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SECUNDA RADIO CLUB MEETINGS

Next Club Meeting - 28 MAY 2013 (18h00)

VENUE: Gert's House

SECUNDA

SECUNDA RADIO CLUB - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

27 JULY 2013 at 11H00

VENUE: TBA

   ** CONGRATULATIONS **

Congratulations to Christo Kriek (ZR6LJK) and Willie Taljaard (ZS6WBT) with the results in the SARL HAMNET 40 meter SIMULATED EMERGENCY CONTEST.

Christo got first place in Category 'B'

Willie third place also in Category 'B'

WELL DONE GUYS - KEEP IT UP !!

RADIO AMATEURS CELEBRATE A CENTURY OF DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS

SARL WEB PAGE - 13 Jan 2013

Radio Amateur worldwide will be dedicating this year’s World Amateur Radio Day on 18 April to disaster communication with the theme “Amateur Radio ? entering its second century of disaster communications” Read the media release issued by the SARL today here

SARL LAUNCHES ANTENNA DEFENSE FUND - (SARL Webpage)

Thank you to the following contributors to the SARL Antenna Defense Fund. Special thanks to Barry Fletcher, ZS1FJ who contributed R10 270. All contributions are appreciated it does not matter how small or large. It is the thought that counts!

UPDATE 23 February

The Council of the SARL at its annual strategic Indaba held on Friday and Saturday reviewed progress made on the Antenna Defence project. SARL legal adviser, Johann Marais, ZS1JM said that considerable progress was made in identifying the various regulatory structures that impact on the erection of antennas and antenna towers. Council discussed the next steps to be taken and agreed on a plan of action. It should be noted that the project is not a short term intervention and will still require a considerable amount of work before an action plan can be finalised. Council recognised the support from the many radio amateurs who have contributed to the funding of the project. The next progress report will be presented at SARL National Convention to be held on the West Rand at the end of April. For more details and a list of radio amateurs, clubs and companies who are supporting the project visit www.sarl.org.za and select antenna defence fund.

To contribute please make an electronic transfer to the SA Radio League at ABSA bank. The account number is 407 158 8849, the branch code is 632 005, also send an email to adf@sarl.org.za with the payment slip showing ADF, your name and callsign.

NEW HAMNET WEBSITE (SARL News - 30/09/2012)

In the October issue of the Hamnet bulletin that will be posted early this week, it is announced that Hamnet will launch a Hamnet website on 1 October.

This domain has been dormant for many years but thanks to the efforts of Dawie Conradie, ZR6DHC, an initial site has been put together and will obviously grow with time.

This website fills the gap between the SARL website and the well established and popular Facebook site. All links have been incorporated in the website, including some international links.

TWO ICASA DOCUMENTS THAT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON AMATEUR RADIO

On 21 and 24 December ICASA published two Government Gazettes covering the draft Frequency Allocation table and the second draft Freqency Migration Regulation and migration plan. The SARL Regulatory Workgroup is reviewing these two documents and would welcome your input before 29 January 17:00. The documents can be downloaded here

SECUNDA WEATHER - HOURLY UPDATED

Up-to-date weather satellite images recorded at Secunda, South Africa.

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F-1 CUBESAT LAUNCHED FROM THE ISS (SARL NEWS - 07/10/2012)

The "DX Code of Conduct"

Operators are urged to support it:

* I will listen, and listen, and then listen again before calling. *
* I will only call if I can copy the DX station properly. *
* I will not trust the DX cluster and will be sure of the DX station's call sign before calling. *
* I will not interfere with the DX station nor anyone calling. *
* I will never tune up on the DX frequency or in the QS X slot. *
* I will wait for the DX station to end a contact before I call. *
* I will always send my full call sign. *
* I will call and then listen for a reasonable interval. I will not call continuously. *
* I will not transmit when the DX operator calls another call sign, not mine. *
* I will not transmit when the DX operator queries a call sign not like mine. *
* I will not transmit when the DX station requests geographic areas other than mine. *
* When the DX operator calls me, I will not repeat my call sign unless I think he has copied it incorrectly. *
* I will be thankful if and when I do make a contact. *
* I will respect my fellow radio amateurs and conduct myself so as to earn their respect. *

SOUTHERN AFRICAN AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITE ASSOCIATION    (SA AMSAT)

SA AMSAT to build two Satellites in South Africa

1. SAiSAT (Click on SAiSAT)

2. KLETSkous (Click on KLETSkous)

Interview with Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP reporting on the progress made on SA AMSAT?s KletsKOUS CubeSat project, or download the audio mp3 version from www.amsatsa.org.za .

3. SUMBANDILASAT (Click on Sumbandilasat)

SumbandilaSat ground control team has resulted in bringing the satellite back to life with a real possibility that Amateur Radio communication may resume next month while the satellite is in sunlight.

4. AO-51 Control Team News (Click on AO-51)

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4:- Nasa approves first asteroid mission

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