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Subj: New Aussie Vintage Radio Soc'y
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I mentioned on here recently the UK Vintage Wireless Forum.
I've never got the impression that there's much interest on
packet in vintage radio in Oz, any more than in the UK.
But for the few who might be interested, they might like to know of a
new Australian society formed earlier this year, which I've just learned
of from the British Vintage Wireless Society.
With so many amateur radio societies closing down, it's nice to see that
the two aspects which seem to be bucking the trend are QRP and vintage
radio restoration, which has a wider appeal outside amateur radio circles
as well as inside.
So it's good news to hear of a new society having been formed.
The Australian Vintage Radio Society meetings are held on the fourth
Saturday, (afternoon), of the month, and visitors and prospective
members are most welcome.
The AVRS address is:
P.O. Box 3099, Syndal L.P.O.,
Victoria, 3150,
Australia.
The Meeting Venue is:
Syndal Nth. Guide Hall,
Florida St.,
Mt Waverley, 3149. (Melway 61J9).
Usual Starting time: 1.30pm.
To quote from the Society's website:
Meeting attendance is a great opportunity for members, including:
*being updated by committee on items of interest and having
an opportunity for input into future Society activities
*members can announce their "wants and needs" to source
information or bits from the incredible collective resource
of our membership
*an informative talk is given by a presenter with
experience in the field of restoration or history
*networking with other members over coffee
is a great chance to share the experience
*A display of radios and related equipment on a specific theme is usual.
*Trading tables and mini-auctions are regular features
To apply for membership to the society, simply fill in an official
membership form from the website and send it with your remittance
in Aus Dollars to the Society's Treasurer at the above address.
Membership Costs are modest:
Once only Joining fee of $5.
Plus Annual membership of:
Australia & New Zealand: AU$30.
All other Overseas Countries: AU$35
(Membership isn't confined to Australia - anyone is welcome to join).
The benefits of membership include a circuit diagram service, a component
bank, training classes on a range of restoration topics - French polishing
for example, and a bi-monthly newsletter.
For anyone interested, the Society's website is here:
http://www.avrs.org.au/
Hope that's of interest to someone.
A well known person in vintage radio circles in the UK is Peter Lankshear,
a New Zealander. He has written extensively in the BVWS magazine, in the
now defunct EUG Newsletter "Lighthouse", Radio Bygones, and in Practical
Electronics, a UK mag, which I think now has close links with the Oz mag
"Silicon Chip".
Peter was born in 1928.
His father actively encouraged his interest in things electrical and radio
and by the time he was 11, he knew that his life's work would be in this
field. Around this time he built his first radio, a single-valve tetrode
model "Hiker's One", using a 49 valve. According to Peter, he has had a
soldering iron in his hand ever since.
An article by Peter on the Hiker One and the 49 valve appears in the
winter bulletin of the BVWS. There's also an interesting article about him
published in Silicon Chip in 2004 which shows Peter with his wide-ranging
collection.
http://www.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_102188/article.html
Incidentally, a downloadable version of Silicon Chip Mag, like Practical
Electronics, can be subscribed to online, but remember that if you print
off many full colour pages you need to take into account ink and paper
costs.
It does get over the problem of storing mounting piles of magazines
though!
Last year I had a ruthless clearing out session - all but a few of 30
years of Radcom, Practical Wireless, Short Wave mag etc bit the dust.
Nobody was interested in them. Funnily enough, the older the mags were,
the more inclined I was to keep them.
The more recent they were, the less appealing they were.
Best wishes
David, G4EBT @ GB7FCR
British Vintage Wireless Society Member
G-QRP Club Member, No: 1339
Cottingham, East Yorkshire.
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