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Text edition: VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 1st September 2019
(Note.. please remove spaces in email addresses before using)
VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 1st SEPTEMBER 2019
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News for Father's Day, the 1st of September 2019. This broadcast is brought to you by VK7WI, and read today by Peter, VK7PD.
All the very best to our fathers. We hope you have a great and special day.
This broadcast utilises repeaters around VK7 and the following HF rebroadcast stations:
On 3.670 MHz by Justin, VK7TW
On 7.140 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH
On 14.130 MHz by Peter, VK7TPE
On 28.525 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD
On DMR Talk Group 5 by Clayton, VK7ZCR
On D-Star Reflector 091 by Roger VK7HRW
This broadcast is repeated on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RTC in the South and VK7RAA in the North.
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QSL NEWS
Herman has advised that the recently arrived QSL cards have been sorted and the list in the email version of the broadcast updated.
As usual, Herman will deliver cards to Clubs and or QTH's on an opportunity basis. Also, unless requested otherwise by those who have mail out arrangements, if there are only 1 or 2 cards for a station, Herman intends to hold those cards until there are enough to make a mail out more cost effective.
When Herman took on the role of Inwards QSL Manager he was given a list of Callsigns of VK7 Amateurs who will only accept cards sent directly to them.
The callsigns are - VK7's GK, OK, KO, CH, LO, NGW and OC. Any updates would be appreciated and if there are any other Amateurs in the same position please advise him so that he can update his records.
If you have any questions about QSL Cards being held, Herman can be contacted by
email vk7bureau @ wia.org.au
73, Herman, VK7 QSL Manager
AB, ABY, AC, ACN(FOR RT0C), AD, AG, AN(9N), AP
BBB, BC, BH, BO, BX
CC, CH, CW
DD, DG, DW, DX (for E7/VK4DX), DZ
EE, EFA
FG, FLAR, FRJG
GK, GM, GN, GR, GZ
HAH, HCK, HRS
JB, JJ , JJJ, JON
KPB, KRJ
LC, LH, LLJ
MAG, MBD, MHZ
NC, NET, NF, NRF, NSE, NWQ
PRN, PSJ
QP
RB, RN, ROY
SM
TCE, TS (for VK9LS), TU
VIP, VR, VZ
WC, WLH, WX
XDM, XX
YUM
ZA, ZE, ZGK, ZX
VI17AC, VI7COW, VI70HI, VI7JIS, VI7KCD, VI7LER, VI70MI
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RD contest 2019
Have you put in your log?
Today is your last chance to put your log in for the 2019 RD Contest and there was a huge VK7 contingent on the bands from around VK7 during the contest.
As of Friday night, the logs submitted still had VK7 ahead with 43 logs, followed by 37 logs from VK2 and VK6, 35 logs from VK3, 17 from VK5, 8 from VK4, 2 from VK1 and one from VK8.
If you havent put your log in then today is your last chance. Logs of less than 100 can be a paper log and over 100 will need to be electronic logs and details can be found on the WIA Contests website.
VK7 have won it the last two years thanks to a concerted effort to get amateurs participating and it is great to see VK7FLAR, VK7FPCL and VK7FREU in the submitted logs. VK7 again has the most F-calls in the logs.
Please, please, please put in your log – dont delay.
Last day for log submission is Sunday 1 September 2019.
Details at: http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/rdcontest/
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THE 23cm QSO PARTY
The 23cm QSO party last week saw 10 stations in the Hobart area participate. Call signs present including VK7s MO, WLH, KRJ, ZMS, MA, TU, OO, HRS, ZBX and VH.
Generally good contacts all round except for the few stations with weak signals, mostly to do with less than ideal antenna setups. There is talk of another antenna building workshop as 3 stations have expressed intentions to build Yagis for 23cm.
De Steve, VK7OO
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RAOTC Broadcast for September 2019
As mentioned in the National Bulletin, the monthly edition of the Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club Broadcast goes to air on Monday 2nd of September.
As an experiment RAOTC is running an additional 40m relay on Monday afternoon at 1600 hours local. This will emanate from the QTH of David VK3ADM, who is our club president David Rosenfield. If you are able to tune in on 7.146 LSB at that time kindly let us have a report. This will determine the future viability of the 40m relay while HF conditions are in the doldrums.
This month features an update on the 30 metre band plan; this has been necessitated by increased FT8 activity.
The main article features the lifes work of Henry Pearce VK3EN (SK).
The Melbourne Fire Brigade was the first in Australia to be equipped with radio. Henry Pearce was a key player in the building and installation of its equipment. They started out in 1924 with transmissions on 180 metres running a power of 25 watts; this was soon raised to a base station power of 100 watts. By 1944 it had risen to 400 Watts. Vehicles used helical whips or loaded whips. By 1960 the change was made to VHF then UHF was added.
Henry remained a stalwart of the 160 metre amateur band in Melbourne – no doubt influenced by his early experience with the 180 metre band.
There is another in the series: ‘Forgotten Women who contributed to the Sciences. This one features the ‘Harvard Computers 1881-1919 which led to the Harvard Classification Scheme for astrophysics. What did computers consist of in 1881 you might ask? To learn more take a listen on Monday or catch up on the RAOTC website.
As usual this will all go to air in VK7 on the first Monday in the month at 7:30pm local time over the VK7RAA/RTC state-wide network and again at about 8:30pm as a telecast on VK7AX 'Spectrum Tasmania' via the BATC members stream (https://batc.org.uk/live/vk7ax) and in the Ulverstone area on 445.50MHz DATV.
The date this month happens to be September 2. Call backs will follow on both networks. Please call in if you are able.
73, Peter VK7PD
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST
Chat And Show Group Gathering
The next gathering is on September 7th at the Penguin Sports Centre, Ironcliffe Road, Penguin starting at 2pm with drop in from 2 till 5pm.
This is a non-club gathering, open to all operators and their partners, and any visitors from other parts of the state or visitors to our state. So, if you hear a visitor in Penguin or going to be in Penguin on the day, let them know about it, and that they are welcome to join us.
Shirley always asks for a small plate for afternoon tea and appreciates the past contributions. It does help make the day. Shirley supplies the tea and coffee
If you have anything to show us that is old or something new that you have built, we would like to see it, so bring it along and tell us about your effort or collection.
Everyone is welcome
Shirl VK7HSC
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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
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Northern Tasmanian Amateur Radio Club Incorporated
www.ntarc.net
Here we are, Spring once again! That is if you adhere to the view that spring commences on 1 September and not the equinox in 3 weeks time. I can tell you I am well and truly over winter. Its been altogether too wet, too cold and far too windy for just too long. I personally have found this winter to be generally colder than in past years but that could be due to the fact I am getting older. On another note though, it is Fathers Day, so happy Fathers Day to all our fathers, grandfathers and possibly some great grandfathers listening this morning. Enjoy your day and I hope you get spoiled by the family.
Round up of social dinner last Wednesday the 28th we had our yearly social dinner. This year the event was moved to the Commercial Hotel. What a great roll up. We initially had acceptances of 25 but due to circumstances encountered by a few of our members, we ended up with a total of 23. Some early arrivals came straight from work but the majority started to appear from 6.15. All were seated well before 7.00pm.
We were directed to the big dining room, where the hotel had allocated 3 tables to us, so we didn't have any problems with elbows clearances as had been the case in recent years at the previous venue. The menu was extensive, with the food brilliant and reasonably priced. Some had entrees and mains while others just had mains and dessert. Considering they had a full house, the waiting time for our food to be served was also very good.
There was lively chatter on all tables and of course, Ebenezer kept his table in constant laughter. Yes, the man has many jokes to tell and he does put them across so well.
A thank you to those that braved the cold to come out as it was a chilly evening. Hopefully next year we will do it again.
Technical night report.
If you have been waiting patiently for a report from Idris VK7ZIR on the latest Wednesday evening Technical Session, Im afraid you will have to remain patient for a further week. There was no technical session this past week, as it would have clashed with our annual winter club dinner and the organisers were all hungry. Idris will no doubt be back on duty next week.
An item of interest
We ran this item last week but feel it worthy of a second running. It is courtesy of member Michael VK7MRS. Michael, is our Assistant Repeater Officer South. Michael is also the Huon District JOTA coordinator and he is pleased to advise us of the following exciting news.
“Its official, VK7HSD now has a shack!
Huon Scout District club station, VK7HSD along with the Q store, was officially opened on the 17th of August at the Huonville Scout & Guide Hall.
We had a big rollup of some 50 Joeys, Cubs, Scouts and Venture youth, plus Leaders as well as the State Commissioner of Scouts Tasmania along with the Huon Valley Mayor attending the ceremony.
The Q store was rightly named THE KAAPORT in recognition of Mark Norris's 25 years of scouting in the Huon Valley. “CAR” as it is pronounced, is his scouting name.
The motto "ENSPIRING OTHERS TO ACHIEVE A LIFE TIME HOBBY" has been adopted by VK7HSD to encourage young people to participate and hopefully gain their Amateur radio license.
Huonville scout troop already boasts 1 youth member and 2 leaders currently holding their Foundation licenses.
Currently radios include an Icom 706Mk2G with an AH4 tuner for HF operations as well as 2m and 70cm radios. The tower along with radio equipment have been kindly donated by many operators from around Australia.
VK7HSDs echo link node number 913668 and DMR id 5057118 will be active for scouting activities as well as for JOTA.
We look forward to making contact from the southernmost Scouting District of Australia.
73 from Michael, VK7MRS Huon District JOTA coordinator”.
Thankyou Michael for that exciting news. Your fellow NTARC members and Committee and likewise other amateurs around the State wish you and the Huon Scouts all the best for the future. Im sure we will hear plenty of activity from your club station over the 2019 JOTA weekend.
Coming events
Technical sessions – The next session will be on Wednesday 4 September and will commence at the usual time of 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, however defined, is fair game. Endless tea and coffee along with biscuits is available for a small gold coin donation.
Equine event – NTARC has been asked to provide Safety Communications for a new club which has been formed and is based at Mersey Lea (MEER).
The Club is planning on having two rides this year with the first being held on Saturday September 7 with the other being held on Saturday October 5. These rides have been organised by some of the younger members of the Endurance Ride members.
Both are one day rides and we will only be providing safety comms at two checkpoints and base camp. This will be new country for our safety comms team and a survey of the area has been carried out.
If you would like to assist at this coming event or require further information then could you please contact our Safety Communications Coordinator Norm VK7KTN by
email at safetycomms.ntarc @ gmail.com
We are a bit short on ground crew due to a couple of crew members not being available so any help you can give would be greatly appreciated. These events are a great way to utilise your radio skills and support a community based activity.
More information will be provided on the October ride as we get closer.
September general meeting – Saturday 14 September. Please note there will be no BBQ this month, the meeting will commence at 14:00 hours and this will be followed by a Show and Tell. Suggest you dig out something of interest to bring along. Afternoon tea will follow and as always donations of goodies to share would be appreciated. Please note the meeting will be held in the small meeting room and Skywarmer will be burning brightly.
Coffee mornings – 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 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 but currently 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 dont 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
However, it would be appreciated if any news could be sent no later than 17:00 hours on the Friday prior to broadcast, to allow its timely insertion into the NTARC segment.
That gives all a chance to get the NTARC segment together and off to Hobart in time for collation into the VK7 Broadcast, including frantically arranging other connections when our NBN fails, which is quite often. Your continued cooperation in this regard will be gratefully appreciated and do much to lower my blood pressure.
As always, I look forward to seeing you at Rocherlea.
73 Yvonne VK7FYMX, Secretary NTARC Inc
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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH
Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania
www.reast.asn.au
https://www.facebook.com/reasttas/
Antenna Kits Available
Ben VK7BEN still have a number of End-Fed and Satellite Moxon kits available after the antenna field day for anyone who may be interested. $35 for end-fed kits and $25 for handheld Satellite Moxon kits. The people who bought and assembled these on the recent REAST antenna build day gave these a big thumbs up! Email vk7ben@wia.org.au if you would like to purchase one of these kits.
Ben Short ben @ vk7ben.id.au | http://www.vk7ben.id.au | Twitter: @bcshort
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DATV Experimenter's Night Wrap-Up
We welcomed Andrew VK7DW to the night who was visiting from Launceston. The night started in the DATV Studio with an RD Contest reminder from Hayden VK7HH and Justin VK7TW. A final reminder that today is the last day to upload your RD contest log! Hayden then let us know about some 2.4GHz experiments he was doing with Richard VK7ZBX using a PCB Log Periodic antenna. Unfortunately the power used appears to have burnt the solder mask off the PCB! We did a promo on Hayden's YouTube channel which is called Ham Radio DX.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo_jX41l6nYfnrQuk0qsZFw
Justin then moved to demonstrate a small timer board that drives a relay. This timer is capable of being set to 1 to 999 seconds and the relay is capable of switching 240VAC up to 10Amps. This board is being used in Justin's spot welder which has turned into a bit of a saga. More on that in future DATV nights!
We then moved to a demonstration of the NanoVNA which now has a LIPO battery installed and is portable. Justin demonstrated using the VNA results using the FM Broadcast band pass filter.
We then bought Andrew VK7DW into the studio and did an interview with him about his interests in amateur radio and what is currently being worked on in the shack. Thanks Andrew.
This lead into our videos for the night that included segments on capacitors, power factor, some K7AGE videos and the latest episode of the TXFactor. We then retired to the clubrooms for a coffee and chat.
We thank Murray VK7ZMS and Richard VK7ZBX who donated (read "rescued from e-waste!") some very nice high current power supplies including some that can deliver 42VDC. Another thank you to Kim VK7KB who bought along some coaxial patch cables that were very quickly re-homed!
Murray helped re-program a small Mikrotic networking switch and spent time trying to download Arduino programming code for a small 8 pin microcontroller. Justin also did a health check on the Alarm panel to find some mouse droppings and chewed wires inside the alarm panel. These were repaired and the panel appears to be back in operation.
A special mention of Alan VK7KAJ and the lunchtime crew who were able to locate the issue with R2, which was a faulty fuse. The repeater was quickly back on the air following it's failure just after the broadcast last Sunday. Thanks Alan.
We get back underway next Wednesday night with a DATV Experimenter's night from 7:30pm in the Queens Domain Clubrooms.
We go out on RF on 445.5MHz DVB-T 7MHz Standard Definition. So, if you have a TV, Set-top box or USB DTV Dongle that you can tune to 445.5MHz and do a scan for a DVB-T signal, 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 and Facebook.
https://www.reast.asn.au/special-interest-groups/amateur-tv/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC64To_tq1E7PfK1pqtX_vRw/
https://www.facebook.com/reasttas/
See you there, 73, Justin, VK7TW
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REAST Training
The next training session is scheduled for Saturday September 14th.
73 Reg VK7KK assessor @ reast.asn.au
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TECHNICAL ARTICLE
AML: a game changer for emergency services
Advanced Mobile Location technology is revolutionising emergency response and saving lives.
Every second counts in an emergency. As response time is key to determining a successful outcome, emergency services must act rapidly and make the most efficient use of their resources. And the work of these professionals relies on the primary information they can gather from the incident itself, location being key.
Oftentimes though, a person in need of assistance will not be aware of their whereabouts, being unfamiliar with their surroundings or simply distressed at the situation they find themselves in. How can emergency services know where and how to focus their efforts? That is when Advanced Mobile Location comes into play to provide a life-saving solution.
Your phone could save your life
Advanced Mobile Location enables a smartphone to identify when a call is placed to an emergency number. It then activates the phones location and sends it as an encoded, free of charge, SMS to the emergency services before turning the location off again. This SMS includes information on the callers latitude, longitude, time of positioning, level of confidence and positioning method (Global Navigation Satellite System, or Wi-Fi in certain cases). By being able to access the handsets location, the information shared with emergency services is up to 3000 times more accurate than traditional systems, such as network location.
How can this technology be integrated into our phones? It already is.
AML is not an application, but an element that is part of a smartphones operating system, just like the code that runs the alarm clock, or the one that enables calls. It was first integrated into Android phones, as the Emergency Location Service (ELS) in July 2016, and was followed by phones running on Apples iOS in 2018. The prevalence of both these operating systems for smartphones means that almost all devices worldwide are capable of sending accurate caller location in case of an emergency.
But even though the technology enabling this information to be shared is widespread and already available, emergency services need to be capable of receiving it. For AML to be operational in a country, operating system providers will activate the technology once the national authorities are technically and operationally ready.
In this process, corresponding authorities need to establish different configurations such as the emergency numbers for which AML will be activated, the transmission channel, the time delta to receive an SMS, whether it is available when roaming and whether it will also be activated for SMS-to-emergency number services (or equivalent accessibility services).
AML has not only proven to be easy to implement due to its low economic and resource-related costs, but also brings in a considerable turnover as it allows for more effective management of often costly emergency resources. A study conducted in 2016 by an independent consultancy estimated that if AML were to be fully implemented in all European Union member states, the results over a period of only 10 years would result in costs savings of €95 billion, with an estimated 7500-plus lives saved.
Deployments ongoing in Europe…
The United Kingdom became the first country in the world to implement AML, paving the way for other European countries: Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, United Kingdom and most recently, Denmark.
Success stories soon came to light in these countries, as emergency services became able to locate citizens in distress in remote areas, tourists unfamiliar with their surroundings, victims of accidents and vulnerable sectors of the population with learning difficulties, and bridging communication gaps in multilingual countries. AML even assists with regular issues related to emergency response, such as calls dropping. In Ireland, a fire was reported by a bystander, but the call dropped before they could specify the address. However, the call taker was able to register the exact house number and street thanks to AML an address that did not even figure in fire-mapping records yet, as it was a new construction.
AML can also enable little heroes, as it is not uncommon that children would call for assistance but be unaware of their exact location. In Estonia, emergency services once received a call from children in a small town in Estonia alerting of a potential house fire. They were able to provide their street name and flat number, but not the house number which the call-taker was able to gather thanks to AML, quickly dispatching emergency services.
Last April, the Austrian Notruf Niederösterreich centres remarkable rescue of a paraglider was awarded at the 112 Awards Ceremony held in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Paraglider Andreas Gremmel crashed in a remote, alpine area of Austria and found himself severely injured and unaware of his location. A weak mobile reception also made it impossible for emergency services to call him back to gather more information about the accident. Thanks to AML, the emergency response team was able to locate Andreas within a six-metre radius, immediately launching a successful rescue mission that lasted only 50 minutes.
…and beyond
AML is not exclusive to Europe. In July 2019, Mexico joined New Zealand, Iceland, the United Arab Emirates and the United States in embracing the technology.
While Australia is expecting to deploy AML by 2020, New Zealand has benefited from it since May 2017.
Shortly after deployment, we at the European Emergency Number Association (EENA) spoke with Ben Quay, Programme Director at New Zealands Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), who commented on the decision to move away from apps to AML: “The problems we were seeing with apps were that people werent downloading them or they werent using them in an emergency apps added a lot of complexity for users.”
The first country outside Europe to deploy AML, New Zealand provides this service all over its territory as a free message for the caller, with a time delta defined to receive AML positions of 25 seconds (which also applies to SMS-to-emergency number).
Examples of successful implementation include two remarkable dispatches by Wellington Free Ambulance, which once received a call from a man who had woken up on the side of the road, with no idea where he was or what had happened. The man had a history of seizures and had been driving from Bulls to Whanganui. The only details he could provide about his location were that he was in a farmland area and that there were no houses or road signs. Wellington Free Ambulance used the system to identify the mans location and provided him with the help he needed.
On another occasion, they received a call from a non-English speaker who hung up before an interpreter could be arranged. While the call-taker was attempting to call back, AML enabled identification of the location and help was immediately dispatched, as the person turned out to be in urgent need of medical treatment.
In another case, New Zealand police received a call from a person having suicidal thoughts. The only information that the call-taker could get while speaking with the person was that the caller was next to a train station without knowing which one exactly. Thanks to AML, emergency services obtained a very accurate location information (down to a four-metre radius) and found that the caller was on the rail tracks. Train control was immediately alerted, and police was dispatched on site to save the person.
AML in New Zealand in numbers
Average percentage of calls from a mobile phone where an AML position is received: 75% of all genuine emergency calls
Percentage of AML messages received within 30 seconds: 96.85% (Android: 95.59%, iOS: 98.86%)
Percentage of AML messages received within 15 seconds: 14.55% (Android: 1.05%. iOS: 36.23%), noting that the time delta is 25 seconds
AML messages with an accuracy better than 100 metres: 84.15% (Android: 78.92%, iOS: 92.56%)
AML messages with an accuracy better than 50 metres: 72.12% (Android: 73.93%, iOS: 69.23%)
What is next to come?
Currently, AML is fully deployed in 18 countries all over the world. And, as the new European Electronic Communications Code has made AML implementation mandatory in all Member States by December 2020 and for all smartphones sold in the EU as of February 2022 to enable AML, more and more countries are mobilising towards activating this life-saving feature.
AML has come a long way in five years, from conceptualisation to its increasing deployment all over the world, and we can only expect that more lives will continue to be saved as the technology further spreads. At EENA, we fully support and encourage national governments to take the necessary steps to assure a more efficient emergency response, with the potential to save not only resources but also countless lives.
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Regular VK7 gatherings and events over the coming months:
Regular gatherings:
SOTA Group – 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 – Wednesday Afternoon Group meets from Noon and the Experimenters Nights from 1930 in the Queens Domain clubrooms.
REAST – MICROWAVE QSO Party – following after the Sunday broadcast on 1296.15 MHz FM.
Events:
RAOTC Broadcast Monday 2nd 1930 RAA/RTC - 2030 ATV Ulverstone
NTARC September 7th - Equine event Mersey Lea
NTARC September 14 - General Meeting
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weeks broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7RI
Repeaters: REAST, NTARC and NWTR&TVG
80m: VK7JGD
40m: VK7FB
20m: VK7ALH
10m: VK7TPE
DMR: Talk Group 5 VK7ZCR
D-Star: Reflector 091 VK7HRW
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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.
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That concludes our VK7 Amateur Radio News Broadcast for this week.
You have been listening VK7WI. 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 Peter, VK7PD.
(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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