Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Nov 04 2021 21:59:11

BREAK HERE: 

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, 
heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the AH6LE repeater 
in Beavercreek and Wilsonville, Oregon, on Sundays at 6 p.m. local time.

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SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER BALLOON FLIES HIGH

SKEETER/ANCHOR: In South Africa, a high-flying balloon carried some 
projects - and some high hopes - into the sky, as we hear from Graham Kemp,
VK4BB.

GRAHAM: Under the sunny skies of South Africa on the 30th of October, the 
Secunda Radio Club, ZS6SRC, released a high-altitude weather balloon that 
was ultra-light but carried some heavy-duty payloads. Among those sharing 
the trip into near space were a variety of experiments, a crossband FM 
repeater, Slow Scan TV, and the new AMSAT-SA AfriCUBE linear transponder, 
with APRS and a CW beacon on 2m.

This was the latest of the club's projects known by the acronym BACAR, for 
Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio. The club's ongoing weather balloon 
initiative has been heralded in the past for its contributions to STEM 
education through the programme's cooperation with local schools. 
According to the club website, the curriculum includes programming of 
microcontrollers, digital electronics and, of course, radio 
communications.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB.

(GERT BOTHA ZS6GC, SECUNDA RADIO CLUB WEBSITE)

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COMMENTS SOUGHT FOR NEW VP0 PREFIX IN BRITISH TERRITORY

SKEETER/ANCHOR: Regulators are looking for comments on use of a new prefix 
in the British Antarctic Territory. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, has the details.

JIM: While formal details are still being worked out with respect to the 
new Victor Papa Zero callsign prefix for hams operating in the Antarctic 
region, the government of the British Antarctic Territory is seeking input 
no later than November 10th on draft legislation specific to the British 
Antarctic Territory which includes the South Orkney and South Shetland 
islands as well as the mainland sector of the Antarctic continent.

The Victor Papa Zero prefix is also to apply to hams operating on the 
British sector of the Antarctic mainland and the South Sandwich Islands 
but authorities have not yet determined how the transition will be made 
there from existing VP8 licences.

The recent announcement of the new prefix for these former Falkland 
Islands Dependencies was heralded as a welcome development for 
DXpeditioners and chasers after the use of VP8 licenses was no longer 
permitted there.

To see the consultation and find out how to comment, visit the link in the 
text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org

[FOR PRINT ONLY, DO NOT READ: 

https://britishantarcticterritory.org.uk/consultation-amateur-radio-
licensing/ ]

(above URL all on one line)

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.
  
(OHIO PENN DX)


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WORLD OF DX

In the world of DX, be listening for the Eureka Amateur Radio Club VY0ERC 
on the air from the Eureka weather station in Nunavut on Canada's 
Ellesmere Island, IOTA NA-008. Operators will be calling QRZ until the 
22nd of November on all HF Bands. Send QSLs to M0OXO (Em Zero Oh Ex Oh), 
Club Log's OQRS and Logbook of The World.

Remo, HB9SHD, is using the callsign 8Q7RM from the Maldives, IOTA AS-013, 
throughout November. Listen for him on FT8. He will also be using slow CW 
and SSB on the bands from 6m to 40m. Send QSLs to his home call, either 
direct or via the bureau, Club Log’s OQRS and Logbook of the World.

Ken, LA7GIA, the noted DXpeditioner, is operating from Bangui in the 
Central African Republic as TL7M until the 15th of November. He will be 
operating on all bands and all modes. According to the QRZ page for TL7M 
he will also make the first activation of 60m in the Central African 
Republic under a special permit. Send QSLs to M0OXO.

(IRTS, DX-WORLD.NET)
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