2022 JULY 31 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 31 2022 IN OUR 27th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS ( 1937 in a mention we've come across relating to weekly broadcasts of information prepared by VK4 was a plea to restart the weekly news service which was on air in the late 1920's ) AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PORTAL Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest news, key facts and figures, contacts and answers to your questions. www.health.gov.au/ THIS WEEK - A special word to those it may concern in VK6 A reminder to our Female contesters, Immediate Past President of your WIA on the art of QSLing and SAD news from our current WIA President. THIS & MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA PROGRAM RECORDED IN BRISBANE, OLYMPIC CITY 2032. 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:- President Scott VK3KJ Greg VK2GPK Peter VK8ZZ Lee VK3GK Chris VK3FY Peter VK4EA Steve VK2TSG So next week, we hear from Secretary Peter Clee VK8ZZ BUT NOW - Scott Williams VK3KJ - WIA - President Many thank Graham and greeting to all listeners of the WIA Broadcast this week. This is WIA President and Director, Scott Williams VK3KJ. On behalf of the WIA Board of Directors, this week it is great sadness that we report the very sad passing of John Martin (VK3KM), After a long and courages battle with ill health, John became a silent key last Saturday 23rd July. Given Johns enormous contribution to the WIA and the broader Amateur Radio Community, we believed a special fitting tribute was warranted on this weeks broadcast. A little background on John, in the early 1970s with the advent of amateur satellites and the rapid growth of VHF & UHF repeaters and the growth of VHF & UHF in general, this drove the WIA to establish a National Technical Advisory Committee. John became involved in this committee in 1973, producing a report on the draft 70cm band plan published in AR Magazine in October 1974. He served in several roles until a Federal Technical Advisory Committee was established around 1990 or 1991. He was congratulated for a decades service in 2001 by Jim Linton (VK3PC (SK)), then Victorian Division President. John held three callsigns through his life: VK3ZJC from 1967 when first licensed, VK3KWA from 1993 and then VK3KM from 2005. John became the VHF-UHF Field Day coordinator in the early 1980s, publicising and supporting national VHF-UHF field days, developing from one to three events over one year. John was active on packet radio from the early days as well as chasing terrestrial DX on the 23cm band, working tropospheric scatter and aircraft scatter. John continued to serve on the Technical Advisory Committee throughout his past years of ill health. The WIA wish to formally acknowledge the enormous contribution John Martin has made to the Amateur Radio community and we pass on our sincere condolences to Johns family and friends through this difficult time. Rest in peace John Martin (VK3KM) now silent key. Now onto some brighter news, we would like to congratulate fellow Board member and Director Steven Green (VK2TSG) who this week was announced the Citizen of the Year for the Penrith City Council in NSW. The awards recognise and celebrate residents who go above and beyond, who dedicate their time to making the City of Penrith a great place to live. Steven was in particular recognised for his tremendous amount of volunteer work within the community. Very worthy of mentioning is the time Steven devotes to providing pastoral care and chaplaincy to nursing home residents and mental health patients in hospital, as well as peer support to emergency personal. Steven is also on call to the NSW Police when a support person is needed for local youths and those with disabilities. Our congratulations once again go to Steven Green for being the recipient of this award and his work within the community. Well done, Steven. Finally, the new Foundation Manual is in print, and we hope stock will arrive next week. Thank you for your patience and for those many people waiting, the wait will be worthwhile as it has been significantly upgraded. Thats it for me this week. I look forward to talking to you on air soon. Best Regards Scott VK3KJ Now WIA Board Member and immediate Past President Greg VK2GPK:- One of the benefits that the Wireless Institute (WIA) provides its members is the QSL Bureau service. The WIA QSL Bureau processes many thousands of both inbound and outbound QSL cards each month and has done so for many decades. It is important to recognise that the WIA QSL Bureau operates with the collaboration and greatly appreciated assistance of both Westlakes Amateur Radio Club (WARC) and Amateur Radio Victoria (ARVIC). My choice of QSL cards as a topic for this broadcast stems from a recent discussion with a radio amateur colleague who raised the issue of the large number of non-deliverable QSL cards within Australia. Whilst most radio amateurs certainly know what a QSL card is, those recently licenced or prospective radio amateurs and SWLs (Shortwave Listeners) may not. A QSL card is a written confirmation of either a two-way radiocommunication between two transmitting stations; a one-way reception of a signal from an AM radio, FM radio, television or shortwave broadcasting station; or the reception of a two-way radiocommunication by a third party listener. A typical QSL card is the same size and made from the same material as a typical postcard. Whist there is no official standard size for the card, the defacto standard is 140mm by 90mm. QSL card derives its name from the Q code term QSL". A Q code message can stand for a statement or a question (when the code is followed by a question mark). In this case, 'QSL?' (note the question mark) means "Do you confirm receipt of my transmission?" while 'QSL' (without a question mark) means "I confirm receipt of your transmission." More recently electronic alternatives to physical cards have evolved, such as an eQSL. These, for many, do not replace the tangible and historical appeal of real QSL cards particularly those with amazing artwork. So what is the issue with non-deliverable QSL cards I mentioned in the pre-amble? The disturbing fact is that typically up to 80% of inbound QSL cards each month are filed WPB, i.e. They end up in the waste bin! Thousands of cards! EACH MONTH! In the bin! Why? Its very simple. Because they are for Australian radio amateurs who, for whatever reason, are not members of the WIA. And yet membership of the WIA costs less than $2 a week less than half the cost of a single cup of coffee at a caf. Whilst bureau processing is carried out by a dedicated team of unpaid volunteers, postage costs today are non-trivial and it is unreasonable that such costs for non-members should be subsidised by loyal WIA members. So, if you arent yet a WIA member or have let your membership lapse then the best way to avoid that niggling fear of missing out (FOMO) by heading to the WIA website ( wia.org.au ). Finally, as you may be aware if you are involved in running training courses for the Foundation licence, the WIA has now totally exhausted supplies of the current WIA Foundation Manual (3rd Edition). On average we sell just under a thousand a year of these books. But fear not, a new revised 4th edition is at the printers now and will become available in a few weeks - pre-orders will be accepted by the National Office. The WIA member or WIA affiliated club price is $25 plus shipping. It is with some irony to note that the size of the print run for the 3rd edition was strongly criticised at the time in 2016/2017 as being excessive by a vocal few who shall not be named 73 Greg VK2GPK ------------------------------------------------------------* 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 A non-profit organisation in Spain known for providing grants for projects involving the arts and sport has made an unusual gift in support of an amateur radio satellite project. The group, known as the Salvatore 009 Association, is providing funds to help cover development costs and launch of the satellite in early 2023. The satellite is known as URESAT-1 and it is an initiative of Spain's national amateur radio society. The project is being managed by AMSAT-EA with support from businesses involved in the space industry and a number of university students. We've made mention of its payload in previous editions of this, the WIA National News and again, according to a post on the AMSAT-UK website, the satellite is likely to have an FM voice repeater, support for FSK communications and an SSDV-capable camera. It is also supposed to carry a project that will permit hams to play chess against the satellite's on-board computer using FSK frames. Road Traffic messages in APRS map service Norway's NRRL, their national Ham Society, reports the Norwegian Public Roads Administration information on road closures, roadworks and accidents is being made available through the NRRL's amateur radio APRS map service The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has an extensive system for, among other things, road messages. This is information about road closures, accidents, roadworks as well. This is open data that is published in a perhaps slightly difficult format, DATEX. Now it's fully integrated this into the NRRL's map service. tinyurl.com/IARU-Norway France's National Frequency Agency A.N.F.R. has announced the amateur radio 144 and 430 MHz bands will be used for PMR voice comms, 1240 MHz for PMSE and 2.3 GHz for video links during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games The National Frequency Agency is in charge of drawing up the frequency plan and allocating frequencies for the Games. These frequencies will be made available to the Organising Committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games during the period from one month before the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games to one week after the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympic Games. In order for them to be usable in good conditions, it seems essential that in the vicinity of the sites, their use by radio amateurs is moderated during this period. REGION TWO ARRL program for school teachers Crescent-News (Defiance, Ohio) reports a local teacher was selected to attend the Amateur Radio Relay League HQ to participate in the Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI) This professional development opportunity for educators is a technology focused, week-long course on electronics and radio communications. It works well for STEM teachers looking to update their knowledge and collaborate with colleagues from around the USA. All expenses are paid by ARRL and participants are given a significant package of supplies and books worth hundreds of dollars to use in their classrooms. Read the full story at tinyurl.com/eyzcvkhy ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology arrl.org/teachers-institute-on-wireless To commemorate its 40th anniversary, The Fair Lawn (NJ) Amateur Radio Club will take the lead in hosting the special event station W 2 I celebrating The Intrepid Sea, & Air and Space Museum on Tuesday, August 2 at various locations within the immediate New York City area. Primary bands will be 20 and 40 meters, SSB and CW. The Intrepid Museum, an American military and maritime history museum, opened to the public 1982. Today, 40 years later, Intrepid, now a National Historic Landmark, serves as the centrepiece of the entire Museum complex. The museum showcases the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, the cruise missile submarine USS Growler, a Concorde SST, a Lockheed A-12 supersonic reconnaissance plane and the NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise. The Intrepid served the U.S. Navy for over three decades and played a role in World War II, the Cold War, the US space program and the Vietnam War. The End of Paper Logs in Brazil? LABRE, The national amateur radio society of Brazil voiced its concern about some of the proposals for new regulations affecting Amateur radio, published by ANATEL, Brazil's telecoms regulator. In return for dropping the requirement of the CW exam for the higher license classes ANATEL propose to mandate the use of LOTW, the ARRL's "Logbook of the World", together with participation in courses and amateur radio activities as proof of proficiency. Visiting or immigrating foreign HAMs would benefit from such changes when applying with a license issued in a country without CW requirements for HF. However LABRE contends that ANATEL cannot rely on a foreign organisation, effectively outsourcing one of its licensing functions. Proof of experience through electronically documented two-way contacts also ignores radio hams who do not make DX contacts or do not participate in contests, but instead dedicate themselves to equally legitimate areas within the ham radio community, such as ham radio in education, emergency support, and experimentation. ------------------------------------------------------------* HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT -------------- NOW CONTEST WISE:- -------------- 2022 -------------- -------------- RSGB IOTA Contest is THIS WEEKEND July 30 - 31st (SouthGate) -------------- WIA RD or Remembrance Day Contest Sat Sun August 13 and 14 -------------- ALARA CONTEST AUGUST 27 and 28 alara.org.au Hi everyone, this is Marija VK5MAZ, Contest Manager for Alara. The 42nd Alara Contest will be held on the last weekend of August from Saturday 27th to Sunday 28th. Starting time is 0600 UTC, finishing 24 hours later at 0559 UTC. The Alara contest is a lot of fun and open to all YLs and OMs. Although we are slightly competitive, we do help each other by giving out numbers and spotting each other on Facebook. Some of the girls even practice CW together in the months before the contest. We look forward to chatting with those we dont usually meet on air. All YLs and OMs are invited to take part, and it is hoped that YLs in particular will enjoy this friendly contest. It is not necessarily about making the highest score, but to enjoy a chat with those that we dont usually meet on air. We would also love to hear some young and new YLs joining in this year as well as Scouts and Girl Guides. Some of the Committee will be handing out numbers on HF and EchoLink during the contest. The contest rules have now been uploaded to the Alara Contest page. alara.org.au/contests/index.html For those who dont have FB and would like a copy of the rules, please email alaracontest@wia.org.au 73 for now Marija VK5MAZ -------------- Hi this is Alan VK4SN with the Trans-Tasman contest results. 94 logs were submitted out of about 350 calls on air. Propagation and contacts were plentiful. Results are as follows Single Operator High Power 1. VJ4K operator VK4TS with 10204 Points Single Operator Low Power 1. VK5PAS with 7526 pts Single Operator QRP 1. VK7VH with 1940 pts Multi-Operator Single Transmitter 1. VK3KK 5352 (VK3KK VK3MCL) Multi-Operator Multi Transmitter 1. VL4R 8082 (VK4DI VK4ZD) Thank you to all who submitted logs and participated. While I have the microphone, the Remembrance Day contest is on in two weeks time. Saturday the 13th at 0300z is kick off time running through till 0300z on Sunday. Categories are SO, SO QRP, M1 and MM using Phone, CW/RTTY, or mixed mode. Contacts can be re-worked after 3 hours have elapsed. There are no blocks in the RD, just 3 hours between the same contact. If you're in to win, then staying up for triple points between 1am and 6am local time is the go. VKCL logger and N1MM logger are the preferred logging software. Make sure you're running V4.15 for VKCL Logger. Remember to send you log in within two weeks after the contest. Best 73, this is Alan VK4SN -------------- -------------- DX WINDOW and my FOUR IN PLAY this week are:- -------------- -------------- 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) -------------- In the World of DX, be listening on the HF bands for 8N65JP, the special call sign being used by the Japan Amateur Radio League's Okinawa Branch. Hams are marking the 50th anniversary of the return of the Okinawa Prefecture to Japan from United States administration. The callsign 8 N 650 JP is active through the 30th of September. QSOs will be confirmed automatically through the bureau. -------------- JAN MAYEN, JX. Helge, LB4MI is QRV as JX/LB4MI until early October. Activity is in his spare time on 20 and 17 meters using SSB. QSL to home call LB4MI (arrl) -------------- INDONESIA. 7B2C, 7B2E, 7B2T, 7B2H and 7B2O are QRV until the end of October to celebrate the Javanese-Hindu Ceto Temple that was built in 1475. Activity is on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL via operators' instructions. (arrl) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ LET THE GAMES BEGIN. For the Commonwealth Games, where the opening ceremony was held Thursday last, the 28th, Amateur Radio is "on the podium". in addition to the HQ station GB 22 HQ which is operating from the Birmingham NEC the RSGB is activating seven Special Special Event call signs. NEC? I hear you say, NEC is the National Exhibition Centre, the UKs largest exhibition venue and one of Europes leading event destinations. Now these 7 special event stations - they are one each from the four UK Home Nations and three Crown Dependencies. GB22GE England, GB22GM Scotland, GB22GW Wales, GB22GI Northern Ireland, GB22GJ Jersey, GB22GU Guernsey and GB22GD Isle of Man. The call signs were activated from 25 July for 28 days, i.e. until August 21 (rsgb, nec) 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 FO-29 has returned to full sunlight and the analogue transponder has been enabled. FO-29 will remain in full sunlight until approximately April 14, 2023 and the analogue transponder should remain active for the duration of the full sunlight period. (ANS) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- IOTA iota-world.org This weekend sees the running of the RSGB IOTA CONTEST. So what is IOTA for our newbies? The RSGB IOTA Contest is a major international event, attracting thousands of participants from all over the world. In 1964 British Short Wave Listener Geoff Watts imagined that those who live in crowded cities would love to set up a station on a sunny beach among palm trees. Geoff realised that there were too many islands in the world to enumerate, so he grouped together islands, particularly the small ones. In the IOTA programme numbers are allocated to each group using a continental prefix. This idea then turned into the RSGB "Islands On The Air" awards programme which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. The basic IOTA award requires contacts with 100 islands and groups, including at least one from each continent. Now as Felix often says during his operational news, listen and work OC-139. Grant, VK5GR, reports that he will once again be active as VK5KI from Kangaroo Island for the RSGB IOTA Contest on now July 30-31st. OC-165. Members of the Amateur Radio Club Sarawak will be active as 9 M 8 RC from Satang Besar Island ( O J 51 bt ) during the RSGB IOTA Contest this weekend , July 30-31st. QSL via 9W8KIF. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR OLD-TIMERS qcwa.org raotc.org.au VK6ERS LISTEN UP! THIS LUNCHEON CONCERNS YOU:- Hallo everyone, this is Clive VK6CSW reminding you that tomorrow is the first Monday of the month, time for the Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club of Australias August bulletin to go to air. This month as well as the latest Club news, the main topics are: * The AGM, scheduled for September 25th * A short item entitled Sun and Sunspots, * Some Wireless News from 111 years ago, and * An opinion on radiation and mobile phone towers. Everyone, RAOTC members and non-Members alike, is most welcome to listen to the program and join in the call-backs afterwards. Full details of all transmissions, times and modes can be found on the RAOTC website raotc.org.au or just Google RAOTC broadcasts. If none of the transmission times suit you, you can download the audio file at any time from today from that website. Members and Friends of the RAOTC in Perth are reminded that the next lunchtime meeting at the Bayswater Hotel is on Tuesday, August 9th. Everyone is welcome and for more details, please email coordinator Phil VK6ZKO at pbcasper@bigpond.com Once again, tune in tomorrow for the August RAOTC bulletin, enjoy the program and please join in the call-backs afterwards. 73 from Clive VK6CSW. 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 Region 1 3760 7110 14300 18160 21360 kHz Region 2 3750 3985 7060 7240 7275 14300 18160 21360kHz An expanded Win Link network will be built soon in Alabama USA to better serve health care and emergency response agencies throughout the state with the help of funding from Amateur Radio Digital Communications. The planned expansion is the project of the Healthcare Community Amateur Radio Club, KK 4 BSK, comprising hams who volunteer or are employed in health-related agencies and participate in drills, public events and real-time disasters. The purchase and installation of new fixed stations will fill the gaps that now exist in the WinLink network. And the amount of the grant? Just under $300,000 Australian Dollars ! (ARNewsLine) 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) ARRL member-volunteers will ensure amateur radio is well-represented at the annual EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin as Jason VK2LAW told us last week in this bulletin. A highlight for we 'younger hams' lucky enough to attend AirVenture, is kids can build and take home a radio receiver to listen to air traffic and other nearby transmissions from approximately 65 - 140 MHz. The kit, designed by student engineer Levi Zima, KN4YHS, with additional support from his sister, Kirsten Zima, KC9RWG, has been an ARRL offering since 2021. "It's great fun to at AirVenture walking around with the radio kits we've built and tuning in to the busy Air Traffic Control Tower throughout the event." Radio communications is a key part of learning about avionics. ARRL is grateful to EAA AirVenture for sponsoring the activity which promises to introduce a lot of young people to radio. AirVenture has been running all week and finishes today, Sunday 31st. SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- SOFTWARE DEVELOPEMENT VK7's REAST August Presentation is all about AccessibleGD77 Software It will be given in person by the software developer Joe Stephen VK7JS and for those who dont know, Joe is totally blind but instead of this holding him back he has developed a reputation developing software for the vision impaired. Joe has developed many pieces of software including the very popular JAWS screen reader software that enables blind people around the world to access computers, including reading webpages, interacting with spread sheets and much more, using speech and Braille feedback. Joe, VK7JS has developed the AccessibleGD77 firmware to replace the standard GD77 firmware to make the handheld much more friendly to visually impaired with lots of benefits for non-visually impaired people as well. Joe will take REAST visitors through this development and the features he has built into the AccessibleGD77 firmware and it happens August 3 in the Queens Domain Clubrooms from 7:30pm. (vk7wi news) 2022 Social Scene VK4 - August 6 Redcliffe Club hold Radio display at Altronics Virginia 8.30 AM (vk4bz) VK4 - Redcliffe Club Car Boot Sale Saturday 20th August 9am club house Macfarlane Park, Klingner Road Kippa-Ring. 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