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home | newest check | boards | help index | log | ps | userlogin | send sysop | slog | status forward | bcm news | users | version | remove cookiePY2BIL > ARNR 14.02.25 20:09l 399 Lines 18599 Bytes #1 (0) @ WW BID : 98652PY2BIL Read: JH4XSY GUEST Subj: Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2468 for Friday, February 14th Path: JH4XSY<N3HYM<VE3CGR<VE6NAS<VE2PKT<PY2BIL<PY2BIL Sent: 250214/0806 @:PY2BIL.SP.BRA.SOAM Sally 7.2.061 $:98652PY2BIL From: PY2BIL@PY2BIL.SP.BRA.SOAM Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2468 for Friday, February 14th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2468 with a release date of Friday, February 14th, 2025 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. In the US, two radio-related proposals return for consideration among lawmakers. NASA spots metallic vapors from disintegrating Starlink satellites -- and the special event honoring the discovery of Pluto enters its 5th year. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2468 comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** DEVELOPING STORY: RIGEXPERT'S UKRAINE OFFICES DESTROYED BY MISSILE SKEETER/ANCHOR: We begin this week with a developing story. As Newsline went to production, the amateur radio developer and manufacturer RigExpert reported the destruction of its administrative office at its headquarters in Ukraine. The company said on its website and in social media posts that the offices were struck by a Russian ballistic missile. RigExpert said that all its personnel were safe, production remained unaffected and that its customer support operations will continue. The company issued a statement on Wednesday, February 12th, saying: [quote] "Even though this is difficult situation, the RigExpert team is committed to restoring operations as soon as possible to continue providing our great products to you. We are working tirelessly to minimize delays and fulfill our commitments." [endquote] ** NEW EFFORT TO SAVE AM RADIO IN US VEHICLES SKEETER/ANCHOR: Our next two stories take us to Washington, D.C., where proposed laws have been reintroduced for yet another year's consideration by the US Congress. The first measure tackles the debate over whether AM radio should be required in vehicles sold in the US. Kent Peterson KCﾘDGY has that story. KENT: The US Senate is getting ready to vote on a proposed law that would retain consumers� access to AM radio in all new vehicles sold around the country. The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, which is being challenged by a number of automakers, has support from a number of major lawmakers in both parties. The bill has a version that is also being considered in the House of Representatives. The act was introduced last year but lawmakers failed to move forward on it in time before the end of the last congressional session in December. The bill痴 advocates have said that they acknowledge the important role that AM radio plays in the nation痴 emergency alert system and in transmitting lifesaving information during disasters. Proponents include the National Association of Broadcasters and the new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. An article on the Radio World website noted that this measure is one of the few to have both political parties behind it, both among lawmakers and at the FCC. The road has not been a smooth one, however. The RadioInk website reported that carmakers have made a formidable investment worth 6.73 million in lobbying against the bill痴 passage. Disclosures in lobbying documents showed that Detroit-based General Motors was among the top 10 corporate spenders in the fourth quarter of 2024, allocating -million to their efforts to win lawmakers over. Other big spenders included Toyota, Honda and Ford. Manufacturers of electric vehicles, such as Tesla and Rivian, have been in the vanguard of opposition, claiming that the high-voltage electrical systems in their vehicles are not compatible with AM radio and cause distortion and interference. Those carmakers spent 090,000 and 0,000, respectively. This is Kent Peterson KCﾘDGY. (RADIO WORLD, RADIO INK) ** LAWMAKERS RECONSIDER MEASURE TO PROTECT ANTENNAS IN HOAS SKEETER/ANCHOR: The US Congress has also returned to considering a measure giving hams the right to install antennas that, until now, have been banned or restricted by homeowner associations. We have more on that from Paul Braun WD9GCO. PAUL: A proposed law has been reintroduced in Washington, D.C. to restrict the power that homeowner associations, or HOAs, have to prevent ham radio operators from installing antennas outside their residences. This is the latest version of the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act, which has been considered by US lawmakers over the past several years without taking any action. The measure prohibits HOAs from writing rules that ban amateur radio antennas, which are recognized as part of an essential disaster communications system for public safety. The act also provides hams with a means of resolving disputes that arise in connection with their antennas. The sponsors are US Senators Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, and Richard Blumenthal a Connecticut Democrat. Opponents of the measure in previous years have raised concerns that large antennas spoil the aesthetics of a community. Many of the measure's supporters have countered that ham radio antennas should be given the same consideration as satellite dishes and TV antennas, which many HOAs permit. This is Paul Braun WD9GCO. (SEN. ROGER WICKER WEBSITE) ** METALLIC VAPORS DETECTED AFTER STARLINK RE-ENTRIES SKEETER/ANCHOR: The oldest of the Starlink satellites are coming back to Earth - and NASA has detected metallic vapors in the atmosphere as they disintegrate. We have more details from Andy Morrison K9AWM. ANDY: The disintegration of retired Starlink satellites has introduced vapors containing aluminum and other metals as they re-enter the atmosphere and burn up, NASA has found. These are among the so-called 敵eneration 1� satellites that were launched starting in 2018. According to Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at Harvard University痴 Center for Astrophysics, four or five of these satellites are incinerated daily. He told the SpaceWeather website that [quote] 鍍he sustained rate of daily reentries is unprecedented.� [Endquote] He said that the fireballs are not a surprise to the constellation痴 planners, who are removing the oldest satellites and replacing them with the next generation. All that debris is adding up and apparently having other effects: The SpaceWeather website said that just one of these satellites can produce about 30 kilograms, or 66 pounds, of aluminum oxide. This compound is known to erode the Earth痴 ozone layer. This is Andy Morrison K9AWM (SPACEWEATHER.COM) ** HAM RADIO OPERATOR IS FRONT-RUNNER TO LEAD GERMANY SKEETER/ANCHOR: Amateur radio and politics may not always mix but almost everyone knows a few names of public officials who have led their nations. In Germany, one amateur radio operator has set his hopes high too. We hear more about him from Jeremy Boot G4NJH. JEREMY: Although there are numerous amateur radio awards, such as DXCC and Worked All Europe, Frederich Merz, DK7DQ, is hoping for an achievement that could be thought of as 展orked All Germany� even though, in this case, it's outside the realm of amateur radio. Frederich Merz is leader of Germany's CDU party and a possible front-runner in this month's elections to replace Olaf Scholz. A win would make the political conservative the nation's new Chancellor and as such he would join the ranks of other licensed heads around the world - most notably the late King Hussein of Jordan, who held the callsign JY1, and the present King of Thailand, whose callsign is HS1ﾘA. This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH. ** HAMS INTERCEPT "SUSPICIOUS" RADIO SIGNALS ON INDIA'S BORDER SKEETER/ANCHOR: In India, hams have intercepted questionable radio signals on the border with Bangladesh, as we hear from Jason Daniels VK2LAW. JASON: Amateur radio operators have told the Ministry of Communications in India that they have been hearing radio signals late at night in South Bengal near the Indo-Bangladesh border, in an area of international unrest. The transmissions are reportedly in coded Arabic, Urdu and Bengali. They have been intercepted by hams since December of last year, according to news reports. The Ministry of Communications has forwarded the information to the International Monitoring Station in Kolkata and hams have been advised to continue monitoring and reporting what they hear. Various news media in India said that the radio transmissions have spurred concern over possible activities by extremists, amid escalating Bangladeshi hostilities toward India. This is Jason Daniels VK2LAW. (ASSAM TRIBUNE, MILLENNIUM POST) ** PLUTO SPECIAL EVENT IN ITS 5TH YEAR OF ORBIT SKEETER/ANCHOR: If you have enjoyed the past four years of logging contacts with W7P, the Pluto Special Event station, you now have your chance to work it again. The Northern Arizona DX Association is putting W7P back on the air from the 15th through to the 23rd of February. This is year five of a 10- year-old special event marking the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto in 1930 from the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. One of the operators will be Doug Tombaugh, N3PDT, the nephew of astronomer, Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto. Doug will be using the callsign W7P/0. See QRZ.com for QSL and certificate details. (AMATEUR NEWS WEEKLY) ** BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the CQﾘUAR repeater in Arestal Mountain, Portugal, on Saturdays and Sundays at noon local time. ** ISS CONDUCTS "REHEARSAL" OF FRAM2 IMAGE TRANSMISSIONS SKEETER/ANCHOR: The International Space Station is helping with a rehearsal for an important SSTV event sometime this spring. John Williams VK4JJW explains. JOHN: TV fans have grown accustomed to previews but most of the time that means they are watching scenes from popular shows or movies from the comfort of their couches. The International Space Station is giving hopeful viewers a different kind of preview via SSTV. To help educators and students prepare to copy transmissions from the Fram2 mission sometime this spring, the ISS is transmitting images on 437.550 MHz beginning February 13th through to the 17th. This is a departure from the ISS' customary 2m frequency but it is designed as a practice session to get participants accustomed to the receiving equipment and Doppler effect they will encounter on 70cm. The Fram2 mission aboard the SpaceX Dragon will be the first spaceflight to orbit the Earth over the North and South poles. This is John Williams VK4JJW. (AMATEUR NEWS WEEKLY) ** AM RADIO STATION BACK ON FREQUENCY AFTER REPORTED TOWER THEFT SKEETER: Alabama AM radio station WJLX, which reported the mysterious theft of its broadcast tower and destruction of its transmitter one year ago, has gone back on the air on its assigned frequency of 1240 AM. According to a story on the Radio World website, the station's signal was restored quickly before the one-year expiration date of the special temporary authority the FCC granted it after the incident was reported. The station has come under different management following the subsequent death of Brett Elmore, the general manager who had reported the theft and vandalism. The station has been back on the air on AM since the 1st of February using a temporary setup transmitting 100 watts. A 195-foot tower is expected to be installed soon. The station also has a new 1kW transmitter. It can also be heard via an iHeartMedia translator on FM and will soon be taking over FM operations at 90.1 MHz. The case of the missing transmitter and 200-foot tower has not been solved. (RADIO WORLD) ** AMATEUR ASTRONOMER ACTIVATES METEORITE'S LANDING SPOT SKEETER/ANCHOR: Meet a ham radio operator who loves astronomy so much that he's activating a very old meteor crater in India. We learn more from Jim Meachen ZL2BHF. JIM: As an amateur astronomer and astrophotographer, Datta VU2DSI enjoys catching meteors with the lens of his telescopes or camera. As an amateur radio operator, he also chases after them with his radio signal. Here on earth, he often shares his love of the heavens with students by presenting 鉄ky Watching� programs in schools and colleges around India. So when a meteorite falls to earth, as it did millions of years ago, Datta is not likely to ignore what it left behind. He has traveled to Lonar Lake in the Buldhana district of India痴 Maharashtra state for his first-time encounter with what he calls an 殿stronomical wonder,� the crater that the massive impact left behind, with the meteor buried 600 metres below. Researchers from the Physical Research Laboratory of India, the Smithsonian Institution and the Geological Society of India have probed its mysteries. Now it is Datta痴 turn to do some exploring. At the edge of the crater, he hopes to discover the wonder and the appeal it holds for amateurs around the world. Using the callsign AU6LON, Datta is calling CQ from Lonar Meteor Lake. Operating from what has since been declared a wildlife sanctuary, he will call CQ from the 20th through to the 24th of February. He will be joined by two other radio enthusiasts, Ajay [Uh-JIE] VU3LPQ, and Suhas [Sue-HOSS], a short-wave listener. QSL information and other details about the activation can be found on the QRZ.com page of AU6LON. This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF. (DATTA, VU2DSI) ** RULES PUBLISHED FOR WORLD RADIOSPORT TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 SKEETER/ANCHOR: If you've got your eye on the World Radiosport Team Championship 2026 in the UK, you may want to read the competition rules which have just been published by the championship's committee. The rules have been adjusted slightly from the previous competition to ensure that this a fair test of operator skills. Questions may be submitted to the committee via social media, on the WRTC reflector or at amateur radio conventions. Find a link to the rules in the text version of this week's newscast script at arnewsline.org [DO NOT READ: https://www.wrtc2026.org/2025/02/10/wrtc-uk-competition- rules/ ] ** WORLD OF DX In the World of DX, a team of operators from the D A R C are using the special event callsign DAﾘIARU to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the IARU. They are on the air through to the 27th of April. See QRZ.com for QSL details. In France, Georges, F6IMD, is activating with a team using the callsign TMﾘ6CDN between the 15th of February and the 2nd of March to celebrate the Nice [pron: NEECE] Carnival. Only downloadable eQSLs will be provided. Yuri, VE3DZ, is on the air until the 18th of February using the callsign FM/VE3DZ from Martinique, IOTA Number NA-107. Yuri will take part in the ARRL DX CW Contest as TO4A [Tee OH four Ay]. See QRZ.com for QSL details. The special callsign IRﾘAPTT is on the air to mark the 50th anniversary of the ARI Porto Torres radio club, IQﾘAK, in Sardinia. Listen on all bands through to the 12th of May. See QRZ.com for QSL details. Herbert, DL5AXI, is operating holiday style as OZ/DL5AXI from Fano Island, IOTA number EU-125, until the 20th of February. Herbert is using CW and SSB on 40 through 10 metres. QSL via his home callsigns. (425 DX BULLETIN) ** KICKER: FOR POLISH YL, 50 YEARS OF MAGIC AND ADVENTURE SKEETER/ANCHOR: Our final story takes us to Poland where a devoted amateur is celebrating a half-century on being on the air by...................going on the air! Jeremy Boot G4NJH introduces us to her. JEREMY: Wanda, SP5IWA/SP7IWA cannot imagine what her life would be like without amateur radio. Fortunately, since the age of 15, she hasn稚 had to. Curious about the magic and the science behind it all, she enrolled in a course offered by the local radio club, SP5KMB, while she was still a secondary-school student in Poland. By June of 1975, her first license in her hand, bearing one of the two callsigns she still uses today, with a radio, a microphone and a telegraph key, Wanda was on her way. Before too long she was DXing, operating in contests and going off into the mountains of southern Poland for a radio adventure. So many years later, Wanda is embarking on another adventure - special event station SN5ﾘIWA, marking the 50 years that have passed since she first went on the air as a ham. The years between have been marked by QSOs and making friends. She fell in love with CW and ultimately, she fell in love with the man who was to become her husband - another amateur radio operator. She is most active these days on CW but to Wanda, the most important thing is just to be on the air, which is exactly what she will be doing until the end of 2025 with her special-event callsign on the HF bands. Though amateur radio has certainly changed in the decades since she first touched a telegraph key or picked up a microphone, Wanda still believes that the old- fashioned QSL card is relevant. To her it has always been the final courtesy of a QSO - and it remains so, 50 years later. This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH. (YL BEAM, QRZ.COM, WANDA SP5IWA/SP7IWA) ** Have you sent in your amateur radio haiku to Newsline's haiku challenge yet? It's as easy as writing a QSL card. Set your thoughts down using traditional haiku format - a three-line verse with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second and five in the third. Submit your work on our website at arnewsline.org - each week's winner gets a shout-out on our website, where everyone can find the winning haiku. NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to the Assam Tribune; Amateur Radio Daily; Datta, VU2DSI; David Behar K7DB; Millennium Post; QRZ.com; RadioWorld.com; Sen. Roger Wicker; shortwaveradio.de; SpaceWeather.com; Wanda SP5IWA/SP7IWA; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you like our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us. For now, with Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT at the news desk in New York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Skeeter Nash N5ASH in Jonesboro, Arkansas saying 73. As always we thank you for listening. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2025. All rights reserved. 73 de Bill, PY2BIL PY2BIL@PY2BIL.SP.BRA.SOAM +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ BBS: PY2BIL - Timed 14-fev-2025 08:06 E. South America Standard Time
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