Wireless Institute of Australia News Netcast

HE'S BACK! - WIA Director Justin Giles-Clark VK7TW. - Angelo VK2NWT with ARISS news. - Andy VK5LA and the 1000th Boat Anchor net. - AND you'll hear from WIA Foundation Licence Award winner Alan Cherry VK2COD with news for the younger "wireless set".

Scott Williams WIA President VK3KJ AGM NOTES. - Henry VK2ZHE President of the Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club. - Peter VK7PD on behalf of the RAOTC. - Alan VK2COD for YOTA.

LAST BROADCAST THIS WIA YEAR! AGM IS NEXT WEEKEND. BUT NEWS WISE THERE'S LOTS IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA AND IT'S FOR WEEK COMMENCING SUNDAY APRIL 26 2026

Angelo VK2NWT WIA Affiliated Clubs Coordinator and ARISS. - WIA Director Giles VK5GK delivers the Directors update.

Roger Harrison VK2ZRH, Editor-in-Chief of Amateur Radio magazine . - Alan VK2COD, YOTA news and his reminder of the VKSUMMIT . - New downloadable EMC leaflet available, Jason VK2LAW tells how . - EI 0 WAAAW for Autism Awareness and VK4FUQ Felix gives us the when and where . - ARISS Outlines Opportunities for Space Station Contacts in 2027 during Operational news this week with Bruce VK3FFF.

IN THE EASTER EDITION OF NATIONAL NEWS THIS WEEK:- John VK3HJQ will talk about a news app QSO-Link. - With all the news re ARTEMIS 2 this week we rewind to the time 2 Amateur Radio Operators Tapped Into a Soviet Frequency. Did They Hear a Woman Burning Alive in Space? - Maybe, just maybe, in honour of Mrs Slocombe we have Cat Pix on the Air celebrating International Cat Day by transmitting images of cats via SSTV. VK3TCM reports on the VENUE and highlights planned for the AGM of the WIA this year . - BUT WAIT - THERE'S MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA AND IT'S FOR WEEK COMMENCING SUNDAY APRIL 5 2026 I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB

WIA DIRECTOR Chris Dimitrijevic VK3FY with the 'where' and 'why-fore's' of the WIA AGM . - WIA's Amateur Radio magazine's Editor in Chief Roger Harrison VK2ZRH . - WIA's National News Service reporter Jason VK2LAW and New Law Protects Ham Radio Antennas, Towers . - WIA's National News Service operational news reporter Felix VK4FUQ and Pirate Hunt . - And, thanks to the NZART, IARU Region 3 holds a QRP day each year and WIA National News reporter Graeme VK3GRK has more on at least one activity planned . -

DOES YOUR CLUB NEED $10,000? WIA GRANTS SCHEME COULKD BE THE ANSWER. - Albury and Wodonga radio club are hosting the WIA AGM it along with VK Summit, a radio exhibition being held over the weekend of May 2 and 3 in Albury. - A long time in the pipeline but it could be a VK call book is getting nearer. - That and more news from the WIA when newly re-elected WIA Director VK3GK Lee joins us.

116 and still going strong. - Word from Justin VK7TW as heard in last weeks VK7WI news.- And news of this weeks NAPLAN disast

Pete Cherry VK2LP, the WIA Returning Officer with all the good numbers. - RSGB President, Bob Beebe, GU4YOX, will be on air for this years Commonwealth Contest next weekend and the WIA's representative on the RSGB's Commonwealth Contest Committee Alan VK4SN will join Felix during his operational news segment. - And March 8 being International Women's Day sees many a contest on air around the world and Michelle VK2AYL from ALARA joins us again this week.

Michelle O'Hare VK2AYL. - Peter VK7PD. - Alan VK2COD. - And a much younger version of our Sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, and that's SUN not SON.

Steven Green, VK2TSG, retiring WIA director. - Pete Cherry, VK2LP, Returning Officer of the WIA. - Nick VK7WW with news of a massive VK7 event planned for VK this year.

Pete Cherry VK2LP the Returning Officer of the WIA. - John VK4JPM, President of the Darling Downs Radio Club accepts the HamChallenge. - BBC launch shortwave radio service for listeners in Iran. - NASA no longer planning a February launch of Artemis 2. - Bush to Beach with Alan VK2COD.

VK2LP Pete Cherry WIA returning officer. - VK3GK Lee Moyle WIA Board candidate. - VK2AYL Michelle VK2AYL from the Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association. - VK5DJ John with news re this years Australian Fox Hunting Championship. - AND IT'S A WELCOME TO ALL OUR NEW LISTENERS TO 107.1 FM Tiaro Community Radio in the Wide Bay, Burnett region of VK4.

Pete Cherry VK2LP the Returning Officer of the Wireless Institute of Australia. - Lee Moyle VK3GK WIA Director. - Roger Harrison VK2ZRH, Editor-in-Chief of Amateur Radio magazine. - Following on from last few weeks "BIOS" of candidates for this years WIA AGM Election we here from Justin VK7TW. - And the tragic news which swept the airwaves this week, the death of Mobile Ones VK4BBX.

ELEVEN (11) IN WIA NATIONAL NEWS THIS WEEK:- Graham VK1GVC. - Alan VK2COD. - Jason VK2LAW. - Angelo VK2NWT. - Chris VK3FY. - Col VK3GTV. - Laurie VK4BLE. - Felix VK4FUQ. - Nick VK7WW. - Peter VK8ZZ. - BUT WAIT - THERE'S MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA AND IT'S FOR WEEK COMMENCING SUNDAY JANUARY 25 2026 I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB REMEMBER WIA NATIONAL NEWS IS FOR RECREATIONAL USE ONLY.

WIA Director and President Scott Williams VK3KJ. - Roger Harrison VK2ZRH, manager of the VHF-UHF Field Days. - CABLES damaged / stolen from Taiwan to Townsville.

WIA RETURNING OFFICR PETE CHERRY VK2LP. - WIA DIRECTORS GILES VK5GK AND LEE VK3GK. - VK4JJW JOINS FELIX IN OPERATIONAL NEWS.- VK2COD JOINS COL IN SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS.

Although no WIA Director this week we do have a prospective director stepping up to the mic. That's Klaus, VK3IU. - We also have Amanda VK1AH Chair and Secretary of the WIA education committee. - And as we head into the first chapter of WIA NATIONAL NEWS for the first broadcast of this new year a reminder of SUMMER VHF-UHF FIELD DAY THIS WEEKEND.

WIA President Scott Williams VK3KJ. - WIA Returning Officer Pete Cherry VK2LP. - VK5 LEADS THE WAY I GAINING NEW AMATEURS. -

NEWS THIS WEEK PRESENTED BY ALARA MEMBERS :- VK2AYL Michelle. - VK4ZM Lyndall. - VK4SWE Lyn AND ALARA PRESIDENT SHIRLEY VK5YL.

WIA Director, Lee Moyle VK3GK. - WIA past Director John Williams VK4JJW pops in with International News. - and I'll pop in with a reminder for NEXT week's edition of this news, because? ALARA members will deliver!

Pete Cherry VK2LP WIA Returning Officer.- Peter Clee VK8ZZ WIA Secretary. - Scott Williams VK3KJ WIA Director and President. - A few WIA NATIONAL NEWS BROADCASTS back Alan VK2COD was looking for SANTA, well he's a happy chappy as he reveals in his Youth On The Air segment today VK2SANTA has "made contact".

A note in from Grant VK5GR to advise he will explain the WIA TAC band plan consultation, live on Hayden VK7HHs YouTube channel 7.30pm AEDT Monday Dec One. - Dec 7 is the WIA Affiliated Clubs briefing webinar. - WIA Director and Company Secretary Peter Clee VK8ZZ with al that's going on at WIA HQ. - Roger Harrison VK2ZRH, Editor-in-Chief of Amateur Radio magazine with part 2 of all that's going on IN AR Magazine. - Plus I'll ask the question, what has 5,000 batteries and FLOATS.

Roger VK2ZRH, Editor-in-Chief of Amateur Radio magazine. - Felix VK4FUQ asks "Whatever happened to DXpedition H 40 WA?" - Bruce VK3FFF has the story on 20 spacecraft landings at Australias Koonibba Test Range. - Alan VK2COD is searching for SANTA.

Angelo VK2NWT, WIA Affiliated Clubs Coordinator. - Phil Wait VK2ASD for the WIAs Education Committee. - Jason VK2LAW asks us to refrain from using 7.095 MHz. - Felix VK4FUQ tells us of the worlds largest Amateur Radio competition. - Kent Peterson KCDGY from NewsLine 'illuminates' us when he joins VK3GTV Colin and for those in VK4, hot on the heels of another successful Gold Coast HamFest comes news of the Redcliffe clubs REDFEST. ---

IN NATIONAL NEWS THIS WEEK:- (The never mind the LENGTH, hear the QUALITY edition) Pete Cherry VK2LP WIA Returning Officer. - Kevin VK4UH with "that's a wrap" it was Qtech 2025.- Peter VK4EA WIA Vice-President with all that's going down at WIA HQ. - Dougal VK4EKA asks "Have you got one?" .- Bruce VK3FFF returns to our airwaves this week with Special Interest Group news.

Grant VK5GR, your WIA Technical Advisory Committee Chairperson. - Chris VK3FY on behalf of the Board of the Wireless Institute of Australia. - ACMA release their Five-year spectrum outlook 202530. - DISCUSSION POINT with Dougal VK4EKA. - Alan VK4SN on behalf of the WIA Radio Activities Contest committee. - Peter VK7PD for the Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club of Australia. - Alan VK2COD a member of Australia's official Youngsters on the Air group.

In wireless weather, news, sport and music this week:- Roger Harrison VK2ZRH, Manager of the WIA VHF-UHF Field Days. - Peter VK5DMR from the VKDMR net. - John VK4JPM has put thoughts from paper to voice. - and tune in W2PH Radio:- Offering the best in Classic Rock from the Space Coast in Florida.

IN NATIONAL NEWS THIS JOTA WEEK WE WILL HEAR THE NEWS PRESENTED BY SCOUTS - PLUS OUR NEWS EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB THEN WIA SECTETARY PETER CLEE VK8ZZ.

Marty VK4KC the POTA Administrator for Australia POTAs ON . - St George Amateur Radio Society holds LARGEST JOTA event in VK . - 15 year old answers calls for help during a hurricane, VK2COD reports .- FREE mobile application is making waves in the amateur radio community & VK3GRK Graeme, new to our team, reveals all when he steps up to the mike with Special Interest Group News.

John Maizels VK4JPM, with flowers in his hair, "floats" an idea. - VK7PD, VK2COD and N3ILS join with Col VK3GTV in our Special Interest Group News spot. - AUSTRALIA TO BUILD A SEMI AUTONOMOUS LUNAR ROVER. - and WIA Board Comment with Giles Kirby VK5GK.

Worldwide SDR Radio Telescope Network to Monitor the Sky. - Immediate Past President of ALARA Michelle VK2AYL. - Equatorial Guinea temporarily suspends all amateur radio licenses. - Editor-in-Chief of Amateur Radio magazine Roger Harrison VK2ZRH. -

New Radiocommunications License Conditions (Amateur License) Determination 2025 will commence 30 September 2025 and a fresh look at our breeding ground, CB, here in Australia aligns to much of the rest of the world. - WIA's Roger Harrison VK2ZRH, Editor-in-Chief of Amateur Radio magazine & WIA director Steven Green VK2TSG join us.. -

IN NATIONAL NEWS THIS WEEK:- We'll take a look at the RD Contest results, VI8POL the police special event station, and check in with Grant VK5GR for the OCDX contest. - From Sydney, VK2COD and Youth, and Darwin VK8ZZ and the DARC new repeater AND a reminder on this afternoon, Sunday 14ths special event with Angelo.

NSW Government establishes dedicated artificial intelligence unit. - DISCUSSION POINT and Geoff, VK4ZPP, has been thinking. - Ham Radio Retailer Suspends US Shipments Following Tariff Increase. - WESTLAKES CUP 13th of September and the club has added a nice touch 30 minutes PRIOR to the contest. VK4FUQ will explain. - A rare DX activation in the sub-Antarctic region is going to involve young amateurs and VK2COD tells all.

WIA Director Peter Clee VK8ZZ. - WIA RD Contest Manager and last call for logs. - With the dreadful news coming out of Porepunkah, a rural town 320 km northeast of Melbourne, of the ambushing of police and the ultimate slaying of 2, it is even more poignant to try and work VI 8 POL on air 13-29 September. It concludes on National Police Remembrance Day 29th September, a day dedicated to honouring and remembering police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. -

WIA President Scott and the WIA's RD CONTEST MANAGER ALAN . - "Women in amateur radio" is a panel to be held at the RSGB Convention in October. - More details on our A.L.A.R.A. CONTEST which is ALWAYS the last FULL weekend of August, that from Alisha VK2FASH, Contest Manager for ALARA. - The New Zealand YL Group is a newish group formed after WARO NZ went into recess last year, we'll take a look at this AND Jen DeSalvo W 9 TJX from Newsline checks in on the status of the remaining satellites in thend Atmospheric Administration's 'birds'.

News of the ARRL DXCC TRIDENT AWARD wit Felix VK4FUQ . - John VK4JJW steps in for VK2LAW Jason this week with the international news . - Alisha VK2FASH ALARA Contest Manager with news of this years ALARA Contest, which reminds me NEXT week the Ladies of ALARA will present this, the WIA NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE. - Qtech2025 a two-day conference meeting over the weekend of Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd November. Kevin VK4UH from the Brisbane VHF Group joins us.

Angelo VK2NWT WIA Affiliated Clubs coordinator. - An IARU region 3's ham licence increased by over ELEVEN HUNDRED PERCENT Jason reveals which country shortly. - Oonoonba Historic World War Two Bombing Site in Townsville to be activated by a special event call and Gavin VK4ZZ has the details. - "Raspberry Pi5 for amateurs" a book review by John Gieroszynski VK1JG. - Col VK3GTV looks at RigPi 4, a comprehensive remote station manager for the Raspberry Pi.

Why does the news have a common license? WIA Secretary VK8ZZ Peter Clee explains. - Giles Kirby Director at the Wireless Institute of Australia and the long-term health of amateur radio in Australia. - Phil Wait VK2ASD and more teaching aids and publicity materials coming your way from our Education Committee. WEATHER and TRAFFIC every week:- In radio traffic news, VI 8 POL on September, Paul VK5PAS joins us, Cats and Dogs on the air this month and with your Trans Tasman results, VK4SN Alan Shannon. Radio Weather news, a look up above, for Amateur Astronomers look out for SX 17 ASTRO, and just last month, July 22, earth had the second-shortest day on record, why, stay tuned. BUT WAIT - THERE'S MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA AND IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERIN OR YOU ARE ONE OF OUR NEW VIEWERS/LISTERS I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB

Kevin VK4UH WIA VHF-UHF Records manager. - Editor-in-Chief of Amateur Radio magazine, Roger Harrison VK2ZRH. - From the USA, Newsline's Kent Peterson KCDGY. - From the RSGB Jeremy Boot G4NJH, who, like many of we WIA NATIONAL NEWS voices also report for Newsline.

Paul VK5PAS VKFF National Co-Ordinator. - Editor-in-Chief of Amateur Radio magazine Roger Harrison VK2ZRH. - WIA Director Lee Moyle VK3GK. - Michelle VK2AYL President Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association. - Picton Show Society are holding the PICTON HAMFEST and VK2TS TONY will have details.

WIA Director and Company Secretary Peter Clee VK8ZZ. - CONTEST MANAGERS OF TRANS TASMAN AND HARRY ANGEL VK4SN AND VK4UH.

News for both Youngsters and Old Timers. - Cyber criminals strike close to home. - WIA President, Scott Williams (VK3KJ) regards to a Common License for this news.

You'll hear from His Majesty King Charles III. - Hear how the Ambulance service in VK2 has recently trialled the use of drones to enhance its capabilities. - AND Giles Kirby, Director at the Wireless Institute of Australia with this weeks Board Comment. -

THIS WEEKEND VHF UHF Field Days plus the All Asian DX Contest, CW: Felix VK4FUQ will have more .- WIA director Steven Green VK2TSG with the weekly Board comment. - A spacecraft just got the first look at the bottom of the sun, and what it saw was a hot mess -- literally. - And still gazing skywards, toward the Sun, the Egyptian God Horus, is a significant deity associated with the sun, and the sky AND coming up on Sunday the 6th of July will be AREG's 64th Project Horus high altitude balloon launch. VK5QI Mark will join Col VK3GTV to bring us all up to date! - WIA director Steven Green VK2TSG with the weekly Board comment. -

AT THE WIA NATIONAL NEWS DESK, from NEW ZEALAND Jim Meachen ZL2BHF. - VK2LAW, in Sydney. - VK4FUQ in Ingham. - From "Sunny Bendigo" Bruce VK3FFF. - WIA FIELD DAY MANAGER ROGER VK2ZRH " Goes A Roving". - AND FROM THE WIA BOARD ROOM, VP Peter VK4EA.

THIS WEEK:- Just for something different I'm Jason vk2law stepping in for Graham hosting the news, I am hoping we will have lots and lots AND lots lot more IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA.

WIA DIRECTOR LEE MOYLE VK3GK. - WIA AR MAGAZINES EDITOR IN CHIEF VK2ZRH ROGER HARRISON. - AND NEW RAOTC CORRESPONENDANT Peter VK7PD