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   feedback has now been analysed and a summary of the initial findings is   
   available on the WIA website.   
      
   tinyurl.com/ymyar8va   
      
   Given the information provided to us by the community, the WIA is clear that   
   there is little support for many of the original proposals raised for   
   discussion during the first round. As a result, a new paper is being   
   prepared, considering the views and information received. It is intended to   
   have this new paper completed shortly in time for circulation prior to the   
   IARU Region 3 Conference in November.   
      
   We will be inviting the amateur community to again provide us with feedback   
   on the round 2 paper once it is released.   
      
   73 de Grant VK5GR   
   WIA Technical Advisory Committee Chairman   
   OK Dudes!   
      
   This is Editor-in-Chief of Amateur Radio magazine, Roger Harrison VK2ZRH.   
      
   Undoubtedly, some lucky members have already begun dipping into Issue 5,   
   having received their hard copy late this past week.   
      
      
   Other members have been dipping into their electronic issue, which was posted   
   to the WIA web page on Wednesday last. Thank you Robert Broomhead VK3DN.   
      
      
   This ones a Do It Yourself special issue.   
      
   Too often, we read or hear that hams dont build stuff anymore.   
      
   Or worse, detractors claim that we publish stuff that  quote  nobodys ever   
   going to build	end quote.   
      
      
   Well. That nobody would be them as they circulate that meme via their black   
   box PC or transceiver.   
      
   to each their own.   
      
   If your fingers itch or twitch to pick up side cutters or a soldering iron   
   sitting idle, this issue is one for you.   
      
      
   Aside from the projects I listed last week  the 241 GHz rig, the balanced   
   antenna matcher, and the Icom rig commander  the indefatigable Lou Destefano   
   VK3AQZ completes his series of innovative transceiver test sets.   
      
      
   A good joint might be hard to find, warns Jim Tregellas VK5JST, who explains   
   a few hard and soft truths about soldering.   
      
      
   The flock of aurora this past year has led to experiments being conducted in   
   auroral scatter propagation  and related sporadic E events  on the two metre   
   band, led by Rex Moncur VK7MO.   
      
      
   Using digital modes, Rex and his team have made measurements and drawn some   
   interesting conclusions about identifying different propagation modes.   
      
      
   Hams *still* do stuff at the forefront of radio technology and techniques.   
      
   Who remembers the old days when television interference  a-k-a TVI  was   
   something to worry about when you put your station to air?   
      
      
   Well, TVI can return these days on the National Broadband Network. Lax   
   maintenance of the   hybrid  fibre  coax   network that was established   
   across urban and suburban areas of our cities and towns 20 to 30 years ago,   
   can lead to interference from your on-air operations. The good news is, NBN   
   TVI can be resolved.   
      
      
   As usual, theres much, much, much more in this issue  No.5 for 2024.   
   Indeed, it is so packed with such sparkling content that the Publications   
   Committee recommends you wear safety glasses to read it!   
      
      
   Youll recognise it easily when it lands in your mail box or at your newsagent   
    theres a naked man on the front cover! Well, a photo of a statue of a naked   
   man. Its Mercury, the Roman messenger of the gods.   
      
      
   Amateur Radio magazine, Issue 5. More guts. Less gab.   
      
   Proudly produced and printed in Australia.   
   Always published to a schedule, never random.   
   Im Roger Harrison VK2ZRH for VK1WIA News.   
      
   INTERNATIONAL NEWS is with thanks to ARRL, DX-WORLD, eHam, Hackaday,   
   IARU, ICQPodcast, IRTS, NEWSLINE, NZART, RAC, Radioworld.com, RSGB   
   and the World Wide sources of the WIA including itnews.com.au   
      
   The National Association for Amateur Radio, ARRL, has announced a   
   partnership with Grouper, the national leader in activity benefit   
   administration. This collaboration aims to enhance the health of   
   ARRL members by providing access to benefits that support staying   
   active and engaged.   
      
   Grouper connects its members to benefits that cover costs associated   
   with group activities. By joining Grouper and staying connected   
   through amateur radio, ARRL members who are 65+ and have participating   
   Medicare Advantage or Medicare Supplement plans can unlock the   
   activity benefit offered by these plans and receive a check in the   
   mail to support their membership dues.   
      
   Groupers Chief Executive Officer said. "This partnership is a natural   
   fit because both organizations understand that social connection   
   builds relationships, encourages involvement, and enhances our   
   communities.   
      
   Radio Club of America Announces 2024 Award Recipient.   
      
   Radio Club of America (RCA) recognizes leaders and major contributors   
   to the field of wireless communications. This year, several hams   
   received awards and this particular one today is WA3FET.   
      
   Dr. James Breakall (WA3FET) has received the Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde Award   
   for Innovation in Applied Radio Science and Engineering   
      
   Dr. Breakall began his career as a graduate student at the Arecibo   
   Observatory in Puerto Rico, working on antenna analysis and radar   
   probing of the ionosphere. At LLNL, he and his group worked on the   
   development of the Numerical Electromagnetics Code (NEC), the first   
   sophisticated antenna modelling program.   
      
   Other significant projects that he has worked on were the designs of   
   the HAARP facility in Alaska, both HF facilities at Arecibo, and the   
   Kinstar low profile AM broadcast antenna.   
      
   Dr. Breakall (electrical) and Tim Duffy (mechanical) designed the very   
   popular Ham Radio Skyhawk Yagi antenna, and Dr. Breakall WA3FET is the   
   inventor of the Optimized Wideband Antenna (OWA).   
      
   WEST BENGAL RADIO CLUB DO IT AGAIN.   
      
   A sexagenarian who was sold by his father and step mother in Delhi,   
   52 years ago, has finally found his younger brother, thanks to the   
   ham radio operators of the West Bengal Radio Club.   
      
   The person was identified through cut marks in his back inflicted by   
   his father with a sickle when he was only eight. His father had given   
   him two consecutive blows in his back that resulted in deep cut   
   injuries. After another two years of being unable to bear with the   
   naughtiness of their child, they allegedly sold him in Delhi.   
      
   Presently, the sexagenarian is lodged at a state run home. The home   
   authorities had asked the West Bengal Radio Club- the organisation of   
   ham radio enthusiasts in the state to locate his home. His residence   
   was located and his younger brother was contacted. The younger brother   
   refused to take him back with so many years having passed.   
      
   The ham radio operators contacted the district magistrate and sought   
   his intervention.   
      
   Finally, the younger brother has agreed to take his elder brother back   
   home. The district administration has assured of taking measures so   
   that the elder brother gets share of his deceased fathers property.   
      
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   OPERATIONAL NEWS - A FELIX VK4FUQ PRESENTATION   
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   NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2024   
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   THIS WEEKEND - ON NOW   
      
   The CQ World Wide DX RTTY Contest concludes at 2359UTC on Sunday   
   (29).   
      
   Using RTTY on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the   
   exchange is signal report and your CQ Zone.   
      
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   Oceania DX Contest   
      
   Folks, it is time once more to warm up your linears and tune your antennas as   
   next weekend marks the 79th running of the Oceania DX Phone Contest. The   
   contest, which starts at 0600Hrs UTC on October 5th, is open to all amateurs   
   on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m, and is a great opportunity to put Oceania on   
      
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