WIANEWS - July 17 - VK NATIONAL NEWS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 TWITTER http://twitter.com/VK1WIA 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 WEEK COMMENCING July 17 2011. A well-earned boost for amateur radio They are still talking about the excellent coverage given in the Livewire section of the Green Guide supplement in The Age newspaper. HEAR MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA FOR WEEK COMMENCING JULY 17 2011. A well-earned boost for amateur radio They are still talking about the excellent coverage given in the Livewire section of the Green Guide supplement in The Age newspaper. The well-researched article by Katie Cincotta appeared on Thursday the 7th of July and involves accounts of nine radio amateurs, including 13-year old Monique Golub VK3FWPZ. The 8th grader enjoys contesting and has encouraged other young girls to join the fun. Justin Stewart VK3FLIP and Monique VK3FWPZ are shown at the Sherbrooke Community School station VK3KID. Maths teacher Edward Seeto VK3LIP demonstrates on a hand-held radio accessing a web-enabled local repeater to connect to a user in Dallas, Texas. They learn the ropes from volunteers Randall McDonald VK3RM and Jim McNabb VK3AMN. Another relative newcomer is Richard Holmes VK3TXD, keen to dispel the amateur radio stereotype of old blokes tinkering, and hopes a new generation will find clever ways to evolve the hobby. The lure of long-distance or DX contacts remains his main interest. The article has a look at Doug McArthur VK3UM on emergency communications and moon-bounce experimentation through to Jack Bramham VK3WWW on his digital amateur television and ARDF pursuits. Wireless Institute of Australia media spokesman Jim Linton VK3PC says the Foundation Licence is simple for people to acquire, although many progress to the higher grades as Standard and Advanced which give them more. To read the full article visit: theage.com.au/digital-life/ham-radio-far-from-over-or-out-20110706-1h135.html (Jim Linton VK3PC) august Wally Green VK6WG turns 100 in August and is still going strong in the microwave experimenting area. Wally recounts many amusing stories and one, told when being intervied by Bob Elms VK6BE went along these lines:- "I recently heard you telling a story about your exploits with ford spark coils and a male relative. Give us the story again will you? Wally responded......." "Yes that sticks in my mind and I can see it in my head now. He was interested in my elder sister and I was playing with my Ford coil and I decided to see what would happen with this bloke. There was a couch along the side wall. I connected the coil to a battery and connected to two pieces of enamel covered wire and put it under a piece of news paper. The Ford coil would send a spark an inch long. It would go through newspaper with no trouble at all. When he sat down I turned the coil on. He just rose straight up into the air. If his pants had been paper they would been set on fire. But he still married my sister." Augusts Amateur Radio Magazine will feature Wally VK6WG on the cover. http://www.vk6uu.id.au/VK6WG.html (sourced to vk7wia) John Singleton’s Macquarie Radio Network has concluded a heads of agreement to acquire eight commercial radio broadcasting stations from the Smart Radio Network in Queensland. The agreement is subject to satisfaction of customary conditions including securing finance, board approval and the conclusion of a long form agreement. WIA President Michael Owen VK3KI president@wia.org.au Vice President Phil Wait VK2ASD vk2asd@wia.org.au Secretary Sarah Thompson VK3AUD secretary@wia.org.au Treasurer John Longayroux VK3PZ vk3pz@wia.org.au WIA...Why be in it? The Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society, an affiliate of the WIA in their last newsletter as that very question. WIA...Why be in it? They co on to say that "in 2010 the WIA celebrated 100 years of representing Amateur Radio in Australia. That is 100 years of improved conditions for the AR population in Australia. The WIA does not win all the battles, but at least they try. Currently only 30% of Australian Amateurs are members. The WIA is like a trade union, the WIA works hard to get benefits for their members, but all Amateurs benefit. Is that fair? All amateurs are free to use VK5 repeaters yet some are funded by the WIA. AHARS insurance: the club has liability insurance through the WIA. Any members who are members of the WIA are covered at no further cost to AHARS. The club submits members list in April and the WIA charges a fee for all non WIA members. Clubs are not advised of who are not members, due to privacy restrictions, but Clubs are charged accordingly. If you operate on the so called WARC bands, have a Foundation licence, operate HF without a CW test, then these conditions have all been won by the WIA. WIA will be represented at the World Radio Conference (WRC) in 2012. The WIA is part of the official Australian Government contingent, the WIA pay for this privilege. If we do not attend, our bands and conditions are at risk. This all costs money. It will cost you less than $2 a week to be a WIA member. Please visit the WIA website www.wia.org.au to see how many volunteers help. Contests, awards, magazine, bookshop, historian and so on, for the benefit of all Amateurs. This is not a witch hunt, just putting the facts for your decision. As AHARS say in their newsletter. Please consider joining. WIA PRESIDENT VK3KI REPORTS Recently an amateur forgot to renew his licence because he failed to advise the ACMA of his new address, and was upset when his two letter callsign was allocated to someone else. The "Comment" in the June 2009 issue of Amateur Radio addressed this problem in some detail, and further information can be found on the WIA website www.wia.org.au under the tab "Australian amateur licensing and callsigns" under the button "Get your Amateur Radio Licence". The Radiocommunications Act does not impose on ACMA an obligation to issue a renewal notice. ACMA does so, but failure to receive a renewal notice is no excuse for not renewing a licence. Obviously, failing to notify the ACMA of a change of address will mean that even if the ACMA does send a renewal notice, it will go the wrong address. But the Act does provide that a licence can be renewed from 6 months before and 60 days after its expiry date. It is the licensee’s responsibility to ensure that the licence is renewed in that time. A callsign is only a condition of a licence, and if the licence is not renewed, after 60 days from the expiry date the callsign will be placed on the Public List, (the list of available callsigns on the WIA website) and after 7 days the WIA will issue a Callsign Recommendation to whoever wants that callsign. PRESIDENT MICHAEL ALSO WROTE TO WIA FRONT PAGE NEWS "From 8 July 2011 a change has been made to the procedures for a Callsign Recommendation for a two letter callsign in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Since 1 December 2010 the procedure in respect of two letter callsigns in those states has been that no callsign recommendation can be made until seven days after a callsign is placed on the Public List, (the list of available callsigns on the WIA website) to allow someone who has inadvertently allowed a licence to lapse to claim back the callsign. Applications for these two letter callsign were still required to be lodged by mail, but after the seven days had elapsed, if there was more than one application for a callsign and the callsign has not been claimed back, then the applications were drawn at random in the presence of a WIA Director, Secretary or Treasurer. This ensured that those living in more remote areas, without Express Post, were not disadvantaged. Now applications for a two letter callsign in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria may be sent by mail, facsimile, scanned and sent by email, or delivered by hand to the WIA office. After the expiration of seven days, the ballot procedure will determine the applicant who will receive the Callsign Recommendation. In addition, fees paid by unsuccessful applicants will be retained until the callsign has been allocated by ACMA, and if the callsign is not allocated, then the next applicant drawn would be offered the callsign and the fees will only be refunded to unsuccessful applicants after the ACMA has allocated the callsign. The WIA cannot accept a standing application for a two letter callsign, as the application for a Callsign Recommendation must always relate to a particular callsign." HAMS ACROSS AUSTRALIA. VK3 web service:- http://www.amateurradio.com.au/news/ Police Roundup http://www.vicpolicenews.com.au/ Riverina Field Day Albury Wodonga Amateur Radio Club Inc The Albury Wodonga Amateur Radio club hosts the Field day, held at the Lavington Scout Group Hall Lavington at 10:00am and it costs just $5.00. Traders, second hand equipment, hot food, free tea and coffee. All welcome on July 31. Places for exhibitors and traders still available, for more information contact Tom vk2my sanders_01@bigpond.com (wia events) East Gippsland Amateur Radio Club would like to remind members of the up and coming AGM, the AGM will be held in the rivers room at the Bairnsdale RSL Club, corner of Princes Highway and Forge Creek Road, on Sunday the 24th of July at 1:30 PM and meals start at 12 PM for those wishing to have a meal before the AGM, more information may be found at the clubs web site www.vk3egc.org (Michael, clubs Publicity Officer, VK3HAU) VK5 Darryl Ross, VK5HZ writing in the Winter 2011 issue of ‘INFO’ from the Elizabeth Amateur Radio Club in VK5 tells how they have added a new column to the issue – ‘EARC Notices and Classifieds’. Notices and ‘adverts’ are free for members and can be run for as many issues as are requested. So if you have anything you want to get rid out of the ‘junk room’ er 'shack', send in a quick note and perhaps someone else will find a use for it! VK7 local area news :- http://reast.asn.au/news.php vk7 local news, email vk7regionalnews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com VK7RCH interference Michael 7FMRS and Hayden VK7HAY have managed to track down the interference on VK7RCH. It appears to be a "remote" operated boat crane operating on 433.575MHz, the repeaters input. Just a reminder too that anyone may use the repeater, it's for the benefit of Southern Amateurs and to increase activity on 70cm. (VK7WIA) VK2 web service:- http://www.arnsw.org.au/html/news_vk2wi.htm VKG Roundup http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news Snowy Mountains Amateur Radio Club. Visitors to the Perisher ski areas over winter are invited to use the local 70cm repeater on 438.450 MHz. VK2RLJ located at a little under 2000 metres ASL on Mount Perisher, provides excellent coverage in and around the Perisher Valley range of ski resorts as well as into the Thredbo Ski Resort and surrounding towns. The Snowy Club reminds visitors their 2mrepeaters are active on 147.025 MHz and 147.250 MHz, both positive offset and 91.5 Hz tone, providing coverage all the way from Cooma to the Snowy Mountains. (vk2wi) TRASH & TREASURE The next Trash & Treasure event at VK2WI is on the last Sunday of this month, the 31st, with the usual line up. Trash & Treasure and exam assessments in the morning and the Home Brew gathering in the early afternoon. International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend heats up Jim Linton tells us that the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society has told him that "Lighthouses of Australia", a non-profit organisation which aims to create a higher profile for lighthouses, will be in attendance to relight the old diesel powered Point Perpendicular Light for VK2AMW on the weekend! Club Auction Liverpool & District Amateur Radio Club Auction, Saturday August 20. Miller Scout Hall, Shopshire Road, Miller. Next to Miller High School open 8:30am, auction commences at 10:30am Any vendors who wish to participate, please contact the Liverpool Secretary Garry VK2BR further details. VK2BR on 0427 063 553 email vk2tsr@bigpond.com The report, The internet service market and Australians in the online environment, found that that more than 15 million people aged 14-years and over used the internet during the December quarter of 2010, up from 14.2 million during the same quarter in 2009. In addition, 71 per cent of internet users went online at least once a day in December 2010, compared to 67 per cent in December 2009 - an increase of 1.2 million users. EDUCATION YOUTH AND ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR RADIO www.hamcollege.com.au ARNSW Foundation Course and assessments on Sunday the 4th of September at the VK2WI site. We ask listeners to advise those they know who have an interest in getting into Amateur Radio that the course is to be held. Have them telephone 02 9651 1490 that number again 02 9651 1490, leaving their contact details. The date again September 4. (VK2WI) INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to RSGB, Southgate AR Club, the ARRL, Amateur Radio Newsline, NZART and the WW sources of the WIA. Radio licence exemptions following Christchurch earthquake Temporary transmitters being used in the Christchurch emergency response are exempted from radio licence requirements for the next three months. The exemption applies to transmitters established within a radius of 30 kilometres of what is known as the ‘The Square' in Christchurch. See NZMS 260 map series location M35 806 417. For the purposes of technical coordination, details of the transmissions must be entered into the Register of Radio Frequencies as ‘planned licences' and be certified by an approved radio engineer or an approved radio certifier. The exemption is made under Regulation 10 of the Radiocommunications Regulations 2001, and is in effect until September 30, 2011. (rsm) ZLs TOURISM RADIO aN Audio travel guide named ‘Tourism Radio’ operates in New Zealand. Tourism Radio uses an integrated GPS system broadcasting content in real time. The system points out well known landmarks as the vehicle approaches allowing visitors to take in all New Zealand has to offer. The New Zealand company is planning to expand its travel guide here to Australia in 2012, followed by Hawaii and the US after that. RMS station at Bangalore The Amateur Radio Messaging Server (RMS) Gateway Station VU2IIH was inaugurated by Shri B.M.Baveja, VU2BMB, Group Coordinator, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India at INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HAMS, Bangalore on Wednesday, 6th July. The project is implemented by National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad. ============================================================================= NEWS FROM ARNEWSLINE USA NEW BILL INTRODUCED TO CRIMINALIZE ILLEGAL STREAMING Streaming copyright material may soon be against the law. Amateur Radio Newsline’s Jim Davis, W2JKD, reports: A trio of Senators has introduced a measure that would make illegally streaming TV shows or movies a felony. The bi-partisan bill, designated as S. 978 was introduced by Senators Amy Klobuchar, John Cornyn and Christopher Coons. It came the same day that Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont re-introduced a bipartisan measure to give the government more tools to shut down Web sites that traffic in stolen intellectual property, including TV shows and movies. It is already a felony to download or upload that content, so the bill would just extend that to streaming. This was a recommendation made by White House Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel. Espinel pointed out that under existing law, it is unclear that streaming copyrighted work can be subject to a felony penalties because such penalties are predicated on the defendant either illegally reproducing or distributing the copyrighted work. While, intuitively, streaming would seem to pretty clearly be distribution, there has been some legal question about that designation. This new law looks to clear up that point. I’m Jim Davis, W2JKD. The Obama administration has made protection, security and privacy of online content a priority given its push for universal broadband as a critical infrastructure component of the country's future. FALCONSAT 3 CREATES OVER 200 NEW HAMS Turning to ham radio space related news, word that the US Air Force Academy FalconSat-3 satellite, launched in 2007, has resulted in over 200 academy students becoming licensed radio amateurs. FalconSat-3 was put into orbit on March 9, 2007 by the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. It carries a 145 to 435 MHz digital store and forward transponder supporting data rates of 9k6, 38k4, or 76k8 running the pacsat file system so anyone with WiSP can copy telemetry. Project OSCAR UK contacted Colorado Satellite to get the latest word on the satellite. They received an update below from Jim White who explained that the government band radios on Falcon-Sat-3 require a stable gravity gradient attitude to work properly. They have struggled with the attitude control since launch and it is not yet stable. Instead, the satellite is operating using its amateur band radios and as a result a large contingent of cadets and faculty from the Air Force Academy have obtained Amateur licenses. White says that FalconSat-3 is presently on during most day and evening passes over the Air Force Academy with a very strong downlink on UHF. He adds that when FalconSat-5 was launched about 6 months ago there was some thought that FalconSat-3would move to fully amateur service. However FalconSat-3 has proven to be such a useful learning tool that the decision was made to operate it along with FalconSat-5. Unlike its predecessor, FalconSat 5 carries no Amateur equipment. ============================================================================= WEIRD AND WONDERFUL THAT 110 YEAR OLD BULB STILL HAS US IN ITS SPELL A follow-up to a story that we first aired some ten years ago. It's about a light bulb. A very old light bulb that keeps a Northern California fire station out of the dark. Amateur Radio Newsline’s Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, with details: A light bulb hanging in the Livermore Pleasanton California Fire Department has been burning steadily for exactly 110 years. Lynn Owens, who’s in charge of the “light bulb centennial committee”, says that how it stays lit remains something of a mystery. He says that it's a 60-watt bulb but it only gives off only about four watts of light. Even so, but nobody knows why it keeps burning. According to the lamp’s website, the bulb is actually a somewhat different style bulb from what other manufacturers of the day produced. It was invented by Adolphe A. Chaillet and made by the Shelby Electric Company. It was donated by Dennis Bernal to the Livermore Volunteer Fire Department and this past June 18th was its 110th year of continuous illumination. This is a fact documented extensively by Guinness World Records. One possible answer may be the way in which it was constructed. In a 2010 interview with the Daily Mail, bulb protector Steve Bunn ascribed the light's success to good old fashioned engineering. In the Shelby bulb, a coiled filament burned brighter and lasted longer than the Edison bulb -- this as evidenced by the longevity of the Livermore Pleasanton centennial bulb which celebrated its 110th year of nonstop duty back on June 18th. According to Owens, scientists from around the world have come to look at the bulb but why its lasted this long is still a mystery. You can visit it vicariously on the world-wide-web www.centennialbulb.org SPECIAL EVENTS AND ON AIR CONTEST COLUMN - D A T E L I N E 2011 Aug 13-14 WIA Remembrance Day Contest Aug 20-21 WW I.L.L.W. Oct 22 WIA Jack Files Contest 2012 January VK Ross Hull Memorial VHF UHF Contest March 17-18 VK JOHN MOYLE MEMORIAL FIELD DAY June Long Weekend (vk4 time) VK Shires Contest. July First full weekend NZART Memorial Contest Here is an unofficial report on the NZART Memorial Contest held 2nd and 3rd July 2011. Conditions were not good and made for some hard digging of signals at times. Saturday there was an average of 32 SSB Stations per hour. 19 ZLs and 13 VKs Sunday was very similar with an average of 36 SSB Stations per hour 23 ZLs and 13 VKs. The pleasing thing was that most stayed around to give that 1 point. PHILLIP zl2tze thanks those that worked this contest and remember to get your logs in by 31st July Remember to include the summary sheet . Please mark this on your calendar for 2012 First full weekend in July and pass this on to all .. Thank you and hear you all in 2012 !!! International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend heats up In yester-year the coastline had lighthouse protection, now well surpassed by modern satellite navigation. The radio amateurs operating portable from those locations, on the third weekend of August helps keep the spirit of the lighthouse alive. Several countries with a relative small coastline do surprisingly well, by activating as many of the accessible lighthouses as possible. Of those countries that relied heavily on lighthouse protection on the past, Australia remains in the lead with 51 followed by the USA on 48, but usual leadership contender Germany has only 39 entries so far. More than 300 entries are expected for lighthouses and lightships from now onwards with around 50 countries to be involved and with just 4 weeks to go to the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend a total of 290 entries have been received. Many more expected in coming weeks. This year so far 13 Lightships are entered mainly from Belgium, England, Germany and the USA. There’s one each in the Netherlands, Sweden and Wales. Lightships are a rarer breed of the long-gone era of magnified flashes a light used by ships as they navigated along the coast and around the world. Since 1998 the 48-hour fun filled third weekend in August attracts more than 440 entrants, from around 50 countries. Be part of the action, or just check the newly refurbished website at ILLW.NET where you will find more information about the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend, on August the 20th and 21st. For full details and on-line registration for the weekend of August the 20th and 21st check the website ILLW.NET which has been recently been revised and well worth a visit. (Jim Linton VK3PC) SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS, DX and BEACON AND NET ADVICE The island of Nauru in the central Pacific is not often heard on the bands. Pekka OH2YY will be active as C21YY until 20 July. He will use SSB only and QSLs go via his home call. Dave ZR6DG is in Mozambique until 28 July and will sign C92DG. He plans to be active on the bands as time allows. QSL info is via his home call. The unusual callsign E76ARDF will be in use from now until 20 July from Bosnia-Herzegovina. This is in connection with the 6th Balkan Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championship. It is expected that 120 amateurs from 9 countries will take part in the event. Brazil Special Event Look for the amateur radio special event station PT 155 FD to be active between now and July 30th. Activity is to commemorate the 155th anniversary of the first Official Fire Department in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro State). LORD HOWE ISLAND, VK9L. Hellenic Amateur Radio Association of Australia on Lord Howe Island (OC-004) as VK9HR between July 23 and August 2. CW, SSB and RTTY activity on 160 to 6 meters. QSL via EB7DX. 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 In the last DX Bulletin No. 1018 there was mention of ZL7 in the cluster report also the same reported in the DXCC Country / Entity report from Southgate Amateur radio News. We are led to believe there is no current licensed operator with the calls listed : N2KW 7023.0 ZL7O14 0652 03 Jul Chatham Islands F5LVL 14015.0 ZL7PW 559 0709 07 Jun Chatham Islands EA5YZ 14021.0 ZL7PW 5/9 I'm murcia 73.s 0615 13 May Chatham Islands Anyone wanting to check any ZL call sign can do via the MED / RSM website http://www.rsm.govtnz/smart-web/smart/page/-smart/domain/licence/SearchCertificateAndIdentifierPE.wdk Or contact NZART @ NZART.HQ@clear.net and ask the NZART ARX ( Debbie ) if the call has been issued . (Phillip ZL2TZE) MEDIA WATCH www.cq-amateur-radio.com/WorldRadio.html VK Club Bulletins http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aarnie/ The August edition of Amateur Radio magazine On the cover is Wally Green VK6WG, turned 100 and still achieving. Also foreshadowed is an upcoming story on another centenarian, Pearce Healey VK2APQ. In the WIA Comment there’s the IARU latest by President Michael Owen VK3KI, explaining its vital role leading up to, and during, the World Radio Conference. We learn about Willis Island visited by David Burton VK9WBM. In Foundation Corner, Geoff Emery VK4ZPP revisits home brewing, a very good read for everyone. At the other end of the demographic is a call to join the RAOTC. There’s news of the reformed Parkes Radio Club VK2BPK and the Hills Amateur Radio Group VK6AHR in action. Spotlight on SWLing has Robin Harwood VK7RH lamenting that Radio Netherlands is to stop some broadcasts and Deutsche Welle has made cuts already. There are the columns from ALARA, AMSAT, Contests, DX, VHF & UHF -- and writings from each state. Amateur Radio magazine a membership service, is also available at selected news agents. I’m Barry Robinson VK3PV and you’re listening to VK1WIA. Hello Listeners. I am peter Harding, VK4OD the WIA RD Contest Manager. The Rules and my introduction to the 2011 Remembrance Contest, are in the July edition of the Amateur Radio Magazine. Or you can download a copy of these rules when you can log onto the WIA website. At the bottom of the RD Contest page is a link to download a PDF copy of the Rules and my introduction, or you can email me at rdlogs@wia.org.au and I can send a copy of both (if required) in PDF format. Basically, there has been NO changes since last year, however, as this is the WIA's Premier Annual Contest, I like to get the rules published each year. Due to some request’s and a discussion’s at this year’s AGM in Darwin the Start and finish times of the contest remain the same however it MAY change for next year’s contest. I would ask that any newly licensed Amateur Operator taking part in this year’s contest take the time to read the rules. As we did last year, I have include the new section for World WARII equipment. This equipment can be on HF or VHF. Please read the rules regarding criteria for this equipment. Today is the 17th July and as this news goes to air, you have about 4 weeks to check your equipment, logs sheets, and Logging Software updates. Over the next couple of weeks I will make available, at the bottom of the RD Contest page, printable log sheets, declarations, etc. Until next week. SOCIAL SCENE 2011 Jul 16 VK3 Gippsland Gate Radio & Electronics Club Hamfest Cranbourne Community Hall 10am ( secretary@ggrec.org.au ) Jul 16 VK4 Maryborough Electronics and Radio Group "Wide Bay Hamfest" West Scout Hall, Ariadne St, Maryborough 8:30am. secretary@merg.org.au Jul 31 VK2/3 Riverina Field Day 10am at Lavington Scout Group Hall. Aug 7 VK2 Lismore region - SARCFEST Aug 28 VK2 Blue Mountains amateur radio club's annual WINTERFEST andrewvaughan230@gmail.com Sep 11 VK3 SADARC Comms Day at St Augustine's Hall Shepparton 10am. Sep 16-18 VK4 NQ Amateur Radio Convention Date Set Townsville Sep 23-28 R3 Region 3 ARDF Championship Bendigo VK3 http://r3.ardf.org.au/ Sep 30-Oct 2 VK4 Central Highlands Amateur Radio Club AGM at Camp Fairbairn CONTACT Secretary Gordon, (vk4kal@wia.org.au) Nov 20 vk5 Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society Hamfest Goodwood Community Centre, Rosa St Goodwood at 0930. Visit www.ahars.com.au for contact details 2012 15TH IARU REGION 3 CONFERENCE hosted by V.A.R.C. in Ho-Chi-Minh City, Vietnam. JAN 23-FEB 17 YEAR 2012 World Radio Conference WRC-11 Geneva 23rd January TO 17th February 2012 FEB 26 VK2 CCARC WYONG FIELD DAY MAY 3-18 VK5 YL International 2012 Australia (vk5tmc@bigpond.com) Submitting news items If you would like to submit news items for inclusion in the VK1WIA broadcasts, please email your item in text to nationalnews@wia.org.au to submit audio read "how to submit items" in the weekly news page on wia.org.au Remember the sooner you submit material the more the likelyhood of it being broadcast in the very next edition of WIA National News. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================================= WIANews - we've reported...YOU decide. 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