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IN WIA NATIONAL NEWS THIS WEEK:-

Angelo VK2NWT WIA Affiliated Clubs coordinator. -

John VK4JPM and "Crisis Averted". -

John VK4JJW and just WHY did orbiting Cosmonauts cosmonauts drill into
the walls of the ISS Zvezda module.

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 JUNE 28 2026

I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB

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This is Angelo Giuffr, VK2NWT WIA Affiliated Clubs coordinator with some news about the next Club Presidents Webinar.


Whilst the last meeting was scheduled for the 14th of June, unfortunately
some last-minute unforeseen circumstances prevented that meeting from going ahead.


Im keen to advise that a new meeting has now been scheduled for Sunday, the 14th of July, at 4:00 PM AEST.


All club Presidents were sent an email this week with notice of the new
meeting date and time as well as the meeting agenda.


A Teams meeting link will be sent out to all Club Presidents a few days prior to the meeting, and I would urge all Club Presidents to attend for the
benefit of your respective Club. Club Presidents are most welcome to nominate another Committee member to attend if they are unable to do so by contacting
me via email.


Please feel free to contact me with any questions about this meeting or any other general Affiliated Club matters by email;
clubs@nationaloffice.wia.org.au


This is Angelo VK2NWT for WIA National News
AUSTRALIANA

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has announced it is consulting on remaking the Radiocommunications (Emergency Locating Devices) Class Licence 2016, which is due to sunset on 1 October.


ACMAs view is that the class licence is operating effectively and
efficiently, and proposes to revoke it and remake it with minor changes.


The Radiocommunications (Emergency Locating Devices) Class Licence 2016 is
due to sunset on 1 October 2026.


The class licence authorises the operation of emergency locating devices that are categorised as either:


Satellite distress beacons, also known as Emergency PositionIndicating Radio Beacon stations (EPIRBs) locating aids on shared frequencies.


The proposed changes are to:

clarify and regularise operational and testing practices
modernise the drafting.

Details of the proposal are in the consultation paper. A copy of the draft Radiocommunications (Emergency Locating Devices) Class Licence 2026 and the notice required under subsection 136(2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992
are also available.


A Gazette notice about the revocation of the class licence is available on
the Federal Register of Legislation.

"Crisis Averted."

Now for something completely different - I'm John VK4JPM and here's an invitation from a sector adjacent to ham radio.


Once upon a time pretty much every broadcast engineer had their ham ticket as well, and was active in the hobby. We all know that broadcast radio is a technology business, and community radio especially - without the mostly volunteer techs that keep stations running then nothing would happen.


Technorama is the peak body for community radio technologists, and on 25 July Technorama will be running the Queensland leg of this year's roadshow in Broadbeach - intriguingly titled "Crisis Averted". It's a day of
information, how-to sessions, discussions on how to avoid disaster, and a
heap of social networking. The cost of attendance is so low that you're
going to have to check the site because you won't believe me - less than $90 even if you're not a member of Technorama but cheaper if you are.


Hams can play a very important part in running radio stations, and where else would be allowed to play with transmitters ranging to 10kW or more? And you probably have, or could learn, lots of skills that are really useful.


Check out their website at technorama.org.au and follow the dots.

A day of really useful stuff, and either side of that two more days of radio station tours and other sessions. What do you have to lose?


24-26 July, in the heart of the Gold Coast, and lots of fun.

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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.
MOUNT VERNON USA

Mayor John Lewis issued a proclamation Wednesday declaring June 23 to 29,
2026, as "Amateur Radio Week" in the City of Mount Vernon.


His proclamation also publicized the national ARRL Amateur Radio Field Day exercise, which will take place from June 27 to 28. This is a 24-hour
emergency preparedness exercise and demonstration of the skills and readiness of amateur radio operators to "provide self-supporting communications without further infrastructure being required," the proclamation states.


ARRL The USA National Association for Amateur Radio has introduced a new
member benefit: the QST Product Review Comparison Database.


This online tool makes it easier to compare amateur radio transceivers, receivers, amplifiers, and transmitters by allowing users to sort and filter equipment based on their own selection criteria.


This tool, introduced by the ARRL Lab, offers a familiar experience for
anyone who has shopped online in recent years, said ARRL Laboratory Manager W1GKS. For decades, the Lab has been making standardized measurements that
are published in QST Product Reviews. While those reviews have long been available online, finding and comparing products often required knowing
exactly what you were looking for. The new database makes it much easier to discover and evaluate equipment based on the characteristics that matter most to you.


The comparison database includes every ARRL Lab-tested device in the
previously listed categories, dating back to 2012. Users can apply filters to narrow results to specific types of equipment and then sort products using select specifications and laboratory measurements. Multiple products can be selected and compared side by side, making it easier to evaluate options
before making a purchase decision.


Ham Radio 2026 takes place in Friedrichshafen Germany this weekend the 26th
to the 28th of June.


For the first time ever, the event will bring together amateur radio and astronomy in a single platform as the Astro trade fair will take place alongside the Ham Radio exhibition.


The opening event will provide information on current developments in amateur radio and the many connections between radio technology and astronomy, which are central to this years trade show focus. RSGB President Bob Beebe, GU4YOX
is one of the guest speakers at the opening event. He will speak about the collaboration between DARC and the RSGB in providing an updated QSL Bureau Service for RSGB members an innovative project that brings amateur radio together across borders.


Felix VK4FUQ will have more re the RSGB QSL bureau soon during his
"operational news" segment coming up right here on WIA NATIONAL NEWS.


There was a particularly tense moment aboard the International Space Station earlier this month, with NASA directing their astronauts to secure themselves in the Dragon capsule and prepare for a potential return to Earth while their Russian counterparts engaged in what we now know to have been some impromptu demolition work on their side of the orbiting complex.


Despite objections from their American partners, Roscosmos had given their cosmonauts the go-ahead to drill and cut into the walls of the Zvezda module one of the core components of the ISS which has been in orbit since 2000 to try and identify and ultimately repair persistent leaks that have been
venting the Stations atmosphere out into space for several years. We may
never know the exact nature of the behind-the-scenes communication that went
on between the two space agencies, but in the end the Russians abandoned
their plan and NASAs personnel were told to resume their normal duties.


But where do things go from here? Although its true the International Space Station is entering its final years, the mission isnt over yet, and that
means the two countries need to continue to work together if they hope to get any science done in the time they have left.


WEIRD AND WONDERFUL

Weve talked before about number stations mysterious shortwave transmitters repeating numbers, presumably for clandestine purposes. But, of course, the mere fact that they are unusual makes them stand out. The best place to hide something is in plain sight.


In the old days, a broadcaster might slip a fake news story in mentioning a name that has a secret meaning, for example. But according to Steven Murdoch, in a post on TWIAR, the United States has an even more obvious hiding place
for a numbers station:

Inside GPS.

Every L1 C/A navigation message is a 176-bit field known by the affectionate moniker: Subframe 4, Page 17. The GPS specification says it is for special messages.


No one has disclosed what those messages might be.

University College London analysed over 12 million GPS packets from 2007 to 2026, trying to understand what was in this field. You might think 176 bits isnt much, and you are right.

BUT

The L1 C/A signal carries 50 bits per second, and each frame is 1,500 bits.
As [Murdoch] points out: every bit much earn its place. Each sub frame is 300 bits, so this mysterious signal is 12% of the sub frame.


It MUST be important to someone.

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OPERATIONAL NEWS -
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NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2026
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JULY 4-5 NZART MEMORIAL CONTEST
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JULY 11-12 IARU HF CHAMPIONSHIP
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JULY 18 VK TRANS TASMAN CONTEST
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JULY 25-26 RSGB IOTA CONTEST
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AUGUST 15-16 RD CONTEST
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AUGUST 29 - 30 ALARA CONTEST
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SEPTEMBER 19-20 VHF UHF FIELD DAY
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OCTOBER 3-4 OCEANA SSB CONTEST
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OCEANA CW CONTEST is OCTOBER 10 - 11
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OCTOBER 24-25 CQWW SSB
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NOVEMBER 28-29 CQWW CW CONTEST
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DECEMBER 1-31 VK YOTA contest.
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NOW LET'S OPEN THE DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD ------------
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The RSGB QSL Bureau has issued a final notice to those still using the old
QSL Bureau address.


A new system was introduced in January 2026 and users of the Bureau were advised that all outgoing QSL cards now need to be sent to:

RSGB QSL Bureau
PO Box 7320 St. Loyes Street
BedfordMK40 1ZL

Anything sent to the old address from Wednesday, 1 July 2026 will either be returned by Royal Mail, where the address is known, or otherwise is likely to be lost or destroyed.


Details of the new RSGB QSL Service can be found on. rsgb.org/main/operating/qsl-bureau/
(rsgb)
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A special event organized by Rseau des metteurs Franais will celebrate the
Tour de France. Each stage of the tour will feature its own callsign. Both men's and women's tours will be represented July 4th through August 9th.


For over a century, the Tour de France cycling race has embodied excellence, self-improvement, and the connection between regions. Through this
initiative, we aimed to spread the radio amateur spirit throughout France, mobilizing operators, radio clubs, and local associations. The promotion of know-how, team spirit, and friendly competition reminds us of our commitment
to service, knowledge transmission, and innovation.


See the TM00TFR QRZ page for more information about operating modes and
awards.

(ARD)

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Special callsign YR100RC is active until the 30th of September to celebrate
the centenary of Romania's first amateur radio club. Look for activity on the HF bands using FT8 and SSB.


For details of a certificate that is available for working the station visit tinyurl.com/YR100RC

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Tom VK2TBC is active as VK 0 TBC from Casey Station, Antarctica
until December. He will operate SSB and FT8.
vk2tbc.com
(425dxnews)
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REPEATER NEWS

Hello fellow WIA Members, Ham Radio Operators and Hobbyists, my name is David and my Callsign is VK5LSB with some news and notes on behalf of the South Australian Repeater Group.


The South Australian Repeater Group is continuing to develop and grow quite rapidly with the group now having over 50 members which has far exceeded our goals and expectations in such a short period of time.

It is pleasing that so many amateur radio operators are wanting to be
involved in this dynamic group and moving forward with technology and
advances in amateur radio.


On a Wednesday evening at 20:00 hrs the South Australian Repeater Group hosts
a group on net the Adelaide Linked Repeater Network as our membership base is so broad and spread out across Adelaide and its regions, so what better way than give everyone the chance to join in on the radio net utilising the Adelaide Linked Repeater Network.

We looking forward to chatting with you all on the SARG Net on Wednesday
Night on the Linked Repeater Network at 20.00hrs local time.


The Executive Members of the group are continuing on developing and creating
an exciting and informative web page for the group which now is online and
can be found at the web address SARG.AU, the web page is not fully complete
at this point and as such changes will continue to be made in its development and information, have a look at the page, and I say again that the address is SARG.AU so take a look at our webpage.


VK5OG Nathan and other members of the group have been busy with updating Mech Core Repeaters across Adelaide, and at the time of this broadcast 26 Meshcore Repeaters have been installed and are operational across the Adelaide Plains and some Regional Areas. We are working with other like-minded ham radio
clubs of AHARS and AREG and last weekend a new Meshcore Repeater was
installed at the AREG site at Koch Hill.


You can also follow the South Australian Repeater Group on our Facebook page which contains lots of exciting news, announcements, activities, and information on becoming a member along with the online membership
registration form for you to become a member if you wish too.


On that note folks keep your eyes and ears open and we looking forward to you becoming members of the South Australian Repeater Group.


This has been David VK5LSB on behalf of the South Australian Repeater Group.
73 all and stay safe.

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WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather)

Radio astronomers are celebrating a milestone: the first capture of signals
by a prototype radio telescope in New Mexico that will eventually succeed the Very Large Array of the US National Science Foundation. Kent Peterson KCDGY
has those details.


"A proposed new antenna array being developed will be massive, consisting of 244 antennas and stretching more than 8,045 kilometres, or 5 thousand miles. Tests of its prototype recently attracted attention for another reason: the
new next-generation Very Large Array radio antenna gathered signals for the first time - a key moment for a design that is expected to provide higher sensitivity and spatial resolution than the current system. Working alongside the 27 antennas of the VLA, it tracked the Crab Nebula and the sun and it observed the bright galactic nucleus known as Perseus A.


The National Science Foundation's National Radio Astronomy Observatory sees promise in its ability to go beyond the capacity of the current Very Large Array. The test in the New Mexico desert was conducted in collaboration with the current VLA, which was built starting in the 1970s. Its encouraging
results mark the prototype system's transition from being a project under construction to a tool capable of making independent observations and conducting astronomical testing. It is expected to form the basis for the eventual 244-antenna array.


This is Kent Peterson KCDGY."
(arnewsline2530)

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/

2026 VKFF National Get Together.

Are you an avid portable operator?
Do you enjoy hunting those operating in the field?
Are you a newly licensed amateur and want to know how to get started in portable operating?


Then its time to save the date for the 4th annual VKFF National Get Together. This year the VKFF Team are hosting the National Get Together in Albury, New South Wales, commencing Friday 30th October and concluding on Sunday 1st November.


The event kicks off with a Friday night dinner.

Saturday will see a day of displays and presentations from experienced
speakers followed by a dinner function with special guest speaker Chris,
VK3QB, Team Leader for the VJ2L DXpedition to Lord Howe Island.


Sunday will start with a BBQ breakfast followed by an antenna construction session. Sunday afternoon will see many amateurs head out to the field to activate VKFF parks. The event will wrap up with a dinner on the Sunday evening.


You can come along to any part of the weekends activities, but you must register to attend. Walk ups to the event will not be accepted.


To register, or for more information on the 2026 VKFF National Get Together head to the WWFF Australia website at: wwffaustralia.com


On behalf of the VKFF team this has been Chris, VK1CHW 73 & 44

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS

When you are a world traveller, making your way across 53 countries in more than 6 laps around the globe, there's no shame in meeting your match - and
your demise - at the hands of a typhoon in Japan.


The little Sky Tracker Pico balloon enjoyed a triumphant launch by Sky
Academy students and the Englewood Amateur Radio Society in February. It carried the callsign N4EAR-1 and a lot of hope and ambition as it soared, communicating via APRS -- that is, until it met the Category 1 storm known as Jangmi over Japan on the 2nd of June. Its journey of 153,468 miles or 24,689 kilometres, ended there, 103 days and 14 hours after it had first begun.


There was loss, yes, but no grief.

Club President Bill Reed K7WWR said "It was a great weak-signal learning experience and a great kickoff of our STEM support of Sky Academy and a great learning experience for the students."


The flight of the little balloon not only launched the school's STEM program but the partnership with the amateur radio society.

(newsdline2530)

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

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, responding to questions about the agencys selection of an all-male crew for the Artemis 3 mission, said the astronauts were chosen based solely on their experience, skill sets and availability.


Isaacman strongly defended the crew selection, saying he had personally been
to space twice with 50 percent female crews, "My closest advisors and some of the smartest engineers I know are women" he said.


In the NASA leadership organization, nearly 50 percent of the centre
directors and mission directorate leadership are women.

(na)
Satellites Are The New Fire Towers

The Bezos Earth Fund announced a $26 million grant for the non-profit Earth Fire Alliance and its satellite-based wildfire detection program, Axios


The money alongside support from Google and others will help fund the
launch of three FireSat satellites.


The groups say theyll provide wildfire monitoring at least twice daily over critical geographies, including a focus on the Amazon Basin one of the most fire-vulnerable regions on Earth.


The funding is the largest-ever single philanthropic grant for wildfire detection, the groups say. They add that the program could help protect
homes, communities and biodiversity and cut CO2 emissions from wildfires by
up to 10% annually.


Wildfires, or as we know them, Bush Fires, are a major driver of
deforestation, which worsens climate change. They accounted for 42% of tree cover loss in 2025, per World Resources Institute data.


The Earth Fire Alliance says it hopes to have dozens of satellites operating
by the early 2030s that can monitor every point on Earth every 20 minutes.

(amsat na)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTAiota-world.org/
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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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Team KH8A will be active from Pago Pago (OC-045), American Samoa from
29 October to 13 November. Plans are CW, SSB, FT8 (MSHV) and RTTY on
160-6 metres with four stations 24/7.

QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via DL4SVA; BUT full LoTW upload will be after
six months.

kh8a.mydx.de/updates.
(425dxnews)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS ---- MARITIME.

Special Event Station will Activate Barra Lighthouse

The International Amateur Radio Association (AIRA) tell us that on
July 18 they will be activating the Barra Lighthouse in the
"Venice of Portugal," a charming coastal city situated on the Ria de Aveiro lagoon about 75 km south of Porto


The designated callsign will be C S5 AIRA.

The activity will operate across the 20 and 40-meter bands, as well as VHF
and UHF frequencies. Communications will include links via EchoLink-LUSOFONA, LART Network, the QO-100 satellite, and DMR via Talkgroup 268 (10:00 - 12:00) and Talkgroup 91 (14:00 - 18:00) on the BrandMeister platform.


See the event website for more information.

aira.pt/pt/events/ativacao-farol-barra-2026
(ard)

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WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS - YOTA
(Youngsters On The Air)
ham-yota.com/category/yota-region-3/
facebook.com/groups/YOTAOC/
youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA

12-Year-Old Boy Proves One of World's Oldest Technologies Still Attracts:

Most 12-year-olds are on social media.

Myron chose amateur radio.

The boy from Alfenas, in the south of Minas Gerais, a large inland state in southeastern Brazil spent a month studying legislation, electrical technique, and radio wave propagation before sitting for the Anatel exam, the National Telecommunications Agency Brazil.


He passed, got the license, and joined a group that few imagine still exists: active amateur radio operators in Brazil.


All this before turning 13, as reported by TV Alfenas this year.

Myron has already used the license to establish contacts with operators in Paraguay, something that, for those who grew up thinking radio was a dead technology, may sound surprising. Myron's stepfather, Marcos Geraldo, himself an amateur radio operator, was one of the project's supporters, but
attributes the merit of the result to the boy himself. According to Marcos,
the study depended almost entirely on the boy's determination.

(ard)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIOwicen.org.au facebook.com/WICENNSWx.com/wicennsw
groups.io/g/vk4-emcomms
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- SOFTWARE FOR HAMS

HamSat (free) and HamSat Pro (one-time purchase), iOS satellite tracking apps for iPhone/iPad by Vasco Barreiros, CT1OY, have recently been updated with
new features, including compatibility with Apple Watch. HamSat is available
on the iPhone App Store.

(ANS)

TERA

Stu Phillips, K6TU has announced the public release of TERA
(Terrain Evaluation for Radio Applications), a next-generation HF antenna terrain analysis tool for the amateur radio community.


TERA is now available at no charge to registered users on k6tu.net

K6TU.NET is an online service for the amateur radio community. The platform has provided HF terrain analysis tools, antenna modelling support, and propagation resources since 2012. The interactive deployment of TERA on K6TU.NET was made possible through a generous grant from the Northern California DX Foundation, which funded a significant upgrade to the compute infrastructure.

[425dxn)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- VHF AND WAY ABOVE.
VHF/Microwave News

Amateur radio operators moving to frequencies above 30MHz are experiencing a remarkable period of late-spring propagation, with substantial activity
logged across the 8-metre, 6-metre, and 2-metre bands.


Intense Sporadic-E clouds over the Atlantic have opened up highly unusual paths. Operators have successfully completed contacts stretching from Europe all the way into North America, alongside robust, short-skip contacts into continental Europe on the 8-metre and 6-metre bands.


A very notable event of the week comes from the troposphere.

A listener in County Wexford, Angela O'Hanlon, reported a spectacular
reception event around 7:00 p.m. last Thursday. While sitting in her car, her car radio picked up Med Radio broadcasting from Morocco, with a signal clear enough to completely override the local Irish station on that frequency. A
path in excess of two thousand kilometres from Morocco all the way to Wexford is right at the extreme limit for weather-related VHF propagation.

(irts)
The DL0SHF 10GHz moon beacon transmits on 10,368.024 GHz using Q65 Sub mode
"E" using the WSJT-X Doppler option of "doppler correction to DX grid" using the grid square of JO54cg.


A huge 7.2M diameter dish that tracks the moon whenever the moon
declination is above approximately -10 degrees and produces approximately
50W at the feed, with the option upon request to run 400W!

Richard, VK7ZBX regularly receives this beacon at -6 using a 1.8M prime focus dish when it is running normal power of 50W and has briefly seen the beacon
in high power mode and managed a decode at +2


This beacon is a very valuable tool for people to test the performance of
their 10GHz system and compare to other users to gauge system performance.

pa0ehg.com/dl0shf_beacon.htm
(vk7news)

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VK3 - Gippsland Gate Radio & Electronics Club HamFest Sale
Longwarry Community Hall 10am on July 4. (vk3iu)

VK5 - Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society BIG ANNUAL BUY AND SELL
Marion RSL Norfolk Road 9.30am July 11th.

VK - WIA CLUB PRESIDENTS WEBINAR 4pm JULY 14 (vk2nwt)

VK4 - Sunshine Coasts SUNFEST 2026 25 Peachester Rd Beerwah
on Saturday September 19 (vk4vp)
VK3 - Bendigo Amateur Radio & Electronics Club RadioFest.
Sunday 11 October, Bendigo East Hall, Lansell Street (vk3gtv)
VK - VKFF National Get Together 30th October - Sunday 1st November
Albury, New South Wales. (vk7tw)
VK7 - Tassie Ham-E-Con Radio Conference Nov 7 and 8 UTAS Sandy Bay
Campus. reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference/

VK3 - Southern Peninsula Amateur Radio Club Giant Car Boot Sale
November 15 Dromana 3 Drive-In Theatre Nepean Hwy 10am (wiacal)
VK5 - Adelaide Amateur Radio & Electronics Car Boot Sale Dogs SA
Showground, Cromwell Road, Kilburn 10.00am. November 21. (wiacal)

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