Nov 25 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 NOV 25 2018. IN OUR 23rd YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS WIA Director, Peter VK8ZZ, covers 4 topics this week, board elections, social media 2020 WIA AGM and Conference along with international band planning representation. THESE STORIES & MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA 2018 AND FOR WEEK OF November 25 NATIONAL Early Wednesday, Queensland-based Black Sky Aerospace (BSA) conducted Australia’s first ever launch carrying commercial payloads, from the nation’s only suborbital launch site in Goondiwindi, Queensland. BSA’s 5-m Sighter190 sounding rocket soaring to approximately 20,000ft. The Sighter190 rocket has a mass of 80kg, and is propelled using solid fuel consisting of aluminium, ammonium chloride, and proprietary ingredients. The launch today carried experimental payloads, including some for Hypersonix, another Australian launch startup developing the world’s first hypersonic scramjet launch vehicle. Here, Hypersonix tested sensor packages as well as a Ceramic Matrix Composite panel, which the company plans on using for its own launch vehicles. The Sighter190 also carried a device developed by Dekunu Technologies targeting skydivers. An enhanced altimeter that also has a 3D location tracker, flight analyser, and a situational awareness tool that can gather flight data. BSA is currently working on a range of suborbital rockets, and is positioning itself as a suborbital payload delivery system. This first BSA/Hypersonix launch marks the beginning of Australia’s commercial launch industry. http://www.spacetechasia.com/black-sky-aerospace-conducts-australias-first-commercial-rocket-launch/ Labor commits $2million to resurrect ABC shortwave radio NT Country Hour report that, if elected next year, Federal Labor say it will provide the ABC with $2 million in funding to help re-establish shortwave radio services across the Northern Territory. The ABC controversially switched off its shortwave service in January 2017, and, defended the decision by saying it would "only affect a very, very small amount of people" and save taxpayers up to $1.9 million. The decision was heavily criticised by industry groups such as the NT Cattlemen's Association and the NT Seafood Council. NTCA president Chris Nott welcomed the announcement by Labor and said the ABC's decision was short-sighted. "What people take for granted in the cities is a luxury for those of us in the bush," Mr Nott said. "We rely on the HF shortwave radio transmitters because we don't have mobile and data coverage for AM and FM radio stations. Federal Member for Solomon Luke Gosling, said the axing of shortwave had angered a lot of people and community groups. "Many thousands will benefit from bringing back shortwave," he told the Country Hour. (SouthGate News) WELL DONE VK6AXB! The national awards for engineering, technical excellence, sales and customer service were announced in November. One of the recipients of the ARCIA 2018 Industry Excellence Awards announced at the organisation’s annual gala dinner on 21 November was an Aussie Ham! The 2018 national Industry Professional of the Year Award was presented to Anthony Benbow from Western Australia. Anthony has devoted significant amounts of time to training young people, both in his role with Department of Fire and Emergency Services in WA and also since his move into private industry. He continues to push for better and wider training options to encourage more young people into the communications industry. VK6AXB - Well done! Read more: http://criticalcomms.com.au/content/industry/article/2018-industry-award-winners-announced-192533951#ixzz5XiP3OTof WIA WIA Director, Peter VK8ZZ, covers 4 topics this week WIA Board Elections The November / December issue of Amateur Radio Magazine should be in your hands in the next few days. In this issue you will see on the reverse side of the address label is the nomination form for the up-coming vacancies on the WIA Board. The formal notification of the WIA Board election is included in the magazine proper. Nominations close at the end of January, followed by an election. Nominations can only be posted or hand delivered to the National Office. I encourage any member who is keen to participate in the management of the WIA to nominate for a position on the Board. Social Media The WIA is looking to invigorate its social media presence. In order to do this, we are seeking the expertise and experience of social media gurus to join a team to assist in this area. Social media will be used to foster and encourage existing and potential foundation licensees. 2020 AGM and Conference The WIA are keen to hear from clubs that would like to take on the exciting role of organising the 2020 AGM and Conference. Whilst this event is not until the year after next, we are keen to start early. The event of course, is underwritten by the WIA. Please contact the secretary for more details. secretary@wia.org.au International Band Planning Representation At the recent IARU Region 3 Conference in Seoul Korea, a proposal to establish the Region 3 Band Planning Committee was passed. Mr. Sion, 9M2CQC was appointed the Committee coordinator. The IARU have already published the Terms of Reference for this committee. The ToR provide that the Band Planning Committee will comprise of 10 committee members from Region 3 member societies, which includes the WIA. The WIA are therefore seeking expressions of interest from members who have the background and ability to participate as the Australian representative on that committee. Expressions of interest or queries should be directed to the WIA Secretary in the next few days as the timeline for nominations is extremely short. secretary@wia.org.au I am the WIA Director, Peter VK8ZZ Good DX’ing ---------------------------------------------------------------------* INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, SARL, Southgate AR Club, ARRL, RAC, NZART Amateur Radio NewsLine & the World Wide sources of the WIA. NASA's Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet at approximately 8 p.m. UTC Nov. 26, and viewers everywhere can watch coverage of the event live on NASA Television, the agency's website and social media platforms. Launched on May 5, InSight marks NASA's first Mars landing since the Curiosity rover in 2012. The landing will kick off a two-year mission in which InSight will become the first spacecraft to study Mars' deep interior. Its data also will help scientists understand the formation of all rocky worlds, including our own. InSight is being followed to Mars by two mini-spacecraft comprising NASA’s Mars Cube One (MarCO), the first deep-space mission for CubeSats. If MarCO makes its planned Mars flyby, it will attempt to relay data from InSight as it enters the planet’s atmosphere and lands. InSight and MarCO flight controllers will monitor the spacecraft's entry, descent and landing from mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where all landing events will take place. About 80 live viewing events for the public to watch the InSight landing will take place around the world. For a complete list of landing event watch parties, visit: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/timeline/landing/watch-in-person/ For a full list of websites broadcasting InSight landing events, go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/timeline/landing/watch-online/ INDIA In India, recognition is coming posthumously for one Silent Key who authored a book about India's space program. Electronics engineer Ved Prakash Sandlas VU2VP never lived to see the publication of his book “The Leapfroggers: An Insider’s Account of ISRO.” Ved became a Silent Key in 2017 and the book was published just months ago. It tells the story of how the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) developed its launch vehicles from scratch. VU2VP became a licensed ham radio operator whilst he was an undergraduate studying for his physics degree. His radio hobby later became invaluable to his work at the space agency when he was given the responsibility of developing a communication system for the Indian space programme’s Satellite Launch Vehicle. EUROPE SILENT KEYS SILENT NO MORE A Silent Key Memorial Contest held November 1st was more of an on-air memorial to departed friends than a competitive activity. This marked the sixth year since László Foldi HA6NL and László Dallos HA7PL conceived this tribute, held in CW. The 1st of November is a day that Hungarians honour their dead. This 'wireless' activity has grown to include between 50 and 70 hams, most of them in Europe, reflecting band conditions on 80 and 40 metres even the form of QSL is special: Hams get an ornamental memorial leaf with the call sign of the Silent Key they have honoured by sending their call on the air. UNITED KINGDOM RSGB at UK Spectrum Policy Forum It is vital that we contribute to the debate around spectrum use. Former RSGB Chairman Graham Murchie, G4FSG recently made a presentation on behalf of all UK radio amateurs to the UK Spectrum Policy Forum, a body that advises the government. He also led the subsequent discussion, supported by RSGB General Manager Steve Thomas, M1ACB and RSGB Spectrum Forum Chair Murray Niman, G6JYB. Topics included the shortage of practical skills in the radio arena, the social and economic aspects of spectrum use, and examples of where the RSGB is encouraging development of scarce skills and using them to good effect. You can see the presentations at https://www.techuk.org/insights/meeting-notes/item/14317-uk-spf-cluster-3-social-and-economic-value-3 . CANADA OUT AMOUNGST THE MAPLE LEAVES Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to announce its support of the Canadian National Parks on the Air event which will be held next year all year, i.e. January 1 to December 31. All Radio Amateurs worldwide will have an opportunity to operate portably from any of Canada's 48 National Parks and 171 National Historic Sites (these are ‘activators’). Amateurs around the world will be able to chase these adventurous operators in an effort to confirm the most QSOs (these are ‘chasers’). Activity for activators and chasers will be tracked on a dedicated website and real-time leader board and other statistics will be available throughout the year. Activators and chasers will be able to compete for and collect online awards and certificates created specifically for the event. For more information about the event please visit the Canadian National Parks on the Air website at: https://cnpota.ca DXPEDITIONER GOING THE DISTANCE AT 83 We introduce a YL who's an octogenarian headed to Africa. Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT Editor of Amateur Radio Newsline shares her story. CARYN: An amateur radio ticket can also be a ticket to living one’s dreams – and perhaps no one knows that better right now than Susan Meckley W7KFI. Susan is headed to Malawi where in a few days she and her friend Don Jones K6ZO will be on a DXpedition through early December, operating CW as 7Q7M and 7Q6M respectively. Retired from both the U.S. Navy and the Army, the Mississippi resident said she’s always been up for adventure. Yes, even at 83 years of age. Susan, who’s had her ticket since 1952, cruised the Pacific solo aboard her 32-foot sailboat for years until she came ashore when she turned 80. Her next big moment was to fly a World War Two fighter plane -- but then, Don Jones came along another option: They would travel to the rare African DX entity where he is involved in a project assisting a local hospital and operate before, after and during the CQ WW CW contest. Her rationale for changing her plans? SUSAN: “The plane would have been for an hour and the trip is for an extended period of time.” CARYN: Though they’ll be living in the hospital guest quarters there might be some camping involved – which, in Africa, means lions. SUSAN: “I am worried about that…I just might bow out of that because with my luck I would get the 10 percent that didn’t get the memo that says don’t bother humans.” CARYN: She wants to make as many contacts as possible, of course, but she has another goal, a reasonable one: SUSAN: “Get out alive and come back home.” CARYN: The trip will mean that this devoted rag chewer will finally get to experience her first contest too. She considers this trip one grand last hurrah. SUSAN: “When I first got into radio in the early 50s I read about Danny Weil and his yacht the Yasme and I said ‘my gosh I want to do that.’ My whole life has been planned to get military retirement, Social Security and disappear off into the sunset. So I’ve gone to some of the islands and places I’ve been to that I haven’t been so sure about. Oh I’ve had some adventures out there.” CARYN: You can be a part of her next adventure starting on the 22nd of November. Listen for Susan 7Q7M and Don 7Q6M sending CQ in CW. That will be the sound of Susan Meckley, age 83, saying QSL to one more big ham radio dream. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT ---------------------------------------------------------------------* HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT THIS WEEKEND VHF/UHF Spring contest for 2018 - Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 November. Also this weekend will see the CQWW DX CW Contest (Nov 24-25) DECEMBER TWO Straight Key Night New Zealand Straight Key Night - normally held on the first Sunday in November - will be held this year on the first Sunday in December. 9pm to 10pm on 80 metres. SKN honours the roots of amateur radio: Morse Code sent with a straight key (no bugs, sideswipers, keyers or keyboards). All levels of CW skill are welcome in this event. There are certificates for the three stations working the most QSOs, and all participants are invited to nominate an operator for the Best Fist Award. SKN has a unique exchange that includes not just RST, but also type of key, type of transmitter and power output. There are special log sheets available so that it's easy to keep track of this information. Get all the details at http://maritimeradio.org/skn (SouthGate) 2019 Inaugural “Green Keys Night” Set for New Year’s Day, January 1 NZART Portable Activity Day - New Year’s Day The Christmas/New Year holiday period is a great chance to get on the air. Accordingly, New Zealand's national society NZART is promoting New Year’s Day, 1 January 2019, as a portable activity day. This is an opportunity to get outdoors and operate knowing there will be others doing the same. As an activity day this is not a contest, so it is up to you where, when and how you operate. There will be a lot of Summits on the Air activity on this day (ZL and VK) owing to us being able to claim double activation points by operating either side of 0000z 1 January UTC (1pm NZDST). You could therefore activate a SOTA summit, or if that is a bit much, participate in the NZART awards programme by activating a lake, lighthouse or National Park (make sure you know the rules before you start) Alternatively, you could just park up at your favourite spot and make a few QSOs. Apart from SOTA which stresses portable activity without your station being connected to a motor vehicle, you are free to use any method of portable operation you like. This could be a chance to take the family on a picnic, a branch activity, or you could get together with a bunch of mates, head to different places and meet up in the pub afterwards to swap “the DX that got away” stories. It is entirely up to you. It is also a great chance to test your portable emergency capability. There is no fixed operating period, although as a rule of thumb SOTA activators will generally be operating between 12pm and 2pm NZDST, and you can operate as long as you like. THEN Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 January, the Summer VHF /UHF Field Day. May Four the 20th Harry Angel Memorial Sprint. July 20 Trans-Tasman Low-Band Contest Aug 17-18 VK Remembrance Day Contest. THROUGH THE DX WINDOW Roly ZL 1 BQD is QRV as P 2 9RR from Papua New Guinea till 4th December. He will take part in the CQWW CW Contest on 24th – 25th November. QSLs go via his home call. (irts) ROAR STATION A 44 A Yes A44A from Oman Members of the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) will activate their contest station, A44A, in Muscat during the CQWW DX CW Contest this weekend as a Multi-Multi entry. QSL via A 47 RS. (SouthGate) ---------------------------------------------------------------------* BROADCAST MONITORING SWL AND SCANNER NEWS websdr.org websdr.mwrs.org.au:8901/ http://farnham-sdr.com/ Listen from UK to satellites 'Grand Tour Across All Continents' dx contest The Czechoslovak DX Club's 'Grand Tour Across All Continents' dx contest is to be held from Friday, 30 November 2018, 0000 UTC, to Sunday, 9 December 2018, 2400 UTC. It is open to all shortwave listeners regardless to their membership in any DX club. Full details here: https://www.dx.cz/index.php?&rubrika=7&id=393 (SouthGate) WIRELESS WEATHER A sunspot from the next solar cycle Over the weekend, a magnetically reversed sunspot appeared in the sun's northern hemisphere. Its high latitude and 'backwards' magnetic polarity mark it as a member of the next solar cycle. Is Solar Minimum over? Not even close but this development does suggest that Solar Cycle 25 is stirring. Learn more on today's edition of Spaceweather.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS DIGITAL New version of WSJT-X A new WSJT-X release candidate, version 2.0.0-rc4, is available and the version 2.0 Quick Start Guide has been revised and extended. The developers urge anyone upgrading to the new version to read the release notes thoroughly. The upgrade requires users to change operator settings, so the software may not work straight out of the box when upgrading from previous versions. The latest version of WSJT-X also removes compatibility with earlier versions of the software in certain circumstances. Full information is at https://sourceforge.net/p/wsjt/mailman/message/36465968/ . (RSGB) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER https://ariss.batc.tv/ (under test) First geostationary amateur satellite On Thursday the 15th of November, a SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle lifted off flawlessly at 2046UTC from Cape Canaveral, carrying the first amateur radio payload destined for geostationary orbit. About 32 minutes after launch, SpaceX reports the spacecraft was successfully deployed into a geostationary transfer orbit. Positioned at 25.5E, the satellite carries an amateur radio S-band and X-band payload capable of linking radio amateurs from Brazil to Thailand. The recent subject of an AMSAT-UK Colloquium presentation, Es'hail-2 carries two Phase 4 non-inverting amateur radio transponders operating in a 2.4GHz up and 10.45GHz down configuration. This offers a 250kHz bandwidth linear transponder intended for conventional analogue operations, plus an 8MHz bandwidth transponder for experimental digital modulation schemes and DVB amateur television. You can see the talk at www.youtube.com/user/AMSATUK/videos . (rsgb) ONE THAT DIDN'T GET UP The SpaceX Spaceflight SSO-A SmallSat Express launch carrying the Fox-1Cliff Amateur Radio CubeSat and several other Amateur Radio payloads has been delayed. SpaceX tweeted, “Standing down from Monday’s launch attempt of Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express to conduct additional pre-flight inspections. Once complete, we will confirm a new launch date.” 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 2 I 0 SSW appointed Youth Committee Champion The RSGB has appointed Sara McGarvey, 2I0SSW into the new role of Youth Committee Champion. The role will include managing the UK attendance at the YOTA camp each year and YOTA Month every December. 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 hams assist vessel with ill crew member ARRL reports Amateur Radio operators associated with the Maritime Mobile Service Network played a significant part in summoning medical assistance on November 9 A crew member was suffering chest pains on board the 48-foot sailing vessel Marie Elena, some 300 miles east of Bermuda. “The assistance we received from the ham radio operator[s] was crucial in helping us communicate with the vessel’s crew,” US Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Travis Unser said afterward. Unser was the search-and-rescue coordinator for the incident. MMSN member Donald Plunkett, VA6FH, heard a call for medical assistance at 1650 UTC on the net’s 14.300 MHz frequency from Nick Cancro, KC2WRH, the captain of the Marie Elena. Cancro reported that a crew member was experiencing severe chest pains and needed medical assistance. Fellow MMSN operator Fred Moore, W3ZU, of Florida, had good propagation with the Marie Elena and contacted the vessel, linking it via a phone patch to the US Coast Guard Station in Norfolk, Virginia. The Coast Guard was able to connect the patient directly to medical personnel via the phone patch to ascertain symptoms and prescribe first aid measures prior to medical assistance arrival. Read the full story at http://www.arrl.org/news/maritime-mobile-service-network-operators-assist-vessel-with-ill-crew-member DISASTER DRILL CHALLENGES AMATEURS IN OREGON Perhaps only a drill but the challenges were real. Not every ham is faced with responding to a double virus attack launched by terrorists. The first “attack” involved a deadly biological virus released intentionally into the population followed by a second virus, an electronic one that knocked out cell phones, landlines and the internet. First, let’s clarify something – this was all just a test. The hams were part of a state-wide ARES Simulated Emergency Exercise in cooperation with the state’s Office of Emergency Management and they we’re training for what could someday be the real thing. According to Steve Fletcher K7AA, Oregon's Grant County ARES Emergency Coordinator, participating hams faced numerous challenges: They were instructed to test Winlink in “radio only” mode within a one-hour window; explore the best way to employ APRS for the tasks ahead and of course, establish clear communications between volunteer and government agencies while understanding the instructional materials guiding their procedures through the test. An HF Net was also established on 75 meters in advance to avoid relay pileups. Steve said the hams’ enthusiasm was stoked even more by a scenario called the MacGyver Task, which occurred concurrently with the double-virus scenario. In this simulation, the antennas on each local Emergency Operations Centre were knocked out by bad weather. Steve told Amateur Radio Newsline in an email, the hams concluded the one-day test happy but tired – and better-educated about what they’ll need to do next time. (Amateur Radio Newsline) ---------------------------------------------------------------------* CLUBBING TARC Monster Xmas Lights Tour Get out your Santa Hats, flashy pins and Christmas Costumes and get ready for a magical mystery tour of the light fantastic! The famous (or is that the INfamous) TARC Monster Xmas Lights Tour is on again, happening Friday evening December 21st. Its a Drive Yourself Dazzling Spectacular and all mobile shack chariots will need to monitor 146.5MHz during the tour to hear instructions from the guide vehicle. If you do not have a 2metre transceiver in your vehicle - don't worry as a handheld will be lent to you. The Tour will start from Townsville<, gathering by 7pm and then leaving when it is dark enough. Be sure to pack an esky with plenty of cool water and cool bananas as the tour will be happening in a dehydrating climate! MXLT organiser Gavin VK4ZZ, with help from stage surveyors, is currently plotting a way around the City of Townsville (protected by the Powerpuff Girls). Are you a local HAM putting on a light spectacular? Have you spotted an outstanding display? Let Gavin know the suburb and street name so that the display can be included in the tour. Now don't be silly here...we don't need details od a display in downtown Wooloomooloo! TOWNSVILLE! The tour should end by 10pm at a secret destination. Contact Gavin VK4ZZ on mobile 0427 182469 or vk4zz@wia.org.au 2019 Social Scene February 24 VK2 - Wyong Field Day (vk2kfu) March 23-24 VK7 - Meet the Voice event at Ross (vk7news) April 6 VK5 - BRL Radio Group Annual Gathering, (vk5la) Overland Corner, S.A May 3 - 6 VK4 - Claireview Gathering (tarc) Sept 2019 - Scandinavian YL Radio Operators Convention will be in Norway LA8FOA is your contact Ingrid lullen55@gmail.com Oct 27 VK3 Ballarat Amateur Radio Group, BARG Hamvention 2019 3kqt 2020 Social Scene ALARAMEET 2020 Bendigo (vk5yl) October 2020 in Bendigo Victoria. Heidi VK3FHID and Jenny VK3WQ are leading the team who are planning an eventful weekend. This team is meeting regularly and are looking forward to seeing you in Bendigo. 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." 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