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VK7 Amateur Radio News 19Mar23
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 19th March 2023
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 19th of March 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 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 Any TakersDale, 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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WWFF News
70 for VK7
70 new WWFF (Worldwide Flora and Fauna) park/reserve reference areas have recently been added to the VK7 directory list including areas on King Island and Flinders Island.
Thanks to those VK7 amateurâ€Ös that sent in suggestions.
As a reminder, all new WWFF reference areas must fall within the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) protected area category system.
The list of the new VK7 park/reserves can be found in the WWFF online directory or the WWFFAustralia website and will soon be added to the ParksnPeaks website.
https://wwff.co/
https://parksnpeaks.org/
So letâ€Ös dust off the portable gear whilst the weather is still favourable and get amongst these new parks and reserves, I look forward to receiving some logs for upload.
As always, any questions regarding the WWFF program, please donâ€Öt hesitate to ask.
73â€Ös from Andrew (VK7DW)
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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 March 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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VK7 Event News
Meet The Voice 2023
This weekend is the Meet the Voice event with the main event happening this Sunday the 19 March from 11am.
It will be happening at the Ross Caravan Park on the banks of the picturesque Macquarie River.
As in past years attendees are welcome to make a weekend of it and stay at the Caravan Park - bookings are encouraged to ensure you get a space! The BBQs will be fired up on the Sunday for lunch and the presentation of the Meet The Voice Sewing Circle Trophy will be made around 11:00am.
The weekend coincides with the John Moyle Memorial Field Day contest where the focus is on portable operation so, why not bring your portable station along and operate in the John Moyle as well.
There will be a car boot sale so bring along those pre-loved items for sale or give away or barter.
73, Sewing Circle Net
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Another great net night that saw the following participants, VK7s – ZAB, ZGK, FGGT, PD, ZBX, EKA, ZSB and KT all sharing twenty photos.
There were various subjects like:
Street art and murals around Launceston
Damaged access door – used for target practise?
The Mt Faulkner repeater site setup and a recent WWFF activation on Tamar Island
A Rosella Parrot
A pair of observatories for home astronomy
A radio tower with a very large solar array and a long string of padlocks on an access gate leading to a Launceston communications site
Watersâ€Ö edge shacks, a red sunset and night view of Hobart water front
Decode from a weather satellite of south east Australia
And a series of home station Icom transceivers
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.
If you missed the net there are archives of all SSTV nights.
These photos can be seen on Kenâ€Ös 2m SSTV website as an infinitely-scrolling web page or on NTARCâ€Ös website under blogs and arranged as weekly nets.
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 Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB
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Contest News
John Moyle Field Day 2023
This weekend is the John Moyle field day over the 18th/19th March 2021 and will run from UTC 0100 on the Saturday to 0059 on the Sunday. The contest is open to all VK, ZL and P2 stations. All other stations are welcome to participate, but can only claim points for contacts with VK, ZL and P2 stations. All VK, ZL and P2 stations can claim points for all contacts, with any station in the world, as long as valid serial numbers are exchanged.
The contest is divided up into 8 X 3 Hour blocks. You can rework each station in each block on the same band / mode for extra contacts and points.
There are several categories, and they cover portable stations and home stations with the following options.
a) 24 or 6 hour;
b) Phone, CW, Digital or All modes;
c) HF, VHF/UHF or All Bands.
For instance, you can operate for 6 hours, Phone and HF, as an example.
Why not set aside some time to exchange some numbers with those that will be out and about, even if you stay home. The John Moyle field day is a little different than other field days as you can operate on HF is thatâ€Ös your interest. Suitable logging software makes the task of keeping track of rework times and point score. Here are a few options such as VKCL, VK5DJ, N1MM and many others. This also makes the job of sending your log in an easy task. On VHF / UHF a good spot to checkout will be the usual simplex channels on 6M, 2M, 70cm and 23cm. For those with SSB try the usual XX.150 on USB. With HF we can execute the tried and proven “Band Danceâ€. If a few people exchange numbers from 160M up to 23cm that makes for many points.
Hope to hear you out and about!
73 Richard VK7ZBX
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Bob VK7BS and Anthony VK7AG and Garry VK7JGD are planning on setting up a field day station primarily for the Menâ€Ös Shed group using their new call sign VK7CMS (Channel Mens Shed) and some new operators hopefully.
We will be setting up in the area beside the boat ramp at Dru Point Margate, weather permitting as the area is quite exposed in windy weather.
We should be set up to go by the start at 0100z the 18th of March, Saturday next weekend.We will be set up for HF, VHF and UHF so if you hear us we would be looking forward to some calls.
All visitors are welcome, so come and have a look.
73, Garry VK7JGD
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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
We will begin this week on a historical note. It is ten years this month since NTARC obtained the keys to the current club rooms located at the Rocherlea Scout Hall! This time ten years ago, dedicated club members were cleaning and making it presentable, even to the point of constructing walls so the place would at least have a separate kitchen.
It was the foresight of the committee at the time, to take the opportunity and some risk, to give the club an actual place to call its “club roomsâ€, one that did not have to be set up and taken down every time there was a gathering. Prior to this we had morning tea gatherings at coffee shops around Launceston and Monthly meetings were held at Launceston TAFE.
With permanency came the ability to install antennas, construct a radio room with member-usable equipment, the infrastructure to hold meetings, general gatherings, technical nights and the ability to hold training sessions in a dedicated training room set up for that purpose along with a pretty well-equipped electronics workshop for repair work or project construction.
With this also came the ability to stock pile heritage electronic equipment and some not so heritage equipment bordering on junk. Hihi
Thanks go to the committee of the time to think of the future; President Lewis - VK7FLPL, Vice-President - Idris VK7ZIR, Secretary - Yvonne VK7FYMX, Treasurer - Norm VK7KTN, Committee Member - Kevin VK7HKN. Thank you to all the club members that, through working bees, donations of time and equipment over the years has made a home for our club.
Thank you to our lady members, because letâ€Ös face it, they are in the majority when it comes to baking cakes and making goodies that were happily consumed at every morning tea, and the mandatory after meeting get-togethers. Just as a very rough calculation, that equates to about 800 baked cakes alone, not to mention the slices and scones etc. It is little wonder the coffee mornings have proven to be very popular as a weekly social and technical gathering.
P.S. not forgetting Hearth Vader and Luke Sky Warmer for their untiring dedication to keeping us warm during the winter months.
The very first “new clubrooms†morning tea was held at 10:00 am on the 2nd April 2013. That is certainly close enough to the next club general meeting on the 1st of April. I know we have had ten years to plan for it but to be honest we only recently realised that the club rooms 10 anniversary was rapidly approaching.
So prior to the meeting next month we will have a “low key†get together to celebrate in the form of a BBQ.
Free for club members that register prior to the BBQ or otherwise a donation of $10 on the day would be appreciated. Register at the club rooms or by e-mail to the Secretary, these attendance numbers will assist with catering requirements. The BBQ commences at 12:00 (midday) and should you decide to stay, the meeting will commence at 14:00 (2pm) which will then be followed by light refreshments.
I know itâ€Ös on April the 1st, but it is after midday, so trust us, it is a “for real†BBQ and meeting.
As a follow on from last weekâ€Ös Wednesdayâ€Ös Technical Night where Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB brought along a Yaesu FT-991. It seemed to be suffering an intermittent “High SWR†warning problem when the Antenna Tuning Unit or ATU was switched in for use. One Yaesu forum that Andreâ€Ö came across was an article by George Tuck G4RNI, on the mods.dk web site. (Text edition link mods.dk - Modifications for radioamateur) In it he postulated that some of these transceivers manufactured about 2016 left the factory with lacquer covering the tinned earthing pads on the ATU unit. As mentioned the ATU board was removed for further inspection. Using a multimeter, if the Earth mounting pads were tested to the board earth there was an almost zero resistance, this was using the probes pointy end for contact as normal. If the probe was places flat on the earth mounting pad then it was a very high resistance reading, even with the probe under quite considerable pressure. This implies that the pointy probe end could indeed be piercing through some disruptive layer, whereas with the probe side on it didnâ€Öt have the force to penetrate the layer. Long story short all earthing pads were cleaned, all solder joints inspected and general look for anything suspicious. The ATU board was then returned to the rig, this time with the inclusion of a “star washer†between the board and support when bolting it back in. The rig has had a week of being played with and as yet no further spurious SWR alarms. However I may have just spoken too soon, hihi. I hope not, but time will tell and at the moment it is looking promising. Just for interest there have also been reports in some forums of the Yaesu FT-DX101D having similar ATU problems.
For all of you John Moyle Memorial Field Day-ers, if you are reading this in the text version of this broadcast on Friday, great, you still have the weekend to make contacts. If this is the on air version then you still have a bit more than two hours to use the following information.
Peter VK7KPC is still intending to participate in the John Moyle Memorial Field Day from the Ross Caravan Park and intends to still be there on Sunday the 19th of March.
He should be on air on 70cm, 2m, 6m and HF.
FM and SSB on the VHF bands and SSB, fairly slow CW and maybe RTTY on the HF bands.
He will be monitoring usual VHF contest frequencies and hoping to make more than the 82 points scored last year. Good luck Peter and hopefully we will catch you on air from Ross.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Club Technical night - The next session will be on Wednesday 22nd 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.
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. Why not pop in and join us for a cuppa there is endless tea and coffee along with biscuits available for a donation.
The TestNet and TechNet session - Wednesday the 29th of 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.
Club General Meeting - Saturday 1st of April at 2.00pm. Held at the NTARC Club Room, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street, Rocherlea. At this point it will be the standard agenda. If you have items you would like added to the agenda please email the secretary at: secretary(at)ntarc.net no later than Friday the 31st of March. The meeting will follow a midday BBQ lunch, this is the clubs first BBQ since Covid. Attendance registration is required prior to the BBQ, donations of side salads, cakes, slices etc. would be appreciated.
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/
Presentation Nights
Magnetic Loops - Myth-Busting Demo
https://fb.me/e/2lMJiTddt
The REAST April presentation and demonstration will be all about Magnetic Loop antennas.
There are many many myths out there on the interwebs about magnetic loop antennas and so this presentation and demonstration will focus on myth-busting by presenting the facts, demonstrating them in real-time and busting some of the myths that many amateurs hang on to about these fascinating antennas.
We will also be be demonstrating the Magnetic Loop Tuner design from Dave Trewren G7IYK.
The presentation will be given by Justin VK7TW and will be streamed and go out on DVB-T RF.
This will take place on Wednesday 5th April 2023 from 7:30pm in the Queens Domain Clubrooms.
See you there.
73, REAST Committee
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DATV Experimenter's Night
https://fb.me/e/2JoFedbKt
Last Wednesday night Ben VK7BEN and Justin VK7TW started with a description of the Opensource project - Cariboulite SDR which is a transceiver SDR hat for a RaspberryPi. This SDR is a full transceiver to 6GHz using a WIFI model chip and smart software. Comments made about needing at least a Pi Zero V2, Pi3 or Pi4. There was a description of the connectors. Including that the frequency range is higher and lower than the 30MHz to 6GHz.
We then went into the viking sagas of configuration of the RaspberryPi. There has been quite a bit of time and effort spent for the configuration with a minimum amount of information.
Justin described his use of the DragonOS an Ubuntu version with amateur radio apps and nice GUI interface with many SDR apps bundled together.
There was a description of the SOAPYSDR driver software and Ben took a look at the CubicSDR on his MacBookPro and connecting to the Cariboulite remotely via the ethernet network- another finding to fix the latency issues. Ben ran through the Cubc SDR interface.
There was discussion of the learnings from our experience. Initially we thought it was deaf but we think this may be related to it being unshielded and being susceptible to any outside RF influences. So jury is out on whether it is deaf or not. Like any SDR it does not like an overloaded front end.
Ben took the audience through some of the back-end of the Caribou install and SoapySDR and there is good debugging on both platforms. Thanks Ben.
Justin did a review of some of the stories from the latest OTN Magazine Review from RAOTC and went through the AVO Model 8 Multimeter Resistance Extension box.
We finished on a funny note relating to a Pico Balloon starter pack and reminded everyone of future events.
This week we have some interesting precursor information about the Mag Loop Presentation and possibly some more information on Auroral Propagation plus much more.
We stream the nights on the REAST YouTube channel.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/live-stream/
https://www.reast.asn.au/special-interest-groups/amateur-tv/
We go out on RF - DVB-T 7MHz Standard Definition on 445.5MHz. So, if you have a TV, Set-top box or USB DTV Dongle that you can tune and scan 445.5MHz and you can see the Queens Domain, then you have a good chance of receiving the DATV Experimenter's Night Signal. Look out for VK7OTC. We also stream the nights on the REAST YouTube channel.
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, Justin, VK7TW
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Training and Assessments
The next REAST Foundation Licence training and all licence assessment day is Saturday May 13th.
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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EmComm News
ZL radio amateurs respond to Cyclone Gabrielle
In February 2023 Cyclone Gabrielle approached the coastline of New Zealand and members of New Zealandâ€Ös Amateur Radio Emergency Communications (AREC) wasted no time kicking into gear.
AREC is a ZL national volunteer, not-for-profit, registered charity. It is the public service arm of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART), with 47 groups and 350 volunteers spread across New Zealand.
Heavy prolonged rainfall caused serious flooding across large parts of the North Island East Coast.
In Auckland AREC personnel assisted the Auckland Emergency Management (AEM), through the provision of radio communication support across the entire Auckland region for field teams comprising a mix of NZ response teams, NZ Defence Force personnel and other volunteers. AREC developed a detailed communication plan and personnel rosters to assist with the operation. Fourteen Civil Defence centres were established throughout the Auckland region and AREC maintained VHF contact with these centres, including local community response groups in the Rodney District and Waiheke Island together with various AEM and NZ Response Team resources.
AREC volunteer roles consisted of:
Communicators â€ö talking on the radio
Log keepers â€ö recording messages, forwarding messages via email, data entry, etc
People with SARTrack software experience
People with computer skills including Microsoft Office, email, etc
Supporters/gophers â€ö handling phone calls, logistics, making coffee, etc.
AREC operations and preparation in Auckland were activated on 8 February, while actions commenced on 12 February and continued through to 16 February. During this time, 18 amateurs supported the operation at the base. A total of 25 people were on standby throughout the Auckland region to provide remote support if needed. A total of 337 person-hours were worked.
In the Hawkeâ€Ös Bay region AREC and Civil Defence activated the ECC in Hastings, testing the CD radio network up the East Coast and set up ready for Cyclone Gabrielle. The severity of the cyclone caused significant damage including power outages, with the main high-voltage substation that fed the wider area flooded.
In the first 48 hours, only three members supported the comms in 12-hour shifts with very little sleep; a mammoth effort. They deployed three repeaters for redundancy and these were used extensively during the deployment. The main repeater we were using was on top of the Kaweka Ranges and it was powered by battery/solar. This repeater never missed a beat and this enabled constant communications for some interesting emergency situations for communication to emergency services.
The Gisborne Region was hit really hard, with all communication going out for a lengthy period. Long before the last cyclone hit the North Island, a small group of hams set up emergency communications via ‘HFâ€Ö radio to enable the passing of messages from Gisborne area to the outside world. They kept in contact with the outside world when all local comms when down. There were areas when 80% of houses were under water along with reports of damage, road conditions, etc.
Barry ZL2BJA and others did an excellent job and I know it would have been hard work taking messages and information, passing it on usually by email, and sometimes by any means possible. This is what the amateur radio community are trained to do; to always be ready to help out in an emergency such as this.
A big thank you to all AREC and CD volunteers who spent many long hours providing essential communications supporting the community, with an extra special thanks to those who worked extended hours early on. They deserve all the accolades they can be given.
For more information about this activation take a look at the link on the email edition of this broadcast.
https://www.criticalcomms.com.au/content/public-safety/article/radio-amateurs-respond-to-cyclone-gabrielle-249881583
http://arec.nz/
Original article written by Don Robertson ZL2TYR/ZK6EX, CEO of Amateur Radio Emergency Communications (AREC) and sourced from the Critical Comms Web E-zine.
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Presentation News
Amateur Radio as a survival tool.
The Melbourne Electronics and Radio Club is inviting interested amateurs to their March Zoom Meeting.
On Friday 24th March 2023 starting at 20:00 hrs ( 8pm ) Melbourne Time they will be featuring Guest Speaker Gil F4WBY of the "Radio Prepper" YouTube channel presenting on the topic of Amateur Radio as a survival tool. How to use radio to save a life, even your own.
If you are interested in this presentation the Zoom session details can be found in the email edition of this broadcast.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94423348299?pwd=NVlSLzlNY2l0YXJZemcreXplWitpQT09
Meeting ID: 944 2334 8299
Passcode: 776032
http://www.vk3fsk.org.au/
Kind Regards
Stuart VK3SH / VK3STU
President Melbourne Electronics & Radio Club
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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 - Coffee mornings in the NTARC Club rooms from 10am to noon.
NTARC - Wednesday 22nd March - Club Technical night - from 7.30 to 10.30 pm in the club room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
NTARC - Wednesday 29th 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 Experimenterâ€Ös Nights from 7:30pm live in the club rooms also on DVBT RF and YouTube Streaming
CCARC - 27 March 2023 - SSTV nights from 7:30pm using VK7RMD 2m repeater on Mt Duncan on the 4th Monday in the Month.
Events:
MTV - 19 March - Meet The Voice BBQ just next to the Ross Caravan Park on the banks of the Macquarie River presentations start 11am.
VK - 18-19 March - John Moyle Memorial Field Day.
NTARC - 1 April - Club General Meeting from 2.00pm held in the NTARC Club Room, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street, Rocherlea
REAST - 5 April - Magnetic Loop Antennas - Mythbusting with demo with Justin VK7TW 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: VK7ZIR
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 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.
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 Justin, VK7TW.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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