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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 1 MAY 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&id�8846b840&e�e7bd785b w
hile the text bulletin can be downloaded from https://sarl.us5.list-manage .com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&id�1088a5ea&e�e7bd785b. To join the MailChimp bulletin mailing list, send an e-mail t
o 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. To down
load the weekly SARL News audio recordings and to listen to, or download
Amateur Radio Today, log on to .

In the news today:

VOTING FOR THE 2022 SARL AGM MOTIONS

THE ZS-SOTA AUTUMN ACTIVITY DAY ON 2 MAY

and

THE 45TH INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO EXHIBITION IN FRIEDRICHSHAFEN

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

VOTING FOR THE 2022 SARL AGM MOTIONS

Thank you to the SARL Members who have already cast their votes for the 20
22 SARL AGM motions. If you have not voted, there is still time until 23
:59 CAT on Wednesday 4 May 2022. Visit www.sarl.org.za/Web3/ElectronicVoti ng/Default.aspx to vote for the six motions. You need to click on the box
"I confirm that I have read and fully understand the Motions list
ed above" and then sign in with your call sign and password. The v
oting options are "Yes" or "No" or �-
�Abstain." Follow the instructions on the voting page and submit
your vote. You will receive an e-mail confirming that you have voted. The
process does not take long.

RADIO ZS 75TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE

The first issue of Radio ZS was published in July 1947 and the July 2022 i
ssue of Radio ZS will be a special 75th Anniversary issue. SARL Members an
d Clubs are invited to submit articles for the July 2022 issue of Radio ZS
! Be a part of this special issue! Send your article in MS Word, OpenOff
ice, or RTF - English (South Africa) or Afrikaans, Calibri 12
- to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) by Friday 1
7 June 2022. To date, we have received no articles!

THE ZS-SOTA AUTUMN ACTIVITY DAY ON 2 MAY

The Autumn ZS SOTA Day will be held on Monday 2 May (a public holiday) and
this is a fun day out in nature and not a competition. Each participant w
ill receive an Autumn Day certificate whether you activated or chased thos
e activating summits. For activators, it is fun to see if you can make s ummit-to-summit (S2S) contacts with other activators and how many chasers
you can get in your log. The SARL News Team is aware of 6 summits that wi
ll be on the air on Monday.

Please consider posting your activation times, so that chasers and other
activators will know that you are activating a summit and at what time th
ey must listen out for you. If you are not on the SOTA/POTA WhatsApp group
and wish to be added, please send a WhatsApp message to Sid on mobile 0
82 461 3279. Please join the fun of activating a summit or chasing those w
ho venture out. Get all the information on page 78 of the 2022 Blue Book.

THE MAY 2022 ISSUE OF RADIO ZS

The May 2022 issue of Radio ZS is available for download from the SARL web
page. You will find the 2021 SARL Awards and Trophies and the 2021/2022 S
ARL Annual Report in this issue. We ask the question, have we created a
Monster and what is noise. Then we look at young radio amateurs that ligh
t up the air, the prepping for a balloon launch by the Jeugland ARC and
a balloon launch by the Gloversville School club. There is a plan for a w ind-up tape measure transformed into a portable ham antenna and a look at
grounding and bonding systems. In the Museum Piece, we look at James Cl
erk Maxwell and his equations and the January 1926 issue of Radio. We visi
t the Cooper Lighthouse and more in this issue.

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

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, GERMANY TO HOST THE 45TH INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO EX HIBITION

After a 2-year break, amateur radio fans will reunite on Lake Constance
in Friedrichshafen, Germany, from 24 to 26 June for HAM RADIO, the
45th International Amateur Radio Exhibition. Planning for Europe'
s largest amateur radio exhibition is underway, this year's them
e is "Seeing Friends Again." While amateurs were able to s
tay connected during the COVID-19 pandemic, Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
(DARC) Chairman Christian Entsfellner, DL3MBG said, "This is
exactly what we have been missing over the past 2 years." He furt
her explained, "Despite all the difficulties, this shows how v
aluable and helpful the amateur radio operator community is. It is high ti
me for personal contact again, with due attention to the safety of each
individual, of course." More information on the 2022 HAM RADIO
can be found at www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.com.

CONTEST NEWS

It is almost time to switch on your valve radios for the first leg of the
AWA Valve QSO Party. The AM QSO Party is run on Saturday 7 May and the SS
B QSO Party on Sunday 8 May with phone activity on 40 and 80 metres.

On Wednesday 11 May, you need to get up early to make coffee to enjoy wh
ile you participate in the Early Morning Coffee QSO Party. The contest tak
es place on 40 and 80 metres.

And on Sunday, 15 May, it is time for South Africa to work as many sta
tions in the Northern Cape as possible during the ZS3 QSO Party. Get all t
he contest information in the 2022 Blue Book.

Thirty logs were received for the ZS4 QSO Party held on Sunday 17 April. T
he full set of results can be found in HF Happenings 993.

1st Dennis, ZS4BS - 110 points
2nd Christie, ZS4CGR - 99 points
3rd Veronica, ZR6TVK/4 - 97 points

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that solar activity is expected to be
at moderate levels. There are currently nine sunspots with simple to comp
lex magnetic configurations visible. There is a high probability for C-cla
ss and medium probability for M-class flaring. If you want to do your own
frequency predictions, the expected effective sunspot number for the we
ek will be around 45. The 10 to 30 m bands will, especially late afterno
on, provide some good DX fun. For more information, please visit the w
ebsite .

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

Today - Workers Day
2 May - Public Holiday; Eid al-Fitr and the ZS SOTA Activity Day
4 May - The voting for the AGM motions closes at 23:59 CAT
5 May - The closing date for Word Search and Club contest logs
6 and 7 May - The Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
7 May - AWA AM Valve QSO Party and the Pretoria ARC Flea Market
8 May - Mother's Day and the AWA SSB Valve QSO Party
10 May - The new SARL Council has its first meeting
11 May - The Early Morning Coffee QSO Party
13 May - The closing date for AWA logs
15 May - The ZS3 QSO Party
16 May - National BBQ Day and the closing date for Early Morning logs

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

Thank you to the SARL Members who have already cast their votes for the 20
22 SARL AGM motions. If you have not voted, there is still time until 23
:59 CAT on Wednesday 4 May 2022. Visit www.sarl.org.za/Web3/ElectronicVoti ng/Default.aspx and vote for the six motions. The process does not take yo
u long.

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 afternoon 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 Mond
ay evenings at 19:30 CAT on 3 620 kHz.

We welcome your signal reports, comments, and suggestions; please send
these by e-mail to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .

You have listened to a news bulletin written by Dennis Green, ZS4BS, p
roofread by Herman Erasmus, ZS6CTA, and read by ..............

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

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SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 1 MEI 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&idb63e46a7&e�e7bd785b afgelaai kan word. Om by
die Mailchimp bulletin e-poslys aan te sluit, stuur 'n e-pos aan die SA
RL Sekretaris.

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

In die nuus vandag:

STEM VIR DIE 2022 SARL AJV MOSIES

DIE ZS-SOTA HERFS AKTIWITEITSDAG OP 2 MEI

en

DIE 45STE INTERNASIONALE AMATEUR RADIO-UITSTALLING IN FRIEDRICHSHAFEN

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

STEM VIR DIE 2022 SARL AJV MOSIES

Dankie aan die SARL-lede wat reeds hul stemme vir die 2022 SARL AJV-mosies
uitgebring het. As jy nog nie gestem het nie, is daar nog tyd tot 23:59
SAT op Woensdag 4 Mei 2022. Daar is ses mosies om voor te stem, besoek
www.sarl.org.za/Web3/ElectronicVoting/Default.aspx om te stem. Jy moet op
die blokkie "Ek bevestig dat ek die Mosies hierbo gelys gelees en ten vol
le verstaan" klik en dan met jou roepsein en wagwoord aanmeld. Die stem op
sies is "Ja" of "Nee" of "Weerhou
". Volg die instruksies op die stem bladsy en dien jou stem in. Jy
sal 'n e-pos ontvang wat bevestig dat jy gestem het. Die proses neem nie
lank nie.

RADIO ZS 75-STE HERDENKINGS UITGAWE

Die eerste uitgawe van Radio ZS is in Julie 1947 gepubliseer en die Julie
2022-uitgawe van Radio ZS sal 'n spesiale 75-jarige uitgawe wees. SARL-le
de en -klubs word uitgenooi om artikels in te dien vir die Julie 2022-uitg
awe van Radio ZS! Wees deel van hierdie spesiale uitgawe! Stuur jou artike
l in MS Word, OpenOffice of RTF - Engels (Suid-Afrika) of Afrika
ans, Calibri 12 - na [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]
g.za) teen Vrydag 17 Junie 2022. Tot op hede is geen artikels ontvang nie!

DIE ZS-SOTA HERFS AKTIWITEITSDAG OP 2 MEI

Die Herfs ZS SOTA-dag word op Maandag 2 Mei ('n openbare vakansiedag) geho
u en dit is 'n pret dag in die natuur en nie 'n kompetisie nie, elke dee
lnemer sal 'n Herfsdag sertifikaat ontvang of jy �-�n piek geaktivee
r of gejag het. Vir aktiveerders is dit pret om te sien of jy piek-tot-pie
k (S2S) kontakte kan maak met ander aktiveerders en hoeveel jagters jy in
jou log kan kry. Die SARL Nuusspan is bewus van 6 pieke wat Maandag op di
e lug sal wees.

Oorweeg asseblief om jou aktiveringstye te plaas, sodat jagters en ander
aktiveerders sal weet dat jy 'n piek aktiveer en hoe laat hulle vir jou m
oet luister. As jy nie op die SOTA/POTA WhatsApp-groep is nie en bygevoeg
wil word, stuur asseblief 'n WhatsApp-boodskap aan Sid by 082 461 3279.
Sluit asseblief aan by die pret om 'n piek te aktiveer of om diegene wat
dit waag, te jag. Kry al die inligting op bladsy 78 van die 2022 Blou B
oek.

DIE MEI 2022-UITGAWE VAN RADIO ZS

Die Mei 2022-uitgawe van Radio ZS is beskikbaar vir aflaai vanaf die SARL- webblad. Jy sal die 2021 SARL Toekennings en Trofeë en die 2021/2022
SARL-jaarverslag in hierdie uitgawe vind. Ons vra die vrae, het ons 'n
monster geskep en wat is geraas? Dan kyk ons na jong radio amateurs wat d
ie lug aktiveer, die voorbereiding vir 'n ballon lansering deur die Jeug
land ARK en 'n ballon lansering deur die Gloversville Skool klub. Daar is
'n plan vir 'n oprol maatband wat in �-�n draagbare antenna omskep
word en 'n blik op aard- en binding stelsels. In die Museumstuk kyk ons n
a James Clerk Maxwell en sy vergelykings en die Januarie 1926-uitgawe van
Radio. Ons besoek die Cooper-vuurtoring en meer in hierdie uitgawe.

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

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, DUITSLAND GAAN DIE 45STE INTERNASIONALE AMATEUR RADIO-U ITSTALLING AANBIED

Na 'n 2-jaar pouse sal amateur radio-aanhangers van 24 tot 26 Junie langs
die Bodensee in Friedrichshafen, Duitsland, herenig vir HAM RADIO,
die 45ste Internasionale Amateur Radio-uitstalling. Beplanning vir Europa
se grootste amateur radio-uitstalling is aan die gang en vanjaar se tema
is " Sien Vriende Weer." Terwyl amateurs tydens die COVID-19-pandemie ver
bind kon bly, het Christian Entsfellner, DL3MBG, voorsitter van Deut
scher Amateur Radio Klub (DARC), gesê: "Dit is presies wat ons oor
die afgelope 2 jaar gemis het." Hy het verder verduidelik, "Ondanks al
die probleme, demonstreer dit hoe waardevol en nuttig die amateur radio -operateur gemeenskap is. Dit is hoog tyd vir persoonlike kontak weer, m
et die nodige aandag aan die veiligheid van elke individu, natuurlik." M
eer inligting oor die 2022 HAM RADIO kan gevind word by www.hamradio-fried richshafen.com.

KOMPETISIE NUUS

Dit is amper tyd om jou buis radios aan te skakel vir die eerste been van
die ADV Buis QSO Partytjie. Die AM QSO Partytjie word op Saterdag 7 Mei g
ehou en die ESB QSO Partytjie op Sondag 8 Mei met foon aktiwiteit op 40 e
n 80 meter.

Op Woensdag 11 Mei moet jy vroeg opstaan om koffie te maak om saam Vroe�
� Oggendkoffie QSO-partytjie deelneem. Die kompetisie vind op 40 en 80 m
eter plaas.

En op Sondag 15 Mei is dit tyd vir Suid-Afrika om soveel moontlik stasies
in die Noord-Kaap te werk tydens die ZS3 QSO Partytjie. Kry al die kompet isie-inligting in die 2022 Blou Boek.

Dertig logstate is ontvang vir die ZS4 QSO-partytjie wat op Sondag 17 Apri
l gehou is. Die volledige stel uitslae kan gevind word in HF Happenings 99
3.

1ste Dennis, ZS4BS - 110 punte
2de Christie, ZS4CGR - 99 punte
3de Veronica, ZR6TVK/4 - 97 punte

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
tot gematig gaan wees. Tans is daar nege sonvlekke met eenvoudige tot gev orderde magnetiese samestellings sigbaar. Daar is 'n hoë waarskynlikh
eid vir die voorkoms van C- en 'n laer waarskynlikheid vir die voorkoms va
n M-klas sonfakkels. Diegene wat hulle eie frekwensievoorspellings wil doe
n, kan 'n verwagte effektiewe sonvlektelling van 45 vir die week gebruik
. Radio amateurs kan veral laatmiddag goeie DX openinge op die 10 tot 30 m
bande verwag. Besoek gerus die webtuiste spaceweather.sansa.org.za vir me
er inligting.

Nou die dagboek van gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:

1 Mei - Werkers Dag
2 Mei - Openbare vakansiedag; Eid al-Fitr en die ZS SOTA Aktiwitei
ts dag
5 Mei - die sluitingsdatum vir Woord Soek en Klub kompetisie logst
ate
6 en 7 Mei - die Eta Aquarids-meteoorreën
7 Mei - ADV AM Buis QSO-partytjie en die Pretoria ARK-snuffelmark
8 Mei - Moedersdag en die AWA ESB Buis QSO-partytjie
10 Mei - die nuwe SARL-raad het sy eerste vergadering
11 Mei - die Vroeë Oggendkoffie QSO-partytjie
13 Mei - die sluitingsdatum vir ADV-logstate
15 Mei - die ZS3 QSO-partytjie
16 Mei - Nasionale BBQ Dag en die sluitingsdatum vir Vroeë Oggendkoff
ie logstate

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

Dankie aan die SARL-lede wat reeds hul stemme vir die 2022 SARL AJV-mosies
uitgebring het. As jy nog nie gestem het nie, is daar nog tyd tot 23:59
SAT op Woensdag 4 Mei 2022. Daar is ses mosies om voor te stem, besoek
www.sarl.org.za/Web3/ElectronicVoting/Default.aspx om te stem. Die proses
neem nie lank nie.

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 Vrydagmiddag 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 [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .

Jy het geluister na 'n nuus uitsending van die Suid-Afrikaanse Radioliga
, geskryf deur Dennis Green, ZS4BS, geproeflees deur Deon Erwin, Z
S1ZL en gelees deur ....................................

Van die Nuusspan, die beste wense vir die week wat voorlê.

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