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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 24 OCTOBER 2021
Good morning and welcome to the weekly news bulletin of the South African
Radio League read by ................ [your name, call sign and QTH]
The South African Radio League broadcasts a news bulletin each Sunday in A frikaans and English at 08:15 and 08:30 Central African Time respectively
on HF and various VHF and UHF repeaters around the country. The bulletin
is relayed on Echolink by Johan, ZS6JPL. The audio bulletins can be dow nloaded from the League website at www.sarl.org.za while the text bulletin
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In the news today:
THE NATIONAL CW SPEED WEEK FROM TODAY UNTIL SATURDAY
THE SARC TALKING TECH POWER HOUR ON 27 OCTOBER
and
BACAR TO FLY ON 30 OCTOBER
Stay tuned for more information on these and other interesting news items.
We begin the bulletin with news of a silent key.
It is with sadness that we announce that the key of Johann J Loubser, ZS
1ZE went silent on Thursday 7 October 2021 after losing the battle against
cancer. He was a well-known member of the Boland Amateur Radio Club. We e xtend our sincere condolences to his family and friends.
PAUSE
You are listening to a news bulletin of the South African Radio League.
THANK YOU FOR CQ HOU KOERS AND JAMBOREE ON THE AIR
A big word of thanks to all the radio amateurs who took the time and effor
t to support the Scouts, Guides, and Voortrekkers during CQ Hou Koers
and Jamboree on the Air last weekend! You did something AWESOME!
THE NATIONAL CW SPEED WEEK FROM TODAY UNTIL SATURDAY
The National CW Speed Week started at 04:00 UTC (06:00 CAT) this morning S unday 24 October and will end at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CAT) on Saturday 30 Octo
ber 2021. The activity will take place on 80, 40 and 20 metres and you m
ay not work the same call sign more than ONCE on each band. The idea is to
make as many contacts as you can within a 7-day calendar period; the goal
is to log all contacts on the RaDAR Sport Log, developed by Eddie, ZS
6BNE. Visit www.radarops.co.za/zsportal; you will need a log-in PIN from E
ddie in order to take part. The PIN allows you to edit your own log if you
have made an error.
The criteria for the week will be - CW sent using any paddle or any straig
ht key, nothing less than 20 wpm character speed or faster, will quali
fy you to take part. You will need to declare in the comments column on th
e logging system what kind of key you used - straight or paddle. The Radar
system self-generates the points, i.e., two QSOs confirmed will yield
two points each and a QSO without a conformation will give you ONE point
each, without a QSL confirming a match. So, the idea is to make sure
your friends actually log on the system, to gain the double points. Dur
ing the week, anyone can at any time, spot who spoke to whom, either
in text form on the RaDAR system or on a bar graph format on the same sys
tem. Everyone logs in one place; just refresh your screen to spot the late
st happening.
THE IARU REGION 1 CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP
The â-˜Shaping the Future' Workshop has been busy since Satu
rday 16 October. The work of this Workshop closed yesterday with Module 6:
Actions, milestones, deliverables, and timescales. For the Conferen
ce, Committee 2 finalised the Region 1 Budget yesterday afternoon.
The Closing Plenary will be held at 15:00 CAT this afternoon with the C2 r eport to Conference, the election of the new EC, the voting for the ve
nue for next conference and the G2BVN Committee Report to Conference.
You are listening to a news bulletin of the South African Radio League.
THE SARC TALKING TECH POWER HOUR ON 27 OCTOBER
Are you interested or experienced in Radio Fox Hunting? Then this one is f
or you. The Sandton ARC Talking Tech Power Hour topic for October is â
"Fox Hunting - Experiences, Tips and Tricks" and everyone
, whether novice or veteran, is invited to join in and contribute to t
he discussion. The net takes place at 19:00 CAT on Wednesday 27 October on
the Sandton 145,700 MHz repeater and for those further afield, please
connect to the ZS6STN repeater via Echolink.
BACAR TO FLY ON 30 OCTOBER
The Secunda Amateur Radio Club will launch a Balloon Carrying Amateur Radi
o (known as the BACAR project) on Saturday 30 October. Several interesting
payloads are being prepared, including the new AMSAT-SA AfriCUBE linear
transponder, Slow Scan TV, a crossband FM repeater, and an ion thru
ster scientific experiment. Amateurs from various Clubs are involved in th
is project.
Unfortunately, the Club did not inform SARL News about the frequencies t
hat will be used. The Club can be contacted via e-mail
secradio@jenny.co.z
a (mailto:
secradio@jenny.co.za) for more information.
CONTEST NEWS
The CQ WW DX SSB Contest is a 48-hour activity taking place on 30th and 31
st October 2021 with you working the world on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15
and 10 metres. The exchange is a realistic RS report and your CQ Zone,
for South Africa that is Zone 38. Remember the new Youth category. Find a
ll the rules at
https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cb a9589bf8d019e5d3&idVc46cc0f5&eœe7bd785b. The CQ WW DX CW Con
test will run on 27 and 28 November 2021.
Sadly, a measly five logs were received for the Spring QRP Contest that
took place on 9 October 2021. Willy Williams, ZS5WT, logged a phone Q
SO with FR4TS in Reunion Islands, 2 835 km away. The QSO was confirmed o
n QRZ.
1st Kobus Boshoff, ZS6BOS - 720 points, Ultralight portable station wi
th homebrew transceiver
2nd Willy Williams, ZS6WT - 276 points, Portable station
3rd Johannes van Zijl, ZS4DZ - 64 points, home station
4th Pieter Marais, ZR6CCL - 44 points, home station
5th Gawie Hoon, ZS5R - 4 points, home station
Get all the results in HF Happenings 968.
PROPAGATION REPORT
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that solar activity is expected to be
at low levels. There are currently a couple of active sunspot regions vis
ible and there is a possibility of a variety of flaring activity. If you w
ant to do your own frequency predictions, the expected effective sunspot
number for the week will be around 17. The 10 to 30 m bands will, espec
ially during the late afternoons, provide some good DX fun. For more inf ormation, please visit the website spaceweather.sansa.org.za
Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:
24 to 30 October - the National CW Speed Week
25 October - closure of submissions for the 2022 Blue Book
27 October - the SARL-100 Working Group meeting
30 October - the BACAR flight
30 and 31 October - the CQ WW DX SSB contest
4 and 5 November - the Taurids Meteor Shower
6 November - the RaDAR Challenge and the Durban ARC meeting
8 November - the West Rand ARC meeting
11 November - Armistice Day
11 to 14 November - Work ZS18MOTH
13 and 14 November - the SARL VHF/UHF Analogue Contest and the WAE
RTTY contest
14 November - Remembrance Sunday
17 November - the SARL 80 m Club Sprint
17 and 18 November - the Leonids Meteor Shower.
To conclude our bulletin, a recap of our main news story:
The National CW Speed Week started at 04:00 UTC (06:00 CAT) this morning S unday 24 October and will end at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CAT) on Saturday 30 Octo
ber 2021. The activity will take place on 80, 40 and 20 metres and you m
ay not work the same call sign more than ONCE on each band. The idea is to
make as many contacts as you can within a 7-day calendar period.
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 Thursday 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
artoday@sarl.org.za (mailto:
artoday@sarl.org.za) .
You have listened to a news bulletin written by Dennis Green, ZS4BS, p
roofread by Herman Erasmus, ZS6CTA and read by ..............
From the News Team, best wishes for the week ahead.
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SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 24 OKTOBER 2021
Goeie môre en welkom by die weeklikse nuus uitsending van die Suid-Af
rikaanse Radioliga, gelees deur ________________________ (jou naam, ro
epsein en QTH)
Die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga saai elke Sondag nuus bulletins in Afrikaans
sowel as Engels om 08:15 en 08:30 Sentraal Afrika Tyd onderskeidelik uit
op HF sowel as op verskeie BHF- en UHF-herhalers. Hierdie uitsendings wor
d ook via Echolink herlei deur Johan, ZS6JPL. Die oudio bulletins kan af
gelaai word vanaf die Liga webwerf by www.sarl.org.za, terwyl die teks b ulletins by
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die Mailchimp bulletin e-poslys aan te sluit, stuur 'n e-pos aan die SA
RL Sekretaris.
In die Nuus vandag:
DIE NASIONALE GG SPOED WEEK VANAF VANDAG TOT SATERDAG
DIE SARK PRAAT TEGNIES KRAG UUR OP 27 OKTOBER
en
BACAR OM TE VLIEG OP 30 OKTOBER
Bly ingeskakel vir meer inligting oor hierdie en ander interessante nuus i tems.
Ons begin die nuus met die nuus van 'n stil sleutel.
Dit is met hartseer dat ons aankondig dat die sleutel van Johann J Loubser
, ZS1ZE, op Donderdag 7 Oktober 2021 stil geword het nadat hy die stry
d teen kanker verloor het. Hy was 'n bekende lid van die Boland Amateurrad ioklub. Ons betuig ons innige meegevoel met sy familie en vriende.
POUSE
Jy luister na ʼn nuus uitsending van die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga.
DANKIE VIR CQ HOU KOERS EN JAMBOREE OP DIE LUG
'n Groot woord van dank aan al die radio amateurs wat die afgelope naweek
tyd en moeite geneem het om die Padvinder, Gidse en Voortrekkers te ond ersteun tydens CQ Hou Koers en Jamboree op die Lug! Jy het iets ontsagwekk
end gedoen!
DIE NASIONALE GG SPOED WEEK VANAF VANDAG TOT SATERDAG
Die National GG Spoed â-‹â-‹Week het vanoggend Sondag 24 Oktob
er om 04:00 UTC (06:00 SAT) begin en eindig om 16:00 UTC (18:00 SAT) op Sa terdag 30 Oktober 2021. Die aktiwiteit vind plaas op 80, 40 en 20 meter
en jy mag nie dieselfde roepsein meer as EEN keer op elke band werk nie.
Die idee is om soveel moontlik kontakte te maak binne 'n kalender tydperk
van 7 dae; die doel is om alle kontakte op die RaDAR Sport Log, ontwikk
el deur Eddie, ZS6BNE, in te dien. Besoek www.radarops.co.za/zsportal
, jy benodig 'n aanmeld-PIN vanaf Eddie om deel te neem. Met die PIN kan
jy jou eie logboek wysig as jy 'n fout begaan het.
Die kriteria vir die week sal wees - GG wat met 'n paddle of 'n reguit sle
utel gestuur word, niks minder as 20 wpm karakter-spoed of vinniger nie
, sal jou in staat stel om deel te neem. Jy moet in die kommentaar-kolom
op die logstelsel verklaar watter soort sleutel jy gebruik het - reguit o
f paddle. Die Radar-stelsel genereer self die punte, dit wil sê,
twee bevestigde QSOs lewer elk twee punte en 'n QSO sonder 'n bevestiging
gee jou een punt. Die idee is dus om te verseker dat jou vriende op die s telsel indien om die dubbele punte te verdien. Gedurende die week kan enig iemand te eniger tyd sien wie met wie gepraat het, hetsy in teksvorm op
die RaDAR-stelsel of op 'n staafgrafiek-formaat op dieselfde stelsel. Alm
al teken op een plek aan; verfris net jou skerm om die nuutste gebeurtenis
se te sien.
DIE IARU STREEK 1 KONFERENSIE EN WERKWINKEL
Die â-˜Vorming van die Toekoms'-werkswinkel is sedert Saterd
ag 16 Oktober besig. Die werk van hierdie werkswinkel is gister afgesluit
met Module 6: aksies, mylpale, aflewerings en tydskale. Vir die konfe
rensie het Komitee 2 gistermiddag die Streek 1 begroting afgehandel.
Die Sluitings Vergadering word vanmiddag om 15:00 SAT gehou met die C2-ver
slag aan die konferensie, die verkiesing van die nuwe UK, die stemming
vir die venue vir die volgende konferensie en die verslag van die G2BVN-k omitee aan konferensie.
Jy luister na ʼn nuus uitsending van die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga.
DIE SARK PRAAT TEGNIES KRAG UUR OP 27 OKTOBER
Is jy geïnteresseerd of ervare in Radio Jakkalsjag? Dan is hierdie ee
n vir jou. Die Sandton ARK Praat Tegnies Krag uur onderwerp vir Oktober is
"Jakkalsjag - ervarings, wenke en truuks" en almal, hetsy nuweling of
veteraan, word uitgenooi om deel te neem en by te dra tot die besprekin
g. Die net vind plaas om 19:00 SAT op Woensdag 27 Oktober op die Sandton 1 45,700 MHz herhaler en vir diegene wat verder weg is, kan jy via Echol
ink met die ZS6STN herhaler skakel.
BACAR OM TE VLIEG OP 30 OKTOBER
Die Secunda Amateurradioklub lanseer op Saterdag 30 Oktober 'n Ballon wat
Amateur Radio dra (bekend as die BACAR-projek). Verskeie interessante loo nvragte word voorberei, waaronder die nuwe AMSAT-SA AfriCUBE lineêr
e transponder, Stadig Aftas TV, 'n kruisband FM-herhaler en 'n ioon-dr
yfkrag wetenskaplike eksperiment. Amateurs van verskillende Klubs is by hi erdie projek betrokke.
Ongelukkig het die Klub nie vir SARL Nuus ingelig oor die frekwensies wat
gebruik sal word nie. Die Klub kan gekontak word via e-pos secradio@jenny .co.za (mailto:
secradio@jenny.co.za) vir meer inligting.
KOMPETISIE NUUS
Die CQ WW DX ESB kompetisie is 'n aktiwiteit van 48 uur wat op 30 en 30 Ok tober 2021 plaasvind, terwyl jy die wêreld op 160, 80, 20, 20
, 15 en 10 meter kan werk. Die uitruiling is 'n realistiese RS -verslag
en jou CQ-sone, vir Suid-Afrika, dit is Sone 38. Onthou die nuwe jeug -kategorie. Vind al die reëls by
https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/tra ck/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&id\01f811b2&eœe7bd785b. Die CQ WW DX GG kompetisie vind op 27 en 28 November 2021 plaas.
Ongelukkig is 'n skamele vyf logstate ontvang vir die Lente QRP kompetsie
wat op 9 Oktober 2021 plaasgevind het. Willy Williams, ZS5WT, het 'n
foon QSO met FR4TS op die Reunion Eilande, 2 835 km daarvandaan, aang
emeld. Die QSO is op QRZ bevestig.
1ste Kobus Boshoff, ZS6BOS - 720 punte, ultra-ligte draagbare stasie m
et tuisgeboude ontvanger
2de Willy Williams, ZS6WT - 276 punte, draagbare stasie
3de Johannes van Zijl, ZS4DZ - 64 punte, tuis-stasie
4de Pieter Marais, ZR6CCL - 44 punte, tuis-stasie
5de Gawie Hoon, ZS5R - 4 punte, tuis-stasie
Kry al die uitslae in HF Happenings 968
HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
gaan wees. Tans is daar 'n aantal sonvlekgroepe sigbaar en daar is 'n moo ntlikheid van 'n verskeidenheid van sonfakkels. Diegene wat hulle eie frek wensievoorspellings wil doen, kan 'n verwagte effektiewe sonvlektelling
van 17 vir die week gebruik. Radio amateurs kan veral laatmiddag goeie DX
openinge op die 10 tot 30 m bande verwag. Besoek gerus die webtuiste spac eweather.sansa.org.za vir meer inligting.
Laastens 'n dagboek van 'n paar komende gebeure
24 tot 30 Oktober - die Nasionale GG Spoed Week
25 Oktober - Voorleggings vir die 2022 Blou Boek
30 Oktober - die BACAR vlug
30 en 31 Oktober - die CQ WW DX ESB kompetisie
6 November - die RaDAR-uitdaging
11 November - Wapenstilstandsdag
11 tot 14 November - ZS18MOTH
13 en 14 November - die SARL VHF/UHF Analoog kompetisie en die WAE RTD kom petisie
Om die bulletin mee af te sluit, â-˜n opsomming van ons hoof berig
:
Die National GG Spoed â-‹â-‹Week het vanoggend Sondag 24 Oktob
er om 04:00 UTC (06:00 SAT) begin en eindig om 16:00 UTC (18:00 SAT) op Sa terdag 30 Oktober 2021. Die aktiwiteit vind plaas op 80, 40 en 20 meter
en jy mag nie dieselfde roepsein meer as EEN keer op elke band werk nie.
Die idee is om soveel moontlik kontakte te maak binne 'n kalender tydperk
van 7 dae.
Dit bring ons aan die einde van hierdie bulletin.
Die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga se nuus diens nooi klubs en individue uit om
nuus brokkies van belang vir radio amateurs en kortgolf luisteraars in te
dien. Plaas nuus berigte indien moontlik, in beide Engels en Afrikaans
op die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga webtuiste onder die 'news inbox' skakel
nie later as die Donderdag wat die bulletin datum vooraf gaan nie.
Luister elke Sondag oggend om 10:00 Sentraal Afrika Tyd na "Amateur Radio
Today." Daar is herleiding op 7 082 kHz laer syband deur Louis, ZS5LP e
n verskeie herleidings op BHF en UHF frekwensies regoor Suid-Afrika. 'n He ruitsending aangebied deur Andy ZS6ADY vind op Maandae aande om 19:30 Sent
raal Afrika Tyd op 3 620 kHz plaas.
Ons ontvang graag jou sein rapporte, kommentaar en voorstelle, stuur '
n e-pos aan
artoday@sarl.org.za (mailto:
artoday@sarl.org.za) .
Jy het geluister na 'n nuus uitsending van die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga
, geskryf deur Dennis Green, ZS4BS, geproeflees deur Deon Erwin, Z
S1ZL en gelees deur ....................................
Van die Nuusspan, die beste wense vir die week vorentoe.
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