Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Jan 12 2023 20:39:28 ARDC HOLDING COMMUNITY MEETING ON JAN. 21 DON: Amateur Radio Digital Communications invites everyone to its next community meeting, which is being held on the Zoom platform on Saturday, January 21st. Attendees will meet the new advisory committee members, learn about grants given in 2022 and hear about the recently concluded 44Net Assessment. To attend, you must register. See the link in the text version of this week's Newsline script for the registration link. [DO NOT READ: www.ampr.org/community-meeting-registration/ ] (ARDC) ** INTERNATIONAL ATTENDANCE AT HAM RADIO UNIVERSITY DON/ANCHOR: The popular annual event known as Ham Radio University returned this year as an online event and attracted international attendance. Paul Braun, WD9GCO, has the wrap-up on that. PAUL: Saturday, January 7th, was a back-to-school day for more than 1,000 radio amateurs who signed up for a seat in the virtual classrooms of Ham Radio University. The day of education and fellowship marked the third time this event has been held online since the first one was held on Long Island, New York 23 years ago. The fact that it was held in a virtual space meant it could open its doors to visitors beyond the New York metropolitan area and welcome amateurs from Bulgaria, Germany, Lebanon, Greece, Thailand and Korea as well as many other nations. Organizers said that in all, 1,662 hams registered and of those, 1,082 attended the free event, taking advantage of the various forums, which included Software Defined Radios, Parks on the Air, grounding in the ham shack and the role of Raspberry Pi Computers in amateur radio. Did you miss a forum or perhaps you weren't available to attend at all? This year's presentations were recorded and will soon be available for viewing on Ham Radio University's YouTube Channel. Meanwhile, the hard work has already begun on next year's event, which organizers hope will be available as a combination of virtual and in-person classes. This is Paul Braun, WD9GCO. (DIANE ORTIZ, K2DO, TOM CARRUBBA KA2D) ** POTA REPORTS A ROBUST YEAR FOR 2022 ACTIVATORS DON/ANCHOR: Parks on the Air administrators have spent the past few days tallying up activator totals for 2022. Matt Heere, N3NWV, is here to share the final numbers. MATT: Howdy, POTA Folks, I'm Matt, N3NWV, and this is the December 2022 monthly POTA update which is our 2022 year-end wrap-up so instead of December statistics let's talk about how 2022 stacked up against 2021. In terms of total activations there were 141,477. That's 195 percent increase over the previous year. Seven thousand one hundred eighty-seven activators participated in these activations, which is 171 percent increase over 2021. In total, 14818 parks were activated, a 134 percent increase over 2021. These parks are spread out across 72 DXCC entities, a 147 percent increase over 2021. And drum roll please; we logged over 6.26 million QSOs in 2022. That's a 220 percent increase, more than double what we logged in 2021. And as you might expect with the maturity of the POTA program a lot of the growth is happening outside of the United States. In IARU Region 1 we had 5,940 activations. That's a 418 percent increase over 2021. Fantastic numbers for Region 2 outside of the Continental US as well. Eleven thousand six hundred thirty activations represents a 267 percent increase over 2021. Last, but by no means least, Region 3's 8,780 QSOs represents a 283 percent increase over 2021. (POTA) ** KING'S CORONATION INSPIRES OPERATOR AWARD IN BRITAIN DON/ANCHOR: Amateur radio operators in the UK have become very involved in planning for the coronation of the next king. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, tells us about one award group that has launched an event that continues right through to the end of the year. JEREMY: The Coronation of King Charles III in Westminster Abbey in May has inspired the Worked All Britain awards group to create a year-long event honoring the new monarch of the United Kingdom and her Commonwealth realms. The King Charles III Coronation Award is open to any amateur radio operator who is able to log contacts within the various geographical squares inside the UK throughout 2023. Hams may operate on all licenced frequencies and modes, to qualify. According to the group's website, the initial certificate will be awarded for 10 points. There are endorsements for each 10 after that. Finally, each multiple of 100 points earns the operator a new certificate and a trophy. Details about the scoring methods are available on the website at the address that appears in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. [DO NOT READ: http://wab.intermip.net/Coronation%20Award.php ] (WORKED ALL BRITAIN) --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (954:895/7) .