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SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 4 DESEMBER 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&id372b5f53&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:

'N OPROEP VIR NOMINASIES VIR SARL-TOEKENNINGS EN TROFEË

DIE DESEMBER 2022 RADIO ZS

en

DIE ARRL 10-METER KOMPETISIE

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

Ons begin hierdie nuus bulletin met nuus van n stil sleutel.

Dit is met leedwese dat ons aankondig dat die sleutel van Nick Curwel, Z
S1ZD stil geword het. Nick was â-˜n lid van die Kaapstad Amateurradi
osentrum en op die Kommitee gedien vir â-˜n aantal jare. Hy het Unio
ndale toe getrek na sy vrou oorlede is. Ons betuig ons innige meegevoel aa
n sy familie en vriende.

POUSE

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

'N OPROEP VIR NOMINASIES VIR SARL-TOEKENNINGS EN TROFEË

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, bladsy 6 van die November 2022 Radio ZS en bladsy 22 van die Dese
mber 2022 Radio ZS. Die nominasie vorms vir die toekennings kan gevind wor
d by www.sarl.org.za/members/Awards/AwardsDirectory.asp. Versamel asseblie
f al die handtekeninge op een dokument en dien dit dan by die SARL-sekreta
ris in.

SARL-lede word uit genooi om mosies vir bespreking by die AJV in te dien.
Klubs word uit genooi om 'n mosie in te dien om die 2024 SARL AJV en Toek ennings dinee aan te bied. Die mosie dokumente kan gevind word op www.sarl .org.za/members/agm/AGMMembers.asp.

In gevolge Reël 16.9 sal vyf Raadslede by die 2023 AJV uittree. Hierd
ie Raadslede stel hulle beskikbaar vir herverkiesing. 'n Uittredende lid k
an homself vir herverkiesing aanbied slegs indien hy voorgestel en gesekon
deer word soos in hierdie reëls voorsiening gemaak word. Die Raad-ben
oemings dokument bevat al die kriteria vir nominasie en kan gevind word by
www.sarl.org.za/members/agm/AGMMembers.asp.

Dien die voltooide dokumente teen middernag op Dinsdag 31 Januarie 2023 by
die SARL-sekretaris in en gebruik slegs secretary@sarl.org.za (mailto:sec retary@sarl.org.za) .

DIE DESEMBER 2022 RADIO ZS

Die 132-bladsy Desember 2022 Radio ZS is beskikbaar vir aflaai, klik op
die skakel op die voorblad van die Liga-webwerf. Dave, ZS2OM praat oor
die WRTC2022 wat in 2023 plaasvind, terwyl Bernie, ZS4TX verslag doen
oor die D2TX AMA DXpedisie na Angola. Chris, ZS6GM verduidelik hoe jy j
ou Radioklub weer energie kan gee, Henry, ZS1AAX verduidelik hoe jy Kl
ub bulletins kan outomatiseer en hoe om 'n magnetiese lus in te stel en We rner, V51JP praat oor die gebruik van LEO-satelliete. Daniel, VE7LCG w
ys jou hoe om Android-amateur radio-toepassings op 'n Windows-rekenaar te
laat loop en ons vra: "Kan tuis sonkrag en amateur radio saam bestaan?" G
ary, ZS6YI het 'n 2,4 GHz versterker vir DATV transmissie en ons kyk n
a die PASTA Meter, nee dit meet nie spaghetti nie!

DIE 2023 DAGBOEK VAN GEBEURE

Dankie aan die Wesrand, Pretoria en Sandton Klubs vir hul insette vir di
e 2023 Dagboek van Gebeure. Die dokument sal nou gefinaliseer en na die SA RL-webwerf opgelaai word.

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

DIE ARRL 10-METER KOMPETISIE

Die doel van die kompetisie is dat amateurs wêreld wyd inligting met
soveel stasies as moontlik op die 10-meter-band kan uit ruil. Die kompeti
sie duur van 00:00 UTC op Saterdag 10 Desember tot 23:59 UTC op Sondag 11
Desember. Werk vir 'n maksimum van 36 uur uit die 48-uur periode en af ty
e moet ten minste 30 minute lank wees. Jy kan foon en GG gebruik en mag st asies een keer per modus kontak. Vir die uitruiling stuur alle stasies 'n
sein verslag, stasies in die VSA, Kanada en Mexiko sal hul staat of p
rovinsie afkorting stuur terwyl al die ander 'n reeksnommer sal stuur. Mar itieme mobiele stasies stuur die ITU-streek (1, 2 of 3). Elke foon konta
k tel vir twee (2) QSO-punte en elke GG-kontak tel vir vier (4) QSO-punte.
Die reëls is beskikbaar as 'n PDF-dokument by www.arrl.org/10-meter.

KOMPETIESIE NUUS

Drie (3) logstate is ontvang vir die tweede been van die SARL BHF/UHF ESB- kompetisie wat op 12 en 13 November gehou is. Daar is vasgestel dat nege s tasies aan die kompetisie deel geneem het

1ste Carl Minne, ZS6CBQ - 7 530
2de Koos Greyvenstein, ZS6KSG - 1 191
3de Dick Coates, ZS6BUN - 451

Die langste afstand wat op 6 m gewerk is, was 70 km; op 2 meter was dit
372 km en op 70 cm was dit 152 km.

Vier-en-dertig (34) logs is ontvang vir die sesde en laaste been van die S
ARL 80 m Klub kompetisie en niemand het 'n kopie van hul Worked All Grid S quares-toekenning vir bonus punte ingedien nie.

Klub telling
1ste die Wesrand ARK - 718 punte
2de die Noord-Kaap ARK - 515 punte
3de die Lichtenburg ARK - 99 punte

Klub telling na die 6 bene
1ste die Wesrand ARK - 3 384 punte
2de die Noord-Kaap ARK - 2 761 punte
3de die Hibiskus-kus ARK - 596 punte

Individuele tellings
1ste Gerhard, ZS3TG - 127 punte
2de Jadranko, ZS6DJA - 101 punte
3de Johann, ZS4DZ - 99 punte

Na die 6 bene
1ste Gerhard, ZS3TG - 752 punte
2de Romeo, ZS6ARQ - 544 punte
3de Phillip, ZS6PVT - 543 punte

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 lae waarskynlikheid vir die voorkoms van C-klas fak kels. Diegene wat hulle eie frekwensie voorspellings wil doen, kan 'n ve
rwagte effektiewe sonvlektelling van 75 vir die week gebruik. Radio amateu
rs kan veral laat middag DX openinge op die 15 tot 30 m bande verwag. Beso
ek gerus die webtuiste spaceweather.sansa.org.za vir meer inligting.

Nou die dagboek van gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:

8 Desember - die sluitingsdatum vir klub kompetisie logstate
10 en 11 Desember - die ARRL 10m-kompetisie
13 en 14 Desember - die Geminides Meteorietreën
14 Desember - die skole sluit
16 Desember - die Dag van Versoening
18 tot 26 Desember - Chanukah
21 Desember - die Somersonstilstand@ 23:47 RTT
21 en 22 Desember - die Ursids-meteoorreën
25 Desember - Kersdag
26 Desember - Familiedag

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

Op 4 September 2022 is 'n SARL-kommunikasie uitgestuur met inligting oor d
ie verskillende toekennings en trofeë, mosies en Raad benoemings. D
ie inligting is ook op bladsy 7 van die Oktober 2022 Radio ZS, bladsy 6
van die November 2022 Radio ZS en bladsy 22 van die Desember 2022 Radio Z
S. Die voltooide dokumentasie moet teen 21:59 UTC op Dinsdag 31 Januarie 2
023 per e-pos aan die SARL-sekretaris ingedien word.

Dit bring ons aan die einde van hierdie bulletin.

Ons nooi Klubs en individue uit om nuusitems van belang aan radioamateurs
en kortgolfluisteraars in beide Engels en Afrikaans, indien moontlik,
in te stuur deur die item by www.sarl.org.za/NewsInbox.asp te plaas. Nuu sitems wat in die bulletin ingesluit moet word, moet die Nuusspan nie la
ter nie as die Vrydagmiddag voor die bulletin datum bereik.

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 Andy Cairns, ZS6ADY, geproeflees deur Viv Dold, ZS6
VD en gelees deur ....................................

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


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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER 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&idÂe3c283ca&eœe7bd785b
while the text bulletin can be downloaded from https://sarl.us5.list-mana ge.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&idb2fa7bd&eœe7bd785b. To join the MailChimp bulletin mailing list, please send an
e-mail to the SARL Secretary.

In the news today:

A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR SARL AWARDS AND TROPHIES

THE DECEMBER 2022 RADIO ZS

and

THE ARRL 10-METRE CONTEST

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 Nick Curwell ZS1ZD,
has gone silent. Nick was a long-standing member of the Cape Town Amateur
Radio Centre, serving on the committee for many years. He moved to Unio
ndale three years ago after the passing of his wife. We extend our condole
nces to his family and friends.

PAUSE

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

A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR SARL AWARDS AND TROPHIES

On 4 September 2022, a SARL communication was sent out with information
about the various awards and trophies and how to nominate someone for an
award. The information is also on page 7 of the October 2022 Radio ZS,
page 6 of the November 2022 Radio ZS and page 22 of the December 2022 Rad
io ZS. The nomination forms for the awards can be found at www.sarl.org.za /members/Awards/AwardsDirectory.asp. Please collect all the signatures on
one document and then submit it to the SARL Secretary.

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.

In terms of Rule 16.9, five councillors will be stepping down at the 202
3 AGM. These councillors may stand for re-election. A retiring member may
offer himself for re-election only if he is proposed and seconded as prov
ided for in these rules. The Council nomination document contains all the
criteria for nomination and can be found at www.sarl.org.za/members/agm/A GMMembers.asp.

Submit the completed documents to the SARL Secretary by midnight on Tuesda
y 31 January 2023 and only use secretary@sarl.org.za (mailto:secretary@sar l.org.za) .

THE DECEMBER 2022 RADIO ZS

The 132-page December 2022 edition of Radio ZS is available for download
, click on the link on the front page of the League web site. Dave, ZS
2OM talks about the WRTC2022 taking place in 2023 while Bernie, ZS4TX re
ports on the D2TX EME DXpedition to Angola. Chris, ZS6GM explains how yo
u can re-energise your Radio Club, Henry, ZS1AAX explains how you can
automate club bulletins and how to tune a magnetic loop and Werner, V51
JP talks about getting on the air with LEO satellites. Daniel, VE7LCG sh
ows you how to run Android amateur radio apps on a Windows PC and we ask
, "Can Home Solar Power and Ham Radio Coexist?" Gary, ZS6YI has a 2,
4 GHz amplifier for DATV transmission and we look at the PASTA Meter, no
it does not measure spaghetti!

THE 2023 DIARY OF EVENTS

Thank you to the West Rand, Pretoria and Sandton Clubs for their inputs
for the 2023 Diary of Events. The document will now be finalised and uplo
aded to the SARL web site.

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

THE ARRL 10-METRE CONTEST

The aim of the contest is for amateurs worldwide to exchange information w
ith as many stations as possible on the 10-metre band. The contest runs fr
om 00:00 UTC on Saturday 10 December to 23:59 UTC on Sunday 11 December. O perate for a maximum of 36 hours out of the 48-hour period and off times m
ust be at least 30 minutes long. You can use phone and CW and may contact
stations once per mode. For the exchange, all stations send a signal re
port, stations in the USA, Canada and Mexico will send their state or
province abbreviation while all other will send a serial number. Maritime
mobile stations send the ITU Region (1, 2 or 3). Each phone contact cou
nts for two (2) QSO points and each CW contact counts for four (4) QSO poi
nts. The rules are available as a PDF document at www.arrl.org/10-meter.

CONTEST NEWS

Three (3) logs were received for the second leg of the SARL VHF/UHF SSB co ntest held on 12 and 13 November. It was determined that nine stations par ticipated in the contest

1st Carl Minne, ZS6CBQ - 7 530
2nd Koos Greyvenstein, ZS6KSG - 1 191
3rd Dick Coates, ZS6BUN - 451

The longest distance worked on 6 m was 70 km; on 2 metres it was 372 km an
d on 70 cm it was 152 km.

Thirty-four (34) logs were received for the sixth and last leg of the SARL
80 m Club contest and nobody submitted a copy of their Worked All Grid Sq uares Award for bonus points.

Club score
1st the West Rand ARC - 718 points
2nd the Northern Cape ARC - 515 points
3rd the Lichtenburg ARC - 99 points

Club score after the 6 legs
1st the West Rand ARC - 3 384 points
2nd the Northern Cape ARC - 2 761 points
3rd the Hibiscus Coast ARC - 596 points

Individual scores
1st Gerhard, ZS3TG - 127 points
2nd Jadranko, ZS6DJA - 101 points
3rd Johann, ZS4DZ - 99 points

After the 6 legs
1st Gerhard, ZS3TG - 752 points
2nd Romeo, ZS6ARQ - 544 points
3rd Phillip, ZS6PVT - 543 points

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low levels. There are currently 4 sunspots with simple magnetic con figurations visible. There is a low probability for C-class flaring. If yo
u want to do your own frequency predictions, the expected effective suns
pot number for the week will be around 75. The 15 to 30 m bands will, es pecially in the late afternoon, provide some DX fun. Please visit the we
bsite spaceweather.sansa.org.za for further information.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

8 December - the closing date for Club contest logs
10 and 11 December - the ARRL 10m Contest
13 and 14 December - the Geminids Meteor shower
14 December - the schools close
16 December - the Day of Reconciliation
18 to 26 December -
21 December - the Summer Solstice@ 23:47 CAT
21 and 22 December - the Ursids Meteor Shower
25 December - Christmas Day
26 December - Family Day

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

On 4 September 2022, a SARL communication was sent out with information
about the various awards and trophies, motions and Council nominations.
The information is also on page 7 of the October 2022 Radio ZS, page 6
of the November 2022 Radio ZS and page 22 of the December 2022 Radio ZS.
The completed documentation must be submitted y e-mail to the SARL Secret
ary by 21:59 UTC on Tuesday 31 January 2023.

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 posting the item at www.sarl.org.za/NewsInbox.asp. News item
s to be included in the bulletin should reach the news team no later than
the Friday afternoon 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
these by e-mail to artoday@sarl.org.za (mailto:artoday@sarl.org.za) .

You have listened to a news bulletin written by Andy Cairns, ZS6ADY, p
roofread by Paul Johnson, ZS1S and read by ..............

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

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