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VK7 Amateur Radio News 06Mar22
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 6th March 2022
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News for the 6th March February 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 Clayton, VK7ZCR.
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 Ross, VK7ALH
On 7.140 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD
On 14.130 MHz by Dale, VK7DG and
On 28.525 MHz by Tony, VK7VKT
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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Silent Key
Mark Rapley VK7ME SK
Mark was a regular and well liked contributor to the Sewing Circle Net.
He lived in an off-grid home in Lorinna and would occasionally have to stop transmitting, saying that the battery level was too low.
Mark also did some work with Graham VK7GS on the Redwater Creek Railway at Sheffield.
He set his sights on getting his amateur radio licence and studied hard with a group of his friends and first got his Foundation then studied for his Standard and his Advanced call. He was constantly on the phone to his amateur radio mentors with questions and queries.
He died suddenly on 25 Feb 2022 following a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, surrounded by his family in Hervey Bay Queensland.
Vale Mark.
Cedric, VK7CL, Eric VK7EK, Ross VK7ALH, Graham VK7GS and Gavin VK7VTX
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Silent Key
Johannes Hendrikus (John) Klop VK7KCC SK
We are sad to report that John Klop VK7KCC formerly VK7NCC died on 28 February 2022 in Ulverstone. He was 85.
John was involved as Secretary of the North West Branch of the Tasmanian Division of the Wireless Institute of Australia back in the late 1990.
Eric VK7EV recollects that he was a plasterer by trade and had an extensive antenna setup in Sprent.
Vale John.
Eric VK7EV
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RAOTC
March 2022 Broadcast
This is a reminder about the RAOTC broadcast for Monday the 7th of March 2022 over 2 of the VK7 repeater networks; that's tomorrow night for those listening on Sunday.
The first article features a historic recording from across the Tasman. In 1963 the last telegraph message by way of Morse Code was sent in New Zealand. In addition to centennial celebration speeches, we hear the actual Morse messages from a key then a sounder.
We jump to 1985 for an article in a journal called Ohmite News; this deals with inter-channel crosstalk measurement.
The main feature is about the history of Ferrite, the discovery that led to its invention, the many types and their uses and the fact that it was a Japanese invention.
Listen at 8 pm Monday local time over the VK7RAA/RTC state-wide network or at about 8:30pm as a telecast on VK7AX Spectrum Tasmania via the BATC members stream or in
the Ulverstone area on 445.50MHz DATV.
The date again is March 7th. Call backs will follow on both networks. Please call in if you are able. Callback statistics are sent to the 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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WIA News
WIA AGM & Virtual Conference - Antarctic Gateway
Antarctica really is an amazing place and the WIA AGM & Virtual Conference is showcasing Antarctic history, adventure, global research and communications challenges.
It is being held on Saturday May 7, 2022.
The morning consists of the Online Annual General Meeting and the afternoon is the online / Virtual Conference with the theme Antarctic Gateway and will be coming to you from Hobart Tasmania.
A full program can be found on the WIA website.
https://www.wia.org.au/new.../news/2022/20220303-1/index.php
For those who remember "Pre-COVID" times, the 2020 WIA AGM & Conference was to be held in Hobart Tasmania with the theme - Antarctic Gateway.
Well spin forward two years and the Virtual Conference is being streamed from Hobart Tasmania on the afternoon of May 7, 2022.
It consists of an afternoon of brilliant presentations all about different aspects of Antarctic history, adventure, research and challenges.
Our keynote speaker is Professor Elizabeth Leane from the University of Tasmania with a presentation on Sidney Jeffryes and the role played by wireless in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14)
We have Rex Moncur VK7MO who was Director Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) between 1988-1999 with his experiences as a Director of the AAD - the good and the challenging!
We have Dr Andrew Klekociuk from the AAD who is giving us a fascinating presentation on the atmospheric studies and research happening in Antarctica.
We finish with Peter Yates VK7PY and Kim Briggs VK7KB both from the AAD with a presentation on Antarctic communications challenges and review.
These presentations will all be professionally streamed using zoom for those registered participants.
If you are attending in person or via the Zoom Stream then please register before-hand at the link in the broadcast.
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/wia-virtual-conference-antarctic-gateway-tickets-250007648607
We look forward to seeing you on May the 7th at the WIA Virtual Conference - Antarctic Gateway.
73, WIA Virtual Conference Organising Committee
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VK7 Event News
Meet The Voice 2022
The Meet the Voice event will be going ahead this year on the weekend of the 19-20 March 2022 with the main event happening on the Sunday the 20 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 - bookings are encouraged to ensure you get a space! 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.
There will be a car boot sale so bring along those pre-loved items for sale or give away or barter.
More information will be provided as it comes to hand.
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 on the 19th and 20th March 2022 and will run from UTC 0100 on the Saturday to 0059 on the Sunday, yes quite advance warning I know but hopefully you can get it in your diary now.
The contest is open to all VK, ZL and P2 stations.
There are many categories and they cover portable stations and home stations, 24 or 6 hour operation, Phone, CW, Digital (PSK, Packet or RTTY) or All modes and HF, VHF/UHF or All Bands.
Last year there were 7 logs submitted by VK7â€Ös, letâ€Ös see if we can top that result.
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 QSL Cards held as at 18 February 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
73, Herman, VK7HW, WIA Manager VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
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VK7 Inwards QSL Cards held as at 18 February 2022
AAA, AB, ACN, AD, AG, AIR, AL, AM, AO, AP, APZ, ATH, AV
BA, BB, BEN, BM, BPV, BYE
CEJ, CJ, CV, CX
DD, DG, DN, DO, DQ, DZ
EE, EG, ER
FALX, FAZZ, FCIA, FG, FGGT, FJFJ, FLAR, FTAS
GA, GC, GH, GZ
HCH, HOB, HRS, HSJ, HVK, HZ
IK, IS
JA, JB, JJ, JOK, JP, JW
KBA, KD, KDO, KJ, KKR, KL
LAZ, LDH, LLL, LM, LT, LTD, LVH
MAG, MAT, MBD, ME, MHZ, MI, ML, MS
NA, NC, NRF, NSB, NSE, NTE, NWQ
PBD, PRN, PSJ, PW
QK
ROY
SN, SV
TCE, TED, TK, TU
UT
VA, VAC, VAZ, VH, VKV, VR, VZ
WA, WC, WIA, WT, WX
XDM, XTC, XX
YN
ZA, ZJJ, ZM, ZT, ZZ
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH
SOTA/WWFF PARKS GROUP
The Summits On The Air/World Wide Flora and Fauna parks group meets 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
Last Fridayâ€Ös morning tea saw a healthy number of people coming and going through-out the session. Not just being limited to drinking and eating all the time, there were also deep technical discussions at a couple of tables. This included Nic VK7WWâ€Ös CW beacon with its reception in various parts of the world, general band propagation at this time of the year, and the latest from the James Webb telescope calibration process.
Peter VK7SP was continuing with the NTARC Equine project to port his self-written application from Windows to the Raspberry Pi4 platform. He was also assisting Norm VK7KTN in resurrecting his very old Windows laptop by converting it into a Linux Mint machine, capable once again of running modern radio software. Is there a theme here of getting away from Microsoft Windows. HiHi.
Peter has recently returned from Switzerland, which was his home for the past eighteen months, where he had plenty of spare time to work on this project. The use of a Raspberry Pi will provide a backup to the PC and an alternative that is much more field portable. This is for the management software that interfaces between the National Equine electronic timing system and NTARCâ€Ös data transfer system. This was designed and built by Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB and is based on the amateur packet radio standard, to connect field checkpoints with the Ride Base. This assists the NTARC Safety Communications team in the tracking of riders. This is obviously a huge work in progress and we wish all involved good luck.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Club Tech night – Wednesday 9th March. Held at the NTARC Club rooms, 7.30pm until whenever.
TestNet and TechNet – Wednesday 16th March. TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7pm till 7.30pm….and then a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm. Your host for the evening will again be Nic VK7WW.
Coffee Mornings – held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Catch up time is from 10am 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.
As masking wear may soon no longer be mandatory, this maybe the last reminder to take your mask off when eating and drinking. You know who you are!
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 them to the Secretary at the following address news(at)ntarc.net all items to be received no later than 5pm on the Friday prior to the Broadcast.
73, Stefan VK7ZSB, Secretary NTARC Inc
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North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club
Paton Park final working Bee.
Sunday 27th March, Matt VK7ML Ross VK7WP and Eric VK7EV attended Paton Park Scout Camp, to finish the JOTA upgrade.
Matt modified the wall plate that covered the antenna coaxes that were stored in the brick wall, adding 5 inline N connectorâ€Ös and a 6-pin microphone plug to connect the rotator cable.
The excess coax was cut off the coax cables, and the rotator cable. Then with help from Ross, Matt terminated cables with N connectors and screwed them to the rear of the inline wall fittings.
The plate was mounted on the wall, and all antennas tested on their bands, and all operated very well with very low SWRs. We then adjusted the rotator and controller as they were pointing in different directions. After 5 hours we decided to call it quits, after very heavy rain in the morning and sweltering heat in the arvo, we headed home.
The excess cable will be used to make the patch cords for each antenna to a radio. So now all Scouts or ourselves need to do is turn up with a radio and power supply and patch the radio to the relevant antenna, making it easy.
Eric, VK7EV, News Officer, NWTARC
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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/
Amateur Radio in the Media
ABC Hobart Interviews Moon Bouncer Richard VK7ZBX
Last Thursday in the 936 ABC Hobart Drive program host Kylie Baxter interviewed Richard VK7ZBX on his recent Moon Bouncing activities.
This was a great promotion of an interesting aspect of our hobby of amateur radio and worth a listen.
The link to the recording can be found on the email edition of the broadcast.
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/hobart/programs/drive/moonbouncing/13781956
73, REAST Committee
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Welcome Back
VK7BJ rides the airwaves again
Jane VK7BJ has re-licenced after many years, just to grow Rexâ€Ös numbers on the 1296 QSO party and to support ALARA.
Her presence should make a reasonable percentage increase on 9cm as well!
With the amount of drilling, screwing, soldering and crimping that she has done for Brian, VK7BW, in the last couple of years, Jane has far more practical experience now than when she first passed her Advanced licence some 28 years ago.
Welcome back Jane.
Anon.
Linda VK7QP - President ALARA let the VK7 AR News team know that she was delighted to be Janeâ€Ös first re-licenced contact on 1296MHz on Friday morning.
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Microwave News
9CM QSO Party
We are three 9cm stations away from 9 stations on 9cm!
Last Sunday after the 23cm QSO Party there were six stations on the 9cm net.
There was - VK7TW, VK7BW, VK7OO, VK7ZMS, VK7ZBX and VK7KAJ.
Similar to the 23cm QSO Party the stations stretch from Tea Tree to Lauderdale and Blackmans Bay and all are pointing at our wonderful microwave passive reflector otherwise known as Mt Wellington.
Signals were good with all Q5 reports and signal reports from 5/9+15 to 5/1.
This is a great test for the VHF and above Field Days and the John Moyle Memorial Field Day on 19-20 March 2022.
If you are interested in finding out more about what is required to get active on this band yourself, please reach out to one of the stations on the list or contact REAST.
73, Justin, VK7TW
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REAST March Presentation Night
Focus on Foundation Licence Holders Forum
We thank those people who emailed us with their views on the Foundation Licence, membership and suggestions for improvements.
These suggestions were grouped into the following broad themes:
- Upgrading
- Mentoring
- Improving the membership & engagement processes
- Regular group sessions
- Ongoing active inclusion
- Improving the image of amateur radio
The group then undertook a detailed discussion on each of the themes.
Starting with how do I upgrade and the possibility of study groups to upgrade
This lead to a discussion about who you can talk with and who can mentor me?
We then went into how REAST can streamline the membership process and connect the new licensee with information
Which lead into how REAST can improve engagement with new members with things like:
- a Membership officer who guides the new member to information and people of interest
- Mentors / Elmers - identifying who new members can talk with about their subjects of interest
- Practice - sessions to get people on air and experiencing operating - voice, SSTV, digital, etc
Throughout the discussion there was a theme of regular group sessions - focused on operation and practice and the ongoing active inclusion of new members in club activities.
We finished with a brief discussion about whether there is a need to change/ improve the image of amateur radio?
A huge thank you to all who contributed to the discussion. Extensive notes were taken on the night and these will be considered at the next REAST Committee meeting to see how they can best be implemented.
The video of the night is available on the REAST YouTube Channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc9NKWDAgN8
73, REAST Committee
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REAST April Presentation Night
A day in the life of a Broadcast Audio Technican
We thank Andrew Johns VK7AJ who had agreed to come along and let us know what he gets up to when he is not doing his daytime job...HIHI!
Andrew is a well respected and in-demand Broadcast Audio Tech who travels Australia doing the audio setup and live mixing for many of the large sporting events you see and hear on your television, radio and streaming platforms.
This includes Test Cricket, Big Bash Cricket (BBL and WBBL) , Football (AFL and AFLW) NBL Basketball and many other sports.
Andrew has some great stories of mixing it with the "Talent" and using the phenomenal technology that rolls into town when these events occur.
This will be the REAST April Presentation night on Wednesday 6th April from 7:30pm and the presentation will be streamed and go out on RF.
Again a huge thank you to Andrew for giving us his time.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1024796838105468
73, REAST Committee
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Training and Assessments
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
And 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
We get back underway with our DATV Experimenterâ€Ös Night this Wednesday night with a host of items of interest - MicroFox 2m foxhunt transmitter in a film container, antenna tuning, NanoVNA, absolute pressure sensors, Review of OTN News 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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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 9th March from 19:30 hours in NTARC Clubrooms.
NTARC TestNet and TECHNET – Wednesday 16th March - 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:
WIA - 19-20 March 2022 - John Moyle Memorial Field Day
Sewing Circle - 20 March 2022 - Meet the Voice at Ross Caravan Park from 11am.
REAST - 6 April - A day in the life of a Broadcast Audio Technician with VK7AJ - from 7:30pm in the Queens Domain clubrooms.
WIA - 7 May - WIA Virtual Conference - Antarctic Gateway Zoom streamed from Hobart - 1300-1700.
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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: VK7JGD
40m: VK7DG
20m: VK7TPE
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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