Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Sep 24 2020 22:27:18 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2239, for Friday, September 25, 2020 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2239 with a release date of Friday, September 25, 2020, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Hara Arena is coming down. Disaster- preparedness goes global - and a popular ham shack for visitors to Sweden is closing. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2239, comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** DEMOLITION SET FOR HARA ARENA NEIL/ANCHOR: We begin this week with the end of an era - and the planned demolition of a Dayton, Ohio building that since 1964, symbolized one of amateur radio's biggest international gatherings. Hara Arena, already deteriorating by the time it was left damaged by tornadoes in May of 2019, had been home to Dayton Hamvention until 2017 when it was moved to the Greene County Fairgrounds in nearby Xenia, Ohio. The arena property will also be rezoned to allow for manufacturing and distribution use once the legendary building has been taken down. (WHIO) ** GLOBAL EMERGENCY-PREP PROGRAM SEEKING HAMS NEIL/ANCHOR: A global emergency-preparedness initiative is under way and has put a call out to ham radio operators. They're being asked to assist with preparedness and safe response and educating the next generation. Christian Cudnik, K0STH, has that story. CHRISTIAN: The most effective disaster plans involve training tomorrow's EmComm operators and according to Gregory Lee, KI6GIG, hams, more than anyone, can take an active role in this while helping communities respond to so-called geo-hazards. Greg says hams can educate the very youngest students, right up to those of college age, on the geography and hazards of their region. The basis of this education is his free downloadable article, "Are You Living in a Potential Disaster Zone?" Newsline has a link to the article in the printed version of this week's script at arnewsline.org Hams should also become aware of whether their country is a signatory on the United Nations Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and engage teachers in awareness of this formalized global response. Greg said that COVID-19 should not get in the way of this kind of training. He said the Amateur Radio Society of Bangladesh recently asked him to assist with development of a national EmComm network, and he was able to do a presentation to them in Dhaka from his QTH in Arizona. He told Newsline that in the schools, preparedness studies can complement class lessons as students learn how math, science, and other disciplines play into weather forecasting, radio science and effective communication. He encourages interested hams to write him at g e c o r a d i o at gmail dot com (gecoradio@gmail.com) For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Christian Cudnik, K0STH. (GREGORY LEE KI6GIG) [PRINT ONLY: https://vocal.media/wander/are-you-living-in-a- potential-disaster-zone] (above URL all on one line) NEIL/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, hams in Austria are preparing for a nationwide off-the-grid exercise to be held on October 3rd. The annual drill will begin, as always, with the sounding of the emergency sirens. Hams will be putting their emergency communications readiness to the test and will be joined by members of the military, public broadcasters, the Red Cross and energy suppliers. ** HOLDING OUT HOPE FOR 'SUPERBATTERY' NEIL/ANCHOR: Do you believe in superheroes? Well, the next big thing might just be a superhero among batteries. At least that's what scientists are hoping. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, has that story. ED: A German research university is working with an ultracapacitor specialist in Estonia to develop what scientists are calling a groundbreaking graphene battery. They're calling it the SuperBattery. While it is not energy-dense enough to be a replacement for lithium- ion batteries, it is being eyed for complementary use. Skeleton Technologies in Estonia and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany say the battery will have a charge time of 15 seconds, with hundreds of thousands of charging cycles. The rapid charging time is being attributed to the battery's use of Skeleton’s patented Curved Graphene carbon material. For Amateur Radio Newsline, this is Ed Durrant, DD5LP. (INSIDE EVS) --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (454:1/33) .