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THE BEST NEWS 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
Chris Edmondson VK4AA with the operational side of QNEWS.
'in contests awards and special events today on the Q we'll be joined
by wia federal awards manager, vk6lc Mal and Jeremy boot g4njh rsgb
news reader as we look at the vk/trans Tasman contest, RSGB's 6 meter
contest, emdrc's southern cross award and the wia antarctic award.
These and more including the special event station for this years
F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne.'
Contest calendar in Feb,
15-16 ARRL International CW DX Contest
22-23 ZL Jock White Memorial Field Day.
And in March,
8- 9 2003 COMMONWEALTH CONTEST
15/16 John Moyle Field Day CW/SSB
In May and June the 2 legs of the VK/ trans-Tasman Contest:
This exciting 80 metres Contest will be staged over two nights,
Phone SAT 24th MAY
CW SAT 7th JUNE
Both nights run for 6 hours, in 1 hour stages, - long enough to be
interesting without being arduous, and providing constant activity
with stations being reworked each hour.
The main emphasis is on contacts between VK and ZL stations, with
the scoring structured to give all stations an equal chance,
regardless of their location or time-zone.
So give it a go !
The only thing we ask is that you take the time to submit your log
even if you don't think you will win. This is essential to make it
all worthwhile and to ensure the on-going success of the Contest.
Rules will be published in the WIA and NZART magazines, and are
available on the Contest website:
6m Dates of Summer 6-metre Contests Changed
There has been a decision at IARU level to move the 6-metre contest held
on the first full weekend of June to the third weekend in June. This is
presumably to stop the contest clashing with the CW National Field Day.
From the RSGB News Room, Jeremy Boot G4NJH...
"Unfortunately, the RSGB VHF Contest Committee was unaware of this change
when the RSGB contest rules for 2003 were being set. Since such a big
part of the 6-metre event is provided by European activity, the VHF
Contest Committee has decided to move the RSGB 6-metre Trophy and the
associated 6m Backpackers contest to the later date.
The corrected dates and time for 2003 are therefore:
RSGB 6-metre Trophy - the 21st and 22nd of June, from 1400 to 1400 UTC;
RSGB 50MHz Backpackers contest - the 22nd of June from 1100 to 1500 UTC."
"Thanks Jeremy. Have you Heard of the EMDRC's Southern Cross Award ?
QNEWS devotees in VK3 may have wondered at the hive of activity over the
last few weeks on V-K-3-R-E-C with people exchanging signal reports.
The EMDRC have recently re-written the rules for their
Southern Cross Award which makes it easier for Novices and H calls
and have also produced some smart new artwork for the certificate itself.
Maybee you would like to have a go at getting this award, it's really
quite simple ... the rules for the award are as follows....
The Southern Cross Award is issued to amateurs and SWL's who confirm
contacts as follow:
VK3 stations are required to work 15 financial Club members plus ONE of
the Club Callsigns, VK3ER, VK3BNW, VK3COD or a Special Call run by the
Club, eg. VI3GP.
DX and interstate stations require 5 contacts plus ONE of the Club
Callsigns as above.
A member and/or Club callsign can only be claimed once per application.
Contacts made on the Club Repeater VK3REC are legitimate.
However, contacts with either Club members or a Club
callsign during both the Wednesday night and Sunday morning Club nets
are not eligible for the purpose of the Award.
Log showing the date, time, band (MHz), mode, callsign, and
operator name of the station worked. The full name, address, callsign
(except SWL) and signature of the applicant are required on the log.
Band or mode endorsements are available upon request.
$A5.00 if the log is handed in and the Award (framed) is collected at a
Club Meeting,
$A5.00 if posted within Australia.
$US3.00 or 3 IRC's for DX stations.
Additional band or mode endorsements - $A1.00 for VK stations and
$US1.00 for DX stations.
Applications for the Southern Cross Award are to be forwarded to:
Awards Manager
EMDRC
P.O. Box 87
MITCHAM VICTORIA AUSTRALIA 3132
Still on the award scene this time we'll look at the WIA's antarctic award
with the voice from the west...
WIA FEDERAL AWARDS MANAGER VK6LC Mal.
W.I.A. Antarctic award.
This is my favourite, as we all know how fascinating Antarctica is.
Australia has three bases down there, boundaries for this award
is below 60 degrees South in Latitude and excludes Macquarie and
Heard Islands (being only sub-Antarctic).
We do ask for a few more other Government Representatives down there
and some could be: Russia, India, Japan, France, America and many more.
This again is geographically good fun to pin point someone out from a
remote base communicating from a "snow mobile" or a research team miles
from any where, making contact from a "Igloo tent".
Material in hard copy or computer maps of the Antarctic Circle are
available to aid you.
Return on all QSL contacts made down there may take 1 to 3 years depending
on their stay and return.
Did you know? There is also a IRLP node 8880, KC4USV McMurdo Station in
Antarctica and many fixed live Amateur Internet camera sites so you can
see really what's happening down there.
This broadcast has only covered the basic details.
We also feature progress updates, in our AR. Magazine several times a year.
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 "Grid Square award", this has been
another Federal Awards update 2003.
This is Mal. VK6LC for QNEWS, in Perth.
(QNEWS: Federal Awards Program update, produced by Mal VK6LC.
Part 3. file name: QNEWS FAP-part3.mp3 length 2 min 26 sec.)
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 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.
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
SHORT WAVE MONITORING AND SCANNER NEWS
GERMANY - DL - DEUTSCHE WELLE DROPPING NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE
"Germany's premiere shortwave station says that transmissions to North
America will soon cease. This with confirmation by Margot Forbes of
the broadcaster Deutsche Welle that it will be terminating the long
running service at the end of March.
Forbes says that there are no plans yet for a replacement service.
but says there is the possibility of something being worked out using
satellite delivery or over the Internet."
(shortwavedxing.com via arnewsline audio)
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
SHUTTLE LOSS IMPACTING AMATEUR RADIO IN SPACE
The future of Amateur Radio in space--at least in the near term--could
depend on how fast NASA pins down the cause of the February 1 shuttle
Columbia disaster and fixes the problem says the ARRL Letter.
"With the shuttle fleet grounded and further International Space Station
construction on hold as a result, attention is turning to the well-being
of the all-ham ISS Expedition 6 crew.
Expedition 6 team has sufficient supplies to sustain the crew until
late June or early July if necessary."
(audio vk4fuq)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- Internet Linking of Repeaters
http://status.irlp.net
http://www.hypermax.net.au/~user/vk4bab/
LISTEN ONLY to IRLP reflector 2
http://www.kwarc.org/listen
HamLink SOFTWARE;- http://www.hamlink.com
BRISBANE COMES OF AGE.
Node 6406 is at the QTH of Wayne VK4ACN at Windsor in inner
North Brisbane and is operating on the simplex channel of
146.575 MHz on a trial basis.
The important thing here is "use it or lose it", Wayne asks
all within range to sample the excitement and ease of IRLP, in fact
"all are welcome to use the node".
GOLD COAST IRLP SYSTEM CHANGES
Andrew VK4BAB who looks after the GC IRLP system says it will now
ignore any DTMF if the transmission carrying the tones is less
than 7 seconds in total length.
May as well identify while we're at it.
So if tones sent like this......
keyup........bleep.....bleep......bleep......bleep.......unkey
They won't work anymore.
but,
keyup........"This is VK4ABC dialling a connection to VK2RBM node 6000
" beep beep beep beep" unkey
will definitely work.
(Cheers Andrew VK4BAB)
THE PROPOSED HUMAN RACE TV SHOW
28.465 Mhz 1330-1500Z
http://www.wiaq.com.au/
www.humanrace.fr.st
ww.etecslo.com/humanrace
TENNADYNE JOINS THE HUMAN RACE
Tennadyne--the world's leading manufacturer of log periodic arrays--is now
the 'Official HF Antenna Provider' for The Human Race.
"Having them onboard significantly boosts the project," said THR Producer
Bill Desjardins, W1ZY.
W1ZY in Boston says "We can expand what we've been doing on 10 meters
now to 15 and 20."
Since December, 2002, The Human Race has been generating pile ups on 10
meters. The project posts MP3 recordings of its QSO's on its website.
Amateurs who break the pile can go to THR's website and download mp3's of
themselves.
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AUDIO OF PILEUP FROM WEBSITE
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'It's been inordinately successful,' THR Producer Bill Desjardins reflected.
'A lot of hams say the MP3 recordings are very useful to them. But for us,
the mp3's help support grant applications we're submitting to private
foundations. Personnel who know nothing about Amateur radio are getting a
good idea by listening to the mp3's. And this strengthens our applications
with them.
William K. Desjardins, W1ZY
Producer, The Human Race
93 Charter Street
Boston, MA 02113-1179
(617) 233-6650
(617)-742-3026
bdesj@earthlink.net
humanrace@earthlink.net
www.humanrace.fr.st
ww.etecslo.com/humanrace
28.465 MHz 1330-1500Z
IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK:-
Silent Key, Bill Rees Grownow VK3WG.
FEDERAL WIA CONVENTION
WORLD HAMS VISIT VK
H-K-3-J-J-H and G-3-P-J-T
Central Coast Amateur Radio Club Field Day At Wyong.
ACA BRIEFS
Compliance rules may be widened to include retailers.
EMR implementation update.
GENERAL INTEREST NEWS FROM 'DOWNUNDER'.
New Zealand's Weta Digital Effects.
EDUCATION
VK2DQ Ron Bertrands Internet course.
SIX-YEAR-OLD OREGON GIRL GETS GENERAL TICKET
INTRUDER WATCH - ENFORCEMENT ZONE
WICEN/RESCUE RADIO INTERNATIONAL
Craig V-K-3-C-M-C - the bushfires.
INTERNATIONAL
IEEE
NEW ZEALAND - zL - IT'S ON THE CARDS
SINGAPORE - 9V - SARTS CHANGE
SOUTH AFRICA - ZS - LOW POWER 7MHZ South Africa beacon heard in USA
GREECE - SV - NEW VHF/UHF ONLY LICENSE CLASS
SERBIA-MONTENEGRO - YU/YT - Yugoslavia becomes Serbia-Montenegro.
VK4 SILENT KEYS @ 2002 - 2003 WIAQ COUNCIL YEAR
VK4TK Ian Campbell
VK4 COUNCIL
WIA promotional radio commercials?
4TTT-FM Ewan McLeod/VK4ERM interviewed by Alan/VK4PS.
WIAQ COUNCIL REPORT - Bruce Jones VK4EHT.
CLUB ACTIVITY
SUNDAY 16th 9am DALBY AND DISTRICT a BBQ
SUNDAY 23rd 10am LOGAN WEST AMATEUR RADIO & ELECTRONICS CLUB BOOT SALE.
SUNDAY 23rd SARC PICNIC at ROCKY CREEK DAM.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27th TOWNSVILLE'S Multimeter Night.
SATURDAY SUNDAY MARCH 1/2 HORSE ENDURO at Eden Creek.
SUNDAY MARCH TWO theTARCinc's Ham n Eggs on The Strand 7am to 10am.
TUESDAY MARCH 4th a World Scouting Jamboree Talk from VK4SGW.
3 SUNDAYS IN MARCH GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY
TUESDAY MARCH 11 CITY OF BRISBANE RADIO SOCIETY.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 23 TABLELANDS RADIO AND ELECTRONICS CLUB XTAL SET NIGHT.
VK's MOST WANTED
100 ft radio towers coming up for tender next week.
need galena, pyrites, or germanium crystal.
MAJOR GATHERINGS IN VK4 FOOTPRINT
WIA EXAMINATIONS IN VK4
VK4 AMATEURS WHO ARE JP's
BAMAGA
SUNSHINE COAST
Chris Edmondson VK4AA with the operational side of QNEWS.
Contest calendar
May and June the 2 legs of the VK/ trans-Tasman Contest:
6m Dates of Summer 6-metre Contests Changed
QNEWS devotees in VK3 on V-K-3-R-E-C exchanging signal reports.
WIA FEDERAL AWARDS MANAGER VK6LC Mal. W.I.A. Antarctic award. SPECIAL EVENTS
V-I-3-G-P callsign for the 2003 Australian Grand Prix
ZS-90-S-A-P
SHORT WAVE MONITORING AND SCANNER NEWS
GERMANY - DL - DEUTSCHE WELLE DROPPING NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER
SHUTTLE LOSS IMPACTING AMATEUR RADIO IN SPACE
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- Internet Linking of Repeaters
BRISBANE Node 6406
GOLD COAST IRLP SYSTEM CHANGES
THE PROPOSED HUMAN RACE TV SHOW
IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK:-
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QNEWS - we've reported...YOU decide.
QNEWS thanks YOU for entrusting us to bring you VK's authoritative Ham News
QNEWS thanks Amateur Radio Newsline, APCNews, ARRL, ARRL Letter,
FISTS down under, IARU r3, NERG News, Pelican Droppings,
RAC, and RSGB.
for source material for this weeks edition.
Societies and Club News Letter Editors can EXCHANGE a feed prior to
the actual broadcast date, e-mail qnews@wia.org.au
An auto subscription service exists, e-mail QNEWS-VK-subscribe@egroups.com
Now, we leave you this week, with our usual reminder to walk softly,
AND we pose the question...
" Did you tell anyone about Amateur radio this week? "
Callbacks follow the RF editions, but also for text readers you may
lodge a quick reply to let us know you read it, who knows, you might
even get a "cheerio call".
Send an sp message to QNEWS @ VK4WIE.#BNE.QLD.AUS.OC
OR e-mail qnews@wia.org.au
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