Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Apr 14 2023 12:45:40 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2372, for Friday, April 14th, 2023 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2372, with a release date of Friday, April 14th, 2023, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. US-made vacuum tubes prepare to make a comeback. NASA names a trio of hams for the next Artemis mission -- and meet a YL who is Poland's youngest SOTA operator. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2372 comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** VACUUM TUBE-MAKING ON THE COMEBACK IN THE US DON/ANCHOR: American-made vacuum tubes are poised to make a comeback onto the market this summer. Kent Peterson, KC0DGY, tells us what's been going on. KENT: As the rising cost of vacuum tubes manufactured mostly in China and Russia increasingly cramps audiophiles, musicians and others seeking a particular audio quality, one factory in the US southeast is preparing to bring tube-manufacturing back home. With assembly line workers getting down to business inside his Western Electric plant in Rossville, Georgia, entrepreneur Charles Whitener expects to restore American-made vacuum tubes to the worldwide market in just a few months. According to reports on such websites as wired.com and audioexpress.com, Whitener's goal is to resume production of the single- ended triode tube known as the 300B, a design that dates back to 1938. His plant, known as the Rossville Works, is home to the Western Electric vacuum tube brand which Whitener bought in 1995 from AT&T. This summer he expects to introduce a reimagined version of the audio vacuum tube known as the 12AX7, a dual triode tube commonly found in amplifiers for guitars. According to Wired.com, it will be the first US- made tube in decades and it is expected to be followed by numerous other US-made models. The Wired.com report said: [quote] "If all goes to plan, the US could once again dominate vacuum tube manufacturing." [endquote] This is Kent Peterson, KC0DGY. (WIRED, AUDIOXPRESS.COM, HACKADAY) ** THREE HAMS CHOSEN FOR ARTEMIS MOON MISSION DON/ANCHOR: The next NASA radio amateurs in space are preparing to be part of a four-person team flying near the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. Andy Morrison, K9AWM, tells us who they are. ANDY: NASA and the Canadian Space Agency have announced the members of the Artemis II crew comprising NASA's first crewed mission to establish a presence near the moon next year. Three members of the four-person team are amateur radio operators: commander Reid Wiseman, KF5LKT, pilot Victor Glover, KI5BKC, and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, KF5LKU. The other mission specialist is Christina Hammock Koch. The mission is scheduled for November of 2024. The previous mission, Artemis I, was not crewed. This will be a flight test lasting about 10 days and will validate the life-support systems of the Orion spacecraft, along with other demonstrations. Unlike his fellow crew members, Hansen is making his first trip into space. He is a Canadian citizen and is the first Canadian to train astronaut candidates from both Canada and the US. This is Andy Morrison, K9AWM. (NASA, AMSAT NEWS SERVICE) ** GET ON THE AIR FOR WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY DON/ANCHOR: It's the QSO Party to end all other QSO parties: World Amateur Radio Day, April 18th, the day amateurs participate in a global celebration of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union. Be listening on HF as the IARU and its member societies get on the air with special events through the 25th of April. There will be more than 50 special event stations around the world with callsigns ending in W A R D, for World Amateur Radio Day. They include TM98WARD, 9Y4WARD, OT23WARD and a host of others. Here in the States and over in the UK, the ROC-HAM Radio Network is contributing to the festivities by hosting a 12-hour birthday net. Listen for John, W2JLD, and Dave, GW8SZL, who will be marking the occasion on the VOIP/ECHOLINK *ROC-HAM* Conference node #531091, as well as various Allstar Nodes, the DMR TGIF Talk Group 2585 and Extended Freedom SIP Portal 2585. John will be on the air during that time too, operating on 10, 20, and 40 metres, using the callsign W2W. For more details, visit IARU.org. (IARU, QRZ.COM) --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .