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WIA 2020 Poll #1 Closing - Action Required
26/
02/
2020
The WIA "Future of Amateur Radio Poll" that was first released on Sunday 16 February and having been open for two weeks, will be closing midnight this Sunday night March 1 ( WA time).
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WIA 2020 Annual Conference Weekend
23/
02/
2020
The WIA Annual Conference 2020 is only two months away and is shaping up to be one to remember. Sunday the 10th May is packed with half day options. One of these options is a trip out to the Grote Reber Museum and Radio Telescope at Mount Pleasant - about a 20 minute bus ride into the Coal River Valley.
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Changes To ACMA Consultation 3.4 -3.5 GHz
20/
02/
2020
ACMA recently commenced a consultation on proposed changes to amateur access to the 3400-3575 MHz band on 29 January 2020.
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DXpeditioners Activating VI3RA
19/
02/
2020
Look out for this activity next month on the 14th and 15th March 2020 as several of the SADARC members along with several other VK’s, including VK3 contesters/DXers and DXpeditioners will be activating VI3RA using the existing antennas arrays of Radio Australia, located in Shepparton, Central Victoria.
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WIA 2020 Annual Conference Weekend
17/
02/
2020
Our keynote speaker for the WIA 2020 Annual Conference is Professor Elizabeth (Elle) Leane from the University of Tasmania.
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Amateur operating procedures
12/
02/
2020
The ACMA have today published an information page on their website with details relating to Amateur operating procedures.
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Future of Amateur Radio POLL # 1
10/
02/
2020
The Future of Amateur Radio Poll will be issued this week
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New 8-Band DXCC award Press Release
10/
02/
2020
The WIA Awards Committee is pleased to announce the expansion of our DXCC Awards to include the 8-Band DXCC Award.
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Proposed Changes to Radio Amateur access 3.4 Ghz band Consultation
08/
02/
2020
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is consulting on proposed changes to amateur access to the 3400-3575 MHz band to help facilitate the ACMA’s preferred planning option for the band.
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Future of Amateur Radio Poll #1
03/
02/
2020
The WIA is pleased to announce the first of a series of information papers (and subsequent polls) on issues that are important to Amateur Radio in Australia.
Please read, share, discuss and consider the options provided in this information paper and encourage others to participate by joining the Future of Amateur Radio program by registering at http://poll.wia.org.au
The poll will be emailed to WIA members and program participants on the 10th of February 2020 and will run for 2 weeks.
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Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire emergencies
01/
02/
2020
ABC News have reported that ... (quote) "Old fashioned' amateur radio skills are proving useful during emergency incidents when traditional telecommunication channels break down."
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Australian Amateurs can use AX prefix on Australia Day
24/
01/
2020
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) automatically allows all radio amateurs to substitute their normal VK callsign prefix with the letters AX, every Australia Day.
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Kaye Wright VK3FKDW (SK)
23/
01/
2020
The Funeral Service to Remember the life of Kaye Wright VK3FKDW (SK) will be held at Nelson Brothers Funeral Services, 51 Devonshire Road Sunshine, on Wednesday 29th January, commencing at 2.00pm.
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ACMA Licence Deferrals in Bushfire Impacted Areas
22/
01/
2020
The ACMA has published a page on deferral arrangements for payment of radiocommunications licence fees, for licensees located in bushfire affected areas.
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Now Active Emcomm
13/
01/
2020
Due to the Taal Volcano eruption in the Philippines yesterday, please keep clear on 7.095 MHz as used by the Philippines Amateur Radio Association (PARA) for emcomm.
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WIA DXCC Single Band Awards Now Available
12/
01/
2020
The WIA Awards Committee is pleased to announce the expansion of our WIA DXCC Awards program to include Single Band DXCC Awards across all 9 bands, 160 to 10m.
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WIA 2020 Annual Conference Presentations
11/
01/
2020
The WIA Annual Conference will be held in Hobart Tasmania over the 8th to 10th May 2020. The conference theme is Antarctic Gateway and we have a range of presentations organised for the Saturday afternoon.
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Australian Bushfires Causing Major Telecommunication Outages, Hams on Duty
11/
01/
2020
Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) President Greg Kelly, VK2GPK, says the bushfires in Australia have caused significant disruption of telecommunication services in the states of Victoria and New South Wales. Radio amateurs are supporting relief operations and communication.
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Fires hit ABC Radio's Batemans Bay transmitter
11/
01/
2020
In an example of radio industry cooperation during adversity, commercial network Grant Broadcasters is working with the ABC on the South Coast of NSW to keep transmissions on air during the fires in that area.
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WIA 2020 Annual Conference Weekend
10/
01/
2020
The WIA Annual Conference will be held in Hobart Tasmania over the 8th to 10th May 2020 and registrations are open and selling fast. The conference theme is “Antarctic Gateway” and the weekend is setup to showcase the Antarctic past, present and future for those attending the weekend.
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AMC Callsign Lookup Facility Now Live
06/
01/
2020
Today, Monday Jan 6th 2020 the Australian Maritime College (AMC) released news that they have “gone live” to the public with their new Amateur Radio Callsign Lookup facility.
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BUSHFIRE EMERGENCY 31st December 2019 through 5th January 2020
01/
01/
2020
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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Office closure for the Christmas New Year holiday period
01/
01/
2020
The WIA office in Bayswater will close on Friday December 20th 2019 and re-open in the New Year at 11am (AEDT) on Monday 20th of January 2020.
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