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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2440 for Friday August 2nd, 2024 Amateur
Radio Newsline Report Number 2440 with a release date of Friday, August
2nd, 2024 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. The Bouvet Island 3Y0K team negotiates for a
transport vessel. Mechanical Key Week gets underway for CW operators
--and long-hidden artifacts of a college radio club come to light.  All
this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2440 comes your
way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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BOUVET ISLAND 3Y0K DXPEDITION IN TALKS FOR TRANSPORT VESSEL

NEIL/ANCHOR: Our top story this week is the Bouvet Island DXpedition,
3Y0K, which is making progress in getting back on track for 2026. Jason
Daniels VK2LAW has those details.

JASON: The 3Y0K Bouvet Island Dxpedition, which suspended its
acceptance of donations in April while organisers reassessed the trip's
financial picture, has plans to go forward with a $1.6 million budget
in 2026. According to the DXpedition website, negotiations are under
way for a contract for a large transport vessel. The team says it
already has received all the helicopter permits necessary from the
Norwegian Polar Institute. The DXpedition's cost is expected to be
shared with [quote] "a small private group," [endquote] according to
organisers.

The website describes the Dxpedition as a "large-scale operation with
20 to 24 operators," but said the team still needs between 4 and 6
additional amateurs for CW/SSB operation. The three-week trip to the
remote island is to be fully financed upfront but Bouvet's planners
hope to restart their fundraising campaign soon, seeking donations from
individuals and clubs as a way of recovering some expenses. The
fundraising is not expected to resume until a contract is signed for
the vessel.

This is Jason Daniels VK2LAW.

(BOUVET ISLAND 3Y0K WEBSITE)

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FCC ADDS NEW CODE TO EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM

NEIL/ANCHOR: In the US, the FCC has made some changes to its Emergency
Alert System. Kent Peterson KC0DGY tells us what's in store.

KENT:  The Federal Communications Commission is hoping to add a new
event code to its Emergency Alert system and will meet to consider the
proposal on Wednesday, August 7th. The three-letter code, MEP, is
designed to cover those individuals who are overlooked by existing
codes, such as AMBER Alerts, which focus on abducted and missing
children.

The MEP event code -- for missing and endangered persons -- would also
be used in Wireless Emergency Alerts. The FCC believes the new alert
code would fill a need to bring awareness to the thousands of people
-mainly missing indigenous and native women - who cannot be located.
Many tribal organizations in the various native communities have urged
the FCC to activate the code. FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said it
would allow for  [quote] "a more rapid and coordinated response to
incidents, and build on efforts by Tribal Nations, the Department of
Interior and the Department of Justice, to collect comprehensive data
on missing and endangered Indigenous person cases." [end quote]

The FCC said that manufacturers of equipment used in the nation's
Emergency Alert System will be given time to upgrade software and do
whatever else is necessary to integrate the new code.

This is Kent Peterson KC0DGY.

(RADIO WORLD, FCC)

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SUDIP KUMAR NANDA, HAM RADIO ADVOCATE IN INDIA, DIES DURING US VISIT

NEIL/ANCHOR: A retired public official in India who was committed to
using ham radio to aid communication in remote regions has died in the
United States during a family visit. We have details about him from
Graham Kemp VK4BB.

GRAHAM:  Sudip Kumar Nanda had a long career in public service in his
home state of Gujarat (GOO-juh-rott), focusing with public health and
welfare foremost on his agenda. His efforts included overseeing relief
provided in the aftermath of a 2001 earthquake and strong advocacy for
blood donation and the Ayurvedic system of traditional medicine.

One of his most prominent contributions as a public servant was to
introduce amateur radio in parts of the state underserved by
traditional communication services. Following a cyclone in 1997, when
he was serving as relief commissioner of the state, he promoted ham
radio to ensure that hard-hit districts still had a means of
communicating. He advocated again for amateur radio in 2001 following
an earthquake in January. That same year the Gujarat Institute of
Amateur Radio was created and with his extensive experience in disaster
communication management, he was chosen as its chairman.

His radio contributions endured, especially in 2023 when Cyclone
Biparjoy struck the state and the Gujarat Institute of Amateur Radio
sent 38 hams to the state's emergency operation centre to assist with
disaster communications.

He and his wife were visiting their daughter in New York at the time of
his death on July 26th. Local media said the cause was cardiac arrest.

Nanda was 68.

This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.

(GUJARAT SAMACHAR, INDIAN EXPRESS, DESH GUJARAT)

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CANADA WILDFIRES PROVIDE PREPAREDNESS STRATEGIES

NEIL/ANCHOR: Although amateur radio was not taking a significant role
as emergency-response teams battled the fast-moving wildfires in the
Canadian province of British Columbia, the challenges facing western
Canada have been providing some emergency communicators with a
blueprint for going forward. Randy Sly W4XJ has that report.

RANDY: Even as they keep an eye in the wildfires threatening the west,
the Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services teams have been working
on a comprehensive plan called PACE, for Primary, Alternate,
Contingency and Emergency, to address communications across Canada.
Emergency disaster specialist for the Maritime Division of the
Salvation Army, John Bignell, VE1JMB, told Newsline that the plan
includes the critical role hams can play in disaster-response efforts.
Toward that end, the EDS teams are studying IP linked systems such as
Yaesu Fusion and Echolink and such technologies as Winlink so that
traffic can be passed even when the communication infrastructure has
suffered a failure. John told Newsline: [quote] : "We believe that by
internal training and developing relationships with local hams and ham
clubs in each region, we can significantly improve our disaster
response capabilities." [endquote]

The Salvation Army EDS teams see this as an opportunity to deliver what
could be needed in the future when a more extensive amateur radio
involvement may be needed. Meanwhile, said John, the teams are
collaborating with each division to develop a more comprehensive
communication plan.

This is Randy Sly W4XJ.

(JOHN BIGNELL, VE1JMB)

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SPACEX GIVES DETAILS OF SPACECRAFT TO DE-ORBIT ISS

NEIL/ANCHOR: We reported recently that SpaceX had been awarded a
contract from NASA for a spacecraft that is to deorbit the
International Space Station in 2030, when its operational lifetime
concludes. At a July 17th press briefing with NASA, SpaceX said it will
help NASA accomplish this by creating an enhanced version of its Dragon
spacecraft, known as the United States Deorbit Vehicle. It will be
based on the original Dragon, but its trunk section will be redesigned
and twice and long, with more thrusters.The final ISS crew will depart
the station once the altitude reaches 330 kilometres, down from its
present 400 kilometres as part of a natural decay in its orbit.

(NASA, AMSAT NEWS)

**

FISTS 'MECHANICAL KEY WEEK' GETS UNDERWAY

NEIL/ANCHOR: There's still time to participate in "Mechanical Key
Week," an annual celebration of Morse Code hosted by the FISTS CW Club.
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