2022 NOVEMBER 13 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 NOVEMBER 13 2022 IN OUR 27th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS JOINING US THIS WEEK:- WIA AR MAGAZINE EDITOR IN CHIEF VK2ZRH. - WIA SECRETARY VK8ZZ. - WIA AFFILIATED CLUB CO-ORDINATOR VK2NWT WIA SPRING FIELD DAY MANAGER VK2ZRH PLUS MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS 30 MINUTE EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA PROGRAM RECORDED IN BRISBANE, OLYMPIC CITY 2032. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* 11 AM 11 NOVEMBER - REMEMBRANCE DAY https://www.wia.org.au/members/bookshop/page_data.php?id=258 WIA's WIRELESS MEN AND WOMEN AT WAR ---------------------------------------------------------------------* WIA JOIN THE WIA tinyurl.com/yyj87b9y This is Angelo VK2NWT WIA Affiliated Clubs Coordinator. As we approach the end of this year most clubs will have conducted their respective Annual General Meeting by now or are about to do so. If your club has had a change of committee members this year or, your Club's contact details have changed for any reason then please ensure that your Club's WIA Webpage has been updated to reflect those changes. The WIA really needs to have the correct contact details to ensure we are contacting the right people in your Club and that you receive correspondence from us in a timely manner. Obviously, it's also very important that the details are correct in order for potential new entrants to the amateur world to get in touch with your Club. By the way if there are additional features your club feels should be added to your WIA Web page please feel free to forward your suggestions to me, Angelo VK2NWT. As always, If you need any assistance with logging on or making updates to your Web page, please don't hesitate to contact me via email at vk2nwt@wia.org.au This has been Angelo VK2NWT for VK1WIA News. WIA BOARD COMMENT by Peter VK8ZZ Good morning listeners. Listeners will most certainly recall that in March 2021, the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) sought feedback on the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) consultation paper which was titled a Review of non-assigned amateur and outpost regulatory arrangements. The ACMA nominated only three options for consideration, on which they stated they preferred Option C. The three options put forward by the ACMA were: Option A: keep the existing apparatus licensing arrangements and licence conditions. Option B: simplify the current licensing arrangements and licence conditions by amending the amateur LCD. Option C: transition to class licensing arrangements for non-assigned amateur stations. The operation of assigned amateur stations would continue to be authorised under apparatus licences. A WIA poll received 1690 individual responses. 84% of respondents favoured Option A; 9% of respondents favoured Option B and; 7% of respondents favoured Option C. There is no doubt that the ACMA are setting the scene for what appears to be the introduction of Class Licencing despite sector concerns. The ACMA have never hidden their wish for a single Amateur Radio certification level. A class licence would most certainly be a step in this direction. The ACMA has already transitioned the outpost licensing to a class licence. The outpost class licence did away with callsigns and equipment licensing. This would be a poor outcome if it was applied to the Amateur Service. A class licence would see the removal of individual station apparatus licences. The only criteria to use the Class Licence is a recognized operators certificate of proficiency. A consequence of the removal individual licences would see the removal of the RRL licence database for all amateur station details. Amateur repeaters will remain under the apparatus arrangements and therefore remain in the RRL database. Without a station licence it is hard to see how we would be able to have reciprocal licensing when we travel or move internationally without some alternative documentation. It may even be difficult to prove our amateur status if we are pulled over by police for operating a mobile radio. The WIA has highlighted these issues to the ACMA and will be included in its submission. It would also limit our ability to deal with complaints about RFI as the ACMA wants the Amateur Service to be self-regulating. This has not worked well in the Citizens Band Radio Service. The WIA spectrum committee are exploring options with the regulator that could deliver benefits to both the amateur service and the ACMA. In September 2022, the ACMA released a comprehensive consultation paper for a proposed amateur class licence and consideration of higher power. The spectrum committee are currently drafting the WIA response to that paper. We are being enticed by the possibility of nil licence fees and increased power. However increased power is a separate and unrelated issue to class licensing, they are not one in the same and are not a guaranteed outcome. The WIA will be publishing our draft response paper and are looking for feedback by way of a survey. All WIA members will receive the survey link by email. Non WIA members are invited to register their interest in contributing to this survey. Non WIA members can register your interest in participating by sending an email to register@wia.org.au with only your amateur callsign in the subject line. Individuals and short wave listeners with no callsign will need to put their full name in the subject line of the email. WIA members do not need to register. This has been WIA Director Peter VK8ZZ This is Editor-in-Chief of Amateur Radio magazine, Roger Harrison VK2ZRH. I have just returned from the suburban sights of Sandy Bay in Hobart, VK7, still reeling from the roisterous recitals at the Tassie Ham Conference and Expo; but Ill let others give you the skinny on that. Last Tuesday, the files for the latest edition of A R Issue Number 6 for 2022, the last for the year were uploaded to the printer's server in Bairnsdale, Victoria. On Wednesday, the magazines guts rolled off the press to be folded into the waiting arms of the glossy, heaver weight cover that was printed the week before. Look out for the issue landing in your letterbox, your Post Office Box, or your local newsagency, late next week. Youll recognise it easily because splashed across the front cover is the bold begorrah Class licence, ready or not! And, weve done something not done with AR magazine since December 1964 we have a cartoon on the front cover! The theme for this issue is Contest Capers. Hence, the centre pages of the magazine comprise a lift-out calendar of VK and popular contests for 2023. Pages 34 and 35 are the centre sheet of the magazine. You can readily ease it out and post it to the noticeboard in your shack, on the door of your fridge, or anywhere at-hand. In the Contest Capers pages, you will find details on the 2023 Australia Day Contest rules, a rundown on using the digital modes of FT4 and FT8 in contesting, a feature article from our colleague Flapjaw Knopfloch that asks the question What is a contest? and a very handy Contesters Checklist from the indefatigable Diane Main VK4DI, plus rules for the upcoming 2000-&-23 Ross Hull and John Moyle contests. Other features in the issue include news on whats happening with Solar Cycle 25, which seems to be rising fast and might be bigger than expected. The WIA Returning Officer, John Marshall, has a Call for Nominations for the election of directors to the Board. Dont miss it its on page 9. If youre confounded by coils, then youll be pleased to read a couple of clarifying articles by Dale Hughes VK1DSH. They precede Part 1 of a 2-part article of his describing a Multi-Mode transmitter for the 2200 metre band featuring a Class-E final. And thats not all. Theres so much more to Issue 6. Its worth the wait. Amateur Radio magazine, Volume 90, Issue Number 6 for 2022. Serving Australian radio amateurs since 1933. Available in print and online. Always published to a schedule, never random. This has been AR magazine Editor-in-Chief Roger Harrison VK2ZRH for VK1WIA News. ------------------------------------------------------------* INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, RAC, ARRL, NZART, eHam, SARL,AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE, Radio World, & the World Wide sources of the WIA. REGION ONE Germany's proposed new "N" class entry-level licence could be in place as early as January the 1st of 2023. The possible addition, is being reviewed by the German regulator, as a way to add a third licence class to the existing E, Novice and A, Full licence classes. A change in the regulations would give N class operators call signs with the prefix DN and the current DN callsigns, which are only used for training purposes under supervision of a licensed ham, would be cancelled on December 31st of this year, to be replaced by the use of a DN/ prefix . Most of us will have experienced RF interference problems of one sort or another over the years. Many will have noticed that the incidence and intensity has increased. In this world of advanced digital technology and increasing wireless connectivity, the probability of interference is high and increasing rapidly. Enter the RSGB. They say this is giving rise to an ever-increasing pollution of the radio spectrum which is threatening all wireless communication. To counter these problems, RSGB need to make the relevant authorities aware by taking measurements and surveying any available documents and reports. They are looking for volunteers who can help with this work. tinyurl.com/2fhttua8 REGION TWO Delegates Attend IARU Region 2 General Assembly The triennial General Assembly is the formal decision-making body of IARU Region 2, comprising The Americas and delegates are the representatives of each member-society. The President of IARU Region 2 is Ramn Santoyo, XE1KK. At the meetings the delegates reviewed challenges to amateur radio, debated proposals from member-societies, and received reports from coordinators and elected volunteers. The Guayaquil Radio Club was selected to host the next General Assembly in 2025 in Ecuador. Twenty-six member-societies are represented with 117 registered attendees from across Region 2, as well as representatives from Region 1 (Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Northern Asia), Region 3 (Asia-Pacific), and the IARU Officers. The Assembly was closed by President Ramn Santoyo XE1KK, who noted that this was his last Assembly as an Officer or Director after 16 years working within Region 2. His contributions were acknowledged by many expressions of thanks and well wishes. iaru-r2.org/en/news-release-for-general-assembly/ A GIANT CALLED COLLINS The Titan Missile Museum, also known as Air Force Facility Missile Site 8 is a former ICBM site located outside Tucson, Arizona in the United States. It was constructed in 1963 and deactivated in 1984. Visitors journey through time to stand on the front line of the Cold War. An amazing place and a unique and equally amazing antenna that you can hook up to! Ham Radio Operators can broadcast and listen on the discone antenna at the Titan Missile Museum. When the Titan ICBM site became operational its communication system included a large, broadband discone antenna that is still standing today. Built by Collins Radio Company, the antenna is 80 feet tall and has a large crown, enabling it to radiate signals over a wide range of frequencies. If youre an amateur radio operator, you can use the antenna free of charge when the museum is open. Did AM Radio Just Get Hit By Lightning? Theres something missing from the newest F-150 Lightning truck In the USA Ford has led the way in trucks for decades with the F-150, but manufacturing the electric version of this truck represents a major risk for the company and perhaps a turning point of the internal combustion engine. The new 2023 electric model of the F-150 has NO AM radio. That's due to electrical interference to AM used in an EV. The 2022 F-150 Lightning had a whip antenna to facilitate AM reception. Now, the Ford brain trust has apparently concluded its not worth the expense for a radio platform that is facing the death spiral. tinyurl.com/bdh9xhpa REGION THREE Stunning Solar Flare Causes Radio Blackouts in the South Pacific: A surprise solar flare has burst from an area of dense magnetism on the suns surface, causing a temporary radio blackout in parts of Australia and all of New Zealand. The M5-class, medium-strength solar flare was recorded by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory as it erupted from the sunspot AR3141 at 10:11 am EST on Monday Nov. 7. The flare created a rush of radiation that ionized Earths atmosphere, according to spaceweather.com. Saturdays Womans Rugby World Cup final between the Black Ferns and England has had interest skyrocketing to such an extent over the past week that a world record attendance is assured at Eden Park BUT Not everyone there has gone to see the defending world champions against the Red Roses. ENTER RSM (ZL's equivalent of our ACMA) Behind the scenes, RSM teams are working alongside organisers and broadcasters to ensure the event is a success. Investigators are on site to help identify and resolve any potential radio spectrum issues that may arise. So far, RSM Investigators have been busy dealing with interference on match days between the many different users of radio communication devices. This has been greatly assisted by the co-operation of all parties to resolve interference issues. ------------------------------------------------------------* HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT -------------- NOW CONTEST WISE:- -------------- 2022 -------------- -------------- Last week Shirley, VK5YL Reported on a special YL Contest to take place next weekend, 18 and 19 November on 80 and 40 meters Please check the web page at uft.net/activites-et-concours/concours-yl-uft/ -------------- WIA VHF - UHF FIELD DAY SPRING 0100 UTC Saturday 26 through 0059 UTC Sunday 27 November -------------- 160 METER CW CONTEST - ARRL SPONSORED Objective is for Amateurs worldwide to exchange information with W/VE amateurs on 160-meter CW. Dates: First full weekend in December (December 2-4, 2022). Contest Period: Begins 2200 UTC Friday, ends 1559 UTC Sunday. This is a forty-two hour period with no time limitation. Logs are due within SEVEN (7) days after the event is over. -------------- 10 METER CONTEST - ARRL SPONSORED For Amateurs worldwide to exchange QSO information with as many stations as possible on the 10 meter band. Dates: Second full weekend of December. Starts 0000 UTC Saturday; runs through 2359 UTC Sunday (December 10-11, 2022) Logs are due within SEVEN (7) days after the event is over. -------------- -------------- DX WINDOW -------------- -------------- PILOTS SELECTED FOR 2023 BOUVET ACTIVATION As the time draws closer for the Bouvet Island activation, new members of the team are being put into place as pilots. These hams provide a critical role as intermediaries between the DXpedition team and the DX chasers. They will be keeping an eye on propagation in their designated parts of the world to help facilitate contacts. The chief pilot and pilot for Europe is Morten, LA3MHA; Hams in VK/ZL/OC will have WIA Vice President Lee, VK3GK, as pilot. The Bouvet team expects to activate from the sub-Antarctic island between January 13th and February 28th. (sourced to ARNewsLine) -------------- This week I take a look at the various contacts you can make during the CQWW CW contest taking place on November 26th and 27th. They include Henning who will be on the air from Kosovo as Z 68 EE during the contest. A Slovenian team will be active as TK C in Corsica. Doug and Anthony, will be operating from Grand Turk, call sign VP 5 Y. And listen up for call sign HQ 9 X from Roatan Island, Honduras, IOTA number NA-057, during the CQWW CW contest. (sourced to ARNewsLine) -------------- GB 1 LJF begins its on-air activities on Thursday the 1st of December. The Special Event Station is operating to celebrate the manufacturing of the English Electric Lightning aircraft in Lancashire. The English Electric Lightning is a British fighter aircraft that served as an interceptor during the 1960s, 70s and last flew in the UK in 1988. More information is available via the GB1LJF QRZ.com page. (rsgb / vk4bb) -------------- BBC centenary special event GB 100 BBC Members of the BBCs radio club, The London BBC Radio Group, have on air all-year with Special Event callsign to help celebrate the BBCs centenary year. GB 100 BBC has been operating throughout the year from the headquarters station in Broadcasting House, London. (southgatearc.org) ------------------------------------------------------------* BOOK EM JOHNO BOOK SHOWCASES QSL CARDS' DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY If you enjoy sending and receiving QSL cards, you're not alone. This next story celebrates the art of those still-popular cards. Here is John Williams, VK4JJW The legacy of Charles Hellman, W2RP, continues. At the time Charlie became a Silent Key in 2017, the 106-year-old New York amateur was considered the oldest amateur in the US and likely the longest licensed. Active almost right up to the year he died, Charlie amassed a collection of QSL cards that, so many years later, is now carrying a different message to the world, one about graphic design and communication between people. One hundred fifty cards in Charlie's collection, which were later purchased by a designer visiting a local antique shop, are now the subject of a soon-to-be published book on typography and graphics. Its title?: QSL: Do you Confirm Receipt of My Transmission? The collection's owner, Roger Bova, made the cards available to Standards Manual, an independent publisher that specializes in books about design history. The book features the simple, bold design of the card from RB HZ, confirming a 1986 contact on 20m, SSB. In contrast, there is a whimsical, cartoonish card from DM 3 EJ for a 1979 SSB contact on 10m. Many of the pages are full and rich and colourful. The cards are as much a study in design as in communication in the age before the internet took a-hold. They are presented, in the book, in chronological order. No doubt Charlie, a retired educator, might be pleased to know he is still providing a means for people everywhere to expand their knowledge This is John VK4JJW -- QSL? (ARNewsLine) 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/ Over time we've made reference to POTA, Parks On The Air, so how do YOU participate? General information about the program is available on parksontheair.com, so check out the information there as a start. Here in VK the co-ordinator is Marty Nelson VK4KC, you'll find a list of all the worlds 'go to' people on that parksontheair.com site. In the text edition this week we also include their FaceBook URL. facebook.com/groups/parksontheair/ Once youre ready to start, just remember that the golden rules of POTA are to have fun and keep it simple. They want to give you as much flexibility as possible, to have fun your way. Getting started with POTA can happen via one of two paths as an activator who heads out into the parks or as a hunter who is trying to contact someone in a park. The easiest way to participate in POTA is obviously as a hunter. (POTA WEB) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- CW www.morsecodeclassnet.com From the Shaky Isles comes Straight Key Night. The Summer Edition of Straight Key Night will be held Sunday 4th December from 9pm to 10pm on 80 metres. Neil ZL 1 NZ says SKN is not a contest, but is a great chance to dust off that straight key and let us hear what it can do. New to CW? No problem, I'm told they'll happily match your speed. radio1nz.com/skn (nzart) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org HOT FROM THE RED PLANET:- NASAs MOXIE experiment on Perseverance has now generated ISRU oxygen successfully during many different times of the Martian day and year, producing about 6g of oxygen per hour, similar to the production rate of a medium-sized tree. NASA life support design requirements specify 35 g of oxygen per hour for astronauts. From Perseverance to InSight and under layers of dust, NASAs Mars InSight lander is fading, but the first and only seismometer on Mars had one parting gift for humanity: on May 4th, a magnitude 4.7 marsquake, one of the largest detected on the red planet. InSights detection of meteor impacts on Mars has been well documented a significant impact spotted showed excavated boulder-size chunks of ice buried closer to the Martian equator than ever found before. [ANS] FINALLY, IF WE DARE USE THAT WORD WITH THIS STORY:- Monday 14th SHOULD see the highly anticipated, often delayed, launch of Artemis 1. HOWEVER NASA is working with U.S. Space Force and the National Hurricane Centre to monitor Subtropical Storm Nicole. NASAs Kennedy Space Centre in Florida is currently in Hurricane Condition 4 status, which includes implementing checklists and preparations for the storm as the agency continues to prioritize its employees in the Kennedy area. Based on forecast data, managers have determined the Space Launch System rocket and Orion will remain at Launch Pad 39B. Teams at Kennedy will continue to monitor the weather, make sure all personnel are safe, and will evaluate the status of the Monday, Nov. 14, launch attempt for the Artemis I mission as they proceed and receive updated predictions about the weather. Once Heavenly bound, amateur radio operators will join a powerful international network tracking NASA's Orion spacecraft as she flys to the moon. NASA officials announced that a network of 18 volunteers, organizations and space agencies will assist with tracking Artemis 1, which will send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to orbit around the moon after blasting off from Earth atop a Space Launch System rocket. The selected volunteers, including two individuals in the amateur radio world, will "demonstrate whether they can receive Orion's signal, and use their respective ground antennas to passively track and measure changes in the radio waves transmitted by Orion," NASA officials said in a statement. nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_i_tv_schedule_rev._i.pdf tinyurl.com/ycxydhts WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP --- MILITARY Recordings of military transmissions can be found on the Signal Identification Guide Wiki at sigidwiki.com/wiki/Category:Military Commemorating Remembrance Day, in Belgium, members of UBA section ARA (Actieve Radio Aamateurs) are still active as OP 22 HWL until 13 November. The station is set up at the Klein Zwaanhof Museum in Ypres. The special call sign is in memory of Harry Whitelock, killed in action in the Ypres Salient of World War I August 1917. Whilst in Belgium a call sign of OT 5I DPD started up November 3 and runs til December 3 for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, whose annual observance (3 December) was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1992. All the operators of OT 51 DPD are amateurs with a disability. (SARL) 2022 Social Scene VK4 - GOLD COAST HAMFEST Nov 13. @ Country Paradise Parklands VK3 - Rosebud RadioFest November 20 9.3Oam. (vk3pdg) This is Andrew, VK3CAH, from the Southern Peninsula Amateur Radio Club reminding listeners that the Rosebud RadioFest will be held once again this year on Sunday, the 20 th November. As usual, the event will be held at the Eastbourne Primary School at Allambi Avenue, Rosebud, with outdoor displays open from 8 am and the main sale area open from 9.30 am, continuing through till 1.30 pm. If you have pre-loved equipment to sell, tables are still available at $10 and can be booked on-line at:- rosebudradiofest.com But be quick as only a few tables remain. Three (3) great Technical forums will also be part of the Rosebud RadioFest and the event has full catering, plenty of off street parking, and great door prizes. Entry fee is only $6 with under 12s free. See you in Rosebud on the 20 th of November. 73 from Andrew VK4 - Redcliffe & Districts Radio Club Car Boot Sale Saturday 10th Dec. Macfarlane Park, Klingner Road Kippa-Ring. (vk4tn) 2023 VK3 - BARG HamFest 5th of February BARG clubrooms barg.org.au/ (vk3kqt) VK - ALARAMeet2023 4/5 November in HOBART (luther8@bigpond.com) Reception Reports WIA News rebroadcasters often give Short Wave Listeners a welcome to the broadcast as they commence call-backs straight after the Local News. Local news follows National news in all states. 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