THIS WEEK:-

IN CONTEST NEWS -

WIA SUMMER VHF UHF FIELD DAY MANAGER WITH "THE GOOD NEWS" AND

VK4FUQ DRYS HIMSELF OFF AFTER THE DISASTROIUS INGHAM FLOODS AND

PRESENTS OUR OPERATIONAL NEWS AGAIN AND HOWARD VK4BS REPORTS ON

AMATEUR RADIO AND EMERGENCY COMMS. IN FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND.

ALARA PRESIDENT MICHELLE VK2AYL

GIRL GUIDE THINKING DAY ON THE AIR WITH ALEC VK2MV

I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB

AND NOW - WIA RETURNING OFFICER.

For the first time in over 20 years our contest and dx reporter Felix was unable to file his report! Felix is in Ingham which as been hard hit by the Queensland floods, in fact wi8th no power for DAYS. Fresh food is even being choppered in by both military, and private

arrangements put in place by Coles and Woolworths. Our thoughts are

with you Felix, and so this week John Williams VK4JJW steps up to

open the DX window on this the WIA National News Service .... And this week, is the second week this audio is being transmitted through

South Africa in quite some time, so ZS listeners, settle back for the

"best news you'll get all week."

When CAN we Australian radio amateurs use the alternative AX callsign? - WIA AR Magazine Editor Roger VK2ZRH. - YOTA news and something special as "young Alan" takes his go-pro camera to Dural and their recent Trash and Treasure.

And although an election to vote by postal ballot has now closed,

returning officer Pete Cherry VK2LP has more detail on candidates.

WIA AUSTRALIA DAY CONTEST JANUARY 26. -

WIA AX MEME. -

ARRL report DXCC application processing is back to typical processing

times. -

Michelle VK2AYL, President of the Australian Ladies Amateur Radio

Association, ALARA. -

WIA DIRECTORS CHRIS VK3FY AND PETER VK4EA. - ALSO WIA AFFILIATED CLUBS COORDINTOR ANGELO VK2NWT . - AND THE EXCITING NEWS OF THE WEEK - AUSTRALIA AND OUR 4TH SPACEMAN SET FOR A MID MARCH LAUNCH.

THIS IS 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

and shown on all good ATV outlets around the globe.

A SHORT NEWS AS NO WIA DIRECT5ORS INPUT, HOW EVER VEVER MISSING A

BEAT VK2MV, VK2LAW, VK3GTV AND VK4FUQ WITH NEWS OF INTEREST TO VK HAMS.

WIA Director and Company Secretary Peter Clee VK8ZZ. - WIA's Editor-in-Chief of Amateur Radio magazine Roger Harrison VK2ZRH. - VK4FUQ Felix will have the operational news, VK3FFF Bruce takes a look at Special Interest Group news and VK2LAW Jason is at our International Desk. -

Many clubs have held a "Bunnings Sausage Sizzle' this year but we have news of a club that has done 18,000 times better.

THIS WEEK YOU'LL HEAR FROM NOT ONLY WIA PRESIDENT AND THE WIA

RETURNING OFFICER BUT FROM ALARA :-

VK7QP LINDA, VK5YL SHIRLEY, VK4SWE LYN. - NOW WAIT - THERE'S MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA. FROM ALARA I'M PRESIDENT MICHELLE VK2AYL

ALARA PRESIDENT Michelle VK2YL. - WIA CONTEST COMMITTE SPOKESPERSON Alan VK4SN. - WIA VHF UHF CONTEST MANAGER Roger VK2ZRH. - WIA DIRECTOR Giles VK5GK.