Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Jun 30 2023 14:24:57 CHINESE TEAM DEVELOPING NEW LUNAR-ORBIT SATELLITE NEIL/ANCHOR: In China, a development team is working hard on the next satellite destined to enter lunar orbit with an amateur radio payload. John Williams, VK4JJW, explains the project. JOHN: The creators of the first amateur radio satellite to operate in lunar orbit are in the process of developing a second one with the hope of launching it in 2024 from Wenchang, China. The development team consists of students at the Harbin Institute of Technology in China and ham radio operators from around the world. Known as Lunar OSCAR II, it will have telemetry, a digipeater with a JT4G uplink and downlink along with a digital image downlink from an infrared camera. The satellite will also be useful for various amateur radio orbit determination experiments and communications relay research. Harbin Institute students built the first ham radio satellite to operate in lunar orbit in May of 2018. The tiny satellite had a big following among hams around the world who used it to download images of the Earth and the moon. This is John Williams, VK4JJW. (AMSAT NEWS) ** BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the N8NC repeater of the North Coast Amateur Radio Club in Brunswick, Ohio, on Sundays at 8 p.m. during the weekly information net. ** FOLLOW THE RULES FOR NEWSLINE'S HAIKU CHALLENGE NEIL/ANCHOR: We hope our listeners have been enjoying the Amateur Radio Newsline haiku challenge. We certainly have! In the spirit of fun and perhaps a little bit of literary adventure, we've been 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. To qualify, you need to follow traditional haiku form: The first line is five syllables, the second line is seven syllables and the finishing third line has another five syllables. We cannot accept any other formats. 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? For now, bragging rights -- and a featured spot for your haiku on the Amateur Radio Newsline website. We may have a surprise for you at the end of the year, however. So visit our website at arnewsline.org and take a look at this week's winning ham radio haiku. ** US NAVY TO UPGRADE HF RADAR SYSTEM NEIL/ANCHOR: The US government's long-range surveillance system, which operates on the HF bands, is in line for a major upgrade. Andy Morrison, K9AWM, tells us to get ready. ANDY: The United States Navy knows what almost every amateur radio operator knows too: that sometimes the software that enhances your transmissions on HF needs a major upgrade. In this case it's a $87.5-million upgrade for the Navy and the work will be done on a long-range surveillance system by Raytheon Technologies Corp. The system is known as ROTHR, which is short for Relocatable Over- the-Horizon Radar, and it detects and tracks surface ships and aircraft by using long-range radar in the HF part of the spectrum. The four-year contract will provide software enhancements, maintenance, installation, removal, integration and testing, among other things, and will be conducted mainly in Chesapeake, Virginia, and Marlboro, Massachusetts. Unlike hams, the Navy puts the ROTHR systems on the air for an important enforcement mission: the systems have been used to track drug-smuggling and are, in fact, considered the government's primary form of surveillance in the war on drugs. This is Andy Morrison, K9AWM. (MILITARY & AEROSPACE ELECTRONICS, ZACKS INVESTMENT RESEARCH) ** 40 YEARS FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AMATEUR RADIO NEIL/ANCHOR: Congratulations to the National Institute of Amateur Radio, which marked its 40th anniversary with a big celebration in its Hyderabad (hydra-bod) headquarters. The NIAR is a non- governmental organisation that holds training sessions and workshops and advocates for India's radio amateurs. Founded on June 21st, 1983, it is also home to an active club station VU2NRO, which participates in contests and special events. The NIAR plays a big role in helping individuals and learning institutions in forming their own ham radio clubs throughout India. All the best from us at Newsline for the next 40 years - and beyond. (NIAR) --- SBBSecho 3.20-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .