2022 JULY 3 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 JULY 3 2022 WIA JOIN THE WIA tinyurl.com/yyj87b9y ROSTERED WIA DIRECTOR BRINGING US NEWS FROM THE WIA ON HAPPENINGS AT BOARD LEVEL WILL BE IN ROTATION:- Chris VK3FY Peter VK4EA Steve VK2TSG President Scott VK3KJ Greg VK2GPK Peter VK8ZZ Lee VK3GK NEXT week hopefully Chris VK3FY along WITH Peter VK4EA ------------------------------------------------------------* 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 RSGB volunteers and staff contributed to the IARU Region 1 Interim meeting at Friedrichshafen Thursday, 23 June. The meeting covered topics across HF, VHF and UHF, as well as microwave and EMC matters. This included the latest state of preparations for WRC-23 where agenda item 9.1B on the protection of satellite navigation systems, such as Galileo in the 23cm band, was of prime interest. Slides showing the current state and this potentially significant threat to the radio amateur and amateur satellite services have been published on the RSGB special focus page. rsgb.org/main/news/special-focus/wrc-23/ The IARU, supported by the RSGB, continues to work hard to reduce any impact. IT'S A DOGS LIFE - or should that be "The Cats Whisker?" If you think amateur radio is going to the dogs, you're right - but those dogs are getting plenty of company. The dog days of August will soon be upon us and so too will August 26th, known as International Dog Day. A number of hams around the world have decided to run with the pack by getting special event call signs and getting on the air to publicize the needs of abandoned and abused pets who have ended up in shelters - dogs as well as cats. Amateur Radio NewsLine have revealed Hanz, YL3JD, will be operating CW from his shack in Latvia using the call sign YL 1 DOG starting on Monday the 22nd of August There are plans for other 'poochie' call signs to be on the air too, including PF 6 DOG, and PD 6 DOG. International Cat Day is being celebrated on August 8th and on the 'cat walk' YL 1 CAT. The list is growing but organizers are looking for even more operators to call QRZ on behalf of shelter animals. Visit the website catsanddogsontheair.com to get the details. REGION 2 OHIO NET INVITES THE WORLD TO CHECK IN A new net has been launched to accommodate night owls in the United States and others around the world at whatever time of night (or day) it happens to be. Silvercreek Amateur Radio Association has issued an invitation to check into the Beacon Net which only launched last month at 2am, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) each week on Monday and Thursdays at that hour and Saturdays at 1.30 UTC Day/Time. Although the net can be heard on the local W 8 WKY repeater, check-ins also take place on the club's All-star Hub node number 48496 and their EchoLink W8WKY-R channel. The net plans to add more repeaters and All-star hubs later. REGION THREE Rajamahendravaram (East Godavari District) : A Ramesh Babu, chief program coordinator, Academy of Ham radio, briefed the students of Adikavi Nannaya University College of Engineering on Ham Radio recently. Ramesh Babu was the speaker at Ham Radio awareness programme organised at the University Seminar Hall and he spoke about the emergence and historical background of Amateur Radio which as we know has a special place in today's world of cutting-edge technology. He said the government maintains an information system during disasters relying on Ham Radio. The University Vice-Chancellor presented a memento to Ramesh Babu and the VCC suggested university authorities look into the possibility of setting up a Ham radio station on the campus. tinyurl.com/53pwzur3 TOKYO -- More amateur ham radio operators are reaching out across the airwaves in Japan, possibly due to past enthusiasts returning to the hobby amid the coronavirus pandemic. While ham radios have practical uses like gathering information in times of disasters as witnessed in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, why are they getting attention as a pastime now? The membership of the Japan Amateur Radio League had been falling steadily as mobile phones and the internet sapped ham radios' appeal. But at the end of fiscal 2020 it saw a year-on-year rise of 574 members for a total of 65,788, the first increase in 27 years. The membership had grown further by the end of fiscal 2021. A league representative said of the trend, "One cause may be that the generation that was familiar with ham radios in their youth have retired and gone back to them." Sales at Ham Shop Friends, which sells amateur radio equipment in the suburban Tokyo city of Hamura, have also grown due to apparent demand from people stuck at home during the pandemic. Manager Katsuhisa Akiyoshi, 71, said it was "because ham radio enthusiasts can be connected even when they can't go out." Australian Search and Rescue agencies can utilise phones as rescue beacons. Doug VK2XLJ pointed me to this item seen in crticicalcomms.com.au, mobile phones can pinpoint locations of people who are lost and offer an opportunity to augment search and rescue (SAR) services in Australia, according to Kim Blacker, managing director and founder of Stratelo