Subj : Newsline Part 2
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Oct 07 2016 10:46 am

MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF COLORADO'S WILDFIRES 

PAUL/ANCHOR: As amateurs are being called into action in emergencies
elsewhere, we have also received an update from Amateur Radio Newsline's
Amanda Alden, K1DDN. She has been among Colorado ARES radio operators
responding to that state's Beulah Hill Fire. She reports that the Beulah
Hill Fire started at 2 p.m. on Monday Oct. 3., in Pueblo County, during a
Red Flag Warning, which had been issued by the National Weather Service.
A Red Flag Warning, more appropriately known as a Fire Weather Warning,
is a forecast warning issued by the United States National Weather Service,
to inform area firefighting and land management agencies that conditions
are ideal for wildland fire combustion, and rapid spread.

All of Beulah Valley, with between one thousand and fifteen hundred
residents, was evacuated, at which time, the American Red Cross called
in Colorado ARES to assist with manning their shelters.  ARES operators
have been assisting from all over the Front Range. The State EOC, and
Pueblo EOC, are being staffed with ARES members, as well as one Red Cross
shelter. So far there have been about 20 amateur operators assisting.

As of Wednesday, October 5, the fire had grown to approximately 5227 acres
in two days, with 50 percent containment. Eight structures and six
outbuildings were lost so far. With a cold front coming into Colorado,
Incident Command hoped to begin getting the upper hand on this fire in the
next couple of days.

As always, our Newsline team will keep listeners informed, as this, and
other situations develop. Thank you everyone, and stay safe.

(AMANDA ALDEN K1DDN)

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BREAK HERE:

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the Arlington
Amateur Radio Club's W4WVP repeater, in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday
evenings at 7.

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TEAM USA WINS BIG IN DIRECTION FINDING CONTEST

PAUL/ANCHOR: The Eighteenth World Championships of Amateur Radio
Direction Finding have just concluded, and Team USA has medaled again.
Newsline's Joe Moell (MELL) K-zero-O-V has the story.

JOE'S REPORT: The Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs was host for
this year's ARDF World Championships.  Over 400 on-foot transmitter
hunting experts from 39 nations converged on a popular resort city on
the Black Sea coast, between August 29 and September 9, for competitions
and cultural events.  World Championships take place every even-numbered
year, and USA began sending a team in 1998.  Our team medaled for the
first time in 2006, and has done so every time since.  2016 was no
exception, as our team members stood on the medal podium seven times.

Vadim Afonkin, KB1RLI, of Newton, Massachusetts, won gold in the 80-meter
sprint competition's category for men ages 40 through 49.  He also won a
bronze medal in the 80m classic of the ARDF World Cup, a competition for
individuals just prior to the World Championships, and another bronze in
the two-meter classic on the last day.  Ruth Bromer, WB4QZG, of Raleigh,
North Carolina, took third place in her age group during the World Cup
sprint, and the next day, she got another bronze during the foxoring
event.  Ruth also shared a team bronze medal with Karla Leach, KC7BLA,
of Bozeman, Montana in the 80-meter classic.  Alla Mezhevaya, of Rockford,
Illinois, took second in her age group during the two-meter competition
of the World Cup.

USA's team consisted of nine men and six women, ages 26 through 74. They
were selected from the best performers in the 2016 USA Championships in
Texas, and the 2015 USA Championships in Colorado.  Plans are now under
way for our 2017 national championships, which will take place near
Cincinnati during August.

For more information on ARDF Team USA, and the sport of ARDF, plus links
to complete results, point your Web browser to www.homingin.com.  That's
homingin as one word.  From southern California, this is Joe Moell, K0OV,
for Amateur Radio Newsline.

(ARDF)

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NEW YORK'S THE PARTY STATE

PAUL/ANCHOR: In New York, hams are urging the rest of the country, if not
the world, to start getting in a New York State of mind. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD, tells us why.

HEATHER'S REPORT: What if New York threw a party and nobody came? Well,
that's not likely to happen, but hams in the Empire State are still hoping
for a record number of participating amateurs for the New York State QSO
Party which starts on October 15th.
 
Clubs throughout the state are working hard to recruit as many amateurs
to get on the air from all 62 counties.
 
Operating modes will be mixed, phone, digital, and CW.
 
Amateurs may work as single operators, multi-operators, mobile, school,
rookie, youth, and YL.
 
Any hams outside New York State are encouraged to work as many hams in as
many New York counties as possible. The party is, of course, all about
being a New York amateur radio operator.
    
So don't miss this party, whether you live in New York or not. For more
details, visit NYQP.org
 
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD.


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