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THE BEST QNEWS YOU'LL HEAR ALL WEEK
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QNEWS - ALL OF THE NEWS ALL OF THE TIME LISTEN TO IT ON SEG 3
on the WIA WEB PAGE on wia.org.au/vk4
CONTESTS AWARDS AND SPECIAL EVENTS, AUDIO WITH CHRIS EDMONDSON
Contest Time Table for 2003-4
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* denotes new addition to calendar
Date Contest
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2003
22-23 ZL Jock White Memorial Field Day.
Mar 8- 9 2003 COMMONWEALTH CONTEST
15/16 John Moyle Field Day CW/SSB
May 24 VK/trans-Tasman Contest SSB
31 QRP Day CW
June 7 VK/trans-Tasman Contest CW
14-15 IMW International Museums Weekend.
August 30/31 VK ALARA Contest
Check the OFFICIAL VK Contest Site, www.vkham.com/contests/index.html
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AWARDS -
WIA FEDERAL AWARDS MANAGER VK6LC Mal.
QNEWS: Federal Awards Program update, produced by Mal VK6LC.
Part 4. file name: QNEWS FAP-part4.mp3 length 3 min 10 sec.
W.I.A. Grid Square award.
This one is a real technical one but not difficult and would suit many
persons that enjoy to pin point and locate "map-wise" the station worked.
H.F. Portable and QRP stations have fun with this one including VHF- UHF
operators.
The World including VK is divided up into many of thousands of metric grid
squares and you can accurately locate your contact or friend, similar to
a land survey map or marine chart.
Many Hams today have their Grid Square location printed on their QSL cards
and its handy to have your own Grid square at the ready. Also it's a
very popular award in Europe, Japan and North America.
This is another method to give you direct distance between station
locations.
Hard copy reference books or for the computer persons software programs
are available for easy tracking and logging.
It was only the other day I supplied some Grid Square locations to a group
that were to set a "Fox".
Did you really know what the grid square reference would be for the
City Hall in Brisbane? Yes, QG62mm. This in normal language equates to
27 deg, 28min, South. 153 degrees, 01min, East.
One of the main tools I use for checking these awards is the DxAtlas,
a computer program that is set up for grid square locating, and it shows
the whole world in very fine details. This can be found on
http://www.dxatlas.com/
Alternatively a hard copy reference book is available from ARRL, titled
"the ARRL World Grid Locator Atlas".
We also feature progress updates, in our AR. Magazine several times a year.
This broadcast has only covered the basic details.
Further information can be requested from the Federal Awards Manager:
P.O.Box. 196, Cannington. Western Australia. 6987.
or via Email: awards@wia.org.au
or our W.I.A National website. http://www.wia.org.au
Stay tuned to QNEWS for next week our "WAVKCA awards", this has been
another Federal Awards update 2003.
This is Mal. VK6LC for QNEWS, in Perth.
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ALARA AWARD
This is issued by the Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association.
Australian and New Zealand amateurs need ten ALARA members in
five VK call areas.
DX stations five contacts in four call areas.
Contacts may not be made via repeaters or the ALARA net.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
* denotes new on calender
MARCH 6-9
V-I-3-G-P callsign for the 2003 Australian Grand Prix
EMDRC will be once again activating the special commemerative station
VI-3-G-P. Listen out for V-I-3-G-P on the bands, give them a contact
and you'll secure yourself a unique commerative QSL card.
A roster is currently being drawn up with planned operating frequencies,
so listen out and we will give you updates as the event draws closer.
* TILL MARCH 14
The replica of Captain Cook's ship Endeavour is undergoing a major refit
in Cardiff until the 14th of March.
Members of the Barry Amateur Radio Society are operating special event
station GB0CCE, standing for 'Captain Cook's Endeavour', each weekend
until mid-March.
Operation will be mainly on the HF bands. For further details contact
Brian Brown, GW0PUP.
(AUDIO - G4NJH THE RSGB NEWS READER)
* MARCH 15 - 17
EI Activity Day 2003
All EI stations are asked to make a special effort to get on the air
for their annual EI Activity Day which this year is a three-day event,
to be held from Saturday March 15th to Monday 17th inclusive.
EI stations are still in great demand by stations trying complete
their Worked EI Counties Award and many overseas stations are also
collecting Worked All Ireland Squares.
* MARCH 23RD ENDS *
Dennis Green zs4bs@netactive.co.za tells us of the ZS Cricket World Cup.
The Oakdale Amateur Radio Club in Cape Town has been granted a
special event call sign for the CRICKET WORLD CUP being played in the
Republic of South Africa.
The call sign is ZS03CWC and ise operating on all bands
80 m to 10 m until the 23 March 2003.
QSL's can be sent to ZS03CWC, PO Box 2132 Bellville 7535 for
ZS stations and via ZS1AU on QRZ.COM for DX stations.
* MARCH 29
Saturday March 29 - commemorating the 25th anniversary of the release
of the movie "Run Silent, Run Deep" which featured Clark Gable,
Burt Lancaster, USS Redfish, and USS Kidd.
The USS Kidd Amateur Radio Club will "open all ports".
Operating 20 Meters around 14.250 to 14.320.
CW activity will be in the QRP area.
Other bands are possible.
QSL requests to W5KID c/o USS Kidd Museum, 305 S. River Road,
Baton Rouge, LA 70802.
2003 ALL YEAR
ZS-90-S-A-P
South-African Police Service celebrating their 90th anniversary
All bands down from 70cms plus packet.
try these selected QRG's 10 m - 28.400 to 28.500
20 m - 14.150 to 14.200
40 m - 7.050 to 7.095
PACKET : ZS0SAP @ ZS0VTB.GUA.ZAF.AF
QSL the SARL QSL BUREAU, QSL-MANAGER IS ZS6ZYM JAN SWANEPOEL
* denotes new on calender
MEDIA WATCH and PR OPPORTUNITIES
WIA's Amateur Radio Magazine Editor VK5UE
AR's Publishing Committee VK3's ABP, ANI, AUI, AZL, BR, DBB, OM.
WEBMASTER VK5UJ
QNEWS EDITOR VK4BB
EVERY SUNDAY, at 9am LOCAL (Sat 2300 UTC)
FROM FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND on 7.070/2 MHz
FROM SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND:-
1.825, 3.605, 7.118, 10.135, 14.342,
21.175, 28.400 52.525, 147.000, 438.500
Right throughout VK4 scan 146.6 to 148.0 MHz again at 9am local.
SUNDAY 6:45pm hear LAST weeks QNEWS broadcast
3.605 and 147.0 MHz from South East Queensland
MONDAY 7:00pm hear YESTERDAY's news again on 146.875 MHz
broadcast from Brisbane's Bayside repeater, and then
7:30pm on 3.605 and 147.0 MHz from Sth East Queensland.
Text editions on packet internet and personal email, visit
www.wia.org.au/vk4
News is updated 24/7 in both text and audio on this site.
MP3 Audio from same website by 2300 hours each Saturday.
Contact QNEWS, packet sp QNEWS@VK4WIE.BNE.QLD.AUS.OC
e-mail qnews@wia.org.au
UNITED STATES - W - HAM RADIO IN TV DOCUMENTARY
Ham radio is part of a soon to be shown documentary produced for the
Discovery Channel. Joe Moell, K0OV, has the details:
Members of the Hospital Disaster Support Communications System of
Orange County, California have been included in tapeings for a new
documentary series on the Discovery Channel. "Critical Rescue," a
series of programs featuring rescue workers and those who support
them.
A team from New Dominion Pictures spent a half-day with HDSCS last
August. They interviewed founder and leader April Moell, WA6OPS, and
taped reenactments of ham communications that took place on April 23,
when a 6000-ton mile-long freight train struck a standing
Metrolink double-decker commuter train at a crossing in Placentia,
causing three deaths and over 200 injuries. The drill was
immediately cancelled, and as rescuers converged on the train crash
scene, area hospitals braced for the wounded passengers.
As Net Control, WA6OPS quickly deployed hams to the 14 hospitals most
likely to receive victims. There they handled countless messages,
verifying victim dispatch and patient counts, providing information
for inquiring victim families, and communicating with hams supporting
the Red Cross. Within some hospitals, HDSCS provided direct links to
handle messages between triage areas, Emergency Departments, and
Command Posts.
From southern California, this is Joe Moell K-zero-Oscar-Victor for
Amateur Radio Newsline rebroadcast through QNEWS to the WIA.
We'd appreciate it if repeater managers would send the call sign, frequency,
location, and sponsoring club/organisation of the repeater as well as the
time and day QNEWS is aired to Graham VK4BB, qnews@wia.org.au each week.
Or by packet to qnews @ VK4WIE.#BNE.QLD.AUS.OC
SHORT WAVE MONITORING AND SCANNER NEWS
RDP Portugal current B-02 schedule
Port Mon-Fri
AF 1100-1300 21830 HR 142 / 18
1700-2000+ 17680% HR 144 / 22
USA/CAN 0600-0800 11675 RHOS 310 / 19
1300-2400* 15540 RHOS 294 / 20
All 100 kW from CEOC - Centro Emissor de Onda Curta Sao Gabriel, except
marked % = 300 kW.
+ Possibility to transmit and may be extended up to 2400 UT.
* Special transmissions, reserved for extended schedule ONLY.
All HF broadcasts are in Portuguese, except one broadcast is
locally relayed in Tetum for Timor, called "Timor Loro Sae",
and it's the sole foreign language broadcast aired by R. Portugal.
(POSTED ON PACKET BY Richard G3VGW @ GB7DBY)
DX EDGE, with BEACON and NET ADVICE
(tnx to RSGB)
DXCC Honor Roll deadline looms:
The deadline for the next ARRL DXCC Honour Roll list is rapidly approaching.
DXCC Honor Roll applications must be postmarked by March 31, 2003, for
operators to appear in the next list, which will appear in August QST.
(arrl letter)
* new on calender
VP8ROT is active from Rothera base on Adelaide Island, Antarctica.
The island counts as AN-001 for the RSGB Islands on the Air awards
He has been active on 20 metres between 0200 and 0500UTC.
* 25th and 26th of February are the Kuwaiti National and Liberation
Days and in most years there is increased activity by 9K stations for
several days either side of this holiday. Special event station 9K2NLD -
standing for 'National Liberation Day' - is also usually activated
during this period.
* G3SJJ, G3SVL and G3UEG are active as P3F from Cyprus in the CQ 160 Metre
SSB Contest this weekend.
V31GW and V31YN from Belize until the 25th of February.
* F5PAC <http://www.qsl.net/f5pac> Panama until 24th of March.
He will operate from several IOTA groups including NA-170 from the
25th to 27th of February.
* TILL MARCH 3
IK4UPB will be active on 10 to 160 metres SSB and CW as D44TD from the
Cape Verde Islands between the 25th of February and the 3rd of March.
* Jamaica, 6Y5/WN9O and 6Y5/WO9Z between the 22nd of February and
9th of March.
* F5CWU will be guest operating from 9S1X in the Democratic Republic of
Congo from the 24th of February to the 10th of March.
TILL MARCH 12
F-6-FXS, will be active from Guadeloupe.
He will operate only CW into a wire antenna.
40 through 10 meters. QSL direct or via the bureau. (OPDX)
* PJ7/W8EB to be active on 160 to 10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK-31 from
Saint Maarten from the 23rd of February until the 23rd of March.
* Starting Sunday, the 23rd of March, a group of Swedish amateurs
will be active as JW/SM0BSO, JW/SM0LQB and JW/SM1TDE from Svalbard.
Activity will be on all bands from 160 to 6 metres on CW, SSB, RTTY and
other digital modes.
*
F5PAC <http://www.qsl.net/f5pac> Panama until 24th of March.
A4/IV3NCC from Oman till end of March active on the low bands.
Cook Islands; April DXPedition. June VK4SJ has told her ARClub
another DXpedition to the Cook Islands should take place in April
and said "it would be nice to have as many club members contact
me as possible. More details to follow as the time draws near."
Les, 7Q7LA, is active from Malawi till middle of April.
* Mexiana Island will be on the air May 21st through the 25th.
Five operators will activate Mexiana on 40 through 10 SSB only.
Mexiana is considered the most wanted Islands on the Air group
in all of South America. More information is on the web at
http://www.mexianaisland2003.hpg.com.br
JM6DZB/JD1 Iwo Jima in the Ogasawara Islands until the end of 2003.
80, 40 and 15 metres SSB.
(AUDIO THANKS TO RSGB AND JEREMY BOOT G4NJH)
* new on calender
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER
VK5AGR is the AMSAT National Coordinator, vk5agr@amsat.org
VK5ZAI is the Australian Co-ordinator for ARISS.
AMSAT-VK HF Net.
2nd Sunday each month.
November through March 0900 UTC 7.068 MHz
April through October 1000 UTC 3.685 MHz
ARISS chair begs patience regarding R-S-0-I-S-S packet system:
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, is asking hams to be patient regarding
resumption of the ISS packet operation.
Bauer said ARISS has been working with NASA and Russian space officials
to get the system operational again, but that the ISS crew has other
priorities--especially in the wake of the Columbia tragedy.
(VK4FUQ AUDIO / sourced from arrl letter)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP --- MILITARY
UNITED STATES - W - UP PERISCOPE
On Feb 28, the sixtieth anniversary of the launching of USS Kidd, DD-661
USS Kidd Amateur Radio Club, sponsored by the Baton Rouge AR Club will be
"on the air".
Operating frequencies will be around 14.250 / 14.320.
CW activity will be in the QRP area.
Other bands are possible. QSL requests must be made with a stamped,
self-addressed size envelope )LARGE( or larger and sent to
W-5-K-I-D c/o USS Kidd Museum, 305 S. River Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70802.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ROAR
ROTARIANS OF AMATEUR RADIO
bill.learmonth@lineone.net
Guglielmo Marconi inventor of the wireless, it is said, was an
active member of the Rotary Club of Bologna, Italy.
Brisbane area Ham Ops who are Rotarians we need to URGENTLY touch base
regards this years International Convention....
contact vk4bb ASAP!
World Wide Ham Rotarians coming for the Convention, let me know we'll start
a listing so a big BrisVegas welcome can be assured!
All info will be passed to ROAR, Graham, VK4BB, is NOT the organisor!
just the conduit! hihi
THE LOWDOWN COLUMN
Join the DownUnder LF Group's Mailing List:
http://www.egroups.com/list/lofexp/
lowexp@egroups
G3AQC's Signals are Heard in Alaska - on 136kHz
Reaching Alaska from the UK using just one watt ERP is quite a feat for
any band, but Laurie Mayhead, G3AQC, has just achieved this on the
136kHz band.
In the early hours of the 15th of February he transmitted
to KL1X in Anchorage, and just before UK dawn at 0615 his callsign was
clearly identified.
G3AQC was using QRSS - very slow CW - with a 60-second dot period.
The distance was 7278 kilometres, a record for one watt ERP on 136kHz.
KL1X said, "What is more surprising than the distance is that the path
is notoriously poor between south-east Alaska, on the east coast of the
Pacific, and Europe.
The signal would theoretically go on a great circle route to nearly
80 degrees north, over the northern Canadian Arctic, northern Greenland,
east of Iceland, Glasgow, then over the UK to the South Coast - across
and through the Auroral oval.
There are some thoughts that the actual path might have
gone round or even under the Auroral zone as no Auroral Doppler was seen
on the received signal."
A lot of research and preparation work were carried out by G3NYK, G3LDO,
W3EEE and W4DEX, which helped to set this new record.
(audio g4njh)
IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK:-
NATIONAL NEWS
BERU or "Commonwealth Contest" VK4WIA for those "extra points" March 8-9
2003 Callbooks have arrived at the WIA NSW office!
DXCC Certificate has "achievement labels".
ACA NEWS
ACA have added a new spectrum embargo to R-A-L-I MS3. VK4BAT
CSIRO NEWS VK4FUQ
SATELLITE ECOLOGY
EDUCATION VK4CO
Ronnee Meachen VK4CO with a word to the young.
INTRUDER WATCH - ENFORCEMENT ZONE
Chris VK2UW in Tweed Heads with the IARUMS report... VK2UW
INTERNATIONAL
ITU
HARMONIZED 7 MHz ALLOCATION GAINS SUPPORT IN THE AMERICAS VK4BAT
NEW ZEALAND - ZL - TECHNOLOGY CONVENTION.
JOHNSON ATOLL - KJ6 - QRT
SINGAPORE - 9V - UHF APPROVAL
TURKEY - WHAT IT WAS WAS FOOTBALL RSGB
FINLAND - BEACON STOLEN RSGB
UNITED KINGDOM - PHONE HOME AND FREE RSGB
FRIEND OF VK4, VK2AXZ falls SILENT KEY
VK4 COUNCIL
Audio report by WIAQ Councillor VK4EHT Bruce Jones. VK4EHT
CLUB ACTIVITY
BRISBANE VHF GROUP
BUNDABERG
CITY OF BRISBANE RADIO SOCIETY
DALBY AND DISTRICT
GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY
LOGAN WEST AMATEUR RADIO & ELECTRONICS CLUB
MACKAY
SUMMERLAND AR CLUB (VK2)
SUNSHINE COAST
TOWNSVILLE
VK4 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS VK4DFD
ATV - TOWNSVILLE AND BRISBANE
MATTERS DIGITAL
WICEN
MAJOR GATHERINGS IN VK4 FOOTPRINT
WIA EXAMINATIONS IN VK4
VK4 AMATEURS WHO ARE JP's
CONTESTS AWARDS AND SPECIAL EVENTS WITH CHRIS EDMONDSON VK4AA
WIA FEDERAL AWARDS MANAGER VK6LC Mal, W.I.A. Grid Square award. VK6LC
ALARA AWARD
SPECIAL EVENTS
MEDIA WATCH and PR OPPORTUNITIES
UNITED STATES - W - HAM RADIO IN TV DOCUMENTARY ARNEWSLINE
SHORT WAVE MONITORING AND SCANNER NEWS
RDP Portugal current B-02 schedule
DX EDGE, with BEACON and NET ADVICE RSGB
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER VK4FUQ
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP --- MILITARY
UNITED STATES - W - UP PERISCOPE
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ROAR
ROTARIANS OF AMATEUR RADIO
THE LOWDOWN COLUMN
G3AQC's Signals are Heard in Alaska - on 136kHz RSGB
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