2023 SEPTEMBER 17 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 SEP 17 2023 IN OUR 28th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS AND INFACT AUSTRALIA'S ONLY HAM RADIO SERVICE WHICH HAS MAINTAINED IT'S "WE NEVER TAKE A BREAK" NEWS SERVICE THIS WEEK:- WIA VICE PRESIDENT LEE VK3GK AND WIA DIRECTOR CHRIS VK3FY ALSO WIA RD CONTEST MANAGER ALLAN VK4SN AND WIA YOTA Deputy Co-ordinator - Alec Cherry VK2APC PLUS MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB WIA JOIN THE WIA tinyurl.com/yyj87b9y This is WIA Vice President Lee Moyle VK3GK Earlier this week ACMA held their Assessor information session for all current AMC assessors. This session was designed to inform assessors the current status of the planning and implementation of the assessor program and the many finer details of enabling a smooth transition from AMC to the ACMA assessor network for conducting Amateur exam sessions Australia wide. I was one of the 108 attendees on the zoom session and it was excellent to see many of the previous WIA assessors at the meeting. ACMA staff delivered the draft proposal via a powerpoint presentation and as always the ACMA staff answered the many questions asked by the attending assessors. The major positives are that assessors once again, just like when the WIA was administering exams, will be able to actually assess and mark candidates on the spot once the candidate has completed the exam and if need be, candidates can sit the next exam if they so chose to do so. This is excellent as it allows the assessor to provide explanations to questions and feedback to the candidate, unlike the current process in place. ACMA is proposing to implement a portal in which the assessor can log in and download uniquely generated exam papers and completed exams and documentation can then be uploaded for archiving results. Not unlike how the WIA exam service previously generated unique and secure exam papers for assessors to use. As ACMA propose to use much of the current AMC process, assessors will be very familiar to the new process and I believe it should be a smooth transition come February 2024. Discussions about remote exams was popular as there are some new proposed restrictions. Another hot topic was the aspects of insurance cover for assessors and the location exams can be held. ACMA seem happy to keep the single assessor structure in place which does make assessments easier to organize as opposed to having a two or the three assessors attending an exam for integrity, much like the US exam system currently has in place. The Certificate of Proficiency will be replaced with an ACMA Recognition Certificate once the Class Licence is introduced. Working with children cards or similar will still be required to be kept current. ACMA assessor guidelines will need to be agreed to be followed before accreditation will be approved. Both General assessors and Specialist assessors will be utilized, not unlike the current situation with AMC now. ACMA fees for issuing ACMA recognition certificates, assessing applications for recognition of prior learning and issuing call signs are proposed to be similar to the current AMC fees for these services although currently it looks as though the theory and practical exams will actually be free of charge if conducted by an accredited ACMA Assessor. ACMA invite comments and suggestions from assessors on the consultation by 5 pm (AEST), Tuesday 26 September 2023. See ACMA website for further information at acma.gov.au For now, 73 From Lee VK3GK, now we continue WIA NATIONAL NEWS with fellow Director Chris Dimitrijevic VK3FY and particularly a 'new spot on the dial' utilising the WiresX protocol for this VK1WIA News Broadcast ." YES, catch this Weekly News Broadcast on WiresX through the AUS REPEATER NET WiresX Room 24160. This is WIA DIRECTOR Chris Dimitrijevic VK3FY Listen to Amateur Radio NewsLine, VK1WIA Weekly News and an AUS REPEATER NET copy write exclusive of K1KC Chriss Tech Corner, which is not be; rebroadcast on any other mode other than C4FM. These broadcasts can be heard on C4FM System Fusion by connecting to AUS REPEATER NET WiresX Room number 24160. You will soon be able to connect through a YSF Reflector 24160. The broadcasts are heard on Sundays from 9:00am and 7:00pm local Australian Eastern Time. Following the news broadcasts Peter VK5JP will conduct a call-back of those listening. Please note that all are welcome to connect and listen to broadcasts and we welcome call-backs from where you maybe. WIA Board Comments Topic 1 * The WIA Bundaberg Convention will be held in May 2024, during the Queensland 's labour Day long weekend. There will be Commercial displays, surplus equipment disposals, talks on Digital communications a connection with the International space station plus a tour of Bundaberg rum facilities. Further details will be advised on wia.org.au in AR and on VK1WIA the WIA National News Service. Start Planning your attendance and see you all there. Topic 2 * Nominations for the WIA Merit awards are now open. Further details and how to nominate someone can be located on the WIA Website, wia.org.au Topic 3 * The WIA are currently considering an application from South Australia to utilise the callsign VK5WIA during call-backs. The board are looking at options for call logging. Topic 4 * The WIA Encourages clubs to submit items of interest for broadcast, especially field days and meetings. This has been Chris Dimitrijevic VK3FY on behalf of the Board of the Wireless Institute of Australia through VK1WIA Weekly News. Regards Chris Dimitrijevic de VK3FY / W3YM / T30T / 3D2FY / DU8FY / 4E8T / 5W0FY / HK7T ------------------------------------------------------------* INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, RAC, ARRL, NZART, eHam, AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE, eHam, Radioworld.com and the World Wide sources of the WIA. World Radio Conference 2023 Will Impact Amateur Satellite Service The World Radio Conference in 2023, WRC-23, will take place November 20 - December 15 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Some decisions made during the conference will affect Amateur Radio and the Amateur Satellites service. Representing Amateur Radio at the conference is the IARU, the International Amateur Radio Union. The two most pressing issues affecting the Amateur Satellite Service are: 1/ Additional measures to protect the radionavigation-satellite (space-to-Earth) in the 1240 - 1300 MHz band from amateur interference. As in most microwave allocations, the Amateur Service is secondary and must avoid interfering with primary services operating in the band, even if they are introduced later. An ITU Radiocommunication sector Recommendation that contains guidance for administrations is in the final stage of development. If an agreement is reached prior to WRC-232, it should complete work on the item. 2/ Identification of the 10 - 10.5 GHz band for International Mobile Telecommunications in ITU Region 2, including a primary allocation to the mobile service. The IARU opposes the introduction of IMT in the band and has some allies among administrators within and outside of Region 2. REGIONN ONE Polands railways have recently come under a form of electronic attack, as reported by Wired. The attack has widely been called a cyber-attack in the mainstream media, but the incident was altogether a more simple affair pursued via good old analogue radio. The attacks were simple in nature. As outlined in an EU technical document, Polands railways use a RADIOSTOP system based on analogue radio signals at around 150 MHz. Transmitting a basic tone sequence will trigger any duly equipped trains receiving the signal to engage emergency braking. Its implemented as part of the PKP radio system on the Polish railway network. The attacks brought approximately 20 trains to a standstill, according to the BBC, with services restored within hours. There was no major safety risk in the event, something made clear in a statement from Polish rail authorities. Regardless, the attacks frustrated logistics across the rail network. Polands railways will receive an upgrade to more secure cellular technology by 2025, with the 150 MHz system retained only for shunting duties and other edge cases. In Europe an amateur radio activation is honouring the legacy of a once-popular broadcast station with a special call that our own DX GURU Felix vk4fuq has been reminding us of over the past weeks, now Jeremy Boot G4NJH from the RSGB and reporting via ARNewsLine brings us that story. Long before the British pirate broadcast station Radio Caroline took to the airwaves from a boat off the Essex coast, there was Radio Luxembourg. Much to the displeasure of the BBC, the English-language service was launched 90 years ago and became one of Europe's most popular stations. According to some reports, the long and medium-wave broadcast of its programmes and its British presenters peaked at an estimated 78 million daily listeners before Radio Luxembourg went off the air in December of 1991. Since July, amateur radio operators and shortwave listeners are hearing Radio Luxembourg again - this time symbolically, with the callsign LX 90 RTL . The station is on the air until the end of this year. Various ham radio operators throughout Luxembourg are calling QRZ to mark the anniversary of that first broadcast. They can be heard on the HF bands using CW, SSB and the digital modes. They can also be contacted via satellite. The special event radio operators have been carefully listening too, especially when the QSOs trigger moments of nostalgia. The operators write on the station's page on QRZ.com: [quote] "Many of you told us about your memories and the great time listening to Radio Luxembourg, especially the great entertainment with the best music on the air over the years." [endquote] The DARC bureau will confirm all QSOs automatically and logs are being uploaded to Club Log, Logbook of the World and eQSL. This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH. If you were growing up in Europe in the 60's the only way to hear the latest and greatest US chart hits was via "The Great 208 RADIO LUXEMBURG - THE STATION OF THE STARS." REGION THREE Australia Post releases new Centenary of Broadcasting Stamps Australia Post is set to mark 100 years of public broadcast radio by showcasing a new Australian stamp release. The first officially licensed broadcast radio station to go to air in Australia was 2SB Sydney on 23 November 1923. In 1924 the radio industry lobbied for the introduction of a system that allowed radio stations to be funded by listener fees (A licenses) and commercial stations to generate revenue through advertising (B licenses). Amalgamated Wireless of Australia (AWA) became Australias largest radio company, manufacturing radios for homes, transmitters for radio stations and wireless communications for cross-country to cross-continent communications, as well as for ships and the military. Radios for homes ranged from mantel sets to taller floor-standing consoles. The new Centenary of Broadcast Radio stamp releases feature images from broadcast radios early years, with the 1st Day of Issue release set for October 17 to mark the Centenary of broadcast radio in Australia. -------------------------------------------------------------------* HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT -------------- -------------- NOW CONTEST WISE:- -------------- -------------- The 2023 CQ World-Wide RTTY DX Contest will rattle into life next weekend, September 23-24 starting at 00:00:00 UTC Saturday and ending 23:59:59 UTC Sunday (cq mag) -------------- OCTOBER - Oceania DX Contest PH - The first full weekend in October each year 0600 UTC Saturday to 0600 UTC Sunday CW - Second full weekend in October from 0600 UTC Saturday to 0600 UTC Sunday Log deadline for PH and CW logs - 31 October. Managed by the Oceania DX Contest Committee. info@oceaniadxcontest.com -------------- OCTOBER - 75th CQ World Wide DX Contest SSB leg is October 28-29 Starts 0000 UTC Saturday; Ends 2359 UTC Sunday -------------- NOVEMBER - 75th CQ World Wide DX Contest CW: November 25-26, 2023 0000 UTC Saturday; Ends 2359 UTC Sunday ---------------- NOVEMBER VHF-UHF Spring Field Day. 25 - 26 November. 0100 UTC Saturday to 0059 UTC Sunday BUT to make it a little fairer in VK6, they add 3 hours onto start and end times. (wia.org.au) ------------ RESULTS ARE OUT:- Alan VK4SN the Remembrance Day contest manager takes the mike. Results are out for 2023, and once again very favourable comments were read in the soapbox comments from the submitted logs. It was great to see 11 new rookies in the contest also. Approximately 1006 stations were on air over the weekend, with 237 logs being submitted. VK7 has won as the state champion. A huge number of logs were received from VK7 making it another easy win for them. Individual results are as follows. SO PH Justin VK7TW SO CW Allan VK2GR SO MX Lawrie VK5LJ SO QRP PH Anthony VK7AG SO QRP CW Chris VK3QB SO QRP MX John VK2YW MS VK3WAR MM VL4R A very special mention must go to David VK3DY as he has put a log in every year for the last 70 years. Congratulations David, I doubt that anyone will ever beat your outstanding record. Certificates and a full report are available for download on the WIA RD Contest page. For 1st 2nd and 3rd place getters, you will also receive a certificate direct from the WIA. Thanks for another excellent turn out for the Remembrance Day contest and see you all again next year. Best 73 Alan VK4SN PRE ADVICE FOR A JANUARY EVENT Ross Hull Memorial Contest. Running on VHF and above for the month of January. You nominate the best 7 day or 2 day period per category. For more information visit the contest page at wia.org.au/members/contests/rosshull/ (VK2TBC) -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- DX WINDOW -------------- ----------------- FRANCE. Special event station TM 23 RUGB will be QRV September 21 to 24, and then on October 16 to 22, during the Rugby World Cup. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via F 5 KHG. (eHam) -------------- EAST KIRIBATI. Ken, KH6QJ is QRV as T 32 AZ from Kiritimati, IOTA OC-024, until October 17. QSL to home call which again is KH6QJ. (eHam) ----------------- Rebel DX Group are using callsign T22T from Tuvalu, IOTA OC-015 from the 21st of September to the 9th of October on 160-6m using SSB and FT8 (either in normal or fox-hound mode). Visit the QRZ.com page for T 22 T for further details. (ARNewsLine 2393) ----------------- During September 15-28 active from THE Chatham Islands is ZL7IO. QRV on 160-10m; CW, SSB, RTTY & FT8. Participation in the CQWW RTTY contest next weekend also. QSL via DK7AO, LoTW. Return trips at the end of October and November are also planned again signing ZL7IO. The QTH is off grid and powered by a solar system with batteries therefore its very limited for high power possibilities. (dx-world) ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------* WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS 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/ facebook.com/SotaAustralia/ wwffaustralia.com/ BUNKERS ON THE AIR https://bunkersontheair.wixsite.com/october23 Would seem no end to 'OTA's' from beaches, summits, now BUNKERS. Bunkers on the air was an idea after G8GMU & M3HBM used the bunker site at Wolston in the UK as the location of the 'fox' on a radio direction finding contest with the Coventry Amateur Radio Society. It was then decided to activate 4 of the local bunkers, this was tried on several occasions & it has been shown not all those local bunkers would have been able to communicate using low power VHF & UHF systems with a simple antenna. The Coventry Amateur Radio Society have had Bunkers on the air as a club event for a while now , which brings us to this event:- BUNKERS ON THE AIR It will run the entire month of October 2023. The purpose of this event is to support radio amateurs and short wave listeners, both in the United Kingdom and overseas, to communicate with other radio amateurs activating ROC (Royal Observer Corp) Bunkers in the United Kingdom. Whilst not a contest, awards will be issued to both activators and hunters submitting logs and demonstrating QSO with the requisite number of stations. Awards are also available for SWL's submitting reception logs. (ham radio ireland and BOTA pages) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS If youve ever thought about launching a high-altitude balloon, theres much to consider. One of the things is how do you stream video down so that you and others can enjoy the fruits of your labour? Youll find advice on that and more in a recent post thanks to Hackaday and youll at least enjoy the real-time video recorded from the launch that you can see in the link in this weeks text edition on wia.org.au tinyurl.com/musremmc The video was encoded with a Raspberry Pi 4 using H264. The MPEG-TS stream feeds down using 70 cm ham radio gear. If you are interested in this sort of thing, software, including flight and ground code, is on the Internet. There is software for the Pi, an STM32, plus the packages youll need for the ground side. High-altitude ballooning is -- pardon the pun -- 'taking off' around the world. Payloads are many and varied, but we dont suggest you try to put a crew on board, but theres a long and dangerous history of people who did. tinyurl.com/2p8ezh72 The Montgolfier brothers get most of the credit for hot air ballooning in 1783, there are some reports that a Brazilian priest may have lifted himself with a balloon as early as 1709. In slightly more modern times, Joseph Kittinger did a skydive from a balloon at 31,300 meters in 1960. Felix Baumgartner pulled the same stunt from 38,969 meters in 2012, and Alan Eustace leapt from 41,419 meters in 2014. (hackaday.com) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org ARISS USA Team Names Director of Education Tanya C. Anderson has been selected as Director of Education for Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, Inc. (ARISS-USA). Tanya has been a classroom educator for 18 years, the last 16 years teaching middle school science at St. Joan of Arc in Lisle, Illinois. Her science curricula cover earth and space science, life science, and physical science. Her career focus has been curriculum development in various fields of science. When informed of her selection, Tanya exclaimed, "I am excited to be a part of the ARISS organization and cannot wait to see what the future holds for amateur radio as commercial space stations are built and lunar exploration evolves. I look forward to sharing my passion for STEAM and space education with other educators while we work together to inspire, engage, and educate the next generation." Tanya currently holds a Technician Class amateur radio license, with the callsign KD 9 BQZ, (ANS) After two weather delays in previous weeks, Japan launched its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission and the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) satellite on September 6. SLIM will test precision landing on the Moon and deploy a lunar rover and lunar hopper. XRISM will look into deep space to study the formation of the universe and search for dark matter. [ANS] WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA OC-195 In the middle of nowhere. It's a deal. VK1POR is active from Deal island OC-195 until December 1. He has been QRV so far on 20 & 10m FT8, yes the operator prefers the digimodes. Don't get to confused with the call, the VK1 prefix, because VK1POR this time is on Deal Island, the largest island of the Kent Group located in northern Bass Strait, that lies between north-east VK7 and Wilsons Promontory, in VK3. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, QRZ. (DX-WORLD) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS - YOTA (Youngsters On The Air) facebook.com/yotaregion2 youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA twitter.com/hamyota ham-yota.com YOTA CONTEST 2023 The YOTA Contest is back for its third run OF its third run! The 3rd year and each year 3 runs per year and the last contest for 2023 is 30th December 2023 1200 2359 UTC So, are you ready to compete? Everyone in the ham radio community can take part; it only lasts 12 hours and has an aim to increase youth activity on the air, strengthening the reputation of the YOTA program, and demonstrate the support for youth across the world. If you still have a question, feel free to drop the YOTA Contest Committee an email at contest@ham-yota.com They are happy to reply. NOW BEFORE I HAND BACK TO COL:-= Here in Oceania YOTA - Youngsters On The Air - has a FaceBook page worth joining, check out the address in the text edition of this weeks WIA National News. facebook.com/groups/YOTAOC/ 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 A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck central Morocco near Marrakesh on 8th September. Greg, G0DUB Emergency Comms for IARU region one has said that the Moroccan Amateur Radio Emergency Services ( part of ARRAM the Moroccan National Society ) normally operate on VHF/UHF and speaking to Hassan CN8HAN, their Emergency Communications Co-Ordinator, he said there was no indication of any HF frequencies in use to respond to the disaster. There are however a number of Search and Rescue teams from other countries now in the area and some of them have Radio Amateurs as part of their teams. ARRAM has not asked for any HF frequencies to be kept clear but as the situation develops and SAR teams are at ground zero, it would be good for radio amateurs to take extra care around the HF Emergency Centres of Activity frequencies in case any SAR teams start to use frequencies to talk back to their home countries. At least 2,900 people died from the earthquake, Morocco's Interior Ministry said this week with over 5,500 injured. (iaru-r1.org cbsnews) ------------------------------------------------------------* REWIND THE GREAT SOLAR STORM OF MARCH 1940: Im John Knox vk4fjrk and this story is shocking. On March 24, 1940, a solar storm hit Earth so hard it made copper wires in the United States crackle with 800 volts of electricity. A New York Times headline declared that a "sunspot tornado" had arrived, playing havoc with any signal that had to travel through metal wires. spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=09&month=08&year=2023 "For a few hours it completely disrupted all long-distance communication," wrote astronomer Seth B. Nicholson in a recap of the event for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Radio announcers seemed to be "talking a language no one could understand." The New York Times reported that more than a million telephone and teletype messages had been garbled: "Veteran electrical engineers unhesitatingly pronounced it the worst thing of its kind within their memory." Modern researchers, however, are now paying attention paying attention. Their work confirms that it was no ordinary solar storm. "It was unusually violent," they say. "There were very rapid changes in Earth's magnetic field, and this induced big voltages in long metal wires." What caused the high voltages? Old magnetogram records from the date of the storm show evidence that two coronal mass ejections CMEs hit Earth only 1.82 hours apart. The double blow rattled Earth's magnetic field in a way single CMEs do not. "This could be a harbinger of things to come." Modern studies show that as many as 5 CMEs leave the sun every day during Solar Maximum. With Solar Cycle 25 underway and intensifying, a double hit could definitely happen again. My time is up; With Rewind, this is John Knox VK4FJRK. (web reports) REWINDING THE SMITH WAY Phillip Smith, an amateur radio operator working at Bell Labs, devised a chart that even today can help engineers understand the behaviour of transmission lines. From an early age, Smith had a keen interest in radio, creating his own amateur radio station using homemade components and contributing articles to the radio section of the Boston Traveller. In 1924, Smith went to Tufts College to study electrical communications. Upon graduating in 1928 with a B.S. degree in electrical engineering he was offered a job at Bell Telephone Laboratories. Smiths first assignments at Bell Laboratories required him to take countless measurements of standing waves, inspiring him to develop a quick method to compute the input impedance of transmission lines. In 1931, he created his first graphical solution in the form of a rectangular chart. However, Smith recognized the limits of this chart, which could only accommodate so much data. He continued to search for ways to improve his chart, constantly refining it. After enhancing his chart with a grid made up of orthogonal circles, he could finally accommodate all data from zero to infinity. And thus, the Smith chart was born. After a slow acceptance process, his article describing the chart was published in 1939. The Smith chart is a tool for visualizing the impedance of a transmission line and antenna system as a function of frequency. The charts can be used to improve understanding of transmission lines and how they behave from an impedance viewpoint while also helping with impedance matching. My time is up; With Rewind, this is John Knox VK4FJRK. https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/phillip-smith-from-amateur-radio-operator-to-creator-of-the-smith-chart/ Written by Lianne Frith for the All About Circuits web e-zine. (vk7wi news) ------------------------------------------------------------* 2023 Social Scene Clubs are welcome to submit text with audio for this section Details of all WIA affiliated clubs and societies can be found on the WIA website, including email addresses and website links. VK2 - SARCFEST 8am Saturday 23 September (vk2acd) VK - ALARAMeet2023 4/5 November in HOBART (luther8@bigpond.com) VK3 - Rosebud RadioFest at Eastbourne Primary School Sunday, November 12 (vk3pdg) VK5 - Amateur Radio Experimenters Group Radio & Electronics Sale November 26 (vk5qi) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024 IT'S A DATE Clubs are welcome to submit text with audio for this section Details of all WIA affiliated clubs and societies can be found on the WIA website, including email addresses and website links. VK - WIA AGM MAY 4 5 - BUNDABERG. (vk2tsg) VK - National Volunteer Week Monday 20 Sunday 26 May 2024. National Volunteer Week (NVW) is Australias largest annual celebration of volunteers and their important contribution to our communities. 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. 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