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VK7 Amateur Radio News 29Mar26
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VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS
SUNDAY 29th March 2026
Welcome to the VK7 Amateur Radio News for the 29th day of March 2026, 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 – Graham, VK7GS
3.670 MHz – Ross, VK7ALH
7.140 MHz – Garry, VK7JGD
14.130 MHz – Dale, VK7DG
28.525 MHz – Tony, VK7VKT
And locally in Hobart on UHF CB Ch.24 and HF CB Ch.24 (11m) with Mark VK7FMAC.
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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Contest News
John Moyle Memorial Field Day
Midnight on Saturday 4th April is the deadline for submitting your JMMFD logs through the vklogchecker dot com website.
https://www.vklogchecker.com/
Please note that only Cabrillo Ver 3 logs or the new Excel Cabrillo spreadsheet format is allowed and you can upload or copy and paste the Cabrillo Ver3 log.
If you cannot do the above then you can send a spreadsheet or Cabrillo log to the manager but this is not the preferred method.
https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/johnmoyle/
Lance VK7TO has come up with a great log checker web app at the URL on the email version of the broadcast. Thanks Lance.
https://conryclan.com/projects/art/
73, Richard, VK7ZBX
[Ed] if you use the Cabrillo exporter in N1MM it pays to check the exported file - I found some issues that needed correction with the signal reports - last two columns.
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Tassie Statewide Events
Meet the Voice
TODAY - Meet the Voice, Sunday 29th March 2026 commencing at 11am in Ross
The Meet the Voice trophy will be awarded.
Car boot sale, bring any items you want to sell
Itâ€Ös a BYO everything event, bring your barby, your food and drinks and socialise, meet the voices you talk to on the radio.
Any queries contact Al, VK7AN on 0417 354 410.
73, Al, VK7AN
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Statewide SSTV Nights
A quiet net night that saw the following participants, VK7s – AX, ZGK, ZAB, OO and ZCF, all sharing over thirty photos.
The main themes were:
Tasmanian trains and the Newtown railway crossing
A Commodore 64 computer technical manual from 1982
The first computer was owned by Adam & Eve and had 1 byte of memory
The 2026 Devonport Motor Show with Vintage and compact cars
Motorcycles - including one with a straight 6 engine
3 wheel motorcycles and a scooter with a sidecar
And other highlights were:
A POTA setup
An Australian invented Simplex Auto Telegraphic sender model 9. This photo had the call-sign shown in Morse code
Having a bad day
Error 404 for no motivation found
Not worrying about the rest of the week after Tuesday
How to lift a heavy item
And 73 from a pair of sleeping cats
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.
Note - Ken VK7KRJâ€Ös and Steve VK7OOâ€Ös fully automatic 24/7 monitoring sites that allows anyone testing, to send a picture and the ability to check their transmission on these 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 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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WWFF, SOTA, POTA and IOTA Weekly Wrap Up
VK7 operators have been out and about over the past week, with a strong showing right across the state, and even beyond.
Itâ€Ös official, Nic, VK7WW, has well and truly caught the parks bug. Heading out for his second activation, Nic set up at Bradys Lookout, an iconic site once used as a hideout by bushranger Mathew Brady in the early 1800s. From this historic location, Nic logged 12 contacts, working 7 on CW and 5 on SSB.
Jim, VK7JZ, ticked off two more activations from his bucket list. His first was Platform Peak, located between Gretna and Magra and easily recognised by its large, distinctive cairn at the summit. Operating on both 40m and 20m using CW and SSB, Jim made 21 contacts. The following day, Jim activated Tim Shea summit, near Maydena, where he added a further 6 contacts on 40m SSB.
Al, VK7AN, and Peter, VK7ZPE, were also active, racking up a solid number of contacts during their activation of Skemps Myrtle Bank Forest Reserve near Targa.
Meanwhile, Phill, VK7ID, has been putting in an impressive effort across VK3, activating 15 summits over the past week and amassing a total of 215 contacts. Phil has been documenting his activations on his online blog, well worth a read. A quick search of his callsign on google will point you in the right direction.
Itâ€Ös great to see VK7 operators continuing to get out, stay active, and make the most of the bands.
73, Matt, VK7MAT
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QSL News
Inwards QSL Bureau Information
The current updated list of QSL Cards held by the VK7 Inwards Bureau as at 27 March 2026 is in the email version of the Broadcast.
Do you see your callsign in the list below? If you have moved QTH after the 2019 Callbook was published would you please let Herman know so He can send out QSL cards to your new QTh unless you have already made other arrangements to obtain your cards.
Email to westyh(at)ozemail.com.au
73 Herman VK7HW
Manager WIA VK7 Inwards QSL Bureau
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Sorted Cards held at 27 March 2026 ( Any errors in the listing are mine, I sometimes miss culling a call sign)
AA, AAA, AAC, AAD, AAE, AAH, AAP, AAR, AB, ACE, ACG, ACN, AD, ADE, AED, AG(2014, 2016), AGC, AIJ, AIR, AJC, AKK, ALZ, ANC, AO, APK, APZ, AQ, AS, ATH, AXZ, AY
BA, BB, BPV, BT, BU, BYE
CA, CBK, CBR, CH/T, CJ, CK, CL, CMV, CTV, CV, CW, CWB, CX
DAN, DBX, DHT, DI, DM, DN, DO, DQ, DT, DV, DZ
EG, EI, ER
FA, FAA, FADZ, FALX (alx), FAZZ, FCIA, FG, FGGT, FKLW, FLAR, FMI, FPRN, FRJG, FTAS, FTR
G, GA, GC, GEL, GGZ, GK, GL, GOP, GR, GU, GZ
HCH, HDE, HDX, HL, HOB, HRS, HSA, HSD, HSE, HSJ, HSO, HZ
IAN, IK, IR, IS
JA, JAB, JAZ, JCR, JOK, JP, JS, JW, JX
KAC, KAM, KBA, KD, KDO, KE, KJ, KKR, KL, KRJ
LA, LDH, LJ, LL, LLL, LM, LT, LVH
M, MA, MAG, MBD, MC, MEL, MET, MHZ, MI, MJ, MK, MS, MV
NB, NC, ND, NEC, NFI, NG, NIK, NJB, NMH, NRF, NRT, NRX, NSE, NSS, NTE, NVH
OB, OO, OW
PAF, PBD, PDJ, PKJ, POL, PRN, PS, PSH, PSJ, PSZ, PW
QK
RA, RB, RG, RW, RY
SD, SG(vi7SG), SIX, SN, SV, SW, SZ
T, TA, TCE, TED, TK, TM, TO, TS, TUX, TX
UJ
VA, VAC, VAO, VAZ qa, VDC, VEK, VH, VM, VR, VTM
WA, WC, WL, WO, WUU, W (VJ7W), WZ
XTC, XV, XY
Y, YN
ZA, ZJJ, ZK, ZT
Cards in the box at REAST 0n 18/3 - AZ, BEN, HVK, ID, MAT, MRS, STO, WN, ZMS
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST
North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club
Bi Monthly Meeting
The next club meeting will be commencing at 1.30pm on Saturday 11th April 2026, at our usual venue, the Scout Hall, 73 Alexandra Road, Ulverstone. afternoon tea will also be held.
Members are encouraged to bring items for show & tell, and club rooms are open till 6pm for members to socialise.
Brenton VK7HP is planning to show his HF Linear amplifier and associated power supply he built back in the late Seventies/ Early Eighties when he was an apprentice.
A small plate of afternoon tea would be appreciated, we have Tea, Coffee etc available for members and guests. Visitors are most welcome to attend.
If you have any cold or flu symptoms , or are unwell , or been in contact with a confirmed COVID case, then please do not attend the meeting.
73, Eric VK7EV, News Officer
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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
Last Technical Night Colin VK7ZCF, brought in a pair of aluminium “extra hands”, not the alligator clip jaw type, these ones are individual and have single spring clamp jaws, mounted on a 50 mm pole with a very strong magnetic base. Ideal for holding small objects or wires together while soldering or even gluing items. They are very versatile as your work area is only limited by the size of the magnetic sheet you provide for them to attach to. Surprisingly well engineered considering the price and online shop of origin. HiHi
Ross VK7ALH gave a short presentation and talked us through a failure of a commercially manufactured power stage printed circuit board that had been tropicalised. Tropicalisation is the process that protects printed circuit boards from moisture, corrosion, fungus and contamination, ensuring reliable operation in hot, humid, or harsh environmental conditions.
Imagine a substantial PCB about 300 mm in size. A bank of high power MOSFETS and a hefty finned aluminium heatsink. The MOSFETs are mounted vertically on the printed circuit board and bolted to the side of the heatsink. The heatsink is mounted on plate through 3 mm stand offs. All the board components including these devices were coated with that funny white Silicone / Acrylic conformal coating that protects them. So maybe the one MOSFET that had disgorged its inner contents into the atmosphere had suffered from a catastrophic overload, as its leads were still clearly covered with the protective coating?
On removal of the heatsink, which pulled off the board far too easily, it became quite obvious what the problem was. During manufacture they had not directed any sealant under the heatsink before it was mounted. All the MOSFET leads were completely unprotected from the rear and yes there was a reasonable build-up of particles and muck behind the exposed legs which had arced over and destroyed the device. An easy fix for Ross, should he desire, but an excellent example of a production line failing to fully implement a concept and a lack of quality control on an item destined for a harsh environment. Thanks Ross.
For Technical Night this week, we will be delving into the not so different world of programming MeshCore, the process is all most identical to all those units that we have programmed during last year, except they were Meshtastic. Same hardware but different software. Over the last year the MeshCore software or probably the human interface has come ahead leaps and bounds and is pretty decent to work with now. This has probably come about by the massive application interface rewrite by Liam Cottle ZL2DEV, from New Zealand. We will programme a few Clients mostly on Heltec V3 boards and demonstrate messaging and routing through routers to local Clients around Launceston.
If there is time after the MeshCore demonstration we will demonstrate the clubâ€Ös trial repeater billing system concept. The idea was to apportion repeater airtime to the originator of each QSO.
DMR was certainly the easier platform as it only required “sniffing” of the registered users ID and amateur call-sign from the Ethernet data stream. This allows airtime to be logged and totalled for possible billing.
The 2Metre RAA FM repeater proved far more challenging. The initial trial usage of Artificial Intelligence voice recognition to extract callsigns from the audio stream required way too much data bandwidth, was easily confused and was far to “clunky” in operation.
However due to the new light weight stand-alone version of Dragon “Speech to Text” software for Linux, and as its ability to happily run on a Raspberry Pi, this opened a new path for trialling. Dragon can be configured to capture call‑signs at the start of each carrier‑keyed transmission. Since the second call‑sign is the originator, this gives us enough information to “ball‑park” log airtime for billing, just as with DMR.
Trials show the concept works well for both DMR and FM, provided the signal‑to‑noise ratio is reasonable. Missed calls in noisy conditions should be minimal and will probably be ignored for billing purposes.
The real bonus came with the inclusion of the Goertzel Algorithm software, yes the one used for Morse code decoding, it has given us the added ability to use FFT or Fast Furrier Transform mathematics to analyse the CTCSS tone purity. Once the 123 Hz access tone is fully implemented on RAA repeater, the system will generate a unique “tone‑signature” for every transmission. Linked with Dragonâ€Ös call‑sign capture-to-text, this allows the matching of each individual radio signature to an operator callsign. This provides another layer of validation for accurate invoicing. How cool is that!
This system should provide a healthy supplement to donations received for the VK7RAA upgrade fund.
See you at the next Technical Night this Wednesday…. which, if youâ€Öve forgotten, falls on April 1st.
As usual 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 night, 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 1st April and will commence at the usual time of 6.30 pm at the Club Room Archer Street, Rocherlea.
No Coffee Morning - next Friday 3rd April as it is Easter Good Friday public holiday.
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/
April Forum Night - Club Members AR 3D Printing
April is 3D Printing and Amateur Radio Month at REAST.
Weâ€Öre flipping the usual order and swapping Presentation and Forum nights so members can actually show off their creations. Yes, this is your cue - this Wednesday night. Bring the brackets. Bring the enclosures. Bring the antenna mounts that only just survived the last SOTA activation. Bring the clever shack fix that solved a problem nobody else noticed but you absolutely could not ignore or live without!
And before you start getting suspicious, no, this is not an April Foolâ€Ös prank. We genuinely want to see your Amateur Radio-related 3D printing projects. From humble lumps of filament to beautifully engineered pieces of RF-adjacent brilliance, take us on the journey. Show us the experiments, the failures, the “Iâ€Öll just tweak the Z-offset one more time” moments, and the final masterpiece that somehow works better than it has any right to.
Wednesday 1st April 2026, from 7:30pm - in the clubrooms and streamed.
https://www.reast.asn.au/event/reast-forum-night-members-3d-printing-adventures/
See you there
REAST Committee
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April Presentation Night - Spectacular 3D Printing
Praj VK4MPB/7MPB has been building 3D printers since 2011, back when you didnâ€Öt “print a file,” you nervously injected raw G-code into what was essentially a heated toaster that had ambitions of becoming a Replicator. Slicers were cryptic and confrontational bits of software, firmware updates required emotional resilience, and bed levelling was practically a sacred ritual involving tiny hex keys, deep breathing, and intense philosophical debates about 0.2 millimetres of Z-offset. A good first layer wasnâ€Öt expected, it was negotiated – sometimes aggressively.
My printers still live in the garage, where theyâ€Öve evolved from temperamental science experiments that occasionally produced abstract art – or spectacular nests of plastic spaghetti – into surprisingly competent little manufacturing units. While I was chasing the mythical perfect first layer (and cleaning lumps of molten filament off nozzles), additive manufacturing quietly matured. The same core principles behind those early DIY machines now produce surgical implants with bone-growth lattices, aerospace components with internal cooling channels that canâ€Öt be machined, advanced engineering parts and some spectacular art – all in a mind boggling array of materials.
And yes, it turns out the same technology responsible for heroic prints and catastrophic spaghetti is also brilliant for us radio amateurs. From portable HF and SOTA/POTA gear, to clever shack fixes, to RF experiments that genuinely move a NanoVNA trace in ways that only makes me more curious, 3D printing has become a real engineering tool.
Praj will be sharing some of the practical, creative and genuinely cool things you can do with it today – in everyday life, in serious engineering, and in amateur radio – along with a few demonstrations to prove itâ€Ös not just enthusiasm for melting plastic.
Expect nostalgia, curiosity, a bit of garage-born instability… and the unshakeable belief that if I just level the print bed one more time, this time itâ€Öll absolutely be perfect. Truth!
When: 8th April 2026 from 7:30pm in the clubroom and streamed
https://www.reast.asn.au/event/reast-presentation-spectacular-3d-printing/
See you there
REAST Committee
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Wednesday Experimenterâ€Ös Group (WEGs)
https://www.youtube.com/live/gEGFRjL_MZ0?si=QCiPaBWZ_ibRLKec
Last Wednesday saw an eclectic mix of items and stories - we started with a look at the John Moyle Memorial Field Day with Richard VK7ZBX & Murray VK7ZMS. The general feeling is that rules change may make the contest less attractive to participants especially in the VHF and above contesters.
We then moved to show some APRS over LORA - Heltec Trackers on the 433 MHz band that Hayden VK7HH is experimenting with. The LORA protocol has some real advantages over traditional APRS. We showed off some new Meshcore hand-held devices in the Thinknode M1 from Elecrow and the WIO Track L1 Pro from the IOT Store.
The Audience then got a sneak peak of the next AR Magazine cover and ACMA Assist portal article that features in that magazine.
We asked the question - “did you work Bouvet Island” and the general feeling was we were at a bit of a disadvantage in Tassie - however some VK7â€Ös did work them and Online Viewer Andy from the UK worked them on three bands! We discussed some other DXPeditions that locals have worked recently.
We finished off with a space weather report and future events.
We go into recess for three weeks so, see you back into the studio on 15th April.
https://www.youtube.com/live/gEGFRjL_MZ0?si=QCiPaBWZ_ibRLKec
73, Justin, VK7TW
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May Presentation
Tecnorama and Tour
What is Tecnorama I hear you ask?
https://technorama.org.au/
The vision for Technorama is that it becomes the focal point which brings technologists together, and supports their efforts. The objects for Technorama:
To further the education and development of technologists within community broadcasting, and to provide opportunities for interaction
To conduct conferences, seminars and events in support of these aims and
To engage in any other activities, real or virtual, in support of these aims
What does this have to do with amateur radio? Iâ€Öm glad you asked! The skill set of technologists in the Community Radio Sector is a mix of IT and RF engineering. Guess what it matches the skill set of amateur radio operators really well.
We are gathering for the night at the Howrah Community Centre for a short presentation on Tecnorama by John Maizels VK4APM via zoom then we will be taken on a guided tour through the brand spanking new Hobart FM radio community radio station by Community Radio Engineering Guru - Jim Parish.
This should be a fascinating night showcasing Community Radio technology and support.
Wednesday the 6th May at the Howrah Community Centre at 11 Howrah Rd, Howrah and park in the Southern Carpark - closest the river from 7pm. There is nothing at the Queens Domain clubrooms that night.
See you there for a fascinating night.
https://www.reast.asn.au/event/tecnorama-and-tour/
73, 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 is next Saturday the 21st April 2026.
Standard, Advanced, and Regulations Assessments: Held on alternate months, next is on 30th May 2026.
Check out 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.
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
How did TVs Become So Cheap!
TVs didnâ€Öt just get cheaper, they got absurdly cheaper. The article points out that prices have fallen by over 90% per unit of “screen quality” (size Ă— resolution), meaning youâ€Öre now paying a fraction of what people paid in the early 2000s for something vastly better . The core story is the rise of LCD technology: what started as a niche, expensive display type became the global standard, going from about 5% of the market in 2004 to over 95% by 2018. Once that transition happened, TVs stopped being exotic electronics and became just another mass-produced commodity.
The real driver, though, is brutal industrial efficiency. Manufacturers figured out how to produce panels at scale using giant “mother glass” sheets, automated factories, and highly optimized supply chains. Thatâ€Ös industrialisation on steroids, not some cute incremental improvement. Costs dropped further as components were standardized, designs simplified, and production shifted to regions with massive manufacturing capacity. Essentially, every trick in the “make stuff cheaper” playbook got applied at once, which is why TVs stand out compared to things like healthcare or housing that stubbornly refuse to cooperate.
Finally, the market itself pushed prices into the floor. Intense competition between global brands forced margins down, while newer business models made TVs less about profit upfront and more about what comes after. Smart TVs now generate revenue through ads, data collection, and platform ecosystems, meaning manufacturers can afford to sell the hardware cheaply and make money later . So the punchline is this: TVs didnâ€Öt get cheap because companies felt generous. They got cheap because technology matured, factories became ruthlessly efficient, and the business model quietly shifted to making money off you after you plug the thing in!
https://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-did-tvs-get-so-cheap
Sourced from the interwebs and summarised by Arthur Inglis.
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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 - 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 1st April 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:
VK7 - 28 March - Meet the Voice BBQ from 11am in Ross
REAST - 1 April - AR 3D Printing Forum night - Queens Domain Clubrooms and streamed from 7:30pm.
REAST - 8 April - Spectacular 3D Printing Preso with Praj VK7MPB - Queens Domain Clubrooms and streamed from 7:30pm.
NWTARC - 11 April - Club Meeting from 1.30pm at Scout Hall, 73 Alexandra Road, Ulverstone
WW - 18 April - IARU - World Amateur Radio Day
REAST - 6 May - Tecnorama Presentation and Tour of HobartFM Community Radio Station - Howrah Community Centre
VK - 7-8 Nov - Tassie Ham-E-Con Amateur Radio Conference - UTAS Sandy Bay
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A reminder to those people rostered for next weekâ€Ös broadcast:
Newsreader: VK7ZIR
Repeaters: REAST, NTARC and in the NW thanks to NWTARC, WCRG, NWCRRA, VK7AX, VK7JH and VK7DC
160m: VK7GS
80m: VKDG
40m: VK7ALH
20m: VK7TW
10m: VK7JGD
UHFCB24 & HFCB24: VK7FMAC
DMR: Talk Group 5 and D-Star Reflector 91C - Digital Group
2026 Roster -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iTod4MGlJRjXxi2vuDrHngoytZebSMph/view?usp=drive_link
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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 good DX, and a great week ahead!
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(Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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