2022 JUNE 5 VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA ------------------------------------------------------------* THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK THIS LINK IS A VIDEO VERSION OF NEWS COMPILED BY VK5BD BEVAN tinyurl.com/WIA-News-Videos ------------------------------------------------------------* NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING JUNE 5 2022 IN OUR 27th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS Lee Moyle VK3GK WIA Vice President - Xuaeder. Felix Scerri VK4FUQ with the Four to Tune Clive Wallis VK6SCW with RAOTC news THIS & MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA PROGRAM RECORDED IN BRISBANE, OLYMPIC CITY 2032. BUILT ON AUSTRALIA'S EAST COAST FOR AUSTRALIAN ELECTONIC ENTHUSIASTS HEARD GLOBALLY MURDERED HAM RADIO OP. VK3VZP UPDATE The man accused of killing two campers who disappeared while on a trip in the Victorian high country is facing delays in his case, a court has been told. Gregory Stuart Lynn is charged with two counts of murder and faced the Sale Magistrates Court for an administrative hearing on Tuesday. The 55-year-old is accused of killing Russell Hill and Carol Clay while camping at the Wonnangatta Valley on March 20, 2020. The last known contact before they vanished was when Mr Hill, vk3vzp, was heard via HF radio, stating he was in the valley. tinyurl.com/ynxxrv8u (The Australian) WIA JOIN THE WIA tinyurl.com/yyj87b9y Justin VK7TW dropped a note to say " Not sure if someone has highlighted that last WIA broadcast year was a highest number of call-backs since the formation of the National WIA" Well spotted Justin and so it's thanks again to all who tune each week NOT WELL SPOTTED was the line in last weeks news where Vice President Lee Moyle's item on Dayton and how he and fellow Director Chris met with other National Societies WAS self-funded and NOT by the WIA You'd be surprised at how many queries on this arrived at the news desk. LISTEN UP ONCE AGAIN Director Chris and myself Lee took the opportunity to meet with other International peak body representatives such as ARRL, RSGB, DARC and IARU. We discussed the potential changes to our VK licencing structure, high power proposals, examination processes amongst many other things. It was great to meet ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR and ARRL FCC Council David Siddall, K3ZJ. Early discussions were had about reciprocal licencing processes along with CEPT and HAREC compliance. The WIA will be following up with ongoing zoom meetings to solidify the relationships. Although this trip was partly official WIA business, it was totally self-funded by both Chris and Lee and as such, no WIA members funds were used. Australia: Under 18's can take ham radio exam online Your WIA recently received official AMC documentation confirming a shift in Amateur Radio Remote Exam Procedure Previously under the constraints of UTas policy, anyone under the age of 18 years of age was unable to sit an Online Remote Amateur Radio Exam Session. As you could imagine, this policy had quite a negative impact on the ability to bring Youth into the Amateur Service, especially during the last two years during the Covid pandemic and lock downs that ensued, as "face to face" exam sessions were extremely restricted or not allowed. This change will also be in conjunction to the proposed fully online Examination service AMC have been proposing to be released for use later this year. The WIA thanks the AMC/UTas for their consideration in amending their Exam Policy as this simple change is a big win for the AMC, AMC Assessors, WIA and the Amateur Radio Service in Australia. EDUCATION DISCUSSION POINT ACMA AND THE FIGURE IS HALF A BILLION The fight against scammers is showing results with the release of new figures that telcos have blocked over 549 million scam calls under rules introduced in late 2020. The data was released by the Australian Communications and Media Authoritys Chair, Nerida OLoughlin in an address to the telecommunications industry. Every scam call that doesnt reach a consumer is a good outcome and every initiative that helps disrupt scammers makes Australia a harder target and increases confidence in our telecommunications services, Ms OLoughlin said. The ACMAs Combating Scams Action Plan, launched in late 2019, has seen the agency and the telecommunications industry develop a number of initiatives aimed at reducing phone scams, including the registration of new rules requiring telcos to detect and block scam calls. The figures released shows these initiatives are having an impact, as are rules to prevent mobile porting fraud introduced in mid-2020. There has been a 95 per cent decrease in reported mobile fraud since the new obligations commenced. ------------------------------------------------------------* INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, RAC, Southgate AR Club, ARRL, NZART, eHam, AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE & the World Wide sources of the WIA. REGION ONE Golden Globe Race This event sees boats endeavouring to circumnavigate the globe. The race starts from France, the 4th of September. All entrants must navigate using only OLD technology, no GPS or computer laptop allowed, with only a Sextant in hand and the stars to navigate the way around the globe. Participants will be allowed to use Radio Directional Finding, RDF navigation. The Irish Radio Transmitters Society was founded in 1932 and this year the society celebrates its 90th birthday. To mark the occasion the society has secured the special call-sign EI 90 IRTS. Since its initial use the call-sign has attracted multiple pile-ups on all bands and modes it has been used on. So the one "to tune for" EI 90 IRTS. Felix will have more DX news 'in a tick' so stay tuned for Felix's "FOUR TO TUNE" when he opens his DX Window. REGION TWO ARRL Honoured by Masons in Newington, Connecticut Freemasons of the Sequin-Level Lodge No. 140, located in Newington, have recognized the ARRL with a presentation. The special recognition was organized and led by the Lodge's Worshipful Master, Jon Faasen, AA 1 EZ who is also a member of the ARRL staff, serving as a Membership Services Representative in the Membership, Marketing, and Communications Department. Faasen and his fellow Masons organized the event to recognize ARRL for its contribution to the Newington community, and its role in serving ARRL members and radio amateurs worldwide. Newington Mayor Beth DelBuono participated in the presentation, issuing an official town proclamation honouring ARRL. While ARRL was established in Hartford in 1914, the association settled in Newington when construction started on a new headquarters station in 1937 on its current seven-acre site. Moving ARRL's station to Newington followed President Hiram P. Maxim's death in February 1936, and the Great Flood in New England that destroyed the station located in Hartford a month later. The new station opened in 1938, operating with Maxim's call sign, W 1 AW, which was granted to ARRL by the FCC as a permanent memorial to him. HOW WILL SUPERMAN GET ON? It was a melancholy Monday this week in the Big Apple as the last public payphone was uprooted from midtown Manhattan near Times Square and hauled away like so much garbage. That ought to be in a museum, youre thinking. Dont worry; thats exactly where the LAST pair is headed. Back some 8 years ago the New York City Mayor of the time started and pledged to move the concept of street-level public utility into the future. Since then, NYCs payphones have been systematically replaced with roughly 2,000 Wi-Fi kiosks that provide free domestic phone calls, device charging, and of course, Internet access. They also give weather, transit updates, and neighbourhood news. There are still a few PRIVATE payphones around the city, so Superman still has places to change. But if you need to make a phone call and have nowhere to turn, a WIFI kiosk is the way to go. Last week here on WIA National News WIA Vice President Lee, VK3GK filled us in on his Dayton Trip and mentioned the annual Dayton contest dinner. This saw the induction of two new members into the CQ Contest Hall of Fame. Recipient David Pascoe, KM3T, is well-known for his championships and record scores as well as his charitable work as a volunteer pilot for those with medical needs. Craig Thompson, K9CT, developer of the North American Collegiate Championship program, was the other recipient, recognized for his work with Contest University and numerous other initiatives. CQ's Amateur Radio Hall of Fame added seven new names, three of whom are Silent Keys. They are the late jazz pianist Robert Ringwald, K6YBV; Franklin Antonio, N6NKF, philanthropist and cofounder of chipmaker Qualcomm; Wolf Harranth, OE1WHC/OE3WHC, Radio Austria International broadcast journalist. Scott Wright, KMD, Mayo Clinic physician leading the team developing COVID-19 treatment with convalescent plasma; Peter Marks, AB3XC, the physician leading the team at the US Food and Drug Administration overseeing COVID-19 vaccines, treatment and testing; Les Kramer, WA3SGZ, developer of prosthetic devices for lower limbs Roy Lewallan, W7EL, author of the EZNEC antenna modelling software that has set standards for ham radio antenna design. Congrats all from here in the land down under. REGION THREE This story, and the lander ORIGINATED from region 3 but concluding this weeks international news it's to the moon... just how far would you be willing to go to get away from RFI? This story was originally filed for Amateur Radio NewsLine by our own News Editor Graham VK4BB There were high hopes for the radio telescope aboard China's Chang'e 4 lander when it touched down on the dark side of the moon three years ago. Chinese scientists believed that such a remote, unilluminated location would be free of radio noise because the moon is a shield against RFI from the Earth. They were wrong about the absence of noise altogether however. The low-frequency radio spectrometer on board the lander's relay satellite cannot do its work to unlock the mysteries of the universe until another mystery is solved: How to block the noise from the moon lander's own radio emissions. Knowing early on that these emissions would pose an issue, scientists took preventive measures but they apparently have not succeeded. One of the causes is apparently the electromagnetic leakage from the lander's power source. According to an academic paper cited in the South China Morning Post, the lander's noises are two to three times greater than the signals that the radio telescope had hoped to observe and even block the strongest pulses emitted by the sun. Researchers are now studying a mathematical solution that they hope will boost the sensitivity of the radio telescope, which is designed to receive frequencies under 30 MHz. PS when checking on the pronunciation I discovered Chang'e means MOON GODDESS in Chinese Mythology. RFI IN THE SHAKY ISLES Recently RSM had the opportunity to put one of their new Remote RF sensors to the test. A licence holder in Whanganui was experiencing intermittent interference and tracking it down was proving difficult. After several trips a Radio Investigator in Wellington, decided it was time for a new approach. He installed one newly purchased RF Sensors at the customers premises; this allowed RSM to monitor and record spectrum remotely. Within a short amount of time they y were able to dial into the receiver and analyse the spectrum. RSM was able to determine a nearby transmission was active whenever the interference occurred. Using this information, the customer was able to locate the offending transmitter and install appropriate filters. This was a great result for both the customer and RSM, and a fantastic example of how remote spectrum monitoring can reduce interference resolution time. ------------------------------------------------------------* HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT NOW CONTEST WISE:- -------------- 2022 -------------- International CQ Pride contest June 4-6 -------------- New World Wide Digital Contest also June 4-6 arrl.org/news/arrl-announces-new-world-wide-digital-contest (SouthGate) -------------- VK SHIRES CONTEST 11th JUNE 2022 Just a week to go before the Annual VK Shires Contest. Current rules and Shires Listings (in excel format) can be found ON wia.org.au/members/contests/wavks/ Diane VK4DI VK Shires Contest Manager says " It maybe a bit cool outside but this is a great time to get that portable station out of mothballs, find a Shire with no one else in it and make some contacts." text edition only. vkcc.com/2022/06/03/vk-shires-contest-2022/ -------------- WIA VHF - UHF FIELD DAYS Winter 2022 - 0200 UTC Saturday 25 June through 0159 UTC Sunday 26 June (differs in VK6). -------------- IARU HF World Championship NEXT contest is July 9 and 10. (ref) -------------- WIA Trans-Tasman Low-Band Contest 16 JUL 2022 The Trans-Tasman contest, held on the 3rd weekend in July aims to encourage Low Band activity between VK and ZL -------------- RSGB IOTA Contest is July 30 - 31st (SouthGate) -------------- WIA RD or Remembrance Day Contest Weekend closest to the 15th August each year. 2022 its Sat Sun August 13 and 14 -------------- ALARA CONTEST AUGUST 27 and 28 alara.org.au (vk5maz) -------------- WIA - NZART OCEANIA CONTEST PHONE - First full weekend in October 0600 UTC Saturday to 0600 UTC Sunday CW - Second full weekend in October 0600 UTC Saturday to 0600 UTC Sunday Log deadline for ALL logs - 31 October. -------------- WIA VHF - UHF FIELD DAYS SPRING 2022 is in NOVEMBER -------------- -------------- DX WINDOW - -------------- -------------- VK 90 ABC an Aussie station celebrating 90 years of the National Broadcaster and is operating all year -------------- Reiner, is using callsign TO2AZ from Basseterre Island, Guadeloupe, between May 27th and June 10th. Reiner will operate 40 to 10 meters, including 30, 17 and 12 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to his home call, DL2AAZ (ARNewsLine) -------------- JV 0 YU is on air from Mongolia until the 10th of June on the HF and VHF/UHF bands using CW, SSB and FT8 in DXpedition mode. QSL via RW 6 HS. (rsgb) -------------- Listen for Rafael, EA5XV, who hopes to be on the air from Panama as EA5XV/HP1 June 28th until September 12th. Listen for him on SSB. Send QSLs to his home call EA 5 XV (sourced to ARNewsLine) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitting news items If you would like to submit news items for possible inclusion in the VK1WIA broadcasts, please email your item in text to nationalnews@wia.org.au and don't JUST send url's links or posters, but take the time to pen YOUR contribution. 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We will not give blatant 'plugs' to raffles, be it raffles at the event or "on-line". --------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS - AND - SUMMITS ON THE AIR, WORLD WIDE FLORA, FAUNA PROGRAM, PARKS ON THE AIR and other ADVENTURE GROUPS. hema.org.uk/index.jsp minesontheair.com/about-mota parksontheair.com/ sota.org.uk sotawatch.sota.org.uk/en/ wwffaustralia.com/ First POTA activation from West Bengal in India A Three person team has activated the first Island Park (VU-0107) SOBUJDEEP PROVINCIAL RECREATIONAL AREA. The team comprised VU3XRY, VU3YDA, VU3JXF and made several contacts using 20, 40, 15 and 10 Meter bands. Digital Communication was also practiced using FT8. The event was supported by West Bengal Radio Club & PARKS ON THE AIR INDIA Community. Arunava Dey Vu3xry says he's delighted to let you know that everyday new parks are being added and all the Indian HAM Community will support this POTA Activity and take the hobby to the fields. (sourced to SouthGate) The hobby of amateur radio, and portable operating in particular, will receive some high profile coverage this Sunday, 5th June, on national UK television. The long-running BBC Countryfile programme airs at 6pm on the main BBC1 channel, and will be based from Flat Holm Island in the Bristol Channel. This location can claim to be the birthplace of radio as it was the site of Marconi's first radio transmissions over sea. Presenters will be with leading Summits on the Air operator Ben Lloyd GW 4 BML as he sets up a portable station on the island in order to contact SOTA activators on hill and mountain summits around the world. SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS - ALARA Don't forget that ALARA contest Felix told us about. ALARA contest for this year happens August 27 and 28 under the guidance of ALARA Contest Manager VK5MAZ. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS ATV (Every pixel tells a story) - tinyurl.com/WIA-News-Videos THAT LINK IS A VIDEO VERSION OF THIS NEWS COMPILED BY VK5BD BEVAN WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org NASA ON THE AIR (NOTA) IS BACK! Amateur radio club stations at NASA field centres have re-activated joint operations. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Amateur Radio Club is on the air with two special event stations, W 6 JPL and W 6 VIO. The NASA On the Air (NOTA-2022) special event runs through till December 31, 2022. NOTA-2022 is coordinated across all of the NASA centre amateur radio clubs and you can verify your NOTA-2022 contacts and download your NOTA-2022 certificate, made with the NASA amateur radio clubs, at the link in this weeks WIA News text edition. (nota.ka0s.net) With over a dozen differing sites and clubs instead of reading them all out again I direct you to read our text news. wia.org.au * NASA Centres Participating: * Ames Research Centre (ARC) NA6MF - California * Armstrong Flight Research Centre (AFRC) NA6SA - California * Glenn Research Centre (GRC) NA8SA - Ohio * Goddard Space Flight Centre (GSFC) WA3NAN - Maryland * Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) W6JPL & W6VIO - California * Johnson Space Centre (JSC) W5RRR - Texas * Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) N1KSC - Florida * Langley Research Centre (LARC) KG4NJA - Virginia * Marshall Space Flight Centre (MSFC) NN4SA - Alabama * Stennis Space Centre (SSC) N5SSC - Mississippi * Wallops Flight Facility (WWF) W4WFF - Virginia * White Sands Complex/Mesilla Valley Radio Club(MVRC) N5BL - New Mexico Details for the NASA On The Air event may be found at: nasaontheair.wordpress.com (opdx) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- IOTA iota-world.org ZL7, CHATHAM ISLAND Jeff, K5WE, will be active as ZL7/K5WE from the north coast of Chatham Island beginning September 9th through September 21st, 2022. He will operate all bands 160 through 10 meters using the CW, FT8, FT4, SSB, and RTTY modes. QSL via ClubLogs OQRS or K5WE. For more info go to: k5we.com/zl7-k5we (opdx) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR OLD-TIMERS raotc.org.au Hallo Everyone, this is Clive VK6CSW reminding you that tomorrow is the first Monday of month, time for the Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club of Australias June bulletin to go to air. As well as the latest Club news, this months talks are entitled: * Humboldt, a forgotten scientist * Arabian Highways. and * What is light? Everyone, RAOTC members and non-Members alike, is most welcome to listen to the program and join in the call backs afterwards. There are many different transmission frequencies, times and modes. To find one that best suits you, visit the RAOTC website www.raotc.org.au or just Google RAOTC broadcasts for full details. If none of the transmission times suit you, you can download the audio file at any time from today from the website. Members and Friends of the RAOTC in Perth are reminded that the next lunchtime meeting at the Bayswater Hotel is on Tuesday, June 14th.All are welcome but if youd like more details, please email coordinator Phil VK6ZKO at pbcasper@bigpond.com Once again, tune in tomorrow for the June RAOTC bulletin, enjoy the program and please join in the call backs afterwards. 73 from Clive VK6CSW. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- YOTA (Youngsters On The Air) youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA twitter.com/hamyota YOTA Contest 2022 Youth On The Air (ham-yota.com) As we have heard here on WIA National News, recent discussions by WIA with ACMA and AMC have enabled AMC/UTas to amend their Amateur Radio Examination Policy to allow under 18s to sit exams via remote. The WIA thanks the AMC/UTas for their consideration in amending their Exam Policy as this simple change is a big win for the AMC, AMC Assessors, WIA and the Amateur Radio Service in Australia. Now over to IARU region 2. Youth on the Air Camp 2022 On the Air and Streaming Selected Events. The camp for young amateur radio operators in North, Central, and South America will operate special event station W 8 Y throughout the camp from June 12-17 and will stream the opening and closing ceremonies on YouTube. YOTA campers will be operating special event station W8Y from both the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting in Ohio, as well as the camp hotel. The opening and closing ceremonies will be streamed live on the Youth on the Air YouTube channel. The opening ceremony is Sunday, June 12 from 2100Z to 2230Z, and will feature keynote speaker Dr. Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, the founder of HamSCI. The closing ceremony is Friday, June 17 from 1700Z to 1800Z. The channel will also feature a daily highlight video spotlighting the activities of the previous day. For additional information, please contact Camp Director Neil Rapp, WB9VPG at director@youthontheair.org and now with further YOTA NEWS from OUR area here's Alec,VK2APC. YOTA Oceania Net Every Monday 0700 UTC Net Control - is Thomas operating ZL6YOTA All Amateurs are welcome to come to this net as it's for young & experienced Amateur radio operators who want to have fun / have a place to be, We Talk about Technology and what been happening in the tech world we also share the latest news and help those who need help with there tech or to offer advice on your projects / technology gadgets also would like to hear your news / or what you been working on too Connection Details as follows EchoLink : ANZEL Network *Wales* (Main server) 485040 *Ham* 69556 IRLP . 9556 Allstar 48820 . 40452 (My Allstar) For more Information on this net go to zl3tom.com/yota-oceania-net/ (SouthGate) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP --- MILITARY Recordings of military transmissions can be found on the Signal Identification Guide Wiki at sigidwiki.com/wiki/Category:Military DXPEDITION TO THE 5 NORMANDY'S LANDING BEACHES On air this week but concluding today June 5 . Mehdi, has been active as F 5 PFP/P from the 5 Normandy landing beaches which for WW2 were named Sword, Juno, Gold, Utah and Omaha (qrz.com/db/F5PFP) Also with a Military Theme from Malta is 9 H 6 CAP commemorating the 80th anniversary of the destruction of the Capuchin Monastery and the Church in a WW2 bomb attack, in Floriana Malta, and ceases ops June 30th. QSL via 9H1CJ direct only. (opdx) ------------------------------------------------------------* 2022 Social Scene A NEW ONE IN THE CALENDER VK3 - Rosebud RadioFest November 20 9.3Oam. (vk3pdg) THEN NEXT WEEKEND VK2 - Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club Field Day June 11/12 (VK2ZHE) VK5 - Australian Fox Hunting Championship and SERG Convention Mt Gambier Queens Birthday weekend June (vk5dj) AND IN 2023 ALARAMeet2023 Sat 4 / Sun 5 November HOBART (luther8@bigpond.com) ------------------------------------------------------------* Oh... and to contact us with your news because If It Matters To You It Matters To Us! 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