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from AR Magazine 1986 Oct page 56 -

DEVIL NEWS from the North-West
There were 23 members and three visitors in
attendance at the last meeting. Apologies were
received from VK7s SE, OL, SFand Athol Gill.

Letters of thanks were read from the Boys
Brigade, Apex and the Horse Trials at Ulverstone,
for the communications help given to them by the
Club.
Several items were tabled for discussion, one of
them being Camp Quality. After much discussion
it was decided to use the club call sign VK7NW,
for the camp station. Operations from Camp
Quality will be from a caravan.

The QSL Bureau had another quiet month with
very few cards being processed.

The committee have started thinking about the
Hamfest which will be held on the North-West
Coast.

A WICEN exercise will be held next year in
conjunction with an air pageant at Wynyard. This
has the makings of a very interesting exercise.

A warm welcome is extended to Malcom
Priestley, whose membership application was
accepted at the meeting.
The meeting concluded with a successful auction
of radio discards. Everyone managed to
purchase something they did not want, thanks to a
good auctioneer!
The VK7RAD repeater will shortly be installed on
top of Mount Duncan. A working party has already
made the arduous climb to install the housing for it
on August 10. The party consisted of VK7s ZAP
ZHA, AX, WR WN, OM, ZBT, and WJ, with
Andrew VK7ZAP in charge.
They assembled at the Penguin High School at
around 9.45 am and proceeded to the walking
track in four wheel drives and a utility. A variety of
materials were then transported to the peak via
the backs or hands of the party. Ross VK7WP and
Noel VK7NW carried the large and bulky steel
housing for most of the trek.
Approximately two and a half hours were spent
working on and inspecting the equipment already
at the site.
The hardy adventurers had an eventful trip back
down the mountain due to two trekkers taking a
wrong path halfway down and proceeding for
some distance before realising their error. At the
base another two headed in the wrong direction in
a four wheel drive but were able to find their way
eventually.
Notes compiled by Max Hardstaff VK7KY and 
Greg Stammers VK72BT