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THE BEST QNEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK
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QNEWS 24/7 with the following bulletin in Audio Segment One
when you visit the QNEWS NEWSROOM on www.wia.org.au/vk4
QNEWS available in Audio after 1400hrs utc Friday.
PLT/BPL/PLC--THE WORLD MAKES A NOISE!
Don Beattie, G3BJ in this months IARU newsletter says " Member societies
should be on the lookout for any signs that PLT is being planned in their
country. Alone, it is unlikely that amateur radio can fight the
supporters of PLT/BPL/PLC but if member societies work with other users
of the HF spectrum in their country to build an alliance to protect the HF
frequencies, there is much more chance of success.
That is the challenge for us all".
Phil Waite, who we heard last week on QNEWS says re the BPL/PLC/PLT scene,
they are "receiving a huge amount of information concerning BPL from many
organisations".
In many ways the proposed BPL system is a dinosaur. In today's society the
need is for faster data allowing the new digital formats such as MP4 and
Video-on-Demand to be transferred quickly. Traditional multi-drop cable and
BPL systems are built on 1960's cable architecture and will not provide
sufficient bandwidth to each home for tomorrow's applications. Rather a
deep fibre network with a minimum of homes connected to each node will be
required. For these reasons the `window of opportunity' for deployment of
BPL systems' is quite narrow.
Australia is a country that relies more heavily on HF radio than most.
Our military, civilian, and emergency communications systems rely heavily
on HF radio, and the Over The Horizon Radar System processes very weak
signals indeed. BPL technology needs to be very carefully evaluated in
this light.
ACA DISCUSSION MEETINGS ACROSS VK
Mike VK8ZMA, Trevor VK5ATQ, and Dennis VK6KAD each recorded material from
their "home" ACA meetings this week, for which we thank them.
In Darwin it was said "On the whole the meeting was fairly tame with
about 30 attendees. Two did a 1600 kilometre run from Alice Springs."
VK8ZMA said "I think one of the points that came out of the night was the
apparent lack of trust as to what the ACA are ultimately up to and some
general discord about the support the WIA is offering to its members".
NewsWests VK6KAD also spoke of VK6 Amateurs "not believing" the words
spoken to try and ease Hams concerns of Class licensing and Interference
problems.
In VK5, 2 interstate visitors arrived, including the President of
WIAVictoria.
In the audio editions you'll hear excerpts from these meetings and/or
reports, and a quick surf to www.wia.org.au/vk4 (click the RED news link)
will allow a more 'in depth' observation of VK1/4/5/6/8 ACA meetings to date.
However for our email/packet readers, those without web access, let me
introduce the VK5/8 President, Trevor VK5ATQ.
"Over 100 Amateurs attended the ACA meeting in Adelaide on Tuesday 30th.
Mark Loney and Christine Allen were present along with management of our
local Adelaide ACA branch. And a big welcome to our interstate visitors
Col Christiansen VK2BCC and Jim Linton VK3PC
It was forecast to rain in the afternoon - that being a little strange
for us in VK5, and I was concerned it would keep some away. I need not
have worried. Over 100 amateurs packed the room with about a dozen
standing. I sincerely thank all who took the trouble to attend. The
meeting itself was well structured, and followed the survey questions.
Mark led us through each point and gave a brief description of what and
why. We then went over each point with comments from the floor. From
this meeting there cannot be any resolutions, but we are all clearer of
our needs and desires and what the questions are about, and with Mark
and the ACA receiving feedback, especially to early resolution of the
Morse code issue, and Limited calls being allowed on the HF bands.
Mark described how difficult and time consuming it is to try to broker
individual agreements with overseas administrations regarding reciprocal
licensing. The preferred method is to use a multi lateral mutual
agreement where a group of countries can sign once. This allows a block
of countries to access international agreements.
On the issue of what type of licence. The recent productivity commission
did not indicated the need to include a separate Amateur licence as an
amendment to our Radio Communications Act.
The class licence also includes many earth stations
Of course the interference issue raised a lot of interest with the many
points of view being aired and a more workable position presented by
Mark than is inferred by the written survey.
Some other points are:
The Australian government decided not to require immunity standards for
household equipment, as the overall cost of filters was perceived to be
greater than the cost of the resultant interference suffered by the
community.
The ACA is the spectrum manager and will continue it's role of
compliance. This can only protect amateurs from external interference.
We managed to wrap up by 10pm, only 30 minutes over target, with many
people continuing with their own after the meeting meetings well into
the night.
Overall amateurs are in agreement on the majority of expected outcomes,
and feel better positioned to make constructive comments in our replies
to the survey.
For amateurs who are still awaiting their meeting - It is well worth
attending. It is time to show who we are as a National asset to the
community of Australia.
Remember. Definitely put in your written submission to the survey, even
if you cannot attend a meeting.
Cheers from VK5....
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DCITA NEWS
New institutional arrangements for the ACA and Australian Broadcasting
Authority (ABA) as discussed in their discussion paper 2003 saw less than
a dozen submissions reaching the Department of Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts by the cut off date Mid September.
Following consideration of submissions, the Australian Government will
consider whether change to the current arrangement is desirable and what,
if any, legislative amendments or transitional arrangements would be
required.
In basic terms, the proposal would see the ABA/ACA unite as the one
regulator of spectrum and communication in Australia.
INTRUDER WATCH - ENFORCEMENT ZONE -
Len Martinson, ZL1BYA, is NEW Monitoring Service co-ordinator
for the NZART. Lenmart@clear.net.nz
VK Federal Coordinator.
VK8HA Henry Andersson vk8ha@octa4.net.au
P.O. Box 619
HUMPTY DOO N.T. 0836
RESCUE RADIO INTERNATIONAL
WIA WICEN CHAIRMAN IS VK3ZRV
WICEN 'TYPE' EVENT CALENDAR...
Check with YOUR WICEN coordinator to confirm dates etc
Additions to qnews@wia.org.au and/or vk4zz@smartchat.net.au
VK2 3- 5 Oct Eden Creek - Horse Enduro
VK3 4- 5 Rally of Melbourne (to be confirmed as wicen event)
VK3 11 Oct Mini Marathon Echuca (tbc)
VK3 18 Oct North East Rally Wangaratta (tbc)
VK2 8- 9 Nov Hawkesbury River Canoe Classic (Mark VK2XGK/Neil VK2XNF)
VK7 15-16 Nov SUBARU SAFARI organiser Gavin VK7HGO
VK6 ? Nov OXFAM staging a walking event in the Busselton area
VK4 ? Nov Cardwell Forest Rally (TARC)
VK4 ? Nov Eco Adventure 24 Hour Sprint (TREC - CARC)
VK5 20-23 Nov Classic Adelaide Rally - Adelaide region
VK1 22 National Capital Rally - Canberra region
VK2 30 Nov RTA Cycle Ride.
VK1 6 Dec Rallye des Femmes (Lady Drivers)
WICEN VK1
Phil Longworth VK1ZPL, State Co-ordinator, WICEN ACT
plongw@optusnet.com.au
Phil VK1ZPL has received info that Peter Corkoren, the WICEN NSW State
Training Officer is available and willing to go to Canberra to do a
formal training weekend in November.
The proposed dates are Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th of November.
Please let Phil VK1ZPL know that date is suitable.
WICEN VK2
WICEN can be contacted by phone on 04 0839 7217
operations@nsw.wicen.org.au.
(Mark Cheeseman VK2XGK, is President, WICEN (NSW) Inc.)
WICEN NORTHERN RIVERS
Five operators attended the Edan Creek Horse Enduro providing the safety
comms. WICEN say "We do need some younger oprs to become involved in these
field exercises. They are good training and a fun, if hectic, weekend".
The Endurance Club rides again in February.
RESCUE RADIO: TEXT MESSAGE RESCUE
If you think that Morse code is still needed for a successful rescue
at sea, guess again. Three men who were rescued from the hull of a
capsized boat on Saturday, September 13th definitely know this. You
see, they were saved after one of the sailors sent an electronic text
message to his father using a two-way pager.
Caught in what the British Coastguard later described as rough seas
and gusts up to 45 knots, the men used a combination of a mobile
phone and VHF radio to call for help. The Coastguard first received
an emergency assistance request at 4:50 pm UTC but that call was
dropped due to poor signal strength.
Then came a signal from an emergency locating beacon triggered by the
men. It showed the vessel to be south-west of St. Catherine's point
on the Isle of Wight. But it wasn't until the Coastguard received a
call from one man's father - calling from his home, near Southampton -
that the position was confirmed. His son had sent him a text
message that he passed onto the Coastguard. A helicopter was
dispatched and the men were plucked to safety.
Commenting on the rescue, and the way text messaging can often make
it through when coverage is patchy was Watch Manager Colin
Griffiths. He said that the incident adds to the number of times the
Coastguard has been alerted to a marine incident by just such a text
message.
(silicon.com via KB4KCH from ARNewsLine)
INTERNATIONAL
IARU
http://www.jarl.or.jp/iaru-r3/
WIA FEDERAL IARU OFFICER is VK6NE Neil Penfold
Just now some of the background work done at WRC03 is coming to light,
the work was intensive, main conference hall had over 1500 seats,
simultaneous translation in 7 languages often more than 10 meetings going on
at the same time, distributed in three adjacent buildings.
Some meetings went on till the wee hours of the morning and resumed at the
usual time the next morning!
The growing number of completely new radio services clamouring for spectrum
allocation, such as for example space borne radars for terrestrial
observation, high altitude platforms together with the ever increasing
number of new ITU Member States with active participation made the
deliberations that much more difficult.
Region 3 amateurs who participated in WRC 03 were Chairman/Director Fred
Johnson ZL2AMJ on the New Zealand delegation, David Wardlaw VK3ADW and
Keith Malcolm VK1ZKM on the Australian delegation, Director Y S Park HL1IFM
as R3 representative and Rhee Joong Guen HL1AQQ on the Korean delegation,
Secretary K Komuro JA1KAB and Jay S Oka JA1TRC from the Region 3 Secretariat
on the Japanese delegation.
(iaru newsletter)
"SINGERS" HAMS SING FOR JOY.
Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society has been
advised by the nations Info-comm Development Authority
the requirement for a Morse code examination for HF
operating privileges in Singapore has been removed.
All current and future licenses have become convertible
to the Singapore General Class. This, with full
High Frequency operating privileges.
Singapore is thought to be the first country in Asia to adopt
the recent amendments of Article 25 of the ITU Radio Regulations.
(ARNewsLine)
GERMANY
Each 2 years an election is held in Germany for the board positions
of their national society, DARC (EC).
Hans DJ6TJ advises the only minor change is that Hardy Zenker, DL3KWF
resigned from his post as DARC vice president.
He is replaced by the new elected vice president Ingobert Dittrich, DK9MD.
Ingo is surely well known as a former representative of the broadcasters at
a lot of committees within Europe.
THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD IN SEGMENT TWO (2) OF OUR AUDIO SERVICES
QNEWS -- ALL OF THE NEWS ALL OF THE TIME at www.wia.org.au/vk4
QNEWS available in Audio after 1400hrs utc Friday.
CLUB ACTIVITY WITH BRIAN COLEMAN VK4LH IN MACKAY
BARC
Bryan VK4KWB says the BARC work benches are alive to the smell of
'rosin' in the mornin's and nights!
Projects Officer Kev VK4ZR has BARC busy with PIC controlled FREQUENCY
COUNTER BUILDING and other great projects in mind .
QRP section under Ron VK4EV is going well with interest shown by all club
members.
There is also great interest shown in slow scan TV using computer sound
cards and software with several members sending and receiving SSTV.
Next meeting will be on Friday Night 10th October at 19:30
St John's Presbyterian Church Hall King St Annerley Brisbane
and YOUR invited!
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ARC
Their AGM at Camp Fairbairn last weekend took place in fantastic weather
and great company plus some good VHF DX happening through the clubs
RHR and RSP repeaters.
How about voice contacts on 100W with a 9 element beam from Edge Hill by
John/VK4JKL a direct path of 690km!
A bit of serious business happened on Saturday evening with the
election of office bearers for the 2004 year.
New President is Mark Robinson VK4KMR and his vice president will be
Larry Munns VK4CLM, this year earmarked for completion will be the
restoration of their repeater linking's
Sunday morning no one could leave until everyone
posed for the "family portrait" with Margaret VK4AOE who had made
the trek north from Dalby, no doubt we'll see that in one of
Dots ALARA newsletters!
CITY OF BRISBANE RADIO SOCIETY
Moreton College of TAFE off Cavendish road Mt Gravatt.
on the 4th floor in Block B 7.30pm. Tuesday October 14 is next meeting.
DARLING DOWNS
On Monday 13th. October, the Management & Steering Committees meet to
consider what the themes of the "Social & Technical" Meetings might be
following the November meeting.
Members with suggestions are invited to contact Matthew VK4HWM immediately..
GOLD COAST
Kaye says the club had a very successful talk by George, vk2gp on the
conversion of CB radio to amateur radio using 40 metres and there was
a great roll up.
23rd October at 10.30am there is a visit arranged to the Bullet Car Company
at Yatala and anyone wishing to attend can contact secretary Sue.
Just 4 weeks to Hamfest on the 8th November at the Albert Waterways Hall
and Gold Coast look forward to seeing as many of we hams as possible
again this year.
ROCKHAMPTON
A booking has been made at the Leagues Club again this year for Tuesday
2nd December 6.30pm.
Let Clive 4acc if u can attend.
SUNSHINE COAST
23rd November REDSUN Rally has a 9 o'clock start at the Ettamogah pub
and a 12:00 finish at the clubrooms for a sausage sizzle.
TOWNSVILLE
Seems the TARC technical committee pretty 'chuffed' at some "HUGE"
contacts into their VK4RAT VHF repeater including one from Mike/VK4MIK
operating from Butchers Creek a direct path of 300km across lots of
tall mountains on various power levels and antennas
TARCadian date claimers...
8th Nov theTARCinc visits the Theatre Restaurant
22nd Nov theTARCinc AGM - Royal Hotel West End
14th Dec theTARCinc Xmas Party - Sid DeGraaf Memorial Pool
Aitkenvale State School from 2pm
MAJOR GATHERINGS IN VK4 FOOTPRINT
NOVEMBER 1- 2
Gladstone Amateur Radio Club Tannum Sands Get-Together is November Sat
1st & Sun 2nd 2003.
Contact the club via E-mail vk4zrt@wia.org.au or
P.O. Box 1030 Gladstone 4680.
OCTOBER 25
Sunshine Coast AR Club host WIAQ General Meeting.
NOVEMBER 8
GOLD COAST HAMFEST
2004
LOGAN WEST AMATEUR RADIO & ELECTRONICS CLUB BOOT SALE
Feb President VK4JPH Peter 3800 3305 is your contact.
Boot sale is in the Car Park behind the Greenbank Community centre
adjacent to the Scout den, exhibitors will need to register at
the gate and setup before 10:00.
Entry free except for exhibitors (small fee)...
Sep SUNFEST, already the dates set for next year, Saturday September 11
WIA EXAMINATIONS IN VK4
Nov. 29 SUNSHINE COAST
Intending candidates should contact Ron VK4GZ on 5448 4063 or
Dave VK4KDL on 5448 7649 by the first Tuesday in the month.
ATHERTON TABLELANDS
Tablelands Radio and Electronics Club conducts examinations on
request for the Atherton Tablelands area.
Contact the Secretary, Dale McCarthy - VK4DMC at trec@austarnet.com.au
BRISBANE NORTH REGION
Now exams are available ANY TIME on just 2 weeks notice!
Just ring Redcliffe Clubs Laurie VK4BLE on 3284 8859.
Remember exams any time on two week notice.
BRISBANE SOUTH - LOGAN AREA
The Logan West Amateur Radio & Electronics Club.
If you wish to sit for any subject please contact.
Peter Harding 3800 3305
briscal@optusnet.com.au
BRISBANE WEST - LOCKYER REGION
The Lockyer Valley is located between Ipswich and Toowoomba and
examination services are available with 2 weeks notice required.
Arrangements for any examination can be made by contacting
Alan VK4SN alz@austarnet.com.au 04 1137 3679 VK4SN @ VK4WIL
Warren VK4FJ vk4fj@uq.net.au 04 2120 9536 VK4FJ @ VK4WIL
DARLING DOWNS
Toowoomba area, contact Mathew VK4HWM on 4698 7775 or email him on
matthew@t130.aone.net.au
GOLD COAST
The club holds any exams at anytime for students who wish to do so!
Just contact Kath VK4KU on 5539 3530
MACKAY AREA
Examinations conducted on request to the Mackay Club
Also instruction on a 1 to 1 basis contact
Contact George VK4AJL
vk4ajl@wia.org.au
ROCKHAMPTON
For all information exams etc: contact Clive VK4ACC
4928 1173 or e-mail
vk4acc@wia.org.au
TOWNSVILLE
Exam sessions are held several times during the year and
can also be held on demand provided adequate notice is given.
Exams information and application pack in PDF format from
theTARCinc web site
http://www.vk4tub.org/tarc/
SOUTH OF THE BORDER... DOWN SUMMERLAND WAY
SUMMERLAND AR CLUB in VK2
http://www.sarc.org.au/sarc1/sarc.htm
EXAM DETAILS RING Dave VK2CB 6625 1281, Mob 04 2991 0982.
vk2cb@nnsw.quik.com.au
VK4 AMATEURS WHO ARE JP's
BAMAGA
Amanda Winchester, VK4HIP is registered as a Justice of the Peace
(Qualified) and is on mobile: 04 2936 8907
GLADSTONE
Rick WRIGHT, VK4HWN Justice of the peace QUALIFIED 4972 7147
SUNSHINE COAST
Geoff Sanders, VK4KEL is registered as a Justice of the Peace
(Qualified) and is on telephone 5445 0280
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QNEWS - ALL OF THE NEWS ALL OF THE TIME LISTEN TO IT ON SEG 3
on the WIA WEB PAGE on wia.org.au/vk4
QNEWS available in Audio after 1400hrs utc Friday.
Chris VK4AA reads each weeks contest time table for 2003-4
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* denotes new addition to calendar
Date Contest
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2003
Oct 4- 5 OCEANA DX phone
Oct 11-12 OCEANA DX cw
Nov 1 -2 SPRING VHF-UHF Field Day
* 2 NZART STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT
Dec 26 ROSS HULL VHF CONTEST
2004
Aug 21-22 Lighthouse Activation Weekend.
Check the OFFICIAL VK Contest Site, www.vkham.com/contests/index.html
NZART STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT 2003
Thanks to FISTS Club and ZL1DD - Barry # 9029 it's all on again.
Polish and lubricate that old Morse key and enjoy an evening of old time
radio fun. An activity night in which everyone can be a winner, with a
certificate to prove it.
First Sunday in November that's the second of, 0700 - 1000 UTC 80m only.
CW sent with STRAIGHT KEY
ie. characters formed manually, no system of automatic dots, dashes or
spacing permitted.
Divisions: Vintage QRP, Vintage QRO, Open QRP, Open QRO.
Explanation - Vintage:
Receiver and transmitter or transceiver using valves, no solid-state devices
in the signal line permitted. QRP: 5 watts or less RF output.
Exchange: RST/ QTH/ operator's name (one word)/key used (e.g. ZC1, P&T)/ TX
type (eg. ZC1, FT1000, homebrew)/ TX power (watts).
Except for DX stations (ie. non ZL mainland) only RST, operators name, and
QTH need be exchanged. - VK members please note!
Scoring: 1 Point per QSO. Stations may be worked once, CW to CW only.
All stations submitting logs MUST use a straight key throughout.
Send logs by email, mail, fax, ON OR BEFORE 20 NOVEMBER to:
Barry Kirkwood, ZL1DD, 66 Cory Rd, Palm Beach, Waiheke Island 1240,
Ph/fax 09 372 5161.
Email: bjk@ihug.co.nz
Special Certificates to top three in each division. All DX stations that
submit a log receive a certificate, as do all who submit logs with 10
contacts or more. Annotated certificates eg. youngest/oldest operator, etc,
at managers discretion.
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ARRL "LOGBOOK OF THE WORLD" GOES LIVE!
The long-awaited QSL-cardless ARRL awards and contact credit
system "Logbook of the World" (LoTW) has officially opened for business
and within its first five days of operation, the system--which
is open to all--already had attracted more than 1000 requests for a
digital certificate, the essential pass key to LoTW.
Participants will use their digital certificates to "sign" and upload
either Amateur Data Interchange Format (ADIF) or Cabrillo-formatted
files.
At the heart of the Logbook of the World concept will be a huge
repository of log data provided by operators--from individual DXers
and contesters to major DXpeditions--and maintained by ARRL. Mills
says the system will benefit big and little guns alike by providing
quick QSO credit for ARRL-sponsored awards, especially DXCC.
WIRELESS WEATHER (the vk 4day 4cast)
CANADA
RAC say their members and Amateurs world wide are about to loose
their propagation information system currently from NOAA, the American
service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
This includes real time data on the state of the interaction of the earth's
magnetosphere with the solar wind and state of the earth's magnetic field.
These tools have been invaluable to the amateur community worldwide
for many years and RAC say "if we want to continue to have the data
available NOAA needs to be aware of the extent to which this information
is appreciated and diligently used by millions of Radio Amateurs worldwide..
SHORT WAVE MONITORING AND SCANNER NEWS
LISMORE AIRPORT AUTOMATED WEATHER 128.05 MHz AM.
Lismore airport will be deploying an automated weather monitoring and
broadcast service on 128.05 MHz AM.
DX EDGE, with BEACON and NET ADVICE
*IRAQ
Dane S57CQ, is active as YI/S57CQ from Iraq and has been heard mainly
around 14.270 MHz SSB.
He expects to be in Iraq until mid-October.
QSL is via S57DX.
(IRTS)
CHRISTMAS ISLAND / COCOS KEELING OC-002 and OC-003
Actual dates are: Christmas Island, 13-27 October.
VK9XYL Oct 13-27 with VE7YL VK3DYL and VK4SJ
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ARDF
Championships Update:
The Australian ARDF Championships will be held in Ballarat next
Saturday the 11th October. This will be an great opportunity to
test out new transmitters, antennas and Sports IDents, and get
them running smoothly before the Region 3 championships later in
November.
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- DIGITAL
DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE 2003 A HIT!
More than 100 Amateur Radio digital enthusiasts showed up for the
2003 TAPR/ARRL Digital Communications Conference.
Friday and Saturday forums covered a wide range of topics from APRS to
software defined radio.
The ARRL Technical Innovation Award went to Jonathan Taylor, K1RFD,
who created the popular EchoLink Amateur Radio/Voice Over Internet
Protocol network.
IRLP VoiceMail Gateway Commands
Speaking of VoIP, Tony VK7AX is our first IRLP station in VK using an
experimental Voicemail Gateway, this one designed by Ted Freitas KE6YJC.
Currently you can send a user a voicemail message and they will be notified
via an email text message that they have a new message waiting.
Ke6yjc's intention is to make an actual full featured Voicemail Gateway
that will allow a user to send a voicemail to a user on remote IRLP systems
running the Voicemail Gateway scripts.
Oh and Tony VK7AX operates Node 6700 IRLP/VOICEMAIL
WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR OLDTIMERS
The man believed to be the oldest Amateur Radio operator in the US,
Byrl "Tex" Burdick, W5BQU, of El Paso turned 103 on September 25.
1st. licensed in 1930, Tex is on the air every day most recently on
or about 21.314 MHz and he enjoys ragchewing.
The ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP has extended congratulations and
best wishes.
Happy Birthday, Tex!
(VK's oldest active amateur is almost EXACTLY 5 years Tex's junior,
Alf Webb VK2UC turned 98 years September 10 2003 and was licensed 1947).
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO SCOUTING
The 46th Jamboree on the Air will take place on the 18th and 19th of
October 2003. Anyone seeking information regarding JOTA can contact
Steve Watson the VK Cordinator via the jota site.
The VK1 Division intends to support two stations for JOTA, Farrer and a
Station in Queanbeyan. Can you assist? A minimum of 12 or so operators.
Westlakes in VK2 is seeking assistance with the Jota week end.
Contact Westlakes during the callbacks or by phone.
John Gibling, VK2EKG, is looking for assistance in running a JOTA station on
the 18th and 19th of October at Gunnamatta Park, Cronulla.
Tents and equipment are already being provided and he only needs assistance
with operating. Phone 9524-9457
John Abbott, VK2SKY, is seeking the loan of a High Frequency SSB for use in
the upcoming JOTA. Contact SKY 9838-0644
Queensland JOTA needs a lot of helpers to "make it work".
Needing at least one extra operator are Milchester and Charters Towers,
Pimlico - Mundingburra Scout Group VK4SBP, Pioneer Park VK4SPP and
Pioneer Park Scout Den, Thuringowa.
A call has gone out from VK1 THAT "If you intend to use IRLP with JOTA
please limit sessions to 15 minutes to allow other stations to have a go".
REWIND
WIA FEDERAL HISTORIAN VK3AFU
WHERE RECORD SPEEDS CAME FROM
And finally this week, ever wonder why the first successful disk
phonograph records ran at 78 revolutions per minute? Well a posting
to one of the audiophile remailers explains it this way.
Up until the 1920's recordings were made at a variety of speeds from
75 rpm to 84 rpm, and sometimes outside this range. The minimum
acceptable speed was governed by the quality of the sound from the
innermost grooves of the record. By trial and error this speed was found
to be around 78 to 80 rpm.
The speed of records is based on the American electricity AC standard
of 60 hertz. When engineers wanted to standardise the speed of
recording equipment in the studios they started using synchronous electric
motors.
These are motors that are locked on to the 60 hertz power and run at
precisely 3600 rpm.
If you use simple gear ratios then 3600 divided by 46 is 78.26 rpm.
And all other phonograph record speeds came from the same source as well.
3600 divided by 80 gave us the popular 45 rpm record that helped to
make the rock and roll revolution.
3600 divided by 108 is responsible for the L-P 33 1/3 rpm record and
divided by 216 made the somewhat rare 16 2/3 rpm disks.
Of coarse most 'black flat' albums have been replaced by digital compact
disks, but the history of grooved disks is an interesting one and now
you know how it all came about.
(ARNewsLine)
HISTORY FROM THE SUMMERLAND ARC ARCHIVES
1819 Thomas Blanchard of Middlebury, CT patented a machine called the lathe.
1869 O.B. Brown of Malden, MA patents the motion-picture projector.
1879 First female telephone operator employed.
1882 T. Edison displayed the first practical electrical lighting system,
N York.
1887 Emile Berliner patents the lateral-cut, flat-disk gramophone.
1896 Marconi demonstrates wireless to British PO, Army and Navy 2.5km.
1899 Henry M. Bliss, NY, became the first known automobile fatality.
1900 First Australian drama film, Soldiers of the Cross,
by Herbert Booth of the Salvation Army.
1909 First film taken from an aeroplane by L P Bouvillain.
a year before the first still photograph taken from an aeroplane.
1910 R. Loraine transmits from aeroplane to Larkhill on Salisbury Plain
1912 Film studio complex costing over 10,000 Australian pounds built at
Rushcutter's Bay, Sydney by Australian producer Cozens Spencer.
1915 David Sarnoff, of Marconi, proposes the idea of a
'Radio Music Box' as a multi-frequency radio receiver that would
become a 'household utility'. He was ignored.
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