Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Jan 19 2023 20:33:19 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2360, for Friday, January 20th, 2023 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2360 with a release date of Friday, January 20th, 2023, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Ten meters wakes up in time for popular events. Puerto Rico gets new tools for disaster communications -- and get ready for Bouvet Island on the air. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2360, comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** BOUVET ISLAND ON THE HORIZON JIM/ANCHOR: We begin this report with encouraging and long-awaited news for DXers. The latest report from the Bouvet Island DXpedition, 3Y0J [THREE WHY ZERO JAY], is that radio operations could start sometime between the 27th of January, and the 4th of February. The team intends to stay on the remote island for three weeks. According to a post on DX-World.Net, Kenneth Opskar, LA7GIA, has reported that the sail from Port Stanley began on the 17th of January, just one day behind schedule. The operators said they are not planning any /MM activity on the way; however you can track them using the Garmin link shown on the Newsline website. [DO NOT READ:https://share.garmin.com/3y0j ] ** THINKING AHEAD TO THE 2026 CHAMPIONSHIP JIM/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, even with the big world radio championship coming to Italy later this year, the event's organizing committee is already looking for host venues for 2026. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, tells us what's involved. GRAHAM: While much of the amateur radio world awaits the start of the World Radiosport Team Championship in Bologna, Italy this coming July, the WRTC Sanctioning Committee is already looking forward to hearing from prospective host sites for this prestigious event to be held in 2026. Groups interested in serving as hosts for WRTC 2026 should submit a summary proposal and a letter of intent. The information should include details about principals in the committee making the proposal and a description of how the competition will be conducted, including the number of entrant teams to be allowed and the means by which competitors will be chosen. Details must also be provided about housing arrangements available, travel options and a tentative schedule. Although it is not yet necessary to submit a budget, prospective hosts should provide an outline of expenses, and their fundraising plan. The proposal should also discuss the means by which the event will be publicized, and what kind of regional support the event will have from regulators as well as amateur radio organisations in the area. The deadline to submit letters of intent is March 31st. Send details directly to Tine Brajnik, S50A, by email. The address is tine dot brajnik at gmail dot com (tine.brajnik@gmail.com) The committee hopes to announce the venue for the 2026 event at the conclusion of the competition in Bologna. This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB. (WRTC) ** TWO PROMINENT INDIAN AMATEURS ARE SILENT KEYS JIM/ANCHOR: In India, the ham radio community has lost two well- respected veteran hams who became Silent Keys this month. Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, tells us about them. JASON: Two amateurs in the Indian radio community have become Silent Keys. S. Venkataraman, VU2SV, was described in many online tributes as a "homebrew legend." People posting their condolences in a number of online forums expressed their gratitude for the assistance he gave them in many of their own projects and for serving as an inspiration. A ham since 1962, he died on January 3rd at the age of 88. Amateurs in India and Sri Lanka were also grieving the loss of "Sun" Shanmugasundram, VU2FOT. A well-known amateur, he was part of the team that created a popular Sunday morning net in 1988. In the beginning it was known as the SWL DX Net but on its tenth anniversary was renamed the BC DX Net, a name that continues to this day. He died on January 12th at the age of 61. This is Jason Daniels, VK2LAW. (YOUTUBE, QRZ.COM, FACEBOOK) ** FROM DRILL TO REAL-LIFE DISASTER JIM/ANCHOR: Disaster drills are supposed to prepare radio operators for the real thing - so imagine how hams felt in one California county when one of their more recent drills played out as a real-life emergency. Randy Sly, W4XJ, shares that experience. RANDY: When Sacramento County ARES was invited to participate in an in-person training exercise last summer, they had no idea that a few months later the drill would play out as a real-life event. Most in-person emergency training had come to a halt nationwide over the past few years due to the pandemic, but Sacramento County emergency managers wanted to return from table-top scenarios to in-person training with deployed incident command posts. This in- person drill focused on the levee system of the delta for the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. At one point, there was a simulated communications blackout and ARES was called in to establish contact between the EOC, command posts and people in the field using FM and Winlink. Now fast forward to early January. This time, what was happening was not a training exercise: a winter storm with pounding rain was wreaking havoc throughout the coastal counties of central and southern California. Sacramento County activated and included ARES to assist in reporting flooding of the rivers, particularly in the delta region. Sacramento County EC, Jay Ballinger, N6SAC, told AR Newsline that, thanks to the drill, the familiarity the hams had gained with roads around the river region as well as with county emergency management allowed ARES to effectively deploy and report. This is Randy Sly, W4XJ. --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .