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VK7 Amateur Radio News 19Oct25
Text edition:
VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS
SUNDAY 19th OCTOBER 2025
Welcome to the JOTA Weekend edition of the VK7 Amateur Radio News, your gateway to whatâ€Ös happening across the airwaves in Tasmania and beyond.
Coming to you from the Tasmanian Amateur Radio News Desk is Justin, VK7TW, with the latest updates, stories, and insights from our amateur radio community.
Weâ€Öre broadcasting far and wide thanks to our dedicated team:
DMR Talk Group 5 & D-Star Reflector 91C via the Digital Group
HF relays:
1.862 MHz – Justin VK7TW
3.670 MHz – Garry, VK7JGD
7.140 MHz – Dale VK7DG
14.130 MHz – Any Takers
28.525 MHz – Tony VK7ALH
And locally in Hobart on UHF CB Ch.24 with Mark VK7FMAC, and HF CB Ch.24 (11m) with Stephen VK7SME.
Missed it live? Catch the replay Tuesday 8pm on repeaters VK7RAA (North), VK7RHT, and on UHFCB24/HFCB24 (South).
Stay tuned, and enjoy the news!
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Miena Hamfest
The Miena Hamfest returns on Saturday, 15th November 2025 at the Miena Community Centre in the Central Highlands, from 10 am to 4 pm.
Come along for gear sales, radio displays, suppliers. On site we will be selling saveloys, sausages and burgers, as well a tea/coffee and soft drinks , come and have a friendly catch-up.
There will be stands by Alara, Sota/Pota/Wwff and NTARC, Entry is just five dollars and there will be a lucky door prize â€öand yes, the bar opens at 3 pm!
Donâ€Öt miss the return of the Miena Hamfestâ€ömark it in your calendar now!
73, Eric VK7EV & Dave VK7OB
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WWFF, SOTA, POTA and IOTA
Weekly Wrap-Up
Want to learn more about WWFF, POTA, and SOTA? Next month, Andrew, VK7DW, and Matt, VK7MAT, will be set up at the Miena Hamfest, showcasing plenty of information, gear, and tips to help you get started with portable operating. Be sure to stop by, have a chat, and say gâ€Öday!
Only one VK7 activation took place this past week, with Matt, VK7MAT, heading out to Mole Creek Karst National Park. Despite some less-than-ideal weather, Matt managed to log 28 contacts, including 9 park-to-park QSOs.
Hope to catch you on the air soon.
73, Matt, VK7MAT
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Statewide SSTV Nights
Another busy net night that saw the following participants, VK7s – EV, AX, ZGK, ZAB, ZCF, OO and TW all sharing over forty photos.
The main themes were:
A REAST open day
Cars – a series of classic Holdens and a BMW 2002 turbo
A Lindenblad antenna assembled from custom 3D printed core components, that was presented at the last NTARC clubroom technical night
Drinking Whisky if you had a bad week or for personal reasons
Other highlights were:
A radio checkpoint from the resent Bakers Beach equine ride
From a UK visit - Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 and the Greenwich Time Service facility
A vintage Telefunken radio station
A long spirited tail – HiHi.
From the packaged Doll series a “bunch of useless cables”
A caricature of a well-known Tasmanian amateur
And a welcome from the “Tasmanian SSTV Net”
Again Tony VK7AX interconnected VK7RJG to his SSTV International Gateway and VK7s exchanged photos with PC1K in the Netherlands. Please remember to leave a 30 second break between transmissions to allow the European countries a chance to send photos. Tony will connect the gateway again next week between 6:30pm and 11:30 pm.
Note - Ken VK7KRJâ€Ös and Steve VK7OOâ€Ös fully automatic 24/7 monitoring sites allow anyone who has sent SSTV pictures the ability to check them on their pages almost immediately, any time, both South and North Tasmania.
If you missed the net there are archives of these SSTV nights on Kenâ€Ös and Steveâ€Ös SSTV websites or on NTARCâ€Ös website under blogs.
https://vk7oo.tasme.com/vhfsstv/
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/scrolling%20web%20gallery.html
https://www.ntarc.net/blogs
https://www.qsl.net/vk7ax/sstvgate/index.html
73 from Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB
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QSL News
Inwards QSL Bureau Information
The current list of QSL Cards held by the VK7 Inwards Bureau as at 18 Oct is in the email version of the Broadcast.
Do you see your callsign in the list of QSL cards held by the inwards bureau? Do you want these Cards? Please advise Herman either way by email so he can tidy up and remove cards that maybe for Silent Keys and have been held for some time. Send me your QTH address so I can either mail them out or deliver on an opportunity basis.
Email to westyh(at)ozemail.com.au
73 Herman VK7HW
Manager WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
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Sorted Cards held at 18 Oct 2025 ( Any errors in the listing are mine, I sometimes miss culling a call sign)
AA, AAC, AAD, AAE, AAH, AAP, AAR, AB, ACE, ACG, ACN, ADE, AED, AG(2014, 2016), AGC, AHT, AIR, AJC, AJP, AKK, ALZ, AM, ANC, AO, APZ, AQ, AS, ATH, AXZ, AY
BA, BB, BD, BO, BPV, BT, BU, BYE
CA, CBK, CBR, CC, CH/T, CJ, CMV, CTV, CV, CW, CWB, CX
DAN, DBX, DC, DHT, DI, DIK, DM, DN, DO, DP, DQ, DR, DT, DV, DX, DY, DZ
EA, EG, EI, EK, EKA, ER
FAA, FADZ, FALX (alx), FAZZ, FCIA, FG, FGGT, FKLW, FLAR, FMI, FPRN, FRJ, FRJG, FTAS, FTR
G, GA, GC, GEL, GGZ, GL, GM, GN, GOP, GR, GU, GZ
HCH, HCK, HDE, HDM, HDX, HL, HOB, HRS, HSA, HSC, HSD, HSE, HSJ, HSO
HZ
IAN, IK, IR, IS
JA, JAB, JAZ, JB, JCR, JOK, JON, JP, JS, JW, JX
KAC, KAM, KBA, KD, KDO, KJ, KKR, KL, KO, KPB, KRJ, KT
LA, LDH, LL, LLL, LM, LT, LVH
M, MA, MAG, MBD, MD, MEL, MET, MHZ, MI, MJ, MOO, MRS, MS, MV
NA, NB, NC, ND, NEC, NET, NFI, NG, NIK, NMH, NRF, NRX, NSE, NTE, NVH, NWT
OB, OR
PAF, PBD, PDJ, PKJ, PO, POL, PRN, PSH, PSJ, PSZ, PW
RA, RB, RG, RW
SD, SG(vi7SG), SIX, SN, SV, SW, SZ
TA, TCE, TED, TK, TM, TR, TUX, TX, TZ
UT
VA, VAC, VAO, VAZ, VDC, VEK, VH, VIP, VM, VR, VTM
WA, WC, WL, WN, WO, WT, WUU, W (VJ7W), WX
XTC, XV
Y, YN
ZA, ZBX, ZGK, ZJJ, ZK, ZM, ZT, ZX
Following cards were left/seen in the box at WAGS 8 Oct 25
- AZ, HH, HVK, ID, MAT, RR/4, STO, ZBX
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH
SOTA/WWFF PARKS GROUP
The Summits On The Air/World Wide Flora and Fauna parks group meets twice weekly – Mondays and Fridays 10.30AM till 12.00 at the Glebe Gardens Cafe, Henry Street, Launceston.
For more information contact Al on 0417 354 410.
73, Al, VK7AN
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Northern Tasmanian Amateur Radio Club Incorporated
www.ntarc.net
Users of VK7RAA, 2 Metre repeater on Mount Arthur, please note that due to the ongoing problem with the squelch opening it has been decided to implement tone access. This will require your transceiver to send a CTCSS sub-tone of 123.0 Hz on your transmissions. This change will be implemented in the near future, depending on weather and site visits. It will stay in effect until we can resolve the interference problem.
At the last Clubroom Technical night Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB had some printouts of WSPR data and map of a station received earlier that day on the 10 Metre band by VK7TAZ and VK7OO. Its station ID was VS1ERZ, initially assumed to be New Zealand, except its grid square was for Northern Tasmania! A quick search of the net revealed it was a Pico Balloon launched back on the 16th August, but not from New Zealand, it was in fact launched from South Africa, and still circling the earth after more than sixty days. Flight path was from west to east over Tasmania, assisted by the roaring forties. It presented a strong received signal from only a 20 mW transmitter.
After last weekâ€Ös General Meeting Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB displayed his latest SSTV photo decodes from ARISS for the “2025 World Space Week” which celebrates another anniversary of SPUTNICK-1â€Ös launched on the 4th of October 1957. Apart from having some nearly noise free pictures when the International Space Station was low on the horizon, Andreâ€Ö was able to display the same image that was decoded simultaneously on two receivers. One radio was connected to a five eighths vertical antenna and the other connected to a quarter wave vertical antenna, both were relatively close together giving the same sky capture window. It was interesting to see the differences in picture noise bands between the two decodes, which was dependant on the flight path of the ISS for that pass.
Inevitably the discussion turned to antenna types, ending up with a suggestion from Lionel VK7ZLB that Colin VK7ZCF should have look at a Lindenblad antenna. The Lindenblad antenna is a type of circularly polarized, omni-directional antenna. It consists of four dipole elements arranged in a circle, each tilted at 30 degrees from the horizontal, creating a radiation pattern that is ideal for accessing satellites. This antenna is particularly useful as it can handle both horizontal and vertical polarizations, making it very versatile.
Colin based his on a version published by Anthony Monteiro AA2TX in QST August 2007.
Move forward seven days to our Technical Night. Colin turned up with his “work in progress” antenna. We were expecting the usual amateur radio operator mash up to test the concept, before it goes into the refinement stage, if ever. HiHi But Collin started removing a heap of parts from his bag and started assembling the antenna. The difference being all structural parts were either 3D printed or fibreglass rod.
The centre of each dipole had a 3D printed enclosure. The feed hole into the enclosure allowed a ferrite core to be inserted followed by a 3D printed coupling ring reducer that accepted the hollow fiberglass support rod. The coaxial cable would then pass through the centre of all these parts. The rods from the four dipoles are then connected to a 3D printed central hub and mounting adaptor.
In less than a week he had designed his own dipole centre enclosures, the main hub enclosure and adapters as well as converting the design for 3D printing and printing all the parts. Evidently the main hub enclosure took about ten hours to print. Just for good measure Collin also designed and printed a pole mount assembly where the feeder coaxial cable and connector would fit up the centre allowing it to mount directly on top of a hollow pole and attach to the main hub.
I think thatâ€Ös a pretty amazing achievement, especially considering the time frame. To do it justice check out the pictures on the NTARC Web site. Hopefully next time we see this project the dipoles will all be coaxial cabled back to the main hub feed connector and it will be ready for testing.
I wouldnâ€Öt be surprised if you can see it on the NTARC table at Miena this year, probably along with many other examples of Collinâ€Ös handiwork.
As always pictures will be available on the NTARC Web site under “Blogs” for this broadcast. NTARC Blogs
https://www.ntarc.net/blogs
UPCOMING EVENTS
On Air Test and Technical Net session - Every Wednesday, Test-Net and CW course on 3.580 MHz from 7 pm, then a Technical Net on 3.567 MHz from 7.30 pm till 8.30 pm. Your host for the evening is Nic VK7WW.
Club Room Technical night - The next session will be this Wednesday the 29th of October 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.
Finally – If you have any items of news please email them to the Secretary at the following address news(at)ntarc.net all items to be received no later than 5 pm on the Friday prior to the Broadcast.
Thatâ€Ös all folks,
73 from Stefan, VK7ZSB, Secretary NTARC Inc.
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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH
Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania
https://www.reast.asn.au/
https://www.facebook.com/reasttas/
https://www.youtube.com/reasthobart/
Tassie Ham-E-Con 2026
We have commenced the planning for the November 2026 Tassie Ham-E-Con conference and are looking for motivated, positive and future focused individuals who are interested in helping us form up the main theme and possible presentations program for our November 2026 event.
If you think you fit the bill then email vk7tw(at)wia.org.au and we will be in touch.
73, Tassie Ham-E-Con Organisers.
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Microwave News
10 Years of the 23cm QSO Party
https://www.reast.asn.au/event/10-years-of-the-23cm-qso-party/
Nearly ten years ago, a few Hobart stations started dusting off rigs and pointing quirky 23cm homebrew antennas toward Mt Wellington, just to see what might happen. At a REAST BBQ, between sausages and signal reports, someone tossed out a simple idea: run a 23 cm QSO party straight after the Sunday broadcast. Use it to test coverage, compare notes, and nudge everyone to lift their game on antennas and systems. Challenge accepted!
On Sunday 6 December 2015, Murray, VK7ZMS, hauled gear up to kunanyi/Mt Wellington and took the helm as the first control station. FM on 1294.0 MHz, generally horizontal polarisation, and plenty of curiosity. Three days later at the DATV night on 9 December, the debrief was clear: it worked, it was fun, and it deserved to keep going. The plan formed: aim beams at the mountain each Sunday and make it a habit. Stations with 23 cm gear dragged it out of cupboards, warmed it up, and joined the net.
That inaugural report reads like a roll-call of early adopters: VK7ZMS, VK7MO, VK7BEN, VK7KAJ, VK7ZL, VK7OO, with a surprise cameo from the north, VK7JG. RX-only at first were VK7TW and VK7HRS. By the very next week there were nine stations up, plus a new voice, Danny VK7HDM. The only hiccup? Our control op, Murray, was off on essential duties: his daughterâ€Ös birthday took priority. Quite right too.
Fast-forward to today and the little post-broadcast experiment has grown into a community. We now count well over fifty 23 cm capable operators in the South alone, with many more across the North and Northwest. The net has mapped paths, sparked builds, and quietly raised the bar for whatâ€Ös possible on 23cm in VK7.
Which brings us to a milestone.
On 6 December 2025 the 23 cm QSO party turns ten. To keep the tradition of a Sunday net, the celebration will be on Sunday 7 December 2025. Mark your diaries, charge the batteries, check the feedlines, and swing those beams toward Mt Wellington.
Ten years of voices on a centimetre band that wasnâ€Öt supposed to be “everyday” here. Turns out it is. Hereâ€Ös to the next decade on 23cm.
Written originally by Rex VK7MO and adapted by Arthur Inglis and sourced to the REAST Website
https://www.reast.asn.au/event/10-years-of-the-23cm-qso-party/
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Wednesday Experimenterâ€Ös Group (WEGs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHXU91BddtE
Last Wednesday night we had a diverse range of subjects starting the a little Pico Balloon that was launched by the Eden Radio Club in New Zealand in August. Callsign: ZS1ERZ and it has been 61 days aloft using the 10M band and 20mW and is solar powered. Thanks to Andre VK7ZAB for pointing us at this wonderful pico balloon.
Launch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oswIUXJywoE
WSPRNET - https://www.wsprnet.org/drupal/wsprnet/map
Sondehub - https://amateur.sondehub.org/#!mt=Mapnik&mz=8&qm=12h&mc=-41.22917,149.95833&f=ZS1ERZ-12
We then moved to the latest Crowd Sourcing News and the KrakenRF Discovery Drive:
https://www.crowdsupply.com/krakenrf/discovery-drive#
Thanks to Andrew Elewell for pointing us at a scary paper about many Satellite IP links being open and unencrypted.
https://satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/dontlookup_ccs25_fullpaper.pdf
The paper “Donâ€Öt Look Up: There Are Sensitive Internal Links in the Clear on GEO Satellites” exposes alarming vulnerabilities in geostationary (GEO) satellite communications.
We then moved to some experimentation with the capacitive hat replacement on a 160m short vertical.
The latest AR Magazine features VK7 throughout it and we ran through the pages.
Finishing of with some electromechanical wonderment with a demo of a uniselector - finally we had a Space Weather Report, Training and Assessment update and finished with Future Events.
PLEASE NOTE: This Wednesday night it will be a social gathering only with no DATV broadcast from the studio.
On a Wednesday night people start arriving at the night around 6pm and many bring their dinner to enjoy. There is always much discussion, experimenting, playing, talking, drinking coffee and tea, serious cunning plan development and general amateur radio shenanigans and world problem solving in the clubrooms as well!!
73, Justin, VK7TW
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November Presentation Night
Perspectives on Australian Broadcast Radio
https://www.reast.asn.au/event/perspectives-on-australian-radio/
Phil Tyson from the Sound Preservation Association of Tasmania (SPAT) (https://www.soundpreservation.org.au) will be giving us a visual and audio presentation on the history of commercial broadcast radio.
This presentation was originally put together for the ALARA Meet back in November 2023 and was a fantastic insight into early commercial broadcast radio with a focus on the women involved.
There were so many great comments about the presentation that we have managed to get Phil back to give us an updated presentation.
Please note this presentation will be only presented in the Queenâ€Ös Domain Clubrooms and will not be streamed or recorded.
https://www.reast.asn.au/event/perspectives-on-australian-radio/
See you there.
REAST Committee
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November Forum Night
Forum Night – EMR Quiz Night
https://www.reast.asn.au/event/forum-night-emr-quiz-night/
Following the hit September session with Phil VK2ASD and Justin VK7TW on how to assess Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) safety from your transmitting antennasâ€öitâ€Ös time to put your knowledge to the test!
Think you know your exclusion zones from your field strengths?
Can you decode duty cycles faster than FT8?
Time to break into teams, battle it out over buzz-worthy EMR quiz questions, and win some great prizes!
Whether you were at the September session or not, this is your chance to learn, laugh, and level-up your RF safety smarts in a fun and interactive night.
Quiz. Learn. Win.
Wednesday 12th November 2025 from 7:30pm in the Queenâ€Ös Domain Clubrooms.
See you thereâ€öon site or online!
https://www.reast.asn.au/event/forum-night-emr-quiz-night/
REAST Committee
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December Event
REAST End-of-Year Sausage Sizzle / BBQ
https://www.reast.asn.au/event/reast-end-of-year-bbq/
Itâ€Ös time to fire up our brand spanking new BBQ and celebrate another huge year for REAST!
Join us at the Queens Domain Clubrooms for a relaxed lunch and evening of food, laughter, and radio-infused storytelling as we wrap up 2025 in true REAST style.
There are two sessions to suit everyone:
WAGs (Wednesday Afternoon Group) – from 12 noon for lunch and early banter.
WEGs (Wednesday Evening Group) – from 6 pm for the twilight feast and tall tales.
Come along, grab a snag, and relive a year packed with projects, presentations, propagation, and plenty of good company.
Bring your appetite, your sense of humour, and maybe a story or two from the shack!
When - Wednesday 3 December 2025
See you there.
https://www.reast.asn.au/event/reast-end-of-year-bbq/
REAST Committee
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REAST Training and Assessment Update
https://www.reast.asn.au/information/amateur-licence-assessments/
Are you looking to join the world of amateur radio or upgrade your license? REAST has you covered with regular Training and Assessment Days for all license levels!
Key Dates:
Foundation Training and Assessment Days: Held every two months with the next one on 25th October 2025.
Standard, Advanced, and Regulations Assessments: Held on alternate months, next is on 29th November 2025.
We have added the 2026 Training and Assessment days so stay updated with the full schedule on the REAST Events Page.
https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/upcoming-events/
Do you need to secure your spot or ask a question - email: reast.assessor(at)gmail.com and your inquiry will go directly to the Learning Organiser, who be in contact.
If you are coming along to next weekâ€Ös Assessment day and you havenâ€Öt let Reg know then please do ASAP as we have to get together the assessment packs.
We have learning resources available including our Foundation Licence Training Videos that are a must-watch for beginners. Find them on the REAST YouTube Training and Assessment Playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsnsP_zjw831mdC6sY4XqavRUY-53ZWUn
Practice Makes Perfect so, prepare with the WIA Foundation Trial Exams and the link can be found on the email edition of the broadcast.
https://www.wia.org.au/licenses/foundation/onlineexams/foundation.php
Whether you're starting your journey or leveling up, REAST is here to guide you every step of the way.
73, Reg, VK7KK
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Technology News
Microwave weapon downs 49 drones with a single blast
In a demonstration not so much of marksmanship but more of the advantages of microwaves, an Epirus Leonidas directed energy, high-power microwave (HPM) anti-drone weapon has knocked 49 Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAV) out of the air with one shot.
Two things that make drones particularly concerning is that they're small enough to appear from unexpected corners of the sky and they're cheap enough that they can be deployed in huge numbers. In fact, they are so cheap that they pose not only a military threat, but a serious hazard to civilian aviation from individuals who are irresponsible, mischievous, or just oblivious.
This is the reason there are so many different types of anti-drone weapons. Each has their advantages and disadvantages, with none providing a one-size-fits-all panacea. Instead, each needs to be fitted to a particular scenario or deployed as part of a layered defense strategy.
One countermeasure is the use of microwave weapons like Leonidas. Named after the Spartan king who held off a Persian invasion with a vastly inferior force at the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas is one of a family of weapons based on using long-pulse microwave beams to burn out the electronics of small drones.
The idea isn't new, but Epirus has improved on previous iterations by using Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductors to generate microwaves instead of fragile, power-hungry magnetron vacuum tubes. This allows for smaller, more durable, and more mobile systems that use less power. In addition, Leonidas is software driven and can tailor its waveform for optimum effect, it is safe to use around humans who may be in the field of fire, and the present system has twice the range of the 2022 version.
But the core feature is its "one-to-many" capability that gives it operational flexibility to handle a variety of scenarios. For example, it can strike against targets with precision to take out hostile drones while avoiding collateral damage, be programmed to set up no-fly zones with safety corridors to take out hostiles while allowing friendlies to pass, sustain continuous fire without overheating, and take down swarms in one go.
On August 26, 2025, in front of an invitation-only audience at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Leonidas took part in a live fire exercise in which it disabled 61 drones with 100% success. This included knocking out two groups of three drones approaching without warning from opposite directions, targeting one of two drones selected by an audience member before disabling the second one, and intercepting and dropping a single drone into a predetermined safe zone.
Then came the party piece, it took on over four dozen drones at once, dropping them out of the sky simultaneously with a single pulse. That may not seem like much in words, but a video provided by the company had the lot suddenly crashing like someone had cut their strings.
"This is a watershed moment for Epirus," said Andy Lowery, Epirus CEO. "We believe showcasing our weaponized electromagnetic interference is the most effective way to communicate that Leonidas is the only mission-capable, counter-swarm solution for the one-to-many fight.Those who joined us witnessed this first-hand as 61 drones went up – and 61 went down."
https://newatlas.com/military/microwave-beam-anti-drone-weapon
Written by David Szondy in Atlas Web E-zine
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Regular VK7 gatherings and events over the coming months:
VK7 Regular gatherings:
Sewing Circle Net – Daily on 3.640MHz commences at 6:30pm AEST.
Statewide SSTV Net - held every Thursday night via the North/South Link on VK7RAF/VK7RJG from 7:30pm. In the North and North West - VK7RJG on 438.55 -7MHz and in the South - VK7RAF (146.650 -600kHz) CTCSS tone 141.3Hz to link RAF North-South. Plus VK7AX International SSTV Gateway connected to VK7RJG for the duration of the net.
State-wide – MICROWAVE QSO Party – following the Sunday broadcast call-back on 1296.15 MHz FM. One group in the greater Hobart area and another in the greater Launceston area.
Then North-south digital contacts on 1296.2MHz using Q65-60B.
Stations in the Launceston area transmitting on the odd minute. Southern stations on the even minute.
REAST - WAGs - Wednesday Afternoon Group from 12 noon in the REAST Clubrooms Queenâ€Ös Domain.
REAST - WEGs - Wednesday Experimenterâ€Ös Group on the third, fourth & fifth Wednesday nights of the month from around 6pm in the REAST Clubrooms Queenâ€Ös Domain and streamed.
REAST - 6m AM Net on 53.1MHz Everyday from 4:30pm
SOTA/WWFF Group – Meeting Mondays and Fridays 10.30-12.00 midday at Glebe Gardens Cafe, Henry St, Launceston.
NTARC 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.
NTARC Technical night session - Wednesday 29th October from 6.30 pm at the Club Room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
NTARC Coffee Mornings are held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Time is from 10am to noon in the Rocherlea Clubrooms.
NW VK7 – Wednesday from 8:00pm local – NW Tassie Amateur Repeater Group Net on 2M VK7RMD and Allstar Node 56780
NW VK7 - Thursday commencing at 8:30pm local - N.W. Tassie 2m DX Net 144.190 USB
VK7 Events:
REAST - 5th November - Perspectives on Australian Radio with Phil Tyson from SPAT - 7:30pm QD Clubrooms live only
REAST - 12th November - EMR Safety Quiz - Forum Night from 7:30pm in QD Clubrooms and Streamed.
VK7 - 15th November - Miena Hamfest - Community Hall Miena from 10am
WICEN - 15/16 November - Scout Clark Trophy Event - Oatlands
REAST - 3rd December - End of Year BBQ from Noon for the WAGs and from 6pm for the WEGs in the Queens Domain Clubrooms - Not Streamed!
REAST - 7 December - 23CM QSO Party - 10 Year Birthday - on air from 10am.
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weekâ€Ös broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7FRN
Repeaters: REAST, NTARC and in the NW thanks to NWTARC, WCRG, NWCRRA, VK7AX, VK7JH and VK7DC
160m: VK7TW
80m: VK7ALH
40m: VK7JGD
20m: VK7DG
10m: VK7VKT
UHFCB24: VK7FMAC
HFCB24: VK7SME
DMR: Talk Group 5 and D-Star Reflector 91C - Digital Group
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A big thank you to everyone who contributed to and supported this weekâ€Ös broadcast of the VK7 Amateur Radio News.
Thatâ€Ös it for this week! If you missed the live transmission, remember you can always catch the rebroadcast Tuesday at 8:00pm on VK7RAA in the North, VK7RHT, and UHFCB24/HFCB24 in the South.
Got news, stories, or updates to share? Weâ€Öd love to hear from you! Send them to vk7arnews(at)gmail.com by Friday 9pm. You can also join the conversation on our VK7 Amateur Radio News Groups.io page.
groups.io/g/vk7arnews
Stay tuned now for callbacks on this frequency, with each relay station using their own callsign.
On behalf of the VK7 News Team, this is Justin, VK7TW, wishing you 73, good DX, and a great week ahead!
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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