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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER 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 do wnloaded from the League website at https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track /click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&idzd18b04bf&eœe7bd785b
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e-mail to the SARL Secretary.

In the news today:

IN SEARCH OF THE "OPTIMUM" MAGNETIC LOOP ANTENNA

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS

and

THE 2022 CQ WORLD-WIDE DX SSB CONTEST NEXT WEEKEND

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

We begin this bulletin with the news of three silent keys.

It is with deep regret that we announce that the keys of John Smith, ZS6
BNS; Noel Honey ZS6NTO and Bevan Gwilt, ZS2RL have gone silent during th
is week.

John, ZS6BNS (ex ZS4S, ZS3S, ZS9S) passed away on Monday 17 October
2022. John had retired from the SA Signal Corps in 2017 as a senior offic
er. We extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends.

Noel, ZS6NTO passed away due to heart complications on Friday 21 October
. He was a long-standing member of the West Rand Club and well-known for h
is RAE lectures to many West Rand RAE participants. We extend our sincere
condolences to his wife Beverly, son Jarrad, family and friends.

Bevan, ZS2RL passed away on Friday 21 October 2022. Bevan was always at
any event run by PEARS. We extend our sincere condolences to his wife Mel
, family and friends.

PAUSE

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

IN SEARCH OF THE "OPTIMUM" MAGNETIC LOOP ANTENNA

We gave you a heads-up last week and with only four days to go, here is
a final reminder to join the Sandton ARC Power Hour Tech Talk at 18:45 CA
T on Thursday evening 27 October. You will hear all about the search for t
he "Optimum" Magnetic Loop Antenna from our special guest John, W6NBC. A
magnetic loop that you can build, or simply use the insights gained,
to your advantage.

The talk will be held on Zoom, with the audio relayed on the 145,700 M
Hz repeater and Echo Link ZS6STN-R. For those with pen and paper, the zo
om meeting ID is 895 8437 8432, and the passcode is 045 826. Visit the S
ARL website upcoming events diary or the ZS6STN Facebook events for the de tails. Please set your reminder to join the Tech Talk Power Hour.

THE WORKED ALL ZS CHALLENGE

Where are the WAZS Warriors? Here is a challenge to top your hunt for call
signs for the Worked All ZS Award! Reading through the VHF/UHF and Microw
ave Records dated 15 October 2022, it will be noted that only two radio
amateurs have achieved the WAZS on 6 metres - Hal, ZS6WB in 1997 and Pa
ul, ZS6NK in 2018. Who will be the next radio amateur to achieve a WAZS
on 6 metres? Are you up to the challenge?

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS

The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) will be conduct
ing their largest experiment and research campaign from 19 to 28 October 2
022. Amateur radio operators are invited to listen and participate. The re search will last for 10 days and will include 13 experiments, with trans missions taking place between 14:00 - 06:00 UTC daily. The transmission ex periments include moon bounce, Jupiter bounce, HF ocean scatter and io
nosphere satellite interactions. Amateur radio operators are being asked t
o monitor the times of the transmissions and signal quality. Reports can b
e filed electronically and a special QSL card will be sent for participati
on.

This will be the most scientifically diverse campaign ever conducted at HA
ARP. Particularly notable experiments include a first-of-its-kind attempt
to bounce a signal off Jupiter, investigation into the possible causes
of the airglow phenomenon known as STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocit
y Enhancement) and the testing of the feasibility of using radio transmiss
ions to measure the interiors of near-earth asteroids.

"The October research campaign is our largest and most diverse to date,
with researchers and citizen scientists collaborating from across the glo
be," said HAARP Program Manager Jessica Matthews. The number of experime
nts is the highest so far under the 5-year 9,3-million-dollar grant, w
hich was awarded last year by the National Science Foundation to establish
the sub-auroral geophysical observatory at HAARP. The observatory's purpo
se is to explore the earth's upper atmosphere and geospace environment.

An overview of all the experiments can be found at the HAARP website at ht tps://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&i d?f92e8aa1&eœe7bd785b. There is a PDF document on the ARRL L
etter for 20 October 2022 page with a more detailed listing of the experim
ents and technical data. Participating amateur radio operators can request
a QSL card and send reception reports to HAARP, PO Box 271, Gakona,
AK 99586 USA. HAARP is a scientific endeavour aimed at studying the prope rties and behaviour of the ionosphere. Operation of the research facility
was transferred from the US Air Force to the University of Alaska Fairban
ks on 11 August 2015, allowing HAARP to continue with the exploration of
ionospheric phenomenology via a land-use cooperative research and develop
ment agreement.

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

CONTEST NEWS

The 2022 CQ World-Wide DX SSB Contest is on the air from 00:00:00 UTC on S aturday 29 October to 23:59:59 UTC on Sunday 30 October with the aim for a mateurs around the world to contact as many other amateurs in as many CQ z
ones and countries as possible. The contest takes place on 160, 80, 40
20, 15 and 10 metres and the observance of established band plans is st
rongly encouraged. The exchange is an RS report and your CQ Zone number,
for South Africa that is Zone 38. The rules for the CQ WW contests can be
found at www.cqww.com/rules.htm.

Fourteen logs were received for the SARL 80 metre QSO Party run on Thursda
y 6 October 2022.

1st Gerhard Coetzee, ZS3TG - 250 points
2nd Phillip van Tonder, ZS6PVT - 230 points
3rd Peet Lotriet, ZS3PL and Esmarie Lotriet, ZS3EL - 190 points

Seven logs were received for the Spring QRP Contest which took place on Sa turday 8 October 2022. 64 QSOs were made during the contest.

1st Johannes van Zijl, ZS4DZ - 322 points
2nd Phillip Fischer, ZS6FY - 120 points
3rd Mark Walker, ZS6MDX - 108 points

The final scores of the 2022 SARL QRP Contest:
1st Johannes van Zijl, ZS4DZ - 580 points
2nd Anthony Williams, ZS6WT - 350 points
3rd Phillip Fischer, ZS6FY - 312 points

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low to moderate levels. There are currently 5 sunspots visible with
simple magnetic configurations. There is a low probability for C-class an
d a very low probability for M-class flaring. If you want to do your own f requency predictions, the expected effective sunspot number for the week
will be around 63. The 10 to 30 m bands will especially, in the late af ternoon, provide some good DX fun. Please visit the website spaceweather .sansa.org.za for further information.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

27 October - the closing date for Club contest logs and the Sandto
n ARC Power Hour Tech Talk
28 and 29 October - the SARL Council meet at the NARC
29 October - the Pretoria ARC Flea Market and AGM, the AGM of th
e Bo-Karoo ARC and the Southern Cape ARC Field Station
29 and 30 October - the CQ WW DX SSB Contest
1 to 9 November - the 7P8CW DXpedition
4 and 5 November - the Taurids Meteor Showers
5 November - the RaDAR Challenge
11 November - Armistice Day
12 and 13 November - the SARL VHF/UHF Analogue contest
13 November - Remembrance Sunday
16 November - the SARL 80 m Club Contest

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

We gave you a heads-up last week and with only four days to go, here is
a final reminder to join the Sandton ARC Power Hour Tech Talk at 18:45 CA
T on Thursday evening 27 October. You will hear all about the search for t
he "Optimum" Magnetic Loop Antenna from our special guest John, W6NBC. A
magnetic loop that you can build, or simply use the insights gained,
to your advantage.

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. The program can be heard on VHF an
d UHF repeaters countrywide and on 7 082 kHz lower sideband by Louis, ZS
5LP. A rebroadcast 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
these 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
roofread by Paul Johnson, ZS1S and read by ..............

From the News Team, best wishes for the week ahead.

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SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 23 OCTOBER 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&id[ec2e1ccc&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:

OP SOEK NA DIE "OPTIMUM" MAGNETIESE LUS-ANTENNA

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATEURS GENOOI OM AAN WETENSKAPLIKE EKSPERIMENTE DEEL TE
NEEM

en

DIE 2022 CQ WÊRELDWYE DX ESB-KOMPETISIE VOLGENDE NAWEEK

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

Ons begin hierdie bulletin met nuus van drie stil sleutels.

Dit is met leedwese dat ons aankondig dat die sleutels van John Smith, Z
S6BNS; Noel Honey ZS6NTO en Bevan Gwilt, ZS2RL het gedurende hierdie wee
k stil geraak.

John, ZS6BNS (ex ZS4S, ZS3S, ZS9S) is op Maandag 17 Oktober 2022 oor
lede. John het in 2017 as senior offisier by die SA Seinkorps afgetree. On
s betuig ons innige meegevoel met sy familie en vriende.

Noel, ZS6NTO is op Vrydag 21 Oktober weens hart komplikasies oorlede. Hy
was 'n jarelange lid van die Wesrand-klub en bekend vir sy RAE-lesings aa
n baie Wesrand RAE-deelnemers. Ons betuig ons innige meegevoel met sy vrou
Beverly, seun Jarrad, familie en vriende.

Bevan, ZS2RL is op Vrydag 21 Oktober 2022 oorlede. Bevan was altyd by en
ige geleentheid wat deur PEARS aangebied is. Ons betuig ons innige meegevo
el met sy vrou Mel, familie en vriende.

POUSE

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

OP SOEK NA DIE "OPTIMUM" MAGNETIESE LUS-ANTENNA

Ons het jou verlede week kennis gegee en met net vier dae om te gaan, is
hier 'n laaste herinnering om aan te sluit by die Sandton ARK Krag Uur Te gniese Praatjie on 18:45 SAT op Donderdagaand 27 Oktober. Jy sal alles hoo
r oor die soektog na die "Optimum" Magnetiese Lus-antenna van ons spesiale
gas John, W6NBC. 'n Magnetiese lus wat jy kan bou, of bloot die insig
te wat jy verkry tot jou voordeel kan gebruik.

Die praatjie sal op Zoom gehou word, met die oudio klank wat na die 145 ,700-herhaler en EchoLink ZS6STN-R oorgedra word. Vir diegene met pen en
papier, die Zoom vergadering-ID is 895 8437 8432 en die wagwoord is 045
826. Besoek die SARL-webwerf opkomende gebeurtenisse dagboek of ZS6STN Fa cebook-geleenthede vir die besonderhede. Stel jou wekker om by die Krag Uu
r Tegniese Praatjie aan te sluit.

DIE WERK ALLE ZS UITDAGING

Waar is die WAZS Krygers? Hier is 'n uitdaging om jou soektog na roepseine
vir die Werk Alle ZS-toekenning te top! Die BHF/UHF en Mikrogolf-rekords
gedateer 15 Oktober 2022 dui aan dat slegs twee radio amateurs die WAZS o
p 6-meter behaal het - Hal, ZS6WB in 1997 en Paul, ZS6NK in 2018. Wie
sal die volgende radio amateur wees om 'n WAZS op 6-meter te behaal? Is j
y opgewasse vir die uitdaging?

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATEURS GENOOI OM AAN WETENSKAPLIKE EKSPERIMENTE DEEL TE
NEEM

Die Hoë frekwensie Aktiewe Aurorae Navorsing program (HAARP) sal van
19 tot 28 Oktober 2022 hul grootste eksperiment en navorsing veldtog uit
voer. Amateur radio-operateurs word genooi om te luister en deel te neem.
Die navorsing sal vir 10 dae duur en 13 eksperimente insluit, met uitse
ndings wat daagliks tussen 14:00 - 06:00 UTC plaasvind. Die transmissie-ek sperimente sluit maan bons, Jupiter-bons, HF-Oseaan verstrooiing en io nosfeer-satelliet interaksie in. Amateur radio-operateurs word gevra om di
e tye van die uitsendings en sein kwaliteit te monitor. Verslae kan elektr onies geliasseer word en 'n spesiale QSL-kaart sal vir deelname gestuur wo
rd.

Dit sal die mees Wetenskaplike diverse veldtog wees wat ooit by HAARP gevo
er is. Veral noemenswaardige eksperimente sluit in 'n eerste in sy soort p oging om 'n sein van Jupiter af te weerkaats, ondersoek na moontlike oor
sake van die lug gloed verskynsel bekend as STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission
Velocity Enhancement) en die toetsing van die haal baarheid van die gebru
ik van radio-uitsendings om die binne kant van naby-aarde asteroïdes
te meet.

"Die Oktober-navorsing veldtog is ons grootste en mees diverse tot nog toe
, met navorsers en burgerlike Wetenskaplikes wat van regoor die wêr
eld saam werk," het Jessica Matthews, HAARP-program bestuurder, ges
ê. Die aantal eksperimente is die hoogste tot dusver onder die 5-jaar
, $9,3 miljoen-toekenning wat verlede jaar deur die Nasionale Wetenska
p stigting toegeken is om die Sub-Aurorae Geofisiese Observatorium by HAAR
P te vestig. Die sterrewag se doel is om die Aarde se boonste atmosfeer en
georuimte-omgewing te verken.

'n Oorsig van al die eksperimente kan gevind word op die HAARP-webwerf by
https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d 3&idæ4faee03d&eœe7bd785b. Daar is 'n PDF-dokument op die ARR
L-brief vir 20 Oktober 2022-bladsy met 'n meer gedetailleerde lys van die
eksperimente en tegniese data. Deel nemende amateur radio-operateurs kan
'n QSL-kaart aanvra en ontvangs verslae stuur na HAARP, Posbus 271, G
akona, AK 99586. HAARP is 'n Wetenskaplike poging wat daarop gemik is om
die eienskappe en gedrag van die ionosfeer te bestudeer. Die werking van
die Navorsings fasiliteit is op 11 Augustus 2015 van die Amerikaanse Lugm
ag na die Universiteit van Alaska Fairbanks oorgedra, wat HAARP in staat
stel om voort te gaan met die verkenning van ionosferiese fenomenologie v
ia 'n grond gebruik samewerkende navorsing- en ontwikkelings ooreenkoms.

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

KOMPETISIE NUUS

Die 2022 CQ Wêreldwye DX ESB-kompetisie is op die lug vanaf 00:00:00
UTC op Saterdag 29 Oktober tot 23:59:59 UTC op Sondag 30 Oktober met die
doel dat amateurs regoor die wêreld soveel ander amateurs in soveel
moontlik CQ sones en lande as moontlik kan kontak maak. Die kompetisie vi
nd plaas op 160, 80, 40 20, 15 en 10 meter en die nakoming van geves
tigde band-planne word sterk aangemoedig. Die uitruiling is 'n RS-verslag
en jou CQ Sone nommer, vir Suid-Afrika, dit is Sone 38. Die reël
s vir die CQ WW-kompetisies kan gevind word by www.cqww.com/rules.htm.

Veertien logs is ontvang vir die SARL 80 meter QSO Party-wedloop op Donder
dag 6 Oktober 2022.

1ste Gerhard Coetzee, ZS3TG - 250 punte
2de Phillip van Tonder, ZS6PVT - 230 punte
3de Peet Lotriet, ZS3PL en Esmarie Lotriet, ZS3EL - 190 punte

Sewe logs is ontvang vir die Lente QRP-kompetisie wat op Saterdag 8 Oktobe
r 2022 plaasgevind het. 64 QSOs is tydens die kompetisie gemaak.

1ste Johannes van Zijl, ZS4DZ - 322 punte
2de Phillip Fischer, ZS6FY - 120 punte
3de Mark Walker, ZS6MDX - 108 punte

Die finale tellings van die 2022 SARL QRP-kompetisie:
1ste Johannes van Zijl, ZS4DZ - 580 punte
2de Anthony Williams, ZS6WT - 350 punte
3de Phillip Fischer, ZS6FY - 312 punte

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
gaan wees. Tans is daar 5 sonvlekke met eenvoudige magnetiese samestellin
gs sigbaar. Daar is 'n lae waarskynlikheid vir die voorkoms van C-klas fak
kels en 'n baie lae moontlikheid van M-klas sonfakkels. Diegene wat hulle
eie frekwensie voorspellings wil doen, kan 'n verwagte effektiewe sonvl ektelling van 63 vir die week gebruik. Radio amateurs kan veral laat midda
g goeie DX openinge op die 10 tot 30 m bande verwag. Besoek gerus die webt uiste spaceweather.sansa.org.za vir meer inligting.

Nou die dagboek van gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:

27 Oktober - die sluitingsdatum vir Klub kompetisie logstate en di
e Sandton ARK Krag Uur Tegniese praatjie
28 en 29 Oktober - die SARL Raad vergader by die NARS
29 Oktober - die Pretoria ARK snuffelmark en AJV, die AJV van di
e Bo-Karoo ARK en die Suid-Kaap ARK Veldstasie
29 en 30 Oktober - die CQ WW DX ESB-kompetisie
1 tot 9 November - die 7P8CW DXpedisie
4 en 5 November - die Taurids-meteoorbuie
5 November - die RaDAR-uitdaging
11 November - Wapenstilstandsdag
12 en 13 November - die SARL BHF/UHF Analoog-kompetisie
13 November - Herinnering Sondag
16 November - die SARL 80 m-klub kompetisie

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

Ons het jou verlede week kennis gegee en met net vier dae om te gaan, is
hier 'n laaste herinnering om aan te sluit by die Sandton ARK Krag Uur Te gniese Praatjie on 18:45 SAT op Donderdagaand 27 Oktober. Jy sal alles hoo
r oor die soektog na die "Optimum" Magnetiese Lus-antenna van ons spesiale
gas John, W6NBC. 'n Magnetiese lus wat jy kan bou, of bloot die insig
te wat jy verkry tot jou voordeel kan gebruik.

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 Africa. 'n He ruitsending aangebied deur Andy, ZS6ADY vind op Maandae aande om 19:30 S entraal 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 Viv Dold, ZS6
VD en gelees deur ....................................

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