AGM Ltrobe 1976

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‘Radio
attending
association’s annual
genera! meeting at
Latrobe on Saturday
certainly believe in
“working” at their
hobby.

About 40 members of the
Tasmanian division of the
Wireless Institute of
Australia drove from various
parts of the State and were in
radio contact with Latrobe
all the way.

The contact was establish-
ed through a V.H.F. amateur
tower with a repeater station
on Mount Barrow. Similar
stations will be built at
Penguin and on Mt
Wellington soon.

An institute spokesman
said there were 270 licensed

which was foundation
member of the institute, hav-
ing started in 1923.

The institute is a non-
profitmaking, educational
body dedicated to the study of
radio and electronics.

The spokesman said that
one of the institute’s projects
was a Satellite programme to
aid amateur operators.
Members had built a total
of seven satellites which had
been launched by NASA in
America. Of these two, Oscar
6 and 7, were still in orbit and
of tremendous benefit to
hams throughout the world.

proved «their value to the
eommunity ¢y*-thefr_help in
such disasters as the Darwin
cyclone, where they were the
first contact, and during the
Tasmanian bushfires of 1967,
the spokesman said.
Saturday’s meeting was

held at the theatrette off

Latrobe enthusiast Mr Jim
Davis and was followed by
the annual dinner at the
Elimatta Hotel Motel.

amateurs in Tasmania, -

_-The amatéur operators hadi

G@ The host at the Wireless

Institute of Australia’s
State conference at
Latrobe on Saturday, Mr
Jim Davis (left), shows
some of his extensive’
collection of early radio
equipment to (from left)
Mr Max Ives (East Devon-
port), the North-West
secretary; Mr Reg Emmett
(Launceston), State
president; and Mr John_
van. Staveren(Laun
ceston), civil

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emergency co-ordinator.