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IN WIA NATIONAL NEWS THIS WEEK:-

Michelle O'Hare VK2AYL. -

Peter VK7PD. -

Alan VK2COD. -

And a much younger version of our Sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, and that's SUN not SON.

BUT WAIT - THERE'S MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA AND IT'S FOR WEEK COMMENCING
SUNDAY MARCH ONE 2026

I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB
ALARA

Next Sunday, March 8th, is International Womens Day.

Around the world many YL groups are encouraging their members to be active on the air. As such ALARA will be issuing a special International Womens Day certificate for YLs who make 5 contacts with other radio operators or for the OMs who contact 5 YLs on Sunday 8th March.


Names and locations need to be shared and a short conversation is encouraged.

All amateur radio bands and modes including EchoLink, repeaters and digital systems may be used. To gain the certificate logs need to be sent by 31st March to publicity@alara.org.au


( Michelle O'Hare VK2AYL )

The final final

FINAL TRANSMISSION VK4BBX
Written by Kylee Costanzo

CQ CQ CQ.
This is all the people whose lives youve touched transmitting.
Greg, if you copy, hold the frequency.

The poem is in this text edition, under "Final Final". ------------------------------------------------------------*
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.

I know many of us regularly check out the ARRL's W1AW bulletins and
their CW practice transmissions.

Well you also, would have missed it early last week

Due to the severe winter storms sweeping the NE USA, ARRL Headquarters
and the Maxim Memorial Station, W1AW, were closed Monday, February 23,
for the safety of ARRL staff. Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont had declared
a state of emergency ahead of the blizzard that moved into the state Sunday
and continuing into Monday.


So THAT's why no W1AW bulletin or CW practice transmissions Monday.

World Amateur Radio Day

Every April 18th, radio amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in
celebration of World Amateur Radio Day.


Operators worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of amateur radio and
to commemorate the formation of the International Amateur Radio Union in
1925. The IARU has announced that the theme for this years World Amateur
Radio Day will be Entering the Next Century of Amateur Radio Communications
and Innovation.


Special event stations will be active all around the world. Of note so far is the Radio Amateurs of Canada holding a Get on the Air on World Amateur Radio Day special event. They encourage amateurs to get on the air and contact as many RAC stations. The RAC official stations will operate across Canada from 00:00 UTC to 23:59 UTC that day.


The Civil Aviation Authority of The Bahamas has approved the resumption of Falcon 9 first-stage touchdowns in that nations waters.


The decision ended a lengthy review spurred by a test flight mishap with SpaceXs Starship megarocket, which rained debris down on parts of the island nation nearly a year ago. SpaceX can land its rockets in The Bahamas again
and will do so very soon, if all goes according to plan.


Still looking at "things that go up, must come down".

Explosion from the past: debris from Starship washed up on the shores of Madagascar


The discovery was made back in December last year. Fishermen discovered a strange metal sphere in the north of Kimia Island, located off the west coast of Madagascar. They left the find where it was in case its owner appeared. However, he never showed up.


Subsequently, experts managed to determine what the strange object actually was. This is a methane tank, part of the Starship spacecraft with serial
number S35. It was launched on May 27, 2025. The flight was planned to deploy Starlink satellite mock-ups. However, due to a fuel leak, SpaceX was unable
to implement these plans. Starship lost control and crashed into the Indian Ocean. Later, ocean currents carried one of its debris pieces to Madagascar.

tinyurl.com/2e9sum6t

A NEWS FLASH FROM ICOM JAPAN

ICOM say they will introduce the Icom AH-6 Antenna Tuner later this year.

AH-6, is said to be a sophisticated, next-generation antenna tuner engineered for HF to 50 MHz amateur radio operations at 100 W RF power.

While it excels with long-wire antennas, it now also supports coaxial
cable-fed configurations, bridging the functional gap previously occupied by tuners like the AT-180 and AT-705.


Unlike the AH-4, the AH-6 officially supports the 160m band, provided it is paired with a long-wire element length of 30 metres or more.


Designed for seamless "plug-and-play" operation with industry favourites such as the IC-7100, IC-7300 (Mk2) and IC-7610.

3Y0K Update

FOR COMPLETE UP TODATE NEWS FROM THE ISLAND CLICK THIS LINK
3y0k.com/
The team is excitedly preparing for arrival at Bouvet, and a recent update
by the DXPedition say "everything is going well on the vessel; it handles the sea very well and has no problem running at 14 knots+. The weather WAS fantastic for the past 2 days BUT now vessel is in an area with adverse
weather and ETA is now Friday morning 06:00 local time. We have slowed downed our speed significantly and there is no need to rush to get there as we are
not missing any weather window for now. We are still doing our preparations
and will be ready when weather allows.


All team members are in good spirits and only a few persons are seasick; meanwhile, preparations continue. They've fine-tuned logistical approach and have established a flight plan with all equipment going onshore, and they
have had meetings with pilots, vessel, and expedition crew. All merge very
well into the team, and we are on this mission together.


We are evaluating various scenarios that may unfold and discuss / mitigate
what we see as obvious risks. Were confident that the preparations weve made based on our experience will take us one step closer to getting onshore and will adjust as we see necessary.


The Helicopter, being a workhorse and a solid aircraft, the pilots are very confident in this machine and express that this helicopter is the right
choice for such an operation.


They have published a band plan on their website.3y0k.com/#bandplan

The Norwegian band plan and IARU Region 1 plans shall apply and it
contingent on frequency availability at the time they are QRV.

A strong focus on the human modes, but digital mode strategies are also being planned.


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OPERATIONAL NEWS -
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NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2026
WIA contest page :- wia.org.au/members/contests/about/
The CQ 160m DX Contest started at 2200UTC on Friday the 27th of February and runs until 2200UTC on Sunday the 1st of March. Using SSB on the 160m band,
the exchange is signal report and CQ zone. American stations also send their state, and Canadian stations send their province.

(rsgb)

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On Sunday the 1st of March, the Worked All Britain 3.5MHz Phone Contest runs from 1800 to 2200UTC. Using SSB on the 80m band.

(rsgb)
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This weekend also sees the UBA DX Contest, CW
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MARCH 7 - 8 ARRL DX SSB
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MARCH 15 BERU
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MARCH 21 and 22 JOHN MOYLE MEMORIAL FIELD DAY(new rules for 2026) ---------------------
MAY:- HARRY ANGEL MEMORIAL SPRINT May 2nd.

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JUNE 6 -7 VK SHIRES CONTEST
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JUNE 20-21 VHF UHF FIELD DAY

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DX WINDOW ON THE WORLD

In March 1926, the Danish Ministry of Public Works officially
Legalized private radio transmissions. By the end of that year, 1926,
over 40 amateur radio licences had been granted.

Celebrating the centenary of the formal birth of regulated amateur radio
in Denmark, special callsign OZ 100 OZ will be activated on 1-8 March.

QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or via OZ 1 ACB.
(425dxnews)
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Namibia

Gunter, once again active as V 51 WH until 24 March with activity from a
farm near Omaruru from 160 to 6 metres (60 m included).
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South Sudan.

Z 81 D until 30 March.

Activity from 40 to 6 metres using SSB and digital.QSL via OM3JW, LoTW.

(sarl)
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Yannick is active as CN 2 YD from Marrakech, Morocco until the 31st of
March this 26 year. You can find him using SSB on the 20 to 10m bands.
QSL via F6FYD directly or via the Bureau
(rsgb)
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Celebrating a half-century of German research in Antarctica, special callsigns DA 0ANT, DM 50ANT and DP 50ANT will be active from February 15
to 30TH April. In addition, active April 1-30 will be DM 50 GFS (for the
50th anniversary of the Georg Forster Station, established by the G.D.R.
In 1976 and decommissioned in 1993), as well as DP 200 GVN (for the bicentenary of the birth of Georg von Neumayer, after whom three
German Antarctic research stations have been named).
(425DXNEWS)
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WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather)

For the first time, a much younger version of the Sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, by astronomers using NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory.


The bubble called an astrosphere completely surrounds the juvenile star. Winds from the stars surface are blowing up the bubble and filling it with
hot gas as it expands into much cooler galactic gas and dust surrounding the star. The Sun has a similar bubble around it, which scientists call the heliosphere, created by the solar wind. It extends far beyond the planets in our solar system and protects Earth from cosmic radiation.


An image received is a composite, which presents a close-up of HD 61005 using infrared data from Hubble, and X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Here, the spherical star has a brilliant core bursting with white X-ray
light. Ringing the white core is a neon purple glow; the astrosphere surrounding the star. A distinguishing feature of HD 61005 is a white, wedge-shaped tail with neon blue tips, which trails the fast-moving star.
This tail is dusty material left behind after the stars formation. The wedge, or wing shape of the tail has earned the star the nickname Moth by
astronomers spying it through infrared telescopes.


It is not visible from Earth with the unaided eye, but it is close enough
that sky watchers could see it using binoculars.

tinyurl.com/me5p668t

( sourced to nasa.gov/news/recently-published/ )
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - DIGITAL.

2 4 8

NEW DIGITAL MODE: FT2

This is a new, experimental digital mode that has entered its on-air
beta testing phase since 16 February.

According to its developer, IU 8 LMC, it is not intended to replace
FT8 or FT4, but it is "a specialized mode for when pure speedis what matters".


FT2 achieves 3.8 second cycles, allowing to reach 240 QSOs per hour.
www.ft2.it
(425DXNEWS)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER
AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org

A new SpaceX tool for tracking satellites and other objects in low Earth
orbit (LEO) could help prevent future satellite collisions, and its
attracting significant industry interest by requiring users to provide data
on their own satellites.


The system, known as Stargaze, uses the star tracker cameras on SpaceXs near-10,000 Starlink satellites to image objects in LEO, creating a detailed map of where everything is at any one time. That information could make a
huge difference in avoiding satellite collisions.

tinyurl.com/5n795rsv
[ANS]

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one," he said.
BUT:-

For about six months, NASAs Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called boxwork, low ridges standing roughly 1 to
2 meters tall with sandy hollows in between.


Crisscrossing the surface for miles, the formations suggest ancient
groundwater flowed on this part of the Red Planet later than scientists expected. This possibility raises new questions about how long microbial life could have survived on Mars billions of years ago, before rivers and lakes dried up and left a freezing desert world behind.


NASA says "The boxwork formations look like giant spider webs when viewed
from space."

(nasa.gov)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA
iota-world.org/-------------
IOTA HONOUR ROLL

The 2026 Honour Roll and Annual Listings have been posted on the IOTA website iota-world.org

Click on PERFORMANCE LISTINGS in the dropdown menu under
PROGRAMME INFORMATION. They show the position as of 31 January 2026.

The Honour Roll lists the stations with a checked score equalling or exceeding 50% of the total of numbered IOTA groups, excluding those with provisional numbers, at the time of preparation.


IOTA rules limit inclusion in the listings ONLY to those participants
who have updated their scores at least once in the preceding five years.

(sourced to 425dxnews)
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OC-095

The rarest of the rare.

Jacek, SP5APW will be active as 3D2JK from Lakeba Island OC-095 on
the days 17-22 April. 3D2JK will operate FT8 and SSB on 20-10 metres,
and on 6 metres mainly FT8.

Last activated in 2004, OC-095 remains the rarest IOTA group in Fiji.

QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or direct to SP5APW.
3d2jk.blogspot.com
(425DXNEWS)

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OC REMINDERS
IOTA NUMBER OC-031

On air is C 21 TS from Nauru, IOTA Number OC-031, until sometime in July
FT8 maybe some SSB. See stations C 21 TS on QRZ.com for QSL information
and other operating details.

(sourced to newsline 2519)

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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) UNTIL 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)
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OC-073

Take, JG8NQJ/JD1 expects to be back to the weather station on
Minami Torishima (OC-073) on 26 February until mid-May.
He will operate mainly CW with some FT8.

QSL via JG8NQJ (bureau) and LoTW.
(425dxnews)
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OC-150

Jozef is active again as YB9/ON6HX from Mataram on Lombok Island
(OC-150)until 11 March.


Listen for YB9/ON6HX as he operates CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8, and FT4 from 0C-150 and QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or via home call which again is ON6HX.

(425dxnews)
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WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR OLD-TIMERS
qcwa.org
raotc.org.au
Hallo everyone, this is Peter VK7PD reminding you that tomorrow is the
first Monday of the month, time for the Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club
of Australia's March bulletin to go to air.

This month, instead of the usual broadcast, we will offer an historical broadcast from years past by Allan Doble, VK3AMD from April 2003. The
usual news and information will be broadcast next month.

Everyone, RAOTC members and non-Members alike, is most welcome to listen
to the program and join in the call backs afterwards.

Full details of all transmissions times and modes can be found on the
RAOTC website at raotc.org.au or just Google RAOTC broadcasts.

If none of the transmission times suit you, you can download the audio
file at any time from today from the club website.

Once again, tune in tomorrow for the March RAOTC bulletin, enjoy the
program and please join in the call backs afterwards.
73 from Peter VK7PD.

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
AMSAT Publishes Satellites in Space Colouring Book

As part of its Youth Initiative, AMSAT just published its Satellites in Space colouring book on www.BuzzSat.com.


The complete title of the colouring book is Satellites in Space Help us Live
a Better Life on Earth. This theme shows how satellites play an important
role in virtually every aspect of modern life. The book includes twelve two-page spreads that illustrate different roles that satellites play and the benefits they provide.


For example, one spread explains Helping Farmers Grow bountiful Crops For Healthy Meals on Every Table! Another spread features teenagers using Amateur Radio Sharing Messages and Pictures With Friends Around the World!


Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, AMSAT VP-Development explains, We have produced the colouring book for several reasons. First, it is the right thing to do. We
must educate and encourage youth to become active contributors in satellite
and communication technology. Second, It helps us satisfy part of our responsibilities spelled out in AMSATs Articles of Incorporation to encouragement of skills, even at the earliest stages of our youths
development. Third, it begins to develop an awareness in young people of amateur satellites and amateur radio. We, of course, wont convert every young person into and amateur radio operator and an AMSAT member, but we will get
our fair share. The earlier we start, the better our chances, he said.


AMSAT thanks Amateur Radio Digital Corporation for a generous grant to make this project possible and YOU can view the colouring book and perhaps downloading copies for your kids, learn more at www.BuzzSat.com.


[ANS]

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO

An annual occasion that celebrates strength, courage and pride in a free homeland ended in tragedy in the Andes Mountains even as amateur radio operators mobilized to help with their best efforts. Graham Kemp VK4BB brings us that story.


Riding horseback across the mountains each year recalls a defining moment of independence for South American nations. This year's 209th anniversary ride
of the Crossing of the Andes under Jose de San Martin and the Army of the Andes, led to an emergency evacuation of one rider in early February. As the mounted expedition began its return trip home through Chile in early evening, the woman suffered a serious fall from her horse.


Writing in the Forums section of QRZ.com, Carlos Almirn, LU7DSY, said that
the San Felipe Provincial Radio Club, CE2REU, sent out a call for emergency assistance through the Chilean ham radio network. The Los Molinos Radio Club
of Villa Alemana, CE2CQ, provided GPS coordinates for the mountains' La Vega section. As ground resources and a helicopter were dispatched, the Los
Molinos hams continued their coordination with the expeditioners through a
link with the San Felipe Provincial Radio Club. The rescue teams arrived, performed CPR followed by an evacuation. It was later reported that the rider had died from her injuries while being treated at the hospital.

This is Graham VK4BB.
WICEN NSW NEWS:-

The first Sydney Walk and Jog WICEN will be supporting this year, is on THIS Sunday the 1st of March at Cronulla.


Also Sunday the 1st will see the regular monthly WICEN meetup at VK2WIDural.

The Watagans Mountains Endurance ride is on the weekend of the 28th and
29th of March. Central Coast WICEN regularly provides safety
communications for this event.

WICEN NSW weekly voice nets are on Sunday evenings from 6pm, on a number
of repeaters around Sydney.
(vk2wi news)
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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.

--------------------- SOCIAL SCENE 2026 ------------------
March 14 North Shore Radio Club Sale 400 East Coast Road, Sunnynook,
Auckland 10:00am (nzart)
VK4 - Redfest - Deception Bay North State School 9am April 11. (vk4ble)

VK - WIA AGM May 2 at 2pm Albury VK2 couples with ICOM VK SUMMIT 2026
also in Albury May 2 and 3. (wiacal/ARMAG )

VK5 - Sth Est Radio Group Convention & Australian Fox Hunting
Championship Mt Gambier June 6/7 (vk5dj)
VK7 - Tassie Ham-E-Con Radio Conference Nov 7 and 8 UTAS Sandy Bay Campus. reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference/
VK5 - Adelaide Amateur Radio & Electronics Car Boot Sale Dogs SA
Showground, Cromwell Road, Kilburn 10.00am. November 21. (wiacal)

The final final

FINAL TRANSMISSION VK4BBX
Written by Kylee Costanzo

CQ CQ CQ.
This is all the people whose lives youve touched transmitting.
Greg, if you copy, hold the frequency.
It feels like absence.
It feels like space where a voice once was.
But signals do not disappear.They continue.

And what a person builds
in air, in wire, in people does not simply stop.

You never lived by the rule
that comfort equals peace.
You lived by the rule
that comfort is the first thing to question.

You believed headwinds are not personal.
Crosswinds are not unfair.
And lee winds that sudden drop, that shaking frame
are not a sign to quit.

They are a test of trim.
You adjust.
You steady.You climb.

You believed complacency is the real danger.Not risk.
Not boldness.Not standing out.
Complacency.

The quiet drift downward
when we stop paying attention to lift.

You believed connection matters.
If you can reach someone reach them.Build the antenna.
Make the call.
Transmit while you can.

You didnt just build antennas.You built reach.

From Mobile One to a garage that hummed again

because purpose does not retire,
you proved that usefulness is not seasonal.

If your hands still work build.
If your mind still sparks design.
If your voice still carries speak.
Unapologetically.

You believed fitting inis vastly overrated.
So you didnt.

You never entered quietlyNot rooms
Not conversationsNot lives
Joy first.Volume second.
Standing on your toes
as if the ground were optional.
You ruffled feathers.
You challenged comfort.
You made rooms adjust to you
instead of shrinking to fit them.
And yes
not everyone understood you at first.

But you never measured yourselfby first impressions.
You measured yourself
by whether you were real.

You believed people are more
than the worst thing theyve done.
So you forgave early.
You forgave often.

You saw past the noise
to the signal underneath.
And that belief
changed people.
And made the world a better place

You wrote poetry like you flew
direct, deliberate, aware.
Warning of sleeping dragons.Warning of drift.
Reminding us that lift is earned
by those who stay awake.

You believed joy is not indulgent.It is oxygen.

That laughter is not noise.It is energy.

That love is not soft.It is structural.
And so very necessary in this world

You believed life is not meant
to be lived carefully around the edges.

It is meant to be entered fully.
Fully loud.
Fully flawed.Fully alive.
Unapologetically

And here is what you leave us
Not just memory.
Not just stories.
A mandate;
A way to live,A way to love,
A way to give,
That keeps your memory alive
Do not live small.

Do not lower your voice
just because the room is timid.

Do not mistake comfort for safety.

When the air drops trim.
When the frame shakes hold.
When the rotor hits climb.

Headwinds are not personal.
Crosswinds are not unfair.
Lee winds will shake you.

But lift is still there.
Always there.
If we pay attention.
If we stay awake.
If we refuse complacency.

If we live wide instead of careful.
If we love before we are certain.
If we build something that reaches beyond us.

If we forgive without score,
If we give from our hearts when we can,
If we transmit what matters,
We too can make the world a better place.

Then your signal does not fade.
It strengthens.
It is amplified.

It hums in the way we show up.
It hums in the way we speak truth.
It hums in the way we stand taller,
even when the air feels thin.

And one day, when someone asks
why we refused to shrink,

why we dared to live louder,

why we chose joy over fear
We will say:
Because we knew a man
who would not live half-life.
A man who climbed
when the air fell away.
A man who taught us
that lift is always there,
if youre willing to rise into it.
Explorer-hearted.
Unfiltered flame.Generous spirit.

Greg you mattered.

This is all the people whose lives youve touched here.
Signal strong.
Altitude rising.Bandwidth wide.

We are not descending.
We are climbing.

We rise in lifting others.
Final 7-3 VK4BBX,
Clear.
Written by Kylee Costanzo
In memory of Gregory Owen Ackman (VK4BBX)13th Feb 2026

Thank you for the part you played in Gregs life. He truly loved the community he

found through your organization.
With gratitude,
Kylee Costanzo
On behalf of the family of Greg Ackman

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