May 05 2019 - 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 May 5 2019 IN OUR 24th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS WIA reminds us to check expiry date of our licenses. - WIA and our International rep. Dale Hughes, VK1DSH. - WIA's VK7TW Justin, Director and President. - WIA Annual Conference, VK2VE calls CQ Conference. THIS & MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA 2019 AND FOR WEEK OF MAY 05 2019 RENEWAL OF LICENCES One of hamdom's regular chestnuts has reared its head again, that of a licensee suddenly discovering her or his ACMA licence has expired. PLEASE REMEMBER It is OUR responsibility to keep a track of expiry dates and ensure we pay our license on time. More often than not ACMA do send a renewal, three to four weeks before the licence is due to expire, sent to the last valid postal or email address that the ACMA has on record. It is the licensee’s responsibility to keep email, postal and residential address current with the ACMA. BUT the ACMA is not required by legislation to send reminder notices for the renewal of licences, but does so as a courtesy reminder and to facilitate payment of the renewal fee. The WIA recommends that members note their licence renewal date in their diary as a reminder, should they not received the email or mail renewal notification from the ACMA. Check out "renewal of licences" on wia.org.au http://www.wia.org.au/licenses/licensing/licencerenewal/ As you are aware, this year is year of the World Radio Conference 2019 and the WIA will be sending delegates to represent Amateur Radio and Australia at this policy defining event, the outcomes of which are critical to the survival of our hobby. The amateur service depends on a relatively small number of documents and regulatory provisions that underpin its national and international existance. Dale Hughes, VK1DSH, will discuss these provisions, how they are changed and who plays a part in changing them, all at this years WIA AGM and Conference. Dale obtained his AOCP in 1981 and has always had a fascination for the technical side of radio communications. Dale is currently active in amateur satellites, LF and MF operation and amateur television and since 1998 has contributed nearly 50 technical articles to AR magazine. Since 2010 Dale has represented the WIA in the Australian World Radiocommunication Conference preparatory process and has been a member of the Australian delegations to WRC-12, WRC-15 and various regional meetings. Dale is the Chairman of the ITU working group 'Amateur and amateur satellite services' and regularly attends the working group meetings in Geneva. Don't miss this portion of this yeears WIA AGM / Conference. (wia memnet) Hello this is Justin VK7TW WIA Director and President. The WIA AGM Conference weekend is only a few weeks away and I am looking forward to catching up with many of you at the weekend. The range of activities and speakers is looking very impressive and I really encourage people to book soon. The presentations on the Saturday afternoon are looking great with Cube Sats, FreeDV, EHF adventures, Education, KiwiSDR and one not be missed from Dale VK1DSH on what constitutes amateur radio. I am also looking forward to wishing the Waverley Amateur Radio Club a very happy centenary on the Friday night. This should be a fantastic night. The Sunday at Dural is also looking like a greatday with many stalls including the HomeBrew Experimenter’s, ALARA, many NSW clubs, WICEN and commercial traders. This day is also timed to coincide with the monthly trash and treasure at Dural. ARNSW are putting on a BBQ and showing their very impressive site at Dural. This should be a great day. As President you become a ‘lightning rod’ for the organisation and you experience the best and the worst behaviour of the amateur community along with needing to balance time and resource pressures. I thank the amateur radio community for the opportunity to serve as President and Director for the last two years and look forward to continuing my involvement in a number of areas within the WIA. As a volunteer organisation the WIA is only as good as those that volunteer and the leadership that guide and support them. When I came onto the Board two years ago it was during a period of considerable negative sentiment toward the WIA and Board. The 2017 election resulted in all new Board members, except for one returning member. The new Board took on the task of rebuilding and stabilising the WIA and this has been successful from a finance and administration perspective. We have delivered a small surplus in 2018 and the 2019 budget indicates a small deficit in the 2019 year, even though we are spending over $40,000 sending delegates to the World Radio Conference. Dale Hughes VK1DSH recently attended the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) - Australian Radiocommunications Study Group 5, Terrestrial services meeting and presented on Agenda item 1.1 (50MHz). The meeting covered the new Department of Communications and the Arts (DOCA) arrangements in preparation for World Radio Conference 2019 (WRC-19). The WIA will be attending the last meeting of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Conference Preparatory Group - APG 19-5 will be held from 31 July - 6 August 2019, Tokyo, Japan. This will form the final view of the APT that will be taken to WRC-19 in October 2019. Just on WRC Preparation, the WIA will be spending about $40,000 on sending representatives to Egypt to represent amateurs in VK at that world forum. This is a significant outlay for an organisation that only has an operating budget of around $500,000. WRC-19 is being held in Sharm el Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt from the 28 October to 22 November 2019 and will see more than 2500 delegates from over 160 countries attending. I encourage members to read the 2019 Open Forum Report from Dale as this outlines the huge contribution that is being made to represent amateur radio at these national and international forums and in the words of Dale - “There is no alternative to ‘being there, on the floor, on the day’”. The ACMA released their Draft Five Year Spectrum Outlook and millimetre wave planning document and the WIA Spectrum Strategy Committee is preparing a submission from the WIA. The document has provided an indicative timetable for reforming the LCD and getting access to 60m as well as reforming the amateur qualification system by making it part of the Australian Qualifications Framework. This will have significant impact on the delivery of amateur radio training within Australia. The relationship with the ACMA is a precarious one - on the one hand the ACMA is divesting itself of everything administrative and this provides opportunities. This appears to be due to resourcing constraints placed on the organisation and this creates a shift from an organisational culture of prescriptive technical regulation to an organisation that runs and promotes enabling legislation and policy with industry driven self managing frameworks. This ACMA divestment represents a real challenge and risk for the amateur community. This manifests itself in what appears to be the regulators decreasing responsiveness to all things amateur radio when in fact this is due to the amateur community’s lack of acceptance of a self-regulation trajectory. This needs to change and it will be painful! This is my last Board Comment as I step down as President and Director at the May AGM. It has been a wonderful two years and I encourage people to become actively involved in running your National Representative Body. As a Board member you get to shape the hobby in small (occasionally larger ways) and this can be extremely satisfying. 73 from Justin VK7TW for the WIA National News. CQ WIA Annual Conference. The countdown continues to the WIA Annual Conference in Sydney with only 3 weeks to go till the it’s all on over the weekend of 24th to 26th of May. That’s the last weekend of THIS month. The presenters are lining up and it’s going to be a great event. Lots of opportunities to meet old friends and make new ones whilst helping to shape the future of Amateur Radio in Australia. In addition to the famous keynote speakers at the Friday night and Saturday night events, there will be technical topics speakers such as:- Dr Tony Monger VK2KZ, presenting on how CubeSats and Amateur Radio go together, David Rowe VK5DGR, updating the newest digital modes on HF, Liz Billiau VK2XSE presenting the future of education with the WIA, and Dale Hughes VK1DSH presenting the changes to Amateur Radio regulation and documentation. And more topics are coming. All who register by 11th May, that’s next Saturday, will go into a draw for a type approved DMR & Analogue handheld, courtesy of FDP Radios. So register now on the WIA website. It will be a great weekend with the Sydney Harbour backdrop and accented by the Vivid light and Sound Spectacular. So go ahead, register now! This is Eric, VK2VE, looking forward to seeing you there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, SARL, Southgate AR Club, ARRL, RAC, NZART AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE & the World Wide sources of the WIA. IARU To promote the harmonisation of band plans in the three IARU regions and to inform about possible changes in advance, the IARU Informal Band Planning Group has been founded. 3 radio amateurs from each of IARU Regions 1, 2 and 3 will belong to this informal group. Sion Chow, 9 M 2 CQC IARU R3 Bandplan Coordinator is already a members. ITU Japanese special event Special event station 8 J 1 ITU will be on the air from Japan until May 31 to celebrate the anniversary of the foundation of the ITU (World Telecommunication and Information Society Day - May 17th). 8 J 1 ITU is operated by the Japan ITU Amateur Radio Club during the month of May every year. THAILAND Coronation station HS10KING/mm on geostationary satellite To mark the Coronation of King Rama X (the 10th) from May 4-6 the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand under the Patronage of His Majesty the King is operating a special event station The station will be operated from the Royal Thai Navy's aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Thailand using the callsign HS 10 KING/mm. This station will be making QSOs on HF and also using amateur radio satellites, including the Es'hail 2 / QO-100 satellite. RAST English-language website: https://www.qsl.net/rast/ The Es'hail-2 / QO-100 geostationary satellite provides continuous coverage from Brazil across Africa and Europe all the way to Thailand. You can listen to its 10 GHz downlink from anywhere in the world by using the AMSAT-UK / BATC WebSDR. https://amsat-uk.org/2019/02/10/qatar-oscar-100-web-receiver-now-live/ UNITED KINGDOM Caister Marconi radio station contacts more than 160 amateurs in 36 countries Radio hams at the Caister Lifeboat Visitor Centre in Norfolk UK managed to contact all these stations Saturday 27 th April when they took part in the annual International Marconi Day to mark the inventor's birthday. Using the call GB 0 CMS and a mixture of Morse code and telephony contacts were made with other radio amateurs across the UK, Europe and the USA. The Norfolk Amateur Radio Club ran the all-day special event station at Caister Lifeboat to commemorate the village's original Marconi Wireless Station, which was established in 1900. The station was in a house in the High Street known as Pretoria Villa and its original purpose was to communicate with ships in the North Sea and the Cross Sands lightship. USA PAY FORWARD In a world where usualy we hear of Hams helping Hospitals, this USA Hospital donates laptops to amateur radio groups Clinton Memorial Hospital recently donated surplus laptops to local amateur radio clubs. Mark, KD8DGH, from Clinton Memorial Hospital, donated laptops to the Clinton County Amateur Radio Association, The Laurel VE Team Leader, and the Highland Amateur Radio Association. These will be used for various amateur radio activities in communications exercises and emergency preparedness training. https://www.wnewsj.com/news/102784/cmh-donates-laptops-to-amateur-radio-groups The American Chemical Society are reporting the success of powering a pacemaker with a patient's heartbeat. Implantable pacemakers have without doubt altered modern medicine, saving countless lives by regulating heart rhythm. But they have one serious shortcoming: Their batteries last only five to 12 years, at which point they have to be replaced surgically. Now, researchers have surmounted this issue by designing a pacemaker powered by the energy of heartbeats. The device was successfully tested in pigs, which have a similar physiology to humans. Because surgery to replace the battery can lead to complications, including infection and bleeding, various researchers have tried to build pacemakers that use the natural energy of heartbeats as an alternative energy source. However, these experimental devices aren't powerful enough because of their rigid structure, difficulties with miniaturization and other drawbacks, so Hao Zhang, Bin Yang and colleagues searched for ways to improve the technology. First, they designed a small, flexible plastic frame. Next they bonded the frame to piezoelectric layers, which generate energy when bent. They implanted the device in pigs and showed that a beating heart could in fact alter the frame's shape, generating enough power to match the performance of a battery-powered pacemaker. The study is a step toward making a self-powered cardiac pacemaker, the researchers say. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190220082602.htm (Science Daily Web E-zine via vk7wi news) --------------------------------------------------------------------* 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 2019 IARU HF World Championship 13-14 July. Trans-Tasman Low-Band Contest July 20 VK Remembrance Day Contest is August 17-18 -------------- THRU THE DX WINDOW Ali, EP 3 CQ, who went QRT on March 23rd, will once again be active as 6 O 1OO starting April 15th, for one month. Activity will be limited, he works for the UN Department of Safety and Security in Mogadishu. Operations will be all bands but mostly 40/20 meters using SSB and FT8. Last time he suggested that he will be on every day between 1800-2000 East Africa Time (EAT) and on the weekend (Friday and Saturday) between 1400-1800. See QRZ.com for more info QSL direct to: Ali Solhjoo, C/O Dr. de Vivanco, Schnackenburgstr. 3, Berlin 12159, Germany. DF13, German special event Look for special event stations with Prefix's DF13 to be active until June 30th, 2019. This to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Junkers F-13, the mother of all commercial aircraft. All QSOs will be automatically confirmed after July 15th, 2019, with a QSL card via Bureau. If you do not need a QSL card, let them know. Send direct QSLs via DM2TO -- shipping starting after August 1st, 2019. For more details and info on awards, see QRZ.com Formula 1 enthusiasts will be interested in a special station which will be on the air from Baku in Azerbaijan until 31st May. The callsign is 4 JF 1 EU and QSL manager is 4 J 3 DJ. (irts) Join Cricket World Cup Marathon - Here's the 'rub.' The RSGB is hosting an international amateur radio marathon event on the HF bands to celebrate this year's Cricket World Cup, which is being held in England and Wales. The marathon will run from the 30th of May to the 14th of July. Full details are at www.rsgb.org/cricket Panama special event Look for special event callsign H 31 A to be active until August 15 to commemorate 500th anniversary of the foundation of Panama City. Activity will be on most HF bands using SSB and the Digital modes (RTTY, PSK31 and FT8). QSL manager is HP 1 AVS (SouthGate) Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Sweden's National Society for the Active Visually Impaired is active as SF 50 CG throughout 2019. QSL via SM 0 BYD. (RSGB) Special call EI 19 RE active for 2019 The special call sign EI 19 RE will be active for the duration of 2019 to commemorate the establishment of the first Irish parliament. It first met in January of 1919 following a landslide victory for Irish nationalists in December 1918. https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2019/01/special-call-ei19re-active-for-2019.html (SouthGate) Scouting’s Gilwell Park is being honoured through 2019 with GB 100 GP. (vk6pop) In the World of DX, amateurs in Turkey are using the special call sign TC 10 GITRAD to mark the 10th anniversary of the radio group G.I.T.R.A.D. They are on the air all year through the 31st of December. No cards are required. However, if you need a paper QSL card please mail yours directly to TA 7 AZC and include a stamped self-addressed envelope and money for postage. NET ADVICE This in from K ONE W ONE LAND Awards Net - 80m / 3.677 MHz In past years this New Zealand Net has changed its operational time from 9.00 pm NZDT back to 8.00 pm during the winter period. Geoff ZL3QR says this has tended to clash with other 8.00 pm Nets so the Net will remain at 9.00 pm for this winter in an effort to gain more support for this service. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* BROADCAST MONITORING SWL AND SCANNER NEWS websdr.org websdr.mwrs.org.au:8901/ http://farnham-sdr.com/ Listen from UK to satellites PLATTER CHATTER RADIO new song for RAMMSTEIN The famous German rock band RAMMSTEIN released on April 26, 2019 its new single entitled: RADIO The video made for this title takes place in post-war Germany, showing how radio is the main protagonist. The video revolves around the role and power of radio during the world wars, censorship and persecution of those who listened to foreign stations during this period. The words of "Radio" recall a time when listening to the radio at night was an act of freedom. "Radio" is the second single of the new album of industrial metal kings that will be released on May 17th. Watch the video here: https://hamspheref0duw.blogspot.com/2019/04/f4czv-allemagne-une-chanson-et-un-titre.html (SouthGate) Irish Long Wave Station gets two year extension The Irish radio station RTE on 252 kHz is one of the few still operating on the long wave band in Europe. Although it was scheduled to close in June of 2019, it has now been given a new lease of life with an upgrade to the transmission mast and will stay in service for a minimum of two more years. The Irish diaspora in Britain are some of the main users of the service and they had been lobbying for it to continue. More info... https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2019/04/rte-radio-service-on-252-khz-to-be.html (southgate) ---------------------------------------------------------------------* WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS ATV (Every pixel tells a story) - arvideonews.com hamradiotube.com youtube.com qdg.org.au Reception problems owing to low audio levels plagued a recent round of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station-sponsored slow-scan TV transmissions. Some clever operators on the receiving end were able to use software to bump up the deficient audio so the images would decode properly. But the matter raised questions concerning the ISS crew’s ability to troubleshoot problems and to make adjustments to the Amateur Radio gear on the 'fly.' ARISS-International Chair and AMSAT Vice President for Human Spaceflight Programs Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, reminded us that ARISS is not the prime activity on ISS. There are over 300 international experiments currently operational on ISS on this expedition and that number will go to about 500 experiments in the next 1 – 2 years.” WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER NEPAL LAUNCHES ITS FIRST AMATEUR RADIO PAYLOAD There's a new CubeSat in space and it's a source of great pride for the nation of Nepal. Jason Daniels VK2LAW tells us more. "JASON: The community of satellites orbiting the Earth continues to grow and the latest newcomers to space include a "first" for the nation of Nepal. According to the Kathmandu Post newspaper, that country's first satellite, the NepaliSat-1, was launched on the 17th of April with an amateur radio payload on 435.375 MHz. In addition to its amateur radio role, the NepaliSat-1 will be gathering information about the Earth's magnetic field and its home country's topography. It was launched from NASA's Virginia Air and Space Center in the company of similar satellites from Japan and Sri Lanka. Abhas Maskey KG5WNC and Hari Ram Shreshtha KE5COO developed the CubeSat, which carries the Nepali flag and the logo of the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology. (arnewsline) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP --- MARITIME SOS Radio Week will take place EACH week until the 31st of May. This annual event has been extended for 2019 to raise awareness of the amazing work that the brave volunteers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution perform and to honour the volunteer watchkeepers of the National Coastwatch Institution who provide eyes around the coast of the UK to observe and report potential disasters unfolding. Individual amateur radio operators and clubs are invited to register as official SOS Radio Week stations and operate during the month to raise awareness of the invaluable work these two organisations perform. From the 4th to the 31st of May, GB 9 SOS will be operating as part of SOS Radio Week. The station will be operating on as many different bands as possible during the 28 days. The station will be operating from 1900 to 2100UTC on weekdays and 0900 to 1600UTC at weekends. (rsgb) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- MILITARY The Army Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) will host the traditional military/Amateur Radio communication tests to mark the 68th annual Armed Forces Day (AFD) on Saturday, May 11 in the USA. Armed Forces Day is May 18, but the AFD Crossband Military-Amateur Radio event traditionally takes place 1 week earlier in order to avoid conflicting with Hamvention®. Complete information, including military stations, modes, and frequencies, is available on the US Army MARS website. During the event, military stations in various locations globaly will transmit on selected military frequencies and announce the specific ham frequencies they are monitoring. (arrl) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR OLD-TIMERS http://www.raotc.org.au Hallo everyone. This is Clive VK6CSW reminding you that the Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club of Australia’s May bulletin goes to air tomorrow. This month as well as all the latest Club news we have three items for you, a story about the WW2 Coast Watchers in Australia, a piece about wind farms, and an article about the impact of WW2 bombing. Everyone, RAOTC members and non-members alike, is most welcome to tune in and to join in the call backs afterwards. I think most listeners are aware of your local broadcast times but there have been some minor changes recently so please visit the RAOTC website for full details of our morning and evening transmission schedules. For WA listeners we now have an additional transmission on 80 metres on 3620 kHz starting at 9.00 am local time. Conditions on 80 have been excellent lately so this transmission should cover most of WA. Once again that’s 3620 kHz at 9 am. Our website address is www.raotc.org.au or just Google RAOTC and click on the links. Here you will also find details of Club membership and qualifications needed to become an RAOTC member. Please note that the current audio file can now be downloaded as from tomorrow rather than Tuesday as before, and you can also download the previous five month’s files as well. If you do listen via the audio file, would you please take a moment to email some feedback. Once again, check the website for your local transmission schedule, tune in tomorrow or download the file for the May bulletin, and we look forward to hearing your call sign in the call backs afterwards. 73 from Clive VK6CSW. 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 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 World Scout Jamboree Gearing Up for Significant Amateur Radio Presence Amateur Radio will play a role in the 24th World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, the first World Jamboree held in North America. The Jamboree has chosen the theme “Unlock a New World.” Thousands of Scouts and Scout leaders from some 200 countries are expected to attend. The Jamboree’s Amateur Radio Exhibit will use the call sign NA 1 WJ — North America’s 1st World Jamboree. It will be on the air during the event, July 22 until August 2. “The goals of the Amateur Radio station at the World Scout Jamboree are to introduce Amateur Radio to Scouts and Scout leaders through hands-on participation in two-way communication with other stations across the globe. This activity will also serve as the Amateur Radio voice of the Jamboree.” Other facets of Amateur Radio at the Jamboree will include Amateur Radio direction finding, Amateur Radio satellite contacts, and a scheduled Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with an ISS crew member. They also expect to launch one or two balloons with Amateur Radio payloads and track them as they cross the Atlantic.” (sourced to arrl) 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 When a 6.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Luzon Island and its surroundings in the Philippines April 22nd, barely two minutes elapsed before emergency ham radio operations were on the air thanks to the HERO, network of the Philippine Amateur Radio Association. HERO began handling traffic on 7.095 MHz which someone is always monitoring, according to Jojo, the National Traffic System chairman and the chief operating officer of PARA. The 40 meter frequency was utilised in parallel with 144.740 MHz. Jojo said that as soon as health welfare and other relevant information was received by HERO net control, details were posted in the HERO thread on the Facebook group PARA2019. The quake was measured at a depth of 21 kilometres but could be felt in Metro Manila, most of Central Luzon and as far as some parts of the Ilocos Regions. CNN reported that nearly 30 structures were damaged by the first quake and some regions had their power stop flowing. To hear net asking DU2 and DU3 stations to report in, facebook.com/du1ivt/videos/10156752499448101 From Earthquakes to fires Amateur radio lends a hand to fire fighters The Borneo Post reports the Miri Amateur Radio Club has joined the battle to douse a stubborn peat fire near the Malaysia-Brunei border. The newspaper reports they are contributing their communication equipment and frequencis to Fire and Rescue personnel to overcome communication woes with their operation centre. This ham radio communication link has enabled fire fighters to communicate with their counterparts at the operation centre with the club’s radio sets. The battle area is bordering Brunei, about eight kilometres from Asean Bridge across the Baram River. (SouthGate) ---------------------------------------------------------------------* 2019 Social Scene VK3 - Moorabbin & District Radio Club HamFest 2019 Saturday 11th May. VK 2019 WIA Annual Conference Sydney weekend 24-26 of May. (wia) https://www.wia.org.au/joinwia/wia/2019agm/ VK2 Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club Field Day June 8 and 9 (vk2zhe) VK5 - South East Radio Group 2019 Annual Convention and Australian Fox Hunting Championships 8-9 June (vk5hcf) VK3 - GippsTech 2019 13'14 July (vk3pf) VK4 - Townsville Amateur Radio Club's Cardwell Gathering 4 days commencing October 4 (vk4zz) VK3 - Yarra Valley Amateur Group HamFest, 13th October (vk3cnw) WW - JOTA 2019 Friday 18th, Sat 19 & Sunday 20 October (vk2gx) VK3 - Ballarat Amateur Radio Group, BARG Hamvention Oct 27 (vk3kqt) 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. 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