NOTE We have not produced a 32k version for some time and as of January we no longer will send a file called wianews_32 out so if you have an automated system please change the file you download to wianews_64 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023 DECEMBER 3 VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA ------------------------------------------------------------* THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK THIS LINK IS A VIDEO VERSION OF NEWS COMPILED BY VK5BD BEVAN tinyurl.com/WIA-News-Videos ------------------------------------------------------------* NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING DEC 03 2023 IN OUR 28th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS THIS WEEK:- WIA SECRETARY PETER CLEE VK8ZZ. - Editor-in-Chief of WIA Amateur Radio magazine, Roger Harrison VK2ZRH. PLUS MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA. I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB WIA JOIN THE WIA tinyurl.com/yyj87b9y REPORT FILED BY WIA SECRETARY PETER CLEE VK8ZZ World Radiocommunication Conferences (WRC) are held every three to four years to review, and, if necessary, revise the Radio Regulations, that is the international treaty governing the use of the radio - frequency spectrum and the geostationary-satellite and non-geostationary-satellite orbits. One of the outcomes of previous WRC was the introduction of the 10MHz, 18 MHz and 24 MHz bands, better known as the WARC Bands. The WRC-2015 developed consensus around a new 15 kHz-wide global secondary 60 metre Amateur Radio allocation at 5351.5-5366.5 kHz. This allocation is yet to be adopted in Australia by the ACMA. WRC-19 concluded with several international agreements including the following:- International Mobile Telecommunications (5G) The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Communication over wireless access systems, including radio local area networks (WiFi) WRC-23 is currently being held from 20 November to 15 December 2023 in Dubai. Australia is represented at WRC by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. As the peak national body for Amateur Radio in Australia, the WIA have sent two members in the Australian Delegation to represent and lobby on behalf of all Australian Amateurs. Our representatives are Dale Hughes VK1DSH and Peter Pokorny VK2EMR. WRC-23 has an agenda item 9.1 on the future of the 23cm band. This band intersects and overlaps with the Radio Navigation Satellite Service. In the lead up to WRC-23 the WP5A was unable to come to a consensus recommendation for this issue because of some hard resistance from several states. So, the final decisions on this item will be up to debate inside of WRC-23. The President of the IARU, Tim Ellam KC, was interviewed and that link is available here. tinyurl.com/yc3a9cbp So we all anxiously await reports from our delegates and ultimately the outcomes of this World Radio Conference. This is Editor-in-Chief of Amateur Radio magazine, Roger Harrison VK2ZRH. I believe Issue 6 has begun to circulate in letterboxes and newsagents, much to the chagrin of the clickerati inhabiting social media, apparently. While attending the Gold Coast Amateur Radio Societys annual HamFest here the other week, I was accosted by a fellow ham as often happens at hamfests who revealed that he rather liked Issue 5, but before I could ask him why he said, How do you do it how do you keep turning them out? I replied as I generally do its a team effort the Publications Committee, the production graphics guy, and I all working together. And so, that became the theme of my Editorial in Issue 6. Turning to the centre pages, once again, Issue 6 this year carries the 2024 Contest Calendar, which Alan VK4SN compiles and produces each year, and posts on his website. Being the centre pages, you can lift them out and stick the calendar to the wall on your shack, on the kitchen fridge, or wherever takes your fancy. Lou VK3AQZ continues detailing his three-band HF rig for the road. Justin VK7TW provides a makers viewpoint of his short vertical for the 160 metre band. Don VK6JDM explains how to make open-wire ladder line from low-cost agricultural parts. For something more celestial, Kevin VK4UH explains the joys of Meteor Scatter propagation. Newcomers Notebook this issue covers the matter of forward, reflected and standing waves. Speaking of which, on page 5, Board member Giles VK5GK offers some worthy reflections. Naturally, its timely for the 2024 Rules for the Ross Hull Memorial VHF-UHF contest. Theres more besides! Just let me POP this in here why not book a turn to put VK90AR to-air! Instructions are on the WIA website Online Event Calendar. wia.org.au/newsevents/events/ So. Amateur Radio magazine, Volume 91, Issue Number 6. All guts. No gab. Serving Australian hams for 90 years. Proudly produced and printed in Australia. Also available online working together with the webmaster. Always published to a schedule, never random. Im Roger Harrison VK2ZRH for VK1WIA News. ACMA ------------------------------------------------------------* INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, RAC, ARRL, NZART, eHam, AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE, eHam, Radioworld.com Hackaday and the World Wide sources of the WIA. SOME NEWS RELATING TO WRC-23 Discussions on 40-50 MHz radar sounders continues with some progress. After merging various proposals, multiple satellite-borne radars with ~10dB gain Yagi antennas would be free to transmit over polar regions at any time day, not just at ~3am, with restricted operation outside the defined areas, unless agreed to by the countries concerned. IARU is particularly concerned that these have wideband transmissions and will cause an issue in the adjacent 50MHz weak signal DX segment. For technical reasons the radars dont fully turn off, so there is a complex set of power flux density limits in/outside polar regions and in the adjacent 50-54MHz band that are yet to be decided. USING RADIOWAVES TO DIAGNOSE CLIMATE ISSUES Our first story this week asks the question: Can radio waves help diagnose climate issues? A team of researchers says "yes!" The atmosphere has a message for us and it's possible that we may be able to receive it thanks to the 6G networks of the future. This next-generation form of telecommunications is already being eyed for cellular deployment -- but its range from 100 GHz into the terahertz frequencies positions it for another - unintended -- use. According to an Amateur Radio NewsLine report re an article in the IEEE Spectrum, waves utilized by 6G are easily absorbed by gases in the atmosphere. As such, scientists may be able to use the radio waves to discern what kind of atmospheric gases are present - especially the kind that imperil the well-being of the planet and those of us who live on it. Boston researcher Josep Jornet suggests that because different molecules absorb electromagnetic radiation differently, scientists can employ 6G transmissions in much the same was spectroscopy is used: to identify which molecules are present and what their concentration is. Jornet, in fact, calls it "over-the-air spectroscopy. Although 6G networks are not yet ready for prime time, the study's authors believe a dual-purpose 6G network of the future could have immense benefits. REGION ONE Hams throughout IARU Region 1 have set aside a day to celebrate radio's growing accessibility for persons with disabilities. AND THAT DAY HAS NOW ARRIVED! United Nations has declared the 3rd of December to be the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This is the day to recognise and celebrate the accessibility that amateur radio provides to everyone, either through special equipment designed to be used by hams with various disabilities, or recognising nets organised by disabled amateurs. Activities on this day celebrate the inclusion that radio offers despite many individuals' personal challenges. The Region 1 coordinator, Riri OD5RI, has said many member societies will be getting on the air with special callsigns. There will also be other on-air events to raise awareness of the ongoing need for ham radio to be an inclusive community. Individual operators and members societies will be honoured for their participation. Bahrain Amateur Radio Society is but one station QRV with the Special Event Station A 91I DPD for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Riri said the activities support the global programme's sustainable development goals which include the removal of inequality. REGION THREE Shimla is the capital of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, in the Himalayan foothills and in a bid to promote Amateur Radio as an effective tool for alternate communication during emergencies, the Himachal Pradesh government has announced a subsidy up to 60,000 Indian Rupee for basic equipment to all persons who have passed the licensing examination to be HAM operators. That's some $1,000 Australian Dollars. A wireless communication network through Amateur Radio is one of the most effective and alternative means of communication. The skills of a trained amateur radio operator can be used for public service in times of need and emergency, said Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in a statement issued here on Sunday. WEIRD AND WONDERFULL LAST WEEK I TOLD YOU OF THE McIver TYPE UMBRELLA ANTENNA, THIS WEEK A LITTLE ANTENNA WITH A LOT OF CAN-DO What can you do with a can of ham? Well, you can make a sandwich, for one thing - or you can make a contact on a local repeater. John Williams VK4JJW explains. Viewers of his YouTube channel, Ham Radio Rookie, now know that Ben Eadie VE6SFX has become a man with a can and a plan. The can once contained ham -- and the plan for the can was grand: Ben first ate the ham, washed the can and got to his plan. He turned it into an antenna. That's right, an antenna. It was Ben's latest experiment on his channel's new feature called "Will it ham?" The 7-minute video shows him attaching a PVC pipe, adding a few 3D printed pieces to the assembly and putting a jumper on it to turn it into a slot antenna. After finding a likely feed point, he checks it with a NanoVNA and declares it beautifully resonant on 70cm and ready for a radio check on a local repeater with the help of a friend. He tells his friend "I am talking to you via a can of ham" and the good signal report that comes back is clearly no baloney. His friend asks: Would the antenna be as resonant if the ham were still inside? Ah, that's a question Ben could surely sink his teeth into. This is John Williams VK4JJW. Meanwhile, he tells YouTube viewers that he is in search of other possible projects that are too absurd for anyone else to do. What's in his future? Perhaps he'll turn a tin of tuna ........ into a -- tuner. -------------------------------------------------------------------* HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT -------------- -------------- ARRL 10 Metre Contest The ARRL 10-Metre Contest is one the air from 00:00 UTC on Saturday 9 December until 23:59 UTC on Sunday 10 December using CW and SSB and operating for a maximum of 36 hours out of the 48-hour period. Off times must be at least 30 minutes long. All stations exchange a signal report, while US Canadian and Mexican stations send their state or province, DX stations send a serial number and Maritime mobile stations send the ITU Region (1 - 3). Your log must be uploaded within seven days after the contest. Get the rules at www.arrl.org/10-meter. (sarl) NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2024 -------------- -------------- Ross Hull Memorial Contest running on VHF and above for the month of January. wia.org.au/members/contests/rosshull/ (VK2TBC) ----------------------------------- JANUARY 2024 VHF-UHF Summer Field Day 13 - 14 January. (wia.org.au) ----------------- AUSTRALIA DAY CONTEST It is held on the Australia Day Public Holiday, 26th of January. Some VK operators will be using the AX prefix to celebrate Australia day. (wia.org.au) ----------- NEW ZEALANDS Jock White Memorial Field Day WILL BE 24/25 Feb 2024. (nzart info line 482) ---------------------------------------------------- Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest July 21st 2024 (wia.org.au) ------------------- AUGUST 17 - 18 2024 Remembrance Day Contest. This contest commemorates the Australian Amateurs who died during World War II. Again the 2024 contest is 17th & 18th August. (wia.org.au) -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- -------------- DX WINDOW DECEMBER -------------- ----------------- VI 10 VKFF running all year celebrates the 10 year anniversary of the VKFF group. (vk5pas) -------------- VK 90 AR for Amateur Radio Magazine. The WIA will be running the VK90AR activity until December 31. ) -------------- Special Event Station VI 100 MB celebrates the centenary of the Manly-Warringah Radio Society -------------- FRANCE Active is special callsign TM 12 5ED through to the 31st of December marking the 125th anniversary of a public demonstration by radio pioneer Eugene Ducretet, of wireless communication, between the Eiffel Tower Paris and the and the Pantheon in Rome. All CW and SSB QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau and eQSL. (sourced to ARNewsLine 2399) -------------- Switzerland. HB 8 DELOY is the special callsign for members of the Swiss Air Force Museum's Radio Club commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first transatlantic amateur two-way contact between Leon Deloy, F8AB and Fred Schnell, 1MO which took place on 28 November 1923. Look for activity until 31st December. QSL via HB9ACA (bureau preferred). (SARL HF update) -------------- -------------- TAIWAN BM 0 QSO until December 31, using mostly digital modes. QSL via BM 2 JCC. (arrl) -------------- -------------- LUXEMBOURG LX 90 RTL is in use to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Radio Luxembourgs first long-wave broadcast. For more information see QRZ.com (rsgb) -------------- INDIA. Special event station AT 30 IIH is QRV until December 31 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Indian Institute of Hams, whose focus is to train and bring young people into our amateur radio community. QSL via bureau. (eHam) -------------- NORWAY LA 100 K is the special callsign in use by the oldest amateur radio club in Norway until the 31st of December. (eHam) --------------- NAMIBIA. QRV is V 51 WH from Omaruru until the end of April 2024. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters, including 60 meters for those in the world able to use that band. V51WH. QSL to Gunter, home call is DK2WH (eHam) -------------- -------------- ------------------------------------------------------------* QNEWS WORK BENCH Measure twice cut once. HAM RADIO WORKBENCH GOES ON THE AIR FOR 200TH SHOW The Ham Radio Workbench podcast is approaching its 200th show and it's going to celebrate today, December 3rd with a big HRWBOTA. No, I didn't just mispronounce another really large word; that's what the organizers are calling the event - it's short for Ham Radio Workbenches on the air and the hosts are marking the occasion with a four-hour activation on HF, DMR and AllStar that allows listeners to make contacts with each of the presenters and to score points. Be listening between 1800UTC and 2200UTC. No one's looking to make this difficult: If you work at least two hosts, you get a certificate of participation. There are bigger certificates too. See details on the website h r w b o t a dot com hrwbota.com (ARNewsLine 2404) ------------------------------------------------------------* WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - DIGITAL The VK2RPM RadNet DMR repeater is now on air from Middle Brother Mountain. Its providing excellent DMR mobile and hand-held radio coverage in a large area between Port Macquarie, and Taree. There is now almost continuous DMR coverage along the Pacific Highway from south of Kempsey to south of Sydney. The VK2RPM DMR Repeater has filled in the gap that previously existed between the coverage areas of the VK2RCN DMR repeater at Telegraph Point and the Great Lakes VK2RGL DMR repeater. (vk2wi) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org Happy 10th Birthday FUNcube-1 November 21, 2023, marked the tenth birthday of our very first CubeSat mission, FUNcube-1. A very short time after the launch from Russia and within a few minutes from deployment, the very first frame of data from the low power transmitter on board, was detected and decoded by ZS 1 LS in South Africa. He relayed the data over the internet from his Dashboard to the Data Warehouse and the numbers, appeared, as if by magic, at the launch party being held at the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park. After a brief check out, the FUNcube team were able to switch the transmitter to full power, again at the very first attempt, and were quite amazed at the strength of the signal from the 300mW transmitter on 145.935 MHz. The transponder was then switched on, the first contact? Between G6LVB and M5AKA. The team finished the day with a request to AMSAT-NA for an Oscar number and were delighted to receive the AO73 Oscar 73 designation! Since then, FUNcube-1, has operated with in excess of 53,500 orbits, 1.3 billion miles travelled, 61 million telemetry data packets transmitted, and with more than 10.9 million unique data packets downloaded and stored in the Data Warehouse. (ans) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - MILITARY Recordings of military transmissions can be found on the Signal Identification Guide Wiki at sigidwiki.com/wiki/Category:Military The FCC has issued a waiver to allow US ham radio operators to communicate with federal stations on and around Pearl Harbor Day. The American Radio Relay League requested the limited four-day waiver from the Mobility Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. The waiver request is for the limited purpose of a short-term event relating to National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, commemorating the 82nd anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, and to allow amateur licensees to practice communication techniques with the United States military from Dec. 69, 2023, the commission explained. The waiver is conditioned on participating stations monitoring the three identified federal frequencies of 14.375 MHz, 18.1625 MHz and 21.856 MHz; responding on spectrum allocated to the amateur service and only at the request of event organizers; operating consistent with the privileges of their amateur licenses; and limiting communications to the period Dec. 69. The annual commemoration remembers the 2,403 service members and civilians killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Another 1,178 people were injured in the attack, which permanently sank two U.S. Navy battleships and destroyed 188 aircraft. In 1994 congress designated Dec. 7 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. (radioworld.com) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR OLD-TIMERS qcwa.org raotc.org.au Hallo everyone, this is Clive VK6CSW reminding you that tomorrow is the first Monday of the month, time for the Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club of Australia's December bulletin to go to air. This month as well as the latest Club news * Ill be relating a recent story about some pitfalls when hiring a Tesla EV. * This will be followed by an AI-generated discussion on the history of the transistor and its early development. Everyone, RAOTC members and non-Members alike, is most welcome to listen to the program and join in the call backs afterwards. Full details of all transmissions times and modes can be found on the RAOTC website, raotc.org.au or just Google RAOTC broadcasts. If none of the transmission times suit you, you can download the audio file at any time from today from the club website. The next lunchtime meeting for Members and Friends of the RAOTC in Perth at the Woodbridge Hotel, East Guildford, will be on Tuesday December 12th. All are welcome, full details are published on the clubs website. Therell be no broadcast in January, however we will return on the first Monday in February. Once again, tune in tomorrow for the December RAOTC bulletin, enjoy the program and please join in the call backs afterwards. 73 from Clive VK6CSW. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS - YOTA (Youngsters On The Air) facebook.com/yotaregion2 facebook.com/groups/YOTAOC/ youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA twitter.com/hamyota ham-yota.com December YOTA Month from IARU region one. A reminder to all viewers and listeners that December is once again Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) month. This is a busy time of year especially for we young ham radio operators across the world. This December, many YOTA teams will light up the bands in the interests of giving even more youngsters a taste of our great hobby. A full list of participating stations can be found on the website in the text and video editions of this weeks WIA National News. events.ham-yota.com. For the entire month, several youngsters will become active with YOTA as the call-sign suffix. The idea for this is to show the amateur radio hobby to the youth and to encourage youngsters to be active on the radio waves. Therefore, if you happen to hear a YOTA station active on the bands over the month of December, please take a few minutes to give them a call as it's a great way to help promote the service to the next generation of DXers, contesters, and rag-chewers. One such YOTA call is from the S.A.R.L., the special events callsign ZS 9 YOTA. With a grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) for almost $307,000 AUD and private donations of more than $30,000, the University of Scranton Amateur Radio Club in Pennsylvania, has installed new amateur radio equipment and antennas for its station, W3USR. The station features state-of-the-art operating positions with heavy-duty controllers, all-mode transceivers, speakers, desktop microphones, and other components. A 40-foot tower with a high-frequency antenna for 14, 21, and 28 MHz has been installed, as well as VHF/UHF satellite and microwave antennas. The impact of the new station means everything to the club. "When you can bring a group of students into a new facility like this one, the impact makes a lasting impression that will allow them to fully experience amateur radio." An additional room near the radio shack holds equipment and antenna connections and, will be used as a lab for controlled HamSCI space research projects. (eHam) 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 WICEN NEWS courtesy VK2WI Dementia Australia has started to advertise its "Memory Walk and Jog" events for 2024 and WICEN will be providing communications for these events all over VK2, VK1 and beyond, so there will be opportunities for members outside of Sydney to participate. These are great starter events for new or even 'rusty' WICEN members, as they take only a couple of hours. WICEN also provides the radios for these events, so you dont even need to bring your own gear. Why not give one a go? Youll find a link to the events list in the text edition of this weeks WIA NATIONAL NEWS. WICEN NSW web site: https://nsw.wicen.org.au/ WICEN NSW facebook at https://www.facebook.com/WICENNSW WICEN NSW X: https://twitter.com/wicennsw "National" WICEN on Facebook: facebook.com/groups/124735400158 MWRS Fire Season Toolkit: mwrs.org.au/2019/12/14/your-fire-season-toolkit/ Imagine being missing from your family for 24 years. An alert amateur radio operator in India was able to end one man's long absence from home by simply keeping his eyes open, asking questions and - yes - using his radio. We hear the details from Jim Meachan ZL2BHF. It was not an amateur radio contact but a visit to a tea vendor at a bus station that led hams in West Bengal to bring a former military engineer and his family together after the man went missing 24 years ago. The family had last seen him when he was 44 years old and his son was 15. According to news reports, the father disappeared while enroute home to Uttar Pradesh from a military camp in Assam where he had been posted with the military's engineering services department. According to a report on The Statesman website, the family was so certain he had died that in 2006 that they held a funeral ritual for him. His son, Rajkumar, told local news media that in spite of that, he and his two sisters never gave up hope that they would see their father again. The man's wife, however, died a year and a half ago as the search for him continued. The secretary of the West Bengal club, Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA, told the Statesman that he'd spotted a man repeatedly during his frequent visits to a tea vendor at a bus station during the past few months. He began inquiring about the elderly man, who apparently had only limited information about his family and their whereabouts. The ham shared with his own club what little information he could gather about the man's connections to Uttar Pradesh. West Bengal hams contacted hams in Uttar Pradesh and they located the man's remaining family members. This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF. ------------------------------------------------------------* 2024 Social Scene Clubs are welcome to submit text with audio for this section Details of all WIA affiliated clubs and societies can be found on the WIA website, including email addresses and website links. VK3 - BARG HamFest 4th of February next door to BARG clubrooms at Ballarat Airport 10:00 am. barg.org.au/ (vk3kqt) VK - WIA AGM MAY 4 5 - BUNDABERG. (vk2tsg) VK - National Volunteer Week Monday 20 Sunday 26 May 2024. National Volunteer Week (NVW) is Australias largest annual celebration of volunteers and their important contribution to our communities. 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