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VK7 Amateur Radio News 10Dec23
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 10th December 2023
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 10th December 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 Garry, VK7JGD,
On 7.140 MHz by Dale, VK7DG,
On 14.130 MHz by Peter, VK7TPE,
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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Silent Key
Terry McMullen VK7BV
18th September 1941 till 1st December 2023
Terry grew up around Sydney and when he finished school in 1957 with honours being on the school honours board, he joined the Army.
In the Army Terry started as a kitchen hand/mess staff/ driver and then wireless operator, with qualification as a light aircraft wireless operator
In his youth Terry found an interest in snakes and used to keep a carpet python in a sack, till his family found it, needless to say the snake was no longer welcome.
In the Army in 1959 he won a boxing trophy aged 18, even though he was a man of small stature.
After leaving the Army, he worked as a carpenter on high rise buildingâ€Ös around the Sydney area.
When he moved to Tassie he worked as a carpenter with a building firm and helped build the Venture store in Burnie.
Terry worked for the DMR, Department of Main Roads for many years. A lot of this time was working away from home on the West Coast of Tasmania. As one of Terrys jobs on the DMR, he had to relocate graves, that were in the way of roadworks, Terry was sensitive to the relatives, and performed this job, with great sympathy and respect to the families.
Terry was an avid CBer with the callsign UT155, and a member of the UT CB Club, and at one stage, was a committee member. Terry would park his car on Stan Wing lookout near Preston behind Ulverstone and speak to whoever he could hear. Around the time he worked with the DMR he also got his novice Call, VK7NTM and drove the guys nuts in the DMR camps with his early morning and late night Amateur DX contacts mainly on 15 meters using his FT7 and various vertical antennas.
Terry also had the callsign VK7KTM for a short time before he upgraded to VK7BV.
Terry helped set up repeaters like Mt Duncan, VK7RMD and St Valentines Peak CB repeater 02. Terry, like so many others, was not involved in the building of equipment but rather in establishing, carting equipment and maintaining these sites that were only accessible via a long steep climb or a helicopter.
In his late 40s Terry had a serious accident and was run over by a Tractor opposite his property. both he and the tractor ended up in a gully, he had to crawl back up to road to get help, God must have been on his side that day because the rear tyre of the tractor ran over his chest and while a few ribs were broken and he had trouble breathing he survived These injuries slowed him down a bit, but as was his nature he soldiered on with life.
Terry was married to Val who was vision impaired and the love of Terry's life. They had five children, Tracey and Rodney, Karen Dec, Mathew and Lisa.
Unfortunately Val passed away in 2004 and for the last 25 years or so, Terry was blessed to have had Pam as a great friend and carer. Pam assisted Terry when he needed help, and was his companion and nursed right till the end
Terry was also into computers early and built them from parts and sold them to order before you could get them anywhere. He sold a few computers to the Dept of Main Road
Terry love playing the guitar and was a Country & Western music fan.
Dale VK7DSH wife used to call Terry Bread Van, after his amateur callsign VK7BV, he would have announced himself on the Mt Duncan repeater as VK7Bongo Van, or VK7 Black Velvet
Terry had an Extensive antenna set-up as his elevated rural property behind Ulverstone, with Large HF beams, many HF dipoles and a two bay 2m skeleton slot beam antenna permanently pointed to the West Coast, unfortunately around 2014 Terrys antennas started to fail. And beyond his capacity to repair.
Terry was always friendly and chipper with all his medical issues, saying there are a lot more people worse off than him
Shirley VK7HSC advised in his young days he was one of the operatorâ€Ös that kept our repeaters active, was social on air and privately - many good memories.
In 2019 I decided to make contact with Terry, As I never heard him on air. Terry wasnâ€Öt one for strangers calling, and when I drove up the driveway, he was in his chicken coop, giving me the, I hope your not an insurance agent or something similar look, if you are you can leave.
I got out and said UT155 its UT13, with that Terry beamed a big smile, and said Eric mate long time no see, I ended up leaving with half a dozen eggs.
He advised had been at least 5yrs since he had been on air, as antenna were broken and not something he could repair
I said I would be back, with a Handheld initially, as Terrys elevated location, you could trigger most North West and North repeaters standing in his driveway. Unfortunately, COVID appeared and it would be early Jan 220 before we could safely exchange the radio. Terry was soon on air and would chat to his Mate Dale VK7DSH on Mt Duncan, and a regular on the Wednesday weekly Mt Duncan net, as well as making random rag chews with his old amateurâ€Ös mates.
We recently dropped off a Dual Band JPole, hockey stick mount and coax, so Terryâ€Ös son, could erect it, and we were going to give him a 2m mobile for the house.
Unfortunately, Terrys health started to deteriorate, He had, had an over 2year battle with cancer, sometimes with daily trips to the NWRH, and other ailments, but up until 2/3 months ago, he was still chopping wood and doing his housework at 82yrs old. But when he rang or was on air, he was chipper and always pleasant
Terry spent the last two months in and out of hospital and unfortunately passed away in Hospital.
At Terryâ€Ös funeral fittingly the local RSL Branch conducted a service ending with the Last Post, flag ceremony and opportunity for guests to lay a poppy at the grave
Thanks to Dale VK7DSH, Dick VK7DIK and Shirley VK7HSC for additional information
Vale Terry McMullen, VK7Black Velvet, UT155
Signalman 66128 Australian Army
Eric, VK7EV
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Contest news
Spring VHF/UHF Field day.
Thanks to all who operated in the Spring VHF and Above Field Day last weekend. Logs must be received by midnight EDST, Monday 30 January 2023.
Only electronic logs in VKCL or Cabrillo format are accepted now (no PDF or Excel, etc), unless some disability necessitates a paper log, which must be submitted as set out in the Rules.
https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/
Upload your log files to the Field Day web site via this Link available on the email edition of this broadcast.
https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/upload/
73, Richard, VK7ZBX
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Another busy net night that saw the following participants, VK7s – ZAB, EKA, DMH, FGGT, ZGK, KT, TW, EV, ZMS, ZBX, OO and ZSB all sharing nearly fifty photos. There were a few doubling ups, so different photos North and South.
The various subjects were:
A vintage Dennis fire engine doing a Christmas “lolly” run in Launceston and a classic 4 x 4 rural fire truck
A screen shot of the programme “HamClock” from KD4C, Kilo-Delta-4-Charlie showing the real-time propagation of the “Greyline” on a world map and other useful amateur information
Gunns Plains Caves
Classic racing bikes and a proud farther on his motor bike
Land speed record setting cars, including Malcolm and Donald Campbellâ€Ös “Blue Birds”
The Internet Shop with radios and cassette players before the World Wide Web existed
Spring VHF/UHF Field Day setup and recent QSL card for a 10 Ghz EME or earth-moon-earth contact!
Handsome B1 and B2
The Vivid Sydney light, sound & food event, Sydney Opera house during the day and illuminated at night
A vacuum variable capacitor
The “Gipson Girl” Lifeboat Radio that featured in a recent REAST DATV experimenterâ€Ös night
A John West antenna “tuna” for a VHF magnetic base whip
The Kenny Everett Show and Space 1999
An update of VK7OOâ€Ös SSTV website with QR code
The 50th anniversary of the release of the Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon. Does that make you feel Old?
Remember Ken VK7KRJâ€Ös and Steve VK7OOâ€Ös fully automatic 24/7 monitoring sites 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
NWTARC December meeting
NWTARC held their December meeting on Saturday the 2nd of December.
Retiring Scouts Commissioner Leven District Stuart Bennell, and Turners Beach Scout leader Eunice Horne attended. Eunice was the coordinator and organiser from the Scout side of things, organising JOTA this year. Stuart as his final official duty as Scout Commissioner, came to present JOTA badges to the 6 radio amateurs that assisted at Paton Park this year, as well as thank the club, and other participating amateurs for their support of JOTA over the years.
The Club had 4 visitors attend, 2 interested in obtaining their amateur licence, one wanting to reactivate his old amateur licence, and another interested in radio.
The Club voted to maintain our yearly membership at $25.00 and $20.00 for WIA members, as the club is very well placed financially, and doesnâ€Öt want membership fees, to be a hinderance in people joining.
The Club is planning on having a boot sale, sausage sizzle, and come and try radio day in February at The Scout Hall in Ulverstone. We hope to dispose of the 3 deceased estates in the clubâ€Ös possession. As well as allowing other amateurs who would make a small donation which we will pass onto scouts, to sell off items they may want to dispose of.
VK7EV brought along a Clear Speech Base Unit and accompanying internal pictures, and video of it in operation, clearly showing, how it eliminates unwanted noise on both SSB and FM radio signals. Eric also brought along an interesting article supplied by Andrew VK7XR, about Dr Hugo Holden VK4UJT, who built a replica operating transmitter that was on the Russian Sputnik 1 satellite. Hugo went to great lengths, obtaining parts from Russia, and fabricating the metal cabinets, circuitâ€Ös and other devices with a high regard for exact detail in its creation. The very detailed article link, can be found in the text edition of the news.
https://worldphaco.com/uploads/THE%20SPUTNIKSTORY.pdf
Andrew thought Club member Terry VK7JAI, a retired broadcast engineer, who makes his own metal cabinetâ€Ös, designs circuits, and creates circuit boards and builds all sorts of test gear, and other radio items with great finesse and detail, would appreciate the article. Hmmm might encourage Terry to make another self-build project.
New member Kevin, a keen astronomer with his own observatory at his residence, did an impromptu talk on space, atoms and light and how all these things interact with radio signals. Kevin is interested in investigating passing messages with light, but at super high frequencies, those that remained enjoyed Kevinâ€Ös talk, finally closing club rooms at around 6pm.
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
Today we will continue on the theme introduced in last weekâ€Ös broadcast by Justin VK7WW, with his latest auction acquisition, the “Gibson Girl”.
This week it is Idris VK7ZIRs turn with an unusual item. Idris also had luck at the same auction, this time in the form of an 80 Metre AM Transceiver. Also from the same seller and also in immaculate condition internally. I will hand it over to Idris VK7ZIR for an interesting run down on his latest acquisition, the Forestphone:
“I recently attended the NTARC auction and was able to acquire an AWA FP-1 Forest Phone, modified for amateur use. I already have an example of this radio in original condition, but was happy to have one for spares. Throughout most of the 20th century AWA was Australia's leading electronics company, providing a wide range of radio, television, and audio equipment as well and as broadcasting services. Over that time period the company partnered with other companies including RCA, Thorn and Rediffusion. But as an Australian company, the Forestphone FP-1 no doubt was its own creation, a small, easy-to-use, portable transceiver designed for use by forestry crews and similar commercial endeavours back when HF radio was the primary means of communication beyond line-of-sight. The FP-1 I recently acquired was originally built for the Forestry Commission in the state of Victoria. Later users of this radio were gliding clubs, before gliders and balloonists were compelled to move to the VHF air band in the 1980s. They were also used by mobile bee-keepers, inland waterways craft such as houseboats and dredgers, and local government operators in the inland.
The FP-1 is all solid-state, a big plus for battery operation in the field, and being a mid-1960s design uses germanium transistors, including a pair of 2N301As as the modulator. The PA uses two 2N3879 transistors in a push-pull neutralized output stage which uses a toroidal inductor having 11 taps and a second inductor for antenna tuning/matching. Two output connectors are provided with a switch to select between taps that have been set for mobile (presumably close to a 50 ohm load) and as a loading coil for a portable whip. Unlike some similar sets, the FP-1 uses an external battery, which was a plus given how often internal battery leakage caused damage to portable radios. The frequency range is 2-5 Mhz
The receiver is a single-conversion superhet that requires a crystal 455Khz above the desired operating frequency and is very sensitive (Under 2µV). With a little effort, the radio can be used on 80m AM. Full transmit output can be had at 12 to 15 Watts with a 13.8 volt supply. Current drain on transmit is around 3.8 Amps, but on receive draws only 20 mA yet producing high audio output. Small AM (and later SSB) field radios like the Forestphone were the mainstay of the Forests Commission in Australia until the mid-70 when VHF took over. But HF still plays a role in remote regions of the world, and when used with a decent antenna, radios like this are still capable of communication over several hundred miles.
In this modern era when satellite communications are available, virtually anywhere on earth, it is still fun to remember when HF radio was really the lifeline for anyone more than line-of-sight away from civilization and to recognize the trials and tribulations of that form of communication.
I am constantly fascinated by these gems from an era when most of Australiaâ€Ös communications infrastructure was locally manufactured.”
Thank you Idris, it is certainly an intriguing piece of purpose built Australian made equipment. It is interesting to note that both the Gibson Girl and the Forestphone are rather unusual in their own way and both items originated from the same seller Nic VK7WW.
One other unusual item Nic had in the auction was an incredibly heavy and very large WWII submarine transceiver which really did take three of us to move into position. Evidently the submarine carried three of them! Obviously they had two purposes, one as a transceiver and the other they doubled as the submarines ballast! I wonder who ended up bidding for that one?
Seriously though if you get a chance have a look at the ATV broadcast from REAST on Wednesday the 29th November available on their YouTube channel. Justin gave an excellent rundown on the electronics and mechanical marvels of the Gibson Girl plus some intriguing maritime information on a specially scaled clock for listening watches.
Round up on the end of year club dinner - Twenty five members rocked up to the Iron Horse Bar and Grill on Wednesday evening for the annual NTARC Christmas Dinner.
There was much laughter after we were given directions to the function room, locally known as the VIP room. The only VIP we know is Brendan …… VK7VIP, the one person who couldnâ€Öt be there due to Darts match commitments. Sorry Brendan but you missed out on your very own VIP room. We all made up for it though. Much discussion of the menus extensive variety of culinary delights and luckily everyone found something suitable. Orders were taken and service was fast. The food was magnificent, everyone was happy and the staff were fantastic. A great time was had by all. We all made our way home thoroughly satiated.
Club membership renewal - Itâ€Ös that time of the year again - All club members should have received an e-mail with instructions on renewing their membership for 2024 by now. For those that have not received a renewal please e-mail the secretary(at)ntarc.net This will allow us to update your e-mail address as there has been a large number of changes this year due to some internet providers divesting themselves of the bother of hosting e-mail also.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Club General Meeting – The last one for the year is this Wednesday 13th December. Held at the NTARC Club Room, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street, Rocherlea. Meeting commences at 7:30pm. Light refreshment to follow.
The TestNet and TechNet session – The last net will be held on Wednesday night the 13th of December. 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. Although this is the last official net for the year listen about on a Wednesday night, you might be surprised how many need a fix.
The last Coffee Morning for this year will be – this Friday the 15th December in the NTARC Club rooms. Time is from 10am to noon and we look forward to seeing you all there. So why not pop in for the last time this year and join us for a cuppa and chat.
Club Technical night session - Technical nights are in recess and will be resuming on Wednesday the 17th of January, commencing at 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 5pm on the Friday prior to the Broadcast.
Just before I go, I must admit that this week during the north south SSTV session I was lucky enough to see the latest Antenna Tuna from John West…. Go on check it out, you know you want to.
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/
DATV Experimenter's Night
https://youtube.com/live/AtJPUkDc6qw
Last Wednesday night we featured a fascinating update on Auroral Propagation with Rex Moncur VK7MO and Dr Andrew Klekocuik. There was a significant event on Dec 1st and Rex started with a recap of the 22 November events and then a comparison with the December event. This included an Auroral oval analysis with Hobart magnetometer reading during the event along with plotting of the Doppler shift with many interesting features. Andrew then took us through some of his analysis and the Combination chart of Doppler plots, Keogram, Magnetometer and Auroral oval analysis.
Andrew has also pulled in SuperDARN auroral radar network data and plots. This network runs at 10MHz and scans out to 2000 kilometers and shows plasma velocity and direction of the two cell pattern
https://superdarn.ca/pydarn
The close up of the SuperDARN plots shows the vector and Andrew explained the flow of electrons and ions and the concept of magnetic midnight and the change of direction causing the flip of Doppler shift from positive before magnetic midnight and negative after magnetic midnight. There was also some interesting times when there were 6m decodes without 2m decodes. Rex finished with a composite plot of all the results of the events over the last few months and this shows good correlation.
https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/
https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Space_Weather - dashboard
https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Geophysical/2/1
https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/HF_Systems/1/2/2
https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/HF_Systems/6/1/2
https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora/1/1
Thanks to Rex and Andrew for their presentation.
This week's show we will be showing the built TNC-Pi, the configuration of the YAAC software and hopefully a demonstration plus more. See you there or on the stream.
We are holding the DATV Experimenterâ€Ös nights through the holiday period and therefore we will be streaming 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
Our next REAST training and assessment day will be on the 24th February 2024.
If you are thinking of booking for training or assessment next year 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
73, Reg, VK7KK
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Regular VK7 gatherings and events over the coming months:
Regular gatherings:
Sewing Circle Net – Daily on 3.640MHz commences at 5:00pm ADST.
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 - The last TestNet and TechNet session for 2023 will be on Wednesday night the 13th of December. 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.
NTARC Coffee Morning - the last one for 2023 will be held on Friday the 15th December in the NTARC Club rooms and we look forward to seeing you all there. So why not pop in and join us for a cuppa, there is endless tea and coffee along with biscuits available for a donation.
NTARC - Club Technical nights - in recess until January 2024.
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 - Monday 22nd of January 2024 - hosted by Eric VK7EV from 7:30pm using VK7RMD 70cm repeater on Mt Duncan on the 4th Monday in the Month.
Events:
NWTARC - December 9 - Club Christmas Luncheon from midday at the Lighthouse Hotel, Ulverstone.
NTARC - December 13 - Club General meeting will be held in the Rocherlea club rooms from 7:30pm.
REAST - February 7, 2024 - Presentation on the Surf Life Saving Tasmania Radio Network with Greg Bird - 7:30pm Queens Domain Clubrooms
REAST - February 18, 2024 - Annual General and Special General Meeting and BBQ - Starts 11am at Queens Domain Clubrooms
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weekâ€Ös broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7RI
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: VK7DG
40m: VK7TPE
20m: VK7ALH
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, seasonâ€Ös greetings and stay safe from Justin, VK7TW.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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