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WIA National News PodcastThe Wireless Institute of Australia's National News service is now available as a Podcast. A podcast is simply an audio file distributed somewhat automatically via RSS. And 'RSS' is a system where programs query a small summary file on websites rather than you, the user, loading the whole website every time you want to check if there's anything new. Think of it as "email for audio". The software checks every so often in the background and when there's a new episode it downloads it and notifies you it's ready to play. So, why is this so good? Well, just about every web browser, email client and music playing software knows how to download podcasts and if you subscribe to the WIA News Podcast you'll get the freshest news bulletin as soon as it's uploaded! So if you want to listen to the freshest Amateur Radio news on your MP3 player
while you're mowing the lawn, burn it to a CD and listen to it on your way
into work or in the background between DX contacts in the wee hours of the Now the mp3 file has been available for a while and has always been used by the HF, repeater and IRLP broadcasters. If you're involved with putting the news to air, you'll love the new system, especially if you're writing automation scripts. Every episode is now uniquely named with the date in the title and there are
commandline podcatchers (like 'hpodder') to make your life easier. No more
wondering if the downloaded wianews.mp3 file is the most current one - you'll So head over to the WIA.org.au website and you'll find the podcast link on the News Broadcast Page in the News and Events section. And if you're an iTunes user, you'll find it in the Podcast Directory by searching for 'Wireless Institute'. 'hpodder' commandline podcatcher (linux/posix & OSX) 'Armangil's' commandline podcatcher (windows, linux/posix & OSX) (requires Ruby) http://podcatcher.rubyforge.org/
Bryan VK3HXR Wireless Institute of Australia
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