Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 10 2021 01:21:32

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Dani, EA4ATI, can be heard from Dakar in Senegal on 80 
through 10 metres as 6W1TG. Send QSLs to EA4R. Dani's plan is to upload 
his log to LoTW and eQSL.
 
In Lesotho, Chris, ZS1CDG, plans to be on the air as 7P8GOZ between 
December 20th and 26th. He will be operating holiday style on 40, 20, 15 
and 10 metres using FT8 and a long wire. Send QSLs via his home call or 
LoTW.
 
Mario, IZ3KVD, is in Zambia using the callsign 9J2MYT. He will be there in 
Lusaka until June of 2022. Listen for him on SSB on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 
meters. Send QSLs via IZ3KVD direct only. Reply QSL cards will be printed 
after he has returned to Italy.
 
We also have an update from the Rebel DX Group about their Bouvet Island 
Three Y Zero Eye (3Y0I) DXpedition which was to begin this month. The team 
said that with borders open again in Fiji, they can leave and are 
monitoring the access situation in South Africa closely, in order to plan 
their departure from Cape Town to Bouvet soon.
 
(OHIO PENN DX)

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KICKER: GOING UP - VERY HIGH UP - FOR ANTENNA WORK 

PAUL/ANCHOR: Finally, we all know it's a little more challenging doing 
antenna work during the winter months but what if your antenna work is 
being done in space where you have the added risk of dodging debris? Jack 
Parker, W8ISH, tells us exactly what happens - in fact, what DID happen.

JACK: The communications antenna on the ISS needed swapping-out and who 
better than astronauts Thomas Marshburn, KE5HOC, and Kayla Barron, KI5LAL,
to tackle the task? The pair were originally supposed to make the switch 
during a spacewalk scheduled for late November but reports of space debris 
caused NASA to bump the action out to Thursday, December 2nd instead. With 
NASA Television capturing the moment, the hams ventured out to replace a 
faulty antenna system located on the station's truss structure. According 
to the NASA website, the replacement antenna was needed to help retain 
communications redundancy, something that was in question recently after 
the faulty antenna lost its ability to send signals to mission control 
through NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.

A video of your own antenna work may not be quite as exciting as this but 
if you want to watch Thomas and Kayla tackle the task, you can see it all 
on YouTube. A link to the video appears in the text version of this week's 
newscast at arnewsline.org

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jack Parker, W8ISH.

[FOR PRINT, DO NOT READ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScAtmwgIXwU]

(NASA, YOUTUBE)

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saying 73. As always, we thank you for listening.

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