Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jun 23 2022 19:29:20

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2330 for Friday June 24th, 2022

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2330, with a release date of Friday, 
June 24th, 2022 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Ham radio reaches out to low-income youngsters. 
The World Radiosport Team Championship gets an important gift -- and 
Kansas amateurs have a high-altitude balloon with a mission. All this and 
more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2330, comes your way right 
now.

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BILLBOARD CART 

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BRINGING AMATEUR RADIO TO A MORE DIVERSE COMMUNITY

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We begin this week with a look at a special project that 
is creating amateur radio opportunities for a more diverse community of 
enthusiasts, starting with the very youngest among them. We hear from 
Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB, how this initiative is putting ham radio - and 
science - into the hands of children of color in lower-income 
neighborhoods.

RALPH: Get ready for Jasmine and Jose, two school kids who fell in love 
with amateur radio after visiting a family friend who's a ham. Now the 
friends want to build a simple radio of their own. While these two 
children are fictional characters in a book that tells their story in 
both Spanish and English, the magnetic - or should we perhaps say 
electromagnetic? - draw of kids to amateur radio is very real. That's why 
the science educators at the California-based nonprofit group, Science is 
Elementary, is preparing to publish this tale of the youngsters' amateur 
radio journey as a book in their new series. "Jasmine and Jose Build a 
Radio" is geared to 7-year-old readers and will be produced with 
accompanying kits for 2,240 youngsters. The project is being funded with 
a grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications. The grant will include 
publication of companion readers for adults and will cover the costs of 
school-based activities in which the kids build radios of their own. The 
books and kits will be provided free to youngsters attending school in 
low-income communities in the San Francisco Bay area. If you don't live 
in the region, take heart: Everyone else will be able to download the 
book and the adult reading companion for free as PDFs.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(DAN ROMANCHIK, KB6NU)

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CARRIERS DELAY PART OF 5G ROLLOUT AFTER INTERFERENCE CONCERNS

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Concerns about radio interference have prompted two US 
wireless carriers to delay part of the rollout of their 5G service. Kent 
Peterson, KC0DGY brings us that report.

KENT: Despite findings from the Federal Communications Commission that 5G 
wireless service poses no risks to aircraft sharing different parts of 
the same C-band, two major US cellular carriers have announced they are 
delaying their 5G rollout near airports with regional carriers. The 
Federal Aviation Administration announced on June 17th that Verizon and 
AT&T have agreed to postpone parts of the rollout to enable airlines to 
assess whether their altimeters are free from interference and undertake 
any necessary upgrades. Aviation experts have said that some altimeters, 
particularly those used by regional aircraft, could be vulnerable to 
interference without a retrofit of RF filters on existing altimeters or 
installation of newer ones. The agreement delays the completion of the 
rollout until July of 2023. An article in Aviation Today said that a 
number of altimeter manufacturers are presently working on the 
development and testing of filters and installation kits.

The trade group, Airlines for America, criticized the agreement for 
setting what it called an "arbitrary deadline" and expressed concern over 
what might happen if the altimeter modifications were not available by 
July of next year. The CEO of the trade group, Nicholas Calio, told the 
FAA's acting administrator Billy Nolen that he considered the agreement a 
[quote] "rushed approach to avionics modifications amid pressure from the 
telecommunications companies." [endquote]

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

(ASSOCIATED PRESS, AVIATION TODAY)

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WRTC ORGANIZERS DONATE EQUIPMENT FOR NEXT YEAR'S EVENT

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The spirit of "paying it forward" is alive and well among 
organizers of the World Radiosport Team Championship - and Ed Durrant,
DD5LP, has this story about a gift to help with next year's big event.

ED: Operating tips and the wisdom of experience aren't the only things 
being dispensed at the Contest Forum during HAM RADIO in Friedrichshafen, 
Germany starting on the 24th. Organisers of 2018's World Radiosport Team 
Championship will be at the forum on June 25th to present funds and 
important equipment for use during the world championship to take place 
in July of 2023 in Bologna, Italy. The gift will include 70 kits of 
emergency and monitoring equipment that had been used during WRTC 2018 in 
Germany. Each kit has a DCF77 radio-controlled clock, power sensor for 
two radios, an SCC score-collecting computer and a Nokia cell phone. The 
donation from the 2018 event will be presented by WRTC 2018 president 
Chris, DL1MGB.

Writing on the WRTC 2022 reflector, committee member Claudio Veroli, 
I4VEQ, thanked the benefactors from the German event, calling the 
donation "a huge help to the organisation of WRTC 2022."

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

(WRTC 2022 REFLECTOR)
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