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IhE....... W/RELESS, /NSI/riyTF
OF . AUSTHALIA
Tasmanian Division
Box 851 Jo G P. O,
HOBARTo
MONTHLY,BULLETIN Price 6d,
SEPSBMBEE 1©60_,
PRESIDENTo-
SECRETARYo
Mr. T Alien VK?^, TREASURER, 'Mr7 K, Mi 11in VK?KA,
Mr, C. Harrisson .
VE7CHo
CLiiL ROOMS» 1^-7 Liver ool St HOBART
GEHERA. L ME.ETING, The next General Meeting of the Tasmanian Division
will be b-eld a'b the Club Rooms, 147 Liverpool S't. on WedrL esday Sept.
?th. /1960 o. t 2000 hrso
I^CTIffiE. This mon-bh ue will have a talk fronio Mr. J. BROWN
VK7ETr~enti-fclecL ^'Modifications to Coraiiiand Receivers. " As anyone who
has heard Joe on previous occasions v/ill know, he has the happy knack-
of being able to put a lot of pertinent infonaafion into a short space:
of time a-Qd. there is always something to realJ-y thinlc a'bout. So roll
alon"- and 'oring ar^y-oi'ie vAo will be in-berested in the matter of a really
good receiver at very small cost. Sc^oLs should also find this very
enlighteningo
NORTHERN Z0 The. next MeetinR of the Northern Zone will be held at
the-r^s-Idence of Associate Mr " G, CROMPTON, 6 Moore, Street on Friday..
Sept; 9-fch. I960 at 2000 hrs I have no informatibn on .fche. scheduled "..
activity bu.t no do.ubt; a good time will be had by all.
NORTH ¥/EST' ZOI'TEo TJ;ie n-ext Meet;irLg of this Zone will be held at Laki.ns.
HaTr7~OTverstone 5 on Tiiesday 6th Sept . at the usual tim? At the Annual
General Meeting of -this Zone the following Officers-were lecteds-'
PRESIDENT Mr M. Wo IVES -VK7MX
VICE PRESIDENTS)Mr. F. H. YOUNG VK7FH
';5Mr. L, J< DURKIN VK7JP
HON, SECRETARYs Mi?. D, S'OWAN VK7MS
HO^T'^EElSU'RS'irs Mr. A. J, BAPTIST
TniTFTUFlTCE'R s Mr o R. Ko WILSON VE7ZAA
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Mr«. E» 7. WALKER VK7WA
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0 0 0-1-1 0 I."i^-ii-'i±'l. <-l'-L'-l-l-
ZONE CCRRESPOITOEKT; Mr" To J, TONGS VIC7TT
To these gentlemen the Division. extends. its cpnsratula-
tions and best .wishes for a happy and successful year of offi'ce.
*t. I /'. ..
R^DoL_Gon_test. We.Il,^ this most-popular Contest is over'foE ' anQther ye-ar
To me there~cLid not .. seem to be as m..'m^ VK? stations . p'articipa-fciii.s. as .
last year but there are still, some very good scores to hancL. I' '£im: no'fc,
of coursec possession of all 'of these but the ones I have
in are, '';;@.s
follows, £;s-they comes- .,
VK7A3 log VE:7SF' 560- VK7RL 791 VE7SM 675 VX7DA 100, ;. .... ..,
VK?ttS £75 VE7KS 655 VK7TT 550 VK?M . 455 VE7DE 750'
VE7CA I.og VK7LJ 200 VK7.JB; 74 .VIC7YL 52 VK7DW $80 ... :.
VE7MF 792 VK7RX 971 VK?PJ 'Log VK7BJ 1$5 VE?KA 666
VE7SJ Log VK7FM Los' VE7AL. Log VK?PJ Log VK^VI Log ..'
VK7LE Log VK7ZZ Log VK7RY Log VK7BT .. ; .,.
Numbers are points, and Log is for stci-fcions that I know v^ere on l3ut, f.or:
which I hf-. ve not the score. '- . ; .'
VK7WI BRO^.:. DCAST. In future the Sunday Broadcasl? will be retrarLSfflittecL
on the /14^. -Ic/s and 50 MG/S bands. The-:freiquerLcies are 144o27 and
50. 88 MC/£ ajacL will emanate from the QTH of VK7MY, Mro ALAN MORRISBY.
Wo H»F» entAusiast ~tl thus 'be able to be in -the broadcast by contact;-
ing Alan v.;rho will . in contact with VK7Vrt who will call him at the
commencemc ;ntof t-' local round. up. >Arhile on the matter of the Sunday
Broadcast it will ->e appreciated if the channel is kept clear in the
case of 7, 146 Mc/s for most of Sunday riiorni. ng and in the case of
. . -2-
7o 1^ Mc/g for'most of Sunday morning and in the case of 7. 115 Mc/s froiri
1050 hrs until the conclusion .. of the . round-up, It v^ill-also be a great
help if all stations call VK7WI. on his operating frequency, it will save
quite a lofc of \vear and' fc'ear on various receiver tuning d.lals etc.
JA OREE-ON-THE -AIE This Contest, for which there are no prizes or
certificaTei" in fact, it is not a Contest in the accepted, sense of the
word - will be held -this year on 22nd. and. 23rd Octo'ber from -10.00 hrs
EoA. So T, Saturday until 1000 hrs S«. A, SoT« on Sunday.
Stations v/ishing -bo assist local Scout Groups are
requested to, contact Mr, Ro JEFFREY ,-2 McRobie Rd. SOUTH HOBART, who is the
State Organiser for t-his event, or the local Scoutmaster who v/ill no doubt
be in contact v^ith Mr» JEFFREYo Stations wishing to join in the Contest
(io-so-_by-slmPly calling '"'CoQo JAMBOREE;?o The HoQ, Station in OTTAWA has the
cal1 VE5J4M and_will 'bejoperating on s.ll bands on the following frequencies's
3750^, 7100, 1. 4175, 21250, and 28450 Kc/So The event is. being^orgem. Lsed to
further the bonds of inte. rnational friendship ej^d bro-bherhood"which unite
fhe Scout movement. It will probably "be arrangecL for Mr. JEFFREY to give
a-tallc over t:he Sunda^^ Broadcast prior to^the Jamboree. - It is hoped^thafc
Sv_W. L Group Members w-ill be aMe-to provide receivers for the Scout Groups
around the different areas and that the VoH, J?« Group will be ^ able to
provide equipment for the V, H. F» linls between the various Stations operating
in the Southern area,
S'oWoL. GROUP. R
This Group y"ill meet as usual on the 2nd Wednesday
in the month at the CluTs Rooms. No informafcion to hand re activity.
VoH»Po GROUP. This Group will ineet as usual on the 5rd Wednesday
on tJ-ie month also . at the Club. Rooms,. Also no info. on this Group's activity.
^^ BOOKS, ^ The Division has a number of 1960-6-1 Call Books on
hand. I'rortlL Yi)res'L-ern Zone Meubers will ob-L-aiu bho'ir direct from tho
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copy
Pr. esident or Secretary; should be t. o hand by the next Meeting Night, I
have some iianes of .'the Nor-fchern Zone Members who require a copy. " Any others
twill pleasd^let me know» Southern Mem'bers in the Metropolitan area will .
col lect theirs a't. tMe ne'xb General Meet;ing.
TECHNICAL TOFICS. ^s there have been quite a few comments re. the first
circuit whichapp eared (more or less)in the first issue of this Bulletin. .
w^ich was not particularly clear, it is reproduced here, No doubt you will
h^ve the text concerning same so I dont propose to duplicate that. p.ar-b of
if, Now^ that we_have_got; sonie proper equipment for doing these circuits
-i;l'iey_may be more legible, the only thing"is"that. the mistakes will be more
easily noticed, <?/'<//r.^ /q ^-?5-/<fe>'/r. ^'"^/';
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I^^i^w«o£^the^neceesl^y^hese_days__of^oijie^super> selectiyity. the
. following i:(^i; Multiplier "circuit ~'m^~prove^ of ^int^-^st. "This u$i?c6i-b"Saji
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'. ."be ^ added'. 1 to any receiv. r so long as'the tiAed circuit is resonajat at the
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i. f . ^frequency and the'.lead from fc'he tuned circuit to the i»g. Is'not
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; too long_. Best results are obtained when the 1!Q" Mul-fciplier is comiected
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th^^pla-be of the mixerr feeding the lowest frequency^i. f. (in the case
of dual conversion receivers.
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All for -this month c
K. E Millin,, Hono Sec