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VK7AX > BCAST 22.04.19 00:48z 351 Lines 24381 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW BID : 9476_VK7AX Read: GUEST Subj: VK7 Amateur Radio News 21Apr19 Path: HB9ON<IW2OHX<IR2UBX<DB0RES<WA7V<VK7AX Sent: 190422/0045Z @:VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.OC #:9476 [Ulverstone] $:9476_VK7AX From: VK7AX@VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.OC To : BCAST@WW Text edition: VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST FOR SUNDAY 21 March 2019 (Note.. please remove spaces in email addresses before using) VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST FOR SUNDAY 21 April 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the Easter and ANZAC Day edition of the VK7 Amateur Radio News for the 21st of April 2019. This broadcast is brought to you by VK7WI, and read today by Rick, VK7RI. This broadcast utilises repeaters around VK7 and the following HF rebroadcast stations: On 3.670 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH On 7.140 MHz by Peter, VK7TPE On 14.130 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD On 28.525 MHz by Tony, VK7VKT Australia wide on Talk Group 3809, user activated, VK7 News only from 0930 - 1000 by Clayton, VK7ZCR This broadcast is repeated on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RTC in the South and VK7RAA in the North. ------------------------------------------------------------- QSL News VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau News Herman received a package of QSL cards late on Friday 12th and another package on Monday 15 April 2019. The listings are published in the email version of the Broadcast. Mail outs will begin after ANZAC Day. (73 de Herman VK7HW Manager WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau) ----------------EMAIL Version Only---------------------------- Cards held as at 18 April 2019 ABY, AC, AD, AG, AM, AP BBB, BC, BO CW DD, DG, DW, DX (for E7/VK4DX), DZ EE FG, FLAR,Â FLI (via AN), FRJG GK, GM, GN, GZ HAH, HCK, HDM, HRS, HVK JJ, JJJ, JON KPB, KT LC, LH, LLJ MBD, MD, MHZ, MO NC, NET, NF, NRF, NWQ, NWT QP RB, RN, ROY SM TCE, TR, TS (for VK9LS), TU VR, VZ WC, WLH XX YUM ZE, ZGK, ZX VI7ANZAC (for 7VH) VI7COW VI7JIS VI7KCD VI7LER VI70HI VI70MI ----------------EMAIL Version Only----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ News from the North West Chat & Show Group Notice. The next gathering for the group will be held on 4th May at the Penguin Sports Centre Ironcliffe Road Penguin. All Amateurs and friends are welcome, you do not have to be a member of a club as this is a non club gathering from 2pm and dropÂ in is from 2 until 5pm. A small plate for afternoon tea would be most welcome, tea and Coffee is provided, and anything you wish to show bring along, as well as your talking mood as the last one was full of chatter. Also if there is anything you would like to discuss in the way of yourÂ projects bring them along for opinions or comments.or just to show. Enquiries to 0417 392 583 or franley40 @ bigpond.com (73, Shil, VK7HSC) ------------------------------------------------------------------ News from the North SOTA and WWFF Parks and Reserves Group Meeting times are from 10:30am on Monday and Friday At Glebe Gardens Cafe, 166 Henry St, Launceston. For more details contact Al on Mobile: 0417 354 410. 73, Al, VK7AN ------------------------------------------------------------------ Northern Tasmanian Amateur Radio Club Incorporated www.ntarc.net We begin this week by wishing everyone a happy Easter. If you are travelling please take it easy on the roads. Just take your time and make sure you arrive safely at your destination. Your news segment for this week is being produced from Newlands Arm in Victoria and I am looking out over Lake Victoria, watching the local Pelicans land and take off in their clumsy but very endearing fashion. Our boat is moored on a lovely jetty and you can look over the side and see a multitude of fish, both Bream and Taylor. Must get the rods out and throw out a line but first I guess we need to attend to the important matter of NTARCâ€Ös news. Technical session roundup -. Wednesday 17th April 2019. A veritable feast of Show and Tell tonight! Kevin VK7HKN brought in his TenTec Argonaut 509 transceiver, which dates back to the 1970s and is a fine example of an early QRP rig. Kevinâ€Ös was in excellent condition with an analogue tuning mechanism, no digital here! Hooked up to the station HF vertical and G5RV, it was pulling in stations left right and centre! Thanks Kevin for an interesting bit of nostalgia. Amazingly, TenTec will still service the radios to this day. Colin VK7ZCF had his Icom R7000 receiver set up with programming software and had success getting the radio to talk to his laptop. Enabling him to populate the memory locations and demonstrate how the remote control features worked. Idris VK7ZIR with his new Icom IC 9700 had set up in the radio room to demonstrate the SDR aspects of the radio while receiving the 1296MHz beacon from Devonport, using the ring Yagi on the roof pointing the wrong way! Peter VK7KPC also had his laptop SDR setup to decode any digital radio QSOs but it was all quiet, confirmed by the smooth waterfall display. Meanwhile he continued cataloguing a new batch of components, entering them into the Club component database. We now have a near complete E12 range of resistors for anyone who needs them for their project. Peter VK7PD and Idris then continued with the pre-drilling of fibreglass booms for the 1296MHz Yagi kits in the garage. The fibreglass dust gets everywhere! AndrÃ© VK7ZAB brought in one of the items he had purchased from Ken VK7DY at the last Meet the Voice. Among Kenâ€Ös ute tray full of gear was a load of redundant TV equipment from the ABC Hobart studios. AndrÃ©eâ€Ö recognised the units as he was part of the team that designed and manufactured them over 25 years ago! AndrÃ© involvement was in circuit design, testing and then the layout of the PCBs. The team used the new printed circuit board schematic and layout software from a fledgling Hobart based company called Protel. This company has since gone on to become an international industry leader now known as Altium. The equipment was a 1 rack unit case with a large mother board that has 16 low profile plug-in modules. The modules used were either analogue video or analogue audio detectors and designed to provide an alarm output if the signals fail. The Hobart made units were used at ABC TV studios throughout Australia to form a national on-air programme monitoring system. Those were the days when the engineering departments made gear and the station was encouraged to locally make TV programmes. Peter VK7SP brought in a RTL SDR module sourced from ebay. He had his laptop displaying the marine AIS information but even on the club HF antenna, couldnâ€Öt receive the weather fax channel. The price may have been just a bit too good! HIHI The main table carried a discussion with Trevor VK7TB demonstrating his PCB design techniques. A lot of good work there. Onya Trevor. And finally, Bernie VK7BR had an example of circuitry used in a modern TV. This was only one board and contains all of the componentry. This one had a faulty RF module, which unless a replacement module could be sourced, the whole board was useless. Bernie tells us itâ€Ös hard these days to get parts from the manufacturer unless you are a service agent. Thatâ€Ös all for this week, the next Tech Session will be on May Day 1st of May, so save up those projects to bring and hunt out those interesting items to show. ------------------------------------------------------------------ YOU ARE LISTENING TO VK7WI AND THIS IS THE VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST ------------------------------------------------------------------ NTARC Coming events Technical sessions â€“ resume Wednesday 1 May from 7.30 pm to 10.30 pm 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 is fair game. Endless tea and coffee along with biscuits is available for a small gold coin donation. May General meeting â€“ yes they do come around quickly. The May meeting will be a BBQ event to be held on Saturday 11 May. BBQ will commence at noon and the meeting will follow at 14:00 hours. As usual the Club will supply the meat, onions, bread etc, donations of salads to share would be appreciated likewise donations of items for afternoon tea. The cost remains at $10.00 per person and that covers your lunch and afternoon tea. For those just attending the meeting a gold coin or a small note donation for afternoon tea is always appreciated. Equine event â€“ our first event of the year is fast approaching. NTARC has been asked to provide safety comms at the Lockhart Challenge to be held at Lebrina on Saturday 25 May. This event is being hosted by the North East Equine Endurance Club. This is a one day ride and we will be providing Safety Comms for the 80, 40 and 20 km events. As this is close to Launceston why not consider coming along and assisting a Community organisation, while utilising your radio skills. Our Safety Communications Coordinator Norm VK7KTN would appreciate hearing from you. Norm can be contacted by email safetycomms.ntarc@gmail.com Coffee mornings â€“ A reminder that our twice-weekly coffee sessions are normally held every Monday and Friday commencing at 10.00 am and running through till about noon or longer if members want to linger longer. Please note that we are closed until Monday 29 April when we resume from the Easter break and all will be back to normal from that date. Please remember that aside from the good company, freely offered philosophical views, maybe less than expert political analysis, tall tales and genuinely good fare on offer, these coffee events are normally a good opportunity to collect your QSL cards. At the moment we have no cards awaiting collection. Please demonstrate your appreciation of all the effort that goes into operating the club and its facilities and other services we provide by joining us at these sessions, enjoying the company, coffee and the cake and leaving a gold coin or two, or even a small bank note, in the jar to assist in our on-going operations. I donâ€Öt know of any other venue in Launceston where you can get endless coffee, tea and eats for a donation of this miniscule amount. Finally A reminder to all members that if you have any items of news you would like added to our weekly roundup, then please email the following address ntarc.emails @ gmail.com As always I look forward to seeing you at Rocherlea but not for some weeks. (73 Yvonne VK7FYMX, Secretary NTARC Inc) ------------------------------------------------------------------ NEWS FROM THE SOUTH Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania www.reast.asn.au https://www.facebook.com/reasttas/ REAST May Presentation On Wednesday 1st May 2019 from 7:30pm we are privileged to have Andrew Klekociuk from the Australian Antarctic Division who has agreed to give REAST a presentation on aÂ potted history of Australian atmospheric research in Antarctica, from studies of aurorae, the ionosphere and magnetosphere, and cosmic rays to modern work on global climate modelling and related topics. There will be some side trips to note some personal highlights, including professional and hobby interests in radioastronomy. Andrew is a Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Antarctic Division where he has conducted research on the Antarctic atmosphere for over 30 years. He grew up in Tasmania and gained a PhD in physics from the University of Tasmania. He has hobby interests in astronomy and environmental monitoring. Queen's Domain clubrooms from 7:30pm on 1st May 2019. Thanks to Warren VK7WN for organising this presentation. (73, Justin, VK7TW) ------------------------------------------------------------- Experimenter's Night Wrap-up Another big night of experimenting last Wednesday night. Richard VK7ZBX was beavering away with a hot soldering iron putting together a EME 220 2m preamp from Minikits. This involved a combination of surface mount and through hole components. Rex VK7MO, Richard and Larry VK7WLH were all talking about the latest addition to the ICOM range in the IC-9700. This is a SDR direct sampling radio similar to the IC-7300 and covers 2m, 70 and 23cm. Rex ordered one of these radios and was a little concerned about the frequency stability for some of the weak signal modes. Rex did some stability measurements and these showed the radio he received did not appear to be temperature stable. Rex made the point that it could have been that particular radio as he had not tested this over a range of radios. The author notes that ICOM released a firmware update for the radio on Good Friday so hopefully this may improve things. Larry demonstrated some of the impressive Near Field Communications devices that he is involved in to ensure the origin of products can be guaranteed. Larry will be showing these in a future DATV night. Justin VK7TW was putting the finishing touches to the DATV studio and now has the ELMO - close-up camera installed and working. This unit enables close-ups of equipment and provides front and back lighting. The off-air monitoring was also installed so the presenters get a view sitting at the presenter's desk of what is going to air. We are aiming on having a big DATV re-launch on Wednesday May 8th and we will going to air on RF - 445.5MHz DVBT and Streaming via the REAST Youtube Channel. If you have a DVBT set top box, TV or USB Dongle that you can manually tune to 445.5MHz and can see the Queens Domain then you should be able to receive the signal. Test signals will be going out over the next few Wednesday nights. There were nice chocolate biscuits and coffee flowing through out the night along with many interesting discussions. John VK7FPJA received the door prize on the night of a very nice 2018 Yaesu cap. So why not come along and you never know what you might go home with! See you next Wednesday night from 7:30pm. Hope to see you there. (73, Justin, VK7TW) ------------------------------------------------------------------ ANZAC DAY News Tribute to Mrs Mac And finally in the lead up to ANZAC day we pay tribute to past and present members of the armed forces. Today we remember Florence Violet McKenzie 28 September 1892 â€“ 23 May 1982, affectionately known as "Mrs Mac", she was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC) and lifelong promoter for technical education for women. She campaigned successfully to have some of her female trainees accepted into the all-male Navy, thereby originating theÂ Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS). Some 12,000 servicemen passed through her signal instruction school in Sydney, acquiring skill in Morse code and visual signalling (flag semaphoreÂ and International Code of Signals). She set up her own electrical contracting business in 1918, and apprenticed herself to it, in order to meet the requirements of the Diploma in Electrical Engineering at Sydney Technical CollegeÂ and in 1922 she was the first Australian woman to take out an amateur radio operator's license. Through the 1920s and 1930s, her "Wireless Shop" in Sydney's Royal Arcade was renowned amongst Sydney radio experimenters and hobbyists. She founded The Wireless Weekly in 1922, established theÂ Electrical Association for Women in 1934, and wrote the first "all-electric cookbook" in 1936. She also corresponded with Albert Einstein in the postwar years. Violet taught mathematics at Armadale, before deciding to take a course in electrical engineering. Through out her studies, Miss Wallace worked as an electrical contractor, installing electricity in private houses, such as that of politician Archdale Parkhill in Mosman, and in factories and commercial premises, including the Standard Steam Laundry on Dowling Street,Woolloomooloo. She was an enthusiastic ham radio operator, being the first licensed woman in the country and with the call sign "2GA" (later changed to "VK2FV").In 1922 Miss Wallace opened "The Wireless Shop", after purchasing the entire stock of the wireless vendor who preceded her â€“ billing itself as "the oldest radio shop in town" the Royal Arcade (which ran from George Street through to Pitt Street â€“ replaced in the 1970s by the Hilton hotel). McKenzie later said it was schoolboys visiting her shop who first introduced her to Morse code. Australia's first weekly radio magazine was conceived at the shop, by Miss Wallace and three co-founders. "The Wireless Weekly" became the monthly magazine "Radio & Hobbies", then "Radio, Television & Hobbies", and finally Electronics Australia, and remained in circulation until 2001. In 1924 McKenzie became the only female member of the Wireless Institute of Australia. That same year she travelled to the United States for business reasons, and in San Francisco was welcomed at radio 6KGO: 'Miss Wallace, an electrical engineer from Australia, will now talk from the studio.' She reportedly used her time on air to comment on the difference between the tram systems in San Francisco and those in Sydney. In 1931 she also notes that she experimented with improving the science of television through the use of chemistry. In 1939 McKenzie established the Women's Emergency Signalling CorpsÂ (WESC) in her Clarence Street rooms â€“ known affectionately as "Sigs". Her original idea was to train women in telegraphy so that they could replace men working in civilian communications, thereby freeing those skilled men up to serve in the war.By the time war broke out, 120 women had been trained to instructional standard. McKenzie campaigned energetically to have some of her female trainees accepted into the Air Force and Navy as telegraphists. She encountered a great deal of official resistance. In 1940 she wrote to the Minister of the Navy, former Prime Minister WM (Billy) Hughes, saying "I would like to offer the services of our Signalling Corps, if not acceptable as telegraphists then at least as instructors."Despite her suggestion being dismissed, some time later McKenzie and six trainees were provided third-class train tickets to Melbourne to meet with the Naval Board for testing In early January 1941, Commander Newman, the Navy's Director of Signals and Communications, visited the WESC headquarters on Clarence Street to test McKenzie's trainees. Finding they were highly proficient, he recommended the Navy admit them. Hughes still took some convincing. After McKenzie threatened to take her offer to the Air Force instead, the urgent need for trained telegraphists prevailed, and on 21 April a Navy Office letter authorised the entry of women into the Navy.This was the beginning of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service â€“ the WRANS. The minister's condition was that "no publicity...be accorded this break with tradition" On 28 April 1941, McKenzie accompanied 14 of her WESC trainees (twelve telegraphists and two domestic helpers). They had their medical test on 25 April and arrived at HMAS HarmanÂ inÂ CanberraÂ on 28 April 1941. The women were dressed in their green WESC uniform which had been designed by McKenzie herself â€“ it was several months before a female Navy uniform was ready. Francis Proven became WRANS number 1. From this initial intake of 14, the WRANS ranks expanded to some 2,600 by the end of the war, representing about 10 per cent of the entire Royal Australian Naval force at the time. All told, McKenzie trained about 3,000 women, one-third of whom went into the services. Many others remained at the Clarence Street school as instructors. In May 1941, the Air Force appointed McKenzie as an honorary flight officer of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, so she could legitimately instruct Air Force personnel.This was the only official recognition McKenzie received during the war for her efforts ------------------------------------------------------------- YOU ARE LISTENING TO VK7WI AND THIS IS THE VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST ------------------------------------------------------------------ Postwar wireless training. Violet McKenzie helped with rehabilitation after the war, keeping her school open for as long as there was a need for instruction in wireless signalling. In the postwar years, she trained men from the merchant navy, pilots in commercial aviation, and others needing the trade qualification known as a "signaller's ticket". In 1948, a reporter from Sky Script visit to the school and described the scene, and the diversity of students Awards and honours On 8 June 1950, McKenzie was appointed an Officer of theÂ Order of the British EmpireÂ (OBE) for her work with the WESC. In 1957 she was elected a Fellow of theÂ Australian Institute of Navigation. In 1964 she became Patron of the Ex-WRANS Association. In 1979 she was made a Member of theÂ Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society. In 1980 a plaque celebrating her "skills, character and generosity" was unveiled at the Missions to Seamen Mariners' Church,Â Flying Angel House. The Church has since relocated to 320 Sussex St, where the plaque can be seen in the garden. Final years Violet McKenzie was nine years older than her husband Cecil, but she outlived him by 23 years. After his death in 1958, she shared her house for a time with Cecil's sister Jean, a primary school teacher. In May 1977, after a stroke paralysed her right side and confined her to a wheelchair, McKenzie moved to the nearby Glenwood Nursing Home. She died peacefully in her sleep on 23 May 1982. At her funeral service, held at the Church of St Giles in Greenwich, 24 serving WRANS formed a Guard of Honour. McKenzie was cremated at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium. The June 1982 edition of the newsletter of the Ex-WRANS Association was devoted to their former teacher and patron. Amongst the memories recorded therein is a statement McKenzie made two days before she died: "...it is finished, and I have proved to them all that women can be as good as, or better than men." (Compiled by Rick VK7RI from a wikipedia) ------------------------------------------------------------ Regular VK7 gatherings and events over the coming months: Regular gatherings: SOTA Group â€“ Monday and Friday Coffee Sessions from 10:30am at Glebe Gardens Cafe 166 Henry St, Launceston NTARC - Monday and Friday Coffee Sessions from 10am, Technical Sessions on Wednesdays from 7.30 pm to 10.30 pm in the clubrooms Archer Street, Rocherlea, Launceston. REAST â€“ Wednesday Afternoon Group meets from Noon and the Experimenters Nights from 1930 in the Queens Domain clubrooms. REAST â€“ MICROWAVE QSO Party â€“ following after the Sunday broadcast on 1296.15 MHz FM. Events: REAST â€“ 1 May â€“ Australian atmospheric research in Antarctica â€“ Queens Domain Clubrooms, Hobart from 7:30pm NW Coast â€“ 4 May â€“ Chat and Show group at the Penguin Sports Centre Ironcliffe Road Penguin from 2pm. NTARC â€“ 11 May - BBQ event from Noon then meeting from 2:00pm - clubrooms Archer Street, Rocherlea, Launceston ------------------------------------------------------------- A reminder to those people rostered for next weekâ€Ös broadcast: Newsreader: VK7TW Repeaters: REAST, NTARC and NWTR&TVG 80m: Any takers? 40m: VK7ALH 20m: VK7TPE 10m: VK7JGD DMR: Talk Group 3809 VK7ZCR ------------------------------------------------------------- This broadcast is repeated on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RTC in the South and VK7RAA in the North. Thanks to all people and organisations that assisted with this broadcast. ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 at 0930 hours. Items for the broadcast can be emailed to vk7arnews @ 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. From the VK7 Amateur Radio News, it is 73 from Rick, VK7RI. (Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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