Ham Radio Programs

AR Newsline Report 1772 -- July 29, 2011:

Amateur Radio Newsline™ Report 1772 – July 29 2011

Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1772 with a release date of Friday, July 29 2011 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. ST0R in the South Sudan comes on the air and illuminates the world of amateur Radio; ARISSat One is made ready for deployment from the International Space Station, Portugal to give its hams the full 6 meter band next April, and 11 year old Kaitlin Cole, KS3P, is named the Amateur Radio Newsline 2011 Young Ham of the Year. Find out more on Amateur Radio Newsline™ report number 1772 coming your way right now.

ON THE AIR: ST0R TAKES TO THE AIR FROM THE SOUTH SUDAN

Huge pileups are reported for the ST0R DXpedition to the world's newest independent country of the Republic of the South Sudan. Online DX News site dxcoffee.com says the group expects to be on the air on all bands between 160 and 6 meters, operating mostly in CW, with occasional shifts to SSB and RTTY. Heres a sample of their SSB operation as recorded in Aosta, Italy at 19.18 UTC on 25th on 14.145 MHz and uploaded to YouTube by Radio Chris Italy:

20 meter audio. Hear it by downloading the MP3 audio file at www.arnewsline.org.

ST0R is also active on the WARC bands. Ryan Jairam, N2RJ, of Wantage, New Jersey, caught them on 17 meter SSB the evening of Tuesday, July, 26th:

17 meter audio. Hear it by downloading the MP3 audio file at www.arnewsline.org.

The newly-established Republic of South Sudan is also the latest addition to ham radio DX awards lists. It was added to both the ARRL's DXCC list and the CQ Countries list as of July 14, its admission date to the United Nations.

The ST0R DX operation is slated to continue through August 10th. We will have more DX related news later on in this weeks amateur Radio Newsline report. (CQ Newsroom, N2RJ, RadioChrisItaly, others)

HAM RADIO IN SPACE: ARISSAT-1 MADE READY FOR DEPLOYMENT FROM ISS

If all goes as planned, Arissat One should be on-orbit by Wednesday, August 3rd. Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, of the RSGB News is here with this update:

AMSAT satellite ARISSAT-1, currently aboard the International Space Station, has had a checkered history.

As previously reported, it was not deployed in February as originally planned. A further date in July also came and went.

The RSGB understands that it will now be tested within the ISS on 30th and 31st of July, the weekend of the AMSAT-UK Colloquium. It is planned to monitor the tests from the Colloquium using the facilities of GB4FUN.

ARRL... Had A Field Day... (Event) : Satnews Publishers

More than 35,000 Amateur Radio operators will be testing their emergency capabilities this weekend by setting up temporary radio stations in public parks, fields and unusual locations. Showing the newest digital and satellite capabilities, voice communications and even historical Morse code, "hams" across the USA will be holding public demonstrations of emergency communications abilities. When the Internet, cell phones and other forms of communications went down or were overloaded, the hams' unique skills saved lives and property. Thousands of local groups will be demonstrating Amateur Radio at various locations. Over the past year, the news has been filled with reports of ham radio operators providing critical communications during emergencies across America including wildfires, winter storms, the spring tornadoes and other events worldwide. Amateur Radio – often called "ham radio" - was often the only way people could communicate in the first hours of the crises. As the head of FEMA, Craig Fugate , said on May 3rd, "When everything else fails, Amateur Radio is often times our last defense." Recently, the public had the chance to meet and talk with Amateur Radio experts and see for themselves what the Amateur Radio Service is about. The public was able to see ham radio's new capabilities and learn how to get their own FCC radio license — before the next disaster strikes. They can even help you get on the air! This annual event, called "Field Day" is sponsored by ARRL , the national association for Amateur Radio. Using only emergency power systems, their slogan, "When All Else Fails, Ham Radio Works" is more than just words as they prove they can send wireless messages in many forms without the use of phone systems, internet or other systems that can be compromised in a crisis. There are more than 698,000 Amateur Radio licensees in the U.S. and more than 2.5 million worldwide. The ARRL's Amateur Radio Emergency Services ( ARES ®) program provides emergency communications for thousands of state and local emergency response agencies and non-emergency community services too, all for free.

The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual, All You Need to Become an Amateur Radio Operator

Ham radio's technical culture

Indian Radio, Amateur Radio in India, Indian Radio Personalities, Indian Radio Programs, Radio Stations in India

Amateur Radio Stations of the U.S.

Amateur Radio Software, Ka9q, Wsjt, Contest Logging Software, Outernet Server, Eqso