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VK7 Amateur Radio News 04Jun23
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 4th June 2023
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Welcome to the Centennial Edition of the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 4th June 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 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 Dale, VKJDG,
On 7.140 MHz by Peter, VK7TPE,
On 14.130 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH and
On 28.525 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD.
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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VK7 Centenary Month
Centennial Welcome
In 1923 the Wireless Institute of Australia - Tasmania Division was incorporated and this month we are celebrating this significant event with a bunch of activities:
● For the month we will be operating a special callsign - VK7WIA. Listen out and there is a special award for contacting VK7WIA during the month.
● If you would like to operate VK7WIA then there is a story all about how to after this item.
● There will be a special QSL card and award certificate for contacting VK7WIA during June.
● 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 locked in over the rest of 2023 AR Magazines.
● The WIA National News Broadcast on 18th June will be coming from Centennial State of VK7.
● Open Days held around the State – amateur radio historic and working displays open to the public:
○ SOUTH – Saturday June 10th – Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania Inc – Queens Domain Clubrooms, Hobart - Contact Rod Finlayson VK7TRF – roja3kel(at)yahoo.com.au
○ NORTH – Saturday June 17th – Northern Tasmanian Amateur Radio Club Inc. – Scout Hall Archer St, Rocherlea, Launceston - Contact Peter Dowde VK7PD – pdowde(at)bigpond.com
○ NORTH WEST – Saturday June 24th – North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club Inc. – Scout Hall Alexandra Road Ulverstone - Contact Eric van de Neut VK7EV – ericvdneut1(at)bigpond.com
● As a lasting legacy of our centenary we are standing up a web-based publicly accessible historic repository.
If you want to become involved then please contact your regional person and have a chat with them - email contact details above.
Take a look at the website and facebook events for more details.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/centenary-of-organised-amateur-radio-in-tasmania/
https://fb.me/e/XUlD7Ard
73, VK7 Centenary Committee
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RAOTC
June Broadcast
Further to that mentioned on the WIA National News, this is another reminder about the RAOTC broadcast for Monday the 5th of June 2023 at 8 pm local time; thats tomorrow night for those listening on Sunday.
The broadcast begins with club news including a call for volunteers to assist with the broadcasts and newsletter. Two new broadcast presenters are introduced: Natasha and William.
The first news article begins with the question: Was Guy Gibson killed by friendly fire?
Wing Commander Guy Gibson of ‘Dam Busters fame is a WW2 hero. The cause of his death on a subsequent mission has long been a mystery. A recent tape-recorded confession appears to end the mystery, or does it?
The second item deals with the Eiffel Tower, the famous Parisian landmark that was built by Gustave Eiffel in 1887-1889 where it was the centrepiece of the Worlds Fair conducted at that time.
It was originally planned that the Tower would be dismantled after 20 years but it soon became used as a support for long wave radio aerials then later broadcast radio and TV antennae which it still is to this day.
During its history, famous radio pioneers including Lee de Forest conducted experiments on the tower.
Listen at 8 pm Monday, local time, over the VK7RAA/VK7RAD state-wide network or at about 8:30pm as a telecast on VK7AX ‘Spectrum Tasmania via the BATC members stream or in the Ulverstone area on 445.50MHz DATV. Audio feed is available on VK7RDR, 439.775MHz, Dazzler Range.
The date again is June 5th. Call backs will follow on both networks. Please call in if you are able; this provides the RAOTC broadcast committee with an idea of how many are listening to these broadcasts.
If you miss the off-air broadcasts you can listen to the audio file on the RAOTC website:
https://www.raotc.org.au/
73, Peter VK7PD
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VK7 AR News
Annual Callback Numbers - Update
There were some keen eyes on the last VK7 AR News broadcast who picked up that there were in fact some important figures missing last week. So this week we will present a full list of callback figures.
For the 22/23 broadcast year we had the following subtotals from largest to smallest count:
2165 - Statewide Repeater Network - VK7RHT, RAA, RDS, RWC
693 - Statewide Repeater Network - Tuesday Repeat
491 - DMR - Talk Group 5
441 - DSTAR - Channel 91C
403 - 7.140 MHz
301 - UHFCB Channel 15
277 - 28.525 MHz
257 - 3.670 MHz
181 - VK7RTV 146.775
180 - VK7AX Video Stream - BATC
179 - 14.130 MHz
114 - 1.862 MHz
109 - VK7AX Video Stream - Whereby
103 - VK7RDR 439.775 MHz
51 - VK7AX DATV Ulverstone 445.5 MHz
39 - VK7AX Allstar/Echolink node
For a total callback number of 5975 for the broadcast year.
A huge thank you to all involved in the reading, broadcast and rebroadcasting of the WIA and VK7 Amateur Radio News bulletins.
73, Justin, VK7TW
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WIA VK7 Centenary
Celebrate our Centenary – Use VK7WIA
To celebrate the centenary of organised amateur radio in Tasmania you can apply to use the special callsign VK7WIA during June. A specified 3 day period will be allocated to you. You better hurry as slots are filling fast and the callsign will be operating at each of the Open Days.
A VK7 callsign is required and you must be operating from within Tasmania. You dont have to be a member of the WIA and digital & CW mode operation is encouraged.
You must update the online logbook with your contacts. This will enable the Centenary Committee to upload the contacts into LOTW and send special QSL cards and UTC times and dates must be used.
To book your timeslot email Reg at vk7kk(at)wia.org.au with the following information:
● Request the 3-day period you are interested in giving a first choice and second choice.
● Specify the bands and modes you most probably will use.
● Indicate the call sign and address of your station.
There are a few restrictions relating to the use of this callsign in that you may not participate in any contest or apply for any award or engage in fox hunts or the like under this callsign.
Any enquiries please give Reg Emmett a call on phone 0417 391 607.
73, Reg, VK7KK
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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 26 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 have obtained a new Callsign in recent times please email Herman with the details.
73, Herman, VK7HW, WIA Manager VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
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Cards held at 26 May 2023
A, AAA, AAD, AAE, AAH, AAP, AAR, AB, AD, ACE, ACG, ACN, ADE, AED, AG(2014), AGC, AHT, AIR, AJC, AKK, AL, ALZ, AM, ANC, AO, AP, APZ, AR, AS, ATH, AXZ, AY, AZ
BA, BB, BPV, BT, BYE
CJ, CL, CMV, CV, CX
DD, DM, DN, DO, DQ, DX, DZ
EG, ER
FALX (alx), FAZZ, FCIA, FLAR, FLYN, FF, FG, FGGT, FPRN, FRJG(RG), FTAS
GA, GGZ, GM, GR, GZ
HCH, HOB, HL, HPD, HRS, HSA, HSJ, HVK, HWW, HXT, HZ
IAN, IK, IS
JA, JAZ, JCR, JGD, JJ, JOK, JON, JP, JW
KAC, KBA, KD, KDO, KI, KJ, KKR, KL, KO
LDH, LJ, LLL, LM, LT, LVH, LW
MAG, MAT, MBD, MBP, MC, MD, MEL, MET, MR, MRS, MS
NA, NC, NET, NFI, NIK, NRF, NRT, NSE, NTE, NVH,NWQ
OB,OR
PAF, PBD, PM, PRN, PSJ, PSZ, PW
QK
ROY
SN, STO, SV
TCE, TED, TK, TL, TO, TS, TX
VA, VAC, VDC, VEK, VR, VTM, VZ
WA, WC, WIA, WL, WO, WT, WX
XDM, XV
YN
ZJJ, ZK, ZM, ZT
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Another quiet net night that saw the following participants, VK7s – PD, ZGK, ZAB, KT, ZBX, ZSB and PAK all sharing twenty two photos via the North South link.
There were various subjects like:
· A POTA activation of VKFF-3382
· An edible transceiver, in the form of a birthday cake decorated as a very life like Icom rig
· This weeks transport theme covered an aircraft training simulator, train, prime movers, Holden HR sedan, HQ Sandman, American classic, vintage Alvis and a LandCruiser in the outback
· A reminder for the upcoming Winter VHF/UHF Field Day
· Street art and a sunset
A reminder to check that your FSK ID in the TX and RX setup is enabled to allow the software to automatically recognise call-signs.
Note, that Ken VK7KRJs and Steve VK7OOs fully automatic 24/7 monitoring sites 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 Kens 2m SSTV website as an infinitely-scrolling web page or on NTARCs 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 Andre VK7ZAB
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST
VK7RTV Tone Added
Amateurs using the 2M. Voice Repeater VK7RTV located at Stowport, please note this repeater now employs CTCSS Tone of 91.5Hz for input and output.
Users will now need to switch on a tone of 91.5Hz to access this repeater. This has been implemented to remove interference from the repeater and also to allow more efficient linking to the Allstar Repeater network.
73, Tony VK7AX and Jim VK7JH
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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
Despite the extremely inclement weather, we received a REAST visitor from the South in the form of Steven VK7SME. He was in the North for work related activities, staying with his father at Beaconsfield and decided to visit our Club Rooms for the Tech Night to see what we got up to. Much discussion ensued covering a diverse range of topics from radios to Tasmanian traffic regulations. Hopefully we will see him a couple more times before returning south.
A quick update on Peter VK7KPCs, latest “built from scratch” project. This is his PIXIE transceiver mentioned last month, a 300 milliwatt QRP Transceiver, designed by W1FB (SK). The primary design difference is there is no on board crystal but a DB9 socket that accepts a suitable plug containing the crystal. This makes changing the operational frequency as easy as changing a plug. The original printed circuit board has now found a home mounted on a nice timber backing board. This provided extra space for the addition of an external variable capacitor incorporating a reduction drive and the Anderson DC connectors are now securely mounted. Peter has used a section of 0.1 pitch Vero board to construct a socketed docking board to accept two commercial sized plug in filters. This allows for full break out of the filter board connections while allowing them to be easily unplugged and swapped over depending on the band in use. Nice and easy like the crystal plug swap. This sub board also includes SMA connectors for easy RF patching, eur radio magazine intended for the serious VHF and above operator. Published in Germany, it is fully bilingual (English/German). There are four issues a year, published quarterly and available every three months. ‘Sorry about that Chief, apologies to Maxwell Smart, but I couldnt resist.
Of particular interest in this edition were three articles;
A Transverter Interface for Multiband IF Radios - like IC-705, FT-817/818 and Elecraft K2/3 by Goran Popovic, AD6IW.
A binary-phase-modulated Transmitter for the 30 THz infrared Band by Barry Chambers, G8AGN and of course Auroral Openings on 2 meters with Q65-15C by our very own Rex Moncur, VK7MO.
As reading time was a premium on the night I hope Peter will bring the edition back in, after he has had a chance to read it, so we can also finish off a couple of articles.
In between deluges of rain Stuart VK7FEAT managed to retrieve his latest project from his vehicle. He has been working on an engineering solution for a Squid Pole antenna mount for his four wheel drive. This version relies on using the standard 50mm square section Hayman Reece towbar receptacle. The horizontal bar fits snuggly into the receptacle and is pinned. The vertical socket arm has movement from horizontal to the vertical position using an over centre hinged locking action. It has a very solid design with a smooth action and should have no trouble supporting his squid pole. Cant wait to see the finished product Stuart.
Bernie VK7BR was back to basics, he was reverse engineering the circuit board of a 240VAC switching power supply and multi led light combination. With the aid of a multimeter the circuit diagram of the part under scrutiny soon appeared on paper and with it the ability to test and illuminate some of the led strings. What better way to spend an absolutely drenching night.
Equipment pictures are available on the NTARC website under “Blogs” for this broadcast. Now back to the house keeping.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The TestNet and TechNet session - Wednesday the 7th of June. 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 the 10th of June 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 9th of June.
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 Club Technical night - The next session will be on Wednesday the 14th of June 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.
Thats 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 Centennial Presentation - Weather Satellite Image Reception
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 this Wednesday 7th June 2023.
See you there.
https://fb.me/e/4pR7j5yqw
73, REAST Committee
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Southern VK7 Centennial Lunch
Following much discussion and research we have booked the Shoreline Hotel for our Centenary Lunch.
Now waiting on confirmation, but please note in your diaries:
It all happens on Saturday July 22 from Noon.
The menu is A-la Carte and therefore the cost depends on your selection!
The location is the Shoreline Hotel - 10 Shoreline Drive Howrah.
There are only 60 places available and there are already 20 bookings so please RSVP to Mike Jenner VK7FB ASAP at email: jenner.michael@gmail.com so we can ascertain numbers.
The invitation is open to all VK7 Amateurs and Partners.
We look forward to seeing you there.
73, VK7 Centenary Committee
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Southern VK7 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:
● Historical Display
● 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
● 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@yahoo.com.au.
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DATV Experimenter's Night
https://fb.me/e/2JoFedbKt
Our DATV Experimenters Night over the month of June will be a little different as we get the new DATV Studio up and going.
Whilst we are getting the studio working we 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.
A huge thank you to Damien VK7SD and Sean VK7FAZE who have been helping out. We are moving to a studio that uses hybrid SDI/Composite technology along with a new video and audio mixer and enhanced usage of Open Broadcaster Studio.
We look forward to seeing you at the clubrooms on a Wednesday 14th of June from around 6:30pm.
73, Justin, VK7TW
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July Presentation Night - Dayton Hamvention Experiences
We thank Hayden VK7HH / KD9SSB who will be giving us a presentation on his experiences at the recent Dayton Hamvention in the US.
Hayden was lucky enough to head to the US, tour around and catch-up with many of his YouTuber Ham Radio buddies and attend the Dayton Hamvention.
This should be a fantastic presentation.
It happens on Wednesday 5th July 2023 from 7:30pm in the Queens Domain clubrooms.
73, REAST Committee
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Training and Assessments
The next REAST Foundation Licence training and all licence assessment day is on 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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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 14th June - Club Technical night - from 7.30 to 10.30 pm in the club room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
NTARC - Wednesday 7th June - 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 Experimenters Nights from 7:30pm live in the club rooms also on DVBT RF and YouTube Streaming
NW SSTV Nights - 26 June 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 from 10am at the Queens Domain Clubrooms
NTARC - June 10 - Club General Meeting from 2.00pm at NTARC Club Room, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street, Rocherlea.
NTARC – June 14 - 7.30 pm, running through to about 10.30 pm, at the Club room Archer Street, Rocherlea
NTARC - June 17 - Centenary Open Day - Scout Hall Archer St Rocherlea
NWTARC - June 24 - Centenary Open Day - Scout Hall Alexandra Rd Ulverstone
REAST - July 5 - Dayton Hamfest Experiences with Hayden VK7HH - from 7:30pm - Queens Domain Clubrooms
REAST - July 22 - Southern VK7 Centenary Lunch - Shoreline Hotel from 12 Noon
ALARA - November 2023 - ALARAMeet 2023 - Hobart Tasmania
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weeks 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: VK7TPE
40m: VK7ALH
20m: VK7JGD
10m: VK7DG
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 Centenary 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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