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VK National News 17Mar24

Text edition:
 
Weekly news from the WIA:
MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2024-03-17.mp3 
Text edition:

 2024 MARCH 17  VK 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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 NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING MARCH 17 2024
 IN OUR 29th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS

 

 THIS WEEK:-

 WIA Vice President Lee Moyle VK3GK. -

 ACMA to search for QRM in Batesman Bay area. -

 Denis VK4AE contest Manager for the John Moyle Field Day. - 

 Congratulations due to VK5DG in the top 50.

 BUT WAIT, THERE'S MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
 WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA.
 
 I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB





 WIA

 JOIN THE WIA
 tinyurl.com/yyj87b9y

 This is WIA Vice President Lee Moyle VK3GK.

 Are you planning on attending the 2024 WIA AGM and Conference in
 Bundaberg on the weekend of the 3rd, 4th and 5th of May? If so keep a
 lookout for the Bundaberg Radio Clubs promotion in AR magazine next
 month as it details whats on and where. It will be a long weekend in
 VK4 so plan and book your accommodation soon. Registration and AGM 
 booking links should be on the WIA website shortly.

 Last weekend was the BERU Contest, the WIA board thank all amateurs
 that participated and a special thanks to the two VK teams of
 operators and also the WIA members that took up the opportunity and
 operated a Head Quarters Station using the WIA prefix. We had
 operators from VK2 to VK7, no VK1 or 8 this year. Lets try for a
 clean sweep in 2025.
 
 Its nearly a month ago that the Class licence was introduced.
 All is well and we press on with minimal impact to operating on air.
 Meanwhile, in the background, ACMA continues to update and hone the
 assessor facilities for providing free Amateur examinations utilising
 the volunteer assessor network. From all reports, the ACMA Assessor
 portal is functioning very well and once a callsign is applied for,
 it is issued within a few days.

 Were you previously a WIA assessor?
 Have you considered returning to rejoin the Assessor cohort?
 ACMA are accepting applications for new and previously qualified
 assessors to join with the current ACMA assessor group. Of course 
 there are some simple criteria that you need to meet just like when
 the WIA conducted exams so nothing new there. Apply via email to:
 ARassessors@acma.gov.au

 If you are an assessor and on Facebook, Marc Hillman VK3OHM has set up
 an assessor group for discussions and general help. You can find it by
 searching Facebook for ACMA assessors (  and also using the
 following link: facebook.com/groups/2092573064431607   )
 
 The WIA through its working groups and Board continue to engage with
 ACMA on a regular basis. The relationship is robust as discussions
 continue on topics such as High Power Permits, Operational
 improvements and other matters. If you have topics or issues you would
 like tabled to ACMA, please email the WIA office for its
 consideration. 

 Keep in mind that WIA Affiliated Clubs will need to consider insurance
 renewals by April 1st with the Insurance broker GippsInsure.
 We expect they will be issuing renewals soon if not already.

 Thats all for this week, for now, 73 From Lee VK3GK  





 ACMA

 Peter - VK2AN has lodged a complaint with ACMA about interference
 affecting the whole of the Batemans Bay area. It sounds, he says,
 like distorted 50Hz harmonics and affects frequencies from 100Khz to
 over 4Mhz.

 ACMA relied saying "an ACMA Field Officer will contact you and if you
 have a further query please contact our Service Centre."

 So if anyone else has a problem with QRM, be like Peter and contact
 ACMA.

 (sourced to wia secretary)


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 INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, RAC,
 ARRL,  NZART, eHam, AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE,  ICQPodcast,
 Radioworld.com Hackaday and the World Wide sources of the WIA. 
  
 IARUMS Wiki

 An IARU Monitoring System Wiki has been published to assist users in
 recognizing and identifying the most usual modes used by non-amateur
 radio stations in the HF amateur radio bands.

 It contains a discreet technical description for each mode, as well as
 audio recordings, waterfall screenshots, and video captures of the
 transmissions. This Wiki will be updated as new signals are received
 and processed, and as better screenshots / audio / video recordings
 of them are received.

 The IARUMS Wiki can be directly accessed via thee link in this 
 weeks WIA National News Service.

 iaru-r1.org/spectrum/monitoring-system/iarums-wiki/




 APRIL 18

 Every year on April 18, Radio Amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves
 in celebration of Amateur Radio and to commemorate the formation of
 the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) on April 18, 1925.

 The IARU has announced that the theme for this years World Amateur
 Radio Day will be:- 

 A Century of Connections:
 Celebrating 100 years of Amateur Radio Innovation, Community
 and Advocacy.  

 No doubt Felix will soon start letting us know of world special event
 stations during forth coming Operational News segments here on
 WIA National News.




 SARLINK IN UKRAINE

 Starlink receivers need positioning and precise timing information to
 function, and currently the best way to get that information is the
 use of global navigation satellite system such as GPS.

 Unfortunately, the antenna used for this secondary satellite
 connection leaves something to be desired. Of course, when it comes to
 solving Starlink problems, theres no one better than  Oleg Kutkov,
 whose duty is to fix and improve upon Starlink terminals used in
 Ukraine  and when the specific problem is GPS bands getting jammed by
 the invading military, you better believe that a fix is due.

 Oleg sets the scene, walking us through the evolution of GPS circuitry
 on the Starlink terminals. Then he shows us the simplest mods you can
 do, like soldering an improved passive antenna in place of the chip
 antenna currently being used.

 According to the blog from Oleg what he has come up with, well
 differences are impressive, Starlink terminals with active antenna
 mods were able to get GPS signal in areas with active jamming going
 on, while the unmodified ones could not.

 Hopefully his blog is still available as it's a must read for anyone
 wondering about GPS antenna reception problems in customer-accessible
 devices. This is not the only Starlink hardware mod Hackaday have 
 seen Oleg make, they recently covered his Starlink Ethernet port
 restoration journey that meticulously fixes Ethernet connectivity
 oversights in the newer models, and the blog also has an article about
 powering Starlink terminals without the need for PoE.




 ISRAEL

 Need to 'RE'-charge your batteries?

 ARNewsLine have reported on a company in Israel doing just that.

 It seems technology developed 10 years ago in Israel to permit
 wireless transfer of power has begun showing up in some world markets.
 The over-the-air system uses infrared sent from transmitters that
 transform electricity into infrared beams which they then send to
 nearby devices that need their batteries recharged.

 Line of sight is necessary for the transmission to be successful and
 one transmitter's signal can cover about 130 square meters of area.
 For it to work, each device needs to have receivers attached to
 convert the infrared signals back into electricity.

 The company, Wi-Charge, has trademarked this far-field wireless
 technology under the name "AirCord." It is designed to replace the
 traditional need to plug devices in using cords to recharge them.
 According to the company website, the technology is already in use in
 some countries in the retail, commercial and industrial sectors.

 Wi-Charge states that AirCord sends narrow beams that focus only on
 the devices equipped with receivers and has been certified as safe by
 the Food and Drug Administration and Underwriters Laboratories in the
 US and by the International Electrotechnical Commission in the UK.




 Finally, if you're planning to visit us down under here in Australia
 anytime soon and want to get on the air, listen up.

 Whether you are a US Technician class operator, a Foundation licence
 holder in the UK or a ham with entry-level privileges in certain other
 countries, the new class licence arrangements here in Australia now
 permit you to get on the air - up to a maximum of 365 consecutive
 days. Visitors from a list of countries no longer need to make a
 separate application for a licence; they need only append VK slash
 before their home callsign.

 The ACMA has posted a list of countries with currently recognised
 foreign licence equivalents who may operate under Australian licence
 conditions. Visit the ACMA page at the address given in the text
 version of this weeks news

 acma.gov.au/overseas-amateurs-visiting-australia

 The ACMA makes it clear, however, that hams seeking to relocate
 permanently to Australia still need to apply for a licence in VK
 and receive a new VK home call.


 Speaking of 'home calls', I'm VK2LAW reporting from the international 
 news desk here in Sydney.


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 HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT  

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 NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2024
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 Africa All Mode International DX Contest ON NOW

 12:00 UTC on Saturday 16 March to 12:00 UTC on Sunday 17 March.


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 Also on now, well, let Denis VK4AE contest Manager for the John Moyle
 Field Day tell us..

 "As this news goes to air the contest is nearing completion, and as 
 many stations will still be active, I wish them well in the remainder
 of the contest, 

Logs have been arriving steadily.  There does not seem to be not as many as the number received at this point of the contest last year.  

It is highly recommended that once you have submitted your log you should check a bit later that your callsign has been added to the list of logs received.  If your call is not on the list, then it might not have been received.

A couple of logs have been submitted as a PDF which is just a picture and contains no more useful information to the contest than a picture of a flower as the data is not accessible electronically and hence usable to me.  

In the same way a couple of logs were submitted using a N1MM format that does not contain all of the information required by the JMMFD VHF/UHF rules and requires much extra work for the Contest Manager and entrant to attempt to fix those logs.

It is timely to remind you all that while there is not a lot of time left to submit the log and it will pass quickly and the final date is the 7th April 2024.  This is required by the very long lead times now for the AR Magazine.  

Following this date all of the logs will be processed and the results prepared and made available soon after.  The results will be shown on the WIA contest page as soon as they are ready.

So, check that your call is on the list, resend the log if it isnt.  It might also be a good idea to submit your log now as you never know what can happen to delay you in the next few days."


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 YOTA Contest 2024

 Organized by the IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group in co-operation
 with the Hungarian Amateur Radio Society, the aim of the YOTA Contest
 is to increase youngsters activity on the air, strengthen the
 reputation of the YOTA programme, and demonstrate support for 
 youngsters across the world in all regions.

 The next 2 sessions of this year's YOTA Contest will be from 10:00 to
 21:59 UTC on 21 July and 29 December on the five classic bands
 CW and SSB.

 Everyone can work everyone.

 The complete rules can be found on
 ham-yota.com/contest.


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IARU HF World Championship the second full weekend of July i.e. 13-14.
 

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 Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest

 July 21
 
 The Trans-Tasman contest, always held on the 3rd weekend in July,
 aims to encourage Low Band activity between VK and ZL

 Only contest bands 160 80 and 40M are allowed with SSB, CW and
 Digital (i.e. RTTY OR PSK)

 This contest is another official WIA Contest and will count towards
 the Peter Brown Contest Champion Awards.

                                                         (wia.org.au)
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 NOT SO MUCH A CONTEST BUT YOU COULD CLAIM A CERTIFICATE!

 Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again holding a Get on the Air on
 World Amateur Radio Day special event in which encouraged as many
 Amateurs as possible get on the air and contact as many RAC stations
 as possible.

 RAC official stations will operate across Canada from 0000Z to 2359Z
 on April 18.

 The RAC official station call signs and there are some 14 and all end 
 with suffix RAC

  VA2RAC, VA3RAC, VE1RAC, VE4RAC, VE5RAC, VE6RAC, VE7RAC,
  VE8RAC, VE9RAC, VO1RAC, VO2RAC, VY0RAC, VY1RAC and VY2RAC.

 Those contacting one or more of these stations will be eligible for a
 special commemorative certificate noting their participation in RACs
 Get on the Air on World Amateur Radio Day Event.

 Participants simply need to complete one or more contacts, on any band
 and mode, with RAC official stations to earn their certificates. No
 logs need to be submitted; simply check back on the RAC website when
 instructed and enter your call sign to download your certificate.

 (RAC)


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 AUGUST 17 - 18

 Remembrance Day Contest.

 This contest commemorates the Australian Amateurs who died during
 World War II and is designed to encourage friendly participation and
 help improve the operating skills of participants.

 It is held on the weekend closest to the 15th August, the date on
 which hostilities ceased in the southwest Pacific area.

 A perpetual trophy is awarded annually to the Australian state or
 territory with the best performance. The name of the winning State
 or Territory is inscribed on the trophy, and that State or Territory
 then holds the trophy for 12 months. The winning State or Territory
 is also given a certificate, as are leading entrants.

 Amateurs will endeavour to contact amateurs in VK call areas,
 ZL and P29 on all bands except WARC bands. Modes allowed are PHONE,
 CW and RTTY as per the era remembered

 Again the contest is 17th & 18th August.

                                                         (wia.org.au)

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 44th A.L.A.R.A. CONTEST AND this ALARA contest is ALWAYS held on the
 last FULL weekend of August.

 ELIGIBILITY?

 All licensed operators throughout the world are invited to 
 participate. Scout and Girl Guide groups are encouraged to
 take part using their Club's equipment and callsign.

 YLs work everyone; OMs work YLs only.

 CONTEST: Combined phone and CW run over 24 hours:
 STARTS:  Saturday 25th August 2024 at 0600 hours UTC
 ENDS:    Sunday 26th August 2024 at 0559 hours UTC

 SUGGESTED FREQUENCIES: All HF Bands except 160m & WARC Bands.
 Contacts made on ECHOLINK will also be accepted.

 (alara web page)


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 YOTA CONTEST

 Youth on the air test 3 of 3 will be from 10:00 to 21:59 UTC on
 29 December on the five classic bands CW and SSB.

 (yota)


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 DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD.


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 Active is 5 R 8 IC from Sainte Marie Island, AF-090, until the 31st
 of March mainly using CW on the 40 to 10m bands and via the QO-100
 satellite. QSL station 5R8IC via Logbook of the World or via home
 call F 6 ICX.

 (RSGB)

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 Wireless station 4 S 7 KKG from Sri Lanka is working until the 30th
 of March. FT8, FT4, RTTY and sometimes CW on the 20 to 6m bands.
 QSL 4S7KKG via Logbook of the World, Club Log's OQRS, or direct to
 home call DC 0 KK


 (RSGB)

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 In the World of DX, be listening for members of the Zurich City Police
 Radio Amateur Club throughout the year, operating as HB 2 SP the club
 is marking its 20th anniversary. Unfortunately no Bureau QSL's but you
 can use Logbook Of The World, and HB20SP runs until December 31.

 (sourced to ARNewsLine 2410)


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 Listen throughout the year for the special callsign 9 A 1 RKZ
 marking the 100th anniversary of the Radioklub Zagreb which was 
 founded the 24th of March 1924 in Croatia

 QSL via 9A1ADE.


 (ARNewsLine 2410)


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  WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER 
  AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary(at)amsat-vk.org

 Congratulations VK5DG who is in the top 50 Rovers in the GridMasterMap
 rankings (Mixed LEO/MEO/GEO) in satellite operations, as determined by
 @GridMasterMap on Twitter, has been released.

 The ranking is determined by the number of grids and DXCC entities
 activated, taking into account only those grids where a minimum number
 of QSOs logged on the gridmaster.fr website have been validated by a 
 third party.

 ( gridmaster.fr )




 NASA has identified a growing air leak on the International Space
 Station located at the end of the Russian service module.

 The leak, situated in Russias Zvezda service module, initially
 released one pound of air per day but accelerated to over two pounds
 daily in early February. Despite the increased rate, NASA assures that
 it does not currently jeopardize the safety of the ISS crew or impact
 the stations operations. Collaboration between the United States,
 Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada is underway to address the 
 situation.

 Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, confirms ongoing monitoring and 
 asserts that there is no immediate threat to the crew or the station
 itself. The leak is in a three-foot-long area and has prompted
 precautionary measures, including sealing off the affected vestibule
 to mitigate further air loss from the rest of the space station.

 (ANS)




 HAS VOYAGER ONE "GONE DARK"

 The 46-year-old probe, which flew by Jupiter and Saturn in its youth
 and inspired we mere earthlings with images of the planet as a
 Pale Blue Dot, hasnt sent usable data from interstellar space in
 months.

 When Voyager 1 launched in 1977, scientists hoped it could do what it
 was built to do and take up-close images of Jupiter and Saturn.
 It did that  and much more.

 Voyager 1 discovered active volcanoes, moons and planetary rings,
 proving along the way that Earth and all of humanity could be squished 
 into a single pixel in a photograph, a pale blue dot, as the
 astronomer Carl Sagan called it. It stretched a four-year mission into
 the present day, embarking on the deepest journey ever into space.

 Now, it may have bid its final farewell to that faraway dot.

 Voyager 1, the farthest man-made object in space, hasnt sent coherent
 data to Earth since November last year. NASA has been trying to
 diagnose what the Voyager missions project manager, Suzanne Dodd,
 called the most serious issue the robotic probe has faced.

 Read more  New York Times: 
 bit.ly/438M9ws

 (twiar)





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA

 Oceans separate us but because of one amateur radio programme, oceans
 have also been uniting us.

 Sixty years ago, the first amateur radio Islands on the Air operators
 began calling CQ from remote ocean islands around the globe. That
 spirit of adventure is being celebrated this summer at Europe's
 largest amateur radio event.

 Ham Radio Friedrichshafen has chosen IOTA's 60th anniversary as the
 theme for its 47th amateur radio event taking place June 28th to the
 30th in southern Germany. In the words of the promoters, it is a 
 celebration of "60 years of Islands on the Air: technology meets 
 adventure!"

 (ARNewsLine 2419)




 Noirmoutier island - IOTA NUMBER EU-064 - TM4J
 
 F4DXV Jrme and EA4NF Philippe announce that they will be activating
 Noirmoutier island from April 1 to 4, with the special callsign  
 TM 4 J.
 This International DXpedition is the 1st 100% SATELLITE from this  
 French island, EU-064.

 (ANS)





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - MILITARY
 Recordings of military transmissions can be found on the
 Signal Identification Guide Wiki at
 sigidwiki.com/wiki/Category:Military

 And in this segment, a military retreat- retreating back to the 60's 
 and Vietnam.
 
 But today, Radio Vets Look to Honour Chris Noel With Presidential
 Medal of Freedom.

 Chris Noels voice on the radio not only brought hope to troops
 serving in Vietnam, but her nightly program titled A Date With Chris
 also served as testament to the strength of AM during times of crisis.
 Now, three radio professionals moved by her story have launched a
 petition with hopes of honouring Noel with the Presidential Medal of
 Freedom.

 One solider moved by her broadcasts was Harry Simons, who, after
 enlisting in the Marine Corps was ultimately stationed in late 1967
 in Saigon, Vietnam, where he became the chief engineer of AFVNs
 Saigon AM and FM facilities, as well as the networks night-time rock
 n roll DJ. 

 Only after the experience did I realize how much influence AFVN had
 on particularly we Americans in Vietnam, Harry said. 

 AFVN could be heard via a 50 kW non-directional antenna, broadcasting
 on 540 AM from a transmitter near to the Aussie base at Vung Tau on
 the South China Sea. If you were a veteran and you served in
 Southeast Asia, you knew who Chris Noel was, said Simons. She was
 the most famous broadcaster in the world at the time.

 The group is asking veterans and other interested parties to express
 support of Noels service through their petition. The petition will be
 sent to President Joe Biden to advocate that Noel be considered for
 the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her selfless commitment and
 service to our country as a civilian, in times of war and in times of
 peace. She became AFRTS's FIRST female announcer of that era.

 tinyurl.com/3jjzz353

 rockradioscrapbook.ca/afvn.html
 
(radioworld.com)





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS - YOTA
 (Youngsters On The Air)
 facebook.com/yotaregion2
 facebook.com/groups/YOTAOC/
 youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA
 twitter.com/hamyota
 ham-yota.com

 DAYTON HAMVENTURE announces their Amateur of The Year Award:-

 KG 8 CX, Edward Engleman, KG8CX, is the co-founder of the
 Young Amateurs Communications Ham Team (YACHT).

 Mr Engleman's background as an elementary educator and principal
 for 33 years was instrumental in developing the talents he now uses
 in his work with young amateurs. His major objective is to help create
 and develop enjoyment and skill in communications/technology via
 ham radio activity through its many modes and to encourage friendships
 with other youth hams. Membership in YACHT, callsign K8KDZ, has grown
 steadily.

 Many of these YACHT youth have given presentations at past 
 HamVention's and HamCation youth forums conducted by Carole Perry.
 A number of the youth members have been awarded national recognition
 for their ham radio activity and accomplishments.

 Besides the development of youth presenters, YACHT has echo link
 sessions 6 evenings a week and club activity encourage participation
 in all modes of amateur radio. Ed is proud to be part of the future of
 amateur radio by paying forward his interest in amateur radio by
 developing the next generation of hams.

 (ard)


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2024 IT'S A DATE

 Clubs are welcome to email text with audio for this section

 Details of all WIA affiliated clubs and societies can be found
 on the WIA website, including email addresses and website links.

 VK4 - Redcliffe and Districts REDFEST April 6               (vk4tfn)

 REDFEST 2024  A HamFest for the ladies in our lives.

 John Saunders VK4BZ, President of the Redcliffe and Districts Radio
 Club, wants to promote the inclusion of women in amateur radio.
 
 The Redcliffe club's annual Redfest, is now only four weeks away on
 Saturday 6th April at St Michaels College, Abbey Place Caboolture.
 This year, he announces, the club is going out of their way to include
 our long-suffering spouses.

 The majority of operators in the hobby are male, so Im talking about
 the ladies in our lives. And, if you are one of the ladies already in 
 the hobby, well then this is for you too, he announced.
 John went on to say, Not only will Redfest have the usual tables of
 pre-loved radio goodies, as well as commercial sellers with brand new
 bits and pieces, this year, there will be three displays specifically
 for the ladies.

 The club will include one gift shop table, the second with handmade
 soaps, skin care and bath products, and the third being a quilting
 stall.

 And of course, The Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association, ALARA
 will also have a table at REDFEST 2024.

 John was anxious to mention the speciality coffee shop with tasty
 treats, good coffee and sit down cafe tables?
 
 So, fellas, invite the lady in your life along. Lady hams, now theres
 even more reason to come to Redfest.

 Check out the club website for more details:  
 redclifferadioclub.org.au.


 VK - WIA AGM MAY 4 5 - BUNDABERG.                           (vk2tsg)

 
 VK2 and 4 - Park-fest 4 & 5 of May Bundaberg AND Dorrigo    (vk4kc)


 VK - National Volunteer Week Monday 20  Sunday 26 May 2024.
      National Volunteer Week (NVW) is Australias largest annual
      celebration of volunteers and their important contribution to
      our communities.


 VK5 -  Aust. Fox Hunting championships Mt Gambier 8/9 June.(vk5dj)


 VK4 - GOLD COAST HAMFEST OCTOBER 31 (QTH to be advised )  (vk4DMH)

 VK5 - Amateur Radio Experiments Group Radio & Electronics Sale
       Saturday 26th October 10AM David Roche Park Kilburn  (vk5qi)

 VK7 - Tasmanian Ham Conference November 2 and 3 Hobart.    (vk7news)

 VK3 - SPARC Rosebud RadioFest November 17 at Eastbourne Primary
       School, Allambi Ave. Rosebud.                        (vk3pdg)




 Reception Reports

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 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



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