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   As you are aware, the news team and I are always keen to receive submissions   
   from you about your YOTA related activities in amateur radio.   
      
      
   Last week I have received a VK YOTA submission related to the John Moyle   
   Memorial Field Day.   
      
      
   John VK1JP, Marley VK1MOO, with Andrea and Livvy headed out to Crookwell to   
   make up a team that operated from their campsite.   
      
      
   The team was overseen by Ollie VK1OP, who could be heard from time to time   
   barking orders in the background.   
      
      
   I have been told that this year's contest was a success for that team, filled   
   with laughter, teamwork, and a shared passion for amateur radio.   
      
      
   Andrea has sent to me a written article and a couple photos which I will   
   submit for Issue 3 of AR Magazine.   
      
      
   So please read more about this great YOTA related experience the team had   
   when Issue 3 is published.   
      
      
   And make sure you send in your VK YOTA news!   
      
   For WIA National News, I am Alec VK2MV in Sydney. Now back to you Col.   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO   
      
   A new mobile operations centre has just become available in New Zealand   
   to be deployed for emergency communications when disaster strikes.   
   We have details from Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.   
      
   "The new mobile Emergency Operations Centre of the Manawat District Council   
   was years in the making. Recently unveiled to the public at Family Fun Day in   
   Victoria Park, Feilding, the EOC was a concept in administrators' minds for   
   quite some time. They recognised for a long time that a transportable EOC was   
   essential for Civil Defence emergencies in a region that has a large rural   
   population. Until now, the district's urban-based EOC was all everyone had.   
      
      
   The mobile EOC can be trailered from place to place and set up quickly -   
   usually within a half hour. Once in place, it can accommodate as many as 40   
   people and shield them well from winds of up to 100km per hour, or about 62   
   miles an hour.   
      
      
   When discussions began years ago, Cyclone Gabrielle was on people's minds.   
   Hawkes Bay, which is also on the North Island, suffered terribly during the   
   2023 storm but mobile coordination centres responded quickly there, creating   
   a tent city for communications and other assistance.   
      
      
   The NZ Net newsletter quoted Mayor Helen Worboys, who praised the new EOC and   
   the promise it brings in times of crisis. She said [quote]: "In times of   
   emergency, every second counts, and having a mobile, highly equipped response   
   unit like this will make a tremendous difference in our ability to coordinate   
   effectively and deploy resources quickly. [endquote]   
      
      
   This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF."   
   As the newsletter editors also noted in their report, the new mobile EOC will   
   be ideal for next year's Field Day operations.   
      
   (newsline2473)   
   RSM statement on streaming emergency services.   
      
   Still in New Zealand, their regulator, Radio Spectrum Management (RSM) are   
   increasingly being informed about emergency services radiocommunications   
   being streamed on social media platforms or other websites.   
      
   Not only is this type of activity illegal in ZL but it can also aid criminal   
   activity and hinder the maintenance of the law.   
      
   A reminder for our cousins "across the ditch". Any person receiving a   
   radiocommunication and knowing it is not intended for that person, then   
   uses, reproduces or discloses that radiocommunication, commits an offence   
   against the Radiocommunications Act 1989. New Zealand Legislation.   
   This time each year, National Weather Service Forecast Offices throughout   
   the USA hold Severe Weather Awareness weeks in their respective regions to   
   educate the public about the dangers of severe weather and the importance of   
   being prepared. This time around they are using special event station N 0 A   
   to do the same within the amateur radio community.   
      
   Skywarn Youth Net is operating this special event under callsign N0A.   
   The event aims to educate hams about severe weather awareness.   
   N0A is active on HF across 80m, 40m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, and 10m and is   
   utilizing both SSB and FT8 modes.   
      
   The event which started March 17 runs until March 31.   
      
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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   
      
   VK4 - Redcliffe & Districts Radio Club REDFEST April 12 at   
   Deception Bay North State School.                     (wiacal)   
      
   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)   
   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   
   in the story, say something like "and myself, Pat, vk11abc"   
      
   Promote your local rebroadcast; details on   
   wia.org.au/members/broadcast/contribute/   
      
   A reminder when supplying HamFest info we obviously can't   
   plug DEALS from commercial traders "on air", but we at the   
   WIA will put your supporters 'goods' in this text edition   
   "no worries."   
      
   We will not give blatant 'plugs' to raffles, be it raffles   
   at the event or "on-line".   
      
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   Oh... and to contact us with your news because   
   If It Matters To You It Matters To Us!   
   Click the links below to download the most recent edition of   
   National News, BUT this is ONLY the backup site!   
      
   WIANEWS backup thanks to Brendan VK4BLP can be found on   
   wiaq.org.au   
      
   BACKUPS OF THE BACKUP!!  thanks to Tony VK7AX   
   www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/   
      
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