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VK7AX > BCAST 25.10.25 04:30z 588 Lines 31633 Bytes #200 (0) @ WW BID : 5573_VK7AX Subj: VK7 Amateur Radio News 26Oct25 Path: ED1ZAC<ED1ZAC<LU4ECL<VK4OT<VK7AX Sent: 251025/0410Z 5573@VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.AUNZ LinBPQ6.0.24 VK7 Amateur Radio News 26Oct25 Text edition: VK7 AMATEUR RADIO NEWS SUNDAY 26th OCTOBER 2025 Welcome to 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 Fran, VK7FRN, 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 â€“ Justin VK7TW 3.670 MHz â€“ Ross, VK7ALH 7.140 MHz â€“ Dale, VK7JGD 14.130 MHz â€“ Dale, VK7DG 28.525 MHz â€“ 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! -------------------------------- 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 as 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€ö and 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 -------------------------------- WWFF, SOTA, POTA and IOTA Weekly Wrap-Up The Autumn Support Your Parks Weekend was well supported across VK, with many operators heading out to activate parks. Matt, VK7MAT, travelled to the North East for an afternoon five-park rove, operating with an IC-705 paired with the Mad Dog Coils Mutt End Fed Half-Wave antenna. Band conditions were challenging, but Matt managed to make enough contacts to successfully qualify all five parks, covering a round trip of 396 kilometres. During the week, Rodney, VK7HAM, Peter, VK7ZPE, and Al, VK7AN, headed to the Brown Mountain Conservation Area, where they operated on 40 metres. This was not their first visit to the site, having activated the location on two previous occasions. This weekend marks the 2025 VKFF National Get-Together in Canberra, with operators from across VK making the journey to VK1. There has already been a noticeable increase in park activations, as many operators are choosing to activate parks along their route to the event. The weekend also features several planned activations, so keep an ear outâ€öyou might be lucky enough to pick up a few hunter contacts. 73, Matt, VK7MAT -------------------------------- Statewide SSTV Nights A quiet net night that saw the following participants, VK7s â€“ AX, ZAB, TW, EV and ZCF all sharing nearly thirty photos. The main themes were: Animal experiences at the Melbourne Zoo A low profile Omni directional 70MHz antenna on a van using a transmission line design. Made by RFI and called the â€œTransitâ€ and used when you canâ€Öt have a Â¼ wave Separate Left and Right Hand Circular Polarised 70cm Lindenblad antennas Horses at a local communications checkpoint and on parade in the Netherlands Other highlights were: WIA 100 years celebrations The latest edition of â€œThe Shovelâ€ publication with content from the hilarious â€œChaserâ€ crew The â€œshocking declassifiedâ€ photos of Pluto on Fox News A new plague on the earth The truth about painless dentistry The text of my life printed on a mug A marinerâ€Ös poem of a ghost ship And 73 from Whisky drinkers that have 3 glasses a day 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 5:30pm 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/sstvgate3/index.html 73 from Andreâ€Ö VK7ZAB -------------------------------- QSL News Inwards QSL Bureau Information The current list of QSL Cards held by the VK7 Inwards Bureau as at 24 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 Herman your QTH address so he 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 ------------------------------- Sorted Cards held at 24 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, 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, 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, TUX, TX, TZ UT VA, VAC, VAO, VAZ, VDC, VEK, VH, VIP, VM, VR, VTM WA, WC, WL, WN, WO, WUU, W (VJ7W), WX XTC, XV Y, YN ZA, 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 -------------------------------- NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST Northwest Tasmania Amateur Radio Club Inc. Report on Bi Monthly meeting 11th October 25 The Club has been working with the Central Coast Council Council, they have engaged respected economists, Saul Eslake of InEconomics to collate a Dial Range Draft policy. The club were invited as stake holders, as the owners of the lease on the Radio site on Mt Duncan. The Club has interacted with Saul Eslake providing info and data on the benefits to the community of our facility, and the draft policy is now available for community discussion. The Club is investigating a new online accounting system, to replace our current one. The Club received a proposal to install a meshtastic repeater on Mt Duncan, the club declined the offer. Mark had tendered his resignation as Secretary, Eric VK7EV offered take on the role, and was passed. This required Eric VK7EV to resign as Treasurer to take on the Secretary role, and VK7MAR offered to take on the role as treasurer, and was successful. Discussions were held into the unauthorised disconnecting of our RF Link to Mt Arthur from Companion Hill. And the numerous interactions with that person. The club hopes to have VK7RAL installed soon and connected again. The club has been receiving assistance from Scouts, to locate the seven scouts who a few years ago, passed their F Call exams, but never obtained a callsign. So far one Scout has obtained his Callsign and we hope to encourage the other Scouts to proceed with a licence, to assist with JOTA etc. The Club will pay any expenses for those Scouts to obtain their amateur licence. After the October Club meeting we had a great show and tell, from three members. VK7HP Brenton brought along the 2m 5/8 antenna he had made, with some fascinating statistics, as well as the 23cm Dual Quad array antennas he had manufactured from scratch. Kevin brought along a selection of Insulators used in inland Australia for the original phone networks, there was a variety of colourful insulators, unfortunately I forgot to take pictures, as I was intrigued by them. VK7MAR brought along his self-contained HF Go box, with internal batteries, an optional amplifier and antenna. The unit has already been used in a park with fantastic results. A detailed explanation of these items was given by the presenters. Pictures of the show and tell items have been posted on the VK7 Amateur Radio Face Book page. Some of Anne VK7BYLs odds and sods were brought to the meeting for members to acquire. A chat and coffee were a great conclusion to the meeting. 73, Eric, VK7EV News Officer, NWTARC -------------- JOTA 2025 North West Tasmania Amateur Radio Club Inc. This year, club members with assistance from another amateur, on Saturday 18th, manned the JOTA station at the Paton Park Scout camp, near North Motton in NW Tassie. We were very pleased to have found our tower, HF beam and other HF and 2 metre and 70cm antennas intact, after the strong winds lately. Dean VK7DJH was a legend, setting up the two HF stations and ancillary equipment in Radio Room 2, and the 2 metre and 70cm radios and equipment in radio room 1. We also setup a AllStar node and DMR radio for the event. The club supplied handhelds to be used for map reading and other activities, and two morse code send TX/RX units for them to use. The Scouts have their own direction-finding units, to go hunting for the foxes. The day officially started at midday, and we had a delicious lunch supplied by the scouts. We were then active on 20m and 40m, and 2/70cm and DMR and AllStar. The site is very quiet electrically, that you double check you have plugged your antenna in. We had 43 participants go through the radio rooms, some like Ollie a 7-year-old, took to the radio like a duck to water, he would have spent all day in there. NTARC was on the air in Lonnie, so Scouts could converse with others at NTARC, and we had two home stations for when there were no scouts to converse with, they were Graeme VK7KT in Burnie, and Rick VK7HBR in Launceston. HF was the most active all day, and we also had many contacts through the AllStar node, with Joeys and Scouts at Sea Scouts in Freemantle WA. At tea time, the amateurs still on site for the evening session, had a delicious hot cooked meal supplied by Scouts. In the evening only HF was used, with Scouts operating on 40 & 20m in VK3, VK2 and VK4 We pulled the pin around 9:30pm, after we were surprised by a delicious dessert, cooked bananas with marshmallows, which they cooked during their Flamboree. I was very grateful to Dean VK7DJH who packed up the stations, and unloaded them at my QTH. The Club members were Graeme VK7GS, Dean VK7DJH, Eric VK7EV, Andrew VK7XR, and amateur Helen VK7XYL who offered to help on the day, and home stations Graeme VK7KT and Rick VK7HBR, A big thankyou to those who gave up their Saturday to help. We have finally tracked down the 7 Scouts who passed their FCall exam about 5 years ago, but never applied for their callsigns. On Saturday, Luke with a week old callsign VK7LPB, and Lathamâ€Ös yet to be processed, assisted in the radio rooms, which was great. We are working through getting the others licenced, as our members are certainly getting older. A great day was had by all. Photos of the event can be seen on the VK7 Amateur Radio Facebook page. 73, Eric, VK7EV News Officer, NWTARC -------------------------------- NEWS FROM THE NORTH SOTA/WWFF PARKS GROUP The Summits On The Air/World Wide Flora and Fauna parks group meets twice weekly â€“ 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 -------------------------------- Northern Tasmanian Amateur Radio Club Incorporated www.ntarc.net Last technical night at the club rooms Ross VK7ALH brought in a piece of archival equipment from his collection. A standalone Drake T-4XB, it is the HF transmitter part of the T4X series, which is intended to pair with the R-4 receiver. Manufactured by R.L. Drake Company, Miamisburg, Ohio, in the late-sixties or early-seventies. Not really old but it is one of those pieces of equipment that has that classic â€œeye appealâ€ about it. As usual it didnâ€Öt take long for Ross to remove the outer cover. This revealed its most striking feature, it had a glorious copper plated chassis! It looked as though it may have had a clear protective layer but all was still in good condition. Drake was certainly into the â€œwowâ€ factor. There was also some nice internal engineering with the coupling of different sections by the use of shafts and cogs to facilitate band changes and adjustments. Very well presented unit in good condition Ross. Later in the evening we were lucky enough to have a presentation by Lionel VK7ZLB. This time loosely covering common radio frequency or RF components like capacitors, resistors and inductors including their testing and then ending the evening with circulators. Lionel started off with the ubiquitous technician hand held Atlas LCR40 meter made by â€œPEAK electronic designâ€ from the early 2000s. This was a game changer as it was an affordable automatic passive component analyser that you could carry around in your hand. It would test and display results for inductors, capacitors and resistors. All capacitive and inductive testing is conducted at one of the three sinewave test frequencies, 1 kHz, 15 kHz and 200 kHz approximately. Or for capacitors larger than 1 microfarad it uses DC charge analysis. The PEAK LCR is for low frequency testing of components, if you take its test parameters into account when in use it really was and still is brilliant. However at higher radio frequencies the less ideal side of components can come into play, where you find out your capacitor both has some amount of inductance and resistance, and your inductor has some capacitance and resistance, and your resistors have some inductance and capacitance, as they're not an â€œideal componentâ€. Lionel offered some examples of problems that can occur, like a standard wire wound resistor being accidentally used to replace a faulty carbon resistor of the same resistance value. Probably fine at low frequencies but if it was in an RF section then the wire wound resistorâ€Ös inductance becomes a major factor causing problems, unless it was specifically non inductive. This is where manufacturer data sheets become indispensable, along with thinking about what you are doing and where you are doing it in the circuit or system! Who would have thought when the PEAK - LCR was released that in the next twenty years you would be able to hold an affordable Vector Network Analyser or Spectrum Analyser in your hand. Lionel also went on to cover the following areas through the evening: Carbon versus wire wound resistors Wire wound verses non-inductive wire wound resistors Non-inductive windings like Bifilar for conventional resistors and Ayrton-Perry for RF resistors Circulators, Rat-race couplers or hybrid ring couplers, with some excellent diagrams and theory Component Self Resonant Frequency or SRF. Lionel brought in many examples of different types of components plus a couple of Micro-Diplexers that combine 70 cm and 2 metres. These were surface mount units and one was opened for inspection, components could be seen with the aid of a magnifying glass. Check out the picture of the cute surface mount inductors next to the 2 dollar coin on the NTARC web site under blogs. Thank you Lionel, you certainly refreshed some of the â€œgrey matterâ€ from way back. Well JOTA is over for another year. Strangely numbers seemed to be down at Rocherlea this year but the sign in book said differently. Participants mainly came from Scout Groups in the greater Launceston area this year. Those attending seemed to be more â€œengagedâ€ and interactive across all the activities, with the highlights probably going to Fox Hunting and UHF CB walkie talky activities. On air conversations were between Rocherlea and Paton Park scouts via VK7RMDâ€Ös 2 metre repeater. Thank you to those home stations that took the time to respond to CQ JOTA calls, when there were no scouts available. The Northern Area Rover Crew or NARC for short, did an excellent job conducting the JOTI or the internet side of things. Especially as this entailed assisting ten Scouts at a time on computers as well as overseeing their smooth flow through all the activities on offer. Thanks to Kevin VK7KJL, Colin VK7ZCF, Ian VK7IH, Tony VK7YBG, Rick VK7HBR, Idris VK7ZIR, Andre VK7ZAB and Stefan VK7ZSB for their efforts. It was excellent to see NTARC members giving up their time to help with this long running scouting event. And now something probably never to be repeated at one of our JOTAâ€Ösâ€¦ one of the Scouts lost a tooth while enthusiastically sending Morse Code! That has to be a first surely? No nothing violent, but Campbell, from the 1st Tamar Group, did lose a baby tooth, â€œit just fell outâ€, probably due to natural causes for an eight year old. He was extremely excited and we promptly found him a clip lock bag to keep it safe. At least until he could put the tooth in a glass of water beside his bed, to wait for the tooth fairy to visit over-night. Mug Order â€“ final orders for the white mugs for drinking out of, those that have our club logo on one side, personalised with your name and call sign on the other. The order is about to be placed, so if you would like one then please email secretary(at)ntarc.net to secure yours. Please specify what name is to be printed above the call sign. The final price will be about $12 depending on eventual quantity ordered. As always pictures will be available on the NTARC Web site under â€œBlogsâ€ 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 â€“ 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. -------------------------------- 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. Please note we will also be calling for volunteers to help with the running of the conference early in 2026. 73, Tassie Ham-E-Con Organisers. -------------------------------- Microwave News 10 Years of the 23cm QSO Party https://www.reast.asn.au/event/10-years-of-the-23cm-qso-party/ On 7 December we reach a VK7 microwave milestone with the 10th Anniversary of the 23 cm QSO party. We are trying to get as many stations as possible on to celebrate this milestone with hopefully record numbers. It is proposed that we write up an item for AR to record the history of the QSO party and the results of the 7 December event. The QSO Party is conducted at 10 am each Sunday after the broadcast on 1296.15 MHz using FM, with one group in the greater Hobart area and a second group in the greater Launceston area. After this Hobart to Launceston contacts take place 1296.2 MHz using the digital mode Q65-60B. Hobart stations first period and Launceston stations second. A brief History: 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. 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 rollcall 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, with around 15 stations operating each Sunday. We now count forty-seven, 23 cm capable operators in the South, with more in the North. The QSO party has mapped paths, sparked antenna builds, and quietly raised the bar for whatâ€Ös possible on 23cm in VK7. https://www.reast.asn.au/event/10-years-of-the-23cm-qso-party/ 73, Rex, VK7MO -------------------------------- Wednesday Experimenterâ€Ös Group (WEGs) This week we get back under way with a WEGs night broadcast with some interesting items that will be discussed and demonstrated. On a Wednesday night people start arriving at the night around 6pm and many bring their dinner to enjoy. The show in the DATV Studio gets underway from 7:30pm and is streamed on the REAST YouTube Channel and 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!! https://www.reast.asn.au/news-events/live-stream/ https://www.reast.asn.au/special-interest-groups/amateur-tv/ https://www.youtube.com/c/ReastHobart/ Please note we are currently not broadcasting on DVB-T RF. See you there or on the stream. 73, Justin, VK7TW -------------------------------- 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 on Wednesday 5th November 2025 from 7:30pm and will not be streamed or recorded. https://www.reast.asn.au/event/perspectives-on-australian-radio/ See you there. REAST Committee -------------------------------- November Forum Night Forum Night â€“ 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 -------------------------------- 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) â€“ from 12 noon for lunch and early banter. WEGs (Wednesday Evening Group) â€“ 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 -------------------------------- 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: Standard, Advanced, and Regulations Assessments: Held on alternate months, next is on 29th November 2025. Foundation Training and Assessment Days: Held every two months with the next one on 22nd February 2026. 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 wanting to come along to the next Assessment day and you havenâ€Öt let Reg know. 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 -------------------------------- Regular VK7 gatherings and events over the coming months: VK7 Regular gatherings: Sewing Circle Net â€“ 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 â€“ MICROWAVE QSO Party â€“ 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 â€“ 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 â€“ Wednesday from 8:00pm local â€“ 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. -------------------------------- 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: VK7TW 80m: VK7DG 40m: VK7ALH 20m: Any Takers 10m: VK7JGD UHFCB24 & HFCB24: VK7FMAC DMR: Talk Group 5 and D-Star Reflector 91C - Digital Group -------------------------------- 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 Fran, VK7FRN, wishing you 73, good DX, and a great week ahead! -------------------------------------------------------------- (Posted to the packet network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
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