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VK7 Amateur Radio News 13Nov22
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 13th November 2022
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Welcome to the Tassie Ham Radio Conference and Expo edition of the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 13th November 2022. At the mike of VK7WI this week is Justin, VK7TW.
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 and
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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Ham Radio Promotion
In the Icy Continent
Warren VK0WN let us know that it was his turn to write the weekly Station Newsletter for Casey Station.
The following extract is reproduced with permission from Warren.
My passion is amateur radio. After I arrived at Casey, the hobby hut was quickly pointed out to me as an ideal ham shack location. Turns out previous hams have used it as well! The hobby hut is a workshop available for recreational users and is set up well for woodwork activities and the like. The warm atmosphere inside and scent of timber offcuts make it a very cosy hangout. After settling in at Casey, I eventually rigged up my radio and started calling on the shortwave bands. There is something odd about hams trying to get to very remote places, then being desperate to make contact with home or other locations around the world. Anyway, to date I've made nearly 600 contacts, about half to Australia and half to 40 other countries. Contacts vary from being a brief exchange of callsigns and signal reports, to extended chats or "rag chewing" going for an hour or so. Certainly a hobby that I enjoy, especially when curious people join me in the hut.
That's a quick rap for this week. Signing off and going QRT, 73 de Warren VKØWN
https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/stations/casey/2022/this-week-at-casey-11-november-2022/
73, Warren, VK0WN/VK7WN
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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 11 Nov 2022 is in the email version of the broadcast.
If you have recently changed your callsign or have received your first callsign please let Herman know. The year you started using your callsign would be handy for Herman as some cards received are occasionally from more than a decade ago.
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 11 Nov 2022
AAA, AAB, AB, AG(2014), AIR, AL, AM, AP, AS, AV
BA, BB
(ch)T, CJ, CL, CV, CX
DD, DM, DX, DZ
EE, ER
FALX (alx), FG, FGGT, FRJG(RG),
GA, GG, GM, GZ
HCH, HDM, HOB, HL, HRS, HVK, HZ
IAN, IK, IS
JA, JJ, JON, JP, JW
KBA, KD, KJ, KL(KI ?), KO
LAZ, LDH, LVH
MAG, MBD, MEL, MHZ
NA, NET, NFI, NRF, NSE, NTE, NWT
OB, OT
PSJ, PW
RG(FRJG)
SA, SD, STO, SV
T (ch), TCE, TED, TK, TU
VAC, VAZ, VDC, VH, VR, VZ
WA, WC, WIA, WN, WT, WX
XDM, XTC
ZJJ, ZM, ZT, ZZ
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NO CURRENT LICENCE SHOWN ON ACMA Database on 24 September 2022
Also Checked samples on database at AMC on 26 September 2022
A, ACN, AO, APZ, ATH, BPV, BT, BYE, DN, DO, DQ, EG, FAZZ, FCIA, FLAR, FTAS, GR, HA, HSA, HSJ, JCR, JJJ, JOK, KDO, KKR,
LDK, LLL, LM, LT, MAT, MET, MS, NC, NIK, NSB, NWQ, PAF, PBD, PRN, PSZ, QK, SN, TO, UT, VA, WO, YN, ZK, ZX.
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Event News
Conference News
Tassie Ham Radio Conference & Expo Wrap-Up
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference-and-expo/
The weekend started with the 4th November BBQ and our records tell us that 62 people came along and enjoyed the lovely weather and BBQ.
We then moved to the conference on Saturday the 5th November from 9am-5pm and this saw the following presentations in front of 116 attendees.
The How and Why of Youth Engagement with Steve Goodgame K5ATA who is the ARRL Education and Training Person
Remote Station Operation – Dont miss that elusive or rare DX with Scott Williams VK3KJ VK3K KO4GTC
Electrical safety from a medical not engineering perspective with Dr. Kevin VK4UH
WWFF in VK with Paul VK5PAS
Interference Mitigation with QRM Guru with Ian VK3BUF
Trying to extend the 10 GHz Terrestrial World Record over the Hawaii-California Path with Rex VK7MO
QRP SOTA builds in the United States with Adam K6ARK
122/134GHz Developments and demonstration with David VK5KK
G.A.Taylor a humorous look at a VK AR Giant with Roger VK2ZRH
DATV Developments in VK with Peter VK3BFG
Ideas on how to use your club for AR Promotion with Justin VK7TW
ALARA Meet 2023 with Linda VK7QP
Moving to the Sunday the 6th November was the Expo held in the Burb Foyer and Studio Theatre. The vendors and information stands included:
ICOM debuted the IC-905 in VK at the Expo. Justin VK7TW outlined his one way 23cm FM and 5.7GHz ATV contacts.
The vendors and information stands included:
All About DX with their Australian Hexbeam which ended up with Steve VK7OO
Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association
DX Systems with a very nice linear amplifier
Icom Australia Pty Ltd with ICOM IC-905, IC-9700, IC705, T-10 and ID-51 ICOM radios
Jaycar with many items
Northern Tasmania Amateur Radio Club with their RFID horse rider tracking system
Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania
Rotarians of Amateur Radio
Spooktech withy many antennas, connectors, rigs, and many other items for sale
Summits on the Air
Volunteer Examiner Australia
Wireless Institute of Australia
World Wide Flora and Fauna
And the preloved equipment stands from VK7WH, VK7KB, VK7LCW, VK7KRJ and REAST.
The impressive raffle prize pool was huge and won by the following people:
Icom IC-705 Transceiver & LC-192 Backpack from REAST was won by VK7RX
RigExpert AA-650 ZOOM from Antenna Analyser RF Solutions was won by VK4ANL
122 GHz Transverter System from David VK5KK was won by VK3HY
TET-Emtron Gift Card from Tet-Emtron was won by VK7IG
Shack Patch Pack x 3 from NTARC Inc was won by VK2NMZ, VK7TRF, VK3ATV
Wouxun KG-UVD1P Handheld from Spooktech was won by VK5XFG
Diamond SG-7200 Mobile Antenna from Justin VK7TW was won by VK7IO
QRM Kill Kit x 2 from QRM Guru were won by VK7ZLB, VK7HW
NanoVNA-H from Ham Radio DX was won by VK5ZD
VK5JST 250W LCD SWR/Power Meter Kit from Justin VK7TW was won by VK7VDC
2 x Handmade Original Conference Pens made by Rick VK7RI were won by VK3DXE, VK5KK
Australian Ham Radio Handbook from Peter VK3YE was won by Roberto No-Call
Thanks to everyone who was involved in making this a very successful weekend. Photos are available on the conference website.
73, Conference and Expo organizing committee
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Another great night with the NW coast and Hobart Hacker Space being able to join in. We saw the following participants VK7s – ZGK, DW, PD, TED, WP, ZCF, TW and HHS all sharing twenty seven photos.
There were varies subjects like:
Tourist shots of multi lane escalators and a rocky coast line
Amateur at the controls of an airliner
A vehicle with an antenna array for a VHF field day, HF magnetic loop and electronics workshop
A newer, none PMG communications pit
Heavy machinery and a V8 engine display
Pet dog and gardens
Someone with a “cunning plan”
Sunsets, a close up of the moon and an excellent series of shots showing the various stages of the recent Luna Eclipse.
Remember Ken, VK7KRJs fully automatic 24/7 monitoring site allows anyone who has sent an SSTV picture the ability to check them on his page almost immediately, any time, both South and North Tasmania.
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 get underway from around 7:30pm.
https://vk7oo.tasme.com/vhfsstv
https://www.ntarc.net/blogs
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/scrolling%20web%20gallery.html
73 Andre VK7ZAB
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Contest News
WIA Spring VHF/UHF Field Day
In two weekends it will be the WIA Spring VHF/UHF field day. This year it will be on from 01:00 UTC Saturday 26 through till 00:59 UTC Sunday 27 November 2022.
There are a number of sections and then sub sections so there is something for everybody. Broadly speaking there are two main streams of participants, those that are happy to pack up a fair bit of their shack, associated bits and bobs, then reassemble it in some remote spot, discover they have forgot to pack "something", brave or enjoy the weather and conditions, supply power, make some contacts then do the reverse and pack it all up take it home, and those that are not quite that mad and operate from the comfort of their shack. Then there are the Rovers. They are special individuals as they move about and repeat the portable things all over the place.
It's a great day of fun and there will be many people out and about so why not allocate some time to come on and exchange some numbers that weekend. You can rework stations after 2 hours. The usual logging programs support the contest and you will need to determine your 6 digit maidenhead square locator from your operating location and there are many smartphone apps to help obtain this.
Checkout the WIA website for all the rules and other information.
https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/
If anyone would like some help with any aspect of the field day I am happy to offer assistance, along with the wealth of knowledge and experience of other members, just reach out and well do what we can to assist.
Here's hoping for a great Spring Day, hear you on the bands.
73, Richard, VK7ZBX
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST
NW Tassie Amateur Repeater Group Net 2nd year anniversary
Last Wednesday night was the 2nd anniversary of the 2M Net held on Wednesday nights, on the 2M VK7RMD repeater at Penguin.
The Net was initially started to help Amateurs to interact with others during the COVID period.
Mt Duncan was chosen, as it has a large radio footprint from far NW Tassie, back into the hills south of Mt Duncan, and able to be accessed in the Launceston area. and from many locations using a Handheld.
The Net has 5 to 10 regulars from a wide area, VK7MAD Andy at Montagu, VK7BV Terry on a handheld south of Ulverstone, amateurs from Launy including VK7PAK, VK7NSS, and a persistent VK7RC Ross, whose uses the Net nights to fine tune beams he has made, to enable him better access to the repeater from his Launy QTH.
Other regulars are VK7HSC, VK7BYL, VK7WP and VK7KT and others.
We also have a few listeners, amateurs who no longer transmit, or some who dont have amateur licences, who enjoy the evenings banter. And may report in via social media or text.
Last Wednesday night, we were joined by a newcomer VK7FISH, and also VK6NDX who is touring the state, and was listening in from Smithton, and VK3KV Greg calling from Lakes Entrance in Victoria .
When the propagation is running we enjoy having VK3s join in, with Brodie VK3MAP a regular.
We run a round robin net, giving everyone a chance to have a say, comment, ask questions whether radio related or on any other topic.
A big thank you to those who support the net and each other, and we will continue to run the net every Wednesday night, while people join in. and thanks to Shirley VK7HSC who has stepped in as net controller when I have been unwell.
VK7EV, Net Controller
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North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club Meeting
Please note venue change for the day only.
On the 3rd December the club meeting will be held at Legion Park, which is off The Esplanade behind the Showgrounds at West Ulverstone.
Before the meeting, we will be having a Bar B Que commencing at Midday at Legion Park.
The park is accessed by turning East into Maud Street off Queen Street, following the road to the river and BBQ facilities. This is a BYO food & drinks event. Onsite there are two electric Bar B Ques, toilets, running water and some seating and tables under cover.
The club meeting will be commencing at 1.30pm.
Members are encouraged to bring items for show & tell. A small plate of afternoon tea would be appreciated and 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.
The alternate Bar B Que venue will be Air Force Park off Tasma Parade West Ulverstone, it is south of the Rec Centre, which has Toilets, limited seating & tables , two electric Bar B Ques, no running water and some seating and tables under cover.
If the weather conditions dont allow an outside Bar B Que and meeting then we will hold the meeting only at our usual venue, the Scout hall, 73 Alexandra Road, Ulverstone.
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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Northern Tasmanian Amateur Radio Club Incorporated
www.ntarc.net
Even though this has been a very quiet week, as far as absolutely no new news arriving on the reporters desk, time wise it seems to have vanished. This time last Friday as the broadcast notes were being penned we were in the midst of trying to finish the load up of two vehicles with electronic equipment, which hopefully once it was re-assembled would be a working Equine RFID tracking system to be displayed at the Hobart Expo. We managed to head of South allowing as much time as possible to crawl through all the Midland Highway road works and managed to make the “get to know you” BBQ held at the REAST club rooms. The organisers should be very pleased with the VK and ZL turn out for this event. There were times when we wondered whether there were more non VK7s there than us!
We were lucky enough to receive a guided tour of the maritime monitoring facility located next to the REAST club rooms. This was an amazingly informative visit covering historic radio equipment through to the current network of remotely connected sites throughout Tasmania. To augment the radio side of things some remote sites had the ability to return live high resolution video via remotely controlled cameras.
This tour really was the icing on the cake, or probably more accurately the icing on the hamburger seeing it was a BBQ.
A thank you to the NTARC members who helped with the clubs working Equine Endurance Ride monitoring and logging equipment setup and display. The equipment load in on Saturday night and back on deck again at 07:00am on Sunday morning. With the assembling, staffing and pull down again on Sunday afternoon going seamlessly.
Well done VK7s Idris ZIR, Andre ZAB, Peter KPC, Colin ZCF, Lionel ZLB, Tony ZTT, Ian IG and Stefan ZSB. Sorry if I missed anybody but it was a bit of a blur in spots.
It certainly was a fun day at the Expo with the interchange of tracking and logging ideas and information with many areas of VK and even ZL. We will definitely stay in touch with one group to see how they end up tracking their Kayaking entrants over a two hundred kilometre course, this one should prove an interesting one.
The overall Northern VK7 representation was down on what one would have hoped for but unfortunately sometimes you dont have a say in when you get sick or even literally can get back on your feet, let alone travel. Its a shame after all the excitement and anticipation that you build up over time for an event like this. Hopefully videos of some of Saturdays presentations may be available, as well as the Expo on Sunday, if available these will be well worth the watch.
Yours truly was lucky enough to be drawn in the raffle and received a prize, which ironically is a years membership to REAST. I will fill the paperwork in, send it off, cross my fingers and hope that they will accept another Northerner. hihi
If it hasnt been covered in this broadcast yet, it soon will be, but from our perspective the Conference and Expo was an outstanding success, the organising committee must be congratulated for an excellently executed event.
Now back to the usual round up.
Equine Endurance event - The State Championships at Santarena Park, Scottsdale on the 18th & 19th of November is coming up rapidly. This is a request for additional crew members to help us handle this twenty four hour event starting at midnight. Please advise if you are able to assist for any length of time during daylight hours by emailing Roger, VK7ARN or catch up with the Secretary at a Coffee Morning or Tech Session.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Club Technical night - Wednesday 16th November. Held at the NTARC Club rooms, 7.30pm until late.
TestNet and TechNet – Wednesday 23rd November. 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 be Nic VK7WW.
SSTV Net - Held every Thursday night on the 70cm repeater, VK7RJG and linked to the South via repeater VK7RAF. Conducted from about 7.30pm. These SSTV images will be available on the NTARC website under ‘Blogs soon after the event.
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. We currently have a couple of QSL 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.
Remember equipment photos and radio propagation maps are available on the NTARC web site under “Blogs” for this weeks broadcast.
Thats all folks,
73 from Stefan, VK7ZSB, Secretary NTARC.
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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/
End of Year BBQ
REAST invites you to the end of year BBQ at the Queens Domain Clubrooms on Wednesday 7th December 2022 from 5pm.
This is an event where we can celebrate a fantastic year for REAST with a nice snag, hamburger or vege burger with onion on top!!
Bring along your favourite beverage (in moderation of course!) and enjoy the company.
We hope to see you along.
73, REAST Committee
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Training and Assessments
REASTs next Foundation Licence training and all licence assessment day is Saturday the 26th November 2022.
If you are thinking of coming along then please let Reg Emmett VK7KK REAST Learning Organiser know by phoning 0417 391 607 or via the REAST Website Contact Form.
https://www.reast.asn.au/contact/online-contact-form/
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/1MughsG2V
We started the night with coverage of the Tassie Ham Radio Conference and Expo which was covered above so, we wont be repeating it.
We did cover some interesting 3D printed RaspberryPi cases that have been customised with Justin VK7TWs callsign thanks to Dave VK5DG.
This coming Wednesday night is a DATV Experimenters night and we will be covering more on magnetic loop antennas, some more interesting Morse Keys, and much more.
We 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/
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 Technical Night - Wednesday 16th November from 7:30pm in NTARC clubrooms
NTARC TestNet and TechNet – Wednesday 23rd November - TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7pm till 7.30pm….and a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm
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 Experimenters 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.
CCARC - 26 October - SSTV nights from 7:30pm using VK7RMD 2m repeater on Mt Duncan on the 4th Monday in the Month.
Events:
NWTARC - 3 December - Club meeting and Show & Tell - Scout hall, 73 Alexandra Road, Ulverstone from 1:30pm.
REAST - 7 December - Club End Of Year BBQ from 5pm at the Queens Domain Clubrooms
VK7 - June 2023 - VK7 Amateur Radio Centenary
ALARA - November 2023 - ALARAMeet 2023 - Hobart Tasmania
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weeks broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7PD
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, 73 and stay safe from Justin, VK7TW.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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