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TASM P.0. BOX 275
LAUNCESTON
TAS. - 7250
AMAT
Registerei for Posting
Ras a Publication
Category B
RADI
Bulletin issued hy the North, North Wet and
Soutlwrn Branches of the Wireless Institute
of Australia, 'Tasmanian Division
FEBRUARY 1980
MEETINGS ; Northern Branch General 8th Feb,
North West Annual Generol 12th Feb.
Southern Branch Annual General 6th Feb,
CONTENTS Poge 2 The Tasmanian• "DEVIL11 Award.
North West Branch Special Meeting.
4 Northern Branch Notes
5 John Moyle Memorial/ Northern Branch Field Day.
6 Southern Branch Notes
New Call Signs
7 Southern ronch Mini--hamfest 23/24th Feb.
8 North West Branch Notes.
Radio Astronomy - written by V7NOw
9 VHF Notes by Joe
10 The Reverend John Flynn Memorial Award
The Athol Johnson Memorial Contest
11 VKS Six and Two Metre Beacons by VK~AVQ
12 Forty Metre bipole and Other Bonds
13 State Divisional Notes
14 Transistors as Zeners
l1JOHN MOYLE MEMORIAL FIELD DAY CONTEST
2
This award is created to interest Australian and overseas amateurs
in contacting reasonably rare VK7s. Tasmania, the island State of
Australia.has many unique features the "Devil~ award is named after one
of these.
To Qualify ,
·----«- You mg/ qua]j for the award in any one of the sections or
sub-sections.
Sections
L±.E/HA.i.(a} open-by the use of any combination of bands I up
and modes available to applicant.
(b) One band-of those available,
(c) One mode-of those available.
(d) All Novice-contacts with Novice calls.
_2/Vh.. (a) open-boy the use of ony combination of bands
above 30MHz. and modes available to applicant,
(b} One bond-of those available.
(c) Satellite~-contacts via t\moteur Satellites.
Cross band to H.F. allowed if permitted under licence terms.
t l!i.. ,, (d) Repeater-via in-band repeaters.
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isr wo way Contac ·t with a
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nun1ber of
Amot--:au-rs depend :i. ng on the appli cont s location,
Australia including Tas. 50 contacts
Oceania, Antarctica 30 contacts
,:\sio~ North America 20 contacts
Europe, South America 10 contacts
Africo 7 contocts
V.H,F, Applicants to contact
VK7 amotour'S with ot least one
station Teach of the three W.I,A. Branch areas.
Verification -. . . . . . . .
Claim logs, with applicants name, call, section, to show
station contacted, date, time, band and mode. The claim to be signed
by applicant and countersigned by two other amateurs. Spot checks
will be made with contacted stations in Vk7 for confirmation.
$ +++sw»?g,S,L's will not be require++w#ox¥s»
Commencement
ia ·---··--
Contacts made since first day of January 1978 can be used
-2Applications
A fee of lO IRC's overseas or 5 IRC's within Australio or
equivalent should accompany claim to cover cost of award
and be sent to: ani postage
Bureau
P.O, Box 371 l)
Hoba r·t. Tas. 70()1.
t-JOFffH WEST BFU\NCH SPECit'.\L
H.F. RADIO TOPICS
£ATC : Tuesday February the 19th, 8 PM ot the Penguin High School.
: Mr. Roger Stubbe from QUITO, ECUADOR will be in our area for
3 days in Feb and is anxious to meet and talk with as many
amateurs as oossible. He will be at the Penguin High School to talk
thus about HF, transmissions, equipment, Hydro power supplies,
antennae and the new steerable H,F, antenna, Also the sec K~v TX soon
to be commissioned by the Mission station HCJV in Ecuador.
Roger Stubbe has held an Amateur license since the age of 16
and since 1965 has been involved in Transmitter installation end mtce
nd power generation, in his capacity as Dir6ctor bf the transmitter
ite, Director of Engineering and late1~ as FreoJ;n2v Manager.
All amateurs interestedin H.F. radio, associates friend
welcome to come along to this very interesting talk.
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The
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,namely the Treasurers report
that ere are still some 1979
iday night between 7.30 and 9 PM.
lovid indicated that he wo ity of ferrites,coil
cards for VK7NB was
·o:i. seci as t old cords are for VK7NZ.Alsa some cares are needed
'or VK7PNT th C:.:.f) aunceston,It
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have
:'t)out , 5C)<.') co for VK7RNT.
QRM (aptly namedJ; 1980
found that it wil
ightly,Provideci that the curr r support
:hen this revenue together t year from
)ivision Just to break even,T
Full page Half page Third page
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off
swell
,f medical
ehalf of t he
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,ractice of SES and other civil emergency organisat
24 hour format on local time,unless crossing time
brarion ;
stinctly marked before the
vished to donate technical
easonably current,then please brirg them along
BUSINESS : New membership - not y new.but welcome to
3ndre 7A.. {r, 1,rger always easy}
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ill play
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noved and carried unanimous]
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hanks
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