Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Dec 28 2018 11:14 am Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2148, for Friday, December 28, 2018 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2148, with a release date of Friday, December 28, 2018, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Hams respond to devastation in Indonesia. The FCC takes action against illegal satellites -- and a holiday special event station marks the holiday of.....Festivus! All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2148, comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** JIM: We begin this week with an update on the tsunami that struck Indonesia on the 22nd of December, sweeping away hotels, houses, and hundreds of people on the coast near the Sundra Strait. Dani, YB2TJV, Region 3 District Communications Coordinator for the IARU, reported on the association's website that amateur radio operators had been activated in Banten Province, and responded to provide emergency communications as search and rescue continued. Earliest reports indicated that ORARI, the Indonesian amateur radio association, was making use of 7.110 MHz, as well as an emergency frequency on VHF. Other hams were advised to leave the frequency clear. The tsunami, which reached at least 65 feet - or 20 metres - inland, was set off after the Krakatoa volcano erupted in the region. We'll have details as this story develops. (IARU REGION 3) ** AUSTRALIAN SCOUTS PREPARE FOR THE AIR JIM/ANCHOR: Thousands of young Scouts in Australia are preparing for the 25th Jamboree, where amateur radio is playing a big part. Here's Graham Kemp, VK4BB. GRAHAM: The 25th Australian Jamboree, known as AJ2019, is barely a week away. An estimated 8,000 Scouts younger than 15 will arrive at the Bend Motorsport Park, Tailem Bend, in South Australia, where special event station VI25AJ, will be a prominent part of the action. The Jamboree opens on the 4th of January, and runs through to the 14th. More than 2,000 Scouts are expected to be getting on the air from the special event station calling QR Zed. The station will also act as a showcase for the hobby. Operators expect to be on the air on the HF bands, using SSB and the digital modes, and will also make use of satellites, IRLP, and EchoLink. The station was put together with the assistance of the Amateur Radio Experimenters Group, the Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society, and the SA & VIC Scout Electronics and Radio Team. Organizers are also planning a course in Amateur Radio Direction Finding. Hams attending the event are being encouraged to bring their HTs as well. An IRLP-linked repeater will be operating onsite. Best of all, any licenced operators who would like to use the Jamboree as the occasion for an upgrade, can arrange for an assessment while they are there. A number of the special event station's operators are WIA assessors. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB. (WIA, JOTA/JOTI Scouts Australia) ** RADIO SCOUTS IN U.S. EYE PERMANENT STATIONS JIM/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, radio scouts in the U.S. are finishing up the year by planning ahead for permanent station installations. Bill Stearns, NE4RD, has the details. BILL: This is the last week of Radio Scouting for 2018, and we're looking forward to an exciting 2019. Getting scout camps on the air is a great accomplishment. We thank all of the volunteers around the world, that share their time, talent, and gear, to make this happen. Wouldn't it be nice to have all the gear in place when you show up to camp? One Scout Camp in the Alamo District has done just that, thanks to the vision of Michael Crownover, Jr, AB5EB. The Bear Creek Scout Ranch is now sporting a permanant Rohn 25 tower, a JK Navassa 5 (6m-20m) beam, and a 40m dipole. Michael, who is the Scoutmaster of Troop 222, an Eagle Scout, and has been a ham for 30 years, has had Scouting and ham radio as part of his life for a long time. As as Scout, he would communicate at camp, with 2m handhelds with his Troop, and as an Adult Leader, Michael would take a portable station to camp to put his Scouts on the air. It was then that he envisioned a permanent station at camp. While the Council didn't help financially, they did approve the plan for the station. Michael and his dad, Mike AD5A, managed to get the tower, the antenna, and a 2nd hand Yaesu rotor and controller. Hector, AD6D/XE2K, did the tower construction and antenna installation. The station now only needs to have the final coax plumbing done, and have the radios hooked up. The station's call will be KX5BSA. Michael has been soliciting volunteers from the Scouter/Ham community for stints this summer, to assist with the Radio Merit Badge. Fortunately, one of the Scouts on staff is a ham, who will sit for his General exam in a few weeks. He will be our coordinator on the ground this first year. Four weeks of offering the radio merit badge is the target for 2019 summer camp. The plan is that other staff members in the future will be hams as Scouts are exposed to the hobby through the summer camp program. The station will also be activated during Camporees, and other Council wide events, to promote both the Radio Merit Badge and Amateur Radio. Have you been taking your portable setup to camp every year? How about making 2019 the year of permanent installations at summer camp! For more information on Radio Scouting, please visit our website at k2bsa.net. For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association, this is Bill Stearns, NE4RD. --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32 * Origin: RadioWxNet: The Thunderbolt BBS tbolt.synchro.net (801:1/2) þ Synchronet þ Temple of Doom BBS - tod.eothnet.com .