Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu May 19 2022 21:12:53

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2325, for Friday, May 20th, 2022

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2325, with a release date of Friday,
May 20th, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. The US military expands its use of HF. Get ready 
for a hurricane readiness test -- and a new challenge for entry level 
hams in the UK. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 
Number 2325, comes your way right now.

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US MILITARY EXPLORES WIDER USE OF HF IN INDO-PACIFIC

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Our top story this week puts HF radio in the spotlight 
with some new recognition for its increased importance in national 
defense. In the United States, the military is exploring ways to expand 
its use of the HF bands in one region of the world. Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, 
has that report.

KEVIN: HF radio is making a comeback for the United States military, 
which has been struggling with reliable means of over-the-horizon 
communication in the Indo-Pacific. That massive region's communications 
needs are served largely by undersea fiber cables and satellites, both of 
which are deemed vulnerable to both deliberate and accidental damage. The 
U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency is eyeing HF as a reliable backup 
should an interruption occur in either of the other two delivery modes.

Officials acknowledge that HF's slower data transmission rate and the 
military's use of a smaller bandwidth would not make HF ideal for 
fulltime connectivity but it is nonetheless a viable alternative when no 
other option exists.

According to an article in Signal, a publication of the nonprofit AFCEA, 
testing is already underway in the part of the Pacific that includes 
Malaysia, Australia, Fiji and Singapore. The Indo-Pacific Command's 
relief network has been testing HF out as part of its humanitarian 
assistance and disaster relief work, using a transmitter in Oahu.

Meanwhile, a combat communications squadron of the United States Air 
Force, based in Guam, is working with the single sideband shortwave 
transmitters of the Air Force High Frequency Global Communications System 
for voice communications.

Elsewhere, modes used in the annual Pacific Endeavor interoperability 
exercise are being widened to include newer HF technologies for basic 
data communications. One official told the Signal website that these 
actions are being taken to expand the mode's reliability.

Beyond compensating for satellite and fiber optic vulnerability, 
officials say they also look forward to the next generation of HF 
technology which will allow higher speeds and wideband transmission, 
making full-motion video possible for surveillance, airborne intelligence 
and related activities from the air.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.

(THE AFCEA SIGNAL)

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AMATEURS IN US PREP FOR HURRICANE READINESS TEST

SKEETER/ANCHOR: If you live in a hurricane-prone part of the United 
States - or you are interested in being of assistance, this next report 
from Sel Embee, KB3TZD, is for you.

SEL: The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida and the VoIP 
Hurricane Net will be conducting a test on May 28th that is designed to 
let amateurs everywhere evaluate their shack's storm-readiness. 
Propagation permitting, the Hurricane Watch Net W-X-4-N-H-C will be on 
the air on 7-decimal-268 MHz and 14-decimal-325 MHz from 1300 UTC to 2100 
UTC. Postings on the spotting networks will indicate if operators need to 
QSY. The VoIP Hurricane Net will be active from 2000 UTC to 2100 UTC on 
I-R-L-P Node 9219 and EchoLink Conference Node 7203.

Atlantic hurricane season begins on the United States' East Coast on June 
1st and continues through November 30th. During the test, operators will 
exchange signal reports, location information, and basic weather data.

W-X-4-N-H-C will also be on the air on VHF, UHF, 2- and 30-meter APRS, 
and Winlink with the email address w x 4 n h c at winlink dot org 
(wx4nhc@winlink.org) The subject line must contain stroke stroke W L Two 
K ("//WL2K"). Contacts will also be made on Florida's Statewide Amateur 
Radio Network, the SARNet.

QSL cards will be available from Julio Ripoll, W-D-4-R.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Sel Embee, K-B-3-T-Zed-D.

(WX4NHC)
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