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VK7 Amateur Radio News 09Jun24
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 9th June 2024
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News.
This was first broadcast on Sunday, June 9, 2024 and we bring you the latest from the world of amateur radio in VK7.
This week, joining you from the Tasmanian Amateur Radio News desk is Justin, VK7TW.
Tune in as we share updates and insights across VK7, broadcast through an array of platforms and frequencies:
On DMR Talk Group 5 and D-Star Reflector 91C, managed by Clayton, VK7ZCR.
On Medium and high frequency rebroadcasts thanks to our dedicated operators:
1.862 MHz by Graham, VK7GS
3.670 MHz by Dale, VK7DG
7.140 MHz by Peter, VK7TPE
14.130 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH
28.525 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD and
UHF CB Channel 24 in the Hobart area, hosted by Mark, VK7FMAC
If you missed todayâÖs broadcast then you can catch the replay on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RAA in Northern VK7 and VK7RHT and UHFCB24 in Southern VK7.
Thank you for tuning in and enjoy the broadcast!
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Space Weather
Exercise Aurora
Recently myself Justin VK7TW and some work colleagues attended a two day Exercise in Adelaide that was held by the newly formed National Emergency Management Agency or NEMA.
Along with nearly 300 people from all State Governments, Federal Government, all Industries and overseas representative and they all descended on Adelaide to playout a scenario of a catastrophic space weather event of the size last seen in 1859 and called the Carrington Event - a high intensity G5 level event.
The scenario was played out with the assistance of the Bureau of Meteorology - Space Weather Forecasting Service. This is a 24/7 service that monitors the activity on the sun and makes predictions and warnings based on those information feeds.
The scenario was aligned with a heatwave, on a long weekend and started with some high intensity solar flare and particle radiation peaks and then a high intensity Coronal Mass Ejection was observed. This took about 15 hours to reach the DSCOVR satellite at the L1 orbit point and then it took only 15 minutes to reach earth. Once the event reaches the DSCOVR satellite the earth scientists can determine the intensity and rating of the event.
The predicted effects that the scenario played out had a catastrophic effect on all communications, mobile and radio networks down for up to 12 hours. No power, no satellites, no mobiles, no internet and no radio having the potential to cause significant panic and uncertainty in the community.
The group workshopped this scenario using the well structured and developed emergency management plans, processes and policies of both the Federal and State Governments. Much of the global learnings from COVID were redeveloped and reapplied in a space weather context.
One of the key differences in this scenario to a normal emergency management scenario is that the effects are global or at least the half of the globe pointing at the sun at the time of the event hitting the earth. Most emergency management exercises are local like a bushfire, flood or cyclone. A space weather event has the potential to effect billions of people and have devastating effects on common-place technology systems and power grids that we all rely on.
The group then moved into a resilience and recovery phase and workshopped what the post-event emergency management landscape looked like.
This was a fascinating look into large scale emergency management exercise and how they are managed.
The exercise also highlighted for the author the critical role that amateur radio could play although many of the bands we rely on may not be available due to significant electromagnetic disruption.
https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/
https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/vid/Space%20Weather%20Impacts%20and%20Extremes.mp4
73, Justin, VK7TW
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TassieHamECon
Innovation in Amateur Radio
The Tassie Ham Conference is locked in for the 1-3 November 2024 and is being held at the Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre on the Sandy Bay Campus of UTAS.
The Friday night is a social BBQ held at the REAST Clubrooms and then Saturday and the first half of Sunday is a fun-filled conference of presentations and activities centred around the theme of âInnovation in Amateur Radioâ.
Some of the presenters we have locked in include:
Kristen McIntyre, K6WX First Vice President of the ARRL with her presentation - Ground is a Myth!
Max Freedman N4ML from the World Radio League
Marcus Berg VK3TST and his presentation on Amateur radio and cybersecurity on the modern internet
Marty Nelson VK4KC on Parks on the Air â POTA
We go live with bookings this week and we will be promoting across many areas.
Watch the Tassie HamECon web pages for more details.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/tassie-ham-radio-conference/
73, TassieHamECon Organising Committee
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Statewide News
QSL Update
Report - from Herman VK7HW Manager of the WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
The updated list of QSL cards held as at 7th June 2024 is in the email version of the broadcast.
Club members if you would like your cards to be sent to your Club Rooms please let me know the mailing address to send to.
If you have any questions re QSL cards, please contact Herman by email. herman(at)ozemail.com.au
73, Herman, VK7HW, WIA Manager VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
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Cards held at 7 June 2024 ( Any errors in the listing are mine, I sometimes miss culling a call sign)
A, AAA, AAC, AAD, AAE, AAH, AAP, AAR, AB, AC, ACE, ACG, ACN, ADE, AED, AG(2014), AGC, AHT, AIR, AJC, AKK, ALB, ALZ, AM, ANC, AO, APZ, AS, ATH, AXZ, AY
BA, BB, BBW, BD, BPV, BT, BU, BYE
CA, CBK, CBR, CH/T, CJ, CMV, CV, CX
DD, DHT, DI, DN, DO, DQ, DT, DY, DZ
EA, EG, EI, EK, ER, EV
FADZ, FALX (alx), FAZZ, FCIA, FF, FG, FGGT, FKLW, FLAR, FMI, FPRN, FTAS
GA, GEL, GGZ, GM, GR, GU
HCH, HDM, HDX, HL, HOB, HRS, HSA, HSD, HSJ, HVK, HZ
IR, IS
JA, JAB, JAZ, JB, JCR, JOK, JP, JS, JW, JX
KAC, KAM, KBA, KD, KDO, KJ, KKR, KL, KQ, KRJ, KT, KW
LA, LCW, LDH, LJ, LL, LLL, LM, LT, LVH
MA, MAG, MAT, MBD, MBP, MD, MEL, MET, MJ, MRS, MS
NA, NB, NC, ND, NEC, NET, NIK, NRF, NSE, NSS, NTE, NVH, NWT, NX
OB, OT
PAF, PBD, PM, PRN, PSH, PSJ, PSZ, PW
QK
RJ, RN, ROY
SN, SV, SZ
TCE, TED, TK, TL, TO, TPE, TR, TS, TUX, TX, TZ
UT
VA, VAC, VAO, VAZ, VDC, VEK, VH, VI75G, VK7/AG9A9Mark), VR, VTM, VZ
WA, WC, WIA, WL, WO, WT, WUU
XV, XX
Y, YN
ZE, ZJJ, ZK, ZM, ZT, ZX
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Cards in QSL Card Box at REAST WAGS @ 5 June - AZ, DC, EA, HSD, HVK, NRT, SD, STO, VKT, WN
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Another busy net night that saw the following participants, VK7s â FGGT, NMH, EKA, ZAB, DMH, KT, ZGK, ZSB and EV all sharing forty photos.
The main theme was âpioneersâ and the highlights were:
Galileo Galilei, the first person to build and use a telescope
Karl Guthe Jansky, who first discovered radio waves from the Milky Way. A picture of his telescope and one of him analysing data from a chart plotter
Grote Reber, the father of radio astronomy. He worked with the University of Tasmania and on his own at Bothwell
Alan Turing, father of theoretical computer science
Pioneering settlers of the American wild west
John Pascoe Fawkner and John Batman who left Tasmania in 1835 to establish Melbourne
The Batman Fawkner Hotel
The Burke and Wills Hotel
Gustav Weindorfer, a botanist who campaigned for the Cradle Mountain region to declared a National Park
Protests for women to have the right to vote
Pioneer Records, London
A 1909 Royal Pioneer gentlemanâÖs motorcycle
Cans of Pioneer beer
The Township of Pioneer in North East Tassie
Also other subjects were:
Birds of a feather
The Prime Meridian at Greenwich
And a graph showing a Glitch from the Vela Pulsar, from REASTâÖs resent WEG presentation
Remember Ken VK7KRJâÖs and Steve VK7OOâÖs fully automatic 24/7 monitoring sites that allow anyone who has sent an SSTV picture the ability to check them on their pages almost immediately, any time, both South and North Tasmania.
Also if you missed the net there are archives of all SSTV nights. These photos can be seen on KenâÖs and SteveâÖs SSTV websites or on NTARCâÖs website under blogs and arranged as weekly nets.
There is no suggested theme for next weekâÖs net.
https://vk7oo.tasme.com/vhfsstv
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/scrolling%20web%20gallery.html
https://www.ntarc.net/blogs
73 from AndreâÖ VK7ZAB
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST
North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club Meeting
Please note change of meeting date, to allow club members to assist with radio comms, at an equine endurance event.
The next club meeting will be commencing at 1.30pm on Saturday 15th June 2024 at our usual venue, the Scout hall, 73 Alexandra Road, Ulverstone. Afternoon tea will also be held.
Members are encouraged to bring items for show & tell, and club rooms are open till 6pm for members to socialise.
A small plate of afternoon tea would be appreciated, We have Tea, Coffee etc available for members and guests. Visitors are most welcome to attend.
If you have any cold or flu symptoms , or are unwell , or been in contact with a confirmed COVID case, then please do not attend the meeting.
73, Eric, VK7EV,
News Officer, NWTARC
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What goes up must come down!
Chasing weather balloons, and their Radio Sonde TransmitterâÖs.
Since mid-April, from the Cape Grim Baseline Air pollution station on the North Western point of Tasmania. The Los Alamos National Laboratory which is a research and development laboratory of the United States Department of Energy, New Mexico, in America, has been launching weather balloons. They are monitoring atmospheric conditions; these launches will occur through till June 2025. Normally only weather balloons are launch by the Bureau of Meteorology from Hobart airport and their Clifton Beach site. 90% of the balloons launch from these sites, end up in the Tasman sea. The Launches from Cape Grim normally end up in Bass Strait, but occasionally due to prevailing winds, end up landing in North West Tasmania. The setup comprises the Weather balloon, made of a latex type rubber, a 50m string on which is attached the Radiosonde device, which monitors Temperature, Humidity, Pressure and Dew point, as well as wind speed and direction. The balloons ascend to 28000m constantly transmitting weather data, and then bursts, this starts an 8hr timer on the Radiosonde in which it will continues to transmit data, to assist amateurs etc to locate them.
Myself Eric VK7EV and Andrew VK7XR, thought, letâÖs go Radiosonde hunting. We set up a receiver station at EricâÖs QTH, monitoring the balloonâÖs, as the receiver site behind Smithton can lose the signal from the balloon as it descends. We want the most recent low height GPS location, to reduce the predicted drop zone. Our first attempt last Friday, the balloon landed in the Isandula Pine plantation south of Ulverstone, and we last decoded its GPS location at a height of 283m. Off we went, we traveled to the last GPS location, and we could locate the balloonâÖs transmitted signal. The terrain made retrieval very hard. We returned last Wednesday and successfully retrieved the Radiosonde. Last Tuesday, we noticed a balloon was most likely going to land in farmland near Irishtown, behind Smithton. We thought, we canâÖt let this one getaway, 90 minutes later we were in what we predicted was the drop zone. Using radio direction finding and binoculars, we located the device in a ploughed paddock, it took longer to locate the owner of the land, to request permission to enter the property and retrieve the Radiosonde. The farmer was happy for us to do this, as long as we shut any gates we open, and donâÖt disturb his livestock.
We then decided to locate the Radiosonde receiver site located on Trowutta Road behind Smithton, we found it, on a pole near a farmerâÖs machinery shed. As we were leaving, we noticed they had launched another balloon, we tracked it for awhile but as light was fading, and it was planned to land in bush near Dip falls, we decided to go home. Both Hobart and Cape Grim normally launch balloonâÖs at 0930hrs and 2130hrs local, but these can vary, or there may be many launches as there was on the weekend, and Hobart may launch from both sites down there at the same time. Only basic equipment required, radio to monitor, normally 401.5 MHz, tape measure beam, attenuators, binoculars, Stanley knife essential, as the string has a fishing line type centre, and canâÖt be easily broken, if the device is up a tree, a long pole with a hook. At EricâÖs QTH, a laptop running Radiosonde decoding software, a 400 MHz dipole and a basic scanner, We certainly enjoyed the chase, and learnt a lot, on radio signal reflections on terrain, and travelled on many roads we had never been on. We will post pictures of the Radiosondes and our adventures on the Vk7 Amateur Radio Face Book page
73, VK7EV and VK7XR
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH
Repeater VK7RUN-3 Update
News from VK7YAD in regard to the VK7RUN-3 repeater, which is active on weekends covering Launceston CBD in particular.
Due to an outbreak of unidentified data transmissions active in the repeater input frequency range, RUN-3 is off air for a while.
Seems to be agile but most problems have occurred on 431.8425MHz however as I write it appears to be active on 431.795MHz.
It would be unfortunate but CTCSS may be necessary to prevent false triggering at the very least.
73, Greg, VK7YAD
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SOTA/WWFF PARKS GROUP
The Summits On The Air/World Wide Flora and Fauna parks group meets twice weekly â Mondays and Fridays 10.30AM till 12.00 at the Glebe Gardens Cafe, Henry Street, Launceston.
For more information contact Al on 0417 354 410.
73, Al, VK7AN
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Northern Tasmanian Amateur Radio Club Incorporated
www.ntarc.net
Last Wednesday evening saw the NTARC club rooms opening for the usual fortnightly Technical Night at 6:30pm. This session also incorporating a live presentation on the REAST YouTube channel, entitled âGlitching Pulsars â the sequelâ. A âdozen-or-soâ members had arrived by 7:30, made a drink, scored a piece of cake or two and were seated ready for the start of the presentation.
The night proved to be yet another riveting presentation which covered many physical and electromagnetic radiation properties of pulsars.
One huge eye opener to me and others was that all time related pulsar measurements that are being conducted on Earth are referenced to Barycentric Coordinated Time or TCB. I assumed it would all be referenced to UTC. From what I have digested from researching since, Barycentric Coordinated Time is based on a dynamically moving point within our Sun that is the centre of mass of our solar system. This reference point allows all time calculations to take into account the gravitational time dilation caused by the Sun and the rest of our solar system! It is incredibly interesting but I hope my interpretation of Wikipedia and astronomical sites is reasonably accurate, either way Albert Einstein has a lot to answer for.
I am sure the actual âpresentation will be covered in depth later in this broadcast, so I will leave it to REAST, the host club, to give the full âglitch freeâ in-depth run down of this excellent presentation. It is definitely worth a re-watch.
For the Technical Night Peter VK7KPC, did bring in a rather strange item that had just been donated to the club. Initially we thought it was just a large fiberglass bucket type container with a lid. It is about 600 mm high and 400mm diameter with a hefty rope attached and circumnavigating it. This bucket was in fact a protective container for a fairly dirty piece of electronic equipment. After some vigorous cleaning by Peter, it turned out to be bright yellow and came equipped with its very own crank handle.
The new arrival was somewhat overshadowed by the nights presentation and the limited time remaining to delve deeper. All going well it will be the centre of attention on the technical table at FridayâÖs morning tea. This object will be covered or rather un-covered in next weekâÖs broadcast.
Mid-year Club get-together and meal â The venue has been booked, locking in the date and time. It is to be held on the 10th of July, which is a Wednesday night, with the venue being the Iron Horse Bar and Grill located at 468 Westbury Rd, Prospect Vale, Launceston. Those who wish to attend please register the number of places required by e-mailing the Secretary or filling in the registration sheet at the club rooms. Menu is a-la-carte. We will be arriving at 6pm for a 6:30 meal. A link to the Iron Horse location and menu information is available in the text version of this broadcast. Iron Horse Bar & Grill
Just for information, the main access to the restaurant is via a wheel chair and walking friendly gentle ramp.
UPCOMING EVENTS
TestNet and TechNet session - Every Wednesday, TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7 pm till 7.30 pm, then a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30 pm till about 8.30 pm. Your host for the evening will be Nic VK7WW.
Coffee Morning - held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Time is from 10 am to noon and we look forward to seeing you all there. So why not drop in and join us for a cuppa, there is endless tea and coffee along with biscuits available for a donation.
Club Room Technical night session - The next session will be on Wednesday the 19th June and will commence at the usual time of 6.30 pm at the Club Room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
Finally - A reminder to all members that if you have any items of news you would like added to our weekly roundup, no matter how trivial, then please email them to the Secretary at the following address news(at)ntarc.net all items to be received no later than 5 pm on the Friday prior to the Broadcast.
ThatâÖs all folks,
73 from Stefan, VK7ZSB, Secretary NTARC Inc.
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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH
Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania
https://www.reast.asn.au/
https://www.facebook.com/reasttas/
https://www.youtube.com/reasthobart/
June Presentation
Glitching Pulsars - the sequel we have all been waiting for!
https://youtube.com/live/lrC38n93Odg
Dr Jim Palfreyman took us on a journey from our 2012 presentation. Jim started with what a pulsar actually is and how it develops. Basically gravity wins and a big star explodes into a supernova and if it collapses at a particular velocity it forms a neutron star. These spin creating a pulsar.
Discovered in 1967 by Dr Jocelyn Bell and they can spin up to 750 times a second.
Jim moved to the Vela Pulsar discovered in 1968 at Mologolo telescope. Steve Olney - amateur radio operator have also received the pulses from Vela.
It was discovered it glitched about every three years but no-one knew anything about the nature of the glitches - enter Jim!
It is theorised that the pulsar core is maintaining its speed but the crust of the pulsar is slowing and catching up causing âglitchesâ.
At Mt Pleasant 26m dish at 1376MHz - Jim can see Vela for 19 hours a day - 640MBytes every 10 seconds or 4TB per day or a total of over 3Peta Bytes. Jim as caught nearly 600 million pulses. The telescope size needs to be larger to receive single pulses.
On the 12 December 2016 Jim was being texted with glitch alerts. Jim showed a bunch of pulses comparing next to each other and weird stuff was happening in the glitch. Vela Pulses are linearly polarised and this was incorporated into the analysis however there was a null in the glitch which cannot be explained at this point.
Jim focusing in on the time of the glitch and showed the pulse were arriving more slowly during the glitch. The flux density also drops during the glitch.
It took about 5 seconds to speed up in frequency as a core overshoot mechanism and it was theorised that there might actually be two cores.
Can we predict when a glitch happens - the simple answer - no somewhere between 3-5 years!
It does help us understand Neutron Stars and gravitational waves generated by pulsars.
Jim has been published in Nature Magazine and showed us the email he received accepting his paper.
Jim then showed us a spectrum analyser video of the arrival of a bright Vela pulse.
Jim then took questions.
A huge thank you to Dr Jim Palfreyman for sharing his ground-breaking research and showing us the sequel to his 2012 presentation.
https://youtube.com/live/lrC38n93Odg
73, Justin, VK7TW
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June Forum Night
APRS and Meshtastic
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2224
Join us for an exciting evening at the REAST June Forum Night on 12th June 2024, starting at 7:30 pm at the Queens Domain Clubrooms and streamed.
This event is all about APRS and Meshtastic networks, and weâÖre inviting enthusiasts to come along and share their experiences and projects.
Whether youâÖre a seasoned expert or just curious about these technologies, bring your gear for a show-and-tell session and connect with fellow amateur radio aficionados.
DonâÖt miss this opportunity to learn, share, and explore the fascinating world of APRS and Meshtastic!
73, REAST Committee
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July Fun Activity
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2219
Save the Date - Amateur Radio Quiz Night
Get ready for a night of fun and brain-teasing excitement!
Do you think you know those propagation modes, radios, antennas or novel communications methods?
Join us at the REAST Amateur Radio Quiz Night on 3rd July 2024, starting at 7:30pm at the Queens Domain Clubrooms.
Test your knowledge, meet fellow members, and there may even be some fantastic prizes.
DonâÖt miss outâömark your calendar and bring your A-game!
73, REAST Committee
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August Presentation
My Life in the Lighthouse Service with Mike VK7FB
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2204
To coincide with the International Lighthouse and LightShip Weekend (ILLW) - REAST's August Presentation night will be a wonderful wander through the life of Mike Jenner VK7FB and focus on his time with the Lighthouse Service.
Mike was lighthouse keeper on four of Tasmania's Lighthouses and Mike will take us through his experience in words, pictures and video.
A huge thank you to Mike and this should be a fascinating insight into life when lighthouses had people stationed at the actual lighthouses to looking after and maintaining the lights.
See you there on 7th August 2024 from 7:30pm in the Queen's Domain clubrooms and the presentation will also be streamed via the REAST YouTube Streaming channel.
73, REAST Committee
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Wednesday Experimenter's Group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sznRxT5VMls
Our WEGs night is in recess for a fortnight as we have a forum nights this week.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/live-stream/
https://www.reast.asn.au/special-interest-groups/amateur-tv/
https://www.youtube.com/c/ReastHobart/
73, Justin, VK7TW
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REAST Training and Assessments
Foundation Training and Assessment days are every two months and all other assessments (Standard, Advanced or Regulations) are held on the in-between months.
The dates can be found on the REAST Events Pages.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/
The Foundation Training and Assessment Day are on Saturdays:
29 June 2024
24 August 2024
26 October 2024
The Other Licence Assessment Days are on Saturdays:
27 July 2024
28 September 2024
30 November 2024
We also have a new Training and Assessment email address for ALL bookings, queries and questions.
reast.assessor(at)gmail.com
This email address is forwarded to the Learning Organiser and he will respond to any requests.
So, our next REAST Foundation Training and Assessment day is Saturday 29th June 2024 from 10am then please let the Team know ASAP on email reast.assessor(at)gmail.com or by ringing Reg Emmett VK7KK REAST Learning Organiser on 0417 391 607.
The REAST Foundation Licence Training Videos have been updated to reflect the new Class Licence arrangements, They can be found on the REAST YouTube Training and Assessment playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsnsP_zjw831mdC6sY4XqavRUY-53ZWUn
Check them out along with the WIA Foundation Trial Exams.
https://www.wia.org.au/licenses/foundation/onlineexams/foundation.php
73, Reg, VK7KK
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Regular VK7 gatherings and events over the coming months:
Regular gatherings:
Sewing Circle Net â Daily on 3.640MHz commences at 6:30pm AEST.
Statewide SSTV Net - held every Thursday night via the North/South Link on VK7RAF/VK7RJG from 7:30pm. In the North and North West - VK7RJG on 438.55 -7MHz and in the South - VK7RAF (146.650 -600kHz) CTCSS tone 141.3Hz to link RAF North-South.
State-wide â MICROWAVE QSO Party â following the Sunday broadcast call-back on 1296.15 MHz FM. One group in the greater Hobart area and another in the greater Launceston area.
Then North-south digital contacts on 1296.2MHz using Q65-60B.
Stations in the Launceston area transmitting on the odd minute. Southern stations on the even minute.
REAST - WAGs - Wednesday Afternoon Group from 12 noon in the REAST Clubrooms QueenâÖs Domain.
REAST - WEGs - Wednesday ExperimenterâÖs Group from around 6pm with DATV show starting at 7:30pm in the REAST Clubrooms QueenâÖs Domain.
SOTA/WWFF Group â Meeting Mondays and Fridays 10.30-12.00 midday at Glebe Gardens Cafe, Henry St, Launceston.
NTARC - TestNet and TechNet sessions every Wednesday night. TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7pm till 7.30pm and a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm
NTARC Coffee Mornings held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Time is from 10am to noon in the Rocherlea Clubrooms.
NTARC - Club Room Technical night session - Wednesday the 19th June from 6.30 pm Clubrooms, Archer Street, Rocherlea.
NW VK7 â Wednesday from 8:00pm local â NW Tassie Amateur Repeater Group Net on 2m VK7RMD - Input 146.025 output 146.625 tone 141.3
NW VK7 - Thursday commencing at 8:30pm local - N.W. Tassie 2m DX Net 144.190 USB
Events:
REAST - June 12 - Forum on APRS and MeshTastic networks from 7:30pm in Queens Domain clubrooms and streamed.
NWTARC - June 15 - Club meeting - Scout Hall, 73 Alexandra Rd, Ulverstone from 1.30pm.
REAST - July 3 - Amateur Radio Quiz Night from 7:30pm in the Queens Domain Clubrooms and streamed.
NTARC - July 10 - Mid-year Club get-together and meal at the Iron Horse Bar and Grill located at 468 Westbury Rd, Prospect Vale from 6pm.
REAST - August 7 - My life as a Lighthouse Keeper with Mike VK7FB from 7:30pm in the Queen's Domain clubrooms and via the REAST YouTube streaming channel.
VK - November 2-3 - Tassie Ham Conference - Innovation in Amateur Radio - Sandy Bay Campus UTAS
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weekâÖs broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7ZIR
Repeaters: REAST, NTARC and in the NW thanks to N W T A R C, West Coast Radio Group, Cradle Coast Radio Amateur Radio Club, VK7AX, VK7JH and VK7DC
160m: VK7GS
80m: VK7TPE
40m: VK7ALH
20m: VK7JGD
10m: VK7DG
UHFCB24: VK7FMAC
DMR: Talk Group 5 and D-Star: Reflector 91C VK7ZCR
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A huge thank you to all people and organisations that assisted with this broadcast.
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That wraps up this week's edition of the VK7 Amateur Radio News. We hope you found it informative and enjoyable?
You've been listening to VK7WI, or if youâÖve just tuned in, you've just missed our live broadcast. But donâÖt worry! You can catch the
rebroadcast on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RAA in Northern VK7 and VK7RHT and UHFCB24 in the South.
We encourage you to share your news, stories, and updates with us. Email your contributions to vk7arnews(at)gmail.com.
For more information about the broadcast and to join the discussion, visit our VK7 Amateur Radio News Groups.IO Group.
groups.io/g/vk7arnews.
Remember, the deadline for submissions is 21:00 on the Friday before the Sunday broadcast.
Stay tuned for callbacks on the frequency youâÖre currently listening to. Relay stations will use their own callsigns during this time.
On behalf of the entire VK7 Amateur Radio News Team, this is Justin, VK7TW, wishing you 73. Stay safe and have a fantastic week!
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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