Devil News AR Magazine Dec

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from AR 1985 Dec page 56 -

DEVIL NEWS FROM THE NW BRANCH
Hello once again to all, and to all the people on the
North West Coast that read this column each
month, it is hoped that it fills you in on some of the
activities of the Branch, especially those unable to
attend meetings.
At the last meeting, 25 people attended, plus
some students from the Devonport High School,
including one YL. The visit was part of their
Activities Week, and they were made very welcome.
Much discussion was held, continuing from last
month, regarding the problems involved in the
erection of towers in the town area.
There were 85 QSL cards inwards and 110
outwards this month. Any member unable to
attend a meeting to collect their cards may send a
SASE to Max, QTHR as VK7KMF and he will post
the cards to you.
A request has been received to again provide
communications for a horse trial. This is a
worthwhile exercise and will be a combined
WICEN exercise.
Unfortunately, the 70cm ATV aerial has to
under-go a re-build, as it has had an altercation
with the wind.
VK7NW RTTY Broadcasts have been heard in
Hobart, with a good report received from VK7HV.
The Group's WICEN Officer gave a brief lesson
on map reading, which proved very popular, and it
is anticipated to have another one shortly.
Bob VK7KAB and Kirby VK7KC operated from
Guilford during JOTA, whilst Ron VK7RN, with a group 
of Guides and Brownies, operated from
Devonport.
There are several members of the Group
showing an interest in Packet Radio. VK7s AX,
KDR, ZAR WR WN and WZ are starting to get this
medium on the air, so if there are any other
members interested, please contact Tony VK7AX.
Welcome to new member � John Clayton.
A picnic was planned at Bells Parade, Latrobe
for the fourth weekend in November. Hopefully it
was a success (as these notes are being compiled
in mid-October), and another picnic trip on the
Pieman River Ferry is being planned for later this
month/early next year.
The Clanger Award for the month was presented
to Bill, an SWL, for lending a rig to monitor a news
broadcast, without a power lead. It was then
necessary to explain the Clanger Award to the
visiting students.
Tony VK7AH, a teacher at the High School, as
well as attending the Branch meeting, took his
electronics class to the East Devonport Ferry
Terminal where they were conducted on a tour of
the Able Tasman Radio Room. The students have
their own call sign, VK7DHS. Members of the
Branch have attended the school to speak to them
about amateur radio.
VK7SF recently returned from a trip to England,
spoke of his visit to the location where the first
Spark Transmissions took place. Following this
talk, a video was shown of Hamfest 65 and the
Spark Transmission re-enactment by DOC at
Hobart earlier this year.
Contributed by Max Hardslaff VK7KY