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VK7 Amateur Radio News 26Feb23
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 26th February 2023
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 26th of February 2023. At the mike of VK7WI this week is Justin, VK7TW.
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 Any Takers,
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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Equipment Trading News
Beware of radio selling scammers
Someone else got scammed by our regular scammer, selling an Icom 7300 from an alleged deceased estate in Turners Beach. The scammer took the money and ran, thankfully Bank of Queensland have frozen the bank account, pending further investigation.
The buyer said the seller was very confident on the phone, even sending a photo of his Tasmanian driver’s licence indicating he lived in Rocherlea but it expired in 2021.
The seller usually lists the item as deceased estate, says he doesn’t know much about it, and has claimed to live in Bicheno, Launceston, Ulverstone and other suburbs, but doesn’t want to meet up in person.
If you are fairly confident it’s a scam, you can google the bank account bsb number to see what bank it belongs to and contact the bank, they really appreciate the intel, and froze a bank a/c from a scammer I rang them about.
Copy and paste photos of the image they supply into google image search, as they steal most images off the web to entice you to buy it, so you can soon see if its fraudulent.
SK Jason VK7ZJA and some other friends would notify Facebook Market Place, Gumtree and eBay re the dodgy listings, and usually got them removed.
All I can say is buyer beware, don't send any money, ask to see the goods in person and then pay. And be very wary of using some of the money transfer sites
73 Eric VK7EV
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Another great net night that saw the following participants, VK7s – ZAB, TW, ZGK, ZSB, KT and ZCF all sharing over forty two photos.
There were various subjects like:
The meaning of life from the “Deep Thoughtö computer.
Street art of different creatures on a Launceston flood levee, which included Bugs Bunny.
TV science fiction and comedy from Douglas Adams, Red Dwarf, Kenny Everett, The Goodies and The Young Ones.
Beer drinking Steins and the Cascade factory
A Ham shack setup.
Fields of flowers.
A miss-spelt waterfront sign in Wellington, New Zealand. There is a missing “Iö and tourists are meant to stand in the gap for photos.
A bedside clock and a town clock tower.
This week’s transport theme was a sailing ship in a bottle.
Trains.
Quad bike.
A V8 engine and a spark plug sign.
A tracked military vehicle with an antenna farm on top.
A series of French sports coupes.
Remember Ken VK7KRJ’s and Steve VK7OO’s 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.
If you missed the net there is a full archive of all SSTV nights on the NTARC website under weekly blogs.
A reminder that 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://sstv.vk7krj.com/scrolling%20web%20gallery.html
https://www.ntarc.net/blogs
73 from Andre’ VK7ZAB
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QSL News
Report - from Herman VK7HW Manager of the WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
The current list of QSL Cards held as at 17 February 2023 is in the email version of the broadcast.
If you have any questions re QSL cards, please contact Herman by email vk7bureau(at)wia.org.au
If you do not wish to receive QSL Cards please let me know as well as the stations you work.
73, Herman, VK7HW, WIA Manager VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
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QSL Cards Held as at 17 February 2023-
A, AAA, AAB, AAD, AAE, AAH, AAP, AAR, AB, ACE, ACG, ACN, ADE, AED, AG(2014), AGC, AHT, AIR, AJC, AKK, AL, ALZ, AM, ANC, AO, AP, APZ, AR, AS, AT, ATH, AXZ, AY, AZ
BA, BB, BPV, BT, BYE
CH/T, CJ, CL, CMV, CV, CX
DG, DM, DN, DO, DQ, DX, DZ
EA, EG, ER
FALX (alx), FAZZ, FCIA, FLAR, FLYN, FF, FG, FGGT, FPRN, FRJG(RG), FTAS
GA, GGZ, GM, GR, GS, GZ
HBR, HCH, HDM, HOB, HL, HPD, HRS, HSA, HSD/MRS, HSJ, HVK, HWW, HZ
IAN, IK, IS
JA, JAB, JAZ, JB, JCR, JJ, JOK, JP, JW
KAC, KBA, KD, KDO, KI, KJ, KKR, KL, KO
LDH, LJ, LLL, LM, LT, LVH, LW
MAG, MAT, MBD, MC, MEL, MET, MHZ, MR, MS
NA, NC, NFI, NIK, NRF, NRT, NSE, NTE, NVH,NWQ
OB
PAF, PBD, PM, PRN, PSJ, PSZ, PW
QK
RG(FRJG), ROY
SN, STO, SV
T/ch, TCE, TED, TK, TL, TO, TS, TX
VA, VAC, VAZ, VDC, VEK, VR, VTM
WA, WC, WIA, WO, WT, WX
XDM, XTC
YN
ZJJ, ZK, ZM, ZT
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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
Wednesday night’s Technical night once again saw Peter VK7KPC arriving early at the club rooms and setting up in the radio room to join in with the 3.567MHz net hosted by Nic VK7WW.
Peter was using his newish Xiegu look alike transceiver, model CS108G. This is a small 20 Watt HF SSB CW transceiver, constructed in a robust aluminium extrusion complete with heavy duty protective carry handles. Seems to be an excellent candidate for portable use. It gave a good account of itself and had surprisingly good recovered audio. There was a Morse Code Key nearby, so one can only assume that he was part of the CW net prior to our arrival. After the net it was brought out onto the table for general perusal.
Peter VK7PD very recently ordered an external display accessory for his Yaesu FT-817 and it miraculously arrived in just on two weeks. This accessory connects via the CAT control connector and mimics the information displayed on the radio’s LCD screen. It is intended to be part of his portable digital setup for field days. This will be a major help as it takes the screen size from 35mm to 80mm diagonal, more suitable for our aging eyesight, and convenient as it can be located within 1.8 metres of the transceiver using the provided CAT interface cable. This will be very interesting to see how the portable set up pans out. I am sure Peter will keep us informed of his progress.
Colin VK7ZCF showed of his recently acquired 1296 MHz 2W Transverter from a well-known European supplier, SG Laboratories in Bulgaria. This unit was securely mounted onto and had its IF coupled to a Yaesu FT-290R multi-mode 2 metre portable transceiver. All patch leads were RG316 and terminated in SMA connectors, they were of a short length and keept things very neat and tidy.
All possible sockets and connectors were meticulously labelled, none of this “Sharpieö pen or relying on memory stuff for Colin. Even the two 12Volt power cables with “plug packö type DC plugs were labelled for each unit, a very nice touch. That was until Colin mentioned that the FT-290 had positive on the outer sleeve of the power connector in contrast to most modern equipment with centre pin positive. Then it became apparent it was a necessity not a luxury. You even have to be careful not to let the two DC plugs brush together or there goes another fuse. HiHi. Not sure if the PCB antenna, although very neat, will make it back to Launceston from George Town for the after Sunday Broadcast 1296 QSO, but worth a try and a possible future linkup.
Peter VK7ZPE brought in his new acquisition, a Diamond SG-9500N tri-band antenna designed for the 2m / 70cm / 23cm bands and is also allegedly ground plane independent. The antenna connection is an “Nö type and was paired with a pre-moulded interconnect cable, suitable for vehicle installation, also manufactured by Diamond, type S510NN. This cable provides an N-socket antenna base, a 1 metre section of “1.5D-Q.SUPERö thin coax to get it into the vehicle proper then a 4 metre section of “5DQ-IIö normal low loss coax to the transceiver, terminated in a N-plug.
Stuart VK7FEAT has been busy and showed off some of his handy work in the form of hand wound toroids for a few long term projects that he is working on. Mainly units for filtering and HF antenna matching. It will be interesting to connect some of these devices up and conduct some “test and measurementsö to see the results. Always good to see physical things being constructed and shown. Keep up the good work Stuart.
To round the evening off we all grabbed a coffee or tea and sat back to watch a YouTube video from one of the more popular amateur radio presenters, Hayden VK7HH. This timely interview came about because of some trigger happy happenings in America regarding high elevation balloons. Hayden was interviewing a fellow amateur, Mark VK5QI on the subject of amateur radio pico balloon flights. One outstanding fact was that in Australia we must lodge an application with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) for a permit to launch a balloon. This applies to all balloon launches even though most amateur payloads only weigh about 15 grams. They still come under the light balloon category which has a maximum of a 4 Kgm payload. However in air space over the United States, no approval is required for payloads under 2.5Kgms. The other aspect regarding amateur international ballooning is the fact that Geo Fencing is implemented, which inhibits transmissions over some touchy countries. This was a good conclusion to the night and is thoroughly recommended viewing. Check it out on Hayden’s YouTube HRDX channel.
Now back to reality.
Mug Order - yes, we are talking about the white mugs for drinking out of, those that have our club logo on one side, personalised with your name and call sign on the other. We are placing another order so if you would like one then please see André at the Friday coffee mornings or at the Wednesday bi-weekly club Technical Nights. Those members who have already requested a mug, please email secretary(at)ntarc.net to confirm order, and anyone else who wants one please specify what name is to be printed above the call sign. The final price will be about $12 depending on eventual quantity ordered.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The TestNet and TechNet session - Wednesday the 1st March. 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. We currently have a couple of QSL cards awaiting collection, so why not pop in and check the box and join us for a cuppa and chat.
The Club Technical night - The next session will be on Wednesday 8th of March and will commence at the usual time of 7.30 pm, running through to about 10.30 pm, at the Club room Archer Street, Rocherlea. Pop in catch up with fellow amateurs, bring along something that you are currently building or just ask questions? You might also be able to answer some from other attendees. That is what the evenings are all about, anything of a technical or near-technical nature, however defined, is fair game. Endless tea and coffee along with biscuits is available for a small gold coin donation.
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.
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/
Annual General Meeting
The REAST AGM was held last Saturday after a free BBQ lunch with the following officer bearers elected:
President - Hayden VK7HH, Vice-President - Justin VK7TW, Treasurer - David VK7DMG, Secretary & Public Officer - Leander VK7LEE, Committee Members - Richard VK7ZBX and Rod VK7TRF.
The following ex-officio office bearer were also elected for 2023:
Repeater Sub Committee - Damien VK7SD, Hayden VK7HH, Michael VK7MRS & Justin VK7TW
Membership Sub Committee - Tony VK7VKT, Paul VK7PEP & David VK7DMG
Education Officer - Reg VK7KK with Assessors - Reg VK7KK and Justin VK7TW
QSL & Awards Officer - Herman VK7HW
Clubroom Officer - Paul VK7PEP
IT Officer - Ben VK7BEN
Events & Presentations Officer - Justin VK7TW and
Communications and Media Officer - Tony VK7VKT
Reports were received and the summary was that 2022 was a very good year for REAST and the new committee and ex-officio office holders are looking forward to a big year in 2023.
73, REAST Committee
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Kraken Direction Finding SDR
This Wednesday night will be a presentation and demo of the crowdfunded Kraken Software Defined Radio that is built specifically for direction finding. Ollie VK7NFI will be our presenter.
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 or 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.
The presentation will be streamed and go out on DVB-T RF.
Thanks Ollie.
https://fb.me/e/3eApmqWDp
See you there from the REAST Committee.
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DATV Experimenter's Night
https://fb.me/e/2JoFedbKt
Last Wednesday night we featured thanks to Ben VK7BEN who alerted us to the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications. This is a huge archive of amateur radio material.
https://archive.org/details/dlarc?tab=collection
Justin VK7TW then looked at the CaribouLite - 6GHz SDR running on RaspberryPi4 and commented that there was some work needed to configure the CaribouliteSDR.
https://www.crowdsupply.com/cariboulabs/cariboulite-rpi-hat
We then took a look at the latest AR Magazines from the WIA which has significant content from VK7 with the front cover sporting Richard VK7ZBX's 10GHz EME dish at night and Justin VK7TW's article about Portable Linked Dipoles.
We then moved to the latest 50th Anniversary DUBUS magazine.
And finished our magazine reviews with the latest VK QRP Club magazine - Low-Key and showed what was featured in the magazine.
We finished the night with reminders of future events.
We take a break for a fortnight as this week is a presentation and regroup on Wednesday March 8th with another DATV Experimenter’s Night.
See you then.
73, Justin, VK7TW
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Training and Assessments
REAST’s 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 - Fridays - in the NTARC Club rooms from 10am to noon.
NTARC - Wednesday 8th March - Club Technical night - from 7.30 to 10.30 pm in the club room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
NTARC - Wednesday 1st March - 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
REAST – WAGS – Wednesday Afternoon Group meet in the Queens Domain Clubrooms from 12 noon.
REAST – DATV Experimenter’s 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:
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 week’s broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7PD
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: Any Takers
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 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.
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.
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, it is 73, stay safe from Justin, VK7FB.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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