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   Searching through bushes, between rocks, under benches and near trees,   
   15 high school students and 10 undergraduates combed Cornells campus   
   in search of hidden transmitters as part of a digital fox hunt.   
   Cornell is a private, Ivy League university in New York state.   
      
   Wondering how he could encourage students to consider microchip design   
   as a career, Mohamed I. Ibrahim, assistant professor in electrical and   
   computer engineering, decided to try a fox hunt competition, in which   
   teams of students working together tried to find 10 hidden transmitters   
   using handheld spectrum analysers.   
      
   The competition was planned by Ibrahim and a group that included   
   members of Cornell Custom Silicon Systems (C2S2)  a student project   
   team dedicated to semiconductor design and building.   
      
   tinyurl.com/yc3n9rss   
      
   (eHam)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER   
   AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org   
      
   For Voyager 1, there was another disturbing incidence of radio silence   
   all over again.   
      
   A shutdown in October of the X-band radio transmitter left the space   
   probe unable to communicate with the Deep Space Network. The mission   
   team linked the problem to a command that had been sent to turn on one   
   of Voyager's heaters. The team believes the command somehow activated   
   the spacecraft's fault-protection system which conserves its power that   
   lowered the rate of data transmission and shut off the X-band   
   transmitter, instead engaging the S-band transmitter.   
      
   This S-band transmission, which has a fainter signal than X-band and   
   consumes less power, had not been used by the space team since 1981.   
   The flight team was not certain the S-band could be detected at Earth   
   due to the spacecrafts distance, but engineers with the Deep Space   
   Network were able to find it. The old S-band transmitter has turned in   
   a reliable performance since October 24th, even from the distance of   
   more than 24 billion kilometres, from Earth, and will remain in use   
   while the team continues its troubleshooting.   
      
   (newsline 2454)   
   NASA has launched LignoSat, a wooden satellite built by Japanese   
   researchers.   
      
   It was successfully sent to the International Space Station and is a   
   a partnership between Kyoto University and Japanese home-building   
   company, Sumitomo Forestry. It is expected to be released into orbit   
   about 400 km, above the Earth and is named ignoSat, an experiment using   
   space-grade wood to build environmentally friendly satellites.   
      
   Meanwhile, New Zealand has been busy with its WISA Woodsat, a   
   1-kilogram amateur radio satellite built in Finland. When launched by   
   rocket, it is expected to reach an orbit about 550 km above Earth.   
   (sourced to newsline 2454)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA   
   iota-world.org/   
   AF-017 RODRIGUES ISLAND   
      
   M 0 CFW will be active as 3B9/M0CFW from Rodrigues Island   
   17-27 November. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW  Contest   
   as 3B9KW.   
      
   QSLs via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS.   
      
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   AF-049 Mauritius.   
      
   3B8M will again be active M/M in CQWWCW 2024.   
      
   The CQ WW CW CONTEST is NEXT weekend as Felix mentioned earlier today.   
   (Zero hundred hours UTC Saturday ending the Sunday at 2359hrs.)   
      
   This will be a field-day style operation.   
      
   All antennas and stations have to be erected and assembled and then   
   taken down in a few days around the contest weekend. Antennas at 3B8M   
   are all vertical wires on Spiderbeam poles and next to the Indian Ocean   
   with an unobstructed take-off in most directions   
      
   On 160 a top loaded vertical (umbrella) is used, on 80 an inverted-L   
   and on 40 a vertical dipole. The 40m antenna is out in the lagoon on a   
   rock. For 20, 15 and 10 VDAs are used and also omni vertical dipoles.   
   Their VDAs are typically 2-element vertical dipole arrays   
   (vertical yagis).   
      
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   SA-004 HD8CW & HC5CW/8 Galapagos ( San Cristobal Island )   
   19th- 28th November on HF Bands, CW, SSB, FT8.   
   Qsl via M0OXO OQRS   
      
   (dx world)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS LOW DOWN   
      
   On December 1st, 1924, the VLF transmitter, with call sign "SAQ" at Grimeton   
   Radio Station, was put into commercial operation, with transmissions across   
   the Atlantic ocean, to the receiving station at Riverhead and the replying   
   transmitter station at Rocky Point, both on Long Island, NY, USA.   
      
      
   To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its original transmission across the   
   Atlantic Ocean, Grimeton Radio Station will activate its original call sign   
   (SAQ) and transmit a CW message on December 1st. The CW message will transmit   
   on 17.2 kHz at 10:00 UTC using an alternating current generator.   
      
      
   09:20 UTC Live YouTube broadcast begins.   
   09:30 UTC Start-up of the Alternator.   
   10:00 UTC Transmission of a message   
   Test transmissions are scheduled for November 29th.   
      
   An amateur radio station will also be commemorating the event with call sign   
   SK6SAQ on the following frequencies:   
      
   3 517.2 kHz CW   
   7 017.2 kHz CW14 017.2 KHz CW   
   3 755 kHz SSB7 140 kHz SSB   
   (ard)   
      
   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   
   JOINING US IS VK2COD ALAN   
      
   Thank you Bruce   
      
   A new IARU Award for YOTAs!   
      
   During the August 2023 IARU Region 3 Directors meeting held in Tokyo, it was   
   suggested and supported that a new Award for YOTAs be created.   
      
      
   The Award should be given in recognition for an outstanding contribution to   
   Amateur Radio to an individual who is under 25 years old.   
      
      
   This Award wants to encourage excellence from all YOTA programs and   
   individuals from around the world, to help recognise the importance of young   
   people and their contributions to the Amateur Radio Service.   
      
      
   It is at the sole discretion of the IARU Administrative Council on what   
   approach they use to select the recipient of the award.   
      
      
   Most importantly, this Award was created in recognition of our very own WIA   
   member, Peter Young VK3MV!   
      
      
   It is known as the PETER YOUNG, VK3MV, IARU YOUTH EXCELLENCE AWARD   
      
   Peter worked for 59 years of his professional career in the   
   radiocommunications field.   
      
      
   He was elected to the Board of the Wireless Institute of Australia in 2006   
   and held a board position until he stepped down in 2012.   
      
      
   He did continue as the WIA Regulatory Counsel.   
      
   Peter was recently awarded honorary life membership of the WIA, which was   
   very much well deserved.   
      
      
   I wish I could give Peters resume the full justice it deserves, so please   
   read about more of Peters impressive achievements on the WIA page ink in our   
   text edition of this weeks news.   
      
      
   Well done Peter and a big congratulations from myself, the WIA News Team, the   
   WIA Board, and all the WIA members!   
      
      
   For VK1WIA National News, I am Alan, VK2COD in Sydney, now back to you Bruce.   
      
   wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2024/20241106-3/index.php   
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   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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   TODAY   
      
   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)   
      
   VK4 - GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY  2025 HAMFEST NOV 9  (vk4dmh)   
      
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