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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jun 23 2023 06:18 am
AUSTRALIAN AMATEUR GROUP MARKS 100 YEARS
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In Australia, hams who belong to one radio group know
that a lot has happened in the last 100 years - and they're celebrating
all those years, for a good reason. John Williams, VK4JJW, tells us what
it's all about.
JOHN: Congratulations to the Ballarat Amateur Radio Group, VK3BML, which
is marking its 100th anniversary with a month-long on-the-air event. It
was big news in June of 1923, when the Ballarat Star newspaper announced
the formation of a ham radio group and informed readers of its first
general meeting on the 23rd of June. At the time, the organisation was
identified as the Ballarat Amateur Radio Club. Under the leadership of
Ben Daniel, VK3NRD, the members themselves are not certain how the
original ham groups may have changed, especially with the slight
difference in its name, and they continue to research their history.
Meanwhile, members are celebrating their cententary. There is no special
event callsign but hams around the world are being asked to listen for
individual stations from Ballarat in the state of Victoria, Australia and
share in the special occasion.
This is John Williams, VK4JJW.
(BALLARAT AMATEUR RADIO GROUP, WIA)
**
WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, be listening for Dave, W9DR, on the air as VP2V/W9DR
from Anegada in the British Virgin Islands, IOTA number NA-023, from the
23rd to the 29th of June. He is using FT8, Q65, SSB, and CW on 6m only.
QSL direct to his home call.
Be listening for Ken, K4ZW, and Bob, W9XY, operating with the callsign
ET3AA, the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society's club station at the Addis
Ababa University's Institute of Technology from June 19th to the 29th.
They will be using CW, SSB and FT8 on 6 metres and all HF bands except
for 80 metres. See QRZ.com for QSL details.
In the Amami Islands, IOTA number AS-023, Masa, JF3ELH, will be using the
callsign JF3ELH/6 for CW and SSB and will be using the callsign JF3ELH/p
for FT 8 operations. He will be operating on 80-6 metres. QSL via home
call.
Listen for Yas, JA1QQU, on the air as KH2/JA1QQU from Guam, IOTA number
OC-026, from the 29th of June until the 4th of July. See QRZ.com for more
details.
(425 DX NEWS)
**
KICKER: SUB-ATOMIC PARTICLES SEEN AS GPS REPLACEMENT
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Fans of GPS - Global Positioning Satellite navigation -
might soon be feeling a little fickle about their allegiance to this
system. There's a new option in town - or there will be, soon enough.
Graham Kemp, VK4BB, concludes this week's report with this story about
the promises offered by a special kind of sub-atomic particle.
GRAHAM: They're known as muons, sub-atomic, high-energy particles that
always travel at the same speed. They can be found all over the Earth and
researchers at the University of Tokyo are studying these readily
available muons as the basis for wireless navigation that can also
function indoors, underwater and beneath the ground.
Hiroyuki Tanaka calls it the muometric positioning system. Unlike GPS
devices, which gather information from low-earth orbit satellites,
muometric positioning uses the reference point of muon-detecting sensors.
Researchers acknowledge that while this shows promise, accuracy needs to
be further fine-tuned before the system can be deployed in devices such
as smartphones -- but it certainly means that navigation itself could
travel in a whole new direction.
This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB.
(IFLSCIENCE)
**
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