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VK7 REGIONAL NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 22ND MARCH 2009
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Meet the Voice and Sewing Circle BBQ
TODAY
Is the Meet the Voice/Sewing Circle BBQ at the Ross Caravan Park
starting 10am.
Don VK7AY says he is looking forward to meeting numbers of you again
and making contact with some whom are know only by voice.
The BBQ's will be fired up and registrations starts from 10am and there
will also be hot water for those requiring it.
Ross of course also has some excellent take away food shops within
close proximity of the caravan park and there is fresh clear
drinking water that flows from the taps now.
Ross Caravan Park, Sunday March 22, Come one, come all.
See you there.
http://reast.asn.au/events.php#meetthevoice
(Don, VK7AY)
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Bargain Boot Bonanza
Also today Ray VK7VKV will be coordinating the Meet the Voice Bargain
Boot Bonanza where you are almost certain to pick up that piece of
equipment or part that you have been looking for.
Ray has received notice that there will be a wide variety of pre-loved
radio, electronics and computer equipment for sale on the day.
Amongst these treasures will be such things as: antennas, commercial
hand held radios, computer network routers, extension speakers,
transceivers and receivers of all descriptions including HF and VHF.
FM and all mode, commercial test gear, digital cameras, SWR meters,
and much much more.
Don't miss out...See you at the MTV/SS BBQ and Bargain Boot Bonanza."
Look forward to seeing you there.
http://reast.asn.au/events.php#meetthevoice
(Ray VK7VKV)
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TARGA TASMANIA 2009
28 April to 3 May
Gavin VK7HGO lets us know that he is looking for people to help out in
the field of Communications with this event.
You could be manning a repeater, running a "Safety on Stage" (S.O.S.)
or "Radio Point" (RP).
This year if we may use you for other things too like Road Close Radio
Point.
A special call does go out to our Northern Amateur friends for the
following:
I do need two teams of two people on Wednesday 29 April to man two
repeaters, the repeaters are on stages where you can see the cars go by.
Please note: This is not a WICEN event and is open to any one hearing
the broadcast.
If you would like more details please call Gavin VK7HGO on the
North / South link or Ph. 62724437 or Mobile: 0407724431
or Email: vk7hgo(AT)wia.org.au
http://targatasmania.com.au/
Many Thanks
(Gavin O'Shea, VK7HGO)
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VK7 EVENTS CALENDAR
A summary of the events across VK7 in the next month:
SEWING CIRCLE NET - March 22nd Meet the Voice and Sewing Circle BBQ
Ross Caravan Park - Starts 10:00am
http://reast.asn.au/events.php#meetthevoice
REAST March 25th ATV Experimenter's Night 7:30pm Queens Domain Club rooms.
http://reast.asn.au/events.php#ATVnights
NWTARIG March 28th General Meeting at the Lions Meeting Rooms
- corner of Ironcliffe Rd and King Edward St Penguin - Starts 2pm.
WICEN South March 28 and 29th Endurance Ride - Woodstock
http://tas.wicen.org.au/
NTARC April 8th Mystery Guest Speaker - Alanvale Polytechnic.
http://www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk7/NorthernTasmaniaAmateurRadioClub/
REAST April 9, 16 & 23rd ATV Experimenter's Nights 7:30pm Queens
Domain Club rooms.
http://reast.asn.au/events.php#ATVnights
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Wanted
Tony VK7VAC is looking for a 70 cm UHF mobile with bracket and microphone,
or base FM Amateur Radio to use locally on simplex and repeaters.
If you have such an item then please contact Tony on 03 62246935 or
email me on acornwall(AT)internode.on.net
(Tony, VK7VAC)
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NORTH WEST News
New Radio Club Formed
North West Tasmania Amateur Television Group
http://www2.vk7ax.id.au/atvgroup
We are proud to announce the formation of another Amateur Radio Club
known as the "North West Tasmania Amateur Television Group"
for the North West.
The Club was established to cater for those amateurs and interested
persons wishing to be part of a proactive, progressive and happy Club
void of `politics' and other inhibiting factors which are known
(from previous experience) to stifle a successful Club.
Membership is growing at a fast rate.
The 5 Member Executive Committee elected to run the Club are as follows
President: Tony Bedelph, VK7AX
Vice President: Jim Hiley, VK7JH
Secretary: Steve Bush, VK7EQ
Treasurer: Ivan Ling, VK7XL
Committee: Neil Southwell,VK7ZNX
The main objectives of the Club are to promote the hobby of Amateur
Radio and provide Training and Assessments particularly within the youth
of North West Communities.
To help achieve these goals, the Club has nominated an assessor and three
Learning Facilitators.
The Club has applied for and received affiliation with the National Body,
The Wireless Institute of Australia and thus receives the associated
advantages from WIA to Affiliated Clubs.
Nomination for a representative on the VK7 Advisory Council is the current
North West Area representative, Peter Rundle VK2IY.
For more information and updates on activities and happenings within the
Club, we suggest you stay tuned to future broadcasts.
For those interested in general information about The North West Tasmania
Amateur Television Group, please visit the Club's WIA web Page
under VK7 Clubs.
From there you will find the link pointing you to the Club's Home Page.
http://www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk7/NorthWestTasmaniaAmateurTelevisionGroup/
73's until next time
(Tony VK7AX, President NWT-ATV Group)
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RAOTC Broadcasts in the NW
The Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club monthly news broadcast can now be heard
in North-West Tasmania on VK7RMD, the Mount Duncan 2 metre repeater on the
first Monday of each month (except January) at 8.30PM local time.
Originating from VK3OTN, it contains news and information about our hobby,
and in particular, of the early days.
All are welcome to listen and call in afterwards with comments.
(Winston VK7EM)
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North West Tasmanian Amateur Radio Interest Group
The next general meeting is on March 28th, at 2pm. the week after the Meet
the Voice weekend at Ross.
We will be at our new venue, Lions Meeting rooms corner of Ironcliffe Rd
and King Edward St Penguin.
For those who know the place this is the old council chambers.
Ample off street parking is available and a cuppa before,
during or after will be available.
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NORTHERN NEWS
Northern Tasmanian Amateur Radio Club
For anyone wanting to get some more squid poles via a purchase through NTARC,
you'll have to wait for a little while.
So popular have they been that we managed to run the manufacturer dry of
fibreglass! We will let you know when more arrive.
Now, for those of you who have your squid pole, what can you do with it?
Well Al VK7AN plans a bit of an antenna construction day where proud squid
pole owners can get together, assemble their antennae and test them in a
group setting. Watch this space for more detail!
The next meeting on Wednesday 8th of April at Alanvale Polytechnic will have
a mystery guest speaker.
Now normally this means that Al VK7AN hasn't a clue who he'll ask to do
a presentation
but we do have someone lined up to do a technical talk on
a communications related subject, we promise hihi.
http://www.wia.org.au/clubs/vk7/NorthernTasmaniaAmateurRadioClub/
Thanks from
(Jason, VK7ZJA, NTARC Secretary)
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Southern News
Great Southern Winter Hamfest
A Sorell Mens Shed Event
A Great Southern winter Ham fest will be held at the Sorell Men's Shed,
Station lane, Sorell.
It will be on the first weekend in June which will be June 6th and 7th and
will be a 2 day event.
On the Saturday there will be workshops and on the Saturday night the Men's
Shed station - VK7SMS will be conducting an on air award from 6pm till 12pm
on HF,VHF and UHF.
Sunday will be a show and tell day with trade and pre-loved tables,
home brew competition and awards for first, second and third.
There will be a BBQ lunch and raffle.
All proceeds to going to the Men's Shed.
There will be camping and toilet facilities on site for those who want
to bring there campers and trucks down for the weekend.
More info as time draws near so, start making your plans to be in the South
for this great event.
Please email or contact Ken VK7DY for more details or express your interest
in being involved and/or helping out.
http://www.sorellmensshed.org/page2.htm
(Ken, VK7DY, SMS Coordinator)
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Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania
REAST AGM Report
Good Morning from Gavin VK7HGO the new REAST President.
After last Sunday's AGM which had a very good turn out of members I am
pleased to say we have a new committee for this year.
Many thanks to last year's committee for a top job done by every one.
There will be some changes to committee meeting times so stand by for more
news on that.
I am pleased to welcome the following members as the 2009 committee.
President. Gavin O'Shea VK7HGO
Vice President. Dave Marsland VK7DM
Secretary. John Slevin VK7HJS
Treasurer. Richard Rogers VK7RO
Committee Members. Bob Warren VK7KRW and Warren Nicholas VK7FEET.
There were two changes to our ex-officio office holders with our membership
officer being Bob Warren VK7KRW and Club Room now being Barry McCann VK7TBM.
Renewal Forms: http://reast.asn.au/renewalform.pdf
(Gavin VK7HGO, President, REAST)
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Special AGM Presentation
In memory of Matt Whayman VK7MAT SK.
Back before Christmas, Matt Whayman's (VK7MAT SK) Mum, Carol approached
Brian Welch VK7BW with a new-still in original package 10-15m beam that Matt
never got the chance to put up prior to his untimely death in an accident
on the Midlands Highway on 26 March 1999.
After much consideration about recent licensees the REAST Assessors and
Learning Facilitators agreed that it be presented to Thomas Karpiniec VK7NML
as a gift in memory of Matt Whayman.
Thomas is a struggling uni student studying electrical/electronic engineering
and is deeply involved in the club and promotion of the hobby of amateur radio.
He was recently involved with organising of the National Linux conference
at UTAS and got together a group of amateurs from all over Australia during
the conference.
He served as a member of the REAST Committee in 2008 and stepped down
last weekend due to his studies.
He is a great ambassador for the hobby and has thrown himself into JOTA
in the last two years manning the Brighton and Howrah Guides and is very
involved with the ATV nights.
Congratulations to Thomas.
(Justin, VK7TW)
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Education and Training
Congratulation to Tony VK7VAC (formerly VK7FACC), Ron VK7VUU (formerly VK7FEAA),
Gary VK7HAO and Corey VK7FCJC who all have their new callsigns.
We look forward to hearing you on air with your new callsigns.
If you would like to participate in a future training and/or assessment
and the assessment could be for any licence (foundation, standard,
advanced or practical) then let Reg VK7KK know on mobile: 0417 391 607
or email: regemm(AT)ozemail.com.au
(Reg, VK7KK, REAST Education Officer and Assessor)
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ATV Experimenters Night
Last week at our ATV Experimenter's night we played some more episodes of
the Secret Life of Machines covering the fax, lifts and word processor's.
We went out on both analog 70cm and digital 23cm ATV from the domain with
reports from Steve VK7OO, Tom VK7TL and Paul VK7FPAH on both 70cm and 23cm.
We played with the locations of the digital transmitter and antenna
polarisation with some mixed results.
We intend to mount the semi-permanent 23cm omnidirectional transmit
antenna on the ATV tower for field testing thanks to Anders VK7FAJM.
We are measuring up for a proposal to swap the ATV studio with the workshop
section of the garage and we measured up during the night to play with
the arrangement.
This move will provide more room and reduce the noise from the repeater
racks and enable the ATV group to fully utilise much of the equipment that
has been donated to the group.
See you there this Wednesday night around 7:30pm at the Queens Domain
clubrooms.
How do you receive ATV on an ATV night well, ATV goes out on 444.25MHz
(Channel 16) just below SBS on the UHF TV Band. You will need an antenna
with some gain pointed toward the Domain to receive our signal so,
why not try tuning down the low end of the UHF TV band and give us a
call on what you are seeing and hearing.
See you there.
http://reast.asn.au/events.php#ATVnights
(73, Justin, VK7TW)
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DX News
VK9 Comes Alive
LORD HOWE ISLAND, VK9L. Members from the Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group
will be QRV as VK9LA from March 23 to April 3. Activity is on 160 to
6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with seven stations. QSL via VK4FW.
NORFOLK ISLAND, VK9N. Willy, ON5AX and Magda, ON3AX are QRV as VK9N/ON5AX
until March 22. QSL direct via ON5AX.
(Sourced from the ARRL DX news)
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SPACE NEWS
Great Fly-Bys in Last Week
With the trip of the Space Shuttle Discovery up to the ISS for it's two
week construction trip, Space Weather & NASA News has reported that there
has been some great chances to see a rare double flyby as the Shuttle
docked and then undocks in a fortnight's time.
These opportunities are greatest at both sunrise and sunset as the ISS
passes over the horizon.
For orbit details take a look at the web address on the email and internet
editions of this broadcast.
http://spaceweatherphone.com
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/17mar_bigconstruction.htm?list1098418
http://science.nasa.gov/rss.xml!
(Sourced to the Space Weather & Science (AT) NASA web sites)
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BPL News
Recognition BPL don't cut the mustard
Finally, the telecomms industry is admitting that Broadband over powerline
(BPL) has a multiplicity of issues in deployment.
According to the 13 March 2009 issue of US industry journal Network World,
it is now recognised that BPL doesn't really cut the mustard against
alternative internet delivery technologies in underserved rural areas.
Here's the summary:
1) BPL networks have to be run jointly by an ISP and an electricity
utility; neither knows each other's business.
2) BPL is actually yet to be demonstrated working in a widespread
deployment; a number of high-profile plans and installation trials
over recent years have fallen through.
3) BPL has technological issues ranging from interference ingress and
egress, power line noise and multiplexing problem.
Check out the full article at the web address in the email and internet
editions of this broadcast.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/031309-broadband-fiber-wire.html\?page=1
Posted in the interests of sharing the news . . . good and bad..HIHI
(Roger Harrison VK2ZRH, Amateur Radio Victoria via the Spectrum mailing list)
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Web & Email Edition Extra Bits!!
Optical Links with a Beam Expander Theme:
http://www.pacifier.com/~tpope/Galilean_Optics_Page.htm
http://www.micro-radian.com/Principles.html
http://www.vermontphotonics.com/articles/smallanglesautocoll.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocollimator
http://www.newport.com/OpticalAssistant/BeamExpander.aspx
http://www.sintecoptronics.com/beamexpander.htm
http://www.winlens.de/pdf/papers/Optolines_bmx_englisch.pdf
http://video.google.com.au/videosearch?hl=en&as_epq=beam+expander&as_
oq=&as_eq=&num=10&lr=&as_filetype=&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=all&as_rights
=&as_occt=any&cr=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&safe=images&q=%22beam+expander%22&um=
1&ie=UTF-8&ei=0jC8SfTNNZTq6QO_3fjaBA&sa=X&oi=video_result_group
&resnum=4&ct=title #
Heliograph/Heliotrope Keyed Mirror Optical Comms:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliograph
http://www.surveyhistory.org/the_heliotrope1.htm
http://transits.mhs.ox.ac.uk/contribute/contrib-results.php
?&contributor_id=56&compiled_name=Museum%20Boerhaave&submit=yes
http://myweb.cableone.net/kd7aoi/
Telescope:
http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/~baril/Maksutov/Maksutov.html
What does 1 Trillion $ Look like (another one!)?
http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html
Mobile Phone Recharge in 10sec?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1161274/
Scientists-develop-mobile-phone-battery-charged-just-10-seconds.html
Mars Orbiter Computer Rebooted
http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/4510
Stowaway Bat on the Space Shuttle
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/space/5014420/
Stowaway-bat-discovered-on-board-US-space-shuttle-Discovery.html
The NASA Teaching From Space (TFS) Web site is now on-line.
A new ARISS section is also available. For the TFS site, see:
http://tinyurl.com/au7wr8
To view the ARISS site directly, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/bpy9bp
Dinosaur Show Set to Open
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=12562622&ch=4226726&src=news
Do you have some interesting amateur related sites you have some across
in the last week send them in to justingc(AT)ozemail.com.au
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VK7 Regional News Group Email Addresses
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VK7 Virtual BPL Tours Update
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdcY0Eetvsw - Mt Nelson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gsxpya3CnQ - North Hobart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7DfdxjRkpU - RU ready for BPL?
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If you are interested in becoming an amateur radio operator or upgrading
your licence then we suggest you contact your local club for details
and/or take a look at what the Radio and Electronics School has to offer.
They have a range of courses that can be delivered through a variety
of methods.
They can be found at: www.radioelectronicschool.com
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Finally today, a reminder to those people rostered for
next week's broadcasts:
Newsreader: VK7TW
160m: VK7DM
80m: VK7EM
40m: VK7RO
20m: VK7AR
10m: VK7ZGK
UHF CB: VK7HGO
HF CB: VK7TED
Thanks to all people and organisations who assisted with this broadcast.
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THAT CONCLUDES OUR VK7 REGIONAL NEWS BROADCAST FOR THIS WEEK.
YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO OR JUST MISSED VK7WI.
NEXT WEEK THE NATIONAL WIA NEWS CAN BE HEARD AT 0900 FOLLOWED BY
THE VK7 REGIONAL NEWS AT 0930 HOURS.
DETAILS TO SEND NEWS FOR THIS BROADCAST CAN BE FOUND AT REAST.ASN.AU
AND THE DEADLINE FOR ITEMS IS 21:00 ON FRIDAY PRIOR TO
THE SUNDAY OF THE BROADCAST.
VK7 Regional Broadcast & News Coordinator
Justin Giles-Clark, VK7TW
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