2024 AUGUST 18 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 AUGUT 18 2024 IN OUR 29th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS THIS WEEK:- WIA Director Chris Dimitrijevic VK3FY. - ALARA Contest Manager Lesley VK5LOL. - 2 POLICE STATIONS TO WORK VI7POL and HB20SP. - and THREE G or not 3G, THAT IS THE QUESTION. 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 The recent affiliated club forum which was held online on 30 July was well attended, attracting nearly 50 registrations and was chaired by President of the WIA, Scott Williams VK3KJ. The forum was held to discuss with affiliated clubs, the current consultations that are open for comment by our fellow amateurs. The forum was held in two parts. The first was introduced by the WIA Technical Advisory Committee Chair, Grant Willis VK5GR who outlined the changes being proposed to the way in which repeater and beacon licencing and frequency allocation is conducted and the implications for the new ACMA proposed FAP10 process. The forum also looked at the purpose and high level design of the new Radiocommunications Assignment and Licensing Instructions (RALI) technical standards for selecting amateur repeater and beacon frequencies. The second part of the forum was also introduced by the WIA Technical Advisory Chair. Grant outlined the new 40m band plan consultation, what the identified issues are and what some of the areas that we are seeking feedback on. The online forum was recorded and will be available for viewing in the coming week. This has been WIA Director Chris Dimitrijevic, VK3FY. also calls W3YM / T30T / 3D2FY / DU8FY / 4E8T / 5W0FY / HK7T AUSTRALIANA The Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee has delivered an interim report into the planned shutdown of Australias 3G mobile network, recommending that the shutdown set to take place at the end of the month should be postponed. The committees report, recommends that the Minister for Communications should urgently meet with Telstra and Optus to delay the shutdown until they can prove the 4G network will provide coverage equivalent to or better than the coverage provided by the 3G network. The government and industry should also audit the number and type of devices that will be affected and contact and help the owners of those devices, with a focus on devices that are likely to have a significant impact on public health, safety and business operations. (critical comms) ------------------------------------------------------------* 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. INDIA A special workshop on Wireless Technology and its Practical Solutions was conducted for Rajkot Police Wireless Department at Gujarat (India) last month. The venue was the Police Training Centre at Rajkot Headquarter. Regional Coordinator of AMSAT-INDIA & The Amateur Radio Society of India, Mr. Rajesh Vagadia, VU2EXP, gave insight into various Radio Communication protocols, types of modulation, modes & various applications used in Amateur Radio & Police department. This workshop was targeted for 25 technical wireless officers & radio operators and focused on the radio communication enhancing methods, utilizing various techniques, using different antennas for specific applications and diagnosis of wireless setup with various measuring instruments including SWR/Power Meter, NanoVNA/Antenna Analyser and they extended a handful of maintenance tips for Radio, Antenna, Feed line & repeaters to optimize radio communications. USA The FCC has approved the launch of a low-earth orbit communications array of five satellites on V-band that is expected to open the door for US smartphones to make use of space-based cellular broadband services across the nation. The satellites have been given the OK to operate in the 37.5 to 42 GHz range for space-to-Earth communications; and the ranges of 47.2 to 50.2 GHz and 50.4 to 51.4 GHz for Earth to space communications. Approval was also given for the use of 430-440 MHz for space-to-Earth and Earth-to-space transmissions, 2025-2110 MHz for Earth-to- space transmissions and 2200-2290 MHz for space-to-Earth transmissions. The approvals are granted to Texas-based AST Space Mobile for what the company is characterizing as the largest communications array in history in low-earth orbit. Alabama Broadcasters Association name Carl Sampieri as its 2024 Engineer of the Year. He started as a HAM radio enthusiast as a teen and still carries the call sign N 4 NRE, He built most of the radio stations in the Tennessee Valley. Sampieri earned his First Class Radiotelephone License at age 18 then joined the Air Force as an airborne radio repairman and got a commendation for working with the Armed Forces Radio Thailand. Sampieris first broadcasting jobs were in 1967. After leaving the Air Force, he moved back to Huntsville to work for WAAY(TV) as an engineer. Sampieri recently retired as the engineer at Huntsvilles iHeart Radio cluster after 26 years, and has worked for nearly 20 years as chief engineer at WLRH Public Radio. Fun fact: It's said Huey Lewis Heart of Rock and Roll is the first song played across every new transmitter Sampieri has turned on. His future plans include finishing renovations to his 100-year-old house in Madison, which features two 60-foot Ham radio towers in his backyard. AUSTRALIA myGOV After account abuse, inconsistent processes and lack of intel sharing uncovered Services Australia will implement a range of security challenges and controls in myGov by June 2025 after exploitation of the platforms single sign-on model and unlimited creation of accounts. The agency has committed to ensure sufficient and consistent verification steps are in place across its own services accessed via myGov - Centrelink, Medicare and Child Support. But it will be up to other departments and agencies that run digital service delivery through myGov to do the same on their ends to ensure consistency. A Commonwealth Ombudsman investigation found that where cybercriminals used stolen credentials to access a myGov account, they generally faced no further challenges when changing personal details, bank accounts or linking to other digital government services or accounts. Users may also not receive any indication of changes being made to their accounts. Once a customer is signed into their myGov account, there are currently no additional security measures for high-risk transactions, the ombudsman found. Services Australia advised this is because myGov was designed to provide a single sign-on to securely access government services and reduce the need for multiple online accounts and passwords. IRELAND The Irish Radio Transmitters Society (IRTS) is participating in the vibrant Dublin Maker 2024 festival. This years event will take place at the historic Richmond Barracks, Dublin Saturday, August 31st and Sunday, September 1st. Dublin Maker has now expanded to a two-day celebration, promising even more fun and innovation. This dynamic show and tell festival showcases a diverse range of creators, including tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, artists, science clubs, students, authors, ham radio buffs and commercial exhibitors. These talented makers, from all ages and backgrounds, come from all over Ireland and beyond to share their passion and creativity. ALASKA The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) will be conducting a research campaign August 13-16 and August 18-20 UTC, with operating times specified in the table below. Operating frequencies will vary but HAARP transmissions will be between 2.8MHz and 10 MHz. Actual transmit days and times are highly variable based on real-time ionospheric and/or geomagnetic conditions. All information is subject to change. This campaign is being conducted in support of research proposals from the Polar Aeronomy and Radio Science (PARS) Summer School, with over 25 unique experiments taking place. The theme of this years program is Illuminating Space. The scientific goals of these experiments range from studies on the effects of ionospheric conditions on GPS satellite signals to the generation and propagation of extremely low frequency/very low frequency (ELF/VLF) waves. haarp.gi.alaska.edu/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATIONAL NEWS - A FELIX VK4FUQ PRESENTATION -------------- -------------- NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2024 -------------- -------------- AUGUST 17 - 18 Remembrance Day Contest On This Weekend. 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. (wia.org.au) ----------------------------- A.L.A.R.A. CONTEST Combined phone and CW run over 24 hours STARTS Saturday 25th August at 0600 hours UTC ENDS Sunday 26th August 2024 at 0559 hours UTC Hi, this is Lesley VK5LOL the Alara Contest Manager for 2024. In this contest Oms only score points for contacting Yls. Yls score points for contacting Oms and other Yls. The contest is about encouraging Yls to come up on the radio. We would also like our younger folk to come up on air via Scout or Girl Guide groups. All details for the Contest can be found on our website: alara.org.au Hoping to speak with you on the radio waves - Lesley VK5LOL, Alara Contest Manager. ------------- Oceania DX Contest Contest Dates/Times: PH - The first full weekend in October each year from 0600 UTC Saturday to 0600 UTC Sunday CW - The second full weekend in October each year from 0600 UTC Saturday to 0600 UTC Sunday Log deadline for PH and CW logs - 31 October. This years contest will be held on October 5th and 12th oceaniadxcontest.com wia.org.au/members/contests/oceania/ ------------------- VHF UHF Field Day Upcoming Contest Date & Time Spring 2024 - 0100 UTC Saturday 23 November through 0059 UTC Sunday 24 November (0400 / 0359 in VK6). wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/ ------------------- 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------- DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD. AUSTRALIA VI7POL For 2024 National Police Week in Australia, a special event call of VI 7 POL will be on air. The call will be active between 14th September an 29th September to celebrate the 7th annual National Police Week, a celebration of our nations police. National Police Week includes the 15th annual Wall to Wall Ride For Remembrance and National Police Remembrance Day on 27th September. National Police Remembrance Day is a time to pause to honour the 826 Australian police officers whose lives have been lost while performing their duty. It is a time to remember police officers who have lost their lives through illness or other circumstances. VI7POL will be active on 10, 15, 20, 40, & 80m SSB, FT8, and FT4. More information on VI7POL including QSL information can be found on QRZ.com. 73 Paul VK5PAS. Thanks Paul, and another "POLICE STATION" to work is in Switzerland 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. AUSTRIA OE 100 RADIO is active until the 31st of December celebrating the 100th anniversary of regular radio transmissions in Austria in 1924. The station has heard recently on the 40m band using CW. QSL via the Bureau. (gb2rs) BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. E 7 100 RADIO is the special call sign for the Bosnia and Herzegovina IARU member society to celebrate 100 years of amateur radio innovation, community, and advocacy. QSL via operators' instructions. (eHam) Y Listen for TM 24 JOL until 11th of August, and also TM 24 JPO between the 28th of August and the 8th of September. TM24JOL will be for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, followed by the call for the Paralympic Games, TM24JPO QSL these 2 stations by the operators home station F 8 GGZ (dx net) ----------- Y DOGDAY AFTERNOON The global efforts of amateur radio operators are calling attention to the urgent needs of abandoned, abused, neglected and homeless dogs by operating special event stations in Europe and the US to mark International Dog Day. This year will be the largest such activation among hams as Hanz, YL3JD, who originated the special event, will be on the air as YL1DOG for all of August and September. Chris G5VZ and David G4YVM will be on the air as GB0DOG and GB4DOG, respectively. Listen for Chris on air now until the 26th of August and for David till the 27th of August. In the US, a team coordinated by Caryn KD2GUT, will be calling QRZ with the special event callsign K2D from the 21st to the 26th of August. International Dog Day is August 26th. The hams are hoping to spotlight the need for rescue, assistance, adoption and donation around the world. Visit the website dogdayradio.org As I said, National Dog Day is celebrated on August 26 each year BUT other 'dog' days include National Walking the Dog Day on Feb 22, National Hug Your Hound Day on September 11, and National Puppy Day March 23 oh meanwhile, Cat Day will begin with special event operations on August 8th listen for YL1CAT, GB4CAT and GB9CAT. (daily ham weekly - days of the year) ---------- Y 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) -------------- Y 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 as well as ZL4AA 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) -------------- Y NEW ZEALAND NZART has a special event call sign for the upcoming America's Cup to be held in Spain later this year. ZL 6 AMCUP has been allocated to celebrate this event with Phil Garside ZL2RO as the trustee of the callsign. November 30 is when ZLCAMCUP goes off air. (NZART) -------------- Y 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) -------------- Y OL 80 C.A.R.B.O.N. is active until the 30th of November to mark the 80th anniversary of Operation Carbon during World War Two. This operation involved the dropping of paratroopers in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a partially-annexed territory of Nazi Germany that was established in 1939 after the German occupation of the Czech lands A team of operators is active using call OL 80 CARBON on CW, SSB and digital modes on the HF bands. More information is available on QRZ.com -------- Y 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) -------------- Y Listen throughout the year for the special callsign 9 A 1 RKZ marking the 100th anniversary of the Radioklub Zagreb which was founded the 24th of March 1924 in Croatia QSL via 9A1ADE. (ARNewsLine 2410) ------------------------------------------------------------* WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather) The Moon is a constant in the night sky, but all is not actually as it seems. It turns out that scientists have discovered the Moon is drifting away from Earth, and its changing everything we thought we knew about our planets relationship with its only natural satellite. Its also having a very real impact on the length of days on our planet albeit at an incredibly slow rate. By moving away from Earth over the course of millions of years, the Moon is simultaneously making the length of the average day longer. A study by a team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison focused on rock from a formation aged at 90 million years. By doing so, they were able to analyse the Earths interactions with the Moon 1.4 billion years ago. It turns out that the Moon is moving away from Earth at 3.82 centimetres a year. That means that, eventually, itll result in Earth days lasting 25 hours. BUT that's in 200 million years time. tinyurl.com/yc4xbw59 (msn.com) WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS 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/ facebook.com/SotaAustralia/ wwffaustralia.com/ https://bunkersontheair.wixsite.com/october23 This is Paul VK5PAS, the National Co-Ordinator in Australia of the World Wide Flora Fauna program (WWFF) which encourages amateurs to get out into the field and operate portable from parks. In Australia the program is known as VKFF, VK Flora Fauna. Between Friday 25th October and Sunday 27th October 2024, a special event is being held at Bendigo, Victoria. It is the 2nd annual VKFF National Get Together. The event commences on Friday evening with a dinner at the majestic Hotel Shamrock. Meals and drinks at your own cost. On Saturday at the Lakeside Hotel, Bendigo, attendees will enjoy a series of excellent guest speakers on topics surrounding park activating. There will be 12 presentations and these include an introduction to the VKFF program, activating parks on King Island, satellites from parks, snake awareness & safety, CW & digital modes from parks. Our MC for the day will be Chris VK5FR. There will also be a number of static displays at the venue and a raffle with various prizes will be run and drawn on Saturday. The cost for attending the presentations is $20.00 and this includes morning and afternoon tea. On Saturday evening we have our own private function room for an evening dinner, with a guest speaker. Meals and drinks at your own cost. Sunday morning, a BBQ breakfast will be held at the clubrooms of the Bendigo Amateur Radio & Electronics Club. The cost for the BBQ is $10.00. This will be followed by multiple VKFF park activations on Sunday. If you wish to attend any of the segments of the event, you must register to attend. Walk ups will not be accepted. Registration is easy and can be completed by visiting the WWFF Australia website on wwffaustralia.com Look for the 2024 VKFF National Get Together page. Registration for the event closes on Friday 11th October 2024. So far, 41 amateurs have registered to attend the event so dont leave this to the last moment. Please register. This is a terrific event to catch up with fellow amateurs and learn a bit more about the VKFF program, no matter if you are an experienced park activator and hunter, or never been involved previously. Last years event at Renmark in South Australia was very well received, and this years event at Bendigo is shaping up to be a brilliant Get Together. Thanks for listening. 73 Paul VK5PAS. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org A Chinese Long March 6A rocket broke apart in low-Earth orbit and formed a debris field with hundreds of pieces, confirmed by U.S. Space Command. USSPACECOM has observed no immediate threats and continues to conduct routine conjunction assessments to support the safety and sustainability of the space domain, a spokesperson said. NASA public affairs officer Rob Margetta said there was no immediate threat to the International Space Station. Satellite monitoring company LeoLabs estimated there were at least 700 fragments created by the rockets break-up, its possible that the fragments could eventually descend to where the space station and SpaceXs Starlink satellites are located. Slingshot Aerospace said debris from the rocket poses a significant hazard to LEO, that is low-Earth orbit constellations below 800 km altitude. tinyurl.com/ANS-224-Debris. [ANS] A new satellite carrying several amateur radio focused payloads is now in orbit. SONATE-2 originates from Germany and features an APRS digipeater. SONATE-2 also features a VHF transceiver with SSTV downlink sending images captured by on-board cameras. Frequency: 145.880 MHz Modulation: Martin M1 SSTV FM (F3F) TX Power: 500mW APRS digipeater in half-duplex operation is also aboard 145.825 Digipeater is only active when published at https://x.com/JMUSpace. When activated, it will transmit a greeting message every 2 minutes Make sure to include SONATE-2 callsign DPSNX in the APRS route Frequency: 145.825 MHz Up/Down Modulation: 1k2 AFSK (F2D) Protocol: AX.25 TX Power: 500mW (ard) ROBUSTA-3A in Orbit When the long-delayed inaugural launch of the European Space Agencys (ESAs) new Ariane 6 rocket finally occurred on July 7, it suffered an upper stage failure that left some payloads in the wrong orbits. Fortunately, before the anomaly developed, (a brittle, and presumably cracked, pressure monitoring line) the Ariane 6 successfully deployed ROBUSTA-3A, a satellite with an amateur radio payload. The target was a 580 km circular orbit with an inclination of 96 degrees. ROBUSTA-3A carries a 9k6 GMSK AX.25 store-and-forward digital system with a UHF transmitter output of up to three watts a very powerful downlink! As the satellite is still in commissioning, operating protocols and uplink frequency have not yet been released. However, amateurs should expect something similar to the FalconSAT-3 store-and-forward system that was popular until that satellite deorbited in January of 2023. ROBUSTA-3A is currently transmitting short telemetry bursts on its International Amateur Radio Union coordinated downlink frequency of 436.750 MHz. [ANS] Boeing performed a hot fire test of the 27 manoeuvring thrusters aboard the docked Starliner space capsule, which could be the last test before the spacecrafts delayed return to Earth is approved. Astronauts Barry Butch Wilmore, and Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, took Starliner to the International Space Station on June 5 for what was to have been a 10-day test flight. [ANS] WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS LOW DOWN The First New Long Wave Radio Station Of This Millennium The decline of AM broadcast radio is a slow but inexorable process over much of the world, but for regions outside Australia theres another parallel story happening a few hundred kilohertz further down the spectrum. The long wave band sits around the 200kHz mark and has traditionally carried national-level programming in Europe due to its increased range. Like AM its in decline due to competition from FM, digital, and online services, and one by one the stations that once crowded this band are going quiet. In the middle of all this its a surprise then to find a new long wave station in the works in the 2020s, bucking all contemporary broadcasting trends. Arctic 252 is based in Finland with programming intended to be heard across the Arctic region and aims to start testing in September. The 252KHz frequency is shared with a station in North Africa that may hinder reception for some Europeans, but those with long memories in north-west Europe will find it fairly empty as it has been vacated in that region by an Irish transmitter which used to use it. twiar.net/?p=22469 (hackaday) WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - MARITIME INCLUDING ILLW NEWS - ILLW 17th August 2024 to 18th August 2024 Lighthouses on the Air weekend takes place THIS WEEKEND and one DX light to listen for, and work, is Balinacourty Lighthouse near Waterford in Ireland. They are using the same HF gear and set up this year that enabled them to work three of we VK stations during the same event last year. Their hopes are high that they will make just as many contacts around VK und the world as they did then, or even more. The ILLW attracts over 500 lighthouse entries located in over 40 countries. It is one of the most popular international amateur radio events, not a contest and there are very few rules. It is also free and there are no prizes for contacting large numbers of other stations. There are currently 312 lighthouses and their call signs registered. The complete list can be found on the ILLW homepage. (IRTS / SARL) 2024 Merchant Navy Day, September 3 Special event station GB 0 MND will be on the air to honour merchant seafarers of the world and the British Merchant Navy. GB0MND will be active on Merchant Navy Day, September 3 from South Shields, a seafaring town on the North East coast of England. Look for this special event station on HF operating CW, SSB, and digital modes. (ARD) 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 49 out of 49 sit and pass their Ham Radio Exam. This month, Steve Goodgame, K5ATA, ARRL Education and Learning Manager visited the Staten Island Technical High School. He was there to help administer amateur radio exams to 49 students and all passed their exams. Several upgraded their licenses from General to Extra class and two students went from unlicensed to Extra class in one sitting. Their teacher, Everton Henriques, KD2ZZT, has helped over 100 kids successfully test for their amateur radio licenses. He has built a program incorporating HF, local repeater use, foxhunting, and space communications and has plans to incorporate mesh networking with his students this coming school year. 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