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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2338 for Friday August 19th, 2022
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2338 with a release date of Friday
August 19th, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. The International Space Station operates voice
repeater and APRS at the same time. Young hams take an inaugural activity
global -- and an 8-year-old girl in England has a dream QSO. All this and
more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2338 comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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ARISS OPERATES ON VOICE REPEATER, APRS AT SAME TIME
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our top story of the week looks skyward. There is a bit of
celebration going on inside the International Space Station, where the ARISS
Voice Repeater and digital APRS communications are operating simultaneously.
It is a big development, as we hear from Neil Rapp WB9VPG.
NEIL: It's taken the ARISS teams from Russia and the US several weeks of
collaboration to prepare the Service Module radio for APRS operations but
APRS packet operation is now happening at the same time as transmissions on
the space station's voice repeater. According to an ARISS press release
Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, was the team lead coordinating with mission control
to get the service module radio ready for APRS. Voice repeater transmissions
are being made with a JVC Kenwood D710GA in the Columbus module. The same
model radio is being used for APRS packet operation in the service module.
Packet operations are on 145.825 MHz.
The call sign in the Columbus Module is NA1SS. The Service Module radio is
using RSØISS. Both radios will be operating full-time except when ARISS is
making contacts with schools, or during dockings, undockings and EVAs.
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO ARISS international chairman called the development
[quote] "a key element of our ARISS 2.0 initiative, providing interactive
capabilities 24/7 that inspire, engage and educate youth and lifelong
learners — especially life-long learning in ham radio operations.ö
[endquote]
This is Neil Rapp WB9VPG.
(ARISS)
**
INAUGURAL EVENT FOR WORLDWIDE YOUNG AMATEUR CLUB
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Get ready for an inaugural event by a group of young rad
amateurs who are launching it globally next month. Sel Embee KB3T Zed D has
the details.
SEL: The Young Amateurs Radio Club, which was founded in 2017 on a server of
the Discord app, has grown to be an international gathering of younger
operators that is recognized by the FCC as an amateur radio club.
Using the call sign WY4RC, operators from all 10 US call zones will be on
the air from September 1st through the 15th, inviting hams to accept the
challenge of working all Young Amateur Radio Club zones. This is the club's
inaugural "worked all zones" event and organizers are looking for young
operators or other clubs who would like to join them on the air, activating
the callsign in September. The callsign will be WY4RC with a stroke mark,
followed by the operator's region. Operators must use a minimum of 20 watts
during the event.
Visit the website y a r c dot world (yarc.world) and click on the link to
"events" for additional details.
This is Sel Embee KB3TZD.
(YOUNG AMATEURS RADIO CLUB)
**
FINNISH HAM RADIO PUBLICATIONS GO DIGITAL
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: With amateurs around the world going digital ON the air, it
would stand to reason that increasing numbers of publishers of amateur radio
media are opting to go digital OFF the air. Ed Durrant DD5LP tells us about
a magazine in Finland that is the latest to make this change.
ED: The Finnish Amateur Radio Association has recognised that even amateurs
who don't operate with the digital modes might still want to go digital when
it comes to reading material about radio. The SRAL now allows its members
the option of receiving their magazines in a digital format sent via email
instead of waiting for the postal carrier to deliver it. This follows the
lead of a number of amateur radio societies around the world who have
already made that shift, including the ARRL in the United States with its
QST and On the Air magazines, and the Radio Society of Great Britain with
RadCom. Members of the Finnish society are being given the option of
receiving both the paper and digital edition. An SRAL survey of members
showed that 37 percent of association members were strongly interested in a
digital publication. That bodes well for the society's budget: Digital
distribution is expected to reduce costs of producing the magazine, which
the association considers one of its biggest expenses.
This is Ed Durrant DD5LP.
(SOUTHGATE)
**
AUTOMAKERS LOSE COURT BATTLE OVER 5.9 GHz BAND
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: It was a case of use it or lose it for the US auto industry,
which has lost its fight to retain a larger allocation of the 5.9 GHz band
for wireless safety features in vehicles. Kent Peterson KCØDGY has that
story.
KENT: A federal court in Washington, D.C., has decided against US automakers
who had asked the US Federal Communications Commission to restore its
previously allocated frequencies on the 5.9 GHz band for use by wireless
safety technology known as vehicle-to-vehicle. The court ruled on Friday
August 12th that the V2V technology had not been deployed in commercially
marketed vehicles and that much of the spectrum was needed for Wi-Fi. In
2020, the FCC reallocated part of the 5.9GHz spectrum from V2V technology so
it could be available for unlicensed devices using Wi-Fi.
The court denied the challenge to that reallocation by the Intelligent
Transportation Society of America and the American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials, arguing that the court was unconvinced
that sufficient advances had been made in V2V technology. The FCC told the
court that 30MHz of spectrum remained available for these so-called
intelligent transportation systems and the agency considered that enough.
This is Kent Peterson KCØDGY.
(US CIRCUIT COURT, WASHINGTON D.C.; THE VERGE)
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A CENTURY OF PROUD CHALLENGES FOR WISCONSIN AMATEUR
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: There are always new challenges for ham radio operators who
are on the lookout for the next big thing to learn. Perhaps no one knows
that better than this Wisconsin amateur. He celebrated his 100th birthday
this summer. Ralph Squillace KK6ITB has his story.
RALPH: In true amateur radio spirit, the learning hasn't stopped for Arden
Nelson, KA9WAR. He trained to fly military aircraft in the Army Air Corps
during World War II and 79 years ago this month he soloed a PT-19 in
Ballinger, Texas. He also learned to communicate using CW. Although he
regrets not having stayed with that mode when he became an amateur radio
operator 37 years ago, Arde - who turned 100 years old on July 2nd - hasn't
avoided conquering other modes since then. He devotes three to four hours a
day listening to the radio and trying to score some good DX. He told
Newsline in an email that with the assistance of Dwight, NS9I, he made the
leap into the digital realm and is active now making contacts using FT-8.
Few hams could have been happier recently than Lou, N2CYY, who logged an FT8
contact with him in his New Jersey shack on the 13th of August. He was happy
to learn his new friend had recently become a centenarian. Even without
making radio contact with him, however, other local hams are sharing that
joy: Fellow members of the Marinette and Menominee Amateur Radio Club
honored Arden recently with a birthday celebration and a picnic at a local
park.
There, fortunately, the only challenge he faced was cutting - and eating -
the cake.
This is Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.
(ARDE NELSON KA9WAR, PESHTIGO TIMES, LOU N2CYY)
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the WB5ITT
repeater of the Triangle Repeater Association in Houston, Texas on Mondays
at 7:30 p.m.
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SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCE KEY TO SMALLER CAPACITORS
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Physicists in Europe say they have found a key to creating
smaller capacitors for electronics. Kevin Trotman N5PRE has that report.
KEVIN: Researchers believe they have found a means of building smaller
capacitors, allowing for some electronic devices to be greatly miniaturized.
The IEEE Spectrum reports that scientists are saying these capacitors could
even be as small as one-hundredth the size of many of the ones presently in
use. They are creating them with materials they call superlattices and they
are made from materials that mimic antiferroelectrics. Antiferroelectrics
are important because they have positive and negative poles -- electric
dipoles -- pointed in opposing directions, creating zero electric
polarization. Exposed to an electric field having sufficient strength,
antiferroelectrics can become highly polarized, which results in the large
energy densities needed.
Because there are few antiferrelectric materials that occur naturally,
scientists have created and used artificial ones and report in the Journal,
Science, that their work with the superlattices shows promise for working on
a much smaller scale: their ability for energy storing is 100 times greater
than conventional capacitors. Physicists believe they will someday be used
to create these ultra-tiny capacitors.
Physicist Hugo Aramberri of the Luxembourg Institute of Science and
Technology said: [quote]: "It would be interesting to measure other
properties, like how much voltage they can withstand, their endurance in
long-term use, and ultimately commercial viability." [endquote]
I'm Kevin Trotman N5PRE.
(IEEE SPECTRUM)
**
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX be listening for Fred, DL5YM, and his XYL Tina, DL5YL,
operating as HB0/DL5YM and HB0/DL5YL, respectively, from Lichtenstein
between September 7th and 27th. They will hike during the daytime and later
operate on 160-6 metres using mostly CW, with some SSB and RTTY. You may
also hear them in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest on September 24th and 25th. QSL
via their home callsigns, direct, via the DARC Bureau or ClubLog.
Be listening for Giuseppe, IK5WWA, operating as IMØM (Eye Em Zero Em) from
La Maddalena between September 1st and 13th on various HF bands plus 6
metres. He will also participate in the I.I.A. Italian Island Award. Send
QSLs to his home callsign, via the bureau or direct.
Alex, AK4AM, will be active as AK4AM/p from Atlantic Beach, Bogue Banks off
the coast of North Carolina between September 2nd and 6th. This is IOTA NA-
112. Alex will be on 160 metres through 6 metres. Additional details are
available on QRZ.com. QSL via LoTW.
Satoshi, JH2EUV, can be heard on the air from Timor-Leste (OC-148) as
4W/JH2EUV. He is operating on 10, 12 and 15m FT8. It is unclear how long his
stay will be. QSL via LoTW or the bureau.
Be listening for Harald, DF2WO, operating from Burkina Faso as XT2AW from
September 4th to the 18th. He will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and the
digital modes. He will also be using the QO-100 satellite. QSL via QRZ.com
instructions.
Here's a reminder too for the weekend of the 20th and 21st of August. It's
the 25th annual International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend. With 360
lighthouses around the world registered at the time of writing to take part
in this event they will be active across the HF and VHF bands on all modes.
This is not a contest so call and have a chat! Full details at ILLW dot NET.
?(OHIO PENN DX, DX-WORLD.NET)
**
KICKER: 8-YEAR-OLD WAKES UP TO HER DREAM QSO
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Some amateurs go to sleep dreaming of a contact with an
astronaut on the International Space Station. One young girl in a coastal
town of England went to sleep recently only to awaken quite suddenly to the
real thing. Jeremy Boot G4NJH has her story.
JEREMY: US astronaut Kjell [pronounced "CHELL"] Lindgren, using the call
sign NA1SS, was aboard the ISS over England recently just as 8-year-old
Isabella Payne had gone to bed. The Broadstairs girl's trip to dreamland was
short-lived, however. Her father Matthew Payne, MØLMK, woke her suddenly so
she could fulfill another dream while fully awake: A chance to talk with an
astronaut via amateur radio during the short window of opportunity. Matthew,
the holder of a Full licence, has been helping Isabella to study to become
an amateur and both are members of the Hilderstone Radio Society.
Isabella told the Isle of Thanet newspaper that the contact [quote] "made my
day and night." [endquote] Likewise, the astronaut wrote on Twitter that
even though he has worked stations on all continents and spoken to many
children through the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
programme, this short chat was probably his all-time favourite.
Isabella's next stop is the website of the US space agency, NASA, where her
chat with the astronaut is being featured, along with her photo.
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(ISLE OF THANET NEWS)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Arden Nelson KA9WAR; the ARRL; CQ Magazine;
David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; IEE Spectrum; Isle of Thanet News; Lou
N2CYY; Ohio Penn DX; Peshtigo Times; QRZ.com; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; US Circuit Court; The Verge; Young Amateurs Radio Club;
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
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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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