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   If none of the transmission times suit you, you can download the audio   
   file at any time from today (Sunday) from the clubs website   
      
   Tune in tomorrow for the October RAOTC bulletin, enjoy the program and   
   please join in the call backs afterwards.   
      
   73 from Clive VK6CSW.   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS - YOTA   
   (Youngsters On The Air)   
   facebook.com/yotaregion2   
   facebook.com/groups/YOTAOC/   
   youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA   
   twitter.com/hamyota   
   ham-yota.com   
   Hot on the heels of VK3MV Alex's article in this months AR Magazine   
   re maybe a youth section in the RD contest for 2025 comes news from   
   the Oceania DX Contest committee. Four yes 4 new late awards have been   
   added to the Oceania contest this year!   
      
   Youth MultiOp Phone and CW awards   
      
   Youth Phone and CW Single op awards.   
      
   The Oceania DX committee has been scrambling to get everything in   
   place to bring these important awards to life for the 2024 contest and   
   welcome the opportunity to promote youth in amateur radio and they   
   hope that we have a great contest!   
      
   (text only story)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO   
      
   With hundreds of people still missing in Western North Carolina and   
   little communication from those hard-hit areas, people in the Triangle   
   are desperate to find missing loved ones.   
      
   While communication's been nearly non-existent in some areas since the   
   storm, ham radio operators are stepping in to help where they can.   
      
   >From his Johnston County Home, Van Lee can communicate with people all   
   over the world. He says ham radio can be a lifeline when disaster   
   strikes. "We don't need infrastructure. We can take a small low power   
   radio and some wire you know how to build an antenna and get on the   
   air," he explained. They can get messages to operators in Western   
   North Carolina, relaying names and addresses of people who are   
   missing, and in some cases, getting information back to their worried   
   families.   
      
   Richard VK2SKY has more:-   
   A few days ago, the Scanner Radio app on my phone notified me that   
   over two thousand people were monitoring W4HTP, a two metre repeater   
   in Charlotte NC.   
      
   Tuning in via Broadcastify, I found an active emergency net, being   
   run very capably by Daniel K2DMG. Many Amateurs have been checking   
   into this net, providing welfare checks on local residents and   
   relaying messages to loved ones outside the area by means of   
   Amateur Radio.   
      
   Meanwhile, on HF, the Tar Heel Emergency Net, part of North Carolina   
   ARES, has been active with nets providing longer haul communications   
   out of the area.   
      
   North Carolina, Tennessee, and surrounding areas have been very badly   
   affected by Hurricane Helene. With widespread disruption to roads,   
   bridges, power, and communications infrastructure, Amateurs have   
   stepped up and proven once again that when all else fails,   
   Amateur Radio can still get through.   
      
   Links:   
      
   Scanner Radio app:   
   play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scannerradio&hl=en_AU   
      
   W4HTP Broadcastify feed:   
   broadcastify.com/webPlayer/43107   
      
   Tar Heel Emergency Net:   
   ncarrl.org/nets/THEN/   
      
   SKYWARN:   
   weather.gov/skywarn/   
      
   News video interview with K2DMG who has been running that net on the   
   W4HTP repeater: WJZY news interview with Daniel K2DMG:   
   youtube.com/watch?v=3jXb9zwnO70   
      
   73 Richard VK2SKY   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- VHF AND ABOVE.   
      
   In the UK, the RSGB has responded to a recent Ofcom Consultation,   
   which would see new users sharing spectrum within their 2.3GHz   
   amateur band.   
      
   Whilst the new devices may be limited to indoor use, the RSGB has   
   taken the opportunity to highlight concerns regarding the weak signal   
   2320MHz segment.   
      
   In addition, the RSGB has also indicated its wish to review the   
   current restrictions that apply to this band that date back to 2013,   
   when it was subject to Public Sector Spectrum Release.   
      
   The response and background information can be found in the link shown   
   in this weeks WIA NATIONAL NEWS.   
      
   tinyurl.com/mr37cjzy   
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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.   
      
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   VK4 - GOLD COAST HAMFEST OCTOBER 13 at Nerang Country Paradise   
   Parklands 231 Beaudesert-Nerang Road Nerang.        (vk4DMH)   
   GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY  2024 HAMFEST   
      
   Hi there!   
      
   Its HamFest season, and have we got a HamFest for you!   
      
   Not all hamfests are the same.   
      
   The Gold Coast HamFest is renowned for the variety of businesses and   
   other suppliers attending, not to mention the eclectic range of fellow   
   amateurs with great gear to show and sell, plus other ham radio clubs.   
      
   You know what they say about real estate?   
   Location! Location! Location!   
      
   This HamFest is on Queenslands Gold Coast, the hub of ham activity in   
   this part of the world.   
      
   Sunday, October 13 is the date. I repeat  Sunday, October 13.   
      
   Location is  Country Paradise Parklands at 231 Beaudesert Nerang   
   Road, Nerang.   
      
   If youve been before, youll know that location.   
      
   If the Gold Coast HamFest is a new one for you, just google the   
   location. Too easy!   
      
   Entry tickets are five dollars, the same as it has been for years.   
   Doors open to the public from 08:30am.   
   There is on-site parking and everything is under cover.   
   Coming early, or coming late, youll need a snack.   
   Once again we are having the very popular bacon and egg muffins, as   
   well other items from the BBQ.   
      
   To book a table, and for other info, go to gcars.com.au and look for   
   the HamFest tab, or email hamfest@gcars.com.au   
      
   See you at Nerang on Sunday October 13.   
      
   This is Aidan VK4APM for the Gold Coast Amateur Radio Society.   
      
   VK5 - Amateur Radio Experiments Group Radio & Electronics Sale   
   Saturday 26th October 10AM David Roche Park Kilburn  (vk5qi)   
      
   VK7 - Tasmanian Ham Conference November 2 and 3 Hobart.    (vk7news)   
   Held at the Sandy Bay Campus of UTAS.   
      
   VK3 - SPARC Rosebud RadioFest November 17 at Eastbourne Primary   
   School, Allambi Ave. Rosebud.                        (vk3pdg)   
   2025   
      
   VK  - Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association 50th anniversary   
   Glen Waverly July 26 president@alara.org              (vk2ayl)   
      
      
   final final   
   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@wia.org.au   
   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.   
      
   To submit audio, email nationalnews@wia.org.au   
   and send BOTH the audio and the text   
      
   We would appreciate items certainly no longer than 1.5 mts in   
   length as we only have a half hour.   
      
   Remember the sooner you submit material the more the   
   likelihood of it being broadcast in the very next edition of   
   WIA National News.   
      
   Each recorded item will only be broadcast once, if you want a couple   
   of mentions, please submit different slants to keep your   
   event 'fresh' and always if the news room is to read your   
   item --- write it in the 3rd person. (First if YOU are   
   reading your own item).  If you are mentioning your own name / call   
      
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