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Default SARL News in English 18/8/2007

SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE

SARL NEWS SUNDAY 20 AUGUST 2007

You are listening to ZS6SRL the official Radio Station of the South
African Radio League, the National Body for Amateur Radio in South
Africa, with a news bulletin that is transmitted every Sunday at 08:15
CAT in Afrikaans and at 08:30 CAT in English. To listen to a web stream
or Echolink by ZS6FCS visit www.sarl.org.za, click on ARMI and follow
the links for details.

This, and previous bulletins, can be downloaded from the
www.sarl.org.za. You can also read or download previous bulletins from
there and subscribe to receive future bulletins by email.

This transmission is by Hans, ZS6KR, on 145,725 and 7,066 MHz from
Pretoria with relays on 3,695, 10,135, and 51,400 MHz as well as
438,825 and 1 297 MHz in the Pretoria area. (Other newsreaders please
change to suit).

In the news today:

RADIO AMATEURS ONLY NEED A HAREC CERTIFICATE WHEN VISITING OVERSEAS

INTECNET ON 26 AUGUST TO LOOK AT SARL AWARDS

SA AMSAT SPACE SYMPOSIUM NOW ON THE WEB

You are listening to ZS6SRL. Stay tuned for more detail on these and
other important and interesting news items.

RADIO AMATEURS ONLY NEED A HAREC CERTIFICATE WHEN VISITING OVERSEAS

As announced two weeks ago, Amateurs who have passed the May class A
examination will automatically receive a HAREC certificate as part of
the Examination fee. There has however been a delay in sending out
certificates due to a major printer breakdown. Please do not call the
NARC, the certificates for October 2006 and May 2007 will be mailed as
soon as the new printer has been installed and some of the other
backed-up printing has been dealt with.

Amateurs who have the old RAE certificate do not have to ask for a new
HAREC certificate unless they are travelling overseas. To apply for a
replacement certificate you are required to send a copy of the current
amateur radio license plus an admin fee of R50 to the SARL. The fee may
be paid electronically. Proof of an electronic or bank transfer must
accompany the application.

As the issuing of HAREC certificates was outsourced by ICASA to the
SARL, the R50 admin fee applies to both members and non members. This
replaces the previous procedure and comes into immediate effect.

INTECNET ON 26 AUGUST TO LOOK AT SARL AWARDS

WAZS, other awards and QSL-ing will come under the spotlight during the
next Intecnet on 26 August 2007. The guest speaker will be SARL Awards
Manager, Tjerk Lammers, ZS6P. INTECNET will be on the air on Sunday 26
August at 20:00 immediately after the President's Net.

SA AMSAT SPACE SYMPOSIUM NOW ON THE WEB

The SA AMSAT Space Symposium programme is now available on the web at
www.amsat.org.za. The symposium is part of Space Week 2007 and the
celebration of the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957. It will be held at the
NARC and the Sentech Conference Centre on 6 October 2007. There is a
substantial discount for delegates who register early. To get regular
updates on the symposium send an email to .

TAKE YOU HANDHELD TO WORK DAY

Friday 5 October is the 'SARL take your hand-held transceiver to work
day'. The objective of the day is to create awareness of Amateur Radio
amongst your colleagues and customers during lunch and tea breaks or at
any other available time during that day.

The SARL will make posters available that you can print and display as
well as approaching media to print news stories.

Clubs are invited to promote the day locally. Please send the SARL the
names of the editors of local newspaper and community radio stations so
that a media data base can be created to distribute information to
local media. Look at your local papers and send the information to
with media in the subject heading.

RAE

Please be advised that the next Class B exam will be held on the 23rd
August 2007. The results of this exam will be published on the SARL web
page on about 4th September 2007.

All clubs and Training centres are advised that the closing date for
registration for the October Class A & B exams will be the 20th
September 2007. The examination date will be 18th October 2007.

SARL MEMBERSHIP FEE DEPOSITS

A friendly request from the SARL treasurer is that members who py for
their membership renewals by direct deposit in the SARL bank account is
that they ensure that the reference on the SARL's bank statement will
indicate clearly who made the deposit. Your call sign should preferable
be used as reference. Alternatively the deposit slip may be faxed to
the office at 088 011 675 2793. Without this information your
membership status may be shown incorrectly when the data base of the
SARL is updated.

CONTEST NEWS

The results of the Durban ARC Mid-winter 80 metre sprint have been
released. Jan, ZS4JAN, took first place with 90 points, followed by
Dennis, ZS4BS, with 78 points and John, ZS5JF, with 74 points.

The provisional results of the Boland 40 Metre Contest have been
issued. Theunis, ZS2EC, took first place with 97 points, second was
Raoul, ZS1REC, with 85 points and Jan, ZS4JAN ,in third place with 74
points.

Brad, ZS5BG, achieved the highest score in Div 5 and Ruaan, ZS6RMS,
achieved the highest score in Div 6. No log sheets were received from
Div 3. The highest score from a neighbouring country was achieved by
Jack, V51KC, who also achieved overall fourth place in the contest. 21
log sheets were received.

The overall winner receives a 2007 ARRL Antenna Handbook (issue 21)
which was donated by Kobus, ZS1DC, a Boland ARC member. Certificates
will be posted soon.

The Boland ARC thanks all participants of the contest.

Vidi, ZS1EL, has received a certificate from the ARRL for 6th place in
the world in the 2006 ARRL 10 m contest, mixed mode, high power.

Barry, ZS2EZ has received a plaque from CQ Magazine for the Africa
winner of the 2007 CQ WW WPX RTTY Contest. Barry operated as Single
Operator, All Band, High Power.

Southern African stations did well during the 2006 CQ WW DX Phone
Contest. In the Multi Two category, ZS9X made 6,9 million points and
3DA0WW made 4,9 million points. In the Multi Single category, ZS5ZZ
made 238,854 points. In the Single operator category, V51W made 2,9
million points. Other participants in this category are ZS5NK, ZS1EL,
ZS6BRZ and ZS1JY.

CLUB NEWS

MIDLANDS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB WILL ADVERTISE AMATEUR RADIO

The MIDLANDS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, in conjunction with HAMNET, will be
operating a radio station at the UNDERBERG FARMERS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL
SHOW on Saturday, 1st September 2007 and Sunday morning, 2nd September
2007.

They will be operating under the call sign of the Midlands Amateur
Radio Club ZS5PMB on the 40 m band and the 2 m Underberg repeater.

Please keep a look out for this station on those days and participate.
It is a wonderful opportunity to promote Ham radio.

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the expected solar activity will
be at very low levels. The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet in
general while reaching active levels on 25 August. The expected
Effective Sun Spot number for the coming week will be less than 5.

20 m and 40 m will provide best opportunities for DX. There is a
possibility of 20 m openings towards India from about 15:00 CAT. There
may be weak 20 m openings to Australia from about 08:00. From 16:00
there may be 20 m openings towards Europe. For the early birds there is
the possibility of weak 80 m openings towards the East Coast of the USA
at about 04:00. Otherwise contacts to the USA are going to be very
challenging.

For the CW and digital enthusiasts it will also be worth monitoring 10
MHz.

Locally conditions on 40 m is going to be good for today's
Lighthouses-on-the-Air event.

It is once again time to work towards your 80 m WAZS award in the
evenings. Remember that this is only a prediction and that HF always
has the capability to surprise you. You will never know what you are
missing unless you switch your rig on, listen and also call CQ.

Please visit
www.spaceweather.co.za for further information.

DIARY OF EVENTS

17 - 19 August - International Light House weekend; 23 August - Class B
RAE; 1 September - SARL@HOME; 1 September - West Rand ARC Flea market;
1 - 2 September - Midlands Amateur Radio Club, ZS5PMB, operational at
Underberg Farmers Association Annual Show; 20 September - Closing date
for registering for October RAE; 4 - 10 October - Special space
programme; 6 October - SA AMSAT Space Conference; 18 October - Class A
RAE.

SARL News invites clubs and individuals to submit news stories of
interest to radio amateurs and shortwave listeners. Submit news stories
if possible in both English and Afrikaans to
www.sarl.org.za/newsinbox.asp not later than the Thursday preceding the
bulletin date.

The SARL also invites you to listen to the programme Amateur Radio
Mirror International, on the air every Sunday morning at 10:00 CAT on
145,750 MHz in the Pretoria area with relays on 7 082, 7 205 and 17 590
kHz. For the web stream and echolink by ZS6FCS visit www.sarl.org.za,
click on ARMI and follow the links. A repeat transmission can be heard
Mondays at 21:00 CAT on 3 215 kHz. Sentech sponsor the ARMI
transmissions on the non-amateur frequencies.

Today's South African Radio League news bulletin was compiled by
Gustav,ZS6BWN, and transmitted by (your name and call sign)

Thank you for listening. 73

/EX

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