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Text edition: Weekly news from the WIA:
MP3 edition of news available at:
http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2019-12-22.mp3
Text edition:
December 22 2019 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA
(Note.. please remove spaces in email addresses before using)
DECEMBER 22 2019 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA
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THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK
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NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING DECEMBER 22 2019
IN OUR 24th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS
WIA PRESIDENT RECAPS ON WRC-19. -
WIA SECRETARY WITH BOARD COMMENT. -
WIA AWARDS MANAGER WRAPS UP THE YEARS ACHIEVMENTS. -
ALARA MEMBERS READ NEWS THIS WEEK, (VK7QP, VK5YL, VK7GH and VK5LOL).
THIS & MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA
LOCAL
REAST Grant Success
REAST in VK7 has been successful in getting a Tasmanian Community
Fund grant to install new heat pumps in the Queenâ€s Domain clubrooms.
This will make the heating and cooling of the clubrooms much more
energy efficient and make the clubrooms more comfortable in summer
and winter.
(vk7wi news)
WIA
Are you coming to the WIA Radio and Electronics convention here in
Tasmania in May?
Why not choose sea over sky and sail from Melbourne to Devonport?
Apart from organising a special discounted rate with the Spirit of
Tasmania permission by the Maritime Operations group and the
Vessel Masters to operate 6m, 2m and 70cm handhelds aboard the ship
has been granted.
There are some conditions of operation that need to adhered to and
you can read these on our web site, wia.org.au
The ACMA has asked, and the WIA has agreed, to put in place a
mechanism for seeking credible feedback from all amateur users
in Australia. WIA Vice President Aidan Montford says " As a result
of this agreement the WIA is pleased to announce the "Future of
Amateur Radio" programme.
Registration in the Future of Amateur Radio programme is free, and
can be accessed by following the link on the WIA website, or,
following the link in the text version of this article.
The link to register for this is
http://ems.gs/3CMJ0cdbIga
(Aidan vk4apm - wia broadcast)
This is Peter VK8ZZ
It's great to have ALARA involved in this broadcast today.
The Wireless Institute of Australia, as Australiaâ€s peak body
for Amateur Radio, was invited by the Australian Government to
attend the World Radio Conference WRC-19. Dale VK1DSH and
Peter VK2EMR attended the event representing the WIA.
Dale and Peter have published a report which is available on the
WIA web site. I encourage listeners to have a read as it is a
most informative. A link is provided in the text version of this
broadcast 1.
The expense of having representatives go to WRC-19 have been
significant. The WIA is very pleased with the donations that have
been received from state organisations, local radio clubs as well
as from individual amateurs. We thank you very much for those
donations.
Donations towards WRC-19 can still be made by contacting the
national office 2.
The election for a number of positions on the Board of Directors
of the WIA will be held in February. Nominations for positions
are now open and I encourage members to nominate. As John VK4JJW
said 2 weeks back it would be great to have more nominees than
positions, he also stated that it would be great to have some
female board members. So, get active and support the institute by
nominating for a position on the Board of Directors. Nominations
close on 31 January 2020, thatâ€s only 5 weeks away. Perhaps some of
the ALARA members we have heard in this broadcast might consider
nominating.
Registrations for the Future of Amateur Radio POLL continue to be
received. Registrations from non wia members has now reached over
550 as at the time of recording this broadcast.
All members of the WIA, numbered at well over 3000, are automatically
enrolled in the poll.
The actual POLL should be open to registered participants commencing
next month.
The first poll will be about Amateur Radio Callsigns, and more
specifically about the use of the 4-letter suffix being used by
Foundation Licensees. There will be a number of options presented
in the poll but it will be up to you as licenced amateurs to select
the best option for the amateur radio service.
The URL for registration for the future of amateur radio poll is
POLL.WIA.ORG.AU 3
Well Christmas is upon us and most of us will be enjoying all things
that the festive season brings at this time of the year. I am sure
that we have already shouted ourselves some new toys for the shack.
On behalf of the Board of the WIA, I would like to wish you all a
very Merry Christmas and of course the good news is that as we leave
2019 and enter 2020 the current Sunspot Cycle 24 is scheduled to draw
to a close. It is about 11 years since the previous sunspot minima.
As the number of spot-free days continues to increase we will start
seeing the new sunspots of Cycle 25. Sunspot maximum is likely to
occur in 2024 or 2025, with some forecasts holding out some hope that
a sunspot maximum may equal that of Cycle 24. So, get those antennas
in the air and start talking. The US National Weather 4 Service has
more information on this subject, see the link in the text version
So thanks again to ALARA for this broadcast.
This has been WIA Director Peter VK8ZZ
LINKS
1. www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2019/20191202-1/index.php
2. nationaloffice @ wia.org.au
3. poll.wia.org.au
4. www.weather.gov/news/190504-sun-activity-in-solar-cycle
This is Greg VK2GPK PRESIDENT of the WIA
The WIA continues its long-term commitment to international
representation of the Australian Radio Amateur Service with its
attendance at the most significant RF Spectrum allocation global event
where the loss of Radio Amateur spectrum is ALWAYS on the agenda.
The World Radio Conference WRC-19 – held every 3 to 4 years
concluded its month long, biggest ever conference in Egypt
at the end of November. With 3,300 delegates, this is a major event
that required years of preparatory work. The WIA nominated two
representatives to represent the WIA and the Australian Amateur
radio service – the WIA attends these meetings as part of the
Australian delegation at the invitation of DOCA – the Department of
Communications and Arts. The WIA international representatives were
Dale Hughes VK1DSH & Peter Pokorny VK2EMR.
( Note that and following our Prime Ministerâ€s recent announcement –
DOCA has ceased to exist as department and is now subsumed into a
mega-department combining it with completely unrelated departments
for increased efficiency – however, nowhere in my experience of
organisational behaviour do larger departments result in increased
effectiveness - sigh!).
As an aside, it seems many delegates in the Australian delegation
(and others) endured not just long meetings and protracted high-level
negotiations but also succumbed to a compulsory weight loss program
(via some local bugs) that had them – at least for a few days -
making sure they were never too far from the restrooms ...
WRC Highlights for amateur radio include:-
AI-1.1: 50 MHz for Region-1 has been a remarkably successful
result considering the diverse position and challenges
faced over the years in preparatory studies. Given the
range of proposals made by many countries, reaching
consensus of the issue was challenging and it took
10 meetings of Sub-Working Group 4C1 (chaired by Dale VK1DSH)
to deal with the issue, along with several meetings of
higher-level groups. The WIA congratulates Dale for his
super-star performance on this matter!
AI-1.7: Small Satellites which are increasingly commercial have
been granted access to the space operations bands at
137/149MHz away from amateur allocations
AI-1.13: High frequency 5G Mobile An early success for
amateurs was removal of the 47 – 47.2 GHz frequency band
from the list of frequency bands under consideration
for allocation to International Mobile Telecommunications
(IMT) applications. Hence this result will not change
our status in 47 GHz and has masks that should protect
amateur and critical passive services at 24GHz and
just below
AI-1.15: 275-450 GHz – access preserved (via footnote 5.565)
AI-1.16: 5 GHz Wi-Fi will see most expansion below amateur radio
in the 5150-5250 MHz band, reducing its impact on our
5725-5850 MHz range
AI-8: Footnotes an upgrade saw Brazil and few other
South American countries achieve Primary status
in 430MHz for the amateur service on a national basis.
Iran withdrew its name from the 136 kHz restrictions
AI-9.1.6: Wireless Power No Change to the radio regulations,
but a welcome guidance note in the minutes to guide
further studies
AI-10 Future Agenda: Better scoping of the WRC-23 study item
that will review the 23cm band 1240-1300 MHz
(Galileo receiver protection etc.), as well as
mitigation or deferral of some other items of
concern. Amateur radio currently has secondary
access to this band and the proposal, if
successful, would see the loss of any access to
this band due to interference concerns with the
navigational system Galileo.
Implementation: The ITU website has released the provisional acts as
a huge 567-page PDF document a tribute to the hardworking editorial
and translation teams at the conference. These provisional acts are
due to come into force on 1 January 2021, so no early changes are
currently expected in practice
The call to action:
As the amateur and amateur-satellite service is recognised under
the ITU (A United Nations agency) Radio Regulations (see RR Nos. 1.56,
1.57 and Article No. 25) there is a need to attend WRCs to advance
the needs of the amateur service, either by striving for new bands or
to protect existing bands.
Such work is undertaken by amateurs who are part of national
delegations (like Peter and Dale) or as representatives of the IARU,
however as each WRC is a meeting of sovereign states, the IARU has
observer status and cannot usually take a direct part in negotiations.
However, amateurs who are part of national delegations and are
designated co-ordinators or negotiators can take an active part in
the meeting discussions, so their attendance at a WRC is critical to
success. The importance of the IARU is that it provides a focus for
amateur views and helps ensure that amateurs speak with a united
voice which is essential for any success; also, the meeting chair may
invite the IARU to provide information or views as appropriate.
Without international representation, we can expect regulators
globally and locally to succumb to the ever increasing commercial
pressure to release more of the amateur spectrum. The Radio Amateur
service has been losing spectrum to commercial pressures since 1922.
Any WRC that results in NO loss of amateur spectrum is a good result!
Whilst some losses are inevitable, especially in the GHz bands,
maintaining a presence at these forums is the only way to minimise
these losses.
The WIA continues to receive donations towards our international
representation from both members and affiliated clubs, which are
very much appreciated. Attending the WRC every 3 -4 years is seen as
essential non-discretionary expenditure for WIA, even though the WRC
expenses (and preparatory meetings) will contribute in no small way
to us running a deficit this financial year. These donations help in
offsetting the non-trivial costs incurred by the WIA every 4 years.
The WIA board sincerely thanks donors for their contributions (and
for future contributions) to the Australian radio amateur service
international representation.
The most recent AR magazine (issue 6 2019) in my article (Board
Comment) has bank account details for donations to the WIA Foundation
or contact nationaloffice @ wia.org.au
With the end of the year approaching at almost light speed; I wish
everyone all the best for the Christmas holiday period and a happy
New Year. If you haven't already, I suggest you might ask Santa for a
present of a new year with increased sun spot activity ... but being
in the midst of a severe drought I would be more than happy with just
some decent rain!
Next year will be a significant one for the WIA – it will celebrate
the legacy of 110 years actively supporting the Australian Radio
Amateur Service. And don't forget May 8 -10, 2020 to be in Hobart
for the WIA Radio and Electronics convention all welcome to attend
Until next time...
This is Greg VK2GPK, on behalf of the WIA board.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, SARL, Southgate AR Club,
ARRL, RAC, NZART AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE & the World Wide sources of
the WIA.
NEW ZEALAND
AMATEURS AID IN RESCUE IN REMOTE PARK
Just days before the volcanic tragedy, a team effort to rescue an
injured man in a remote New Zealand park included radio amateurs
took place.
The radio amateurs in New Zealand were praised for their help in the
rescue of a man who became injured on remote conservation land in
Canterbury. The injured man was one of two who had been in the
park when Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand received a report
of a personal locator beacon activation there near Benmore Hut.
Detective Mark Buckley told the website stuff.co.nz that although a
helicopter was sent to the scene, strong winds kept it away. It was
not until 1:25 a.m. on Saturday that Volunteer Land Search and Rescue,
or LANDSar teams accompanied by police found the two men.
They provided medical aid to one of the men whose right leg had
suffered lacerations and who was unable to walk.
Detective Buckley credited the coordinated efforts of an Amateur
Radio Emergency Communications team as well as volunteers from the
Christchurch, Oxford and Ellesmere LandSAR teams.
INDIA
PHYSICS STUDENTS GET HAM RADIO OVERVIEW
Students of applied physics got a ham radio experience they won't
soon forget.
Although the 50 physics students from throughout the Indian state of
Gujarat had come to RK University in Rajkot for a five-day intensive
programme on Applied Physics, two days into the agenda they took a
detour into amateur radio.
A four-hour presentation by VU 2 EXP gave them an overview of
homebrew antennas, different modes of amateur radio, licencing
procedure, ham radio events and practical uses for amateur radio.
The students' curiosity really piqued however when VU2EXP took them
to the terrace of the building and gave a demonstration of live
satellite communications.
Well-schooled in physics, the students were still surprised to hear
about the power of ham radio - learning that even astronauts on the
International Space Station can get on the air and that hams can make
it to the moon, at least with their radio, using EME.
AFRICA
At WRC-19 in Egypt, the African Telecommunications Union requested
assistance from the IARU to provide a speaker for the African
Telecoms/ICT Day 2019 Commemorative Workshop in Mozambique from
5 to 7 December
The theme of the workshop was "Using Technology to Save Lives:
Emergency Communications for Disaster Risk Reductions and Management."
Brian, ZS6YZ and Leon, ZS6LMG gave two presentations at the Workshop.
The first presentation discussed what amateur radio is, and the role
and value of amateur radio in an emergency where all other
communications systems have failed. This presentation was so well
received, that the Mozambique Regulator overnight initiated contact
with the non-functioning Mozambique Amateur Radio League. They will
now assist LREM in becoming an active organisation again, to be in
a position to assist the Republic of Mozambique with emergency
communications.
SWEDEN
RF pollution from solar panel installations
The Swedish Electrical Safety Agency and the Swedish Energy Agency
are investigating radio interference from installations with
solar panels
Sweden's national amateur radio society SSA reports: " Solar panels
are becoming more and more common. An increasing problem is that
interference can be created to radio reception. "
The newsletter (LÄNK) from the Swedish Electricity Safety Agency
states that they are looking more closely at the inverters and
optimizers found in solar panel installations. They are doing this
together with the Swedish Energy Agency in a project that is ongoing
until March 2020.
VINTAGE TRANSMITTER HAS TIMELESS HOLIDAY MESSAGE
This for listeners December 24th.
It's a well-established Christmas Eve morning tradition:
The old Alexanderson 200 kw transmitter will be going on the air
with a Christmas message transmitted in CW on the VLF frequency
of 17.2 kHz.
Local visitors in Sweden will, of course be on hand to see the
message being sent as they enjoy coffee and refreshments. Hams and
others around the world are invited to listen too - by way of radio.
QSL reports are encouraged via the SM Bureau or through a reception
form available online at alexander.n.se/receptionreport
Amateur Radio Station SK 6 SAQ will also be on the air to mark the
occasion on 20, 40 and 80 metres.
The Alexanderson transmitter will be tuned up at about 0730 UTC
and the message is expected to begin around 0800 UTC.
Details are available at alexander.n.se
UNITED KINGDOM
5 watt railway level crossing radars at 24 GHz
Ofcom has published proposals for new regulations regarding the use
of certain short range wireless devices, including 5 watt Railway
Level Crossing Radar Sensor Systems in 24.100-24.350 GHz band
They are also consulting on revoking an existing licence exemption for
railway level-crossing radar sensor systems. These systems are used by
Network Rail to monitor railway intersections and detect obstacles
that may cause damage to moving trains. Ofcom are proposing to
introduce a national licence for these systems, which will allow them
to be used in more locations across the rail network.
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HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT
All major Australian contests, rules and results, are on the
Contest Section of the WIA website.
wia.org.au/members/contests/about
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Ross Hull Memorial VHF/UHF Contest takes place ALL of January 2010
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VHF - UHF SUMMER FIELD DAY - Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 January.
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WIA John Moyle Field Day 2020
Weekend of 21-22 March from UTC 0100 on the Saturday to 0059 Sunday 22.
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The provisional date for the next Harry Angel Sprint will be Saturday
May 2nd 2020. 10:00 - 11:46 UTC.
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The VK SHIRES the June long weekend, which is the weekend prior to the
second Monday of June each year.. making it June 6 - 7 in 2020
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TRANS TASMAN LOWBAND CONTEST
Next contest - 17 JUL 2020 - and has the aim of encouraging
Low Band activity between VK and ZL on 160 80 and 40M using
SSB, CW and RTTY OR PSK
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RD or Remembrance Day Contest will be August 15 - 16 next year.
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OCEANA CONTEST
VOICE from 0800 UTC Saturday October 3 to 0800 UTC Sunday October 4
CW from 0800 UTC Saturday October 10 to 0800 UTC Sunday October 11
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THROUGH THE DX WINDOW
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Members of the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society are active as ET3YOTA
during the month of December from the ET3AA club station.
Send QSLs to N 2 OO.
(ARNewsLine)
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Fabian DF 3XY is on the air from the Maldives as 8Q7XY.
You can listen for him through the 23rd of December operating mainly
FT8 and SSB. Send QSLs to his home call, again that's DF3XY
(ARNewsLine)
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Find Gerard F2JD on the air from Honduras from this month through to
the 4th of April. He is using the call sign HR5/F2JD callsign on
160 – 6m on CW, SSB and Digital. QSL manager is F 6 AJA.
(ARNewsLine)
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THAILAND, HS.
Brad, VK2BY will be QRV as HS0ZNR from Nam Yuen till January 8.
Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using SSB and FT8.
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CN 19 JIM is active this weekend, 21 and 22, from Imlil in the
High Atlas mountain range of Morocco.
The callsigns suffix translates to International Mountain Day.
QSL via RW 6 HS.
(rsgb)
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2019 has been a busy year of innovation for the awards committee.
Activities this year have included :-
Introduction of the "Islands of Australia" award;
New Grid Square award certificate created, and award changed to
include endorsements for achievement beyond 100;
Start date for all awards changed to 1/1/1946;
Past winners of DX Leaderboard listed at end of DX Leaderboard table;
Grid Square category added to DX Leaderboard;
Certificate for DXer of the Year award created. Certificates for all
past winners loaded;
You can now opt out of the DX Leader Board using an option in your
profile; DX Leader Board display has changed so that when the
results of a year are requested, and the result for that year has been
declared, only the place-getters (1st, 2nd, 3rd) will be displayed;
Clarified the rules around remote stations by adopting the ARRL rule
- all station elements must be within a 500m circle.
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JUST REPEATING
6M repeater VK 7 RTV has received its licence variation and
can now operate from Dazzler Range, its callsign is VK 7 RDR.
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WIRELESS WEATHER
Solar Minimum is officially 'deep.'
2019 has just broken a Space Age record for days without sunspots.
Moreover, an international panel of scientists led by NOAA and NASA
predicts that Solar Minimum could deepen even further, not reaching
its lowest point until April of 2020.
Recently WIA News was asked "BUT WHAT IS A SUNSPOT?"
Well they are cool planet-sized areas on the Sun where intense
magnetic loops poke through the star's visible surface.
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WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS
ATV (Every pixel tells a story) -
arvideonews.com
hamradiotube.com
youtube.com
qdg.org.au
Possible ARISS SSTV Operation Before Year's End
ARISS reports the possibility of a worldwide commemorative SSTV
operation from the International Space Station on Friday, Dec. 27
or Saturday, Dec. 28 and following days.
The SSTV downlink frequency is145.800 MHz.
(ans)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FEMALES IN RADIO.
VIRGINIA TEACHER NAMED CAROLE PERRY EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
High school students and administrators in Arlington, Virginia are
feeling very proud right now of one teacher in particular.
Virginia high school engineering and technology teacher Melissa Pore
KM 4 CZN, who also serves as an ambassador on the U.S. Education
Committee of ARISS, was named as the recipient by Orlando HamCation,
which started the award in 2018, presenting it to New York-based
educator Carole Perry WB 2 MGP.
Melissa, is a veteran educator, a Technician class radio amateur and
deeply involved with her school's ham radio and engineering clubs.
Her previous work with students included helping grade-schoolers at
St. Thomas More Cathedral School create the first satellite that was
ever built by an elementary school.
(sourced to ARNewsLine)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER
AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org
Calling radio amateurs: help find OPS-SAT!
ESA is challenging anyone with amateur radio equipment to catch the
signals from OPS-SAT, ESA brand new space software laboratory
3U CubeSat OPS-SAT was launched into low-Earth orbit on a Soyuz
rocket from Kourou, in South America, together with ESA Cheops
exoplanet-tracker.
OPS-SAT is transmitting 9600 bps GMSK on 437.200 MHz. The flight
control team has developed open source software which allows anyone
to receive the 437.200 MHz beacon of OPS-SAT and decode it.
https://github.com/esa/gr-opssat/blob/master/docs/os-uhf-specs.pdf
(sourced to SouthGate)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- IOTA
www.iota-world.org
NEW CALEDONIA, FK.
Rudi, DB1RUL is QRV as FK/DB1RUL until December 27 from various IOTAs.
Activity is on the HF bands using mainly FT8. QSL to home call DB1RUL.
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR OLD-TIMERS
http://www.raotc.org.au
"This is Bruce VK3UV, and on behalf of the president and committee
of the Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club, I would like to wish our
listeners and supporters all the best for the Christmas and New year
festive occasions, and I thank you all for your continued support
during 2019.
We trust that as this decade closes, and another is opened, that you
are able to maintain good health, but at this special time we also
would like to think of those who are struggling with health issues,
and hope that you will get well soon.
We look forward to your continued support in 2020, and remind
listeners that there is no RAOTC broadcast in January and that
our next broadcast will be on Monday 3rd February 2020.
73 from the RAOTC"
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO
IARU REGION 3
Emergency Centre of Activity (CoA) frequencies
3.600, 7.110, 14.300, 18.160 and 21.360 MHz
IARU Region 1 3760 7110 14300 18160 21360 kHz
IARU Region 2 3750 3985 7060 7240 7275 14300 18160 21360 kHz
It may have taken some 3 years BUT Tasmania's ESCAD implementation
has been completed.
The implementation of an Emergency Services Computer Aided Dispatch
(ESCAD) system for Ambulance Tasmania milestone see the completion
of the integration of emergency systems across all emergency service
organisations in Tasmania, including Police, Fire Service, Ambulance
and State Emergency Service.
ESCAD enables real-time sharing of incident details, resource
location, hazards and warnings as well as status tracking between
Police, Fire, SES and Ambulance agencies.
The expectation is that this will improve operational response time
and the safety of frontline responders and the community
(sourced to vk7wi news)
Amateur Radio supports Pony Express re-enactment
The Pony Express provided mail service between California, and
Missouri, using relays of horse-mounted riders in the mid 1860's
The route was roughly 3,000 km, through country inhabited mainly by
Indians with a few scattered white settlements in the western
United States.
The Pony Express is re-enacted annually, with riders galloping
day and night to carry the mail across the country. Ham radio
operators provide emergency communication for this event across
the remotest sections of the route, using a variety of base and
repeater stations, handheld and vehicle-supported radios.
(sourced to SouthGate)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- YOTA
(Youngsters On The Air)
A Youth Net meets Saturdays at 0100 UTC on IRLP Reflector #2.
Young Hams Net 3.590 - 7:30pm Victorian time.
http://www.ham-yota.eu/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/youngstersontheair
http://www.arrl.org/youth-nets
YOTA activity from SVARK
Just over 600 QSO were made by SH 9 YOTA over the weekend 6-8 December
from SVARK's club house in Sweden for "Youngster On The Air"
SA 7 GGO Gustav, a member of SVARK, was the organizer of the weekend
with radio and technology activities. The radio club SVARK's
clubhouse with radio equipment and antennas gave young people great
opportunities to be active on different bands.
In addition to SA7GGO, operators during the weekend included
SA6BET Vilhelm and SA5YCL Claudia, an exchange student from Germany
where she operates DC 2 CL. An interesting QSO was a 20 meter
contact with a VE station which ran QRP with 2.5 watts.
During December, young radio amateurs all over the world activate
signals with the suffix -YOTA. Those who end up in the log of enough
YOTA stations can get a diploma through YOTA.
More info at http://www.ham-yota.com/
(SouthGate)
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2020 Social Scene
VK4 - TARC Australia Day Long Week Family Radio Camp Thursday
afternoon 23rd to Monday afternoon 27th January 2020 at
Girl Guides Association of Qld Campsite and Training Centre,
Bluewater. (TARCinc)
VK2 - WYONG FIELD DAY 23rd February 2020 (dd5lp)
VK4 - SEQ Amateur Radio Field Day March 10, 10am at
Landsborough Sports Complex 15 Tunnel Ridge Rd. (vk4an)
VK4 - REDFEST 2020 18th April. St. Michael's College
Old Toorbul Point Rd from 8am (vk4tfn)
VK - WIA Annual Conference, Hobart 8-10 May. (vk7tw)
VK - ALARAMEET 2020 Bendigo October 2 - 5 (vk5yl)
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in the weekly news page on
http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/contribute/
We would appreciate items certainly no longer than 2 minutes in length
as we only have a half hour.
Remember the sooner you submit material the more the likelihood of it
being broadcast in the very next edition of WIA National News.
Each item will only be broadcast once, if you want a couple of
mentions, please submit different slants to keep your event 'fresh'
and always if the news room is to read your item ---
write it in the 3rd person.
A reminder when supplying HamFest info we obviously can't plug
DEALS from commercial traders "on air", but we at the WIA will put
your supporters 'goods' in this text edition "no worries."
We cannot give blatant 'plugs' to raffles. (new Jan 2019)
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Call-backs follow the RF editions, but also for text readers you may
lodge a quick reply to let us know you read it, who knows, you might
even get a "cheerio call".
Thanks to our dedicated band of broadcast volunteers who utilize
their time and equipment in bringing you this weekly broadcast.
Who and where are they?
http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/where/
The purpose of "WIANews" is to rapidly provide news of interest to
WIA affiliated clubs and active amateurs residing in Australia and
the globe.
We strongly encourage membership in the Wireless Institute of
Australia and participation in the activities of local clubs.
Opinions expressed in "WIANews" are those of the writers who submit
material and do not necessarily reflect those of the rebroadcasters,
nor the National WIA, but IF broadcast, are done so in the spirit in
which they were submitted."
Material may be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form,
a credit to WIANews wouldn't go astray...
If you have call-backs to contribute to the National News call back
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Email to vk1wia-news-join @ lists.wia.org.au
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Open mail program which sends mail from the address you want to
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You will be sent a confirmation mail and must follow the instructions
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