Devil News AR Magazine Nov

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from AR Magazine 1986 Nov page 56 -

DEVIL NEWS from the North-West
Last meeting saw 22 members and four visitors,
one being VK7NAE from the North. It was good to
welcome Owen VK70L, back from his 3-4 month
tour on the "big island." Owen and his wife,
Nancy had a most enjoyable holiday.

The repeater, VK7RAD, on 146.625 MHz is now
on site and operational. The repeater is run by
solar power and is being turned off at night
because the cold weather turns it on and leaves it
running all night. Andrew VK7ZAP turns the
repeater on prior to going to work in the morning
and off again at night. This on/off routine will
continue until he has time to go to the site to make
some adjustments to the unit. These adjustments
have to be made when the temperature is minusfour
degrees, so it is going to be an unpleasant
task. If the repeater is abused to the extent that it
is unable to be used or normal use, it will be
turned off completely until the adjustments are
madel A special thanks is extended to all the
amateurs who have participated in the repeater
project.
Greg VK7ZBT, was most embarrassed when
someone let the "cat out of the bag" and the
members sang Happy Birthday to him.

Further discussions took place in reference to
Camp Quality, and a committee has been formed.
Further information may be obtained from John
VK7ZPT, Noel VK7EG or Tony VK7AH.

The club station has still not been on-air from its
new QTH, as members have had other
commitments, however it is hoped things will be
underway shortly.
The club realised $100 from the auction
mentioned in last month's column. As this was so
successful, there will undoubtedly be another one
the future.
Arthur VK7SE, is in need of operators to do
News Broadcast Relays � volunteers please
contact Arthur.
QSLs are still very quiet.
The evening concluded with a most interesting
computer display provided by VK7s RN, MB,
NAE, ZAR KAB and AH. Each had different
programs and some had printers and disc drives.

( probably compilied by VK7KY not attributed to him )