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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2400 for Friday October 27th, 2023
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2400 with a release date of Friday
October 27th, 2023 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. The FCC takes a fresh look at wireless emergency
alerts. Russian amateurs make contacts on the 6m band -- and a radio signal
arrives after 8 billion years. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline
Report Number 2400 comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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FCC EYES NEW APPROACH TO WIRELESS ALERTS
PAUL/ANCHOR: We begin this week's newscast with a look at the lifesaving
communication known as the wireless emergency alert system. Here in the US,
the FCC has begun rethinking exactly how these alerts should be transmitted.
We have those details from Sel Embee KB3TZD.
SEL: The FCC is looking for alternative ways for delivery of wireless
emergency alerts that do not rely on functioning cell towers. Calling cell
networks unreliable, the commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau is seeking ways to get messages to the public that do not run the
risk of cell towers being knocked out of service or having coverage dead
zones. In a public notice released October 19th, the FCC said it was looking
for partners to test alternative technologies for emergency-alert use.
According to a report in Radio World, the FCC is willing to consider
satellites, high-altitude balloons, drones or similar technology to make up
for gaps in wireless coverage. The FCC recalled one of the most recent
incidents of cell coverage failing when in August, 21 cell sites failed to
function in Hawaii during the deadly wildfires in that state.
The commission is asking interested parties to use the Electronic Comment
Filing System to contact the FCC within 60 days of the notice's publication.
This is Sel Embee KB3TZD.
(FCC, RADIO WORLD)
PAUL/ANCHOR: The FCC has also announced that the agenda for its next open
meeting on November 15th will include a vote that will modernize and bring
more flexibility for amateur radio operators who use the digital modes. The
FCC website says the commissioners plan to remove [quote] "outdated
restrictions" [endquote] and allow for more innovation.
(FCC, AMATEUR NEWS DAILY)
**
GRANT TO AID MISSOURI REPEATER SYSTEM UPGRADE
PAUL/ANCHOR: Residents in southwestern Missouri are about to benefit from an
amateur radio repeater system upgrade that will assist in times of bad
weather -- and in other instances. We hear about those changes from Randy
Sly W4XJ.
RANDY: A crucial weather-emergency communications system in southwest
Missouri will receive an upgrade to expand its reach as a result of a grant
of nearly 0,000. The Southwest Missouri Regional SKYWARN Ham Radio
Repeater System allows storm spotters to reach the National Weather Service
forecast office in Springfield, Missouri, providing up-to-date eyewitness
accounts. Funding for the improvements will come from Amateur Radio Digital
Communications which will channel the grant through the Southern Missouri
Emergency Communications Fund.
The 10-month-long overhaul of the linked repeater system, known as the 49
Repeater Group, will add new repeaters and replace aging equipment. In the
meantime, local amateur radio clubs will be learning more from the group's
Michael Blake, NØNWS, who will encourage radio operators to become active in
the project as well.
This is Randy Sly W4XJ.
(KRMS RADIO)
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REPEATER SYSTEM DISABLED BY TENNESSEE WILDFIRES
PAUL/ANCHOR: A repeater system elsewhere is trying to recover. Although
wildfires near Chattanooga, Tennessee have been brought under control, the
region's High Point Repeater site has been left disabled by cable damage
left behind by the blaze. The 220MHz repeater, the Wires-X repeater and the
APRS digipeater and iGate system of the Lookout Mountain Amateur Radio
Community, N4LMC, will not return to use until further notice, according to
the club's website. The damage also temporarily knocked a broadcast FM
station off the air. The Lookout Mountain amateurs' website said the group
will need to replace all cables at the site. They are also awaiting word
from the tower owners about possible damage to the tower, guy wires and
anchor points.
(AMATEUR RADIO DAILY, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNITY)
**
RUSSIAN AMATEUR QSOs ON 6-METRE BAND DEEMED LEGAL
PAUL/ANCHOR: If you happen to hear an amateur with a Russian callsign while
you're listening on the band between 50 and 52 MHz, you're not imagining
things - and no, that ham is not violating any regulations. Ed Durrant DD5LP
tells us what's happening.
ED: Russian amateurs holding that country's highest class of radio licence
are now being permitted to use the 6-metre band with up to 1 kilowatt under
a verbal agreement with the Russian regulator. According to a report in the
November 2023 issue of Funk Telegramm, hams are working to secure written
permission for 6 meters which is not officially defined as an amateur band
in Russia. Hams with Russian callsigns have been using the band since 2014
from Crimea when that territory was annexed. This was a privilege carried
over from the time when 6-metre operation was permitted in Crimea when it
was part of Ukraine.
Funk Telegramm quotes Alexander Kozlov, RW5C, an active amateur who is on
the air from Moscow, as confirming to the magazine that a number of amateurs
like him are now being heard regularly on the band and are making contacts.
Russian amateurs have long contended that if authorities recognise 6-metre
operation from Crimea, the privilege should be extended to all Russian hams.
This is Ed Durrant DD5LP.
(FUNK TELEGRAMM, NOVEMBER 2023)
**
BROADCAST CELEBRATES 80 YEARS FOR UK SHORTWAVE SITE
PAUL/ANCHOR: Radio enthusiasts in the UK turned on their shortwave sets for
an on-air celebration - and Jeremy Boot G4NJH tells us about it.
JEREMY: One hundred people turned out on Tuesday, the 17th of October, for
an 80th anniversary celebration at the UK's last remaining shortwave radio
transmitting site. Countless others attended the party from a distance -- as
shortwave listeners who later sent in reception reports.
The Woofferton Transmitting Station, which was built by the BBC during the
Second World War, is owned by Encompass Digital Media. Its celebration
broadcast was transmitted to listeners in Europe as an analogue broadcast on
17.785 MHz and as a DRM broadcast on 11.725 MHz.
In a rare turn at programming, the station also used its oldest transmitter
- a Marconi BD272 built in Britain in 1963, to send programming to North
America on 15.245 MHz.
To hear the anniversary broadcast, click on the link that you can find in
the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org
[DO NOT READ: https://www.mixcloud.com/EDMRadioOnline/woofferton80/ ]
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(RADIO WORLD, ENCOMPASS DIGITAL MEDIA)
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YLS PREPARE FOR NOVEMBER ALARA MEETUP
PAUL/ANCHOR: YLs throughout Australia and beyond are getting ready for a few
days of socializing and talking about one of their favorite topics: amateur
radio. Graham Kemp VK4BB tells us what's on the agenda.
GRAHAM: It's been a tradition every few years since 1984: a national get-
together of the members of ALARA, the Australian Ladies Amateur Radio
Association. Next month, the in-person contacts will be made in Hobart where
YLs from the organisation will meet up - some for the first time - without
having to call CQ.
ALARAmeet, as it is known, is now held every three years. It features a busy
agenda on the 4th and 5th of November, a mix of amateur radio activities and
social outings, including a tour of historic sites and an optional cruise.
It's not unexpected to have an international attendance: many of the 200 or
so ALARA members live overseas and have their membership sponsored by YLs
living Down Under. Created in 1975, ALARA works to nurture women’s
participation and enthusiasm for all things amateur radio.
This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.
(ALARA)
**
NEWSLINE TO PRESENT INTERNATIONAL NEWSMAKER AWARD
PAUL/ANCHOR: Once again, Newsline is preparing to select the recipient for
its International Newsmaker of the Year award. We launched this award in
2019 with our editorial staff recognizing the individuals, groups or formal
clubs who have spent the previous year bringing amateur radio into the
spotlight showing its positive values and contributions to the community. We
are broadening the award's scope this year by acknowledging that the
dissemination of information to the public about amateur radio's positive
influence no longer relies solely on mainstream media. This year, and going
forward, the award will be presented to a recipient who has illuminated
amateur radio's role in mainstream media or via internet channels. Stay
tuned in the weeks ahead. We will select a winner - to be announced in early
December.
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the Utah
Amateur Radio Club's W7SP repeater on Sundays as part of the club's 9 p.m.
net.
**
MERIT BADGES HIGHLIGHT FOR WISCONSIN JOTA WEEKEND
PAUL/ANCHOR: The Scouting organization recognizes Jamboree on the Air as the
largest Scouting event in the world -- but for one group participating in
Wisconsin, the global amateur radio activity created some personal and very
local triumphs. Patrick Clark K8TAC gives us those details.
PATRICK: In a small village just east of Wausau, Wisconsin, scouts were
making QSOs as part of the Jamboree on the Air weekend on Saturday, October
21st. They were using the callsign of the Wisconsin Valley Radio
Association, W9SM. Eight volunteer operators from the club helped the scouts
get on the air. These radio contacts weren't about the pursuit of QSL cards
but the chase for one of three merit badges: the Radio Merit Badge; the
Signs, Signals and Codes Merit Badge and the Communications Merit Badge. The
activity attracted scouts from other parts of Wisconsin and some from as far
away as Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to Nicholas Schilling, KC9FEM, all
22 Scouts who had enrolled to get the Radio Merit Badge succeeded in that
effort and many of the others completed part of the requirements toward the
other two badges. Perhaps the biggest challenge of the day was faced by Gary
Harrison, W9CPY, an Eagle Scout who is also president of the Wisconsin
Valley club. Gary said that one scout who lives on a farm locally made radio
contact with a scout in Canada - who also happens to live on a farm. The two
got on quite well -- almost to the point of an extended ragchew. Gary later
told Newsline: [quote] "I couldn't get the microphone back!" [endquote]
This is Patrick Clark K8TAC
(NICHOLAS SCHILLING, KC9FEM)
**
HISTORIC SWEDISH STATION SAQ MARKS UN DAY
PAUL/ANCHOR: On Tuesday, October 24th, the 100-year-old Grimeton Radio
Station transmitted a message of peace to the world from Sweden in a
celebration that was also livestreamed on YouTube and accompanied by a ham
radio activation. Jeremy Boot G4NJH has that story.
JEREMY: The broadcast hosted by the Alexander Grimeton Friendship
Association in Sweden marked UN Day by sending its station callsign, SAQ,
followed by a message of peace in CW. The 200-kilowatt Alexanderson
alternator began its transmission at 1500 UTC on 17.2 kHz. Those who could
not be present at the World Heritage site were able to watch it live on the
YouTube channel of the friendship association. Amateur radio operators also
participated using the callsign SK6SAQ for contacts using CW and SSB on 80,
40 and 20 metres.
It's all over now but the waiting: The operators of the historic transmitter
are expecting QSL reports from listeners who received the longwave
transmission. The Grimeton amateurs are also awaiting too - for those who
made their contacts on HF.
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(YOUTUBE, THE ALEXANDERSON GRIMETON FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION)
**
TAIWANESE STATION HOLDING SHORTWAVE EVENT
PAUL/ANCHOR: Hams and shortwave listeners alike are invited to participate
in a radio event that celebrates the reach of shortwave and its powers to
send music and other programming around the world. Here's Jim Meachen ZL2BHF
with the details.
JIM: If you thought the days of short wave broadcast listening were long
gone you may be wrong as a broadcast station in Taiwan is reaching out to
the global amateur radio community for assistance with its international
short wave event that continues until the 14th of November. The Fu-Hsin (FOO
SHIN) Broadcasting Station is asking listeners to send reception reports
that include such details as favourite music being heard or favourite
programme. The listening frequencies are 9.410 MHz, 9.774 MHz and 15.375
MHz. Listeners who provide reception details will be sent a QSL card. The
station also broadcasts locally on AM and FM but that programming is not
involved in this activity. Reception report forms can be downloaded from the
station's website, which appears in the text version of this week's
newscast.
[DO NOT READ: https://fhbs.com.tw/ ]
If you have questions about the shortwave event, send an email to F H B S T
P at F H B S dot com dot tw
This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.
(FU-HSIN BROADCASTING)
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SWAINS ISLAND W8S DXPEDITION RELEASES QSO DATA
PAUL/ANCHOR: If you are in the log for a successful contact with the Swains
Island W8S DXpedition, you're in plenty of good company. The team reports
that they made 89,530 QSOs with 21,471 unique callsigns. Contacts were
evenly distributed across three largest global regions: Europe accounted for
35.1 percent, North America, 30.8 percent and Asia 29 percent. More details
and other statistics can be found on ClubLog using the link in the text
version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org
[DO NOT READ: https://clublog.org/charts/?c=W8S#r ]
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WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, be listening for Jun OE1JUN/JH4RHF operating as H44RH
from Honiara in the Solomon Islands, IOTA Number OC-047. He is on the air
until the 31st of October. After that, he has tentative plans to operate as
H4ØRH from Pigeon Island, IOTA Number OC-065, in Temotu Province, between
the 1st and 9th of November. Check QRZ.com for updates. QSL to OE1JUN.
Ed, N2HX is active as V4/N2HX from St. Kitts, IOTA Number NA-104, until the
18th of November. Listen for him in the CQWW DX SSB contest using the
callsign V49R. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
Listen for Pierre, VE3KTB and Alexey VE1RUS operating as VY0ERC from the
Eureka Amateur Radio Club station on Ellesmere Island, IOTA Number NA-ØØ8,
through the 22nd of November. See QRZ.com for details.
Tom, VK2WN/SP7WT, is on the air until the 30th of November as AX37EUDXF to
celebrate the 37th anniversary of the European DX Foundation. See QRZ.com
for QSL details.
(425DX BULLETIN)
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KICKER: FAST RADIO BURST TAKES A "LONG PATH"
PAUL/ANCHOR: If you've ever waited for what seems like forever for a
DXpedition's QSL card to arrive, imagine waiting a really long time - we
mean a really long time - for the signal itself. Kent Peterson KCØDGY tells
us about one radio signal that has finally arrived after 8 billion years.
KENT: You might call it "long path" taken to the extreme: A fast radio burst
from a galaxy far, far away that has only arrived on Earth now - after 8
billion years. The signal apparently is none the worse for the effort:
Scientists say this mystery blast of waves is likely the most energetic
they've ever seen, releasing the same amount of energetic emissions as the
sun is capable of doing over a 30-year period.
It's the latest example of what astronomers call FRB - which stands for fast
radio burst. The radio signals last barely a millisecond. Scientists have
been receiving and watching them since 2007. This latest reception of the
universe's remarkable operating mode even inspired a name, FRB 20220610A.
Astronomers wrote about it in the journal Science, which published it on
Thursday, October 19th. The team of researchers believes this latest burst
may be the result of a small cluster of galaxies attempting to merge, which
results in explosions that create new stars. One theory suggests the FRBs
are a means of gauging the amount of matter between galaxies.
While all this rapid, fancy flashing seems remarkable, scientists assure us
that FRBs are quite commonplace. Radio telescopes are being built in
Australia and South Africa with the goal of detecting more of them - from
even more distant places in the cosmos. In this case, the sky is NOT the
limit anymore.
This is Kent Peterson KCØDGY.
(CNN)
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DO YOU HAVE NEWS?
If you have a piece of Amateur Radio News that you think Newsline would be
interested in, send it on! We are not talking about advertising your club's
upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something that is out of
the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the contact page at
arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to cover it, we'll get
back to you for more details. Meanwhile, visit our website to learn more
about the Amateur Radio Newsline haiku challenge. Use the entry form on our
website and please follow the rules for writing your three-line haiku -- and
be sure to check out our previous winners!
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to ALARA; Amateur Radio Daily; ARRL; the BBC; CQ
Magazine; CNN; David Behar K7DB; Encompass Digital Media; FCC; 425DXNews;
Funk Telegramm; Nicholas Schilling, KC9FEM; KRMS Radio; Radio World;
shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; YouTube; 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
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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 Paul Braun WD9GCO in Valparaiso Indiana saying 73. As
always we thank you for listening. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright
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