NewsWest for Sunday 11th August 2019 - History of Amateur Radio EditionThis week we look at Amateur Radio History, and because next weekend is the Remembrance Day contest, our history segments will focus on Amateur Radio during and just after World War Two.We remind you about the RD Contest and the International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend, both of which are on next weekend.You’ll hear Roy’s helpline, in its thirty eighth year. And there’s a request for help to locate and set up some vintage radio equipment in a Southern forest. NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can send contributions by email to newswest@vk6.netYou'll find links to resources on the vk6.net website where you'll also find information on where ...
Posted Aug 10, 2019, 5:12 PM by Bob Bristow
NewsWest for Sunday 4th august - Club Focus EditionNewsWest for Sunday 4th August is the Club Focus Edition, where we focus on clubs, and we give time to clubs to blow their trumpets, or even a whole brass band if they want. We have stories from the Christmas Island Amateur Radio Club, WA Amateur Radio News and Ham College.We take a look at recent criticism of Ham College by wise men from the East, and I comment about bullying in Amateur Radio Circles.Then we have a good news story, of a very low power QSO between Melbourne and Perth using the new JS8Call mode.We remind you that nominations for the Jim Rumble Award close tonight, Dan interviews a local Amateur, Clive reminds us about the ...
Posted Aug 2, 2019, 5:31 AM by Bob Bristow
NewsWest for Sunday July 28th 2019 Contesting EditionWelcome to NewsWest for Sunday 28th July 2019.Today we focus our attention on Contesting, and we’ll have information about contests that have been and gone, and those that are yet to happen.I’m Bob VK6POP, the producer, and the team this week is Dan VK6NAD, and Roy VK6XV.In addition to contests, we have Roy’s Helpline, a reminder about the Jim Rumble Award nominations, and the ACMA Consultation paper, news on the Northern Corridors Radio Group’s Hamfest, and we remind you which meetings are coming up this week around VK6.NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can send contributions by email to newswest@vk6.netYou'll find links to resources on the ...
Posted Jul 27, 2019, 12:38 AM by Bob Bristow
NewsWest for Sunday 21st July 2019 New Hams EditionNewsWest for 21st July has a focus on New Amateurs, with hints and tips from Andres, Peter, Bob and Jeff, and of course we have Roy blasting off with helpline.You’ll see this and more on NewsWest. We welcome a new producer this week, Dan VK6NAD.NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can send contributions by email to newswest@vk6.netYou'll find links to resources on the vk6.net website where you'll also find information on where to hear the news, where to download it, how to rebroadcast this news and how to register your callbacks.If you want to join in, you can. Send an email to newswest@vk6.net and we'll ...
Posted Jul 20, 2019, 1:33 AM by Bob Bristow
NewsWest for Sunday 14th July 2019 - History EditionIt’s HISTORY week - and we travel back 50 years to 1969.We’ve got news on the 6m repeater - back ON AIR, RFI from the NBN, The 2m band and aviation proposals from France.There’s reminders, of course - Roy’s Helpline, a note from Steve VK6SJ, and a whole lot more.Also note a last minute message from Chris, VK3FY.On Friday, he received a limited number of AMC Foundation, Standard, Advanced, Regulations and Practical exam packs.He’ll be running assessments this Thursday night at 7pm in Osborne Park.If you’re interested and want more details, please contact Chris sooned via e-mail - vk3fychris@gmail.comBetter hit the books...NewsWest invites contributions to the news ...
Posted Jul 13, 2019, 2:22 AM by Glynn Davies
NewsWest for Sunday 7th July 2019 - Club Focus EditionNewsWest for Sunday 7th July is the Club Focus edition, where we give space to clubs to shamelessly promote themselves. In this episode of NewsWest there’s a message for Young ladies, well ladies of all ages of course from Diane VK4DI, who will be in Perth soon and would love to meet up with VK6 Amateur Radio ladiesAre you chasing a USA Amateur License? There’s an opportunity coming up soon in Perth, and we’ll tell you all about that.Andrew talks about the role of Amateur Radio in Disaster Management., and I’m on again about the ACMA consultation on the Amateur Licensing conditions.There are items from local clubs, and one from the Radio Amateur ...
Posted Jul 5, 2019, 3:36 AM by Bob Bristow
NewsWest for Sunday 30th June 2019Today we discuss important announcements from the Wireless Institute of Australia and the ACMA. There’s a reminder about the NZART memorial contest next weekend, Clive reminds us about the Radio Old timers broadcast, Andrew reports from British Columbia about Amateur Radio exams, and who is taking them.Roy’s Helpline, has been providing a service to VK6 Amateurs for a third of a century.NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can send contributions by email to newswest@vk6.netYou'll find links to resources on the vk6.net website where you'll also find information on where to hear the news, where to download it, how to rebroadcast this news and how to register your callbacks ...
Posted Jun 28, 2019, 7:22 PM by Bob Bristow
NewsWest for Sunday 23rd June - Contesting EditionThe NewsWest broadcast for the 23rd of June is ready to download. This is the Contesting Edition, brought to you by the team at WA Amateur Radio News. Glynn, VK6PAW, is our guest producer this week. In this Contesting News bulletin, there’s a wrap up on the VK Shires and the Harry Angel Sprint, information on the NZART Memorial, the upcoming IARU HF Championship, the Trans Tasman Low Bands Challenge, the ALARA contest, the Remembrance Day Contest, and the International Lighthouse and Lightships Weekend. Andrew gives us a radio report from his river cruise on the Danube, which could quickly turn into a bus trip by the sounds of things. There’s an announcement from the Radio and Electronics ...
Posted Jun 22, 2019, 1:26 AM by Bob Bristow
NewsWest Sunday 16th June 2019 - New Hams EditionNewsWest is produced by WA Amateur Radio News, and goes to air every Sunday of the year.This week we look at new hams, who has earned a new license, and we offer some useful information and perhaps even advice to those new to the hobby. The Winter VHF/UHF contest is on next weekend, and there’s a reminder for that, and also for the International Museums weekend, on this and next weekend,We have a road report from Andrew. Well when I sad Road Report, he’s actually on a river cruise. Andrew is presently in Germany but will soon be in Austria.Roy’s helpline tells us who wants to buy, sell or swap used equipment, and ...
Posted Jun 14, 2019, 9:29 PM by Bob Bristow
NewsWest 9th June 2019 - History of Amateur RadioWelcome to NewsWest, the local Amateur Radio programme for Western Australia. Today we look at the history of Amateur Radio, with snippets from as far back as 1924. As we do these history segments, it’s quite clear that we are facing very similar issues as did our Grandfathers in the hobby. Will it ever change?The team this week is Andrew, Mike, Dan and Roy, and myself, Bob VK6POP, the producer for this week. Steve VK6SJ discusses the JIm Rumble Award, a VK6 “amateur of the Year” award. There’s an item about New Packet Radio by Steve VK6ST, however Steve lost his voice last week, and so you’ll hear it in another voice.Andrew will be our ...
Posted Jun 7, 2019, 7:37 PM by Bob Bristow
The "Foundations of Amateur Radio" segment that was broadcast by Onno VK6FLAB on WA Amateur Radio News can now be found at http://ftroop.vk6flab.com/, or on iTunes.
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The original vk6.net site was maintained by Christine VK6ZLZ and hosted by Robyn VK6XRE. It's still available online for historic purposes. (Note that the information is likely out of date.)
