Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Mar 31 2023 04:47:16 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2370 for Friday, March 31st, 2023 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2370, with a release date of Friday, March 31st, 2023, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Hams step up for storms in the US Southeast. The first 3-D printed rocket crashes after launch -- and our once-a-year correspondent, Piere Pullinmyleg, has some news about Bouvet Island. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2370, comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** HAMS STEP UP IN SOUTHEASTERN US STORMS STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We begin this week with the deadly storms and tornadoes that pounded southeastern states in the US. Randy Sly, W4XJ, tells us that If hams could get to their radios, they did. Here's his report. RANDY: At least 26 people have died in the wake of powerful storms and tornadoes that swept through the southeastern United States on Friday evening, March 24. Mississippi was hardest hit, as an EF-4 tornado carved a 100-mile path of deadly destruction, leaving the towns of Rolling Fork and Silver City in ruins, along with several others. Robert Hayes, KC5IMN, Amateur Radio Emergency Service section emergency coordinator for Mississippi, told Amateur Radio Newsline that the Jackson Amateur Radio club activated a SKYWARN net early in the afternoon as did the Central Mississippi ARES Group with their linked repeaters covering the periphery of the Jackson metro area. In addition, Vicksburg/Warren County ARES was also up and running, as were several non-ARES affiliated nets across the state. He summarized the weather event by saying that after the initial reports of the three major impacts, almost every operator who could get on the air was on the air if they were in a coverage area. Hayes noted that just prior to the storm, the section was about to initiate a request from the three NWS offices that cover the state to talk about SKYWARN requirements and standards in order to be more effective as spotters. This storm, he believes, provides even greater motivation to accomplish this. This is Randy Sly, W4XJ. (AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE) ** FIRST 3D-PRINTED ROCKET CRASHES AFTER BRIEF FLIGHT STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The launch of the first 3-D printed rocket didn't result in the successful flight that was envisioned by the company that created it but they are still encouraged. Paul Braun, WD9GCO, has those details. PAUL: When the first rocket to be created by 3D printing lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 22nd, it was a successful launch, but a failed flight. The creators of Terran 1, however, are encouraged by the late March blastoff, which was intended to send the rocket 200 kilometers, or 125 miles, into orbit for a few days. The California company known as Relativity Space had printed 85 percent of the rocket's metal components, including its engines, as a means of making the costs of space travel less prohibitive. After three minutes of flight, however, the uncrewed Terran 1 crashed into the ocean after one of its nine engines appeared to lose ignition. In an interview with National Public Radio conducted prior to the launch, the company's CEO, Tim Ellis, had said that he would still consider the mission a success if the rocket were simply capable of surviving the rigors of a launch. A company executive said during the launch webcast that she believed enough data had been gathered to demonstrate that 3D- printed rockets can be viable in space. According to the NPR report, yet another rocket is already in the design stages for launch next year and the company ultimately hopes to create a rocket in which 95 percent of its parts are created through 3D printing. The startup venture has entered the market, hoping to be able to help send even more satellites into orbit around the Earth. This is Paul Braun, WD9GCO. (SPACE.COM, NPR) ** CYCLONE DRILL PREPARES INDIAN HAMS FOR THE WORST STEPHEN/ANCHOR: It's not yet cyclone season in India, but for amateurs on the east coast of that nation, it's always a good season to be prepared. As you'll hear in this story from Graham Kemp, VK4BB, the West Bengal Radio Club was prepared. GRAHAM: The tropical cyclones that have struck eastern India over the years have been deadly. However, none of those cyclones could compare to the one that hams responded to on March 23rd in the state of West Bengal. This was a mock cyclone and so at 9 'clock that morning, when the region went into high alert, and hams responded, it was only a drill. The drill had been organised by the National Disaster Management Agency, and arranged by the government of West Bengal's Disaster Management Department. The club station quickly established communications throughout the villages and 25 licenced hams from the club kept the lines of communication open. This kind of readiness remains critical in India but especially in the eastern coastal area, where states like West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Odisha, feel the brunt of the damage, and share the difficult cyclone season with nearby Bangladesh. This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB. (WEST BENGAL RADIO CLUB, AMBARISH NAG BISWAS, VU2JFA) --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (954:895/7) .