THE WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, be listening for Alex, F4GHS, operating holiday
style, from the South Cook Islands, until the 25th of August, using
the call sign E51GHS. Send QSLs via his home call.
Listen on SSB and CW, for a group of South African operators, active
as ZS9V, from Robben Island, until the 13th of August. Robben Island
is where the late South African activist, and former president Nelson
Mandela, had been held in prison, until his release in 1982. Its IOTA
reference number is AF-064. Send QSL cards via M0OXO OQRS.
Be listening for the call sign 4L0GF, operating in Georgia, by members
of the Black Sea Contest Group. They will be on all the bands between
160 and 10 meters, operating on SSB, RTTY and CW. Send QSL cards to
F5RAV.
Mike, VE7ACN, is activating two Alaskan IOTA islands. He will be on Hinchinbrook
Island, operating as AL3/AA7CH until August 15th. The
Island is IOTA reference number NA-042). He will then move to Kayak
Island, and operate as NL6/AA7CH from August 18th through the 28th.
Send all QSL cards to his home call in Canada.
(IRISH RADIO TRANSMITTERS SOCIETY)
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KICKER: FOR WHOM THE BELL DOESN'T TOLL
CHRISTIAN/ANCHOR: Our final story this week is about working phone
during an emergency - namely an outage of another kind of phone, the
telephone. Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, explains.
KEVIN: How can you hear a call coming in when the phones aren't even
working? Ask residents, retailers, and emergency responders, in
Atlantic, Canada. Phone service on Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia recently
suffered a massive outage, after two of the fiber-optic lines
became damaged, cut off accidentally by construction workers. Companies affected
included Telus, Virgin, Koodo, and Bell Aliant.
So what did that leave? Amateur radio, of course.
Jeremy Fowler, VE1JHF, of the Halifax Amateur Radio Club, and Chris
Vessey, VY2CRV, a Prince Edward Island amateur, were among the hams
ready to respond in case of an emergency. Vessey told the Canadian
Broadcasting Company that he and other radio operators were on standby.
It's what hams do, after all.
The outage, as it turns out, didn't last more than a few hours -- but
as Vessey noted, after this, it might pay for more people to think about getting
their licenses, and then getting some radios. Even without any
phones ringing, the few hours of that outage surely brought the most
important kind of call -- a wake-up call.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.
(CBC NEWS)
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Missouri, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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