Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Oct 04 2019 10:53 am

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Kris, SP6DVP/3Z6V, will activate the special event
callsign 3Z50DVP, to celebrate his 50th anniversary as a ham. He will be
on the air from October 15th to April 30th of 2020. He will be using CW,
SSB, RTTY, and FT8. QSL to his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, or
LoTW.

Be listening for Maurizio, IK2GZU, who is operating from Tanzania, while
working at the new hospital and orphanage until October 28th. He is using
the call sign 5H3MB, while on the air on HF during his spare time. Send
QSLs to IK2GZU, direct or by the Bureau. QSLs can also be sent to LoTW
and eQSL.

Operators Ted, JF1CCH, and Eiji, JQ1SUO, will be active as JF1CCH/0 and
JQ1SUO/0, from Sado Island, on October 13th and 14th. Listen for them on
various HF bands, using CW, SSB, and FT8. QSL to their home callsigns.

There is disappointing news for DX chasers awaiting the Dxpedition to
Pajaros (puh-HAH-Ros) Rocks. It has been cancelled. A posting on DX World
noted that Three G One DX (3G1DX) was denied the necessary permit to land
on the island, and all donations will be refunded.

In Kuwait, Abdallah, 9K2GS, will be active as 9K2K, during the CQWW DX
SSB Contest on October 26th and 27th. QSL via EC5AC or LoTW.

(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: COPYING THE CODE OF FRIENDSHIP

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Would you follow your own radio signals across an ocean
to meet up with a ham friend you've known for 70 years? Kent Peterson,
KC0DGY, tells us about one man who did.

KENT: The two became friends almost 3 generations ago - the retired TV
engineer in the UK, and the American doctor from Kentucky. Now, Ted
Trowell, G2HKU, is 96, and living in a care home on the Isle of Sheppey,
and physician Bill Maxson, N4AR, who is 82, decided it was time for
another eyeball QSO. It was to be their second in more than 70 years,
and their first in nearly 30. When Bill flew from the U.S. to see his
friend in late September, he also had a mission to accomplish: To present
Ted with a certificate, confirming his election as an Honoured Member of
the World-wide First Class CW Operators Club, an international fraternity
founded in the UK in 1938 to foster appreciation of the mode.

The two also had a lot of catching up to do: They had become friends over
the air in the 1950s, in conversations shaped by keyers, and spelled out
in CW. Later, they took their ragchews to SSB, giving voice to their
exchanges. That hasn't changed: Ted has been in a care home for a few
years, according to several press accounts, but still keeps up with his
hobby, and his friend, Bill. His room doubles as his shack, and the home's
managers permitted the installation of a wire antenna.

Let the logbook show that this special September QSO was a valid contact,
achieved via the band of brothers with both operators using the greatest
mode of all: person-to-person.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

(SOUTHGATE)

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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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