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2023 OCTOBER 15 VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA
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THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK

THIS LINK IS A VIDEO VERSION OF NEWS COMPILED BY VK5BD BEVAN
tinyurl.com/WIA-News-Videos

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NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING OCT 15 2023
IN OUR 28th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS

THIS WEEK:-

Along with AR Magazine Editor in Chief Roger Harrison VK2ZRH the
'Williams's join us. -

WIA President Scott Williams VK3KJ covers two items, Election of
Directors and Call for Nominations, also, an additional 1-year
complementary membership if you have not been a WIA member in the
past. -

WIA Past Director John Williams VK4JJW with ACMA news on how our
regulator is taking a second look at how microwave frequencies

PLUS MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF
NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA
I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB
Hi there, this is WIA Director and President Scott WilliamsVK3KJ and welcome
to the broadcast this week.

This week, I will just quickly cover two items, Election of Directors - Call
for Nominations and also, an additional 1-year complementary membership if
you have not been a WIA member in the past.

Election of Directors Call for Nominations

A notice will be published in the November / December edition of the
Institute's magazine "Amateur Radio" calling for nominations from members for
election to join the Board of Directors of the WIA.

Three directors retire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting
which will be held in May 2024, namely Lee Moyle VK3GK, Chris Dimitrijevic
VK3FY and Steven Green VK2TSG. Each retiring director is eligible for
re-election.

A director must be a voting member of the WIA and must hold an Australian
amateur radio license and a Company Director Identification Number.

A nomination form is available on the WIA web site and at the link in the
text version of this broadcast.

Candidate information will be posted online and emailed to members.
Members are requested to ensure that their email address is correctly
recorded on the WIA membership register to ensure emails are not delivered to
incorrect addresses.

Delivery to the Returning Officer may be made by hand when the WIA national
office is open or by mail to the Returning Officer. Detailed delivery
information is available in the text version of this broadcast.

Delivery to the Returning Officer may be made by hand when the WIA national
office is open at:

Wireless Institute of Australia National Office Unit 2011-13 Havelock Road
BayswaterVictoria 3153
or by mail to:
The Returning Officer
Wireless Institute of AustraliaPO Box 2042
BayswaterVictoria 3153
tinyurl.com/2s4adws

Nominations received by facsimile, email or by other electronic means cannot
be accepted.

This communique is Authorised by:John Marshall
WIA Returning Officer

1 Year Complimentary Membership

GOT A NEW LICENCE? 1-Year Additional Membership on us!

If you have received an Amateur Operators Certificate of Proficiency:

(AOCP) Foundation, Standard or Advanced

at any time since 1st January 2018, or if you are an Amateur Radio Operator,
SWL or other interested party and at any time have not previously been a
member of the WIA, you may be eligible for an additional 1- year membership
extension to your first years WIA membership subscription* at no additional
cost.

If this is you, or someone you know, all that is needed is to complete a WIA
membership application form (hard or soft copy) along with a copy of the
relevant AOCP qualification (or equivalent if applicable) showing the date of
qualification attainment and send them to the WIA head office for processing.

This can also be forwarded by email to : nationaloffice@wia.org.au

Join now and start receiving all the benefits of WIA membership.

This has been Scott Williams, WIA President for this weeks news.
ACMA

In the past 10 days or so we all received an via email from ACMA.
Our regulator is taking a second look at how microwave frequencies
are being used in light of growing competition for those parts of
the band.

John Williams VK4JJW brings us an update as he originally did for
ARNewsLine

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released its
five-year spectrum outlook which acknowledges possible changes in the
range between 2.3002.302 GHz where we amateur radio operators have
privileges on a secondary basis for activities that include
earth-moon-earth operations. Primary use is allocated to fixed and
mobile services. The ACMA notes in its report that there are competing
interests for the 2.3 GHz band, including for wireless broadband.
The ACMA expects to address that in next year's report.

Meanwhile, the regulator is scrutinizing the middle of the band between
3.4 GHz and 4.0 GHz. This is an effort to accommodate 5G services as
they are rolled out in the country. The ACMA is also looking to add
three bands: The extended L band at 1.5 GHz, between 1.5181.525 GHz
and 1.6681.675 GHz and 1.9 GHz, looking toward an allocation of
2 GHz mobile satellite service from 1.9802.005 GHz / 2.1702.195 GHz.

This is John Williams VK4JJW.
Its me again. Roger Harrison VK2ZRH, Editor-in-Chief of Amateur Radio
magazine,.

This month 90 years ago, the first issue of Amateur Radio magazine was
launched. Bearing a bright, bold-red cover, the 24-page issue was
priced at six pence. The WIA President of that era, George Thompson
VK3TH, said that the new magazine satisfied a long-felt want.

Amazingly, that want has never vanished not even during the dark days
of World War 2.

To mark this milestone ON-AIR, the WIA Board obtained a Special Event
call sign VK90AR with which to get on the bands and make some
noise. The call sign is for use by any member of the WIA as well as any
affiliated club.

Getting to use VK90AR is a simple process.

Apply on the WIA website Online Event Calendar, where you can book a
roster to suit yourself.

wia.org.au/newsevents/events/submit/index.php

If you already know where that is, go straight there. Otherwise, look
up the news item featured prominently on the WIA website home page.

VK90AR expires on 31 December 2023. So, get online, book a roster, and
dont miss out.

wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2023/20230921-1/index.php

Thats it from me. Im Roger Harrison VK2ZRH for VK1WIA News.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS With thanks to IARU, RSGB, RAC,
ARRL, NZART, eHam, AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE, eHam,
Radioworld.com, Hackaday and the World Wide sources of your WIA.

The sun is about to lose something important:

Its magnetic poles.

Recent measurements by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory reveal a
rapid weakening of magnetic fields in the polar regions of the sun.
North and south magnetic poles are on the verge of disappearing.
This will lead to a complete reversal of the sun's global magnetic
field perhaps before the end of 2023.

If this were happening on Earth, there would be widespread alarm.
Past reversals of our planet's magnetic field have been linked to
calamities ranging from sudden climate change to the extinction of
Neanderthals. On the sun, it's not so bad.

"In fact, it's routine," says a solar physicist at Stanford University.
"This happens every 11 years (more or less) when we're on the verge of
Solar Maximum."
REGION ONE

French authorities have received a software update from Apple for its
iPhone 12 and are reviewing it as a fix for a radiation issue, a source
at the French digital ministry has told Reuters.

Apple pledged to update the software to defuse a row over radiation
levels from iPhone 12 handsets, after France suspended sales of the
model following tests it said found breaches of radiation exposure
limits.

France had threatened to seek a product recall if Apple had refused
to do a software update.

The radiation warning in France was based on results of tests that
differ from those carried out in other countries.

Industry experts said there were no safety risks as regulatory limits,
based on the risk of burns or heatstroke from the phone's radiation,
were set well below levels where scientists have found evidence of
harm.

Apple launched the iPhone 15 earlier this month and the iPhone 12 is
not available to buy from Apple directly. It can, however, be bought
from third parties that have inventory, or trade old phones.

Back in our October One edition of WIA National News we told how a
RSGB Board Member was planning on activating 10 summits out on some
remote Scottish Islands.

Now comes word RSGB Board Director Ben Lloyd, GW4BML will climb some
of these WITH his partner and fellow radio amateur Martha, AND their
TWO-year-old daughter Lyra.

This Summits on the Air (SOTA) challenge combines Bens favourite
hobbies of amateur radio and hiking, but it also sometimes brings
with it adverse weather conditions and the need to reach remote islands
by KYACK!