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VK7 Amateur Radio News 26Jun22
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 26th June 2022
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Welcome to the End of the Financial Year editions of the VK7 Amateur Radio News for the 26th June 2022. At the mike of VK7WI this week is Rick, VK7RI.
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 Garry, VK7JGD
On 7.140 MHz by Dale, VK7DG
On 14.130 MHz by Peter, VK7TPE 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 VK7RAD in Southern VK7.
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Expressions of Interest
Tasmanian Ham Radio Conference
Hello All,
On behalf of the Radio and Electronics School of Southern Tasmania Inc (REAST) we'd like to invite expressions of interest to a proposed event to be held in the last quarter of 2022 in Hobart, Tasmania.
The main event will be a premiere Amateur Radio conference consisting of a mix of practical, technical and demonstrative talks from hams all over Australia and perhaps even the world! The event will also be able to be accessed online, but extra rewards for those who attend in person with raffles, show and tell, tours + more!
We know you've been locked down and are starving to get back to more Amateur Radio conventions, eager to show off what you've been building in the shack, so, why not consider a Tassie holiday? Bring the XYL, come down and enjoy the sights, food and experience that Hobart will have to offer.
A short 20 minute trip from the airport, Flights into Hobart run from all major capital cities and direct to Auckland, NZ, so our ZL buddies across the ditch, why not come over for a weekend of fun and socialization!
We are calling for those who wish to present or attend such an event to please contact us ASAP, either by replying to this post or email below to register your interest.
Once we gauge sufficient interest in such an event, more specific event details will be released.
Look forward to seeing you all in Hobart!
73, Hayden, VK7HH
Vice President - REAST Inc
vice.president@reast.asn.au
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
We started the Net at the new time of 7:30pm to give room for amateurs to be involved in the SSTV Net and the NW 2m DX Net at 8:30pm.
Stations included VK7s TW, ZPD, ZCF, KT, PD, DMH, JUF/MR and HXT.
Modes used included Scottie 1 & 2 and Robot36. Some of these pictures were captured and uploaded to the NTARC Blog thanks to Andre VK7ZAB and can be found on the email edition of this broadcast.
https://www.ntarc.net/blogs/1u6lzeqdjj85rnz66jnkqkvi7nr6i9-txhff
After the Nth-Sth traffic died down some SSTV pictures were exchanged on VK7RAD including VK7s ZGK, DMH and TW. Some of these pictures can be found on Ken VK7KRJ’s SSTV Webcam at the link on the email edition of this broadcast.
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/2m.html
As a reminder in Southern Tasmania, VK7RAF (146.650 -600kHz) can be used both locally and linked to VK7RJG by using different CTCSS tones. 123Hz for local Southern operation and 141.3Hz for linking RAF to VK7RJG (438.55 -7Mhz).
We will continue these nights so why not join in and share some pictures. It’s a great way to test your digital interfacing. We get underway from around 7:30pm.
73, Peter VK7PD and Justin VK7TW
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Contest News
Winter VHF and Above Field Day
https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/
This is happening this weekend from 0100 UTC Saturday 25 through 0059 UTC Sunday 26 June (0400 / 0359 in VK6).
Field days are a great opportunity to get out and about and play radio and see some sights. This particular event concentrates on the VHF/UHF and above part of the spectrum.
Many people will be heading out with varying amounts of equipment in very varied configuration all keen to make a contact and get some points on the board for the state.
Why not head out with what you have to a nice elevated spot and see who you can work, or even work yourself a new gridsquare.
You can too stay home if that is better suited. The more home stations the better, in fact the more stations the better for all!
All you need to have is your 6 digit maiden head square locator of your operating location and ideally a logging program although you can take a paper log and transcribe the contacts later.
Expect activity around the usual frequencies and modes.
52.525, 146.5, 439.0, 1296.15, 2403.15 and our popular 3398.15 good for FM and if required 50.15, 144.15, 432.15 on SSB. Hoping there will be some action higher up the bands as well.
Doug VK4ADC, on his own initiative, embarked recently on developing a new contest logger, which he has titled Yet Another Contest Logger – YACL. You can download it from the link on the email edition of this broadcast.
https://vk4adc.com/YACLSupport/index.php
Hope to hear you on the bands.
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 24 June 2022 is in the email version of the broadcast.
Herman has been advised that more inwards cards will be posted to State Inwards QSL Managers in the next few weeks.
Amateurs are asked to keep the size of their QSL cards to a single 'page' within the ITU guidelines of 140mm x 90mm .
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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A, AAA, AAB, AB, ACN, AD, AG(2014), AIR, AL, AM, AO, AP, APZ, AS, ATH, AV
BA, BB, BEN, BM, BPV, BT, BYE
CJ, CL, CV, CX
DG, DM, DN, DO, DQ, DZ
EE, EG, ER
FALX, FAZZ, FCIA, FG, FGGT, FJFJ, FLAR, FRJG(RG), FTAS
GA, GC, GM, GR, GZ
HCH, HDM, HOB, HL, HRS, HSA, HSJ, HVK, HZ
IAN, IK, IS
JA, JCR, JJ, JJJ, JOK, JP, JW
KBA, KD, KDO, KJ, KKR, KL(KI ?), KO, KR
LAZ, LDH, LLL, LM, LT, LTD, LVH
MAG, MAT, MBD, MET, MHZ, MS
NA, NC, NRF, NSB, NSE, NTE, NWQ
OB
PBD, PRN, PSJ, PW
QK
RG(FRJG), ROY
SN, SV
TCE, TED, TK, TU
UT
VA, VAC, VAZ, VDC, VH, VR, VZ
WA, WC, WIA, WT
XDM, XTC
YN
ZA, ZM, ZT, ZX, 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
This week started off with a chilly and very muddy Equine Endurance Ride. You may remember in last week’s broadcast I mentioned we had two club members, Roger and Peter camping out overnight in the bush at a Check Point, in the cold. Well, they survived, and the following is based on Roger VK7ARNs summary of the event.
NTARC did their stuff at Lebrina, in somewhat difficult circumstances. The ride was organised, unusually, by the State body, the Tasmanian Equine Endurance Riders Association (TEERA), rather than the normal local Ride Organising Committee (ROC). This was to fill a gap in the ride calendar. The people involved did a great job in the circumstances, but we faced a few challenges with early access and with checkpoint placement and order. A very wet forest didn’t help with signal strength either! On the day, challenges were overcome by both technical and manual intervention. Changing from a mobile vertical whip and adapting a 13 element 70 cm beam certainly re-established reliable data communications back to base from a checkpoint with Rosco VK7RC and Idris VK7ZIR doing the experimentation.
Checkpoint numbering turned out to be different on the day, when riders appeared at Checkpoints out of sequence. Riders’ ears may have burned as they were discussed regarding missing a checkpoint, before it became clear the track was not as we’d understood it to be! Back at Ride Base Stuart VK7FEAT used his keyboard skills to get the rider data where it belonged on the spreadsheet.
You pretty much summed the day up Roger, not as we had anticipated but all turned out well.
Thanks to the crew made up of: Peter VK7KPC, Roger VK7ARN, Rosco VK7RC, Lewis VK7IT, Stuart VK7FEAT, Idris VK7ZIR, Andre’ VK7ZAB and Stefan VK7ZSB and thanks to Kaye for providing a cake which wasn’t hogged by the chilly Check Point, but shared with all crews, this definitely is our version of “Bush Tuckerö, HiHi
A selection of pictures taken on the day are available on the NTARC website under ‘Blogs’.
https://www.ntarc.net/blogs/pied-piper-endurance-ride-lebrina-18-june-2022
This also includes Drone video, by Roger, that really sets the bush scene we were all working in and shows how the area has started regrowth and recover after being ravaged by bush fires earlier this year.
The SSTV Net was held Thursday night on repeaters VK7RJG in the North and VK7RAF in the South of the state via the RF link. This allowed for a state wide link-up to happen.
The images came thick and fast and for those who have not decoded any of these SSTV images they are not just boring pictures of call signs going between amateurs, but show a range of eclectic interests and memorabilia which they are using as backgrounds for their call signs.
For those interested the popular PC based software is MMSSTV. For those on a phone or tablet using Android or Apple there are Apps available from their respective stores and work very respectably just holding your device to the radio speaker.
A selection of these SSTV images from the night are available on the NTARC website under ‘Blogs’.
https://www.ntarc.net/blogs/1u6lzeqdjj85rnz66jnkqkvi7nr6i9-txhff
Friday coffee morning saw the usual socialising as well as a range of technical activities. These included an Antenna Tuning Kit being constructed by Kevin VK7KJL. The successful outcome resulted in a working display and is now ready for setup and testing. Also the obligatory hand held programming, complete with driver problems, plus discussions on the upcoming Winter VHF and above Field Day.
Now to the Miena Hamfest in November. Are there any NTARC members that would be willing to donate time on the day or for preparation of the upcoming Miena Hamfest? Please, PLEASE! Contact the secretary or any committee member and make yourself known. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated by all amateurs for this worthwhile event.
Mug Order - yes, we are talking about the white mugs for drinking out of, those that have our club logo on one side, personalised with your name and call sign on the other. Sorry but it is now too late to put a request in! The order has been placed with the manufacturer and hopefully we will receive the printed goods mid-July. After arrival the final price will be calculated and the Mugs will be available from the club rooms for collection, either on coffee mornings or technical nights. If you have missed the boat on this shipment, I am sure there will be another sailing in the near future.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Club Technical night – Wednesday 29th June. The last for the financial year! Will be held at the NTARC Club rooms, 7.30pm until whenever.
TestNet and TechNet – Wednesday 6th July. TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7pm till 7.30pm, followed by a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm. Your host for the evening will again be Nic VK7WW.
Coffee Morning – held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Get warm while you 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, check the QSL box and join us for a cuppa and chat.
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.
That’s all folks,
73’s from Stefan, VK7ZSB, Secretary NTARC inc.
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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH
Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania
https://www.reast.asn.au/
https://wwRussian Antarctic vessel.
We moved to a whale sound recording device that sits on the sea bed recording and is triggered by a signal that releases a fusible link that drops the steel ballast and the device floats to the surface for retrieval.
Kim showed the connections on a CTD and the crimping of the single cored conductive wire with surrounding stainless steel cable that is up to 6km long. The input voltage on 6km of cable that is used to trigger the devices that capture the seawater at the relevant depth is around 280 volts for 28 volts at the CTD!
Kim then showed some repeater devices in Antarctica and some very funny telexes that were exchanged back in 1986.
Kim finished with a fascinating movie of what the trawling cameras saw at a range of depths.
A huge thank you to Kim and the AAD for this wonderful presentation.
The video of the presentation is available at the link on the email edition of this broadcast or through the REAST YouTube Channel.
https://youtu.be/mqEW3gGKplk
73, Justin, VK7TW
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Ham Radio Trivia Night
https://fb.me/e/2sUlj73f2
Save the date of Wednesday 13th July 2022 from 7:30pm REAST will be holding a Ham Radio Trivia Night.
This will be a fun filled night that will be a hybrid event held in person at REAST’s Queens Domain clubrooms and online.
More information as it comes to hand.
73, REAST Committee
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Ham Radio Fox Hunt Morning
https://fb.me/e/2xwfHjZtu
REAST will be having a Fox Hunt day on Saturday 23rd July meeting at the Domain from 9:30am
Get your yagi antennas and attenuators ready for a fun morning of searching for our Foxes!
There will be prizes to be won on the day for finding the Fox too! We'll have a lower powered trial Fox Hunt on the Domain followed by a city wide hunt!
The Fox will be hidden somewhere within the Greater Hobart area on the 2 metre band.
Get your friends together and form a team to try and track down our elusive Fox.
We currently have a **very limited** supply of tape measure yagis at the clubrooms so might be a good opportunity to hit up Bunnings and start building!
https://www.instructables.com/The-Tape-Measure-Antenna/
At this stage we're also planning to have a BBQ too, so come along and have a fun filled day with us at the Domain clubrooms.
More info to come!
73, REAST Committee
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Training and Assessments
REAST’s next Foundation Licence training and all licence assessment day is Saturday the 30th July 2022. Please note this has been moved back one week to not clash with the Fox Hunt Day.
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://fb.me/e/1YiYqV2wC
73, Reg, VK7KK
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DATV Experimenter's Night
https://fb.me/e/2suL6uBUE
This Wednesday night we get back underway with our DATV Experimenter’s night and we have a special night of show and tell.
Starting with Garry VK7JGD and Chris VK7CDW each with their historic Crystal sets that we will plug in and demonstrate.
Chris and Justin VK7TW will then be demonstrating the Xiegu G90 Transceiver and Fan Deck.
Hayden VK7HH will be showing his recently completed ARDF Fox or hidden transmitter.
If we get time there will be a quick review by Justin VK7TW of the RIDEN RD6018 - 60 volt 18 Amp fully configurable power supply.
Why not come up and see what we get up to.
We will be streaming 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/
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 TestNet and TECHNET – Wednesday 6th July - TestNet/CW course on 3580 from 7pm till 7.30pm….and a TECHNET on 3567 from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm.
NTARC Technical Night - Wednesday 29th June from 7:30pm in NTARC clubrooms
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 Experimenter’s 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 AEST.
Events:
REAST - 15 July - Ham Radio Trivia Night - in person at the Queens Domain clubrooms and online from 7:30pm.
REAST - 23 July - Fox Hunt day start at the Queens Domain clubrooms from 9:30am
VK7 - 19 November - VK7 Miena Hamfest - Great Lake Community Hall at Miena from 10am.
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A reminder to those people rostered for next week’s broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7TW
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: VK7DG
40m: VK7TPE
20m: VK7ALH
10m: VK7JGD
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 VK7RAD 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 we hope you have a great day, 73 and stay safe from Rick, VK7RI.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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