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VK National News 14Jun26
Weekly news from the WIA:
MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2026-06-14.mp3
Text edition:
2026 JUNE 14 WIA NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA
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THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK
THIS LINK IS A VIDEO VERSION OF NEWS COMPILED BY VK5BD BEVAN
tinyurl.com/WIA-News-Videos
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IN WIA NATIONAL NEWS THIS WEEK:-
REPORTERS VK2LAW, VK4FUQ, VK3GTV, VK2COD along with VK5PAS, KC0DGY N5PRE and acknowledge AMSAT NA, AMSAT DL, NEWSLINE, RSGB, A
RRL and CAROLE PARK.
BUT WAIT - THERE'S MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA AND IT'S FOR WEEK COMMENCING
SUNDAY JUNE 14 2026
I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS is with thanks to Amateur Radio Daily, ARRL,
DX-WORLD, eHam, Hackaday, IARU, IRTS, NEWSLINE, NZART, RAC,
Radioworld.com, RSGB, SARL and the World Wide sources of WIA.
Philippines
Although power transmission services in parts of General Santos City and Sarangani Province are being restored, many substation
s are off grid
due to the outage of Gensan-Lledo 69kV Line caused by continuous aftershocks.
Widespread damages in buildings and other structures were reported in General Santos City following the Magnitude 7.8 destructi
ve earthquake which hit Maasim, Sarangani at 7:37 AM Monday June 08, 2026.
The Volunteer Radio Association, Thailand, was one IARU region 3 society which sent special encouragement to Filipino amateur r
adio operators who may be supporting communication, coordination, and community resilience during this emergency and said "In t
imes of disaster, radio amateurs around the world share the same spirit: service, preparedness, and solidarity. Thailand stands
with the Philippines. Stay safe. Stay strong.
7.095 MHz is the emergency frequency in use by HERO. HERO is the Philippine Ham Emergency Radio Operations body.
facebook.com/PARANHQ/
Nippon Celebrates 100 Years of Amateur Radio
The Japan Amateur Radio League centenary program officially began on the 1st of June and will continue through until September
2027, recognising
both the founding of JARL in 1926 and one hundred years since Japan's first amateur radio station, J X A X, took to the air.
JARL has adopted the theme "Because normal is just boring", highlighting the spirit of innovation, experimentation and curiosit
y that has characterised amateur radio for the past century. Throughout the celebrations there will be commemorative stations o
perating across Japan, special awards and contests, centenary publications, anniversary ceremonies and special Ham Fair events,
providing plenty of opportunities for amateurs around the world to join in the festivities.
100th.jarl.org/en/
An unlicensed radio operator who has been convicted of jamming a local repeater several times has just been issued yet another
FCC warning, as we hear from Newslines Kent Peterson KCDGY.
Acting on several interference complaints from amateur radio operators in California, the US Federal Communications Commission
has issued a warning to a radio operator who has a long history of unlicensed, disruptive and illegal transmissions on a local
repeater.
The FCC sent a notice of unlicensed operation in late May to Jack Gerritsen of Bell, California, saying that in March, agents w
ith direction-finding equipment had verified reports of his 2-meter transmissions on a local repeater. The FCC said that agents
heard him make statements over the air, using the phrase "Jack is back," identifying himself.
Over the past two decades, Gerritsen's encounters with the legal system and FCC have landed in him court -- and prison. He rece
ived a one-year sentence in 2000 following his conviction in state court of interfering with the highway patrol's radio system
. Upon his release, he took and passed his Technician level exam, receiving the amateur radio callsign, KG6IRO. The FCC revoked
the license grant days later, in November 2001, after realizing Gerritsen had been convicted of public safety interference and
that the license was granted mistakenly. According to various reports, he remained an on-air presence despite that. FCC record
s show he was later sent a forfeiture order of $21,000 for interfering with Coast Guard Auxiliary Communications with a sailing
vessel in distress.
The latest notice from the FCC, dated the 28th of May, gives him 10 days to respond and orders him to immediately halt all tran
smissions.
This is Kent Peterson KCDGY.
This unlicensed Amateur was previously convicted in 2006 for malicious interference with radio and unlicensed transmissions. He
was fined and sentenced to seven years in prison.
His age then?
SEVENTY.
SafecomLink has published a new case study documenting live AI-based weather routing over HF radio north of the Arctic Circle.
Harley Soltes (LA/KN7H) used SafecomLink with a Pactor 4 link to access the Safie AI assistant from his vessel off the Norwegia
n coast establishing a connection to a land station in Austria (OE3FQU) on 14.120 MHz, then reaching the open internet, with n
o cellular coverage, no satellite service, and no shore-side infrastructure.
The real-time two-way AI conversation provided wind forecasts and a day-by-day crossing comparison for the passage to Lofoten,
Norway. After completing the passage, Soltes reported the AI forecast was more accurate than his usual weather apps and far fas
ter than the WinLink email method he previously used.
This is pretty game-changing to have fast Pactor 4 communication from sea to a real-time internet AI connection, said Harley L
A/KN7H
Long before smartphones, social media and even the internet itself, there were amateur radio operators chatting across continen
ts, bouncing signals off the atmosphere and building communities one transmission at a time.
That spirit was alive and well Saturday morning last in Alberta Canada.
The Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization, where a ribbon-cutting ceremony marked a new three-year partnership between the LS
CO and 94.1 CJOC while amateur radio enthusiasts browsed tables of equipment at a bustling flea market downstairs.
The partnership officially launches the newly branded CJOC Amateur Radio Club and Radio Room, a collaboration designed to celeb
rate CJOCs 100th anniversary while helping preserve and grow one of radios oldest traditions.
Shelves display equipment spanning nearly a century of amateur radio history. Some pieces date back to the early 1930s, when op
erators often had to build their own equipment because commercial products simply didnt exist. Other displays showcase Heath ki
t radios assembled from mail-order kits, vacuum tubes, test equipment and early commercial transceivers.
The partnership with CJOC Radio aims to build on that foundation and exhibit.
As part of the agreement, the radio station will help promote the club through on-air and digital outreach while supporting edu
cational initiatives designed to introduce more people to broadcasting, communications and amateur radio.
CJOC afternoon host and music director Mike Doherty said the partnership felt like a natural fit during the stations centennial
year.
Its important to keep a respect for terrestrial radio, he said. People are always going to need access to information. Radio is
a public service.
For many visitors, the event offered a reminder that despite living in a world of smartphones and instant messaging, amateur ra
dio remains both surprisingly relevant and deeply social.
The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to
build a constellation of satellites designed to track airborne targets from orbit.
The program is intended to detect and track airborne targets including aircraft, cruise missiles and potentially hypersonic wea
pons.
In the same week, the U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $2.29 billion contract to build a network of low Earth orbit satellites
intended to function as a military internet in space.
Both deals were among the largest contracts issued this year by Space Systems Command, the Space Forces acquisition arm.
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NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2026
WIA contest page :- wia.org.au/members/contests/about/
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JUNE 20-21 VHF UHF FIELD DAY
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JULY 4-5 NZART MEMORIAL CONTEST
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JULY 11-12 IARU HF CHAMPIONSHIP
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JULY 18 VK TRANS TASMAN CONTEST
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JULY 25-26 RSGB IOTA CONTEST
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AUGUST 15-16 RD CONTEST
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AUGUST 29 - 30 ALARA CONTEST
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SEPTEMBER 19-20 VHF UHF FIELD DAY
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OCTOBER 3-4 OCEANA SSB CONTEST
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OCEANA CW CONTEST is OCTOBER 10 - 11
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OCTOBER 24-25 CQWW SSB
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NOVEMBER 28-29 CQWW CW CONTEST
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DECEMBER 1-31 VK YOTA contest.
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DECEMBER 12-13 ARRL 10 METER CONTEST
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NOW LET'S OPEN THE DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD
International Dog Day August 26, 2026.
Hanz van de pol, YL3JD, in Latvia, will have his special event station YL1DOG, on the air during all of August.
In the USA, Newsline Editor, Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, has the special call sign KDOG. She will have a North American team on t
he air the week of International Dog Day.
International Dog Day or National Dog Day is an annual observance held to celebrate dogs of all breeds and backgrounds, promote
dog adoption, and raise awareness about the welfare of dogs around the world. It also recognizes working dogs and the roles th
ey play in human society, including service, police, military, and rescue dogs
In case you wondering ...International Cat Day is August 8.
(arrl)
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ZL 100 C is the callsign celebrating the centenary of NZART
the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters which was formed
on 16 August 1926.
QSL via the bureau and LoTW.
(425dxnews)
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2026 FIFA World Cup
Jason made mention again of this event last week here on WIA NATIONAL NEWS, and now we have many of the special calls.
So pencils at the ready.
The FIFA World Cup is jointly hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, the 2026 "World Soccer Tournament" will take plac
e from 11 June to 19 July and amateur radio operators from the sixteen host cities will be active to celebrate the event:
K0C Kansas City;
K4C Miami;
VB7F Vancouver;
VC3F Toronto;
W1C Boston;
W2C New York/New Jersey;
W4C Atlanta;
W5C/D Dallas;
W5C/H Houston;
W6C Los Angeles;
W6S San Francisco;
W7C Seattle
WM3PEN Philadelphia.
4A1CMX Mexico City;
4A1GDL Guadalajara and 4A1MTY Monterrey;
This amateur radio event is not affiliated with the World Cup but has been organised in support of the tournament.
Complete information, including detailed operating schedules and certificates, can be found on wc2026ses.org
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NET ADVICE
FELIX/ANCHOR: One of the best things to emerge out of the pandemic was proof that the ham radio community had resiliency as a s
ocial network. The pandemic has ended but one social network born during those years of isolation has remained strong. Its call
ed the Eyeball QSO Party, as Kevin Trotman N5PRE from NewsLine tells us.
KEVIN: Its not a net. Its not a rag chew. Its not even on the air. The Eyeball QSO Party is a welcoming room on Zoom where hams
from different countries simply show up. Once a week, they share their opinions, their experiences and even images on their co
mputer screens. It could be a view of their treasured vintage rigs, their radio-controlled planes, astronomy gear or websites a
bout the events in the news.
The QSO Party's host, Hugh Owen, KA3TTW, said he created the room during the pandemic to help ease isolation brought on by canc
ellation of club meetings, hamfests and even social morning coffees. The concept is simple, he said: People show up. Some are a
s local as the Washington, D.C. area where Hugh lives. Sometimes they're dropping by from Canada, Luxembourg, Great Britain or
even Argentina.
Although getting on the air is why so many hams got their licenses to begin with, this off-air QSO Party still fills a need. Hu
gh told Newsline [quote] This does have the big advantage of people being face-to-face and people can share things on their scr
eens. [Endquote] So every Monday, it happens starting at 1700 UTC between March 9th and November 2nd; and at 1600 UTC the rest
of the year. :
Best of all, propagation is never an issue. Everyone gets a Five-Nine.
[DO NOT READ: https://groups.io/g/EyeballQSOParty ]
This is Kevin Trotman N5PRE
FELIX/ANCHOR: To join the party, send email to eyeballqsoparty@gmail.com
There is also a groups.io reflector where you can visit and subscribe. Find the link in the text version of this week's wia nat
ional news best read at wia.org.au
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WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS
SUMMITS ON THE AIR, WORLD WIDE FLORA, FAUNA PROGRAM,
PARKS ON THE AIR and other ADVENTURE GROUPS.
hema.org.uk/index.jsp
minesontheair.com/about-mota
parksontheair.com/
sota.org.uk
sotawatch.sota.org.uk/en/
facebook.com/SotaAustralia/
wwffaustralia.com/
To help celebrate Philippines Independence Day station DX 1 SRC will operate on 7.090 MHz for POTA.
June 12 between 0000 and 0200 UTC listen for DX1SRC from Angono Lakeside Ecological Park, POTA number PH-0258
(para)
Colorado Summits On the Air will be active August 1st and 2nd for the Colorado 14er Event. Two bonus days will take place July
30 and 31.
During the Colorado 14er & Mountaintop Event, amateur radio operators from around Colorado will be activating Summits On The Ai
r (SOTA) peaks and communicating with other radio amateurs across the state and around the world.
"14ers" (or "fourteeners" as pronounced) is a mountaineering term for mountain peaks that exceed an elevation of 14,000 feet (4
,267 meters).
Colorado has 58 of these majestic peaks, the most of any single state in the contiguous United States making it a world-famous
destination for hikers and SOTA activators.
ham14er@ham14er.groups.io
(ARD)
SOTA Croatia is marking 10 years. Listen for the special callsign
9 A 10 SOTA. The callsign is on the air through to 2026, the 30th of
September 2026 to be precise.
A certificate will be available for contacts made between the 1st of October and the 31st of December THIS YEAR.. QSL via LoTW
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