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   By John Gieroszynski VK1JG.   
      
   "Raspberry Pi5 for amateurs" written by Dogan Ibrahim G7SCU and 2E1GUC   
   Ahmet Ibrahim 2E1GUC, is the ideal beginners book for those amateurs who   
   want to try their hand at adding SDR radio to their experience and is   
   available, for purchase, from Amazon.   
      
   The book is intended to help install the operating system and then   
   configure it to include RTL-SDR devices. Because the OS operating system   
   is Unix based most of the instructions can be applied to your regular   
   Linux home computer regardless of distro that you like to run. It also   
   covers Bookworm which is the latest OS that can be run on the Pi5.   
      
   There are many tips you would not find in older versions of books that   
   relate to SDR installation. SDR radios can do all the differing   
   transmissions we would be subject to such as DAB, QSST, FreeDV, FLRIG,   
   Qtel EchoLink, WSJT-X, APRS and Morse2Ascii. The Pi5 has the performance   
   that earlier versions of Pi could not achieve. For those that are willing   
   to try their hand with LCD displays and other interesting hardware for   
   small POTA sized packages, or amplifiers for Lora this is a great   
   starting point. As well for anyone wanting to dabble in Python code   
   examples whether access is local remote or VNC, all is explained.   
      
   I found that many of the terminal examples as well as working without   
   modification were kept simple allowing users to be able to understand   
   and build on their experience.   
      
   I hope you find this a worthwhile addition to your library.   
      
   Regards John Gieroszynski VK1JG.   
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   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather)   
      
   HamSCI will host a meteor scatter QSO party in August and again in December.   
   In just a few weeks, the August event will take advantage of the Perseid   
   meteor shower and allow amateur radio operators to conduct QSOs via MSK144   
   mode. HamSCI expects hundreds of participants on the 6 meter band August   
   11-12.   
      
      
   In addition to QSOs, HamSCI is requesting audio recordings of decoded pings.   
   This is possible through the WSJT-X software suite.   
      
      
   A second party will take place December 12-13 during the Geminid meteor   
   shower.   
      
   (ARD)   
   In rural India, students at a school for boys are being rewarded for their   
   faith in the technical expertise of amateur radio operators.  The   
   lightning-arrester project they have been collaborating on for several years   
   with the hams is ready to be considered for a patent.   
      
   WIA NATIONAL NEWS EDITOR, Graham Kemp VK4BB, tells us what comes next.   
      
   Leave it to we ham radio operators to know how destructive, and even fatal, a   
   lightning strike can be. That's why a number of years ago educators at a   
   school in rural West Bengal, India, sought input from local hams for a   
   project by physics students to help protect farmers when they are caught in   
   the fields during storms and lightning strikes. According to reports in the   
   Indian media, the homebrew, affordably built device, which resembles a   
   bicycles wheel, has been evaluated by the Central Power Research Institute.   
   It also received recognition in 2020 at the National Children's Science   
   Congress, a national showcase for innovative technology devised by youngsters   
   between the ages of 10 and 17. Jason VK2LAW back in the December One edition   
   of this the WIA National News, noting that it affixes a wheel-like component   
   to the top of a high bamboo pole. An electrical wire connects it to metal in   
   the earth  to ground it.   
      
      
   The secretary of the West Bengal Radio Club said in media reports that 40   
   such devices have already been put in place at 40 locations throughout   
   northern Bengal where the fields for the farmers and their animals are moist   
   and marshy.   
      
      
   Now the waiting begins: The Times of India reported that the patent   
   application for the project was filed on the 27th of July.   
      
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER   
   AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org   
   AO-123 FM Transponder to Enter Continuous Service   
      
   The FM transponder on AO-123 has been activated on periodic basis since its   
   launch in late 2024. Beginning this weekend, it is expected to enter   
      
   continuous service if no issues are observed.   
      
   AO-123 (ASTRU-1) is a 12U CubeSat mission designed by Russian and Chinese   
   university students for education and amateur radio. The amateur radio   
   station provides tele command uplink and telemetry / digital image downlink.   
      
   A new SDR based transceiver was developed for ASRTU-1 to provide   
   communication and experiment resources to radio amateurs, including a V/U   
   FM transponder, a UHF telemetry downlink and a 10.5G image downlink.   
      
   The uplink is 145.850 MHz with a 67 Hz CTCSS tone and the downlink is435.400   
   MHz.   
      
   [ANS]   
      
   Skyfall AeroVironment (in partnership with JPL) has announced a fun new   
   Mars rotorcraft mission concept, which builds on the success of   
   Ingenuity.   
      
   The mission more-or-less carbon-copies Ingenuity SIX (6) six times,   
   sending a small swarm of ~2 kg rotorcraft to the red planet, the swarm   
   would be equipped with sub-surface radar and better imaging capabilities.   
   The missions primary goal is to conduct a subsurface water survey and   
   survey potential landing sites for future human arrival, currently   
   anticipated in the 2030s.   
      
   This Skyfall mission would target a launch as soon as the 2028 Mars   
   transfer window.   
      
   (orbital index)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - MILITARY   
   Recordings of military transmissions can be found on the   
   Signal Identification Guide Wiki at   
   sigidwiki.com/wiki/Category:Military   
   youtube.com/@militaryhfradio244   
   open.spotify.com/playlist/28SXuX8vL2wHbnfCS0uBVF?si=d9ee366a38a4472e   
      
   SPY V SPY   
      
   The RSGB National Radio Centre has confirmed that the first of its Summer   
   Spy Transmitter events took place August 5. Two further events take place   
   14 and 20 August.   
      
   This family-friendly activity will turn you into spy hunters as you   
   explore Bletchley Park looking for hidden transmitters. The event starts   
   at 10.30am and spaces are limited to 12 groups. Full details of the   
   activity are available on the Bletchley Park website.   
      
   Bletchley believe you me IS the place to visit no matter WHEN you are in   
   the UK.   
      
   (Front Page News RSGB)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS - YOTA   
   (Youngsters On The Air)   
   WIA committee:- Steve VK6SJ, Alec VK2MV and Pete VK2LP.   
   ham-yota.com/category/yota-region-3/   
   facebook.com/groups/YOTAOC/   
   youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA   
      
   It's off to Russia for this item.   
      
   A radio game with elements of sports disciplines of radio sports "Military   
   Radio Operator" is an outdoor game for beginners. No special knowledge or   
   skills are required to take part in the radio game. The radio game is   
   available for Russian children from 8 years old and older. The purpose of the   
   radio game is to introduce the participants to the elements of the sports   
   disciplines of radio sports in a playful way.   
      
      
   The program of the radio game specifically includes various types of   
   shooting, which are interesting to almost all children. It is the "shooters"   
   that make it popular.   
      
      
   At the same time, the program includes "amateur radio and radio sports"   
   tasks: to assemble a radio circuit from parts of a Lego-type constructor, to   
   find a camouflaged radio transmitter - "Fox" - using a radio receiver -   
   direction finder, to decipher the text written on paper with dots and dashes   
   - Morse code signs, as well as to transmit a message using portable VHF radio   
   stations.   
      
      
   srr.ru/molodyozhi/radioigra-voennyj-radist/   
      
      
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