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AMATEUR “QRM® RADIO
Bulletin issued by the Worth, North West and Southern
Branches of the Wireless Institute of Australia,
Tasmnanian Division.

P.0. Box 275,
LAUNCESTOH,
TaS
es 7250

FEBRUARY 1281 VOLULLE 10 lo. 12

iicetings ~ Scuth 4th, North lJest 10th, Worth 13th,
suncil 21st W.B. club~rocas 1.00 p.il.

EDITORIAL

Apologies for the drop in standard, but as you can
see, we are having printing problens.

Another year of QRM is about to conclude this Bulletin,
has been, for the past ten wvolunes; the means by which VK7
Amateurs have been kept in touch with activities, firstly
within this state, and secondly intcrstate and overseas. It
has been also one of the iledium's available to Anateurs in
this Division by which they could express their viaws on a
wide range of topics, which, as I pointsd cut in i1y first
editorial, was one ©f the major roles of ORI.

Fron its humble beginnings, QR1I has been one cf those
magazines that has grown into what I ceonsider, a first class
publication, To list all of the pccple responsible for the
production, supply of news and articles would be wrong as I
nay forget someonc and that w.ould be unforgivable, so all I
will say, it to each and everyone of you, thank you, for it
is you that has made QRM what it is today. While thanking
paople I should not forget those people who advertisced in QRi,
because those people-allcowed that standard to be reached to
members, Jdon't forget them.

Finally, the subject which we all have wanted put off
"The Future of QRI" is now upon us. As sone people, especiolly
those concerned with the production, are aware QORI was printed
at basically poper cost, plus stencils. This Avenue is now no
longer availablce to us, and with it the means of being able to
maintain the standard, that has been achieved: Rather than let
this standard fall. There is a nove to transfer QR in the
pages of A.R. while this move at the time of writing, is not
definite, it would appear that all the indicaticns are there.
“To help you understand the reasons for this move, I will list
the facts good and bad for your consideration.
Page 2 | QR!
1) The cost of printing for a 6-page will be approx-
imately one hundred dollars plus thirty two dollars
for postage per month.

2) If we look at the dupnlicating method of printing we

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will not be able to carry technical articles except
of-the simplest kind, and technical articles belong

e
in A.R. anyway.

3) Advertisers would not be able to achieve the same
standard that is presently available to them.

4) News for inclusion in the QRI column will be read
by not only VK7 Amatesurs, but all VK Amateurs.

5) Members Ads, etc can still be accomaodated in "Ham
Ads™ a service that is free to all members and can
be forwarded to 4..R." with themonthly news. )

6) As the deadline for A.R. copy is the first of the
monti, all news will be one month behind and there-
fore branches will have to plan at least two months
ahead, which 1is not a bad thing anyway.

7) The title "QRM" will be retained as the column -
heading so people will still be abie to realte QR
to VKT. : ‘

The desemination of extra news, .etc, can be VIA the
regular Sunday morning broadcast and will give this
medium of news, an uplift.

9) It is anticipated
that the role of QRM editor will
remain with the IV.E. and will, as the name implies
be Jjust that, "An Editori, .

10) AR pringing and posting times are now, and have been,
for some time, quite stable, so this is not an area
for concern. -

11) The cost of lacing QRM into A.R. on a monthly
basis is less than it presently costs us ior postage.
We could even go to 13 ¢ lumns for approximately the
same as preceunt postage. = = ‘ : _
So these are the facts as they stand at present.
QRM has grown, in effect, "TOO BIG'Y.

- As T said earlier, this move has not yet been finalised
but it is the one, as present edition, that I will be
proposing, considering the situation we nOW'find‘Qur—
selves in. T see this move as a means of promoting VK7
via the QRM column(s) over the entire commonwealth and
at the same time .-1p the causé of imateur Radio.

73 Brian Yeoman
VK728Y
1980 QRM Iditor
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ANHUAL DINHED
The Annual Diviwr this year is to be held at the
Kings eadsws Hote. on Saturday the 2.st £ darch, 1E231.
The dinnor willstortatapproxinately 2.00 p.n.anc.will be -
preceded by pre-dinaer drinks at 7.3C
7 0
p.ite

The cost of this dinner is $14.00 per heald and will
consist of a four cu ise meal of your choice within the
range £ the menu. ‘he Hotel has an excellent reputation and
‘resident band [thaue aot too loud; so an enjoyable evening
can be assured. &coC moaation can be arranged if required
by indicating in *he npropriate section of the registration
form. If requircd, p 2asc return the registration form no later
than February 20:h or £ attending the Dinner only no late$
than larch 13th. It iz reguested that your remittance accompany
your regigtration Zori 30 we can accurately predict numbers attending.

I/we here-by register for the 1931 Annual Dinner on Saturday
the 2lg% of ilarch. Tloase £ind enclosed a cheque/money order
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" The above form chould be. returned to the WIA Horthern. Branch,
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BRANCH NOTDS
SOUTHERL
Hope everyone has survived seeing the start of yet
another year. An application has becn gsent in to D.0.C.
asking permission for our club call-sign VK7SB to ve
licensed as cermenently portable, so as to assist with
WICEN exercisec¢ and to act as back-up to the Tasmanian
Devil Wets. dovefully, this permission will be granted.

Our President, Barry VITuBA/ZBI has relucta.tly
been inactive on the "amateur redi8! scene for some weeks
now and he and his wife Mary are busily engaged in ren-
ovating their new QTH. I believe the kitchen has been
completely demolished and rebuilt and the task of »utting
up & tower is further down the log.

Lfter four months in our new QTi, our tower was
raised with Ron 7RI, Johu 72JH and Lpnthony 72TA helping
Peger, my O.M. alias TIIPR to achieve this. The windiest
Saturday possible was chogen buT with deft co-ordination
of all involved it was finished and decorated with the TH3
Junior aud 5 element 2m. been under the Luzzles eyes of
neighbours who watched with great interest. Now the Dowds
can become involved in some honest DX

Have heard on the grapevine that some owners of com-
bined calls are cdelaying applying for a K call until attempt-
ing the CW exam in Tebruary; Good luck to all those who
intend sitting this

On February 4th at .00 p.m. our Annual General Meeting
will take place and it is ho.ed to have 2 huge roll—u for
the election of office bearers.

The wags have organised a geit-together for the second
weekend in March and look forward to seeing faces from all
round the state. ILeke St. Claire has been chosen and the
big hut, which consists of a huge living room and small rooms
at each end with a total of 16 berths has been booked for
Saturday 7th March through to Sunday 8th March. At this
stage there are only & powered sites left and 14 minus power
unbooked. There is a very new large amenities block so it
will be convenient to bring along the whole family. Interested
people can ring the Ranger on 891115 to book a site.

May 1981 bring you all good health and happiness.

75 ~ Helene
VXTHD

Noel Stutterd
VK Llectromics, VK738/17
57 West Park Grove,
Burnie. 73%20
Phones 311708

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PRESIDENTSKEEORT
After the year a: rresiden: of ihis Dranch I have
to report that we have had a moderately successful 12
months.

A large part of our activity hac been the handling of
the branch finances ard its usc in a way that would benefit
all members. The treasurcr will no doult detail these
measures in his re_ort and I wo 1ld like to say that due to
some enterprises during the year and to money back from
A.S.I. our financeg are in a healthyv conditions. The nain
thrust has been to make the branch more acceptable to more
people and in this area the gimplermonthly business part of
meetings would be the most vigible feature. We worked for
more unity in the division as a whole and I hope in coming
months we will see some of the fruits of this activity.

I have noticed a gcol attendance at each meeting during
the year which has been encouraging with about 40 people as -
the average. Your cxecutive has 2lso discussed the possib-
ility of our own clubh mecting place and I hope the work of
futmee executives will resull in a "Home of our own" with all
its advantages.

One philosophical move 1: I nay. sometimes we may be
in danger of taking ourselves too scriously. When we become
involved in Amateur Rac.o initially it is because of a
personal desire and interes®t Lutl ac we gein our licence and
trade our name for a nurber itlhere s o Janger that we will
forget that this is a Lobby which ig meant to be fun. I
don't wish to downgrade the responsi bility that goes with
our licence and the opportunity forr community service but
hope that we will mever over ratc cur importance. There are
a lot of people who have never heard of Amateur Radio.

Before I end this regort I would like to thgnk all the
members of the executive who have worked respon31b1y.and cheer-
fully for this branch. I value their experience their exp-
ertise and their integrity.

T would also like to thank members for electing me to
this post and giving me the opportunity to find out some
things about myself I never knecw existed. I have found the
year personally rewarding. I wish the incomi ng executive
every success in handlii ng your affairs .

Thank You,

BARRYFRASER.
VKT7Z%BF
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1980 AINUAL REPORT: WICEN
The past year has seen some growth in the WICEN area,
but generally it has been a year of consolidation. Member-
ship in the South has grown to 24, the North Western Branch
have become affiliated with the State Bmergency Service
and have agreed to provide technical supvort to them, and
there are opportunities for WICEN in the North to participate
in Police - Bushwalking, Federation liaison meetings (Search
and Rescue co-ordimation). But the outstanding event of the
year was the Training Course held in Hobart in September.

The training course was based on the syllabus prepared
by the Federal WICEN Co-Ordinator, and was organisgsed with cop-
ious assistance from officers of the State Imergency Service.
Fifteen WICEI' members were instructed in topics ranging from
Voice Procedure, Message Writing, Message Handling and Map
Reading. An exercise followed the course, and messages were
passed between three field stations. Since the training
course, it has been decided to use the monthly WICEN skeds
to practice the message handling and voice procedures learned
during the course.

Our representation on the State Dihsaster Commun%cations
Planning Committee continues, and regular meetings of the
also
Police - Bushwalking Federation Liaison committee have
been attended, in the South only.
1ast'
Several exercises have been conducted since.the
report. These include: (i) Boy Scout Association Regatta
' at Snug, March 1-3%. Provided
comnmunications between boats and
shore, mainly VHF.
(ii) Mational Park Picnic, April 20.
Portable repeater carried to top
of M+t. Manson, also MPF RTTY link
to Hobart. S.E.S. Observers.
(iii) Teave exercise on May 4. Testing
effectiveness of 1.8 MHz trans-
ceivers.
(iv) Search and Rescue Symposium in
Taunceston, 6-8 June. raper
presented "Emergency Radio
Communicatiocn's Using Amateur
Radio. Also participated in cliff
rescue exercise.
(v) Cave S.A.R. Workshop, Mole Creek
2021 September, Further testing
of 1.8 MHz in caves.

One setback during the year was the inclusion in the new
"pAmaetur Operators Handbook'" of para 6.56, preventing the
relaying of transmissions without prior apyroval. This has
severely limited the type of facilities which WICEN can provide,
unless they are on pre-arranged exercises or in actual emer-
gency situations.
ARM Pa ge 7

1980AN:UAL REPORT: YICEN (con't)
The matter is to be discussed at the next
Federal Convention.
The granting of third party privileges means that
no longe; necessary for a group such as WICEN it is
to organise
an exercise in order to provide communications for
groups
such as the Boy Scout Association. Consequently, a group of
amateur o erators will be assisting with the 1981 B.S.A
.
Regatta at St. Helens:; the group wili%be mainly WICEN membe
but it will not be an official WICEN exercise. rs
’
I would urge any operator, or grouv of operators, who
see an opportunity to provide communications in circumstances,
such as the Scout Regatta to make full use of the occasgion.
As well as being good public relations for 4.R. such activities,
provide an opportunity to test equipment in a portable situation,
in circumstances not far different from what could be expected
in emergency conditions.

Finally, thanks to all other WICEN Co-ordinators and
membe.s who have contributed during 1980. I will not be
available as State WICEN Co-ordinator in 1981 and I hope that
my successor received as much co-operation as I have had during
my ‘tern. '

Andrew Boon

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NORTHwEST CO.:ST_ BRANCH NUTES
I would like to extend to 211 Readers, both new and
0ld members - the Compliments of the Season, and I hope
1981 works out just fine for you all.

Touching briefly on the last meeting for 1980 - Dec
9th - we had a good turn up of members, 29 in all.

oy The usual business was discensed with and the evening
finished up with a replay of the ever-popular "G6-~CJ Aerial Circus'.
Many_lnteresting comments were passed during suvver, and Tony
VK7AX, was thanked for ruaning the tape.

Meeting
forJanuary1381
We got off to a good start, the attendance being 28
including % visitors.

ES
OF LASTMEETING
MINUT Tead by the Secretary and adopted.
CORRESFOINDENCE Several inwards and outwards letters
were dealt with.
NIW MERBER reter Westerhof, 16 years, of Raymond
Avenue, Devonport, was elected unanim-
ously.
COUNCIL N.W. Branch Rep, Ivan VKT7XL expressed
disappointment at the turn-up at the
last meeting, after heving driven all
the way from Ulverstone. In view of
this, very little business was transacted.
BEACONS_AND REPERTERS irrogress was outlined by Tony VK7AX.
QST BURO Thanks to Don VK7DP, is functioning
smoocthly.
GENERAL BUSTIESS Nominations for Officers for the coming
year are being accepted from members.
Some "new blood# could be injected into
the system.
(OTE: It should be said that under the
leadership of Peter VKYBR - our
branch is really going places
J.D.)
VOLUNT ERS FOR THE
of "old
PROETCEST BOSITR — are urgently needed. A small group
what about
TaTInTul s™ doing this
have been job for many years.
It's Qot sgch
Roster?
some of you new "Z" CALLS joining the
- to gather some news aud squlrt_M
a big job - once in a while
a sigral out on 2 metres. We have members who could do a re .y
on 40 and 80.
s into Terry VKT7TT,
Wwhat about it fellas? Hand your name g in to Amateur
to put some tpin
and tell him you are prepared out of it!
thin g
Radic, besides getting some
.- '/“vﬂ »

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- ACTIVITY Martin VKT7MM,who is a senior engineer with the
Department of Main Roads, gave an extremely interesting illus-
trated lecture on the construction and erection of various
typgs of masts and towers. Details as to Load, Guyine, Wind
Velscity and other Technical details, were fully wovered.
Although at timegs, the mathematical formulae used wasway
?over the heads" of most members, the lecture was most
impressive.

Martin was warmly thanked for his fine effort.

SUPPER, serveed by a team headed by David VK7MS, concluded a
most successful evening.

Till next month,

73 Jim VKTNOW

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Congratulations to Lyn and Tan Ellings VK7ZIE on the latest
addition to the family.

Samanthen Erin on Wednesday the 21st January. Mother and
daughter both doing fine but dad, well not to sure.

2 LD R SA M S L
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STATE NEWS
The January Council Meeting was held at the Home of
VETGD on January 10th. Present were VKT7KL, GD, XL, PA and
NFR and one visitor VK72ZTAL
e the closing date
gince correspondence was not availabl
extended by one month.
for Federal Counci’'lor nominations were
the W.B. Clubrooms on
The next council meeting will be at
the 21st Pebruary, =t 100 p.m.
of two_membors ff -
A Sub-Committec meeting comnsisting ents for changes
idering requ irem
each Branch is currently cons
in Council operatio ns.
Page 10 QRM

AND iHLARD® Notes for February,
"SBENE 19381. - Robin L. Harwood-

Have you noticed an increase lately in deliberate inter-
ference or "jamming"”? There are suspicions that there is a
"Woodpecker” machine in wWestern Europe or the lMiddle East
operated by a IJATO Power. The object being to confuse the
real "Woodpecker® in the Bastern Bloc. It is becoming rarer
to find a clear frequency that is not affected by this
.
Electronic Pollution. Iven the Maritime Communication Bands
no longer to be sacrosanct. The 3pectrum Users are the losers
in tnis Electrounic "Cat and llouse® gamne.

Scoop of the Month must be the logging of Interpol. They
were heard with TFC on c¢/w at approx. 0700z. Some of it was
in the clear but most was in cypher. I think the station was
in Bangkok. Sorry, I do not think it is advisable to revesal
the frequency here, suffice to say it was certainly an unusual
one.

The 25 Mhz Band is coantinuing to give surprises. The U.S.
Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRTS) is being heard here on 26000
khz from about 0600z. It is utilizing the VOA Relay Transmitters
in the Philipines judging by the 3/4 second delary between AFRTS
outlets in the States and the observed gignal.

A recent international Poll of listemers voted the BRC
as the Top 3W Station in 1980. This survey couducted by a
West German Audience research organisation, also reveals that
Radio Nederland in Hilversum who were top in 1979 were runners
up in 1980. Radio Moscow's World Service was fifth while
Radio France International was sixth. It is interesting to
note that this organisation solely broadcasts in French. Radio
fustralia did not figure in the top ten despite that it was
consistently in the high ratings from the Fifties through the
early Seventies. Budget Cutbacks over the year have reduced
the station's effectiveness. Its programne coutent no longer
attracts the listeners. The indifference of the programme
makers is all too apparent in its output.
one Sydney
There have been ruours g£oing around of at least
Comme rcial Short -iave
media outlet has put out feelers for a rumou r going
There is also a Very stron g
Brosdcast licence. Power outpu t B
will‘ have its
around that Chenuel § in Sydney fligl ﬂg
it 1nto_1;ne w1th fhe.é
increased to 100 KW ERP to bring of @ggct ﬁé§43 00.
outlets BRI'. This after numerous’cqmplalnts
%boutngggﬁnié giuggemZ%so ey hat
Apparently nobody bothirs Lnyabw = == _ ayS ae
not have UHR tuners out yet. w1llhbe 5o;gg si§tg e%2§§ aags
Service
the Svecial Broadcasting ¢/28. Who sal x :
some time possibly on Channel
safe after ATVY went QRT:
i anks
: ess my than
to expr . to
would li.e
us on, I W
In conclusi
spar e tlme 'to put QRM toge ?her
EditorlBiian for giving up his h, the
A job well done, Brian! Until next mont
each month. Robin T, Tarwood
."..¢.5.
best of DX and 73‘5.0...,..,..,
QR Page 11
DRAFT
AUSTRALIA FREQUENCY TARLE
On the 22nd December, 1980, the Minister for
Communications, Mr. Sinclair relessed the draft Australian
Frequency Table. The following are the main points of
that table. For your information and comment.

Freguencics below30 MHZ
o changes are proposed on the 380, 20, 15 & 10 metre
bands. The only comment the IA would suggest is that a
small segment around %.8 MHZ could be desirable and may be
practical. Chauges are proposed to the 160 meter band. At
present the band 1.8 to 1.86 MIZ is allocated to the Amateur
Service on a secondary basis. There is a pwoposal that the
band 1.8 to 1.825 MHZ be allocated exclusively to Amateurs
in Australia, and that the band 1.825 to 1.875 MHZ be,
allocated to Amateurs on a secondary basis. The present
allocation at 40 meters remains but with an increase from
7.150 to 7.3%300 MEZ with the latter segment being on the basis
on non-interference. The new bands at 10.1 to 10.150, 18.068
to 18.163, & 24.890 to 24.990 MHZ are provided for in the
proposed table, but the draft does not state when these
frequencies will be available to Australian Amateurs. The
CWIA would like to see these bands available for use by 1st
January, 1982. The WIA also would like to see the proposed
foot note should be recast to provide, firstly, that NO
further assignments to the fixed service should be made in
these bands and secondly thaot existing assignmeuts should be
relocated as quickly as possible, it is suggested, by not
later than the 1st July, 1984.

Bands Below960MiZ
A significant proposal to the 6 meter band is inchuded
in the draft table. It is proposed that the band 50 - 52 MEZ
be allocated primary to broadcasting and secondary to Amateur.
With the band 52 to 54 MHZ remaining excltsive Amateur the
TV Channel
WIL does not believe that the present allocation to
O is not sensible frequency management. No changes are
and 70 cm Amateur bands.
proposed in Australia to the 2 meter
use of the band 576 MHZ
It has been noted that the temporary
_oint will be followe d
is not included in the draft and this
up.

Bandsabove 960 MHZ
will
In conforming with the outcome of W.A.R.C. the band
become 1240 to 1300 MH%Z. Above this band no chang es are madeﬂ
ce excep t in three respe cts. leec
affecting the Amateur Servi
d bapd at 2300 to
and Mobiles are added to the already share -
2450 MHZ. The WIA would likg4gq icezigolﬁgst 1ni§23 ggg e
i band from 0 %o Milz. Fixe
i S all the Amate ur
inclu des
éﬁ%gigrbgagg%éégg. aThe draft table The draft also
.C.
bands above 40 GHZ allocated by the W.A.R alloc ated by the
Satellite bands
includes all the new Amateur
the new trade.
W.A.R.C. overall the WIA welcomes
Page 12 QRM

Bands above 960 MHZ (con't)
It is hoped that Amateurs will generally respond to the
invitation to comment on the draft table. The WIA believes
that it is important that the Amateur position is seen to
have general support.

As was said on the tape "To a large extent it is now
over to ezch of us to gupport and or comment on this draft.®
The deadline date for comment is the 16th Februsry, 1981.

Submissions should be forwarded togs-

The Department of Communications,
G.P.0. Box 5412CC,
MELBCURNE. Vic. 3000

and marked - To the Attention of the Chairmen, Australia
Table of Frecuency allocation Committee.

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FEDERAT EMO_CO-ORDINAZOR
PYTK3%QQ has Yecently taken up the pst as, 'WIA FEDERAL IEMC
CO-~-ORDINATOR* -
ﬁtc etc,
TAnyone with interference problems; TVI, AFI, PLT
l infor matio n
is advised to make contact for some usefu
Tony Tregale VK3QQ
, Wattl e Drive , 38
.
'
WATSONIA. Vic. 3087
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Yol le Notes
2NOVES

Once again our predictions of outstanding DX during
December did not eventuate. All was not lost with several
good Sparocic I openings.

On 29th December, 1980 a vast opening .rovided contacts
with all states except VK8 in about two hours.

Again on the 10th January, 1981 all ZL call areas were
worked. M.ny times during the past month ZIL TV has been
watchable with no QS0's taking place.
H44DX was worked by VKT7DA Daniel
VK9 by VK7ZTA Anthony

On 15tn January, 1980 the MUF was above T75Mhz despite
many calls on 2M no contacts were made.

There have been good inversions to VK3 providing 2M activity
mainly on Repeater channels but a art from this there is
nothing of sign’ficance to report.

Joe Gelston 73
VKT7IG

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ALNUAL MEETTI
The Enn22l Meeting of WIA Tesmanian Division yill be
held on Saturder the 21st March, 1981, at the mortnern Branch
club rooms, 34 Bourke Street, Launceston starting at 1.00 p.m.

A1l notices of motion for this meeting must reach the
secretary, Tasmarian Divieion:
WIA,
Mr. B. Morgan, 10 Boa Vista Road, New Town 7008.
No later than the 21st FPebruary, 1981.
The Athol Johuson Contest

1Th}s}contos+ ig held each year to honour the Memory
of the lat Athol Johnson VE7AJ who did so much towards
encouraging VHF Activiily in VK7.

Rules:

(A) Duration 1200-20! hag local sun, Feb 22nd 1981
(B) contacts m: ¢ DiLace on all VEF Amateur bands and:
can take

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(C) A1l
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Modes
Wor
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2d, ‘ncluding
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cross mode but cross
. bang coauaCU> ot allowed (satellites excepted).
(D) Contacts el ist of a signal report plus a
running sor DeY: 000 -~ §9g,
(E) Points Score int per contact via Repeaters
a5 1n,% p>r contact for other modes
(I< A perpesiual is presented to the winner.
(q, ihcre is aiy u9e section - TX open.
(H) A1l logs shall be sent to:-
he W.X.A.,
Tasmsnian Division,
j)o"-)a .L)OJL 4'/:0,
j|' r,TTTTr:_'mS'p( ﬂm~ ’Z')SL

ano mark ¢ —on ”Vu Dfficer”, no later than
March 2 ! :
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(%) ALl Joge .
shall be accomvanied
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by a-
cover sheet showing
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the following detailse-
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of the contest have

YK7 QSL BUREAU ~ smavol Reoord
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The Buresui-has had anot exr Lusy vear with the number of
cards nandled showiag a sm ¥ 1
reasge. Comgarative figures
for the past three yea

Outwards Invards Total
1978 15,1353 14,021 29,154
1979 24,002 2%;357 A7, 358
1980 24,102 24,960 49,0
Mainly as a resu.t of increased postal charges average
postage per card jumped from 1.20c to 1.4%c. Tuls will further
increase as THd cw of cards fall over the next few years
until the sunspot nimum when past experienc e has been that
the total handled is only about 25% of a peak year.

and
The Bureau continues in a sound financial position
up will carry us over the mlack years.
the reserve being built

The co-operation of all in corting their cards before
I am now
sending them to the Bureau would be appreciated.
which cuts
handling an averag: of 940 a week and anything
down the work is most welcome.
QRM Page 15
VK7 QSL BUREAU - Annual Report (con't)
My thanks to the Branch QSL Officers, Ccl. Wright, Don
Purton and Bill Reid for their help during the year.

Chas. Harrisson VKT7CH
QSL Manager

30 -Ae£ oT L-o WSLTI R A G ALs
TN 8 S TR B e R T e A e, WA SR T WA | 87 MRAT & ATt

The Department is prepared ©o autlhorise "portable repeatert
stations to be operated by the Wireless Institute of Australia,
Civil Imergency Network within the fregquency bands 144-148 and
420~450Mhz; under the followinug conditions.
1. Prior approwal is not required where an approved portable
repeater is to be put into operation as part of a declared
Civil Imergency which is under control of the controlling
Authority for the emergency at the time. Notifications of
the use of the portable repeater and its location should
be given to the Department at the earliest opportunity.
2. The nortable repreater shall operate ¢cn a mominated pair
of frequencies gelected by the WIA and acceptable to the
Devartment.
3. he portable repeater shall not, unless gpecial circumstauces
exist, he used to provide
S} fixed linking to other established
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repeater stations. If iv is used for this purpose, the
Department chould be informed »f the circumstances at the
earliiest opportunity.
4., Prior approval is reguired where the portable repeater is
to be used in WICHLN cxercises Iun accordance with the general
provisions of “h: Amateur Operators Handbook (Dec. T78), Par-
agravhs 6.238 to 6.%% inclusive. Advice of preferred repeater
sites should ve given to the De.artment to emable preliminary
calculations of interference to be made and their suitability
to be assessed in association with the »proposed fregquency
of operation.
5. The WIA 3tate Divigion accept full responsibility for the
proper operation of the vportable repeater.

It is appreciated that it would be difficult to fully
couiply with the technical provisions of the Handbook in respect
to a portable repcater. It would be expected however, that the
technical provisions of Paragraph 5.11 (a) (v) (c) (e) (j) and
(M) be complied.
nts from
In order that this matter may be finalised comme
the Wireless Institute and members are invit ed.
H.S. Electronics,
104 Charles Street,
LAULCESTON. Tas. 7250
Phone: 3%1-8942

Come in and inspect our wide range of electrouic parts and
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