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 NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING OCT 7   2018.  
 IN OUR 23rd YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS
 
 WIA President/Director Justin VK7TW with this week’s board comment. -

 WIA secures Special Event callsigns for the Centenary of the Armistice
 that ended World War 1, Roger Harrison VK2ZRH tells more.
 
 THESE STORIES & MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
 WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA 2018
 AND FOR WEEK OF October 07


 Hello this is WIA Director Justin VK7TW with this week’s board comment.

 What a fantastic celebration the Hornsby and District Amateur Radio
 Club and the Karingai Historical Society put on for the Marconi
 Centenary Celebrations. Greg VK2GPK our WIA Vice-President attended
 the day as the WIA representative. I am sure you will hear more from
 Greg about this celebration in coming broadcasts. I would also like to
 thank Phil VK2ASD for attending the day. Phil was the WIA liaison
 person for the celebration.

 The IARU Region 3 Conference was held in mid September and we
 congratulate Peter Young VK3MV for being re-elected a Region 3
 Director. One output from the conference that the WIA is eagerly
 awaiting is a revised Region 3 Band Plan. This Band Plan will provide
 the basis to address a number of long standing issues.

 As you have heard in previous broadcasts Phil Hutchings VK4PG has been
 appointed interim Chair of the Strategic Advisory Committee. Phil is
 currently in the United Kingdom and will be attending the RSGB
 National Conference next weekend. This conference is being held at
 Kents Hill Park Conference Centre in Milton Keynes. We look forward to
 the report from Phil on the conference.

 The Board has a number of standing agenda items that relate to the
 committee structures and we are always looking at ways to make the 
 committees more representative and effective for members and the WIA.
 One in focus at the moment is the overarching Media and Publications
 Committee. This is an umbrella committee that will end up working
 closely with the Sales and Marketing group,  Publications, Broadcast,
 Digital Publications and Bookshop working group. Casey VK2FACE is
 full steam ahead with finding people interested in the Sales and
 Marketing Group and developing Terms of Reference for the group.

 Once a month at the second Board meeting the Board reviews the profit
 and loss statement and the balance sheet for the WIA. I am pleased to
 report that the organisation is currently running with a slight 
 surplus which considering the our position at the same time last year
 is an improvement and certainly good news. This is especially
 heartening given the recent large outlays to meet our international
 obligations.

 Another area the Board is carefully working through is improving
 diversity and inclusion within the WIA. What this means is actively
 trying to remove access barriers across the hobby and WIA for all 
 within our community. Exploring how can we build equity by addressing
 structural and cultural inequities and build a culture of inclusion 
 for all groups within our community so, they feel part of this great
 hobby. Where we identify disadvantage how can we address these.
 This is a challenging area that will take sometime to implement and
 your Board is starting to think about this area.

 The Board has received an invitation from the Norfolk Amateur Radio
 Club in the UK. They are interested in a presentation via video
 conference to form links between the UK and VK. This is currently
 being organised for mid-2019.

 Planning for Annual General Meeting 2019 in Sydney is underway with
 calls for nominations going out soon, notices will be in AR magazine
 to facilitate the election of Board Members for 2019-2020.

 Finally the Board is eagerly awaiting the release of the Request for
 Tender document for the future amateur qualifications framework from 
 the ACMA. 

 On behalf of the WIA Board this has been Justin VK7TW.






 This is Roger Harrison VK2ZRH with news about Special Event callsigns
 for the Centenary of the Armistice that ended World War 1.

 As is well-known, many radio amateurs played a key role in wartime
 communications.

 To show respect, the WIA has secured Special Event callsigns for use 
 across all Australian States and Territories.   

 These commemorative callsigns will be much sought after on-air,
 throughout the world.

 Two States and Territories callsigns will be available –
 VI # PEACE, along with VI # LWF (for Lest We Forget).
 The call area numeral substitutes for the # – one through zero.

 The callsigns will be available for use between the third and the
 eleventh of November, a few short weeks away.

 These callsigns and their licence fees are paid for by the WIA, and
 the ACMA has agreed on their use for the nominated period.

 Clubs, groups and/or individuals can apply to use the State and
 Territory callsigns on a roster basis for periods up to 24 hours over
 the third to eleventh November.

 It is expected that the roster will fill quickly. To make an
 application, email:-

 trainsafe@silvertrain.com.au

 with “Armistice callsigns” in the subject line.

 As they are Advanced grade callsigns, applicants must have an Advanced
 licence. Intermediate and Foundation licensees will be able to use the
 callsigns, but such operators’ licence conditions apply regarding
 bands, modes and power, unless an Advanced operator is present during
 the operation. 

 Further details, including all criteria for application and use, will
 be posted on the WIA website news pages and advised via social media,
 etc.

 This is Roger Harrison VK2ZRH for VK1WIA News.


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 HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT    

 
 Oct        6 – WW - Oceania DX contest
 Oct    11-12 - WW - SELCALL ALE, not so much a contest but an exercise.



 2019
 Aug 17-18  WW   ILLW visit: https://illw.net/                    


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 IT'S BETTER WITH BEACONS
 2200 METERS

 Frequency: 137.444 kHz 
 Callsign: VK4RBC 
 Location: Caboolture, Queensland, Australia 
 Maidenhead: QG62lw 
 Mode: WSPR2 (6H00F1D) plus CW Ident 
 Power: 1 Watt EIRP 
 Antenna: 500m Long Wire, 40m max height 
 TX %: 50 % 
 Status: On Air 

 In the gaps between transmission, the station will report all
 WSPR decodes to Link 

 (sourced to wia's vk7tw - text editions)


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 THROUGH THE DX WINDOW
 
 OCTOBER

 Until October 10 -  9X the Rwanda DXpedition
 Members of the Italian DX Team are active as 9 X 0 T but only till
 October 10th.
 Activity is on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY, RTTY will only
 be on 14084 kHz.
 QSL via I 2 YSB direct only. 
 (Sourced to SouthGate)





 G 4 EDG is active as ZD 9 CW from Tristan da Cunha, AF-029, to the
 22nd of October, CW and RTTY with some SSB on the 15 to 40m bands
 and possibly 80m.
 QSL via Logbook of The World or via LZ 1 JZ.
 (rsgb)





 Stan LZ1GC will be signing 5W0GC until 14th October from Apia in Samoa.
 Stan is well-known from previous Pacific trips and will be on all
 HF bands on CW, SSB and RTTY BUT the main focus of this DXpedition is
 160 and 80m.  

 Following on from his visit to Samoa, Stan LZ1GC will move to Vanuatu
 where he will team up with OM5ZW and OK2WM to activate the callsign
 YJ0GC until 4th November.  Once again they will focus on 160 and 80m.  QSLs go via Club Log OQRS.
 (IRTS)





 Ulrich DL2AH is active on the wireless from American Samoa as
 WH8/DL2AH until October 29.  He will be on 80 – 10m on SSB, RTTY and
 FT8.  He will take part in the CQWW DX SSB contest at the end of
 October.  QSL to his home call DL2AH.
 (IRTS)





 THAILAND, HS.
 In celebration of the 50th anniversary of IARU Region 3, members of
 the Radio Society of Thailand are QRV as HS 50 IARU until October 31.





 BRUNEI, V8. 
 Members of the Brunei Darussalam Amateur Radio Association are QRV 
 with special event station V850IARU until October 31 to celebrate
 the 50th anniversary of IARU Region 3. QSL via V85TL.





 CZECH REPUBLIC, OK.
 Special event station OL 100 CSR is QRV until October 31 to celebrate
 the founding of Czechoslovakia 100 years ago. QSL via bureau.





 In the United Kingdom the R.N.I.B, the Royal National Institute of
 Blind People, was founded on 16 October 1868.
 As part of the celebration of their 150th anniversary, Terry, GM3WUX
 will run a special event callsign GR 150 NIB until October 28.
 Activity on SSB and CW across all HF bands.
 (sourced to rsgb)





 POLAND, SP.
 Special event stations SN100, with suffix's IP, JH, JP, PS and PW
 are QRV until November 11 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Poland's
 independence.
 QSL via bureau.





 AUSTRALIA, VI.
 Celebrating this year’s WW1 Armistice Day Centenary, on air
 November 3 to 15 will be VI6PAX





 GB1NHS permanent special event call sign
 "Essex Ham" reports the official launch of GB 1 NHS.
 This unique permanent special event call sign is being looked after on behalf
 of the National Health Service by Paul Devlin G1SMP
 Paul has plans to put the call sign to good use promoting both amateur radio
 within the NHS, and NHS initiatives using amateur radio.
 (Sourced to SouthGate)


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 EDUCATION

 The ARRL reports Global Learn Day on the Air (GLDOTA) is an extension
 of Global Learn Day, which celebrates learning and encourages everyone
 to recognize the importance of education

 GLDOTA started at 0001 UTC on October 5 and continues through 2359 UTC
 on October 8.

 Individual radio amateurs and clubs are encouraged to exchange
 contacts with each other and to include children in this learning
 activity.

 “Each contact during GLDOTA is a celebration, reducing the distance
 between us as we shrink the planet one contact at a time,” the event
 announcement said.

 Suggested frequencies are 3.803, 7.187, 14.287, and 21.387 MHz.
 Contacts via satellite and with the International Space Station are
 also valid.

 Email w6lmj@arrl.net CSV or TSV logs in the format
 <My Call Sign> <Contact Serial Number>
 <Date> <Time> <Band> <Mode>
 <Other Station’s Call Sign>.

 Thanks to Terry Redding, W6LMJ

 Source ARRL
 http://www.arrl.org/news/global-learn-day-on-the-air-aims-to-shrink-world-one-contact-at-a-time

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 INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, SARL, Southgate AR Club,
 ARRL, Ed Durant and the team at Amateur Radio Newsline, RAC, NZART & 
 the World Wide sources of the WIA.  

 Indonesia Earthquakes and Tsunami

 A sequence of earthquakes and a tsunami in the Indonesian areas of
 Donggala and Palu September 28 have left around a thousand people dead
 and many more injured 

 Dani Halim, YB2TJV, as the new IARU R3 Disaster Communication
 Coordinator reports, Amateur Radio Operators in Indonesia immediately
 activated to respond to the disaster unfolding in Central Sulawesi
 Province.

 Following the magnitude 7.7 earthquake, electricity, mobile (cellular)
 and all other communication facilities in the area are cut off.

 Communications have been established from the Luwuk Disaster Management
 Agency located 700 km from the epicentre of the Earthquake with
 YD8MII (Net Control) and YC8OBM.

 Indonesian National Society ORARI immediately established an Emergency
 Net on 7.110 MHz and also activated the Lapan-Orari IO-86 satellite as
 a backup. Due to QRM on 7.110MHz though, a second net has been set up
 on 7.065 MHz.

 ORARI asks that they are given room to use 7.110 MHz AND 7.065 MHz
 since this earthquake is/could be worse than the one in Lombok at the
 end of August please allow them a QRM free space to complete their
 work.





 ESEO Satellite Completes Vibration Tests - Final Testing to Begin

 On September 28, 2018 the European Space Agency reported that the 
 European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO), a student-built project is 
 about to enter its exciting final test phase, after having just 
 concluded the vibration tests, that demonstrated that the satellite 
 is able to withstand the harsh vibrations of launch. 
 
 ESEO is a 45kg micro-satellite mission to Low Earth Orbit developed, 
 integrated, and tested by European university students. The student 
 experiments on board ESEO include:

 + FUNcube-4 1260 MHz to 145 MHz amateur FM transponder together 
   with FUNcube compatible telemetry for educational outreach 
 + Taking pictures of the Earth 
 + Measuring radiation levels 
 + Test technologies that can be used for future education 
   satellite missions.
  
 In the next couple of weeks ESEO will undergo the thermal vacuum
 and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) tests to confirm that ESEO 
 is capable of coping with the thermal environment that it will 
 experience in orbit, and the electromagnetic conditions generated 
 during launch preparation, during the launch itself and in orbit. 

 FUNcube-4 is the amateur radio payload on the ESEO mission. This
 payload will provide similar FUNcube telemetry to its predecessors 
 but will have a more powerful transmitter and thus be even easier 
 to hear. For amateurs, this payload will also provide a single 
 channel L/V transponder for FM. 

 Uplink:   1263.500 MHz FM voice with 67Hz CTCSS tone
 Downlink:  145.895 MHz FM voice and telemetry

 https://funcube.org.uk/
 http://tinyurl.com/ANS-273-ESEO-Final-Test-Phase
 http://tinyurl.com/ANS-273-About-ESEO





 NEW ZEALAND

 PROHIBITION

 New Zealand's regulator RSM reports: ' In August, we mentioned
 creating a prohibition notice for unrestricted two-way radios.
 This was to limit the availability to the general public for radios
 that don’t meet the Radio Standards.  

 The prohibition notice is ready to gazette and will come into effect
 on 18 October 2018.
  
 The notice will affect the supply of two-way radios like Baofeng,
 Pofung and Wouxun to the amateur market, but not equipment
 factory locked to the Amateur bands. 

 Amateur radio operators or suppliers need to hold a 'Licence to supply
 radio transmitters' to import and supply this equipment.  

 Special conditions to the licence will allow the import and supply of
 this equipment, monthly returns of your imports and sales, including
 nil returns. 

 And from NZ to a story where one of these 'to be prohibited'
 handies really WAS HANDY!





 INDONESIA

 It was radio to the rescue in Indonesia recently - and the happy
 ending came about because of one of those low-priced HTs!

 One global news item in the past week or so was the rescue of
 Indonesian Aldi Novel Adilang who told reporters that his hand-held
 transceiver was key to his rescue on the high seas.

 Adilang was adrift for 49 days in the Pacific after the unpowered 
 rompong fishing platform he was working on lost its anchor line.

 It broke loose some 125 km off the coast, during high winds on the
 14 of July. After a week, Adilang ran out of food, but managed to live
 on fish he caught and when it didn't rain, he drank drips of sea water
 that he wrung from his clothing.

 Using his generator-driven light and a makeshift white flag, he had 
 tried to attract the attention of many passing ships, but to no avail.

 He drifted with the winds and current over 1900 km.

 When the huge bulk carrier MV Arpeggio passed within a mile of him on
 August 31st he tried to attract them but the ship just kept going.

 It was only when he remembered the HT on his boat and tuned it to a 
 Marine VHF Channel frequency, that a friend had told him to use if he 
 got in trouble, that he got the ships attention by calling HELP (in 
 English) into the HT. 

 The ship reversed its course and rescued Adilang.

 Adilang was quoted as saying he 'no longer wants to work on rompong
 platforms! '





 HamSCI Expanding to the Southern Hemisphere

 The South African Radio League (SARL) and AMSAT-SA are taking the
 ham radio/citizen scientist concept to the Southern Hemisphere.

 The new organization will be known as Amateur Radio Science Citizen
 Investigation, or HamSCI SA, and will be based on the successful
 HamSCI now operating in the US and the UK.

 The HamSCI concept was developed by American scientist-radio amateurs
 who study the upper atmosphere and space physics. According to a recent
 ee publishers article by Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV, HamSCI SA
 will be a platform for publicizing and promoting projects that advance
 scientific research and understanding through Amateur Radio activities,
 encourage the development of new technologies to support such research,
 and providing educational opportunities for the amateur community and
 the general public, with a focus on youth.





 FLAT OUT LIKE A LIZARD QSO'ing

 UK’s rarest lizard to be tracked by tiny radio tags

 The Warrington Guardian reports tiny radio tags are being used to
 track the movements of a group of Britain’s rarest reptiles as
 they are reintroduced into the wild

 Marwell Wildlife in Hampshire has fitted transmitters to 24 out of 86
 sand lizards being released at the site of special scientific interest
 at Eelmoor Marsh in Farnborough. 

 The aim is to use the trackers, which weigh just point 29 of a gram –
 less than 5% of the lizard’s body weight – to help understand their
 behaviour.

 Read the story at 
 https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/national/16910743.uks-rarest-lizard-to-be-tracked-by-tiny-radio-tags/ 





 IARU volunteers have been working for three years to progress
 Agenda Item 1.1 for the World Radio Conference 2019.

 This agenda item seeks a Region 1 allocation at around 50 MHz for the
 amateur service in the Radio Regulations Table of Frequency
 Allocations, to align with the allocations in Regions 2 and our own 
 (VK)Region 3.

 Extensive work has been undertaken in the African Telecommunications
 Union, CEPT, Arab Spectrum Management Group, RCC and of course ITU
 to gain support for such an allocation rather than the current
 country-by-country allocations under Article 4.4 of the Regulations.
 IARU has represented the global voice of amateur radio in these
 meetings arguing that new applications in amateur radio require
 significant bandwidth at 50 MHz and has set out a proposed utilisation
 of the band which supports its claim.

 IARU has also engaged in extensive work on sharing studies using 
 propagation models recognised by ITU and CEPT

 After many weeks of planning and meetings in both regional and global
 forums post the WRC in 2015, the next step on the route to WRC19 took
 place last week, where CEPT project team PTD considered its position
 on this agenda item in preparation for the CEPT Conference Preparatory
 Group meeting in November and the ITU CPM in February 2019.
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 WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS

 DEFENCE

 Allied bombing in WW2 altered ionosphere

 Research by Professor Chris Scott, from the University of Reading,
 shows the impact on the Ionosphere of the Allied bombing raids over
 Europe during WW2 

 Chris says "Each raid released the energy of at least 300 lightning
 strikes."

 Researchers studied daily records kept at the Radio Research Centre in
 Slough, UK, looking at how the concentration of electrons changed in
 the upper atmosphere around the time of 152 Allied air raids in Europe.

 The data showed the concentration of electrons fell significantly when
 a bomb was detonated, which in turn heated the upper atmosphere.
 This caused a small but significant depletion in the ionosphere above
 Slough, even though the bombs were deployed hundreds of miles away.

 In his paper, the contribution of ground-based disturbances to
 ionospheric variability is investigated by considering the response of
 the ionospheric F2 layer over Slough, UK, to 152 major bombing raids
 over Europe during World War II.

 Download PDF from 
 https://www.ann-geophys.net/36/1243/2018/angeo-36-1243-2018.pdf

 BBC News story 
 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45655149

 (SouthGate)





 WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- DMR
 http://vkdmr.info/
 https://brandmeister.network/?page=repeaters

 Digital Mobile Radio registrations continue to grow, WW.

 At the end of the 3rd quarter of 2018, the latest stats from Ireland
 show that roughly 500 individuals have registered for DMR numbers on
 that island of Ireland.

 The numbers continue to grow as Digital Mobile Radio spreads across
 the emerald isle, while the initial growth was in the north-east
 of the Ireland in 2016, the numbers in the rest of Ireland are now
 beginning to grow as more digital radio infrastructure is put in place.

 There is now a regular net on Monday evenings at 20:30 on the
 Irish talk group 2722 with a roll call of each of the Irish counties.

 All are welcome to call in.

 http://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2018/10/dmr-registrations-in-ireland-at-end-of.html
 (SouthGate)





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER
 https://ariss.batc.tv/ (under test)

 Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold, KE5DAU, joined Expedition 56 Commander
 Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev
 on an October 4 return voyage to Earth after more than about 6 months
 in space.

 They travelled in a Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft heading for a
 parachute-assisted landing on the Kazakh Steppe some 3 hours later.

 The crew completed a 197-day mission.

 At a change-of-command ceremony, Wednesday Oct 3, Drew Feustel
 formally handed over command of the ISS to crewmate Alexander Gerst,
 KF 5 ONO, of the European Space Agency.

 (Sourced  to ARRL)





 Mini Space Elevator.

 Japan’s seventh HTV mission, Kounotori 7, arrived at the ISS this
 past week and is planned for deployment this weekend. (October 6)

 This mission here consists of two 1U CubeSats connected by a
 tether which includes a mini space elevator experiment, the climber,
 by Shizuoka University.

 The climber has a Bluetooth connection that will transmit its data to
 a ground station via a STARS-Me downlink. Radio amateurs can monitor
 the behaviour of the climber in the telemetry data.

 Additional experiments include radio wave propagation studies, and 
 flight dynamics including tethered spacecraft position and rotation.

 UHF downlinks will transmit CW, 1k2 AFSK and 9k6 GMSK telemetry.
 
 Mother satellite   - 437.245 MHz CW Beacon; 437.405 MHz telemetry
 Daughter satellite - 437.255 MHz CW Beacon; 437.425 MHz telemetry

 (Sourced to AMSAT-NA)





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP --- MARITIME 

 GB 100 MCV 

 Remembering the sinking of the RMS Leinster
 
 On the 10th of October 1918, just a month before the Armistice which
 ended World War 1 was signed, the RMS Leinster (call sign ‘MCV’) was
 sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine UB-123. 

 The Leinster was sunk 12.5 nautical Miles off the Irish coast while
 sailing from near Dublin to Holyhead in Wales.

 The sinking resulted in the deaths of at least 567 of those on board,
 including the Radio Officer Arthur Jeffries. To add to the tragedy,
 two weeks later UB-123 was sunk with the loss of all 36 crew, the
 eldest of which was just 27 years old. 

 To commemorate this tragic event, Dragon Amateur Radio Club, from a
 Welsh village, are going to activate the special call sign GB 100 MCV
 and this is being activated periodically now until the 28th October.
 
 Also a special effort using the call will be from the 10th until the
 14th of October, when she will operating intensively from the
 T.S. Prince of Wales; the headquarters of the Sea Cadets in Holyhead.

 Similarly the National Maritime Museum of Ireland Radio Club will be
 active with the call sign EI 100 MCV and if you contact BOTH of these
 wireless stations between October 10 and 14, you can claim a special
 certificate.

 (Search either call sign on QRZ.COM for details)

 ((sourced to SouthGate)) 





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- QRP and WEAK SIGNAL COMMUNICATION
 
 Just a reminder that Melbourne QRP by the Bay is coming up next month,
 Saturday 3 November at 3pm. 
 
 Melbourne QRP by the Bay is an occasional gathering of homebrewers,
 QRPers and portable operators.
 
 Peter Parker VK3YE says normally between about 15 and 30 people
 show up for a very convivial couple of hours.  
 
 Bring yourself, an idea and an interesting piece of equipment.  
 
 Gather at Chelsea beach near the lifesaving club. 
 
 Afterwards we go for tea at a local restaurant.
 
 That's 3pm Saturday November 3, for Melbourne QRP by the Bay
 at Chelsea beach. 

 More details on the Facebook event page at
 https://www.facebook.com/events/303952017064931/





 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        
      

 IARU Region 1  3760  7110  14300  18160  21360 kHz

 IARU Region 2  3750  3985  7060  7240  7275  14300  18160  21360 kHz


 RADIO TAKES A ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE

 Our top Radio Rescue story this week isn’t about hams assisting AFTER
 floods, famines and earthquake but about the way hams keep people OUT
 of danger in the first place.

 Andy Morrison K9AWM explained to Amateur Radio Newsline listeners
 how Colorado ARES ( pronounced AIR-REEES) mobilized to help with an
 epic race in the Rocky Mountain foothills – by mountain bike.

 As 100 mountain bike riders from all over the country took on the 
 foothills of the Rocky Mountains just outside Canon City, Colorado,
 the cyclists couldn't be too careful. As they commenced on the scenic
 Royal Gorge Bridge to race the Royal 50 on Saturday, September 22nd,
 they knew they had to be on their toes: With cactus in every corner,
 rattlesnakes, treacherous downhill areas, overall rough trails and
 significantly higher than normal temps… they had to be ready for
 anything to happen.

 Fortunately, they weren't the only ones who were prepared.

 To ensure everyone's safety, it took 16 members of Colorado ARES,
 interoperability with the ARES comm van, some operators hiking or
 biking in to their positions and the use of ATVs to cover the event.

 There were also some IP cameras on the trails live-streaming back to
 command over their ham radio microwave link system.

 Radio traffic needed to be brief and concise, and an Incident Action
 Plan was essential.  Everyone needed to know exactly what to do IF
 there was an emergency.

 Thankfully AMR was also on site to assist with the 2 medical
 situations they had.  Yes there were injuries but they were thankfully
 minimal: One rider had a close encounter with a cactus bush and
 another crashed at the end of a downhill lane.

 Overall the event was a huge success and Colorado ARES is planning to
 support the Royal 50 again next year with even more riders
 participating.

 For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Andy Morrision K9AWM.

 On a personal note from the WIA News Crew, we’d like to add this was
 a job well done by the team, whose members included Amateur Radio
 Newsline's own Amanda Alden K1DDN as one of the coordinators





 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - VHF AND ABOVE 

 At 2147hrs on Tuesday the 25th of September, the Region 1, 144MHz
 tropo record was broken again, this time from England.

 G3SMT worked D4Z on the Cape Verde Islands via the marine duct
 caused by the Azores High system.

 At 4,431km, it broke the previous record of 4270km set just
 one minute earlier by GW 0 KZG !

 (rsgb)



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CLUBBING

 News from the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club
 7th October, 2018

 The next Central Coast WICEN meeting will be on Saturday the 13th
 October starting at 1300, with the usual BBQ beforehand,

 The next Club lecture, on 20th October, will be by Allan VK2EFM on
 Radiation Hazards, and it will involve a practical demonstration and
 a talk on field strength readings of Electromagnetic Radiation in
 relation to acceptable levels of exposure on the human body in
 accordance with APANSA.

 The following Saturday, the 27th October, will be a Working Bee at
 the Club rooms.

 All meetings of the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club are held at the
 club rooms in Dandaloo St, Kariong, just past the fire station at 1pm,
 preceded by the famous sausage sizzle run by Steve VK2SKC, starting at
 noon.  The club rooms are accessible by bus, with a stop just opposite
 Dandaloo St, serviced by the route 34 bus from Gosford railway station
 every hour.  The Club rooms are usually open from 10.30 every Saturday,
 for general chit-chat and access to the Club workshop and library.

 The Club relays VK2WI News broadcasts every Sunday morning and evening.
 Callbacks are taken after the morning news only, on the Somersby 6m
 and 2m repeaters VK2RAG on 53.725 and 146.725 MHz respectively; please
 note that both repeaters require the usual sub-audible tone of 91.5 Hz.

 The Club also runs a mixed-mode repeater VK2RAG on 439.950 MHz, which
 is connected to the P25 network; the 91.5 Hz tone is required for
 analogue access, and is highly recommended for receiving (unless you
 like hearing digital noise).

 There is a net held every Thursday on the 2m repeater VK2RAG on
 146.725, starting at 8pm; all members are encouraged to join
 (especially if Club news for the ARNSW broadcast is involved).

 The Club has a new website, and comments are requested; please send
 them to “webmaster@ccarc.org.au”.

 The Club also has a Facebook page: just look for “centralcoastarc”.

 There is also a Twitter account on @ccarclub

 More information about the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club can be
 found on the web site ccarc.org.au.

 (Dave VK2KFU, Publicity Officer, Central Coast Amateur Radio Club
  text edition only)

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 Social Scene 2018
 Oct   14      VK3 Yarra Valley Amateur Radio Group HamFest    (vk3kqt)
 Oct   28      vk3 Ballarat Amateur Radio Group HamFest        (vk3kqt)  
 
 Nov   11      VK5 - Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society HamFest
 Nov   17      VK7 - VK7Hamfest Miena Community Centre          (vk7wi)
 Nov   18      VK3 - The Rosebud RadioFest                     (vk3pdg)
  

  
 2019 Social Scene

 March 23-24   VK7 - Meet the Voice event at Ross             (vk7news)

 May 3 - 6 VK4 - Claireview Gathering                            (tarc)

 September 2019- Scandinavian YL Radio Operators Convention
                 will be in Norway LA8FOA is your contact
                 Ingrid lullen55@gmail.com    




 2020 Social Scene

 ALARAMEET Bendigo                                              (vk5yl)






 Submitting news items

 
 A reminder when supplying HamFest info we obviously can't plug
 commercial traders "on air", but we at the WIA will put your
 supporters in this text edition "no worries."

 If you would like to submit news items for inclusion in the
 VK1WIA broadcasts, please email your item in text to
 nationalnews@wia.org.au   and don't JUST send url's links,
 but take the time to pen YOUR contribution. 

 To submit audio read "how to submit items" in the weekly news page on
 http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/contribute/
 
 We would appreciate items no longer than 2 minutes in length as we
 only have a half hour.

 Remember the sooner you submit material the more the likelihood of it
 being broadcast in the very next edition of WIA National News.
 Each item will only be broadcast once, if you want a couple of
 mentions, please submit different slants to keep your event 'fresh'
 and always if the news room is to read your item ---
 write it in the 3rd person.
 
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 The purpose of "WIANews" is to rapidly provide news of interest to
 active amateurs residing in Australia and the globe. 

 We strongly encourage membership in the Wireless Institute of
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 Opinions expressed in "WIANews" are those of the writers who submit
 material and do not necessarily reflect those of the rebroadcasters,
 nor the National WIA, but if broadcast, are done so in the spirit in
 which they were submitted." 

 Material may be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form,
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 If you have call-backs to contribute to the National News call back 
 tally then please send through your call-backs to
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 Who listens to radio? A weekly 'tally sheet' is sent to all
 rebroadcasters and interested listeners, to get your free copy
 send a blank email to:-
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 Put the word subscribe in the title or subject field

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 You will be sent a confirmation mail and must follow the instructions
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