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If you are only submitting text and not audio, write your story as you would expect to hear it being read back and NEVER send just links & url's. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIANEWS for week commencing Aug 30 2009 rd logs show many operators selected the wrong operating category TWO HAMS SAFE FOLLOWING KABUL BLAST qld clubs to join the presidents lunch in november SUNSPOTS TO VANISH COMPLETELY BY 2015 murray marathon is all systems go NO MORE Q CODE SUFFIXES mp3 podcast of this news now uniquely named with the date in the title All up and coming in this edition of WIANEWS for week commencing Aug 30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Does your Amateur Radio Club have its details on the WIA website? Are they up to date? The 2010 Callbook is now in preparation, and whatever your Club has on the website, that's what the Callbook will publish. If an update is needed, please do it NOW!!!!! THIS MOBILE DXPEDITION NEEDS OPERATORS:- It's a Three-to-six month DX expedition "mobile" in a restored 1971 VW van from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. beginning November this year. Needed are:- OM's and YL's for an arduous journey Low price High drama From the searing heat of the Amazon jungle to the bitter cold of windswept Cape Horn. Please note that a safe return is anticipated! For more information, contact K 0 GMO gorvonj4@frontiernet.net or phone/fax K0GMO John Croonquist 406-837-0525." Any takers? VK0 Still chasing Antarctica ? Amateur radio operator Bob Paton VK0BP, is currently working at Antarctica Davis Base Station, until November 1. Check about 1500-1800 UTC on 20 meters (14.0-14.350 MHZ) on SSB and PSK31. Shortwave Central blog says Bob may also activate other field huts in the area where he will sign-on as VK0BP/P. For additional details from Bob consult his web page vk0bp.org (shortwave central) VK2 THE HUNTER RADIO GROUP HAS ARRANGED A TRIP TO THE KURRAJONG RADIO MUSEUM FOR SEPT 26 LEAVING 8 AM. THE COST WILL BE AROUND $40 WE INVITE ANY LISTENER IN THE AREA TO JOIN EM ON THIS OUTING AND TO CONTACT GRAHAME VK2FA ON 04 1868 63 97 FOR MORE INFORMATION OR CATCH HIM ON AIR. (WestLakes News) VK3 Oct 16th at 7:30pm sees the Midland Amateur Radio Club's DATV presentation by Peter Cossins. The DATV presentation is at the Midland Amateur Radio Club, Scout Hall in Vine street Bendigo. 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/ WIA Queensland Advisory Committee Chairman, Don Wilschefski VK4BY has put out the annual invitation for the WIA Queensland Club's President's lunch with Michael Owen and Vice President Ewan Mcleod. Sunday 15th November at the Geebung- Zillmere RSL club. As in previous years, the intention is for one or two representatives from each radio club in the state to attend. To reserve your place, please email Don qac@wia.org.au PODCASTS Hello everybody, I'm Bryan VK3HXR with a couple of words about the WIA National News Podcast. That's right podcast. A podcast is simply an audio file distributed somewhat automatically via RSS. And 'RSS' is a system where programs query a small summary file on websites rather than you, the user, loading the whole website every time you want to check if there's anything new. Think of it as "email for audio". The software checks every so often in the background and when there's a new episode it downloads it and notifies you it's ready to play. So, why is this so good? Well, just about every web browser, email client and music playing software knows how to download podcasts and if you subscribe to the WIA News Podcast you'll get the newest news bulletin as soon as it's uploaded! So if you want to listen to the freshest Amateur Radio news on any MP3 player while you're mowing the lawn, to burn it to a CD and listen to it on your way to work in the morning or play it in the background between DX contacts in the wee hours of the morning, the WIA News Podcast is yours, any time you want it. Now the MP3 file has been available for a while and has always been used by the HF, repeater and IRLP broadcasters. If you're involved with putting the news to air, you'll love the new system, especially if you're writing automation scripts. Every episode is now uniquely named with the date in the title and there are command line podcatchers (like 'hpodder') to make your life easier. No more wondering if the downloaded wianews_128.mp3 file is the most current one - you'll know it is. So head over to the wia.org.au website and you'll find the podcast link on the News Broadcast Page in the News and Events section. And if you're an iTunes user, you'll find it in the iTunes Podcast Directory by searching for 'Wireless Institute'. Give it a go this week and never miss the news again! 'hpodder' commandline podcatcher (linux/posix & OSX) http://software.complete.org/software/projects/show/hpodder 'Armangil's' commanline podcatcher (windows, linux/posix & OSX) (requires Ruby) http://podcatcher.rubyforge.org/ EDUCATION YOUTH AND ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR RADIO www.hamcollege.com.au Oct 10 - 11 will see Foundation License training & examinations for all grades conducted by S.R.A.G. in VK5. Foundation license training on Saturday with examinations for all grades on the Sunday. Please ring Paul Hoffmann on 0418803177 email network@internode.on.net Rating of juniors in Russia S.R.R. has founded a rating of radio amateurs – juniors, whose age does not exceed 19 years. The rating is the competition points scored within a year. The junior in every contest receives a certain quantity of points for performance. Points for different contests then develop. Following the results of a year the best young radio sportsman and the best team of young sportsmen of Russia is defined. According to preliminary data some 50 young radio fans will participate SWISS ARISS contact successful Saturday 22 August saw Swiss Girl and Boy Scouts establish a radio contact with E.S.A. astronaut Frank De Winne, ON 1 DWN, on board the International Space Station. The international year of astronomy inspired a few scout/guides to create a special scout event, the Astrocamp 2009, where participants from 5 to 20 years will earn scout qualifications in astronomy and space technology, communication technologies, journalism and public relation. Held over 3 Saturdays, some 100 are expected to qualify. The contact coordinator Rolf HB9TSO and his technical team set up a satellite station with automatic antenna tracking as well as a backup vertical antenna. Astronaut Frank De Winne answered 12 questions in the time slot. He explained for example that the astronauts onboard the ISS always have the meal together sitting around the table and discussing what happened during the day. ARNEWSLINE ANNOUNCES 2009 YHOTY WINNER: ANDREW KOENIG, KE5GDB A 15 year old from Houston, Texas, has been selected as the 2009 Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year. This, based on his dedication to public service as well as working to bring kids, teens and adults into the hobby. The Life Scout, who is just shy of his 16th birthday, is working to earn the Eagle rank and was ecstatic to learn he had been chosen for special recognition by Newsline. Andrew Koenig, KE5GDB, received his award at the 2009 Huntsville Hamfest at the Von Braun Centre, Alabama. CALIFORNIA TEACHER TURNING OUT SCHOOL AGE HAMS Amateur radio is finding a receptive young audience among some California school age youngsters. This, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times who says that teenagers in one Los Angeles middle school have been discovering shortwave radio and getting their ham radio licenses all thanks to science teacher Karl Beutel, KE6MAO. Some 75 teenagers have already become licensed amateur radio operators! You can read the LA Times story at www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-teen-radio25-2009jul25,0,1740751.story?\track=rss INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to RSGB, Southgate AR Club, the ARRL, Amateur Radio Newsline, NZART and the WW sources of the WIA. SOUTH AFRICA - NO MORE Q CODE SUFFIXES I.C.A.S.A. has confirmed that the authority has blocked call sign suffixes that are part of the Q codes and SOS. A few amateurs' and one club call sign are in the Q-code group. When these call signs are no longer used, they will also be added to the blocked list. Radio amateurs who have call signs with Q-code suffixes are urged to apply for a change in call sign. USA UNCERTIFIED VIDEO TRANSMITTER The FCC has issued an official Citation to Hobby Lobby International for marketing what the agency terms as non-compliant radio frequency devices. According to the Commission, these devices called Pilot View FPV 2400 video transmitter exceeded the maximum radiated power limit for a Part 15 device. Back on March 5th, the FCC's Spectrum Enforcement Division sent Hobby Lobby International a Letter of Inquiry asking if the Tennessee company was marketing an unauthorized radio frequency device through its website. The company responded by telling the FCC that they began selling the Pilot View FPV 2400 video transmitter in May of 2008 and so far had sold 109 units of the device in the United States. Hobby Lobby also noted that the Australian manufacturer of the transmitter had represented to them that the device was FCC compliant. The company was then told by the FCC that future violations of this sort could lead to monetary forfeitures of up to $16,000 for each violation or each DAY a violation continued. USA - BROADCASTER FINED FOR AVIATION BAND INTERFERENCE The FCC has affirmed a $4000 fine issued against California based Playa Del Sol Broadcasters. This after it determined that a broadcast translator at its transmit site was causing interference to three frequencies in the aviation band. Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, from Amateur Radio NewsLine reports a complaint of interference regarding the aviation frequency of 122.875 MHz. This was identified as having the same audio as station KRCK on 97.7 MHz in Mecca, California. That’s a station licensed to Playa del Sol On March 13, 2008, an agent from the San Diego Office travelled to the Indian Wells and was able to detect the audio of KRCK on three separate frequencies in the VHF aviation band. These were 109.5 MHz, 122.2 MHz, and 136.1 MHz. The agent also determined that the three signals were emanating from the KRCK studio. Playa del Sol Broadcasting was given the customary 30 days to pay or to file an appeal. ============================================================================= RSGB NEWS FROM G4NJH VU2ZH ready for emergencies in India The Amateur Radio Society of India has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian Red Cross Society, Bangalore and an amateur radio station with the callsign VU2ZH. It will be inaugurated on 12th October by the Governor of Karnataka State. The station will be available as a club station in Bangalore for amateurs and will also serve as an emergency communications station. The station is accessible 24 hours a day and will also have emergency power. It has HF and VHF capability. Efforts are being made to replicate this elsewhere in India. ============================================================================= NEWS FROM ARNEWSLINE TWO HAMS SAFE FOLLOWING KABUL BLAST Two hams are safe after a bomb blast rips through a crowded area in Kabul, Afghanistan. One of them is Steve Herman, T6AD, who is a news reporter on assignment in Kabul, 2nd is Jim McLaughlin, T6AF. This occurred Saturday, August 15th. Sadly, that blast did kill at least seven people and injured nearly 100. "In my case I was at my hotel a few miles away when the explosion occurred. I'm a news correspondent by profession and as you might guess, I did what any newsman would do in a situation like this. I quickly began filing news reports, in my case for the Voice of America. Jim McLaughlin, T6AF, lives a lot closer to the explosion than I do. He reports a couple of windows in his residence adjacent to the US Embassy, were blown out but his shack is fine. Thankfully, he was not there at the time. Ironically Jim and I had held our first eyeball QSO only 24 hours earlier. In fact, we met very close to the spot where the bomb went off. That was near the front gate of NATO's military headquarters in the Afghan capital. As far as we know, we may be the only two hams who are actually on the air from this war torn nation. In Kabul, Afghanistan, I'm Steve Herman, T6AD, for the Amateur Radio Newsline. ============================================================================= WEIRD AND WONDERFUL A practical example of the Emergency feature on the FT-60R After testing the Emergency feature of the FT-60R, a web poster has created the following for your enjoyment. Please... enjoy. From the manual: "Use this feature if you are out on a walk and want a quick way of alerting a family member to a dangerous situation. The alarm sound may discourage an attacker and allow you to escape." Mr. Ham : "It's a lovely day for a walk." Attacker: "I'm going to attack you." Mr. Ham : "Wait right there, Mr. Attacker while I unlock my FT-60R keypad, place it in VFO mode, set the volume to maximum, and hold down the Emergency key shortcut for 2 seconds." FT-60R: *blink, blink, blink* *beep, beep, beep* Mr. Ham: "Ah ha! Now Mr. Attacker, my blinking LCD display and DTMF keypad will blind you while the beeping sound will disorient you." Attacker: "Oh no!" Mr. Ham: "In 60 seconds, my FT-60R will also send SOS de CALLSIGN via CW on the UHF calling frequency and any amateur radio operator within 1/2 mile who both knows the frequency of and is monitoring the UHF calling frequency will hear *beep, beep* on his radio too. He will then return home and either retrieve his UHF direction finding go-kit or improvise some from the ARRL Handbook. When he returns and locates my position, he will then call the authorities and inform them of my situation." Attacker: "I am discouraged." Thanks Nick! (tongue in cheek) OPERATIONAL NEWS - ON AIR CONTEST COLUMN - D A T E L I N E 2009 AUG 29 - 30 ALARA CONTEST (29th) SEPT 19 WESTLAKES CUP OCT 3 - 4 OCEANIA CONTESTS – SSB OCT 10 - 11 OCEANIA CONTESTS - CW OCT 24 - 25 CQ WORLD WIDE SSB NOV 1 ZL STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT NOV 28 - 29 VK SPRING VHF-UHF FIELD DAY NOV 28 - 29 CQ WORLD WIDE CW SPECIAL EVENTS AND ON AIR CONTEST COLUMN - D A T E L I N E 2010 March 21-22 John Moyle Field Day Peter Harding VK4OD the RD Contest Manager says RD logs are coming in fast BUT many operators have selected the wrong operating category. "for instance, they have selected the OPEN category when in fact they have only operated in Voice mode, and in other instances they selected Phone when all their contacts they made were in CW, little mistakes like this, could, very well cost them a winning situation. Another common misuse of the Computer logging programs is that they generated a .TXT file instead of the .CSV format. In order to check the logs I need to print out all the Electronic logs and lets say when they are in .TXT format that someone that has 300 to 400 points can run into 20 or so pages, whereas in .CSV format we are down to 6 to 7 pages, thus saving costly Paper and Inks, Something to bear in mind for the future. To those that have NOT yet logged their logs please remember you only have to last Mail Monday the 15th September for them to reach me, and PLEASE send your Electronic logs to rdlogs@wia.org.au in order that the other scrutineers also receive your logs". Westlakes Cup on September 19 is another Westlakes Amateur Radio Club Contest. 2 sections, open, for Standard and Advanced and, F call, for Foundation class. Full details can be found on Westlakes Homepage www.westlakesarc.org.au The Spring Field Day (UHF-VHF VK) will be held on November 28/29, later in the month than in past years. An ideal time to spend a balmy weekend on a hilltop! We are told more details are on the WIA contest page. 2009 NZART STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT 1 November 08:00-11:00 UTC 80m CW www.nzart.org.nz/contests SPECIAL EVENT CALLS, 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 OZ 1658 ROS 350th anniversary of the Treaty of Roskilde Till Dec 31 VARIOUS SM STATIONS USING 1658 (Treaty of Roskilde) Till Dec 31 VI 2 SRC 50 Summerland Clubs 50th Anniversary (VK2) Till Aug 31 VP 9 400 /home call 400th Anniversary of Bermuda Till Dec 31 VR 2009 EAG The 5th East Asian Games Hong Kong Till Dec 31 YL 90 AIR 90yrs of Latvian Air Force Till Dec 31 WIRELESS WEATHER Are sunspots normal this cycle? This week my eye caught some reporting by two scientists from the US National Solar Observatory, William Livingston and Matthew Penn, whose paper in the journal of the American Geophysical Union asks and answers the question, "Are Sunspots Different During This Solar Minimum?" Quoting their paper, "Something is unusual about the current sunspot cycle. The current minimum has been unusually long, and with more than 670 days without sunspots through June 2009, the number of spotless days has not been equalled since 1933. The solar wind is reported to be in a uniquely low energy state since space measurements began nearly 40 ago." They ask, "Why is a lack of sunspot activity interesting?" when mention the Maunder Minimum, a period of 70 years "from 1645 to 1715, [when] the Sun entered a period of low activity... [that] could explain the low temperatures recorded in Europe during the Little Ice Age." Using a telescope at Kitt Peak in Arizona, "the observations showed that the magnetic strength in sunspots were decreasing with time, independent of the sunspot cycle. A simple linear extrapolation of these data suggests that sunspots might completely vanish by 2015." They also say that, "although the Sun's magnetic polarity has reversed and the new solar cycle has been detected, most of the new cycle's spots have been 'pores' [tiny sunspots] without penumbrae." The penumbra is the filamented edge of the sunspot where the magnetic force lines run across the surface, rather than the darker, central umbra where the lines are largely vertical. Livingston and Penn say that, "Recent observations of small spots suggest that the relationship between umbral magnetic field strength and infrared intensity... has remained constant. This reveals that sunspots seen currently still follow the same infrared intensity and magnetic field strength relationship seen in previous years. Instead, magnetically weaker sunspots are seen more frequently now in conjunction with high infrared intensities." This means that, "the vigour of sunspots, in terms of magnetic intensity, has greatly diminished..." and data "shows the decrease in field strength now found with respect to time (1992-2009), which still shows a linear trend of the solar cycle." Livingston and Penn say, with characteristic scientific restraint, "whether this is an omen of long-term sunspot decline, analogous of the [70 year] Maunder Minimum, remains to be seen." For WIA National News, I'm Peter Ellis VK1PE Reference: "Are Sunspots Different During This Solar Minimum?", William Livingston and Matthew Penn, Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol 90, No 30, 28 July 2009, pages 257-264" BROADCAST MONITORING SWL AND SCANNER NEWS aus_scanner@yahoogroups.com http://www.scanaustralia.bigpondhosting.com www.scanvictoria.com www.tinyurl.com/BITS-026 (A receiver located in NY USA) Chinese authorities have made frequency adjustments midway during A09, affecting all transmissions which were previously operating in the new exclusive worldwide amateur radio service band 7100-7200 kHz. These regional services are affected: Xizang Peoples' Broadcasting Service - Lhasa Broadcasts on 7125 and 7170 have been moved to 7255 and 7450: 7255 (replacing 7125) Tibetan 7450 (replacing 7170) Broadcasts on 7120, 7155 and 7195 have been moved to 11975, 7230 and 7205: 11975 (replacing 7120) 7230 (replacing 7155) 7205 (replacing 7195) (Reported by DF5SX and DJ9KR and sourced to iaru monitoring service) 4,500 Thai radio stations register to go legal More than 4,500 community radio stations in Thailand have registered under a National Telecommunications Commission scheme to become legal broadcasters. About 95 percent of the country’s community radio stations signed up for the 300-day trial licence. Stations which did not register by last Monday’s deadline but continued to operate are now considered illegal. It is interesting to note While the Thai Radio Commission could not shut down stations that failed to register, it could take action against them for illegal broadcasting. The NTC could file complaints with the police against stations which operate without a licence and charge them for the unlicensed use of transmitters and radio frequencies. Community stations which have registered under the scheme can broadcast for 300 days but their programme content must not incite political unrest and violence, offend the monarchy or disrupt social morals. (sourced to Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union) MEDIA WATCH www.wiaq.com/admin/uploads/weeklytally.rtf www.cq-amateur-radio.com/WorldRadio.html YouTube SO-50 Amateur Radio Satellite Contact A video on YouTube shows an Amateur Radio Satellite SO-50 contact between VK6MJ in Perth WA and VK2ZAZ in New South Wales at the Wyong Field Day 2009. Geoff VK2ZAZ is using handheld FM equipment. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- DIGITAL Australian Coordinator for TCPIP domains is Indy vk2xb@wia.org.au CHIRP D-STAR programming software Radio Amateurs have developed a extensive range of open-source and freeware radio communications software. One example of this is CHIRP, a Windows/Linux/MacOSX program that can program ICOM D-STAR radios. CHIRP is a cross-platform, cross-radio programming tool. It works on Windows and Linux (and soon, MacOSX). It can program all of the ICOM D-STAR (or D-STAR-capable) radios and exchange data between them. CHIRP also supports limited operation with the Icom ID-RP D-STAR DV and DD repeaters. CHIRP http://chirp.danplanet.com/wiki/ CHIRP Beginners Guide http://chirp.danplanet.com/wiki/BeginnersGuide 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 AMSAT North America has received approval from the Air Force Space Command to continue re-distribution of Keplerian elements data sourced from the Space Track website.. This means that the AMSAT Keplerian Elements in verbose format and the 2-line format can be freely distributed by those who receive them from AMSAT. The agreement covers the period of April 1, 2009 to April 1, 2010. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP --- POLICE http://www.iparc.nl ZS9WRR on the air The Servamus Community Police Forum and Emcom Amateur Radio Wing ZS9WRR are now active on the air. South Africa's first community police forum orientated emcom amateur radio station, which is directly linked as a partner to the South African police services, the first line of safety and security in South Africa, became active as a group under the official name of Servamus/ Community Police Forum/Emcom Amateur Radio Wing. South African radio amateurs can now go on record as radio reserve stations after applying for membership free of charge at the amateur radio wing. email jolga@telkomsa.net 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 The Murray Marathon “IS ON” Mini Marathon 17th October. Major Marathon 27th December. The event will now be known as the “VicSuper Murray Marathon”. If you are in the area and would like to help out comms wise, register as part of the WICEN team for the Mini Marathon call Gerard VK3GER (Phone 9773 6313 gwerner@dodo.com.au) And for the “VicSuper Murray Marathon” call or E-mail Graham VK3KMG (mobile 0417 539 710 mason.group@bigpond.com) Andhra Pradesh Red Cross Installs Amateur Radio It is reported that Andhra Pradesh Red Cross State Branch has installed Amateur Radio equipment VU3NYD reports that: Andhra Pradesh Red Cross Society has established a Disaster Management Centre at its Headquarters Office in Hyderabad with the support of American Red Cross and Amateur Radio equipment has been installed. Indian Red Cross Society - South India www.indianredcross.org/south-india.html (southgate) Universal ham radio text messaging initiative The September QST magazine is a special emergency communications issue and it features an article by Bob Bruninga WB4APR on the Universal Ham Radio Text Messaging Initiative. The article seeks to introduce a broad new Amateur Radio initiative to find ways to seamlessly connect many of the dozens of existing Amateur Radio text messaging capabilities together. SOCIAL SCENE 2009 International Telecommunication Union's Telecom World 2009. 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". NOV 15 VK4 QUEENSLAND CLUBS "PRESIDENTS LUNCH" GEEBUNG RSL 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. JUNE 5 VK2 Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club's 35th Annual Field Day. NOV 7 VK5 2010 Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society Hamfest Rosa St Goodwood 2012 JAN 23-FEB 17 YEAR 2012 World Radio Conference WRC-11 Geneva 23rd January TO 17th February 2012 MAY 4-7 2012 VK5 YL International 2012 Australia (vk5tmc@bigpond.com) Please think of the environment before printing this email ============================================================================= WIANews - we've reported...YOU decide. Societies and Club News Letter Editors can EXCHANGE a feed prior to the actual broadcast date, e-mail nationalnews@wia.org.au 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 to our dedicated band of broadcast volunteers who utilize their time and equipment in bringing you this weekly broadcast. The purpose of "WIANews" is to rapidly provide news of interest to active amateurs residing in Australia and the globe. 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