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VK7 Amateur Radio News 01Dec24

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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 1st December 2024

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Welcome to the Summer edition of the VK7 Amateur Radio News.

This was first broadcast on Sunday, December 1st, 2024 and we bring you the lat

This week, joining you from the Tasmanian Amateur Radio News desk is Idris, VK7

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 Graham, VK7GS

3.670 MHz by Ross, VK7ALH

7.140 MHz by Garry, VK7JGD

14.130 MHz by Any Takers

28.525 MHz by Any Takers 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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RAOTC
Monthly Broadcast - December 2024

Further to that mentioned on the WIA National News, this is another reminder ab

This month’s presentation is a repeat of 2 stories that first went to air in

The first is told by Clive, VK6CSW; he relates 2 extracts that were taken from

Of interest to radio amateurs is Clive’s technical description of radio equip

Clive goes on to relate an incident where the need for radio silence ended both

Ron, VK3AFW details a review of power consuming products in the average home, h

Listen at 8 pm Monday, local time, over the VK7RAA/VK7RHT state-wide network or

Ulverstone area on 445.50MHz DATV. Audio feed is available on VK7RDR, 439.775M

The broadcast date again is Monday December 2 nd . Call backs will follow on bo

If you miss the off-air broadcasts you can listen to audio files on the RAOTC w

https://www.raotc.org.au/

73, Peter VK7PD

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QSL News
Report - from Herman VK7HW Manager of the WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau

The updated list of QSL cards held as at 28 November 2024 is in the email vers

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

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Cards held at 28 November 2024 ( Any errors in the listing are mine, I sometime

AAC, AAD, AAH, AAP, AAR, AB, ACE, ACG, ACN, ADE, AED, AG(2014), AGC, AHT, AIR,

BA, BB, BPV, BT, BU, BYE

CA, CBK, CBR, CH/T, CJ, CTV, CV, CX

DAN, DHT, DI, DN, DO, DQ, DT, DV, DY, DZ

EG, EI, ER

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

GA, GEL, GGZ, GM, GOP, GR, GU

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

IAN, IR, IS

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

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

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, NIK, NRF, NSE, NTE, NVH

OB

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

QK

RG, RJ, RN, ROY

SG(vi7SG), SN, SV, SZ

TCE, TED, TK, TL, TPE, TR, TS, TUX, TX, TZ

UT

VA, VAC, VAO, VAZ, VDC, VEK, VH, VI75G, VK7/AG9A9Mark), VR, VTM

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

XV

Y, YN

ZA, ZJJ, ZK, ZM, ZR, ZT

Cards held at REAST Club Room 30 October 2024 (Sorted In wooden box on desk as

73, Herman, VK7HW

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Contesting News
WIA Spring VHF/UHF field day Logs Due

Thanks to all who participated in the Spring Field Day.

Your logs are now due and all you have to do is export your log as a Cabrillo f

www.wia.org.au/members/contests/upload/

If you need to revise your log, upload it again. Only the last log uploaded is

Logs must be received by midnight EAST, Monday 9 December 2024.

Checkout the WIA website for all the rules and other information.

https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/

73, Richard, VK7ZBX

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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets

Due to VK7RAF being off the air there is no North – South repeater link and t

I will keep you updated as to when the link will be available again.

If you missed the previous nets there are archives of these nights. These photo

SSTV VK7OO Tasmania Australia (tasme.com)

VK7KRJ's 2m SSTV scrolling web gallery

Blog 3 — NTARC Inc.

73 from Andre’ VK7ZAB

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NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST
North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club
Meeting

The next club meeting will be commencing at 1.30pm on Saturday 7th December 20

Members are encouraged to bring items for show & tell, and club rooms are open

A small plate of afternoon tea would be appreciated, We have Tea, Coffee etc av

If you have any cold or flu symptoms , or are unwell , or been in contact with Christmas Bar B Que

On Saturday the 14th December, the club will hold a Christmas Bar B Que commenc

The park is accessed by turning East into Maud Street off Queen Street, followi

We welcome other amateurs from around the state attending, and socialising with

If you have any cold or flu symptoms, or are unwell, or been in contact with a

The alternate Bar B Que venue will be Air Force Park off Tasma Parade West Ulve

The Club will monitor the Mt Duncan 2 metre repeater the morning of the Bar B Q

If you have camping chairs it may pay to bring your own.

73, Eric, VK7EV,

News Officer, NWTARC

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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

The highlight of this week hopefully happened over the weekend and is still hap

This event features 160, 95, 55 and 15 kilometre rides, with the 160 km ride co

With a bit of luck, NTARC members and volunteers are currently finishing the la

A quick reminder that NTARC’s end of year dinner is this coming Wednesday the

A link to the Iron Horse location and menu information is available in the text

Iron Horse Bar & Grill

UPCOMING EVENTS

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

End of year NTARC dinner – this Wednesday the 4th of December, 6:00 for a 6:3

Club General Meeting – Wednesday 11th December at 7.30pm. Held at the NTARC

Coffee Morning - held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Time is from 10 am

Finally - A reminder to all members that if you have any items of news you woul

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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Huge Thank You!
https://www.reast.asn.au/information/repeater-frequencies/

The move of the VK7RST GPS-Locked Digital Beacons will be taking place over sum

There will also be an upgrade to the beacons with the addition of a 23cm Beacon

This addition has been made possible by a couple of very generous people. The f

Please note these beacons (6m, 2m & 70cm) are currently off air in preparation

73, Justin, VK7TW

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End Of Year Celebration BBQ and Working Bee

https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/?event_id1=2562

We will be holding a free BBQ for club members to celebrate a fantastic year at

This will be held after the broadcast on Sunday December 8th, 2024 from 1100 -

BRING YOUR WORK CLOTHES - after lunch we will be holding a working bee to clean

See you there.

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://youtube.com/live/5iICyQijE8c

Last Wednesday night saw a deep dive into packet radio history with a focus on

There is some great history in the documents that are linked on the email versi

https://www.qsl.net/ta1dx/amator/bay160en.pdf

http://www.tapr.net/meetings/DCC_1993/DCC1993-Baycom-KB2BBW.pdf

To make it cheaper they moved all the protocol handling out of hardware into so

We took a clos look at the interface and the reasons why the DTR is used as the

Due to the protocol handling being done in software there were baud rate speed

We showed some of the original Baycom Modem designs and compared them to the To

The era we are taking is January 1993 in Electronics Australia.- Pocket Packet

We went through the ingenious elements in the design to make the modem cheap an

We then took a look at the Lou Destefano VK3AQZ - Packet Modem that was publish

Justin VK7TW went through how he (as VK5ZJV) and his OM VK5TW SK both built the

Therefore he used an AM7910 however this chip uses positive and negative rails

Wally and Justin etched the PCBs, populated them and got them up and working.

Justin then went through a few Packet Radio book from the early 1990s.

The Hitch Hikers Guide to Packet Radio in South Australia compiled by Grant Wil

The ARRL publication - Your gateway to Packet Radio book and finished off our P

We had a Australian Space Weather Report and a finished off with a reminder abo

This week would normally be a presentation night however given our end of year

On a Wednesday night people start arriving at the night around 6pm and many bri

There is always much discussion, experimenting, playing, talking, drinking coff

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/

See you there.

73, Justin, VK7TW

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REAST Training and Assessments Update

We welcome two more Cygnet scouts who successfully passed their Foundation Lice

Foundation Training and Assessment Days are held every two months and start in

Standard, Advanced, and Regulations licence assessments are held on the alterna

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

We have completed our 2024 training and assessment sessions and our 2025 traini

22/02, 12/04, 28/06, 30/08 and 25/10.

Our Standard, Advanced & Regulations Assessment Days will be on: 29/03, 31/05,

For Bookings, Queries, and Questions:

Email: reast.assessor(at)gmail.com

This email is forwarded to the Learning Organiser, who will respond to all requ

Foundation Licence Training Videos:

These have been updated to reflect the new Class Licence arrangements. Availabl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiSE6GEhcXU&list=PLsnsP_zjw831mdC6sY4XqavRUY-53

Additional Resources:

Check out the WIA Foundation Trial Exams.

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

73, Reg, VK7KK

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Space and Satellite News
Binar-2,3,4 Australian Cubesats

Earlier this month, three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University’s

In fact, Binar means “fireball” in the Noongar language of the First Nation

They only lasted for two months – a third of what was expected. Recent high s

Sourced from the AMSAT News Service

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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

REAST - WAGs - Wednesday Afternoon Group from 12 noon in the REAST Clubrooms Qu

REAST - WEGs - Wednesday Experimenter’s Group from around 6pm in the REAST Cl

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

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:

NTARC - December 4 - End of Year Celebration at the Iron Horse Bar and Grill lo

NWTARC - December 7 - Club meeting and show and tell - Scout Hall 73 Alexandra

REAST - December 8 - End of Year Free BBQ and Spring Cleaning workshop from 11a

NWTARC - December 14 - Christmas BYO BBQ - Legion Park West Ulverstone from 1pm

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

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

Newsreader: VK7FB

Repeaters: REAST, NTARC and in the NW thanks to N W T A R C, West Coast Radio G

160m: VK7GS

80m: VK7ALH

40m: VK7JGD

20m: VK7DG

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 Idris, VK7ZIR wish


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