• SARL News 23 January 2022 / SARL Nuus 23 Januarie 2022

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    SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 23 JANUARY 2022

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

    The South African Radio League broadcasts a news bulletin each Sunday in A frikaans and English at 08:15 and 08:30 Central African Time respectively
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    In the news today:

    ELECTRONIC VOTING FOR THE 2021 SARL ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

    AMSATSA ANNOUNCES ANNUAL CONFERENCE DATE

    and

    SANDTON POWER HOUR TECH TALK WEDNESDAY 26 JAN

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

    ELECTRONIC VOTING FOR THE 2021 SARL ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

    In terms of Rule 8.9, the SARL Annual Financial Statements for the Year
    ended 30 June 2021 were uploaded to the SARL web site on Friday 21 Januar
    y 2022. Members have thirty (30) days to consider the accounts, whereaft
    er an electronic vote will take place from 00:01 CAT on Monday 21 February
    2022 and will close at 23:59 CAT on Thursday 3 March 2022. Details about
    the voting will be published in SARL News closer to the time. Before down loading any document, please read the SARL Communication dated 21 Januar
    y 2022 very carefully.

    THE SARL VHF/UHF FM CONTEST

    The SARL VHF/UHF FM contest will run from 12:00 to 16:00 UTC on Saturday 5
    February 2022 and the aim is to promote activity on FM simplex frequencie
    s on the following bands - 6 m from 51,500 to 51,550 MHz, 2 m from 1
    45,500 to 145,575 MHz and 70 cm from 433,500 to 433,550 MHz. Clubs
    are encouraged to get their members to work greater distances than usual
    on simplex by operating portable/field stations and let their new members
    get the feeling of taking part in a contest. Full details can be found on
    pages 24 and 25 of the 2022 SARL Contest Manual.

    AMSATSA ANNOUNCES ANNUAL CONFERENCE DATE

    AMSATSA has announced the date for the association's 2022 Space Symposium.
    It will be held on Saturday 23 July 2022. The current planning is to pres
    ent it as a virtual event on the Blue Jeans platform. There remains a poss ibility that it may be a hybrid event including a parallel physical face t
    o face symposium in Johannesburg. Experience over the past two symposiums
    has shown that virtual events offer the opportunity for many more people
    to participate. This is likely to persist as the cost of travel and accom modation will probably not return to more affordable levels any time soon.

    The theme of the symposium is "Space, the next frontier for expansion of
    amateur radio." The symposium programme will cover topics at the
    entry level of how to set up an inexpensive satellite station, how to g
    et the most out of a hand-held transceiver to explore satellite communicat
    ion and a more advanced level to doing space research with your own space
    weather station and how to get involved in building satellites.

    Proposals for papers are invited. Each slot is 20 - 30 minutes plus a 10-m inute Q&A period. The closing date for proposals is 31 March 2022. Authors
    will be advised of the acceptance of their paper by mid-April. Final pres entations in Word and PowerPoint will be required by 1 July 2022. For more
    information send an e-mail to admin@amsatsa.org.za (mailto:admin@amsatsa. org.za) .

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

    SANDTON POWER HOUR TECH TALK WEDNESDAY 26 JANUARY

    You heard it mentioned during the bulletins and now it is finally here,
    the Power Hour Tech Talk, going live on Wednesday evening with special
    guest Brian, NB7KW. Brian will be opening our eyes to the workings and
    usefulness of the Automated Packet Reporting System, which is more comm
    only known as APRS.

    Everyone is welcome, so this is your invitation and reminder to connect
    to the Sandton 145.700 MHz repeater or ZS6STN-R via Echolink at 19:00 CAT
    on Wednesday 26 January, to listen and learn and to contribute to the s
    tories and knowledge sharing. For more details, please visit the upcomin
    g events diary forum on the SARL website.

    AFRICUBE LAUNCH APPLICATION

    AMSAT SA, in partnership with the UCT Space and Astronomy Society, hav
    e applied for a sponsored launch to the United Nations Office for Outer Sp
    ace Affairs (UNOOSA) for their Access to Space for All programme. Access t
    o Space for All is a joint initiative of UNOOSA and space agencies, rese
    arch institutions and industry to offer access to space research facilitie
    s, infrastructure and information with the aim of developing technical k now-how, engineering processes and infrastructure in the areas of hyper
    gravity and microgravity, satellite development and space exploration a
    nd to promote international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer spac
    e. This is the second application. Last year the group were not successful
    but were encouraged by UNOOSA to apply again this year.

    AfriCUBE has been running on the test bench for the past six weeks and wil
    l, in the next few weeks, be tested on the air from Rooihuiskraal. Dev
    elopment of the control system software has reached an advanced stage and
    will be incorporated in the AfriCUBE on board computer to carry out pract
    ical evaluations. The control software will enable AfriCUBE to be programm
    ed from the ground to place the satellite in a specific mode.

    FOX HUNT SUNDAY 30 JANUARY

    This is a reminder to everyone based in Gauteng for an outdoor hunting que
    st which is great fun and family friendly. Our secret sources have advised
    that there will be a Radio Fox hiding out within a 1,5 km radius of the
    parking area of the James and Ethel Gray Park in Melrose, and it is imp erative that you find the fox in order for you to brag on 145,525 MHz.

    The Fox has only one weakness, it sometimes sends out a coded radio sign
    al on 144,525 MHz and this is the only time that it is vulnerable to bei
    ng found. Sources advise that this will happen starting at 13:00 CAT next
    week Sunday 30 January. Who will win - you or the fox? Further cl
    ues available on the SARL upcoming events diary forum webpage.

    PROPAGATION REPORT

    Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
    be at low levels. There are currently various sunspots with simple magnet
    ic configurations visible. The is a high probability of C class and a smal
    l probability of M-class flaring. If you want to do your own frequency pre dictions, the expected effective sunspot number for the week will be aro
    und 26. The 10 to 30 m bands will provide some good DX fun. Please visit t
    he website spaceweather.sansa.org.za for further information.

    Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

    24 January - the closing date for Club Contest logs
    26 January - the Sandton ARC Talking Tech Power Hour
    27 January - the closing date for QRP Logs
    31 January - the closing date for AGM Motions and Award Nomination
    s
    01 February - the registration for May RAE opens
    05 February - the SARL VHF/UHF Activity Day
    06 February - the AWA CW Activity Day
    11 February - the closing date for AWA CW Logs
    12 February - the closing date for SARL VHF/UHF Contest logs
    14 February - the closing date for PEARS VHF/UHF Contest logs
    19 February - the SARL Saturday 40 m Club Contest
    19 and 20 February - the ARRL International DX CW Contest

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

    In terms of Rule 8.9, the SARL Annual Financial Statements for the Year
    ended 30 June 2021 were uploaded to the SARL web site on Friday 21 Januar
    y 2022. Members have thirty (30) days to consider the accounts, whereaft
    er an electronic vote will take place from 00:01 CAT on Monday 21 February
    2022 and will close at 23:59 CAT on Thursday 3 March 2022. Details about
    the voting will be published in SARL News closer to the time. Before down loading any document, please read the SARL Communication dated 21 Januar
    y 2022 very carefully.

    This concludes our bulletin for this morning.

    We invite clubs and individuals to submit news items of interest to radio
    amateurs and shortwave listeners, in both English and Afrikaans, if p
    ossible, by following the News Inbox link on the South African Radio Lea
    gue web page. News items to be included in the bulletin should reach the n
    ews team no later than the Friday preceding the bulletin date.

    You are welcome to join us every Sunday morning for the weekly radio progr amme, Amateur Radio Today at 10:00 CAT. The programme can be heard on VH
    F and UHF repeaters countrywide and on 7 082 kHz lower side-band by courte
    sy of Louis, ZS5LP. A rebroadcast by Andy, ZS6ADY, can be heard on M
    onday evenings at 19:30 CAT on 3 620 kHz.

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

    You have listened to a news bulletin written by Andy Cairns ZS6ADY, proo
    fread by Paul Johnson ZS1S and read by ..............

    From the news team, best wishes for the week ahead.
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    SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 23 JANUARIE 2022

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

    Die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga saai elke Sondag nuus bulletins uit in Afrik
    aans sowel as Engels om 08:15 en 08:30 Sentraal Afrika Tyd onderskeidelik
    uit op HF sowel as op verskeie BHF- en UHF-herhalers. Hierdie uitsendings
    word ook via Echolink herlei deur Johan, ZS6JPL. Die oudio bulletins ka
    n afgelaai word vanaf die Liga webwerf by www.sarl.org.za, terwyl die te
    ks bulletins by https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cb a9589bf8d019e5d3&id½918e2d9c&eœe7bd785b afgelaai kan word. O
    m by die Mailchimp bulletin e-poslys aan te sluit, stuur 'n e-pos aan di
    e SARL Sekretaris.

    In die Nuus vandag:

    ELEKTRONIESE STEMMING VIR DIE 2021 SARL JAARLIKSE FINANSIËLE STATE

    AMSATSA KONDIG JAARLIKSE KONFERENSIE DATUM AAN

    en

    SANDTON KRAG UUR TEGNIESE PRAATJIE OP WOENSDAG 26 JANUARIE

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

    ELEKTRONIESE STEMMING VIR DIE 2021 SARL JAARLIKSE FINANSIËLE STATE

    Ingevolge Reël 8.9 is die SARL Finansiële Jaarstate vir die jaar
    geëindig 30 Junie 2021 op SARL webwerf op Vrydag 21 Januarie 2022 ge
    laai. Lede het dertig (30) dae om die rekeninge te oorweeg, waarna 'n el ektroniese stemming sal plaasvind vanaf 00:01 SAT op Maandag 21 February 2
    022 en sal om 23:59 SAT op Donderdag 3 Maart 2022 sluit. Besonderhede oor
    die stemming sal gepubliseer word in SARL Nuus nader aan die tyd. Voordat
    jy enige dokument aflaai, lees asseblief die SARL Kommunikasie gedateer
    21 Januarie 2022 baie noukeurig.

    SARL BHF/UHF FM KOMPETISIE

    Die SARL BHF/UHF FM Kompetisie vind plaas vanaf 12:00 tot 16:00 UTC op Sat erdag 5 Februarie en die doel van die kompetisie is om aktiwiteite op FM s impleks te bevorder op die volgende bande: 6 m van 51,500 tot 51,550 M
    Hz, 2 m van 145,500 tot 145,575 MHz en 70 sm van 433,500 tot 433
    ,550 MHz. Klubs word aangemoedig om hulle lede betrokke te maak om lange
    r afstande te werk op simpleks deur gebruik te maak van draagbare en velds tasies waar nuwe lede die ervaring kan ondervind om aan 'n kompetisie deel
    te neem. Volledige besonderhede is beskikbaar op bladsye 24 en 25 van die
    2022 SARL Kompetisie Handleiding

    AMSATSA KONDIG JAARLIKSE KONFERENSIE DATUM AAN

    AMSATSA het die datum vir die Vereniging se 2022 Ruimtesimposium aangekond
    ig. Dit word gehou op Saterdag 23 Julie 2022. Die huidige beplanning is om
    dit as 'n virtuele geleentheid op die Blue Jeans-platform aan te bied. Da
    ar bly 'n moontlikheid dat dit 'n hibriede geleentheid kan wees wat 'n par allelle fisiese simposium van aangesig tot aangesig in Johannesburg inslui
    t. Ervaring oor die afgelope twee simposiums het getoon dat virtuele gelee nthede vir baie meer mense die geleentheid bied om deel te neem. Dit sal w aarskynlik so bly, aangesien die koste van reis en verblyf waarskynlik n
    ie binnekort na meer bekostigbare vlakke sal terugkeer nie.

    Die tema van die simposium is "Ruimte, die volgende grens vir uitbreidin
    g van amateur radio." Die simposium-program sal onderwerpe op die intreevl
    ak dek van hoe om 'n goedkoop satellietstasie op te rig, hoe om die mees
    te uit 'n hand-radio te kry om satellietkommunikasie te verken en 'n meer
    gevorderde vlak om ruimtenavorsing te doen met jou eie ruimteweer stasie
    en hoe om betrokke te raak by die bou van satelliete.

    Voorstelle vir Referate word uitgenooi. Elke gleuf is 20 - 30 minute plus
    'n 10 minute V&A-periode. Die sluitingsdatum vir voorstelle is 31 Maart 2
    022. Skrywers sal teen middel April in kennis gestel word van aanvaarding
    van hul referaat. Finale aanbiedings in word en PowerPoint sal teen 1 Jul
    ie 2022 vereis word. Vir meer inligting stuur 'n e-pos na admin@amsatsa.or
    g.za (mailto:admin@amsatsa.org.za) .

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

    SANDTON KRAG UUR TEGNIESE PRAATJIE OP WOENSDAG 26 JANUARIE

    Jy het daarvan gehoor tydens die bulletins en nou is dit uiteindelik hier
    , die Krag Uur Tegniese Praatjie, wat Woensdagaand plaasvind met spesi
    ale gas Brian, NB7KW. Brian sal ons oë oopmaak vir die werking en b ruikbaarheid van die outomatiese pakket rapportering-stelsel, wat meer a lgemeen as APRS bekend staan.

    Almal is welkom, so hierdie is jou uitnodiging en jy word herinner om op
    Woensdagaand 26 Januarie om 19:00 SAT na die Sandton 145,700 MHz-herha
    ler te luister of om aan ZS6STN-R via Echolink te koppel om te luister,
    te leer en by te dra tot die stories en deel van kennis. Vir meer besonde rhede, besoek asseblief die Dagboek-forum op die SARL-webwerf.

    AFRICUBE LANSERING AANSOEK

    AMSAT SA, in vennootskap met die UCT Ruimte- en Sterrekundevereniging,
    het aansoek gedoen vir 'n geborgde lansering by die Verenigde Nasies se K antoor vir Buitenste Ruimtesake (UNOOSA) vir hul Toegang tot Ruimte vir Al
    mal program. Toegang tot Ruimte vir Almal is 'n gesamentlike inisiatief va
    n UNOOSA en ruimte-agentskappe, navorsingsinstellings en industrie om to
    egang tot ruimtenavorsingsfasiliteite, infrastruktuur en inligting te bi
    ed met die doel om tegniese kundigheid, ingenieursprosesse en infrastruk
    tuur te ontwikkel in die gebiede van hiper-swaartekrag en mikro-swaartekra
    g, satelliet-ontwikkeling en ruimteverkenning en bevorder internasionale
    samewerking in die vreedsame gebruike van die buitenste ruimte. Dit is di
    e tweede aansoek. Verlede jaar was die groep nie suksesvol nie, maar is
    deur UNOOSA aangemoedig om vanjaar weer aansoek te doen.

    AfriCUBE hardloop die afgelope ses weke op die toetsbank en sal in die vol gende paar week op die lug vanaf Rooihuiskraal getoets word. Ontwikkeling
    van die beheerstelsel-sagteware het 'n gevorderde stadium bereik en sal i
    n die AfriCUBE-aanboord-rekenaar geïnkorporeer word om praktiese eval
    uasies uit te voer. Die beheer-sagteware sal AfriCUBE in staat stel om van
    af die grond geprogrammeer te word om die satelliet in 'n spesifieke modus
    te plaas.

    JAKKALSJAG OP SONDAG 30 JANUARIE

    Almal wat in Gauteng gebaseer is, word herinner aan 'n buitelug jag-soek
    tog wat groot pret en gesinsvriendelik is. Ons geheime bronne het laat wee
    t dat daar 'n Radio Jakkals sal wegkruip binne 'n radius van 1,5 km van
    die parkeerarea van die James en Ethel Greypark in Melrose en dit is nood saaklik dat jy die jakkals vind sodat jy kan spog op 145,525 MHz.

    Die Jakkals het net een swakheid, dit stuur soms 'n gekodeerde radiosein
    op 144,525 MHz uit en dit is die enigste keer dat dit kwesbaar is om ge
    vind te word. Bronne gee aan dat dit vanaf 13:00 SAT volgende Sondag 30 Ja nuarie sal gebeur. Wie gaan die wenner wees - jy of die jakkals? V
    erdere leidrade is beskikbaar op die SARL se Dagboek forum op die webblad.

    HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

    Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
    gaan wees. Tans is daar verskeie sonvlekke met eenvoudige magnetiese same stellings sigbaar. Daar is 'n groot moontlikheid van C-klas en 'n geringe
    moontlikheid van M-klas sonfakkels. Diegene wat hulle eie frekwensievoors pellings wil doen, kan 'n verwagte effektiewe sonvlektelling van 26 vir
    die week gebruik. Radio amateurs kan DX openinge op die 10 tot 30 m bande
    verwag. Besoek gerus die webtuiste spaceweather.sansa.org.za vir meer inl igting.

    Nou die dagboek van gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:

    24 Januarie - die sluitingsdatum vir Klub kompetisie logstate
    26 Januarie - Sandton ARK Krag Uur Tegniese Praatjie
    27 Januarie - die sluitingsdatum vir QRP Logstate
    31 Januarie - die sluitingsdatum vir AJV Mosies en Toekenning nomi
    nasies
    1 Februarie - die registrasie vir die Mei RAE open
    5 Februarie - die SARL VHF/UHF Aktiwiteits dag
    6 Februarie - die ADV GG Aktiwiteits dag
    11 Februarie - die sluitingsdatum vir ADV GG Logstate
    12 Februarie - die sluitingsdatum vir SARL BHF/UHF logstate
    14 Februarie - die sluitingsdatum vir PEARS BHF/UHF logstate
    19 Februarie - die SARL Saterdag 40 m Klub kompetisie
    19 en 20 Februarie - die ARRL Internasionale DX GG kompetisie

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

    Ingevolge Reël 8.9 is die SARL Finansiële Jaarstate vir die jaar
    geëindig 30 Junie 2021 op SARL webwerf op Vrydag 21 Januarie 2022 ge
    laai. Lede het dertig (30) dae om die rekeninge te oorweeg, waarna 'n el ektroniese stemming sal plaasvind vanaf 00:01 SAT op Maandag 21 February 2
    022 en sal om 23:59 SAT op Donderdag 3 Maart 2022 sluit. Besonderhede oor
    die stemming sal gepubliseer word in SARL Nuus nader aan die tyd. Voordat
    jy enige dokument aflaai, lees asseblief die SARL Kommunikasie gedateer
    21 Januarie 2022 baie noukeurig.

    Dit bring ons aan die einde van hierdie bulletin.

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

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

    Ons ontvang graag jou sein rapporte, kommentaar en voorstelle, stuur '
    n e-pos aan artoday@sarl.org.za (mailto:artoday@sarl.org.za) .

    Jy het geluister na 'n nuus uitsending van die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga
    , geskryf deur Andy Cairns, ZS6ADY, geproeflees deur Dennis Green,
    ZS4BS en gelees deur ....................................

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