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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jul 15 2021 20:49:10

RESEARCHERS STUDY PIEZOELECTRICITY AS BATTERY REPLACEMENT

JIM/ANCHOR: Imagine powering your own portable station simply by 
using your body instead of a battery: Graham Kemp, VK4BB, tells us 
about some research in Israel that makes that sound more real than 
you may think:

GRAHAM: Researchers call it piezoelectricity (pee-eight-zoh 
electricity) and it's been around for a while. The accumulation of 
electrical charges from solid materials is actually not a new 
concept, at least in the lab. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University 
believe this nanotechnology will one day be able to power medical 
devices, such as pacemakers, by transforming the body's mechanical 
movements into electricity. That's because they have discovered a 
way to do this using materials that are nontoxic, making them safe 
for implantation into the body.

The research was published recently in the journal Nature Communications.
Now the time has come for this to be tried out on humans. The lead
researcher, Professor Ehud (Ay-WHOOD) Gazit (Gah-Zeet) said the practical
applications extend beyond medicine. He said the device could also power
street lights simply by being placed on the road to capture energy from
tire movement.

We hams, of course, will be watching and waiting for the results of 
this new development in green energy. For those of us who operate 
portable or mobile, it certainly puts all kinds of possibilities for 
power in motion.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(TIMES OF ISRAEL)

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SUMMER AM QSO PARTY ATTRACTS EUROPEAN AMATEURS

JIM/ANCHOR: In Europe, it's all about amplitude modulation for some 
amateurs. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, tells us about an event celebrating 
this respected mode.

JEREMY: The Amplitude Modulation Amateur Radio Society is a newly 
formed group but the mode it celebrates has been around for quite 
some time: It's the original voice mode on the amateur bands. The 
society is joining with AM Amateur Radio Europe to host the summer 
AM QSO Party, which is happening from the 16th to the 18th of July.

The AM QSO Party organisers said on their website that although this 
is not a contest, there will be certificates awarded for points 
earned. The main purpose of the event is to encourage QSOs and 
conversation. Hams are expected to be operating on the AM portions 
of 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 12 and 10 metres.

A hopeful sentiment on the website adds: [quote] "Fingers crossed 
that propagation allows us to use the higher bands for longer 
distance QSOs around Europe and even further afield!" [endquote]

Details can be found on Facebook by searching for "AM Amateur Radio 
Europe."

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

(AM AMATEUR RADIO EUROPE)

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FINNISH AMATEUR RADIO LEAGUE HOLDS CENTENNIAL SPECIAL EVENT

JIM/ANCHOR: When you're a ham with something big to celebrate, there's
only one right way to start the festivities: Turn on the rig, and get
on the air. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, introduces us to some hams in Finland
who are doing just that.

ED: Hams in Finland have two reasons to celebrate: Not only is the 
Finnish Amateur Radio League SRAL halfway through marking its 
centennial year but COVID-19 domestic restrictions have been relaxed 
throughout the country. In an organised event lasting through to the 
end of this year, hams are activating in a number of amateur radio 
carnivals. Turning the HF bands into one massive party. The callsigns
include OF2HQ and OFzeroHQ, which are being used by a dozen hams on
both CW and SSB. OFzeroHQ is being operated from the Aland Islands
archipelago where three HF superstations are located.

Other call signs taking part are OH100SRAL - the official SRAL 
centennial jubilee station - and OH2A, the SRAL headquarters station 
in Helsinki. The Finnish Signal Corps will be using the callsign 
Oeye3AX. Carnival contact logs should be sent to of9x at sral dot fi 
(of9x@sral.fi) in January 2022.

There's a touch of the Christmas spirit in this celebration by the 
way: Santa Claus himself will be signing the OH-NL-100 certificate 
given to hams who score 1,000 points. The top-ten continental 
highest scorers can also count on Santa's signature. The Finnish 
call sign OF9X has traditionally been the Santa Claus call used 
during the holiday season.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.
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