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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2483 for Friday, May 30th, 2025 Amateur
Radio Newsline Report Number 2483 with a release date of Friday, May
30th, 2025 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1

The following is a QST. The FCC wants to give satellites 20,000 MHz
more of the spectrum. A solo DXpeditioner logs 61,000 QSOs -- and a new
node for the Reverse Beacon network! All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2483 comes your way right now.

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FCC EYES GIVING SATELLITES 20,000 MHz MORE OF SPECTRUM

NEIL/ANCHOR: We begin this week with changes the FCC has voted to make
to the spectrum - specifically to accommodate satellite operations.
Kent Peterson KC0DGY has the details.

KENT: The US communications regulator is hoping to move ahead with the assignment of more than 20,000 MHz of spectrum bandwidth to accommodate expanded satellite-based broadband service. The FCC voted unanimously
at its May 22nd open meeting to explore such use across four spectrum
bands: the upper portion of the 12 GHz band, starting at 12.7 GHz; the
42 GHz band, the 52 GHz band and four unused sections of the 75-110 GHz
W-band totaling 18,000 MHz.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in a statement after the vote that
[quote] "each band is a potential game changer." [endquote]. The agency
said that the amount of spectrum under consideration is greater than
all the spectrum presently available for satellite broadband. He said
the additional frequencies were ripe territory for so-called
next-generation services.

It was unclear what impact, if any, the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
would have on the amateur radio service. The move was applauded by the Satellite Industry Association in a statement on its website. This is
Kent Peterson KC0DGY.

(FCC, TV TECH)

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SOLO DXPEDITIONER HONORED FOR 61,000 QSOs

NEIL/ANCHOR: A French amateur has been recognized for logging 61,000
contacts while on DXpedition - by himself! Jeremy Boot G4NJH has
thatstory.

JEREMY: Congratulations to Marek Lamachou, FH4VVK/F4VVJ, who logged
more than 61,000 QSOs as the solo operator during a DXpedition on the
island of Grande Glorieuse operating as FT4GL. The island is the
largest in the French-controlled Glorioso Islands archipelago in the
Indian Ocean and is 7th in the DXCC Most Wanted List.

Marek was honoured at Hamvention by the Southwest Ohio DX Association
as DXpeditioner of the Year. The association said that he had [quote]
"gone above and beyond the norm to positively affect the DX community." [endquote] The DXpedition took place in May and June of 2024.

This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

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RECORD ATTENDANCE AT HAMVENTION

NEIL/ANCHOR: If you were among those at Hamvention, like me, in Xenia,
Ohio, in May, congratulations! You helped set a record. Organizers
report that a record 36,814 amateur radio enthusiasts came to the
fairgrounds for the annual forums, exhibits and of course, the flea
market. The event was put together with the help of more than 700
volunteers. Plans are now in the works for Hamvention 2026 to be held
on May 15th, 16th and 17th.

(JAMES GIFFORD. N8KET)

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YASME GRANT WILL FIND RBN NODE ON SOUTH ATLANTIC ISLAND

NEIL/ANCHOR: A grant will fund the establishment of a new node for the
Reverse Beacon Network in the South Atlantic Ocean. Jason Daniels
VK2LAW tells us about it.

JASON: The world's most isolated settled island is adding an important
amateur radio presence: A Reverse Beacon Network node. The node project
is being given a supporting grant from the Yasme Foundation and will be
hosted by Andy Repetto, ZD9BV, on Tristan da Cunha, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. The Reverse Beacon Network
comprises stations in different parts of the world that monitor the
bands and send reports of what - and who - they hear. It is an
all-volunteer effort.

This is Jason Daniels VK2LAW.

(425 DX BULLETIN)

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SILENT KEY: DICK JANSSON, KD1K, LONGTIME AMSAT VP FOR ENGINEERING

NEIL/ANCHOR: For years, AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, benefitted from the engineering talents of Dick Jansson, KD1K, whose professional career had included time spent at Sperry Corporation,
Martin Marietta, the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory and NACA, the
forerunner of the US space agency NASA. In retirement, however, Dick
focused his lifetime of skills on a variety of AMSAT spacecraft
projects, including OSCARS 10 and 13 and the MICROSAT series. He
eventually became AMSAT's vice president of engineering.

Dick became a Silent Key on May 13th.

Dick's longtime work with a variety of AMSAT spacecraft inspired his
selection as recipient of the Technical Excellence Award at Dayton
Hamvention in 1993. He had been a ham since 1972.

A memorial service is planned for Dick in Florida on June 4th. He
was94.

(AMSAT NEWS SERVICE)

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SOUTH AFRICA LICENSES 48 NEW RADIO AMATEURS

NEIL/ANCHOR: In South Africa, 48 new ham radio operators are
celebrating passage of the Radio Amateur Examination that they took in
May administered by the Independent Communications Authority of South
Africa.

The RAE, as it is known, has only given exams twice a year. According
to various news reports, while 48 candidates passed the exam, 5 others
did not.

The next exam is not scheduled until November.

(WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA, SARL)

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OHIO TRAFFIC NET MARKS 50 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE

NEIL/ANCHOR: In one region of Ohio, a 50-year-old traffic net is
celebrating its years of uninterrupted service to the community. We
have those details from Stephen Kinford N8WB.

STEPHEN: No one can physically see this devoted community but its
presence has been felt strongly throughout the Cleveland and North
Central Ohio region for a half-century. The Burning River Traffic Net
is still passing important traffic as it has done since its founding in
1975 as a 2m simplex net to deliver messages to recipients who lived
outside the local telephone exchange, constituting a long-distance call
at the time. Those messages include health and welfare updates, congratulations, emergencies and simple greetings. The net has since
become repeater-based and meets every Monday, Thursday and Saturday at
9:30 p.m. local time. Members are called up on an as-needed basis on
other days.

The Burning River Traffic Net is about to become visible and meet the
community it has served for so long. The net, which is part of the
ARRL's National Traffic System, is inviting all hams and anyone
interested in learning more about the net to be part of their
anniversary celebration. It's being held on the 21st of June at the
Lorain County Metroparks Duck Pond Picnic Area pavilion at 1 p.m. local
time. Net manager Keith Cook, KD8GXL, said [quote] "this is more than
just a celebration of the past - it's an opportunity to look forward to
the next 50 years." [Endquote]

This is Stephen Kinford N8WB.

(KEITH COOK, KD8GXL)

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HAP HOLLY, KC9RP/SK, RECEIVES FINAL NEWSMAKER AWARD, POSTHUMOUSLY

NEIL/ANCHOR: With this week's report, Amateur Radio Newsline presents
its final Newsmaker of the Year Award - and introduces a new award to
reflect changing times. Newsline's editor Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT has
the details.

CARYN: In 2019, Newsline introduced its Newsmaker of the Year Award in recognition of deserving amateurs who raised the profile of ham radio
around the world via conventional media channels. The media universe
has changed since then. We now communicate reliably via blogs, videos
and other forms of social media with conventional media taking a
backseat. Toward that end, we are replacing the Newsmaker award with
Newsline's Influencer Award, shining a light on those who have had a measurable, far-reaching and positive impact on amateur radio. That
award will be presented at year's end.

Meanwhile, it is fitting that we give our final Newsmaker of the Year
Award to Hap Holly, KC9RP. Hap, a member of the Newsline family, left
an imprint on the world via his Radio Amateur Information Network, or
RAIN report, weekly reports he produced for three decades. Hap, who
became blind at the age of 7, was an active and influential amateur for
most of his 73 years. He became a Silent Key on February 24th of this
year. As we remember him with pride and gratitude, we honor him for
being the remarkable newsmaker that he was.

This is Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT.

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BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur
Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including
the K2ADA repeater in Ocala, Florida on Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m.
local time.

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'QUEENS OF THE MOUNTAINS' EVENT RETURNS

NEIL/ANCHOR: Be on the lookout for some YLs about to ascend the summits
for a special SOTA event. One year after organizing their inaugural
Queens of the Mountains activation, the YLs are back and they've gone
global. Andy Morrison K9AWM has that story.

ANDY: True to its name, the Queens of the Mountains event is a
challenge worthy of royalty. Paula K9IR and Amy AG7GP have brought the
event back for its second year as YLs activate SOTA summits on June 7th
and June 8th - and not only YLs around the world chase the activators;
men are also invited to join in this year's chase. Anyone contacting 5
or more YLs on a SOTA summit becomes eligible for a certificate.

The biggest honors will go to the YL activators themselves who will be
logging contacts and working toward any or all of six achievement
awards, including one for a first-time SOTA activator. A special K1LIZ
Memorial Achievement Award will be given to the YL with the highest
number of achievement awards. Last year the event crowned Lorene W6LOR
with the honor, which bears the callsign of top-achieving activator Liz
Burns K1LIZ who became a Silent Key in February of 2022.

This is Andy Morrison K9AWM.

(SOTA REFLECTOR)

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PROJECT EYES HAM RADIO ON GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITE

NEIL/ANCHOR: The project is called "futureGEO," and it envisions ham
radio on a geosynchronous satellite, as we hear from Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

JEREMY: AMSAT-DL has sent a Request for Expression of Interest to
various other AMSAT organisations and amateur radio associations for a
proposed ham radio-focused project known as "futureGEO," operating from
a geosynchronous satellite.

The group is hoping to receive proposals no later than the 30th of
June. AMSAT-DL's request comes two years after the European Space
Agency described its vision of having amateur radio on a
geosynchronous satellite, designed to cover the north of North America
and Europe, and which drew on proposals from AMSAT-DL and AMSAT-UK.

Meanwhile, a new satellite-based FM repeater comes online in June. On
board the HADES-ICM satellite it will initially be active on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays .

It has an uplink of 145.875 MHz and a downlink of 436.666 MHz. Another repeater, HADES-R, already operates full time with a 145.925 MHz
uplink and a 436.888 MHz downlink.

This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(AMSAT, AMATEUR NEWS DAILY)

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JUNE IS 'AMATEUR RADIO MONTH' IN HAWAII

NEIL/ANCHOR: Every year, hams in the US and Canada observe the fourth
full weekend in June as Field Day, considered the most important
amateur radio weekend of the year. In Hawaii, however, amateur radio recognition will be going on a little longer: the state's governor,
Josh Green, has proclaimed all of June to be Amateur Radio Month, in recognition of the 3400 hams operating in the Pacific region.The state
has ties to wireless that go back more than 100 years, however. In
1914, its island of Oahu became home to a Marconi wireless telegraphy
station. In 1916, the first transmissions were successfully sent to
Japan from the US territory, marking the start of wireless
communication between the two nations.

(HISTORY.COM, AMATEUR RADIO DAILY)

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WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, the F4KIS radio club is on the air through to the
10th of June using the callsign TM41GM. The suffix stands for "greve
des mineurs," recalling the 1941 strike of 100,000 miners of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. This action was among the earliest acts of
collective resistance to Nazi occupation in France. See QRZ.com for
details about eQSL downloads.

Listen for the callsign HS30DXA which is on the air to mark the 30th anniversary of the Thailand DX Association, E28AC and E2X. Radio
operators are calling CQ on all HF bands and on the 2-metre band
through to the 21st of June. They will also be using various amateur
radio satellites. QSL via HS6MYW.

Otis, NP4G, is on the air until the 2nd of June from St. Barthelemy,
IOTA Number NA-146, using the callsign FJ/NP4G. QSL via LoTW only.

Operators are using the callsign HI99RCD to celebrate the 99th
anniversary of the Radio Club Dominicano, HI8RCD, which was founded on
June 12th, 1926. QSOs will be confirmed by email and via the logbook on
QRZ.com

(425 DX BULLETIN)

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KICKER: PRIME TIME TV IS BACK ON BOARD THE ISS

NEIL/ANCHOR: Fans of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
will be happy to know that a popular TV show is returning - and coming
soon to a shack near you. Ralph Squillace KK6ITB concludes this week's
newscast witha report about this welcome comeback.

RALPH: Never mind what prime-time TV has to offer - hams who have been
missing a chance to make contacts through HamTV will have something to celebrate soon. HamTV was the Digital Amateur Television transmitter
operating on the Columbus module of the ISS until failure took it out
of service in 2019.

Its repairs here on earth were completed and the newly invigorated
HamTV was returned to the ISS via SpaceX CRS-30 in March of 2024. ARISS
reports that astronauts will complete its reinstallation in late June
in preparation for more contacts with schools around the world. HamTV
uses the DVB-S protocol in the 13 cm band to transmit digital video and
audio in MPG2 format.

ARISS has high hopes that HamTV will become a long-running series
--without having to resort to re-runs.

This is Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.

(AMATEUR RADIO DAILY, BRITISH AMATEUR TV CLUB, ARISS)

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With thanks to Amateur News Daily; AMSAT News Service; ARISS; British
Amateur TV; David Behar K7DB; FCC; History.com; James Gifford, N8KET;
Keith Cook, KD8GXL; QRZ.com; South African Radio League; SOTA
Reflector; shortwaveradio.de; TV Tech; Wireless Institute of Australia;
and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline. We
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KD2GUT at the news desk in New York, and our news team worldwide, I'm
Neil Rapp WB9VPG in Union Kentucky saying 73. As always we thank you
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