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VK7 Amateur Radio News 28Feb21
Text edition: VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR FEBRUARY 28 2021
VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 28th FEBRUARY 2021
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News for the 28th of February 2021. At the mike of VK7WI this week is Mike, VK7FB.
This broadcast goes out on repeaters all over VK7 and on digital radio - DMR Talk Group 5 and D-Star Reflector 91C by Clayton, VK7ZCR.
We also go out on Medium and High Frequency courtesy of the following HF rebroadcast stations:
On 1.865 MHz by Graham, VK7GS
On 3.670 MHz by Peter, VK7TPE
On 7.140 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH
On 14.130 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD and
On 28.525 MHz by Dale, VK7DG
You can hear this broadcast again on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RAA in Northern VK7, VK7RTC in Southern VK7 and at 8:30pm in NW VK7 on VK7RTV and VK7RDR.
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VK7 Event News
Meet The Voice 2021
Please note that the Meet the Voice will be going ahead this year on the weekend of the 20-21 March 2021 with the main event happening on the Sunday the 21 March from 11am.
It will be happening at the Ross Caravan Park on the banks of the picturesque Macquarie River.
As in past years attendees are welcome to make a weekend of it and stay at the Caravan Park. The BBQs will be fired up on the Sunday for lunch and the presentation of the Meet The Voice Sewing Circle Trophy will be made around 11:00am.
The Weekend coincides with the John Moyle Memorial Field Day contest where the focus is on portable operation so, why not bring your portable station along and operate in the John Moyle as well.
More information will be provided as it comes to hand.
http://meetthevoice.org/
73, Sewing Circle Net
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Contest News
John Moyle Memorial Field Day
Just to remind everybody that the John Moyle field day is coming up soon. The next Field Day will be held over the weekend of the 20th-21st March 2021 and will run from UTC 0100 on the Saturday to 0059 on the Sunday. The contest is open to all VK, ZL and P2 stations. All other stations are welcome to participate, but can only claim points for contacts with VK, ZL and P2 stations. All VK, ZL and P2 stations can claim points for all contacts, with any station in the world, as long as valid serial numbers are exchanged.
The contest rules ensure more logs are submitted, by requiring that if any station works the same station a total of more than 10 times on any band or on any mode then the logs from both stations should be submitted to verify those contacts.
There are a number of categories and they cover portable stations and home stations with the following options.
a) 24 or 6 hour;
b) Phone, CW, Digital or All modes;
c) HF, VHF/UHF or All Bands.
For instance, you can operate for 6 hours, Phone and HF, as an example.
As the points are calculated on distance it is important that you have your 6 digit maidenhead grid locator available for exchange. This can be obtained a number of ways such as app on a smartphone or via the web. https://www.levinecentral.com/ham/grid_square.php
Why not set aside some time to exchange some numbers with those that will be out and about, even if you stay home. The John Moyle field day is a little different than other field days as you can operate on HF is thatâ€Ös your interest. Suitable logging software makes the task of keeping track of rework times and point score. Here are a few options such as VKCL, VK5DJ and many others. This also makes the job of sending your log in an easy task. On VHF / UHF a good spot to checkout will be the usual simplex channels on 6M, 2M, 70cm and 23cm. For those with SSB try the usual XX.150 on USB.
Hope to hear you out and about!
https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/johnmoyle/
73 Richard VK7ZBX
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RAOTC Broadcast for March
This is a reminder about the RAOTC broadcast for the 1st of March 2021; thatâ€Ös tomorrow night for those listening on Sunday.
Just another reminder that this will be in the new timeslot starting at 8pm.
As mentioned in the National News there are 2 major items this month; the first is:
Sir Mark Oliphant was featured in the December bulletin. In this monthâ€Ös broadcast we hear part of a recording he made for the opening of the RD Contest 1986; here he tells of development of the klystron and magnetron for high-definition radar during world war 2.
The second article takes reference from the ABC Science programme regarding search engines. Although there are some light hearted moments it takes an in-depth look at the statement: ‘building a search engine to rival Google would cost billionâ€Ö. Find out why.
Another reminder of the new time: 8 pm local time over the VK7RAA/RTC state-wide network and again at about 8:30pm as a telecast on VK7AX ‘Spectrum Tasmaniaâ€Ö via the BATC membersâ€Ö stream and in the Ulverstone area on 445.50MHz DATV.
The date is March 1st. Call backs will follow on both networks. Please call in if you are able. Callback statistics are sent to RAOTC broadcast committee.
If you miss the off-air broadcasts you can listen to the audio file on the RAOTC website.
https://www.raotc.org.au/
73, Peter VK7PD
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST
NW Chat & Show Group
The next gathering of the group will be at 2pm on Saturday the 6th of March, in Flora Street West Ulverstone at the sport stadium. You can find it by parking in the carpark closest to the river and look for the veranda with the title of Ulverstone Show Society on it, enter it, and right down at the end of the corridor through two doors you will find us.
As advised by COVID directions commercially produced cake, a 4 pack would be heaps, or a packet of biscuits would be welcome for afternoon tea, and you can take your leftovers home with you. I will have my usual tea/coffee box with me.
Remember this afternoon is open to amateur and partner from anywhere and is just a social gathering, and if there is enough to make it worth while Terry VK7JAI will hopefully have something to show us.
It must also be mentioned not to attend if you have had any recent association with someone who has been overseas, or have cold or flu symptoms.
I hope to catch up with some of you on 6th March.
Shirl VK7HSC, Group Organiser
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH
New Northern Repeater
Greg VK7YAD advises that VK7RUN channel 3 is currently active [431.850 input/438.850 output] in the Launceston CBD.
Intended for the support of small form factor low power FM handhelds using shortened antenna, offering unsurpassed penetration into buildings and alleyways, it is within 2km of the CBD and serves to facilitate message passing between HAMs out and about during these socially distant times ... but without the social distractions of equipment drawing attention perhaps for the wrong reasons.
For the present time it may also be found on occasion passing Brandmeister Talk Group 91 [Worldwide ENGLISH] traffic as FM {not DMR} during testing, however this is a one way process, RUN-3 does not pass the FM traffic back to the DMR network.
It has been operational for sometime however a faulty power supply caused some early teething problems which now seem to have been overcome ... put it in your receive scan group, give it a try and see what it offers.
VK7RUN-2 [438.825MHz out] continues, as it has for many months now, to broadcast Brandmeister DMR traffic, Talk Group 91 Time Slot 2 Color Code 1, but at low level for continued site testing.
VK7RUN is actually a set of 3 different repeaters, RUN-3 and RUN-2 are active presently in different ways, RUN-1 is under test presently but there may be a shuffle of services between them as time progresses.
Reception reports, questions or comments to VK7RUN(at)yahoo.com.
73, Greg, VK7YAD
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SOTA/WWFF PARKS GROUP
The Summits On The Air/World Wide Flora and Fauna parks group is now meeting twice weekly – Mondays and Fridays 10.30AM till 12.00 at the Glebe Gardens Cafe, Henry Street, Launceston.
For more information contact Al on 0417 354 410.
73, Al, VK7AN
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Northern Tasmanian Amateur Radio Club Incorporated
As this news goes to air a number of NTARC members will be recovering from their considerable efforts at the Equine event held yesterday at Sassafras. We should be able to provide you with a rundown of how things went in next weekâ€Ös news.
In the meantime, we hand over now to President Idris VK7ZIR to bring you up to speed on events held at the Tech night at the club room on Wednesday 24th February.
“It was a relatively quiet night for unknown reasons, but everyone got into top gear as the evening progressed. Colin VK7ZCF arrived with the wind generator from Mt Arthur, removed on the last trip because of no output. Colin found the fault to be on the controller module so a replacement was ordered and landed yesterday, hence the appearance at the Tech night. The unit uses a three phase permanent magnet alternator, the output of which is converted to 12V DC by said controller module. On dismantling the nacelle, Colin detected a brown smell and an inspection revealed a vital component had been converted to charcoal! The generator will be returned to the mountain once repaired and tested. Whilst the body has been very weathered by the elements, it has given good service over the past few years. It will be joined by a new, identical unit so we will have some diversity in that area. Thanks to Colin for his expertise and for giving us an overview of its operation.
A Discord session was running for those unable to attend and Andrew VK7DW was monitoring 80m with Nic VK7WW as net controller.
The main discussion group covered many subjects, notably the local history of AWA with many members having been associated with the company over the years. Our Ebenezer VK7AT is possibly one of the few AWA technicians left from that era. He has many stories to tell of his employment and of some of the humorous characters he worked with, and the many moves the local company made around Launceston.
Bernie VK7BR made his delicious sandwiches for supper, thanks Bernie.
As I said, a quiet but most enjoyable evening, so until next time.
73 Idris VK7ZIRâ€
Thanks for that report Idris. With Colinâ€Ös discovery of charcoal within the wind generatorâ€Ös nacelle, maybe we should consider converting the generator to steam operation!
We now hand over to Nic VK7WW to give you an update in relation to the unofficial Testnet and Technet session also held on that night.
“The TestNet on 3580 at 7pm - three stations were on the TestNet, Peter VK7ZPE, Rick VK7HBR, Phil VK7ZPD and Nic VK7WW. Peter came on to test changes in his antenna and it has not only made improvements to his signal strength, but also reduced the local noise considerably. Nic continued testing an upgrade in power on his home-brew from 40 milliwatt to now 160 milliwatts AM transmitter. This time it was working! Reports were not that good with QRP at this time of night 7:15pm - still daylight!...but later tests after the TechNet were much better.
The TechNet as VK7TAZ followed at 7:30pm local time on 3.567 with 11 stations and Nic VK7WW as net controller.
A small group on all nets this evening, including Discord - probably because it was a holiday for the Launceston Cup!
â—¦ VK3HBR Rick, is particularly interested in the development of Nicâ€Ös AM transmitter.
â—¦ VK7ALB Peter, has received his second parcel of GI7BTs from Russia and will start building his linear amplifier soon. He mentioned Drew Diamondâ€Ös “TQC Monitor†which he thought might be useful for Nic. (Nic has discovered what seems to be a heat problem with his rig - it ‘jumps 10khz higherâ€Ö for no reason at all).
â—¦ VK7HJB James, in St Helens called in again with an excellent signal. James made comments about the various software operating systems; and, asked questions about QSL cards from a novice perspective.
â—¦ (This brought a wave of comments of systems from the past: Sco-Unix, turbo-basic, Linux, MS Basic, COBOL, Chip-8 machine code, the DEC Company and others, that are no longer around!); and
â—¦ VK3MKE Keith, called in adding comments about propagation and signal reports.
Thanks Paul VK7KPA for hosting Discord and Phil VK7ZPD - with 7 stations logged-in. On line topics and photos included:
â—¦ An old QSL card from the previous VK7WW - Charles in Bridport, now Silent Key; and
â—¦ Nicâ€Ös QRP ‘enhancedâ€Ö AM transmitters.
A big hello to all who also listen in, but canâ€Öt transmit; and, those who listen to us on SDRs around the world via the Internet, wherever you may be!
This is Nic VK7 Whisky Whisky aka (Double Scotch), on behalf of the Northern Tasmania Amateur Radio Club, now Signing Clear.
FUTURE EVENTS
TestNet and TechNet session – Wednesday 3rd March, there will again be a TestNet, hosted by Nic VK7WW, at 1900 hrs (7.00) on 3.580 MHz for any stations wishing to test their homebrew transmitters, repaired equipment, new acquisitions etc. Nic is able to accommodate SSB, AM and CW transmissions and is always happy to hear from any station wishing to utilise the net. Nic VK7WW also hosts the TechNet session which follows on at 1930 hrs, (7.30 pm) on 3.567MHz. Please note these corrected frequencies, as I had apparently managed to transpose them in earlier broadcasts.
Tech Night – Wednesday 10th March at the NTARC Club rooms 19:30 hours until whenever. Continuous tea and coffee will be available, although a gold coin donation for the evening, to help defray expenses, would be appreciated. The Discord on-line session that normally accompanies the TechNet 80 meter event will also be alive, to allow members who cannot be present in person to continue their participation via that medium.
FURTHER AHEAD
TestNet and TechNet session – Wednesday 17th March, there will again be a TestNet, hosted by Nic VK7WW, at 1900 hrs (7.00) on 3.580 MHz for any stations wishing to test their homebrew transmitters, repaired equipment, new acquisitions etc. Nic is able to accommodate SSB, AM and CW transmissions and is always happy to hear from any station wishing to utilise the net. Nic VK7WW also hosts the TechNet session which follows on at 1930 hrs, (7.30 pm) on 3.567MHz.
Tech Night – Wednesday 24th March at the NTARC Club rooms 19:30 hours until whenever. Continuous tea and coffee will be available, although a gold coin donation for the evening would be appreciated. The Discord on-line session that normally accompanies the TechNet 80 meter event will also be alive, to allow members who cannot be present in person to continue their participation via that medium.
April General Meeting – Saturday 10th April. Meeting commences 14:00 hours (2.00pm). Afternoon tea will follow.
Coffee mornings – currently held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Catch up time is from 10.00 am to noon and we look forward to seeing you all.
These coffee events in the past have been normally a good opportunity to collect your QSL cards. Currently we have a few cards awaiting collection from past deliveries.
Finally – A reminder to all members that if you have any items of news you would like added to our weekly roundup, no matter how trivial, then please email me at the following address ntarc.emails(at)gmail.com , all items to be received no later than 17:00 on the Friday prior to the Broadcast.
Your continued cooperation in this regard will be greatly appreciated.
We will bring you all such contributions next Sunday morning.
73, Yvonne VK7FYMX, Secretary NTARC Inc
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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH
Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania
https://www.reast.asn.au/
https://www.facebook.com/reasttas/
https://www.youtube.com/reasthobart/
REAST Forum
ACMA Proposed Changes
Our March presentation night this Wednesday night will be a short presentation about the proposed ACMA changes and then a discussion forum on the ACMA proposals for licence reform and the other changes.
It will take place in the COVID-Safe Queenâ€Ös Domain clubrooms from 7:30pm.
Supporting documents can be found on the email version of this broadcast.
ACMA Licence Change Proposals - https://www.acma.gov.au/consultations/2021-01/review-non-assigned-amateur-and-outpost-regulatory-arrangements-consultation-012021
Apparatus Licence - https://www.acma.gov.au/apparatus-licences
Class Licence - https://www.acma.gov.au/class-licences
WIA Survey Registration on licence changes - https://www.vision6.com.au/em/forms/subscribe.php?db=520800&s=232856&a=77723&k=NDm5RIsXSsIuIl8QaGDuHEdqKaoD4aqQ4cFJ5POACy4&fbclid=IwAR1XFvpXNG0_4KIT-xmGHLqXOC8TxaTYzCnGnBozTpYviFlaifDFhbCMekE
See you there.
73, REAST Committee
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Save the Date
Our April presentation night on April 7, 2021 will be a fascinating presentation on the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre and the work they do with a focus on the processing from the Radio Astronomy Square Kilometre Array telescope.
This presentation will be given by REAST member Andrew Elwell who works at the Pawsey Centre.
This is one not to be missed.
https://pawsey.org.au/
73, REAST Committee
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Training and Assessments
REASTâ€Ös next Foundation Training and all licence assessment day on Saturday 27th March 2021 from 9am to 3pm.
If you are thinking of coming along then grab your copy of the Foundation Licence Manual from the Caltex Service Station on the corner of Amy St and Main Rd, Moonah for $35 cash and please let Reg Emmett VK7KK REAST Learning Organiser know ASAP that you will be coming along by phoning 0417 391 607 or email assessor(at)reast.asn.au.
Checkout the REAST Facebook page events for further details.
https://www.facebook.com/events/718404075716863/
73, Reg, VK7KK
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DATV Experimenter's Night
Last Wednesday was a special DATV Experimenter's Night presentation with an in depth look at the recent digital contact between VK7MO and ZL3RC on 10GHz.
Hosted by Justin VK7TW and Rex VK7MO - we started with an introduction of Roger ZL3RC who joined via Zoom from ZL.
Rex went through some of the mode details.
Roger then went through the Hepburn charts for the days of the contacts and locations at Charleston and Nine Mile on the West coast of New Zealand which is a 3 hour drive from where Roger lives over an alpine area of ZL.
Rex went through his setup in his neighbour's garden and then with Roger then went through the different Q65 modes they tried and the results and changing conditions along with audio recordings of Q65 tones and the attempt at an unsuccessful SSB contact.
Rex then showed an analysis of the ionosondes from Hobart airport over the days of the contacts indicating strong ducting between 1000 and 1200m.
Rex then went through all the Q65 contacts and modes to compare the different modes and possible advantages of the different bandwidths, tone spacings and conditions.
We finished up with questions via YouTube chat and the local repeater.
A huge thank you to Roger ZL3RC and Rex VK7MO and congratulations.
The presentation is available on the REAST YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBiWaTu5BDU
We get back underway with our DATV Experimenterâ€Ös Night in a fortnight - keep an eye on the REAST Facebook Events for more details. Why not come up to the Queens Domain COVID-safe clubrooms and see what we get up to.
https://www.reast.asn.au/special-interest-groups/amateur-tv/
73, Justin, VK7TW
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Regular VK7 gatherings and events over the coming months:
Regular gatherings:
SOTA/WWFF Group – Meeting Mondays and Fridays 10.30-12.00 midday at Glebe Gardens Cafe, Henry St, Launceston.
NTARC – Friday coffee session – Rocherlea clubrooms Launceston from 10:00am
NTARC - Tech Night sessions Wednesday 10th & 24th March - Rocherlea clubrooms Launceston
NTARC - Tech Net session - Wednesday 3rd & 17th March
NW VK7 – Wednesday from 2000 local – NW Tassie Amateur Repeater Group Net on VK7RMD - 146.625, 141.3 tone.
NW VK7 - Thursday commencing at 09:30 UTC (20:30 local) - N.W. Tassie 2m DX Net 144.120 USB (upper sideband).
REAST – MICROWAVE QSO Party – following after the Sunday broadcast on 1296.15 MHz FM.
REAST – WAGS – Wednesday Afternoon Group meet in the Queens Domain Clubrooms from 12 noon.
REAST – DATV Experimenterâ€Ös Nights from 7:30pm live in the club rooms also on DVBT RF and YouTube Streaming
Sewing Circle Net – Daily commences at 18:00 on 3.640 MHz.
Events:
REAST - 3 March - ACMA Licence Proposals Discussion forum from 7:30pm in the Queens Domain Clubrooms
NW Chat & Show Group - 6 March - Gathering from 2pm at Sports Stadium, Flora Street West Ulverstone.
VK7 - 21 March - Meet The Voice 2021 at Ross Caravan Park - main event starts from 11am - BYO BBQ.
VK - 20-21 March - John Moyle Memorial Field Day
REAST - 7 April - Pawsey Supercomputing Centre and the SKA Presentation by Andrew Elwell from 7:30pm
NTARC - 10 April - General Meeting from 2.00pm
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weekâ€Ös broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7PD
Repeaters: REAST, NTARC and in the NW thanks to NWTR&TVG, West Coast Radio Group, Cradle Coast Radio Amateur Radio Club, VK7AX, and VK7DC
160m: VK7GS
80m: VK7ALH
40m: VK7JGD
20m: VK7DG
10m: VK7VKT
DMR: Talk Group 5 and D-Star: Reflector 91C VK7ZCR
Please note we are now on the 2021 Roster which can be downloaded from the vk7arnews groups.io group files area.
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You can hear this broadcast again on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RAA in Northern VK7 and VK7RTC in Southern VK7. In the NW it can be heard at 8:30pm on repeaters VK7RTV and VK7RDR, Digital ATV on 445.5MHz in the Ulverstone area, and via the BATC VK7AX Video Stream.
A huge thank you to all people and organisations that assisted with this broadcast.
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That concludes our VK7 Amateur Radio News Broadcast for this week.
You have been listening to or have just missed VK7WI. Next week the National WIA news can be heard at 0900 followed by the VK7 Amateur Radio News around 0930 hours.
Items for the broadcast can be emailed to vk7arnews(at)gmail.com
Further information about the broadcast can be found at the VK7 Amateur Radio News Groups.IO Group.
https://groups.io/g/vk7arnews
The deadline for items is 21:00 on Friday prior to the Sunday of the broadcast.
VK7WI is now closing but will reopen shortly for callbacks and relay reports. Callbacks will be taken on the frequency to which you are listening. Relay stations will use their own callsigns during the callback.
On behalf of the VK7 Amateur Radio News Team itâ€Ös 73 from Mike, VK7FB.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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