SB BCAST @ VKNET < VK7AX VK National News 17Nov19 Text edition: Weekly news from the WIA: MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2019-11-17.mp3 Text edition: November 17 2019 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA (Note.. please remove spaces in email addresses before using) NOVEMBER 17 2019 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------* THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK Oh... and to contact us with your news because If It Matters To You It Matters To Us! Email nationalnews @ wia.org.au http://www.wia.org.au click news in member area & submit your audio TWITTER http://twitter.com/VK1WIA Please... If you are only submitting text and not audio, NEVER send just links & url's but write your story as you would expect to hear it being read back and then when you upload audio also email us the txt version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING NOVEMBER 17 2019 IN OUR 24th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS WIA DIRECTOR JOHN VK4JJW SINGS HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY TO VK3ADW. - WIA DIRECTOR MIKE VK8MA WITH WHATS GOING ON AT BOARD LEVEL. THIS & MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA AND FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17 2019 As bushfires fires consumed more than 4 thousand square miles in New South Wales alone, officials were bracing for the latest rash of blazes that they said could lead to the most dangerous bushfire week in the nation's history. New South Wales called a state of emergency and additional fires flared in Western Australia and Queensland. Members of the Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network, or WICEN, were called to harness their radio skills in the face of overwhelming catastrophe. Edwin Lowe VK2VEL, a Facebook administrator for WICEN New South Wales, said hams were deployed to provide logistical support for the Rural Fire Service along with community evacuation and welfare support. WICEN NSW's publicity officer Julian Sortland VK2YKS said that hams sent to the Rural Fire Service Command Centre in Glen Innes, northern VK2, had begun rotations operating the RFS' own radio system Julian said members of WICEN's parent body, the Volunteer Rescue Association, were staffing the Bush Fire Information Line at Homebush in Sydney, likely alongside WICEN members. VK2VEL said that hams were also functioning as scribes for firefighting Incident Management Teams. He noted, however [quote] "There are fires across multiple regions of the state and the situation at present is fluid." Edwin commented that it was not so much amateur radio itself playing a critical role here but [quote] "the adaptability and skills of the amateur radio operators who are members of WICEN NSW." VK2YKS said that as conditions worsened, further deployments were expected. In Queensland the VK4RAT VHF and UHF Amateur Radio Repeaters, the VK4RTL 10m 6m and 23cm beacons, the TAC08 CH8 UHF CB Repeater and the SES CH01 Repeater are off air due to damage done By bushfires that swept through the summit on Sunday evening 10th November. (ARN-VK4ZZ) WIA Not a WIA Member? details email nationaloffice@wia.org.au OR the link on bottom right of wia.org.au https://wia.memnet.com.au/MemberSelfService/NewMemberForm/WIA/NewMemberForm.aspx WIA DIRECTOR JOHN WILLIAMS VK4JJW There are a few Hams who make it to their 90's, however today I want to tell you a little about one who has helped immensely to make Amateur Radio in Australia, if not the world, what it is today, and continues to do so. Our WIA Historian, Peter Wolfenden VK3RV has come up with this: "David Wardlaw was born on 19 November 1929. He was licenced in 1947 and joined the WIA. He was co-opted to Council of the Victorian Division in 1956 and acted as VK3 Federal Councillor - the Divisional Council member who represented the Div. at Federal Conventions and who handled most of the day to day communications with the Federal Executive, until 1958. David served as President of the Vic. Division for three years, 1959 to 1962 when he resigned as he had to go overseas for some years. On return in 1966, David was co-opted to the Federal Executive and became Federal President from 1973 until 1979. He had a second term as F.Pres. from 1984 to 1988. David was at the formation of the IARU Region 3 in 1968 in Sydney and became a member of the first Secretariat. He was a Region 3 Director 1988-1994 and again 1997-1999 after which he became IARU Vice President until 2004 He was a member of the Australian delegation to WARC-79. At the Special Preparatory Meeting for WARC-79 in Geneva, he presented the Australian paper which helped obtain the new H/F bands, the so called WARC bands. David was also a member of the Australian delegations to WARC 92, 95, 97, 2000, 2003. A talented man who has contributed so much to amateur radio in Australia and Internationally. Thank you David, VK3ADW, and a very Happy 90th on November 19th. I'm John VK4JJW. Board Comment 17th November 2019 by Mike VK8MA Firstly, Peter our Secretary (VK8ZZ) get well soon. He is unwell this week and taking a well deserved rest under doctor’s orders. The World Radio Conference 2019 (WRC-19) is now underway in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. This major event held by the ITU - which is a specialist agency of the UN - brings over 160 countries together to discuss and agree the sharing and use of radio spectrum across the globe and also, for satellites, in space. The Amateur Radio sector is represented globally to the ITU by the IARU. The WIA is represented by two delegates, Dale Hughes and Peter Pokorny, who are members of the official Australian delegation organized by DOCA. Our delegates' scope is representation for the Australian Radio Amateur Service for all Australian Amateurs. This WIA representation, as the sole Australian AR peak body recognized by the IARU is a major expense for the WIA. However, this representation is considered the highest priority for the WIA by WIA members. The IARU reports that the first week of World Radio Communication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) saw agreement reached on several issues on which discussions prior to the conference had revealed consensus. These 3 were the easy ones; the rest will be more difficult, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) said in short: 1) The band 47.0 47.2 GHz No Change 2) 5.850 5.925 GHz, is an amateur secondary allocation in Region 2. Note that this band, is yet to be made available in VK. 3) The WRC has agreed to make no frequency allocations or other changes to the Radio Regulations to accommodate wireless power transmission for electric vehicles (WPT-EV). Then the conference addressed the more contentious proposals: Consideration of a 50 MHz allocation in ITU Region 1 (Europe, Africa, and the Mideast) to harmonize the allocations in the three regions. This was the subject of spirited debate in a Sub Working Group chaired by Dale Hughes, VK1DSH, of the Australian delegation. The four RTO’s in Region 1 made disparate proposals to the conference and a small group of administrations proposed no change. For 3 days, there was no progress toward a consensus solution, but that changed on Friday morning. Finally, an agreement was made, subject to confirmation by the regional groups, that will provide administrations in Region 1 with flexibility in how to accommodate their radio amateurs. Congratulations Dale! WRC-19 Work in progress: The high potential for AR to lose its secondary access due to interference concerns to the 23cm band to the EU's new "GPS" system Galileo, is one of these issues. This conference has huge ramifications for us in Region 3 and worldwide, which is a primary reason that the WIA supports and sponsors our delegates. In conclusion, a final wish to David, VK3ADW David Wardlaw was born on 19 November 1929. He was licenced in 1947 and joined the WIA. Thank you David for your years of dedicated service, and a very happy return on November 19th for becoming a nonagenarian. On behalf of the Board, this has been Mike VK8MA (almost a septuagenarian) !! DISCUSSION POINT VK4ZPP GEOFF EMORY Our thanks must go out to the many people volunteering during this early fire season. It is no small thing to go out for extended periods to deal with emergency situations and to be in the first responder class as a volunteer. There are radio amateurs filling spots in communications rooms to relieve staff to engage in other duties. There are reports of businesses large and small going out of their way to assist in providing supplies to the fire fighters and support workers. We must feel grateful for the spirit which drives the people to help when it is needed most. We should not forget the agonies of those who have lost houses and other possessions in the fires. For some the road back will be long and hard with many momentoes consigned to the rubbish and for others there will be no rebuilding except for the inner strength and purpose that they can give to their life in the future. To all those who have been impacted, we wish the best for the future as the worst has already been for you. I'm Geoff Emery and that's what I think....how about you? ---------------------------------------------------------------------* INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, SARL, Southgate AR Club, ARRL, RAC, NZART AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE & the World Wide sources of the WIA. Let's start with an intergalactic item! 20th year of continuous human presence living off-planet aboard the International Space Station. NASA and its partners have successfully supported humans living in space since the Expedition 1 crew arrived Nov. 2, 2000. A truly global endeavour, the unique microgravity laboratory has hosted:- 239 people from 19 countries More than 2,600 experiments from 3,900 researchers in 107 countries AND a variety of international and commercial spacecraft. THE BAND PLAYED ON LAST WEEKEND The Malaysian Simulated Emergency Test 2019 (MySET) organised by the Amateur Radio Transmitters' Society (MARTS) did an emcomm simulation named The Malaysian Simulated Emergency Test 2019, a Communications Exercise Plan, last Saturday, November 9 and used both VHF and HF Frequencies. The bands active in no small way were 40m, 15m and 20m on region 3's Centre of Activity or CoA Frequencies. The primary goal of this exercise was to shape amateur radio communications policy in the future. It is important to assess our ability to provide communications to ensure that amateur radio operators are prepared to respond effectively when a disaster disrupts or overloads normal means of communication. The specific objective for this communications exercise was to develop a Simulated Incident Relay Map for all Malaysian states. This relay map would be important so that during disasters, information can be sent to its destination efficiently. Russian OTH Radar Contayner now everywhere The latest IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter reports the Russian Over-The-Horizon Radar 'Contayner' has been active in the 7, 10, 14 and 18 MHz amateur radio allocations The OTH radar transmissions have been 40 sps, FMOP and 12 kHz wide. Additionally, IARUMS reports there has been a significant increase in Russian military traffic using F1B, PSK and OFDM in the 7, 10, 14 and 21 MHz bands. The International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring System Region 1 newsletter can be read at the link in our written news editions best read on wia.org.au http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/news2019/news1910.pdf W1AW to commemorate ham radio spanning Atlantic ARRL report W1AW will be on-the-air December 11 to commemorate the 98th anniversary of the first Amateur Radio signals to span the Atlantic Waters The ARRL say: December 11 marks the 98th anniversary of the success of ARRL’s Transatlantic Tests in 1921, organized to see if low-power amateur radio stations could be heard across the Atlantic using shortwave frequencies (i.e., above 200 meters). On that day, a message transmitted by a group of Radio Club of America members at 1BCG in Greenwich, Connecticut, was copied by Paul Godley, 2ZE, in Scotland. Whilst the first two-way contact would not take place until 1923, the 1921 transatlantic success marked the beginning of what would become routine communication between US radio amateurs and those in other parts of the world — literally the birth of DX. To commemorate this amateur radio milestone, Maxim Memorial Station W1AW will be on the air through the day of December 11 with volunteer operators. The goal is to encourage contacts between radio amateurs in the US and Europe while showcasing the significance of the transmissions that pioneered global communication and laid the groundwork for technology widely used today. The event will run from 1300 until 0000 UTC. Ham radio reaching 'an Inflection Point' IARU President Tim Ellam VE6SH/G4HUA has told national amateur radio societies that they are failing to keep up with changes in the hobby The ARRL reports: Participants at the 45th meeting of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Administrative Council (AC) in late September discussed the organization’s role in advancing amateur radio going forward. IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA, who chaired the AC meeting in Lima, Peru, observed that the IARU and amateur radio are reaching what he called an inflection point. He asserted that amateur radio is changing, but the IARU and its member-societies are not. Ellam's remarks prefaced a wide-ranging discussion of the challenges to be overcome if the IARU and amateur radio itself are to remain relevant. Read the full ARRL story at http://www.arrl.org/news/iaru-and-amateur-radio-are-reaching-an-inflection-point Read the IARU meeting summary at http://www.iaru.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/13073366/2019_summary_record.pdf Other IARU meeting summaries are at http://www.iaru.org/administrative-council-meetings.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------* HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT All major Australian contests, rules and results, are on the Contest Section of the WIA website. wia.org.au/members/contests/about -------------- VHF/UHF/Microwave Spring Field Day Spring Field Day is NEXT weekend 23/11 01:00 UTC – 24/11 01:00 UTC. There is still time to get your portable VHF / UHF station all polished and ready to make many contacts. Maybe it’s time to do the final checkout of your portable spot, to do a final checklist of all the gear you need to take so as not to be remembering the field day badly. If you're not going portable, then perhaps today or this week is the time to check all the bands and make sure everything is working. It's been a long winter and our winters can be hard on coax and antennas so get those meters out and make sure everything is tip top. Frequencies are not set in stone but a good start:- 6M 50.150 USB or 52.525 FM, 2M 144.150 USB or 146.500 FM, 70cm 432.150 USB or 439.000 FM, 23cm 1296.150 USB or FM, 13cm 2403.150 USB, 9cm 3398.150 USB, 3cm 10,368.150 USB (txt courtesy vk7zbx via vk7news) -------------- AM QSO PARTY 2020 Saturday 25th January 2020 - 06:00 UTC until Sunday 26th January at 12:00 UTC. It's to promote/encourage the use of AM on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 12 and 10-metre amateur bands. This is not a 5/9 contest but aims to encourage QSOs and conversation however, points can be gained and certificates awarded. There will be points to be gained for each QSO and for each new DXCC worked and there are many power categories you can enter. However whilst there are points up for grabs and also certificates to win, the main aim is to get people having conversations using the original voice mode! Much like the AM CW days here in Oz. So fire up those vintage rigs, build that homebrew transmitter or even use your modern equipment and experience the joy of AM and particularly AM to G-Land. Full details of the AM QSO Party can be found at https://amqsoparty.wixsite.com/mysite?fbclid=IwAR0bmxpQqQa9-QVoNMM7HdIBcqqcAfDJR4FO935RKGOVZZn6gnNtCVDQnxg WIA DX Awards Start Dates Normalized The Awards Committee has decided to set the start date for all awards to the same date: 1/1/1946 All QSO's from this date onwards are now eligible for all awards. Previously, awards had different start dates, depending on when they were first created. This means participants in the awards program may now qualify for new awards and/or endorsements. To ensure all your QSO's are now eligible, simply upload all your QSO's between this date up to and including 1/1/1990 into the online Awards system. Alternatively, just upload your whole log. Then perform a Show Award Status. (Graham Alston, VK3GA, WIA Awards Manager) -------------- In the world of DX be listening for Dan, N6MJ operating as ZF2MJ from the Cayman Islands from the 19th to the 25th of November. He will operate on HF Bands and be participating in the CQ WW DX CW Contest on the 23rd and 24th of November. -------------- Be listening for Christo LZ3FN operating as SW9AA from the island of Crete in the CQ WW DX CW Contest on the 23rd and 24th of November. Send QSLs to LZ1PM. -------------- Listen for PJ5/SP6IXF and PJ6/SP6EQZ on the Dutch Caribbean island of Saint Eustatius from the 16th to the 30th of November. They will be active on 160 - 10m CW, SSB, RTTY. -------------- Listen also for Andy N2NY who will use the call sign V47T while operating on Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands from the 16th to the 24th of November. He will operate on HF Bands and participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. Send QSLs to W2RQ. -------------- Chris GM3WOJ and Keith GM4YXI are making a return visit to the Cocos Keeling Islands from 12th – 29th November. They will use the callsign VK9CZ which they used on their previous visits in 2013 and 2017. Activity will be on all bands 160 – 6m on SSB/CW and FT8. They will also take part in the CQWW CW Contest on the weekend of 23rd/24th November. QSLs go via N3SL. -------------- Alain F8FUA will reactivate his XT2BR callsign from Burkina Faso in West Africa until today, Sunday 17th November. QSL to his home call. -------------- Grant KZ1W and Rob N7QT will be QRV as H 40 KT and H 40 TT from Temotu Province from 14th – 26th November. The actual QTH is Pigeon Island which counts as OC-065 for the IOTA Award. QSL manager is M 0 URX. -------------- JA1VND is on the air as KH8/K1TF from Pago Pago in American Samoa until Monday 18th November on CW, SSB and digital and QSLs go via the home call. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS 5 MHz Paul Gaskell G4MWO Editor of The 5 MHz Newsletter says that No 23 – Spring/Autumn 2019 is now available for free pdf download. from the ‘External Links’ section of the Wikipedia 60m Band page or the RSGB 5 MHz page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60-meter_band#External_links http://rsgb.org/main/operating/band-plans/hf/5mhz/ This edition includes 5 MHz news from 9 countries, features the World of 5 MHz 2019 and an Exercise Blue Ham report. According to this latest edition of The 5 MHz Newsletter, regulatory agencies in an expanding list of countries have granted amateur radio access to a 60-meter band. A secondary allocation of 5.351.5 5.366.5 MHz was released to radio amateurs in Kuwait, where they will adhere to the WRC-15 allocation, permitting a maximum power of 15 W EIRP. Indonesian and Greek hams recently gained access to the same allocation. Meanwhile, Israel has extended authorization of 5 MHz amateur permits to the end of December and added a Channel 0 to the existing eight channels, where hams may run 100 W PEP on several modes, depending upon the channel. Still under discussion is ham radio access to a 5 MHz secondary band in Australia, where the band here is used by some emergency services and law enforcement. Nearly 80 countries now offer some level of amateur access to the 5 MHz band. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS ATV (Every pixel tells a story) - arvideonews.com hamradiotube.com youtube.com qdg.org.au DATV TRANSMISSION UPDATE The DATV Transmission in Ulverstone Tasmania is now 1280x720 HIGH DEFINITION using a new professional High Def Encoder. The LCN is 100 with channel designation VK7AX Ulverstone. The improvement in definition and clarity of the received signal is said to be very impressive. Viewers there need to ensure the TV used or Set Top Box receiving the ATV transmission is fully compliant with DVB-T High Definition format, and, if using a set top box, utilize the HDMI output connection for maximum results. All transmissions including this regular weekly Amateur Radio Broadcast and the 'VK7 Amateur Radio News' now employ the new HD encoder. As Tony VK7AX says "See you on DATV' WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org News from ARISS The next ISS contact to an Australian School WAS scheduled for Monday 18th November 2019 with Acquisition of Signal around 0831UTC Telebridge Operator - Tony/VK5ZAI - was to be linking the Australian Air League Cadets, Adelaide, with the Astronaut on-board, HOWEVER, the 'Planets' did not align and that contact now is a no-no. (sourced to TARCinc) HuskySat-1 achieve orbit On-board the Cygnus cargo vessel, which docked to the International Space Nov. 4, the satellite is scheduled for a boost to higher orbit and deployment in January. Following completion of its primary mission, it will be turned over to AMSAT for operation of its linear transponder sometime in the second quarter of 2020. The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB), International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), and ARRL have posted updates on activities at the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference currently taking place in Egypt. One early agreement was to turn down requested changes to one of the amateur satellite allocations. The band 47.0 - 47.2 GHz was allocated solely to the Amateur and Amateur Satellite Services by the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference. Commercial wireless broadband industries had expressed interest in the band being designated for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), and there was some concern that such a proposal might be made at WRC-19. The fact that none was forthcoming was due in part to the work of the IARU at the Conference Preparatory Meeting earlier this year and in the six regional telecommunications organizations. The WRC has agreed to "no change" at 47.0 - 47.2 GHz. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- IOTA www.iota-world.org IOTA chasers should note that updates for the Honour Roll and the Annual Listing 2020 must be made before the end of January 2020. Due allowance should be made for postal delivery. Those who haven't updated their standings since 2015 but wish to remain on the list should update their standings as well. Those who haven't logged on to their account on IOTA-World in two years should note that they will have to revalidate their registration via info@iota-world.org WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO IARU REGION 3 Emergency Centre of Activity (CoA) frequencies 3.600, 7.110, 14.300, 18.160 and 21.360 MHz IARU Region 1 3760 7110 14300 18160 21360 kHz IARU Region 2 3750 3985 7060 7240 7275 14300 18160 21360 kHz CONFERENCE IN THAILAND PREPS FOR DISASTER AND CRISIS An international conference in Thailand convened Saturday 16th and radio amateurs shared strategies on crisis management. Just One Day In Bangkok, it focused on ways to improve communications in times of crisis and disaster. One of the presentations was on lessons learned during 2018 when a junior football team in Thailand was rescued from the Tham Luang caves where they had been trapped as floodwaters rose. This was the rescue where Dr Richard Harris SC OAM from South Australia and Dr Craig Challen SC OAM from Western Australia were awarded the 2019 Australians of the Year for their heroic efforts as part of an international rescue mission to save those 12 boys and their coach from the flooded caves. Amateurs from Germany, Indonesia and Japan also presented separate case studies on communications support during crisis and disaster. Conference attendees were expected from the 11 nations that share a bilateral amateur radio agreement with Thailand, as well as a number of Asian countries. WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- YOTA (Youngsters On The Air) A Youth Net meets Saturdays at 0100 UTC on IRLP Reflector #2. Young Hams Net 3.590 - 7:30pm Victorian time. http://www.ham-yota.eu/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/youngstersontheair http://www.arrl.org/youth-nets IARU REGION 1 - DECEMBER 2019 YOTA MONTH December is YOTA Month when several youngsters from Member Societies will become active on the air with YOTA as suffix in the call signs. From Sunday 1 December to Tuesday 31 December 2019, international YOTA stations, operated by young amateurs in their teens and early 20s, will attempt to make many contacts worldwide with each other. This event is aimed at our young generation and is an excellent opportunity for clubs to get youngsters on the air who are interested in or want to find out more about Amateur Radio. It is not a formal contest, but a way to get our current young amateurs on the air contacting hundreds of other youngsters around the world, so to the hams of region 3, listen up and shout out to the youth in Region 1 in December. As an aside, IARU Region 1 President Don Beattie G3BJ reported to the IARU Administrative Council meeting in Lima about the decision to ban alcohol at future YOTA amateur radio events The September 2019 IARU Administrative Council Meeting Summary says: "Mr. Beattie reported on an incident at the YOTA camp in Bulgaria that has led Region 1 to tighten its rules for YOTA events including a ban on alcohol. Because non-YOUTH ARDF championships mainly involve adults, such a ban for those events would represent a challenge in order to ensure alcohol does not come into the hands of minors at the events." Read the meeting summary at iaru.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/13073366/2019_summary_record.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------* 2019 Social Scene VK4 - GOLD COAST HAMFEST SAT NOV 16?? ( still unconfirmed by GC, taken from Lismore News ) VK3 - ROSEBUD RADIOFEST November 17 This is Andrew VK3CAH from the Southern Peninsula Amateur Radio Club with a reminder that the Rosebud RadioFest , will be held Sunday, 17th of November. In addition to sales of new and pre-loved equipment in the main hall, the Rosebud RadioFest sets itself apart with the excellent range of technical forums which are presented. This year, topics being covered are Comparison and design of Yagi matching methods. Finding and locating HF noise and Getting the most from the new amateur licence conditions So come along and enjoy the equipment sales, great catering and excellent forums of the Rosebud RadioFest. See you in Rosebud. This is Andrew VK3CAH 2020 Social Scene VK2 - WYONG FIELD DAY 23rd February 2020 (dd5lp) VK4 - SEQ Amateur Radio Field Day March 10, 10am at Landsborough Sports Complex 15 Tunnel Ridge Rd. (vk4an) VK4 - REDFEST 2020 18th April. St. Michael's College Old Toorbul Point Rd from 8am (vk4tfn) VK - WIA Annual Conference, Hobart 8-10 May. (vk7tw) WIA have with Spirit of Tasmania for discounted accommodation and fares that are available for two weeks either side of the Conference weekend. This is a great opportunity to drive down, bring the caravan or motor home and tour the Apple Isle before and after the conference. An exclusive booking link is available on the website. You may also like to glean some other info from the website: https://www.wia.org.au/joinwia/wia/2020agm/ ALARAMEET 2020 Bendigo October 2 - 5 (vk5yl) Submitting news items If you would like to submit news items for possible inclusion in the VK1WIA broadcasts, please email your item in text to nationalnews @ wia.org.au and don't JUST send url's links or posters, but take the time to pen YOUR contribution. 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