VK6WIA - On Air - General Meeting
Now on the 3rd Sunday of each Month - at 9.50am Western Standard Time
Sunday 13th May 2001
The purpose of the Net is to overcome the lack of member contact
since General Meetings of the VK6 division were discontinued.
As with the General Meetings of the past, visitors are welcome to attend.

Call Sign VK6WIA 146.750 MHz Lesmurdie Repeater
and 40 Metre Gateway on 7.075 Mhz controlled by Will VK6UU.
Net Control Tony VK6TS
Meeting opened at about 09.50 after the morning session of NewsWest.

A roll call of Divisional Council produced the following check in's:
VK6HK Don - Minutes Councillor
VK6LZ Cliff - Salvage Councillor
VK6TS Tony  - Broadcast Councillor Net Control
VK6UU Will  - Federal Councillor
VK6ZLZ Christine - Secretary Councillor

Those participating (18) were:
VK6AOD Bill - Falcon
VK6AOM David - Buntine
VK6AWJ Jim - Bunbury
VK6BH Bill - Allanson
VK6BK Aaron - Perth
VK6BSW Harry - Perth
VK6CSW Clive - Perth
VK6KHC Herb - Kalgoorlie
VK6JO            - Perth
VK6JX John - Lowden
VK6JY John - Albany
VK6LZ Cliff - Perth
VK6PM Con - Toodyay
VK6RO Graham - Perth
VK6TS Tony - Perth
VK6UU Will - Perth
VK6XV Roy - Perth
VK6ZLZ Christine - Perth
VK6TS Tony opened the net & welcomed participants.

*Subject:
Someone thought Licences had gone up - shock - horror -
Free Licences like Canada
& the GST component in the Licence fees
& the GST component in the WIA Subscriptions
The Discounted NEW Member VK6WIA subscriptions until June 31st 2001
NEW Members only pay the Federal component for the first year.
F = $54.05 - G&S = $49.80 - X = $23.30

Membership Subscriptions - Year 200 Compared with 20001

Year
F-Grade
G&S Grades
X Grade
2001
$67.00
$61.00
$36.00
2000
$69.00
$59.00
$38.00
Total Increase/Decrease
$2.00 down
$2.00 up
$2.00 down
Membership
Grade
2000
Fed-Component
2000
VK6-Div.
2000
VK6-Total
*
2001
Fed-Component
2001
VK6-Div.
VK6-Div.
Rounding
2001
VK6-Total
F Grade
56.25
12.75
69.00
*
54.05
12.95
0.20 up
67.00
G+S Grades
48.00
11.00
59.00
*
49.80
11.20
0.20 up
61.00
X Grade
25.50
12.50
38.00
*
23.30
12.70
0.20 up
36.00
Note: 1 - The "Special" International Levy added last year has been removed
Note: 2 - Pensioners and Students now pay the same as the F grade for AR Magazine

*Subject:
Identifying callsigns in the WIA Call Books
of Amateurs who are
WIA Members at the time of publication.

*Subject:
Where to get AOCP & Ham Radio Training - see the internet

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VK2DQ Internet Course   -  VK2DQ  Education
VK2DQ Regs Exam    -  VK2DQ Novice Exam   -  VK2DQ AOCP Exam

Links to theVK2TIP Amateur Radio Tutorial Site

Gladesville Video Course

VK3YE Novice Notes OnLine

WIA Victoria Education On-Line
WIA Victoria Regulations Details    -  WIA Victoria Regulations Exam
WIA Victoria Novice Exam   -  WIA Victoria Full-Call Exam

Become a Radio Amateur with Geoff Taylor VK5TY & VK5CTY
Book & Correspondence Course

New Zealand Education

USA Education

*Subject:
Antenna masts and local Councils

*Subject:
CEPT Licence agreement
When is "Australia" going to join it ?

*Subject:
? Control restricted to DTMF
Sorry I missed this one

Net closed at 10.35am
To find out more - join the net - next month - June 17th 2001

Apologies if I missed anyone or subject

The WIA exists for all Radio Amateurs, Does it speak for you.
Amateurs Unite and Conquer, United we stand, Divided we fall.

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