-------------------------------------------------------------------69 2025 MARCH 9 WIA 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 MARCH 09 2025 IN OUR 30th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS AUSTRALIANA The 2025 Annual General Meeting of ARNSW will be at 11am, 22 of March. Notice of meeting, along with annual reports, have been sent out by post and email, however, due to an unfortunate production error, the printed reports show the wrong meeting date on Page 3 the correct date really is, the 22nd of March 2025! (vk2wi news) EDUCATION. education.wia.org.au WIAs new education website. Hi, this is Phil Wait VK2ASD. Dont forget to check out the new education website on education.wia.org.au There you will find lots of useful information about how to gain an amateur radio licence, training resources, and how to test the EMR safety of your station. Once again, education.wia.org.au ARRL is equipping the next generation of radio amateurs with the knowledge to get active on the air. On the Air Live is a monthly interactive webinar series and we are aware a number of VK hams are also members of the ARRL so, this one's for you. The events are hosted by ARRL Education Specialist Wayne Greene, KB4SDF. OTA Live has seen rapid growth and good engagement in the two months it has been going. The most recent On the Air Live covered programming a handheld radio, and we got a lot of good questions, said KB4SDF. Being an interactive webinar, we have the opportunity to spend time discussing things on which members need more information. On the Air Live is accessed through the ARRL Learning Centre at learn.arrl.org. It is a benefit of ARRL membership, and members must be logged into the web site to access it for live or archived sessions. The next On the Air Live is Tuesday, March 25, it will focus on advanced functions of handheld radios, including getting them on digital modes. (arrl) John Moyle Memorial National Field Day 2025 Announcement No. 1 This is Denis VK4AE, contest manager for The John Moyle Memorial Field Day. This years contest will be held between 0100 GMT Saturday 15th March 2025 to 0059GMT 16th March 2025. This year we have the problem of even getting together in the same place as in the past due to recent fires and in some parts flood damage. The purpose of the Field Day is to provide training and experience in emergency operations. So, I hope that besides a little inconvenience that all will go smoothly when operating the station in the field. Amateurs are a mighty resourceful lot and no doubt many may have operated with WICEN and SES over the last few months, so this contest provides just more practice. As the contest nears for this year, I can only hope that the dreary weather in many parts of Australia has not been too cruel and that good activity on the bands and the propagation will be rewarding as even the sun is cooperating this year. Dont forget that once the dismantling and packing up of all of the equipment has been completed there is still the most important part of the contest to be finished. Yes! You must submit your stations log. This has two major purposes. 1. It informs me of your ACTIVITIES on air and enables me to score your entry. 2. As importantly it confirms the contacts you had with other stations and verifies their logs. So, even if your log is only small, it does verify the contacts you made and those of other stations. Best wishes for the contest and do not forget to submit your log. (Denis Johnstone VK4AE) ------------------------------------------------------------* INTERNATIONAL NEWS is with thanks to ARRL, DX-WORLD, eHam, Hackaday, IARU, ICQPodcast, IRTS, NEWSLINE, NZART, RAC, Radioworld.com, RSGB, SARL and the World Wide sources of the WIA. Radio alerts to avert man-animal conflicts, villagers death lead to safety measure. Villages of Baro Choukir Bosh, Chhoto Choukir Bosh, Chepani, Chhipra and Samuktala decided to get themselves covered by ham radios following the death of two youths from Chepani. The death of the two villagers happened during an elephant attack in a remote district village. The youths purchased five ham radios and then trained themselves. Training is very easy and no rocket science. We then obtained a licence from the government to legally operate the radios, said Swarup Saha, secretary, North Bengal Amateur Radio Society. The society was formed by youths of the five villages. How about some Pi with that ham radio? And I'm not talking the raspberry flavour. The David Sarnoff Radio Club (DSRC) in Princeton, New Jersey, will operate special event station N3P on Pi Day, March 14. The event celebrates the March 14, 1879, birthday of Princetons most famous resident, physicist Albert Einstein, best known for his equation E = MC2, which states that energy and mass (matter) are the same thing in different forms. Why call it Pi Day? If you take the distance around a circle (circumference) and divide it by the distance across the circle (diameter), you always get the number 3.14, the value known as Pi, which also happens to be the date of Einsteins birthday, 14 th day of the 3rd month. N3P will be using CW and SSB, two modes in existence during Einsteins lifetime: 14.031 (CW), 14.314 (USB), 7.031 (CW), and 7.227 MHz (LSB), from 1300-1900Z. Harnessing the suns power doesnt come easily or affordably but researchers at the University of Tokyo believe theyre working on a future for solar panels that will be cheaper and more efficient: They announced recently that they have combined titanium dioxide with selenium, a production process that could bring down the heavy costs of extracting titanium from its ore so it can be used in a variety of energy related products, including solar panels. The scientists method relies on introducing an element known as yttrium into the process of purifying the titanium. So far, they have been impressed with the resulting performance. According to recent reports in Business Today and on MSN.com, the only drawback is that the element leaves traces of itself behind in the final result, enough of a contaminant that it could compromise its durability and its resistance to corrosion. The next challenge? Minimise what is left so that a new type of solar cell will be available in the future with a higher level of energy efficiency and affordability. Have a Ham Radio Open House in April World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) is April 18 every year, and in 2025, WARD is extra special. ARRL invites radio clubs and schools to organize a Ham Radio Open House in April, to highlight the Amateur Radio Service for its development and practice of the latest radio communications and technology, and as a hands on pathway into STEM fields for the next generation. British Science Week started Friday the 7th of March and gives radio amateurs the opportunity to share their passion and knowledge of the hobby to reach new audiences. Many schools have radio-related activities planned for students. Ham Clubs are involved with events that are open to the public. A Mens Sheds group is active as G8EYM and would appreciate skeds, especially with other Mens Sheds maybe an Aussie Mens Shed could establish comms? The RSGB Outreach team has partnered with the Radio Communications Foundation to provide FM radio receiver kits for 15 school, university, scout and youth groups to build. You can find these and other ideas and resources on the RSGB British Science Week web page. The Amateur Radio Operators Reception a traditional part of the NAB Show experience for many broadcast engineers will not take place in 2025. With our longstanding partner no longer operational, were taking this opportunity to reinvent the event for next year by exploring fresh partnerships and innovative ideas, a National Association of Broadcasters said. A story in the publication "Radio World" says it isnt certain when the reception tradition began, but it has been part of the show for at least 35 years. Weve seen engineers lined up outside eager to get in, and the reception is noted for its full tables worth of door prizes. The annual event was not a program of sessions, but rather a networking reception, prompted by the fact that many radio and TV attendees to the NAB Show also are licensed amateur operators. https://bit.ly/4h4WIpP The National Society of Professional Engineers recently named Debbie Korth, Orion deputy program manager at Johnson Space Centre, as NASAs 2025 Engineer of the Year. Debbie was recognized during an award ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., alongside honourees from 17 other federal agencies. The annual awards program honours the impactful contributions of federal engineers and their commitment to public service. Debbie has dedicated more than 30 years of her career to NASA, supporting human spaceflight development, integration, and operations across the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, and Orion Programs. Her earliest roles involved extravehicular and mission operations planning, as well as managing spaceflight hardware for shuttle missions and space station crews. ------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATIONAL NEWS - Once again, this is Roger Harrison VK2ZRH, manager of the VHF-UHF Field Days in th TEXT edition of WIA NATIONAL NEWS. The time has come, the Walrus said . . . begins the 11th verse of an epic poem by Lewis Carroll . . . the same bloke who imagined Alice in Wonderland. Having now distracted you and got you wondering here is the news. Last week, I posted the results for the 2024 Summer, Winter and Spring field days to the VHF-UHF Field Days page on the WIA website. As before, I have to thank Peter Forbes VK3QI for completing the log conversions, aided and abetted by his duo of programmers who wrote the software to convert VKCL logs to Cabrillo format. The results are compiled in shortform tables of final scores in each category and sub-category. Now, open your PC, go online, download the tables, check your scores and dont miss out. Until next time, this is Roger Harrison VK2ZRH for WIA National News. -------------- -------------- NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2025 -------------- -------------- THE BANDS ARE ALIVE - WITH THE SOUND OF CONTESTS. MARCH 8 - 9 CW Commonwealth Contest. The Commonwealth Contest is one of the longest-running contests in the HF contesting world. 88 years this has run, originally called the BERU contest. It promotes contacts between stations in the Commonwealth Countries and Territories. CWers, you can participate in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest activity on 80 through to 10 metres. rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2023/rcwc.shtml to get all the rules. (rsgb/arl) ------------ YOTA Contest 2025 Organized by the IARU R1 Youth Working Group in cooperation with the Hungarian Amateur Radio Society, the aim of the YOTA Contest is to increase youngsters activity on the air, strengthen the reputation of the YOTA programme and demonstrate support for youngsters across the world. The first session of this year's 3 YOTA Contests will be held March 9 yotacontest.mrasz.org ------------- The IARU 100th Anniversary Centennial QSO Party. The IARU CQP will be held for nine days, beginning Saturday 12 April and ending Sunday 20 April. This event will celebrate 100 years of the IARU (sarl) ------------------------ HARRY ANGEL MEMORIAL 80 Meter Sprint, Saturday May 3. (vk4uh) wia.org.au/members/contests/harryangel/ ------------------------- VK Shires Contest 7th - 8th June 2025 wia.org.au/members/contests/wavks/ ----------------------- NZ Straight Key Night Next New Zealand Straight Key Night will be held Sunday 8 June from 9pm to 10pm NZDT (0800 to 0900 UTC) on 80 metres. Polish and lubricate that old morse key and enjoy an evening of old-time radio fun. Straight Key Night is an informal event which honours the roots of amateur radio: Morse Code sent with a straight key (no bugs, sideswipers, keyers or keyboards). (Neil ZL1NZ, SKN Manager) ----------------- IARU HF World Championship. The 24-hour IARU HF World Championship starts at 12 HUNDRED UTC on Saturday 12 July and ends at 11:59 UTC on Sunday 13 July. This annual contest supports amateur self-training in radio communications, improving operating skills, conducting technical investigations and inter-communicating with other amateurs around the world using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands (SARL) ----------------- Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest - 19 JUL 2025 The Trans-Tasman contest, held on the 3rd weekend in July, aims to encourage Low Band activity between VK and ZL Only contest bands 160 80 and 40M are allowed with SSB, CW and Digital (RTTY OR PSK) wia.org.au/members/contests/transtasman/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD. Ian, G3WVG as VP8CIW and Nigel, G3TXF as VP8TXF are active from the Falkland Islands during a short CW-only trip which will be focused on participation in this weekends Commonwealth Contest (8-9 March). QSLs via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW. (425dxnews) ------------- GB0IARU is the special callsign for the Radio Society of Great Britain to take part in the celebrations of the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union. Look for activity on 1-30 April and be aware that GB 0 IARU may be activated from all of the seven different DXCC Entities in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man. QSL via M 0 OXO's OQRS and LoTW. (425DXNEWS) ------------ PC 80 TT is the special callsign for members of VERON Leiden to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands during World War II (5 May 1945). Look for activity now until June One QSL PC80TT via the bureau to PI4LDN. The special call sign honours the memory of Rudolf Tappenbeck (PCTT), a pioneer of Dutch amateur radio who died in Neuengamme concentration camp 1944. (425dxn) ---------- Special event station LZ 75 IPA is active right throughout 2025 celebrating the 75th anniversary of the International Police Association. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to LZ 3 HI. (425 dx news ) --------- y Joel W5ZN, Secretary International Amateur Radio Union advises the Singapore Amateur Transmitting Society (SARTS) has closed its 9V QSL bureau effective February 14, 2025, and is no longer accepting cards. (eHam) --------- y Our I.A.R.U. celebrates its centenary this year (2025). Since its founding in Paris, France, IARU has worked tirelessly to promote innovation in amateur radio and to encourage the growth of the service in communities throughout the world. VI 100 IARU is a special event callsign transmitting from VK3 to help celebrate the IARU Centennial. qsl via MO 0 OXO A team of operators from DARC is active until the 27th of April using special callsign DA 0 IARU. The station is operating to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the IARU. A 9 100 IARU is the special callsign for the Bahrain Amateur Radio Society to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union. Look for activity for five days each month (which days don't ask me! HiHi) during 2025. QSL via EC6DX. (qrz.com / 425 dx news / rsgb) Celebrating the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union the local divisions of the Belgian IARU society will activate 28 YES TWENTY EIGHT special event stations between 15 March and 15 May: ON100I, ON100A, ON100R, ON100U OO100I, OO100A, OO100R, OO100U OP100I, OP100A, OP100R, OP100U OQ100I, OQ100A, OQ100R, OQ100U OR100I, OR100A, OR100R, OR100U OS100I, OS100A, OS100R, OS100U OT100I, OT100A, OT100R, OT100U In addition, members of the UBA Board and HF Committee will be active as OQ 0 IARU and OR 0 IARU. A series of certificates will be available, see uba.be/en/news/uba-iaru-100-event for the details. (425 dx news) -------------- y This year the SARL is on the air with special event callsign ZS 100 SARL as the society celebrates their centenary of organised amateur radio activity in South Africa. (sarl) ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------* NET ADVICE Every Thursday, a global net called APRSThursday takes place using Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) for 24 hours. It is a network of licensed amateur radio operators who share messages and position packets through radio and internet. For any operators both old and new, it is a great opportunity to explore the APRS mode and make contacts with other stations joining the net. Over 500 operators take part in the net each week from across the world. Further information may be found at www.aprsph.net (irts) ------------------------------------------------------------* WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather) The Moon will pass into Earths shadow and appear to turn red on the night of March 13 or early in the morning on March 14, depending on time zone. Some regions seeing, at least, some parts of the eclipse include: Much of Asia, Australia, Africa, the Pacific and Antarctica. Check out your favourite lunar web site for the times in your area, but as an example here in Brisbane, we will only see the ending of the Partial Eclipse 14 Mar at 6:47 pm then again Penumbral Eclipse ending 14th at 8:00pm timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2025-march-14 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/ ON TOP DOWN UNDER. VK7 are certainly out and about with POTA SOTA etc. In past couple of weeks Matt, VK7MAT, activated Reedy Marsh Conservation Area, on the banks of Brushy Lagoon, about 20 minutes north of Westbury. Contacts were made on 40m SSB and FT8. Phil, VK7ID, and Stuart, VK7FADZ, headed into the hills for some SOTA activations. Phil, VK7ID, activated MacGregor Peak summit located in Eaglehawk Neck. After a steep hike to the summit, Phil set up next to the summit trig point and logged 12 QSOs on 40m and 20m including three summit to summit contacts. MacGregor Peak is situated within the Tasman National Park, making it eligible for both POTA and WWFF. Stuart, VK7FADZ, made his way to the summit of Collins Cap, which stands at an elevation of 1063 metres and offers breathtaking views of the Derwent Valley. During his activation, he logged 8 QSOs on 40m and was able to complete 2 summit-to-summit contacts, one of which was with VK7ID. Then on race day, Rod VK7HAM, Al VK7AN, and Peter VK7ZPE, skipped the hustle and bustle of the Launceston Cup and headed to the peaceful Reedy Marsh Conservation Area. This dual-reference site also qualifies for both WWFF and POTA, where each operator logged 24 QSOs. If you're tuning in on a Wednesday, youll likely hear VK7HAM, VK7AN, and VK7ZPE activating a park in the Northern region of VK7 so be sure to join in and snag a contact with them! (VK7WI NEWS) Marty VK4KC POTA Admin., Australia reports:- Only a few months away now till the 4th annual Park-fest weekend. The Solitary Islands Beach/Park-Fest will be held Sat 3rd & Sunday 4th May. It is a weekend where portable activators can set-up a portable station in parks, forests and beaches around Corindi which is at the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. Participants are welcome to arrive earlier or stay later than the weekend and make it a longer stay if their time permits. Participants run activations at their own pace. Some may just want to be set-up in one location for the day whilst others may be attempting a rove and trying to activate 10 locations in a day, where others may not want to activate at all but just be there for the social scene. We will be staying at Reflections Holiday Park Corindi Beach which is suitable for caravans, motorhomes and tents. You can book directly with Reflections and let them know that you are with the Ham-fest Amateur Radio group so that they will allocate a site in a designated section. For more information please contact Alan McDonald VK1AO, whose contact details are on his QRZ page, or search Solitary Islands Beach Park-Fest on Facebook. On another note I would like to announce that the Parks on the Air (POTA) program in Australia has now over 10,000 entities to activate. Besides the United States of America we are the only other country with this quantity of locations to activate from. I appreciate our POTA state mapping reps who have been hard at work maintaining their areas. This is Marty VK4KC, On the Sunny Coast. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - CW There are CW contests a plenty for the morse officiano BUT HERE IS A GENUINE HARD ONE TO ENTER. The George Batterson 1935 QSO Party is a CW event in which participants BUILD 1935 era transmitters and use them to contact other participants. Transmitters must be 1935 or earlier TYPES of self-oscillators such as the HARTLEY, TNT, TGTP, MOPA, COLPITTS, CRYSTAL POWER OSCILLATORS and CRYSTAL MOPAS designed from QST, the ARRL Handbook, or any other publication or source of the period 1935 or earlier. Commercial transmitters manufactured during 1935 and earlier are also allowed. Tubes must have been available up to and including 1935. The QSO party takes place April 5th through 7th and April 12th through 14th on 160, 80, 40 and 20 Meter bands. The event honours George Batterson W 2 GB who helped form the Antique Wireless Association. (ard) WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - DIGITAL Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) will host a Community Meeting March 15, 2025 starting at 17:00 UTC. The meeting will take place over the Zoom platform. Community meetings have become a tradition at ARDC. Its a chance to keep up to date on the things that are being worked on and the grants ARDC have made, and its an opportunity for you to share your ideas and opinions. (twiar) The Brandmeister DMR network will no longer support certain devices with DMR IDs that begin with the number 1. Hams utilizing the Brandmeister network with affected DMR IDs are encouraged to request a new ID from RadioID. Brandmeister is requiring their users to obtain DMR IDs that adhere to a Mobile Country Code (MMC) standard to help facilitate automated process that make up the Brandmeister network. 5-digit CAP+ IDs will stop working June 1st. 7-digit personal radio IDs starting with 1 will stop working Jan 1, 2026. Repeaters with 6-digit radio IDs starting with 1 will continue to work indefinitely. (twiar) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org FAILED MARRAKECH WE HAVE APROBLEM. Royal Moroccan Air Academy, Marrakech, Morocco, direct via CN 8 ERA was unable to establish comms with the ISS recently and ARISS has been working to determine what exactly happened. (ariss news) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA iota-world.org/ Comoro Islands AF-007 Elvira, IV3FSG will be active as D68Z from the Comoro Islands, a group of volcanic islands in the Mozambique Channel, an arm of the Indian Ocean lying between Madagascar and the African mainland now until at least March 18. D68Z will operate SSB, FT8/FT4, CW and RTTY on 160 thru to 6 metres. Club Log's Livestream will be enabled and IK 0 XBX is her pilot. qrz.com/db/D68Z QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via IK2WAD for direct and bureau cards. During her trip, Elvira will also be mentoring three local youths who will learn how to raise antennas and work the pile-up before attending this year's YOTA Summer Camp in August. There are also plans in the works for the station to be operated remotely, by experienced operators as well as YOTA Italia members. (425dxnews) ------- y Arnala Island AS-169 The DX India Foundation is organizing a DXpedition to take place from Arnala Island (AS-169) from 29 May to 1 June. This IOTA group was activated back in the good years 2004 and 2006, BUT has been silent ever since. Requested callsign is AU2M. ---- y Jamaica NA-097 Iain is active as G4SGX/6Y from Jamaica (NA-097) until the 21 March. He is operating CW only on 80-10 metres (hopefully also "some top band action"), and will take part in the RSGB Commonwealth (BERU) Contest next weekend 8-9 March. QSL via LoTW, or via M 0 OXO's OQRS. -------- y Maldives AS-013 Mamoru 8 Q 7VA from the Maldives (AS-013) now until the 5th of May. QSL via home call JH 3 VA and LoTW. (425 dx news) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS - YOTA (Youngsters On The Air) WIA committee:- Steve VK6SJ, Alec VK2MV and Pete VK2LP. ham-yota.com/category/yota-region-3/ facebook.com/groups/YOTAOC/ youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA This week I want to share a happy discovery at a US high school where students learning about professional radio have fallen in love with the amateur side of things. High school students in Kent County, Maryland, participated in their first ARRL School Club Roundup last fall. With the support and some loaned equipment from the Kent Amateur Radio Society, K 3 ARS, the students logged contacts in the US and a number of others overseas. Earlier this year, the sparks flew again, in a manner of speaking, during Winter Field Day. Some of the teens, who are involved with WKHS, Kent County High School's FM radio station, returned to experience once more what the amateur side of the medium can do - and just how far it can go - by calling CQ from the school parking lot. Chris Singleton, KE3MC, teaches the broadcasting course, where he is also manager of the school's FM radio station, encouraging the students to study for their license and to set their sights a little higher. They're hoping to reapply for an astronaut contact through Amateur Radio on the International Space Station. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - VIDEO REMEMBER THE VIDEO SERVICE SKYPE? In a move that could have been seen coming from at least a decade away, Microsoft has confirmed that the Skype service will be shutting down May 5. This comes after an intrepid person stumbled over a curious string in the latest Skype for Windows preview. This string seemed intended to notify the user about the impending shutdown, telling them to migrate to Teams instead. Skype was originally created in 2003 by a group of European developers, where it saw some success, with the service being acquired by Microsoft in 2011. Much like other messaging services, each Skype user has a unique ID, but there is also integration with phone services around the world. When Microsoft overhauled the user interface in 2017, this caused a split between classic UI fans and the heretics who liked the new interface. With Microsoft not really finding a way to stop the bleeding of users by this time, and with its nascent Teams service enjoying success despite any complaints anyone might have about it, it seems that now the time has come where Skype will be put out to pasture. For the handful of Skype users still left today, the options are to either download your data before its erased, or to move your user account to Teams. (TWIAR) ------------------------------------------------------------* IT'S A DATE Clubs are welcome to email 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. ---------------------------- 2025 VK7 - MEET THE VOICE social outing Ross Caravan Park March 23 (Al vk7) VK4 - Redcliffe & Districts Radio Club REDFEST April 12 at Deception Bay North State School. (wiacal) VK - WIA AGM May 3 - 4. Hosted by Bendigo Amateur Radio & Electronics Club and their Technology Expo (vk3gtv/wiacal) VK2 -Solitary Islands Beach/Park-Fest for POTA 3 & 4 May. (VK4KC) VK2 - Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club's 49th Annual Field Day Weekend at Wauchope Showground Hall June 7 and 8 (wiacal) VK5 - SERG Convention and Fox Hunting Championship June 7 and 8 At Scout Hall in Mt. Gambier (vk5dj) VK - Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association 50th anniversary Glen Waverly July 26 president@alara.org (vk2ayl) VK5 - AREG's Amateur Radio & Electronics Sale Sunday 26th October at David Roche Park, Kilburn (VK5QI) VK4 - GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY 2025 HAMFEST NOV 9 (vk4dmh) Country Paradise Parklands 231 Beaudesert Nerang Road. VK3- Rosebud RadioFest, Eastbourne Primary School, Rosebud (wiacal) November Sixteen. VK8 - Darwin Amateur Radio Club DARC Xmas Party 6:30pm Dec 3 (wiacal) 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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