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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2021

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In the news today:

THE AWA CW ACTIVITY DAY THIS AFTERNOON

CW CENSUS SOUTH AFRICA

and

AMATEUR RADIO ANOMALY FOLLOWING SPACEWALK BEING INVESTIGATED

Stay tuned for more information on these and other interesting news items.

THE AWA CW ACTIVITY DAY THIS AFTERNOON

The aim of the Antique Wireless Association's CW Activity Day is f
or participants to contact as many amateurs as possible on the 20, 40 an
d 80 m amateur bands from 13:00 - 15:00 UTC (15:00 to 17:00 CAT) this afte
rnoon. Activity is on 14 000 to 14 060 kHz; 7 000 to 7 040 kHz and 3 510 t
o 3 560 kHz. You can participate as a Single Operator All Band, Low Powe
r (maximum 100 W); Single Operator All Band, QRP (maximum 5 W); Single O
perator Single Band, Low Power (maximum 100 W) or Single operator Single
band, QRP (maximum 5 W).

The exchange is an RST report, your name and your Grid locator. You scor
e 1 point for low power and 2 points for QRP. Submit your log sheets by 23
:59 CAT on Friday 12 February 2021 to (mailto:an
) . Turn to page 99 of the 2021 Blue Book for the r
ules.

THE VHF/UHF VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON 20 FEBRUARY

The SARL and AMSATSA will join forces on Saturday 20 February 2021 to pres
ent a virtual VHF/UHF workshop using the BlueJeans platform. The workshop
will run from 10:00 - 13:00 CAT followed by an open discussion on how ama
teur radio contributes to technology. Attendance at the workshop will be f
ree for SARL and AMSATSA members and R50 for non-members. Registration det
ails and the programme are available on the SARL and AMSATSA websites.

The programme includes the Next Generation 2 Metre Beacons, Complexity o
f Repeater Systems from a technical perspective, the design of the AMSAT
SA dual band Yagi and its performance, and VHF/UHF dongles for SDR oper
ation.

CW CENSUS SOUTH AFRICA

Michael, ZS6MSW says that as of 31 January 2021, we have a growing pop
ulation of CW operators. We have a count of 61 amateurs who are regularly
on CW within the Republic of South Africa. His aim is to have the call si
gns and names published in a SARL newsletter in April this year, to begi
n an historic growth pattern, with which we can monitor our significance
.. It will be a bi-annual census with a cut-off date on 1 April 2021 as the
first half.

The Long Island CW Club in the USA has taken a keen interest in our develo
pment as a CW country and have asked if he would send them a copy when pub
lished. So just a reminder, if you use a KEY to communicate regularly on
CW and would like your name and call sign be published as part of an ongo
ing project you are reminded to e-mail him at (mailto:zs6
) .

You are listening to a news bulletin of the South African Radio League.

ARISS AND PARTNERS INVESTIGATING AMATEUR RADIO ANOMALY FOLLOWING SPACEWALK

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) and its partners
are troubleshooting what is keeping the NA1SS amateur station off the air
.. ARISS became aware of the problem after an attempted contact with a scho
ol in Wyoming, between ON4ISS on Earth and astronaut Mike Hopkins, KF5
LJG at NA1SS, had to abort when no downlink signal was heard. ARISS has
determined that the problem is not with the radio equipment on board the
ISS Columbus module.

ARISS-International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, explained that during a
27 January spacewalk to install exterior cabling on the ISS Columbus modu
le, the coax feed line installed 11 years ago was replaced with another
built by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus. It included two addi
tional RF connectors to support the Bartolomeo payload-hosting platform in
stalled last spring on Columbus.

"On 26 January, prior to the EVA [extravehicular activity], our Colum
bus next-generation radio system was shut off and the ISS-internal coaxial
cable to the antenna was disconnected from the ARISS radio as a safety pr
ecaution for the EVA," Bauer said. "During the spacewalk, an e
xternal four-connector coax feed line replaced one with two RF connections
.. This change was made to allow ESA to connect ARISS and three additional
customers to Bartolomeo, as compared to ARISS and one additional RF cus
tomer," Bauer explained.

With the spacewalk completed, the ISS crew restarted the ISS amateur rad
io station on 28 January, but no voice repeater or automatic packet repe
ater system (APRS) downlink reports were heard and no downlink signal was
heard during an attempted scheduled school contact either. Bauer said tha
t because the exterior cable is not an ARISS cable, ARISS is working wit
h ESA and NASA on a way forward. "NASA has opened a Payload Anomaly Report
on this issue. We have talked to both the NASA and ESA representatives,
" Bauer said.

THE RESULTS OF THE SUMMER QRP CONTEST

Nine logs were received for the Summer QRP Contest held on Saturday 23 Jan
uary. The full results are published in HF Happenings 935.

1st Kobus Boshoff, ZS6BOS - 396 points - Ultra-light station
2nd Phillip van Tonder, ZS6PVT - 250 points - Portable station
3rd Danie Schnetler, ZS6DPS - 220 points - Portable station

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low levels. There are currently no sunspot regions visible and no s
olar flaring is expected. If you want to do your own frequency predictions
, the expected effective sunspot number for the week will be around one.
The 15 to 30 m bands may provide some DX fun. Please visit the website sp
aceweather.sansa.org.za for further information.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

Today - the AWA CW Activity Day
8 February - the West Rand ARC meeting
13 February - World Radio Day
13 and 14 February - the CQ WPX RTTY and the PACC contests
14 February - Valentine's Day
15 February - the Provincial schools open
16 February - the PEARS and Border ARC meetings
20 February - the SARL and AMSAT SA VHF/UHF virtual Workshop; the
Highway and Magalies ARC meetings
20 and 21 February - the ARRL DX CW Contest

To conclude our bulletin, a recap of our main news story:

The AWA CW Activity Day with activity on 20, 40 and 80 metres will be on
the air from 13:00 - 15:00 UTC (15:00 to 17:00 CAT) this afternoon. The e
xchange is an RST report, your name and your Grid locator. Turn to page
99 of the 2021 Blue Book for the rules.

This concludes our bulletin for this morning.

We invite clubs and individuals to submit news items of interest to radio
amateurs and shortwave listeners, in both English and Afrikaans, if p
ossible, by following the News Inbox link on the South African Radio Lea
gue web page. News items to include 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 radio progr
am, Amateur Radio Today at 10:00 CAT. The program can be heard on VHF an
d UHF repeaters countrywide and on 7 082 kHz lower side-band by courtesy o
f Louis, ZS5LP. A rebroadcast by Andy, ZS6ADY, can be heard on Monda
y evenings at 19:30 CAT on 3 620 kHz.

We welcome your signal reports, comments and suggestions; please send th
ese by e-mail to ) .

You have listened to a news bulletin compiled by Dennis Green, ZS4BS,
edited by Dave Reece, ZS1DFR and read by ..............

From the news team, best wishes for the week ahead.
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SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 7 FEBRUARIE 2021

Goeie môre en welkom by die weeklikse nuus uitsending van die Suid-Af
rikaanse Radioliga, gelees deur ________________________ (jou naam, ro
epsein en QTH)

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga saai elke Sondag nuus bulletins in Afrikaans
sowel as Engels om 08:15 en 08:30 Sentraal Afrika Tyd onderskeidelik uit
op HF sowel as op verskeie BHF- en UHF-herhalers. Hierdie uitsendings wor
d ook via Echolink herlei deur Johan, ZS6JPL. Die oudio bulletins kan af
gelaai word vanaf die Liga webwerf by www.sarl.org.za, terwyl die teks b
ulletins by https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba958
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die Mailchimp bulletin e-poslys aan te sluit , stuur 'n e-pos aan die S
ARL Sekretaris.

In die nuus vandag:

DIE ADV GG-AKTIWITEITSDAG MIDDAG

GG SENSUS SUID-AFRIKA

en

AMATEUR RADIO AFWYKING NA RUIMTEWANDELING WORD ONDERSOEK

Bly ingeskakel vir meer inligting oor hierdie en ander interessante nuus i
tems.

DIE ADV GG-AKTIWITEITSDAG MIDDAG

Die doel van die Antieke Draadloos Verlening se DV Gelykgolf Aktiwiteitsda
g is dat deelnemers vanmiddag tussen 13:00 en 15:00 UTC (15:00 tot 17:00 S
AT) soveel as moontlik amateurs op die 20, 40 en 80 m amateur bande kont
ak. Die aktiwiteit is op 14 000 tot 14 060 kHz; 7 000 tot 7 040 kHz en 3 5
10 tot 3 560 kHz. Jy kan deelneem as 'n Enkele Operateur, alle bande,
lae krag (maksimum 100 W); Enkel Operateur, alle bande, QRP (maksimum
5 W); Enkel Operateur, enkel band, lae krag (maksimum 100 W) of Enkel
Operateur, enkel band, QRP (maksimum 5 W).

Die uitruiling is 'n RST-verslag, jou naam en jou Ruit vierkant. Jy verd
ien 1 punt vir lae krag en 2 punte vir QRP. Dien jou logstaat voor 23:59 S
AT op Vrydag 12 Februarie 2021 in by (mailto:and
) . Blaai na bladsy 99 van die 2021 Blouboek vir die
reëls.

DIE BHF/UHF VIRTUELE WERKSWINKEL OP 20 FEBRUARIE

Die SARL en AMSATSA werk saam op Saterdag 20 Februarie 2021 om 'n virtuele
BHF/UHF werkswinkel aan te bied op die BlueJeans-platform. Die werksessie
sal van 10:00 tot 13:00 SAT aangebied word, gevolg deur 'n oop bespreki
ng oor hoe amateur radio tot tegnologie bydra. Die bywoning van die werksw
inkel is gratis vir SARL- en AMSATSA-lede en R50 vir nie-lede. Registrasie
besonderhede en die program is beskikbaar op die SARL- en AMSATSA-webwerwe
..

Die program bevat die Nuwe Generasie 2 Meter Bakens, die Kompleksiteit
van Herhaler Stelsels vanuit 'n tegniese perspektief, die ontwerp van d
ie AMSAT SA dubbel band Yagi en die verrigting daarvan en BHF/UHF-dongles
vir SDR-werking.

GG SENSUS SUID-AFRIKA

Michael, ZS6MSW, sê dat ons vanaf 31 Januarie 2021 'n groeiende b
evolking van Gelykgolf operateurs het. Ons het 61 amateurs wat gereeld op
GG in die Republiek van Suid-Afrika is. My doel is om die roepseine en na
me in April vanjaar in â-˜n SARL-nuusbrief te laat publiseer om 'n h
istoriese groei patroon te begin waarmee ons ons belang kan monitor. Dit s
al 'n twee-jaarlikse sensus wees met 'n afsnydatum op 1 April 2021 vir die
eerste helfte.

Die Long Eiland GG Klub in die VSA stel baie belang in ons ontwikkeling as
'n GG-land en vra of ek 'n eksemplaar aan hulle sal stuur wanneer dit gep
ubliseer word. Dus net 'n herinnering: as jy 'n SLEUTEL gebruik om gereeld
op GG te kommunikeer en jou naam en roepsein wil publiseer as deel van 'n
lopende projek, word jy daaraan herinner om my te e-pos by zs6msw@gmail
..com ) .

Jy luister na ʼn nuus uitsending van die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga

ARISS EN VENNOTE ONDERSOEK AMATEUR RADIO AFWYKING TYDENS RUIMTEWANDELING

Amateur Radio op die Internasionale Ruimtestasie (ARISS) en sy vennote is
besig om probleme op te los oor wat die NA1SS-amateur stasie van die lug
hou. ARISS het van die probleem bewus geword nadat 'n poging tot kontak m
et 'n skool in Wyoming, tussen ON4ISS op aarde en ruimtevaarder Mike Hop
kins, KF5LJG by NA1SS, moes gestaak word toe geen afskakeling sein geh
oor is nie. ARISS het vasgestel dat die probleem nie met die radiotoerusti
ng aan boord van die ISS Columbus-module is nie.

ARISS-Internasionale voorsitter Frank Bauer, KA3HDO het verduidelik dat
tydens 'n ruimtewandeling op 27 Januarie om buite kabels op die ISS Colum
bus-module te installeer, die koaks voerlyn wat 11 jaar gelede geïn
stalleer is, vervang is met 'n ander gebou deur die Europese Ruimte Agen
tskap (ESA) en Airbus. Dit het twee bykomende RF-verbindings ingesluit om
die Bartolomeo-loonvrag platform te ondersteun wat verlede lente op Colum
bus geïnstalleer is.

"Op 26 Januarie, voor die EVA [buite-ruimtetuig aktiwiteit], is ons v
olgende generasie-radiostelsel van Columbus afgeskakel en is die ISS-inter
ne koaksiale kabel na die antenne van die ARISS-radio ontkoppel as veiligh
eidsmaatreël vir die EVA," het Bauer gesê. "Tydens die
ruimtewandeling het 'n eksterne koaks-voerlyn met vier koppe die een met
twee RF-verbindings vervang. Hierdie verandering is gemaak om ESA in staa
t te stel om ARISS en drie addisionele klante met Bartolomeo te verbind,
vergeleke met ARISS en een ekstra RF-klant," het Bauer verduide
lik.

Met die voltooiing van die ruimtewandeling het die ISS-bemanning die ISS-a
mateur radiostasie op 28 Januarie weer aangeskakel, maar daar is ook nie
'n spraak herhaler of 'n outomatiese pakket herhaler stelsel (APRS) versl
ae gehoor nie en ook geen afskakel sein is gehoor tydens 'n gepoogde skool
kontak nie. Bauer het gesê dat omdat die buite kabel nie 'n ARISS-ka
bel is nie, werk ARISS met ESA en NASA aan 'n pad vorentoe. "NASA het 'n
Loonvrag Afwykings Verslag oor hierdie kwessie geopen. Ons het met die NA
SA- en ESA-verteenwoordigers gesels," het Bauer gesê.

DIE UITSLAE VAN DIE SOMER QRP-KOMPETISIE

Nege logstate is ontvang vir die Somer QRP kompetisie wat op Saterdag 23 J
anuarie gehou is. Die volledige uitslae word in HF Happenings 935 gepublis
eer.

1ste Kobus Boshoff, ZS6BOS - 396 punte - Ultra-ligte stasie
2de Phillip van Tonder, ZS6PVT - 250 punte - Draagbare stasie
3de Danie Schnetler, ZS6DPS - 220 punte - Draagbare stasie

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
gaan wees. Tans is daar nie sonvlekke sigbaar nie en word daar nie sonfak
kels verwag nie. Diegene wat hulle eie frekwensievoorspellings wil doen,
kan 'n verwagte effektiewe sonvlektelling van een vir die week gebruik. R
adio amateurs kan bruikbare DX openinge op die 15 tot 30 m bande verwag. B
esoek gerus die webtuiste spaceweather.sansa.org.za vir meer inligting.

Nou die Dagboek van Gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:

Vandag - die AWA GG Aktiwiteitsdag
8 Februarie - die Wesrand ARK vergadering
13 Februarie - Wêreld Radio Dag
13 en 14 Februarie - die CQ WPX RTD en die PACC- kompetisies
14 Februarie - Valentynsdag
15 Februarie - die provinsiale skole open
16 Februarie - die PEARS en Grens ARK vergaderings
20 Februarie - die SARL en AMSAT SA virtuele BHF/UHF werkswinkel; die High
way en Magalies-ARK vergaderings
20 en 21 Februarie - die ARRL DX GG-kompetisie

Om die bulletin mee af te sluit, â-˜n opsomming van ons hoof berig
:

Die ADV GG Aktiwiteitsdag met aktiwiteit op 20, 40 en 80 meter is vanmid
dag van 13:00 tot 15:00 UTC (15:00 tot 17:00 SAT) op die lug. Die uitruili
ng is 'n RST-verslag, jou naam en jou Ruitvierkant. Blaai na bladsy 99 v
an die 2021 Blouboek vir die reëls.

Dit bring ons aan die einde van hierdie bulletin.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga se nuus diens nooi klubs en individue uit om
nuus brokkies van belang vir radio amateurs en kortgolf luisteraars in te
dien. Plaas nuus berigte indien moontlik, in beide Engels en Afrikaans
op die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga webtuiste onder die 'news inbox' skakel
nie later as die Donderdag wat die bulletin datum vooraf gaan nie.

Luister elke Sondag oggend om 10:00 Sentraal Afrika Tyd na "Amateur Radio
Today." Daar is herleiding op 7 082 kHz laer syband deur Louis, ZS5LP e
n verskeie herleidings op BHF en UHF frekwensies regoor Suid-Afrika. 'n He
ruitsending aangebied deur Andy ZS6ADY vind op Maandae aande om 19:30 Sent
raal Afrika Tyd op 3 620 kHz plaas.

Ons ontvang graag jou sein rapporte, kommentaar en voorstelle, stuur '
n e-pos aan ) .

Jy het geluister na 'n nuus uitsending van die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga
, saamgestel deur Dennis Green, ZS4BS, geredigeer deur Johan de Brui
n, ZS6JHB en gelees deur ....................................

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