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   AS-169 Arnala Island.   
      
   The DX India Foundation will be active as AU 2 M during May 29-June 1.   
   This is a rare opportunity for IOTA enthusiasts around the world to log   
   this highly sought-after entity, currently the most wanted IOTA in India!   
      
   Situated on India's west coast the nearest major coastal city is Mumbai.   
      
   (DX-world)   
      
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   EU-012 Shetland.   
      
   Four operators G4AFF, G0DWW, M0NKR and G4LPP from Norfolk Amateur Radio Club   
   will be travelling to Shetland and will be active from July 23  28.   
   An entry in the RSGB IOTA contest July 26-27 is included.   
   Operation from 80 to 10 meter with a station on 6m & 4m  CW/SSB and   
   Digital modes.   
      
   (DX-world)   
      
   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   
      
   Not too many my age reach becoming Amateur Radio Hams here in VK if we go by   
   PR releases by Aussie Ham Clubs.   
      
   Over in "the land of the free" ten-year-old Lee Allen, a fifth-grade student   
   at Gentry Intermediate School with a mind to remember technical details,   
   earned his amateur radio technician class license, receiving his official   
   FCC license and call sign, KJ 5 KXW, on April 15.   
      
   Al passed his licensing exam just 3 days prior. After taking a technician   
   class offered by the Bella Vista Radio Club, he came up short in his first   
   attempts to pass the test but continued his studies and reviewed by taking   
   practice tests in the lead-up to retaking the exam. The technician class   
   license is the entry-level license in amateur radio in the USA. To pass the   
   exam, candidates must demonstrate a basic understanding of radio wave   
   propagation, FCC rules and regulations governing the amateur radio service,   
   basic electrical principles, antenna theory, radio operating procedures   
   and safety practices.   
      
   (eHam)   
   Still in the USA and a reminder there that a Youth on the Air Junior Camp,   
   is making its debut this year for amateur radio operators under the age of   
   15.   
      
   Applicants must have a valid US ham radio license and will be expected to   
   attend with a parent or guardian who needn't have a license themselves.   
      
   This is a three-day version of the YOTA region wide camps for older   
   youngsters and is modelled after the Kids on the Air program in   
   IARU Region 1.   
      
   It will take place in July at the Voice of America Museum in Ohio.   
      
   For details visit yota.org.   
   (newsline2477)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO   
   THE SUMMIT OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS   
      
   Emergency preparedness comes in many shapes. It can be an organized drill, a   
   regularly scheduled net or, as three hams in California recently found out,   
   it can be as simple as leaving your 2-meter rig on and monitoring it. Ralph   
   Squillace brings us this week's final story - a tale of rescue following   
   serious injury on a snow-encrusted SOTA summit..   
      
      
   RALPH: Greg Davidson, KF6CNS, recalls sitting in his garage with a friend in   
   late March when a call for help came over on the 2-meter simplex calling   
   frequency. Vincent LeVeque KF6FLJ had been hoping for a day of SOTA on Mt.   
   Williamson in the Angeles National Forest when his hike ended in a 150-foot   
   slide down the hillside and a bone-breaking crash into a tree. Vincent had   
   dropped his mobile phone; his emergency beacon had little power remaining -   
   but he was able to call for help on his handy talkie. Greg received that call   
   50 miles away thanks to a large commercial antenna at home. His immediate   
   telephone outreach eventually led him to Will Richards KJ6JJB, operations   
   leader of county sheriff's Montrose Search & Rescue. Will dispatched a   
   helicopter and stayed on the phone with Greg who was maintaining radio   
   contact with Vincent. Pinning down the location's coordinates precisely posed   
   a challenge for the helicopter but Vincent was soon spotted, his bright   
   orange windbreaker !   
      
   standing   
   out against the snow.   
      
   Vincent told Newsline he was airlifted to the nearest trauma centre for   
   surgery on his femur and he is now recovering. He said Greg's attentiveness   
   to the calling frequency that day may well have saved his life. Will quickly   
   noted, however, that Vincent himself did some emergency preparedness too: the   
   dashboard of his parked car held a map of his intended hiking route --	and   
   another option to track him down. He said that both Vincent and Greg "did   
   everything right."   
      
      
   This is Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.   
      
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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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   2025   
      
   VK - WIA AGM May 3 - 4. Hosted by Bendigo Amateur Radio & Electronics   
   Club and their Technology Expo                   (vk3gtv/wiacal)   
      
   VK2 - Solitary Islands Beach/Park-Fest for POTA 3 & 4 May   
   parksontheair.com/                                       (vk4kc)   
      
   VK3 - Moorabbin and District Amateur Radio clubs HamFest 10am May 10 (vk3gl)   
   VK2 - Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club's 49th Annual Field Day Weekend   
   at Wauchope Showground Hall June 7 and 8          (wiacal)   
      
   VK5 - SERG Convention and Fox Hunting Championship June 7 and 8   
   At Scout Hall in Mt. Gambier                        (vk5dj)   
      
   VK  - Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association 50th anniversary   
   Glen Waverly July 26 president@alara.org              (vk2ayl)   
      
   VK5 - AREG's Amateur Radio & Electronics Sale Sunday 26th October   
   at David Roche Park, Kilburn                            (VK5QI)   
      
   VK4 - GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY  2025 HAMFEST NOV 9  (vk4dmh)   
   Country Paradise Parklands 231 Beaudesert Nerang Road.   
      
   VK3-  Rosebud RadioFest, Eastbourne Primary School, Rosebud (wiacal)   
   November Sixteen.   
      
   VK8 - Darwin Amateur Radio Club DARC Xmas Party 6:30pm Dec 3    (wiacal)   
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