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VK National News 07Dec25
Weekly news from the WIA:
MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2025-12-07.mp3
Text edition:
2025 DECEMBER 7 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 NATIONAL NEWS THIS WEEK:-
Pete Cherry VK2LP WIA Returning Officer.-
Peter Clee VK8ZZ WIA Secretary. -
Scott Williams VK3KJ WIA Director and President. -
A few WIA NATIONAL NEWS BROADCASTS back Alan VK2COD was looking for
SANTA, well he's a happy chappy as he reveals in his Youth On The Air
segment today VK2SANTA has "made contact".
BUT WAIT - THERE'S MUCH MUCH MOd efforts and currently there are operations being undertaken in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.
Amateurs are requested to keep clear of working frequencies being used to
co-ordinate emergency operations in Asia. Extensive use is being made of 40 metres and amateurs are requested to be mindful of these operations.
The following frequencies are currently being used:-
40 Metres 7.110 MHz, 7.100MHz and 7.060 MHz
20 Metres 14.300 MHz
15 Metres 21.360 MHz
Amateurs are asked to avoid those frequencies and to move any regular nets or scheds over the next few weeks until emergency operations are being wound up.
These operations have been authorised by the respective governments of the affected areas.
Call for Nominations as a Director of the WIA
Pursuant to the Constitution of the Wireless Institute of Australia,
The Board has determined that the election of directors shall be conducted by ballot.
Nominations open on the 9th of November 2025.
Three directors retire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting, which will be held in May 2026.
The retiring directors are Lee Moyle VK3GK, Steve Green VK2TSG and Chris Dimitrijevic VK3FY. Each retirinre, import, sell, supply, or use WECM equipment in New Zealand unless the individual or organisation is recognised as a permitted person.
The updated Gazette notice provides clearer and more current definitions of prohibited equipment to support industry understanding and compliance.
gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2025-go5556
Whether you're a new ham or someone who's been on the air for quite some time, it's still nice to have an advocate. The Radio Society of Great Britain is looking for a just that person - a volunteer with a special devotion to helping radio operators with disabilities. We hear more from NewsLines Jeremy Boot G4NJH.
"Having a disability of any kind should not keep an amateur, or a would-be amateur, off the air. Recognising this, the RSGB is seeking someone to fill a new volunteer role as Accessibility Champion. The best candidate will raise public awareness of challenges for radio operators with disabilities while connecting those amateurs with community groups, assistive technologies and other resources.
The RSGB's move comes just a few weeks after the IARU Region 1 announced an upcoming activity by its Program for Disabled Radio Amateurhe smallest of
non-linearity in the neighbouring antenna systems, and spewing forth from the speakers of all and sundry. Its very much a thing that the most unlikely of circuits can function as radio receivers, but teeth?
[Ringway Manchester] investigates tales of musical dental work.
Going through a series of news reports over the decades, including one of Lucille Ball uncovering a hidden Japanese spy transmitter, its something all experts who have looked at the issue have concluded there is little evidence for. It was also investigated by Mythbusters. But its an alluring tale, so is it entirely fabricated? What we can say is that teeth are sensitive to sound, not in themselves, but because the jaw provides a good path bringing vibrations to the region of the ear. And its certainly possible that the active chemical environment surrounding a metal filling in a patients mouth could give rise to electrical non-linearities.
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YOTA Contests December
The Fishers Ghost Amateur Radio Club are hosting the inaugural
VK YOTA CONTEST, the entire month of December.
yota.fgarc.org.au/
Then just 3 days from the end of what we call the VK YOTA CONTEST comes
ROUND 3 of the YOTA contest organized by the IARU R1 Youth Working Group
in cooperation with the Hungarian Amateur Radio Society.
DECEMBER 29.
A great way to gain extra contacts for the VK Contest organised by
Fishers Ghost AR Club.
yotacontest.mrasz.org
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NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2026
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1st January 2026 NZART Centenary 100 QSO Challenge
You are invited to kick off the NZART Centenary year in style with a fun,
on-air event. Can you make 100 contacts in 24 hours?
1101 31 December 2025 UTC, i.e. 0001 NZDT 1st January 2026 to
1059 1 January 2026 UTC, 2359 NZDT 1 January 2026.
Object:
To celebrate the start of the 2026 NZART Centenary Year by making 100 QSOs with amateur radio stations in 24 hours.
All bands including WARC as this is NOT a contest.
All modes are permitted.
Special categories include
Most Portable stations:
Most DXCC Entit their organization, members of the
International Police Association's Swiss branch will be active as
HB 70 IPA until 31 December. Activity will be on various HF bands and
the QO-100 satellite.
QSL via LoTW and eQSL,
(425dxn)
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WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - COMPUTING
Youve probably used Googles operating systems before. Android holds a dominant market share in the smartphone space, and ChromeOS is readily available on a large range of notebooks intended for lightweight tasks. Going forward, it appears Google aims to leverage its experience with these products and merge them into something new under the working title of Aluminium OS.
The news comes to us via a job listing, which sought a Senior Product Manager to work on a new Aluminium, Android-based, operating system. The hint is in the namewith speculation that the -i.u.m. part of Aluminium indicates its relationship to Chromium, the open-source version of Chrome. The listing also indicated that the new OS would have Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the core. At this stage, it appears Google will target everything from cheaper entry level hardwar.D. candidate Joshua
Umansky-Castro, call sign KD2WTQ.
The light sails ChipSats will be transmitting data using the LoRa digital protocol on 437.400 MHz.
Additional information, including LoRa parameters and links to a list of compatible receivers and the decoder file, may be found at alphacubesat.cornell.edu in the ChipSat Ground Station Guide.
(arrl)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA
iota-world.org/
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OC REMINDERS
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OC-047 - H44MS - Malaita Island in the Solomons.
Bernard, H44MS will be active from Manakwai village, nearby Maluu
(northern Malaita island) covering the period next year from
January 25 to April 10.
(dx-world)
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OC-66 - TX9XG - Rangiroa Atoll.
Haru, JA1XGI has announced that he will be active from Rangiroa Atoll,
French Polynesia (OC-066) as TX9XG during April 1-8, 2026. He plans to
QRV on 40-10m; CW, SSB, RTTY & FT8 using the new IC-7300 MK2.
QSL TX9XG via Haru's home call, JA1XGI using OQRS Club Log.
(dx-world)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS ---- MARITIME.
When applicable we often make mention of special event calls from the
USA's Maritime Historical Society, the MRHS.
This group was formed some 26 years ago, well July 12 of 1999 to be
precise, that was the date of the supposed last commercial Morse
transmission in the US.
On that day Tom Horsfall and Richard Dillman resolved that the tradition
of commercial maritime Morse could not be relegated to the dustbin of
history. With that in mind they visited the KPH transmit and receive
sites California - then closed for two years. They were amazed to find
not the vandalized sites they expected but instead an intact radio time
capsule.
Radio receivers still ON, maintaining a watch on the Morse calling
channels.
Their mission became instantly clear: they should form an organization to
repair, restore and operate KPH as a way to honour the men and women who
for 100 years had made the profession of radio telegrapher one of honour
and skill.
Since then the MRHS has succeeded beyond what Tom and Richard thought
possible in their wildest dreams. Not only has KPH returned to the air
but so has KSM, KFS and K6KPH. This has been possible only through the
efforts of the dozen or more volunteers who make up the MRHS and who feel
honoured to contribute to the mission.
(radiomarine.org)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS - YOTA
(Youngsters On The Air)
WIA committee:- Steve VK6SJ, Alec VK2MV and Pete VK2LP.
ham-yota.com/category/yota-region-3/
facebook.com/groups/YOTAOC/
youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA
Well here we are in DECEMBER now and of course YOTA Month!
Many of us youngsters will become active on the air with YOTA as the suffix in the call signs.
This event is aimed at my generation and is an excellent opportunity for clubs to get youngsters on the air and experience amateur radio.
There will be many YOTA stations on air.
Listen out for AND WORK, stations such as Argentina LT4YOTA, Austria OE0YOTA, Belgium OQ25YOTA, Bulgaria LZ12YOTA, Curacao PJ2YOTA, Cyprus 5B4YOTA, Egypt SU8YOTA, France TM25YOTA and TM4YOTA, Germany DQ0YOTA, Hungary HA6YOTA and HG0YOTA, Italy II7YOTA, Latvia YL0YOTA, the Netherlands PA6YOTA and PD6YOTA, North Macedonia Z30YOTA and Z39YOTA, Poland 3Z0YOTA, Slovakia OM9YOTA, South Africa ZS9YOTA, South Korea HL0YOTA, Spain AO25YOTA, Turkey TC25YOTA, the United Kingdom GB25YOTA, the USA K8Y, K8O, K8T and K8A. QSLs via Club Log's OQRS (direct or bureau). Information about the event and the awards can be found on
events.ham-yota.com
The VK YOTA Contest is now live. Listen out on the bands for our YOTAs on air and get their call sign in your VK YOTA Contest log. Good luck to all participants.
Rumour has it a new callsign is on air now.
Listen out for VK2SANTA!
During the month of December, listen out for Santas station in VK2.
Make contact so you can have a direct RF line to the workshop in the North Pole!
Or if you know of a little harmonic that may want to speak with Santa, get them on air to make contact!
Although Santa cant win the contest, get that callsign in your log for the VK YOTA Contest for your points!
Looking for something different to kick back with over the School holidays?
A free app named Spaceflight Simulator by Team Curiosity is available for your Android and iOS phones.
On the app you can build any rocket you like from available parts and explore the planets in our solar system as you wish.
It can be found at the Google Play and the Apple Apps stores.
For WIA National News, I am Alan VK2COD in Sydney
(AMSAT and YOTA)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - VIDEO
The North America's Ham Radio magazine TWIAR has shared a great little
fun video clip worth a view, even if its probably been compiled for last
weekends CQ WW DX CONTEST
The link is in the text edition of this weeks Ham News from Australia,
best read at wia.org.au
youtube.com/watch?v=We19aAohK14
It's by a German ham (Hartmut, DK4BE) who created this upbeat song with a
lot of jargon we should know quite well. YLs, field day, moonbounce,
etc. etc. AND it's in English.
The video is insanely over the top. Some original video of actual ham
radio activity, mixed with completely unrelated Adobe Stock/AI generated
goofiness that makes no sense. Look for the woman holding a 73 flag w
hose arms do a weird morph as she pulls a beer out of nowhere.
(twiar)
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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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VK3 - Ballarat Amateur Radio Group Hamvention Sunday Feb 1 (wiacal)
VK6 - PARGFEST Mandurah Bowling Club February 7 9am (vk6pbs)
VK4 - Redfest - Deception Bay North State School 9am April 11. (vk4ble)
VK - WIA AGM May 2 at 2pm Albury VK2 (wiacal)
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 network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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