Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Nov 19 2020 23:38:38 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2247, for Friday, November 20th, 2020 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2247, with a release date of Friday, November 20th, 2020, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. An all-ham launch to the ISS. A propagation experiment needs your help -- and 'Get on the Air for Christmas' debuts in the UK. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2247, comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** FOUR AMATEURS IN SPACEX CREW DRAGON LAUNCH DON/ANCHOR: Our top story this week is the launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule from the Kennedy Space Center. On board? A crew of four, all amateur radio operators. Dave Parks, WB8ODF, has the details. DAVE: Four amateur radio operators launched into space on Sunday night, November 15th, bound for their destination aboard the International Space Station. Seated inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, astronauts Michael Hopkins, KF5LJG, Victor Glover, KI5BKC, Shannon Walker, KD5DXB, and Japanese Space Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP, comprised the first fully operational mission for the private SpaceX company. The Falcon 9 rocket launched with the capsule, named Resilience, at 7:27 p.m. Sunday night. The quartet's 27-hour journey marked the second manned launch of Crew Dragon from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. A test mission that went up in May sent NASA's Doug Hurley, and Bob Behnken, KE5GGX, into history as Dragon's first space passengers, and the first NASA astronauts to launch from American soil since 2011. The four amateur radio operators are expected to remain on the ISS for the next six months. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Dave Parks, WB8ODF. (CNN, NASA, NYTIMES) ** AMATEUR INPUT SOUGHT FOR PROPAGATION EXPERIMENT DON/ANCHOR: Hams, if you love experimenting - and who doesn't? - this might just be something to get involved in. HamSCI, the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, needs amateurs around the world who can help collect propagation data during the eclipse happening across South America on December 14th. To do this, you'll need to have a computer connected to your HF radio. Hams are being asked to record data between the 9th and the 16th of December so that there is plenty of control data gathered for this experiment. There will be two 24-hour practice runs beforehand: one on the 21st of November, and the other on the 5th of December. Visit the Newsline website at arnewsline.org to find the link to the webpage containing further details about the experiment. Instructions are in English, Spanish and Portuguese. If you're interested in signing up, contact Kristina Collins at kd8oxt at case dot edu (kd8oxt@case.edu) [DO NOT READ, FOR PRINT ONLY: hamsci.org/december-2020-eclipse-festival- frequency-measurement] (KRISTINA COLLINS KD8OXT) ** PROMINENT CROATIAN AMATEUR DIES OF COVID-19 DON/ANCHOR: A prominent ham in the Croatian amateur radio community has become a Silent Key. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, tells us about him. ED: One of the founders of the Croatian Flora Fauna program, and the president of the Croatian Flora Fauna amateur radio club, has become a Silent Key. Emir Mahmutovic (MAH-MYU-TO-VICH), 9A6AA, died on November 13th of COVID-19, according to a report in DXNews. Although hams in Croatia knew him well from his work with the Flora Fauna program, hams around the world also logged their contacts with him as an active contester and DXer. Emir also served, between 1994 and 2009, as the first award manager for the Islands of Croatia Award program, according to Neno, 9A5N. Neno said the program had been the vision of three other radio amateurs in 1991 but was not put into place until after the war in Croatia. In 1994, Emir helped Daki, 9A2WJ, with the launch. According to Mark, 9A8A, his friend of more than 40 years, and his former co-worker, Emir spent the last two or three years devoting himself to helping young radio amateurs, working with Ivica, 9A2HW, to teach the children the basics of radio technology. He also helped at school competitions. Mark said in an email "he had incredible energy." For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP. (MARK 9A8A, NENO, 9A5N) --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (618:250/33) .