Subj : Newsline Part 3
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Oct 21 2016 04:43 pm
AUSTRALIAN STEM SYMPOSIUM NEEDS INPUT
SKEETER/ANCHOR: Teaching kids about Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Math, takes lots of planning, and the Wireless Institute of Australia
is looking for some help in doing just that. Here's Amateur Radio
Newsline's John Williams, VK4JJW.
JOHN'S REPORT: Australian amateur radio operators are being asked to
participate in an event that doesn't involve being on the air, but will
hopefully result in meaningful contacts anyway. The Wireless Institute
of Australia needs amateurs willing to share their technical knowledge,
as it applies to STEM education programs for young Australians. Hams are
being asked to submit expressions of interest in participating in the
institute's STEM Symposium on November 19, at the Canberra ARC club
rooms. The WIA would like to see amateurs share not just their knowledge,
but ways to integrate it into STEM programs. Those ideas will be
discussed during the one-day gathering, with an eye toward writing up
briefs that can be submitted to government agencies involved in STEM.
Amateurs already involved in STEM activities are especially welcome.
For more information, send an email to
[email protected]
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm John Williams, VK4JJW
(WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA)
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SYDNEY AMATEURS DEBUT NEW WEBSDR
SKEETER/ANCHOR: Also in Australia, there's some new WebSDR activity
online. Want to listen in on what's happening on the bands around
Sydney? Amateur Radio Newsline's Richard Murnane, VK2SKY, has those
details.
RICHARD's REPORT: In VK2, the Manly-Warringah Radio Society in Sydney,
Australia is pleased to announce that its new WebSDR is now online. This
web-accessible software defined radio receiver, covers five amateur
bands; 160, 80, 40, 20 and 15 meters, making it easy to check from
anywhere in the world if your HF signal is reaching VK2. It's also handy
if you're away from the shack, and just want to do some shortwave
listening through your mobile phone, or other portable device. You can
even listen in through your computer at work -- just don't annoy the
boss. This project has been supported by a generous development grant
from Amateur Radio New South Wales, for which the club would like to
express its heartfelt thanks. The receiver may be used by anyone, whether
they're a licensed amateur or not. Simply go to the Manly-Warringah Radio
Society website at
http://www.mwrs.org.au and click on the WebSDR link in
the top menu. Give it a try, and let the club know how it works for you.
All feedback will be most welcome.
Just Google the club callsign, VK2MB, for more information. Happy
listening!
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Richard Murnane, VK2SKY.
**
A RADIO MYSTERY ALONG BENGAL BORDER IN INDIA
SKEETER/ANCHOR: In India, the West Bengal Radio Club is helping
authorities clear up a disturbing mystery, as we hear from Newsline's
Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
JEREMY: The strange messages come over the airwaves, typically around
midnight. They are sent from transmitters that appear to be moving, and
in transmissions that appear to be in a language featuring numeric codes,
as well as Bengali and Urdi words Hams with Bangladeshi-type
pronounciations. These transmissions are of great concern to hams in
South Bengal, who have been hearing the traffic along the B
engal-Bangladesh border, and have now been asked to help track the
source. Hams with the West Bengal Radio Club were asked by the Ministry
of Communication and Information Technology, to monitor this traffic
around the clock with an eye toward tracking any potential terror
activity. The club's secretary, Ambarish Nag Biswas, said the club has
assigned 23 operators to do so.
He said hams have apparently been noticing these transmissions on VHF as
early as June, but said this is the first time amateurs have encountered
this kind of radio traffic along the border.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
(HINDUSTAN TIMES)
**
WORLD OF DX
In the world of DX, Istvan, HA5AO, has reactivated his 7P8AO callsign,
and is operating from Lesotho until October 29th. Send QSL cards via
Club Log OQRS.
Be listening for callsigns 9N7FD, 9N7WE, 9N7ZT and 9N7XW as a group of
Polish operators gets on the air from Nepal through October 29th. Send
QSL cards to their home calls.
Chris, GM3WOJ, and Keith, GM4YXI, are operating from Micronesia as V6Z
until November 1st. The IOTA reference is OC-011. Send QSLs via Club Log
OQRS.
Be listening for call sign TL0A, which is being used by a group of
French amateurs in the Central African Republic. They will be on the air
until October 28th. Listen for them operating CW, SSB and RTTY on 80
meters to 6 meters. Their QSL Manager is F4WBN.
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