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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2343 for Friday September 23rd, 2022
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2343 with a release date of Friday
September 23rd, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Hams respond as Hurricane Fiona bears down. China
prepares to launch another ham radio satellite -- and Youth on the Air camp
heads to Canada in 2023. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report
Number 2343 comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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HAMS AID IN EFFORTS AFTER HURRICANE FIONA
PAUL/ANCHOR: Our top story this week is Hurricane Fiona, which brought
devastation to the islands of the Caribbean. Amateur radio operators were
part of the team responding to the vast needs of the region.
RANDY: As Hurricane Fiona ravaged the region, amateur radio operators were
hard at work in areas of the Eastern Caribbean and Western Atlantic. Puerto
Rico, the Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos islands suffered
severe flooding, catastrophic wind damage and major power outages as the
storm, which grew to Category 4, made its way toward Bermuda. In addition to
local communications support, the Hurricane Watch Net was activated and
Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network was handling health and welfare
traffic.
William Planas-Montes, NP3WP, ARES section emergency coordinator for Puerto
Rico reported that around 45 ham radio operators were working with different
government municipalities and ARES personnel were setting up equipment in
anticipation of additional activity.
Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT, emergency coordinator for the Bermuda area of IARU
Region 2, told AR Newsline that, at the time of this report, planning was
still underway by their executive team for that area.
This is Randy Sly, W4XJ
**
SWITZERLAND AMATEURS SHARPEN THEIR RADIO READINESS
PAUL/ANCHOR: Disaster preparedness, even when there is no immediate
disaster, is also a big part of amateur radio. Ed Durrant DD5LP tells us how
hams in Switzerland worked recently with their radio teammates to polish
their skills.
ED: Hundreds of hams, citizens band operators and owners of private mobile
radios teamed up throughout Liechtenstein and Switzerland in a wide-ranging
emergency-response drill on Saturday, September 18th. The fictional scenario
was similar to the simulated regional power shortage that played out three
times before. The radio event has come to be known as the Swiss Emergency
Contest but it is less of a true competition than a measure of readiness if
all or part of the power grid fails. Hams in the Union of Swiss short wave
Amateurs, the USKA, have taken the lead in this effort.
Only days earlier, at its board of directors meeting, the leadership
announced it was developing an operating framework for hams and those using
other types of radios to assist during blackouts and power shortages when
communication during emergencies takes even higher priority.
The latest exercise employed a variety of equipment and modes and used such
alternate power sources as solar panels and batteries.
This is Ed Durrant DD5LP.
(BERNARD WEHRLI, HB9ALH; USKA)
**
CHINA PREPS NEXT AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITE
PAUL/ANCHOR: China is preparing to send a new ham radio satellite into orbit
in the next few weeks. Jim Meachen ZL2BHF has the details.
JIM: The CAS-10 amateur radio satellite is set to go into space from China's
Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in early November, where it will be sent to
the Tiangong Space Station aboard the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft. The
satellite, which carries a V/U linear transponder, will become operational
sometime after its deployment from the space station around the 15th of
December. The transponder is expected to operate all day throughout the
satellite's lifetime, using a VHF uplink and UHF downlink with a 30 kHz
bandwidth. CAS-10 is also equipped with a camera. Hams will be able to send
DTMF commands to download photos taken by the camera and stored in the
satellite's flash memory. Satellite telemetry data will be sent via Morse
Code.
For additional details and frequencies, visit the AMSAT-UK link in the text
version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org
[FOR PRINT ONLY: http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?
serialnum=858 ]
I'm Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.
(AMSAT-UK, SOUTHGATE)
**
YOUTH ON THE AIR TO GO CAMPING IN CANADA
PAUL/ANCHOR: Organizers have just announced that campers attending next
year's Youth on the Air camp in the Americas will be packing their bags for
a northern location. Jack Parker W8ISH has the details.
JACK: The Youth on the Air Camp, which was held in West Chester, Ohio, for
its first two years, is moving north to Canada for its third year. The camp
will be able to host as many as 30 young amateurs from North, Central and
South America on the campus of Carleton University in Ontario, Canada.
Applications will be accepted starting December 1st and any amateur radio
operators in the Americas who are between the ages of 15 and 25 are welcome
to apply. Prospective campers who do not live in Canada are being encouraged
to apply for passports and tourist visas in time to enable them to enter the
country to attend camp.
Youngsters who attended previous sessions of Youth on the Air camp will
return to serve as leaders. Top priority for admission will go to first-time
attendees and youngsters who reside outside the United States.
The camp will take place from July 16th through to the 21st with Radio
Amateurs of Canada serving as the local host.
For additional details, visit the camp's web page at YouthOnTheAir dot org
(YouthOnTheAir.org)
This is Jack Parker W8ISH.
(YOUTH ON THE AIR CAMP)
**
VOICE OF AMERICA SITE MARKS 78TH ANNIVERSARY
PAUL/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, there are still big things happening in West
Chester, Ohio, which had been the host of the youth camp for the past two
years. Remembering the site's importance as a Voice of America relay
station, hams are activating a special event station to mark its important
anniversary. Neil Rapp WB9VPG brings us that report.
NEIL: Where it once carried vital news to people in South America, Europe
and Africa during troubled times in the world, the Voice of America Bethany
Relay Station in West Chester, Ohio, is now carrying a message of
celebration. Members of the West Chester Amateur Radio Association, WC8VOA,
which is housed at the VOA museum on the relay station site, will be marking
the 78th anniversary of the relay station during a special event station on
September 24th and 25th. VOA sent its first news reports and programs out to
the world from that former Ohio farmers field in July of 1944 and continued
to do so until the transmitter went silent in 1994.
For the special event, hams will be using the club callsign and calling QRZ
using CW, SSB and the digital modes. The station will begin operation at
12:00 UTC on Saturday and will go QRT at 00:00 UTC on Sunday. Be listening
on 15, 20 and 40 meters. Hams making contacts will be eligible for a
downloadable certificate from the club website. See the *WC8VOA* page on
QRZ.com for details.
I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG.
(JOCELYN BRAULT, KD8VRX/VA2VRX)
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including the K7MMA
repeater in Spokane, Washington on Fridays at 5 p.m. Pacific time.
**
UK AMATEURS ACTIVATE FOR RAILWAYS ON THE AIR
PAUL/ANCHOR: All aboard: It's time to celebrate Britain's heritage steam
railways and Jeremy Boot G4NJH has just the ticket.
JEREMY: The Moorlands and District Amateur Radio Society has a special link
to the Foxfield Light Railway as that is where the club is based. Foxfield,
which is run by a preservation society, is one of Britain's oldest heritage
steam railways. Club members are putting it on the air during the Railways
on the Air event on September 24th and 25th using the callsign GB1FLR.
Railways on the Air is an annual celebration of the role that these trains
played in the nation's heritage. Be listening on HF and VHF phone as the
Foxfield amateurs operate from locator square IO82. The club welcomes QSL
cards via eQSL, direct or through the bureau. Full details are on the GB1FLR
qrz.com page.
For details about the event and a list of other stations, visit rota dot
barac dot org dot uk. (rota.barac.org.uk)
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(QRZ.COM)
**
REGISTRATION OPENS FOR TASSIE HAM RADIO CONFERENCE AND EXPO
PAUL/ANCHOR: Registration has opened for a major amateur radio conference
Down Under. John Williams VK4JJW tells us what's happening in Tasmania.
JOHN: Speakers from around the world will be presenting lectures on a wide
range of amateur radio topics during the Tassie Ham Radio Conference and
Expo in November. Registration has opened. The two-day event, which is being
organised by the Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania,
will be held on the Sandy Bay campus of the University of Tasmania. The
conference will be held on Saturday the 5th of November and presentations
will include such topics as interference mitigation, remote station
operation, low-power portable EME, promoting your amateur radio club and
youth engagement.
The expo will be held the next day.
Registration is mandatory for those who wish to attend. See the link in the
text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org.
[PRINT ONLY: reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference-and-expo/
]
This is John Williams VK4JJW.
(REAST)
**
CUB SCOUTS TO GET HAM RADIO PREVIEW
PAUL/ANCHOR: When youngsters meet up on Saturday, October 1st at the
Peterloon Scout Camp in Cincinnati, they will be getting a preview of two
things: These 10-year-old boys, known in Scouting as Webelos (wee-buh-lows)
will see what awaits them when they leave the rank of Cub Scout and become
full-fledged Scouts. They will also get a preview of amateur radio. Be
listening for a special event station being operated by the West Chester
Amateur Radio Association operating all day from the scout camp with the
call sign N8P. Hams will be on the air using the club's Go-Box, calling CQ
and looking for future hams in Scouting.
(JOCELYN BRAULT, KD8VRX/VA2VRX)
**
UK HAM LOGS FIRST-TIME 8M CONTACT WITH SOUTH AFRICA
PAUL/ANCHOR: Imagine being the first amateur to log a DX contact on a band
that is experimental in your country. Well, that happened to one ham
recently in England. We hear about him from Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
JEREMY: For Paul, G7PUV, it was an experiment that worked. The East Sussex
amateur, who holds an Innovation and Trial licence to use 40 MHz, announced
that he has made the first SSB contact on the band between the UK and South
Africa, where 8 metres is a standard ham frequency which gives amateurs a
primary allocation with a maximum of 400 watts output between 40.675 and
40.685 MHz.
Paul reports that he accomplished this Trans Equatorial Propagation contact
with Willem ZS6WAB.
He writes on his QRZ.com page that Ofcom has permitted him access to the
band on frequencies between 40 and 42 MHz for testing purposes.
Paul posted a video of the 17th of September contact on his Twitter feed.
You can watch it by following the link that appears in the text version of
this week's newscast at arnewsline.org
[FOR PRINT ONLY: https://twitter.com/AceBlaggard/status/1571161819846164482
]
I'm Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(TWITTER, SOUTHGATE)
**
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, the special callsign 9H6QE is being used by the Marconi
Amateur Radio Circle, 9H1MRC, on the island of Malta, IOTA number EU-023.
The activation celebrates the life of the late Queen Elizabeth II. The
station will be on the air until October 14th on 20,17,15, 12 and 10 meters.
QSL direct only via 9H1MRC.
Be listening for Francesco, IK6QON, on the air as 5R8FG from Madagascar from
October 8 and the 17th. He will be operating holiday style on various HF
bands using CW and SSB. He will also be on on Nosy Be Island, IOTA number
AF-057, and Nosy Iranja Island, IOTA number AF-57, and in the city of Diego
Suarez in the north
part of Madagascar. QSL via IZ6BRJ, direct or through the Bureaus.
Listen for Gianpi, (Jee-On-Pea) IK1TTD, on the air on 20 metres as 8Q7TD
from the Maldive Islands, on Fasmendhoo
Island, IOTA number AS-013, between October 2nd through to the 17th. He is
commemorating his 25th wedding anniversary.
QSL via his home callsign, direct, through the Bureau or LoTW.
Alex, K6VHF, will be active as K6VHF/HR9 from Roatan Island between October
27th and 31st on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and 10 watts on the digital
modes. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog OQRS, eQSL, direct or through the Bureau to
his home callsign.
(OHIO PENN DX)
**
KICKER: ON LONG ISLAND, A TOWER OF POWER
PAUL/ANCHOR: For our final story, we take you to Long Island, New York,
where inventor Nikola Tesla conducted many of his groundbreaking
experiments. Tesla's former laboratory is the perfect inspirational spot for
a ham radio club to celebrate an important anniversary. Jim Damron N8TMW
tells us what happens next.
JIM: Marking its 75th anniversary on Long Island, the Suffolk County Radio
Club, W2DQ, appreciates what it means to be part of radio history. So it's
celebrating the occasion at a nearby historic spot - Wardenclyffe, the
former laboratory of electronics innovator Nikola Tesla, now renamed the
Tesla Science Center. Though the noted engineer and inventor died in 1943 -
four years before the radio club was founded in Suffolk County, his spirit
will be present on October 8th when the club activates special event station
N2T from the historic tower between 1500 UTC and 2359 UTC.
Ed Wilson, N2XDD, vice president of the Suffolk County Radio Club, told
Newsline in a phone call that Wardenclyffe was the perfect place for the
special event station because of the history behind the site and Tesla's
contributions to radio. Hams contacting the operators during the event will
be able to receive a downloadable certificate.
Meanwhile, even with Tesla himself long gone, his old laboratory is still
functioning as an incubator for new things in the radio universe. The Tesla
Science Center Amateur Radio Club, N2TSC, was formed this past July by a
handful of hams. Ed, who is also its president, told Newsline that members
have the immediate goal of focusing on education in the schools - a priority
that is sure to have an impact that lasts beyond the next 75 years.
This is Jim Damron N8TMW.
(ED WILSON, N2XDD)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to AMSAT-UK; the ARRL; Bernard Wehrli, HB9ALH;
CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; Ed Wilson, N2XDD; Jocelyn Brault,
KD8VRX/VA2VRX; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; REAST; Southgate Amateur Radio News;
shortwaveradio.de; Twitter; the USKA; Youth on the Air Camp; 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
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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
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