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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 7 MARCH 2021

Good morning and welcome to the weekly news bulletin of the South African
Radio League read by ................ [your name, call sign and QTH]

The South African Radio League broadcasts a news bulletin each Sunday in A
frikaans and English at 08:15 and 08:30 Central African Time respectively
on HF and various VHF and UHF repeaters around the country. The bulletin
is relayed on Echolink by Johan, ZS6JPL. The audio bulletins can be dow
nloaded from the League website at while the text bulletin can be downloa
ded from https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf
8d019e5d3&idE10ed1f95&eœe7bd785b. To join the Mailchimp bull
etin mailing list, send an e-mail to the SARL Secretary.

In the news today:

THE SARL HAMNET CONTEST THIS AFTERNOON

UPDATE ON AMATEUR LICENSE RENEWAL

and

A BUSY WEEKEND FOR 13 AND 14 MARCH

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

We begin the bulletin with news of two silent keys.

It is with deep regret that we announce that the key of Vincent Booysen,
ZS1VJB has gone silent. He was incredibly involved in assisting people in
need.

We extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends.

It is with deep regret that we announce that the key of Tom Wolstenholme
, ZS6TRW went silent on Thursday 4 March 2021 after bravely fighting a s
hort but severe illness.

We extend our sincere condolences to his wife Robyne, sister and family
, and friends.

PAUSE

THE SARL HAMNET CONTEST THIS AFTERNOON

The popular SARL HAMNET 40 m Simulated Emergency Contest runs from 12:00 t
o 14:00 UTC (14:00 to 16:00 CAT) this afternoon Sunday 7 March 2021 and is
open to radio amateurs from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesoth
o, eSwatini, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Marion Island and SANAE Base. T
here are four classes of participation and the exchange depends on the Cla
ss you are participating in. Make this a Club field station with a bring-a
nd-braai! Submit your log by 23:59 CAT on Friday 12 March 2021 by e-mail t
o contest@ ) . Get all the information on page
93 of the 2021 Blue Book before the contest starts.

UNLOCKING AMATEUR RADIO TECHNOLOGY

The SARL technology symposium will be held on 27 March 2021 from 10:00 to
14:00 CAT. Registration will open next week when details will be publishe
d on the SARL web and in next week's SARL News. Registration is fr
ee for SARL members and R50 for non-members. The symposium will be present
ed on the BlueJeans platform.

UPDATE ON AMATEUR LICENSE RENEWAL

The SARL interacted this week with a senior councillor of ICASA and expres
sed the League's concern about the complicated license renewal pro
cess, long delays, and in many instances unfamiliar terminology used i
n the process leading to applications being rejected. The SARL pointed out
that the promised detailed guidelines and videos have not been forthcomin
g. In 2019 when the first prototype system was being tested, ICASA under
took to arrange a workshop as part of the quarterly SARL/ICASA liaison mee
ting. Neither has happened. The SARL, in a separate letter to the Chairp
erson and CEO, has appealed to ICASA to arrange a liaison meeting betwee
n ICASA and the SARL with the appropriate senior officials as required in
the MOU as soon as possible.

In this week's interaction with ICASA the SARL also requested that
the 1 April dateline for license renewals be delayed by three months or u
ntil a workable process has been effected. The Councillor confirmed that t
he issues raised by the SARL will be discussed at senior level during the
coming week and said that he believes that by mid-March ICASA will respon
d appropriately to the issues raised by the SARL on behalf of Radio Amateu
rs. The SARL recommends that radio amateurs pay their license as communica
ted before, but do not attempt to engage the new system until the necess
ary guidelines and videos explaining the process are made available.

Licensees can pay the license fee via EFT and keep the proof of payment to
be used when changing to the new system. Bank details are Nedbank Account
number: 14 62 00 29 27, Branch Code: 146245 - Corporate Client Services
- Pretoria and in the reference field type in your license number and cal
l sign. The new fees can be found on .

DO NOT pay the ICASA license fee into the SARL bank account, all money w
rongfully paid into the SARL account will be refunded less the bank charge
s associated with these transactions. As requested before do not e-mail th
e SARL Secretary or President as they cannot at this stage assist you.

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

RADIO ZS INDEX

Gert, ZS6GC and Cor, ZS6CR have gone through all the issues of Radio Z
S available on the League website and compiled an Index of the articles. T
he Index starts with the November 1925 issue and ends with the March 2021
issue. Follow the link on the front page of the League website to downloa
d your copy.

A BUSY WEEKEND FOR 13 AND 14 MARCH

During the weekend of 13 and 14 March, you can attend the QSO Today Virt
ual Expo and take part in the 84th RSGB Commonwealth Contest starting at 1
0:00 UTC on Saturday and ending 24 hours later. It is CW only on 80, 40
, 12, 15 and 10 metres. The exchange is an RST report and a serial num
ber starting at 1, Headquarters stations will also send â-˜HQâ
-(tm) which must be logged. Find the rules at www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/202
1/ (https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019
e5d3&idR3cc71987&eœe7bd785b) .

Then, the 46 VHF/UHF Group is hosting the first leg of the SARL VHF/UHF
Analogue contest from 05:00 to 11:00 UTC (07:00 to 13:00 CAT) on Saturday
and Sunday. Activity is on 6 and 2 meters and 70 centimetres and split in
to 2-hour sessions. 05:00 to 07:00 UTC it is 6 metre, from 07:00 to 09:0
0 UTC it is 2 metres and from 09:00 to 11:00 UTC it is 70 cm. The exchange
is an RS report and your 6-character Maidenhead grid locator. Your log sh
eet must be submitted by 23:59 CAT on Sunday 21 March 2021 by e-mail to sa
rlvhfuhfcontest@ ) . All the informatio
n is on page 44 of the 2021 Blue Book.

The first leg of the SARL National Field Day starts at 08:00 UTC (10:00 CA
T) on Saturday 13 March and ends at 06:00 UTC (08:00 CAT) on Sunday 14 Mar
ch with CW, phone and digital activity on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 an
d 10 metres. The exchange is the number of transmitters at your station,
the Field Day operating class and your Provincial or country abbreviation
.. Take note that Class F: Backyard Stations has been added to the rules. A
nd you can earn 50 bonus points by submitting photographs of the station i
n action - portrait for Radio ZS cover. Submit your log sheet by 2
3:59 CAT on Friday 19 March by e-mail to zs4bfn@
) . The rules are on page 88 of the 2021 Blue Book. SARL News is aware of
the Bloemfontein and West Rand Clubs preparing for Field Day.

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low levels. There are two sunspot regions with simple magnetic conf
igurations visible. No solar flaring is expected. If you want to do your o
wn frequency predictions, the expected effective sunspot number for the
week will be around three. The 15 to 30 m bands will especially during th
e afternoons provide some good DX fun. Please visit the website spaceweath
er.sansa.org.za for further information.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

Today - The SARL Hamnet 40 m simulated emergency contest
8 March - International Women's Day and the West Rand meet
ing
13 and 14 March - The SARL National Field Day; the SARL VHF/UHF An
alogue contest, the RSGB Commonwealth contest and the QSO Today Virtual
Expo
16 March - The PEARS and Border ARC meetings
17 March - St Patrick's Day and the SARL 80 m Club Sprint
20 March - Autumn Equinox at 11:37 CAT and the Magalies and Highwa
y ARC meetings
21 March - Human Rights Day in South Africa and Independence Day i
n Namibia
22 March - Public Holiday in Namibia and South Africa and World Wa
ter Day
23 March - World Meteorological Day
27 March - The SARL Technical Symposium on the Bluejeans platform;
the Cape Town and Boland Club meetings.
27 and 28 March - The CQ WPX SSB Contest

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

The popular SARL HAMNET 40 m Simulated Emergency Contest runs from 12:00 t
o 14:00 UTC (14:00 to 16:00 CAT) this afternoon Sunday 7 March 2021. There
are four classes of participation and the exchange depends on the Class y
ou are participating in. Get all the information on page 93 of the 2021 Bl
ue Book before the contest starts.

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
these by e-mail to artoday@ ) .

You have listened to a news bulletin compiled by Dennis Green, ZS4BS,
edited by Herman Erasmus, ZS6CTA and read by ..............

From the news team, best wishes for the week ahead.
The audio bulletins can be downloaded from the League website at www.sarl.
org.za while the text bulletin can be downloaded from https://sarl.us5.lis
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œe7bd785b. To join the Mailchimp bulletin mailing list, send a
n e-mail to the SARL Secretary at (mailto:secretary@
sarl.org.za) .

The West Rand ARC has taken up the Club Challenge (page 34 of the March Ra
dio ZS) by submitting the first article for Radio ZS. Your Club can win R2
00 - SARL Affiliation.

Die oudio bulletins kan afgelaai word vanaf die Liga webwerf by www.sarl.o
rg.za, terwyl die teks bulletins by https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/tra
ck/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&idÓ84d55a92&eœe7bd 785b afgelaai kan word. Om by die Mailchimp bulletin e-poslys aan te sluit,
stuur 'n e-pos aan die SARL Sekretaris by (mailto:s
) .

Die Wesrand ARK het die Klub Uitdaging (bladsy 34 van die Maart Radio ZS)
aangepak deur die eerste artikel vir Radio ZS in te dien. Jou klub kan R2
00 wen - SARL Affiliasie.
SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 7 MAART 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
9bf8d019e5d3&idG75ffcd08&eœe7bd785b afgelaai kan word. Om by
die Mailchimp bulletin e-poslys aan te sluit , stuur 'n e-pos aan die S
ARL Sekretaris.

In die nuus vandag:

DIE SARL HAMNET KOMPETISIE VANMIDDAG

AMATEUR RADIO LISENSIE HERNUWINGS

en

'N BESIGE NAWEEK VIR 13 EN 14 MAART

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

Ons begin die bulletin met nuus van twee stil sleutels.

Dit is met leedwese dat ons aankondig dat die sleutel van Vincent Booysen
, ZS1VJB, stil geword het. Hy was ongelooflik betrokke by die hulp van
mense in nood.

Ons betuig ons innige meegevoel met sy familie en vriende.

Dit is met leedwese dat ons aankondig dat die sleutel van Tom Wolstenholme
, ZS6TRW, op Donderdag 4 Maart 2021 stil geword het nadat hy dapper ge
veg het teen 'n kort, maar ernstige siekte.

Ons betuig ons innige meegevoel met sy vrou Robyne, suster en familie en
vriende.

POUSE

Jy luister na 'n nuusbulletin van die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga.

DIE SARL HAMNET KOMPETISIE VANMIDDAG

Die gewilde SARL HAMNET 40 m Gesimuleerde Nood kompetisie duur van 12:00 t
ot 14:00 UTC (14:00 tot 16:00 SAT) vanmiddag Sondag 7 Maart 2021 en is oop
vir radio amateurs uit Suid-Afrika, Namibië, Botswana, Lesotho
, eSwatini, Zimbabwe, Mosambiek, Marion-eiland en SANAE-basis. Da
ar is vier Klasse van deelname en die uitruiling word bepaal van die Klas
waaraan jy deelneem. Maak dit 'n Klub veldstasie met 'n bring-en-braai! S
tuur jou logstaat in teen 23:59 SAT op Vrydag 12 Maart 2021 per e-pos aan
) . Kry al die inligting o
p bladsy 93 van die 2021 Blouboek voordat die kompetisie begin.

ONTSLUIT AMATEUR RADIO TEGNOLOGIE

Die SARL Tegnologiese Simposium word op 27 Maart 2021 van 10:00 tot 14:00
SAT gehou. Registrasie sal volgende week open wanneer besonderhede op die
SARL-web en in die SARL Nuus van volgende week gepubliseer sal word. Regi
strasie is gratis vir SARL-lede en R50 vir nie-lede. Die simposium word op
die BlueJeans-platform aangebied.

OPDATERING OOR AMATEUR LISENSIE HERNUWING

Die SARL het vandeesweek met 'n senior raadslid van OKOSA in gesprek getre
e en die Liga se kommer uitgespreek oor die ingewikkelde proses van hernuw
ing van lisensies, lang vertragings en in baie gevalle onbekende termino
logie wat in die proses gebruik is, wat daartoe gelei het dat aansoeke v
an die hand gewys is. Die SARL het daarop gewys dat die beloofde gedetaill
eerde riglyne en video's nie beskikbaar is nie. In 2019, toe die eerste
prototipe-stelsel getoets is, het OKOSA onderneem om 'n werkswinkel te
reël as deel van die kwartaallikse SARL/OKOSA-skakelvergadering. Nie
een het gebeur nie. Die SARL het in 'n aparte brief aan die voorsitter en
uitvoerende hoof 'n beroep op OKOSA gedoen om so gou moontlik 'n skakelve
rgadering tussen OKOSA en die SARL met die toepaslike senior amptenare te
reël, soos vereis in die MOU.

In die interaksie vandeesweek met OKOSA het die SARL ook gevra dat die spe
rdatum van 1 April vir die hernuwing van lisensies met drie maande vertraa
g word of totdat 'n werkbare proses uitgevoer is. Die raadslid het bevesti
g dat die aangeleenthede wat deur die SARL geopper word gedurende die kome
nde week op senior vlak bespreek sal word en het gesê dat hy van meni
ng is dat OKOSA teen middel Maart gepas sal reageer op die kwessies wat di
e SARL namens Radio Amateurs geopper het. Die SARL beveel aan dat radio am
ateurs hul lisensie betaal soos voorheen gekommunikeer, maar nie probeer
om die nuwe stelsel te betrek voordat die nodige riglyne en video's wat d
ie proses verduidelik, beskikbaar is nie.

Lisensiehouers kan die lisensiegeld via EFT betaal en die betalingsbewys b
ewaar wat gebruik moet word by die oorskakeling na die nuwe stelsel. Bankb
esonderhede is soos volg: Nedbank rekeningnommer: 14 62 00 29 27, takkod
e: 146245 - Korporatiewe kliëntedienste - Pretoria en tik jou lisensi
enommer en roepsein in die verwysingsveld. Die nuwe fooie is op www.sarl.o
rg.za te vinde.

MOENIE die OKOSA-lisensiegeld in die SARL-bankrekening betaal nie, alle
geld wat verkeerdelik in die SARL rekening betaal is, word terugbetaal
minus die bankkoste verbonde aan hierdie transaksies. Soos voorheen verso
ek, stuur nie die SARL-sekretaris of president per e-pos nie, aangesie
n hulle jou nie in hierdie stadium kan help nie.

Jy luister na 'n nuusbulletin van die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga.

RADIO ZS INDEKS

Gert, ZS6GC en Cor, ZS6CR het al die uitgawes van Radio ZS wat op die
Liga webwerf beskikbaar is, deurgegaan en 'n indeks van die artikels sa
amgestel. Die indeks begin met die uitgawe van November 1925 en eindig met
die uitgawe van Maart 2021. Volg die skakel op die voorblad van die Liga
webwerf om jou eksemplaar af te laai.

'N BESIGE NAWEEK VIR 13 EN 14 MAART

Gedurende die naweek van 13 en 14 Maart kan jy die QSO Today Virtuele Eksp
o bywoon en deelneem aan die 84ste RSGB Statebond kompetisie wat Saterdag
om 10:00 begin en 24 uur later eindig. Dit is slegs gelykgolf (GG) op 80
, 40, 12, 15 en 10 meter. Die uitruiling is 'n RST-verslag en 'n ree
ksnommer vanaf 1, Hoofkwartier stasies sal ook 'HQ' stuur wat aangemeld
moet word. Vind die reëls by www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2021/rberu.shtm
l.

Dan bied die 46 BHF/UHF-groep die eerste skof van die SARL BHF/UHF Analoog
kompetisie van 05:00 tot 11:00 UTC (07:00 tot 13:00 AAT) op Saterdag en S
ondag aan. Die aktiwiteit is op 6 en 2 meter en 70 sentimeter en word in t
wee uur sessies verdeel. 05:00 tot 07:00 UTC is dit 6 meter, van 07:00 t
ot 09:00 UTC is dit 2 meter en van 09:00 tot 11:00 UTC is dit 70 cm. Die u
itruiling is 'n RS-verslag en jou Maidenhead 6 karakter ruitblok. Jou logb
oek moet teen 23:59 SAT op Sondag 21 Maart 2021 per e-pos ingedien na sarl
) . Al die inli
gting is op bladsy 44 van die 2021 Blouboek.

Die eerste skof van die SARL Nasionale Velddag begin om 08:00 UTC (10:00 S
AT) op Saterdag 13 Maart en eindig om 06:00 UTC (08:00 SAT) op Sondag 14 M
aart met GG, foon en digitale aktiwiteit op 160, 80, 40, 20, 15
en 10 meter. Die uitruiling is die aantal senders by jou stasie, die Ve
lddag bedryfsklas en jou provinsiale of landsafkorting. Let daarop dat Kla
s F: Agterplaas stasies by die reëls gevoeg is. En jy kan 50 bonuspun
te verdien deur foto's van die stasie in aksie in te dien - portret groott
e vir Radio ZS voorblad. Stuur jou logstaat in teen 23:59 SAT op Vrydag 19
Maart per e-pos aan ) . Die re
ëls is op bladsy 88 van die 2021 Blouboek. SARL Nuus is bewus van die
Bloemfontein en Wesrand klubs wat hulle voorberei vir Velddag.

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
gaan wees. Tans is daar twee sonvlekgroepe met eenvoudige magnetiese same
stellings sigbaar. Daar word nie enige sonfakkels voorspel nie. Diegene wa
t hulle eie frekwensievoorspellings wil doen, kan 'n verwagte effektiewe
sonvlektelling van drie vir die week gebruik. Radio amateurs kan veral sm
iddae goeie DX openinge op die 15 tot 30 m bande verwag. Besoek gerus die
webtuiste spaceweather.sansa.org.za vir meer inligting.

Nou die Dagboek van Gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:

Vandag - die SARL Hamnet 40 m-gesimuleerde nood kompetisie
8 Maart - Internasionale Vrouedag en die Wesrand vergadering
13 en 14 Maart - die SARL Nasionale Velddag; die SARL BHF/UHF Analoog komp
etisie, die RSGB Statebond-kompetisie en die QSO Today Virtuele Ekspo
16 Maart - die PEARS- en Grens ARK vergaderings
17 Maart - St Patricks Dag en die SARL 80 m Klub naelloop
20 Maart - Herfs-ewening om 11:37 SAT en die Magalies en Highway ARK verga
derings
21 Maart - Menseregtedag in Suid-Afrika en Onafhanklikheidsdag in Namibi
ë
22 Maart - Openbare vakansiedag in Namibië en Suid-Afrika en Wêr
eldwaterdag
23 Maart - Wêreld-Meteorologiese dag
27 Maart - Die SARL Tegniese Simposium op die Bluejeans-platform; die Kaap
stad- en Boland-Klub byeenkomste.
27 en 28 Maart - die CQ WPX ESB kompetisie

Ter afsluiting van ons bulletin, 'n samevatting van ons hoofnuus item

Die gewilde SARL HAMNET 40 m Gesimuleerde Nood kompetisie duur van 12:00 t
ot 14:00 UTC (14:00 tot 16:00 SAT) vanmiddag Sondag 7 Maart 2021. Daar is
vier klasse wat deelneem en die uitruiling hang af van die klas waaraan j
y deelneem. Kry al die inligting op bladsy 93 van die 2021 Blouboek voorda
t die kompetisie begin.

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
, saam gestel deur Dennis Green, ZS4BS, geredigeer deur Deon Erwin
, ZS1ZL en gelees deur ....................................

Van die nuus span, die beste wense vir die week vorentoe.

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