WIANEWS - JULY 13 - 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 JULY 13 2014. HEADING TOWARDS OUR 20TH YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS VK5WIA HQ STATION IN IARU HF CONTEST THIS WEEKEND WIA tells how to submit stories for broadcast in this news service THESE STORIES AND MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA FOR WEEK COMMENCING JUL 13 2014. 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. SPY V SPY A new ground station will be built at the Australian spy base near Geraldton in Western Australia (VK6) to dramatically upgrade access to next-generation military satellite communications for US and Australian troops across the globe. The move will provide a major boost to the warfighting capabilities of both countries, deepen the ANZUS Alliance and improve the rapid sharing of intelligence. (The Australian) Australians in emergency situations could soon be using Triple Zero in a whole way, with Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull announcing a review into the system and how it could be better used to take advantage of modern mobile technologies. "Communications technology continues to advance, presenting new and exciting opportunities to improve the existing voice arrangements as well as new ways for telecommunications users to access assistance," Turnbull said. "New services such as the Emergency + Smartphone App, which displays the phone’s GPS coordinates for the caller to read out to the emergency operator, is a great example of how modern technology can be used to improve the Triple Zero service." Australia's emergency phone line service can currently only be reached via a voice call. (ITWIRE) Telstra has announced a multi-million dollar technology investment in the Adelaide Oval Stadium, which includes the introduction of 1,000 Internet Protocol TV screens and an upgrade of the mobile network to 4G. Adelaide Oval visitors will be able to use the IPTV screens to watch high definition replays, order food and drinks, and keep track of match statistics during sports events, said the Telco. (COMPUTERWORLD) HAMS ACROSS AUSTRALIA. VK3 web service:- http://www.amateurradio.com.au/news/ Shepparton and District Amateur Radio Club's Hamfest takes place 14 Sept. Just 2 1/2 hours it kicks off at 10am and wraps at 12:30pm Great bargains to be had, commercial dealers in attendance as well as lots of pre loved goodies. Door prize, raffle prizes and more. Master Class - Portable, learn how to take your hobby with you Time is running out to get a place in this free session run by Amateur Radio Victoria. Would-be portable operators have to register to hear expert mini-lectures, see displays and ask a panel questions. It will be held on July the 19th at Ashburton - that is next Saturday. Full details are available from Tony Hambling VK3VTH vk3vth@amateurradio.com.au Sounds like a good opportunity not to be missed. (Jim Linton VK3PC VK4 - QNEWS Send your stories for news. SCRIPT to qnews@wia.org.au send audio to http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/upload/ get local audio news www.wiaq.org.au/ftp/vk4_qnews_64.mp3 get local news emailed qnews-vk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The Townsville Amateur Radio Club are holding the "Cardwell Gathering" October the third over 4 days. This RadioAmateur Gathering in Paradise will be based at the Cardwell Beachcomber Motel and Tourist Park, with lots of things happening during the event for the whole family. Check out more information at the Cardwell Gathering website http://www.tarc.org.au/Activities/CardwellGathering/tabid/109/Default.aspx (Gavin Reibelt : vk4zz@wia.org.au via the WIA Calendar) ALARA VK4 MEET July 20, 2014 2:00pm Freestyle Toút Dessert Palace The Emporium 50/1000 Ann Street Fortitude Valley, 4006 Brisbane QLD 07 3252 0214 Join us for a get-together while munching delicious desserts! There is a huge range of scrumptious desserts on the menu, something for everyone including gluten-free, soy or lactose intolerant. Prices range up to $15.90 and you can check the menu in advance at: freestyletout.com.au . Individual payment when leaving has been specially arranged. Meet-up time is 2pm Sunday 20 July, 2014 RSVP now to bambi to reserve your place cooee.alara@gmail.com How to get there: BUS: The nearest bus stop is Brookes St & Wickham St. Brookes Street - 10, Brookes St approaching Ann St, some 220m distant Use TransLink website to find the best Train, Bus schedules CAR: There is off street free parking right outside and in the Emporium complex . Disabled Access: Yes Full (including toilet) How do I find the group on the day? Look for the ALARA sign on the table What do I do if I get lost on the day? Call the venue 07 32 52 02 14 - they are the ones with the knowledge to direct you. DISCUSSION POINT What use is an F-call? Every day you learn something new. I realise that's an obvious comment, but I am regularly surprised at the range of experience and education that Amateur Radio brings to my life. In the weekly F-troop a topic of conversation raised by Graham VK6FSGH was station grounding. It's a topic that gets a range of coverage on the Internet. Often grounding is ignored, or only just hinted at by documentation. Antenna designs online regularly offer instruction on how long a piece of wire should be and how high it should be in the air, but not often a discussion on what the ground should look like. Graham pointed us at a document written and published by Motorola, titled "Standards and Guidelines for Communication Sites". It's a 518 page tome on the topic of setting up a communication site. I'm still reading, but so far it covers all you want to know about anything. Chapter 4 was what caught our initial attention, it's 100 pages on the topic of external grounding. That's not the only part about grounding either. There's the chapter on internal grounding, 72 pages and the appendices on measuring ground resistivity, and one on verifying your grounding electrode system. All the websites that discuss in great detail how to build an antenna are handily supplemented by this document. It also points at specific Australian standards for all manner of interesting things, like lightning protection, concrete structures, galvanised coatings, tower design, and more. In case you're thinking it's a dry technical read, it includes instructions that require a small sledgehammer, a tape measure, safety glasses and gloves, so be prepared to learn and do something. The document is called the "Standards and Guidelines for Communication Sites" written by Motorola. Happy reading. 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. Fewer UK Ham Radio exam passes in 2013 The RCF Examination Committee have released their report on the amateur radio exams for the UK in 2013, it shows fewer people passed in 2013 In 2012, 1599 candidates passed the Foundation but the figures released by the RCF Examination Committee show that only 1508 passed Foundation in 2013. Pass totals for the Intermediate and Advanced were also down. http://www.commsfoundation.org/rce/pdf/Examination_Committee_Report_2013.pdf Germany gets limited 4m access The German Federal Network Agency has approved the use of 70 to 70.030 MHz by German Class A radio amateurs but only until 31st August. DARC report the restrictions are similar to those for the 50MHz band; 25 watts EIRP, all transmission modes, maximum bandwidth 12kHz and horizontal polarisation. Major brands to discontinue plasma TVs The BBC News website recently reported that Samsung is to stop producing plasma televisions by 30th November. Samsung said falling demand meant it would instead focus on curved and ultra-high-definition TVs. Other manufacturers including Panasonic, Sony, Hitachi and Pioneer have also pulled out of plasma TV manufacture in recent years. A number of plasma TV models from various manufacturers had been found to emit wide band RF noise, so decreasing the number of sets in circulation may lead to a welcome noise reduction in the long term for the ham bands.. YOTA (Youngsters On The Air) is a youth movement inviting fifteen European national youth teams to a selected rotating EU location every year to get together, learn from each other and experience various aspects of Amateur Radio through meaningful and entertaining concepts emphasizing social, radio communication and technology skills. OF 3 ERTC is a special event Amateur Radio station active in conjunction with ERTC 2014 from July 18-20th, while OH 2 YOTA will be active from the actual event site in Finland starting July 16th. The 247,000 radio amateurs in Thailand have new amateur radio regulations giving them important new privileges Basic (Novice) license now get 60 watts on 144 and 100 watts on 28 MHz. These regulations will allow operations on six-metres (50-54 MHz), will expand the 2-metre band by 500 kHz (up to 146.5 MHz) and will activate the advanced class with privileges that will allow power output levels of up to 1,000 watts. Restrictions on HF radios that include six metres will be removed. Additional spectrum will also be authorised in the 160 and 80-metre HF bands. The new regulations were signed by the Chair of the NBTC on June 20, 2014. Morse at 8wpm will remain as a component of the intermediate and advanced class amateur radio examination in Thailand. The amateur radio license classes in Thailand are Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Amateur Radio Operator License (1kW). Advanced is a new class, although Advanced had been provided for in the regulations since 1987 it had until now never been activated. There is also an Extra class licence which has only one license holder, The King of Thailand, His Majesty HS 1 A. ============================================================================= ARNEWSLINE MONARCH BUTTERFLY HAS MAGNETIC COMPASS Researchers now say that the monarch butterfly uses a magnetic compass to guide its extraordinary migration thousands of miles across North America. Monarchs are believed to possess a form of Sun compass but even on cloudy days they still keep flying south towards Mexico. To test for the theory that they also possessed a form of magnetic compass scientists strapped butterflies into a flight simulator allowing them to point in any direction while flying. They then surrounded the chamber with a magnetic coil and then varied the inclination angle of the field while at the same time exposing them to ultra-violet light. This in essence effectively changed the position of the equator and the poles. The monarchs responded by turning in the direction they perceived as south. More about this research can be found on the web at tinyurl.com/monarch-butterfly-experiment The World Radiosport Team Championship 2014 operating event will take place on Saturday, July 12th beginning at 1200 UTC and concluding Sunday the 13th at 1200 hours UTC. WRTC ANNOUNCES 2014 CALLSIGNS In the world of contesting, the World Radiosport Team Championship which is the coordinating group of the upcoming WRTC-2014 competition has announced the call signs that will be used by the contending teams. All competitors will use 1 by 1 call signs starting with the prefix W, K, or N. This will be followed by the number one (1) designating the United States first callsign district where the event is being held. Also a number of the available calls will not be used for various reasons. This includes the longest and shortest Morse suffixes letters. NEW STUDY SHOWS QUANTUM PARTICLES CAN TUNNEL THROUGH MULTIPLE BARRIERS According to the new study, quantum particles have been found capable of tunnelling through multiple long range barriers. This is a phenomenon that is known as quantum tunnel effect. Formerly, this procedure was for one particle to pass through one barrier. However the latest study was conducted by a team of researchers at the Institute for Experimental Physics in Austria showed the tunnelling of quantum particles through five consecutive barriers simultaneously is possible with the help of an effect known as Bose enhancement. Bose enhancement is a phenomenon that effects in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. How the study was performed and its findings to date were published in a recent issue of the journal Science. More is on the web. tinyurl.com/quantum-particle-barrier ============================================================================= RSGB's G4NJH 2m transatlantic Schedule announced The Irish Radio Transmitters Society’s Brendan Trophy for the first two-way transatlantic amateur communication has been unclaimed for years. A determined effort is being made this summer by the Brendan Quest team in Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Using 750W to a thirty metre long 43-element Yagi at 6 to 8.5m above ground level, producing an erp of about 185kW, the VC 1 T team hope to achieve Transatlantic communication on 2m, one of the few remaining amateur radio distance records. The detailed summer operating schedule has now been released and describes how VC 1 T will be using WSJT, CW and SSB between 4th and 12th July. It is important that EU operators follow the operating protocol closely to increase the chance of success. Full details, including details of the monster antenna:- www.brendanquest.org LATE BREAKING NEWS:- UK radio ham copies Canadian 144 MHz signal RSGB VHF Manager John Regnault G4SWX in Suffolk, UK has received a signal from the Canadian station VC1T on 144 MHz The ARRL report a group of Amateur Radio operators from Atlantic Canada are operating from Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, until July 12 in a bid to complete a 2 meter transatlantic contact and claim the Brendan trophy. The "Brendan Quest" team is on the air as VC1T from grid GN37os on 144.155 MHz. The group activated on July 4, and a couple of days later, on July 6 at 1341 UTC, G4SWX was able to completely decode an FSK441 transmission from VC1T. “They attempted to complete the QSO for 4 hours, but were not successful,” the team reported. “However, this reception should qualify for the Brendan Plate.” The team said a station in Ireland was able to copy parts of three transmissions. Because of the initial success, the group now will use FSK441 exclusively in its Brendan bid. Read the full ARRL story at arrl.org/news/view/brendan-quest-team-s-2-meter-signal-copied-in-the-uk Radio clubs take part in BBC WWI centenary events The BBC will mark the centenary of World War One with events running from 2014-2018. This summer, as part of the season, BBC Learning will create eight large-scale inspirational Great War events that will take place throughout the UK, reflecting the dramatic impact the war had on local families and communities. The WW1 At Home Live Events will reflect on the dramatic impact the war had on families and communities, as well as helping people to explore their own relatives' links to the war. The family-friendly events will include hands-on activities, performances and interactive sessions. People can also learn about how medicine and communications were transformed during the war, including demonstrations of how carrier pigeons were an invaluable resource for sending messages. Several amateur radio clubs are taking part in these events with special event stations or hands on Morse demonstrations for visitors. 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 ALARA CONTEST Aug 30 - 31 Manly-Warringah Radio Society's Flagpole contest September 20. Amateur Radios International Air-ambulance Week, 9 days from Sep 28. The IARU HF World Championship Contest takes place annually on the second full weekend of July, beginning at 1200 UTC on Saturday and ends 1200 UTC Sunday (That's this weekend 12-13 July 2014). Both single and multi-operator stations may operate for the entire 24 hour period and all licensed amateurs worldwide are eligible to participate. Region 3 has 29 potential society stations yet last year only 10 societies participated in the contest from Region 3. Again this year there is the added incentive for an amateur from Region 3 to via for the Michael Owen VK3KI award, issued for the Region 3 amateur who receives the highest number of points during the championship Your WIA is taking part and Vice President Chris Platt and members of the Amateur Radio Experimenters Group will operate VK 5 WIA from the banks of the Murray River near Younghusband. As a Headquarters station they will be a "multiplier." SSB stations on the 160/80M band (Full size dipole), the 40M band (vertical) and the 20/15/10 M bands (Yagi and/or Spiderbeam.) Contest rules can be found at http://www.iaru.org/contests.html (sourced to NZART via SouthGate and additional from vk5cp) ISS Contacts makes 2014 ARRL Field Day, One to Remember! One of the highlights of this year's ARRL Field Day was a myriad of voice contacts offered up by the International Space Station (ISS). Through the efforts of crew member Reid Wiseman, many anxious ham radio operators had the experience, perhaps for the first time, of speaking with an astronaut orbiting Earth on board the ISS. (AMSAT na) SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS, DX, BEACON REPEATER AND NET ADVICE Hello Listeners this is Peter Harding VK4OD, the team from VKHAM have made available on their website a free service of a complete listing of all the Repeaters throughout Australia, including known CB repeaters. However these listings can only be as accurate as the data supplied to us, to enable the sully of accurate data, we would ask if members of the various clubs committees, and owners of repeaters, to look at the data for their sites and send any adjustments to me at email address repeaters@vkham.com To see your repeater click on www.vkham.com select , MAP followed by your state, simply select the RED dot for your region. Once it is updated I will send a reply for your reference. ( Peter Harding VK4OD ) E 5 1QBV Joel K 2 QBV is operating holiday style from Rarotonga in the South Cook Islands as E 5 1QBV until 21 July. This follows on from a short stay in New Zealand where he operated as ZL/K2QBV. E 6 XG JA 1 XGI has announced his next operation will be from Niue between December 1st and the 6th and is expected to be issued the callsign E 6 XG. Activity will be on 160 through 10 meters, CW, SSB and some digital. QSL via his home callsign JA 1 XGI either direct or by the bureau. AWARDS Achievement award for Victorian local government areas Increased interest is being shown in the Local Government Award run by Amateur Radio Victoria which recognises working the local government areas in Victoria. Anyone within a boundary of the 79 local government cities, rural cities, shires or the borough of Queenscliffe can claim points under a set of rules. A radio amateur must be identifiable within a municipality, usually by an announcement during a QSO. However repeater, IRLP or EchoLink contacts are not valid for the award. Under the rules VK3 stations must have 40 different municipalities, other VK stations 30 and DX stations with 20. Endorsements are available for modes, and particularly those who achieve all 79 municipalities. See the full rules of the Local Government Award or for further inquiries contact the Awards Manager Tony Hambling VK3VTH. (Jim Linton VK3PC) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ATV (Every pixel tells a story) - Video arvideonews.com hamradiotube.com youtube.com qdg.org.au Getting ready for the World ATV QSO Party Preparations are being made for the annual on air gathering of those involved in the visual mode of Amateur Television. It will be on the Melbourne-Geelong VK3RTV repeater and streamed through the British Amateur Television Club. This is the 4th annual World Digital ATV QSO Party which was originally a part of the centenary for Amateur Radio Victoria. The event is on Friday the 29th and Saturday the 30th August involving anchors in England, the USA and Australia. Other countries are most welcome to join. Friday night will be VK-only including links to new digital repeater VK5RDC at Port Pirie, and possibly joined by VK4RKC in Brisbane. Australians can work through their local ATV repeaters and net controllers are to provide the Internet links. Those ATVers not within repeater range may pre-arrange to Skype-in direct to master controller Peter VK3BFG. On the Saturday there will be four net controllers - Peter VK3BFG, Don KE6BXT, Art WR8DMC and for the first time Noel G8GTZ. International repeaters are W6ATN, WR8ATV, GB3HV and possibly GB3SQ and GB3KM. The event is basically a show and tell format that uses a combination of direct inputs for those within range of ATV repeaters, and contributions via Skype. (vk3pc) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER Amateur Satellites- become involved Amateur Satellite operating is one of the most interesting and rewarding modes in our hobby. The satellites are relatively easy to access and require very little hardware investment to get started. You can gain access to the FM 'repeaters in the sky' with just a dual band hand held operating on 2M. and 70cm. These easy-to-use and popular FM satellites will give amateurs national communications and handheld access into New Zealand at various times through the day and night. Should you wish to join AMSAT-VK, sign-up at the group site. http://group.amsat-vk.org (Tony VK7AX via vk7wi news) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- INTERNET --- THE HAMS DOMAIN TWITTER http://twitter.com/VK1WIA www.HamRadioNation.com websdr.org Google has offered up a set of warnings on YouTube. The new "warnings" of sorts appeared as part of an annual transparency effort by Google. Back on May 29, Google released its annual "Video Quality Report" which covers ISP performance in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Google offers a blue 'widget' to take users to reports to assess their network's performance versus other ISPs in the region, to assess who's to blame for a slowdown. It tends to pop up in YouTube when slow video playback is encountered and can help determine the cause, it might be organic (e.g. peak traffic) or artificial (e.g. network manipulation). The page shows you statistics not only on your connection, but also chronological averages for your service provider at different times of day, for different kinds of content (e.g. low-quality, standard definition, and high definition). It also lets you compare that to other ISPs in your region or to ISPs in other regions. (various press reports) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ILLW The CCARC will operate club station VK7NW from the Devonport Maritime Museum on the International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend being held on weekend of August 16 and 17. The museum has indicated that they would be happy to have CCARC along after a successful event last year. Not only does it promote the museum, it also promotes amateur radio with curious onlookers stopping to talk to the amateurs present. Operators will be required, so if you can go along and help out if you have some spare time. Please let David, VK7DC, know if you are planning to attend. CCARC members will also be activating the Table Cape and Roundhill point lighthouses as part of the ILLW event. (VK7WI NEWS) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS A Youth Net meets Saturdays at 0100 UTC on IRLP Reflector #2. Young Hams Net 3.590 - 7:30pm Victorian time. Youngsters On The Air, YOTA http://www.ham-yota.eu/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/youngstersontheair Special callsign for YOTA event The Youngsters on the Air event at Wolverhampton on 19th and 20th of July has been granted an NoV to use the callsign GB 1 YOTA on site. The YOTA UK event has been timed to coincide with the IARU Region 1 YOTA gathering in Finland and it is hoped that GB 1 YOTA will be able to make contact with the Finnish station. Activities at the UK event include workshops on Summits on the Air, Satellite working, Digital Modes, Intermediate Practical Assessments and Centenary PSK Receiver building, a barbecue and an ARDF contest, all of which have been arranged by young amateurs, for young amateurs. (gb2rs news) REWIND a look back at history In 1898, Nikola Tesla presented his invention the “teleautomaton” at Madison Square Garden’s inaugural Electrical Exhibition. The teleautomaton (in the form of a miniature boat) was the first-ever radio-controlled device. The technology, hidden because Tesla feared its theft, involved encoding and decoding Hertzian waves directly from within the device, according to the website teleautomaton.com Some people believed that Tesla was controlling the battery-powered boat with his mind. (Sourced from the Circuit Cellar Web E-Zine via VK7WI News) SOCIAL SCENE 2014 Jul 12-13 VK3 GippsTech Conference this weekend Jul 19 VK3 GGREC 2014 HAMFEST Gippsland Gate Radio & Electronics Club. Jul 19 VK4 Caboolture Radio Club HAMFEST at Scout Ground, 169 Smiths Rd. Jul 27 VK4 GOLD COAST AR SOCIETY 11am Social at Logan Central Gardens Aug 3 VK6 Northern Corridor Radio Group Hamfest. Sep 13 VK4 Sunshine Coast AR Club's SUNFest, Woombye School of Arts Sep 14 VK3 Shepparton and District AR Club Hamfest kicks off at 10am. Sep 28 VK3 Melbourne Amateur Radio Technology Group Hamfest Keilor East. Oct 3 VK4 Townsville Amateur Radio Club's Cardwell Gathering 4 day event. Oct 25 VK4 HAMFEST on the Gold Coast. ( hamfest@gcars.com.au ) Nov 2 VK5 HamFest Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society Nov 15 VK7 Miena Hamfest (My-enah) Nov 30 VK3 SPARC HamFest at Rosebud ( howardjones155@gmail.com ) 2015 June, Queens Birthday weekend 40th annual Oxley Region Field Day Tacking Point Surf Life Saving Hall. 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