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VK National News 19Feb23

Text edition:
 

Weekly news from the WIA:
MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2023-02-19.mp3 
Text edition:

 
 2023 FEBRUARY 19 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 FEBRUARY 19 2023 

 THIS WEEK:-
 
 AUSTRALIA DAY CONTEST MANAGER ALAN SHANNON VK4SN. -

 WIA Director and  WIA Company Secretary Peter Clee VK8ZZ. 

 PLUS MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF
 NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA 
 I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB


 Goodbye-Bouvet Island. 

 Goodbye from the DXpedition team 3Y0J, which departed last Tuesday,
 February 14th after striking down camp.

 Goodbye too to the chasers who, whether they were disappointed or not,
 have turned to other pursuits.

 This story, written by ARNewsLine and I voiced for them, also for lead
 item in their news, as going to production, team leader Ken LA7GIA
 announced that with all equipment and team members on board,
 the sail would commence onwards to Cape Town, South Africa, where they
 expected to arrive on or about the 23rd of February. There was a
 possibility of /MM operation while enroute.

 Team members do not have access to the log, which will be handled by
 QSL Manager MOXO.

 Now I wonder how many VK's managed to work 3 Y 0 J.




 WIA

 JOIN THE WIA
 tinyurl.com/yyj87b9y

 Peter VK8ZZ

 Thanks Graham and good morning listeners

 First up I want to remind members that the Annual General Meeting of
 members will be held as a hybrid event on 13th May 2023. That is both
 in person in Canberra and online. The corporations legislation
 allows meetings to be held as virtual or hybrid meetings. That is
 utilising electronic means as we have done so in the past. A Hybrid
 meeting is both in person and by electronic means. During COVID we
 have held our AGM by electronic means allowing people to join from
 afar. This allowed members to join in on the AGM without the costs of
 airfares and accommodation to do so, and with less risk associated
 with Covid.

 Members are invited to ask questions of the Board and to vote on
 motions that are put forward to that meeting.

 The downside of that is that we no longer always have a field day or
 conference in association with the Annual General Meeting, something
 members have mentioned to me and something I definitely miss as well.
 However, with COVID infection rates still rather high it was felt that
 this was the best option for members at this time. 

 We are yet to discuss with our members in Canberra if there are any
 opportunities to hold any events in conjunction with the AGM so more
 on that closer to the event itself.

 The Constitution of the WIA has been around for a number of years and
 has only ever had a few changes. A change to the constitution can only
 be achieved by a special resolution put to a General Meeting such as
 the AGM.

 So  far there is only one special resolution that has been proposed
 and endorsed by the Board, and that was to rectify a typo error that
 was brought to our attention at last years AGM. 

 Lastly , a reminder that nominations for WIA awards to be considered
 by the Board and notified at this years AGM close at the end of
 March. Nominations received after that date will be held over for next
 year. So, get in soon and nominate a person that has contributed to
 Amateur Radio in your area and that you feel needs to be recognised
 for their achievements.

 Cheers for now, this has been Peter Clee VK8ZZ WIA Director and the
 WIA Company Secretary signing off for now from a sunny Darwin.


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INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, RAC,
ARRL,  NZART, eHam, AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE, eHam, 
Radioworld.com and the World Wide sources of the WIA.  


 Registration Open for the 2023 QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo:

 The 2023 QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo will be held on March 25 - 26,
 and registration is now open. The event is a fully interactive
 virtual ham radio convention offering new content, networking
 opportunities and more than 50 amateur radio presentations on a
 wide variety of subjects.

 Tickets are $15 US and registration information can be found at the
 QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo Website. 

 qsotodayhamexpo.com/?mc_cid=cfa50a6bb8&mc_eid=d3e32f2624




 REGION ONE

 TURKEY

 Heavily involved in the relief operations after the devastating
 earthquake in that region word in that Scouts are heavily involved
 with relief operations including amateur radio operations. 

 Alec VK2APC will have more later in this newscast.




RSGB Presidential Election

There was only one nomination received so John McCullagh MBE, GI4BWM
is elected unopposed for a two-year term.

Regional Elections

There were Regional Representative vacancies for five Regions. The only
candidate for Region 8 was Michael Na bPiob, MI0HOZ so he is duly
elected unopposed for a three-year term.

The terms of office for both roles above will commence at the RSGB AGM
April.




 IRELAND

 St Patrick's Day Award

 There is just under a month to register to participate in the annual
 St Patrick's Day Award.

 The event takes place over a 48 hour period from 12 noon UTC
 on the 16th of March to 12 noon UTC on the 18th of March, this in
 order to allow worldwide participation in all time zones.

 The St Patrick's Day Award is 48 hours of non-competitive fun for
 licensees and SWL. Anyone can participate, but also register to be a
 participating station for the St Patrick's Day award by completing
 short registration form online

 stpatricksaward.com





 REGION THREE

 NEW ZEALAND

 Auckland AREC was all geared up supporting Auckland Emergency
 Management (AEM) during the onslaught of Cyclone Gabrielle.
  
 They had been asked to prepare to support field teams throughout
 Auckland with radio communications to the Auckland Emergency
 Coordination Centre (ECC). The communications team was relaying
 traffic between ECC and the teams in the field via VHF radio.
 There was great response from local AREC members to the call for
 volunteers
 
 Multiple roles were filled including
 
 Communicators i.e. talking on the radio
 Log keepers - recording, forwarding messages.
 Even supporters / gophers - Handling phone calls, logistics, making
 coffee etc.


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 HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT  
  
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 NOW CONTEST WISE:-
 --------------
       2023
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 Australia Day 2023 Report by Alan Shannon VK4SN

 To keep things simple, an operator can use the AX or VK prefixes for
 all of Australia Day and submit a log for the 12 hours that the
 contest runs. This is good for FT8 users as the log can be made up
 from the adi file generated by normal use of WSJT-X. Very few pickings
 were heard on CW or SSB as most were on FT8 going for distance points
 with a never-ending flow of QSOs. 

 22 logs from VK and 5 DX logs were received. Feedback over log
 submission seemed to indicate that some are finding it hard to use
 or setup N1MM logger. A comprehensive set of notes shows the whole
 procedure complete with pictures. All this and more can be downloaded
 from the WIA contest pages. Remembering that half the world is
 sleeping during our contest time slot, if not at work during a
 weekday, but more overseas advertising for next year is needed to
 boost DX participation. Failure to read the new rules for this year
 was most evident resulting in a few problems for some, but were
 eventually overcome and logs were eventually accepted via
 vklogchecker.com 

 This contest is all about having a bit of fun on your day off and does
 not gain points for the WIA Contest champion.

 Results are as follows:

 Single Op Phone

 Place	Callsign	Operators	Score
 
  1st	AX5PAS	VK5PAS	826,294
  2nd	VK7IAN	VK7IAN	97,192
  3rd	VK5Y		VK5JAK	30,623
  4th	VK1O		VK1AO		12,568
  5th	VK3W		VK3TIN	8,215
  6th	AX4OTZ	AX4OTZ	7,727
  7th	VK4HRE	VK4HRE	7,660
  8th	AX4ADC	AX4ADC	3,139
  9th	VK3AMO	VK3AMO	2,766
 10th	VK4SN		VK4SN		1,,860
 11th	VK4ER		VK4ER		1,474
 12th	AX2TTL	AX2TTL	1,471
 13th	VK4O		VK4MUD	1

 Single Op CW

  1st	W7VC	W7VC	11,667

 Single Op Digital

  1st	AX4ADC	AX4ADC	3,292,694
  2nd	VK4O		VK4MUD	2,713,094
  3rd	VK4SN		VK4SN		2,319,194
  4th	VK2EHQ	VK2EHQ	2,262,338
  5th	VK1O		VK1AO		1,783,561
  6th	AX5BD		AX5BD		749,789
  7th	WH6EY		WH6EY		739,096
  8th	KH6RDO	KH6RDO	440,063
  9th	VL5F		VK5AJQ	256,395
 10th	AX7STO	AX7STO	243,465
 11th	VK5WU		VK5WU		197,732
 12th	AX2EY		VK2EY		153,919
 13th	NH6O		NH6O		73,964
 14th	HS0ZOY	HS0ZOY	67,497
 15th	AX4OTZ	AX4OTZ	30,639

 Multi-Single:

  1st	VK4HM	VK4BOB VK4SJB VK4JU	257,432
  2nd	VL4A	VK4BLE VK4FOMP		251,162

 Multi-Multi

  1st	AX5ARA	VK5STU VK5NIG	304,691

 DX Winners:

  1st CW	W7VC		W7VC		11,667
  1ST DG	WH6EY		WH6EY		739,096
  2ND DG	KH6RDO	KH6RDO	440,063
  3RD DG	NH6O		NH6O		73,964
  4th DG	HS0ZOY	HS0ZOY	67,497
			

 Thanks for your participation.
 Best 73
 Alan Shannon
 VK4SN.com


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 ON NOW - KEYS AT THE READY

 The ARRL International DX Contest runs from 0000 UTC Saturday and ends
 at 2359 UTC on Sunday using CW on the 160 to 10m contests segments,
 the exchange is signal report and transmission power.

 American stations also send their State, Canadians stations send their
 province.

 (irts)


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 FEBRUARY 25 - 26

 New Zealands Jock White Memorial Field Day

 This annual ZL contest is named to honour Jock White ZL2GX,
 NZART Contest and Awards Manager for over 40 years, for the
 service that he gave to NZART during that time
 
 The Jock White is always held the last full weekend in February
 Saturday  1500-2400 NZDT 
 Sunday    0600-1500 NZDT
 and on 40 and 80 meters.

 Overseas stations in the South Pacific area are welcome and a
 special category exists for "us".
 
 (nzart)



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 MARCH 18 - 19 (the 3rd Weekend)  John Moyle Field Day
                                   UTC 0100 Saturday to 0059 Sunday.
                                                          (wia.org.au)
--------------
 


 YOTA CONTEST
 Youngsters On The Air
 1st round 22nd April     0800  1959 UTC
 ham-yota.com/contest/

 --------------
 
 MAY SIX Saturday Harry Angel Memorial Sprint 106 mts an annual 80m
 contest event, first established in 1999, to commemorate the life of
 Harry Angel VK4HA who at the time of his becoming a Silent Key was
 the oldest licensed amateur in Australia. (106)
 The duration of the contest is 106 minutes one minute for each year
 of Harry's life.                                  

 The Harry Angel Memorial Sprint has been run annually since 1999
 It is usually held on the first Saturday in May each year
 10:00 UTC - 11:46 UTC                                   (wia.org.au)


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 MAY 20-21    Don Edwards Memorial Slow Morse Contest
              begins the weekend after Mother's Day.

              80m section Saturday 20th May 6 to 9pm Sydney time.
              40m section afternoon of Sunday 21st of May, 1 to 4
              Sydney time.                                     (vk2wi)

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                                                 (wia.org.au)

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 DX WINDOW
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And First up news of an Aussie Special event,  Richard VK2SKY from 
Sydney's Manly-Warringah Radio Society


The 26th of February this year is a big day for us That date marks
100 years since the first meeting of the Manly and District Radio
Club, n 1923. That club eventually became the Manly-Warringah Radio
Society.

To celebrate, we'll be activating the Special Event Station V I 100 MB,
on the day, Next Sunday and throughout 2023.

To find out more, check out Victor India One Hundred Mike Bravo on
qrz.com and visit the Society's web site on mwrs.org.au

Hope to catch you on the bands!

For WIA National News and the Manly-Warringah Radio Society,
I'm Richard VK2SKY


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 On air is TM 2 AAW until the 24th of February participating
 in the 20th Antarctic Activity Week which takes place from
 today for a week, i.e. it ends the 26th of the month.

 TM2011W is operating from France.

 QSL via LoTW, or via F8DVD home call, direct or by the bureau.


 (ARNewsLine) 


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

 DENMARK

 Special event station OZ 625 E is on azir until 28th commemorating
 the opening of the new Enigma Museum of Communications in Copenhagen.

 The museum itself opens Saturday 25th and has items dating back to
 1624. At Enigma you'll see from history and historical objects that
 people have always been challenged in the areas of communication

 For more than 80 years, the Danish national treasure Miss Klokken
 had faithfully provided the Danes with precise times. But mobile
 phones, the Internet and radio-controlled clocks have made the
 service virtually redundant. There was a time when Miss Klokken was
 a technical revolution that thousands of people contacted daily.

 But back to the Ham Scene:-
 Look for other OZ625E/xx stations to be active as well. 

 QSL OZ 625 E via operators' instructions.

 ( arrl / wia )

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 UN Global Service Centre Amateur Radio club, 4 U 1 GSC, using the
 call sign 4U 13 FEB is on for this month, February. 
 4U 13FEB special call is on the air to promote World Radio Day,
 which WAS marked Monday the 13th.

 4U 13FEB is based in Brindisi, Italy.

 QSL via 9 A 2 AA, either direct or by the bureau.

 (ARNewsLine) 


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 WIRELESS WEATHER

 In a continued sign of strength for Solar Cycle 25, sunspot counts
 just hit a 9-year high. NOAA says the monthly sunspot number
 skyrocketed in January 2023.

 The monthly sunspot number of 144 in January was only percentage
 points away from topping the previous solar cycle, Solar Cycle 24,
 which peaked in Feb. 2014 with a monthly value of 146.

 (eHam)


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 WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS
 ARDF

 WIA ARDF COORDINATOR VK3WWW  Jack vk3www@wia.org.au
 users.mackay.net.au/~ron/
 homingin.com
 ardf.org.au 

 WHAT'S IN A NAME?

 USA Radio Orienteering Championships Set for April 19 - 23, 2023.

 This is the 22nd USA Radio Orienteering Championships and this year
 will be held at Cooper Lake State Park in Texas, and is hosted by
 the New Mexico Orienteers

 nm-orienteers.org

 The White Rock Lake Amateur Radio Club will provide communications
 support and the new name Radio Orienteering has been transitioning
 to this new name but it is actually the same radio navigation sport
 we know as Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF).

 The sport involves using special radio receivers to find hidden
 transmitters in timed events.

 (arrl)




 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - ASTRONOMICAL

 Two amateur radio events are scheduled in mid-February to celebrate
 an astronomer who mapped the universe and an astronomer who
 discovered a planet.

 The Northern Arizona DX Association ( nadxa.com/ ) has been
 conducting a 10-year special event countdown to the 100-year
 anniversary of Pluto's discovery. The planet was spotted in 1930
 by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
 This is the third year of the special event, which is running until
 until February 20 from the Lowell Observatory using the call sign
 W7P on  most bands and modes.

 In Poland, from last Friday February 17 until March 5 the Polish
 Amateur Radio Union ( 550mk.pzk.org.pl/ ) will operate nine special
 event stations honouring the 550th anniversary of the birth of
 Nicolaus Copernicus. Copernicus mapped the universe and formulated
 a model that placed the sun, rather than Earth, at its centre.

 The nine special event stations using  SN 550 and various suffixes.

 (eHam)




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

 Australia's School Amateur Radio Club can be mightily proud that their 
 satellite antenna rotator has been featured for the world to see in 
 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE edition ANS-043

 The SARCTRAC Mk3b, a $290 satellite antenna rotator from Australia
 comes with all its components enclosed in a waterproof IP65 rated
 enclosure. It makes use of a 3D position sensor with magnetometer,
 allowing the unit to know its orientation at all times, meaning that
 it should be able to automatically position itself from start-up. 

 More information available at
 sarcnet.org/sarctrac.html

 [ANS]





 Cosmos 2499 was speculated to be a spy satellite, or an experimental
 weapon test when launched almost 10 years ago, but, now its
 disintegrating.

 A mysterious Russian satellite of unknown purpose is breaking up in
 low-Earth orbit, US officials confirmed this week. 

 Back in 2013 and 2014, Russia launched several satellites into space.
 One of these was an object that space watchers designated as
 Cosmos 2499. No one knows exactly what Cosmos 2499 is, but it was
 launched along with communication satellites. It wasnt on the launch
 manifest and was thought to be debris until it started manoeuvring in
 orbit.

 Speculation at the time proposed that it was possibly a spy satellite,
 or an experimental anti-satellite weapon. 

 On Monday, the 18th Space Defence Squadron, a part of the
 U.S. Space Force, confirmed that Cosmos 2499 broke apart January 4
 into 85 chunks of debris almost 700 miles above the Earth.

 Americas Guardians now are tracking the dozens of debris chunks
 hurtling through space. The debris will live in the atmosphere for
 years to come. 

 http://bit.ly/3DZZQTb

 (this week in amateur radio)




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

 OC-047 Solomon Islands until the 8th of May.

 Call sign is H 44 MS and is operating from Malaita,
 IOTA number OC-047, until late April on 80-6 metres
 SSB and some FT8.

 QSL to his home call, DLGAC direct or via the bureau.
 He will upload his log to Club Log and LoTW when he returns home.

 (ARNewsLine)





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP --- MILITARY
 Recordings of military transmissions can be found on the
 Signal Identification Guide Wiki at
 sigidwiki.com/wiki/Category:Military

 Manly-Warringah Radio Society 

 Through the week a lecture was held at the Society.

 Former club president and author, Rod VK 2 ZZM, talked about his book,
 The Lost Women of Rabaul, the true story of a group of Australian
 nurses who were captured by Japanese forces during the Second World
 War. 

 An early draft of Rod's book became the basis for the award-winning
 ABC TV production, Sisters of War, which can be seen on ABC iView.
 
 iview.abc.net.au/show/sisters-of-war

 (arnsw news)




WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO SCOUTING
VKJOTAJOTI.COM
scouts.com.au
scout.org/jota
international.scouts.com.au  
jotajoti.info/

Brett Nicholas  VK2BNN Scouts Australia National co-ordinator
for JOTA.
Lorraine OHare VK2FICQ is Girl Guides Australia National
JOTA-JOTI Co-ordinator.

Jota always 3rd weekend in October so 2023 = October 20 - 22
    
CALLING FREQUENCIES 
Please QSY off the calling frequency after establishing
communication.

Australian voice calling frequencies:
3.650, 7.090, 14.190, 21.190, 28.590, 52.160

World CW calling frequencies: 
3.570, 7.030, 14.060, 18.080, 21.140, 24.910, 28.180, 50.160

World voice calling frequencies: 
3.690 & 3.940 MHz, 7.090 & 7.190, 14.290, 18.140, 21.360,
24.960, 28.390, 50.160

Calling frequencies for Slow Scan TV (SSTV):
3.630, 7.033, 14.227

Calling Frequencies for PSK31
14.070 


Scouts and amateur radio activities in Trkiye

As you are aware, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck in Eastern Trkiye
and Syria on February 6th, 2023. 

Scouts from all over Trkiye have gone to the region to take part in
search and rescue operations. The Scouts are also supporting the
Red Crescent by helping with humanitarian aid activities to assist
the earthquake victims. 

The Turkish Scouting Federation has transported many of their scouts,
leaders and volunteers to the region with its own resources, mostly in
their personal vehicles. 

Due to difficult communication conditions in the field, they
communicate via amateur radio with each other, as well as between the
camps. 

Their President of the Turkish Scouting Federation, Hasan Subasi,
TA1GE is also involved in amateur radio operations to support the
rescue and relief operations. 

Our thoughts go out to all that have been affected by this earthquake.

(Alec VK2APC)




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
 

March is shaping up to be a busy month for WICEN NSW.

WICEN will be providing comms support for True Grit at Lower Portland
on the 4th and 5th.

Then there are five Memory Walk events:

 Western Sydney on the 5th,
 Illawarra on the 12th,
 Canberra on the 19th,
 and events in Cronulla and the Hunter on the 26th.

 WICEN NSW is seeking operators for all these events. The Memory Walks
 last just a few hours, so they are good starter events for
 newer WICEN members to get some experience.

 If you would like to participate, or just find out more, email
 wicen.ops@vrarescue.org.

 (arnsw news)



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 I'M JOHN KNOX VK4FJRK AND THIS IS REWIND 

 This year, electromagnetism will be 200 years old.

 The Danish physicist Hans Christian Oersted proved in 1820 that
 electricity and magnetism really belong together. He immediately
 recognized the significance of the connection between the two
 phenomena and triggered the development of electricity theory and
 electrical engineering with the publication of his findings.

 Without Oersted's discovery, there would be no radio, no television,
 electronics, computers, amateur or mobile communications today.

 Almost everyone knows Volt, Ampere, Watt and Hertz  also as terms
 from the theory of electricity. But who and what is Oersted?
 In 1820, the Danish physicist Hans Christian Oersted (1777  1851)
 observed the deflection of a compass needle by a current-carrying
 wire during a lecture and thus discovered the magnetic effect of 
 electric current.

 On July 21, 1820, Oersted demonstrated his observation to a
 high-ranking society of scientists in Paris and wrote down his
 findings.

 From his research results on electromagnetism, electricity theory
 and electrical engineering as well as numerous applications based
 on them (radio and television, electronics, computers, amateur and
 mobile communications, etc.) developed, which have fundamentally
 changed our society in the course of time. Until 1970, the physical
 unit of magnetic field strength (abbreviated with the unit symbol
 Oe) was named after Oersted.

 Technically generated radiofrequency electromagnetic fields are
 also referred to as "radiofrequency radiation". This fundamental
 physical property is the basis of all high-frequency radiation.
 All applications in wireless communications technology as well as
 the operation of radio amateurs are based on this principle.

 MY TIME IS UP - I'M JOHN KNOX VK4FJRK AND THIS HAS BEEN REWIND 




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2023 Social Scene

 Clubs are welcome to submit text with audio for this section

 Details of all WIA affiliated clubs and societies can be found
 on the WIA website, including email addresses and website links.



 VK4 - REDCLIFFE - REDFEST APRIL ONE                         (vk4tfn) 


 VK  - WIA AGM May 13 at 10:30am AEST proposed for Canberra   (vk8zz)
       A hybrid event conducted both in person and by video
       conference and able to be viewed on an internet streaming
       platform.


 VK4 - SUNFEST - NOTE THE DATE SEPTEMBER 9                                  (vk4an)
       At Mountain Creek State Schools massive air conditioned
       auditorium, just off the Sunshine Motor Way. Mountain Creek
       is tucked in to the west of Mooloolaba


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





 Reception Reports

 WIA News rebroadcasters often give Short Wave Listeners a
 welcome to the broadcast as they commence call-backs
 straight after the Local News. Local news follows National
 news in all states. It would be great if those SWL's would
 email their reception reports and location to
 callbacks(at)wia.org.au




 Submitting news items

 If you would like to submit news items for possible inclusion
 in the VK1WIA broadcasts, please email your item in text to
 nationalnews(at)wia.org.au   and don't JUST send url's links or
 posters, but take the time to pen YOUR contribution. 

 To submit audio, email nationalnews(at)wia.org.au
 and send BOTH the audio and the text
  
 We would appreciate items certainly no longer than 1.5 mts in
 length as we only have a half hour.

 Remember the sooner you submit material the more the
 likelihood of it being broadcast in the very next edition of
 WIA National News.

 Each recorded item will only be broadcast once, if you want a couple
 of mentions, please submit different slants to keep your
 event 'fresh' and always if the news room is to read your
 item --- write it in the 3rd person. (First if YOU are
 reading your own item)
 
 Promote your local rebroadcast; details on
 wia.org.au/members/broadcast/contribute/
 
 A reminder when supplying HamFest info we obviously can't
 plug DEALS from commercial traders "on air", but we at the
 WIA will put your supporters 'goods' in this text edition
 "no worries."

 We will not give blatant 'plugs' to raffles, be it raffles
 at the event or "on-line".


 
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 Oh... and to contact us with your news because
 If It Matters To You It Matters To Us!


 Click the links below to download the most recent edition of
 National News, BUT this is ONLY the backup site!

 WIANEWS backup thanks to Brendan VK4BLP can be found on
 wiaq.org.au

 BACKUPS OF THE BACKUP!!  thanks to Tony VK7AX
 www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/
 
 wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/ (This is the link
 to the original text version and original audio on wia site)


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 WIANews - we've reported...YOU decide.

 TWITTER  twitter.com/VK1WIA

 Societies and Club News Letter Editors can EXCHANGE a feed
 prior to the actual broadcast date, e-mail
 nationalnews(at)wia.org.au

 Call-backs fol How do I join this National News List? 
 (subscribe for an automatic weekly feed.)
 Email to vk1wia-news-join(at)lists.wia.org.au
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 How do I leave this National News List? (unsubscribe your
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 Open mail program which sends mail from the address you want
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 unsubscribe address vk1wia-news-leave(at)lists.wia.org.au
 You will be sent a confirmation mail and must follow the
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            (Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)


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