Broadcast - 11 June 2023
NTARC News for Sunday Broadcast – 11th June 2023
The age old question is whether to start an article with good news or the not so good news?
Ok we will go with the latter first. News that we aren’t particularly happy with. The NTARC committee has decided to cancel the hosting of the VK7 WIA Centenary event for the North that was to be held in Launceston on the 17th of this month. Due to a lack of volunteers from the northern Amateur fraternity, and the ongoing problems with the recent WIA change in preferred insurance broker, we found ourselves unable to staff, and were not willing to risk public safety to host the Northern Open Day.
Thanks must however go to Peter VK7PD, who has spent much time trying to organise Northern event displays. Luckily Peter’s efforts are not in vain, and the NTARC committee will be taking these displays to the Ulverstone Open Day to help grow the North West offerings. Thank you Eric VK7EV for offering us some table space.
Now the good news. Hot from the web is the Harry Angel Memorial 80m Sprint – Results for 2023. Peter VK7KPC, was one of two VK7s that submitted logs to this 80m contest. Peter gained second place in the Morse Section. This contest is in memory of Harry Angel, VK4HA and according to AR magazine, “at the time of his becoming a Silent Key, was the oldest licensed amateur in Australia”. That in itself is an achievement. The contest duration is based on one minute for every year of Harry’s life, hence only 106 minutes! You can probably now see where the “sprint” part comes from.
This was the first year all event logs would only be accepted in electronic logging format. As this event was in early May this is probably why the logs have been verified and the results announced so quickly.
The only other VK7 participant was Garry VK7JGD in the Phone Section. Congratulations to you both for waving the flag.
Competition link is in the text version.
https://www.vklogchecker.com/Contests/Results/12cf80d6-f146-4a18-ade0-3bcc7ee90689
We would like to thank all NTARC members who joined with WICEN (South) last weekend at Pyengana for the annual Equine Endurance Ride. Most NTARC members attending certainly made a full weekend of this event. All arrived on Friday afternoon with some not getting back to Launceston until Wednesday. The Pub in the Paddock certainly lived up to expectations on Friday night, so most returned again on Saturday for more culinary delights. It is only a rumour that they were cleaned out of Apple Crumbles and Sticky Date puddings, even if it was true. Hi-Hi. Like any of these combined events it is an excellent time to catch up and renew acquaintances.
Event pictures are available on the NTARC website under “Blogs” for this event, or the link provided.
Pyengana - Johnny Green Memorial Ride - 30 years — NTARC Inc.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Club Technical night - The next session will be on Wednesday the 14th of June and will commence at the usual time of 7.30 pm, running through to about 10.30 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. 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 - Wednesday the 21st of June. 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@ntarc.net all items to be received no later than 5pm on the Friday prior to the Broadcast.
That’s all folks,
73 from Stefan, VK7ZSB, Secretary NTARC.
