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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2456 for Friday November 22nd, 2024
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2456 with a release date of
Friday, November 22nd, 2024 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Chinese and Russian students collaborate on a
ham radio satellite. The next head of the FCC is nominated -- and New
Zealand hams help a community radio network grow. All this and more as
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2456 comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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QSOS BEGIN VIA CHINESE AND RUSSIAN STUDENTS' CUBESAT

JIM/ANCHOR: Our top story this week is about a satellite created
through the efforts of Russian and Chinese college students working
together. The satellite is in orbit now and hams are busy making use of
it for their QSOs. Graham Kemp VK4BB has the details.

GRAHAM: The collaborative efforts of Chinese and Russian university
students have helped put a CubeSat known as ASRTU-1  into space. Its
2-metre FM transponder recently became active, with an uplink of
145.850 MHz requiring a CTCSS tone of 67 Hz. The 12U satellite,
weighing 15.7 kg, also has SSDV cameras and a telemetry system aboard.

According to a report on ChinaDaily.com, the creation of the satellite
was undertaken to encourage cultural exchanges while tapping into the
higher-education resources of both nations. The educational and ham
radio microsatellite was launched on Nov. 4th on board a Soyuz rocket
-a moment eagerly awaited by the students who assisted with the work at
the Harbin Institute of Technology in China.

The microsatellite's camera system has a UHF SSDV downlink for low
resolution images on 436.210 MHz. There is also a high-speed downlink
for high-resolution images on 10460 MHz.

This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.

(AMSAT-SM, AMATEUR RADIO DAILY, CHINA DAILY)

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BRENDAN CARR TO REPLACE JESSICA ROSENWORCEL AS FCC CHAIR

JIM/ANCHOR: Here in the US, there will be a new leader at the helm of
the FCC under the new administration. We hear the details from Kent
Peterson KC0DGY.

KENT: The FCC has announced that senior Republican, Brendan Carr, is to
become its next chairman in 2025 under the Trump Administration,
succeeding Jessica Rosenworcel. Carr has served at the FCC since 2012.
His previous posts include legal adviser and general counsel. He was
named by then-President Donald Trump in 2017 to be a commissioner and
was later named by President Joe Biden to a term that runs through2029.

Carr said the FCC's priority must be to [quote] "restore free speech
rights for everyday Americans" [endquote] claiming that major social
media outlets have created a "cartel" that he believes censors
conservative viewpoints in particular. Carr is also an ally of Elon
Musk, whose Starlink satellite internet service has thrice been
rejected for subsidies from the FCC. Musk was recently named by Trump
to co-lead the new Department of Government Efficiency with former
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

Until next January, the FCC will remain led by Democrats, 3-2. After he
takes office, Trump will appoint a new FCC commissioner.

This is Kent Peterson KC0DGY.


(FCC, THE HILL, WASHINGTON POST)

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COMMITTEE TO REVIEW IARU REGION 3 BAND PROPOSAL FOR CW

JIM/ANCHOR: One of the many issues taken up at the recent IARU Region 3
conference in Thailand was the proposed harmonization of the CW portion
of the 40-meter band plan with the other regions. The proposal
designates 7000 to 7040 kHz for CW only. Graham Kemp VK4BB tells us
what comes next.

GRAHAM: The Board of the WIA -- after a full briefing by Peter Young,
VK3MV, WIA delegate who attended and represented the Wireless Institute
of Australia at the IARU Region 3 meeting held in Thailand -- advises
that principles were established for band planning and that the
proposal by the IARU R3 HF Bandplan committee for the 40 metre band
will be sent to a committee before being presented to the other two
region meetings over the next three years. 

I'm VK4BB, Graham Kemp.

(WIA)

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OHIO SITE MARKS 30TH YEAR SINCE VOA WENT OFF THE AIR

JIM/ANCHOR: Inside a museum building in Ohio where work crews are busy
with renovations, many people recall the final day the building served
as a shortwave relay station for Voice of America. Neil Rapp WB9VPG
tells us more.

NEIL: Even as the Voice of America Museum remains closed with the hope
of reopening after renovations are complete, many were remembering a
much more dramatic closing at that site in West Chester Ohio. The
legendary shortwave relay station went silent 30 years ago -- on
November 14th, 1994 -- making its final broadcast to listeners overseas
when it was decommissioned by the US government. The building's more
recent closure is to allow upgrades to various systems on the premises
as well as to reorganize exhibits. 

Meanwhile, the West Chester Amateur Radio Association, WC8VOA, has been
able to continue its regular meetings and open-house sessions at club
headquarters inside the museum because the club shack is not part of
the renovation. Members were also in the shack to participate in the
recent ARRL Sweepstakes.

According to the VOA Museum website, there are hopes the renovation
work will be finished by mid-January and plans are being made for a
grand re-opening to the public.

This is Neil Rapp WB9VPG.

(VOA MUSEUM)

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SILENT  KEY: JOHN BOSTIC, WB4GOV, OF THE SOUTHCARS NET

JIM/ANCHOR: The community of hams who run the South Coast Amateur Radio
Service net known as SouthCars is grieving the loss of a member who
helped restore the group's foundation. We hear about him from Jack
Parker W8ISH.

JACK: To other members of the SouthCars 40-metre service net, few hams
could ever match the service given by John Bostic, WB4GOV. John, who
became a Silent Key on the 9th of November, had served as the net's
first general manager following its reorganization in late 1996. The
net had been in operation since the mid-60s and is a service net that
is on the air daily, passing traffic and assisting in emergencies when
needed.

As it grew to more than 14,500 members, the SouthCars net needed a
numbering method to keep things orderly and John instituted a system
that is still in place. According to an obituary in the QRZ.com forums,
he also established an awards program for the group, underwriting the
cost of plaques and trophies so that net control stations and others
could be honored for their contributions. According to the obituary
[quote] "he laid a firm foundation for the operation of SouthCars,
which developed into the largest and most prestigious net on the 40
meter band." [endquote] His tenure as manager ended when he stepped
down in 2004. The obituary said that he had been in declining health in
recent years.

John was 89.

This is Jack Parker W8ISH,

(QRZ.COM FORUMS)

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CHANGES UNDERWAY IN ARRL's VEC PROGRAM

JIM/ANCHOR: If you're a Volunteer Examiner for any level of the US
amateur radio licenses, you can expect to be affected by this update
explained by Paul Braun WD9GCO.

PAUL:  Some changes are coming to the ARRL's VEC program that will
affect exam teams in the US. According to an ARRL representative, the
VEC department is phasing out the supply of field-stocked printed exams
and encouraging VEs to download and print out their own from online
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