SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2016

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IN THE NEWS TODAY:

SARL FORMS DIGITAL REPEATER SUBCOMMITTEE

RESULTS OF THE SARL HF PHONE, DIGITAL AND CW CONTESTS

TRANSATLANTIC TESTS MARRED BY BAD WEATHER & STRONG WINDS

"ENIGMA RELOADED" 2016

JAMBOREE ON THE AIR

PROJECT LEXICON STILL IN FULL SWING

OCTOBER 2016 RAE

EAST RAND FLEA MARKET AND BOOT SALE

OVERBERG AMATEUR RADIO CLUB ANTENNA PARTY

HF PROPAGATION REPORT

and

UPCOMING EVENTS

** The SARL is forming a Digital Repeater Subcommittee. The
subcommittee will be convened by the SARL Repeater Co-ordinator, Ronald
Verweerdt ZS6RVC and its purpose will be to co-ordinate, enable and
promote the use of digital repeaters, their linking and networking, and
related technology to amateur radio operators in South Africa.

** Following a query and some spot checks, the Contest Committee
decided to do a check on all the logs submitted for the three HF
Contests. An error was found in a formula in the Excel log sheet and it
was found that certain zones were not added up correctly. The Committee
apologises for the incorrect results published in HF Happenings as well
as on SARL News.

Results of the SARL HF Phone Contest

1st Jan Botha, ZS4JAN, 200 points 2nd Barry Nugent, ZS2NF, 128 points
3rd Theo Bresler, ZS6TVB, and Mitchell Mynhardt, ZS6YH, 120 points each

Deon Fraser, ZS5DCF, achieved the highest points on a single band with
119 points on 40 metres.

Club Competition

1st Bloemfontein ARC, 200 points 2nd Pretoria ARC, 187 points 3rd East
Rand Branch, 120 points

Results of the SARL HF Digital Contest

1st Jan Botha, ZS4JAN, 106 points 2nd Paul Greeff, ZS6IO, 54 points 3rd
Mitchell Mynhardt, ZS6YH, 52 points

Jan Botha, ZS4JAN achieved the highest points on a single band with 70
points on 40 metres

Club Competition

1st Bloemfontein ARC, 126 points 2nd Magalies ARC, 54 points 3rd East
Rand Branch, 52 points

Results of the SARL HF CW Contest

The Contest Committee received 13 logs for the SARL HF CW Contest.

1st Vidi la Grange, ZS1EL, 116 points 2nd West Rand ARC, ZS6WR
(operated by Joop, ZS6JP), 108 points 3rd John Kramer, ZS5J, 106 points
4th Barry Nugent, ZS2NF, and Jan Botha, ZS4JAN, 86 points each

Vidi la Grange, ZS1EL achieved the highest points on a single band with
60 points on 40 metres

Club Competition

1st Overberg ARC, 116 points 2nd West Rand ARC 108 points 3rd Zululand
ARC, 106 points

Combined Results of the SARL HF Phone, Digital and CW Contests

1st Jan Botha, 392 points 2nd Mitchel Mynhardt, ZS6YH, 258 points 3rd
Barry Nugent, ZS2NF, 214 points

Club Competition

1st Bloemfontein ARC, 412 points 2nd Centurion ARC, 191 points 3rd
Pretoria ARC, 187 points

Congratulations to all the winners!

** The closing date for you SARL National Field Day Logs is midnight on
Sunday 18 September 2016 and must be sent to

** Next weekend you have the choice of participating in two different
contests or even combining activities. The second leg of the SARL
VHF/UHF analogue and digital contest will be on the air from 10:00 UTC
on Saturday 17 September to 10:00 UTC on Sunday 18 September 2016 with
phone, CW and digital modes on 6, 4 and 2 metres, 70 and 23 cm and
higher.

The second contest next weekend is the All Africa All Mode DX Contest,
which will be on the air from 12:00 UTC on Saturday 17 September to
12:00 UTC on Sunday 18 September 2016 with phone, CW and RTTY on 160 to
10 metres. This is the world working Africa or Africa working the
world.

The rules for both these contests can be found in the 2016 Blue Book
and the September 2016 issue of Radio ZS.

** Pieter Jacobs, V51PJ, at Rosh Pinah informed us about the
Transatlantic tests on 144 MHz conducted between Namibia and Brazil
with Marcos Turbo, PY1MHZ. Marcos went down to the sea early in August,
but while testing the wind picked up very strongly, trees were
uprooted, and he had to pack up and move inland. So no signals were
received during the early tests. They are going to try again in January
2017 when weather conditions would be a lot better. Also on the cards
are some 50 MHz tests as soon as Pieter has received a matching device
for his Yagi. Tests with ZD7VC have not started yet as bad weather
moved into St. Helena Island and propagation conditions deterioated.
However, two-way contacts on 144 MHz between Namibia and as far south
as Cape Town should be a cinch during strong openings via Tropo
Ducting.

** "Enigma Reloaded" will be held from 17 September to 1 October.

The main goal of the Enigma Event is to promote as much radio amateur
activity as possible all over the world, celebrating the history of the
Enigma cipher machine and its crucial role in the outcome of World War
II, and spreading the knowledge of those key people who contributed to
its decryption.

The Enigma Event 2016 will take place in two steps:

- From 17 to 30 September 2016, Italian and foreign Amateur radio
stations registered as "Activator stations" will ensure the activation
of their radio stations in order to allow the participants getting
their scores for the "Enigma Award".

- On 1 October, the day of the final event, the Activator Stations will
exchange predefined CW messages previously encyphred by a real or
emulated Enigma machine.

All details and rules are available on the official website
www.enigma-reloaded.it

** JOTA (Jamboree on the Air) is in its 59th Year, and we need Hams and
Clubs to assist with setting up of HF stations for either a day or the
full weekend for Scout Groups around the country. JOTA will be held
from 15 to 17 October this year.

This is a great event which really increases youth interest in our
hobby. Please contact Richard, ZS6RKE at
or on 082 801 5006 for all the
relevant information and a list of Scout groups in your area.

** Project Lexicon is still in full swing with the glossary increasing
considerably. The index of the subjects has also been finalised. The
first version of the glossary needs to be finalised for revision before
the end of September. The content for the manual needs to be collected
now and a great deal of writing remains. The project team will invite
the Amateur Radio community to submit contributions for the manual.
They plan to announce the subjects in batches of five so they can
collect the content for the various subjects in smaller volumes. This
will also give everyone who wants to make a contribution to the writing
of the manual the opportunity. For more information on Project Lexicon,
contact Etienne Naudé, ZS6EFN on

** The closing date for the October 2016 RAE is 15 September. NO late
entries can be accepted. Only candidates who have captured ALL required
documentation and their proof of payment on the system will be issued
an examination number and examination center. Any entries with missing
information will be postponed to the RAE in May 2017.

Class B (ZU) amateurs over the age of 25 are reminded that this RAE
will be their last opportunity to upgrade to a Class A license.

** The SARL received the following membership applications from:

ZS1FC Chris Pretorius ZU6LR Louise Roux ZSL1167 Joshua Koekemoer

Any objections against these applications must reach the SARL secretary
on or before 14 September. Send your objections via email to


Total membership to date: 1404 Clubs / Affiliates: 40

** ERB will be hosting its regular October HAM social, flea market and
Boot sale on 1 October 2016 at the Club grounds at Arrowe Park in
Benoni.

Tables and selling from the boot will be R20.00 per person selling.
Tables may be booked by sending an e-mail to

Refreshments are available as well as plenty of chairs and shade. Bring
the family for a picnic at the dam and enjoy real HAM RADIO spirit.

Club 675 will be open and we are QRV on 145.675 FM as well as 438.975
FM.

Selling commences at 12:00 SAST.

See you at the ERB HAM Social, flea market and boot sale on 1 October
2016.

** On Saturday 3 September, the Overberg Amateur Radio Club had a small
antenna party in Barrydale to get OM Mickey Warr, ZS1WA, back on the
air. 3 members were present, namely Greg, ZS1EZ, Steve, ZS1BBG, André,
ZS1AZ, and their XYL's. We arrived about 10:00 and soon the poles and
G5RV were up in the air. A hole in the wall for the co-ax, sorting out
the rig, and Mickey was on the air. Thank you Joan for the lovely lunch
that we had. Thanks to all the guys who were there in spirit.

** Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected
to be at low levels. New sunspot AR2585 is large but does not pose a
threat for solar flares at this stage.

If you want to do your own frequency predictions, the expected
effective sunspot number for the week will be around 24.

The 15 to 20m bands will provide lots of DX fun with some 10m openings
also possible on sunlit paths.

Please visit the website spaceweather.sansa.org.za for further
information.

** Let's look at some upcoming events:

10 - 11 September - SARL National Field Day 11 September - SARL Youth
Net 17 - 18 September - All Africa DX Contest 17 - 18 September - SARL
VHF/UHF Contest 24 September - KARTS Flea Market 24 - 25 September - CQ
WW RTTY Contest 1 October - Spring QRP Sprint 6 October - SARL 80m QSO
Party 8 - 9 October - AWA Valve QSO Party 9 October - SARL Youth Net 13
October - RAE Examination

** To conclude our bulletin a quick overview of our main news item: The
SARL is forming a Digital Repeater Subcommittee. The subcommittee will
be convened by the SARL Repeater Co-ordinator, Ronald Verweerdt ZS6RVC
and its purpose will be to co-ordinate, enable and promote the use of
digital repeaters, their linking and networking, and related technology
to amateur radio operators in South Africa.

And that brings us to the end of this bulletin

Clubs and individuals are invited to submit news items of interest to
radio amateurs and shortwave listeners, if possible, in both English
and Afrikaans, by following the news inbox link on the South African
Radio League web page. News items for inclusion in the bulletin should
reach the news team no later than the Thursday preceding the bulletin
date.

You are welcome to join us every Sunday morning for the weekly amateur
radio magazine programme 'Amateur Radio Today' at 10:00 Central African
Time. The programme can be heard on VHF and UHF repeaters countrywide
and on 7 082 kHz lower side-band and on 7 205 kHz and 17 760 kHz AM.
There is also a pod cast available from Dick Stratford, ZS6RO. A
rebroadcast can be heard on Monday evenings at 18:30 Central African
Time on 3 230 kHz AM.

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You have listened to a news bulletin compiled by Emile Venter, ZS6V,
and read by ..............

From the news team, best wishes for the week ahead.

/EX

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