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VK7 Amateur Radio News 20Apr25
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 20th April 2025
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Welcome to the Easter edition of the VK7 Amateur Radio News.
This was first broadcast on Sunday, April 20th, 2025 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 Justin, VK7TW.
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 the digital group.
On Medium and high frequency rebroadcasts thanks to our dedicated operators:
1.862 MHz by any takers
3.670 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH
7.140 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD
14.130 MHz by Any takers
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!
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WIA News
A Massive Thank You!
This week, weâ€Öre sending out a huge shout-out and a heartfelt thank you to the 1,339 Australian radio amateurs who stepped up and completed the ACMA Class Licence Performance Survey.
Thatâ€Ös right â€ö 1,339 voices strong! This is an outstanding result, and it gives the WIA solid, grassroots evidence to take to the ACMA as we continue to work together to improve and evolve the amateur radio service in Australia.
Whether your experience was smooth sailing or a bit of a static storm â€ö your feedback matters, and itâ€Ös going to make a difference.
So thank you, one and all, for having your say, and for being part of the ongoing evolution of amateur radio in Australia.
73 from the WIA Board â€ö and well done, team!
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VK7 News
Where is it now?
Does anyone know the whereabouts of the IRE Trophy? The trophy was on display at the Radio and Electrical Exhibition held in Launceston during June 1939.
A report of the Exhibition in Amateur Radio Oct 1 1939 describes the display as centred around an amateur radio station in operation. VK7AB was the station used under the callsign VK7WI. The transmitter consisted of an EL5 tritet crystal oscillator capacitive coupled to an 807 and link coupled to an Eimac 35T running at an input of 50 watts and modulated by a pair of Osram PX 25s in Class AB push pull. The receiver was a normal 10 tube super and the antenna a full wave 40 metre zepp.
Included in the display was a wooden plaque. It was a trophy presented by the IRE ( Institute of Radio Engineers of Australia) now part of Engineers Australia or was it by the IRE which is now part of the IEEE. It would be interesting to know which. Where is this trophy now, to whom it was awarded and for what?
If the item can be located or you know anything about it can you let me know on email: luther8(at)bigpond.com. I have a poor photograph that accompanied the article in AR but that is all. I would like to have a better photograph and any other detail that is available. It would be added to the history that was compiled in 2023 to celebrate the centenary of WIA in Tasmania.
73, Linda VK7QP
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QSL News
VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau News
The current list of QSL Cards held by the VK7 Inwards Bureau as at 11 April is in the email version of the Broadcast.
73, Herman, WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau Manager
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AAC, AAD, AAE, AAH, AAP, AAR, AB, ACE, ACG, ACN, AD, ADE, AED, AG(2014), AGC, AHT, AIR, AJC, AKK, ALZ, AM, ANC, AO, AP, APZ, AS, ATH, AXZ, AY
BA, BB, BD, BPV, BT, BU, BYE
CA, CBK, CBR, CH/T, CJ, CMV, CTV, CV, CWB, CX
DAN, DHT, DI, DN, DO, DP, DQ, DT, DV, DY, DZ
EA, EG, EI, ER
FADZ, FALX (alx), FAZZ, FCIA, FG, FGGT, FKLW, FLAR, FMI, FPRN, FTAS, FTR
GA, GC, GEL, GGZ, GL, GOP, GR, GU
HCH, HCK, HDE, HDM, HL, HOB, HRS, HSA, HSC, HSD, HSJ, HSO, HVK, HXT, HZ
IAN, ID, IR, IS
JA, JAB, JAZ, JCR, JGD, JOK, JP, JS, JW, JX
KAC, KAM, KBA, KD, KDO, KJ, KKR, KL, KO, KQ, KRJ
LA, LDH, LJ, LL, LLL, LM, LT, LVH
M, MA, MAG, MBD, MD, MEL, MET, MHZ, MI, MJ, MOO, MRS, MS, MV
NA, NB, NC, ND, NEC, NFI, NET, NIK, NMH, NRF, NRT, NRX, NSE, NTE, NVH
PAF, PBD, PM, PRN, PSH, PSJ, PSZ, PW
QK
RA, RG, RJ
SG(vi7SG), SN, STO, SV, SZ
TA, TCE, TED, TK, TL, TM, TO, TPE, TR, TUX, TX, TZ
UT
VA, VAC, VAO, VAZ, VDC, VEK, VH, VK7/AG9A9Mark), VM, VR, VTM
WA, WC, WIA, WL, WO, WT, WUU, WX
XV
Y, YN
ZA, ZJJ, ZK, ZM, ZR, ZT
Special Callsign Cards delivered to VK7 Bureau - VI7POL, VI75G, VI90IARU, VK75FAA
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WWFF, SOTA, POTA and IOTA
Weekly Wrap Up
Emu Ground Regional Reserve, situated near Pipers Brook in northern VK7, was activated for the first time by Rodney, VK7HAM, Al, VK7AN, and Peter, VK7ZPE. They operated using an Alinco DX-70 with an end-fed half-wave antenna strung up between a tree and Rodney's Pajero.
Jim, VK7JZ, Harry, VK7HXT, and Xavier, VK7XHJ, made the trek to the Collins Cap SOTA summit. After a 3 km hike with 540 meters of elevation gain, they successfully activated the summit by logging six contacts on 2 meters. A special shoutout to Xavier, who tackled the hike without a single complaintâ€öthough he did have a few moments of expressing his feelings along the way!
Paul, VK7PJM, received a VKFF hunter roll award, for hunting 525 different VKFF areas.
On ANZAC Day, many operators will switch to using the special AX prefix while activating parks and summits. Australian amateurs are permitted to use the AX prefix in place of VK on three occasions each year: Australia Day, ANZAC Day, and World Telecommunications Day. The AX prefix is especially popular among prefix hunters.
As promised, we have a winner of the Quansheng UV-K5! Congratulations to Phill, VK7ID, who earned the top spot by activating an impressive 41 references during the period, this including SOTA, POTA, and WWFF references. Well done, Phill! And donâ€Öt worry, huntersâ€öthereâ€Öll be some goodies up for grabs for you a bit later in the year.
73, Matt, VK7MAT
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Statewide SSTV Nights
A busy net night that saw the following participants, VK7s –
KT, AX, ZAB, OO, EV, ZCF and TW all sharing nearly fifty photos.
The main themes were:
Received and decoded SSTV photos from the ISS during the period 11 - 16 April. These photos were from the ARISS Series 26 called “Humans in Space”.
Chainsaw carvings at Windmill Point in George Town that depict significant people and events. Like the laying of a telegraph cable to link Tasmania to the northern island.
Other highlights were:
An original analogue type slow scan TV that used a long persistence CRT for the picture display, built by VK7JAI.
A top loaded vertical HF antenna in detail with a VNA plotted Smith chart.
A diagram of a Ham radio operatorâ€Ös brain showing the different regions.
In the USA, Ham radio operators make up 0.2% of the population, still better than Australia at 0.06%!
Hot street cars.
A photo of Paradise in Tasmania.
And Google out and about spying on us.
Again Tony VK7AX interconnected VK7RJG to his SSTV International Gateway and VK7s conducted QSOs with PA3ADE and PC1K in the Netherlands. Tony will connect again next week at 7:30 pm.
Remember in your software to enable FSKID for TX and RX so your call sign is automatically recognised in MMSSTV.
Note - Ken VK7KRJâ€Ös and Steve VK7OOâ€Ös fully automatic 24/7 monitoring sites allow anyone who has sent SSTV pictures the ability to check them on their pages almost immediately, any time, both South and North Tasmania.
If you missed the net there are archives of these SSTV nights.
These photos can be seen on Kenâ€Ös and Steveâ€Ös SSTV websites or on NTARCâ€Ös website under blogs.
Please remember to use your own photos or those that are copyright free.
SSTV VK7OO Tasmania Australia (tasme.com)
VK7KRJ's 2m SSTV scrolling web gallery
Blog 3 â€ö NTARC Inc.
73 from Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB
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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
Last Wednesday Club Room technical night saw the arrival of Colin VK7ZCF with a rather nice looking canvas back-pack. Once he had put it down and begun to open it up it was obvious it wasnâ€Öt a normal hiking back-pack with one big central bag at the core. It actually had the feel of a tool roll, the type where all the tools have individual compartments and they all roll up for storage and transportation. In the centre of the back-pack frame, suspension and padding, Colin had mounted an aluminium panel. This panel was uncovered when the vertical compartment wings either side were unrolled. Some of these decent sized top to bottom compartments were suitable for rods to make up antennas or mast sections as desired. Colin even had a collapsible tripod in one. There were plenty of other compartments for fittings, coaxial cables, rolled up antenna wire and guy ropes. The aluminium backing plate had the electronic equipment mounted on it. Most notably an Icom IC7000, a recently constructed automatic antenna matching kit model AT100 and an 18 AH Lithium deep cycle battery. From the NTARC website pictures you may notice a space next to the battery, this is waiting for the fuse distribution module which will then allow Colin to complete the wiring.
Colin has even 3D printed mounting side cheeks for the IC7000 as well as mounting brackets to secure the antenna matcher plus battery locators and holding strap. All fastening onto the aluminium backing panel is provided by “Nutserts”, a panel riveted device that provides an internal thread for screwing a bolt into. Although not a water proof set up it can easily be covered with a waterproof backpack over-cover to keep dust and water out. For interest the Icom IC7000 is circa 2010 and is an all band all mode transceiver capable of 100 W at 160 metres to 35 W at 70cm, all this in a package weighing 2.3 kg. Colin estimated an all up weight including back pack to be about 11 kg, now remember that 11kg figure for the moment.
Ros VK7ALH happened to have with him a Kenwood, TS700SP, a 2 metre band all mode 10 Watt transceiver from circa 1980, the only major difference is modern equipment now tend to have quite large displays whereas this unit only had a physical meter and digital readout. All boards are modular but not plug in, therefore it is point to point wired and thatâ€Ös a lot of cabling! If it was a car it would be considered a “Modern Classic”, not a bad description really. To put things into perspective this rig by itself weighs in at 11kg very similar to Colinâ€Ös entire backpack including radio, antennas and battery! A fine example of the progress in miniaturisation and plastic within modern rigs.
Peter VK7SP and Andre VK7ZAB brought along and displayed on the main TV some of the SSTV pictures they had decoded from the International Space Station or ISS for short. After hearing about the six day ARISS “Humans in Space” event, in the WIA National News on Sunday morning, they decided to have a go at receiving these pictures. Peter used an Icom 705 with his V dipole antenna at ground level that he normally uses for receiving weather satellite images. Andreâ€Ö used a roof mounted VHF/UHF vertical normally setup to receive the local repeaters. Both antennas gave a similar results when used for the ISS taking into account the different locations. Peter also had his laptop and SDR dongle so he could demonstrate the Gpredict and SDR software. Once ISS had been selected in Gpredict it showed our next visible pass of the Space Station. From this it generated a polar plot of each path with elevation verses time and direction. It also calculated the Doppler correction required. Looking at the SDR software you could see the receive frequency change as the satellite tracked across the sky. To put the knowledge to practical use members including two potential amateurs headed outside into the carpark at the calculated time to hopefully see the ISS and also listen to the SSTV signal on a handheld. Luckily it was a clear night and around the predicted time the familiar SSTV sound could be heard. Shortly after, the actual ISS could be spotted on its trajectory across the sky. Once back inside more of the SSTV images for the Yuri Gagarin anniversary celebration were displayed. Thanks Peter and Andreâ€Ö it is wonderful to be able to successfully demonstrate the combination of some excellent software with real world results.
After the Gpredict and ISS demonstration there was an impromptu information session from Ross and Colin in their capacity of low and high voltage practitioners. Mainly centred around industrial installation faults and also focusing on safety. They covered and stressed the need for correct circuit isolation before the commencement of any testing or measurements. Outlining the pitfalls of assumed correct isolation in the presence of high circuit induction or even miss interpretation of test results. This was an enthralling second section to the evening. Safety procedures, common sense and experience certainly plays a major part. Hopefully we can talk Ross and Colin into a part two of this discussion.
As always pictures will be available on the NTARC Web site under “Blogs” 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, then a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30 pm till 8.30 pm. Your host for the evening is Nic VK7WW.
Club Room Technical night session – The next session will be on Wednesday the 30th April, at the usual time of 6.30 pm at the Club Room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
Coffee Morning – Please note that due to Anzac Day Public Holiday there will be no coffee morning on Friday the 25th April.
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.
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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/
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Rewind and Future Birthday
23 CM Hobart Area QSO Party
Some history - a number of Hobart stations had been testing out rigs and antennas on 23cm. Just under 10 years ago in discussions at a REAST BBQ it was decided we should encourage this activity in some way. The suggestion was that we run a 23 cm QSO party straight after the Broadcast each Sunday morning to see how that works out and explore how well the various stations can communicate and encourage the improvement of antennas and systems.
On Sunday 6 December 2015, Murray VK7ZMS, operated from Mt Wellington and was the initial control station for the QSO party. Operation was on FM on 1294.0 MHz and in general people operated with horizontal polarization. There was a wrap up of how this all worked out at the DATV night on 9 December 2015 and more activity was planned on 23 cm. One option was that we can run a net by all beaming at Mt Wellington and continue each Sunday after the broadcast. So those with 23 cm gear dusted it off and joined in.
A report on the inaugural 23 cm QSO party indicated the following stations were involved:
VK7ZMS, VK7MO, VK7BEN, VK7KAJ, VK7ZL,VK7OO and an unexpected visitor from the North VK7JG were operational on both TX and RX. VK7TW and VK7HRS were RX only at this stage.
The report of activity the next week included:
“Another good role up with 9 stations participating and one new station, Danny, VK7HDM. Unfortunately our control station Murray VK7ZMS could not make it -- he forgot that he had to give priority to his daughter's birthday.”
Today we have well over 50 23cm operators in the South of the State and many more in the North and NW.
So on 6 December 2025 it will be the 10th birthday of the 23 cm QSO party. To be on a Sunday it will have to be the 7th December 2025. Mark it in your diaries.
73, Rex, VK7MO
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REAST ADX Build Update
This Wednesday night (23 April 2025) is our final build night and we encourage builders in the meanwhile to continue their build and winding at home.
We will have a test bench or two setup to do the final testing and calibration.
There is someone there usually from around 6pm.
https://github.com/VK2ARH/Cowtown-ADX-Project
73, Justin VK7TW
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April Presentation Night
Fire Detection Technology + much more
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2712
Huge thank you to Rob Vernon from Indicium Dynamics who came along and gave us a presentation last Wednesday night on the many interesting projects that the company is getting up to with the use of IOT, LORAWan, Meshtastic devices and high definition steerable cameras and more all feeding data into hubs that can then be analysed and used to provide intelligence on a huge range of environment factors for a huge range of use cases.
https://www.indicium.cloud/
Rob went into to a short intro to Indicium Dynamics which is a solutions and integration business who are and have come up with solutions for many customers including:
Hobart City Council Use Cases
Parkes Shire Council Use Cases
Forestry Tasmania Use Cases
UTAS Use Cases
Lord Howe Island Use Case
Rob showed their extensive LORAWan (915MHz) coverage in Tasmania and then went in to their major product called Fire Foresight which and integrated and enhanced AI enabled bushfire detection system. This system has Real Time Situational Awareness and Rob showed some examples from Tower Hill and Mt Horror
Indicium is the only Southern Hemisphere company still in the running for the Xprize Wildfire Challenge.
The final example was a lightning strike fire which demonstrated the advantage of using the technology to know when to deploy resources to actually fight the fire.
We finished with a short Q&A sessions
The presentation is available on the REAST YouTube Channel and is well worth a look.
https://www.youtube.com/live/JLjVzTcEWm4?si=XHk9RTLvP5-atAE0
73, Justin, VK7TW
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May Presentation Night
The Tasmanian Trail on an Electric UniCycle!
A huge thank you to Allen VK7KAN who has agreed to give us a presentation on his recent expedition from the top to the bottom of Tasmania on an electric unicycle.
Allen is currently doing this with his brother who is riding an electric mountain bike.
For those who donâ€Öt know, the Tasmania Trail is a 480km multi-use trail that runs from Devonport to Dover.
Many of you met Allen at the ABC Studio tour as Allen is one of the Technical Services team and is taking a well earned rest and seeing Tasmania up close and personal!
Wednesday 7th May from 7:30pm in the QD Clubrooms and streamed.
This should be a great presentation.
https://www.tasmaniantrail.com.au/
73, REAST Committee
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REAST Forum Night – Antenna Confessions Edition!
https://www.reast.asn.au/event/may-forum-night-antenna-confessions-edition/
Wednesday 14th May 2025 from 7:30pm in the Queens Domain Clubrooms.
Hey antenna wranglers and feedline fanatics - itâ€Ös time to get real about whatâ€Ös swinging in your backyard. This Mayâ€Ös Forum Night is your chance to tell all about your antenna of choice â€ö whether itâ€Ös big, small, stealthy, floppy, or held together by hope and cable ties.
What we want:
Your favourite antenna (or the one you tolerate)
The good (DX glory),
The bad (SWR horror stories),
And the downright ugly (weâ€Öve seen things…).
Dipoles, verticals, loops, Yagis, fractals, coat hangers â€ö no judgement, just good stories, laughs, and maybe some inspiration or sympathy.
Bring your tales, your pictures, your bent aluminium, and letâ€Ös share whatâ€Ös working (or not) at your QTH. No PowerPoint perfection needed â€ö just you and your antenna antics.
Come for the stories. Stay for the laughter. Leave with new ideas (or at least some validation).
See you there!
73, REAST Committee
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REAST Training and Assessment Update
https://www.reast.asn.au/information/amateur-licence-assessments/
Are you looking to join the world of amateur radio or upgrade your license? REAST has you covered with regular Training and Assessment Days for all license levels!
Key Dates:
Standard, Advanced, and Regulations Assessments: Held on alternate months, starting 31st May 2025.
Foundation Training and Assessment Days: Held every two months with the next one on 28th June 2025.
Stay updated with the full schedule on the REAST Events Page.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/
Do you need to secure your spot or ask a question - email: reast.assessor(at)gmail.com and your inquiry will go directly to the Learning Organiser, who be in contact.
We have learning resources available including our Foundation Licence Training Videos that are a must-watch for beginners. Find them on the REAST YouTube Training and Assessment Playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsnsP_zjw831mdC6sY4XqavRUY-53ZWUn
Practice Makes Perfect so, prepare with the WIA Foundation Trial Exams and the link can be found on the email edition of the broadcast.
https://www.wia.org.au/licenses/foundation/onlineexams/foundation.php
Whether you're starting your journey or leveling up, REAST is here to guide you every step of the way.
73, Reg, VK7KK
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Satellite News
OpenGD77 Handheld Radio Firmware Aids FM Satellite Operating
An article In ARRL QST magazine, April 2025, pages 35 and 36, provides an overview of an available open source firmware for held-held radios: According to the article, the free firmware can provide some models of analog FM and DMR capable radios with satellite capability including screens showing; polar view graphic, satellite individual predictions, a satellite alarm and the ability to upload Kepâ€Ös data into the radio.
Doppler tuning and AOS and LOS information were mentioned in the QST article. View the April 2025 QST issue via this link: https://edition.pagesuite.com/get_image.aspx?w=280&eid=7584fe3f-aae2-4504-82c2-65a4c4f268bf&pnum=first.
ARRL members can access QST supplementary materials which are available via this link: http://www.arrl.org/qst-in-depth. Several YouTube videos about the firmware are live including how to create a code plug for programming a handheld with GD-77 firmware. This unique firmware was introduced several years ago.
The GD77 firmware also includes a number enhancements, including easier DMR related functions. Recent discussion on OpenGD77 was heard via the CSRA Multimode Tech Net from several satisfied users. Information about the net is available on their Facebook Group page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1138357396634299/
The firmware is now available for use in some models of Radioddity, Baofeng and TYT model radios and have been successfully used on an Anytone 878UV II plus handheld.. A GD77 user guide is available via this link: https://github.com/LibreDMR/OpenGD77_UserGuide?tab=readme-ov-file#readme and a forum is here: https://www.opengd77.com/
The developerâ€Ös site includes this caution statement, “firmware license forbids any form of commercial use of the firmware binary or the source code. Installing the firmware onto the radio will invalidate all FCC certifications and those of other countriesâ€Ö licensing bodies. However, it is usually possible to back up and restore the original radio firmware.
Thanks to QST and Auhtor David Vine, WA1EAW, for the above information via AMSAT News Service.
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Regular VK7 gatherings and events over the coming months:
Regular gatherings:
Sewing Circle Net – 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 – 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.
REAST - WAGs - Wednesday Afternoon Group from 12 noon in the REAST Clubrooms Queenâ€Ös Domain.
REAST - WEGs - Wednesday Experimenterâ€Ös Group on the third, fourth & fifth Wednesday nights of the month from around 6pm in the REAST Clubrooms Queenâ€Ös Domain and streamed.
REAST - 6m AM Net on 53.1MHz Everyday from 4:30pm
SOTA/WWFF Group – Meeting Mondays and Fridays 10.30-12.00 midday at Glebe Gardens Cafe, Henry St, Launceston.
TestNet and TechNet session - Every Wednesday, TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7 pm, then a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30 pm till 8.30 pm. Your host for the evening is Nic VK7WW.
Club Room Technical night session - The next session will be this Wednesday the 16th April, at the usual time of 6.30 pm at the Club Room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
NW VK7 – Wednesday from 8:00pm local – NW Tassie Amateur Repeater Group Net on 2M VK7RMD and Allstar Node 56780
NW VK7 - Thursday commencing at 8:30pm local - N.W. Tassie 2m DX Net 144.190 USB
Events:
REAST - May 7th - Electric Unicycling the Tasmanian Trail with Allen VK7KAN from 7:30pm - QD CLubrooms and streaming
REAST - May 14th - May Forum Night - Antenna Confessions - Queens Domain Clubrooms from 7:30pm and streamed
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weekâ€Ös broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7FRN
Repeaters: REAST, NTARC and in the NW thanks to NWTARC, WCRG, NWCRRA, VK7AX, VK7JH and VK7DC
160m: Any takers
80m: VK7DG
40m: VK7ALH
20m: VK7JGD
10m: VK7VKT
UHFCB24: VK7FMAC
DMR: Talk Group 5 and D-Star Reflector 91C - Digital Group
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A huge thank you to all people and organisations that assisted with this broadcast.
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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 if itâ€Ös not Tuesday night then 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 Justin, VK7TW wishing you 73, and Happy Easter and good DX to all.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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