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VK7 Amateur Radio News 23Jul23
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 23rd July 2023
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 23rd July 2023. At the mike of VK7WI this week is Peter, VK7PD.
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 and
On 28.525 MHz by Tony, VKVKT.
We also go out on UHF CB Channel 15 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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Antarctic Medal Recipient
Herman Westerhof VK7HW
It has been brought to the VK7 AR News editors attention that we have Antarctic royalty in our midst.
Yes, our very own VK7 QSL manager Herman VK7HW.
The entry in the register from the Australian Antarctic Division website reads…
Herman Henk Edward Westerhof Antarctic Medal recipient 1987
Herman Westerhof was the Radio Technical Officer at Casey in 1981. He displayed outstanding management qualities in welding together a most efficient team of operators and technicians from which a very high level of service was obtained. He was also responsible for the production of a station magazine, contributed to all station social activities, acted as Deputy Fire Officer and volunteered to act as dental assistant when required. His contributions to the social life of the station made notable improvements to both the morale and the quality of life of the expedition.
Next time you see Herman - you will need to salute or bow or courtesy or something to that effect - HIHI!
Thanks to Kim VK7KB for finding this interesting information.
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ALARAmeet
Hobart is on 3-6 November 2023
Registrations close on 26 July, so that we know who is coming and we can finalise our bookings. The registration form is on the ALARA website ALARA.
https://www.alara.org.au/
Partial registration is available for ALARA members in Hobart who may be able to attend only part of the event. Contact Linda VK7QP luther8(at)bigpond.com or Catherine VK7GH vk7gh(at)wia.org.au.
ALARA and REAST committees will be meeting in August to plan for REAST members to join us, including the OM tour of historic sites on Saturday and the BBQ on Sunday.
Make sure you register by 26 July.
Linda VK7QP
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VK7 Centennial Celebrations
Southern Centennial Luncheon
This event happened yesterday and there will be a report in next weeks broadcast.
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Special Callsign - VK7WIA
The special thank you to all who activated VK7WIA - You will all be getting a special VK7WIA Award Certificate.
We are currently working through the final uploading with activators to make sure we have all the contacts into the log.
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Special Centennial QSL Card and Award Certificate
A huge thank you to Reuben VK7FREU who designed and created our special QSL card and award certificate.
You can see a sample copy on the REAST Website - link in the email edition of the broadcast.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/centenary-of-organised-amateur-radio-in-tasmania/
The QSL card is currently being printed in the Ukraine courtesy of UX5UO. Gennady has offered a 10% discount to other VK7s who want QSL cards printed and he will batch them all up. Just let him know its part of the VK7WIA Batch.
There will be printed and electronic versions of the QSL card available. LOTW is the preferred platform and we will be uploading all the contacts to LOTW.
Our special QSL cards and Award certificates feature a travel through time with amateur field days, events spanning from the 1930s through to current time.
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VK7 Centennial Award Certificate
The special award certificate for contacting the centennial callsign has been finalised and looks fantastic. You can see a sample copy on the REAST Website - link in the email edition of the broadcast.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/centenary-of-organised-amateur-radio-in-tasmania/
A great addition to any shack wall. Station in VK and ZL that have made 10 or more contacts with at least one being phone and outside VK amateurs that have made contacts at least 5 times with VK7WIA are eligible for a beautiful certificate.
We are currently finalising and streamlining details on how to apply. Given we have the complete log of contacts we can see who is eligible.
Keep an eye on the website for more details.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/centenary-of-organised-amateur-radio-in-tasmania/
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AR Magazine
We have queued up for future AR Magazines a number of interesting VK7 focused historical articles.
In the next edition of AR Magazine there will be a wonderful article on our Broadcast History from the 1920s through to the current day with lots of great photos of those involved in putting the WIA & VK7 broadcasts together and putting them to air each Sunday. It is amazing to think that there has been a WIA VK7 broadcast in Tasmania since the 1920s!
In the months after that there will be an article on ALARA in VK7 and VK7 Women throughout history by Linda VK7QP.
Another article queued up is about VK7 Wireless Pioneer Frederick “Pop” Medhurst by Justin VK7TW. This is a fascinating history of a true VK7 Pioneer of radio from the late 1800s through to the late 1940s.
Keep your eyes open for those articles over the coming months.
73, Justin, VK7TW for the VK7 Centenary Committee
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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 Friday 21 July 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.
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
73, Herman, VK7HW, WIA Manager VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
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Cards held at 21 July 2023
A, AAA, AAD, AAE, AAH, AAP, AAR, AB, AC, AD, ACE, ACG, ACN, ADE, AED, AG(2014), AGC, AHT, AIR, AJC, AKK, AL, ALH, ALZ, AM, AN, ANC, AO, AP, APZ, AR, AS, ATH, AU, AXZ, AY, AZ
BA, BB, BBB, BEN, BO, BPV, BT, BYE
C, CBR, CC, CJ, CL, CMV, CV, CW, CX
DC, DD, DIK, DM, DN, DO, DP, DQ, DW, DX, DY, DZ
EA, EG, EI, ER, EV
FADZ, FALX (alx), FAZZ, FCDW, FCIA, FLAR, FF, FG, FGGT, FPRN, FRJG(RG), FTAS
GA, GC, GGZ, GH, GM, GOP, GR, GS, GZ
HAM, HCH, HCK, HDM, HDX, HOB, HL, HPD, HRS, HSA, HSD, HSJ, HVK, HWW, HZ
IAN, ID, IK, IS
JA, JAZ, JB, JCR, JFD, JGD, JJ, JOK, JON, JP, JW
KA, KAC, KBA, KD, KDO, KI, KJ, KJL, KKR, KL, KO, KW
LCW, LDH, LH, LJ, LL, LLL, LM, LT, LVH, LW
MAG, MAT, MBD, MBP, MC, MD, MEL, MET, MHZ, MJ, MO, MOO, MR, MRS, MS
NA, NC, NEC, NET, NFI, NIK, NRF, NRT, NSE, NSS, NTE, NVH, NW, NWQ, NWT
OB, OR
PAF, PAL, PBD, PM, PRN, PSJ, PSZ, PW
QK, OR, OT
RB, RG/FRJG, RJ, ROY
SD, SN, STO, SV, SW, SZ
TCE, TED, TK, TL, TO, TS, TU, TUX, TX, TZ
UJ
VA, VAC, VAZ, VDC, VEK, VH, VIP, VR, VTM, VZ
WA, WC, WH, WL, WLH, WO, WT, WUU, WW, WX
XDM, XTC, XV, XX
YN, YUM
ZE, ZJJ, ZK, ZM, ZT, ZX
VI70MI, VI70HI(op DIANE)
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Due to unplanned maintenance on Mt. Arthur there was no operational Northern repeater VK7RJG to link to the Southern repeater VK7RAF. There were no photos shared on this net, better luck next week.
A reminder that Ken VK7KRJs and Steve VK7OOs fully automatic 24/7 monitoring sites allow anyone who has sent an SSTV picture the ability to check them on their pages almost immediately, any time, both South and North Tasmania.
If you have missed the previous nets, there are archives of all SSTV nights. These photos can be seen on Kens 2m SSTV website as an infinitely-scrolling web page or on NTARCs 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 Andre VK7ZAB
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST
Thank You
Korina, wife of Jason VK7ZJA Silent key, is very grateful, for the assistance of Peter VK7ZPE. When I put out a request to help remove the 3 HF antennas at Jasons residence, Pete obliged. Due to upcoming house renovations, the antennas needed to be removed, and Pete answered the call, working in very cold and blustery conditions for a few hours. I tagged along as the TA, as mobility issues, stopped me from doing anything significant. It was an emotional day for the family seeing them being removed. Thanks once again Pete, a job well done, and finished before the rain arrived.
Eric, VK7EV
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North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club Meeting
The next club meeting will be commencing at 1.30pm on Saturday 5th August 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 do not attend the meeting,
73, Eric VK7EV, News Officer
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NW Tassie Amateur Repeater Group Net
Due to issues with the 2m repeater on Mt Duncan, till further notice, the weekly Mt Duncan net on Wednesday nights, will be run on VK7RMD Mt Duncans 70cm repeater, 438.600 5 Mhz offset tone 141.3.
Regards & 73, Eric, VK7EV
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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
An update on the Mt. Arthur site, VK7RAA and associated repeaters. Thanks to the repeater team for taking the opportunity presented by this outage to replace some of the aging legacy DC distribution infrastructure with modern solid-state control equipment. This is one more step along the planned upgrade path for the site. Remember repair and upgrade work is only possible by their dedication and the volunteering of considerable time and effort. I am sure it is appreciated by all.
While we are on the subject of dedication, thanks must also go to Nic VK7WW for his ongoing hosting of the Wednesday TestNet and TechNet sessions. Last Wednesday especially, as he was suffering from a very recent leg injury, and no doubt would have been in considerable pain when negotiating the stairs to his upstairs Radio Shack to get to a microphone and of course his Morse key. Nic must be pleased with the increased participation in the CW training sessions. With this week definitely being dominated by mainlanders. At the net conclusion hopefully he made it back down stairs again in one piece and no doubt needed a “double shot” of his call sign. HiHi. Get well soon Nic.
Next Saturday the 29th of July, NTARC will be providing Communications for an Equine Endurance Ride, to be held at Lebrina. We will be providing voice communications for Ride Base and hopefully three checkpoints. Due to the events early start on Saturday, NTARC will be setting up Base and testing checkpoints for voice communications on the Friday afternoon.
As the location is a pleasant forty minute drive from Launceston why not consider coming along and putting your radio skills to good use assisting a community event. If this is your first event then you will be paired with an experienced operator so that you can quickly grasp the procedures involved and NTARCs regular general approach to these events.
If anyone would like to assist at this event then our Safety Communications Coordinator Roger, VK7ARN would appreciate hearing from you. Roger can be contacted by email at safetycomms.ntarc@gmail.com
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Club Technical night - The next session will be on Wednesday the 26th of July and will commence at the new winter time of 6.30 pm. Thats a one hour earlier start and running through to about 10.00 pm, at the Club room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
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 TestNet and TechNet session - Wednesday the 2nd of August. 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.
Club General Meeting - Saturday the 12th of August at 2.00pm. Held at the NTARC Club Room, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street, Rocherlea. If you have items you would like added to the agenda please email the secretary at: secretary(at)ntarc.net no later than Friday the 11th of August.
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.
Thats 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/
August Presentation Night - WIA Q&A with VK4EA
Our August presentation night will see a casual information and question & answer session with WIA Director, Peter Schrader VK4EA.
Are you a WIA member or have considered becoming a WIA member and wanted to ask questions of someone “in the know” to clarify those last points? This is the evening for you!
Peter has agreed to take us through and outline the WIA - structure, current directors, governance, involvement with the IARU and ITU.
Also outline the services that the WIA provides to members and affiliated clubs including Public Liability Insurance - attendance at the World Radio Conferences, AR Magazine and much more.
Peter will also run through current consultations with ACMA including the move to the Class Licence, Assessments changes (August Consult Paper), Repeaters RALI, and more.
We will be opening it up for questions, comments, etc
We will be going out on RF and Streaming on the REAST YouTube channel.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/live-stream/
A huge thank you to Peter for agreeing to make himself available.
73, REAST Committee
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DATV Experimenter's Night
https://fb.me/e/33Wa7PKnF
Last Wednesday night saw our first DATV Experimenters night back in the refurbished studio.
We had some teething audio issues where we were fading from one camera to another and the audio was disappearing - We apologise for this issue and it has now been fixed. The new Video and Audio Mixer was a little too smart and the linked video and audio cross point switch has been disabled thanks to Steve VK7OO who navigated the manual - yes it was a case of RTFM!
We will have our second show without the audio issues this Wednesday night. We will have a on-air tour of the studio on the night.
We still have some minor tweaking to do so, please bear with us. We have already had some good comments about the improved quality and capability.
We have rebuilt using hybrid SDI/Composite technology along with a new video and audio mixer and enhanced usage of Open Broadcaster Studio.
We look forward to seeing you at the clubrooms on a Wednesday night from around 6:30pm.
73, Justin, VK7TW
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Training and Assessments
The next REAST Foundation Licence training and all licence assessment day is next Saturday July 29th 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 2nd August - 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 26th July - 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 - 24 July 2023 - hosted by Eric VK7EV from 7:30pm using VK7RMD 2m repeater on Mt Duncan on the 4th Monday in the Month.
Events:
REAST - August 2 - WIA Q&A Session with WIA Director Peter VK4EA - Queens Domain Clubrooms from 7:30pm
NWTARC - August 5 - Club meeting at Scout hall, 73 Alexandra Road, Ulverstone from 1:30pm.
NTARC - August 11 - Club General Meeting from 2.00pm in NTARC Club Room, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street, Rocherlea
ALARA - November 3-6 - ALARAMeet 2023 - Hobart Tasmania
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weeks 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, and VK7DC
160m: VK7GS
80m: VK7DG
40m: VK7TPE
20m: VK7ALH
10m: VK7JGD
UHFCB15: 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 Peter, VK7PD.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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