2024 JULY 14 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 JULY 14 2024 IN OUR 29th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS THIS WEEK:- CALL TO ACTION:- CONSULTATION 2024-1: You have only until August Two to provide feedback on the draft RALI documents describing how to coordinate amateur repeater and beacon station frequencies. CONSULTATION 2024-2: 40m Band Plan Harmonisation Challenges. You have until September Six to provide feedback BOTH CONSULTATION DETAILS ARE ON WIA.ORG.AU Front Page News NOW WAIT - THERE'S MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA. So it's to the International News Desk and Jason VK2LAW and as we don't have a directors report, I'll pop in ahead of Felix with that reminder re that input required for the 40 mtr band plan. I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB ------------------------------------------------------------* 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. SPECIAL EVENT REMEMBERS 2 LITHUANIAN-AMERICAN AVIATORS The special event callsign SN 91 LOT is on the air till the end of July marking the tragic deaths of two pioneering Lithuanian-American aviators. The "91" in the callsign notes that 91 years have passed since their doomed transatlantic crossing. It was July of 1933, when two Lithuanian-American aviators successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a small airplane from New York City bound for what was then the capital city of Lithuania. 2 days after their departure, the plane, known as the Lituanica crashed in eastern Germany, 650 kilometres short of their destination. It was never clear what caused the crash after the successful ocean crossing. This year, as in previous years, A special callsign SN 91 LOT is on the air to the end of July to commemorate the aviators' doomed effort. RSGB British Science Week Challenge The Radio Society of Great Britain, RSGB, have really gotten behind the UK event known as British Science Week. It's the RSGB British Science Week Time Challenge. The task is to provide a method of either measuring the frequency of a radio frequency source or signal, or providing a time reference to a radio operator or radio system. Contestants must use readily available components, material or other resources. The activity is divided into three categories: Under 18 or still in school Under 21 or an undergraduate up to the age of 23 A category with no age restriction The winner of each category will win a cash prize with the winners being announced at this years RSGB Convention in October. You can find out more by visiting the Time-related challenge link on the British Science Week web page. What was that saying? The jobs not done till the paperworks in? Ahead of Felix VK4FUQ and his contest news, a timely reminder that after the contest get your log entries in - PRONTO. We recently told you of the SARL's 1 Watt Wacky Challenge. Well the winner has been announced however, only one log was submitted by the deadline for log submissions Conditions on the day were good and many stations took part in the challenge judging by the exchanges given,. In the 1 W SSB category, Kobus, ZS6BOS managed to accumulate 102,243 points and his furthest contact was with V51WW on the 20 m band, 1,136km away. His average contact distance was 550 km. Congratulations to Kobus! If any other stations would still like to submit their logs for honorary mention on the website as a thank you for your participation, you are welcome to do so. tinyurl.com/wacky1w So no matter what contest you have taken part in, GET YOUR LOGS IN ! HAPPY 100 ! Dorothy McCracken, known to everyone as a great storyteller, still has a way with words even at 100 years old. From connecting with students as a substitute teacher to reaching people across the seas via her ham radio, she has always had a gift for communication. Reaching 100 years old is just another milestone in Dorothy's remarkable life. Her repertoire of monumental moments includes shaking hands with the pioneer of automobiles, learning Morse code, and even standing her ground with a black bear. She celebrated a century of life on June 29, and when asked about her favourite years, she said that shes enjoyed her life as long as shes lived. Apart from healthy habits and eating grass fed meat and home-grown veggies from her garden, Dorothy McCracken said there are a couple other keys to a long life. I think you just have to try to get outdoors a few minutes every day, and you have to be kind and nice to everybody. Everybody you meet, thank them for anything they do for you. You may not think its very much, but a little bit is better to thank somebody for. Read more The Mountaineer: bit.ly/4cOoyVB Still in the USA, Hurricane Beryl has silenced three full-power stations and an FM translator in the Houston metro area, the Federal Communications Commission has said. The stations include Educational Media Foundations K-Love affiliate KLTW (105.3), Audacys sports The Bet 650 KIKK and Relevant Radios religious KTEK on 1110 KHz. The FCC said that Conroe, TX-licensed translator K237FS at 95.3 is also offline. It relays EMFs KLTW. Some 29% of cell phone tower sites are out of service in the six-county Houston region. The FCC also says cable and wireline companies reported 803,501 subscribers out of service in the disaster area for Hurricane Beryl. This includes the loss of telephone, television, and/or Internet services. WEIRD N WONDERFUL - THE FUN THATS HAM RADIO It's weird BUT it's wonderful, our final story in this weeks segment takes us "out of this world". LEGO Bricks Printed out of Space Dust There have been many proposals for building structures on the Moon out of lunar regolith. But heres an idea sure to resonate with creators, mechanical tinkerers, model builders and the kid inside us all. What about using actual LEGO bricks? Researchers have ground up a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite and used the dust to 3D print LEGO-style space bricks. They actually click together like the plastic variety, with so far only one downside: they only come in one colour. GREY. Want to see some of these lunar LEGOs? LEGO will showcase the space bricks at some of its stores. Creating building materials on the Moon or Mars from the material on hand means construction materials dont have to be transported from Earth. This would be a huge savings in launch costs because less weight would have to be boosted from Earth. The only problem was that except for the Moon rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts which are highly guarded for scientific study only theres not any lunar regolith available on Earth to experiment with. But meteorite dust is a close cousin to lunar regolith. The ESA team was able to get a meteorite that was discovered in Northwest Africa in 2000 and is about 4.5 billion years old. It is made of metal grains and chondrules, similar to Moon dust. ------------------------------------------------------------------- WIA JOIN THE WIA tinyurl.com/yyj87b9y WIA as part of its involvement with IARU Region 3 is sponsoring a discussion on the future directions of the 40m band plan and is now seeking feedback as input to the IARU Region 3 conference to be held October. The Amateur Service' 7000-7200 kHz band is considered an example of one of the more dis-organised bands on a global basis. The consultation paper is now available and WIA members and general amateur radio operators are invited to respond via the tac@wia.org.au email address no later than the 6th of September with feedback. tinyurl.com/bdeztcxn OPERATIONAL NEWS - A FELIX VK4FUQ PRESENTATION -------------- -------------- NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2024 -------------- -------------- Entries for the April - June period of the Ted Powell Memorial DX Challenge are closing in less than 24 hours. If you don't have your entry in yet, head over to contest.fgarc.org.au The website has an all-new look making it even easier to navigate. (Peter VK2PR) -------------- I.A.R.U. HF World Championship July 13-14 THIS WEEKEND. 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. ----------------------------- A.L.A.R.A. CONTEST Saturday 25th August concludes Sunday 26th August. ------------- Oceania DX Contest This years contest will be held on October 5th and 12th oceaniadxcontest.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD. -------------- The Tour de France is being commemorated by special event callsign TM 111 TDF, marking the 111th edition of the famous cycling race. Listen on the 17th through to the 21st of July on the HF bands. QSL station TM111TDF via F8GGZ. (arnline 2436) -------------- Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Radio Belgrade, the Belgrade Amateur Radio Club is active as YT 100 RB and YU 1924 RB until November 30. For details of a certificate that is available, see yu1ano.org (rsgb) -------------- NEW ZEALAND NZART has a special event call sign for the upcoming America's Cup to be held in Spanish waters later this year. ZL 6 A.M.CUP has been allocated to celebrate this event with Phil Garside ZL2RO as the trustee of the callsign. November 30 is when ZL6 A.M.CUP goes off air. (NZART) -------------- In the World of DX, be listening for members of the Zurich City Police Radio Amateur Club throughout the year, operating as HB 2 SP the club is marking its 20th anniversary. Unfortunately no Bureau QSL's but you can use Logbook Of The World, and HB20SP runs until December 31. (sourced to ARNewsLine 2410) -------------- 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) ------------------------------------------------------------* REPEATING> Radcliffes(vk4) Wamuran Repeater Relocation Project. Following the closure of our Wamuran repeater site, the Clubs 2 meter and 70cm repeaters (on 146.925MHz and 438.325MHz respectively) have recently been relocated to a temporary site. Unfortunately, it is expected that the coverage will not be good in the short term. The repeaters had occupied the Wamuran site, for close on 30 years but it was time to move on. We at the Redcliffe Club, extend our apologies for any resulting inconvenience. It is anticipated that the Morton Bay Regional Council, will soon approve our application for a much-improved site at Ocean View. We'll get the repeaters up and fully operational at the new site as soon as possible. The Clubs 2 meter Mt Glorious repeater (on 147.000MHz) is still fully operational. Thank you for your patience and 73 from the Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club VK4RC. Thank you Robert VK4TFN CONSULTATION 2024-1: Australian Amateur Radio Repeater and Beacon Frequency Planning Rules and Process Changes, a reminder. You have only until August Two to provide feedback on the technical content of the draft RALI documents describing how to coordinate amateur repeater and beacon station frequencies Please provide any response to the WIA Technical Advisory Committee via email using tac@wia.org.au (vk4bb) ------------------------------------------------------------* WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - DIGITAL AllStarLink Releases Version 3 Beta AllStarLink has announced a major update to their software, AllStarLink 3 (ASL3). Now in beta, ASL3 upgrades the popular repeater and hotspot software from Asterisk version 1.4 to version 20, a 15 year leap in PBX phone system technology. Asterisk is the backbone of AllStarLink driving a network of repeaters, hotspots, and base stations all connected via voice over internet protocol (VoIP). ASL3 is now capable of running on both X86_64 and arm64 hardware, physical and virtual. Additional improvements include: Runs as non-root user Supports Debian 12 and future updates Improved EchoLink support Reduced microSD wear BUT - a word of warning. ASL3 configuration is significantly different, particularly for those who edit the configs. Both veteran and new AllStar users alike are advised to proceed with caution, read the manual, and follow the installation video. community.allstarlink.org/t/asl3-beta-announcement/21240/2?u=wd6awp (ard) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org Europe's new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, made its inaugural flight from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on July 9. One hour after lift-off, the first set of satellites on board Ariane 6 were released from the upper stage and placed into an orbit 600 km above mother earth. Satellites and experiments from various space agencies, companies, research institutes, universities and young professionals were included on this inaugural flight. Among many other payloads, it carries is set to transmit FT8 and live SSTV images in Robot 36 format. FT8 transmissions are made every 16 seconds, while SSTVs are every 5 minutes. Downlink 144.175 MHz FT8 Mode: Callsign AO4ARI HO60 if the antenna has been deployed Callsign AO4ARI HO61 if the antenna has not been deployed Downlink 144.550 MHz SSTV Robot 36 mode with live image and Hades text a carrier with a frequency of 144.550 MHz (same frequency as SSTV) is left between FT8 tones. On this flight the Ariane 6 upper stage is set to release two re-entry capsules as it enters Earth's atmosphere for a clean disposal to burn up harmlessly, leaving no space debris in orbit. tinyurl.com/fzj484me (esa) Firefly Delivers New Amateur Satellites to Orbit The Firefly Alpha 43 mission, nicknamed Noise of Summer, launched successfully July 4 and deployed eight new cube satellites to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Five of these CubeSats carry amateur radio equipment. One with the greatest interest to the amateur radio community is ME-SAT-1. Built by the University of Maine, in cooperation with AMSAT, this satellite carries a 30 kHz wide V/U Transponder plus a 1k2 BPSK telemetry downlink. Telemetry downlink 435.800 MHz with transponder downlink 435.810-435.840 MHz, and transponder uplink 145.910-145.940 MHz. Amateurs are encouraged to use AMSATs FoxTelem software to collect telemetry. (amsat na) WHAT GOES UP - MUSK COME DOWN. Elon Musks SpaceX has won a contract valued at up to $843 million to build a vehicle capable of safely deorbiting the International Space Station once the station is decommissioned in 2030. While many people have suggested raising the ISSs orbit and turning it into a museum, the amount of fuel needed to move the approximately 420-ton station to a high enough orbit to remain stable for long durations is prohibitive. (AMSAT NA) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA iota-world.org/ IP 1 X Team will be active from Isola d'Albenga, OR Gallinara Island, EU-083, this is a small PRIVATE island off the Northwest coast of Italy. IP 1 X will operate CW and SSB on 10 to 80 metres over the 24 hours of this years IOTA Contest July 27-28 (irts) ------------------------ JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IOTA NEWS, GRANT WILLIS VK5GR Hello everyone, yes this is Grant VK5GR with some news on the Islands on the Air awards program and its 60th anniversary celebrations that are currently underway, including the happenings at the HamRadio24 Convention event held in Friedrichshafen, Germany, last week. I was privileged enough to be able to attend that event, which had as one of its central pillars, a celebration of IOTA's 60th anniversary. Numerous events were held across the weekend, including the Island Hoppers presentation where several IOTA activators, including myself, spoke about how we started out in the IOTA program. I, along with several other prominent activators, was also invited to speak at the IOTA forum, where I gave an overview of the recent VK5FIL expedition to Flinders Island (IOTA OC-261), off the coast of South Australia in the Great Australian Bight. Opportunities were also available to promote the various IOTA special event callsigns currently on the air, including our very own VI60IOTA in Australia and well as the Danish 5Q60IOTA activities. Speaking of VI60IOTA, I am still looking for more volunteers to help activate the callsign on air. If you would like to help out promoting IOTA and its 60th anniversary, please contact me via email at iotacheckpoint@gmail.com . Finally, if you have ever wanted to start out in the IOTA program, there is no better time than the present. Many Islands are being activated once more, now that pandemic is over, and many opportunities can be found on air to add to your IOTA tally. In particular, look out for the IOTA activity during the upcoming IOTA contest being held on the 27 * 28th of July. To find out more about the Islands on the Air program, head on over to the iota-world.org website. If you have queries about how to submit for awards, you can contact myself, Grant VK5GR, in my capacity as the VK/ZL IOTA Award Checkpoint officer and I will do my best to help you. You can email me at iotacheckpoint@gmail.com 73 de Grant VK5GR on behalf of the IOTA Awards program ------------------------------------------------ WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - MARITIME INCLUDING ILLW NEWS The 27th International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend takes place from 00:01 UTC on Saturday 17 August to 24:00 UTC on Sunday 18 August 2024 and you can operate for the whole 48 hours or part thereof. REMEMBER, ILLW is NOT a contest, it is a fun event to raise the profile of lighthouses, light vessels, and other navigational aids and preserve our maritime heritage. To coincide with the International Lighthouse and LightShip Weekend (ILLW) the Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania's August Presentation night will be a wander through the life of VK7FB Mike Jenner and focus on his time with the Lighthouse Service. Mike was lighthouse keeper on four of Tasmania's Lighthouses and he will take us through his experience in words, pictures and video. See you August 7 from 7:30pm in the Queen's Domain clubrooms and the presentation will also be streamed across the world via the REAST YouTube Streaming channel. (sarl/vk7wi news) 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 The RSGB in Great Britain is pleased to announce that it will be represented at this summers Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) camp by Rhys Williams, M0WGY / AJ6XD. The event, which is organised by the IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group together with the Czech Radio Club, will be held between 16-23 August in Prague. Rhys is currently studying aerospace engineering at Cambridge Unit and is going on to do a PhD in engineering at Oxford University from September. He says he has found a lot of joy in the building aspect of amateur radio and enjoys contesting with his university amateur radio club. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO Hi, I'm Graeme VK3GRK. Bendigo Amateur Radio and Electronics Club invites you to our July meeting in Castlemaine. The presentation will be on the subject of 'BAREC's Regional Emergency Readiness plan' by Neil Patton VK3ZVX. The presentation will: explain BAREC's plan for Regional Emergency Readiness in the Loddon- Campaspe region give a brief history of BAREC's activities in this space over the last 5 years provide insight into the vulnerability of public communications networks outline the difficulties faced by Emergency Management agencies and communities in communicating with each other discuss accessible technologies for communities to help themselves explain how cooperation between Citizens Band and Amateur Radio groups can make up the shortfall in emergency planning The evening starts at 7.30 pm, Friday July 19th at the 1st Castlemaine Scout Hall, 16 Reckleben St, Castlemaine. A gold coin donation would be appreciated and a light supper will be provided. The presentation will be available live via Zoom, subject to local internet performance. 'BAREC's Regional Emergency Readiness plan' - Zoom details: Join Zoom Meeting us06web.zoom.us/j/84406531024?pwd=dkNUYXlDWnFNbmk4MDhxQ21HZTBpZz09 Meeting ID: 844 0653 1024 Passcode: 535376 The 2024 AGM of WICEN New South Wales has been scheduled for Saturday the 10th of August, starting at 2pm. The AGM will be held at VK2WI Dural, and members will also be able to join online. WICEN NSW are calling for some new members to join their committee, as some of the existing committee have been doing the jobs for many years. Later in the year is the 2024 Hawkesbury Canoe Classic, over the weekend of the 26th and 27th of October, and WICEN NSW is providing the safety communications. This is WICEN's flagship event and requires many members to make it a success. (VK2WI NEWS) ------------------------------------------------------------* 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. 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. Bookings Now Open This 2024 event is fully catered - there will be endless tea, coffee and other beverages, morning and afternoon tea and lunch on Saturday and morning tea and lunch on Sunday provided as part of the Tassie conference fee. Watch the Tassie HamECon web pages for more details as they come to hand. reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference/ VK3 - SPARC Rosebud RadioFest November 17 at Eastbourne Primary School, Allambi Ave. Rosebud. (vk3pdg) final final 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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