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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2445 for Friday September 6th, 2024
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2445 with a release date of
Friday, September 6th, 2024 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Hams assist during deadly floods in Bangladesh.
Two special events reflect on key moments in US history  -- and some
electrifying news about honeybees.  All this and more as Amateur Radio
Newsline Report Number 2445 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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INFORMAL RADIO NETWORK AIDS BANGLADESH FLOOD RESCUE

JIM/ANCHOR: Our top story takes us to Bangladesh where one amateur's
distress call led to an informal but highly effective network of rescue
communicators. Graham Kemp VK4BB describes the scene.

GRAHAM: In Bangladesh, an informal group of community-based hams
mobilised to provide vital communication in the region surrounding Feni
district following deadly floods that began on the 19th of August. Hams
in the capital city of Dhaka rallied to assist after hearing from a
fellow amateur via social media that he was trapped by rising water
levels with no emergency response in sight. Abdullah Al Fahad, S21AF,
stayed in touch with the amateur and monitored his situation while
alerting other area hams. He said in an email: [quote] "We knew we had
to act quickly." [endquote] Traditional means of communication
weredown.

By the 22nd of August, the team's base station was set up at a 15-story
building in Feni and a control room established at the office of Feni's
deputy commissioner. There, the first group of amateur radio responders
coordinated with the office of the deputy commissioner to help in the
deployment of rescue and relief teams. Many hams continued to join the
effort, bringing along their own personal equipment so the response
network could extend its reach. Stations were set up at two army camps
so that the deputy commissioner had communication with the army and
field rescue teams. Fahad said that another base was set up at a scout
headquarters in Dhaka and still another at his QTH. 

Over a four-day period the hams kept communication open across a
70-kilometer radius. It was estimated that they helped bring more than
375 rescue operations to fruition - some in remote areas. 

With flood water receding, authorities in Bangladesh have since turned
their attention to the spread of waterborne illnesses. Some of the hams
moved on to assist the flood situation in Noakhali. Fahad told the
website, tbsnews.net [quote]: "Even though we weren't under any
official banner, just a group of friends doing what we could, we made a
real difference." [endquote] The amateur who had sent out the original
distress call to Fahad was rescued after four days.

This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.

(TBS NEWS NET, INDIA TODAY, ABDULLAH AL FAHAD S21AF)

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RASPBERRY PI SEEN AS KEY IN UNDERWATER TRANSMISSION

JIM/ANCHOR: Scientists are hopeful that a Raspberry Pi may be a key
component in making underwater communication more effective. Jeremy
Boot G4NJH has that story.

JEREMY: A Raspberry Pi is being used as one of three main components of
a modem that is under development by researchers in Italy to make
underwater communications more effective and less expensive.

As described in a recent article in the IEEE (EYE Triple E) Spectrum,
the Raspberry Pi is the modem's base. There is also a sound card
hardware attachment which generates and records audio signals. For
undersea operations, most modems use acoustical signals instead of
radio because despite the slower rate at which they move, these signals
can cover greater distances. Researchers at the University of Padova
believe the modem will be a much more affordable alternative for
communication with submarines, sensors or other entities. According to
the Spectrum article, current modems typically cost at least ten
thousand US dollars.

The researchers, Filippo Campagnaro and Michele Zorzi, are also
developing a transducer for conversion of energy into acoustic signals
and back again. Their more-affordable device is a modification of
something typically used to monitor the sounds of marine mammals and
costs hundreds, instead of thousands, of US dollars.

By making this technology more affordable, the scientists believe its
uses can be extended beyond the military or the offshore oil and gas
industries into the realms of biodiversity studies and climate change.

This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.

(IEEE)


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SILENT KEY: RICHARD RYBA, WQ3Q, ADVOCATE FOR CANCER RESEARCH, PATIENT
ASSISTANCE

JIM/ANCHOR: Hams in Pennsylvania and beyond are grieving the loss of a
friend who was an advocate for cancer research and cancer patient
assistance. We hear about him from Travis Lisk N3ILS.

TRAVIS: A little more than a year ago, Richard Ryba, WQ3Q, put out a
call to his fellow hams asking for them to join the on-air team for
N3P, a special event station to raise awareness and donations for
pancreatic cancer research.

On Thursday, September 5th, the Skyview Amateur Radio Society issued
another call during their 2-metre evening net on Richard's behalf. It
was a final call: Richard became a Silent Key on the 31st of August,
five years after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the same
illness that took the life of his younger brother years earlier. An
advocate for supporting research, Richard had been the driving force
behind an annual special event station that went on the air throughout
the US in conjunction with a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania walk-a-thon to
benefit the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

He was well-known for his devotion to radio as a member and former
officer of the Skyview Amateur Radio Society and the Breezeshooters
Club of Western Pennsylvania. He recently joined the Southwestern
Pennsylvania SKYWARN and the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and
Snow Network. Richard was known as the designer of the QSL card for
K2M, the Pennsylvania colony of the annual 13 Colonies Special Event
station, for each of the past four years. He also had a unique way of
identifying himself: Because his callsign contained the character
combination "Q3Q," he often referred to his QTH as the "shack of
quack."

Eddie Misiewicz  KB3YRU, net control for the Skyview Thursday night
net, said: [quote] "His hope and his positive attitude will continue in
all of us." [endquote]

Richard, who had been licensed since 2013, was 74.

This is Travis Lisk, N3ILS.

(EDDIE MISIEWICZ, KB3YRU)

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SILENT KEY: PAUL GRAVELINE, K1YUB, AMSAT JOURNAL ASSISTANT EDITOR

JIM/ANCHOR: Hams are also mourning the loss of the assistant editor of
the AMSAT Journal. We hear more about him from Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

NEIL: As both an editor and contributor, Paul Graveline, K1YUB, began
his seven-year tenure as an assistant editor for the AMSAT Journal with
the publication of the July/August 2017 issue. His deep involvement
with AMSAT included being a member of the CubeSatSim Educational
Materials Team that is part of AMSAT's educational relations program,
using the CubeSat simulator as a learning tool.

Paul, who was born in 1947, became a Silent Key on the 19th of August.

His ham radio career had its roots in his activities as an enthusiastic
shortwave listener starting in 1960. Three years later he became an
amateur radio operator with a special interest in CW. His love for
short-wave listening was undiminished and with a friend he later
assisted in the rejuvenation of the listeners' group known as the
Boston Area DXers.

Paul wrote about Dr. Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW, for a January/February 2022
cover story in the AMSAT Journal. He was also coordinator for her Super
Community Project, which seeks to spread a better understanding of
space weather.

This is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. (AMSAT NEWS)

**
ACMA BEGINS FEE COLLECTION FOR CALLSIGNS WITH 12-MONTH ASSIGNMENT

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