VK2WI News Broadcasts
      

 Updated 29th of January 2012                                                                                                                        

      Amateur Radio New South Wales conducts morning and evening news broadcasts from its facilities at 63 Quarry Rd Dural on Sundays.

      The morning session commences at 10am local time with a relay of VK1WIA National news. Then local VK2WI news at about 10:30am. The evening session at 7:30pm local time consists of an expanded version of the VK2WI news. Please note that for a few weeks over the Christmas holidays, morning only transmissions are made.

      After each news broadcast call backs are taken on most of the frequencies used. The below table lists the bands and frequencies currently used by VK2WI.

Wavelength	MHz	Mode
160m	1.845	AM
80m	3.595	LSB
60m (Sunday morning only)	5.425	USB [note1]
40m	7.146	AM
30m	10.125	USB
20m	14.170	USB
10m	28.320	USB
6m	52.525	FM
2m	145.600/147.000	FM
70cm	438.525	FM
23cm	1273.500	FM
Note 1. The 60m transmission under callsign VKE580 has been added to provide linking for manual relay stations..NO CallBacks !! on this frequency as it is currently within the Commercial Frequency Allocation. Be careful when tuning to this transmission as contrary to normal HAM procedures below 10MHz, this service is on Upper Sideband.	Note the new carrier frequency for the 60m service (5425KHz)
Occasional SSB transmissions are made on: 17 metres - 18.120 MHz - USB 15 metres - 21.170 MHz. - USB 12 metres - 24.950 Mhz. - USB 6 metres   - 52.150 MHz. 2 metres   - 144.150 MHz. 70 cm.       - 432.150 MHz.

     On this page you can download a copy of the text of the VK2WI Sunday Broadcast. This text will usually be a copy of what the announcer actually reads out for the VK2WI Evening broadcast. It is usually loaded to this page on the Monday after the actual Broadcast.
       In the Morning Bulletin the news items may be shortened to allow time for the VK1WIA news tape. Whereas in the Evening Bulletin news items are read in full and the DX Report is presented. There is often more Overseas and Interstate news as well.           
 

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Sunday the 29th of January 2012

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Older files have been removed from WEB site to conserve storage space on-site but are still available by request to news@arnsw.org.au .

News and Information for the VK2WI Broadcast
Please email all items for inclusion in the VK2WI Broadcasts or this Web site to the news team at news@arnsw.org.au , please get your news items in by the Friday preceeding the broadcast they are to be included in. When submitting news items please specify if you would like the item to run for more than one week. Items may not need to run continuously as all coming events will be included in the summary of coming events segment, which is included in every broadcast.

       If you would like to report to VK2WI on any aspects of the broadcast (reception reports or difficulties) please send your report to  callbacks@arnsw.org.au otherwise leave a message at the office, find contact details HERE. If you urgently need to contact us regarding the transmissions, call on the 02 9651 1489  (VK2WI voice line) to contact the duty engineer.

       Please note that for the Holiday Season from late December to mid January, there will only be a "Morning" Broadcast and Callbacks. There is not usually a "text" version of the broadcast available during this time as the usual team are taking a break from their "labours".

VK2WI Dural Roster   
We are always on the lookout for more volunteers to help share the load. Please consider joining. If you would like to volunteer either contact John VK2JV via the office or email to news@arnsw.org.au or see one of us here at VK2WI Dural during the Sunday morning transmission or on Trash and Treasure days.

Photos of transmitters and engineering console are courtesy of Peter Marks VK2TPM.