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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2349 for Friday November 4th, 2022
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2349 with a release date of Friday
November 4th, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Hams on alert during the Philippine's latest
cyclone. Bouvet Island Dxpeditioners announce their pilot team -- and a New
York club looks at people who wrote the book - or books - on ham radio. All
this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2349 comes your way
right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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HAMS AT THE READY IN PHILIPPINE CYCLONE
DON/ANCHOR: Our top story takes us to the Philippines where a radio group
called Ham Radio Emergency Operations was preparing for the region's latest
cyclone. John Williams VK4JJW brings us up to date.
JOHN: A tropical cyclone delivered deadly flooding and landslides in the
Philippines in late October, as dozens died and thousands of others sought
shelter. Romy Isidro, DU1SMQ, chairman of the National Traffic System in the
Philippines, said that Ham Radio Emergency Operations, or HERO, began
monitoring emergency frequencies and awaiting further instructions.
Romy said that reports from cities and provinces indicated that much of the
traffic over emergency frequencies were from the various localities for
flooding, commercial electricity, impassable roads, destroyed bridges and
requests for ambulance aid. When a wall collapsed, an amateur radio operator
in Central Luzon, in Region 3, volunteered to relay word of that to the
nearest Disaster Risk Reduction Office, which was already monitoring the
emergency frequencies.
Romy said however that most of casualties and fatalities were reported in
very poor regions of the Philippines where the lack of HF radios can
complicate emergency communication. Offers of aid to the hardest-hit
provinces came in from the United States, China, Japan, and Australia.
This is John Williams VK4JJW.
(ROMY ISIDRO, DU1SMQ; REUTERS)
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PILOTS SELECTED FOR 2023 BOUVET ACTIVATION
DON/ANCHOR: As the time draws closer for the Bouvet Island activation, new
members of the team are being put into place as pilots. We have that update
from Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.
JIM: In preparation for the Three Y Zero Jay (3YØJ) DXpedition to Bouvet
Island in early 2023, the team has announced the addition of pilots. These
hams provide a critical role as intermediaries between the DXpedition team
and the DX chasers. They will be keeping an eye on propagation in their
designated parts of the world to help facilitate contacts. The chief pilot
and pilot for Europe is Morten, LA3MHA; North America's East Coast will be
covered by Steve, N2AJ. The West Coast of North America will have Rich,
KE1B, as pilot. South America's pilot will be Siso, HK3W. Hams in VK/ZL/OC
will have Lee, VK3GK, as pilot; and in Asia and Japan, hams will rely on
Champ, E21EIC.
The team expects to activate from the sub-Antarctic island between January
13th and February 28th.
This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.
(OHIO PENN DX, FACEBOOK)
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SILENT KEY: PORTABLE OP PROPONENT JANKO SLIVKA OM3WZ/OM3WCF
DON/ANCHOR: Hams in the radio community in the Slovak Republic have lost a
leader and a friend. We hear about him from Ed Durrant DD5LP.
ED: Hams in the Slovak Republic are grieving the loss of a respected leader:
Janko Slivka OM3WZ/OM3WCF, the former president of the Radio Club OM3VSZ,
who has become a Silent Key. His death was announced on a number of online
ham radio forums and on Facebook. The club's current president, Vlado
Ludrovsky, OM3TWM, remembered him as a radio operator who combined his love
of amateur radio with his love of outdoor sports, including cycling and
marathon running. He also noted that Janko was an enthusiastic CW operator.
No further details were available.
I'm Ed Durrant DD5LP.
(FACEBOOK, CQ.SK website)
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OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN HALTS PUBLICATION
DON/ANCHOR: DXers and others interested in chasing special callsigns have
learned that an important resource for more than three decades is ceasing
publication. Jack Parker W8ISH has that story.
JACK: After 31 years of publishing the free Ohio Penn DX Bulletin, Tedd
Mirgliotta KB8NW, is calling it quits. Tedd, the president of the Northern
Ohio DX Association, has made this free resource available on the internet
and packet clusters around the world. He announced that the edition of
October 31st, 2022 was to be the final bulletin. The bulletin's webmaster,
John Papay, K8YSE, said on the website that the archived issues of the
bulletin will continue to be available on the EIDX Network, papays.com. John
said that readers enjoyed it as an email or on the list servers. He said
that thousands of readers saw it on the website as well. He wrote: [quote]
"What I found surprising is that people will not only read the current OPDX,
but they will read back issues by the hundreds as well. What a great
resource it has [become] and will still be." [endquote]
John encouraged people to email Tedd to thank him for his years of
DXpedition reports, propagation updates and other relevant information. The
email address is kb8nw@arrl.net.
This is Jack Parker W8ISH.
(OHIO PENN DX BULLETIN)
**
"RETIRED REPEATER" LIVES ON IN COLORADO
DON/ANCHOR: Where do old repeaters go when they retire? In the case of one
very old repeater in California, that would be the Colorado Rockies. Ralph
Squillace KK6ITB shares this story, which was told recently on the website
eham.net:
RALPH: In the early 1960s, before the area had frequency coordination groups
and standards for repeater offsets, a privately owned repeater went up on a
place called Contractors Point, high above San Fernando in southern
California. The W6AQY solid-state repeater, which operated on VHF FM, relied
on the parts of a Motorola walkie-talkie that it was built from.
On the website, eham.net, Paul, WØRW, said he helped install it on the
mountaintop long ago with Jim, W6UJX, and Jim's father, facing the challenge
of putting a 30-foot telephone pole in a trench in that rocky soil. The
repeater itself was protected from the elements inside a waterproof Motorola
truck mount box and its batteries needed changing every three months.
He said that the transmitter had an output of about 20 watts ERP and used a
three-element beam turned toward Los Angeles and it served all of southern
California successfully for much of that decade. It was finally taken out of
service in 1969 and after some refurbishment moved to Colorado where it was
put back to work -- this time as WRØACR. A half-century later, it is still
doing its job - but like most retirees, it is on standby service for much of
the time.
This is Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.
(EHAM.NET)
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POTA QSOs INCREASE BY NEARLY 30 PERCENT
DON/ANCHOR: With the past few weeks bringing great weather for outdoor
activations, Parks on the Air QSOs have grown. Matt Heere N3NWV brings us
the latest statistics.
MATT: Hi All. I'm Matt, N3NWV here with your October 2022 POTA stats and
news update. October included the fall "Support Your Parks" weekend event
and the stats show a big jump from last month.
We had 15,781 activations by 2,808 activators from 5.483 parks. Forty-seven
DXCC entities were represented this month and we reached a total of 706,846
QSOs, a month-over-month increase of 29% .
Congratulations to all of our category leaders for October, and as always a
big thanks for everyone who participates in the POTA program.
Speaking of participating, our "Park a Day" Bailey-Sprott list hasn't
changed notably this month. We still have five activators and two dozen
hunters on track for pressing the POTA button every day in 2022. Good luck
to all now that we're down to the final two months of the year.
The October 15 and 16 "Support Your Parks" weekend was a huge success,
generating over 100,000 QSOs. Nearly 11 hundred activators got to over 15
hundred parks, and worked over 15,000 hunters. All in all, 34 DXCC entities
participated in the weekend in one way or another.
That wraps it up for this month. Seven-three and POTA on!
(POTA)
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INTERNATIONAL NEWSMAKER AWARD TO BE ANNOUNCED
DON/ANCHOR: We remind our listeners that in a little more than one month, we
will be announcing this year's recipient of the Amateur Radio Newsline
International Newsmaker of the Year Award. We began this award in 2019 as a
way of honoring individuals, groups or formal clubs whose actions and
contributions show the world the value that amateur radio brings to society.
Recipients are chosen by the editorial staff of Amateur Radio Newsline. All
past recipients have shown themselves to adhere to the high standards of
selflessness and community service which ham radio is known for and have
also helped garner recognition and a higher profile for ham radio in the
mainstream media. Be listening in early December when we announce the
recipient who has not only made headlines but made a difference too.
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the K4LYL
repeater in Bedford Virginia on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. and 10
p.m. local time.
**
GERMAN AMATEURS AWAIT NEW 'N' OPERATOR CLASS
DON/ANCHOR: Hams in Germany are awaiting a decision by the nation's
regulator to add a third class of amateur radio license by early next year.
Ed Durrant DD5LP tells us what that could mean.
ED: Germany's proposed new "N" class entry-level licence could be in place
as early as January the 1st of 2023. The possible addition, announced
earlier this year, is being reviewed by the German regulator, BNetZa, as a
way to add a third licence class to the existing E, Novice and A, Full,
licence classes. A change in the regulations would give the N class
operators call signs with the prefix DN and the current DN callsigns, which
are used for training purposes under supervision of a licensed ham, would be
cancelled on December 31st of this year, to be replaced by the use of a DN/
prefix .
The new entry level "N" class will grant privileges to use the 2 metre and
70 centimetre bands with up to 10 watts EIRP. The operator will be allowed
to build and operate home made equipment as long as it conforms to the
regulations. It is possible that usage of the 10 metre band may also be
added to the class N licence at the end of 2023.
The content of the licence exam syllabi will also be changed to make them
"cumulative" with the ability, it is hoped, to allow the taking of the class
N, class E and class A exams in sequence to get to a full licence in one day
of testing. The class N exam will cover all legal regulations, operational
rules and a limited amount of technical knowledge questions. The class E and
A exams will then only cover additional, more technical theory questions,
building on the knowledge of the previous level or levels.
This is Ed Durrant DD5LP.
**
HAMS IN KOLKATA SOLVE RF ISSUE FOR POLICE RADIOS
DON/ANCHOR: When you have a radio interference problem, who better to turn
to than an amateur radio operator? That's just what police officials in one
part of India thought when their handheld radios were knocked out of service
by holiday lights. Graham Kemp VK4BB brings us the details.
GRAHAM: A group of major Hindu festivals were coming up on the autumn
calendar, starting on Sunday October 30th, and police officials in West
Bengal, India, were once again struggling with their radios. Something was
causing havoc with their handhelds during the autumn Hindu festivals and it
appeared that VHF radio communication was again going to be nearly
impossible for crowd control and security.
This year, police took their radio dilemma to some local radio amateurs in
the West Bengal Radio Club. According to a report by the Indo Asian News
Service, the hams conducted a variety of tests on the officers' radios.
Ultimately, they noticed the interference peaked when signals had to pass
through areas where traditional holiday lights were being used to decorate
Kolkata's parks and gardens during the festive season. With the help of
physicist Pasupati (posso potty) Mandal (mon dall), VU3ODQ, a club member,
the hams determined the interference came from the strings of LEDs
manufactured in China, which used cheaper components. According to Dipak
(dee pock) Chakraborty (chock rah boar tee), VU3OKT, when they were
illuminated, the LEDs emitted a noise on a frequency very close to the one
the police radios were using.
The hams recommended replacing the Chinese LEDs with ones manufactured in
India, which had different components that did not seem to cause the same
issue. According to Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA, that seemed to have solved
the problem in time for the festivals.
This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.
(INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE)
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INDIA LAUNCHES FIRST GROUP OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITES
DON/ANCHOR: India has launched its first group of commercial satellites.
Jeremy Boot G4NJH explains what comes next.
JEREMY: The Indian Space Research Organisation is celebrating the launch
into orbit of 36 internet satellites from the London-based company, OneWeb.
The launch on Sunday, October 23rd coincided with the Indian Festival of
Lights, known as Diwali. An Indian GSLV Mark III rocket was substituted for
the Russian Soyuz originally planned for the operation before the Ukraine
invasion earlier this year.
This was the second flight for the Indian rocket but its first commercial
multi-satellite mission. The flight was overseen by the ISRO's commercial
division, New Space India Limited.
According to a BBC report, the latest launches mean that OneWeb, which is
partly owned by the British government, is almost three-quarters of the way
to having its first-generation satellite constellation achieve global
coverage. The rollout is expected to be completed by the middle of 2023.
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(BBC, SPACE.COM)
**
WORLD OF DX
This week's World of DX looks at the various contacts you can make during
the CQWW CW contest taking place on November 26th and 27th. They include
Henning, OZ1BII (OH ZED ONE BEE EYE EYE) who will be on the air from
Pristina, Kosovo as Z68EE during the contest. Listen for Henning on all HF
bands.QSL via LoTW, OQRS.
A Slovenian team will be active as TKØC in Corsica during the CQWW CW
contest. Before and after the contest, listen for the various team members
using their personal calls with the TK/ prefix. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or S5ØC.
Be listening for Doug, VA3DF, and Anthony, VE3RZ, operating from Grand Turk
during the contest using the call sign as VP5Y. QSL via MØURX. Outside the
contest, both Doug and Anthony will be operating mainly on CW on 160-10m.
They will be using the callsigns VP5/VA3DF and VP5/VE3RZ
Listen for the call sign HQ9X from Roatan Island, Honduras, IOTA number NA-
057, during the contest. The call will be used by team members K1TR, K1XM,
KQ1F, SM7IUN and W1UE. QSL via KQ1F, LoTW.
(DX-WORLD.NET)
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KICKER: GETTING A BETTER READ ON RADIO, PAGE BY PAGE
DON/ANCHOR: Finally, if listening to radio and talking on radio isn't quite
enough for you, consider joining a book club that also lets you read all
about radio. Let Randy Sly W4XJ be your guide.
RANDY: To amateur radio operators, a lengthy conversation on the air is
called a “rag chewö and most “rag chewsö are about… you guessed it… ham
radio. So when Russell Calabrese, KR2NZ, established a book club for members
of the Long Island CW Club, the topic was… you guessed it… ham radio, but
with a twist! Meeting approximately every six weeks on Sundays at 6 p.m.
Eastern time, the book club digs into the interesting world of amateur radio
through fiction, non-fiction, technical and historical books. For example,
the current book is “200 Meters and Downö by Clifton DeSoto, which covers
the strides and setbacks that were present when radio pioneers were
establishing the amateur radio service during its early years.
Interested readers can join anytime. The meeting times and information are
posted on the LICW calendar at longislandcwclub.org. Asked what is next for
the book club, Russell said he has added a “movie clubö aspect, featuring
films and documentaries with a connection to… you guessed it… ham radio.
I’m Randy Sly, W4XJ
(LICW)
**
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA; the ARRL; BBC;
CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; Facebook; Indo-Asian News
Service; Long Island CW Club; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; Reuters; Romy Isidro
DU1SMQ; Space.com; shortwaveradio.de; Wireless Institute of Australia; 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 Don Wilbanks AE5DW in Picayune, Mississippi saying 73.
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