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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2535 for Friday, May 29th, 2026
 
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2535 with a release date of Friday, May
29th, 2026 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Canada's time-keeping shortwave station is going
silent. Hams in Gibraltar have double the celebration -- and there's a new way
to play bingo while working satellites.  All this and more as Amateur Radio
Newsline Report Number 2535 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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CANADA TAKES TIME-KEEPING SHORTWAVE STATION OFF THE AIR

SKEETER/ANCHOR: In our top story this week, time has run out - literally - in
Canada. Barely three months after silencing its national Weatheradio forecast
service on VHF, Canada is shutting down shortwave station CHU, its official
time service. Kent Peterson KCØDGY tells us what's happening.

KENT: Canadian shortwave station CHU is scheduled to go off the air on the 22nd
of June. The station delivers the nation's official time from a transmitter
site southwest of Ottawa, broadcasting on 3.33, 7.85 and 14.67 MHz, allowing
listeners in Canada and around the world to synchronize their clocks on
Coordinated Universal Time. The service is run by the National Research Council
and transmits the time via digital voice in English and French.

The time-signal radio station makes use of atomic clocks on the premises, which
are checked against atomic clocks based at the council headquarters.

Canada first began transmitting the time under the CHU callsign in 1938. The
station began its transmissions earlier in the decade as VE9OB. Its
announcements are in Coordinated Universal Time, a change made in 1990 after
decades of transmitting in Eastern Standard Time.

In making the announcement of the station's shutdown, the NRC said that
official time-keeping will be delivered instead by three more modern methods -
via its telephone talking clock and, using the Internet via its Network Time
Protocol and its web clock.

This is Kent Peterson KCØDGY.

(NRC CANADA, SWLing POST)

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BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SABLE ISLAND QSL CARDS

SKEETER/ANCHOR: The long-awaited QSL cards from the Sable Island DXpedition
will soon be on their way, as we hear from Sel Embee KB3TZD.

SEL: If you are one of the 103,145 contacts made by the CYØS team in March from
Canada's Sable Island and you're waiting for your QSL card, your wait is almost
over.

Team member Murray WA4DAN announced on the DX World website that printing is
about to begin on the elaborate double-fold, six-panel cards. Mailings are
expected to begin sometime in early June.

Contacts were made with 169 DXCC entities from the Sable Island station, which
was 100 percent solar-powered. The team went QRT on the 31st of March.

This is Sel Embee KB3TZD.
 
(DX WORLD, FACEBOOK)

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DOUBLE THE CELEBRATION FOR AMATEURS IN GIBRALTAR

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Amateur radio's earliest beginnings in Gibraltar were
experimental in the years following World War II. Now the British overseas
territory - and the Gibraltar Amateur Radio Society - are marking a double
anniversary. As Dave Lee M7TLB tells us, radio is central to both celebrations.

DAVE: The ZB2 prefix made its appearance with the first amateur radio licence
issued in 1946 by officials in Gibraltar. Ham radio was born. Thirty years
later, an organisation took shape for the growing community of hams there: The
Gibraltar Amateur Radio Society.

The society is marking its 50th anniversary by hosting an exhibit, "Echoes from
the Rock," at a local cultural center, John MacKintosh Hall. The exhibit tells
of ham radio's awakening in the post-war years on the rocky Iberian peninsula.
What had begun with tinkering and experimentation in those early radio years
became a blessing to families in Gibraltar cut off from their relatives on the
other side of the border in Spain during the years when the border, and
conventional communication, was closed. During this era, in 1976, the Gibraltar
Amateur Radio Society, ZB2BU, was founded after two smaller clubs merged to
create a larger, more powerful group. The newly formed society gave Gibraltar a
voice as a member of the International Amateur Radio Union.

The history exhibit will showcase old and modern-day radio in Gibraltar,
celebrating 50 years of the club with a special event station, ZB2FTY operating
from the exhibit itself and from club headquarters. The exhibit closes on the
29th of May.

This is Dave Lee M7TLB.

(YOUR GIBRALTAR TV)

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13 COLONIES EVENT RETURNS WITH CHANGES

SKEETER/ANCHOR: The 13 Colonies Special Event held annually during the first
week of July has been undergoing significant changes. One of them will make it
a lot easier to get the coveted, colorful certificate awarded to chasers. We
get the story from Mark Abramowicz (Abram-oh-vich) NT3V.

MARK:  Ahead of its 18th year of operation,  the 13 Colonies Event organizers
will change distribution methods for certificates for making contacts with
stations in the original colonies, as well as England, France, and
Philadelphia.

Bob Josuweit WA3PZO, is managing director of the newly formed 501c3 charitable
organization, 13 Colonies Amateur Radio Association

He says the group has decided to simplify and speed-up the process: the
certificates can now be downloaded, once ordered on the 13 Colonies website or
sent by traditional mail to a US Post Office box.

You'll still have to prove you made the contacts. Josuweit says a database will
be available on the website to help you to verify those contacts. If you
prefer, you can continue to fill out a paper log or print out your individual
log from your computer and mail it.

Bob told Newsline that this years QSL cards will pay tribute to the 250th
anniversary of Americas birth and the Declaration of Independence.

BOB: This year were featuring on most cards a theme of where the Declaration of
Independence was first read in their particular state.

MARK: He says Philadelphia played a huge role as the birthplace of American
liberty, and that city's WM3PEN station QSL card will honor that history.

BOB: Since the Declaration was created here, were actually showing a picture of
the assembly room in Independence Hall where the Declaration was written and
voted upon.

MARK: There is more for stations contacting WM3PEN in Philadelphia. He says the
city is among major US cities hosting a series of World Cup soccer tournament
matches through July and there will be on-the-air recognition of that event as
well.

BOB WA3PZO: Those stations working WM3PEN in Philadelphia will be able to get
two QSL cards  one for the soccer event and one for 13 Colonies. So, two cards
for the price of one contact.

Check out all the latest developments at the 13 Colonies website available in
the text version of this story on our website, A-R Newsline-dot-O-R-G.

[DO NOT READ:   https:/www.13colonies.us  ]

Im Mark Abramowicz (Abram-oh-vich) NT3V.

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BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the WB3GXW
repeater in Silver Spring, Maryland and simultaneously on EchoLink Conference
Server Node 6154 on Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 7 PM Eastern time.


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HALL OF FAME INDUCTS NEWSLINE'S JIM DAMRON N8TMW

SKEETER/ANCHOR: We here at Amateur Radio Newsline would like to share a proud
moment - truly an honor for one of our own. Anchor and correspondent Jim Damron
N8TMW, is one of seven broadcast professionals being inducted into the West
Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Jim, who has also been a stage and movie
actor, has served in a variety of roles in broadcast radio, including DJ,
program director and station manager. He is also known for his voice-over work.
The induction ceremony will be in October. Jim, congratulations from all of
your teammates here at Amateur Radio Newsline who know how deserving you are.

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LICW CLUB OFFERS FREE CW TRAINING FOR FIELD DAY

SKEETER/ANCHOR: So you've checked your antennas, your equipment, your
generators, your logging software and yes, even your coffee pot, and you think
you're ready for Field Day? If you are a CW op and a little unsure about what
all of this means for you, the Long Island CW Club is offering a free way to
prepare, as we hear from Randy Sly W4XJ.

RANDY: Field Day will bring the single largest on-air event for ham radio
operators in the US and Canada on the weekend of June 27th and 28th. It is a
weekend for training, preparedness and practice for all hams - and for some CW
operators it can be a little bit daunting. Free Field Day CW prep classes are
being offered throughout the month by the Long Island CW Club, which hopes the
sessions will put more confident CW operators into the mix. 

The free sessions are open to all CW operators at all levels of proficiency,
not just members of the LICW club. The sessions will explain ways to listen and
send, common abbreviations used, the Field Day exchange itself and - perhaps
just as importantly - how to operate with confidence.

The instructor-led sessions begin on the 1st of June and will be held live in
the club's public Zoom meeting room.

To see the schedule of classes and read more details about the instruction,
visit the link in the text version of this week's  newscast at arnewsline.org

This is Randy Sly W4XJ.

[DO NOT READ: https://longislandcwclub.org/2026fieldday/  ]

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HAMVENTION CELEBRATES ATTENDANCE BY 38,000 GUESTS

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Hamvention organizers are calling it a record. Nearly 38,000
guests turned the Greene County Fairgrounds & Expo Center in Ohio into Ham
Radio Central for one weekend. Stephen Kinford N8WB has that report.

STEPHEN: The official count: 37,924 visitors to Hamvention and more than 600
volunteers. That's what made the weekend the success it was, along with the
exhibitors and the flea market vendors, according to Brian Markland, general
chairman, who made the announcement just days after closing day on May 17th. He
said in a statement: [quote] "I could not be more proud of what we accomplished
together." [endquote]

Get ready for Hamvention 2027. Opening day is May 21st and that's less than a
year away!

This is Stephen Kinford N8WB.

(HAMVENTION)

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ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD FESTIVAL SEEKS PRESENTERS

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Electromagnetism is a force of nature that is fundamental to
ham radio. It also has the power of attraction that draws artists, tinkerers,
hackers and others who are perpetually curious  - and takes them this summer to
a field in England. Jeremy Boot G4NJH explains.

JEREMY: The Electromagnetic Field festival is sold out. The nonprofit community
camping event will turn a field in Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire,
into a true field day between the 16th and the 19th of July. Already the
scientists, engineers, blacksmiths and crafters have been making their plans.

So too have the amateur radio operators in the field and on the air throughout
the event as special event station GB26EMF based in the AMSAT-UK/British
Amateur Television Club Village. Among the 4,000 on site, any licensed hams
will be welcome to get on the air.

Despite the sold-out tickets, organisers still have room for adventurous
presenters wanting to provide entertainment by singing, showing films or
providing music on their own homemade instruments. Clever installations are
also welcome. Previous years have featured a robotic spider, a radioactive
xylophone and an upside-down campfire. If your proposals for entertainment,
workshops or installations are accepted, you are welcome to enjoy the rest of
the festival.  See the links in the text version of this week's newscast at
arnewsline.org to submit a proposal or to get more information about the AMSAT
Village.

This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

[DO NOT READ:    https://www.emfcamp.org/cfp  ]
[DO NOT READ:    https://www.emfcamp.org/villages/2026/30   ]

(SOTA REFLECTOR, ELECTROMAGNETIC CAMP WEBSITE)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, listen for four special callsigns activated by the Radio
Society of Great Britain and the BBC Amateur Radio Group, marking the June 27th
shutdown of BBC's long-wave stations at Droitwich in Worcestershire, Westerglen
near Stirling and Burghead overlooking the Moray Firth. Listen for GB1500M,
GB198LW, GB198END and GB198KHZ.

In the Maldives, IOTA Number AS-013, Yosuke, JJ1DQR is on the air holiday style
as 8Q7QR from the 28th of May through to the 1st of June and will participate
in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest.

Alain, F8FUA, will be on the air holiday style as 9X5KM from Kigali, Rwanda
from the 4th through to the 13th of June, operating CW, SSB and digital modes
on various HF bands.

Oliver, W6NV, is on the air as A31WW on Tongatapu Island, Tonga, IOTA Number
OC-049, until the 2nd of June, operating CW on the HF bands. He will be very
active in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest on the 30th and 31st of May.

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

(425 DX BULLETIN)

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KICKER: THINK THIS IS FOR THE BIRDS? BINGO!

SKEETER/ANCHOR: In the Northern Hemisphere, where summer will dawn in just a
few weeks, hams are engaged in the seasonal pursuit of bird-watching and
they've combined it with the game of bingo. No, they're not crazy; they're just
crazy about chasing satellites, as we hear from Jim Davis W2JKD.

JIM: OK, bird-watchers, it's time to wing it. There is no real competition
here, no sponsors or rules and no entry fees. You just need an antenna and a
bingo card. Yes, a bingo card.

Thanks to Sean Borgerson, KK7OVF, creator of Bird Chaser Bingo, hams began
their sky-high pursuit in May and expect to continue through to the 31st of
August. Each participant registers and receives a bingo card filled with
squares that they need to complete by fulfilling their summer-themed operating
tasks and satellite-related objectives. There are opportunities to score big at
this game in different ways and--by the way--it's not cheating if you use
social media to help other players find activity.

Complete your bingo card and submit it no later than the 15th of September.

The website for cards and all information is borgersons.com - spelled "b o r g
e r s o n s dot com"

Now, every operator who submits a completed card will get a certificate and
will be acknowledged for different levels of bingo achievements.

So if you think birding is only for wildlife enthusiasts, think again -- but if
you think this is the season for bird-chasing........Bingo!!

I'm Jim Davis W2JKD.

(AMSAT NEWS SERVICE)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE

With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily, AMSAT News; David Behar K7DB; DX World;
Electromagnetic Camp; 425DX News; Hamvention; Long Island CW Club; NRC;
QRZ.com; shortwaveradio.de; SOTA Reflector; SWLing Post; Wireless Institute of
Australia;  and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline.
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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 Skeeter Nash N5ASH in Jonesboro, Arkansas saying 73.
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