Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jul 20 2018 10:16 am

NEW BALLOTS BEING MAILED FOR AMSAT-NORTH AMERICA ELECTION

JIM/ANCHOR: If you're a member of AMSAT-North America and you voted in
the election for the Board of Directors, you'll be getting another
ballot soon. A printing error occurred with the original ballots that
were mailed to members for the July 15 election, and those ballots have
been declared void. Watch the mail for ballots labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT
7/20/2018." They are printed on yellow cardstock, and replace the
original beige-colored ballots.

Members are being asked to vote for no more than three of the five
candidates. Three directors will be chosen along with two alternates.

(SOUTHGATE)

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THE WORLD OF DX

Meanwhile, in the World of DX, be listening for Geoff, ZL3GA, who is
operating on Vanuatu until the 25th of July. He will be using the call
sign YJ0GA, and operating both CW and FT8 as his main modes. Logs will
be uploaded to Logbook of The World, and QSLs go via Club Log OQRS.

Don't forget the IOTA contest of the Radio Society of Great Britain,
which is a good source for contacts. The dates are July 28th and 29th.
Here are some of the contacts you can make:

Be listening for Taka, JA8COE, who will be active from Hokkaido Island.
Send QSLs via JA8COE.

A number of operators on the Island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides
will be operating as GM7V. Send QSLs via Steve, N3SL.

Listen for Ian, G3WVG, operating as MX5A from St. Mary's on the Isles
of Scilly. QSL via LoTW and ClubLog.

Branislav, OM2FY, will be operating as SV8/OM2FY from Kefalonia Island.
QSL via OM2FY.

Andreas, DL1KZA, and a number of friends, will be using the call sign
DK3R, from Ruegen Island. QSL via DL1KZA.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: WHEN HAM RADIO REALLY DELIVERS - TO THE MAILBOX

JIM/ANCHOR: Most hams know that when you've got an amateur's call sign,
that's really all you need to confirm the contact with a QSL card. In
most cases, a QRZ listing or a quick email inquiry, can get you an
address or postal code. But what happens when you have neither? Well,
then, you need a postal carrier with a sharp eye, and just maybe an
affinity for ham radio. Here's Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

JEREMY: How do you deliver a piece of mail that has little else, but
the recipient's name, and their amateur radio call sign? Someone out
there - an anonymous postie in Derry - managed to get the job done
with little else but that. The QSL card was sent to "Monsieur Stevie
Gillespie", from Pierre Miet, F4HXW, the amateur in France, with whom
Stevie had made contact on HF only four days earlier. Stevie, MI0GTA,
of course was delighted. He had eagerly awaited this confirmation of
his QSO between his Waterside home, and the South of France. But wait -
the mail contained no postal address and Stevie, a ham since 2002, got
to wondering. How could the postie have known? Could the card's
destination been sorted out by someone who is a ham himself?

Well, it's not really known how it all unfolded, but Stevie, appreciative
of the mystery mail delivery, made sure the Royal Mail got a note of
appreciation from him nonetheless. As for Pierre, he got something too -
a return QSL card from Stevie, a fan of the Derry City Football Club,
featuring a picture of the late defender Ryan McBride.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(THE DERRY JOURNAL)

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