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2025 JUNE 22 WIA NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA ------------------------------------------------------------*

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NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING JUNE 22 2025
IN OUR 30th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS

THIS WEEK:-

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. -
BUT WAIT - THERE'S MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA.

I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB

WIA

JOIN THE WIA
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Hello, this is one of your national WIA directors, Steven Green,
VK2TSG, with this week's Board comment.

On Wednesday night, the Board discussed several issues mentioned at our
recent AGM in Bendigo; these included updating procedural matters around
the Club Grants Scheme, further updates to the new website, as well as
looking at new options for a WIA membership Card and how to ensure that membership benefits are displayed clearly.

We continue to work on changes that will make membership and working
with individuals and affiliated clubs easier and streamlined.

Presidents of WIA affiliated clubs will soon be invited to another
online meeting where several items of interest will be reviewed.

By now, many of you will know that the Australian Communications and
Media Authority, or 'ACMA', have called for submissions regarding
potential changes to Citizens Band Radio with the Class-Licence of 2015
coming to an end soon. Although Citizens Band is not part of the Amateur
Radio allocation, it is of interest to many Amateurs who use both; and
also a regular first-port-of-call for those starting in Radio
Communications. Among the feedback that the ACMA is requesting, is the
status of Emergency Call Channels, and the two channels set aside for
data transmission. Consultation closes on the 15th of July, so if you
are also a user of CB or have an interest in publicly accessible Radio Communications, please consider making a submission to assist the ACMA
to better understand current use, the impact of these issues and how
they may affect you.

I have attached a web link to the text edition of this Broadcast for
your convenience.

acma.gov.au/consultations/2025-05/changes-cb-radio-arrangements

This has been Steven Green VK2TSG. Until next time, 73. ------------------------------------------------------------*
INTERNATIONAL NEWS is with thanks to IRTS, NEWSLINE, RADIOWORLD, SARL
and the World Wide sources of the WIA.

Welcome to many new Irish radio amateurs

Please welcome 18 new Irish radio amateurs! They attended the latest
training course that was offered by the National Short Wave Listeners
Club.

Out of the 50 who started this six-month journey, 25 took the ComReg
licensing exam in May. They have reported that the exam was fair, but, unfortunately, not everyone made it this time. Seven of the students
were out of luck. However, they are planning to continue revising over
the northern summer, and to take the autumn exam.

Anniversary Day at Grimeton Radio Station

The 100th anniversary of World Heritage Site Grimeton takes place on
July 2nd.

On this day in 1925, the establishment was formally inaugurated. To mark
this occasion, two transmitter launches are planned along with the
transmission of a telegram using the callsign SAQ. The frequency used
will be 17.2 kHz and the mode is CW.

Several online receivers are available for you to listen in to the
activity on the day. The event will also be livestreamed on YouTube.
Further information may be found at alexander.n.se

A small group of amateurs living in different cities throughout Iran
joined together over the airwaves recently to give the world its first
ham radio history and cultural lesson about the Persian Gulf.

11 ham radio operators in Iran got on the air calling CQ on SSB as
special event station EP2PG. Using modest, home-based equipment with
100 watts of power or less, the operators faced less-than-ideal
conditions on the HF bands during their 16-hour operation.

Still, it was a proud moment as the hams of Echo Papa two Persian Gulf celebrated the historical and cultural significance of the Persian Gulf
itself and shared it with the world.

With world events taking place let's all hope these 11 ops remain safe.

SARL RESPONDS TO DRAFT NATIONAL RADIO FREQUENCY PLAN 2025

The SARL has submitted it comments on the draft plan.

By and large the plan does not change the amateur radio frequency
allocations in South Africa but, however, the SARL has requested
clarity on full access to the 160-metre band (1 820 to 2 000 kHz) which
was allocated to the Amateur service in South Africa on 30 March 2015.

The 40.675 40.685 MHz band was omitted from the plan.

It was allocated for propagation studies and is listed in the table of
amateur radio allocations in the 2015 regulation gazetted on 30 March
2015.

The phrase tower farm took on a new meaning in southeast Michigan as
a tractor clipped a guy wire and brought down one of 560 WRDT(AM)s four
towers. The station broadcasts in the daytime hours with a directional
pattern just southwest of the city of Monroe.

radioworld.com/news-and-business/michigan-am-tower-toppled-in-farmer-mishap

Crawford Broadcasting Director of Engineering Cris Alexander told us
that on June 9, a farmer was planting soybeans in the field. Their
vehicle snagged an outer guy wire of tower four, causing the 417-foot
tower to collapse entirely. The farmer has been haying the field for
decades, which has saved WRDT the trouble of mowing it, Alexander said.

Thankfully, the tower did not fall on the farmer or their vehicle.

WRDT was temporarily taken off the air as a result. The station runs a Christian talk and teaching format as The Word AM 560.

1030 WGSF(AM), the longest-running Spanish-language radio station in
Memphis, is working to rebuild its transmitter site after it was
ransacked in a copper theft.

The station, was left with a myriad of critical components either
rendered missing or destroyed.

Memphis Police said that 3 men were arrested two days later after they
were caught burning the copper cables from the WGSF tower site.

Engineer Steven Lara told Radio World approximately 85% of the stations Kintronic Labs phasor is gone. Coaxial lines coming out of the
transmitter were sliced, and its three ATU units were also vandalized by
the thieves. WGSF estimated that just replacing the stolen copper wiring
and componentry will cost approximately $170,000 not including
engineering fees. -------------------------------------------------------------------

OPERATIONAL NEWS - A FELIX VK4FUQ PRESENTATION
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NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2025
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THIS WEEKEND VHF UHF Field Days

Winter 2025
Saturday 21 June through Sunday 22 June
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Also this weekend is the All Asian DX Contest, CW:
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

Among the hundreds , particularly 100's of JA stations listen out for
and work T 88 P B from Koror Palau (OC-009) who will be on air during
the contest AND again the day after, Monday 23.

QSL via LoTW (preferred) or direct to JA 0 JHQ

(wa7bnm/425dx)

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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

(SARL)

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Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest - 19 JUL

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


Only contest bands 160 80 and 40M are allowed with SSB, CW and Digital (RTTY
OR PSK)


wia.org.au/members/contests/transtasman/
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YOTA Contest 2025

Organized by the IARU R1 Youth Working Group in cooperation with the
Hungarian Amateur Radio Society, the aim of the YOTA Contest is to
increase youngsters activity on the air, strengthen the reputation
of the YOTA programme and demonstrate support for youngsters across
the world.

The next 2 sessions of this year's YOTA Contest will be held
19 July
29 December

yotacontest.mrasz.org

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RSGB IOTA CONTEST

July 26 to July 27, 2025.
Mode: CW, SSB
Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
Work once per band per mode.

(wa7bnm contest calendar)

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Remembrance Day Contest

This contest is held every year on the anniversary of the end of
World War II, in honour of the Australian amateurs who lost their
lives in wartime.

This contest is unusual because the trophy goes to the Australian
state or territory that scores the highest level of activity.

Next contest 16th & 17th August 2025

Contest Manager is Alan Shannon VK4SN vk4sn@wia.org.au

wia.org.au/members/contests/rdcontest/ -----------------------------------------------------------------
NOW THE DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD.
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DX WINDOW - JUNE

DXpeditioners heading to Micronesia, Equatorial Guinea and Wallis Island
are getting a financial boost from the Northern California DX
Foundation.

The 9-member team of German operators planning the V6D DXpedition to
Micronesia in September has been named as one of the latest recipients
of grant money to assist their activation. The team has scheduled
operations from September 22nd through to October 6th.

The foundation is also supporting the 3C2MD DXpedition to Bioko Island
in Equatorial Guinea. The operators are from the Mediterranean DX Club,
which has planned their activation from October 9th through to November
10.

Finally, Hannah Rosenfeld, W7HER, has received a grant for her role as
an operator on the FW5K DXpedition to Wallis Island in the South
Pacific. The participating DXpeditioners, including Hannah's father
Scott N7JI, are part of the team known as DXObsessed. Hannah is a
founder of W7DUX, the radio club at the University of Oregon where she
is an alumna. The DXpedition is set for October 20 through to November
7th.

(newsline 2485)

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ZL 100 IARU is still on the air, in fact until the 31st of July marking
the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union.
A special event QSL card has been printed and confirmation is also on
LOTW and QRZ.com. Listen for operators using CW, SSB and FT8.

(newsline 2485)

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The Amateur Radio Society of India, VU2ZH is celebrating the centenary
of the International Amateur Radio Union by activating special callsign
VU 1 IARU until the 29th of June. The Indian Society has been a member
society of IARU Region 3 since 1968.

The station has been spotted recently using CW and FT8 on the HF bands.
QSL via VU2ZH.

IARU Region 3 was established in April 1968 in Sydney, Australia. Representatives from Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand, and Australia
met to form the regional organization. While other countries like
Ceylon, India, South Korea, Thailand, and Hong Kong indicated their
support, they were unable to attend the initial meeting.

(RSGB)

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REMINDERS
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Aldir, PY1SAD has been active as 8R1TM from Guyana since 1 June, and
expects to remain there until 8 July. He operates CW, SSB and digital
modes on 160-6 metres and via satellite. During the weekdays he is
QRV between 23 UTC and 2 UTC. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, QRZ Logbook, or
8R1TM direct to home call which s PY 1 SASD.

(425DX)

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Switzerland.

4 U 0 ITU is the call sign for the International Amateur Radio Club
at ITU HQ in Geneva to use from 16 May to the end of the year in
celebration of the 160th anniversary of the International
Telecommunication Union.
QSL via LoTW, Club Logs OQRS, or direct to
IARC, PO Box 6, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland.

(sarl)

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Peter, PD1RP, is celebrating the 80th anniversary since the end of the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II. He is on the air as
PD80FREE until the 30th of June. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.

(NewsLine)

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Celebrating the Deutsche Amateur-Radio-Club's 75th anniversary,
four special callsigns have been activated by DARC till 31 October:

DC7, D5D, DD7, DK7 and DR75DARC.

See darc.de/der-club/referate/dx/sonderdiplome/
for the "75 Jahre DARC" certificate.
QSLs via the bureau, or direct to DL2VFR.

(425 DX NEWS)
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It was 25 years ago but We Do Remember You.
Special Event to Honour the Victims of 9-11:
New York City Shanksville PA. and Washington D.C.

September 06 00:01 UTC ending Thursday September 12, 23:59 UTC.

Many members of the Alabama Contest Group will activate K4A for the
fifth year. This year's event will be called "9-11 We Do Remember."
SSB, FT8, CW, and RTTY on all bands 160 through 10 meters, including
WARC bands.

(ard)
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8K3EXPO is on the air until October 13, 1.8 MHz 10 GHz.
This event marks the first time a callsign has been established with
the 8K prefix and draws attention to the Osaka World Expo.

(ard)
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Well you may not WORK them BUT you MAY hear them.

Once again Italian radio amateurs have been authorized to use the
40 MHz band until the end of the year.

They are allowed to operate from 40.660 MHz to 40.700 MHz with a
maximum power of 10 watts.

The Italian regulator has given permission until 31 December also
for 70.1, 70.2, and 70.3 MHz.

(425dx news)

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WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather)

A spacecraft just got the first look at the bottom of the sun, and what it
saw was a hot mess -- literally. Our host star, about 93 million miles away
in space, is in utter turmoil right now, having just reached peak chaos in
its solar cycle. Similar to storm seasons on Earth, the sun experiences a weather pattern that repeats every 11 years. At the beginning and end of this stretch, flares and sunspots calm down. But solar activity rises before it falls, and when it climaxes, the sun roils with giant eruptions.


(eHam)

WORLD WI
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS

Now let's hear from Mark VK5QI from the Amateur Radio Experimenters
Group, AREG, in Adelaide South Australia.

Coming up on Sunday the 6th of July will be AREG's 64th Project Horus high altitude balloon launch. On this launch we're going to be flying our

cross-band repeater payload, with the aim of the flight being to get it
high enough, about 35 kilometres altitude, to provide repeater coverage all
the way from Adelaide to Melbourne.


There's also plenty of other ways you can get involved with the flight, including receiving our telemetry and imagery payloads, and tracking the progress of the flight live online. All the details on the launch,
including frequencies and repeater access information, is available on our website at areg.org.au - we hope to hear you via the repeater on launch day!

73 Mark VK5QI

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER
AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org

AMSAT has given the designation of SO-125 to the HADES-ICM satellite
that was launched on March 14th from California.

The satellite, from AMSAT-EA, is SDR-based and supports FM Phone and FSK digital data through its repeater. The SDR-based platform is especially significant because it can transmit as much as 25 watts when the battery allows, giving access to stations who are using handheld antennas.

The coordinated uplink frequency is 145.875 MHz, and the downlink is
436.666 MHz. The repeater operates with an open squelch and does not
require a sub-tone.

(newsline2485)

NASA and the Department of Defence (DoD) teamed up June 11 and 12 to simulate emergency procedures they would use to rescue the Artemis II crew in the
event of a launch emergency. The simulations, which took place off the coast
of Florida and were supported by launch and flight control teams, are
preparing NASA to send four astronauts around the Moon and back next year as part of the agencys first crewed Artemis mission.


The team rehearsed procedures they would use to rescue the crew during an
abort of NASAs Orion spacecraft while the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket is still on the launch pad, as well as during ascent to space. A set of test mannequins and a representative version of Orion called the Crew Module Test Article, were used during the tests.


The launch team at NASAs Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, flight controllers
in mission control at the agencys Johnson Space Centre in Houston, as well as the mission management team, all worked together, exercising their integrated procedures for these emergency scenarios.

(nasa)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA
iota-world.org/
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EU-014

Pascal, F6UIG will be active as TK 2 C from Corsica, IOTA number EU-014, through to the 23rd of June, using CW and SSB on 40-10 metres. You may
also hear him doing POTA, using the callsign TK/F6UIG/p.
See QRZ.com for details.

(newsline2485)
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NA-104

John, W5JON, is on the air from St. Kitts, IOTA Number NA-104 through to
the 24th of June with the callsign V 47 JA. Jon will be using SSB and
FT8 on various bands and will focus on 6 metres.
Again see QRZ.com for QSL details.

(newsline2485)
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REMINDERS
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VP 8 DPD Falkland Islands

Gerard VK4BGL/G3WIP is active as VP8DPD from Falkland Islands,
IOTA SA-002, UNTIL July 12 on HF.
QSL via G3WIP Buro, LOTW, eQSL.

(dxnews)

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OC-065

Lance, W7GJ will be active as H40GJ from Pigeon Island (OC-065),
Temotu Province on 8-27 August. This will be a 6m EME DXpedition,
using Q65-60A in the "Q65 Pileup" mode.

"When I am not aimed up at the moon, I will be monitoring 50.313 on FT8
mode", Lance says. "Please take the initiative to call my direction
when you think there may be ionospheric propagation. If propagation
is good and there are many callers, I may switch to FT4 or FT8 F/H on a frequency to be announced". QSL via LoTW, or direct to W7GJ.

(425DX plus facebook.com/lance.collister/)
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OC-054

The DX Obsessed Group will be active as FW5K from Wallis Island
(OC-054) from 20 October to 7 November, including a Multi-2 entry in the
CQ WW DX SSB Contest. Six operators will be QRV on 160-6 metres CW,
SSB, FT8 and RTTY. QSL via Club Log's OQRS; QSOs will be uploaded to
LoTW 6 months after the end of the DXpedition.

(425 DX and dxobsessed.org/home)

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WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS - YOTA
(Youngsters On The Air)
WIA committee:- Steve VK6SJ, Alec VK2MV and Pete VK2LP. ham-yota.com/category/yota-region-3/
facebook.com/groups/YOTAOC/
youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA
This year's Youth on the Air summer camp for young radio amateurs aged
15-25 in the Americas will be held on 15-20 June near Denver, Colorado

Campers will operate special event station Wiskey 0 Yankee during breaks between sessions. In addition, there will be dedicated operating times
on the HF bands and satellites, as well as for a POTA/SOTA activation.

You can QSL via LoTW, or send requests to Kilo Charlie 3 Uniform India
India.
Now turning to Queensland, Muhammad Kapadi, one of the volunteer
coordinators for the Queensland PCYC Emergency Services Cadets Program,
has reached out for assistance.

The Queensland Police Service Academy unit were donated 9 Motorola XTS
2500 radio and will be used as training radios for their cadets.

The radios have seen better days.

The 9 radios only have 2 hand/speaker mics with them.

Those two have deteriorated and the organisation that donated the radios
no longer have any compatible shoulder mics for the XTS2500.

If you can help and are able to donate any spare xts 2500 shoulder mics (working conditions with clips) please send an email to Mohammad.
His email address is in the text edition of this news article.

This donation will help the Queensland Police Service Academy continue
to train the youth of today to be the emergency services of tomorrow.

For WIA National News, I am Aan VK2COD in Sydney.
Muhammad Kapadi
mkapadi7@hotmail.com

Queensland Police Service Academy
tinyurl.com/ydn6amzn

(youthontheair.org/denver2025/
425dx)
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO

With the help of amateur radio operators, a potential wildfire was averted in California on June 12.


Robert "Bobby" Debevec, W6IWN, and Jacob T. "Jake" Graham, KC7WXD, both ARRL members from the Reno, Nevada area, were hiking on the Grouse Ridge Trail in California, a section of the Tahoe National Forest. They had hoped to also activate several Summits on the Air (SOTA) locations. Their day of using the Amateur Radio Service for recreation was going well until they saw smoke near the Black Buttes area and had to use it for its utility value.


I was surprised to see smoke ahead of us, said Graham. As we got closer, it
was clear there had been a lighting hit several days ago and we could also
see flames.


Wireless service is spotty in portions of the eastern Sierra, and they didnt have a cell signal, so Debevec used his handheld ham radio to report the fire via a nearby repeater. In just seconds, Dan Patterson, W6AI, responded back.
He took the GPS coordinates from Graham and notified the U.S. Forest Service.


It only took about 10 minutes for them to dispatch a helicopter to the area, said Graham. We watched four firefighters rappel down followed by a pack of equipment. The pair then walked closer to the area and started talking to the crew, who thanked them for the report.


They put the out the fires but radioed for a helicopter water drop, before
they left on foot, with the gear, to a nearby pickup site, added Debevec.


After the firefighters left, the winds picked up dramatically. Had that happened earlier, the outcome could have much worse. Amateur radio serves communities before and When All Else Fails, and having a thriving group of trained operators active in amateur radio allowed it to facilitate emergency communications that saved the day.

(ARRL)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- SOFTWARE FOR HAMS

SkyRoof A Specialized Satellite Tracking Program for SDRs

SkyRoof , developed by Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA, is a satellite tracking and radio control program that focuses on software design radio (SDR) operation. The program supports SDR-based SSB/CW/FM receivers with RIT and Doppler tracking. Frequency tuning is done visually with a mouse.


It provides detailed information about all satellites that transmit in the
ham bands while all satellite traces on the waterfall are labelled with satellite names, and the boundaries of the transponder segments.

SkyRoof provides the usual pass prediction for selected satellites and visual representation of the current satellite position and future passes in several formats including Sky View the view of the sky from your location; Earth
View the view of the Earth from the satellite; Time Line the satellite
passes on the time scale; and Pass List the details of the predicted passes. The SDR-based waterfall display covers the whole satellite segments on the
VHF and UHF bands, with zoom and pan.


The program supplies audio and I/Q output to external programs via a virtual audio cable (VAC). CAT control of an external transceiver is also said to be provided along with antenna rotator control.


SkyRoof is currently available only for MS Windows.

It is open source and can be downloaded for free at ve3nea.github.io/SkyRoof/index.html


(ANS)
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2025

VK3 - Gippsland Gate Radio & Electronics Club HamFest July 5 10am ggrec.org.au/hamfest (wiacal)
VK5 - ADELAIDE HILLS AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY'S BIG ANNUAL BUY AND SELL
SATURDAY JULY 19 MARION RSL SELLERS AT 8:30 BUYERS AT 10:30

VK - Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association 50th anniversary
Glen Waverly July 26 president@alara.org (vk2ayl)

VK4 - Redcliffe Club CarBoot Sale Saturday 30 August at club house
(vk4tfn)

VK5 - AREG's Amateur Radio & Electronics Sale Sunday 26th October
at David Roche Park, Kilburn (VK5QI)

VK4 - GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY 2025 HAMFEST NOV 9
(vk4dmh)
Country Paradise Parklands 231 Beaudesert Nerang Road.

VK3- Rosebud RadioFest, Eastbourne Primary School, Rosebud (wiacal)
November Sixteen.

VK8 - Darwin Amateur Radio Club DARC Xmas Party 6:30pm Dec 3
(wiacal)
final final

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