VK2WI News Broadcasts
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Amateur Radio New South Wales conducts two news broadcasts on Sunday from VK2WI, their facilities at 63 Quarry Rd Dural.
The morning bulletin commences at 10am local time with a relay of VK1WIA National news, then local VK2WI news follows from about 10:30am. The evening bulletin, starting at 7:30pm local time, consists of an expanded version of the VK2WI news including the DX report, as well as occasional technical features.
After each news broadcast callbacks are taken on most of the frequencies used. The below table lists the bands and frequencies currently used by VK2WI.
| Band | Frequency, MHz | Mode |
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| 160m | 1.845 | AM |
| 80m | 3.595 | LSB |
| (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 | 145.6/147.0 | FM |
| 70cm | 438.525 | FM |
| 23cm | 1273.5 | FM |
| Note 1. The transmission using the callsign VKE580 has been added to provide linking for manual relay stations. Callbacks cannot be taken on this frequency as it is currently a Commercial frequency allocation. Note that transmission is Upper Sideband (contrary to normal amateur practice below 10MHz) |
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Occasional SSB transmissions are made on: 17 metres - 18.120MHz (USB) |
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Live Stream of VK2WI News Broadcasts
You can listen live or download audio from our Live and On-demand audio page.
News and Information for the VK2WI Broadcast
The preferred way to submit items for inclusion in VK2WI News is by email to the news team, at news@arnsw.org.au. Please get your items in by the Friday evening preceding 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. Information is also welcome on on-air events and activities; these are included in a summary of weekly activity included in each bulletin.
Audio items and reports are welcomed - please email in advance for format and submission details.
If you would like to report to VK2WI on any aspects of the broadcast (including reception reports or difficulties) please send your report to callbacks@arnsw.org.au. If you urgently need to contact us regarding transmission, call 02 9444 0111 (VK2WI voice line) to contact the duty engineer.
At other times, you can contact the ARNSW office.
VK2WI News Team - Volunteers Wanted
We always welcome more volunteers to help take part in getting our news bulletins to air. Besides the announcer you hear on air and the engineer that helps put the news to air, we also have people involved with production of scripts and audio items. If you would like to volunteer, either email news@arnsw.org.au or contact the ARNSW office.
Photos of HF transmitters and engineering console courtesy of Peter VK2TPM.