South African Amateur Radio Development Trust

P O BOX 90438 GARSFONTEIN 0042 SOUTH AFRICA
EMAIL: saardt@intekom.co.za
Tel: +27 (0)12 991 4662    Fax: +27 (0)12 991 5651

OBJECTIVES OF THE TRUST
To promote the Amateur Radio Service as a national asset contributing to technology education, self-development and as a stepping-stone to a career in Electronics and Communication.
UPDATED 5 December 2008 SARL YOUTH  BURSARIES SDR PROJECTS  LPREDICTOR

 

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BURSARIES

Bursaries are available for learners and students under 25 years of age to become radio amateurs. Details

Get details of the Trust Study Grant

INNOVATIVE SIGNAL GENERATOR WINS THE 2008 CONSTRUCTION COMPETITION

Christo Pelster ZS6AHQ won the 2008 SA Amateur Radio Development Trust Construction Competition with  the design and construction of a  combined Audio/RF Signal Generator capable of generating stable sine wave signals from 1Hz to 30MHz with a 1Hz resolution and a known, constant output level.

Christo was presented with a state of the art dual band ICOM 70cm/2m mobile transceiver by Byron Barnes of Multisource Telecommunications the official representatives of ICOM in South Africa. Christo also received a hardcover 2008 ARRL Handbook.

The unit is available in kit form from Christo. For details email him on pelster@mweb.co.za 

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“Into space with amateur radio” 

Learners under the age of 18 are invited to write an essay on   “Man’s habitation of the moon: can Amateur Radio play a role?”

By writing an essay of between 500 and 1000 words  entrants enter into the draw to take part in the national amateur radio link-up. In addition every entrant will compete for one of many prizes .

AMATEUR RADIO IN SPACE

Currently Amateur Radio plays an active part in the international Space Station outreach programme by linking up learners in schools around the world with the crew of the ISS. In earlier missions Amateur Radio was used when an emergency occurred on the Russian MIR platform and other communication means were temporary unavailable.

LEARN ABOUT SPACE AND AMATEUR RADIO WHILE YOU DO RESEARCH 

The subject requires learners to do a fair amount of internet research. Here are websites that can be of great help

www.sarl.org.za
www.amsatsa.org.za
www.amsat.org
www.nasa.gov  

The essay must be written in English and be between 500 and 1000 words long and the entrants own work. The entry must be submitted in Microsoft Word format and sent by email together the entry forms to youth@sarl.org.za . New closing date 28 February 2009

 

Get more details here on how to win this Acer  Aspire  One Laptop computer

TRUST INTRODUCES A NEW STUDY GRANT SCHEME

The South African Amateur Radio Development Trust has introduced an annual study grant for young licensed Radio Amateurs who wish to enter a University or University of Technology to study electronics and communication. 

The study grant will contribute R10 000 towards the first year of study. The aim of the study grant project is to encourage young radio amateurs to enter a career in communication and electronics.

Click here for the study grant application form


Become a donor to the Study Grant scheme to enable more young radio amateurs to enter University to study electronics and communication. Get more details

BUILD A LIGHTNING PREDICTOR
The Lightning Predictor  will give you a warning of an incoming lightning strike and with a little imagination and Amateur ingenuity you can use it to disconnect things before and during a storm. 

For details of the kit and how to order click here

HONOURED WITH THE NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS RADIO AMATEUR OF THE YEAR AWARDS


Left to right Craig Symington ZS6RH, Graham Hartlett ZS6GJH and John Willescroft ZS6EF

GARTH MILNE TECHNICAL INNOVATION AWARD

The award is made for the support, development and application of Technological Innovation in Amateur in South Africa. The recipient will be a person has promoted the use of technology in amateur radio at club level, nationally, at schools or tertiary education institution.

The award was original know as the Radio Amateur of the Year Award (Technical) and was renamed  with the support of Nokia Siemens Networks in memory of Prof Garth Milne who was  the driving force behind  the  building and launch of SUNSAT, South Africa's first satellite. He also was instrumental in having an amateur radio experimental payload included in SumbandilaSat to be launched later this year.

John Willescroft ZS6EF received the award for his innovation of the SARL - HMO bacon programme  which is currently being rolled out and the 2 m and 40 beacons on BACAR 2008 to be flown later this year.

John discussing the Bacar Beacon

NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS RADIO AMATEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD
 The award is made for the support and development of the Amateur Radio Service in South Africa. The recipient will be a person who has given of his or her expertise and time to the promotion of Amateur Radio in South Africa.

Graham Hartlett ZS6GJH received the award for his dedication to the South African Radio League which he served as president for 5 years, the promotion of Amateur Radio to the youth and the official recognition of the South African Radio League as the National Body for Amateur Radio in South Africa.

Ezekial Nyirenda  of Nokia Siemens presenting the certificate, a 2008 ARRL handbook and R1000 in prize money to Graham Hartlett ZS6GJH. Graham donated the prize money to the SARL to be used to set up a student bursary fund.

NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Annually the South African Amateur Radio Development Trust is recognising a radio amateur or a group of radio amateurs for service to the community. Community service can be assistance to a handicapped radio amateur, communications support during a sporting event or a disaster situation like a road accident or a natural disaster like a flood, veld fires, or an earthquake. 

Craig Symington ZS6RH received the award for his work on a sophisticated repeater system serving the greater Tshwane area. The system uses several remote slave receivers to improve coverage and signal quality. The project involved generating coverage maps and final installation, and testing of the equipment at the various sites.