Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2072, for Friday, July 14, 2017
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2072, with a release date of Friday,
July 14, 2017, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. In British Columbia, hams keep an eye on raging
wildfires. The Royal Mint prepares for activation in the UK -- and hams
in Scandinavia get their tickets. All this and more, as Amateur Radio
Newsline Report 2072, comes your way right now.
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WILDFIRES RAGE IN CANADA
PAUL/ANCHOR: We begin this week's newcast with a look at the wildfires
raging in British Columbia, Canada. A provincial state of emergency was declared
on July 7 to prepare for a coordinated response and evacuations,
but that declaration did not immediately include amateurs activation.
That did not stop hams from providing assistance on the ground, however, lending
a hand to the Red Cross and other organizations. As of Amateur
Radio Newsline's production deadline, there had been no hams called up.
We will continue to monitor developments.
(RADIO AMATEURS OF CANADA)
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HAM RADIO IN MINT CONDITION
PAUL/ANCHOR: Now here's one special event station that's as newly minted
as any station could ever be. A team of operators in the UK will be
activating the Royal Mint in South Wales, which produces coins for many
of the world's countries. With those details, here's Amateur Radio
Newsline's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
JEREMY: Between the 29th of July and the 5th of August, radio amateurs
from the Barry Amateur Radio Society will be calling QRZ as Special Event
Station GB4RME. The club is calling this The Royal Mint Experience,
marking it as a world first. Organizers say this is the first time hams
have operated from inside a mint anywhere in the world, much less a royal
one. According to team leader Glyn Jones, GW0ANA, listeners will be able
to hear the hams on satellite, SSB, CW, RTTY, JT65, and possibly even
EchoLink. Glyn said their visibility inside the mint will give school
visitors and other youngsters a closer look at the operation of amateur
radio stations. In fact, children who learn to transmit their names in
Morse Code will receive a certificate of recognition.
Glyn said that with the Mint producing coins for more than 80 nations
around the world, the hams have the ambitious agenda of contacting as
many of them as they can. He said it was [QUOTE] "a monumental effort"
[END QUOTE], but that the hams plan to give it their best shot. The Radio
Society of Great Britain has been contacting national radio societies to further
publicize the operation.
More information is available about Special Event Station GB4RME on
QRZ.com
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
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NEW JOBS FOR INDIANA HAMS
PAUL/ANCHOR: Radio operators are communicators, whether on the air or off.
Some Indiana hams are taking that job even more seriously off the air.
Jack Parker, W8ISH, of the Amateur News Weekly podcast, shares his report
with us now.
JACK: Central Indiana now has a new crop of public information officers.
The basic public information course sponsored by the Wayne Township Fire
Department on the city's west side is now complete. The free course was
offered to Indiana hams wanting basic skills in performing public
information services. The three-day class was limited to 25 participants.
They used interactive presentations and practical applications to convey
information, and engage the participants in learning. The basic public
information officer course is designed to prepare participants to function
as full or part time PIOs.
This training equipped participants with basic skills such as oral and
written communications for working with the media. The course was offered
to amateur radio operators as well as emergency mangement personnel,
including fire, law enforcement, public health and other organizations
active in disasters.
If you are techically minded, the Indiana section of the ARRL has a job
for you! Mark Westermeier, N90Z, Section Technical Coordinator for I
ndiana, is looking to add technical specialists to some underserved areas
of the Hoosier State, especially the east, central and southeast areas of
the state bordering Ohio. If you live in Richmond, and have a technical
bent, you may be the person they are looking for to fill a technical
specialist position.
If interested, contact Mark Westermeier, N90Z, at his email address,
N90Z@arrl.net
Technically speaking, this is this week's report from Indianapolis. This
is Jack Parker, W8ISH.
PAUL/ANCHOR: For more reports from Amateur News Weekly, covering Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky, visit their website amateurnewsweekly.com
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