Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Apr 15 2022 08:17:44 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2320, for Friday, April 15th, 2022 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2320 with a release date of Friday, April 15th, 2022, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. New software for the world's largest radio telescope. Young hams start thinking about amateur radio camp - and the amateur community gives advice to one YL in these troubling times. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2320, comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART HERE ** SOFTWARE PROJECT TO GUIDE WORLD'S LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE NEIL/ANCHOR: We begin this week with a story that doesn't get much bigger than this: the world's largest radio telescope, an array of antennas and dishes that spans the hemispheres, is getting software to help in its operation. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, picks up the developments from here. JEREMY: Prototype software for the world's biggest radio telescope will be built by a group of universities and labs in the UK with money just released by the UK government's Science & Technology Facilities Council (SFTC). The software for the Square Kilometre Array, or SKA, will direct the telescope's gaze at the sky, translate its signals into data and diagnose issues. BBC news reported that on Monday, the 11th of April, the Council released 15 million pounds, the equivalent of more than $19.5 million in US currency for the work that will involve teams at Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester universities as well as those at the STFC's own labs in Edinburgh, Daresbury, and Harwell. The SKA is an array of 197 dishes and 130,000 antennas in both Australia and South Africa, and the software will allow astronomers to interpret what is received by the SKA, at an intensely high resolution and it is a most sensitive radio signal receiving device. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. (BBC) ** GET READY FOR WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY NEIL/ANCHOR: Events, on and off the air, are marking the global celebration that is World Amateur Radio Day on the 18th of April, the date the IARU was founded. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, has that roundup. JIM: April 18th will be a day of pile-ups and celebration for hams around the world marking World Amateur Radio Day. In Denmark, hams are activating the callsign 5P0WARD. They are also making special awards available for contacts with stations having different suffix extensions. This year's global celebration also marks the return of the TEN-TEC Legacy Nets, which will be posting operating schedules on their groups.io page. A Clean Sweep endorsement is available for check-ins on all three bands. The South African Radio League will be issuing a commemorative certificate to radio amateurs who make QSOs on April 18th and submit a log sheet. In India, meanwhile, more than 65 new license holders are expected at a VHF/UHF disaster operations workshop cohosted by the West Bengal Radio Club and the Indian Academy of Communication and Disaster Management. Attendees will build antennas and use them afterwards in a fox hunt. Also don't forget the World Amateur Radio Day VOIP/Echolink Net. Using the callsign W2W, the 16-hour global net starts at 9 a.m. US Eastern Daylight Time on April 18th on the ROC-HAM Echolink Conference node 531091. A special QSL card will be available to hams who send a stamped self-addressed envelope. Details are available at r o c hyphen h a m dot net (www.roc-ham.net) For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF. (WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY WEBSITE) ** DX MARATHON IN SEARCH OF NEW MANAGER NEIL/ANCHOR: CQ magazine's popular DX Marathon is looking for a new manager to help things run smoothly. Jack Parker, W8ISH, asks: Could this be you? JACK: It is time to pass the torch for the CQ magazine DX Marathon and its longtime manager, John, K9EL, is looking for a successor. John has been at the helm of the contest since its creation in 2005 is hoping to find someone who can infuse the competition with a fresh look, and new tools to encourage this pursuit of DX. In a special statement on the DX Marathon website, he wrote that the marathon has reached a turning point and many of the processes that have supported it all these years need to migrate away from being handled manually. He wrote: [quote] "In summary, the DX Marathon needs a fresh look, some updated tools, and some serious work on evaluating submitted logs." [endquote] This is John's final year managing the marathon. The search is on for an individual or group to carry this popular contest forward. For additional details, visit dxmarathon.com For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jack Parker, W8ISH. (DXMARATHON) --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .