Subj : SA Radio League News Bulletin for Sunday 15 July 2001
To   : SA Radio League
From : Richard Peer
Date : Sat Jul 14 2001 01:38 pm

SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE
SARL NEWS SUNDAY 15 JULY 2001

This is Amateur Radio Station ZS6SRL transmitting Amateur Radio News, a
service by the South African Radio League, the National society for Amateur
Radio in South Africa, for the interest of all radio amateurs, short-wave
listeners and electronic enthusiasts.  For a complete list of broadcast times
and frequencies please send a SASE to Amateur Radio News, SARL, P O Box 1721,
Strubensvallei 1735.

This bulletin is also available on the SARL's web pages hosted by Intekom at
www.sarl.org.za, as well as the packet radio bulletin board system.  You may
also request [email protected] to e-mail it to you in either text or MSWord
6.0 format.

SILENT KEYS

The Council of the SARL regrets to announce the passing on of two members:

Bob Mayall, ZS5FZ, a long serving member of the SARL, passed away on the 24th
of May 2001, after suffering a stroke on the 20th of May 2001, at the age of

and was always a keen participant in the various SARL contests.  We offer our
condolences to his wife Caroline and sons Barry, Trevor, Jeff (ZR5GN) and
their respective families, and many friends.

Ken Paterson ZS6MX from Johannesburg on Friday 6 July 2001.  We extend our
condolences to his wife, family and friends.

PAUSE

Here are the headlines of today's news:

SARL INTECNET ON 22 JULY TO EXPLORE SETI

SARL COUNCIL MEETING

SARL 10 MHZ SSB PROPOSAL REJECTED

RADIO-ZS JULY/AUGUST EDITION ON THE WEB

MINI-INDABA AT NARC ON 28 JULY

PROPAGATION REPORT

You are listening to ZS6SRL.  The news follows in detail:

SARL INTECNET ON 22 JULY TO EXPLORE SETI

Dr Paul Shuch, the Executive Director of the SETI League in the USA will be

explore how Radio Amateurs and Short- wave Listeners can take part in the
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.  The discussion will be on the air
on Sunday 22 July 2001 at 20:00 CAT (18:00 UTC) on repeaters in Johannesburg,
Pretoria, the Highway area, Pietermaritzburg, Eshowe, Durban, the Eastern
Cape, the Cape Town /Stellenbosch area and Bloemfontein.  The talkshow will
also be relayed by Sentech on 3215 kHz in the 90 metreband and interactively
on 3718 kHz .  Please note that the INTECNET will be one week earlier than
originally planned.

SARL COUNCIL MEETING

The Council of the SARL will be meeting next Saturday.  On the agenda are
several important issues.  It is expected that details of the mentorship
programme, and the programme of the Committee for the protection of Amateur
Radio will be finalised.  The Council will also discuss the Amateur Radio for
Africa workshop to be held in conjunction with the ITU Telecom Africa 2001 in
November this year and start the planning process for the IARU Region 1
Conference to be held in September 2002 in San Merino.

During the morning tea break, SARL President, Hans Potgieter ZS6ALJ, will
present callsigns to the first 3 teachers who have participated in the ARISAS
programme and passed the RAE last week.

SARL 10 MHZ SSB PROPOSAL REJECTED

At a working group of the IARU HF Committee, held in Friedriechshaven at the
end of June, a SARL proposal to amend the current footnote to the IARU HF
Bandplan to allow SSB operation on 10 MHz on a 24 hour basis was rejected.
The meeting was attended by 12 member societies, mainly from Europe.

The SARL HF Manager will have to develop a lobby campaign to gain support for
the SARL proposal when it is tabled at the IARU Region 1 Conference in 2002.
This programme will have to include documentation on propagation conditions
on 10MHz and expected band usage.  Radio Amateurs can assist Dennis Green in
his task by submitted details of their experiences on 10MHz.  Email comments
to [email protected] or by fax to 051 402 1764.  Dennis can also be
contacted on 082 770 9126.




HF and linked VHF net.  The objective of the initiative is to focus on woman
in Amateur Radio as many, including the regulatory authorities, perceive
Amateur Radio as a male dominated activity.

The plan is to hold the net at 11:00 am on 9 August.  Individual amateurs are
also invited to make input.  Please mail your comments to [email protected]
or fax it to 012 991 5651 by Monday night 16 July.  You may also record your
ideas on 088 100 3400, normal Telkom rates apply.

RADIO-ZS JULY/AUGUST EDITION ON THE WEB

The July/August 2001 edition of Radio ZS is now available on the member
section of the the SARL Web: www.sarl.org.za.  This bumper edition has been
posted in several sections to ease downloading.  The files are in PDF format.
There is also a link on the web for members who require the acrobat reader to
read PDF files.  Radio-ZS is at the printers.  Hard copies will be mailed
soon.  If you don't have access to the SARL members only section of the web,
join the SARL now.  Get a form online or call Veronia Lewis on 011 675 2393
weekdays between 09:00 and 13:00.

MINI-INDABA AT NARC ON 28 JULY

A mini-indaba will be held at the NARC on 28 July when all the activities of
the SARL will be discussed.  It is a golden opportunity for those who can
attend to be informed and to take note of what the SARL are doing for all the
amateurs in South Africa in promoting the hobby.  Please come and participate
in the discussions and make contributions as to how we can preserve and
promote amateur radio for the future.

The President of the SARL, Hans Potgietr, ZS6ALJ, will address the meeting
and will interact with the attendees.  The indaba starts at 9:00 and will end
in time to visit the West Rand flea market.  Do not miss this opportunity.

PROPAGATION REPORT

Ean Retief, ZS1PR reports as follows:

During the past week the Solar Flux rose excruciatingly slowly and it seems
that it will be about 140 today.  A side-effect of the fairly inactive Sun is
that there were no major Flares for most of the week.  The first outburst
occurred on Thursday morning at 03:19 SAST and at this stage it does seem
that most of the ejected material will miss the Earth.  While many
forecasters expect no effects from this outburst.  Ean is of the opinion that
we will experience an unsettled to active Geomagnetic field tomorrow.  From
Tuesday onwards the Geomagnetic Field should remain at quiet to unsettled
levels for the rest of the week.  It is not expected that the Solar Flux will
rise to much above the 170 level for this month.  Hopefully this peak will
occur over next weekend.  The 30 and 40 meter bands will give good
propagation during the coming week and should be worth a visit or two.  The
15 metre band should become more lively and contacts to middle and Southern
Europe between 18:00 and 19:00 SAST should be quite good.


CLUB ACTIVITIES

The Cape Town Amateur Radio Centre (CTARC) will be holding it's AnnualGeneral
Meeting on Monday 23rd July 2001 at 20h00 at the CTARC Clubhouse in Chess
Road, Rondebosch.  Morse Code Classes are held weekly by the CTARC on Tuesday
evenings at 19h00 on the 145.700 mhz repeater on Constantiaberg.  The classes
are conducted by ZS1B, assisted on occasions by ZS1CS and ZS1RON.  At present
two way morse communication is being encouraged with students using homebrew
audio oscillators in their shacks to modulate their FM transceivers.  Classes
for the Amateur Radio Operator's Examination are conducted twice a year by
the CTARC, assisted by guest lecturers from the Boland Amateur Radio Klub.
These courses have resulted in 100% pass rates for the last three years, for
all W.Cape candidates who attended.  The classes are held at 71 Signals Unit
in Acacia Park, Goodwood on Tuesday evenings at 19h00.  The next course
commences on 14 August and prospective candidates should contact the course
leader, Herman De Kock ZS1HZ at 021-592-3529.  The course is open to anyone
intending to write the October RAE, and is not limited to members of the
CTARC or other local clubs.

The West Rand Radio Club will have a boot sale on Saturday 28 July 2001 at
the clubhouse in Kroton Ave, Weltevreden Park.  Take note that the starting
time will be 12 noon when the gates will open.  The starting time 12 noon
specifically targets those amateurs who normally works Saturday mornings.
For enquiries phone Bill van Zyl at 011 726-6807

The SARL News Service invites Clubs and individuals to contribute information
regarding Amateur Radio to [email protected] with a copy to
[email protected].  It will be highly appreciated if it is done in
Afrikaans as well as English and send it as early in the week as possible.

Also join us in the following activities: The President's Net on Sundays
12:00 on 7082 kHz.  Amateur Radio Mirror International Sundays at 10:00 on
9750 and 21560 kHz which are sponsored by Sentech, the common carrier for
broadcasting signals in South Africa and Telkom who provides the transmission
lines.  This transmission is repeated Mondays at 20:00 on 3215 kHz.  Several
relays on 2 m and 70 cm also take place in your area.

Correspondence for Amateur Radio Mirror International is via
[email protected].  Include your telephone number to allow the producers to
call you for a possible interview.

Send written reports to P O Box 90438 Garsfontein 0042 and include a
self-addressed envelope and sufficient postage so that you may receive a QSL
card.

We thank all contributors, individuals, clubs and other organisations to this
bulletin and all stations who so reliably relay these bulletins.  This
bulletin was compiled by By Marten, ZS6ZY and read
by..........from...........

You have been listening to ZS6SRL.

This bulletin now ends and Sarlnews wishes you a pleasant week.

Goodbye to all.

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Regards,
       Richard.

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