EQUATORIAL GUINEA, 3C. Ersoy, TA2OM is now QRV as 3C3W from Malabo, Bioko Island, IOTA AF-010. He is here for one to two months. Activity of late has been on the HF bands using FT8. QSL to home call.

MALDIVES, 8Q. Gianpi, IK1TTD will be QRV as 8Q7TD from Fasmendhoo Island, IOTA AS-013, from October 2 to 17. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands. QSL to home call.

ANGOLA, D2. Mikalai, UT6UY is QRV as D2UY from Cabinda and is active on 20 to 10 meters using FT8. He has also been active on 6 meters using FT8. QSL via LoTW.

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, DA. Special call DR45HAAN will be QRV from October 1 to September 30, 2023 to celebrate DARC organization Ortsverband Haan's 45 years. QSL direct to DL7FT.

SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, E5. Jim, E51JD is now QRV on 20 to 10 meters using SSB. QSL to home call.

MARQUESAS ISLANDS, FO. Didier, F6BCW will be QRV as TX7G from Iva Oa, IOTA OC-027, from October 1 to 15. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8 if possible, daily from 0300 to 0700z, and then 1500 to 1700z, depending on band conditions. QSL direct to home call.

MINAMI TORISHIMA, JD1. Take, JG8NQJ/JD1 is QRV until December 15 and has been active using CW on 17 meters around 0900z. QSL via JA8CJY.

OGASAWARA, JD1. Sam, JE1XUZ is QRV with special call 8J4S/JD1 until October 2. Activity is on the HF bands, as well as 2 meters and 70 centimeters, using CW, SSB, and FT8. QSL to home call.

SVALBARD, JW. Just, JW9DL, Erling, JW6VM and Halvard, JW7XK will be QRV from Spitsbergen, IOTA EU-026, from October 5 to 10. QSL JW7XK via LA7XK, JW6VM via LA6VM, and JW9DL via LA9DL. In addition, look for JW7XK to be QRV from Longyearbyen, Grid Square JQ78tf, on Satellite RS-44 between October 5 to 10. Activity will be with CW and SSB.

LITHUANIA, LY. Special event station LY770CT is QRV until October 14 to celebrate the 770th anniversary of the city of Klaipeda. QSL via LY1CT.

TURKEY, TA. Berkin, TA3J is QRV as TA3J/0 from Yassica Island, IOTA AS-099, until the end of October. QSL to home call.

MALI, TZ. Jeff, TZ4AM has been active on 6 meters using SSB between 1800 and 1900z. QSL via W0SA.

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, V4. John, W5JON will be QRV as V47JA from Calypso Bay from October 2 to 12. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL to home call.

NAMIBIA, V5. Hanspeter, HB9BFM is QRV as V5/HB9BFM until October 11. Activity is generally from 1600 to 1900z on 20 meter Olivia frequencies. QSL to home call.

ANTARCTICA. Warren, VK0WN is QRV from the Casey Research Base while on work assignment. Activity is holiday style on 20 meters usually between 0500 to 0600z. QSL via LoTW.

VANUATU, YJ. Darren, VK4MAP is QRV as YJ0DA and YJ0DA/p from New Hebrides, IOTA OC-035, and Shepherd Island, IOTA OC-111, respectively, until October 2. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using SSB. QSL to home call.

NEW ZEALAND, ZL. Members of the Whangarei Amateur Radio Club will be QRV as ZL75AWRC from October 1 to December 31 from North Island, IOTA OC-036, to celebrate the club's 75th anniversary. QSL via operators' instructions.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO
The Oceania DX Phone Contest, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC Sprint CW Ladder, K1USN Slow Speed CW Test, Collegiate QSO Party, Worked All Provinces of China DX CW Contest, Russian World Wide Digital Contest, IARU Region 1 UHF/Microwaves Contest, California QSO Party, International HELL-Contest, SKCC CW QSO Party, UBA ON SSB Contest, RSGB DX Contest and the Peanut Power QRP Sprint are all on tap for this upcoming weekend.

The K1USN Slow Speed CW Test, German Telegraphy CW Contest, ICWC Medium Speed CW Test, OK1WC CW Memorial, RSGB 80-Meter Autumn CW Series, ARS Spartan CW Sprint, Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest, RTTYOPS Weeksprint, Phone Weekly Test, A1Club CW AWT, CWops Test, VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest, Mini-Test 40, Mini-Test 80, 432 MHz Fall Sprint and the UKEICC 80-Meter SSB Contest run from October 3 to 5.

It was half day (10:00 AM to 02:00 PM IST) interactive workshop full of presentations, Audio Visual Documentary, Practical Demos, Q & A sessions and Radio stuff Exhibition with live operation.

In its Order (DA 22-1011), the FCC concluded "that granting the requested waiver is in the public interest. Puerto Rico was recently hit by Hurricane Fiona and Hurricane Ian is predicted to cause significant damage, including disruption to electricity and communications services. Thus, to accommodate amateur radio operators assisting in the recovery efforts, we grant the ARRL's waiver request for the period of 60 days from the date of this Order to operate in any parts of the United States and its territories impacted by hurricanes. The waiver is limited to amateur radio operators in the United States and its territories using publicly documented data protocols that are compatible with FCC rules, with the exception of the data rate limit waived here, for those directly involved with HF hurricane relief communications."

ARRL's request stated that trained amateur radio operators are working with emergency management officials and relief organizations to assist with disaster relief communications in anticipation of the arrival on the Gulf Coast of Hurricane Ian. ARRL sought the waiver for Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers, and other amateur radio support groups working with federal, state, and local emergency management officials to assist with disaster relief.

Pursuant to ARRL's request and similar to written waivers granted by the FCC in earlier years, to qualify, a protocol or mode exceeding the 300 baud symbol rate limit must (1) be publicly documented, (2) use no more bandwidth than the currently permissible slower protocols (generally accepted to be the bandwidth of an SSB signal, or 2.8 kHz), and (3) be used solely for communications related to hurricane relief.

Section 97.307(f) of the FCC's rules prevents the use of certain protocols capable of higher data rate emissions in the High Frequency (HF) bands that many amateur stations active in emergency communications preparedness are capable of using. ARRL described that equipment they plan to use exceeds the 300 baud symbol limit and that the higher data rates are critical in sending relief communications. Many use radio modems and personal computers capable of using digital protocols and modes that would permit faster messaging rates than normally permitted under the FCC's rules. ARRL pointed out that higher data rates can be critical to timely transmission of relief communications, such as lists of needed and distributed supplies.

ARRL also explained that radio amateurs using higher-speed emissions for hurricane-related messages in the United States and its territories must be able to communicate with similar stations in the US, possibly with Caribbean-based stations that are directly involved with hurricane relief efforts, and also with Federal stations on the five channels in the 5 MHz band involved with the SHARES network and other interoperability partners on those frequencies.

ARRL also pointed out that the past FCC temporary waivers have allowed such protocols in similar events including Hurricanes Maria, Dorian, Laura, and Ida, typhoon relief communications in Hawaii, and wildfires in the western areas of the US.

On Sept. 29th, the Juno spacecraft will fly only 222 miles above the frozen surface of Jupiter's ocean moon looking for new fissures and plumes of water vapor.

Remember this is not a contest, it is just a radio meeting with a few simple 'rules', better to call them recommendations.

Our annual affordability study finds that nearly a third (29%) of customers – around 8 million households – are having problems paying for their phone, broadband, pay-TV and streaming bills. The number of struggling families has doubled over the last year (from 15% in April 2021) and now stands at its highest level since our records began.

Ofcom research also shows that millions of low-income households are still missing out on broadband ‘social tariffs’ – special discounted superfast connections priced at around £10-£20 – because providers are not doing enough to advertise this support, or are refusing to offer these packages at all.

While take-up of broadband social tariffs has more than doubled in the last six months – rising from 55,000 to 136,000 – only 3% of eligible households have signed up. That leaves 97% missing out on average annual savings of around £144 per year.

We are also today introducing new guidance on how firms should support customers in debt or struggling to pay.

IOTA QRGs
CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz
SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz

AF-010; 3C, BIOCO ISLAND:
Ersoy TA2OM (ex TA2IBY) is currently active as 3C/TA2OM from Malabo on Bioco Island. QRV so far only on 10m on FT8, SSB is also possible. Confirmations are only possible via eQSL so far, paper cards will follow after his return from this 1 month trip. So far, however, his operation has not received DXCC regocnition by the ARRL.

AS-013; 8Q, MALDIVE ISLANDS:
Gianpi/IK1TTD operates holiday-style from Fasmendhoo Isl. as 8Q7TD between Oct. 2 and 17 with 100W and wire antennas. QSL via IK1TTD (d/B), LoTW.

AS-099; TA, CANAKKALE / BALIKESIR / IZMIR PROVINCE group:
Berkin/TA3J signs TA3J/0 from Yassica Isl. until the end of October. QSL via homecall (d/B), LoTW, ClubLog.

EU-010; GM/MM, OUTER HEBRIDES:
Graham/MM0GHM will be active /p or /m from Barra Island between Oct. 1 and 8. QSL via MM0GHM (d/B), eQSL.

EU-017; I*9, EOLIE (aka LIPARI) ISLANDS:
Domenico/IW8RAO, Luigi/IU8GUK, Alex/IK8YFU, and Pino/I8YGZ activate Vulcano Island from the 5th to 9th of October as ID9Y on CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8.

EU-026; JW, SPITSBERGEN ISLAND:
Just/JW9DL, Erling/JW6VM, and Halvard/JW7XK operate from Spitsbergen between Oct. 5 and 10. QSL for JW7XK via LA7XK, JW6VM via LA6VM, JW9DL via LA9DL.

OC-027; FO, MARQUESAS ISLANDS:
Didier/F6BCW is going to put Iva Oa on the air from Oct. 1 to 15 as TX7G. QRV on 80-10m (CW, SSB; RTTY and FT8 if possible) daily from 03z-07z and 15z-17z, depending on band conditions. Bureau cards will be sent out 12 months after his return; direct cards via Didier Cadot, 180 rue du Moulin de la Coudre, 71440 Tronchy, France. See also: https://www.qrz.com/db/TX7G.
 

Other IOTA news
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AS-051; Various, SPRATLY ISLANDS:
The trip to Pag-asa (DX0NE), scheduled for Sept. 16 had to be postponed to Nov. 25. The expedition's leader Gil/4F2KWT still hopes for an earlier opportunity though.

On the IARU Region 1 site he writes:

The noise of OTHR is all from 28100 kHz to 29000 Khz. All the DXers around the world are worried about this noise. I request all the 10-meter Fans to report this to ARSI and request the ARSI to report it to the world organization so somehow, this noise creators will stop this on 10 meters. I know the military powers are doing this and they are least bothered about amateur radio, but what to do? We only can do what I mentioned above.

This was also the case during the 24 Solar Cycle, but now at the beginning of this 25 Cycle, the OTHR noise is just blocking QSOs on 10 meters. During the cold war years, there was noise known as "Woodpeckers" radars.

My recent contact on 10 meters-------
Sep 19, 2022 -- 157. Sep 23, -- 54. Sep 24 - 107. Sep 25 -- 146.
Sep 26, -- 26.

Regards, hoping 10 meters band will be without the OTHR noise soon. 73.

Decode 2-line elsets with the following key:

1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ

2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ

1 07530U 74089B 22270.49984939 -.00000050 00000-0 -22339-4 0 9991

2 07530 101.9167 250.7311 0011950 205.3082 285.3371 12.53657215190250

0 ISS

1 25544U 98067A 22270.52893583 .00010365 00000-0 18723-3 0 9995

2 25544 51.6443 189.5440 0002401 301.1062 224.7991 15.50321764361059

0 SO-50

1 27607U 02058C 22270.48144102 .00000843 00000-0 13539-3 0 9993

2 27607 64.5564 349.6494 0081608 274.9705 84.2085 14.76261940 63433

0 AO-73

1 39444U 13066AE 22270.42875570 .00003099 00000-0 36956-3 0 9994

2 39444 97.6359 239.8183 0057746 58.7346 301.9507 14.83786460476640

0 XW-2A

1 40903U 15049E 22270.36385931 .00029178 00000-0 39452-3 0 9999

2 40903 97.1681 329.2585 0010213 100.8600 320.2645 15.57637405395109

0 IO-86

1 40931U 15052B 22270.22233896 .00000906 00000-0 36839-4 0 9996

2 40931 5.9945 163.0816 0012445 171.3505 188.6836 14.76866084378417

0 CAS-4B

1 42759U 17034B 22270.10783074 .00003674 00000-0 21951-3 0 9996

2 42759 43.0173 132.1235 0010016 217.8790 279.6039 15.12549728291749

0 CAS-4A

1 42761U 17034D 22270.58237942 .00003953 00000-0 23465-3 0 9991

2 42761 43.0168 128.2147 0010118 222.6871 178.3884 15.12635640291822

0 AO-91

1 43017U 17073E 22269.26221983 .00003209 00000-0 24324-3 0 9999

2 43017 97.6601 159.3068 0245430 217.2702 141.1263 14.82064084262046

0 PO-101

1 43678U 18084H 22270.50631279 .00000541 00000-0 58683-4 0 9999

2 43678 97.9848 45.0591 0008989 315.6737 44.3744 14.92319987213077

0 QO-100

1 43700U 18090A 22270.53662330 .00000148 00000-0 00000-0 0 9996

2 43700 0.0229 181.0140 0002167 36.2580 7.9996 1.00270484 14050

0 JO-97

1 43803U 18099AX 22270.18082433 .00003144 00000-0 27399-3 0 9992

2 43803 97.6096 334.6264 0013260 286.1758 73.8004 14.97526958208293

0 CAS-6

1 44881U 19093C 22270.41038146 .00000503 00000-0 70239-4 0 9990

2 44881 97.8872 348.1326 0014118 210.3346 149.7053 14.81826819149875

0 RS-44

1 44909U 19096E 22270.14114472 .00000046 00000-0 13127-3 0 9995

2 44909 82.5242 162.7368 0218403 81.9774 280.6046 12.79715169128564

0 XW-3

1 50466U 21131B 22270.55887712 .00000224 00000-0 87786-4 0 9993

The topic is “Using the Moon as a Ping Pong buddy” or, as it may be more commonly known, EME, Earth Moon Earth or Moon bounce.

Our special guest is Pine, ZS6OB, the first person in Africa and the second person in the Southern Hemisphere to achieve a DXCC on 144 MHz using EME.

Jim Hanlon, W8KGI,  worked as a summer relief engineer at Cincinnati's WCPO-TV from 1956 to 1958. At that time WCPO-TV did not have any video recording technology, so all local TV was live TV and provided a refreshing dose of live programming, equipment failures and production creativity that been lost in today's pasteurized, homogenized TV ecosystem.

Join Jim as he recalls what it like producing live TV programming in the early days of television broadcasting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ1XOowSlQI

Help keep communications history alive by becoming a member of the Antique Wireless Association at: https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/ 

It is easy to build, construct and erect a dipole antenna for the HF bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 metres, etc using a few simple components at a minimal cost and get great results.

Read the article at
https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/antennas-propagation/dipole-antenna/hf-ham-band-dipole-construction-80-40-20-15-10-meters.php

The project aims to create an educational space and apply in practice the phenomena that accompany the interaction between people using radio waves.

The final selection of the projects was made by a dedicated jury, made up of specialists in fields related to the Fund's themes, together with a member of the Board of Directors of the Buzau Community Foundation.

We would like to thank our monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate

News stories include: -

·          Amateur Radio Helps Disabled Sailboat to Port
·          Radio Amateurs are not Afraid of a Blackout
·          Largest Commercial Communications Array ever has just Launched
·          104-year-old Radio Ham is on the Air
·          First 40 MHz SSB contact between UK and South Africa
·          40th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and General Meeting
·          Videos from Digital Communications Conference 2022
·          Latest Version of RSGB EMF Calculator

NP4G has enjoyed ham radio from his teenage years and now is one of the 3Y0J DXpedition crew members to Bouvet Island in January 2023.

Otis joins me to tell his ham radio story and about his preparations for Bouvet.

AMSAT Symposium

Three years after we were last able to get together in person at an AMSAT Symposium, I feel excited for the opportunity to meet up in Minnesota next month.

AMSAT symposia are not only an excellent opportunity to celebrate amateur radio in space and share what everyone is working on, but they also provide us with unique opportunities to formulate new directions, ideas, and projects. Some of AMSAT's most innovative accomplishments started with a discussion that began at a symposium. I hope that you can attend and be part of this experience.

The 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday through Saturday, October 21-22, 2022, in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Highlights of all scheduled events include:
• AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting, October 20-21
• 40th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting, October 21-22
• Friday Night Social and Auction, October 21
• AMSAT Banquet and Reception, October 22
• AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast, October 23

The 40th AMSAT Space Symposium is open to anyone interested in advancing the art and science of amateur radio in space. To register, please visit https://launch.amsat.org/Events.

Crowne Plaza is located adjacent to the Minneapolis / St. Paul International Airport and provides a complimentary, scheduled shuttle to and from the airport. Nearby attractions include Mall of America, Target Field, Minnesota Zoo, and the Nickelodeon Universe theme park.

You can make reservations by calling the hotel at (952) 854-9000. The group code is ASG (Amateur Satellite Group). Alternatively, you can make reservations online at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-219-Symposium-Rooms.

We are AMSAT

Conversations on the AMSAT Bulletin Board start with "AMSAT should…" or “AMSAT needs to…." While these often express great suggestions, the proposals quickly fade into the ether when proponents are asked if they are volunteering.

Asking if someone is volunteering is not meant to slight anyone in any way or discount their ideas; rather, it is a product of who we are and where we are.

AMSAT is an all-volunteer membership organization, and, as such, it draws its strength and accomplishments from its membership. Out of 4,000 members, AMSAT currently has approximately 40 core volunteer engineers, builders, programmers, educators and administrators, who are all fully engaged with the current projects. Thus, taking on any additional work requires additional volunteers.

Think about this for a minute: 40 volunteers out of 4,000 members represent only one percent of our membership. Since we have already achieved so much with that one percent, how much more could we accomplish if we had more of our members volunteer? The potential to advance the art of radio science in space and reach farther is unlimited. Please help us get there!

If you are ready to answer the call, please get in touch with me at rbankston at amsat.org. Until next time, Onward & Upward!

The AMSAT Journal is a bi-monthly digital magazine for amateur radio in space enthusiasts, published by the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT). Each issue is your source for hardware and software projects, technical tips, STEM initiatives, operational activities, and news from around the world.

Inside the Current Issue:

* Apogee View – Robert Bankston, KE4AL
* Educational Relations Update - Alan Johnston, KU2Y
* My First Simulated Satellite - Virginia Smith, NV5F
* Building AMSAT CubeSatSims in the Classroom - Alan Johnston, KU2Y and Edward Char
* 2022 AMSAT Field Day - Bruce Paige, KK5DO

If you're not yet an AMSAT member, join today at https://launch.amsat.org/Membership

At the VK2RAG Somersby repeater site, the D-Star, Rad-Net DMR and 2m Echolink services are fully functional. The D-star systems have had their connection timetable now incudes the Monday morning International D-Star net, Wednesday AR Newsline and Sunday WIA news. Voice announcements have been added for notifications of timed changes. Brand Meister DMR and 70cm Echolink and IRLP are still on the sick list.

The club has a Web SDR at Somersby. Websdr.ccarc.org.au is configured to listen on 6 metres, 2 metres, 70 centimetres and 23 centimetres.

Yesterday the club held a successful Show & tell day. This is a regular occurrence for the last Saturday of the month.

The club is considering a special “Christmas Ham” raffle and wants your input. You can find links to the survey on the clubs website or social media pages.

There will be a “Portable and Picnic” day held at Terrigal Haven on October 15 between 11:30am and 4:00pm. Members, family, and visiting or prospective hams are more than welcome. More detail closer to the event.

The daily Morning Tea Net is held at 10:00am each morning and after the VK2WI broadcast on Sunday mornings.

The Thursday evening net is held at 8:00pm on the same repeater and echolink conferences.

The Morning Tea and Thursday night nets are held on the VK2RAG repeater – 146.725 MHz with 91.5Hz tone, and on echolink through the HAM and CCARCNSW echolink conferences.

The fortnightly SSTV net, hosted by Adrian, VK2ABS, is on the Club’s 2 Meter WICEN repeater; 147.125 MHz with 91.5 Hz tone, consisting of 2-3 rounds. Adrian has had a large amount of support from other members and would love to see you drop in on the next net on Friday the 30th of September at 7:30 PM.

The Thursday night and SSTV nets are also video streamed live to the club’s Facebook page and recordings can be found in the “Videos” section.

You can find out more about the CCARC, our upcoming social events and other details that we can’t tell you about here on the web at ccarc.org.au, by phone on 02 4340 2500, or on social media by searching for “Central Coast Amateur Radio Club”. Remember to give the club a “like” to follow for any updates.

73, Alan VK2MG

Synonyms for the word patriotic include "nationalist" and "nationalistic" and it relates to words such as "chauvinist", "jingoist" and "fervent". Jingoist means having or showing excessive favouritism towards one's own country.

That said, the original Amateur's Code published in 1927 says that:

The Amateur is Patriotic. His knowledge and his station are always ready for the service of his country and his community.

The 2022 ARRL handbook says:

The Radio Amateur is PATRIOTIC...station and skill always ready for service to country and community.

The ARRL website is slightly different:

The Radio Amateur is PATRIOTIC...His/[Her] station and skills are always ready for service to country and community.

Based on the meaning and connotations of the word "patriotic", I think that the sixth clause of the Amateur's Code is a political statement. It came at the close of World War One and in that context it makes sense.

I will also note that the word "patriotic" means different things to different people. For some it's a positive concept, for others it's the opposite and I think as a result it's a problematic concept in the world today.

If that's not clear to you, consider the notion of patriotic to a person living in the United States of America versus a person living in Ukraine, or a person living in North Korea, Sudan, China or Japan. Each of these countries have different concepts of the idea of patriotic which might not actually be compatible with each other.

Should we as a global community encourage cohesion or encourage incompatibility?

A more inclusive word might be "loyal", but we've already covered that. I've offered the following revision of the original loyalty clause to be:

The Radio Amateur is LOYAL...offering encouragement and participation to the global amateur community.

We could add the word country to that and dispense with the patriotic clause altogether, but I think that detracts from what the sixth clause is attempting to achieve, the sharing of station and skill to country and community.

What if we replace the word "patriotic" with "supportive" instead? I also think that the lost word "knowledge" is separate from station and skill and I think it has a place in this clause.

The clause would read:

The Radio Amateur is SUPPORTIVE...knowledge, station and skills always ready for service to country and community.

I'm aware that, given the wide range of meanings for the word "patriotic" across Earth, this is likely to be controversial, but in considering this version, please consider the level of emotion included in your feeling of the word "patriotic" versus the emotion for the word "supportive". It seems to me that reducing the level of emotion in a code of conduct is a positive evolution.

What are your thoughts on the matter?

Amateur radio operators have been reporting weather conditions since Monday, September 19, 2022, and have received positive feedback on their assistance. The VoIP Hurricane Net was active for 14 continuous hours on Sunday, September 18, for Hurricane Fiona, as it pummeled the southern and southwestern portions of Puerto Rico with catastrophic rainfall and flooding with hurricane-force conditions.

In the ARRL Puerto Rico Section, Public Information Coordinator (PIC) Angel L. Santana-Diaz, WP3GW, who lives in Trujillo Alto, reported a widespread blackout as the hurricane made landfall on the island. Still, he explained, there were ham radio repeaters that remained on the air with amateurs sharing reports of damage, including downed trees and power poles, and roofs ripped from homes.

ARRL Member Pedro S. Labayen, KP4DKE, of Utuado, was mentioned in a Miami Herald article for reporting the significant damage to his rural and mountainous region of the island.

The NHC has issued advisories for Hurricane Fiona and Tropical Storm Gaston. Marine warnings are also in effect for the Caribbean and the Southwest Atlantic. As of 2:00 PM EDT (1800 UTC) on Thursday, September 22, the NHC reported that Hurricane Fiona is forecast to pass just west of Bermuda by late Thursday evening, approach Nova Scotia on Friday, and move across Nova Scotia and into the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Saturday. Fiona is a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 130 mph (215 km/h) with higher gusts.

In advance of the hurricane, the Radio Society of Bermuda activated their Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) on Wednesday, September 21, at 1:43 PM ET and plans to have 14 active amateurs monitoring the hurricane network. Plans are to use local repeaters, unless there's a power loss, then they'll switch to simplex. They're currently monitoring 14.283 MHz and will continue to monitor that frequency.

The HWN will be activated on Thursday, September 22, at 5:00 PM EDT/AST (2100 UTC) on the primary frequency of 14.325 MHz.

Activation for the 40-meter net on 7.268 MHz will be at 7:00 PM EDT/AST (2300 UTC). The net will be on 20 meters for as long as propagation will allow and will remain active on 40 meters until it's no longer required, or propagation goes away.

However, should Hurricane Fiona make direct landfall, operations will resume on Friday, September 23, at 9:00 AM EDT/AST (1300 UTC) to assist with post-storm reports and any outgoing health and welfare traffic, which would be directed toward SATERN.

HWN Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, offered some suggestions for amateur radio operators contacting the net.

"We look for reporting stations that can provide us with any measured or estimated weather information that we can relay directly to the forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Such weather information we look for is maximum sustained winds, wind gusts, wind direction, barometric pressure, and rainfall amount -- how much over x-amount of time, storm surge, and damage," Graves said. "Also, should you have any outgoing health and welfare traffic before, during, or after this event, we are happy to assist as we work closely with the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network."

Graves also said, as a reminder, the HWN is available to provide backup communications to official agencies, such as Emergency Operations Centers, American Red Cross officials, and storm shelters in the affected area. They also collect and forward significant damage assessment data to government and non-government officials.

Amateur radio operators who want to monitor or participate in the hurricane nets should visit these two useful and informative links:

The Hurricane Watch Net - Useful Links: https://hwn.org/tools/useful-links.html

VoIP Hurricane Net: https://voipwx.net/

Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will be at the controls of the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft flanked by fellow cosmonauts Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov for their undocking from the station’s Prichal module at 3:34 a.m. EDT on Sept. 29. The trio will head for a parachute-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan more than four hours later at 6:57 a.m. EDT (4:57 p.m. Kazakhstan time).

Coverage of the crew’s change of command, undocking, and landing will air live on NASA Television, the agency’s website, and the NASA app as follows (all times Eastern):

Wednesday, Sept. 28

• 9:35 a.m. – Change of Command Ceremony (Artemyev hands over station command to ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti)

Thursday, Sept. 29

• 3:15 a.m. – Soyuz undocking coverage begins

• 5:45 a.m. – Deorbit burn and landing coverage begins

The three cosmonauts launched to the station on March 18, and are completing a mission of 185 days and 2,960 orbits of the Earth spanning 77 million miles.

When the Soyuz undocks, Expedition 68 will formally begin aboard the station under the command of Cristoforetti. Joining her are NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, and Frank Rubio as well as cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin.

During Expedition 68, the arrival of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 aboard Dragon Endurance will bring four more crew members to the space station. That crew currently is scheduled for launch Monday, Oct. 3, for a short handover period with Crew-4 astronauts prior to their return to Earth shortly after.

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The Weatherly Centre, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire SG18 8JH https://bvws.org.uk/auctions/photos/2022-09-25/BVWS_Biggleswade_Sept_2022.pdf

This is the replacement location for our Harpenden events (March and September), because Harpenden Public Halls is not reopening for events and is due to be demolished.

For sat-nav use postcode SG18 8JH. In Eagle Farm Road, use the entrance signposted Stratton Upper School and Weatherley Centre. The Weatherley Centre itself is straight ahead at the back of the complex, beyond the tennis courts.

The large parking area is to the left of the centre as you approach it. Disabled parking is right in front. Please enter the hall through the front door unless you are a stallholder.

For those using public transport it is a 12 minute walk or 5 minute taxi ride from Biggleswade Railway Station.

Stallholder entry from 9:00am. Doors open at 9:30am. Auction starts at approx 12:30pm.

Refreshments will be limited initially to drinks (hot and cold) and pre-packed snacks.

Biggleswade Swapmeet and Auction - 25th September 2022 https://bvws.org.uk/

His Mountain Goat-qualifying activation took place from the summit of Helvellyn G/LD-003, in the English Lake District. 

Andy's SOTA journey started back in 2015, learning about the programme through answering a CQ call from an activator.  He soon activated his first summit - Rogan's Seat G/NP-014, and thus started, as it does for so many, a keen obsession over the ensuing years! 

Reflecting on his achievement, Andy commented: " Without SOTA I would not do anywhere near as much walking, I would not be as active on the radio and I would not have discovered some of the fantastic smaller Marilyns that people don’t bother travelling to."

Federal Communications Commission licensed amateur radio operators, through the Amateur Radio Emergency Service prepare to assist by providing emergency radio communications. These volunteer teams of radio operators are organized local at a county level with regional and national leadership support. They participate in regular test of their radio equipment, usually weekly, and interact with State level office of emergency management through leadership, monthly. They prepare for emergency communications events through assisting with local charity walks, bike rides, and other activities, plus national events while hoping they are never needed for a disaster or emergency.

Ocean County Amateur Radio Emergency Services operators plan to participate in the National Simulated Emergency Test on October 1^st under the leadership of local Emergency Coordinator, Robert Murdock, WX2NJ.

TANZANIA, 5H. Tev, TA1HZ is QRV as 5H8HZ while working in Tabor. Activity is in his spare time on the HF bands using CW, SSB, and FT8. He is here until the beginning of 2023. QSL via LoTW.

OMAN, A4. Members of the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society are QRV as special event station A43KSA until September 26. QSL via A47RS.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, A6. Tom, DL2RMS is QRV as A65/DL2RMC from Al Ain. Activity is on 30 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, and FT8. This may include 160 and 6 meters as well. QSL via LoTW.

MADEIRA ISLANDS, CT3. Operators CT1BOL, CT1DSV, CT1ENV, CT3KN and CT3MD are QRV as CR3SI from Selvagens Islands, IOTA AF-047, until September 26. Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB, and FT8 as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Reserva Natural das Ilhas Selvagens. QSL via CT1DSV.

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, DA. Dieter, DF2SD is QRV with special call sign DR100RY until the end of 2022 to celebrate the centenary of Radioteletype. QSL to home call.

FRENCH POLYNESIA, FO. Vincent, K6VVK will be QRV as FO/K6VVK from Moorea, IOTA OC-046, from September 27 to October 5. Activity will be holiday style on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, FT8, and FT4. QSL via LoTW.

SWITZERLAND, HB. Special event station HB175RAIL is QRV until the end of October to celebrate the first Swiss Rail Service of 1847. QSL via LoTW.

SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA, HK0. A group of operators are QRV as 5J0DX, 5K0C, 5K0T, and 5K0YD from San Andres, IOTA NA-033, until September 26. Activity is on 60 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, FT8, and FT4. QSL 5J0DX direct via LU9FHF, 5K0C via LoTW, 5K0T direct via LU1FM, and 5K0YD via IK2DUW.

SARDINIA, IS0. Luca, IK5AEQ is QRV as IM0/IK5AEQ from Maddalena Island, IOTA EU-041, until September 25. He is QRV on 40 to 2 meters using SSB, FT8, and FT4. This includes being an entry in the CQ World Wide RTTY DX contest. QSL to home call.

PUERTO RICO, KP4. Operators W2VQ, WP3C and WP3TT will be QRV as WP3C in the CQ World Wide RTTY DX contest as a Multi Single/Low Power entry. This includes activity for WLOTA from Lighthouse LH-2802. QSL via M0OXO.

JAPAN, JA. Take, JI3DST will be QRV as JI3DST/5, JJ5RBH, JS6RRR/5, and JS6RRR/p from Shodo Island, IOTA AS-200, from September 25 to November 4. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB, and FT8, depending on call sign. QSL via LoTW.

NAMIBIA, V5. Hanspeter, HB9BFM will be QRV as V5/HB9BFM from September 28 to October 11. Activity will generally be from 1600 to 1900z on 20 meter Olivia frequencies. QSL to home call.

CHRISTMAS ISLAND, VK9X. Stephen, VK3SN is QRV as VK9XX and is here for a week. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters during his afternoons, evenings, and some early mornings using mostly FT8 with some SSB. QSL via EB7DX.

FALKLAND ISLANDS, VP8. Nathan, 2E0HSV is a technician at Port Stanley's radio station and plans to be QRV as VP8AAE using SSB and various digital modes. He plans to activate some SOTA references along the east and west coast. QSL via operator's instructions.

INDONESIA, YB. Members of the ORARI Daerah Jawa Timur, Lokal Pasuruan are QRV with special call sign 8A1093PAS from Java Island, IOTA OC-021, to celebrate the 1093rd anniversary of the Pasuruan Regency. Their length of stay is unknown. Activity is on various HF and VHF bands. QSL via bureau.

VANUATU, YJ. Darren, VK4MAP is QRV as YJ0DA and YJ0DA/p from New Hebrides, IOTA OC-035, and Shepherd Island, IOTA OC-111, respectively, until October 2. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using SSB. QSL to home call.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO
The CQ Worldwide RTTY DX Contest, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC Sprint CW Ladder, K1USN Slow Speed CW Test, Maine QSO Party, AGCW VHF/UHF CW Contest, Masonic Lodges on the Air, AWA Amplitude Modulation QSO Party and the UBA ON 6-Meter Contest are all on tap for this upcoming weekend.

The QCX CW Challenge, ICWC Medium Speed CW Test, OK1WC CW Memorial, RSGB FT4 Contest, Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest, RTTYOPS Weeksprint, 222 MHz Fall Sprint, SKCC CW Sprint, Phone Weekly Test, A1Club AWT, CWops Test, Mini-Test 40, Mini-Test 80 and the UKEICC 80-Meter Contest are scheduled for September 26 to 28.

JOTA uses amateur radio to link Scouts and hams worldwide, around the nation and in our community. This jamboree requires no travel other than to a nearby amateur radio operator’s ham shack or, in this case, to the Troop 525 Scout Hut, also known as the Civitan Building off Preacher Mill Road in Clarksville. “All Scouts from any Council are welcome to come and participate in this Cogioba District event,” stated Ernest Schmidt, American Legion Tennessee State Scouting chairman.They will also be hosting Jamboree on the internet at the same time, so participants will get credit for taking part in two events.

Scouts of any age can participate, from Cub Scouts to Scouts BSA and Venturers. Once at the JOTA ham radio station, the communication typically involves talking on a microphone and listening to the station speakers. However, many forms of specialized communication may also be taking places, such as video communication, digital communication (much like sending a message on your smartphone but transmitted by radio), or communication through a satellite relay or an earth-based relay (called a repeater). The exchanges include such information as name, location (called QTH in ham speak), Scout rank, age and hobbies. The stations you’ll be communicating with can be across town, across the country or even around the world! The World Scout Bureau reported that the 2017 JOTA-JOTI had over 1.5 million Scout participants from more than 160 countries. Once you have completed your stations, you may leave. You do not need to stay all day.

Jamboree-on-the-Air and Internet will be held on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This year the American Legion CSM Gary W. Crisp Post 289 Amateur Radio Club and the Clarksville Amateur Transmitting Society will be hosting this event. The Clarksville city team will have folks operating three radio stations this year. The event starts Friday evening during the JOTA Jump Start and runs through Sunday evening, but the Clarksville JOTA will only be hosted on Saturday. To participate, contact the Post 289 Radio Club or a local ham radio operator, or a local amateur radio club.

The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft carrying Rubio, as well as Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, docked to the station’s Rassvet module at 1:06 p.m. EDT. Following two orbits, docking occurred about three hours after a 9:54 a.m. launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Rubio, Prokopyev, and Petelin will join the Expedition 67 crew when hatches open about 3:45 p.m. Expedition 68 will begin Thursday, Sept. 29, on the departure of Roscosmos cosmonauts Denis Matveev, Sergey Korsakov, and outgoing station commander Oleg Artemyev. The trio will land in Kazakhstan following a six-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory.

This marks the first spaceflight for Rubio, the second for Prokopyev, and the first for Petelin. Throughout their six-month stay aboard the orbital outpost, the trio will work on science and research in technology development, Earth science, biology, human research, and more.

During Expedition 68, the arrival of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 aboard Dragon Endurance will bring four more crew members to the space station. That crew currently is scheduled for launch Monday, Oct. 3, for a short handover period with Crew-4 astronauts prior to their return to Earth shortly after.

Of the two candidates for the post of ITU Secretary (the top job) is American Ms Doreen BOGDAN-MARTIN, who just happens to also be a radio amateur KD2JTX

The other is a Russian, Rashid Ismailov.

This application is to allow the deployment of user terminals, which is the equipment used by customers for a variety of different purposes. This can be on the ground, in the air or at sea.

The licence places obligations on the satellite operator to ensure they can operate alongside other satellite constellations.

We are considering Mangata’s submissions, including whether they can coexist with other satellite systems, and any potential risks to competition.

Because Ulster Bank and KBC are ending their operations in Ireland those Direct Debit mandates will soon stop working.

Cloud market study
In the coming weeks, Ofcom will launch a market study under the Enterprise Act 2002 into the UK’s cloud sector. The largest providers of cloud services – known as ‘hyperscalers’ – are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft and Google. Collectively, these three firms generate around 81% of revenues in the UK public cloud infrastructure services market.

Our study will formally assess how well this market is working. We will examine the strength of competition in cloud services generally and the position the three hyperscalers hold in the market. We will also consider any market features that might limit innovation and growth in this sector by making it difficult for other companies to enter the market and expand their share.

When we launch the market study, we will invite initial views on the UK cloud market from interested or affected parties. We plan to consult on our interim findings and publish a final report – including any concerns or proposed recommendations – within twelve months.

WhatsApp, Zoom and smart speakers
Over the next year, Ofcom will also start a broader programme of work to examine other digital markets, including online personal communication apps and devices for accessing audiovisual content.
We are interested in how services such as WhatsApp, FaceTime and Zoom are affecting the role of traditional calling and messaging, and how competition and innovation in these markets may evolve over the coming years. We also want to understand whether any limitations on their ability to interact with each other raises potential concerns.

Another future area of focus for Ofcom is the nature and intensity of competition among digital personal assistants and audiovisual ‘gateways’ – such as connected televisions and smart speakers – through which people access traditional TV and radio, as well as online content.

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KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM

AO-07

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ISS

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SO-50

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AO-73

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IO-86

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RS-44

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IOTA QRGs
CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz
SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz

AF-047; CT3, SELVAGENS ISLANDS:
Jorge/CT1BOL, Jose/CT3MD, Ricardo/CT3KN Jose/CT1DSV, and Antonio/CT1ENV activates this group for the first time after 14 years between the 23rd and 26th with the callsign CR3SI. QSL via CT1DSV.

EU-031; I*8, CAMPANIA REGION group: Andy/RW3AH (KL1A) operates as IC8/KL1A from Ischia between the 20th and 30th. QSL via OE1ZZZ.

EU-120; G/M, ENGLISH COASTAL ISLANDS:
Ray/M0XDL, Stuart/M0SGV, Peter/G4UIX, and Kevin/2E0KKV operate from the Isle of Wight as GB0IOW from Sept. 19 to 23. QRV on HF on SSB and digital modes from Dairyman's Cottage in Tapnell Farm Park. QSL via M0DXL, eQSL, LoTW.

NA-005; VP9, BERMUDA ISLANDS:
SP9FIH will be signing VP9/SP9FIH between Sept. 23 and Oct. 6 on 30, 17, 15, and 12m (SSB, RTTY, FT8). For more information see: www.vp9.dxpeditions.org. QSL via ClubLog OQRS, LoTW.

NA-005; VP9, BERMUDA ISLANDS:
Craig, VP9/N8QNT, is active from Bermuda between the 24th and 28th. QSL via homecall (d/B).

NA-099; KP3/4, PUERTO RICO:
W2VQ, WP3C, and WP3TT are mounting a team effort under WP3C for the CQWW RTTY Contest (Sept. 24/25).

NA-104; V4, ST KITTS AND NEVIS:
Bob/WX4G had to cancel his visit scheduled for Sept. 20 to 30. He now plans to operate as V48A from Nov. 21 to Dec. 1, including the CQWW CW Contest.

NA-146; FJ, ST-BARTHELEMY ISLAND:
Phil/K2LIO returns to St. Barth mid-October and will use the callsign FJ4WEB on 40, 20, 15, and 10m. QSL via K2LIO, eQSL.

SA-002; VP8, FALKLAND ISLANDS:
Nathan/2E0HSV (ex M3ILB) works as a technician at Port Stanley's radio station and plans to get on the air soon as VP8AAE on SSB and digital modes. He is also looking into activating SOTA references along the east and west coast. No QSL route is known so far.

OC-046; FO, WINDWARD ISLANDS:
VINCENT/K6VVK stays on Moorea from Sept. 27 to Oct. 5 and operates holiday-style as FO/K6VVK on 160-6m
(CW, SSB, FT4/8). QSL via LoTW, ClubLog, eQSL, qrz.com; no direct or bureau cards.

OC-026; KH2, GUAM ISLAND:
William "BJ"/WA7WJR hopes to operate between Oct. 1 and Nov. 20 as AH2/WA7WJR from Agat (Guam) and as AH0/WA7WJR from Rota (Saipan) on 20, 17, and 15m (CW, FT4/8, some SSB). QSL via WA7WJR, LoTW.
 

Other IOTA news
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• An Emergency Communications (EmComm) display

• D-STAR and/or other digital mobile mode demo

• Digital HF modes on a big screen

• SSB, CW, and digital modes

• Demonstrations of portable stations for field operation, such a Parks on the Air (POTA) and Summits on the Air (SOTA)

• Youth in ham radio

A related effort includes The BIG E Space Chat involving a scheduled ham radio contact from the fair with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The contact is organized through Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). At press time, the contact is scheduled to take place in The Big E Arena between September 27 - 29. The exact date and time will not be known until a decision is made by NASA approximately a week before the event.

Around a dozen youth associated with New England Sci-Tech (NEST), a STEM learning and makerspace center in Natick, Massachusetts, have been selected to participate in The BIG E Space Chat. They will each get to ask the astronaut questions that will be relayed via an ARISS telebridge ground station — an amateur radio station that will establish radio contact with the ISS, and then relay the signals to the student group at The Big E.

In addition to making a once-in-a-lifetime contact from The Big E with an astronaut in space, the students are participating in in-person and virtual educational activities over a 12-month period. These experiences include building and launching a beginner-level model rocket, earning an amateur radio license, participating in a basic electronics course, and learning about astronomy, satellite communications, and other space-related science.

ARISS Mentor and ARRL New England Division Director Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, is providing overall coordination between ARISS and the science education program component provided by NEST. Ray Lajoie, AA1SE, is responsible for pre-contact programming as well as the stage audio-video setup at The Big E Arena, a performance venue that can accommodate up to 3,000 people with additional capacity for folks to stand.

A number of other organizations — both local as well as international — will play critical roles in ensuring a successful contact with the ISS from The Big E venue. A 45-minute pre-contact program will feature inspirational videos about the ISS, space, and previous contacts. Introductory remarks will be made by Kemmerer; Eastern States Exposition President and CEO Gene Cassidy; ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, and NEST President Bob Phinney, K5TEC.

The Big E Project was awarded a grant by Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), a private foundation that supports amateur radio and digital communication science and technology.

In 2021, The Big E had 1.5 million visitors, and over 1.6 million visitors in 2019. Visit The Big E website for additional information. More information about Project Big E can be found at the ARRL New England Division website.

Thanks to ARRL New England Division Vice Director Phil Temples, K9HI, for some of the information in this article.

The club is located in one of the county’s significant number of impressive buildings, right in the centre of historic old Paisley town.

During the event, club members operated several station setups using the special callsign - Golf Bravo Zero Delta Oscar Delta. The radio operators were active on the 40, 20, 17 & 15m HF bands in both voice and data and the 2m VHF band in voice.

A WISPR data station operating with 200mW made many contacts across Central Europe, north across Scandinavia and even to the south as far as an island off the west coast of North Africa, a distance in excess of 3,000 miles.

The radio equipment was also used to send messages by Winlink and we successfully transmitted our special event station logo using slow scan television.

Voice contact was made on the 20m band with the United Nations Amateur Radio Contest DX Club in Vienna, Austria. Contacts were also made with many other stations including a radio club in Sarajevo, Bosnia.

A display of fully operational amateur radio equipment, military radio transceivers and old domestic receivers were available for the visitors to see.

The working conditions on the day were far from ideal due to our location right in the heart of a busy town centre, but with clever selection and positioning of the numerous antennas, the event was deemed to be a success in both contacts made and the numbers of visitors attending.

Our friendly club operates a popular VHF net on 144.550 MHz on Monday evenings and meets each Thursday evening at the Methodist Central Halls, Paisley from 7:30pm. Visitors are very welcome.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin will launch aboard the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:54 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 21 (6:54 p.m. Baikonur time). Coverage will begin at 9 a.m. on NASA Television’s Public Channel, the NASA app, and on the agency’s website.

NASA also will air continuous coverage of an Artemis I tanking test on NASA TV’s Media Channel beginning at 7:15 a.m.

Soyuz MS-22 launch and key events as well of coverage of the Artemis I tanking test will be available to watch online at: https://www.nasa.gov/live

After a two-orbit, three-hour journey, the Soyuz will dock to the space station’s Rassvet module at 1:11 p.m. About two hours after docking, hatches between the Soyuz and the station will open and the crew members will greet each other.

Once aboard station, the trio will join Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev, cosmonauts Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov of Roscosmos, as well as NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Rubio, Prokopyev, and Petelin will spend six months aboard the orbital laboratory.

This will be Prokopyev’s second flight into space and the first for Rubio and Petelin.

Mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern):

Wednesday, Sept. 21

9 a.m. – Coverage begins on NASA TV’s Public Channel for 9:54 a.m. launch.

12:15 p.m. – Coverage begins on NASA TV’s Public Channel for 1:11 p.m. docking.

WSVR is a community heritage project. The project has enabled the magic of rails golden age to be brought to life in Kilmeaden. A heritage narrow gauge railway runs along 17 kilometres of the abandoned Waterford to Dungarvan line.

The South Eastern Amateur Radio Group would like to thank the manager Maria Kyte and all the staff of The Waterford and Suir Valley Railway for all their help and allowing us access to the station to do this event again this year. For more information about the WSVR please see www.wsvrailway.ie .

The September meeting of the South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC will take place on Monday, the 26th of September 2022 at 8.00 p.m. sharp at The Sweep Bar, Adamstown, Kilmeaden, Co. Waterford, Eircode X91 H588. New members or anyone interested in learning more about amateur radio or the group are as always very welcome to attend.

Enthusiasts demonstrated Sunday in the Bains des Pâquis to test the signals that will be the only means of communication in the event of a blackout. In the event of a power failure, the mobile radio relays no longer work.

Watch the Léman Bleu TV news report at
https://www.lemanbleu.ch/fr/Actualites/Geneve/20220916105411-Les-radioamateurs-ne-craignent-pas-le-black-out.html

Class Foxtrot will start on the 3rd of November 2022. Class Foxtrot will consist of 24 classes ending on the 4th of May 2023. The course is free but membership of the NSWLC is compulsory. There are no prerequisites for this course, other than a genuine desire to study for an amateur radio licence, and to take and pass the Irish HAREC exam. The upcoming course is based on the new Irish exam syllabus, introduced earlier this year.

The course uses the upcoming IRTS Study Guide, an almost 300-page learning resource. Members of Class Echo have significantly contributed to the new guide. As a result of their valuable feedback, Class Foxtrot contains 6 more sessions than its predecessor in order to better focus on the areas that are new to the current syllabus.

The course will be held via the Zoom platform and sessions must be attended live. Classes will be held each Thursday from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. local time.

It happened at around 10 AM GMT when that part of the world was facing the sun. Apparently, a coronal mass ejection accompanied the flare, so more electromagnetic disruption may be on its way.

The culprit seems to be an unusually active sunspot which is expected to die down soon. Interestingly, there is also a coronal hole in the sun where the solar wind blows at a higher than usual rate. Want to keep abreast of the solar weather? There's a website for that.

We've pointed out before that we are ill-prepared for technology blackouts due to solar activity, even on the power grid. The last time it happened, we didn't rely so much on radio.

https://hackaday.com/2022/09/18/solar-flare-quiets-a-quarter-of-the-globe/

Use of the AX Prefix Commemorating the Life of Queen Elizabeth II – 19-23 September

RASA and WIA Presidents approached the ACMA this week seeking support for the use of the AX Prefix to commemorate the life of Queen Elizabeth II. ACMA advised that the Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Amateur Licence) Determination 2015 limits the use of the AX prefix to three specific days: 26 January, 25 April and 17 May. The ACMA does not have discretion to authorise the use of the AX prefix on any other days.

However, ACMA noted the significance of the event, and the desire of RASA and the WIA to commemorate the passing of Queen Elizabeth II by using the AX prefix. They advised that compliance action for the use of the AX prefix for the period requested would not be a priority for the ACMA.

Although this is technically in conflict with the LCD, we feel the the use of the AX Prefix as a mark of respect in the passing of Queen Elizabeth the II is appropriate.

On this basis, we encourage VK amateurs to exchange VK with AX for the period 19-23 September 2022 in commemoration of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd.

Vale Queen Elizabeth II

We have has some amazing Project Gallery entries in this new addition to the Expo. The Project Gallery is up for the entire period of the show including the 30 day on demand period. Each kiosk includes an optional live Q&A text chat to receive and answer questions from visitors to the Project Gallery.

Presentations from Previous Expos Available on our Vimeo Channel

On the weekend SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched a giant satellite into space.

Called BlueWalker 3, it’s a prototype by American company AST SpaceMobile, which is to create a space-based mobile broadband network. This is only one of multiple satellites planned for the SpaceMobile constellation – some even bigger than BlueWalker 3.

“The reason why our satellite is large is because in order to communicate with a low-power, low internal strength phone, you just need a large antenna on one side with a lot of power, and so that’s a critical part of our infrastructure,” AST SpaceMobile Chief Strategy Officer Scott Wisniewski told Space.com.

“We think that’s really important for communicating directly with regular handsets, with no change to the handset, with no extra burdens on the user.”

Although this is potentially exciting for those who need that connectivity, astronomers are concerned about just how big and bright this satellite will be.

A New Scientist report has even suggested that the satellite “could outshine all stars and planets in the night sky”.

This is because the satellite is huge and reflective. Once the satellite unfurls – which it will do in the next few weeks – the antenna will measure 64m².

As Universe Today notes that’s in the same ballpark as NASA’s Echo-1 sphere launched in 1960. That ‘satelloon’ as it was called, was also reflective, and was easy visible to the naked eye over most of Earth.

Read the full article at:
https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/bluewalker-launched-spacex-largest-satellite-astronomers/

The group of 11 meets at the Orion Center at 6 p.m. on Monday and Thursday nights and, behind the scenes, provides several public services to the Orion area, but anyone in the north Oakland County area is welcome to join.

Thursday nights are mostly dedicated to the Amateur Radio Public Service Corps (ARPSC), which is run out of Pontiac and coordinates tornado siren checks, event volunteers, weather and the hospital net.
When extreme weather is anticipated, members of the club will use their personal radios to call into the ARPSC to give reports on weather from their location. This allows for more accurate, effective reporting.
“As good as the radar is, just having people with eye-witness reports has proven to be an additional piece of information that comes in handy,” said Paul Kelley.

“The reason why the weather bureau needs the public is because the radar cannot always see things that we can. So that’s why they have people out in the boonies calling and checking in because the radar didn’t see it,” Chuck Lorenz said.

When a weather emergency occurs, the ARPSC will open up for calls from other radios to allow information to come in. “People can take (the radios), put them in their car, drive to locations, observe what’s going on and then call into the ARPSC and say, for example ‘Clarkston and Joslyn, we have trees down and electrical lines have fallen,’ so they’re aware, they can put it on the map, they can send emergency services, do those kinds of things,” said Tim Leh.

Another thing the club members do is check area tornado sirens on the first Saturday of the month to make sure they’re working, and that trees or other growth are not getting in the way.
“You assume that the sirens are always going to work but you don’t know. What we do know is that periodically they don’t, and someone has to check the sirens at least once a year to make sure they work,” Lorenz said.

When you are absorbed in a hobby like amateur radio it's easy to lose track of the world around you. I freely admit to spending many hours on this hobby and it wasn't until I spent some effort taking stock that I discovered just how much time I spent.

The fifth clause of the Amateur's Code attempts to formalise this behaviour and I confess that it's taken me several years to find a more reasonable balance. Let's review the original 1927 published version of this clause. It reads:

The Amateur is Balanced. Radio is his hobby. He never allows it to interfere with any of the duties he owes to his home, his job, his school or his community.

It's interesting to note that in one of the oldest documents describing our community it refers to our activity as being a hobby. I'm noting this because there have been plenty of treatises written on the notion that amateur radio is a public service and not a hobby.

This clearly states that in the opinion of the General Counsel of the ARRL in 1927, Amateur Radio is a hobby and frankly, I'm fine with that.

The 2022 ARRL handbook removes the reference to hobby and words it:

The Radio Amateur is BALANCED...radio is an avocation, never interfering with duties owed to family, job, school or community.

The ARRL website reintroduces the concept of a hobby like this:

The Radio Amateur is BALANCED...Radio is a hobby, never interfering with duties owed to family, job, school or community.

I'll note that the definition of avocation is "a hobby or minor occupation" and I'm not sure what the clause gains by using a word that I had to look up in the dictionary. Consider for a moment if your first language isn't English, why use "avocation" when "hobby" is the same thing?

The original used the phrase: "never allows it to interfere with any of the duties he owes", this puts amateur radio as a hobby at the bottom of the pecking order in the list of things you do. The 2022 version waters this down to "never interfering with duties owed", essentially elevating the hobby above some of those other duties. I don't think that this is an improvement.

I'm a fan of amateur radio, but I think that in the scheme of things it needs to take the place of a hobby, not an activity that has the ability to be prioritised over any of your other duties. If it does, where is the line? What is more important and what isn't? Should this be something that we in our code of conduct endorse? What's next, telling amateurs specifically what they should be doing? I think not.

One thing that's worth exploring is the concept of "job". A job is your occupation, tow truck driver, radio astronomer, submariner or accountant. The original meaning, going back to the 1550's is "an activity that an individual performs in exchange for a specific fee or payment".

What if you don't have a job? What if you're retired, unemployed or have some other lifestyle?

What if we replace the word "job" with "work", defined as "a physical or mental activity that is performed in order to accomplish or produce something"?

This could make the fifth clause look like this:

The Radio Amateur is BALANCED...radio is a hobby, never allowing it to interfere with any of the duties owed to home, work, school or community.

It's short and sweet, uses simple language and it covers everything that the original document was attempting to achieve, and as a bonus it no longer requires you to have a job.

An 8U CubeSat approx 228 x455x 100mm 12kg Mass. A follow on mission from CAS-9 and also known as Hope-4 (XW-4) Carrying a V/U Mode Linear Transponder, a UHF - CW Telemetry Beacon, a UHF - AX.25 4.8k/9.6kbps GMSK Telemetry downlink and a space camera.

Decode 2-line elsets with the following key:

1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ

2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ

1 7530U 74089B 22258.91221578 -.00000034 00000-0 76715-4 0 9995

2 7530 101.9146 239.0967 0011862 228.0480 187.8758 12.53656914189045

ISS

1 25544U 98067A 22259.42846704 .00010485 00000-0 19066-3 0 9998

2 25544 51.6444 244.5554 0002587 266.8071 189.1406 15.50115780359332

SO-50

1 27607U 02058C 22258.76194790 .00001052 00000-0 16395-3 0 9994

2 27607 64.5562 25.5182 0081419 277.1627 82.0224 14.76240589 61708

AO-73

1 39444U 13066AE 22258.89686342 .00003042 00000-0 36319-3 0 9999

2 39444 97.6340 228.7858 0058018 95.4833 265.3003 14.83726933474931

XW-2A

1 40903U 15049E 22259.12323226 .00030747 00000-0 42525-3 0 9998

2 40903 97.1694 317.9556 0010065 137.9770 305.9130 15.57020905393354

IO-86

1 40931U 15052B 22259.01211051 .00001126 00000-0 67269-4 0 9995

2 40931 5.9991 243.0579 0013330 10.5720 349.4649 14.76860081376755

CAS-4B

1 42759U 17034B 22259.14430059 .00005093 00000-0 30015-3 0 9997

2 42759 43.0159 192.6076 0008311 144.2489 347.4462 15.12456147290082

CAS-4A

1 42761U 17034D 22259.24488464 .00004757 00000-0 28056-3 0 9992

2 42761 43.0165 190.7756 0008489 146.9845 6.2819 15.12538939290106

AO-91

1 43017U 17073E 22259.26962093 .00003460 00000-0 26283-3 0 9997

2 43017 97.6607 149.7284 0245134 250.1990 107.2645 14.82002657260561

PO-101

1 43678U 18084H 22259.10759954 .00000672 00000-0 71572-4 0 9990

2 43678 97.9839 33.5061 0009729 354.6521 5.4579 14.92297961211370

QO-100

1 43700U 18090A 22259.48808955 .00000137 00000-0 00000+0 0 9999

2 43700 0.0184 145.8093 0002447 70.6806 340.4305 1.00273904 14182

JO-97

1 43803U 18099AX 22259.15559104 .00002493 00000-0 21855-3 0 9997

2 43803 97.6119 323.8857 0013762 328.5229 31.5168 14.97476009206648

CAS-6

1 44881U 19093C 22259.20109499 .00000646 00000-0 88390-4 0 9999

2 44881 97.8885 337.0921 0013654 249.8613 110.1144 14.81813943148219

RS-44

1 44909U 19096E 22259.19563727 .00000037 00000-0 96265-4 0 9993

2 44909 82.5253 170.0040 0218331 107.4517 255.0578 12.79714868127160

XW-3

1 50466U 21131B 22259.22131263 .00000250 00000-0 96280-4 0 9995

Candidates must bring their own laptop for the online exam and will need to book a place via the online form  before 26 September. Applications will not be accepted on the day. 

This is the case for the evening transmissions on 7080 kHz. At first glance it looks like a legal amateur radio RTTY signal.

One major milestone is the shipping of the Container from Norway that is scheduled on September 18th. From Oslo the container will be shipped to Falkland Island where a team of local hams lead by Don VP 8 ON will make an effort to inspect the content before arrival of the team.

The 3Y0J team is currently busy packing all equipment at the staging site at Oslo airport, where they, for the next few weeks, will finalize the packing of equipment. This will end an extremely busy period, 12 months of purchasing, assembling, testing, and packing the equipment. The team has worked hard, and ultimately shipping the container will complete this intensive period of work that will enable the goal to activate the rare #2 DXCC Bouvet.

A February 24 decree from President Volodymyr Zelensky included a ban on the operation of amateur radio transmitters for personal and collective use. The Ukraine Amateur Radio League reported this past week that it has received many messages of encouragement from the worldwide amateur radio community.

The LRU informed international amateur radio organizations about Russias military invasion of Ukraine, said the message from UARL Vice President Anatoly Kirilenko, UT3UY. To date, there have been many reports from radio amateurs around the world in support of Ukraine.

The IARU has adopted a neutral stance. IARU is an apolitical organization focused on promoting and defending amateur radio and the amateur radio services, the IARU said. The amateur radio service is about self-instruction in communications and friendship between people. IARU Region 1 has said it continues to monitor the development and expects all radio amateurs to follow their national laws and regulations.

A new paper published in the research journal Space Weather explains what happened.

MONACO, 3A. Emmanuel, F5LIT will be QRV as 3A/F5LIT from September 17 to 20. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via LoTW.

MALTA, 9H. Members of the Marconi Amateur Radio Circle will be QRV as 9H6QE from September 17 to October 14 in celebration of the life of Queen Elizabeth II. Activity is expected on 20 to 10 meters, and possibly other bands. QSL via 9H1MRC.

MOZAMBIQUE, C9. Bill, C91CCY has been active on 40 meters using SSB around 0400z. QSL via K3IRV.

MADEIRA ISLANDS, CT3. Operators CT1BOL, CT1DSV, CT1ENV, CT3KN and CT3MD will be QRV as CR3SI from Selvagens Islands, IOTA AF-047, from September 21 to 25. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB, and FT8 as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Reserva Natural das Ilhas Selvagens. QSL via CT1DSV.

WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS, FW. Jean, F4CIX intends to stay on Wallis Island, IOTA OC-054, for another two years and QRV as FW/F4CIX. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using SSB, FT8, and FT4 mainly between 0630 and 0915z. QSL via LoTW.

NORTHERN IRELAND, GI. Pastor Brian, GI0RWO is QRV with special callsign GB0KC from Belfast to celebrate the new King Charles the Third, as well as remembering the passing and exemplary service of Queen Elizabeth II. QSL via operator's instructions.

SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA, HK0. A group of operators are QRV as 5J0DX, 5K0C, 5K0T, and 5K0YD from San Andres, IOTA NA-033, until September 26. Activity is on 60 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, FT8, and FT4. QSL 5J0DX direct via LU9FHF, 5K0C via LoTW, 5K0T direct via LU1FM, and 5K0YD via IK2DUW.

SAUDI ARABIA, HZ. Special event stations HZ92ND, 7Z92ND and 8Z92ND are QRV until September 25 to celebrate Saudi Arabia's 92nd National Day. QSL all calls via HZ1SAR.

MINAMI TORISHIMA, JD1. Station JG8NQJ is QRV as JG8NQJ/JD1 from Marcus Island, IOTA OC-073, until September 30. Activity is on the HF bands using CW with a focus on 17 and 15 meters. QSL direct to JA8CJY.

SVALBARD, JW. Rig, HI8RD will be QRV as JW/HI8RD from the JW5E Longyearbyen club station from September 19 to 27. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands using SSB and FT8. QSL direct to home call.

DENMARK, OZ. Con, DM5AA is QRV as OZ/DM5AA from Vejerst Strand, West Jylland, IOTA EU-172, until September 17. Activity is on 60, 40, 30, and 20 meters using CW. QSL via bureau.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, P2. Puiu, YO5BIM is QRV as P29VIM from Port Moresby until September 21. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters, including 60 meters and 70 centimeters, using mainly CW, JT9 and FT8. QSL to home call.

DODECANESE, SV5. Sindre, LA6OP will be QRV as SV5/LA6OP from Rhodes, IOTA EU-001, from September 18 to October 9. Activity will be on 40 to 4 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW.

CHAD, TT. Nicolas, F8FQX is QRV as TT8SN from N'Djamena. Activity is currently on 10 and 6 meters. QSL via DL9USA.

BELIZE, V3. Patrick is newly licensed as V32PC and QRV from Belize City. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL via IZ8CCW.

BERMUDA, VP9. Janusz, SP9FIH will be QRV as SP9FIH/VP9 from September 23 to October 2. Activity will be on 30, 17, 15, and 12 meters using SSB, RTTY, and FT8. QSL via Club Log.

CHAGOS ISLAND, VQ9. Steve, WB4GHY is QRV as VQ9SC from Diego Garcia, IOTA AF-004, until November 16. Activity is in his spare time on 160 to 10 meters using mainly FT8 in DXpedition mode, and SSB. QSL direct to WB2REM.

SOUTH SUDAN, Z8. Karen, EK6KB is a member of the South Sudan United Nations World Food Program in Juba and is now licensed as Z81K.

CHATHAM ISLAND, ZL7. Jeff, K5WE and Scott, KD5GEY are QRV as ZL7/K5WE from the settlement of Kaingaroa on the north coast until September 21. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using the CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8, and FT4. They have permission to be active on 60 meters. QSL via K5WE.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO
ARRL EME Contest, ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest, North American RTTY Sprint, NCCC Sprint Ladder, K1USN Slow Speed Test, AGB NEMIGA Contest, SARL VHF/UHF Digital Contest, Texas QSO Party, Iowa QSO Party, QRP Afield, New Hampshire QSO Party, New Jersey QSO Party, Washington State Salmon Run, Wisconsin Parks on the Air, Feld Hell Sprint, BARTG Sprint PSK63 Contest and the Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend.

The K1USN Slow Speed CW Test, ICWC Medium Speed CW Test, OK1WC Memorial, 144 MHz Fall Sprint, Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest, RTTYOPS Weeksprint, Phone Weekly Test, A1Club AWT, VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest, Mini-Test 40, Mini-Test 80 and CWops CW Test are scheduled for September 19 to 21.

IOTA QRGs
CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz
SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz

AF-006; VQ9, DIEGO GARCIA ISLAND:
Steve/WB4GHY stays on Diego Garcia from Sept. 16 until Nov. 16. During his spare time he plans to operate on 160-10m (SSB, FT8) as VQ9SC; see also www.qrz.com/db/vq9sc. QSL via OQRS or WB2REM (d).

AF-047; CT3, DESERTAS ISLANDS:
CT1BOL, CT1DSV, CT1ENV, CT3KN, and CT3MD activate Selvagem Grande Island as CR3SI from the 21st to 26th. QSL via CT1DSV.

EU-001; SV5, DODECANESE:
Sindre/LA6OP signs SV5/LA6OP from Sept. 18 to Oct. 9 from Rhodos on 40-4m (SSB, FT8). QSL only via LoTW.

EU-002; OH0, ALAND ISLANDS:
Stefaan/ON8WTF plans to concentrate on 20m (SSB) operating while on Aland from Sept. 10 to 16 as OH0/OP8L. QSL via homecall (d/B), eQSL, LoTW.

EU-026; JW, SPITSBERGEN ISLAND: The Dateline DX Association will be active from the JW5E club on Spitsbergen as JW0A from Sept. 19 to 26. Operators are AA4NN, HI8RD, K4NHW, N4HU, N4XP, W6IZT, W8HC, WB4JTT, and YV5EED. For more information see: www.ddxa.net.

EU-172; OZ, WEST JYLLAND:
Con/DM5AA is currently active until Sept. 17 from here on 60, 40, 30, and 20m (CW) as OZ/DM5AA. QSL via homecall (B).

NA-002; VP5, CAICOS ISLANDS:
VP5/N8CTB will be operating from Sept. 20 to 24 on 40, 20, and 17m. QSL via N8CTB (d/B).

NA-033; HK0, SAN ANDRES:
A group of radio amateurs from Argentina activates San Andres from Sept. 16 until Sept. 26 on 160-6m (CW, SSB, FT4/8). Operators are 5J0DX (LU9FHF), 5K0C (LU7MT), 5K0T (LU1FM), and 5K0YD (LU8YD). QSL for 5J0DX direct via LU9FHF; 5K0C via OQRS, eQSL, LoTW; 5K0T direct via LU1FM; 5K0YD via IK2DUW.

OC-054; FW, WALLIS ISLANDS:
Jean/F4CIX intends to stay on Wallis for another 2 years, continuing to operate as FW/F4CIX on 40-10m (SSB, FT4/8), mainly between 0630z and 0915z. He uses an IC-7300, a spider beam, and a dipole. He tries to work CW with the help of Skimmer software and a keyboard. SSB traffic may be a bit slow because of limited English. Jean uploads his log to ClubLog and LoTW once a week.

The Society will be closing RSGB HQ and the RSGB National Radio Centre on Monday 19 September, the day of the Queen’s state funeral, as a mark of respect.

Special Regional Secondary Locator (RSL)

In response to requests from radio amateurs and after contact from Ofcom, the RSGB will be making available a special RSL “Q”.  Any licensed radio amateur may choose to use this after their call sign to show their respect for the Queen if they wish to do so. It will be available from Wednesday 14 September until the end of official national mourning on Monday 19 September. Radio amateurs will need to download the Notice of Variation (NoV) which is available from the RSGB website at www.rsgb.org/nov  

Jubilee activities

Their activity will be on various HF bands, including 6m and the satellites, using CW, SSB and FT8/FT4.

Decode 2-line elsets with the following key:

1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ

2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ

KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM

AO-07

1 07530U 74089B 22255.74734988 -.00000049 00000-0 -18816-4 0 9992

2 07530 101.9140 235.9193 0011845 234.2836 304.1393 12.5365684418840

ISS

1 25544U 98067A 22256.20590916 .00008486 00000-0 15552-3 0 9996

2 25544 51.6422 260.5247 0002272 229.2116 230.8422 15.5017908235883

SO-50

1 27607U 02058C 22255.84898262 .00000864 00000-0 13839-3 0 9995

2 27607 64.5557 34.4339 0081368 277.7079 81.4790 14.76233566 61275

AO-73

1 39444U 13066AE 22255.86206987 .00002838 00000-0 33951-3 0 9997

2 39444 97.6333 225.8833 0057924 105.1514 255.6118 14.83708406474488

XW-2A

1 40903U 15049E 22255.98106660 .00028158 00000-0 39260-3 0 9994

2 40903 97.1703 314.7975 0009970 147.7749 336.1686 15.56820739392862

IO-86

1 40931U 15052B 22255.63550385 .00000981 00000-0 47137-4 0 9995

2 40931 5.9992 267.1386 0013632 324.3698 35.5603 14.76855903376259

CAS-4B

1 42759U 17034B 22256.10257119 .00003895 00000-0 23285-3 0 9993

2 42759 43.0158 209.3886 0008035 123.7773 347.1567 15.12417662289627

CAS-4A

1 42761U 17034D 22256.27219999 .00004173 00000-0 24794-3 0 9994

2 42761 43.0162 207.1772 0008349 125.2405 22.7406 15.12506547289654

AO-91

1 43017U 17073E 22256.16375724 .00003903 00000-0 29591-3 0 9999

2 43017 97.6616 146.7507 0245152 260.4473 96.8963 14.81978371260106

PO-101

1 43678U 18084H 22256.09025945 .00001193 00000-0 12250-3 0 9997

2 43678 97.9831 30.4483 0010002 4.6851 355.4427 14.92296643210926

QO-100

1 43700U 18090A 22254.82465376 .00000126 00000-0 00000-0 0 9997

2 43700 0.0105 140.2893 0002337 71.0993 102.0822 1.00271436 13893

JO-97

1 43803U 18099AX 22256.14865071 .00002946 00000-0 25747-3 0 9993

2 43803 97.6131 320.9559 0013858 339.9674 20.1003 14.97459687206190

CAS-6

1 44881U 19093C 22256.16241795 .00000532 00000-0 74010-4 0 9995

2 44881 97.8887 334.0986 0013593 260.9317 99.0367 14.81808834147760

RS-44

1 44909U 19096E 22255.28650103 .00000036 00000-0 90377-4 0 9991

2 44909 82.5252 172.5991 0218251 116.5535 245.8118 12.79714723126619

XW-3

1 50466U 21131B 22256.23041486 .00000231 00000-0 90298-4 0 9992

2 50466 98.5761 333.4251 0003656 236.6061 123.4776 14.38522759 37538

The goals of the study were quite ambitious: explore the future of Amateur Radio; retain existing amateurs within the hobby; attract newcomers to the hobby; promote the interesting and exciting elements of the hobby and encourage greater participation; and promote the hobby from within as being inclusive, friendly and engaging.

The results, not at all surprising, do not seem very far from what happens in other places around the world.

The detailed action plan provides very innovative and interesting proposals in an specific section called "Recommended Strategies & Actions". However, ...

... when one reaches the end of that brilliant document, and it is time for the "Next steps", it seems that nothing can be done due to the lack of understanding between the various amateur radio organizations within the country.

The SOARA members will join with other invited amateur radio clubs across the Tri-State area to participate in this event. Several special amateur radios operating on different frequencies will be set up at the Burlington Commons shelter on the Ohio Riverbank in Burlington, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Amateurs will be operating radio equipment that will allow contacts to be made not only across the Tri-State, but throughout the United States and countries around the world. The radio stations will use the SOARA’s club FCC call sign, W8SOE.

A rainout date is set for Oct. 15.

In the last several years SOARA has participated in special radio events celebrating the rich historical heritage of Lawrence County. Last year they were at the Lake Vesuvius Iron Furnace, and in prior years, the Lawrence County Courthouse and the Covered Bridge at Scottown.

This year, in keeping with the historical event series, SOARA members will bring attention to the early history of Lawrence County and its first county seat, established in 1817 at Burlington.

QSL via E-mail.

Current list of operators now mentioned are Frank/F4AJQ (Team Leader), Jean-Luc/F1ULQ/ AK8DX (Co-leader), Patrick/F2DX, Damien/F4AZF, Bruno/F5AGB, Xavier/F5NTZ, Julien/F8AVK, Philippe/F8EFU, Misho/F8GGV, Andreas/DL3GA/AB8AY, Jeremy/ EI5GM, Dave/EI9FBB, Olivier/HB9GWJ, Eric/ON7RN and Kenneth/OZ1IKY. Pilot
stations Thierry/F4TTR/CT2HXM and Manu/F8FKI.

Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and FT8. However, 6 meters and QO-100 satellite were NOT mentioned.

Suggested frequencies are:
CW - 1820.5, 3520, 7015, 10105, 14023, 18074, 21023, 24896 and 28023 kHz
SSB - 3785, 7120/7075, 14145, 18150, 21280, 24960 and 28450 kHz
RTTY - 3585, 7045, 10142, 14088, 18085, 21082, 24920 and 28080 kHz
PSK - 3585, 7045, 10142, 14080, 18085, 21082, 24920 and 28080 kHz
FT8 - 1843, 3570, 7060, 10142, 14090, 18090, 21085, 24920 and 28085 kHz
(Split Only) CW: up 1-5 RTTY: up 1-10
SSB: up 5-15 FT8: F/H mode
* On 160m, they will listen down for JA and up for others.
* When working FT8, they will use Fox mode only, you'll have to setup hound to be able to work them.

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In the UK we are fortunate to have online exams that can be taken from home 7-days a week.  The situation in most of the world is different, exams are not available online. Would be amateurs can face a massive hurdle of actually finding and getting to an exam in order to pursue the amateur radio hobby and there may well only be one exam session a year held in their country.

Collective Communication are an informal bunch of folk who enjoy radio communication, friendly company, and a 'Can-Do' attitude. With a Facebook page and over 60 followers after just a couple of weeks of existence the Waterford based group is growing very quickly.

The next activity that the group will be participating in will be celebrating Railways On The Air over the weekend of the 24th and 25th September from the Stradbally Woodland Steam Railway, Laois, who are Ireland's oldest steam preservation society. By coincidence the railway is holding an open day over the same weekend so there should be plenty of public present to witness our wonderful hobby in action.

Following that, over the weekend of the 14th to the 16th of October will see Collective Communication involved with the Copper Coast Scout group of Ballyscanion, Tramore, County Waterford operating "Jamboree on the Air." Practical activities and demonstrations are being arranged for the scouts to participate in as well as radio communication of course. Members of Collective Communication are very experienced at JOTA involvement and are arranging activities that are known to be engaging and of interest to young folk of today.

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News stories include: -

• PRESENTER OPINION: How Healthy is your Club?

• New Zealand acts over Importation of Handheld Transceivers

• Special 9/11 Call Sign

• Regulations change Challenges Amateurs in Cambodia

• The Ultimate in SOTA/POTA/Portable All in One event

• New Advocate for Slow CW

• American Clubs Collaborate

• New Entry-Level Licence Class 'N' on its Way

• More African Countries Arrive on 60 m

Countries available:

3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5X, 5Z, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9V, 9Y,

A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FO/m, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J5, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY,

K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TN, TT, TZ,

UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VP2E, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XX9, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZL7, ZP, ZS

It wasn’t until many years later that Michael joined the amateur radio ranks, becoming a leader in the Dayton Amateur Radio Association sponsors of the Dayton Hamvention.

W8CI tells his ham radio story in this QSO Today.

PLEASE NOTE: This updates and supersedes the policy discussion in the editorial of the September 2022 issue of CQ.

Sometimes, deadlines are your friends; sometimes not. This was a "not." The deadline for the September issue of CQ arrived while spirited discussions were still taking place regarding possible updates to CQ's policy regarding stations from Russia and Belarus competing in CQ contests. Since no agreement had been reached, it was decided to retain the policy as it had been since last spring. However, discussions continued and we have now agreed on several minor changes to the policy that will broaden participation in our contests while still joining with sporting federations around the world to condemn the invasion of Ukraine. The updated policy follows, which supersedes that published in the September issue of CQ. - The editors

1) Effective with the upcoming CQ WW RTTY DX contest on September 24-25, 2022, and all CQ contests going forward, we will resume accepting Russian/Belorussian log entries as regular logs, publish their scores and credit QSOs/points/multipliers in all related logs.

2) However, plaques will not be awarded to otherwise-eligible Russian/ Belorussian stations. In the event that one of these stations has the top score in a given category, the plaque will be awarded to the top-scoring non-Russian/Belorussian entry in that category.

3) Online certificates will not be awarded to any Russian/Belorussian entry, either as a participant award or based on ranking.

4) CQ will identify partners with which to initiate a humanitarian program to support the people of Ukraine. This effort will occur either in collaboration with current activities or be entirely new. Details of this program will be announced as they develop.

Murray, WA4DAN, CY0S DXpedition Team Leader), sent out the following update on September 1st [edited]:
"The 2023 team is very pleased to announce that DX Engineering is a major sponsor of the DXpedition. Many thanks to Tim/K3LR, Teri/K8MNJ and all the fine folks at DX Engineering for their most generous and overwhelming support for the CY0S DXpedition.

DX Engineering is providing low band antennas, bandpass filters, coaxial cables, guying materials and many other items. Many thanks to the DX Engineering team!

Planning continues to go well for the DXpedition. One of the unique aspects of the Sable DXpedition effort is the weight limits the team must meet. The team is allowed two flights to get team members, equipment, antennas, antenna mast, coaxial cables, food and personal gear to the island. One flight will be with Sable Aviation on their Britten Norman Islander twin engine aircraft. The other flight will be on the Vision Air Services Sikorsky SK-76A helicopter. The total weight allowance for the two aircraft is 2965 lbs which includes the weight of each team member. This somewhat limits what the team is allowed to carry to the island. In order to conserve weight, team members will be bringing freeze dried meals and MRE's for the nine day DXpedition.

If you cannot get to a summit or there are no summits in your vicinity, why not activate a park or a heritage site? For those planning on activating a summit, a park or a heritage site, it is time to start looking at which summit, park or heritage site you are going to activate and your planned activation times, please post your planned activation on the WhatsApp SOTA/POTA group so that chasers will be aware of your activation.

This is fun day out in nature and not a competition, each participant will receive a Spring Day certificate whether you activated or chased those summits, parks or heritage sites. For activators, it is fun to see if you can make summit-to-summit (S2S) or park-to-park or heritage-to-heritage or a combination of contacts with other activators and how many chasers you can get in your log.

If you are not on the SOTA/POTA Alert & Spots WhatsApp group and wish to be added please send a WhatsApp message to Sid, ZS5AYC on mobile 082 461 3279.

First time activators, if you need assistance or advice please do not hesitate to ask. Please join the fun of activating a summit, a park and/or a heritage site or chasing those who venture out.

The activity will take place between October 27th and November 6th. The team will be active on all bands, all modes.

For more information, see the"Association des radios amateurs de la côte d'Emeraude" (ARACE) Web site at (http://www.arace.fr/) as well as (http://www.routedurhum.com/fr) page.

The fourth clause of the original Amateur's Code, published in 1927 has a lot to say about the tone of amateur radio. It says:

The Amateur is Friendly. Slow and patient sending when requested, friendly advice and counsel to the beginner, kindly assistance and cooperation for the broadcast listener: these are marks of the amateur spirit.

The 2022 ARRL handbook tweaks that into:

The Radio Amateur is FRIENDLY...slow and patient operating when requested; friendly advice and counsel to the beginner; kindly assistance, cooperation and consideration for the interests of others. These are the hallmarks of the amateur spirit.

The ARRL website adds a pronoun and updates some of the language:

The Radio Amateur is FRIENDLY...He/[She] operates slowly and patiently when requested; offers friendly advice and counsel to beginners; kind assistance, cooperation and consideration for the interests of others. These are the marks of the amateur spirit.

I'm not quite sure what the idea behind this change is. The original referred to "slow and patient sending" in an era when that meant slowing down your Morse Code. I'm not sure what "operating slowly" means, unless it's asking the amateur to speak slowly or to operate their fixed speed FT8 station slowly, hardly the same thing as reducing the speed of your Morse key.

There's also a reference to the "broadcast listener", something which we refer to as shortwave listeners today. Essentially, be kind to the people around you and accommodate their limitations when you are asked, which is what the rest of the words have been morphed into.

I think that being friendly and patient is a worthy aim and I don't think that it should be requested. The original used the word friendly twice, added kindly and used counsel, advice, assistance and cooperation.

All this is collaborative language, encouraging the amateur to participate and being friendly and considerate when they do.

I also note the difference between a "mark" and a "hallmark". The word hallmark means a mark stamped on articles of gold, silver, or platinum by the British assay offices, certifying their standard of purity.

I think that certifying friendliness to a standard of purity is a worthy objective and I think that using the word "hallmark" instead of "mark" elevates the clause to a standard worth achieving. I think that the 2022 ARRL handbook use of the word "hallmark" is an example of an improvement of the code that should be embraced.

With that in mind, removing the superfluous pronouns, given that "The Radio Amateur" encompasses anyone with a license, here's an alternative for the fourth clause of the Amateur's Code.

The Radio Amateur is FRIENDLY...patient; offering friendly advice and counsel to the beginner; kindly assistance, cooperation and consideration for the interests of others. These are the hallmarks of the amateur spirit.

It's a little longer than I'd like, but I think it leaves less room for ambiguity in the notion of operating slowly and it no longer requires that someone needs to ask for an amateur to be patient. I think that overall, it encourages good behaviour in a world where we can bash out an angry reply at the whim of the nearest keyboard.

What do you like about this version and what would you change?

"It was Friday, September 2, 2022, which meant I worked from my home office. I have the VHF radios on low to monitor them in the background. Recently, I got into the Allstar node with a hotspot. I use it to monitor the FM38 systems (Allstar 2495) in the southern [part] of Wisconsin.

At about 7:45 AM, I heard the Allstar node come up. An individual in distress was asking for assistance to get an ambulance to him. It was a ham in Brown Deer, Wisconsin. He had slipped on his bathroom floor and went down so hard he could not get up, but he happened to have his handheld with him (don't we all). He did not have access [to the] phone, and he lived alone.

[I called the] Brown Deer police call center. The dispatcher got the fire department rolling and then started asking me for more details. I had the dispatcher on speaker phone, and he could hear the hams' responses to the questions. Being on a handheld and [lying] prone, the signal was, at times, noisy. At that time, both the other ham and I used ITU phonetics to get the exact info out. All those times practicing on the ARES® nets made it second nature. The dispatcher was also able to understand the info without my having to repeat it.

It felt good to help out. I also realized it was due to my monitoring that I was able to hear his call. If you are not participating in the weekly local ARES net, I would encourage you to do so when you can."

In addition to Strecker's story, newly licensed amateur radio operators Shannon Vore, KK7GVG, and CJ Bouchard, KK7GNG, also shared a rescue story. On September 3, 2022, in the Rocky Mountains in northwest Idaho, they were out for a weekend of four-wheeling in their Jeep. The area is an extremely mountainous region with no towns, very few people, no facilities, and no cell phone coverage. The nearest airfield is Horse Haven Trail, an unimproved dirt strip that's severely eroded and covered with rocks and debris.

At about 4:30 PM, Vore and Bouchard were taking a break when an approaching truck notified them of an ATV accident involving two teenage girls. The accident scene was just a few miles away, and when they arrived it was clear the teenagers were critically injured. Bouchard was unable to contact several local repeaters, but was finally able to make contact using a simplex frequency (146.420 MHz) that's popular with the hams in Coeur d'Alene, 20 miles from the accident site.

While Bouchard and an off-duty Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) were administrating medical aid to the teenagers, Vore took over radio operations. The call for emergency assistance was picked up by local amateur radio operator John Tappero, K7JNT, who immediately called 911 and asked that 146.420 MHz be used only for emergency traffic. For nearly 2 hours, Vore and Tappero provided relay between the 911 dispatcher, advising the condition of the injured and the approaching weather. Life Flight Network was unable to respond because of a severe thunderstorm immediately over the rescue site.

Two teams of EMT's were dispatched, but due to the mountains and the storm, they couldn't communicate with dispatch. Tappero continued to provide relay information for all parties until 6:00 PM, when the EMT's arrived. The teenagers were in stable condition and immediately transported to the nearest hospital. Today, they're in good condition and recovering.

"It took us about 2 days to wind down from the experience," said Vore. "We are both glad we had our amateur radio licenses and were able to help."

Bouchard said that they had been using radios on the General Mobile Radio System (GMRS), but have since upgraded their licenses for more operating privileges. "Because the area signals were not good, it was difficult to communicate," he continued. "So, we studied, took our exams, and are now looking forward to much more amateur radio opportunities."

Both Vore and Bouchard are now looking to join a local amateur radio club and become involved in the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Services® (ARES®).

They will operate with two stations simultaneously and on CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. Each station consists of an Elecraft K3 with SPE Expert 1.3K-FA amplifier. The spare radios are SunSDR2 PRO and IC7300. The antennas will be Hexbeam for 20-6m, DX Commander for 40-10m, 30m vertical with elevated radials, a 80m vertical and 160m vertical.

Decode 2-line elsets with the following key:

1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ

2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ

KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM

0 AO-07

1 07530U 74089B 22252.54101550 -.00000037 00000-0 54463-4 0 9994

2 07530 101.9134 232.7003 0011825 240.5712 233.2760 12.53656825188004

0 ISS

1 25544U 98067A 22252.53434178 .00007374 00000-0 13651-3 0 9998

2 25544 51.6433 278.7167 0002566 210.6980 266.5414 15.50113997358260

0 SO-50

1 27607U 02058C 22252.52954194 .00000587 00000-0 10074-3 0 9994

2 27607 64.5551 44.5936 0081311 278.3288 80.8602 14.76226185 60780

0 AO-73

1 39444U 13066AE 22252.49003102 .00001883 00000-0 22755-3 0 9996

2 39444 97.6322 222.6583 0057846 115.9340 244.7851 14.83690198473987

0 XW-2A

1 40903U 15049E 22252.44644808 .00026214 00000-0 36840-3 0 9995

2 40903 97.1712 311.2454 0009740 159.5906 328.7989 15.56622395392318

0 IO-86

1 40931U 15052B 22252.46150545 .00000731 00000-0 12563-4 0 9995

2 40931 5.9999 289.8341 0012857 281.2646 78.6123 14.76852227375788

0 CAS-4B

1 42759U 17034B 22252.40792656 .00003642 00000-0 21878-3 0 9998

2 42759 43.0152 229.7689 0008101 94.8777 36.7103 15.12386211289064

0 CAS-4A

1 42761U 17034D 22252.44069650 .00003525 00000-0 21169-3 0 9999

2 42761 43.0169 228.3160 0008233 99.5171 41.8991 15.12470076289076

0 AO-91

1 43017U 17073E 22252.51769916 .00003526 00000-0 26800-3 0 9995

2 43017 97.6629 143.2555 0245263 272.4860 84.8299 14.81949915259560

0 PO-101

1 43678U 18084H 22252.33534334 .00001014 00000-0 10507-3 0 9992

2 43678 97.9818 26.6425 0010262 16.6111 343.5479 14.92285807210367

0 QO-100

1 43700U 18090A 22252.24171133 .00000122 00000-0 00000-0 0 9992

2 43700 0.0255 167.2439 0002124 33.1048 260.7349 1.00268465 13870

0 JO-97

1 43803U 18099AX 22252.47345250 .00003024 00000-0 26435-3 0 9990

2 43803 97.6141 317.3742 0014049 353.3455 6.7579 14.97434850205647

0 CAS-6

1 44881U 19093C 22252.51599379 .00000480 00000-0 67473-4 0 9991

2 44881 97.8888 330.5063 0013606 273.8068 86.1597 14.81804112147227

0 RS-44

1 44909U 19096E 22252.31554857 .00000022 00000-0 34524-4 0 9998

2 44909 82.5252 174.5715 0218178 123.4749 238.7416 12.79714682126231

0 XW-3

1 50466U 21131B 22252.47439895 .00000143 00000-0 61273-4 0 9992

2 50466 98.5765 329.6732 0003494 250.6883 109.3927 14.38520532 36998

After seven decades as a book, the World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH), the "Directory of Global Broadcasting," will now also be available as a web app. "The directory is an indispensable reference for interested radio listeners, avid DXers and all those who move professionally in the world of radio" said Günter Lorenz, founder and CEO of Radio Data Center GmbH, on September 08, 2022. "We are pleased that it will also be available online as a web app from December 2022."

Radio Data Center GmbH (RDC) was created in 2012 to provide professional data delivery and services for broadcast radio-related business and industries. Günter Lorenz had founded FMLIST, the world’s most comprehensive and up-to-data database of FM broadcasting, already in 1986. It went online in 2005 at fmlist.org and was soon followed by MWLIST, its counterpart for mediumwave and shortwave broadcasting. Oliver Schmidt is CEO of RDC and Chairman of the Board of UKW/TV-Arbeitskreis e.V., the organisation that owns FMLIST, and publisher of “Sender-Tabelle” and “European Radio Guide” books. The worldwide RDC team defines their work, which extends the community-supported databases to professional level, as “being cartographers of the global radio landscape".

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They are Botswana, Lesotho and eSwatini (formerly known as Swaziland).

Each has the new WRC-15 Amateur Secondary Allocation of 5351.5 – 5366.5 kHz

This makes a total of 89 countries now on the band worldwide.

Thanks ZS4BS, SARL

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Attached to the press release is a draft of the second ordinance amending the amateur radio ordinance. This can be found as a PDF file at

https://bmdv.bund.de/SharedDocs/DE/Gesetze-20/zzwei-verordnung-aenderung-amateurfunkverordnung.html

Audio of the call will livestream on NASA’s website at: https://www.nasa.gov/live

Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test. It is the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to provide a foundation for human exploration in deep space and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond.

Teleconference participants include:

• Jim Free, associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters

• Mike Bolger, Exploration Ground Systems program manager, Kennedy

• John Blevins, SLS chief engineer, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

After standing down on the Sept. 3 launch attempt due to a hydrogen leak, teams have decided to replace the seal on an interface, called the quick disconnect, between the liquid hydrogen fuel feed line on the mobile launcher and the rocket while at the launch pad.

Through Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone to send astronauts to Mars.

As I mentioned in a previous post, the one gotcha with the FT-817 and FT-818 is narrow CW filter availability. The YF-122C 500 Hz and YF-122CF 300 Hz Collins filter boards are no longer produced. Neither are the Inrad equivalents.

With the renaissance of CW we’re experiencing along with the growth of POTA, WWFF and SOTA, narrow CW filters for the FT-817/818 are very difficult to find and come at a premium when you do find them. I saw one sell recently for $250 US–over double what I paid two years ago.

In addition, this same filter not only fits the FT-817/818, but I believe it also fits the popular FT-857 and FT-897 series transceivers (please correct me if I’m wrong about this).

The Problem: I wanted another narrow CW filter

One of my FT-817NDs is loaded with a Collins 500 Hz mechanical filter that I purchased from my buddy Steve (WG0AT) nearly two years ago.

The second FT-817ND had a narrow Inrad 2 kHz SSB filter that came with the radio when I purchased it used (see image above).  Initially, I had no intention of buying yet another narrow CW filter because I’d only planned to use the second unit for FM and SSB satellite work.

Then, during field day this year, I decided it might be fun to build a quick-to-deploy portable HF station with something like an Armoloq TPA-817 pack frame. That thought experiment made me realize that I should simply bite the bullet and get a narrow CW filter for the second FT-817ND.

I started searching in late June and was simply not willing to pay the price for the very few filters that have shown up on the the used market.

The Solution? Assemble one!

I owe QRPer reader, Petr (OK1RP), for this tip.  Thank you, Petr!

The process of assembling your own narrow filter is actually quite simple and affordable. If you have even the most basic soldering skills, you’ll be able to manage this easy project. If interested, keep reading and I’ll show you how you can assemble your own…

Contact Artur (SP6AB) and ask to purchase one of his FT-817 filter boards

https://qrper.com/2022/09/how-to-assemble-a-narrow-cw-filter-for-your-yaesu-ft-817-ft-818-ft-857-ft-897-an-affordable-yf-122c-equivalent/

IOTA QRGs
CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz
SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz

AF-016; FR, REUNION ISLAND,
AF-027; FH, MAYOTTE ISLAND: Michal/OK1WMR will be active as FR/OK1M from Reunion between Sept. 8 and 12, and as FH/OK1M from Mayotte between Sept. 13 and 25. QRV on 20, 15, and 10m on SSB, RTTY (also during the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest), and maybe FT8. QSL via ClubLog OQRS.

EU-001; SV5, DODECANESE: Claudio, HB9OAU operates holiday-style as SV5/HB9OAU from the 10th to 23rd from Karpathos Island on 80-10m (SSB, RTTY, FT8). QSL via HB9OAU (d/B), LoTW.

EU-021; TF, ICELAND: Steve/TF/K4EU, Tom TF/K4NMR, and George TF/K5KG will be active from Sept.6 to 20. The SAC CW contest has been cancelled, yet they plan to participate in other contests during their stay. QSL via homecalls.

EU-083; I*1, LIGURIA REGION group: A team, consisting of IU1JCZ, IK1QBT, IK1CJO, I1NVU, I1WXY, and IK1NEG activates Gallinara Island on Sept. 10/11 with the callsign IP1X. In case of bad weather the visit will be postponed to the following weekend. They are taking two rigs for CW, SSB, and digital modes on HF. QSL direct via IU1JCZ: Maurizio Vignola, Via Pineta 52 fr. Cenesi, 17035, Cisano sul Neva (SV), Italy; or via bureau.

EU-171; OZ, JYLLAND NORTH group: PA7JWC, PD2R, and PA1SVM operate as 5Q7DX (via PA7JWC), OV2T (QSL via PA0ABM), and OZ/PA1SVM (QSLvia homecall) from Vendsyssel-Thy between the 11th and 18th on 160-2m.
NA-046 MASSACHUSETTS STATE SOUTH: Don/K6ZO and Brian/WV8BNM remain active as W1N (SSB) and N1N (CW, FT8) from Nantucket Island until Sept. 7. QSL via K6ZO, LoTW.

NA-100; V2, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: Bud/AA3B signs V26K from Antigua between Sept. 7 and 15, mostly on CW. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog OQRS, eQSL or via homecall (d/B).

OC-038; ZL7, CHATHAM ISLANDS: Jeff/K5WE and his son Scott/KD5GEY activate Chatham Island as ZL7/K5WE from the 9th to 21st. QRV on 160-10m on CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8/4. Pending on connectivity, there will be a ClubLog Livestream at https://clublog.org/livestream/zl7/k5we. QSL via K5WE or ClubLog OQRS.

OC-203; ZL, SOUTH ISLAND'S COASTAL ISLANDS: Mike/VE6TC is currently active as ZL4/VE6TC from Stewart Island until the beginning of October. QRV mostly on CW and SSB on 20m (03z-08z) with a vertical antenna and 100W. Stewart Isl. was last activated more than 10 years ago. QSL via homecall, eQSL, LoTW.

SA-099; PJ2, CURACAO ISLAND: Frank/PH2M signs PJ2/PH2M from Sept. 10 to 25 on 60-6m (mostly on FT8). QSL via PH2M (d/B).
 

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The storm is happening on the opposite side of the solar system. However, Europe's Solar Orbiter spacecraft is inside the storm and sending back realtime data from within.

With only four months left until we go onshore Bouvet, we approach September that will come with two major milestones for us. One major milestone is the shipping of the Container from Norway that is scheduled on September 18th. From Oslo the container will be shipped to Falkland Island where a team of local hams lead by Don VP8ON will make an effort to inspect the content before our arrival.

The 3Y0J team is currently busy packing all our equipment at our staging site at Oslo airport, where we for the next few weeks will finalize the packing of the equipment. This will end an extremely busy period for us. We have been through 12 months of purchasing, assembling, testing, and packing the equipment. The team has worked hard, and ultimately shipping the container will complete this intensive period of work that will enable us to achieve our goal to activate the rare #2 DXCC Bouvetøya. Rest assured this is a well-planned DXpedition! We have detailed out the logistic plan and have made a few changes. Among the improvements are:

* We have bought yet another outboard engine enabling us to use two zodiac boats simultaneously during beach landing to speed up the unloading of gear. In addition, we have a 3rd spare zodiac and engine. Having a pair of zodiak's is a great advantage to us as we have developed a plan for going onshore Bouvet even for a short weather window down to 2h.

* We have swapped the Yanmar generators with 5 kW Hyundai generators that will enable us to run full station setup with only 2 out of 4 diesel gens. It means that we are less dependent on a long duration of good weather to achieve a good setup.

* We have carried out a risk analysis and identified 37 hazards and assessed the risk for each hazard. 10 hazards are identified as "high" risk and 17 "medium", all which have been mitigated to an acceptable residual risk level. We have prepared a plan for rationing of food and water in case resupplies are difficult, and when we unload operators and equipment onshore Bouvet, they will be self-sufficient for 28 days without needing resupplies.

The second milestone for September is the payment of the 3rd deposit for the Marama contract. This payment is a major commitment from the team and our sponsors individual and clubs, that we together will make this happen. We thank each and every one of you who have contributed to pay a share of the vessel cost to have the opportunity to work Bouvet. We still need $70,000 to be able to go to Bouvet. If you want to see Bouvet activated, please consider to donate.

The U.S. Highway 66 established in 1926, was the first major improved highway to link the west coast with the nation's heartland. Through stories, songs, and TV shows, the highway came to symbolize the spirit of the freedom of the open road, inspiring many to see America.

Look for the following 21 stations (two are rovers) operating in or around the major cities along the old "Route 66" from Santa Monica, California, to Chicago, Illinois:

Stations City Clubs/Individuals
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W6A Santa Monica, CA Westside Amateur Radio Club
W6B Los Angeles, CA Westside Amateur Radio Club
W6C San Bernardino, CA Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club
W6D Victorville, CA Victor Valley Amateur Radio Club
W6E Barstow, CA Barstow Amateur Radio Club
W6F Kingman, AZ (#1) Hualapai Amateur Radio Club
W6G Flagstaff, AZ Northern Arizona DX Association
W6H Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque DX Association
W6I Amarillo, TX Panhandle Amateur Radio Club
W6J Elk City, OK West Central OK Amateur Radio Club
W6K Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma City Auto Patch Association
W6L Tulsa, OK Tulsa Amateur Radio Club
W6M Tribune, KS Western Kansas Amateur Radio Club
W6N Joplin, MO Joplin Amateur Radio Club
W6O Lebanon, MO Lebanon Amateur Radio Club
W6P St. Louis, MO St. Louis Amateur Radio Club
W6Q Chicago, IL Six Meter Club of Chicago
W6R Springfield, MO Southwest Missouri Amateur RC
W6U Wilmington, IL Wilmington Area Amateur Radio Club

ROVER STATIONS
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W6S ROVER 1 Northern Arizona DX Association
W6T ROVER 2 Northern Arizona DX Association

Special event stations are expected to be found in the vicinity of the following frequencies. (Look for digital modes in the standard band segments for such mode) All frequencies +/- QRM:
CW - 3533, 7033, 10110, 14033, 18080, 21033, 24900, 28033 and 50033 kHz
SSB - 3866, 7266, 14266, 18164, 21366, 24966, 28466 and 50166 kHz
Digi - 3573, 7074, 10136, 14074, 18100, 21074, 24915 and 28074 kHz

R66 MOBILE Operations - Any amateurs operating while actually driving along Route 66 during the special event period are encouraged to take part in "Route 66 On The Air", by using the designation"mobile 66" for SSB or "/m66" for CW after their callsigns. All other amateur radio operators are welcome to contact these mobile operators. NOTE: W6S AND W6T ARE THE ONLY OFFICIAL EVENT ROVER/MOBILE STATIONS AND WILL BE ENDORSED ON THE EVENT CERTIFICATE.

REPEATERS - Some of the participating clubs will also be operating this event from their local VHF/UHF repeaters. Check the ARRL repeater guide for possible repeater frequencies, if you're in the local area.

2022 ROUTE 66 - LOG SHEET: This simple log sheet can be used during the event for a quick log record. Simply click on the link below and print off. When printing make sure it's in "Landscape" orientation.
https://w6jbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/FINAL-EVENT-LOG-SHEET-FOR-WEBSITE.pdf
PLEASE NOTE: This sheet is NOT to be used to request a certificate as you must fill out the application found under the "2022 Route 66 On The Air" tab on home page, then click the "Certificate/Decal Request..." tab.

QSL - Each participating club will issue their own QSL card commemorating this event. QSL information is available on the Web at: http://w6jbt.org/?page_id=27

We remember that over twenty nine hundred souls that were lost on that day.

The station will operate between 0000z, September 11th until 0300z, September 12th.

Suggested frequencies are: 28450, 21350, 14340, 7238 and D-STAR Reflector XLX020B will be monitored at the
top of the hour. They will also be uploading QSOs to LoTW.

The 24-hour course, held over two weekends in August, provides basic knowledge and tools for emergency communications volunteers.

A group of 11 local amateur radio operators, known as hams, successfully completed the course and will be better prepared for communications duty in public service when a disaster or emergency occurs.

After disasters that damage, disrupt or overload regular lines of communications, amateur radio operators set up and operate organized communication networks. Often using their own equipment, local hams provide communication between critical locations such as hospitals, police stations, utility companies and county emergency operations centers.

Hams have a nationwide group organized for daily radio traffic. During disasters or other emergencies, radiograms are used to communicate information critical to saving lives or property. When all telephone service and email is out anywhere in the country, radiograms are also used to relay health or welfare information of a family member who lives in the disaster area. This relay group operates 365 days a year to transmit and receive messages across the U.S., and to and from many foreign countries. The ham who takes the message the last mile will use any method available to deliver the message. These methods include phone, email, snail mail or hand delivery to the recipient.

Many radio amateurs are active as communications volunteers with local public safety organizations. They are also involved in Skywarn, operating under the National Weather Service, and provide emergency weather information directly to the service for analysis and dissemination to the public.

Edwin's first job will be the coordination of the Railways On The Air event which takes place over the weekend of the 24th and 25th of September. As in previous years the group will be active from The Waterford & Suir Valley Railway station in Kilmeaden, Co. Waterford. WSVR is a community heritage project. The project has enabled the magic of rails golden age to be brought to life in Kilmeaden. A heritage narrow-gauge railway runs along 17 kilometres of the abandoned Waterford to Dungarvan line.

The South Eastern Amateur Radio Group would like to thank the manager Maria Kyte and all the staff of The Waterford & Suir Valley Railway for all their help and allowing us access to do this event again this year. For more information about the WSVR please see www.wsvrailway.ie .

The following are the top 26 entities:

1. P5 DPRK (North Korea) - 14. ZS8 Prince Edward & Marion Islands
2. 3Y/B Bouvet Island - 15. KH4 Midway Island
3. FT5/W Crozet Island - 16. PY0S Saint Peter and Paul Rocks
4. BS7H Scarborough Reef - 17. PY0T Trindade & Martim Vaz Islands
5. CE0X San Felix Islands - 18. KP5 Desecheo Island
6. BV9P Pratas Island - 19. VP8S South Sandwich Islands
7. KH7K Kure Island - 20. KH5 Palmyra & Jarvis Islands
8. KH3 Johnston Island - 21. ZL9 New Zealand Subantarctic Islands
9. 3Y/P Peter 1 Island - 22. FK/C Chesterfield Island
10. FT/G Glorioso Island - 23. EZ Turkmenistan
11. FT5/X Kerguelen Island - 24. YK Syria
12. YV0 Aves Island - 25. VK0H Heard Island
13. VK0M Macquarie Island - 26. FT/T Tromelin Island

There are four changes in the "Top 26" since we last reported back on August 8th. FT5/X and FT/G changed places. VK0M and YV0 changed places. KH4 and ZS8 changed places. JD/M and FT/T changed places which caused JD/M to drop off the "Top 26."

Teams from across Europe, including Ukraine, along with Kazakhstan, Korea and the USA took part, in total more than 200 runners from 23 countries participated.

NOAA forecasters knew the solar wind was coming and correctly predicted the G2-class geomagnetic storm. However, the storm is lasting longer than expected and could persist through Sept. 5th.

Countries available:

3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5N, 5R, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y,

A3, A4, A6, A7, AP, BV, BY, C3, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FO/m, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY,

K, KG4, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PY, PZ, S0, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TU, TZ,

UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS

Rod played an interesting role with his company in New Orleans just after Hurricane Katrina that renewed his interest in amateur radio, finding his community, and eventually building his own tribe. VA3ON tells his story in this QSO Today.

Controllers tried and failed again on Saturday to get the Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle to lift off. They were thwarted by a fuel leak.

Engineers now want to inspect the rocket, and any repairs may need to happen in the workshop rather than on the launch pad.

The whole process is certain to lead to a setback of several weeks.

It means we may not see a third launch attempt before mid-October at the earliest.

The SLS is the most powerful rocket ever developed by the US space agency, and is designed to send astronauts and their equipment back to the Moon after an absence of 50 years.

Much of the enormous thrust comes from burning almost three million litres of super-cold liquid hydrogen and oxygen in four big engines on the vehicle's underside.

But when controllers sent the command early on Saturday morning to fill the rocket's hydrogen tank, an alarm went off, indicating there was a leak.

The problem was traced to the connection where the hydrogen was being pumped into the vehicle.

Controllers tried a number of fixes, including allowing the hardware to warm up for short periods to reset the seal, but they were not successful.

This satellite, which has received engineering support from AMSAT Nepal and ORION Space, will be assembled at the AMSAT-EA facilities in Madrid, a city where it will also be qualified for space, with the assistance of engineers from AMSAT EA and AMSAT Nepal.

The mission of the satellite is to take pictures with a 2 MP camera and send them to radio amateurs who wish to transmit them on their ground stations through the SSDV protocol, tuning to the 436.235 MHz frequency.

Maintenance data is transmitted via CW and SSDV packets are transmitted using GFSK.

Once in orbit, the satellite will become the responsibility of AMSAT-EA, the organization that has registered the satellite internationally and will monitor it during its life in space.

The course will meet every Tuesday from 6:30-8 p.m., beginning October 4 and run for the next six weeks. The last day, November 15, they will offer the test to earn your Technician FCC Amatuer Radio license. The class will meet at the River Street Meeting Room in Cathlamet for most of the sessions, at the Wahkiakum High School Radio Room for one session, and at the Puget Island Fire Hall for another. Moving session locations around will allow participants to learn about the county Emergency Operations Center, the relief radio room at the high school, and the kind of equipment available in each of the county's fire halls.

The instructors will make sure participants learn the material to prepare for the test, and to operate once they have their license. Participants are encouraged to purchase from American Radio Relay League (ARRL), a copy of the Technician "Ham Radio License Manual 5th Edition" so they have something to review when at home. It is linked here: https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2003373064

ARRL also offers a free online video learning series at: https://learn.arrl.org/courses/?pathPage=%2Farrl%2Fcourses%2F35902

ARRL has free online practice test registration at: http://arrlexamreview.appspot.com/

This course is designed to prepare people for emergency communications if the cell phone system goes down; if they want to talk with folks further away than the Family Radio Services allow and further away than Citizens Band radio allows. The course is family friendly. For more information or to sign up, email the club at info@n7wah.net.

Brian Wilkins, KO4AQF, brings our attention to AROW:

During Artemis I, Orion will travel to 40,000 miles beyond the Moon in the first integrated flight test with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Using AROW, almost anyone with internet access can pinpoint where Orion is and track its distance from the Earth, distance from the Moon, mission duration, and more. AROW is available on NASA’s website and on the @NASA_Orion Twitter account.

AROW visualizes data collected by sensors on Orion and sent to the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston during its flight. It will provide periodic real-time data beginning about one minute after liftoff through separation of the SLS rocket’s Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage approximately two hours into flight. Once Orion is flying on its own, AROW will provide constant real-time information.

On the web, users can follow AROW to see where Orion is in relation to the Earth and the Moon and follow Orion’s path during the mission. Users can view key mission milestones, and characteristics on the Moon, including information about landing sites from the Apollo program. Also available for download will be trajectory data from the flight, called an ephemeris.

AROW also will provide a set of Orion’s state vectors — data that describes precisely where Orion is located in space and how it moves — for inclusion in these tweets once Orion is flying on its own. These vectors can be used for data lovers, artists, and creatives to make their own tracking app, data visualization, or anything else they envision. For more information read https://www.nasa.gov/feature/track-nasa-s-artemis-i-mission-in-real-time/.

AMSAT member Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, adds a second online tool, Horizons:

The JPL Horizons on-line solar system data and ephemeris computation service provides access to key solar system data and flexible production of highly accurate ephemerides for solar system objects (1,227,063 asteroids, 3,819 comets, 211 planetary satellites {includes satellites of Earth and dwarf planet Pluto}, 8 planets, the Sun, L1, L2, select spacecraft, and system barycenters). Horizons is provided by the Solar System Dynamics Group of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Joe says to use "OMOTENASHI" as the Target Body. You will find the online app at https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons

At the VK2RAG Somersby repeater site, the D-Star, Rad-Net DMR and 2m Echolink services are fully functional, and changes to how the D-star systems are connected have been posted to social media. Brand Meister DMR and 70cm Echolink and IRLP are still on the sick list.

The club has a Web SDR at Somersby. Websdr.ccarc.org.au is configured to listen on 6 metres, 2 metres, 70 centimetres and 23 centimetres.

Details and photos from the show and tell day last weekend have been added to the 'Latest News' section of the club web site.

The daily Morning Tea Net is held at 10:00am each morning and after the VK2WI broadcast on Sunday mornings.

The Thursday evening net is held at 8:00pm on the same repeater and echolink conferences. Last week we discussed things that we had been putting off.

The Morning Tea and Thursday night nets are held on the VK2RAG repeater – 146.725 MHz with 91.5Hz tone, and on echolink through the HAM and CCARCNSW echolink conferences.

The fortnightly SSTV net, hosted by Adrian, VK2ABS, is on the Club’s 2 Meter WICEN repeater; 147.125 MHz with 91.5 Hz tone, consisting of 2-3 rounds. Adrian has had a large amount of support from other members and would love to see you drop in on the next net on Friday the 16th of September at 7:30 PM.

The Thursday night and SSTV nets are also video streamed live to the club’s Facebook page and recordings can be found in the “Videos” section.

You can find out more about the CCARC, our upcoming social events and other details that we can’t tell you about here on the web at ccarc.org.au, by phone on 02 4340 2500, or on social media by searching for “Central Coast Amateur Radio Club”. Remember to give the club a “like” to follow for any updates.

73, Alan VK2MG
Publicity Officer, Central Coast Amateur Radio Club

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The third clause of the original Amateur's Code reads:

The Amateur is Progressive. He keeps his station abreast of science. It is built well and efficiently. His operating practice is clean and regular.

The 2022 ARRL handbook is similar:

The Radio Amateur is PROGRESSIVE...with knowledge abreast of science, a well-built and efficient station and operation above reproach.

The ARRL website adds in some pronouns and removes the science from the clause:

The Radio Amateur is PROGRESSIVE...He/[She] keeps his/[her] station up to date. It is well-built and efficient. His/[Her] operating practice is above reproach.

I'm not sure what prompted this alteration and frankly, I'm not a fan. Pronouns aside, science is at the heart of what it is that we do and that has been the case since the very first amateur went on air. It's also bewildering to me that knowledge and science has been transformed into keeping your station up to date, which means something else entirely.

The original is about learning and education, in my opinion the ARRL website version is about shopping and frankly it's distasteful in a world where we as amateurs are renowned for experimentation and constructing a solution from parts.

It raises another question.

Who actually made this change and what process exists to actually implement it? Is it the whim of an individual, or is there a committee that was elected to investigate and update the code? If it was an elected body, how does it represent me in Australia and how does it represent any amateur beyond the shores of the United States, or even beyond the membership of the ARRL?

Consider the scope of amateur radio as a global activity. The Amateur's Code has spread far and wide in the past century, well beyond its apparent origins as a page in the third edition of the ARRL handbook in 1927.

In my opinion this code is not an ARRL owned document, it belongs to all amateurs across Earth and it should be treated as such. As I've said before, it's a living document and it has evolved over time, but that doesn't mean it can be changed on a whim. There should be rigorous discussion in a public forum that informs any such change and at present I see no evidence of that at all.

To illustrate its reach further, the IARU has a document called "Ethics and Operating Procedures for the Radio Amateur", with Edition 3 published in 2010. It contains a copy of the code with yet another version of clause three:

The Radio Amateur is PROGRESSIVE... He keeps his station up to date. It is well-built and efficient. His operating practice is above reproach.

Clearly change is being implemented somewhere and it might well be that this version informed the current version on the ARRL website, 12 years later. I'll also note that there is a copyright statement in that IARU document that contains a whole lot of, in my opinion, unenforceable verbiage, including the requirement that any copy or portion is required to include a copyright notice, which in the case of the included Amateur's Code is murky at best. I also note that it credits Paul Segal in 1928, something which we've already established is wrong, given that the code appears in print in 1927 and has been credited to him as far back as 1923.

Back to the clause, I think that keeping science as an integral part of the conversation is essential. I'm going to repeat the original clause as published for reference.

The Amateur is Progressive. He keeps his station abreast of science. It is built well and efficiently. His operating practice is clean and regular.

In addition to science, there's a statement about how to build and how to operate. It's a little curious to use the word progressive, but it means to happen or develop gradually or in stages. In other words, you don't need to be perfect on day one, but you do need to strive for the objectives as part of an evolutionary process.

So, progressive, science, well built and well operated. That seems like a recipe for lifelong learning, in my opinion a lofty goal to strive for.

What if we lost the last century pronouns, removed the shopping imperative and kept the tone:

The Radio Amateur is PROGRESSIVE...keeping abreast of science, striving to build and operate their station above reproach.

Would such a clause inspire you to do better, to build and grow as an amateur, to improve and learn?

24 clubs were notified on Monday, August 29, that they are receiving grants. The ARRL Foundation received 128 applications in the first round, with requests totaling $1.74 million. The selection committee noted that it was difficult work deciding from many high-quality grant proposals considering the finite available funds. Radio clubs that did not receive grants in the first round may revise and resubmit applications in the second round.

An informational webinar will serve as an orientation to the program, providing information on how to apply. The webinar will take place on September 7 at 7 PM Eastern Time. Please register in advance to attend. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar:

Webinar: ARRL Club Grant Program | Round Two Kickoff
When: September 7, 2022 at 7 PM Eastern Time
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PezTqPKCTzuwy58FWWgJ3A

The ARRL Foundation, established in 1973 by ARRL  The National Association for Amateur Radio®, administers the Club Grant Program. ARRL has long recognized that it is in the best interests of amateur radio to encourage and support amateur radio clubs. Clubs historically have recruited, licensed, and trained new radio amateurs and have provided the community setting for them to continue their education and training.

73,

Frank K4FMH

Frank is Professor Emeritus at Mississippi State University, Affiliated Faculty at Emory University, and a scientific member of HamSCI.Abstract: 

Sunspots are the Dow Jones Industrial Index for hams. We are faithful to the sine wave model of the approximate 11-year cycle with the official NASA/NOAA predictions being our Holy Grail.

I’ll address the following issues. How did we get to this sine wave conception? How do scientific paradigms compete and change? A new competing paradigm by the McIntosh team has been proposed. What’s new? What’s both the theoretical and empirical basis for this Kuhnian revolution in predictions? For Cycle 25, I’ll compare the official NASA/NOAA versus McIntosh team projections of SSNs and how they are constructed. I’ll also show how they compare to observed sunspots in the Cycle.

In an interview, Dannals said that when he was 10 years old, he practiced Morse code with his best friend and was able to master 50- 60 words per minute.

Dannals served in the Navy after graduating from Balboa High School in the former Canal Zone on the isthmus of Panama, where his father was Officer in Charge of a radio receiving site. Eventually, Dannals himself would become the supervisor of more than 20 radiomen and support personnel. He was discharged in mid-1946 and attended Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now Polytechnic Institute of New York University), where he prepared for his amateur radio license.

In writings shared by one of his children, Dannals wrote, "I found a way to prepare for my amateur license by doing a research paper for an English class using amateur radio as a resource. Among my references was the American Radio Relay League's (ARRL) Radio Amateur's Handbook with the latest ARRL license manual on the side.

It worked, and my call sign, W2TUK, was received that year with a great deal of joy by me and my dad."

After graduation from college in 1950, he went on to work for the Sperry Corporation, where he worked in radar and other engineering programs. "During almost 40 years of my employment there, the company provided a club station, W2YKQ, which was on the air during lunch periods, a fact that made the more than 200 ham radio operators that worked at Sperry very happy," wrote Dannals.

While at Sperry, he met his future wife, Kay, and they were married for over 60 years. Dannals lived in Dix Hills, New York, prior to his retirement to Charlottesville, Virginia, in the early 1990s.

Dannals volunteered for several appointments in the ARRL Field Organization: Official Relay Station (ORS); Official Phone Station (OPS); Official Observer (OO), and Emergency Coordinator (EC). He held elected positions as Section Communications Manager (SCM), Vice Director, and Director of the ARRL Hudson Division. He was elected President by the ARRL Board in 1972, and served for five two-year terms. During his office, he traveled extensively to help represent ARRL -- visiting all 50 states, the Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru, the Bahamas, Bermuda, and the United Kingdom.

International travel fulfilled his role as US Representative to Region II of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU).

Dannals recounted that during his presidency, preparations were made for the World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC) of 1979. Through the efforts of ARRL staff, volunteers, and the FCC, the conference led to the worldwide allocation of the 30, 17, and 12-meter bands (the WARC Bands).

"Without question, the time devoted to ARRL matters, working with the very capable and dedicated staff, and my association with the board of directors was a wonderful experience," wrote Dannals. "Each year was punctuated by new developments for ham radio. A volume of great memories will never be forgotten."

"Since the time that he was President of ARRL, I always called him 'Prez.' And Prez would enjoy chatting about all of the wonderful people at Headquarters," said his son, Bob Dannals, W2GG, in a remembrance he shared with ARRL. "My dad considered each ham that he met to be a member of his extended family. He cared greatly and fought mightily for all hams in his administrative roles with ARRL.

He would say that we are all members of the worldwide community that started with Marconi and continued with Hiram Percy Maxim. It's a wonderful legacy and I'm happy that he shared it with me (and everyone else he met)."

Dannals was the oldest member of the Albemarle Amateur Radio Club, an ARRL Special Service Club. In 2018, Dannals received a visit from ARRL Roanoke Division Director Jim Boehner, N2ZZ, and Vice Director Bill Morine, N2COP, who presented him with the Roanoke Division Award for his dedicated leadership to all amateur radio operators.

Dannals was also President Emeritus of the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA), having served as President of the QCWA from 1989 to 1994. In 2016, Dannals was honored by QCWA for his 70 years as a radio amateur. In comments about the honor bestowed on him, Kay Craigie, N3KN, who was ARRL President from 2010 - 2016, said that Dannals set an example of "cheerfulness and enthusiasm, and friendliness to all hams, whether they qualify for QCWA twice over or are so new that they haven't memorized their call signs yet."

A viewing will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2022, at 10 AM ET at the Church of the Incarnation, 1465 Incarnation Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia, followed by a church service at 11 AM ET.

Kenney was Assistant Editor for QST, ARRL's monthly membership journal. "Over the past 6 years, Caroline has been a committed professional member of our editorial team," said CEO David Minster, NA2AA, in a message he shared with the ARRL staff and Board of Directors. "Despite having to live a life with illness, she always rose above it, excelling in her job as Assistant Editor, pushing us and herself to do better. To be better. The world is a lesser place today. God bless her and her family."

Kenney was born in Willimantic, Connecticut, and attended The Woodstock Academy, class of 2012. She received Highest Honors when graduating with her bachelor's degree from Assumption College, in Worcester, Massachusetts in 2016. Although she worked as a full-time editor at ARRL, her dream was to become a published author.

Editorial Director Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY, shared that Kenney had joined the ARRL staff fresh out of college, quickly fulfilling the role of an incisive editor. "Her skills and contributions grew over the years," said Schoenfeld. "She approached her work with an intensity that never abated, even in these past weeks. She was also a joy to be around. I dearly wish she were still among us; I miss her already."

The Magazine is packed with News items, Projects and articles covering the activities of Radio Clubs in the West of Ireland

The Connacht Radio Newsletter Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1437072523434876

'The Communicator' digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for viewing or download at https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-september-october-2022-sarc.html

Read in over 145 countries now, we bring you Amateur Radio news from the South West corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.

This month two new columnists, The SEPAR Cruise-In, Daniel's Workbench with several projects, refurbishing the MFJ CW oscillator, home-built antennas and much more.

TONGA, A3. Masa, JA0RQV is QRV as A35JP from Tongatapu, IOTA OC-049, until September 30. Activity is on 40 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, FT8, and FT4.
QSL to home call.

TAIWAN, BV. Special event station BV0SC will be QRV on September 3 and 4 during the Sun Moon Lake International Swimming Carnival. Activity will be on 20 and 17 meters using SSB and FT8, respectively. QSL via BX5ABA.

MAYOTTE, FH. Lance, W7GJ will be QRV as TO7GJ from September 6 to 8. Activity is on 6 meters EME. QSL direct to home call.

ITALY, I. Operators Claudio, I1NVU, Gab, IK1NEG, Tony, IK1QBT and Mauri, IU1JCZ will be QRV as IP1X from Gallinara Island, IOTA EU-083, on September 10 and 11. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB, and various digital modes with two stations. QSL via IU1JCZ.

OGASAWARA, JD1. Nobuaki, JA0JHQ will be QRV as JD1BOW from September 3 to 5. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and FT8. This may include some SOTA activations as well. QSL to home call.

BELGIUM, ON. Special event station OQ100MBS is QRV until September 30 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen. QSL direct.

FAROE ISLANDS, OY. Col, MM0NDX and Jonathan, MM0OKG are QRV as OY/home calls from Eysturoy until September 5. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL OY/MM0NDX via EB7DX and OY/MM0OKG via LoTW.

BRAZIL, PY. Members of LABRE HQ are QRV as PV200BR until September 30 in celebration of Brazil's 200 years of independence. Activity is on all bands and modes. QSL via PY2KP.

DODECANESE, SV5. Gerben, PG5M will be QRV as SV5/PG5M from Karpathos Island, IOTA EU-001, from September 4 to 11. Activity will be holiday style on 40 to 10 meters using CW. QSL to home call.

ICELAND, TF. George, K5KG, Steve, K4EU and Tom, K4NMR will be QRV as TF/home calls from September 6 to 20. Activity will be on the HF bands with three stations. QSL direct to home calls.

INDIA, VU. Rajesh, VU2CW is QRV with special call sign AT75CW until October 2 to celebrates India's 75th anniversary of independence. QSL to home call.

BURKINA FASO, XT. Harald, DF2WO will be QRV as XT2AW from September 3 to 19. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB, and FT8, and on Satellite QO-100. QSL via M0OXO.

VIET NAM, XV. Greg, F4BPO will be QRV as XV9BPO in the All Asian DX SSB contest. QSL to home call.

KOSOVO, Z6. Rene, DL2JRM will be QRV as Z68XX from Gjilan from September 9 to 12. Activity will be on the HF bands. This includes being an entry in the upcoming Worked All Europe DX SSB contest. QSL to home call.

ALBANIA, ZA. Nikolas, DG7PX is QRV as ZA/DG7PX. Activity of late has been on the HF bands using SSB. His length of stay is unknown. QSL to home call.

CHATHAM ISLANDS, ZL7. Jeff, K5WE will be QRV as ZL7/K5WE from Kaingaroa, IOTA OC-038, from September 9 to 21. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8, and FT4. QSL to home call.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO
The All Asian DX Phone Contest, RSGB SSB Field Day, SARL Field Day Contest, IARU Region 1 SSB Field Day, Russian RTTY World Wide Contest, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC Sprint CW Ladder, K1USN Slow Speed CW Test, CWOps CW Open, Wake-Up. QRP Sprint, Colorado QSO Party, AGCW Straight Key Party, IARU Region 1

145 MHz Contest, PODXS 070 Club Jay Hudak Memorial 80-Meter Sprint, WAB 144 MHz QRO Phone and the Tennessee QSO Party will certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend.

The K1USN Slow Speed CW Test, ICWC Medium Speed CW Test, OK1WC CW Memorial, RSGB 80-Meter Autumn SSB Series, MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint, ARS Spartan CW Sprint, Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest, RTTYOPS Weeksprint, Phone Weekly Test, A1Club AWT, CWops Test, VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest, Mini-Test 40, Mini-Test 80 and UKEICC 80-Meter SSB Contest are all on tap from September 5 to 7.

The Artemis I flight test is an uncrewed mission around the Moon that will pave the way for a crewed flight test and future human lunar exploration as part of Artemis.

Live coverage of events will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website at:
https://www.nasa.gov/live

The launch countdown will resume Saturday, Sept. 3, at the opening of a planned 2.5 hour built in hold, which will begin at 4:37 a.m.

The event covers two weekends, giving amateurs a great chance to get involved and support the event.

Whilst Amateur Radio Operators / Stations are encouraged to promote the donation causes, it is requested that any donations generated go to the stations chosen local or national cause.

Registration will be mandatory and all stations taking part will be issued a registration number which will be listed on this website. The registered number needs to be quoted by each station regularly. Included in the list alongside each registered station will be a clickable link enabling those wishing to donate, to donate directly to the charity of the service they wish to support.

The event is primarily intended to help support public donation funded flying medical services, whether part or entirely donation funded, though not restricted entirely to those. The location of the special event station can be anywhere you choose to set it up – club, home or if you can manage the permissions to do it, a public place.

No costs will be involved in registering or taking part and a free series of Awards will be available for those who support the event as detailed below..

An award for having registered and taken part in the event.
A Bronze award for having logged a minimum of 5 IAW station.
A Silver award for having logged a minimum of 10 IAW station.
A Gold award for having logged a minimum of 15 IAW station.

Awards for SWL will follow the the above requirements More than one award may claimed.

Claims for the awards will need to be made to the IAW’s Award Manager m1two.qsl@btopenworld.com including an excerpt from the log as proof of a valid claim.

The event’s date has been set to coincide with the UK’s own funding drive week for its own helicopter ambulance services. Almost all of these, around 30 in number, are entirely public donation funded.

The event is intended to commence on the fourth weekend of September annually and is to be run by the same team which operates the well established International Museum Weekends.

Event Website- http://www.radio-amateur-events.org/IAW/Registration.htm

It doesnt matter who you are in life, it matters that the person in the street that you might not know saves lives.

UK Air Ambulance Charities save countless lives every single day of the year!

********************* Flying fast and saving lives! ********************

******************** Taking the hospital to the field! ********************

73 john m0hem

According to NASA forecast models, it will slam into Venus on Sept. 1st, scouring some atmosphere from the planet's cloudtops. Coincidentally, the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft is passing by Venus right now, so it could get great data on this event.

IOTA QRGs
CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz
SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz

AF-027; FH, MAYOTTE ISLAND: Marek/F4VVJ, ex SQ6WR, signs FH4VVJ until April 1 in 2024. QSL via direct, eQSL.

AF-027; FH, MAYOTTE ISLAND: Lance/W7GJ operates as TO7GJ between Sept. 6 and 18 on 6m via EME. For more information see: https://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/. QSL via LoTW or direct to W7GJ.

AS-031; JD, CHICHI / HAHA / MUKO ISLANDS: Nobuaki/JA0JHQ activates Ogasawara from Sept. 3 to 5 as JD1BOW. SOTA operations on the island are also possible. QRV on CW and FT8. QSL via bureau, LoTW or direct via JA0JHQ.

EU-001; SV5, DODECANESE: PG5M operates holiday-style from Sept. 4 to 11 as SV9/PG5M on 40-10m (CW). QSL via PG5M (d/B), LoTW.EU-018; OY, FAROE ISLANDS: Col/MM0NDX and Jonathan/MM0OKG sign OY/homecalls from Sept. 1 to 5 from Eysturoy on HF. QSL for OY/MM0NDX via EB7DX, OY/MM0OKG via LoTW.

EU-021; TF, ICELAND: George/K5KG will be active as TF/K5KG from the 6th of Sept. to the 20th. QSL via LoTW or direct to K5KG.

EU-034; ES0/3, HIIUMAA / SAAREMAA / LAANEMAA COUNTY group: Ed/ES2TT signs ES2TT/0 on Sept. 3 and 4 on 40, 30, and 20m (CW, SSB). QSL via homecall, OQRS.

EU-039; F, CHAUSEY ISLANDS, EU-048; F, BRETAGNE (MORBIHAN) REGION group, EU-064; F, PAYS DE LA LOIRE REGION group: Thomas/DL1ASA plans to activate the following islands during a 3-week holiday in France as F/DL1ASA/p: EU-039 (Ile de Chaussey) on Sept. 5 for ca. 2 days, EU-048 (Ile de Groix or Belle Ile en Mer) on Sept. 9 or 10, EU-064 (Ile de Noirmoutier) on Sept. 13 for ca. 2 days. Visits to WWFF and lighthouses will also be part of his trip. QSL via DL1ASA (B).

EU-041; I*0, MADDALENA ARCHIPELAGO: Giuseppe/IK5WWA operates from Maddalena Island as IM0M between Sept. 1 and 13 on CW, SSB, and FT8. QSL via homecall.

EU-175; CU3-7, AZORES (ACORES) CENTRAL group: Jim/W6PQL remains active as CT8/W6PQL until Sept. 6 from Pico Island. QSL via homecall or LoTW.

NA-112; W4, NORTH CAROLINA STATE WEST: Alex/AK4AM operates once more /p from Sept. 2 to 6. Confirmations only via LoTW.

OC-049; A3, TONGATAPU GROUP: Masa/JA0RQV has returned to Tongatapu, where he stays until Sept. 30 and operates as A35JP on 40-6m (CW, SSB, FT4/8) with 100W and a vertical antenna. This will be his last trip to Tonga as a member of the Japan International Co-Work Project. QSL via homecall, OQRS.
 

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