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VK7 Amateur Radio News 29Jan23
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 29th January 2023
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 29th of January 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 Peter, VK7TPE,
On 7.140 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH,
On 14.130 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD and
On 28.525 MHz by Dale, VK7DG.
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 VK7RAD in Southern VK7.
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Silent Key
Jason Reilly VK7ZJA
The funeral service for Jason Reilly VK7ZJA will be at the CT Finney Centre, Nunamina Avenue, Kings Meadows at 12:30 pm on Tuesday, January 31.
This event will incorporate the memorial service mentioned previously.
Friends are invited to attend.
Jasonâ€Ös request was for attendees to wear a Hawaiian or brightly coloured shirt.
Finneys will stream the service from their website.
https://vimeo.com/event/2815777/e7e10607f6
Jasonâ€Ös widow, Korina, will publish details on Jasonâ€Ös Facebook page during the weekend.
73, Peter, VK7ZPE
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Contest News
Summer VHF/UHF and above Field Day
Donâ€Öt forget to check and submit your log using the VKLogChecker that can be accessed at the link on the email edition of this broadcast.
https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/upload/
The deadline for uploading your log is midnight tomorrow the 30 January 2023.
https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/
73, Richard VK7ZBX
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Another quiet net night that saw the following participants, VK7s – ZAB and ZBX sharing eight photos.
There were various subjects like:
Street art in Launceston
Looking to the moon for a QSO
A anti-theft mechanism that is standard on some motor vehicles
Science fiction from Red Dwarf featuring a “Talkie Toaster” and the mechanoid Kryten
Comedy from the “two Ronnies”
73s from Tony Hancock and a cat waiting to sleep on a laptop
Remember Ken VK7KRJâ€Ös and Steve VK7OOâ€Ös fully automatic 24/7 monitoring site that allows anyone who has sent an SSTV picture the ability to check them on their pages almost immediately, any time, both South and North Tasmania.
A reminder in Southern Tasmania, VK7RAF (146.650 -600kHz) can be RF linked to VK7RJG by using a CTCSS tone of 141.3Hz. We get underway from around 7:30pm.
https://vk7oo.tasme.com/vhfsstv
https://www.ntarc.net/blogs
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/scrolling%20web%20gallery.html
73, Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB
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News from the North West
North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club next Meeting
NWTARC Summer Bar B Que
On Saturday the 21st January the club held its second summer Bar B Que at Legion Park, on the banks of the Leven River at Ulverstone. We were pleased to see the Bar B Que facilities had recently been upgraded, with very modern electric Bar B Ques replacing the older units. Once we learned how to fire it up, the aroma of cooking sausages wafted through the air, while we chewed the fat and observed the local sailing club races. The weather was absolutely glorious, and the company must have been great as we finally left the facility at 430pm. As usual much of the discussion was on radios, club matters and what we were all up to. We even managed the art of taking a photo of those attending, setting a timer on the iPhone. We are blessed the local council provide these various facilities throughout the municipality
73, Eric VK7EV, News Officer
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NWTARC Annual General meeting
The Annual General Meeting of NWTARC will take place at 1330 hrs on Saturday 4th February 2023, at our usual venue, the Scout hall, 73 Alexandra Road, Ulverstone.
The ordinary business of an annual general meeting will be to confirm the minutes of the last preceding annual general meeting.
To receive from the committee, auditor, employees and other persons acting on behalf of the Association, reports on the transactions of the Association during the last preceding financial year of the Association.
To elect the officers of the Association and the ordinary committee members.
To appoint the auditor and determine his or her remuneration.
To determine the remuneration of employees and other persons acting on behalf of the Association.
To appoint the Public Officer either from the committee or general membership.
All current office holder, committee, auditor and the Public Officer positions fall vacant at the AGM.
Nominations for each office bearer and the Committee members are invited, and should be made in writing to the Secretary, and delivered to the Secretary, at least 10 days before the day on which the annual general meeting is to be held.
The nomination is to be on the NWTARC nomination form, along with the signatures of the Nominator, Seconder and that of the member nominated.
Appointments will also be required for the positions of Auditor and Public Officer.
Members will need to have paid their 2023 membership subscription before the meeting commences at 1.30pm to be able to vote at the Annual General meeting. they will need to have paid their 2023 membership before they can be nominated or nominate or second someone for office, as only financial members can nominate or be nominated
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NWTARC Special general meeting
A special general meeting will be held after the AGM on Saturday the 4th February 2023, to allow members to vote on amendments to rules 13, 14 and 16 , following the special general meeting will be the February General meeting, after which afternoon tea will also be held, and members are encouraged to bring items for show & tell, and club rooms are open until 6pm for members to socialise.
A small plate of afternoon tea would be appreciated, and 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 please do not attend the meeting.
73, Eric VK7EV, News Officer
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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
A note to all members! “The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and notably the AGM which is almost upon us and the future is in your hands, think and act, now is the time.” (Many apologies to Lewis Carroll.)
Seriously though the AGM is the time to have your say in the next committee structure and the future direction of your club.
Members are reminded that the NTARC AGM will take place on Wednesday the 8th of February at the NTARC Club Rooms, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street, Rocherlea, commencing at 7.30pm (19:30). All current office holder and committee positions fall vacant at the AGM. Nominations for each office bearer and the Committee Member are invited and should be made in writing to the Secretary, along with the signatures of the Nominator, Seconder and that of the member nominated. Nominations will also be required for the positions of Internal Auditor and Public Officer.
Please note for your convenience there is a nomination form available on the NTARC website, www.ntarc.net and printed forms are also available at the club room. Please ensure that the completed nomination form is returned by “Close of Business” on the 3nd of February 2023, either in person or at the following mail address: The Secretary, NTARC Inc. PO Box 275 Launceston Tas 7250.
As usual, the AGM will be followed by a General Meeting.
2023 Membership fees - Itâ€Ös that time of the year again and a big thank you to all those members who have paid their 2023 subs. Remember NTARCâ€Ös 2023 membership fees are still just $40.00 for a Full voting member and $5 additional for each Family member that the voting member wishes to add to his or her primary membership.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Club Technical night - Wednesday 1st of February. Held at the NTARC Club rooms, 7.30pm until late.
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. We currently have no QSL cards awaiting collection, but you can still pop in and join us for a cuppa and chat.
Annual General Meeting - Wednesday the 8th February. Members are reminded that the NTARC AGM will take place at the NTARC Club Rooms, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street, Rocherlea, commencing at 7.30pm (19:30). February General Meeting to follow the AGM.
The TestNet and TechNet session - Wednesday 15th February. TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7pm till 7.30pm…. and a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm. As Nic, VK7WW is unavailable, your host for the evening is to be announced.
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.
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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/
February Presentation Night - Q&A Conversation - My Time in Antarctica
Our first presentation night for 2023 will be a conversation with Warren VK0WN/VK7WN.
It will be a casual QandA conversation with Warren about his time wintering at Casey Base in Antarctica.
Warren's time down south over Winter is a unique experience that a small band of individuals experience at each Antarctic base each year.
Warren will cover his experiences - the spectacular, the challenging, the funny and the just plain mundane...HIHI!
This should be a great night and thank you to Warren for agreeing to share his experiences.
This Wednesday the 1st February 2023 from 7:30pm and we will be streaming on the REAST YouTube Channel and broadcasting on DVB-T 445.6MHz.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/live-stream/
https://www.reast.asn.au/special-interest-groups/amateur-tv/
https://www.youtube.com/c/ReastHobart/
73, REAST Committee
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Annual General Meeting
The REAST AGM will be held on Saturday 18th February 2023 at 13:00 (1pm) in the Queen's Domain Clubrooms.
Before the AGM there will be a free BBQ from 12 Noon.
The ordinary business of the annual general meeting is to be as follows:
to confirm the minutes of the last preceding annual general meeting and of any general meeting held since that meeting;
to receive from the committee, auditor and servants of the Association reports on the transactions of the Association during the last preceding financial year;
to elect the officers of the Association and the ordinary committee members;
to appoint the auditor;
A nomination form for officers of the Association is available from the REAST Website and is to be signed by financial members of the Association and returned to the Secretary by 8 February 2023.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=1928
See you there.
REAST Committee
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Kraken Direction Finding SDR
Save the date of 1st March 2023 from 7:30pm for Ollie VK7NFI who will be presenting and demonstrating the crowdfunded Kraken Software Defined Radio that is built specifically for direction finding.
The five antennas are placed into a circle and used to direction find using a notebook or the smart phone application which integrates nicely with Google Maps to let you know what the closest driven path to the radio source / fox is.
Ollie will be showing us the hardware and demonstrating the software and if we are lucky there may be some Amateur Radio Direction Finding around the QD Clubrooms.
Thanks Ollie.
See you there from the REAST Committee.
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DATV Experimenter's Night
https://fb.me/e/2JoFedbKt
We started our DATV Night reminding everyone that their VHF & Field Day logs are due to be uploaded by midnight on 30 January 2023. Justin VK7TW then outlined the parameters of the WIA AX Day contest.
We then went into installing and configuring the N1MM contest and DX logger.
https://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com/
We showed how to install for Australian Contests using User Defined Contests files can be found on VK4SNâ€Ös website. https://www.vk4sn.com/Contests/N1MMVK
Justin showed the details of setting up a USB/Serial connected radio and showed the setup for the IC705 he had in the studio. Justin demonstrated that there is bidirectional control from both the N1MM logger or the radio.
Justin then demonstrated how you setup the N1MM logger to automatically start WSJTX or JTDX and then demonstrated how it works to start WSJTX and then automatically log into N1MM when making FT4/FT8 contacts. This involves two areas of configuration in both N1MM and WSJTX.
We then showed the Dave Trewen G7IYK Magnetic Loop Tuner Progress, he showed the board populated and run through the major components.
We finished with a reminder that next week is Q&A Conversation with Warren VK0WN about his time at Casey Station. We get back underway with our DATV Experimenter's Night in two weeks - 8th February 2023 with a social DATV Experimenterâ€Ös Night however will not be streaming or going out on RF on the night of the 8th. Streaming will commence again on 15th February 2023.
See you then.
73, Justin, VK7TW
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Training and Assessments
REASTâ€Ös 2023 Foundation Licence training and all licence assessment days have been finalised and they occur every two months with the next one being on Saturday March 11th.
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/2lrgEJgfd
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 AEDST.
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 - Friday - Coffee Mornings resume at the NTARC Club rooms.
NTARC - Wednesday 1st February - Club Technical nights from 7:30pm in the NTARC Club rooms.
NTARC - Wednesday 15th February - 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.
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 (upper sideband).
REAST – WAGS – Wednesday Afternoon Group meet in the Queens Domain Clubrooms from 12 noon.
REAST – DATV Experimenterâ€Ös Nights from 7:30pm live in the club rooms also on DVBT RF and YouTube Streaming
CCARC - 27 February 2023 - SSTV nights from 7:30pm using VK7RMD 2m repeater on Mt Duncan on the 4th Monday in the Month.
Events:
VK - 1-31 January 2023 - Ross Hull Memorial VHF/UHF DX Contest (Marathon)
REAST - 1st February - Q&A conversation with Warren VK0WN / VK7WN from 7:30pm in the Queens Domain clubrooms.
NWTARC - 4 February 2023 - Annual General Meeting & Special General Meeting of NWTARC will take place from 1.30pm in the Scout Hall, 73 Alexandra Road, Ulverstone.
NTARC - 8 February 2023 - Annual General Meeting of NTARC at the Club Rooms, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street, Rocherlea from 7.30pm.
REAST - 18 February - Annual General Meeting of REAST at Queenâ€Ös Domain Clubrooms from 1pm with BBQ before from 12 noon.
REAST - 1 March - Kraken Direction Finding SDR presentation and demo with Ollie VK7NFI from 7:30pm in the Queens Domain clubrooms.
VK7 - June 2023 - VK7 Amateur Radio Centenary
ALARA - November 2023 - ALARAMeet 2023 - Hobart Tasmania
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weekâ€Ös 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: VK7ALH
40m: VK7JGD
20m: VK7DG
10m: VK7VKT
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 VK7RAD in Southern VK7.
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.
VK7WI is now closing but will reopen shortly for callbacks and relay reports. 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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