Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Mar 23 2018 10:00 am STANDING WHERE WARTIME HISTORY WAS MADE NEIL/ANCHOR: Any ham radio operator can appreciate the power of code, even if they themselves have never touched a straight key. One exhibit in the UK has taken the appeal of code several steps further, as we hear from Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. JEREMY: A new exhibit at Bletchley Park doesn't just show an important part of World War Two history the way it happened - the exhibit has been established on the very site WHERE that history took place. Stepping inside the Bletchley Park building known as Hut 11A, visitors will be able to learn the story of the Bombe machines located there to help Allied intelligence crack the mysteries of the Enigma code, and decrypt Nazi messages during the Second World War. The now-historic team behind that effort comprised Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman, and serveral others. The exhibit invites museum visitors to [quote] "discover the truth, and stand where they stood." [endquote]. The exhibit is a permanent one, and so hopefully there will be plenty of time for that. For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. (RSGB) ** NETS OF NOTE: THE COLORADO ASTRONOMY NET NEIL/ANCHOR: Our occasional series, Nets of Note, looks at how and why hams gather on the air to share viewpoints and interests. This week, we're introduced to the Colorado Astronomy Net, by Paul Braun, WD9GCO. PAUL: As the Newsline office space nerd, this week's Net of Note combines two of my favorite things - space and ham radio. Burness Ansell, KI0AR, has been hosting the weekly Colorado Astronomy Net for over 20 years now. Ansell explains how it started: ANSELL: I've always been interested in astronomy, and I started this net back in 1996. I just wanted to combine radio with astronomy, and share my love of astronomy, and looking at the night skies, and how it could also relate to amateur radio. PAUL: The net covers basically anything having to do with astronomy, according to Ansell: ANSELL: I usually start off with phases of the moon and stuff like that - where the planets are through the week, rise and set times, any other planetary special events like conjunctions or photo ops. And then do some JPL bulletins or whatever sources I can find about what's up with the night skies, what's going on in the world of astronomy or cosmology - things like that. Radio astronomy, especially. If I can find clips of stellar noise or pulsars, I've done that before. PAUL: The hams that check into the net are from all over the country, and have varied interests. Ansell explained: ANSELL: We have one member that's doing observational astronomy looking at galaxies. We have one teacher who lives up in Berthoud, who does radio astronomy with his students at the Little Thompson Observatory up there, and he's tracking meteor scatter. He's got students now pointing their dishes at the center of our galaxy, and trying to record radio waves from there. PAUL: If you'd like to join in, you can find the schedule, repeater information, and the Echolink and Allstar nodes, at Ansell's website at www.KI0AR.com/astro.html. You can also subscribe to his monthly astronomy newsletter from the site. So, keep one hand on the mic, and your eyes on the stars, and check out the Colorado Astronomy Net every Tuesday night. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO. NEIL/ANCHOR: If you have an interesting Net to share with us, write us at newsline at arnewsline dot org (newsline@arnewsline.org) ** NOMINATE THE NEXT 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR' NEIL/ANCHOR: We remind you again that the Bill Pasternak/Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year award is an honor for radio operators 18 and younger, who hold licenses in the U.S. or Canada. We are accepting nominations until May 31. If you know of a deserving candidate who has been of service to the community, or helped improve amateur radio for those in the hobby, submit his or her name for consideration. You can find the nomination forms on our website at arnewsline dot org (arnewsline.org) under the YHOTY tab. The award is named in memory of Amateur Radio Newsline founder Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF. Candidates for the award must be 18 or younger, and reside in the US (or its possessions) or Canada. Nominees must hold a valid Amateur Radio license issued by the US or Canada. The award will be presented at the Huntsville Hamfest, in Huntsville, Alabama, in August. ** BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the N2JDW repeater in New York City, on Monday nights at 8 local time, just before the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Service Net. --- SBBSecho 3.03-Win32 * Origin: RadioWxNet: The Thunderbolt BBS wx1der.dyndns.org (801:1/2) þ Synchronet þ Temple of Doom BBS - tod.eothnet.com .