUB OF SUBURBAN CHICAGO)
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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; DX
World; the Daily DX; Deadline Hollywood; Ghassan Chammas AC2RA; Hap
Holly and the Rain Report; Hurricane Watch Net; K2BSA; Metro DX Club
of Suburban Chicago; Irish Radio Transmitter Society; Ohio-Penn DX
Bulletin; Southgate Amateur Radio News; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show;
the VOA Museum of Broadcasting; Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave;
and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline. Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org.
More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official
website located at www.arnewsline.org.
For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO, in Valparaiso,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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