Broadcast - 16 Feb 2025
The only other notable happening this week was the NTARC Annual General Meeting held last Wednesday night the 12th of February. The AGM saw a good attendance of voting members. Extensive reports were presented by the President and Treasurer, followed by each of the club activity leaders and the all-important Auditor’s statement. All were tabled and each was well received by the membership.
The elections saw the return of Idris VK7ZIR as President, André VK7ZAB as Treasurer, Stefan VK7ZSB as Secretary and Roslyn as committee member. The only change was for the position of Vice President, which was filled by Ian VK7IH.
Roger VK7ARN our Internal Auditor and Stefan our Public Officer were both incumbent and are continuing in their respective positions.
All the club activity co-ordinators were again appointed, pending a couple of acceptances, to their respective positions; Tony VK7YBG as Northern Repeater Officer, David VK7JD continuing his role as Project Manager for Mt Arthur, with both being assisted by Paul VK7KPA and Andrew VK7DW as Assistant Repeater Officers.
Other club activity coordinators agreeing to continue in their roles for 2025 were Peter VK7PD as the Education Officer, Ian VK7IH as our new JOTA/JOTI Coordinator, Andrew VK7DW QSL manager and Roger VK7ARN as our Safety Communications Coordinator.
So there you are folks, you now have the NTARC Committee and Coordinators for 2025.
The AGM was immediately followed by the bi-monthly General Meeting…… then what else but supper, courtesy of members bringing a plate. Thanks go to our stalwart Ros for bringing all the offerings together into a laden supper table that was enjoyed by all in the gathering well into the night.
From the new committee composition you may have noticed that Peter VK7KPC has passed on the baton of Vice President and JOTA co-ordinator to Ian VK7IH. This is because the family is moving to South Australia shortly. Peter has been an NTARC member since moving to Tasmania from the mainland back in 2007 for a two year temporary posting. Yes I did say a “two year posting”, HiHi.
In that time he has held the position of Vice President for 10 years and probably even more importantly, Peter has championed JOTA activities in Scouting Tasmania and its involvement with amateur radio clubs for the last 17 years!
Club members are sorry to see you moving to South Australia but wish you and Kay the very best. No doubt we will still stay in contact with you on Discord or even on air.
Now back to the house keeping.
UPCOMING EVENTS
TestNet and TechNet session - Every Wednesday, TestNet/CW course on 3.580MHz from 7 pm, then a TechNet on 3.567MHz from 7.30 pm till 8.30 pm. Your host for the evening is Nic VK7WW.
Club Room Technical night session - The next session will be on Wednesday the 19th February, 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.
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.
Some railway comms exhibits from the Don River Railway 50th Anniversary
