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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 28 NOVEMBER 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 https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/ click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&id94564dd0&eœe7bd785b w
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o the SARL Secretary.

In the news today:

STILL TIME TO BOOK FOR THE SARL/AMSAT SA TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP

IARU REGION 1 - DECEMBER 2021 YOTA MONTH

and

IRONMAN SOUTH AFRICA ONCE AGAIN ASSISTED BY PEARS

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

We start this bulletin with news of a silent key.

It is with deep regret that we announce that the key of Paul Cornelius,
ZS6PJC went silent on Wednesday 17 November after a short illness. Paul a
ged 74, was one of the original founding members of KARTS and often assi
sted as technical lecturer for the RAE training courses. We extend our con dolences to his wife Linette, ZS6BCW, family and friends.

PAUSE

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

STILL TIME TO BOOK FOR THE SARL/AMSAT SA TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP

The joint SARL and AMSAT SA Technology workshop will run from 11:00 - 14:3
0 CAT on Saturday 4 December on the Blue Jeans Platform. There is still ti
me to register for this event. Registration closes at 17:00 on Friday 3 De cember. The registration link can be found on www.sarl.org.za. Click on th
e link and complete the form. A few days before the event you will receive
an e-mail with the URL to join the workshop. There is no need to pre-down
load any software. The workshop is free for SARL and AMSAT SA members. Non -members pay a nominal R50 registration fee which will be donated to the S
ARL Next Generation Beacon fund.

The workshop includes a review of the SARL Next Generation Beacon Project
, an innovative approach to a beacon monitoring system using a raspberry
pi and a SDR dongle, AMSAT SA AfriCUBE lessons learned from the October
BACAR flight, the HamSCI WWV and other hi-tech projects. Get more detai
ls on www.sarl.org.za

THE PEARS FISH & CHIPS EVENING A GREAT SUCCESS

The PEARS social evening held on Friday 19 November was a great success.
The social took the form of a fish & chips evening at the club's normal v enue. A short informal meeting was held just before supper. Just over 70
people attended, which made for a festive atmosphere while still well w
ithin the Covid limitations. It was a great turn out, by all accounts.
People travelled quite some distance too! People from Jefferies Bay and
Cape St Francis made the drive through. Lunga ZS2LN, his XYL and Ambisw
e, ZU2ASN travelled through from Bisho and returned the same evening. Th
anks to all who attended!

IARU REGION 1 - DECEMBER 2021 YOTA MONTH

December is YOTA Month when several youngsters from Member Societies will
become active on the air with YOTA as suffix in the call signs. From Wedn esday 1 December to Friday 31 December 2021, international YOTA stations
, operated by young amateurs in their teens and early 20s, will attemp
t to make many contacts worldwide with each other. It is not a formal cont
est, but a way to get our current young amateurs on the air contacting h undreds of other youngsters around the world. The SARL has registered the
special call sign ZS9YOTA on the YOTA website for use by clubs and indivi duals during December. All radio amateurs are welcome to enjoy a QSO with
the youngsters, but be aware that some of them are new to the radio hob
by, while others are more experienced.

To reserve a slot to use the ZS9YOTA call sign on a daily basis or for mor
e information please contact Guy, ZS6GUY via e-mail at guy.eales@se.com
(mailto:guy.eales@se.com) or alternatively Nico, ZS6QL at zs6ql@mweb.co
.za (mailto:zs6ql@mweb.co.za) . The schedule and applicable rules will be
available on the SARL website soon. Looking forward to hearing our younge
r generation on the air during December!

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

BEACON FUND CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE DRIED UP

During the past month, contributions to the SARL Next Generation Beacon
Fund have dried up. The fund started by AMSAT SA is still far from its ta rget. It currently stands at R 30 150, just over 50% of its R60 000 targ
et. You can contribute by credit card. Go to www.amsatsa.org.za and select
one of the donation buttons for R50, R250 or R1 000. You can make multi
ple payments. Your contribution will be acknowledged on the honours list o
n www.amsatsa.org.za. Do it now and invest in the future of amateur radio.

JOIN THE SARL AT THE HALF-YEAR RATE

Join the SARL and pay the half-year rate and get one month free. The Counc
il has decided to institute the half-year rate from Monday 22 November 202
1. Ordinary members pay R250, senior members pay R150, spouse members
pay R90 and student members pay R60. Fill in the online membership applic ation form on www.sarl.org.za/public/membership/join.asp and do an EFT int
o the SARL bank account using your call sign as the reference. E-mail your
proof of payment to admin@sarl.org.za (mailto:admin@sarl.org.za) or call
the SARL Office at 011 675 2393.

IRONMAN SOUTH AFRICA ONCE AGAIN ASSISTED BY THE PEARS.

Ironman 2020, like so many other events last year, went the way of Cov
id-19. This year there was a flurry of postponements with event organizers
trying to pull something out of the bag. Ironman 2021 finally took place
on Sunday 21 November instead of in April as would be the norm. This mad
e for a very much easier start for the PEARS members who had the early pos
ts. Some of us arrived at our points in sunlight for the first time!

Tony, ZR2TX had the Venue Operations Centre set up by 5 am with several
radio operators along the beachfront to cover the swim leg of the event.
Beach patrol is not as glamorous as it might sound - following medics aro
und waiting for competitors to drop-out. That said, it is hard to call "
early morning on the beach" hard work!

Road closures normally bring people in early and several of the stations i nvolved in the run (which is really an afternoon/evening event) needed to
be in place before the start of the swim. The cycle route took competitor
s from the beachfront along the coast to Schoenies where they climbed away
from the coast toward Grass-Roof and then out to Seaview and back again.
Twice!

This route of 180 km is quite an area to cover in terms of radio communica tions. The PEARS utilized their Lady's Slipper Repeater, the Town repeat
er located near the Greenacres shopping mall, a temporary repeater insta
lled on the roof of the Radison Blu Hotel at the beachfront and all repeat
ers were linked and a crossband setup at the QTH of Chris, ZS2AAW to lin
k the out-of-town Lady's Slipper repeater to the beachfront. The network p rovided coverage to the entire route. Given the topography of the area,
this is quite significant.

Some PEARS members were there all day. Most notably Tony Allen, ZR2TX wh
o handled the VOC. The run stations packed up just after 22:30 - an early
night as the event usually has a midnight cut-off. PEARS would like to th
ank all those who assisted.

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low levels. There are currently two active sunspot regions visible
and there is a possibility of C-class flaring. If you want to do your own
frequency predictions, the expected effective sunspot number for the we
ek will be around 24. The 15 to 30 m bands may, especially during the la
te afternoons, provide some good DX fun. Please visit the website spacew eather.sansa.org.za for further information.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

Today until midnight UTC - the CQ WW DX CW Contest
30 November - the Secunda ARC meeting
1 December - The start of the YOTA December Month activity
3 December - International Day for Disabled Persons
4 December - The Durban ARC meeting, the SARL 40 m Grid Square s
print and the SARL/AMSAT SA Technology Workshop
5 December - International Volunteers Day
11 and 12 December - the ARRL 10 metre contest
16 December - the Day of Reconciliation

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

The joint SARL and AMSAT SA Technology workshop will run from 11:00 - 14:3
0 CAT on Saturday 4 December on the Blue Jeans Platform. There is still ti
me to register for this event. Registration closes at 17:00 on Friday 3 De cember. The registration link can be found on www.sarl.org.za. Click on th
e link and complete the form.

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/6,
proofread by Dave Reece, ZS1DFR and read by ..............

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

SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 28 NOVEMBER 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 https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba958 9bf8d019e5d3&idüd4850bb3&eœe7bd785b afgelaai kan word. Om by
die Mailchimp bulletin e-poslys aan te sluit, stuur 'n e-pos aan die SA
RL Sekretaris.

In die nuus vandag:

NOG TYD OM VIR DIE SARL/AMSAT SA TEGNOLOGIE-WERKSWINKEL TE BESPREEK

IARU STREEK 1 - DESEMBER 2021 YOTA MAAND

en

IRONMAN SUID-AFRIKA WEER BYGESTAAN DEUR PEARS

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

Ons begin hierdie bulletin met nuus van 'n stil sleutel.

Dit is met leedwese dat ons aankondig dat die sleutel van Paul Cornelius
, ZS6PJC op Woensdag 17 November na 'n kort siekbed stil geraak het. Pau
l was 74 jaar oud, was een van die oorspronklike stigterslede van KARTS
en het dikwels as tegniese dosent opgetree vir die RAE-opleidingskursusse
. Ons betuig ons meegevoel met sy vrou Linette, ZS6BCW, familie en vri
ende.

POUSE

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

NOG TYD OM VIR DIE SARL/AMSAT SA TEGNOLOGIE-WERKSWINKEL TE BESPREEK

Die gesamentlike SARL en AMSAT SA Tegnologie-werkswinkel sal vanaf 11:00 -
14:30 SAT op Saterdag 4 Desember op die BlueJeans-platform plaasvind. Daa
r is nog tyd om vir hierdie geleentheid te registreer. Registrasie sluit o
m 17:00 op Vrydag 3 Desember. Die registrasie-skakel kan op www.sarl.org.z
a gevind word. Klik op die skakel en voltooi die vorm. 'n Paar dae voor di
e geleentheid sal jy 'n e-pos met die URL ontvang om by die werkswinkel aa
n te sluit. Dit is nie nodig om enige sagteware vooraf af te laai nie. Die
werkswinkel is gratis vir SARL- en AMSAT SA-lede. Nie-lede betaal 'n nomi
nale R50 registrasiefooi wat aan die SARL Volgende Generasie Baken fonds g eskenk sal word.

Die werkswinkel sluit 'n hersiening van die SARL Volgende Generasie Baken
Projek, 'n innoverende benadering tot 'n baken-moniteringstelsel in wat
'n Raspberry Pi en 'n SDR-dongle gebruik, AMSAT SA AfriCUBE lesse gelee
r uit die Oktober BACAR-vlug, die HamSCI WWV en ander hoëtegnologie
projekte . Kry meer besonderhede op www.sarl.org.za.

DIE PEARS VIS EN SKYFIES AAND 'N GROOT SUKSES

Die PEARS sosiale aand wat op Vrydag 19 November gehou is, was 'n groot
sukses. Die geselligheid het die vorm aangeneem van 'n vis en skyfies-aan
d by die Klub se normale venue. 'n Kort informele vergadering is net voor
aandete gehou. Net meer as 70 mense het dit bygewoon, wat gesorg het vi
r 'n feestelike atmosfeer terwyl dit steeds binne die Covid-beperkings was
. Na alle opsigte 'n wonderlike opkoms. Mense wat ook 'n hele ent reis! Me
nse van Jefferiesbaai en Kaap St Francis het deurgery. Lunga ZS2LN, sy L
V en Ambiswe, ZU2ASN het vanaf Bisho deurgereis en dieselfde aand terugg
ekeer. Dankie aan almal wat dit bygewoon het!

IARU STREEK 1 - DESEMBER 2021 YOTA MAAND

Desember is YOTA-maand wanneer verskeie jongmense van Lidverenigings aktie
f sal wees met YOTA as agtervoegsel in die roepseine. Van Woensdag 1 Desem
ber tot Vrydag 31 Desember 2021 sal internasionale YOTA-stasies, wat deu
r jong amateurs in hul tienerjare en vroeë twintigs bedryf word, pr
obeer om wêreldwyd baie kontakte met mekaar te maak. Dit is nie 'n fo
rmele kompetisie nie, maar 'n manier om ons huidige jong amateurs op die
lug te laat kontak met honderde ander jongmense regoor die wêreld. D
ie SARL het 'n spesiale roepsein ZS9YOTA op die IARU Streek 1-webwerf gere gistreer as 'n opvoedkundige roepsein vir gebruik deur klubs en individue
gedurende Desember. Alle radioamateurs is welkom om 'n QSO saam met die j ongmense te geniet. Let daarop dat sommige van hulle nuut is in die radio- stokperdjie, terwyl ander meer ervare is.

Jy kan vir Guy, ZS6GUY per e-pos kontak by guy.eales@se.com (mailto:guy. eales@se.com) of alternatief vir Nico, ZS6QL by zs6ql@mweb.co.za (mailto :zs6ql@mweb.co.za) om op 'n daaglikse basis 'n tyd gleuf te bespreek om di
e ZS9YOTA-roepsein te gebruik. Die skedule en toepaslike reëls sal bi
nnekort op die SARL-webwerf beskikbaar wees. Ons sien daarna uit om ons jo
nger generasie gedurende Desember op die lug te hoor!

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

BAKEN FONDS BYDRAES HET OPGEDROOG

Gedurende die afgelope maand het bydraes tot die SARL Volgende Generasie B
aken Fonds opgedroog. Die fonds wat deur AMSAT SA begin is, is nog ver v
an sy teiken af. Dit staan tans op R 30 150, net meer as 50% van sy R60
000 teiken. Jy kan bydra met kredietkaart. Gaan na www.amsatsa.org.za en
kies een van die skenkings-knoppies vir R50, R250 of R1 000. Jy kan vee lvuldige betalings maak. Jou bydrae sal op die honneurs lys op www.amsatsa .org.za erken word. Doen dit nou en belê in die toekoms van amateur r
adio.

SLUIT AAN BY DIE SARL TEEN HALF-JAAR TARIEF

Sluit aan by die SARL en betaal die half-jaar tarief. Die Raad het besluit
om die half-jaar tarief in te stel vanaf Maandag 22 November 2021. Gewone
lede betaal R250, senior lede betaal R150, eggenote lede betaal R90 e
n studente lede betaal R60. Voltooi die aanlyn-lidmaatskap aansoekvorm op
www.sarl.org.za/public/membership/join.asp en doen 'n EFT in die SARL-ba nkrekening met jou roepsein as verwysing. E-pos jou bewys van betaling na
admin@sarl.org.za (mailto:admin@sarl.org.za) of kontak die SARL kantoor b
y 011 675 2393.

IRONMAN SUID-AFRIKA WEER BYGESTAAN DEUR PEARS

Ironman 2020, soos soveel ander geleenthede verlede jaar, het die pad
van Covid-19 gegaan. Vanjaar was daar 'n vlaag van uitstel met geleenthei
d organiseerders wat probeer om iets uit die sak te trek. Ironman 2021 het
op Sondag 21 November plaasgevind in plaas van in April soos die norm sou
wees. Dit het 'n baie makliker begin gemaak vir die PEARS-lede wat die vr
oeë poste gehad het. Sommige van ons het vir die eerste keer in sonli
g by ons punte aangekom!

Tony, ZR2TX het die Venue Operasie-sentrum teen 05:00 laat opstel met ve
rskeie radio-operateurs langs die strand om die swem-been van die geleenth
eid te dek. Strand-patrollie is nie so glansryk soos dit mag klink nie â
-" volg medici rond en wag vir mededingers om uit te val. Dit gesÃ
ª, dit is moeilik om "vroegoggend op die strand" harde werk te noem!

Pad-sluitings bring mense gewoonlik vroeg in en verskeie van die stasies w
at by die hardloop betrokke is (wat eintlik 'n middag-/aand-geleentheid is
) moes in plek wees voor die begin van die swem. Die fiets-roete het deeln emers van die strandfront langs die kus na Schoenies geneem waar hulle van
die kus af na Grass-Roof geklim het en daarna uit na Seaview en weer teru
g. Twee keer!

Hierdie roete van 180 km is nogal 'n gebied om te dek wat radiokommunikasi
e betref. Die PEARS het hul Lady's Slipper herhaler, die Dorp-herhaler n
aby die Greenacres-winkelsentrum, 'n tydelike herhaler wat op die dak va
n die Radison Blu Hotel by die strandfront geïnstalleer is gebruik en
alle herhalers is gekoppel en 'n kruisband-opset by die QTH van Chris,
ZS2AAW om die buite dorp se Lady's Slipper-herhaler aan die strandfront t
e koppel. Die netwerk het dekking aan die hele roete verskaf. Gegewe die t opografie van die gebied, is dit nogal betekenisvol.

Sommige PEARS-lede was heeldag daar. Veral Tony Allen, ZR2TX wat die VOS
hanteer het. Die hardloop-stasies het net ná 22:30 opgepak - 'n vroe
ë aand aangesien die geleentheid gewoonlik 'n middernag-afsnypunt het
. PEARS bedank graag almal wat gehelp het.

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
gaan wees. Tans is daar twee sonvlekgroepe sigbaar en daar is 'n moontlik
heid van C-klas sonfakkels. Diegene wat hulle eie frekwensievoorspellings
wil doen, kan 'n verwagte effektiewe sonvlektelling van 24 vir die week
gebruik. Radio amateurs kan veral laatmiddag goeie DX openinge op die 15
tot 30 m bande verwag. Besoek gerus die webtuiste spaceweather.sansa.org.
za vir meer inligting.

Nou die dagboek van gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:

Vandag tot middernag UTC - die CQ WW DX GG-kompetisie
30 November - die Secunda ARK-vergadering
1 Desember - Die begin van die YOTA Desember Maand-aktiwiteit
3 Desember - Internasionale Dag vir Gestremde Persone
4 Desember - Die Durbanse ARK-vergadering, die SARL 40 m Klub-na
elloop en die SARL/AMSAT SA Tegnologie werkswinkel
5 Desember - Internasionale Vrywilligersdag
11 en 12 Desember - die ARRL 10 meter kompetisie
16 Desember - die Dag van Versoening

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

Die gesamentlike SARL en AMSAT SA Tegnologie-werkswinkel sal vanaf 11:00 -
14:30 SAT op Saterdag 4 Desember op die BlueJeans-platform plaasvind. Daa
r is nog tyd om vir hierdie geleentheid te registreer. Registrasie sluit o
m 17:00 op Vrydag 3 Desember. Die registrasie-skakel kan op www.sarl.org.z
a gevind word. Klik op die skakel en voltooi die vorm.

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/6, geredigeer deur Johan de Bruyn
ZS6JHB en gelees deur ....................................

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