SARL NEWS - SUNDAY 16 APRIL 2011

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In the news today

SARL AGM REPORT

GALA DINNER AND SARL AWARDS

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

SARL AGM

The SARL AGM was held yesterday at the Vaal University of Technology
and was attended by 60 members present. There were 284 proxies. The
annual report and the financial report were approved as published.
Rassie Erasmus, ZS1YT, explained the budget as well as the the budgeted
expenditure for the 2011 IARU conference. John Willescroft, ZS6EF,
discussed the planned courses and the planned income. The budget was
approved unanimously.

The AGM then proceeded to discuss the motions. The validity of the
motion 1 was questioned. The Chairman explained that the motion was
received before the closing date and was signed by the proposer and
seconder. Richard, ZS6UK, proposed an amendment. The amendment was
voted on and carried with 254 in favour and 13 against. The amendment
amounts to that councillors will serve for two years and that 50%
retire annually.

Motion 2, that the Forum is only open to members ,was carried
unanimously. An amendment was proposed to have two forums one for
members and one for non-members. The amendment was defeated by 254
against and 4 votes in favour.

The meeting adjourned to attend a presentation about physics by Tony
Voorveld, ZS6CCD. The meeting resumed at 12:45. Under general various
members asked questions around the regulations and the HAREC
certificate.

The meeting closed at 13:40.

A brief Council meeting was held. Dennis Green, ZS4BS, was re-elected
as President and Mark Zank, ZS6YES, as Vice President. Other portfolios
will be discussed at the first council meeting. The following
councillors were declared elected as only 15 nominations were received
and one nomination was withdrawn, The other council members for the
2011/2012 are as follows: Henry Chamberlain, ZS1AAZ Hans van den
Groenendaal, ZS6AKV Fred Scheepers, ZS1FCS Mark Zank, ZS6YES Laurie
Devereux, ZS5DL Francois Botha, ZS6BUU Gerhard Coetzee, ZS3TG John
Willescroft, ZS6EF Frik Wolff, ZS6FZ Riaan Greeff, ZS4PR Willem
Weideman, ZS6WWJ. Geoff Levey, ZS6GRL.

Congratulations to you all, be assured of our loyal support for the new
year of duty.

A motion of thanks for the National Convention arrangements by the Vaal
and Sasolburg Amateur Radio Clubs was proposed and unanimously
accepted.

GALA DINNER AND SARL AWARDS

We noted that the names of a Past President of the SARL, Chris Turner,
then ZS6GM, and Gerald Klatzko, ZS6BTD, who I think is the oldest
Honorary Life Member of the SARL, appeared on somewhere in the AGM
papers. We presume that they would have had something to say during the
course of the gala dinner on Saturday evening. Best of luck to them.

The gala dinner was interrupted by the presentation of SARL Awards,
which was done by ZS6P, Tjerk Lammers, the awards manager of the SARL.

It is to be noted that Honorary Life Membership and Jack Twine Merit
Awards are awarded once only to a particular person and are in
recognition of meritious work done for the SARL over a period of
membership. All the other awards are for achievements by individuals
during the the past financial year. The awards a

Honorary Life Membership. Dave Perry. ZS1SG.

Jack Twine Merit Award. Petrus Coetzee, ZR1DE Terry Cotton, ZS1AYJ S K
White, ZS1BSD Graham Butler, ZS1GVB Klaus Knopf, ZS1QO Ivan Newman,
ZS2ILN Ronnie Verhoeven, ZS4RY Chris Burger, ZS6EZ Dirk du Plessis,
ZS1DDP Fred Scheepers, ZS1FCS Andries Visagie, ZS6VL Frik Wolf, ZS6FZ
Riaan Greeff, ZS4PR Joop Hesp, ZS6C Deon Heydenrych, ZS1G.

President's Award. Graham Griggs, ZS2ABK.

Icom Excellence Award. Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP.

Arthur Hemsley 2 metre Trophy. Peter Tottle, ZS2ABF.

Barney Joel Trophy. Rassie Erasmus, ZS1YT.

Joseph White Plaque. Willem Badenhorst, ZS6WAB Pine Pienaar, ZS6OB

Bert Buckley Six metre Trophy. Andre Botes, ZS2ACP.

Radio ZS Shield. John Green, ZS1JHG

J J Pienaar Trophy. John Willescroft, ZS6EF

Gary Immelman RA Heritage Award Floating Trophy. Vidi la Grange, ZS1EL.


Arland Ussher Gold Pen. Guido Costa, ZS1UHF Warren Reilly, ZS4W Renier
Siebrits, ZS1MIR.

Silent Keys Memorial Trophy, SSB. Jan Botha, ZS4JAN.

Silent Keys Memorial Trophy, CW. West Rand ARC, ZS6WR.

Joseph White Trophy. Jan Botha ZS4JAN

Fred Mills Trophy. Thian de Jager, ZS2Y Marius Preston, ZS2MP.

Anon Trophy. Bruce Dunn, ZS5XT.

HOS Trough. West Rand ARC, ZS6WR.

The Club or Branch Participation Award. West Rand ARC, ZS6WR.

The "Ray Webber, ZS6RSW" VHF/UHF Trophy. Magalies Radio Amateur Club,
ZS6MRK.

The SARL 80 m Club Contest Trophy. West Rand ARC, ZS6WR.

Hamnet. Chris Gryffenberg, ZS6COG.

Hearty congratulations to all the recipients.

CLUB NEWS

The next flea market of the West Rand Amateur Radio Club will take
place at 12:00 on Saturday 30 April 2011 at their club house in Kroton
Street, Weltevredenpark, Roodepoort. Everyone is very welcome. For more
information, contact Phillip, ZS6PVT, at 083 267 3835.

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is at moderate
levels. Numerous C-Class flares are taking place around both sprawling
Sunspot 1 190 and new Sunspot 1 193. The solar flux is trending higher
thanks to all of the recent sunspot activity. The official Sunspot
number count of 153 on Wednesday was a new record for Cycle 24. The
effective sunspot number is expected to be around 75 for the coming
week.

15 m will provide the best opportunities for DX followed by 20 m. With
the higher sunspot activity 10 m will open first followed by the lower
bands later during the day. Conditions to India will be good from the
afternoon till after sunset. During the late afternoons conditions will
be good towards Europe. Fair contacts with the USA are possible during
the evenings. Contacts with Australia are possible on 15 m at sunrise
and 20 m after sunset. Openings to Brazil and South America are
possible during the afternoons. With the good 15 and 20 m openings 17 m
and 12 m will also be full of surprises.

For the CW and digital enthusiasts 30 m may be very rewarding with
openings to many parts of the world.

Locally is 40 m the work horse for contacts around the country with 20-
and 30 m also being very useful for contacts over the longer distances.
80 m will be best during the early mornings and late afternoons as well
as over the shorter distances.

80 m is the frequency of choice during the evenings.

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

DIARY OF EVENTS

30 April - West Rand Amateur Radio Club flea market from 12:00 CAT. 7
May - RTD in Cape Town. 18 June - Programming in Windows course in
Gauteng. Book at www.sarl.org.za.

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You have listened to a bulletin of the South African Radio League,
compiled by George, ZS6NE.

Thank you for listening, 73.
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