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VK National News 12Jun22


Weekly news from the WIA:
MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2022-06-12.mp3 
Text edition:

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 2022 JUNE 12 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
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 NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING JUNE 12 2022 
 IN OUR 27th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS


 IN TODAYS NEWS , HOW IS YOUR CLUB GOING? Geoff Emory vk4zpp has
 "been thinking"

 This week in WIA board talk we'll hear from
 Immediate Past President Greg Kelly VK2GPK


 COL VK3GTV WITH SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS

 VK4FUQ FELIX WITH CONTEST DATELINE PLUS HIS 4 TO TUNE IN THE DX WORLD.

 IN THE WORLD AT LARGE VK2LAW JASON JOINS US FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
 DESK 

 AND  ---  AND THE FIGURE IS ---- HALF A BILLION
 NEWS FROM ACMA


 The fight against scammers is showing results with the release of
 new figures that telcos have blocked over 549 million scam calls
 under rules introduced in late 2020. The data was released by the
 Australian Communications and Media Authoritys Chair, Nerida OLoughlin
 in an address to the telecommunications industry.

 Every scam call that doesnt reach a consumer is a good outcome and
 every initiative that helps disrupt scammers makes Australia a harder
 target and increases confidence in our telecommunications services,
 Ms OLoughlin said.

 The ACMAs Combating Scams Action Plan, launched in late 2019, has
 seen the agency and the telecommunications industry develop a number
 of initiatives aimed at reducing phone scams, including the
 registration of new rules requiring telcos to detect and block scam
 calls.

 The figures released shows these initiatives are having an impact,
 as are rules to prevent mobile porting fraud introduced in mid-2020.
 There has been a 95 per cent decrease in reported mobile fraud since 
 the new obligations commenced.




 THIS WEEK ACMA SENT OUT NEWSLETTER 2 OF 2022

 It was an update on:
 consultation on proposed amateur class licensing arrangements

 The next stage of ACMA's consultation on the proposed amateur class
 licence and supporting arrangements has been delayed until Q3 2022.

 At that time, they will consult on an updated draft amateur
 class licence, which incorporates feedback and practical suggestions
 made by submitters. Also update the amateur community on the status
 of key outstanding matters, including international recognition of
 amateur qualifications and call sign management.

 tinyurl.com/2p9k3h9s




 ACMA also looked at some misconceptions about licence variations:
 understanding whats legal

 ACMA have recently received a number of enquiries about licence
 variations to allow use of higher power. This misconception has
 stemmed from some historical correspondence from the ACMA that
 notified licensees of a licence variation under section 111 of the
 Radiocommunications Act 1992.

 To clear up any confusion:-

 The conditions for operating your licence are only those that are
 specified in the Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Amateur
 Licence) Determination 2015 or in individual conditions stated on
 the licence record published on the ACMAs Register of
 Radiocommunications Licences





 This Greg VK2GPK with this weeks Board Comment,

 My journey towards becoming a licensed radio amateur started as a
 Short Wave Listener (SWL). This was as a young teenager just after I
 started high school with a basic AM radio that had a Short wave band
 plus an antenna consisting of about 10 metres of wire strung along
 the top of fence outside my bedroom.  Of course, as the radio wasnt
 equipped with a BFO (Beat Frequency Oscillator) it could not resolve
 SSB but there was plenty of AM transmissions of interest.

 I remember my excitement when I received my first QSL card, from a
 commercial AM station which I had logged when it was testing a new
 transmitter.  Eventually I was able to save up enough money to buy
 an entry level communications receiver, a DX160, which had a BFO and
 the world of amateur radio opened up leading to me gaining a radio
 amateur licence as a 17 year old. 

 I was reminded of my journey as a rookie SWL recently whilst reading
 a news report of a young SWL who intercepted Russian communications
 that identified what was, at that time, an unannounced space launch.
 These days, very few ordinary AM/FM radios almost none  have HF
 bands. They are still available, but are more of a specialist
 purchase  brands such as Tecsun, Sangean and Sony come to mind. 
 Most younger people, say the millennials born since 1987, have no
 knowledge  at all of short wave radio let alone its historical,
 natural disaster and geo-political importance. The abject stupidity
 of allowing Radio Australia HF transmissions to the Pacific Islands
 to cease by a recent federal government would appear to be an example
 of the knowledge gap. The frequencies that were utilised have now
 been opportunistically taken over by the PRC, and the savings
 achieved are not even a rounding error on the Federal Budget.
 Yet the great irony is that today short wave Listening is more
 accessible than it ever was  and it is effectively free if you have
 a PC, tablet or even a smart phone. Public SDRs (Software Defined
 Radios) now number in the hundreds. The most common of these are
 based on the KiwiSDR in conjunction usually with a RaspberryPi or 
 Intel NUC or similar.  These SDRs have multiple receive channels,
 waterfall displays and SSB processing.  And vey significantly, many
 have good antenna set-ups in low QRM locations.

 Search for KiwiSDR in your favourite internet search engine and you
 will be surprised what you will find both in ANZ and around the world
 Think about becoming a self-appointed public SDR evangelist and
 demonstrating these amazing resources to friends, family and
 especially the younger generation.   And just maybe, a few might
 start on a journey to becoming a radio amateur 

 This is Greg VK2GPK. 



 7:30 ID ALBURY 



 WIA DISCUSSION POINT

 Hello, Im Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and Ive been thinking.

 When was the last time you and your club members sat down and got
 your heads together? I mean when did you last seriously talk over
 what makes a successful club tick and what keeps us coming back?

 I was sparked into this train of thought by the excitement shown by
 people on TV over the footie match that was held midweek. Now if it
 is anything around the world that gets the blood pumping and the
 chest heaving with excitement it is the collective excitement of
 football supporters. Culture, religion and language all give way to
 the obsessive joy of the sharing that being a supporter of a
 particular club provides. The code doesnt matter but the rallying
 about a team and the current match seems to excite fans like few other things.

 There seems to be a harmony in wearing the team colours and jerseys
 and scarves are prized for what they represent to their owners and
 other supporters. From hat pins to balloons and other trinkets,
 people seek a way of identifying with the club, something that is
 much more than themselves.

 Over the years I have gathered a few items that exhibit my membership
 of amateur radio groups. There are a couple of baseball caps with
 the WIA badging, there is the pin to put in my jacket lapel and there
 is the long sleeved shirt from when I was deeply involved in radio
 club activities. I even have an applique badge to go on some yet to
 be chosen piece of clothing. 

 As I have managed to get around a few amateur radio events, I have
 seen the range of shirts, caps and souvenir items that clubs have
 produced for their members. And the members have been proud to wear
 them. Unless you count the throngs of prospective buyers around the
 sale tables at rallies, I have yet to see any of the ebullience of
 the sports followers at a match. Are we as a tribe more sedate than
 other self-identified followers of recreational pursuits, I wonder?

 So lets turn back to chewing the fat on keeping the club engaged 
 with its members.

 What are the things that work? Is it the newsletter, the club nets
 or participation in contests and rallies? Do the T-shirts look a bit
 last century but people wear them anyway? Would a decal for the
 members cars be popular and is tea and bickies enough to warm
 peoples hearts at meetings? Would going for lunch once a month get
 some people together or would bringing a plate of food to eat during
 the wind down from the meetings get more people talking?

 Maybe for the more active people, having a game of touch or a visit
 to a swimming spot in warmer weather would be a way of building the
 sense of togetherness that a club would like to see. There are so
 many things that we can do to support our friends and it is just a 
 matter of finding those things that work in your town.

 Im Geoff Emery VK4ZPP and thats what I think how about you?



 11:11 OFFICIAL MID 



 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 

 Tim Neobard M 7 TMN has received a British Empire Medal in the
 Queens Birthday Honours List

 Essex Ham report Tim, together with other volunteers created the
 East Essex Hackspace  a maker community in Hockley, and at the
 height of the Covid pandemic, Tim and the team manufactured 12,000
 face shields using the Hackspaces laser cutter  and these face
 shields were distributed free where they were needed. During the
 second lockdown, the team shifted focus to providing laptops for
 kids.

 Read the full story with link to the BBC Essex interview at
 essexham.co.uk/ham-honoured-in-birthday-honours.html



 Amateur radio enthusiasts in Guernsey have been celebrating the
 Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

 The island's Amateur Radio Society has made a pop up transmitting
 studio in Beau Sejour Car Park and have been broadcasting across the
 world using a unique call sign, GB 70 U and have been one of seven
 special event stations set up across the British Isles to connect
 with all corners of the Commonwealth and beyond.

 Society member Keith Le Boutillier said: "Amateur radio is a hobby
 in which you CAN communicate with people all over the world. A lot of
 stations are aware it's the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the one thing
 that has become evident is the affection for the Queen across the
 world, even in countries which she has no direct control over."

 "We've been speaking with some stations in Brazil last night and 
 we were quite surprised to find that they actually watched the
 Trooping of the Colour. That's the same for a lot of other countries
 and amateurs watching it on the television, it's amazing."




 REGION TWO
 
 ARRL Field Day is ham radio's open house.

 Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up
 temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate
 ham radio's science, skill and service to the community and nation.

 It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach,
 and technical skills all in a single event and Field Day has been an
 annual event since 1933, and remains the most popular event in
 ham radio in the USA. 



 Hiroshi Takahashi, VA7LET, has made a significant contribution to the 
 Amateur Radio community in Vancouver, British Columbia. 

 He was highly active with the Vancouver Emergency Community
 Telecommunications Organization (VECTOR), which operates the
 Amateur Radio program that supports the Vancouver Emergency
 Management Agency and raises the communication preparedness of the
 community. 

 Hiroshis contributions to Amateur Radio include the following:

 Coordinating VECTORs Basic Amateur certification course from 2014
 to 2020, helping 800 people become Amateurs in two to three courses
 each year

 Coordinating VECTORs civic service operations from 2014 to 2019 with
 Gary Webb, VA7GMW and Mike Watkins, VE7WV, including activations at
 the annual Celebration of Light, Canada Day and Santa Claus Parade
 events

 Serving as VECTOR Vice-President from 2014 to 2019 

 Coordinating VECTORs annual exercises from 2012 to 2016 

 Coordinating VECTORs Field Day setup from 2013 to 2019 with Gary and
 Mike

 Sponsoring and operating VE7RVU, a local 440 MHz repeater

 Helping to maintain the VE7RVZ repeater, a local 2 metre repeater

 Inspiring and coordinating the local 2 metre QSO Party starting in
 2019 

 In 2021, Hiroshi founded the Lower Mainland Radio Room (LMRR) to
 focus on the fun in radio technology to get more people on the air
 and inspire existing Amateurs to discover new ways they can use their
 radio. 

 For more information about the RAC Amateur of the Year Award visit: 

 wp.rac.ca/rac-amateur-of-the-year/



 SABLE ISLAND maybe NO BIG DEAL BUT:- 

 The 2022 Sable Island CY0S DXpedition team is pleased to announce
 the launch of their new CY0S DXpedition website ON: 
 cy0s.com

 Chaz, W4GKF webmaster has been working tirelessly with Randy, N0TG,
 on launching the new website. The website is still a work in
 progress and new information will be added almost daily.

 Planning continues to go very well for the 2022 DXpedition.

 Sable Island is 42 KM long, space is very limited within the Sable
 Station compound. The Sable horses, which number over 500, have free
 run of the island, except for the area around the Sable Station, 
 which is fenced in! 

 The DXpedition team has a relatively small footprint to work with.

 Additionally, no antennas can be placed on or near the beach as
 Sable Island is home to tens of thousands of Grey seals.

 A DXpedition to Sable faces many challenges!"


 73, Murray Adams WA4DAN



 A neglected anniversary of sorts came and went May 24; it was the
 first public demonstration of Samuel F.B. Morse's telegraph 178 years
 ago at B and O Mount Clare Station, today the home of the
 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum.

 Morse's development of the telegraph was born from a deep personal
 tragedy. Samuel Finley Breese Morse, born in 1791 in Charlestown,
 Massachusetts, was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale University and
 made his living as a portrait painter. He was in Washington working
 on a commission in 1825 when word reached him that his wife,
 had died of a heart attack in Connecticut shortly after giving birth
 to their third child.

 In the face of wide scepticism, Morse obtained from Congress a
 30,000 dollar appropriation that allowed him to pursue his work
 for what eventually became known as the telegraph.

 Morse also created whats known as Morse Code, the dot and dash code 
 we use for sending messages. Morse used different combinations of
 dots and dashes to represent the letters in the English alphabet and
 the 10 digits.



 17.51 VK5 SIX METER ID



 HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT  

 What SOUNDS like a contest but ISN'T a contest in the strict vernacular?
 
 Straight Key Night, Winter Edition of course.

 The New Zealand Straight Key Night is being held TONIGHT
 Sunday 12 June from 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm AEST.
 
 Held on 80 metres S.K.N. is not a contest, but it is a great chance
 to dust off that straight key and hear what it can do.

 More details can be found here:
 radio1nz.com/new-zealandstraight-key-night/

 (nzart infoline)

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NOW CONTEST WISE 2022
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 WIA VHF - UHF FIELD DAYS

 Winter 2022 - 0200 UTC Saturday 25 June through 0159 UTC Sunday
 26 June 

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 IARU HF World Championship
 NEXT contest is July 9 and 10.

 (ref)

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 WIA Trans-Tasman Low-Band Contest

 16 JUL 2022

 The Trans-Tasman contest, held on the 3rd weekend in July
 aims to encourage Low Band activity between VK and ZL

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 RSGB IOTA Contest is July 30 - 31st

 (SouthGate)

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 WIA RD or Remembrance Day Contest

 Weekend closest to the 15th August each year.
 
 2022 its Sat Sun August 13 and 14

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 ALARA CONTEST AUGUST  27 and 28
 alara.org.au

 (vk5maz)

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 WIA - NZART OCEANIA CONTEST

 PHONE - First full weekend in October
         0600 UTC Saturday  to 0600 UTC Sunday

 CW    - Second full weekend in October
         0600 UTC Saturday to 0600 UTC Sunday

 Log deadline for ALL logs - 31 October.

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 WIA VHF - UHF FIELD DAYS

 SPRING 2022 is in NOVEMBER


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 DX WINDOW
 --------------
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 Koh, JA1ADT, will be on the air as JD 1 AJD from Ogasawara, AS-031,
 between June 24th and July 2nd. on 20-6 meters where he will be 
 using CW and FT8.

 QSLs to home call, again that is JA 1 ADT.

 (sourced to ARNewsLine)


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 NETHERLANDS, PA.
 PA 75 DXCC on air until August 2 celebrates the 75th anniversary
 of the first post-World War II list of DXCC members published
 in the July 1947 issue of QST. QSL via operator's instructions.

 (SouthGate)

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 Z 81 D from Juba in South Sudan until the 11th of September.
 Activity is holiday style.
 QSL Z 81 D   via  OM 3 JW.

 (RSGB)

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 In the World of DX, be tuning the HF bands for 8 N 65 JP, the 
 special call sign being used by the Japan Amateur Radio League's
 Okinawa Branch. Hams are marking the 50th anniversary of the return
 of the Okinawa Prefecture to Japan from United States administration.
 The callsign 8 N 650 JP is active through the 30th of September.

 QSOs will be confirmed automatically through the bureau.



 21:15 OFFICIAL MID



 WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS - AND - 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/
 wwffaustralia.com/

 BBC Countryfile featuring amateur radio now online

 The episode of the BBC TV show Countryfile featuring segments on 
 Marconi and Amateur Radio Summits On The Air (SOTA) is now available
 on iPlayer

 The Flat Holm island edition broadcast on June 6 is at
 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00183kc/countryfile-flat-holm

 Fast forward to:
 42:04 Marconi's 1897 radio transmissions
 52:40 Summits on the Air feature with Ben Lloyd GW4BML

 Fraser Wenseth MM0EFI was approached by the BBC for SOTA footage and
 he's released a video about it.

 Watch SOTA v BBC Countryfile from Ben Newe
 youtube.com/watch?v=7DBGOe2sguM




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

 AO-73/FUNcube-1 Fitter Message for The Queens 70th Jubilee

 In June, Her Majesty The Queen became the first British Monarch to
 celebrate a Platinum Jubilee after 70 years of service.

 AMSAT-UK has decided to send a special Platinum Jubilee greeting
 message via FUNcube-1 (AO-73). Anyone who receives this message
 and uploads it to the Data Warehouse using the Dashboard can
 generate a certificate to remember this historic event.

 FUNcube-1 is transmitting the Jubilee Fitter message on the BPSK
 Telemetry beacon which has a nominal frequency of 145.935 MHz +/ Doppler.

 The Dashboard App can be downloaded from
 funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/

 Online tracking of AO-73
 n2yo.com/satellite/?s=39444

 [ANS]




 The worlds first mission to remove several small telecommunications
 satellites from orbit once they reach the end of their operational
 service is about to start building and testing its prototype
 spacecraft.

 British-based in-orbit servicing company Astroscale  working in an
 ESA Partnership Project with satellite operator OneWeb  will begin
 manufacturing the first commercial servicer prototype designed to
 capture multiple satellites in low Earth orbit under the ESA Sunrise
 Programme.

 Removing these telecommunications satellites from their orbits once
 they are at the end of their lives is essential to ensure that todays
 interconnected digital world is not compromised by collisions that 
 damage active satellites in space  and to protect the low Earth
 orbit environment as a natural and shared resource.

 (ans)




 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP --- MILITARY
 Recordings of military transmissions can be found on the
 Signal Identification Guide Wiki at
 sigidwiki.com/wiki/Category:Military

 Belgium's communications regulator has said 50.200 MHz and 51.075 MHz
 will be used until the 18th of June during a military exercise in
 Elzenborn. In Belgium, the amateur radio service has secondary status
 in this band with the military services having primary status.

 Radio amateurs are asked to avoid the use of these frequencies if
 possible and to listen carefully to whether the frequency is in use
 if they still wish to use the frequencies concerned.

 (RSGB)




 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
 
 RADAR Club needs Gold Rush Operators

 Although this item would normally be heard in QNEWS, the award winning
 local VK4 club service, we stumbled on this urgent call for help needed
 in the Rockhampton area within the Townsville area club newspaper.

 Volunteer Radio operators are required for Communication Support for
 the North Queensland Crane Hire Gold Rush Hill Sprint happening on
 Saturday 9th July on a closed section of the Burnett Highway, up the
 Mount Morgan Range.

 It's your chance to mix Amateur Radio with Auto sports, lots of help
 needed as there are approx. 200 competitors.

 Please contact Clive VK4ACC on cell 0429 632 815 ASAP to put up
 your hand to help or find out more.

 And RADAR members, get some info in ASAP to your QNEWS service
 qnews@wia.org.au




 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - VHF AND ABOVE
                          (The Plumbers Delight) 

 The Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum Affairs, Barry Lewis G4SJH,
 has reported on the work being done in defending the interests of
 the Amateur Services in the 1240-1300 MHz band

 The scale of the problem for the amateur services is becoming clear.
 For example, the studies predict that even a 10W 23cm band station
 could cause interference to Radio-Navigation Satellite Services,
 receivers at up to 30km on the antenna main beam heading. 

 Although the level of amateur activity and the density of users 
 is quite low, compared to other more popular bands, the issue remains
 that from a regulatory perspective the amateur services are required
 to not cause harmful interference to RNSS services.

 (Colin Butler in ICQPodCast)



 27:02 ID VK8 KARL
 27.47 ID ON THE WEB



2022 Social Scene

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/


VK6 - PerthTech October 21-23                                (vk6pop)

VK7 - Miena HamFest Saturday 19th November.              (vk7wi news)
      
VK3 - Rosebud RadioFest November 20  9.3Oam.                 (vk3pdg)

 

                               2023


VK - ALARAMeet2023 Sat 4 / Sun 5 November HOBART (luther8@bigpond.com)


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 WIA News rebroadcasters often give Short Wave Listeners a
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 We strongly encourage membership in the Wireless Institute of
 Australia and participation in the activities of local clubs.
 Opinions expressed in "WIANews" are those of the writers who
 submit material and do not necessarily reflect those of the
 rebroadcasters, nor the National WIA, but IF broadcast, are
 done so in the spirit in which they were submitted." 

 Material may be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form,
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