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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 6 MARCH 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
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ed by some members accessing the SARL web pages is being attended to, an
additional channel is now available from this Sunday. To download the wee
kly SARL News audio recordings and to listen or download Amateur Radio Tod
ay log onto www.amateurradio.org.za.

In the news today:

THE SARL HAMNET 40 M CONTEST THIS AFTERNOON

THE RESULT OF THE ELECTRONIC VOTING FOR THE SARL AFS

and

THE 2022 SARL NATIONAL CONVENTION BOOKLET

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

THE SARL HAMNET 40 M CONTEST THIS AFTERNOON

The popular SARL HAMNET 40 m contest takes place between 12:00 to 14:00 UT
C today Sunday 6 March. This is a SSB contest in the 40 m band and is open
to all Radio Amateurs in South Africa and neighbouring countries. Test yo
ur operator skill and station design to see how well you can do and where
you can improve. There are various categories, antenna limitations and
multipliers - but fortunately, everything you need to know about the co
ntest is available on pages 68 and 69 of the 2022 SARL Blue Book. Weather
permitting get outdoors and have fun.

THE ALL AFRICA AWARD CHALLENGE

Achieve your AAA by 30 September 2022 and stand a chance to win a SARL mem bership for one year - all call signs will go into a lucky draw. You can u
se CW, phone and digital modes - No FT modes.

THE RESULT OF THE ELECTRONIC VOTING FOR THE SARL AFS

The voting closed at 23:59 CAT on Thursday 3 March for the SARL Annual Fin ancial Statements dated 30 June 2021. There are 1 648 SARL members who can
vote. Only 187 SARL members or 11,35% cast their votes. Votes in favour
- 181. Votes against - 1. Abstentions - 5. The 2021 AFS is thus accepted.
Thank you to those who voted.

THE SARL FIELD DAY

The first leg of the SARL Field Day takes place from 08:00 UTC on Saturday
12 March to 10:00 UTC on Sunday 13 March 2022 with phone and CW activity
on 160 to 10 metres. The exchange is the number of transmitters at your s tation, the Field Day operating class you are participating in and the p rovincial or country abbreviation. Submit your log in ADIF or Cabrillo wit
h a summary sheet or use the MS Excel log sheet and send it by 21:59 UTC o
n Friday 18 March to contest@sarl.org.za (mailto:contest@sarl.org.za) . Ge
t all the information on page 64 to 67 of the 2022 Blue Book and remember
that photo of amateur radio in action, it could end up on the cover of
Radio ZS!

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

THE RSGB COMMONWEALTH CONTEST

The 85th RSGB Commonwealth Contest will be on the air from 10:00 UTC on Sa turday 12 March to 10:00 UTC on Sunday 13 March 2022 with CW activity on 8
0 to 10 metres. The exchange is an RST report plus a serial number startin
g at 1, HQ stations (e.g., ZS9HQ) additionally send 'HQ' which must be
logged. Submit your log in Cabrillo format within 5 days following the en
d of the contest www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl. Get the rules on page
80 to 82 of the March 2022 Radio ZS or visit www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2021 /rberu.shtml.

THE 2022 SARL NATIONAL CONVENTION BOOKLET

The 2022 SARL National Convention Booklet is available for download from t
he front page of the SARL web site. The Booklet contains the programme for
the Amateur Radio in the Digital Age Symposium on Saturday 9 April and th
e agenda for the SARL AGM on Saturday 23 April 2022. This includes the pro posed budget and membership fees for 2022/2023, the two motions for disc
ussion and a proposal to host the 2023 SARL National Convention.

FEEDBACK FROM THE SANDTON ARC

Gary, ZS6YI, together with Adi, ZS6CNC and Johan, ZS6KY, who had
a live QO-100 station running during the Tech Talk, answered many quest
ions and gave a really informative talk on the QO-100 satellite with all t
he lessons learnt on how best to setup your own station during the 23 Febr
uary Power Hour Tech Talk. Did you know that the satellite has both Narrow
Band and Wide Band transponders, that besides CW, SSB and digital mod
es that you can transmit and receive digital TV via the satellite, what
its beacons are used for and that LEILA gets upset if you use more power
than the beacons?

A big thank you to our special guests, those who offered to help others
setup their stations and to all 28 local and international participants t
hat let us know they were on frequency. The next Tech Talk will take place
on Wednesday 30 March, with special guest, Stewart, ZR6WT, who wi
ll be giving us all the ins and outs on JS8Call, a really interactive an
d engaging weak signal digital mode. Visit the SARL upcoming events diary
for details.

On 27 February the fox did its best not to be found, as the search area
was large and the Fox's signal difficult to receive. This led the hunters
to travel the roads searching high and low and when they finally got it a
nd parked their cars, the fox then led them along a lovely river bank tr
ail walk to its Den.

Thank you to all the hunters who came along and participated, and congra tulations to the First to Find Hunter, who took home a super FTF trophy.
We invite everyone to diarise the next hunt set for Saturday 26 March. So urces say this one will be a walk in the park. Will you be able to find th
e Fox? Once again, visit the SARL Upcoming Events diary for details.

THE RESULTS OF THE SARL 40 M CLUB CONTEST

Forty-five (45) logs were received for the 1st leg of the SARL Saturday 40
m Club Contest - 44 logs are included in the results, log no 45 is empt
y! The full set of results can be found in HF Happenings 985.

Club Scores
1st the West Rand ARC - 1 252 points
2nd the Bloemfontein ARC - 361 points
3rd the Northern Cape ARC - 358 points

Individual Scores
1st Michael, ZS4BHF - 181 points
2nd Jan, ZS4JAN - 180 points
3rd Kobus, ZS6BOS - 147 points

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low to moderate levels. There are currently a couple of sunspots wi
th simple to slightly complex magnetic configurations visible. There is a
chance of C-class and a slight chance of M-class flaring. If you want to
do your own frequency predictions, the expected effective sunspot numbe
r for the week will be around 51. The 10 to 30 m bands will provide some g
ood DX fun.
Please visit the website spaceweather.sansa.org.za for further information
.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

Today - the SARL Hamnet 40 m contest and the ARRL International DX Phone c ontest
8 March - International Women's Day
10 March - the closing date for the YL Logs
11 March - the closing date for the Hamnet Logs
12 and 13 March - the SARL Field Day and the RSGB Commonwealth Con
test
16 March - the SARL Wednesday 80 m Club Contest
17 March - inland schools close
18 March - the closing date for the Field Day Logs
19 and 20 March - the SARL VHF/UHF Analogue contest
20 March - the Autumn Equinox at 17:32 CAT
21 March - Human Rights Day and the Namibian Independence Day
23 March - the Sandton Talking Tech Power Hour
25 March - coastal schools close
26 March - the Sandton ARC Fox hunt
26 and 27 March - the CQ WPX SSB Contest
27 March - the closing date for the VHF/UHF Analogue logs

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

The popular SARL HAMNET 40 m contest takes place between 12:00 to 14:00 UT
C today Sunday 6 March. This is a SSB contest in the 40 m band and is open
to all Radio Amateurs in South Africa and neighbouring countries.

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 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 M
onday 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 Andy Cairns, ZS6ADY,
proof read by Dennis Green, ZS4BS and read by ..............

From the news team, best wishes for the week ahead.

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SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 06 MAART 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
uit op HF sowel as op verskeie BHF- en UHF-herhalers. Hierdie uitsendings
word ook via Echolink herlei deur Johan, ZS6JPL. Die oudio bulletins ka
n afgelaai word vanaf die Liga webwerf by www.sarl.org.za, terwyl die te
ks bulletins by https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u'b05a8cb a9589bf8d019e5d3&idO7de3ed95&eœe7bd785b afgelaai kan word. O
m by die Mailchimp bulletin e-poslys aan te sluit, stuur 'n e-pos aan di
e SARL Sekretaris.

SARL Nuus en Amateur Radio Today opnames. Terwyl daar aandag gegee word aa
n die probleme wat sommige lede ervaar met toegang tot die SARL-webbladsye
, is 'n bykomende kanaal nou vanaf hierdie Sondag beskikbaar. Teken in b
y www.amateurradio.org.za om die weeklikse SARL News-oudio-opnames af te l
aai en om Amateur Radio Today te luister of af te laai.

In die nuus vandag:

DIE SARL HAMNET 40 M-KOMPETISIE VANMIDDAG

DIE UITSLAG VAN DIE ELEKTRONIESE STEMMING VIR DIE SARL FJS

en

DIE 2022 SARL NASIONALE KONVENSIE BOEKIE

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

DIE SARL HAMNET 40 M-KOMPETISIE VAN MIDDAG

Die gewilde SARL HAMNET 40 m-kompetisie vind vandag Sondag 6 Maart tussen
12:00 tot 14:00 UTC plaas. Hierdie is 'n ESB-kompetisie op die 40 m-band
en is oop vir alle radio amateurs in Suid-Afrika en buurlande. Toets jou
operateurs-vaardigheid en stasie ontwerp om te sien hoe goed jy kan doen
en waar jy kan verbeter. Daar is verskeie kategorieë, antenna bepe
rkings en vermenigvuldigers - maar gelukkig is alles wat jy oor die kompet
isie moet weet op bladsye 68 en 69 van die 2022 SARL Blou Boek beskikbaar.
As die weer dit toelaat, gaan buite en geniet dit.

DIE ALLE AFRIKA TOEKENNING UITDAGING

Behaal jou AAA teen 30 September 2022 en staan 'n kans om 'n SARL-lidmaats
kap vir een jaar te wen - alle roepseine gaan in 'n gelukkige trekking. Jy
kan GG-, foon- en digitale modusse gebruik - Geen FT-modusse nie.

DIE UITSLAG VAN DIE ELEKTRONIESE STEMMING VIR DIE SARL FJS

Die stemming het om 23:59 SAT op Donderdag 3 Maart gesluit vir die SARL Fi nansiële Jaarstate gedateer 30 Junie 2021. Daar is 1 648 SARL-lede wa
t kan stem. Slegs 187 SARL-lede of 11,35% het hul stem uit gebring. Stem
me ten gunste - 181. Stemme teen - 1. Onthoudings - 5. Die 2021 FJS word d
us aanvaar. Dankie aan die wat gestem het.

DIE SARL VELDDAG

Die eerste been van die SARL Velddag vind plaas vanaf 08:00 UTC op Saterda
g 12 Maart tot 10:00 UTC op Sondag 13 Maart 2022 met foon- en GG-aktiwitei
t op 160 tot 10 meter. Die uitruiling is die aantal senders by jou stasie
, die Velddag-bedryfs klas waaraan jy deelneem en die provinsiale of lan d-afkorting. Dien jou logstaat in ADIF of Cabrillo in met 'n opsommings bl
ad of gebruik die MS Excel-logstaat en stuur dit teen 21:59 UTC op Vrydag
18 Maart na contest@sarl.org.za (mailto:contest@sarl.org.za) . Kry al die
inligting op bladsy 64 tot 67 van die 2022 Blou Boek en onthou daardie fo
to van amateur radio in aksie, dit kan op die voorblad van Radio ZS bela
nd!

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

DIE RSGB STATEBOND-KOMPETISIE

Die 85ste RSGB Statebond-kompetisie sal op die lug wees vanaf 10:00 UTC op
Saterdag 12 Maart tot 10:00 UTC op Sondag 13 Maart met GG-aktiwiteit op 8
0 tot 10 meter. Die uitruiling is 'n RST-verslag plus 'n reeksnommer wat b
y 1 begin, HK-stasies (bv. ZS9HQ) stuur ook 'HQ' wat aan geteken moet wo
rd. Dien jou logstaat in Cabrillo-formaat in binne 5 dae na die einde van
die kompetisie www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl. Kry die reëls op b
ladsy 80 tot 82 van die Maart 2022 Radio ZS of besoek www.rsgbcc.org/hf/ru les/2021/rberu.shtml.

DIE 2022 SARL NASIONALE KONVENSIE BOEKIE

Die 2022 SARL Nasionale Konvensie-boekie is beskikbaar vir aflaai vanaf di
e voorblad van die SARL-webwerf. Die Boekie bevat die program vir die Amat
eur Radio in die Digitale Era Simposium op Saterdag 9 April en die agenda
vir die SARL AJV op Saterdag 23 April 2022. Dit sluit in die voorgestelde
begroting en ledegeld vir 2022/2023, die twee mosies vir bespreking en
'n voorstel om die 2023 SARL Nasionale Konvensie aan te bied.

TERUGVOER VAN DIE SANDTON ARK

Gary, ZS6YI, saam met Adi, ZS6CNC en Johan, ZS6KY, wat 'n regstr
eekse QO-100-stasie tydens die Tech Talk aan die gang gehad het, het bai
e vrae beantwoord en 'n baie insiggewende praatjie oor die QO-100-satellie
t gelewer met alles wat geleer is oor hoe die beste om jou eie stasie op t
e stel tydens die 23 Februarie 'Power Hour Tech Talk.' Het jy geweet dat d
ie satelliet beide smal-band- en wye band-transponders het, wat behalwe
GG, ESB en digitale modusse wat jy digitale TV via die satelliet kan ui
tstuur en ontvang, waarvoor sy bakens gebruik word en dat LEILA ontsteld
raak as jy meer krag gebruik as die bakens?

'n Groot dankie aan ons spesiale gaste, diegene wat aangebied het om and
er te help om hul stasies op te stel en aan al 28 plaaslike en internasion
ale deelnemers wat ons laat weet het dat hulle op frekwensie was. Die volg
ende 'Tech' Talk vind plaas op Woensdag 30 Maart, met spesiale gas, St
ewart, ZR6WT, wat ons alles gaan vertel oor JS8Call, 'n werklik inte
raktiewe en innemende swak sein digitale modus. Besoek die SARL se Komende
Gebeurtenis-dagboek vir besonderhede.

Op 27 Februarie het die jakkals sy bes gedoen om nie gevind te word nie,
aangesien die soek-gebied groot was en die jakkals se sein moeilik om te
ontvang. Dit het daartoe gelei dat die jagters die paaie soekend hoog en
laag gereis het en toe hulle dit uiteindelik kry en hul motors parkeer,
het die jakkals hulle toe met 'n lieflike rivier oewer-roete gelei na sy
Den.

Dankie aan al die jagters wat saam gekom en deel geneem het, en baie gel
uk aan die Eerste te Vind Jagter, wat 'n super FTF-trofee huis toe genee
m het. Ons nooi almal uit om die volgende jag vir Saterdag 26 Maart aan te
teken. Bronne sê hierdie een sal 'n wandeling in die park wees. Sal
jy die Jakkals kan vind? Besoek weereens die SARL Komende Gebeurtenis-dag
boek vir besonderhede.

DIE UITSLAE VAN DIE SARL SATERDAG 40 M KLUB KOMPETISIE

Vyf-en-veertig (45) logstate is ontvang vir die 1ste been van die SARL Sat erdag 40 m Klub kompetisie - 44 logstate is by die uitslae ingesluit, lo
g no. 45 is leeg! Die volledige stel uitslae kan gevind word in HF Happeni
ngs 985.

Klub tellings
1ste die Wesrand ARK - 1 252 punte
2de die Bloemfontein ARK - 361 punte
3de die Noord-Kaap ARC - 358 punte

Individuele tellings
1ste Michael, ZS4BHF - 181 punte
2de Jan, ZS4JAN - 180 punte
3de Kobus, ZS6BOS - 147 punte

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
tot gematig gaan wees. Tans is daar 'n aantal sonvlekke met eenvoudige to
t meer gevorderde magnetiese samestellings sigbaar. Daar is 'n moontlikhei
d van C-klas en 'n geringe kans van M-klas sonfakkels. Diegene wat hulle e
ie frekwensie voorspellings wil doen, kan 'n verwagte effektiewe sonvlek telling van 51 vir die week gebruik. Radio amateurs 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:

Vandag - die SARL HAMNET 40 m kompetisie en die ARRL Internasional
e DX Foon kompetisie
08 Maart - Internasionale Vroue dag
10 Maart - die sluitingsdatum vir YL logstate
11 Maart - die sluitingsdatum vir Hamnet logstate
12 en 13 Maart - die SARL Velddag en die RSGB Statebond kompetisie
16 Maart - die SARL Woensdag 80 m Klub kompetisie
17 Maart - binnelandse skole sluit
18 Maart - die sluitingsdatum vir Velddag logstate
19 en 20 Maart- die SARL BHF/UHF Analoog kompetisie
20 Maart - Herfs nagewening om 17:32 SAT
21 Maart - Menseregte Dag
23 Maart - die Sandton â-˜Talking Tech Power Hour'
25 Maart - kus skole sluit
26 Maart - die Sandton ARK Jakkals jag
26/27 Maart - die CQ WPX ESB kompetisie
27 Mar - die sluitingsdatum vir SARL BHF/UHF Analoog logstate

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

Die gewilde SARL HAMNET 40 m-kompetisie vind vandag Sondag 6 Maart tussen
12:00 tot 14:00 UTC plaas. Hierdie is 'n ESB-kompetisie op die 40 m-band
en is oop vir alle radio amateurs in Suid-Afrika en buurlande.

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-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 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, geredigeer deur Vivian Dold, Z
S6VD en gelees deur ....................................

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