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Thanks for taking the time to tune QNEWS, I'm Bruce Jones VK4EHT and
this is todays news to hand.
Mark Tell VK4KMT is part of only 6 UN international staff permanently
inside YI, we'll have a comprehensive look at who's who in the ham
world of that War Torn Region later in this text bulletin.
NATIONAL NEWS
VK's ENTRY LEVEL LICENCE AND CONSULTATION
This following note from G4EBT is worth repeating, not only for our
packet friends, yes Veronica there are still packeteers! hihi, but for
our RF and internet Q Listeners.
It comes in response to a flurry of packets? sent WW from vk hams.
"As to the consultation process, the WIA - like RSGB have no doubt done
their best to keep members informed by news bulletins on packet, by
their newsletter, on the net, and maybe on the air too.
Some may say "I'm not a WIA member, I don't listen to the news, I'm not
on the internet, I'm not a Club member, but I expect to be consulted".
For someone who's in a communications hobby to be such a poor communicator
is a problem for him - not the WIA.
I'm generalising about attitudes which are all too prevalent. In my view,
gaining a full amateur radio licence is a breeze compared to gaining a
driving licence, and always was.
So... just HOW are we going about this survey to revitalise amateur radio?
The survey will be inserted into the May issue of AR magazine for WIA
members in VK2, VK3 and VK7. The remaining WIA Divisions are making
arrangements to survey their members.
Results of the survey are expected to be published in late May or early June.
This survey will help the Wireless Institute of Australia in preparing
the submission to the Australian Communications Authority for the
restructuring of the amateur licensing system.
At the centre of change is a proposed new Entry Level Licence, which will
take a new approach to the training of prospective radio amateurs. It relies
on mentoring to ensure proper induction and qualifying people for an amateur
licence.
The Entry Level Licence will make amateur radio more accessible and relevant
to more people looking for a communications hobby, and also for the benefits
it can provide as a training ground for a technical career.
MIDDLE EAST/ASIA MINOR
ARRL Membership Services Manager Wayne Mills, N7NG, says the League will
accept for DXCC credit YI/ operations from Iraq by Coalition military
personnel provided the operator has written permission from his or her
commanding officer.
"There is precedent for this," Mills said, citing an operation during the
1991 Gulf War. "These operators will need written authorization to operate
from their commanding officers until an interim Iraqi civilian government
is in place," Mills said. After that point, operators would need
documented permission from Iraqi authorities.
The Daily DX <http://www.dailydx.com> has reported that several hams with
the US military in Iraq have been showing up on the air in recent days.
Mark Smith, NG5L, has been active from near Nasiriya as YI/NG5L on SSB,
usually around 0500 UTC near 14.195 MHz. Mark is in Iraq with the
82nd Airborne Division.
Jim Dunkerton, YI/KT4CK, has been active on 15-meter SSB between 1430 and
1600 UTC. Dunkerton is believed to be with the 101st Airborne.
Bob Furzer, 9K2ZZ/K4CY, reportedly has been on the air from Iraq as
K4CY/p or K4CY/m.
So who should we be looking for these days?
Mark Tell VK4KMT is part of only 6 UN international staff permanently
inside YI.
Mark has told QNEWS via P29KFS
Further to that ....
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) had a crucial role in
ensure sufficient food resources are brought into Iraq under the
Oil for Food programme, before the conflict. This role will become
even more critical in the post-conflict era in a country where
60% of the population is dependent on external food aid.
We currently have hundreds of Iraqi national staff still working inside
the country.
One of them is Diya, YI1DZ, in Baghdad, who is our Baghdad Telecoms Officer.
FITTEST, the Dubai based ICT fast intervention team from UN World Food
Programme, known from their activity in many previous operations
(5X, 9Q, 9X,, YU8, YA, AP) is responsible to build up the technical
infrastructure to ensure WFP can move the relief food fast and safe.
Since a considerable time, several hams from FITTEST have been working in
and around Iraq as part of an extensive UN contingency planning.
S53R, S57CQ and ON6TT were active from YI just before the conflict.
S53R was actually the very last UN international staff evacuated before
the conflict.
Apart from support to the UN World Food Programme, our team was also
been given the mandate to build up the minimum telecoms networks
(VHF repeaters, satellite communications, HF base and mobile stations,
radio rooms, re - worked procedures and callsigns etc...) for
ALL UN humanitarian workers and NGOs...
Our FITTEST staff are prepositioned in TA, 5B, A6, 9K, EP, YK and JY
ready go into Iraq as part of the very first UN assessments.
Many of our guys have already been active from their current locations.
Several of us have already gone into Iraq, since the conflict started.
The hams amongst those were:
Patrick Pointu, F5ORF and Mark Tell, VK4KMT.
Apart from Mark, here is a list of the hams in our FITTEST team ready to
go in:
S53R - Robert: ready to go into Baghdad next week. On standby in 5B
ON6TT- Peter : ready to go into Baghdad next week.
On standby shuttling between 5B and A6
S57CQ- Dane : ready to go into Erbil the moment we have flight clearance.
On standby in 5B
ON4WW- Mark : ready to go anywhere. Currently in ON, goes to YK on standby
F5ORF-Patrick: ready to go into the Southern part. On standby in 9K
EK6KB- Karen : ready to go into Baghdad. On standby in JY
4L4FN- Edi : ready to go into North Iraq.
On standby in TA (part of WFP ICT staff)
SM4TFE-Kent : ready to go anywhere. On standby in A6
PE1RMN-Joost : arriving soon in A6, ready to go anywhere
Also joined our team recently:
ON5NT-Ghis, who is part of our coordinating team in A6.
Also in A6, we have Mats-SM7PKK.
SM7WZA-Leo is working for us in 5B
(73-Peter-ON6TT (in A6 today))
Other hams are known to be in Iraq, including G8AUU.
Signing portable YI from Iraq Chris Partridge, G8AUU, reported to
Amateur Radio Newsline 8482 from Kuwait City that with the war winding
down a number of international news agencies plan on setting up
bureaus in Baghdad, Basra, Mousal and other key Iraqui cities.
G8AUU was in a news satellite truck when NewsLine spoke with him by
telephone on Saturday April 12th. According to Chris, more than a
small number of the technicians and engineers serving at these
bureaus will be hams. This includes a satellite engineer from
Polish TV, some French hams working for Globecast and a number of
others that he knows of. G8AUU believes that its only a matter of
time before some of them get ham radio gear and take to the air --
portable YI -- from Iraq.
Keith, EI4JM, one of the Dalkey Island Contest Group operators, will be
stationed in YA, Afghanistan, for the next year. He is working with the
aid agency Concern, looking after their HF communications and computer
IT systems and hopes to be QRV on the amateur frequencies once
he gets his YA licence sorted out.
Despite some recent operations, YA is still on the DXCC most wanted list
so we guess he will be kept busy.
(W9VNE / G8AUU / ARNewsline8482 / ON6TT via VK4KMT & P29KFS / irts)
UNITED KINGDOM
From LF to Laser - New Distance Records Claimed
Three British Amateurs have achieved the unusual feat of setting new
UK distance records for bands at the opposite ends of the spectrum.
G3GRO and G8LSD teamed up with G0MRF to set new distance records for
73kHz in the LF spectrum and for Laser communications at a wavelength
of 670 nanometres.
On the 73kHz band contact was established from Ayr in Scotland to
Lands End on the evening of April 1st. The distance covered was 610
kilometres.
Four days later G8LSD and G0MRF spanned 49.3 kilometres between Dover
and Fairlight. After three hours waiting for the atmosphere to
clear and precisely locating each other, calls and reports of 559
and 579 were finally exchanged.
Both stations used modulated CW achieved by switching the laser on
and off at 488Hz. When the lasers were aligned, even over nearly 50
kilometres, they were among the brightest objects on the horizon.
(GB2RS via APCNEWS)
This is QNEWS, still to come, Club and Operational news with VK4DFD
and Operational News with VK4AA.
I'm Bruce Jones VK4EHT for "The Q".
THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD IN SEGMENT TWO (2) OF OUR AUDIO SERVICES
QNEWS -- ALL OF THE NEWS ALL OF THE TIME at www.wia.org.au/vk4
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WIA Queensland Tel : 3221 9377
PO Box 199 Wavell Heights, Qld 4012
Queensland
Contact WIAQ by HF Radio 3.605 Mondays 7:30pm after QNEWS
Packet sp qnews@vk4wie.#bne.qld.aus.oc
Web Page http://www.wia.org.au/vk4
E-mail: president@wiaq.powerup.com.au WIAQ President
fedcounc@wiaq.powerup.com.au Federal Councillor
treasurer@wiaq.powerup.com.au Treasurer
awards@wiaq.powerup.com.au Contest/Award Manager
clubsinfo@wiaq.powerup.com.au Club info to WIAQ
secretary@wiaq.powerup.com.au Secretary
e-mail: QSL Bureau = wiaqqsl@powerup.com.au
QNEWS newsroom = qnews@wia.org.au
QTC Magazine = qtc@wiaq.powerup.com.au
QTAC = qtac@yahoogroups.com
VK4 COUNCIL
Dale VK4DMC Far North Queensland councillor of the WIAQ has suffered
major injuries following a 3 meter fall from his roof!
Breaking 5 ribs in the process, it didn't end there! he also managed
to impale his leg on a garden stake, just missing a major artery!
Dale is in hospital and everyone in Amateur Radio wishes you a
speedy recovery Dale!
(tarc)
CLUB ACTIVITY
CABOOLTURE AR CLUB
teletext page 925
President is VK4DLA.
VK4YNW, NOEL: Monday - 146.925 MHz at 9:30 UTC
Back Up Frequency 146.550 (SIMPLEX)
VK4DLA, Udo: Friday - 3.610 + - QRM 9:30 UTC
Caboolture Radio Club Inc has advised their new postal address.
Caboolture Radio Club Inc
C/- The Caboolture Historical Society
Beerburrum Rd
Caboolture 4510
Australia
CLAIRVIEW
Please note that the 2003 Clairview monster auction and get together fun
weekend it is only days away. Its on May Day weekend 3rd - 4th May
Contact Clairview Beach Holiday Park
1 Colonial Drive
Clairview 4741
phone 4956 0190 to book.
DARLING DOWNS
President is Dougal VK4EKA
Secretary is Theo Moller VK4ESK telephone 4691 5154
The club meets at SES HQ, 172 Stephen St, TOOWOOMBA,
on fourth Monday of each month at 7.30 PM and all visitors are welcome.
2nd Monday of month the Management Committee meets.
Net Times Saturday 7:30 pm 3.587
Sunday 10:00 am VK4RDD Repeater 146.75
LOGAN WEST AMATEUR RADIO & ELECTRONICS CLUB
IRLP NODE 6402
President VK4JPH Peter 3800 3305
Meeting's the first Monday of every month.
At the Scout Den behind the Community Centre Greenbank.
MACKAY
irlp node 6450
teletext page 900
http://www.mackay.net.au/~ajl
Bruce Lenahan VK4NPF President.
Monday evenings at 7:30 local time the Mackay Amateur Radio Association
runs a club net on 80 mtrs 3.597 MHz. All callers welcomed to the group
on this long established net.
SOUTH COAST RADIO AMATEURS GROUP
Club callsign VK4WIF
Repeater VK4RBT 147.800
SUMMERLAND AR CLUB (VK2)
IRLP NODE 622
CLUB NETS - VHF 146.8 MHz Yawn Patrol- Mon-Fri 0600 hrs NSWT
- HF 3.605 MHz Dawn Patrol - Mon-Fri 0630 hrs NSWT
- HF 7.115 MHz Prawn Net Every Day 0800 hrs NSWT
SARCFEST, Sunday 10 August.
Mark this date, go along, enjoy all the usual things and more.
SUNSHINE COAST
President Harvey Wickes VK4AHW
Nets
0815 146.850 Every day. Good Morning Net. Operator callsigns.
2030 146.850 Sunday. Tech' Net. Callsign VK4WIS.
TOWNSVILLE
VK4RTL experimental 23cm beacon on air
There is something more than just the Airport Radar to tune into on
the 23cm band in Townsville, with the deployment on 21st April of
VK4RTL 1296.444 beacon at Mount Stuart for a trial run.
This mighty little beacon puts out a massive 2.5watts and can be heard
on most modern tri-band handhelds around Townsville and Thuringowa.
Engineered by Don/VK4MC and installed at theTARCinc Repeater Site
by Don and Tony/VK4TJS, with help from Kerry/VK4TUB and Gavin/VK4ZZ,
the 23cm beacon transmits a continuous identification message which
cycles every minute.
Reception and range reports requested - send to vk4wit@wia.org.au
or hand them to Don/VK4MC next time you see him
(Gavin/VK4ZZ)
Estate of Keith/VK4KG Auction
The auction of the estate of Keith/VK4KG will take place on Saturday
10th May 2003 starting at 2pm at 7 Hibiscus Street Cranbrook.
The estate is offered on the basis of as is, where is and no warranties have
been given or implied. Personal pickup of items is required and for any
amateur radio band specific equipment verification of qualifications is
necessary.
If you wish to view or purchase before the auction contact 4775 6579.
VK4 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ATV
SEQ-ATV net WEDNESDAY NIGHTS at 7:30 on 145.7 MHz.
Digital TV transmissions from SE Qland, VK4XRL is going to present a talk
on this interesting AR activity on May 16 at the Queensland Digital Groups
monthly meeting.
7:30 at the Wavell Hts State School in Minore St May 16.
VK4 AREA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- WICEN
BRISBANE WICEN CAR RALLY JUST AROUND THE CORNER
As already mentioned last week, the planning for the WICEN
CAR RALLY held in June is already advanced. If you would like
to participate then don't delay. Please contact WICEN.
Neville Mills needs voice and packet field operators
Contact person is the president Brisbane Area WICEN, Ray SWEATMAN.
MAJOR GATHERINGS IN VK4 FOOTPRINT
MAY 3-5 Clairview Ham Weekend - Clairview Beach
Bookings - Clairview Beach Holiday Park 4956 0190
MAY 10 Barcfest, venue the Holland Park Bowls Club 49 Abbotsleigh Street.
All the usual bargains.
JUNE 6-9 FNNQARG! South Mission Beach
Bookings - Beachcomber Coconut Village 4068 8129
SEPTEMBER 19-21
16th North Queensland Amateur Radio Convention 2003. (in it's 30th Year!)
The date has been set for one of THE most popular conventions in
the Amateur Radio calendar world wide. In its 30th year,
the 16th North Queensland Amateur Radio Convention will be happening
at James Cook University from PM Friday 19th to PM Sunday 21st
Details vk4zz@wia.org.au
SEPTEMBER 26-28 Central Highlands AGM Weekend from 5-30pm
Attendance/Bunk Bookings - Gordon Loveday VK4KAL 4985 4168
2004
LOGAN WEST AMATEUR RADIO & ELECTRONICS CLUB BOOT SALE
Feb President VK4JPH Peter 3800 3305 is your contact.
Boot sale is in the Car Park behind the Greenbank Community centre
adjacent to the Scout den, exhibitors will need to register at
the gate and setup before 10:00.
Entry free except for exhibitors (small fee)...
WIA EXAMINATIONS IN VK4
May 31 SUNSHINE COAST
Intending candidates should contact Gordon VK4VP on 5478 1439
by the first Tuesday in the month.
July 26 SUNSHINE COAST
Intending candidates should contact Ron VK4GZ on 5448 4063 or
Dave VK4KDL on 5448 7649 by the first Tuesday in the month.
Sept 28 SUNSHINE COAST
Intending candidates should contact Ron VK4GZ on 5448 4063 or
Dave VK4KDL on 5448 7649 by the first Tuesday in the month.
Nov. 29 SUNSHINE COAST
Intending candidates should contact Ron VK4GZ on 5448 4063 or
Dave VK4KDL on 5448 7649 by the first Tuesday in the month.
LOGAN AREA
The Logan West Amateur Radio & Electronics Club.
If you wish to sit for any subject please contact.
Peter Harding 3800 3305
briscal@optusnet.com.au
BRISBANE REGION
Now exams are available ANY TIME on just 2 weeks notice!
Just ring Redcliffe Clubs Laurie VK4BLE on 3284 8859.
Remember exams any time on two week notice.
MACKAY AREA
Examinations conducted on request to the Mackay Club
Also instruction on a 1 to 1 basis contact
Contact George VK4AJL vk4ajl@wia.org.au
TOWNSVILLE
Exam sessions are held several times during the year and
can also be held on demand provided adequate notice is given.
Exams information and application pack in PDF format from
theTARCinc web site http://www.vk4tub.org/tarc/
ATHERTON TABLELANDS
Tablelands Radio and Electronics Club conducts examinations on
request for the Atherton Tablelands area.
Contact the Secretary, Dale McCarthy - VK4DMC at trec@austarnet.com.au
SOUTH OF THE BORDER... DOWN SUMMERLAND WAY
SUMMERLAND AR CLUB in VK2
http://www.sarc.org.au/sarc1/sarc.htm
EXAM DETAILS RING Dave VK2CB 6625 1281, Mob 04 2991 0982.
VK4 AMATEURS WHO ARE JP's
BAMAGA
Amanda Winchester, VK4HIP is registered as a Justice of the Peace
(Qualified) and is on mobile: 04 2936 8907
SUNSHINE COAST
Geoff Sanders, VK4KEL is registered as a Justice of the Peace
(Qualified) and is on telephone 5445 0280
Contest Time Table for 2003-4
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* denotes new addition to calendar
Date Contest
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2003
May 24 VK/trans-Tasman Contest SSB
31 QRP Day CW
June 7 VK/trans-Tasman Contest CW
14-15 IMW International Museums Weekend.
* 21 Wadda Cup
July 5 Jack Files
5- 6 Brass Monkey Contest - ZL VHF Contest:
USKA announces new awards.
2 basic disciplines, HF and VHF (inclusive of SHF and UHF) bands.
Requests for the new diplomas can be submitted from now on;
contacts for the new diplomas are valid starting 01 January 2002.
The best opportunity is our HF-Helvetia-Contest:
26th to 27th April 2003; Saturday 1300 UTC until Sunday 1300 UTC.
You'll find normally HF-facitivity from all Cantons during this contest.
73, GL - Willy, HB9AHL
IARU liaison officer -
(via vk2bpn Peter Naish)
2003 80m Dash for the Wadda Cup
The Central Highlands Amateur Radio Club of Tasmania (CHARCT) has
recently announced the details of the 2003 Wadda Cup Contest.
The contest is known as the 80m Dash for the Wadda Cup, and is open to
all VK amateurs.
The 2003 event will be expanded from 30 minutes to 60 minutes and
should encourage participation from amateurs that are familiar with sprint
type contests.
The event will be held on Saturday 21 June 2003, starting at 1030 UTC
(or 8.30pm EST).
As the name implies, the contest will be a dash to make as many contacts
as possible, during a 60-minute period, on the 80m band.
The contest manager, and winner of the 2002 event, is Keiran Blyth
VK3BTV. Keiran will operate the CHARCT club callsign VK7CHT -
portable VK3. Contact with this station will earn the contester bonus
points.
When the contest has concluded, all contestants will gather on 3.585
MHz to join in a roll call and find out who is the provisional winner of
the 2003 Wadda Cup contest.
Full contest details are available on the CHARCT website
www.vk2ce.com/vk7cht
Also, look for the full contest rules in the May 2003 edition of Amateur
Radio magazine.
CHARCT holds a regular Thursday night Quiz net on 3.585 MHz,
starting at 8.00pm (EST). Further information may be obtained on this
net.
THE JACK FILES CONTEST WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE 5TH OF JULY.
START TIME IS AT 0800z AND WILL CEASE AT 1400z.
THE RULES ARE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
SPECIAL EVENTS
* denotes new on calender
2003 ALL YEAR
BRAZIL, PY. Club station PY3ARD is QRV as ZW90S during 2003 to celebrate the
90th anniversary of the Gerge Black Scout Group, the oldest Scout Group in
Brazil. This call will be aired for the first time during the CQ WPX
contest. QSL via PY3ARD.
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
VI4BRC
BRISBANE ROTARY CONVENTION special call unti September 11
THE QNEWS WORK BENCH - the nuts and volts report
(Measure twice - Cut once!)
"ENHANCED SSB" BANDWIDTHS "EXTREMELY INCONSIDERATE," FCC SAYS
The FCC has sent advisory notices to four enthusiasts of what's become
known as "enhanced SSB"--the practice of engineering transmitted
single-sideband audio to approach broadcast quality. Letters went out
earlier this month to amateurs who are aficionados of enhanced SSB,
also known as "upper wideband" and "lower wideband."
The FCC alleged that the bandwidths of the stations' enhanced SSB
emissions were "wider than necessary and contrary to good engineering
practice."
Occupying more bandwidth than necessary in a heavily used amateur band,
Hollingsworth wrote, not only could generate ill will among operators but
lead to petitions asking the FCC to establish bandwidth limits for amateur
emissions. At present, the FCC imposes no specific bandwidth limits on
various amateur modes.
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ALARA
ALARA Net is held each Mondays on 3.588 MHz, commencing at 1000 UTC.
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ATV (or Every pixel tells a story)
VK7 Southern Branch say progress has been made on the antennas and mast
for the repeater site on Guy Fawkes Hill over looking Hobart's eastern shore.
Amateurs will be able to turn on the repeater on with a remote tone
enabling them to receive a test pattern for aligning their receivers and
antennas without having an uplink 1250 ATV transmitter.
Contact VK7DY for this tone frequency and tone if your "down that way".
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER
AMSAT-VK HF Net.
2nd Sunday each month.
April through October 1000 UTC 3.685 MHz
November through March 0900 UTC 7.068 MHz
AMSAT has announced the opening of a new Echolink conference server
as a new service from its amsat.org website. A conference server
uses voice over I-P technology and allows many operators, links, and
repeaters to share the same conversation in real time.
The new AMSAT conference server was established to provide a place
for satellite operators world-wide to congregate and chat. The
server is up continuously and all amateurs are invited to connect and
give it a try.
More information about the *AMSAT* EchoLink conference server is
available at http://www.amsat.org/echolink
WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- LIGHTHOUSES
http://lighthouses.net.au
Kevin has started a new web site just for Australian, New Zealand and
Pacific Ocean lighthouses, BUT he needs photos.
So how about it, stations in last years "Light House Weekend", send
your shots to Kevin.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO SCOUTING
JOTA 2003 - October 18 and 19 2003.
JOTA HF Voice Calling Frequencies
3590, 7090, 14190, 21190, 28590 kHz
14290, 18140, 21360, 24960, 28390 kHz (DX)
The 46th Jamboree on the Air will take place on the 18th and 19th of
October 2003. Anyone seeking information regarding JOTA can contact
Steve Watson the VK Cordinator via the jota/scouting/net/au site.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ROAR
ROTARIANS OF AMATEUR RADIO
Guglielmo Marconi inventor of the wireless, it is said, was an
active member of the Rotary Club of Bologna, Italy.
Rotary helps club raise funds:
A Melbourne radio club has latched onto a way to raise much-needed
funds, thanks to their local Rotary Club. For some years the
Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Amateur Radio Club has taken part
in the fundraising for the Rotary Club of Frankston North.
Members are now busy selling raffle tickets for this year's Community
raffle. Apart from a chance to win one of the prizes, the raffle has
a very good return as participating clubs receive approximately 75%
of the ticket value of tickets sold.
This year the first prize is a $15,000 travel package, a trip for two
to the Gold coast, and a TV/DVD. Tickets are on sale between March
21st and May 31st. Club members wanting to support their club should
talk to club president Bill VK3MMM to get one or more ticket books.
AND DONT FORGET TO LOOK FOR V-I-4-B-R-C
BRISBANE ROTARY CONVENTION special call unti September 11
QNEWS FOR APRIL 27 ENDS.
THANKS FOR THE TUNE...
VK4EHT/VK4DFD/VK4AA
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