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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 12th DECEMBER 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&idÁf00699a6&eœe7bd785b w
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In the news today:

JOIN THE SARL AT THE HALF-YEAR RATE

SARL TROPHIES AND AWARDS

and

WORLD'S SMALLEST MOON LANDER FROM JAPAN WILL PUT AMATEUR RADIO TRANSMITTER
ON THE MOON

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

We begin this bulletin with the news of a silent key:

It is with deep regret that we announce that the key of Steve Vermeulen,
ZR3SJD went silent on Saturday 4 December after a long illness. We extend
our sincere condolences to his wife Terry, his son and daughter, fami
ly and friends.

PAUSE

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

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 decided to institute the half-year rate from Monday 22 November 2021. O rdinary members pay R250, senior members pay R150, spouse members pay
R90 and student members pay R60.

The online membership application form is at www.sarl.org.za/public/member ship/join.asp, fill it in and do an EFT into the SARL bank account using
your call sign as the reference. E-mail your proof of payment to admin@sa rl.org.za (mailto:admin@sarl.org.za) or call the SARL Office at 011 675 23
93. Please remember that the SARL Office will be closing on Wednesday afte rnoon 15 December for the holiday period.

THE ZS-SOTA CERTIFICATES

Sid, ZS5AYC has sent out the certificates for the Spring ZS-SOTA Activit
y Day (24 September 2021), but because of the Protection of Personal Inf ormation (PoPI) Act, not everybody's e-mail address is available on the
online SARL Call Book. Thus, Sid still has certificates to send out. If
you participated in the Activity Day on 24 September and uploaded your lo
g to SOTA Data, please contact Sid on srtyler@mweb.co.za (mailto:srtyler @mweb.co.za) to claim your certificate.

SARL TROPHIES AND AWARDS

On 2 November 2021, a SARL Communication was sent to members with inform
ation about the SARL Trophies and Awards, a call for motions for the 202
2 AGM and nominations to serve on Council. This information is also in the
November and December issues of Radio ZS.

To date, the SARL Secretary has received one nomination for the Jack Twi
ne award, one nomination for the SARL Certificate of Recognition and thr
ee nominations to serve on Council. Please do not wait until Sunday 30 Jan
uary 2022 to submit your motion or nomination - do it now!

THE 2022 SARL CONTEST MANUAL AND THE DIARY OF EVENTS

The 2022 SARL Contest Manual is being finalized. The SA Morse Operators Cl
ub will be hosting three CW activities during the coming year and the West
Rand ARC has added a FT4 Contest to the contests they are hosting. The 20
22 Blue Book will be available before Christmas as the first contest will
be run on New Year's Day.

The SARL Secretary would like to finalise the 2022 Diary of Events and onc
e again invites clubs to provide input of their meetings and other activit
ies. Thank you to the Sandton ARC for their timeous input. Please send the
relevant dates to secretary@sarl.org.za (mailto:secretary@sarl.org.za) by
Friday 17 December 2021.

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

WORLD'S SMALLEST MOON LANDER FROM JAPAN WILL PUT AMATEUR RADIO TRANSMITTER
ON THE MOON

Japan's OMOTENASHI, the world's smallest moon lander, will have an X-b
and and UHF communication system, although it will not carry an amateur
band transponder. OMOTENASHI is a 6U CubeSat set for launch via a NASA SL
S rocket as early as February 2022. It will have a mission period of 4 to
5 days. The name is an acronym for Outstanding Moon Exploration Technolog
ies demonstrated by Nano Semi-Hard Impactor. Wataru Torii of the Japan Aer ospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Amateur Radio Club, JQ1ZVI said radio a mateurs can play a role in gathering data from the spacecraft.

The spacecraft is made up of two separable components, both having indep
endent communication systems - an orbiting module and a surface probe. The
orbiting module will take the surface probe to the moon. It will transmit
beacon or digital telemetry data on UHF 437.310 MHz using PSK31. The surf
ace probe - the moon lander - will transmit digital telemetry or three-axi
s acceleration analogue-wave with FM modulation on UHF 437.410 MHz using F
M, PSK31, and PCM-PSK/PM. Transmitter power will be 1 W in both cases.

"If we succeed in receiving the UHF signal from the surface probe, we co
uld know the acceleration data on the impact on the moon and the success o
f the landing sequence," Torii explained. "We already have a station for
uplink and downlink at Wakayama in Japan - used as an EME station. Howeve
r, if the satellite is invisible from Japan, we cannot receive the dow
nlink signal. So, we need a lot of help from amateur radio stations worl dwide."
Contact Torii on torii.wataru@jaxa.jp (mailto:torii.wataru@jaxa.jp) for mo
re information.

CONTEST NEWS

Twenty-seven logs were received for the last SARL 40 m Club Sprint held on
Saturday 4 December 2021. Four logs were CW only.

1st the West Rand ARC - 826 points
2nd the Northern Cape ARC - 213 points
3rd the Bo-Karoo ARC - 159 points

1st Kobos, ZS6BOS - 110 points
2nd Gerhard, ZS3TG - 93 points
3rd Chris, ZS6CPA - 90 points

After the six sprints
1st the West Rand ARC - 5 160 points
2nd the Northern Cape ARC - 1 370 points
3rd the Bo-Karoo ARC - 1 192 points

1st Kobos, ZS6BOS - 570 points
2nd Gerhard, ZS3TG - 529 points
3rd Chris, ZS6CPA - 528 points
The full set of results will be published in HF Happenings 976.

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low levels. There are currently no sunspots visible. If you want to
do your own frequency predictions, the expected effective sunspot numbe
r for the week will be around 3. The 18 to 30 m bands will especially duri
ng the late afternoons provide some DX fun. Please visit the website space weather.sansa.org.za for further information.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:


13 December - the West Rand ARC meeting
13 and 14 December - the Geminids Meteor Scatter
15 December - the SARL Office closes for the holiday season
16 December - the Day of Reconciliation
21 December - the Summer Solstice at 17:59 CAT
21 and 22 December - the Ursids Meteor Showers
25 December - Christmas Day
26 December - Family Day
27 December - Public holiday
31 December - the end of YOTA month, the CQ DX Marathon and Band
s Alive Ultra-marathon
01 January - New Year's Day, the start of the 2022 CQ DX
Marathon and the SAMOC Straight Key Night

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

Join the SARL and pay the half-year rate and get one month free. Ordinary
members pay R250, senior members pay R150, spouse members pay R90 and
student members pay R60. The online membership application form is at www .sarl.org.za/public/membership/join.asp, fill it in and do an EFT into t
he SARL bank account using your call sign as the reference. E-mail your pr
oof of payment to admin@sarl.org.za (mailto:admin@sarl.org.za) or call the
SARL Office at 011 675 2393.

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 compiled by Andy Cairns ZS6ADY, pro
ofread by Paul Johnson ZS1S and read by ..............

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

SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 12 DESEMBER 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&id“31339d64&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:

SLUIT AAN BY DIE SARL TEEN HALF-JAAR TARIEF

SARL-TROFEË EN TOEKENNINGS

en

WÊRELD SE KLEINSTE MAANLANDER UIT JAPAN SAL AMATEUR RADIO-SENDER OP D
IE MAAN SIT

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

Ons begin hierdie bulletin met die nuus van 'n stil sleutel:

Dit is met leedwese dat ons aankondig dat die sleutel van Steve Vermeulen
, ZR3SJD op Saterdag 4 Desember na 'n lang siekbed stil geword het. Ons
betuig ons innige meegevoel met sy vrou Terry, sy seun en dogter, fam
ilie en vriende.

POUSE

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

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/membe rship/join.asp en doen 'n EFT in die SARL-bankrekening met jou roepsein as
verwysing. E-pos jou bewys van betaling na admin@sarl.org.za (mailto:admi n@sarl.org.za) of kontak die SARL kantoor by 011 675 2393. Onthou asseblie
f dat die SARL-kantoor Woensdagmiddag 15 Desember vir die vakansietydperk
sal sluit.

DIE ZS-SOTA SERTIFIKATE

Sid, ZS5AYC het die sertifikate vir die Lente ZS-SOTA Aktiwiteitsdag (24
September 2021) uitgestuur, maar weens die Wet op die Beskerming van Pe rsoonlike Inligting (PoPI) is nie almal se e-posadres op die aanlyn SARL-r oepseinboek beskikbaar nie. Sid het dus nog sertifikate om uit te stuur. A
s jy op 24 September aan die Aktiwiteitsdag deelgeneem het en jou log na S
OTA Data opgelaai het, kontak dan Sid by srtyler@mweb.co.za (mailto:srty ler@mweb.co.za) om jou sertifikaat op te eis.

SARL-TROFEË EN TOEKENNINGS

Op 2 November 2021 is 'n SARL Kommunikasie aan lede gestuur met inligting
oor die SARL-trofeë en -toekennings, 'n oproep vir mosies vir die
2022 AJV en nominasies om op die Raad te dien. Hierdie inligting is ook i
n die November en Desember-uitgawes van Radio ZS.

Tot op hede het die SARL Sekretaris een nominasie vir die Jack Twine-toeke nning ontvang, een nominasie vir die SARL Sertifikaat van Erkenning en d
rie nominasies om op die Raad te dien. Moet nie wag tot Sondag 30 Januarie
2022 om jou mosie of nominasie in te dien nie - doen dit nou!

DIE 2022 SARL KOMPETISIEHANDLEIDING EN DIE DAGBOEK VAN GEBEURE

Die 2022 SARL Kompetisiehandleiding word gefinaliseer, die SA Morse-oper ateursklub sal gedurende die komende jaar drie GG-aktiwiteite aanbied en d
ie Wesrand ARK het 'n FT4-kompetisie gevoeg by die kompetisies wat hulle a anbied. Die 2022 Blou Boek sal voor Kersfees beskikbaar wees aangesien die
eerste kompetisie op Nuwejaarsdag gehou sal word.

Die SARL Sekretaris wil graag die 2022 Dagboek van Gebeure finaliseer en n
ooi klubs weereens uit om insette van hul vergaderings en ander aktiwiteit
e te lewer. Dankie aan die Sandton ARK vir hul tydige insette. Stuur die d atums teen Vrydag 17 Desember 2021 na secretary@sarl.org.za (mailto:secret ary@sarl.org.za) .

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

WÊRELD SE KLEINSTE MAANLANDER UIT JAPAN SAL AMATEUR RADIO-SENDER OP D
IE MAAN SIT

Japan se OMOTENASHI, die wêreld se kleinste maanlander, sal 'n X-
band en UHF-kommunikasiestelsel hê, hoewel dit nie 'n amateur band- transponder sal dra nie. OMOTENASHI is 'n 6U CubeSat wat reeds in Februari
e 2022 via 'n NASA SLS-vuurpyl gelanseer word. Dit sal 'n sendingtydperk v
an 4 tot 5 dae hê. Die naam is 'n akroniem vir 'Outstanding Moon Expl
oration Technologies demonstrated by Nano Semi-Hard Impactor.' Wataru Tori
i van die Japanse Lugvaart Verkennings Agentskap (JAXA) Amateurradioklub
, JQ1ZVI, het gesê radioamateurs kan 'n rol speel in die insameli
ng van data van die ruimtetuig.

Die ruimtetuig bestaan uit twee skeibare komponente, wat albei onafhankl
ike kommunikasiestelsels het - 'n wentelende module en 'n oppervlaksonde.
Die wentelende module sal die oppervlaksonde na die maan neem. Dit sal ba
ken- of digitale telemetrie-data op UHF 437,31 MHz met PSK31 oordra. Die
oppervlaksonde - die maanlander - sal digitale telemetrie of drie-asse ve rsnelling analoog-golf met FM-modulasie op UHF 437,41 MHz uitsaai deur F
M, PSK31 en PCM-PSK/PM te gebruik. Sender krag sal in beide gevalle 1 W
wees.

"As ons daarin slaag om die UHF-sein van die oppervlaksonde te ontvang,
kan ons die versnellings-data oor die impak op die maan en die sukses van
die landings volgorde ken," het Torii verduidelik. "Ons het reeds 'n st
asie vir op- en afskakel by Wakayama in Japan - wat as 'n EME-stasie gebru
ik word. As die satelliet egter onsigbaar is vanaf Japan, kan ons nie di
e afskakel-sein ontvang nie. So, ons het baie hulp van amateur radio sta
sies nodig wêreldwyd." Kontak Torii by torii.wataru@jaxa.jp (mailto:t orii.wataru@jaxa.jp) vir meer inligting.

KOMPETISIE NUUS

Sewe-en-twintig logstate is ontvang vir die laaste SARL 40 m Club Sprint w
at op Saterdag 4 Desember 2021 gehou is. Vier logstate was slegs GG.

1ste die Wesrand ARK - 826 punte
2de die Noord-Kaap ARK - 213 punte
3de die Bo-Karoo ARK - 159 punte

1ste Kobos, ZS6BOS - 110 punte
2de Gerhard, ZS3TG - 93 punte
3de Chris, ZS6CPA - 90 punte

Na die ses naellope
1ste die Wesrand ARK - 5 160 punte
2de die Noord-Kaap ARK - 1 370 punte
3de die Bo-Karoo ARK - 1 192 punte

1ste Kobos, ZS6BOS - 570 punte
2de Gerhard, ZS3TG - 529 punte
3de Chris, ZS6CPA - 528 punte
Die volledige stel resultate sal in HF Happenings 976 gepubliseer word.

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
gaan wees. Tans is daar nie sonvlekke sigbaar nie. Diegene wat hulle eie
frekwensievoorspellings wil doen, kan 'n verwagte effektiewe sonvlektel
ling van 3 vir die week gebruik. Radio amateurs kan veral laatmiddag DX op eninge op die 18 tot 30 m bande verwag. Besoek gerus die webtuiste spacewe ather.sansa.org.za vir meer inligting.

Nou die dagboek van gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:

Vandag tot middernag UTC - die ARRL 10 m-kompetisie
13 Desember - die Wes-Randse LNR-vergadering
13 en 14 Desember - die Geminide meteoorbuie
15 Desember - die SARL-kantoor sluit vir die vakansieseisoen
16 Desember - die Dag van Versoening
21 Desember - die Somersonstilstand om 17:59 RTT
21 en 22 Desember - die Ursids-meteoorbuie
25 Desember - Kersdag
26 Desember - Familiedag
27 Desember - Openbare vakansiedag
31 Desember - die einde van YOTA-maand, die CQ DX Marathon en Ba
nds Alive Ultra-marathon
01 Januarie - Nuwejaarsdag, die begin van die 2022 CQ DX Maratho
n en die SAMOC Straight Key Night

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

Sluit aan by die SARL en betaal die half-jaar tarief. Gewone lede betaal R
250, senior lede betaal R150, eggenote lede betaal R90 en studente led
e betaal R60. Voltooi die aanlyn-lidmaatskap aansoekvorm op www.sarl.org.z a/public/membership/join.asp en doen 'n EFT in die SARL-bankrekening met j
ou roepsein as verwysing. E-pos jou bewys van betaling na admin@sarl.org.z
a (mailto:admin@sarl.org.za) of kontak die SARL kantoor by 011 675 2393.

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
, saam gestel deur Andy Cairns ZS6ADY, geredigeer deur Vivian Dold Z
S6VD en gelees deur ....................................

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