IARU Region 3 Newsletter No.46

[Secretary IARU R3]

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*

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*_Editor’s Note_*

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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/**

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*_A word from the Chairman April 2018_*

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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.

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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/

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*_Jim Linton, VK3PC, SK_*

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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 /

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*_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/

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*_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

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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/ <mailto:awards at iaru-r3.org>

The rules will be available at/www.iaru-r//3//.org/ 
<http://www.iaru-r3.org>//

/IARU R3/

*_Australia host International Spectrum Meeting_*

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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.

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/WIA/

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*_HuskySat-1 145/435 MHz linear transponder CubeSat_*

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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/

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*_IARU Region 3 Directory_*

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Official R3 Directory.Further information can be found on the Region 3 
website:http://iaru-r3.org/secretariat/

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*_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.

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*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.

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            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./

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*Note to Editors -*/Items from this Newsletter may be freely copied for 
publication by Member Societies of IARU./

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