WIANEWS - OCTOBER 5 - 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 OCTOBER 5 2014. HEADING TOWARDS OUR 20TH YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS VI6ANZAC Special Event Callsign for Albany ANZAC 100 year commemorations. WIA lodges strong submission to Department of Communications re 9cm band. THESE STORIES AND MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA FOR WEEK COMMENCING OCTOBER 05 2014. A Melbourne man who admitted that he deliberately disrupted a taxi company's radio communications system has been fined $3,500 and ordered to pay court costs. This after pleading guilty to three offences under the Australian Radiocommunications Act of 1992. The September 24th court finding follows an investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority into allegations of radio interference to the West Gippsland Taxis proprietary company. Inspectors from the regulatory body found the unnamed defendant using a transmitter that he had modified to disrupt taxi service operations. The defendant plead guilty to operating a radio communications device without a license, to causing a radio emission to be made by a transmitter knowing that it was a non-standard piece of gear and causing substantial disruption or disturbance of radio communications. No explanation was give as to why the defendant committed the illegal acts. This prosecution follows recent enforcement action taken against two security companies found operating radiocommunications devices without a license to do so. (ACMA, WIANews XTRA, VK4BB FaceBook, ARNewsLine, VK1WIA National News Text Only) Telstra’s planned Wi-Fi network is one step closer to fruition with 1000 hotspots set to go live before Christmas. Consumers are set to get their first taste of the network in November when Telstra fires up the Wi-Fi at some of Australia’s busiest locations, Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne, Brisbane’s Queen Street Mall and Bondi Beach in Sydney. The initial Wi-Fi trials will be located at payphone sites and Telstra said that hotspots will eventually be set up in other sites, including Telstra retail outlets and exchange buildings. Access to Wi-Fi will be free in the trial sites UNTIL the network officially launches early 2015. UP IN THE iCloud. Apple's iCloud service dropped Tuesday as the company dealt with reports that its "reset all settings" option in iOS 8 deletes iCloud Drive documents. All iCloud services - went offline for "some users", according to the company's own service status site. The service issues came just hours after the discovery of a bug in Apple's new iOS 8 mobile operating system, which deletes all of a user's iWork documents stored in Apple's iCloud Drive when the 'reset all settings' option is selected from an iPad or iPhone. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/396299,apple-ios-8-reset-bug-deletes-icloud-drive-files.aspx#ixzz3EkxTKBaI X MARKS THE SPOT Sydney’s Kings Cross is about to get a massive shot in the arm (ok bad pun we know). Anyway, it’s one of Sydney’s unique entertainment spots and a new entertainment hub is about to open. The world’s hottest celebrities and artists will have a new home at The X Studio in the heart of Sydney. It will be the place where the biggest names in show business will perform, celebrate with a cocktail, or simply kick back and relax, all while having the latest technology at their fingertips to connect with their fans, create spur-of-the-moment content, or even record an album. The X Studio will have 6 unique sections in the facility including a radio and TV broadcast studio, luxury VIP greenrooms, recording studio, film screening space and bar and a 500 person concert venue. See more at: radiotoday.com.au/news/whats-new/5519-x-marks-the-spot.html#sthash.fLkLpOrV.dpuf (sourced to radiotoday.com.au) VI6ANZAC Special Event Callsign Activation for Albany ANZAC 100 year commemorations A number of commemorative events will be taking place in Albany VK6 from the 31 October to 2 November 2014 to mark the 100th anniversary of the departure of the first convoy of ships carrying ANZAC troops and the significant role Albany has played in Australia's ANZAC history. Southern Electronics Group will use special event call sign VI 6 ANZAC on Saturday 1 November 2014 to mark these Albany commemorative events. ANZAC Day has been celebrated in Australia since October 1915 (in South Australia VK5) then nationally on 25 April from 1916. It has been a public holiday across the country since the mid-1920s. ANZAC Day is always commemorated on April 25. The day is a public holiday, however no replacement holiday is given if Anzac Day falls on a weekend (except in VK6 Western Australia). http://publicholidays.com.au/anzac-day/ ( Rob vk6ld@sjr.com.au and Ed.) ANZAC 100 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. A column in Radio and Hobbies magazine was the start in a search for information on Bill Moore VK2HZ that revealed he was a writer, WIA President and a prisoner of war morale booster. He wrote a regular column called The Ham Bands. Taking over the column was Pierce Healy VK2APQ, who in his tribute to Bill in April 1963, described his time in Institute affairs including being a WIA Life Member, New South Wales State President, Federal President, and on a number of committees. Further inquiries led to some of his many further contributions including an earlier column in Wireless Weekly. Born in 1911, William McInnes Moore was first licenced in 1931. He was the Publicity Officer of the Association of Radio Amateurs in New South Wales, established 1932. The ARA was a then a de-facto New South Wales Division of the Institute. The WIA lost control of a group who had formed the Institution of Radio Engineers. Thankfully the situation finally resolved itself thus allowing the WIA to again represent the radio amateurs of that State and be part of the national organisation. That aside, Bill must have been already interested in national amateur radio affairs, because in December 1934, he was appointed as NSW delegate to the WIA Federal Convention in Hobart during January 1935. At some point Bill joined the RAAF. A report on Bill appears in A Saga of Achievement by Group Captain E.R. Hall, both POWs at a camp at Batavia. Bill was the camp's optician, allowed a set of tools including a soldering iron, pliers and other small tools used for repairing glasses. According to Hall, the first receiver used by Moore had a radio frequency amplifier, a detector and an audio amplifier all operating from torch batteries. By means of this, both Bill Moore and Eric Hall monitored various shortwave stations for those important news broadcasts, and gave hope to so many of the POWs on the Burma-Thailand Railway. When batteries became scarce, a small mains transformer was made, and the re-built two-valve receiver and power supply were housed in water bottles, for another 18 months. Flying Officer W.M. Moore was officially recognised and Mentioned in Despatches. Before the war, he was WIA Federal President from 1935 to 1938. Bill was undoubtedly a notable achiever and contributor to the WIA and Amateur Radio generally. (Jim Linton VK3PC) HAMS ACROSS AUSTRALIA. CareFlight doctor issues warning on 'button batteries' Parents are being warned of the dangers of button batteries after RACQ CareFlight Rescue airlifted a Coolum Beach (VK4) toddler who reportedly swallowed one Monday. Shortly after 1pm, he was airlifted from Nambour General Hospital to the Royal Children’s Hospital by RACQ CareFlight Rescue to undergo further treatment. It is the second time in less than a year CareFlight has airlifted a child suspected to have swallowed a battery and has prompted a warning on the dangers of the tiny toxic objects. “Button batteries can lodge in the oesophagus of infants and toddlers and cause serious injury or even death if they go undetected,” CareFlight’s Chief Medical Officer Doctor Allan MacKillop said. A four year old Sunshine Coast girl died in July last year after swallowing one of the small batteries which are used in toys, games and many household items such as torches, car keys, TV remotes, watches and calculators. “If they become stuck in the oesophagus they can immediately begin to burn, doing serious damage,” Dr MacKillop said. “Even if you only suspect the child has swallowed the battery, you should immediately take them to your GP or a hospital emergency ward. Each week four children are taken to emergency departments across Australia after swallowing the tiny batteries. The elderly are also urged not to store the batteries in pill containers as the small objects can easily be mistaken for medication. ( Attributed to RACQ CareFlight Rescue – www.careflight.org.au ) 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 As the news goes to air this morning many hams and support crews have been having fun in paradise at the Cardwell Gathering. Having had a great amount of extreme loafing and listening into the local WIANews transmission the group are about to engage in a game of friendly cricket, followed by the traditional group photo then following a refreshing lunch participate in the famous Monster Auction. If you are passing by Cardwell then be sure to drop into the Cardwell Beachcomber Motel and Tourist Park at the north end of town and join in the fun. (vk4zz) Good Morning, WIA National News and good morning listeners. My name is Simon Hill, VK4FSIH. This year the Gold Coast Amateur Radio Society will be having their Annual Hamfest on Saturday 25th October. Door sales start at 7:30am and doors open at 08:30am there will be hot and cold refreshments available and the location will be the Albert Waterways Community Hall, Corner Hooker and Sunshine Boulevard. For more information please view the club's web page www.gcars.com.au Hope to see yous all there Saturday 25th October at 08:30. in the morning. Look forward to seeing you there. (Bryn Taylor VK4GF 042 2276830 secretary Gold Coast Amateur Radio Society) 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 Battle to Save the 9 cm Band The WIA has lodged a strong submission to the Department of Communications to save loss of access to two segments of our 9 cm band – a 25 MHz block at 3400-3425 MHz and a 50 MHz block at 3492.5-3542.5 MHz. In summary, the Institute’s submission put the case as follows: 1. The WIA seeks preservation of Amateur Service use of 3400-3410 MHz Australia-wide, consistent with international allocations and CEPT footnote EU17 in Region 1, and suggests that a 25 MHz block for the NBN could be found elsewhere in the 3400–3600 MHz band. 2. In addition, the WIA seeks preservation of Amateur Service use of 3492.5–3542.5 MHz (and the repositioned 25 MHz NBN block) outside those geographic areas where NBN fixed wireless services are deployed, such that any likely interference to the NBN service is obviated and subject to the existing provisions of secondary services. http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2014/20140929-1/index.php (wia front page news) DISCUSSION POINT What use is an f-call? One of the many projects I'm dealing with as a result of attempting to achieve contacting 100 different countries using only 5 Watts, also known as a QRP DXCC, is to log my contacts and upload them to a place where others might confirm those contacts. Traditionally, the process of confirming a QSO involves sending a QSL card between stations. Think of it as a post-card that has details about the contact you made. The other station in turn sends their card to you, that way, both of you have a confirmed contact. With the advent of the Internet this has begun to change. There are several websites that provide a QSL service. Each with differing options, costs and facilities. In theory the process is simple. Create a log of all your contacts, upload it to the website of choice and wait for other stations to do the same, thus confirming your contact. Of course in practice there is a bit more to it than those simple words convey. Starting at the log file end, there are many different ways of creating such a file. There are two basic formats, an ADIF and a CABRILLO format. There are hundreds of other formats too, each with their own quirks and limitations. Your logging programme will determine what the native format is for your station. To make life a little bit more interesting, not all log formats support all fields, that is, most support a callsign, an RST code, a name field and perhaps a comment, but some store just the band, not the actual frequency, others have the ability to store power, station, antenna, radio, awards, and many more details. One word of warning. A QSO is logged in UTC, that is, not in your local time-zone. What that means is that if you upload your file with contacts writing in your local time-zone, they'll be out by several hours, in the case of a contact logged between VK6 and VK2 during summer, that will be 11 hours difference, which means that the contact will not be valid until you update the time to reflect UTC. If you're in a part of the world where there is daylight saving, your UTC offset will change throughout the year - not to mention fade the curtains and put chickens off the lay. Actually uploading the file requires that you have an account with the web service. For some of the sites, that means, create an account and you're done. For more reputable services that's not really helpful, since online no-one knows you're a dog. So, many require extra steps, from sending a scanned copy of your license, through to sending a letter with an actual photocopy and some other form of ID. There's much more to say on this topic, but that's a start. Check your logs, play with different logging software and choose the one that works for you. 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. OUTASPACE Radio ham receives ISRO Mars Orbiter The Indian space agency ISRO has successfully put their MOM spacecraft into Mars orbit, the first country to have achieved this on the initial attempt. Radio amateur Paul Marsh G7EYT/M0EYT received the signal from the Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft and tweeted: "S-Band downlink from MOM spacecraft now on orbit @ Mars! Great signal with Doppler; congrats to ISRO - good job". Tim Allen gets his ham licence Tim Allen, the famous American actor comedian who has appeared in many popular films, has just passed his ham licence and now boasts callsign KK6OTD. Tim stars in the weekly Last Man Standing show which is watched by 8 million Americans. The show features ham radio and on the show Tim uses the fake callsign ka0xtt Ian g3zhi tells us that over the weekend he was on the air on many bands including a live video webcast on BATC and w5kub from the Last Man Standing set on stage 9 at CBS TV centre in Hollywood arrl.org/news/em-ham-radio-in-hollywood-em-last-man-standing-to-feature-ham-radio-in-upcoming-episode ROSETTA MISSION ANNOUNCES PHILLAE LANDING SITE Europe's Rosetta mission team, which intends to land a probe on the 4km-wide comet 67 P later this year, has identified what they think is the safest place to land the small robot craft. Now, researchers and controllers from the European Space Agency have chosen what appears to be a relatively smooth region on the smaller of the comet's two lobes as the spot to send the lander named Phillae. Comet 67P is currently some 273 million miles from Earth. The plan is still to make the Phillae landing attempt November 11th. The area where ESA hopes the Phillae probe will successfully set down is designated as landing site J. IARU The Administrative Council of the International Amateur Radio Union held its annual meeting on 27 & 28 September in Bulgaria. Attendees at the meeting included IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA; Secretary Rod Stafford, W6ROD along with regional representatives Dennis Green, ZS4BS and Gopal Madhavan, VU2GMN. The next scheduled in-person meeting of the AC will be held in Indonesia, in October, 2015 in conjunction with the IARU Region 3 Conference. http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2014/20140929-2/index.php ============================================================================= ARNEWSLINE QATAR ES'HAILSAT TO INCLUDE GEOSTATIONARY PHASE 4 TRANSPONDERS Once again, ham radio in space leads off this week's newscast. This with word that a ham radio payload is expected to be in geosynchronous orbit around the Earth by the end of 2016. Amateur Radio Newsline's Heather Embee, KB3TZD picks up the story from here: -- Qatar's Es'hailSat Satellite Company has signed a contract with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation to build a geostationary communications satellite for it. Once on- orbit, Es'hail 2 will be positioned at the 26� East for television broadcasting in that part of the world using both KU and KA band transponders. It will also provide the first ham radio geostationary communication capability linking Brazil and India using a pair of Phase 4 amateur radio transponders that it will carry with it into space. The ham payload will consist of a 250 kilohertz wide linear transponder for conventional analogue operations in addition to a second transponder which will have an 8 MHz bandwidth. The latter is intended for experimental digital modulation systems and DVB format amateur television. As of now, uplinks will be in the 2.400 to 2.450 GHz range with downlinks in the 10.450 to 10.500 GHz amateur satellite service allocations. Both transponders will have broad beam antennas to provide full coverage over about third of the Earth's surface. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Heather Embee, KB3TZD, in Berwick, Pennsylvania. -- The Qatar Amateur Radio Society and Qatar Satellite Company are cooperating on the project. Technical support is coming from Germany's AMSAT-DL. This is not the first time ham radio has been offered space for geostationary transponders. Back in 1980, a company called Cablesat proposed orbiting a pair of broadcast and communications satellites at either end of the continental geostationary arc each with a ham radio payload on board. The plans for those two birds were later abandoned. OPERATIONAL NEWS - DATELINE 2014 THIS WEEKEND, Air Ambulance week is on until the 12th and VK stations involved are:- Entry A004 VK2HFS Westpac Rescue helicopter service operating October 1 and 2 then 8 and 9 from Albury QF33LW on HF VHF PSK SSTV A007 VK2CE Snowy Hydro South Care 1st until the 8th from Merimbula NSW QF43WA on HF A020 VK6FADF Royal Flying Doctor Service 1st and 2nd then 8 and 9 October from Fremantle OF77VW on VHF and EchoLink by the VHF Group ALSO ANOTHER 'BIGGIE' , THE OCEANIA DX Contest Phone 0800 UTC Sat 4th Oct to 0800 UTC Sun Oct. 5 THEN NEXT WEEKEND OCEANIA DX Contest CW 0800 UTC Sat 11th Oct to 0800 UTC Sun Oct. 12 AND A COUPLE FOR 2015 Tablelands Radio Group will again hold AM and CW on ANZA Day 25 April 10-10 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER CONTEST Aug 1 - 2 SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS, DX, BEACON REPEATER AND NET ADVICE Pelikan Key, a small island off the coast of St. Maarten in the Caribbean, will be activated for the first time between 6 – 10 October. Operators who will be part of the DXpedition Team:- Jeremy EI5GM, Dave EI9FBB, Dom 3Z9DX, Frans J69DS and Col MM0NDX and they plan to sign PJ 7 PK on all bands 40 - 10m CW and SSB. The new IOTA reference number is NA-247. QSL Manager is 3Z9DX. EA 7 FTR is airing until October 10th as D 44 KS from Boa Vista which is the Eastern most island of Cape Verde. Hours of operation will be limited to his spare time. Listen on 40 through 6 meters using SSB and RTTY and QSL via EB 7 DX. Rolls-Royce Special Event On the 11th and 12th of October for forty eight hours, the Hucknall Rolls-Royce Amateur Radio Club are running a special event station GB 1 RR, celebrating the centenary of the Eagle aero engine. SSB/PSK31 on HF from 160 metres to 10 metres LI for LA and LJ for LB Celebrates 200 years of the Norwegian Constitution during 2014. In addition, special event station LM1814 will be active as part of the celebration. NAURU SEPTEMBER 29 TO OCTOBER 19 LZ 1 GC is planning to be operational as C 21 GC from the Republic of Nauru between September 29th and October 19th on 160 through10 meters using CW, SSB and some RTTY. BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, E72. Special event station E 72 NATO is active until the end of 2014 to commemorate the cooperation of NATO and Bosnia-Herzegovina that was established in 2006. QSL via E 73 Y. HS 50 RAST Special Event Callsign Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) have been issued with the special callsign HS 50 RAST which celebrates the 50th anniversary of RAST and can be used until the end of 2014. SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- STAMP COLLECTING AMATEURS Postage stamp features ham radio satellites A new Lithuanian postage stamp features the amateur radio satellites LituanicaSAT-1 and LitSat-1. The two CubeSats were launched to the International Space Station on January 9, 2014 and deployed from the ISS on February 28. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- IOTA http://rsgbiota.org 50 Years of IOTA The RSGB's Islands on the Air programme celebrated its 50th anniversary in July 2014. The last fifty years has seen the programme grow to 2,500 active island chasers and approximately 15,000 more casual participants. Those close to it have been anxious to ensure the sustainability of the IOTA programme and have spent some time reviewing the challenges and opportunities it faces. As a result, a small international group of IOTA enthusiasts will be invited to bring forward proposals to ensure the future of the programme for the next 50 years and beyond. This approach has the full support of the IOTA team and has been welcomed by the wider IOTA community both at home and abroad. 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 Register your JOTA station Jamboree on the Air is now just a couple of weeks away, and stations are beginning to prepare for the biggest annual event in the Scouts calendar. Over the weekend of 18/19 October more than 500,000 Scouts around the world will make contact with each other through amateur radio. Many local radio clubs assist the Scouts in their town by setting up stations especially for the weekend. If you are involved with JOTA, whether as an individual, or with a club taking part, please register your station! JOTA can be found at the Australian web sites http://www.scouts.com.au http://www.scout.org/jota http://www.international.scouts.com.au AND World JOTA website: http://jotajoti.info/ VK7 JOTA Are you involved with JOTA or maybe would just like to make contact with a JOTA station on the weekend of 18th & 19th of October? WICEN South in VK7 will again be assisting the Huonville Scout group. This year will see the JOTA station being moved from the usual land based camp, to a maritime camp aboard the vessel Cartela, currently moored in Franklin just south of Huonville. The MV Cartela is the country’s oldest continuously licensed passenger ferry and the only vessel still afloat that was called into service in World War I. She was 100 years old in 2012. The Cartela has a very long & colourful history in Tasmania. However, we’re not aware of it ever being used for a JOTA station. Hence the plan. We will be operating maritime from 1200hrs Saturday till 1200hrs Sunday on the 80, 40 & 20 metre bands as well as via IRLP & EchoLink. Five of our Scouts are currently undergoing their “F-call” course and will no-doubt be eager to make contact with you or your JOTA station. We would encourage everyone to “Jump on board” Hi Hi, and make contact with VK7WCN Maritime as well as all other JOTA stations around the bands. Your participation will be greatly appreciated by all. Look forward to making the contact. Further information can be obtain via email vk7fmrs@gmail.com (Nicole VK7FNJS) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR OLD-TIMERS http://www.raotc.org.au Hallo everyone, this is Clive VK6CSW with the usual reminder that tomorrow is the first Monday of the month and it's time once again for the October Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club of Australia's bulletin to go to air. There are several different ways to hear the bulletin. The main HF transmissions are from Melbourne on 20 metres on 14.150 MHz USB, the first at 0100 UTC beamed north for listeners in the eastern states, while an hour later at 0200 UTC the transmission is beamed westward for our WA audience. Also at 0200, Barry VK6WF, will be transmitting on 40 metres on 7060 kHz from his Kellerberrin QTH some 200 km east of Perth. In addition, there are a number of other local HF, VHF and UHF transmissions throughout the day. To find one for your particular area please visit the RAOTC website at www.raotc.org.au. From next Tuesday onwards you can download the bulletin at your leisure from the RAOTC website. As well as the usual Club news, this month's feature tells of the adventure's of Ian Paterson VK3MW, now 93 years old, re-establishing radio station 2PK Parkes, NSW, after it was burnt to the ground. It's an interesting tale. Everyone, RAOTC members and non-members alike, is most welcome to listen in and to join in the call backs afterwards. Once again, the October RAOTC bulletin goes to air tomorrow morning, and we look forward to hearing your call sign among the call backs. 73 from Clive, VK6CSW. SOCIAL SCENE 2014 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. 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