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Weekly news from the WIA:
MP3 edition of news available at:
http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2025-05-04.mp3 Text edition:

2025 MAY 04  WIA 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 MAY 4 2025
IN OUR 30th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS

THIS WEEK:-

VK2LAW delves into the IARU after their 100 year celebrations. -

VK2MV has an in depth look at a Queensland State School radio club. -

and in REAL DEPTH WIA President VK3KJ and this weekends WIA AGM in Bendigo.
BUT WAIT - THERE'S MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA.

I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB
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OPERATIONAL NEWS - A FELIX VK4FUQ PRESENTATION
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NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2025
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May 17/18 is the Sangster Shield.

QRP CW on 80m, wind back the rig to 5W and give it a go.

(nzart)

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Don Edwards memorial slow Morse contest May 17 - 18
A reminder that the Don Edwards memorial slow Morse contest is on the
weekend after Mother's Day - 80m on the evening of Saturday 17th May and
40m  the afternoon of Sunday 18.

sgars.org

(vk2emu/vk2winews)
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VK Shires Contest  7th - 8th June 2025

wia.org.au/members/contests/wavks/

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NZ Straight Key Night

Next New Zealand Straight Key Night will be held Sunday 8 June
from 9pm to 10pm NZDT (0800 to 0900 UTC) on 80 metres.

Polish and lubricate that old morse key and enjoy an evening of
old-time radio fun.

Straight Key Night is an informal event which honours the roots of
amateur radio: Morse Code sent with a straight key (no bugs,
sideswipers, keyers or keyboards).

When.
Winter SKN is the second Sunday in June, 8-9pm NZ time.
Summer SKN is always the first Sunday in December, 9-10pm NZ time.

SKN honours the original amateur radio mode in an easy-going style.
Operators send signal report, name, location, type of key, type of
transmitter and power output. Stations are limited to 100W output
power.

SKN is not a contest - but the operator who gets the most votes for the
quality of their sending will win the Bruce Scahill Best Fist Award.
This certificate honours Bruce ZL1BWG (SK), who was a dedicated
supporter of SKN. Please email your nomination to ZL1NZ within one week
following the event.

(Neil ZL1NZ, SKN Manager)
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VHF UHF Field Days

Contest Manager Roger Harrison VK2ZRH.

Winter 2025
Saturday 21 June through Sunday 22 June

The Field Days provide VHF-UHF operators with the opportunity to "head for
the hills" and see how far distant and how many stations they can work.
The Field Days have separate sections for single and multiple operator
stations. The duration of the Field Day is 24 hours, but there are also
8-hour sections for operators who may not be able to camp overnight.
Notably, most club stations prefer to operate for the full 24 hours.

The Field Days also generate plenty of activity from home stations,
so there is also a separate Home Station section.

All contacts must be simplex: contacts through repeaters or satellites are
not allowed. There is plenty of FM activity, but one feature of the Field
Days is a high level of SSB activity.

It is possible to do very well with only modest antennas IF you pick a good
hilltop. Another option, if your station is easily transportable, is to
operate from more than one location during the contest period.

The overriding aim is to get away for the weekend and have fun!
But next after that, the aims are:
to encourage more activity on VHF, UHF, and microwave bands;
to encourage people to work greater distances than usual by operating
portable, and  to provide opportunities for people to activate or work
into new grid squares.

wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/
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IARU HF World Championship.

The 24-hour IARU HF World Championship starts at 12 HUNDRED UTC on
Saturday 12 July and ends at 11:59 UTC on Sunday 13 July.

This annual contest supports amateur self-training in radio
communications, improving operating skills, conducting technical
investigations and inter-communicating with other amateurs around
the world using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands

Ken Yamamoto, JA1CJP Secretary, IARU Region 3 in an email passed to us by
WIA Secretary Peter Clee reminds us here at the WIA that in this contest
multipliers are the total number of ITU zones plus IARU member society HQ
stations worked on each band (not mode). Thus, Society's HQ stations
(WIA) participation is very important for the multipliers.

(SARL/VK8ZZ)

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Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest - 19 JUL 2025

The Trans-Tasman contest, held on the 3rd weekend in July, aims to encourage
Low Band activity between VK and ZL


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