OCT 15 2017 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING OCTOBER 15 2017. IN OUR 22nd YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS WIA VENUE FOR 2018 AGM ANNOUNCED. - WIA DIRECTOR Brian Clarke, VK2GCE. - WIA AND THE REINVENTION OF AMATEUR RADIO. THESE STORIES AND MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA 2017 AND FOR WEEK OF OCT 15 LET'S START TODAYS NEWS BULLETIN THE WAY WE USUALLY END, WITH A LOOK AT THE SOCIAL SCENE 2017. 4 HAMFESTS LEFT THIS YEAR IN VK, 3 IN VK3 AND 1 IN VK5 Oct 29 VK3 Yarra Valley Amateur Radio Group HAMFEST 10:00am at the Gary Cooper Pavilion, Yarra Glen. Nov 5 VK3 BARG Hamvention greyhound racing track, Ballarat. (wia events) Nov 12 VK5 Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society HamFest 8am (vk5kc) Nov 12 VK3 Rosebud's annual celebration of all things Amateur Radio (wia) This is John VK3MK from the Southern Peninsula Amateur Radio Club reminding listeners that the Rosebud RadioFest will be held once again this year on Sunday, the 12th November. As usual, the event will be held at the Eastbourne Primary School at Allambi Avenue, Rosebud, with outdoor displays open from 8am and the main sale area open from 9.30am, continuing through till 1.30pm. If you have pre-loved equipment to sell, tables are still available at $10 and can be booked on-line at www.rosebudradiofest.com But be quick as only a few tables are left. Technical forums will also be part of the Rosebud RadioFest and the event has full catering, plenty of off street parking and great door prizes. Entry fee is only $6 with under 12’s free. See you in Rosebud on the 12th of November. 73 from John VK3MK. NOW WITH A SHORT WORD ON A SOCIAL EVENT FOR NEXT YEAR ITS TO A WIA DIRECTOR. Greetings from David Ford VK4MZ The closing of winter and the march into spring is a special time of year in Australia. It is a time of year that is full of Australian traditions. We cheer the AFL and the NRL grand finals, the Bathurst 1,000 and later, the Melbourne Cup. During this time the smell of BBQs fill the air, news of sports teams fill most of our newspapers, and on the big day when the teams take to the field we gather round with mates and cheer them on. Continuing the tradition during this time, Amateur Radio operators take to a radio field to compete in the Remembrance Day, the ALARA, and the OCEANIA DX contests and we setup for the Jamboree of the Air. Fast forward a few months and in March we head into the John Moyle Memorial Field Day contest and in May it’s the Harry Angel Sprint. Also in May is another traditional event, the full weekend of conference of Amateur Radio that is the WIA Annual General Meeting or AGM. It is a weekend conference that celebrates Amateur Radio and is a weekend that is jam packed with exceptional sessions for electronics hobbyists, centered on Amateur Radio. From the AGM weekend held earlier this year in Hahndorf we remember the theme, that Radio is Magic. For 2018 we have an AGM committee who is working to make the conference weekend closer and more accessible to a wider group of people so that they too can experience radio’s magic. In 2018, the AGM weekend will have a new name to support its ability to be our showcase and to encourage other electronic hobbyists to explore Amateur Radio. The AGM tradition comes from quite a pedigree. This year the WIA is 107 years old. Older than most of the fine Australian traditions that I mentioned earlier. The first AGM of the WIA under its national constitution was held in 2005 in Forrest, ACT, then in: 2006 Bankstown, NSW 2007 Parkes, Vic 2008 Broken Hill, SA 2009 Gippsland, Vic 2010 Canberra, ACT 2011 Darwin, NT 2012 Mildura, VIC 2013 Freemantle, WA 2014 Sunshine Coast, Qld 2015 Canberra, ACT 2016 Norfolk Island 2017 Hahndorf, SA In May 2018, there’s another big event in Australia, other than the WIA AGM, which is the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. It is my profound pleasure to share with you that in 2018 the WIA AGM will also be held on the Gold Coast and is being hosted by the Gold Coast Amateur Radio Society. So I'll now hand over to Aidan, VK4APM, from the Gold Coast Amateur Radio Society to say a few words. "Thanks Dave. As you are all aware the Gold Coast Amateur Radio Society has been asked to host the 2018 WIA Radio and Electronics convention and AGM somewhere along the 53km of golden sandy beaches that comprise the Queenslands Gold Coast. After much deliberation the event will be held a few weeks after the Commonwealth Games on the weekend of the 19th of May, 2018 at Sea World Resort. Accommodation at excellent rates is available within the resort or in any number of hotels, caravan parks and other locations in close proximity to Sea World Resort. As is traditionally the case a field day will be held on the Sunday along with a number of unique tours. The AGM organising committee is keen to hear from those who are keen to participate by providing radio or electronics demonstrations during the Field Day on Sunday the 20th. Whilst the final programme is in the process of being finalised and will be published shortly we encourage everyone to begin planning for next year's AGM online booking for the event will be shortly available through the WIA website. Until then, 73 from the Gold Coast, I’m Aidan, VK4APM. Reinvention of Amateur Radio – Lack of growth in radio amateur numbers, and how to make Amateur Radio attractive and relevant to young people, is very much on the minds of many International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) member societies, including the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA). A common practice is for any organisation, commercial or otherwise, to reinvent itself about every 10 to 20 years. Think about this process that happens in the business world, and with community and social activities. In Australia, we introduced the Limited licence – fondly dubbed the Z-call, after the first callsign suffix block issued – then the Novice, and later, the Foundation licence. These responded to the need for reinvention in their eras. That time has come again, only more quickly, driven by the exponential growth in technology. A few years ago, the WIA began work with the regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), to plan a future for Amateur Radio. Recently, the WIA consulted widely with members and non-members on the future Licence Condition Determination (LCD). A review and reform of the LCD is now expected to begin soon, to be finalised in 2018. Keeping in mind that a new LCD could remove the barriers that hamper the use of existing and future technologies, we must also broaden the scope of Amateur Radio to make it an obvious choice for today’s tech-savvy young people and for future generations. It’s time for current radio amateurs to more than ever think about the future and take action to recruit technically-minded or inquisitive people interested in exploring what the dynamic and diverse activities Amateur Radio offers now, and will continue to develop in the years ahead. The recent IARU Region 1 General Conference held a workshop on ‘The Future of Amateur Radio’, and discussed many things that the WIA has been exploring to make the hobby more attractive and relevant to today’s technology-rich society. The Region 1 workshop has provided many ideas from member societies in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Northern Asia. Reprising the Region 1 initiative, “Attracting youth to Amateur Radio” will be the theme for the late 2018 Conference of IARU Region 3, comprising member societies across Asia and the Pacific. The WIA agrees with the two challenges that came out of the Region 1 workshop • Increasing the inflow to Amateur Radio – particularly from young people • Making member societies the “must join” organisations for all radio amateurs. A clear message from the workshop was that, attracting young people needs to be led by young people. This meant that the use of Twitter, Facebook and other social media, for example, must be driven by young people. At the Region 1 Conference, IARU Region 3 Director, Peter Young VK3MV, spoke about the School Amateur Radio Club Net, showcasing its website (www.sarcnet.org) as a resource centre. He also mentioned the STEM – science, technology, engineering, maths – connection to Amateur Radio and how radio amateurs can assist teachers in schools with the technical details and leave the teaching to the professionals. The WIA may consider that things like experimentation, research and pioneering – things Amateur Radio was widely known for once, but now overshadowed by techno-information overload – could be revived with a broader modern appeal for the hobby. At the same time, Amateur Radio has to be fun, a way of learning in a classroom setting and through self-learning, and broadened to embrace pursuits such as IT-wireless, radio astronomy, radio control, mesh networks and the like. The Australian Government’s support of innovation, the STEM initiative in education, the newly-launched national space agency, as well as existing Maker activities, are all potential pluses for Amateur Radio. With those dynamic potential changes, Amateur Radio could be a larger and meaningful part of the community, instead of retreating to a fading ‘thing’ of the past. (Jim Linton VK3PC / read by John VK4JJW) Hello. Brian Clarke, VK2GCE here, one of your new directors. Great to be with you again. One matter that needs to be made clear to you is that the main function of the Board is directing; it is not managing. The difference between them is steering vs rowing. Those of you who are getting upset about the new Board’s performance should bear in mind that we are not here to fix your issues – we are here to set up systems and procedures for managers to follow. The WIA was very fortunate in having Michael Owen as its President. He also filled the roles of Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer, General Manager and all-round head honcho. His experience with corporate life and law was exceptional – we really are truly grateful he was here. At present we do not have a Chief Executive Officer. If you feel you have the knowledge, skills, abilities and experience to fill this role, please make your presence known to the Board. I am the Chairman of the new Strategy Advisory Committee. The number one task for this committee is to advise the Board on a preferred organisational structure. To help our analysis along, Phil Wait supplied a copy of the previous committee structure. We have progressed from there by asking the existing Operational committee chairs to outline their activities: here are the questions we asked: • what were their Terms of Reference? • who were their members? • what sub-committees did they have? • how often did they meet? • what were their Key Performance Indicators? • what were their main successes? • what tasks have yet to be completed? • what agenda and Minutes did they keep and send to the Board? In fact, these are the matters they were required to report on regularly. The results to date are somewhat spotty. The Board has already set up several new committees to advise it: we have: • Audit and Risk • Constitution Review • Finance • Media and Communications, and finally • Strategy Advisory. Only the last one has Board-approved Terms of Reference; they’re being fashioned for the other new committees. Only one of the previous sub-committees reported having Terms of Reference. Did I say spotty? Hmmm. It is still early days in our committee’s analysis. I’ll keep you informed as we progress. And there were will be more requests for volunteers to assist the Advisory and Operational committees. I’d now like to talk with you about licensing: The only entry and growth pathway to transmitting on the amateur bands is your licence. The ACMA is about to deliver a new set of Licence Conditions and Determinations. The next steps will be for us to develop new Learning Outcomes, Assessment Processes and Assessment Instruments. To deal with these, we have started work on the Learning and Assessment committee. We have preliminary Terms of Reference for the Board’s consideration. But more on this another time. If you’re wondering what happened to the Product-Market survey, I am pleased to say that over 1400 people have opened the survey, and to date 1320 have responded, 25% are non-WIA; and if you still see the number of questions as a big hurdle, the average time people took to complete was under 9 minutes – it’s not much to give back for the future of your hobby. And it’s not too late: you can still access the survey, have a go - put us right. I can tell you that one of our new volunteers, Aidan Mountford from VK4-land, has done some sterling preliminary analysis. He has identified and characterised 4 cohorts, all displaying distinctively different behaviours and interests. It is still early days – there is much more work to do to tease out: • what attracts people to amateur radio • what keeps them in its folds ,and • what gets them returning. So, welcome back Sean, VK2SN. Until next time, 73 from Brian, VK2GCE. INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, SARL, Southgate AR Club, ARRL, Amateur Radio Newsline, NZART, WIA Local News Service VK7, VK3PC and the WW sources of the WIA, I'm Jason VK2LAW. UK Foundation and Intermediate exams online An online option for Full examinations was launched in March 2017. Clubs, exam centres and candidates have all given very positive feedback. A recent Exam Group meeting approved the roll-out of online Foundation and Intermediate exams. From the 1st of November, the RSGB HQ Exams Department will accept applications for online Intermediate exams and, from the 2nd of January 2018, you will be able to apply for an online Foundation exam. All examinations, both online and paper, will still be held at Exam Centres and invigilated in exactly the same way as now. When applying for an exam you must state whether electronic, paper or a mix of examination type is required. RSGB say online exams reduce paperwork for invigilators and provide immediate feedback to the candidates. JOTA-JOTI Reports More Than 2,500 Registered for October 20-22 Event. ARRL are reporting Scouting’s Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) has more than 2,500 signed up to take part in the 2017 event over the October 20-22 weekend. This is the 60th JOTA! Bryan VK3GR will have more on JOTA/JOTI shortly but if you as a Jamboree station want to take a note:- Two EchoLink conference nodes have been designated for Scout contacts — *JOTA-365* (node 480809) and *JAMBO* (node 832996). JOTA participating stations should take special care to avoid conflicting with any emergency response traffic activity under way in the Caribbean. In general, steer clear of any net traffic you might encounter. A potential conflict also exists between PSK and the new FT8 mode on 18.100 MHz, the frequency recommended for both modes. FT8 is the predominant activity at 18.1 MHz right now, and JOTA organizers suggest looking for PSK contacts on either side of 18.100. “As always, a Scout is friendly and courteous,” “Follow the Scout Law as you navigate the Amateur Radio bands during JOTA-JOTI weekend.” International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 has pledged to donate $5,000 US as well as two Ham Aid kits to the Puerto Rico-Caribbean relief effort. The IARU is an organization consisting of over 160 national Amateur Radio societies around the world. The organization, which has been the spokesman and watchdog for the world Amateur Radio community since 1925, is divided into three Regional Organizations. IARU Region 2 represents the Americas. Ham Aid was created in 2005 in response to the need for equipment and resources to support the Amateur Radio response to hurricanes in the US and Caribbean. ARRL has supplied Ham Aid kits for the hurricane emergency response efforts in Puerto Rico and elsewhere, where the equipment helps to support necessary communication in the disaster’s wake. FCC Grants Experimental License for Project to Help Provide Cell Service in Puerto Rico "Project Loon," led by Google's parent company Alphabet, is set to help provide emergency cellular service in Puerto Rico. “More than 2 weeks after Hurricane Maria struck, millions of Puerto Ricans are still without access to much-needed communications services,” FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement. He explained that Project Loon is aimed to provide the people of Puerto Rico with access to cellular service to connect with family and friends and to access life-saving information. Project Loon is a network of balloons that provides connectivity to users on the ground. Now that the experimental license has been approved, it will attempt to initiate service in Puerto Rico. Project Loon obtained consent agreements to use land mobile radio (LMR) radio spectrum in the 900-MHz band from existing carriers operating within Puerto Rico. More than 80% of cellular sites remain out of service in Puerto Rico! Now for the sports news it's to Ingham and VK4FUQ Felix HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT All major Australian contests, rules and results, are on the Contest Section of the WIA website. wia.org.au/members/contests/about Who and Where are our broadcast stations? http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/where/ 2017 OCEANIA DX CONTEST CW Oct 14-15 FISTS CW Contest October 28 ‘Key to Success’ November CQ WW DX / CW CONTEST November 26-27. Running ALL year 'til Dec 31 Victorian Local Government Award 2017 Challenge 2018 John Moyle Memorial Field Day will be held over the weekend of the 17th-18th March 2018 and will run from UTC 0100 on the Saturday until 0059 on the Sunday. IARU HF Championship event on 15 and 16 July. The 21st International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend is on August 18 to 19, 2018 ZOMBIE SHUFFLE CONTEST SCARES UP CONTACTS There's a Halloween-themed CW contest next weekend and it's 'frightful' fun. Don Wilbanks AE5DW from Amateur Radio Newsline asks 'do you believe in zombies?' Perhaps when you're on the air you might even be mistaken for one. No, that's not an insult - it's the description for a highly prized operating method that comes in quite handy during this year's Zombie Shuffle on Friday the 20th of October. Zombies, you see, don't sprint -- they shuffle - hence the name for this eight-hour QRP contest. It's designed mainly for North and South American operators using CW and it's marking its 20th year of operations among the undead. To participate, you'll need to be assigned a Zombie Number, which you can obtain free from the link in our text edition. Be not afraid! Dust off your key and get out there and scare up some contacts. LINK: http://www.zianet.com/qrp/zombie/2017/pg.htm 53.750 MHz Summerland Radio Club have discovered a 6 metre repeater on 53.750 ( 1 MHz negative offset ) and have it pinpointed to Coffs Harbour, just down their road apiece. Give it a shot .. 53.75 -1 MHz offset S 9 CQ Active is S9CQ from Sao Tome, IOTA reference AF-023, until the 21st of October. SSB and RTTY on the 80 to 6m bands. QSL via home call, EA 5 IDQ. 8 Q 7 BI Active is 8Q7BI from the Maldives, AS-013, until the 16th of October. 20 metres, using SSB if conditions are good, or PSK31 if they are poor. QSL via home call, MM 0 VEG. GB 2 YMR Members of the Scarborough Amateur Radio Society will again be attending the North Yorkshire Moors Railway annual World War II weekend at Pickering. This year the event is on the 13th, 14th and 15th of October. Period radio equipment will be on display. Special event station GB2YMR will run throughout the weekend on 40 and 80 metres. Turkish Special Event TC10 stations Look for 10 special event callsigns to be active between October 20th and November 20th: TC10A, TC10E, TC10F, TC10M, TC10S, TC10T,TC10U, , TC10K, TC10L and TC10R. Activity is to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the death of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic. Activity will be on all HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. Three diplomas will be available (Bronze, Silver, Gold). See details at: http://tadx.org/10nov/index.php?page=rules To Special Interest group news and Bryan VK3GR in Melbourne. MEDIA WATCH Who and Where are our broadcast stations? http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/where/ One of the arguably "better' on line magazines is the Communicator. And the October Communicator is now available. The SARC club have provided a link to their 38-page October 2017 ‘Communicator’ newsletter. As always, it’s in .PDF format and contains many ‘hot links’ to additional information on the Internet if you read it on your screen. There should be something for everyone in this issue from beginners to experienced hams, including a fascinating look at the life and accomplishments of Nikola Tesla. Copy the link shown in the text edition into your browser and 'happy travels.' https://goo.gl/iBHyhE (VE7SAR via SouthGate) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FAITH. Ever activate a Church or a Chapel? A number of amateur radio groups around the world believe it's a great way to call attention to their churches and the religious community that adds wattage to their power of the spirit. Kevin Trotman N5PRE on Amateur Radio Newsline says that from Belgium to the U.S., and in a great many counties in the UK, amateur radio operators we’re sharing their hobby - and their faith. Churches on the Air, which is run by the World Association of Christian Radio Amateurs and Listeners, is an annual global event that makes the world a little bit smaller for a few hours, connecting people of faith via RF signals and antennas. At the St. Ive Methodist Church in Cornwall, Mark M 0 WMB was among those making contacts with Brazil, Kuwait, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia and Morocco on the 9th of September as GB 5 IVE. In New York, the Peekskill Cortlandt Manor Amateur Radio Association W 2 NYW operated from Old St. Peter's Church in Cortlandt Manor, organized by David K 2 WPM. The New York church was also marking its 250th anniversary. As Mark in the UK told a reporter for the Cornish Times, although the main purpose of any church is for worship, a ham radio activation also emphasizes the congregation and its importance. [QUOTE] "I believe that the church is the people, not the building. We are losing so many of our buildings and it would be good to encourage others to use their church for events like ours." [ENDQUOTE] (THE CORNISH TIMES via ARNewsLine) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO SCOUTING http://www.scouts.com.au http://www.scout.org/jota http://www.international.scouts.com.au http://jotajoti.info/ Brett Nicholas VK2BNN is Scouts Australia National co-ordinator for JOTA. Lorraine O’Hare VK2FICQ is Girl Guides Australia National JOTA-JOTI Co-ordinator. 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 Next weekend the National News will come to you courtesy of Scouts and Guides who have been organised by Paul VK2GX. Their JOTA 2017 radio station will be one of the activities during a combined guide and scout weekend event, called the Endeavour Boree Regatta. The aim of the weekend is to share the Boree Fire of Friendship with young members of both movements. Guides and Scouts will be in camp at Bonna Point Reserve located in Kurnell, about 15kms south of Sydney CBD. Jamboree On The Air has been an activity at the boree for over 20 years, first started by John VK2EKG in 1995. This year's theme at the Endeavour Boree Regatta is "un-wired" in recognition of the 60th Jamboree On The Air. As part of the Endeavour Boree Regatta, The St George Amateur Radio Society will be operating and the SGARS JOTA team expect about 500 guides and scouts to experience Jamboree On The Air activity, at one of the largest and busiest JOTA stations in Australia. In recognition that this year will be the 60th Jamboree On the Air, guides and scouts will be calling CQ JOTA from Kurnell in Sydney (Captain Cook’s landing place) using the special event call sign VI 2 JOTA 60. Bands and modes in use will be 80m, 40m, 20m, 2m, 70cm, Dstar, DMR and Echo Link, from 10.30 AM on Saturday morning until 2.00 PM Sunday, local time. If you or your radio club will be participating in Jamboree On The Air 2017, the SGARS team would like to make contact with you over the JOTA weekend. You can leave details about your JOTA station on our Jamboree On The Air Australia web site www.jota.sgars.org (Paul VK2GX) 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 VK1 WICEN ACTIVITIES Canberra Region have now arrived at the WICEN busy season. they have two events that clash on the same weekend. The Light Car Club of Canberra running a car rally in the Cooma region on Saturday the 4th of November followed by The NSW Carriage Driving Championships on Sunday 5th November, run at the Witwood property near Bungendore just off the Kings Highway. As always the club appreciates the time and effort put in by volunteers for these events. The WICEN team is acutely aware that many things, such as family commitments determine involvement in such activities. The weekend of the 4/5th will be a big ask for volunteer resources. The LCCC event organisers are looking for around 20 operators (not all from CRARC) and Witwood around 12 operators. The LCCC event would be more suited to operators with previous WICEN experience and not relying on handheld radio equipment. The Witwood event is on a property where most operator positions are line of sight and handhelds can generally be used. It is an ideal event for newcomers to Amateur radio to gain experience in WICEN activities and field operations. In almost all cases you can operate from your car. We have an email address, get ready to write it down. Phil VK1PL is the coordinator for the LCCC event and Amanda VK1WX the coordinator for Witwood. On the weekend before these events, 29th October there is the WICEN Fitz's Challenge Cycle event being coordinated by Malcom VK1AAH. If you would like to volunteer or change what you have volunteered for or need further information on any of these event contact the coordinators on wicen@crarc.ampr.org VK4 TOP OF THE STATE Cyclone Sunday - promoting community awareness of the Cyclone Season organised by the Townsville City Council at Strand Park 4pm October 29. November 1st marks the start of Cyclone Season, are you Cyclone Ready? Whether you are a new resident to Townsville or have lived There for years or even travelling thru, Cyclone Sunday is a must attend community event. With an active monsoon season predicted there is no better time to prepare yourself, your family and property. Speak to over 30 organisations that can assist with your wet season preparations, grab your free waterproof document wallet, have your important documents scanned onto a USB, chill out in the kids zone, go into the draw to win some great prizes and enjoy the entertainment provided. Get Ready Now, Because Later’s Too Late ! https://whatson.townsville.qld.gov.au/events/cyclone-sunday (TARCinc) GET YOUR HAM LICENCE Visit the WIA website, wia.org.au To find A Club And Course Near You http://www.wia.org.au/licenses/foundation/learningorganisers/ To make a general enquiry https://www.wia.org.au/discover/sendinfo/publicenquiry/ CANBERRA email education@crarc.ampr.org for further information. AMATEUR RADIO NEW SOUTH WALES:- ARNSW 63 Quarry Rd Dural, email for details on education@arnsw.org.au Bookings can be made by phoning the office on 02 9651 1490 and leaving contact details. AMATEUR RADIO VICTORIA CONTACT:- Amateur Radio Victoria 40G Victory Boulevard, Ashburton, vk3pv@amateurradio.com.au or phone Barry on 0428 516 001. SOCIAL SCENE 2017 Oct 29 VK3 Yarra Valley Amateur Radio Group HAMFEST 10:00am at the Gary Cooper Pavilion, Yarra Glen. Nov 5 VK3 BARG Hamvention greyhound racing track, Ballarat. (wia events) Nov 12 VK5 Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society HamFest 8am (vk5kc) Nov 12 VK3 Rosebud's annual celebration of all things Amateur Radio (wia) 2018 Feb 25 VK2 Wyong Field Day (VK2AOR) March 25 VK3 EMDRC HamFest - Great Ryrie Primary School, Heathmont. (VK3BQ) May 4 -7 VK4 Clairview Gathering ( between Rockhampton and Mackay ) (TARC) NEXT WEEK We'll look indepth at the Victorian National Parks registrations. The 6th annual Keith Roget Memorial National Parks Award activation period is now just a month away and this 4-day period is designed to assist Park Hunters and Activators gain valuable contacts as they work toward their certificate or an ultimate award. Make sure you are tuned NEXT week! 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