Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Sep 09 2021 21:27:56

AUSTRALIAN HAM CLUB INVITES THE WORLD

DON/ANCHOR: There's something for everyone in a new Special Interest 
Group that's about to begin meeting up in Sydney, Australia. Best of 
all, you don't even have to be in Australia to attend, as Graham 
Kemp, VK4BB, tells us.

GRAHAM: The Bendigo Amateur Radio & Electronics Club is inviting you 
all to Australia. The occasion is the startup of the club's Special 
Interest Group Session, or SIGS. The first one is set for Friday, 
September 17th at 7:30 p.m. local time. The location is club 
headquarters in Bendigo East Hall in Bendigo but don't let the small 
obstacle of an ocean or two prevent you from being a part of it: the 
club is opening the session to attendees everywhere, via Zoom and 
every radio club is encouraged to participate. According to an email 
from Graeme Knight, VK3GRK, these sessions are being held on 
weekends at BAREC headquarters and will cover a variety of topics, 
led by club members with expertise in those areas. They will cover 
such topics as CW, JS8Call, WinLink, mentoring and an introduction 
to amateur radio.

The Zoom details can be found in the script for this week's newscast 
at arnewsline.org. 

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

[FOR PRINT ONLY, do not read: Meeting ID: 870 7458 1685
Passcode: 749704]

Link to meeting is
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87074581685?pwd=aXdrQ2l4eXlCdzdJOVRoOVdWQmtDdz09

(BAREC)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, special event stations ED3SDC, EG1SDC through 
EG8SDC, and EH1SDC through EH8SDC are on the air from Spain until 
the 12th of September. The stations are commemorating the Asturias 
Day Festival and its patron saint, Santina de Covadonga. Send QSLs 
to EA1AUM, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or eQSL. There are also 
downloadable certificates. For more details visit QRZ.com.

Be listening for Mark, W5MED, who is at McMurdo Station on Ross 
Island in Antarctica, AN-011, until October. Mark can be heard on 
the air on 14.243 MHz SSB and 14.070 MHz FT8. Send QSLs direct to 
K7MT, and Logbook of The World.

If you're planning to work any amateurs from Belgium, be listening 
for the special prefix OS being used through the 12th of December. 
The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications has 
given permission for the substitution of the usual ON prefix to mark 
the 120th anniversary of the first transatlantic radio transmission 
by Guglielo Marconi.

(RSGB, OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: BROADBAND FOR THE BIRDS?

DON/ANCHOR: Our final story is transmitted signals, pigeons and a 
bit of a flap that has nothing to do with those feathered wings. 
Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, flutters in on a wing and a prayer with all those 
details.

NEIL: Satellite enthusiasts are known to call their passion "working 
the birds." Who doesn't love the thrill of bouncing signals from on 
high with a little help from some ham-friendly tech in the sky? But 
not all birds, apparently, are friendly to radio signals. In this 
case, we mean the feathered kind of birds which are being eyed for 
possible disruption of a satellite broadband service. Call it 
suspected RFI - for Ruffled Feather Interference. Pigeons, it seems, 
may be a source of trouble for at least one man who is beta-testing 
Elon Musk's Starlink service in the UK. Signals from the low-earth-
orbit satellite system are sent to small rooftop receiving dishes 
that could appear to be a birdbath in need of refilling — that is, 
if you happen to be a thirsty bird. Alan Woodward, a professor at 
the University of Surrey, told the BBC in a recent report that he 
blames roosting pigeons for his intermittent lack of reception. The 
BBC interviewed an unnamed expert who said the presence of pigeons 
could impact service but the BBC had no comment from Starlink 
itself. One thing is certain, however: satellites most definitely 
benefit from line of sight, not line of flight.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.

(BBC)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Alan Thompson, W6WN; AMSAT; Appalachian Trail on the 
Air; the ARRL; BAREC; BBC Sounds; CQ Magazine; David Behar K7DB; 
Daily DX; FCC.Gov; Helvetia Telegraphy Club; Ohio Penn DX; QRZ.com; 
Radio Society of Great Britain; the SOTA Reflector; Southgate 
Amateur Radio News; shortwaveradio.de; Spacenews; Ted Randall's QSO 
Radio Show; Twitter; WTWW Shortwave; the YL Beam; and you our 
listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. 

You can write to us at newsline@arnewsline.org. For more information 
or to support us visit our official website at arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New 
York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, in 
Picayune, Mississippi, saying 73. As always, we thank you for 
listening.

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