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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 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 in English at 08:15 and 08:30 Central African Time respective
ly on HF and various VHF and UHF repeaters around the country. The bulleti
n is relayed on Echolink by Johan, ZS6JPL. The audio bulletins can be do wnloaded from the League website at https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track /click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&idõ47361e00&eœe7bd785b
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e-mail to the SARL Secretary.

In the news today:

THE AWA SSB VALVE QSO PARTY THIS AFTERNOON

WHERE TO LOOK FOR BACAR 10 SIGNALS ON 8 OCTOBER

and

THE OCTOBER 2022 RADIO ZS

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

We begin this bulletin with the news of a Silent Key:

It is with sadness that we announce that the key of Jan Bosman ZS6BHC went
silent on 25 September 2022 at the age of 94. Jan was a member of the the
n Northern Transvaal Branch, then OTL Branch and was well known amongst
the then â-˜Daybreak' team.

We extend our sincere condolences to Pieter ZS3AOR, his daughter Non,
grandchildren, great grandchildren, family and friends.

PAUSE

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

THE AWA SSB VALVE QSO PARTY THIS AFTERNOON

The second leg of the AWA SSB Valve QSO Party is on the air from 13:00 UTC
to 17:00 UTC this afternoon with participants using preferably, valve r
adios or radios with valves in them. No linear amplifiers may be used. The
QSO Party is run on 40 and 80 metres, with 7,100 kHz to 7,130 kHz b
eing contest free. The exchange is a RS report, your call sign, a cons
ecutive serial number starting at 001 and the type of radio used. Submit y
our log sheets by 21:59 UTC on Friday 7 October 2022 to andyzs6ady@vodamai l.co.za (mailto:andyzs6ady@vodamail.co.za) . Get all the information on pa
ge 37 of the 2022 Blue Book.

THE SARL 80 M QSO PARTY ON 6 OCTOBER

The second leg of the SARL 80 m QSO Party runs from 17:00 UTC to 19:00 UTC
on Thursday 6 October 2022. The segment 3 651 kHz to 3 700 kHz is contest
free. The exchange is a RS report and your name and call sign. You score
10 points for a QSO with a South African station and 15 points for a stat
ion outside South Africa. Submit your MS Excel only log sheet by 21:59 UTC
on Tuesday 11 October 2022 by e-mail to louis.zs5lp@gmail.com (mailto:lou is.zs5lp@gmail.com) and zs5durbanarc@gmail.com (mailto:zs5durbanarc@gmail.
com) . You will find all the information on page 38 of the 2022 Blue Book.

THE SPRING QRP CONTEST ON 8 OCTOBER

The West Rand Amateur Radio Club would like to remind you that the final l
eg of the SARL QRP Contest will take place on Saturday 8th October 2022. M
ake contacts with 5 watts or less power on the 40 m band between 12:00 UTC
- 12:45 UTC. From 12:45 UTC to 13:30 UTC you are welcome to use 160, 80
, 20, 15 and 10 m. Extra points are awarded for field stations and hom
ebrew rigs. Please be sure to submit a photo of your field station and/or
homebrew rig to claim your extra points. Ideally the photo should include
the radio and the operator - amateur radio in action!

WHERE TO LOOK FOR BACAR 10 SIGNALS ON 8 OCTOBER

The Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio or BACAR is planned to launch at 07:00
CAT on Saturday 8 October from the model aircraft airfield at Trichardt n
ear Secunda. Attached to the balloon will be ten different payloads includ
ing AfriCUBE's linear transponder, APRS, a new flight transponder, G
igacube with a 10 GHz up and downlink, a 40 m SSTV transmission as well
as four Lora payloads. The AfriCUBE linear transponder will also be opera tional and to facilitate communication has been broken up into a few 'chan nels.' Please log all contacts with BACAR 10 and include the grid locator
of your QTH and e-mail to ZR6JRC@gmail.com (mailto:ZR6JRC@gmail.com) .

You can be part of the event - bring your caravan or tent and come and cam
p at the Trichardt Dam Yacht Club on 8 October 2022. There is an element o
f 'roughing it' with lots of space for your tent and even space for a cara
van and the XYL! There are hot and cold water showers available, toilets
and 220 V to charge your radio. Braai facilities are available but bring
your own wood or charcoal. The cost is R40 per person per night, but yo
u need to book. Please e-mail secradio@jenny.co.za (mailto:secradio@jenny. co.za) to reserve your spot. As nice as it looks, swimming is not allowe
d. Get all the information and frequencies on page 38 and 39 of the Octobe
r Radio ZS.

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

THE OCTOBER 2022 RADIO ZS

The October 2022 issue of Radio ZS is available for download from the Leag
ue website. Go to Publications on the left-hand menu. In this issue we loo
k at RF noise generated around your house and ask if your Club is tax comp liant and healthy. The Boland and Bo-Karoo Clubs tell us about the Lightho
use weekend and the Hibiscus and Kempton Park Clubs take us to their Field
Day stations. Josh, ZS6JOS takes us with him to YOTA 2022 in Croatia,
while Woody, ZS3WL tells us about the lighthouse at Doringbaai. Gary,
ZS6YI tells you how to build a motorised HF antenna, Eddie, ZS6BNE ta
kes us back to 1975 and we look at a portable 2-element triband Yagi. Ther
e is an article about the 630-metre band and King Harald Gormsson in this
128-page issue.

CONTEST NEWS

Thirteen logs were received for the second leg of the SARL Regional FT4 co ntest held on Saturday 10 September. The logs show that 473 QSOs were made
during the contest.

1st Gerry, 9J2BS - 163 points
2nd Phillip, ZS6PVT - 157 points
3rd Dan, Z21ML - 138 points

Combined Results
1st Gerry, 9J2BS - 397 points
2nd Phillip, ZS6PVT - 345 points
3rd Dan, Z21ML - 334 points

Five logs were received for the second leg of the SARL VHF/UHF Digital con
test held on 17 and 18 September. There were 12 participants in the contes
t. The longest distance worked on 6 m was 290 km, on 2 m it was 458 km a
nd on 70 cm it was 371 km.

1st Carl Minne, ZS6CBQ - 12 419 points
2nd Koos Greyvenstein, ZS6KSG - 3 109 points
3rd Hennie van Rensburg, ZS6EY - 2 966 points

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low to moderate levels. There are currently four sunspots visible w
ith simple to slightly complex magnetic configurations. There is a high pr obability for C-class and a moderate probability for M-class flaring. If y
ou want to do your own frequency predictions, the expected effective sun
spot number for the week will be around 92. The 10 m to 30 m bands will es pecially, in the late afternoon, provide some good DX fun. Please visi
t the website spaceweather.sansa.org.za for further information.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

Today - the AWA SSB Valve QSO Party and the RSGB DX Contest
4 to 5 October - Yom Kippur
6 October - the SARL 80m QSO party
7 October - the closing date for AWA logs
7 and 8 October - the Draconids Meteor shower
8 October - the launch of BACAR 10 and the Spring QRP Contest
9 to 11 October - Sukkot
11 October - the schools open and the closing date for 80m QSO par
ty logs
12 October - the Early Morning Coffee QSO Party
13 October - the closing date for QRP logs
14 to 16 October - Jamboree on the Air
15 October - CQ Hou Koers
16 to 18 October - Simchat Torah
17 October - the closing date for Early Morning logs
21 and 22 October - the Orionids Meteor Shower
22 October - the October RAE and the SARL 40m Club contest

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

The second leg of the AWA SSB Valve QSO Party is on the air from 13:00 UTC
to 17:00 UTC this afternoon with participants using preferably, valve r
adios or radios with valves in them. No linear amplifiers may be used. The
QSO Party is run on 40 and 80 metres, with 7,100 kHz to 7,130 kHz b
eing contest free. The exchange is a RS report, your call sign, a cons
ecutive serial number starting at 001 and the type of radio used.

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 include in the bulletin should reach the news
team no later than the Friday preceding the bulletin date.

You are welcome to join us every Sunday morning for the weekly radio progr
am, Amateur Radio Today at 10:00 CAT. The program can be heard on VHF an
d UHF repeaters countrywide and on 7 082 kHz lower sideband by Louis, ZS
5LP. A rebroadcast by Andy, ZS6ADY can be heard on Monday evenings at 19
:30 CAT on 3 620 kHz.

We welcome your signal reports, comments and suggestions; please send th
ese by e-mail to artoday@sarl.org.za (mailto:artoday@sarl.org.za) .

You have listened to a news bulletin compiled by Andy Cairns, ZS6ADY,
proofread by Paul Johnson, ZS1S and read by ..............

From the News Team, best wishes for the week ahead.

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SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 02 OCTOBER 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
op HF sowel as op verskeie BHF- en UHF-herhalers. Hierdie uitsendings wor
d ook via Echolink herlei deur Johan, ZS6JPL. Die oudio bulletins kan af
gelaai word vanaf die Liga webwerf by www.sarl.org.za, terwyl die teks b ulletins by https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba958 9bf8d019e5d3&idzcfd98e53&eœe7bd785b afgelaai kan word. Om by
die Mailchimp bulletin e-poslys aan te sluit, stuur 'n e-pos aan die SA
RL Sekretaris.

In die nuus vandag:

DIE ADV ESB BUIS QSO PARTYTJIE VANMIDDAG

WAAR OM TE SOEK VIR BACAR 10 SEINE OP 8 OKTOBER

en

DIE OKTOBER 2022 RADIO ZS

Bly ingeskakel vir meer inligting oor hierdie en ander interessante nuus i tems.

Ons begin hierdie bulletin met nuus van n stil sleutel.

Dit is met leedwese dat ek die SARL moet inlig dat Jan Bosman ZS6BHC oorle
de is Maandag 25 September 2022 op die ouderdom van 94. Jan was 'n eertyds
e lid van Tak Noord Transvaal en later van OTL en was baie bekend onder di
e destydse Dagbreek span.

Ons innige meegevoel met Pieter ZS3AOR, sy dogter Non, en klein kinder
s en agter-klein kinders, Familie en vriende.

POUSE

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

DIE ADV ESB BUIS QSO PARTYTJIE VANMIDDAG

Die tweede been van die Antieke Draadloos Vereniging ESB Buis QSO Partytji
e is vanmiddag van 13:00 tot 17:00 UTC op die lug met deelnemers wat verki eslik buis radios of radios met buise in gebruik. Geen lineêre verste
rkers mag gebruik word nie. Die QSO-partytjie word op 40 en 80-meter gehou
, met 7 100 tot 7 130 wat kompetisie vry is. Die uitruiling is 'n RS-ver
slag, jou roepsein, 'n opeenvolgende reeksnommers wat by 001 begin en
die tipe radio wat gebruik word. Dien jou logstate teen 21:59 UTC op Vryd
ag 7 Oktober 2022 in by andyzs6ady@vodamail.co.za (mailto:andyzs6ady@vodam ail.co.za) . Kry al die inligting op bladsy 37 van die 2022 Blou Boek.

DIE SARL 80 M QSO PARTYTJIE OP 6 OKTOBER

Die tweede been van die SARL 80 m QSO-partytjie duur van 17:00 tot 19:00 U
TC op Donderdag 6 Oktober 2022. Die segment 3 651 tot 3 700 kHz is kompeti
sie vry. Die uitruiling is 'n RS-verslag en jou naam en roepsein. Jy kry 1
0 punte vir 'n QSO met 'n Suid-Afrikaanse stasie en 15 punte vir 'n stasie
buite Suid-Afrika. Dien jou slegs MS Excel-logstaat in teen 21:59 UTC op
Dinsdag 11 Oktober 2022 per e-pos na louis.zs5lp@gmail.com (mailto:louis. zs5lp@gmail.com) en zs5durbanarc@gmail.com (mailto:zs5durbanarc@gmail.com)
. Jy sal al die inligting op bladsy 38 van die 2022 Blou Boek vind.

DIE LENTE QRP KOMPETISIE OP 8 OKTOBER

Die Wes-Randse Amateur radioklub wil jou daaraan herinner dat die laaste b
een van die SARL QRP-kompetisie op Saterdag 8 Oktober 2022 sal plaasvind.
Maak kontakte met 5 Watt of minder krag op die 40 m-band tussen 12:00 - 1
2:45 UTC. Van 12:45 tot 13:30 UTC is jy welkom om 160, 80, 20, 15 en
10 m te gebruik. Ekstra punte word toegeken vir veldstasies en tuis gebou
de toerusting. Maak asseblief seker dat jy 'n foto van jou veldstasie en/o
f tuis geboude toerusting instuur om jou ekstra punte op te eis. Ideaal ge sproke moet die foto die radio en operateur insluit - amateur radio in aks
ie!

WAAR OM TE SOEK VIR BACAR 10 SEINE OP 8 OKTOBER

Daar word beplan dat die 'Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio' of BACAR om 07:0
0 CAT op Saterdag 8 Oktober vanaf die model vliegtuig vlieg veld by Tricha
rdt naby Secunda gelanseer sal word. Tien verskillende loonvragte sal aan
die ballon gekoppel wees, insluitend AfriCUBE se lineêre transpond
er, APRS, 'n nuwe vlug-transponder, Gigacube met 'n 10 GHz op- en af
skakel, 'n 40 m SSTV-transponder asook 4 Lora-loonvragte. Die AfriCUBE l ineêre transponder sal ook in werking wees en om kommunikasie te verg
emaklik is dit in 'n paar 'kanale' op gebreek. Log asseblief alle kontakte
met BACAR 10 aan en sluit die ruit vierkant van jou QTH in en e-pos na ZR 6JRC@gmail.com (mailto:ZR6JRC@gmail.com) .

Jy kan deel wees van die geleentheid - bring jou karavaan of tent en kom k
amp by die Trichardt Dam Seiljag klub op 8 Oktober 2022. Daar is 'n elemen
t van 'roughing it' met baie spasie vir jou tent en selfs plek vir 'n kara
vaan en JD! Daar is warm- en koue water storte beskikbaar, toilette en 2
20 V om jou radio te laai. Braai geriewe is beskikbaar, maar bring hout
of hout skool saam. Die koste is R40 per persoon per nag, maar jy moet
bespreek. Stuur asseblief 'n e-pos aan secradio@jenny.co.za (mailto:secra dio@jenny.co.za) om jou plek te bespreek. So lekker soos dit lyk, swem w
ord nie toegelaat nie. Kry al die inligting en frekwensies op bladsy 38 en
39 van die Oktober Radio ZS.

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

DIE OKTOBER 2022 RADIO ZS

Die Oktober 2022-uitgawe van Radio ZS is beskikbaar vir aflaai vanaf die L iga-webwerf. Gaan na Publikasies op die linkerkant se kies lys. In hierdie
uitgawe kyk ons na RF-geraas wat rondom jou huis gegenereer word en vra o
f jou Klub aan belasting regulasies voldoen en gesond is. Die Boland en Bo -Karoo Klubs vertel ons van die Vuurtoring naweek en die Hibiskus en Kempt
on Park Klubs neem ons na hul Velddag stasies. Josh, ZS6JOS neem ons saa
m na YOTA 2022 in Kroasië, terwyl Woody, ZS3WL ons vertel van die
vuurtoring by Doringbaai. Gary, ZS6YI vertel jou hoe om 'n gemotoriseer
de HF-antenna te bou, Eddie, ZS6BNE neem ons terug na 1975 en ons kyk
na 'n draagbare 2-element drie-band Yagi. Daar is 'n artikel oor die 630- meter band en koning Harald Gormsson in hierdie uitgawe van 128 bladsye.

KOMPETIESIE NUUS

Dertien logstate is ontvang vir die tweede been van die SARL Streeks FT4 k ompetisie wat op Saterdag 10 September gehou is. Die logstate toon dat 473
QSOs tydens die kompetisie gemaak is.

1ste Gerry, 9J2BS - 163 punte
2de Phillip, ZS6PVT - 157 punte
3de Dan, Z21ML - 138 punte

Gekombineerde resultate
1ste Gerry, 9J2BS - 397 punte
2de Phillip, ZS6PVT - 345 punte
3de Dan, Z21ML - 334 punte

Vyf logstate is ontvang vir die tweede been van die SARL VHF/UHF Digitale
kompetisie wat op 17 en 18 September gehou is. Daar was 12 deelnemers aan
die kompetisie. Die langste afstand wat op 6 m gewerk is, was 290 km,
op 2 m was dit 458 km en op 70 cm was dit 371 km.

1ste Carl Minne, ZS6CBQ - 12 419 punte
2de Koos Greyvenstein, ZS6KSG - 3 109 punte
3de Hennie van Rensburg, ZS6EY - 2 966 punte

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
tot gematig gaan wees. Tans is daar 4 sonvlekke met eenvoudige tot bykans
gevorderde magnetiese samestellings sigbaar. Daar is 'n hoë waarskyn
likheid vir die voorkoms van C-klas fakkels en 'n gematigde moontlikheid v
an M-klas sonfakkels. Diegene wat hulle eie frekwensie voorspellings wil d
oen, kan 'n verwagte effektiewe sonvlektelling van 92 vir die week gebru
ik. Radio amateurs kan veral laat middag goeie DX openinge op die 10 tot 3
0 m bande verwag. Besoek gerus die webtuiste spaceweather.sansa.org.za vir
meer inligting.

Nou die dagboek van gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:

Vandag - die ADV ESB Buis QSO Partytjie en die RSGB DX kompetisie
4 tot 5 Oktober - Yom Kippur
6 Oktober - die SARL 80m QSO partytjie
7 Oktober - die sluitingsdatum vir ADV logstate
7 en 8 Oktober - die Draconids Meteor reën
08 Oktober - die lansering van BACAR 10 en die Lente QRP kompetisi
e
9 tot 11 Oktober - Sukkot
11 Oktober - die skole open en die sluitingsdatum vir 80m QSO part
ytjie logstate
12 Oktober - die Vroeg Oggend Koffie QSO Partytjie
13 Oktober - die sluitingsdatum vir QRP logstate
14 tot 16 Oktober - JOTA
15 Oktober - CQ Hou Koers
16 tot 18 Oktober - Simchat Torah
17 Oktober - die sluitingsdatum vir Vroeg oggend logstate
21 en 22 Oktober - die Orionids Meteor reën
22 Oktober - die Oktober RAE en die SARL 40m Klub kompetisie

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

Die tweede been van die Antieke Draadloos Vereniging ESB Buis QSO Partytji
e is vanmiddag van 13:00 tot 17:00 UTC op die lug met deelnemers wat verki eslik buis radios of radios met buise in gebruik. Geen lineêre verste
rkers mag gebruik word nie. Die QSO-partytjie word op 40 en 80-meter gehou
, met 7 100 tot 7 130 wat kompetisie vry is.

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 Africa. 'n He ruitsending aangebied deur Andy, ZS6ADY vind op Maandae aande om 19:30 S entraal 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
, saam gestel deur Andy Cairns, ZS6ADY, geredigeer deur Vivian Dold
, ZS6VD en gelees deur ....................................

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