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 http://www.wia.org.au (click news in member area) Submit your audio news Please.. 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 OCT 17 2010. One of our Aircraft is missing! HAS THE SHIP THAT ROCKED BEEN SCUTTLED? Showcasing the ACMA "One Antarctic Summer," Starring regular Central Coast based listener, VK2APQ Climate satellite 'blinded' by radio interference ALL UP AND COMING IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA FOR WEEK COMMENCING OCTOBER 17 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Communications support for Chile mine rescue As the world watched via television the rescue 33 trapped miners at San Jose in Chile, giving its support was the Radio Club de Chile (RCCH) to boost the availability of communications in the area. President of the Radio Amateurs of the Region of Atacama, Jose Maldonado has reported that support was offered to overcome the lack of communications facilities in this desert region of Chile. The support enabled links for various authorities with emergency equipment inside the San Jose site and also with family and authorities in the city of Copiapo. According to ARRL, Erico José Andrade, CE2EPB said Radio Club Copiapó had a lot of equipment, enabling the club to cover almost all of the Atacama Region: “This helped effectively from the outset after the accident, because the mine complex where the emergency occurred did not have contact with ordinary phones that could coordinate the rescue effort in the shortest time possible.” Some of the 80 members of Radio Club Copiapó installed amateur equipment in the mine complex, and volunteers from the club have, from the moment the mine collapse occurred on August 5, have taken shifts to provide communication support. “This, together with additional mobile police stations, hospitals and fire battalions, kept everyone abreast of all the needs and urgent requirements,” Andrade explained. While this collaboration continued all shared the common hope for the safe rescue of the miners, trapped 700 metres (2,300 ft) below the ground in the cooper mine since 5 August. (ARRL and Jim Linton VK3PC, Chairman, International Amateur Radio Union Region 3, Disaster Communications Committee). ... ed Must admit I was glued to the various live feeds for this rescue, but really to see what happened when they brought to the surface that miner if both Wife and Mistress were awaiting him!... vk4bb WIA Centenary A look ahead at the VK100WIA roster The special callsign for the Centenary of Organised Amateur Radio in Australia continues to be in strong demand. About 40 WIA affiliated clubs with their three-day rostered slots have amassed a whopping 23,000 contacts so far with the six months availability of the callsign to conclude at the end of this month. The Eastern Zone Amateur Radio Club put the callsign on air today from a hall in Hazelwood with its initial focus being JOTA involving a local girl guides group. Club President, Peter Freeman VK3PF advises that after the JOTA commitment, the Eastern Zone Amateur Radio Club will use the remainder of its 72 hours to put VK100WIA on the HF and higher bands. Keep a watch out for it via the online logging facility that will show its activity in real time. On Wednesday through to Friday the Chifley Amateur Radio Club from its club rooms at Plumpton takes up the reins activating the special callsign 1500 to 2200 local time. Look for it on the 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m bands plus 2m and 70cm. VK100WIA then moves down to Victoria’s second largest city with the Geelong Radio and Electronics Society from its clubrooms in Belmont. Club Secretary, Keith Stickland VK3XKS says operating times will be 9am to 9pm local time on HF, VHF and UHF, Saturday 23 through to Monday 25th of October. He extends a warm welcome to everyone to visit the clubrooms in High St Belmont. WIA Centenary - Hobart FM Community Radio 96.1FM Monday 18 October, sees Justin VK7TW as guest of Historian Reg Watson on his local history program on 96.1FM Hobart. This program will feature some interesting early Wireless Institute of Australia history and maybe even some Tasmanian amateur radio history! The program was as a result of the ABC radio program with Chris Wisbey on a weekend which Reg is a regular contributor to and Justin presented some info about amateur radio and the WIA Centenary. http://www.hobartfm.org.au/ Central Coast Amateur Radio Club (CCARC) From all the members of the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club, a very warm welcome to the Amateur Radio fraternity across Australia Come one come all to the Country Fair and support your hobby on-the-air!! Central Coast Amateur Radio Club will be celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the WIA at the annual Mangrove Mountain Country Fair – Saturday October 23rd. Bring the family - enjoy the country fair while we operate and present our hobby to the general public There will be animal exhibits, pony rides, crafts and food stalls, car and motorcycle exhibits, wood chopping and lots more. The Country Fair will be held in the grounds of the Mangrove Mountain Community Hall, corner of Waratah Road and Wisemans Ferry road Mangrove Mountain NSW 2250 The fun starts at 10 am and goes all day The club will be operating mainly on HF and will be accessing the club repeater VK2RAG on 438.075 and the club’s IRLP node 6060 Remember, Tune in to the World and get people talking! Rod Jarman – Publicity Officer CCARC – vk2fvrj@gmail.com or 02 43402500 The Central Coast Amateur Radio Club this weekend are participating in the annual JOTA at the Scout hall in Wattle Street, East Gosford, if you're in the area pop in! Another Fest to take place, this time in VK7 but not until December is the Central Highlands Hamfest December 4 at Miena, sponsored by the Central Highlands Amateur Radio Club of Tasmania. This biannual event is centred literally in the middle of Tasmania in the Miena Community Hall. MERG With the help of the Media Kit supplied as part of the VK100WIA package, the Maryborough Electronics and Radio Group, Inc, has received publicity via press, television and broadcast radio, in hosting the operations of VK100WIA. Last Saturday and Sunday, MERG held a mini expo at the Maryborough West Scout Hut. With repeated community announcements being given on radio, the stream of visitors continued through Sunday. Some local amateurs who haven't been active came to refresh their involvement with the hobby. One person came to anonymously donate some pre-loved test equipment. Many thanks from MERG. Kathy, VK4KJ, the re-broadcaster for WIA news during October, was able to conduct the broadcast and call-ins using VK100WIA to give more stations a contact for the centenary. VK100WIA also called into the Brisbane 40m call-backs and was able to log some more stations despite heavy local QRM. This weekend, a team from MERG is helping local scouting groups enjoy JOTA from the Aldershot Scout Camp. And for good measure, MERG, has been granted access to the public space, in The Green, adjacent to the Maryborough Town Hall for the National Field Day, coming up next Saturday. Hope to meet you on the air waves; for MERG, I'm Geoff, VK4ZPP FINAL VK2 CLUBS FOR VK100WIA. The special event finishes this month and the last two VK2 clubs to operate will be Chifley as we mentioned earlier, UTC days of Wednesday 20 to Friday 22. and Westlake’s Friday the 29th through to Sunday 31st. 'Arena of Wonder' Wires to Wireless The Melbourne based Prahran Mechanics Institute 'Throughout History Week' is an annual event held at the groups Prahran offices. The 2010 display will take place over the week of the 25th to the 30th of October and features a WIA Centenary display prepared by well known WIA historian Peter Wolfenden VK3RV. The display titled 'Arena of Wonder' from Wires to Wireless is advertised as an extraordinary collection of wireless equipment and memorabilia marking the 100th anniversary of the Wireless Institute of Australia. Many of the items included in the display are to be from Peter Wolfenden's own personal collection. You are encouraged to visit and view this most fascinating display. HAPPY BIRTHDAY IPPY This year the city of Ipswich is celebrating 150 years since being declared a municipality and the WIA is also celebrating its 100 years in 2010. To mark this double celebration the Ipswich and District Radio Club is holding a special presentation and BBQ next Saturday October 23rd at 11am which Mayor Paul Pisasale will attend. Club President Michael Charteris VK4QS said other special guests will include Director of the WIA Ewan McLeod and Ipswich councillors. Highlights will include the presentation to Mayor Pisasale of the book “HALCYON DAYS”, Amateur Radio in Queensland from its earliest days to Pre-World War Two, written by Mr. Alan Shawsmith VK4SS, aged 93. Also on the day the mayor will be inducted as an “Honorary Vice President of the Ipswich & District Radio Club and receive a special certificate, and there will be the cutting of the “Dual Commemorative Cake ” Ipswich 150 years ~ WIA 100 years. I’m Allan VK4FABR. All set for Australia's inaugural national amateur public relations event A variety of locations and venues have been chosen by radio clubs and groups for the Tune-In To The World - Amateur radio gets people talking, WIA National Field Day. Some 25 registrations will see 'public' category amateur radio stations operating from 4 museum or technology centres, 3 Bunning’s warehouses, a fire watch tower, schools, a beach rotunda, town squares, parks, shopping centre and clubrooms. So far these are in all mainland states and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Hopefully Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory will come on board during this week to provide nation-wide participation. More clubs are most welcome to take part in the event on Saturday the 23rd of October. Just submit details via the WIA website online registration facility. All clubs already registered have been given access to a Marketing & Media Guide, a Template Media Release and a backgrounder on amateur radio. We know that WIA support resource has been eagerly welcomed and is to result in publicity in local news media promoting the event and likely to boost attendances. More than two dozen clubs have made the commitment to reach out to the public, provide information about amateur radio, and offer the experience of talking over the airwaves under the guidance of an experienced radio amateur. It's all about marketing amateur radio to the public to increase awareness and understanding, and recruiting new people into the hobby. Also undoubtedly it has the potential to reactivate a few lapsed radio amateurs along the way, when they learn about the new era of amateur radio that began five years ago. And Saturday the 23rd of October is not just for clubs. Thank you to those individual radio amateurs have volunteered to operate their 'private' category station, providing a friendly, welcoming voice for QSOs with the public display stations. We repeat, this is a golden opportunity, a special day focussed on promoting the hobby of amateur radio to people who have yet to discover the world's best hobby. Tune-In to the world - Amateur Radio Gets people talking. HAMS ACROSS AUSTRALIA. VK3 web service:- http://www.amateurradio.com.au/news/ VKC Roundup http://www.police Sunday 24th October is the date for the Annual Ballarat Hamvention. It is held at the Ballarat Greyhound Racing Club in Rubicon st, Redan with doors opening at 10:00AM. Also the BARG is conducting its annual HOMEBREW CONSTRUCTION COMPETITION. Look up the BARG website for details and prizes. www.barg.org.au VK4 - QNEWS web service local audio news:- www.wiaq.com/ftp/vk4_qnews_64.mp3 local news email qnews-vk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com VKR Roundup http://www.police.qld.gov.au/News+and+Alerts/Media+Releases/ VK6 Carine Primary School in West Australia is a hive of industry at present preparing for their ARISS contact due to take place this coming Tuesday afternoon,19.Oct. at 07:06 UTC. 15 students have been selected to ask astronaut Doug Wheelock questions about life on board the ISS. ACMA NEWS The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy has announced the reappointment of Chris Chapman as Chair of the ACMA and the appointment of a new Deputy Chair, Mr Richard Bean. Senator Conroy also announced the appointment of three new part-time members, Ms Louise Benjamin, Mr Hugh Marks and Emeritus Professor Reg Coutts. Professor Coutts is the chairman and co-founder of Red Button Technologies, an Adelaide based Telecommunications Start-up More details at www.emailhosts.com/ct/ctcount.php?key=009355260099014900001294 Showcasing the ACMA David Long and David Hay will be going along to REAST in Hobart to give a presentation on what the Australian Communications and Media Authority does. We as amateurs have linkages, through our licensing with the ACMA however, they do so much more than just licensing. This should be a fascinating insight into the organisation and why it exists. It happens on Wednesday November 3rd at 8pm in the Queens Domain clubrooms. http://reast.asn.au/events.php#ACMAPresentation (Justin, VK7TW) INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to RSGB, Southgate AR Club, the ARRL, Amateur Radio Newsline, NZART and the WW sources of the WIA. CARS AND PLANES AND BOATS AND THINGS CAR 54 - WHERE ARE YOU A car used for the filming of a car chase scene in a Hollywood movie has collided with a Washington DC Police SUV. The police SUV collided with a yellow Chevy Camaro - known as the character Bumblebee in the Transformers movie series. The 'prang' was not scripted and the police SUV was not supposed to be there! The police officer driving the SUV, a veteran bomb technician was taken to hospital with minor injuries. Sources said the police officer was responding to a call and was apparently using a different radio frequency than the officers who were securing the perimeter for the movie. (WIA) THE JUDGE DOES IT WITH FREQUENCY! Following the arrest and comprehensive prosecution of a plane spotter in South Africa's Gauteng, local aviation enthusiasts have been warned that they will need to write an exam and qualify as a radio amateur to legally possess popular air band receivers. Until now nobody has been prosecuted for this offence. Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society chairman Ashley Goosen has warned local aviation enthusiasts that they need to be licensed to possess an air band receiver legally. Plane spotter Julian Swift was arrested earlier this year under the South African Telecommunication Act for the illegal possession of an air band receiver and for listening in on several radio frequencies. They are not just determined to throw the book at the spotter, they are still writing a telephone directory and War and Peace to throw at him, just last week the state amended the charge sheet to include every frequency on his receiver! (WIA) HAS THE SHIP THAT ROCKED BEEN SCUTTLED? News on that pacific ocean pop pirate ship that was planning to bombard Fiji with news and pop music, reminiscent to the golden oldies days of off shore England broadcast tubs has "dried up". The President of the Fiji Democracy and Freedom Movement, based in Sydney here in Australia, says the idea was to put an antenna on a ship anchored in international waters, outside Fiji's legal jurisdiction. It had been suggested in some quarters they had been planning to position a Dutch-registered merchant vessel in the international waters off the coast of Fiji to defy censors in the military dictatorship and fire up on both AM and FM. (WIA) ============================================================================= NEWS FROM ARNEWSLINE NEW NEVADA RADIO STATION TO INCLUDE HAM STATION A tower is in place for a new broadcast radio station that will have a ham radio connection. Amateur Radio Newsline's Don Carlson, KQ6FM, has the details: The station is KQLN on 91.3 MHz FM and will serve Alamo, Nevada, in the Pahranagat Valley. This, from a site that sits on Nevada Highway 93 with coverage expected to be 50 miles in all directions. The owner of KQLN is Harvey Caplan, KD7FJJ. Jerry Fuge, KC6ILH the Emergency Coordinator in Nevada's Northern Nye County says that Caplan is a member of the regions ARES/RACES organization that already has a repeater located at another of Caplan's radio stations. That one is located in the town of Pahrump. That’s a city made famous by overnight talk show host Art Bell, W6OBB. In a recent interview, Caplan told the Lincoln County Record that the stations transmitter site will house both KQLN along with an amateur radio station that will have coverage over most of the populated area of the valley. The ham station will be battery-powered and charged by a solar power panel. Caplan told the newspaper that almost everyone associated with the station called Alamo Radio is not only a licensed amateur radio operator, but also a member of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service. He describes ARES as a national organization trained to respond to community emergencies by setting up two-way radio stations in hospitals, public safety areas, or even on mountain tops. Kaplan notes that amateur radio can get messages through when conventional public safety radio systems fail, or to help when such systems may become overloaded. He says that some messages can be urgent, to fire or police, or simply relay health and welfare information to relatives of those in a disaster zone. Either way says Caplan, they could be life saving. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Carlson, KQ6FM, in Reno. In the newspaper article Caplan added that he hopes that others will want to serve the community and the valley by becoming licensed radio amateurs. He also looks forward to having KQLN-FM operating by the time of the November elections. CCTV IMAGE PROCESSING TO COUNTER TERRORISM The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing image processing technology that will improve surveillance of abandoned luggage in public places. It's well known that across Europe there are numerous Closed Circuit TV systems in use in public places. These installations have the ability to gather large amounts of image material. But at this time there are no effective ways to analyse the mass of video data automatically and recognize potential risk situations. Now comes VTT which is involved in a European Union research project called SUBITO. SUBITO is aimed at developing Information Technology or I-T solutions. An example might be luggage left in a public place which may contain explosives or other dangerous substances. Terror attacks based on this tactic have already claimed taken place. Now, with the help of an application developed as part of the project, cameras recognize abandoned luggage automatically and rapidly identify, locate and track the person who left it there. VTT says that SUBITO enhances security in a cost-efficient manner, since the new technology can be built on the foundations of existing Closed Circuit TV systems. Individual privacy issues are thus easier to take into account, because the end users must already take note of them in operating the system. OPERATIONAL NEWS - SPECIAL EVENTS AND ON AIR CONTEST COLUMN - D A T E L I N E 2010 Oct 23 WIA WIA National Field Day nfd@wia.org.au NOV 20-21 WIA Spring VHF-UHF Field Day John Martin VK3KM tac@wia.org.au Good Morning Trent VK4TI here, today we have the 2010 Results of VK Shires Congratulations are in order for the award winners - Catherine VK4GH won both the Single op and the Single Rover categories - VK2IM for the second year has won the VK5NJ Trophy for the most CW contacts. VK7FWAY put in a stellar performance to take top honours in the Foundation category. VK4ZD (VK4HH) powered away with the Multi Two category - well done Bill and Dianne. Mark VK4ADX went bush and set a new activation record for shires as well as second place in the Rover category. Well Done all and thanks to everyone who entered and submitted a log See you all in 2011.. SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS, REPEATER BEACON DX AND NET ADVICE hf nets ON the net, www.timroberts-vk4yeh.id.au/ ZS8M approved for DXCC credit The RSGB say ZS8M from Marion Island has been approved for DXCC credit. Those who have had cards rejected for this operation can e-mail dxcc@arrl.org for an update to their DXCC account. Please refer to your LoTW account or the live daily listings for confirmation that an update has been done. AT10, Antarctica Time is running out to work Bhagwati, VU3BPZ, the communications manager of the 29th Indian Expedition at the Antarctic Maitri Base station, as AT10BP Bhagwati and his team have less than 2 months remaining at Maitri. Activity by AT10BP is SSB only usually on the air around 1700z between 14276-14280 kHz. QSL direct only via I1HYW. For more info, visit the Worldwide Antarctic Program (WAP) Web page www.waponline.it Also, Michel/F6DWQ and Mehdi/F5PFP have put together a nice slideshow with music depicting the Maitri Base station www.french-polar-team.fr/VU_Maitri_Station_Antarctica.php LOGBOOK OF THE WORLD It was Victor RD3PQ who uploaded QSO number 300 million to ARRL's Logbook of the World (LoTW), thus confirming a QSO with SV2/OM3CGN the 5th October 2010. ARRL commenced LoTW in 2001 and in January 2011 it will be 10 years since this initiative of digital log and confirmation of QSO's was first published. It has probably taken more time and more work than the ARRL had thought to get the system stable and functional, but thanks to a team of dedicated staff and volunteers, they now have a system with high security and stability. DROP SHORTS Radio amateurs many radio clubs in South East London will be operating special event station GB2RA located at the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich from Saturday 23rd October through to Sunday 31st. GB2RA will be mainly on the 40m and 2m bands during the Museum opening hours, 10.00 to 17.00. More info from Lawrie, G4FAA on 07899 855166. (RSGB) AWARDS Attention New VK Hams Make one of your goals to obtain the WORKED ALL WINNIPEG AWARD Work 10 Stations Within Winnipeg - "Any mode/any band.” This is a good one to get your toe in the award aspect of your new hobby, achievable to with just 10 VE's in Winnipeg to track down. (Stations outside Manitoba within North America require 15 contacts and stations within Manitoba require 25 contacts) Full details/rules are posted on www.mts.net/~warc//awards.html INTRUDER WATCH - ENFORCEMENT ZONE Region III IARUMS Coordinator Peter Young VK3MV VK IARUMS reflector email to subscribe intruders@wia.org.au INTRUDER NETS Friday 0730 UTC 7.065.5 with VK4CEU David. Amateur exclusive frequencies where any non-amateur signal is definitely an intruder. Amateur HF Spectrum world wide 7.050 to 7.100 14.000 to 14.250 14.250 to 14.350 No broadcasters 21.000 to 21.450 24.890 to 24.990 28.000 to 29.700 Climate satellite 'blinded' by radio interference The European Space Agency says that it has launched a behind-the-scenes campaign to shut down illicit radio and TV transmissions interfering with a major climate satellite. The 315-million-euro Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity probe "has been bugged by patches of interference from radar, TV and radio transmissions in what should be a protected band." The interference to the probe is as it passes over parts of southern Europe, Asia, the Middle East and some coastal zones, ESA said in a press release. The intrusion has two causes. One is a leak into a band of the electromagnetic spectrum (1400-1427 MHz in the L-band) assigned to space astronomy and Earth exploration satellites. The other cause is illegal transmissions by TV, radio links and networks such as security systems that are blasting into the precious radio band. "Also, terrestrial radars appear to cause interference," ESA said. MEDIA WATCH www.wiaq.com/admin/uploads/weeklytally.rtf www.cq-amateur-radio.com/WorldRadio.html VK6 NEWS WEST This WIA year already VK6RAP 2 meter call-backs have hit the 1000 checkin figure. For many a year the highest had been Adelaide’s 2 meter outlet VK5RAD, but this year the good folk in the west are doing it better! VK6RAP First in Australia to hit the magic 1K, a fitting tribute to long time NewsWest Guru Dennis VK6KAD who medically is "doing it tough" and has hung up his microphone. All the best Dennis!! SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FEMALES IN RADIO Scandinavian Young Ladies Radio Amateurs have a contest to promote YL activity around the world as well as to encourage amateur radio communication between women and men. It takes place from 10.00 UTC on 23rd October to 10.00 UTC on 24th October. The rules can be found on http://contestclubfinland.com 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 Indonesian Amateur Radio Satellites to launch in 2011 A news report says the Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautic and Space will launch two satellites carrying Amateur Radio, LAPAN-A2 and LAPAN–ORARI, in the second quarter of 2011. The report could be read as implying the satellites will be launched from a domestic rocket. An earlier report in February 2010 indicated that LAPAN-ORARI would be launched from India. The article comments on the effect of import restrictions which has led LAPAN to develop local production to enable the country to have an independent rocket launch facility (southgate) 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 The JOTA-JOTI website is at www.international.scouts.com.au - it contains some recent additions of important information and resources. Please visit there to take a look And don’t forget to register your group's activity at www.jotajoti.org and let Bob Bristow JOTA-JOTI Coordinator Scouts Australia know how you go this weekend! One station in huge demand has been SU8JOTA. The Egyptian Radio Amateurs Society (ERASD) celebrating the 53rd Jamboree On The Air is on air from the Cairo International Scout Centre. All though many stations commence JOTA the Friday Afternoon local here in Australia (VK) the official "Start" is at 1pm Local area time and is opened by the current Australian Governor General, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor-General of Australia, Chief Scout and Patron of Girl Guides Australia. (http://www.wiaq.com/ftp/jota_address_2010.mp3) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO EMERGENCY FREQUENCIES IARU REGION 3 3.600, 7.110, 14.300, 18.160 and 21.360 MHz One of our Aircraft is missing! Cessna, VH-MDX is the only aircraft not accounted for on the Australian mainland and right at this moment WICEN NSW are out searching for her! This week, 16 and 17 of October, WICEN are providing communications support for the Barrington Tops Search and Rescue exercise, or "SAREX" and as well as training, the objective of the exercise is locating missing Cessna, VH-MDX. (vk2wi news) GET SET - This weekend! Canadian Simulated Emergency Test (SET) has been taking place this weekend, October 16, 17 and is proving a great opportunity for ARES groups to practice the delivery of Amateur Radio assistance to Canadian municipalities and served agencies. REWIND STUDIO: A small bit of Amateur Radio history has been replayed on TV, as Peter Ellis VK1PE tells it.... (in another of his off-beat tales...) AUDIO: On Thursday 7 October I got home late from Lodge. I turned on the TV and was watching a snippet of "One Antarctic Summer" (1980) on Prime (i.e. 7 network TV) just after midnight and suddenly saw VK2APQ's station used as the venue for the Federal Minister for something talking to the team on a boat in Antarctica. The callsign was even used by the operator on-air. A small thing, to be true. Best wishes to VK2APQ and the team from the boat. They’ve been remembered, and replayed, 30 years later. PS (but not)... Pierce Healy VK2APQ celebrated his 99th birthday in August 2010. Ref: http://www.eham.net/articles/24536 That means that Pierce was 68 or 69 when the film was made. Peter VK1PE Ref -- show link: http://guides.news.com.au/television/guide/?action=event&event_id=35586374&refresh=®ion_id=126 Ref -- NOT: IMDB.com Ref -- YES: http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/302110 SOCIAL SCENE Oct 23 WIA WIA National Field Day nfd@wia.org.au Oct 24 VK3 Ballarat Hamvention at Ballarat Greyhound Racing Club NOV 7 VK5 Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society Hamfest Rosa St Goodwood NOV 13 VK4 Gold Coast Hamfest Albert Waterways Hall, Broadbeach at 8.30am. information contact hamfest@gcars.com.au NOV 14 VK4 Presidents Lunch at Rockhampton vk4by@wia.org.au DEC 4 VK7 Central Highlands Hamfest at Miena 2011 Jan 30 vk2 Mid North Coast Radio Expo 2011 at St Johns Church Hall McLean Street, Coffs Harbour at 8:30am, vk2cjc@wia.org.au Feb 13 VK3 Centre Victoria RadioFest No.4 Kyneton Racecourse (http://amateurradio.com.au/node/865/) Announcing the Centre Victoria RadioFest No. 4 The date is Sunday the 13th of February for the return of this, the major event in Victoria, held at the Kyneton Racecourse. The Organising Committee from Amateur Radio Victoria is now busy developing the program - keep a watch on the website for more details. The Commercial Traders liaison Barry Robinson VK3PV and Second-hand sales coordinator Tony Hambling VK3VTH, have begun taking bookings. Mini-lecture program coordinator Peter Cossins VK3BFG is reporting that the team on its return from DX0DX DXpedition to The Spratlys, will be giving a presentation at the Centre Victoria RadioFest. The IARU Region 3 ARDF Championships will be held in Victoria in 2011. To tell us the latest about this radio sport activity will be the WIA ARDF Coordinator Jack Bramham VK3WWW. See you at the Centre Victoria RadioFest on Sunday the 13th of February, I'm Bruce Lees VK3FFF. Website: amateurradio.com.au/node/865/ ============================================================================= WIANews - we've reported...YOU decide. 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