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VK National News 04Oct20

Text edition: Weekly news from the WIA:

MP3 edition of news available at: 
http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2020-10-04.mp3 


Text edition:
OCTOBER 04 2020 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA

 
(Note.. please remove spaces in email addresses before using)



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 THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK
 THIS LINK IS A VIDEO VERSION OF NEWS COMPILED BY VK5BD BEVAN
 tinyurl.com/WIA-News-Videos

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 NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING OCTOBER 4 2020
 IN OUR 25th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS

 WIA Director Phil VK2CPR looks at our new WIA Members card. -

 WIA Editor-in-Chief of Amateur Radio magazine. Roger Harrison
 VK2ZRH has issue number four ready for us. - 

 WIA ATV Co-Ordinator Peter VK3BFG and band plans.

 
 THIS & MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
 WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA 


 Get Ready for JOTA JOTI 2020

 MAYBE

 Although for the first time in many a year the Scouts/Guides
 did not make contact re this year's Aussie Event according
 to their site

 scouts.com.au/blog/2020/08/19/2020-jota-joti-badge-now-available/

 it is still going ahead right around the world 16-18 October.

 The largest digital Scouting event promotes friendship and
 global citizenship, with an expected 2.5 million
 participants worldwide and all Australian Scouts are invited
 to participate in the 63rd Jamboree on the Air.

 JOTA is where Australian Scouts learn about communications
 technology and connect with fellow Scouts from over 170
 countries. It engages young people in educational activities
 that build teamwork, cross-cultural understanding and skills
 for the future.

 Again JOTA JOTI 2020 takes place from 16th to 18th of
 October.

 BTW

 Coinciding with school holidays across Australia, between
 27th September and Sunday 4th October is a special EchoLink
 JOTA event where members of Scouting with an amateur radio
 licence, are asked to join in to connect with other Scouts
 across the country in a different way. Just joint the
 *SCOUT-VK* server.
 
 echolink.vkjotijota.com/

 (interweb)




 WIA

 Not a WIA Member? details email nationaloffice@wia.org.au
 OR the link on bottom right of wia.org.au
 wia.memnet.com.au/MemberSelfService/NewMemberForm/WIA/NewMemberForm.aspx


 WIA board minutes can be found on wia.org.au click 
 WIA Information.



 Hi, this is Phil VK2CPR.

 The WIA board is excited to announce the Stage 1 initial rollout
 of the new WIA Members card. 

 The membership Card is similar to the original test I
 conducted some months ago to determine the feasibility of
 email as a transmission conduit. Email had too many problems
 so we decided to use Memnet to deploy the cards. The card
 displays your Call sign, (up to 2 may be shown), your
 membership number, expiry date and a list of all the current
 vendors participating in the program.

 If you are renewing your membership or are a new member,
 your Membership card is simply downloaded from the WIA
 website via Memnet by:

 1) Login to Memnet with you Membership number (or call sign)
    and Password
 2) On the ‘MY WIA Page - Select ‘Pay Invoice
 3) Select ‘Receipt Button on the most recent invoice shown
 4) Print out your last receipt
 5) Cut out, fold and laminate your Membership Card ready for
    use.

 The card is linked to a benefits Program.

 The WIA and several vendors have teamed up to provide a
 range of discounts and savings to WIA members when using
 their services or purchasing from them. All you need to do
 is produce you membership card or quote your current
 membership number in most cases.

 Discounts will vary depending upon the retailer;
 Each Vendor has their own discount structure for WIA members
 Some very deep discounts are being offered by the major
 electronics component retailers listed on the card.

 Depending on your purchases and chosen supplier, the
 realised annual savings alone can easily be in the order of
 several times the initial cost of your WIA membership
 subscription. Given the potential real savings and your
 financial investment in your hobby already, can you really
 afford to not be a WIA member?

 Conditions of use, a list of vendors and other information
 relating to the new program will be listed on the WIA
 website shortly, including some more great new membership
 rewards and benefits.

 The WIA Board and the many volunteers who support our
 organisation are continually working on programs and
 initiatives to increase the value of WIA membership for you.
 Whether that be via International representation to the IARU
 ITU, WRC, local representation to the ACMA or AMC or
 providing support and benefits at an operational level at
 the local Radio Club or in the home and ham shack directly
 via our new benefits program.

 They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
 In the digital sphere, pretending to be someone else is
 called ‘spoofing. Spoofing is poorly policed on most social
 media because these platforms are organised like
 "walled gardens", that is, they give the illusion that
 nothing exists in the wider internet outside the wall. This
 is logical as their primary purpose is to keep you within
 the wall for as long as possible.  So, please be aware that
 there are spoof pages purporting to be the WIA and it is
 often difficult to tell them from the real thing. 

 Cheers for now this is Phil VK2CPR





 This is Roger Harrison VK2ZRH Editor-in-Chief of Amateur
 Radio magazine.

 The print run of Issue Number 4 rolled off the press on
 Wednesday last "on time" as scheduled.

 If you subscribe to the print copy of AR magazine, keep an
 eye out for it in your letterbox real soon now.

 For members who take the digital edition, watch your email
 in-box for a notification from the WIA that you can download
 your copy from the website. 

 This issue might start a tradition. 

 Where other magazines for amateurs have their annual antenna
 issue, this edition of Amateur Radio magazine could be
 dubbed our PORTABLE ISSUE.

 Amateurs seeking out the pleasures of portable operation
 have burgeoned over recent years through such activities as
 SOTA and Parks, VHF-UHF hill-topping, microwave activity
 days and so on.

 Playing up to this escalating interest and activity,
 commercial rig manufacturers and you-build-it kit producers
 have spent considerable development time, effort and dollars
 to produce small, low-volume, low-weight, low power
 multi-band, highly-featured rigs, which have been gaining a
 foothold amongst amateurs right across the world.

 The latest exemplar of this is the Icom IC-705.

 As this rig has only recently made its way into the hands of
 early-adopters in Australia, we have no less than THREE
 reviews in this issue, all from different authors, covering
 their impressions from differing aspects. 

 Naturally, the IC-705 features on the front cover. Look out
 for it.

 Even our technical "D I Y" feature, an Arduino-based
 A-P-R-S Tracker, has that portable "bent". 

 So, the Pleasures of Portable Pursuits abound in Issue
 Number 4 of AR magazine.

 There's a line from a play of yesteryear in which the main
 character says, breathlessly: "there's nothing like giving
 yourself over to pleasure"!

 This has been AR magazine Editor-in-Chief Roger Harrison
 VK2ZRH for VK1WIA News.


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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.
 
 TO THE MOON AND BACK

 NASA officials have released a nearly five-year, $28 billion USD plan
 Monday to return astronauts to the surface of the moon before the end
 of 2024, but the agency's administrator said the "aggressive"
 timeline set by the Trump administration hinges on Congress approving
 $3.2 billion in the next few months to kick-start development of
 new human-rated lunar landers.

 (ANS)





 USA

 ARRL seeks changes in FCC proposal to delete 3.4 GHz amateur band

 ARRL met via telephone with FCC staff members this past week to
 emphasize its opposition to the FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
 to delete amateur radio from the 3.3 - 3.5 GHz band.

 In comments filed earlier this year, ARRL urged that the secondary
 status for amateur radio in the band be continued. In a series of
 meetings with Commissioner legal advisors and staff members, ARRL
 explained how continued secondary use by radio amateurs will not
 impair or devalue use of this spectrum by future primary licensees,
 including those intending to provide 5G or other services.

 ARRL also stressed the various public-benefit uses of the spectrum
 by amateurs, including ongoing use of television and mesh networks
 on the west coast of the US as part of efforts to contain wildfires.





 Hams Help Find Kids by Monitoring FRS Radios

 The police department in Post Falls, Idaho, received a 911 call
 that two juveniles "ages 9 and 11" were missing from a Post Falls
 residence. According to the report, the pair had left home intending
 to play in the neighbourhood with some Family Radio Service (FRS)
 radios.

 Several patrol cars were dispatched to the area to conduct a visual
 search, and detective Neil Uhrig, K7NJU, responded as officer in
 charge due to his training and experience with missing persons
 investigations. 

 The Detective pulled out his VHF/UHF handheld and heard the
 Northwest Traffic Net that had begun on the local 2-meter repeater.
 Checking into the net he explained the missing persons situation
 to net control station Shannon Riley, KJ7MUA, and asked if net
 participants in the Post Falls area with FRS capability could listen
 for the youngsters talking.

 Not long after Jim Hager, KJ7OTD, reported hearing children talking
 on FRS Channel 1. Detective Neil Uhrig, K7NJU Uhrig went to Hager's
 home to confirm his observation, and the patrol units were
 redirected to the new search vicinity. A short time later, the
 missing pair was found safe and returned home, again, thanks to
 Ham Radio.





 PILGRIMAGE or SACRELIGE

 The End Of An Era

 This being the planned demolition of a Dayton, Ohio building that
 since 1964, symbolized one of amateur radio's biggest international
 gatherings the area many Aussies paid at least one pilgrimage to during
 their Hamming Years.

 The building? Hara Arena, already deteriorating by the time it was
 left damaged by tornadoes in May of 2019, had been home to Dayton
 Hamvention until 2017 when it was moved to the Greene County
 Fairgrounds in nearby Xenia, Ohio.

 Amateur Radio NewsLine report "The arena property will also be
 rezoned to allow for manufacturing and distribution use once the 
 legendary building has been taken down."

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 HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT    


  --------------

 Portable Operations Challenge

 The final rules for the FMH Portable Operations Challenge are
 now posted on the POC webpage on foxmikehotel.com/challenge/
 N1MM+ users, need to select FMHPOC as the contest and
 VKContest Logger users just POC.

 The organisers wish all other contests taking place this
 weekend success and lots of fun - the bands will be busy
 again and we're hoping propagation plays along.

 We hope many amateurs give this new-style contest a go whether
 from a home QTH station or out portable.

 (SouthGate) 

  --------------

 OCEANA CONTEST

 VOICE from 0600 UTC Saturday October 3 to 0600 UTC Sunday October 4 

 CW from 0600 UTC Saturday October 10 to 0600 UTC Sunday October 11
 OCEANA CONTEST

 The contest is here! Are you ready to make a few contacts,
 the enthusiasm of VK3ML in promotion of the original contest is
 infectious - "My - the ether just reeks of DX" take a large breath
 and sample it! Taste those G's (They go well for breakfast as one
 author once said), those F's, W's, YI's etc.? They are our meat for
 October, so go to it and polish up that gear and start working DX
 just to get the “atmosphere” prior to the big event."

 With hand sent morse and hand written logs they certainly would be
 envious of what even the most basic setup in the 21st century can
 provide.

 Please join in on the following two weekends.

 PHONE: 06:00 UTC Saturday  3rd Oct to 06:00 UTC Sunday  4th Oct 2020
    CW:	06:00 UTC Saturday 10th Oct to 06:00 UTC Sunday 11th Oct 2020

 Full rules on
 oceaniadxcontest.com

 Just exchange signal reports starting at 001 (lie 57001)
 
 There are awards available for all sorts of operation, low power,
 QRP, club awards and this year a plaque for the highest scoring YL
 in Australia.

 After nearly 60 years listening and transmitting I am sure that if
  enough of us get on the air at the same time the ionosphere does
 improve for us " have fun.

 73 from Martin VK7GN

 Again

 VOICE from 0600 UTC Saturday October  3 to 0600 UTC Sunday October  4
    CW from 0600 UTC Saturday October 10 to 0600 UTC Sunday October 11
 

  --------------

 CQ WW DX SSB OCTOBER 24-25

  --------------

 CQ WW DX CW NOVEMBER 28-29

  --------------

 December 6 - 8 160 Meter WW

  --------------

 DECEMBER 14 - 15 10 Mtr World Wide

  --------------

 TED POWELL MEMORIAL DX CHALLENGE

 4 award periods, each of 3 months starting in January of each 
 calendar year and 2 categories in the contest,
 MOST WANTED and TOP 5.

 Top 5 you try and work the 5 most wanted DXCC entity's
 Most Wanted you work the most wanted DXCC entity.
 
 The dx entity's in play are those most wanted DURING those
 3 month windows.

 Complete details can be found at contest.fgarc.org.au/


  --------------


 All major AUSTRALIAN contests, rules and results, are on the
 Contest Section of the WIA website.

 wia.org.au/members/contests/about

 ***********************


 New User guide for ARRL Logbook Of The World.

 This guide for beginner LOTW users has been released by Gary, ZL2IFB
 who pulled together a team of contributors to assisted him on the
 project. 

 The 33 page guide was written with the new user in mind, but contains
 many tips and explanations that veteran users will find useful
 as well.
 
 The guide may be downloaded the link in our text news this week.

 g4ifb.com/LoTW_New_User_Guide.pdf 

 [ANS]


 --------------


 DX WINDOW

  --------------
 OCTOBER
 --------------

 Australian special event

 Fred Swainston VK3DAC/VK4FE, reported in several posts that special
 event callsign VI 75 WW 2 is active until November 11th, 2020 to
 commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.


 --------------

 CHILE

 CB 33 M until October 13 commemorates the 10th anniversary of the
 August 2010 landslide in a mine in the north part of Chile where
 33 miners (hence the call 33 M) were trapped for 3 months until their
 rescue.

 Operations on 80 meters through 70 cm using CW, SSB and digital modes
 FT8/FT4, JS8, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV.

 QSL via the postal address given in the text edition of this your
 WIA National News Service.

 PO BOX 12096, Santiago, Chile.

 (arrl)


 --------------

 BONAIRE

 PJ4 TEN is a special event station active during October 2020 to
 commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 10th of October 2010. 

 On that date the former country of the Netherlands Antilles was
 dissolved and Bonaire became a special municipality of the
 Netherlands.

 As a result, Bonaire became a new DXCC entity on October 10 2010

 (rsgb)


 --------------

 IS THIS SPECIAL? OR WHAT?

 Hannes, OE1SGU is signing OE 1990 SGU between the 1st and the 31st
 of October to celebrate his 30th anniversary in amateur radio.

 QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or via OE1SGU either direct or via the bureau.

 (rsgb)


 --------------


 KOSOVO, Z6.

 Z66DX will be QRV from October 15 to 28, on 160 to 10 meters. Look
 for them using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8.  QSL direct or bureau.

 (Sourced to SouthGate)


 --------------

 HUNGARY

 HA 70 MAV from Budapest until December 1 celebrates the 70th
 anniversary of the Hungarian Railway.

 Activity is on various HF bands. QSL via LoTW.

 (arrl)
 --------------

 DENMARK

 OZ 200 EM is on the air until the end of the year, honouring the
 memory of Hans Christian Orsted, who discovered the principle of
 electromagnetism 200 years ago.

 QSL via OZ1ACB.

 (arrl)

 --------------
 
 HONG KONG

 Special call sign VR 2 HK 9O is QRV until May 31, 2021 to celebrate
 the 90th anniversary of the Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting
 Society. QSL via VR 2 HK.

 --------------


 GERMANY.

 DK 70 DARC is active until the end of December to celebrate the
 70th anniversary of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club.
 QSL via the bureau.

 (ARRL)


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 WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS


 ATV (Every pixel tells a story) -
 tinyurl.com/WIA-News-Videos
 qdg.org.au 

 tinyurl.com/WIA-News-Videos
 THAT LINK IS A VIDEO VERSION OF THIS NEWS COMPILED BY VK5BD
 BEVAN


 Hot Spot Problem

 The Wireless Institute of Australia has for many years published
 Band Plans for all frequencies. These are agreed arrangements
 for various activities and by and large all amateur operators
 have gone along with this.

 In some cases the Band Plans reflect International agreements.

 With more here from Melbourne is Peter Coussins 

 "Recently I have come across lists of amateurs running
 Hotspots for digital internet access.

 A number of these Hotspots in Melbourne and Sydney are
 within the limits of 442 – 449 MHz ATV allocation. This
 allocation is mainly used for ATV Repeaters and the
 Hotspots have the potential to create interference.

 Even given that they may not be a problem at the moment
 proliferation of these within these frequency limits is
 undesirable.

 The WIA Band Pan has specific Hotspot frequencies of
 438.925 and 438.9125 for D Star and possibly needs updating
 to accommodate new systems.

 Whatever is the case, they should not be located between
 442 and 449 MHz, especially in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane
 and Port Pirie where there are active ATV Repeaters using
 this allocation for the down link.

 This is Peter VK3BFG WIA ATV Co-Ordinator





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER
 AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org

 Astronauts on the International Space Station carried out an
 "avoidance manoeuvre" back on September 22 to ensure they would
 not be hit by a piece of debris, said NASA, urging better management
 of objects in Earth's orbit.

 Russian and US flight controllers worked together during a two-and
 a-half-minute operation to adjust the station's orbit and move
 further away, avoiding collision.

 (ANS thanks Space Daily for the above information)





 CAMSAT HF amateur radio satellite launches delayed

 The ARRL reports the CAS-7A launch has been postponed until next May,
 and CAS-5A until next June. Both these satellites will carry
 HF transponders

 The ARRL news story says:
 “Because of COVID-19, many things have been delayed,” CAMSATs
 Alan Kung, BA 1 DU, told ARRL. He said an announcement would be made
 closer to the announced launches` which already have been postponed
 multiple times since first announced.

 CAS-7A will be placed into a sun-synchronous orbit with an
 inclination of 98° at 500 kilometres above Earth. The transponders
 will have a bandwidth of 30 kHz. According to the IARU amateur
 satellite frequency coordination page, the HF/HF linear transponder
 will uplink on 15 meters, and downlink on 10 meters.

 A CW beacon will transmit on 29.425 MHz


 
 27 YEARS STILL FLOATING IN SPACE

 AO-27 was the first FM “bent pipe” satellite and proved to be easy
 to work, with a strong downlink and sensitive receiver.  The amateur
 FM repeater has served many Hams worldwide and was one of the first
 "Easy Sat".  AO-27 was later used for the first successful D-Star
 mode satellite QSO.

 The 800 km orbit provides continent-spanning coverage with at least
 one station known to have worked 49 US states solely via AO-27!

 And there we were last weekend, the 27th of September, 2020,
 celebrating the 27th birthday of AO-27!
 
 (SouthGate)






 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR OLD-TIMERS
 raotc.org.au  

 Hallo everyone.   This is Clive VK6CSW reminding you that the Radio
 Amateurs Old Timers Club of Australia's October bulletin goes to air
 tomorrow.

 This month as well as the latest Club News, we have a couple of
 interesting items for you, namely:

 An article entitled 2 Sparks, originally published in the first issue
 of Old Timer News, and

 The future of ham radio, Part 1

 Everyone is most welcome to tune in tomorrow and to join in the
 call backs afterwards.

 Eastern states listeners are reminded that there are now two 
 20 metre transmissions tomorrow. The first is at 00 hours UTC
 from Katherine in the Northern Territory beamed south-east, and the
 second an hour later at 0100 hours UTC beamed north from Melbourne.
 Both transmissions are on 14.150 MHz

 At 10 am Victorian time there is a new 80 metre transmission on
 3650 kHz, transmitted simultaneously with the 160, 40 and 2 metre
 transmissions. Also note that the evening 80 metre and 2 metre
 transmissions have been brought forward to 8.00 pm

 A full list of transmission times and frequencies throughout
 Australia,, including those via DMR, D-STAR and Echo-link can be
 found on the RAOTC website raotc.org.au  I urge all listeners to
 visit the RAOTC website to check the latest information for your
 area. Be aware that Victoria is now on daylight saving time so those
 in other states who listen via D-STAR, DMR or EchoLink will need to
 adjust their local times accordingly.

 Don't forget too that you can download the current audio file from
 the RAOTC website at any time as from today.

 Once again, please check the RAOTC website for your local
 transmission schedule, tune in tomorrow or download the file
 for the October bulletin, and we look forward to hearing your call
 sign in the call backs afterwards.

 Stay safe and 73 from Clive VK6CSW.





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO SCOUTING
 scouts.com.au
 scout.org/jota
 international.scouts.com.au  
 jotajoti.info/
 Brett Nicholas  VK2BNN Scouts Australia National co-ordinator for JOTA.
 Lorraine O'Hare VK2FICQ is Girl Guides Australia National JOTA-JOTI 
 Co-ordinator.


    
 CALLING FREQUENCIES 
 Please QSY off the calling frequency after establishing communication.

 Australian voice calling frequencies:
 3.650, 7.090, 14.190, 21.190, 28.590, 52.160

 World CW calling frequencies: 
 3.570, 7.030, 14.060, 18.080, 21.140, 24.910, 28.180, 50.160

 World voice calling frequencies: 
 3.690 & 3.940 MHz, 7.090 & 7.190, 14.290, 18.140, 21.360,
 24.960, 28.390, 50.160


 Calling frequencies for Slow Scan TV (SSTV):
 3.630, 7.033, 14.227

 Calling Frequencies for PSK31
 14.070 





 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- SOFTWARE DEVELOPEMENT

 New WSJT candidate release features FST4

 Candidate releases are intended for beta testers,
 WSJT-X 2.3.0-rc1 which offers the new modes FST4 and FST4W
 designed for use on the LF and MF bands

 FST4 is  for 2-way QSOs, and FST4W is for WSPR-like transmissions.  

 Both modes offer a range of options for Transmit/Receive sequences
 lengths and threshold decoding sensitivities extending well into the
 -40 dB  range.  Early tests have  shown these modes frequently
 spanning intercontinental distances on the 2200 m and 630 m bands.  

 (SouthGate)




 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- YOTA
 (Youngsters On The Air)
 youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA
 twitter.com/hamyota

 The IARU Region 2 (R2) Executive Committee have announced that
 Sterling Mann, N 0 SSC has agreed to be the regions Liaison for
 Youth.

 IARU R2 will provide support and assistance to the Liaison in
 reaching out to young hams throughout the Americas and their member
 societies. The goal is to develop and promote interest in amateur
 radio on the part of young hams through self-sustaining groups and
 activities.

 Mr. Mann can be contacted on youth@iaru-r2.org 


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 2020 Social Scene


 KEEP ONE WAVELENGTH AWAY AT 144 Megacycles
 #2MetersMatters




 Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events'
 direct for up-to-date status information.

 2020 
 
 VK7 - Miena QSO Muster Saturday October 24th                  (vk7tw)
 VK4 - Sunfest 10am Nambour Showground Oct 24              (m roberts) 
 
 VK4 - Rockhampton Amateur Radio Annual Dinner Sat Nov 28     (vk4acc)

 VK4 - TARC Xmas Party - Sun 13th December from 2pm             (tarc)

 VK4 - TARC Xmas Lights Tour - Fri 18th December from 7pm       (tarc)



 2021

 VK4 - TARC Australia Day Long Week Family Radio Camp
       Thursday afternoon 21st to Tuesday afternoon 26th January
       at Girl Guides Association of Queensland Campsite
       and Training Centre Bluewater.                          (vk4zz)

 VK2 - WYONG FIELD DAY (tentative) February 28                ( vk4zz)

 VK  - ALARAMEET 2021 Bendigo VK3 October 1 - 4               (vk5yl)

 VK7 - VK7 biennial HamFest Miena Community Hall              (vk7tw)
 

 SOCIAL DISTANCING
 
 KEEP ONE WAVELENGTH AWAY AT 144 Megacycles



 FINAL FINAL   

 Reception Reports

 WIA News rebroadcasters often give Short Wave Listeners a
 welcome to the broadcast as they commence call-backs
 straight after the Local News. Local news follows the National news
 in all states. It would be great if those SWL's would email their
 reception reports and location to callbacks @ wia.org.au


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Submitting news items

If you would like to submit news items for possible inclusion in the
VK1WIA broadcasts, please email your item in text to

	nationalnews @ wia.org.au 

and don't JUST send url's links or posters,
but take the time to pen YOUR contribution.

To submit audio email nationalnews @ wia.org.au and ask for the current
password then read "how to submit items" in the weekly news page on
wia.org.au/members/broadcast/contribute/

We would appreciate items certainly no longer than 1.5 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. (First if YOU are reading your own item)


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'he 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 would like to see the call-backs reported each broadcast,
OR have call-backs to contribute to the National News call back
tally then please send through your call-backs to
	
	callbacks @ wia.org.au


How do I join this National News List?
(subscribe for an automatic weekly feed.)

	Email to vk1wia-news-join @ lists.wia.org.au

from the email account that you wish the emails to go to.


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Open mail program which sends mail from the address you want to
unsubscribe from. Send unsubscribe to the list

	unsubscribe address vk1wia-news-leave @ lists.wia.org.au

You will be sent a confirmation mail and must follow the instructions
given in that mail to complete the unsubscription.

Once your unsubscription has been processed, you will probably
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