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VK National News 14Dec25
Weekly news from the WIA:
MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2025-12-14.mp3
Text edition:
2025 DECEMBER 14 WIA 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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IN NATIONAL NEWS THIS WEEK:-
WIA Director, Lee Moyle VK3GK. -
WIA past Director John Williams VK4JJW pops in with International News. -
and I'll pop in with a reminder for NEXT week's edition of this news
because? ALARA members will deliver!
BUT WAIT - THERE'S MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA FOR WEEK COMMENCING SUNDAY DECEMBER 14,
2025..
I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB
WIA
JOIN THE WIA
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This is WIA Director, Lee Moyle VK3GK
The WIA Grants Scheme for 2025 has now closed but the WIA will now be accepting applications for 2026 Affiliated Clubs projects. The Grants Scheme is for providing funding assistance to worthwhile projects that are judged to be of benefit to the amateur community and are consistent with, or advance, the aims and objectives of the WIA, as set out in the WIA Constitution.
The Scheme is open to proposals from Affiliated Clubs so long as the project is for the benefit of amateur radio with the WIA contribution paid retrospectively on completion of the project or at an agreed project stage.
Most importantly, the WIA will only fund projects that are in accordance with a strategic direction set by the WIA Board from time to time.
Club project proposals will be vetted by an assessment committee, appointed by the WIA Board.
The committee's job is to evaluate project proposals based on its ability to meet certain criteria which details can be found on the WIA website under WIA Grants Scheme web page.
I encourage all clubs to consider the financial opportunity that the 2026 Grants Scheme offers.
The John Moyle Field Day Rules have been updated and simplified. The WIA board thanks Alan Shannon VK4SN and Diane Main VK4DI for taking on the joint role of John Moyle Field Day Contest managers. Alan has done some great work updating the N1MM contest logger JMFD UDC and it continues to be enhanced.
The John Moyle Field Day is held over the 3rd full weekend in March.
The aim is to encourage and provide familiarization with portable and field operation and
provide training for emergency situations. The rules are therefore specifically designed and
focused to encourage field operations.
It is a full world wide contest for scoring.
There are now 8 categories with a separate Youth Overlay which applies to all 8 categories.
Included are 6 hour and 24 hour sections, operation modes include Phone, CW and mixed (Phone/CW).
Bands are 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 meters on HF and 6m, 2m and 70cm on VHF/UHF. No WARC bands.
The new JMFD rules can be found on the WIA Website in the Contests section.
Now onto Bandplans and the WIA board thanks Grant Willis VK5GR and the TAC team for their incredible effort in revising the Band Plan. The last major revision of the Australian national Amateur Radio band plans administered by the WIA was carried out almost a decade ago. At that time, major changes were mostly made to the 30m, 2m and 70cm bands. With various changes to the Amateur Radio regulations since that time, including some spectrum losses and gains, it is now necessary to update the band plans to both reflect those regulatory changes as well as update them with information on current centres of activity. We have also used this as an opportunity to address many of the requests that have been received over the past 2-3 years for changes to various bands.
Hayden Honeywood VK7HH and Grant Willis VK5GR recently held a well attended webinar to highlight the process and changes proposed.
The consultation closed on December 12th and the results will be released shortly.
For now, 73 from Lee VK3GK.
AUSTRALIANA
In June of 2024, a Victorian Jury found Greg Lynn, a former Jetstar pilot guilty of the 2020 murder of Mrs Clay, but found him not guilty of murdering Russell Hill, VK3VZP.
Forward 18 months and now Greg Lynn, known as " the high country murderer" has hd his conviction overturned.
he will face a fresh trial after a successful challenge against his conviction. Three appeal judges on Thursday found Greg Lynn, 59, had faced a "substantial miscarriage of justice" and ordered a murder conviction be set aside. They found the ex-Jetstar pilot's lawyers had proven a number of irregularities in Lynn's 2024 jury trial over the deaths of missing campers Carol Clay, 73, and Russell Hill, 74.
The pair had disappeared from a remote campsite in Victoria's High Country, where Lynn was also camping, in March 2020.
Lynn was remanded in custody and will face the Supreme Court for a directions hearing on January 28. His lawyers could apply for Lynn to be released on bail ahead of a fresh trial.
(bbc/abc/guardian)
WA Health is set to build a new statewide data platform and trial an AI system to optimise patient flow and bed availability.
The data platform will be used to strengthen how patients are supported from presentation through to discharge, the state government said.
Data from the platform will feed a live dashboard to give hospitals a clearer view of demand, capacity and patient movement across the entire public health system.
Meanwhile, the AI system will be piloted at Royal Perth Hospital from winter 2026 to predict length of stay and streamline hospital workflows to improve bed availability.
The AI pilot is backed with $700,000 in funding and will be delivered with the assistance of the Office of Digital Government.
The [AI] technology will schedule key tasks such as medical imaging, laboratory tests, pharmacy medication packs, and preparing discharge summaries, helping hospitals to coordinate care more efficiently, the state government said.
If successful, there are plans to deploy the AI system at other hospitals.
tinyurl.com/47fnkcea
(itnews.com.au)
Samsung: 98,000 handsets with triple zero call issues still 'active'
Zachariah Kelly writing in itnews.com.au reveals about 98,000 Samsung
mobile handsets in need of software updates that will allow them to make emergency calls reliably are still connecting to Australian networks,
the device maker has revealed.
Samsung told the parliamentary inquiry into the September Optus triple zero outage that 1.6 million devices had successfully been updated, but that its investigations had found that a further 98,000 remained "alive and active".
Samsung Australias mobile division Eric Chou told the inquiry that the phones can still make emergency calls on Optus and Telstra networks.
However, he confirmed that they have a firmware configuration that only allow them to use TPG Telecom's shuttered Vodafone-branded network to place emergency calls.
Telstra and Optus '[networks] as of today can actually still take emergency calls on those devices [without the software update]. Its only in incidents where there is no Telstra coverage, no Optus coverage, where those [not updated] devices would need to rely on the Vodafone 3G network which no longer exists, Chou said.
Australian carriers shutdown their 3G networks in early 2024.
That means that if any one in distress tries to use one of the 98,000 unpatched handsets to place an emergency call when Telstra and Optus' mobile networks are not available, the call will not reach triple zero operators.
tinyurl.com/bdaw88zh
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS is with thanks to Amateur Radio Daily, ARRL,
DX-WORLD, eHam, Hackaday, IARU, IRTS, NEWSLINE, NZART, RAC,
Radioworld.com, RSGB, SARL and the World Wide sources of WIA.
Kolkata:
The ham radio operators in Bengal have been able to facilitate the return of a mentally challenged man from Bangladesh to India.
Sudam Hembram originally hailing from Odisha has been estranged from his family for 15 years.
A non-governmental organization based in Bangladesh that works in rescue and rehabilitation of mentally challenged persons had contacted Ambarish Nag Biswas of West Bengal Radio Club -- an organization of ham radio enthusiasts in Bengal some days back and informed that they have been spotting Sudam roaming aimlessly in and around Golabari station area for the last eight years.
PMR446, the popular short-range UHF radios enjoyed in much of Europe, could be enjoyed much less in Germany after changes enacted by the regulator BNetZa. The regulator will prohibit operators from using any external antennas with their radios and from using the radios as base stations.
PMR operators will also lose the ability to use their radios as repeaters or as Internet gateways -- two functions widely available to amateur radio operators. The PMR radios, which operate on 16 frequencies within the 446 MHz band, will be only be permitted to be used for so-called "peer-to-peer" or person-to-person mode.
Last Friday, December 12, the Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland (MRCN)
and its sister club, the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club (PARC) in England
commemorated Marconis first transatlantic wireless experiment in
collaboration with the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IEEE) and hosted by the Memorial Universitys Johnson Geo Centre.
This year was the 124th anniversary of Marconis first transatlantic wireless experiment and, to mark this, a 2-way radio station installed
at the Johnson Geo Centre a few hundred metres from the site where Marconi
conducted his famous 1901 experiment on Signal Hill sprung into life.
They presented on Marconi and radio art and science followed by a workshop whereby participants will be constructing crystal radios then exchanged
greetings with colleagues in Villa Griffone, Cape Cod, and Glace Bay via Amateur Radio.
In the afternoon a direct 2-way High Frequency radio contact with
colleagues in Poldhu to receive the letter S and send radio telegrams from officials of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Memorial University, and the NL section of the IEEE.
NASA is once again offering the public a chance to fly around the Moon by submitting their names for inclusion on a digital boarding pass that will travel aboard Artemis II.
The names will be stored on an SD card inside the Orion spacecraft when four astronautsundertake the first crewed flight of the Artemis program in 2026, yep it IS next year!
Sign-ups and details are available at the link we like in the written word edition of this your WIA NATIONAL NEWS.
www3.nasa.gov/send-your-name-with-artemis/.
Whilst looking further than INTERNATIONAL, Time on Mars runs slightly faster than on Earth, according to new calculations by NIST researchers,
who found that clocks on the Martian surface gain about 477 microseconds per day relative to terrestrial time.
The difference arises from Mars weaker surface gravity, highly elliptical orbit, and changing distance from the Sun and the EarthMoon system, all of which alter the rate at which clocks tick under general relativity.
Although the offset amounts to less than a millisecond per day, modern navigation and communication systemssuch as GPS and future Mars-based networksrequire timing precision far tighter than a microsecond. The effect is also not constant: depending on Mars orbital position, the daily time gain can vary by as much as 226 microseconds. As planning advances for autonomous rover operations, relay satellites, and eventual crewed missions, engineers will need to incorporate these relativistic corrections to prevent timing drift and data inconsistencies
Ashby and Patlas work, published December 1 in The Astronomical Journal, represents an early step toward establishing accurate and stable time standards for interplanetary operations
The Jordanian Special Communications Commission (SCC) was established in
1975 to plan, implement and maintain nationwide communication networks for
the public and private sectors. Recently, the SCC revived its close
relationship with the Royal Jordanian Radio Amateur Society by allowing
the RJRAS to set up a modern club station, JY6SC.
This is one of many stations that will be established within the Jordan
Armed Forces, as well as at universities and schools, to promote amateur radio.
Here in Australia, ICOM have yet to officially release their price of their ICOM mk2 IC-7300
ICOM UK have confirmed shipments of their new IC-7300MK2 have started to arrive in the UK. The company have also advised the confirmed RRP of 1360.00 including VAT Unfortunately, the first shipment of radios are pre-sold, future deliveries are timed after Christmas
ROUTE 66 AND OTHER ROADS OF THE USA
Edison Researchs Share Of Ear report for third-quarter 2025 again brings good news for AM/FM radio, whether its the mediums continued dominance of ad-supported audio media, or its strength in vehicles.
Arguably, the reports most important takeaway is how necessary AM/FM radio is to media plans focused on audio advertising. Edison shows that the unique daily reach of ad-supported Spotify, Pandora and podcasts among persons 18+ stands at 33%, just one-third of Americans. Adding AM/FM radio to the mix boosts that daily reach to 74%.
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OPERATIONAL NEWS - A FELIX VK4FUQ PRESENTATION
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ARRL 10-Meter Contest is THIS weekend.
0000Z, Dec 13 to 2400Z, Dec 14.
Maximum operating hours is 36.
CW, Phone and on 10m Only'
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International Worldwide Naval Contest also THIS weekend.
1600Z, Dec 13 to 1559Z, Dec 14
CW, SSB on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Find rules on: marinefreunde.com/eng/inc.html
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YOTA Contests December
The Fishers Ghost Amateur Radio Club are hosting the inaugural
VK YOTA CONTEST, the entire month of December.
Then just 3 days from the end of what we call the VK YOTA CONTEST comes
ROUND 3 of the YOTA contest organized by the IARU R1 Youth Working Group
in cooperation with the Hungarian Amateur Radio Society.
DECEMBER 29.
A great way to gain extra contacts for the VK Contest organised by
Fishers Ghost AR Club.
yotacontest.mrasz.org
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In the World of DX, Elvira, IV3FSG, is operating from Somaliland as 6O3T (Six Oh Three Tee). The duration of her activation is not known. More details can be found on QRZ.com
(newsline2510)
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Listen for the special event callsign HS25SG from the 1st through to the 30th of December to celebrate the 33rd Southeast Asian Games. This activation is part of the "SatFinder" educational campaign, which promotes space, satellite and radio science to students and others by hosting amateur radio activities.
(newsline2510)
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John, NI6D, will be on the air as CE7/NI6D along the Carretera Austral in Northern Patagonia from the 6th through to the 18th of December. John will be using FT8/FT4 on 40 through 10 metres, using low power. Listen mainly during the afternoon and evening hours, during his local time.
(newsline2510)
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Well you may not WORK them BUT you MAY hear them.
Once again Italian radio amateurs have been authorized to use the
40 MHz band until the end of the year.
They are allowed to operate from 40.660 MHz to 40.700 MHz with a
maximum power of 10 watts.
The Italian regulator has given permission until 31 December also
for 70.1, 70.2, and 70.3 MHz.
(425dx news)
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Datta, VU2DSI is active as AU2JCB until the 15th of December to commemorate the birthday of Indian physicist and radio pioneer Jagadish Chandra Bose. Listen for activity using SSB on the 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m bands. QSL directly to Dattas home call which again is VU2DSI.
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Gabriele, HB9TSW is active as Z68BG from Slatina Air Base near Pristina, Kosovo until the 10th of December. He is operating using CW only. QSL via Logbook of the World, eQSL, or via his home call.
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Members of the YO 3 KRM Radio Club are running a Christmas Special Event
until 31st December with three special call signs:
YO0HOHO, (yo ho ho ho)
YO0XMAS (yo ho Christmas)
and YR 0 UDOLPH. (yep Rudolph)
QSLs via YO3GND.
Certificates are available, see qrz.com for the details.
(sarl)
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Celebrating the 70th anniversary of their organization, members of the
International Police Association's Swiss branch will be active as
HB 70 IPA until 31 December. Activity will be on various HF bands and
the QO-100 satellite.
QSL via LoTW and eQSL,
(425dxn)
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WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather)
Higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere could harm radio communications by enhancing a disruptive effect in the ionosphere.
According to researchers at Kyushu University, Japan, who modelled the effect numerically for the first time, this little-known consequence of climate change could have significant impacts on shortwave radio systems such as those employed in broadcasting, air traffic control and navigation. "While increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere warm the Earth's surface, they actually cool the ionosphere," explains study leader Huixin Liu of Kyushu's Faculty of Science. "This cooling doesn't mean it is all good: it decreases the air density in the ionosphere and accelerates wind circulation.
These changes affect the orbits and lifespan of satellites and space debris and also disrupt radio communications through localized small-scale plasma irregularities."
"These results are exciting because they show that the impacts of CO2 increase can extend all the way from Earth's surface to altitudes at which HF and VHF radio waves propagate and communications satellites orbit," Liu tells Physics World. "This may be good news for ham radio amateurs, as you will likely receive more signals from faraway countries more often. For radio communications, however, especially at HF and VHF frequencies employed for aviation, ships and rescue operations, it means more noise and frequent disruption in communication and hence safety.
The telecommunications industry might therefore need to adjust their frequencies or facility design in the future."
(eHam)
Still with Wireless Weather, those brilliant shimmering light shows have
been keeping many, particularly Northern Hemisphere hams off the air.
Scientists have just made a new discovery about what exactly makes them happen - and curiously, it's radio!
Travis Lisk N3ILS from NewsLine has those details.
Scientists at the University of Southampton have confirmed what they consider to be an unmistakable cause-and-effect relationship between radio emissions and sudden auroral eruptions.
The international teams findings, called unprecedented by the scientific community, have been published in the journal Nature Communications. The researchers speculate that this will alter the means by which space weather is forecast.
According to published reports, the use of advanced ground-based observatories made it possible for the researchers to detect and identify signature patterns of low-frequency radio wave emissions in the magnetosphere that were immediately succeeded repeatedly by auroral explosions.
This discovery provides a missing piece for physicists who, until now, were never certain of the immediate trigger behind the violent energy release that expresses itself as the northern and southern lights.
(newsline 2510)
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/
GO TELL IT ON TH MOUNTIN:-
CN 25 JIM.
CN25JIM will be active until 21 December, and especially on 13 December,
from the Middle Atlas mountain range of Morocco. The special callsigns
suffix stands for "Journee Internationale de la Montagne" (International
Mountain Day. QSL via operator's instructions.
(425dxnews)
SOTA Croatia is marking 10 years. Listen for the special callsign
9 A 10 SOTA. The callsign is on the air through to 2026, the 30th of
September 2026 to be precise. A certificate will be available for contacts made between the 1st of October and the 31st of December THIS YEAR.. QSL via LoTW.
(newsline2501)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS
For four hours or so, the weather around Seabrook New Jersey was BIG news!
If not around the world, at least as far as Australia and Europe.
You had to listen hard, with special software on your radio receiver because the meteorological data was being picked up and broadcast from four high-altitude balloons carrying electronic equipment local middle school students made in their STEM Club.
And for those not at Woodruff Middle School or listening in to the broadcasts, the weather Nov. 19 wasnt favourable to using helium balloons. But the launch was still a success.
STEM Club advisor Angela Metzger, a seventh-grade math teacher at Woodruff, said the long-range goal is to one day send balloons that will circumnavigate the Earth.
And it does happen, Metzger said. It just hasnt happened for us - YET
Read more Burlington County Times: https://bit.ly/4pW4Dus
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER
AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary(at)amsat-vk.org
South Korea recorded another significant achievement in its growing domestic space program with the successful night-time launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II (KSLV-II), also known as Nuri.
The vehicle performed nominally throughout ascent, completing stage separations on schedule and surpassing the 500 km mark roughly seven minutes after lift-off.
Orbit insertion occurred approximately twelve minutes into the flight, followed one minute later by the deployment of CAS500-3, a 500-kilogram scientific satellite designed for highly light-sensitive Earth-observation missions.
Following the primary payload, Nuri deployed twelve CubeSats, nine of which operate in the amateur UHF bands. Of these, three satellites were fully IARU-coordinated. These spacecraft support amateur-radio training, GPS-RO technology demonstrations, and formation-flying experiments.
(TWIAR)
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Europa Clipper heads out.
The 6-ton, $5B spacecraft, now with re-certified transistors, launches soon but now delayed due to Hurricane Milton.
Clipper is headed to Jupiter and its mysterious icy moon Europa for arrival in April 2030. At 30 meters wide once its solar arrays are unfurled, Europa Clipper is NASAs largest planetary exploration spacecraft ever.
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Seven satellites were deployed from the International Space Station on December 2, in three batches using the Voyager Space NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer system.
Five of the deployed spacecraftSilverSat, RHOK-SAT, Content-Cube, EagleSat-2, and Foras Promineooperate on amateur radio frequencies and represent a broad collection of university, student-led, and educational missions.
SatNOGS stations scheduled more than 700 observations during the first 24 hours as the satellites drifted away from the ISS to form their initial orbits, requiring careful Doppler evaluation and coordinated tracking during the early identification phase.
(TWIAR)
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For the first time in its 25-year history, the International Space Station had all eight docking ports occupied following the reinstallation of Northrop Grummans Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft on the Unity module.
The visiting spacecraft complement included two SpaceX Dragons, JAXAs HTV-X1, Cygnus XL, two Soyuz crew vehicles, and the Progress 92 and 93 cargo ships.
Cygnus XL will remain attached until no earlier than March 2026, when it is scheduled to depart with approximately 11,000 pounds of trash for a destructive re-entry.
Meanwhile, the Expedition 73 crew continued a full schedule of research activities as the newly arrived Soyuz MS-28 crew members began long-duration studies focused on human physiology in microgravity.
(NASA)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - INTERNET - THE HAMS DOMAIN.
Ham Satting, a new multi-platform satellite-tracking and logging application developed by Yousuf, A46UNX, has officially launched on the
Apple App Store, bringing a consolidated suite of real-time visualization, pass-prediction, and operating tools to amateur satellite enthusiasts. The app tracks the ISS and more than 20 amateur satellites using an interactive live map with dynamic icons, integrated N2YO data, and improved reliability features introduced in recent updates.
Additional utilities include smart notifications for upcoming passes, calendar integration, customizable satellite lists, and interface refinements aimed at streamlining portable operating and roving. While iOS marks the first full public release, beta versions are already available for Android, Windows, and macOS, with a Linux edition planned soon via unixeer.com.
(ANS)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA
iota-world.org/
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AU7RS Team will be active from Agatti Island, Lakshadweep Islands, IOTA AS - 011, 10 - 22 January 2026.
They will operate on 160 - 10m Bands and QSL via M0OXO, OQRS.
Lakshadweep Islands are an amazing archipelago hidden in the waters of the
Arabian Sea.
These exotic Indian islands are famous for their snow-white beaches, incredibly bright coral reefs, and crystal-clear water. This place is often called the Indian Maldives, as it is ideal for forgetting the hustle and bustle of the city and immersing yourself in an atmosphere of peace and serenity.
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OC REMINDERS
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OC-047 - H44MS - Malaita Island in the Solomons.
Bernard, H44MS will be active from Manakwai village, nearby Maluu
(northern Malaita island) covering the 2026 period January 25 / April 10.
(dx-world)
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OC-66 - TX9XG - Rangiroa Atoll.
Haru, JA1XGI has announced that he will be active from Rangiroa Atoll,
French Polynesia (OC-066) as TX9XG during April 1-8, 2026. He plans to
QRV on 40-10m; CW, SSB, RTTY & FT8 using the new IC-7300 MK2.
QSL TX9XG via Haru's home call, JA1XGI using OQRS Club Log.
(dx-world)
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WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - low down.
The World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station in Sweden is no stranger to celebrations - certainly not this year, as it marks its 100th year as a treasured communicator. Before its Jubilee year activities conclude on the 31st of December, the radio station will once again engage in one of its most popular traditions, its Christmas Eve message, a longwave transmission in CW.
Here's our Editor Graham VK4BB to tell us more.
One hundred Christmas Eves will have come and gone when the callsign SAQ transmits the Christmas Eve message from the Grimeton Radio Station in Sweden on the morning of December 24th. The operator will again be using the much-loved transmitter, which utilises an alternating-current generator developed by the pioneering Swedish engineer Ernst Alexanderson.
The Christmas Eve morning transmission will be sent on 17.2 kHz about a half-hour after the transmitter has been started up. It is a festive occasion on the radio station site itself but for those who cannot be there personally, the message can be heard on the air, of course, and seen on the YouTube channel of the Alexander SAQ Grimeton Friendship Association.
It is a Christmas gift to the world, as the association notes on its channel, pointing out that this is the [quote] "only remaining electro-mechanical radio transmitter." [endquote]" Indeed, its continued operation is a holiday gift worth celebrating.
(NEWSLINE)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - MILITARY
Recordings of military transmissions can be found on the
Signal Identification Guide Wiki at
sigidwiki.com/wiki/Category:Military
youtube.com/@militaryhfradio244
open.spotify.com/playlist/28SXuX8vL2wHbnfCS0uBVF?si=d9ee366a38a4472e
Commemorating the 81st anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge during
World War II, members of UBA Section Bruxelles-Est are active as
OR 81 NUTS between 13 and 31 December. The suffix of the special callsign
(nuts) is General Anthony C. McAuliffe's famous single word reply in
response to a surrender ultimatum from the attacking German force.
(425dxnews)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - VIDEO
ARISS SSTV Event via RS-38S Satellite.
ARISS has announced an SSTV event that has been active through December
13th. Rather than transmitting images via the International Space Station,
this event's SSTV images are transmitted from the RS-38S satellite, also
known as VIZARD-meteo.
Images utilize the Robot 36 SSTV mode and transmit on 437.825 MHz.
The series contains 12 different images and ran from December 4th through December 13th. Certificates will be available from the ARISS website.
RS-38S is a 3U CubeSat created in part by students in Russia
and was launched in 2023.
(ARD/VK3GTV)
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IT'S A DATE
Clubs are welcome to email text with audio for this section,
nationalnews@wia.org.au
Details of all WIA affiliated clubs and societies can be found
on the WIA website, including email addresses and website links.
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VK3 - Ballarat Amateur Radio Group Hamvention Sunday Feb 1 (wiacal)
VK6 - PARGFEST Mandurah Bowling Club February 7 9am (vk6pbs)
VK4 - Redfest - Deception Bay North State School 9am April 11. (vk4ble)
VK - WIA AGM May 2 at 2pm Albury VK2 (wiacal)
VK - ICOM VK SUMMIT 2026 Albury May 2 AND 3 (armag)
Reception Reports
No we DO like to hear where in the world you are listening to this,
the WIA NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE.
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
Not only but also those watching us on YouTube, leave a comment , access
is just below the picture on screen and again tell us where and maybe
even the day and time you are listening
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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