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Subject: Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2483 for Friday, May 30th, 2025
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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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BILLBOARD CART

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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
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