THE WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, we have a few CW operators who'll be calling QRZ.
You have a few more days to listen for S79J, operating from Mahe Island
in the Seychelles Islands. The callsign is being used by Ivan, LZ1PJ,
until the 10th of May. Listen for S79J operating in CW on the HF bands,
and on 6m. QSL to the home call.
Martin, MW0BRO, is operating from Qatar as A7/MW0BRO through the 18th of
May. He is transmitting from the Qatar Amateur Radio Society club station
in Doha. Listen for him operating in CW on 80 through 10m. QSL to his
home call.
Gab, HB9TSW, is operating as Z68BG from Slatina Air Base in Pristina,
Kosovo until the 23rd of May. He will use CW on 40m to 10m. QSOs with
Kosovo do not count for the DXCC Award at the present time.
On Saint Martin Island, John K9EL is operating as FS/K9EL on SSB, CW, and
RTTY through the 15th of May. Listen for him on 80 meters through 6
meters. Send QSL cards via the home call, OQRS, LoTW and eQSL.
(DXCOFFEE, IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)
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KICKER: SKY HIGH TOY STORY
NEIL/ANCHOR: Finally, we end this newscast with the tale of a modest
project in Australia that wasn't so modest after all -- finding a way
to get kids interested in space travel and radio tracking, with the
help of a small animal. Well, OK, a plush toy small animal. Let's hear
more from Amateur Radio Newsline's Graham Kemp, VK4BB.
GRAHAM: Can an echidna fly? Well, if you're a spiny anteater named
Anstey, and you're in the company of the Amateur Radio Experimenters
Group in Adelaide, South Australia, you can not only fly, you can soar.
That was the fate of Anstey, a plush toy echidna who got a trip into
space with the help of the radio amateurs group, including Mark Jessop,
VK5QI. Anstey went up into the sky via a high-altitude balloon - one of
many the amateur group has launched over the years - as a way of grabbing
the attention of young South Australians at the Tea Tree Gully library
at the end of last year. The plush toy is the library's mascot, and she
became a mascot with a mission.
Anstey was sent up to a height of about 23 miles from a sports field in
the Adelaide Hills, and was tracked via radio to a somewhat soft landing
a few days later in a wheat field about 75 miles from where she had been
launched. Mark said she was buried in the tops of the wheat, and wasn't
visible until they literally stumbled upon her. The journey took the
little plush toy into air temperatures estimated to be minus 68 degrees
Fahrenheit.
The library, however, had a good warming feeling about the whole matter.
ABC News Australia picked up on the story recently, as did other media.
Now, the celebrity echidna is back at the library for another appearance.
On May 8, younsters will visit the library, learn about the journey, meet
the well-traveled toy, and celebrate the first echidna in space. Likely,
she won't be the last.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.
(ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA)
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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to ABC News Australia; Alan Labs; Amateur
News Weekly; the ARRL; Chelmsford Weekly News; CQ Magazine; DX Coffee;
Hap Holly and the Rain Report; the Hindustan Times; the IARU; Irish
Radio Transmitters Society; the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association; the
Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; the
Taipei Times; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; 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 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, in Bloomington,
Indiana, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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