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THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK
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NATIONAL NEWS
WIA FEDERAL PRESIDENT IS ERNEST HOCKING VK1LK
president@wia.org.au
VK3ZWI says the bushfires are still burning in VK3's north-east
and the Gippsland region in far eastern Victoria.
WICEN Victoria has been asked to provide operators for five air wing
locations.
Good news is tere has been a reduction in the number of operators
required at Ovens and Mt Beauty.
Corryong is still very active with a large amount of traffic still being
passed as the fires are still very large and out of control in the High
Plains area.
BROADCAST BAND NEWS
Australia's biggest broadcasting summit will be held in
Sydney 19 & 20 February for what promises to be one of the biggest
such events ever!
Details call Anthony Sprange 9922 5609
or e-mail anthonys@amevents.com.au
INTRUDER WATCH - ENFORCEMENT ZONE
Region III IARUMS Coordinator
B.L.Manohar (Arasu) VU2UR Vu2ur@mailcity.com
VK Federal Coordinator.
VK8HA Henry Andersson vk8ha@octa4.net.au
P.O. Box 619
HUMPTY DOO N.T. 0836
INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO UNION. REGION 3
MONITORING SYSTEMS NEWSLETTER.
The repeated appeals for organising Monitoring Systems in every
National Society of the Region, is showing results.
RAST-Thailand and HARTS-Hong Kong are the latest Societies to join.
HARTS have nominated their Monitoring Systems Coordinator as
Keiren VR2BXM.
This month also the picture points to the various harmonics,
spurious and fundamental Broadcasting channels used by Radio Pyongyang,
DPR-Korea;
Indonesian and Chinese intrusions affected Australia.
New Zealand has Havana Gurgle and the Sea State radar-CODAR and
many data stations on various amateur frequencies.
Continuing the topic of long range cordless telephone QRM in India,
Sandip VU2UGO from Bombay and same same intruders in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
reports Pandit VU2DCT.
Hani Raad, OD5TE, Region 1 MS Coordinator comments that " The topic of
VHF TELEPHONE QRM is very important.
It is a matter the whole region is suffering from and has had from
time to time shut down repeaters because of FM wireless Telephones.
That matter should studied very carefully, we should work on collecting
specific info on phone types and frequencies for base and Mobile.
(Compiled by B.L.Manohar Arasu VU2UR Regional Monitoring Systems Coordinator)
WICEN/RESCUE RADIO INTERNATIONAL
WIA WICEN CHAIRMAN IS VK3ZRV
WICEN EVENT CALENDAR... Check with YOUR WICEN coordinator to confirm.
VK4 area from club bulletins forwarded to QNEWS.
* new to calender
VK7 14-16 Feb - Rally Tasmania 2003
VK2 1-2 Mar - Eden Creek - Horse Enduro. CFM TBA.
VK2 12-16 Mar - East Coast Rally (Mal VK2YVA).
VK2 15-23 Mar - RTA Big Bike Ride (Mark VK2XGK).
VK2 18 Apr - Good Friday.
VK4 18-21 Apr - North Queensland "No Limits Adventure Ride".CANCELLED
VK2 25-27 Apr - ANZAC Day 3 DAY PADDLE WICEN (nr)
VK4 14-15 Jun - TERA Mt Pleasant Endurance Ride (tarc)
VK2 21-22 Jun - Bonalbo Bash - Horse Enduro.
VK4 6 Jul - Magnetic Island to Townsville swim.
VK4 26-27 Jul - North Queensland Forrest Rally (tarc)
VK2 3- 5 Oct - Eden Creek - Horse Enduro
VK2 18-19 Oct - JOTA WICEN VK2 involvement.
VK2 8- 9 Nov - Hawkesbury Canoe Classic (Mark VK2XGK/Neil VK2XNF)
* new to calender
WICEN VK2
WICEN can be contacted by phone on 04 0839 7217
(Mark Cheeseman VK2XGK, is President, WICEN (NSW) Inc.)
30 Mar - WICEN(NR) AGM - Lismore Workers Club.
3 DAY PADDLE DOWN THE RICHMOND RIVER LISMORE TO BALLINA
FRIDAY 25 APRIL 2003 (ANZAC DAY) TO SUNDAY 27 APRIL 2003
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE To raise funds for the following two charities.
The Buttery 'nd Summerland Early Intervention Program
RESCUE RADIO INTERNATIONAL
An innovative CD-ROM training package developed by two Brisbane-based
companies is being hailed as a world-first in first aid training.
Minister for Innovation and Information Economy, Paul Lucas, joined
swimming identity Laurie Lawrence for the poolside launch of First Aid Now
in Brisbane.
The training package requires a user to briefly connect to the Internet
on a multimedia computer to register their details and submit results for
assessment. In less than four hours a person can complete their
CPR training and assessment.
2 CD-ROMs cover CPR as well as first aid in emergencies such as
head and spinal injuries; poisons, bites and stings; fractures; and
motor vehicle accidents.
Users can attain a nationally-recognised Senior First Aid qualification.
For more information on First Aid Now, visit www.lifeint.com.au
or Laurie Lawrence's "Kids Alive Do the Five" website www.kidsalive.com.au
(Media contact: Alison Smith 04 0716 6084)
UNITED STATES - W - WISCONSIN UTILITY MAKES AWARD TO ARES/RACES GROUPS
Wisconsin gas and electric utility, has given ARES/RACES organisations
in 17 Wisconsin counties a total of $39,000 to enhance their emergency
communication capabilities.
This grant would help to build an effective statewide packet
network for use during emergencies, it's hoped the idea will
"snowball" and inspire other companies to follow suit.
(sourced from arrl letter)
INTERNATIONAL SILENT KEYS
K-D-5-E-S-I
K-C-5-Z-T-C
K-C-5-Z-S-U
These 3 explorers lost their lives last weekend along with the entire
crew of STS-107, Shuttle Columbia, as it seemed to explode, burn and
disintegrate over Texas, just some sixteen (16) minutes before touchdown
after her 16 days in space.
Columbia was the oldest ship in the NASA fleet.
The crew with Amateur Radio Calls were Mission Specialists:-
'KC' Chawla, KD5ESI, David Brown KC5ZTC and Laurel Clark KC5ZSU.
Students from Melbourne's Glen Waverley College were devastated, 16
days ago they were in the USA to watch Columbia carry a school project
into the void of deep space, a science experiment that took 8 'Aussie'
spiders into the void, to test the strength of spider webs in zero-gravity.
The flags of the United States, the ARRL and the International Amateur
Radio Union (IARU) flew at half mast at ARRL Headquarters as the
Amateur Radio community joined the rest of the world in mourning the
loss of the seven shuttle Columbia astronauts.
Through the Space Amateur Radio EXperiment (SAREX) and the Amateur Radio
on the International Space Station (ARISS) programs, amateurs have enjoyed
a special relationship with the astronaut corps.
The ARRL said the ARISS Team is receiving condolence messages from
all over the globe, JA1KAB ARISS-Japan, AMSAT-NA President VE3FRH,
President and CEO of the Experimenting Danish Radio Amateurs O-Z-7-S,
the ARRL also received messages expressing "heartfelt condolences" from
Hong Kong Amateur Transmitting Society President VR2BBC and from President
of the Amateur Radio Society of Kenya 5Z4MR.
Still in space on the International Space Station are KD5JBP, RV3FB and
KD5MDT. Currently no word on their anticipated return as NASA suspends
it's Shuttle Flights. Columbia had not visited the ISS this mission,
the first in several years designated a stand alone project.
Pilotless Russian Craft will resupply the ISS.
Again, our Hams lost in space, intrepid space explorers
K-D-5-E-S-I
K-C-5-Z-T-C
K-C-5-Z-S-U
INTERNATIONAL
NEW ZEALAND - ZS - SURVEY
NZART are conducting a survey amongst it's members to garner
information on their call book.
NZART's Business Management Committee wish to gauge the feelings of the
membership on what they want with future issues of Call Book.
ISRAEL - 4X4 - TREES REMEMBER 911
Hagal International reports that the Israel Amateur Radio Club will
plant one hundred and nineteen trees in that nations Silent Keys'
Forest. These trees are in memory of the ham radio operators who
lost their lives in the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks in New
York City, Washington D-C and Pennsylvania.
Hagal International is the English language on-line edition of the
Israel Amateur Radio Club's monthly magazine. It can be found in
cyberspace at www.iarc.org. The planting of trees in remembrance is
a tradition among people of the Jewish faith.
(Hagal International via ARNewsLine)
SWEDEN - SM - AR ON THE AIR
Plans for an Amateur TV Program on Satellite TV
There are plans by a Swedish company to start a monthly amateur TV
magazine program to be transmitted on satellite TV.
A test transmission will be made via the Astra 1A satellite
at 5 degrees East on the 9th of February between 0900 and 1000UTC.
The same test broadcast will be made on the 9th of March as well.
For further details contact Ben, SM6CKU, at sm6cku@parabolic.se
(rsgb)
UNITED STATES - W - NAB HAM RADIO RECEPTION IN LAS VEGAS
The annual National Association of Broadcasters Ham Radio Reception
will take place during the NAB Convention on Wednesday April 9. The
reception venue is the Hilton Hotel adjacent to the Las Vegas
Convention Centre.
Again this year the reception is co-hosted by CQ Magazine and Kenwood
Communications and runs from 6 to 8 PM. This gives anyone planning
to attend ample time to see one another yet ending early enough so
that people can enjoy a night on the town or grab a flight home.
More information on the Ham Radio Reception will be posted at www.cq-
amateur-radio.com. Information about the convention and on-line
registration is at www.nab.org/conventions (CQ)
The Venue.. I know it well, was back in February of '81 yours truly
VK4BB and XYL Sharon were involved in the fatal Hilton fire....
and spent 48 hours in our evening clothes! Fire having ripped thru
our 27th floor room!
Callbacks follow the RF editions, but also for Internet readers you may
lodge a quick reply to let us know you receive "the Q"
write a message to qnews@wia.org.au
Packet readers to qnews@vk4wie.#bne.qld.aus.oc and as an SP msg.
Author VK4BB
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