SEP 9 2018 - 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 TWITTER http://twitter.com/VK1WIA Please... If you are only submitting text and not audio, NEVER send just links & url's but write your story as you would expect to hear it being read back and then when you upload audio also email us the txt version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING SEP 9 2018. IN OUR 23rd YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS WIA Comment Sep 9, 2018, by Greg VK2GPK THIS STORY & MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA 2018 AND FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 09 Contrary to the belief by a couple that it is 'kosher' to advertise gear for sale on ham radio channels, and before the 'auctioneers' hammer falls...do I have a deal for you! Shortwave stations used by BBC up for sale! Babcock International Group’s Media Services business is to be sold. Engineering/defence contractor Babcock, which owns UK's last remaining shortwave transmitting station (Woofferton) and operates BBC shortwave and medium wave relay stations in Ascension Island, Cyprus, Oman and Singapore, is selling its media operations! https://twitter.com/ChrisGreenwayUK THE AIRWAVE PHILATILIST 'She' asked to see what I was doing (FT8 DXing). 'She' watched a few minutes while I demonstrated. After a few more minutes she said, "So it's like stamp collecting with radios." Satisfied, she went back upstairs and left me in peace. Yes. It's like stamp collecting with radios Airwave philatelists! I dig it. We'll take a look at a set of 'Radio Stamp' later down the log when Bruce, VK3FFF takes a look at 'Stamp Collecting Amateurs' in his edition of World Wide Special Interest Groups this week. WIA Comment Sep 9, 2018 This is Greg VK2GPK, one of the directors of the WIA, with this week’s edition of the WIA Board comment. This week my focus will be the on the WIA financial performance for this 2018 financial year. It should be noted that the financial year for the WIA is January through end of December. At the last WIA AGM last May (2018), I stated that the budget changes implemented by the board in the last quarter of 2017 to address the unsustainable deficits the WIA had been running for a couple of years were planned to move the WIA towards a neutral cash flow (i.e. neither profit or loss) around mid-year 2018. I am pleased to report to the membership that this planned result has occurred. This is a significant turnaround and puts the WIA in a position to start investing in improved, more time efficient back-office systems and on-line presence. The first of these was the “ticketing system” (aka Service management system) which has now been running successfully in pilot for a number of months. Our immediate focus, however, remains the pre-work we are doing for the tender anticipated to be released shortly by ACMA for the AOCP examinations and qualifications framework. As at the end of July, our interim financial results show a moderate “Profit & Loss” surplus of $16,000 year-to-date. Whilst month to month results still fluctuate between a small surpluses and deficits, the overall financial position of the organization is much improved relative to the last two financial years. The balance sheet remains healthy, with no substantive change, change from what was reported in the 2017 audited results at the May AGM. Please note that these are interim results and will be subject to the audit process for finalisation early 2019. September 22 this month marks the 100th anniversary of the first direct radio contact from England to Australia. A commemorative event to mark this occasion has been organized with over 600 people expected to attend. I will be attending to represent the WIA. Also, next week is the IARU Region 3 conference, being held in Seoul. The WIA is represented on the board of the IARU R3 and will be attending to represent the entire Australian amateur cohort at this important event. This is Greg, VK2GPK, on behalf of the WIA board ---------------------------------------------------------------------* INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, SARL, Southgate AR Club, ARRL, Amateur Radio Newsline, RAC, NZART & the World Wide sources of the WIA. INDIA Radio ham VU3KBN in flood rescue mission Mathrubhumi reports when the floods hit the state of Kerala, many ham radio operators assisted the State Disaster Management Authority in rescue and relief operations The newspaper says: Among them was Sree Murugan VU3KBN, who took up the role of a messenger. Tied to a wheel chair with his ham radio, he dedicated his time to communicate the messages to the rescue team from his home. He helped in the rescue of many people from floods and provision of food to flood hit areas. Sometimes, his ham radio was the medium for communication to district collector and RDO. When the deluge hit the state, he was busy sending messages to the rescue team for six days without rest. He received the messages from many flood hit areas through his ham radio community and transferred the same to the concerned authorities. Ham radio was the only medium of communication in flood hit districts https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/good-news/sree-murugan-the-ham-radio-man-in-flood-rescue-mission-kerala-floods-1.3106648 MALTA The Malta Communications Authority (MCA) is planning to introduce new amateur radio regulations but the proposal appears to ban use of popular Amateur-Satellite Service allocations A consultation on the proposed changes was held earlier this year but the final outcome has not yet been announced. The Malta Amateur Radio League (MARL) say "Most of the proposed changes had been recommended by MARL over the last years." The MARL response to the consultation is at https://www.facebook.com/download/564127457270853/MARL%27s%20recommendations.pdf The MARL have been successful in getting the regulator MCA to agree to a Lifetime license and also HAREC compatibility. It is understood MARL are trying to get an Entry Level License (ELL) at some point in the future. There are some apparent anomalies in the proposed regulations: 29.3 - 29.51 MHZ is being restricted to satellite downlink only. 435 - 438 MHz is one of the most popular amateur satellite allocations but the regulations say satellite use in Malta is not permitted. 2400-2450 MHz also an ITU satellite allocation but regulations appear not to permit it in Malta. BRAZIL They get 60m and other new bands in 90 days… and more! ANATEL, the Brazilian telecoms regulator has produced an updated band plan, effective in 90 days, which releases 60m to their amateurs. This is the WRC-15 Secondary allocation 5351.5 to 5366.5 kHz with 25W EIRP for Class A operators. In addition they have been granted another two new bands – 135 kHz (1W EIRP) and 472 kHz (5W EIRP) Paul Gaskell, G4MWO Editor, The 5 MHz Newsletter ( http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2018/august/the-5-mhz-newsletter.htm ) says --WAIT THERE'S MORE! The 160m band in Brazil has been expanded from 1850 kHz, making it now 1.8 – 2 MHz and the 80m band now becomes 3.5 – 4 MHz (previously 3.8 MHz). The new frequencies are expected to come into operation in the week beginning Monday 26th November 2018. ANATEL declaration http://www.anatel.gov.br/legislacao/en/resolucoes/2018/1157-resolucao-697 USA Howard E. Michel, WB2ITX, is New ARRL Chief Executive Officer The ARRL Board of Directors has elected WB2ITX to be ARRL's new Chief Executive Officer. He will start on October 15. Michel (rhymes with "nickel") is currently Chief Technology Officer at UBTECH Education, and Senior Vice President of UBTECH Robotics, a $5 billion Shenzhen, China, artificial intelligence and robotics company. As the Chief Technology Officer at UBTECH Education, Michel helped build this company from a startup in China to $100 million in valuation. "I have Amateur Radio to thank for starting me on a very successful career, and I'm excited about the opportunity to further ARRL's goals as CEO. Leading the League will allow me to 'give back' to a great community and provide a similar opportunity for future generations," Michel said. "I have been a licensed ham for 50 years, and I've seen many changes in the hobby. One of my top priorities as CEO will be to develop new products and services so all hams, whatever their license class or interest, find value in League membership," wb2itx added. New director for Yasme Foundation The Yasme Foundation has announced the election of Marty Woll, N 6 VI as the newest Foundation Director. The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organised to support scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio, including DXing and the introduction and promotion of amateur radio in developing countries. See www.yasme.org for more information on their work. SMALL RESCUE, BIG HEART Our last international story is another tale of a ham's involvement in a rescue operation - but this one was very different, as we hear from the Editor of Amateur Radio Newsline Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT. CARYN: On a recent broadcast of “To Tell the Truth,” an American TV quiz show, Rick Gruber KD7NHM of Phoenix, Arizona told the truth – and a story. It’s the story of a very special rescue that happened four years ago when he spotted a drowning victim in a swimming pool he had come to repair. At first there was frantic struggling and splashing... but then it stopped. RICK: I walked over to him and I could see he had no movement at all. So I reached over with a pipe and pulled him closer to the edge of the pool. I brought him out and laid him on the ground and thought: “The poor guy. It hasn’t been that long, it’s only been about a minute or so, I wonder if I could give him CPR.” CARYN: Rick had saved a tiny ground squirrel – now limp and unconscious. Draping him over a PVC pipe, Rick put his CPR and first aid training to use – and began capturing it on video. RICK: I just started doing some compressions on the side of his ribs with my fingers and eventually after 30 or 40 seconds or so I saw a little bit of water come out of his mouth and he spit it up, almost hiccupped, and so I kept doing and I thought “wow it is actually working on him.” CARYN: As the squirrel came to, Rick stayed by his side. RICK: I tried to talk to him real nice and comfort him and keep him as calm as I could to show him I wasn’t a threat to him until he was fully recovered. CARYN: An hour later, the squirrel had revived completely and scampered off. Once the video hit YouTube, this selfless act went viral, grabbing the attention of CNN, the Steve Harvey Show in Chicago and even a morning news show in Australia. This year, it landed Rick on TV’s “To Tell the Truth” on August 12. Meanwhile, Rick has been receiving hundreds and hundreds of emails thanking him for his life-saving kindness. So what does this have to do with amateur radio? Well…..nothing, really – except Rick has been a ham since 2001 and enjoys 2 meters, DMR, DXing and climbing the local mountaintops to call QRZ. Ah, and thanks to that little squirrel, he’s now got some company on those outdoor trips: RICK: “One of the best things to come out of that squirrel video is that’s how I met my wife.” CARYN: A woman in England, moved by the video, became his Facebook friend, then his real-life friend and eventually – his life partner. Her father, it turns out, had been a ham radio operator too. The squirrel, however, did score an award for most QSLs, says Rick. who went on to say he'd made more QSOs from Facebook and from people messaging him from around the world on Facebook because of the squirrel video than anything on ham radio.” ---------------------------------------------------------------------* HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT We'll start this week with news of a 'party' not so much a contest but an On-Air QSO Party next Saturday. With more here is Clive. "Hallo everyone, this is Clive VK6CSW reminding RAOTC members that the Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club of Australia is holding its annual on-air QSO Party on Saturday September 15th for two hours from 0600 to 0800 UTC, that is 4 to 6 pm Eastern, 3.30 to 5.30 pm Central and 2 to 4 pm Western Stand time. The Party will be held on 40 and 20 metres only, and modes are CW, SSB and AM. Everyone, RAOTC members and non-members alike is invited . The idea is to make as many contacts as possible, especially with members of the RAOTC. Each contact scores one point and if your radio is 25 years old or more, you get a bonus 25 points. Certificates will be awarded to Scorer with highest total contacts Highest Scorer using an old rig, and Highest Scorer on each mode in each hour. Logs should be submitted by email to raotc@raotc.org.au or by post to Secretary, RAOTC, PO Box 107, Mentone, Victoria 3194. Once again, the RAOTC on-air QSO Party is on Saturday 15th September, between 06 and 08 UTC. For full details, please visit the RAOTC website on www.raotc.org.au 73 from Clive VK6CSW. Thanks Clive, now just ahead of a look thru the DX window a couple of contests coming up on our "grey line.' Oct 6 – WW - Oceania DX contest Oct 11-12 - WW - SELCALL ALE, not so much a contest but an exercise. THROUGH THE DX WINDOW AUSTRALIA, VI 100th anniversary of the first radio contact between Australia and the United Kingdom. This will be celebrated in September. On this occasion there will be special callsigns for each of our call areas, as an example 0 thru 9 So using the symbol known as the Octothorpe, Number, or Hash, more commonly these days called the hashtag we have VI # MARCONI (where the hash tag # is the state or territory) during the month of September. The 'Hornsby and Districts Amateur Radio Club' will additionally bring VK 100 MARCONI on the air. More information about this activity and related awards can be found on: www.wia.org.au GREAT BRITAIN G Special Event Station GB0FS on Flying Scotsman 15th September 2018 Bury Radio Society will be holding a special event station from a MOVING train carriage being pulled by the Flying Scotsman. This on Saturday September 15. https://www.buryradiosociety.org.uk/ VIETNAM, 3W9. Jacek, SP 5 APW will be active as 3W9JK/P from Cham Island (AS-162) from September 15 to 22, and as 3W9JK from Ho An City in the Quang Nam Province from September 22 to 27. Activity will be on 20 to 6 meters using SSB. QSL via his home call sign, SP5APW via the bureau. MAURITIUS, 3B8. Hans, PA3HGT is QRV as 3B8/PA3HGT from September 4 to 24 while on vacation there. Activity will be on 40, 20 and 10 meters using mostly SSB with a little CW and digital modes. QSL to home call PA3HGT BHUTAN, A5. Zorro, JH1AJT and Champ, E21EIC are QRV as A 5 A. September 4 to 14. The main purpose of this trip is to meet with Foreign Ministry officials to discuss progress on a youth development project. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via JH 1 AJT. CHILE, CE. Members of the Discolo DX Group will be QRV as XR208A, XR208B, XR208C and XR208D during September to celebrate the 208th anniversary of the first government of Chile as an autonomous republic. Activity will be on the HF bands using on SSB, PSK31 and FT8. QSL via bureau. ENGLAND, G. Members of the Pontefract and District Amateur Radio Society are now active as GB 250 CC until September 28th to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, spanning the years 1768-1771. Captain Cook sailed out of Plymouth on August 25th, 1768, on the ship the "Endeavour". Other activations may be possible over the next 3 years to coincide with "key moments" of the voyage. For more details, see https://www.qrz.com/db/gb250cc QSL by the Bureau to GB250CC WIRELESS WEATHER 159 years ago: A geomagnetic mega storm On Sept. 2, 1859, a powerful CME rocked Earth's magnetic field, causing a geomagnetic storm that set fire to Victorian era telegraph offices and sparked auroras as far south as Mexico and Cuba. Now known as the "Carrington Event," that mega storm 159 years ago is a touchstone of modern extreme space weather research. What are the odds it could happen again? Find out on Spaceweather.com MEDIA WATCH History Makers Podcast - Wireless Communications Dr Lucy Rogers M 6 CME is joined by comedians Bec Hill and Harriet Braine for the History Makers podcast, exploring modern technology and the people throughout history who have made it all possible In episode one, the trio discusses whether wireless communication is our salvation or damnation. Dr Lucy explains how Wi-Fi works, “robot” Harriet uses her databanks to bring some makers to life and Bec tells us why we should have never moved on from plastic cups and a piece of string. So set your ears to receive and your mind to blown for History Makers episode one! Listen to the Podcast at https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/history-makers-podcast-episode-one-wireless-communications (SouthGate) WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- CW FISTS Club - East Asia www.feacw.net FISTS Club - Australasia www.fdu.org.au FISTS Club - UK & Europe www.fists.co.uk FISTS Club - Americas www.fists.org Recommended FISTS calling frequencies (MHz): 1.808 3.528 7.028 10.118 14.058 18.085 21.058 24.908 28.058 Morse code’s vanquished competitor: The Dial Telegraph The IEEE Spectrum website has a fascinating article by Allison Marsh about the early needle telegraphs. She writes: "Recently, I learned about the needle telegraph. On both the sending and receiving end, the needle or needles would simply point to the desired letter. A user-friendly telegraph system, provided the user knew how to read. The first needle telegraph was patented by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone in Britain in 1837. The design used a set of magnetic needles arranged in a row, with letters of the alphabet arranged above and below them in a diamond grid pattern. Each needle could point left, right, or neutral; to indicate a letter, two needles would point so as to outline a path to that letter. The sending operator controlled the direction of the needles by pressing buttons that closed the circuits for the desired letter combination. Operators needed minimal training to use the system, which their employers appreciated. But the system was otherwise costly to operate because it required a wire for each needle plus an additional return wire that completed the circuit. Maintaining multiple wires proved expensive, and many British railroads adopted a version that used just one needle and two wires. A single-needle system, however, required that operators learn a code to send and receive signals. Gone was the ease of simply reading letters. You can read the rest of Allison's fascinating article at the link on this week’s text edition of WIA National News, and that, if you are not subscribed to our PodCast is available on wia.org.au Along with the link to sign up for our podcast. https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/standards/morse-codes-vanquished-competitor-the-dial-telegraph (SouthGate) WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- DMR http://vkdmr.info/ DMR Station QRM's AO-92 Uplink On August 27th, AMSAT Vice President-Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO 4 MA, noted: "Recently there has been a DMR signal QRM'ing the AO-92 uplink on 435.350 or close by. Hotspots, repeaters, terrestrial simplex (anything not satellite) should not be in 145.8-146.0 or 435-438 by international band plan. Please QSY these radios ASAP. Please share to DMR, D-star, Fusion, P25 groups and similar. (AMSAT-NA) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER https://ariss.batc.tv/ (under test) Interns create visualization of NASA space-ground communications For the first time ever, we humans worldwide can get an inside look into what it takes to enable communications for nearly 40 NASA missions, thanks to a small team of college students. NASA's Near Earth Network (NEN) leverages more than 15 antennas across the globe to provide a downlink for critical space and Earth science data collected by the agency's satellites. A new web-based app called "NEN Now" shows, in real time, simulations of the complicated manoeuvres these antennas undergo to link with passing satellites, following them from horizon to horizon as the data streams to the ground. Ryan Turner, a ground system manager, had an idea to efficiently and effectively develop the NEN app at Goddard by leveraging the skills of college students and utilizing experienced engineers to provide guidance. "We started with three interns, who worked with the public engagement team, NEN engineers and the GMSEC to lay out a prototype," Turner said. GMSEC is the Goddard Mission Services Evolution Centre, which creates data system solutions across multiple projects and disciplines. "It gave everyone a sense of what would be possible if we created an operational version of the system." Naje Fields was one of the first interns on the project in summer 2015. "Our biggest challenge for the prototype phase was to figure out how to get the data from the real-time status server at [NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia] to Goddard and into our app," she said. She and her partners, Kierra Harrison and Wallace Phillips, used a number of networking and security techniques to make it happen. NEN Now and another app, DSN Now, have been incorporated into a even larger app called "SCaN Now." NEN Now is now available to the public at the link in this week’s text editions of WIA National News best read on wia.org.au NeN Now https://scan-now.gsfc.nasa.gov/nen SCaN Now https://scan-now.gsfc.nasa.gov (sourced to SouthGate) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- IOTA IOTA TOUR. Operators XYL Bigi/DE3BWR and Helmut "Heli"/DD0VR will activate a bunch of Greek islands in September: We will have to 'listen up' here in VK as this is a QRP backpack operation with 10 watts SSB and 5 watts CW with various wires and vertical antennas QSL via DD 0 VR, direct or by the Bureau. September 1-10th -- Crete (EU-015) Islands all with IOTA designator EU-067 are September 10-14th -- Santorin September 14-17th -- Ios 17-21st -- Naxos 21-25th -- Paros and Sept 25-30th -- Mykonos 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. http://www.ham-yota.eu/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/youngstersontheair http://www.arrl.org/youth-nets Radiosport hits teen's wavelength The New Zealand Herald reports high-school student Xenia Berger ZL4YL had a contact with King Juan Carlos I, of Spain To know and understand Hastings teenager Xenia Berger and her band of people requires others to tap into her wavelength, so to speak. Oh, and Xenia impresses, it pays to have a licence to do that. The Year 12 pupil should know because engaging in the art of radiosport got her in contact with King Juan Carlos I, of Spain, in April. The now 80-year-old monarch goes by the credentials of EA0JC He reigned from 1975 until his abdication in 2014 when his son, Felipe, ascended to the throne. Royalty aside, the teenager immensely enjoys the excitement that comes with establishing a lucky dip-type of contact with someone unsuspecting in a random part of the world without the use of internet. Read the full story at https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=12113388 (SouthGate) SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- STAMP COLLECTING AMATEURS radiostamps@yahoogroups.com Hams competing in the Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championships in Korea had something to write home about – and they have a special postage stamp they can use to send their message home from Korea. A report by the Korea Stamp Society shows the commemorative postage stamp being issued by the Korea Post to mark the 19th global event which concluded Saturday. The stamps have been printed as a sheet of 16, with each stamp carrying a value of 330 South Korean won, or about 41 cents in Australian currency. It shows two competitors engaged in the contest’s activities, which include the search for hidden transmitters, or fox hunting. This year’s event was hosted by the Korean Amateur Radio League. At least 30 nations including the WIA VK team were represented in the challenge, which takes places every two years. 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