Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Oct 09 2020 08:48:25 ON-AIR EXCITEMENT FOR WORLD'S LARGEST SCOUTING EVENT JIM/ANCHOR: Yes, it's almost time for Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet. Bill Stearns, NE4RD, gives us those details. BILL: Radio Scouters are getting ready for the world's largest scouting event just one week away, Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet on October 16th through the 18th local times. With current COVID-19 guidelines varying from state to state and country to country, this year's event will no doubt be somewhat of a challenge. With the guidelines in place, we have definitely seen a decrease in planned participation and as such we only have 4 call areas with reserved K2BSA callsign usage. Mark Hughes, KG4VWE, will be activating K2BSA/4 in West Point, GA, at the Chattahoochee Council Fall Family Camp. David Mulvey, K5DCM, will be activating K2BSA/5 in San Angelo, TX, with a location of To Be Determined. Brandon Arias, KM6WZP, will be activating K2BSA/6 in Riverside, CA, at Mount Rubidoux. Lori Abraham and Robert Crow, KA8CDC, will be activating K2BSA/8 in Wheeling, WV, at the Sandscrest Scout Reservation. Registration for JOTA/JOTI is located at jotajoti.info this year. Please communicate your intentions for your activity with your local district and council for any approvals needed under the current guidelines in your area. For more information on this and radio scouting, please visit our website at k2bsa.net. For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this is Bill Stearns, NE4RD. ** HAMS ON HIGH ALERT DURING SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST JIM/ANCHOR: Hams around the United States were on high alert on Saturday October 3rd, and if the situations they faced felt a little unreal, that's because they were: The carefully scripted emergencies were part of a drill for the Simulated Emergency Test of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service. Christian Cudnik, K0STH, has that story. CHRISTIAN: From Bedford County, Pennsylvania to Cherokee County, Georgia - and beyond - emergencies suddenly seemed real as first responders and amateur radio operators played it for keeps in the Simulated Emergency Test. The scenario there was a search for missing hikers in the woods. Lloyd Roach, K3QNT, public information officer of the Bedford County Amateur Radio Society, told WTAJ news that it was a chance to polish coordination skills with the area's firefighters, fire chiefs, police and even the search-and-rescue teams. Hams in Northern Florida responded to a simulation in which excessive heat taxed the power grid, prompting the state to begin rolling blackouts. The focus there was on response to heatstroke patients and individuals with critical needs requiring hospital transport. In Georgia, the Cherokee ARES group tackled a simulated earthquake rocking the state. Hams in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, responded to flooding evacuations and illness from polluted water, ARES members in Hawaii deployed EmComm stations for a simulated hurricane, communicating with shelters providing assistance. In the days following the Simulated Emergency Test, organizers are expected to assess the activity and uncover any weaknesses in procedures and communications to better prepare for the real thing. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Christian Cudnik, K0STH. (WTAJ, WQOW, ARRL NORTHERN FLORIDA, CLAY TODAY) ** SILENT KEY: ARRL NNJ SECTION MANAGER STEVE OSTROVE K2SO JIM/ANCHOR: A New Jersey amateur radio operator who was a leader in the radio community has become a Silent Key. Steve Ostrove, K2SO, Northern New Jersey Section Manager, died of cancer on October 2nd. Steve became section manager in 2019, and had previously served in the position from 2016 to 2017. Steve Ostrove was 74. (ARRL) ** RESEARCHERS CLAIM 'LIMITLESS' LOW-VOLTAGE POWER SOURCE JIM/ANCHOR: Hams who operate portable, and even those who don't, are always in search of the "perfect" power source. Researchers are too - and Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, tells us about some findings from scientists in Arkansas. KEVIN: Physicists at the University of Arkansas have created a circuit that they say can harvest the thermal motion inside graphene - an electrically conductive form of elemental carbon - and turn it into low- voltage electrical current to power sensors or small devices. They also say the power is clean and limitless. They created the circuit by using two diodes to convert AC into DC. The pulsing DC current performs work on a load resistor. The researchers claim the diodes have a symbiotic relationship with the graphene and increase the circuit's power. They believe that this project has proven that graphene’s thermal motion at room temperature induces an alternating current in a circuit -- an achievement that some physicists have said is not possible. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE. (PHYS.ORG, TECH EXPLORIST.COM) --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (618:250/33) .