Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Dec 30 2022 06:10:42 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2357 for Friday, December 30th, 2022 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2357, with a release date of Friday, December 30th, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Hams in Switzerland get use of the 4m band. Amateur ranks grow on Prince Edward Island, Canada -- and get ready to jump into the DX Ultra-Marathon. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2357, comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** SWISS AMATEURS GRANTED ACCESS TO 4M BAND STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We begin this week with good news for the new year. Starting on the first of January, hams in Switzerland will be allowed to operate on the 4m band using all commonplace simplex modes. The Swiss amateur radio association USKA reported recently that their communications authorities have granted approval to hams holding HB9 licenses for a maximum operating power of 25 watts ERP. Hams may operate only on freqencies between 70 MHz and 70.0375 MHz. They also have permission for the range between 70.1125 and 70.5000MHz. Relays and Echolink gateways will not be permitted on the band, and any stations being operated via remote-control must get permission from the Regulator, OFCOM-CH. (DARC, FEDERAL NETWORK AGENCY) ** TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATIONS RENEWED IN GERMANY STEPHEN/ANCHOR: There is also good news for hams in Germany as temporary authorisations for certain bands have been renewed for another year. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has the details. JEREMY: In Germany, the Federal Network Agency, BNetZA, has extended temporary allocations for amateur operation in part of the160 metre, the 6 and 4 metre and 13 and 6 centimetre bands. These permissions were to have expired at the end of this year, but are now granted anew until the 31st of December 2023. According to a Google translation of the announcement in the agency Gazette, 6 m band operation is allowed in the 50 to 50.4 MHz frequency range. Class A licence holders may use a maximum of 750 watts PEP and Class E licence holders can transmit with a maximum of 100 W PEP with operation only permitted using horizontal polarisation. For the frequency range between 50.4 and 52 MHz, only 25 watts PEP is allowed, but contest operation is permitted. On the 4m band, operation is granted up to 25w ERP using horizontal polarisation by Class A licence holders and on frequencies between 70.150 and 70.210 MHz. At the top end of 160 metres, Class both A and E licence holders may use their permitted maximum transmission power, operating at weekends within the frequencies 1.85 and 2.00 MHz. Contest operation on 160m is only allowed on these frequencies and at the weekend. Finally, holders of licence Class E are given access to the 13 and 6 cm bands, from 2320 to 2450 MHz and 5650 to 5850 MHz with a maximum power of 5 W PEP so that they can take part in the Hamnet Mesh data network This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. (FEDERAL NETWORK AGENCY) ** HAM RANKS INCREASE ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AFTER STORMS STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In one Canadian province, hams have noticed that the aftereffects of the past storm season haven't all been bad. Sel Embee, K B 3 T Zed D, is here to tell us about one big change for the better. SEL: There are a lot of happy radio operators on Prince Edward Island lately. Hams in this province of Atlantic Canada have discovered their ranks are growing. According to a report by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, tropical storm Fiona and the COVID-19 pandemic have created an environment that has led island residents to discover the appeal of radio communications. Prince Edward Island, also known among island chasers as IOTA Number NA-029, has become a place to nurture new amateurs, according to members of the Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club. The club's president, Bill McMaster, VY2WM, told the CBC that the group's membership has grown especially after amateur radio's profile grew during tropical storm Fiona this past September. At the time of the storm, local operators were helping with emergency response through the CANWARN emergency communications network, joining the ongoing nets, providing status reports and weather updates. Organizers told the CBC that the hams on the island expect to have another training program for license candidates by springtime. This is Sel Embee, KB3TZD. (CBC) --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (954:895/7) .