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 This is WIANEWS for week commencing December 09  2007                           


 AMATEUR RADIO - HOME OF THE GOOD GUYS    

 During JOTA VK4's Redcliffe and District Radio Club decided to provide two
 Foundation scholarships to scouts and cubs who visited the club station.

 These scholarships provide the cost of the Foundation course, Foundation Book,
 examination fees and the cost of the ACMA licence fees for the first 12 months.

 The Committee has decided on the winners and they will be presented with their
 scholarships at next Monday's club meeting.




 HAMS ACROSS AUSTRALIA.
 (3dms)

 VK1 
 vk1 local news email broadcast@vk1.wia.ampr.org and ask for subscription. 


 VK2    
 web service:-  http://www.arnsw.org.au/html/news_vk2wi.htm  
  
 The last Illawarra AR Society's club meeting for 2007 will be held on Tuesday
 11th December, at Wollongong, in the Industry World Visitors Centre,
 Springhill Road, Coniston, commencing at 7.30PM.

 The Illawarra Amateur Radio Society reminds you, it's new 'Amateur Radio Forum'
 is now operational and available for all amateur radio operators to use.   If
 you have a favourite project you would like to share with other amateurs, log
 on, and up load the details for others to view.  Or maybe start a discussion
 on a hot amateur radio topic.

 www.iars.org.au


 VK3 
 web service:-  http://www.amateurradio.com.au/news/    
 

 The countdown continues to the Centre Victoria RadioFest, the biggest event
 of its type in Victoria with its family friendly and interesting program.
 
 This a joint venture by Amateur Radio Victoria, Central Goldfields and
 Midland Amateur Radio Clubs. 

 It will be a mix of the program which proved an instant success at the
 inaugural event April this year, plus some new elements to add interest. 

 This includes the National Launch of D-STAR by ICOM with a full show 'n tell
 and several presentations by the experts, Richard Hoskins VK3JFK and Peter
 Willmott VK3TQ. 

 A VHF and UHF antenna measuring range, bring your own antenna and check it
 out.

 Historical radio, scout radio, military radio and WICEN emergency
 communications will have excellent displays. Learn something new from those 
 engaged in those activities.

 Antenna guru and author, Phil Grimshaw VK4KVK will have a highly informative
 presentation on the G5RV and HF antennas for QTH's which space is limited.
 And Terry Murphy's Dipole Factory will be in full operation too.

 All major commercial traders are bringing truck loads of gear to sell. There
 will also be plenty on sale in both the second-hand marketplace and car-boot
 alley.

 Put it in your diary now. The Centre Victoria RadioFest, Sunday the 10th of
 February at the Kyneton Racecourse, less than an hour from Melbourne,
 Ballarat and Bendigo.

 For contact details and more information check out the website:
 radiofest.amateurradio.com.au

 I'm Bruce Lees VK3FFF and you're listening to 


 VK4    
 web service local news:-   www.wiaq.com/qnews/upload/qnewsbcast.htm
 local news email qnews-vk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com subscribe in subject field.
  
 Townsville Amateur Radio  TARC Xmas Lights Tour

 The famous TARC Christmas Lights Tour is on again this year and will
 be happening in a couple of weeks time. Lights Tour organiser Gavin VK4ZZ
 is currently plotting a way around the Twin Cities of Townsville and
 Thuringowa


 VK5  


 VK6 
 web service   http://www.vk6.net/newswest-index.html 


 VK7   
 local area news :- http://reast.asn.au/news.php
 your copy of vk7 local news, email   vk7regionalnews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
 

 VK8 
 http://www.vkham.com/vk8da/  note an audio version available on this page.




 BPL 
  
 THE BPL WAR:  EUROPEAN COMPANY DOUBLES BPL THROUGHPUT

 A new challenge to DSL and cable Internet access from BPL that also holds the
 potential for increasing interference even higher in frequency.  Europe' s
 DS2 Corporation has demonstrated a second generation Broadband over Powerline
 chipset for  that can handle data at sustained rates of well over
 400 Megabytes per second.  This, while maintaining backwards compatibility
 with earlier generations of hardware. 

 The company making the claim is DS2, is based in Valencia, Spain.  Its
 previous chipset, introduced four years ago, enabled communications at
 200 Megabits a second  over standard electrical power lines.  That generation
 has been widely deployed by European telecommunications providers and 
 displaced earlier consumer hardware.

 The new generation chipset doubles the bandwidth to 400 Megabits a second.
 Even after control, error correction, and quality of service information are
 subtracted, the end users will have access to well over 200 Megabits per
 second of usable bandwidth.  That's double the current 100-BaseT Ethernet and 
 better than 802.11n can do under most conditions.

 DS2 does not build completed BPL systems, installation equipment or end user
 hardware.  Rather, it designs the processors and creates integrated chipsets
 that enable original equipment manufacturers to produce networking solutions.
 Its also bout to make power providers -- especially  those in Europe who have
 been wary of jumping onto the BPL bandwagon -- take another look at
 introducing the technology.
 (ARS Technica via ARNewsLine)



 BPL fear harms amateur radio

 The ongoing serious discussion about the problematic broadband over powerlines
 technology appears to be discouraging some people from becoming radio amateurs.

 Central Goldfields Amateur Radio Club President, Peter Rafferty VK3CC, tells
 of  potential recruits to amateur radio referring to reports that BPL will
 render HF radio useless.

 They're telling him it appears a waste of time to take up amateur radio. No so!

 The clear message is that, while BPL has demonstrated it can pollute the
 spectrum, this does not mean HF radio communications have a use-by date.

 The military, aviation and broadcasting continue to have confidence in the
 future of HF radio.

 Radio amateurs rely on the HF spectrum too, and through the IARU and its member
 societies such as the WIA remains strongly opposed to BPL emissions that can
 cause harmful interference.

 While BPL is not a dead parrot yet, to borrow a phrase, it does continue to
 squawk but not consistently loud enough these days.

 We can't afford to be complacent about BPL - true - but it's a situation of
 being alert but not alarmed, and certainly no justification for turning away
 from amateur radio.

 (Jim Linton VK3PC) 




 INTERNATIONAL NEWS    

 NEW ZEALAND
 (this story text editions only)

 Stuart Watchman, ZL2TW, NZART Vice President

 It was announced this week, via the M.E.D. Radio Spectrum Management web site
 that as a result of the Radio Fee's Review for 2007 - that the fee currently
 charged by the MED for repeaters, beacons and fixed links for the Amateur
 Service are not increasing, but remaining at the same level, ($50.00 pa,
 reduced by 10% to $45.00 per annum if paid on-line).

 Additionally it is noted first that the regulations include a ten percent
 reduction in licence fees for licence holders who undertake their own 
 interference investigations and secondly that the cost for engineering the
 same licenses has increased from $300.00 to $400.00.

 NZART extends it's thanks to the submission submitted by the two previous
 ALO's, namely Bruce Douglas ZL2WP and Mark Gooding ZL2UFI; as this no doubt
 lead to the successful case of at least keeping the fee's at their current 
 level. Members will recall that a figure of $250 p.a. was a possibility.
 This shows the value of the submission process and is good example of what
 NZART is doing for its members, and for amateurs as a whole.

 As part of the press statement from the minister responsible for this fee's 
 increase, David Cunliffe stated in part the following: "Mr Cunliffe said there
 will be no changes to the amateur licence fees for repeaters, beacons and
 fixed links - but these will be included in a review of the amateur fees to be
 commenced in the New Year."

 The new ALO Don Wallace ZL2TLL will be taking up this "new" review referred to
 by the minister when next meeting with the MED.

 The new fee structure takes effect on 1 February 2008.
 Stuart Watchman, ZL2TW, NZART Vice President 

 (Jamie Pye ZL2NN, Editor zl2nn@nzart.org.nz)




 Ramon XE1KK the Secretary - IARU Region 2 tells us that they now have an
 RSS service with short news from the region available in English and Spanish.
 You can visit iaru 2 web page to subscribe;
 Look in the "Links" section.  




 Maine, USA and when Stan Giguere went out deer hunting Nov. 24, he was
 startled by what he said looked like a big orange parachute in a tree.

 It was about 30 feet across and down at the bottom was a pink box with an
 antenna sticking out. "I saw a red light on. It had a camera in it."

 Stanley chucked the balloon into the back of his truck took it home, found an 
 email address of a school.

 Stan had happened upon was a weather balloon project undertaken by parents and
 children of the Perth Children's House Montessori School in Ontario Canada!

 550 kilometres away as the crow flies.

 What Stanley didn't know was that a tracking car with three residents of
 Perth was circling the area at about the same time, in search of the downed
 balloon, eventually pulling up in his driveway many hours after the balloon
 launch!

 Yes Ham Radio enthusiasts had tracked it across the country border and the final
 signal from the balloon was heard as Stanley took it indoors!




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 NEWS FROM ARNEWSLINE   

 NEW SURVEY SAYS INTERNET HEADED TO GRIDLOCK

 Hams who see emergency communications over the Internet as the future of
 traffic handling might want to rethink their position.  This, if a new report
 that predicts that Internet usage could outstrip network capacity worldwide in
 a couple of years proves to be as accurate as it seems to be.

  Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, has the details:

 

 The study was conducted by the advisory firm Nemertes Research. The report is
 the first to assess the Internet infrastructure and current model as well as
 projected traffic patterns independent of one another.  And it says that the
 Internet access infrastructure, specifically in North America, will cease to
 be adequate for supporting demand within the next three to five years.

 But that's not all.  The Nemertes report says that the cost required to make 
 capacity meet demand is in the area of $42 billion to $55 billion in the
 United States.  This would primarily be spent on broadband access capacity.
 The firm says that figure is 60 to 70 percent beyond the $72 billion service
 providers are planning to invest.  

 Even bigger is the required investment globally to keep data flowing freely
 across the Internet.  It's is estimated at $137 billion, again primarily in
 broadband access."

 If the reports authors are correct, Internet users could increasingly
 encounter Internet brownouts or other interruptions to their applications they
 use online.  For example, it may take more than one attempt to confirm an
 online purchase or it may take longer to download the latest video from a site
 like YouTube.  And for hams trying to communicate using radio to Voice over
 Internet Protocol technology it could mean a major slowdown in message
 delivery speed.  And when lives are at stake, such a roadblock would be
 intolerable.   

 For the amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los Angeles.

 
 The bottom line: Radio amateurs involved in emergency communications might
 want to consider keeping an all radio backbone system in place, just in case
 Internet based message delivery disappears at the moment its needed the most.
 


 WORLRADIO SAYS ITS CHANGING TIMES

 Another must read is an article in the December issue of Worldradio magazine
 titled "Changing Times."  In it, author Jim Wades, K8SIW, notes that the 
 response model of the Amateur Radio Emergency service has remained stagnant
 while the needs, wants and desires of t5he clients it serves are changing very
 rapidly.   

 In his treatment, Wades notes that ARES and similar programs as originally
 envisioned stressed a high degree of local autonomy.   He notes that model
 worked well when all public service communications was cantered around a few
 basic technologies.  But says Wades, problems are beginning to emerge as
 emergency management agencies begin to stress regional cooperation, national
 standardization and interoperability. 

 Wades says that these days, many independent ARES programs are finding it
 increasingly difficult to implement new technologies, many of which require
 specialized knowledge along with a significant financial investment not
 available within the local community.   He also notes that there is a people
 problem where in all to often local emergency coordinators reject initiatives
 toward such things as the use of a single, universal radiogram form or even to
 implement structures designed to share specialized resources across multiple
 jurisdictions.  

 But Wades says that this philosophy has to change.  He says that ARES really
 needs to be structured more like the McDonalds restaurant chain .  He says,
 just as you can expect a quarter pounder with cheese to be the same all over
 the United States, an agency served by ARES should have assurance that an
 ARES group in Oregon has the same basic skills as would a similar group in
 Michigan or New York.   How this might come to be is covered in the rest of
 Jim Wades article that begins on page 34 of the December issue of Worldradio
 magazine.  

 

 RESCUE RADIO:  NEW HAM HELPS SAVE CHILDS LIFE

 While helping to provide health and welfare communications for a California
 athletic event, a newly licensed amateur calmly makes the call for critical
 medical assistance for an injured 6 year old:

 --

 Actual contact audio.  Hear it in the mp3 version of this newscast available
 at www.arnewsline.org or at wia.org.au

 --

 Licensed for only 2 1/2 weeks, Kristen Andersen, KI6MRH -- now W6KLA --
 volunteered with the Catalina Amateur Repeater Association to help provide 
 communications for the first-annual Catalina Island Eco Marathon.  Kristen was
 stationed as a radio operator at the Middle Ranch aid station.  During the
 race, a vehicle pulled up with a young boy who was bucked off of his horse 
 during a riding lesson.  He was believed to be  suffering from head trauma.

 --

 Actual contact audio.   
--


 As luck had it, the accident occurred right near a radio-staffed marathon aid
 station..  But even with a 2 meter repeater located at the top of the island's
 highest point, Middle Ranch is a tough shot, due to the rugged terrain. 
 Still, the critical communications got through.

 Responding to the call were Santa Catalina Island Conservancy Rangers, 
 LA County Fire Dept, and City of Avalon Fire Department Ambulance. He was
 first taken to Avalon Community hospital where a scan was done that showed
 bleeding on the brain.  He was then  med-evaced by helicopter to Children's
 Hospital Orange County and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.  Late word Is
 that the child is back home and doing well.  
 
  

 AUSTRALIA ISSUES WORLDS LONGEST SPECIAL EVENT CALL SIGN

 Still down-under, the Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued
 what might be the longest callsigns in the history of ham radio for a special
 event.  ACMA, as its better known  has made available to the Blue Mountains
 Amateur Radio Club the callsign VI 2 BMARC 50, to commemorate the club's 50th
 anniversary.

 VI 2 BMARC 50 -- yep it is a mouthful -- well -- it will be on-air for 10 days
 early next year.  Listen out for it from January 18th to the 28th  2008.
  
 Details of the operating schedule and QSL information will be posted on the
 club's website.  Its in cyberspace at www.bmarc.org  And that U-R-L is a lot
 easier to say than VI 2 BMARC 50.
 (WIA News) 
 


 ======================================================================= 

 OPERATIONAL NEWS -  

 CONTEST COLUMN -  D A T E  L I N E
 
 2008

 January  12-13 (Weekend) Summer VHF/UHF Test 


 March    15-16 (Weekend) John Moyle Field Day 


 August   16-17 (Weekend) Remembrance Day Contest
 August   16-17 (Weekend) International Lighthouse Weekend


 November 15-16 (Weekend) Spring VHF/UHF Field Day 

  

   
 RD CONTEST MANAGER CHANGES
 
 "Please be advised that due to a clerical error the date that I previously
 advised for the 2008 RD was incorrect, the weekend closest to the 15th Aug 08
 are the Sat 16th and Sun 17th August 2008."

 Peter Harding VK40D went on to tell WIA National News "Sooooooooooooooooo
 please adjust you Contest calendars accordingly.

 The next point I would like to ask help on, I would like to gather data on any
 and ALL known contests, 

 I want this in order that in future publications and the WIA Website  will be
 able to carry the date, If you have date fine otherwise the known description
 eg: 

 'World wide CW contest held on the 3rd Weekend of June'.

 etc type of data will help

 Please send your Emails 

 contester@optusnet.com.au

 PLEASE USE ONLY THIS ADDRESS as it will be redirected to others."




 AWARDS'
   
 60 Anniversary of the WIA Awards system.

 Our awards were commenced in 1947 so it is the 60th anniversary of our awards
 this year.
 
 Mal Johnson VK6LC has revitalised the WIA Awards over the past few years in
 his role as our Awards manager.

 Details of the awards are available in the latest call Book, available from
 the WIA or your local club.

 Thanks Mal for your wonderful efforts in making our awards world class.

 I'm Trevor Quick VK5ATQ for 1WIA.




 NOW ROBERT BROOMHEAD - VK3KRB. 

 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER
 VK5ZAI is the Australian Co-ordinator for ARISS.

 AMSAT-VK UNOFFICIAL HF Net.
 2nd Sunday each month.
 November through March 0900 UTC 7.068 MHz
 April through October  1000 UTC 3.685 MHz    
 
 Australian Satellite Enthusiasts Group

 The Australian Satellite Enthusiasts Group (Ozsatgroup) is a forum for all
 amateur operators, SWL'ers, and radio hobbyists, who enjoy working or
 listening to satellite and space based radio systems.

 They welcome all who are interested in discussing and exploring this
 fascinating branch of amateur radio. 

 The group is operated via a Yahoo group, and includes; a mailing list,
 shared calendar - used for making satellite sched's, photo library and
 downloads area. 

 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/ozsatgroup/




 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR OLD-TIMERS
 http://www.raotc.org.au 

 The ARNSW Radio Veteran's Christmas Meeting will be a Christmas lunch held at
 the home of Ric HAVYATT  - VK2PHat on December the 20th, starting at 10AM.
 Please bring your own lunch.  However Tea & Coffee will be provided.




 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO

 EMERGENCY FREQUENCIES REGION ONE
  21.360  -  18.160  -  14.300  -  7.060  -  3.760 MHz. 

 WICEN was present at the recent Dural field day in VK2, along with its
 communications trailer.
 Many friendships were renewed at the event, along with new ones being made,
 and that was just WICEN alone!

 WICEN has been invited to provide communications for the AROCSPORT Adventure
 weekend of 26-28th January, in the Eurobodalla National Park on the south
 coast of NSW. Net Control will be located at Beachcomber Holiday Park, where
 accommodation will also be provided. Could those interested please contact
 Neil Fallshaw VK2XNF

 neil@beachcomberpark.com.au
 or on 4474-5312.

 Other events confirmed for next year include the Barrington Tops
 SAREX (Search and Rescue exercise) over the weekend of 18-19th October
 and the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic over the weekend of 1st-2nd November;
 other likely events include the Nav Shield in early July and the Shahzada
 Enduro in late August.
 (sourced to a release by Dave Horsfall VK2KFU, Publicity Officer, WICEN (NSW)
 Inc.)




 RESCUE RADIO:  TSUNAMI VICTUMS GET NEW RADIOS

 Japan's electronics industry has donated new High Frequency radios to the
 Solomon Islands tsunami victims. Media Network reports that a total of 200 
 portable radios have been sent to villages in the Western and Choiseul
 provinces of the Solomon Islands. 

 Japan donated the radios after learning of the disastrous earthquake and
 tsunami that hit the Western parts of the country on April 2nd .  The radios
 can be used for 60 minutes using an AM frequency, 40 minutes using an FM 
 frequency, and 15 minutes of light without a dry battery by just one minute 
 of rotating the handle of the built-in power generator.

 Media Network says that the radios have been shared equally among the two
 provinces with 100 radios each. The donation came from Japan through the
 Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Japan, Tsuguto Kitano.
 (ARNEWSLINE)




 BB's DIARY ROOM - THE FUTURE, IN AMATEUR RADIO


 2008

 Sept 13    Alarameet 2008 will be held in Ulverstone Tasmania on Saturday
            13th and  Sunday 14th September 2008. Susan VK7LUV for details.




 2009
            International Telecommunication Union's Telecom World 2009.


            14th IARU R3 Conference Christchurch 12 - 16 October, 2009.
 


 SOCIAL SCENE    


 DECEMBER 8
 VK4 ALARA get-together at GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCITIES clubroom.
 It's a Christmas Spit Roast Buffet.  
 Function however is now fully booked out! 



 DECEMBER 9
 Summerland Amateur Radio Club at Lismore are holding their Christmas Party
 Ph: 6624 7247
 Club: 414 Richmond Hill Rd.                   Email: vk2src@sarc.org.au
 GOONELLABAH, NSW. 2480.            http://www.nor.com.au/community/sarc/
 Post: PO Box 524                                    IRLP: 6220




 JANUARY 20 2008

 The Mid North Coast Amateur Radio Group invite all amateurs to attend the
 2008 Mid North Coast Radio Expo to be held in Coffs Harbour on Sunday 20th
 January.

 The Expo is held at the St Johns Church Hall, Mc Lean Street, Coffs Harbour.
 Gary VK2ZKT is the Radio Expo Coordinator on 02 66 55 2 990 or visit the
 Groups comprehensive web site at www.mncarg.org




 FEBRUARY 9 2008

 The Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club is turning 50 in January 2008.
 To commemorate this milestone in the club's history, a dinner will be held
 on Saturday the 9th of February 2008 at the Emu Plains Sporting and
 Recreation Club, Leonay (pro: Lee-O-Nay) Parade, Emu Plains, commencing
 at 7:30 PM. The cost is $40.00 per head (excluding drinks) and is
 non-refundable. All current and former members and their partners are
 invited to attend. This is a great opportunity to catch up on old times
 with old friends. Bookings are essential and can be made by contacting 
 Daniel VK2DC via email to bmarc50@bmarc.org or snail mail to PO Box 54,
 Springwood NSW 2777. Full payment must be received by the 25th of January
 2008 to confirm your booking.
 For more information on this  and other BMARC activities, point your browser
 to www.bmarc.org 
 (John VK2QN Publicity Officer Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club Inc)



 FEBRUARY 10

 Announcing Centre Victoria RadioFest No. 2. 
 Second-hand traders, club corner, short-talk lectures, displays and the
 popular dipole factory will all return, plus some new exciting activities to
 be announced later.
 All major commercial traders have already made commitments to be there again
 in 2008.    
 For second hand table bookings that cost only $12.50 please contact Nick 
 Angelo VK3UCK 0488 653 201, or check out the website
 radiofest.amateurradio.com.au 



 FEBRUARY 17

 CENTRAL COAST AMATEUR RADIO FIELD DAY

 On Sunday 17th February 2008 the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club Field Day
 will again be held at the Wyong Race Course.  This is the most popular field
 day in Australia, generally drawing about two thousand interested amateurs
 and electronic hobbyists each year.

 Major Australian radio and electronic equipment suppliers will be in
 attendance with displays of the latest radio and electronic equipment for
 sale.  

 Displays will also be provided by several amateur radio clubs and special
 interest groups and throughout the day an interesting lecture program will be
 provided.

 The Newcastle Embroiders Guild will also be providing craft activities
 throughout the day which should be of great interest to the XYL's. 

 The extensive car boot sale area will again be very active, providing a wide
 choice of goods for sale.  As usual the free tea, coffee and chat area will
 operate but this time in a new bigger location.  The various food outlets
 providing hot and cold sit down or take away food will also operate as usual.

 As a new feature this year to promote further socialisation by those 
 attending the field day, an Official Dinner will be held at the venue on the
 evening of Saturday 16th February 2008.  This will be a buffet style meal
 with a guest speaker who will talk on an interesting radio relevant subject.

 This Field Day provides the greatest opportunity for the amateur operator or
 electronic enthusiast to see and purchase all the latest gear in one location
 and meet up with a very wide range of like minded enthusiasts - a great
 opportunity to meet up with old friends and make new friends. 

 More details will soon appear on the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club's web
 site www.ccarc.org.au.

 How about you put it in your calendar as a must do event!


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