----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK Oh... and to contact us with your news because If It Matters To You It Matters To Us! email nationalnews@wia.org.au Please.. write your story as you would expect to hear it being read back do NOT send us links and url's!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIANEWS for week commencing June 28 2009 WIANews calls on WIA contest managers to supply information for you - MAJOR RADIO CONFERENCE PUT BACK TO FOLLOWING YEAR - Night of Nights X! - ARISS REACHES 443 SCHOOL CONTACTS - VK7FWAY asked to relocate QTH to VK4 - UK Government overlooks RAYNET in emergency plans - RAEME BULIMBA MEMORIAL - mystery of the missing sunspots - All up and coming in this edition of WIANEWS for week commencing June 28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First Ten Thousand Miles Award A North American meteor scatter group "Super 7" has introduced a "Ten Thousand Miles" award for completing FSK441 contacts over 1000 miles for a total of Ten Thousand Miles after 1 May 2009. There are awards for single band and muli-band with 6 meters being the easiest and 2 meters more difficult. Full details of the award requirements can be found on the WSJTGroup's website which can be found at the email and internet editions of this broadcast. www.ykc.com/wa5ufh/Super7/S7Index.htm The first award issued has gone not to North America but to VK with Rex VK7MO completing 10,000 miles on two metres which includes four contacts with ZL3s and ZL4s and five contacts with VK4s. Congratulations to Rex VK7MO. World Radio Conference WRC-11 re-scheduled World Radio Conference WRC-11, originally pencilled in during the latter half of 2011, will now take place in Geneva between 23rd January and 17th February 2012. Bogong High Plains Winter Expedition Several Victorian amateurs are preparing portable gear and cross-country ski kit in readiness for their annual back country trip into the Bogong High Plains. The group will be lead once more by VK3GT, VK3SN and VK3HFI along with several others as they take ultra-light solar powered gear in to the snowy wonderland of the Australian Alps from 6 to 10 August 2009. And VK3SN is going from, well might say the sublime to the ridiculous, you see just prior to hitting the slopes, he'll be heading a DXpedition to the tropical wonderland called Tonga. But more on that 'pedition later in this bully. Listen out for the portable QRP station in the snow calling on bands from 160 through to 20 metres each afternoon and evening. Have a chat and hear about winter conditions on the roof of Australia. In previous years, they have operated from tents, snow caves, igloos and remote mountain huts. Who knows what they'll get up to this year, but the snow looks great and you can share in the fun by catching up on the air. (STEPHEN WARRILLOW) HAMS ACROSS AUSTRALIA. VK1 vk1 local news email broadcast@vk1.wia.ampr.org and ask for subscription. General Meetings have been re-arranged to Wednesday evenings. This is to accommodate their Scouting friends. From July 29th meetings will be held on Wednesdays evenings commencing at 8.00PM. Please let your fellow "Ham's" know so that they don't roll up on Monday July 27th and expect to attend a CRARC General meeting as they will be disappointed! The Tuesday night Technical Night meetings will remain as they are. VK2 web service:- http://www.arnsw.org.au/html/news_vk2wi.htm VKG Roundup http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news Summerland's 50th Anniversary Dinner will be held Saturday evening, 8th August. Planned for the Goonellabah Tavern to start from 1800K onwards. SARCFEST 9th August from 0800K at the Clubrooms, Richmond Hill. Entry $3ea, family $5. Displays, swap, sell, buy. Vendors welcome. Central Coast Amateur Club and Ray VK2HAY inform the Wyong Field Day will be held on the 28TH FEBRUARY at the Wyong Race Course. VK3 web service:- http://www.amateurradio.com.au/news/ VKC Roundup http://www.police Ray Tampion VK3FTAM has told WIA that Midland Amateur Radio Club will hold a Radio, Electronic & Astronomy Expo 2nd April 2010. An Expo showing the public the hobbies of Amateur Radio, Vintage Radio & Astronomy Display tables showing Amateur Radio as a hobby from the beginnings with morse code through valve transceivers to the modern solid state rigs with software control, also includes ATV & a display on home brew items. Astronomy covers Astrophotography, Radio Astronomy & Solar Viewing. The Expo also includes old broadcast valve radios from the 1920s & 30s. The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released for public comment a proposal to increase by two the number of frequencies available for trials of community radio broadcasting and prospectively for long-term community broadcasting services in the city of Bendigo. The full media release can be found at www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311754 VK4 web service local news:- www.wiaq.com/qnews/upload/qnewsbcast.htm local news email qnews-vk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com VKR Roundup http://www.police.qld.gov.au/News+and+Alerts/Media+Releases/ The IEEE Northern Australia Section and MTT/Com Society invite you to attend a technical seminar on Thursday 9th July from 1300 to 1400 hours Townsville Time in Room DD014-001(EL001) ground floor of the Electrical Engineering Building JCU Douglas Campus An Introduction to Electro migration-Aware Physical Design By: Prof. Jens Lienig from TU Dresden Germany The seminar will focus on Electro migration - caused by excessive current density stress in interconnections - with the problem increasingly relevant to the physical design of electronic circuits especially as trend is to shrink circuit size. For further information about this seminar please contact Associate Prof. K Kikkert - Chairman IEEE North Australia - Ph 07-47814219 or Associate Prof. A Zahedi - Power Engineering Group JCU - Ph 07-47816907 VK6 web service http://www.vk6.net/newswest-index.html Television audiences in remote and regional parts of Western Australia can expect a new commercial television service within 12 months, following a decision by the Australian Communications and Media Authority to allocate new commercial television broadcasting licences for those parts of the state with only two existing licensees. The full media release can be found at www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311752 VK7 local area news :- http://reast.asn.au/news.php vk7 local news, email vk7regionalnews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com REAST Education and Training Tuesday the 30th June will be another examination session for the Advanced and Standard licenses at 7:30 pm in the Queens Domain Clubrooms. Please let Reg VK7KK know as soon as possible if you are interested in attending. 0417 391 607 Three attended a foundation training and practical assessment session on Saturday June 20th . The next session will be November. Again if you are in Tassie contact Reg VK7KK on mobile: 0417 391 607 or email: regemm@ozemail.com.au http://reast.asn.au/events.php#FoundationLicenceCourse (Reg, VK7KK, REAST Education Officer and Assessor) DISCUSSION POINT FROM THE TREC PRESIDENT. Here are a few ideas for getting more out of ham radio. You could start collecting stamps which come on QSLs mailed direct from overseas. That is if you work stations overseas. It is also nice to handle a nice crisp American dollar sometimes included with the request for a card. Learning another language is a natural add on for short wave operating. It is mostly the other way around as most contacts wish to learn English. Enhance your knowledge of geography travelling the world from your operating position. Then of course travel and meet some of the good friends you are sure to make. There are organisations through which contacts are found to get accommodation with a ham overseas in exchange for having them stay over with you. There are rigs ready to operate for you and getting a licence to operate in most places you go is not too hard. Nice to collect some new call signs for yourself and adorn your QSL with them. Enhance you spherical geometry knowledge by working the satellites or climb mount Everest by contacts via the moon or moon bounce. From the beginnings of radio there has only been one way and that has been up and I mean in frequency. Our future communications are destined for the gigahertz with satellites using small antennas. 6 metres will be like 160 metres today. So are you on inward looking ham using low frequency bands and only ever talking to the guy down the road. Break out of the rut and work DXCC. What is it? well work 100 different countries. Now count up and see how many you have worked. How long have you held a licence? Rise to the challenge before you disappear. Best DX de John VK4TL - President INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to RSGB, Southgate AR Club, the ARRL, Amateur Radio Newsline, NZART and the WW sources of the WIA. ARISS REACHES 443 SCHOOL CONTACTS A major milestone for the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station or ARISS school project. This as the total number of ARISS contacts between the astronaut hams on board the orbiting outpost and schoolrooms here on Earth has now reached 443. 6 METER NOISE FLOOR DROPS AS DTV REPLACES ANALOG A present to the United States VHF and UHF ham community. This from both the broadcasters and the FCC as many of the nations VHF television stations vacate many of the low VHF channels, go digital and lower the overall noise floor on 6 meters. The big digital television change out began at 00:01 EST on Friday, June 12th. Stations across the nation chose their own time to turn off their analogue transmitters and move their operations to their permanent digital channels. Many of the low-band stations opted to move to the UHF band. A lot of them operated on Channel 2 just above the 6 meter ham band. And when those analogue channel 2 transmitters went QRT, the noise level on 6 meters dropped in many locations. CQ PROP EDITOR CHALLENGES PROP EXPERTS The Propagation Editor CQ magazine is challenging the accuracy of the newest predictions on Solar Cycle 24. In an online commentary posted on the CQ magazine website, Tomas Hood, NW7US, notes that this same group of what he term as so-called "experts" has issued multiple predictions for this cycle already. He notes that so far all of which they now say are wrong and he asks why we should believe they're right this time. Hood points out that, while the Sun itself is millions of years old, scientists have been tracking solar activity for just a few hundred years. He says that in his view it is pretty arrogant to postulate that mankind has any real understanding and handle on what the Sun might do next. The complete text of Hood's commentary is on the CQ website and may be accessed by clicking the "online commentary" link at www.cq-amateur-radio.com on the left hand side of the home page. ALTUS OK. TO THE WORLD Hams in Altus, Oklahoma, are starting a local net with a worldwide outreach. This, thanks to a local repeater tied to the world by Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP technology. Dale Town, AF5AF, is the president of the Altus Area Amateur Radio Association. He says hat the new local net will be tied to the world using 444.650 MHz repeater that will also accept stations check-ins from EchoLink operators who connect to WX5EM-R node number 361238. The net will be held on Wednesdays at 01:00 UTC which is 2000 hours Central Daylight Savings Time. All amateur radio operators are encouraged to participate. ============================================================================= WEIRD N WONDERFUL The RFID tags go round and round - underground Confidex, a company with expertise in RFID design, manufacturing and engineering, has supplied more than 10,000 of its Ironside UHF Gen2 hard tags to the London Underground. The tags are being used to improve escalator maintenance. The underground escalators carry more than three million passengers every day. Most commuters and tourists don't give the travelling metal staircases a second thought; a fact that is a testament to the reliability of the system and the care taken over the maintenance. The steps that make up these escalators are subject to constant wear from the feet of passengers and from the mechanical movement on the escalator track. To address the need for faster, more accurate and more cost-efficient maintenance, RFID technology was chosen. A decision was made to use RFID tags. The 'step tracking system' uses a PDA with RFID reader mounted on a cradle beside the escalator and application software to read and write information on the tag. www.radiocomms.com.au (From the RadioComms Website and sourced from vk7wia) OPERATIONAL NEWS - SPECIAL EVENTS AND ON AIR CONTEST COLUMN - D A T E L I N E 2009 JUN 27 - 28 MUSEUMS WEEKEND PART b JUL 04 NZART MEMORIAL CONTEST 80M AUG 15 - 16 WIA Remembrance Day Contest AUG 15 - 16 ILLW Running till Dec 31 2009 is the 4th CQ DX Marathon SPECIAL EVENTS AND ON AIR CONTEST COLUMN - D A T E L I N E 2010 March 21-22 John Moyle Field Day The second weekend in July, this year the 11th and 12th, the 2009 version of the IARU HF World Championship will take place. The objective of this unique SSB and CW contest is to contact as many other amateurs, especially IARU member society HQ stations, around the world using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands. It is open to all radio amateurs around the world. IARU region 2 have invited IARU member societies to actively participate in this 24-hour contest with their HQ stations Night of Nights X! The annual Maritime Radio Historical Society "Night of Nights" event is close! This will be the tenth annual Night of Nights! Every year on 12 July (US time) many famous coast stations return to the air to commemorate what was then thought to be the last commercial Morse stations in the USA. Since then MRHS coast station KSM has taken to the air and three other commercial coast stations have received licenses for operation in the MF band (KNE, KDR and WFT). Historic ships have reactivated their radio consoles and are active on MF and HF. The purpose of Night of Nights is to emphasize the objective of the MRHS: to preserve the skills, traditions and culture of the men and women who came before us and who made the profession of radio telegrapher one of honour and skill. This year stations KPH, and KSM will be on the air. It is anticipated that KFS will be on the air as well. Organisers hope that US Coast Guard stations NMC, NOJ and NMN will join as they did last year. Amateur station K6KPH will guard 3550, 7050 and 14050kc for reception reports. Preliminary information has been posted on the MRHS Web site: www.radiomarine.org Check back often for updated information as it becomes available. (Richard Dillman, W6AWO Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM Maritime Radio Historical Society http://www.radiomarine.org) Often we at WIANews never receive notification of events, even WIA named contests from the various contest managers, point in case a WIA field day last weekend, so was great to see one person "on the ball". Namely Allan Brown VK2JED who is contest manager for the Westlakes Amateur Radio Club. VK2JED wants us to mark our 2010 calendar for the Australian wide FM CQ Repeater Contest which Westlakes developed. Next contest will take place April 30, 2010 over 7 days until May 7. All contacts to be via an FM repeater. Aimed at activating normally quite repeaters. Full Details of this fun event open to all VK's is on the Westlakes Home page. www.westlakesarc.org.au BEACON DX AND NET ADVICE hf nets ON the net, www.timroberts-vk4yeh.id.au/ GB 40 WAB 40th anniversary of the WAB Till Dec 31 HG 160 FNY Commemorates 1848 attack on Hungary that prompted their independence. until July 31 International Museums Weekend 27 and June 28 OZ 1658 ROS 350th anniversary of the Treaty of Roskilde Till Dec 31 VARIOUS SM STATIONS USING 1658 (Treaty of Roskilde) Till Dec 31 VP 9 400 /home call 400th Anniversary of Bermuda Till Dec 31 Tongan DX Stephen VK3SN is heading to the South Seas and will cram a dipole, coax and an HF rig in his backpack. He'll be stringing up the antenna between a couple of coconut palms on several small islands in the Tongatapu group in the Kingdom of Tonga. This tiny nation is renowned for its beautiful coral reefs, friendly locals and occasionally spectacular volcanic activity. His call sign will be A35AB and he'll be active on 80 through to 15 metres from 27 June until 5 July. Listen out and have a contact with this portable station in the tropical Pacific. Netherlands Special Event Station PH1ØØEL Members of the VERON section 54 (PI4ETL) have activated PH1ØØEL until July 12 for the 100th anniversary of the first flight by aviation pioneer Charles count de Lambert. All bands, CW / SSB / Digital. QSL via PD0PVQ. WIRELESS WEATHER Electric-blue clouds sweep across Europe Last month, June, a remarkably intense display of electric-blue noctilucent clouds swept across Europe. Sightings were made in Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Poland and the British Isles. These mysterious clouds are known to flourish during years of solar minimum and 2009 is such a year. This means more NLCs may be in the offing, not only over Europe but also North America and elsewhere. Check http://spaceweather.com for images, movies, and observing tips. MYSTERY OF THE MISSING SUNSPOTS The sun is in the pits of a century-class solar minimum, and sunspots have been puzzlingly scarce for more than two years. Now, for the first time, solar physicists might understand why. At an American Astronomical Society press conference on 17 June in Boulder, Colorado, researchers announced that a jet stream deep inside the sun is migrating slower than usual through the star's interior, giving rise to the current lack of sunspots. Rachel Howe and Frank Hill of the National Solar Observatory (NSO) in Tucson, Arizona, used a technique called helioseismology to detect and track the jet stream down to depths of 7 000 km below the surface of the sun. The sun generates new jet streams near its poles every 11 years, they explained. The streams migrate slowly from the poles to the equator and when a jet stream reaches the critical latitude of 22 degrees, new-cycle sunspots begin to appear. Read more on www.sarl.org.za MEDIA WATCH www.wiaq.com/admin/uploads/weeklytally.rtf www.cq-amateur-radio.com/WorldRadio.html The regular weekly broadcast relay station for the North West, Winston, VK7EM, was unable to do the news broadcast a week or so back, so Wayne, VK7FWAY stepped up and offered to help out Winston. This was Wayne's first time at doing a broadcast relay and was very happy with his first effort, receiving 13 call backs at the conclusion. Congratulations Wayne, for taking the time and effort to bring the news to\ the North West. Thanks also go to Winston for his ongoing dedication in bringing broadcasts to the North West coast. Now let's see if the QAC in VK4 can lure Wayne VK7FWAY to Queensland to do what few Brisbane Area clubs and hams are prepared to dao, help John VK4VT get a news service into Brisbane regularly! A rare incident ! Most actors become hams but VU2YNS (HAM) becomes Actor. YES - VU2YNS BECOMES A TELEVISION ACTOR VU2YNS an active amateur radio operator from Kerala, often seen behind a camera in India taking excellent photographs at Ham Meets, this time goes in front of the camera acting as a Professor in a popular Serial " Chaturangam". The serial is telecast on DOORDARSHAN MALAYALAM TV channel More details on VU2YNS is in www.qrz.com/vu2yns WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ATV (Every pixel tells a story) North West Tasmanian ATV Group http://www2.vk7ax.id.au/atvgroup The next General Meeting of the Club is scheduled for 8th. August 2009 and will be a Dinner Meeting. Venue will be advised closer to the event. 73's until next time Tony VK7AX, President and News Officer NWT-ATV Group WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER AMSAT-VK UNOFFICIAL HF Net. 2nd Sunday each month. April through October 1000 UTC 3.685 MHz November through March 0900 UTC 7.068 MHz News article from the ARRL website: A Russian rocket launched from Plesetsk on May 23 carried a number of payloads to orbit, including a new Amateur Radio satellite named Yubileiny -- Russian for jubilee -- since christened Radio Sputnik 30 (RS-30). Operational details are vague at this time. Amateurs throughout the world report receiving signals at 435.315 and 435.215 MHz; some report reception of CW telemetry while others report what appear to be image transmissions from the satellite. RS-30 is orbiting at a maximum altitude of 1500 km, creating a substantial communications footprint below. The satellite will broadcast audio and video about the history of the Soviet and Russian space programs, as well as signals imitating those broadcast by Sputnik in 1957. According to the satellite's launch team, "The motive for development of the Yubileiny small spacecraft was the 50th anniversary of the first space satellite. With the help of that satellite, the new space systems and equipment are expected to get flight qualification, and radio-amateurs all over the world will be able to receive information on the history of space development and domestic cosmonautics achievements." Additional information is available on DK3WN's website at www.dk3wn.info/sat/afu/sat_rs30.shtml You can see/hear an interesting video of the RS-30 satellite on You Tube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxClA0ubFXw WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP --- MILITARY UK Armed Forces Day June 27 The United Kingdom's first Armed Forces Day June 27. The first UK Armed Forces Day is an opportunity for the United Kingdom to show their support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community. Effective radio communications are vital to armed forces and Radio Amateurs have played a significant part in developing such systems. One such was Chelmsford radio amateur Anthony Martin, M1FDE who passed away just last year. He was a pioneer of the Personal Role Radio (PRR) which was introduced into the British Army in 2002. Armed Forces Day www.armedforcesday.org.uk/ (southgate) In 1939 the radio equipment of all radio amateurs was ordered to be confiscated for the duration of the war, but many amateurs became Voluntary Interceptors in their own homes. These VIs assisted the Allies in their task of intercepting encrypted Enigma messages transmitted in Morse code, which were then passed to the code breakers at Bletchley Park. The Scarborough Special Events group will be on the air as GB70VI during the weekend 27th to 28th June to mark the commencement of the amateur radio Voluntary Interceptors scheme. This event will coincide with Armed Forces Day on 27 June when Scarborough will be hosting the largest event planned for the region. It will be an opportunity for everyone to pay tribute to our Armed Forces, past, present and future. Activity will be on HF SSB and CW. The QSL will feature a photograph of a Navy four-rotor Enigma machine and the QSL route is via the Bureau or direct to club call G0OOO. RAEME Bulimba Memorial This memorial will be dedicated to all RAEME soldiers, both Regular and Reserve who have served within the RAEME Units stationed at Bulimba Barracks Queensland since 1945. Location Tugalawa Park- Apollo Road Bulimba- Adjacent to the entrance of Bulimba Barracks Dedication Date 1000hrs Saturday 28th November 2009 Open invitation to the RAEME Family. RSVP's are requested Further information to be released closer to the date Point of contact is the Secretary, RAEME Association Queensland PO Box11 cannon hill secretart@raemeqld.org WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO SCOUTING http://www.scouts.com.au http://www.scout.org/jota http://www.international.scouts.com.au 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 Over the weekend of 3rd to 5th July, Birmingham Scout County will be holding their 'Live the Magic Camp' at Blackwell Court near Bromsgrove Worcestershire. The camp will be attended by around 3,000 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Leaders from the Birmingham area. Apart from the usual scouting activities, special event station GB4LTM will be active over the weekend, giving all present a chance to experience amateur radio. GB4TLM plans to run HF, 2m and 70cm as well as EchoLink and will offer Radio Orienteering as an activity. GB0LS will be on the air on 4th July at the Luton Scouts in Action event in St Georges Square, Luton. The event is to promote scouting in the town and to recruit additional adult volunteers. They will be QRV on 80, 40 and 2m between 10.00 and 16.30. In addition to amateur radio there will be pioneering, a climbing and abseil wall, a cooking competition, activity zones for the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts and refreshments on sale. The event will close with a cannonball run race involving all of the young people. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO EMERGENCY FREQUENCIES ALL REGIONS 21.360 - 18.160 - 14.300 - 7.060 - 3.760 MHz. REGION 2 TRY ALSO 3.985 - 7.240 - 7.290 HORSE ENDURO 4-5 JULY, EDEN CREEK. The 80 Km ride occurring . To start 1030 Saturday with the 40 Km ride from 1330. 80 Km from 0500 Sunday, and 40 Km from daylight. Most operators will probably go out Friday afternoon, save the rush. If you can assist here, advise John JWA, vk2jwa@sarc.org.au UK Government overlooks RAYNET in emergency plans The Government's recent Digital Britain report speaks of the importance of resilient communications networks and the need for regular tests of emergency communications systems. Mention is made of a planned major test in late 2009 to manage and recover from a major loss of network capability. The RSGB regrets that Government communications planners seem to have completely overlooked the valuable resource that RAYNET can offer in such emergency situations. Unfortunately RAYNET does not seem to be completely integrated into the nation's emergency communications planning. Regional Communications Support Co-ordinator Blue VK4FBLU has put out the call for support for other events happening in the not too distant future. Sat 18 July - Magnetic Island to Townsville Swim - Cleveland Bay A chance to get out on the bay for free and be part of one of the premier long distance international swim events. Operators needed for both maritime portable and beach portable positions. Operators signed on so far - VK4s UCM/FTVL, WJ, HSV, ZZ, ZXX, FBLU, PVH plus helper Sun 19 July - King of the Hill Hill climb Heat Three - Mt Stuart Mix a day out playing with radios to the sound of squealing tyres and the smell of burning rubber. Operators needed to man Start and Flying Finish for Time Control and Safety comms. If you are available for any of these events or if we have left you off the list then please contact Blue VK4FBLU on telephone 47754184 soonest with an offer for support . SOCIAL SCENE 2009 International Telecommunication Union's Telecom World 2009. July 11 - 12 VK3 GippsTech 2009, the technical conference with a VHF, UHF & microwave focus. July 18 VK3 Gippsland Gate Radio & Electronics Club Hamfest 10.00 am Cranbourne Public Hall August 2 vk6 Northern Corridor Radio Group's WA Hamfest. Cyril Jackson Rec Centre Fisher st Ashfield, WA email vk6xh@wia.org.au August 8 VK2 Summerland's 50th Anniversary Dinner will be held Saturday evening, 8th August. Goonellabah Tavern to start 1800K. August 9 SARCFEST from 0800K at the Clubrooms, Richmond Hill. SEP 13 Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society Hamfest 9:30am. Goodwood Community Centre, Rosa St Goodwood. SEP 25 - 27 VK4 The Central Highland Amateur Radio Club Annual General Meeting at Camp Fairbairn near Emerald. For further information contact Secretary Gordon Loveday VK4KAL on telephone 07 49854168 OCT 12 - 16 ZL 14th IARU R3 Conference Christchurch 12 ? 16 October 2009. Details at www.christchurch.org.nz/ The Region 3 Web Site: www.jarl.or.jp/iaru-r3/ Oct 31 - Nov 1 sunny coast's October Camp Catch-up at Maidenwell Observatory Brisbane valley west of Yarraman. More info from Noel VK4NL 2010 JAN 24 VK2 Mid North Coast Amateur Radio Group's Radio Expo 2010 8.30am St Johns Church Hall, Mc Lean Street Coffs Harbour. FEBRUARY 14 VK3 WIA 100 Centre Victoria RadioFest No. 3. FEBRUARY 28 Wyong Field Day, Wyong Race Course. APRIL 2 VK3 Midland Amateur Radio Club's Radio, Electronic & Astronomy Expo. Venue to be advised. 2012 JAN 23-FEB 17 YEAR 2012 World Radio Conference WRC-11 Geneva 23rd January TO 17th February 2012 Please think of the environment before printing this email ============================================================================= WIANews - we've reported...YOU decide. 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