From secretary at iaru-r3.org Tue Feb 13 00:44:54 2018 From: secretary at iaru-r3.org (Secretary R3) Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 16:44:54 +0900 Subject: IARU Region 3 Newsletter Q4 2017 Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Please find attached the IARU Region 3 Newsletter Q3 2017. Newsletter including back-numbers are available on the IARU Region 3 website. http://iaru-r3.org/category/newsletter/ 73 de Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP Secretary, IARU Region 3 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: r3nl-18-01.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 83303 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From secretary at iaru-r3.org Fri Mar 2 01:52:03 2018 From: secretary at iaru-r3.org (Ken Yamamoto) Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 17:52:03 +0900 Subject: 2018 QRP Day (June 17) Message-ID: <002001d3b203$be7aef10$3b70cd30$@iaru-r3.org> Dear Colleagues: The interest in QRP activities is everlasting in amateur radio community worldwide. QRP radio communications testify high ability of radio amateurs, and offers advantages concerning, among others, the reduction of QRM on the amateur bands. The 10th IARU Region 3 Conference held in September 1997 in Beijing has resolved the following recommendations based on the document (97/X/14) submitted by NZART, which says; "That Region 3 Societies help to promote the IARU objectives for QRP operation, specifically: i) to support QRP operation on June 17 each year; ii) to foster QRP activities by their members; iii) to encourage regular publication of QRP articles in their national magazines; iv) to provide QRP sections in any national contests; and v) to assist other Societies with the promotion and development of QRP." Accordingly, member Societies are requested to note the above resolution and take appropriate actions with reference to the holdings of the following events, for example, in order to contribute to more effective use of radio spectrum: 1) QRP Field Day; 2) QRP Contest; 3) Distribution of QRP Transmitter Kits and Reference Book; and 4) Workshop of QRP Operation. 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MS-WORD file is also attached herewith. 73 de Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP Secretary, IARU Region 3 secretary at iaru-r3.org ======================================================================================================================== Press Release, 14April 2018 _IARU Region 3 50^th Anniversary _ __ 14^th April is a red letter day for radio amateurs in Asia and Pacific being the date on which IARU Region 3 was established in 1968 From a small beginning at a conference in Sydney Australia on 12th through 14th April 1968, the IARU Region 3 is now a very well developed organisation representing and safeguarding the interests of radio amateurs in the region. In Sydney in 1968 the participants were of the opinion that the organisation should achieve two objectives: a)Ultimate Aim ? To establish and maintain continual liaison between Region 3 countries with a view to presenting a united front at future ITU conferences and to maintain a program of assistance to developing countries. b)Immediate Aim ? At Sydney in 1968, to establish an administrative and organizational framework to enable the achievement of the ultimate aim, following perhaps the pattern of Region 1 and Region 2. The participants were representatives of Australia (WIA), Japan (JARL), New Zealand (NZART), Philippines (PARA) and the President of IARU (W0DX).Support for the meeting and apologies from Ceylon, India, South Korea, Laos, Thailand, United Kingdom and Hong Kong.W0DX was appointed to preside. At Conferences in Tokyo in 1971 and Hong Kong in 1975, the further working details were formulated keeping in mind: 1.Region 3 is very wide spread extending half way round the world and having areas in the tropics and both temperature zones. 2.Region 3 contains half the world?s population, but has the lowest resources per capita in its overall economy. 3.To do what should be done for amateur radio in Region 3 was a mammoth task, to which those present could well contribute, but for which they could not assume full responsibility. 4.Recognising the important voting strength of Region 3 governments in ITU conferences a most important objective was to influence them towards favourable amateur radio policies, even in advance of practical progress in the respective countries. 5.A regional organization could promote periodic meetings of Region 3 society representatives, to advance IARU objectives, such meetings fulfilling a need not otherwise provided for in the overall IARU set-up. . Triennial conferences have been held since then at regular 3 ? yearly intervals to decide on the directors for the next triennium, to review work done and decide on policies and priorities for the future. IARU Region 3 has since its formation, provided substantial support for the societies and their members spread out all over Asia and Pacific. Stop Press: IARU Region 3 plans to promote the operation of Special Call Sign stations by the Member Societies and to issue the 50^th Anniversary Award to those who make QSOs with these Special Call Sign stations. More details are to be announced. ======================================================================================================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The revised news article is attached here. 73 de Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP Secretary, IARU Region 3 On 2018/04/19 13:14, Secretary R3 wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > The Australian Member Society of IARU Region 3, WIA (Wireless > Institute of Australia) is > now activating the special call sign station of VI50IARU3 to > commemorate the 50th > Anniversary of IARU Region 3. > > Please find out more details in the attached file. > > 73 de Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP > Secretary, IARU Region 3 > secretary at iaru-r3.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > R3-news-2 mailing list > R3-news-2 at host142.hostmonster.com > http://host142.hostmonster.com/mailman/listinfo/r3-news-2_iaru-r3.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From secretary at iaru-r3.org Thu Apr 26 05:55:17 2018 From: secretary at iaru-r3.org (Secretary IARU R3) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 20:55:17 +0900 Subject: IARU Region 3 Newsletter No.46 Message-ID: <7037a36b-fce4-d172-2290-8dec86460758@iaru-r3.org> Dear Colleagues, Please find below the IARU Region 3 Newsletter No.46. MS-WORD file and PDF file are attached for your convenience. 73 de Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP Secretary, IARU Region 3 The IARU Region 3 Newsletter *Issue **46**? Q1 2018, Released April 2018* //** * * ** **** ** *_Editor?s Note_* ** Thank you to all those who have contributed to this edition of the Region 3 Newsletter.I would like to see more articles from Societies that may be of interest to other societies and regions. If a member society has an upcoming event please consider making a news item ? the editor will assist you. Contributions may be sent to me at the email address at the end of the Newsletter.Items appearing in newsletter may be used by societies freely to inform their members. The deadline for the next edition is 30th June 2018. /73 Peter, VK3MV/** ** *_A word from the Chairman April 2018_* ** This year sees the 50^th anniversary of the IARU Region 3 and to celebrate this milestone, the Directors encourages all R3 societies to operate a special event station in their countries where contacts with these stations can lead to an award.More details are in this newsletter. ** I had mentioned in our last issue of the newsletter that two of our directors were slated to attend the APG meeting in Perth, Australia. Directors Shizuo Endo JE1MUI and Wisnu Widjaja YB0AZ attended on behalf of IARU Region 3 and Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP, our Secretary attended on behalf of JARL. Several other amateurs were part of their country delegations and working together, made a significant impact in the working groups, to move our positions forward to the administration, who will vote on the various items on the agenda. Once again we invite the attention of all societies to World Amateur Day (WARD) which is observed each year in April. Hopefully many societies will take this opportunity to showcase this wonderful hobby to the general public and conduct events in their respective areas to give hands - on experience to those who are not already radio amateurs. Work has started in real earnest by KARL to prepare to host the next triennial Region 3 conference in Seoul, South Korea in September 2018. The conference hotel has been identified and arrangements to receive and host delegates are being planned. Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP, our Secretary paid a short visit and had detailed discussions with members of KARL who are organizing the conference. Formal invitations have been circulated to all societies giving details of dates, costs and a draft agenda. Papers for discussion are called for and the real work in the conference will be the discussion on these papers which will have a big impact on how the hobby is administered in this region. So we urge all societies to look carefully of what needs to be looked at and what changes need to be made effective. We hope that EVERY society will be represented in person and if that is not possible for any reason, by a Proxy given to another society. Elections for the next set of directors to guide the region over the next three years will also take place, and nominations will be called for /73 Gopal VU2GMN/ *//* *_Jim Linton, VK3PC, SK_* ** Amateur Radio has lost a stalwart, a man who has dedicated many of his life-long skills and talents to the furtherance of our hobby; Jim Linton, VK3PC. Professionally, Jim was a journalist with skills in marketing and communications and he willingly applied those skills voluntarily to the furtherance of amateur radio. Jim?s lifetime skills were applied over the broad WIA structure and internationally, via his involvement with the IARU as the Chairman of the Region III Disaster Communications Committee. On behalf of the IARU, the Directors sent our condolences to Jim?s wife and family. /IARU R3 / *__* *_New Zealand Commences 60 metre Trial_**__* In January the New Zealand?s communications regulator allowed ZL amateur operators limited access to 60m on a trial basis. The purpose of the trial is to allow the regulator (RSM), NZART and primary users to investigate the ability for the amateur operators to operate on the frequencies of operation on a secondary basis without causing interference to primary users. The trial will operate on 5353 kHz and 5362 - 5364 kHz with a maximum output of 10 dBW e.i.r.p. /NZART/ *__* *_IARU Region 3 50^th Anniversary - Then and Today_*__ In April 1968, representatives from Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand and Australia met in Sydney to establish a Region 3 organisation. Other countries, Ceylon (renamed SriLanka), India, South Korea, Thailand, and Hong Kong indicated their support for the meeting but were unable to attend. At this meeting, it was decided to proceed with a Region 3 Association and establish an interim Directorate of five, representing the countries present. They were appointed to legally act for the Association until the Plenary (all inclusive) meeting which was scheduled for Tokyo in 1971. Like most amateur radio involvements, the voluminous hard work is carried out by volunteers. Indeed, our hobby would not exist if it was not for dedicated volunteers throughout the amateur ranks who give so freely of their time and expertise for the benefit of all. Regional activities are no exception and can be even more stressful due to the distances involved, language differences, let alone the often diametrically opposed points of view of some country?s authorities. From the humble beginnings at the Inaugural meeting in 1968, IARU Region 3 now has 39-member countries and to help celebrate the formation 50 years ago a special award has been arranged. /Editor/WIA/ *_IARU Region III 50^th Anniversary Award_* To celebrate this milestone, the Directors of Region 3 has initialed an award for amateur operators who contact Special Event Stations within Region III during the period 1^st May 2018 and 31^st October 2018. The 50^th Anniversary IARU-R3AwardRules *__* 1.The International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 (Asia-Pacific region)will grantthe IARURegion 3 50^th Anniversary of Awardto radio amateurs who certify having contactedor heard (SWL) atleast 5 (five)contacts(QSO) s on different modes or bandswith Special Event Station for commemorating the 50^th Anniversary of IARURegion 3 fromeligible countries are those in Region III whose amateur societies are membersofIARU Region 3. 2.For those purpose the IARU Region 3 encourages the IARU Region 3 member society to setup and on the air with the IARU Region 3 50^th Anniversary Special Event Call Sign between May 1^st , 2018 until October31st, 2018in the following bands: 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10, 6, 2 meters, 70 centimeters and modes: MIXED, PHONE, CW, DIGIMODES and SATELLITE 3.The IARU Region 3 50^th Anniversary Special Event Call Sign is an amateur station call sign run by the IARU Region 3 member society operating in conjunction with these short-term event purpose. 4.The IARU Region 3 suggest to the IARU Region 3 member society to use number 50 as their Special Event Call Sign Prefix number and IARU as their Special Event Call Sign Suffix. (i.e. YB50IARU, 9M50IARU, JA50IARU, VK50IARU, HS50IARU, BY50IARU, BV50IARU, VR50IARU. VU50IARU, etc.) 5.The IARU Region 3 50^th Anniversary IARU Special Event Call Sign stations must be send their electronic logs in a ADIF format to /http://awards-iaru-r3.org/as soon as your QSOs finished and no later than November 1^st 2018. 6.Valid contacts (QSO)s must be made between May 1^st , 2018 00:00 UTC until October31st, 201824:00 UTC. 7.QSL cards are not needed for this award. 8.The Awardhas no cost. The IARURegion 350^th Anniversary will issued in digital file(pdf format) and can be downloaded directly fromthe IARURegion 350^th Anniversary Award website /http://awards-iaru-r3.org/// 9.Amateur around the world who made contacts (QSO)s with the IARURegion 350^th AnniversarySpecial Event Stations and met the Award requirement can download their IARURegion 350^th AnniversaryAward directly from /http://awards-iaru-r3.org/ 10.Eligible countries are those in Region III whose amateur societies are members of IARU Region III. These are: Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Fiji, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Island, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and country credit from US Territories in the Pacific from Guam, Northern Marianas, American Samoa, Wake Island, Baker Howland Group, as presented by ARRL or Chagos Archipelago (VQ9), represented by RSGB. Requirements for Award as Basic, 5 (five) contacts(QSO)s on different modes or bandswith Special Event Station,Silver Endorsement, 10 (ten)contacts(QSO)s on different modes or bands withSpecial Event Station; Gold Endorsement, 15 (fifteen) contacts(QSO)s on different modes or bands withSpecial Event Station. More than one QSO with a same Special Event Station can be counted, if each QSO is on differentmode orband. Only valid contacts (QSO)s will be counted based on each mode, each band. Duplication contacts (QSO)s with the Special Event Station in the same mode and in the same band are not counted. 11.It is possible to apply for the awardfor contacts made in the followingmodes: MIXED, PHONE, CW, DIGIMODES or SATELLITE. 12.BANDS: Contacts (QSO)s can be made in the following bands: 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10, 6, 2 meters and 70 centimeters individual or multi -band. 13.All contacts must be made from the same country, using any official call letters that belong to the applicant (including special licenses for contests or events) and must be bilateral or two-way. Contacts in crossed modes and/or bands will not be accepted, except for SatelliteMode. Questions regarding this awardmay be submitted viae-mail to: /awards at iaru-r3.org/ The rules will be available at/www.iaru-r//3//.org/ // /IARU R3/ *_Australia host International Spectrum Meeting_* ** In preparation for the World Radio Conference in 2019 (WRC-19) there are a number of preparatory meetings that are undertaken. One of these in the Asia Pacific Region is the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Preparatory Group. This is the third of five regional summits in the lead-up to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) WRC. The Australian Government hosted this meeting in Perth from 12th ? 16th March 2018 and attracted more than 350 radiocommunication leaders from over 25 Asia-Pacific countries. The APT aims to build regional positions on radiocommunications spectrum allocations to take forward to global forums and in particular the WRC-19. Representatives from the ITU and other regional groups including the IARU attended the 5-day meeting. WIA representative Dale Hughes, VK1DSH, is APG coordinator for WRC19 agenda item 1.1 (ITU R1 50 MHz allocation) and, as such. takes an active part in the APG meetings. Hughes is also the Australian coordinator for Agenda Items 1.1 and 9.1.6 and represented the agreed Australian positions on these two agenda items at the APT meeting. Agenda item 9.1.6 covers Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) and it is important that we were able to express our concerns about RFI that might be generated by WPT systems. ** /WIA/ // *__* *_HuskySat-1 145/435 MHz linear transponder CubeSat_* ** A 3U Cube Satellite, dubbed the *HuskySat-1*, is being developed by an interdisciplinary team at the University of Washington and will be launched into Low Earth Orbit to become the first amateur satellite from Washington state This CubeSat will demonstrate the capabilities of new technologies being developed at the University of Washington and expand the capabilities of CubeSats as a whole. In particular, a high-thrust pulsed plasma thruster (PPT), and high-gain communications system will form the core technology suite on board the satellite. The majority of the HuskySat-1 is being developed at the University of Washington. The satellite is broken up into different subsystems. Each component is designed to be modular so that they can be most easily developed independently from each other and reused for future missions. The CubeSat will have a Pulsed Plasma thruster with tungsten electrodes and a sulfur propellant. HuskySat-1 will carry a 30 kHz wide 145 to 435 MHz linear transponder for amateur radio SSB/CW communications along with 1k2 BPSK telemetry. The satellite will also transmit BPSK telemetry at 1 Mbps in the 24 GHz band. A launch is planned for late 2018 with the ELaNA XXIV mission into a high inclination Low Earth Orbit (LEO). HuskySat-1 https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/huskysatellitelab/huskysat-1 IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination http://amsat.org.uk/iaru__ /AMSAT UK/ *__* *__* *_IARU Region 3 Directory_* *__* Official R3 Directory.Further information can be found on the Region 3 website:http://iaru-r3.org/secretariat/ *__* *_Society Update Officials and Contact Information_* A request is extA request is extended to all Region 3 Society Liaison Officers or otherresponsible officers to ensure that all details about their society is up to date on the listings shown athttp://iaru-r3.org/under member societies. Some details have not been amended or updated for a number of years and have nonfunctional data. Current details can be forwarded to the Secretary of Region 3 for updating of the web information. *__* *Newsletter details:* _The Region 3 Web Site_: Go to: http://www.iaru-r3.org. *Editor:*Peter Young, Director IARU Region3. E-mail: petervk3mv at tpg.com.au Region 3 Societies can submit articles for inclusion to the next bulletin by 30^th June 2018. // Publisher:The International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 P. O. Box 73, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8691, Japan. E-mail: secretary at iaru-r3.org__ Tel: +81 3 3988-8753Fax: +81 3 3988 8772 /The statements or opinions in this Newsletter do not, unless otherwise stated, necessarily reflect the views of IARU Region 3, the Directors or the Secretariat./ ** *Note to Editors -*/Items from this Newsletter may be freely copied for publication by Member Societies of IARU./ // *IARU Region 3*** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: gacdhangjaakijco.gif Type: image/gif Size: 472 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Items appearing in newsletter may be used by societies freely to inform their members. The deadline for the next edition is 30th September 2018. 73 Peter, VK3MV A word from the Chairman April 2018 This issue of our newsletter will be the last one before the tri-ennial conference in Seoul, S. Korea in mid-September. KARL has been working very diligently to make all arrangements to make this an enjoyable and successful conference. The planned locale was initially somewhere different, but it was subsequently moved to Seoul, making it much easier to access by delegates, flying in from all over. The conference is a major event for the region. It gives an opportunity for us to review what has been done for the betterment of amateur radio within the region and make plans to it better over the following three years. It also gives an opportunity for all of us to review the performance of those you elected to make this happen during the past three years, and then elect suitable new directors and appoint committee chairs to look after all the various areas that require constant follow up and monitoring. As such may I ask all societies in our region, to think of who they think should be nominated and elected for the various tasks? This is very important as we get such an opportunity only once in three years, and so suitable candidates have to be identified by all of you who can devote sufficient time and effort on IARU. I cannot over emphasize this very important matter. The committee chairman plays a very important role in all this. During the year we lost Jim Linton VK3PC, whose dedicated work for disaster and emergency communications was phenomenal. We need to identify a suitable replacement to fill those very large shoes. We also are celebrating the 50th year of the founding of IARU Region 3. From small beginnings with a decision taken 50 years ago, the Region?s administration has been working steadfastly to address issues that affect the working and enjoyment of this wonderful hobby. Many societies have conducted special events to make this event known to all amateurs, and also to the general public. The IARU Region 3 50th Anniversary Award has been actively promoted with many societies activating Special Event Stations ((SES) with 50IARU suffix, which can be used for the Award till the end of October 2018. I thank ORARI for taking the lead in promoting this Award, and also putting in place a robotic system of logging that makes it easy for anyone working the SES to upload their logs and straightaway see how they are faring. The IARU HF contest will be held later this month and this is a contest which is eagerly looked forward to by everyone around the world. Individual societies work with their HQ call signs and I am hoping that our directors and secretary will be on the air during that weekend to give amateurs around the world the R3 multiplier. Hope to see many of you in Seoul! Gopal VU2GMN Dedicated supporter to IARU Region 3 and former JARL President Shozo Hara, SK Mr. Shozo Hara, JA1AN, passed away on June 9, 2018 at his age of 91, after some months of illness. After WWII, he joined in JARL. In 1958, he started his formal service to JARL as one of 8 promoters for making JARL as a corporate organization, to which he was appointed as Secretary at its start in 1959. In 1970, Mr. Hara was elected to President of JARL Inc, and served this position up to 2011 for 41 years. With his new idea of introducing phone only license in 1959, the population of Japanese radio amateur was growing up to over one million in 1982 and reached its maximum of 1.36M in 1995. In connection with IARU Region 3, after 1968 Sydney meeting for its inauguration, the second meeting was held in Tokyo, in 1971, at which the Constitution of IARU Region III Association (our inaugural name) was adopted and IARU Region 3 activity started. JARL hosted this meeting and Mr. Hara served as Honorary President. He attended IARU Region 3 Conference for many times as JARL head of delegation, from 2nd Tokyo to 13th Bangalore conference. >From 1982, JARL has been providing an office space at a corner of its HQ building to IARU Region 3 Secretariat with a staff member in the starting years. As a radio amateur, Mr. Hara was a dedicated VHF man of Japan. He enjoyed 6m amateur band communication and very much interested in sunspot number for stable and long distance VHF communication. He continued to write one page column of ?About V?H?F?? in Japanese ?CQ ham radio? magazine for 64 years up to December 2017 issue, 775 columns in total. JARL Thailand Cave Rescue - Ham Radio Link The amateur radio group on Reddit Link carried a story about the use of the HeyPhone communications device that the cave rescuers used during the recent rescue in Thailand. The HeyPhone was designed by John Hey G3TDZ (SK 2016) with the support of the British Cave Rescue Council BCRC and the Cave Radio & Electronics Group (CREG), which is a special interest group of the British Cave Research Association (BCRA). The HeyPhone design uses single-sideband radio, usually operating at 87kHz USB. It is operated with earthed electrodes separated by 25m to 100m that injects current into the earth similar to the trench communications of the First World War. Further information on the HeyPhone can be found at: Link Further information about the rescue and use of the HeyPhones: Link Hackaday Story on Heyphone Link Southgate, WIA Amateur Radio transponders on planned Chinese satellites to include HF China's Amateur Radio Satellite organization, CAMSAT, has released some details of three new Amateur Radio satellites that could be launched as early as September. Two of the satellites, CAS-5A and CAS-6, will carry transponders, and one of them will have HF capability. CAS-5A is a 6U CubeSat. It will have an HF/HF (21/29 MHz) mode linear transponder; an HF/UHF (21/435 MHz) mode linear transponder; an HF CW telemetry beacon; VHF/UHF mode linear transponder; a VHF/UHF mode FM transponder; a UHF CW telemetry beacon, and UHF AX.25 4,000/9,600-baud GMSK Telemetry. Transponders will have 30 kHz passbands, except for the H/U unit, which will be 15 kHz. The tiny CAS-5B, weighing 1/2 kilogram, will be deployed from CAS-5A in orbit. It will carry a UHF CW beacon on an Amateur Radio frequency. It will be placed into a 539 x 533 kilometer, 97.5-degree orbit. CAS-5A/B will launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. CAS-6, a 50-kilogram microsat, will include a VHF CW telemetry beacon; a U/V mode 20 kHz linear transponder, and AX.25 4,800-baud GMSK telemetry downlink. It will also carry an atmospheric wind detector and other systems that will operate on non-amateur frequencies. A launch at sea is planned for CAS-6 from the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. The microsat will be placed into a 579 x 579 kilometer, 45-degree orbit. CAMSAT has applied to the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) to coordinate frequencies for all three spacecraft. CAMSAT Amateur Radio Comeback Thanks to Schools Amateur Radio Club There is a great article in the Education Today e-zine about Joe VK3YSP and Julie VK3FOWL being on a mission. That mission is to use amateur radio as a vehicle to stimulate primary school children's interest in science and technology. The School Amateur Radio Club or SARC has been operating in three schools in Victoria over the last few years thanks to the dedication and skill of Julie and Joe. Groups gather at lunchtime, before and after school to put together projects, operate radio, learn Morse code, make satellite contacts, amongst other things. The Principals and parents are raving about it and the children are really engaged and want to be involved in the activities. One of the attractions is that this is different to the usual internet and social media activities. Joe and Julie's vision "is that one day school amateur radio clubs will enjoy many of the benefits that other clubs take for granted like having their own regular on-air net (SARCNET), contests, hamfests, field days, conferences, newsletters; even a regular column in Amateur Radio magazine, we firmly believe that the children will change the face of Australian amateur radio.? For more information about the program take a look at the article in Education Today e-zine. Link WIA Ham radio helping lifelong hobbyists stay mentally fit in old age Anthony Pancia from ABC South West WA interviewed 82 years young Norman Gomm VK6GOM about the benefits of the hobby of Ham Radio. Mr. Gomm spends a few hours a day in the shack and said "Ham radio requires a lot of cognitive skills and a lot of understanding technology, so I find that's very good for keeping me active." Richard Oxley VK6VRO was interviewed as well from his ham table in his backyard. Richard is legally blind and finds the hobby of amateur radio fun and commented "you never get sick of making that first contact with someone from overseas". Peter Clee VK8ZZ Secretary of the WIA comments that enthusiasts regularly fund and build satellites that are launched into space and talk with the International Space Station. The technical aspect alone of setting up a ham radio station would be of interest to anyone looking for something challenging said Mr. Clee. The article finishes with that comment that it is this challenge that continues to draw enthusiasts like Mr. Gomm back to his ham shack on a daily basis. For the complete article and video take a look at the Link WIA Celebrating 100 Years of Wireless between The United Kingdom and Australia September this year marks the 100th anniversary of the first wireless transmission between Australia and the United Kingdom. Messages were transmitted from the Marconi station at Waunfawr in North Wales on the 22nd September 1918, and were received almost instantaneously at "Lucania" the Wahroonga home of Ernest Fisk, the Managing Director of Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Limited (A.W.A.). Two communications were sent by Morse code to Australia. The first message was from the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. W.M. "Billy" Hughes, who was in the UK at the time, and the second from the Minister for the Navy, Mr. Joseph Cook who accompanied Hughes. Wireless was a very new phenomenon, and the experiment between Ernest Fisk and Guglielmo Marconi was a significant achievement in the early development of world-wide wireless communications. There was considerable public interest, and political controversy, as Hughes was using his wireless message to strengthen support for the war effort in Europe at a time when support in Australia was waning. The Marconi-Fisk achievement is commemorated by a monument located outside the original receiving site in Wahroonga, which is still a private residence. Every five years the Hornsby Amateur Radio Club (HADARC) and the Ku-ring-gai Historical Society have commemorated the event by the exchange of wireless messages with the Dragon Amateur Radio Club in Wales. This year, with additional support from Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council, they are planning a major centenary celebration. A re-enactment of the original message will occur adjacent to the Wahroonga monument, followed by displays in the St Andrew's church hall, some 50 metres away in Cleveland street, which will include a working HF amateur radio station operating under the special call sign VK100MARCONI. The Dragon Radio Club will also be operating an HF station from the Welsh site of the Marconi transmitter using the special event amateur call sign GB2VK, and it is proposed that Fiskville, located in Victoria and named after Ernest Fisk (where early transmitters were located), will be activated from Werribee Gorge State Park (VKFF-0775). The centenary event provides an opportunity to showcase amateur radio, both to the public and to higher levels of government, and it is also very significant for the descendants of the Cable and Wireless company and the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC), AWA, Siemens, and the entire radiocommunications community. It is expected to be well attended by politicians, councilors and school children from around the region, and anyone interested in the history of communications. As part of the Centenary celebrations, the WIA will hold an on-air event over the entire month of September. This event will be very similar to the ANZAC commemorative event, where State and Territory based special event call signs will be allocated to any club or individual for a short period of time. The WIA has secured the call signs VI#MARCONI for participating States and Territories, and those call signs will be made available to WIA affiliated clubs and WIA members on a time-share basis for a maximum of 48 hours, (this period may be altered depending on the demand). The event timetable and details about the VI#MARCONI call sign application and allocation process will be posted on the WIA website. Registration for a MARCONI special event call signs is expected to commence early in July. QSL cards will be issued for contacts with special event MARCONI stations, and WIA awards will be available. A very good background to the Marconi Transmission is at VK2DMY?s Military Radio and Radar Information Site - Link HADARC Website: Link WIA IARU Region 3 Directory Official R3 Directory. Further information can be found on the Region 3 website: http://iaru-r3.org/secretariat/ Society Update Officials and Contact Information A request is ext A request is extended to all Region 3 Society Liaison Officers or other responsible officers to ensure that all details about their society is up to date on the listings shown at http://iaru-r3.org/ under member societies. Some details have not been amended or updated for a number of years and have nonfunctional data. Current details can be forwarded to the Secretary of Region 3 for updating of the web information. Newsletter details: The Region 3 Web Site: Go to: http://www.iaru-r3.org. Editor: Peter Young, Director IARU Region3. E-mail: petervk3mv at tpg.com.au Region 3 Societies can submit articles for inclusion to the next bulletin by 30th September 2018. Publisher: The International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 P. O. Box 73, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8691, Japan. 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The last few months of 2018 are approaching and we are excited to announce that our famous December YOTA Month will happen this year. We would like to invite you to take part with a callsign with YOTA as the suffix, for example, HA6YOTA. The idea for this is to show the amateur radio hobby to young people and to encourage youngsters to be active on the amateur bands. This is a great moment to show amateur radio to the world and to invite newcomers. Give a demonstration in a school, local club or scouting group, gather together with your friends, grab a pizza and make some QSOs or enjoy a great pile-up. Feel free to make a QSO with the youngsters, they are happy to get some attention and exchange information. Licensed and unlicensed youth will be making QSOs, be aware this could be their first radio contact ever and give them a chance to experience a possible new hobby. This year we will have new diplomas and rules! Diplomas can be achieved by working our YOTA suffix special stations which are run by young operators throughout December! We changed a bit on the general rules; 2 points can be achieved per worked stations and 1 extra point for every valid (not dupe) QSO per band per mode! This is of course not a contest, but getting many youngsters on air from many countries. Be helpful on the bands, maybe these young operators are just making their first ever contacts! The aim is that YOTA stations are in general operated by young people, with the age of maximum 25 years. The event will take place from 1 December 2018 00:00 UTC till 31 December 2018 23:59 UTC. Are you interested? Would you like to take part or want to know more about the new diploma rules? Find more information on https://events.ham-yota.com/ You can also find us on social media platforms, like #hamyota on Facebook and @hamyota Twitter. You can also join our Facebook group by facebook.com/groups/youngstersontheair where you can find up-to-date information during December. 73, Lisa Leenders, PA2LS on behalf of Tomi HA9T and the DYM team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From secretary at iaru-r3.org Sun Oct 14 14:47:55 2018 From: secretary at iaru-r3.org (Secretary IARU R3) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 05:47:55 +0900 Subject: IARU Region 3 Newsletter No.48 Message-ID: <39357bb5-5637-214d-119e-ac0eeb837664@iaru-r3.org> Dear Colleagues, Please find below the IARU Region 3 Newsletter No.48. MS-WORD file and PDF file are attached for your convenience. 73 de Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP Secretary, IARU Region 3 The IARU Region 3 Newsletter *Issue **48**? Q3 2018, Released October 2018* //** * * ** **** ** *_Editor?s Note_* ** Thank you to all those who have contributed to this edition of the Region 3 Newsletter.The recent Region 3 Conference in Seoul has been a great success and the KARL must be congratulated on a well-run event. One of the outcomes for the Working Groups was the recommendation that the News Letter Guideline be updated to reflect modern delivery methods and media platforms.The IARU will also be updating its website that will encompass all three regions onto one platform.This work has commenced and is due for completion in mid-2019.If any society has ideas for a better newsletter format, I welcome your ideas. I would like to see more articles from Societies that may be of interest to other societies and regions.If a member society has an upcoming event please consider making a news item ? the editor will assist you. Contributions may be sent to me at the email address at the end of the Newsletter.Items appearing in newsletter may be used by societies freely to inform their members. The deadline for the next edition is 31^st December 2018. /73 Peter, VK3MV/** ** *_A word from the outgoing Chairman September 2018_* ** The Triennial conference of Region 3 has just concluded in Seoul, S. Korea and a number of important papers were discussed and resolutions tabled by two working groups. Details will be available on our webpage soon. A new set of Directors were elected and is led by OM Wisnu YB0AZ from ORARI, a young dynamic and very active ham. Apart from some of the existing directors, two new directors were elected. Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP who has been working as the Secretary most efficiently has come into the board with Shizuo JE1MUI taking over as Secretary. Just before the conference the IARU Administrative Council met to deliberate on several major issues. A major step is the design of a new webpage which will be adopted by all three regions to make the organization uniformly identifiable all over the world- at present the three regions have vastly different styles of webpages. The work being done towards WRC 2019 was also discussed. I have been privileged to be a director for 12 years and Chairman for six years and I wish the new team all success. // /Gopal VU2GMN/** *_A Word from the Incoming Chairman_* 17th IARURegion3 Conference was experienced by all who were in Seoul, Koreain September2018. KARLand its organizing committeeteam, headed by?Dr. Choi HL3OBdid a wonderful job. A new set of directors were elected. Gopal Madhavan VU2GMN and Prof Joong-Geun Rhee HL1AQQ, who had served as Chairman of the directors and a director, decided to retire and not offer themselves forelection. Thank you Gopal and Prof Rheefor all your work over manyyears. Welcome to Mohd Aris bin Bernawi9M2IRand Jakkree Hantongkom HS1FVLwho join us as directors, Peter Young VK3MV, Don Wallace ZL2TLL, continue along with me. Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP also elected as a director and his position as Secretary replaced by Shizuo Endo JE1MUI. Several major issues were discussed in this conference in 2 working groups and finance committee such as Bandplan, IARU Brand Projects, YOTA, Educational activities, Disaster Communication, Wireless Power Transmittion and etc. A new IARU Region 3 new band plan committtee also have been formed and headed by Sion Chow 9M2CQC. I hope all societies can be more active to work with administrators in their own country to protect amateur radio spectrum from the intruders and industrial technology advancements. The new IARU website also will be launched soon and hopes it can be a good source of informations for all amateur radios and socities in the world. This is ahard work for all of us and a large team from various countries to working for the future of Amateur Radio and IARU. I hope and urge all societies more active to send in your news items to the editor. Also thanks to all the directors who have trusted me to lead. /73 //Wisnu YB?AZ/// *_17^th IARU Region 3 Conference Seoul, Republic of Korea_* ** 1.The triennial conference of Region 3 was inaugurated on Monday 10th September 2018. 2.The meeting observed a minute silence in memory of Shozo Hara JA1AN, Jim Linton VK3PC, Raj Singh 3D2ER, Fred Johnson ZL2AMJ and Jeong-Kuk Hyeon HL1AUG who went SK during past three years. 3.Mr. Hyeong-Su Kim, DS2HTR, as the President of Conference, welcomed everyone on behalf of the host Society, the Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL). 4. Mr. Gopal Madhavan VU2GMN, Chairman of Directors of IARU Region 3, thanked the guests for their attendance and welcomed the delegates to the 17th IARU Region 3 Conference on behalf of the IARU Region 3 Officers. 5. Mr. Timothy Ellam VE6SH, President of the IARU, welcomed the participants on behalf of the IARU Officers and the International Secretariat and thanked KARL for hosting the 17th Triennial Conference of IARU Region 3. 6. Mrs. Lee, Young-Mi, the President of Central Radio Management Service, Republic of Korea, also welcomed the participants to the Conference.She recognized the general role of amateur radio in science and education in this country.She also wished the Conference every success. 7.The conference saw participation by 13 societies in person ARRL/BDARA/CRAC/CTARL/HARTS/JARL/KARL/MARTS/NZART/ORARI/RAST/SARTS/ WIA) and three by proxy (PARA/RSSL/RSGB). Also attending was the IARU President Tim Ellam VE6SH, Vice President Ole Garpestad LA2RR and Secretary Dave SumnerK1ZZ, from Region 1 President Don Beattie G3BJ and Secretary Hans Blondeel Timmerman PB2T, Region 2 President Reinaldo Leandro YV5AM and Vice President Ramon Santoyo XE1KK. 8.Two working groups were formed ?WG1-Policy matters that included education, training, development of amateur radio and international and regional conferences involving radio administrations with special concentration on IARU Branding and threat to amateur radio spectrum from the Wireless Power Transfer (WPT). ?WG2- Operational and Technical Matters, including emergency communications, digital modes, APRS common frequency with special attention on proposed interim band plans. ?In addition, a separate Finance committee was formed where all delegates were invited to participate. ?A total of 42 papers were discussed by the working groups and recommendations submitted to conference. 9.The Administrative Council of IARU also met just before the Region 3 conference with Chairman Gopal Madhavan VU2GMN and Director Peter Young VK3MV participating on behalf of Region 3 with Director Don Wallace ZL2TLL and Secretary Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP also attending as observers. The Administrative Council members also participated in the conference. 10.The following six were elected by voting following nine nominations: a)Mohd Aris Bin Bernawi 9M2IR b)Jakkree Hantongkom HS1FVL c)Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP d)Peter Young VK3MV e)Wisnu Widjaja YB0AZ f)Don Wallace ZL2TLL The directors then elected Wisnu Widjaja YB0AZas their Chairman, which was endorsed by conference. Shizuo Endo JE1MUI was appointed unopposed as Secretary. 11.The conference praised the KARL organizing committee, headed by Dr. Choi, Yong-Seok HL3OB and the team of volunteers, the hotel, arrangements for meetings etc. 12.The conference thanked Han, Jung-Hoon HL2AGG for taking on the role of conference chairman and conducting the meetings with efficiency. 13.One verbal invitation followed by the written invitation was received from RAST to host the 18^th Regional Conference of IARU Region 3 at Bangkok in Thailand. RAST announced that he 18^th Conference would be held in September/October 2021. /R3 Secretary/ // *_IARU Administrative Council Meeting Focuses on WRC-19 Preparation and Succession Planning_* The Administrative Council (AC) of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) held its annual in-person meeting on 8 and 9 September 2018 in Seoul, Republic of Korea, immediately prior to the IARU Region 3 Conference. The AC is responsible for the policy and management of the IARU and consists of the three IARU international officers and two representatives from each of the three IARU regional organizations. With the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) now little more than a year away, the efforts of two dozen IARU volunteers to defend amateur radio?s frequency allocations against commercial pressures and to seek worldwide harmonization of the 50-54 MHz band are reaching a critical stage. Coordination of this team is an ongoing task leading up to the ITU Conference Preparatory Meeting in Geneva in February 2019 and to WRC-19 itself in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, in October and November. The work involves presenting the IARU positions on the WRC-19 agenda items to national administrations through the IARU member-societies and actively participating in the ongoing preparations being done in regional telecommunications organizations and the ITU Radiocommunication Sector. The potential for crippling levels of interference to radiocommunications from High Power Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) for electric vehicles is high on the list of concerns. With these challenges in mind the AC reviewed its strategic plan to develop support for amateur spectrum allocations and approved the action plan for implementation during the remainder of 2018 and 2019. To resource the plan, the IARU budget for the years 2019-2021 was reviewed and adopted. The budget is based upon anticipated financial contributions from the IARU International Secretariat (IS) and the three regional organizations and reflects ongoing efforts to minimize expenses while maintaining the essential activities for achievement of the plan. The IARU Constitution and Administrative Council policies define the process for filling the positions of IARU President and Vice President for five-year terms. Member-societies and the three IARU regional organizations are invited to participate in identifying qualified candidates for consideration in a consultative process between the AC and the member-society acting as the International Secretariat (IS), currently the ARRL. This process for the terms of office beginning on 9 May 2019 was initiated at the 2017 meeting of the AC and completed at the 2018 meeting. ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, formally reported that there was consensus that the incumbent President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, and Vice President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR, should be nominated for an additional term. These nominations will be submitted to the IARU member-societies for ratification by mail vote. Looking to the future, the AC recognized the importance and urgency of succession planning and assigned it an immediate and high priority. Individuals with the qualifications, skills, and willingness to fill volunteer technical and leadership positions must be identified on an ongoing basis in order to maintain the availability of essential personnel resources. Training must be provided so that the volunteer team can function effectively in a rapidly changing regulatory environment. The growth of amateur radio, especially how to attract young people, is a common concern of IARU member-societies. The AC will set out to identify those barriers to growth that the IARU can assist member-societies to address and will encourage member-societies to share successful strategies for growth with one another. The AC noted with pleasure that considerable progress has been made to develop consistent branding across the IARU and its three regional organizations and thanked the team that has been working on a common design for the four websites. The design was agreed and plans are underway for implementation in the coming months. The IARU policy on QSL bureaus has been under review for several years. While the IARU QSL bureau system continues to be important for many member-societies and individual amateurs, escalating expenses represent a growing financial burden for others. Unwanted and undeliverable QSL cards are increasingly recognized as an environmental concern. Possible amendments to the policy continue to be developed for consideration. In addition to the ITU Radiocommunication Sector the IARU is engaged with the Development Sector, particularly with regard to emergency communication. Additional areas of continuing activity that represent significant effort by volunteer coordinators, advisors, and others include amateur satellite frequency coordination, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and the International Beacon Project. Reports from these coordinators and advisors were received with thanks. The AC agreed to maintain its modest annual financial support of the Beacon Project. The AC noted the actions taken by the IS and the regions to address the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union and agreed to review its implications on an ongoing basis. After consideration of several possible alternatives the theme for World Amateur Radio Day, 18 April 2019, was confirmed as ?Celebrating Amateur Radio?s Contribution to Society.? Attending the meeting were IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA; Vice President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR; Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ; regional representatives Don Beattie, G3BJ, Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, Reinaldo Leandro, YV5AM, Ram?n Santoyo, XE1KK, Gopal Madhavan, VU2GMN, and Peter Young, VK3MV. Present as observers were regional executive committee members Jay Bellows, K0QB, Ken Yamamoto, JA1CJP, and Don Wallace, ZL2TLL. The next in-person meeting of the AC is scheduled to be held immediately prior to the IARU Region 2 Conference in Lima, Peru at the end of September 2019. Virtual AC meetings will be held by teleconference as required. /IARU Administrative Council/ // *_To IARU Member-Societies_* *__* At its September 2018 meeting in Seoul the IARU Administrative Council discussed the past, present, and future of the IARU QSL bureau system. The exchange of QSL cards by radio amateurs is a practice that is almost as old as radio itself. It began as postcard reports of distant reception at a time when two-way contacts over significant distances were relatively rare and the reports were valued as the best evidence of a transmitting station?s range. It developed into a social gesture ? ?A QSL is the final courtesy of a QSO? ? as well as a means of documenting achievements. IARU QSL bureaus ? national-level clearinghouses for cards sent in bulk from one country to another ? came about initially because the addresses of individual stations were not widely available (in part because amateurs in some countries operated without the benefit of a license) and international postage for individual cards was relatively expensive. For many years the QSL bureau system was reliable, inexpensive, and almost universal for countries with more than a handful of amateurs. In recent years several developments have impacted the QSL bureau system: ?Computer-generated QSLs have flooded the system with cards that are not desired by the intended recipients. ?Amateurs have become more environmentally conscious and regret the large volume of undeliverable and unwanted cards. ?Electronic confirmation systems, including but by no means limited to the ARRL?s Logbook of The World (LoTW), have reduced the necessity of collecting cards to earn awards. ?Newer, younger amateur licensees are not as wedded to the tradition of QSL card exchange as their older counterparts. ?The cost of sending packages of QSL cards internationally has increased dramatically. ?Holiday-style ?DXpeditions? and contest operations by visitors have burdened smaller bureaus with cards that cannot be delivered locally, causing some to cease operation entirely. ?Budgetary pressures are forcing member-societies to reassess their priorities, especially in countries with declining amateur populations. ?Some member-societies find it increasingly difficult to recruit volunteers or to pay staff or contractors to operate their QSL bureaus. Administrative Council policy on QSL bureaus is set out in Resolution 85-9, first adopted in 1985 and revised most recently in 2009. In 2016 the Administrative Council sought the views of member-societies on the possible suppression of Resolution 85-9. With the exception of the IARU Region 2 Conference that year, which expressed support for the resolution while also endorsing electronic confirmation, there was very little response. In Seoul the Administrative Council concluded that Resolution 85-9 should be replaced with a new Resolution 18-1 that better reflects the current situation. Because this represents a significant change in policy it is being communicated to member-societies in advance of the effective date of 1 January 2019. Member-societies are invited to direct any questions or concerns regarding this change to IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ: secretary at iaru.org . Any expressed concerns will be addressed by the Administrative Council prior to the effective date. *_IARU Region 3 Directory_* *__* Official R3 Directory.Further information can be found on the Region 3 website:http://iaru-r3.org/secretariat/ *_Society Update Officials and Contact Information_* *__* A request is extA request is extended to all Region 3 Society Liaison Officers or otherresponsible officers to ensure that all details about their society is up to date on the listings shown athttp://iaru-r3.org/under member societies. Some details have not been amended or updated for a number of years and have nonfunctional data. Current details can be forwarded to the Secretary of Region 3 for updating of the web information. *__* *Newsletter details:* _The Region 3 Web Site_: Go to: http://www.iaru-r3.org. *Editor:*Peter Young, Director IARU Region3. E-mail: petervk3mv at tpg.com.au Region 3 Societies can submit articles for inclusion to the next bulletin by 31st December 2018. // Publisher:The International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 P. O. Box 73, Toshima, Tokyo 170-8691, Japan. E-mail: secretary at iaru-r3.org__ Tel: +81 3 3988-8753Fax: +81 3 3988 8772 /The statements or opinions in this Newsletter do not, unless otherwise stated, necessarily reflect the views of IARU Region 3, the Directors or the Secretariat../ ** *Note to Editors -*/Items from this Newsletter may be freely copied for publication by Member Societies of IARU./ // *IARU Region 3*** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: lkdlbpgngaekdjdm.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2397 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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