2022 DECEMBER 18 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 DECEMBER 18 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 ) JOINING US THIS WEEK:- John Seamons, VK3JLS, from the National Inwards QSL Bureau. Scott Williams, VK3KJ, WIA President PLUS MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS 30 MINUTE EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA PROGRAM RECORDED IN BRISBANE, OLYMPIC CITY 2032. Although announcing as retiring from ARISS co-ordinator for Australia maybe 3 years ago Tony VK5ZAI remained an "Amateur Radio on the International Space Station volunteer. That is until this week when after some 62 years as a licensed ham Tony has retired -- officially from ARISS. Tony, VK5ZAI was awarded, back in 2020, the AM (Member of the Order of Australia.) Yes after 30 years being involved with manned space flight Tony VK5ZAI has retiried. He said It's with a lot of happy thoughts and some sadness that Im retiring from ARISS. I have had a wonderful life and a very supportive family but unfortunately at 83 years old my health has been failing and I feel it's time now to go out on a high rather than continue and mess up a telebridge. I can't imagine a better group to ever work with than ARISS, over the years they have been like a big international family. Tony received his amateur license in 1960 and tracked his first satellite, Oscar 3 in 1965 then later the high altitude sats, AO-10, AO-13, AO-40 and many others over the years It's 30 years since his first voice contact with manned space flight, it took place on 15. Oct. 1992 and he did his first school linkup between Alex Serebrov on MIR and the Loxton High School on 27.Aug. 1993 followed by several more school linkups and many more personal crew contacts between Andy Thomas and his father when he flew on Mir in 1998. MIR was de-commissioned in March 2001 In 1999 Tony Hutchison was one of the founders of a new group called ARISS, Amateur Radio on International Space Station, formed to stimulate the minds of students in the fields of science and engineering and working in conjunction with NASA. This was achieved by students around the world being able to speak to the crews on the ISS via amateur radio and ask them questions. Tony was selected by NASA as one of 12 amateur stations world wide to achieve this. He held the positions of Telebridge operator, School engineering support, School mentor, Audio distribution Group and Radio contact Moderator. During the 30 years Tony has been involved with setting up radio contacts with many countries around the world totaling 1,504 schools and educational groups including 77 Australian schools to date involving over 100,000 students In 2006 he received an Engineering Award from The Johnson Space Centre In 2009 he received the WIA Chris Jones Award for his work with ARISS In 2020 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) by the Queen for his services to education and space communications over thirty years. Tony has been given full privileges to the ARISS operations schedule for as long as he wants for his untiring work over the years. In a letter following the resignation, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO the ARISS International Chair wrote.. Dear Tony, For over 30 years, you have been a rock. A solid, steady presence in human spaceflight amateur radio that is highly respected. The likable, go-to person to astronauts and cosmonauts. They might not know our ARISS name. But they do know and appreciate that Tony in Australia helped them during their stay in space. Several have commemorated your support to them with a personal visit. While we all hate to admit it, there comes a time when change is inevitable. I respect you for staying on longer when you stated you planned to retire several years ago. While I am super sad to see it happen, I respect you for ending your telebridge support on a high note. No question---we will keep you in all the ARISS systems. You are welcome to be involved in anything you wish. If you think of something new that you want to engage in, let me know. You might want to do something different and vitally important, like archiving your ARISS/Mir/SAREX achievements, audio clips and/or developing a personal oral history of your human spaceflight career. Or you might even want to help us do an oral/team history project with all your great ARISS friends. What ever your passion moving forward, the door is open. Or if you just want to quietly listen in, we will respect that too. Please, keep in touch. Your lifelong friend, Frank KA3HDO ARISS-USA Executive Director ARISS International Chair ISS Ham Radio Program Manager ________________________________________________________________________________ Another letter came from Charlie, AJ9N, School technical support and ARISS Ops Webpage Manager Hi all, Tony is the absolute best and he has helped ARISS in ways that we will never know. His station is something that I know everyone would love to have. Tony, I know we are going to miss you from the daily ARISS operations. Please stay in touch. 73, Charlie , AJ9N School technical support ARISS Ops Webpage Manager As I sometimes am able to say "Well Done That Man".. Graham VK4BB WIA News Editor =================================================================== In other news from Australia David Christmas VK4DC has a beacon operating from Mt Morgan and hopefully shortly David or someone he nanages to "arm twist" hihi will give National and QNEWS that story in detail. =================================================================== WIA JOIN THE WIA tinyurl.com/yyj87b9y Hi there, this is WIA Director and President Scott WilliamsVK3KJ and its my pleasure to appear on todays broadcast on behalf of the WIA Board. Who can believe that Christmas is nearly upon us, and I dont know about you, but I am certainly looking forward to the Christmas / New Year break and what a year it has been. COVID continues to hamper us across the nation, we have the very sad geopolitical tensions with the Ukraine and Russia war, escalating cost of goods, inflation and interest rate pressures, skills and labour shortages, natural disasters which seem to be more frequent and all on the back of a change of government federally. In fact, its been a turbulent year on so many fronts and I cannot personally ever remember a time or period like this. At the WIA, it been a progressive year as of course we just completed the mammoth task of our detailed submission and response to the ACMA Class Licence and Considerations for Higher Power Operation. I once again want to thank the WIA Spectrum Strategy Committee for their tireless work, but I also want to thank the broader amateur radio community. With over 600 responses to the survey and a considerable number of non-members participating, it demonstrates the trust that is shown towards the WIA to advocate on behalf of the amateur radio community on these important matters. On another note, the WIA office will close shortly for the Christmas / New Year period and there are some important dates to remember. The office will close from Thursday 22 December and will not re-open to Monday 9th January 2023. It will then close again on Friday 13th January and will then re-open again on Monday 30th January. We will be back for a week to make sure we get all those orders out and attend to any matters. It is important to note that if you want to order anything at all from the WIA including our new updated foundation manual, the last day orders will be taken this year is next Wednesday. We will then despatch any orders the following day, Thursday 22nd December. On behalf of the Board, I want to thank all members of the WIA for your support throughout the year. A special call out to all the WIA Affiliated Clubs and volunteers that support the WIA. There are so many volunteers behind the scenes that there are just way too many people to mention, but I want to say to you Graham, thank you for bringing us this broadcast week after week. We will even be brining you a broadcast next Sunday on Christmas Day, presented by the Ladies of ALARA. To everyone listening, a Very Merry Christmas and a safe, happy and prosperous new year to one and all on behalf of the WIA Board. Thats it for me this year and make sure you get on air over the Christmas / New Year period, there is always someone to work on some band or mode. Best Wishes. WIA President Scott VK3KJ ------------------------------------------------------------* OPERATIONAL NEWS -------------- During this month the Fisher's Ghost Amateur Radio Club in VK2 are celebrating its 40th anniversary with special event callsign VI 2 FG 40. Activity will be mainly on 40m SSB. More information can be found on the QRZ page for VI 2 FG 40. -------------- WILLIS ISLAND, VK9/W. Sands, VU2WXW/VK4WXW, is working at the Meteorology Weather Station until April. He has been heard on 40, 20 and 15 meters and hopes to add 17, 12 and 10 meters as well. QSL via Club Log. (eHam) -------------- ANTARCTICA, VP8 region. Seba, SQ 1 SGB will be operating as VP8/SQ1SGB/p during his spare time, until February 1, 2023. He is QRV on 40 and 20 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL via EB7DX. (eHam) -------------- Look for Giorgio, 5UA99WS, who will be on the air from Niger until the 23rd of December. He will be on 15 and 20 metres using SSB when time permits. QSL via his LoTW manager, IK 5 SRF. ---------------------------------------- Be listening for Joe, VE3BW, operating from Costa Rica as TI7/VE3BW between December 23rd and January 4th. He will be on the air on 160-6m, using CW, SSB and FT8. See his page on QRZ.com for details. (ARNewsLine) -------------- Hi, this is John Seamons, VK3JLS, from the National Inwards QSL Bureau. Following a recent call for volunteers for the position of the VK4 QSL Manager, I am pleased to say that we received a number of expressions of interest for that role, with each applicant then being asked to provide a supporting statement addressing the duties and requirements of the position. After assessing each of the statements received, the WIA Board this week approved the recommendation that Laurie Pritchard, VK4BLE, be appointed as the VK4 QSL Manager. Laurie has been a licensed amateur for 40 years, is a life member of the Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club, and had previously held the position of the VK4 Inwards and Outwards QSL Manager for a period of 12 years. Laurie's past experience in this position will provide for an easy transition into the role once again. Laurie should hit the ground running, as the backlog of VK4 QSL cards currently held in the National Bureau will be in the mail to VK4 this week. On behalf of the WIA, I express my thanks to the number of individuals, and Radio Clubs, within VK4 who responded to my call for volunteers, and were prepared to put themselves forward to help keep the WIA QSL Bureau process flowing. INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, RAC, ARRL, NZART, eHam, AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE, and the World Wide sources of the WIA. RADIO - something that doesnt cease to seem indistinguishable from magic.. even if you do understand it! And now the magic of radio is to be immortalised. For years the Internet Archive has provided the online community with a breathtaking collection of resources, out of print books, magazines, recordings, software, and any other imaginable digital asset in easily retrievable form. Now with the help of a grant from the Amateur Radio Digital Communications Foundation they are seeking to create a collection that documents amateur radio from its earliest days to the present. Yes, Internet Archive has begun gathering content for the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications (DLARC). tinyurl.com/26xkhh4a The work will be multi-faceted, and include the print and digital materials wed expect, as well as personal archives and oral histories from notable radio amateurs. For many of us this will provide a wealth of technical details and insights into taming the ionosphere, but for future historians it will be an invaluable reference on the first century of the hobby. Amateur radio is perhaps the oldest hardware hacking pursuit of the electronic age, because certainly at the start, radio was electronics thus amateur radios long history has indirectly given us many of the things we take for granted today. Sure it has its moribund aspects, but if it continues to follow the growth of new technology as it has for so many years it will continue to be an exciting pursuit. We look forward to browsing this archive, and we hope to see it grow over the years. REGION ONE RSGB CREATES SOCIAL DIVERSITY POST There's so much more to amateur radio than just the technical and scientific side of things. The Radio Society of Great Britain is looking for someone to help address an important social concern. Jeremy Boot G4NJH speaking on ARNewsLine said the RSGBritain is creating the volunteer position of social diversity officer to help the board address inclusion and diversity within the ranks of amateur radio and the society itself. Some of the new officer's tasks will include helping boost society membership but will also focus on encouraging hams of all ages and backgrounds to get their licence. The RSGB is hoping that through creation of this new position the society can complement the work of the RAIBC, the Radio Amateur Invalid and Blind Club, which serves radio amateurs and shortwave listeners with disabilities. The Alexanderson alternator transmitter is the only remaining example of early pre-electronic radio transmitter technology. The station, built 1922 - 1924, has been preserved as a historical site. From the 1920s through the 1940s, it was used to transmit telegram traffic by Morse code and during World War II was Sweden's only telecommunication link with the outside world. On Christmas Eve morning, December 24, this year the Alexander Grimeton Friendship Association, in southern Sweden will be on the air sending out a special Christmas message to the world. The event will begin at 07:30 UTC with the start-up and tuning of the Alexanderson alternator transmitter through Grimeton Radio Station, call sign SAQ. The transmission will begin 08:00 UTC with the 98-year-old 200 kW Alexanderson alternator on 17.2 kHz CW. Grimeton Ham Radio Station, SK 6 SAQ, will be QRV on the frequencies 3.535 MHz CW 7.035 MHz CW 14.035 MHz CW and SSB 3.755 MHz 7.140 MHz The event will be live streamed on the Alexander SAQ Grimeton Friendship Association YouTube Channel. tinyurl.com/ek79mh9b More information about the December 24 Christmas Eve event and the transmitter can be found at the Grimeton Radio Station website. grimeton.org/ REGION TWO STAMP COLLECTING GETS HOLIDAY SPIRIT FROM HAMS The charitable spirit of amateur radio has always extended past direct involvement with radio activity. Over in the US, one club in Pennsylvania is looking for amateurs' assistance in a project that members have been committed to for a number of years. Now if you're starting to receive Christmas cards from friends or eagerly awaiting the arrival of direct QSL cards from those treasured DX contacts Holmesburg Amateur Radio Club, WM3PEN, in Philadelphia are asking one more thing of you: Save those stamps. Hams in the Pennsylvania club support the "Stamps for the Wounded" program, which accepts donations of stamps from around the world for use in occupational therapy programs in convalescent centres and hospitals where veterans are receiving treatment. Stamps should have around a couple of centimetres margin around them and should not be removed from the original envelopes on which they are sent. The program, which was established in 1942 to encourage stamp collecting among the nation's military veterans who were at various stages of recovery. The program has more details on its website stampsforthewounded.org An influential lawmaker in the USA has joined the push to talk automakers out of eliminating broadcast AM radio in new cars. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has asked the car companies to respond in writing about their intentions regarding AM and FM radio. He acknowledges electric vehicles can cause electromagnetic interference with AM signals but encouraged carmakers to pursue some of the remedies they have devised. The car companies include General Motors, Jaguar, Kia, BMW and American Honda. REGION THREE IARU R3 YOTA Camp is scheduled for October/November 2023 in Thailand. The Thailand host society, RAST, says it will issue invitations to participate in Region 3 YOTA Camp by the end of March next year! ------------------------------------------------------------* MEDIA WATCH SHORTWAVE GIANT WTWW GOES OFF THE AIR Shortwave station WTWW has gone QRT. Andy Morrison K 9 AWM has details. "Shortwave fans worldwide were disappointed to hear the November 9 broadcast announcement of WTWW radio that it was signing off the air for the last time, with plans to continue to provide programming instead over the internet. The station's operator Ted Randall, WB8PUM, cited difficulties in meeting the station's ongoing expenses. Based in Tennessee, WTWW provided a wide range of programming at 5.83 MHz along with music and amateur-radio content at 5.085 MHz. The station was among many to broadcast programming directed toward Ukraine following the invasion by Russia earlier this year. The station went on the air in 2010 as the 100-kilowatt operation WBWW and could be heard first on what were testing frequencies of 5.755 MHz and 9.48 MHz at different times. Over the years, WTWW gained an especially strong following among amateur radio operators for carrying ham-related content. The station also featured program hosts such as Art Bell, W6OBB, who presented a popular show on the paranormal. According to the SWListening Post, the station's final signoff included a farewell from Ted that urged listeners to make the move to web-streaming its content. The station's final song was "America the Beautiful." By virtue of its station call, WTWW was also known as "We Transmit World Wide." To continue hearing the station's streamed programs, follow the link in the text version of this week's script" [ wtww.us/pages/listen-live.php } ARNEWSLINE ------------------------------------------------------------* WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS BALLOONING A SOUTH POLE 'FIRST' FOR AMATEUR RADIO BALLOON When the high altitude balloon transmitting KM4ZIA, the amateur radio call sign of 15-year-old Jack McElroy, was launched recently in Antarctica, it became part of atmospheric work being done by University of Alabama researcher, Todd McKinney KN4TPG. Instead of just helping build mathematical models of the atmosphere, however, Jack's balloon soon embarked on an incredible journey. A little more than a week later, its navigational equipment began to spit out a series of error messages on 20 meters. One observer in the US, however, realized that nothing was REALLY wrong. He knew, in fact, that something remarkable was happening. Family friend and high-altitude balloon expert, Bill Brown, WB8ELK, knew Jack's solar-powered balloon was a short distance from the South Pole. Mapping systems could no longer determine its position from data being sent on 20 meters because of the densely spaced lines of longitude there at the end of the Earth. Jack's father, Tom McElroy, W4SDR, told NewsLine in a phone interview: [quote] "This is the closest any amateur radio balloon has come to the South Pole." [endquote] Tom said Bill phoned the family home in Georgia that morning from Huntsville, Alabama, on December 1st, and said Jack's balloon had literally gone off the map. Tom broke the news to an astonished Jack on the way to school. He said Jack had quite a story for his science teacher that day. (Amateur Radio NewsLine) You can track Jack's balloon at aprs.fi, using his call sign KM4ZIA. This isn't Jack's first balloon, either. He has launched several over the years, including two years at Youth on the Air Camp, in a team effort with his sister, Audrey McElroy, KM4BUN, who is this year's 2022 Amateur Radio NewsLine Young Ham of the Year. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- BEACONS A new improved 10 mtr beacon is operating on 28.285 from Mt MORGAN This is operated by VK4DC. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org Amateur Radio Mission to the Moon not lost OMOTENASHI, the project of the JAXA Ham Radio Club, was a secondary payload aboard NASA's Artemis 1 mission. It was planned to land a 70cm band beacon protected inside a soft pouch on the surface of the moon. The ham radio club's website for JAXA, Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency, reports that orbital errors had resulted in an unstable radio signal for its communications. global.jaxa.jp/ The website also reports that the solar cells face away from the sun, making it problematic to charge OMOTENASHI's batteries. Thus, as we've reported on WIA National News earlier, the lunar landing experiment could not be carried out. BUT, the opportunity to orbit beyond the moon is valuable. The axis of rotation appears stable and the spacecraft will get sunlight when the direction of the sun changes next March. Amateurs can receive the orbiting module 1 Watt beacon, transmitting PSK31 Sync Word C1 ASCII code with a medium to high gain linear polarisation antenna on 437.31 MHz. Pointing the antenna is simple: Aim for the Moon! (IRTS) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP --- MILITARY Recordings of military transmissions can be found on the Signal Identification Guide Wiki at sigidwiki.com/wiki/Category:Military At the height of the Falklands war IN 1982, the unlikely friendship of two amateur radio enthusiasts 8,000 miles apart allowed more than 50 soldiers the opportunity to get messages home to their loved ones. Bob McLeod, a ham radio operator, made history when he broke the news to the world that the Falklands had been invaded but, in doing so, he had also drawn the attention of the Argentines, who were quick to confiscate his equipment. On 29 May 1982, 2 PARA have just fought to take Goose Green, freeing more than 100 villagers who had been held captive in a hall for almost seven weeks. Alan Bullock was the Forward Observation Officer of D Company, 2 PARA and, while walking through the main street of Goose Green, spotted an antenna on a house belonging to Bob. "So, I knock on the door and say 'hello... is there any chance you are a radio amateur?' "He said 'yes... but the Argentinians took my transmitter and smashed it up'." "All I have is an old 50W amplifier." As Forward Observation Officer, Alan had his state-of-the-art at the time, military clansman radio, which although only 20 watts for communicating over short distances, could be combined with the hams amp and large antenna system. In order to get messages back to the UK, Bob made contact with John Wright, a radio amateur in Oxford who he had been chatting to over the airwaves for many years. Together Bob and John devised a cryptic code for their conversation and each transmitted on different frequencies, in case anyone was listening. Word quickly got around the troops and soon it wasn't just D Company's families Bob and John were contacting. Before long, there was a queue outside Bob's door, with each message always the same 'I am safe'. (eHam) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- YOTA (Youngsters On The Air) youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA twitter.com/hamyota December YOTA Month is rapidly coming to a close so I thought it may be time for Fun Fact Sunday Do you know where the term HAM comes from? Some believe that it comes from the first letters of the last names of well-known electricity/radio scientists, namely Hertz, Armstrong, and Marconi. Or that it originates from a little station called HAM at Harvard. Even to founder of ARRL, HirAM maxim percy However, the truth is that originally, HAM was used as a pejorative term by professional radio operators to describe amateur ones. This comes from the American saying ham-fisted, which means clumsy and incompetent. Thankfully, instead of getting discouraged by the professionals, many radio amateurs decided to embrace the name and started proudly calling themselves the HAMs. So, from one HAM to another, it's back to you Bruce. 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 HONK IF YOU LIKE MORSE. Recognizing a snippet of Morse code made all the difference when a delivery driver went above and beyond her duty. Sam Speechley sprang into action when she heard someone in distress tap out what sounded like SOS on their car horn. When she went to investigate she found 90-year-old Keith Turner who'd slipped on the driveway of his home and had broken his hip. He had managed to drag himself to the car so he could sound the alarm. Keith, who's now back home after spending three weeks in hospital, said: "Sam saved my life, she really did, and I can't thank her enough. I'd been laying there in the rain and cold for half an hour and if she hadn't come along when she did I don't think I'd have made it. She's a Godsend. (EHAM) View Royal is a town in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. View Royal Mayor Sid Tobias has just made one of, he said, his easiest decision, that of approving the merger of emergency radio teams operating in both Royal View and neighbouring Colwood. He said his previous military background emphasized the importance of communication efficiency, hence the merger. Its a win-win for both municipalities, said View Royal Fire Rescue Chief Paul Hurst. Disasters dont have municipal boundaries, so if we need assistance, its better to have one team serving both municipalities. The merger means the emergency radio team will benefit from having a single leader while effectively doubling the number of volunteers and equipment available to each municipality, Hurst said. The fire service relies on the Capital Region Emergency Service Telecommunications network day to day, and the emergency radio operators use their own amateur radio systems, so if we lose our cell towers in a disaster and lose our CREST system with it, then this group of Radio Amateurs become our lifeline. 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