Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Sep 14 2018 09:54 am Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2133 for Friday, September 14, 2018 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2133, with a release date of Friday, September 15, 2018, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Hams deploy for storm communications. The Voice of America's Bethany Relay Station marks an anniversary - and a tribute to Navajo Code Talkers. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2133, comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** BREAKING NEWS: HAMS RESPOND TO ATLANTIC HURRICANE SYSTEMS JIM/ANCHOR: We begin this week's report with breaking news. As Newsline went to production, hams in the U.S. were bracing to provide storm response on several fronts. By Sept. 12, South Carolina ARES had been activated, and the ARRL had shipped Ham Aid kits to the state, in advance of Hurricane Florence. The Hurricane Watch Net was closely following that hurricane, as well as Tropical Storm Isaac and other systems. The Salvation Army Team Emergency Network was also preparing for the likelihood of an extended activation. With more details, here's Bobby Best, WX4ALA. BOBBY: What just before the start of the official start of the hurricane season was predicted to be an average to slightly above average season by The National Hurricane Center, was later downgraded midseason to an average to below average season, sure seems to have kicked off September with a vengeance. With one named storm, Tropical Storm Gordon already having made landfall along the Alabama/Mississippi Gulf Coast, plus, as of this story being filed, there were three named storms in the Atlantic basin; Hurricane Florence, that is forecast to make landfall somewhere along the southern Atlantic Coast, Hurricane Isaac that could affect the Caribbean, and finally, of the named storms there's Hurricane Helene, located just off the coast of Africa. There's also an area of concern that the National Hurricane Center is monitoring that could ultimately affect the western Gulf in the coming days. This area of the Gulf of Mexico is very conducive for the potential of tropical development at this time. So, persons in this area, or with interest in the area need to closely monitor weather conditions. Be sure to follow the National Weather Service, and local media outlets, and heed the advice of local government officials. If evacuations are suggested; follow those suggestions, please. Additionally, follow the directions of your local ARES leadership before and after landfall, and monitor and report emergency traffic on the National Hurricane Center, and the various local SKYWARN NETS on their respective frequencies through this event. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bobby Best, WX4ALA. ** ANTENNA GIVES BOOST TO FLEDGLING DXers IN UK JIM/ANCHOR: Young members of an amateur radio club at one school in the UK just got the gift of DX, as Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, tells us. JEREMY: If some of the students at the Sandringham School in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, seem to be disappearing at lunchtime or after school, it's probable you'll find them in the first-floor room that houses the school's amateur radio club station, M0SCY. At this secondary school for high-achievers, these particular youngsters are looking for particularly high marks - not just in academics, but also in DXing. Members of the Sandringham School's Amateur Radio Club, now in its second year, they recently helped assemble and install a tri-band beam antenna, that had been donated by the school's headmaster Alan Gray, G4DJX. With extra help from him and the school's caretaker, the team of young hams got the antenna in place early this month, and added a donated rotator, with the support of a friend and Nevada Radio. Alan told Newsline that the students went on the air and, immediately noticing the improvement of the beam over the multi-band dipole they'd been using, they wasted no time setting themselves up for their next assignment: the challenge of completing DXCC by year's end. Alan noted that this won't just be a ham radio achievement for the youngsters but, with a nearby map, a geography lesson as well. He said the students have their eyes on some contests in the coming months, and have begun entering the Radio Society of Great Britain's 80 metre cumulative contests. These high achievers have done well: the club's September entry made 68 contacts in an hour and a half, with only four operators. Best of all, Alan said, the students are teaching one another, and working together. Now, he says, all he needs is a little extra help around the shack to keep up the encouragement and the knowledge. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32 * Origin: RadioWxNet: The Thunderbolt BBS wx1der.dyndns.org (801:1/2) þ Synchronet þ Temple of Doom BBS - tod.eothnet.com .