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VK7 Amateur Radio News 30Jul23
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 30th July 2023
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 30th July 2023. At the mike of VK7WI this week is Rick, VK7RI.
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 Dale, VK7DG,
On 7.140 MHz by Peter, VK7TPE,
On 14.130 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH and
On 28.525 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD.
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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Silent Key Notice
Shayn Gee, VK7HWW.
It is with sadness we report the passing of Shayn Gee on Sunday July 16, age 76.
Shayn had a varied career that saw him work as a plumber, serve in the army, then as a fireman for 34 years. Since retirement in 2002 he taught school fire safety.
His first amateur radio callsign was VK7FISH which suggests his other hobby. He upgraded to VK7HWW and was active on HF until fairly recently when he was admitted to nursing care in Scottsdale mainly due to sight impairment.
Some listeners might remember hearing him participate in an on-air quiz with XYL, June in the background.
Shayn is survived by his wife June and son Peter and family.
Vale Shayn.
Peter, VK7PD
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VK7 Centennial Celebrations
Southern Centennial Luncheon
Last Saturday lunchtime we celebrated the WIA Centenary in VK7 at the Southern Centennial luncheon. It was held at the Shoreline Hotel in Howrah.
There were about 25 people who came along and started the lunch by enjoying a wonderful historic display thanks to Linda VK7QP. One of the features of the display was an original 1934 humorous menu to a WIA Dinner held during the 1934 WIA Conference held in VK7.
To help the celebration there was a humorous 2023 menu created that included the following items in the Centennial Me-an-u:
F2 Layer - Rogers DX hors d'oeuvre
F1 Layer - Jenner Sloper Soop-er
E Layer - Emmettâ€Ös Arcing Emissions
D Layer - Moncurâ€Ös Master Crystals
2pm Ohm Sweet Ohm
The food was great and well received and then we were treated to two impressive cakes including Gluten Free and Vegan options thanks to Annette Emmett the XYL of Reg VK7KK. There was even a yagi a top a tower on one of the cakes, thanks Reg.
We finished up around 2pm and everyone left looking very satisfied - Iâ€Öm not sure too many of us had dinner that night…HIHI!
Thanks to all who came along and the many who made this a very enjoyable experience.
73, Justin, VK7TW
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Special Callsign - VK7WIA
The special thank you to all who activated VK7WIA - we are currently distributing special VK7WIA Award Certificate to all Activators.
There were just shy of 800 contacts and these are all being uploaded to LOTW.
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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 have been posted from the Ukraine courtesy of Gennady UX5UO.
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 current edition of AR Magazine there is a wonderful article on our VK7 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 coming months 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
A busy net night that saw the following participants, VK7s –
EKA, ZAB, ZGK, PD, KT and TED all sharing twenty five photos via the North South link with an occasional doubling resulting in different photos North and South.
There were various subjects like:
Space rockets, satellites, moon base and a UFO
Amateur radio activations at Native Point and Low Head
Optical Illusion artwork. A couple looking at each other or are they sitting on the floor
This weekâ€Ös transport theme was a fast train and many prime movers
A mystery QTH
A FROG7, mobile radios and a home station
A reminder to check that your FSK ID in the TX and RX setups are enabled to allow the software to automatically recognise the call-signs.
Note, that Ken VK7KRJâ€Ös and Steve VK7OOâ€Ös 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.
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 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 Duncanâ€Ös 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
As this item was penned late on Friday, the NTARC Safety Communications crew has already traveled to Lebrina, encountering a deluge of rain, to prepare for Saturdayâ€Ös Equine Endurance Ride. We have established our Ride Base, set up a 2 meter repeater for voice communications and trialled communications to field check points in readiness. If it is Sunday when you hear this then hopefully we have packed up and are making our way back to Launceston.
The annual RSGB Islands on the Air contest is this weekend.
This international event is being held from 12:00 UTC Saturday to 12:00 UTC Sunday on HF bands.
Tasmaniaâ€Ös “Island Stations” ID is OC006 - Oscar Charlie Zero Zero Six.
Seeing that we are an island then one could assume VK7 could provide some “sought after” contacts. If you are listening to this on Sunday then you still have another twelve hours or so to go.
This reminder came from Peter VK7KPC, so we have a fair idea what he will be up to after the broadcast. HiHi
Further developments on Nic VK7WWâ€Ös “Cent” 1 Watt CW Transmitter project. There is now a VFO project which makes an excellent addition to the original crystal locked design. The new pdf has been added to the NTARC Website under “Projects”. It has been tried and tested and works very well using easy to find parts. Construction is still low stress and quite achievable. One can only wonder what Nicâ€Ös next installment will be with this Centenary project. Watch this space.
Tech Night has arrived again and Peter VK7KPC, brought in his latest acquisition. Made in Australia by Traeger Transceivers Pty Ltd in Adelaide South Australia. It is a Type-SSB50 Transceiver, circa 1970 and came with full schematic diagram and alignment manual. However, like most obtained paperwork it is not the exact version of the model that you have in front of you and there is no overlay diagram of the actual position of the pots, capacitors or coil slugs that you need to adjust. Letâ€Ös face it, it adds to the fun, especially if it needs some repair work. Operating mode is switchable between Single and Double Side Band and the unit operates in the HF band. One of the manually selectable channels in this unit was 4010 KHz for the Royal Flying Doctor service. Internally the unit is totally modular with plug in Printed Circuit Boards. These boards utilise the actual copper at one end of the board etched into tracks or fingers, and the board is then pushed into a McMurdo edge connector receptacle to complete the connections. A solid state unit with a valve final and a couple of the original circular integrated circuits thrown in for good measure.
Hopefully Peter, the restoration process will be simplified if you can lay your hands on some overlays identifying component placement.
If Traegar Transceivers donâ€Öt ring a bell to you, then I will digress briefly. Traeger Transceivers Pty Ltd was founded in 1927 by Alfred Hermann Traeger OBE. He was also an amateur radio operator VK5AX. Within the first year Traeger had developed a pedal powered transceiver for the Rev Dr John Flynn, of the Royal Flying Doctors fame. The company continued to gain recognition for its ground-breaking work in developing an uncomplicated radio communication system tailored for individuals in remote outback areas. This backbone was utilized by the Australian inland Flying Doctor service and the rest, as they say, is history.
From restoration of the old to a new build with old parts. Colin VK7ZCF had a requirement for Lithium batteries with tabs, so rather than buy new batteries he thought of an alternative idea that could be more fun. That was to build a spot welder from parts he had lying around and use that to attach some tabs. He did just that! And brought the rather nifty spot welder in for us to peruse. The heart of the unit is a second hand microwave oven transformer. He removed the secondary winding and wound on some very substantial conductors for a few turns, this provided the grunt. Flexible leads were provided that went to an elegantly constructed wooden handle. This in turn held two solid 4mm copper rods that were the welding electrodes. They were filed to a point at the ends to provide the actual contact when spot welding. Colin incorporated a push button switch in the handle assembly that started a 200 milliseconds ON timer to energise the transformer via a relay. All this was very neatly enclosed in a newly cut and bent up home-made case, from a piece of scrap sheet metal. Now isnâ€Öt that true home-brewing? Well done Colin.
Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB had his “Tiny SA” Spectrum Analyser with him, not on display but to display a brand new RF signal in the Launceston area. The new signal is in the 204MHz area and is the testing of the ABCâ€Ös new Digital Audio Broadcasting Plus service for the Launceston area, or DAB for short. This was later backed up by the actual test channels audio being listened to on a car radio in the car park. Looks like the new service will be rolled out in a few months.
An excellent night and as usual the equipment 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 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.
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 9th of August and will commence at the new winter time of 6.30 pm. Thatâ€Ös a one hour earlier start and running through to about 10.00 pm, at the Club room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
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.
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/
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.
When - Wednesday 2nd August starting at 7:30pm EAST in the Queens Domain clubrooms.
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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September Presentation Night - Cyber Threats with VK7BEN
A big thank you to Ben VK7BEN who has agreed to give us a presentation about Cyber Threats and how to be more safe online.
This presentation will be given on Wednesday 6th September 2023 from 7:30pm and will be streamed and go out on RF.
See you there.
73, REAST Committee
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DATV Experimenter's Night
https://fb.me/e/33Wa7PKnF
Last Wednesday night saw our second DATV Experimenterâ€Ös night back in the refurbished studio.
We had Rex VK7MO and Andrew Klelocuik from the AAD in the studio.
Rex and Andrew took us through some interesting research they have been doing by Rex transmitting 2m and 6m WSJT signals - Q65-15C off something and Andrew receiving the signals.
The presentation outlined that the something was the E layer and the method was Sporadic-E during winter. Thanks to Rex and Andrew.
Justin VK7TW then showed the 3D printed IC-705 case and then gave a video and audio tour of the new studio.
We eventually overcame the audio issues AGAIN and restarted the stream that can be found on the REAST YouTube Channel - DATV Experimenterâ€Ös playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCaEIp5DS_k
We will see you back in the studio in a fortnight.
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 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 9th August - 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 - August 2 - WIA Q&A Session with WIA Director Peter VK4EA - Queenâ€Ös 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
REAST - September 6 - Cyber Threats with VK7BEN from 7:30pm in the Queens Domain Clubrooms
ALARA - November 3-6 - ALARAMeet 2023 - Hobart Tasmania
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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, and VK7DC
160m: VK7GS
80m: VK7TPE
40m: VK7ALH
20m: VK7JGD
10m: VK7DG
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 Rick, VK7RI.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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