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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 12 JUNE 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�499cb226&e�e7bd785b w
hile the text bulletin can be downloaded from https://sarl.us5.list-manage .com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&id�7e82eeed&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:

TWO YOUTH CONTESTS IN THIS WEEK

WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL CLUB TICK?

and

CLUB AND CONTEST NEWS

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

TWO YOUTH CONTESTS IN THIS WEEK

The Hammies QSO Party is on the air this afternoon between 14:00 to 15:00
UTC with activity on 40 metres. The aim of the QSO Party is to promote co ntacts between Hammies/Young radio amateurs and older radio amateurs in So uthern African countries with an emphasis on ZU stations. Submit your log
by 21:59 UTC on Friday 17 June 2022 by e-mail to zr6dx@ (mailto:zr6dx@iaf rica.com) . The contest rules can be found on page 30 of the 2022 Blue Boo
k.

On 16 June, Youth Day you can take part in the SARL Youth QSO Party. Thi
s is a fun activity to celebrate the Youth and to promote contacts between
young radio amateurs in Southern African countries. Call "CQ Yout
h Sprint!" This QSO Party runs from 12:00 to 13:00 UTC on Thursday
16 June 2022 with CW and phone activity on 40 metres. Submit your log by
21:59 UTC on Tuesday 21 June 2022 by e-mail to zs3vdk@ (mailto:zs3vdk@web mail.co.za) . Get all the information on page 31 of the 2022 Blue Book.

MEMBERSHIP INVOICES

The membership invoices for 2022/2023 have been sent out, but the Office
at the NARC has six invoices that cannot be sent out as there is no e-mai
l address registered on the database and to use the Post office is a waste
of time. The Office at the NARC is looking for the e-mail addresses of th
e Welkom Radio Club, ZS4WRC, and the Mooirivier Amateur Radio Club,
ZS6MOI. Then also the e-mail addresses of Johan, ZS5JL; Selwyn, ZS5SL
; Alois, ZS6FXM and Pieter, ZS6ZXB.

Please contact Kelley at the NARC at e-mail admin@ (mailto:[email protected].
za) and provide her with your e-mail address. Radio Clubs are encouraged
to create a free Gmail account in the name of the Club so that as committ
ees change, they simply give the Gmail address login credentials to the
new Secretary/Treasurer.

WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL CLUB TICK?

Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP has been thinking. When was the last time you and yo
ur club members sat down and got your heads together? I mean, when did y
ou last seriously talk over what makes a successful club tick and what kee
ps us coming back?

"I was sparked into this train of thought by the excitement shown
by people on TV over the football match that was held midweek. Now if it
is anything around the world that gets the blood pumping and the chest he aving with excitement, it is the collective excitement of football suppo
rters. Culture, religion, and language all give way to the obsessive j
oy of the sharing that being a supporter of a particular club provides. Th
e code does not matter but the rallying about a team and the current match
seems to excite fans like few other things".

"There seems to be a harmony in wearing the team colours and jerse
ys and scarves are prized for what they represent to their owners and othe
r supporters. From hat pins to balloons and other trinkets, people seek
a way of identifying with the club, something that is much more than th emselves. Over the years, I have gathered a few items that exhibit my me mbership of amateur radio groups. There are a couple of baseball caps with
the WIA badging, there is the pin to put in my jacket lapel and there i
s the long-sleeved shirt from when I was deeply involved in radio club act ivities. I even have an applique badge to go on some yet-to-be chosen piec
e of clothing".

As I have managed to get around a few amateur radio events, I have seen
the range of shirts, caps, and souvenir items that clubs have produce
d for their members. And the members have been proud to wear them. Unless
you count the throngs of prospective buyers around the sale tables at ral lies, I have yet to see any of the enthusiasm of the sports followers at
a match. Are we as a tribe more sedate than other self-identified followe
rs of recreational pursuits, I wonder?

So, let us turn back to chewing the fat on keeping the club engaged with
its members. What are the things that work? Is it the newsletter, the c
lub nets, or participation in contests and rallies? Do the T-shirts look
a bit last century, but people wear them anyway? Would a decal for the
members' cars be popular and is tea and biscuits enough to warm p
eople's hearts at meetings? Would going for lunch once a month get
some people together or would bringing a plate of food to eat during the
wind down from the meetings get more people talking?

Maybe for the more active people, having a game of touch or a visit to a
swimming spot in warmer weather would be a way of building the sense of t ogetherness that a club would like to see. There are so many things that w
e can do to support our friends and it is just a matter of finding those t hings that work in your town.

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

CLUB NEWS

Just in case you have forgotten, the Sandton ARC reminds you of the Gluh
wein and Coffee mid-Winter social and quicky Fox Hunt is taking place this
coming Wednesday evening 15 June. Please join us in the parking area of t
he Bryanston Pine Forest, 18 Ebury Ave, Bryanston at 18:00 CAT. Dress
warmly, and bring a torch, your favorite hot beverage and your Hand-h
eld radio. The adventure is open to all; we would love to have you join us
. Full details are available on the SARL upcoming events diary.

The Sandton ARC will hold an antenna building and tune-up day on Saturday
25 June at the National Amateur Radio Centre in Honeydew, Johannesburg.
If you are interested in joining us to build a VHF/UHF dual band J-pole o
r a 40 m double Bazooka, or want to bring your antenna for a tune-up,
please visit the SARL upcoming events diary for further details.

Other Clubs are invited to submit details about their meetings and activit
ies. There may be visitors in your Club area.

CONTEST NEWS

The third leg of the SARL Saturday 40 m Club Contest takes place from 14:0
0 to 15:00 UTC on Saturday 18 June with CW, RTTY, and phone activity.
The exchange is an RS, RSQ or RST report, the name of your Club and y
our 4 character grid square (e.g., KG30). Each phone QSO is 2 points,
each CW and RTTY QSO is worth 3 points, then you get 2 points for each
new grid square worked and 1 point for each new Club worked. Submit your
log by 21:59 UTC on Thursday 23 June to contest@ (mailto:[email protected]
.za) . Turn to page 60 of the 2022 Blue Book for the rules.

On Saturday 2 July, the Newbie QSO Party will be run. This contest is fo
r the new radio amateurs who wrote the May RAE. Turn to page 35 of the 202
2 Blue Book for the rules and get your station ready for this contest.

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that solar activity is expected to be
at low levels. There are currently 3 sunspots with simple to moderate mag netic complexity visible. There is a moderate possibility for C- and low p robability for M-class flaring. If you want to do your own frequency predi ctions, the expected effective sunspot number for the week will be aroun
d 52. The 15 to 30 m bands will, especially late afternoon, provide so
me good DX fun. For more information, please visit spaceweather.sansa.or
g.za.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

Today - The Hammies QSO Party and the SARL Top Band QSO Party

15 June - The Sandton mid-winter Fox Hunt

16 June - Youth Day and the SARL Youth QSO Party

17 June - World QRP Day, a school holiday and the closing date f
or Hammies and Top Band log sheets

18 June - The SARL Saturday 40 m Club contest and the ARRL Kids Da
y

19 June - Father's Day

21 June - The Winter Solstice at 11:13 CAT and the closing date fo
r Youth logs

23 June - The closing date for Club contest logs

24 June - The provincial schools close for the winter holiday

24 to 26 June - The Ham Radio exhibition in Friedrichshafen, Ger
many

25 June - The Sandton ARC Antenna Day at the NARC

25 and 26 June - The ARRL Field Day

30 June - The Sandton ARC Talking Tech Power Hour at 19:00 CAT on
145,700/Echolink

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

The Hammies QSO Party is on the air this afternoon between 14:00 to 15:00
UTC with activity on 40 metres. On 16 June, Youth Day you can take part
in the SARL Youth QSO Party.

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 artoday@ (mailto:[email protected]) .

You have listened to a news bulletin compiled by Dennis Green, ZR6BP,
proof read 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 12 JUNIE 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�afdb98db&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:

TWEE JEUG KOMPETISIES IN DIE WEEK

WAT MAAK 'N SUKSESVOLLE KLUB?

en

KLUB EN KOMPETISIE NUUS

Bly ingeskakel vir meer inligting oor hierdie en ander interessante nuusit
ems.

TWEE JEUG KOMPETISIES IN DIE WEEK

Die Hammies QSO Partytjie is vanmiddag tussen 14:00 en 15:00 UTC op die lu
g met aktiwiteit op 40 meter. Die doel van die QSO Partytjie is om kontakt
e tussen Hammies/Jong radio amateurs en ouer radio amateurs in Suider-Afri kaanse lande te bevorder met die klem op ZU-stasies. Dien jou logstaat tee
n 21:59 UTC op Vrydag 17 Junie 2022 in per e-pos na [email protected] (mai lto:[email protected]) . Die reëls vir die kompetisie kan gevind word
op bladsy 30 van die 2022 Blou Boek.

Op 16 Junie, Jeugdag kan jy deelneem aan die SARL Jeug QSO Partytjie. Di
t is 'n prettige aktiwiteit om die Jeug te vier en om kontakte tussen jong
radio amateurs in Suider-Afrikaanse lande te bevorder. Roep "CQ Youth Spr int!" Hierdie QSO-partytjie duur vanaf 12:00 tot 13:00 UTC op Donderdag 16
Junie 2022 met GG en foon aktiwiteit op 40 meter. Dien jou logstaat in te
en 21:59 UTC op Dinsdag 21 Junie 2022 per e-pos na [email protected] (m ailto:[email protected]) . Kry al die inligting op bladsy 31 van die 20
22 Blou Boek.

LIDMAATSKAP FAKTURE

Die lidmaatskap fakture vir 2022/2023 is uitgestuur maar die Kantoor by di
e NARS het ses fakture wat nie uitgestuur kan word nie aangesien daar geen
e-posadres op die databasis geregistreer is nie en om die Poskantoor te g ebruik is tydmors. Die Kantoor by die NARS is op soek na die e-posadresse
van die Welkom Radioklub, ZS4WRC en die Mooirivier Amateurradioklub,
ZS6MOI. Dan ook die e-posadresse van Johan, ZS5JL; Selwyn, ZS5SL; Alo
is, ZS6FXM en Pieter, ZS6ZXB.

Kontak asseblief vir Kelley by die NARS by e-pos [email protected] (mailto :[email protected]) en verskaf jou e-posadres aan haar. Radio klubs word a angemoedig om 'n gratis Gmail-rekening in die naam van die klub te skep so
dat, soos komitees verander, hulle eenvoudig die Gmail-adres aanmeld-b
ewyse aan die nuwe sekretaris/tesourier gee.

WAT MAAK 'N SUKSESVOLLE KLUB?

Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP is besig om te dink. Wanneer laas het jy en jou klub
lede gaan sit en koppe bymekaar kry? Ek bedoel wanneer laas het jy ernstig
gepraat oor wat 'n suksesvolle klub laat werk en wat ons laat terugkom?

Ek is in hierdie gedagtegang aangevuur deur die opgewondenheid wat mense o
p TV getoon het oor die sokkerwedstryd wat mid-week gehou is. As dit nou e nigiets regoor die wêreld is wat die bloed laat pomp en die bors van
opgewondenheid laat ruk, is dit die kollektiewe opgewondenheid van sokk er-ondersteuners. Kultuur, godsdiens en taal maak alles plek vir die obs essiewe vreugde van die deel wat 'n ondersteuner van 'n bepaalde klub bied
. Die kode maak nie saak nie, maar die saamtrek oor 'n span en die huidi
ge wedstryd blyk ondersteuners opgewonde te maak soos min ander dinge.

Dit lyk of daar 'n harmonie is in die dra van die spankleure en truie en s
erpe word geprys vir wat hulle aan hul eienaars en ander ondersteuners ver teenwoordig. Van hoedspelde tot ballonne en ander snuisterye, mense soek
'n manier om met die klub te identifiseer, iets wat baie meer as hulles
elf is. Oor die jare het ek 'n paar items versamel wat my lidmaatskap van
amateur radio groepe uitstal. Daar is 'n paar bofbal-pette met die WIA-ke nteken, daar is die kenteken om in my baadjielapel te sit en daar is die
langmouhemp van toe ek diep betrokke was by radio klub aktiwiteite. Ek he
t selfs 'n appliek-kenteken om op 'n kledingstuk wat nog gekies moet word
te gaan.

Aangesien ek dit reggekry het om 'n paar amateur radio-geleenthede by te w
oon, het ek die reeks hemde, pette en aandenkings artikels gesien wat
klubs vir hul lede vervaardig het. En die lede was trots om dit te dra. T
ensy jy die menigte voornemende kopers rondom die uitverkopings tafels by
saamtrekke tel, het ek nog niks van die entoesiasme van die sport volge
linge by 'n wedstryd gesien nie. Is ons as 'n stam meer besadig as ander s elf-geïdentifiseerde volgelinge van ontspanningsaktiwiteite, wonder
ek?

Laat ons dus teruggaan om die vet te kou om die klub by sy lede betrokke t
e hou. Wat is die dinge wat werk? Is dit die nuusbrief, die klub-nette o
f deelname aan kompetisies en saamtrekke? Lyk die T-hemde 'n bietjie verle
de eeu, maar mense dra dit in elk geval? Sou 'n plakker vir die
lede se motors gewild wees en is tee en beskuitjies genoeg om mense se ha
rte by vergaderings warm te maak? Sal 'n paar mense bymekaar kry om een
�-��-�keer per maand vir middagete te gaan, of sal meer men
se aan die praat kry om 'n bord kos te eet tydens die wind af van die verg aderings?

Miskien is dit vir die meer aktiewe mense 'n manier om 'n gevoel van sameh origheid te bou wat 'n klub graag wil sien om 'n speletjie aan te raak of
'n besoek aan 'n swemplek in warmer weer te hê. Daar is soveel dinge
wat ons kan doen om ons vriende te ondersteun en dit is net 'n kwessie va
n die dinge vind wat in jou dorp werk.

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

KLUB NUUS

Net vir geval jy vergeet het, die Sandton ARK herinner jou aan die Gluhw
ein en Koffie mid-winter sosiale byeenkoms en vinnige Jakkalsjag wat eersk omende Woensdagaand 15 Junie plaasvind. Sluit asseblief by ons aan in die
parkeerarea van die Bryanston Dennebos, 18 Ebury-laan, Bryanston om 1
8:00 SAT. Trek warm aan, bring 'n flitslig, jou gunsteling warm dranki
e en jou hand-radio saam. Die avontuur is oop vir almal, ons wil graag h
ê dat jy by ons aansluit. Volledige besonderhede beskikbaar op die SA
RL se komende gebeurtenisse dagboek.

Die Sandton ARK hou op Saterdag 25 Junie 'n antenna bou- en instem
dag by die Nasionale Amateurradiosentrum in Honeydew, Johannesburg. As
jy belangstel om by ons aan te sluit om 'n VHF/UHF dubbelband J-pole of '
n 40 m dubbele Bazooka te bou of jou eie antenna wil saambring vir 'n inst
em, besoek asseblief die SARL se komende gebeurtenis dagboek vir verdere
besonderhede.

Alle Klubs word genooi om besonderhede oor hul vergaderings en aktiwiteite
in te dien. Daar kan besoekers in jou Klub area wees.

KOMPETISIE NUUS

Die derde been van die SARL Saterdag 40 m-klub kompetisie vind plaas vanaf
14:00 tot 15:00 UTC op Saterdag 18 Junie met GG, RTD en foon aktiwiteit
. Die uitruiling is 'n RS-, RSQ- of RST-verslag, die naam van jou klub
en jou 4-karakter-ruitblok (bv. KG30). Elke foon QSO is 2 punte, elke G
G en RTD QSO is 3 punte werd, dan kry jy 2 punte vir elke nuwe ruitvierk
ant gewerk en 1 punt vir elke nuwe Klub gewerk. Dien jou logboek teen 21:5
9 UTC op Donderdag 23 Junie in by [email protected] (mailto:contest@sarl .org.za) . Blaai na bladsy 60 van die 2022 Blou Boek vir die reëls.

Op Saterdag 2 Julie word die Newbie QSO Partytjie aangebied. Hierdie kompe tisie is vir die nuwe radio amateurs wat die Mei RAE geskryf het. Blaai na
bladsy 35 van die 2022 Blou Boek vir die reëls en maak jou stasie ge
reed vir hierdie kompetisie.

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
gaan wees. Tans is daar 3 sonvlekke met eenvoudige tot meer gevorderde ma gnetiese samestellings sigbaar. Daar is 'n redelike waarskynlikheid vir di
e voorkoms van C- en 'n lae waarskynlikheid vir die voorkoms van M-klas so nfakkels. Diegene wat hulle eie frekwensievoorspellings wil doen, kan 'n
verwagte effektiewe sonvlektelling van 52 vir die week gebruik. Radio ama teurs kan veral laatmiddag goeie DX openinge op die 15 tot 30 m bande verw
ag. Besoek gerus die webtuiste spaceweather.sansa.org.za vir meer inligtin
g.

Nou die dagboek van gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:

Vandag - The Hammies QSO Partytjie en die SARL Top Band QSO Partytjie
15 Junie - die Sandton mid-winter Jakkalsjag
16 Junie - Jeugdag en die SARL Jeug QSO partytjie
17 Junie - Wêreld QRP dag, 'n skoolvakansie en die sluitingsdatum v
ir Hammies en Top Band -logstate
18 Junie - Die SARL Saterdag 40 m Klub kompetisie en die ARRL Jeug Dag
19 Junie - Vadersdag
21 Junie - die Wintersonstilstand om 11:13 SAT en die sluitingsdatum vir J
eug logstate
23 Junie - die sluitingsdatum vir klub kompetisie logstate
24 Junie - die provinsiale skole sluit vir die wintervakansie
24 tot 26 Junie - die Ham Radio-uitstalling in Friedrichshafen,
Duitsland
25 Junie - die Sandton ARK Antenna dag by die NARS
25 en 26 Junie - die ARRL Velddag
30 Junie - die Sandton ARK Tegniese Praatjie om 19:00 SAT op 145
,700/Echolink

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

Die Hammies QSO Partytjie is vanmiddag tussen 14:00 en 15:00 UTC op die lu
g met aktiwiteit op 40 meter. Op 16 Junie, Jeugdag kan jy deelneem aan d
ie SARL Jeug QSO Partytjie.

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, ZR6BP, geproeflees Deon Erwin, ZS1ZL
en gelees deur ....................................

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

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