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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2310 for Friday February 4th, 2022
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2310 with a release date of Friday
February 4th, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Radio adventure in the sea north of Russia. Japan
reaches out to young amateurs -- and hams honor one of America's best-known
presidents. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2310
comes your way right now.
**
PLANS ARE ON ICE (AND SNOW) FOR RUSSIAN ISLAND ACTIVATION
DON/ANCHOR: We begin this week with a tale of adventure. While many of us in
the Northern Hemisphere may be bitterly complaining about winter's bite,
here are some amateurs who are actively seeking out the most wintry of
winters -- north of Russia. Jeremy Boot G4NJH has the details.
JEREMY: It is little more than a month before a team of six adventurers from
the Russian Robinson Club departs for Rykachev Island in the Kara Sea. The
island, which is number AS-1Ø4 in the Islands on the Air awards scheme,
bears the name of the late Russian meteorologist who was devoted to the
study of Russia's northern seas. The team departs on March 3rd and will
travel to their activation site by snowmobile, setting up camp and using the
call sign R15ØWS. The call sign is a nod to the 150 years that have elapsed
since Rykachev Mikhail Alexandrovich and other scientists founded the
Russian weather service. According to a Twitter posting by Andy, EU7A, the
team may also try to operate enroute from Isachenko Island, IOTA number AS-
Ø5Ø. If they are successful, they will be active there as RIØBI. This
adventure is the sixth in the club's series of "Legends of the Arctic"
DXpeditions. According to the club's website, they are also planning a video
documentary similar to those created on previous Dxpeditions.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(RUSSIAN ROBINSON CLUB, OHIO PENN DX)
**
CARIBBEAN ISLAND HAMS MARK 27 YEARS SINCE CLUB'S FOUNDING
DON/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, in the much warmer Caribbean, amateurs are marking
nearly three decades of success for their club in Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines. John Williams VK4JJW has that report.
JOHN: The view of Mount St. Andrews could not have been more perfect for
members of the Youlou Radio Movement in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. On
January 22nd, members of the ham radio organisation and their families
gathered within view of that important summit to mark 27 years since the
group was founded atop that peak -- 2,000 feet above sea level -- by five
amateurs. Known originally as the Rainbow Radio League, its purpose remains
the same today: providing a team of volunteers available for disaster
communications by radio. Sean Patterson, J88CU, one of the original five,
spoke at the recent celebration, sharing the story of the hams' first
portable operation as a formal group in 1995. The anniversary celebration
included the induction of two honoured guests - Ira Harris, VP2EIH, from
Anguilla, and Donald Howe, 9Z4FV, from Trinidad - as Youlou members. The
next day, the celebration continued as some of the hams visited Mary
Barnard, J88AM, and Martin Barnard, J88AA, to thank the two longtime hams
for their years of personal assistance to Youlou. Moving forward, the
group's next step is to consider a name change to the Youlou Amateur Radio
Association and make plans for several SOTA and POTA activations this year.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm John Williams VK4JJW.
(SOUTHGATE, YOULOU RADIO MOVEMENT, SEARCHLIGHT NEWSPAPER)
**
STRAIGHT KEY MONTH MARKS 16TH YEAR OF SPECIAL EVENT
DON/ANCHOR: CW enthusiasts: Were you busy with your straight key for the
first few weeks of the year? You're likely in the log for a very successful
event by the Straight Key Century Club. Randy Sly W4XJ is here to tell us
more.
RANDY: "The Party's Over," says the welcoming message on the Straight Key
Century Club website. That means that January's Straight Key Month, the
club's 16th annual event, ended in a flurry of final contacts fast
approaching a total of almost 50,000, according to their website. In
addition to congratulating all club members who signed up to be operators
for this special event, the club also thanked Justin, KFØGZB, for submitting
the design that is being featured in this year's Straight Key Month QSL
card. The event also marked the 16th anniversary of the Straight Key Century
Club, which encouraged all operators to celebrate the original tools of the
early days of radiotelegraphy by using straight keys, bugs or cootie keys
during their shifts on the air. Official stations operated in all 13 US
regional call areas. Separate stations were on the air from six IARU
continental regions along with those in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Randy Sly W4XJ, operating this year as
K3Y/Ø.
(SKCC)
**
CANADIAN AMATEURS RECEIVE GRANT FOR EMCOMM WORK
DON/ANCHOR: Congratulations to the members of the New Westminster Amateur
Radio Club in British Columbia which has been given an (sal055),000 grant from the
province to support and develop its emergency radio response capabilities.
According to a report in the New Westminster Record, the ham club is among
250 nonprofit groups to receive grants from an estimated 040 million of
funding, which supports public safety and conservation programs. The grant
to the amateur radio club is part of about .5 million earmarked
specifically for emergency and safety services.
(THE NEW WESTMINSTER RECORD)
**
PILOTS FAULT ELECTRONIC 'SPOOFING' OF GPS SIGNALS
DON/ANCHOR: No one likes radio interference - not hams and certainly not
airline pilots. Ed Durrant DD5LP tells us about interference that's
reportedly impacting planes' navigation.
ED: Radio interference that has created electronic spoofing of GPS signals
is reported to be interfering with aircraft attempting to land at Israel's
Ben Gurion airport, according to several news outlets. The Times of Israel
reports that the signals are coming from defense systems installed in Syria
by Russia and they are having an impact on commercial airliners.
State-owned Israeli TV station KAN said that Moscow has told Israel the
signals are part of defense systems designed to protect Russian soldiers in
Syria. A pilot told the KAN news outlet that the signals during the last
four weeks have been as strong as those experienced in early 2019. The pilot
said however that those earlier signals eventually stopped. He told the
station [quote] "“What we’ve run into is [electromagnetic] spectrum
interference from the east, which has taken us a while to understand what it
is." [endquote]
The reports said that officials believe the interference with commercial
planes is collateral damage and that the jamming is directed elsewhere.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Ed Durrant DD5LP.
(KAN ISRAELI TV, THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, THE TURKISH PRESS)
**
PANEL ASSESSES JAPAN'S EFFORT TO ATTRACT YOUNGER HAMS
DON/ANCHOR: In Japan, officials have begun taking extra steps to ensure
amateur radio is accessible for the youngest of the young who aspire to get
their licenses. Jason Daniels VK2LAW has been following that story.
JASON: Members of a new panel designed to make amateur radio more accessible
for beginners in Japan held their first meeting on January 26th. The Amateur
Radio Advisory Board for Wireless Human Resource Development was created by
the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. One of its members is
Yoshinori Takao, JG1KTC, president of the Japan Amateur Radio League.
According to a press release on the Ministry's website, the goals include
fostering experimentation and research in amateur radio and making
activities more accessible for newcomers, especially the very young. The
creation of the panel follows efforts during the past few years by Yoshinori
and the JARL. Working in cooperation with the Japan Amateur Radio
Development Association, the JARL pressed the Ministry two years ago to find
more opportunities for elementary and junior high school students to learn
about amateur radio.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jason Daniels VK2LAW.
(JARL, SOUTHGATE)
**
AM RALLY PAYS TRIBUTE TO ORIGINAL VOICE MODE
DON/ANCHOR: Amplitude Modulation enthusiasts have been gearing up for the AM
Rally being held from 0000UTC Saturday, February 5th through to 0700 UTC on
Monday, February 7th. Plans are in place, even with the prospect of a CME
impacting 40m and up. Technician Class licensees even have a chance
operating AM on 6m, with the preferred frequency of 50.400 MHz. If you don't
want to keep a log, you can still submit details about your participation on
the event website. For details, visit amrally.com Then start listening for
the call of "CQ, AM Rally."
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the Lookout
Mountain Amateur Radio Community's N4LMC repeater and the LMARC SouthEast
Link Digital Systems on Fridays at 7:30 p.m. local time.
**
AMATEURS CLAIM NEW QSO DISTANCE RECORDS USING SATELLITES
DON/ANCHOR: Some new long-distance records are being claimed for contacts
using amateur radio satellites. Congratulations to Juan Felipe A65GC and
Jerome F4DXV for their QSO on HO-113 made on the 13th of January between the
United Arab Emirates and France. Their contact at 1952 UTC reportedly
spanned a distance of 5,298 km, or nearly 3,300 miles. Jerome F4DXV also
reported a contact with Sergei ES4RM which would be a new record for AO-109.
That contact between Estonia and France on the 22nd of December last year,
they believe covered 2,445 km, or 1,500 miles, setting a new record for that
satellite. Their contacts were reported on the AMSAT News Service. Well
done!
(AMSAT NEWS SERVICE)
**
SPECIAL EVENT MARKS 90 YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORP
DON/ANCHOR: Australian amateurs are paying tribute to nine decades of the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation. They're doing it by - what else? -
getting on the air. Jim Meachen ZL2BHF has those details.
JIM: Just weeks after hams in the UK began operating with a special callsign
marking the 100th anniversary of the British Broadcasting Corporation,
similar on-the-air festivities are taking place Down Under: Ham radio
operators in Australia are using the callsign VK9ØABC to mark the 90-year
anniversary of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It's a nod to that
memorable moment when the nation's airwaves came alive on the 23rd of
November in 1923 with Australia's first licensed public radio broadcast,
which featured the St. Andrews Choir. All amateur radio operators throughout
Australia will be eligible to use the callsign but must apply for it first
through an email to info at vk 90 abc dot net. (info@k90abc.net) According
to the callsign's QRZ page, there will be no QSLs sent direct or by the
bureau. Contacts are to be confirmed via LoTW and eQSL with logs uploaded
once a month.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.
(VK90ABC.NET)
**
SPECIAL EVENT STATION BEING HELD AT LINCOLN HISTORIC SITE
DON/ANCHOR: Another special event, this one in the US, marks the life of an
American president, as we hear from Skeeter Nash N5ASH.
SKEETER: There's a lot of history in the logs of the log cabin in Lerna,
Illinois, home of the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site. The cabin was
home to Thomas Lincoln and Sarah Bush Lincoln, father and stepmother of
Abraham Lincoln, the lawyer who was to become the 16th president of the
United States. The National Trail Amateur Radio Club is marking Lincoln's
February birthday by putting two callsigns on the air between February 7th
and 13th. Be listening for K9L, which will be used by members operating from
their home QTH; and W9L which will be used at the historic site itself.
There will be commemorative QSL cards for successful contacts on all bands
in all modes. The 86-acre historic site is no stranger to important moments
in history and this amateur radio event expects to be one of them. To learn
more about how to get in the log - the radio log, in this case - visit the
QRZ page for either call sign.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Skeeter Nash N5ASH.
(NATIONAL TRAIL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB)
**
MYSTERIOUS PULSES DETECTED BY AUSTRALIAN RADIO TELESCOPE
DON/ANCHOR: What's that up in the sky? A radio telescope in Australia has
picked up some unusual signals and Graham Kemp VK4BB tells us what they
might just be.
GRAHAM: We've all heard strange transmissions on the air but perhaps none as
strange as these: A radio telescope in Western Australia has been picking up
highly polarised signals in a repeating series of pulses, suggesting that
the bright object which appears to be its source possesses a strong magnetic
field. The scientists at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy
Research are detecting the radio waves at a rate of three times an hour. An
astrophysicist at Curtin University believes this might be a magnetar,
something that only existed in theory until recently. Researchers have known
about the bright object since it was first seen in March of 2018.
The more than 4,000 low-frequency antennas of the Murchison Widefield Array
are picking up transmissions which originate some 4,000 light-years away
from Earth. Curtin University astrophysicist Natasha Hurley-Walker has
stated that no, this isn't coming from aliens. To solve the mystery,
researchers at the Pawsey Supercomputing Center in Perth will be exploring
data from similar pulsing objects to compare to this one.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp VK4BB.
(INTERESTINGENGINEERING.COM)
**
WRTC ORGANIZERS TO ATTEND ORLANDO HAMCATION
DON/ANCHOR: If you're excited about attending HamCation in Orlando, Florida
this month and just as excited about the World Radiosport Team Championships
next year in Bologna, Italy, here's a way to combine the two events. Be sure
to look for organizers of the WRTC. WRTC organizers said they're happy to be
finally making the trip after two long years. WRTC organizers Claudio I4VEQ
and Fabio I4UFH will be making a presentation at Contest University on
February 10th at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Orlando at SeaWorld and will
be attending HamCation, which runs through February 13th.
**
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, the Bouvet Island 3YØJ Dxpedition has received another
financial boost in support of its planned activation in November. The
Norwegian Radio Relay League will be providing 20,000 Krone - the equivalent
of about ,200 in US currency. A number of Norwegian DXpeditioners are
participating in the much-anticipated activation.
Meanwhile, in Antarctica, Chris, W2RTO, is active from the KC4USV McMurdo
Station on Ross Island (AN-011) on 20 meters. Chris is using SSB and FT8 and
will be on the air until mid-2022. QSL KC4USV via K7MT or LoTW.
In Bulgaria, Anton, LZ1XM, will activate the special callsign LZ15ØGD in
honor of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Bulgarian revolutionary
Georgi Nikolov Delchev. Georgi is considered a national hero. Anton will be
on the air between February 1st and 28th. QSL via the Bureau only.
Listen for Lee, K3DMG, on the air in Aruba as P4/K3DMG until the end of
March. He is operating holiday style on various HF bands using mainly CW,
RTTY and the Digital modes. QSL via LoTW and eQSL. Paper QSLs will not be
accepted.
Throughout the month of February, Rob, PAØRDY, will activate the special
callsign PF88ANT from Amsterdam, marking the 19th Antarctic Activity Week
celebration which takes place between February 21st and 27th. Send QSLs via
PAØRDY, direct, which is preferred, or by the bureau.
(OHIO PENN DX)
**
KICKER: WATCHING THEIR QSOS LIKE A HAWK
DON/ANCHOR: For our final story we say - don't look now but there's
something on your tower and it's NOT an antenna! Ralph Squillace KK6ITB
identifies the culprit.
RALPH: When it comes to hunting DX, it's always fun to do it as a team. That
partnership works nicely for Anne Elizabeth Manna WB1ARU and her husband
Tony WA1ENO who make good use of their 60-foot tower. It has a Stepp-IR 3-
element beam with a 40m loop about 53 feet up and a 10-meter beam mounted
crosswise above it at a height of about 57 feet. The tower is also home to a
home-brew 3-legged wire antenna that runs off the tower to trees that are
across a pond behind their house. A little lower down on the tower, a
standoff mount holds ladder line that connects to the wire antenna. While
these are all good tools for hunting those elusive contacts, the tower is
frequently home as well to one of the most successful hunting entities known
to ham and non-ham alike: a local hawk. The hawk doesn't need to key the mic
to get a successful contact. The bird is, of course, a bit more
omnidirectional but it doesn't require any SWR measurements to safely get on
- or in - the air. Anne shared a picture of the latest addition to the
family tower in a recent Facebook post. As he sits in that familiar hunt-
and-pounce position that may be familiar to many contesters, it's still a
little hard to know: Does he have his sights set perhaps....on Mouse Island
off Corfu in Greece?
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.
(ANNE ELIZABETH MANNA WB1ARU)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to AMSAT News Service; Anne Elizabeth Manna
WB1ARU; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Interesting
Engineering.com; the Japan Amateur Radio League; KAN Israeli TV; National
Trail Amateur Radio Club; the New Westminster Record; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com;
Radio Society of Great Britain; Russian Robinson Club; the Searchlight
Newspaper; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Straight Key
Century Club; the Times of Israel; the Turkish Press; VK90ABC.NET; Wireless
Institute of Australia; Youlou Radio Movement; 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 Don Wilbanks AE5DW in Picayune, Mississippi saying
73. As always we thank you for listening.
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2022. All rights reserved.
73 de Bill, PY2BIL
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