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QNEWS - OPERATIONAL - MARCH 2
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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
To avoid confusion QNEWS only lists contests from:-
Contest Managers themselves, the WIA and Radio Amateurs of Canada
and does not necessarily endorse, support or vouch for the accuracy
of the information provided.
WIA FEDERAL CONTEST COORDINATOR Ian Godsil contests@wia.org.au
Contest Time Table for 2002-3
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* denotes new addition to calendar
Date Contest
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2003
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 5. file name: QNEWS FAP-part5.mp3 length 1 min 59 sec.
Worked or Heard all VK Call Areas.
These awards with out a doubt is the most popular among VK and overseas
Amateurs.
It can be achieved on H.F. and VHF and its an easy challenge to work
all of Australian States including the Antarctic region.
It's a very large colourful certificate that can also is shared with
Short Wave Listeners as well.
On H.F. we need a total 73 variable contacts from all States, Territories
including Antarctica.
For the VHF only 22 variable contacts from the same areas are required.
The big feature for this award is we honour extracts from your log book
only, no requirement to hold QSL cards.
Again we also feature progress updates, in AR Magazine several times a year.
We have updated this certificate as a face lift and added all Australian
ACA VK9 prefixes as they
are in 2003.
The prefix areas are:
VK9C Cocos Keeling Islands.
VK9L Lord Howe Island.
VK9M Mellish Reef.
VK9N Norfolk Island.
VK9R Rowley Shoals.
VK9W Willis Islands.
VK9X Xmas Island.
P.O.Box. 196, Cannington. Western Australia. 6987.
or via E-mail: awards@wia.org.au
or our W.I.A National website. http://www.wia.org.au
Stay tuned to QNEWS for next week our "VHF Century Club & Worked all
States V.H.F awards".
This has been another Federal Awards update 2003.
This is Mal. VK6LC for QNEWS, in Perth.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
* denotes new on calender
* TILL MARCH 31
To commemorate the 125th anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria, the
Balkan Contest Club LZ1KZA will operate with the special event callsign
LZ-125-O from the 1st to the 31st of March 2003.
Activity will be on CW, SSB and RTTY on all the HF bands.
MARCH 6-9
V-I-3-G-P callsign for the 2003 Australian Grand Prix
EMDRC will be once again activating the special commemorative 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 commemorative 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 is 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
THE QNEWS WORK BENCH - the nuts and volts report
(Measure twice - Cut once!)
Watch your PSK31 signal in Europe
Do you want to see if your PSK-31 signal is being heard in Europe?
Well now you can without the need to call CQ or arrange a contact.
There is now a PSK-31 real time receiver in Germany, permanently tuned to
14.070 MHz.
You simply log into the receiver's website and watch the display, which
shows all signals near that frequency. Just like with your PSK-31 receiving
software, you click on a yellow line and start decoding a signal.
Apart from doing test transmissions, we anticipate that the facility will
be useful for listeners who want to monitor amateur PSK.
The receiver used is a TS-450 and the antenna is a 20 metre longwire.
http://www.hamradio-portal.com/psk/start.html
(sourced from APCNews)
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
Joining our 1K Club, the gang at the Sunshine Coast
have just clocked up 1008 callbax this council year
Peter VK4PJ has asked if their is someone out their in listening
land that would like to help him out with some rebroadcasts of
QNEWS on 30 meters. Give VK4PJ Peter a callback after this news, 10.135
The GCARS has agreed that the Q News will be on Channel 6700
this Sunday but on the following Sunday, 9th March it will be
relayed on 146.950 MHz located on Springbrook.
Callbacks will be appreciated to assess coverage and will be taken
following the relay by Daphne Ayers V-K-4-I-A.
DX EDGE, with BEACON and NET ADVICE
(tnx to GB2RS/G4NJH)
DXCC Honour Roll deadline looms:
The deadline for the next ARRL DXCC Honour Roll list is rapidly approaching.
DXCC Honour 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.
TILL MARCH 3
IK4UPB will be active on 10 to 160 metres SSB and CW as D44TD from the
Cape Verde Islands till the 3rd of March.
* TILL MARCH 6
8P9NX is active, mainly on RTTY and CW, from Barbados.
Jamaica, 6Y5/WN9O and 6Y5/WO9Z to 9th of March.
F5CWU will be guest operating from 9S1X in the Democratic Republic of
Congo 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)
* TILL MARCH 20
FO5RK reports that he is planning to be active again from Rapa Island
between the 1st and 20th of March. Rapa Island is located in the
Australs group, which counts as a separate DXCC entity from French
Polynesia. For the RSGB IOTA awards program, its reference is OC-051.
PJ7/W8EB to be active on 160 to 10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK-31 from
Saint Maarten 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."
* TILL APRIL 10
David Cree, G3TBK, is returning to work in St Vincent and is active
again as J88DR from now until the 10th of April. He is active on all
bands from 3.5 to 28MHz, mostly CW. There may also be a possibility of
some operation on 160 metres if he can find sufficient space for an
antenna. He will be participating in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest next
weekend, the 8th and 9th of March.
All QSLs go to UK call, G3TBK, either via the bureau or direct.
Les, 7Q7LA, is active from Malawi till middle of April.
* TILL APRIL 30
8Q7VR is active from the Maldives from now until May this year.
QSL information is via UR9IDX.
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.
* new on calender
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ARDF
WIA ARDF COORDINATOR VK3WW Jack vk3www@alphalink.com.au
http://users.mackay.net.au/~ron/
http://www.homingin.com
http://www.ardf.org.au
5th IARU Region 3 ARDF championships in Ballarat 28 Nov - 3rd December 2003.
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER
ARISS CONTACT WITH JAPANESE SCHOOL FIRST SINCE COLUMBIA TRAGEDY
Pupils at an elementary school in Japan have been the first youngsters to
speak to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station since the
shuttle Columbia tragedy.
The contact took place between 8-N-3-H-E-S at the Hirano Elementary School
and astronaut Don Pettit, KD5MDT, at the controls of NA1SS.
The direct 2-meter contact was arranged by the Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS) program, which has been on hold
since the shuttle catastrophe.
We pick up the story from Amateur Radio NewsLine:-
" One of the first questions answered had to do with ecology.
How do you dump your garbage in space?
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CONTACT AUDIO
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This is the 3rd ARISS School contact with a school in Japan. To see a
list of questions and hear all of the answers you only need to take
your web browser over to the JN1GKZ website. You will find it at:
http://www.qsl.net/jn1gkz/sound/ariss/8n3hes.htm
(sourced from arrl letter and AmateurRadio NewsLine)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- SOTA
www.sota.org.uk
John Linford g3wgv@aol.com
Summits on the Air (www.sota.org.uk) is an award scheme that
encourages HF and VHF portable operation from hilltops, much like
IOTA does for islands.
It has proved very popular in the UK with many hilltops being
Activated some summits by more than one team in the day! Since it
started in March last year there have already been over 500 summit
activations - it has caught on really quickly (perhaps helped by the
introduction of the FT817?).
In the UK there are qualifying summits all over the country so for most
people there is at least one nearby and they are not all huge mountains
so there is something that is possible for everyone.
The UK, South Africa and Ireland are climbing to new heights with this
one, so come on VKer's come on up! The scheme makes it easy to start up
SOTA in other countries, contact John Linford G3WGV for details
(g3wgv@aol.com).
IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK:-
QNEWS AT FEDERAL WIA CONVENTION
NATIONAL NEWS - YOU HAVE MAIL
NEW MEMBERS TO OUR INSTITUTE
CSIRO NEWS - SUBMARINE CACOPHONY
BROADCAST BAND NEWS - Neighbours find ABC has turned the radio up too far
EDUCATION - VK4CO
INTRUDER WATCH - VK2UW
INTERNATIONAL
World Amateur Radio Day, April 18, 2003.
NEW ZEALAND - ZL - TECHNOLOGY CONVENTION.
SOUTH AFRICA - ZS - SATELLITES OFFER SOLUTIONS FOR AFRICA
GERMANY 5 MHz
UNITED KINGDOM - CALLSIGNS
UNITED STATES - W - SPECTRUM PROTECTION ACT
VK4 COUNCIL
CLUB ACTIVITY
BARC
CITY OF BRISBANE RADIO SOCIETY
LOGAN WEST AMATEUR RADIO & ELECTRONICS CLUB
TOWNSVILLE
VK'S MOST WANTED
VK4 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ATV
VK4 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- "MATTERS DIGITAL"
VK4 AREA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO SCOUTING
MAJOR GATHERINGS IN VK4 FOOTPRINT
WIA EXAMINATIONS IN VK4
VK4 AMATEURS WHO ARE JP's
CONTESTS - VK4AA
AWARDS - WIA FEDERAL AWARDS MANAGER VK6LC Mal.
Worked or Heard all VK Call Areas.
SPECIAL EVENTS
THE QNEWS WORK BENCH - the nuts and volts report
Watch your PSK31 signal in Europe
MEDIA WATCH and PR OPPORTUNITIES
DX EDGE, with BEACON and NET ADVICE
(tnx to GB2RS/G4NJH)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ARDF
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- SOTA
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QNEWS - we've reported...YOU decide.
Before you criticise someone, walk a mile in his shoes.
That way, If he gets angry, you'll be a mile away - and he'll be barefoot.
Enjoy and LONG LIVE AR !!
GOOD ROWING!
Author VK4BB
Packet: qnews@vk4wie.#bne.qld.aus.oc
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