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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Oct 28 2022 02:08:58

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2348, for Friday, October 28th, 2022

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2348, with a release date of 
Friday, October 28th, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Hams respond as a cyclone ravages parts of 
Bangladesh. An Australian club revives a flood aid program -- and 
Silent Keys get a tribute event courtesy of amateurs in Poland. All 
this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2348, comes 
your way right now.

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DEADLY CYCLONE SLAMS BANGLADESH

PAUL/ANCHOR: We begin this week with a developing story. As Newsline
went to production, a deadly cyclone had enveloped parts of Bangladesh
where the death toll continued to rise, according to reports from
Reuters and other news sources. Mass evacuations preceded the arrival
of Cyclone Sitrang and while there are not yet any published reports
offering details of amateur radio assistance, Newsline learned
informally that some stations in the country were attempting to help
via VHF radio, as power was lost. At production time, Newsline was
still awaiting details from the IARU and other organizations. We hope
to have more details in our next newscast about the cyclone response.

(REUTERS, AMBARISH NAG BISWAS, VU2JFA)

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AUSTRALIAN HAM CLUB REVIVES AID FUND

PAUL/ANCHOR: As devastating flood conditions persist in parts of 
Australia, particularly Victoria and much of New South Wales, one 
amateur radio club is reviving an outreach initiative begun during 
floods that hit at the start of this year. Graham Kemp, VK4BB,
tells us about the effort. 

GRAHAM: The North East Victoria Amateur Radio Club, which responded 
with financial support when historic floods ravaged so many towns 
earlier this year, has revived its funding initiative as parts of 
Victoria and New South Wales battle new flood conditions. Begun in 
early 2022 as the brainchild of committee members Gary Reeve, VK2XF,
and Matt Bilston VK3VS, this emergency-response effort shows that
not all amateur assistance is necessarily accomplished with radios
alone.

Club secretary Frank Scott, VK2BFC, told Newsline that the earlier 
initiative began with $2,000 from the club and quickly grew to more 
than $3,000 with donations from inidividual amateurs and other 
clubs. As before, the club is asking members of the community who 
have had losses in the current flooding to apply to the club for an 
e-gift card that can be taken to supermarkets or other retail 
outlets to replace some of what was lost. Community members are 
being encouraged to apply for the cards, which are valued at an 
average of $100.

He said that the club is also prepared to work directly with hams 
who lost equipment or towers in the flood to help them replace what 
is needed and re-establish their stations. Because many hams also 
belong to the local emergency services, the club saw this as an 
extension of its public service mission.

Frank said that after seeing the destruction from the latest wave 
of flood water, club members decided that the most appropriate 
response was to conduct the assistance programme once again.

He told Newsline, "As we say  'When floods happen, we rise above 
them as a ham community.'"

This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(WIA, FRANK SCOTT VK2BFC)

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LATEST HAARP EXPERIMENT TO INCORPORATE HAMS' INPUT

PAUL/ANCHOR: Researchers in Alaska will soon be sifting through the 
results of some major atmospheric experiments - ones that included 
input from hams around the world. Sel Embee, KB3TZD, brings us 
those details.

SEL: Following an intense 10-day period of experiments that were to 
be concluded by Friday, October 28th, scientists at the High-
frequency Active Auroral Research Program plan to be studying their 
results along with observations from participating amateur radio 
operators.

Hams had been invited to monitor daily transmissions that included 
HF ocean scatter, interactions between satellites and the 
ionosphere, moon bounce and an unprecedented attempt to bounce a 
signal off of Jupiter. The scientists were also exploring possible 
reasons behind the airglow phenomenon known as Strong Thermal 
Emission Velocity Enhancement, or by the acronym STEVE, and testing 
whether radio transmissions could be used to measure the interiors 
of near-Earth asteroids.

The program manager, Jessica Matthews, called the research the most 
diverse to ever take place at the Alaska facility and contained the 
highest number of experiments to date. She said researchers were 
relying on citizen scientists around the world. The research was 
funded by a $9.3-million grant from the National Science 
Foundation.

Participating hams were able to file their reports electronically 
to the lab, making them eligible for QSL cards.

This is Sel Embee, K-B-3-T-Zed-D.

(ALASKA NATIVE NEWS, HF UNDERGROUND)
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