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IN OUR 21st YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS WIA PRESIDENT REPORTS ON RADCOMM DAY 2. - WIA DIRECTORS OUT AND ABOUT. - WIA AGM and NORFOLK ISLAND ADMINISTRATOR TO ATTEND. - WIA and MOYLE IN FULL SWING. - THESE STORIES AND MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA 2016 AND FOR WEEK OF MAR 20 This is WIA Director Roger Harrison VK2ZRH – I’ve been out and about. A few weeks back, at the end of February, I attended the annual Central Coast Field Day at Wyong, here in VK2. I manned the WIA’s trestle tables along with President Phil Wait VK2ASD and Peter Young VK3MV. I was also the convenor of the annual VHF-UHF-microwave and weak signal group get-together, scheduled for 11am on the day. Although the numbers attending the Wyong field day this year were visibly down on recent years, although the car parks were pretty full, the absence of dunderheads in the crowd was a welcome relief. On the WIA stand, we sold out of Callbooks and a few other titles before midday, and I took a dozen or so membership renewals, while Phil and Peter signed-up a bunch of new members. One young lady who came up to the WIA stand, chuffed about passing her Foundation licence course, was keen as mustard to score one of the last Callbooks and scoured the trestle tables for more publications to feed her hunger for information. She went away with an armful of books and a big grin across her face. I remember being like that. I counted 57 keen souls who turned up to the VHF-UHF-microwave and weak signal group get-together, which is on-par with previous years. That included a gaggle of guys from VK5, the odd VK1s, some VK3s and VK4s, and the usual suspects from VK2. The hot topics of the day were future VHF-UHF field days and the 3.4 GHz QSO Party frolics the week beforehand. We also paid tribute to “absent friends” who became silent keys since the 2015 Wyong field day. I was pleased to learn this past week that some 26 key business procedures for the WIA’s National Office have been completed and documented. Thank you Fred Swainston VK3DAC. There are more in hand to be completed, and progress is well up to date. The concerted efforts to re-instate the WIA National Office have begun to pay dividends since the Board began the reform process in August last year. With the focus squarely on customer service, over each of the Board meetings across the final quarter of 2015, Fred Swainston’s reports on cash flow and membership, and the improved resolution of enquiries, demonstrated the improvements the Board sought when compared to the situation that led up to the Board’s decision, and especially, when compared to the same period in 2014. Apparently, a few people are not happy with this. I’ll leave you with an observation from Italian philosopher, Niccolo Machiavelli: “the innovator makes enemies of all those who have done well under the old conditions”. As you heard in last week’s broadcast, I attended the first day of the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s RadComm 2016 conference on spectrum management, "Discovery, Disruption and Demand." Despite the cost for the Institute to attend, the event is useful for reasons other than listening to views from industry leading lights because, during the essential breaks, you get to run into and chat with senior ACMA officials, as well as other attendees. There’s a line from an old Australian pop song that says “never let a chance go by”. So it was that I got the chance to chat with a couple of attendees who were also amateurs. It was refreshing to share views on the current state of amateur radio in Australia, the exciting possibilities of what may transpire for us with a new Radiocommunications Act, and the extraordinary developments happening in digital communications. I also took the opportunity to have a bit of a chat with some senior ACMA people about subjects of mutual interest in amateur radio licensing and regulation. It’s always good to exchange views in an informal situation, to “get the measure” – as it were – of those we’ll be dealing with under more formal circumstances as the government’s spectrum reform program rolls on relentlessly. This has been WIA Director Roger Harrison VK2ZRH for VK1WIA News. Radcomms 2016 - Day 2 This is Phil Wait, VK2ASD, WIA President. Last week, WIA Director Roger Harrison gave us an account of the first day of Radcomms 2016, ACMAs (mostly) annual spectrum management conference. As Roger explained, the title for this year’s conference was "Discovery, disruption and demand", with a theme focusing on "enabling innovation". The content certainly lived up to the name. I attended day two of the conference, which kicked off with the Minister for Communications, Senator Mitch Fifield distributing a Consultation Paper for the proposed 2016 Radiocommunications Act. In the Ministers words, its "A new Radiocommunications Bill will modernise our regime, and allow industry greater scope to respond quickly in the market to emerging technologies and services” Those attending heard how 5G wireless technology is only a few years away, with the possibly connection speeds over 1Gb/s, and requirements for spectrum exceeding 1GHz. We also heard about the Internet of things, and how by 2020 there is projected to be over 20 Billion connected devices in the world, many connected by wireless, and all needing spectrum of some sort. Lots of innovation is already taking place in what we currently know as Class licensed spectrum. We heard how Telco giant Orange has embraced the LoRa low powered wide area network technology for the IoT throughout France, and how in Australia, the University of Technology in Sydney has equipped a campus building with 3000 wireless sensors, with plans to extend outwards from the University into neighbouring Ultimo. We also heard about recent developments in connected cars, and their huge requirement for spectrum. In fact, Google have just managed to send a mostly driverless car across the USA, coast to coast, but they suffered a little setback recently one of their driverless cars hit a bus, minor inconvenience! There’s one thing for sure, it’s going to be a very different and a very connected world, and a lot of it is going to be wireless. Everything is going to be connected, and the competition for spectrum is going to be huge. Brave new world, indeed. The new Radiocommunications Bill holds both challenges and opportunities for amateur radio. As expected, apparatus and spectrum licensing will disappear, to be replaced by parameters-based licensing, and Class licensing will be replaced with 'spectrum authorisations, which isn’t really a licence at all. We don’t know yet how the spectrum and licensing pricing policy will work, as that is to be the subject of a second paper later this year. Spectrum administration will increasingly become the work of private band managers, and that means there may be an opportunity for the amateur service to become more self-regulating with greater opportunities for experimentation and innovation. The WIA will be meeting with the ACMA shortly to discuss the possibilities for greater self-determination in the amateur service. You can read the Consultation paper on the WIA website at www.wia.org.au Feedback to the paper is requested by COB 29th April. This is Phil Wait, VK2ASD for the WIA. LG releases first smart phone with inbuilt DAB+ Radio at #RDE16 In what could prove to be a game changer for digital radio, LG Electronics has unveiled its new LG Stylus DAB+ device at Radiodays Europe 2016, in Paris. radioinfo.com.au says the phone, expected to be available in Australia later this year, features the world’s first built-in DAB+ broadcast digital radio. DAB+ covers 50 million people in 40 countries around the world. Remember that DAB+ broadcasts pictures and text on screen! Those with an interest in the 'Sport of Kings" have been feasting on TAB tote screens showing on their DAB+ devices since it started in Australia. Joan Warner, CEO, Commercial Radio Australia commented, “This is an exciting development for Australian consumers as listening and viewing entertainment, news, music and pictures broadcast via digital radio will use no data, compared to music streaming services which can use more than 2MB of data per minute, depending on the quality settings.” The argument in the television and now radio industries is whether streaming of programs over the Internet is broadcasting – you see this technology can do away with the time-honoured broadcast licence service areas. VK3PC Jim Linton says "Put plainly, a television station can have viewers anywhere, including inside a licence broadcast area of another telecaster, by the use of streaming. We will let that technological argument play out in the legal system." In Australia DAB+ currently is only Mainland capitals and Darwin and Canberra. If you live outside those areas, with emerging technology, programs are likely to be heard free anywhere. Remember however this phone with DAB+ IS an RF receiver, not a streaming device. Exciting times, first we had mobile phones, then came texting, the camera models, Internet access, social media, games, FM radio and now a free DAB+ radio receiver. Read more at: https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/lg-releases-first-smart-phone-inbuilt-dab-radio-rde16 © Radioinfo.com.au (radioinfo vk3pc) WIA dinner to hear of the past and future for Norfolk Island The WIA Annual Conference Dinner in May will hear first-hand an interesting account of Norfolk Island from the Administrator of this unique Australian territory. Readily agreeing to be keynote speaker is the Honourable Gary Hardgrave, Administrator of Norfolk Island. Also to be a guest speaker, about his visit to the Casey Station in the Australian Antarctic, is Doug McVeigh VK0DMV, who activated VI0ANZAC twice during the WIA ANZAC 100 program. WIA President Phil Wait VK2ASD thanks those individuals who made both presentations possible, and looks forward to them at the Paradise Hotel. The opportunity to be involved in this event is still open, however those now deciding to go need to book their own flights and accommodation. The WIA is to hold its annual meeting and associated events on Norfolk Island on May 27, 28, & 29 – for more details please see wia.org.au 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. Heil Sound Celebrating 50th Anniversary Heil Sound, a name that's probably synonymous within the Amateur Radio community for its microphones and "boom set" microphone/headset combinations, is marking its 50th anniversary this year. Heil Sound came into being in 1966 as Ye Olde Music Shoppe -- a music store in Illinois, its founder? Bob Heil, K9EID. The celebration -- called "50 Years of Maximum Rock N' Roll" -- kicked off at the winter NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants). K9EID initially made a name for himself working with music performers to provide sound reinforcement for their live gigs, initially supplying full sound system packages for venues and festivals throughout the Midwest and later working with world-class acts, such as Humble Pie, The Who, The Grateful Dead, and Joe Walsh, WB6ACU. Heil said it was the Dead's Jerry Garcia who suggested changing the name of his enterprise to Heil Sound. Among other innovations, K9EID created the quadraphonic sound system for The Who's "Quadrophenia" tour as well as the Heil Talk Box made famous by Joe Walsh and Peter Frampton. Rock on -- K9EID. An antenna that may be printed Researchers have come up with an antenna that is printed using ink infused with graphene flakes used in pencil leads, and a roller squashing technique to increase its conductivity. Just one atom thick, it could enhance radio communications and has mobile applications. Among other potential uses are in clothing, thermometers and advertising displays. Heath kit offering gets mixed reviews The once famed kit-building company Heath kit has a receiver, but before jumping for joy let us look at some history, then detail what is on offer. After World War II the brand-name got many into electronics and Amateur Radio, but closed in 1992 reflecting a dramatic decline in the popularity of its kits. In August 2011 it re-emerged, set to make new kits for hams. It now has the Heath kit Explorer Junior GR-150 TRF AM radio receiver, a tuned radio frequency receiver or TRF that had been popular in the 1920s, but by the mid-1930s replaced by the superheterodyne receiver. It’s a single stage receiver without an audio amplifier, or calibrated frequency dial. Heath kit has produced a quality kit, albeit with some expected headaches for builders, and captured TRF era nostalgia. The devotees support the Heath kit rise from the ashes, while others question the new product. The argument continues with pricing and the choice of first kit being a negative, while many loyal to the old kits are glad that Heath kit continues, with a glimmer of hope for the future. Heath kit Virtual Museum: http://www.heathkit-museum.com/ The Original Heath kit Collection: http://www.heathkit.org/ FROM CANADA WITH LOVE Radio amateurs like Norway's Ole Forr, LA6EIA, are no doubt accustomed to scoring a big DX every now and again on the HF bands. But when the 58-year-old dairy farmer tuned in late last year on the AM band for a program called "The Morning Edition with Sheila Coles" he ended up turning program host Sheila Coles into an unwitting DXer herself: He was listening to a popular CBC Saskatchewan program being broadcast for a Canadian audience. It's not that good radio listening is hard to come by in Norway, of course. But the radio-obsessed Forr and his friends decided they'd try and take advantage of some prime conditions - a dark, remote location in the north of Norway -- and some long-range receiving antennas, just for fun. They not only heard the Canadian program, Forr even captured it on an MP3 file - and sent the recording to the CBC to prove what his not-so-local ears had heard. The Canadian broadcasters, of course, gave Forr's recording a great reception. And now CBC radio's Sheila Coles, who landed an enviable DX without even trying - thanks to Ole Forr - has got herself a new fan. He's somewhere out there on his farm in Norway, tuning up his receiver - and milking his cows. Who and Where are our broadcast stations? http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/where/ OPERATIONAL NEWS 2016 WIA John Moyle Field Day 19-20 March 2016 "This Denis VK4AE, coordinator for the WIA John Moyle Memorial Field Day 2016. When you hear this news broadcast this year’s contest is already in progress over this weekend 19th 20th March. The duration of the contest will be from UTC 0100 to 0059. While you have left your run just a bit late as a portable station for this year there is nothing to stop you from taking part as a home station. Those portable stations that are still out in the field may be too busy to hear this news service as it goes to air, for they will still be flat out making contacts and logging the many stations whom they have contacted during this year’s field day. While the contest activities will soon be over, the next part of the field day activity will soon commence. When the contesting actually ends and the rigs are powered down, the task of dismantling the station commences. This is not a lot of fun as everyone is exhausted by the long effort of taking part. However, you must remember that the job is not done until the paperwork is completed. Your log is vital to your effort by recording all of the contacts you have made during those long hours, but just as important in verifying all of the contacts made by the other stations. So the log is a two part document, not just for you but for everyone else you have contacted. So please do not forget to complete you log and submit it either electronically or by snail mail, but remember the closing date will be midnight the 17th April 2016. I looking forward to receiving your logs this year. Last year there were well over 1,000 stations who took part but only 180 took the time and effort to bother to submit a log. I hope everyone is enjoying the field day and as soon as the logs are all received the results will be published as soon as possible after that date. Harry Angel 80 mtr sprint (WIA) Saturday 7th May. 10-10 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER CONTEST Aug 6 - 7 Remembrance or RD Contest August 13-14 36th ALARA Contest is on the last full weekend in August, Aug 27-28. SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS, DX, BEACON REPEATER AND NET ADVICE Hiro, will be active in Tonga as A31MM during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest, taking place from March 26 and 27. He will work a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via EA5GL or LoTW. AM and CW on Anzac Day The Tableland Radio Group (TRG) is once again requesting Radio Amateurs in Australia and New Zealand to use the old radio modes that were used by our Service Men and Women in the many wars and peace keeping missions. One of the first recorded was the use of radio in the capture of German New Guinea and continued to Gallapoli, Middle East and the Western Front just over a hundred years ago. The idea for this event come from a conversation between Mike Patterson VK4MIK and an ex Australian Coast Watcher Lionel Veale about the use of the ATR4A radio transceiver. Lionel had used these radios whilst on HMAS Paluma and missions to Wewak, Long and Umboi Islands during World War 2. It was obvious that a lot of radio Amateurs had joined up and a lot of our service people were radio operators or technicians. It seemed natural that we could give a special amateur radio salute to those that served on Anzac Day by using the old radio modes. Over the last few years we have seen Amateurs operate from ex HMAS Castlemaine and Diamantina plus from former defence sites such as the Command Bunker in Townsville, Australian General Hospital at Rocky Creek, RSL Club down the road apiece from me here in in Ingham to name but a few. it is not a contest and merely means changing to the AM mode from SSB on regular nets and trying CW on Anzac day. The RSL have been advised and the feeling was that it was a good and novel idea. So again we see how great ideas can grow to fruition, just by a quick QSO. It brings to mind how the Harry Angel Memorial Sprint, originally held on ANZAC Day was kicked off in a conversation with VK4AED Brian, also Silent Key VK4BBS another 'Brian' and our own news Editor Graham VK4BB. (Mike Patterson VK4MIK Tableland Radio Group audio Felix VK4FUQ) DXPEDITIONERS GIVE GIFT TO FALKLANDS SCHOOLS In California, a noted group of avid DXers, recently back from the Falklands, has decided to pay it forward. After working the bands in the Falkland Islands, they've gotten down to the task of helping some of the schools there, in a very amateur radio kind of way. Amateur Radio Newsline's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG said Forget, for a moment, all those QSL cards generated by the recent Intrepid-DX Group DXpedition through the Falkland Islands. There's another kind of bounty, one that's likely to be more long-lasting: The Northern California DX Foundation, which operated the DXpedition, has announced a scholarship grant to the Falkland Island Elementary and Middle schools so they can buy amateur radio antennas, kits and other equipment for the students, as well as to create supporting material for the classroom curriculum. The foundation credits David Collingham, K3LP, with doing the groundwork while in the Falklands, meeting with school administrators, teachers and government officials as the team worked the bands recently in its South Sandwich and South Georgia operations. Part of the California foundation's charter provides for scholarship opportunities and for projects such as this, to support the next generation of amateurs. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER ARISS celebrates school contact #1000! On Thursday, March 10, 2016, the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station team (ARISS team) proudly celebrated its 1000th school radio contact! The very first ARISS contact took place in 2000, 2016 and Astronaut Tim Kopra, amateur call sign KE5UDN, on the International Space Station did the honours for the 1000th link-up to the University of North Dakota. Kopra spoke in real time to excited scholars in Grand Forks at the event organized by the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium. An additional program milestone - this was the first amateur radio contact with the ISS that has been hosted in North Dakota. During the 10-minute ARISS contact Astronaut Kopra answered questions formulated by 20 different pupils in kindergarten all the way up to graduate school. A member of the winning 10th grade team from the Space Grant's high altitude balloon competition last autumn was awarded one of the slots to interview Kopra. An ARISS event is more than the amateur radio contact, and in this case the NDSGC team that included college student volunteers made multiple visits to pupils in the second through fifth grades at Schools in the area. The university teams led the young students in hands-on activities and learning about aerospace and priming the youth for the interview with Kopra. The students, many from smaller rural communities, built and launched rockets, crafted and tested parachutes similar to those on NASA's Orion capsule, and designed and tested neutral buoyant objects. Students in the audience for the 1000th contact numbered 500. TV and newspaper reporters captured the action; the university media team filmed it, and live-streaming was handled by John Spasojevich, amateur radio call sign AG9D. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS A Youth Net meets Saturdays at 0100 UTC on IRLP Reflector #2. Young Hams Net 3.590 - 7:30pm Victorian time. Youngsters On The Air, YOTA http://www.ham-yota.eu/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/youngstersontheair 7th grade science class discovers ham radio Stuart Aller, the 7th grade science teacher at Hiawatha Middle School, invited the Hiawatha Amateur Radio Club to talk to students about ham radio Club members Jim KB 0 FVP and Randall KC 0 CCR, explained to five science classes about amateur radio’s role in natural disasters and how amateurs use the properties of the ionosphere to refract high frequency signals around the earth. Maybe a good plan for Aussie School talks? Read the full Hiawatha World Online article at hiawathaworldonline.com/schools/article_4a1acaa3-fdbc-5a64-b322-3b5e5cf9e38f.html 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 On Wednesday the 9th March, WICEN New South Wales was placed on standby to support the search for an elderly woman, missing near Medlow Bath, close to Katoomba, in the upper Blue Mountains, in difficult, and often heavily vegetated terrain. Since that Thursday, small teams have been issuing non-Amateur equipment to members of a range of agencies, and operating base radios and relay points. Supported groups include sister Volunteer Rescue Association squads, such as Bushwalker's Wilderness Rescue Service and Cave Rescue Squad. As of Wednesday 16th, the search is ongoing. For WIA National News, this is Julian Sortland, VK2YJS. Rewind, a look back on our history When an age restriction was put on young radio amateurs aged under 16, and that meant adult supervision to use their licence, it was firmly opposed by the Wireless Institute of Australia. In July 2006, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), based apparently on internal well-meaning advice, instructed its staff to impose the age-restriction as part of the licence conditions. The WIA could not believe it, and immediately objected. In a submission it told the ACMA that such a rule was inconsistent with the objective of then recently introduced Foundation Licence, which was to get more young people interested in the hobby and on the air. The WIA also noted that age is not a condition for the operation of CB equipment, and therefore discriminated as radio amateurs were trained in the relevant safety aspects of station operation. The protest quickly grew as more age-restricted licences became known. After the reasoned WIA argument and other opposition, it was withdrawn. The ACMA quickly issued new licences with the age restriction removed. To this day, it remains somewhat unclear why the ACMA regulation was invoked in the first place. (Jim Linton VK3PC) SOCIAL SCENE 2016 Mar 19-20 VK7 Meet The Voice weekend at Ross. (vk7wi) Jota 2016 URC ran Fox Hunts. "Urunga Radio Convention 2016" It's getting close now see you at " Urunga Radio convention " Easter, 26th 27th March, Saturday and Sunday, with Fox hunts and convention activities on both days, quizzes, raffles, trade tables available, pre loved gear, etc. Why not make it a break from your busy lifestyle and slow down a bit at quiet restful "Urunga" "where the rivers meet the sea" the longest running "fox hunt convention" in Australia. The social gathering for the Saturday night dinner at the Bowling Club is always well attended, ( see Ken VK2DGT at the convention) The Saturday Night Fox Hunt (Fox O.R. 6 TX’s different freq. 2mtr's) was very popular.(safety vests available, may need light) The 2015 convention went off without a hitch and was well attended, with many Fox hunters competing for "Arnold Austin Memorial Award “and the “Brian Slarke Memorial Award" overall for two days. Mobile and Pedestrian Hunts Venue: the "Senior Citizens" hall Bowra street Urunga Ken Golden VK2DGT WIA. Urunga Radio Convention.Inc. Email: krgolden46@hotmail.com Pn.02 66523177 Web: Urunga Radio Convention: http://www4.tpgi.com.au/goldy2/ (or search engine) Contact Information Contact:Ken Golden President, URC Location:Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450 Australia Telephone: ?? E-Mail:krgolden46@hotmail.com Web Site:http://members.dodo.com.au/fox35664/ April 10 VK3 Darebin Park for the ARDF Day (vk3www) April 17 VK6 HARGfest 96 Gladys Road Lesmurdie open to public 10am (vk6zms) April 30 vk6 PerthTech (wia) Ap-May 29-2 VK4 Clairview Gathering check Mackay ARS website. (theTARCinc) May 7 VK3 Moorabbin & District Radio Club HamFest, Mulgrave. (VK3GL) May 27-29 VK9 WIA AGM this year on Norfolk Island (wia.org) June 3- 5 VK4 Central Highlands Social Gathering Theresa Creek dam (wia) June 4 VK4 BARCfest Mt Gravatt Showgrounds. (vk4atc) June 11-13 VK5 VK Foxhunting Championship & SERG convention Mt Gambier(VK5HCF) July 9-10 VK3 GippsTech 2016 Churchill (vk3pf@wia.org.au) Sep 23-25 VK4 Central Highlands Amateur Radio Club AGM weekend Lake Maraboon Holiday Village, near Emerald. (theTARCinc) Sep-Oct 30-3 VK4 Cardwell Gathering Long Weekend, Beachcomber Motel(theTARCinc) Nov 6 VK5 Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society HamFest 8am! 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