Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Jul 27 2023 18:37:08 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2387, for Friday, July 28th, 2023 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2387, with a release date of Friday, July 28th, 2023, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Hams call QRZ to help a flood-damaged region of Italy. Dangerous conditions cancel a second activation on Rockall -- and a successful orbit for CubeSATS from the Philippines. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2387 comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** CALLING QRZ TO RESTORE FLOOD-DAMAGED EMILIA-ROMAGNA STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Italy's flood-devastated region of Emilia-Romagna faces a long period of reconstruction and hams are involved in providing their own kind of support. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, brings us the details. JEREMY: Although some hams may be more familiar with the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy as the host of the recent World Radiosport Team Championship, it is actually now in the amateur radio spotlight for another reason. Remember the callsign 1A0C (One Ay Zero C). Hams will be calling QRZ until the 2nd of August to focus attention on the charitable work being done there by the Italian Relief Corps of the Order of Malta, focusing on the badly damaged Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The historic deadly floods in May displaced thousands of families, destroyed communities and threatened to wreck many local industries. A multinational team of amateurs will be on the air from the radio station at the Magistral Villa on the Aventine Hill. The Order of Malta's humanitarian projects are known throughout the world, assisting 120 nations with medical, social and humanitarian needs. The operators include Fernando EA5C, Simone IK5RUN, Jun JH4RHF, Dmitry RA9USU and others. At the time Newsline was being produced, the team's website was under construction. Visit the QRZ.com page of 1A0C for updates. This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. (425 DX BULLETIN, QRZ, ORDER OF MALTA) ** A TRIBUTE TO BELOVED SOTA SILENT KEY STEPHEN/ANCHOR: SOTA activators are planning an international tribute to recall the treasured friendship of a ham who became a Silent Key last year. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, gives us the details. ED: From his shack in Poland, Jarek SP9MA, is leading the way among his fellow SOTA supporters. He has issued a call to all friends of the beloved ham known as Guru who became a Silent Key in March of 2022. Jarek wrote on the SOTA reflector that he will begin using the callsign SP59GURU on January 11th of next year, which would have been Guru's 59th birthday. The callsign will remain active through to March 11th, the anniversary of his death. The loss of Jose-Antonio Gurutzarri Jauregi EA2IF to cancer rocked the SOTA community last year, most especially in Europe, where his commitment to radio on the summits began in his native Spain in 2013. Jarek has put out a call to SOTA activators worldwide to join him in this special event activation and to start making plans now, well in advance of January. Though there will be no diplomas or awards for QSOs, Jarek believes the contact itself will provide a memorable moment. In that way, Guru, who left his mark also as a top contester and CW operator, will get another moment with his SOTA brothers and sisters. Or, as Jarek wrote on the SOTA reflector: [quote] "I just think that as many hearts as possible would connect with the Guru at that time." [endquote] This is Ed Durrant, DD5LP. (SOTA REFLECTOR) ** DANGEROUS CONDITIONS CANCEL REPEAT ROCKALL ACTIVATION STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Radios and other equipment remain on Rockall Island, where a second attempted activation has failed. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, brings us up to date. JEREMY: A second - and very brief - activation of the remote granite islet known as Rockall was called off after hazardous conditions in the North Atlantic had forced the team to return to the mainland. Cam Cameron, Emil Bergmann, DL8JJ, and Nobby, G0VJG, set sail on the 16th of July, only to turn back three days later after making several passes at Rockall. The hams were hoping to have a second activation - three hours of CW and SSB - during their return trip. The trio was traveling to recover radio equipment left there during the June activation of MM0UKI. Emil and Nobby had called QRZ for several days before their departure, leaving Cam on Rockall. In a challenge to benefit charity, Cam was hoping to break the previous 45-day stay record set in 2014. He had called for rescue in late June after 32 days of exhaustion and hypothermia. Describing the team's failed attempt to return, Emil wrote on the Rockall DXpedition's Facebook page: [quote] "Nature has said NO. We reach[ed] the Rockall without difficulty, but the waves [were] extremely high. That's the way of life." [endquote] Don't be discouraged: The team plans another recovery attempt. This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. (FACEBOOK, DX-WORLD.NET) --- SBBSecho 3.20-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (954:895/7) .