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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 26 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&idNb4eb109c&eœe7bd785b
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In the news today:

THE 2022 SARL CONTEST MANUAL AND THE DIARY OF EVENTS

ARISS SSTV EVENT SCHEDULED TO START ON 26 DECEMBER

And

FIRST CONTEST FOR 2022 ON NEW YEAR'S DAY

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

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

Sadly, one of our respected radio amateurs passed away on Thursday 23 De
cember after a long sickbed. Jan Hattingh, ZS6BMN / AG5RF was well known
in the metrology field as an expert on the subject. He was a highly intel ligent and compassionate human being. Jan became a radio amateur in the la
te 1960s and qualified as a private pilot around the same time. Our sincer
e condolences are extended to his family and friends.

PAUSE

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

THE 2022 SARL CONTEST MANUAL AND THE DIARY OF EVENTS

The 2022 SARL Contest Manual and the Diary of Events can be downloaded fro
m the Contest Page on the League website at www.sarl.org.za/public/contest s/contestrules.asp.
Make sure you have the latest version of these documents; they were upload
ed on Thursday 23 December 2021.

THE 2021 ARRL HANDBOOK AND ANTENNA BOOK

A limited supply of these two sought-after handbooks is available. Full de tails and order form can be found on www.amateurradio.org.za. Treat yourse
lf this Christmas.

ARISS SSTV EVENT SCHEDULED TO START ON 26 DECEMBER

An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from the International Spa
ce Station (ISS). The event is slated to begin at 18:25 UTC on Sunday 26 D ecember for setup and operation and continue until 17:05 UTC on Friday 31
December. Dates and times are subject to change due to ISS operational ad justments. Images will be downlinked on 145,800 MHz +/- 3 kHz for Dopple
r shift and the expected SSTV mode of operation is PD 120. The main theme
will be for this event will be lunar exploration. Radio enthusiasts takin
g part in the event can post and view images on the ARISS SSTV Gallery at
www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/. After your image is posted at th
e gallery, you can acquire a special award by linking to https://sarl.us 5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&id:c19c78f
c&eœe7bd785b (https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u27b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&id`e2dc676f&eœe7bd785b ) and follo
w directions for submitting a digital copy of your received image. Follow
us on Twitter, search on Amateur Radio on the ISS and @ARISS_status.

THE SAMOC "STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT"

The Straight Key Night runs from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC on Saturday 1 January
2022 and this 24-hour event is not a contest - rather it is a day
dedicated to celebrating our CW heritage. Participants are encouraged to
get on the air and simply make enjoyable conversational CW QSOs. The use
of straight keys or bugs to send CW is preferred. There are no points sco
red and all who take part are winners. You are requested to vote for â
-˜Best Fist' and "Most Interesting QSO" on you
r list of contacts by including â-˜Best Fist' or "Mo
st Interesting QSO" in the comments field. There is an Excel log s
heet available on the Contest Page on the SARL website.

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

THE JANUARY 2022 RADIO ZS

The January 2022 issue of Radio ZS will be available for download during t
he coming week from the SARL website. Seventy-five years ago, in July 19
47 this first Radio ZS was published.

In this issue you can read about the CubeSat 3 Feedback report and about a ctivating the 4 metre band. The Jeugland ARC went on their first SOTA expe dition and we look back to 1961 and the launch of OSCAR 1. Who was Hans Ch ristian 0rsted? We look at a Frame Antenna for the Low Bands and read
about the YL activity. And more!

A MESSAGE FROM THE SANDTON CLUB

The Sandton Amateur Radio Club would like to congratulate the West Rand Am ateur Radio Club for winning the SARL 40 m Grid Square Club sprint, the
SARL Wednesday 80 m Club Sprint, and the SARL National Field Day in Cla
ss A during 2021. An outstanding achievement West Rand Club. Very well don
e!

The Sandton ARC also wishes to congratulate all the other 2021 club and in dividual winners and a big thank you to all who took part, you make thes
e events exciting and the fun events they are meant to be. Hope to catch y
ou heating up the bands again in 2022.

A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

NEW CHINESE AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITE COULD LAUNCH ON 25 DECEMBER

The CAMSAT XW-3 (CAS-9) amateur radio satellite has been installed on the
CZ-4C Y39 launch vehicle at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in China
and related work is in progress as planned, CAMSAT's Alan Kung
, BA1DU, reports.

"If all goes well, the satellite will be launched on 25 December
2021." The orbit will be a circular sun-synchronous orbit with an
altitude of 770,1 kilometres. The XW-3 (CAS-9) user manual has more det
ails. The 100 mW linear transponder will have an uplink frequency of 145
,870 MHz and a downlink frequency of 435,180 MHz (transponder passband
is 30 kHz, inverted). The satellite will have a CW beacon on 435,575
MHz. Listen to the Satellite Update during the Amateur Radio Today progra
mme for more information.

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at moderate levels. There are currently a number of sunspot regions vi sible, some C-class or M-class flaring can be expected. If you want to d
o your own frequency predictions, the expected effective sunspot number
for the week will be around 82. The 10 to 30 m bands will provide some go
od DX fun. Please visit the website spaceweather.sansa.org.za for further
information.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

Today - Family Day and the start of the ARISS Slow Scan TV event
27 December - Public holiday
31 December - The end of the YOTA month, the CQ DX Marathon, B
ands Alive Ultra-marathon and the ARISS SSTV event
01 January - New Year's Day, the start of the 2022 CQ DX
Marathon and the SAMOC Straight Key Night
3 and 4 January - The Quadrantids Meteor Shower
12 January - The Inland schools open
14 to 16 January - The PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest
19 January - The Coastal schools open and the SARL Wednesday 80 m Club Con
test

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

The 2022 SARL Contest Manual and the Diary of Events can be downloaded fro
m the Contest Page on the League website at www.sarl.org.za/public/contest s/contestrules.asp.
Make sure you have the latest version of these documents - they we
re uploaded on Thursday 23 December 2021.

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 th
ese 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, a Happy New Year and best wishes for the week ahead.

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SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 26 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 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&idü38062cd5&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:

DIE 2022 SARL-KOMPETISIE HANDLEIDING EN DIE DAGBOEK VAN GEBEURE

ARISS SATV GELEENTHEID GESKEDULEER OM OP 26 DESEMBER TE BEGIN

en

EERSTE KOMPETISIE VIR 2022 OP NUWEJAARSDAG

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

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

Ongelukkig is een van ons gerespekteerde radio amateurs op Donderdag 23 De sember na 'n lang siekbed oorlede. Jan Hattingh, ZS6BMN / AG5RF was welb
ekend in die metrologie veld as 'n kenner van die onderwerp. Hy was 'n hoo
gs intelligente en deernisvolle mens. Jan het in die laat 1960's 'n radio
amateur geword en omstreeks dieselfde tyd as 'n privaat vlieënier ge kwalifiseer. Ons innige meegevoel word aan sy familie en vriende betuig.

POUSE

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

DIE 2022 SARL KOMPETISIE HANDLEIDING EN DIE DAGBOEK VAN GEBEURE

Die 2022 SARL Kompetisie Handleiding en die Dagboek van Gebeure kan afgela
ai word vanaf die kompetisie-bladsy op die Liga-webwerf by www.sarl.org.za /public/contests/contestrules.asp. Maak seker jy het die nuutste weergawe
van hierdie dokumente; hulle is op Donderdag 23 Desember 2021 opgelaai.

DIE 2021 ARRL HANDBOEK EN ANTENNA BOEK

'n Beperkte voorraad van hierdie twee gesogte handboeke is beskikbaar. Vol ledige besonderhede en bestelvorm kan gevind word op www.amateurradio.org.
za. Bederf jouself hierdie Kersfees.

ARISS SSTV GELEENTHEID GESKEDULEER OM OP 26 DESEMBER TE BEGIN

'n ARISS Stadig Aftas TV (SATV)-geleentheid is geskeduleer vanaf d
ie Internasionale Ruimtestasie (ISS). Die geleentheid sal na verwagting om
18:25 UTC op Sondag 26 Desember begin vir opstelling en bedryf en voortdu
ur tot 17:05 UTC op Vrydag 31 Desember. Datums en tye onderhewig aan veran dering as gevolg van ISS operasionele aanpassings. Beelde sal uitgesaai wo
rd op 145 800 MHz +/- 3 kHz vir Doppler-verskuiwing en die verwagte SATV-m
odus van werking is PD 120. Die hooftema vir hierdie geleentheid sal maan- verkenning wees. Radio-entoesiaste wat aan die geleentheid deelneem, kan
prente plaas en bekyk op die ARISS SATV-galery by www.spaceflightsoftware .com/ARISS_SSTV/. Nadat jou prent by die galery geplaas is, kan jy 'n sp
esiale toekenning bekom deur te skakel na https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com /track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&idû2cc22877&eœe7bd785b en volg aanwysings vir die indiening van 'n digitale kopie van jou o
ntvangde prent. Volg ons op Twitter, soek op Amateur radio op die ISS en
@ARISS_status.

DIE SAMOK "STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT"

Die "Straight Key Night" duur van 00:00 tot 23:59 UTC op S
aterdag 1 Januarie 2022 en hierdie 24-uur-byeenkoms is nie 'n kompetisie n
ie; dit is eerder 'n dag wat toegewy is aan die viering van ons GG-erfenis
. Deelnemers word aangemoedig om op die lug te kom en eenvoudig aangename
, gesels GG QSOs te maak. Die gebruik van reguit sleutels of â-˜bu
gs' om GG te stuur, word verkies. Daar word geen punte aangeteke
n nie en almal wat deelneem is wenners. Jy word versoek om vir 'Beste Vuis
' en "Interessantste QSO" op jou lys van kontakte te stem deur 'Beste Vuis
' of 'Interessantste QSO' in die kommentaar-veld in te sluit. Daar is 'n E xcel-logblad beskikbaar op die kompetisie-bladsy op die SARL-webwerf.

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

DIE JANUARIE 2022 RADIO ZS

Die Januarie 2022-uitgawe van Radio ZS sal gedurende die komende week vana
f die SARL-webwerf beskikbaar wees om af te laai. Vyf-en-sewentig jaar gel
ede, in Julie 1947, is die eerste Radio ZS gepubliseer.

In hierdie uitgawe kan jy lees oor die CubeSat 3 Terugvoer verslag en oor
die aktivering van die 4 meter band. Die Jeugland ARK het op hul eerste S OTA-ekspedisie gegaan en ons kyk terug na 1961 en die bekendstelling van O
SCAR 1. Wie was Hans Christian 0rsted? Ons kyk na 'n raam-antenna vir
die lae bande en lees oor die YL-aktiwiteit. En meer!

'N BOODSKAP VAN DIE SANDTON KLUB

Die Sandton Amateurradioklub wil graag die Wesrand Amateurradioklub gelukw
ens met die wen van die SARL 40 m Ruitvierkant Klub-naelloop, die SARL W oensdag 80 m Klub-naelloop en die SARL Nasionale Velddag in Klas A geduren
de 2021. 'n Fantastiese prestasie Wesrand Klub. Welgedaan!

Die Sandton ARK wil ook al die ander 2021 klub- en individuele wenners gel ukwens en baie dankie aan almal wat deelgeneem het, julle maak hierdie g eleenthede opwindend en die prettige geleenthede wat dit bedoel is om te w
ees. Hoop om jou in 2022 weer te vang om die bande op te warm.

'n Geseënde Kersfees en Voorspoedige Nuwejaar.

NUWE SJINESE AMATEUR RADIO SATELLIET KAN OP 25 DESEMBER GELANSEER WORD

Die CAMSAT XW-3 (CAS-9) amateur radio satelliet is op die CZ-4C Y39 lansee rvoertuig by die Taiyuan Satellietlanseringsentrum in Sjina geïnstall
eer en verwante werk is aan die gang soos beplan, berig CAMSAT se Alan K
ung, BA1DU.

"As alles goed gaan, sal die satelliet op 25 Desember 2021 gelan
seer word." Die wentelbaan sal 'n sirkelvormige son-sinchroniese w
entelbaan wees met 'n hoogte van 770,1 kilometer. Die XW-3 (CAS-9) gebru ikershandleiding het meer besonderhede. Die 100 mW lineêre transponde
r sal 'n opskakel-frekwensie van 145,870 MHz en 'n afskakel-frekwensie v
an 435,180 MHz hê (transponder deurlaat band is 30 kHz, omgekeerd
). Die satelliet sal 'n GG-baken op 435,575 MHz hê. Luister na die
â-˜Satellite Update' tydens die Amateur Radio Today-program
vir meer inligting.

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak gema
tig gaan wees. Tans is daar 'n verskeidenheid van sonvlekgroepe sigbaar en
daar is 'n moontlikheid van C- en M-klas sonfakkels. Diegene wat hulle ei
e frekwensievoorspellings wil doen, kan 'n verwagte effektiewe sonvlekte
lling van 82 vir die week gebruik. Radio amateurs kan goeie DX openinge op
die 10 tot 30 m bande verwag. Besoek gerus die webtuiste spaceweather.san sa.org.za vir meer inligting.

Nou die dagboek van gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:

26 Desember - Familiedag en die begin van die ARISS Stadig Aftas T V-geleentheid
27 Desember - Openbare vakansiedag
31 Desember - die einde van YOTA-maand, die CQ DX Marathon Bands
Alive Ultra-marathon en die ARISS SATV-geleentheid
01 Januarie - Nuwejaarsdag, die begin van die 2022 CQ DX Maratho
n en die SAMOC Straight Key Night
3 en 4 Januarie - die Quadrantids meteoorbuie
12 Januarie - die Binnelandse skole open
14 tot 16 Januarie - die PEARS Nasionale BHF/UHF-kompetisie
19 Januarie - die Kus skole open en die SARL Woensdag 80 m Klub kompetisie

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

Die 2022 SARL Kompetisie Handleiding en die Dagboek van Gebeure kan afgela
ai word vanaf die kompetisie-bladsy op die Liga-webwerf by www.sarl.org.za /public/contests/contestrules.asp. Maak seker jy het die nuutste weergawe
van hierdie dokumente; hulle is op Donderdag 23 Desember 2021 opgelaai.

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, 'n Voorspoedige Nuwe Jaar en beste wense vir die week
wat voorlê.

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