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MANY VK2 REPEATERS FACE POSSIBLE EVICTION FROM SITES ACROSS THE STATE!
Phil Wait VK2DKN in a news posting to wia.org.au says that the Director General
of the NSW Department of Lands has written to the WIA upholding the Departments
decision to impose a $367 fee for each amateur radio facility located on
NSW Crown Land.
The WIA had written to the Director General in August arguing for special
consideration for communications facilities maintained by small amateur radio
clubs, and highlighting the strategic community resource that amateur radio
communications facilities provide during emergencies.
In the Departments reply the Director General advises that the site rental fees
are prescribed under NSW State legislation, and cannot be reduced below the
minimum rent provisions in that legislation.
This is bad news for small amateur radio clubs which maintain repeater
facilities on NSW Crown Land, and also for those larger clubs which have
several affected repeater sites.
The likely outcome is the closure of a number of rural amateur radio repeater
facilities, or at least their relocation to less favourable sites.
On the other hand, larger well resourced clubs may welcome the opportunity to
enter into an agreement which guarantees secure tenure for their repeater sites
located on Crown Land.
Individual NSW amateur radio clubs adversely affected by this new fee should
consider their position carefully. Failure to enter into a rental agreement
when asked to do so by the NSW Department of Lands may result in eviction from
a Crown Land site.
Later in this bulletin Amateur Radio Victoria's President joins us with some
better news regarding a ham radio installation in VK2.
Hello to all clubs,
The WIA can now take orders for the 2009 Call BOOK.
The price is unchanged from last year.
There really is a discount for clubs, let me show you!
If you go to the WIA website and Member Services, Bookshop, WIA publications,
you will find;
Call Book picked up from the office by a WIA member $22-00
Call Book posted to a WIA member, $22-00 PLUS $9-00 postage.
Call book picked up from the office by a non member $30-00
Call book posted to a non member, $30-00 plus $9-00 postage.
For Affiliated clubs:See WIA site, member services, affiliated clubs, book
purchasing for Affiliated Clubs.
Any number, picked up from the office $20-00 ea
2 - 5 books $20-00 ea plus $9-00 postage.
6 - 10 books $20-00 ea plus $18-00 postage.
11 - 15 books $20-00 ea plus $27-00 postage.
Full box 24 Call books $ 20-00 ea, FREE DELIVERY.
The order forms on the sites above will soon be updated for the 2009 book.
As you can see above, unless each WIA member picks up the book from the office,
the least cost is $31-00.
Clubs can get the book for a third of that price. Ten dollars or more per copy
is not a bad profit.
If your club is not big enough for 24 books, talk to your adjacent club and see
what you can organise.
Early order, early delivery, but please allow a little time while they organise
the new office.
Any enquiries to me please.
Ted Thrift VK2ARA
WIA Clubs Co-ordinator
(02) 4272 9521
vk2ara(AT)wia.org.au
QRP OR IS THAT WSPR-ING
We heard last week about the creator of the WSJT weak signal application well
Joe Taylor has also been busy on another application called the Weak Signal
Propagation Reporter or WSPR - Whisper.
Back on Friday, 31 Oct, Bob VK7KRW had a two way contact with Richard, N2JR,
in Virginia, USA. on the 80M band, over a distance of 16300Kms and both
stations were running 2watts, yes, only 2 watts!
Bob's antenna is an Inverted V dipole and Richard was using a Butternut ground
mounted vertical. The SNR at that stage was around -25dB.
Bob VK7KRW has been recently experimenting with WSPR on the HF bands
(15, 17, 20, 30, 40 & 80M) and he has had a number of QRP contacts into the UK,
EU, JA, USA, Canada and ZL.
Bob mentioned that he reduced power to 1W and he was still received by
Richard but unfortunately heard nothing in return at that power level.
Later that evening Bob received an email from Pat, F6IRF, who runs the WSPR
net, confirming that we had set a new world distance record for a two way QRP
contact on the 80M band.
Bob mentioned that stations in the Northern hemisphere are desperately looking
for more stations in the southern regions so if people want something to
experiment with, try WSPR.
A call went out on the VK7 Regional News and records started to tumble with
Dick VK7DIK making a bilateral contact with Joe Taylor K1JT over a distance
of 23352km on 40m with just 5 watts.
Congratulation to Bob, Richard, Dick and Joe.
The powers just keep reducing and distances just keep increasing. Larry WB3ANQ
was able to get through to VK6DI using just 5mW (+7dBm) over a distance
18615Km.
WSPRnet.org has all the information required and links to the software.
URL is: http://wsprnet.org/drupal/
Cheers from Justin VK7TW for VK1WIA
Peter Finlay an aviation researcher/writer/photographer is currently researching for Peter FitzSimons
who is in the process of writing a book on Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.
They would like to locate any articles on ham radio around the 1928-1933 period.
It is understood that the Zero Beat club assisted Smithy in his flight from
Seven Mile Beach to New Plymouth NZ in 1933.
Any articles or other written information would be gratefully acknowledge in
the book.
He may be contacted via email : peter(AT)finlays.com.au or phone 02 9873 1773.
If not attended please let a message.
DURAL BARN DANCE.
Hello I'm Jim Linton VK3PC.
Since 1956 a property at Dural in New South Wales has been a hub of
amateur radio activity including the VK2WI facilities that relay the
WIA weekly broadcast.
Two years ago a local council permit was sought to create extra room
for storage in a'barn' similar to others on nearby rural properties.
The Hornsby Shire Council defined the proposal as being a 'depot', and
guess what, depots are not allowed under the local land zoning.
It was then headed to the Land & Environment Court. Before the hearing
there was plenty of argy bargy. The council ultimately agreed to a
compromise. The bottom line, it was indeed a barn after all!
And who paid for that result?
It was the poor amateur radio operators of VK2.
The barn project is now underway.
EDUCATION YOUTH AND ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR RADIO
www.hamcollege.com.au
REAST have four new Foundation Licensees who passed their assessments
and are eagerly awaiting their callsigns.
Congratulations to Michael, Ashby, Ross and Scott.
Another assessment took place Tuesday night with two candidates.
One for the Foundation and one for Advanced so, if you are interested in
attending any assessment and it could be an assessment for any licence
then please let Reg VK7KK know and he can be contacted by ringing mobile:
0417 391 607
or email: regemm(AT)ozemail.com.au ASAP.
http://reast.asn.au/events.php#FoundationLicenceCourse
(Reg, VK7KK, REAST Education Officer and Assessor)
North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Interest Group congratulate Brian Poke of
Ulverstone and John Brownrigg of Devonport for the successful completion of
their assessments for the Foundation License.
Both candidates expressed their appreciation of local club members for tuition
and assistance with preparation for the assessment. They also thanked Assessor
Peter VK2IY and Learning Organizer Tony VK7AX for their time in conducting the
Assessment.
Keep an ear out for 2 new calls expected to be heard on air as soon as they
receive their Licence from ACMA.
A big thank you to Brett Marley (Marls) VK7FMMM who organised the tour of HEART
FM and Chris for showing the group through.
The tour started with the control room and the many black boxes, controls and
wiring that go into the highly technical side of running a couple of commercial
FM radio stations.
Graham VK7ZGK spotted that the station was still running Poal Kirke Electronics
equipment throughout the radio station and let the group know he used to work
for this company back in Perth.
Graham then spotted the label on the back of some equipment in the control room
with his signature on it!
Marls VK7MMM does his breakfast show every morning from HEART and has provided
much promotion of the hobby during the morning. I understand even a listener
response segment where he asks the audience to answer questions from the
Foundation Licence sample paper!!
The Hornsby and Districts Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
The next HADARC Foundation Licence course and assessment will be on the
weekend of 29 and 30 November in Baulkham Hills.
The easiest way to contact the club is via the form on the
HADARC website.
www.hadarc.org.au
INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to RSGB, Southgate AR Club, the ARRL,
Amateur Radio Newsline, NZART and the WW sources of the WIA. I'm VK5MM Rob.
Brunei Darussalam Amateur Radio Association (BDARA) recently held a
Hari Raya gathering at a restaurant in Gadong. More than 70 members
and their families attended the function. During the function, the
President of BDARA, Pg Salleh Ab Rahaman highlighted the importance of
togetherness among members in order for BDARA to move forward and
organise future activities.
The IARU Region 1, three yearly conference has been held in Croatia.
The work of the conference is organised through four Committees which deal
with Credentials and Finance; General, Administration and Organization; HF
and VHF/UHF/Microwave. The committee meetings are staggered so it is just
about possible with two delegates to cover all of the meetings.
Just over 120 papers in about 500 pages of documentation were submitted
for consideration at the conference.
Croatia Post even issued a stamp & FDC on the occasion of the General
Conference of International Amateur Radio Union Region 1.
Details at :
http://tinyurl.com/6nophc
During this meeting in Croatia it was announced that South Africa would host
the 2011 IARU Region 1 Conference, in Sun City.
The Conference meeting in Cavtat, Croatia held a secret ballot to choose the
venue and of 47 votes cast, there were 22 to Sun City, 15 to Malaga and
10 to Hatfield.
The DARC website says: "The newly elected secretary Dennis Green, ZS4BS was
visibly surprised and said the delegates would be welcome in South Africa.
"We will put the lions on diet until you come", joked Dennis to conclude his
brief acceptance speech."
Amateurs on 600 Metres
Industry Canada has accepted an RAC proposal whereby selected Canadian radio
amateurs would be permitted to operate in the vicinity of 500 kHz.
These amateur operations would support Canada's efforts to action a
proposal on the agenda of the 2011 World Radio Conference (WRC2011)
which, if adopted, would create an amateur allocation in the 600-meter band.
Industry Canada have authorized RAC to recommend amateurs who would be
licensed to operate in the 504 to 509 kHz band with a maximum power of
20 watts ERP and bandwidth up to 1 kHz. Stations operating in this band
would be technically operating under Special Developmental Licenses
although they would all be radio amateurs. Distinct call signs would be
used and the licenses would be renewable annually subject to the amateur
demonstrating the research he has carried out.
More information will follow shortly in the pages of TCA or via
subsequent bulletins.
Bryan Rawlings VE3QN/VE2QNN
Radio Amateurs of/du Canada, Inc.
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NEWS FROM SOUTHGATE
DX Programme celebrates 51 years on the air!
Radio Bulgaria's DX Programme was born on November 17, 1957.
Launched by Dimiter Petrov, LZ1AF, as a monthly feature, it was dedicated
entirely to Amateur Radio, both in Bulgaria and worldwide. Due to the interest
it generated, it became a weekly programme in June 1961.
As a matter of fact, Radio Bulgaria's DX Programme has been not only the
longest running programme in the history of Bulgarian broadcasting under the
same name, on the same days, at the same times and with one and the same
DX Editor, but in world terms too - notably second only to the late
Alistair Cook's 58-year running 'Letter from America' on the BBC.
To mark the 50th anniversary of their DX Program, DX Editor Dimiter Petrov
operated with the Jubilee call sign LZ50DX making 3,000 contacts with 142
countries on all HF bands almost exclusively on CW. All contacts were confirmed
with the Jubilee LZ50DX QSL card
Congratulations to Dimiter, LZ1AF, on a truly remarkable achievement!
(Richard G4TUT)
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RSGB NEWS FROM G4NJH
Bletchley Park boosted by English Heritage grant
English Heritage have given Bletchley Park a considerable additional boost
with a £330,000 grant to cover urgent repair works to the roof of the
Grade II listed Mansion.
This repair work commenced this week and will be completed by the
Spring of 2009. English Heritage has pledged a further £100,000 a
year to Bletchley Park over the next three years, on condition
that the funding is matched by outside partners. The total
possible investment of £600,000 would be allocated to restoring
key elements and buildings of the WW2 Codebreaking Centre.
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NEWS FROM ARNEWSLINE
THE BPL FIGHT: IBM SAYS BPL WILL SERVE RURAL AMERICA
According to news reports, IBM says it wants to bring high speed Internet
to rural areas of the nation using Broadband over Powerline
technology. The company has penned a $9.6 million contract with
International Broadband Electric Communications to deliver high-speed
broadband connectivity to millions of people who both companies claim might
otherwise not be able to get it.
The Wall Street Journal reported that IBM and International Broadband
Electric Communications are working with over a dozen electric cooperatives
in seven states. IBM will provide the data technology while International
Broadband Electric Communications will actually manage the networks.
For years the supporters of BPL have hoped that it would allow power
companies to become the third alternative in the broadband market,
competing against cable operators and telephone companies. But technical
limitations and interference issues with radio systems including those used
by ham radio operators have stood in the way of mass adoption.
Weather or not this latest attempt to deploy BPL will meet with any measure
of success is questionable. Even though IBM and International Broadband
Electric Communications focusing on rural and underserved markets, it seems
like they still have an uphill battle in overcoming interference
issues. Only a few months ago the deployment of BPL was handed what
industry observers considered to be a proverbial death blow. This, after
s federal appeals court sided in part with the ARRL and the amateur radio
community in its challenge to FCC rules designed to speed the service's
rollout. The judges in the case sent the rules back to the FCC with
instructions to clarify is reasoning for its rules and to publicize its
studies more fully.
Also, deploying any new infrastructure whether it's wired or wireless won't
be cheap. Even with the powerlines already in place, some reports say that
it could take years before rural Americans e get high-speed Internet. And
other technologies, such as 4G wireless may offer lower cost and higher
speeds with fewer technical issues than BPL. Also, an article in the
latest I-triple-E Communications Magazine reports on a research effort by
NATO that shows that BPL would cause interference to military communications
systems.
The bottom line: What affect a successful rural rollout of BPL by IBM and
International Broadband Electric Communications might have on ham radio
communications will not be known until the first system is in trial operation.
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WEIRD N WONDERFUL
X-ray emissions found in an unexpected place
The following is from the Geek News Central website and appeared on October 23.
Who knew that an ordinary roll of Scotch (TM) tape could be used to create
X-rays?
Apparently, the Russians did in the 1950's, but it was never developed.
Researchers at UCLA have been toying with the power that comes from peeling
tape from a roll in a vacuum. In fact, a mere piece of tape can produce an
enormous amount of power, which surprised researchers.
In an article being published in the Journal Nature, researchers are suggesting
that the finding could lead to the production of inexpensive and easy-to-use
equipment that could be used by paramedics on accident scenes or for places
where electricity is not available.
The researchers have applied for a patent to protect their work. In this new
research, a machine was used to peel ordinary Scotch tape off a roll in a
vacuum chamber at about 1.2 inches per second. This caused rapid pulses of
X-rays, each about a billionth of a second long, to emerge from very close to
where the tape was coming off the roll.
And that is where electrons jumped from the roll to the sticky underside of
the tape that was being pulled away, As those electrons touched the sticky
part of the tape, they slowed down, emitting readable X-rays.
So the question is, does this pose a danger for those of us slaving over
wrapping paper this coming Christmas season? Not so much.
The research shows that this only works in a vacuum, and most of us are not
wrapping presents in a vacuum... HIHI.
http://www.geeknewscentral.com/archives/008355.html
OPERATIONAL NEWS -
ON AIR CONTEST AND EVENT COLUMN - D A T E L I N E
2008
November 29-30 WW CQ WW CW contest 0000Z, Sat until 0000Z Sun.
2009
JAN 1 ROSS HULL Contest starts
JAN 17 - 18 Summer VHF Field Day
FEB 28 - Mar 1 JOCK WHITE MEMORIAL FIELD DAY CONTEST 0200 UTC til 1100 UTC 21ST
1700 UTC til 0200 UTC 22ND
Spring VHF-UHF Field Day 2008
John Martin VK3KM reminded the VK7 News Service via Justin 7TW that Spring
VHF-UHF Field Day logs will be due in by December 3.
Also that the Summer VHF-UHF Field Day - January 17/18. Full details are on the
WIA contest web page.
The Ross Hull Contest 2009 - begins January 1 and there have been MAJOR changes
to the rules. The new scoring system is based on grid locators rather than
distance calculations, and this will make log-keeping much simpler.
These rules again are available on the WIA contest web page.
Please note that as well as major rule changes, the contest starting date has
been changed to January 1 - six days later than it has been in previous years.
vhf-contests(AT)wia.org.au
(John VK3KM - Contests Manager VHF - WIA)
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
ON 55 INR marks start of TV broadcasting from Brussels 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
Gerard VK4TGL aims at being QRP Portable this Sunday from Woody Point
in South Eastern VK4, playing with kite supported antennae.
Due to weather/wind uncertainties VK4TGL can't give specific times but if
you happen to hear Gerard calling on 7.030, 14.060, 18.096, 21.060 or 28.060
sometime between 0:00 to 07:00 UTC on Sunday, please don't hesitate to make
contact and give him a signal report.
THE QNEWS WORK BENCH - the nuts and volts report -
(Measure twice - Cut once!)
Tucson Amateur Packet Radio has announced the development of a new a software
Designed Receiver board code named Mercury.
The Mercury board is described as being a High Performance Software Defined
Radio open-source hardware and software project. It was designed and developed
by a group of enthusiasts with representation from interested experimenters
worldwide.
Tucson Amateur Packet Radio says that it is looking for a show of interest
in this unit to determine the production run for the new Mercury receiver
board.
If this unit interests you please check out
http://hpsdr.org
(TAPR)
MEDIA WATCH
That new start to the news last week drew a couple of comments from listeners
including this letter from VK3PC
"Dear Graham, Did I hear 'Jacko the Broadcasting Kookaburra' in the
introduction to the WIA broadcast?
An illustrated children's true story book about his life and adventures was
published by Angus and Robertson in 1933.
Jacko's laugh was heard on radio stations, he made many stage appearances,
cut a gramophone record, appeared in a short film and at the start of the
Movietone News in cinemas.
His fame spread worldwide. Jacko has a very strong link with Australian radio.
Is he now permanently part of the WIA weekly broadcast? I do hope so.
Best regards, Jim Linton VK3PC".
Well yes! hihi VK4BB Ed.
Morse Code makes it to Top Gear
Gavin VK4ZZ told us during the week that in the latest Series Twelve, of
Top Gear, just starting to telecast in the United Kingdom, the producers have
inserted cheeky morse code messages in the scenes where The Stig is usually
speed testing a car whilst listening to mood music.
The morse is sent at a speed of approx 20 to 30 words per minute and can
sometimes be hard to decipher due to it being mixed with commentary and
loud engine noises.
Some examples of morse messages sent so far -
Episode 12-1
"Me Like Cheese"
a possible reference to the question you are supposed to ask telemarketers
(Do You Like Cheese?) to take control of the telephone conversation.
"Strictly is Crap"
a cheeky dig at the programme Strictly Come Dancing which is shown on the
BBC at the same time as Top Gear.
Episode 12-2
"I Voted for Ross Perot"
inferring that the vote was not made for Obama or McCain.
We are looking forward to the programme eventually being shown on SBS Australia
for more morse decoding fun
(cheers from Gavin VK4ZZ)
SAVE DELANO MOVEMENT SPARKS YOUTUBE VIDEO
A story on the support being given by inventor Mike Dorrough, KO6NM, to
the effort to save the Voice of America transmitter facility in Delano,
California, from being dismantled.
Now, the Southgate News reports that a new video presentation on YouTube
dot com highlights the story of the decommissioning of the Delano facility
along with the history of the Voice of America Service.
Produced and hosted by Al Parker, the video's description says that the
last remaining intact Voice of America short-wave broadcast facility in
Delano, California is facing destruction unless we act now to save a vital
part of our cultural heritage. It goes on to note that the Voice of
America radio service was not only important to deployed troops and
Americans working overseas, it also provided oppressed people around the
world a window onto a free society.
The shows title is simply "Save the Delano VOA." You can see it on-line at
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qlLhWlDbKbI&fmt=18
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ATV (Every pixel tells a story)
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Slow Scan
Television Web site set up for Richard Garriott's flight was a big success.
Over 2200 images from SpaceCam, MMSSTV and the VC-H1 were received by
amateur radio operators worldwide and were uploaded to the site.
The site received nearly 4 million hits!
See the SSTV images:
http://ariss-sstv.ssl.berkeley.edu/SSTV/
(forwarded by Ganesh VU2TS)
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
Launched in January 1990, AMSAT-OSCAR 16 (AO-16) -- a digital satellite
-- has been operating as a voice repeater since January 2008, using FM
voice on the uplink and transmitting DSB voice on the downlink
But according to the satellite's command team, the satellite's orbit might
force this to end sometime before the end of the year.
According to Mark Hammond, N8MH, a member of the AO-16 command team,
AO-16 has a hardware/watchdog timer that resets the satellite and shuts
the transmitter down. This timer in AO-16 will fire -- and cannot be
reset -- when the satellite's temperature is 15 degrees Celsius or
cooler. When the timer "fires," it shuts down the transmitter. "When the
bird's temperature is more than 15 degrees Celsius," Hammond said, "the
hardware timer behaves and continuous operations are sustained."
(arrl newsletter)
HUBBLE SPACE SCOPE REPAIRED BY RADIO
The Hubble Space Telescope is back in business after a month of
problems. But NASA now says that readying replacement equipment and parts
to keep the on-orbit observatory running will force NASA to delay its final
servicing mission beyond February.
In late October the pace agency released an image taken by the telescope's
Wide Field Planetary Camera. It was Hubble's first picture radioed back to
Earth since a computer problem shut down science operations in
September. The photo showed a pair of gravitationally locked galaxies,
located more than 400 million light years away in the constellation Cetus.
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- IOTA
http://rsgbiota.org
E5, NORTH COOK ISLANDS.
Aki, JA1KAJ, will be active as E 51 QQQ from Manihiki Atoll (OC-014)
until December 9th on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB.
QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.
Eric, F6ICX will be active as 5R8IC from Sainte Marie Island [Nosy Boraha]
(AF-090, also count for WLOTA LH-0491) until December 14th.
He plans to operate mainly CW on 30-10 meters. QSL via home call.
(vu2ts)
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
AA4RC EXPLAINS HAM RADIO TO 10000 SCOUTS
A word of congratulations to Robin Cutshaw AA4RC who recently got on the
air to demonstrate amateur radio and amateur satellites to 10,000
scouts. The scouts were camped out at Alabama's Talladega Speedway as part
of an outing. Robin also lead the team hosting the 2008 AMSAT Space
Symposium in Atlanta. He's to be congratulated on doing both jobs! Well done.
SOCIAL SCENE
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
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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The purpose of "WIANews" is to rapidly provide news of interest to
active amateurs residing in Australia and the globe.
We strongly encourage membership in the Wireless Institute of Australia
and participation in the activities of local clubs.
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material and do not necessarily reflect those of the rebroadcasters,
nor the National WIA, but are broadcast in the spirit in which they were
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