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VK National News 09Aug26
Weekly news from the WIA:
MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2026-08-09.mp3
Text edition:
2026 AUGUST 9 WIA 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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IN WIA NATIONAL NEWS THIS WEEK:-
Friday, the 14th of August students from the Australian Air League, Adelaide, South Australia will talk with the International
Space Station. -
COMMITTEE RE-EVALUATING RESULTS OF WRTC 2026 COMPETITION. -
Alan VK4SN and trans-tasman contest results. -
And joining Alan VK2COD with YOTA news, Ben talks about the Kairi State School Radio Club, and their ham radio studies for thei
r grade 5 and 6 enrichment class.
BUT WAIT - THERE'S MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA AND IT'S FOR WEEK COMMENCING
SUNDAY AUGUST 9 2026
I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB
AUSTRALIANA
This is Angelo Giuffre, VK2NWT with advice of another upcoming ARISS contact.
Next Friday, the 14th of August students from the Australian Air League, Adelaide, South Australia will talk live with Astronau
t Jack Hathaway KJ5NIV on board the International Space Station. Scheduled contact is for 10:56:13 UTC or 8:56:32 PM AEST.
Once again, the ground station for this contact will be Claudio IK1SLD located in northern Italy who will supply the audio for
this contact via the Ham Radio Telebridge.
You can listen to this contact live from anywhere in the world via EchoLink *HAM* Node 69556, or IRLP Node 9556 as well as a ra
nge of other linked VoIP modes. Please visit the anzel.radio website for the full list of all modes and Talkgroups.
Last Mondays contact with the Geneva College Latrobe Tasmania, was received via a number of repeaters linked to the EchoLink Ha
m Conference Node enabling a much wider audience to experience this facet of Amateur Radio, many for the first time. So, I woul
d strongly encourage all repeater operators across Australia that can link to the EchoLink or IRLP Ham Conference to do so and
broaden the reach of these contacts for everyone to enjoy.
Steven, VK4SJV will once again provide his countdown Dashboard for this contact. I will post a link to the Dashboard on the Lat
est Updates section of the WIA Website a few days before the event.
Contacts generally last around ten minutes with call-backs taken by John, VK3HJQ, immediately afterwards for reporting back to
NASA. We hope that you enjoy this contact and look forward to hearing from you on the call-backs.
If you want more information about ARISS including application forms and instructions on how to apply, please visit the ARISS s
ection on the WIA Website.
wia.org.au/members/ariss/
This is Angelo VK2NWT for WIA National News
The BIRD IS THE WORD.
As anyone who has ever worked a satellite - or does so regularly - working these birds, as they are known, has its rewards. A g
roup of researchers
here in Australia has also been working the birds, the species known as a white-backed swallow, using temperature-sensing radio
transmitters.
They've received some great results, listen up as John Williams VK4JJW
gives us the bird, as he did for NewsLine.
"No matter which hemisphere you live in, no doubt this year has already shaped up to be a time of weather extremes. Wherever yo
u are, you have a lot in common with the white-backed swallow, a prevalent species here in Australia with the very uncommon abi
lity to survive despite freezing temperatures to blasting heat. We are talking about as much as 50 degrees Celsius - and we Aus
tralians especially can relate!
To learn how the birds survive, researchers in central Australia's Sturt National Park outfitted some of them with tiny transmi
tters. This was not an avian Parks on the Air; this was a research project to monitor the birds' physiological responses throug
h bio logging - a way to record and transmit their body temperatures' changes as the birds slept in their burrows at night.
The result? A highly successful Worked All States of Bird Physiology. The collected data confirmed the scientists' theory that
a deep torpor - an essential near-shutdown of metabolism, heart rate and breathing - was essential for these birds, just as for
some other bird species, such as the tiny hummingbirds in some regions of the world.
The results were recently published in the journal "Current Biology" . The scientists called the transmitters key to their fin
dings because data could be gathered in the wild instead of an artificial setting, such as a laboratory. Hams, of course, would
not be surprised at radio's reliability.
After all, the researchers HAD created another Reverse Beak Network.
This is John Williams VK4JJW.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS is with thanks to Amateur Radio Daily, ARRL,
DX-WORLD, eHam, Hackaday, IARU, IRTS, NEWSLINE, NZART, RAC,
Radioworld.com, RSGB, SARL and the World Wide sources of WIA.
KENTUCKY USA.
TV news, (FOX 56) have reported how a civil rights lawsuit has been filed
alleging retaliation and due process violations against a high school student.
According to a complaint, in January 2025, federally licensed amateur radios were confiscated by an off-duty sheriffs deputy fr
om a Southwestern High School student without a warrant.
According to the lawsuit, the student reportedly served as a volunteer firefighter and holds an FCC Amateur Radio License. On J
an. 31, 2025, the boys teachers aide had asked if walkie-talkies were allowed at school after noticing the antenna coming from
his backpack.
According to the lawsuit, no policy existed prohibiting walkie-talkies or two-way radios at school.
Later that day, his father received a call from the principal claiming that the school had received multiple reports from law e
nforcement regarding his sons radios.
The student was also charged its alleged.
Were talking about a minor boy. Were talking about a kid who had a hobby in the radio world and was punished for it. Through a
series of actions, a sustained series of actions against him, action was brought against him for violating a law that he litera
lly couldnt violate because hes a licensed FCC radio operator.
The sheriffs deputy demanded the Bowman family turn over the radios or theyd go to jail; further, he didnt need a warrant to ta
ke them
The Pulaski County court later found it undisputed that he was duly licensed by the Federal Communications Commission and noted
that he has not been accused of any transmission through a frequency reserved for law enforcement.
The charges were later dismissed with prejudice, with the boys family Lawyer calling it a victory.
COMMITTEE RE-EVALUATING RESULTS OF WRTC 2026 COMPETITION
This story takes us to the UK, where the World Radiosport Team Championship recently concluded.
This high-profile amateur radio competition is now taking an unprecedented move: Organisers are calling the final results into
question and are re-evaluating competitors logs. Jeremy Boot G4NJH from NewsLine has the details.
"The WRTC Organising Committee has announced that they have found discrepancies contained in competitors' log files from the ev
ent, which was held in early July in the UK. Mark Haynes, MDXR, organising committee chairman, released a statement on the 27th
of July saying that an emergency meeting had been held and the judging committee had been instructed to conduct a re-analysis
of the logs, since the findings could affect the teams' finishing positions. The statement appears on the event's website.
Mark said: [quote] "Whilst we do not want this to take a long time, I have instructed that this must be a thorough and complete
re-analysis to enable the results to reach a position of absolute conclusion" [endquote] He added that [quote] "WRTC has no pl
ace for foul play." [endquote] He was not specific about what suspected actions are believed to have interfered with the result
s. Discussion threads on the WRTC's groups.io reflector have said that pirated callsigns affecting multipliers are among the el
ements being scrutinised.
This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH."
The trio of microsatellites described as "fire towers in the sky" have been launched.
As planned, Firesat-1, -2 and -3 were launched on the 7th of July. The project is supported by the Earth Fire Alliance and its
goal is to track various types of wildfires across five continents. As reported several weeks back here on WIA NATIONAL NEWS, t
he satellites have received support from a $26 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund and have the support of Google.
The non-profit Earth Fire Alliance is hoping to have enough satellites in place eventually so that every point on the planet wi
ll be seen every 20 minutes.
MARTS, The Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitters Society represented Malaysia at the Third Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Conf
erence Preparatory Group for the WRC-27 (APG27-3) meeting in Sapporo, Japan,
this past week. "Their participation was aimed at supporting the position and role of the International Amateur Radio Union (IA
RU R3) in safeguarding the amateur radio spectrum," MARTS said in the statement today.
MILITARY JAMMING EYED AS FACTOR IN FATAL PLANE CRASH
Many of us have experienced interference or even jamming, the kind that disrupt a QSO. US military jamming, however, is being s
tudied as the source of the fatal crash of a medical transport plane into a New Mexico mountain. NewsLines Kent Peterson KCDGY
has the details.
"Federal investigators are looking at the role that scheduled GPS interference testing at the White Sands Missile Range in New
Mexico may have played in the deadly crash of a light medevac airplane, killing the two pilots and two nurses on board. The pla
ne was en route to picking up a patient. Five minutes before its crash into a mountain on May 14th, one of the pilots alerted a
n air traffic controller that they no longer had GPS signals.
According to several media reports, an air traffic controller requested that the military cease its tests of GPS interference -
and the military complied -- but testing resumed after the controller learned that the pilot was able to complete the flight v
isually. A report in the IEEE Spectrum said that the preliminary findings do not state whether the air-traffic controllers let
the pilots know that the jamming had been halted - or that it had started up again.
These findings were contained in a preliminary report released in June by the National Transportation Safety Board. Investigato
rs do not expect to reach any final conclusions until next year. The US Army site in New Mexico site is known to conduct tests
on spoofing and jamming systems and the US Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to an IEEE investigative reporter that jam
ming was also a concern during incidents in 2021 that led several close calls, or aircraft flying off course, in the region.
This is Kent Peterson KCDGY."
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NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2026
WIA contest page :- wia.org.au/members/contests/about/
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Greetings all, this is Alan VK4SN with the trans-tasman contest results.
This year operators experienced good propagation and low noise on the bands.
There were approximately 370 Operators on air, and 70 logs were entered containing 6,355 QSOs.
19% submission rate is good as is a 12% increase in submitted logs over last year.
Congratulations go to Izaac VK4IKZ for winning the Youth Award. Izaac put in a great effort in the SOLP category with 2,184 pts
coming 8th overall out of 39 entrants.
The following category winners were
MM VL4R
MS VK3KK
SOQRP VK3TUN
SOLP VK2EZF
SOHP VK4SN
As per usual, full results, soapbox comments, and statistics are available on vklogchecker.com
The contest report contains all results and certificates for VK and ZL operators and is downloadable from the Trans-Tasman page
on the WIA contest pages.
wia.org.au/members/contests/transtasman/
Remember to prepare for the Remembrance Day contest next weekend, the 15th and 16th of August. For those wishing to submit a te
am of 3 single operator stations please email me prior to the contest.
Please read all the good info regarding the contest on the WIA contest pages.
wia.org.au/members/contests/rdcontest/
See you in the RD. GL de Alan VK4SN.
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THIS WEEKEND AUGUST 8-9 THE EME - 2.3 GHz & Up
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AUGUST 15-16 RD CONTEST
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AUGUST 29 - 30 ALARA CONTEST
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SEPTEMBER 19-20 VHF UHF FIELD DAY
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OCTOBER 3-4 OCEANA SSB CONTEST AND OCEANA CW CONTEST is OCTOBER 10 - 11
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OCTOBER 24-25 CQWW SSB
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NOVEMBER 28-29 CQWW CW CONTEST
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DECEMBER 1-31 VK YOTA contest.
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DECEMBER 12-13 ARRL 10 METER CONTEST
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Special callsign LZ 75 HSC is active to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Radio Telegraphy High-speed Club. The club was fo
unded in 1951 and to date membership has grown to include more than 1,400 operators spanning every continent. For more informat
ion about LZ75HSC, visit
highspeedclub.org
(rsgb)
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To mark the 90th anniversary of All India Radio, India's state-owned public radio broadcaster, AT 90 VANI is active until Augu
st 16.
SSB and FT8 on 20, 15, 12 and 10 metres.
QSL via the bureau.
(425dxnews)
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3 Y 0 K.
Charles, M 0 OXO is no longer the QSL manager for 3Y0K (Bouvet
Island 2026). The log has been moved to Club Log, and the OQRS for direct cards has been enabled.
The bureau option will be available sometime NEXT year.
(425dxnews)
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DR of CONGO.
The Mediterranean DX Club will be active as 9 T 0 MD between 30 September and 11 October. The 9T prefix has never been used bef
ore.
Operation from 160 to 6 metres using CW, SSB and digital as well as QO-100 and EME.
mdxc.support/9t0md/
(SARL)
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SOTA Croatia is marking 10 years. Listen for the special callsign
9 A 10 SOTA. The callsign is on the air through to the 30th of
September.
A certificate will be available for contacts made between the 1st of October and the 31st of December THIS YEAR.. QSL via LoTW
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(newsline2501)
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WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS
SUMMITS ON THE AIR, WORLD WIDE FLORA, FAUNA PROGRAM,
PARKS ON THE AIR and other ADVENTURE GROUPS.
hema.org.uk/index.jsp
minesontheair.com/about-mota
parksontheair.com/
sota.org.uk
sotawatch.sota.org.uk/en/
facebook.com/SotaAustralia/
wwffaustralia.com/
Thom Martin W8TAM, co-founder of Parks on the Air and a current member of the POTA Board of Directors, has a candid conversatio
n about the organization's next chapter.
In this YouTube release, he discusses POTA's remarkable growth to nearly 90,000 participants, the unique challenges of running
a global volunteer organization, and the work happening behind the scenes to prepare POTA for the future.
W8TAM Thom also shares the story of how recent advances in AI has helped overcome years of software development challenges, put
ting a public beta of the next-generation POTA platform within reach.
The link to YouTube is in the text edition, best read at wia.org.au
tinyurl.com/3vuprk37
(qrz)
I asked this last week, but again:-
When did you last respond to a VKFF Parks CQ call?
Did you wonder what VKFF Parks was all about?
You might already be an avid hunter of parks and try to log as many different parks you can.
Do you want to find out more about the WWFF and VKFF program?
Now, you have an opportunity to learn more about the VKFF program at the
Annual VKFF Get Together held in Albury, from Friday October 30 until
Sunday November 1. Find out how easy it is for you to activate a qualifying park and operate a portable station, in near silent
RF conditions.
At the VKFF Get Together in Albury, discover what equipment experienced
operators are using and have the opportunity to share information about
setting up antennas and the enjoyment you get operating from beautiful
outdoor locations.
This years annual VKFF Get together, features presentations from Dave
G4AKC who operates pedestrian and bicycle mobile and also hear how
Sands VK9WX, activated Willis Island VKFF 0574.
During the course of the weekend, you will be able to browse activator
exhibits and trade displays.
The evening presentation begins with dinner followed by a presentation by
Chris VK3QB, team leader for the VJ2L Lord Howe Island DXPedition.
Sundays VKFF Get Together activities start with breakfast followed by an
antenna building workshop, then choose one of the nearby VKFF parks, that
you can activate alongside experienced activators and pick up some tips
and tricks along the way.
On Sunday evening, enjoy dinner while comparing notes after your days
activities.
To attend this years VKFF Get Together in Albury, you will need to book
early, as places are limited and walk ups on the day cannot be accepted. For
more information and bookings, go to the WWFF Australia website you will
find that on wwffaustralia.com
Put it in your diary now for October 30 until November 1 at Albury.
This is Peter VK3 Papa Whiskey Golf see you there
In other "FF" news, to celebrate its 15th anniversary, the Croatian Flora and Fauna Amateur Radio Club is active as 9 A 44 FF u
ntil the 31st of December. For information about an award that is available for working
station 9A44FF, visit QRZ.com
(RSGB)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER
AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org
ARU Region 1 Conference Papers Address Satellite Spectrum Issues
Papers for the IARU Region 1 General Conference, being held in Vienna, Austria, September 19-23, 2026, are now available online
, and several are of direct interest to the amateur satellite community.
Among the papers in the VHF+ (C5) section is VI26_C5_11, UHF Spectrum Situation, submitted by the Radio Society of Great Britai
n (RSGB), which addresses AST SpaceMobiles use of amateur spectrum. In April, the FCC announced that AST SpaceMobile (AST & Sci
ence, LLC) will be using the amateur 430 MHz band for 248 satellites in its planned low-Earth-orbit constellation, which aims t
o provide global cellular broadband communications. Centre frequencies are 430.5 MHz, 432.3 MHz, 434.1 MHz, 435.9 MHz, and 439.
5 MHz, each with 50 kHz bandwidth.
Another satellite-related paper is VI26_C3_45, the report of the ARSPEX Working Group, a specialised body of IARU Region 1 for
Amateur Radio Space EXploration.
The full set of IARU-R1 Conference papers may be found at
conf.iaru-r1.org/documents/
(twiar)
Earlier in this your WIA NATIONAL NEWS, we heard from VK2NWT and details on several Aussie ARISS contacts.
In Nairobi they also have just had an ARISS contact, their very very first.
On 5 August 2026, the Kenya Space Agency (KSA) hosted Kenyas first live Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS
) contact. This educational initiative linked a Kenyan audience directly with an astronaut in orbit aboard the International Sp
ace Station (ISS), KSA confirmed in a statement.
Kenyans.co.ke
During the event, students asked a series of pre-selected questions, which were answered live by an astronaut aboard the Intern
ational Space Station (ISS) as it passed within radio range of Kenya.
tinyurl.com/yxh8xjvn
(eHam)
NASA is making progress in building the Moon Base, which will become a resilient outpost near the Moons South Pole for science,
technology, and eventual human operations. To advance lunar surface infrastructure development, commercial partners such as Bl
ue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, and Voyager Lunar Systems are working toward delivering landers by 2028. Thes
e landers will deliver the foundational architecture for a sustained presence on the Moon. Their progress represents major adva
nces in commercial lunar delivery and lays the groundwork for the systems and surface capabilities the Moon Base will rely on.
Phase I of the Moon Base architecture plan, taking place now through 2029, includes more than twenty robotic landings, with eac
h mission designed to incrementally advance system capabilities and validate operational components for those that follow. Befo
re astronauts arrive, robotic missions will deploy critical scientific instruments that characterize the lunar environment, tes
t new technologies, and begin assembling the infrastructure needed for human habitation.
tinyurl.com/3d8xsryp
(NASA)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA
iota-world.org/
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OC REMINDERS
Aki, JK1JXZ will be active again as T2JK from Funafuti, Tuvalu OC 015
from 30 July to 7 August (or 14 August, should his stay be extended.
He will be QRV on 80-6 metres, all day during the week end and after 1700 local Tuvalu time during the weekdays. QSL via LoTW
.
(425 dxnews)
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Steve (number 1) ZL2KE as E51KEE and Steve (number 2) ZL4CZ as E51CZZ
are active again from Rarotonga OC-013, South Cook Islands.
22 July-14 August E51KEE CW and some SSB
26 July-6 August E51CZZ SSB
E51KEE is likely concentrating on 40 and 30 metres.
They will NOT use FT8 or other digital modes.
QS for both callsigns via IK 2 DUW direct.
QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and LoTW.
(425dxnews)
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Sands, VK4WXW has returned to Willis Island OC-007 and will be on
station at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's weather monitoring facility until late October or early November.
He expects to become increasingly active as VK 9 WX in the coming weeks
SSB and FT8 on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres.
QSL via M 0 OXO's OQRS.
(425dxnes)
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Team KH8A will be active from Pago Pago (OC-045), American Samoa from
29 October to 13 November. Plans are CW, SSB, FT8 (MSHV) and RTTY on
160-6 metres with four stations 24/7.
QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via DL4SVA; BUT full LoTW upload will be after six months.
kh8a.mydx.de/updates.
(425dxnews)
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VK9X The Pacific Islands DXpedition Group and Youth on the Air
(YOTA) have announced the VK9XY DXpedition to Christmas Island
OC-002) running from 16 November to 4 December.
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS ---- LIGHT HOUSES WEEKEND
North Dublin Radio Club Lighthouse Weekend
With thanks to Irish Lights, the North Dublin Radio club EI0NDR will be active at the Baily Lighthouse in Howth on the 15th and
16th of August.
There are plans are for various stations, and visitors, if in the region, are welcome on the day.
(irts)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS - YOTA
(Youngsters On The Air)
ham-yota.com/category/yota-region-3/
facebook.com/groups/YOTAOC/
youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA
Tablelands Radio and Electronics Club.
https://www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk4/TablelandsRadioAndElectronicsClub/
On Thursday the 30th of July, The Kairi State School Radio Club, Using the callsign VK4KSS, had an on-air practical session as
part of their ham radio studies for their grade 5 and 6 enrichment class.
CQ CQ this is VK4KSS Victor Kilo Four Kilo Sierra Sierra calling CQ and standing by, Over.
Under the guidance of Stu VK4SDD the students made contact with many stations across VK4 on 40 Metres under trying conditions.
This time on air aids them in achieving a foundation licence and is good practice for the CQ Worldwide SSB Contest coming up in
October.
This has been Ben VK4 Yankee Tango for the Tablelands Radio and Electronics Club. Proud Supporters of the Kairi State School Ra
dio Club.
The YOTA IARU Region One Summer camp has come to an end.
YOTA'rs, WERE AMAZED as to just how fast their the week flew by, how many incredible people they met, and how strong the friend
ships built have become.
Final day kicked off in the morning with an exciting 80m Amateur Radio Direction Finding fox hunt organized by the Austrian AR
DF team. Participants had to locate 5 hidden transmitters scattered across a 3 km course. All the time the magnificence of the
ALPS a backdrop.
Benjamin HB9HIH, took the top spot in the mens category with a lightning-fast time of 12:34, and tefania YO9-158/D, who led the
womens category with an impressive time of 15:36!
The grand finale of the week was the official Closing Ceremony.
Participants received their certificates, the ARDF winners were celebrated, and they took more than just a moment to express de
epest gratitude to all the incredible participants, hard-working organizers, and generous sponsors who made that unforgettable
week possible.
ham-yota.com/news/
As I sign off today, I share a reminder with you that next weekend is
the Remembrance Day Contest on 15 August.
Keep your ear out, or should I say volume up and squelch down, for any YOTAs taking part in the contest, including Scout, Girl
Guide and ADF Cadet units across Australia.
Good luck to all who do take part in the Contest and Lest We Forget!
VK2COD.
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS ---- MEDICAL.
The standard computer mouse is a perfectly useful peripheral if your hands work. If youve got some trouble in that area, you mi
ght appreciate an alternative input solution. To that end, [Varun Adinath Patil] created a neat hands-free solution for moving
a cursor around a screen.
The build is based on the Neuro PlayGround Lite, a board built for physiological signal acquisition in the Feather form factor.
Its hooked up to an IMU sensorboth a MPU6050 or BMI270 workwhich tracks head movements to allow the cursor to be panned around
the screen. Other biological signals are then used to activate other standard mouse functions. Clenching the jaw fires off a l
eft click, while a triple blink fires a right click. Clicking and dragging is achieved by a double-blink. The jaw muscles are s
ensed via EMG signals picked up with gel electrodes on the skin, while the blinks are detected via EOG signals via the same con
tact points.
Commercial solutions in this realm exist, but its great to see how such a device can be built from the ground up.
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IT'S A DATE
Clubs are welcome to email text with audio for this section,
nationalnews@wia.org.au
Details of all WIA affiliated clubs and societies can be found
on the WIA website, including email addresses and website links.
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VK4 - Sunshine Coasts SUNFEST 2026 25 Peachester Rd Beerwah
on Saturday September 19 (vk4vp)
VK - WIA Affiliated Clubs Presidents' Webinar 20 September. (vk7tw)
VK3 - Bendigo Amateur Radio & Electronics Club RadioFest.
Sunday 11 October, Bendigo East Hall, Lansell Street (vk3gtv)
VK - VKFF National Get Together 30th October - Sunday 1st November
Albury, New South Wales. (vk7tw)
VK7 - Tassie Ham-E-Con Radio Conference Nov 7 and 8 UTAS Sandy Bay
Campus. reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference/
VK3 - Southern Peninsula Amateur Radio Club Giant Car Boot Sale
November 15 Dromana 3 Drive-In Theatre Nepean Hwy 10am (wiacal)
VK5 - Adelaide Amateur Radio & Electronics Car Boot Sale Dogs SA
Showground, Cromwell Road, Kilburn 10.00am. November 21. (wiacal)
VK - WIA Affiliated Clubs Presidents' Webinar 6 December (vk7tw)
Reception Reports
No we DO like to hear where in the world you are listening to this,
the WIA NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE.
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
Not only but also those watching us on YouTube, leave a comment , access
is just below the picture on screen and again tell us where and maybe
even the day and time you are listening
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(Posted to the packet radio network on behalf of 'WIA NATIONAL News Team' courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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