Broadcast - 28 July 2024
We finished last week’s segment off with a stop press regarding the QRP Hours 80 metre contest. Well to keep in the same vein of things we will start this week off with a “hot off the press” and you guessed it, for the same operator. This time he participated in the 58th Alessandro Volta RTTY competition held earlier this year. Peter VK7KPC has obtained 68th place in this World Wide competition in the Single Operator, All Band, 6 Hours category.
Evidently conditions were extremely poor as the official web site stated, quote: The worst propagation conditions caused from one of the strongest geomagnetic storm, we want to thank every participants who faced this bad situation, tnx for our participation end quote. Yes it may have lost a little in the translation from Italian, but we get the general meaning, things were bad!
Unlike the contest mentioned last week, this achievement does come with a certificate of participation.
The Volta RTTY web site is one of the most convoluted sites I have come across. If I am interpreting the results correctly, Peter and Warren VK4FJ were the only VK operators to be in the top couple of hundred world entrants! Well done, Peter and Warren.
As always, pictures will be available on the NTARC Web site under “Blogs” for this broadcast. NTARC Blogs
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.
Club Room Technical night session - The next session will be on Wednesday the 31st July and will commence at the usual time of 6.30 pm at the Club Room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
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 pop in check the QSL cards and join us for a cuppa, there is endless tea and coffee along with biscuits available for a donation.
Special Club Room presentation - An interactive streaming of the REAST presentation on “My Life in the Lighthouse Service” with Mike VK7FB on Wednesday 7th of August. Doors open by 7:00 pm for a 7:30 live presentation. So rather than sit at home watching, feel free to come along and watch it on a large screen TV, in a distraction and stress free environment. See you there.
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 5 pm on the Friday prior to the Broadcast.
That’s all folks,
73, Stefan VK7ZSB, Secretary NTARC Inc.
