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VK National News 10Nov24

Text edition:
 

Weekly news from the WIA:
MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2024-11-10.mp3 
Text edition:
 2024 NOVEMBER 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 NOVEMBER 10 2024
 IN OUR 29th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS

 

 THIS WEEK:-


 WIA director Peter Clee VK8ZZ .- 

 WIA past president Phil Wait VK2ASD . -


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



 WIA

 JOIN THE WIA
 tinyurl.com/yyj87b9y

 This is WIA director Peter Clee VK8ZZ

 The IARU Region 3 Conference is held every 3 years. This year is the
 19th International Amateur Radio Union Conference and is being held
 from 4 November to 8 November in Bangkok Thailand.

 The host society is the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand under
 The Royal Patronage of His Majesty The King of Thailand.

 The Wireless Institute of Australia as the peak body representing
 Amateur Radio in Australia is a member society of the International
 Amateur Radio Union. There are 39 member societies of IARU Region 3.
 Each member society is entitled to send one delegate to the triennial
 conference along with observers.

 This year we are very grateful that Mr Peter Young VK3MV has agreed to
 be the nominated delegate to the conference. There are also several
 virtual observers to the conference, including myself.

 It was back on the 12th April 1968, representatives from a number of 
 countries within this part of the world, met in Sydney to establish
 a regional arm for the IARU that being the International Amateur Radio
 Union - IARU Region 3.

 The purpose of the IARU Region 3 is detailed in a recent news article
 on the WIA web site.

 wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2024/20241101-3/index.php

 The official Opening on Day 1 of the IARU Region 3 Conference was met
 with traditional Thai dance.

 After the opening ceremony the conference got down to business dealing
 with agenda items. One of the first agenda items was a debate on the
 structure of the IARU in R3. The meeting agreed to keep 7 voting
 positions on the executive. The position of Secretary was retained as a
 non voting member of the executive.

 The position of chairman has been renamed to President and will be
 elected by the triannual conference. A new position is that of
 Vice-President which is also an elected position.

 Day 2 of the conference was dedicated to consider input papers from
 societies to the conference which were presented on the morning of
 Day 3
 
 A detail of the daily events has been posted to the WIA news pages.

 The IARU is essential and Every radio amateur needs the IARU!
 
 This has been WIA director Peter Clee VK8ZZ.




 Analyse Your Station for EMR Safety Compliance

 The WIA's Education Committee, in consultation with the Spectrum
 Committee, have released a new EMR/EME awareness presentation and
 a station analysis tool. 

 The package consists of a PowerPoint/pdf presentation, a station 
 analysis flowchart, and a link to the RSGB's online EMR/EME calculator.  
 Thanks to the RSGB for approving the calculators use by the WIA.

 All the information, together with the flowchart and a link to the
 RSGB calculator, is on the new Education Committee website:-

 education.wia.org.au  

 Click on the 'For WIA Radio Clubs' tab at the top of the home page.

 This is the start of the journey to improve the EMR appreciation,
 knowledge, and skills, of every amateur radio operator in Australia. 

 Compliance with EMR safety standards has been a condition of your
 amateur licence since 2003, both Apparatus and Class licenses. It is
 both a safety requirement and a step along the way in negotiating
 higher power privileges for Australian radio amateurs.
 Everyone should have a go at analysing their stations EMR compliance  
 using the Flowchart and the RSGB online calculator. 

 You will need to enter the characteristics of your station to determine 
 its compliance class: Class-1 or Class-2. Stations that are found to
 be Class-2 are then required to use the RSGB online calculator to
 determine the required exclusion zone around the transmitting antenna. 

 Most people will be surprised how small the required exclusion zone is
 for the average amateur station running 400 Watts or less. 

 Let us know what you think.

 Phil Wait, VK2ASD





 AUSTRALIANA

 Last week we hear from President Scott from the WIA and he mentioned
 the talk of 6G at the recently held ACMA RadCom. Well yes 6G technology
 is on our horizon, and Australia is gearing up for its future rollout.

 While we're still enjoying the benefits of 5G, research and development
 for 6G are actively underway locally and globally. Experts expect
 commercial 6G networks to appear in Australia by the early 2030s.

 6G promises lightning-fast speeds, ultra-low latency, and enhanced
 connectivity, paving the way for advancements like augmented reality,
 advanced Internet of Things applications, and AI integrations.
 Australian universities, research institutions, and telecom companies
 are collaborating to develop the necessary infrastructure and
 standards to support this next-generation network.

 For our amateur radio community, 6G presents opportunities.
 The enhanced spectrum management and advanced communication  
 technologies could improve coordination and integration with digital
 modes.

 Government bodies are working on spectrum allocation and regulatory
 frameworks to ensure a smooth deployment. Although it's still a decade
 away, the groundwork laid today will position Australia at the
 forefront of this technological leap.

 ( Hank Vk5XB )





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 INTERNATIONAL NEWS is with thanks to ARRL, DX-WORLD, eHam, Hackaday,
 IARU, ICQPodcast, IRTS, NEWSLINE, NZART, RAC, Radioworld.com, RSGB,
 SARL and the World Wide sources of the WIA. 

 As millions of people around the world celebrated Diwali, the Hindu
 festival of lights, "Stuck In Space" NASA astronaut Sunita Williams
 radioed home a message of festive cheer.

 "I want to extend my warmest wishes for a Happy Diwali to everyone
 celebrating the festival of lights around the world," Williams said
 in a video message sent from the International Space Station.

 Speaking from the ISS' window with Earth as her backdrop, Williams,
 who is an American with Indian heritage, spoke about her father's
 efforts to keep Indian culture alive after he migrated to the United 
 States in 1957. She also touched upon the symbolism of Diwali  the
 triumph of good over evil, light over darkness and hope over despair.

 "Diwali is a time of joy as goodness in the world prevails," she said.





 AU 2 JCB is a special event call-sign to commemorate the birth date
 (30 NOV) & to pay homage & to tell about the great INDIAN scientist
 Acharya JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE who is recognized as the "Father of
 Wireless Communication" by the scientific community of our world & 
 IEEE.

 VU2DSI- Datta Deogaonkar will operate this AU2JCB special event call
 AS HE HAS THE PAST 18 YEARS  from 15 NOV to 16 December.

 Aacharya J.C.Bose, as the Father of Wireless Communication held
 demonstrations in 1895 & 1897 which predates all.

 Bose transmitted wireless signals to a distance of a mile.
 Popova in Russia was still trying remote signalling at this time &
 the first wireless experiment by Marconi was not successful until
 May 1897.

 Bose is a pioneer in microwave optics technology.
 Bose's invention of 1-centimeter to 5 millimetre radio waves is being
 used in radars, satellite communication& remote sensing.

 Bose's concepts from his original 1897 papers are now incorporated into
 a new 1.3 mm multi-beam receiver on the National Radio Observatory
 12 Meter Telescope.

 Bose anticipated the use of P-type& N-type semiconductors 60 years
 ahead of his time. Bose developed the use of GALENA crystals for making
 receivers.

 In Bose's presentation to the Royal Institution in London in January
 1897, he speculated on the existence of electromagnetic radiation from
 the sun. This radiation from the sun was not detected until 1942.





 A prominent educator in Israel has achieved international recognition
 for her work in using wireless signals to aid in prediction of extreme
 weather, such as flash floods.

 Hagit (Ha-GEET) Messer-Yaron (MESSER yuh-ROAN) has been honoured by the
 IEEE for her work in harnessing wireless signals to collect weather
 data -- to serve as a reliable predictor of floods. She was inspired to
 assist meteorologists who had told her, years ago, that predictions are
 not always possible or consistent when using radar, satellites and
 other tools.

 Working with a research team, she found a more reliable method using
 wireless communication.

 The process involves use of algorithms developed by her and her team
 and applied to data collected from communication networks. The  
 technique, which was tested first in Israel, can predict flash floods
 by extracting the data from measurements in the difference between the
 amplitude of the signals transmitted and those received.

 She is hoping to apply it to communication networks globally. Her hope
 is that people would be alerted well in advance of the storm and could
 be evacuated from affected areas sooner.

 For her work, she has received the Medal for Environmental and Safety
 Technologies from the IEEE, where she is also a Life Fellow.




 Has orbital debris gone out of control?

 In 1978, NASA scientists Donald J. Kessler and Burton G. Cour-Palais
 proposed a scenario where the density of objects in Low Earth Orbit
 (LEO) would be high enough that collisions between objects would cause
 a cascade effect. In short, these collisions would create debris that
 would result in more collisions, more debris, and so on.

 This came to be known as the Kessler Syndrome, something astronomers,
 scientists, and space environmentalists have feared for many decades.

 In recent years, and with the deployment of more satellites than ever,
 the warning signs have become undeniable.

 Currently, there is an estimated 13,000 metric tons of space junk in
 LEO. With the breakup and another satellite in orbit  the Intelsat
 33e satellite  the situation will only get worse.





 HamSCI Program Gets Boost from $1.8 Million NSF Grant

 Nathaniel Frissell, Ph.D. (W2NAF), associate professor physics and
 engineering at The University of Scranton was recently awarded a grant
 of $1.8 million by the National Science Foundation to further the
 efforts of HamSCI, that network of ham radio operators helping to
 measure weather effects among the earth's ionosphere.

 According to W2NAF, the grant supports the development of a network of
 30 standardized receive stations capable of observing high frequency
 Doppler shifts, HF amateur radio Weak Signal Propagation Reporter
 (WSPR, pronounced whisper) transmissions, very low frequency
 transmissions and natural radio emissions, and the geomagnetic field.

 The grant will also fund 10 WSPRSonde transmitters to serve as a source
 of GPS-stabilized HF beacon signals and will tie into the existing WSPR
 network.

 HamSCI recently organized the Solar Eclipse QSO Parties allowing hams
 to contribute to scientific studies aimed at understanding how the
 ionosphere reacts to solar eclipses.

 The 2024 QSO party contest results have been released with Dennis Egan
 W 1 UE taking the top spot in the single op category and Souris Valley
 Amateur Radio Club K 0 AJW taking the top spot in the multi op
 category.




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 OPERATIONAL NEWS - A FELIX VK4FUQ PRESENTATION

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 NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2024
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 INTERNATIONAL EARTH - MOON - EARTH CONTESTS

 50 to 1296 MHz NEXT WEEKEND, November 16-17.

 Work as many amateur stations as possible via the earth-moon-earth
 path on any authorized amateur frequency in the bands for the specific 
 weekends.

 EME Logs due back to the ARRL December 17.

 (arrl)


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 VHF UHF Field Day Spring 2024
 Saturday 23 November through Sunday 24 November
 wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/

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 ARRL 160 METER CW

 December 6-8 is the date this year but it is ALWAYS the first full 
 weekend of December.

 This is a forty-two hour period with no time limitation.

 Logs MUST be returned within seven days

 (arrl)

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 10 METER ARRL CONTEST

 For Amateurs worldwide to exchange QSO information with as many 
 stations as possible on the 10 meter band.

 Second full weekend of December.
 IE December 14-15.

 Again as in most ARRL Tests logs are to be completed and returned 
 within 7 days.

 (arrl)


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 YOTA CONTEST

 Youth on the air test 3 of 3 will be 29 December on the five classic
 bands CW and SSB.

 (yota)

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 DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD.
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 Although many amateur radio special events focus on the earliest 
 pioneering efforts that established communication via telegraphy,
 hams in Brazil are celebrating the 125th anniversary of the first
 wireless transmission of the human voice.

 The inventor-scientist was a Catholic priest.

 Listen  throughout this month of November for PR 5 LM on the air.

 The "L" and the "M represent the name of Padre Landell de Moura,
 an ordained priest and inventor fascinated with the concept of
 transmitting the human voice - and later, images - wirelessly.

 Before his death  in 1928, Padre de Moura had successfully transmitted
 both music and voice on the electromagnetic spectrum - a feat
 celebrated throughout Brazil since his accomplishment in 1899. The
 declaration of National Amateur Radio Day in Brazil on November 5  
 honours his work and as well as the 1924 government decree that
 established regulation of amateur radio stations in Brazil. 

 Amateurs in Brazil will be active on all the HF bands using CW, SSB,
 RTTY and FT8. They hope each contact will pay tribute to the man who
 successfully navigated that delicate territory balancing religion and
 science.

 (newsline 2453)




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 NEW ZEALAND

 NZART has a special event call sign for the America's Cup just
 held in Spain. ZL 6 AMCUP has been allocated to celebrate this
 event with Phil Garside ZL2RO as the trustee of the callsign.

 November 30 is when ZL6AMCUP goes off air.
 
 (NZART)

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 Special callsign HB 50 VC is active until 31 December celebrating the
 50th anniversary of the Swissair Amateur Radio Club, HB 9 VC.

 A growing trend these days is that QSL cards will not be provided
 but QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World.

 You can also download a certificate for working this special event
 station from the link we like in the text editions of
 WIA National News

 tinyurl.com/HB50VC-24.

 (rsgb)


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 In the World of DX, be listening for members of the Zurich City Police
 Radio Amateur Club who, throughout the year, have been operating as
 HB 2 SP as the club marks its 20th anniversary. Unfortunately no
 Bureau QSL's but you can use Logbook Of The World, and HB20SP runs
 until the end of next month, i.e., December 31.

 (sourced to ARNewsLine 2410)

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 Y
 Special callsign PH 80 LIB will be in use from various locations
 until the 10th of November to commemorate the 80th anniversary
 of the liberation of southern Netherlands in the autumn of 1944.

 PH80LIB will be on the 80 to 10m bands using SSB, CW and digital
 modes. QSL special station PH80LIB via the Bureau.

 (rsgb)

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 Y
 Maurizio, IK2GZU is active as 5H3MB from Tanzania until 11 November
 while doing volunteer work at a local school.

 In his spare time, he is operating SSB, CW and digital modes on the
 80 to 10m bands. QSL via Club Logs OQRS, Logbook of the World, eQSL,
 or direct via IK2GZU.

 (rsgb)

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 Y
 OL 80 C.A.R.B.O.N. is active until the 30th of November to mark the
 80th anniversary of Operation Carbon during World War Two. This
 operation involved the dropping of paratroopers in the Protectorate of
 Bohemia and Moravia.

 The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a partially-annexed
 territory of Nazi Germany that was established in 1939 after the
 German occupation of the Czech lands

 A team of operators is active using call OL 80 CARBON on CW, SSB and
 digital modes on the HF bands.

 More information is available on QRZ.com

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 Y
 Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Radio Belgrade, the Belgrade
 Amateur Radio Club is active as YT 100 RB and YU 1924 RB until
 November 30. For details of a certificate that is available, see
 yu1ano.org

 (rsgb)


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 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


 CHASING A RARE PARK?

 Robert, N2OEF will be active as KH2/N2OEF from Guam (OC-026) until
 November 13. The "primary focus of this trip will be activating
 parks for the Parks on the Air (POTA) program", he says. He will
 operate mainly SSB; "if conditions require", he "may switch to
 digital modes".

 QSL via LoTW (preferred), or direct to home call.

 qrz.com/db/KH2/N2OEF.

 (425dxgroup)




 The YNOMY DX Group will be active as PA 44 PARK ending this weekend.
 QSL via Club Log's OQRS.

 Information about the PA Flora & Fauna Programme Can be found on
 the link in the text edition of this, the WIA NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST

 pa-ff.nl/

 (425DXGROUP)





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS

 PICO BALLOON BREAKS ITS SILENCE OVER THE ANTARCTIC

 A hydrogen balloon from Arizona has ended its months of silence with
 transmissions that were picked up by a ground station in Antarctica.

  Many months after it marked its first anniversary of orbiting the
 Earth, the WB 6 RER Pico Balloon was spotted over the Antarctic.
 Germany's Antarctic station Neumayer III (Pron: Noy My Err three),
 DPGVN/1 provided the good news following a period of concern when the
 balloon appeared to have gone silent for five months. The spot by the
 Antarctic scientific research station showed that the balloon was 
 flying at an altitude of 45,735 feet, with its solar panel measuring
 3.88 volts.

 Weighing 11 grams, the hydrogen-gas-filled balloon was launched in
 May of 2023 from Golden Valley, Arizona. One of its greatest challenges 
 during its year in orbit has been to overcome damage to its 20m dipole
 antenna.

 (newsline 2453)





 BACAR TO FLY ON 16 NOVEMBER

 This news is obviously wind direction-permitting and all courtesy of
 the Secunda ARC in South Africa, via the SARL.

 Time of launch will probably be around 07:00 CAT.

 BACAR-12 will be carrying many fun payloads enabling everyone to
 participate, from cross band repeaters, together with APRS, WSPR
 and even SSTV, so diarise the morning of 16 November now.

 Stewart, ZR1WT is flying a WSPR beacon on a circumnavigation balloon
 which is hoped will eventually land on top of we Aussies... but until
 then he'd really would like your help to track it. The WSPR beacon
 call sign is ZR 1 WT on 20 m WSPR frequency 14,097020 MHz. Its power is 
 10 mW transmitting two packets every ten minutes, the first with its
 grid locator and the second with temperature, altitude, speed and
 PSU voltage.

 Another payload is SSTV on 433.4 MHz. This ZS6STN BACAR CubeSat will be
 transmitting images that contain a quotation. If you are the first
 person to send through confirmation of the full quotation and its
 author, you will win a prize. In addition, there will be a special
 BACAR-12 certificate for all those who manage to receive, decode and
 send through at least one recognisable UHF SSTV image.

 (sarl news)





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

 Amateur satellite operators may be saddened to hear that the satellites
 XW-2B, 2C, and 2D are nearing re-entry into the atmosphere. The three
 identical Chinese micro-satellites used for atmospheric physics
 experiments and amateur radio missions were launched in 2015.

 In the next few weeks, they will cease to exist after nine years in
 orbit when they make a fiery return to Earth.

 This may be welcome news to some terrestrial operators world-wide
 though. Satellite XW-2C in particular has been transmitting what 
 appears to be abnormal sweep-like signals on some terrestrial VHF
 repeater output frequencies for several years.

 (IRTS)





 AMSAT AO-7 to Celebrate 50th Anniversary

 It has often been reported that the oldest satellites still working in
 space are the space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. The Voyagers were
 both launched in 1977 to take advantage of the planetary alignment
 called, back then, the Grand Tour. Their images changed the human
 vision of our solar system.

 But, are they really the oldest, still functional spacecraft in outer
 space? What if we include spacecraft that remained behind in Earth
 Orbit? Is it even believable that the oldest still working satellite in
 space wasnt even designed or operated by NASA or any other space
 agency? 

 What if this satellite was designed by Radio Amateurs.

 Then all things considered, AO-7, a Small Sat launched on November 15,
 1974 is the oldest working satellite and is still providing service to
 hundreds of Amateur Radio operators around the world.

 (NA)





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - INTERNET, THE HAMS DOMAIN

 Access to Internet Archive has been restored and the past editions are
 available.

 HOWEVER:-

 New uploads are still currently unavailable or intermittent. Attempts
 to upload currently cycle back to the main page but for now files from
 Edition 1337 to present are housed in a temporary location until
 Internet Archive is fully restored.

 The archive appreciates everyones patience as they work to provide 
 continuing access in this issue.

 (twiar)





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA
 iota-world.org/

 Theo, PA3CBH is active as 3D2TP from Viti Levu (OC-016),  Fiji until
 December 12. He will operate QRP on SSB and QRS  CW.
 QSL 3D2TP via home call which again is PA3CBH.



 Jean-Marc, F5SGI IS active as FR/F5SGI from Reunion Island  (AF-016)
 UNTIL November 18. He will operate CW only on 40-10 metres.
 All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau and LoTW.



 David, F4FKT will be active again from Antarctica between early
 November and late January 2025. Main activity will be during his
 spare time as FT4YM/p from Concordia Station, operating SSB and
 digital modes.

 In addition, he might be QRV as FT4YM from Dumont d'Urville on
 Petrels Island (AN-017). QSL via F5PFP.



 Erik, PA1ET is active until Monday as MM/PA1ET/p from the Isle of
 Canna, the westernmost of the Small Isles archipelago, in the Scottish
 Inner Hebrides (EU-008). QRP on 40 and/or 20 metres

 (425dx group)





 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

 TUNISIAN HAM CAMP FOR YOUNGSTERS GETS YASME GRANT

 Good fortune smiled upon the recent Youngsters on the Air subregional
 camp in Tunisia. For one thing, the camp coincided with scoutings
 Jamboree on the Air. For another thing, they received some important
 monetary support from the Yasme Foundation. The grant to the 
 Association of Tunisian Radio Amateurs was announced 5 days prior
 the camp got underway 

 This is the second year that IARU Region 1 YOTA has been able to 
 organise an African subregional camp.

 This year's participants included two youngsters each from Mauritania,
 Morocco, Egypt, Libya and Algeria.

 Young hams were also joined by members of the Tunisian Scouts who were 
 very familiar with the location as a well-used international scout
 camp facility. Organisers said that the inclusion of scouts this year
 will allow the hams to expand their own network even more. Camp
 activities include building antennas, fox hunting, solving problems
 and, of course, getting on the air.

 (newsline2452)





 WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO

 As Cyclone Dana descended upon India recently, hams were deployed to
 keep messages getting through in case the information network was
 knocked out. Relief workers were deployed and 1.5 million people were
 evacuated and moved out of harm's way.

 The West Bengal Radio Club quickly established two amateur radio mobile
 stations at the request of the district magistrate. The hams also set
 up three base radio operations at governmental offices, powered with
 backup battery power in case the weather took out the information
 infrastructure.

 With its arrival, the cyclone brought wind speeds of 100 to 110 kmph,
 snapping power lines and uprooting trees. Airports and schools were
 shut down.

 Early reports from officials in Odisha indicated that there was no loss
 of life; unfortunately, one person was reported killed in Bengal.

 (newsline 2453)

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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.
  
 ----------------------------

 This is Andrew, VK3CAH, from the Southern Peninsula Amateur Radio Club
 reminding listeners that the Rosebud RadioFest will be held once again
 this year on Sunday, the 17th of November.

 As usual, the event will be held at the Eastbourne Primary School at
 Allambi Avenue, Rosebud, with outdoor displays open from 8 am and the
 main sales area open from 10 am, continuing through till 2 pm.

 If you have pre-loved equipment to sell, tables are still available at
 $10 and can be booked on-line at rosebudradiofest.com

 But be quick as only a few tables remain.

 Two great Technical forums will also be part of the Rosebud RadioFest
 and the event has full catering, plenty of off street parking and great
 door prizes. Entry fee is only $6 with under 12s free.

 See you in Rosebud on the 17th of November. 73 from Andrew




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 Reception Reports

 WIA News rebroadcasters often give Short Wave Listeners a
 welcome to the broadcast as they commence call-backs
 straight after the Local News. Local news follows National
 news in all states. It would be great if those SWL's would
 email their reception reports and location to
 callbacks(at)wia.org.au


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            (Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)


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