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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2453 for Friday November 1st, 2024
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2453 with a release date of Friday,
November 1st, 2024 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Delays announced for new changes to UK amateur
licenses. Hams plan on-air tributes for wireless pioneers in India and
Brazil -- and a New York club remembers a Silent Key who was there from the
very start. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2453
comes your way right now.
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OFCOM DELAYS PLANNED CHANGES TO AMATEUR LICENSES
NEIL/ANCHOR: Our top story comes to us from the UK, where ongoing changes to
amateur radio licenses have come to a halt. Additional changes set for later
this year have been delayed as the result of what the regulator calls
"system development issues." We have the details from Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
JEREMY: Hams in the UK who have been expecting additional changes in the
licence system before the end of this year are going to have to wait a bit
longer for them to take effect, according to regulator Ofcom. A recent
announcement by Ofcom said that Phases 2 and 3 of the licensing-platform
modifications were being delayed instead of going forward later this year
and in early 2025. The planned changes include limits being set on the
number of callsigns an individual amateur can hold - in this case, only one
personal licence per individual. This will require hams who advance to the
next licence class to surrender their previous licence.
Ofcom had hoped to introduce the M8 and M9 call signs for those passing the
Intermediate licence exam to replace the "2" series and as an optional
change for Intermediate licence holders currently holding 2EØ and 2E1
callsigns. It is expected that at some unknown point, however, Ofcom will
take back all numeral "2" call sign prefixes.
Also when these changes take effect, hams will be permitted to change their
callsign but not more than once every five years.
The delay also affects changes to the application process for special
events, which Ofcom has said will become simpler, fully automated and
quicker.
Ofcom did not give a date for when these changes would go forward
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(OFCOM)
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HAMS RESPOND AS CYCLONE DANA HITS INDIA
NEIL/ANCHOR: As Cyclone Dana descended upon India recently, hams were
deployed to keep messages getting through in case the information network
was knocked out. We have more on that story from Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.
JIM: As Eastern India prepared to be battered by Cyclone Dana on the night
of October 23rd, amateur radio operators were getting in place to ensure
lines of communication stayed open in the states of Odisha and West Bengal.
Relief workers were deployed and 1.5 million people were evacuated and moved
out of harm's way.
The West Bengal Radio Club quickly established two amateur radio mobile
stations at the request of the district magistrate. The hams also set up
three base radio operations at governmental offices, powered with backup
battery power in case the weather took out the information infrastructure.
With its arrival, the cyclone brought wind speeds of 100 to 110 kmph, or 62
to 68 miles per hour, snapping power lines and uprooting trees. Airports and
schools were shut down. The cyclone's wind gusts reached as high as 120 kph,
or 75 miles per hour before weakening.
Early reports from officials in Odisha indicated that there was no loss of
life; unfortunately, one person was reported killed in Bengal.
This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.
(THE KATHMANDU POST: THE STATESMAN, MILLENNIUM POST)
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AN ON-AIR TRIBUTE TO INDIA's JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE
NEIL/ANCHOR: India's foremost wireless pioneer is once again front and
center in a month-long on-air tribute that lasts until mid-December. Want to
work the station? Jason Daniels VK2LAW tells us how.
JASON: For the past 17 years, Datta, VU2DSI, has celebrated the pride of
wireless communication in India. Born on the 30th of November, 1858,
Jagadish Chandra Bose, was a scientist who gained global respect for his
work in botany, physics and electromagnetism. He melded the many worlds of
science in different ways to bring various discoveries to light. According
to Brittanica, his experiments in the 1890s with very short radio waves
would eventually contribute insights for later researchers working in the
realm of solid-state physics. He is perhaps best known among India's
amateurs as "the father of wireless communication." His discoveries were
made with homebrew equipment.
The scientist, who died in 1937, has touched the heart and imagination of
Datta who is once again calling CQ as AU2JCB to honour him. This year he
will be putting the special-event callsign on the air from the 15th of
November through to the 16th of December.
For more details, see the QRZ page for AU2JCB.
This is Jason Daniels VK2LAW.
(DATTA, VU2DSI)
**
HAMS IN BRAZIL HONOR PIONEER OF WIRELESS TELEPHONY
NEIL/ANCHOR: Although many amateur radio special events focus on the
earliest pioneering efforts that established communication via telegraphy,
hams in Brazil are celebrating the 125th anniversary of the first wireless
transmission of the human voice. The inventor-scientist was a Catholic
priest. We hear more about him from Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
JEREMY Listen throughout the month of November for PR5LM on the air. The
"L" and the "M represent the name of Padre Landell de Moura, an ordained
priest and and inventor fascinated with the concept of transmitting the
human voice - and later, images - wirelessly. Before his death in 1928,
Padre de Moura had successfully transmitted both music and voice on the
electromagnetic spectrum - a feat celebrated throughout Brazil since his
accomplishment in 1899. The declaration of National Amateur Radio Day in
Brazil on November 5th honours his work and as well as the 1924 government
decree that established regulation of amateur radio stations in Brazil. By
then, the priest had already been granted a US patent while he was in New
York City in 1904 for what was known as a wave transmitted. It used a form
of modulation that we know today as amplitude modulation.
Amateurs in Brazil will be active on all the HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY
and FT8 and hope to make contacts as well via the QO100 satellite. They hope
each contact will pay tribute to the man who successfully navigated that
delicate territory balancing religion and science.
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(QRZ.COM, LANDELLDEMOURA.ORG, AMINHARADIO.COM, 425DXBULLETIN)
**
SWL COMMUNITY LEADER ANKER PETERSEN DIES IN DENMARK
NEIL/ANCHOR: The world's shortwave listeners and DXers have been grieving
the loss of a great friend. We hear more about him from Graham Kemp VK4BB.
GRAHAM: Anker Petersen was devoted to DX listening, shortwave radio and to
others who loved them too. Shortly after his death in Denmark was reported
in late October, hams, shortwave listeners and other friends flocked to
social media to share their memories of the man they recalled with fondness
and respect. The radio enthusiast played a significant role in the Danish
Short Wave Club International, which he served for a time as chairman. He
was also editor of the Domestic Broadcasting Survey and Tropical Bands
Monitor. Anker's voice could be heard as one of the presenters on the club's
international shortwave news and music programme "DX-Window." The club
disbanded in 2016.
Anker was remembered as having founded the European DX Council in June of
1967. The council's membership eventually grew to include DX clubs and
listeners in Asia and elsewhere in the Pacific region.
This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.
(FACEBOOK, EUROPEAN DX COUNCIL)
**
BOEING-BUILT SATELLITE EXPLODES IN ORBIT
NEIL/ANCHOR: In the latest blow to Boeing, one of its Intelsat communication
satellites blew up in late October while in geostationary orbit and has been
declared "a total loss." The fragments are being tracked by the US Space
Force and Roscosmos but US officials said that they have detected no
immediate threats to other satellites.
The development is yet another setback for Boeing which is already dealing
with a variety of issues, including its troubled Starliner spacecraft which
NASA brought back to Earth without its two-person test-flight crew on board
because of thruster failures.
No cause for the explosion was disclosed. The satellite is frequently used
for internet, telephone and satellite TV and radio broadcast signals.
According to published reports, its launch in 2016 had been delayed by three
months after it developed problems with its primary thruster.
(ENGADGET, AMSAT NEWS SERVICE)
**
BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the K6PVR
repeater in Ventura, California on Sundays at 6:30 p.m. local time.
**
NEW ENGLAND HAM, N.D. CLUB ARE ECLIPSE QSO PARTY TOP SCORERS
NEIL/ANCHOR: A Massachusetts ham and a North Dakota amateur radio club have
been declared top scorers for their participation in HamSCI's Solar Eclipse
QSO Party this past April. Here's Dave Parks, WB8ODF.
DAVE: Congratulations to Dennis Egan, W1UE, who claimed the highest score in
the category of single op during HamSCI's Solar Eclipse QSO Party. He shares
the glory with the Souris Valley Amateur Radio Club, KØAJW, in North Dakota,
which claimed the number one spot in the multi-op category. HamSCI, the
citizen science investigation organization, made the announcement on its
website on the 24th of October and thanked all amateur radio operators who
got on the air. Those QSOs helped generate data for space physics research
about the eclipse's impact on the HF radio spectrum and, of course, that
makes science itself the biggest winner.
This is Dave Parks WB8ODF.
(AMATEUR RADIO DAILY; HAMSCI)
**
PICO BALLOON BREAKS ITS SILENCE OVER THE ANTARCTIC
NEIL/ANCHOR: A hydrogen balloon from Arizona has ended its months of silence
with transmissions that were picked up by a ground station in Antarctica.
John Williams VK4JJW has more on what happened.
JOHN: Many months after it marked its first anniversary of orbiting the
Earth, the WB6RER Pico Balloon was spotted over the Antarctic. Germany's
Antarctic station Neumayer III (Pron: Noy My Err three), DPØGVN/1 provided
the good news following a period of concern when the balloon appeared to
have gone silent for five months. The October 15th spot by the Antarctic
scientific research station showed that the balloon was flying at an
altitude of 45,735 feet, with its solar panel measuring 3.88 volts.
Weighing 11 grams, the hydrogen-gas-filled balloon was launched in May of
2023 from Golden Valley, Arizona by the Hualapai [WALLA-PIE] Amateur Radio
Club. One of its greatest challenges during its year in orbit has been to
overcome damage to its 20m dipole antenna.
This is John Williams VK4JJW.
(QRZ.COM)
**
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, Alex, K6VHF will be using the callsign K6VHF/HR9 from
Roatan Island, Honduras, IOTA Number NA-057, from the 3rd through the 9th of
November, operating mainly digital modes on various bands. See QRZ.com for
QSL details.
The 4U1GSC Amateur Radio Club is using the special callsign for an event
commemorating the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Global Service
Centre in Brindisi, Italy. Listen for operators between the 15th of November
to the end of the year. QSL via 9A2AA.
Makoto, JI5RPT, is on the air as JD1BLY from Chichijima, Ogasawara, IOTA
Number AS-031, from the 7th through the 10th of November, using FT8, CW and
SSB. Be listening on 40-6 metres and through the satellites. See QRZ.com
for QSL details.
The ONZ Oostkust Radioclub, ON6HC, is using the callsign OT8ØCLM [OH TEE
EIGHT ZERO SEE ELL EMM] from the 1st through the 11th of November. This
callsign recognises the Canadian Liberation March, which marks the
liberation of the Belgian town of Knokke-Heist from German occupation on
November 1st, 1944 and honours the soldiers who were a part of it. See
QRZ.com for QSL information.
(425 DX BULLETIN)
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KICKER: NY CLUB ACTIVATES IN MEMORY OF A FOUNDER AND A FRIEND
NEIL/ANCHOR: Our final story takes us to Robert Moses State Park, a
beachfront park on Long Island, New York. This is where the Atlantic Ocean
meets the island's southern shore -- and it's where one amateur radio club
is preparing a special event tribute to a Silent Key who had been one of the
club's founders and presidents. We hear about this special event - and this
special radio operator - from Paul Braun WD9GCO.
PAUL: Even long after he became legally blind in 2016, Walt Grosser, W2TE,
would still find a ham friend who could bring him to Robert Moses State Park
so he could experiment with his many antennas by the ocean and indulge in
one of his favorite obsessions: dxing. Licensed since November of 1948, Walt
was the son of Raymond Grosser, 3WB, and the father of John Grosser, W2ATE.
He was an avid and proficient CW operator who belonged to the Long Island DX
Association and the Long Island CW Club. Walt loved boating, aviation and
all things Marconi - traveling with his friend Tom, KA2D, to the World
Radiosport Team Championship in Bologna, Italy, to make a kind of pilgrimage
to the radio pioneer's birthplace in 2023.
This past July, at the age of 92, Walt became a Silent Key.
His legacy includes the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club in Babylon, New
York. He was present at its first organizational meeting in the summer of
1974 - months before the club even chose its current name. He eventually
served as the group's second president, succeeding the founding president,
Bob Myers, K2TV. On Saturday, November 9th, Great South Bay members will be
on the HF bands from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time.
Although they will be calling QRZ with the club callsign W2GSB, with every
QSO their thoughts will be of W2TE - a founder and a friend, forever missed.
This is Paul Braun WD9GCO.
(GREAT SOUTH BAY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB; BOB MYERS, K2TV, QRZ.COM)
**
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NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily; Aminhararadio.com; AMSAT
News Service; Bob Myers, K2TV; Datta, VU2DSI; David Behar K7DB; Engadget;
European DX Council; 425DXNews; Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club;
Kathmandu Post; LandelldeMoura.org; Millennium Post; Ofcom; QRZ.com; Radio
World; shortwaveradio.de; the Statesman; and you our listeners, that's all
from the Amateur Radio Newsline. We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio
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at the news desk in New York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp
WB9VPG in Union Kentucky saying 73. As always we thank you for listening.
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