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VK7AX > BCAST 21.09.19 03:16z 524 Lines 23455 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW BID : 20540_VK7AX Read: GUEST Subj: VK7 Amateur Radio News 15Sep19 Path: HB9ON<IW2OHX<IR1UAW<IZ3LSV<I0OJJ<I0OJJ<N6RME<CX2SA<VK7AX Sent: 190921/0313Z @:VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.OC #:20540 [Ulverstone] $:20540_VK7AX >From vk7ax%vk7ax.#ulv.tas.aus.oc@i0ojj.ampr.org Sat Sep 21 05:15:29 2019 Received: from i0ojj.ampr.org by i0ojj.ampr.org (JNOS2.0k.3b2) with SMTP id AA27231 ; Sat, 21 Sep 2019 05:15:29 +0200 Message-Id: <20540_VK7AX@i0ojj.bbs> >From: vk7ax@vk7ax.#ulv.tas.aus.oc X-JNOS-User-Port: Telnet (i0ojj @ 44.134.32.240) -> Sending message From: VK7AX@VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.OC To : BCAST@WW Text edition: VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST FOR SUNDAY 15th September 2019 (Note.. please remove spaces in email addresses before using) VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST FOR SUNDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News for the 15th of September 2019. This broadcast is brought to you by VK7WI, and read today by Justin, VK7TW This broadcast utilises repeaters around VK7 and the following HF rebroadcast stations: On 3.670 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH On 7.140 MHz by Justin, VK7TW On 14.130 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD On 28.525 MHz by Tony, VK7VKT 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- VK7YP Silent Key Peter Sykes became silent key on Sunday the 8th of September at the age of 91 in the Strathglen Aged care village. He was a kee n amateur for a number of decades, working over 300 countries, active mainly on the HF band. Peter was an active member of the WIA and REAST for many years. Peterâ€Ös callsign was chosen after his wife Y for Yvonne and P for Peter. Vale Peter Regards, Damien VK7SD, on behalf of the Sykes family. -------------------------------------------------------------- QSL NEWS Report - from Herman VK7HWÂ Â Manager ofÂ the WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau Herman advises that the QSL cards list in the email version of the broadcast has been updated and is correct as at 12 September 2019. 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. If you have any questions about QSL Cards being held, Herman can be contacted by email vk7bureau(at)wia.org.au 73 from Herman Â AB, ABY, AC, CAN (FOR RT0C), AD, AG, AN(9N), AP BBB, BC, BH, BO, BX CC, CH DD, DG, DW, DX (for E7/VK4DX), DZ EE, EFA FG, FLAR, FRJG GM, GR, GZ HAH, HRS JB, JJ , JJJ, JON KPB, KRJ LC, LH, LLJ MAG, MBD, MHZ NC, NET, NF, NRF, NSE, NWQ PRN, PSJ RN, ROY TCE, TS (for VK9LS), TU VIP, VR, VZ WC, WLH, WX XDM, XX YUM ZA, ZE, ZX Â VI17AC, VI7COW, VI70HI, VI7JIS, VI7KCD, VI7LER,Â VI70MI ------------------------------------------------------------------ NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST VK7HSC Shirleyâ€Ös Chat N Show Bi monthly meeting On Saturday the 7th September, Shirley again hosted her Bi Monthly Chat N Show at the Penguin Sports Centre, where Amateur Radi o Operators are encouraged to bring Items for Chat N Show, as well as socialise and enjoy a scrumptious afternoon tea. It was great to see Peter VK7PL and his wife Lois attend from the North, as well as some other new faces. We were lucky again t o have retired broadcast engineer Terry, VK7JAI, bring along some interesting items to show those attending. Terry brought alon g an old Morse Key that was used in most Post Offices, as well as a miniature Morse Key. He also brought along A Morse code osc illator he built to prepare for his amateur licence. It used an A415 Valve. The circuit was dated March 1946 and ran on 4.5 Vol ts and with its headphones still works. He also brought along a homemade scope for modulation testing, which had a 1 inch catho de ray tube. Terry built this to fit inside a 3 litre olive oil tin. Terry also brought along a preamplifier he had built. The workmanship and wire tying skills were a sight to behold. Terry also gave a chat on his experiments with narrow band communicat ions. Thanks Terry. We finished off with a scrumptious afternoon tea and a chat. Pictures of the equipment can be seen on the VK7 Amateur Radio Fac e Book page. The next Bi monthly show and tell will be in November. Eric, VK7EV ------------------------------------------------------------------ NWTR&TVG NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING The next meeting is set for 28th September - yes, it is close. Due to overload I am late with reminders. Please note, this is a week earlier than usual as the scouts wish to have their building free for all of October to accommodate Yankee Auction donati ons and organizing space. The Scouts also asked the club some time ago for anyone interested in giving them a hand before or on the day, to get in touch with scout personnel. This was asked of club members some time ago in a special request, so consider it a reminder to anyone in terested. A small plate for afternoon tea will be most appreciated and the box and content left behind last time will be there to be coll ected by its owner. So, don't forget our general meeting will be held at the Scout Hall Ulverstone, starting at 2PM on the 28th of September, one w eek early. 73, Shirl VK7HSC, President, NWTR&TVG ------------------------------------------------------------------ NEWS FROM THE NORTH SOTA and WWFF Parks and Reserves Group Â 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 Last week it was a feast of news, this week the famine has struck once again. So, it will be largely a repeat of old items. So grab your cup of coffee or tea, sit back, relax and listen or have a wander around the garden. Youâ€Öll probably find a few new ly sprung weeds that need pulling, if conditions are anything like those at this QTH. As the news is written up on Friday night, I will provide you with a rundown on the September general meeting, held yesterday, in next weekâ€Ös news but in the mean time I can provide you with some probably trivial information. Daylight savings in Tasman ia for 2019 commences on Sunday 6 October at 2.00am and ends at 2.00am on Sunday 5 April 2020, all times are in Eastern Austral ian Time. For those like me that love daylight savings, you probably cannot wait. For those members and listeners that love Christmas, well it is only 101 days to go. If you are a good planner you probably hav e started shopping for the presents, unlike me. I usually wait till a week before. Now if you like to know precisely how many d ays, hoursâ€Ö minutes etc yet to run, there is a website you can go to https://yourchristmascountdown.com.Â What would we do w ithout the Internet? Actually, I know, as we have to survive without it more times than are reasonable in this modern age but y ou have all heard my lament on this topic often enough. JOTA/JOTI 2019 â€“ as mentioned last week this event is fast looming so best give it some further air time. This year JOTA/JOTI is celebrating 62 years of connecting scouts and guides by radio and 23 years of Internet connection. NTARC will be hosting the event at the NTARC Club Rooms, formerly known as the Rocherlea Scout Hall. Activities will start on S aturday 19 October at noon to 8.00 pm and on Sunday from 10.0am to 3.00 pm. As usual it will be split over the two halls with J OTI being set up in the big hall. As in past years we will be offering a BBQ, with the usual sausages and onion in bread available at a donation of $2.00 and dri nks, either hot or cold for a similar $2.00 donation. If you are able to assist on either or both days, could you please contact NTARCâ€Ös JOTA Coordinator Peter VK7KPC by email dodd.pc @ bigpond.com or by mobile 0408 805 086. We now hand over to NTARC President Idris VK7ZIR for his report on the clubâ€Ös latest technical session, held at the clubrooms at Rocherlea this past Wednesday evening. Technical night report Wednesday 11th September 2019 â€“ â€œMany things were happening at the Tech Session this evening. Peter VK7PD brought along his record setting 3.4GHz panel transceiver which he had modified to be frequency locked to an external GPS derived 10MHz input. T he Clubâ€Ös digital CRO was pressed into service to observe the 10MHz waveform and ensure that levels were correct into the pan el. After testing of some connections and loss measuring, all was found to be well for the next field operation with a GPS disc iplined master oscillator. Well done Peter. Ross VK7ALH found another interesting item on his back shelves in the form of a 1960s vintage Yaesu FT75 HF mobile transceiver. This radio used crystal locked channels over five HF bands and was a hybrid with a valve PA. Complete with a car cradle incorp orating inbuilt power supply and speaker. There was also a base power supply for use out of the vehicle. The covers soon came o ff, and much finger poking occurred from a large audience. Thanks Ross. Meanwhile Peter VK7KPC was beavering away repairing an old STC shortwave receiver which needed new capacitors to replace the Du con originals. Peter was also designing new robotic games for use at the next JOTA, which is coming up fast. A quantity of technical magazines had been donated, and these had been spread out on a table with much sifting and reading goin g on. We missed our usual visitor Peter VK2MPK who had returned to family in VK2 for a time, then to return for the next round of tra nsport logistics to the wind farm at Trial Harbour. We hope to see him again sometime. The session finished with a round of jokes from Ebenezer VK7AT and contributions from Kevin VK7HKN, giving everyone a good laug h before venturing home. Once again, that wraps it up for another week. 73, Idris VK7ZIRâ€ Coming events Technical sessions â€“ The next session will be on Wednesday 18 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 bu ilding or just ask questions? You might also be able to answer some from other attendees. That is what the evenings are all abo ut, 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 â€“ Mersey Lea Equine Endurance Ride (MEER) Lambert Road Mersey Lea 28 September. NTARC provided safety comms at t heir initial ride held on Saturday 7 September and we must have done OK. They have asked us to once again provide safety comms at this second event. The TEERA calendar tells me it is again a one day ride comprising of an 80, 40 and 20 km events. Base cam p will be sited at 53 Lamberts Road, Mersey Lea. Our Safety Comms Coordinator Norm VK7KTN is waiting on further information whi ch we will pass on as soon as it comes to hand. In the meantime if you are interested in assisting at this event then I am sure Norm would appreciate hearing from you. He can be contacted by email at safetycomms.ntarc @ gmail.com Future events October general meeting â€“ Wednesday 9 October yes, pushing this a bit early but you really should note it in your diaries or calendars. Meeting will commence at 19:30 hours (7.30pm) and like previous months it will be held in the small meeting room. I suspect the weather will still not be in the high temps so Skywarmer will likely be lit when you arrive but hopefully for the l ast time this year. More information as we get closer to the date. JOTA/JOTI 2019 â€“ NTARC Club rooms, Archer Street Rocherlea Saturday 19 October at noon to 8.00 pm and Sunday 20 October from 10.0am to 3.00 pm. 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 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 bu t 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 donâ€Öt know of any other venue in Launceston where you ca n 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, inclu ding frantically arranging other connections when our NBN fails, which is quite often. Your continued cooperation in this regar d 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 IncÂ Â Â Â Â ------------------------------------------------------------------ NEWS FROM THE SOUTH Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania www.reast.asn.au https://www.facebook.com/reasttas/ 23CM QSO Party Report The 23cm QSO Party on 08 September had 9 sign-ins and 1 swl. Most signals were as usual or a bit better.Â Minimal QSB this wee kend for most participants. Â VK7VH was using a handheld and Dave 7DM was trying a new antenna set up.Â 7HRS was heard by a number of stations.Â 7DM had strong QSB but no one knows why.Â Another interesting mystery of 23cm. Â If you have some 23cm gear, get it out, get it working, and join the party. Â 73, Larry, VK7WLH ---------------------------------------------------------- REAST September Visit Behind the Scenes - ABC TV & Radio A huge thank you to Damien VK7SD and Alan VK7KAD who have agreed to give us a Behind the Scenes tour into the ABC TV and Radio Studios in Hobart. This is be a fascinating tour by the some of the Technical Staff who have been doing a huge program of work to improve the stud ios. This will be happening on the 25thÂ September 2019 from 7:30pm sharp.Â Please meet at the front the ABC studios. There is limited parking at the studios however there is plenty of parking along Aber deen St next to the Aquatics Centre. Please be careful crossing the road to get to the studios.Â See you there. 73, Justin, VK7TW -------------------------- DATV Experimenter's Night Wrap-Up The night started with Justin VK7TW and Steve VK7OO talking about the possibilities of VK7 taking out the RD Contest. VK7 ended up with 43 logs entered and the indicative high scores that were put in all go toward a great VK7 effort in 2019. We welcomed Warren VK7WN and Raffael who is an exchange student from Brazil as our studio audience. Justin showed a Hauwei battery that was rescued from a broken Hauwei phone. These phones are well known to have superior capaci ty and that was realised when the battery was removed. It is a large LiPo with 3 amp per hour capacity and 3.85Volts. Justin then showed the inside of a US built Telonics telemetry receiver that came from some surplus Antarctic Division equipmen t. This is a very nicely made 150-154MHz receiver that has two thumb wheels to set the frequency of the transmitter on the anim al that is being tracked. The unit is all surface mount and uses a 6809 microcontroller. We will be looking to see if we can lo wer the frequency to the top end of the 2m band and used these for ARDF receivers. Ron Cullen then came into the studio and showed the progress he has made with the First Person View goggles. Ron showed the ori ginal FPV goggles that are totally immersive and then moved to his new goggles that use a series of flip down mirrors and clear er screen. These goggles enable the wearer to be much more aware of what is going on around the wearer and just flip the mirror up to see the aircraft. Justin wore these in the studio and it was certainly clearer and Justin could keep his glasses on whil st wearing the goggles. Thanks Ron. We then moved to our videos which included the VK7HH Ham Radio DX 3.4GHz record video, TX Factor 22, SDR Radio videos and the o fficial ICOM IC-705 video. We retired to the clubrooms and Justin started to assemble his 3.4GHz Preamp from Down East Microwave. Hayden VK7HH and Richard VK7ZBX worked on Richard's 3.4GHz transverter to modify it to allow the 10MHz oscillator to be locked using a GPS Disciplined Oscillator. This was done in record time and it was time to test it. Justin and Ron went portable in the Queens Domain compound with Justin's 3.4GHz panel and they compared the signal levels between Richard's and Justin's transverters. 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 tu ne 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 t he 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TECHNICAL ARTICLES AMSA seeks input on radio, navigation changes The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is calling for feedback on proposed changes to safety of navigation and radio e quipment. Marine order 27 provides information about: * radio equipment and communications * navigation safety measures and equipment * danger, urgency and distress signals and messages. Â A proposed new Marine order 27 (Safety of navigation and radio equipment) will amend the order to allow other approved operat ors to provide mobile satellite services within the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System. The consultation is open until Wednesday, 2 October 2019. The consultation paper, and feedback form, are available online. Following the consultation period, it is proposed amendments to the order will come into effect on 1 January 2020. Read more: http://criticalcomms.com.au/content/public-safety/news/amsa-seeks-input-on-radio-navigation-changes-443137021#ixzz5z Oyrbl5V Phone jamming trial begins at Goulburn Correctional Centre Contraband mobile phones should be useless if Goulburn Correctional Centreâ€Ös mobile phone jamming trial is going to plan. The trial â€ö which began on 26 August â€ö saw a mobile phone jamming system installed around the facility and activated in Hig h Risk Management Correctional Centre 2. The system, which will later be rolled out in the rest of the facility and Supermax, i s designed to not penetrate beyond the complexâ€Ös boundaries, leaving the communityâ€Ös mobile devices unaffected, according t o the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Communities and Justice (DoCJ). The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) allowed for the phone-jamming trial by making an exemption to the Radi ocommunications Act 1992, the DoCJ said. The technology will make a â€œsignificant improvementâ€ to the centreâ€Ös security because any phones that do get smuggled in wonâ€Öt be able to connect to the network and, therefore, canâ€Öt be used for communication, said Corrective Services NSW Commi ssioner Peter Severin. â€œContraband mobile phones are an issue for prison authorities around the world, because the phones are as small as a keyring and can be easily concealed,â€ he explained. The technology will complement the prisonâ€Ös existing anti-contraband measures, including frequent searches of visitors, vehic les and inmates, X-ray and other scanning technology, intelligence gathering and targeted and random searches of cells and comm on areas, Severin said. The phone-jamming technology was first trialled at Lithgow Correctional Centre in 2013 where it remains in operation and has si nce been upgraded. If Goulburnâ€Ös initial testing is successful, a two-year trial will commence at the facility. Read more: http://criticalcomms.com.au/content/industry/news/phone-jamming-trial-begins-at-goulburn-correctional-centre-1527558 221#ixzz5zP0b2YvE These items from Critical Comms -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: NTARC October 9th - General Meeting REAST September 25 â€“ Behind the Scenes tour of ABC TV & Radio Hobart from 7:30pm ------------------------------------------------------------- Â A reminder to those people rostered for next weekâ€Ös broadcast: Newsreader: VK7ZIR Repeaters: REAST, NTARC and NWTR&TVG 80m: VK7JGD 40m: VK7ALH 20m: VK7FB 10m: VK7VKT DMR: Talk Group 5 VK7ZCR D-Star: Reflector 091 VK7HRW ------------------------------------------------------------- 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. You have been listening VK7WI. Next week the National WIA news can be heard at 0900 followed by the VK7 Amateur Radio News at 0 930 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 Justin, VK7TW (Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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