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WIA Vice President David Ford, VK4MZ, towards 2020 and beyond!

WIA President Justin Giles-Clark VK7TW with this weeks Board comment.

WIA Board has concerns in managing communications with you.

WIA BOARD ELECTIONS. - WIA Annual Radio & Electronics Convention (Including the WIA AGM). - WIA IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT PHIL WAITE.

WIA SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR PETER VK8ZZ. - WIA "YOU DO NOT 'OWN' THAT FREQUENCY, VK5GR EXPLAINS. - WIA AGM CONVENTION ANNOUNCE FURTHER SPEAKERS.

WIA QSL Bureau with John Seamons, VK3JLS, National and Inwards Manager. - WIA Contest Committee appoints Alan VK4SN as a manager. - WIA Merit Awards last chance to nominate a fellow ham. - WIA DIRECTOR Marcus vk5wtf with this weeks board talk.

WIA 2018 Radio and Electronics convention is rapidly approaching. - WIA Merit Award program with Secretary VK8ZZ.- WIA BOARD COMMENT with Greg VK2GPK.

WIA Radio and Electronics Convention and AGM, please registernow. - WIA Merit Awards with Peter Clee VK8ZZ Secretary WIA. - WIA attends Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Meeting. - WIA Director David Ford VK4MZ with some out-there ideas

WIA Radio and Electronics Convention and AGM. - WIA's Dale Hughes VK1DSH attends Asia-Pacific Telecommunity gathering in Perth. - WIA Directors Skype to your local club meetings. - WIA President Justin VK7TW reports in this weeks Board Summary.

This week in our cram-packed National News broadcast we have - Board Comment from Brian VK2GCE, VK8 QSL Manager Appointed, WIA & ACMA at Asia Pacific Telecommunity meeting, Kosovo Activation Success and First Tunisian Licenses Issued, John Moyle Memorial Field Day, AMSAT Teeing Off and Amateur Anchors Aweigh, Wyong Wrap-up, WSQ2 on 630M, Focus on QRP in June, Way low down at 17.8 kHz, Quantum computing and radio wave destruction. For a truly VK feel the segments recorded by Felix VK4FUQ - you can hear the torrential rain in the background...HIHI!

In this weeks news we cover - Board comment by Phil VK2ASD, VK3PC Funeral Details, 2018 WIA Radio and Electronics Convention and AGM, Callbacks report, Spratly Islands, Where is Earhart, Hina Matsuri and PicSat, Ross Hull Contest for 2018, Space Weather Report, VK2, 3 & 4 events, Yls around the World, RAOTC Broadcast, YOTA in NOTA, DroneFest and Summit to Summit and finish with Spies and Cladestine Radios in Scotland!

In this cram-packed edition we cover - Jim Linton VK3PC Silent Key, WIA Board Comment from Peter VK8ZZ, Callbacks calbacks everywhere, When all else fails, Wireless Power Transfer the new BPL, Bouvet Island and Serious Fines, VK3RWO & VK2RBB repeaters, Meet the Voice in VK7, The John Moyle in Townsville, Byrds Morse Key and ANZAC CW and AM, YLs around the world, Social Scene and we finish with the Thingaverse and amateur radio.

In this weeks news we hear from Geoff VK4ZPP on Holcracy, WIA Director Marcus VK5WTF provides this weeks Board Comment then across to Aidan VK4APM on the WIA Radio and Electronics Convention in May, John VK5DJ lets us know about the Australian Fox Hunting Championships, Its only one week to Wyong and Bob VK2AOR and Ed DD5LP fills us in, YLs and ILLW, long distance VHF and Overseas DX events, VK3RTV on the move and we have a new regular segment on YLs Around the World thanks to Kimberley VK2KMI and we finish with Mrs Mac and spy stations in North Korea.

FROM THE MICROPHONES OF THE AUSTRALIAN LADIES AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION - AGM Weekend registrations are open, VK4MZ on new Ticketing System, Longitudinal broadcasts, YL Contests around the globe, WANDARC Hamfest, Two weeks to Wyong Field Day, Government roadmap for spectrum and its pricing, AM and CW on ANZAC Day, Around the World with YL sister organisations, 4KZ on 60m, Maritime Commemoration, ADS-B on a Recycling Budget, The pioneering Joy Batchler VK7YL, Social Scene and we finish with a great discussion point about Diversity and Inclusion

WIA Director Comment from VP David VK4MZ, ACMA Spectrum Planning taken seriously, German decisions, a welcome to Kosovo and calling all Leprechauns, The Ted Powell Memorial DX Challenge winner announced, Wyong Field Day just around the corner, NASA Zombie Satellite Hunting, Satellite Budgie Smugglers including YLs on AO-92, RAOTC on the war between Edison and Tesla and strange voices on the airwaves in North West VK7.

NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING JANUARY 28 2018. In this weeks news bulletin we have - WIA Director Comment from Justin VK7TW, Broadcast team update, WIA Merit awards now open, Suspect Spy, Numbers Stations Remain, ARRL Directors agree to review their Code of Conduct, Special Event station, IOTA Dxpedition, Space News, Whispering in Antarctica, ALARA AGM, and international Emcom news with an VK flavour!

PLEASE HELP ! - WIA NEWS EDITORS URGENTLY REQUIRED - ! ,DISCUSSION POINT - I've been thinking with Geoff Emery, Board Update from WIA Director Brian Clarke VK2GCE, WIA Volunteer Opportunities, Italian club celebrating science milestones, ARRL speaks out on misinformation, ACMA ENABLES INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, Wyong Field day 2018 news, 2018 HAWAII MISSILE DEFENCE FALSE ALERT, The FT8 digital mode has big uptake, January ALARA Newsletter and notification of AGM, An interesting DIY development, WPT technology as an ordinary battery cell, Ripleys believe or not - Le mobile multifunction ???

Broadcast Assistance needed, The future of Amateur Radio update, Illegal radio operator to know fate in February, Melbourne QRP by the Bay, AX prefix on Australia's national day, The home of the good guys,Australias Most Wanted - Restorers Needed, HAM GRANTED PATENT FOR "INVISIBILITY CLOAK",CUBAN AMATEURS SCORE HIGH MARKS.

WIA BOARD COMMENT with VK8ZZ, ACMA Five Year Spectrum Outlook, End of the telegram service, Battery powered smart bags raise safety concern, Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race - Amateurs on the receiving end, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation funding problems.

Office closure for the Christmas New Holiday, WIA Board Talk, WIA relies on functional WIA committees, Selling of non-compliant drone AV-transmitters stopped, Antarctic milestone being celebrated, Australian broadcaster on shortwave, WIRELESS WEATHER ,