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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2023

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 www.sarl.org.za while the text bulletin
can be downloaded from https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?uÿ7b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&id2941ef54&eœe7bd785b.

In the news today:

SPECIAL THEME FOR WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY 2023 ANNOUNCED

INFORMATION PROGRAMME FOR DISABLED RADIO AMATEURS (IPDA)

and

THE AMSATSA CHALLENGE

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

SPECIAL THEME FOR WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY 2023 ANNOUNCED

The International Amateur Radio Union announces that Human Security for Al
l, HS4A, will be the theme of World Amateur Radio Day on 18 April 2023
. For the first time, the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security a
nd the World Academy of Art and Science are partnering with IARU in a camp
aign to highlight the role that amateur radio plays in addressing the worl
d's most pressing needs.

Human Security measures security at the individual level. First introduced
by the UN in 1994, the concept identifies seven interrelated dimensions
of security that are essential to an individual's well-being: eco
nomic, food, health, environmental, personal, community, and p
olitical.

The partners believe Amateur Radio is uniquely positioned to address peopl e-centered, context-specific security challenges by promoting technical
knowledge, practical skills, innovative technology, and the deploym
ent of backup systems at the community level that can be called upon in ti
mes of emergency. The pandemic, climate change, natural disasters, a
nd armed conflicts on several continents undermine our security and respec
t no boundaries. Amateur Radio has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to
address human security needs. It is a truly global communications medium
comprising some three million radio enthusiasts connecting communities an
d the peoples of the world.

IARU, a federation of the national amateur radio societies of over 150 c ountries worldwide, is the global advocate for amateur radio through its
Sector Membership in the International Telecommunication Union, an agen
cy of the UN, and other activities. In celebration of World Amateur Radi
o Day, IARU and its Member Societies will conduct a special two-week on- the-air event between 11 and 25 April. Special event stations will be oper ating from around the world, making two-way radio contacts to call atten
tion to the HS4A campaign.

INFORMATION PROGRAMME FOR DISABLED RADIO AMATEURS (IPDA)

The SARL has a vacancy for an IPDA Coordinator. In terms of the IARU Regio
n 1 Terms of Reference, this person will be tasked with the gathering an
d circulation of information about organisations for disabled radio amateu
rs; special courses, and methods for preparing people with disabilities
for the examinations required to get a radio amateur license; nets organi
sed by disabled radio amateurs and details about the equipment that was de signed for use by amateurs with various disabilities. This person will lia
ise with the Region 1 IPDA Coordinator.

If you have the knowledge and skills to take up this challenge, please c
ontact the SARL Secretary at

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

THE AMSATSA CHALLENGE

AMSAT SA invites you to take your next step in Amateur Radio by sharing yo
ur technical skills and experience is the further development of a local a mateur satellite initiative. AMSAT SA has just the right challenge for you
. The AfriCUBE development team is being expanded to tackle interesting su pplementary and operational projects.

AfriCUBE and its predecessor, Kletskous have been a long time in finalis
ing but that is the name of the game if you don't go out shopping and buy
everything in kit form and just assemble it. Almost every part of the pro jects was local developed and engineered and in the process many persons h
ave facilitated and grown their own technical abilities, adding to South
Africa's intellectual capital.

Volunteers are needed for the final development of a power supply and cont
rol unit, several sensor projects for the educational part of the satell
ite and ground control equipment. Here is an importunity to contribute to
amateur radio technology and develop your own technical skills. The proje
ct team meets regularly alternate Monday evenings on the BlueJeans video c onference platform and a few times a year for a Saturday face to face meet
ing in Midrand. An in-person review meeting is planned for Saturday 25 Feb ruary. If you are a technologist at heart, it now is a good time to send
an e-mail to admin@amsatsa.org.za (mailto:admin@amsatsa.org.za) with your
interest and contact details.

CLUB NEWS

You know about it and have seen it in the SARL Upcoming events diary, th
e Sandton Tech Talk Power Hour, to be held at 19:00 CAT on Thursday 23 F ebruary. This talk with a difference will be given by Gaston, KT7RUN and
he will cover Portable QRP Radio, experimenting with your radio gear in
the field to enhance your amateur radio skills and capabilities. The Powe
r Hour Tech Talk will take place on the ZS6STN 145,700 repeater and Echo
link ZS6STN-R. Everyone is welcome to connect, and we would love you to
do so. Please join us for the knowledge-sharing Power Hour this coming Th ursday 23 February with call-ins from 18:45 CAT.

The West Rand Amateur Radio Club will host another one of their, not to
be missed, flea markets on Saturday 25 February. Come and enjoy one or
more of our delicious boerie rolls while you catch up with an old friend.
There will be many well-informed amateurs that will be happy to share the
ir knowledge and tell you about their adventures in amateur radio. Several
well-known suppliers have already booked their stands. There sure will be
bargains to be found and you will likely find that elusive item you so de sperately need.

If you have anything to sell and would like to book a table, please send
an e-mail to info@zs6wr.co.za (mailto:info@zs6wr.co.za) and ask us to res
erve your spot. Gates open at 10:00 CAT for a bite to eat and socialising.
Vendors set up at 11:30 and trading begins at 12:00. The venue is the Wes
t Rand Clubhouse in Kroton Street South, Weltevreden Park. Coordinates:
26.14151 S, 27.91864 E. Be there or be square.

CONTEST NEWS

You asked for it; you begged for it! There is a brand-new contest in 2023
and it is all digital. Yes, you heard right, a digital contest called
the SARL Digital Contest. The first three-hour leg will take place from 1
3:00 UTC on Sunday 26 February 2023. You may use any digital mode except f
or RTTY with activity on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metres. You
can also try your luck on the 6 m band. If you are using FT4 or FT8 pleas
e use the default WSJT-X frequencies. The exchange is a four-character gri
d square, a signal report and either an RRR or 73 exchanged by both part
ies. Each QSO within the SADC region is worth three points, but each QSO
outside of the SADC region will only get you one point. In other words,
"local is lekker." Turn to page 81 of the 2023 SARL Conte
st Manual to familiarise yourself with the rules of the digital contest an
d on page 6 you can see that there is a trophy for the top-scoring station
after the fourth leg of the contest.

Six logs were received for the AWA CW Activity Day held on 5 February 2023
.

1st Ed Willers, ZS6UT
2nd Hans Kappetijn, ZS6KR
3rd Evert Wenderpirt, ZS6AQW

Thanks to all those who took part and for keeping CW alive.

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that solar activity is expected to be
at low to moderate levels. There are currently six sunspots with simple t
o complex magnetic configurations visible. The probability for C-class sol
ar flares is high and moderate for M-class solar flares.

If you want to do your own frequency predictions, the expected effective
sunspot number for the week will be around 93. The 10 to 30 m bands will
provide some good DX fun. For more information, please visit the websit
e spaceweather.sansa.org.za.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

Today - ARRL International DX CW Contest
20 February - the closing date for 80m Club Contest logs
23 February - the Sandton Power Hour Tech Talk
25 February - the West Rand Boot sale
26 February - the SARL Digital Contest
4 March - the SARL YL QSO Party and the CTARC Bumper Flea Market.

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

The International Amateur Radio Union announces that Human Security for Al
l, HS4A, will be the theme of World Amateur Radio Day on 18 April 2023
. For the first time, the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security a
nd the World Academy of Art and Science are partnering with IARU in a camp
aign to highlight the role that amateur radio plays in addressing the worl
d's most pressing needs.

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 morning 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 .

You have listened to a news bulletin compiled by Dennis Green, ZR6BP,
proofread by Herman Erasmus, ZS6CTA, and read by ..............

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

IMPORTANT NOTICE

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t out via MailChimp! Why? From Friday 10 March, the number of e-mails pe
r posting will be reduced to 500. SARL News goes to 1 445 e-mail addresses
. To upgrade will cost the SARL - you - just under R4 000
per year. More information will be given in SARL News for Sunday 26 Febru
ary 2023.

BELANGRIKE KENNISGEWING

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MailChimp uitgestuur word! Hoekom? Vanaf Vrydag 10 Maart sal die aantal e -posse per plasing tot 500 verminder word. SARL Nuus gaan na 1 445 e-posad resse. Om op te gradeer sal die SARL - jy - net minder as
R4 000 per jaar kos. Meer inligting sal in SARL Nuus vir Sondag 26 Februa
rie 2023 gegee word.
SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 19 FEBRUARIE 2023

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&idüc9399e45&eœe7bd785b afgelaai kan word.

In die nuus vandag:

SPESIALE TEMA VIR WÊRELD AMATEUR RADIO DAG 2023 AANGEKONDIG

INLIGTINGSPROGRAM VIR GESTREMDE RADIO AMATEURS (IPDA)

en

DIE AMSATSA-UITDAGING

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

SPESIALE TEMA VIR WÊRELD AMATEUR RADIO DAG 2023 AANGEKONDIG

Die Internasionale Amateur Radio-unie kondig aan dat Menslike Sekuriteit v
ir Almal, HS4A, die tema van Wêreld Amateur Radio Dag op 18 April
2023 sal wees. Vir die eerste keer is die Verenigde Nasies se Trustfonds
vir Menslike Sekuriteit en die Wêreld Akademie vir Kuns en Wetenskap
vennootskap met IARU in 'n veldtog om die rol uit te lig wat amateur radi
o speel om die wêreld se dringendste behoeftes aan te spreek.

Menslike Sekuriteit meet sekuriteit op individuele vlak. Die konsep, wat
die eerste keer deur die VN in 1994 bekendgestel is, identifiseer sewe
onderling verwante dimensies van sekuriteit wat noodsaaklik is vir 'n ind ividu se welstand: ekonomies, voedsel, gesondheid, omgewings, pers
oonlik, gemeenskap en polities.

Die vennote glo dat Amateur Radio uniek geposisioneer is om mens-gesentree
rde, konteks-spesifieke sekuriteit-uitdagings aan te spreek deur tegnies
e kennis, praktiese vaardighede, innoverende tegnologie te bevorder en
die ontplooiing van rugsteunstelsels op gemeenskapsvlak wat in noodgevall
e aangewend kan word. Die pandemie, klimaatsverandering, natuurrampe e
n gewapende konflikte op verskeie kontinente ondermyn ons veiligheid en re spekteer geen grense nie. Amateur Radio het herhaaldelik sy vermoë ge
toon om menslike veiligheidsbehoeftes aan te spreek. Dit is 'n werklik glo
bale kommunikasiemedium wat bestaan uit sowat drie miljoen radio-entoesias
te wat gemeenskappe en die mense van die wêreld verbind.

IARU, 'n federasie van die nasionale amateur radio verenigings van meer
as 150 lande wêreldwyd, is die wêreldwye voorstander vir amat
eur radio deur sy sektorlidmaatskap in die Internasionale Telekommunikasie -unie, 'n agentskap van die VN en ander aktiwiteite. Ter viering van W
êreld Amateur Radio Dag, sal IARU en sy Lidverenigings tussen 11 en
25 April 'n spesiale twee-week-op-die-lug geleentheid hou. Spesiale gelee ntheid stasies sal van regoor die wêreld werk en tweerigting-radio ko
ntakte maak om die aandag op die HS4A-veldtog te vestig.

INLIGTINGSPROGRAM VIR GESTREMDE RADIO AMATEURS (IPDA)

Die SARL het 'n vakature vir 'n IPDA-koÃPara.rdineerder. In terme van die
IARU Streek 1 Opdrag, sal hierdie persoon getaak word met die insamelin
g en sirkulasie van inligting oor organisasies vir gestremde radio amateur
s; spesiale kursusse en metodes om mense met gestremdhede voor te berei vi
r die eksamens wat nodig is om 'n radio amateur lisensie te bekom; nette g eorganiseer deur gestremde radio amateurs en besonderhede oor toerusting w
at ontwerp is vir gebruik deur amateurs met verskeie gestremdhede. Hierdie
persoon sal met die Streek 1 IPDA-koÃPara.rdineerder skakel.

As jy die kennis en vaardighede het om hierdie uitdaging aan te pak, kon
tak asseblief die SARL Sekretaris by secretary@sarl.org.za (mailto:secreta ry@sarl.org.za)

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

DIE AMSATSA-UITDAGING

AMSAT SA nooi jou uit om jou volgende stap in Amateur Radio te neem deur j
ou tegniese vaardighede en ervaring te deel, is die verdere ontwikkeling
van 'n plaaslike amateur satelliet-inisiatief. AMSAT SA het net die regte
uitdaging vir jou. Die AfriCUBE-ontwikkelingspan word uitgebrei om intere ssante aanvullende en operasionele projekte aan te pak.

AfriCUBE en sy voorganger, Kletskous was al lank besig om te finaliseer
, maar dit is die naam van die speletjie as jy nie uitgaan om inkopies t
e doen en alles in self-bou vorm te koop en dit net aanmekaar te sit nie.
Byna elke deel van die projekte is plaaslik ontwikkel en ontwerp en in di
e proses het baie persone hul eie tegniese vermoëns gefasiliteer en o ntwikkel, wat tot Suid-Afrika se intellektuele kapitaal bygedra het.

Vrywilligers word benodig vir die finale ontwikkeling van 'n kragtoevoer-
en beheereenheid, verskeie sensor-projekte vir die opvoedkundige deel v
an die satelliet en grondbeheer-toerusting. Hier is 'n belangrikheid om by
te dra tot amateur radio tegnologie en jou eie tegniese vaardighede te on twikkel. Die projekspan vergader gereeld alternatiewe Maandagaande op die
BlueJeans video-konferensieplatform en 'n paar keer per jaar vir 'n Sater
dag van aangesig tot aangesig vergadering in Midrand. 'n Persoonlike hersi enings vergadering word vir Saterdag 25 Februarie beplan. As jy 'n tegnolo
og van hart is, is dit nou 'n goeie tyd om 'n e-pos te stuur na admin@am satsa.org.za (mailto:admin@amsatsa.org.za) met jou belangstelling en konta kbesonderhede.

KLUB NUUS

Jy weet daarvan en het dit gesien in die SARL Komende gebeurtenisse dagboe
k, die Sandton Kraguur Tegniese Praatjie wat om 19:00 SAT op Donderdag 2
3 Februarie gehou word. Hierdie praatjie met 'n verskil sal aangebied word
deur Gaston, KT7RUN en hy sal Draagbare QRP Radio dek, eksperimenteer
met jou radiotoerusting in die veld om jou hamradiovaardighede en -vermo
ëns te verbeter. Die Kraguur Tegniese Praatjie sal op die ZS6STN 145
,700 herhaler en Echolink ZS6STN-R plaasvind. Almal is welkom om te skak
el en ons sal baie daarvan hou as jy dit doen. Sluit asseblief by ons aan
vir die kennisdeling Power Hour eerskomende Donderdag 23 Februarie met in roepe vanaf 18:45 SAT.

Die Wesrand ARK bied op Saterdag 25 Februarie nog een van hul, om nie mi
s te loop nie, snuffelmarkte aan. Kom geniet een of meer van ons heerlik
e boereworsrolle terwyl jy 'n ou vriend inhaal. Daar sal baie goed ingelig
te radioamateurs wees wat graag hul kennis deel en jou van hul avonture in
amateurradio sal vertel. 'n Aantal bekende verskaffers het reeds hul stal letjies bespreek. Daar sal beslis winskopies te vinde wees en jy sal waars kynlik daardie ontwykende item vind wat jy so broodnodig het. As jy iets h
et om te verkoop en 'n tafel wil bespreek, stuur asseblief 'n e-pos na i nfo@zs6wr.co.za (mailto:info@zs6wr.co.za) en vra ons om jou plek te bespre
ek. Hekke open om 10:00 SAT vir 'n happie en kuier. Verkopers stel om 11:3
0 op en handel begin om 12:00. Die plek - die Wesrand klubhuis,
Krotonstraat-Suid, Weltevredenpark. KoÃPara.rdinate: 26,14151°S
, 27,91864°O. Wees daar of mis uit.

KOMPETISIE NUUS

Jy het daarvoor gevra, jy het daarvoor gesmeek! Daar is 'n splinternuwe
kompetisie in 2023 en dit is alles digitaal. Ja, jy het reg gehoor, '
n digitale kompetisie genaamd die SARL Digitale kompetisie. Die eerste dri e-uur been sal plaasvind vanaf 13:00 UTC op Sondag 26 Februarie 2023. Jy k
an enige digitale modus gebruik behalwe vir RTD met aktiwiteit op 160, 8
0, 40, 20, 15 en 10 meter. Jy kan ook jou geluk op die 6 m-band bepr
oef. As jy FT4 of FT8 gebruik, gebruik asseblief die verstek WSJT-X frek wensies. Die uitruiling is 'n vier-karakter ruitvierkant, 'n sein versla
g en óf 'n RRR of 73 deur beide partye. Elke QSO binne die SAOG-stree
k is drie punte werd, maar elke QSO buite die SAOG-streek sal vir jou ne
t een punt gee. Met ander woorde, "plaaslik is lekker." Blaai na bladsy
81 van die 2023 SARL-Kompetisiehandleiding om jouself te vergewis van die
reëls van die digitale kompetisie en op bladsy 6 kan jy sien dat daa
r 'n trofee is vir die toppunt-stasie na die vierde been van die kompetisi
e.

Ses logstate is ontvang vir die ADV GG Aktiwiteitsdag wat op 5 Februarie 2
023 gehou is.
1ste Ed Willers, ZS6UT
2de Hans Kappetijn, ZS6KR
3de Evert Wenderpirt, ZS6AQW

Dankie aan almal wat deelgeneem het en GG aan die lewe gehou het.

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
tot gematig gaan wees. Tans is daar ses sonvlekke met eenvoudige tot gevo rderde magnetiese samestellings sigbaar. Daar is 'n hoë waarskynlikhe
id vir die voorkoms van C-klas en 'n matige waarskynlikheid vir M-klas fak kels. Diegene wat hulle eie frekwensievoorspellings wil doen, kan 'n ver
wagte effektiewe sonvlektelling van 93 vir die week gebruik. Radio amateur
s kan 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:

18 en 19 Februarie - die ARRL Internasionale DX GG-kompetisie
20 Februarie - die sluitingsdatum vir 80m-klubkompetisie-logstate
23 Februarie - die Sandton Kraguur Tegniese Praatjie
25 Februarie - die Wesrand snuffelmark
26 Februarie - die SARL Digitale kompetisie
4 Maart - die SARL JD QSO Partytjie en die Kaapstad ARS Snuffelmar
k

Om die bulletin mee af te sluit, â-˜n opsomming van ons hoof berig
:
Die Internasionale Amateur Radio-unie kondig aan dat Menslike Sekuriteit v
ir Almal, HS4A, die tema van Wêreld Amateur Radio Dag op 18 April
2023 sal wees. Vir die eerste keer is die Verenigde Nasies se Trustfonds
vir Menslike Sekuriteit en die Wêreld Akademie vir Kuns en Wetenskap
vennootskap met IARU in 'n veldtog om die rol uit te lig wat amateur radi
o speel om die wêreld se dringendste behoeftes aan te spreek.

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 met 'n e-p
os 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 Deon Erwin, Z
R1X en gelees deur ....................................

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