Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Oct 15 2020 22:52:30

HISTORIC TRANSMITTER TO MARK UNITED NATIONS DAY

PAUL/ANCHOR: If you're interested in history, you might want to tune in to 
17.2 kHz a little later this month. There's a special international 
message headed your way from Sweden. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, picks up the story 
from here.

ED: If you're capable of receiving 17.2 kHz and you know CW, there's a 
message waiting for you on October 24th. It's being transmitted from the 
Alexanderson Alternator SAQ in Grimeton, Sweden and it's being sent in 
honour of United Nations Day. UN Day marks the creation in 1945 of this 
international body to promote world peace.

The very low frequency transmitter is far older than the UN. It was built 
starting in 1922 and is the last surviving example of Anderson Alternator 
technology that works. The transmitted message will begin at 1500 UTC. QSL 
reports can be made online using a form that will be open from October 
24th until November 6th.

Meanwhile, if you'd rather make contact on the HF bands, listen for 
amateur radio station SK6SAQ which will be on the air sending CW on 7.035 
MHz and 14.035 MHz. Of course if you don't know CW you can make contact on 
SSB on 3.755 MHz. QSLs can be sent via email to info at alexander dot n 
dot se (info@alexander.n.se), via the bureau or by mail to the address on 
their QRZ page.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(SOUTHGATE)

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BREAK HERE: 

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline 
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the WR6AAC repeater 
in Lake Forest, California, on Tuesdays at 6:45 p.m. local time.

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HAMS IN AUSTRALIA MARK POLIO'S END IN AFRICA

PAUL/ANCHOR: A successful public health initiative is something to 
celebrate - especially now - and hams in Australia are doing just that. 
Here's Graham Kemp, VK4BB, with the details.

GRAHAM: In Australia, amateur radio operators are marking an 
accomplishment that takes on special meaning in these pandemic times: the 
eradication of the polio virus throughout Africa. The World Health 
Organisation declared Africa's 25 nations, states and territorities to be 
polio-free as of August 25th.

Lee Moyle, director of the Wireless Institute of Australia, said the 
activation will begin on the 24th of October, marking World Polio Day. The 
special event station VK65PFA, will continue until the 24th of November.

For Lee, this takes on special significance because he is also a member of 
Rotary International which has given high priority to the campaign to wipe 
out polio. Rotary members who are also amateur radio operators are also 
invited to join ROAR, Rotarians of Amateur Radio.

Meanwhile, visit the QRZ page of VK65PFA, for operating and QSL details.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, past president of Brisbane's 
Mid-City Rotary Club, and VK4BB.

(WIA)

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AUSTRALIA MAKES CHANGES IN AMATEUR RADIO SYLLABUS

PAUL/ANCHOR: Australia is also making some notable changes in its amateur 
radio syllabus. Robert Broomhead, VK3DN, shares that report.

ROBERT: As part of its latest update to the amateur radio syllabus, the 
Australian Communications and Media Authority is now giving amateurs the 
ability to transfer their call sign to another licensee simply by 
completing a call sign transfer form online. This permission is granted to 
any amateur of any licence class who holds a three-letter call sign. The 
change is expected to give hams more options and flexibility in managing 
call signs and would clearly be useful within families where more than one 
member is a ham. The application form needs the signature of both parties, 
however, before it goes to the ACMA. The syllabus changes also remove some 
of the historical restrictions on the Foundation licensees from the 
Radiocommunications Licence Conditions.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Robert Broomhead, VK3DN.
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