Welcome to NewsWest for Sunday 24th February 2019. NewsWest is the Amateur Radio news that’s all about Amateur Radio, and it’s always about Amateur Radio in or of interest to Western Australia. Today we have a look at Contesting, both Aussie and International contests. Included is a re-run of Alan VK4SN’s comments on changes to the Contest Champion scheme. Dan, our roving reporter in Albany, interviews Laurie Eldridge, a former military radio operator, and of course we can’t miss Rambunctious Roy’s rehoming of recently retired recreational radio related equipment. Newswest is broadcast via VK6WIA on the NewsWest linked repeater network and relay stations, as well as being broadcast by several HF stations, rural repeaters and is also available online and on demand. We’ll be at PARGFEST in Mandurah today, promoting PerthTech and the raffle. NewsWest is produced by WA Amateur Radio News, and in addition to on air broadcast, it’s available for download at vk6.net, and also on podcast. All inquiries concerning NewsWest may be directed to newswest@vk6.net Producer: Bob
