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VK National News 10Mar24

Text edition:
 
Weekly news from the WIA:
MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2024-03-10.mp3 
Text edition:
 
 
 2024 MARCH 10  VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA
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 THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK

 THIS LINK IS A VIDEO VERSION OF NEWS COMPILED BY VK5BD BEVAN
 tinyurl.com/WIA-News-Videos

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 NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING MARCH 10 2024
 IN OUR 29th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS

 

 THIS WEEK:-

  WIA SECRETARY PETER VK8ZZ. -

  WIA CONTEST MANAGER FOR THE JOHN MOYLE FIELD DAY VK4AE DENIS. -

  WIA AFFILIATED CLUBS CO ORDINATOR ANGELO VK2NWT. -

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



 WIA

 JOIN THE WIA
 tinyurl.com/yyj87b9y

 WIA Callbook

 The current database used by the ACMA to record amateur licenses is no
 longer being used for individuals and clubs callsigns, now that we
 have moved to a class license. The ACMA have ruled out maintaining any
 such database of amateurs in Australia.

 I have been contacted by many dissatisfied amateurs that have written
 to their local federal member to request the reinstatement of amateur
 callsigns in the ACMA RRL database. Whilst the Board do not have any
 formal position, I too have written to my local federal member urging
 them to reinstate this essential service.

 The WIA are now looking at producing a callbook for use by amateurs.
 The last callbook was printed over 5 years ago. We would like to hear  
 from amateurs as to the method to be utilised for inclusion or
 exclusion of details in a callbook. Such things as:-

  Should we include an amateurs Name?
  Should we exclude an address?
  Should we just include a postcode?
  Amateur License level of proficiency.
  Should it be an OPT IN or an OPT OUT model?

 Please send your thoughts for consideration to secretary(at)wia.org.au
 The Board of the WIA will be considering what information will be
 included in the callbook and the option of opting in or opting out of
 inclusion in future editions of the callbook.

 Amateur Radio Magazine

 The September / October edition of Amateur Radio magazine had some
 issues which were referred to the printer. These issues included paper
 creases, ghost images, poor colour reproduction, and a number of other
 issues. The Board apologised for these issues and have noted an
 improvement in recent editions. Please email the Board and the Editor
 with any issues that you may wish to raise about the quality of the
 magazine.

 Information Technology Committee

 The WIA are currently looking for an application developer to assist
 the IT committee with a number of projects. Any members who are
 proficient in application development are encouraged to contact the
 secretary.

 WIA Merit Awards

 WIA Merit Awards to be awarded at the Annual General Meeting to be
 held in Bundaberg over the long weekend of 4 and 5 May 2024 will close
 shortly. If you know someone that has made a contribution to Amateur
 Radio that you feel should be recognised with an award then please let
 us know. A nomination form is available on the WIA web site.

 wia.org.au/members/wiaawards/about/

 This has been WIA Director and Company Secretary Peter Clee VK8ZZ..





 INSURANCE.

 Hello, this is Angelo VK2NWT WIA Affiliated Clubs Coordinator.
 
 As mentioned by WIA president Scott Williams in last weeks Broadcast,
 the commencement of the new insurance year for WIA Affiliated clubs
 starts on the 1st of April which is now only three weeks away.
 Accordingly, this is another reminder that WIA Affiliation on an
 ongoing basis requires that at least 25% of your clubs membership are
 also current members of the WIA.
 
 The process for advising the WIA of your membership is easy.

 The nominated person in your club should log onto your WIA club page
 and navigate to the bottom where you will find the Club Membership
 List now appears. In the dropdown box enter the callsigns of all your
 club members. Those club members that dont have a callsign should
 have the letters SWL entered alongside their name. The WIA can then
 cross-reference the callsigns to determine your clubs WIA membership
 level. An email detailing this process will be sent to all WIA
 Affiliated clubs shortly. As I have banged on in the past it is
 therefore vital that that your clubs contact details are in fact
 up to date and accurate so that you dont miss out on the
 correspondence that both the WIA and GippsInsure will be sending you.
 
 Finally, something for all clubs to consider: With the transition to
 Class Licensing and the abolition of annual licence fees, we are all
 better off now by at least $55 every year. So why not encourage other
 members in your club to put those savings to good use and join the WIA
 and bolster those numbers in your club? 


 You can view the WIA Policy on Club Affiliation and how to join on the
 WIA Webpage or follow the links.

 Affiliation:
 wia.org.au/members/clubs/about/

 WIA Membership:
 wia.org.au/joinwia/wia/aboutjoin/

 As always, if you have any questions about this issue or WIA
 Affiliation matters in general please contact me via email on
 vk2nwt(at)gmail.com

 This has been Angelo VK2NWT for WIA National News. 


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 INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, RAC,
 ARRL,  NZART, eHam, AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE,  ICQPodcast,
 Radioworld.com Hackaday and the World Wide sources of the WIA. 
  
Bob Heil, K9EID, Silent Key

The man who defined the sound of live rock n roll music and brought audio engineering principals into mainstream amateur radio use, Dr. Bob Heil, K9EID, has passed away at the age of 83. He was an ARRL Life Member and in the ARRL Maxim Society. A Facebook post from Heil Ham Radio paid tribute to their founder: Bob fought a valiant, yearlong battle with cancer, and passed peacefully surrounded by his family.

Heil founded Heil Sound in 1966, through which he created the template for modern concert sound systems for musicians like the Grateful Dead, The Who, Joe Walsh, and Peter Frampton. The talk box used on iconic live record Frampton Comes Alive! was of Heils design. His audio engineering products have been featured in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and he was honoured in 2007 with the Parnelli Audio Innovator Award for his impact on the live sound industry. My life has been about achieving great sound, whether on the concert stage or in the amateur radio world, Bob Heil recounted in 2022. Ive watched Heil Sound go from a regional sound company to a world-class microphone manufacturer. This company has been my passion, he said.





 A fire has destroyed a transmitter building serving WCMU Public Media,
 knocking off the air one of its FM signals and one of its TV stations
 in the USA.

 It may take months to get them back up.

 Licensed to Central Michigan University, the organization serves the
 central and northern parts of the state. The fire took down the
 signals of THE 92 kW FM station WCML and its TV station WCML
 Channel 6.

 We anticipate it may take several months to restore full service to
 northeast Lower Michigan, the organization posted on its website.

 It also said the cause of the fire was unknown.





 IRELAND and the WORLD.

 St. Patricks day is almost upon us. In fact Sunday March 17.

 and THAT means GB3SPD will be on air from the Emerald Isle.

 12 noon on the 15th March to 12 noon on the 18th March.

 Many people worldwide, annually celebrate St Patrick's Day by
 going green, with many amateurs running special event stations
 as part of the festivities. St Patrick's Day is a celebration of
 legendary Irish saint and a national holiday in Ireland that is about 
 fun and celebration.

 So join the fun and GB 3 SPD (St Patricks Day)





 FLORIDA - USA

 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station - had a big
 celebration recently in Florida, and Newlines Neil Rapp WB9VPG was
 fortunate to attend. Neil filed this report while he was still  
 there -- giving listeners a sense of all the excitement.

 "ARISS celebrated the positive impact of 40 years of amateur radio on human space flight at its conference held late last month at the Centre for Space Education: Astronauts Memorial Foundation near the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. One hundred and ten leaders, volunteers and fans of the program gathered to hear and see memorabilia from the past four decades and got a look into how to rocket into the future. Keynote speaker Richard Garriott, ex-W5KWQ, inspired the group toward a bold future and passed his license exam at the conference to become re-licensed. His previous license had lapsed not long ago. ARISS also had a few announcements, including a new partnership with Estes model rockets and expansion of the SPARKI radio kit availability for school classrooms. HamTV will return on the next ISS supply mission, SpaceX 30, scheduled for mid-March and be returned to service soon after. Lou McFadin, W5DID, received a special achievement award for his work in building amate!
 ur stations in space since the very first one on STS-9, which carried the first Spacelab mission and the first astronaut representing the European Space Agency 40 years ago. Of course, the crowd was treated to a live contact with astronauts on the ISS as three youths presented their questions to the astronauts. 

From Kennedy Space Centre Florida, this is Neil Rapp WB9VPG"





 India has named four Air Force pilots who have been shortlisted to
 travel on that country's maiden space flight scheduled for 2025.
 Then mission aims to send three of the astronauts to an orbit of
 400km and bring them back after three days. 
 When it succeeds, India will become only the fourth country to send a
 human into space after the Soviet Union, the U.S. and China.

 Still in India, we learn that 2 Amateur radio operators have come to
 the rescue of a patient on board a train and provided him with
 medicines, which he needed urgently.


 A Bengali man and his Brother boarded the Secunderabad  Shalimar
 Express Train but as the journey began, The man's condition worsened
 and he complained of pain in the neck, forehead and could not speak.

 A doctor on board the train checked him and suggested some medicine,
 which could not be obtained by any means as the train could not be
 stopped.

 A few phone calls and internet exchanges saw , yes you've guessed it 
 because this 'life saver' has been mentioned MANY a time on WIA 
 National News, West Bengal Radio Club secretary Ambarish Nag Biswas
 VU2JFA and member of the IAG, responded to the message.

 He then contacted a Hyderabad-based ham operator, VU2EFN and requested
 his help explaining the situation. The train was scheduled to halt at
 as close to VU2EFN's QTH  at 3.10 pm. The time in hand to procure the
 medicine and catch the train was one hour.

 Biswas gave Likhith the details of the train coach, berth number etc.
 and he bought the medicine he was told to procure and reached the
 railway station just in time. He handed over the medicine to the  
 Doctor,  much to the relief of the patient.

 Both train travellers reached their destination, safe and sound.
 
 Ham radio operators, always dependable in times of emergency.


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 HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT  

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

 12:00 UTC on Saturday 16 March to 12:00 UTC on Sunday 17 March.
 Both single and multi-operator stations may operate for the entire
 24-hour period. There are no mandated breaks in operating time
 required whatsoever.

 The objective of this all-mode contest is to stimulate contesting from
 Africa and all participating stations worldwide may work any country
 during the contest period. 

 Bands? 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres, in accordance with your
 country and specific licensing requirements governing the portion(s)
 of these bands that you may use. No contest QSOs are allowed on
 12, 17, 30 or 60 metres.

 Africa All Mode International DX Contest March 16-17

 usercontent.one/wp/www.edr.dk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ea4gst-AllAfricanContest-300x188.png?media=1667436611

 (sarl via Danske Radioamat0rer)


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 JOHN MOYLE CONTEST LOOMS:-

 This is Denis VK4AE, contest manager for the John Moyle 2024.

 This years contest will be held between 0100 GMT Saturday 16th March
 to 0059 GMT 17th March.

 This year we have the problem of even getting together in the same
 place due to recent fires or even earlier flood damage.  The purpose
 of the Field Day is to provide training and experience in emergency
 operation.  So, I hope that besides a little inconvenience that all
 will go smoothly when operating the station in the field.

 Amateurs are a mighty resourceful lot and no doubt many may have
 operated with WICEN and SES over the last few months, so this contest
 provides just more practice.

 As the contest nears for this year, I can only hope that the dreary
 weather in many parts of Australia has not been too cruel and that
 good activity on the bands and the propagation will be rewarding as
 even the sun is cooperating this year.

 Dont forget that once the dismantling and packing up of all of the 
 equipment has been completed there is still a most important part of
 the contest to be finished.  Yes! You must submit your stations log.
 This has two major purposes;

 1. It informs me of your ACTIVITIES on air and enables me to score
    your entry.
 2. As importantly it confirms the contacts you had with other stations
    and verifies their logs.

 So even if your log is only small it does verify the contacts you made
 and those of other stations.

 Best of luck for the contest and do not forget to submit your log.

 Denis Johnstone VK4AE


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 YOTA Contest 2024

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

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

 Everyone can work everyone.

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


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

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 Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest

 July 21st 2024
 
 The Trans-Tasman contest, always held on the 3rd weekend in July,
 aims to encourage Low Band activity between VK and ZL

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

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

                                                         (wia.org.au)
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 YOTA CONTEST

 Youth on the air test 2 of 3 will be from 10:00 to 21:59 UTC on
 21 July and the 3rd contest 29 December on the five classic bands
 CW and SSB.

 (yota)

 -------------------

 AUGUST 17 - 18 2024

 Remembrance Day Contest.

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

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

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

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

 Again the 2024 contest is 17th & 18th August.

                                                         (wia.org.au)

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

 ELIGIBILITY?

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

 YLs work everyone; OMs work YLs only.

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

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

 (alara web page)

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 YOTA CONTEST

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

 (yota)

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 DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD.


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 Coming Soon

 World Autism Awareness (Acceptance) Week 2024 Special Event
 April 1 through 7 because it's OK to be Different.

 World Autism Awareness Week - Special Event Stations include
 W2A - W2A/KL7 - W2A/KH6 - GB0AAW - GB5AAW - 4X0AAW - HI8AUT -
 PA23WAAD - ZL1KFM and VK2's LQ and WE.


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 ITALY

 Special event station IY 9 MM is QRV until March 31 to memorialize
 the experiments conducted by Guglielmo Marconi from the ship
 Regina Elena in the port of Augusta.

 QSL IY9MM direct to IT 9 MRM.

 (arrl)


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 CAMBODIA

 QRV is XU7GNY until March 15 on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, and
 FT8.

 The XU7GNY QSL route is via DJ6TF.

 (arrl)

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 LESOTHO 7P8EI

 Lesotho formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in
 Southern Africa, in fact it is encircled by South Africa.

 A LARGE group of Irish Hams, belonging to the EIDX Group have an
 upcoming DXpedition to Lesotho from March 20th to the 29th.

 EI2II, EI2JD, EI3ISB, EI3IXB, EI4HH, EI5GM, EI5GSB, EI6FR, EI8KN,
 EI9HQ, EI9FBB, DJ9RR and PA3EWP will be QRV as 7P8EI.

 They will operate up to eight ( 8 ! ) stations from 160m through 10m
 on CW, SSB, and digital. You will be able to QSL 7P8EI via M0OXOs
 online QSL request system.

 m0oxo.com/oqrs/

 ((m0oxo))


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 REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

 Z 36 T is on the wireless until March 25 and you  QSL Z36T direct
 to DJ 0 LZ.

 (arrl)


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 ROMANIA

 Special callsigns including YR95AR, YR95CC, YR95CH and YR95IN are
 among those calls active until the 31st of May.

 The operators are celebrating the 95th anniversary of the first
 amateur radio association in Romania's Arad County. This is being
 organised by C.S. Radio-club Admira.

 See QRZ.com for QSL details.

 (ARNewsLine 2418)



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 BEACONS

 The RSGBs Propagation Studies Committee has released a new HF beacon
 list, with the 10m band listings completely revamped.

 The old list, which was started by Martin Harrison, G3USF Silent Key,
 had been added to over the years but was getting out of date. The only
 way to make it more accurate was to start again.

 The Propagation Studies Committee made use of the Reverse Beacon
 Network which wasnt available when the list was originally created,
 plus listeners contributions from around the world.

 The new beacon list can be found at rsgb.org/beacons



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 MEDIA WATCH

 Today it's a look at Society magazines.

 Interesting to note its not just our own AR Magazine that can have a 
 hurdle or THREE to overcome from time to time.

 Following complaints from some members, the RSGB has investigated a
 problem with non-delivery of RadCom on Guernsey and the Isle of Man.

 It seems that following changes at Royal Mail, the labelling
 requirement for these copies was incorrectly applied by the printers 
 and these copies didnt go through the postal system correctly.
 RSGB has, of course, asked its printers to ensure that there is no 
 repetition of this problem, and the printer has paid for the missing
 copies to be sent to each RSGB member in those areas.

 (sourced to GB2RS)



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

 and dare I say this? This is the WIA News, the news that "eclipses"
 them all.

 The results from HamSCI's first Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric
 Science event have been released.

 Held during the October 14, 2023, North American annular solar
 eclipse, the challenge was designed to recognize operators of
 digital mode stations who contribute valuable data to ionospheric
 research. Receiving stations uploaded their records to sites such as
 WSPRnet.org and reversebeacon.net Transmitting stations were received
 by stations worldwide who uploaded their results to the same
 databases, creating records of the transmitting stations' activities. 

 The next event will be held on April 8, 2024, during the
 North American total solar eclipse.

 tinyurl.com/4revcwj8

 (arrl)





 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/
 https://bunkersontheair.wixsite.com/october23

 Marty VK4KC joins us on behalf of Park-Fest 

(photo 1) The park-fest organising committee is pleased to promote the 3rd
annual park-fest which will be held on 4th & 5th of May 2024.

(Photo 2) Park-fest is where ham radio operators who enjoy portable
operations in designated parks and forests come together at a regional
location where there is a concentration of such parks.

(Photo 3) This year Park-fest will be held in two locations, Bundaberg QLD,
and Dorrigo NSW.

(photos 4a & 4b) The 4th & 5th May is also the weekend of the WIA annual
general meeting and the Bundaberg Amateur Radio Club HamFest so for those
heading up to Bundaberg you may want to participate in both events and
activate a few parks in the region when you have some free time.

(photo 4c) For the diehard activators there are over 20 parks and forests
within a 1 hour drive from Bundaberg.

(Photo 5) The 2nd location is Dorrigo located west of Coffs Harbour. This
region also has over 30 parks and forests nearby including a few mountain
peaks for SOTA activators.

(Photo 6) All are welcome to attend and if you want to get started in park
activation programs such as POTA and WWFF what a great opportunity to get
your feet wet.

(Photo 7) For more information including accommodation options please take
note of these contacts :
For Dorrigo contact Alan McDonald VK1AO

(Photo 8) and for Bundaberg please contact myself, Marty Nelson VK4KC
Our contact details are listed at QRZ.com

(Photo 9) Alternatively you can join the Facebook group called "Bundaberg
and Dorrigo Park-fest"

(Photos 10,11,12) And remember park activators need park hunters, so those
operating from home as hunters are essential and we would love to have more
involved.

(photo 13) Go to websites Parksnpeaks.org and POTA.app to see a list of
current and upcoming activations.

(photo 14) I'm Marty VK4KC on behalf of the Park-fest organising committee.





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

 Troubles with the first US-built lunar lander in 50 years have not
 kept the spacecraft from staying in touch.

 Builders of the private moon lander that made its historic touchdown
 on the 22nd of February, said the spacecraft is successfully sending
 and receiving communications despite having tipped over during its
 final descent near the moon's south pole.

 Flight engineers have told the company that Odysseus is now resting on
 its side, propped up on a rock, but that the mission is not imperilled.
 Intuitive Machines of Houston, Texas has given assurances that five of
 the six NASA payloads designed to conduct experiments are on sections
 of Odysseus that can send and receive communications.

 These NASA payloads will collect space weather and lunar surface 
 information as well as conduct demonstrations of communication and
 navigation.

 The lander is the first US-built spacecraft to land on the moon in
 five decades.

 (ARNewsLine 2418)




 The International Space Station took more than a quarter-century,
 42 space launches, and $150 billion to build. Now Voyager Space is
 cooperating with multiple companies and space agencies, including
 Europe's Airbus, Northrop Grumman, and -- intriguingly -- Hilton
 Hotels, to build a "Starlab" commercial space station to replace the
 aging ISS.

 The Starlab space station team announced that it had hired SpaceX to
 launch its entire Starlab space station to Low Earth Orbit in a
 single mission prior to the decommissioning of the ISS.

 Furthermore, "Starlab will ... be fully outfitted on the ground, and
 ready to permanently host four crew members in LEO to conduct
 microgravity research and advanced scientific discovery," say the
 companies.

 (ANS)





 Noirmoutier island - IOTA NUMBER EU-064 - TM4J
 
 F4DXV Jrme and EA4NF Philippe announce that they will be activating
 Noirmoutier island from April 1 to 4, with the special callsign  
 TM 4 J.

 In an exciting initiative, they are preparing for an exceptional
 expedition to the island and this experienced team will devote
 themselves entirely to exploring satellite possibilities, offering a
 unique opportunity to radio enthusiasts the world over.

 This international expedition will focus entirely on the LEO, GEO
 and MEO (GREENCUBE IO-117) satellites, with a variety of modes and
 operators. Jrme and Philippe, experts in the field of portable
 satellite communications, will provide 24-hour coverage over several
 days, offering an unrivalled experience from this picturesque island
 in the Vende.

 This International DXpedition is the 1st 100% SATELLITE from this  
 French island, EU-064.

 (ANS)





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

 Astronauts and Air Balloons! Hello I'm Alec VK2MV.

 Paula Labonte, writing in Canada's "Seaway Nducted children.  But we do 
 not have a similar code in the Emergency Alert System dedicated to
 sounding the alarm over other missing and endangered persons,
 particularly the thousands of missing native and indigenous women who
 have disappeared from their homes never to be seen again, said
 Chairwoman Rosenworcel.  Creating a new Missing and Endangered
 Persons alert category can close this gap, help ensure no person who
 is missing and in danger is left behind, and save lives. 

 The chairwoman plans a vote on it at the agencys March 14 meeting.

 bit.ly/49wY3md

 (twiar)


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2024 IT'S A DATE

 Clubs are welcome to email text with audio for this section

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


 VK3 - MARCH 15 - BAREC

 Hi, Im Graeme VK3GRK from sunny Bendigo.

 Bendigo Amateur Radio and Electronics Club invites you to our March
 meeting in Castlemaine, where Richard Hosking VK3BFX, will provide us
 with an interesting presentation on the principles of Microprocessors.
 Richard will show us how to get started using the Arduino platform.

 The evening starts at 7.30 pm, Friday March 15th at the 1st
 Castlemaine Scout Hall, 16 Reckleben St, Castlemaine.

 A gold coin donation would be appreciated and a light supper will be
 provided.

 The presentation will be available live via Zoom, subject to local
 internet performance. Join Zoom Meeting:
 
 us06web.zoom.us/j/84406531024?pwd=dkNUYXlDWnFNbmk4MDhxQ21HZTBpZz09
 Meeting ID: 844 0653 1024
 Passcode: 535376

 The presentation will be made available at a later date on the
 BAREC YouTube channel.

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Graeme Knight
VK3GRK.


 VK4 - Redcliffe and Districts REDFEST April 6               (vk4tfn)


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

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


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


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


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

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


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




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            (Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)


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