WIANEWS - October 28 - 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 OCTOBER 28 2012. Towers and Planning Review November is busy in VK3. ITU Needs Girls ZL9HR THESE STORIES AND MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA FOR WEEK COMMENCING OCT 28 2012. You would probably be aware of the campaign created to get amateur towers, masts and antennas listed at exempt or complying development in the NSW Planning Review currently under way. Roger Harrison VK2ZHR has been contacted by the Sydney Morning Herald Urban Affairs journalist, Nicole Hasham, and did a telephone interview. The phone discussion (recorded by her) lasted about 50 minutes and was quite positive. She wanted to know what amateurs did, what motivated people to become amateurs and what the issues were with the Planning laws. Hopefully the story will be out very soon if not already. Roger will be here on VK1WIA in a few minutes with more on this issue and later in the broadcast today Jason VK2LAW sheds some light on a story dealing with towers in South Africa. HAMS ACROSS AUSTRALIA. VK3 web service:- http://www.amateurradio.com.au/news/ November is a busy month of activity in VK3. Saturday the 10th at 2pm, the inaugural meeting to form a local homebrew construction group will be held, with Rob Whitmore VK3MQ in the chair. The following Tuesday, November the 13th, is the speaker night. The topic at 8pm is 'Demystify SWR' by Peter Cossins VK3BFG. The next Foundation Licence training and assessment weekend in on November the 17th and 18th. The home-brew meeting, speaker night and classes are all at the Amateur Radio Victoria office, 40G Victory Boulevard, Ashburton. And November the 16th to the 18th is a special activation period for the Keith Roget Memorial National Parks Award - check out the website under Awards for the latest Master List. (Jim Linton VK3PC) VK7 vk7 local news, email vk7regionalnews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vk7regionalnews/ Miena Hamfest As heard last week, Saturday the first of December 2012 is when the big biennial VK7 HamFest happens in the Central Highlands of Tasmania thanks to the Central Highlands Amateur Radio Club of Tasmania. They even have David Long from the ACMA making the trip up to Miena and demonstrating what the ACMA is all about. If any club or individual would like a display table could they please contact Dave VK7OB on 0429123080. (Dave, VK7OB) North West Tasmanian Amateur TV Group (NWT-ATVG) http://www.vk7ax.id.au/atvgroup/ Amateur Radio Assessments and training Persons in the N/West Area of VK7 interested in Training and Assessments for all classes of Amateur Radio Licenses are advised that the Club can provide these requirements and much more. (Tony 7ax) Northern Tasmanian Amateur Radio Club www.ntarc.net November General Meeting Block B, Skills Institute, Alanvale Campus on the evening of November 14. This one will be a little different though, as it will likely take the form of a working tea, during which there will be a brief club business session. That will be followed by a guest speaker, David Murray from Centerlink, who will bring all up to speed on current changes to benefits and the like. Are you and your partner already Centerlink clients but wondering what all the carbon tax compensation really meant? Maybe you are about to retire, become redundant or, heaven forbid, undergo some other life changing event? If so, or even if just idly curious, why not go along and have all your questions answered. Even if the answers prove less favourable than you hope, you will at least go home well fed! WIA BOARD TALK The WIA gives Australian radio amateurs and electronics enthusiasts access to an extensive range of locally and internationally sourced publications including those from the ARRL and the RSGB. Our bookshop is designed to provide you with a simple and secure way to purchase the latest amateur radio books and publications online. We use a secure commercial e-commerce gateway for all credit card transactions and delivery to your door is provided by Australia Post. Purchasing the latest in amateur radio publications is both secure and easy. We hold a wide range of the most popular publications suitable for those starting out in the hobby as well as books popular with the more experienced hobbyists. If there is a particular publication that you are trying to locate that is not listed in our online catalogue, then we would be more than happy to help you. Please send an email with the details of the book you are looking for to bookshop@wia.org.au Both WIA members and non-members are able to purchase from the WIA online bookshop, however the bookshop provides significant discounts to members of the Wireless Institute of Australia. From time to time we do run specials on some publications, so keep an eye on your Amateur Radio magazine each month for details. This is Mal VK3FDSL for the WIA Bookshop ANTENNA MASTS AND NSW PLANNING LAW REFORM This is Roger Harrison VK2ZRH. New South Wales amateurs will recall that, since October last year, the New South Wales Government has been conducting comprehensive reform to the planning laws. As this is the first review of the State’s planning laws for more than 30 years, a GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY was presented to get some consideration for Amateur Radio antenna masts. You will remember that we called for NSW amateurs to make submissions to the planning review last year. The NSW amateur fraternity responded magnificently with a barrage of submissions, wanting Amateur Radio antenna masts to be included in the laws as exempt or complying development. In fact, so many amateurs made submissions that the NSW planning department commented about it on their website in November last year. Draft legislation has recently been posted on the NSW Planning website and the department has invited all interested parties to comment. Disappointingly, Amateur antenna masts have not been included in the draft. I spoke to a policy officer in the department and asked – what do radio amateurs have to do to get some consideration on this issue? The answer – make (more) submissions ! It’s time to express your disappointment and send submissions again. You have until close of business on Friday 9th November. You can email your submissions to codes@planning.nsw.gov.au. You can find the draft legislation on the NSW planning website, at: www.planning.nsw.gov.au click on the “Development” tab and select “On exhibition”, and then select “Draft Policies and Plans”. Information on putting together a submission is on the WIA website. The advice we gave last year can be found by typing “antenna masts” into the search field on the WIA website. While you’re in a mood to make submissions, check out the NSW Government’s HAVE YOUR SAY website at: www.nsw.gov.au/haveyoursay Select “Reduce local government red tape” and you can make a submission on Local Approvals Policies – BUT - SUBMISSIONS ON THIS ONE CLOSE MONDAY 29TH OCTOBER. The battle isn’t over. Amateurs of NSW – get cracking ! What use is an f-call? (20120325) With coax going between radios, amplifiers, tuners, SWR meters and antennas there is no shortage on connectors. You can buy pre-made connecting cables, but after a while you'll likely realise that you're spending a fortune on such luxuries and you'll likely come to the conclusion that the pre-made solution is never quite the right length, either too long or too short. So you take like a duck to water and you start making your own cables, patch leads, etc. Leaving aside what kind of connector to select, where to buy it or which of the bewildering array of coax to acquire from a bevy of suppliers, you have a fundamental choice between crimping and soldering. If you spend a little time online you'll find that there is solid evidence either way and adherents to either school. Just like Holden versus Ford or Mac versus PC, each "side" vehemently defends their turf. Until recently I was exclusively a crimper. I crimped each connector that I could and I was happy. Well, mostly happy that is. I had this really annoying tool that for some reason would not crimp RG58 BNC connectors without leaving a little wing on the ferrule. Turns out that my dear supplier had snuck some RG59 connectors into the mix and they look really similar until you hold them side by side - and if you're wondering, the RG59 ferrule fits around the RG58 one, so no wonder it bulged like that. Anyway, that started the conversation about crimping versus soldering. Now, I'm not going to tell you what to choose. I suspect there are solid arguments that I'm avoiding here, but food for thought is this: A crimp has no undo. That is, once you've mashed your lug, it's all over. If you stuffed it up, you cut off your connector, throw it out and start again. Of course if you practice enough, stuffing it up hardly ever happens. Better crimping tools help you achieve your aim. However, if you solder, then if you stuff it up, you have the opportunity to heat it all up again, remove the offending poor connection and try again. I've just acquired a gas soldering iron - I never even knew such a thing existed, I'd never have bought the 12V travel iron for my trip if I'd known, and now I have the option to solder in the field. So, why does this matter? What should you choose? You have no need to be exclusive one way or the other. Just like one antenna doesn't do all jobs, and one screwdriver is never enough, crimping and soldering are two options in your arsenal. They complement each other. I'm Onno VK6FLAB (Past editions of What use is an f-call can be found online at harg.org.au under F-troop.) INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, SARL, Southgate AR Club, ARRL, Amateur Radio Newsline, NZART, ARVictoria and the WW sources of the WIA. Now Jason VK2LAW joins us again with his take on the INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, SARL, Southgate AR Club, ARRL, Amateur Radio Newsline, NZART, ARVictoria and the WW sources of the WIA. Jason I hear that An amateur radio balloon project launched in May finally ended this month with the recovery of the payload. Yes GraHam, an amateur radio balloon project launched in May finally ended this month with the recovery of the payload. Argentinean amateurs, members of AMSAT-LU, launched a high altitude balloon May 19 from La Pampa, Argentina. The payload included a 70cm to 2m 4W FM repeater, live SSTV, an HF beacon and two video cameras. During the 4 hour flight, over 200 stations made contacts through the repeater. The balloon came down in an isolated and flooded area. It was finally recovered from the mud by a 4x4 adventure group on 6th October. The flight data was retrieved, including over 6 hours of video from the two cameras. Details can be found at www.uk.amsat.org/?p=11094. QATAR TO HOST FIRST MIDDLE EAST HAM RADIO FESTIVAL The city of Doha will host the Qatar’s first International Festival for Amateur Radio in December. This according to the Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority and the vice-chairman of the US Amateur Radio Society. The festival will include a contest between amateur radio operators from all over the world. About 100 hams from across the globe will be invited to the festival to take part in the competition. The festival is being dubbed as the first of its kind in the Middle East and will take place in conjunction with the Qatar National Day celebrations. ITU launches Tech Needs Girls Prize to spark creativity Seeking the unique voices and talents of girls to invent our future To mark the first ever International Day of the Girl Child, ITU members and partners are joining forces to launch the Tech Needs Girls Prize, a new global technology competition designed to inspire more girls to embrace technology and invent the future. Our future is being shaped by technology and, with over 95% of all jobs now having a digital component, the information and communication technology sector is an exciting place to be. Yet, as a global shortage of ICT professionals looms and the uptake of girls and women into ICT-related study declines, research reveals that technology has an image problem. Put simply, too many talented young girls mistakenly consider an ICT career to be boring, geeky, uncreative or a career path that lacks the world-changing component many aspire to. Working in partnership with lead players in the ICT, education and media industries, ITU‚s new annual Tech Needs Girls Prize aims to dramatically shift perceptions. The prize targets girls between the ages of 9 to 18 at the very time when they start forming opinions about their place in the world and their choice of career path. In 2010, ITU membership established Girls in ICT Day, celebrated on the fourth Thursday in April every year and designed to raise visibility on the many exciting opportunities offered by an ICT career. For Girls in ICT Day 2012, over 1,320 events were held in nearly 90 countries, providing an estimated 30,000 young women with a better understanding of the opportunities offered by the ICT sector. http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2012/69.aspx SARL President, Rassie Erasmus, ZS1Y,T and the SARL Legal advisor Johan Marais, ZS1JM, met with a delegation of the Cape Town Metro to intervene in a notice received by a SARL member stating that he requires approval in terms of the Environmental Act & City of Cape Town Zoning regulations for his antenna which is less than 15 metres in height. It transpired that they had received a complaint from a neighbour, which is most probably RF related, but elected to notify the home owner that his antenna has not been approved and that they intend taking steps to either have him remove the tower or that he has to apply for the necessary approval. The SARL delegation pointed out that antennas under 15 metres of radio amateurs are exempt from the provisions of the National Environmental Management Act, 107 of 1998. It was agreed that the process will be suspended pending the Council consulting with their legal advisors. ============================================================================= NEWS FROM ARNEWSLINE USA SUPREME ASKED TO RULE THAT PUBLIC HAS NO RIGHT TO RESELL OWNED GOODS How would you feel if there was a law that kept you from selling or even giving away a piece of ham gear or anything else you think you own without first getting permission from the original manufacturer? Sound crazy? Well this is a legal precedent that the United States Supreme Court has been asked to rule on as we hear from Amateur Radio Newsline’s Mark Abramowitz, NT3V: Imagine, if you possibly can, the Dayton Hamvention, the Orlando Hamcation or the Huntsville Hamfest with no flea market. Or, what about ham gear disappearing altogether from eBay or Craigslist. Some fear this could be a real possibility, depending on how the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a case that could impact a nearly 104-year-old doctrine recognized by the high court that allows us to resell items without fear of a copyright holder coming after us. The doctrine essentially says the copyright holder had control only over the first sale. But a case decided last year in the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Second Circuit in New York has the potential to re-set that doctrine. The case involves a man from Thailand who came to the United States in 1997 to enrol in Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. The student found that the same textbooks they were asking him to buy in the book store could be had for much less in Thailand. The man asked his relatives there to help him buy the books and send them back overseas to him in New York. Later, the man got some entrepreneurial spirit and court documents in the case show he decided to start selling textbooks on eBay. There's some dispute as to how much the man made on the sales. So, the publisher of the books objects and brings a suit against him. The publisher admits it was charging less for books sold overseas, but it claims the man was guilty of copyright infringement. But the man counters his sales are covered by that first-sale practice. The federal appeals court in New York upheld a lower court decision saying, no, that doctrine only applies to stuff produced in the United States and not to anything made overseas. That court's ruling, in the view of some constitutional scholars, could now throw into jeopardy the whole idea of what you buy at flea markets, or yard sales and on-line sales of used goods. Polk Wagner, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School here in Philadelphia, isn't ready to push the panic just yet with that conclusion. Wagner says in this case, it's about copyrights... "So the question here that the Supreme Court has got to wrestle with is to try and figure out how these two provisions of the copyright act - one that says that you can't import anything that's copyrighted without the permission of the copyright owner and also one that says lawful owners of books are allowed to do what they want with the copies of the books that they purchase," Wagner says. He says there's a bit of conflict here... "So, the legal question is how those two provisions of the Copyright Act work together or don't as the case may be," Wagner says. "Courts have wrestled with this for the last 5 or 10 years and have not reached any satisfactory conclusions. So, hence, the Supreme Court is going to take it up." eBay has filed a brief on the issue warning that the Second Circuit's ruling would have significant consequences for trade and ecommerce. And, in a broader reach, the company says it could hurt small businesses and consumers and cost jobs in the U.S. Wagner, the University of Pennsylvania law professor, says there's another area and it may involve patents. For example, he says in cases involving ham gear, it's legal to buy overseas and import the gear. And, there's nothing under the patent laws that prevents you from reselling the gear. However, Wagner says there's another matter and it has to do with software that may be included or needed to operate the gear. And, while most companies or software developers will sell you a license to use their software, it's not the same thing as selling you a book. And, while Wagner says that's not at issue here it eventually it could be sorted out by the courts in the future. Stay tuned. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, in Philadelphia. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on the case tomorrow October 29th. If it does rule with the appellate court, it’s likely that the matter would be brought to Congress to force a change in law. However that could take months if not years or even decades. Until then, consumers, including ham radio operators would be stuck between a rock and a hard place when trying to resell their belongings without breaking the law. ============================================================================= G4TUT SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB NEWS DESK Pico 434 MHz balloon lands in Sweden PicoAtlas VII, a single foil balloon launched by James Coxon M6JCX on Saturday, October 20, 2012 from Suffolk travelled to Sweden. It carried GPS and a miniature radio transmitter sending RTTY (ascii-8) on 434.301 MHz USB running 10 mW output. During the 19 hour flight it crossed the North Sea before landing in central Sweden. This side of the world an increasing number of radio amateurs are experimenting with ultra-light balloon payloads, typically weighing less than 100 grams. Balloons such as these do not go to high altitudes instead they float between 3,500 and 6,000 metres for an extended period. In an attempt to understand the concepts of foil balloons and super-pressure a collection of statistics from pico balloon flights have been compiled at the web address shown in the text edition of this, the WIA National News Service , I’m G4TUT Richard and this is VK1WIA. OPERATIONAL NEWS - DATELINE 2012 VK Spring VHF / UHF Field Day November 24-25 SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS, DX and BEACON AND NET ADVICE Hi This is Ed VK2ARE Australian publicity Officer for ZL9HR DXpedition to Campbell Island. All going to plan! – Campbell Island DXpedition activation is just a month away and all is on schedule. All the equipment has arrived at the storage facility in Invercargill New Zealand. Some of the team are already in New Zealand, others will arrive over the next few weeks. There will be a quarantine inspection of all of the gear and then it will be loaded onto the boat that will take the equipment and team down to Campbell Island. It's not too late to vote for which bands and modes you will like to work ZL9HR on – go to www.zl9hr.com to vote and to find out all the details of this major DXpedition. The Campbell Island team is looking forward to working you, Best 73, good DX. Morocco CN 2 YZ through years end. His activity will be from the city of Tangier especially on the weekends. GB 80 PW Practical Wireless 80th year In the UK Ofcom have issued the special callsign GB 80 PW to Practical Wireless magazine to celebrate the publication's 80th year in print. Temotu Province H 40 FN between this December 22nd and January 7th of 2013. QSL H 40 FN via HA 8 DD. AWARDS CQ INTRODUCES 40 CQ ZONES ON 160 PLAQUE CQ has announced the availability of a special plaque for those who have achieved contact to all 40 CQ zones on 160 meters. This is considered the most difficult of all amateur radio awards to earn and because of this the Worked All Zones 160 Meter Plaque recognizes that receiving it as one of the elite Top Band DXers. If you believe you qualify, please contact W-A-Z Award Manager Floyd Gerald, N5FG, by e-mail to n5fg@cq-amateur-radio.com (CQ via Facebook and ARNewsLine) 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 Jamming interrupts Western broadcasters Programming from the Deutsche Welle and other foreign broadcasters has been jammed in parts of the Middle East. DW Director General Erik Betterman called the interruption an attack on freedom of the press. Western radio and television broadcasts to parts of the Middle East have apparently been cut off because of a targeted jamming attack. In addition to programming by Deutsche Welle, the BBC and Voice of America have also been affected. European satellite operator Eutelsat said earlier this week that the "deliberate and intermittent interference" originated in Syria. Deutsche Welle programming was last interrupted on Thursday morning (18.10.2012). DW Director General Erik Bettermann protested against the renewed attack on freedom of expression. In cooperation with other foreign broadcasters, the Deutsche Welle was preparing a resolution against the jamming, Bettermann said. Experts suspected that Iran was behind the current interruptions. According to media reports, the country has jammed reception of a variety of broadcasters in recent years. The most recent episode, experts said, could be connected to a Eutelsat decision to stop carrying 19 Iranian channels. The satellite operator stopped broadcasting television and radio stations operated by Iran's state media organization, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). Effective immediately, the programming offered by these channels, including the international news channel "Press TV," is no longer available outside of Iran. Read the full story http://www.dw.de/jamming-interrupts-western-broadcasters/a-16317555 (Source Deutsche Welle via SouthGate ARC) BROADCAST MONITORING SWL AND SCANNER NEWS ALL DIGITAL AM HD TESTING ON ITS WAY Information is surfacing regarding NAB Radio Technology Committee plans to test all-digital AM H-D Radio technology on an existing full carrier AM radio station. The committee has been meeting since last November to discuss technical options for the revitalization of AM. Testing would quantify both indoor and outdoor coverage. In general, the goal is to verify whether the station coverage and robustness are improved with an all-digital signal in both day and night transmission. Also to quantify any change. There’s little technical data in the public arena for all-digital AM operation. Glynn Walden is CBS Radio Senior Vice President of Engineering. He said during the fall NAB Radio Show that a test station has been chosen with testing likely to begin right after the presidential elections. Walden and other committee members declined to identify the facility but some believe it will be a CBS station in an area that could be characterized as a medium sized market. You can read more about this AM broadcast digital experiment on-line at tinyurl.com/all-digital-am (CGC, RW via ARNewsLine) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER ISRAELI GPS CUBESAT BEING BUILT Israel is planning to launch a student built ham radio microsat. The Space Duchifat-1 is an experimental and educational CubeSat being developed and built by students at the Space Laboratory of the Herzliya Science Centre. The CubeSat will carry an APRS digipeater operating on 145.825 MHz and a UHF/VHF 1200 bps B-P-S-K transceiver that can provide a CW beacon and an FM to DSB transponder. The main mission of the satellite is to transmit real-time information via packet radio from a Low Earth Orbit using the Automatic Position Reporting System protocol. The satellite will allow remote traveller’s to access the bird for worldwide position, status reporting and messaging. This using simple handheld or mobile radios with omni-directional whip antennas. The project is directed by Dr. Ana Heller with support from the Herzliya city municipality and the Israeli Amateur Radio Club. At this moment no launch date or orbit details are available. (ANS VIA ARNLINE) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO IARU REGION 3 Emergency Centre of Activity (CoA) frequencies 3.600, 7.110, 14.300, 18.160 and 21.360 MHz Saturday October 27th 2012 Message Handler Training Alexandra Contact: Peter Weeks VK3YZP phone: 03 5772 1454 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 03 5772 1454 end_of_the_skype_highlighting Email: weeksradio@virtual.net.au Sunday November 11th 2012 Coordinators and Commanders Meeting and AGM 9th Box Hill Scout Hall,Rotary Crt, Box Hill South Contact: John Kerr VK3BAF phone: 03 8502 8627 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 03 8502 8627 end_of_the_skype_highlighting Email: vk3baf@gmail.com Rally Victoria is again being held in the forest area north of Warragul Friday 16th and Saturday 17th November. Rally Victoria is an Australian Rally Championship and Victorian Rally Championship event. On Friday, there will be 2 bush stages and on the Saturday, 5 stages. Each stage will be run twice. As previously, Rally HQ will be at Lardner Park. Event commander is Chris VK3CJK. Communications will be required for logistics, safety, and scoring, with scoring and car tracking via 2m packet and other functions via 2m voice. If you can assist with the event, could you please phone 51 955 247 in the evenings. (John VK3ZRX) Wednesday December 26th 2012 YMCA Murray Marathon Yarrawonga to Swan Hill It is now time to register your interest as radio operators for the five day Murray Marathon itself. The WICEN Murray Marathon Training Exercise is conducted in conjunction with the YMCA who are the event organizers. The Marathon is a canoe race on the Murray River that starts at Yarrawonga on 27th December and finishes in Swan Hill on 31st December. Each year hundreds of canoes paddle their way down the river. They are supported by their own support teams, and along with all the officials, volunteers and spectators there are a few thousand people moving down the river with the event. WICEN has a team of 25 members and other amateurs who provide communication and logistical support for the event by establishing six check point stations each day operating on HF and VHF. Another six to eight mobile stations in boats and vehicles move with the canoes to supervise their safety. YMCA provides free campsites and good food at very cheap prices and this makes the event easy as far as camping and catering are concerned. If you are interested in joining the team for the 2012 event please drop an Email to: Gerard Werner VK3GER at gerwer01@gmail.com or 03 9773 6313 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 03 9773 6313 end_of_the_skype_highlighting Graham Mason VK3KMG at mason.group@bigpond.com or 03 5972 0704 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 03 5972 0704 end_of_the_skype_highlighting Or if you have not been involved before give Gerard or Graham a call and have a chat about the requirements and the fun to be had. (Graham Mason VK3KMG) SOCIAL SCENE 2012 NOV 4 VK5 Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society HAMFEST @ Goodwood NOV 11 VK3 Yarra Valley Amateur Radio Group Hamfest NOV 25 VK3 SPARC HAMFEST AT ROSEBUD DEC 1 VK7 Miena Hamfest SOCIAL SCENE 2013 AUG 17-18 WW ILLW FEEDBACK VK4FABB : brandonbugsbunny@yahoo.com.au I Have really enjoyed the two temp news readers that have been reading the news for the past few weeks and i think they should be on the national news more often, so good work guys you deserve a pat on the back and even a nice coldy. 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