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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2276 for Friday June 11, 2021
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2276 with a release date of
Friday June 11, 2021 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
QST. The ISS gets into the act for Field Day. NASA experiments with
using laser waves to supplement radio - and a radio expedition goes
in search of Bigfoot! All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline
Report Number 2276 comes your way right now.
CART
for Field Day. If you're looking to score some bonus points during
those two days, try making a contact via the International Space
Station. The InterOperable Radio System on board the ISS will
remain in crossband repeater mode during Field Day on the 26th and
27th of June. This is a change from the original plan to switch
operation from crossband back to APRS packet during the second week
of June. That changeover has been postponed until after Field Day.
By using the repeater, you don't just get a Field Day QSO point but
bonus points. In fact, crossband repeater contacts can also be used
that same weekend for AMSAT Field Day for satellite operations. The
repeater frequencies are 145.990 MHz FM up, 67 Hz tone and 437.800
MHz down. ARISS recommends pre-Field Day practice sessions for any
hams who've never used the repeater before.
TO TEST DATA TRANSFER VIA LASER COMMUNICAIONS
you're interested in an alternate communications mode, consider the
option that NASA is exploring. Kent Peterson KC0DGY brings us those
details.
month NASA is launching the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration
or LCRD, as a payload on a US satellite in geosynchronous orbit
some 22,000 miles from Earth. This demonstration will test higher
bandwidth transfer using optical communications which may supplement
traditional data transfer using radio.
for laser communications differs from radio waves because the laser
packs the data into significantly tighter waves increasing the
data throughput 10 to 100 times more than that of radio frequency
systems. Laser communications systems are also smaller and weigh
less. The LCRD is expected to use a data rate of 1.2 gigabits per
second in its communications with ground stations in California and
Hawaii.
are being challenged by newer technologies. At this data rate, one
could download a two-hour movie in about 20 seconds.
Radio Newsline I'm Kent Peterson KC0DGY.
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: For some hams in Australia, the cost of starting
in amateur radio just got a little easier. Graham Kemp VK4BB tells
us why.
to take the financial sting out of becoming a ham. The group is
making free kits with basic equipment available to Pride members
who qualify for the assistance and live in Australia. Pride is also
providing tutorials on how to get started with the kits. The kits
contain, in part, an FM/DMR Handie Talkie, a NanoVNA with RF Demo
board, a hotspot, cables and adapters along with several other basic
essentials.
said this is one way to offset the high cost of starting in amateur
radio in Australia, an effort that can carry a price tag of about
$195 Australian dollars. Pride Radio Group, which was formed last
year as a welcoming organisation for amateur radio operators in
the LGBTQ community, has shown a consistent growth in membership
and now has a roster of 241.
Graham Kemp VK4BB.
UK HAM CLUB SCHEDULES FIRST IN-PERSON MEETING
For one of the newest clubs in the UK, the next meeting will not
only be in person meeting but will be their first. Jeremy Boot
G4NJH explains.
into isolation last year, one of the newest amateur radio clubs in
the UK was making plans to bring radio operators together â€ö at
least in spirit if not in person.
started up the East Ardsley Radio Society G3EAR to fill a need
for local hams wanting to be together. Now the newly created club,
known informally as "EARS," is preparing for its first in-person
meeting on 25th June at the East Ardsley Cricket Club.
painting and redecorating have already been done and, as Paul told
Newsline [quote] "We are ready to open for our first proper club
meeting." [endquote]. If government restrictions are not lifted
by that time, Paul said, the hams will meet outside the club shack
instead for a bit of socialising. That's likely to be a lot easier
than the Facebook messenger chat they've been using all this time.
David G1NYN, Marc 2E0VTN, Darren 2E0VBL and Mick M6MWP.
Newsline the long term goal is to cater to local hams at all levels
of experience and open their doors to anyone wanting to try for a
contact on HF, DMR, D-STAR, Fusion or someone perhaps wanting to
learn Morse.
their doors.
(PAUL DRIVER M0XZT)
**
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: An FCC move that would take an amateur emergency
network off part of the 5 GHz band is getting some pushback. Andy
Morrison K9AWM brings us up to date.
Emergency Data Network has taken the next step in its challenge to
an FCC order that would eliminate the network's access to the upper
part of the 5 GHz band. The FCC intends to allocate those frequencies
instead for intelligent transportation systems and for unlicensed
use such as Wi-Fi.
the agency, reaffirming radio operators' critical need to retain use
of the band between 5.895 GHz and 5.925 GHz. The AREDN's attorney
filed the comments one month after submitting a petition asking the
FCC to withdraw the order. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking dates
to December 2019 when the FCC announced its intention to reassign
the band's upper 30 megahertz.
network supplying public safety agencies with digital communications
support through its email, text and audio-video capabilities. It
relays messages in emergencies such as forest fires and natural
disasters and has also been used in public service events.
Meanwhile, the FCC is also seeking comment on its proposal to
give additional spectrum to private space launch companies on the
amateur radio frequencies between 420 and 430 MHz and 5.65 to 5.925
GHz. Hams have a secondary allocation on these frequencies on the
70cm and 5cm bands, respectively. The 70cm frequencies are widely
used by hams for repeater links and amateur television and a portion
of the 5 GHz spectrum is used by the AREDN.
Newsline, I'm Andy Morrison K9AWM.
The annual Museum Ships Weekend was a scaled-down event due to
propagation and the pandemic but there was nothing scaled-down
about its success. Kevin Trotman N5PRE tells us about it.
Having long since traded their military careers for roles as public
museums, an international array of battleships, aircraft carriers,
minesweepers, destroyers and cargo ships was determined to have fun
in spite of challenging conditions. That's just what they did for 48
hours on June 5th and 6th. The annual Museum Ships Weekend got on the
air with hams calling QRZ from the Netherlands to Australia all the
way to Camden, New Jersey, home of the Battleship New Jersey Amateur
Radio Station, the event's sponsors. Although pandemic precautions
reduced the number of participating ships to 81, radio operators
were busy nonetheless. Harry Bryant AA2WN, the club president,
said preliminary results showed on the New Jersey ship alone, the
9 operators -- operating two at a time -- logged 554 HF contacts
from 10 countries and 38 states. Using one of the ship's satellite
antennas as an enclosure for a 2m/440 antenna array, the operators
also were able to make contacts on VHF for the first time. Harry said
that band conditions were less than optimal for this year's event but
the hams made the best of 40, 30 and 20 meters operating as NJ2BB.
Harry said that despite the pandemic and propagation [quote] "We
still had a fun and satisfying event. We are ever hopeful that
normalcy will prevail next year with many more ships, operating
hours, operators and better band conditions." [endquote]
ships, after all, have seen greater challenges.
Radio Newsline I'm Kevin Trotman N5PRE.
are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around
the world including the VK8MA repeater in Australia's Northern
Territory on the simplex frequency 146.750 MHZ on Sundays at
7 p.m. local time.
YOUTUBE
have lasted two to three days. You are now able to participate in
two highlights of that weekend held virtually in May by spending
a little more than eight hours on YouTube. Contest University,
held May 20th, and many of the Hamvention Forums, held May 21st,
are now available on YouTube. They include the CQ Contest Hall of
Fame presentation by John K1AR; youth in contesting, presented
by Phillip DK6SP, contesting from Russia by Willy UA9BA; "There
is Nothing Magic about Propagation" by Jose CT1BOH, and a memorial
reading of the Silent Keys.
HELP EUROPEAN HAMNET TO GROW
network in Europe has just become the first international recipient
of a grant from a California foundation. Ed Durrant DD5LP tells us
about their plans.
a private foundation based in California, has provided its first
international grant to assist in expansion of the European HAMNET,
a high-speed amateur radio multimedia network. The funding, which
will go through the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club in Germany, will
provide sponsored hardware for radio links to make use of the Amateur
Packet Radio Network IP space in Europe.
becomes the first non-US organisation to be given an ARDC grant.
ARDC president Phil Karn KA9Q issued a statement saying that ARDC's
goal has long been to give grants like this to qualifying non-profit
organisations outside the US. DARC president Christian Entsfellner
DL3MBG issued a statement adding [quote]: "We are highly excited
that with this grant we can give the European HAMNET project a huge
boost.” [endquote]
DD5LP.
operator who specialized in radar as a tool for space exploration
has become a Silent Key. Here's Jim Damron N8TMW to tell us more.
JIM: Many on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and beyond are mourning the death of professor emeritus and radio
astronomy pioneer Gordon Pettengill W1OUN. He had been director of
the then-new Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico before stepping
down in 1970. At MIT he became a professor of planetary physics
and director of the MIT Center for Space Research. Gordon's work
also involved repurposing military radar technology for science
and space exploration. At MIT he also used the Lincoln Laboratory
Millstone Hill radar to create the first two-dimensional radar
map of the moon. The map was a critical component used by NASA in
its plans for the Apollo moon landings that were to come later.
Gordon was an avid ham radio operator throughout his life, starting
with his high school years. Gordon was a World War II veteran and
after the war ended, he continued his involvement in communications
through his assignment to the US Army's Signal Corps, stationed in
Austria.
failure.
(MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)
In the World of DX, be listening for Adrien, F4IHM, who is using
the callsign 5UAIHM until June 27th from Niger. He is on 40m and
20m using CW and SSB. QSL to F4IHM, direct or by the Bureau.
Be listening for the callsign GB1ORC, a special event callsign of
the Online Amateur Radio Community. OARC is marking the one-year
anniversary of its founding as an online amateur radio club based in
the UK. GB1ORC will be on the air until June 20th. The club will
also use GB0ARC until June 24th.
G4PVM, using the callsign GM4PVM from the Isle of Lismore (IOTA
EU-008) between June 29th and July 4th. Paul will be on the air
holiday style using 40m to 10m, both CW and SSB. Send QSLs via LoTW,
eQSL or ClubLog for IOTA.
TM57COV between the 15th and 29th of June. A team of French amateur
radio operators will be on the air to pay tribute to those who have
died from COVID-19 or are currently struggling to recover. The
station also pays tribute to the caregivers who are working with
COVID cases. For QSL details visit the station's page on QRZ.com
(OHIO PENN DX, SOUTHGATE)
FOLLOW SOME BIG FEET
DX? How about scoring a rare sighting right where you've set up your
portable station? Mike Askins KE5CXP has that report for us.
When the hams in the Bigfoot Radio Net go on a field expedition,
as they did just a few weeks ago in the Ouachita National Forest
in Oklahoma, they're looking to log a big contact. You might say
a big-footed contact. To some he's known as Bigfoot. To others,
Sasquatch. On everything from weeklong special events to overnight
solo investigations, Brent Boydston KF5THB has been on the
hunt since 2016 for the legendary creature. No, Bigfoot doesn't
have a callsignâ€öat least not yetâ€öbut then this part of the
hunt doesn't happen while they're on the air or cooking under
the canopy of stars. Brent says that when not calling QRZ, he
looks for the classic oversized muddy footprint or certain rock
formations said to comprise his habitat.
that while in Oklahoma's Winding Stairs Mountains recently,
he and his brother [quote] "looked for Bigfoot, we listened for
Bigfoot and we smelled for Bigfoot." [endquote] The expeditions
are the natural spinoff of the weekly Bigfoot Radio Net on
Wednesdays at 2000 Central Time on 7.155 MHz. He said ham radio
and Bigfoot go together because the ragchew topics are usually
about someone's close encounters.
means never knowing what you may find. Similarly, looking for a
mythical creature in a vast wilderness means the same." [endquote]
That turns every adventure into a sasq-WATCH.
Newsline I'm Mike Askins KE5CXP.
the ARRL; Brent Boydston KF5THB; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB;
FCC; HARRY BRYANT AA2WN; Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
MICHAELA WHEELER, VK3FUR/VK4XSS; NASA; Ohio Penn DX newsletter;
Paul Strauss, WD6EBY; Paul Driver, M0XZT; Photonics.com; QRZ.com;
Radio Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; Ted Randall's QSO Radio Show; WTWW Shortwave;
YouTube; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline. You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For
more information or to support us visit our official website at
arnewsline.org. Be sure to follow some of these stories as they
get a more indepth look on the YouTube Channel of 100 Watts and a
Wire. Search for the video segment with the title "Two Stories."
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.
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