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VK7 Amateur Radio News 29Sep24
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 29th September 2024
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News.
This was first broadcast on Sunday, September 29th, 2024 and we bring you the latest from the world of amateur radio in VK7.
This week, joining you from the Tasmanian Amateur Radio News desk is Mike, VK7FB.
Tune in as we share updates and insights across VK7, broadcast through an array of platforms and frequencies:
On DMR Talk Group 5 and D-Star Reflector 91C, managed by Gavin, VK7HGO.
On Medium and high frequency rebroadcasts thanks to our dedicated operators:
1.862 MHz by Graham, VK7GS
3.670 MHz by Dale, VK7DG
7.140 MHz by Peter, VK7TPE
14.130 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH
28.525 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD and
UHF CB Channel 24 in the Hobart area, hosted by Mark, VK7FMAC
If you missed todayâ€Ös broadcast then you can catch the replay on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RAA in Northern VK7 and VK7RHT and UHFCB24 in Southern VK7.
Thank you for tuning in and enjoy the broadcast!
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Tassie Ham-E-Con
Innovation in Amateur Radio - Bookings Now Open
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference/
The program has been finalised with all presenters confirmed and are available on the Conference website.
Some more of our huge team of presenters this week starting with Andy N0APX who is presenting on the World Radio League which is the latest and greatest in amateur radio technology including cloud based logging, real time analytics on your operating trends, and easy ways to share your operating with the world. Marty VK4KC who will be presenting on the Parks on the Air or POTA program and exploring the exciting world of parks activating and hunting. Our very own Rex VK7MO will be presenting on a very rare propagation mode namely scatting a signal of lightning using novel digital modes.
Next week will be featuring more of our vast presenting team.
The Tassie Ham Conference is set for November 2nd and 3rd, 2024, at the Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre on the Sandy Bay Campus of UTAS. This year's event is fully catered, offering endless tea, coffee, and other beverages, plus delicious morning and afternoon teas, and lunches on both days, all included in the conference fee.
If you are about on the Friday night we kick off the weekend with a pre-conference BBQ social gathering at the REAST Clubrooms on Friday night.
We then, dive into a fun-filled conference on Saturday and the first half of Sunday, featuring engaging presentations and activities centered around the theme of "Innovation in Amateur Radio."
Watch the Tassie HamECon web pages for more details as they come to hand and be quick to secure your place as bookings close at 23:59 on Friday 25th October and thatâ€Ös under a month away!
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference/
73, TassieHamECon Organising Committee
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QSL News
Report - from Herman VK7HW Manager of the WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
The updated list of QSL cards held as at 20 September 2024 is in the email version of the broadcast.
If you have changed your address in recent times or if you have any questions re QSL Cards please contact Herman by email westyh(at)ozemail.com.au
Herman has been asked about sending outgoing QSL Cards. This service is only available to WIA members.
Details can be found on the WIA web site and the link is in the email version of the broadcast.
https://www.wia.org.au/members/qsl/about/
Cards should be sorted alphabetically (A-Z and 1 to 9) into DXCC country order. Do NOT separate the country prefixes with paper, clips, rubber bands etc. Rubber bands should only be used to keep a large stack of cards together. Where cards are received at the Outward QSL Bureau that have not been sorted by the sender into preferred DXCC country order, these cards shall take the lowest priority for sorting and delivery to the overseas Bureaus.
WIA members should send outgoing going cards to: WIA Outwards QSL Bureau; PO Box 66; Boolaroo NSW 2284.
73, Herman, VK7HW, WIA Manager VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
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Cards held at 20 Sep 2024 ( Any errors in the listing are mine, I sometimes miss culling a call sign)
AAA, AAC, AAD, AAE, AAH, AAP, AAR, AB, ACE, ACG, ACN, ADE, AED, AG(2014), AGC, AHT, AIR, AJC, AKK, ALZ, AM, ANC, AO, APZ, AS, ATH, AXZ, AY
BA, BB, BBW, BD, BPV, BT, BU, BYE
CA, CBK, CBR, CH/T, CJ, CMV, CV, CX
DD, DHT, DI, DN, DO, DQ, DT, DY, DZ
EA, EG, EI, EK, ER, EV
FADZ, FALX (alx), FAZZ, FCIA, FF, FG, FGGT, FKLW, FLAR, FMI, FPRN, FTAS
GA, GEL, GGZ, GM, GR, GU
HCH, HL, HOB, HRS, HSA, HSD, HSJ, HVK, HZ
IR, IS
JA, JAB, JAZ, JB, JCR, JOK, JP, JS, JW, JX
KAC, KAM, KBA, KD, KDO, KJ, KKR, KL, KQ, KRJ, KT, KW
LA, LCW, LDH, LJ, LL, LLL, LM, LT, LVH
MA, MAG, MAT, MBD, MBP, MD, MEL, MET, MJ, MRS, MS
NA, NB, NC, ND, NEC, NET, NIK, NRF, NSE, NSS, NTE, NVH, NWT, NX
OB, OT
PAF, PBD, PM, PRN, PSH, PSJ, PSZ, PW
QK
RJ, RN
SN, SV, SZ
TCE, TED, TK, TL, TPE, TR, TS, TUX, TX, TZ
UT
VA, VAC, VAO, VAZ, VDC, VEK, VH, VI75G, VK7/AG9A9Mark), VR, VTM
WA, WC, WIA, WL, WO, WT, WUU
XV
Y, YN
ZE, ZJJ, ZK, ZM, ZT, ZX
Cards held at REAST Club Room 18 September 2024 (Sorted In wooden box on desk as you enter the door).
AZ, DC, HSD, HVK, SD, STO, TO, VKT.
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
A busy net night that saw the following participants, VK7s –
EV, AAR, ZAB, KT, TW and OO all sharing over forty photos.
The highlights were:
The Evandale Festival of Rail with Lego castle, trains and stations
Dioramas including a couple of Tasmanian railway stations from the past using authentic looking locos
A US Navy Flame Proof CW Key that was shown on a recent REAST Wednesday Experimenterâ€Ös Night. This was based on a Luftwaffe Airforce design that used enclosed contacts to prevent explosions
A control panel of a spacecraft
The head stock of a concert harp
The Norm Beechey Monaro, an Australian Muscle Car
A 1966 Cadillac
A Norton motorbike
A couple of 4 wheel drive Bedford rural fire trucks
Joan of Arc statues from France
A bale of turtles
Pet dogs and cats
Spiders
Tasmanian scenery including Queenstown from Mt Owen
Waves crashing over the top of a lighthouse
A microwave communication hut on the side of a hill
and 73 from a couple of radio heads
Note - Ken VK7KRJâ€Ös and Steve VK7OOâ€Ös fully automatic 24/7 monitoring sites allow anyone who has sent an SSTV picture the ability to check them on their pages almost immediately, any time, both South and North Tasmania.
If you missed the net there are archives of these SSTV nights.
These photos can be seen on Kenâ€Ös and Steveâ€Ös SSTV websites or on NTARCâ€Ös website under blogs.
Remember to enable the transmit FSK ID to send your callsign and use your own photos or those that are copyright free.
SSTV VK7OO Tasmania Australia (tasme.com)
VK7KRJ's 2m SSTV scrolling web gallery
Blog 3 â€ö NTARC Inc.
73 from Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST
North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club
New Fcall in the North West
The club congratulates student member Oliver, who passed his FCall exam last week.
Oliver has applied for the callsign VK7ATA, and it was granted, he has a dual band handheld and keen to get on 40M.
Look forward to hearing him on air.
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North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club Meeting
The next club meeting will be commencing at 1.30pm on Saturday 5th October 2024 at our usual venue, the Scout hall, 73 Alexandra Road, Ulverstone. 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 Tea, Coffee etc available 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, NWTARC
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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
We will start off with a quick update of last weekâ€Ös clubroom Technical Night. This saw the latest iteration, from Colin VK7ZCF, of his 3D printed parts for antenna creations. His 1296 MHz yagi beam turned up again but this time fully assembled and ready for serious work. All elements had been correctly spaced, aligned onto the same plane and locked down with screws. Colin has now included a secondary fibreglass under support rod to brace the main boom, this has minimised unwanted droop and movement. To stay with his theme all new mountings including the vertical mast mount have also been 3D printed. For completeness Colin had mounted the 23 element yagi onto its own Manfrotto tripod with pan and tilt head, this will make field use much easier. The portable and now usable beam certainly caused a lot of interest amongst members, especially Colinâ€Ös 3D printed, fully functional, M5 bolts used in the assembly! Next comes real world field testing, good luck and let us know the results.
Peter VK7KPC had a recent purchase from e-bay which he brought along. It was a pre-assembled printed circuit board and LCD display module intended to be used for decoding Morse code. Peter had installed it into a clear fronted plastic enclosure, he also included external connections for a 12 Volts DC supply and Morse key. Primarily it is intended as a practice unit, with the keyed Morse code being decoded and displayed as text on the LCD display. When demonstrated Peter managed to obtain excellent agreement between what he was keying and what was translated into text on the screen. But my non practiced Morse attempts were abysmal, with maybe only a couple of intended letters being displayed. Well it is a practice device after all! The unit also incorporated a buzzer for audible feedback of keying but strangely when in buzzer mode the display decoding is disabled! Maybe that is something Peter can work around given time.
Now something from last century, Stuart VK7ES brought in one of his larger commercial inductor units. The inductor coil was made using rectangular profile copper conductor that was silver plated and was wound thin edge facing in and out, the coil roughly measured 140 mm diameter by 250 mm in length! It also incorporates a “Vari-O-Meter” at one end for fine adjustments. The manually adjusted wiper taps were very positive in their contact connection and were locked into place with brass knurled knobs. The overall unit is substantial and obviously designed for large RF currents and high voltage use. From its appearance and construction a manufacture date of circa 1950 would probably be a good guess, with its manufacturer most likely being AWA. It spent its life in an AM transmitter site operating on the Medium Wave Band and putting out about 5kWatt of power... Thank you Stuart, a piece of broadcast history and still completely serviceable after probably seventy years!
As we are about to recommence Daylight Savings again next Sunday the 6th of October the next Club General Meeting will revert back to being held on a Wednesday night. So Wednesday 9th October will not be a Club Technical Night but a General Meeting, commencing at 7.30pm.
As always, pictures will be available on the NTARC Web site under “Blogs” for this broadcast. NTARC Blogs
https://www.ntarc.net/blogs
UPCOMING EVENTS
TestNet and TechNet session - Every Wednesday, TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7 pm till 7.30 pm, then a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30 pm till 8.30 pm. Your host for the evening is Nic VK7WW.
Club General Meeting - Wednesday 9th. October at 7.30pm. Held at the NTARC Club Room, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street, Rocherlea. If you have items you would like added to the agenda please email the secretary at: secretary(at)ntarc.net no later than Monday the 4th October.
Coffee Morning - held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Time is from 10 am to noon and we look forward to seeing you all there. So why not pop in check the QSL cards and join us for a cuppa, there is endless tea and coffee along with biscuits available for a donation.
JOTA is coming to NTARC Clubrooms - Saturday and Sunday the 19th and 20th October. Help from any members or other local amateurs with setup or operation over the weekend will be appreciated. Please register your interest with Peter VK7KPC at club meetings or via phone on 0408 805 086 or any other any other committee members.
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 5 pm on the Friday prior to the Broadcast.
Thatâ€Ös all folks,
73 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://www.facebook.com/reasttas/
https://www.youtube.com/reasthobart/
October Presentation/Forum Night - PCBs Throughout the Ages
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2412
This Wednesday night is our October presentation night and it is a hybrid presentation and forum night.
We will be taking people through the production (both professional and hobbyist) from the early 1980s through to the present day off-shore processes.
We have lined up some speakers who can take us through a chronology of processes and then we will open it up to the audience to share their experiences with designing and making PCBs.
It happens on Wednesday 2nd October 2024 from 7:30pm and will be streamed on the REAST YouTube Channel.
See you there or on the stream.
73, REAST Committee
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October Forum Night - All things Repeaters and Beacons
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2433
Our October Forum Night is all about repeaters and beacons.
The equipment, techniques, hints and tricks, configuration, radios, VOIP, GPS, CTCSS, DMTF, SelCall, Talk Groups and much more.
We will have a few Subject Matter Experts to kick things off and then open it up to the attendees and streaming viewers to input into the proceedings.
Come along with your stories relating to repeaters and beacons - be prepared to share your experiences, special tricks of the trade and repeater folklore.
7:30pm, Wednesday 9th October, 2024 in the Queen's Domain Clubrooms and Streamed.
See you there.
73, REAST Committee
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REAST Training and Assessments Update
Foundation Training and Assessment Days are held every two months.
Standard, Advanced, and Regulations licence assessments held on the alternate months. Dates can be found on the REAST Events Page.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/
The final Foundation Training and Assessment Day for 2024 will be held on Saturday - 26 October 2024 from 9am.
The final Standard, Advanced, and Regulations licence assessments will be held on Saturday 30 November 2024 from 10 am.
For Bookings, Queries, and Questions:
Email: reast.assessor(at)gmail.com
This email is forwarded to the Learning Organiser, who will respond to all requests.
Foundation Licence Training Videos:
These have been updated to reflect the new Class Licence arrangements. Available on the REAST YouTube Training and Assessment Playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiSE6GEhcXU&list=PLsnsP_zjw831mdC6sY4XqavRUY-53ZWUn
Additional Resources:
Check out the WIA Foundation Trial Exams.
https://www.wia.org.au/licenses/foundation/onlineexams/foundation.php
73, Reg, VK7KK
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Wednesday Experimenterâ€Ös Nights
https://youtube.com/live/BieWINDVCO8
Last Wednesday night saw Lance VK7TO taking us through his analysis of the logs of Steve VK7OO and Justin VK7TW who are the other two members of Team TOTWOO who took out the Teams Section of the 2024 Remembrance Day Contest.
We showed some band and timeline charts supporting what Lance was talking about. Lance decided to operate CW however conditions were poor and there were less CW operators around.
Lance outlined his strategy and his novel headphone switching.
Justin VK7TW reminded viewers about Martin VK7GNs contesting principle - itâ€Ös all about the time you spend with your bum on seat making contacts!
Justin VK7TW then showed some more of his Morse Key Collection starting with a Marconi Marine 365A - Ship key from MIMC / AWA. We then showed a U.S. NAVY Flameproof - CTE-26003A key mounted on a large piece of heavy steel and we finished with a Racal Clansman Small Knee or Arm Morse Key.
There was a quick update on the Arduino GPS Speedo project with all boards now mounted on a purpose built PCB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKuJxjxNP-k
Github - Ahmad Logs
https://github.com/ahmadlogs/
https://github.com/ahmadlogs/arduino-ide-examples/tree/main/speedometer-v2
https://github.com/ahmadlogs/arduino-ide-examples/blob/main/speedometer-v2/speedometer.png
The Tassie Ham_E-Con Program has been released and there were three presenters outlined.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference/
We finished the night with Space Weather and Future events.
The Wednesday Experimenterâ€Ös Group nights go into recess for a few weeks until Wednesday 17th October 2024.
See you there or on the stream.
73, Justin, VK7TW
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Regular VK7 gatherings and events over the coming months:
Regular gatherings:
Sewing Circle Net – Daily on 3.640MHz commences at 6:30pm AEST.
Statewide 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.
State-wide – MICROWAVE QSO Party – following the Sunday broadcast call-back on 1296.15 MHz FM. One group in the greater Hobart 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.
REAST - WAGs - Wednesday Afternoon Group from 12 noon in the REAST Clubrooms Queenâ€Ös Domain.
REAST - WEGs - Wednesday Experimenterâ€Ös Group from around 6pm in the REAST Clubrooms Queenâ€Ös Domain.
SOTA/WWFF Group – Meeting Mondays and Fridays 10.30-12.00 midday at Glebe Gardens Cafe, Henry St, Launceston.
NTARC - TestNet and TechNet sessions every Wednesday night. TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7pm till 7.30pm and a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm
NTARC Coffee Mornings are held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Time is from 10am to noon in the Rocherlea Clubrooms.
NW VK7 – Wednesday from 8:00pm local – NW Tassie Amateur Repeater Group Net on 2m VK7RMD and Node 56780
NW VK7 - Thursday commencing at 8:30pm local - N.W. Tassie 2m DX Net 144.190 USB
Events:
REAST - October 2 - PCBs throughout the ages hybrid presentation and forum style from 7:30pm in the Queens Domain Clubrooms and streaming.
NWTARC - October 5 - Club Meeting at Scout hall, 73 Alexandra Road, Ulverstone from 1:30pm.
VK7 - October 6 - Daylight Savings - clocks go forward one hour
NTARC - October 9 - Club General Meeting from 7.30pm in the NTARC Club Room, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street, Rocherlea.
REAST - October 9 - All things Repeaters and Beacons forum from 7:30pm in the Queens Domain Clubrooms and streaming.
VK & Worldwide - October 20-21 - JOTA and JOTI
VK - November 2-3 - Tassie Ham Conference - Innovation in Amateur Radio - Sandy Bay Campus UTAS
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weekâ€Ös 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, VK7JH and VK7DC
160m: VK7GS
80m: VK7TPE
40m: VK7ALH
20m: VK7JGD
10m: VK7DG
UHFCB24: VK7FMAC
DMR: Talk Group 5 and D-Star: Reflector 91C VK7HGO
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A huge thank you to all people and organisations that assisted with this broadcast.
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That wraps up this week's edition of the VK7 Amateur Radio News. We hope you found it informative and enjoyable?
You've been listening to VK7WI, or if youâ€Öve just tuned in, you've just missed our live broadcast. But donâ€Öt worry! You can catch the
rebroadcast on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RAA in Northern VK7 and VK7RHT and UHFCB24 in the South.
We encourage you to share your news, stories, and updates with us. Email your contributions to vk7arnews(at)gmail.com.
For more information about the broadcast and to join the discussion, visit our VK7 Amateur Radio News Groups.IO Group.
groups.io/g/vk7arnews.
Remember, the deadline for submissions is 21:00 on the Friday before the Sunday broadcast.
Stay tuned for callbacks on the frequency youâ€Öre currently listening to. Relay stations will use their own callsigns during this time.
On behalf of the entire VK7 Amateur Radio News Team, this is Mike, VK7FB wishing you 73. Stay safe and have a fantastic week!
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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