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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2327 for Friday June 3rd, 2022
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2327 with a release date of Friday June
3rd, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. RFI rears its head, even on the dark side of the
moon. Australia approves remote-testing for kids seeking ham licenses - and
get ready for Youth on the Air camp. All this and more as Amateur Radio
Newsline Report Number 2327 comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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MOON'S DARK SIDE NO REFUGE FROM RFI
PAUL/ANCHOR: We begin this week's report with the question: Just how far
would you be willing to go to get away from RFI? Graham Kemp VK4BB tells us
of one far-reaching attempt to do so -- that, unfortunately, didn't go far
enough.
GRAHAM: There were high hopes for the radio telescope aboard China's Chang'e
4 lander when it touched down on the dark side of the moon three years ago.
Chinese scientists believed that such a remote, unilluminated location would
be free of radio noise because the moon is a shield against RFI from the
Earth. They were wrong about the absence of noise altogether, however: The
low-frequency radio spectrometer on board the lander's relay satellite
cannot do its work to unlock the mysteries of the universe until another
mystery is solved: How to block the noise from the moon lander's own radio
emissions. Knowing early on that these emissions would pose an issue,
scientists took preventive measures but they apparently have not succeeded.
One of the causes is apparently the electromagnetic leakage from the
lander's power source. According to an academic paper cited in the South
China Morning Post, the lander's noises are two to three times greater than
the signals that the radio telescope had hoped to observe and even block the
strongest pulses emitted by the sun.
Researchers are now studying a mathematical solution that they hope will
boost the sensitivity of the radio telescope, which is designed to receive
frequencies under 30 MHz.
As an aside, according to Chinese mythology their Goddess of the Moon bears
the name “CHANG’E
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Graham Kemp VK4BB.
(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST)
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HAM RADIO CANDIDATES 18 AND YOUNGER CAN TEST REMOTELY
PAUL/ANCHOR: Good news for the youngest ham radio candidates in Australia.
Remote testing has been approved. Jason Daniels VK2LAW shares the details.
JASON: In a reversal of their earlier policy, the Australian Communications
and Media Authority and the Australian Maritime College have announced they
will permit amateur radio candidates under the age of 18 to sit an exam
session remotely. Online sessions for these younger candidates had
previously been prohibited, even as those older than 18 were able to
complete their exams in this manner to comply with health concerns during
the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes are being allowed under certain
conditions, including the requirement that a parent or guardian be present
in the room while the test is under way. Remote exams are conducted by AMC
Level 3 assessors.
The Wireless Institute of Australia praised the decision, calling it a big
win for everyone.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jason Daniels VK2LAW.
(WIA)
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STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT COMES TO NEw ZEALAND
PAUL/ANCHOR: CW enthusiasts in New Zealand are getting ready to turn back
time, turn off the amps and put everything but their straight keys into
storage for the night. Jim Meachen ZL2BHF tells us what's going on.
JIM: If you're in New Zealand, set aside the second Sunday in June and be in
the shack between 8 and 9 p.m. local time. Winter Straight Key Night will be
going strong - at least as strong as the 100-watt limit - and amateurs will
be paying tribute to sending code the old-fashioned way. Listen for radio
operators calling CQ SKN or just SKN. The exchange will be RST, Location,
Name, Key, Transmitter and Power.
Straight Key Night is being held with the support of the New Zealand Morse
Code Telegraph Key Directory. Remember, it's a casual event and there won't
be any certificates awarded. There will be lots of QSOs, however, and a
whole lot of nostalgia.
For Amateur Radio Newsline I'm Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.
(NZART)
**
SKYHUBLINK CONNECTS NEWSCOMERS, LIGHTS UP 'QUIET' REPEATERS
PAUL/ANCHOR: When is a linked repeater system more than just a linked
repeater system? When it's called SkyHubLink, as we hear from Neil Rapp
WB9VPG.
NEIL: There's more to the Colorado-based SkyHubLink repeater system than
meets the ears. The interlinked repeaters and their internet connections
bear the fruit of the efforts of broadcast engineer Jack Roland KEØVH, and
Skyler Fennell, WØSKY, whose name is familiar as Newsline's 2016 winner of
the Young Ham of the Year.
With Jack as system administrator and Skyler as chief engineer, the network
has specific goals, as Jack told Newsline:
JACK: One of the premises of SkyHub Link is to connect to repeaters that get
little or no use on a daily basis, link them to others to bring traffic to
them and activate them. You know, so many repeaters are quiet and really
don't see any use anymore. As I am fond of saying: "What is the use of a
quiet repeater?"
NEIL: As Jack tells us, the more active the repeater, the more value it has
to everyone, especially newcomers.
JACK: We encourage new hams to get on and ask questions and get information
from those of us who have maybe been in the hobby for a long time. You know
we as old hands, old timers, need to be more like this as much as we can in
amateur radio. SkyHubLink is a welcoming system to new hams and we always
want them to feel comfortable coming on, getting on the repeater, asking
questions and feeling like they are welcome and wanted in the community.
NEIL: Connections are made through Allstar, DMR, Yaesu System Fusion, Wires-
X, D-Star and P25. The system also supports M17, IRLP and Echolink
protocols, has a weather net with trained weather spotter Gary NC2WX, a
system-wide net on Monday night run by Jack and an international Wires-X one
on Saturday evenings
Visit skyhublink.com for more details.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG.
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LOW-BAND EXPERIMENT TESTS GROUND WAVE ON 630M
PAUL/ANCHOR: What are you doing on weekends at 9:30 a.m. local time? One ham
would like you to do some very low-band operation, calling CQ, as part of an
experiment. George Zafiropoulos KJ6VU has those details.
GEORGE: Clark AA8SH is calling it his ground wave experiment: He wants hams
everywhere with 630 metre access to get on 474 kHz every Saturday and Sunday
at 9:30 local time and try to make contacts. He'd like them to monitor other
transmissions and post signal reports in the forums section of QRZ.com
Clark, who has been testing 630m operation from his shack in West Virginia,
told Newsline he's hoping this experiment can provide a sense of what kind
of local range 630m has in each community. He hopes the results help grow a
greater interest in 630-metre band.
Clark said that based on ITU findings, a 630m signal of a certain strength
can travel about 150 miles, presenting communications options unavailable on
160 and 75, which have a shorter range at the same signal level. Power
limits are set at 5watts EIRP by the ITU and the FCC. Clark said the
potential for the band remains untapped for amateur radio but his own
transmissions, conducted at a strength of 3 to 5 watts, are promising:
They've been heard in Cincinnati, Ohio, about 100 miles away, and Marietta,
Ohio, about 90 miles away.
Clark told Newsline in an email [quote]: "I want as many participants, both
transmitting and receiving, as possible. The more the merrier!" [endquote]
Morning operation is best, he said, because the band is quiet and free of
static crashes so common in the evenings.
Clark told Newsline: [quote] "There's nothing like hearing a signal to make
one sit up and listen!" [endquote]
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm George Zafiropoulos KJ6VU.
(CLARK AA8SH)
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur
Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the
Spokane, Washington UHF Repeater of K7TMF and K7MMA on Fridays at 5 p.m.
Pacific Time.
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FCC REMINDS AMATEURS TO CREATE ACCOUNT IN NEW REGISTRATION SYSTEM
PAUL/ANCHOR: In the US, the FCC has issued a reminder to all amateurs that
the agency's legacy Commission Registration System, known by the acronym
CORES, is being retired effective July 15th. Hams who are already using the
current version of CORES, also known by the name CORES2, are not impacted by
the retiring system. Legacy CORES users must make the transition by
establishing a username account and then accessing CORES2 to associate their
registration numbers with their usernames.
(FCC)
**
QUEEN'S JUBILEE REFLECTED IN SOME UK CALL SIGNS
PAUL/ANCHOR: Amateurs in the UK have the opportunity to celebrate the
Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II simply by calling QRZ. Jeremy Boot
G4NJH brings us those details.
JEREMY: The arrival of June has brought an extra element of distinction for
amateur radio operators in the UK who are looking to celebrate the Queen’s
Platinum Jubilee on the air. Hams who have applied for a notice of variation
from Ofcom will be inserting a "Q" into their call signs throughout the
month to mark the occasion. Those who have not applied for the NoV can still
add /70 (slash-70) to the end of their call signs as an alternative.
Be listening on the bands for that extra touch for the royal celebration.
The opportunity has been made available to hams at Foundation, Intermediate
and Full licence levels. The addition of Q to call signs had also been
authorised for the Queen's earlier jubilees in 2012 and 2020.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
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SPECIAL EVENT STATION A HIGHLIGHT OF YOUTH ON THE AIR CAMP
PAUL/ANCHOR: There will be lots to do for youngsters attending Youth on the
Air camp this month in Ohio. The good news is that there's also plenty
happening for those of us who aren't even campers. Sel Embee KB3TZD
explains.
SEL: Even if you're no longer young enough to go to summer camp anymore, you
can still be a part of the action happening this month at the Youth on the
Air Camp for young hams from North, Central, and South America. You can try
to get into the log when the young operators activate the special-event
callsign W-8-Y while the camp is in session between Sunday, June 12th and
Friday, June 17th. If you wish to attend the opening and closing ceremonies,
these will be live streamed on YouTube on the “Youth on the Airö channel.
The camp is taking place this year at the National Voice of America Museum
of Broadcasting in Ohio and at a nearby hotel. Nathaniel Frissell, W-2-N-A-
F, founder of HamSCI will speak at the opening ceremony on Sunday, June 12th
starting at 2100 UTC. Closing ceremonies will begin at 1700 UTC on Friday,
June 17th.
For details, visit the webpage youthontheair dot org (YouthOnTheAir.org).
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Sel Embee, K-B-3-T-Zed-D.
(YOUTH ON THE AIR)
**
WORLD OF DX
Be listening for the special callsign EI9ØIRTS which was issued to mark the
90th birthday of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society. Amateurs throughout
Ireland are calling QRZ with this callsign on all bands and using all modes.
According to a report from the IRTS, the call is already attracting pileups,
so be ready. The callsign will be active for the remainder of this year. QSL
via Bureau, LOTW or eQSL. Direct QSLs can be sent to EI6AL enclosing , or
payment via Paypal or Clublog.
Harald, DF2WO will be using the callsign 9X2AW until the 22nd of June from
Rwanda. He will be using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160m, 20m, 17m, 15m and 10
meters. QSL to MØOXO OQRS
Take (Tah-Kay), JS6RRR/JI3DST/JJ5RBH is on the air from Shodo island, AS-
200, until July 4th. Listen for the three call signs on 80m through 70cm
using CW, SSB, FT8, RTTY, FM. See QRZ.com for QSL details.
(DX-WORLD.NET, SOUTHGATE)
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KICKER: THE DX TO END ALL DXES
PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with the story of the latest radio
message that targets some receivers you might not necessarily find listed on
QRZ. Ralph Squilllace KK6ITB tells us what's going on.
RALPH: A group of Calfornia researchers is planning what some might call
"the DX to end all DXes." They recently announced they'll be transmitting a
message from a deep space network at Goonhilly, England, to an alien solar
system 39 light years away. The message targets TRAPPIST-1, a dwarf star
outside our solar system. Unlike amateur radio, the message to be sent in
early October will be able to transmit music, and it will, along with
details about the environmental crisis we are having here on earth.
The researchers are part of a group called METI International, a group of
scientists devoted to pursuing interstellar messaging. In fact, the acronym
stands for "messaging extra-terrestrial intelligence."
Their planned message follows in the tradition of the most famous radio
transmission to date, sent almost 50 years ago from the Arecibo radio
telescope in Puerto Rico. A decade later, another mode of messaging was used
involving the so-called “Golden Records,ö phonograph records sent on board
the two Voyager spacecrafts.
None of those attempts at communication reportedly got replies even though
in Voyager's case, instructions were included on how to play the records.
Perhaps radio will win the day, after all, and this new message will succeed
where others seem to have failed.
Well, let's hope the band conditions are promising and hope someone is still
around if any reply comes.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.
(BIG THINK.COM)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to the ARRL; the Australian Communications and
Media Authority; BigThink.com; Clark Ackison, AA8SH; CQ Magazine; David
Behar K7DB; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; the Radio Society of Great Britain; South
China Morning Post; Southgate Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; the
Wireless Institute of Australia; 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 Paul Braun WD9GCO in Valparaiso Indiana saying 73.
As always we thank you for listening.
Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2022. All rights reserved.
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