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Good morning to you,

Every Friday afternoon, Andy, ZS6ADY or I (Dennis, ZS4BS) start writ
ing the SARL News for the upcoming Sunday, but we dread looking at what
has arrived in the News Inbox. We normally find ONE item – the Pr
opagation Report by Hannes, ZS6BZP, nothing else. Yes, there are Fri
days when the News Inbox is full, but they are very scarce!

Yesterday, 26 February there were 2 items in the News Inbox – th
e propagation report and the MoU between the SARL and RSK! And I used thos
e two items to write the SARL News Sunday 28 February 2021.

There are two contests next weekend – 6 March the SARL YL Sprint a
nd 7 March the SARL Hamnet 40 m contest. The Clubs hosting the contests ha
ve not submitted a news item. Are the dates for Club meetings, as shown
in the Diary of Events, correct? What are the Clubs planning for their
meetings – visitors to your area would like to know! Are the Pret
oria and West Rand flea markets the only such events in the country? What
is the different VHF/UHF groups doing? What about Parks on the Air, SOT
A or the CW Group. IOTA is difficult in South Africa, we have the island
s, but access is limited.

Please provide local news – advertise your Club, your interest g
roup, your contest, challenge other Clubs for contest participation.

ADVERTISE AMATEUR RADIO!

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 https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba95 89bf8d019e5d3&idù1850099c&eœe7bd785b. News items to include
in the bulletin should reach the news team no later than the Thursday pre ceding the bulletin date.
SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 28 FEBRUARY 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 www.sarl.org.za while the text bulletin
can be downloaded from https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?uÿ7b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&iduc5342828&eœe7bd785b. To join the
Mailchimp bulletin mailing list, send an e-mail to the SARL Secretary.

In the news today:

MOU BETWEEN THE SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE AND THE RADIO SOCIETY OF KENYA

and

PROPAGATION REPORT

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



The Radio Society of Kenya (RSK) approached the South African Radio League
(SARL) around six months ago and following successful discussions a forma
l Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed during February 2021 with f
ull approval from the Regulator – the Communication Authority of K
enya (CAK).

The SARL will assist RSK with the Radio Amateur Examination and administer
the technical aspect of the examination on their behalf. The RSK will adm inister regulations and operating procedure themselves. The SARL will assi
st with the necessary Train-the-Trainer courses; provide the training manu
als and presentation material as well as online sessions to assist in cond ucting successful training courses in Kenya.

David Mutonga, 5Z4DJ Chairman of RSK and Secretary Gitonga M'Mbijjewe,
5Z4ZT joined Noel Hammond, ZR6DX the SARL RAE Manager, Gerhard Gerick
e, ZS6CRS Deputy RAE Manager and SARL President Nico van Rensburg, ZS6
QL in an online meeting this week to conclude the discussion process and s
tart the process of co-operation. The SARL is looking forward to working w
ith the RSK to grow Amateur Radio in Kenya.

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

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low levels. There is one sunspot region visible and minor C-class s
olar flaring is possible. If you want to do your own frequency predictions
, the expected effective sunspot number for the week will be around eigh
t. The 15 to 30 m bands will especially during the afternoons provide some
good DX fun. Please visit the website spaceweather.sansa.org.za for furth
er information.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

6 March – the SARL YL Sprint
6 to 7 March – the ARRL DX SSB Contest
7 March – the SARL Hamnet 40 m simulated emergency contest
8 March - International Women’s Day and the West Rand meeting
13 and 14 March – the SARL National Field Day; the SARL VHF/UHF An
alogue contest, the RSGB Commonwealth contest and the QSO Today Virtual
Expo
16 March – the PEARS and Border ARC meetings
17 March - St Patrick’s Day and the SARL 80 m Club Sprint
20 March - Autumn Equinox at 11:37 CAT and the Magalies and Highway ARC me etings
21 March – Human Rights Day in South Africa and Independence Day i
n Namibia
22 March - Public Holiday in Namibia and South Africa and World Water Day
23 March - World Meteorological Day

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

The Radio Society of Kenya (RSK) approached the South African Radio League
(SARL) around six months ago and following successful discussions a forma
l Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed during February 2021 with f
ull approval from the Regulator – the Communication Authority of K
enya (CAK).

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 Thursday 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 side-band by courtesy o
f Louis, ZS5LP. A rebroadcast by Andy, ZS6ADY, can be heard on Monda
y 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 compiled by Dennis Green, ZS4BS,
edited by Dave Reece, ZS1DFR and read by ..............

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

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