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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2338 for Friday August 19th, 2022

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2338 with a release date of Friday
August 19th, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. The International Space Station operates voice repeater and APRS at the same time. Young hams take an inaugural
activity global -- and an 8-year-old girl in England has a dream QSO.
All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2338 comes
your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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ARISS OPERATES ON VOICE REPEATER, APRS AT SAME TIME

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our top story of the week looks skyward. There is a bit
of celebration going on inside the International Space Station, where
the ARISS Voice Repeater and digital APRS communications are operating simultaneously. It is a big development, as we hear from Neil Rapp
WB9VPG.

NEIL: It's taken the ARISS teams from Russia and the US several weeks
of collaboration to prepare the Service Module radio for APRS
operations but APRS packet operation is now happening at the same time
as transmissions on the space station's voice repeater. According to an
ARISS press release Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, was the team lead
coordinating with mission control to get the service module radio ready
for APRS. Voice repeater transmissions are being made with a JVC
Kenwood D710GA in the Columbus module. The same model radio is being
used for APRS packet operation in the service module. Packet operations
are on 145.825 MHz.

The call sign in the Columbus Module is NA1SS. The Service Module radio
is using RS0ISS. Both radios will be operating full-time except when
ARISS is making contacts with schools, or during dockings, undockings
and EVAs.

Frank Bauer, KA3HDO ARISS international chairman called the development
[quote] "a key element of our ARISS 2.0 initiative, providing
interactive capabilities 24/7 that inspire, engage and educate youth
and lifelong learners â-" especially life-long learning in ham radio operations." [endquote]

This is Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

(ARISS)

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INAUGURAL EVENT FOR WORLDWIDE YOUNG AMATEUR CLUB

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Get ready for an inaugural event by a group of young
rad amateurs who are launching it globally next month. Sel Embee KB3T
Zed D has the details.

SEL: The Young Amateurs Radio Club, which was founded in 2017 on a
server of the Discord app, has grown to be an international gathering
of younger operators that is recognized by the FCC as an amateur
radioclub.

Using the call sign WY4RC, operators from all 10 US call zones will be
on the air from September 1st through the 15th, inviting hams to accept
the challenge of working all Young Amateur Radio Club zones. This is
the club's inaugural "worked all zones" event and organizers are
looking for young operators or other clubs who would like to join them
on the air, activating the callsign in September. The callsign will be
WY4RC with a stroke mark, followed by the operator's region. Operators
must use a minimum of 20 watts during the event.

Visit the website y a r c dot world (yarc.world) and click on the link
to "events" for additional details.

This is Sel Embee KB3TZD.

(YOUNG AMATEURS RADIO CLUB)

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FINNISH HAM RADIO PUBLICATIONS GO DIGITAL

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: With amateurs around the world going digital ON the
air, it would stand to reason that increasing numbers of publishers of
amateur radio media are opting to go digital OFF the air. Ed Durrant
DD5LP tells us about a magazine in Finland that is the latest to make
this change.

ED: The Finnish Amateur Radio Association has recognised that even
amateurs who don't operate with the digital modes might still want to
go digital when it comes to reading material about radio. The SRAL now
allows its members the option of receiving their magazines in a digital
format sent via email instead of waiting for the postal carrier to
deliver it. This follows the lead of a number of amateur radio
societies around the world who have already made that shift, including
the ARRL in the United States with its QST and On the Air magazines,
and the Radio Society of Great Britain with RadCom. Members of the
Finnish society are being given the option of receiving both the paper
and digital edition. An SRAL survey of members showed that 37 percent
of association members were strongly interested in a digital
publication. That bodes well for the society's budget: Digital
distribution is expected to reduce costs of producing the magazine,
which the association considers one of its biggest expenses.

This is Ed Durrant DD5LP.

(SOUTHGATE)

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AUTOMAKERS LOSE COURT BATTLE OVER 5.9 GHz BAND

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: It was a case of use it or lose it for the US auto
industry, which has lost its fight to retain a larger allocation of the
5.9 GHz band for wireless safety features in vehicles. Kent Peterson
KC0DGY has that story.

KENT: A federal court in Washington, D.C., has decided against US
automakers who had asked the US Federal Communications Commission to
restore its previously allocated frequencies on the 5.9 GHz band for
use by wireless safety technology known as vehicle-to-vehicle. The
court ruled on Friday August 12th that the V2V technology had not been
deployed in commercially marketed vehicles and that much of the
spectrum was needed for Wi-Fi. In 2020, the FCC reallocated part of the
5.9GHz spectrum from V2V technology so it could be available for
unlicensed devices using Wi-Fi.

The court denied the challenge to that reallocation by the Intelligent Transportation Society of America and the American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials, arguing that the court was
unconvinced that sufficient advances had been made in V2V technology.
The FCC told the court that 30MHz of spectrum remained available for
these so-called intelligent transportation systems and the agency
considered that enough.

This is Kent Peterson KC0DGY.

(US CIRCUIT COURT, WASHINGTON D.C.; THE VERGE)

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A CENTURY OF PROUD CHALLENGES FOR WISCONSIN AMATEUR

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: There are always new challenges for ham radio operators
who are on the lookout for the next big thing to learn. Perhaps no one
knows that better than this Wisconsin amateur. He celebrated his 100th
birthday this summer. Ralph Squillace KK6ITB has his story.

RALPH: In true amateur radio spirit, the learning hasn't stopped for
Arden Nelson, KA9WAR. He trained to fly military aircraft in the Army
Air Corps during World War II and 79 years ago this month he soloed a
PT-19 in Ballinger, Texas. He also learned to communicate using CW.
Although he regrets not having stayed with that mode when he became an
amateur radio operator 37 years ago, Arde - who turned 100 years old on
July 2nd - hasn't avoided conquering other modes since then. He devotes
three to four hours a day listening to the radio and trying to score
some good DX. He told Newsline in an email that with the assistance of
Dwight, NS9I, he made the leap into the digital realm and is active now
making contacts using FT-8.

Few hams could have been happier recently than Lou, N2CYY, who logged
an FT8 contact with him in his New Jersey shack on the 13th of August.
He was happy to learn his new friend had recently become a centenarian.
Even without making radio contact with him, however, other local hams
are sharing that joy: Fellow members of the Marinette and Menominee
Amateur Radio Club honored Arden recently with a birthday celebration
and a picnic at a local park.

There, fortunately, the only challenge he faced was cutting - and
eating - the cake.

This is Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.


(ARDE NELSON KA9WAR, PESHTIGO TIMES, LOU N2CYY)

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BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur
Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including
the WB5ITT repeater of the Triangle Repeater Association in Houston,
Texas on Mondays at 7:30 p.m.

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SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCE KEY TO SMALLER CAPACITORS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Physicists in Europe say they have found a key to
creating smaller capacitors for electronics. Kevin Trotman N5PRE has
that report.

KEVIN: Researchers believe they have found a means of building smaller capacitors, allowing for some electronic devices to be greatly
miniaturized. The IEEE Spectrum reports that scientists are saying
these capacitors could even be as small as one-hundredth the size of
many of the ones presently in use. They are creating them with
materials they call superlattices and they are made from materials that
mimic antiferroelectrics. Antiferroelectrics are important because they
have positive and negative poles -- electric dipoles -- pointed in
opposing directions, creating zero electric polarization. Exposed to an electric field having sufficient strength, antiferroelectrics can
become highly polarized, which results in the large energy densities
needed.

Because there are few antiferrelectric materials that occur naturally, scientists have created and used artificial ones and report in the
Journal, Science, that their work with the superlattices shows promise
for working on a much smaller scale: their ability for energy storing
is 100 times greater than conventional capacitors. Physicists believe
they will someday be used to create these ultra-tiny capacitors.

Physicist Hugo Aramberri of the Luxembourg Institute of Science and
Technology said: [quote]: "It would be interesting to measure other
properties, like how much voltage they can withstand, their endurance
in long-term use, and ultimately commercial viability." [endquote]

I'm Kevin Trotman N5PRE.

(IEEE SPECTRUM)
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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX be listening for Fred, DL5YM, and his XYL Tina,
DL5YL, operating as HB0/DL5YM and HB0/DL5YL, respectively, from
Lichtenstein between September 7th and 27th. They will hike during the
daytime and later operate on 160-6 metres using mostly CW, with some
SSB and RTTY. You may also hear them in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest on
September 24th and 25th. QSL via their home callsigns, direct, via the
DARC Bureau or ClubLog.

Be listening for Giuseppe, IK5WWA, operating as IM0M (Eye Em Zero Em)
from La Maddalena between September 1st and 13th on various HF bands
plus 6 metres. He will also participate in the I.I.A. Italian Island
Award. Send QSLs to his home callsign, via the bureau or direct.

Alex, AK4AM, will be active as AK4AM/p from Atlantic Beach, Bogue Banks
off the coast of North Carolina between September 2nd and 6th. This is
IOTA NA-112. Alex will be on 160 metres through 6 metres. Additional
details are available on QRZ.com. QSL via LoTW.

Satoshi, JH2EUV, can be heard on the air from Timor-Leste (OC-148) as 4W/JH2EUV. He is operating on 10, 12 and 15m FT8. It is unclear how
long his stay will be. QSL via LoTW or the bureau.

Be listening for Harald, DF2WO, operating from Burkina Faso as XT2AW
from September 4th to the 18th. He will be on the HF bands using CW,
SSB and the digital modes. He will also be using the QO-100 satellite.
QSL via QRZ.com instructions.

Here's a reminder too for the weekend of the 20th and 21st of August.
It's the 25th annual International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend.
With 360 lighthouses around the world registered at the time of writing
to take part in this event they will be active across the HF and VHF
bands on all modes. This is not a contest so call and have a chat! Full
details at ILLW dot NET.

(OHIO PENN DX, DX-WORLD.NET)

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KICKER: 8-YEAR-OLD WAKES UP TO HER DREAM QSO

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Some amateurs go to sleep dreaming of a contact with an astronaut on the International Space Station. One young girl in a
coastal town of England went to sleep recently only to awaken quite
suddenly to the real thing. Jeremy Boot G4NJH has her story.

JEREMY: US astronaut Kjell [pronounced "CHELL"] Lindgren, using the
call sign NA1SS, was aboard the ISS over England recently just as
8-year-old Isabella Payne had gone to bed. The Broadstairs girl's trip
to dreamland was short-lived, however. Her father Matthew Payne, M0LMK,
woke her suddenly so she could fulfill another dream while fully awake:
A chance to talk with an astronaut via amateur radio during the short
window of opportunity. Matthew, the holder of a Full licence, has been
helping Isabella to study to become an amateur and both are members of
the Hilderstone Radio Society.

Isabella told the Isle of Thanet newspaper that the contact [quote]
"made my day and night." [endquote] Likewise, the astronaut wrote on
Twitter that even though he has worked stations on all continents and
spoken to many children through the Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station programme, this short chat was probably his all-time
favourite.

Isabella's next stop is the website of the US space agency, NASA, where
her chat with the astronaut is being featured, along with her photo.

This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(ISLE OF THANET NEWS)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Arden Nelson KA9WAR; the ARRL; CQ
Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; IEE Spectrum; Isle of Thanet
News; Lou N2CYY; Ohio Penn DX; Peshtigo Times; QRZ.com; Southgate
Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; US Circuit Court; The Verge;
Young Amateurs Radio Club; and you our listeners, that's all from the
Amateur Radio Newsline. We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio
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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT at the news desk in New York, and
our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford N8WB in Wadsworth Ohio
saying 73. As always we thank you for listening.

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