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VK National News 15Nov20

Text edition: Weekly news from the WIA:

MP3 edition of news available at: 
http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2020-11-15.mp3 


Text edition:
NOVEMBER 15 2020 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA

 
(Note.. please remove spaces in email addresses before using)

 
 
2020 NOVEMBER 15 VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA
 

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 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

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 NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING NOVEMBER 15 2020
 IN OUR 25th 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 )


 WIA Director Phil vk2cpr checks in with the International
 Radio Amateur Union (IARU)

 Jason VK2LAW looks at comments focusing on draft
 recommendations for World Radiocommunication Conference 2023

 Multiple callsigns to be on the air with a SERIAL NUMBER
 changed daily, these serial numbers tacked to the callsign
 changing daily, count down the days until the actual
 celebration day of March 25th, 2021. Confused? so are we
 but Felix VK4FUQ tries to unfathom this special special
 event.


 During the Second World War German intelligence deployed
 wireless teams throughout occupied Europe; and, secret agents
 were also sent to Britain to spy on British military activity.
 This facinating era of our dark past is in the book
 RADIO WAR and Nic VK7WW flicks through it's pages for us
 as he reviews the book.


 Bevan VK5BD The man himself responsible for the video you
 see when viewing this news through your local ATV repeater
 or you tube has had a big week, over 200 views and over
 120 subscribers - learn more when in special interest group
 news another videoographer joins us, one with a GREAT TV
 Cllsign, thats Col, VK3GTV
 

 THESE STORIES AND MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
 WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA and VK1WIA.

 ATV (Every pixel tells a story) VERSION 
 tinyurl.com/WIA-News-Videos


 AUDIO and TEXT (the written word)
 wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/


 
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 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has recently
 published a report and factsheet for Low Power Open Narrocast
 (LPON) licensees on the application of the use it or lose it
 licence conditions.

 A narrowcasting service station operates at a carrier
 frequency within the range 87.5 to 88.0 MHz (inclusive)
 to provide a low power open narrowcasting service.

 Unless the new licensee of a LPON has a reasonable excuse for
 not doing so, the licensee must commence the service within
 six months from the day the licence was issued.
 
 A licensee must provide the service with reasonable regularity
 for the duration of the licence

 The licensee must maintain records of the commencement, hours
 of operation and provision of the service. ie
 Keep a logbook of the hours/events of operation
 keep visual and audio broadcast recordings 
 document the nature of the service being provided.

 The report does not signal a new direction in the ACMAs
 approach to the UIOLI regulatory arrangements. Rather, it is
 intended to clarify the existing regulatory arrangements in
 light of the AATs decisions and assist LPON licensees to
 access information and guidance provided in the judgements to
 interpret the application of the UIOLI conditions.

 shorturl.at/aJPV3





 WIA

 Not a WIA Member? details email nationaloffice@wia.org.au
 OR the link on bottom right of wia.org.au
 shorturl.at/fuBP2


 WIA board minutes can be found on wia.org.au click 
 WIA Information.


 
 Hi Im WIA Director Phil vk2cpr

 The International Radio Amateur Union (IARU) is the worldwide
 federation of national amateur radio organizations. The
 membership of the IARU consists of more than 160 member
 societies, here in region 3, the WIA is the sole
 representative organisation for Australia. 

 The WIA has long standing working groups who interface with
 the IARU on amateurs behalf. It is through them that we
 received the IARUs, Future committees call to action, for
 WIA members who may be interested in becoming participants in
 various committees.

 The IARU Future Committee was born out of the need to respond 
 to the changing environment, particularly, the possible
 erosion of our bands by commercial interests. The future
 committee had its first working session on May 15th, 2020 and
 has been meeting bi-weekly. 

 Today we are at a time where change, especially in the
 telecommunications ecosystem comes at a faster and more
 profound pace than ever before. 

 Identifying and creating future scenarios has become even
 more difficult. The IARU must be able to respond and thrive
 in this very rapidly changing environment, again emphasizing
 the urgency to adapt or whither.

 The committee members recognize that the current environment
 creates the need for IARU to evolve incrementally into a more
 pragmatic, flexible, and agile organization. If we look into
 the future, changes are needed and the IARU must be prepared
 to develop a set of work plans and adopt and implement those
 proposed changes rapidly. These must be based on the need to
 be flexible, and able to adapt to the environment as it is
 and as it will continue to evolve. This means a continuous
 path of small changes, not waiting for a comprehensive
 all-included package.

 The Future committee recommends a practical approach:
 Create five working groups dedicated to specific topics.
 It is highly encouraged that volunteers from IARU Region 3
 member societies, that is, the WIA, participate in the
 working groups.  The five groups are: Core, relationships,
 organization and governance, funding and legal framework.

 The five  working groups ask the following questions:

 Core: What is the core mission and priorities for the IARU,
        our members, and for amateur radio. What is and how do
        we provide value? How do we think that value is
        perceived? 

 Relationships: What should the relationship of IARU be with
        its member societies, Inter-governmental organizations,
        second societies, special interest groups, clubs,
        individuals and the rest of the telecommunications
        ecosystem?

 Organization and governance: what would be the best
       organizational structure for IARUs current and future
       role(s), whatever they may be or become?

 Funding: What are the best  sources of funding?.

 Legal framework: What are the best legal frameworks with the
        flexibility to adapt to the current needs of Amateur
        Radio and Radio Amateurs.

 You can flag your interest in a committee by contacting the
 WIA secretary at secretary @ wia.org.au 

 73s de Phil vk2cpr WIA Director.

 
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 HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT    


  ----2020 ----------



 CQ WW DX CW NOVEMBER 28-29


  --------------
 
 SPRING VHF - UHF FIELD DAYS November 27-28

  --------------
 December 6 - 8 160 Meter WW

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 DECEMBER 14 - 15 10 Mtr World Wide




  ----2021-------


  --------------

 Ross Hull Memorial VHF/UHF Contest takes place ALL of 
 January 2021
 
 --------------
 
 VHF-UHF SUMMER FIELD DAY - Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 January.

  --------------
 
 CQWW 160M  CW CONTEST January  29 - 31.

 CQWW 160M SSB CONTEST February 26 - 28.
 --------------


 February 20-21  International DX CW Contest


  --------------

 March 6 - 7 International DX Phone Contest


  --------------

 WIA John Moyle Field Day 2021
 March from UTC 0100 on Saturday 20  to 0059 Sunday 21nd.

  --------------

 March 27-28  the CQ World Wide SSB WPX Contest

 May   29-30  the CQ World Wide  CW WPX Contest

  --------------

 April 25 AM / CW  ANZAC Day, Mon 25th from 9am on 7125kHz AM.




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 DX WINDOW

 
 --------------

 AUSTRALIA

 The special event station VK 65 PFA, will continue until the
 24th of November. Visit the QRZ page of VK65PFA for operating
 and QSL details.
  
 
 Members of the Wireless Institute of Australia are QRV with
 special call VI 110 WIA until the end of 2020 to celebrate
 our 110th anniversary.

 --------------

 UNITED NATIONS, 4U.

 Special event station 4U 75 UN is QRV until the end of 2020
 celebrating the United Nation's 75th anniversary.
 QSL via HB 9 BOU.
 
 (arrl)

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 The ARI Fidenza Club (IQ4FE) puts a number of special event
 call signs on the air during 2020 to commemorate the life
 and achievements of Guglielmo Marconi.

 During November, II 4 RVT commemorates the beginnings of
 Radio Vatican in 1931. QSL via IQ 4 FE.

 --------------

 FRANCE.

 QRV is special event call sign TM 50 GDG to November 22
 commemorating the 130th birthday and the death,
 of Charles de Gaulle 50 years ago.

 Activity 160 to 20 meters using CW and SSB.

 QSL via bureau.

 (arrl)

 --------------

 NEW ZEALAND

 Active will be ZM4T during the CQWW DX CW Contest (Nov28-29)
 and QSL via LoTW.

 (SouthGate)

 --------------

 BELGIUM.

 OP 0 PEACE until November 30 commemorates the anniversary
 of the end of World War I.

 QSL via operators' instructions.

 (arrl)

 --------------

 Now here's a group of Special Event stations guaranteed to
 test your logging program.

 Greece's War of Independence is the special event in play.

 Look for nine special stations to be active from three DXCC
 entities between December 2020 and March 2021. Activity is to
 celebrate the 200th anniversary of "Greece's War of
 Independence" against Ottoman Turks.

 Now here's how it works.

 Look for the callsigns to be on the air with a SERIAL NUMBER
 changed daily, these serial numbers tacked to the callsign
 changing daily, count down the days until the actual
 celebration day of March 25th, 2021. As I said they appended
 to each special callsign:

 As an example SX9A/* -- Crete Island

 SX9A/99 to SX9A/90; between December 16-25th, 2020 changing
 daily 

 As we count down we move to March the 16th and the call is
 then  SX9A/9 

 Finally, well almost, as SX91 the day before the big
 celebration on March 25.

 THEN

 As SX9A on March 25th, 2021 ( the A is the joker)

 --------------

 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

 Members of the Finish Market Reef Christmas DX Association
 (OH9A gang) will be operating special event station OG1XMAS
 on all bands and modes from November 29 to December 26.

 QSL via LoTW and Club Log.

 (SouthGate)

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 INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, SARL, Southgate
 AR Club, ARRL, RAC, NZART AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE & the
 World Wide sources of the WIA.

 ARRL has submitted comments on two draft recommendations
 approved in October by the FCC's World Radiocommunication
 Conference Advisory Committee (WAC). The comments focus on
 draft recommendations for World Radiocommunication Conference
 2023

 Agenda Item (AI) 1.2. AI 1.2 will consider the identification
 of frequencies in the 3.3 - 3.4 GHz and 10.0 - 10.5 GHz bands,
 among others, "for International Mobile Telecommunications 
 including possible additional allocations to the mobile service
 on a primary basis," in accordance with WRC-19 Resolution
 245.

 ARRL urged no change to the 3.3 - 3.4 GHz international
 secondary allocation to the Amateur Service in
 ITU Region 2 (the Americas) and
 ITU Region 3 (Oceania) and
 no change to the 10.0 - 10.5 GHz worldwide secondary amateur
 and amateur-satellite allocation.

 ARRL stressed that the WAC preliminary views make no
 suggestion that the international secondary allocations
 to the Amateur Service should not continue in both bands.
 ARRL said it wanted to reaffirm that these secondary
 allocations continue to be important and useful and that
 WRC-23 should not consider changing either secondary
 allocation.




 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

 Saipan is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands,
 a commonwealth of the United States in the western Pacific
 Ocean. The main newspaper, the Saipan Tribune reports on an
 amateur radio revival in the Commonwealth.

 The newspaper says:

 A new group of radio enthusiasts have set out to revive
 amateur radio in the CNMI with the purpose of offering
 voluntary assistance to the community.

 According to Cris Francisco Jr., president of the new
 Radio Amateur Marianas DX that was licensed back September,
 the main goal of the club is to offer communication services,
 especially in times when phone lines become unreliable, such
 as after typhoons, or in staging large-scale events that
 demand instant communication, like triathlons.

 The club, which currently has over 20 members, was inspired
 to revive HAM radio following Super Typhoon Yutu when
 phone lines were unreliable and power was off island wide
 with exception of those who had generators.

 Since the islands are prone to these disasters, Francisco 
 said that having this kind of communication service would
 help a lot in getting people the assistance they might need,
 like aid from the American Red Cross and other organizations
 that offer humanitarian aid.

 shorturl.at/tCM25




 ANTARTICA

 Neumayer-Station III, named after geophysicist Georg von
 Neumayer, is a German Antarctic research station of the
 Alfred-Wegener-Institute located on the Ekstrm Ice Shelf.

 The station is moving with the shelf ice at about 200 metres
 per year towards the open sea.

 It does boast a Ham Station, DP 0 GVN and recently Charly
 Eichhorn, DK 3 ZL, was appointed as the new coordinator for
 worldwide  school contacts with DP 0 GVN on Station III
 
 At the request of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute it's been 
 strongly pointed out that direct contact requests to the AWI
 or even to DP 0 GVN must be avoided and it would be pointless
 and counterproductive.

 But if you DO hear DP0GVN remember the old adage - W.F.W.L.
 (Work first Worry later)




 GREECE 
  
 The Greek government ordered a nationwide lockdown Thursday
 the 5th to help contain a resurgence of Covid-19 cases,
 the second lockdown in 2020 after a sharp increase in
 infections.

 Natasha SV1KP RAAG Secretary has advised RAAG central office
 is closed with NO possibility of receiving incoming mail.
 Therefor please do not mail QSL cards to Greece, as they
 wont be delivered and might be returned to the sender by the
 Greek Postal Office.




 NETHERLANDS

 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - MAYBE.

 Word in of 3 special calls to celebrate Christmas from
 PA land BUT no QSL cards are on offer.

 Operators Ray/PA5DX and Wim/PD8DX will be activating the
 three special event callsigns, PA 20 XMAS, PD 20 SANTA and
 PD20ELF during the Christmas holiday season BUT specific
 dates have not been stated. Nor modes mentioned.

 BUT there will be a special award for working at least
 2 of these Christmas stations to download from QRZ.com

 qrz.com/db/PA20XMAS

 REMEMBER no QSL cards, hard or electronic, will be available.




 UNITED STATES

 Their Federal Communications Commission has told commercial
 AM radio stations that they will be allowed to convert to an
 all-digital broadcast if they wish.

 The stations' changes are to be voluntary.

 The FCC's announcement clears the way for AM stations to 
 provide an all-digital signal that gives better coverage
 over a wider area and enables the signal to carry additional
 information, such as the title and artist for a particular
 song -- details that are visible on a compatible digital
 radio receiver.




 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and
 Technology have devised and demonstrated a system that could
 dramatically increase the performance of communication
 networks while enabling record-low error rates in detecting
 even the faintest of signals. This has the potential to cut
 the total amount of energy required for state-of-the-art
 networks by a factor of 10 to 100.

 The proof-of-principle system consists of a novel receiver
 and corresponding signal-processing technique, entirely based
 on the properties of quantum physics and able to handle
 extremely weak signals with pulses that carry many bits of
 data.

 "We built the communication test bed using off-the-shelf
 components to demonstrate that quantum-measurement-enabled 
 communication can potentially be scaled up for widespread
 commercial use," said a physicist at the Joint Quantum
 Institute, a research partnership between NIST and the
 University of Maryland USA.

 shorturl.at/coyDJ


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 WIRELESS WEATHER 

 RIG FOR SILENT RUNNING.

 Shortwave radio blackout

 There have been many many reports that AR2781 sunspot has
 let off a C-class flare with a pulse of X-rays and
 UV radiation which ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere,
 causing a brief shortwave radio blackout over Australia and
 the Indian Ocean.

 Mariners, aviators, and ham radio operators in the region
 may have noticed unusual propagation at frequencies below
 10 MHz.

 A C7-class explosion at 00:22 UTC November 5, lit up the
 sunspots magnetic canopy for nearly an hour with NASAs
 Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the extreme ultraviolet
 (UV) flash:





 MEDIA WATCH

 BOOK EM NICK

 Hi, this is Nic VK7 Whisky Whisky.

 The last book was Radio Girl by David Dufty  - The story of
 Mrs Mac. Time to, listen up! as we reveal some of our
 SECRET heritage.

 Do you know how valuable you are as a radio amateur?

 Let me explain, its in the book RADIO WAR by David Abrutat.

 During the Second World War German intelligence had deployed
 wireless teams throughout occupied Europe; and, secret agents
 were also sent to Britain to spy on British military activity.

 The monitoring and reporting of their wireless transmissions
 fell to a secret unit made up almost exclusively of
 volunteers - yes, radio amateurs! Who would spend hours every
 day at home monitoring the shortwave for often faint and
 difficult-to-copy signals, out-performing the two or three
 commercial listening stations now assigned to the military.

 This unit was known as the RSS (Radio Security Service).

 RADIO WAR by David Abrutat documents this secret world of
 wireless espionage; and the first-hand accounts from the 
 surviving radio amateurs of the unit. Some who are quite
 well-known.

 Ill be back soon with another BOOK NOTE.

 This is Nic VK7WW Signing Clear.


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 WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS

 ATV (Every pixel tells a story) -
 
 tinyurl.com/WIA-News-Videos

 THAT LINK IS A VIDEO VERSION OF THIS NEWS COMPILED BY VK5BD
 BEVAN


 Saw this note in on the WIA News Rebroadcasters email group
 and it comes from the man himself responsible for the video
 you see when viewing this news through your local ATV repeater.

  "Good morning everyone, Here is the latest version of the
   VK1WIA Weekly Amateur Radio News Service in Visual Form,
 
   youtu.be/RV4IK8JkAWw

   And wow, what a big week, over 200 views and now over
   120 subscribers, so a very big thank you to all that
   view and subscribe, makes the effort so much more
   worthwhile. 

   73, Bevan VK5BD"

 Well done Bevan, and another way of looking at the huge numbers
 now WATCHING as well as listening Bevans ATV/YouTube version
 of our news in this WIA year has attracted some 2000 folk
 and comes in with the most checking in. In 2nd place, also
 from VK5 with 1600 is the Adelaide 2 meter repeater VK5RAD
 and 3rd, with 1300 is long time WIA supporter the EMDRC club
 with both ATV and 2 meter audio.

 and we thank Gordon VK4GP for tabulating the weekly check-ins.





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER
 AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org

 Hawaii's first 3U CubeSat designed to detect neutrons was
 launched November 5 by the ISS crew and is now in Low Earth
 Orbit. 

 The science payload will focus on measurements of
 low-energy secondary neutrons - a component of the
 LEO neutron environment. 

 November and during the spacecraft commissioning phase, the
 beacon will transmit 1200bps BPSK every 60 seconds on 435.300 MHz.

 The Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory welcomes the worldwide
 Amateur Radio community to collect the beacons and forward
 them to the address shown in the news you can trust,
 WIA National News.

 n1-info@hsfl.hawaii.edu

 [ans]




 20 years it has been since NASA started maintaining a
 continuous human presence in space.

 The International Space Station -- a marvel of cooperative
 engineering, science, and research -- has made this
 incredible feat possible.

 As we celebrate 20 years of science and research aboard
 the station, we also celebrate the mission-enabling support
 infrastructure that makes it all possible, said Robyn Gatens,
 acting director of the ISS. Space communications has always
 been a vital piece of NASAs crewed missions in low-Earth
 orbit and beyond. In communications outreach, the space
 station has reached young people worldwide through amateur
 radio.

 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
 organizes contacts between astronauts on station and students,
 encouraging them to pursue STEM interests and careers.

 ARISS also celebrated its 20 year anniversary on Friday Nov 13.





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO SCOUTING
 scouts.com.au
 scout.org/jota
 international.scouts.com.au  
 jotajoti.info/
 Brett Nicholas  VK2BNN Scouts Australia National co-ordinator for JOTA.
 Lorraine OHare VK2FICQ is Girl Guides Australia National JOTA-JOTI 
 Co-ordinator.
 
 Scouts South Africa recognise amateur radio

 Richard Hooper, ZS 6 RKE has informed the SARL that Scouts SA
 have finally added the Amateur Radio Operator Badge to the
 Scout Interest Badges and Challenge Awards.

 A Scout holding the Class B licence will be awarded the
 Amateur Radio Operator Interest Badge, while a Scout holding
 a Class A licence will be award Amateur Radio Operator
 Challenge Badge. Adult Leaders holding radio amateur licences
 will also receive recognition.

 It has taken more than 7 years to get the amateur radio
 operators badge into the South African Scout Programme.

 It is hoped that more young people will be attracted to
 amateur radio through Scouting.

 (SouthGate)





 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  21360 kHz
 

 Ipswich & District Radio Club VK4WIP
 wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/IpswichAndDistrict/
 For a full list of repeaters - vk4wip.org.au

 After a COVID-19 interrupted schedule this year Ipswich and
 District Radio Clubs WICEN group coordinated by Robert VK4HBW
 enlisted the support members and associates to provide safety
 communication checkpoints for the Ultra Guzzler marathon on
 the weekend of November 7 and 8. 

 A total of six checkpoints were manned along the 50 & 100 km
 events.

 In what could be described as a more than a little extreme
 fun run - around 600 runners took part. The course took
 participants from Mt Coot-tha along rugged bush tracks
 towards Mt Nebo, out as far as Lake Manchester and back to
 the finish line at Mt Coot-tha.

 Feedback from the organisers is that there were very happy
 with the efforts of the WICEN support.

 Reporting from Ipswich this is Allan, VK4HIT.





 WICEN-NSW have presented Bob VK2ZAR with his certificate of
 Honorary Life Membership. Bob has been a member with the
 Central Coast Regional Group for over 30 years and is still
 active, at 92. Well done Bob.

 (ARNSW)





 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- SUMMITS ON THE AIR
 sotawatch.org
 sota.org.uk 

 November 1st, organisers of the, this year virtual Tokyo
 Ham fair did have one in person event.

 The fair's in-depth look at Summits on the Air, or SOTA.
 
 Fortunately, SOTA, by virtue of its portable and socially
 distant operating environment, could keep things real.

 The programme included live-streamed video from seven SOTA
 summits throughout Japan where hams were busy making
 activations. The prediction is this activity will lead to
 many hams becoming new SOTA enthusiasts in JA land.

 For a look at some of the SOTA activations, follow this link.
  
 youtube.com/watch?v=QCPnFma21Uk&feature=youtu.be

 (ARNewsLine)


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 REWIND

 Historic radio experiments talk in Dublin

 If you are on the lookout for interesting lectures, then a
 talk given to South Dublin Radio Club could be for you.

 Joe Ryan, EI 7 GY gave a presentation on radio experiments
 by Colonel Dennis EI 2 B he conducted, from 1898 to late 1930s.

 Find out more at
 southdublinradioclub.weebly.com 

 (rsgb)


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 2020 Social Scene


 KEEP ONE WAVELENGTH AWAY AT 144 Megacycles
 #2MetersMatters


 Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events'
 direct fofternoon 26th
       January at Girl Guides Association of Queensland 
       Campsite  and Training Centre Bluewater.        (vk4zz)

 VK2 - WYONG FIELD DAY February 28                    ( vk4zz)

 VK4 - REDFEST 2021 April Ten                         (vk4tfn)

 Robert Thomson VK4TFN here.

 We have not forgotten REDFEST 2021.

 We hope, that we can depend upon your support next year.

 Barring all unforeseeable vicissitudes, it will be held at
 St Michael's College in Caboolture Shire.

 Go to: redclifferadioclub.org.au
        We're also on Facebook.

 Bye for now and 73s from the Redcliffe and Districts Radio
 Club VK4RC.



 VK  - ALARAMEET 2021 Bendigo VK3 October 1 - 4        (vk5yl)

 VK7 - VK7 biennial HamFest Miena Community Hall       (vk7tw)
 

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