VK7 Amateur Radio News 12Jan25

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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 12th January 2025

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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News.

This was first broadcast on Sunday, January 12th, 2025 and we bring you the lat

This week, joining you from the Tasmanian Amateur Radio News desk for the first

Tune in as we share updates and insights across VK7, broadcast through an arra

On DMR Talk Group 5 and D-Star Reflector 91C, managed by Gavin, VK7HGO.

On Medium and high frequency rebroadcasts thanks to our dedicated operators:

1.862 MHz by Any takers

3.670 MHz by Dale, VK7DG

7.140 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH

14.130 MHz by Any takers

28.525 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD and

UHF CB Channel 24 in the Hobart area, hosted by Mark, VK7FMAC

If you missed today’s broadcast then you can catch the replay on Tuesday nigh

Thank you for tuning in and enjoy the broadcast!

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Silent Key
Maurice Potter VK7SA SK

It is with sadness that we let listeners know of the passing of Maurice Potter

Maurice was a long time well known South Arm resident and historian. There is a

73, Herman VK7HW

As mentioned Maurice lived most of his life in South Arm and held his amateur l

He was very active on CW for a few years and enjoyed all facets of the hobby an

He was often called the mayor of South Arm and created a history room of the ar

He moved to Burrum Heads Queensland about four years ago and passed away on 3rd

Vale Maurice.

73, Mike VK7FB

Good things did come from COVID

The recent loss of Maurice VK7SA has brought to mind the existence of a group

Mike VK7FB, Bill VK7WR and Ian VK7QF with their partners were joined by Mauric

Along came COVID so we gave up meeting personally for the safety of Zoom where

It was particularly great to follow Maurice's integration into his new communit

73, Reg, VK7KK

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VK7 Broadcast News - Digital Broadcasts

Clayton VK7ZCR would like to send a big thank you to the following radio operat

Phil, VK3PG, Ross, VK7WP, Gavin VK7HGO and Ian VK3JS for putting the DSTAR 91C

Each Sunday morning they put the WIA National News on DSTAR 91C from 9-9:30am a

We need more operators on the Digital channels on a Sunday morning so, if you l

Thanks for you help.

73, Clayton VK7ZCR

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Statewide News
2024 VK7 SOTA/Parks Recognition

Phil VK7ID wanted to recognise those VK7 activators, chasers and hunters who pa

The list below is just the top three in each category but there are many others

We should also take a moment to recognise the local, interstate and internation

Just the parks categories listed below accounted for over 5000 QSO's involving

2024 SOTA Activators

1st Stuart VK7FADZ with 40 Summits and SOTA Goat!

2nd Jim VK7JZ with 31 Summits

3rd Phil VK7ID, with 14 Summits

2024 SOTA Chasers

1st Tony VK7LTD 113 activators worked

2nd Phil VK7ID 109 activators worked

3rd Matt VK7MAT 79 activators worked

2024 POTA Activators

1st Matt VK7MAT 53 activations,

2nd Phil VK7ID 10 activations

3rd Eric, VK7EV 10 activations

2024 POTA Hunters

1st Paul VK7PJM 463 parks

2nd Dave VK7AAE 250 parks

3rd Matt VK7MAT 204 parks

2024 WWFF Activators

1st Allen VK7AN 6(9) references

2nd Rodney VK7HAM 5(9) references

3rd Angela VK7AMP 3(6) references

2024 WWFF Chasers

1st Paul VK7PJM 469 references

2nd Dave VK7AAE 278 references

3rd John VK7XX 229 references

73, Phil, VK7ID

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QSL Update

The updated list of QSL cards held as at 3 January 2025 is in the email version

We appear to be in a generational change and/or issue of new Callsign ownership

Happy New Year and Good DX'ing

73, Herman, VK7HW, WIA Manager VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau

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Sorted Cards held at 3 January 2025 ( Any errors in the listing are mine, I som

AAC, AAD, AAE, AAH, AAP, AAR, AB, AC, ACE, ACG, ACN, AD, ADE, AED, AG(2014), AG

BA, BB, BBB, BO, BPV, BT, BU, BYE

C/GH, CA, CBK, CBR, CH/T, CJ, CMV, CTV, CV, CW, CWB, CX

DAN, DD, DG, DHT, DI, DIK, DN, DO, DQ, DT, DV, DW, DY, DZ

EA, EG, EI, ER

FADZ, FALX (alx), FAZZ, FCIA, FF, FG, FGGT, FKLW, FLAR, FMI, FPRN, FTAS, FTR

GA, GEL, GGZ, GH/C, GM(2020), GOP, GR, GS, GU

HBR, HCH, HCK, HH, HL, HOB, HRS, HSA, HSC, HSD, HSJ, HVK, HXT, HZ

IAN, IR, IS

JA, JAB, JAZ, JCR, JG, JGD, JOK, JON, JP, JS, JW, JX

KAC, KAM, KBA, KD, KDO, KJ, KKR, KL, KO, KQ, KRJ, KT

LA, LDH, LJ, LL, LLL, LM, LT, LVH

M, MA, MAG, MBD, MBP, MD, MEL, MET, MHZ, MI, MJ, MRS, MS, MV

NA, NB, NC, ND, NEC, NET, NIK, NRF, NRT, NSE, NTE, NVH

OB

PAF, PBD, PM, PRN, PSH, PSJ, PSZ, PW

QK

RA, RG, RJ, RN, ROY

SD, SG(vi7SG), SN, STO, SV, SW, SZ

TA, TCE, TED, TK, TL, TM, TO, TPE, TR, TS, TUX, TX, TZ

UK, UT

VA, VAC, VAO, VAZ, VDC, VEK, VH, VK7/AG9A9Mark), VM, VR, VTM, VZ

WA, WC, WIA, WL, WN, WO, WT, WUU, WX

XV, XX

Y, YN, YUM

ZA, ZBX, ZE, ZGK, ZJJ, ZK, ZM, ZMS, ZR, ZT, ZTA

Special Callsign Cards delivered to VK7 Bureau - VI7POL, VI75G, VI90IARU, VK75F

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SSTV Nights

A quiet net night that saw the following participants, VK7s –

TW, ZCF and OO all sharing over twenty photos.

The highlights were:

A series of Lego constructions. A Castle, a military base, an airport and

A couple of CW keys being tested on the workbench

A small loop antenna

A home constructed model RF-40 field strength meter

A couple of small “Black Box” digital transceivers using SDR receivers.

A neatly housed Transceiver Interface for PC control of rigs using digital

An ARISS SSTV Award. Just how easy these are to obtain was covered on REAS

A couple of interestingly shaped Tayberries

Rumours that you may be able to take screw drivers on planes, it’s so tha

A billion dollar cartoon or joke?

and 73 from an athletic Light House Keeper

Note - Ken VK7KRJ’s and Steve VK7OO’s fully automatic 24/7 monitoring sites

If you missed the net there are archives of these SSTV nights.

These photos can be seen on Ken’s and Steve’s SSTV websites or on NTARC’s

Please remember to use your own photos or those that are copyright free.

SSTV VK7OO Tasmania Australia (tasme.com)

VK7KRJ's 2m SSTV scrolling web gallery

Blog 3 — NTARC Inc.

Have a Happy New Year from Andre’ VK7ZAB

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NEWS FROM THE NORTH
SOTA/WWFF PARKS GROUP

The Summits On The Air/World Wide Flora and Fauna parks group meets twice weekl

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

At least one club weekly event has started for the New Year. Last Wednesday nig

Last year saw some Internet providers divesting themselves of the hassle of hav

Now for something completely different and on a light hearted note. I will hand

“An interesting piece of Chinese Technology”

The story began a few weeks before Christmas, I purchased a carton of LED Tea L

At a pre-Christmas Tech night at NTARC, I took a unit with me as a discussion p

Dismantling one of the units I purchased, I expected to find a miniature potted

I removed the LED from its holder and devised a way of extracting the audio. Th

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-NMtt8jb90lFEG1VdSrT0g97FN7Mm44V/view?usp=shar

I think you would agree that it’s not what you would like to get for a Birthd

The larger and older units from the club rooms were a much more elaborate desig

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-SRmUpQks_nAAvXc5yfCAvZgqHbTTRLG/view?usp=shar

The audio seems to be a very distorted series of train noises repeated every 30

Pictures of the LED and audio samples are on the NTARC website under Blogs.

This exercise was just a bit of fun but, I believe, as trivial as it is, it is

Stuart VK7ES

Thank you Stuart, my sentiments exactly and as you so eloquently put it, “an

Pictures and audio files will be available on the NTARC Web site under “Blogs

https://www.ntarc.net/blogs

UPCOMING EVENTS

TestNet and TechNet session - Every Wednesday, TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz fr

Coffee Morning – The first for 2025 will be held on Friday the 17th January i

Club Room Technical night session - The first session will be Wednesday the 22n

Annual General Meeting & General Meeting - Wednesday the 12th February 2025 at

Finally – As club room events are still in recess, but the broadcast continue

That’s 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/

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Forum Night - In depth look at N1MM

https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2658

This Wednesday night is our first Forum Night for 2025 and is all about N1MM.

N1MM is a powerful and flexible logging platform that is used around the world.

https://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com/

This forum night will hopefully start with some local experts on N1MM who will

We will then open it up to the floor for experience and questions.

This forum night is hopefully timely as we have the Summer VHF and above Field

Come along with your stories relating to N1MM and logging.

7:30pm, this Wednesday 15th January, 2025 in the Queen's Domain Clubrooms and S

See you there.

73, REAST Committee

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HUMONGOUS Amateur Radio Car Boot Sale

https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2565

REAST will be holding a huge amateur radio carboot sale in the Queens Domain co

Want to sell something - it will cost you $10 to setup your carboot then you ca

There will be a Sausage Sizzle on the day with Snags and Bread at $3 and Burger

The REAST club will be selling 5.4m and 8.1m portable Aluminium masts for very

No need to book - just turn up.

73, REAST Committee

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Wednesday Experimenter’s Nights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdMBgDdqLyo

Last Wednesday night we started with Tony VK7XTC in the studio with his recentl

We then got Richard VK7ZBX and Steve VK7OO into the studio showing off their re

Steve outlined the ISS SSTV event arrangements - 12 images - Steve was able to

We did a congratulations to Dave VK7DG who is number 42 on the top 100 Global S

We then featured some pictures from Reuben VK7FREU and Justin VK7TW who went to

We finished with our space weather report and future events.

This Wednesday night is our forum night and so the WEGs night will be back in y

See you then.

73, Justin, VK7TW

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REAST Training and Assessment Update

Looking to join the world of amateur radio or upgrade your license? REAST has y

Key Dates:

Foundation Training and Assessment Days: Held every two months, starting 22

Standard, Advanced, and Regulations Assessments: Held on alternate months,

Stay updated with the full schedule on the REAST Events Page.

https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/

Do you need to secure your spot or ask a question - email: reast.assessor@gmail

We have learning resources available including our Foundation Licence Training

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsnsP_zjw831mdC6sY4XqavRUY-53ZWUn

Practice Makes Perfect so, prepare with the WIA Foundation Trial Exams and the

https://www.wia.org.au/licenses/foundation/onlineexams/foundation.php

Whether you're starting your journey or leveling up, REAST is here to guide you

73, Reg, VK7KK

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Regular VK7 gatherings and events over the coming months:
Regular gatherings:

Sewing Circle Net – Daily on 3.640MHz commences at 6:30pm AEST.

Statewide SSTV Net - held every Thursday night via the North/South Link on VK7R

State-wide – MICROWAVE QSO Party – following the Sunday broadcast call-back

Then North-south digital contacts on 1296.2MHz using Q65-60B.

Stations in the Launceston area transmitting on the odd minute. Southern statio

SOTA/WWFF Group – Meeting Mondays and Fridays 10.30-12.00 midday at Glebe Gar

NTARC - Club Room Technical night session - Wednesday the 22nd January from 6.3

NTARC - TestNet and TechNet sessions every Wednesday night. TestNet/CW course o

NTARC Coffee Mornings are held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Time is fr

NW VK7 – Wednesday from 8:00pm local – NW Tassie Amateur Repeater Group Net

NW VK7 - Thursday commencing at 8:30pm local - N.W. Tassie 2m DX Net 144.190 US Events:

REAST - January 15, 2025 - N1MM Forum Night - Queens Domain Clubrooms from 7:30

REAST - January 19, 2025 - CarBoot Sale of the Century and Sausage Sizzle - Que

NTARC - February 12, 2025 - Annual General Meeting & General Meeting at the NTA

REAST - February 16, 2025 - Annual General Meeting and BBQ from 11am

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A reminder to those people rostered for next week’s broadcast:

Newsreader: VK7ZIR

Repeaters: REAST, NTARC and in the NW thanks to NWTARC, WCRG, NWCRRA, VK7AX, VK

160m: Any Takers

80m: VKJ7JGD

40m: VK7DG

20m: VK7ALH

10m: VK7VKT

UHFCB24: VK7FMAC

DMR: Talk Group 5 and D-Star: Reflector 91C VK7HGO

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A huge thank you to all people and organisations that assisted with this broadc

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That wraps up this week's edition of the VK7 Amateur Radio News. We hope you fo

You've been listening to VK7WI, or if you’ve just tuned in, you've just misse

rebroadcast on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RAA in Northern VK7 and

We encourage you to share your news, stories, and updates with us. Email your c

For more information about the broadcast and to join the discussion, visit our

groups.io/g/vk7arnews.

Remember, the deadline for submissions is 21:00 on the Friday before the Sunday

Stay tuned for callbacks on the frequency you’re currently listening to. Rela

On behalf of the entire VK7 Amateur Radio News Team, this is Fran, VK7FRN wishi


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