Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Aug 19 2022 15:37:17

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2338 for Friday, August 19th, 2022

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2338, with a release date of 
Friday, August 19th, 2022, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. The International Space Station operates voice 
repeater and APRS at the same time. Young hams take an inaugural 
activity global -- and an 8-year-old girl in England has a dream QSO. 
All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2338, comes 
your way right now.

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ARISS OPERATES ON VOICE REPEATER, APRS AT SAME TIME

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our top story of the week looks skyward. There is a bit 
of celebration going on inside the International Space Station, where 
the ARISS Voice Repeater and digital APRS communications are operating 
simultaneously. It is a big development, as we hear from Neil Rapp,
WB9VPG.

NEIL: It's taken the ARISS teams from Russia and the US several weeks 
of collaboration to prepare the Service Module radio for APRS 
operations but APRS packet operation is now happening at the same time 
as transmissions on the space station's voice repeater. According to an 
ARISS press release Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, was the team lead 
coordinating with mission control to get the service module radio ready 
for APRS. Voice repeater transmissions are being made with a JVC 
Kenwood D710GA in the Columbus module. The same model radio is being 
used for APRS packet operation in the service module. Packet operations 
are on 145.825 MHz.

The call sign in the Columbus Module is NA1SS. The Service Module radio 
is using RS0ISS. Both radios will be operating full-time except when
ARISS is making contacts with schools, or during dockings, undockings 
and EVAs.

Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS international chairman called the 
development [quote] "a key element of our ARISS 2.0 initiative, 
providing interactive capabilities 24/7 that inspire, engage and 
educate youth and lifelong learners — especially life-long learning in 
ham radio operations.” [endquote]

This is Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

(ARISS)

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INAUGURAL EVENT FOR WORLDWIDE YOUNG AMATEUR CLUB

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Get ready for an inaugural event by a group of young 
radio amateurs who are launching it globally next month. Sel Embee, 
KB3 T Zed D, has the details.

SEL: The Young Amateurs Radio Club, which was founded in 2017 on a 
server of the Discord app, has grown to be an international gathering 
of younger operators that is recognized by the FCC as an amateur radio 
club.

Using the call sign WY4RC, operators from all 10 US call zones will be 
on the air from September 1st through the 15th, inviting hams to accept 
the challenge of working all Young Amateur Radio Club zones. This is 
the club's inaugural "worked all zones" event and organizers are 
looking for young operators or other clubs who would like to join them 
on the air, activating the callsign in September. The callsign will be 
WY4RC with a stroke mark, followed by the operator's region. Operators 
must use a minimum of 20 watts during the event.

Visit the website y a r c dot world (yarc.world) and click on the link 
to "events" for additional details.

This is Sel Embee, KB3TZD.

(YOUNG AMATEURS RADIO CLUB)
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