Broadcast - 16 Oct 2022
Last Wednesday, NTARC held its October general meeting. Considering the state of the weather we probably had a better than hoped for turn up of hardy club members. Even though there was a substantial amount of correspondence to cover from the previous two months, the agenda was again worked through in a timely manner. After the meeting, first some sustenance then, back into the setting up of the club rooms in readiness for the weekends coming Scout event.
JOTA/JOTI 2022 as we all know, it is the world’s largest single Scout event, these days taking place both online and over the air. As this news goes to air many amateurs around Australia and across the world will be busy assisting scout groups. However if it is still Sunday when you are listening to this broadcast and the “Once in a Hundred Years” weather event having happened for the second time in six years hasn’t caused the cancellation, remember any assistance at the club rooms or on air would still be greatly appreciated.
Mainly for the operation of transceivers set up for voice chat by the participants.
Assembly of Morse code trainer kits, (no soldering required only a screw driver).
Sending and receiving each other’s names by Morse code on the practice keys. (No, not live to air).
Local contacts to chat with the kids in case we can’t link up to other Scout venues would also be appreciated, so if you hear a VK7TAZ call then feel free to jump in and have a chat and help out. The last group through is expected to be about 3 pm Sunday.
Last year showed some very dedicated home station operators both local and from the North West that donated massive amounts of their time to talk to the young operators, this brought obvious smiles of excitement to their faces or, “what do I say”, panic to their faces. From us at the club room end of things, trust me your interactions were very much appreciated. Hopefully this year we can all spread the load a little!
Next week I’m sure our member Peter Dodd, VK7KPC, in his capacity as Project Commissioner Radio and Electronics, Scouts Tasmania will provide us all with an update of events that occurred in Tasmania and hopefully some greater detail on the activity at the NTARC JOTA/JOTI station.
Equine Endurance event - The State Championships at Santarena Park, Scottsdale on 18 and 19th November is coming up rapidly. This is a tentative request for additional crew members to help us handle this twenty four hour event. Please advise if you are able to assist by emailing Roger, VK7ARN or catch up with the Secretary at a Coffee Morning or Tech Session.
Tassie Ham Expo in November - The club has decided to combine the Coffee Morning and Technical Night donations for the month of October. Our aim is to purchase some new items that can be donated to the Tassie Ham Conference / Expo in November, they will be added to the pool of raffle prizes. So next Coffee Morning or Tech Night feel free to bring along any old change or bank notes that you no longer have a use for and pass them on to this good amateur cause.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Club Technical night - Wednesday 19th October. Held at the NTARC Club rooms, 7.30pm until late.
TestNet and TechNet – Wednesday 26th October. 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.
SSTV Net - Held every Thursday night on the 70cm repeater, VK7RJG and linked to the South via repeater VK7RAF. Conducted from about 7.30pm. These SSTV images will be available on the NTARC website under ‘Blogs’.
Coffee Morning - held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Get warm while you catch up, time is from 10am to noon and we look forward to seeing you all there. We currently have QSL cards awaiting collection, so why not pop in, check the QSL box and join us for a cuppa and chat. Remember, door proceeds will go to the November Ham Expo! The club is following the Covid 19 suggestion to continue wearing face masks when gathering.
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.
Remember equipment photos and radio propagation maps are available on the NTARC web site under “Blogs” for this week’s broadcast.
That’s all folks,
73 from Stefan, VK7ZSB, Secretary NTARC.
