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THE BEST QNEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK
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QNEWS 24/7 with the following bulletin in Audio Segment One
when you visit the QNEWS NEWSROOM on www.wia.org.au/vk4
NATIONAL NEWS
WIA FEDERAL PRESIDENT IS ERNEST HOCKING VK1LK
president@wia.org.au
Keith VK4TT will be operating the Queensland Divisions entry in the
upcomming BERU or "Commonwealth Contest".
Look out for institute call VK4WIA for those "extra points" March 8-9
Chris Flak VK2CF Bookshop Manager of VK2 advises us that the
2003 Callbooks have arrived at the WIA NSW office!
The DXCC Certificate has "achievement labels" that can be readily attached.
Those that have achieved a greater Country total than 100 can now apply
for special achievement rewards that increment from 100 in steps of 25.
Announcing this this week, Federal WIA Awards Chairman Malcolm Johnson VK6LC
said " These have been designed to be placed neatly along the bottom
edge of the DXCC certificate.
"Free" DXCC smart achievement labels can be requested via the Federal
Awards Manager with a stamped address envelope, they are issued only
once to a single certificate.
The complete story, as announced this week is on the QNEWS website
at www.wia.org.au/vk4 just click the RED link.
ACA NEWS
www.aca.gov.au
WIA ACA LIAISON OFFICERS are VK1GH, VK1ZKM, VK2BPN, VK4DU
ACA have added a new spectrum embargo to R-A-L-I MS3.
Embargo 35 prohibits assignments to new services in the frequency band
418.0875-420 MHz.
The purpose of this embargo is to reduce the further use of this band
in Victoria by other communications users, in anticipation of it being
required to support a public safety mobile radio initiative.
(audio by vk4bat)
CSIRO NEWS
SATELLITE ECOLOGY
Advances in Satellite technology have made the ecologist's task of keeping
an eye on our landscape much easier. They can look at more area and in
more detail.
CSIRO's Vanessa Chewings explains to Wes Turnbull.
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CSIRO AUDIO REPORT
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Details from 13 0036 3400
(audio vk4fuq/csiro)
EDUCATION
THE WIA FEDERAL EDUCATION OFFICER IS RON SMITH VK4AGS.
VK2DQ Ron Bertrands Internet course is on the web at
http://www.radioelectronicschool.com
Morse Training Transmission 3699 kHz on air 24 hours a day.
This is Ronnee Meachen VK4CO with a word to the young.... and not so young.
"How to Make Ham Radio More Kid Friendly" is the topic that Amateur
Radio Newsline has chosen for this years Ham Radio Town Meeting and
they are looking for some younger hams who might want to take part.
"The Town Meeting is held each May at the Dayton Hamvention. This
years Hamvention theme is the "Year of the Young" and planners tell
QNEWS that the three day show will focus on the young ham and on
bringing 12 to 18 year olds into amateur radio.
Its no secret that recruiting youngsters into the hobby is getting
harder and harder. Keeping most of them is all but impossible.
There is organized sports. There are those numerous after school
activities. And lets not forget the lure of the World Wide Web with
its license free ham-radio like chat rooms. All of this makes it a
real challenge to get youngsters licensed and keep them interested."
If you are a young ham planning to attend Hamvention 2003 and would
like 10 minutes to present your ideas, drop ARNewsLine an e-mail.
newsline@arnewsline.org
Back here in VK, if you're a ham radio operator involved in education,
then Matt Ryan V-K-2-K-V-E would like to hear from you.
Matt is setting up a national (and international) list of schools
able to participate in amateur radio activities.
He is looking at ways that amateur radio can service the needs
of the various primary and secondary syllabi (the sciences & geography in
particular) and would, at this stage, like to make contact with as many
schools as possible which have the capability for amateur radio through
either a teacher at the school or a local mentor.
If you're a teacher operator (or know of one) and would like to get your
classes involved in national and international contacts with other students
please send an email to mjaryan@hotmail.com. You'll receive a short
questionnaire to email back, and you'll be providing your students with a
most unique opportunity to become involved with their peers in stimulating,
interesting and unique educational activities.
(VK2KVE/VK2WI/arnewsline/audio vk4co)
INTRUDER WATCH - ENFORCEMENT ZONE
Chris VK2UW in Tweed Heads with the IARUMS report...
Our Region III IARUMS Coordinator is Arasu, V-U-2-U-R
and I-A-R-U Monitoring System International Coordinator, Robert Z-L-1-B-A-D.
Region 1: The MS Report of Region can now be found at:
http://www.iarums.com
Reports of intrusions from Iran, China, Eritrea and Russia were logged
by OM Pekka of Finland MSC; OM Dick PA5GN commented on the wobbling
jammers and beacons on 40 metres, USKA (Switzerland ) reported
310 Morse transmissions on 14320 kHz. VoBM from
Eritrea and the Single Letter Russian Beacons were heard all over too.
Remember all intruders should be reported to the IARUMS team ASAP.
VK8HA WIA IARUMS REPORT (40 meters)
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Freq Date Time Emm Degs RST Times R e m a r k s - D e t a i l s
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07070 0901 1655 A3E --- S9+40 Dly Broadcast in Arabic with JAMMER
07095 0801 1205 F?? -- S9 --- UI Multi
07100 0601 2025 A3 --- 24 dly B/cast Stn. Tehran CL.2028
This is VK4WIA... give us 40 minutes, we'll give you the world.
INTERNATIONAL
ITU
WIA ITU Conference Group CONSISTS OF VK1GH, VK1ZKM, VK3ADW, VK3APM
HARMONIZED 7 MHz ALLOCATION GAINS SUPPORT IN THE AMERICAS
A dozen countries in the Americas have agreed to support a proposal for a
"harmonized" 300-kHz amateur band in the vicinity of 7 MHz. The issue of a
uniform worldwide 40-meter allocation is on the agenda of the World
Radiocommunication Conference 2003 (WRC-03), set to be held in Geneva this
June and July.
Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela agreed to the
Canadian-sponsored IAP for a 300-kHz amateur band--from 7 to 7.3 MHz--in
all three ITU radio regions. That position is in line with what the
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has been calling for.
(AUDIO VK4BAT / sourced from arrl letter)
NEW ZEALAND - ZL - TECHNOLOGY CONVENTION.
This Easter, April 19th & 20th, Technology Convention will be hosted by
the Hamilton Amateur Radio Club in the Hamilton Astronomical Society,
adjacent to the Hamilton Zoo and has plenty of parking.
If the weather permits, some viewing of the night sky from the
optical telescope.
It is planned to have forums and presentations on such subjects as
microwave equipment construction, homebrew test equipment, APRS,
10 GHz ATV, plus others state of the art Amateur radio disciplines.
If you have any enquires about the Technology Convention, or visiting ZL
from overseas, write to:
Technology Convention 2003
PO Box 606
Hamilton
Or email Gavin Petrie at gavinwp@ihug.co.nz
JOHNSON ATOLL - KJ6 - QRT
Bert KJ6BZ {V73GOD} on the Pacific Inter Island Net, was to be the
last contact with the Johnston Island Amateur Radio Club.
Last contact at 0825 hrs Zulu on 14.315 mhz.
Final contacts were made with Frank K-H-6-C-D-O, John K-H-7-H-J and
Chris VK2UW
The Airforce has closed down Johnston Island and demolition will
start shortly on the remaining buildings.
The history of the Amateur Radio Club will be held in the archives
of the Airforce.
There will be probably DXpeditions to the island later but not under
the call of KJ6BZ.
This is a sad time in the history of amateur radio but will be part
of our history of Amateur Radio.
We thank Bert V73GOD for giving us the oportunity of being the last
to make contact with KJ6BZ
(Chris VK2UW)
SINGAPORE - 9V - UHF APPROVAL
iDA have approved the following UHF spot frequencies for Amateurs in
Singapore.
433.425MHz, 433.450MHz and 438.450 MHz. Maximum power 5 watts erp.
The SARTS UHF repeater should soon be in action Input (Rx) is 433.425 MHz
and output 438.425MHz (Tx).
Contact Ian, 9V1WD for more information, email
ian9v1wd@singnet.com.sg
TURKEY
Sergei Rebrov, M0SDX, the Ukrainian international footballer who moved
to Tottenham Hotspur in an 11-million deal in 2000, has moved to
Turkish side Fenerbahçe.
Sergei, whose Ukrainian callsign is UT5UDX, is a keen HF contester and
has been very active as M0SDX from his home in Essex and from other
locations in the British Isles over the last two years.
He is now in the process of obtaining a Turkish callsign.
(audio g4njh - gb2rs news reader)
FINLAND - OH - BEACON STOLEN
Martin Harrison, G3USF, the IARU Region 1 HF Beacon Coordinator, writes
that users of the five-band NCDXF network will have noticed the absence
in recent weeks of transmissions from the Finnish beacon, OH2B.
RSGB news reports it is now learned that the transmitter was stolen
some time ago. It is expected that transmissions will resume in the
European spring.
The beacons in South Africa and Peru are also off the air at present,
while signals from the Siberian beacon remain garbled.
(audio g4njh - gb2rs news reader)
UNITED KINGDOM - PHONE HOME AND FREE
A press release from the Department of Trade and Industry on the 18th of
February, gives the results of a new study of the emissions from mobile
phone masts.
The Government study examined mobile phone masts at 109 sites across the UK:
The study showed that readings ranged from hundreds to millions of times
below international guidelines.
The Government announced it will continue the study of masts in 2003.
Telecoms Minister Stephen Timms said: "We are aware of public concerns
and it is important to give the public the information they need. These
results continue to show that exposure levels of the public are well
below recommended limits."
The exposure limits are set by the International Commission for
Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection.
(audio g4njh - gb2rs news reader)
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