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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2483 for Friday, May 30th, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2483 with a release date of Friday, May 30th, 2025 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1
The following is a QST. The FCC wants to give satellites 20,000 MHz more of the spectrum. A solo DXpeditioner
logs 61,000 QSOs -- and a new node for the Reverse Beacon network! All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline
Report Number 2483 comes your way right now.
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FCC EYES GIVING SATELLITES 20,000 MHz MORE OF SPECTRUM
NEIL/ANCHOR: We begin this week with changes the FCC has voted to make to the spectrum - specifically to
accommodate satellite operations. Kent Peterson KCØDGY has the details.
KENT: The US communications regulator is hoping to move ahead with the assignment of more than 20,000 MHz of
spectrum bandwidth to accommodate expanded satellite-based broadband service. The FCC voted unanimously at its
May 22nd open meeting to explore such use across four spectrum bands: the upper portion of the 12 GHz band,
starting at 12.7 GHz; the 42 GHz band, the 52 GHz band and four unused sections of the 75-110 GHz W-band
totaling 18,000 MHz.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in a statement after the vote that [quote] "each band is a potential game
changer." [endquote]. The agency said that the amount of spectrum under consideration is greater than all the
spectrum presently available for satellite broadband. He said the additional frequencies were ripe territory
for so-called next-generation services.
It was unclear what impact, if any, the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would have on the amateur radio service.
The move was applauded by the Satellite Industry Association in a statement on its website.
This is Kent Peterson KCØDGY.
(FCC, TV TECH)
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SOLO DXPEDITIONER HONORED FOR 61,000 QSOs
NEIL/ANCHOR: A French amateur has been recognized for logging 61,000 contacts while on DXpedition - by himself!
Jeremy Boot G4NJH has that story.
JEREMY: Congratulations to Marek Lamachou, FH4VVK/F4VVJ, who logged more than 61,000 QSOs as the solo operator
during a DXpedition on the island of Grande Glorieuse operating as FT4GL. The island is the largest in the
French-controlled Glorioso Islands archipelago in the Indian Ocean and is 7th in the DXCC Most Wanted List.
Marek was honoured at Hamvention by the Southwest Ohio DX Association as DXpeditioner of the Year. The
association said that he had [quote] "gone above and beyond the norm to positively affect the DX community."
[endquote] The DXpedition took place in May and June of 2024.
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(425 DX BULLETIN)
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RECORD ATTENDANCE AT HAMVENTION
NEIL/ANCHOR: If you were among those at Hamvention, like me, in Xenia, Ohio, in May, congratulations! You
helped set a record. Organizers report that a record 36,814 amateur radio enthusiasts came to the fairgrounds
for the annual forums, exhibits and of course, the flea market. The event was put together with the help of
more than 700 volunteers. Plans are now in the works for Hamvention 2026 to be held on May 15th, 16th and 17th.
(JAMES GIFFORD. N8KET)
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YASME GRANT WILL FUND RBN NODE ON SOUTH ATLANTIC ISLAND
NEIL/ANCHOR: A grant will fund the establishment of a new node for the Reverse Beacon Network in the South
Atlantic Ocean. Jason Daniels VK2LAW tells us about it.
JASON: The world's most isolated settled island is adding an important amateur radio presence: A Reverse Beacon
Network node. The node project is being given a supporting grant from the Yasme Foundation and will be hosted
by Andy Repetto, ZD9BV, on Tristan da Cunha, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. The
Reverse Beacon Network comprises stations in different parts of the world that monitor the bands and send
reports of what - and who - they hear. It is an all-volunteer effort.
This is Jason Daniels VK2LAW.
(425 DX BULLETIN)
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SILENT KEY: DICK JANSSON, KD1K, LONGTIME AMSAT VP FOR ENGINEERING
NEIL/ANCHOR: For years, AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, benefitted from the engineering talents
of Dick Jansson, KD1K, whose professional career had included time spent at Sperry Corporation, Martin
Marietta, the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory and NACA, the forerunner of the US space agency NASA. In
retirement, however, Dick focused his lifetime of skills on a variety of AMSAT spacecraft projects, including
OSCARS 10 and 13 and the MICROSAT series. He eventually became AMSAT's vice president of engineering.
Dick became a Silent Key on May 13th.
Dick's longtime work with a variety of AMSAT spacecraft inspired his selection as recipient of the Technical
Excellence Award at Dayton Hamvention in 1993. He had been a ham since 1972.
A memorial service is planned for Dick in Florida on June 4th. He was 94.
(AMSAT NEWS SERVICE)
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SOUTH AFRICA LICENSES 48 NEW RADIO AMATEURS
NEIL/ANCHOR: In South Africa, 48 new ham radio operators are celebrating passage of the Radio Amateur
Examination that they took in May administered by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa.
The RAE, as it is known, has only given exams twice a year. According to various news reports, while 48
candidates passed the exam, 5 others did not.
The next exam is not scheduled until November.
(WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA, SARL)
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OHIO TRAFFIC NET MARKS 50 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
NEIL/ANCHOR: In one region of Ohio, a 50-year-old traffic net is celebrating its years of uninterrupted service
to the community. We have those details from Stephen Kinford N8WB.
STEPHEN: No one can physically see this devoted community but its presence has been felt strongly throughout
the Cleveland and North Central Ohio region for a half-century. The Burning River Traffic Net is still passing
important traffic as it has done since its founding in 1975 as a 2m simplex net to deliver messages to
recipients who lived outside the local telephone exchange, constituting a long-distance call at the time. Those
messages include health and welfare updates, congratulations, emergencies and simple greetings. The net has
since become repeater-based and meets every Monday, Thursday and Saturday at 9:30 p.m. local time. Members are
called up on an as-needed basis on other days.
The Burning River Traffic Net is about to become visible and meet the community it has served for so long. The
net, which is part of the ARRL’s National Traffic System, is inviting all hams and anyone interested in
learning more about the net to be part of their anniversary celebration. It’s being held on the 21st of June
at the Lorain County Metroparks Duck Pond Picnic Area pavilion at 1 p.m. local time. Net manager Keith Cook,
KD8GXL, said [quote] “this is more than just a celebration of the past - it’s an opportunity to look forward to
the next 50 years.ö [Endquote]
This is Stephen Kinford N8WB.
(KEITH COOK, KD8GXL)
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HAP HOLLY, KC9RP/SK, RECEIVES FINAL NEWSMAKER AWARD, POSTHUMOUSLY
NEIL/ANCHOR: With this week's report, Amateur Radio Newsline presents its final Newsmaker of the Year Award -
and introduces a new award to reflect changing times. Newsline's editor Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT has the
details.
CARYN: In 2019, Newsline introduced its Newsmaker of the Year Award in recognition of deserving amateurs who
raised the profile of ham radio around the world via conventional media channels. The media universe has
changed since then. We now communicate reliably via blogs, videos and other forms of social media with
conventional media taking a backseat. Toward that end, we are replacing the Newsmaker award with Newsline's
Influencer Award, shining a light on those who have had a measurable, far-reaching and positive impact on
amateur radio. That award will be presented at year's end.
Meanwhile, it is fitting that we give our final Newsmaker of the Year Award to Hap Holly, KC9RP. Hap, a member
of the Newsline family, left an imprint on the world via his Radio Amateur Information Network, or RAIN report,
weekly reports he produced for three decades. Hap, who became blind at the age of 7, was an active and
influential amateur for most of his 73 years. He became a Silent Key on February 24th of this year. As we
remember him with pride and gratitude, we honor him for being the remarkable newsmaker that he was.
This is Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT.
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BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin
stations around the world, including the K2ADA repeater in Ocala, Florida on Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m.
local time.
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'QUEENS OF THE MOUNTAINS' EVENT RETURNS
NEIL/ANCHOR: Be on the lookout for some YLs about to ascend the summits for a special SOTA event. One year
after organizing their inaugural Queens of the Mountains activation, the YLs are back and they've gone global.
Andy Morrison K9AWM has that story.
ANDY: True to its name, the Queens of the Mountains event is a challenge worthy of royalty. Paula K9IR and Amy
AG7GP have brought the event back for its second year as YLs activate SOTA summits on June 7th and June 8th -
and not only YLs around the world chase the activators; men are also invited to join in this year's chase.
Anyone contacting 5 or more YLs on a SOTA summit becomes eligible for a certificate.
The biggest honors will go to the YL activators themselves who will be logging contacts and working toward any
or all of six achievement awards, including one for a first-time SOTA activator. A special K1LIZ Memorial
Achievement Award will be given to the YL with the highest number of achievement awards. Last year the event
crowned Lorene W6LOR with the honor, which bears the callsign of top-achieving activator Liz Burns K1LIZ who
became a Silent Key in February of 2022.
This is Andy Morrison K9AWM.
(SOTA REFLECTOR)
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PROJECT EYES HAM RADIO ON GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITE
NEIL/ANCHOR: The project is called "futureGEO," and it envisions ham radio on a geosynchronous satellite, as we
hear from Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
JEREMY: AMSAT-DL has sent a Request for Expression of Interest to various other AMSAT organisations and amateur
radio associations for a proposed ham radio-focused project known as "futureGEO," operating from a
geosynchronous satellite.
The group is hoping to receive proposals no later than the 30th of June. AMSAT-DL's request comes two years
after the European Space Agency described its vision of having amateur radio on a geosynchronous satellite,
designed to cover the north of North America and Europe, and which drew on proposals from AMSAT-DL and AMSAT-
UK.
Meanwhile, a new satellite-based FM repeater comes online in June. On board the HADES-ICM satellite it will
initially be active on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays .
It has an uplink of 145.875 MHz and a downlink of 436.666 MHz. Another repeater, HADES-R, already operates
full time with a 145.925 MHz uplink and a 436.888 MHz downlink.
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
(AMSAT, AMATEUR NEWS DAILY)
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JUNE IS 'AMATEUR RADIO MONTH' IN HAWAII
NEIL/ANCHOR: Every year, hams in the US and Canada observe the fourth full weekend in June as Field Day,
considered the most important amateur radio weekend of the year. In Hawaii, however, amateur radio recognition
will be going on a little longer: the state's governor, Josh Green, has proclaimed all of June to be Amateur
Radio Month, in recognition of the 3400 hams operating in the Pacific region.The state has ties to wireless
that go back more than 100 years, however. In 1914, its island of Oahu became home to a Marconi wireless
telegraphy station. In 1916, the first transmissions were successfully sent to Japan from the US territory,
marking the start of wireless communication between the two nations.
(HISTORY.COM, AMATEUR RADIO DAILY)
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WORLD OF DX
In the World of DX, the F4KIS radio club is on the air through to the 10th of June using the callsign TM41GM.
The suffix stands for "greve des mineurs,ö recalling the 1941 strike of 100,000 miners of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
This action was among the earliest acts of collective resistance to Nazi occupation in France. See QRZ.com for
details about eQSL downloads.
Listen for the callsign HS3ØDXA which is on the air to mark the 30th anniversary of the Thailand DX
Association, E28AC and E2X. Radio operators are calling CQ on all HF bands and on the 2-metre band through to
the 21st of June. They will also be using various amateur radio satellites. QSL via HS6MYW.
Otis, NP4G, is on the air until the 2nd of June from St. Barthelemy, IOTA Number NA-146, using the callsign
FJ/NP4G. QSL via LoTW only.
Operators are using the callsign HI99RCD to celebrate the 99th anniversary of the Radio Club Dominicano,
HI8RCD, which was founded on June 12th, 1926. QSOs will be confirmed by email and via the logbook on QRZ.com
(425 DX BULLETIN)
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KICKER: PRIME TIME TV IS BACK ON BOARD THE ISS
NEIL/ANCHOR: Fans of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station will be happy to know that a popular TV
show is returning - and coming soon to a shack near you. Ralph Squillace KK6ITB concludes this week's newscast
with a report about this welcome comeback.
RALPH: Never mind what prime-time TV has to offer - hams who have been missing a chance to make contacts
through HamTV will have something to celebrate soon. HamTV was the Digital Amateur Television transmitter
operating on the Columbus module of the ISS until failure took it out of service in 2019.
Its repairs here on earth were completed and the newly invigorated HamTV was returned to the ISS via SpaceX
CRS-30 in March of 2024. ARISS reports that astronauts will complete its reinstallation in late June in
preparation for more contacts with schools around the world. HamTV uses the DVB-S protocol in the 13 cm band to
transmit digital video and audio in MPG2 format.
ARISS has high hopes that HamTV will become a long-running series -- without having to resort to re-runs.
This is Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.
(AMATEUR RADIO DAILY, BRITISH AMATEUR TV CLUB, ARISS)
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Have you sent in your amateur radio haiku to Newsline's haiku challenge yet? It's as easy as writing a QSL
card. Set your thoughts down using traditional haiku format - a three-line verse with five syllables in the
first line, seven in the second and five in the third. Submit your work on our website at arnewsline.org - each
week's winner gets a shout-out on our website, where everyone can find the winning haiku.
NEWSCAST CLOSE
With thanks to Amateur News Daily; AMSAT News Service; ARISS; British Amateur TV; David Behar K7DB; FCC;
History.com; James Gifford, N8KET; Keith Cook, KD8GXL; QRZ.com; South African Radio League; SOTA Reflector;
shortwaveradio.de; TV Tech; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur
Radio Newsline. We remind our listeners that Amateur Radio Newsline is an all-volunteer non-profit
organization that incurs expenses for its continued operation. If you wish to support us, please visit our
website at arnewsline.org and know that we appreciate you all. We also remind our listeners that if you like
our newscast, please leave us a 5-star rating wherever you subscribe to us. For now, with Caryn Eve Murray
KD2GUT at the news desk in New York, and our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG in Union Kentucky saying
73. As always we thank you for listening. Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright 2025. All rights reserved.
73 de Bill, PY2BIL
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