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VK National News 25Dec22

Text edition:
  

 Weekly news from the WIA:
MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2022-12-25.mp3 
Text edition:


 
 2022 DECEMBER 25 VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA
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 THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK

 THIS LINK IS A VIDEO VERSION OF NEWS COMPILED BY VK5BD BEVAN
 tinyurl.com/WIA-News-Videos

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 NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING DECEMBER 25 2022 
 IN OUR 27th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS



 A HAPPY CHRISTMAS DAY FROM VK1WIA, the WIA and ALARA
 
 I'm Michelle VK2AYL President of ALARA and joining me on Christmas
 Day is Shirley VK5YL who will be covering the International Desk
 Marija VK5MAZ with the operational news covering contests
 and a look through the "DX Window"
 Linda VK7QP will handle special Interest Group news
 and let's welcome from the States and ARNewsLine Sal Embee KB 3 TZD.
 But joining us now WIA Immediate Past President Greg Kelly VK2GPK.



 Welcome everyone to an entirely  ALARA produced edition of the
 WIA News Broadcast.  ALARA being the Australian Ladies Amateur Radio
 Association, formed in 1975 with a mission to encourage womens
 interest and active participation in amateur radio.
 
 After another lap around the sun, we approach the end of another year.
 This year has been another of natural disasters affecting us here in
 the land of drought and flooding rains, this time with catastrophic
 flooding in the eastern states that are still impacting so many.
 These events do, however, highlight the great community spirit as
 volunteers rally to help those in need.

 Overseas, an illegal war demonstrates both the best and worst of
 humanity. 

 This year the ACMA (Australian Communication and Media Authority)
 continued their march to Class Licences, with the release of another
 consultation seeking feedback on their intent to move the Amateur
 Service to a class licence, apparently based on a mantra of being
 concerned  only with the what not the how. The consultation also
 sought feedback on the basis for a higher power operation, although
 I should note these two topics are quite unrelated apart being
 included in the same consultation. The WIA formed a working group to
 address the issues in this consultation which was due at the end of
 November.  The WIA has a firm position on a move to a class licence
 of no disadvantage. I must congratulate the consultation working
 group, led by Peter Young, for a professional and comprehensive
 response that they have formulated  which has now been submitted.
 The response addresses all of the identified gaps and disadvantages
 in moving to a class licence. However, the elimination of an
 individual government issued licence poses non-trivial challenges to
 offset - which have been raised by the working group in the WIA
 response. Whilst elimination of individual licences is intrinsic to
 moving to a class licence, it has many consequences that are not
 easily avoided and likely workarounds are far from perfect.  Some of
 these are reciprocal licence impacts for Australian Amateurs; state
 based legislation that refers specifically to the possession of a
 licence (such as the 10 metre antenna provisions); issues with
 police stopping and querying mobile amateurs either in vehicles or in
 parks, etc.;  transiting customs internationally when in possession
 of transmitting equipment. We have a culture of licensing in
 Australia, a plumber, mechanic or electrician needs to be licensed
 not just qualified. That license and its veracity is on a public
 government register  as are Amateur Licences today. 

 In discussions with fellow amateurs, there is some confusion as to
 what moving to a class licence entails. It is not, as many
 oversimplify, a free licence  it is in fact NO LICENCE.  Nor is it
 a pre-requisite to higher power options. Fundamentally, the
 USE CASE for a class licence for the Amateur Service is a poor fit,
 especially given we have a perfectly serviceable Non-assigned 
 Apparatus Licence. Akin to putting a square peg in a round hole!

 Quoting directly from an ACMA published document Our approach to
 radiocommunications licensing and allocation Implementing the
 Radiocommunications Legislation Amendment (Reform and Modernisation)
 Act 2020 Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Communications and
 Media Authority) 2021.

 It states When class licensing is appropriate -

 Class licences provide for shared use of the spectrum, with minimal
 to no licensing hurdles and no associated regulatory fees for users.
 In other countries this kind of licence is sometimes referred to as
 unlicensed use or a general authorisation.

 Class licensing is useful in authorising the use of spectrum by
 unaware users (end- users who are not necessarily mindful of their
 use of the spectrum) and ubiquitous devices and technologies
 (for example, Wi-Fi), as the general authorisation provided means
 that users do not need to acquire individual licences to operate a
 device.

 Coexistence between devices authorised under a class licence is
 generally based on the device characteristics and is managed in the
 class licence conditions. Although a device operated under a class
 licence is generally not expected to suffer interference, we
 generally have a no protection policy regarding class licensing.

 It is uncommon for us (ed: the ACMA) to clear established users from
 class-licensed spectrum. However, we have previously varied class
 licences to reflect changes in the environment or developments in 
 technology by providing additional uses or varied operating
 conditions.

 Finally, it must be understood that moving to Class Licence is a
 really big deal  the biggest change in many decades. And if we,
 that is both the Amateur Service and the ACMA,  get it wrong it will
 be difficult if not almost impossible to rectify.  And as I mentioned
 early there is much confusion about the real-world impacts, so your
 help in making this a topic of discussion at your local club or on
 the air would be appreciated.

 So enough from me, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas,
 Seasons Greetings, Happy Holidays and a great new year. And thanks
 again to ALARA for this broadcast  maybe this could become a
 regular feature? What do you think?

 This Greg, VK2GPK.


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 Welcome to the Christmas Day edition of WIA National News
 Presented by ALARA. Now Shirley VK5YL with
 INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, RAC,
 ARRL,  NZART, eHam, AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE,
 and the World Wide sources of the WIA.  

 We commence with news from REGION THREE, our own region.

 HAMS HELP RETURN LOST 5-YEAR-OLD TO FAMILY

 A children's game of hide-and-seek at a railway station went very
 wrong in August of 2020, when a 5-year-old girl chose an unfortunate
 spot to hide from her three brothers: a train that pulled out of the
 station shortly afterwards.

 She was eventually able to disembark farther down the line at the
 Kolkata Railway Station but because she spoke only Hindi and not
 Bengali, she could only explain her situation with her tears when
 police found her crying at the station.

 According to a report in the Millennium Post, a year passed in which
 the girl was sent by an NGO to a children's care home and enrolled in
 school. She gained fluency in Bengali and soon became an honours
 student in her class. Unable to track down her parents all this time,
 the administrators of the private home notified the West Bengal
 Radio Club of the girl's predicament, according to Ambarish Nag Biswas,
 VU2JFA. Club members utilised their network of contacts and were able
 to trace her family to a bordering state in eastern India.

 Photographs shared with the family on the WhatsApp mobile platform
 confirmed that this was indeed their missing daughter.

 The little girl went home on Saturday, December 10th.





 REGION TWO

 In the US recently, hams teamed up for a radio activation that turned
 out to be a living museum and a tribute to history.

 Visitors to the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of 
 Connecticut were part of a celebration of history taking place, they
 watched and heard as Bob Allison, WB 1 GCM, got on the air using a
 repurposed Gates BC-1-T commercial transmitter using the callsign
 W1VCM/1BCG for AM operation on 75 meters.

 Bob was marking the 101st anniversary of amateur station 1BCG's
 contact with Scotland during the ARRL Transatlantic Test of 1921.
 Bob, president of the museum's amateur radio club, told our good
 friends at Amateur Radio NewsLine:

 [quote] 

 "December 11 is a great day to celebrate Amateur Radio, as the day
 marks the many technological successes of the era: CW's efficiency
 and effectiveness over spark, the use of a superheterodyne radio
 receiver, and the directional Beverage Antenna." 

 [endquote]

 This year, more modern equipment joined the refurbished Gates 
 transmitter during Bob's three-hour activation, which also included
 time spent on 40M and 2M sideband.

 Before he left for the day, Bob made sure he logged one more
 important contact: Bob talked to the museum visitors who'd been
 observing him on the radio to share in the triumph of more than a
 century ago.




 The Question Pool Committee of the National Conference of Volunteer
 Examiner Coordinators has released updated questions for the US
 General Class license exam.

 Quite a few VK hams do sit the US exams from here at home in
 Australia thanks to the VEA ( Volunteer Examiners Australia )

 According to the ARRL, the new pool contains 432 questions to use in
 formulating the Element 3 exam for test sessions held between
 July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2027.

 The new pool has 22 fewer questions than the current one,
 representing 73 questions being dropped and 51 new ones being added.

 The ARRL says the level of difficulty of questions is more balanced,
 and the techniques and practices addressed have been updated. 




 Colonel Jerry Wellman, W7SAR Receives Top Honours

 W7SAR served as the Utah Wing Civil Air Patrol commander from
 2009 to 13, served as the emergency services training officer
 for the Salt Lake Senior Squadron, and currently serves as the
 Phoenix Cadet Squadron's assistant officer for communication
 and for education and training.

 At the award ceremony, Colonel Wellman was cited for being
 "active in enhancing his own emergency management professional
 development, while relentlessly contributing to his community."

 He taught emergency management communications classes in Arizona,
 Utah, and Colorado, and chaired the Kearns, Utah, Metro Township
 Emergency Planning Commission.

 Wellman was licensed in 1972 and holds an Amateur Extra-class
 license. He is an ARRL Life Member and a Life Member of REACT
 International.


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 Welcome to the Christmas Day edition of WIA National News Presented 
 by  ALARA.  Now Marija VK5MAZ with HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS

 --------------
 CONTEST WISE:- 2023
 --------------
 
 1 - 31 January Ross Hull Memorial VHF/UHF DX Contest ( Marathon )
         
        The contest was established in 1950 to honour the memory of
        the late Ross A. Hull and his pioneering achievements in the
        study of tropospheric propagation and the development of new
        equipment techniques for the higher bands.

        Entrants may operate on every contest day, but the final score
        is based on the best seven days nominated by the entrant.

        For amateurs with limited operating time, there is also a
        "Best 2 Days" section.

        LOGS DUE IN 14th FEBRUARY
 
        (wia.org.au)

 -------------

 14 - 15 January Summer VHF-UHF Field Day.

         0100 UTC Saturday to 0059 UTC Sunday BUT in VK6 add 3 hours
         onto start and end times.

         (wia.org.au)

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 26th of January Australia Day Contest

 This contest is to encourage Amateur Radio Activity around the world
 and is designed to encourage friendly participation and help improve
 the operating skills of participants.

 Amateurs in VK will endeavour to contact other amateurs around the
 world. VK operators can use the AX prefix as they celebrate Australia
 Day.

 Scoring is distance based, calculated using 4-character grid squares.

 Contest is held on the Australia Day Public Holiday, 26 January.

 Contest Manager is Alan Shannon VK4SN

 (wia.org.au)

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 MAY 20-21    Don Edwards Memorial Slow Morse Contest   ( sgars.org )

 --------------

 August 26 - 27  A.L.A.R.A. CONTEST

 Contest is always on the last FULL weekend of August.

 All licensed operators throughout the world are invited to
 participate. Scout and Girl Guide groups are encouraged to
 participate using their Club's equipment and callsign.

 YLs work everyone; OMs work YLs only.

Combined phone and CW run over 24 hours:
Saturday 0600 hours UTC till Sunday 0559 hours UTC
All HF Bands except 160m & WARC Bands.
ECHOLINK will also be accepted.

--------------
--------------
 DX WINDOW
--------------
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 BOUVET ISLAND HAMS LAUNCH PROPAGATION POLL

 Few of us need reminders that the Bouvet Island DXpeditioners who'll
 be activating 3 Y  J from the remote island are setting sail in
 less than a month.

 The 22-day on-air operation will be trying to log more than 200,000
 QSOs.

 With Bouvet in the number two spot on the DXCC Most Wanted List, this
 is not an impossible goal. While others have activated Bouvet over
 the years, none have approached logging that many QSOs.

 The team is committed to making contacts. 

 If you visit the DXpedition website, 3YJ.no  you will find a
 propagation poll under the tab labelled "Latest News." This will
 enable interested DXpedition chasers to provide the team with details
 about their station setup, including power and antenna, so that the
 operators can approximate propagation to a certain region based on
 the stations calling them from there.

 (ARNewsLine)

 -------------------

 During this month the Fisher's Ghost Amateur Radio Club in VK2 are
 celebrating its 40th anniversary with special event callsign VI 2 FG 40.

 Activity will be mainly on 40m SSB.

 More information can be found on the QRZ page for VI 2 FG 40.

 --------------

 Be listening for Earl, WA 3 DX operating from Senegal until January
 20th, mainly using FT8.

 He will use his home call with a prefix.

 In Dakar, he will use the prefix 6W1;
 in Mbao, he will use 6W7
 on Kaolack and Saloum Islands (IOTA number AF-045), his prefix will
 be 6W6.

 Send QSL direct to WA3DX or via LoTW.

 (ARNewsLine)

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 Listen for the callsign TN 8 K from the Republic of Congo, activated
 by the C-D-X-P Group.

 The team from the Czech Republic expects to operate between Jan 7 and
 19 on the HF bands from 160m to 6m using CW, SSB, RTTY , FT8, FT4
 and PSK.

 They will also make use of the QO-100 satellite.

 QSL via OK6DJ, OQRS or LOTW.

 (ARNewsLine)

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 Welcome to the Christmas Day edition of WIA National News
 Presented by ALARA. Joining us again their President
 Michelle VK2AYL with Wireless Weather and Media Watch


 MEDIA WATCH

 From January 2023, Amateur Radio NSW will be making some changes to
 VK2WI News frequencies starting with 6 metre and 80 metre
 transmissions. 

 The 6 metre news bulletins will move to the VK2RWI repeater 53.85MHz,
 and 80 metre transmissions will move up to 3695kHz.

 (vk2wi)




 WIRELESS WEATHER

 The Propagation Horoscope

 Solar Cycle 25 is expected to peak around July 2025, about 32 months
 from now. Looking at current numbers and predictions, it's worth taking
 into account reports from Solar Cycle 19, around 1958, when intense
 solar radiation produced long lasting, worldwide openings on 10m.

 Solar Cycle 19 had by far the highest sunspot number on record.

 HF propagation improves at higher frequencies when X-rays from the Sun
 are more intense, and this is tied to the sunspot numbers, together
 with the Sun's radiation, measured at 28 GHz. This radiation charges
 the ionosphere, increasing density.

 The Australian Space Weather Forecast Centre currently predicts that a
 large mid-latitude coronal hole, helped by some glancing interaction
 of recent CMEs, will cause geomagnetic disturbance. It's too early to
 predict if the expected G1 storm will put a temporary halt to the
 excellent propagation conditions of late, VK/ZL, Asia and Africa
 can be heard on all bands in most of Europe at the moment.

 (Sourced to IRTS)


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 WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS - AND - SUMMITS ON THE AIR,
 WORLD WIDE FLORA, FAUNA PROGRAM, PARKS ON THE AIR and other
 ADVENTURE GROUPS on CHRISTMAS DAY our presenter from ALARA is
 Linda VK7QP.


 ROMANIAN EVENT MARKS HIKING TRAIL'S INAUGURAL YEAR

 From now through the first half of the new year, amateurs in Romania
 will be celebrating that nation's newest natural resource: a hiking
 trail. No doubt plenty of opportunity to activate summits, parks
 what have you.

 The journey of discovery that comes with hiking along Romania's 
 "Via Transilvanica" is an adventure for hikers cyclists and horseback
 riders. It's a 1,400-km trail which had taken four years of
 preparation.

 The journey which marks the trail's inauguration is also one for
 amateur radio operators. Radio Club YO 6 KGS is activating special
 event station YR 1400 VT on the HF bands from now 'til the 30th of
 June 2023. It's a celebration of the long-distance trail that
 Romania sees as its counterpart to the El Camio de Santiago in
 Western Europe. While hikers hope to gain insights into their own 
 lives in a natural setting, amateur radio operators and shortwave
 listeners around the world can work towards diplomas at different 
 levels according to the number of contacts with other operators, many
 of whom will be young amateurs and members of the YO 6 KGS
 School Radio Club.

 Listen for their call sign on SSB and CW.

 CW speeds will not exceed 14 wpm.

 For details about the rules and awards visit the QRZ.COM page
 and wherever you are, enjoy the journey.

 (ARNewsLine)



 From Romania to France and celebrating the 15th anniversary of
 Summits On The Air France, special callsign TM 15 SOTA is active
 until Friday the 30th of December UTC .
 QSL via eQSL.

 (RSGB)




 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER
 AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary(at)amsat-vk.org

 Cas-5A OSCAR-118

 On December 9th, the CAS-5A satellite was launched on a vehicle from
 the Chinese sea launch platform in the Yellow Sea.

 The Chinese Amateur Satellite Group CAMSAT build is an unusual
 satellite in that it has transponders with a down-link in the
 70cm band and up-links on the 2m VHF and the 15m HF band.

 The novel HF to UHF linear transponder listens between 21.4275 MHz
 and 21.4425 MHz, and that slice of HF spectrum is retransmitted
 between 435.4975 MHz and 435.5125 MHz.

 A CW Beacon transmits 22 wpm on 435.570 MHz.

 At moderate power levels, an HF transmitter and a 21 MHz dipole,
 combined with an outdoor low-gain UHF antenna should be sufficient
 to work OSCAR-118.

 (sourced to IRTS)




 FalconSat-3 is being made available for use for 24 hour periods
 most weekends.

 FalconSAT-3 was built in 2005 and 6 by cadets and faculty in the
 Space Systems Research Centre at the US Air Force Academy in
 Colorado Springs and launched 2007. 

 The satellite is decaying, and near re-entry so
 use it while you can!

 Downlink is 435.103 MHz, uplink is at 145.840 MHz.

 The ARS VHF receiver is very sensitive.  Modulation is 9600 bps GMSK
 for the uplink and downlink. The broadcast callsign is PFS3-11 and
 BBS callsign is PFS3-12, Unproto APRS via PFS3-1. 

 Again we direct all listeners to become readers to get all details
 of all stories brought to you each week in WIA National News.
 Best read at wia.org.au
 
 (ANS - AMSAT)





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- IOTA
 iota-world.org


 A team will be on the  air from Lampedusa Island, IOTA number AF-019 
 as IG9/S59A from January 23rd to the 31st.

 The operation will focus on the CQWW 160 metre CW contest during the
 last full weekend of January.

 Outside of the contest, be listening on all bands and all modes for
 the prefix IG9 (Eye G Nine) before  home calls.

 (ARNewsLine)




WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO
 
IARU REGION 3
Emergency Centre of Activity (CoA) frequencies  
3.600, 7.110, 14.300, 18.160 and 21.360 MHz        
      

Region 1 3760  7110  14300  18160  21360 kHz

Region 2 3750  3985  7060  7240  7275  14300  18160  21360kHz
 

 DMR RADIO AIDS RESCUERS SEARCHING FOR LOST HIKER

 The lifesaving capabilities of DMR proved useful to a hiker in
 New Hampshire recently. Sel Embee KB3TZD from our sister service in
 the USA has that story.

 SEL: A relaxing day with his dog turned into a dangerous trek for a
 ham who was hiking the trails of central New Hampshire. He had
 become lost -- and the coming sunset and forecast of snow put him in
 even greater danger, especially after the battery in his cell phone
 died. He had been carrying his DMR HT, however, and placed a call for
 help on the state-wide talkgroup using a local repeater.

 Bill Barber, NE 1 B, heard the call and was able to contact the man's
 wife. She notified police who joined firefighters in starting a
 search. Bill also contacted Rick Zach, K 1-RJZ, who knows the area's 
 trails. Rick stayed in touch with the lost amateur on the state-wide
 talk group while communicating with the search team.

 At one point, the amateur unintentionally changed channels on his HT
 but another amateur, K 1-MIZ, noticed this and was able to restore
 communications. The ham found his way to a road and was picked up by
 the searchers.

 Skip's story did not identify the ham but wrote that thanks to the
 three amateurs who heard his call on DMR "the wayward ham is going
 to be able to enjoy another Christmas holiday with his family."

 This is Sel Embee, KB 3TZD.

 (ARNewsLine)




 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- YOTA
 (Youngsters On The Air)
 youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA
 twitter.com/hamyota

 An observation:

 When you are an amateur radio operator, it's easy to make someone
 else happy. That's what a retiree in Oregon and a youngster in
 Wisconsin both recently discovered.

 A late November day found Chris Billings, WA7RAR, activating a local
 park near his Oregon home. It was Thanksgiving Day and in a fitting
 mood for the US holiday, Chris was grateful to find 10 meters open.
 He decided to call CQ on that small portion of the band where 
 Technician class operators can legally operate SSB on HF, hoping to
 give newcomers a chance to work him. 

 A young voice emerged from the pileup: 

 It was Bennett Bachman, KD9WCG, age 10.

 Chris learned that this was an especially happy moment for the new
 ham. This was only his second QSO on 10 meters.

 Chris mailed Bennett a QSL card along with a note that he wasn't 
 expecting Bennett to respond, especially if he had no QSL cards of
 his own yet.

 On December 8th, it was Chris' turn to have a happy moment: something
 from Bennett arrived - a handmade QSL card. Bennett designed the
 cards himself, sending one to Chris and the other to his first 10m
 contact, Gordon West, WB6NOA.

 His first contact was a joyful moment too because Bennett had
 studied for his license using Gordon's Technician guide.
 
 Bennett is now trying to start a ham radio club at school and is
 studying for his General class license so he can be less dependent
 on 10m band openings.

 Chris, however, is glad Bennett found him on that 10m opening on 
 Thanksgiving Day. Posting on Facebook, he publicly thanked Bennett
 for the handcrafted card, adding

 [quote]

 "I love to find cards in my mailbox and this is certainly one of the
 special ones!"

 [endquote]

 (ARNewsLine)

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 Social Scene 2023

 VK2 - Central Coast Amateur Radio Club will NOT run "Mayham" in 2023;
       the event group are refocusing and re-aligning the direction of
       the event, and hope to return it in 2024.            (vk2wi)



 VK3 - BARG HamFest 5th of February BARG clubrooms
       barg.org.au/                                         (vk3kqt) 



 VK - ALARAMeet2023 4/5 November in HOBART         (luther8(at)bigpond.com)




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