WIANEWS - OCTOBER 19 - 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 19 2014. HEADING TOWARDS OUR 20TH YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS JAMBOREE ON THE AIR (JOTA) THIS WEEKEND THIS STORY AND MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA FOR WEEK COMMENCING OCTOBER 19 2014. Jamboree On The Air weekend 17-19 October. This annual event is in its 57th year. About 1.5 million Scouts and guides are gathering on air and online to exchange ideas and learn about each other. Today, we sadly report that Les Mitchell, Radio Call-Sign G3BHK, the founding father of the Jamboree On The Air (JOTA), passed away on October 6 after a few months of illness. VK6POP has details. "Les started JOTA in 1958, after launching the idea at the World Scout Jamboree a year earlier. The Jamboree had an Amateur Radio station on board for the very first time, and there has been one ever since at jamborees. Les said in a speech he made in 1968 that he, like most Scouts, had little opportunity to experience international scouting, and that he had his first experience of international scouting when the navy posted him to the USA and later in Australia, where he continued his involvement with Scouts. Les said that after the war, on coming back home again, he found that the Navy had hammered enough radio into him to enable him to apply straight away for an amateur transmitting licence, so when the end of the War arrived, there he was as a Radio Amateur with a very good taste of International Scouting. Les said he tried many, many years after the War to get Scouts interested in Radio, and to get the Movement as a whole interested but without success until the 1957 Jamboree at Sutton Park, when one of the finest Amateur Radio Stations that I think I have ever seen was established in the Jamboree area. Les got to thinking about how Scouts could embrace Amateur radio, and called a meeting of overseas Scout Radio Amateurs (of which there was quite a number attending the Jamboree). This group met every morning just outside the gates of the Jamboree site, at a little cafe where they enjoyed a cup of coffee. Whilst at one of these meetings, the idea arose almost spontaneously - Why don't we have a day each year when the chaps around that particular cafe table should contact each other on the air? Immediately they said ‘Come along Les, YOU organise it!’ The rest, as they say, is history. Les said “The point I would like to make is that the great attraction for this event for me has been the fact that other Scouts like myself, who were never really top class Scouts would get the chance of making International contacts and chatting, in fact, the boy who joined the Movement only last week can have a chance to chat to someone a long way away and get the thrill of chatting to an overseas Scout, at very little cost. J0TA is one way of making international contacts at very little cost to the boy and the Movement, and with great enjoyment to the people who take part." With the 57th JOTA upon us, we remember Les Mitchell, G3BHK, the founder of Jamboree On The Air, now silent key, gone home. (vk6pop) New Zealand’s JOTA JOTI National Organiser was the source for this info:- The JOTA and JOTI is an annual event in which Scouts and Guides all over the world speak to each other by means of amateur radio contacts and internet. Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared. When Scouts want to meet young people from another country they usually think of attending a World Jamboree or another international gathering. But few people realize that each year about half-a-million Scouts and Guides "get together" over the airwaves for the annual Jamboree-on-the--Air (JOTA) and Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI). Modern communication technology offers Scouts the exciting opportunity to make friends in other countries without even leaving home Since 1958 when the first jamboree-on-the-Air was held, thousands of Scouts and Guides have "met" each other through this event. Not only is it fun to talk to Scouts from other parts of the world but it provides also a chance to find out about other countries and about Scouting elsewhere. Many contacts made during the JOTA have resulted in pen pals and links between scout troops that have lasted for many years. With no restrictions on age, on the number that can participate and at little or no expense, the JOTA provides an opportunity for Scouts and Guides to contact each other by amateur radio. The radio stations are operated by licensed amateur radio operators. Many Scouts and leaders hold licences and have their own stations, but the majority participates in the JOTA through stations operated by local radio clubs and individual radio amateurs. Today some operators even use television or computer linked communications. ( mah_re@xtra.co.nz JOTA JOTI National Organiser ) JOTA 2014 CONTINUED Scouting Jamboree on the Air, known by its acronym JOTA (pron Joe Tah) is in full swing and Amateur Radio Newsline's Mark Abramovich, NT3V, brings us details from the USA: This is the single-biggest annual international Scouting event. And, the numbers back up the claim. "Seven-hundred-thousand Scouts get on the air from 150 countries across 12,000 stations and nearly 22,000 amateur radio operators. It's a big deal!" That's Jim Wilson, K5ND, who's the USA national Jamboree on the Air organizer and a member of the World Jamboree on the Air team. Wilson says the event gives amateur radio operators the chance to share the brotherhood of the hobby with the brotherhood of Scouting. More than 300 stations already have signed up to take part in the U.S. and there's still time to get in on the fun, Wilson says. "A lot of the stations that have registered this year really fire up Saturday morning and run all day Saturday. But there's a lot of stations, too, that are on the air Friday evening," Wilson says. Wilson says this is the 57th year for JOTA activity on the bands and it also marks a first for the event - at least in the U.S. "This is the first year that K2BSA/1, 2, 3, 4 and so on, will be on the air from every call sign area in the continental USA," he says. "Here in Texas, K2BSA/5 will be on the air from the National Scouting Museum." Wilson says it's not a contest in the traditional sense - but really a worldwide gathering of Scouts and their leaders on the air, sharing things about themselves such as their Scouting ranks, their experiences in Scouting, things like that. Many of the stations are set up at Scout camps or Scout camporees. The idea is to get the boys, and on the international side - girls as well - talking on the air. "What they're looking for are conversations," Wilson explains. "It's not about making 100 contacts an hour or something like that. It's just about getting the Scouts in front of the microphone and having conversations. "So, anybody can do that and we really appreciate the amateur radio operators who are tuning across the bands, come across somebody calling 'CQ JOTA.' Answer back, engage. Tell 'em about when you earned Radio merit badge or when you got your amateur radio license." IN THE UK 2nd Herrington Scouts are on the with GB2SHG air for Jamboree on the air on the 18th and 19th October. They will be on all HF bands as well as 2m and 70cm and PSK31 from their Scout headquarters at Crow Lane, Herrington, Sunderland, SR33TE. GB1GLO will be in operation over JOTA for Gloucester District Scouts, run by members of Gloucestershire RAYNET from the Murray Hall, Tuffley Lane, Gloucester. Scouts in the Forest of Dean will be using GB1ALS and GB0FOD, operating from Lydney this weekend 18th & 19th October. HAMS ACROSS AUSTRALIA. VK3 Next Saturday 25th October, the Eastern and Mountain District Radio Club, Burwood will host the 2nd VK3 Dstar users group meeting from 11am at the clubs rooms in Burwood. For more information and the EMDRC club website for address details Head to http://vk3.dstar.org.au/ See you there.. and with only 3 weeks until the 3rd annual VK3 UHF / SHF Microwave test and tune morning, Sunday 9th November from 9am at the EMDRC clubrooms in Burwood make it a plan to be there. Bring your microwave band equipment along for a test and tune morning, or come along and see what it takes to start out on the higher bands. We plan to test some 3.4Ghz gear but all bands and equipment is keenly welcomed, we will have a test bench and some “higher band experts” on hand to assist with troubleshooting. even if you have never dipped a toe in the microwave water, come and have a look. The BBQ will be going for lunch as well. See you there, everyone welcome! head to http://www.emdrc.com.au/ for more details. (Andrew VK3BQ for EMDRC Committee) 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 NORTH Burnett residents needed to retune their TVs this week as free-to-air television channels moved to new frequencies to free up space for mobile broadband and other services. The North Burnett retune took in Biggenden, Gayndah and Mt Perry and Eidsvold; Mundubbera and Monto residents who may need to retune again shortly. To check which transmitter you receive from and which is best visit www.retune.digitalready.gov.au To commemorate ANZAC 100 a series of articles is to appear in Amateur Radio magazine by the WIA Historian, Peter Wolfenden VK3RV. Here's is one of them. Born in Hobart 1911, Fred Bibby VK3OL first appeared in the 1933 amateur callsign listing. A couple of years earlier he joined the RAAF. Taken into the No. 2 Signals Course in May 1936 together with 27 others, Fred tackled an arduous communications qualification which dealt with general science, electrical and radio principles. The course also involved workshop practices and hands-on communications including signal lamp practice. Fred was above average and on a number of occasions selected for special duties and during WWII he was the regular wireless and telegraphy operator on many VIP flights. Fred's interest in amateur radio appears to have always been with him; even while involved with his VIP activities such as transporting Mr. Duff, Minister of State in the East, to Batavia in 1941. He proudly demonstrated the plane's very sensitive R1082 receiver to the Dutch airmen. The equipment fitted to the Hudson VIP aircraft performed better than the gear in the Dutch Glen Martin aircraft. When hostilities broke out in Korea during 1950, Fred had been elevated to Squadron Leader and became the Signals Officer of No. 77 Fighter Squadron in that area. After WWII he was in occupied Japan in January 1951 and must have been active while there, because the WIA Archive holds a copy of a licence issued to him. Flight Sergeant F C Bibby was Mentioned in Despatches and received the USA Bronze Star Medal. He had a long career with the RAAF. In 1967 as Wing Commander Bibby, he presented a trophy named after him, for Air Electronics Officers. (Jim Linton VK3PC) DISCUSSION POINT What use is an F-call? Real Hams have an RF burn scar. That's a signature from one of my Amateur friends. To that I can now add from personal experience, "or a drill hole." It all began innocently enough. I'm still looking for that elusive indoor antenna, something that will at least get me on air while I'm at home, something that doesn't spark the ire of my non-amateur neighbours, something that doesn't cost the earth and preferably something that will be portable enough to move around, pack up and bring to a field day when that opportunity arises. So, in my grand plan I came on the notion of using a $5 hula hoop to make a hula hoop loop. Suffice to say that I'm not the first amateur to try this but I'm determined to have a go. I'm going to wind a hula hoop with helical windings, all the way around, and attach the contraption to my SG237 Antenna Coupler. Something else I learnt, my SGC Smartuner really is an antenna coupler. It becomes part of the antenna, which is why it needs to live close to the antenna. I spent one sleepless morning reading all about basically tuning up many and varied lengths of wire in different shapes and figured that a hula hoop would have lots of shape, be light, cheap and if I wind it helically, hold a whole lot of wire length. The jury on that is still out, because I was drilling a hole in a piece of steel that I was going to use to clamp the hoop to a tripod I have. I needed a 12mm hole, so picked up the appropriate drill-bit, drilled my hole, but the last two burrs just wouldn't give up. I don't have a vice in my workshop, which hints at what happened next. I managed to defy logic and drilled into my left hand - not on purpose, but demonstrably not smart. 2 stitches and $196 dollars later, I also learnt that my local GP has a good stitching hand, so there's that... Several lessons come from this: 1. Use the right tools. 2. Don't be impatient. 3. Scars are for life. 4. This is a hobby, not an exercise in self-harm. So, don't do what I just did, be safe, no RF burn scars, no drill holes, take your time and don't be a tool. I'll let you know when it heals how my antenna build goes. I'm doofus 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. Marconi talk at Chelmsford Festival The Chelmsford Ideas Festival runs from 20th October until 2nd November and celebrates the creativity of Chelmsford (UK) people, past and present. Amongst the highlights is a talk by Professor Marconi, the grandson of Guglielmo Marconi. This will be complemented by an account of the extraordinary space technology that the company e2v produces today. Amateur radio features on two days. Ofcom trials innovative new wireless technology across the UK Ofcom is progressing plans for the introduction of new wireless technology in the UK – the first country in Europe likely to do so. Both public and private organisations are taking part in trials, testing a variety of innovative applications, using spectrum temporarily licensed by Ofcom. With trials already taking place across the country, Ofcom is working with Google and ZSL London Zoo – the latest organisations to launch a TV ‘white space’ trial, using the technology to stream live footage of animals to YouTube. There are seven trials currently running across the UK, testing a variety of applications, including: live wireless video streaming, next generation Wi-Fi, sensor networks for flood defence, and broadband in remote locations. Dominica on 5 MHz The Dominica National Telecommunications Regulator has permitted Amateur operation on five 3 kHz-wide channels on 5 MHz. at 50W PEP SSB. This allocation is applicable to General and Advanced licensees only Please note that the Dominica (J7) 5 MHz allocation should not be confused with the Dominican Republic (HI), which also has a 5 MHz allocation. 5330.5, 5346.5, 5355.5, 5371.5 and 5403.5 kHz http://www.ectel.int/images/Amateur-Radio-39-2012.pdf RTÉ’s decision to cut long-wave radio service will sever a vital link with Irish abroad. The Irish Times report that RTÉ has announced the imminent closure of its long wave service, which was the last remaining broadcast radio service still available to the Irish in the UK. The move comes six years after the shutdown of its medium-wave service. The shutdown is scheduled to take place on October 27th. The news is unlikely to cause a stir in Ireland. Who will be most affected? The Irish in the UK, particularly the elderly and vulnerable, will have a vital link with home permanently severed. RTÉ has been broadcasting Radio 1 to Britain since 1932. Read the full Irish Times article at irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/rt%C3%A9-s-decision-to-cut-long-wave-radio-service-will-sever-a-vital-link-with-irish-abroad-1.1961164 ============================================================================= ARNEWSLINE MARRIOTT TO PAY $600,000 FOR BLOCKING WI FI The FCC says that Marriott International Corporation will pay a $600,000 forfeiture. This, to resolve an investigation by that agency into whether a hotel's employees blocked customers from using their personal Wi-Fi networks and then charged them to use the hotel network. Amateur Radio Newsline's Stephan Kinford, N8WB, has more: -- The FCC claims that employees at Marriott's Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Centre in Nashville, Tennessee disabled Wi-Fi networks established by consumers at its conference facilities. They then allegedly charged guests from $250 to $1,000 per device for access to the hotel network. The investigation began after a March 2013 on complaint from someone who attended a function at the resort. According to the FCC, that person alleged that the hotel was jamming mobile hotspots. The FCC says its investigation found that employees used features of a Wi-Fi monitoring system at the Gaylord Opryland to contain and or de- authenticate guest created Wi-Fi hotspot access points in the conference facilities. In addition to paying the fine, the FCC says that Marriott must institute a compliance plan and file compliance and usage reports with the regulatory agency every three months for the next three years. These reports must include information documenting any use of access point containment features at any United States property that Marriott manages or owns. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, reporting. OPERATIONAL NEWS SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS, DX, BEACON REPEATER AND NET ADVICE KD 6 XH will be operational from Samoa as 5 W 0 XH between October 23 through the 28th. Activity will take place before, during and after the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest which is slated for October 25th and the 26th. QSL via his home callsign which is KD6XH VI6ANZAC commemorates the 100th anniversary of the departure of the first convoy of ships carrying ANZAC troops as well as the significant role Albany has played in Australia’s ANZAC history. Southern Electronics Group has been granted permission to use special event call sign VI6ANZAC over the weekend of the Albany commemorative events, that being Saturday 1 November from 0001hrs to 2359hrs WST. (Rob VK6LD) II 4 CDN will be on the air until 31st December with different operators, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the radio telescope Croce Del Nord. QSL via the bureau or direct to the QSL manager IZ 4 FUE. GUATEMALA VE 7 BV will once again be active stroke TG 9 from Guatemala between January 22nd and February 17th of 2015 on 20, 17 and 15 meters CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign which again is VE7BV, direct, by the bureau or electronically using Logbook of the World. 4W/G3ZEM Bob/5B4AGN has been activating Timor Leste (OC-148) from 8 Oct and that concludes tomorrow 20 October. Operating 160 to 10metres primarily on CW with a focus on 160m when conditions are good. http://www.m0urx.com/3-M0URX/530-4w-g3zem-timor-leste.html (via vk4zz tarc news) COMMEMORATING 50 YEARS OF VOICE OF MONGOLIA Keep an ear open for Mongolia special event station JU 50 VOM to be active until October 31st. This operation is to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the foreign language service from "Voice of Mongolia". QSL via JT 1 BV, direct, Logbook of the World or eQSL. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER DATE ANNOUNCED FOR 4M-LXS LUNAR HAM RADIO MISSION The launch of the China's 4M LXS fly-by ham radio moon mission is now slated for lift-off in a narrow window around 17:59 UTC on Thursday, October 23rd with the Lunar flyby to occur on Tuesday, October 28 at 00:33 UTC. Ghislain Ruy, LX2RG reports that the lifetime of 4M LXS ham radio payload is an unknown. That it may be as short as 100 hours once it reaches the Moon but could extend for some weeks if the host spacecraft’s attitude is favourable. (ARNewsLine) AMSAT-India launch new website The site describes two projects which AMSAT-India is currently working on, a 435/145 MHz linear transponder and a 435 MHz CubeSat communication sub system. Some back issues of the AMSAT-India newsletter are also available for download. http://amsatindia.org/ WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ILLW ILLW 2015 heads slowly to the ton Registrations for the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend held next August number 75, with nearly half being Australian representing all states. Leading the early-bird registrations is VK3 on 10, followed by VK7 with 8 including 2 at the Currie and Wickham lighthouses King Island. The others are from Argentina, Canada, England, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, Scotland, South Africa, and the USA. To register or learn more about the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend on August the 15th and 16th 2015, visit the website illw.net (Jim Linton VK3PC) 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 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 Hams help in three disasters Infrastructure was still being restored following Cyclone Hudhud that hit Odisha in the Bay of Bengal on the east coast of India. National disaster communication coordinator, Jayu Bhide VU2JAU said it uprooted trees, blocked most roads, cut power and communication lines. So far some 22 people have been killed, others injured and many made homeless. A number of radio amateurs handled emergency communications. Dilip VU2DPI controlled a net with Shantanu VU2SIC and Pawan VU2PGU. Other radio amateurs also played their part in disaster recovery. When the powerful Cyclone Hudhud swept into the Bay of Bengal coastal areas of India, disaster authorities called on radio amateurs to help out. National Coordinator for Disaster Communication, Jayu Bhide VU2JAU said, "In Odissa there are six hams working hard to maintain the communication covering the state. These have been on air using 7140 MHz and have kept their stations open 24 hours a day. In the Andhra coastal area the total communication is handled by the National Institute of Amateur Radio, and is now under control. Jayu VU2JAU from the IARU member Amateur Radio Society of India (ARSI), is monitoring emergency traffic from his home QTH in Gwalior. Meantime in China, an earthquake at Yun Nan province in the southwest mountains on October the 7th caused a death and injured more than 300 people. Fan Bin BA1RB reported mainly a military rescue force responded and some teams had radio amateurs, that used their VHF and UHF equipment to coordinate operations in the field. While across in the Caribbean Sea, the Hurricane Watch Net has activated for Gonzalo that began as a storm causing damage, then gained much strength to be reclassified as a hurricane. (Jim Linton VK3PC, Chairman IARU Region 3 Disaster Communications Committee) SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- SUMMITS ON THE AIR www.sotawatch.org www.sota.org.uk The local VK1/VK2 SOTA participants are meeting at the Ainslie Football Club Tuesday 21st for dinner. Meet time is 18:30 for 19:00. If you are interested in SOTA or QRP field operations please join them at the AFC. You are welcome to bring your latest QRP kit or homebrew gear for show and tell. (Andrew VK1NAM SOTA blog http://vk1nam.wordpress.com) INTRUDER WATCH - ENFORCEMENT ZONE Region III IARUMS Coordinator Peter Young VK3MV VK IARUMS reflector email to subscribe intruders@wia.org.au INTRUDER NETS Friday 0730 UTC 7.065.5 with VK4CEU David. Amateur exclusive frequencies where any non-amateur signal is definitely an intruder. Amateur HF Spectrum world wide 7.050 to 7.100 14.000 to 14.250 14.250 to 14.350 No broadcasters 21.000 to 21.450 24.890 to 24.990 28.000 to 29.700 Russian radar and Voice of Iran on 21 MHz The IARU Monitoring System newsletter reports a Russian radar covered the entire 21 MHz amateur radio band and a spurious emission from Voice of Iran is also causing interference The International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring System (IARUMS) Region 1 September 2014 newsletter can be read on the internet: http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/news2014/news1409.pdf REWIND a look back at history Seventeen New Zealand "coastwatchers" executed by the Japanese during World War II have been remembered in New Zealand with the unveiling of a memorial on Wellington's waterfront. The memorial wall was unveiled by 94-year-old John Jones, the last surviving Gilbert Islands coastwatcher, in front of dignitaries invited from Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) and Japan. The coastwatchers were stationed at more than 60 posts around the Pacific to monitor enemy ships and aircraft during World War II. On October 15, 1942, 10 New Zealand soldiers and seven civilian Post and Telegraph Department radio operators were captured by the Japanese and taken to the island of Tarawa. One was killed after he escaped and the remaining 16 were beheaded. The executed men's bodies have never been found, but a memorial on Tarawa was erected in the years after their deaths and they are officially commemorated at New Caledonia's Bourail War Cemetery memorial to those missing in action. Three British and two Australians were also killed. (read more at NZCity News) SOCIAL SCENE 2014 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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