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VK7 Amateur Radio News 10Sep23
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 10th September 2023
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 10th September 2023. 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 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 Ross, VK7ALH,
On 7.140 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD,
On 14.130 MHz by Dale, VK7DG and
On 28.525 MHz by Tony, VK7VKT.
We also go out on UHF CB Channel 24 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 VK7RHT in Southern VK7.
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History News
Switching off the Legacy EDACS Police Radio Network
Last week saw an historic event occur in relation to the rollout of the TAS Government Radio Network (TasGRN).
<30s audio file of TasPol Alpha One Signoff>
That was a recording from the Tasmania Police Radio Roomâ€Ös final statewide broadcast before they switched off the legacy EDACS Radio Network. We have permission to use the recording.
The new TasGRN network is fully operational and is now fully encrypted and so you can no longer listen to emergency services radio traffic. As mentioned in the TasPol Alpha One Radio Network sign-off message this means “those 1000s of subscribers†can no longer listen to emergency services traffic and this provides for a more secure radio environment.
Radios also need to register on the TasGRN network before they are used and therefore the network knows all the devices currently operating on the network.
TasGRN currently services eight user organisations those being - Police, Ambulance, Fire, State Emergency Service, Parks and Wildlife, Sustainable Timbers Tasmania, Hydro Tasmania and Tas Networks. The service provider is Telstra and the equipment used is Motorola P25 Phase II and uses a combination of VHF and UHF frequencies.
There are over 7,500 users on the network, with over 2,500 vehicles with TasGRN capability and it all runs from 138 sites all around Tasmania.
https://www.tasgrn.tas.gov.au/
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VK7 News
VK7 Centenary QSL Cards & Award
The beautiful QSL VK7 Centenary QSL Cards have arrived from the Ukraine and have been given to the VK7 Centenary Awards and QSL Manager - Herman VK7HW.
https://www.reast.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/VK7WIA-QSL-Sample-300x193.jpg
The entire log has been uploaded to LOTW and you can source an default electronic QSL card from LOTW. If you want a physical QSL card for a contact or two then please contact Herman at email: VK7Bureau at wia.org.au.
The Centenary Award certificate is also available in electronic form for anyone who fulfilled the requirements for VK/ZL of 10 contacts with VK7WI with at least one being phone. Outside VK/ZL you only need 5 contacts with VK7WIA and no requirement that they need to be phone contacts.
https://www.reast.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/VK7WIA-Centenary-Certificate-Sample-212x300.jpg
You do not need to submit QSL cards for validation - as a hint you can submit a screen grab from the WIA Online Log website for your callsign and that is all you need to submit to the Awards Manager.
https://www.wia.org.au/members/onlinelogbook/logbook/
Again, if interested please contact Herman at email: VK7Bureau at wia.org.au.
(73, VK7 Centenary Committee)
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Contest News
ALARA Contest - August 26 - 27
Reminder that if you participated in this contest you need to submit your logs!
Logs need to be received by the Contest Manager by the 30th September 2023.
Email logs to: alaracontest@wia.org.au
https://www.alara.org.au/contests/
73, Marija, VK5MAZ
ALARA Contest Manager
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QSL NEWS
Report - from Herman VK7HW Manager of the WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
The current list of cards held as at 8 September is in the email version of the broadcast..
Herman would like to remind those who are sending cards to stations based in Tasmania that they should mail them to Herman based at South Arm (QTHR) instead of to the VK Outwards Bureau.
If I am holding card(s) for you and you would like them mailed to you rather than being delivered on an opportunity basis please send me some stamps.
Herman has also found it handy when ops put the operators name of the station worked on the card.
Try it yourself, it may help an inwards QSL manager somewhere else. hihi.
If you have any questions re QSL cards, please contact Herman by email vk7bureau(at)wia.org.au
Thank you to those Amateurs who have been in contact with Herman about their QSL card(s) listing.
73, Herman, VK7HW, WIA Manager VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
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Cards held at 8 September 2023
A, AAA, AAD, AAE, AAH, AAP, AAR, AB, AD, ACE, ACG, ACN, ADE, AED, AG(2014), AGC, AHT, AIR, AJC, AKK, AL, ALZ, AM, ANC, AO, AP, APZ, AR, AS, ATH, AU, AXZ, AY, AZ
BA, BB, BPV, BT, BYE
CBR, CC, CJ, CL, CMV, CV, CW, CX
DC, DIK, DM, DN, DO, DP, DQ, DW, DY, DZ
EG, EI, ER, EV
FADZ, FALX (alx), FAZZ, FCDW, FCIA, FLAR, FF, FG, FGGT, FPRN, FRJG(RG), FTAS
GA, GGZ, GM, GOP, GR, GS, GZ
HCH, HCK, HDM, HDX, HOB, HL, HPD, HRS, HSA, HSD, HSJ, HVK, HZ
IAN, IK, IS
JA, JAZ, JB, JCR, JFD, JJ, JOK, JP, JW
KA, KAC, KBA, KD, KDO, KI, KJ, KJL, KKR, KL, KO, KW
LCW, LDH, LH, LL, LLL, LM, LT, LVH, LW
MAG, MBD, MD, MEL, MET, MHZ, MJ, MOO, MR, MRS, MS
NA, NC, NEC, NET, NFI, NIK, NRF, NRT, NSE, NSS, NTE, NVH, NW, NWQ, NWT
OB, OR, OT
PAF, PBD, PM, PRN, PSJ, PSZ, PW
QK, OT
RG/FRJG, RJ
SN, STO, SV, SW, SZ
TCE, TED, TK, TO, TUX, TX, TZ
UJ
VA, VAC, VAZ, VDC, VEK, VH, VIP, VR, VTM
WA, WC, WH, WL, WO, WT, WUU, WW
XDM, XTC, XV
YN
ZE, ZJJ, ZK, ZM, ZT, ZX
VI70MI [2018], VI70HI(op DIANE[2018]), VI75G [2023]
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Another great net night that saw the following participants, VK7s – ZAB, OO, KT, PAK, ZGK and EK all sharing nearly thirty photos.
There were various subjects like:
Vector Network Analysers or simply called VNAs. With one built into a housing that has a selection of SMA adaptors
A silver sphere with a smiley face
A pair of turkeys
Advertising for Ham Radio
A series of steam, electric and diesel-electric trains
The recovery of the two tugs that were sunk when the cement carrier Goliath collided with them on 28th January 2022 in Devonport. If interest, in last weekâ€Ös SSTV net there was one of the tugs shown on a barge
Helicopters and a classic firefighting truck
A squad of new looking Nissan Bluebird police cars, Tassie Crazy Cruisers and a limited edition 2008 Mitsubishi TMR 380 supercharged car from specialists “Team Mitsubishi Ralliartâ€
Remember Ken VK7KRJâ€Ös and Steve VK7OOâ€Ös fully automatic 24/7 monitoring site that allows anyone who has sent an SSTV picture the ability to check them on their pages almost immediately, any time, both South and North Tasmania.
Also if you missed the net there are archives of all SSTV nights. These photos can be seen on Kenâ€Ös 2m SSTV website as an infinitely-scrolling web page or on NTARCâ€Ös website under blogs and arranged as weekly nets.
https://vk7oo.tasme.com/vhfsstv
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/scrolling%20web%20gallery.html
https://www.ntarc.net/blogs
73 from Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST
North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club Meeting
The next club meeting will be commencing at 1.30pm on Saturday 7th October 2023 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 single packaged Tea, Coffee and Sugar and disposable cups for members and guests. Visitors are most welcome to attend.
If you have any cold or flu symptoms , or are unwell , or been in contact with a confirmed COVID case, then please do not attend the meeting,
73, Eric VK7EV, News Officer
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JOTA Callout to NW Amateurs
Hi NW Amateurs,
JOTA this year runs from Friday 20th to Sunday the 22nd of October 2023.
In the North West we would like to activate Paton Park behind Ulverstone, between 10am and 6pm on the Saturday only, as well setup the Scout camp near North Motton,
The site has a large hut complex, with a kitchen and toilets.
We will be utilising two rooms for HF and VHF/DMR.
A VHF Amateur station communicating on VK7RMD 2m.
A UHF Amateur station communicating on VK7RMD 70cm.
Two Short Wave Amateur stations , 1 station operating on 80/40m and the other on 20M.
A DMR Radio if an operator is available.
Fox hunts will be run by Scout leaders.
We are looking for at least 6 amateurs to help on-site on the Saturday.
In Burnie on Saturday we usually have at least 4 operators at the Burnie Scout hall, on HF VHF UHF.
We normally supply radios, antennas, dual headphones boxes so operators and Scout can listen to the radio through headphones.
If you wish to bring your own radio, that would be great.
The amateur radio operator, controls the radio, monitors the conversation, and assist the Scout to make the contacts, and fills out the JOTA logs sheets, and prompt Scouts with the JOTA talk sheet if they stumble on questions to ask.
The whole idea of the day, is the amateur operators facilitate with radios and their knowledge, to assist Scouts/Joeys/Guides, to speak to other Scouts etc around Tassie, Australia and hopefully the world.
If you are available or interested , can you please advise me, Eric VK7EV ASAP, at ericvdneut1(at)bigpond.com so we know who wants to be involved and how much we can do.
We need to advise Scouts that JOTA Paton park is going ahead.
Regards
Eric, VK7EV, JOTA Coordinator NW
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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
For those of us that are wondering how our two mainland visitors got on with their whirlwind visit to Tasmania, well we are lucky enough to have an update courtesy of Nic VK7WW.
“Josh VK3ZB and Peter VK3CMA arrived in Tassie from Melbourne last Thursday afternoon. As regular members of the NTARCâ€Ös weekly “TestNet†and “TechNetâ€, they were keen to visit the morning tea session at the Clubrooms to say ‘Gâ€Ödayâ€Ö and put a face to the voices that they hear on-air, quite apart from any ‘shopping for bits for their amateur radio projectsâ€Ö! Nic VK7WW hosted them on Friday afternoon, with suggestions of locations for their portable operations for the following day, Saturday.
The weather was beautiful for their visit to Tassie. Their chosen location was 30m from the beach at Penguin, with a 12m squid pole for a vertical antenna and 50w pep on 7.130 MHz. That afternoon over 15 contacts were made into the mainland. But their station setup created a lot of interest; there were so many locals who wondered what was going on, so that Josh and Peter became Ambassadors for amateur radio, explaining what it was all about. Thanks guys!
We hope you enjoyed Tassie. It was great to see you. Thanks for visiting and 73s from NTARC. “
Thank you for the update Nic and also for extending Tasmanian hospitality to visiting fellow amateurs.
From the pictures posted on Discord they had a pretty neat set up and from the run of cables it looks suspiciously like they may have been stealing the much needed 12 Volt power from their hire car. HiHi
It was a short visit but they certainly made the most of it and came prepared.
Preparation for the trip was obvious because at that Friday morning tea they produced their ‘Mini 1300â€Ö Antenna analyser. This little test instrument covers HF, VHF, UHF and goes up to 1300MHz. It has a 4.3 inch TFT touch-screen to view the pre-set menu items covering its operational modes. For example SWR either fixed or swept, find a frequency, L/C meter, Multi SWR - suitable for multi-band antenna adjustment, RF Signal Generator, Time-Domain Reflectometer - which is more commonly referred to as TDR and is excellent for obtaining rough coaxial cable lengths plus many more functions. One mode that is very useful for field or “I am not quite close enough to read the numbers on the screen†is the Tune SWR Function. This feature uses a horizontal green bar graph and audible tone that changes in the pitch as the SWR varies. The lower the SWR, the lower the tone and bar graph level will be. A very versatile little unit that they obviously put to good use.
One last minute item, it appears that Peter VK7KPC obtained a Second Place in his section of the RSGBâ€Ös IOTA Contest for 2023. Peters participated as a Non-UK Station in the Single Operator Section and as a Non-DXpedition, QRP, 24-Hour, Non-Assisted, CW entrant. Nic your CW Net is paying off!
As always equipment and Second Place Certificate pictures are available on the NTARC Web site under “Blogs†for this broadcast. Now back to the house keeping.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The TestNet and TechNet session - Wednesday the 13th of September. 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.
Coffee Morning - held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Time is from 10am to noon and we look forward to seeing you all there. Why not pop in and join us for a cuppa, there is endless tea and coffee along with biscuits available for a donation.
The Club Technical night - The next session will be on Wednesday the 20th of September and will commence at the winter time of 6.30 pm through to about 10.00 pm, at the Club room Archer Street, Rocherlea
FINALLY - A reminder to all members that if you have any items of news you would like added to our weekly roundup, no matter how trivial, then please email them to the Secretary at the following address news(at)ntarc.net all items to be received no later than 5pm on the Friday prior to the Broadcast.
Thatâ€Ös all folks,
73 from Stefan, VK7ZSB, Secretary NTARC 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/
September Presentation Night - Cyber Threats with VK7BEN
We thank Ben Short (VK7BEN) for presenting Cyber Threats and Trends, and ways to improve your personal cyber safety.
Ben started with the usual disclaimers and then let us know a bit about himself. He went through what was a Security Operations Centre Analyst actually does and some reminiscing about threats of the past. We took a look at Cybercrime trends and what Phishing is and about Spotting the Lure to use a fishing metaphor.
Ben then went into the typical Social Engineering Scams and a bit about the latest Data Breaches and a disturbing trend relating to Phone Porting.
There was a great section on how to survive the Internet by becoming a password Ninja, using Multi-Factor Authentication, Magic Words, having a second email address, regularly patching your devices and being aware of what you share online.
Ben then showed some sandboxing sites where you can safely test suspect files, emails and URLs. Ben finished with back-ups and protecting your data and then took questions.
There is the presentation and more information available to the link on the email edition of this broadcast.
https://www.tribesmanjohn.au/infosec/
A huge thank you to Ben VK7BEN for his time and presentation.
A link to the video of the presentation can be found on the email version of the broadcast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMaqGsbwTeo
73, REAST Committee
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October Presentation Night - Microwave Satellite Reception with Mike VK7DMH
https://fb.me/e/3JSDJorkN
Hot on the heels of Tony VK7XTCâ€Ös fantastic weather satellite reception presentation in June 2023 we have Mike VK7DMH who has agreed to give a presentation on his very impressive homebrewed microwave satellite reception equipment.
A huge thank you to Mike who I understand has been getting some very impressive results.
See you there in the Queens Domain Clubrooms on 4th October 2023 from 7:30pm and we will be streaming and going out on RF for the presentation.
The event will be streamed and available on RF around Hobart.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/live-stream/
73, REAST Committee
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DATV Experimenter's Night
https://fb.me/e/33Wa7PKnF
This Wednesday night we recommence our DATV Experimenterâ€Ös nights - we take a closer look at the current ACMA Consultations on AR Qualifications and Assessor accreditation and proposed class licence and consideration for high power operation. We will be focusing on the 11 consultation questions that the ACMA is wanting feedback on. If time permits we also take a look at the latest RAOTC, AR, Lo-Key and DUBUS magazines along with 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/
https://www.youtube.com/c/ReastHobart/
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.
73, Justin, VK7TW
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Training and Assessments
The next REAST Foundation Licence training and all licence assessment day is NEXT Saturday September 16th from 9:00am.
If you are thinking of coming along then please let Reg Emmett VK7KK REAST Learning Organiser know ASAP 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/17zEAMy5T
73, Reg, VK7KK
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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 6:00pm 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.
SOTA/WWFF Group – Meeting Mondays and Fridays 10.30-12.00 midday at Glebe Gardens Cafe, Henry St, Launceston.
NTARC - Fridays - Coffee mornings in the NTARC Club rooms from 10am to noon.
NTARC - Wednesday 13th September - TestNet and TechNet - 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 - Wednesday 20th September - Club Technical night - from 6.30 to 10.00 pm in the club room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
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
NW SSTV Nights - 28 August - hosted by Eric VK7EV from 7:30pm using VK7RMD 70cm repeater on Mt Duncan on the 4th Monday in the Month.
Events:
REAST - October 4th - Microwave Weather Satellite Reception with Mike VK7DMH in the Queens Domain Clubrooms from 7:30pm
NWTARC - October 7th - Club General Meeting at the Scout hall, 73 Alexandra Road, Ulverstone from 1:30pm.
JOTA - October 20-22 - Statewide event
ALARA - November 3-6 - 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, VK7AX, and VK7DC
160m: VK7GS
80m: VK7JGD
40m: VK7DG
20m: VK7TPE
10m: VK7VKT
UHFCB24: 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 VK7RHT in the South.
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.
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, stay safe from Justin, VK7TW.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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