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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2443 for Friday August 23rd, 2024 Amateur
Radio Newsline Report Number 2443 with a release date of Friday, August
23rd, 2024 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. A Chinese rocket spews fragments of debris into
space. A new repeater fills an emcoms gap in Canada -- and Newsline
celebrates this year's Young Ham of the Year in Huntsville.  All this
and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2443 comes your way
right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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MALFUNCTION ON ROCKET'S UPPER STAGE SCATTERS SPACE DEBRIS

NEIL/ANCHOR: We begin this week's report with a rocket launch that has
created a mess in space. The recent launch of China's Long March 6A
rocket, which sent 18 broadband Internet satellites into polar orbit,
has added to the proliferation of space debris. A malfunction of the
rocket's upper stage sent more than 700 fragments into a high orbit of
800 kilometres. According to a report by the AMSAT News Service, their
orbital decay will take at least 25 years.

The satellites themselves are part of the new constellation by Shanghai
Spacecom Satellite Technology. Known as "Thousand Sails," the
constellation is expected to expand to include as many as 14,000
satellites. It is considered a direct competitor to Starlink, Project
Kuiper and OneWeb.

(AMSAT NEWS)

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INTERNATIONAL YLS RENEW FRIENDSHIPS AFTER 5 YEARS

NEIL/ANCHOR: Friendships are high on the list of things many of us
value in amateur radio, and a recent get-together in Europe for one
group of YLs marked a chance to renew that sisterhood - and to get on
the air, of course. Jeremy Boot G4NJH has that story.

JEREMY: Five summers after they first successfully celebrated their
friendship and shared love of amateur radio, an international group of
22 YLs returned to the contest station in Moravia, in the Czech
Republic, where it had all begun.

Eva, HB9FPM, believed it was time for an even bigger event at the top
class contest station OK5Z, where YLs from 11 nations gathered between
the 4th and the 10th of August.

Using the callsign OL88YL, they chased DX from the massive antenna
farm, taking time off to learn to build dipoles of their own under the
guidance of Markus HB9HVG and Andreas, HB9JOE. The 20- and 15-metre
antennas were then tested the next two days days at three SOTA summits
that were also part of the Worldwide Fauna and Flora Awards scheme.

There were moments of celebration too, when Hans PB2T of the Yasme
Foundation presented their Yasme Excellence Award to Raisa, R1BIG, for
her promotion of amateur radio on her YouTube channel.

When not on the air, the YLs toured places rich with the region's
cultural history. For those traveling from Poland, Japan, Luxembourg,
Turkey, the UK, the Russian Federation and elsewhere, the long
five-year wait to be together again ended happily.


This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.


NEIL/ANCHOR: For a short look at how the YLs spent their time, follow
the link in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org 

[DO NOT READ:          https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qzwii079dYc ]


(EVA, HB9FPM; RAISA, R1BIG)

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TWO AMSAT ORGANIZATION EVENTS SET FOR OCTOBER

NEIL/ANCHOR: Two AMSAT organizations are planning major gatherings in
October, spaced just two weeks apart. Kevin Trotman N5PRE tells us
about them both.

KEVIN:	Satellite enthusiasts have a busy two weekends in October,
starting with the AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium and Annual General Meeting
being held on the 12th and 13th of October at the same time the Radio
Society of Great Britain holds its convention. Organizers have said
they will release details about the topics being covered closer to
theevent.

Meanwhile, registration has opened for the 42nd Annual AMSAT Space
Symposium and Annual General Meeting which is taking place in Tampa,
Florida on the 25th and 26th of October. The weekend will also include
an AMSAT Ambassador breakfast on the morning of October 27th.

Organizers are looking for presenters on a variety of topics for the
symposium and are asking anyone interested to immediately submit a
working title for their talk. Final copies of the presentations are due
no later than the 18th of October so they can be included in the
proceedings. Send all submissions to Dan Schultz, N8FGV at n8fgv at usa
dot net (n8fgv@usa.net). The symposium will be held on Saturday the
26th, the same day as the Annual General Meeting.

This is Kevin Trotman N5PRE.

(AMSAT NEWS SERVICE)

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VOA TO SHUT MARIANA ISLANDS SHORTWAVE OPERATION

NEIL/ANCHOR: The Voice of America has announced plans to cease
operations in the Northern Mariana Islands. We have more on that story
from Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.

RALPH: Citing a shrinking listener audience, high costs of operation
and lingering damages inflicted by a Category 5 super typhoon in
October of 2018, the Voice of America has decided to discontinue
transmissions from its shortwave station in the Northern Mariana
Islands. The Saipan and Tinian sites being silenced are part of the
Robert E. Kamosa Transmitting Station.

The United States Agency for Global Media has made use of the station
for multi-language programs from Voice of America and Radio Free Asia.

William Martin, director of the US Agency for Global Media's
transmitting stations and operations division, said in a public
statement: [quote] "After decades of operation, these facilities are
being phased out as shortwave audiences migrate to other media.
Although these closures mark the end of an era, they are also
bittersweet, as in closing these stations we also say farewell to the
people and communities that supported our mission for so many years."
[endquote] Martin himself had been the station manager from 2013
to2019.

The Saipan site started broadcasting in 1982; Tinian, in 1999. 

This is Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.

(RADIO WORLD)

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SILENT KEY: N1MM LOGGER TEAM'S LAURENCE WILLIAM GAUTHIER Jr., K8UT

NEIL/ANCHOR: A longtime member of the development team for the N1MM
logger has become a Silent Key. We hear about him from Dave Parks
WB8ODF.

DAVE: Laurence William Gauthier, Jr., K8UT, was a DXer. a software
expert both professionally and in ham radio, and an involved,
community-minded Michigan resident. An accomplished and award-winning
DXer, he was also deeply committed, outside of radio, to such
activities as Scouting and assisting community nonprofits with their
websites.

Larry became a Silent Key on the 13th of August.

First licensed as a ham since 1968 with the callsign WB8BGO, Larry
strove to harness the software expertise of his professional career to
assist his fellow ham radio operators. He became a part of the team
that developed the popular N1MM logger most recently offered his
support by helping to keep the documentation up-to-date and maintaining
the website. He belonged to the South East Michigan DX Association and
the South Lyon Amateur Radio Club.

Larry was 73.

This is Dave Parks WB8ODF.

(THE DETROIT NEWS, N1MM WEBSITE)

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