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This is WIANEWS for week commencing Nov 2 2008
New equipment prices rising soon
With the shifting of value in the World's currencies it was inevitable that
Ham Radio equipment sourced from overseas would eventually increase in price.
Navcom Electronics, one of Queensland’s prime Ham Radio equipment dealers
has just advised that prices for ICOM equipment will be rising at least 10
percent from November 1st and an announcement from Standard Vertex on price
rises on Yaesu equipment is expected shortly. Whilst dealers like Navcom
will sell their currently held stocks at the current prices or arrange
lay-by terms, it is expected that a run on these equipment stocks will quickly
force dealers to have to order in new stock at the higher prices.
(via vk4zz)
What does Redcliffe radio club do on the fourth Monday night of the month?
Well its foxhunting.
Well last Monday night did not quite go to plan.
Ken, VK4FKEN planted the fox at the end of a one way street and Charles VK4BTC
became lost and after several calls and a lot of noise with radios up loud, a
set of headlights came towards the fox’s location and all thought that Charles
had arrived safely.
Suddenly and set of red and blue flashing strobe lights came on and 2 friendly
police officers asked the question, “What the hell do you think you doing?ö
Apparently a local citizen phoned the police when she heard the radio traffic
at the end of her street and told police that there was a group of men trying
to harass local koalas.
After some 10 minutes of explanation by Charlie VK4YZ and Harry VK4DFG, of the
nature of foxhunting and its application to search and rescue activities, the
officers were suitably impressed and even posed for photos with club members.
The Mountain Radio Challenge is on again this year, Sat 29th November.
Aimed at 27MHz & UHF CBers its based on stations camping on mountains across
Tas, Vic, ACT & NSW.
Those interested please check the website at
www.mrc.cat.net.au
(Tony VFT355 MRC 2008)
HAMS ACROSS AUSTRALIA.
VK2
web service:- http://www.arnsw.org.au/html/news_vk2wi.htm
VKG Roundup http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news
Time is slipping by so check out your unwanted bits and pieces for the auction
which will take place at Westlake’s Field Day Sunday next the 9th of November.
Don't miss this chance to meet up with old friends and hopefully make new ones
and possible find a bargain or two. Gates open to public 09.00hrs and entry
is free.
Be advised that Westlake's clubs Christmas get together will be at the club
grounds Saturday 13th December 2008. We will keep you advise re starting times
and catering but it looks like being a BYO and a Barbie
VK4
web service local news:- www.wiaq.com/qnews/upload/qnewsbcast.htm
local news email qnews-vk-subscribe(AT)yahoogroups.com
VKR Roundup http://www.police.qld.gov.au/News+and+Alerts/Media+Releases/
The next monthly meeting of the Gympie Communications and Electronics Group,
Inc. will be held in the basement rooms of Leading Edge Electronics, Reef
Street, Gympie on Thursday, 6th November at 7.00 p.m.
After the business session, group member Eric, VK4AES will be giving a
presentation which will cover his Easypal slow scan TV software. Easypal is
one of the new digital modes of amateur experimentation and is based around
the DRM+ encoding and tailored to achieve suitable narrow bandwidth for amateur
use. This software is highly regarded around the world and we are pleased to
have Eric share his experiences of developing and using this software with us.
Visitors are welcome to attend but GCEG advises that seating is limited so
please be early. Refreshments will be available, for a gold coin donation,
to lubricate the rag chews after the meeting.
(Submitted on behalf of GCEG, Inc. by Geoff, VK4ZPP, Hon. Publicity Officer)
The Queensland President’s lunch will be held again this year.
The date will be NEXT Sunday 9th November. WIA President Michael Owen,
WIA Directors Ewan McLeod and Ron and Queensland Advisory Committee
Chairman Don Wilschefski will be there to talk about what is happening
in Amateur radio , the WIA and what we can expect in the near future..
You will also get plenty of opportunities to ask questions.. So we can advise
the caterers and function organisers please advise participation by club
members by emailing QAC chairman Don Wilschefski VK4BY at qac(AT)wia.org.au
(Regards Ken Fuller on behalf of the WIA Queensland Advisory Committee)
VK5
www.qsl.net/vk5bar/
Only 7 sleeps now to Sunday Nov 9th.
For the Biggest Amateur Radio event in Adelaide for many years. It is the
AHARS buy and sell day held at the Goodwood community centre.
Over 40 tables full of new, second hand equipment, along with club display
tables.
Entry is from 9.30 and costs $4 including 1 door prize ticket, extra tickets
at $1.
Fabulous door prizes donated by our vendors who are, Aztronics, Radio
Specialists, Tet Emtron, Bushcomm, Yaesu Vertex, Strictly Ham, and Icom who
will also be launching DStar in Adelaide.
The Amateur Radio Experimenters group (AREG) have been managing the DStar
project and are using the buy and sell day to launch it in conjunction with
Icom and the WIA.
AlARA are running a food kiosk and the North East Radio Club are providing a
BBQ.
This is an event not to be missed.
Sunday Nov 9th at the Goodwood Community centre, Rosa St Goodwood. See you
there at 9.30 am.
This has been David VK5KC for the AHARS.
VK8
EDUCATION YOUTH AND ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR RADIO
www.hamcollege.com.au
Last Tuesday week started the first night of the next Foundation Licence
training course with six eager participants in Tasmania.
The course will probably run over three nights with the third night being a
recap and practical night with the assessment night 11th of November.
If you are interested in attending this or any course and/or assessment and
it could be an assessment for other than just the Foundation licence, then
please let Reg VK7KK know ASAP and he can be contacted by ringing mobile:
0417 391 607
or email: regemm(AT)ozemail.com.au
http://reast.asn.au/events.php#FoundationLicenceCourse
(Reg, VK7KK, REAST Education Officer and Assessor)
Amateur Radio Victoria will be running two more Foundation Licence training
and assessment weekends this year.
These will be on the 22nd & 23rd November and 13th & 14th December at easy
to reach Box Hill North.
For inquiries or to enrol please contact Barry Robinson VK3PV 0428 516 001
or foundation(AT)amateurradio.com.au
Liverpool & Districts ARC together with Fishers Ghost ARC congratulates recent
candidates for the successful completion of their Foundation Training Course
and our Standard licence candidate.
Candidates wishing to attend the next course in February/March should contact
either Garry Barker VK2TSR on Tel: 9896 5763 (h) or Wal Kelly VK2ZWK on
Tel: 46 26 8423 (h) to register their interest.
IRELAND
A new examination agreement has recently been concluded with ComReg. This
means that the arrangement under which the I.R.T.S. is responsible for setting,
organising and correcting the examination for an Experimenter’s Licence will
continue over the next three years. The new agreement also formalises the long
standing arrangement under which the I.R.T.S. is responsible for Morse testing.
The agreement between ComReg and I.R.T.S. about the theory examination has
worked extremely well and is to the benefit of both ComReg and the radio
experimenter community. Since the I.R.T.S. took over responsibility for the
licensing examination three years ago 146 candidates have sat the examination
and 90 of these obtained the HAREC qualification which is a pass rate of
62 percent.
ARRL ANNOUNCES NEW YOUTH EDITOR
Duncan MacLachlan, KU0DM, of Kansas, has been named as the new ARRL Youth Editor
and will write the Youth(AT)HamRadio.Fun column
www.arrl.org/news/youth/
MacLachlan, who turns 14 this week, takes over from Andrea Hartlage, KG4IUM,
as she continues her education at Georgia Tech.
Amateur Radio runs in the MacLachlan family, 12 family members are hams.
"I got interested in ham radio through Boy Scouts," MacLachlan said, "but it
was with family support that I got licensed."
INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to RSGB, Southgate AR Club, the ARRL,
Amateur Radio Newsline, NZART and the WW sources of the WIA.
IRAN:
TALLEST RADIO TOWER
Iran has opened a telecommunications tower more than quarter of a mile
high. The 1,427-foot Milad Tower is the world's fourth tallest
communication structure. The tallest is believed to be the 1,815-foot-high
C N Tower in Toronto, Canada.
SPAIN:
Southgate are saying that an announcement on the website of the Spanish National
society, URE, says Spanish Radio Amateurs are getting access to new 70 MHz and
1.8 MHz allocations.
The new 4 metre allocation is 70.150 - 70.200 MHz with a 10 watts ERP
restriction.
Also Spanish Amateurs will be permitted to operate on 1810-1830 and
1850-2000 kHz during specified international contests.
www.ure.es
BELGIUM:
HIGH VOLUME ON MP3 PLAYERS CAN CAUSE HEARING LOSS
Researchers in Belgium say that prolonged use of MP-3 players and similar
devices at high volume can lead to sustained hearing loss. This, as they
release a report that says millions of youngsters across Europe could
suffer permanent hearing loss if they listen to MP3 players at too high a
volume for more than five hours a week and for a prolonged time.
The study was requested by the European Commission. It tackled the concept
of leisure noise such as that coming from personal music players used at
very high volume.
Commission experts estimate that between 50 and 100 million people listen
to portable music players on a daily basis. The report says that if they
listened for only five hours a week at more than 89 decibels, they would
exceed European Union limits for noise allowed in the workplace. And if
they listened for longer periods, they risked permanent hearing loss after
five years.
The researchers calculated the number of people in that risk category at
between five and 10 percent of listeners. This means up to 10 million
people in the European Union alone Sales of personal music players have
soared in European Union countries in recent years.
ENGLAND
A safety device which prevents drivers using mobile phones by automatically
intercepting calls and text messages when they are moving has been unveiled.
The software tells callers the person they are trying to reach is driving and
asks them to leave a message.
Canadian firm Aegis Mobility hopes its system will become available via a
monthly subscription fee.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents in the UK (RoSPA) says
drivers are four times as likely to crash using a phone.
The South Yorkshire Repeater Group will be sending live streaming video from
the Great Northern Hamfest this Sunday on the 2nd November 2008 from
Metrodome Barnsley South Yorkshire England.
Wa5kub has sent live streaming video for several years from the Dayton
hamfest but this is the first rally in the UK to do this.
You can contact the team sending the video on Dstar GB7YD
or via keyboard chat on the web site.
www.southyorkshirerepeatergroup.co.uk/gnhf.php
(Ian G3ZHI G4NJI IRLP 5200 Echolink 135909)
IRELAND
After a long process of contacts between the military authorities and ComReg
the first of the Irish 5 MHz licences have been issued.
All of those who applied have received the necessary permission.
The permission varies the terms and conditions of the licences concerned so as
to include three 3 kHz channels with centre frequencies of 5280, 5400 & 5405kHz.
The practice is to use Upper Sideband for voice transmissions on these channels.
As these are centre channel frequencies and the actual dial readout on upper
sideband is 5278.5, 5398.5 and 5403,5 kHz respectively i.e. 1.5 kHz on the low
frequency side of the centre of the channel.
The maximum power allowed is 200 watts. CW stations are encouraged to use the
bottom 300 Hz of the channels as this permits the use of the channel for SSB at
the same time.
USA
DELEON CONVICTED OF MURDERING COUPLE AT SEA
Back on Land, a California jury has convicted Skylar Deleon of murdering
three people. Two of them were amateur radio operators. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, said that a jury in Orange County, California
has convicted Skylar Deleon of the special circumstances murder-for-profit of
Thomas and Jackie Hawks, KD7VWJ and KD7VWK off the coast Newport Beach.
Deleon was also found guilty of the murder of John Jarvi whose body was found
in Mexico.
It took the jury less than 2 hours to reach its decision of guilty on all counts.
Deleon's attorney had conceded from the outset that Deleon was guilty but should
not be put to death.
The penalty phase of the trial has begun.
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WEIRD N WONDERFUL
New non-stop flight record
From the weird and wonderful file, I'm Jim Linton VK3PC.
No its not the new Qantas Airbus A380 airliner, rather a bar-tailed godwit that
has set a new flight record from Alaska to New Zealand.
For those who don't know, the godwit is a large, long-billed, long-legged
migratory wading bird.
Researchers were amazed when one of a flock of 23 godwits, which they had named
E7, flew 7,257 miles or 11,680 kilometres non-stop for eight days to reach her
summer holiday destination.
She almost doubled the previous record that was held by a Far-Eastern curlew
from Australia to China.
Clever E7 had the benefit of a strong tail wind at times and used it to keep
ahead of her other fine feathered friends as they flew from Yukon Kuskokwim
Delta in Alaska and over the Pacific to reach Kiwi Land first.
The research crew had radio transmitters fitted to flock to keep track of them,
measure their speed and make sure they flew non-stop, not taking a rest break
on some exotic Pacific Ocean island.
E7 lost half of her body weight on the trip too. But should quickly recover if
she eats the New Zealand delicacy of Fush n Chups, or a few of those soup
bowl-sized cappuccinos.
(Jim Linton VK3PC)
OPERATIONAL NEWS -
ON AIR CONTEST AND EVENT COLUMN - D A T E L I N E
2008
November 15-16 (Weekend) Spring VHF/UHF Field Day
November 29-30 WW CQ WW CW contest 0000Z, Sat until 0000Z Sun.
2009
FEBRUARY 21-22 JOCK WHITE MEMORIAL FIELD DAY CONTEST 0200 UTC til 1100 UTC 21ST
1700 UTC til 0200 UTC 22ND
Rules:- Please refer NZART Website –
www.nzart.org.nz/contests/
SPECIAL EVENTS, BEACON DX AND NET ADVICE
hf nets ON the net, www.timroberts-vk4yeh.id.au/
9M1CS* 18 Scouting stations (* Apart from 9M1CSS in 9M6 all
others are 9M2 stations.
QSL via 9m2 bureau) Until Dec 31
C 4 EURO E-Day, 1st of January currency changes to Euro. Until Dec 31
PY 100 JA Centenary of first Japanese immigration to Brazil. Until Dec 31
VI 90 BV Waverley Amateur Radio Society 90th Birthday JAN 1-DEC 31 2009
DX
A5 Bhutan
100th anniversary of the Buthan Kingdom.
Clipperton DX Club members:
Gérard/F2VX, Alain/F5LMJ, Jean-Louis/F9DK and Vincent/GØLMX
will sign A5 100 A
(A5 for Buthan , 100 for the 100th anniversary of the Buthan Kingdom and the
A suffix) .
They will be in Buthan between November 7th to 17th.
With Pradan A5 1PN, they plan to be active too in /p from three other locations
in Buthan.
QSL via F9DK
(Tks Jean Michel/F6AJA and LNDX)
Bill Moore, ARRL DXCC Manager, reports that the following operations are
approved for DXCC credit:
4W6R - Timor-Leste; 2008 Operation
9N7BN - Nepal; 2007 Operation
EP3BN - Iran; 2008 Operation
TN5SN - Republic Of The Congo; Current operation commenting October 2008
TN5MM - Republic Of The Congo; Current Operation commencing October 2008
YI9PT - Iraq; 2008 Operation
Anyone having a rejected card from these operations can send an E-mail
to dxcc(AT)arrl.org
to be placed on the list for an update
Tony F5VBY will operate on 40m for 2 weeks this month (November) using TM 8 TEG
instead of normal callsign. It is a special call to commemorate the Bi-Centenary
of the Region Tarn-et-Garonne, French Dept. 82.
All QSL's will be via the QSL Manager F5MDF.
Operating schedule every weekday morning Mon-Fri from 07.00 - 09.00 utc
on 40M SSB. Dates are commencing Monday the 17th November - 28th November
missing out the 20th.
OMAN, A4.
Lufthansa Amateur Radio club and DARC club I09 are QRV as A 43 DLH until
November 11 while guests of the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society.
Activity HF bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes.
They plan on using EME as well.
They will also be QRV as A43DLH/p from an Omani Scouting Camp.
QSL via DK7PE.
The “VK9DWX-Willis Island DX-pedition 2008ö is history.
We closed the log with more than 95.000 QSOs (that’s our first merger of all
logs except the VK9DWX/mm qsos during the voyage). A great adventure full of
unforgettable moments and sweet memories lays behind us. We enjoyed a beautiful
time of ham radio operation and are very happy of being able to serve so many
hams around the world with a new one or at least with new and additional
bandpoints for the DXCC.
We enjoyed nice and trusty fellowship within our team. Our two rookies Josh,
W4WJF, and Rhy, ZS6DXB turned out to be a real surprise for us: They not only
slipped into the team very easily but they also shouldered the operating burden
in amazingly good performance, they became a valuable support for the DXpedition
After 10 days of operation we welcome the sailing boat “Rum Runnerö which
brought us new supplies (food and fuel) as well as the exchange of our rookies:
Josh had to leave and Rhy was coming to replace him. Also our DXpedition visitor
Gerd, DK2JW, came in as well as Dale, VK4DMC, our valuable, trusty and very
important support in Australia. They were very happy to have solid ground under
their feet again, because the voyage was somewhat rough and not a real pleasure.
We spent a nice evening with exiting talks and a few cool beers. They stayed
overnight with us on the island. Next morning it was time to say good bye,
because the “Rum Runnerö went back to Cairns.
Operation on this DXpedition was a real challenge to everyone:
Fresh to strong winds every day, some days so powerful that the tents were
threatened to be blown away or at least heavily damaged. High tide climbed the
beaches often higher than expected and swept over the feed points of the arrays,
(perfect ground conductivity at least !!) disordering the radial system
completely. Turtles are really heavy (some 75 kg!) and snagged the coax or
other cable from time to time, but fortunately caused no major trouble with
that. Hundreds (or were it thousands ??) of different birds, screaming (and
smelling !!) all day and night and whom you might have noticed as the
background noise in our SSB-QSOs. Small crabs, flies and moths were perennial
companions in our tents, but luckily did not bite at all. Day after day the sun
poured down and let the temperature soar to 35 to 40 degrees Celsius in the
tents. Unfortunately we could not open tents due to the wind and the brightness
of the sunlight: We simply would not have seen anything on the laptop-screens
anymore. Fans were only of little help and not a real relief. In spite of these
unfavourable conditions, the equipment worked to our satisfaction. No major
faults to mention. Only internet access was limited to several hours a day,
which made it impossible to update the log in shorter periods.
Food was cooked on the MV Floreat daily and supplied to us day by day. A great
hug to our chef Susie who did a marvellous job in feeding the team with
delicious meals and perfect sandwiches as well as fresh fruit most of the days.
MV Floreat’s skipper Marcus Oke inspected the weather forecast very thoroughly,
took the development of wind and waves as well as the tide in consideration and
came to the conclusion that Sunday would be the best choice for ferrying our
material safely from the beach to the ship. Safety of all our members first and
the material second was our biggest concern and we would never doubt the
decision of our experienced skipper.
So - sad to say - but we had to finish the CQWW SSB – Contest already by Sunday
morning.
We took down all the 4 squares, vertical, and Vertical-Array-Dipoles (VDAs)
which served us as trusty companions throughout our DX-pedition and made these
many contacts possible. To tear down the whole stuff turned out to be much
easier than erecting it. We began very early in the morning - just on sunrise -
to get most o the job done before the tropical sun would burn out our brains.
It was a perfect manoeuvre, everyone knew what to do. We packed all material in
boxes, pelicases and Skipper Marcus took all the stuff safely back to the
MV Floreat. We did not miss a single item and nothing got wet at all. So we
luckily managed to finish the complete work already by early afternoon.
Once we were all back on the ship, the MV Floreat hoisted the anchors and headed
back to Cairns. We waved a last Good Bye to the island each of us with his own
personal memories, leaving thousands of boobies, frigatebirds, hermit crabs and
green turtles in their ancestral environment.
After Norfolk Island in 2007 as VK9DNX we are very happy having performed a new
adventure with VK9DWX now in 2008. We enjoyed it very much and hope that we
could meet at least part of your expectations. May be not everyone could make
it into our log. We are sorry for that and hope that there will be a next chance
for you soon.
We thank you very much for your cooperation and your understanding during times
of heavy pile-ups and difficult traffic, especially on the low bands.
Thanks also to the many ham radio operators and other sponsors (like Ham
Radio-clubs, -societies and -foundations) from all over the world who helped us
with small and bigger financial contributions. Bringing this all together makes
a DXpedition like ours not only feasible but also rather successful.
Good Bye Willis!
Thank you for this once in a lifetime adventure.
The VK9DWX Operation Team DJ5IW, DJ7EO, DJ9RR, DL1MGB, DL3DXX, DL5LYM, DL8OH,
DL8WPX, SP5XVY, W4WJF, ZS6DXB
P.S.
When entering Cairns harbour after a smooth journey, Dale, VK4DMC already
awaited us with his car and trailer and helped us to unload the MV Floreat. We
sorted out everything which was to stay in Australia and which was to send back
to Germany by cargo-spediton. In the evening we invited the MV Floreat’s Crew
(Marcus, Gordon and Susie) as well as Dale, VK4DMC for dinner. We dined in a
fashionable steakhouse overlooking Cairns’ harbour in a stunning view and
enjoyed a beautiful farewell dinner with those, who gave us so much support and
help and made this DXpedition to come true.
THE QNEWS WORK BENCH - the nuts and volts report -
(Measure twice - Cut once!)
BBC News are reporting on the "Paperless Paper"
When you stretch out the Australian or a broad sheet newspaper on the City Cat
or train or bus, you often seem to end up sparking complete chaos.
Either the passenger sitting next to you gets it in the face with your elbow,
or half the pages of the paper collapse onto the floor into an embarrassing
heap which, in rush hour, is rather difficult to clear up.
But soon your problems with paper could be over.
At Plastic Logic's factory in Dresden, a British engineer Dean Baker has shown
a new kind of newspaper.
What's new about it? Well, for a start there's no paper - it's electronic.
The device looks just like a table mat, it's as light as a magazine.
But onto it you can download hundreds of newspapers and - at the touch of a
button - browse through them quite safely, without EVER elbowing anyone again.
MEDIA WATCH
New Zealand online content site launched
Viewers around the world now have free access to a unique online collection
of New Zealand television and film content, Scoop.co.nz reports.
NZ On Screen, conceived and funded by NZ On Air, a government body, is a
continually evolving showcase of New Zealand television and film. It provides
video clips from programmes and movies - and in many cases the whole programme
- as well as commentary about the programmes, their makers, and their place in
New Zealand’s screen culture history.
The site was launched this week by Broadcasting Minister Trevor Mallard. At
launch, the site has more than 250 titles and accompanying content, with more
being added all the time.
NZ On Screen manager, Brenda Leeuwenberg, said the site was unique in that it
featured content from a wide range of programme makers, channels and genres.
“This is not just content from one source or one channel. The unifying principle
is New Zealand content, old and new, housed on one site for New Zealanders and
the world to enjoy.ö
Visit the site at www.nzonscreen.com
(SouthGate AR Club web)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- DIGITAL
Australian Coordinator for TCPIP domains is Indy vk2xb(AT)wia.org.au
D-STAR - Digital voice and data communications in Darwin
A D-STAR repeater is currently running in Darwin on the 2m, 70cm and 23 cm bands.
2m - 146.700 146.100 (voice and data)
70cm - 438.750 433.750 (voice and data)
23cm - 1293.400 1293.400 (voice and data)
Darwin's D-STAR repeater consists of an Icom D-STAR repeater with 2m, 70cm and
23cm modules feeding into a Diamond X-7000 at approximately 15 metres above
ground. The repeater is located in the Marrara area in the Northern suburbs of
Darwin and although coverage has not been mapped out or rigourously compared to
the current analogue systems, the repeater is able to be accessed from a mobile
setup from most of Darwin.
For more information on D-STAR in the Darwin area, please contact John, VK8HF .
(darc web)
D-STAR - Digital voice and data communications in the United Kingdom.
GB7YD D-Star live streaming audio and video.
The South Yorkshire Repeater Group are streamlining live on their web
site, audio and video off an Icom 2820 which is monitoring GB7YD,
their 2m D-Star repeater.
On the 2820 you can see the callsigns and messages of the stations
that are working through GB7YD.
The service is available 24/7 at:
www.gb7yd.org.uk/
(73 Ian G3ZHI)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- FINAL FRONTIER
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
RADIO GUIDES SPACECRAFT PAST ASTROID
Radio can be amazing. Just ask the folks at the European Space Agency in
Germany that are using it to guide the Rosetta deep space probe which has
successfully passed close to an asteroid 250 million miles from Earth
Rosetta is billed as a space exploration mission that may bring man closer
to solving the mystery of the solar system's birth than any before it. The
spacecraft recently completed its flyby of the Steins asteroid, belt
between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter .
As expected, the spacecraft's radio signal was lost for about 90 minutes as
engineers turned it away from the Sun. Right on schedule the signal from
Rosetta resumed and was greeted with cheers from ESA engineers and technicians.
RUSSIA TO LAUNCH SOUTH AFRICAN HAMSAT
South Africa's second satellite will be launched from the in the December
to March time frame. This, with word that SumbandilaSat, will go into
space on board a Russian launcher in Kazikstan.
SumbandilaSat was first scheduled for launch on a Sthil rocket from a
Russian submarine. Due to political issues between various departments in
Russia the plan was aborted and the satellites sponsors began a search for
a new launch opportunity.
Some concerted behind the scenes diplomatic talks resulted in the Russians
agreeing to honour the contract and shift the launch to Baikonur. This is
the same launch complex where, Earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik
1 was launched.
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP --- MILITARY
Enigma lecture at Bletchley
Historian Sir Martin Gilbert will be giving a special lecture in
the Ballroom of the Bletchley Park Mansion in Milton Keynes on
Sunday 30th November at 14.30 entitled 'Churchill and Enigma'.
So if you’re lucky enough to be visiting the "Mother Country"
November this could be right up your alley.
Winston Churchill's biographer will examine Churchill's wartime
policies in the light of Enigma and will show the place of Signals
Intelligence in the evolution of British strategy and its role in all
the main developments of the Second World War on land, at sea and in the air.
e-mail info(AT)bletchleypark.org.uk
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR OLD-TIMERS
http://www.raotc.org.au
OLD TIMERS
Members and friends of the Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club Australia are
reminded that the next news and information broadcast will take place on the
first Monday of the Month.
using the RAOTC callsign of VK3OTN.
10.00 am Victorian time on 7.060 and 3.650 MHz plus 1.843 MHz AM, and
145.700.
On 14.150 MHz at 01.00 UTC beaming north and 02:00 UTC west from Melbourne
For those not yet retired, 8.30 PM Victorian time tune 80 mtrs 3.650 MHz
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO SCOUTING
http://www.scouts.com.au
http://www.scout.org/jota
http://www.international.scouts.com.au
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
JOTA-JOTI was again a successful event, with hundreds of volunteers, both from
Scouting and Amateur Radio, helping out.
126 groups across Australia registered their activity online at
www.jotajoti.org and we expect more registrations to come in.
Registrations are still open, and don’t forget to complete the weblog so
everyone can see how your JOTA-JOTI went.
Now that the event is over, please remember to thank all those who helped make
it a success, including those long suffering spouses.
I especially want to thank everyone in Amateur Radio who assisted, either
directly or indirectly, with JOTA. I know of several who were not directly
involved, but were willing to pick up a QSO with a JOTA station. Thank you all
for your help, and your patience with the less experienced.
I’m Bob, VK6POP, JOTA-JOTI Coordinator, Scouts Australia
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO
EMERGENCY FREQUENCIES ALL REGIONS
21.360 - 18.160 - 14.300 - 7.060 - 3.760 MHz.
REGION 2 TRY ALSO 3.985 - 7.240 - 7.290
WICEN South Australia is providing safety and scoring information to the
Classic Adelaide Car Rally on November the 20st to the 23rd and looking for
more volunteer operators.
WICEN coordinator David Clegg VK5KC says to volunteer you will need a
2-metre radio and external antenna. The commitment is to spend a few hours
counting Classic cars and relaying the information to the rally headquarters.
New operators will be provided assistance. To register as a volunteer, log
on to the Classic Adelaide web page for the days you can help. Do register
as a WICEN operator.
For more information contact David Clegg VK5KC phone 0403 897 738 (08 8278
8108) or email davidclegg(AT)internode.on.net
Hams prepare for disasters
About 80 stations are expected to take part in the Global Simulated Emergency
Test on Saturday the 8th of November.
The training exercise initiated by the International Amateur Radio Union Region
1 will be on or near the emergency Centre-of-Activity frequencies on the
80, 40, 20, 17 and 15 metre bands from 0400 to 0800 UTC.
Those registered so far represent 25 radio societies in IARU Regions 1, 2 and 3
plus emergency communications groups.
This Global SET will use both phone and digital transmissions. .
The Chinese Radio Sports Association BY7PP has taken on the key role of
headquarters station for the IARU Region 3 and is expecting to be aided by
suitable propagation, at least on a regional basis.
The Wireless Institute of Australia National WICEN Coordinator, Ewan McLeod
VK4ERM notes that the timing of this exercise is favourable for VK and ZL.
All are looking forward to a successful emergency communications exercise.
(Jim Linton VK3PC, Chairman IARU Region 3, Emergency Communications Committee)
SOCIAL SCENE
NOV 8 VK4
GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY HAMFEST (Location to be advised)
Nov 9 VK2
Westlake’s major field day Teralba 9am
NOV 9 VK4
WIA Presidents Lunch. details and RSVP qac(AT)wia.org.au
Nov 9 VK5
Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society will hold their Bigger Better Buy and
sell day Sunday November 9 at Goodwood community centre, Rosa St.
Dec 6 VK7
VK7 HAMFEST – Central Highlands of Tasmania at Miena – starts 10am.
http://www.qsl.net/charct/
2009
International Telecommunication Union's Telecom World 2009.
JANUARY 18 2009 VK2
Mid North Coast Amateur Radio Group's Radio Expo St Johns Church Hall,
Maclean Street Coffs Harbour 8.30am
Feb 8 2009 VK2
WYONG FIELD DAY
Feb 15
Centre Victoria RadioFest at the Kyneton Racecourse
http://radiofest.amateurradio.com.au/
June 5 - 8 2009 VK4
FNNQARG at Cardwell Village Beachcomber Resort book on 1800 005633
Contact FNNQARG co-ordinator Gavin VK4ZZ for site booking guidance.
OCT 12 - 16 2009 ZL
14th IARU R3 Conference Christchurch 12 ? 16 October 2009.
Details at www.christchurch.org.nz/
The Region 3 Web Site: www.jarl.or.jp/iaru-r3/
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