• WIANEWS for WEEK COMMENCING APRIL 23 2023

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    NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING APRIL 23 2023
    IN OUR 28th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS

    THIS WEEK:-

    Hot on the heels of last weeks World Amateur Radio Day comes -
    International Morse Code Day Thursday and Mark, VK6QI will tell us
    of lots of opportunities to participate.

    WIA Director Chris VK3FY gives us details on his participation
    in WARD and details of how you can take part in Mays WIA AGM

    And this week, Discussion Point with Geoff BK4ZPP and the apparent
    lost art of club publicity and promotions.
    THAT PLUS MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF
    NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA
    I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB
    To our many VK5 listeners/readers today at the Seaford scout hall
    7 railway rd. Seaford Meadows the South Coast Amateur Radio Club's
    Annual Buy & Sell gathering will take place in just hours.

    23rd April starting at 11.30 am so after the news and call-backs,
    get cracking!

    (vk5one)

    International Morse Code Day is coming up this week -
    Thursday April 27th, the anniversary of Samuel Morses Birthday.

    Now theres some argument about whether or not Samuel Morse was the
    actual inverter? (inventor - Ed) of the Code but never-the-less,
    International Morse Code Day is still celebrated on his Birthday.

    Whether you love it or hate Morse Code, it has been the basis of
    radio communications since the late 19th Century, and today, theres
    been a real resurgence in amateur radio interest in the fine art.

    So to celebrate International Morse Code Day, the CQ QRS Slow CW
    Practice QSO Team is inviting you to a Morse Code Trivia Quiz on
    Thursday evening, ( 27th April ) using Zoom videoconferencing.
    Last year we had participants from WA, SA, NSW, Tassie and Florida
    and were hoping that youll join in the fun this year. Mister Morse
    Code Richard VK6PZT will run the Quiz for us.

    Although some knowledge about Morse Code will help, dont worry, like
    most trivia quizzes, well have multi-guess questions and youll have
    just as much opportunity to have a laugh as the rest of us.

    Also with Zoom, as long as you have access to a phone, tablet or
    computer connected to the Internet, youll be able to join in.

    Log-in details and the quiz time will be published on both the
    Bunbury Radio Club and Peel Amateur Radio Group websites.

    But wait - theres more!

    The CQ QRS Slow CW Practice QSO Team will also be running a really
    simple slow CW contest on 80m on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. No
    complex logs required - and you wont even need to be proficient at
    CW - the participants will match your speed - and lots of repeats
    will be order of the evening! And the organisers will be adding
    a twist, to the usual contest exchange.

    Information on the International Morse Code Day Slow CW Corroboree
    will also be published this week on the Bunbury Radio Club and
    Peel Amateur Radio Group websites.

    So put them in your diary:

    International Morse Code Day Trivia Quiz, this Thursday evening,
    April 27th.

    International Morse Code Slow CW Corroboree Friday, Saturday or
    Sunday April 28th, 29th or 30th.

    So those websites for information:

    bunburyradioclub.com - look on the Home Page

    parg.org.au - click on Whats New

    Any questions - please contact me, Mark Bosma by email
    mark.bosma@icloud.com

    Cheers and we look forward to sharing International Morse Code Day
    on Thursday and the weekend. This is Mark, VK6QI and VK2KI for the
    CQ QRS Slow CW Practice QSO Net Team.

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    This is Chris Dimitrijevic VK3FY on behalf of WIA Board for
    WIA National News

    The WIA Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday the 13th of
    May 2023 at 10:30am. This will be a Hybrid Event, meaning you can
    attend in several ways.

    In person at the Ann Harding Conference Centre, University of
    Canberra, Bruce ACT

    Or via an internet stream platform. Details to be advised.

    On the Agenda for this years AGM are as follows

    1. To receive and consider The Annual Financial Statements, Directors
    Reports and Independent Auditors reports
    2. To confirm the results of the election of directors
    3. To consider a special resolution to amend a typographical error.
    Details can be seen on the Notice of AGM WIA
    4. To consider a special resolution to bestow life membership to PeterYoung VK3MB

    5. Transact any other business that maybe brought before the meeting in accordance with the WIA Constitution.


    Dont forget to get your proxies in you are unable to attend.

    Proxys can be sent to proxy@wia.org.au
    World Amateur Radio Day.

    This week saw the activations of many special event stations across
    the world with many stations signing off with WARD as their suffix.

    In celebration of World Amateur Radio Day, I had the pleasure of
    working many of these stations whilst I was activating YU/VK3FY
    from Vitanovac, in Central Serbia.

    The local TV Station in Kralegevo, made a surprise visit to the
    station of YT1AD/YT5A contest station. To interview Hrane on what
    Amateur Radio is. It was a good PR Event for the hobby.

    To my surprise they interviewed me for the segment as I was a foreign
    visiting Amateur Radio Operator.

    73s from Chris VK3FY on behalf of the WIA Board for WIA's Weekly
    National News Broadcast originating from VK1WIA.

    DISCUSSION POINT

    Geoff Emory, VK4ZPP who week upon week, never a fail, sends thoughts
    to the local VK4 area news, QNEWS, is sort of a proselytiser for the
    club and social side of the amateur radio community.

    Over to you Geoff..

    "I mean, like many of us I want to see this community continue to
    expand and grow with the involvement of as many people as we can
    find to enjoy this recreation. Fishing might be the most popular
    past time in the country but amongst the pursuits that are
    technical, well I would like to see others get the enjoyment and
    involvement that we obviously have.

    To this end I periodically offer prompts as to what we can consider
    to grow our club membership and get the story of amateur radio
    percolating in the community. Pointers to activities and groups and
    segments of the local community have been relatively plentiful and I
    dare say will continue to be as the recruitment and retention of
    members ensures the continuity of a great story.

    Some years ago, the Wireless Institute of Australia produced a
    publicity kit that could be used to draft press releases and this
    was accompanied by poster artwork which could be reproduced to
    promote events. We no longer hear reference to these items and like
    the National Field Day that they supported along with World Amateur
    Radio Day, 18th April, they seem to have been archived as pieces of
    history no longer relevant.

    Well to a point that might be true because the mass media has moved
    on with many of the local papers caught under a monopoly ownership
    with publication now only online and only available to paying
    subscribers. Broadcasters are being caught in the jaws of needing
    money and having the various internet and social media platforms
    engorging on the advertising revenue that once supported everything
    from the buy and sell pages of the newspapers to production of local
    content and the buying of rights to popular programming.

    The art of the journalist is still surviving and newspapers, radio
    and television may be holding on to their place against the
    onslaught of the internet and when it comes to getting publicity out
    to the broad community, we depend on those professionals to present
    it. This brings us back to the publicity kit. Now putting things
    together and distributing it may need to be a bit more sophisticated
    than previously. We have our smart phones with nice cameras to
    capture still and video images.

    Local TV stations in my area ask for video and papers will gladly
    accept stills of good quality that are suitable for print. We are
    fortunate that the tools to show our function, our community service
    are in our hands these days. Videos only need to be short so we
    arent looking for a Spielberg production just a glimpse to whet the
    interest of the viewer.

    Now to my mind this all suggests that some of the hams who have the
    experience in the media could get their heads in front of their
    devices video cameras and revamp the old material to make it work
    for us today. I know the skills are in our audience and we just need
    to be given the direction to get it done and out to our clubs.
    Im Geoff Emery VK4ZPP and thats what I think....how about you?" ------------------------------------------------------------*1
    INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, RAC,
    ARRL, NZART, eHam, AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE, eHam,
    Radioworld.com and the World Wide sources of the WIA.

    WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY STATIONS CELEBRATING ON AIR INCLUDE
    PORTUGAL CQ 7 HS4A will be QRV until the 25th

    DENMARK 5 P 0 WARD also until April 25
    And until the end of April:-

    BELGIUM OT 23 WARD.

    CROATIA 9 A 23 WARD

    SOUTH AFRICA ZS 9 WARD
    More information about 2023 World Amateur Radio Day is available at iaru.org/on-the-air/world-amateur-radio-day

    REGION ONE

    UNITED KINGDOM

    Ofcom has confirmed that the call sign GB 23 C can be used for the
    RSGBs Coronation SSES.

    Cray Valley Radio Society members led by Bob, M0MCV and Dave, G4BUO
    are organising the flagship amateur radio station which will use
    this call sign from 3-8 May. The SSES will be in the grounds of the
    Old Royal Naval College, along the riverside in Greenwich.

    From 10 May until the end of June the call sign will be available
    for individuals and clubs to use until the end of June 2023.

    If you are wondering what an SSES is, in the UK they have 2 types of
    Special Event Stations.
    Specials (SSES) short duration.
    Permanents (PSES) longer duration.

    REGION TWO

    U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko recently visited a HamFest and met with
    Amateur Radio operators at DeVry University campus in Phoenix, Arizona.


    Congresswoman Leskos visit was a highlight of the event, as she is a major supporter of Amateur Radio. Lesko arrived early and spoke with many Amateur Radio attendees and ARRL leadership representatives. She toured the emergency communications vehicles and explored with great interest the
    interrelationship of Amateur Radios emergency responders with federal, state, and local agencies.


    Congresswoman Lesko spent a considerable amount of time listening to how
    radio amateurs integrate communications support with first responders and how Amateur Radio supports civic activities and community events. ARRL leadership shared how Hams support government programs and how favourable legislation strengthens the effectiveness of the Amateur Radio Services mission of supporting the public.


    Lesko said: It was wonderful to join ARRL and ARRL-Arizona and meet with amateur radio operators at HamFest in Phoenix, Arizona. Amateur radio
    operators play such a critical role in emergency situations, and our communities are safer thanks to their information sharing. I will continue to be an advocate for amateur radio operators in Congress and highlight the important contributions they have made to our nation.

    The National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting, in conjunction with the West Chester Amateur Radio Association, announced expanded hours during the 2023 Dayton Hamvention.


    The West Chester Amateur Radio Association, WC8VOA, will be on the air. The museum is a short drive from Hamvention, down Interstate 75 or Route 42 from Xenia.


    New exhibits include a dedicated room for amateur radio and shortwave
    equipment and a newly renovated ham shack.


    REGION THREE

    INDIA

    A Special event station from VU land is operating until June 2
    in conjunction with the G20 summit to be held in New Delhi
    September. Felix, VK4FUQ will tell us of the call etc. in just
    a few minutes time here on VK1WIA National News.

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    HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT

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    The World Radiosport Team Championship Committee is grieving the
    loss of a fellow contester and avid DXer, Richard King, K5NA who
    had been chosen to be a referee for WRTC 2022 in Bologna in July.
    Richard was electrocuted while taking down a 40-meter beam which
    hit a powerline.

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    NOW CONTEST WISE:-
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    MAY SIX Saturday Harry Angel Memorial Sprint 106 mts an annual 80m
    contest event, first established in 1999, to commemorate the life of
    Harry Angel VK4HA who at the time of his becoming a Silent Key was
    the oldest licensed amateur in Australia. (106)
    The duration of the contest is 106 minutes one minute for each year
    of Harry's life.

    The Harry Angel Memorial Sprint has been run annually since 1999 and
    although when the concept, by our own Editor VK4BB and the Late
    Brian Beamish, VK4BBS was developed it was held Anzac Day evening,
    it is usually held on the first Saturday in May each year
    10:00 UTC - 11:46 UTC (wia.org.au)

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    MAY 20-21 Don Edwards Memorial Slow Morse Contest
    begins the weekend after Mother's Day.

    80m section Saturday 20th May 6 to 9pm Sydney time.
    40m section afternoon of Sunday 21st of May, 1 to 4
    Sydney time.

    (vk2wi)
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    JUNE 24-25 WINTER VHF-UHF Field Day.

    0100 UTC Saturday 24 to 0059 UTC Sunday 25
    BUT in VK6 add 3 hours onto start and end times.

    (wia.org.au)
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    JUNE Weekend prior to 2nd Monday of June VK SHIRES
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    Also make a mental note that the 2023 QRP Day happens June 17

    (sourced to iaru r3)
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    IARU HF World Championship Contest takes place the second full
    weekend of July beginning 1200 UTC Saturday and ending 1200 UTC
    Sunday July 8-9 July.

    All licensed amateurs worldwide are eligible to participate in this
    contest as the objective is to contact as many other amateurs as
    possible, especially IARU member society HQ stations around the
    world using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands.

    (sourced to iaru r3)
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    JULY 15 - Trans Tasman Low Band Contest
    Held on the 3rd weekend in July, aims to encourage
    Low Band activity between VK and ZL
    160 80 and 40M are allowed with SSB, CW and
    Digital (RTTY OR PSK)

    Contest Manager Alan Shannon VK4SN
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    DX WINDOW
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    These Aussie special calls on air are worth listening for,

    VI 6 CRO is the special event callsign for the Carnarvon Eclipse
    event April 17th to 23rd. so it ends today Sunday 23

    VI 2023 HRH 1st to the 31st of May celebrates the coronation of
    King Charles III

    The next 4 are in play to years end.

    VI 10 VKFF celebrates the 10 year anniversary of the VKFF group.

    VI 100 MB celebrates the centenary year of the Manly-Warringah
    Radio Society

    VK 90 AR for the 90 years of the WIAs journal, Amateur Radio
    Magazine.

    VK 100 ZL celebrates the Centenary of the First Tran-Tasman Radio
    contact between Australia and New Zealand. Again until December 31
    and speaking of VK100ZL, a special event callsign ZL100 has been
    issued for 3 months to the NZART to commemorate the event,
    commencing 26 April 25 July.

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    Amateurs in Israel are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the
    founding of the Israel Amateur Radio Club and the establishment of
    the State of Israel with special prefixes 4X75 and 4Z75 now until
    April 30.

    (ARNewsLine)

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    DXNE DXpedition.

    DX 0 NE is a single-operator DXpedition to the Spratly Islands,
    IOTA Number AS-051, on the air from the 30th of April until the
    9th of May.

    (ARNewsLine)
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    INDIA

    Special event station AT2 G20 is QRV until June 2 to promote greater international cooperation through amateur radio in conjunction with
    the G20 summit to be held in New Delhi September 9 and 10.

    QSL via operator's instructions.

    (arrl)
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    WIRELESS WEATHER

    SOLAR MAXIMUM MIGHT ARRIVE EARLY:

    Evidence is mounting that Solar Cycle 25 might peak much earlier
    than was expected. New research by a leading group of solar
    physicists predicts maximum sunspot activity in late 2023 or early
    2024 with a peak that could be twice as strong as the previous
    solar cycle

    (spacveweather/ARNewsLine) ------------------------------------------------------------*

    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/
    VK7's SOTA/WWFF PARKS GROUP

    The Summits On The Air/World Wide Flora and Fauna parks group meets
    twice weekly Mondays and Fridays 10.30AM till 12.00 at the Glebe
    Gardens Cafe, Henry Street, Launceston.

    Someone who will need a good 'coffee break' is Stuart, VK3UAO. He is
    presently riding his bicycle from Melbourne to Pilliga park-fest,
    (to be held April 29 - 30) a journey of more than 1,000 km.

    Listen for and work Stuart VK3UAO and wish him well on his massive
    bike ride.

    (vk7wi news ARNEWSLINE)

    WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY

    Radio waves have led astronomers to an exoplanet - a planet
    beyond our solar system - and it's likely the same size as Earth.
    Dave Parks WB8ODF gives us the details as he gave to ARNewsLine.

    Repeating radio signals have led astronomers to a rocky exoplanet
    that is the same size as our own Earth and, like the Earth, it
    orbits a star -- one known as YZ Ceti. Further studies of the signal
    suggest that the planet may also have an atmosphere and a magnetic
    field.

    Writing in a recent issue of the journal, Nature Astronomy, the
    researchers have named the planet YZ Ceti b. The scientists say that
    the magnetic field's interactions with the star are the likely
    cause of the radio signals.

    The signals were picked up in New Mexico by the Karl G. Jansky Very
    Large Array of telescopes. The star and exoplanet are 12 light-years
    away from Earth.

    Of course, this is not the first finding of its kind. Last year, the
    James Webb Space Telescope discovered its first exoplanet which is
    also believed to be rocky and almost as big as the Earth. That
    planet, called LHS 475b, is 41 light years away. The research team,
    which announced the discovery this past January, is trying to learn
    more about the star it orbits and whether the planet has an
    atmosphere.

    This is Dave Parks WB8ODF.

    WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - DIGITAL

    March 17, 2023, and FT4DMC is launched.

    The aims of the club are promoting radio operations in FT4, creating
    incentives to use this mode of operation with a moderate number of
    available diplomas, and increasing activity on the amateur radio
    bands.

    Membership in the FT4DMC is free and open to all interested parties.

    FT4 is becoming more popular, and many DXpeditions use this type of transmission. FT4 was developed by Dr. Joe Taylor, K1JT.

    The original idea was to use only FT4 for contests. With about 2.5
    times the speed of FT8, FT4 is efficient, and the level of interest
    is terrific. In just around 6 weeks, the FT4DMC already has more
    than 1,300 members and the first diplomas have been awarded.

    As with the FT8DMC, the application for issuing the diplomas takes
    place via the program developed by Heinz Urban, DK5UR. The FT8DMC
    now has 21,600 members from 148 DXCC entities. More than 1.5 million
    diplomas have been issued.

    Additional information is available at:

    FT4DMC: ft4dmc.com/

    FT8DMC: ft8dmc.eu

    (arrl)

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

    NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP won't be a record-holder for
    much longer. He made news after logging the most days in space for a
    US astronaut -- 355 days -- aboard the International Space Station
    in 2022.

    Now, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is right behind him and gaining.

    He's been on the ISS since September 21, 2022 and his mission has
    grown beyond its original six months. He's now scheduled to leave
    aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft by September 27th, meaning his
    371 days will eclipse the one set by Vande Hei. However, even with
    that accomplishment, he will still be leaving the world record
    intact. That was set by the late Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov,
    who logged an unprecedented 437 days aboard Russia's Mir space
    station in 1994 and 1995. The cosmonaut died last year at age 80.

    (ARNewsLine)

    WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- SOFTWARE DEVELOPEMENT

    The Amateur Radio Software Award (ARSA) Committee has announced that GridTracker, a project led by Stephen Loomis, N0TTL, and the GridTracker.org team, has been selected as the recipient of the 4th annual Amateur Radio Software Award.


    The award recognizes software projects that enhance amateur radio and promote innovation, freedom, and openness in amateur radio software development.


    The committee was impressed by the breadth of features in GridTracker, its innovative graphic interface, and its ability to make amateur radio more fun.


    GridTracker is a tool that visualizes WSJT-X amateur radio traffic, like FT8 and contacts from log files, which makes it easier for radio amateurs to
    track their contacts and participate in contests. Its unique approach to visualizing radio traffic adds a new dimension of enjoyment to the radio art.


    To learn more about GridTracker, visit gridtracker.org.
    (ARRL)
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    2023 Social Scene

    Clubs are welcome to submit 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.
    VK5 - South Coast Amateur Radio Clubs Buy & Sell 23rd April 11.30 am
    Seaford scout hall 7 railway rd. Seaford meadows (vk5one)
    VK3 - MOORABBIN HAMFEST - May 6 (vk3gl)
    VK - WIA AGM May 13 at 10:30am AEST proposed for Canberra (vk8zz)
    A hybrid event conducted both in person and by video
    conference and able to be viewed on an internet streaming
    platform.
    VK2 - OXLEY REGION 47th Annual Field Day at Wauchope
    10th and 11th of June (vk2zhe)
    VK5 - SERG CONVENTION/FOX HUNTING CHAMPIONSHIPS also June 10-11
    (vk5dj)

    VK4 - SUNFEST SEPTEMBER 9 (vk4an)
    At Mountain Creek State Schools massive air conditioned
    auditorium, just off the Sunshine Motor Way. Mountain Creek
    is tucked in to the west of Mooloolaba
    VK - ALARAMeet2023 4/5 November in HOBART (luther8@bigpond.com)

    VK5 - Amateur Radio Experimenters Group Radio & Electronics Sale
    November 26 (vk5qi)

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