Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri May 18 2018 09:36 am WORLD WAR II WEEKEND IN READING, PENNSYLVANIA DON/ANCHOR: More World War II history is being revisited -- this one at a Pennsylvania airport, as we hear from Heather Embee, KB3TZD. HEATHER: It's going to be World War II weekend in Reading, Pennsylvania, and the re-enactors and warbirds will be converging on Reading Regional Airport on June first, second and third. The weekend marks the 28th anniversary of the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. So it's only natural that ham radio operators will also be called up for duty. Starting on the 31st of May, and right through 4th of June, Special Event Station W-2-R will be on the air from the cargo area of the Boeing C-97 known as the "Angel of Deliverance," sent to the airport from the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation. This model of aircraft has great significance for the role it played in the development of single sideband's standard use in long-range bomber aircraft. Arthur Collins of the Collins Corporation installed a 75A-4 receiver, and a KWS-1 transmitter - known as the company's "Gold Dust Twins" -- into the cargo area of a C-97. It didn't hurt, of course, that Curtis LeMay and Butch Griswold were hams, as well as Air Force generals. Be listening for the special event station, and you too can go into battle - against the pile-ups, that is. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, K-B-3-T-Z-D. (QRZ) ** WORLD OF DX In the world of DX, listen for special event station, 8J1ITU, on the air in Japan, until May 31st. The station is marking the foundation of the ITU, and is operated by the Japanese ITU Amateur Radio Club. Send QSLs via the Bureau. Listen for Yosuke, JJ1DQR, active as YB9/JJ1DQR, from Bali through to the 21st of May. He will operate SSB on the HF bands. QSL via home call. Dave VE7VR will be active holiday style in Botswana as A25VR from the 24th to the 3rd of June. Listen for him on 40, 30 and 20 meters. Send QSLs via the home call. Special callsign TC19M will be activated through to the 20th of May, to mark the landing of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk at Samsun and the start of Turkey's War of Independence. Listen for their SSB, RTTY, PSK, and FT8 signals on the HF bands. See qrz.com for QSL details. (DAILY DX, DX WORLD) ** KICKER: REMEMBERING A CAPITAL HAM OF CAPITOL HILL DON/ANCHOR: We close with this report about a special event station that honors a man, who was a key lawmaker in United States history. He also made it a point to be especially accessible to his constituents -- on the ham radio bands. Here's Kevin Trotman, N5PRE. KEVIN: He was an amateur people knew by his call sign, K7UGA, or even by his first name, Barry -- although to much of the nation, and even the world, he was also called United States Senator. It's no secret that Barry Goldwater was a lifelong ham, and an advocate for the rights of amateur radio operators. An Air Force veteran, he played an active role with the Air Force MARS, providing phone patches for soldiers calling home during the Vietnam War. Barry Goldwater became a Silent Key on May 29, 1998. This year, which marks the 20th anniversary of his death, Special Event Station K7UGA will be on the air from the 28th of May to the 3rd of June, on all bands, and all modes. The station is being operated by the Central Arizona DX Association. So, it is still possible to get a QSL card from K7UGA - this time in a way that honors, and remembers the Arizona native who - like us - just loved being a part of the hobby. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE. (THE TELEGRAPH, CADXA) ** NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Alan Labs; the ARRL; the Barry Amateur Radio Society; Central Arizona DX Association; CQ Magazine; the Daily DX; DX World; Dayton Hamvention; Fox News; Hap Holly and the Rain Report; John Amodeo; Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ; Southgate Amateur Radio News; The Telegraph newsletter; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; the Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official website at www.arnewsline.org. For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in Picayune, Mississippi, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2018. All rights reserved. --- 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 .