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VK National News 13Jun21


Weekly news from the WIA:
MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2021-06-13.mp3 
Text edition:
 
 
2021 JUNE 13 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 JUNE 13  2021 
 IN OUR 26th 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 )


 AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PORTAL
 Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest news, key facts and figures,
 contacts and answers to your questions.
 www.health.gov.au/

 WIA Director Phil VK2CPR with news re ACMA / AGM / IARU 

 
 THIS & MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
 WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA 





 WIA

 JOIN THE WIA
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 WIA BOARD MINUTES
 www.wia.org.au/joinwia/wia/minutes/


 WIA BOARD NEWSLETTERS (older)
 Giving members to have a better awareness of Board activities.
 www.wia.org.au/joinwia/wia/newsletters/



 Hi Im WIA Director Phil VK2CPR.

 The annual general meeting of the WIA will be held on the
 26th of June. Due to the fluid situation with Covid, the AGM
 will be virtual. That is, the public will be able to view
 the meeting via YouTube and members may interact in the
 meeting via Zoom. Registrations will open shortly for Zoom.
 Dont forget to check your spam folders for updates and AGM
 details.

 The board is developing an Australian amateur radio code of
 conduct.  A code has value as both an internal guideline and
 an external statement of values and commitments. Particularly,
 a code of conduct and ethics may become a benchmark against
 which individual and organisational performance can be
 measured.

 The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) recently made a
 submission to the Australian Communications and Media
 Authority (ACMA), the regulatory authority for radio spectrum
 in Australia, in response to the ACMAs 5-year spectrum
 outlook. There are two key items on ACMAs agenda that are
 of special interest to radio amateurs:

  continued work on the non-assigned amateur service
   licensing review

  review of arrangements for amateur service stations
   operating at increased transmitter power levels

 The WIA made a significant submission on the first point.
 That submission led to a meeting between the WIA and relevant
 staff of the ACMA to discuss the submission. The aim of the
 meeting was to seek clarity on aspects of the ACMAs proposal
 that were unclear; to discuss specific areas of concern; and
 to understand the next steps in the process.

 The second point is proposed to commence in the second
 quarter of 2022. The WIA welcomes the opportunity to again
 explore how Australian amateurs may operate with higher
 transmitter power.

 Also in the pipe line are other key issues the WIA believes
 are important to the amateur service at this time. They are:

  Define and implement a new model for managing the AOCP
   syllabus that retains amateur service engagement in the
   process

  Review the effectiveness of the amateur service examination
   system in light of the lack of growth of newly licenced
   operators in Australia, particularly through 2020 under
   COVID compared to other countries

  WIA continues to advocate spectrum access to ACMA on behalf
   of radio amateurs. Particularly, the WIA is seeking to
   address the following matters:

  Extension of operating privileges for AOCP(S) class
   licensees to include access to the 50-52 MHz band and

  The ACMA conduct a further review of the defined usage of
   7.100-7.200 MHz in the Australian Radio Spectrum Plan.

  The WIA has continued to lobby for access to the 60 metre
   band but opposition from military and commercial users
   ensures that this item is difficult to attain in the
   immediate future. We will re-visit this in a subsequent
   5 year plan. 

 As the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) representative
 in Australia, the WIA is the only authority authorised to
 recommend to the IARU, the use of Amateur frequencies in
 satellites. The WIA has recently published a policy document
 detailing the requirements for the processing of Australian
 amateur satellite licence applications. The WIA has
 authorised the BINAR-1 project as well as tentatively
 authorised the CSIRO-Sat 1 Project.
 The IARU are responsible for Amateur Radio band planning.
 The WIA represents Australia at the IARU triennial 
 conferences where decisions on changes to the band plan are
 ratified. Subsequently the WIA implements the IARU band
 plans for Australia.

 Until next time 73s from Phil VK2CPR





             WIA NATIONAL NEWS AND YOUR 3 W's.


                    WASH YOUR HANDS
                   
                      WEAR YOUR MASK
                
             WATCH YOUR DISTANCE (1.5 metres)


                   www.health.gov.au/




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


 REGION ONE

 New IARU-R1 HF band plan released

 IARU Region 1 have released an HF band plan and annex
 incorporation changes agreed at the General Conference in
 October. The band plan comprises 2 pages, as does the
 explanatory annex. It can be downloaded from the link
 we like on the text edition of this the worlds oldest
 Amateur Radio News Service.

 www.iaru-r1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/hf_r1_bandplan.pdf




 This 'tall story' comes from Turkey.

 The amlca TV-Radio Tower in
 Istanbul stands 369 meters tall, a futuristic, state of the
 art structure being heralded as the tallest telecommunications
 tower in all of Europe.

 At its inauguration, the Turkish President praised the
 high-tech structure for its ability to carry 100 FM
 broadcasts simultaneously, noting that it replaces numerous
 outdated facilities that had previously stood on the same
 hill. The mass of older towers had long been criticized as
 marring the city's skyline.

 The tower is located on the Asian side of the city and its
 highest point is more than 580 meters above sea level.

 

 Kyrgyzstan latest to arrive on 60 m/5 MHz 

 The Union of Radio Amateurs of Kyrgyz Republic announced
 that on 4th June 2021, their Telecommunications Regulator
 made the WRC-15 Amateur Secondary Allocation of 60 meters
 available at a maximum power of 100W.

 Other Secondary allocations made at the same time were
  472.00 - 479 kHz at 1W,
  122.25 - 123 GHz at 100W
  134.00 - 141 GHz also at 100W.




 HAMNET Expansion in Europe

 Amateur Radio Digital Communications, the ARDC, has awarded
 a grant to support European expansion of HAMNET, the
 high-speed digital network that interconnects automated
 amateur radio stations using links in the 13, 6, and 3 
 centimetre bands.

 This marks the first international grant from ARDC since it
 began awarding grants in 2019. Amateur radio is a global
 hobby, and ARDC wanted to enable international funding from
 day one, ARDC President Phil Karn, KA9Q, said. One way to
 do this is to work with international organizations that
 meet requirements and are able to implement funding in their
 region. We look forward to entering into similar partnerships
 with other organizations outside the USA.

 DARC will present this project in more detail at the virtual
 HAM RADIO World, June 25  27.




 REGION TWO
 
 FLY ME TO THE MOON.

 The first Bitcoin transaction using the moon was conducted
 in April when Brazilian researchers sent morse code radio
 signals to deflect off the moon down to Earth, and completed
 a Bitcoin transaction.

 Imagine that you are without an Internet connection, in an
 isolated region and without communication. A small HT radio,
 a cell phone, or notebook with a bitcoin wallet, and a few
 meters of copper wire to mount a dipole antenna is what you
 will need to trade your coins freely, across the planet.

 But, what if the other person who is going to receive it has
 no knowledge of radio amateurism and electronics?

 How will they receive that signal? How will it replicate on
 the Bitcoin network. This transaction that now flies through
 space at the speed of light will use radio amateur radio
 satellites to listen to these sent transactions and
 replicate them on the network. 

 tinyurl.com/prt8uc2n



 Marcel Mongeon, VA3DDD, and Tim Ellam, VE6SH, have both been
 nominated for the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in
 Canadian Lawyer magazines annual contest.

 Marcel has served as RACs Legal Counsel for over 10 years
 and Tim, served in Executive positions for the Canadian
 Radio Relay League and Radio Amateurs of Canada from 1990 to
 1999 including as RACs Legal Counsel before volunteering
 with the International Amateur Radio Union in 2001 and
 becoming its President in 2009.





 REGION THREE

 Unsurprisingly, a pandemic is no good time for anyone or
 anything. From shuttered factory doors to cultural
 traditions ambling on their last legs, COVID-19 has done its
 work, in fact, even inspiring a new and now commonly used
 phrase for the worldwide turmoil it has caused:

 Koronaka, or literally, corona damage.

 But like all things in life, some silver linings have
 arisen from this situation, and this is especially the
 case for the amateur radio community in Japan.

 According to the Japan Amateur Radio League, for the first
 time in 27 years, an increase in membership was recorded
 in 2020 with 578 new members, putting the total number of
 JARL participants at 65,788 hams

 So why are folks in Japan pursuing amateur radio as their
 "pandemic passion project?"  It comes down to two reasons:
 lack of human contact and easing of government restrictions.

 With COVID-19 preventative policies stressing measures like
 social distancing, its no surprise some folks are bunkering
 down at home and looking for new as well as safe hobbies
 which dont require going out or talking to other people
 face-to-face. Amateur radio is perfect for this, because
 all you really need is the proper paperwork and a radio.

 The other factor completely unrelated to COVID-19 which has
 given the amateur radio community a boost in its numbers is
 a new ordinance passed by the Japanese government in
 March 2021, essentially easing restrictions, now days in JA
 anyone can operate a radio station as long as theyre
 working with or are supervised by an individual who is
 already certified as a radio operator.

 tinyurl.com/vm6ff629



 INDONESIA

 Yono, YD 0 NXX of the AMSAT Indonesia Technical Team has
 advised the activation of FM voice repeater on IO-86
 (the amateur payload on LAPAN-A2/ORARI satellite) will be
 reduced, to preserve the life of the 45 year old repeater.

 If required for emergency communication, they will activate
 the repeater fully as per usual.

 Col VK3GTV will have more news from the final frontier
 in this weeks Special Interest Group news in just a while
 but how about this item from Mars.

 The team behind NASA's InSight Mars lander has come up with
 an innovative way to boost the spacecraft's energy at a time
 when its power levels have been falling. The lander's
 robotic arm trickled sand near one solar panel, helping the
 wind to carry off some of the panel's dust. The result was
 a gain of about 30 watt-hours of energy per sol, or
 Martian day.

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 Submitting news items

 If you would like to submit news items for possible inclusion
 in the VK1WIA broadcasts, please email your item in text to
 nationalnews@wia.org.au   and don't JUST send url's links or
 posters, but take the time to pen YOUR contribution. 

 To submit audio, email nationalnews@wia.org.au
 and send BOTH the audio and the text
  
 We would appreciate items certainly no longer than 1.5 mts in
 length as we only have a half hour.

 Remember the sooner you submit material the more the likelihood
 of it being broadcast in the very next edition of WIA
 National News.

 Each item will only be broadcast once, if you want a couple
 of mentions, please submit different slants to keep your event
 'fresh' and always if the news room is to read your item ---
 write it in the 3rd person. (First if YOU are reading your
 own item)

 
 A reminder when supplying HamFest info we obviously can't
 plug DEALS from commercial traders "on air", but we at the
 WIA will put your supporters 'goods' in this text edition
 "no worries."

 We cannot give blatant 'plugs' to raffles.

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 HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT  
  
 FOX MIKE HOTEL CHALLENGE

 Wherever you are reading or listening to this the WIA News,
 get ready for the return of the Fox Mike Hotel Portable Ops
 Challenge coming September 4 and 5.

 The contest is designed to create equal operating conditions
 between portable and fixed stations.

 For details visit foxmikehotel.com/challenge 


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


 NZ STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT.

 Tonight 8-9pm ZL time Sunday 13 June.

 (NZART)


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 WINTER VHF-UHF Field Days - June 26 - 27 

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

 Slow CW Contest - June 26th, 2021.

 The second Peel Amateur Radio Groups (PARG) Slow CW contest
 will be held on Saturday 26 June 1100 UTC  1300 UTC

 Not only is the competition is open to PARG members but
 all other AR club members and it is all about having fun,
 while trying your hand at morse code.

 Please read the rules which are available for download from
 tinyurl.com/hajbs2n5

 This document also contains some handy hints for you
 during the contest.

 www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk6/PeelAmateurRadioGroup/

 ( vk4bb from www.parg.org.au/ )
 
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 IARU HF World Championship  July 10-11 


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

 TRANS TASMAN LOWBAND CONTEST
 
 JUL 17 -  160 80 and 40M using  SSB, CW and RTTY OR PSK 

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

 RD or Remembrance Day Contest will be August 14-15.

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

 ALARA CONTEST 
 
 Combined phone and CW run over 24 hours starting on
 Saturday 28th August at 0600 hours UTC finishing
 Sunday   29th August at 0559 hours UTC

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

 OCEANA CONTEST

 VOICE from 0800 UTC Saturday 2 October to 
            0800 UTC Sunday   October 3 

 CW    from 0800 UTC Saturday 9 October to
            0800 UTC Sunday   October 10 
 

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

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

 December 4-5 160 Meter WW

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

 DECEMBER  11 - 12 10 Mtr World Wide

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 DX WINDOW

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

 Pride Radio Group are on air again with special event
 callsign VI 2021 PRIDE during Pride month, 1st to 30th of
 June.

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

 THE RAAF is flying high to celebrate it's 100 years on
 March 31..

 VK 100 AF Until 31 August

 (vk8nsb)

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 VI 50 SG is QRV until December 31 commemorating 50 years
 of the St. George Amateur Radio Society in New South Wales.
 QSL via bureau.

 (SouthGate)

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 VK 20 HOME 

 Dont forget that the WIA special event callsign VK 20 HOME
 is still available for members to use until December 31st 2021.
 Now that Victoria is enduring another lockdown period it
 might make for some on air activity from some VK3s or
 welcomed activity from the other states. Check the WIA
 website and Special Event pages to book your time slot for
 use.

 (VK3GK)

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 And another Covid-19 special event

 To pay tribute to all the YL's and OM's who have suffered,
 those who are currently suffering or have become Silent Keys
 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, look for TM 57 COV.

 TM57COV is on air between June 15-29th.

 They also pay tribute to the caregivers who with strength
 and courage do an extraordinary job saving lives everyday
 throughout the world.


 (SouthGate)

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 ON LINE RADIO CLUB

 England, G.

 Special call signs GB 1 ORC  is on air till 20th June and
 GB 0 ARC until 24th of June celebrating the first anniversary
 of the Online Amateur Radio Community

 M0OUK, www.oarc.uk/ , is an online based club affiliated
 with the British Society the RSGB.

 (sarl)


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 4 U 29 MAY is on air from the UN Global Service Centre
 in Brindisi, Italy, until Junes end to celebrate
 "International Day of UN Peace- keepers" (May 29th)

 Yes runs a month from the Suffix date of May29

 (SouthGate)

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 A large number of special event stations are now on the air
 to commemorate the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics until
 September 5th: Listen and work stations with 8N as the
 prefix and OLP as suffix. Calls are from 8N 0 OLP all the
 way through to 8n 9 olp

 (SouthGate)

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 NIGERIA, 5N.

 5 N 7 MSF Jean-Louis is on air while working with Doctors
 Without Borders in Abuja until September 2021.  Activity is
 on 20 and 15 meters using SSB and you QSL via operator's
 instructions.

 (eHam)

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 REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

 Special event station D 90 EXPO is QRV to October 17
 promoting "2021 World Military Culture Expo" that is taking
 place in the city of Gyeryong in October.
 QSL via DS 3 BBC.
 
 (SouthGate)


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 Mark, W5MED is stationed at McMurdo Station on Ross Island
 in Antarctica, AN-011, until October. 
 Look for him on 14243 kHz SSB and 14070 kHz FT8.
 QSL direct to K7MT and Logbook of The World.

 (rsgb)

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 Belgian special prefix

 The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications
 has announced that Belgian radio amateurs and Belgian radio clubs
 may replace the normal prefix 'ON' in their call-sign by the special
 prefix OS until December 12, 2021.

 This to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the first transatlantic
 radio transmission, on December 12 when Guglielmo MARCONI first
 succeeded in bridging the Atlantic Ocean with radio signals.

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 CROATIA, 9A.

 Members of the Croatian Flora Fauna ARC are QRV with special
 event call 9A10FF during all of 2021 to celebrate the club's
 10th anniversary. QSL via 9A2MF.

 (ARRL)

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 PORTUGAL, CT.

 CQ 750 RSI throughout 2021 commemorates the 750th anniversary
 of the birth of  Elizabeth of Aragon, the queen consort of
 Portugal and  patron saint of their city of Coimbra.

 QSL to home call CT 7 AQD.

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 FINLAND, OH.

 Special event station OH 100 SRAL is QRV during all of 2021
 to celebrate the centennial of the Finnish Amateur Radio League.
 QSL via bureau.

 (arrl)

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 ARGENTINA, LU.

 Special event station L 21 RCA is QRV during all of 2021
 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of IARU member society
 Radio Club Argentino. QSL via LU 4 AA.

 (arrl)

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 POLAND.

 Special event stations SN 0 ZOSP and SN 100 ZOSP are QRV
 until February 5, 2022 to celebrate the 100th anniversary
 of the Association of the Voluntary Fire Brigades of the
 Republic of Poland.

 (SouthGate)

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 BOOK EM NICK

 Hi, this is Nick VK7 Whiskey Whiskey.

 Active amateur radio operator Don Keith, N4KC has released
 his 36th and 37th published books, one fiction and the other
 non-fiction. Warshot, the sixth book in The Hunter Killer
 Series of submarine / Navy SEAL thrillers, was co-written by
 Keith and former submarine skipper George Wallace. The title
 book in the series, Hunter Killer, was the basis for the
 major motion picture of the same name, starring Gerard Butler
 and Gary Oldman.

 Keiths latest non-fiction work is Only the Brave, which
 tells the story of the World War II battle for Guam, in the
 Marianna Islands. While it was a key conflict in the Pacific
 Theatre, few are aware of the scope of the battle or its
 effect on the natives of the island, the Chamorros.
 
 Keith holds the Amateur Extra license and is a member of
 the ARRL. He has also published four books about amateur
 radio.

 This is Nick VK7 Whiskey Whiskey Signing Clear  

 For more on all of N4KCs books, visit
 www.donkeith.com or www.n4kc.com

 (eHam)


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 WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS



  SUMMITS ON THE AIR, WORLD WIDE  FLORA, FAUNA PROGRAM and
  other  ADVENTURE GROUPS.

 www.sota.org.uk 
 sotawatch.sota.org.uk/en/
 www.wwffaustralia.com/

 
 ZS-SOTA news

 Congratulations to Adele Tyler, ZS 5 APT who on Sunday May 30
 activated ZS/KN-451 to get her 1000 SOTA points and achieve
 SOTA Goat status. Well done, Adele!


 8P-SOTA news

 Summits on the air association manager Philip Als, 8 P 5 AA
 in Barbados is the main mountaineer in this new SOTA region
 or association. Just on 13 days old it's a new one to keep
 an eye on and an ear open for. The summit, Mount Hillaby
 is just some 340 meters high.





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- CW

 Slow CW Contest - June 26th, 2021.

 The second Peel Amateur Radio Groups (PARG) Slow CW contest
 will be held on Saturday 26 June 1100 UTC  1300 UTC

 Not only is the competition is open to PARG members but
 all other AR club members and it is all about having fun,
 while trying your hand at morse code.

 Please read the rules which are available for download from
 tinyurl.com/hajbs2n5

 This document also contains some handy hints for you
 during the contest.

 www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk6/PeelAmateurRadioGroup/

 ( vk4bb from www.parg.org.au/ )





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FEMALES IN RADIO.
 
 OR should I say FEMALES IN SPACE.

 Italy's first female astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti
 IZ 0 UDF, has also become the first European woman chosen
 to command the International Space Station.

 The European Space Agency in announcing the former fighter
 pilot's selection said She is to launch in 2022 aboard a
 SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. This will be her second stay
 on board the ISS where she will become the first female
 commander.

 (ARNewsLine)





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER
 AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary(at)amsat-vk.org

 Here in your WIA National News of late much has been said
 about "space junk or debris. Now comes word that the
 International Space Stations robotic arm, Canadarm2, has been
 struck by a piece of space debris. Luckily, it appears to be
 only a flesh wound, and the arm has been cleared for nominal
 operations while analysis on the strike continues.

 NASA and Canadian Space Agency officials dont know exactly
 what hit it  but the damage was noticed during a routine
 inspection.

 The hole is quite small, approximately 5 mm in diameter.

 An absolutely mesmerizing and very instructional video
 graphic on the problem of orbital debris created by the
 European Space Agency, may be viewed at the link we like
 in this weeks text edition of this news cast.

 tinyurl.com/r9ws42x9

 (ANS)




 THE NUMBERS GAME

 The Cargo Dragon capsule which took off June 3, on top of a
 Falcon 9 rocket to begin a two-day trip to the space station
 helped cluck up some impressive numbers.

 This was the:

  120th Falcon 9 flight

  17th SpaceX launch of 2021

  22nd SpaceX cargo flight to ISS
 
  130th launch from pad 39A

 This mission, to deliver experiments, food, spare parts,
 a NASA-sponsored CubeSat built by middle school students in
 Tennessee, and other equipment to the space stations
 seven-person crew.

 Among the equipment sent was the first satellite to be built
 by the island nation of Mauritius.  The callsign is 3 B 8 MIR

 A camera and a digipeater (bent tube) will be made available
 to the HAM community worldwide when it is not downloading
 images or used for experimental purposes, the uplink will be
 on 145.9875 MHz and the downlink on 436.925 MHz.

 (9K2 GMSK as coordinated with IARU).

 spacemauritius.com

 The Dragons cargo load makes it the heaviest supply shipment
 SpaceX has ever sent to the space station.

 (ANS)





 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - VLF

 SAQ Grimeton Transmission on July 4th

 The annual transmission event on the Alexanderson Day with
 the Alexanderson Alternator from 1924, on VLF 17.2 kHz CW
 with the call sign SAQ, is scheduled for Sunday, July 4th.

 The Alexander Grimeton Association are planning to carry out
 two broadcasts to the world from the old Alexanderson
 alternator SAQ. Only required staff will be in place, due to
 the ongoing pandemic.

 Transmission schedule:

 Start-up and tuning at 08:30 UTC
 with a transmission of a message at 09:00 UTC.

 Start-up and tuning at 11:30 UTC
 with a transmission of a message at 12:00 UTC.

 Both transmission events can be seen live on 
 YouTube Channel, 5 minutes before the start up and tuning.

 mailchi.mp/aff85163e64f/alexanderson-day-2021?e=2c0cbe870f

 (SouthGate)




 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- PRIDE

 The Pride Radio Group is working to take the financial sting
 out of becoming a ham. The group is making free kits with
 basic equipment available to Pride members who qualify for
 the assistance and live in Australia. Pride is also
 providing tutorials on how to get started with the kits.

 The kits contain, in part, an FM/DMR Hand Held, a NanoVNA
 with RF Demo board, a hotspot, cables and adapters along
 with several other basic essentials. Michaela Wheeler,
 VK3FUR/VK4XSS, the group's founder, said this is one way to
 offset the cost of starting in amateur radio.

 Pride Radio Group, which was formed last year as a welcoming
 organisation for amateur radio operators in the LGBTQ
 community, has shown a consistent growth in membership and
 now has a roster of 241. Michaela said the Australian
 Communications and Media Authority has extended Pride's
 club license through to the end of the year and organisers
 are presently forming a board.

 (ARNewsLine)


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 2021 Social Scene


 KEEP ONE WAVELENGTH AWAY AT 144 Megacycles
 #2MetersMatters


 Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events'
 direct for up-to-date status information and even without 
 Covid dates have an uncanny knack of being changed at last
 moment.

 AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PORTAL
 Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest news, key facts and figures,
 contacts and answers to your questions.
 www.health.gov.au/


 
 VK2 - ON NOW Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club Field Day (vk2zhe)
       at Wauchope Showground 12 and 13 of June.

 VK  - WIA AGM Saturday 26th June 11.00 am             (vk8zz) 

 VK6 - PerthTech October 23 (vk6pop)

 VK3 - ROSEBUD RadioFest by SPARC 9:30am n whole or in part, in any form,
 a credit to WIANews wouldn't go astray... 

 If you would like to see the call-backs reported each
 broadcast, OR have call-backs to contribute to the National
 News call back  tally then please send through your call-backs
 to callbacks(at)wia.org.au


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 Email to vk1wia-news-join(at)lists.wia.org.au
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 Oh... and to contact us with your news because
 If It Matters To You It Matters To Us!


 Click the links below to download the most recent edition of
 National News, BUT this is ONLY the backup site!

 WIANEWS backup thanks to Brendan VK4BLP can be found on
 wiaq.org.au

 BACKUPS OF THE BACKUP!!  thanks to Tony VK7AX
 www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/
 
 wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/ (This is the link
 to the original text version and original audio on wia site)


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