Tag: Australia

Craig, VK5CE will be active from North Island, Sir Edward Pellew Islands, IOTA OC – 198, 12 – 16 November 2017 as VK5CE/8.

WIA News reports the Wireless Institute of Australia has been running at an annual loss of about A$50,000 for several years

There is so much stuff associated with Amateur Radio that your family might be forgiven in thinking that your hobby is all about being in the middle of a junk-yard surrounded by the carcasses of disassembled gear…

In the news this week we take a close look at contesting with updates from the Ociania DX Contest, The CQ World Wide, Ross Hull Memorial Contest as well as a look at Jamboree On The Air, an introduction to the VK Contest club, the upcoming Hamfest weekend, Roy’s Helpline, Foundations of Amateur Radio and more

The Australian Communications and Media Authority, at a recent ACMA spectrum tune-up session, proposed to accelerate the auction of the millimetre wave spectrum for 5G broadband

Geoff Osborne VK5HEL of the Lower Murray Amateur Radio Club is hoping to establish a community radio station in Murray Bridge

As part of the ongoing consultation process, the Wireless Institute of Australia wants to measure the views of those in Amateur Radio.
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Foundations of Amateur Radio – Episode 118

Amateur Radio Regulation and Enforcement in Australia is Broken

It seems that depending on who you are there are different rules for how complaints are handled. It shouldn’t be that way, but it is. This week I look at different examples of complaint handling by the ACMA and the WIA.

Foundations of Amateur Radio is a weekly podcast about the 1000 hobbies that make our community. You can listen on-air, on-line or on-demand. Get your own personal copy from the website at http://podcasts.itmaze.com.au/foundations/, or search for my callsign VK6FLAB on iTunes, Google, or your personal podcast directory for your weekly fix.

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The University of Melbourne has invited the WIA to an invitation only book launch on September 20 of a new book on the Australis OSCAR 5 satellite

The WIA report that funding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is from more than 160 national radio societies, through a levy taken from the membership subscriptions of their transmitting members

A copy of this historical Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) publication is now available to those researching war history in Canberra

Australia’s Manly-Warringah Radio Society invites all to participate in its annual Flagpole Challenge in September