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"Standard call rate from fixed home phone, higher from mobiles". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIANEWS for week commencing July 05 2009 Readers this week: Peter VK1PE Sue VK1FOXX Alan VK1WX John VK1CJ Production by the Canberra Region Amateur Radio Cub (CRARC) www.crarc.ampr.org using the studios of local community radio station Radio 1RPH www.radio1rph.org.au ? a member of the Radio Print Handicapped network. All up and coming in this edition of WIANEWS for week commencing July 05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ted Thrift VK2ARA WIA Clubs Co-ordinator is still negotiating for issue of a special commemorative call sign. To demonstrate the level of interest, he want's to know if your club would be interested in having use of the commemorative call sign for a period of say 3 to 5 days, commencing mid March 2010 through to 31 December 2010 It obviously would be a great help to Ted if you nominated a preferred date. vk2ara@wia.org.au 2009 Club Grant Scheme targets new projects Geoff Atkinson VK3AFA WIA Secretary reports on the Club Grants. A reminder that applications by WIA affiliated clubs for a Club Grant this year must be lodged by 31 July. The Board has set aside up to A$6000.00 for this years scheme. As indicated previously, this year special emphasis will be placed on WIA membership ratios of clubs applying for grants. The committee will be reviewing applications which focus on projects and activities (to be conducted before 1 April 2010) to attract new amateurs. Also projects supporting emergency communications and preparedness for emergency communications. Details of the Club Grant Scheme can be downloaded from the WIA website, located under WIA Club Affiliation. The applications will be reviewed by a Grants Committee of 3, who will make recommendations to the WIA Board. Applications will close on the 31 July 2009 and successful applicants will be announced by the end of August. The WIA Board looks forward to active participation by affiliated clubs in this years Club Grant Scheme. VK BROADCASTER TO ASSIST IN EMMCOMM ALERTS The ABC says its going to equip itself to assist in rescue radio operations. This by making itself ready to do local updates when and where they are needed during an emergency. New technology will help the Australian Broadcasting Corporation bring local emergency news coverage directly to communities affected by natural disasters like floods and cyclones. Three fly-in transmitters have been purchased by the company to allow local ABC affiliated stations to set up shop anywhere in Australia. The units were originally designed for the United States military to use in the Iraq war. They are designed to be set up within an hour and can be powered by a small generator or AC mains power. Mark Spurway is the head of transmission services with the ABC. He says that these transmitters will insure that affected communities will be kept informed. At airtime its not known how soon these new Australian Broadcasting Company fly-in radio service will be available. Interesting to note that Mark Spurway was at one time the Program Manager of Brisbane Radio station 4KQ when one of their news readers, Peter Jones VK4YAC headed up the local Queensland Ham Radio News Service. (Amateur Radio Newsline USA) NASA re-acquires original Moon landing footage A report on theregister.co.uk says that NASA has seemingly confirmed that the original taped recordings of the first Moon landing have turned up in Australia - almost three years after the agency admitted it had mislaid them. The report which you can read on Southgate AR Clubs pages says: "The Parkes Observatory in Australia captured the 1969 live images straight from the lunar surface to magnetic tape. What the US public saw, though was a compressed feed "downsized" to local TV resolutions, while NASA itself grabbed a 16mm copy from a TV monitor. The Parkes Observatory tapes were apparently shipped to the Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland a year after the landing, but in 2006 NASA confirmed that despite an extensive search, their whereabouts was unknown. However, the Sunday Express now claims the footage was actually gathering dust in a storage facility in Perth among other tapes containing Moon dust data A NASA spokesman confirmed the Apollo 11 landing recordings are the real deal, and said: 'We’re talking about the same tapes'.'" Now before we get into a debate similar to that of Marconi being the inventor of radio we are talking here of tapes from Parkes, NOTHING at all to do with any material from Honey Suckle Creek!! Still "In Space", New Potential Amateur Radio Operators The 2009 NASA astronaut candidate class has been picked, and of course they are also potential Amateur Radio operators to use AR equipment in the International Space Station or elsewhere in space. The nine include: two women and seven men; an intelligence officer, a biomedical researcher, two flight surgeons, and three test pilots, ranging in age from 30 to 43. Potentially, one or more will be the first to land again on the Moon, or the first to Mars. more information at www.NASA.gov TheRegister - NASA reacquires original Moon landing footage theregister.co.uk/2009/06/29/moon_landing_tapes/ Sunday Express - NASA finds missing moon landing tapes express.co.uk/posts/view/110442/WORLD-EXCLUSIVE-NASA-finds-missing-moon-landing-tapes HAMS ACROSS AUSTRALIA. VK1 vk1 local news email broadcast@vk1.wia.ampr.org and ask for subscription. A bad month in the ACT, the Black Hill repeater 146.900 is awaiting the restoration of power, following the failure of the mains supply pole mounted transformer on the site. As it is not an off the shelf item is could be several months before power is restored. The UHF repeater on Mt Majura has also failed. It is currently on the bench while spares are being sourced. Because of the age of the repeater spares may not be obtainable. We are also investigating its replacement with a new commercial UHF repeater. While on the subject of repeaters the committe is assessing our repeater services with a view to rationlising the services provided by the Canberra Region Amateur radio club VK2 web service:- http://www.arnsw.org.au/html/news_vk2wi.htm VKG Roundup http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news Westlakes next major event is the Light house weekend 15/16th August. Seems there is still Single bed accommodation available at Norah Head for those wishing to stop over on the 14/15th August. Contact Contest Manager Allan VK2JED for prices. Frank VK2FJL President of Westlakes Amateur Radio Club Inc advises their Field Day happens November One this year. Gates open 9am, Entry is free, BootSales, Commercial traders, Auction and sales tables for those long sought after bargains. Plus the famous WARC BBQ. WORK CONTINUING AT SUMMERLAND CLUBROOMS. Weekends and Mondays have seen tower and antenna work continuing. About six members have been cutting, welding, rebuilding the tower. also work on the antennas planned to be mounted on it. Radio room is being rearranged to have grouped operating cubicles If you can help, listen on 2m for the happenings. VK3 web service:- http://www.amateurradio.com.au/news/ VKC Roundup http://www.police Gippsland Gate Radio & Electronics Club (GGREC) would like to remind all clubs that our annual Hamfest will be held on Saturday 18 July at Cranbourne Public Hall 10am. 40 tables of new and used gear Jaycar will be there with 3 tables of clearance and other items Other commercial sellers including G&C Comms, Yaesu, Strictly Ham & PK Loop Antennas WIA in attendance Kitchen with hot & cold food, soft drinks nibbles FREE tea and coffee Door Prize at 1.30pm: 1st. Weather Station with Computer software - value $199 2nd. Multi-meter - value $59 3rd. Bunning’s voucher - value $50 (Chris VK3QB GGREC Hamfest Co-ordinator) Yarra Valley Amateur Radio Group, White Elephant Sale will be held Sunday 2nd August, Healesville Memorial Hall, Maroondah Hwy, Healesville at 10am. $5 entry, free tea & coffee, light refreshments available and ample parking. As this event had to be cancelled in February due to the bushfire, all table bookings taken in February will still be honoured. Call in on the recently upgraded Yarra Valley repeater VK3RYV 146.725 MHz. For further information please contact Gavin VK3GH on 03 5968 8482 or Steve VK3TSR on 0418 103 487. Make a day of it and support the fire affected businesses of the Beautiful Yarra Valley. Shepparton and District Amateur Radio Club advise they are holding their annual communications and display day (Hamfest) on Sunday 11th October at the St Augustine’s Hall Orr Street Shepparton Vic Roads directory Map 273 Ref M8. Get along and see the new and used radios and associated equipment displays and sales. Food and Drinks will be catered for, with the lucky door Prize drawn during the afternoon. TRADING Tables are $10.00 each can be booked by E-mailing Les VK3TEX lestatar@bigpond.com or Toby VK3PNF vk3pnf@bigpond.com Doors open at 8am for Traders, 10am for the Public. For directions on day, call in on local 2 metre Repeater VK3RGV with a 123Hertz CTCSS. Entry is only $5.00 For further details contact LES VK3TEX on 0407 829 098 Barnett Winton VK3XBW is President EGARC and his club is now broadcasting The WIA National News on VK3REB Mt Nowa Nowa on 146.900 Sunday mornings 1000 hrs and again Wednesday evenings at 2000hrs. Barnett says " We are going to include VK3REM - Mallacoota soon". 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/ There's that old saying, "that fools rush in where angels fear to tread" which is getting balanced by another old saying that " if you want something done, give it to a busy person." In the Wide Bay region, the club members of Gympie and Maryborough are too busy to look out for angels and thankfully haven't read the instruction manual that says it can't be done. What am I talking about? The Wide Bay Mini Ham Fest, of course. Why the rush? Well this was just an idea 5 weeks before the event date. Must be off, so much to do and so little time to do it.........see you at the Wide Bay Mini Ham Fest, Saturday 25th July at the Gootchie QCWA Hall, Gootchie Road, Gootchie. Circle the date on your calendar. The Sunshine Coast Amateur Radio club will be holding their Annual Sunfest on Saturday the 12th of September to be held at (the same place as last year ) Woombye School of Arts Blackall Street Woombye. For a table please contact Harry VK4TK on 0409488025 or at vk4tk@dodo.com.au There will be 25 tables of new and preloved goodies a door prize and raffles throughout the day. Tables are $15.00 and this includes 2 entry tickets. Admission price is $5.00 a head. The "Kitchen" will be running as usual with hot and cold food and drink as usual. VK7 local area news :- http://reast.asn.au/news.php vk7 local news, email vk7regionalnews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com VK7RMD of a Tuesday at 9.00PM run this WIA news and now for a test period Winston is also putting the news from that repeater out on 3575 at the same time. EDUCATION YOUTH AND ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR RADIO ACT Canberra region Amateur radio club is holding a foundation licence weekend on 18 & 19th July at the Farrer Scout Hall. For further information check the Canberra Region web page look up 'clubs' on wia.org.au for CRARC. NEW SOUTH WALES Next Summerland Courses and Exams determined to be - Foundation - weekend 15-16 August. Advanced - weekends 22-23 and 29-30 August. Standard and Regs to be decided depending on demand. IRELAND Thirty-two candidates entered for their theory examination will last Tuesday at their regulators (ComReg) Offices in Dublin. We at the WIA News Room wish the candidates all the very best in the exam. CANADA Fun with Amateur Radio Darrell VO1MDS is making available a new series of 'Fun with Amateur Radio' videos on YouTube. The YouTube description reads, and I quote: "This is a brand new series that I will be putting together for you, solely for the purpose of Amateur radio operations. This issue shows you that life on 10meters 28-29.670mhz is starting to come back to life after a very long period for well over 8 years, it has been a very long time, and as such I will dedicate this video to all you that have waited so very long for 10meters to finally wake up from its long sleep. TENNESSEE USA TEEN HAM RESPONDS TO EMERGENCY, PERFORMS CPR It was just another day, helping out at another event. It was the third year in a row that 16 year old Cody Anderson, KI4FUV, of Harriman, Tennessee, had volunteered to help out the Roane County Amateur Radio Club (RARC) with the Run for the Child event. But it was the first time that he would help save a life. Twenty minutes into the run, KI4FUV saw one of the runners fall down. Unlike other runners who fall down on a course, this man did not get up. He used his handheld transceiver to notify fellow club members "Runner down." RARC Vice President Cliff Segar, KD4GT, said that they all heard Anderson racing toward the runner, "but we just assumed someone just simply tripped and fell." But after hearing Anderson say "Roll EMS" over the radio, he knew it was much more serious. Then the fallen runner stopped breathing. In February, Anderson took a CPR class that another RARC club member -- Phil Newman, KE4LSH -- had organized. It was the skills he learned at that class that came into play on May 30. He started giving the man mouth-to-mouth resuscitation; the other runner started chest compressions. "We did about three sets of CPR before the Roane County Rescue guys got to us, just a second or two later" Anderson told the ARRL. Anderson will begin his senior year at Rockwood High School this fall. When he was 11, he sat for his Technician exam and passed; he is now a General. He likes to help out with the Boy Scouts and give back to the community through his SKYWARN and ARES(r) activities: He is modest about the events of May 30. "I took my first training class for CPR and AED in February 2009, thinking I would never have to use it," he told the ARRL. "On May 30, 2009 -- I used it. It worked!" INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to RSGB, Southgate AR Club, the ARRL, Amateur Radio Newsline, NZART and the WW sources of the WIA. North Korean embassy using amateur radio band The IARU Region 1 reports that the North Korean embassy in Tripoli is again using 14.328430MHz for traffic with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pyongyang. You may hear an ARQ burst system "DPRK-FSK600" at 600 Baud, 600Hz shift, operating on two different frequencies at about 1630UTC daily. One frequency is in the amateur radio band, the other one out of it. Slightly better news now as the Codar HF Radar from Naples on the 24MHz band disappeared after a complaint from IK8OZZ. A few days later another Codar system was found on 24.850 to 24.950kHz. Bearings taken by the German PTT indicated the source was on Pag Island, Croatia. The German PTT filed an official complaint to the Croatian PTT But the best news is that no notice of any intruders has been made to the WIA news desk for almost 12 months, the last being 2 mtrs in VK4. BACAR (Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio) TO FLY ON 25 JULY South Africa's long awaited BACAR flight will take place on Saturday 25 July and a preparatory meeting will be held 11 July to test the complete payload, review launch venues and expected wind conditions as well as on the air reporting and activities at the N.A.R.C. on 25 July and recovery operations. More details on amsatsa.org.za WEIRD N WONDERFUL THE SAGA OF THE FISHY CELLPHONE In our Weird n Wonderful it's to ARNewsLine and a story penned by their Editor bill Pasternack, a story of Andrew Cheatle and his mobilephone which the June issue of Popular Communications says may be the most reliable in the world. In a recent interview with a United Kingdom newspaper, Cheatle explained that he was messing playing with his dog near the seashore when his cellphone phone must have fallen and got swept away. Cheatle said that he kept calling it in hope someone may have found it. Nobody answered so he gave up after a couple of days. Fast forward a week. Cheatle is out with his girlfriend shopping for a new cellphone when her phone rang. She told him that his mobile number was calling hers. The person on the other end identified himself as Glen Kerley. Kerley, a fisherman by trade told Cheatle that he was gutting a large codfish that morning and found Cheatle' s Nokia 1600 phone inside. Kerley tried using the phone, but it didn't work. So he removed its SIM card, put it in his own handset, and started calling numbers from the SIM' s phonebook to find the owner. At first Cheatle didn't believe the story but went to meet him. What he found was his phone that was a bit smelly and battered. Now Here’s the best part. By the time he got to Kerley's place the phone had dried out and incredibly it came back to life. Kerley says that Cod are greedy fish—they'll eat anything. He's found plastic cups, stones, teaspoons, batteries, and everything else under the sun in them. He says that he’s even heard of someone finding false teeth in one. You can read more fun communications stories like this one on page 6 of the June issue of Popular Communications magazine. And one last word on this story: Its rumoured that Cheatle, who runs an online retail company, apparently still uses the fishy phone. Word is that there's a long line of hungry looking cats following him wherever he goes. Well not really, but it's sure a fun sentence with which to end this weeks newscast. OPERATIONAL NEWS - SPECIAL EVENTS AND ON AIR CONTEST COLUMN - D A T E L I N E 2009 JUL 04 NZART MEMORIAL CONTEST 80M JUL 14 - 15 IARU CONTEST 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 Look for LXØHQ to be active again from the Headquarters of the Luxembourg Amateur Radio Society during the IARU Contest July 14-15th. They will have nine stations with 20 operators active and a live webcam will be available during the contest from the LX7I QTH on www.lx2a.com Please try to work LXØHQ on as many bands and modes as possible during this 2009 IARU World HF Championship 2009. QSL via LX2A - New QSL Manager!. CONTEST REPORTS - IS 5 by 9 A LEGIT REPORT? YES - THE FCC SAYS ANY SIGNAL REPORT IS A GOOD SIGNAL REPORT Hams can continue to give any signal reports that they please. This as the FCC denies a petition filed by a Texas ham that sought to regulate the way signal reports are given in the Amateur service, especially during contests. Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, from Amateur Radio Newsline says the FCC has acted very quickly on a petition filed this past May 6, by Jack Najork, W5FG, concerning signal reports transmitted by amateur stations that are participating in contests. Specifically, Najork had request that the Commission sanction the American Radio Relay League for not taking any action to prohibit or discourage what he termed as “false 5-9 blanket reporting.” In the end the Commission said that it does not regulate amateur contests. Rather, they are self-administered by the amateur community. Based on this, the FCC has dismissed Najork petition and has told him that his concerns should be directed to the various contest sponsors. And before you ask, this is not some sort of belated April Fool's joke. The petition had been assigned as Docket number DA No. 09-1378 by the FCC. You can read the entire dismissal order for yourself at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-1378A1.doc 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 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 TARCadian with rare DX Call on Tropical Isle Chris VK4FR is currently working at a rare DX Tropical Isle and has secured a callsign and permission to operate when he has spare time. Look out for Chris signing as 4W6FR, Four Whiskey Six Foxtrot Romeo, from Timor-Leste for the next few months from time to time on HF bands that propagation conditions allow. Chris has already been heard using BPSK and SSB on the 20metre band. (vk4zz) SQ8X and SV2KBS will activate Easter Island from October 31st through November 15th. A few more operators are being sought for this DXpedition. If you are interested to join please contact stan.sq8x@gmail.com WIRELESS WEATHER For the Sunspot conspiracy theorists amongst us, Kitski VK2LL has sent an interesting read from last Mondays SMH: It seems a JACK EDDY was a solar astronomer best known for his demonstration that irregular variations in solar surface activity were associated with major shifts in the Earth's climate. He made his name in 1976 with the publication in the American journal Science of his 12-page paper, The Maunder Minimum, which argued that the 11-year sunspot cycle, which had been observed since the invention of telescopes some 400 years ago, was subject to important variations. He noted that between 1645 and 1715, sunspots had almost entirely disappeared. There were contemporary references to this phenomenon, and among those who later drew attention to it were the German astronomer Gustav Spoerer and the English astronomer Edward Maunder. Eddy reinvestigated sunspots in the light of Spoerer's and Maunder's work, and concluded that every two centuries or so there was an interruption to the 11-year cycle. He christened the period 1645-1715 the "Maunder Minimum". Eddy realised that by looking at radiocarbon dating and its variations it was possible to identify comparable episodes going back thousands of years. He also believed there was a link between solar activity and the Earth's climate. smh.com.au/national/obituaries/physicist-unravelled-mystery-of-sunspots-20090625-cy5h.html 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 In the next week or 3 we will here from Pete VK2YPW about BLUEsat, that's the acronym of Basic Low-Earth-orbit University of NSW Experimental satellite, is a digital amateur radio satellite being designed and built solely by students at the University of NSW. BLUEsat is primarily an educational satellite, designed to give students at UNSW space experience which they could not obtain elsewhere. Therefore its mission has been chosen to offer low cost and minimum complexity, whilst at the same time offering enough of a challenge to inspire and enthuse the students who work on it. So thanks to Westlakes club, stay tuned in weeks to come. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- INTERNET --- THE HAMS DOMAIN TWEETING ON TWITTER Get ready for some interesting ham radio in space related tweets. This with the announcement that the Amateur Satellite organization AMSAT is now posting on the Twitter social networking website. According to Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, writing on the AMSAT Bulletin Board, the ham radio space agency new Twitter account is twitter.com/AMSAT. He says that the initial tweets will deal mostly with AO-51 and AO-7, but those with interest in other ham radio satellites are welcome to follow. Glasbrenner, who is AMSAT North America's Vice President for Operations says that the short postings or tweets will deal with items that are deemed as small for publication by the AMSAT News Service or to be sent by e-mail, but of interest to the general ham radio space community. (ARNewsLine) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR OLD-TIMERS http://www.raotc.org.au OLD TIMERS Members and friends of the Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club Australia are reminded that the next news and information broadcast will take place on the first Monday of the Month. using the RAOTC callsign of VK3OTN. 10.00 am Victorian time on 7.060 and 3.650 MHz plus 1.843 MHz AM, and 145.700. On 14.150 MHz at 01.00 UTC beaming north and 02:00 UTC west from Melbourne For those not yet retired, 8.30 PM Victorian time tune 80 metres 3.650 MHz and in Tasmania, but at Victorian time, 8:30 on the Mount Duncan repeater 146.625. With the objective to maintain interest and good fellowship among those who qualify for membership, full membership of the RAOTC is available to any person who has held, or has been qualified to hold, an Amateur Licence for a minimum of 25 years. Associate membership is available to any person who has held, or has been qualified to hold, an Amateur Licence for a minimum of 10 years. Associate members are entitled to all the privileges of Full Membership except the right to vote or to hold office. Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club P.O. Box 107 Mentone Vic 3194 www.raotc.org.au Phone : 03 9579 5600 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 Regional Communications Support Co-ordinator Blue VK4FBLU has put out the call for support for other events happening in the not too distant future. Here’s a list ! 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. Operators signed on so far - VK4s ZXX, WJ, HSV, ZZ, FBLU 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 AUG 2 VK3 Yarra Valley Amateur Radio Group White Elephant Sale Healesville Memorial Hall. August 2 vk6 Northern Corridor Radio Group's WA Hamfest. Cyril Jackson Rec Centre Fisher st Ashfield. 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. SEPT 12 VK4 Sunshine Coast Amateur Radio club Sunfest, The Woombye School of Arts Blackall Street Woombye. SEP 13 VK5 Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society Hamfest 9:30am. Goodwood Community Centre, Rosa St Goodwood. SEP 18-20 VK4 North Queensland Amateur Radio Convention, James Cook University, Douglas Campus. Surf to theTARCinc website http://www.tarc.org.au for event and registration information SEP 25 - 27 VK4 The Central Highland Amateur Radio Club Annual General Meeting at Camp Fairbairn near Emerald. OCT 11 VK3 Shepparton and District Amateur Radio Club'S communications and display day (Hamfest), St Augustine’s Hall Orr Street Shepparton. 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 Qld Sunshine Coast’s October Camp Catch-up Maidenwell Observatory Brisbane valley west of Yarraman. NOV 1 VK2 Westlakes Amateur Radio Club's "Westlakes Field Day". 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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Compiled by VK4BB on behalf of the National WIA and this week produced and read by members of the CRARC, Canberra Region Amateur Radio Cub. Peter VK1PE Sue VK1FOXX Alan VK1WX John VK1CJ ***************************************************************************** /ex