Broadcast - 30 Oct 2022
It’s the end of October and things have finally quietened down, therefore this is one of those famine weeks with only a few new items and updates. After looking through the items to mention, it became clear that they all have one thing in common, it is doing what amateurs do best, helping each other and helping the community. From the amateur assistance in Peter VK7KPCs JOTA / JOTI Scouting update this week through to what happened after last week’s broadcast….
Before the dust had settled on last Sunday’s broadcast, I had received an e-mail about the subject of FM Crystal sets that was just mentioned in the broadcast. Ric VK7RO had taken “pity” on us and sent through information and an internet link to one that he had built many, many years earlier. Within the next couple of days Ric had located the said FM quadrature detector crystal set, most likely removed a huge layer of dust from it, taken it around to a fellow amateur, Dave VK7DM, completed some signal generator testing and was packaging it up ready to go North. Wow Ric, that’s impressive! It will be collected next weekend when we attend the Ham Convention & Expo. And guess what? It will be on the table at the club rooms for the next Technical night. No doubt generating discussions. Thank you for your interest and enthusiasm, Ric.
Special thank you to Phil VK7ZPD, for standing in as Net Host for the Test Net and TechNet sessions last Wednesday night. Nic VK7WW, was unavailable so Phil took the reins and the sessions went ahead as planned. I must say Phil makes an excellent stand-in for Nic, thank you Phil.
Equine Endurance event - The State Championships at Santarena Park, Scottsdale on the 18th & 19th of November is coming up rapidly. This is a request for additional crew members to help us handle this twenty four hour event starting at midnight. Please advise if you are able to assist for any length of time by emailing Roger, VK7ARN or catch up with the Secretary at a Coffee Morning or Tech Session.
Tassie Ham Expo – Thanks to all club members that attended the Technical Nights and Coffee Mornings, your monetary contributions have gone towards the purchase of multiple useful small items that have been combined together into three Shack Packs which are suitable for an amateur’s shack. These are going to the Tassie Ham Conference / Expo next weekend, where they will be added to the already excellent pool of raffle prizes. Remember, Tassie Ham Expo is next weekend, you can’t wait any longer to register, if you have been thinking of going down to Hobart, be quick, go on line and register now!
As it is undoubtedly a monumental exercise to organise such an event and considering it is for us, the “Amateur Community”, show our appreciation to the Conference and Expo Organising Committee for their hard work, by registering now and attending…
UPCOMING EVENTS
Club Technical night - Wednesday 2nd November. Held at the NTARC Club rooms, 7.30pm until late.
TestNet and TechNet – Wednesday 9th November. 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.
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
