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THE BEST QNEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK
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THE FOLLOWING BULLETIN CAN BE HEARD IN THIS PREAMBLE
When communication counts, count on QNEWS..
PREAMBLE -
Wireless Institute Enters 93rd Year.
The WIA Passes another birthday this month. The Institute was founded at a
meeting held in Sydney in March 1910 by the experimenters of the day - who
were having trouble with the authorities who were charging one pound for the
annual license.
(Tim VK2ZTM via vk2wi)
And late news in , like to sit for your Amateur Examination in April?
The Redcliffe Club will conducting exams the 5th of April BUT Nominations
must be in by next Tuesday the 25th of March. So I suggest you ring NOW!
Laurie Pritchard on 3284 8859 ah
or email laurie@radioelectronicschool.com
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
FEDERAL WIA CONVENTION
The WIA Federal Convention and Annual General Meeting of the WIA will be
held in Adelaide on 4th, 5th and 6th April 2003.
Invitation to Convention dinner ----
Victorias APCNews says that WIA members who happen to be over in
South Australia next month are being invited to meet WIA federal office
bearers over dinner.
The occasion will be the annual Federal Convention, to be held between
the 4th and 6th of April.
Those wishing to attend the dinner should contact Peter VK5APR to arrange
a booking.
(VK5AVQ via APCNews)
Bookshop Now Stock QST, QEX Magazines
The Technical Bookshop now stocks QST and QEX Magazines and these are
available at VERY competitive prices.
The magazines are being offered as a trial and are on sale on a first-come,
first served basis. There are limited quantities available.
Enquiries may be made by EMAIL ONLY to the bookshop manager at
bookshop@wiansw.org.au
(Chris VK2QV via vk2wi)
GENERAL INTEREST NEWS FROM 'DOWNUNDER'.
HIGH-TECH HOTSPOTS ON TRIAL IN SMART STATE
Whether you're waiting for a train, or killing time in a foyer while you
wait for your next meeting - smart State technology may soon help take
the 'boredom' out of the waiting.
This year QLD I.T. Minister Paul Lucas' Department will trial high-tech
computer 'hotspots' in Brisbane - which will allow those with time to cool
their heels, time to log in to instant Internet access.
Mr Lucas said the computer hotspot wireless trials were being considered
for up to 20 state government sites in the city, including Roma Street
Station, the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, office buildings
and even Lang Pthe Suncorp Stadium.
Mr Lucas said the hotspots, which will use Wi Fi technology, would
provide people with cheap mobile broadband data services plus mobile
access to the internet.
(Media contact: Alison Smith 04 0716 6084)
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.
The Sunshine Coast Amateur Radio Club broadcast CW every Sunday night
from 7:30pm QLD time on 3.535MHZ.
This is Ronnee Meachen VK4CO
Queensland Innovation Minister Paul Lucas has met with seven students
from North Rockhampton State High School who'll be taking part in the
Professional Partnership Program, designed to introduce them to
job opportunities in science, engineering and Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) industries.
"These seven students will actually be placed in jobs so that they can see
what the industry is like, and whether it's an area they'd like to pursue
as a career," Mr Lucas said.
The program is being run by the Association of Professional Engineers,
Scientists and Managers Australia.
(Media contact: Alison Smith 04 0716 6084)
INTRUDER WATCH - ENFORCEMENT ZONE
IARUMS NETS
Friday 0730 UTC 7.065.5 with VK4CEU David.
VK2UW Chris Wright with Intruder Watch News:-
ENFORCEMENT: NO RULES BROKEN
A ham accused of running a telephone call-in program on 75 meters has
been cleared of any wrong doing. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce
Tennant, K6PZW has good news for one California ham:
Back on October 15, 2002, the FCC wrote to James S. Watkins, KI6GU,
of Burbank California. This, regarding complaints that his station
was involved in a telephone call-in like program on 3.830 MHz on
August 16th and 24th.
The complaints alleged that Watkins had operated the call-in show
using reverse phone patch. Copies were provided to him and the FCC
requested additional information from Watkins in regard to that
operation.
Watkins provided the requested information in a response dated last
November 12th. Following a thorough review the FCC now says that
that there were no violations of Commission rules since licensed
operators were in control of the station during all transmissions.
As a result the inquiry is closed and no enforcement action is deemed
to be necessary.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K7PZW, in Los Angeles.
Karl, VK6XW, reports that the 'MOB' on 14.144 are of ethnic chinese origin.
They speak a southern Chinese dialect akin to Hokkia, but mixed with
Indonesian words.
VK6XW thinks that they are living in the in the coastal region of Borneo
or Indonesia just close to Singapore and have something to do with
boating....
The YB0's seem to respect them but the "singer" is certainly in
need of treatment
The 'Mob' 14.044 has not been identified. But it's looking like
Thailand and Cambodia..
We will keep on trying !!!.
To all Observers, many thank's for the reports.
Cheers and all the best from Henry in Humpty Doo PH57NK
vk8ha@octa4.net.au
INTERNATIONAL
IARU
http://www.jarl.or.jp/iaru-r3/
WIA FEDERAL IARU OFFICER is VK6NE Neil Penfold
SUPPORT GROWING FOR FAVOURABLE 40-METER REALIGNMENT PLANS
With World Radiocommunication Conference 2003 (WRC-03) getting under way
in about three months in Geneva, support is growing for two favourable
proposals to create a 300-kHz worldwide 40-meter allocation.
ARRL and the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) seek a return to the
300-kHz allocation that existed worldwide prior to World War II but that
now exists only in the Americas.
Delegates to WRC-03 will attempt to address--and possibly eliminate--the
overlap on 40 meters between amateurs in the Americas (Region 2) and
broadcasters elsewhere (Regions 1 and 3).
(sourced from arrl letter)
NEW ZEALAND - ZL - LIFETIME LICENCES
Life-time licences will be introduced in ZL this year.
A call has gone out to ZL'ers that "If your licence is not current at
the time of introducing the 'life-time licence', it will cost you more
also you run the risk of your call sign not being available as
it may have been reissued to another amateur.
(infoline)
POLAND _ SP - NEW BANDS
Chris, SP5HS, reports that the new Polish national frequency allocation
table came into effect on the 27th of February. It allows for SP
amateurs to use the 136kHz band, while the 50MHz band is now allocated
to amateurs in Poland on a Secondary basis, shared with government
services.
Thanks to the RSGB HF Manager, Colin Thomas, G3PSM, for sending in this
news item.
(g4njh/rsgb)
IRELAND - EI - SUMMIT
The Summits on the Air award programme starts operation in the Republic
of Ireland on Saturday the 15th March. Several expeditions were planned
including an activation of one of County Wicklow's highest summits,
Tonlagee, at 817 metres above sea level.
Tomorrow, Monday the 17th, is Saint Patrick's day and EI7GY plans to
activate Fairy Castle, 536 metres above sea level. Look out for him on 2
metres FM (good catch for you ZL'ers!) and on 15, 20 and 40 metres CW and
SSB.
Anyone wishing to catch summits expeditions should subscribe to the SOTA
Internet reflector. This includes a facility which allows summits
activators to announce their activations in near real-time using a link
between the mobile phone SMS text system and e-mail. Details are on the
Internet and there's a link from the RSGB's site at www.rsgb.org
(sourced from gb2rs)
EI-0-TEN 28 MHz Beacon
Because of repeated reliability problems with EI-0-TEN at its present
location, the beacon is to be moved shortly.
Service interruptions will continue for the next 3 weeks or so.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused. The new location is also beside
the sea and should hopefully result in an equally good signal and vastly
improved reliability.
For further information please contact ei4hq@qsl.net
KC-3-RE CONCERT PIANIST-HAM'S RUN TO BENEFIT CANCER RESEARCH
Combining music, athletics and Amateur Radio to raise funds and awareness
for cancer research, Martin Berkofsky, KC3RE, is set to run from Tulsa,
Oklahoma, to Arlington Heights, Illinois.
An internationally known concert pianist and music scholar, Berkofsky plans
to celebrate his 60th birthday and his recovery from cancer with the
700-mile "Celebrate Life Run." Along the way, he hopes to contact as many
hams as possible on VHF and UHF as he navigates the back roads of the
Midwest.
Throughout his life, Berkofsky has enjoyed a parallel fascination with
electronics and music. A child prodigy at the piano, he was licensed in
1957 at age 14, first as KN3HDW, later K3HDW. Berkofsky has performed,
taught and operated from more than 25 countries and is renowned in the
music world for his Liszt performances and scholarship.
(arrl letter)
COLOMBIA QRT
Colombia's national ham radio society remains on the brink of being
dissolved and you may soon hear very few of that nations hams on the
air. This, according to Fred Laun, K3ZO in a report that originally
appeared in a number of D-X newsletters. The reason? The economy.
According to Laun, his old friend Beto Rojas, HK3DDD, in Bogota
informed him that postal rates in Colombia were doubled as of January
1st. That it now costs the equivalent of $2.00 U-S to send a letter
to the United States. And as a result Colombian hams would have to
pay the equivalent of 13 cents per QSL to send outgoing cards through
the bureau.
(Remember though it costs more than that from VK the VK HK economies
are VASTLY different)
Colombian I-A-R-U member society -- the Liga Colombiana de
Radioaficionados -- L-C-R-A -- was to meet on Saturday, March 1st to
dissolve itself. The problem is that L-C-R-A membership is down. It
now only has 200 paid members. It also had the equivalent of 8000
United States dollars in debt. It's leaders felt that it could no
longer stay in business.
But says Laun, a miracle actually happened. At the meeting one of
the members donated $7000 to pay off most of the current debt.
So, L-C-R-A will continue to operate as Colombia's national society for at
least the next three months.
In a note to Amateur Radio Newsline, Laun says that several Colombian
hams were apparently moved by the messages they received from around
the world and have vowed to try to rescue their almost 70 year old
society from the brink of oblivion. Even so, HK3DDD tells Laun that
many Colombian hams have stopped calling C-Q and some have even
terminated all high frequency operations. This is because they can
no longer afford to handle the economic consequences of the demand
for QSL cards.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP .
TRAVEL WARNING: DX'ERS ADVISED TO USE CARRY-ON LUGGAGE ONLY
If you are planning a D-Xpedition, you might want to think in terms
of smaller being better. This following reports of vandalism to the
luggage of a recent DXpedition by none other than those highly
trained security folks at Seattle Washington's Sea-Tac Airport.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, in Auckland New
Zealand reports on what happened to a bunch of DXpedition operators
who were headed home:
When the D-Xpedition group returning from the recent AH3D operation
reached Seattle for their connection to Copenhagen Denmark, all their
Samsonite case's locks were been broken by the Sea-Tac Airport
security people who just had to take a peek inside. The checking was
done in a secure area of the Seattle airport. As most seasoned
travellers know, security is supposed to find the passengers to get
the keys to luggage that they want to inspect. In this case security
simply broke into them, resulting in damage to the luggage and some
rather messy repacking.
As a result of this experience, D-X'er Martti Laine, OH2BH, says he
will be going hand carried from now on. When he operates the ARRL
SSB Contest from the Canary Islands as EA8BH it will be using the new
Yaesu FT-897. This is a radio that weighs in at only 8 and 1/2
pounds and can be toted along in the passenger cabin with him.
Laine says that EA8BH will be on the air on all bands using the new
Yaesu radio. He adds that the QSL for this operation will feature
information on this new, compact DXpedition, approach.
From down-under I'm Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, for the Amateur Radio
Newsline.
Compiled by VK4BB
Packet: qnews@vk4wie.#bne.qld.aus.oc
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