Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Nov 17 2022 18:57:34 ISS ASTRONAUT BOB BEHNKEN, KG5GGX, RETIRES NEIL/ANCHOR: A US astronaut whose tenure on board the ISS made history has retired from NASA. We hear about him from Paul Braun, WD9GCO. PAUL: Congratulations to astronaut Bob Behnken, KG5GGX, who retired from NASA on Friday, the 11th of November. Bob, a former colonel in the US Air Force, made headlines as the pilot and joint operations commander for the first crewed flight of the SpaceX Dragon when it was launched to the International Space station in May of 2020. Previously, Bob had been on flights of the space shuttle Endeavour, logging 93 days in space. During these missions, he completed 10 spacewalks in all, for a total of 61 hours. Bob became an astronaut candidate for NASA in July of 2000. His first spaceflight was aboard the Endeavour eight years later, as a mission specialist. This is Paul Braun, WD9GCO. (NASA, AMSAT NEWS SERVICE) ** MARCONI IS HONORED BY VIRTUAL REALITY PRESENTATION IN WALES NEIL/ANCHOR: Using the innovative technology of virtual reality, an arts center in Cardiff, Wales, is celebrating a radio pioneer who made history with technology that was innovative for his own time: the 19th century. We have those details from Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. JEREMY: The presentation at the Wales Millennium Centre is called "A Signal Across Space," a title that refers to the Morse Code transmission sent on 13 May 1897 by Guglielmo Marconi across a stretch of open sea. The signal travelled between Flat Holm Island in the Bristol Channel and Lavernock Point on the south Wales coast. The moment becomes reality - or rather, virtual reality - for audience members at the centre who are given special VR headsets enabling them to experience themes in music, poetry and dance that were inspired by Marconi's experiment. Viewers see it all in a 360-degree immersive experience. The 50-minute film has several sections, of which one uses part of a lecture from the Barry and District Radio Society describing Marconi's experiment. Another section, called "In the Air," recounts the story of Marconi's 19th century experiment more directly. The centre has also assembled a small exhibit for audience members to view afterwards, offering a closer look at Lavernock, where Marconi received those first transmissions. The programme concludes on 20th November . I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. (WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE, NATION WEBSITE) ** ACMA SEEKS INPUT ON PROPOSED LICENSE IN AUSTRALIA NEIL/ANCHOR: The deadline is coming up fast for hams in Australia to comment on a proposed new license class. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, brings us up to date. GRAHAM: The clock is running out for amateurs in Australia who want to submit comments on a proposed amateur class licence and on a separate proposal that would permit amateurs to increase operating power from 400 watts to 1 kW PEP. Under the latter, Advanced Class amateurs. The class licence is proposed to take effect in July 2023. The Australia Communications and Media Authority will accept all submissions until 5 p.m. Australian Eastern Time on the 29th of November. This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB. (ACMA) ** HAMVENTION CHOOSES "INNOVATION" AS THEME FOR 2023 NEIL/ANCHOR: The Hamvention 2023 team has announced that "Innovation" will be their theme for the 2023 expo in Xenia, Ohio. Writing on the Hamvention website, team member Michael Kalter, W8CI, said the theme was particularly exciting because [quote]: "We are confident it encompasses the world of amateur radio today in just one word." [endquote] Hamvention will be held May 19, 20 and 21, 2023 at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center. Tickets are already available online and by mail. The website is hamvention.org (HAMVENTION 2023) --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .