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VK7 Amateur Radio News 26Nov23
Text edition:
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS BROADCAST
FOR SUNDAY 26th November 2023
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Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News and this was first broadcast on Sunday the 26th November 2023. At the mike of VK7WI this week is Idris, VK7ZIR.
On Sunday this broadcast goes out on repeaters all over VK7 and on digital radio - DMR Talk Group 5 and D-Star Reflector 91C by VK7ZCR.
We go out on medium and high frequency courtesy of the following rebroadcast stations:
On 1.862 MHz by Graham, VK7GS,
On 3.670 MHz by Peter, VK7TPE,
On 7.140 MHz by Peter, VK7ALH,
On 14.130 MHz by Ross, VK7JGD,
On 28.525 MHz by Dale, VK7DG.
We also go out on UHF CB Channel 24 thanks to Mark VK7FMAC in the Hobart area.
You can hear this broadcast again on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RAA in Northern VK7 and VK7RHT in Southern VK7.
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Contest news
Spring VHF/UHF Field day.
This weekend is the Spring VHF and Above Field Day from 25th November from 01:00 UTC to 26th November 00:59 UTC.
All bands are used from 6M and upwards as far as you dare. There are many categories in this event, single band, 4 band, 8hr section, 24 hour section and there is even a section for base station operation, something for everyone. Why not head out and find a nice spot,set up a portable station and you may be surprised at the results.
Usual frequencies 52.525, 146.500, 439.000, 1296.150, 2403.150, 3398.150 and 10,369.150 all on FM with SSB as an option if conditions suit.
VKCL or your favourite log program will help keep things in order and make the process of submitting logs rather painless.
Good luck and hope to hear you on the bands.
https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/
73, Richard, VK7ZBX
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Statewide News
Thursday Night SSTV Nets
Another busy net night that saw the following participants, VK7s – EKA, ZAB, TW, OO, ZCF, HHS, and ZGK all sharing over thirty photos.
The various subjects were:
The Notre Dame Cathedral, the Ben Lomond Village, VK7RAAs equipment hut and Salamanca Place
The Ghan tourist train, a hi-speed train on the London Underground, a vintage Norton motorcycle, the Spirit of Tasmania and an aircraft training simulator
Blatant advertising for NTARCs equipment auction
A screen shot of an application called “HamClock” from KD4C, Kilo-Delta-4-Charlie running on a Raspberry Pi. The HamClock displays a UTC clock, time zone, location info on your worked DX station, selected satellite tracking, solar activity and the real-time propagation of the “GreyLine” on a world map
A couple of high power broadcast transmitter vacuum valves
VK7HHS - the Hobart Hacker Space showing their setup along with one of the members
A freshly constructed interface and the setup for SSTV using a laptop and a Baofeng hand held
Statues - a line of female factory workers, a wood carved seal and a pelican
Remember Ken VK7KRJs and Steve VK7OOs fully automatic 24/7 monitoring sites that allows 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 Kens 2m SSTV website as an infinitely-scrolling web page or on NTARCs website under blogs and arranged as weekly nets.
https://vk7oo.tasme.com/vhfsstv
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/scrolling%20web%20gallery.html
https://www.ntarc.net/blogs
73 from Andre VK7ZAB
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QSL NEWS
Report - from Herman VK7HW Manager of the WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
The current list of cards held as at 24 November is in the email version of the broadcast.
If I am holding card(s) for you and you would like them mailed to you rather than being delivered on an opportunity basis please send me some stamps. Thanks to those who have sent stamps. While SAE's are OK, I prefer stamps as I can then provide an appropriate envelope to suit the number of cards.
Herman has a copy of the Log File for VK7WIA and will be getting cards ready to distribute in the next week or so and will likely send VK cards to the various States Inwards QSL Bureau. If you want your card direct please send me a stamp. As usual happy to send cards for VK7 amateurs to the regular distribution teams or distribute them on an opportunity basis. Thank you to those who have been in touch requesting a VK7WIA QSL Card
If you have any questions re QSL cards, please contact Herman by email vk7bureau(at)wia.org.au
Thank you to those Amateurs who have been in contact with Herman about their QSL card(s) listing.
73, Herman, VK7HW, WIA Manager VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
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Cards held at 24 November 2023 ( Any errors in the listing are mine, I sometimes miss culling a call sign)
The following recent delivery have been added to the main list below :-
AP, BBB, BO, CMV, CW, DD, DG, DP, DW, EA, FG, GC, GH, GN, GS, HDM, HH, HOB, HSD, IAN, JB, KO, LW, MAG, MD, MHZ, MR, MRS, NET, NRT, OTC, PD, ROY, WIA, WN, WUU, WX, XTC, XX, ZBX, ZGK,
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A, AAA, AAD, AAE, AAH, AAP, AAR, AB, AC, ACE, ACG, ACN, AD, ADE, AED, AG(2014), AGC, AHT, AIR, AJC, AKK, ALZ, AM, AN, ANC, AO, AP, APZ, AR, AS, ATH, AXZ, AY, AZ
BA, BB, BBB, BO, BPV, BT, BYE
C/GH, CA, CBK, CBR, CC, CEJ, CJ, CL, CMV, CV, CW, CX
DC, DD, DG, DIK, DM, DN, DO, DP, DQ, DW, DY, DZ
EA, EE, EG, EI, EK, ER, EV
FADZ, FALX (alx), FAZZ, FCDW, FCIA, FF, FG, FGGT, FLAR, FLI, FPRN, FRJG(RG), FTAS
GA, GC, GEL, GGZ, GH/C, GM, GN, GOP, GR, GS, GW, GZ
HBR, HCH, HCK, HDM, HDX, HH, HOB, HL, HPD, HRS, HSA, HSD, HSJ, HVK, HZ
IAN, ID, IK, IS
JA, JAZ, JB, JCR, JGD, JJ, JOK, JP, JW
KA, KAC, KBA, KD, KDO, KI, KJ, KJL, KKR, KL, KO, KRJ, KT
LCW, LDH, LH, LL, LLL, LM, LT, LVH, LW
MA, MAG, MBD, MC, MD, MEL, MET, MHZ, MJ, MOO, MR, MRS, MS, MX
NA, NC, ND, NEC, NET, NFI, NIK, NRF, NRT, NSE, NSS, NTE, NVH, NW, NWQ, NWT
OB, OR, OT, OTC
PAF, PAL, PBD, PD, PM, PRN, PSH, PSJ, PSZ, PW
QK, QP
RG/FRJG, RJ, ROY
SN, STO, SV, SW, SZ
TCE, TED, TK, TO, TS, TUX, TW, TX, TZ
UJ
VA, VAC, VAO,VAZ, VDC, VEK, VH, VR, VTM
WA, WC, WH, WIA, WL, WN(0), WO, WT, WUU, WX
XDM, XTC, XV, XX
YN, YUM
ZA, ZBX, ZE, ZGK, ZJJ, ZK, ZM, ZMS, ZT, ZTA, ZX
VI70MI [2018], VI70HI(op DIANE[2018]), VI75G [2023], VK75FAA
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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 weekly – 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
First up this week I will hand it over to Roger VK7ARN for a report on last weekends Safety Communications Crews “Horsing about”, so over to Roger for some words of wisdom.
“NTARC and others provided safety communications and rider tracking for the 2023 Tasmanian Equine Endurance Riders State Championships, held mostly in the forests around Sassafras in North West Tasmania. There were three rides - 160km, 95km and 56 km. The 160km ride, in five stages, started at midnight and the first across the line was home in just under eleven hours; the tailenders in just over eighteen.
We provided three checkpoints with card readers, each with data comms on UHF and voice on VHF, both via repeater. One checkpoint was relocated to a fourth position for later in the ride. Being short-handed, an additional overnight checkpoint was supplied with a radio and staffed by a supervised volunteer.
All checkpoints had at least two rides passing through them, each on multiple occasions, totalling 20 separate checkpoints over the five locations.
Our crew was made up of VK7s Andre ZAB and Tony ZTT at Base, Roger ARN with family member Richard at CP1, Justin TW and Rick RI at CP3 and Stefan ZSB at CP4. Stefan later relocated to CP5. Idris ZIR made pre and post event trips to Sassafras but was needed on clubroom management duties back in Rocherlea on the day.
Weather conditions were reasonably friendly - with nil rainfall, but lots of dust, thankfully with minimal wind. Temperatures were at times bordering on uncomfortable - on the high side during the day, and low in the early hours.
Sadly, this was the lowest level of Amateur operator availability in 14 years for this annual championship event, requiring long hours for the few who made it. A conflict with the Scout Clark Trophy at Oatlands worsened the situation. Our attendance at community service events has sadly diminished over the years. This is not good for Amateur Radios social standing, nor for the clubs being the beneficiaries of the donations made by event organisers.”
Thank you Roger for the update on the weekends happenings.
One very poignant part in Rogerss report also pertains to most aspects of the clubs ability to assist with community service events in general. Roger said: “Sadly, this was the lowest level of Amateur operator availability in 14 years for this annual championship event, requiring long hours for the few who made it.”
Unfortunately we seem to be accumulating birthdays at an alarming rate and the demographic trend is towards an older club membership. This is not isolated to us but is afflicting many service clubs and voluntary organisations in Australia. We are aging and volunteers are dwindling! A serious topic that will have to be considered when the committee and club members are planning next years participation in events.
As a result I can only reiterate NTARCs thanks to Justin and Richard from the South and Rick from the North West for the much needed assistance they provided. Have a think about the considerable time involved in traveling from Hobart and beyond, especially at the moment while the Midlands Highway is still undergoing an upgrade and also from the far reaches of the North West. Plus I am sure the return journey always seems longer.
As this is the last Equine event for the year it seems a logical time to thank Roger for his continued contribution in his role as Safety Communications Coordinator. He takes event preparations very seriously, not just the safety we are providing for the competitors, but also the safety of our volunteers providing the assistance. It all came together on the weekend and made another enjoyable equine event with the added bonus of the social side get together. Plus the knowledge you are also helping towards a safer community service event.
NTARC Auction Hosting – Well the “Shack Clear-out Auction” is all over bar the shouting, as they say. As it is Friday when I pen this we still have our fingers crossed that everything goes off without a hitch and all the “Lots” do indeed go off out the door. No doubt there will be an update in next weeks broadcast regarding all the gavel banging.
End of Year Club Celebration – is locked in, it will be on Wednesday the 6th of December. To be held at the Iron Horse Bar and Grill located at 468 Westbury Rd, Prospect Vale, Launceston. We will be in a quiet function room at the rear of the dining area. Tables have been booked under the name of NTARC and the Menu is a-la-carte. We will be arriving at 6pm for a 6:30 meal.
Please RSVP to the secretary at secretary(at)ntarc.net or jot your name and number of places required on the registration sheet next to the sign in register on a Wednesday night session or Friday coffee morning. We will need to confirm final numbers with the Iron Horse by December,
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.
Now back to the house keeping.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Club Technical night - The next session will be on Wednesday the 29th of November and will commence at 6.30 pm through to about 10.00 pm, at the Club room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
Coffee Morning - held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Time is from 10am to noon and we look forward to seeing you all there. So why not pop in and join us for a cuppa, there is endless tea and coffee along with biscuits available for a donation.
The TestNet and TechNet session – Every Wednesday, TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7pm till 7.30pm…. and a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm. Your host for the evening will be Nic VK7WW.
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 5pm on the Friday prior to the Broadcast.
Thats all folks,
73 from Stefan, VK7ZSB, Secretary NTARC Inc.
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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH
WICEN Tas (South) Inc.
Notice of Special General Meeting
PLEASE NOTE: There is a change of venue due to no access to the Queens Domain clubrooms on Sunday.
Today, Sunday 26 November 2023 at 14:00 in the conference room - RBF Building - 21 Kirksway Place, Battery Point or via MS Teams for those who have pre-notified.
The object of the SGM is to allow the committee to present its report to the WICEN membership, on the proposed merger / amalgamation discussion with the committee of REAST.
To proceed 75% of the WICEN membership present must support a proposed motion to proceed with a merger.
To be eligible to vote WICEN members must be financially paid up, present at the meeting (proxy voting will not be accepted) and members joining via MS Teams, will be counted as present provided, they are financially paid up and prior notice of their intention to do so is received by the Secretary no later than 14:00 hours of Sunday 26 November 2023.
There will be no other business discussed at the meeting.
For further information and to provide notice of intention to attend the meeting by Zoom or Teams please forward all communication to the Secretary at:
dmgoodrick_nbn(at)iinet.net.au
David Goodrick VK7DMG
Secretary
WICEN Tas (South) Inc.
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Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania
https://www.reast.asn.au/
https://www.facebook.com/reasttas/
https://www.youtube.com/reasthobart/
December End of Year Activities
REAST will be celebrating the end of a very successful 2023 with a free BBQ, car boot sale and fox hunts on the Queens Domain.
This will be taking place next Sunday December 3rd from 11am at the Queens Domain clubrooms.
Bring along any car boots that you would like to sell and as a bonus for attendees you might possibly put some some radio equipment within the boots and sell that as well….HIHI!
We are looking to run some fox hunts around the top of the Queens Domain and will have some prizes for those lucky enough to find those pesky little foxes.
If you are intending to come along please let our Secretary know so we can have some idea of the number of snags, patties and special food requirements that we will need to cater for - just drop and email to: secretary(at)reast.asn.au.
The fee for carboot sellers is the enormous amount of $5 into the donations box or tap at the square.
See you there.
73 REAST Committee
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DATV Experimenter's Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMLauQNcK8Q
We started the night with Justin VK7TW who had an application for an arduino and thought it was a good project to try artificial intelligence to generate the code for the Arduino.
Justin went through the application and what sentence he put into the generator to generate the programming code for the Arduino processor.
https://www.duinocodegenerator.com
With the code generated Justin went through the code and updated the LCD pin numbers and downloaded the code to the hardware and showed what it looked like on the hardware.
There were a few issues as the code doesn't know about how to drive the LCD and overwrites the characters.
Justin then went through the tweaks he made to the code adding three more lines to add some messages and clearing the LCD screen. The revised code was then uploaded and demonstrated what that looked like on the hardware.
Justin then summarised the process and some of the improvements that could be made to the azimuth indicator.
We then showed the 2005 TNC-Pi which is a Packet Radio Hat for RaspberryPi in kit form.
https://tnc-x.com/TNCPi.htm
We then reviewed the latest AR, Lo-Key and DUBUS Magazines, https://www.wia.org.au/members/armag/about/
https://vkqrpclub.org/qrp_lokey.php
http://www.dubus.org/
This week's show we will be showing the built TNC-Pi, the experiments with AI and Arduino code generation and some other interesting SDR items. See you there or on the stream.
We stream the nights on the REAST YouTube channel.
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/
We also go out on RF - DVB-T 7MHz Standard Definition on 445.5MHz. So, if you have a TV, Set-top box or USB DTV Dongle that you can tune and scan 445.5MHz and you can see the Queens Domain, then you have a good chance of receiving the DATV Experimenter's Night Signal. Look out for VK7OTC.
73, Justin, VK7TW
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Training and Assessments
Our last REAST training and assessment day was yesterday.
If you are thinking of booking for training or assessment next year please let Reg Emmett VK7KK REAST Learning Organiser know ASAP by phoning 0417 391 607 or via the REAST Website Contact Form.
https://www.reast.asn.au/contact/online-contact-form/
Check out the REAST Foundation Licence Training Videos that can be found on the REAST YouTube Training and Assessment playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsnsP_zjw831mdC6sY4XqavRUY-53ZWUn
And checkout the REAST Facebook page events for further details.
https://fb.me/e/1565NKnuu
73, Reg, VK7KK
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Technology News
ETSI to publish TETRA cryptography algorithms
The secret cryptographic algorithms that underpin TETRA are to be published, in response to a collection of vulnerabilities discovered earlier this year.
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) made the decision this week, saying “we are open to academic research for independent reviews.”
The primitives of all TETRA Air Interface cryptographic algorithms will be made available in the public domain, ETSI said.
In late July, Dutch researchers discovered protocol vulnerabilities that would open TETRA-based radiocommunications systems (often in applications like public safety) to a variety of attacks.
The researchers, from company Midnight Blue, said TETRA messages would be subject to “real-time decryption, harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks, message injection, user deanonymisation, or session key pinning”.
ETSI noted that secrecy of cryptographic algorithms “was common practice in the early 1990s when the original TETRA algorithms were designed."
“Effective scrutiny of public-domain algorithms allows for any flaws to be uncovered and mitigated before widespread deployment occurs,” ETSIs announcement states.
The publications will include TETRAs original air interface cryptographic algorithms (TEA 1, 2, 3 and 4), along with TEA 5 to 7 which were introduced in 2022 to quantum-proof messages.
The TAA1 and TAA2 authentication and key management specifications will also be put into the public domain, ETSI said.
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/etsi-to-publish-tetra-cryptography-algorithms-602416
Written by Richard Chirgwin and sourced from the IT News Web E-zine.
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Regular VK7 gatherings and events over the coming months:
Regular gatherings:
Sewing Circle Net – Daily on 3.640MHz commences at 5:00pm 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 – MICROWAVE QSO Party – 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.
SOTA/WWFF Group – Meeting Mondays and Fridays 10.30-12.00 midday at Glebe Gardens Cafe, Henry St, Launceston.
NTARC - TestNet and TechNet session – Every Wednesday. TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7pm till 7.30pm…. and a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30pm till about 8.30pm. Your host for the evening will be Nic VK7WW.
NTARC Coffee Morning - held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Time is from 10am to noon and we look forward to seeing you all there. So why not pop in and join us for a cuppa, there is endless tea and coffee along with biscuits available for a donation.
NTARC - Club Technical night - The next session will be on Wednesday the 29th of November and will commence at 6.30 pm through to about 10.00 pm, at the Club room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
NW VK7 – Wednesday from 8:00pm local – NW Tassie Amateur Repeater Group Net on VK7RMD
NW VK7 - Thursday commencing at 8:30pm local - N.W. Tassie 2m DX Net 144.190 USB
NW SSTV Nights - 27 November - hosted by Eric VK7EV from 7:30pm using VK7RMD 70cm repeater on Mt Duncan on the 4th Monday in the Month.
Events:
NTARC - November 25 - NTARC Shack Clear-out Auction Hosting
VK - November 25/26 - VHF and Above Spring Field Day Contest
WICEN TAS (Sth) - November 26 - Special General Meeting at 21 Kirksway Place Battery Point from 2pm (MS Teams & In-Person)
REAST - December 3 - EOY BBQ, Car Boot Sale and Fox Hunt - Queens Domain Clubooms from 11am after broadcast.
NTARC - December 6 - End Of Year Celebration at the Iron Horse Bar and Grill - 468 Westbury Rd, Prospect Vale, Launceston - 6pm for a 6:30 meal.
NTARC - December 13 - Club General meeting will be held in the Rocherlea club rooms from 7:30pm.
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weeks broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7TW
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: VK7ALH
40m: VK7JGD
20m: VK7DG
10m: VK7VKT
UHFCB24: VK7FMAC
DMR: Talk Group 5 and D-Star: Reflector 91C VK7ZCR
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You can hear this broadcast again on Tuesday night at 8:00pm on repeaters VK7RAA in Northern VK7 and VK7RHT in the South.
A huge thank you to all people and organisations that assisted with this broadcast.
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That concludes our VK7 Amateur Radio News Broadcast for this week.
You have been listening to or have just missed VK7WI. Next week the National WIA news can be heard at 0900 followed by the VK7 Amateur Radio News around 0930 hours.
Items for the broadcast can be emailed to vk7arnews(at)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.
Callbacks will be taken on the frequency to which you are listening. Relay stations will use their own callsigns during the callback.
On behalf of the VK7 Amateur Radio News Team, 73, stay safe from Idris, VK7ZIR.
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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