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   passion, reaching out most especially to young adult readers.   
      
   In her latest book, released September 5th, Lorilyn shows yet another   
   dimension of her work, one that is reflected in its title   
   "Eighth Dimension - Frequency."   
      
   This is a work of fantasy fiction. It's the story of a teenager who gains   
   fluency as an amateur radio operator but off the air, struggles to   
   communicate as a caregiver for her mother who has dementia. The young girl,   
   named Chumana, believes that her faith and her future have been shattered and   
   she questions why things happen as they do in this universe.   
      
      
   Like Lorilyn, the protagonist at the core of this tale is a communicator - a   
   gift that serves her well as she begins to make some unusual and unexpected   
   connections via the digital modes.   
      
      
   Lorilyn told our US sister service, Newsline in an email, that her hope is   
   that young readers will discover amateur radio - and something more - by   
   hearing Chumana's story. In fact, perhaps they will end up   
      
   "on the same frequency."   
   (newsline2498)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO   
      
   The RSGB has issued a note re the intense flooding in East Malaysia.   
      
   Although last Monday, 15th, it still would be prudent to adhere to the   
   request from the Malaysian Amateur Radio  Transmitters Society's   
   Disaster Management Committee to keep 7.110MHz free for use by teams   
   helping in the flooded area of  Papar District, Sabah.   
      
   In one California county, radios are becoming more and more of a safety net.   
      
   In Sonoma County, California, floods, wildfires and earthquakes are among the   
   best reasons for becoming a radio operator. With that in mind, the county's   
   Department of Emergency Management has entered the second year of a   
   three-year program that includes helping more Sonoma Springs area residents   
   to get licensed and get on the air. The initiative has been funded through a   
   $70,000 federal grant.   
      
      
   Emergency management officials are now preparing for training sessions in   
   October that will prepare area residents for an exam leading toward a license   
   to use handheld radios, especially at times when cellular telephone networks   
   fail. The radios are part of General Mobile Radio Services, or GMRS, a   
   licensed service operating between 462 MHz and 467 MHz. The county is   
   coordinating with amateur radio operators in the North Bay Communications   
   Cooperative and its Auxiliary Communications System. The goal is to   
   coordinate frequencies so that the GMRS users can work seamlessly within the   
   broader emergency communications system.   
      
      
   No matter what happens, you have something that will work.   
   says Nancy Brown, Emergency management specialist.   
      
   The focus is on residents in the community of Sonoma Springs, which is   
   classified as an evacuation zone when there are wildfires.   
      
      
   The county's program can supply as many as 175 of the radios to participants   
   who successfully complete the program.   
      
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   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 - Central Highlands Amateur Radio Club HamFest and AGM 26 Sept.   
   at Maraboon Powerboat & Ski Club near Emerald Central Queensland.   
   (wiacal)   
      
   VK2 - Westlakes Field Day 8am October 26 on club grounds. (vk2wi)   
      
   VK4 -Townsville Amateur Radio Club's Cardwell Gathering Field Day   
   October 3 at Meunga Creek Caravan Park & Camp             (wiacal)   
      
   VK5 - AREG's Amateur Radio & Electronics Sale Sunday 26th October   
   at David Roche Park, Kilburn                          (VK5QI)   
      
   VK - VKFF National Get Together October 24-27 Canberra.   (vk5pas)   
      
   VK4 - Qtech2025 a two-day conference Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd   
   November at Kedron-Wavell RSL                          (vk4uh)   
      
   VK4 - GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY  2025 HAMFEST NOV 9   
   Country Paradise Parklands 231 Beaudesert Nerang Road. (vk4dmh)   
      
   VK7 - Miena HamFest Saturday Nov.15 10am (my-ee-nah)        (vk7news)   
      
   VK3 - Rosebud RadioFest, Eastbourne Primary School, Rosebud (wiacal)   
   November Sixteen.   
      
   VK2 - PICTON HAMFEST November 23 Picton Show Ground 8AM     (vk2xqx)   
   VK8 - Darwin Amateur Radio Club Xmas Party 6:30pm Dec 3     (wiacal)   
      
   VK - Dec 7 WIA Affiliated Clubs briefing webinar           (wiacal)   
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   VK - WIA AGM May 2 at 2pm Albury VK2                          (wiacal)   
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