Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jul 27 2018 05:04 pm
NEW TEAM TO MONITOR AIRWAVES IN GREAT BRITAIN
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The Radio Society of Great Britain is making changes in
how operator behavior gets monitored. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, tells us more.
JEREMY: In Great Britain, an official team of volunteers that has been
reporting problematic on-air behaviour and equipment issues, is being
disbanded.
The Radio Society of Great Britain, the RSGB, has long relied on the
efforts of the Amateur Radio Observation Service for second opinions
on a variety of these issues, and has decided to re-focus on how to
address these important operating matters.
During the next few months the Society will convene a new team called
the Operating Advisory Service, or OAS. OAS participants will monitor
the bands for such misuses as call-sign pirating, abuse of repeaters,
and on-air harassment of amateurs. Announcing the change, the Society
said it had taken a hard look at the previous way of doing things, and
decided to give the new team responsibility for developing written
recommendations to be published on the website. The team will concentrate
on ideas for best practice.
The RSGB noted that this change does not have any impact on Intruder
Watch, which is the Society's portion of the overall IARU monitoring
system that reports on non-amateur signals that are heard on the HF
amateur bands.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
(RSGB)
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CALIFORNIA CLUB�S TRADITION OF TEACHING AND REACHING
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: A special event station operating at California's
Sonoma County Fair has a special mission, as Paul Braun, WD9GCO,
tells us.
PAUL: When the Sonoma County Radio Amateurs show up to do their radio
demonstrations at the Sonoma County Fair on the 3rd and 4th of August
in Santa Rosa, California, members will be keeping with an
eight-year-old tradition of reaching out to the community, and showing
what ham radio can do. Operators will be on SSB on 40, 20, and 10 meters,
and also showing how to transmit in CW, APRS, and possibly satellite.
Darryl Paule, KI6MSP, the club's outreach coordinator, said the
186-member club, has been growing steadily during the last few months,
and this is yet another way to show what radio can do under emergency
and non-emergency conditions. So be listening for Special Event Station
K6P on both days between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. local time. Yours might be
the contact that impresses a potential newcomer.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.
(DARRYL PAULE KI6MSP)
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QRP AND HOMEBREW BY THE BAY
STEPHEN: Another outdoor event, this one a winter outing by the water,
is being held just south of Melbourne, Australia. Robert Broomhead,
VK3DN, has the details.
ROBERT: For Peter Parker, VK3YE, the event started with the realisation
that, at the time, there were no organised gatherings of hams who enjoy
QRP. That was almost five years ago. Now, says Peter, the afternoon
happening known as QRP By the Bay, has gathered momentum. Although it
is traditionally held twice a year at Victory Park in Chelsea, when it's
a bit warmer, winter doesn't stop these enthusiasts from showing up on
the Melbourne waterfront for at least three hours. One previous outing
focused on amateur satellite operation. At the one on Saturday, July
28th the focus is Bitx/uBitx [Bitx Micro-Bitx] kits.
Peter said that people bring their homebrew projects, their rigs, and
their antennas, and they get on the air, but the real point of it all
is just being together as friends. He invited this year's attendees by
saying [quote] "bring a project, an interesting item or an idea."
[endquote]
Even for hams who will always prefer 5 to 10 watts, it's an idea that
has grown in power.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Robert Broomhead, VK3DN.
