-------------------------------------------------------------------69 2024 JULY 7 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 JLY 07 2024 IN OUR 29th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS THIS WEEK:- TWO VICE PRESIDENTS, THE VP OF RASA AD THE VP OF WIA JOIN US. - TWO YOTA MEMBERS, VK2MV AND VK2COD. - AND FROM THE ARDC TEAM, WE HIGHLIGHT A MEMBER OF THEIR GRANTS EVALUATION TEAM, VK2TDS.- Now I fully understand we ham radio ops LOVE acronyms' so for newbies, RASA IS RADIO AMATEUR SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA, WIA IS WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA, YOTA IS YOUNGSTERS ON THE AIR AND ARDC IS AMATEUR RADIO DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS. NOW WAIT - THERE'S 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 Gidday, this is Peter, VK4EA, on behalf of the WIA Board. A work trip saw me in Melbourne for a couple days this week, something was wrong with the thermostat, this VK4 got a bit of shock walking out of the airport. The short trip allowed me to catch up with President Scott - VK3KJ and Lee - VK3GK for an informal dinner in an Eastern suburbs pub. Some great chat as it's rare for us board members to meet face to face. I finished my work stuff early so I took the opportunity to drop into the Bayswater office to meet Bruce - VK4DEE - our diligent Executive Officer. It was good to meet Bruce in person after a lot of phone calls and emails. I got the tour of the office and observed the huge amount of historical materials stored, waiting for attention. I reckon our historical people need a hand. Please get in touch if you have some free time and some knowledge of cataloguing and archiving. It would be a tragedy if the material was lost, without knowing its value. The visit also reinforced the functionality gaps of Memnet, members will be pleased to know we have been working with Memnet to improve the renewal process. A quick plug for the REAST conference to be held in Hobart in November. I, along with a few other VK4s, will be making the trip as well as a few other board members. It will be a good opportunity for us to connect. The board is grateful for Grant Wills - VK5GR - for taking some time out of his Friedrichshafen visit to attend a number of IARU region 1 meetings. Your W I A being represented internationally. This is great preparation for the I A R U region 3 gathering in Bangkok, Thailand, this coming November. That's it for this time, cheers from Meeijin, home of the Turr'bl and Yagera people. This has been, Peter, VK4EA, Vice President, on behalf of the W I A Board. EDUCATION. Are you thinking of studying for your Foundation level entry into Amateur Radio? Or do you know someone else who is? Its become a lot easier and cheaper to get into the hobby these days, since the ACMA has done away with exam fees and annual licence renewal fees, and you only have to pay for your callsign once. Thats a good start isn't it? A good hundred bucks or so towards your first radio is great. So how do you go about getting from thinking about it to being qualified? A good port of call is an Amateur Radio club that conducts courses. Most capital cities have these, and contact details can be found in various websites, including clubs at the WIA site, and the ACMA website, where you can find assessors in your State who can advise you where you can access a course. You may choose to study on your own, and many people have chosen this path. There are resources available to guide you through the syllabus. A recent publication is the Foundation Level Study Guide, published by the Radio Amateur Society of Australia in early June this year. This study guide is in online format, and can be downloaded as a PDF. Its a true electronic book, containing links to information sources and purpose-made instructional videos. The Foundation Level Study Guide is free for everyone. You can access the Foundation Level Study Guide online. The links are in the text edition Im Bob VK6POP vkradioamateurs.org/flsg/ wia.org.au/discover/sendinfo/about/ acma.gov.au/amateur-radio ------------------------------------------------------------* INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to ARRL, DX-WORLD, eHam, Hackaday, IARU, ICQPodcast, IRTS, NEWSLINE, NZART, RAC, Radioworld.com, RSGB, SARL and the World Wide sources of the WIA. RETURNED TO SERVICE. Effective July O1 Log Book of The World, LoTW has returned to service. It was opened a few days earlier for a period when close on 7 thousand logs were uploaded. The logs were not processed until the weekend as ARRL tested that the interfaces to LoTW were functioning properly. LoTW are taking steps to help manage what will likely be a huge influx of logs. They are requesting that if you have large uploads, perhaps from contests or from a DXpedition, please wait a week or two before uploading to give LoTW a chance to catch up. LoTW have also implemented a process to reject logs with excessive duplicates. SO please do not upload your entire log to ensure your contacts are in as they will be rejected. Lastly, to report issues you are having with LoTW contact support at LoTW-help@arrl.org Friedrichshafen A shared passion for amateur radio brings people together: More than 11,300 attendees from 58 different countries gathered from June 28 to 30 to engage in radio communication, acquire technical gear, and attend informative talks. For three days, more than 380 participants showcased the wide-ranging world of radio, with 150 commercial exhibitors and international associations as well as 230 flea market exhibitors. The joy of reuniting again with fellow hobbyists was clearly evident throughout the four exhibition halls and the Foyer West. Many radio enthusiasts chose to camp overnight in their motorhomes at the exhibition site, where more than 560 vehicles were parked on all days of the fair. Some 77 young technology enthusiasts delved into the realms of science and radio at Ham Camp. Discovering, tinkering, and crafting: The young participants engaged in a technical scavenger hunt, decoding Morse code, solving quiz questions, practicing soldering, and taking part in various other activities. There's good news for hams in Germany who have been enjoying part of the 4 metre band on a temporary basis. Regulators have extended the privilege through to the end of the year for Class A licence holders. Operation on 4 metres requires the use of horizontally polarized antennas and no more than 25 watts ERP from a fixed station location and remote transmissions are prohibited. Use of the 4m band has been slowly expanding in some European countries. The German regulator began issuing temporary privileges for 4m 10 years ago. ARDC Often we mention the great work of the ARDC team, this week we are will be highlighting Grants Evaluation Team (GET) member Darryl Smith VK2TDS. ARDC, or to give it its full name. " Amateur Radio Digital Communications" well the mission is to support, promote, and enhance digital communication and broader communication science and technology, to promote amateur radio, scientific research, experimentation, education, development, open access, and innovation in information and communication technology. But back to GET member VK2TDS Darryl has enjoyed analysing the results of the work that ARDC has funded, stating I feel privileged to be a part of the team. Licensed in Sydney, here in Australia, more than 30 years ago, Darryl became a ham to experiment with packet radio and has loved every minute of it. After many years of focusing on VHF, Darryl got his first HF radio early last year. When hes not volunteering at ARDC or on the air, Daryl is a consultant electrical engineer, where he had the amazing opportunity to work as a microwave and satellite engineer & RF technician on the set of Furiosa - A Mad Max Saga, work he cites as the work hes most proud of. In his spare time, Darryl also enjoys recreational running, where he averages running about one marathon a year. To learn more about Darryl, you can check out his company website at radio-active.net.au/web4/ That's it from VK1WIA National News and the international slant. VK1WIA is the flagship station of all WIA news outlets from print to social to the best of all... Genuine VOICE on ham radio bands. ------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATIONAL NEWS - A FELIX VK4FUQ PRESENTATION -------------- -------------- NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2024 -------------- -------------- VK SHIRES you'd recall was run (and won) back in June. Contest Manager is Diane Main VK4DI a long time contester and DXer and she joins us later with the results.. I.A.R.U. HF World Championship July 13-14. Zero hours UTC Saturday Ends 2359 UTC Sunday The aim of the contest is to support amateur self-training in radiocommunications, including improving amateur operating skills, conducting technical investigations, and intercommunicating with other amateurs around the world, especially I.A.R.U. Member Society Headquarters Stations including our own VK3WIA. (SARL-VK3GK) ---------------------------------------------------- ZL Autumn and Winter Sprints Start marking those calendars, as the greatest ZL Sprint series held at 0800z on a Tuesday night is back for the month of July. Just to change things up and in a blatant attempt to try and attract "the cool kids", 30min of FT4 has been added to the series. As before, this contest from New Zealand starts with 30min of CW followed by 30min of SSB and then 30min of FT4 all on 80m. The CW/SSB exchange is RST and your outside temperature. The FT4 exchange is your 4 digit Maidenhead grid-locator. The object is to work as many stations as you can in one or more of the 3 sessions. It is a relaxed introduction to contesting and a chance to try out a new mode or equipment (nzart) ------------- Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest July 21st The Trans-Tasman contest, always held on the 3rd weekend in July, aims to encourage Low Band activity between VK and ZL Only contest bands 160 80 and 40M are allowed with SSB, CW and Digital (i.e. RTTY OR PSK) This contest is another official WIA Contest and will count towards the Peter Brown Contest Champion Awards. (wia.org.au) ------------------- YOTA Contest 2024 The next session of this year's YOTA Contest will be from 10:00 to 21:59 UTC 21 July on the five classic bands using CW and SSB. Everyone can work everyone. The complete rules can be found on ham-yota.com/contest. ----------------- RSGB IOTA Contest July 27. ----------------- AUGUST 17 - 18 Remembrance Day Contest. This contest commemorates the Australian Amateurs who died during World War II and is designed to encourage friendly participation and help improve the operating skills of participants. It is held on the weekend closest to the 15th August, the date on which hostilities ceased in the southwest Pacific area. A perpetual trophy is awarded annually to the Australian state or territory with the best performance. The name of the winning State or Territory is inscribed on the trophy, and that State or Territory then holds the trophy for 12 months. The winning State or Territory is also given a certificate, as are leading entrants. Amateurs will endeavour to contact amateurs in VK call areas, ZL and P29 on all bands except WARC bands. Modes allowed are PHONE, CW and RTTY as per the era remembered Again the 2024 contest is 17th & 18th August. (wia.org.au) ----------------------------- 44th A.L.A.R.A. CONTEST AND this ALARA contest is ALWAYS held on the last FULL weekend of August. ELIGIBILITY? All licensed operators throughout the world are invited to participate. Scout and Girl Guide groups are encouraged to take part using their Club's equipment and callsign. YLs work everyone; OMs work YLs only. CONTEST: Combined phone and CW run over 24 hours: STARTS: Saturday 25th August 2024 at 0600 hours UTC ENDS: Sunday 26th August 2024 at 0559 hours UTC SUGGESTED FREQUENCIES: All HF Bands except 160m & WARC Bands. Contacts made on ECHOLINK will also be accepted. (alara web page) ------------- Oceania DX Contest This years contest will be held on October 5th and 12th respectively. oceaniadxcontest.com ------------------- YOTA CONTEST Youth on the air test 3 of 3 will be from 10:00 to 21:59 UTC on 29 December on the five classic bands CW and SSB. (yota) -------------------------------------------------------------------- NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2025 HARRY ANGEL MEMORIAL 80 Meter Sprint, Saturday May 3. (vk4uh) ----------------------------------------------------------------- DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. Special event stations DL 2024 E, DL 2024 U, DL 2024 R, and DL 2024 O are QRV until July 14 during EURO 2024, the 17th edition of the UEFA European Football Championship. QSL via bureau. (eHam) -------------- GX 4 LMR will be operated by The British Railways Amateur Radio Society from the 5th to the 14th of July to commemorate the first amateur tests on a moving railway train in 1924. Operators plan to concentrate on the 40m band, depending on conditions. QSL GX4LMR via the Bureau. (rsgb) -------------- Special callsign HF 25 NATO is active until the 31st of August, marking the 25th anniversary of Poland joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Certificates and limited-edition QSL cards are available. Visit QRZ.com for details. (ARNewsLine 2428) -------------- NEW ZEALAND - Wireless and Wool ZM 100 DX Celebrating Historic 100 Year Trans World Radio Contact This contact was by Morse and was the first ever, trans-world two-way radio communication of any type. It was from Shag Valley Station, Otago and the contact was with Cecil Goyder G2SZ at Mill Hill School, London. ZM100DX will be on air on site in Shag Valley Sheep Station. The main planned contact is between Shag Valley sheep Station and Mill Hill School 18th October and other celebration events are planned for the following day or two. NZART Branch 30 sincerely invites all amateurs to take part in this celebration and join in marking the 100th year since the original qso. zl4aa.org.nz/zl4aa/history/z4aa-transworld-contact (sourced to NZART Infoline) ------------------------------------------------------------* WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather) Perseids Meteor Shower The Perseids meteor shower is almost upon us again with activity expected from July 17 until August 24 with best peak dates 12 and 13th of August. Although we in VK are not as lucky in seeing the full spectacle it is possible, without travelling to the Northern Hemisphere. The source of the shower is the Comet Swift-Tuttle. Earth moves through the comet's tail and fragments of comet debris burn up in the our atmosphere and the shower is most intense when Earth is in the dustiest part of the tail. For meteor scatter fans, this is without doubt the most anticipated meteor shower of the year with VHF contacts up to 2000km away by using ionised trails caused by the fiery streaks to refract signals. For sky watchers, the best time to watch is during the hours before sunrise. At its peak, the Perseid meteor shower can be expected to produce a rate of around 100 meteors per hour, but as an example VK6 hams will likely to see a handful of meteors per hour, even at the showers peak. This is because the meteor showers radiant point is very low in the sky `from there. On our east coast THE place to be is about 30kms north of Sydney, Palm Beach headland which has been recognised for its night sky beauty, with DarkSky International officially designating it an Urban Night Sky Place. The area becomes only the worlds 10th urban place recognised by the DarkSky Arizona-based organisation and the first in the Southern Hemisphere. ( irts/abc news/astrotourism wa ) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FAITH. This year, the annual Churches and Chapels on the Air event will take place on Saturday the 14th of September. If you are planning to put your church or chapel on the air, please email John, G3XYF via jhwresdell@gmail.com and he will add you to the list of participants. (rsgb) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org Beaming in from the final frontier this week is Shane VK4KHZ the ARISS Coordinator for Australia, with a summary of recent and if we can notify you early enough, upcoming ARISS events for this region. "Thursday the 27th June at 13:38 UTC a successful ARISS educational outreach event was hosted via ARISS ground station VK6MJ, operated by Martin Diggins from Mandurah WA. This telebridge contact was scheduled with US Astronaut Jeanette Eps KF5QNU using the amateur radio station NA1SS aboard the ISS as it passed over the west coast of Western Australia. The school involved in this contact was based in Perez, Argentina. The student participants received some very detailed and thought provoking answers to their questions from Jeanette. In summary this event was a successful contact. Then, on Monday the 1st July at 12:02 UTC Martin VK6MJ was again the Ground Station that facilitated a very successful telebridge contact with the Moroccan School of Engineering Sciences, which is based in Casablanca, Morocco with this event the students had prepared 20 thought provoking questions for US astronaut Jeanette Epps using NA1SS, of which 11 of the planned questions were answered during the 10 minute pass. The signals received through Martins ground station were loud and clear. Just a reminder that when scheduled ARISS events do occur over Australia, the downlink frequency to listen to is 145.800FM +/- doppler shift correction and you will usually find that the signals are very strong and easily received, even on a hand-held. Thanks Shane and if you have a school or youth group interested in applying for an ARISS contact then please feel free to contact Shane on vk4khz@bigpond.net.au and he will do his best to support you with your application. Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and U.S. space transportation company Firefly Aerospace have signed a collaborative agreement to jointly launch satellites with Fireflys Alpha rocket from the newly inaugurated spaceport at Esrange Space Centre in Sweden, starting in 2026. Together, Firefly and SSC are establishing an orbital launch service in Europe with a flight-proven launch vehicle, supporting commercial, civil, and defence customers. Were pleased to announce this historic collaboration that will have a huge impact on the global launch market, not least in Europe and the U.S., said Charlotta Sund, CEO at SSC. Reducing the current gap of orbital launch sites in Europe, this collaboration strengthens the transatlantic link between Sweden and the U.S. whilst offering unique space capabilities for the Swedish NATO membership. Owned and operated by SSC, Esrange has been operational since 1966, primarily supporting sounding rocket launches for microgravity and atmospheric research. Newly expanded infrastructure at Esrange now supports satellite launches, making it a significant contribution to filling the demands for orbital launch capabilities in Europe. (fireflyspace.com) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA iota-world.org/ RSGB IOTA Contest is July 27. -------- Eric, is on the island and on the air as FP/KV 1 J from Miquelon Island, IOTA Number NA-032, until the 16th of July. He will participate in the IARU HF World Championship taking place on the 13th and 14th of July. FP/KV1J expects to operate primarily SSB and FT8 with a mix of some CW, RTTY and FT4. Listen on 80-6 metres, especially on 12, 10 and 6m. See QRZ.com for QSL details (newsline 2435) ------- Jacek, SP 5 EAQ is planning to be active from Niue as E 6 AQ (callsign pending) October 22 to November 9. QTH is on the western side of the island, right by the ocean. This will be an SSB operation only on 80-10m bands. Participation in the CQWW SSB contest. Niu is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand, situated in the South Pacific Ocean and is part of Polynesia. The island is commonly referred to as "The Rock", which comes from the traditional name "Rock of Polynesia". Niue IOTA listing of OC-040 is located in a triangle between Tonga, Samoa, and the Cook Islands. (dx-world) --- Christian, using the call DU3/F4EBK is on Luzon Island, IOTA Number OC-042, through to early 2025. You can listen for him on 20, 15 and 10 metres, where he may be found around 0009 UTC and after 2100 UTC. QSL via F4EUO. (newsline 2435) ------------------------ 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 To encourage more interest in Amateur Radio, particularly for we younger ones as well as Girl Guides and Scouts, ALARA, the Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association, has now introduced a Radio Challenge badge. This involves participants completing 6 activities from a list of electronics, radio and communications topics. By submitting a report detailing what they learnt participants will be able to gain a certificate of completion and a badge; In addition ALARA has also added new information for beginners on their website so please spread the word about these items to anyone, male or female you know who needs some extra encouragement to get involved in Amateur Radio. More details can be found on the ALARA website alara.org.au/for beginners (Norma vk2yl) YOTA CAMP - THE AMERICAS Activation of the VE 1 YOTA callsign from the camp in Halifax, Nova Scotia will begin the evening of Sunday, July 7th and conclude on Friday, July 12th. Campers will operate this VERY special memorial station as they finish projects, between sessions, and during free time. In memory of Bob Heil, K9EID, Silent Key, the Youth on the Air Camp shack will be named the Bob Heil, K9EID Memorial YOTA Camp Amateur Radio Shack. (eHam) QSOS TURN CLEVER WHEN CALLSIGNS BECOME MEMES If you think there's something funny about this story, you're right. It's about using memes on the air. Yes, I'm talking about memes, not beams. Some of ham radio's youngest operators are on the air through August 15th celebrating some clever, unusual callsigns and spreading the smiles as they make contact. We hear more from Newslines Kent Peterson KCDGY, then it's back to Col. Imagine logging the callsign DLLOL in Germany. Or GBOTY in England? How about OOF in Belgium? These are valid callsigns that young radio operators in some countries are using for the fourth annual "meme appreciation" special event. It's mostly for fun and amusement. The young operators in Canada who started this madness in 2022 explain the overriding philosophy on their website using these words: "Why the heck do you do this? Boredom, mischief, and too much free time." They confess that it's also a ploy of sorts to attract more young ops who believe that people can sometimes be allowed to get silly on the air. Operators are using FT8 and SSTV in addition to SSB and they're even activating some POTA locations. Listen on all of HF but don't be surprised if some of these callsigns show up on 2m, 70cm and the QO-100 satellite. Visit mememonth.ca - that's "meme month" - one word - dot ca for details. Remember - these memes can be a scream. This is Kent Peterson KCDGY. (newsline2435) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO SHORTWAVE LISTENERS GIVE AID AT INDIAN TRAIN DISASTER Emergency response doesn't always involve radios - and two shortwave listeners in India are proof of that. We hear about them from Newslines Jim Meachen ZL2BHF. "Two shortwave listeners studying to become licensed hams in India have more than proven that they already understand the community service spirit of amateur radio. They were among the many to rush to the scene of a deadly train accident in West Bengal. Local media identified them as Kajal Roy and Shekhar Debnath - two members of the West Bengal Radio Club - and their swift actions have been credited with helping save lives after a cargo train and passenger train collided in the Himalayan foothills, killing at least 10. Club secretary, Ambarish Nag Biswas, VU2JFA, said the pair had set up camp to assist the casualties and were able to transport injured passengers to area hospitals. The two have had previous experience with disaster assistance, having helped out during the Sikkim floods late last year. This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF. (newsline 2435) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2024 IT'S A DATE Clubs are welcome to email text with audio for this section Details of all WIA affiliated clubs and societies can be found on the WIA website, including email addresses and website links. ---------------------------- VK4 - Caboolture Radio Club HamFest is to be held on Saturday 13th July. The venue, a new one, the Caboolture Uniting Church Hall, 257 King street. That's the corner of King and Smiths Road. Breakfast will be served from 8 am, with the HamFest opening at 9 am. Admission is $5. For further information see the Club's Facebook page facebook.com/vk4qd (Alan VK4TG Secretary, Caboolture Radio Club Inc.) VK3 - Bendigo AR & Electronics Club RadioFest August 18 (vk3gtv) VK4 - Redcliffe Club Car Boot Sale Saturday 24 August at the club house, MacFarlane Park, Kippa Ring. (vk4tn) VK6 - PerthTech 2024 Sept 21 for 2 days at Gidgegannup (vk6pop) VK4 - GOLD COAST HAMFEST OCTOBER 13 at Nerang Country Paradise Parklands 231 Beaudesert-Nerang Road Nerang. (vk4DMH) VK5 - Amateur Radio Experiments Group Radio & Electronics Sale Saturday 26th October 10AM David Roche Park Kilburn (vk5qi) VK7 - Tasmanian Ham Conference November 2 and 3 Hobart. (vk7news) Held at the Sandy Bay Campus of UTAS. VK3 - SPARC Rosebud RadioFest November 17 at Eastbourne Primary School, Allambi Ave. Rosebud. (vk3pdg) Reception Reports WIA News rebroadcasters often give Short Wave Listeners a welcome to the broadcast as they commence call-backs straight after the Local News. Local news follows National news in all states. 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