20180128 - VK6WIA - NewsWest for Sunday 28 February 2018 [26:59]

Contesting Special

In the news this week we take a closer look at contesting, upcoming activities, how to operate, a tip from Scott K9JY and  an update from Roy's Helpline. Bob hits the road on a grand tour of Australia with the first of his radio road reports and I take a look at what's involved in getting a WSPR station on the air.

This is NewsWest, amateur radio news since 1931 for shortwave listeners, radio amateurs and those interested in radio communications in their wide and varying contact with the rest of the world, on the Citizen Band, via narrow cast, community radio, the local repeater, on-line, on-air and on-demand.

This bulletin is produced by WA Amateur Radio News and this week I'm your host, Onno VK6FLAB.

If you hear anything that gets you interested and you're looking for the link, check out the home-page on the vk6.net website where you'll also find more information about amateur radio activities in and around Western Australia.

If you look at it today, you'll learn that next week at this time is the Peel Amateur Radio Group swapmeet in Mandurah, check the calendar for more information.

This news can also be heard via the VK6RIB repeater on 145.575 MHz on a rotating schedule and you can hear it on 77.4 MHz fm, not to mention repeaters and relays across most of Australia. Details of times and frequencies are on vk6.net

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Thanks to Jono VK6DF who reported via email that he heard our news via the VK6 10m repeater in Karratha.

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If you'd like to share your joy of amateur radio, you can. To broadcast this news is simplicity itself. Download the mp3 and play it on air. You can get as sophisticated as you like, some broadcasts are completely automatic, others are done manually with a computer hooked up to a convenient radio, it's entirely up to you. There is only one requirement, that is, you have to broadcast the news as-is, no edits, no summaries, no extracts, just the news as provided.

If you do get the urge to broadcast this news, and we encourage you to, drop us a line and we'll add your efforts to the broadcast schedule.

Look forward to your company again next week and thanks to Michelle, Glynn, Bob and Roy for their contributions this week. I'm Onno VK6FLAB.

Now get on air and make some noise.

Originating in Perth Western Australia NewsWest is produced by WA Amateur Radio News for listeners on-air, on-line and on-demand.

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Producer: Onno VK6FLAB

Duration: [26:59]