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VK7 Amateur Radio News 14May23
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 14th May 2023
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Welcome to the Motherâ€Ös Day edition of the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 14th May 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 Justin, VK7TW.
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 VK7RHT in Southern VK7.
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WIA VK7 Centenary
Event News
As heard on the WIA National News the centenary of organised amateur radio in VK7 happens in June 2023 and we thank the WIA Board for their support of this event.
The VK7 Centenary committee is planning a host of events that will include:
For the month we will be operating special callsign - VK7WIA.
We are finalising the arrangements for callsign booking and logging system so VK7 amateurs will be able to book, operate and log contacts for their roster period.
AR Magazine for May-June will have a focus on VK7 history with a great article by Richard VK7RO on over a century of VK7 radio history. There will be a number of historical articles over the rest of 2023 AR Magazines.
There will be a special QSL card and award certificate for contacting VK7WIA during June.
There will be a WIA National News Broadcast run by VK7 on 18th June.
There will be Open Days around VK7 during June incorporating media opportunities, historical displays and special operating days;
In the North West there will be an Open Day on Saturday 24th June, in the North their Open Day will be on Saturday the 18th June and in the South their Open Day will be on Saturday 10th June, and,
There will be a focus on 100 years of VK7 Amateur Radio history and the standing up of a VK7 Amateur Radio News history web-based repository.
If you have an idea for the centenary month of June please let your club representative know - In the North - Peter VK7PD, in the North West - Eric VK7EV or in the South - Rod VK7TRF.
73, VK7 Centenary Committee
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QSL NEWS
Report - from Herman VK7HW Manager of the WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
The updated list of QSL Cards held as at 12 May 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 operators of the stations you work.
73, Herman, VK7HW, WIA Manager VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Another quiet net night that saw the following participants, VK7s – KT, ZAB, PD, FGGT, ZSB and OO all sharing seventeen photos via the noise free link.
There were various subjects like:
Correcting the grammar in a Kingâ€Ös speech and how “commas” are important but arenâ€Öt people
A long exposure water fall and the Cataract Gorge in flood
All creatures great and small, including a couple of pets
A street scene in Tasmazia and a novel complaints registering system
Big red illuminated Crosses on Hobartâ€Ös waterfront
A sports car at speed
A lonely transceiver and antenna array
Remember Ken VK7KRJâ€Ös and Steve VK7OOâ€Ös fully automatic 24/7 monitoring sites that allow anyone who has sent an SSTV picture the ability to check them on their pages almost immediately, any time, both South and North Tasmania.
Also 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.
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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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 begin this week by wishing all our mother members and listeners a Happy Motherâ€Ös Day. We trust that you all will be spoiled today by the family.
This week was very light on as far as news was concerned, but we do have one new special event.
Andrew VK7DW, will be enlightening us with a presentation this coming Wednesday club room technical night. Andrew will be covering some aspects of the new Green Cube Sat designated Italy Oscar 117 or IO-117 for short. It was launched from French Guiana in July 2022 for Sapienza University of Rome, to “Test an autonomous laboratory for the cultivation of microgreens on-board a CubeSat platform”.
Apart from the environmental and thruster payloads it also carries a 70cm digipeater for amateur radio use!
Andrew is going to chat about what the satellite is and how “us” amateurs can use the digipeater for QSO's. He will also be covering the downloading of the satellites telemetry packets, I assume a good percentage of these telemetry packets will contain data generated by the on board experiments. Hope to see you there for this “interesting on many levels” presentation.
Mug Order – The next personalised club mug order will be placed later next week, so if there are any last requests please see AndrĂ© VK7ZAB at this weekâ€Ös club technical night, e-mail the secretary on secretary(at)ntarc.net or via the NTARC Web site using “Contact Us”.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Club Technical night - The next session will be on Wednesday the 17th of May 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 24th of May. 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.
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/
June Presentation
We thank Tony VK7XTC who has agreed to give us a presentation and maybe demonstration of his weather satellite receiving station.
Tony has been posting some impressive single and composite pass weather satellite pictures and Tony will be showing the equipment and software he uses to create these fantastic pictures.
This should be a great Centenary Month presentation night from 7:30pm on Wednesday 7th June 2023.
See you there.
https://fb.me/e/4pR7j5yqw
73, REAST Committee
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Menâ€Ös Shed News
Channel Menâ€Ös Shed
https://www.channelmenshed.org.au/
In the Autumn editions of the Tasmanian Menâ€Ös Shed Association magazine there is a wonderful story written by Bob VK7BS.
Bob talks about a change that is happening at the Channel Menâ€Ös Shed at Margate. This change involves basic electronics, micro controllers like arduino, RaspberryPis and ExpressIf devices and the shed now has its own amateur radio station with the callsign VK7CMS.
At least five of the CMS members have studied and have been successful in gaining their Foundation Licence and with the help of REAST members they setup the VK7CMS amateur radio station in the corner of the very well appointed lounge area.
The crew at the CMS have been very active participating in the John Moyle Memorial Field Day and are looking to become more involved in contests, awards and many other amateur radio activities.
I had the privilege of a guided tour of the huge shed at Margate thanks to Bob and I encourage anyone to go down to Margate and take a look.
Did I mention that the story about the CMS is right next to an article about a recipe for Spicy Stuffed Capsicums - YUM!
Thanks to the CMS and Bob who showed me around the very impressive shed down at Margate.
73, Justin, VK7TW
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Southern Centenary Open Day
The Southern Centenary Open day happens on June 10th, 2023 from around 10 am up at the Queens Domain clubrooms.
There will be amateur radio displays and demonstrations and we are working on including:
Amateur Radio Training display
ALARA
SOTA/WWFF/POTA
Morse Code
Slow Scan Television
HamRadio DX Channel
Optical Communications
VK7OTC / VK7WIA - Station HF and Digital modes
DMR/DSTAR Demo
DATV Studio
Tas Maritime Radio Museum and Operations Room
5.7GHz ATV Transceivers
WICEN Communications
Internet DMR/Echolink Radio
Scouting/Guiding/JOTA
ADSB - Flight Tracking
Earth / Moon / Earth - Moonbounce
And more.
We are currently working on arrangements for the day and are hoping for good weather. There will of course be a Sausage Sizzle on the day.
If you can help on the day then please contact Rod VK7TRF who is coordinator of the day. Rod can be contacted at email: roja3kel(at)yahoo.com.au.
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DATV Experimenter's Night
https://fb.me/e/2JoFedbKt
Our DATV Experimenterâ€Ös Night over the month of May are a little different.
We are encouraging members to to bring along and share projects that they are currently designing, building, fixing, upgrading and they do not have to be amateur radio related.
We will not be having a DATV broadcast throughout May as we will be updating our DATV Studio with upgraded equipment.
We look forward to seeing you at the clubroms on a Wednesday night from around 6:30pm.
73, Justin, VK7TW
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Training and Assessments
The next REAST Foundation Licence training and all licence assessment day is next Saturday July 22nd.
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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Technology News
AST SpaceMobile achieves space-based voice calls
AST SpaceMobile, which is currently building a groundbreaking space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, has announced the successful completion of two-way voice calls made directly to everyday unmodified smartphones using the companyâ€Ös BlueWalker 3 (BW3) satellite. This is the first time anyone has ever achieved a direct voice connection from space to everyday cellular devices, the company said.
The voice calls were made from Texas to technology company Rakuten in Japan over AT&T spectrum using a Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone, and were supported by engineers from Vodafone, Rakuten and AT&T. The calls validate the AST SpaceMobile patented system and architecture and demonstrate the power of the BW3 satellite â€ö understood to be the largest ever commercial communications array deployed in low Earth orbit â€ö acting as an important step to providing space-based 2G, 3G, 4G LTE and 5G cellular broadband globally.
In addition to test calls, AST SpaceMobile engineers conducted initial compatibility tests on a variety of smartphones and devices. The phones successfully exchanged SIM and network information directly to BW3 â€ö crucial for delivering broadband connectivity from space to any phone or device. Additional testing and measurements on the smartphone uplink and downlink signal strength confirm the ability to support cellular broadband speeds and 4G LTE/5G waveforms.
https://www.criticalcomms.com.au/content/radio-systems/news/ast-spacemobile-achieves-space-based-voice-calls-1014179389
Sourced from the Critical Comms Web E-zine
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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 AEST.
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 17th May - Club Technical night - from 7.30 to 10.30 pm in the club room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
NTARC - Wednesday 24th May - 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
NW SSTV Nights - 22 May 2023 - hosted by Eric VK7EV from 7:30pm using VK7RMD 2m repeater on Mt Duncan on the 4th Monday in the Month.
Events:
VK7 - June 2023 - VK7 Amateur Radio Centenary
REAST - June 7 - Weather Satellite Reception with Tony VK7XTC
REAST - June 10 - Centenary Open Day - Queens Domain Clubrooms
NTARC - June 17 - Centenary Open Day - Scout Hall Archer St Rocherlea
NWTARC - June 24 - Centenary Open Day - Scout Hall Alexandra Rd Ulverstone
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: VK7TW
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 VK7RHT 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. PLEASE NOTE: given the number of potential statewide callbacks we will be taking and acknowledging callsign only. Once the callbacks are over, there will be plenty of time to chat statewide about other matters.
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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