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SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE NEWS FOR SUNDAY 05 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 in English at 08:15 and 08:30 Central African Time respective
ly on HF and various VHF and UHF repeaters around the country. The bulleti
n is relayed on Echolink by Johan, ZS6JPL. The audio bulletins can be do wnloaded from the League website at https://sarl.us5.list-manage.com/track /click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&idTf6ff0029&eœe7bd785b
while the text bulletin can be downloaded from https://sarl.us5.list-mana ge.com/track/click?u'b05a8cba9589bf8d019e5d3&idöb6e989fe&eœe7bd785b. To join the MailChimp bulletin mailing list, please send an
e-mail to the SARL Secretary.

In the news today:

AWA CW ACTIVITY DAY TODAY

RADIO ZS FEBRUARY 2023

and

ZS SOTA - 20 YEARS - TIME TO CELEBRATE

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

We begin this bulletin with the news of two silent keys.

It is with deep regret that we must announce that the key of Johannes van
Zijl, ZS4DZ went silent on Sunday 29 January 2023. He wrote the RAE in
1989 and obtained the call sign ZR4DZ which he later upgraded to ZS4DZ. J
ohan worked in the Electrical Department of the Ficksburg Municipality and
later he worked as an electrical contractor in the Ficksburg area. He use
d wire antennas for each HF band from 160 to 10 metres and 100 Watts outpu
t, he was active in all the contests and award schemes. He was the holde
r of the WAZS-1500 as well as a WAZS on 60 metres. We extend our sincere c ondolences to his wife and family, his brother Jerry, ZS2TL/ZS6BTL and
many friends.

It is with deep regret that we announce that the key of Jaap van der Linde
ZS3JP (ZS1JP), went silent on Friday 3 February 2023. He was a founder
member of the Northern Cape Amateur Radio Club and became a Life Member i
n 2014. He motivated many members and was always calm and helpful. We exte
nd our sincere condolences to his wife, family and friends.

PAUSE

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

AWA CW ACTIVITY DAY TODAY

The aim of the CW Activity Day is for participants to contact as many amat
eurs as possible on the 20, 40 and 80 m amateur bands from 13:00 to 15:0
0 UTC. You can participate as a Single Operator All Band - Low Pow
er (maximum 100 W); a Single operator All Band - QRP (Maximum 5 W)
; a Single Operator Single Band - Low Power (maximum 100 W); a Single ope rator, single band - QRP (maximum 5 W) or a Short Wave Listener
(SWL). The exchange is an RST report, your call sign and grid square lo
cator. The rules can be found on page 50 of the SARL contest manual.

RADIO ZS FEBRUARY 2023

The February 2023 issue of Radio ZS is available for download from the Pub lications menu item on the SARL web page. Read about the Andalucia Day Dip
loma and the First Ever - Olivia Digital Mode QSO Party. There are three r eports from the IARU Region 1 about their work leading to WRC-23. We tell
you about listening to Jupiter and why using beacons is important. Woody
, ZS3WL tells us about the 2022 - 2023 Golden Globe Round the World Yach
t Race and in the Museum Piece, you can read how close we came to using
Helmholtz instead of Hertz for frequency. On page 56 you can get all the
information about the accommodation for the 2023 SARL National Convention
at Maselspoort and we look at GPS Equipment and Satellites. And more in t
his 72-page issue.

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

ZS SOTA - 20 YEARS - TIME TO CELEBRATE

SOTA in ZS has now been active for 20 years, we joined the SOTA fraterni
ty on 1 January 2003, the first two summits were activated by Andrew Roo
s, ZS1AN (now ZS5U) on 1 January 2003. Maclear's Beacon, ZS/WC-043 wi
th 15 DX and 1 ZS QSO and then Lions' Head, ZS/WC-058 with 10 DX QSOs an
d all on CW.

After discussions with the ZS SOTA group, it was decided that 18 Februar
y would be a good day to celebrate the 20th anniversary. This day is open
to all radio amateurs to join in the fun of either activating a summit or
chasing the activators. Activators are requested to post their proposed t
imes on the ZS-SOTA WhatsApp Group and Facebook page. A certificate of par ticipation will be issued.

If you have never activated a summit and want more information, contact
Sid Tyler, ZS5AYC on mobile 082 461 3279 and he will put you in contact
with someone in your area.

CONTEST NEWS

Participants in the SARL Saturday 40 m Club Contest are requested to resub
mit their log sheets to contest@sarl.org.za (mailto:contest@sarl.org.za) w
ith a new closing date of 21:59 UTC on Thursday 9 February. There was some
confusion as to who should be receiving the log sheets.

Six logs were received for the PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest held on 13 t
o 16 January.
1st Andre Botes, ZS2ACP - 3 040 points
2nd Corne Conradie, ZS1COR - 1 815 points
3rd Phil McClean, ZS1WW - 1 302 points
The longest distance on a band was 882 km between Andre, ZS2ACP and Dick
, ZS6BUN on 6 metres.

Fourteen logs were received for the SARL Summer QRP contest held on 21 Jan uary.
1st Kobus Boshoff, ZS6BOS - 1350 points
2nd Jacques Louw, ZS4WW and Anthony Williams, ZS6WT - 180 points
4th Mark Walker, ZS6MDX - 144 points.
Congratulations to the winners.
The Autumn QRP contest which will take place on 15 April 2023.

The full set of results of both contests will be published in HF Happening
s 1032

PROPAGATION REPORT

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low levels. There are currently three sunspots with simple magnetic
configurations visible. There is a moderate probability for C-class and a
low probability for M-class solar flares. If you want to do your own freq uency predictions, the expected effective sunspot number for the week wi
ll be around 93. The 10 to 30 m bands will provide some good DX fun. Pleas
e visit the website: spaceweather.sansa.org.za for further information.

Finally, a diary of some upcoming events:

Today - the AWA CW Activity day
10 February - Closing date for AWA CW logs
11 February - Closing date for FM logs
12 February - Hamsat SA QO-100 QSO Party
11 and 12 February - The CQ WW WPX RTTY contest and the Olivia Dig
ital Mode QSO Party
13 February - World Radio Day
14 February - Valentine's Day
15 February - 80m SARL Club Contest
17 February - Closing date for Hamsat logs
18 and 19 February - ARRL International DX CW Contest
20 February - Closing date for 80m Club Contest logs

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

The aim of the CW Activity Day is for participants to contact as many amat
eurs as possible on the 20, 40 and 80 m amateur bands from 13:00 to 15:0
0 UTC. The exchange is an RST report, your call sign and grid square loc
ator. The rules can be found on page 50 of the SARL contest manual.

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 include in the bulletin should reach the news
team no later than the Friday preceding the bulletin date.

You are welcome to join us every Sunday morning for the weekly radio progr
am, Amateur Radio Today at 10:00 CAT. The program can be heard on VHF an
d UHF repeaters countrywide and on 7 082 kHz lower sideband by Louis, ZS
5LP. 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 artoday@sarl.org.za.

You have listened to a news bulletin written by Andy Cairns, ZS6ADY, p
roofread by Paul Johnson, ZS1S and read by ..............

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

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SUID-AFRIKAANSE RADIOLIGA NUUS VIR SONDAG 5 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&id¬e925b629&eœe7bd785b afgelaai kan word. Om by
die Mailchimp bulletin e-poslys aan te sluit, stuur 'n e-pos aan die SA
RL Sekretaris.

In die nuus vandag:

AWA CW ACTIVITY DAY TODAY

RADIO ZS FEBRUARIE 2023

en

ZS SOTA - 20 JAAR - TYD OM TE VIER

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

Ons begin hierdie bulletin met nuus van n still sleutel.

Dit is met leedwese dat ons moet aankondig dat die sleutel van Johannes va
n Zijl, ZS4DZ stil geword het op Sondag 29 Januarie 2023. Hy het die RAE
in 1989 geskryf en die roepsein ZR4DZ gekry wat hy later op gegradeer het
na ZS4DZ. Johan het in die Elektriese Afdeling van die Ficksburg Munisipa liteit gewerk en later het hy as elektriese kontrakteur in die Ficksburg a
rea gewerk. Hy het draad antennas vir elke HF-band van 160 tot 10 meter en
100 Watt-uitset gebruik, hy was aktief in al die kompetisies en toekenn
ing skemas. Hy was die houer van die WAZS-1500 sowel as 'n WAZS op 60 mete
r. Ons betuig ons innige meegevoel met sy vrou en familie, sy broer Jerr
y, ZS2TL/ZS6BTL en baie vriende.

Dit is met leedwese dat ons aankondig dat die sleutel van Jaap van der Lin
de ZS3JP (ZS1JP) still geword het op Vrydag die 3de Februarie 2023. Hy was
n stigters lid van die Noord Kaap Amateur Radio Klub en het in 2014 Ere l
id geword. Hy het baie lede gemotiveer en was altyd kalm en behulpsaam. On
s betuig ons innige meegevoel met sy vrou, familie en vriende.

POUSE

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

ADV GG AKTIWITEIT DAG VANDAG

Die doel van die GG Aktiwiteitsdag is dat deelnemers soveel as moontlik am ateurs op die 20, 40 en 80 m amateur bande van 13:00 tot 15:00 UTC konta
k. Jy kan deelneem as 'n Enkel operateur Alle Bande - Lae Krag (ma
ksimum 100 W); 'n Enkel operateur Alle Bande - QRP (Maksimum 5 W);
'n Enkel operateur Enkelband - Lae Krag (maksimum 100 W); 'n Enkel operat
eur, enkelband - QRP (maksimum 5 W) of 'n Kortgolfluisteraar (SW
L). Die uitruil is 'n RST-verslag, jou roepsein en ruitvierkant. Die re
ëls kan op bladsy 50 van die SARL-Kompetisiehandleiding gevind word.

RADIO ZS FEBRUARIE 2023

Die Februarie 2023-uitgawe van Radio ZS is beskikbaar vir aflaai vanaf die
Publikasies-kies lys op die SARL-webblad. Lees oor die Andalusië-dag
diploma en die eerste ooit - Olivia Digitale Modus QSO Partytjie. Daar is
drie verslae van die IARU Streek 1 oor hul werk wat lei na WRC-23. Ons ve
rtel jou hoe om na Jupiter te luister en hoekom die gebruik van bakens bel angrik is. Woody, ZS3WL vertel ons van die 2022 - 2023 Golden Globe Om d
ie Wêreld Seiljag wedvaart en in die Museum stuk kan jy lees hoe naby
ons daaraan gekom het om Helmholtz in plaas van Hertz vir frekwensie te g ebruik. Op bladsy 56 kan jy al die inligting oor die verblyf vir die 2023
SARL Nasionale Konvensie by Maselspoort kry en ons kyk na GPS-toerusting
en satelliete. En meer in hierdie uitgawe van 72 bladsye.

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

ZS SOTA - 20 JAAR - TYD OM TE VIER

SOTA in ZS is nou al 20 jaar aktief, ons het op 1 Januarie 2003 by die S OTA-broederskap aangesluit, die eerste twee pieke is geaktiveer deur And
rew Roos, ZS1AN (nou ZS5U) op 1 Januarie 2003. Maclear's Beacon, ZS/WC
-043 met 15 DX en 1 ZS QSO en dan Leeukop, ZS/WC-058 met 10 DX QSOs en a
lmal op GG.

Na samesprekings met die ZS SOTA-groep is daar besluit dat 18 Februarie 'n
goeie dag sal wees om die 20ste bestaans jaar te vier. Hierdie dag is oop
vir alle radioamateurs om deel te neem aan die pret om of 'n beraad te ak tiveer of die aktiveerders te jaag. Aktiveerders om hul voorgestelde tye o
p die ZS-SOTA WhatsApp-groep en Facebook-bladsy te plaas. 'n Sertifikaat v
an deelname sal uitgereik word.

As jy nog nooit 'n piek geaktiveer het nie en meer inligting wil hê
, kontak Sid Tyler, ZS5AYC op selfoon 082 461 3279 en hy sal jou in ko
ntak bring met iemand in jou area.

KOMPETISIE NUUS

Deelnemers aan die SARL Saterdag 40 m-klub kompetisie word versoek om hul
logstate weer in te dien by contest@sarl.org.za (mailto:contest@sarl.org.
za) met 'n nuwe sluitingsdatum van 21:59 UTC op Donderdag 9 Februarie. Daa
r was 'n bietjie verwarring oor wie die logstate moes ontvang.

Ses logstate is ontvang vir die PEARS Nasionale BHF/UHF-kompetisie wat van
13 tot 16 Januarie gehou is.
1ste Andre Botes, ZS2ACP - 3 040 punte
2de Corne Conradie, ZS1COR - 1 815 punte
3de Phil McLean, ZS1WW - 1 302 punte
Die langste afstand gewerk op 'n band was tussen Andre, ZS2ACP en Dick
, ZS6BUN op 6 meter en 882 km.

Veertien logs is ontvang vir die SARL Somer QRP-kompetisie wat op 21 Janua
rie gehou is.
1ste Kobus Boshoff, ZS6BOS - 1350 punte
2de Jacques Louw, ZS4WW en Anthony Williams, ZS6WT - 180 punte
4de Mark Walker, ZS6MDX - 144 punte
Baie geluk aan die wenner. Die Herfs QRP-kompetisie vind plaas op 15 April
2023.

Die volledige stel uitslae van beide kompetisies sal in HF Happenings 1032
gepubliseer word

HF VOORTPLANTINGSVOORSPELLING

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, berig dat die verwagte sonaktiwiteitsvlak laag
gaan wees. Tans is daar drie sonvlekke met eenvoudige magnetiese samestel lings sigbaar. Daar is 'n redelike waarskynlikheid vir die voorkoms van C-
klas fakkels en 'n lae waarskynlikheid vir M-klas fakkels. Diegene wat hul
le eie frekwensie voorspellings wil doen, kan 'n verwagte effektiewe son vlektelling van 93 vir die week gebruik. Radio amateurs kan goeie DX openi
nge op die 10 tot 30 m bande verwag. Besoek gerus die webtuiste spaceweath er.sansa.org.za vir meer inligting.

Nou die dagboek van gebeure vir die volgende paar weke:

Vandag - ADV GG dag
10 Februarie - Sluitingsdatum vir ADV GG logstate
11 Februarie - Sluitingsdatum vir FM logstate
12 Februarie - Hamsat SA QO-100 QSO Partytjie
11 en 12 Februarie - die CQ WW WPX RTD-kompetisie en die Olivia Digitale M
odus QSO Partytjie
13 Februarie - Wêreld Radio Dag
14 Februarie - Valentynsdag
15 Februarie - 80m SARL Klub Kompetisie
17 Februarie - Sluitingsdatum vir Hamsat logstate
18 & 19 Februarie - ARRL Internasionale DX GG Kompetisie
20 Februarie - Sluitingsdatum vir 80m Klub Kompetisie logstate

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

Die doel van die GG Aktiwiteitsdag is dat deelnemers soveel as moontlik am ateurs op die 20, 40 en 80 m amateur bande van 13:00 tot 15:00 UTC konta
k. Die uitruil is 'n RST-verslag, jou roepsein en ruitvierkant. Die re
ëls kan op bladsy 50 van die SARL-Kompetisiehandleiding gevind word.

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, 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, geproeflees deur Viv Dold, ZS6
VD en gelees deur ....................................

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