Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Feb 16 2018 11:25 am Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2103, for Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2103, with a release date of Friday, February 16, 2018, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Theft and vandalism destroy a repeater in the UK. A Hamvention team member becomes a Silent Key -- and there's a new chance to get Bouvet Island in your log. All this, and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2103, comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** BOUVET ISLAND REDUX STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We open this week's report with an update of sorts for DXers hoping to get Bouvet Island in their logbooks, despite the recently scrapped Three Why Zero Eye DXpedition (3Y0I). Robert Broomhead, VK3DN, has the good news. ROBERT: The Bouvet Island DXpedition is on - well, sort of. A team of eastern European amateurs, who had planned their activation in late 2017, has put the trip back on the calendar. Southgate Amateur News reported that Dominik, 3Z9DX, Stanislaw, SQ8X, Leszek, SP3DOI, Branko, YU4DX, and Frans, J69DS, have put their trip back on the agenda, with what they describe as [quote] "a matter of urgency." [endquote] The team had cancelled its plans late last year, at the request of the 3Y0Z DXpedition that had to be unexpectedly aborted earlier this month after reaching its destination. Although no dates for the trip have been made public, reports indicate that the radio license has been renewed, and the Norwegian Polar Institute has also issued a landing permit that is good through February of 2019. The team has indicated they want the expedition to occur during the Southern Hemisphere's sub-antarctic summer. So, if you're still looking to get Bouvet Island in your logbook, you may get your chance after all. The team's plans will be to sail from South Africa to the island, where they will set up a camp, and radio on the glacier plateau. Until you can listen for Three Why Zero Eye (3Y0I) on the bands, watch for updates on their web page at bouvetoya dot org (https://bouvetoya.org) in Polish, or a Google translated version is at tinyurl dot com forward slash Bouvet dash three Why Zero EYE (tinyurl.com/Bouvet-3Y0I) For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Robert Broomhead, VK3DN. ** VANDALS DESTROY REPEATER IN UK STEPHEN/ANCHOR: It's tough enough when equipment failure knocks a repeater off the air, but in the UK, presumed criminal activity has destroyed a popular SSTV repeater. Ed Durran, DD5LP, has those details. ED'S REPORT: Security had been high, but it apparently was not enough to protect the MB7TV repeater, used by the Martello Tower Group for SSTV. Following reports that the repeater had gone off the air, the group's chairman, Tony, G0MBA, visited the site on Feb. 3, and discovered vandalism and theft had destroyed it. The cables had been cut, and the repeater itself was stolen - a laptop, a Kenwood TM-D700E radio, SSTV interface, wi-fi interface, thermostatic controlled heater, PSU, 20ft pole, aerial and coax, according to Keith, G6NHU. Keith told Amateur Radio Newsline that there are no suspects. He said [quote] "nobody outside the group knew the exact location of the repeater, as the information on the website said it was located somewhere completely different. As far as we know, there are no bad feelings between the group and other local hams, so the only conclusion we can draw is that it's some chancers who have seen it on the wall, and decided to break it open and steal the contents." The group estimated the cost of the equipment lost as between œ600 and œ700 -- or between eight hundred fifty and a thousand dollars in U.S. currency. Keith said there is no other local alternative, until the repeater is rebuilt, and put back on the air. The group has, meanwhile, requested financial gifts towards the costs of the new build, via its website, or through PayPal. For more information, contact repeaters at martellotowergroup dot com (repeaters@martellotowergroup.com). For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP. ** SILENT KEY: HAMVENTION'S JERRY MILLER WD8QAI STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The ham radio community has suffered two big losses - two Silent Keys. We hear first from Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, with this report on the death of a key contributor to Dayton Hamvention. DON: Jerry Miller, WD8QAI, one of Hamvention's core organizers, has become a Silent Key. Jerry died on Sunday, Feb. 11, at his Centerville, Ohio home. Jerry was a valued member of Dayton Amateur Radio Association, most especially on the board of directors, and in helping the club put together the annual Dayton Hamvention. He also served as editor of its newsletter, the RF Carrier, and was also considered the driving force behind the group's new clubhouse, that became the W8BI ham shack. Jerry had been licensed since the 1970s, and his name was widely known among hams around the world. A retiree from Delco Products, Jerry operated his own company, Windbluff Computer Services, in the Dayton area. Funeral services were to be held on Saturday, the 17th of February, at the Tobias Funeral Home's Beavercreek Chapel, in Dayton. Hamvention's Michael Kalter, W8CI, said of Jerry: [quote] "He will be sorely missed by his family and hams all over the world." [endquote] Jerry Miller was 77. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW. --- SBBSecho 3.03-Win32 * Origin: RdoWxNet: The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org (802:2/3) þ Synchronet þ Temple of Doom BBS - tod.eothnet.com .