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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 13 MARCH 2022

Good morning and welcome to the weekly news bulletin of the South African
Radio League read by ................ [your name, call sign and QTH]

The South African Radio League broadcasts a news bulletin each Sunday in A frikaans and English at 08:15 and 08:30 Central African Time respectively
on HF and various VHF and UHF repeaters around the country. The bulletin
is relayed on Echolink by Johan, ZS6JPL. The audio bulletins can be dow nloaded from the League website at https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/ click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&idV175eb661&eœe7bd785b
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p bulletin mailing list, send an e-mail to the SARL Secretary.

While the problems experienced by some members accessing the SARL web page
s are being attended to, an additional channel is now available from thi
s Sunday. To download the weekly SARL News audio recordings and to listen
to, or download Amateur Radio Today, log on to www.amateurradio.org.z
a.

In the news today:

SARL WEDNESDAY 80 M CLUB CONTEST ON 16 MARCH

BOOK NOW FOR THE SARL "TAKING AMATEUR RADIO INTO THE DIGITAL AGE"
SYMPOSIUM

and

THE SARL VHF/UHF ANALOGUE CONTEST NEXT WEEKEND

Stay tuned for more information on these and other interesting news items.

Congratulations to Leon Foot, ZS4Y who was elected as the Secretary of t
he Moderamen of the Free State Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church for the
next four years.

SARL WEDNESDAY 80 M CLUB CONTEST ON 16 MARCH

The second leg of the SARL Wednesday 80 m Club contest takes place from 17
:00 to 18:00 UTC on Wednesday 16 March with CW, RTTY and phone activity
during the hour long contest. The exchange is an RS, RST or RSQ report
, your Club abbreviation and your 4-character grid square. Look on page
57 of the Blue Book for the Club abbreviations. Submit your log by 21:59
UTC on Monday 21 March by e-mail to contest@sarl.org.za (mailto:ar.zs4bs@ gmail.com) . The rules are on page 58 of the 2022 Blue Book.

THE 2022 SARL NATIONAL CONVENTION BOOKLET

The 2022 SARL National Convention Booklet is available for download from t
he front page of the SARL web site. The Booklet contains the programme for
the Amateur Radio in the Digital Age Symposium on Saturday 9 April and th
e agenda for the SARL AGM on Saturday 23 April 2022. This includes the pro posed budget and membership fees for 2022/2023, the two motions for disc
ussion and a proposal to host the 2023 SARL National Convention.

SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS EXERCISE CARRIED OUT ON QO-100 SATELLI
TE

IARU Region 1 Emergency Communications Coordinator Greg Mossop, G0DUB re
ports that on 26 February, 22 stations representing 14 countries within
IARU Region 1 took part in a short-notice exercise using the geostationar
y satellite QO-100. This was the first of a number of smaller exercises,
tests and meetings to be held by IARU Region 1 throughout the year, bui
lding on the earlier Global Simulated Emergency Tests to cover as many asp
ects of emergency communications as possible. The intention is to bring em ergency communicators together more frequently to demonstrate how the Amat
eur Radio Service can work together as a global community and develop a co
mmon understanding of each other's capabilities.

The exercise was deemed a success, with a number of formal messages pass
ed among stations and some lessons learned from the inevitable challenges
of equipment failure, language barriers and co-ordination of an exercis
e with a coverage area from South Africa to the United Kingdom. Once all t
he exercise feedback is received, another test on QO-100 is planned for
October 2022.

"QO-100 brings another asset to the emergency communications toolbox in Re
gion 1 and its presence is much appreciated," Greg Mossop, G0DUB, co
mmented.

You are listening to a news bulletin of the South African Radio League.

BOOK NOW FOR THE SARL "TAKING AMATEUR RADIO INTO THE DIGITAL AGE
" SYMPOSIUM

The SARL "Taking Amateur Radio into the Digital Age" Sympo
sium will be held on Saturday 9 April 2022 starting at 10:00 CAT on the Bl ueJeans platform. It is free for SARL and AMSAT SA members. Register now!
Click on the link on www.sarl.org.za or www.amsatsa.org.za.

IARU Region 1 president, Sylvain Azarian, F4GKR, will take the lid o
ff Software Defined Radio and amateur radio applications. Cor Rademeyer wi
ll talk about detecting RF propagation disturbances by analysing GPS posit
ion data, Brian Jacobs will present an update on the SARL next generatio
n beacon project and has some interesting new information about a new beac
on kit that is currently being tested. We will explore the NCDXF HF beacon
system, a boon for DXers. Find out more about the SARL-100 project and
the AMSAT SA AfriCUBE satellites.

WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY IS 18 APRIL

DARC, the German IARU Member Society's Team SES will activate sp
ecial call sign DA22WARD from 1 March until 30 April in celebration of Wor
ld Amateur Radio Day on 18 April. QSL via the bureau, or direct to DL2VF
R. And REF, the French IARU Member Society has announced that special ev
ent station TM97WARD will be on the air from 16 to 25 April to celebrate W
orld Amateur Radio Day (WARD), which takes place each year on 18 April.

THE SARL VHF/UHF ANALOGUE CONTEST NEXT WEEKEND

The first leg of the SARL VHF/UHF Analogue contest runs from 03:00 to 09:0
0 UTC on Saturday 19 March and again on Sunday 20 March 2022. The first tw
o hours on Saturday is spent on 6 metres, followed by two hours on 2 met
res and the last two hours on 70 cm. On Sunday, the first two hours is o
n 2 metres, followed by two hours on 6 metres and ending off with two ho
urs on 70 cm. The exchange is an RS signal report and your full six-digit
Maidenhead locator. Turn to page 18 of the 2022 SARL Blue Book for all th
e information.

Clubs and groups hosting the contests are once again reminded to submit an
item about their contest for the SARL News.

CONTEST NEWS

Fifteen logs from ZS2 and ZS6 were received for the first SARL VHF/UHF FM
contest for the year.

1st the Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society, ZS2PE - 11 505 poi
nts
2nd Pierre Holtzhausen, ZS6PJH - 4 403 points
3rd Stephen Stuttard, ZS6SKY - 1 904 points

Only 44 logs were received for the 1st leg of the SARL Saturday 40 m Club
Contest and not 45 as reported last Sunday. An error was identified in on
e log changing the scoring.

Club Scores
1st the West Rand ARC - 1 252 points
2nd the Northern Cape ARC - 378 points
3rd the Bloemfontein ARC - 361 points

Individual Scores
1st Michael, ZS4BHF - 181 points
2nd Jan, ZS4JAN - 180 points
3rd Gerhard, ZS3TG - 158 points
4th Kobus, ZS6BOS - 147 points

WHO CAN HELP?

Stuart, ZR1SB is looking for assistance in getting vintage military radi
os, roughly 100 kg of radios, from Bloemfontein to Somerset-West. If y
ou can help Stuart, contact him on e-mail stuart@burgess.org.za (mailto: stuart@burgess.org.za) .

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low to moderate levels. There are currently a couple of sunspots wi
th simple to slightly complex magnetic configurations visible. There is a
chance of C-class and a slight chance of M-class flaring. If you want to
do your own frequency predictions, the expected effective sunspot numbe
r for the week will be around 64. The 10 to 30 m bands may provide some go
od DX fun. Please visit the website spaceweather.sansa.org.za for further
information.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

16 March - the SARL Wednesday 80 m Club contest
17 March - inland schools close
18 March - the closing date for the Field Day Logs
19 and 20 March - the SARL VHF/UHF Analogue contest
20 March - the Autumn Equinox at 17:32 CAT
21 March - Human Rights Day and the Namibian Independence Day
23 March - the Sandton Talking Tech Power Hour
25 March - coastal schools close
26 March - the Sandton ARC Fox hunt
26 and 27 March - the CQ WPX SSB Contest
27 March - the closing date for the VHF/UHF Analogue logs
1 April - the start of the SAMOC April Word Search
2 April - the start of Ramadan, the RaDAR Challenge and the Pret
oria ARC Flea Market

To conclude our bulletin, a recap of our main news story:

The second leg of the SARL Wednesday 80 m Club contest takes place from 17
:00 to 18:00 UTC on Wednesday 16 March with CW, RTTY and phone activity
during the hour long contest. The rules are on page 58 of the 2022 Blue B
ook.

This concludes our bulletin for this morning.

We invite clubs and individuals to submit news items of interest to radio
amateurs and shortwave listeners, in both English and Afrikaans, if p
ossible, by following the News Inbox link on the South African Radio Lea
gue web page. News items to be included in the bulletin should reach the n
ews team no later than the Friday preceding the bulletin date.

You are welcome to join us every Sunday morning for the weekly radio progr amme, Amateur Radio Today at 10:00 CAT. The programme can be heard on VH
F and UHF repeaters countrywide and on 7 082 kHz lower side-band by courte
sy of Louis, ZS5LP. A rebroadcast by Andy, ZS6ADY, can be heard on M
onday evenings at 19:30 CAT on 3 620 kHz.

We welcome your signal reports, comments, and suggestions; please send
these by e-mail to .

You have listened to a news bulletin written by Dennis Green, ZS4BS, p
roof read by Dave Reece, ZS1DFR and read by ..............

From the news team, best wishes for the week ahead.

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SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 13 MAART 2022

Goeie môre en welkom by die weeklikse nuus uitsending van die Suid-Af
rikaanse Radioliga, gelees deur ________________________ (jou naam, ro
epsein en QTH)

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga saai elke Sondag nuus bulletins uit in Afrik
aans sowel as Engels om 08:15 en 08:30 Sentraal Afrika Tyd onderskeidelik
uit op HF sowel as op verskeie BHF- en UHF-herhalers. Hierdie uitsendings
word ook via Echolink herlei deur Johan, ZS6JPL. Die oudio bulletins ka
n afgelaai word vanaf die Liga webwerf by www.sarl.org.za, terwyl die te
ks bulletins by https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cb a9589bf8d019e5d3&id80655ac9&eœe7bd785b afgelaai kan word. O
m by die Mailchimp bulletin e-poslys aan te sluit, stuur 'n e-pos aan di
e SARL Sekretaris.

Terwyl daar aandag gegee word aan die probleme wat sommige lede ervaar met
toegang tot die SARL-webbladsye, is 'n bykomende kanaal nou vanaf hierd
ie Sondag beskikbaar. Teken in by www.amateurradio.org.za om die weeklikse
SARL News-oudio-opnames af te laai en om Amateur Radio Today te luister o
f af te laai.

In die nuus vandag:

SARL 80 M KLUB KOMPETISIE OP WOENSDAG 16 MAART

BESPREEK NOU VIR DIE SARL NEEM AMATEUR RADIO NA DIE DIGITALE ERA SIMPOSIUM

en

DIE SARL VHF/UHF ANALOOG KOMPETISIE VOLGENDE NAWEEK

Bly ingeskakel vir meer inligting oor hierdie en ander interessante nuusit
ems.

Baie geluk aan Leon Foot, ZS4Y wat vir die volgende vier jaar as Sekreta
ris van die Moderamen van die Vrystaatse Sinode van die NG Kerk verkies is
.

SARL WOENSDAG 80 M KLUB KOMPETISIE OP 16 MAART

Die tweede been van die SARL Woensdag 80 m Klub kompetisie vind plaas vana
f 17:00 tot 18:00 UTC op Woensdag 16 Maart met GG, RTD en foon aktiwitei
t tydens die uur lange kompetisie. Die uitruiling is 'n RS-, RST- of RSQ -verslag, jou Klub-afkorting en jou 4-karakter-ruitvierkant, kyk op bl
adsy 57 van die Blou Boek vir die Klub-afkortings. Dien jou logstaat teen
21:59 UTC op Maandag 21 Maart in per e-pos na contest@sarl.org.za (mailto :contest@sarl.org.za) . Die reëls is op bladsy 58 van die 2022 Blou B
oek.

DIE 2022 SARL NASIONALE KONVENSIE BOEKIE

Die 2022 SARL Nasionale Konvensie-boekie is beskikbaar vir aflaai vanaf di
e voorblad van die SARL-webwerf. Die Boekie bevat die program vir die Amat
eur Radio in die Digitale Era Simposium op Saterdag 9 April en die agenda
vir die SARL AJV op Saterdag 23 April 2022. Dit sluit in die voorgestelde
begroting en ledegeld vir 2022/2023, die twee mosies vir bespreking en
'n voorstel om die 2023 SARL Nasionale Konvensie aan te bied.

SUKSESVOLLE NOODKOMMUNIKASIE OEFENING UITGEVOER OP DIE QO-100 SATELLIET

IARU Streek 1 Noodkommunikasie KoÃPara.rdineerder Greg Mossop, G0DUB ber
ig dat op 26 Februarie het 22 stasies wat 14 lande binne IARU Streek 1 ver teenwoordig, deelgeneem aan 'n kort kennisgewing oefening deur die geost asionêre satelliet QO-100 te gebruik. Dit was die eerste van 'n aanta
l kleiner oefeninge, toetse en vergaderings wat deur die jaar deur IARU
Streek 1 gehou sal word, wat voortbou op die vroeëre Globale Gesim
uleerde Nood-toetse om soveel as moontlik aspekte van noodkommunikasie te
dek. Die bedoeling is om nood-kommunikeerders meer gereeld bymekaar te br
ing om te demonstreer hoe die Amateur Radiodiens as 'n globale gemeenskap
kan saamwerk en 'n gemeenskaplike begrip van mekaar se vermoëns kan
ontwikkel.

Die oefening is as 'n sukses beskou, met 'n aantal formele boodskappe wa
t tussen stasies deurgegee is en 'n paar lesse geleer uit die onvermydelik
e uitdagings van toerusting-onderbreking, taal-hindernisse en koÃPara.rd inering van 'n oefening met 'n dekkingsgebied van Suid-Afrika tot die Vere nigde Koninkryk. Sodra al die oefening-terugvoer ontvang is, word nog 'n
toets oor QO-100 vir Oktober 2022 beplan.

"QO-100 bring nog 'n bate na die nood kommunikasie gereedskapkas in Streek
1 en die teenwoordigheid daarvan word baie waardeer," het Greg Mossop
, G0DUB, gesê.

Jy luister na ʼn nuus uitsending van die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga.

BESPREEK NOU VIR DIE SARL NEEM AMATEUR RADIO NA DIE DIGITALE ERA SIMPOSIUM

Die SARL Neem Amateur Radio na die Digitale Era Simposium sal gehou word o
p Saterdag 9 April 2022 vanaf 10:00 SAT op die BlueJeans platform. Dit is
gratis vir SARL- en AMSAT SA-lede. Registreer nou! Klik op die skakel op
www.sarl.org.za of www.amsatsa.org.za.

President van IARU Streek 1, Sylvain Azarian, F4GKR, sal meer vertel
oor sagteware-gedefinieerde radio- en amateur radio-toepassings. Cor Rade meyer sal praat oor die opsporing van RF-voortplantingsversteurings deur G
PS posisie-data te ontleed en Brian Jacobs sal 'n opdatering oor die SARL
volgende generasie baken projek aanbied en het 'n paar interessante nuwe
inligting oor 'n nuwe bakenstelsel wat tans getoets word. Ons sal die NCD
XF HF-bakenstelsel verken, 'n seën vir DXers. Kom meer te wete oor
die SARL-100-projek en die AMSAT SA AfriCUBE-satelliete.

WÊRELD AMATEUR RADIO DAG IS 18 APRIL

DARC, die Duitse IARU-Lidvereniging se Span SES sal spesiale roepsein DA
22WARD vanaf 1 Maart tot 30 April aktiveer ter viering van Wêreld Ama
teur Radio Dag op 18 April. QSL via die buro, of direk na DL2VFR. En REF
, die Franse IARU-Lidvereniging het aangekondig dat spesiale geleentheid -stasie TM97WARD vanaf 16 tot 25 April op die lug sal wees om Wêreld
Amateur Radio Dag (WARD) te vier.

DIE SARL VHF/UHF ANALOOG KOMPETISIE VOLGENDE NAWEEK

Die eerste been van die SARL VHF/UHF Analoog-kompetisie duur van 03:00 tot
09:00 UTC op Saterdag 19 Maart en weer op Sondag 20 Maart 2022. Die eerst
e twee ure op Saterdag word op 6 meter spandeer, gevolg deur twee ure op
2 meter en die laaste twee ure op 70 cm. Sondag is die eerste twee uur op
2 meter, gevolg deur twee uur op 6 meter en eindig met twee uur op 70 c
m. Die uitruil is 'n RS-seinverslag en die volle ses-syfer Maidenhead-ruit blok. Blaai na bladsy 18 van die 2022 SARL Blou Boek vir al die inligting.

Klubs en groepe wat die kompetisies aanbied, word weereens herinner om '
n item oor hul kompetisie vir die SARL Nuus in te dien.

KOMPETISIE NUUS

Vyftien logstate van ZS2 en ZS6 is ontvang vir die eerste SARL BHF/UHF FM- kompetisie vir die jaar.

1ste die Port Elizabeth Amateurradiovereniging, ZS2PE - 11 505 p
unte
2de Pierre Holtzhausen, ZS6PJH - 4 403 punte
3de Stephen Stuttard, ZS6SKY - 1 904 punte

Slegs 44 logstate is ontvang vir die eerste been van die SARL Saterdag 40
m Klub kompetisie en nie 45 soos verlede Sondag berig nie. 'n Fout is in
een logstate geïdentifiseer wat die puntetelling verander het.

Klub tellings
1ste die Wesrand ARK - 1 252 punte
2de die Noord-Kaap ARK - 378 punte
3de die Bloemfontein ARK - 361 punte

Individuele tellings
1ste Michael, ZS4BHF - 181 punte
2de Jan, ZS4JAN - 180 punte
3de Gerhard, ZS3TG - 158 punte
4de Kobus, ZS6BOS - 147 punte

WIE KAN HELP?

Stuart, ZR1SB soek hulp om ou militêre radios, sowat 100 kg se ra
dios, van Bloemfontein na Somerset-Wes te vervoer. As jy vir Stuart kan
help, kontak hom by e-pos stuart@burgess.org.za (mailto:stuart@burgess. org.za) .

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
tot gematig gaan wees. Tans is daar 'n aantal sonvlekke met eenvoudige to
t meer gevorderde magnetiese samestellings sigbaar. Daar is 'n moontlikhei
d van C-klas en 'n geringe kans van M-klas sonfakkels. Diegene wat hulle e
ie frekwensievoorspellings wil doen, kan 'n verwagte effektiewe sonvlekt
elling van 64 vir die week gebruik. Radio amateurs kan goeie DX openinge o
p die 10 tot 30 m bande verwag. Besoek gerus die webtuiste spaceweather.sa nsa.org.za vir meer inligting.

Nou die dagboek van gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:

16 Maart - die SARL Woensdag 80 m Klub kompetisie
17 Maart - binnelandse skole sluit
18 Maart - die sluitingsdatum vir Velddag logstate
19 en 20 Maart- die SARL BHF/UHF Analoog kompetisie
20 Maart - Herfs nagewening om 17:32 SAT
21 Maart - Menseregte Dag
23 Maart - die Sandton â-˜Talking Tech Power Hour'
25 Maart - kus skole sluit
26 Maart - die Sandton ARK Jakkals jag
26/27 Maart - die CQ WPX ESB kompetisie
27 Maart - die sluitingsdatum vir SARL BHF/UHF Analoog logstate
1 April - die begin van die SAMOC April Woord-soektog
2 April - die begin van Ramadan, die RaDAR-uitdaging en die Pret
oria ARK snuffelmark

Om die bulletin mee af te sluit, â-˜n opsomming van ons hoof berig
:

Die tweede been van die SARL Woensdag 80 m Klub kompetisie vind plaas vana
f 17:00 tot 18:00 UTC op Woensdag 16 Maart met GG, RTD en foon aktiwitei
t tydens die uur lange kompetisie. Die reëls is op bladsy 58 van die
2022 Blou Boek.

Dit bring ons aan die einde van hierdie bulletin.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga se nuus diens nooi klubs en individue uit om
nuus brokkies van belang vir radio amateurs en kortgolf luisteraars in te
dien. Plaas nuus berigte indien moontlik, in beide Engels en Afrikaans
op die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga webtuiste onder die 'news inbox' skakel
nie later as die Vrydag wat die bulletin datum vooraf gaan nie.

Luister elke Sondag oggend om 10:00 Sentraal Afrika Tyd na "Amateur Radio
Today." Daar is herleiding op 7 082 kHz laer syband deur Louis, ZS5LP e
n verskeie herleidings op BHF en UHF frekwensies regoor Suid-Afrika. 'n He ruitsending aangebied deur Andy ZS6ADY vind op Maandae aande om 19:30 Sent
raal Afrika Tyd op 3 620 kHz plaas.

Ons ontvang graag jou sein rapporte, kommentaar en voorstelle, stuur '
n e-pos aan artoday@sarl.org.za (mailto:artoday@sarl.org.za) .

Jy het geluister na 'n nuus uitsending van die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga
, geskryf deur Dennis Green, ZS4BS, geproeflees deur Johan de Bruyn
, ZS6JHB en gelees deur ....................................

Van die Nuusspan, die beste wense vir die week vorentoe.

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