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VK7 Amateur Radio News 26Mar23
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 26th March 2023
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 26th of March 2023. At the mike of VK7WI this week is Mike, VK7FB.
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 VK7WP and VK3PG.
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 Ross, VK7ALH,
On 7.140 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD,
On 14.130 MHz by Dale, VK7DG and
On 28.525 MHz by Tony, VK7VKT.
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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A, AAA, 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
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, JAZ, JB, JCR, JJ, JOK, JON (VK6,2014 to 2016), JP, JW
KAC, KBA, KD, KDO, KI, KJ, KKR, KL, KO
LDH, LJ, LLL, LM, LT, LVH, LW
MAG, MAT, MBD, MBP, 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, VZ
WA, WC, WIA, WO, WT, WX
XDM, XTC
YN
ZJJ, ZK, ZM, ZT
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VK7 Event News
Meet The Voice 2023 Wrap-Up
Last weekend was the Meet the Voice event with the main event happening on Sunday the 19 March at 11am.
It all happened at the Ross Caravan Park on the banks of the picturesque Macquarie River.
It was an intimate gathering with the following amateurs in attendance - Cedric VK7CL, Ross VK7ALH, Alan VK7AN, Geoff VK7GW and XYL, Rodney VK7HAM, John VK7JFD, Mike VK7MH Peter VK7KPC and XYL, Peter VK7ZPE, Colin VK7ZCF, Peter VK7PD and 4 visitors.
The Sewing Circle plaque for 2023 was presented on behalf of Eric VK7EV to Rodney VK7HAM and congratulations.
There was a small car boot sale and we understand Ross VK7ALH finished up with $20 box of left overs hihi!
Peter VK7KPC operated in the John Moyle Memorial Field Day contest whilst he stayed over in the Ross Caravan Park. On Ya Peter.
73, Ross, VK7ALH
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Another great net night that saw the following participants, VK7s – ZAB, ZGK, KT, PAK, ZSB, PD and OO all sharing twenty two photos.
There were various subjects like:
The “Rain Oculus” in Singapore, a 22-metre diameter acrylic bowl where water forms a whirlpool before falling 2 stories to a pool below
A 1/5th scale village and Embassy Gardens at Tasmazia near Sheffield
Railway platform 9 and Âľ with only half a luggage trolley visible
Quad HF beams on towers and a couple of impressive radio shack setups
Pleasure craft on Strahanâ€Ös Macquarie Harbour and a ferry on the Tamar River.
A Black Currawong
The continuing series on repeater sites and this week featuring the Companion Hill setup.
The antenna coax entry point into a building with an extensive earthing arrangement
A traffic camera shot of the Tasman Bridge at night and a useful hint on going uphill
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
Reminder about submitting that logs for the John Moyle Memorial field day.
Paper logs may be posted to "John Moyle Contest Manager, 27 Laguna Ave, Kirwan 4817 QLD". Alternatively, logs may be e-mailed jmfd(at)wia.org.au, or to the older address of jmfd2022(at)wia.org.au, or vk4ae@wia.org.au, or snail mailed via the WIA Contest Manager, JMMFD, P.O. Box 2042 Bayswater, VIC 3153. Club stations must forward in the first instance an electronic version of their log. Club Stations who submit only a paper log will have that log returned as unreadable, due to the very large amount of work involved in entering and checking large paper logs.
The following formats are acceptable: Microsoft Excel or Word, ASCII text or the print log output file from electronic log programs such as VK Contest Log (VKCL). Logs sent by disc or e-mail must include a summary sheet and declaration, but the operatorâ€Ös full name (legible) is acceptable in lieu of a signature. A PDF copy of a handwritten log is also not acceptable and will also be rejected as it is an image and hence computer unreadable.
Logs must be postmarked no later than 7th April 2023, and as the post is now so slow and unreliable, logs despatched on the last day might not arrive in time. Electronic versions of the log will be received until midnight 11th April 2023. Any logs received after this date will be returned as ineligible.
73 Denis Johnstone VK4AE
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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 Tech Night at the club rooms saw another mixed bag of items brought in by club members.
Peter VK7KPC was once again in the radio room using his newish Xiegu transceiver, model CS108G to participate in the TestNet/CW course run by Nic VK7WW. The difference this time was Peter had managed to source a replacement colour LCD screen for the Xiegu and had installed it, much nicer to use when you donâ€Öt have to guess quite so much. He also brought along the rest of this portable kit combination contained in two Pelican look alike padded cases. The contents were soon disgorged onto the table and consisted of a WA-4 Windom 7, 14, 28 and 50Mhz, off centre fed dipole Antenna kit, an ATU100 antenna matcher, a very interesting portable SWR meter made by Alex Nersesian K6VHF, the size of a box of matches, it has four LEDs to give a “greater than” SWR value and of course his small 20 Watt HF SSB CW Xiegu transceiver. Peter even managed to squeeze in a Morse code key and patch leads. An excellent compact self-contained setup for portable use Peter.
Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB brought in an interesting piece of equipment, whilst not specifically intended for amateur radio it was a piece of top grade RF equipment. The unit was manufactured in Lithuania by Teltonika, model RUTXR1 and was indeed a piece of “Enterprise Grade” equipment. On the RF side of things the unit can provide main and standby data links on the 3G and/or 4G mobile networks, it comes with two suitable Yagi antennas that independently feed two mobile phone transceivers. The “mobile data” then feeds into an internal router plus Wi-Fi access point, the whole units reliability can then be increased by using the two independent 12 Volt power supplies. All this packaged in a single rack unit case, which exhibits an excellent standard of construction and finish. It is intended for use where a high speed and ultra-reliable data connection is required. In this case the unit provides the data backbone for a continuously streaming audio feed for a local Launceston AM band broadcast station. Itâ€Ös not that long ago the broadcast audio would have been via a 600 Ohm balanced programme line provided by the PMG.
Now to jump from the 1 Meg AM broadcast band to the 23cm Amateur band.
Colin VK7ZCF showed us his “just” constructed 1270MHz, nine element, vertical coaxial collinear antenna, complete with PVC protective tube incorporating a very nicely turned nylon type material base to locate and secure the overall assembly. Nice soldering Colin, I am assuming this it to couple with Colinâ€Ös recently acquired 23cm band 2W Transverter from SG Laboratories in Bulgaria. This antenna certainly generated a great amount of discussion which continued on again at Friday coffee morning.
Another great evening that ended much later than planned and this time with a bang, well not actually a bang but that didnâ€Öt stop smoke coming out of one of the 30 Amp desk top 12 Volt linear power supplies that was being used for testing a transceiver! However at this point Idris VK7ZIR made the equipment safe and decided it was time to “call it a night”, itâ€Ös an investigation as to where the smoke escaped from and the repairs that are needed that will have to wait for another night!
As usual pictures of items from the evening are available on the NTARC website under “Blogs” for this broadcast.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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.
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.
10th Anniversary of Club Rooms BBQ - Saturday 1st of April at midday. Held at the NTARC Club Rooms. A “low key” get together, to celebrate ten years in the NTARC Club Rooms, will be in the form of a BBQ. Free for club members and family 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, as these attendance numbers will assist with catering requirements. Sausages, burgers both vegan and meat will be provided, donations of side salads, cakes, slices etc. would be appreciated. Should you decide to stay, the General Meeting will commence at 14:00 (2pm) which will then be followed by light refreshments. Thank you to those that have already registered.
Club General Meeting - Saturday 1st of April at 2.00pm. Held at the NTARC Club Room, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street, Rocherlea. 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 Club Technical night - The next session will be on Wednesday 5th of April 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.
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 busting some of the myths surrounding 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 may even 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 Rex VK7MO gave us an update on Auroral Propagation talking about the Kp index getting to 5 for something to happen. Rex outlined that this is just an initial thought and the peaks have been happening in the early morning.
Rex VK7MO showed a picture of the Sun showing the Coronal Mass Ejection CME going away from the earth on 13 March 2023 which was a one in ten year event. This still caused significant increase in Kp index. Rex outlined there was a difference between the NOAA forecasts Australian Bureau of Meterology - Space Weather Services which is a more localised forecast.
Andrew Klekicuik has a station at Kingston with a 180 degree camera and saw faint red optical aurora on the evening in question.
Rex outlined that the theory is radio aurora occurs off the E layer however it is known that the the F Layer optical aurora is red (Nitrogen generated) and the E Layer aurora produces a green visible aurora. Rex showed a photo from New Zealand of this effect.
Rex showed the difference between the NOAA and the BOM Space Weather measurements. The advantage of the NOAA measurement is there is a forecast.
We then showed the sunspots currently on the Sun and there are some nice large spots moving towards us.
Rex then showed the NOAA prediction and the next few days were looking promising.
Rex outlined that there is some evidence that these events happen on the Equinox. There are a range of element that need to align for these conditions to provide the right conditions for radio propagation. Thanks Rex
We then moved to some VK7 History and Meg Skegg's father Pat Geeves VK7GV who won a QRP - 1000 Mile per watt award from the ARCI. Thanks to Meg for donating the Certificate/Award to REAST for historical purposes.
Meg also donated a book titled Crystal Sets and Such things - for the 70th anniversary of 3LO ijn Melbourne. Rex reminisced him receiving the ABC's 3LO broadcast.
We then reviewed the latest VK-QRP Club - Low Key Magazine.
We finished with reminders for future presentation and 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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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 5th April - 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:
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: VK7JGD
40m: Any Takers
20m: VK7TPE
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 Mike, VK7FB.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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