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VK7 Amateur Radio News 28Aug22
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 28 August 2022
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 28th August 2022. At the mike of VK7WI this week is Peter, VK7PD.
On Sunday 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 Dale, VK7DG
On 7.140 MHz by Peter, VK7TPE
On 14.130 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH and
On 28.525 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD
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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Contest News
ALARA Contest
Please listen out for YLs, and Scouts and Guides on 27 and 28 August. The Huon Scout Group did well in last yearâ€Ös contest and will be active again this year.
The contest is open to all licensed operators throughout the world to participate. Scout and Girl Guide groups are encouraged to participate using their Clubâ€Ös equipment and callsign.
The object is all about participation: YLs work everyone; OMs work YLs only.
Operators can use CW and or Phone. It starts Saturday 27th August 2022 at 0600 hours UTC and runs for 24h through until Sunday 28th August 2022 at 0559 hours UTC
Operators can use all HF Bands except 160m and WARC Bands and contacts made on ECHOLINK will also be accepted.
For the full rules are available on the ALARA website. https://alara.org.au/contests/index.html
73, Linda, VK7QP
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Event News
JOTA 2022 Update
Here is a JOTA/JOTI 2022 update from Peter VK7KPC.
Itâ€Ös only just over 50 days to go to this years JOTA/JOTI and at this time there are at least 5 stations being organised.
Thanks to members of North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club, the station at Paton Park has been upgraded ready for activation. They have been actively searching for some more operators to help on the weekend, even if only for a few hrs. Please contact Eric VK7EV if you can help. They are also waiting to hear if Spreyton group has a building to operate from this year, which will mean an extra couple of operators
Burnie will be having a station operating, probably 10 to some time on the Saturday. Lucas VK7LSB is looking for a couple of operators to help out.
He is also looking at some small construction projects for the attending youth members.
The Storm Hut at The Lea has been booked and Noel VK7FLCN and Danny VK7HDM are planning to activate this site. I have heard that several scout groups have booked to camp there on that weekend.
The REAST station at the Domain is planned to be open. Randall VK7VWK has indicated that he is interested in operating from the Domain.
The Radio Patrol comprising licensed scouts from Huonville are considering operating probably portable in their district. There is another possibility that they may operate portable in Hobart city as part of a district cub event.
Planning at Rocherlea is under way with most of the normal site activities held there in recent years.
We may also have a portable operation on the Sunday, just waiting on further info from the District Cub Scout Leader.
Thanks to Michael VK7MRS, Assistant Project Commissioner Radio for promoting JOTA in the South of the state.
More to Follow or QTX if receiving via morse code.
Peter VK7KPC, Project Commissioner Radio, Scouts Tasmania
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Contest News
Remembrance Day Contest Logs
Well the 2022 RD contest had been and gone. VK7 had a really good turnout of eager competitors that had all the bands humming for the full 24 hours. It was great to also hear that there were many operators handing out the 001 exchange signifying they have been licensed for 1 year. Hopefully they all had an absolute ball and will be back again next year with even more enthusiasm.
There was much activity in the south of Tasmania on the various VHF/UHF bands to keep us all busy, along with quite a few new contest participants and on HF conditions were much better than some years and there were plenty of operators form all avenues of the hobby, Club multi multiâ€Ös having a real crack with incredible dedication to setup and run such complex stations all the way through to the casual operators with only a few contacts and all those in between. A staunch group of local amateurs sat up for the full 24 hours and gave it a real crack and from the sounds of it there are some really high numbers about so we wait with anticipation for the results.
Iâ€Öm sure myself like many made quite an effort to setup various antennas, rigs, masts and all sorts of clever things either on the day or the day before. Many Iâ€Öm sure achieved significant productivity gains to the point we wonder why we can do this all the time.. but this is special.. this is the RD contest.
Iâ€Öd like to thank those that took time to participate in the contest, especially those that did the sleep deprivation effort it made it a great fun event to be involved with.
Please make sure you check your log for any glaring errors or typos that you spotted during the contest, and never got round to fixing as you were busy and then submit your log using the wia vklogchecker site by the end of today - the last day to upload.
www.vklogchecker.com
Good luck in the contest, see you all for the next one
73, Richard, VK7ZBX
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Conference News
Tassie Ham Radio Conference & Expo
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference-and-expo/
As heard on the WIA National News registrations for the Tassie Ham Radio Conference and Expo are now open.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tassie-ham-radio-conference-and-expo-tickets-399848637037
On Saturday 5th November we have a full day of presentations - a veritable degustation menu of amateur radio activities that includes - youth engagement, remote stations, electrical and RF safety, low power portable EME, QRP SOTA, POTA, WWFF, interference mitigation, digital amateur television, microwave experimentation, history and much more.
On the Saturday 6th November there are a huge number of vendors coming down in person. Vendors include ICOM and All About DX and many more. We have a number pre-loved tables already booked and informational tables including ALARA, WIA, VEA, WWFF, SOTA, ROAR and many more.
Why not give that shack a good spring clean and sell some of that preloved equipment so you can save for that new transceiver you've always been wanting.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tassie-ham-radio-expo-vendor-pre-loved-portal-tickets-400456154137
Additionally if anyone would like to setup a stand showing off their favourite interest in the hobby, please let us know.
Please email us at tassiehamexpo(at)gmail.com
This conference and expo is all happening at the University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay Campus in a spacious and contemporary Sir Stanley Burbury Lecture Theatre complex.
There is plenty of free car parking available directly outside the venue for those coming in vehicles.
Registrations for the Conference and Expo is NOW OPEN just head to the REAST website.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference-and-expo/
We look forward to seeing you all in Hobart!
Tassie Ham Radio Conference and Expo Organizing Committee
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Ken VK7KRJ who runs the Southern 2m SSTVCam site has done some modifications to capture the Thursdayâ€Ös 2M SSTV nights.
NTARC gave the modified site a test hammering on Wednesday nightâ€Ös Tech Night and it is as Ken said “new sstv web page- it's an infinitely-scrolling page where they can scroll through every 2m sstv pic that I have received since about May (currently 408).
The url can be found on the email edition of this broadcast.
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/scrolling%20web%20gallery.html
It does indeed have a long, long, long list of images divided into manageable groups of twelve.
Thursday night saw the following participants sharing photos –
VK7s – KRJ, ZAB, ZSB, ZBX, HRS, WP, PAK, ZCF, ZIR, HRW, TW, and KPC.
Nearly fifty photo, with a science fiction theme for the night. Even if some are a bit cryptic, like the Red Dwarf ones of Talky Toaster and the two human faces of Holly the spaceships computer.
73 Stefan VK7ZAB
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/2m.html
https://www.ntarc.net/blogs
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST
NW SSTV Net
On Monday night the 22nd August we held a NW Tassie SSTV Net, on the VK7RMD Mt Duncan 2m repeater. We had six participants, VK7s WP, LSB, EV, HSC, KPC and OR. The night allowed participants to test, learn and adjust settings as well as sending pictures. We had a semi-controlled net, round robin style to allow people to take turns transmitting, make comment and adjust settings and finally finished about 9pm.
A good night was had by all and it was great to have people on air from Sulphur Creek through to Launceston, with some being there first delve into SSTV, as well as some amateurâ€Ös speaking to other amateurs for the first time.
73, Eric, VK7EV
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North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club next Meeting
The next club meeting will be commencing at 1.30pm on the 17th September at our usual venue, the Scout hall, 73 Alexandra Road, Ulverstone and 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 would be appreciated, We have single packaged Tea, Coffee and Sugar and disposable cups for members and guests. Visitors are most welcome to attend.
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.
73, Eric VK7EV, News Officer
North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club
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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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SOTA WWFF Parks Activation Group Report
Although this group meets regularly, itâ€Ös been a while since they reported their activities; this is partly due to weather hampering outdoor activities and partly due to ‘recciesâ€Ö being held on some Wednesdays to work out location and access to some of the SOTA and WWFF sites.
However there have been 3 recent activations, one SOTA and 2 WWFF:
On August 10 the Sideling Range SOTA Site VK7/NE-030 was activated by VK7AN and entourage consisting of VK7s HAM, ZPE and PD. The event turned out to be more an exercise in comparing the performance of 2 different end-fed half wave antennas. Positioning of the counterpoise appeared significant.
On August 17 the Mount Barrow State Reserve VKFF-1818 park was activated jointly by VK7sAN, HAM and ZPE. This time the same entourage was joined by Ross, VK7ALH who responded to the chilly conditions by lighting a fire. After the shelter hut was filled with smoke and negligible warmth it was decided to decamp and complete the activation another day.
On August 24 the same party decided to stay much closer to home, for the Launceston participants, and activate the nearby Kate Reed Nature Recreation Area VKFF-1141. Like the 2 previous activations, it was decided to use a tree to support the wire antennas. This time the branch selected was estimated to be 10 metres above terra firma and no, the party was not armed with a sling shot or bazooka. Thus ensued, for some, the dayâ€Ös major entertainment. With a small number of attempts, Rodney VK7HAM soon had an end fed and a centre fed wire antenna secured aloft; this was all done with a shifting spanner attached to a light rope which served as a halyard.
The height estimate turned out to be accurate as the 10-metre feed-line to the centre fed only just reached the FT-857 under the driverâ€Ös seat of VK7PDâ€Ös car. This was operated by Al, VK7AN.
The VK7HAM trio did it in style; they setup a picnic table with chairs and, equipped with an FT-897, he and Ross, VK7ALH shared the activation while Peter, VK7ZPE did the log keeping.
The extra height afforded by yon towering Eucalypt proved its worth. The signal reports from stations in VK2, 3. 4, 5 and ZL were the strongest for a field setup that anyone could remember, proving once again that ‘height is mightâ€Ö.
73,
Peter, VK7PD
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Northern Tasmanian Amateur Radio Club Incorporated
www.ntarc.net
As Winter is finally closing its door, I hope, yet another Wednesday Tech Night rolled by and was a bit of a mixed bag, as usual. To start things off Ross VK7ALH brought along a rig from the renowned TEN-TEC stable. TEN-TEC started off in Tennessee, USA and has been designing and manufacturing communications equipment since 1968. This particular model started its production run in 2003 and is known as the Argonaut V QRP Transceiver. Strangely this item was not being repaired or from some dark corner of his workshop abyss, but a transceiver that was actually earning its keep. Because it is a compact HF rig, Ross recently pressed it into service while participating in the recent Light House and Lightship competition. With the help of photos he took us through his site setup and installation of the temporary antenna system he used.
For interest, the Light House and Lightship competition usually takes place on the 3rd full weekend in August each year and attracts over 500 lighthouse entries located in over 40 countries. Evidently it is one of the most popular international amateur radio events in existence. As I am told, this is probably because there are very few rules and it is not the usual contest type event.
Rossâ€Ös latest project is a faulty “Marine Gradeâ€, SEA 1630, 200W Antenna Tuning Unit (ATU), made by Stevens Engineering in the USA. He brought in the faulty main PCB. He had located the fault to the RF input transformer and is currently working on a replacement part.
Peter VK7KPC, in the radio room, continued on with the next step of setting up WSPR with the HF transceiver and new horizontal antenna. He enabled the “band hopping†function and schedule list of the desired bands to test. The software also has the ability to enable the rigs ATU to follow band switching. The ongoing propagation result can be viewed on WSPRnet.org under the database tab with the club call sign of VK7TAZ.
With all the talk of portable operation and “linked†dipoles Peter brought along an antenna from his military collection, a model AT-101 / GRC-9. This was a long wire with eight settable links to continuously cover the range from 4.3 to 12 MHz. It was wound onto a hand held metal frame former. Each link was constructed from a 4mm plug and socket combination that bridged across an insulator to make the effective radiating element longer with link in or shorter with link out. This antenna dates from World War 2 and proves that current trends may not be a new idea, but a proven solution from past history!
After the first cup of coffee we watched, on the large monitor, the latest offering from Ham Radio DX. This YouTube episode from Hayden VK7HH, was titled “Everything I knew about coax cable was Wrong!â€.
A very enjoyable video that generated much discussion on coaxial cables and how to terminate their connectors.
NTARCâ€Ös shipment of the just released, “Your Entry into Amateur Radio†manuals has arrived. This is the Fourth Edition of the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) Foundation License Manual. From the Editor Phil Wait, VK2ASD: “There is more information in this manual than you need to know to obtain your Foundation Licence.†“It also is a useful reference manual well after you have gained your licence.â€
A portion of the back cover synopsis covers it all:
“This manual contains all the information necessary to gain an entry level Foundation Licence, in an easy to use and understand format. It provides insight into the technical basics such as: receivers, transmitters, how radio waves travel, antennas, digital station safety and with the correct on-air procedure.â€
The manual is available for collection from the club rooms on Wednesday Technical Nights or any Friday coffee mornings. The cost is $35. For any information or queries please use the “Contact Us†option on the NTARC web site.
While we are on the subject of the club web site, pictures of any equipment from show and tell or mystery items are now included at the end of the NTARC extract from these VK7 broadcasts under “Blogsâ€.
This is the result of requests from some people that have been unable to make it to the Tech Night.
A special thanks to Phil VK7ZPD, for his work on Discord. Not only does he set the platform up every Wednesday for the TestNet and TechNet sessions talk channel, he is now setting up a channel every Thursday night for the clubs part of the state wide SSTV link-up on repeater VK7RJG. As well as maintaining his SSTV live updated web gallery, which we will have an update on soon.
So many things go on in the background of a club situation that members are not aware of, but are very much appreciated and donâ€Öt go un-noticed. Very much appreciated Phil. In case you were wondering, Discord is a messaging platform allowing like-minded people to communicate and share information, in this case via text messaging, while the repeater is tied up sending SSTV images.
UPCOMING EVENTS
TestNet and TechNet – Wednesday 31st August. TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7pm till 7.30pm….and a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm. Your host for the evening will again be Nic VK7WW.
SSTV Net - held every Thursday night on the 70cm repeater, VK7RJG and linked to the South via repeater VK7RAF. Conducted from 7.30pm till about 9.30pm, at the moment. These SSTV images will be available on the NTARC website under ‘Blogsâ€Ö.
Club Technical night – Wednesday 7th September. Held at the NTARC Club rooms, 7.30pm until late.
Club Social Night - Wednesday evening the 14th of September. To be held at the family friendly Mowbray Hotel. Those who wish to attend please register the number of places required to the Secretary or on the registration sheet at the club rooms.
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 and check the QSL box and join us for a cuppa and chat.
The club is following the Covid 19 recommendation to continue wearing face masks when gathering.
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.
Thatâ€Ös all folks,
73 from Stefan, VK7ZSB, Secretary NTARC.
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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH
WICEN Tas (South)
https://wicentas.org/
In mid October the WICEN resources are being called on again to provide comms for the annual endurance ride held in the Pyengana area.
There will be an 80, 40 and a twenty kilometre leg, so no need to work in the dark.
Any amateur or listener that can assist, please contact Rod VK7TRF via email on roja3kel(at)yahoo.com.au.
The ride is on Saturday 15 October, but we will be setting things up on the Friday. Our base will be at the Pyengana recreation ground.
See you there,
73 Rod VK7TRF
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Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania
https://www.reast.asn.au/
https://www.facebook.com/reasttas/
https://www.youtube.com/reasthobart/
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September Presentation Night
Casey Station Calling
Our REAST presentation night will be an interview with Warren VK7WN/VK0WN direct from Casey Station in Antarctica.
This will be a free-flowing discussion with Warren following an outline of a typical day at Casey Station with some interesting stories thrown in.
The interview will take place on Wednesday 7th September 2022 from 7:30pm from the Queenâ€Ös Domain clubrooms and via Zoom.
A huge thank you to Warren for making time to do this for us.
The interview and Q&A will be streamed on the REAST YouTube channel.
73, REAST Committee
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Training and Assessments
We have taken delivery of the new Version 4 Foundation Licence Manuals. These are available from the Tas Petroleum Service Station on the corner of Amy St and Main Road Moonah for $35 cash. Thanks to Clayton VK7ZCR for providing this service. These manuals are also available from the Wednesday night DATV Experimenterâ€Ös nights in the Queenâ€Ös Domain clubrooms.
REASTâ€Ös next Foundation Licence training and all licence assessment day is Saturday the 1st October 2022.
PLEASE NOTE - we have moved this assessment day forward one week due to Assessors not being available.
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/3oJDUBwuY
Last week our DATV Experimenterâ€Ös Night started with Justin VK7TW wishing Hayden VK7HH of Ham Radio DX fame congratulations for reaching over 20K subscribers.
Hayden and Justin then talked about the release of the ICOM IC-905 at Tokyo Hamfest.
We then moved to a promotion of the Tassie Ham Radio Conference and Expo.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference-and-expo/
Starting with the presentations on the 5th November from 9am-5pm and then the vendors, pre-loved and information stands at the Expo on Sunday 6th November from 9am-5pm Expo. All held at the Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre and Studio Theatre - UTAS with many coming down - it will be HUGE!
We have had an interesting request from a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours candidate to help with some amateur radio along the path of migrating Shearwater birds.
We then moved to the RIDEN RD6018 - 60 volt 18 Amp fully configurable power supply. Yes it is only a power supply Steve! But this power supply does many many impressive things!
Justin has updated the firmware with the open source UNISOFT firmware that provides more precision & display options along with different digit style and Better handling of leading zeros. There is a fully functional battery charging functionality and you can also calibrate the PSU if you have a better standard ie. 6.5 digit Fluke / Agilient multimeter. Justin demoed the PC program and the advanced battery cycle features.
Steve VK7OO outlined the RD Log numbers to date and we reminded everyone to upload their RD Contest logs and you have until Sunday night 28th August 2022.
We then had a reminders of future events.
Steve VK7OO finished with a great picture of a meteor caught during an astrophotography shot about a week ago in northern Queensland, thanks Steve.
This coming Wednesday night we will be looking at some of the ground plane experiments with the 160m short vertical using a NanoVNA and modelling using MMANA along with much more.
We will be back 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 - DVB-T 7MHz Standard Definition on 445.5MHz. 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:
Sewing Circle Net – Daily on 3.640 MHz commences at 5:00pm AEST.
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 31st August - 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 7th September 7:30pm in NTARC clubrooms
NW VK7 – Wednesday from 8:00pm local – NW Tassie Amateur Repeater Group Net on VK7RMD
NW VK7 - Thursday commencing at 8:30pm 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
VK7 - SSTV Net - held every Thursday night via the North/South Link on VK7RAF/VK7RJG from 7:30pm. In the North and North West - VK7RJG on 438.55 -7MHz and in the South - VK7RAF (146.650 -600kHz) CTCSS tone 141.3Hz to link RAF North-South and on VK7RJG a 141.3Hz CTCSS tone to link with VK7RAF.
CCARC - 22 August - SSTV nights from 7:30pm using VK7RMD 2m repeater on Mt Duncan on the 4th Monday in the Month.
Events:
REAST - 7 September - Interview with Warren VK0WN from Casey Station from 7:30pm in Queens Domain clubrooms
NTARC - 14 September - Social Night will be held at the family friendly Mowbray Hotel.
NWTARC - 17 September - Club meeting commencing 1.30pm at Scout Hall, 73 Alexandra Road, Ulverstone.
VK7 - 5-6 November - Tassie Ham Radio Conference and Expo - Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre - UTAS Sandy Bay Campus
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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: VK7TPE
40m: VK7ALH
20m: VK7JGD
10m: VK7DG
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 Peter, VK7PD.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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