TRANSMITTING ENCOURAGEMENT TO NEW ZEALAND HAMS
PAUL/ANCHOR: When you're young and licensed for only a few short years,
can you convince other millennials that cellphones and apps have got
nothing on radio when it comes to 2-way communication? Amateur Radio
Newsline's Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, spoke to someone who's doing just that.
JIM: Andrew Townsend, ZL3AJT, a 22-year-old in Christchurch, has found
an effective way to communicate OFF the air to get prospective hams ON
the air: He has created Young Transmitters New Zealand, a fun, fast-paced
website stuffed full of videos, tutorials, and encouragement, that he
hopes will deliver a taste of the amateur experience, beginning with high
schoolers.
ANDREW: "That's when human curiosity and experimentation starts to come
out a little more. You have people in high school wanting to become
engineers, and thinking about university. It's time to explore more beyond
what's made for them automatically. For me, I am trying to target that age
of transition out of the consumption age, and into that human nature experience,
and experimentation age. So, I think it's less about a
generation, and more it's an age bracket."
JIM: While his website site is a pitch to young New Zealanders, it offers
rich and relevant radio science information that speaks to any youngster
-- or the not-so-young -- around the world.
ANDREW: "While it is focused on the kiwi exam, the content itself is very
relevant to what you could find in Australia, the U.S., Canada, Great
Britain. It is quite relevant."
JIM: Andrew's own amateur journey began at 16, and grew out of an
obsession with small portable VHF/UHF radios. Now, radio adventure calls
him again.
ANDREW: "I am starting to take a shine now to some High Frequency work.
I just recently bought my own all-bander radio, and I am really excited
because it's the first one I can call my own! I can actually return my
dad's, which I stole."
JIM: Interested? One last bit of direction, then, from this young New
Zealand ham:
ANDREW: You can find my website at www.youngtransmittersnz.org.
JIM: That's Andrew Townsend, ZL3AJT, using the technology of his
generation, to build radio's next generation. For Amateur Radio Newsline,
I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.
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LEBANESE AMATEUR RECEIVES YASME AWARD
PAUL/ANCHOR: In Lebanon, a prominent amateur in the Arabic-speaking
community has been recognized for his contributions to amateur radio
there. Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.
JASON'S REPORT: The Radio Amateurs of Lebanon, or RAL, is taking special
pride in its president, Hani Raad, OD5TE, who has become the latest winner
of the Yasme Excellence Award from the California-based Yasme Foundation.
The foundation website states that the honor, which includes a plaque, and
a monetary amount, is conferred on amateurs whose contributions to ham
radio are derived through effort, dedication, and creativity, in areas that
include operations, technical aspects, or organization. In addition to
being licensed in Lebanon, Hani operates in Jordan as JY8HR, Switzerland
as HB9ERL, and the United States as AA3EI, Extra Class.
Hani is a certified ARRL Chief Examiner, and a former vice president of
Region 1 of the International Amateur Radio Union. He has provided disaster
support to the American Red Cross, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the U.S.
Army, among other offices.
Honorees do not apply for these awards, which are given at the board's
discretion.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.
(RADIO AMATEURS OF LEBANON, YASME FOUNDATION, QRZ)
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SSTV: RADIO FOR YOUR EYES AS WELL AS EARS
PAUL: As hams celebrate the 18th anniversary of the activation of a Slow
Scan TV System aboard Russia's now-deorbited MIR Space Station, another
SSTV enthusiast - this one in Hawaii - has created a project giving hams
a closer look at what the mode can do. We hear details from Amateur Radio
Newsline's Stephen Kinford, N8WB.
STEPHEN'S REPORT: While Slow Scan TV isn't anything new on the HF bands,
Darren Holbrook, KH6OWL, an enthusiast in Honolulu, Hawaii, has added
something new to the mix: a website that shares some recent Slow Scan TV
images sent to him from around the world on 20 meters. It's an online
gallery of about a dozen or so pictures, and it invites visiting hams to explore
this mode of image transmission.
Visit the Amateur Radio Newsline website, arnewsline.org, and in our
printed script of this newscast, you'll find a link to that web page,
and its online images.
http://www.wb9kmw.com/KH6OWL/live_SSTV.html
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth, Ohio.
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