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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2428 for Friday May 10th, 2024
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2428 with a release date of Friday, May
10th, 2024 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Hams help a victim of human trafficking in India.
The popular GreenCube satellite is saved for amateur use -- and the newest
vehicle for Morse Code is one with four-wheel drive! All this and more as
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2428 comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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HAMS ASSIST IN RETURN OF TRAFFICKED WOMAN IN INDIA
PAUL/ANCHOR: Our top story takes us to India, where hams played a key role
in the return home of a woman abducted five years earlier by a human-
trafficking ring. We have that story from Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.
JIM: A woman in India who had been abducted and sold into the illegal sex
trade in Delhi by a human-trafficking ring is safely home after a five-year
absence after the governments of India and Bangladesh combined their efforts
with amateur radio operators in West Bengal.
Reports in the Indo-Asian News Service and the Times of India said the woman
was 21 years old when she was taken to Delhi by a friend who said she knew
of an opportunity she might be interested in. According to media accounts,
the two people accompanying the women were later discovered to be
Bangladeshi operatives who forced the abducted woman into a life of abuse
and regular torture.
The woman escaped and fled to Kolkata after four months and was taken in by
a state-affiliated shelter for people who have suffered trauma and abuse.
She underwent treatment for memory loss and once she could recall the
abduction, officials contacted the West Bengal Radio Club, which authorities
credit with success in aiding missing-persons cases through the club's wide
network of contacts. The club's secretary, Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA,
distributed photos of the woman to ham clubs throughout Bangladesh. He also
notified Delhi Police who were able to track down - and arrest - the trio
involved in the earlier abduction.
The repatriation process from India back to Bangladesh began soon afterward.
According to local media, the woman was among 19 Bangladeshi nationals who
were survivors of trafficking who were recently returned to their homes.
This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.
(TIMES OF INDIA)
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NEW AGREEMENT SAVES GREENCUBE'S AMATEUR OPERATIONS
PAUL/ANCHOR: Threatened earlier this year with having its digipeater
decommissioned, the GreenCube satellite has been saved for amateur radio. We
hear those details from Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
JEREMY: AMSAT Italia has announced that it has acquired an interest in the
satellite known as "GreenCube," a collaborative move that will save it from
scheduled decommissioning. Known as IO-117, the satellite's original mission
was to conduct experiments with plant cultivation in space. Launched in
2022, it carried an on-board digipeater that gave GreenCube the distinction
of being the first medium-earth-orbit amateur radio satellite.
Earlier this year, the Italian Space Agency announced that the digipeater
was to be decommissioned. Those plans sparked petition drives and a letter
from AMSAT's president Robert Bankston, KE4AL, to preserve amateur radio use
of the popular satellite.
With this new agreement in place, GreenCube will be operated jointly by
AMSAT Italia and Sapienza Space Systems and Space Surveillance Laboratory.
According to an announcement carried by AMSAT News Service, legal
responsibility for GreenCube now transfers to AMSAT Italia from the Italian
Space Agency.
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(AMSAT NEWS SERVICE, AMSAT ITALIA)
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D-STAR, TAPR AND VOA ON HAMVENTION WEEKEND AGENDA
PAUL/ANCHOR: If you're starting to pack your bags to head to Xenia, Ohio,
for Hamvention and youre a new D-STAR user, there are a number of things
you could consider adding to your already busy schedule. New D-STAR users
may want to attend the D-STAR InfoCon. It begins on Thursday, May 16th with
a meet-and-greet, followed by a full day of information and activities on
Friday, May 17th. InfoCon will take place at the Drury Inn in North Dayton.
Meanwhile, also on May 17th, Tucson Amateur Packet Radio, or TAPR, will be
hosting a forum with topics that include Frequency Control for Next
Generation SDRs and using ezDV to get on the air with Digital Voice. There
will be a presentation by Hyomin Kim, KD2MCR, one of the founders of the
citizen science group, HamSCI. He will introduce the TAPR/HamSci
Magnetometer.
One of the most popular side trips of the weekend is the National Voice of
America Museum of Broadcasting who will have extended hours from May 16th
through to May 19th. The amateur radio station of the West Chester Amateur
Radio Association, WC8VOA, will be on the air.
For details about D-STAR InfoCon, the TAPR Forum or the museum, see the
links in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org.
[FOR PRINT ONLY:
https://voamuseum.org/
https://tapr.org/tapr-hamvention-plans/
http://dstarinfo.com/d-star-infocon--dayton-hamvention-2024.aspx ]
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HAMVENTION TO SHOWCASE HAMSCI SOLAR ECLIPSE FINDINGS
PAUL/ANCHOR: If you were part of the Solar Eclipse QSO Parties conducted by
HamSCI, the citizen science research group, one of the most exciting things
Hamvention is offering may well be the initial findings from the fall 2023
and spring 2024 eclipses, as we hear from Andy Morrison K9AWM.
ANDY: Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, will be at Hamvention sharing HamSCI's
earliest results from data collected during the two recent solar eclipses
over North America. He will be talking at the HamSCI Forum as well as the
Hamvention Antenna Forum. There is an opportunity to hear him and learn more
about HamSCI's related projects by visiting booth 5008 in the Hertz Building
at Hamvention. HamSCI will also be hosting the HamSCI Forum and conducting
different presentations in the ARISS/YOTA area. The weekend's busy agenda
will also include a closer look at the HamSCI Personal Space Weather
Station.
For details visit the link in the text version of this week's newscast at
arnewsline.org
[DO NOT READ: https://hamsci.org/hamsci-at-2024-hamvention ]
This is Andy Morrison K9AWM.
(AMATEUR RADIO DAILY; HAMSCI.ORG)
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COMPANY ANNOUNCES BLUETOOTH CONNECTION TO SATELLITE
PAUL/ANCHOR: A company based in Seattle, Washington has achieved an
unprecedented long-distance connection in space with a satellite - via
Bluetooth technology. George Zafiropoulos KJ6VU has the details.
GEORGE: Using a software patch upgrade for some off-the-shelf Bluetooth
chips, the Hubble Network in Seattle has achieved what it calls the first
low-power Bluetooth connection with a satellite orbiting the Earth. The
signals traveled a distance of more than 600km - or 370 miles - prompting
Hubble's CEO and cofounder Alex Haro to say in a recent press release that
the Seattle company had clearly debunked skeptics' belief that such a feat
was impossible. A press release from the company this month heralded the
achievement as [quote] "critical validation for the company, potentially
opening the door to connecting millions more devices anywhere in the
world." [endquote]
Hubble Network said it began receiving the signals shortly after the
satellites' launch in March. Hubble hopes it will be able to present an
option for communications with global coverage creating less battery drain
and lower operating costs.
This is George Zafiropoulos, KJ6VU.
(HUBBLE NETWORK, TECHCRUNCH, INTERESTING ENGINEERING)
**
PICO BALLOON MARKS 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ORBIT
PAUL/ANCHOR: A Kingman, Arizona radio club had been worried that the balloon
they launched a year ago was lost for good. Instead, it is marking a full
year in orbit this month, as Ralph Squillace KK6ITB tells us.
RALPH: There was good news in late April for the WB6RER pico balloon that is
about to mark its first year of circling the earth: Its weak signals were
picked up by VK5ARG and VK7JJ. Both Australian stations copied the telemetry
being transmitted by its 20-metre WSPR beacon. The Hualapai Amateur Radio
Club launched the balloon a year ago from Arizona on May 19th. Traveling at
an altitude of about 50,000 feet, the balloon has orbited the earth at least
a dozen times since.
Reaching that important first birthday hasn't been without some struggles.
The beacon's transmissions became compromised after the lower half of the
balloon's 20m dipole sustained some damage a few months into the journey.
The number of spots from WSPR stations dropped off. The club wrote on one of
the forums on QRZ.com that the absence of spotting in the Southern
Hemisphere over a two-month period had convinced the club that the balloon's
journey had ended - at least until the stations in Australia received
reports on the 20th of April.
Now as its journey takes the balloon east toward South America again, there
may be some more radio silence -- but at least this time the club knows the
balloon will have completed its first year in flight. It may yet have other
hydrogen-filled adventures ahead.
This is Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.
(AMATEUR NEWS DAILY, QRZ.COM)
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the NM5EM
repeater in Grants, New Mexico on Thursdays at 8 p.m. local time.
**
NOMINATE NEWSLINE'S NEXT YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR
PAUL/ANCHOR: It's May and that brings us closer to the deadline time for
this year's Bill Pasternak Memorial Young Ham of the Year award. Let
Newsline know of any promising young amateurs who are deserving of this
honor. Candidates must live in the continental United States and be 18 years
of age or younger. Tell our judges about your nominee's talent, promise and
commitment to the spirit of ham radio. This is your chance to help honor and
acknowledge that person who will, no doubt, go on to teach and inspire
others. Find the nomination form on our website arnewsline.org under the
"AWARDS" tab. Nominations close on May 31st.
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NEW YORK CLUB'S SPECIAL EVENT HONORS TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
PAUL/ANCHOR: In the United States, the third Saturday in May is observed as
Armed Forces Day, a day of tribute to the US military. One club in New York
is marking the occasion with a special-event activation from an aviation
museum on Long Island. This event honors the first Black aviators in the US
armed forces, the Tuskegee Airmen. Travis Lisk N3ILS has that story.
TRAVIS: The Tuskegee (Tusk E GHEE) Airmen broke new ground in the United
States Army Air Corps, the branch of service which was later to become the
US Air Force. They were Black military aviators - a first for the Army Air
Corps - and they trained in Alabama at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in
preparation for combat service in the Second World War over Europe and North
Africa.
The Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club is honoring the airmen's
distinguished service with a special-event activation on the 18th of May
starting at 1300 UTC and ending at 2030 UTC. Hams will be operating from the
American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale on 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters, using
CW, SSB and FT8. The site is an appropriate one: The museum is now home to
many of the retired warbirds that were dispatched into the skies in times of
conflict.
Hams who contact station W2GSB, the club's callsign, will be eligible for a
downloadable certificate. Logs will also be uploaded to LoTW.
This is Travis Lisk N3ILS.
(GSBARC, HISTORY.COM)
**
CHINA'S LUNAR LANDER TO DRILL ON FAR SIDE OF MOON
PAUL/ANCHOR: China's lunar lander is on a mission to bring home samples from
the dark side of the moon and is using a special satellite to solve
communications challenges. Jason Daniels VK2LAW brings us an update.
JASON: China's Chang e-6 mission to the far side of the moon began its 53-
day mission with a launch on Friday the 3rd of May. The mission contains a
lander spacecraft that is expected to drill into the lunar surface near the
Apollo crater, scooping and collecting samples that will be brought to Earth
in the mission's re-entry capsule.
A relay satellite in a specialized lunar orbit was launched earlier this
year by China to serve as a bridge between the moon's far side and the
Earth. This satellite is expected to be part of China's lunar missions in
2026 and 2028. China's space program hopes to eventually have a
constellation of such communications satellites for use with missions that
will have crews on board.
This is Jason Daniels VK2LAW.
(SPACENEWS, REUTERS)
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SILENT KEY: RESPECTED AVIATOR DICK RUTAN, KB6LQS
PAUL/ANCHOR: A record-breaking, well-decorated US aviator has become a
Silent Key. We hear more about him from Patrick Clark K8TAC.
PATRICK: Dick Rutan, KB6LQS, a decorated US Air Force pilot and an aviation
record-setter, became a Silent Key on Friday the 3rd of May. Dick, who
joined the military as a teenager, had a distinguished service during the
Vietnam War that included more than 300 combat missions.
He is perhaps just as well-known for setting a flight-endurance record as
copilot of a non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in 1986. The
Voyager aircraft, which Dick helped construct, was designed by his brother,
Burt.
Dick, who had been hospitalized in Idaho with a severe lung infection, was
85.
This is Patrick Clark K8TAC.
(AP, QRZ.COM, STARS & STRIPES)
**
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, listen for Tim, N5TCH, operating holiday style as
V4/N5TCH from St Kitts, IOTA Number NA-104, until the 17th of May. QSL only
by LoTW.
Listen for special event station A91WTIS from the 11th through to the 17th
of May, in observance of World Telecommunication and Information Society
Day, which marks the founding of the International Telecommunication Union.
QSL via EC6DX.
The special callsign HF25NATO is active until the 31st of August, marking
the 25th anniversary of Poland joining the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization. Certificates and limited-edition QSL cards are available.
Visit QRZ.com for details.
Members of Club Radio Durnal, ON4CRD, are on the air as OR9ĜAL until the
31st of May marking 90 years since the death of Albert the first, King of
the Belgians. QSL via the bureau.
(425 DX BULLETIN)
**
KICKER: THE NEWEST VEHICLE FOR CODE HAS 4-WHEEL DRIVE
PAUL/ANCHOR: If you think you can't operate mobile CW unless you have a
radio and unless you also know the Code, think again. Some automobiles on
the market are making mobile CW operating easier than ever. Almost
effortless, in fact, as we hear from Dave Parks WB8ODF.
DAVE: It seems that in the last few years, operating mobile CW hasn't even
required an amateur radio license - or so it seems, if you look at the
carmakers have embrace Morse Code as an automotive design element. In the
summer of 2022, models of Jeep vehicles featured the "dit" and the "dah"
across the front grille. Jeep's Dubai-based ad agency, Publicis [pub luh
siss] Dubai, explained that by sporting these CW symbols upfront, Jeep
owners could feel a sense of community and a spirit of adventure in remote,
off-road places. This bold gesture followed a more subtle use of CW by the
same carmaker four years earlier: the 2018 Jeep Compass featured Code on the
driver's left footrest in a message spelling out "sand snow rivers rocks,"
all familiar Jeep uncharted terrain. Not to be left behind in the off-road
dust, Hyundai has recently put four illuminated "dits" on its steering wheel
- CW for the letter "H." The Code began appearing in new models such as the
Santa Fe, the Kona and Hyundai's electric SUV, the Ioniq [EYE-YONNICK]. Now
the Toyota Tacoma is getting into the traffic jam: This year's SUV has Morse
Code symbols appear on a side panel of the dashboard. The code provides
directions to a way in which car owners can find plans to build their own 3-
D printed automotive accessories.
So far as we know, those instructions still don't include the most necessary
element - printing a ham radio license for mobile CW operation. Drivers will
still have to earn that the old-fashioned way.
This is Dave Parks WB8ODF.
(MOTOR TREND, JALOPNIK)
**
DO YOU HAIKU?
We challenge you, our listeners, to accept our challenge: Write a haiku that
shows how you feel about all that time you spend on the air. Use the entry
form on our website, arnewsline.org and please follow the rules for writing
your three-line haiku -- sorry but we cannot accept any entries that aren't
written in traditional haiku format. Share with fellow listeners the poetry
that is inspired by your ham radio experience!
NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur Radio Weekly; AMSAT Italia; AMSAT
News Service; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DXWorld; 425DXNews; Great South
Bay Amateur Radio Club; HamSCI; History.com; the Hubble Network; Jalopnik;
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news desk in New York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Paul Braun WD9GCO in
Valparaiso Indiana saying 73. As always we thank you for listening. Amateur
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