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VK7AX > BCAST 13.07.24 10:01l 542 Lines 24010 Bytes #138 (0) @ WW BID : 63600_VK7AX Read: GUEST Subj: VK7 Amateur Radio News 14Jul24 Path: IW8PGT<IZ3LSV<DB0ERF<OK0NAG<OK0NBR<SR1BSZ<IW0QNL<JH4XSY<N3HYM<W0ARP< LU9DCE<EA2RCF<I0OJJ<GB7CIP<VK7AX Sent: 240713/0705Z @:VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.OC #:63600 [Ulverstone] $:63600_VK7AX From: VK7AX@VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.OC To : BCAST@WW VK7 Amateur Radio News 14Jul24 Text edition: -------------------------------- VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST FOR SUNDAY 14th July 2024 -------------------------------- Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News. This was first broadcast on Sunday, July 14th, 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 Peter, VK7PD. 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 Clayton, VK7ZCR. On Medium and high frequency rebroadcasts thanks to our dedicated operators: 1.862 MHz by Graham, VK7GS 3.670 MHz by Peter, VK7TPE 7.140 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH 14.130 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD 28.525 MHz by Dale, VK7DG 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! -------------------------------- SOTA News VK7â€Ös First Mountain Goat We believe that Stuart VK7FADZ on Wednesday 10th July 2024 became Tasmaniaâ€Ös first SOTA Mountain Goat. Aptly, the points that got Stuart to the 1000 SOTA points needed, are believed to have been gained on VK7â€Ös highest peak - Mt Ossa at 1619m, whilst Stuart was on the Overland Track. The other thing that makes this a superhuman effort is that Stuart has only been activating on 8 June 2020! Congratulations to Stuart and he has laid down the challenge for the rest! https://www.sotadata.org.uk/en/ 73, VK7 SOTA Community. -------------------------------- VK7 Amateur Radio News Huge Thank You I am not sure too many people realised that the VK7 Amateur Radio broadcast two weeks ago was Rick VK7RIâ€Ös last broadcast. Rick VK7RI is one of our regular VK7 Amateur Radio news readers and he and partner are off to VK6 for their next adventure. Rick started reading for the broadcast team many many years ago. We thank Rick for all the time and effort he has put into the VK7 Amateur Radio News Broadcast and we will miss his voice on a Sunday morning. We wish him all the luck in the world on his next adventure. This is definitely VK7â€Ös loss and VK6â€Ös gain! Good DX Rick. 73, Justin, VK7TW -------------------------------- Statewide News QSL Update Report - from Herman VK7HW Manager of the WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau The updated list of QSL cards held as at 12 July 2024 is in the email version of the broadcast. If you are a member of a radio club and there are QSL cards for you listed in the email version please let Herman know and he will send the cards via your club. This saves postage especially if there are only one or two QSL cards cards for you. If you have any questions re QSL cards, please contact Herman by email. herman(at)ozemail.com.au 73, Herman, VK7HW, WIA Manager VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau ------------------------------- Cards held at 12 July 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, HDM, 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, TO, 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 â€ö------- Cards in QSL Card Box at REAST WAGS @ 3 July - AZ, DC, HSD, SD, STO, VKT, WN -------------------------------- TassieHamECon Innovation in Amateur Radio - Bookings Now Open The Tassie Ham Conference is being held on the 2nd and 3rd of November 2024 and is being held at the Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre on the Sandy Bay Campus of UTAS. The big news is that the 2024 event is fully catered - there will be endless tea, coffee and other beverages, morning and afternoon tea and lunch on Saturday and morning tea and lunch on Sunday provided as part of the conference fee. On the Friday night we are holding a pre-conference social gathering BBQ at the REAST Clubrooms and then Saturday and the first half of Sunday is a fun-filled conference of presentations and activities centred around the theme of â€œInnovation in Amateur Radioâ€. The presentations are almost fully filled with oversea, interstate and local presenters on many innovations in Amateur Radio. Take a look at the conference website for more information. https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference/ We have also locked in some great sponsors and some VERY impressive raffle prizes. Watch the Tassie HamECon web pages for more details as they come to hand. https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference/ 73, TassieHamECon Organising Committee -------------------------------- Statewide News Thursday Night SSTV Nets Another busy net night that saw the following participants, VK7s â€“ ZGK, DBX, NMH, ZAB, KT, FGGT, AAR, OO and TW all sharing over sixty photos. The various subjects were: Flowers, birds and a Tassie Devil Cutting down a tree with a â€œbeaverâ€ chain saw A KFC special A Lego Asian shop scene Automotive transport Snow on Mt Wellington/kunanyi The needs of bushrangers Tickets are available for the Tassie Ham-E-Con A home brew limit switch arrangement for a rotary shaft A theatrical type face mask Optical illusions from Escher and a see-through mirror AI generated â€œdreamâ€ ham shacks and the reinterpretation of the â€œCB Actionâ€ magazine covers using a home PC Surreal artwork based on portable radios And a very young radio operator Remember Ken VK7KRJâ€Ös and Steve VK7OOâ€Ös fully automatic 24/7 monitoring sites that 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. Also if you missed the net there are archives of all SSTV nights. These photos can be seen on Kenâ€Ös and Steveâ€Ös SSTV websites or on NTARCâ€Ös website under blogs and arranged as weekly nets. A suggested theme for next weekâ€Ös net is â€œpets and wildlifeâ€. SSTV VK7OO Tasmania Australia (tasme.com) VK7KRJ's 2m SSTV scrolling web gallery Blog 3 â€ö NTARC Inc. 73 from Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB -------------------------------- NEWS FROM THE NORTH SOTA/WWFF PARKS GROUP The Summits On The Air/World Wide Flora and Fauna parks group meets twice weekly â€“ 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 -------------------------------- Northern Tasmanian Amateur Radio Club Incorporated www.ntarc.net As mentioned in last weekâ€Ös broadcast there are a few carry over items from the Technical Night. First up was Peter VK7KPC, who brought in a battery powered temperature controlled soldering station, complete with a fine tipped detachable soldering iron. Battery powered is nothing new I hear you say, but this one has a bit of a twist to it! It is available in multiple versions to suite most 18 Volt mainstream cordless power-tool batteries. When you purchase this Australian made unit, you specify the manufacturer of the batteries that your power tools use and it will arrive ready to clip onto your chosen battery pack. It is in two parts, the main body which clips onto the battery and contains the electronics, temperature adjustment knob, digital temperature readout and holder for the soldering iron plus a plug in soldering iron. A very neat little package. At Fridayâ€Ös morning tea Peter brought in the products of his labour, a nearly finished multi band filter from Mini-Kits. This small double sided printed circuit board contained components ranging from toroidal transformer coil wires down to small surface mounted components, all soldered using his new battery powered soldering iron. Peter certainly has obtained excellent results. As soon as I finish penning this part of the broadcastâ€¦.. itâ€Ös off to Cross-Fire-Powerâ€Ös web site to look for one compatible with my cordless tool battery type. Thank you Peter for bringing this versatile battery powered soldering station to our attention. Link to â€œCross-Fire-Powerâ€ web page is included in the text version of the broadcast: Cordless Soldering Iron | Portable Soldering Iron Station & Batteries â€“ CrossFirePower Ross VK7ALH, brought in a Ten-Tec Jupiter, circa 2000, that he was working on. It was quite startling to realise the difference between this and conventional analogue transceivers. The case certainly was not empty but nowhere as many modules as you would initially expect. As I was informed it was based on the previous model or version the Pegasus. The Pegasus was the first amateur radio based on the Software Defined Radio or SDR principal where radio functions were handled in firmware and the user interface was hosted on a Personal Computer. The Jupiter was basically the same transceiver but very importantly included all the front panel controls amateurs are accustomed to. It still maintained the PC interface and the ability to update software whenever available. So this was probably the first SDR amateur transceiver that was stand alone. It was manufactured to the same very high standards that Ten-Tec had obtained, but was a startling insight as to what technological innovations and progress was to bring. Thanks Ross for the chance to inspect such a transitional piece of engineering. Did anyone guess the picture of the mystery device mentioned in last weekâ€Ös broadcast? It was brought in by Lionel VK7ZLB but had nothing to do with valve testers, hihi. Evidently it was part of the payload from a weather balloon! But as it incorporated a single thermionic valve you would be correct in assuming it was part of a very early telemetry system for a weather balloon. It would have been used decades before the ones that Eric VK7EV and fellow amateurs from NWTARC were tracking down and recovering recently. The next task is to track down any information or circuits, just for fun of course! Thanks for the mental stimulation Lionel. As always, pictures will be available on the NTARC Web site under â€œBlogsâ€ 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 about 8.30 pm. Your host for the evening will be 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. Club Room Technical night session - The next session will be on Wednesday the 17th July and will commence at the usual time of 6.30 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 5 pm on the Friday prior to the Broadcast. Thatâ€Ös all folks, 73 from Stefan, VK7ZSB, Secretary NTARC Inc. -------------------------------- 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/ July Forum Night - Contesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwM9XB7cjns Firstly it was great to see Ian VK7FCIR originally from the NW along to this forum. The forum night focused on contesting in all its forms and was run a little differently with some subject matter experts kicking the night off and then we had a round table. Martin VK7GN started with his participation in the World Radiosport Team Championship - 1996 in San Francisco with a video. We then moved to Murray VK7ZMS and Richard VK7ZBX about the VHF and above contesting with accompanying video of the field day van. There was discussion about logging software, voice/CW keying and radio setups. Hayden VK7HH, Garry VK7JGD, Linda VK7QP, Paul VK7PEP, Steve VK7OO, Lance VK7ZA and Justin VK7TW shared their contesting experiences in the round table. A reminder that we have the friendly participatory Remembrance Day contest on the 17 and 18th August 2024 and preparation is the key! Thanks to all who came along and shared their knowledge, experience, skills and funny stories. If you missed it then the video is available on the REAST YouTube Forums Playlist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwM9XB7cjns 73, Justin, VK7TW -------------------------------- August Presentation My Life in the Lighthouse Service with Mike VK7FB https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2204 To coincide with the International Lighthouse and LightShip Weekend (ILLW) - REAST's August Presentation night will be a wonderful wander through the life of Mike Jenner VK7FB and focus on his time with the Lighthouse Service. Mike was lighthouse keeper on four of Tasmania's Lighthouses and Mike will take us through his experience in words, pictures and video. A huge thank you to Mike and this should be a fascinating insight into life when lighthouses had people stationed at the actual lighthouses to looking after and maintaining the lights. See you there on 7th August 2024 from 7:30pm in the Queen's Domain clubrooms and the presentation will also be streamed via the REAST YouTube Streaming channel. 73, REAST Committee -------------------------------- August Forum Night - DX Chasing https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2337 This forum night will focus on chasing that DX contact - rare, not-rare or just extending your signalâ€Ös distance. Did you know DX literally means â€œLong Distanceâ€ and so bring your experiences, skills and equipment that you use to get your signal even further around the globe. It will be held in the Queen's Domain clubrooms from 7:30pm and will be streamed. Come along with your stories of â€œthatâ€ DX contact, bring along your award certificates, special DX hardware and software and show them to the eager forum crowd. Be prepared to share your experiences, special tricks of the trade and DX mythology. 7:30pm, Wednesday 14th August, 2024 in the Queen's Domain Clubrooms and Streamed. See you there. 73, REAST Committee -------------------------------- September Presentation Night - Visit to CMS https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2341 REAST members have been invited to visit the Channel Men's Shed (CMS) at. The CMS is a huge facility filled with metal, wood, plastics, electronics and amateur radio tools. They even have a huge commercial kitchen where they prepare meals for Kingston Helping Hands. https://www.channelmenshed.org.au/ We have have been invited for a guided tour of the shed and a sausage sizzle ($2 a snag). There are many of their members who are also a member of REAST and they are keen to show off their impressive facilities. See you there from 6:30pm on Wednesday 4th September 2024 at 24 Van Morey Road Margate. If you need a ride let a committee member know and we will organise a lift down to Margate. 73, REAST Committee. -------------------------------- September Forum Night - Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2348 This forum night will focus on the role of amateur radio when the apocalypse hits! How prepared are we as amateur radio operators for when that Extreme Space Weather event - like the 1859 Carrington Event hits, power off for extended periods, HF propagation is poor, EFTPOS doesn't work, internet not available, mobile phones and communications systems fail. It will be held in the Queen's Domain clubrooms from 7:30pm and will be streamed. Come along with your show and tell, batteries, solar panels/charging systems, generators, emergency radios, emergency power solutions. Bring your stories of fighting off the zombie apocalypse - Cargo Style! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3860916/ Be prepared to share your experiences, special tricks of the trade and zombie folklore. 7:30pm, Wednesday 11th September, 2024 in the Queen's Domain Clubrooms and Streamed. See you there. 73, REAST Committee -------------------------------- Wednesday Experimenter's Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2rbftJJojg People start arriving at the night around 6pm and many bring their dinner to enjoy. The DATV studio fires up at 7:30pm with streaming on the REAST YouTube channel and RF broadcasting. While the program is happening in the DATV Studio there is much discussion, experimenting, playing, talking, drinking coffee and tea, serious cunning plan development and general amateur radio shenanigans and world problem solving!! This week we have some great material to help you learn CW continuing on our journey with CW Academy a few weeks ago. We also take a look at the WSPR results for a long wire antenna on 30m and the manual operation of the Kenwood MAT-100 ATU and much more. 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 -------------------------------- 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 upcoming assessment dates for Standard, Advanced, and Regulations Licence Assessment Days (Saturdays): 27 July 2024 28 September 2024 30 November 2024 Foundation Training and Assessment Days (Saturdays): 24 August 2024 26 October 2024 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. Next Standard, Advanced, or Regulations Licence Assessment Day: Saturday, 27th July 2024, from 10 am. Please inform the team ASAP via email at reast.assessor(at)gmail.com or by calling Reg Emmett (VK7KK), REAST Learning Organiser, at 0417 391 607. 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 -------------------------------- Regular VK7 gatherings and events over the coming months: Regular gatherings: Sewing Circle Net â€“ 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 â€“ MICROWAVE QSO Party â€“ 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 with DATV show starting at 7:30pm in the REAST Clubrooms Queenâ€Ös Domain. SOTA/WWFF Group â€“ Meeting Mondays and Fridays 10.30-12.00 midday at Glebe Gardens Cafe, Henry St, Launceston. NTARC - Club Room Technical night session - Wednesday the 17th July from 6.30 pm in the NTARC Rocherlea Clubrooms. 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 held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Time is from 10am to noon in the Rocherlea Clubrooms. NW VK7 â€“ Wednesday from 8:00pm local â€“ 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 - August 7 - My life as a Lighthouse Keeper with Mike VK7FB from 7:30pm in the Queen's Domain clubrooms and via the REAST YouTube streaming channel. REAST - August 14 - DX Chasing Forum from 7:30pm - Queenâ€Ös Domain clubrooms and streamed. REAST - September 4 - REAST visits the Channel Menâ€Ös Shed and Sausage Sizzle - 24 Van Morey Road Margate from 6:30pm REAST - September 11 - Surviving the Apocalypse - Radio Prepper / EmComm Forum from 7:30pm - Queens Domain clubrooms and streamed VK - November 2-3 - Tassie Ham Conference - Innovation in Amateur Radio - Sandy Bay Campus UTAS -------------------------------- A reminder to those people rostered for next weekâ€Ös broadcast: Newsreader: VK7TW 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: VK7DG 10m: VK7VKT UHFCB24: VK7FMAC DMR: Talk Group 5 and D-Star: Reflector 91C VK3ZCR -------------------------------- A huge thank you to all people and organisations that assisted with this broadcast. -------------------------------- 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 Peter, VK7PD, wishing you 73. Stay safe and have a fantastic week! -------------------------------------------------------------- (Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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