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Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the Stephens
County Amateur Radio Society, N4DME repeater, in Toccoa, Georgia, Tuesday nights
at 8PM.
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KIDS ARE KEEN ON KITS
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Kit-building is growing in popularity, and some hams in Scotland
are doing their part to help. We hear more from Amateur Radio Newsline's Jeremy
Boot, G4NJH.
JEREMY: Ham radio is what you make it -- and nowadays, there are plenty
of enthusiasts making it - making their radios, making their antennas,
and making other electronics for their shacks. To encourage kit-building
with confidence, especially among young people, CQScotland.com is hosting
a group kit-building event and micro:bit showcase for young enthusiasts.
They are looking for volunteers from the amateur radio community to assist
with the hands-on instruction. The workshop will be held on the 7th of May
at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow.
If you can volunteer, you will be assisting with the building of a BBC micro:bit
Morse Code transceiver, or the creation of another simple
electronics project.
If you are the parent or guardian of a young enthusiast looking to build
the love of the hobby, while building something real and useful, contact
CQScotland.com
The program is supported by the micro:bit Educational Foundation, and the
Radio Society of Great Britain.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
(CQSCOTLAND)
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INTERNATIONAL REPEATER GROUP MAKES CONNECTIONS
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A wide-ranging system of repeaters in Canada has grown
from simple beginnings in one province to international importance. It's
even used across the border with the U.S. We hear again from Amateur
Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
NEIL: The International Repeater Group in New Brunswick, Canada is a
collection of 25 repeaters that serve the entire province, as well as
many parts of Maine in the United States. It's a secured system divided
into zones, and has hard-linked repeaters. It all began with one ham 43
years ago.
FRANCIS: It has grown now to a system of 25 repeaters that can be linked
across the province of New Brunswick. They are accessible throughout New
Brunswick; also from amateurs on the in the state of Maine, Nova Scotia,
and PEI; and over in the province of Quebec as well there in the Gaspe peninsula
because they can reach into the northern repeaters and join us.
NEIL: The repeater network is a success in part due to the financial and
technical support of the Emergency Measures Organization of New Brunswick
and CANWARN in addition to the group's members. While EMCOMM training and
various nets make use of the system, one of the more vital functions is
the weather net that operates daily, November through April.
FRANCIS: Our net controller Rick, VE9MTB, does a great job. He collects
all the data from stations across New Brunswick, and in northeastern
Maine where the St. John River starts, because we do have a flooding
issue along the St. John River, and Rick collects all of the data seven
days a week, sends it into Environment and Climate Change Canada, which
helps the forecasters keep an eye on the snowpack, and how fast melting
is going on in various regions, and how much water is gonna be coming
down the streams, with the potential of provincial flooding on some of
our tributaries.
NEIL: The operators take the "I" for "INTERNATIONAL" very seriously, and
literally.
FRANCIS: We have a tremendous, good working relationship, not only in
amateur radio - but it can be fire department, mutual aid agreements,
you name it - along the Canada/US border. As far as we're concerned,
that border is just an imaginary line, because we're gonna back each
other up, no matter what. It's fantastic! Boat ways, you know, we'll
help our friends in the state of Maine, and just like they will come
over and help us here. And you know, thank God for this neighborly
stuff, because there are many times, you know, we've depended on each
other.
NEIL: You can see the map and other information at their website
www.irg73.net
Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
(GEORGE DEWAR VY2GF)
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