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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2532 for Friday, May 8th, 2026
 
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2532 with a release date of Friday, May
8th, 2026 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Get ready, Hamvention is coming! The longtime editor of
DX News becomes a Silent Key -- and a tower's toppling ends an era for one
seminary campus. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2532
comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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HAMVENTION PROMISES "RADIO ADVENTURE"

SKEETER/ANCHOR: We begin this week with the countdown to Hamvention. No doubt
the suitcases are already packed and the tickets are in hand for the most eager
of travelers to this year's Dayton Hamvention in Xenia, Ohio. Jack Parker W8ISH
has the details.

JACK: The dates are May 15th, 16th and 17th for Hamvention and for many
amateurs making the trip this year, those days can't come soon enough. This
year's Hamvention at the Greene County Fair and Expo Center was created with
the theme, "Radio Adventure." As always it's a reunion among friends that takes
place in a mix of forums, dinners, flea markets and workshops. If you haven't
already purchased your ticket, admission is $30 at the gate. Sunday admission
is free and children under 12 are admitted free if they attend with a
ticket-holding adult. As always, there will be a chance to upgrade - or to
simply get your US license for the first time. FCC volunteer examiners will be
on site for all three days, offering examinations at the Technician, General,
and Amateur Extra level.

For more details about Hamvention, visit the website hamvention dot org
(hamvention.org)

This is Jack Parker W8ISH.
 
(HAMVENTION)

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MORE HAMVENTION: YOTA PLANS TO BE YOUNG HAMS' GATHERING SPOT

SKEETER/ANCHOR: If you're young and you're at Hamvention.....you're in luck!
HamSCI, the RCA Youth Forum and the ARRL Youth Rally are only part of the
action. Youth on the Air has scheduled a full array of activities based at
Booth 4304 in the Volta building, including small forums in a meeting area
adjacent to the YOTA booth. This is designed to be a gathering spot for
Hamvention's youngest guests, who are also invited to a social hour from noon
to 1 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, where eyeball QSOs go hand-in-hand with a
free lunch.

(YOTA)

**
SAUDI AMATEUR SOCIETY HOSTING 2ND SATELLITE COMPETITION

SKEETER/ANCHOR: A satellite-based contest organized by Saudi amateurs is back
this year and the teams are ready. Jim Meachen ZL2BHF tells us what it's all
about.

JIM: Hoping to help university students, hams and industry professionals
sharpen their skills in receiving, analysing and decoding signals from
satellites, the Saudi Amateur Radio Society is hosting Satthon_2. This year's
competition, which is running in cooperation with AMSAT-HZ, is taking place on
the 8th through to the 10th of May. Competitors work in teams in one of two
categories, with the top three winners receiving cash prizes as well as
certificates.

The announcement was made on social media by Samir Khayat, HZ1SK. This is the
second running of the contest. Its ultimate goal is to nurture innovation and
teamwork while helping nurture skilled use of satellite communication
technologies.

This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

(AMSAT NEWS SERVICE)

**
CW OPS NEEDED TO COPY DATA FROM TOKYO-BUILT CUBESAT

SKEETER/ANCHOR: In Japan, researchers are reaching out to the amateur radio
community to listen for CW signals from a CubeSat built in Tokyo. Graham Kemp
VK4BB has the details.

GRAHAM: The Sakamoto Laboratory in Tokyo, Japan, is asking for the continued
support of the amateur radio community for its ARICA-2 CubeSat. The 2U Cubesat,
launched from New Zealand in late April, has been transmitting CW signals to
the laboratory and is relying on the amateur community as well to send reports.
The CW data is sent at 20 wpm on 436.830 MHz.

At some point, GMSK transmissions will also commence and will be announced by
the satellite team on the social media platform "X" and through the AMSAT
bulletin board. The satellite will use 4,800 GMSK in AX25 format.

ARICA-2 also has a mission unrelated to amateur radio: Its function is to
collect images of the earth and aurora using machine-learning - and to
demonstrate real-time alerts of gamma-ray bursts and other astronomical events
using commercial satellite services.

CW reception reports can be submitted using the link that appears in the text
version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

[DO NOT READ:   
https://sakamotolab.phys.aoyama.ac.jp/research/future_space/ARICA-2_en/cw_beac 
]

This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.

(AMSAT NEWS SERVICE, SAKAMOTO LABORATORY)

**
SILENT KEY: SINGER/COMPOSER ALAN OSMOND, KNØIZE

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Funeral services were held on Saturday May 2nd for a noted
radio amateur who had belonged to a singing family that once topped the pop
music charts. We hear more about him from Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.

RALPH:  Family and friends said their final goodbyes to Alan Osmond, KNØIZE,
who led the singing family, the Osmonds, as both a performer and a songwriter.

Alan, who had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1987, became a Silent
Key on the 20th of April.  He and his brothers were veterans of the music
scene, starting their careers in the 1950s, and were later joined by younger
brother Donny, who had at one time also been a ham operator with the callsign
KA7EVD. Alan's widow, Suzanne, has the callsign KF7ERB.

Alan Osmond, who had been a lifelong ham radio operator, was 76.

This is Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.

(QRZ.COM FORUMS, ASSOCIATED PRESS)

**
SILENT KEY: DX NEWS EDITOR AND TOP CONTESTER ALEXANDER TEIMURAZOV, 4L5A

SKEETER/ANCHOR: A top contester known worldwide for his many achievements,
including a notable superstation, has become a Silent Key. He also served as
editor-in-chief of the DX News website. We hear more about him from Jason
Daniels VK2LAW.

JASON: As a top DXpeditioner, contester and well-respected radio operator,
Alexander Teimurazov, 4L5A, had a presence that was felt in many corners of the
world. With a history as a busy and well-respected radio operator, he helped
others make those important radio contacts by publishing their activations on
the popular website, DX News.

On May 2nd, Alex was reported to have become a Silent Key. His website noted
recently that he had been in ill health.

Hams knew him as the net control station for a DX Net in the early 1980s
alongside Ark UA4CC and another ham. Ark told Newsline that Alex's callsign at
the time was UF6FFF. Alex was especially prominent because of the D4B contest
superstation he built in Cape Verde in 2002 where he became even more of a
leading contester, setting records.

His achievements date as far back as childhood when, at age 12, he became a
member of the Georgian National High Speed Telegraphy Team and later the
Caucasus High Speed Telegraphy team. He was declared champion repeatedly for
High Speed Telegraphy in the Caucasus countries.

This is Jason Daniels VK2LAW.

(DX NEWS, ARK UA4CC, HENRYK SMØJHF) 

**
NOMINATE NEWSLINE'S NEXT YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR

SKEETER/ANCHOR: There are only three weeks left before the window closes on
nominations for Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Young
Ham of the Year award. Our deadline is the 31st of May. Nominees must be
licensed hams who are 18 years of age or younger and they must reside in the
continental United States.

If you know a promising young amateur who contributes to the quality of the
radio experience on the air - and off - tell us more!

Visit our website  arnewsline-dot-org and find the nomination form under the
awards tab. Submit the documentation that tells us how your nominee has played
an important role, not just in the community of fellow amateurs but in the
community at large. 

**

BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the ADØTP
repeater of the Village Seven Amateur Radio Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado,
on Fridays at 5 p.m.

**
NORTH AMERICAN SPECIAL EVENT CELEBRATES SOCCER TOURNAMENT

SKEETER/ANCHOR: With the largest number of teams ever coming to North America
to take part in the World Cup Soccer tournament, amateur radio just had to do
something to celebrate - and it is, in a big way. Neil Rapp WB9VPG knows the
score.

NEIL: Sports stadiums in 16 cities throughout the US, Mexico and Canada will be
hosting the world's best, as 48 teams from around the world vie for the World
Cup. The opening match gets under way on June 11th in Mexico City, but amateur
radio operators have already spent months getting in shape to play their own
positions in CW, Side-band or digital modes. They're preparing to call CQ from
each of those cities in a wide-ranging special event - an activation that is
not affiliated with the World Cup but is operating in support of all the teams
and these important matches.

Host cities will be offering collectible QSL cards for successful contacts made
- and certificates will be available for overall achievement by the most
successful chasers.

Become a part of the action as a chaser or, if you live near a host city, you
can join the activation. Even if you can't play soccer  - or football - you can
visit the event website at the link that appears in the text version of this
week's newscast at arnewsline.org

You will find a gallery of colorful QSL cards, profiles of each of the host
cities and their operators and a tab at the top of the screen that will let you
volunteer to call CQ.

Whether you know this sport as soccer or football or something else entirely,
you can expect a lot of action.

This is Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

[DO NOT READ:    www.wc2026ses.org/  ]

**
HAMS GO PORTABLE WITH PROTECTED AREA RADIO COMMUNITY PROGRAM

SKEETER/ANCHOR: When it comes to re-imagining a concept for others to enjoy,
ham radio operators consider that a specialty. In the case of this next
re-imagined program for outdoor, portable operating, you might even say it is
the nature of ham radio operators. Dave Lee M7TLB tells us about it.

DAVE: Perhaps you've already done SOTA and POTA and WorldWide Flora and Fauna
but have you done PARC?  "PARC" is the acronym for Protected Area Radio
Community and this global portable activation program has been in development
for the past two years.

Its creator, Larry F5PYI, formally introduced it recently as [quote] "a free,
open alternative to existing programs like POTA and WWFF, with a strong focus
on European coverage and inclusive rules." [endquote]  The programme makes its
debut with more than 200,000 parks and protected areas in its database, which
represents more than 260 countries. The database is designed to be compatible
with existing POTA, SOTA and WWFF references so it will recognise and credit
those already worked. The programme also features realtime spotting that
integrates with the DX clusters.

Based in France, the program supports speakers of French, English, German,
Spanish and Italian.

Larry welcomes feedback on the programme - or recommendations for new parks -
as it begins its journey. Find the website in the text version of this week's
report at arnewsline.org

[DO NOT READ: https://parc-community.com    ]

This is Dave Lee M7TB

**
WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for Harald, DF2WO, operating as XT2AW from Burkina
Faso until the 19th of May.  He is using CW, SSB and FT 8 on various HF bands.
He is also operating via the QO-100 satellite.

Takio, JH3QFL will be on the air as A31AA  on Tongatapu Island, IOTA Number
OC-049, from the 13th through to the 22nd of May. He will operate FT8  on 80-6
metres.

Rikk, WE9G will be using the callsign TF/WE9G from Borg, Iceland, IOTA Number
EU-021, from the 10th through to the 19th of May. Rikk will be using FT modes
mainly - but on some bands he may make limited use of SSB and CW. 

Two operators - Take, JI3DST [JAY EYE THREE DEE ESS TEE] and  Ken, JA4GXS, 
will be on the air as JI3DST/6  and JA4GXS/6 from the Danjo Islands, IOTA
Number AS-056 on the 15th and 16th of May. If bad weather cancels the
activation, listen for them instead on the 22nd and 23rd of May. They will
operate CW, SSB, FT8 and FT4 on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 6 metres. This activation on
the second most-wanted IOTA group in Japan.

For QSL details and other information, visit each station's page on QRZ.com

(425 DX BULLETIN)

**
KICKER: A TOWERING MOMENT IN BROADCAST HISTORY

SKEETER/ANCHOR: There are always mixed emotions whenever a radio tower of any
kind needs to come down -- but sometimes it means progress, as we hear from
Randy Sly W4XJ.

RANDY: The radio tower is gone from the campus of Concordia Seminary, which had
been its home since 1948. Despite its decades of history on the Lutheran
seminary campus, the actual good-bye last month took only a few moments of its
demolition.

The station itself, KFUO, predates the tower. On the air since 1924, it is
considered the longest continually operating radio station to carry religious
programming in the US. KFUO has such long tenure on the air that its original
license was issued by the US Department of Commerce. In fact, it would be years
before the US government had something known as the Federal Communications
Commission. It is considered the broadcast ministry of the Missouri Synod.

Its demolition last month on the campus ended the last visible connection the
seminary had with the AM station. It was, perhaps only a formality, since its
invisible connection - the radio signals themselves - haven't been transmitted
from Concordia for two years. Its 3.8 kW signal moved to the other side of the
Mississippi River, to an existing broadcast site in Dupo, Illinois, where it
now transmits the same Lutheran programming familiar to listeners.

The destruction of the tower, it seems, has cleared a path for what the station
hopes is a bright future.

This is Randy Sly W4XJ.

(RADIO WORLD, THE REPORTER OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH - MISSOURI SYNOD)

**
NEWSCAST CLOSE

With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily, AMSAT News; Ark, UA4CC; Associated Press;
David Behar, K7DB; DX World; Facebook; FCC; Football on the Air; 425DX News;
Hamvention; Henryk, SMØJHF; Radio World; the Reporter of the Lutheran Church-
Missouri Synod; Protected Area Radio Community; Sakamoto Laboratory;
shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia;  and you our listeners,
that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. We remind our listeners that
Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs
expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit
our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We also
remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star
rating wherever you subscribe to us. 

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT at the news desk in New York, and our
news team worldwide, I'm Skeeter Nash N5ASH in Jonesboro Arkansas saying 73. As
always we thank you for listening. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright
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