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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 10 JULY 2022

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 bulletins can be downloaded from the League website at https://s arl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&idâ4 516c68c&eœe7bd785b while the text bulletin can be downloaded fro
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iling list, send an e-mail to the SARL Secretary. While the problems exp erienced by some members accessing the SARL web pages are being attended t
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ews audio recordings and to listen to, or download Amateur Radio Today
, log on to www.amateurradio.org.za.

In the news today:

THE SARL WINTER QRP CONTEST NEXT SATURDAY

THE ZS2 QSO PARTY NEXT SUNDAY

and

A NEW DATE FOR AMSAT SA SPACE SYMPOSIUM

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

We begin this bulletin with news of a silent key:

It is with deep regret we have to announce that the key of Sid Gabriel,
ZS6GQ, went silent on Monday 4th July. We extend our sincere condolence
s to his wife Shirley, son and daughter and two grandchildren.

PAUSE

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

Download your copy of the 75th Anniversary Radio ZS, the July issue, f
rom the SARL Website.

THE SARL WINTER QRP CONTEST NEXT SATURDAY

The West Rand ARC would like to remind you that the Winter leg of the SARL
QRP contest will take place from 12:00 to 13:30 UTC on Saturday 16 July.
The exchange is RS or RST report and your six-character grid square. Extr
a points are awarded for field stations and the use of homebrew equipment.
Please note that if you are claiming extra points for either a field stat
ion or homebrew rig (or both) it is imperative that you submit photos of y
our station in action with your log. Remember, your photo/s may even end
up on the cover of HF Happenings or Radio ZS. Turn to page 70 of the 2022
SARL Contest Manual for more information.

THE ZS2 QSO PARTY NEXT SUNDAY

The ZS2 QSO Party is a fun activity to promote contacts between radio amat
eurs in the Eastern Cape and radio amateurs in Southern African countries.
The aim for stations outside ZS2 is to work as many ZS2 stations as possi
ble! It is on the air from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC on Sunday 17 July 2022. The
exchange is RS(T) and provincial or country abbreviation. The QSO Party i
s a phone and CW contest on the 40-metre band. Submit your log by 21:59 UT
C on Friday 22 July 2022 to contest@peham.co.za (mailto:contest@peham.co.z
a) . Get the rules on page 42 of the 2022 Contest Manual.

ILLW ON TRACK FOR THE 25TH YEAR

Kevin, VK2CE and Ted, W8TTS report that 200 entries have just clicked
over for the 25th anniversary of this popular fun event held every year o
n the third weekend in August. Despite Covid, 365 entrants registered la
st year down around 100 from the usual number. Germany, Australia, the
USA and the UK have the most entries, but it is good to see entries fro
m smaller countries such as Barbados, Cyprus, Isle of Man, Malta,
Trinidad & Tobago.

Entrants are reminded that the objective of the weekend is to have fun and
at the same time highlight the plight of lighthouses that suffer from lac
k of care and maintenance. Showing the public all about amateur radio is a
lso a side benefit. Amassing heaps of contacts as in a contest is certainl
y discouraged.

The first year the event was held was 1998 and there is a list of particip
ants on the web site. Some of those stations have been in the event every
year or close to it. Congratulations go to the two founders Mike, GM4SU
C and John, GM400U for creating this event. Both were members of the Ayr
Amateur Radio Group at that time, I am sure they had no idea what would
become of their creation. The history of the event is also on the web sit
e. Come and join the fun and introduce yourself to lighthouses.

To date, ten South African lighthouses have been registered with ZS3VDK
and ZS6WR members travelling down to the coast to activate three lighthou
ses.

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

A NEW DATE FOR AMSAT SA SPACE SYMPOSIUM

AMSAT SA has changed the date of its annual Space Symposium from Saturday
23 July to Saturday 10 September and the format to a hybrid symposium. Th
e in-person event will be held at the Premier Hotel Midrand with a virtual
live screening on the BlueJeans platform. AMSAT SA said that the hybrid e
vent will present the best of two worlds still making the symposium partic ipation available to people who cannot travel to Midrand. The call for pap
ers has been extended to 31 July 2022. Send a short synopsis to admin@amsa tsa.org.za (mailto:admin@amsatsa.org.za) for consideration by the symposiu
m organisers.

The theme of the symposium is "Space, the next frontier for expansion of
amateur radio." The symposium programme will cover topics at the entry le
vel of how to set up an inexpensive satellite station, how to get the mo
st out of a hand-held transceiver to explore satellite communication and a
more advanced level to doing space research with your own space weather s tation and how to get involved in building satellites. The registration wi
ll open on 15 July 2022.

THE RESULTS OF THE SARL SATURDAY 40 M CLUB CONTEST

Fifty-one logs have been received for the SARL Saturday 40 m Club Contest
held on 18 June. These 51 logs contained 1 131 QSOs. Participants need to
listen carefully and write down the correct information - the errors note
d are either not hearing the exchange or not checking what is written into
the log. The results were published in HF Happenings 1003

Club scores
1st the West Rand ARC - 1 508 points
2nd the Bo-Karoo ARC - 785 points
3rd the Northern Cape ARC - 730 points

Individual scores
1st Gerhard, ZS3TG - 207 points
2nd Chris, ZS6CPA - 199 points
3rd Christi, ZS4CGR - 168 points
4th Ethan, ZU3EO - 161 points

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low to moderate levels. There are currently six sunspot regions vis
ible and there is a moderate probability for C-class, and a very low pro bability for M-class flaring. If you want to do your own frequency predict ions, the expected effective sunspot number for the week will be around
74. The 15 to 30 m bands will provide some good DX fun. Please visit the
website spaceweather.sansa.org.za for further information.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:


16 July - the Winter QRP Contest
17 July - the ZS2 QSO Party
19 July - provincial schools open
20 July - the SARL Wednesday 80 m Club Contest
21 July - the closing date for QRP logs
22 July - the closing date for ZS2 logs
25 July - the closing date for 80 m Club Contest Logs
28 July - the Sandton ARC Talking Tech Power Hour
28 and 29 July - the Delta Aquarids Meteor shower
30 July - the Islamic New Year and the Pretoria ARC flea market
30 and 31 July - the RSGB Islands on the Air contest

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

The West Rand ARC would like to remind you that the Winter leg of the SARL
QRP contest will take place from 12:00 to 13:30 UTC on Saturday 16 July.
The exchange is RS or RST report and your six-character grid square.

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 Friday 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. You are welcome to join us every S
unday morning for the weekly radio programme, Amateur Radio Today at 10:
00 CAT. The programme can be heard on VHF and UHF repeaters countrywide an
d on 7 082 kHz lower side-band by courtesy of Louis, ZS5LP. A rebroadcas
t by Andy, ZS6ADY can be heard on Monday 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 Andy Cairns, ZS6ADY, p
roof read by Dennis Green, ZS4BS and read by ..............

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

SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 10 JULIE 2022

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
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&idÑa2008b4c&eœe7bd785b afgelaai kan word. Om by
die Mailchimp bulletin e-poslys aan te sluit, stuur 'n e-pos aan die SA
RL Sekretaris. Terwyl daar aandag gegee word aan die probleme wat sommige
lede ervaar met toegang tot die SARL-webbladsye, is 'n bykomende kanaal
nou beskikbaar. Teken in by www.amateurradio.org.za om die weeklikse SARL
News-oudio-opnames af te laai en om Amateur Radio Today te luister of af
te laai.

In die Nuus Vandag:

DIE SARL WINTER QRP KOMPETISIE VOLGENDE SATERDAG

DIE ZS2 QSO PARTYTJIE OP SONDAG

en

â-˜N NUWE DATUM VIR DIE AMSAT SA RUIMTE-SIMPOSIUM

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 moet aankondig dat die sleutel van Sid Gabriel
, ZS6GQ op Maandag 4 Julie stil geword het. Ons betuig ons innige meegev
oel aan sy vrou Shirley, seun en dogter en twee kleinkinders.

POUSE

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

Laai jou eksemplaar van die 75ste Herdenking Radio ZS, die Julie-uitgawe
, van die SARL-webwerf af.

SARL WINTER QRP KOMPETISIE

Die Wes-Randse Amateurradioklub wil jou graag daaraan herinner dat die Win
ter been van die SARL QRP-kompetisie vanaf 12:00 tot 13:30 UTC op Saterdag
16 Julie sal plaasvind. Die uitruiling is RS of RST verslag en jou ses ka rakter ruit vierkant. Ekstra punte word toegeken vir veldstasies en die ge bruik van tuisgeboude toerusting. Neem asseblief kennis dat as jy ekstra p
unte vir 'n veldstasie óf tuisgeboude radio (of albei) eis, dit noo
dsaaklik is dat jy foto's van jou stasie in aksie saam met jou logstaat in stuur. Onthou, jou foto/s kan selfs op die voorblad van HF Happenings of
Radio ZS beland. Blaai na bladsy 70 van die 2022 SARL-Kompetisiehandleidi
ng vir meer inligting.

DIE ZS2 QSO PARTYTJIE OP SONDAG

Die ZS2 QSO Party is 'n prettige aktiwiteit om kontakte tussen radio amate
urs in die Oos-Kaap en radioamateurs in Suider-Afrikaanse lande te bevorde
r. Die doel vir stasies buite ZS2 is om soveel as moontlik ZS2-stasies te
werk! Dit is op die lug vanaf 14:00 tot 15:00 UTC op Sondag 17 Julie 2022
. Die uitruiling is RS(T) en provinsiale of land-afkorting. Die QSO Partyt
jie is 'n foon- en GG-kompetisie op die 40 meterband. Dien jou logboek tee
n 21:59 UTC op Vrydag 22 Julie 2022 in by contest@peham.co.za (mailto:cont est@peham.co.za) . Kry die reëls op bladsy 42 van die 2022 Kompetisie handleiding.

ILLW OP KOERS VIR DIE 25STE JAAR

Kevin, VK2CE en Ted, W8TTS berig dat 200 inskrywings pas oorgeklik het
vir die 25ste herdenking van hierdie gewilde pret geleentheid wat elke ja
ar op die derde naweek in Augustus gehou word. Ondanks Covid het 365 deeln emers verlede jaar geregistreer, sowat 100 minder as die gewone getal. D uitsland, Australië, die VSA en die VK het die meeste inskrywings
, maar dit is goed om inskrywings van kleiner lande soos Barbados, Cip
rus, Isle of Man, Malta, Trinidad en Tobago te sien.

Deelnemers word daaraan herinner dat die doel van die naweek is om pret te
hê en terselfdertyd die lot van vuurtorings wat gebuk gaan onder 'n
gebrek aan versorging en onderhoud uit te lig. Om die publiek alles oor a mateur radio te wys, is ook 'n byvoordeel. Die versameling van hope kont
akte soos in 'n kompetisie word beslis ontmoedig.

Die eerste jaar wat die geleentheid gehou is, was 1998 en daar is 'n lys
van deelnemers op die webwerf. Sommige van daardie stasies neem elke jaar
deel. Baie geluk aan die twee stigters Mike, GM4SUC en John, GM400U v
ir die skep van hierdie geleentheid. Albei was lede van die Ayr Amateur Ra
dio Groep op daardie stadium, ek is seker hulle het geen idee gehad wat
van hul skepping sou word nie. Die geskiedenis van die geleentheid is ook
op die webwerf. Kom deel die pret en stel jouself voor aan vuurtorings.

Tot op hede is tien Suid-Afrikaanse vuurtorings geregistreer met ZS3VDK- e
n ZS6WR-lede wat af ry kus toe om drie vuurtorings te aktiveer.

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

â-˜N NUWE DATUM VIR DIE AMSAT SA RUIMTE-SIMPOSIUM

AMSAT SA het die datum van sy jaarlikse Ruimtesimposium van Saterdag 23 Ju
lie na Saterdag 10 September en die formaat na hibride verander. Die in-pe rsoon geleentheid sal by die Premier Hotel Midrand gehou word met 'n virtu
ele regstreekse vertoning op die BlueJeans-platform. AMSAT SA het gesÃ
ª dat die hibriede geleentheid die beste van twee wêrelde sal bied
wat steeds die simposium deelname beskikbaar sal stel vir mense wat nie n
a Midrand kan reis nie. Die oproep vir referate is verleng tot 31 Julie 20
22. Stuur 'n kort opsomming na admin@amsatsa.org.za (mailto:admin@amsatsa. org.za) vir oorweging deur die simposium-organiseerders.

Die tema van die simposium is "Ruimte, die volgende grens vir uitbreidin
g van amateur radio."
Die simposium program sal onderwerpe op die intreevlak dek van hoe om 'n g oedkoop satellietstasie op te rig, hoe om die meeste uit 'n hand-ontvang
er te kry om satellietkommunikasie te verken en 'n meer gevorderde vlak om
ruimtenavorsing te doen met jou eie ruimteweer stasie en hoe om betrokke
te raak by die bou van satelliete. Die registrasie sal op 15 Julie 2022 o opmaak.

DIE UITSLAE VAN DIE SARL SATERDAG 40 M KLUB KOMPETISIE

Een-en-vyftig logstate is ontvang vir die SARL Saterdag 40 m Klub kompetis
ie wat op 18 Junie gehou is. Hierdie 51 logstate het 1 131 QSOs bevat. Dee lnemers moet aandagtig luister en die korrekte inligting neerskryf - die f
oute wat opgemerk is, is óf om nie die uitruiling te hoor nie Ã
³f nie na te gaan wat in die logstaat geskryf is nie. Die uitslae is in
HF Happenings 1003 gepubliseer.

Klub tellings
1ste die Wesrand ARK - 1 508 punte
2de die Bo-Karoo ARK - 785 punte
3de die Noord-Kaap ARK - 730 punte

Induviale tellings
1ste Gerhard, ZS3TG - 207 punte
2de Chris, ZS6CPA - 199 punte
3de Christi, ZS4CGR - 168 punte
4de Ethan, ZU3EO - 161 punte

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
tot gematig gaan wees. Tans is daar ses sonvlekgroepe sigbaar en daar is
'n geringe moontlikheid vir C-klas sonfakkels en bykans geen kans vir M-k
las sonfakkels nie. Diegene wat hulle eie frekwensievoorspellings wil doen
, kan 'n verwagte effektiewe sonvlektelling van 74 vir die week gebruik.
Radio amateurs kan goeie DX openinge op die 15 tot 30 m bande verwag. Bes
oek gerus die webtuiste spaceweather.sansa.org.za vir meer inligting.

Nou die dagboek van gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:
Vandag tot 12:00 UTC - die IARU HF-kampioenskappe
16 Julie - die Winter QRP-kompetisie
17 Julie - die ZS2 QSO Party
19 Julie - provinsiale skole open
20 Julie - die SARL Woensdag 80 m Klub kompetisie
21 Julie - die sluitingsdatum vir QRP-logstate
22 Julie - die sluitingsdatum vir ZS2 logstate
25 Julie - die sluitingsdatum vir 80 m-klub kompetisie logstate
28 Julie - die Sandton ARK Tegniese Praatjie
28 en 29 Julie - die Delta Aquarids Meteorietreën
30 Julie - die Islamitiese Nuwejaar en die Pretoria ARK snuffelmar
k
30 en 31 Julie - die RSGB Eilande op die Lug kompetisie

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

Die Wes-Randse Amateurradioklub wil jou graag daaraan herinner dat die Win
ter been van die SARL QRP-kompetisie vanaf 12:00 tot 13:30 UTC op Saterdag
16 Julie sal plaasvind. Die uitruiling is RS of RST verslag en jou ses-ka rakter ruitvierkant.

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 Vrydag 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 Andy Cairns, ZS6ADY, geproeflees deur Dennis Green,
ZS4BS en gelees deur ....................................

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