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2025 JULY 13 WIA NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA
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THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK
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NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING JULY 13 2025
IN OUR 30th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS
THIS WEEK:-
WIA Director and Company Secretary Peter Clee VK8ZZ
CONTEST MANAGERS OF TRANS TASMAN AND HARRY ANGEL VK4SN AND VK4UH
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
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Whilst we are in a new financial year for most members and affiliated
club, the Financial year for the WIA is a calendar year, so the WIA
financials are prepared as at 30 December. These are audited and
presented at our Annual General meeting the following year. We hope to
announce the dates and venue for the 2026 AGM shortly.
We recently had a fantastic offer from ICOM AUSTRALIA made to all
WIA affiliated clubs. My club, the Darwin Amateur Radio Club invested
in a new 70cm D-Star Repeater and it will be operational this month.
We thank ICOM AUSTRALIA for their offer. Any WIA Affiliated Clubs who
wish to find out more about this offer are encouraged to contact me via
secretary@wia.org.auThe WIA hold a number of callsigns and affiliated clubs are encouraged to
write to the WIA if they wish to utilise these for any special events.
Contact me if you wish to discuss
This has been WIA Director and Company Secretary Peter Clee VK8ZZ
in sunny Darwin
AUSTRALIANA
LOOK - UP IN THE SKY -
It's a bird , it's a plane, its SUPERDRONE.
The NSW government is expanding a drone program for traffic monitoring,
installing them at key points along major arterial roads where they can
be remotely operated.
The first locations to get drone-in-a-box units are the M1 at Mooney
Mooney, north of Sydney, and on the Hume Highway at Narellan in the
citys south-western fringe.
In a first of its kind approval by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority,
teams will be able to carry out beyond visual line-of-sight operations
beside traffic travelling at highway speeds of more than 100km/hr,
the government said in a statement.
The drones will be fully supervised by pilots in a control centre and
be equipped with extra fail-safe measures, approved fight areas, and
on-board diagnostics. Live streams from the drone fleet provide
situational awareness on incidents that involve lane closures on these
busy routes in and out of Sydney.
( tinyurl.com/849kwvwh )
And whilst with drones hams in the Brisbane region are being treated to
MANY a live stream (be it unwanted) of drone flights, many many a mile
away from the VK4RMG ATV repeater as they unknowingly transmit their
video into said repeater.
(FBOOK)
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS is with thanks to Amateur Radio Daily, ARRL,
DX-WORLD, eHam, Hackaday, IARU, IRTS, NEWSLINE, NZART, RAC,
Radioworld.com, RSGB, SARL and the World Wide sources of WIA.
On June 12th, 1926, Japan Amateur Radio League was established by 37
members and they sent out the following message notifying the
establishment to the amateurs worldwide as given below.
We have the honour of informing that we amateurs in Japan have organized
today the Japanese Amateur Radio League. Please QST to all stations.
In September the following year, 1927, the shortwave radio telegraph and
telephone experimental station J X A X was licensed. This is considered
the first amateur radio station in Japan.
Therefore, it will be the 100th Anniversary of JARL in June 2026
and the 100th Anniversary of amateur radio in Japan in September 2027.
JARL have decided to celebrate the two anniversaries as a whole, bridging
a period of 16 months. JARL is not intend to celebrate alone, but invites
the radio equipment manufacturers, relevant organizations and radio
amateurs across JA to join the celebration of these important events.
(ARD)
AND ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY
Korean Amateur Radio League, HL 70 KARL is the special event station
commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Korean Amateur Radio League
established on 20 April 1955.
QSL via LoTW; BUT NOTE "paper cards will not be available."
(425news)
Much of the Federal Communication Commissions pirate radio enforcement may be
focused on the East Coast, but that doesnt mean field agents are at work
hunting down unlicensed operators coast to coast and in small-town America.
Case in point: The Enforcement Bureau has released a notice of pirate
broadcasting to a property owner in the town of "Sweet Home",Oregon.
The FCC says in April its agents tracked an unlicensed station operating on
92.1 FM to a property owned by Sam Marshall and has given him 10
business days to identify the individual engaged in the pirate radio
broadcast from their property, as well as evidence that they are no longer
to be on the air from his property.
Similar to letters sent to landlords in previous situations, the Enforcement
Bureau says even if the building owners turn over the information, there is
no guarantee they will not face fines themselves.
This year, the inflation-adjusted maximum penalties for pirate broadcasting
have increased to $122,661 per day.
(inside radio)
Amateur Radio Newsline has announced the recipient of the
2025 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of
the Year as Katie Campbell, KE 8 LQR.
KE8LQR has been selected for her involvement in supporting young hams.
She has helped plan YOTA camps, mentor YOTA attendees, led CW operations
during the K3LR IOTA Dave Kalter Memorial Youth DX Adventure,
presented at numerous events including Hamvention, is an avid HF
operator, and more.
New Zealands RSM, Radio Spectrum Management, similar to our ACMA, are,
according to their last Business Update dated July 2025, actively
working on updating the Public Information Brochures (PIBs)
Of interest to us:-
Visiting Amateur Radio Operators.
Persons visiting New Zealand who hold a current amateur certificate of
competency, issued by countries participating in the CEPT Recommendations
TR61-01 or TR61-02 reciprocal recognition arrangements,, may operate an
amateur station in New Zealand for a period not exceeding 90 days,
provided they comply with the relevant clauses of the GURL for Amateur
Radio Operators.
Visits exceeding 90 days:-
Visiting amateur radio operators wishing to operate in New Zealand for a
period exceeding the 90 days permitted under the GURL must apply in
writing to the RSM Licensing Manager
New Zealand will recognise our Australia Amateur Operators Certificate
of Proficiency (Advanced).
tinyurl.com/2w98rvwt
Some 32 percent of global semiconductor production could face climate
change related copper supply disruptions by 2035, quadrupling from
today's levels, advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has said in a
report for business leaders.
Chile, the world's largest copper producer, already grapples with water
shortages that are slowing down production. By 2035, most of the 17
countries supplying the chip industry will be at risk of drought.
The last global chip shortage, fuelled by a pandemic-driven demand spike
that coincided with factory shutdowns, crippled the automotive industry
and halted production lines across other chip-dependent sectors.
Copper miners from China, here in Australia, Peru, Brazil, the US,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico, Zambia and Mongolia will also be
affected, sparing none of the world's chip making regions from risk, PwC
said.
WEIRD AND WONDERFUL
TOILETS ON THE AIR? GO WITH THE FLOW
My final story isn't exactly a news leak but.....let's just say that we
really can't hold it much longer. Neither can Newslines Neil Rapp WB9VPG.
Are you sitting down? Well, it's time to lift the lid on the news: Toilets on
the Air is coming in August. If you happen to be in the New York City area
that month, well, you gotta go, you just gotta go! The amateur radio contest
was begun by Georg DH5GH at the Chaos Communication Congress, a hacker
conference in Germany. It is making its debut in the US at the HOPE 16
conference in New York City in August. Because HOPE is a hub for hackers and
innovators, contest organizer Todd Mazierski KE2AEQ, thought this venue would
be perfect to launch a creative challenge to licensed hams there. Activators
select designated restrooms on the campus of St. John's University to make
the most CW, voice and digital contacts with others on 2 meters and 70 cm.
Now let's be clear, activators are permitted to sit or stand while they are
doing their business while holding their HTs -- but they must be outside the
restroom doors -- and a few meters away. They can only go inside the bathroom
to, uh, "go" inside the bathroom for the usual reason. Yes, you heard that
right: bathroom breaks are OK. Now that's a relief!
Todd announced the contest on his blog. So did Thomas Witherspoon K4SWL. It's
posted on his site, the appropriately named QRPer.com [QR-PEE-er dot com]
This is Neil Rapp WB9VPG.
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OPERATIONAL NEWS - A FELIX VK4FUQ PRESENTATION
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NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2025
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RUN AND WON.
The Harry Angel Memorial sprint and for a contest designed here in VK4
good to see not only the interstate participation but the VK2 and 3
winners.
This is Kevin VK4UH in Brisbane and with Glenn VK4GMI I am the manager
for the Harry Angel Memorial 80m Sprint.
The Harry Angel is an annual 80m contest event, first established in
1999, to commemorate the life of Harry VK4HA who at the time of his
becoming a Silent Key at the age of 106 was the oldest licensed amateur
in Australia.
The contest has three sections, Phone, CW and Mixed and certificates are
awarded to the three top-scoring entries in each section. Place winners
are also eligible to claim points towards the WIA Peter Brown Contest
Champion Trophy.
This year 36 contest logs were received which represents a further
increase in participation over years. This was surprising since the
contest date clashed with several significant sporting events and of
course a general election.
I am delighted today to announce the winners for the 2025 contest.
In the Phone section:-
First place, with a score of 52 points was awarded to VK2MT,
Second place to VK3BEZ, and Third place to VK4DI
In the CW only section:-
First place, with a score of 8 points was awarded to VK2GR
In the Mixed section:-
First place, with a score of 49 points was again awarded to VK4M,
Second place to VL4A and third place to VK2EXF
The full breakdown of all the scores and entries is available in the text
version of this news item and on the Contest section of the main WIA
Contest website.
The date for next years Sprint has been set for Saturday May 2nd 2026.
On behalf of Glenn and I as managers, the Redcliffe and Districts Radio
Club and the WIA as sponsors, I would like to thank everyone who
participated in the Harry Angel this year and offer our congratulations
to the place holders.
This is Kevin VK4UH in Brisbane, Contest Manager for the Harry Angel
Memorial 80m Sprint
Thanks Kevin and GREAT to get such advanced notification of the NEXT
Harry Angel Memorial sprint - well done.
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NOW ON - IARU HF World Championship.
The 24-hour IARU HF World Championship starts at 12 HUNDRED UTC on
Saturday and ends Sunday.
This annual contest supports amateur self-training in radio
communications, improving operating skills, conducting technical
investigations and inter-communicating with other amateurs around
the world using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands
During the weekend's IARU HF World Championship five stations
GB0 WR, GB2 WR, GB5 WR, GB8 WR, and GB9 WR are active on 80-10
metres SSB and CW and tested under field conditions. They are using
the exact planned equipment for the WRTC 2026 event as a trial.
The operating location, a cluster of sites within the grounds of the
Euston Estate, Suffolk (England).
wrtc2026.org/wrtc-test-event-july-2025/
(SARL/425dx)
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Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest - 19 JUL
HI This is Alan, VK4SN, Manager for the Trans-Tasman Contest.
This contest is to encourage Low Band Activity on 160, 80, or 40m
in Australia and New Zealand.
This years Trans-Tasman falls on Saturday night, the 19th of July just 6 days
away.
At 0800z (that's 6pm Eastern Standard time) you can start calling CQ contest.
There are 3 x two hour blocks for you to chase contacts using SSB, CW, RTTY
or PSK.
Choose from Single operator with high, low, or QRP power.
For Multi operator stations chose from Single Transmitter or Multi
Transmitter.
logging software used can be VKCL logger, or N1MM using UDC's from VK4SN.COM.
Both these loggers produce the cabrillo format accepted by the VK Log checker
website,
where the logs are uploaded to. Rules can be found on the WIA Contest pages.
Good luck in the contest and hope to work many of you.
This is Alan VK4SN
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YOTA Contests 2025
Organized by the IARU R1 Youth Working Group in cooperation 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.
The next 2 sessions of this year's YOTA Contest will be held
19 July
29 December
yotacontest.mrasz.org
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RSGB IOTA CONTEST
July 26 to July 27
Mode: CW, SSB
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Work once per band per mode.
(wa7bnm contest calendar)
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Remembrance Day Contest
This contest is held every year on the anniversary of the end of
World War II, in honour of the Australian amateurs who lost their
lives in wartime.
This contest is unusual because the trophy goes to the Australian
state or territory that scores the highest level of activity.
Next contest 16th & 17th August 2025
Contest Manager is Alan Shannon VK4SN
vk4sn@wia.org.auwia.org.au/members/contests/rdcontest/
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SHINE A LITTLE LIGHT - REGISTER NOW!
This year, International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend will run from
0001UTC on the 16 August to 2400UTC on the 17 August. The event usually
attracts more than 500 lighthouse entries located in over 40 countries.
illw.net/
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Oceania DX (OCDX) Contest
The Oceania DX Contest is managed by the Oceania DX Contest
Committee,
info@oceaniadxcontest.comThe OCDX contest is Oceania's only international style contest where
contacts with stations all over the globe are able to participate.
Oceania stations may contact any station for QSO points whilst
non-Oceania stations are required to contact any station in Oceania
for QSO points.
The contest runs over the first two full weekends in October and has
SSB, CW and SWL categories
wia.org.au/members/contests/oceania/
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YOTA Contest
Organized by the IARU R1 Youth Working Group in cooperation 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 planet.
The final session of this year's YOTA Contests will be held
29 December
yotacontest.mrasz.org
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NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2026
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HARRY ANGEL MEMORIAL SPRINT May 2nd.
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DX WINDOW - JULY
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VU2DGR is active as AT44I [ALPHA-TANGO-FOUR-FOUR-INDIA] from Bharati
[BAH-RUH-TEE] Research Station. He is a member of the 44th Indian
Scientific Expedition to Antarctica. The station was spotted recently on
the 20m band using SSB. QSL AT44I via home call which again is VU2DGR
(rsgb)
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Vlad, OK2WX will be active as JW0V from Longyearbyen (EU-026),
Svalbard on 14-23 July. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on
80-10 metres.
QSL via I8KHC and LoTW.
(425dx)
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Listen and look for VY2/K1ZN to be active holiday style from
Prince Edward Island 16-21 July, including participation in the
North American QSO Party, RTTY (19-20 July)
(425dx)
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MOUNT ATHOS --->
SV2TOW is the Greek callsign issued to Monk Pausolipios, at the
Docheiariou Monastery of Mount Athos. He still has to "apply to the
Mt. Athos Council, which represents the 20 monasteries, to get permission
to transmit from there".
The process may take some time, but hopefully he will be allowed to be
QRV as SV2TOW/a using the equipment of the late Monk Apollo.
(425dx)
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REMINDERS
Celebrating the Deutsche Amateur-Radio-Club's 75th anniversary,
four special callsigns have been activated by DARC till 31 October:
DC7, D5D, DD7, DK7 and DR75DARC.
See darc.de/der-club/referate/dx/sonderdiplome/
for the "75 Jahre DARC" certificate.
QSLs via the bureau, or direct to DL2VFR.
(425 DX NEWS)
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8K3EXPO is on the air until October 13, 1.8 MHz 10 GHz.
This event marks the first time a callsign has been established with
the 8K prefix and draws attention to the Osaka World Expo.
(ard)
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Well you may not WORK them BUT you MAY hear them.
Once again Italian radio amateurs have been authorized to use the
40 MHz band until the end of the year.
They are allowed to operate from 40.660 MHz to 40.700 MHz with a
maximum power of 10 watts.
The Italian regulator has given permission until 31 December also
for 70.1, 70.2, and 70.3 MHz.
(425dx news)
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Switzerland.
4 U 0 ITU is the call sign for the International Amateur Radio Club
at ITU HQ in Geneva to use from 16 May to the end of the year in
celebration of the 160th anniversary of the International
Telecommunication Union.
QSL via LoTW, Club Logs OQRS, or direct to
IARC, PO Box 6, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland.
(sarl)
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WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather)
A newly discovered *interstellar object* is only the third such
interloper to be observed in our solar system.
The object is not expected to pose an impact risk to Earth, but is
speeding through our solar system at about 245,000 kilometres per hour
relative to the sun, it is currently located just inside the orbit of
Jupiter.
Its uncertain at this time if the object which will get a name when
it is approved and published by the Minor Planet Centre is a comet or
asteroid, but the observations so far have helped track the objects
journey, indicating it likely came from outside of the solar system from
a thin galactic disk.
(ANS)
WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS
SUMMITS ON THE AIR, WORLD WIDE FLORA, FAUNA PROGRAM,
PARKS ON THE AIR and other ADVENTURE GROUPS.
hema.org.uk/index.jsp
minesontheair.com/about-mota
parksontheair.com/
sota.org.uk
sotawatch.sota.org.uk/en/
facebook.com/SotaAustralia/
wwffaustralia.com/
Activator Dies in Accidental Electrocution
Tripp Owens N 4 NTO is believed to have been electrocuted whilst working
with an antenna mast during a Parks on the Air activation in
North Carolina. N4NTO was an avid participant activating over 660 parks.
Investigators determined that Ambrose "Tripp" Owens was attempting to
raise a temporary amateur radio antenna in the Chicora Cemetery and the
mast of the antenna accidentally came in contact with a power line.
Hams on social media posted many condolences remembering tripp as an
avid POTA activator, particularly using CW with over 600 activations.
Operating in the outdoors can be hazardous and this is a timely reminder
to be safety conscience. When using masts or simply throwing a wire
antenna. Remember. Look up and live!
(ard)
AUSSIE PARK'ing
The next quarterly POTA support your parks weekend is Saturday
19th & Sunday 20th of July which is next weekend.
There will be many POTA activators operating from parks, forests,
trails, beaches and Rivers over this weekend. Yes that right, our scenic
rivers are now in POTA.
Support your parks weekend is a global POTA event, so POTA hunters you
may have a great chance to make contact with activators all around the
world.
Mark VK4EMP the POTA mapping rep for Queensland has organised a meetup
for POTA activators on Saturday 19th July at Red Beach on Bribie
Island.
Darren VK6EK is organizing a meetup for the south west Australian
POTA group.
For more details of these events go to the POTA Australia,
New Zealand FaceBook group and click on the events tab.
This is Marty VK4KC. POTA Admin for Australia. POTA ON!
THE WORLD IS FULL OF OTA's
Summits, Parks, Beaches, Lakes, Huts Bunkers even VOLCANOS.
BUT although you may activate, say a beach, to claim activity points and to
give who you contact a fair go before you head out to your favourite SPOT,
make sure it is has a registered ID.
For those in New Zealand, or if you are working a ZL station from here a web
site exists with map, ID, and all set out by type so it is simply easy to
establish ID's for your scoring.
the website URL is as easy as finding the number..
ontheair.nz
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS
Record Breaking Balloon Launch Attempt in August
On August 15, a unique balloon mission is planned by a Polish amateur
radio team.
This is being organised by the AstroLife community in cooperation with
experienced stratospheric balloon operators and amateur radio enthusiasts
SP 5 LOT and SQ 5 RB. They intend to launch a balloon from central Poland
that will carry a scientific payload at least 40km up into the
stratosphere. The team plan to equip it with a camera and transmitter
that will transmit live images digitally during the flight.
(irts)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - CW
Well the attempt was made - The attempt achieved.
Recently we told you of a young hams goal to better his remarkable call
signs in CW copy made last year, this new attempt was held at Ham Radio
Friedrichshafen where an estimated 11,600 guests from 52 countries were
in attendance.
Many of them were present as the ham radio fair celebrated his record
breaking moment.
This 13-year-old radio amateur from Romania surpassed last year's
achievement in high-speed telegraphy, As spectators watched, mostly in
silence, Ianis YO 8 YNS, achieved a maximum speed of 1,160 characters
per minute for callsign copy - for a total score of 395,191 -
landing him in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The crowd erupted in cheers and applause only after he had finished and
the announcement was made.
Ianis has been practicing Morse Code since the age of 8.
(newsline 2488)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA
iota-world.org/
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SA-078, Isla Fuerte.
Members of the Asociacion de Radioaficionados Unidos (HK4RAU) have
announced plans for a DXpedition to Isla Fuerte (SA-078), Colombia
to take during the last week of July, including participation in
the IOTA Contest 26-27 July.
Callsigns to be used are 5 K 0 T and 5 K 0 C
(425news)
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OC REMINDERS
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OC-013
Steve, ZL2KE will again be active from Rarotonga as E 51 KEE during
August, 3-18 to be exact. He was previously active from there last
year.
QRV mainly on 40-10m, CW & SSB using verticals next to sea and
End-fed wires.
QSL via IK2DUW, LoTW, eQSL, Club Log.
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OC-065
Lance, W7GJ will be active as H40GJ from Pigeon Island (OC-065),
Temotu Province on 8-27 August. This will be a 6m EME DXpedition,
using Q65-60A in the "Q65 Pileup" mode.
"When I am not aimed up at the moon, I will be monitoring 50.313 on FT8
mode", Lance says. "Please take the initiative to call my direction
when you think there may be ionospheric propagation. If propagation
is good and there are many callers, I may switch to FT4 or FT8 F/H on a
frequency to be announced". QSL via LoTW, or direct to W7GJ.
(425DX plus facebook.com/lance.collister/)
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OC-054
The DX Obsessed Group will be active as FW5K from Wallis Island
(OC-054) from 20 October to 7 November, including a Multi-2 entry in the
CQ WW DX SSB Contest. Six operators will be QRV on 160-6 metres CW SSB
FT8 and RTTY. QSL via Club Log's OQRS; QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW
6 months after the end of the DXpedition.
(425 DX and dxobsessed.org/home)
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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
Thank you Col
And a thank you to Richard VK2SKY for bringing an article about the Waveband
Hack Club Y S W S to our attention.
For Teens interested in R T L-S D R, this club helps bring them together.
Craig Giles wrote to RTL-SDR.com and informed them that Hack Club is a
non-profit aimed at teaching teenagers how to code by building projects.
Hack Club runs a variety of programs called YSWSs, or You Ship, We Ships,
which are programs in which a teen works on a themed project and gets
rewarded with a prize following the theme.
Waveband was a YSWS about RTL-SDR dongles, where teens make a computer
program that uses an RTL-SDR dongle, and they get a V4 dongle and antenna kit
in return.
The intent was to get more teens involved in SDR and give them the hardware
to do so through this program.
The club has a clever interactive website that interested teens can go to and
learn more.
The club ran the program for a limited time from June 11 to July 11 where
they got a free RTL-SDR dongle if they submitted a program they've written
that uses an RTL-SDR in a unique way.
Keep your eye out for future projects they run!
For WIA National News, I am Alec VK2MV in Sydney. Now back to you Col.
hackclub.com/
tinyurl.com/2pzj8ucd
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- VHF AND ABOVE.
Everybody to the moon! or the "RUSSIAN EME CONTEST".
Back at the end of June this year the first round of the most high-tech
international competition of the Union of Radio Amateurs of Russia, (SRR)
was held. This on VHF, in which radio communications were carried out
with a reflection from the Moon.
The competition is supported by the Ministry of Sports of Russia.
Round two is coming up.
July 26-27 on 1296 MHz, 2.3 and 10 GHz.
(ard)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - VIDEO
ISS SSTV Event with AX-4 Crew July 14
ARISS has relayed plans for an SSTV event to be conducted by the AX-4
crew that recently arrived on the ISS.
This ARISS SSTV event will begin no earlier than July 14 with the
expectation that the event will run through the weekend into the
beginning of the following week. This is all subject to AX-4 schedule and
other operational considerations.
The subject will be the 40th anniversary of STS-51F and 50th anniversary
of ASTP (Apollo-Soyuz Test Project). The first international partnership
in space wasnt the International Space Station. It wasnt even the
Shuttle-Mir series of missions. It was the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the
first international human spaceflight with 3 crew members from USA and 2
from the Soviet Union.
STS-51F was the second SAREX flight and had the first use of SSTV in
human spaceflight.
(ard)
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IT'S A DATE
Clubs are welcome to email text with audio for this section,
nationalnews@wia.org.auDetails of all WIA affiliated clubs and societies can be found
on the WIA website, including email addresses and website links.
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2025
VK5 - ADELAIDE HILLS AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY'S BIG ANNUAL BUY AND SELL
SATURDAY JULY 19 MARION RSL SELLERS AT 8:30 BUYERS AT 10:30
VK - Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association 50th anniversary
Glen Waverly July 26
president@alara.org (vk2ayl)
VK4 - Redcliffe Club CarBoot Sale Sat 30 August at club house (vk4tfn)
VK - Sep 14 4-5pm AEST WIA Affiliated Clubs briefing webinar (wiacal)
VK2 - Westlakes Field Day 8am October 26 on club grounds. (vk2wi)
VK5 - AREG's Amateur Radio & Electronics Sale Sunday 26th October
at David Roche Park, Kilburn (VK5QI)
VK4 - GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY 2025 HAMFEST NOV 9
Country Paradise Parklands 231 Beaudesert Nerang Road. (vk4dmh)
VK7 - Miena HamFest Saturday November 15 10am (vk7news)
VK3 - Rosebud RadioFest, Eastbourne Primary School, Rosebud (wiacal)
November Sixteen.
VK8 - Darwin Amateur Radio Club Xmas Party 6:30pm Dec 3 (wiacal)
VK - Dec 7 WIA Affiliated Clubs briefing webinar (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@wia.org.auNot 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
Submitting news items
If you would like to submit news items for possible inclusion
in the VK1WIA broadcasts, please email your item in text to
nationalnews@wia.org.au and don't JUST send url's links or
posters, but take the time to pen YOUR contribution.
To submit audio, email
nationalnews@wia.org.auand send BOTH the audio and the text
We would appreciate items certainly no longer than 1.5 mts in
length as we only have a half hour.
Remember the sooner you submit material the more the
likelihood of it being broadcast in the very next edition of
WIA National News.
Each recorded item will only be broadcast once, if you want a couple
of mentions, please submit different slants to keep your
event 'fresh' and always if the news room is to read your
item --- write it in the 3rd person. (First if YOU are
reading your own item). If you are mentioning your own name / call
in the story, say something like "and myself, Pat, vk11abc"
Promote your local rebroadcast; details on
wia.org.au/members/broadcast/contribute/
A reminder when supplying HamFest info we obviously can't
plug DEALS from commercial traders "on air", but we at the
WIA will put your supporters 'goods' in this text edition
"no worries."
We will not give blatant 'plugs' to raffles, be it raffles
at the event or "on-line".
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Oh... and to contact us with your news because
If It Matters To You It Matters To Us!
Click the links below to download the most recent edition of
National News, BUT this is ONLY the backup site!
WIANEWS backup thanks to Brendan VK4BLP can be found on
wiaq.org.au
BACKUPS OF THE BACKUP!! thanks to Tony VK7AX
www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/
wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/ (This is the link
to the original text version and original audio on wia site)
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WIANews - we've reported...YOU decide.
TWITTER twitter.com/VK1WIA
Societies and Club News Letter Editors can EXCHANGE a feed
prior to the actual broadcast date, e-mail
nationalnews@wia.org.auCall-backs follow the RF editions, but also for text readers
you may lodge a quick reply to let us know you read it, who
knows, you might even get a "cheerio call".
Thanks to our dedicated band of broadcast volunteers who
utilize their time and equipment in bringing you this weekly
broadcast.
Who and where are they?
wia.org.au/members/broadcast/where/
Promote your local rebroadcast; details on
wia.org.au/members/broadcast/contribute/
The purpose of "WIANews" is to rapidly provide news of
interest to WIA affiliated clubs and 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.
Opinions expressed in "WIANews" are those of the writers who
submit material and do not necessarily reflect those of the
rebroadcasters, nor the National WIA, but IF broadcast, are
done so in the spirit in which they were submitted."
If you would like to see the call-backs reported each
broadcast, OR have call-backs to contribute to the National
News call back tally then please send through your call-backs
to
callbacks@wia.org.auHow do I join this REBROADCASTERS List?
(subscribe for an automatic feed.)
Email to
vk1wia-broadcasters-join@lists.wia.org.aufrom the email account that you wish the emails to go to.
How do I join this National News List?
(subscribe for an automatic weekly feed.)
Email to
vk1wia-news-join@lists.wia.org.aufrom the email account that you wish the emails to go to.
How do I leave this National News List? (unsubscribe your
weekly feed)
Open mail program which sends mail from the address you want
to unsubscribe from. Send unsubscribe to the list
unsubscribe address
vk1wia-news-leave@lists.wia.org.auYou will be sent a confirmation mail and must follow the
instructions given in that mail to complete the
unsubscription.
Once your unsubscription has been processed, you will
probably receive a message confirming your unsubscription
from the list and at that point you should stop receiving
messages.
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