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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 29 AUGUST 2021

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

The South African Radio League broadcasts a news bulletin each Sunday in A frikaans and in English at 08:15 and 08:30 Central African Time respective
ly on HF and various VHF and UHF repeaters around the country. The bulleti
n is relayed on Echolink by Johan, ZS6JPL. The audio and text bulletins
can be downloaded from the League website at https://sarl.us5.list-manage .com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&id†c893f9af&eœe7bd785b (https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589
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To join the bulletin mailing list, please send an email to the SARL Secr
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We begin this bulletin with the news of Silent Keys:

It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Edox Earle ZS6EAR o
n the 22nd of August 2021. We extend our condolences to his family and fri ends.

It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Frank Schoombie ZR6
RC on the 21st of August 2021. We extend our condolences to his wife, fa
mily and friends.

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In the news today:

SARL HF CW CONTEST

ICASA PUBLIC HEARING ON DRAFT EQUIPMENT AUTHORISATION REGULATIONS

AND

SARL Next Generation Beacon fund

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

THE SARL HF CW CONTEST ON 29 AUGUST

The aim of the HF CW Contest is for participants to contact as many radio
amateurs in Southern Africa as possible on 20, 40, and 80 metres and
will run from 14:00 to 17:00 UTC (16:00 to 19:00 CAT) on Sunday 29 August
. The exchange is an RST report and a consecutive serial number starting a
t 001. Each QSO counts 2 points. Send your log sheet to zs4bfn@mweb.co.za
(mailto:zs4bfn@mweb.co.za) by no later than 23:59 CAT on Friday 3 Septem
ber 2021. Log sheet number 41 will win a SARL Membership! Get all the rule
s on page 86 of the 2021 Blue Book.

ICASA PUBLIC HEARING ON DRAFT EQUIPMENT AUTHORISATION REGULATIONS

ICASA held a public hearing about the draft equipment authorisation regula tions. The SARL presented its case. It became clear that ICASA is looking
at two scenarios. Homebrew equipment is part of the exclusion scenario.
The SARL made a case to have kits included in this category. When it co
mes to amateur radio equipment manufactured commercially, then equipment
authorization or type approval will be required. Judging from comments ma
de by ICASA councillors it is clear that they are open to accepting the co nformity certificates from other national jurisdictions . The SARL was ask
ed to submit further documentation on issues raised at the hearing.

ICASA recently published the 2021 draft National Frequency Plan. The SARL
has carefully studied the plan and has found some errors in respect of am ateur allocations particularly in the 160 metre band and the omission of t
he 40 MHz allocation. The SARL has submitted its findings to ICASA and ha
s requested to make a presentation at the hearing scheduled for early Sept ember.
More details will be included in next week's SARL News.

SARL Next Generation Beacon fund.

The crowd funding initiative to collect funds for the SARL next generation
beacon programme was initiated by AMSAT SA. The R25 200 collected to date
is far from the R60 000 required to finance a beacon in the Karoo and in
the Western Cape. AMSAT SA and the SARL would like to thank all who have
contributed so far.

At the monthly meeting held on Thursday, the Beacon group reviewed the p rogress of the testing of a telemetry and remote-control system to fit to
the Bethlehem beacon and all future beacons. Work is also progressing on
a reverse beacon monitoring solution where the telemetry system will also
have the ability to automatically retrieve log files from the remote beac
on monitoring software. Good progress is being made on a site in the Karoo
as well.

To stay up to date with the beacon programme listen to Brian Jacob's â
"Focus on VHF and above" transmitted weekly on the programme
Amateur Radio Today.

Help us to make it happen by donating to the fund and reach the target of
R60 000 over the next month.

Visit www.amsatsa.org.za (https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u 'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&id5ce81d07&eœe7bd785b) and ma
ke your contribution by clicking on one of the payment buttons for a R50
, R250 or R1000 donation. The button will take you to the Payfast websit
e where you need to enter your credit card details. Please also add your c allsign after your surname.

Visit the Next Generation Beacon web page for articles, videos, update
s and a list of donors. There are links on the SARL and AMSAT SA home page
s.

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

THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF THE SARL HF DIGITAL CONTEST

Eleven logs and one check log were received for the SARL HF Digital Contes
t held on 15 August.

RTTY
1st Jan Botha, ZS4JAN - 44 points
2nd Marius Snyman, ZR6MS and Keith Barker, ZS6HI - 17,5 points
4th Theunis Potgieter, ZS2EC - 10,5 points

PSK31
1st Jan Botha, ZS4JAN - 47,5 points
2nd Marius Snyman, ZR6MS - 21 points
3rd Keith Barker, ZS6HI - 17,5 points

FT8
1st Gerhard Coetzee, ZS3TG - 68,5 points
2nd Stewart Clark, ZR6WT - 50,5 points
3rd Hans Potgieter, ZS1ALJ - 49,5 points

Club Competition
1st Sandton ARC - 124 points
2nd Northern Cape ARC - 103,5 points
3rd Bloemfontein ARC - 91,5 points

ZS4JAN in JA CQ magazine

During June 2021, Jan ZS4JAN received an email from Seiji Okumura JK1KSB
in Tokyo. He is the columnist for DX World - High Band DXing in JA CQ mag azine. He introduces active stations on high bands through his articles.
A short interview was conducted for the August 2021 publication. The inte rview scoped on personal background, interest in Amateur Radio and curre
nt equipment in use. Jan has received an email copy of the published artic
le in Japanese while awaiting the complimentary magazine through the post.

ZS6WR Boot sale 4 September

The West Rand Amateur radio club (ZS6WR) would like to invite all to the u pcoming boot sale on Saturday 4 September. Please note that the gates will
open earlier than usual at 10h00 for everyone and trading can start at 10
h30.
Please note that all preventative COVID protocols will be followed on the
day so please wear your face mask and keep your social distance.
All the usual vendors will attend, and the club will also have a table.
Book your stand and table by contacting Phillip ZS6PVT on 083 267 3853 or
ZS6PVT@GMAIL.COM (mailto:ZS6PVT@GMAIL.COM)

Latest edition of The 5 MHz Newsletter now available for download

The latest edition of The 5 MHz Newsletter (No 27 -Summer 2021) is now ava ilable for free pdf download from the 'External Links' section of the Wiki pedia 60m Band page or the RSGB 5 MHz page

This edition includes 5 MHz news from 9 countries, GB2RS 5 MHz Update,
Between Dusk and Dawn, The World of 5 MHz Summer 2021 and a US 5 MHz We
bsite.

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low to moderate levels. There are currently a few sunspot regions v isible and some minor C-class flaring activity is possible.
If you want to do your own frequency predictions, the expected effective
sunspot number for the week will be around seven.
The 17 to 30 m bands will during the late afternoons provide some DX fun. Please visit the website spaceweather.sansa.org.za (https://sarl.us5.list- manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&idê6b569d94&eœe7bd785b) for further information.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

29 Aug - SARL HF CW Contest
31 Aug - Secunda ARC meeting
04 Sept - WR Fleamarket, Region 1 Field Day
04 Sept - Durban ARC Meeting
05 Sept - Region 1 Field Day
06 Sept - Rosh Hashanah
07 Sept - New moon
08 Sept - Early morning Coffee Sprint
11 and 12 Sept - SARL National Field Day; WAE SSB Contest

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

The SARL HF CW contest is on today from 14:00 to 17:00 UTC (16:00 to 19:00
CAT).
The aim of the HF Contests is for participants to contact as many amateurs
in Southern Africa as possible on the 20, 40 and 80m amateur bands.

This concludes our bulletin for this morning.

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

You are welcome to join us every Sunday morning for the weekly radio progr
am, Amateur Radio Today at 10:00 CAT. The program can be heard on VHF an
d UHF repeaters countrywide and on 7 082 kHz lower side-band. A rebroadcas
t by Andy, ZS6ADY, can be heard on Monday evenings at 19:30 CAT on 3 6
20 kHz.
We welcome your signal reports, comments and suggestions; please send th
ese by email to artoday@sarl.org.za (mailto:artoday@sarl.org.za) .

You have listened to a news bulletin compiled by Andy Cairns ZS6ADY, edi
ted by Paul Johnson ZS1S and read by ..............

From the news team, best wishes for the week ahead.

SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 29 AUGUSTUS 2021

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

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga saai elke Sondag nuus bulletins in Afrikaans
sowel as Engels om 08:15 en 08:30 Sentraal Afrika Tyd onderskeidelik uit
op HF sowel as op verskeie BHF- en UHF-herhalers. Hierdie uitsendings wor
d ook via Echolink herlei deur Johan, ZS6JPL. Die oudio en teks Bulletin
s kan afgelaai word vanaf die Liga webwerf by https://sarl.us5.list-manage .com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&id4fb8d544f&eœe7bd785b (https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589
bf8d019e5d3&id 1686a72b&eœe7bd785b) . Om by die bulletin e-p
os lys aan te sluit , stuur 'n e-pos na die SARL Sekretaris.

Ons begin vandag se bulletin met nuus van n stil sleutels:

Dit is meet leedwese dat ons aankondig dat die sleutel van Edox Earl ZS6EA
R op die 22ste Augustus 2021 stil geword het.
Ons betuig ons innige meegevoel met sy familie en Vriende.

Dit is meet leedwese dat ons aankondig dat die sleutel van Frank Schoombie
ZR6RC on the 21ste Augustus 2021 stil geword het.
Ons betuig ons innige meegevoel met sy vrou, familie en Vriende.

Pouse:

In die nuus vandag:

SARL HF GG KOMPETIESIE

ICASA PUBLIC HEARING ON DRAFT EQUIPMENT AUTHORISATION REGULATIONS

En

SARL Next Generation Beacon fund.

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

DIE SARL HF GG KOMPETISIE OP 29 AUGUSTUS

Die doel van die HF GG wedstryd is dat deelnemers soveel moontlik radio am ateurs in Suider-Afrika op 20, 40 en 80 meter kan kontak en van 14:00 to
t 17:00 UTC (16:00 tot 19:00 SAT) op Sondag 29 Augustus. Die uitruiling is
'n RST verslag en 'n opeenvolgende reeksnommer wat begin by 001. Elke QSO
tel 2 punte. Stuur jou logstaat na zs4bfn@mweb.co.za (mailto:zs4bfn@mweb. co.za) nie later nie as 23:59 SAT op Vrydag 3 September 2021. Logstaat no
mmer 41 wen 'n SAR-lidmaatskap! Kry al die reÄ-ls op bladsy 86 van die
2021 Blouboek.


ICASA PUBLIC HEARING ON DRAFT EQUIPMENT AUTHORISATION REGULATIONS

ICASA held a public hearing about the draft equipment authorisation regula tions. The SARL presented its case. It became clear that ICASA is looking
at two scenarios. Homebrew equipment is part of the exclusion scenario.
The SARL made a case to have kits included in this category. When it co
mes to amateur radio equipment manufactured commercially, then equipment
authorization or type approval will be required. Judging from comments ma
de by ICASA councillors it is clear that they are open to accepting confor
mity certificates from other jurisdictions . The SARL was asked to submit
further documentation on issues raised at the hearing.

ICASA recently published the 2021 draft National Frequency Plan. The SARL
has carefully studied the plan and has found some errors in respect of am ateur allocations particularly in the 160 metre band and omission of the 4
0 MHz allocation. The SARL has submitted its findings to ICASA and has re quested to make a presentation at the hearing scheduled for early Septembe
r.
More details will be included in next week's SARL News.

SARL Next Generation Beacon fund.

The crowd funding initiative to collect funds for the SARL next generation
beacon programme was initiated by AMSAT SA. The R25 200 collected to date
is far from the R60 000 target to finance a beacon in the Karoo and the W estern Cape. AMSAT SA and the SARL thank all who have contributed so far.

At the monthly meeting held on Thursday, the Beacon group reviewed the p rogress of testing of a telemetry and remote-control system to fit to the
Bethlehem beacon and all future beacons. Work is also progressing on a re verse beacon monitoring solution where the telemetry system will also have
the ability to automatically retrieve log files from the remote beacon mo nitoring software. Good progress is being made on a site in the Karoo as w
ell.

To stay up to date with the beacon programme listen to Brian Jacob's Focus
on VHF and above transmitted weekly on the programme Amateur Radio Today.

Help us to make it happen by donating to the fund and reach the target of
R60 000 over the next month.

Visit www.amsatsa.org.za (https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u 'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&id†010c11cd&eœe7bd785b) and ma
ke your contribution by clicking on one of the payment buttons for a R50
, R250 or R1000 donation. The button will take you to the Payfast websit
e where you need to enter your credit card details. Please also add your c allsign after your surname.

Visit the Next Generation Beacon web page for articles, videos, update
s and a list of donors. There are links on the SARL and AMSAT SA home page
s.

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

DIE VOORLOPIGE UITSLAE VAN DIE SARL HF DIGITALE KOMPETISIE

Elf logstate en een kontrole logstaat is ontvang vir die SARL HF Digitale
Wedstryd wat op 15 Augustus gehou is.

RTD
1ste Jan Botha, ZS4JAN - 44 punte
2de Marius Snyman, ZR6MS en Keith Barker, ZS6HI - 17,5 punte
4de Theunis Potgieter, ZS2EC - 10,5 punte

PSK31
1ste Jan Botha, ZS4JAN - 47,5 punte
2de Marius Snyman, ZR6MS - 21 punte
3de Keith Barker, ZS6HI - 17,5 punte

FD8
1ste Gerhard Coetzee, ZS3TG - 68,5 punte
2de Stewart Clark, ZR6WT - 50,5 punte
3de Hans Potgieter, ZS1ALJ - 49,5 punte

Klub Kompetisie
1ste Sandton ARK- 124 punte
2de Noordkaap ARK - 103,5 punte
3de Bloemfontein ARK - 91,5 punte

ZS4JAN in JA CQ magazine

During June 2021, Jan ZS4JAN received an email from Seiji Okumura JK1KSB
in Tokyo. He is the columnist for DX World - High Band DXing in JA CQ mag azine. He introduces active stations on high bands through his articles.
A short interview was conducted for the August 2021 publication. The inte rview scoped on personal background, interest in Amateur Radio and curre
nt equipment in use. Jan has received an email copy of the published artic
le in Japanese while awaiting the complimentary magazine through the post.

ZS6WR Boot sale 4 September

The West Rand Amateur radio club (ZS6WR) like to invite all the upcoming b
oot sale Saturday 4 September. Please note the gates will open earlier tha
n usual at 10h00 for everyone and trading can start at 10h30.
Please note that all preventive COVID protocols will be followed on the da
y so please wear your face mask and keep your social distance.
All the usual vendors will attend, and the club will also have a table.
Book your stand and table by contacting Phillip ZS6PVT 083 267 3853 or ZS 6PVT@GMAIL.COM (mailto:ZS6PVT@GMAIL.COM)

Latest edition of The 5 MHz Newsletter now available for download

The latest edition of The 5 MHz Newsletter (No 27 -Summer 2021) is now ava ilable for free pdf download from the 'External Links' section of the Wiki pedia 60m Band page or the RSGB 5 MHz page

This edition includes 5 MHz news from 9 countries, GB2RS 5 MHz Update,
Between Dusk and Dawn, The World of 5 MHz Summer 2021 and a US 5 MHz We
bsite.

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
tot gematig gaan wees. Tans is daar 'n paar sonvlekke sigbaar en daar is
'n moontlikheid van geringe C-klas sonfakkels.
Diegene wat hulle eie frekwensievoorspellings wil doen, kan 'n verwagte
effektiewe sonvlektelling van sewe vir die week gebruik.
Radio amateurs kan laatmiddag DX openinge op die 17 tot 30 m bande verwag. Besoek gerus die webtuiste spaceweather.sansa.org.za (https://sarl.us5.lis t-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&idË51a51e96&e
œe7bd785b) vir meer inligting.

Nou die Dagboek van Gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:

29 Aug - SARL HF GG Ko,petiesie
31 Aug - Secunda ARK Vergdering
04 Sept - WR Snuffelmart, Region 1 Veld Dag
04 Sept - Durban ARK Vergadering
05 Sept - Region 1 Veld Dag
06 Sept - Rosh Hashanah
07 Sept - Nuwe Maan
08 Sept - Vroeg Oggend Koffee Naelloop
11 Sept - SARL Nationale Veld Dag; WAE ESB Kompetiesie
12 Sept - SARL Nationale Veld Dag; WAE ESB Kompetiesie


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

Die doel van die HF GG wedstryd is dat deelnemers soveel moontlik radio am ateurs in Suider-Afrika op 20, 40 en 80 meter kan kontak en van 14:00 to
t 17:00 UTC (16:00 tot 19:00 SAT) op Sondag 29 Augustus.

Dit bring ons aan die einde van hierdie bulletin.

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

Luister elke Sondag oggend om 10:00 Sentraal Afrika Tyd na "Amateur Radio
Today." Daar is herleiding op 7 082 kHz laer syband en verskeie herleidin
gs op BHF en UHF frekwensies regoor Suid-Afrika. 'n Heruitsending aangebie
d deur Andy ZS6ADY vind op Maandae aande om 19:30 Sentraal Afrika Tyd op 3
620 kHz plaas. Ons ontvang graag jou sein rapporte, kommentaar en voors
telle, stuur 'n e-pos aan artoday@sarl.org.za (mailto:artoday@sarl.org.z
a) .

Jy het geluister na 'n nuus uitsending van die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga
, saam gestel deur Andy Cairns ZS6ADY, geredigeer deur Vivian Dold Z
S6VD en gelees deur ....................................

Van die nuusspan, die beste wense vir die week vorentoe.

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