Welcome to Spring, because Spring has sprung. And I’m not surprised, as we’ve had some glorious weather over the last couple of weeks. It’s also Father’s day, so happy Father’s Day to all the dads. Today we also celebrate a special anniversary - Helpline is 35 years old today. Happy Anniversary Roy. In this Club Focus edition we give over as much space as is needed so that clubs can promote themselves and what they do. Unfortunately some clubs don’t get around to doing it, so if you find your club is conspicuous by its absence, talk to your club committee and see what can be sorted for next time. Perhaps you could take on the task of promoting your club. We have club items from RASA about bandplan changes, Ham College, WAARN, RAOTC, and WA VHF Group, NCRG with a Hamfest Wrap, along with the regular Club Focus episode from yours truly, Roy’s Helpline, we take a look over the back fence, and Neil advises that the Ham College AGM is coming up soon. We’re really chuffed with Mark VK6USB winning the Jim Rumble Award for his dedication to putting the news broadcasts to air, twice a day, for many years. Mark is a member of WA Amateur Radio News, and I was pleased to see that two other clubs had also nominated Mark for the award. I think Mark deserves a ten percent pay rise. What do you reckon? NewsWest invites contributions to the news programme. You can send contributions by email to newswest@vk6.net You'll find links to resources on the vk6.net website where you'll also find information on where to hear the news, where to download it, how to rebroadcast this news and how to register your callbacks. If you want to join in, you can. Send an email to newswest@vk6.net and we'll be happy to respond. Send your stories, tall or true, audio production, scripts, events, updates, membership information, meeting announcements, AGM alerts, contests, swap-meets and more to us and we'll happily present your contribution on-air. Please register your callback, either on-air, or on-line. Visit vk6.net and click on the callback button. Originating in Perth Western Australia NewsWest is produced by WA Amateur Radio News for listeners on-air, on-line and on-demand. NewsWest audio (mp3) is available for download from our website, vk6.net. Click on the “LISTEN” tab. Podcast at: http://newswest.podbean.com - or simply search for "Newswest" on any of the major Podcatcher sites. Thanks to Ed DD5LP Whichever way you're listening, whether you're a licensed radio amateur or not, experienced or just a beginner, old or young, thanks for being here and thanks for joining us. Get your copy: http://vk6.net/news/ NewsWest is broadcast and relayed across VK6 and far beyond by many transmitters and operators. Details can be found on vk6.net. The main VK6 NewsWest broadcast occurs at 09:30 WST (01:30 UTC). If you'd like to broadcast this news in your local area, you can. There are no restrictions on broadcasting NewsWest, other than that you must broadcast it as supplied without any modification. We ask that broadcasters advise us that they're transmitting the news. Our address is newswest@vk6.net Producer: Bob VK6POP
