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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2305 for Friday December 31st, 2021
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2305 with a release date of Friday
December 31st, 2021 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Hams respond to a super typhoon in the Philippines.
A new award promotes the World Radiosport Team Championship -- and hams in
Kansas gain new digital connections. All this and more as Amateur Radio
Newsline Report Number 2305 comes your way right now.
***
BILLBOARD CART
**
HAMS MOBILIZE AS DEADLY TYPHOON HITS PHILIPPINES
JIM/ANCHOR: We begin this week with scenes of devastation in the
Philippines: A super typhoon, locally known as Odette, made landfall on
December 16th, taking an unusual path that led it to Siargo Island, a major
tourist destination. A wide swath of the archipelago fell victim to heavy
rain and gusts of more than 200 km per hour. According to a draft report
from the Philippine Amateur Radio Association, more than 300 lives were lost
with [quote] "devastation beyond description." [endquote] The report said
that in the days before landfall, National Traffic System Chairman Romy
DU1SMQ ensured that daily roll calls were taken of all amateur districts to
measure stations' readiness. The Office of Civil Defense Region 7 and other
agencies monitored the HERO emergency network frequency on 40 metres as
well. Members of PARA affiliated clubs handled emergency traffic along with
health and welfare messages even as their own home QTHs were battered by the
typhoon.
Amateur Slow Scan TV was credited with sending invaluable imagery on HF,
relaying information that could not be verified via audio. Meanwhile, PARA's
director Thelma DU1IVT, said that even after members of PARA's Ham Emergency
Radio Operation stood down traffic on the HERO network at 7.095 MHz was
ongoing. Rebuilding is expected to take months.
(CNN, BBC, GREG MOSSOP G0DUB, THELMA DU1IVT)
**
NASA LAUNCHES JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE
JIM/ANCHOR: While most people looked to the skies on Christmas Eve, NASA had
its sights looking upward on Christmas morning. Dave Parks WB8ODF explains.
DAVE: The most powerful space telescope to date—the James Webb
telescope—made its way into space on the morning of December 25th with
liftoff from French Guiana enroute to entering Earth's orbit. Its mission is
to study universe's earliest galaxies while exploring our solar system. It
was a project of the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency.
The telescope was released at an altitude of 1,400 km, or 870 miles, by an
Ariane 5 rocket. A solar array is providing power. The telescope is expected
to communicate with earth using ground stations in Kenya and Baltimore,
Maryland.
Its orbit destination is expected to be about 1 million miles from Earth
from where it will deliver its first images starting in about six months.
Gregory L. Robinson, Webb's program director, described the anticipated
delivery as [quote] "awe-inspiring images that will capture our
imagination." [endquote] According to a New York Times article, it was
expected to offer [quote] "a new keyhole into the earliest moments of our
universe." [endquote]
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Dave Parks WB8ODF.
(SPACE.COM, NASA, NY TIMES)
**
CHINA SENDS CAMSAT XW-3 INTO SPACE
JIM/ANCHOR: One day later, China celebrated its own high-profile launch.
Graham Kemp VK4BB brings us that story.
GRAHAM: China's latest satellite is on a mission to collect high-resolution
images of our planet's resources. Launched Sunday, December 26th from the
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, it is designed as a tool for land and
disaster management and is equipped with two high-resolution cameras as
payloads. Piggybacked on the satellite was an amateur radio CubeSat, China's
CAMSAT XW-3, with a UHF CW beacon and GMSK telemetry data transmission. The
CubeSat is also carrying an experimental thermoelectric generator for use by
high school students. It has an uplink frequency of 145.870 MHz and a
downlink frequency of 435.18 MHz. The CW beacon is on 435.575 MHz.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Graham Kemp VK4BB.
(NASA, AMSAT-UK)
**
AWARDS PROGRAM PROMOTES WRTC 2023
JIM/ANCHOR: For the next six months, a new awards program will promote one
of the world's most prominent radio events. Ed Durrant DD5LP explains.
ED: Get ready for the World Radiosport Team Championship award. This is a
six-month-long activity launching on January 1st that's designed to promote
the WRTC Championship being held in Bologna, Italy in July 2023. The
championship was rescheduled from 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The awards scheme is unprecedented for a WRTC-related event. It centers
around making contacts between now and July 10th with 100 radio operators in
Italy using special WRTC callsigns. There will be one WRTC callsign for each
of Italy's ten call areas, beginning with II1WRTC (Eye Eye One WRTC). You
may also listen for these callsigns during a number of contests on the air
during the next six months. The award concludes during the IARU HF World
Championship Contest on July 9th and 10th, 2022, exactly a year before the
WRTC takes place in 2023.
For details, visit w r t c 2 0 2 2 dot i t stroke award (wrtc2022.it/award).
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Ed Durrant DD5LP.
(WRTC, QRZ.NOW)
**
NEW LINKED SYSTEM MAKES CROSS-MODE DIGITAL CONNECTIONS
JIM/ANCHOR: If you're in Kansas and enjoy using digital modes, there's a new
way for you to connect. Here's Randy Sly W4XJ with that story.
RANDY: Hams in Kansas now have connections through the new Sunflower Multi-
Mode Linked System, meaning they can use whatever digital-capable radio they
already have.
In addition to providing links to Allstar, Echolink, DMR via TGIF, P25, D-
STAR and Yaesu Fusion, the network also supports access via Droidstar,
Dudestar and personal hotspots. Lloyd Colston, KC5FM, said that M-17-SUN
Module A is also supported so [quote] "tinkerers can set up an open source
M17 and enjoy it." [close quote] Lloyd said that, in other words, hams can
now connect with one another across all these modes using their personal
favorite without having to buy another radio.
For a list of the links, see the URL in the text version of this week's
Newsline script at arnewsline.org
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Randy Sly W4XJ.
[FOR PRINT ONLY, DO NOT READ: https://buff.ly/3qoXENn ]
(LLOYD COLSTON, KC5FM)
**
RSGB REVIVES 80M NET WHILE RADIO CENTRE IS SHUT
JIM/ANCHOR: The COVID-19 pandemic has shut a popular radio attraction in the
UK but in the meanwhile, a weekly on-air tradition has been revived and
everyone is welcome. Jeremy Boot G4NJH tells us more.
JEREMY: With the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park shut once again by
the Radio Society of Great Britain due to COVID-19, the centre has
reactivated its weekday 80-metre net. Hams may check in at 1030 UTC on
weekdays on or around 3.727 MHz. The radio centre's shutdown, which began
Friday, December 17th, is temporary and is expected to last into the New
Year. Meanwhile coordinator Martyn, G0GMB, and various centre volunteers are
expecting to hear check-ins from as many hams as possible in the weeks to
come.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(RSGB)
**
HAMS HELP REUNITE MISSING WOMAN WITH FAMILY IN INDIA
JIM/ANCHOR: Reuniting missing family members with loved ones back home has
become a specialty of one radio club in West Bengal, India. Their latest
accomplishment brought relatives together after an absence of 13 years. John
Williams VK4JJW tells us that story.
JOHN: It was purely by accident that Anima Chakraborty discovered a woman
who'd gone missing from her home 13 years ago. Anima was visiting a hospital
in Uttar Pradesh in northern India and noticed that one of the patients
there was speaking Bengali. Hearing this, she realised immediately that the
patient could not be a local resident. She reached out to her fellow amateur
radio operators in West Bengal, asking that they try to track down the
woman's family. According to club secretary Ambarish Nag Biswas VU2JFA, the
hams used a photograph of the woman provided by the hospital to do some
networking the other amateur radio operators, and found the woman's family
in a village in East Midnapore, in the south of West Bengal. He said the
hams were told the patient was a tribal woman who was mentally challenged
and that she had spent nearly 13 years hospitalised.
Ambarish Nag Biswas told the Can-India website [quote] "In most of the cases
the families refuse to take back these kind of patients and finally they
have to stay back in the mental asylum but in this case the family was
cooperative and they want to take her back as soon as possible."
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm John Williams VK4JJW.
(CAN-INDIA)
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the CQ
Serenade program, which marks its 100th episode this week. It is heard on
German shortwave AM broadcast station ShortWaveRadio.de on 3975 and 6160
kHz.
**
YOUTH ON THE AIR CAMP PREPS FOR JUNE
JIM/ANCHOR: What are young ham radio operators planning to do this June? The
start of the new year means it's time to start thinking about that. Sel
Embee KB3TZD presents one option.
SEL: The second Youth on the Air Camp for the Americas will be accepting
applications for the June 2022 session in just a few weeks.
The pilot camp program held in 2021, was such a success that it is returning
to the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting in West Chester
Township, Ohio on June 12th through 17th. Prospective campers may start
applying on February 11th. Applicants must reside in Central, South or North
America. Thirty campers will be accepted for the session and spots will be
reserved especially for those who are from the Americas but do not live in
the United States. Priority will be given to first-time attendees.
Licensed amateurs between the ages of 15 and 25 are eligible to be campers.
If COVID-19 restrictions change between now and June, organizers will alert
everyone with as much notice as possible. For details, visit YouthOnTheAir
dot org
Then starting in 2023, applications to host the camp at various locations
throughout the Americas each year will be considered from IARU region 2
member societies and clubs.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Sel Embee KB3TZD.
(YOUTH ON THE AIR)
**
SILENT KEY: ROBERT PRIEZ, WB5FBS, OF LOUISIANA ARES
JIM/ANCHOR: Radio operators in Louisiana are mourning the death of a leader
in regional emergency response. Here's Don Wilbanks AE5DW with that story.
DON: The former district emergency coordinator for Louisiana Amateur Radio
Emergency Service's Region 9 has become a Silent Key. Robert Priez, WB5FBS,
died on Sunday, December 19th. According to a Facebook post by the Ozone
Amateur Radio Club, Bob reportedly died of complications from COVID-19. With
a lifetime of interest in amateur radio, Bob also held life memberships in
the ARRL and the Southeast Louisiana Amateur Radio Club and was active in
leadership roles for many years with Louisiana ARES.
He was a professor emeritus of music at Southeastern Louisiana University,
where he later helped the school's department of speech and communications
establish the campus radio station KSLU-FM, serving as the station's
technical director for its first 10 years in operation.
A former professional musician, Bob was 80.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Don Wilbanks AE5DW.
(OZONE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, LEGACY.COM)
**
SILENT KEY: KEITH MILLER SR., N9DGK, FORMER TENNESSEE ARRL SECTION MANAGER
JIM/ANCHOR: Another regional leader in amateur radio has become a Silent
Key. Here's Skeeter Nash N5ASH with the details.
SKEETER: Keith Miller Sr., N9DGK, who was the ARRL's Tennessee Section
Manager for four terms, has become a Silent Key. He died on December 22nd
from COVID-19. A ham since 1981, Keith was a member of the Stones River
Amateur Radio Club, which he had also served as an officer. His commitment
to public service extended into his emergency response work and he played an
active role in the Amateur Radio Emergency Service. He was an ARRL emergency
coordinator from 2006 to 2013 and became a Life Member of the ARRL in 2014.
Keith, who lived in of Rockvale, Tennessee, was 75.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Skeeter Nash N5ASH.
(ARRL)
**
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, be listening for Mike, 5H3EE, on the air from Dar es
Salaam in Tanzania. Operators have reported hearing him using FT8 on 12
meters. QSL using ClubLog.
In Kenya, Ferdy, HB9DSP, plans to be on the air for his first DXpedition
between January 12th and 27th as 5Z4/HB9DSP. Be listening on 20, 15 and 10
meters where he will be using SSB with some FT8. Send QSLs to his home
callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW.
Jacques, F6HMJ, is in Senegal and on the air as 6W7/F6HMJ until February
22nd. He will be using mostly CW with some SSB on 40-10 meters. Send QSLs to
his home callsign.
Listen for David, F8AAN, operating as FS/F8AAN from St. Martin Island,
Anguilla, from January 1st to the 20th. He is operating holiday style on 40
through 10 meters using CW. Send QSLs to his home callsign or QSL using
LoTW, ClubLog or eQSL.
(OHIO PENN DX)
**
KICKER: SUMMING UP A LIFE OF PUBLIC SERVICE
JIM/ANCHOR: Most of us are ending 2021 by summing up the year. In Longview,
Washington however that formality also includes many friends of one ham who
are also summing up his life and what it meant to them. Here's Ralph
Squillace KK6ITB with our final story of this week's newscast.
RALPH: Randy Greeley, NU7DX, became a Silent Key on December 7th at the age
of 68 but not before devoting two thirds of his life to the spirit of
volunteerism that is at the heart of much of amateur radio.
Emergency response officials in Cowlitz County considered him to be the one
to call when the county faced flooding or other extreme challenges. In a
recent article in the Longview Daily News, many of them detailed the behind-
the-scenes work he did as a person who was never too far away to give a
ready response. According to the newspaper article, he jumped into the
active life of a volunteer shortly after becoming licensed in 1981. He and
his wife became members of the Lower Columbia Amateur Radio Association,
W7DG.
Randy's widow, Connie, KB7AYY, summed up his involvement by telling the
newspaper [quote] "It started small and the tree ended up with many
branches." [endquote] One of those branches led back to the Lower Columbia
amateurs. Ralph Roggenback, N2RJR, its president, told Newsline in an email
that Randy had been both his friend and mentor. He said [quote] "This
community has no idea what it has lost." [endquote]
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.
(THE LONGVIEW DAILY NEWS)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to AMSAT-UK; the ARRL; the BBC; Can-India; CQ
Magazine; CNN; David Behar K7DB; Greg Mossop, G0DUB; Lloyd Colston KC5FM;
Longview Daily News; NASA; NY Times; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; QSO Today; Radio
Society of Great Britain; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de;
Space.com; Thelma Pascua DU1IVT; World Radiosport Team Championship; Youth
on the Air; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline. You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. 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.
For now, with Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT at the news desk in New York, and our
news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron N8TMW in Charleston West Virginia saying
73. As always we thank you for listening.
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2021. All rights reserved.
73 de Bill, PY2BIL
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