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BUSHFIRE EMERGENCY 31st December 2019 through 5th January 2020
31/
12/
2019
The WIA has received advice that there are major outages of telecommunications in areas impacted by the bushfires either currently or expected to occur overnight. This disruption advice currently applies to areas of NSW and VIC.
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First Element of ARISS Next Generation Radio System Readied for Launch on SpaceX-20
22/
12/
2019
During this Holiday Season, when the spirit of giving and receiving gifts reigns high, ARISS received a special gift and delivered a phenomenal gift to the international community. This occurred on Thursday December 19, 2019.
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Office closure for the Christmas New Year holiday period
20/
12/
2019
The WIA office in Bayswater will close on December 20th 2019 and re-open in the New Year at 11am (AEDT) on Monday 20th of January 2020.
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Permission to operate Maritime Mobile Granted
14/
12/
2019
For those WIA Conference attendees who are taking the Spirit of Tasmania to get to/from VK7 - we have been granted permission to operate 6m, 2m & 70cm onboard the Spirit of Tasmania.
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WIA Annual Conference 2020 Update
12/
12/
2019
Registration is open for the WIA Annual Conference 2020 in Hobart Tasmania from 8-10 May 2020.
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CWops Award for Advancing the Art of CW
07/
12/
2019
CWops is pleased to announce that it is now accepting nominations for this prestigious award for the year 2020.
The purpose of the award is to recognize individuals, groups, or organizations that have made the greatest contribution(s) toward advancing the art or practice of radio communications by Morse code
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WRC-19: Final Observations and outcomes
02/
12/
2019
The World Radio Conference in Sharm El Sheikh has concluded and the WIA delegates have drafted a final report for Australian Amateurs
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WIA Board Elections - Call for Nominations
01/
12/
2019
The Board of the WIA is due to hold elections in early 2020. The Returning Officer has called for nominations for those elections which are due to be held in February 2020
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The Future of Amateur Radio
30/
11/
2019
The WIA has been requested by ACMA to do a poll of all amateurs in relation to the callsign structure.
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WIA Director resigns from Board
30/
11/
2019
WIA Director Dr Harry VK6YBZ resigns from Board due to health issues
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WIA DX Awards Leaderboard Certificates
23/
11/
2019
A new Certificate has been produced for past and future winners and place getters of the annual DX Leaderboard competition.
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WRC 2019 approves 50 MHz band for Region 1.
21/
11/
2019
WRC-19 Approves Region 1 50 MHz Amateur Allocation
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 21 November 2019 - The World Radiocommunication Conference WRC-19 has approved an allocation in the 50 MHz band for amateurs in Region 1. The decision will now be incorporated in the Final Acts of the conference.
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IARU WRC19 Update - Week 3
18/
11/
2019
With just 3-1/2 days left for substantive work - the final session of the Plenary to approve texts to be included in the Final Acts is scheduled to end at noon Thursday, 21 November - delegates at WRC-19 face a daunting workload as the conferees try to reach consensus on several remaining issues including the agenda for the next WRC.
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IARU WRC19 Update - Week 2
11/
11/
2019
The second week of the World Radiocommunication Conference was marked by intense discussions of the most contentious agenda items but very little closure. It is clear that long days and nights are ahead in the last two weeks.
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WIA DX Awards Start Dates Normalized
08/
11/
2019
The Awards Committee has decided to set the start date for all awards to the same date, the first of January 1946.
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IMPORTANT NEWS for Foundation Licence candidates
05/
11/
2019
The WIA Foundation Manual publication team has released a supplement to update the Foundation Licence Manual (3rd Edition) to reflect the new Licence Conditions.
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WIA Board appoints John VK4JJW as WIA Director
01/
11/
2019
The Board of the WIA has appointed John VK4JJW as WIA Director for the period ending May 2020
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Early Progress, Contention on Difficult Issues Mark First Week of WRC
01/
11/
2019
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 1 November 2019 - Week 1 of the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference saw agreement reached on several issues on which discussions prior to the conference had revealed consensus. Those were the easy ones; the rest will be more difficult.
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WIA declares misrepresentation in Public Survey
01/
11/
2019
The WIA has written to RASA President in relation to a series of publications incorrectly claiming that a public survey is jointly sponsored by WIA
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Department has a rethink on Legislative Reforms
28/
10/
2019
The Department of Communications and Arts have had a rethink about the proposed Radiocommunications reforms.
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IARU Combatting Radio Spectrum Polution
27/
10/
2019
IARU Administrative Council Steps Up Efforts to
Combat Radio Spectrum Pollution
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WWV celebrates 100 years
26/
10/
2019
Standard Time and Frequency station WWV celebrate its
centenary on October 1. Rado amateurs have been asked to
participate by taking measurements and sharing their results
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IARU R3 Directors meeting
26/
10/
2019
The directors of IARU R3 met recently and reviewed progress on tasks directed and identified at the
last Directors' meeting and the Regional Conference that were held in
Seoul, Korea in September 2018.
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WRC-19
24/
10/
2019
The ITU World Radio Conference 2019 (WRC-19) is to be held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt over the period 28 October to 29 November 2019.
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