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   scroll through to about the 21 minute mark in the 35 minute video clip to   
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   kids from Girton Grammar.   
      
   (audio intensive sample of contact 60 seconds)   
      
   wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2025/20250505-1/index.php   
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   INTERNATIONAL NEWS is with thanks to Amateur Radio Daily, ARRL, DX-WORLD,   
   eHam, Hackaday, IARU, ICQPodcast, IRTS, NEWSLINE, NZART, RAC,   
   Radioworld.com, RSGB, SARL and the World Wide sources of the WIA.   
   CITY POLICE STATIONS PREPARE TO ADD AMATEUR RADIO   
      
   In West Bengal, India, law enforcement officials in one city are adding   
   amateur   
      
   radio shacks to police stations. Now they are busy getting volunteers trained   
   and   
      
   licensed to use them. Who better than our Editor Graham Kemp VK4BB to wrap   
   his   
      
   tongue around these names as . well.. he did spend a year or so undercover in   
   the   
      
   sub-continent.   
   "Two months of ham radio training began in late April for civic volunteers   
   who   
      
   assist at the 26 police stations throughout the city of Barrackpore. The   
   sessions   
      
   are being conducted by Srayan Mondal, VU3ZHF, Pashupati Mondal, VU3ODQ,   
   Dipak Chakraborty VU2TLW and Jayanta Baidya VU2TFR -- all members of the   
   West Bengal Radio Club.   
      
   The training is designed to prepare the volunteers for the exam leading to   
   the ham   
      
   radio certificate from the Ministry of Telecommunications. Radio shacks are   
   expected to be set up at each of the 26 police stations and the police   
   central   
      
   office.   
      
   The police commissioner told local media that adding wireless communication   
   to the   
      
   various modes used by law enforcement will be especially helpful for disaster   
   response."   
   Prasanna Waichal, Scientist and holder of call sign VU 3 OOI,   
   Predicts Earthquakes with Radio Waves:   
      
   Despite advances in sciences, earthquake is a natural phenomenon that cannot   
   be predicted accurately. There is also no way of preventing the natural   
   occurrence that has struck several parts of the world in the recent past.   
   However, a researcher from Kolhapur has been studying radio waves under the   
   earth to predict earthquakes at a laboratory he has set up.   
      
   The estimates of Prasanna Waichal have proved to be accurate in the last   
   six years. Waichal holds a master's degree in electronics and has more than   
   25 years of work experience in industrial research and development for   
   design and development of specialized and strategic electronics systems and   
   academic teaching and research at post-graduate levels, both in India and   
   abroad.   
   Chinese researchers have designed a compact, high-performance antenna that   
   can   
      
   seamlessly integrate into modern stealth aircraft, enabling efficient   
   communication   
      
   and navigation without compromising radar invisibility or aerodynamic   
   performance.   
      
      
   As stealth capabilities and aerodynamic performance become essential, modern   
   combat   
      
   aircraft are being designed with flatter profiles to minimise their radar   
   signature   
      
   and improve aerodynamic efficiency.   
      
   Currently, antennas as small as 5 mm can be built into the surface of   
   aircraft,   
      
   however, these antennas typically operate within a narrow frequency range of   
   2.32.5 GHz.   
      
   Researchers from the Southwest China Institute of Electronic Technology and   
   the   
      
   University of Electronic Science and Technology of China have now introduced   
   an   
      
   omnidirectional circular ring antenna that is both ultra-wideband and low   
   profile.   
      
   Their work has been published in the Journal of Electronic Science and   
   Technology.   
      
      
   We propose an airborne ultra-wideband circular ring conformal array antenna   
   based   
      
   on the typical tightly coupled ultra-wideband long slot element and   
   traditional   
      
   miniaturisation methods of omnidirectional antennas, said team leader   
   Associate Professor Feng Yang,   
   The FCC has announced that the Office of Management and Budget has approved,   
   for 3 years, the information-collection requirement of the Commissions   
   March 29 Report and Order that spelled out Amateur Radio service rules for   
   the two new US bands  630 meters and 2200 meters.   
      
   Notice of the action is now in the Federal Register.   
      
   Before using either band, stations must notify the Utilities Technology   
   Council (UTC), that they plan to do so, and if UTC does not respond within   
   30 days, they may then commence operation.   
      
   If you are planning to attend Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen this June, you'll   
   be asked to consider some remote possibilities. In this case "remote" refers   
   to "remote radio," which is the theme of the international amateur radio   
   exhibition this year.   
      
   The weekend of June 27th will be devoted to the usual in-person contacts   
   between old friends, with plenty of workshops, seminars and new-product   
   displays in the mix of activities. The motto for this year's exhibition in   
   Germany, however, is all about NOT being there.   
      
   The theme of "Remote Radio - Connecting the World" focuses on how radio   
   operators are no longer required to be in the same place as their equipment   
   in order to transmit successfully. This kind of remote operation has already   
   been demonstrated in a number of high-profile DXpeditions using the   
   Radio-in-a-Box. These stations are controlled remotely over the Internet,   
   opening up more opportunities for those who wish to experiment and allowing   
   DXpeditions to take place in environmentally sensitive areas where human   
   presence is forbidden or restricted.   
      
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   OPERATIONAL NEWS - A FELIX VK4FUQ PRESENTATION   
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   NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2025   
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   May 17/18 is the Sangster Shield.   
      
   QRP CW on 80m, wind back the rig to 5W and give it a go.   
      
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   Don Edwards memorial slow Morse contest May 17 - 18   
   A reminder that the Don Edwards memorial slow Morse contest is on the   
   weekend after Mother's Day - 80m on the evening of Saturday 17th May and   
   40m  the afternoon of Sunday 18.   
      
   sgars.org   
      
   (vk2emu/vk2winews)   
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   VK Shires Contest  7th - 8th June 2025   
      
   wia.org.au/members/contests/wavks/   
      
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   NZ Straight Key Night   
      
   Next New Zealand Straight Key Night will be held Sunday 8 June   
   from 9pm to 10pm NZDT (0800 to 0900 UTC) on 80 metres.   
      
   Polish and lubricate that old morse key and enjoy an evening of   
   old-time radio fun.   
      
   Straight Key Night is an informal event which honours the roots of   
   amateur radio: Morse Code sent with a straight key (no bugs,   
   sideswipers, keyers or keyboards).   
      
   When.   
   Winter SKN is the second Sunday in June, 8-9pm NZ time.   
   Summer SKN is always the first Sunday in December, 9-10pm NZ time.   
      
   SKN honours the original amateur radio mode in an easy-going style.   
   Operators send signal report, name, location, type of key, type of   
   transmitter and power output. Stations are limited to 100W output   
   power.   
      
   SKN is not a contest - but the operator who gets the most votes for the   
   quality of their sending will win the Bruce Scahill Best Fist Award.   
   This certificate honours Bruce ZL1BWG (SK), who was a dedicated   
   supporter of SKN. Please email your nomination to ZL1NZ within one week   
   following the event.   
      
   (Neil ZL1NZ, SKN Manager)   
      
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   VHF UHF Field Days   
      
   Contest Manager Roger Harrison VK2ZRH.   
      
   Winter 2025   
   Saturday 21 June through Sunday 22 June   
      
   The Field Days provide VHF-UHF operators with the opportunity to "head for   
   the hills" and see how far distant and how many stations they can work.   
   The Field Days have separate sections for single and multiple operator   
      
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