Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Oct 04 2019 10:52 am Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2188, for Friday, October 4th, 2019 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2188, with a release date of Friday, October 4th, 2019, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. A remote South Pacific island is on the air. Disc jockeys find a net that's just for them - and hams push for a second geostationary amateur satellite. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2188, comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** SATELLITE BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR AZORES HURRICANE COMMUNICATIONS STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We begin this week's report with a story of cooperation in the face of a yet another hurricane. While hams in the Azores activated their emergency network with the approach of Hurricane Lorenzo in the final days of September, AMSAT announced it was making amateur satellite AO-92 available as requested by hams in the Azores. The availability of the satellite helped bolster readiness, which also got a boost from HF operations, local analogue repeaters and DMR. The AO-92 satellite was launched in January of 2018. In an unusual occurrence, the hurricane crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and was headed toward Europe as an extratropical cyclone, weakening somewhat enroute. ** REMOTE PACIFIC ISLAND LIGHTS UP AIRWAVES STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The Tokelau (TOKE-ALLOW) expedition is active. Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, tells us more about this team effort in the South Pacific. JIM: The remote South Pacific Tokelau (pronounce: TOKE-ALLOW) Islands have come alive with a large international team of radio operators who are on the air as ZK3A until the 11th of October. The DXpedition, which is taking place a little more than 300 miles, or 500 kilometres, north of Samoa, was recently approved by the ARRL's Award Branch for DXCC credit. The hams are operating from the New Zealand territory using CW, SSB, Earth-Moon-Earth and various digital modes including PSK-31, FT8 and RTTY. Listen for them on 160 through 6 metres. The team comprises 19 operators from nine nations and four continents: North America, Europe, Oceania and South America. Follow them on the website tokelau2019 dot com - and then start listening. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF. ** CALIF. LIBRARY GETS TO BOOK A RADIO DATE WITH SPACE STATION STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Never mind going to the library to find a book - how about checking out a chat with an astronaut instead? For those details, we turn to Kevin Trotman, N5PRE. KEVIN: It's not unusual for the Sonoma County Main Library to bring the world to visitors: all the books, videos, and other media in the Santa Rosa, California library deliver a universe of wisdom and experience. On the first of October, however, the library delivered the world via radio - a radio aboard the International Space Station, operated by astronaut Ken Hague, KG5TMV. In a telebridge contact sponsored by the Sonoma County Radio Amateurs, and linked with the ARISS Telebridge Station K6DUE in Greenbelt, Maryland. Youngsters from the Santa Rosa Middle School got to ask the astronaut a range of questions, according to amateur radio club member Darryl, KI6MSP. The students, many of whom had been affected by the recent California wildfires, wanted to know how natural disasters, including the current crop of Atlantic hurricanes, looked when viewed from space - and what it felt like sitting aboard a rocket as it hurtled away from the earth. Tim Bosma, W6MU, director of the amateur radio ground station at the Santa Rosa Junior College, said the college's involvement in the ARISS contact helped spark the students' imaginations, and hopefully increase their interest in science. Of course, if they're looking for any books on that subject, they'll be back at the library before too long. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE. (DARRYL PAULE KI6MSP, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT) --- SBBSecho 3.10-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (801:1/2) þ Synchronet þ Temple of Doom BBS - tod.eothnet.com .