Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri May 31 2019 10:26 am ARISS RUSSIA TEAM PREPS FOR SSTV PAUL/ANCHOR: Whether you've got a big screen or a little screen, you can consider the slow-scan TV event aboard the ISS to be something big, as we hear from Robert Broomhead, VK3DN. ROBERT: What's on TV lately? Well, if you're in Moscow or anywhere nearby, you'll have your rig on, and your eyes fixed on the big screen, for a big SSTV event, from the International Space Station. The ARISS Russia team will be using call sign RS-ZERO-ISS (RS0ISS). ARISS has said that the slow-scan transmissions are expected on 145.800 MHz in SSTV Mode PD120. Yes, even ham radio TV has its re-runs. The four-hour transmission begins Wednesday, June the 5th, at 12:00 UTC, and takes place again the next day, June 6th, at 11:30 UTC. According to the ARISS online blog, the transmissions coincide mainly with orbits over Moscow, which means that hams in North America and elsewhere, are likely to miss out. Still, it doesn't hurt to try. You can keep up with the status of the event by monitoring Twitter. The account to follow is at ARISS underscore status (@ARISS_status) For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Robert Broomhead, VK3DN. (ARISS) ** HAMS STILL HELPING IN AFTERMATH OF CALIF. WILDFIRES PAUL/ANCHOR: It will take time for many to rebuild after the California wildfires of 2018, but hams in the affected region are already helping some comebacks. Here's Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, with those details. SKEETER: The impact of last year's deadly wildfires is still being felt in California. The Carr fire, and the Camp fire blazes, burned tens of thousands of acres, and left thousands homeless. Though hams stepped in and provided emergency assistance with communications at the time, hams are still helping out now - in a different way. A fund established by the Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club has been providing as much as $1,000 to hams whose repeaters were damaged or destroyed by those deadly fires. The club's president, Larry Bradley, KK6QPE, told the local newspaper that the repeaters are essential to maintaining critical radio coverage throughout the region - a mission the club itself has fulfilled for more than seven decades. Larry told the Red Bluff Daily News [quote]: "The club cannot help with the recovery of homes, vehicles, and similar property, but we are able to help with the recovery of certain amateur radio systems, to help return ham radio coverage to the affected areas." [endquote] Hams who suffered repeater losses, and are seeking grants, should contact the club at info at mdarc dot org For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Skeeter Nash, N5ASH. (RED BLUFF DAILY NEWS) ** RSGB REPUBLISHING RADCOM BASICS FOR RADIO NEWCOMERS PAUL/ANCHOR: Radio newcomers, the Radio Society of Great Britain has a publication just for you, as we hear from Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. JEREMY: RadCom Basics is back. The Radio Society of Great Britain's digital magazine returned to circulation on the 31st of May. The bimonthly publication is tailored for new - or less-experienced - radio amateurs, and is free to members who complete a short sign-up form online through the RSGB shop. The first issue promises especially good reading for the season, with an emphasis on how to work portable during the summer months in Britain. Another article focuses on understanding what squares, locators, and zones mean. There is also a guide to impedance and reactance, and what it all means to antennas and, of course, the hams who rely on them. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH. ** GLOBAL GATHERING RETURNING TO FRIEDRICHSHAFEN PAUL/ANCHOR: Get ready for another global gathering of radio amateurs - this one in Germany. Here's Ed Durrant, DD5LP. ED: Following a move back after two years to its normal 3rd weekend of June dates, the Ham Radio event at Friedrichshafen is expecting a wide range of traders, exhibitors, and lecturers. June 21st through the 23rd in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance, a pretty town in the scenic countryside near to the borders of Austria, Switzerland, and France, in the very south of Germany, will see the 44th running of the "Ham Radio" international hamfest in the top Expo centre of Europe, the Friedrichshafen "Neue Messe." These dates usually bring sunshine on all three days that can be enjoyed in the Beer Gardens, and on the lawns, but all exhibitors and traders (including the flea market) are inside the Zeppelin-sized halls in any case. The Zeppelin airships were originally built near to this site, and from the airport next door, you can take a Zeppelin ride, and operate Aeronautical Mobile! Lectures throughout the three days take place in the conference rooms within the same large building, and include topics from the SDR Academy, to Contest University, from SOTA to Digital TV, from the QO-100 Satellite to new data modes, from antenna design forums, to Youngsters on the Air, and lots more. More national societies are represented at Friedrichshafen than any other international hamfest, and all of the large manufacturers are represented, alongside smaller companies from all over Europe. To find out more check out hamradio-friedrichshafen.com For Amateur Radio Newsline, already starting to pack for the event, this is Ed, DD5LP. --- SBBSecho 3.07-Win32 * Origin: RadioWxNet: The Thunderbolt BBS tbolt.synchro.net (801:1/2) þ Synchronet þ Temple of Doom BBS - tod.eothnet.com .