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2026 APRIL 26 WIA NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA ------------------------------------------------------------*

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LAST BROADCAST THIS WIA YEAR!

AGM IS NEXT WEEKEND.

BUT NEWS WISE THERE'S LOTS IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA AND IT'S FOR WEEK COMMENCING
SUNDAY APRIL 26 2026

I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB ------------------------------------------------------------*
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.

ITU Corporation Re-purposes Linton Armory Facility to House Iconic Amateur Radio Manufacturing.


In a major expansion of its Indiana footprint, ITU Corporation has purchased the former Linton National Guard Armory to serve as the new manufacturing hub for Hy-gain and Cushcraft. By acquiring these legendary brands from MFJ Enterprises, ITU is centralizing production at the 15-acre Linton site. This new endeavour will bring between 20-50 new jobs to Linton.


Martin F. Jue, President and founder of MFJ Enterprises, Inc., is pleased to announce the sale of the renowned Hy-gain and Cushcraft antenna, rotator, and communication product lines to ITU Corporation, a 25 year old Indiana engineering and manufacturing company.


The designs, tooling, specialized equipment, manufacturing and marketing
rights for hy-gain and Cushcraft antennas and rotators are included in the sale.


A historic radio tower in downtown Binghamton, New York, will be used to connect with others around the world on Saturday to commemorate the birthday
of one of the inventors of radio. Happening on Saturday, April 25, members of the Binghamton Amateur Radio Association (BARA) will be talking to amateur "ham" radio operators around the world using the historic Marconi Tower at 45 Lewis St. The event commemorates the birth of Guglielmo Marconi, one of the inventors of radio, and is held annually on the Saturday closest to his
actual birthday.


International Marconi day is the UTC day of Saturday April 25.
For those on the east coast of our island home ,this means it will run from
10 am Saturday, until 10 am Sunday.


VK2IMD is the Australian station to work.

EI0MAR is the Irish station on Saturday the 25th of April during
International Marconi Day. The station is located in Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy
Museum of Vintage Radio at the Martello Tower in Howth. Visitors are welcome
to drop by and operate from 1100 hours.


NASA has been recognized by the 30th Annual Webby Awards with two Webby
Awards and five Webby Peoples Voice Awards, the latter of which are awarded
by the voting public.

Webbys?

Reflecting the tremendous growth of the Internet, The Webbys honours
excellence in 8 major media types: Websites & Mobile Sites; Video & Film; Advertising, Media & PR; Podcasts; Social & Games; Apps, Software &
Immersive; Creators; and new this year, AI.


Established in 1996 during the webs infancy, The Webbys is presented by the IADASa 3000+ member judging body. The Academy is comprised of Executive Membersleading Internet experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries,
and creative celebritiesand associate members who are former Webby winners, nominees and other internet professionals.


Since 1998, NASA has been nominated for more than 100 Webby Awards, winning
51 Webbys and 72 Peoples Voice Awards.


The RSGB would like to thank everyone who joined the RSGB 2026 AGM which was held online, 18 April. If you missed the live event, youre able to watch the full livestream on the Societys YouTube channel.

youtube.com/theRSGB

As well as the formal AGM business, there was a special message from the RSGB President and the Board answered questions from RSGB members on a wide range
of topics. The AGM was followed by a presentation on the Societys work to defend the spectrum and ensure that radio amateurs can enjoy amateur radio across the bands. If you would like to read more about the RSGBs work in protecting the spectrum, including successes in spectrum access and defence,
as well as current concerns, visit rsgb.org/spectrum-protection Winners of
the RSGB 2026 Construction Competition and the RSGB Trophies were also announced.


Timestamps are in the video summary on YouTube, allowing you to skip to particular sections you wish to watch.


Go to rsgb.org/agm to find out more about the AGM, including personal statements from the new elected and nominated Board Directors, as well as the Regional Representatives.


A New York State man has been charged with interfering with the radio
channels used by emergency services in his city. Kent Peterson KCDGY has
those details direct from NewsLine.


Police in central New York State have arrested a man and charged him with interfering with emergency radio channels by transmitting false statements
over equipment he was unauthorized to use,


Local media reports said police stopped Chad Potter of Sherburne, New York,
on the 31st of March while he was driving in a vehicle equipped with a number of radios tuned to frequencies where, according to police, he has been disrupting emergency services.


A report on WBNG/News 12 said that an investigation into the reported radio interference dates back to 2021. Police said that fire, EMS and
law-enforcement operations were disrupted several times by his messages. The WBNG news report described one transmission as "shots fired, shots fired"

which reportedly caused concern and confusion among first-responders and the public.


On the day Potter was arrested on the radio-related charges, city police had pulled him over in relation to a traffic stop. Investigators said his vehicle was equipped with aftermarket lighting that made it look like he was an emergency-responder.


The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has now identified consumer internet system routers produced by foreign companies as a potential security risk and has added most router models to the Commissions Covered List.


As detailed in a Public Notice, the FCCs action follows a determination by an Executive Branch interagency body that such routers pose unacceptable risks
to the national security of the United States or the safety and security of United States persons. Specifically, the interagency body determined that foreign-produced routers introduce supply chain vulnerabilities and pose serious cybersecurity threats.


The FCC reports that foreign-made internet routers were determined to be involved in recent cyberattacks that targeted vital U.S. infrastructure, including the Volt, Flax, and Salt Typhoon incidents.


The interagency determination provides an exemption for routers that have obtained Conditional Approval from either the U.S. Department of War or the Department of Homeland Security.


docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-278A1.pdf.

Dollar General has announced the planned rollout of an AI-enabled in-store audio network from QSIC to approximately 6,000 DG stores in 48 states ofthe USA.


As part of a deal with QSIC, Dollar General said it will be able to deliver localized and measurable audio content and ads to customers while providing advertisers with data-driven advertising opportunities at one of the nations most expansive retail footprints.


Dollar General operates more than 20,000 stores across the United States,
with approximately 75% of the U.S. population living within five miles of a location, many of those being in rural communities.


QSIC is a global in-store audio platform that uses AI and data intelligence.
It works with retailers and brands to enhance in-store media by integrating point of sales data, curated music and AI-generated audio ads to deliver targeted messaging.


So next time you are in a Coles store here in VK, is Coles Radio live or Ai?

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NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2026
WIA contest page :- wia.org.au/members/contests/about/

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Raoul, ZS1C reports that the results for the RSGB Commonwealth Contest, run
on 14 and 15 March, show Australia as coming first place BUT as part

of Team Africa, he is proud to say Team Africa came third world-wide.

Highest score for Region 1, outside of the UK.

ZS1CI has been elected to join the RSGB's Evans Committee to promote the contest in South Africa and hopes to get more Morse Code operators to dust
off the Morse transmitting keys, get on the air and prepare to take part in next year's Commonwealth Contest, one of the oldest Morse Code

contests , with a long, colourful history, starting in 1931.
(sarl)

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This weekend, April 25 and 26.
SP DX RTTY Contest
Worldwide on bands 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m
UK/EI DX Contest, CW
Worldwide on bands 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10m
Helvetia Contest
Switzerland with participation Worldwide.
CW, SSB, Digital on bands 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10m.
(contestcalendar.com)
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MAY:- HARRY ANGEL MEMORIAL SPRINT May 2nd.

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JUNE 6 -7 VK SHIRES CONTEST
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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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NOW LET'S OPEN THE DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD

After a lot of work behind the scenes, DXLook has been completely rebuilt and is now live in production.

dxlook.com

This isnt just an update. Its a full rewrite of the frontend the part you interact with designed to make the site faster, cleaner, and much easier to use across all devices.

What changed?

If youve used DXLook before, the idea is the same:

A single place to see real-time propagation using data from PSK Reporter,
WSPR, RBN, DX Cluster, POTA, SOTA, APRS, and space weather.

(ard)

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In the World of DX, Harry, JG7PSJ, will be calling QRZ as JD1BMH from Chichijima, IOTA Number AS-031, Ogasawara, from 26 April to 4 May. He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40-10 metres.

(newsline2529

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Aldir, PY1SAD, is on the air as 8R1TM from Guyana until the 10th of May, operating CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-6 metres. He is also operating via satellite from 23:00 to 03:00 UTC during the week, and "full time" on
weekends.

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Special event station GB 2 JAF will be active on Saturday the 25th of April from 10am (UTC) to celebrate the life and work of Professor Sir John Ambrose Fleming, the inventor of the Thermionic Valve.


Look out for activity on the 40 and 20m bands using SSB. There will also be some activity via the GB3LV repeater and EchoLink. More information is available at QRZ.com

(RSGB)
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Diya, YI1DZ has renewed his contract with the World Food Programme
for six months, and expects to return to Juba, South Sudan in the
coming days. Look for him to operate as Z 81 D on various bands mainly
FT8 during his spare time. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via OM3JW.
(425 dxnews)
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Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster 26 April 1986, the special callsign EN 40 CNP will be used 18-30 April from various locations across Ukraine.

QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and QRZ.
(425 dxnews)
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WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather)

A group of scientists from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) has discovered something in Martian rocks that definitely shouldnt be there:
traces of ink from a standard ballpoint pen. This discovery has nothing to do with extra-terrestrial civilizations. As it turned out, the traces were left behind after the team prepared the samples they received from NASAs Johnson Space Centre. This discovery highlights the critical vulnerability of space materials to terrestrial contamination, which can sometimes be impossible to remove.

Despite the curious nature of the discovery, researchers insist there is no reason to doubt scientific findings. Modern analytical methods make it
possible to distinguish terrestrial contaminants from Martian materials with
a high degree of accuracy. The likelihood that scientists would mistakenly interpret blue polyester as evidence of life on Mars is negligible.


Nevertheless, this study serves as an important warning for the future. The Perseverance rover has collected soil samples that will eventually be
returned to Earth as part of the Mars Sample Return mission. A team from the University of the Basque Country hopes that their recommendations will help improve decontamination protocols and minimize risks.

(universemagazine)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS

On Sunday, April 19, 2026, Edge of Space Sciences (EOSS) and Intro2Space launched 2 balloons with APRS payload. The balloons launched from Metro State University of Denver in Colorado and carried an APRS beacon utilizing
callsign AESS-4. In addition to the APRS payload, the balloon carried an
ADS-B beacon and sonar experiment.


Launched were two 3000g latex balloons carrying a total of 17 experiments for MSU-Denver's Intro2Space program. All payloads were recovered successfully.


Edge of Space Sciences (EOSS) formed in 1990 and has been launching high altitude balloon experiments on behalf of universities, colleges, high
schools and middle schools for over 26 years.

(ard)

Also a brief update on South Africas Pico Balloons.

As of Friday 17 April ZS1AFB-1 was currently the only South African Pico balloon still aloft. After 100 days and 238 000 km, it completed its sixth
lap of the earth on 13 April. Friday 17 April, it began its journey across
the Pacific Ocean to start its seventh lap.

(sarl)

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/

2026 VKFF Ladies Award

During 2026, the Australian chapter of the World Wide Flora Fauna (WWFF) program will be offering a special award: the 2026 VKFF Ladies Award.


There are two beautiful certificates on offer:

1. One for the ladies who activate VKFF reference areas;
and

2. One for those who work the ladies in VKFF reference areas.

There are five levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, & Sapphire

The special award will run for all of 2026.

For the award, 'Activate' means logging 10 QSOs.

Please submit your activator log in the normal fashion to your relevant State/Territory VKFF representative.


This award is not implemented in WWFF Logsearch. A spreadsheet can be found
on the WWFF Australia website, which when complete, should be sent via email
to the VKFF National Co-Ordinator, Paul VK5PAS, at:


vkffaustralia@gmail.com

More information on the 2026 VKFF Ladies Award can be found on the WWFF Australia website at:

wwffaustralia.com
73 & 44,
Marija VK5MAZ

When is a ham club POTA not just a ham club POTA? When it turns into an impromptu on-the-air outing for Scouts working to earn their Radio Merit
Badge. NewsLine's Jen DeSalvo W9TXJ was there.


JEN: It started as a club POTA at the historic Santa Fe Prairie Nature
Preserve just outside of Chicago City Limits.


DENNIS: We were just going to do a POTA event and one of the members is a
Scout leader and said "Well, hey, how about if I bring some Scouts?"


JEN: That member was Dennis Calderone, KC9DSP, president of the Suburban Technical Amateur Radio System, referring to Tom Bosworth, KE9JQ, who is both an amateur radio operator and active in Scouts for nearly four decades. Tom
is cub master for a local pack.


TOM: .....And I'm a Radio Merit Badge Counsellor. We expected four or five to show up and we have 35 here today.


JEN: That was for a Radio Merit Badge Class. Tom says it is inevitable that kids will grow up to have careers in computers and technology.


TOM: This is the most basic technology you're going to have.

JEN: He said the first thing he covered with the Scouts was to tell them what radio is....


TOM: ....which isn't just ham radio. Obviously, it's also broadcast radio.
It's your garage-door opener.


JEN: The club set up five stations, giving the Scouts a hands-on experience
of how everything works. Club members set up stations for FT8, CW/Morse
Code.

[[NATS CW]]

JEN: They used mobile units to hit their 2-meter repeater and operate
sideband voice.


TOM: One of the requirements is for them to talk to five other stations. So when they're on sideband and when they're on FT8, they're actually participating in the communication.


JEN: Dennis, the club's president, plans to host more events for local Scouts to not only earn their Radio Merit Badge but to carry the torch of ham radio.


DENNIS: We have to get the youth involved and pass it down generation after generation - get them involved so that they can get into this community to
help people out.


This is Jen DeSalvo, W9TXJ.

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER
AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org

More lil Aussies talk into space.

Scouts Australia Western Australia Branch, Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia, using telebridge via AB 1 OC spoke to the ISS callsign which

was NA1SS and crewmember Jack Hathaway, KJ5NIV.

The ARISS mentor was Shane Lynd, VK4KHZ and this successful contact was
on Friday, April 17UTC.

VK4KHZ was also involved in a contact with Diamond Harbour School, Christchurch, New Zealand via IK1SLD. The ISS callsign this time, OR4ISS and the scheduled crewmember again Jack Hathaway, KJ5NIV.

Contact was go for Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:51:10 UTC.
(ariss ans 109)

The ITU Handbook on Amateur and amateur-satellite services - 2026 Edition

The International Telecommunication Union has dropped the 2026 edition of its Handbook on Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Services, and it is a global regulatory document that is actually worth getting excited about. Its a comprehensive, single-source reference pulling together the technical, operational, and regulatory foundations of amateur radio and satellite
activity worldwide, aimed squarely at administrations, regulators, and the amateur community itself.

For the amateur radio community, this release is more than a handbook. Its a strategic tool. It underpins advocacy, supports education frameworks, and provides a globally recognised reference point for spectrum, licensing, and emerging technologies like amateur satellites and digital communications. Whether youre influencing regulators, designing training pathways, or just trying to explain to someone that amateur radio is more than old blokes with microphones, this document gives you the backing of international policy, science, and decades of collective expertise.


The free publication is available from the IARU at the link in this weeks WIA NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE text edition.


itu.int/dms_pub/itu-r/opb/hdb/R-HDB-52-2026-PDF-E.pdf
(wia front page news)

If you've been enjoying continuous operation using the newly awakened Fuji-OSCAR29 from Japan, you may want to make plans to take a break. AMSAT
News reports that on or around the 21st of April, the satellite will return
to a period of eclipse - in other words, no more sunlight. The Japan Amateur Radio League has estimated that the satellite will remain without power - and go back to sleep and out of service - for about a month. The satellite is
fully dependent on its solar panels since its on-board batteries have not worked in many years.


There is a bright spot in all of this - and we do mean bright in every sense
of the word: Full sunlight will become available to the satellite again starting around the 20th of May. Hams can once again look forward to more continuous operation through to the middle of November.

(newsline2529)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS - YOTA
(Youngsters On The Air)
WIA committee:- Steve VK6SJ, Alec VK2MV and Pete VK2LP. ham-yota.com/category/yota-region-3/
facebook.com/groups/YOTAOC/
youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA
The RSGB is delighted to announce two new volunteer youth team roles as it continues to grow and strengthen its support for young radio amateurs across the UK.


Leon Shaw, M0VUF will be the Youth Vice Chair, working closely with the Youth Chair Chris Aitken, MM0WIC to help guide and develop the expanding Youth
Team.


Sophie Bourne, M9LBW will collaborate with Chris over the coming months with the intention of taking on full responsibility for the Youth Champion for Schools role later this year.


Both Leon and Sophie represented the RSGB at last years YOTA summer camp, supported the Youth stand at the RSGB 2025 Convention and took part in a Tonight@8 episode to share their experiences of amateur radio and how it has shaped their interests.


Sophie also brought fresh ideas to the recent RSGB Membership Strategy Workshop, which will help to shape future youth engagement.


WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - VIDEO

The ARISS Slow Scan Television (SSTV) Series 31 event, themed World Space Commemoration, ran from April 10 through April 14, 2026.


Transmissions were made on 437.550 MHz FM using the Robot 36 mode from the International Space Station. Images celebrated major space milestones, including Cosmonautics Day and the Space Shuttle program.


Amateur radio operators worldwide captured the SSTV pictures and submitted
them to the official ARISS SSTV gallery and many more participants received commemorative certificates for successful receptions.


The event provided an excellent opportunity for stations of all experience levels to practice satellite reception techniques and enjoy space-themed imagery.


ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/.
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This is Laurie VK4BLE from the Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club, with a Redfest 26 wrap up.


Redfest 26 was a great success and well support by the amateur radio
community. There was approximately 350 to 400 people who attended over the course of the day. The feedback on the day was very positive and with the
event spread out over multiple areas which made it so much easier to move around and catch a bargain.


A big thanks to Elite Communications for their attendance and QSL Comms for their kind donation and not to forget Mad Dog Coils, VK Direct, Radio and
More and Garage Art. We must also thank Icom Australia, ALARA and the WIA QSL Bureau for the attendance at this great event.


Congratulations to all our prize winners, I know there is a very happy
amateur with a brand new Icom 7300 MK2.


The technical presentations this year at Redfest where a hit and a big thanks to Peter VK3TMP from FreeDV. His presentation was excellent and well
attended. A big thanks Glen VK4NGA for providing two presentations as our WIA director Peter VK4EA was called away on an urgent matter and was unable to attend at the last minute. Thanks to Icom Australia for their presentation
and spending time talking about their latest developments.

There are too many individuals to thank who helped put this event on and without them we would not have been able to do it.

Thank you all.

The main people to thank are you the amateur community who came from far and wide to attend this great event and support the Redcliffe and Districts Radio Club.


We will be back in 2027, so start saving now for Redfest 27.

Thank you all and see you at Redfest 27
Laurie VK4BLE
VK - WIA AGM May 2 at 2pm Albury VK2 couples with VK SUMMIT 2026
also in Albury May 2 and 3. And it's at Commercial Club,
Dean Street. (vk3tcm/wiacal/ARMAG ).

WW May 15 - 17 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, Ohio (arrl)

VK2 - Picton HamFest May 31st. Showground 8am (vk2ts)

VK2 - Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club Field Day 6 and 7 June
Wauchope Showground hall. (vk2zhe)

VK5 - Sth Est Radio Group Convention & Australian Fox Hunting
Championship Mt Gambier June 6/7 (vk5dj)

WW June 26 - 28 HAM RADIO, International Amateur Radio Exhibition, Friedrichshafen, Germany (arrl)

VK3 - Gippsland Gate Radio & Electronics Club HamFest Sale
Longwarry Community Hall 10am (vk3iu)

VK3 - Bendigo Amateur Radio & Electronics Club Radiofest.
Sunday 11 October, Bendigo East Hall, Lansell Street (vk3gtv)
VK7 - Tassie Ham-E-Con Radio Conference Nov 7 and 8 UTAS Sandy Bay
Campus. reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference/

VK5 - Adelaide Amateur Radio & Electronics Car Boot Sale Dogs SA
Showground, Cromwell Road, Kil burn 10.00am. November 21. (wiacal)

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