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IN OUR 20TH YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS WIA ANZAC 100 program – Antarctica new dates - VI4ANZAC on air WIA RD Contest - details for rebroadcasting the 2015 opening address Renewing Amateur Radio Licences - A Timely Reminder THESE STORIES AND MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA 2015 AND FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 16 --------------------------------------------------------------------- WIA ANZAC 100 program – Antarctica new dates The plan to have Australia’s Casey Station in Antarctica on air last weekend August 8-9 under the VI 0 ANZAC commemorative callsign was stopped by a severe storm, but it has now been proposed for later this month. Doug VK0DMV had been eager to use VI0ANZAC that is part of Wireless Institute of Australia ANZAC 100 program, but was disappointed when a storm struck with its high wind, a blizzard cutting visibility and freezing temperatures. Doug VK0DMV described the storm having wind reaching 112 knots and a fair bit of damage was caused. He added: "There is always some damage after these sort of blows - this is the worse to date this year." A Q-MAC HF-90 solid state 50 watt HF SSB transceiver to be used feeding a dipole antenna has selectable Upper Sideband and Lower Sideband, making it compatible with Amateur Radio on all bands. It will use the previously announced times and frequencies. 0000 to 0200 0400 to 0600 0900 to 1100 The frequencies are: 0000 to 0030 on 7.095MHz 0030 to 0130 on 14.250MHz 0130 to 0200 on 21.250MHz 0400 to 0430 on 7.095MHz 0430 to 0530 on 14.250MHz 0530 to 0600 on 21.250MHz 0900 to 1030 on 14.250MHz 1030 to 1100 on 3.585MHz So your WIA is pleased to announce that VI0ANZAC is rescheduled for the weekend of August 29-30, weather permitting of course. Meantime, in full swing now is the Vietnam Veterans’ Long Tan Day commemoration of the 1966 battle with VI 4 ANZAC on air from Atherton in Far North Queensland. Dale VK4DMC and other Vietnam Veterans are remembering that battle in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. Also August 16, Paul VK5PAS and the Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society team are using VI 5 ANZAC, to mark the formation of the 10th Battalion at the Morphetville Racecourse. On Friday August 21, and for 7 days, the Gippsland Gate Radio Electronic Club at Cranbourne in Melbourne’s south-east will be VK100ANZAC, on Phone, CW, and digital. And there’s plenty of interest in September. It includes Operation Jaywick at Singapore in 1943, the 11th Light Horse Regiment WWI Battle of Samakh Palestine, plus the Battalion Gallipoli deployment, commemorated by the FreeDV a digital voice mode. More about these, and other events, are listed on the ANZAC section of the WIA website www.wia.org.au (Jim Linton VK3PC) ANZAC 100 To commemorate ANZAC 100 a series of articles appear in Amateur Radio magazine. Among them are the recollections of Air Warning and Coast Watching in New Guinea by former Lieutenant George Basil Lance VK3DS Ballarat. The Officer in Charge at 23 Heavy Wireless Section at Indooroopilly in Queensland about mid-1942, it joined the 18th Lines of Communication unit destined for New Guinea. Under Navy escort the men and equipment reached a camp out of Port Moresby. Then attached to the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company of Army and RAAF stations, they were well dispersed in the bush to avoid the regular bombing of Port Moresby. There were 'spotters' originally from Milne Bay to Lae, before the Kokoda Track was cleared and Buna attacked. Talking at the Army end, a control room worked on a roster basis 24 hours a day. The actual radio sets and operators in the scrub connected by telephone to the control room. The original coast watchers on the Islands to the North of New Guinea were operated by the Navy, but they let the Army run its area. The control room was an exciting place with most important messages received from 'spotters' on the famous 'X' frequency, and then telephoned the office. Action messages were immediately phoned to fighter sector and almost at once one could hear the aero engines start up and the planes take off. Another frequency was used for food drops, fuel, battery chargers and batteries in the so-called ?biscuit bombing? flights, which were later made more drop-proof. If a site was detected by the enemy all gear was destroyed and the operator had to walk back. George Lance VK3DS revisited Port Moresby in 2000, and noted that while the countryside looked just the same, there was little evidence of Army occupation. (Jim Linton VK3PC) As all amateurs associated with broadcasting this news and special audio projects, like JOTA and RD opening speeches know, Peter Ellis VK1PE has completed this years opening address for the RD contest and the DIRECT link is below. You are welcome to broadcast it, immediately before the RD Contest, by starting the 18min 30sec broadcast promptly at 02:41:30UTC 15 Aug 2015; it has 5min of frequency clearing announcements before the speakers commence. http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/rdcontest/documents/2015_RD_Opening_Address.mp3 The opening speech for the 2015 RD Contest is given by Deane Limmer VK3HWX. This follows introductory remarks by the host, Peter Ellis VK1PE and Phil Wait VK2ASD, President of the WIA, and a reading of the names of WIA members killed during WW2. Oh and if you DID NOT receice notification, maybe it is because you are no longer subscribed to wiabroadcasters@yahoogroups.com.au send a blank email to:- wiabroadcasters-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.au Put the word subscribe in the title or subject field WIA BOARD TALK President Phil Wait VK2ASD vk2asd@wia.org.au V President Fred Swainston VK3DAC vk3dac@wia.org.au Secretary David Williams VK3RU vk3ru@wia.org.au Treasurer John Longayroux VK3PZ vk3pz@wia.org.au Renewing Amateur Radio Licences - A Reminder It can happen to anybody – you forget to renew your licence and it lapses. When you ask the ACMA, they tell you that you’ll need a WIA callsign recommendation first, before you can make a new licence application. So how does this work? Although the ACMA sends licence renewal notices, that’s not an obligation under the Radiocommunications Act. The ACMA sends the notice as a courtesy, but if the renewal notice doesn’t arrive for some reason, it’s still your responsibility to renew on time. In fact, it’s always the licensee’s responsibility to ensure that a licence is current. So check: do you know your licence expiry date, and are your address details correct? What about your callsign? Well, your callsign needs to be protected too if you’re attached to it. An allocated callsign indicates that you hold a valid licence, but if your licence lapses and is not renewed, your callsign is released and will be put on the WIA Public List 60 days after the lapse date. So it becomes available for reallocation. After 7 days the WIA will issue a Callsign Recommendation to whoever wants it - with ballot provisions applying to 2-letter callsign in some states. So the message is: if you don’t want to fight to get your call back, keep your licence current. Full information about the process, and forms needed, can be found on the WIA website, http://www.wia.org.au Search for ‘All about Callsigns’ and ‘New licence or expired licence, or reclaiming a former callsign’. The WIA website again is at www.wia.org.au and the search box is your friend. All WIA band plans have been revised As we heard last week when President Phil joined us, our Wireless Institute of Australia has completed revision of both the 2-metre and 70-centimetre band plans, and the WIA board has expressed its appreciation for all the thoughtful input received. A lot of time and effort by clubs and individuals have gone into the process of band plan revision to make the documents more appropriate to the modern practices of radio amateurs. The WIA acknowledges the input it has received for all band plans, the bulk being adopted earlier, and the 2-metre and 70-centimetre bands finalised recently. The results of this WIA consultative process that has resulted in the new band plans which are now on the WIA website and to be included later in the 2016 call book. WIA board to have a member plan The Wireless Institute of Australia is developing a plan to retain and increase its membership. The WIA board monthly newsletter reports immediately anyone does not renew membership they will be contacted by phone and asked if there’s a reason for not renewing. For new Foundation Licence holders a free digital version of the WIA journal Amateur Radio magazine will be sent, along with an invitation to join. WIA expects progress soon on the Reciprocal Licence Review All applications for reciprocal licence recognition are on hold, while a review of them is underway. These are different from the visitor’s licences which allow, under a fee-free class licence, all visiting radio amateurs on business or holiday trips some 90 days of free operation. The details of them can be found on wia.org.au However, overseas radio amateur qualifications which can be recognised as translating into a VK licence, are being reviewed. Advice of this review has been in Amateur Radio magazine and the WIA website http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2015/20150528-1/index.php The WIA is expecting to see changes to reciprocal licensing driven by changes to overseas standards of Amateur Licence levels. There will also be listed some additions to the non-acceptable qualifications, including the Marine Radio Operator's Certificate of Proficiency, for amateur qualification recognition. The WIA is now waiting for Australian Communications and Media Authority to issue its findings on the Reciprocal Licence Review. ACMA licensing shut-down - reminder The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has suspended the processing of all apparatus licences from last Friday until September 1. This unavoidable shut-down means that for two weeks, there will be no licences processed, or licences renewed. That includes all Amateur Radio station licences. Although the shut-down has begun, the ACMA foreshadowed the move earlier this year that it would introduce the new more efficient HELMS system. An item in last week’s broadcast on this ACMA licensing shutdown contained an error. The information suggested that the ACMA would not be renewing beacon or repeater licences below 52 MHz after September ninth. Director Roger Harrison VK2ZRH says "We have confirmed that this is not the case. Our apologies for the error. It’s “business as usual” on six metres. Keep calm and carry on. The Spring solstice will be with us in short order, bringing with it some welcome transequatorial DX propagation for those lucky amateurs living in the northern half of the continent. The summer sporadic E DX season will return in due course. Indeed, it’s likely to spice-up the Spring VHF-UHF Field Day weekend of 14th and 15th November." SILENT KEY http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/about/ Silent Keys are best sent to AR Magazine and your local state or club news rather than this WIA National News Service. INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, SARL, Southgate AR Club, ARRL, Amateur Radio Newsline, NZART and the WW sources of the WIA. NASA opens new CubeSat opportunities for low-cost space exploration Space enthusiasts have an opportunity to contribute to NASA’s exploration goals through the next round of the agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative. Applicants must submit their proposals electronically by November 24 2015 The CubeSat Launch Initiative provides access to space for CubeSats developed by NASA centres, accredited educational institutions and non-profit organizations, giving CubeSat developers access to a low-cost pathway to conduct research in the areas of science, exploration, technology development, education or operations consistent with NASA's Strategic Plan. NASA does not provide funding for the development of the small satellites. Satellite Frequency Co-ordination For some years, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has sought, through its group of volunteer satellite coordinators, to assign appropriate frequencies to be used by space satellites operating in the amateur bands. These efforts have generally been successful, allowing satellites to operate without undue interference to each other and to other services using the bands in question. The IARU role in coordination of frequencies is supported by ITU. IARU is aware of a few satellites already operating in amateur bands which are causing difficulties in parts of the world as the frequencies they use do not appear to accord to existing band plans. IARU has now become aware of plans to launch a series of satellites where the frequencies proposed appear to conflict with existing IARU band plans in some parts of the world. IARU is investigating how this has arisen, and is discussing the issues with the parties involved. The latest IARU Monitoring System newsletter reports on 7 MHz splatter from Radio France International and the seemingly endless story of Drift Net Buoys on 28 MHz The International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring System (IARUMS) Region 1 newsletter can be read at http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/news2015/news1507.pdf MP takes to the air On Saturday the 7th of August, members of the South Essex Amateur Radio Society commemorated the 71st anniversary of the downing of two B17 bombers, which crashed in 1944 just off Canvey Island. The special event station was operating from just a few hundred feet from the crash site, and the MP for Castle Point unveiled a mural depicting the event. She was then invited to send her first amateur radio guest message, shortly followed by Canvey Island Councillor Ray Howard. SEARS team operated the special event callsign of GB2HB on HF and VHF, using a mix of voice, data, PSK31 and DMR from the Island Yacht Club throughout the day. GOING BACK IN TIME Time may seem to stand still at least for a few moments - at WWV, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s HF radio station in Fort Collins, Colorado. The time and frequency standard station is celebrating the completion of its successful first year with a restored vertical dipole, one it had stopped making use of in 1977. Last year, the 25 MHz signal went back to transmitting at the antennas original location for the first time, on an experimental basis. The experiment, it seems, worked just fine. Matt Deutch N-ZERO-R-G-T (N0RGT), WWVs lead electrical engineer, told ARRL that when the 25 MHz broadcast returned last year, a broadband monopole was the antenna the station first used. But the monopole was eventually paired with the stations 2.5 MHz standby transmitter. That’s when the decision was made to resurrect the older vertical dipole which, he said, after restoration now looks just like it looked in 1977. He said the vertical dipole has a lower angle of radiation than the broadband monopole did, and now has a transmitter of its own, radiating 2.5 kilowatts. The signal provides a way for radio operators to check their frequency calibration or determine the exact time of day, and can also help with propagation conditions on both 10 and 12 meters. WWV welcomes signal reports and comments sent to its email address wwv@nist.gov ============================================================================= WEIRD AND WONDERFUL HEAVENLY COFFEE There’s nothing like sitting at the window with a nice hot cup of coffee and watching the world pass by. Now the astronauts on the International Space Station can do just that. Instant coffee has always been available on the ISS but now, for the first time, it can be enjoyed freshly brewed. Italian retailer Lavazza and Argotec, the provider of space food for European astronauts have joined forces and created the ISSpresso, a device that overcomes the unique challenges of brewing coffee in space. Quoting here: "Making coffee in space isn't easy," Argotec officials said. "This is the first capsule espresso machine that can work in the extreme conditions in space, where the principles that determine the fluid dynamic characteristics of liquids and mixtures are very different from those typically found on earth." Unquote. The microwave-sized box uses capsules, similar to a Keurig machine, to brew the caffeinated beverage, as well as other hot drinks, such as caffè lungo, tea, hot chocolate and broth. Fittingly, Italian astronaut and java fiend Samantha Cristoforetti was the first to try the new machine after it was installed May 3rd. And because no self-respecting coffee lover would ever drink their latte with a straw, a special plastic, 3-D printed cup was designed to cope with the demands imposed by microgravity. So now when you’re sitting at your window with a hot cup of joe watching the world pass by you can delight in the fact that maybe, somewhere way up in the sky, an astronaut is doing the exact same thing. Except the view up there repeats every 90 minutes. I’m Mike Askins, KE5,CXP in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Who and Where are our broadcast stations? http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/where/ Check and advise nationalnews@wia.org.au of any alterations. OPERATIONAL NEWS 2015 Remembrance Day Contest This weekend! August 15 and 16 ALARA YL CONTEST Saturday 29th August 0400 UTC – 1359 UTC Sunday 30th August 0400 UTC – 1359 UTC Oceania DX contest Voice First full weekend in October Oceania DX contest Continuous Wave Second full weekend in October. 2016 Harry Angel 80 mtr sprint (WIA) provisional date Saturday 7th May. 10-10 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER CONTEST Aug 6 - 7 Spring VHF-UHF Field Day weekend of 14th and 15th November. SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS, DX, BEACON REPEATER AND NET ADVICE WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT There’s serious action happening on the water for a group of UK hams. These amateurs also happen to be avid boaters, and there preparing to catch a really big wave. Forty meters big, in this case. They're gathering for an event, known as British Inland Waterways On The Air taking place August 29 to 31st - a bank holiday weekend in Britain. Boating radio amateurs plan to use those days as an opportunity to connect with other boaters around the country and the globe. The primary band will be 40 meters, but communications will not be restricted to just one band if conditions permit. The boating hams are hoping for what else? smooth sailing. (sourced to ARNewsLine) S 79 DPX operating from the Seychelles. This is IZ 2 DPX who will be there until 23 August. He is using a multi-band vertical and is active on SSB. The Longest Reign On the 9th September, the Queen will become the longest reigning monarch, beating that of Queen Victoria. To that end the Medway Amateur Receiving and Transmitting Society (MARTS) from Kent will be running a special event station GB 2 QLR for the Queen's longest reign to commemorate the event starting Wednesday 9th September (the day she attained the position ) for 7 days - until midnight the following Tuesday. www.qrz.com/db/gb2qlr. Station will be powered by Solar panels during daylight hours and using a FTdx3000 & a FT857d for all HF 2m & 70cms using SSB & data. (Nigel G0GDA) AWARDS Enigma Award The Polish Radio Amateur Union would like to remind you that on August 14th, 'Enigma Award' special event stations started transmitting. With the end of July a special event station SN 0 MR, who in 2 months made 3500 QSO using different modes and bands this "Enigma Award" has been prepared to commemorate Marian Rejewski, extraordinary mathematician and cryptologist. It is associated with the 110th anniversary of his birth and 35th anniversary of his death. Marian Rejewski changed course of events during World War II. Several special calls will be used during this event that will operate on all bands from 80m to 10m, including WARC bands. For QSOs with SN 0 CIPHER [S-N-zero-C-I-P-H-E-R] station, the operator will receive a cryptogram, which has to be decoded. This station will give a new cryptogram for each QSO on new band or new mode. QSOs with other special event stations will receive the decryption data necessary to decode the cryptogram. The best operators (9 of them) and the best SWLs (3 of them) will each receive a reward (free of any charge including the shipping of reward). A statuette made of crystal with Enigma engraved in it and the operator's callsign. The very best 3 operators will in addition receive a book about Marian Rejewski's life. Details can be found on the website of the event http://enigmaaward.eu/ They are counting on active participation of radio amateurs from all over the world, therefore they ask all to intensify their activity on the air and participation. 14th to 30th of August make sure your beams are facing SP. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ATV (Every pixel tells a story) - Video arvideonews.com hamradiotube.com youtube.com qdg.org.au World DATV QS0 Party Soon and it's also on HQ YouTube video!!! The 5th annual Digital World Amateur Television QSO Party will he held on August 21-22 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST), sponsored by Amateur Radio Victoria and the Melbourne ATV Group. The convenor is Peter VK3BFG with the event centred on the Melbourne-Geelong Digital ATV repeater VK3RTV, with those in the USA, England and elsewhere welcome to join through a local television repeater or by Skype. The VK3RTV transmissions will stream worldwide via high quality YouTube, courtesy Ralph VK3LL. The event starts on Friday night (AEST) connecting to repeaters VK2RFM and VK2RTV in Sydney with anchor Gary VK2CRJ, Brisbane’s VK4RMG anchored by Peter VK4EA, VK5RDC in Port Pirie with David VK5DMC and VK3RBO Bendigo by Ross VK3CE. Some remote stations will Skype in to Peter VK3BFG, and those intending to do so should use the Skype name of 'datvqsoparty' and request beforehand that their name is in the address book. Peter VK3BFG net controller will ask participants to make their transmissions. All in-bound Skype calls including those from interstate and international repeaters will be transmitted to VK3RTV. The output will be sent to the British Amateur TV Club streamer and now the high quality version on YouTube. On Saturday morning (AEST) will connect to the DATV Repeater WR8ATV in Columbus, Ohio. Local anchor Art W8RMC is a part of the team that developed the DVB-S Exciter called the DATV Express. Later the QSO Party moves to California where Don KE6BXT will anchor the WATN repeater network in Southern California. Saturday night will see action through the Home Counties Repeater GB3HV in the United Kingdom. Those in the event have been preparing in-shack or video presentations to show there many varied projects. Any stations wishing to participate or ask questions about the event can contact Peter VK3BFG at pcossins@bigpond.com (Jim Linton VK3PC) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- CW FISTS Club - East Asia www.feacw.net FISTS Club - Australasia www.fistsdownunder.org FISTS Club - UK & Europe www.fists.co.uk FISTS Club - Americas www.fists.org Hacklet 69 – Morse Code Projects Hack A Day, a site popular with hackers (engineers and engineering enthusiasts), features projects that revolve around one of the oldest digital signalling systems - Morse code Read about the Morse projects at http://hackaday.com/2015/08/07/hacklet-69-morse-code-projects/ WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER MADHEN Eggsplorer-1 balloon found Six weeks after another balloon, the MADHEN Eggsplorer-1 balloon, splashed down in the North Sea, the payload has been found and will be returned to radio amateur Andrew Garratt M0NRD Jan in the Netherlands found the payload washed up on a deserted beach. During its flight the balloon had transmitted telemetry data using RTTY on 434 MHz Read the full story on Andrew's blog at http://nerdsville.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/madhen-eggsplorer-1-found.html MADHEN EGGSPLORER-1 Balloon Launch http://amsat-uk.org/2015/06/23/madhen-eggsplorer-1-balloon-launch/ BBC News report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-33277561 (text edition only) FLIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Is there life after death? When it comes to the U.S. Navy’s PCSAT NO-44, a satellite launched 14 years ago by the U.S. military, the answer is most definitely yes. The PCSAT spacecraft has, due to an on-board power system issue, started to transmit APRS on 144.390 MHz Although this is the correct frequency for APRS operation in IARU Region 2, it is not compatible with Region 1 bandplan which has this part of the band designated for weak signal and particularly Meteor Scatter operation. The orbit of this spacecraft means that sometimes it is in full sunlight and, at other times, it is eclipsed for a major percentage of the orbit. As the on-board batteries have lost their ability to hold a charge, the problem can only occur when it is in sunlight. At IARU level, further work is being undertaken to reduce the risk from future spacecraft potentially causing similar problems. Such problems could result from developers not following the globally agreed bandplans for amateur satellite operations. As we heard from Jason VK2LAW in the International News segment this week The IARU Satellite Coordinator has been requested to make urgent contact with the team responsible for XW-2(CAS-3) mission of nine satellites from China. Some of the proposed frequencies do not respect the internationally agreed Region 1 Bandplan for 2 metres. (Sourced to Southgate and ARNewsLine) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ILLW As hams around the world are operating the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (now) August 15 and 16, one shining beacon in Sweden is glowing with the light of a little extra pride. It’s the Lightship Finngrundet, a museum ship in Stockholm that had been built in 1903 and was in service until its decommissioning in 1969. Its became the 400th participant to register for this weekend’s global event. S-K-ZERO-Q-OH (SK0QO) plans to put the former marine navigation aid on the air for the two-day event as SEVEN-S-ZERO-S-F-J (7S0SFJ). This is a very different role for the Swedish lightship from the one it was built to have at the turn of the earlier century. As an aid to navigation then, it would emit two consecutive light flashes, every 20 seconds, as its signature and it was visible for a distance of 11 nautical miles. Now with the hams using the ship to sail their signals across the ionosphere, the club is hoping the Lightship Finngrundet will really go the distance in connecting them to some memorable QSOs this weekend. (sourced to ARNewsLine) SOCIAL SCENE 2015 Sep 12 VK4 SUNFEST Woombye Sep 25-27 VK4 CHARC AGM Weekend Camp Fairbairn near Emerald Oct 2-5 VK4 Cardwell Gathering, Beachcomber Motel and Tourist Park Oct 25 VK3 Ballarat Amateur Radio Group Hamvention Greyhound Track Oct 25 VK4 Gold Coast HamFest Broadbeach Nov VK3 QRP By the Bay details from VK3YE held 2nd Saturday 2016 Feb 13 VK3 MERC HamFest 10am at Werribee Masonic Centre Feb 28 VK3 EMDRC HamFest Great Ryrie Primary School Heathmont. Ap-May 29- 2 VK4 Clairview Gathering check Mackay ARS website. 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