WIANEWS - SEPTEMBER 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. When you upload audio email us the txt version. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WIANEWS WEEK COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 28 2014. HEADING TOWARDS OUR 20TH YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS WIA ANZAC 100 with Frank Miller VK5BF WIA AR MAGAZINE DIGITAL READY WIA ANZAC 100 call for items THESE STORIES AND MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA FOR WEEK COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 28 2014. FORD AUSTRALIA HAS announced its refreshed Falcon, Falcon Ute and Territory line-ups will become the first Australian-built vehicles to feature the ability to call emergency services “following an accident in which airbags deploy”. The technology will be rolled out into all Ford models by 2017. Emergency Assistance will only activate should the vehicle’s airbags deploy or the emergency fuel pump shutoff indicating a significant impact or roll-over has occurred. Once connected to 000 operators, occupants, if able, can walk away from their vehicle without a loss of connection, but if occupants aren’t able to talk to the operator, the system is able to provide GPS location digits. Last week in our text edition of WIA National News we wrote of the 7th NATIONAL RADIO & PHONO FEST being held by the Historic Radio Society of Australia and held in Canberra. The members-only auction had a variety of pieces on offer, including an old World War I trench warfare set, which was the highest grossing item at the auction. Organiser Richard Begbie said the piece was one to watch. "The trench radio went to the Australian War Memorial for $3300. In our hundredth year of joining the first World War, it is a terrific reminder of the technology that was involved in the war and how it's changed," Mr Begbie said. "We made the War Memorial an honorary member for the day. Our membership we’re not only content but really happy to see it got to the War Memorial, there was a great round of applause when it was knocked down." The festival featured a spectacular collection of old radios and gramophones, including displays of wartime and spy gear and demonstrations. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/antique-radio-draws-enthusiast-to-canberra-20140920-10jt59.html#ixzz3E68K3UQy ANZAC 100 To commemorate ANZAC 100 a series of articles is to appear in Amateur Radio magazine. A contribution to this has been made by Lloyd Butler VK5BR. He writes of one of his mentors, Frank Miller VK5BF, a legendary pioneer radio experimenter in Murray Bridge South Australia. This World War 1 veteran signaller in Australian Corps of Signals served in the battles at Fromelles in France and Polygon Wood Belgium. The Signal Corps was responsible for installing, maintaining and operating all types of communications equipment. While in the trenches, Frank assisted in the development of the teletype machine and was credited with its development. Returning from the war, Frank settled in Murray Bridge and joined the South Australian branch of the Wireless Institute in 1921, only two years after it was formed. In December 1922, the Murray Bridge Radio Society was formed with Frank as the Honorary Secretary. The June 1923 issue of "The Australian Wireless Review" reported that he graduated from a crystal set receiver to a one valve receiver and in that year was granted a transmitting licence. For some years Frank managed a radio and electrical business. As a radio amateur he communicated with many in Australia and around the world. In the earlier days, it was also a regular feature for listeners in Murray Bridge to tune in to 5BF broadcasting on the Broadcast Band on Sunday morning when regular broadcast stations were not on the air. Then in 1934, in conjunction with a business partner, he obtained the commercial Broadcasting Station licence 5MU Murray Bridge. However, sufficient local business support was not adequate to sustain the local operation for long. It was then purchased by Advertiser Newspapers to become a relay station from Adelaide station 5AD. Frank remained in charge of 5MU until he retired in 1953. When World War II commenced in 1939, Frank was not idle, setting up one of the first two way radios for Emergency Fire Service in South Australia. In April 1954, Frank Miller VK5BF, one of the early pioneers of experimental radio, a war veteran, became a silent key aged 58. (Jim Linton VK3PC) JUST A CLICK AWAY Amateur Radio is the monthly magazine produced by the Wireless Institute of Australia in both print and in an online downloadable format for the benefit of WIA members. Your October edition is now online and available to download. http://www.wia.org.au/members/armag/2014/october/ HAMS ACROSS AUSTRALIA. VK2 web service:- http://www.arnsw.org.au/html/news_vk2wi.htm Listeners of this broadcast are advised that the next meeting of the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society will be held on Tuesday the 7th of October at 7:30pm. The Society’s meetings are held at the Coniston Community Hall located in Bridge Street, Coniston is just a little south of the CBD of Wollongong. The hall is located right next door to the Coniston Railway Station, so access to meetings by train is very easy. At the October Meeting, Brian VK2GCE will be presenting “Power to the People”, which will provide valuable information relating to the use of high RF power. Issues to be discussed relate to legal, biological, physical and electronics which will help many to operate safely and without interference, while still putting out a “big signal” (sourced to vk2wi) VK3 web service:- http://www.amateurradio.com.au/news/ VK3 Home brewers meet Saturday 4th. The next meeting of the Homebrew Construction Group is on Saturday, October the 4th, at 2pm. The venue will be the Amateur Radio Victoria rooms at 40g Victory Boulevard, Ashburton. All are welcome. Inquiries and comments can be sent via email to homebrew@amateurradio.com.au (Jim Linton VK3PC VK5 South Australian club to activate multiple lighthouses For quite a few years the South East Radio Group VK5SR has taken part in the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend, which attracted a record 544 this August. A number of club members have in various years enjoyed being at the Cape Jaffa, Cape Martin, Robe and Cape Northumberland lighthouses. Andrew McKinnis VK5KET, the club secretary, saw that with some new members showing interest, plus a small pool of dedicated members getting more active, it was time to activate them all. Added to the registration list is Cape Banks lighthouse, a staggering five in total for the club. SERG members won't have far to go to reach many lighthouses, while a few further away will need some travel, but hopefully the bug of operating portable will bite. A number of members already active in the VK5 Parks program will be well equipped. In the next 10 months the South East Radio Group will sort out the final details of how to put five lighthouses on air, and invites other lighthouses to join them. So far more that 75 lighthouses have registered for the premier fun-event on August the 15th and 16th in 2015. (Jim Linton VK3PC) DISCUSSION POINT What use is an F-call? Recently I was in a discussion with a friend and we were talking about how we started things that we do today. I recalled that in my teens, I must have been 12 or 13 at the time, I was a Sea Scout in the St Lodewijks Groep in Leiden, in the Netherlands. Our gear was stowed in a little windmill called the Boterhuismolen, which was opposite a little island where we used to camp. On one of those camps we had a couple of visitors who set-up a huge Army tent with lots of gear in it. I remember talking to some guy in Brazil at the time, and if you've been a Scout, you'd recognise that I'm describing JOTA, or Jamboree On The Air. I had completely forgotten that activity, but clearly it rubbed off, since here I am, a licensed Amateur, making those same contacts myself with my own station. While having a Foundation License prevents me from sharing my station with an unlicensed person, it doesn't stop me from helping with clubs who go out to local Scout and Guide Halls to “show and tell” this activity of Amateur Radio. It got me thinking about other activities we as a community might pursue to show off Amateur Radio to the wider community. There's organised things like the Lighthouse and Lightship weekend, but it need not follow that path. You could contact the local library and set-up in their lobby, or the local hardware store, set-up a station, sell sausages and share the fun. You could go to a local fair, or a local school, to the local sports grounds, on the beach, activate a park, or a rotunda, go into the local shopping centre and share the joy. The sky's the limit. When was the last time you shared your hobby with someone outside the Amateur Community? 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. NZART AGM and Conference 2015 The NZART AGM and Conference for 2015 will be held in Hamilton over our Queen's Birthday weekend, from Friday 29th May to Sunday 31st May 2015. The venue will be the Kentucky Lounge at the Te Rapa Racecourse, Hamilton, New Zealand. ASTRONAUT STEVE NAGEL N5RAW - SK Sad news that NASA astronaut Steven Nagel, N5RAW, who flew four space shuttle missions, died August 2014. Steve Nagel became a NASA astronaut in August 1979. He first flew as a mission specialist on STS-51G, which launched on June 17, 1985. In 1991 as Commander on flight STS-37 he was among the all ham radio crew where he was joined by astronauts Ken Cameron, KB5AWP; Linda Godwin, N5RAX, Jay Apt, N5QWL, and Jerry Ross the former N5SCW. Nagel's last flight was as commander of STS-55 that carried the German D-2 Spacelab. With that mission's completion N5RAW had logged a total of 723 hours in space. Brazil proposes 5275 kHz to 5450 kHz international allocation. The National Telecommunications Agency of Brazil will propose new Amateur Service allocation from 5275 to 5450 kHz in the next meeting of the PCC.II (Permanent Consultative Committee II: Radiocommunications) of CITEL (Inter-American Telecommunication Commission), from September 29 to October 4, at Mérida City, Mexico. The new allocation, secondary status, for Amateur Service around 5300 kHz has been discussed since 2012. US Ham falls from tower and dies James G. Linstedt W9ZUC of Eau Clair, Wisconsin has become a silent key caused by injuries sustained when he fell 95 feet from a ham tower. W9ZUC, age 59, is reported to have been wearing an over the shoulder safety harness, but was not tied off while working on the 100 ft. tower. ============================================================================= ARNEWSLINE 4M-LXS LUNAR HAM RADIO PAYLOAD China plans to launch a Lunar circling spacecraft carrying a ham radio experiment and returning it safely back to Earth. Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD, has details: -- The ham radio payload is known as 4M-LXS. It was developed by Lux Space of Betzdorf, Luxembourg and is slated for launch as a part of a 196 hour China sponsored Moon circling mission in late October. The amateur radio payload will weigh only 30 pounds and will transmit on 145.980 MHz plus or minus 2.9 kHz. The transmitter will be able to produce 1.5 watts fed to a simple monopole antenna. This should give a Signal to Noise ratio comparable to amateur moon bounce signals returning at the Earth's surface. During the lunar flyby, the spacecraft will be 248,000 miles from Earth and the distance to the Moon form the spacecraft will be between 7500 to and 15,000 miles depending on the final injection vector. The continuous transmissions will start 77 point 8 minutes after launch with five successive 1 minute sequences sent during each 5 minutes transmit cycle. The digital mode J T 65 B will be used so as to permit hams using the free W-J-S- T software to decode it. Lux Space is encouraging radio amateurs around the world to receive the transmissions and send in data that they can capture. A Java client will be made available to automatically send the decoded files to a central database. That address will be made available before the flight on the Lux Space Facebook page. As we go to air, the launch is expected to take place on October 23rd at 1800 UTC. For the Amateur Radio Newsline. I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, reporting. -- The ham radio payload 4M-LXS stands for the Manfred Memorial Moon Mission. It was named in memory of the late Professor Manfred Fuchs who was the founder and chairman of OHB group, of Bremen, Germany who passed away last April 27th. A complete mission outline is on the web at tinyurl.com/China- Moon-Flyby. RAC SAYS CANADA WILL PROPOSE WORLDWIDE 60 METER ALLOCATION AT CITEL MEETING Radio Amateurs of Canada has announced an agreement with that that nation's telecommunications agencies to back the society's formal proposal to create a world-wide 60 meter ham radio allocation. One that would be introduced for discussion at WRC 2015. According to the Radio Amateurs of Canada, this proposal will be brought up at the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission or CITEL meetings in Merida, Mexico next month. This, to be considered as Canada's position going in to WRC 2015 and proposes two 25 KHz band segments for amateurs. The first would be from 5.330 to 5.355 MHz and the second beginning at 5.405 and ending at 5.430 MHz. Amateur access would be on a non-interfering secondary basis which is a standard operating approach already in force for several other amateur radio allocations. Radio Amateurs of Canada says that although this is very good news, that the process is still ongoing. The final decision as to whether or not to create this new band will be made next year at WRC 2015. But says Radio Amateurs of Canada, presenting a firm proposal from that nation with specific frequencies for support by the International Telecommunications Union Region 2 countries is a giant step toward a favourable outcome next year. 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOR FIRST NZ TO UK CONTACT The New Zealand Amateur Radio Transmitters which is that nations national society has issued an update on preparations to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the first two-way radio communication between that nation and the United Kingdom. Amateur Radio Newsline’s Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, reports from Kiwi-Land: -- On October 18, 1924, Frank Bell, 4AA, in Shag Valley, South Island, NZ contacted Cecil Goyder, who was operating as 2SZ from the Mill Hill school station in the United Kingdom. New Zealand's Otago Branch 30 of the NZART is celebrating the 90th anniversary of this radio contact that changed radio communication forever as it established new and initially the then little understood rules of short wave communication. In preparation for the celebration, working parties are being held to test the antenna while quite a bit of effort is going on arranging and sourcing equipment. So far, two visits have been made to Johnny Bell and his family who are the 6th generation of the Bell family at the Shag Valley Station location. The attempt to recreate the contact will take place on Saturday October 18th at around 06:30 UTC or 19:30 New Zealand Daylight time which is the actual time of the original contact. This attempt will take place on 80 meters which is as close to the original frequency as possible. Later operations will include 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 meters. IRLP node 6507 will be on the club's 690 VHF repeater as well. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, in Nelson, New Zealand. -- According to the latest update anybody is welcome to come and visit the station or assist with operating it at any time during the weeklong celebration. If you plan to do so just drop an e-mail to president@ZL4AA.org.nz so that they will know that you plan to attend. More is on-line at www.ZL4AA.org.nz and clicking the "90th Anniversary" tab. ============================================================================= RSGB's G4NJH Ofcom testing at 13cm Ofcom have advised that there are expected to be LTE test transmissions over the next few months in the 2.3GHz band. LTE is the transmission of high-speed data for mobile phones. The tests will be from central London with maximum ERP of over 6kW. If licensed radio amateurs should become aware of unusual transmissions, they are asked to bear this in mind. High-speed Data at 3Mhz A report on trials in 2012 that used 3,613kHz for 24kHz bandwidth high- speed data and video transmissions is now available to the public. It notes that by using modern modulation techniques an SSB channel can support a raw data rate of 12,800 bits per second and wider transmissions can support proportionally faster data rates. More information on this experimentation can be found in a very fascinating article with the long title of Wide Band High Frequency Communications 2012 UK Trials Summary prepared by James Alexander of Rockwell Collins Corporation. You can find it at tinyurl.com/hf-video-testing OPERATIONAL NEWS - DATELINE 2014 Amateur Radios International Air-ambulance Week, 9 days from Sep 28. OCEANIA DX Contest Phone 0800 UTC Sat 4th Oct to 0800 UTC Sun Oct. 5 OCEANIA DX Contest CW 0800 UTC Sat 11th Oct to 0800 UTC Sun Oct. 12 2015 Tablelands Radio Group will again hold AM and CW on ANZA Day 25 April 10-10 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER CONTEST Aug 1 - 2 AWARDS The portable activity just keeps on growing The Keith Roget National Parks Award activation period in November will see portable operations in at least 23 Victorian National Parks. Strategically placed around Victoria with VK5 operators in western parks it should be easy to make contact. The Awards Manager Tony Hambling VK3VTH thanks those already registered making this year took like being the best yet. A list appears in the text edition of this broadcast. Although National Parks have been already chosen, keep in mind multiple activations are encouraged to meet the different requirements and propagation. Don’t forget to either register a National Park or get ready to work those who head for them, on the weekend of November the 14th to the 17th. The National Parks registered are Alfred, Barmah, Brisbane Ranges, Burrowa-Pine Mountain, Chiltern-Mt Pilot, Cobboboonee, Coopracambra, Errinundra, Grampians, Hattah-Kulkyne, Kara Kara, Lind, Lower Glenelg, Lower Goulburn, Mornington Peninsula, Morwell, Mt. Buffalo, Mt. Eccles, Mt. Richmond, Point Nepean, Terrick Terrick, Warby-Ovens and Wilsons Promontory. And anyone can enjoy the Radio/Great Outdoors mix. In recent years there has been a trend towards many more women enjoying Amateur Radio and along with that, couples are increasing found sharing the airwaves portable. The latest are Amanda VK3FQSO and Bob Bauer VK3FLAK, activating Terrick Terrick and Kara Kara, as part of the Keith Roget Memorial National Parks Award. They're good friends with Julie VK3FOWL and Joe Gonzales VK3YSP who will be trekking to the Wilsons Promontory National Park. Although National Parks have been already chosen, keep in mind multiple activations are encouraged to meet the different requirements and propagation. Please listen for them on three days of November the 14th to the 17th. (Jim Linton VK3PC) SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS, DX, BEACON REPEATER AND NET ADVICE SARL change beacon frequency The South African Radio League has requested ICASA to change the beacon frequency of 5250 to 5290 kHz to line up with the same allocation in Europe and other countries. This will greatly enhance the coverage of beacons. ICASA has agreed and this week changed the 5250 kHz frequency for 5290 kHz. To receive WSPR beacons set your radio to SSB and tune 1, 5 kHz lower to 5288,5 kHz. WSPR stations operating on 5250 kHz are requested to move frequency by 4 October to 5290 kHz US Antarctic stations now on LOTW K 1 IED who is the QSL Manager for United States Antarctic stations KC 4 AAA, KC 4 AAC and KC 4 USV says that all three are now using Logbook of the World. K 1 IED notes that logs from the past two years, as well some that are older have already been uploaded. There is the possibility that some other older logs could be uploaded in the future as well. Ireland’s oldest city, Waterford is this year celebrating its 1100th birthday. In line with the many festivities and events to celebrate the anniversary, The South Eastern Amateur Group are currently activating the special event call-sign EI 1100 WD until the end of the year from various locations. Activity has been on various bands and modes (mainly HF) Many pile up’s have been worked by members using the special call. If you wish to get EI 1100 WD in the log activation details will be posted on www.searg.com 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/ Another broadcaster to end AM transmissions Medium Wave Info reports that Deutschland Radio will end broadcasting in the Medium and Long Wave bands They say that on December 31, 2014, 'Donebach' 153 kHz, 'Sehlendorf' and 'Oranienburg' 177 kHz and 'Aholming' 207 kHz will close. Six medium wave stations are planned to close on December 31, 2015. http://tinyurl.com/German-MW-Broadcasting A call for more ANZAC 100 articles For several months now on this broadcast we have summarised material from the ANZAC 100 series to appear in the WIA journal, Amateur Radio magazine. These include many individuals who served the country in times of war, and their other exploits as a radio amateur. Most have been written by the WIA Historian Peter Wolfenden VK3RV, and Lloyd Butler VK5BR. The role of women in war has come from the ALARA Historian Jennifer Wardrop VK5ANW VK3WQ. These illustrated articles are well worth a read, as Australia and the WIA commemorate ANZAC 100 the Centenary of our involvement on the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25, 2015. More contributions are welcome about WWI and WWII. Particularly sought are stories on Australian radio amateurs who served in the Korea and Vietnam wars. If you can assist with an article or contribution of material to the WIA Archive, please contact the WIA Historian Peter Wolfenden VK3RV at vk3rv@wia.org.au (Jim Linton VK3PC) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- DIGITAL Plan for beta release of WSJT-X v1.4 A public beta release of the weak signal data modes software WSJT-X, version 1.4, is planned for October 1 Download links will be posted at that time on the WSJT home page. http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjt.html WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER SEND YOUR MESSAGE TO EARTH FROM AROUND THE MOON The Lux Space 4M amateur radio payload expected to fly around the Moon at the end of October has a limited number of messages that we hams will be able to upload on the 4M website that will be transmitted on 145.980 MHz using the JT65B mode during the flight. Lux Space says that there is only room for 2500 messages each up to 13 characters long. You can register your message at moon.luxspace.lu/messages (sourced to ARNewsLine) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO SCOUTING http://www.scouts.com.au http://www.scout.org/jota http://www.international.scouts.com.au CALLING FREQUENCIES Please QSY off the calling frequency after establishing communication. Australian voice calling frequencies: 3.650, 7.090, 14.190, 21.190, 28.590, 52.160 World CW calling frequencies: 3.570, 7.030, 14.060, 18.080, 21.140, 24.910, 28.180, 50.160 World voice calling frequencies: 3.690 & 3.940 MHz, 7.090 & 7.190, 14.290, 18.140, 21.360, 24.960, 28.390, 50.160 Calling frequencies for Slow Scan TV (SSTV): 3.630, 7.033, 14.227 Calling Frequencies for PSK31 14.070 Jamboree On The Air Once again this year The St George Amateur Radio Society will be operating an amateur radio station VK2LE at the largest Jamboree On The Air event in Australia, over 1000 guides and scouts! JOTA station VK2LE will be located in Bonna Point Reserve at picturesque Kurnell, in southern Sydney. Station setup will start at midday Friday the 17th, and operate under canvas over Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th of October, with pack up on Sunday afternoon. In the area and interested in helping? All equipment is provided as well as most meals and refreshments. Just bring your skill as an amateur radio operator. Previous experience at JOTA is not essential as seasoned JOTA operators will be on hand to give you support. email jota@sgars.org or go to www.sgars.org (sourced to vk2wi) 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 Phil Longworth VK1PL the Deputy State Coordinator, WICEN ACT is after help Saturday 18th October for the BMSC "Tumut Rally" (Tumut) Sunday 19th October ACTERA "Brookvale Endurance Ride" (Brindabella National Park / Uriarra Forest) Sunday 26th October PedalPower's "Fitz's Challenge Bike Ride" (Southern ACT) Sunday 2nd November Carriage Driving - Witwood Saturday 8th November BeastWorx "Call of the Beast" Obstacle Race (Caloola Farm) So, these are FIVE events WICEN ACT know about right now, and VK1PL really needs to get moving on the first 2 or 3 so please offer YOUR help. WICEN@CRARC.AMPR.ORG REWIND Researchers Discover Wolverhampton Man's Secret Past: He was a happily married insurance agent with a secret that he took to the grave. Geoff Hanley was known to be a keen radio ham but nobody realised exactly what he was doing once he donned a pair of special issue headphones in his garden shed. He would leave his family night after night to operate from the 'radio shack' that was specially blacked out for fear of air raids and in which he kept a sten gun, Lee Enfield 303 rifle and hand grenades. When the siren sounded he ensured his wife, two children and dog were safe in the shelter he had dug in the garden of their Wolverhampton home but he would not join them. He stayed above ground at his post in the shed continuing to secretly monitor German military radio signals. The operation was so hush-hush that even he may not have been entirely sure how the information he gathered was being used. But he was certain of two things - it was important and he could not speak about it to anybody outside those he worked with. Read this fascinating story in full from the link in our text edition which will take you direct to the express and star newspaper site. www.expressandstar.com/editors-picks/2014/09/19/researchers-discover-wolverhampton-mans-secret-past/ SOCIAL SCENE 2014 THIS WEEKEND SEES:- Sep 28 VK4 Central Highlands ARC Weekend at Camp Fairbairn. Sep 28 VK3 Melbourne Amateur Radio Technology Group Hamfest Keilor East. Remember this is their first Hamfest and its Sunday this weekend at IKCA Social Club Rooms, Keilor at 10:00am. In the area/ then get down for that bargain radio you may have been looking for. The address is the corner of Milleara Rd & Keilor Park Drive East Keilor Oct 3 VK4 Townsville Amateur Radio Club's Cardwell Gathering 4 day event. Oct 11 VK4 REDFEST Oct 17-19 WW JOTA Oct 23 VK5 Adelaide RAOTC Luncheon Marion Hotel, Mitchell Park. Oct 25 VK4 HAMFEST on the Gold Coast. ( hamfest@gcars.com.au ) Nov 2 VK5 HamFest Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society Nov 9 VK3 Yarra Valley AR Group Hamfest 10am Gary Cooper Pavilion. Nov 9 vk3 VHF / UHF and Microwave experimenters Nov 15 VK7 Miena Hamfest Nov 30 VK3 SPARC HamFest at Rosebud ( howardjones155@gmail.com ) 2015 June, Queens Birthday weekend 40th annual Oxley Region Field Day T July 11-12 VK3 GippsTech 2015 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. 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