Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2291 for Friday September 24th, 2021
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Caryn Eve Murray (KD2GUT) at the news desk in New York
For the 18 students who spent three days on the summits in Romania, this past summer will always be the Summer of the Perseids. Under the guidance of seven adults, including their teacher Adrian YO5IA, the young amateurs from Transylvania ventured into the Vlădeasa Mountains in mid-August. They were backpacking to experience nature — and the nature of making SOTA radio contacts from on high.
Sorin, YO2MSB, who is ranked a SOTA Mountain Goat, schooled the students in SOTA basics. Then, using their school club callsign YO6KGS, they set up stations on various peaks in an attempt to accumulate points.
According to a diary kept by students Daria, YO6CDC, and Horatiu, YO6HDC, daylight hours were spent learning about SOTA and chasing contacts. At night, they chased another contact, the Perseid Meteor showers. They had extra help from a telescope brought by Rares, a guest at the chalet where the group was staying.
Daria wrote in her diary, in English translation: [quote] "No matter how tired we were, we couldn't miss the campfire and the opportunity to look through Rares' telescope. Waiting for our turn to look at the planets Saturn and Venus, our eyes were directed only to the sky at the Perseids. We were so excited that we woke up at 4 in the morning to watch them at their maximum intensity."[endquote]
The students may not have successfully activated all the summits on their list, but they scored big points with the Perseids. Adrian told Newsline more SOTA expeditions are planned this year and then next summer it's back to the Vlădeasa Mountains: He said [quote] "The days of the Perseids will become a tradition for us."[endquote]
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant DD5LP.
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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. As always we thank you for listening.
SOTA EXPEDITION MEMBERS:
SOTA EXPEDITION MEMBERS:
YO6BEA - Beatrice, YO6BLS - Ștefan,
YO6BTI - Ioana, YO6CDC - Daria,
YO6CMM - Marius, YO6CPI - Patricia,
YO6DAB - Darius, YO6DLS - Ștefan,
YO6HDC - Horațiu, YO6MAG - Georgiana,
YO6MIP - Ioana, YO6NWP - Paul,
YO6RTP - Radu, YO6RUX - Oana,
YO6SNK - Andrei, YO6TMM - Mădălin,
YO6ZAO - Raul, YO6-618/MS - Denisa,
YO6-619/MS - Andrei,
Rares, Alex, Lucas
Rares, Alex, Lucas
Camelia Covaci, Alexandra Covaci,
Marius Cozoș, YO2MSB - Sorin,
YO5MCM - Mihaela, YO5IA - Adrian
