PY2BIL > ARNR 16.05.25 12:45z 185 Lines 10096 Bytes #153 (0) @ WW BID : 100881PY2BIL Read: GUEST Subj: Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2481 for Friday, May 16th, 202 Path: ED1ZAC<ED1ZAC<LU4ECL<LU9DCE<PY2BIL<PY2BIL Sent: 250516/0930 @:PY2BIL.SP.BRA.SOAM Sally 7.4.0 $:100881PY2BIL From: PY2BIL@PY2BIL.SP.BRA.SOAM Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2481 for Friday, May 16th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2481 with a release date of Friday, May 16th, 2025 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1 The following is a QST. The IARU looks to merge its independent regions. Record numbers turn out for a ham radio exam in Bangladesh -- and the ARRL asks the FCC again to increase Technician privileges on HF. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2481 comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** IARU OUTLINES RE-ENGINEERED VISION, ELIMINATING REGIONAL ENTITIES DON/ANCHOR: Our top story this week is the International Amateur Radio Union. Marking 100 years of representing member countries around the world and coordinating frequencies and other concerns, the organization enters its second century with one big change on its mind. We have those details from Graham Kemp VK4BB. GRAHAM: Imagine, for a momCA DELLA GIOVAMPAOLA, IWØDJB) ** HISTORIC TURNOUT FOR BANGLADESH HAM RADIO EXAM DON/ANCHOR: Amateur radio test-taking hit an all-time high among candidates in Bangladesh recently. John Williams VK4JJW is here to explain what happened. JOHN: A record number of candidates showed up to take Bangladesh's amateur radio exam on Friday, May 9th, a total estimated at more than 900 participants. The Amateur Radio Society of Bangladesh said on its website that [quote] "this remarkable figure represents the highest number of participants ever recorded for an amateur radio exam in Bangladesh's history." [endquote] Weeks of preparation had gone into preparing candidates for the exam by offering online seminars as well as in- person training and workshops. There was also a field day as well as classes in basic electronics and antenna- building. The amateur radio society said there was great support from the Bangladesh Vespa Community,nds. This FCC initiative was announced in its Further Notice of Proposed Rule making in 2023. The FCC initiative was contained in its Docket Number 25-133 which has been referred to as the "Delete, Delete, Delete" docket. This is Andy Morrison K9AWM. (RADIOWORLD, FCC) ** HAMS EXEMPT FROM SOUTH CAROLINA LAW BANNING HANDHELDS DON/ANCHOR: There's good news for hams in South Carolina, where a new law will ban most handheld devices from use behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. Kevin Trotman N5PRE has those details. KEVIN: South Carolina is about to become the 32nd state in the US to exempt amateur radio operators from a law that bans drivers of motor vehicles from using hand-held devices. After it is signed into law by Gov. Henry McMaster, the measure is to take effect on September 1st. Although it prohibits drivers from using portable computers, GPS receives, mobile phones, electronic games or other communication devices, the bill exempts operators of amateur, citizens bad, commercial and emergency radios. Members of the state Senate and House of Representatives passed different versions of the Hands-Free and Distracted Driving Act earlier this year -ommission requires Amazon to deploy 1,618 - or half - of its satellites by the middle of next year. Analysts speculate that the company may seek an extension on that date as a result of the delays. This is Kent Peterson KCØDGY. (AMSAT NEWS SERVICE, REUTERS) ** AMSAT SETS OCTOBER DATE FOR SYMPOSIUM, MEETING DON/ANCHOR: October seems like a long way off but to planners of the 43rd Annual AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting, it's just around the corner. Organizers have already sent out a "save the date" notice for the weekend of October 16th and have published a general schedule that runs for four days. Meetings and presentations will be hosted at the Holiday Inn & Suites Phoenix Airport North in Arizona, convenient to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. The board of directors will meet on Thursday the 16th of October and again on Friday the 17th of October, the same day that the symposium presentations will begin. The annual general meeting will be on Saturday, the 18th of October. The morning of Sunday, the 19th of October - the closing day - has been set aside for the members' breakfast. More specific details will be made public as soon as they become available. (AMSAT NEWS SERVICE) ** AWARD RECOGNIZES WSPR RADIO "DETECTIVES" DON/ANCHOR: DUBUS, a magazine that is popular with amateurs around the world who focus on VHF and higher frequencies, is posing a challenge -- and offering a reward. It involves a little radio detective work, as we hear from Jeremy Boot G4NJH. JEREMY: The international ham radio magazine for enthusiasts operating VHF and up has announced it will award a prize this year to a radio operator studying the scientific validity of global passive WSPR radar in locating aircraft. The theory came to prominence following the use of WSPR log data in the search for the doomed Malaysian flight MH370, which disappeared in 2014 en route to Beijing. The journal, which publishes four times a year in English and German, has created this award to mark the 75th anniversary of the DARC and the 100th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union. The total prize award is 7,500 euros - the equivalent of (sal4.0),450 US - and is in three categories: 1,500 Euros, or 0,600, for proof involving large passenger or cargo aircraft; 2,500 Euros, or ,800, for proof involving smaller aircraft; 3,500 Euros, almost ,000 for proof involving helicopters. Studies should be submitted in either English or German and in PDF format to the email address that appears in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org by the entry deadline of 31st of December. [DO NOT READ: DUBUS@t-online.de ] This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH (DUBUS) ** WORLD OF DX Morten, LA9GY, is using the callsign 3DAØGY while operating holiday style from Eswatini from the 22nd of May through to the 2nd of June. Morten will be using CW and some SSB, concentrating on 20, 15 and 10 metres. He may also operate on other HF bands. See QRZ.com for QSL details. Listen for OT25EPIC, the special callsign of the Antwerp Port Contest Club, ON8APC, which is on the air to promote this year's edition of the Antwerp Port Epic cycling race. The callsign will be on the air between the 10th of May and the 9th of June, which is the day of the race. QSL via ON8JJ. The International Amateur Radio Club at ITU headquarters in Geneva is using the callsign 4UØITU from the 16th of May through to the end of the year. This is to mark the 160th anniversary of the International Telecommunication Union. Jose, HP2AT, is using the special callsign H82AT, to mark his 35th anniversary in amateur radio. He is on the air through to the 31st of December. Paper cards are not available. See QRZ.com for details. (425 DX BULLETIN) ** KICKER: WHEN THE "STATION IDENTIFICATION" IS A BINARY STAR SYSTEM DON/ANCHOR: We end this week's newscast with the story of some mystery radio signals that are mysteries no more. Thanks to researchers, there's been some "station identification." We learn more from Travis Lisk N3ILS. TRAVIS: Think of them as the dynamic duo of the universe: No, they're not caped crusaders but a red dwarf star and a white dwarf, a dead star. Together, they have been sending a steady radio pulse every two hours for at least 10 years. Scientists have heard their transmission but until recently no one knew the source of the sounds, which appeared to emanate from the direction of the Big Dipper. This past spring, the signals were found to come from a binary system - two stars - that send the pulse by repeated contact between their magnetic fields. Researchers cracked the mystery with the help of a low-frequency array radio telescope. The discovery debunks the long-held belief that only highly magnetized neutron stars known as magnetars, can emit such pulses. This challenge to the old way of thinking opens up the chance to explore other mysteries and binary systems. Researchers call this binary star system ILTJ1101 [EYE ELL TEE JAY ONE ONE ZERO ONE]. Although it sounds like a very large and exotic callsign for this long-distance transmitter, it's not. Still, with all those steady, regular signals over the years, this pair surely deserves some kind of operating award. This is Travis Lisk N3ILS. (SUSTAINABILITY TIMES, SPACE.COM, SCI.NEWS) ** 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; Amateur Radio Society of Bangladesh; AMSAT; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; David Behar K7DB; FCC; IARU; Luca Della Giovampaola, IWØDJB; QRZ.com; NASA; Radio World; Reuters; SCINews; shortwaveradio.de; South Carolina Statehouse; Space.com; Sustainability Times; Wireless Institute of Australia; WYFF Channel 4; 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 Don Wilbanks AE5DW in Picayune, Mississippi saying 73. As always we thank you for listening. 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