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APRIL         1986




          Issued by the Tasmanian Division of
          the Wireless Institute of Austraolia


                                     JASMANIAN DIVISION

                                 PRESIDENT’S REPORT           1986




Ladies and     Gentlemen,



It is with pleasure that I present to you the annual                           report of     the
Wireless Institute of Australia, Tasmanian Division,                           for 198S5S.

Divisional     Council    this      year   had   two   Councillors      each    from   the   South
and North and four from the North-West. Meetings were held in members
homes in Launceston initially followed by a move to the facilities at
the Australian Maritime College. Attendances during the year were
satisfactory with Branch President’s being in attendance at some
meetings. Although the freguency of meetings is still a continuing
preblem and requires attention.

The past year again has seen Council adopting the                        the role ot
co-ordinator between branches with the main acti»                        ties being
controlled from within the Branches.

June 11th and 12th saw the 75th Anniversary of the Wireless Institute
of Australia, Tasmanian Amateur Radio Convention held in Hobart,
conducted by the Southern Branch on behalf of the Tasmanian Division.
This event saw the re-enactment of the Historical Spark Transmission
Experiments by 'Pop’ Medhurst of 1901 at Blinking Billy Point on June
11th   1985.   The    Convention      saw 200     plus   of   the    Tasmanian    Amateur
population visit the Convention site at the Montrose Bay Yatch Club,
with over 1000 visitors passing through the Convention. This event is
one that all Amateurs can be proud of in the celebration of the 75th
Anniversary of the Wireless Institute of Australia, the Oldest
Amateur   MNadio     Society   in    the   World.
8RM   under        the       editorship           of       John   Rogers       continues           in    publication         but
still requires the support of all the Branches for articles and items
of news, distribution presently still via Branch meetings. Sunday
morning          broadcasts           have      been        brought       to    you   each        week    by   a few
dedicated          amateurs,              who   originate           and    relay      onto        frequencies          for   all
classes of licencees to listen statewide, however not without some
difficulties during the year. This resulted in a Broadcast
Co-ordinatior Meeting being held in Launceston on 15th February 1986
with excellent attendance from all Branches. The meeting was highly
successful             and    the     results          are    are    contained          in    a    sepd@rate      report.

WICEN was          again           active during             the    year participating                   in Tasmania
Police       and       State        Emergency          Services       exercise          conducted          in    1985.       This
being highly successful                          in    demonstrating             the capabilities and
usefullnes             of    the     Amateur          Radio       Service.


The    Tasmanian             Devil        Award       has
                                              continued in popularity and is well
sought       after.          The Q@SL Bureau continues a8t a similar rate to last year
in    the    number          aof    cards       being       handled,       indicating present                   band
conditions.


Divisional             finances           during       the    year    have       shown       a decrease,          brought
about       by    increased           expenditure             during       the    year,       this       being detailed
in the Treasurers repert. This resulted in an increase of one dollar
to all subscripticn rates. Membership during the year has also
increased.


Finally,          to    all        elected       and       ex-officio members of                   Council,       I    thankyou
for    your       support           and    co-operation          during the past                   year.




                                                                                Peter
                                                                                         “7
                                                                                         C.       King     VKZ7ZPK

                        BRANCH                     NOTICES.

       NORTHERN BRANCH meets at 8 p.m.                                         on the SECOND FRIDAY of
                        each month (except Janucry) in ROOM G25,
       Swonson Building, Austrolian Maritime College, Newnhom,
       Launceston. (Address: P.0.Box 275, Launceston, 7250.)

       NORTHWESTERN BRANCH meets ot 8 p.m. on the SEC OND TUESDAY
                           of each month ot the Penguin High
        School.
       (Address: P.0.Box 194, Penguin, 7316)

       SOUTHERN BRANCH meets ot 8.15 p.m. on the SECOND WEDNESDAY
       o               of ecch month, at the Elizabeth Matriculotion
       College, corner of Warwick and Elizobeth Streets, Hobort.
       (Address: P.0.Box 123, Sandy Bay, 7005.)
                               e            e         et     eA                  A      —————————-
                       LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

 Received from Jim Joyce, VK3YJ, correspondent to "73" mag,
 - thanks for your complimentary remarks, Jim, and we hope
 that super mike (your special award from "73") is giving
 you great satisfaction,

 Also a letter from Tony Clayton, N.W. Branch Secretary, -
 your congratulations are much appreciated by the hard-
 working staff here.  The delivery service to Sulphur
 Creek should be working now, but of course, if the "A,R."
 insert system is succesful, Max won't have to go "down to
 the depot" any more!

 William Perleberg has also sent us a most picturesque
 letter enclosing broadcast schedules for Spanish over-
 seas services and NHK, Radio Japan. The Australian sections
 are given below.



  RADIO JAPAN TIME AND FREQUENCY SCHEDULE
    March 2, 1986(0100 UTC)-----April 6, 1986
                                                  NHKBEEHE T5FBF) RBR
                                                                                   —
                                                                                   e——


                                                      REGIONAL SERVICE (#bisga (453)

                                                                10   11 12
                                                                19   20 21
   Australian &
       New Zealand Service B
   (BM - =2— =72 Fild)


 SERVICIO EN LENGUAS INGLES.
 TARGET AREA    FREQUENCY    BAND                     BEAM       TIME UTC    DATE
 NORTH AMERICA (N) 6055kHz 49m                         290°          -       Daily.
 AUSTRALIA                                                  o    8988‘8888     .
                         (N) 9630kHz      31m         290        8988:8%88 Daily.

 (N) Centro Emigor de Ngblejos (Toledo) 6 x 350kW
                   (39758'N, 3 27'W)


WOULD ALL ASPIRING CONTRIBUTORS TO "QRM"™ PLEASE NOTE THAT THE
EDITOR'S CLOSING DATE FOR THE MAY   EDITION COPY WILL BE
                               APRIL   2 1      st.
              SJOERD GOES SOUTH.
VK77Z5J, Sioerd or "Sojo",   left Hobort in early March for
Mccquorie Island where he    will stay for the winter and will
operate as VK@SJ. He will    toke his H.F. gear with the TONO
for RTTY aond 2m. gear for   the Robot Satellite.
A keen group of VK3'rs have pooled in and given Sojo on loan
for the year: a callsign keyer for the 2m. and ém. beacon,
a ém, tronsceiver, a 6ém., and o 2m, linear, ém. and 2m. Yagi's
ond power supplies. So, soys Sojo, keep an ear out on the 6m,
and 2m. bonds for the beoacon.   The exact frequencies will be
notified when the equipment is installed and minimum interference
with scientific equipment is determined.
If you are interested, keep also an ear out on his regular
H.F. skeds with VK7HK, VK7VK or VK7RM around 09.00Z on
14,120 MHz.


      TASMANIAN DIVISIONAL COUNCILLORS FOR 1986/7.
At the Annual General Meeting, ond the Council Meeting
following it on Saturday, 15th, Morch 1986, elected to the
Divisional Council were:
          President: Peter Frith, VK7PF.
          Secretary: Barry Riseley, VK7RS.
          Treasurer:   Frank Beech,   VK7BC.
          Asst. Sec: Robin Horwood, VK7RH. (Also Minuting Sec.)
          Federal Council:   Joe Gelston,      VK7JG.
          Council Members: Byron Dilworth, VK7BD.
                           Arthur Tregoskis, VK7SE.
                           Russ Pitman, VK7ZRP.
We wish them all the best for a successful year in office.




           PLEASE NOTE:::
Robin Harwood's Intruder Watch Report has been held over until
next month.
Also don't miss next monfib‘s article on the construction of
Z22 JD TRI-BAND YAGI BEAM antenna.
                     DIVISIONAL    BROADCASTS


     This is VK7 GH celling.  As you may now be aware, I've
taken on the task of Divisional Broadcast Officer for 1986.
I'm looking forward to the challenge and hoping to get the
support of all members in putting to air the Divisional weekly
broadcasts.  To this end your support is required in the form
of broadcast material, and operational support both in
origineting and relaying broadcasts.  If you can assist in
any capacity, please advise me or your local Branch broadcast
officer immediately, these being:

     North                      VK7 AV               Bill
     North West                 VK7 ZFH              Frank
     South                      VK7 GH               Arthur

     News gathering is presently underteken on a regional
basis by the local broadcast officers, collated and for-
warded to the duty originator by Friday for broadcasting on
the Sunday.  Stop press items are acceptable but if you have
an item, get it in early and save the originator of the day
the panic of a last minute re-organisation to his broadcast
schedule,

     Enough of the boring logistics, what can the broadcast
officer do to help the smooth running of the broadcast.  A
few early thoughts are:

     (1)   Early issue of rosters of originators and relays
     (2)   Oversee quality of technical production of the
           broadcast and ensure adequate facilities are
           available to achieve this.
     (3)   Encourage positive and negative feedback on
           the broadcast.                          ‘
     (4)   Promote the Divisional image.
     BUT WHAT CAN'T HE DO?°?
     (1)   Read your minds.
     (2)   Generate the news.
     So here's looking forward to your information and support
73's for the time being and good listening.
              Arthur VK7 GH
 Address - 34 Ashbolt Cres, Lutana, 7009 Tel (002) 284963 H
                                                (002) 305600 B
BROADCAST RO. STER MARCH/APRIL 1986
     23 March          - Northern Branch
     30 March          - Northern Branch or VK7 GH
     6,13,20,27 April - North Western Branch
                AWARDS            by Bob VK7NAI.

Two new short-term awards    come to us      from the Land of the
Long White Cloud.
NZART CONFERENCE AWARD.
This year's NZART Conference Award will be available for
contacts made with    stations    in   the Conference area,

The award is called The 1986 Energy Centre Conference Award
and its duration is from 20.4.86 to 20.5.86.
To qualify for the BASIC Award, you must work the COMPULSORY
station, ZL2BDN, branch station, New Plymouth Branch and ten
(10) members from the following branches:
       Branch 14 Hawera,               Branch 32 Rahotu Central.
       Branch 19 Inglewood.            Branch 47 Waitara,
       Branch 27 New Plymouth.         Branch 54 Patea.
To earn the MERIT Award, you must make contact with two (2)
NZART Councillors in addition to the above eleven (11)
stations.,

The cost of the Award is gNZ2 and logs containing the usual
details, certified by one other amateur, and showing your
WIA membership number, must be posted before 25.5.86 to the
Award Custodian,    PO Box 651,   Hawera,   South Taranaki,   NZ.
I am attempting to organise a special net for this award,
Possible date at this stage is Saturday 3.5.86 at 1000Z or
earlier on 3.590 + QRM. Keep listening to the Weekly Broad-
cast for confirmation of date and time once the Award strts.


                   TARAWERA CENTENNIAL AWARD.
An award, sponsored by the ROTORUA BRANCH of NZART, has
been instituted to commemorate the eruption of Mt. Tarawera
100 years ago.
The duration of the award is       from 10.5.86 to 10.6.86 and
to qualify for the award you are required to work five (5)
Branch members (NZART Branch 33),
To earn the 1886 endorsement you must work ZL1AVG on Mt.
Tarawera on Tuesday 10.6.86. (I will attempt to have this
station come up on the Devil Net that night).
The usual ,details are required and logs (I am not sure if
they need to be certified) must be posted to orrive before
17.7.86 with the Awards Manager,        Rotorua A.R.C.,   PO Box    1984,
Two special prizes of free return flights to the top of
Mt. Taorawera will be awarded to the first two recipients
of the award carrying the 1886 Endorsement.
To assist you with the award, you might call on 3.686 or
7.086 Mhz.,  I have been assured that during the course of the
award, Branch members will be active on the Novice section
of 80 metres.
That's all for this month. Good chasing.
                                 Bob, VK7NAIL.

                The Editor Regrets...... .

It's not often we make mistakes in spelling names, but to
make two errors in the same name is going a bit too far.
We therefore apologise to the new Southern Branch Secretary,
Kevan Davies - whose REAL name is KEVEN DAVIS! Now, when
corresponding with him, we should all get it right!!.



         ATV _EXPERIMENTS IN HOBART.
Towards the end of March, some 625-line ATV signals were
experimentally transmitted in the Fern Tree area of Hobart,
by VK7ZALL and VK7ZAR. The actual spot was just opposite to
where the Sphinx Hotel used to be.  The tests were intended to
ascertain whether the antenna - a 10-element Yagi - had a
sufficiently broad lobe to cover a reasonable area.
By the time this paragraph is published, the results of those
tests will have been evaluated and, if successful, will be
followed by full tests on the 27th., April from 14.00 hrs.
local time (EST).   The main frequency of transmission on
April 27th. will be 426.25MHz, though a second frequency may
be made available on 444,25MHz.   To receive the test signals,
some owners of older TV receivers may find they can tune down
to 426.25, but otherwise, an ATV converter will be necessary.
A 2m. handheld at the transmitter point will be used for
reports on 146.45MHz.
"QRM" will print   further information when experiment results
come 1in.


WANTED      .   MOBILE MOUNTING BRACKET   FOR AN   ICOM 22S
                V.H.F. RIG. Ron Mann VK7RM. QTHR. 002.232808.
         QSL BUREAU - ANNUAL REPORT.
Totgls of cords for the last three years:
                      1985              1984                1983
 Cards received     10,455             11,015            16, 300
Cords sent           7,096              7,672            11,696
                    17,551             18,687            27,996
The peak year was 1980, with o total of 49,062 caords.
In and out cards ore infloted this year by 7-800 by cards
received from overseas bureaux for VK/5A, the special
anniversary call, and these had to be sent on to VK3,
The deficiency for the year has been kept down to $30.13,
although no packet, with a minor exception, now pays for
itself unless it contains 30 cepds.  A noticeable number
of overseas bureoux now send cords ot longer intervals.
Only two lots have been received during the year from
both U.S.A. ond U.S.S.R.
                             Chas.,   Harrisson,   VK7CH.




  THE "BAND DOMINATOR"™ HF/VHF REGENERATIVE RECEIVER.

              Constructional Notes.

This receiver is designed to use non-critical ports -
the type thot ore found in most junk boxes! The R.F. stoge
(6CB6) is the only section where problems moy occur,
olthough I have made up two examples with no major problems,.
If you have trouble with making the regeneration work, or
stabilising to a hiss, then change the resistors in the
screen regen supply (i.e. the 50K pot or the 10K fixed)
The oudio stage is easy.as any configuration can be used,
depending on valves available, or, for heretics and non-
believers, those little "three~legged fuses" con be used here!
For those of you out there who have not tried regenerative
receivers, some practice is needed in tuning the receivers,
gs they can screech and roar as tuning across the bands is done,
ond in the unstable stote, they also act as transmitting
oscillotors (an interesting experimental basis on V.H.F.)
So, keep it in the "hiss" region and keep the neighbours
of
 f your back!
References:   1. A .R.R.L., V.H.F. Manual       (1960)
              2. A MW.A, MR6A circuits.                           See Over —
                                B.P.DILWORTH, VK7BD.
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                                                                                                                                                           on V.H.F.
  BROADCAST ARRANGEMENTS

  Following endorsement of the Broadcast Committee's report by the
  Divisional AGM on 15.3.86, we can now look forward to further
  enhancement of Divisional Broadcast arrangements.

  The basic thrust of the committee's recommendations is to provide
  for a statewide Divisional roster for broadcast purposes and to
  dispense with the previous "Branch by month" arrangements.

  There will also be a new time for Broadcasts - 9.a.m. local time
  Sunday in lieu of the present 9.30 a.m.  This will commence from
  the first Sunday in May (subject to administrative arrangements
  being okayed).  So, get set for the earlier time.

 The Broadcast Co-ordinator for the Division is Arthur VK7GH.
 Please see page 5 for his first informative briefing.

 Divisional Council will be closely monitoring all aspects of
 broadcast during this year with a view to continued improvement.

 PLEASE assist the Division to assist you be letting Arthur and/or
 your local Branch Broadcast Co-ordinator know if you are prepared to
 heldp with any facet of the Broadcasts.                                   DO IT NOW!!!!


                            SO_YOU WANT TO CONTACT THE EDITOR?
      His name is John Rogers. His callsign is VK7JK. His telephone
number is 002,293402.                            His oddress is:                                           :
                      Darville Court,   1,
                       Blackman's Bay,
                           Hobart, 7152,
And when you lose your copy of "QRM", remember he's QTHR. When
he is ot home, the 2m rig is normally running and listening to
Repeater 2.




To:   Broadcast Co-ordinator VK7GH
      34 Ashbolt Crescent, Lutana                                7009

I wish to have the enclosed advertisement published on the Divisional
Broadcast on Sunday . . . . . . . at 9 a.m.

I certify that the advertisement refers to a bona fide amateur
transaction, and is not concerned in any way with commercial business.



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                    FRICE AND STATUS CORRECT AS AT 14/03/86

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25    HINTS & KINKS FOR RADIO AMAT.     1 ON ORDER                                                      44    W.Il.A. BOOK vOLUME 1              1 ON ORDER                                  3.50
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10    RADIO AMAT. EXAM MANUAL RSGE      AVAILABLE                                                       48    THE RADIO AMATEURS WORLD ATLAS     IN STOCK                                    2.00
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13    AMATEUR RADIO TECHNIQUES          1 ON ORDER                                                      52    W.I.A. STICKERS (CAR WINDOW)       IN STOCK                                      .50
14    TEST EQUIFMENT FOR RADIO AMAT.    IN STOCK                                                        53             MINI LOGO (SHEET OF 1@)   AVAILABLE                                   1.00
15    HF ANTENNA’S FOR ALL LOCATIONS    2 ON ORDER                                                      54             TIES                      1 ON ORDER                                  9.50
16    VHF /UHF MANUAL RSGE              IN STOCK                                                        55             KEYRING                   IN STOCK                                    3.50
17    CALLBOOE 1985    RSGE             AVAILABLE                                                       56             PENNANTS (FELT)           1 ON ORDER                                  4.00
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coil are replaced by much lighter switching circuits. This results in a 50%     PAL-16-60              0-16            0-60                21kg
reduction in mass aver the older style linear supply.                           PAL-20-50              0-20            0-50                21kg
                                                                                PAL-35-10              0-35            0-10                8.5kg
LOW NOISE                                                                       PAL-35-20             0-35             0-20                11.5kg
The extraordinary low noise characteristics achieved by KIKUSUI also allow      PAL-35-30             0-35              0-30                  21kg
the PAL series to be used in demanding analog applications — even audio.                                           Insert X702 on InformationFeedbackCard




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                       MOBILE BOOM MIC SYSTEM 500
                       BASE STATION MIC INC. Amp.                     500

                       BASE    STATION MIC            INC    Amp.    700
                                                        ohms    (8P)
                       BASE    STATION MIC            ONC    Amp.    3P    SN
                                                       700    ohma    (8P)
                       MIC    ADAPTOR MIC 4 PINS-RADIO
                                       6 PINS
                       MIC    ADAPTOR MIC 4 PINS-RADIO
                                             8 PINS
                              ADAPTOR MIC         6    PINS-RADIO
                                             4   PINS
                              ADAPTOR MIC 6 PINS-RADIO
                                       8 PINS
                              ADAPTOR MIC 8 PINS-RADIO
                                       4 PINS
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                                       6 PINS

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