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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 26 2019 IN OUR 24th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS WIA - AGM WEEKEND Good Morning from Sydney, I am WIA Director Peter VK8ZZ, As this broadcast goes to air, we are all actively involved at the 2019 SYDNEY Amateur Radio Convention celebrating 100 years since the Waverley Amateur Radio Society was established. Last Friday night saw the official celebrations by the Waverley club at the Sydney Town Hall. This year’s Amateur Radio Convention was organised by the Waverley Amateur Radio Society, the WARS organising committee and AR NSW. So, a big congratulations for a job well done. Yesterday (Saturday) was the Annual General Meeting of the Wireless Institute of Australia. That was followed by a number of forums and technical sessions. It was difficult to choose between the events on the day. This AGM sees the end of the term for President Justin Giles-Clark VK7TW. Justin has been an extremely hard worker and an active member of the WIA Board. Justin did not re-nominate for a board position and he will be sadly missed. We all wish Justin well for the future and look forward to his continued participation as a volunteer with the WIA. The new WIA president will be elected today at a WIA Board meeting. The next Annual Conference and AGM will be held in Hobart in 2020. Registrations will open soon. I am often contacted by members saying that the WIA should do this or complaining that they are not doing something else. An article in the current AR Magazine by Ted Thrift VK2XA hits the mark. Ted says in his article that one of his greatest dislikes includes: - “That is people having a whine about something that has or has not happened and lay the blame at THE WIA. …. There is no “THE WIA”, it is a collective group of people who put substance into Amateur Radio in Australia” Well said Ted!! Ted Thrift is a past Director of the WIA and was a volunteer WIA Assessor for many years. He is definitely in touch with “The WIA” as he has been the Clubs Co-ordinator for a number of years. So, if you as a member of the WIA think that the institute should be doing something that it is not, then stand up and be counted. Put a proposal together and offer to run it. That’s what volunteers do. If you think that the management or committees are not up to scratch, then put your hand up to nominate as a director, or as a member of that committee, that’s what I did and why I am here now. I also am often asked what members get for the membership fees. Well the WIA is the peak body for Amateur Radio in Australia. We hold the same position as the RSGB does in Great Britain or the ARRL in the USA. The WIA is recognised internationally as such. So, amongst other things, we as members get representation both domestically and internationally for our beloved hobby. Those amateurs that are not financial members of the WIA or have chosen to support other splinter groups are, in my opinion, freeloaders, reaping the benefits of the representation made for and on behalf of all amateurs by the Wireless Institute of Australia. Member subscriptions help this representation and members should be very proud of that. Today the Sydney Conference continues at ARNSW’s DURAL site. I for one, am keen to be part of the field day today and look forward to meeting as many members as possible up at Dural. This has been Peter VK8ZZ. A reminder that VK2WI News will have a live report of the WIA AGM at the end of today's VK1WIA news. For those who can receive one or more of the VK2WI HF frequencies - the segment will be at about 10.25 am EAST, right after this broadcast. For those who have reception difficulties VK2WI News is also streamed at arnsw.org.au/audio The segment will be recorded and available later on the web site at arnsw.org.au/audio This is Roger Harrison VK2ZRH from the Spectrum Strategy Committee. Last month, the Australian Communications and Media Authority – the A C M A – released a document setting out the work that it plans to do in spectrum management from now through to 2023. Called the “Five-year spectrum outlook 2019-23”, the 71-page document is what the Authority calls a consultation draft. That is, they called for all interested stakeholders to comment on all aspects of interest to them. Naturally, that includes the WIA, on behalf of members and the radio amateur community in general – both licensed amateurs and prospective licensees. During the next year or so, the ACMA intends to work on reform of the Amateur licence conditions, progressing access to the long-awaited 60m band allocated to amateurs on a secondary basis at the 2015 World Radio Conference, and furthering availability of amateur qualifications, amongst other things. The WIA has submitted a detailed response to the ACMA’s draft work plan, covering all key topics of interest to the Australian radio amateur community, which include: ## reviewing amateur licensing in the context of the single licensing system being brought in with the new Radiocommunications Act, yet to be considered by the federal parliament. ## consultation on proposed amateur licence conditions, which were submitted by the WIA in 2018 following a survey of the Australian radio amateur community. ## advancing access to the 5.3 MHz – or 60 metre band – allocation . . . after talks with the defence department, the WIA has submitted a proposal to provide some limited access that avoids or mitigates interference to incumbent services. ## amateur licence tenure and fees framework – based on models used in other countries, where amateurs have low fees and long licence tenure. The WIA has told the ACMA it is concerning that amateur licensing issues are being considered when the foreshadowed new Radiocommunications Act is not in place and there is little or no indication about how the new Act will deal with delegations, regulations and codes of practice. Accordingly, the WIA reiterated that the radio amateur community requires: – individual licences bearing a unique callsign – certainty of licence tenure – an equitable framework of transaction costs – that is, fees – certain and continuing access to frequency bands throughout the radiofrequency spectrum, and – continued participation and representation in spectrum management processes. For those interested in the 70 MHz band, the Institute has put forward a proposal to enable conducting experiments through the use of Scientific licences obtained by the Institute which then authorises individual amateurs to conduct experiments. In the proposal on licence conditions submitted to the ACMA in 2018, the WIA suggested an allocation at 70.0 to 70.5 MHz, which is congruent with allocations in Region 1. There is a precedent. Before the 470 kHz band was allocated, transmission and propagation experiments were conducted by local amateurs under experimental licensing held by the WIA. Check out the WIA’s response to the ACMA’s latest work plan on WIA News on the website, wia.org.au This Roger Harrison VK2ZRH for VK1WIA News. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, SARL, Southgate AR Club, ARRL, RAC, NZART AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE & the World Wide sources of the WIA. ITU ITU Working Party 5A1 Completes Draft New Report on WRC-19 Agenda Item 1.1 They completed work on the sharing and compatibility studies required for WRC-19 Agenda Item 1.1 during the meeting of WP 5A that concluded on May 9. The report, which began as a nine-page document in 2016, grew to 158 pages developed from 60 input contributions over a 3-year period. Working Group 5A1, responsible for amateur matters, is chaired by WIA's Dale Hughes, VK1DSH. Agenda item 1.1 calls on the ITU to study Amateur Service spectrum needs in Region 1 in the 50 – 54 MHz band, taking into account the results of sharing studies between the Amateur Service and other services using the band to ensure protection of these services. The report describes work undertaken to prepare for Agenda Item 1.1 of World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 and the associated Conference Preparatory Meeting, which addressed the technical background for WRC. National administrations will use the Draft New Report and the CPM Report to prepare proposals for WRC-19 later this year. WRC-19 will only consider proposals actually offered by administrations or RTOs. No impact on Amateur Radio allocations in Regions 2 and 3 is anticipated. WRC-19 takes place October 28 – November 22 in Egypt. UK BBC extends 5G broadcast radio trial The Orkney islands were selected for the BBC’s broadcast radio and broadband access trial because the region has poor digital radio coverage and limited fixed and mobile broadband connectivity. The trial was launched in February in Stronsay, Orkney, making residents there among the first in the world to receive live radio broadcasts over 5G. https://5g.co.uk/news/bbc-extends-5g-broadcast-radio-trial/4892/ AGM's are 'in the air.' 88th IRTS AGM hosted by SEARG The South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC will be hosting the 88th Annual Irish Radio Transmitters Society AGM over the weekend of the 18th and 19th April 2020 in Carlow. Any VK hams intending on an overseas jaunt might we suggest you check out the web page for this huge 88th event, best read on wia.org.au This will be E12WRC's 2nd time to host the event and they look forward to welcoming everyone, Ireland and beyond, to Carlow. website:- www.searg.ie USA COLORADO SCHOOL LEARNS REALITY OF RADIO RESCUE This story reminds us that school shootings in the USA have, sadly, become a common reality -- but so too has the fact that radio can make a difference even in the face of such horror. With this report here is Amateur Radio Newslines Mike Askins KE5CXP. Administrators at one high school outside Denver, Colorado, are true believers in what amateur radio operators have known for years: radio helps save lives. The school is the STEM School Highlands Ranch where on Tuesday May 7th, two students with guns killed one teenager and injured eight other people. It was radio, however, that was credited with getting quick police response. Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said in a recent NBC News report that the school's use of their on-premises police radio got word out about the active shooter situation immediately. That frantic message was, in effect, a broadcast to local law enforcement. The fact that one of the suspects was in custody within minutes was attributed by experts to a healthy two-way radio link from the campus to the cops. Curtis Lavarello of the School Safety Advocacy Council told NBC that fewer than 10 percent of school agencies have such radio links. He said providing them is as easy as adding police channels to existing radios a school may have or giving the schools unused police radios. Whether it's cyclones ravishing Asia or hurricanes trouncing the U.S. Atlantic Coast or nightmare situations in schools, radio remains the wireless lifeline for us all. Ask any ham. --------------------------------------------------------------------* 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 JUNE 10 IS THE QUEENS BIRTHDAY HERE IN VK ( but not in VK6 or VK4) That weekend is also the VK SHIRES CONTEST This in from VK4TI and we will have more in both text and audio news June 2nd. EXPERIMENTAL RULE 2019 We will accept logs that contain Digital Modes however the exchange information is still required. AND THE MODE must be included. Probably easier to send digital file separately. >From 2018 the VK Shires is an official WIA Contest and will count towards the Peter Brown Contest Champion Awards. Contest Introduction ALL HF Bands available to Standard licensees - Modes are SSB and CW, stations can be worked once on each mode. EXPERIMENTAL RULE 2019 We will accept logs that contain Digital Modes however the exchange information is still required. AND THE MODE must be included. Probably easier to send digital file separately. Digital will be a separate standalone category. The preferred mode is FT4 but whatever floats your boat. ROVER stations as well as portable entries make up part of the character of the VK Shires as well as the timing to take place over an East Coast Long Weekend.(Queens Birthday) LOGS ARE ONLY ACCEPTED IN CABRILLO FORMAT Aim of The Contest The objectives of this contest are for amateurs around the world to contact as many VK shires as possible in the contest period. VK amateurs are to work the world including VK, whilst the rest of the world can only work VK. http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/wavks (trent vk4ti) IARU HF World Championship 13-14 July. RSGB IOTA Contest July 27-28th Trans-Tasman Low-Band Contest July 20 VK Remembrance Day Contest is August 17-18 CQ magazine has announced the induction of one individual and one group to the CQ DX Hall of Fame, which honors those DXers who not only excel in personal performance but who also "give back" to the hobby in outstanding ways. CQ DX Editor Bob Schenck, N2OO, presented Hall of Fame plaques at an induction ceremony held at the annual Dayton DX dinner on May 17th. The 2019 inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame are: Joe Taylor, K1JT - Nobel Prize winning-astrophysicist who has revolutionized the face of DXing with his suite of WSJT weak-signal digital modes, including FT8, which is capable of decoding signals well below the noise level. KIJT shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of binary pulsars. Silvano Borsa, I2YSB, and the Italian DXpedition Team. The Italian DXpedition Team has made more than 20 major DXpeditions in the past 20 years, mostly to Africa, where its members have activated more than a dozen rare countries, making nearly 1.4 million QSOs along the way. In addition, the team has arranged for the donation and delivery of two ambulances from Italy to Somalia, one of the many countries it has activated. -------------- -------------- Extended 2m coverage in the NSW South Coast, Snowy Mountains and Northern Victoria regions. A new 2m Repeater VK3RDH is now operational on 146.625 MHz-600Khz (no tone) in Northern Victoria. The Repeater, located on Mount Delegate, is just over the border with NSW. Early signal reports are said to have been favourable and so far received from Sale, Bairnsdale and North Eastern Tasmania amongst others. This 146.625 Repeater is linked to VK2RSE 147.375MHz + 600Khz (no tone) located at Mt Roberts near Bredbo and VK2RFS 146.750MHz – 600Khz (no tone) located at Mumbulla Mountain on the Far South Coast of NSW near Bermagui. With these three Repeaters linked, 2m access is now provided from south of the Batemans Bay NSW area along the coast down to Eden, into the Monaro Plains and Snowy Mountains areas between Bredbo (and for those not familiar with the region it IS Bredbro with a B. Then Jindabyne as well as up into the NSW Main Range ski areas and west to Adaminaby. This addition of VK3RDH now extends that coverage into Northern Victoria and surrounding areas. VK2FJCM, Angelo Giuffré, says that the "Snowy Mountains Amateur Radio Club would really appreciate signal reports and testing from Amateurs in the North Victorian areas and welcome you to join them on their weekly 2m Net (VK2SNO) every Saturday at 1930 hours. They re-broadcast the WIA Weekly News Broadcast every Sunday night at 1800 hours. (Angelo, make sure callbacks@wia.org.au does get the check in figures.) The club appreciates the work conducted by Peter VK2DIE and Didge VK2DIG over the course of the last couple of years to make the facilities and coverage possible. (Angelo Giuffré VK2FJCM) -------------- Juha, OH5CW and the OH5C group are active as OG 0 C from Kokar, in the Aland Islands, IOTA reference EU-002, until Tuesday the 28th of May. CW, SSB, FT8, FT4 and MSK144 on the 160 to 2m bands. QSL via the bureau, or direct to OH5CW Thomas, F4HPX will be active holiday-style as FR/F4HPX from Reunion Island until the 5th June. He will operate mainly SSB and FT8 on 40, 20 and 15m. Waldi, SP7IDX will be active as LA/SP7IDX from Store Molla, Lofoten Islands, EU-076, until the 29th of May. He will operate SSB and FT8 on the 40 to 10m bands. QSL direct to home call or via Logbook of The World. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS FEMALES IN RADIO. Ham radio operator sports ‘hairtenna’ The Xenia Daily Gazette reports on the ‘hairtenna’ worn by Kristen KB3OQV at Hamvention® The 27-year-old is known around Dayton Hamvention as Antenna Hair Girl. Think Marge Simpson with bleach blond hair and an antenna stuck down in the middle of the gel-laden quaff. “I do my hair up every year for this,” Andrews said while posing for pictures with other hams. “I started doing it when we were at Hara Arena. I saw (a man dressed as) Cat in the Hat. I was like ‘I’ve got to do something different.’” Using a tube of hair gel each day, KB3QQV carefully styles her hair straight up to cover the bottom part of the antenna. The rest of the antenna is adorned with her call sign — KB3OQV — and some purplish lights. Read the full story at xeniagazette.com/news/40878/ham-radio-operator-sports-hairtenna (SouthGate) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FIFTY AND UP 50 MHz activity needed - 13 June 2019 This year the ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) starts on 28 October and will last four weeks. An important agenda item for the amateur service is for the WRC to consider the consolidation and extension of 50 MHz in Region 1 (Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asiatic Russia). One of the national telecoms administrations, which are actively supporting the proposal, is the Czech Republic; unfortunately some other administrations are actively opposed. To gather solid evidence of the high level of amateur activity on the band, and at the same time to demonstrate that amateurs can co-exist with other band users including the military, IARU is supporting a monitoring trial Thursday 13 June 07:30 - 09:00 UTC and 11:00 - 12:30 UTC Government and professional users will be monitoring and some will be transmitting as well, so it is important that HAMS make a good showing. Remember, by the way, that if you do hear any non-amateur stations you must make sure you do NOT cause them any interference. Full details can be found on the iaru-r1.org website. Date and times are Thursday 13 June 2019 07:30 - 09:00 UTC and 11:00 - 12:30 UTC WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ILLW https://illw.net/ ILLW reaches 200 The 200th registration for this year's International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend is from Latvia which is a rare country for the event and a new lighthouse as well. Užava Lighthouse, originally established in 1879, is located on the Latvian coast of the Baltic Sea. The lighthouse stands in an isolated location, on a 28 metre high sand dune, which is permanently threatened by wave action from the Baltic Sea. This highly popular event now in its 22nd year, takes place on 17th-18th August with over 500 entries expected. It is a fun weekend with many entrants returning year after year with some taking part every year since 1998. All the details and registration form are on the ILLW web site https://illw.net (SouthGate) 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 Ham Radio Kidsday IARU Region 1 report this year’s second Kidsday will be held on June 15. This event is especially created to promote Amateur Radio to youth This is a moment where you can share your amateur radio hobby with your family, grandkids, friends, scouts or even to the general public. This day can be the first time for youth to experience a real radio QSO, hopefully they get interested in becoming a licensed amateur radio operator. You could make use of this suggested exchange: Name, age, location and favourite colour. Be sure to work the same station again if an operator has changed. To draw attention, call “CQ Kids Day.” Suggested frequencies IARU Region 1: 10 Meters: 28.350 to 28.400 MHz 15 Meters: 21.360 to 21.400 MHz 20 Meters: 14.270 to 14.300 MHz 40 Meters: 7.080 to 7.120 MHz 80 Meters: 3.650 to 3.750 MHz (southgate) 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 Amateurs Demonstrate Emergency Messaging Capabilities for Red Cross and FEMA. Just days ahead of the 2019 hurricane season, dozens of hams along the US East Coast demonstrated Amateur Radio's ability to deliver messages without commercial power, infrastructure, or permanently established stations for officials of the American Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Last Thursday's event took place in coordination with ARRL, during a joint meeting with Red Cross and FEMA officials in Baltimore. The demonstration was a mock response to a simulated disaster scenario -- a major hurricane with mass casualties striking the east coast. Amateur Radio operators at portable stations from New England to the Carolinas delivered messages to W 1 AW, which then coordinated and delivered the information to officials attending a joint FEMA-Red Cross meeting in Baltimore. (sourced to arrl.org) SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- SUMMITS ON THE AIR www.sotawatch.org www.sota.org.uk SOTA ACTIVATION BY TRIO ON MOUNT ETNA It seems that Mount Etna was particularly active recently - but no worries, there was no lava involved at this volcanic site. This trio of hams only had a short time on the summit -- but this summit happened to be Mount Etna, site of an active volcano on the east coast of Sicily, so they made the most of their time. Beppe I1WKN and his friends Riccardo IZ1GDB and Fabrizio IZ1DNQ hiked up with all their gear on the 12th of May but did not go to the very top. Ed Durrant DD5LP explains. Beppe told Newsline that inclement weather and the park rules at this UNESCO World Heritage site only permitted them a short time for their activation. They set up a distance of 20 meters below the top, on the south west border of the crater and operated between the rocks for protection against the winds. According to Riccardo, wind speeds reached as much as 80 or 90 kilometres per hour - or more than 50 miles per hour. The team managed a few QSOs on 40 metres and 20 metres - contacting Italian operators and hams elsewhere in Europe, including Spain and the Czech Republic. Beppe told Newsline he hoped to return to Etna but he plans to wait for better weather and warmer temperatures. From AR Newsline, on VK1WIA, this is Ed Durrant DD5LP. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* 2019 Social Scene VK 2019 WIA Annual Conference Sydney THIS weekend 24-26 of May. https://www.wia.org.au/joinwia/wia/2019agm/ This is the end of National News and for those listening to VK2WI please stand by as we cross for a live report on the final day of the WIA AGM weekend from some of the delegates at Dural this morning. 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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