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If none of the transmission times suit you, you can download the audio
file at any time from today (Sunday) from the clubs website

Tune in tomorrow for the October RAOTC bulletin, enjoy the program and
please join in the call backs afterwards.

73 from Clive VK6CSW.

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS - YOTA
(Youngsters On The Air)
facebook.com/yotaregion2
facebook.com/groups/YOTAOC/
youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA
twitter.com/hamyota
ham-yota.com
Hot on the heels of VK3MV Alex's article in this months AR Magazine
re maybe a youth section in the RD contest for 2025 comes news from
the Oceania DX Contest committee. Four yes 4 new late awards have been
added to the Oceania contest this year!

Youth MultiOp Phone and CW awards

Youth Phone and CW Single op awards.

The Oceania DX committee has been scrambling to get everything in
place to bring these important awards to life for the 2024 contest and
welcome the opportunity to promote youth in amateur radio and they
hope that we have a great contest!

(text only story)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO

With hundreds of people still missing in Western North Carolina and
little communication from those hard-hit areas, people in the Triangle
are desperate to find missing loved ones.

While communication's been nearly non-existent in some areas since the
storm, ham radio operators are stepping in to help where they can.

>From his Johnston County Home, Van Lee can communicate with people all
over the world. He says ham radio can be a lifeline when disaster
strikes. "We don't need infrastructure. We can take a small low power
radio and some wire you know how to build an antenna and get on the
air," he explained. They can get messages to operators in Western
North Carolina, relaying names and addresses of people who are
missing, and in some cases, getting information back to their worried
families.

Richard VK2SKY has more:-
A few days ago, the Scanner Radio app on my phone notified me that
over two thousand people were monitoring W4HTP, a two metre repeater
in Charlotte NC.

Tuning in via Broadcastify, I found an active emergency net, being
run very capably by Daniel K2DMG. Many Amateurs have been checking
into this net, providing welfare checks on local residents and
relaying messages to loved ones outside the area by means of
Amateur Radio.

Meanwhile, on HF, the Tar Heel Emergency Net, part of North Carolina
ARES, has been active with nets providing longer haul communications
out of the area.

North Carolina, Tennessee, and surrounding areas have been very badly
affected by Hurricane Helene. With widespread disruption to roads,
bridges, power, and communications infrastructure, Amateurs have
stepped up and proven once again that when all else fails,
Amateur Radio can still get through.

Links:

Scanner Radio app:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scannerradio&hl=en_AU

W4HTP Broadcastify feed:
broadcastify.com/webPlayer/43107

Tar Heel Emergency Net:
ncarrl.org/nets/THEN/

SKYWARN:
weather.gov/skywarn/

News video interview with K2DMG who has been running that net on the
W4HTP repeater: WJZY news interview with Daniel K2DMG:
youtube.com/watch?v=3jXb9zwnO70

73 Richard VK2SKY

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- VHF AND ABOVE.

In the UK, the RSGB has responded to a recent Ofcom Consultation,
which would see new users sharing spectrum within their 2.3GHz
amateur band.

Whilst the new devices may be limited to indoor use, the RSGB has
taken the opportunity to highlight concerns regarding the weak signal
2320MHz segment.

In addition, the RSGB has also indicated its wish to review the
current restrictions that apply to this band that date back to 2013,
when it was subject to Public Sector Spectrum Release.

The response and background information can be found in the link shown
in this weeks WIA NATIONAL NEWS.

tinyurl.com/mr37cjzy
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2024 IT'S A DATE

Clubs are welcome to email text with audio for this section

Details of all WIA affiliated clubs and societies can be found
on the WIA website, including email addresses and website links.

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VK4 - GOLD COAST HAMFEST OCTOBER 13 at Nerang Country Paradise
Parklands 231 Beaudesert-Nerang Road Nerang.        (vk4DMH)
GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY  2024 HAMFEST

Hi there!

Its HamFest season, and have we got a HamFest for you!

Not all hamfests are the same.

The Gold Coast HamFest is renowned for the variety of businesses and
other suppliers attending, not to mention the eclectic range of fellow
amateurs with great gear to show and sell, plus other ham radio clubs.

You know what they say about real estate?
Location! Location! Location!

This HamFest is on Queenslands Gold Coast, the hub of ham activity in
this part of the world.

Sunday, October 13 is the date. I repeat  Sunday, October 13.

Location is  Country Paradise Parklands at 231 Beaudesert Nerang
Road, Nerang.

If youve been before, youll know that location.

If the Gold Coast HamFest is a new one for you, just google the
location. Too easy!

Entry tickets are five dollars, the same as it has been for years.
Doors open to the public from 08:30am.
There is on-site parking and everything is under cover.
Coming early, or coming late, youll need a snack.
Once again we are having the very popular bacon and egg muffins, as
well other items from the BBQ.

To book a table, and for other info, go to gcars.com.au and look for
the HamFest tab, or email hamfest@gcars.com.au

See you at Nerang on Sunday October 13.

This is Aidan VK4APM for the Gold Coast Amateur Radio Society.

VK5 - Amateur Radio Experiments Group Radio & Electronics Sale
Saturday 26th October 10AM David Roche Park Kilburn  (vk5qi)

VK7 - Tasmanian Ham Conference November 2 and 3 Hobart.    (vk7news)
Held at the Sandy Bay Campus of UTAS.

VK3 - SPARC Rosebud RadioFest November 17 at Eastbourne Primary
School, Allambi Ave. Rosebud.                        (vk3pdg)
2025

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


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