Using Amateur Radio to Play Chess

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Using Amateur Radio to Play Chess

Playing chess using amateur radio? The concept may have begun in 1912 when a group of college students from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) wanted to challenge chess players at The Ohio State University (OSU). Though the official origin is still debated, clippings from a 1912 issue of The Case Tech, one of CWRU's former student newspapers, reveal that the challenge was made when the CWRU Wireless Club procured a Morse code transceiver.

Faculty Advisor to the Case Amateur Radio Club, W8EDU, David Kazdan, AD8Y, said there are no official records of the match, so the challenge was re-proposed this year by the Case Amateur Radio Club. With the with the help of OSU's Amateur Radio and RF Club, W8LT, the game was on. It started on September 26 as a round-robin tournament with other schools and is now moving into an elimination phase. The setup is the same as any chess game except the players are in different locations.

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Radio Event in Serbian Parks Honours Pioneering Activator - SK

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Search for the name Goran Savić on YouTube and you will find some compelling memorial video tributes along with the YouTube channel maintained by the late Serbian military test pilot, showcasing some of the dramatic and ethereal views he captured from the cockpits of various planes.

The Air Force Major was known in the amateur radio community as YT2A and in the US as AD7JQ. The global ham community grieved when, in September 2012, he became a Silent Key in a plane crash. According to news reports, the tragic accident happened as, rather than eject, he steered the plane to avoid crashing into homes in a residential area.

Serbian hams most especially in the Worldwide Flora and Fauna community have not forgotten Goran. On Saturday 30th September, they worked international pileups during the annual memorial event for the family and outdoors man, who was also an active pioneer and advocate of the Flora and Fauna programme.

As always, there will be diplomas awarded, downloadable after the 1st of November -- and the friends of this much-loved Silent Key will begin planning their tribute for the 12th anniversary of his death in 2024.

RSGB Board Director Co-option

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RSGB Board Chair Stewart Bryant, G3YSX is pleased to announce that the Board has co-opted Ben Lloyd, GW4BML as a Board Director until the AGM in April 2024.

Ben had a significant number of votes in the 2023 Board elections. Ben brings a fresh perspective together with a very active life as a radio amateur in Wales.