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VK7 Amateur Radio News 20Nov22
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 20th November 2022
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 20th November 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
WIA Spring VHF/UHF Field Day
Next weekend 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 U
TC 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 s
treams 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, m
ake 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 t
he comfort of their shack. Then there are the Rovers. They are special individuals as they move about and repeat the portable t
hings 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 obt
ain 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 knowle
dge and experience of other members, just reach out and weâ€Öll 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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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 us
ing 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 Presentations
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference-and-expo/
The conference presentations are progressively being released on the Ham Radio DX YouTube channel thanks to Hayden VK7HH.
There is a link on the email addition of the broadcast that points to the full playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSuX83ay4OujogylrO6FQRw6c2vM5JeFa
Huge thank you to Hayden for providing this facility.
73, Conference and Expo organizing committee
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
It was a quiet and lonely night. I suppose everybody was busy with something else or away. Only a grand total of two images for
the evening were sent yours truly.
Remember Ken, VK7KRJâ€Ös fully automatic 24/7 monitoring site allows anyone who has sent an SSTV picture the ability to check t
hem 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 CTCS
S 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 Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST
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 Ulv
erstone.
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. Thi
s is a BYO food & drinks event. Onsite there are two electric Bar B Ques, toilets, running water and some seating and tables un
der 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 mos
t 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 atten
d 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 donâ€Öt 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
On Wednesday, the NTARC Safety Communications crew, traveled to Scottsdale in readiness for the Equine Endurance Ride State Cha
mpionships at Santarena Park. This is a twenty four hour event that starts at midnight Friday We established our Radio Base wit
h the communications trailer, set up a 2 meter and 70cm repeater for voice and data communications and trialed communications t
o Rodeo Road check point in readiness for Friday. If it is Sunday when you hear this then hopefully we are packing up and makin
g our way back to Launceston. A round up to follow in a future broadcast. A thank you for the assistance goes to VK7s, Rosco RC
, Tony ZTT, Idris ZIR, Andre ZAB and Stefan ZSB.
We arrived back in Launceston in plenty of time to attend Wednesdays Club night.
The Technical Night had another good roll up and nice to see yet another new face fronting up to see what we get up to, good to
see you there Douglas and hope you enjoyed the evening. New faces are always welcome to drop in and check us out.
There were plenty of goodies brought in to investigate.
Peter VK7KPC, brought in a WW2 Australian Army Wireless Set No 22 Spare Valves set. This is a field maintenance spares kit of v
alves. All the valves are housed within a metal ammunitions style case. Each valve is individually secured from moving around
by a spring loaded “halo type ring†that pulls the valve top down onto its base. This obviously has proven to be a reliable
method of carrying valves to help with field maintenance of the Wireless Set No 22. Only a couple more valves are needed and P
eter will have a complete compliment of ten spare valves and four spare 6 volt indicator lamps. A very rugged little package.
Stuart VK7FEAT presented an interesting cross section of ferrite cores, even some of the Australian made Neosid Ferrite cores f
rom the 60s or 70s, the ones with the yellow dot. He also had some ceramic open air dual gang variable capacitors suitable for
push pull valve circuits.
Stuart also setup an assortment of electronic and radio paraphernalia in the main hall. This is from a deceased estate and is a
vailable for viewing, most are marked with prices or club donation.
Trevor VK7TB, has entered the next stage with his current “99 year projectâ€, which is a specialist linear amplifier to driv
e a magnetic loop antenna. He has passed the design, bread boarding, prototyping and printed circuit board design stages. He j
ust received the production run of printed circuit boards back. They have just been populated and are themselves entering the t
est and measurement phase. Trevor had the circuits and modules for the various functional blocks on display and was generating
a considerable amount of interest and discussion. The finished product is of exemplary quality, and is truly a work of art.
Bernie VK7BR, with his recently received FM crystal set, sent North by Richard VK7RO, was the centre of much discussion on dete
ction methods. I believe the crystal set has been taken home for further investigation and testing.
Thank you also Bernie for your excellent sandwiches, and to Kay for her quickly vanishing lemon cake.
End of Year Celebration will be on Tuesday the 13th of December. To be held at the family friendly Mowbray Hotel. Those who wis
h to attend please register the number of places required to the Secretary or on the registration sheet soon to be provided at
the club rooms. Registration is imperative as there will not be the ability to cater for “Late Walk-ins†on the night. It
will be at 6pm for a 6:30 meal.
UPCOMING EVENTS
TestNet and TechNet – Wednesday 23rd November. TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7pm till 7.30pm….and a TechNet on 3.567MH
z from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm. Your host for the evening will be Nic VK7WW.
Club Technical night - Wednesday 30th November. Held at the NTARC Club rooms, 7.30pm until late.
SSTV Net - Held every Thursday night on the 70cm repeater, VK7RJG and linked to the South via repeater VK7RAF. Conducted from a
bout 7.30pm. These SSTV images will be available on the NTARC website under ‘Blogsâ€Ö 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.
End of Year Celebration - will be held on Tuesday the 13th of December.
FINALLY - A reminder to all members that if you have any items of news you would like added to our weekly roundup, no matter ho
w 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 weekâ€Ös br
oadcast.
Thatâ€Ös 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
The Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania will be holding its annual End Of Year BBQ on Wednesday the 7th Dece
mber 2022 from 5pm at the clubrooms on the Domain.
All member should have received an email this week inviting them to the free catered event with a link to reserve your spot by
grabbing your free tickets. This is to give us an idea of numbers so we can cater accordingly. If you didn't receive an email
it could be that your email address is not recorded correctly, in which case please contact Tony, VK7VKT with your current ema
il address so he can resend the invitation. Email toneman(at)bigpond.com with your details.
Friends of the club are also warmly invited to join us. Simply jump on to the REAST Facebook page and click on the event to gra
b your free tickets.
All members will receive more information in the coming weeks about membership renewals and the easiest, most convenient way of
renewing your membership yet! Watch this space.
We hope to see you along.
73 Tony VK7VKT on behalf of the membership group and the REAST Committee
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Training and Assessments
REASTâ€Ös 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 v
ia 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 Justin VK7TW encouraging everyone who is a WIA member and those that registered for the WIA survey to
complete it ASAP in relation to the WIA ACMA Consultation. Take a look at the exposure draft of the WIA Consultation Paper tha
t will inform your answers in the survey.
https://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2022/20221114-40/index.php
Justin then went on to remind people of Peter Cossins VK3BFGâ€Ös presentation at the Tassie Ham Radio Conference that included
mention of the BATC Portsdown 4 DATV project - it uses the same equipment as the Langstone 2 project and so Justin got the SD c
ard ready and an hour later was up and going with the Pluto SDR.
https://wiki.batc.org.uk/Portsdown_4
Justin went through the architecture, the Pluto Transmission Parameters and Limitations.
We then went through the Portsdown DATV Receivers including the MiniTuioner USB receiver, the Knucker project and other receive
r options. https://wiki.batc.org.uk/DVB-S/S2_Reception
The project includes a bunch of test routines including a Signal Generator, band viewer, power meter, noise figure meter, frequ
ency sweeper, XY display and digital multimeter.
The Portsdown 4 project also incorporates the Langstone 2 microwave SDR Narrow band Microwave Transceiver to 6GHz
https://wiki.microwavers.org.uk/Langstone_Project
Murray VK7ZMS then joined us in the studio and showed a neat 3D printed project from Ken VK7KRJ. Murray and Richard VK7ZBXâ€Ös
field day setup now includes a very neat 6m Moxon and the 3D printed balun former bolts onto the boom and the coax coils around
the former to form the BALUN. Very neat 3D print. Murray showed the finished product and Kenâ€Ös great work. Thanks Murray.
Justin then reminded people that the videos of the Tassie Ham Radio Conference presentations are now available on the Ham Radio
DX YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSuX83ay4OujogylrO6FQRw6c2vM5JeFa
There was a reminder that the User experience survey closes Friday COB and there were 70 completed so far.
Justin then demonstrated and showed an Arduino Morse Code Keyer he built from a design by Nelson Farrier who used a Baofeng UV-
3R radio modified with code from Mike Myers (http://mikemyers.me) from the Arduino Library and the output is programmable and t
wo RCAs - one for PTT Gnd and One for Audio into Microphone.
Justin is intending to use it for a 160m transmission and test the ground plane wires much like we did with Kim VK7KB with the
160m short vertical. He will transmit from South Hobart and setup the field strength receiver at QD Clubrooms.
This coming Wednesday night we will have Bob Stephenson VK7BS in the studio along with Garry VK7JGD talking about what the Marg
ate Menâ€Ös Shed is doing to setup an amateur radio shack at the Menâ€Ös Shed.
We will also be further demonstrating the BATC Portsdown 4 project 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 Nigh
t 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 AEDST.
Statewide SSTV Net - held every Thursday night via the North/South Link on VK7RAF/VK7RJG from 7:30pm. In the North and North We
st - VK7RJG on 438.55 -7MHz and in the South - VK7RAF (146.650 -600kHz) CTCSS tone 141.3Hz to link RAF North-South.
State-wide – MICROWAVE QSO Party – following the Sunday broadcast call-back on 1296.15 MHz FM. One group in the greater Hob
art area and another in the greater Launceston area.
Then North-south digital contacts on 1296.2MHz using Q65-60B.
Stations in the Launceston area transmitting on the odd minute. Southern stations on the even minute.
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 30th 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 – 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
CCARC - 28 November - SSTV nights from 7:30pm using VK7RMD 2m repeater on Mt Duncan on the 4th Monday in the Month.
Events:
NWTARC - 3 December - BBQ & Club meeting and Show & Tell - Legion Park, which is off The Esplanade behind the Showgrounds at We
st Ulverstone from Noon.
REAST - 7 December - Club End Of Year BBQ for members from 5pm at the Queenâ€Ös Domain Clubrooms
NTARC - 13 December - End of Year Celebration at the family friendly Mowbray Hotel. It will be at 6pm for a 6:30 meal and let t
he Secretary know if you are coming.
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 weekâ€Ös broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7ZIR
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, VK7
AX, 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, 73 and stay safe from Peter, VK7PD.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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