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VK7 Amateur Radio News 24Nov24
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 24th November 2024
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News.
This was first broadcast on Sunday, November 24th, 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 Justin, VK7TW.
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 Garry, VK7JGD
7.140 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH
14.130 MHz by Any Takers
28.525 MHz by Tony, VK7VKT 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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Contesting News
WIA Spring VHF/UHF field day on Now!
This weekend is the WIA Spring VHF/UHF field day the 23rd and 24th of November, from 01:00 UTC through till 00:59 UTC. There are several sections and then sub sections so there is something for everybody. There are sub sections that are aimed at the new licensees as well, like the single band section, or the 4-band section that covers up to 4 of the traditional VHF/UHF bands. There is the option to work either 8 hours, or the full 24 hours.
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 like VKCL and others will keep your contacts logged just don't forget to check the time is correct and that you check all details before hitting the "log" key as a small error will cost you a contact. You will need to determine your 6 digit maidenhead square locator from your operating location, there are many smartphone apps to help obtain this.
The places to look for contacts are the following.
6M - 52.525 FM, 2M - 146.500 FM, 70cm - 439.000 FM, 23cm - 1296.150 FM, 13cm - 2403.150 FM, 9cm - 3398.150 FM and on 3cm - 10,368.150 FM
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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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Due to VK7RAF being off the air it was a quiet net night that saw the following North and NW participants, VK7s – ZAB and EV sharing nearly twenty photos.
The highlights were:
A multiband antenna mast
Kite flying
Family Go-Kart racing
Tulip farms in Tasmania
The 2024 National Veteran Vehicle Rally at the Automobile Museum of Tasmania with pre 1919 cars and bikes,
including the car that held the Australian Record for 85 Miles Per Hour
An Echidna looking wheel chock
“Fatso” the Wombat
And thatâ€Ös “Your Lot” in Dutch
Note - If you missed the net there are archives of these SSTV nights. These photos can be seen on Ken VK7KRJâ€Ös and Steve VK7OOâ€Ös SSTV websites or on NTARCâ€Ös website under blogs.
Donâ€Öt forget to 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
VK7RVP back on air
The North West Coast Radio Repeater Association has put VK7RVP back on the air in the 70 centimeter amateur band and with a 78 Megahertz repeater for the North West Car Club.
Australia's top gravel rally championships was hosted in Tasmania by the North West Car Club for the first time in 20 years. This year's rally will be held in areas from Burnie to the forests south west of Mawbanna. The Club asked the North West Coast Radio Repeater Association if they could use Saint Valentines Peak as the perfect location for repeater communication during the Rally on Friday 22nd of November. The Australian Rally Championship runs in forestry areas requiring radio coverage from Oonah through to the South West of Mawbanna.
Two weekends ago, a combined car club and radio repeater association expedition carried up and installed the rally event repeater, the amateur repeater and a heap of other equipment including battery management electronics, antennas, a 5 Gigahertz microwave internet link and the repaired duplexers for the original 6 meter transceiver.
Steady work from the NWCRRA has put a new roof on the historic summit radio shack and repaired damage to the solar battery array, bringing a heartbeat back into this remote mountain top radio repeater.
The 70cm channel is on 438.775 Megahertz with a negative 7 split and is already busy with VK7 traffic, providing radio coverage across the North West as far as Launceston and even across the straight to VK3 Victoria. This work brings the Repeater site, VK7RVP, out of its long sleep and back on the air with great big cheer from local radio amateurs.
Many radio amateurs across the state have keenly missed the punchy coverage of the 6 metre VK7RVP repeater which went silent after the aluminium roof of the hut was torn off in a violent storm in 2020. Although 6 meters isn't on the air just yet, the North West Coast Radio Repeater Association is on the job so keep your rig's tuned in for more on this story soon... and support your local Radio Repeater Association.
73, North West Coast Radio Repeater Association
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North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club
North West Amateur Radio Club Meeting
The next club meeting will be commencing at 1.30pm on Saturday 7th December 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.
Christmas Bar B Que
On Saturday the 14th December, the club will hold a Christmas Bar B Que commencing at 1pm in Legion Park, which is off The Esplanade behind the Showgrounds at West Ulverstone.
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.
We welcome other amateurs from around the state attending, and socialising with our members
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 function.
The alternate Bar B Que venue will be Air Force Park off Tasma Parade West Ulverstone, turn right immediately after crossing the bridge over the Leven river, it is south of the Rec Centre, which has no Toilets, but has two electric Bar B Ques, no running water and some seating and tables under cover.
The Club will monitor the Mt Duncan 2 metre repeater the morning of the Bar B Que and if the weather conditions are not pleasant, can advise if itâ€Ös going ahead
If you have camping chairs it may pay to bring your own.
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
As mentioned a couple of broadcasts ago, in the Club Room Technical night session, Colin VK7ZCF brought along his new handheld Vector Network Analyser or VNA for short. It was brand new and literally just out of the box.
Since then he had been able to read the manual, acquaint himself with the menu structure plus some testing. Well this technical night Colin reappeared with the same VNA and conducted a mini training session that took us through some of its uses. Most importantly was the calibration of the unit via the menu before actual measurements were made. Not very hard, only requiring a reference 50 Ohm termination on the test port followed by an Open circuit and finally a Short circuit termination. You are then ready to go… Colin tested various antennas with the resultant VSWR and Smith Chart plots. The very clear 7 inch capacitive screen on this unit certainly helps with some of us more visually challenged on-lookers. For a refresh the VNA model is SV4401A, manufactured in China under the name SYSJOINT. A very versatile unit covering from 50kHz to 4.4GHz. Have fun experimenting with your new toy Colin.
A quick reminder that the end of year NTARC celebration is only just over a week away! To be specific it is Wednesday the 4th of December at the Iron Horse Bar and Grill located at 468 Westbury Rd, Prospect Vale, Launceston. Itâ€Ös not too late to register if you are free and wish to attend. E-mail the secretary at: secretary(at)ntarc.net or jot your name and number of places required on the registration sheet next to the sign in book at the club rooms. Tables have been booked under the name of NTARC and the Menu is a-la-carte. We will be arriving at 6pm for a 6:30 meal. A link to the Iron Horse location and menu information is available in the text version of this broadcast. Iron Horse Bar & Grill
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.
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.
End of year NTARC celebration – locked in for Wednesday the 4th 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 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/
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End Of Year Celebration BBQ and Working Bee
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2562
We will be holding a free BBQ for club members to celebrate a fantastic year at REAST.
This will be held after the broadcast on Sunday December 8th, 2024 from 1100 - 1500.
BRING YOUR SHOVELS - after lunch we will be holding a working bee to clean up the shack, run new cable, dig trenches to our tower and a range of other exciting things!
Please let us know if you are coming along (secretary(at)reast.asn.au) so, we can gauge the numbers for the food.
See you there.
REAST Committee
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HUMONGOUS Amateur Radio Car Boot Sale
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2565
REAST will be holding a huge amateur radio carboot sale in the Queens Domain compound from 11am on Sunday 19th January 2025.
Want to sell something - it will cost you $10 to setup your carboot then you can sell as much as you want - all profit goes to you.
There will be a Sausage Sizzle on the day with Snags and Bread at $3 and Burgers and Bread at $5 - Soft drinks available $1 per can.
The REAST club will be selling 5.4m and 8.1m portable Aluminium masts for very reasonable prices!
No need to book - just turn up.
73, REAST Committee
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Wednesday Experimenterâ€Ös Nights
Last Wednesday night we saw the return of the WEGâ€Ös night and took a retrospective look at the life and projects of Tom Moffat VK7TM SK. Much can be gleaned about a person's life from their eulogy or Silent Key Notice. Tom Moffat VK7TM SK is no different!
The following tribute is from Brian VK7RR via VK7ARNews
Tom was born in the United States of America. His father had contact with Australia as he was involved with the design of the navigation equipment for the Jindivik drone program in the 50's so it is no wonder that Tom ended up out here. Tom obtained electronic qualifications with the Bell Telephone Company for whom he worked until the wanderlust hit him.
He initially worked in Victoria, as Chief of Staff for GTV-9, moving to Tasmania with his wife Gael, in the early 70's, whereupon he became the Motorola sales and service agent for Tasmania.
Tom was involved with the first amateur television broadcast of the Weekly news, the first mobile television broadcast in the southern hemisphere, amateur or commercial and of course, the first VK7RHT.
https://www.armag.vk6uu.id.au/1975-december-AR.html
Tom soon became one of the best known names in Australian amateur circles through his monthly columns in various magazines, an interest which became an occupation over the past ten years or so. Who will forget Moffat's Madhouse and his monocle? Tom's optometrist made it for him as he refused to wear reading glasses.
Tom was a highly intelligent person who had an instinct for new technologies and took to computers like a duck to water. I wonder how many people built his weather satellite decoder over the years? He sold them in kit form and many yachties and amateurs were soon checking their own weather, long before sound cards and DSP, hit the scene.
He also built an experimental robot known as the Tasman Turtle as I remember it. https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/2620711
Tom passed away August 2 2007
Tom died peacefully on Tuesday evening, leaving Gael, his former wife, who continued to care for him as much as he would let her, two daughters, Jenny and Fiona, a son Steven and three grandchildren.
Farewell old friend. Brian VK7RR
Justin VK7TW then showed some examples of the Electronics Australia column - Moffatâ€Ös Madhouse
https://archive.org/details/1993.06-electronics-australia/page/n31/mode/2up
https://messui.polygonal-moogle.com/sch/misc/phreak.pdf
Justin then went through Tomâ€Ös projects and kits starting with his RTTY projects then onto the Listening Post I and II and onto the Pocket Packet Modem using TCM33105 FSK Modem Chip which featured in EA in January 1993.
Justin built-up one of these kits and showed it on the night. Packet radio is certainly experiencing a resurgence in VK7!
We then review the latest DUBUS & LowKey magazine
This week we continue on our packet and APRS journey along with some great hysteric material.
On a Wednesday night people start arriving at the night around 6pm and many bring their dinner to enjoy.
There is always much discussion, experimenting, playing, talking, drinking coffee and tea, serious cunning plan development and general amateur radio shenanigans and world problem solving in the clubrooms as well!!
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/
We stream the nights on the REAST YouTube streaming channel and we also 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.
See you there or on the stream.
73, Justin, VK7TW
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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 2024 Standard, Advanced, and Regulations licence assessments will be held on Saturday 30 November 2024 from 2:00 pm.
Our 2025 training calendar has been drafted and looks like Foundation Training and Assessment days will be on:
22/02/25, 12/04/25, 28/06/25, 30/08/25 and 25/10/25
Standard, Advanced & Regulations Assessment Days will be on:
29/03/25, 31/05/25, 26/07/25, 20/09/25 and 29/11/25.
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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Satellite News
AMSAT OSCAR-7 50th Anniversary – A Testbed for Saving Lives
As we observe AMSAT OSCAR-7â€Ös 50th anniversary as the oldest operating satellite, we should recall what may be its most noteworthy accomplishment.
OSCAR-7 was used to investigate the possibility of locating downed aircraft and disabled sea vessels by using Doppler analysis of signals from emergency location transmitters (ELTâ€Ös).
As envisioned by spacecraft engineers from the United States and Russia, the concept was to relay signals from beacon devices, ELTâ€Ös or emergency location transmitters, already installed on large and small aircraft and on ships and smaller vessels equipped with EPIRBâ€Ös or Emergency Position-Indicating Radiobeacon Stations. These one-way beacon transmitters, originally intended to be received by surface rescue parties, could also be received and transponded by a LEO spacecraft, greatly extending the rescue potential.
The signals could also be Doppler tracked, one-way, by processing the beacon uplink signal on-board the spacecraft. This would allow the spacecraft to find the source beaconâ€Ös location immediately. This would allow the emergency beacon to be identified and located and the position stored for immediate downlink at the next available ground station. We know it is hard to remember but this was in an era before the creation of GPS!
Scientists from the Russian COSPAS (Russian acronym for “Space System for the Search of Vessels in Distress) and the U.S. SARSAT (Search and Rescue Satellite) teams simulated ELTâ€Ös on amateur radio stations and demonstrated how receiving and relaying ELT transmissions and analyzing Doppler shift as OSCAR-7 passed overhead could accurately locate the emergency beacons.
The tests were highly successful. The COSPAS/SARSAT program went ahead and has been operational since 1982. From that time until 2021, when the program merged with others providing similar capability via LEO, MEO and GEO spacecraft, the program had saved the lives of 57,413 persons in 17,663 separate rescue events, involving downed aircraft and ships at sea.
Sourced from the AMSAT News Service via Jan King, W3GEY, AMSAT AO-7 Project Manager
Sourced from the AMSAT News Service
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Technology News
Remembering John B. Goodenough, Inventor of the Lithium-Ion Battery
Dr. Goodenough received a Nobel Prize at the age of 97 for his contributions to making the Lithium-ion battery a reality.
In 2019, at the age of 97, Dr. John B. Goodenough became the oldest person awarded a Nobel Prize. Goodenough won the chemistry prize for the invention of the Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery stemmed from his 1980 breakthrough that allowed the then-experimental and dangerous Lithium battery chemistry to leave the lab as a safe and versatile new battery type.
Goodenough shared the prize with M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino, who both built upon Goodenoughâ€Ös work in commercializing Li-ion battery technology.
Overcoming Childhood Challenges
John B. Goodenough was born to American parents in Jena, Germany, on July 25, 1922. His father was studying in England, and the family was summering in Germany when he was born. With the help of an English grammar instructor, the young Goodenough overcame an undiagnosed case of dyslexia, eventually rising to the top of his class in just a few years.
Goodenough entered Yale in 1940 without a clear purpose or career ambition. He took enough science to keep open the option of medical school. Math, physics, and the sciences appealed to him since those areas seemed popular then and would provide a good basis for graduate school.
When the U.S. was drawn into World War II, he felt a great calling to serve his country, though, as he described, he “had no stomach to play the hero in war.” Goodenough was convinced by his mathematics professor, Egbert Miles, to sign up for meteorology with the U.S. Army Air Core with a delayed start. He continued his studies and was called to active duty in 1943 while still one course short for graduation. Yale University granted him the credit for the U.S. Army meteorology course, and he graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics.
After the war, he entered graduate school while still a commissioned army officer. Despite being told that he was too old to become a physicist and make any significant discoveries, he chose physics as his area of graduate study.
Pioneering Work in Memory, Renewables, and Magnetism
After his service with the U.S. Army Air Corps, Goodenough embarked on a life-long career in academics. His post-doctorate work brought him to MIT Lincoln Labs where he was assigned to a project to develop random access memory (RAM) from a concept into a useable technology. The teamâ€Ös work led to the development of magnetic core RAM.
His later work in materials physics contributed to the discovery of high-temperature superconductors, silicon crystal growth (which aided early semiconductor development), and renewable energy, including photovoltaic cell chemistry. Goodenough also performed pioneering work on the modern theory of magnetism, leading to the development of the Goodenough-Kanamori Rules. The rules are important for modern research in magnetism and have practical applications in telecommunications.
Goodenough Makes the Li-ion Breakthrough
After his time at MIT Lincoln Labs, Goodenough moved to Oxford University, where he began his research that would lead to the Li-ion breakthrough. He embarked on a four-year research project that created a cathode from layers of lithium and cobalt oxide. The structure contained pockets for the lithium ions, resulting in a stable battery design with higher voltage than previously possible. Lithium-ion batteries built with Goodenoughâ€Ös cathode were shown to deliver two to three times the energy of any other battery solution available at the time.
Goodenoughâ€Ös technology was not, however, exploited immediately. Oxford declined to patent the discovery, and Goodenough passed the rights to a British atomic energy research organization. Goodenough's co-Nobel-Prize winner, Dr. Yoshino, made further improvements in the late 1980s that led to the first commercial Li-ion battery in 1991.
Dr. Goodenough left Oxford and finished the final 37 years of his career at the University of Texas. He was still looking for the next breakthrough in battery technology at the age of 98. He passed away a month before his 101st birthday, on June 25, 2023.
The Significance of the Li-ion Battery Today
Much of the modern mobile world depends on the humble battery cell, from Bluetooth headsets to automobiles. Batteries for these devices must feature a high energy density and quickly and safely charge and dischargeâ€öall over the span of many years and cycles.
In the 1980s, common rechargeable battery technologies included lead acid for large capacities and nickel-cadmium for portable devices. While both were sufficient for the needs of the time, they were woefully inadequate for modern mobile electronics and electric car batteries. The Li-ion rechargeable battery came into common commercial use in the 1990s, just as the market for portable devices was germinating. Since that time, the Li-ion battery and mobile device industries have grown together at an astonishing rate.
The Li-ion class of batteries has been called one of the great inventions of human historyâ€öand core tenents of this technology can be traced back to the discoveries and inventions of Dr. John B. Goodenough.
https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/remembering-john-b-goodenough-inventor-of-the-lithium-ion-battery/
Sourced from the All About Circuits Web E-Zine.
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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 - Club Room Technical night session on Wednesday 20th November from 6.30 pm at the Club Room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
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:
NTARC - December 4 - End of Year Celebration at the Iron Horse Bar and Grill located at 468 Westbury Rd, Prospect Vale, Launceston. Let the Secretary know if coming along.
NWTARC - December 7 - Club meeting and show and tell - Scout Hall 73 Alexandra Rd Ulverstone from 1:30pm
REAST - December 8 - End of Year Free BBQ and Spring Cleaning workshop from 11am after the broadcast at the Queens Domain
NWTARC - December 14 - Christmas BYO BBQ - Legion Park West Ulverstone from 1pm.
REAST - January 19, 2025 - CarBoot Sale of the Century and Sausage Sizzle - Queens Domain Clubrooms from 11am.
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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, VK7AX, VK7JH and VK7DC
160m: VK7GS
80m: VK7ALH
40m: VK7JGD
20m: Any Takers
10m: VK7TW
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 Justin, VK7TW 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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