1 Smoking is prohibited at the Centre From the Editor Friends, I welcome you to the New Year 2009 and another issue of this magazine for January 2009, which is issue 34 of this series. I remind you that this year according to the statute it’s not only the Annual General Meeting that has to be held, but also the election for the new Committee. I remind all the members that if they want to vote for the Committee in case of an election they will have to have paid their membership prior to the meeting. They will also have to have paid their previous year membership. The yearly meeting where we meet together socially where we eat and have a drink was held on Sunday 4 January 2009. Do not forget that as an association we represent all the radio amateurs in Malta not only before the Malta authorities, but also international organizations such as IARU. In this issue we are bringing you Dominic’s 9H1M Report as well as some more photos of the IARU Region 1 Conference held in Cavtat, in Croatia, Therefore this issue is larger than usual. In this Conference it clearly emerged that with MARL initiatives Maltese radio amateurs are at the forefront in connection with cooperation and working together with the Civil Protection Department, the CPD. We always try to be the best in everything, but things do not depend on us but many times on authorities who do not always give the importance that we wish Maltese radio amateurs to be given. However, we shall still make our best efforts to bring forward Maltese radio amateurs and their hobby. Do not forget that as from 1 January 2009 we will be able to use the frequency of 136 kHz, that is between 135.7 and 137.8kHz. I will be there. And you? I hope that you find the information in the magazine useful to you and if you have some article please leave it in my QSL box. Lawrence 9H1AV/9H9MHR 2 Internet link Interesting RSGB webpage that has many links. http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/psc.htm A link to the United States of America Naval Observatory where you may find a programme on the page where you give it your longitude and latitude and it will give you sunrise on whatever day you want. http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php Another interesting webpage for those who like to work on 10 metres http://www.southgatearc.org/bands/10metres/ A webpage for those who like to work on transmissins reflected by meteorites on 6 ansd 2 metres http://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin/pingtalk A webpage where you can download the WSJT programme and other programmes http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/ How to dispose of energy savers when they expire http://www.maine.gov/dep/rwm/homeowner/fluorescent.htm as well as on other things on http://www.mainedep.com/ A webpage where you can download information on a transmitter for 80 Metres that uses components taken from an energy saver and where you can find other useful information and thus you will be recycling and saving money. http://mjrainey.googlepages.com/dasderelicht Webpages where there are many calculators http://www.csgnetwork.com/converters.html http://www.csgnetwork.com/electronicsconverters.html The webpage of Alan Melia G3NYK that has many other interesting links among them computer progrmmes that you can download where you can download http://www.alan.melia.btinternet.co.uk/ An interesting webpage about means of communication, CW and trains http://www.faradic.net/~gsraven/index.shtml#contents Lawrence 9H1AV / 9H9MHR 136kHz I remind you that as from 1 January this year Maltese radio amateurs can communicate on the 136kHz frequency. I transmitted on 136kHz on 1 January. I hope to meet you on this frequency. Lawrence 9H1AV / 9H9MHR 3 RLC Meter Hereunder you have a circuit of an RLC meter by ON7YD. Details about this circuit and the computer programme for it can be downloaded from http://www.rcl-meter.strobbe.eu/ From the main webpage http://www.qsl.net/on7yd/ there are a number of links on interesting things, among them a book on 136kHz antennas, a number of links to apparatus that you can make, as well as a number of computer programmes and other circuits. IARU Conference in Cavtat Croatia IARU R1 General Conference - 16 to 21 November 2008 - Cavtat, Croatia 4 Short Report by Dominic Azzopardi 9H1M Delegate for MARL 2 Venue Croatia Hotel, Cavtat – Dubrovnik Croatia Hotel is located in Cavtat at the very south of the Republic of Croatia, 18 kilometres from Dubrovnik and only 6 kilometres from Dubrovnik International Airport, 10 minutes walking distance from Cavtat. Croatia Hotel lies in an exceptionally beautiful position and secluded location on a peninsula overlooking the Adriatic on one side and the picturesque old town of Cavtat on the other. The world famous medieval walled city of Dubrovnik can be seen from some hotel terraces. List of delegates No. Surname & Name Callsign Society Country Status 1 Al Qasmi Abdalla Darwish A41KB ROARS Oman Delegate 2 Alajmi Faisal 9K2RR KARS Kuwait Delegate 3 Albalooshi Darwish Fatma UAE Partner 4 Alnesf Mohammad 9K2MN KARS Kuwait Delegate 5 Annan Angus Gibson MM1CCR RSGB GB Delegate 6 Annan Mary Elizabeth GB Partner 7 Azrak Rizkallah OD5RI IARU R1 WG Lebanon IARU R1 WG/Com 8 Azzopardi Dominic 9H1M MARL Malta Delegate 9 Baques Toni EA3BRA URE Spain Delegate 10 Beattie Donald G3BJ IARU R1 EC GB IARU R1 EC 5 11 Benlagha Afif 7X2RO ARA Algeria Delegate 12 Berns Joachim DL1YBL DARC Germany Delegate 13 Bertels Gaston ON4WF IARU R1 WG Belgium IARU R1 WG/Com 14 Berzsenyi Laszlo HA5EA MRASZ Hungary Delegate 15 Bienkowski Zdzislaw SP6LB PZK Poland Delegate 16 Blondeel Timmerman Hans PB2T IARU R1 EC Netherlands IARU R1 EC 17 Blondeel Timmerman Margaretha Maria Netherlands Partner 18 Buckley Finbarr EI1CS IRTS Ireland Delegate 19 Butler David John G4ASR RSGB GB Delegate 20 Callejas Martha Mexico Partner 21 Churma Sumner Linda USA Partner 22 Claytonsmith Mary Hilary G4JKS IARU R1 GB Observer 23 Danev Panayot LZ1US IARU R1 EC Bulgaria IARU R1 EC 24 Darwish Mohammad A61M EARS UAE Observer 25 Debouche Jacques ON5OO UBA Belgium Delegate 26 Denker Remy PA3AGF VERON Netherlands Delegate 27 Devoldere John ON4UN UBA Belgium Delegate 28 Diop Mouhamadou Moustapha 6W1KI IARU R1 EC Senegal IARU R1 EC 29 Dombrowski Stefan ON6TI UBA Belgium Delegate 30 Ehlers Hans Heinrich DF5UG IARU R1 EC Germany IARU R1 EC 31 Eisenwagner Ronald OE3REB OEVSV Austria Delegate 32 Elkafrawi Mohamed SU1KM EARA Egypt Delegate 33 Ellam Tim VE6SH IARU IS Canada Observer 34 Erasmus Rassie ZS1YT SARL South Africa Delegate 35 Field Donald Ian G3XTT IARU R1 GB Observer 36 Floesser Karin Germany Partner 37 Floesser Rainer DL5NBZ IARU R1 WG Germany IARU R1 WG/Com 38 Frey Peter HB9MQM USKA Switzerland Delegate 39 Garpestad Ole LA2RR IARU R1 EC Norway IARU R1 EC 40 Gierczycka Donata SP5HNK PZK Poland Delegate 41 Gould John William G3WKL RSGB GB Delegate 42 Green Dennis ZS4BS SARL South Africa Delegate 43 Greenshields Ian G4FSU IARU R1 GB Observer 44 Hadel Wolfgang DK2OM IARU R1 WG Germany IARU R1 WG/Com 45 Harrison Martin G3USF IARU R1 WG GB IARU R1 WG/Com 46 Hartig Dennis M. DL7RBI DARC Germany Delegate 47 Heikinheimo Jukka Ilari OH2BR SRAL Finland Delegate 48 Ibrahim Fahad Saleh A41LK ROARS Oman Delegate 49 Jaehrig H. Joerg DJ3HW DARC Germany Delegate 50 Jaganjac Amir T95O ARA BiH Herzegovina Delegate 51 Kahundira Vagheni Cyprien 9Q1KS ARAC Congo Delegate 52 Karlsen Helge LA1BR NRRL Norway Delegate 53 Kastelic Michael OE1MCU IARU R1 WG Austria IARU R1 WG/Com 54 Kirby Peter G0TWW RSGB GB Delegate 55 Kirby Sandra GB Partner 56 Kootz Thilo DL9KCE DARC Germany Delegate 57 Kritzer Dieter OE8KDK OEVSV Austria Delegate 58 Kudlac Roman OM3EI SARA Slovakia Delegate 59 Landoulsi Mustapha DL1BDF CAST Tunisia/Germany Delegate 60 Leandro Reinaldo YV5AMH IARU R2 Venezuela Observer 61 Liukkonen Jussi OH5LK SRAL Finland Delegate 62 Madhavan Gopal VU2GMN IARU R3 India Observer 63 Magnin Betty F6IOC REF France Delegate 64 Maireder Peter OE5MPL OEVSV Austria Delegate 6 65 Marecek Jiri OK2BWN CRC Czech Rep Delegate 66 Martin Mauricette F8BPN REF France Delegate 67 Martin Philippe F6ETI REF France Delegate 68 Mbengue Papa Malick 6W1FJ ARAS Senegal Delegate 69 Milanov Milcho LZ1RF BFRA Bulgaria Delegate 70 Milošević Hranislav YT1AD SRS Serbia Delegate 71 Mraz Anton OM3LU SARA Slovakia Delegate 72 Mueller Ulrich DK4VW DARC Germany Delegate 73 Navarro Pilar Spain Partner 74 Niava Jean Jacques TU2OP ARAI Ivory Coast Delegate 75 Niman Murray Jerel G6JYB RSGB GB Delegate 76 Nolan Sean EI7CD IRTS Ireland Delegate 77 Ntsiyep Florence TJ3NT ARTJ Cameroun Delegate 78 Odehnal Karel OK2ZI CRC Czech Rep Delegate 79 Owen Michael VK3KI IARU R3 Australia Observer 80 Passet Claude 3A2LF ARM Monaco Delegate 81 Pastor Kai DG0YT DARC Germany Delegate 82 Pazdersky Ivan OK1PI CRC Czech Rep Delegate 83 Percin Nikola 9A5W IARU R1 EC Croatia IARU R1 EC 84 Price Larry W4RA IARU IS USA Observer 85 Prostecky Milos OK1MP CRC Czech Rep Delegate 86 Pyndt Hans OZ5DX EDR Denmark Delegate 87 Raad Hani OD5TE RAL Lebanon Delegate 88 Raicha Max 5Z4MR IARU R1 EC Kenya IARU R1 EC 89 Ramon Carine ON7LX UBA Belgium Delegate 90 Romo Toni Spain Partner 91 Rusman Darko T95A ARA BiH Herzegovina Delegate 92 Saad Ali 9K2SS KARS Kuwait Delegate 93 Santoyo Ramon XE1KK IARU R2 Mexico Observer 94 Sauri Joan C31US URA Andorra Delegate 95 Scarlot Robert 3A2CR ARM Monaco Delegate 96 Segalstad Tom V. LA4LN NRRL Norway Delegate 97 Shirville Graham Pau G3VZV RSGB GB Delegate 98 Simonjan Heikinheimo Loretta Artushevna Finland Partner 99 Skrzypczak Piotr SP2JMR PZK Poland Delegate 100 Slomczynski Krzysztof SP5HS PZK Poland Delegate 101 Stafford Rod W6ROD IARU IS USA Observer 102 Stauning Ivan OZ7IS EDR Denmark Delegate 103 Streif Stefan L. HB9TTQ USKA Switzerland Delegate 104 Stuyvenberg Ildiko Hungary Partner 105 Sumner David K1ZZ IARU IS USA Observer 106 Tabakovski Oliver Z32TO IARU R1 WG Macedonia IARU R1 WG/Com 107 Thiemann Andreas HB9JOE IARU R1 EC Switzerland IARU R1 EC 108 Thiemann Yvonne Switzerland Partner 109 Thomas Colin James G3PSM IARU R1 WG GB IARU R1 WG/Com 110 Thomas Gwendalyn GB Partner 111 Toresen Kjetil LA8KV NRRL Norway Delegate 112 Trujillo Diego EA7MK URE Spain Delegate 113 Van den Berg Abraham PB0AOK VERON Netherlands Delegate 114 Verholt Christian OZ8CY IARU R1 WG Denmark IARU R1 WG/Com 115 Vermaire Coen PA5KM VERON Netherlands Delegate 116 Welens Hans ON6WQ IARU R1 WG Belgium IARU R1 WG/Com 117 Whelan Robert C. G3PJT IARU R1 WG GB IARU R1 WG/Com 118 Whelan Rosemary GB Partner 119 Wysocki Wieslaw SP2DX PZK Poland Delegate 7 120 Yattara Hamadoun Abdoulaye TZ6HY CRAM Mali Delegate 121 Ypma Sjoerd PA0SHY VERON Netherlands Delegate 122 Zwingl Michael OE3MZC OEVSV Austria Delegate Conference Programme Saturday 15th November 2008 14.00 – 18.30 Conference Registration (Main Foyer) 21.00 – 22.00 Main Foyer 19.00 – 20.00 HRS Reception (Tihi Salon) 20.00 – 21.30 Dinner (Restaurant) Sunday 16th November 2008 07.00 – 09.30 Breakfast (Restaurant) 08.00 - 09.30 Conference Registration (Main Foyer) 10.00 – 11.30 Official opening & first Plenary (Congress Hall) 11.30- 12.30 Reception for invited guests (Salon Orlando) 12.45 – 13.45 Lunch (Restaurant) 14.00 – 15.30 Working Group meetings: STARS (Salon Orlando), HST (Salon 5), ARSPEX(Salon 6), EMC WG (Salon 7) 15.30 – 16.00 Tea (Piano Bar) 16.00 – 17.30 Working Group meetings: ARDF (Salon 5), EUROCOM (Salon 6), IARUMS (Salon 7), STARS (to 17.00 only – Salon Orlando) 17.00 – 18.00 C2 meeting – Credentials (Salon Orlando) 18.00 – 18.45 Cash bar (Piano Bar ) 18.45 – 20.15 Dinner (Restaurant) 20.30 – 22.15 Workshop - Operating Standards (Congress Hall) Monday 17th November 2008 07.00 – 08.30 Breakfast (Restaurant) 08.30 – 09.00 Second Plenary (Congress Hall) 09.15 – 12.30 Committee C4 (Congress Hall) / tea/coffee at 10.45 (Piano Bar) 09.15 – 12.30 Committee C5 (Salon Orlando) / tea/coffee at 10.45 (Piano Bar) 12.45 – 13.45 Lunch (Restaurant) 14.00 – 18.00 Committee C3 (Congress Hall) / tea/coffee at 15.30 (Piano Bar) 14.00 – 18.00 Committee C5 (Salon Orlando) / tea/coffee at 15.30 (Piano Bar) 18.00 – 19.30 Committee C2 – Finance (Salon Orlando) 18.45 – 19.30 Cash bar (Piano Bar) 19.30 – 20.45 Dinner (Restaurant) 21.00 – 22.15 Workshop - Foresight (Congress Hall) Tuesday 18th November 2008 07.00 – 08.30 Breakfast (Restaurant) 08.30 – 12.30 Committee C3 (Congress Hall) / Tea/coffee at 10.30 (Piano Bar) 08.30 – 12.30 Committee C5 (Salon Orlando) / Tea/coffee at 10.30 (Piano Bar) 8 12.45 – 13.45 Lunch (Restaurant) 14.00 – 18.00 Committee C3 (Congress Hall) / Tea/coffee at 15.45 (Piano Bar) 14.00 – 18.00 Committee C5 (Salon Orlando) / Tea/coffee at 15.45 (Piano Bar) 18.30 – 19.30 IARU Reception (Tihi Salon) 19.45 – 21.15 Dinner (Restaurant) 21.30 - Committee C2 (if needed) (Salon Orlando) 21.30 – 22.30 Workshops Wednesday 19th November 2008 07.00 – 08.30 Breakfast (Restaurant) 08.30 – 12.30 Possible C2 meeting - depending on progress (Salon Sipun) 08.30 – 12.30 Committee C4 (Congress Hall) / Tea/coffee 10.30 (Piano Bar) 08.30 – 12.30 Committee C5 (Salon Orlando) / Tea/coffee 10.30 (Piano Bar) 12.45 – 13.45 Lunch (Restaurant) 14.00 – 16.45 Committee C3 (Congress Hall) / Tea/coffee 15.15 (Piano Bar) 14.00 – 16.45 Committee C5 (Salon Orlando) / Tea/coffee 15.15 (Piano Bar) 17.00 – 17.30 Special Plenary – address from ERO (Congress Hall) 17.30 – 18.00 Committee C3 Special Plenary – venue of next Conference (Congress Hall) 19.00 – 19.45 Cash bar (Piano Bar) 19.45 – 21.25 Dinner (Restaurant) 21.30 – 22.30 Workshops Thursday 20th November 2008 07.00 – 08.30 Breakfast (Restaurant) 08.30 – 13.00 Final Plenary (Congress Hall) / Tea/coffee 10.30 (Piano Bar) 13.15 – 14.15 Lunch (Restaurant) 15.15 Tea/Coffee (Piano Bar) 18.00 – 19.00 Cash bar (Piano Bar) 19.00 Gala Dinner (Congress Hall) - for those who have selected this option Friday 21st November 2008 07.00 – 08.30 Breakfast (Restaurant) 09.00 Day trip with lunch - for those who have selected this option 19.00 Cash bar (Piano Bar) 19.45 Dinner (Restaurant) - for those who have selected this option Saturday 22nd November 2008 07.00 – 10.00 Breakfast (Restaurant) - not included in Conference meal package / to be paid separately End of Programme. Meetings C1 Administration C2 Finance C3 Coordination C4 HF Matters C5 VHF Matters Working Groups ARSPEX Amateur Radio Space exploration STARS Support to Amateur Radio Service RRWG Radio Regulatory Working Group EMC Electro Magnetic Compatibility IPHA Information Programme for Handicapped HST High Speed Telegraphy 9 ARDF Amateur Radio Direction Finding EUROCOM Amateur Radio and European Community ERC External Relations EMERGENCY COMMS Emergency Communications IARUMS IARU Monitoring Systems ARISS Amateur Radio Int. Space Station Workshops Foresight Future of Amateur Radio Operating Standards Standards, Ethics and Developments Notes Taken in Meetings 16.11.2008 STARS Meeting (Afternoon) It is recommended that all countries report to the relative regional coordinator with all happenings yearly IARUMS Meeting Coordinator; Wolfgang Hadel DK20M This is an important programm for Radio Amateur as it is the Guardian for the Amateur Bands against Intruders. In Germany referred to as the “Band watch Programme” Several intrusions in our bands were reported throughout the year and after necessary action most of them cleared out. From end of March Next year, this sub committee will be very busy with the new Primary allocation of the 7.100 – 7.200MHz band. Already noticed several commercial stations and some in particular will be closely monitored to make sure they cease transmission in this portion. In Present notice is the Commercial Station “Sound of Hope” from Taiwan which is presently transmitting on 14.005MHz During this meeting MARL officially joined this group and 9H1M has been appointed as the Liaison officer for Malta. 16.11.2008 Workshop; Operating Standards (Evening) Reference was made to the book issued by ON4UN and ON4WW. “Operating Practices and Ethics Booklet” This book describes the code of ethics that should be observed in Radio Amateur Communications. In particular it is very informative and helpful especially to new comers. It was also discussed (and later also passed and voted in Favour) that its material be used in the RAE. Since most countries are making a translation in their own language, I committed myself to do the same and make a translation in the Maltese Language. All translations are collected by the author and will be published. IARU will decide weather to issue a publication of this book through RSGB since the latter said that they can do an issue that costs less than Euro 5.00 in full colour. 10