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VK7 Amateur Radio News 30Jan22
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 30th January 2022
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News for the 30th January 2022. At the mike of VK7WI this week is Peter, VK7PD.
This broadcast goes out on repeaters all over VK7 and on digital radio - DMR Talk Group 5 and D-Star Reflector 91C by Phil VK3PG.
We go out on medium and high frequency courtesy of the following rebroadcast stations:
On 1.862 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
We also go out on UHF CB Channel 15 thanks to Mark VK7FMAC in the Hobart area.
You can hear this broadcast again on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RAA in Northern VK7 and VK7RTC in Southern VK7.
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Contest News
Summer VHF/UHF and Above Field Day
If you participated in the WIA Summer Field Day day and have put in your log then thank you. If you havenâ€Öt yet, please consider putting in your log before midnight EDST, Monday 31 January 2022.
Also remember that the Ross Hull Memorial contest that runs for the whole month of January.
https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/
73, Richard, VK7ZBX
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH
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
www.ntarc.net
My goodness, how the month has flown. Here we are at the last broadcast for the month of January.
Once again it has been a relatively quiet week news-wise, so once again we have recourse to largely repeating information on coming events.
Before doing so though, I would like to say a big thank you to all the members who have been attending our coffee sessions since our resumption back on 7 January. We had another very good roll up this past Friday for a fairly rowdy morning tea but it was enjoyed by all. Once again there was no shortage of food. Amongst all the social chit chat and good-natured banter there was also some technical content, with the Professor a.k.a. Trevor VK7TB busy on the electronics discussion table describing his latest circuit schematic changes to his Russian “FET” P.A. and its power supply, as well as answering and assisting various other queries. Elsewhere Peter VK7SP was demonstrating his latest equine endurance tracking system software developments to those stalwarts of our Safety Communications efforts, AndrĂ© VK7ZAB and Idris VK7ZIR. Once that was completed, Peter and Idris progressed to a demonstration of Idrisâ€Ö FT891HF rig and accompanying ATU and discussion about how one might best be deployed in Peterâ€Ös maritime mobile adventures, including that vexed question about a possible antenna, as Peter is reluctant to introduce insulators into his backstay. We will watch progress there with much interest.
2022 Membership fees - to all those members who have not yet paid their 2022 subs, a reminder that you officially became listed as unfinancial on the register on the 1st January. If you are in that boat, then this might be an appropriate time to remedy that situation. In case you have forgotten, NTARCâ€Ös 2022 membership fees are $40.00 for a Full voting member and $5 additional for each Family member that the voting member wishes to add to his or her primary membership. A
reminder notice will be forwarded to you in the coming days.
UPCOMING EVENTS
TestNet and TECHNET – Wednesday 2nd February. TestNet/CW course on 3580 from 7pm till 7.30pm….and a TECHNET on 3567 from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm. Your host for the evening will again be Nic VK7WW.
Annual General Meeting – the Annual General Meeting of NTARC will take place on Wednesday 9th February 2022 at the NTARC Club Rooms, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street Rocherlea commencing at 19:30 hours (7.30 pm).
Business at the AGM will consist of confirmation of the Minutes of the 2021 AGM, then reception and consideration of reports from the Committee, including the Treasurerâ€Ös report and reports from our various managers and coordinators. This will be followed by the election of officer bearers and committee person for 2022. The meeting will then consider any item of special business for which the requisite notice has been received by the closing date of Friday 4th February.
All current office holder and committee positions fall vacant at the AGM. Nominations for each office bearer and the Committee member are invited and should be made in writing to the Secretary, along with the signatures of the Nominator, Seconder and that of the member nominated. Appointments will also be required to the positions of Internal Auditor and Public Officer.
Please note that for your convenience a nomination form is available from the NTARC club room as well as our website, again in the members section. Nominations close off at COB Friday 4th February.
Members are reminded that they will need to have paid their 2022 renewal subscription before the meeting commences at 19:30 hours (7.30 pm) to be able to vote at the Annual General meeting. Similarly, they will need to have paid their 2022 subscription before they can be nominated or nominate or second someone for office, as only financial members can exercise those privileges.
The AGM will be followed by the February General meeting.
The February AGM will be held in the main hall due to it being a larger and more open area, better able to accommodate the required spacing. Entrance on the night will be by the main hall door, please remember to QR code in and sign the meeting register. Hand sanitizer will be provided and masks must be worn during the meeting.
Club Tech night – Our next club tech night will take place on Wednesday 23rd February These nights take place on alternate Wednesday evenings with the on-air Test Net/CW courses and Tech Net hosted by Nic VK7WW. The next Wednesday evening that would normally have been available for a Tech Night in the club rooms would have been Wednesday the 9th February but that is our AGM night so a Tech night off. So folks, you will need to note your diary for Club Tech night for 23rd February. Still, that gives you plenty of time to dig out some interesting curios, circuits, gear etc and any other goodies to bring along. The very astute among you may have already observed that 23 February is Launceston Cup Day and another part public holiday but we felt that canceling another Tech Night would be asking too much of those members anxious for their regular face to face, albeit masked, tech event fix.
COFFEE MORNINGS – now again being 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 there.
These coffee events represent a good opportunity to collect your QSL cards. We currently have cards awaiting collection, so why not pop in and check the QSL box and join us for a cuppa and chat.
Just a friendly reminder, please demonstrate your appreciation of all the effort that goes into operating the club, its facilities and the other services we provide, especially in these abnormal and very trying times, enjoying the company, coffee, biscuits and cake, by leaving a gold coin or two, or even a small bank note, in the jar to assist in our on-going operations.
Again a reminder that masks be worn at these sessions but you will be able to remove your mask whilst eating and drinking but it does need to be put back on when finished. A sign has been placed on the screen door reminding all of this requirement.
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 news(at)ntarc.net 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 NORTH WEST
North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club
NWTARC Annual General meeting
The first Annual General Meeting of NWTARC will take place at 1.30pm on Saturday 5th February 2022 at our usual venue, the Scout Hall, 73 Alexander Road, Ulverstone.
The ordinary business of an annual general meeting will be:
To confirm the minutes of the last preceding annual general meeting.
To receive from the committee, auditor and other persons acting on behalf of the Association, reports on the transactions of the Association during the last preceding financial year of the Association.
To elect the officers of the Association and the ordinary committee members.
To appoint the auditor and determine his or her remuneration.
To determine the remuneration of employees and other persons acting on behalf of the Association.
To appoint the Public Officer either from the committee or general membership.
All current office holder, committee, auditor and the Public Officer positions fall vacant at the AGM.
Nominations for each office bearer and the Committee members are invited, and should be made in writing to the Secretary, and delivered to the Secretary, at least 10 days before the day on which the annual general meeting is to be held.
The nomination is to be on the NWTARC nomination form, along with the signatures of the Nominator, Seconder and that of the member nominated.
Nomination forms are available from the Secretary.
Members will need to have paid their 2022 membership subscription before the meeting commences at 1.30pm to be able to vote at the Annual General meeting. They will also need to have paid their 2022 membership before they can be nominated or nominate or second someone for office, as only financial members can nominate or be nominated
The AGM will be followed by the February General meeting,
after which afternoon tea will also be held. Members are encouraged to bring items for show & tell, and club rooms are open till 6pm for members to socialise.
A small plate of afternoon tea that has been commercially produced would be appreciated, we have single packaged tea, coffee and sugar and disposable cups for members and guests. Visitors are most welcome to attend. And donâ€Öt forget to use the QR code check-in on entry.
If you have any cold or flu symptoms, or are unwell, or been in contact with a confirmed COVID case, then please do not attend the meeting.
Please note the new meeting start time from now 1.30pm
73, Eric VK7EV, News Officer
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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 Open Day
Do you have an interest in electronics, radio or technology?
Come learn and have fun!
The Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania (REAST) will be holding a COVID-safe public open day TODAY Sunday January 30th 2021 from 11am to 3pm up at the top of the Queenâ€Ös Domain.
Amateur Radio (ham radio) is a popular hobby and service that brings people, electronics and communication together. People use ham radio to talk across town, around the world, or even into space, all without the Internet or cell phones.
https://www.wia.org.au/discover/introduction/about/
It's fun, social, educational, and can be a lifeline during times of need.
There will be lots going on in and around the REAST clubrooms and we will have lots of different activities for everyone!
Learn how to become a radio amateur - REAST runs regular courses up on the Queens Domain.
https://www.reast.asn.au/
We'll have displays from:
Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association Amateur Radio
Jamboree on the Air/Portable Operation
WICEN TAS South - Emergency / Portable Community Communications
Microwave
Moonbounce
ADSB/Aircraft Tracking
Outdoor Summits and Silos on the Air and World Wide Flora and Fauna
Optical and Morse Code Communications
Digital Amateur Television
Amateur Radio Training and Assessments
Slow Scan Television
Tasmanian Maritime Radio museum and operation
And much more!
There will be many other general displays and interesting and fascinating things that amateurs get up to as well as a Sausage Sizzle (with onion!), coffee and cake available on the day.
Who could pass up an opportunity such as that!
Please share this event with your friends, family and anyone who would be interested in learning about all things electronic, technology or radio!
The day runs from 11:00am to 3:00pm up at the Queens Domain Clubrooms
See you there.
https://fb.me/e/1MR2uxYba
73, REAST Committee
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Training and Assessments
Good luck to Jacques, Martin, Renier and Martin who last weekend undertook their Foundation Licence training and assessment. We hope to hear you on the airwaves soon.
REASTâ€Ös next Foundation Licence training and all licence assessment day is on Saturday the 26th March 2022.
If you are thinking of coming along then please let Reg Emmett VK7KK REAST Learning Organiser know 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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Annual General Meeting 2022
In accordance with the Rules of the Association, Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania Inc. will be held on next Sunday 6th February 2022 @ 11.00am located at the Queenâ€Ös Domain Clubrooms.
We encourage anyone willing to contribute to the club as a committee member or office holder to nominate for a position.
Nomination forms are available from the REAST Website.
https://www.reast.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Nomination-for-REAST-Committee-2022.pdf
The business conducted at the AGM will include the confirmation of minutes of the last preceding Annual General Meeting and of any general meeting held since that meeting and business arising from the last Annual General Meeting.
The AGM will also receive from the committee, auditor and servants of the Association, reports on the transactions of the Association during the last preceding financial year.
The AGM will then elect the officers of the Association and the ordinary committee members along with the appointment of Ex Officio Officers Bearers and appoint an auditor.
After the AGM there will be a presentation by the Repeater Sub-Committee about the Southern repeater roadmap.
We will be offering a Zoom session for those members unable to come to the AGM due to COVID concerns. Please let the Secretary know if you would like to Zoom into the AGM by emailing Secretary(at)reast.asn.au.
We will then finish the proceedings with a Free BBQ.
73, Tony Lathouras VK7VKT, REAST Secretary & Public Officer
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DATV Experimenter's Night
We started the night with Ron Cullen who took us through his DAB antenna adventure with a 202MHz loop antenna that decreased his Bit Error Rate and solved his DAB radio drop outs. Ron then outlined what he was doing the Radio Control world with planes and boats. Thanks Ron.
Justin then looked at some 6m WSPR signals showing interesting propagation. We congratulated Richard VK7ZBX for his 23 & 3 cm tropo contacts between VK7 & ZL.
We then showed the Adalm Pluto microwave SDR. The Pluto is a portable self-contained RF learning module based on the Analog Devices AD9363 which is a Highly Integrated RF Agile Transceiver and FPGA. RF coverage both rx and tx is from 70MHz to 6GHz at up to 61.44 Mega Samples per Second (MSPS). It uses a 12-bit ADC and DAC with support for many SDR platforms.
Justin has applied the config hack to extend the range from 70 to 6GHz and 56MHz bandwidth.
Justin then talked about Project Langstone from the UK Microwave Group
https://wiki.microwavers.org.uk/Langstone_Project
that uses a raspberryPi Touch screen control surface for the Pluto.
The project ends up as an all mode (CW/SSB/FM/AM) narrow band transceiver from 70MHz - 5.7GHz (the unit will actually generate a signal from 47 MHz to 6 GHz).
There is experimental support for 10GHz and 24GHz using Harmonic mixing. It has a Waterfall spectrum display and Morse Ident for Beacon Mode.
We will take a more indepth look at the Adalm Pluto in a future DATV Night.
We then took a look the 5.7/5.8GHz Wideband FM Transceiver - that will be on display at the Open Day.
There were continuous reminders about the Open Day - TODAY - 30th January 2022 from 11am to 3pm.
This week we will have a DATV Night on the first Wednesday night as we have our AGM next Sunday and we will have a wrap-up of the Open Day, some more on the Adalm Pluto and the Langstone Project, show and tell with Richard VK7ZBX and his 1.8M 10GHz journey that we will see at the Open Day and much more.
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/
https://www.youtube.com/c/ReastHobart/
73, Justin, VK7TW
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Technology News
Pirates Spammed an Infamous Soviet Short-wave Radio Station with Memes
The UVB-76 numbers station took a break from being a suspected communications tool of Russian intelligence to blast 'Gangnam Style'
Pirates hijacked an infamous short-wave radio station, which dates from the Soviet era but is still online today, and used it to broadcast everything from Gangnam Style to audio that draws memes when inspected under a spectrum analyzer.
For decades the numbers station known as UVB-76 has emitted an enigmatic series of beeps and a voice reading numbers and names, in what people suspect is a long running communications method for Russian intelligence. Since the broadcast is public, pirates are able to use their software-defined radio (SDR) transmitters to effectively flood the frequencies with noise and memes.
The recent barrage of attacks on the station come as Russia prepares to invade neighbouring Ukraine, where radio enthusiasts speculate at least some of the pirate broadcasts originate.
Numbers stations are short-wave radio stations known for their mysterious and cryptic broadcasts, long believed to be a method used by spy agencies to communicate with covert operatives. They typically involve voices reading off sequences of numbers, or timed pulses that can be decoded into messages. While many stations have become obsolete or redundant, several broadcasts remain on the airâ€ömuch to the fascination of amateur radio hobbyists.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3vbjj/pirates-spammed-an-infamous-soviet-short-wave-radio-station-with-memes-uvb-76
Thanks to VK7BEN and sourced from vice.com
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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 - Club Tech nights – Wednesday 23rd February from 19:30 hours in NTARC Clubrooms.
NTARC TestNet and TECHNET – Wednesday 2nd February. TestNet/CW course on 3580 from 7pm till 7.30pm….and a TECHNET on 3567 from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm.
NW VK7 – Wednesday from 2000 local – NW Tassie Amateur Repeater Group Net on VK7RMD
NW VK7 - Thursday commencing at 09:30 UTC (20:30 local) - N.W. Tassie 2m DX Net 144.190 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 on 3.640 MHz commences at 6:00pm AEDST.
Events:
REAST - TODAY 30th January 2022 - REAST OPEN Day from 11am to 3pm
NWTARC - 5th February 2022 - Annual General Meeting from 1.30pm in the Scout Hall, 73 Alexander Road, Ulverstone.
REAST - 6th February 2022 - Annual General Meeting - Queens Domain Clubrooms from 11am followed by BYO BBQ
NTARC - 9th February 2022 - Annual General Meeting from 7:30pm in the NTARC Club Rooms, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street Rocherlea
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weekâ€Ös broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7RI
Repeaters: REAST, NTARC and in the NW thanks to N W T A R C, West Coast Radio Group, Cradle Coast Radio Amateur Radio Club, VK7AX, and VK7DC
160m: VK7GS
80m: VK7ALH
40m: VK7JGD
20m: VK7DG
10m: VK7VKT
UHFCB15: VK7FMAC
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.
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 and Stay Safe from Peter, VK7PD.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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