VK6ARN Amateur Radio News - NewsWest
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NewsWest 22nd August 2021
August 20, 2021 07:25 - 24 minutes - 11.3 MBNewsWest for Sunday 22nd August 2021 is the New Amateurs edition, and we acknowledge and congratulate newcomers to the hobby in Western Australia. In the New Hams series we discuss the broad nature of Amateur Radio, news of a cubesat made right here in Perth by Amateurs, we have updates on PerthTech, and reminders that both Hamfest and the ALARA contest are on next weekend. NewsWest is produced by WA Amateur Radio News for every Sunday of the year and can be heard on-air, online and on-dem...
NewsWest 15th August 2021
August 13, 2021 05:51 - 29 minutes - 13.3 MBNewsWest for Sunday 15th August 2021 is the History Edition, and because this weekend is the Remembrance Day Contest weekend, we’re taking a look at the resumption of Amateur Radio in Australia after World War Two ended. There’s also a story out of Tasmania about the RD contest in 1954. In another history of Amateur Radio stories, Will VK6UU brings us the second part of the history of the building of the Cataby repeater site. We bring you news and comment on recent positive developments ...
NewsWest 8th August 2021
August 06, 2021 04:55 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBNewsWest for Sunday 8th August 2021 is the contesting edition, and we have news of contests coming up over the next couple of months, as well as some general information about contesting that you may find useful. There’s a bunch of Aussie contests coming up, kicking off with the Remembrance Day contest next weekend, and we’ve got some information that may assist you to prepare for these. NewsWest is produced by WA Amateur Radio News, a Western Australian Amateur Radio Club with a global vi...
NewsWest 1st August 2021
July 30, 2021 09:12 - 23 minutes - 10.9 MBNewsWest for Sunday 1st August 2021 is the Club Focus edition, where Clubs can promote themselves and what they are getting up to. In the Club Focus series, we discuss the role of Clubs in gathering and nurturing new Amateurs. We have updates on Hamfest and PerthTech, Roy’s Amateur Radio Helpline and more, on NewsWest. NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can send contributions by email to [email protected] You'll find links to resources on the vk6.net website where ...
NewsWest 25th July 2021
July 23, 2021 04:53 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MBThis is VK6 Amateur Radio News with NewsWest for Sunday 25th July 2021. Today we are talking to New Amateurs, welcoming those who have gained their first license, and also congratulating those who have gained another level. However, everyone else is welcome to listen in too because there’s news and information for everyone. We have news, information and resources that Amateurs new and old will find useful, right here on NewsWest. NewsWest continues a tradition of Amateur Radio News sin...
NewsWest 18th July 2021
July 16, 2021 08:34 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBNewsWest for Sunday 18th July 2021 is the History of Amateur Radio edition, where we look back into Amateur Radio history, back about seventy years. We have news of local club activities and events coming up, including more developments in the local leg of the Fox Mike Hotel Portable Ops Challenge, and a special visitor to PerthTech, and there’s also a silent key tribute. NewsWest is compiled and published by WA Amateur Radio News and is heard on-air, online and on-demand. Visit our websit...
NewsWest 11th July 2021
July 09, 2021 08:50 - 30 minutes - 14 MBNewsWest on Sunday 11th July 2021 is all about contesting, and there’s a good swag of contesting coming up in the next month or two, including some new information about the Fox Mike Hotel Portable Operations Challenge. There are reminders about PerthTech and the raffle that supports it. NewsWest is the Amateur Radio News programme for Western Australia, and you can hear it on air, online and on demand. Find out how you can hear NewsWest by visiting our website, vk6 dot net. NewsWest is th...
NewsWest 27th June 2021
June 25, 2021 13:11 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBNewsWest for Sunday 27th June 2021 has no fixed theme, so sort of anything goes. As promised last week we have a silent key tribute for Poppy ex VK6YF, updates on PerthTech and the PerthTech Raffle, some snippets of local news, and a comment about why members should be paying attention to what the WIA does. NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can send contributions by email to [email protected] You'll find links to resources on the vk6.net website where you'll also fi...
NewsWest 20th June 2021
June 18, 2021 11:41 - 23 minutes - 10.8 MBNewsWest for Sunday 20th June 2021 is the New Amateurs Edition, where we acknowledge those who have gained a new callsign, especially to welcome newcomers to the hobby. As well as welcoming newcomers, there’s lots of local news. NewsWest is produced by WA Amateur Radio News, goes to air and online every weekend of the year. Find out more about NewsWest at our website, vk6 dot net. NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can send contributions by email to [email protected]...
NewsWest 13th June 2021
June 11, 2021 10:44 - 32 minutes - 14.9 MBNewsWest for Sunday 13th June 2021 is the History of Amateur Radio edition, and we’ve got a bundle of history for you, including some items from the June 1960 edition of the Amateur Radio magazine, a couple of items we dug up from old newspapers, and the special event this week is an interview with Phil Zeid, ex VK6PZ, who held an Amateur Radio license for 84 years. We also bring you the silent key tribute for John VK6ZN. NewsWest is an all Amateur Radio news service for Western Australia ...
NewsWest 6th June 2021
June 05, 2021 03:46 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBIn NewsWest for Sunday 6th June 2021, we delve into Amateur Radio contesting, and we’ll tell you about Aussie and International contests that are coming up in the next couple of months, including a contest that was new in 2020, and it’s a contest that creates a level playing field for all contestants. Interesting concept and Mike will tell us all about it later on. NewsWest is heard on-air, online and on-demand. Find out how at our website, vk6.net NewsWest invites contributions to the n...
NewsWest 30th May 2021
May 28, 2021 07:55 - 28 minutes - 13 MBNewsWest for Sunday 30th May 2021 is the Club Focus edition, where we’ve given space to Amateur Radio clubs to strut their stuff. We’ve got the regular Club Focus series discussing what Not for Profit means, Roy’s Amateur Radio Helpline, and a discussion on why we need the Wireless Institute of Australia or something like it. There’s another update on PerthTech. You’ll be hearing more of these as we go because we start the PerthTech plan with a blank slate and build it up as we go. Steve...
NewsWest 23rd May 2021
May 21, 2021 04:24 - 30 minutes - 14 MBNewsWest for Sunday 23rd May 2021 is the New Amateurs Edition, and we turn our attention to new Amateurs by acknowledging those who have gained a new license, and by offering advice, information and resources to newcomers to Amateur Radio. Today we talk about operating portable, whether by choice or necessity, Glenn and Chris will tell you about useful resources from RASA that are helpful to new Amateurs. Helpful to anyone really. NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You ...
NewsWest 16th May 2021
May 14, 2021 07:46 - 28 minutes - 13 MBNewsWest for Sunday 16th May 2021 is the History of Amateur Radio edition, and two of our history items are about the early days of the West Australian Repeater Group, there's a story about the first woman in Western Australia to pass the Amateur Radio exams, and another story of the installation of the Wireless Institute’s transmitter in Perth in 1930. We’re finally announcing details about PerthTech 2021, and to cap it off there’s more. You always get more on NewsWest, the all Amateur Rad...
NewsWest 9th May 2021
May 13, 2021 14:03 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBNewsWest for Sunday 9th May 2021 is the contesting edition, with news of contests coming up, and analysis and comments on the results of a couple of recent contests. Hamfest has been announced, and we have details for you. In case you need reminding - today is Mother’s Day, so you know what to do. Happy Mothers Day to all the mums, and I hope you take the opportunity to spoil your mum today. Where Mum has passed on, cherish your memories. NewsWest invites contributions to the news progra...
NewsWest 2nd May 2021
May 01, 2021 04:52 - 27 minutes - 12.6 MBNewsWest for Sunday 2nd May 2021 is Club Focus time, where we throw the programme over to Clubs so that they can strut their stuff. In today’s episode in the Club Focus series, I take a look at how Covid restrictions affect clubs and how we might develop resilience in clubs. There’s a good smattering of contributions from Western Australian Clubs and groups, there’s Roy’s Amateur Radio helpline and more. NewsWest is produced every Sunday of the year and can be heard on-air, online and on-...
NewsWest 25th April 2021
April 23, 2021 06:17 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBNewsWest for Sunday 25th April 2021 is the New Amateurs edition, where we spend some time giving advice and information to newcomers to Amateur Radio, hopefully smoothing their entry into the hobby. And you never know - there may be some folk who’ve been around a bit longer who will learn something too. Very importantly, today is ANZAC day, and we talk a bit about ANZAC Day and Amateur Radio, and we’ve also got a couple of historical snippets about the involvement and influence of Amateur R...
NewsWest 18th April 2021
April 16, 2021 09:55 - 22 minutes - 10.4 MBNewsWest for Sunday 18th April 2021 is the History edition, and we take a look at things that happened in Amateur Radio in 1951 and earlier. There's also an announcement of a car boot sale coming up at the Hills Amateur Radio Group, a report on the Katanning Hamfeast, and of course Roy's Helpline, and more on NewsWest. NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can send contributions by email to [email protected] You'll find links to resources on the vk6.net website where yo...
NewsWest 11th April 2021
April 09, 2021 10:27 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBNewsWest for Sunday 11th April 2021 is the Contesting edition, and we’re full of it this week. Full of Contesting information that is, including fantastic Aussie results in the recent Commonwealth Contest, there’s news of an international YLs contest, and loads more besides. NewsWest is broadcast on-air, and can be heard online and on-demand. Visit our website, vk6 dot net to discover the many ways you can listen to NewsWest. NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can s...
NewsWest 4th April 2021
April 02, 2021 09:22 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBNewsWest for Sunday 4th April 2021 is the Club Focus edition of NewsWest, and we've invited local clubs to strut their stuff and tell you what they are up to. On behalf of the NewsWest team, I'd like to wish you all the very best for a happy and safe Easter. In Club Focus the series, I talk about managing dissenters in your group. There's exciting news about PerthTech 2021, there's Roy's Helpline, and there's more. Newswest is produced by WA Amateur Radio News Inc and can be heard on-ai...
NewsWest 28th March 2021
March 26, 2021 10:22 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBNewsWest for Sunday 28th March 2021 is the New Amateurs Edition, and we’re acknowledging those who have gained a new license, we have information useful to those entering the hobby, and in the New Hams series, we discuss portable operation. We received a nice collection of individual stories from last week’s John Moyle Field Day Contest, and you’ll hear those shortly. There’s an opinion piece about the delayed Wireless Institute election of Directors, and there’s more, in NewsWest. NewsWe...
NewsWest 21st March 2021
March 19, 2021 12:13 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MBNewsWest for Sunday 21st March 2021 is the History edition. I’m not sure how I should greet you this week, as in calendar terms, it’s been very busy. For starters, it’s the John Moyle Field Day weekend, and depending on when you’re listening to the news, the contest would either be drawing to a close, or it’s all over red rover and you’re collapsed in a heap at home. How did it go? And then I’m not sure if I should have warned you about the Ides of March, sunk a Guinness in honour of St...
NewsWest 14th March 2021
March 12, 2021 10:24 - 27 minutes - 12.7 MBNewsWest for Sunday 14th March 2021 is the contesting edition, and although our focus is on contesting, it’s not all we have in store for you. The John Moyle Memorial Field day is next weekend, and along with the usual reminders and information, we bring to you a history of John Moyle, whose vision in the postwar years of the nineteen forties was instrumental in the adoption of radio as a vital tool in fighting bushfires, and of course later to be adopted in all spheres of emergency respons...
NewsWest 7th March 2021
March 05, 2021 09:19 - 24 minutes - 11.2 MBNewsWest for Sunday 7th March 2021 is the New Amateurs Edition, where we acknowledge those who have gained a new or upgraded license. Sadly we have a tribute to Lance VK6LR, silent key, who left us last weekend. We remind you about and comment on the upcoming WIA Director elections, and there's a piece by Chris VK3FY promoting his candidacy in the election. The John Moyle Field Days contest is coming up in two weeks, so there's another reminder, there's the New Hams series and more. In ...
NewsWest 28th February 2021
February 26, 2021 10:54 - 32 minutes - 15 MBNewsWest for Sunday 28th February is the Club Focus edition, and we have several items from Clubs for you today. We launch a new online tool for coordinating John Moyle Field Day stations, comment on the impending Wireless Institute election of Directors, there’s Roy’s Helpline and in the Club Focus series I talk about recognising and acknowledging individual efforts. NewsWest is produced by WA Amateur Radio News, targeting the VK6 call area, and can be heard on air, on line and on deman...
NewsWest 21st February 2021
February 19, 2021 07:33 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBIn NewsWest for Sunday 21st February 2021, we delve into Amateur Radio History, looking at more than one period in a century of Amateur Radio in Australia. There’s also news and commentary on what’s happening now in Amateur Radio, including what Roy has to offer in Helpline. The team this week is Roy VK6XV, Mike VK6KMS, and Jeff VK6JEF. I’m Bob VK6POP the NewsWest producer, and you’re listening to Newswest, which is available on-air, online and on-demand. A visit to our website, vk6 dot n...
NewsWest 14th February 2021
February 12, 2021 06:34 - 24 minutes - 11.2 MBNewsWest for Sunday 14th February 2021 is the contesting edition, with news about contests coming up, and we give some particular attention to the John Moyle Memorial Field Day coming up in March. We also have a discussion on Amateur Radio assessments and the call for them to go online It’s been fifty-five years since we decimalised our currency, and we’ll mention that later in the programme. NewsWest is produced by WA Amateur Radio News, and our primary target is Western Australian Amate...
NewsWest 7th February 2021
February 05, 2021 14:08 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MBNewsWest for Sunday 7th February 2021 is the New Amateurs Edition, where we welcome and acknowledge newcomers to the hobby, and congratulate those who have upgraded their license or obtained new callsigns. It’s been a trying week for many of us here in Western Australia, with lockdowns for COVID19, and a massive, fast-moving bushfire that destroyed more than eighty homes. A little more on that later. There's news from the ACMA about a review of licensing arrangements for Amateurs, we clear...
NewsWest 31st January 2021
January 30, 2021 07:11 - 33 minutes - 15.1 MBNewsWest for Sunday 31st January 2021 is the Club Focus edition and we’ve had a huge turnout of clubs this week to squeeze into our nominal thirty minutes, so please bear with us if we drift a bit over time. Today in the Club Focus series, I talk about Clones and Drones in a club. Jeff promotes the new Gardening Net on 80 metres and puts out a call for candidates for interviews to include in NewsWest programmes, and there’s Roy’s Helpline, and there’s a heck of a lot more. NewsWest invit...
NewsWest 24th January 2021
January 23, 2021 07:31 - 28 minutes - 13 MBNewsWest for Sunday 24th January 2021 has no fixed theme, and we’re reporting on a variety of topics, including a silent key tribute for Laurie VK6GL. Today you’ll hear about a couple of contests coming up soon, some news from space, and refreshingly, our space news actually concerns Amateur Radio. We have information on the new Gardening Net, Ham College activities, another comment on the ACMA callsigns story, and we took the portable recording studio to FT-500 - the Wireless Hill celebrat...
NewsWest 17th January 2021
January 15, 2021 07:01 - 30 minutes - 14.1 MBNewsWest for Sunday 17th January 2021 is the History of Amateur Radio Edition, and we take a look at January 1946, when Amateur Radio begins to resume after World War Two. There’s news from the Peel Amateur Radio Group advising of some interesting activities they have coming up, F Troop is celebrating a milestone, there's news from RASA with the latest QTC Lite newsletter, New from fists Down Under, and a bit of a roundup from previous stories about bullying, involving a court case between ...
NewsWest 10th January 2021
January 08, 2021 07:22 - 28 minutes - 13 MBNewsWest for Sunday 10th January 2021 is the contesting edition. There’s information about four Aussie and International contests coming up in the next month or two, especially we encourage you to think about how you might tackle the John Moyle Memorial Field Day in March, remembering that last year we had to pull the plug on many planned activities for that weekend. There’s a comment from Glenn VK4DU about the recent unilateral changes by the ACMA to the callsign prefixes in relation to t...
NewsWest 3rd January 2021
January 01, 2021 07:08 - 18 minutes - 8.5 MBNewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can send contributions by email to [email protected] You'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 [email protected] and we'll be happy to respond. Send your stories, tall or true, audio production, scripts, events, updates, member...
NewsWest 27th December 2020
December 24, 2020 11:12 - 26 minutes - 12 MBIn NewsWest for Sunday 27th December 2020, we’re acknowledging those who are new to the hobby or have recently upgraded their license. And, importantly, it’s the last NewsWest for 2020. What a mucky year it’s been for almost everything, and we’re very lucky here in VK6 Land for being able to dodge the bug for so long. As well as congratulating new amateurs, we’re commenting about inappropriate behaviour on-air and especially on social media, and it's no coincidence that the Government has...
NewsWest 20th December 2020
December 18, 2020 13:54 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MBNewsWest for Sunday 20th December 2020 is a history of Amateur Radio edition, including an interview with Phil, the guy at the Space Museum in Carnarvon at the old space communication station, Amateur Radio resumes as a Christmas gift in 1945, there's a radio story from Antarctica, and if you've ever wondered how the time pips were generated for broadcast on 6WF way back when we've got the story. Roy presents his weekly Helpline, and there's some Ham Radio Christmas poetry. NewsWest is you...
NewsWest 13th December 2020
December 11, 2020 06:48 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MBNewsWest for Sunday 13th December 2020 is the contesting edition, and we have news of six Amateur Radio contests coming up soon, and in January, that you may be interested in. Andrew gives a clarification of the ACMA announcement concerning the sixty-metre, five megahertz band for Amateurs in Australia, Jeff tells us about a new net in Western Australia, the winners of the NCRG raffle are announced, we have Roy’s Helpline, and there's more, on NewsWest, your Western Australian Amateur Radio...
NewsWest 6th December 2020
December 04, 2020 16:09 - 35 minutes - 16.5 MBNewsWest for Sunday 6th December 2020 is the Club Focus edition, and we have a healthy crop of contributions from clubs. Last week I said that if we receive a lot of club news, we’d bump some other stuff. Well we did, and we have, but it’s still a bumper edition. Well done those clubs who made the effort. The cutting room floor is strewn with stuff I’ve had to throw out, however, there’s still an interesting spread of items. We lead off with a Silent Key notice for Jack Burrows VK6BU, fol...
NewsWest 29th November 2020
November 27, 2020 11:21 - 27 minutes - 12.6 MBIn this 29th November 2020 edition of NewsWest, we welcome New Amateurs to the hobby and provide information that will prove useful to newcomers to the hobby and perhaps useful to those not quite so new to the hobby. Jeff talks about online resources for Amateurs, and also about how Amateurs can move up to the next license level. Mike discusses the Solar Flux index, and quite timely too because it’s increased considerably over the last week. We have news from RASA about their new VK Regs w...
NewsWest 22nd November 2020
November 20, 2020 11:08 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBNewsWest for Sunday 22nd November 2020 doesn’t have a set theme, so what we do have for you is an interesting mixed bag of subjects - people’s stories, a bit of science, a bit of history, there’s a report on last week’s Hamfeast, we ask what’s happening at the Australian Maritime College, we look at the inner workings of NewsWest, and, unfortunately, we report on Neil VK6BDO going silent key. NewsWest is the best all Amateur Radio news you’ll hear any week. You can hear NewsWest on-air, onl...
NewsWest 15th November 2020
November 14, 2020 05:54 - 22 minutes - 41 MBNewsWest for Sunday 15th November 2020 is the contesting edition, and we have news and reminders of contests coming up this year, as contesting in 2020 isn't over yet. Who was Aacharya Jagadish Chandra Bose? We’ll tell you about a special event activation in India, coming up soon, marking this man’s birthday. Clive announces a Christmas Party for the Radio Old Timers, and Glynn drops by to spruik about the NCRG raffle. And there’s Roy. It’s no show without punch, and Roy’s Amateur Radio H...
NewsWest 8th November 2020
November 06, 2020 14:17 - 28 minutes - 13 MBNewsWest for Sunday 8th November 2020 is the history of Amateur Radio edition, and we explore some of the Amateur Radio stories that were reported in Australian newspapers in 1935, including a story about a 12-year-old Queensland girl who was tagged as “The Empire’s Youngest Radio Operator”, and another about early days of radio direction finding in Western Australia. We’ve got a decent serving up from Roy this week. He must have taken his vitamins. All this and more on NewsWest, with Amate...
NewsWest 1st November 2020
October 30, 2020 06:57 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBNewsWest for Sunday 1st November 2020 is the Club Focus edition, and we invited Amateur Radio clubs to provide news of what they have been up to, or are intending to get up to. In addition to club news, we’ve got Roy’s helpline, the Club Focus series article, a result from last week’s item on a UHF record claim, information from the Radio Amateur Society of Australia, commentary on the IARU Intruder Watch, and more local news, including a silent key tribute for Kevin VK6KR. NewsWest contin...
NewsWest 25th October 2020
October 23, 2020 12:41 - 23 minutes - 10.7 MBNewsWest for Sunday 25th October 2020 is a programme of information for new and prospective Amateurs. Established Amateurs needn't switch off and do something else, because we have news and information for you too, including Roy’s helpline, a date for the Manjimup Hamfeast, a new repeater in the Goldfields and an announcement about PerthTech 2021. NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can send contributions by email to [email protected] You'll find links to resources on...
NewsWest 18th October 2020
October 16, 2020 06:33 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBNewsWest for Sunday 18th October 2020 is the History of Amateur Radio edition. This week we have a silent key tribute for John VK6HZ/VK6XX, and then we’ll be delving into the history of Amateur Radio, with some extracts from the Australian Amateur Radio Magazine in 1950, and a newspaper item from 1913 about the establishment of early ship to shore radio in Western Australia. There’s news from the regulator, the ACMA, some local news, some feedback from NewsWest listeners, and more, on Ne...
NewsWest 11th October 2020
October 10, 2020 05:39 - 32 minutes - 15 MBIn Newswest for Sunday 11th October 2020, we take a good look at contesting, including an analysis of how we went in the Remembrance Day Contest, and a look at contests coming up. There’s information about next week’s Jamboree On The Air, news of a new open-source digital radio project, and more. The news team this week is Mike VK6KMS, Jeff VK6FJLM, Roy VK6XV, and I’m Bob VK6POP the producer. NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can send contributions by email to news...
NewsWest 4th October 2020
October 03, 2020 05:03 - 30 minutes - 14 MBNewsWest for Sunday 4th October 2020 is the Club Focus edition of NewsWest, where we have invited clubs to talk about themselves and what they get up to. Pleasingly we’ve had a good response from clubs this month. Yes, it’s October. The shops have Christmas Decorations and trees on the shelf, right alongside Halloween stuff. NewsWest continues to provide Amateur Radio news to Western Australia and beyond, continuing a service that began in 1931. NewsWest invites contributions to the news pr...
NewsWest 27th September 2020
September 26, 2020 05:24 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBIn NewsWest for Sunday 27th September 2020, we welcome new amateurs, with information, experiences and advice for the newcomer to the hobby of Amateur Radio. I’m Bob VK6POP the Newswest producer, and the team this week is Jeff vk6fjlm, Mike vk6kms, Roy vk6xv and Dan vk6nad, with a guest appearance from Andrew vk6as on behalf of Ham College. NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can send contributions by email to [email protected] You'll find links to resources on the vk...
NewsWest 20th September 2020
September 18, 2020 07:28 - 26 minutes - 12 MBThis is VK6 Amateur Radio News with NewsWest for Sunday 20th September 2020. In NewsWest this week we delve into Amateur Radio History, with items out of Amateur Radio Magazines from 1935, that’s eighty-five years ago, to save you counting on your fingers. There’s also long-awaited news that Solar Cycle twenty-five has officially commenced, and Ed gives us further news about the Portable Operations Challenge, as well as some hints and advice on how to go about working that contest. NewsWes...
NewsWest 6th September 2020
September 12, 2020 05:59 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MBNewsWest for Sunday 6th September 2020 is the Contesting edition, and we hear about contests coming up, especially a brand new contest that is based on an interesting concept. The team this week is Roy VK6XV, Mike VK6KMS, Jeff VK6FJLM and myself, Bob VK6POP the NewsWest producer, and thanks to Martin VK7GM, Ed DD5LP, Glenn VK4DU and Clive VK6CSW for your contributions this week. NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can send contributions by email to [email protected] ...
NewsWest 13th September 2020
September 12, 2020 05:58 - 32 minutes - 15 MBNewsWest for Sunday 13th September 2020 is the Club Focus edition, where clubs have free reign to promote themselves and their activities. Today we have a tribute to Don VK6DN SK, there’s club news from WA VHF Group, Ham College, Bunbury Radio Group and WA Amateur Radio News. Alan vk4sn announces the Remembrance Day contest results, and Jeff gives us his account of his foray into the RD contest, and there were some VK6 Amateurs who gained a spot in the RD contest. These and more on New...