Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Jun 01 2023 20:29:07 TRY NEWSLINE'S HAIKU CHALLENGE JIM/ANCHOR: What's almost as good as perfect propagation? How about....a ham radio haiku! We're inviting listeners to channel their most creative selves, and share the joy of ham radio in the form of a haiku. On our website, arnewsline.org, you will find a submission form for sending your most poetic offering. Be sure you follow the traditional form to qualify: The first line is five syllables, the second line is seven syllables, and the finishing third line has another five syllables. Our team will pick from the best submissions that follow the 5/7/5 syllable rule, and represent the love of amateur radio. Your prize? Fame and glory, of course -- and a featured spot for your haiku on the Amateur Radio Newsline website. Visit our website at arnewsline.org to see this week's winning haiku. ** CALIFORNIA AMATEUR FACES $24,000 FINE JIM/ANCHOR: A California amateur is facing a $24,000 fine from the FCC, which has charged him with deliberate interference with a regularly scheduled 80 meter net, held by the Western Amateur Radio Friendship Association. Philip J. Beaudet, N6PJB, is said to have repeatedly interfered with the net, and failed to identify himself by his callsign. They released a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture on May 30th, outlining the case against him. The agency said that last November and December, an agent from the San Francisco Field Office used direction finding on 3.908 MHz, and on both occasions, was able to identify the ham's Burney, California, home as the source of the interference cited in repeated complaints to the agency. The notice states that Beaudet has 30 days to respond, either with payment, or a written statement seeking a reduction or cancellation of the proposed forfeiture. (FCC, RADIO WORLD) ** BELGIAN HAMS GAINING 8M BAND ACCESS JIM/ANCHOR: Some new space on the spectrum awaits amateurs in Belgium, and Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, has that story. JEREMY: Hams in Belgium will soon be enjoying the privileges enjoyed by those in South Africa, Slovenia, and Ireland, by gaining access to the 8-metre band. The UBA, the Royal Belgian Amateur Radio Union, has proposed giving hams with a Class A operating certificate, a HAREC full licence, the ability to get on the air with as much as 5 watts ERP, and a bandwidth limit of 3 kHz. Permission is to be granted to individuals following approval from the Belgian regulator BIPT. The frequency range being authorised is between 40.660 and 40.690 MHz. This is Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. (AMATEUR RADIO DAILY) ** HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN HAVE ARISS QSO WITH SPACE STATION JIM/ANCHOR: Hospitalized children outside Washington, D.C., were given a chance to talk with an ISS astronaut recently on amateur radio. Patrick Clark, K8TAC, tells us how things went. PATRICK: Having fulfilled the first part of his space mission a few days earlier - to arrive on board the ISS - astronaut John Shoffner, KO4MJC, got under way with one of his next goals: to share the joys and opportunities of STEM studies as an educator. On May 26th, he shared that view from space through a QSO with youngsters at the Children's Inn in Bethesda, Maryland. It was a telebridge contact that made use of a ground station in Belgium with the callsign ON4ISS. The youngsters at the Children's Inn learned about life in space, and got a closer look too, at the way amateur radio can connect people. The Children's Inn provides a free residential environment to children and young adults who are patients at the National Institutes of Health as a means of reducing stress on the young patients, and furthering the institutes' clinical research. With the help of ARISS and amateur radio, the youngsters also got a view of the great things that can happen beyond the bounds of planet Earth. This is Patrick Clark, K8TAC. (ARISS, FACEBOOK) ** NEW SITE CONSOLIDATES HAM CLUBS' NEWS JIM/ANCHOR: We were saddened some time ago by the passing of Richard, G4TUT, whose Southgate Amateur Radio News website served as a reliable global bulletin board for many, including amateur radio podcast teams. This badly missed resource is now being revived, and provided by Cale, K4HCK, through his new "Amateur Radio Daily" website. Once the domain name is transferred from Southgatearc, its URL will also route you there. This is a new resource available for hams and clubs looking to get word out about their activities. So, if you want other hams to see what your club is up to, visit Amateur Radio Daily at daily.hamweekly.com or simply send the story directly to Cale via email to K4HCK (at) hamweekly (dot) com. Cale's new website will display the submitted stories, and provide an RSS feed to receive daily updates automatically as they arrive, and are posted. (CALE, K4HCK) --- SBBSecho 3.20-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .