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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2406 for Friday December 8th, 2023
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2406 with a release date of Friday
December 8th, 2023 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. HAMSCI releases its first solar eclipse findings.
AMSAT Canada arrives on the satellite scene -- and meet Newsline's
International Newsmaker for 2023. All this and more as Amateur Radio
Newsline Report Number 2406 comes your way right now.
**
HAMSCI RELEASES FIRST SOLAR ECLIPSE FINDINGS
PAUL/ANCHOR: Our top story this week comes to us from the citizen science
effort known as HamSCI. Its groundbreaking ionospheric research during the
October 14th annular [ann-YOO-lar] solar eclipse has already begun to yield
the first of many new insights. Patrick Clark K8TAC brings us the details.
PATRICK: If you participated in the Solar Eclipse QSO Party this past
autumn, yours is among the 300 logs that are helping yield data for the
HamSCI team led by Nathaniel Frissell [Frizz-Zell] W2NAF. The QSO Party
helped flesh out the overall picture, along with data collection from more
than 7 million QSOs spotted on the air and a variety of experiments to study
the solar eclipse's effects on the ionosphere. As HamSCI prepares for
another QSO Party and more observations during the total solar eclipse over
North America on April 8th, the team has released its earliest findings from
October. The detailed technical document contains a variety of charts and
graphic elements that expand on these observations. Please visit our
website, arnewsline.org, and click on the tab that says "EXTRA." You will
find the full illustrated HamSCI document there.
This is Patrick Clark K8TAC.
(HAMSCI)
**
FCC ISSUES WARNINGS TO LAND OWNERS FOR SUPPORT OF RADIO PIRACY
PAUL/ANCHOR: The FCC has issued warnings to land owners for what the agency
says is their support of radio piracy in Boston. Andy Morrison K9AWM has
that story.
ANDY: In the US, land owners in Boston, Massachusetts have received nine
warnings - and a threat of more than -million in fines - from the Federal
Communications Commission for permitting illegal radio broadcasts on their
premises. This is the latest action, taken on December 1st, to be taken
under the 3-year-old PIRATE ACT, which stands for Preventing Illegal Radio
Abuse Through Enforcement. The act gives the FCC the power to impose fines
of up to -milion if the broadcasts continue. The agency also has the power
to seize equipment.
As a number of media outlets, including RadioWorld,com, have reported, the
FCC has no further ability to act against the illegal stations and has no
responsibility for collecting the actual fines.That is the purview of the US
Department of Justice, which is also responsible for fines imposed in the
cases of violent crimes and drug cases. In a Nov. 24th story on RadioWorld's
website, an FCC representative said [quote] "We do not release non-public
information about our ongoing investigations, which includes whether a
forfeiture is paid or not." [endquote]
This is Andy Morrison K9AWM.
(FCC, RADIOWORLD)
**
AMSAT-CA INCORPORATES, JOINS PROPOSED SATELLITE PROJECT
PAUL/ANCHOR: Canada has taken an important first formal step toward
supporting and developing the growth of amateur radio in space through the
incorporation of a nonprofit membership-based organisation, AMSAT-CA.
AMSAT-CA's first venture will be a European and Canadian geosynchronous
amateur radio satellite over the North Atlantic, a future venture proposed
by the European Space Agency. A technical group is being assembled to
present a Canadian position paper for the project.
AMSAT-CA's website is still under development but visitors to amsat dot ca
(amsat.ca) can view a video from Frank Zeppenfeldt, PDØAP, of the ESA, at
the AMSAT-UK colloquium, describing the geostationary microwave amateur
payload proposal.
(AMATEUR RADIO DAILY, AMSAT-CA)
**
AMATEUR RADIO IN SPACE MARKS 40 YEARS OF QSOS
PAUL/ANCHOR: Congratulations to all the men and women in space and all the
students and educators who have connected with them over the years. In
November, amateur radio communications between space and the Earth marked
its 40th year. These dialogues began in 1983 with the program known as the
Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment, or SAREX. SAREX was replaced in the year
2000 by Amateur Radio on the International Space Station. According to NASA,
these high-flying QSOs have touched people in 49 US states, 63 nations and
every continent, drawing participation of more than 1 million students,
opening up the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics to
them.
(NASA)
**
IRISH HAREC SYLLABUS AVAILABLE AS FREE DOWNLOAD
PAUL/ANCHOR: Hams in Ireland who are seeking their Harmonised Amateur Radio
Examination Certificate.have a new resource to turn to, as Jeremy Boot G4NJH
tells us.
JEREMY: The Irish Radio Transmitters Society has published its new study
guide for the Irish HAREC exam syllabus, covering technology regulations and
radio theory. The free 400-page guide is available as a downloadable PDF and
is considered to be comprehensive, with more than 450 footnotes to assist
with learning. Even hams who already have the licence may find the
publication useful in helping to update their knowledge of antenna safety or
SDR technology. The guide is designed for those who prefer self-study but it
is also compatible with use in classroom lessons. The IRTS expressed its
thanks to Rafal EI6LA and members of the National Short Wave Listeners Club,
among the many other authors.
To download the 25 MB file, see the link the text version of this week's
newscast at arnewsline.org
[DO NOT READ: https://irts.ie/guide ]
(IRTS)
**
DOCUMENT HELPS HAMS ADDRESS NEIGHBORS' RF SAFETY CONCERNS
PAUL/ANCHOR: Hams need to be effective communicators, not just with other
hams but often with their neighbors. The ARRL's RF Safety Committee, the
Swedish Society of Radio Amateurs, the Radio Society of Great Britain and
the Irish Radio Transmitters Society have developed guidelines to help hams
address neighbors' concerns about RF exposure from their stations. The
ARRL's chairman of the RF Safety Committee, Greg Lapin, N9GL, announced the
availability of the guidelines in a downloadable PDF from the website. In
making the guidelines available, Greg urged hams to perform exposure
assessments for their stations to ensure they comply with the FCC's RF
exposure regulations. Find a link to the downloadable PDF in the text
version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org
[FOR TEXT ONLY, DO NOT READ: https://tinyurl.com/bdzknyun ]
(ARRL, KB6NU BLOG)
**
SEASONED SOTA OPERATOR TO SURVEY YL INTERESTS IN SUMMITS
PAUL/ANCHOR: Is it lonely at the top for some YLs? Maybe that might be true
a little bit in SOTA. But one YL in Illinois hopes to get more YLs involved
in the awards scheme that has activators hiking and climbing to their
destination.
SEL: Paula K-9-eye-R is a proud Mountain Goat in the SOTA awards scheme.
Three years ago, she had a tally of 1,000 points earned from more than 150
summit activations, qualifying her for the award. Two years later, she
achieved her second Mountain Goat designation.
It shows her commitment to traveling to recognized summits and it shows her
effectiveness achieving the required number of contacts to qualify a summit.
Writing on the SOTA reflector, Paula announced recently that a number of
events are planned for the coming year that focus specifically on YLs. She
is reaching out to YLs who are activating summits now or have an interest in
trying it out. She announced that a survey will be going out shortly to find
out what events in particular would get more YLs into SOTA, with the hope of
re-engaging those YLs who are no longer active or not active yet. As she
says on her page on QRZ.com, with its combination of radio operating and
outdoor activity, SOTA can be considered a "biathlon for geeks," and as we
know the winter Biathlon season is just starting.
This is Sel Embee, K-B-3-T-Zed-D.
(SOTA REFLECTOR)
**
SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR HAMS AND RADIO TECHNOLOGY TOPS .1 MILLION
PAUL/ANCHOR: Grants for scholarships, ham radio clubs and technology
classroom teachers are available in excess of .1-million as a result of
combined funding from Amateur Radio Digital Communications and the ARRL
Foundation. The grant program, which is known as the ARDC Scholarship at the
ARRL Foundation, is expected to create more than 200 scholarships during the
next three years, providing sums of between ,000 and 5,000 for higher
education. The program has supported nearly 100 scholarships since it was
created three years ago.
(ARRL)
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline heard on bulletin stations around the world including the KB9LPP
repeater in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin on Saturdays. The repeater is DMR enabled
on the Brandmeister Network.
**
SPECIAL EVENT CELEBRATES NEW "WILLY WONKA" MOVIE
PAUL/ANCHOR: When you get your amateur license, it's been said that you've
gotten your ticket. But what does it mean if you receive a "golden ticket?"
One ham in Minnesota has organized a special event station that answers the
question. Kent Peterson KCØDGY tells us what it's all about.
KENT: It's no accident Shane Manzara's vanity callsign is WØNKA. He's a
diehard fan of the 1971 movie, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," in
which golden tickets provide five children with admission to a place of
magic and unending supplies of chocolate. Since then, Shane hasn't lost his
taste for chocolate - or the storyline - so as Warner Bros. releases the
prequel to theaters, Shane and two friends -- Brian, KB9TBB, and Dan,
KD9OIV, are going on the air calling QRZ using SSB and FT8 on the 15th, 16th
and 17th of December. Work them - or send a short-wave listener's report -
if you include a stamped, self-addressed envelope and a fee to cover the
printing costs, you'll be getting a golden ticket, a shiny QSL card that
Shane designed to look like the ticket in the original movie. See his page
on QRZ.com for details.
Best of all, this trio of activators will operate in a park in addition to
their home QTH, so contacts made during the daytime will count toward credit
for Parks on the Air. Of course, daytime contacts will also leave you free
at night to go and see the movie. Now that's a sweet deal.
This is Kent Peterson KCØDGY.
(SHANE MANZARA, WØNKA)
**
NEW HAM STATION FOR INDIA'S CYCLONE-PRONE ISLAND REGION
PAUL/ANCHOR: There is hope for improved radio communication in a region of
India that has been long been plagued by cyclones. Jason Daniels VK2LAW
explains
JASON: Authorities in a cyclone-prone region of India are hoping to help set
up an amateur radio station on a remote island in the Sunderbans region,
which is particularly hard-hit by cyclones each year. Permanent stations
have already been established in two area locations, Gangasagar Island and
Gosaba. The third area station would be installed on Mousuni Island on a
trial basis. Disaster management officials told local media that the station
could become eligible for permanent status depending on the consistency and
quality of radio signals to and from the island. Hams at these stations in
the Sunderban delta would be connecting directly with state administrators
during disasters.
In mid-November, hams tested propagation on Mousuni Island using HF and VHF
radios. The West Bengal Radio Club and the Indian Academy of Communication
and Disaster Management oversaw the trial operation which was conducted as a
two-day DXpedition to the island with a special callsign, AT23JCB.
This is Jason Daniels VK2LAW.
(THEPRINT.COM, MILLENNIUM POST)
**
WRTC 2026 RELEASES LIMITED EDITION PADDLE
PAUL/ANCHOR: Do you want to telegraph your support of the World Radiosport
Team Championship, which will be held in England in 2026? Jeremy Boot G4NJH
tells us how.
JEREMY: You don't have to be a CW operator to support WRTC 2026, but it
helps, especially if you want to become the owner of one of the limited-
edition paddles designed for the event organisers by Filipe Lopes CT1ILT.
Each key sold in this limited-edition design will have its own unique serial
number. Display it in your shack or, better still, use it on the air during
the event in July of 2026 as 50 qualifying teams arrive in the UK to
represent their home countries in what is viewed as the Olympics of amateur
radio.
[DO NOT READ: https://www.wrtc2026.org/product/wrtc-uk-2026-morse-key/ ]
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(WRTC 2026)
**
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, the Christmas station PA23XMAS leads a group of stations
on the air from the Netherlands until the 31st of December. Certificates
will take the place of QSL cards for anyone who works at least two of the
stations. Other stations operating include PD23SANTA, PH23XMAS, PH23HNY and
PD24HNY. The two stations with the HNY suffix will remain on the air until
the 24th of January. Short-wave listeners may also send in their reports.
See QRZ.com for details.
Also in the holiday spirit, members of Radio Club Lliria, EA5RCL, based in
Valencia, Spain, are on the air as EH5XMAS for the holiday season, ending on
the 7th of January. See QRZ.com for QSL details.
Be listening as well for the popular 12 Days of Christmas special event from
December 14th through to the 25th, featuring stations from the US and
Canada.
If you plan on working stations in Bermuda, be aware that the Radio Society
of Bermuda is discontinuing its QSL bureau service on Dec. 31, 2024 for VP9
stations. Service will be phased out during the year ahead.
**
MEET YL RAISA, R1BIG, INTERNATIONAL NEWSMAKER FOR THE YEAR 2023
PAUL/ANCHOR: For our final story we have an awards presentation. The Amateur
Radio Newsline International Newsmaker of the Year award celebrates a clever
and creative innovator in this, its fifth year: She is YL Raisa R1BIG/OH7BG.
Through social media and various websites she has given the world a window
into what it means to struggle and grow as a ham. Newsline's editor Caryn
Eve Murray KD2GUT spoke with her.
CARYN: Congratulations to Raisa Skrynnikova, R1BIG, who began in 2018 to
channel her enthusiasm and humor to show how a newly licensed ham learns to
put up antennas, enter a contest, activate a SOTA summit and handle some
incredible pileups. Her blogs, livestreams and YouTube videos are a source
of information and good will. Raisa told Newsline why she decided to put her
own story in the spotlight.
RAISA: To show step by step that it is not very difficult to get and to pass
the exam, to make your own equipment. You can also make your antenna
yourself and set it up yourself also. I try to do all these videos to show
that the ham radio hobby is not so difficult and you can do simple steps and
know more and more information. Why I like the ham radio hobby is because
every day, every time, you need to learn something new - and this is the
best thing, I think.
CARYN: In 2021, Raisa advocated for greater friendship among the world's
hams by taking another bold step. Building on the earlier work of two hams,
she enlisted help from friends in different countries and assembled an easy-
to-use interactive online practice guide offering commonly used QSO phrases
in 11 different languages.
RAISA: It is so nice, you feel a very nice feeling, when someone talks a
little bit in your language and I thought, "Oh I would like to know some
phrases in the different languages and to say hello buon giorno, buona
sera." It's so wonderful and make people a little bit more happy.
CARYN: Her humor and her relentless optimism about ham radio's future have
provided a bright spot by using the technology that is guiding the next
generation's amateurs.
RAISA: I think that the new technology and the internet and social media
will not kill the hobby. I think that they will help the hobby because we
can use them for promoting the hobby and make this hobby more popular. And
that is exactly what I try to do.
CARYN: We are proud of this year's International Newsmaker, Raisa R1BIG. I'm
Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT.
PAUL/ANCHOR: A past two-time Newsmaker award winner, the West Bengal Radio
Club in India, continues their exemplary work combining amateur radio with
ongoing humanitarian efforts to reunite families and help save lives.
Newsline felt it needed to recognise this club's ongoing work and has
awarded ARN's first ever Special Award to them, long may they continue their
great work.
**
POETRY IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
If this holiday season inspires you to feel a bit like a poet, send us an
amateur radio-related haiku and your creation might just be our pick of the
week. Visit our website to learn more about the Amateur Radio Newsline haiku
challenge - and be sure to follow the rules for writing in correct haiku
format.
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily; AMSAT-Canada; ARRL;
Central Coast ARC; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; FCC; 425DXNews; HamSCI;
Irish Radio Transmitters Society; KB6NU blog; the Millennium Post;
ThePrint.com; QRZ.com; Radio World; Shane Manzara, WØNKA; shortwaveradio.de;
SOTA Reflector; Wireless Institute of Australia; WRTC 2026; 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 Paul Braun WD9GCO in Valparaiso Indiana saying 73. As
always we thank you for listening. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright
2023. All rights reserved.
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