Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Nov 11 2022 13:16:04 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2350, for Friday, November 11th, 2022 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2350, with a release date of Friday, November 11th to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Climate change raises ham radio's profile in Mozambique. The transistor celebrates its 75th year -- and a pioneering YL becomes a Silent Key. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2350, comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** CLIMATE CHANGE SPURS MOZAMBIQUE TO FOCUS ON HAM RADIO JIM/ANCHOR: The United Nations Climate Change Conference may be under way in Egypt, but a series of climate talks held earlier among African nations has already made a big difference - a difference that lands amateur radio in a more prominent role as climate grows ever more unpredictable. Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, brings us up to date. JASON: The climate talks that took place among African nations earlier this year in Mozambique have paved the way to something unprecedented in that nation: Mozambique's first ham radio station earmarked specifically for disaster response. Following several seasons of deadly winds and floods battering the country, its leaders are now giving highest priority to formalizing disaster-risk reduction measures such as this. The need for resilient telecommunications is at the top of the list. A prototype emergency ham radio station has been launched in the capital city of Maputo, set up by the National Institute of Communications, or INCM. The station has the support of the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster, the World Food Programme's Technology division in Mozambique and the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction. There are plans to add stations in Tete (tay tay), Niassa (Nee Ossa), Pemba and other provinces. Sudhir Kumar, the telecommunications cluster's preparedness officer, told the Mirage News: [quote] "Together, we assessed the needs and drafted a national action plan for telecommunications preparedness in Mozambique." A dozen radio operators have been trained as hams and have received licenses. Radio operators throughout the country are also being encouraged to participate. Kumar said that additional volunteers are likely to come from the young people who comprise more than half Mozambique's population. A workshop is planned soon at a major communications technology institute in Maputo. This is Jason Daniels, VK2LAW. (MIRAGE NEWS) ** SILENT KEY: ELLEN WHITE, W1YL, PIONEERING YL JIM/ANCHOR: The worldwide ham community, and most especially those in the Connecticut offices of the ARRL are mourning the loss of an amateur radio leader. We hear more about her from Kevin Trotman, N5PRE. KEVIN: Ellen White, W1YL, spent more than three-quarters of her life involved in amateur radio and was known the world over for her expertise and advocacy. Ellen became a Silent Key in Florida on Sunday, November 6th. The ARRL posted an obituary on its website, noting that Ellen's 25 years with the league included her stint as deputy communications manager and later, editor of the column, "How's DX," for QST, the league's magazine. She had been a ham since 1946 and over the years. she became a well-known presence globally. In 2019, she received the Russian E.T. Krenkel Medal, an honor bestowed upon groups and individuals who have contributed much to amateur radio. She had been a broadcast station engineer by profession and as an amateur, she developed a fondness for contests. The Florida Contest Group considered her its "founding grandmother," and she is pictured on its home page beside her fellow club members. Ellen was 95. This is Kevin Trotman, N5PRE. (ARRL) ** TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT TRANSISTORS AFTER 75 YEARS JIM/ANCHOR: Unless you're a boat anchor enthusiast, chances are you owe a lot of your amateur radio success to the transistors that are the heart and soul of your rig and other station equipment. The IEEE's (Eye Triple E's) Electron Devices Society has set aside much of the coming year to mark the transistor's 75th anniversary. Kent Peterson, KC0DGY, tells us what's in store. KENT: Considered by many to be the foundation of the electronics industry, the transistor was created at Bell Labs in New Jersey in 1947, sidelining vacuum tubes for most users of electronics. Its development garnered the 1956 Nobel Prize in physics for the trio who created it and now, so many years later, its recognition is taking on new life, starting next month. The IEEE's Electron Devices Society will be holding a series of meetings and conferences into 2023, devoted to the transistor and so many of the devices it inspired and made possible. The first program is the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting to be held on December 3rd through the 7th in San Francisco. There will also be plenty of written material to read about the transistor in the coming year. Society members are writing a book about how it was developed and the EDS newsletter and IEEE Spectrum will be publishing technical articles about the transistor in the months ahead. This is Kent Peterson, KC0DGY. (IEEE) --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (954:895/7) .