Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Jan 27 2023 11:11:24 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2361, for Friday, January 27th, 2023 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2361, with a release date of Friday, January 27th, 2023 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Innovative antenna technology makes its debut on a student CubeSat. A well-loved radio museum reopens in Ireland - and a radio telescope receives a signal from a record-breaking distance. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2361 comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** TELESCOPE LOGS A RECORD-BREAKING RADIO TRANSMISSION NEIL/ANCHOR: We begin this week's report with a report of a record-breaking signal from a galaxy far, far away. Here's Graham Kemp, VK4BB. GRAHAM: Scientists have captured a faint radio signal from the most distant galaxy yet - a signal they believe created a chance to look back 8.8 billion years in time when the universe was 4.9 billion years old. Arnab Chakraborty, a post-doctoral researcher at McGill University, said the signal was received at a "record-breaking distance." A news release from McGill university said the signal, which was received by the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in India, had a wavelength called the 21 cm line. The researchers credit a naturally occurring phenomenon known as gravitational lensing. When that happens, another galaxy that exists between the radio signal and the telescope bends the signal which magnifies it, enabling the telescope to detect it. Scientist Nirupam Roy at the Indian Institute of Science said this process shows great potential for further study of distant galaxies. This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB. (CBS NEWS, MC GILL UNIVERSITY) ** SILENT KEY: ARRL WESTERN PENNA SECTION TRAFFIC MGR, BOB KETZELL, KB3IN NEIL/ANCHOR: Amateurs in Western Pennsylvania are grieving the loss of a valued friend, mentor, and top traffic handler. For that story, we turn to Kevin Trotman, N5PRE. KEVIN: There was to be a final call and moment of silence for Bob Ketzell, KB3IN, on Friday evening, January 27th, at the start of the Western Pennsylvania Phone Traffic Net on 80 meters. Bob became a Silent Key on Tuesday, January 24th, following a long illness. According to his close friend, Eddie Misiewicz KB3YRU, Bob took great joy handling the daily Radiogram traffic on the National Traffic System in western Pennsylvania, and serving as net control for the Western Pennsylvania Phone Traffic Net. First licensed in 1961 as a junior in high school, Bob most recently had been Western Pennsylvania section traffic manager for the ARRL and the Western Pennsylvania representative for the 3rd Region Net Cycle 2 Traffic Net. A member of the Washington County Amateur Communications Club, he was a former ARES emergency coordinator for Washington County. According to Eddie, Bob was well-known for his generosity as a mentor, having taught traffic-handling and Radiogram classes to fellow amateurs. He was a retired dispatch supervisor for the Washington County Department of Public Safety in Pennsylvania. Eddie said of him: "Our next section traffic manager is going to have big shoes to fill. There will never be another Bob." Bob was 76. (EDDIE MISIEWICZ, K B 3 Y R U) ** HAMS JOIN CELEBRATION OF WORLD RADIO DAY NEIL/ANCHOR: A group of hams in Europe will be joining the on-air festivities in February recognizing the role radio can play as a tool of peace among nations. Andy Morrison, K9AWM, brings us that report. ANDY: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, known as UNESCO, declared World Radio Day to be a celebration of the contributions this communications medium can make towards peace. This year marks the 12th such World Radio Day on the 13th of February. Although there is a separate day set aside to mark World Amateur Radio Day later this spring, hams with the EA Digital Federation are celebrating the medium with several special event stations. Operators plan to be on the air this year with special callsigns between Friday, the 10th and Monday the 13th of the month. The callsigns are AO (A OH) one through nine W-R-D. QSL cards will be available for any single contact and qualify the operator for the Radio Clubs of the World Award, EANET. Meanwhile, on the commercial side of the spectrum in the US, KDKA News Radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is receiving the 2023 World Radio Day Award for US stations, as the country's oldest licensed broadcast station. Previous winners include 1010 WINS (TEN-TEN Wins) in New York City, college radio station WRHU at Hofstra University on Long Island, New York and the first winner, WTOP in Washington, DC. This is Andy Morrison, K9AWM. (UNESCO, EA DIGITAL FEDERATION, WIA) --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (954:895/7) .