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VK7 Amateur Radio News 21Mar21
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 21ST MARCH 2021
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 21ST MARCH 2021
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News for the 21st of March 2021. At the mike of VK7WI this week is Justin, VK7TW and hello to everyone at the Meet The Voice event or making their ways to Ross - safe travels.
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
Today is the Meet the Voice event happening at the Ross Caravan Park on the banks of the picturesque Macquarie River in the Midlands of VK7.
The main event will be happening today Sunday the 21 March from 11am.
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 for lunch today and the presentation of the Meet The Voice Sewing Circle Trophy will be made around 11:00am.
Many campers on the weekend will be participating in the John Moyle Memorial Field Day contest where the focus is on portable operation.
http://meetthevoice.org/
73, Sewing Circle Net
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Contest News
John Moyle Memorial Field Day
Final reminder about the John Moyle field day that operates over this weekend the 20th-21st March 2021 and will runs from UTC 0100 (12 noon) on the Saturday to 0059 (11:59 am) on the Sunday. The contest is open to all VK, ZL and P2 stations.
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.
The contest is divided into 3-hour blocks. Stations can be reworked every block. This can work well for example if you work a station in the last 15mins of a block you can work them 16 minutes later. This makes it easier to plan your time to maximise the contacts with the smallest amount of time so worth thinking about for the busy operators amongst us.
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 several ways such as app on a smartphone or via the web such as using 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 that is 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.
Let’s see VK7 on the results sheet this year!
Hope to hear you out and about.
https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/johnmoyle/
73 Richard VK7ZBX
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QSL NEWS
Report - from Herman VK7HW Manager of the WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
The current list of Cards held as at 19 March 2021, is in the email version of the broadcast.
If you have any questions re QSL cards, please contact Herman by email vk7bureau(at)wia.org.au
REAST members can collect their cards from the Domain Club rooms if they let me know to deliver them there. I can drop them off there most Wednesdays at lunch time.
73, Herman, VK7HW, WIA Manager VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
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VK7 Inwards QSL Cards held as at 1 March 2021
AAA, AB, ACN, AIR, AL, AM, AO, AS, ATH, AU, AV
BA, BB, BBW, BO, BPV
CEJ, CH, CJ, CL, CMV, CV, CX
DG, DN, DO, DQ, DT, DX, DZ
EG
FALX, FAZZ, FG, FGGT, FJFJ, FLAR, FOTR, FRJG, FTAS
GA, GC, GG, GM, GZ
HCH, HDM, HPD, HRS, HRW, HSJ, HVK, HZ
IK, IS
JA, JB, JGD, JP, JW
KBA, KD, KI, KJ, KL, KO, KRJ, KX
LAZ, LCW, LDH, LM, LW
MAG, MAT, MBD, MBP, MC, ME, MHZ, MI, MK, ML, MS
NA, NC, NMH, NRF, NSB, NSE, NTE, NWQ
OK, OR
PBD, PSJ, PW
RG, ROY, RR/4
SN, SV
TCE, TED, TK, TS
VAC, VAZ, VH, VKV, VR, VZ
WA, WC, WT, WX
XDM
YN
ZA, ZM, ZT, ZZ
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST
North West Tasmania Radio & TV Group Meeting
Please note change of date due to Easter!
The next club meeting will be commencing at 2pm on the 10th of April at our usual venue, the Scout hall, 73 Alexander Road, Ulverstone. afternoon tea will also be held.
A small plate of afternoon tea that has been commercially produced would be appreciated, this being a government suggested COVID thing, We have single packaged Tea, Coffee and Sugar and disposable cups for members and guests, members are encouraged to bring items for show & tell , and club rooms are open till 6pm for members to socialise. Visitors are most welcome to attend.
If you have any cold or flu symptoms , or are unwell , or in the last 14 days have been in contact with anyone that has been overseas, or been in contact with a confirmed COVID case, then do not attend the meeting
73, Eric VK7EV, News Officer
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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
This week we open with an update from Nic in relation to the TestNet and TechNet session held last Wednesday night the 17th of March, so over to you Nic;
The TestNet on 3580 at 7pm - There were three stations on the TestNet, Nic VK7WW was testing his third prototype home-brew 80m AM transmitter.
• Rick VK7HBR called in for comments on Peter VK7ZPE’s radio settings.
• Peter VK7KPC called in using 5w of CW; and, later with 2 to 3 watts of AM.
Conditions were very good.
The TechNet as VK7TAZ followed at 7:30pm local time on 3.567 with 10 stations for The Northern Tasmania Amateur Radio Club (NTARC)
• VK7KJL Kevin called in knowing Russell, currently a SWL, was listening-in.
• VK7ZPD Phil, bought an SDR dongle and is surprised at its ability in noise reduction.
• VK7HBR Rick, tells us how he is assisting Peter VK7ZPE with improving audio settings on the ICOM 7300 (an SDR).
• VK7ALB Peter, is building a chassis metal bender.
• VK3MKE Keith was using his FT101E and mentioned a metal bender built by Drew Diamond VK3XU.
• VK7DW Andrew called in to remind us that he will be running the NTARC Club callsign this weekend on the John Moyle Field Day, operating on all bands from 23cm, UHF, VHF and HF!
• VK7NRT, Shane was operating portable from the same QTH as Rick VK7HBR.
• VK7Bunny Rabbits, Bernie called in giving detailed reports;....and
• VK7HAM/P Rodney called in to say g’day.
And...Just after the net closed, Chris VK5LTD (London Taxi Driver) called in for a report on a new-old rig he is working on.
Nic, VK7WW, as net control, seems to have fixed the frequency “jumpingö problem in his IC721A, by replacing his new frequency synthesis board with the old one! Now to find where that heat sensitive dry joint is!
Thanks Paul VK7KPA for hosting Discord assisted with Phil VK7ZPD - with 9 stations logged-in
On line topics and photos included;
• Nic’s 80m 2.5 watt AM rig.
• Phil’s waterfall display from his SDR dongle.
• Links to the WIA-ACMA proposals and forum; and
• A photo from Phil 7ZPD of Chris VK5LTD standing in front of a London Taxi - fare enough Ha! HI HI!
Thank you to all who joined the Nets and, those who listen to us on HF, Discord ...and SDRs around the world via the Internet, wherever you may be!
This ish sh Nic Vee Kay sheven Whisky Whisky hic aka Double Scotch ...Ha Ha.....on behalf of the Northern Tasmania Amateur Radio Club, now Signing Clear
FUTURE EVENTS
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.
TestNet and TechNet session – Wednesday 31st 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.
Equine Endurance event – Saturday 3rd April, Santarena Park, Scottsdale. NTARC has again been asked to provide Safety Comms at the Lockhart Challenge. This is the Easter weekend and the ride will be held on the Saturday. NTARC has provided safety comms at this ride for many years and the location is second home to our crew. The event will consist of 4 different rides, a 120km elevated, a 55km elevated, a 25km and a 15km event.
The 120km elevated will consist of 4 loops, the 55km elevated will consist of 2 loops. It appears it will be an early start for the crew with the 120km elevated starting at 04.00 hours, the 55km elevated will commence at 08:00 hours, the 25km will follow on at 08:30 hours and the 15km will commence at 11:00 hours.
NTARC will provide Base and 2 checkpoints. These will be situated at Rex’s Race and Rodeo Road. NTARC will not be monitoring the 25km ride.
For the hungry ones amongst us, the North East Pony Club will be running the canteen on Friday and Saturday. Due to the early start NTARC will be setting up Base and checkpoints on the Friday afternoon.
If anyone can assist at this event then our Safety Comms Coordinator Norm VK7KTN would appreciate hearing from you. Norm can be contacted by email at safetycomms.ntarc(at)gmail.com or at Friday coffee morning.
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@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/
ACMA Licence Change Proposal
This week the REAST Committee will be sending to all REAST members via email a template submission letter that members can use to send to the ACMA in response to the consultation.
This letter can be updated, adapted or completed with members information in response to the consultation and sent into the ACMA by the deadline of 2 April 2021.
If you are still undecided there are many YouTube video presentations about this subject and links are available on the email version of this broadcast.
REAST - ACMA Proposed Licence Changes Forum 3 March 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0DNwD1ybVE
HamRadioDX - Discussing the Future of Amateur Radio with the WIA - ACMA Licence Class Consultation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9yy3fFEts8
VK3YE - No annual fees for Aussie ham radio? A look at ACMA's licensing proposal (Part 1).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVHhE528Nag
VK3YE - No annual fees for Aussie Ham Radio? A look at ACMA's licensing proposal (Part 2).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoIZir_mHH0
CRARC - Apparatus vs Class Licence Discussion with VK1DSH & VK1GH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktRAAB4zwyU&t=0s
73, REAST Committee
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Save the Date
Our April presentation night on April 7, 2021 from 7:30pm 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 presentation will be held in the Queen’s Domain clubrooms. This is one not to be missed.
https://pawsey.org.au/
73, REAST Committee
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Save Another Date
Our May presentation night on May 5, 2021 from 7:30pm will be a wonderful presentation on lightning, whistlers and other phenomena by none other than Dr. Mike Groth VK7MJ.
Another one not to be missed.
73, REAST Committee
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Training and Assessments
REAST’s next Foundation Training and all licence assessment day is next Saturday the 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.
Check out the REAST Foundation Licence Training Videos that can be found on the REAST YouTube Training and Assessment playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsnsP_zjw831mdC6sY4XqavRUY-53ZWUn
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 night Justin VK7TW hosted the DATV Experimenter's Night and started by reminding everyone about the ACMA consultation paper on licencing changes - get your submissions into the ACMA - & vote in the WIA Poll.
Next was Rex VK7MO who took the audience through a presentation on his experiments with Rhett VK3WE with Aircraft Scatter using WSJTX Q65-15C mode. Thanks Rex.
Richard VK7ZBX then reminded everyone of the John Moyle Memorial Field Day which occurs on the weekend with a focus on portable operation. Richard will be on Mt Wellington with VHF/UHF and Microwave equipment looking to make contacts around the state.
Richard and Rex outlined their attempt at a VK7-ZL SSB contact on 10GHz on Saturday as the Hepburn and Windy websites all point toward potential good microwave conditions.
Justin then introduced the ten REAST Foundation Licence Training Videos now available on the REAST YouTube channel for anyone who would like to see what we get up to a Foundation Licence Training and Assessment day.
A call then went out to anyone who could shed light on the stump jump plough that is grown into a large Oak Tree on Tamar Island near Launceston. Justin show pictures of the tree he took a few weeks ago.
We finished with a review of the latest WIA AR Magazine and some reminders of events coming up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqFJYdOj7Xo
This coming Wednesday will continue our DATV Experimenter’s Night with and John Moyle Memorial Field Day wrap-up and hopeful some news about 10GHz from VK7 to ZL. There will also be much more with antennas, satellites, magazine reviews, projects and much much more. We get underway from 7:30pm in the Queen’s Domain clubrooms.
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.
And a reminder that we go out on RF on 445.5MHz DVB-T 7MHz Standard Definition. So, if you have a TV, Set-top box or USB DTV Dongle that you can tune and scan 445.5MHz and you can see the Queens Domain, then you have a good chance of receiving the DATV Experimenter's Night Signal.
Look out for VK7OTC. We also stream the nights on the REAST YouTube channel.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/live-stream/
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 24th March - Rocherlea clubrooms Launceston
NTARC - Tech Net session - Wednesday 31st 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 Experimenter’s 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:
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
NWTR&TVG - 10 April - Club meeting from 2pm at Scout Hall, 73 Alexander Road, Ulverstone
REAST - 5 May - Lightning, whistlers and other phenomena with Dr. Mike Groth VK7MJ from 7:30pm
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A reminder to those people rostered for next week’s broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7ZIR
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
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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 it’s 73 from Justin, VK7TW.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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