Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Apr 13 2018 01:34 pm RADIO HISTORIAN CLYDE HAEHNLE DIES AT 95 STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The broadcast and amateur communities are mourning the loss of a Cincinnati area radio historian. Heather Embee, KB3TZD, reports: HEATHER: The radio world has lost a treasured figure in America's broadcast history. Veteran broadcast engineer Clyde Haehnle (HANE-ly) was often described as the living embodiment of Cincinnati area broadcasting. Clyde had a role in building some of the Crosley broadcast innovations during his tenure at W-L-W, the big station just down the road from what is now the Voice of America Museum in West Chester, Ohio. He was 95 years old at the time of his death on Sunday, April 8, but as a story on W-V-X-U-dot-org noted [quote] "his eyes always glowed like an old radio tube" [endquote] when he walked about the Voice of America complex, or W-L-W's transmitter, which sent out 500,000 (five-hundred-thousand) watts during World War II. He had been a board member of the National Voice of America Museum, which named a meeting space in his honor in 2016. He was one of the biggest bolsters of the V-O-A museum's "Bethany Relay Station." He will be missed by hams and non-hams alike. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, K-B-3-T-Z-D. ** IN SEARCH OF YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR NOMINEES STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Because young hams are important to us, 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, 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. ** SCOUTS PLAN SPECIAL ACTIVATION AT WEST POINT ACADEMY STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Radio Scouting has a big week ahead. Bill Stearns, NE4RD, tells us more. BILL: This week in Radio Scouting, we have one activation of the K2BSA callsign, one special event callsign activation, and we're getting back on the countdown to JOTA 2018. Richard Zarczynski, AC8FJ, and Michael Boensch, W8MKB, will be activating K2BSA/8, at the International Friendship Camporee in Commerce Township, MI from April 27th through the 29th. They will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Camporee between U.S. and Canadian scouters, spreading camaraderie, goodwill and understanding of our scouting heritages. Richard and Michael will be getting scouts on the air, making contacts on the VHF/UHF/HF frequency bands all over the world. Check out the camporee website at ifcamporee.org The special event station, W2P, will be operating from the midway at the 56th Annual Boy Scout Camporee at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, on April 28th. The West Point Military Academy has been hosting an invitational Camporee for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts since 1962, offering skill training and challenges to Scouts and their volunteer leaders unequaled anywhere else. Many of the challenge stations are scaled down versions of what the Cadets experience daily in their training as tomorrow's leaders. This will be the very first Amateur Radio Station operating at this event. We're six months out from the worlds largest international scouting activity, Jamboree on the Air. In this month, we're thinking about Field Day. We're only two months away from the ARRL's Field Day, which is a great opportunity to invite scouts to your club's activation, or for scouters to start looking for registered Field Day events to attend with your Pack, Crew, or Troop! Get these scouts on the air with your GOTA station to earn some extra points. Demonstrate radio sport and portable operations to your local youth. For more information on radio scouting, please visit our website at www.k2bsa.net. For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this is Bill Stearns, NE4RD. ** SARL RADIO CAMP FOR YOUNGSTERS IN NEED OF SUPPORT STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Whether you call it summer camp or winter camp, a program for young amateurs is in need of your support. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHDF, has those details. JIM MEACHEN: The South African Radio League's upcoming summer radio camp for young amateurs is actually a winter radio camp, because it's in the southern hemisphere! Whatever you call it, it's still one of the most prestigious international youth events in amateur radio, and it's a "first" for Africa - indeed, for South Africa! The International Amateur Radio Union member society conducts the week-long programs for young participants, who represent more than 30 nations in Europe and Africa. It takes planning and equipment and expertise, but most of all, it takes financial support. The South African Radio League is hosting visitors between the ages of 16 and 25, through its Youth Working Group, and is accepting donations online at zs9yota dot co dot za (zs9yota.co.za). August 8th through the 15th promises to be a groot ervaring of radio comms and goodwill - a memorable winter experience at a top-rated radio summer camp! For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF. (SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE) --- SBBSecho 3.04-Win32 * Origin: RadioWxNet: The Thunderbolt BBS wx1der.dyndns.org (801:1/2) þ Synchronet þ Temple of Doom BBS - tod.eothnet.com .