WIANEWS - MAY 25 - 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. When you upload audio email us the txt version. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WIANEWS WEEK COMMENCING MAY 25 2014. HEADING TOWARDS OUR 19TH YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS WIA visit Sunshine Coast with their AGM and Open Forum. THIS STORY AND MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA FOR WEEK COMMENCING MAY 25 2014. TRENDING ON VK1WIA TWITTER ACCOUNT http://twitter.com/VK1WIA #WIA Congratulates ARRL on 100 years #WIA Congratulates 2013-2014 Volunteers WIA BOARD TALK President Phil Wait VK2ASD vk2asd@wia.org.au Vice President Chris Platt VK5CP vk5cp@wia.org.au Secretary David Williams VK3RU vk3ru@wia.org.au Treasurer John Longayroux VK3PZ vk3pz@wia.org.au Sunshine Coast AGM and Open Forum Hi I’m Phil Wait VK2ASD, WIA President, and this is the WIA news for the week commencing 25th May. Last weekend the WIA held its annual AGM, Open forum and conference weekend on Queensland’s Sunshine coast. Sunny…some of the time…..the weekend started with the AGM, the Open Forum and the WIA dinner on the Saturday, followed by local attractions…like sea world… on the Sunday. One important function of the AGM is the WIA awards, and our highest award is life membership of the WIA. Life membership is by a vote of all members present at the AGM and this year, unanimously, the meeting decided to award life membership to a person who has devoted a huge part of his life to amateur radio. Somebody we all know so well….in fact… the originator of this broadcast, Graham Kemp, VK4BB. I’m sure you will all agree that Graham was a great choice. After the short AGM we move onto the Open Forum, where reports are presented from each of the 10 WIA functional Committee’s and the meeting is thrown over to a general question and answer section. Those Open forum reports can be downloaded from the WIA website….but first at the open Forum we present the other WIA awards: Chris Jones VK2ZDD had a major influence on the formation modern WIA, and this year Marc Hillman VK3OHM was awarded the Chris Jones award for his 18 months hard work on the new online awards system. Mark would like us to also acknowledge the work of Bob VK3SX and Robert VK3DN and his son Tim who were also instrumental in bring the system to fruition. Marc tells us that the award will take pride of place at his QTH. A number of other important award presentations were also made, The Higginbotham Award – was presented to Don Jackson VK3DBB for many years of service on Publications Committee and in particular his work in compiling the Annual Index and his work on collating a Cumulative Index of all issues of Amateur Radio magazine. The Ron Wilkinson Achievement Award – was presented to Alan Devlin VK3XPD for achieving multiple microwave distance records, for sharing knowledge, teaching at both clubs and GippsTech, for his contributions to WIA publications, and for nurturing amateur technical development. The "Amateur Radio" Technical Award for the best technical article published in Amateur Radio in 2013 year was presented to Graham Byrnes VK3XDK for his article titled ‘Transverter Systems’, published in the December, 2013 edition of Amateur Radio magazine. The Al Shawsmith Award for the best non-technical article published in Amateur Radio in 2013 was awarded to Stephen Warrillow VK3SN for his article titled ‘The Overland Track – HF QRP in the VK7 World Heritage Wilderness’, President’s Commendations – Went to Richard Cerveny VK2AAH for Repeater Coordination, Jason VK2LAW as a WIA National news reader over many years and for his work with his WIA Affiliated club Mal VK2YVA for Leadership in Amateur Radio at a club level Felix VK4FUQ WIA National News Announcer over may years, Rick VK4HF for Restoration of Armadale and District AR Club. Geoff VK4ZPP for WIA VK4 QNEW reader over many years, Joseph VK7JG for Construction and maintenance of Tasmanian remote area Repeaters and beacons and the VK9NA Group for the VK9 Dxpeditions in 2010 and 2011. The Open forum also provided a wealth of valuable information and feed-back to the WIA which we will be reviewing in the coming months, much of which will contribute to the formation policy on the many activities of the WIA. And we all managed to have a great time as well…. The board would like to thank Trent VK4TS, Loraine, Richard VK4RY and all the members of the Sunshine Coast Amateur radio Club for putting on a very successful weekend. This is Phil Wait, VK2ASD, for the WIA. ITAR restrictions on US radio amateurs to be eased The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) inexplicably applies to amateur radio satellites. It threatens US radio hams with jail terms or six figure fines if they cooperate with amateurs outside the USA on satellite projects. Cooperation includes talking about or publishing on the web certain information regarding amateur radio satellite systems. Among the projects affected by ITAR has been the New Zealand Amateur Radio satellite Kiwi SAT. A 2009 IARU Region 3 report highlights that ITAR requirements made AMSAT-NA direct its members to cease cooperation with AMSAT-ZL in the development of Kiwi SAT. http://www.iaru-r3.org/14r3c/docs/046.doc Satellite Today reports that after 15 years of restrictions and intense scrutiny, the United States Department of State is reclassifying satellites and several related components so they will no longer be treated as weapons. The changes affect Category 15 of the U.S. Munitions List (USML), which covers spacecraft and related articles, by shifting most commercial, civil and scientific satellites and accompanying equipment to the Department of Commerce’s Commerce Control List (CCL). “The Department [of State] has committed to reviewing during the six months after the publication of this rule whether further amendments to the USML controls on civil and commercial remote sensing satellites are warranted, and seeks additional public comment on this matter,” according to a statement released by the Federal Register. This rule is effective November 10, 2014, except for Sec. 121.1, Category XV(d), which is effective June 27, 2014. Interested parties may submit comments on paragraphs (a)(7) and (e)(11) of USML Category XV and ITAR Sec. 124.15 by June 27, 2014. 2005 amateur radio P3E IHU project killed by ITAR http://www.amsat-dl.org/p3e/bericht-ihu3-0205-e.pdf ITAR impact on the Eagle project https://web.archive.org/web/20140327205527/ http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/eagle/ 2009 AMSAT files CJ requests with US State Department http://www.southgatearc.org/news/august2009/amsat_files_cj_requests.htm Australian Telco "Telstra" has confirmed its plans to pour over $100 million to get a public Wi-Fi network up and running by 2015. The plan announced by Telstra chief executive David Thodey will see the Telco install up to 8000 new wireless hotspots as it seeks to connect customers to two million Wi-Fi hot-spots across Australia. Mr Thodey said the plan was designed to not only help meet current data needs but also deliver the capacity needed in time to deal with higher volumes of traffic. There’s also an overseas component with Telstra striking an exclusive partnership with global Wi-Fi technology provider Fon. Telstra customers, who choose to join Telstra Wi-Fi, will be provided compatible modems to access their allowance at no extra charge via domestic hotspots and connect to more than 12 million Fon-enabled hotspots globally. Non Telstra customers and Telstra customers who have not joined the Wi-Fi community will be able to connect to Fon-enabled Telstra Wi-Fi hotspots for a small charge using 'day passes.' (The Australian) 3D or not 3D By the end of this month, 3D Printing Studios will have three stores open dedicated to the technology, with plans to open up to 30 within two years if franchise partners can be found. CRN reports that the company plans to add to its existing store in The Rocks (Sydney CBD) with a Parramatta (western Sydney) store opening, followed by a Fremantle (Perth) store opening on the 30th of May. The Rocks store opened last year. Co-founder Stuart Grover told CRN, "I want to get it out to large centres, like Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Darwin, then also places like Newcastle and Wollongong as well." Grover’s stores offer printers ranging in price from hundreds of dollars to about $5,000, putting such printers at the hobbyist to “prosumer” levels of sophistication. The stores do design services as well as print-readiness finishing and basic printing services. www.ferret.com.au/articles/news/standalone-3d-printing-stores-to-open-in-parramatta-perth-n2514354#ypJ14grl6yt2ipfG.99 (ferret) Last weekend, 17-18 May, the CRARC conducted another Foundation Licence Course in VK1. Following the course, assessments were carried out and CRARC are pleased to say that the following candidates were successful :- Justin Craig, Ross Kelly, Barnaby D'Cruz, Felix Barbalet, and Martin Foo. We look forward to hearing them on air in about 4 to 5 weeks following the issue of their licence. Stephen Shaw VK1FJJJ follows in the tradition of his Grandfather by successfully completing his Advanced Licence upgrade. The next Foundation Licence Course is scheduled for the weekend of 19-20 July 2014. (CRARC Committee) DISCUSSION POINT What use is an F-call? Every day Amateur Radio adds a little something to my life in fun and unexpected ways. I know that's a big call, but it's true. This morning whilst preparing to participate in a contest I was looking for a map that shows which direction to point an antenna in order to have the best chance of your signal ending up where you intend. Over the past few years I've seen lots of maps around, but none of them really did what I wanted from them, namely be readable, helpful and contain specific Amateur Radio information. I've got a wonderful Ham Radio Map on my wall [hamradiomap.com] and it contains many useful bits of Amateur Radio Information. Soon it will have pins on it for every country I've contacted, but it doesn't contain things like beam headings, or ITU zones. So, I googled my way around the 'net and found a great circle mapper. It is intended for flying, that is, you want to fly from this airport to that one, what heading and distance is that? Funnily enough, those two numbers are pretty useful for Amateur Radio too. Now I have a much better understanding on which way Europe is, what direction Dallas Texas is and on what heading I'll mange to contact Cape Town and why when I did, I made a QRP contact with Marion Island on the way. Amateur Radio, blows me away, every day. I'm Onno VK6FLAB INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, SARL, Southgate AR Club, ARRL, Amateur Radio Newsline, NZART and the WW sources of the WIA. John VK2JPM :- INMARSAT OFFERS FREE OVER WATER AIRCRAFT BASIC TRACKING Inmarsat, the global mobile satellite provider, says it will offer free basic tracking services for planes flying over oceans. This in the hope of preventing another incident like the loss of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 in late March. The company says that the service is being offered to all 11,000 commercial passenger aircraft already equipped with an Inmarsat satellite connection. This accounts for most of the world's long haul commercial fleet. The first South African Radio League Radio Technology in Action symposium will be held at the University of Kwa Zulu Natal on Saturday June 21st. The program features a great variety of subjects of interest to radio amateurs and electronic enthusiasts with a number of presentations to be supported by practical demonstrations. The full program and registration form are now available at sarl.org.za. Simply select the Radio Technology in Action link on the left hand side of the home page. The American Amateur Radio Relay League was formed on 18 May 1914, exactly 100 years ago last Sunday. By coincidence, Sunday was the final day of the Dayton Hamvention, where ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, and Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, hosted a party, complete with cake, to wish the ARRL a happy 100th birthday. KickSat, the KickStarter-funded amateur satellite project, has re-entered and burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere without releasing its payload of Sprite micro-satellites. The satellite suffered an unexpected computer glitch on 30 April that caused the deployment countdown timer to reset. It proved impossible to correct the problem, meaning the timer did not trigger in time to release the hundred-plus Sprites before re-entry. ============================================================================= ARNEWSLINE CQ MAGAZINE NAMES 2014 HALLS OF FAME INDUCTEES Some names in the news. CQ magazine has announced its 2014 Hall of Fame inductees, adding two members each to the CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame, as well as eight new members of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame: The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honours those individuals, whether licensed hams or not, who have made significant contributions to amateur radio; and those amateurs who have made significant contributions either to amateur radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of life on our planet. The 2014 inductees (listed alphabetically) are: Clifford Berry, W9TIJ, who helped usher in the computer age as co-inventor of the Atanasoff-Berry computer (or ABC), the precursor of virtually all electronic computers. Warren Bruene, W5OLY, prolific radio designer and innovator who designed many Collins radios and helped the company introduce single-sideband voice communications. John Huntoon, W1RW, former ARRL General Manager, QST Editor, helped bring about international allocation of the 30-, 17- and 12-meter bands. Mike Koss, W9SU, DXer and DXpeditoner; founder and owner of filter manufacturer ICE (Industrial Communications Engineers); key player in establishment of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Amateur Radio Club, W9IMS; organizer of special event station W87PAX at 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis. Nancy Kott, WZ8C, former Editor of WorldRadio and WorldRadio Online and tireless promoter of Morse Code as U.S. coordinator of the FISTS CW Club. Paul Laughton, N6BVH, software designer whose accomplishments include developing Apple's disk operating system and Atari's operating system. Ralph Showers, ex-W3GEU, expert on electronic interference and leader of efforts to set national and international standards for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). He holds several awards from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Steve Wozniak, ex-WV6VLY and ex-WA6BND, co-founder of Apple Computers. CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame: The CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame honour those amateurs who not only excel in personal performance in these major areas of amateur radio but who also "give back" to the hobby in outstanding ways. The 2014 inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame are: Joe Reisert, W1JR, a DXer and DXpeditioner since the 1950s, Joe has DXCC Mixed, Phone, CW, Digital and QRP with over 300 entities confirmed for each, along with 13-band Worked All States, 13-band Worked All Continents and CQ's USA-CA All Counties award. Joe is also a pioneer in 432-MHz EME (Earth- Moon-Earth) communications, ran his own antenna manufacturing company (Antennaco) and is a prolific writer and public speaker. David Collingham, K3LP, a leading DXer and DXpeditioner who is also focused on using amateur radio as an educational tool, at home and around the world. He has equipped a complete station at his hometown elementary school and has taught amateur radio to young people in Iraq, Ethiopia and Rotuma. The 2014 inductees to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame are: J. Scott Redd, K0DQ, is already a member of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame for his service to our nation as an Admiral, Deputy Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and the first Director of the National Counterterrorism Centre. Scott has always found time within his professional duties for amateur radio and his first love, contesting. He is one of only two people to have won the single-operator category of all of the world's major contests. Ed Muns, W0YK, is a noted RTTY contester with 9 single-op all-band and one multi-two championships and six world records. Ed is also Director of the CQ World Wide RTTY DX and RTTY WPX Contests, and manager of the North American Sprint RTTY Contest. He is also very active in the Northern California Contest Club and is a past club officer and director. Formal inductions to the CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame were scheduled for the Dayton Hamvention. More detailed descriptions of inductees will appear in the official announcement in the July 2014 issue of CQ magazine. COMMERCIAL HDTV STREAMING LIVE FROM ISS A new commercial video service called the High Definition Earth Viewing or HDEV was launched the International Space Station on April 18th on board the SpaceX Dragon re-supply mission. The set of four High Definition video cameras and are now operational, after being installed on the External Payload Facility of the Columbus module. The cameras and electronics are enclosed in a pressurized box to provide protection to the equipment from the harsh environment of space. This is not the HAMTV experiment and your screen will appear black when the ISS is in its orbital night. You can see the new live ISS video feed anytime at tinyurl.com/iss-to-earth ============================================================================= WEIRD AND WONDERFUL RUBIKS CUBE This week saw the 40th Anniversary of the Rubik Cube. The original (3×3×3) Rubik's Cube has eight corners and twelve edges. There are 40,320 ways to arrange the corner cubes. Seven can be oriented independently, and the orientation of the eighth depends on the preceding seven, giving 2,187 possibilities. There are 239,500,800 ways to arrange the edges, since an even permutation of the corners implies an even permutation of the edges as well. (When arrangements of centres are also permitted, the rule is that the combined arrangement of corners, edges, and centres must be an even permutation.) Eleven edges can be flipped independently, with the flip of the twelfth depending on the preceding ones, giving 2,048 possibilities. A total of approximately 43 quintillion. The puzzle is often advertised as having "billions" of positions, as the larger numbers are unfamiliar to many. To put this into perspective, if one had as many standard sized Rubik's Cubes as there are permutations, one could cover the Earth's surface 275 times. (Wikipedia) OPERATIONAL NEWS - DATELINE 2014 SGARS 80 METRE TROPHY CONTEST July 26 10-10 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER CONTEST Aug 2 - 3 WIA REMEMBRANCE DAY (THE RD) CONTEST Aug 16 - 17 Manly-Warringah Radio Society's Flagpole contest September. Amateur Radios International Air-ambulance Week, 9 days from Sep 28. 2015 Tablelands Radio Group will again hold AM and CW on ANZA Day 25 April SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS, DX, BEACON REPEATER AND NET ADVICE VU4K OPERATIONS FROM ANDAMAN AND NICOBAT APPROVED FOR DXCC Bill Moore, NC1L at the ARRL Awards desk says that the 2014 VU4K operation's from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Operations have been approved for DXCC credit. If you worked this operation you can put in for credit as soon as your card arrives at your QTH. The new beacon in Southern Tasmania at grid square QE37 with the callsign VK7RST is slightly higher power than originally reported – 25W and is CW modulated. It is co-located with the VK7RST 6m beacon on 50.297MHz and the CW keying is common to the two beacons. The antennas are omni-directional and horizontally polarised. TM 70 BBC - commemorating the 70th anniversary of the landing of Allied Forces in Normandy. This special event station will be active from 3rd June to 13th June. Ann Renton Memorial Ladies Net this Tuesday One of the friendliest radio nets in the land happens this Tuesday evening May 27th from 7-30pm on the Townsville UHF Repeater. the Ann Renton Memorial Ladies Net is open to young and old, YL or OM and is a golden opportunity for anyone who needs practice on-air to go onto the net as 2nd operator. MEDIA WATCH www.cq-amateur-radio.com/WorldRadio.html VK Club Bulletins http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aarnie/ VK2 CCARC news ccarc.org.au/wp/2012/09/ccarc-news-12-31/ INSIDE ROOM 40 - The Code breakers of World War I - a book by Paul Gannon. Many hams are familiar with the code breaking efforts of Bletchley Park during WWII however few are aware of the British code breaking efforts during WWI. Inside Room 40 sets out to explain the activities of the British code breakers and their successes during the 1914-18 World War. Inside Room 40 is based on previously secret files which bring to life the hidden history of the British code breakers. From the very earliest luck of capturing a German Naval code book from a hapless German cruiser which ran aground in August 1914, through to the deciphering of the famous "Zimmermann" telegram that brought the United States into the 1st World War, it is all chronicled here. There are even details of the efforts of a few British radio amateurs who established a receiving system so sensitive that it picked up messages the Germans believed couldn't be overheard, so didn't even encode them. As coding technology developed so did Room 40, such that by wars end they were reading the messages used by German warships, U-boats and naval zeppelins, and breaking the ciphers used by the Germans to communicate with their naval attaches and embassies around the world. Inside Room 40 also details the methods used in code breaking, along with the early tabulating machines that were the forerunners of the "Colossus" computer famously used at Bletchley to break German codes in WWII. For those who are unaware of the huge contribution made to the war effort by the code breakers of Room 40 this hardback book is a revelation. Inside Room 40 authored by Paul Gannon provides a detailed and comprehensive view of this little known area of WWI history. (rsgbshop) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ARDF WIA ARDF COORDINATOR VK3WWW Jack vk3www@wia.org.au http://users.mackay.net.au/~ron/ http://www.homingin.com http://www.ardf.org.au TARC Does ARDF If you are in the vicinity of the Townsville Region on Saturday June 21st and want to get involved in a Foxhunt then Tony VK4TJS wants to hear from you. A foxhunt will start at a secret location from 1pm BUT TO PLAY YOU MUST HAVE your attendance numbers in by 19th for the Foxhunt. There will be activities for all family members to participate in during the Foxhunt and things will end up with some in-flight catering. To cater for the event Tony needs to know your attendance numbers. Who do you have to call ? Tony VK4TJS of course. 07-47677137 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- DIGITAL New Ham Radio Digital Mode The ROS software FHSS Mode is a new HF digital mode based on FHSS-CDMA modulation. It uses 16 different CDMA codes with 1.8 seconds per Hop. Every transmission uses a different CDMA code randomly chosen. Further information at http://rosmodem.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/new-digital-mode-fhss-mode (southgate) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER AMSAT FOX 1 LAUNCH DELAYED TO 2015 The launch of Amsat's Fox 1 ham radio satellite will now take place in 2015. Fox 1 was originally manifested to be carried to orbit from Vandenberg AFB this December. But due to what is being termed as governmental priorities, Fox 1 will likely launch in the summer of 2015. This delay is mixed news for AMSAT. While it is disappointed that this will keep Fox-1 reaching space this year, it also means that the organization has more time to complete and test the spacecraft prior to delivery. AMSAT says that in the overall scheme of things, the delay allows it to have greater confidence in the delivery of a thoroughly tested spacecraft by taking more time to allow for unforeseen contingencies and to do more ground testing. More information on the Fox 1 project is on the web at http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1113 (AMSAT) 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 Belgrade, Serbia - The hoarse but calm voice of rescuers is coming from a small device. They tell each other which parts of the town need to be visited, who needs to be evacuated and by what means. Although the floodwaters have receded, the tragedy is continuing - as is the fight to save human lives. Heard on Aljazeera were messages such as:- "… I have been trying to send you an ambulance… That is what people need… Wasn't it agreed that they get transported by tractor?...A tractor won't do as the lady is in such a condition that this is not possible… The ambulance cannot approach.. it has to be a tractor.” “Did you hear that you need to pick up a woman with six children…” That's the type of message being handled by Hams in Serbia as I speak. Nenad Supurovic is a member of the Radio Amateur Union of Serbia. Having listened to conversations of professional rescuers via radio, Supurovic and another union member headed for one of the worst hit towns, to help ease communication between rescuers and crisis staff. These radio amateurs transmit pieces of information received from crisis staff, such as who needs to be evacuated from flooded houses and apartments, and how. Another great example of Amateur Radio Helping the Community. (Aljazeera via ROAR Facebook) REWIND To commemorate ANZAC 100 a series of articles is to appear in Amateur Radio magazine by the WIA Historian, Peter Wolfenden VK3RV. Here's a summary of one of them. Those who have been around in amateur or communications fields for 40 or more years will know the name, Howard Kingsley Love. In February 1915 he joined the AIF as a 19 year old, giving his 'trade or calling' as Electrical Engineer. A letter dated the 23rd April 1918, stated that Lieutenant H. K. Love was missing. He was later found as a prisoner in Germany. After the war he was one of the early experimenters to be licensed and he was a great friend of Ross Hull, one of Australia's foremost experimenters. They teamed up as editors of a new magazine, "The Radio Experimenter and Broadcaster" published in Melbourne from December 1923. Proclaimed as the "Official Organ of the Wireless Institute of Australia", the editors in June 1924 called for accuracy in claiming long distance achievements, and wanted the WIA to act immediately. The editors also addressed opening up the shortwave bands and the need for radio amateurs to retain their frequencies as the commercial wireless world awoke to the possibilities. The magazine reported on the First Australian Wireless Convention held in conjunction with the Melbourne Town Hall exhibition on 24th May 1924. This was the first official meeting of the individual State WIA organisations - on their way to forming a Federated organisation. In 1929 the RAAF Wireless Wing was established, initiated by Howard under the auspices of the WIA. Kingsley Radio, managed by H.K. Love, was involved in cutting edge technology. During 1938 the RAAF saw supply difficulties and contracted it to mass produce a general purpose receiver, the AR7. Kingsley Radio closed in 1948 after Howard's sudden death. Howard Kingsley Love VK3KU, a man of great drive, leadership, enthusiasm and skill, was sadly lost to Australia. (Jim Linton VK3PC) SOCIAL SCENE 2014 Jun 7- 9 VK2 Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club field day Port Macquarie Jun 7- 9 VK5 South East Radio Groups’ (SERG) 50th annual Convention and Australian Foxhunting Championship. Nov 2 VK5 HamFest Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society Nov 15 VK7 Hamfest (Venue to be advised) Nov 30 VK3 SPARC HamFest at Rosebud ( howardjones155@gmail.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 likelihood of it being broadcast in the very next edition of WIA National News. Each item will only be broadcast once, if you want a couple of mentions, please submit different slants to keep your event 'fresh ‘and always if the news room is to read your item write in the 3rd person. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================================= WIANews - we've reported...YOU decide. TWITTER http://twitter.com/VK1WIA 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 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. We strongly encourage membership in the Wireless Institute of Australia and participation in the activities of local clubs. Opinions expressed in "WIANews" are those of the writers who submit material and do not necessarily reflect those of the rebroadcasters, nor the National WIA, but are broadcast in the spirit in which they were submitted." Material may be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form, a credit to WIANews wouldn't go astray... Compiled by VK4BB on behalf of the National WIA. . -------------