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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 30 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
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In the news today:
THE 7P8CW DXPEDITION HAS BEEN POSTPONED
THE 2023 SARL NATIONAL CONVENTION ON 22 APRIL 2023
and
ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM INTERFERENCE?
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 deep regret that we announce that the key of Dirk Jansen, ZS5
DBJ went silent on Thursday 27 October 2022. We extend our sincere condole
nces to his family and friends.
PAUSE
You are listening to a news bulletin of the South African Radio League.
THE 7P8CW DXPEDITION HAS BEEN POSTPONED
The 7P8CW DXpedition scheduled for 1st to 9th November has been postponed
to 2023. Lucas, ZS6ACT, Magda, ZS6MMS and their son were involved i
n a serious motor accident. Lucas has undergone surgery and Magda has brok
en ribs. We wish Lucas and Magda all the best!
WHERE ARE THE CLUB SECRETARIES?
The SARL Secretary has a need to create a mailing list to share informatio
n with Clubs. Club secretaries are asked to send their contact e-mail addr
ess to the SARL Secretary at
secretary@sarl.org.za (mailto:secretary@sarl. org.za) .
THE 2023 SARL NATIONAL CONVENTION ON 22nd APRIL 2023
The 2023 National Convention will be held on 22nd April 2023 at the Masels poort Resort and Conference Centre near Bloemfontein. The host is busy wit
h the arrangements at the Resort.
On 4th September 2022 a SARL Communication was sent out with information a
bout the various awards and trophies and how to nominate someone for an aw
ard. The information is also on page 7 of the October 2022 Radio ZS and wi
ll be on page 6 of the November 2022 issue of Radio ZS. The nomination for
ms for the awards can be found at www.sarl.org.za/members/Awards/AwardsDir ectory.asp. Please collect all the signatures on one document and then sub
mit it to the SARL Secretary. Submit the completed nomination form to the
SARL Secretary by midnight on Tuesday 31st January 2023 and use only secr
etary@sarl.org.za (mailto:
secretary@sarl.org.za) .
SARL Members are invited to submit motions for discussion at the AGM. Club
s are invited to submit a motion to host the 2024 SARL AGM and Awards Dinn
er. The motion documents can be found on www.sarl.org.za/members/agm/AGMMe mbers.asp. Submit the completed nomination form to the SARL Secretary by m idnight on Tuesday 31st January 2023 and use only
secretary@sarl.org.za (m ailto:
secretary@sarl.org.za) .
THE RAE PROCESS
The RAE Papers are sent to the Exam Centre 10 days before the RAE. Courier
Guys is instructed to collect the Papers from the Exam Centres starting o
n the Monday following the exam. Some Centres are only collected by the We dnesday. All the Papers are delivered to Kelley at the NARC for control. I
t can take up to 6 days to get the papers back to the NARC. The Papers are
then handed to the team who mark the Papers. Do not contact the Office at
the NARC on the Monday after the exam asking about you results. Give the
team 14 days to complete their work.
The SARL Council congratulates the RAE candidates who passed their exam on
22 October 2022. We hope to work you soon.
You are listening to a news bulletin of the South African Radio League.
ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM INTERFERENCE?
The SARL Council discussed interference matters during its meeting on 28th
and 29th October. Council requests SARL members experiencing interference
from solar installations, electrical fencing and other electrical inter ference to provide information on the interference experienced. Please sen
d all the information to Chris Turner, ZS6GM at
chris@crturner.net (mail to:
chris@crturner.net) with a copy to the SARL Secretary at secretary@sarl .org.za (mailto:
secretary@sarl.org.za) .
CLUB NEWS
The AGM of the Antique Wireless Association will be held on Saturday 12th
November starting at 09:00 at the SAIEE auditorium in Observatory. All ar
e welcome to come and join. Visit the SAIEE Museum and a flea market and b
raai after the AGM. Should you want to order braai packs, contact Andy Z
S6ADY on 0824484368. Otherwise feel free to bring your own. Fires will be
provided. Directions to the SAIEE can be found on the AWA Website www.awa sa.org.za.
Did you miss the Power Hour Tech Talk on Thursday last week? John, W6NBC
gave an excellent presentation and shared his knowledge and experience on
his search for the optimized Magnetic Loop antenna. He covered how the si
ze dictates the minimum and maximum frequency, how the loop shape is irr elevant as it's all about the loop area, the 24:1 loop to conduc
tor diameter ratio required for efficiency, the RF skin effect enabling
the use of low cost materials such as aluminium foil tape on PVC pipe,
and a simple capacitor for tuning that uses one foil covered PVC pipe sli
ding within the main loops foil covered PVC pipe. He even showed a square
magnetic loop made of aluminium foil tape covered cardboard tubes using a
short piece of wire for the driven element. You can find John's slides on
w6nbc.com/magloop. Be sure to diarise the last Power Hour Tech Talk for 2
022, set for Thursday 24th November at 19:00 CAT.
The Eden Radio Club once again created on-air and off-air activity this pa
st weekend. The Eden Radio Club setup a field station on the 22nd October
2022 at the Botanical Gardens in George. The station was active from 07:
00 to 11:00 CAT. The aim was to create on air activity as well as to intr oduce amateur radio to the public. Once again, the club was successful
in their aim for this event. Several members of the public and radio ama teurs visited the station.
PROPAGATION REPORT
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low to moderate levels. There are currently 4 sunspot groups with s imple magnetic configurations visible. There is a moderate probability for
C-class and a very low probability for M-class flaring. If you want to do
your own frequency predictions, the expected effective sunspot number f
or the week will be around 69. The 10 to 30 m bands may provide some good
DX fun, especially in late afternoons. Please visit the website spacewe ather.sansa.org.za for further information.
Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:
Today - the CQ WW DX SSB Contest
4 and 5 November - the Taurids Meteor Showers
5 November - the RaDAR Challenge
11 November - Armistice Day
12 and 13 November - the SARL VHF/UHF Analogue contest
13 November - Remembrance Sunday
16 November - the SARL 80 m Club Contest
17 and 18 November - Leonids Meteor Showers
19 November - the SARL Newbie contest and the West Rand Flea Marke
t
20 November - the closing date for SARL VHF/UHF Analogue contest l
ogs
21 November - the closing date for Club contest logs
24 November - the closing date for Newbie logs and the Sandton ARC
Talking Tech Power Hour
26 and 27 November - the CQ WW DX CW Contest
To conclude our bulletin, a recap of our main news story:
The 7P8CW DXpedition scheduled for 1st to 9th November has been postponed
to 2023. Lucas, ZS6ACT, Magda, ZS6MMS and their son were involved i
n a serious motor accident. Lucas has undergone surgery and Magda has brok
en ribs. We wish Lucas and Magda all the best!
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 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 sideband by Louis
, ZS5LP. 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
these by e-mail to
artoday@sarl.org.za (mailto:
artoday@sarl.org.za) .
You have listened to a news bulletin written by Dennis Green, ZR6BP, p
roofread 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 30 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&id•17f7df00&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 7P8CW DXPEDISIE IS UITGESTEL
DIE 2023 SARL NASIONALE KONVENSIE OP 22 APRIL 2023
en
LY JOU STASIE AAN STEURINGS?
Bly ingeskakel vir meer inligting oor hierdie en ander interessante nuus i tems.
Ons begin hierdie bulletin met nuus van â-˜n stil sleutel.
Dit is met leedwese dat ons aankondig dat die sleutel van Dirk Jansen, Z
S5DBJ gedurende Donderdag 27 Oktober 2022 stil geword het. Ons betuig ons
innige meegevoel met sy familie en vriende.
POUSE
Jy luister na ʼn nuus uitsending van die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga.
DIE 7P8CW DXPEDISIE IS UITGESTEL
Die 7P8CW DXpedisie geskeduleer vir 1 tot 9 November is uitgestel na 2023.
Lucas, ZS6ACT, Magda, ZS6MMS en hul seun was in 'n ernstige motoron
geluk betrokke. Lucas het 'n operasie ondergaan en Magda het gebreekte rib
bes. Ons wens Lucas en Magda alle sterkte toe!
WAAR IS DIE KLUBSEKRETARISE?
Die SARL-sekretaris het 'n behoefte om 'n poslys te skep om inligting met
Klubs te deel. Klub sekretarisse word gevra om hul kontak-e-posadres aan
die SARL-sekretaris by
secretary@sarl.org.za (mailto:
secretary@sarl.org.z
a) te stuur.
DIE 2023 SARL NASIONALE KONVENSIE OP 22 APRIL 2023
Die 2023 Nasionale Konvensie word op 22 April 2023 by die Maselspoort Oord
en Konferensiesentrum naby Bloemfontein gehou. Die gasheer is besig met d
ie reëlings by die Oord.
Op 4 September 2022 is 'n SARL-kommunikasie uitgestuur met inligting oor d
ie verskillende toekennings en trofeë en hoe om iemand vir 'n toekenn
ing te nomineer. Die inligting is ook op bladsy 7 van die Oktober 2022 Rad
io ZS en sal op bladsy 6 van die November 2022 uitgawe van Radio ZS wees.
Die nominasievorms vir die toekennings kan gevind word by www.sarl.org.za /members/Awards/AwardsDirectory.asp. Versamel asseblief al die handtekenin
ge op een dokument en dien dit dan by die SARL-sekretaris in. Dien die vol tooide nominasievorm teen middernag op Dinsdag 31 Januarie 2023 by die SAR L-sekretaris in en gebruik slegs
secretary@sarl.org.za (mailto:secretary@s arl.org.za) .
SARL-lede word uitgenooi om mosies vir bespreking by die AJV in te dien. K
lubs word uitgenooi om 'n mosie in te dien om die 2024 SARL AJV en Toekenn ingsdinee aan te bied. Die mosie dokumente kan gevind word op www.sarl.org .za/members/agm/AGMMembers.asp. Dien die voltooide nominasievorm teen midd ernag op Dinsdag 31 Januarie 2023 by die SARL-sekretaris in en gebruik sle
gs
secretary@sarl.org.za (mailto:
secretary@sarl.org.za) .
DIE RAE PROSES
Die RAE-vraestelle word 10 dae voor die RAE na die Eksamensentrum gestuur.
Courier Guys word opdrag gegee om die vraestelle by die Eksamensentrums a
f te haal vanaf die Maandag wat volg op die eksamen. Sommige sentrums word
eers teen Woensdag afgehaal. Al die papiere word aan Kelley by die NARC a fgelewer vir beheer. Dit kan tot 6 dae neem om die vraestelle by die NARC
terug te kry. Die Vraestelle word dan oorhandig aan die span wat die Vrae stelle nasien. Moenie die kantoor by die NARC op die Maandag na die eksame
n kontak om na u uitslae te vra nie. Gee die span 14 dae om hul werk te vo ltooi.
Die SARL Raad wens die RAE-kandidate geluk wat hul eksamen op 22 Oktober 2
022 geslaag het. Ons hoop om binnekort vir jou te werk.
Jy luister na ʼn nuus uitsending van die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga.
LY JOU STASIE AAN STEURINGS?
Die SARL Raad het steurings sake tydens sy vergadering op 28 en 29 Oktober
bespreek. Die Raad versoek SARL-lede wat steuring van sonkrag installasie
s, elektriese heinings en ander elektriese steurings ervaar om inligting
te verskaf oor die steuring wat ondervind is. Stuur asseblief al die inli gting aan Chris Turner, ZS6GM by
chris@crturner.net (mailto:chris@crturn er.net) met 'n afskrif aan die SARL-sekretaris by
secretary@sarl.org.za (m ailto:
secretary@sarl.org.za) .
KLUB NUUS
Die AJV van die Antieke Draadloos Vereniging word op Saterdag 12 November
vanaf 09:00 by die SAIEE-ouditorium in Observatory gehou. Almal is welkom
om te kom aansluit. Besoek die SAIEE Museum en 'n snuffelmark en braai na
die AJV. Indien jy braaipakkie wil bestel, kontak Andy ZS6ADY by 082448
4368 of bring jou eie. Vure sal voorsien word. Aanwysings na die SAIEE kan
gevind word op die AWA webwerf www.awasa.org.za.
Het jy verlede week Donderdag die Krag Uur Tegniese Praatjie gemis? John
, W6NBC het 'n uitstekende aanbieding gelewer en sy kennis en ervaring o
or sy soektog na die geoptimaliseerde Magnetiese Lus-antenna gedeel. Hy he
t gedek hoe die grootte die minimum en maksimum frekwensie bepaal, hoe d
ie lus vorm irrelevant is aangesien dit alles oor die lus area gaan, die
24:1 lus tot geleier deursnee verhouding wat nodig is vir doeltreffendhei
d, die RF vel effek wat die gebruik van lae koste materiale moontlik maa
k soos aluminiumfoelie band op PVC-pyp, en 'n eenvoudige kapasitor vir i
nstem wat gebruik maak van een foelie bedekte PVC-pyp wat binne die hoof l
us se foelie bedekte PVC-pyp gly. Hy het selfs 'n vierkantige magnetiese l
us gewys wat gemaak is van aluminiumfoelie met kleefband bedekte karton bu
ise met 'n kort stuk draad vir die aangedrewe element. Jy kan John se skyf
ies op w6nbc.com/magloop vind. Maak seker dat jy die laaste Krag Uur Tegni
ese Praatjie vir 2022, wat vir Donderdag 24 November om
19:00 SAT ingestel is, dagboek.
Die Eden Radioklub het die afgelope naweek weer op lug- en buitelug aktiwi
teit geskep. Die Eden Radioklub het 'n veldstasie op 22 Oktober 2022 by di
e Botaniese Tuine in George opgerig. Die stasie was aktief vanaf 07:00 tot
11:00 SAT. Die doel was om op die lug aktiwiteit te skep asook om amateur
radio aan die publiek bekend te stel. Weereens was die klub suksesvol in
hul doel vir hierdie geleentheid. Verskeie lede van die publiek en radioa mateurs het die stasie besoek.
HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
gaan wees. Tans is daar 4 sonvlekke met eenvoudige magnetiese samestellin
gs sigbaar. Daar is 'n gematigde waarskynlikheid vir die voorkoms van C-kl
as fakkels en 'n baie lae moontlikheid van M-klas sonfakkels. Diegene wat
hulle eie frekwensievoorspellings wil doen, kan 'n verwagte effektiewe
sonvlektelling van 69 vir die week gebruik. Radio amateurs kan veral laat middag goeie DX openinge op die 10 tot 30 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 CQ WW DX ESB-kompetisie
1 tot 9 November - die 7P8CW DXpedisie
4 en 5 November - die Taurids-meteoorbuie
5 November - die RaDAR-uitdaging
11 November - Wapenstilstandsdag
12 en 13 November - die SARL BHF/UHF Analoog-kompetisie
13 November - Herinnering Sondag
16 November - die SARL 80 m-klub kompetisie
17 en 18 November - Leoniede Meteoorbuie
19 November - die SARL Newbie-kompetisie en die Wes-Randse snuffel
mark
20 November - die sluitingsdatum vir SARL VHF/UHF Analoog kompetis
ie logs
21 November - die sluitingsdatum vir klub kompetisie logstate
24 November - die sluitingsdatum vir Newbie logstate en die Sandto
n ARK Krag Uur Tegniese Praatjies
26 en 27 November - die CQ WW DX CW-kompetisie
Om die bulletin mee af te sluit, â-˜n opsomming van ons hoof berig
:
Die 7P8CW DXpedisie geskeduleer vir 1 tot 9 November is uitgestel na 2023.
Lucas, ZS6ACT, Magda, ZS6MMS en hul seun was in 'n ernstige motoron
geluk betrokke. Lucas het 'n operasie ondergaan en Magda het gebreekte rib
bes. Ons wens Lucas en Magda alle sterkte toe!
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
, geskryf deur Dennis Green, ZR6BP, geproeflees deur Dennis Green,
ZR6BP en gelees deur ....................................
Van die Nuusspan, die beste wense vir die week vorentoe.
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