Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Sep 15 2017 07:42 am REMEMBERING 9/11's LOST and FIRST RESPONDERS NEIL/ANCHOR: Who can forget the image of New York City's Twin Towers, or the ravaged Pentagon building in Washington, D.C.? These buildings, and the plane wreckage in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, are forever symbols of September 11, 2001. In New York City, two amateurs remembered as well, with a special event station. Here's more from Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT. CARYN's REPORT: Jim, WA2DNI, and his friend, Andy, KC2GOW, aren't likely to forget Sept. 11, 2001. The retired New York City police officer, and the paramedic, were among those who worked side by side in the months following the nightmare attack on the Twin Towers, that killed nearly three thousand, and reduced the landscape to a heap of ash. The friends teamed up again this month, to mark the 16th anniversary of 9/11, by operating Special Event Station WA2NYC. I asked Jim about this year's response. JIM: It's a lot of thanks for working the station, for remembering what happened here 16 years ago. Actually, when the QSL cards come in, we get some very nice letters from people writing stuff on the back of the QSL cards, thanking us for operating the station from last year. CARYN: Jim said that despite solar flares and poor band conditions, he and Andy logged more than 900 contacts in all from their two Staten Island locations, many from hams with 9/11 memories of their own. JIM: I've spoken to a couple of first responders who were actually down there at that time at the Trade Center. A lot of the guys from FEMA, I cannot remember their calls off hand. One of the FEMA guys, said he was down there, and I said 'We probably crossed paths at some time, when I was down there.' There's quite a few first responders who are actually involved in amateur radio, and you may cross paths with somebody, and you might not even know it. Then, you talk to them three or four years later and say 'Yeah, we were down there at the Trade Center, and you hold a little bit of a conversation - but with the pileups you want to work as many people as you can, so many times it's a quick 5-9, thanks for working the station, and you move on to the next person. CARYN: Regardless, said Jim, the response this year, as in previous years, makes the friends' effort something that won't be forgotten. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, in New York. ** DEADLINE FOR CANADA'S HAM OF THE YEAR NEIL: If you are in Canada, there is still time - but not much time - left to nominate the "RAC Radio Amateur of the Year." This is an honor conferred by Radio Amateurs of Canada, recognizing outstanding work and contributions to the amateur community. Deadline is September 29th to submit nominations, and supporting documents to the RAC Corporate Secretary at RAC headquarters. Candidates should show a consistent record of contributions to benefit amateur radio in the last year, or consistently over a period of several years. The winner will be selected by a majority vote by the board of directors, and notified by mail. A formal presentation of an award plaque will follow sometime later. (RADIO AMATEURS OF CANADA) ** NATIVE AMERICAN AMATEURS ON THE AIR NEIL/ANCHOR: Be listening for Special Event Station, W7NTV, on September 18th through 22nd. The National Tribal Amateur Radio Association, which promotes the use of ham radio on American tribal lands, will be calling QRZ on 20 and 40 meters, from the National Tribal Emergency Management Conference in Leemore, California. This is a good time to connect with American Indian amateurs, and to support their work. The association held its first special event station last year, making more than 300 contacts over the course of 5 days. For details about this year's event, visit the QRZ page for W7NTV. ** BREAK HERE Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the Condor Connection network of linked repeaters in California, Arizona, and Nevada, on Monday nights at 1900 Pacific Time. ** STUDENT-BUILT CUBESAT UNITES INDIA, RUSSIA NEIL/ANCHOR: The diplomatic relationship between Russia and India is about to reach new heights: a team of youngsters from both nations is building a satellite. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has the details. JEREMY'S REPORT: Twenty students from the Moscow Aviation Institute have teamed up with nine youngsters from various cities in India to create a communications satellite, that will be taken to the International Space Station next month, for launch by a cosmonaut. Known as the 1-U CubeSat Iskra-5, the satellite - which will weigh less than a kilogram - will be sent into orbit shortly after arrival during a spacewalk. The young team of satellite builders was created through the program, known as Space Kidz India. The technical work has been going on at the Moscow Aviation Institute, where the Iskra series of satellites has a long history - amateur radio operators and students have been collaborating on such satellites at the institute since the 1980s. According to Space Kidz India, the outer cube of the satellite was designed by the Indian students, while the Russian youngsters concentrated on the subsystems. The satellite is designed to provide amateur radio communications, including SSTV, and it will operate for a period of three to five months after its launch. A ground station in Russia will keep track of all relevant data while it is orbiting. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. (SOUTHGATE, TIMES OF INDIA) --- þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org .