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THE WIRELESS -rNSTITUTE
OF AUSTRALIA
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Mr,, T, Alien*
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Owing to, oiro urns-b&noes beyoaf our oon-brol there was no Bulle-fcin published las-fa
nont h. (NOT.)
GFA'ERAL MEETING • - ... _.....
ie Nex-b. General Me._e-t;ing of •the Ta'stiifl.nia.ri^'n^j'^^n^w^l^'b^^ld
e.-fc he Phyi^ai^5-t:^e6^tnlruSi^s5;:byulo? TSsmani&,'"ya^-y Bay . at'?;SO p. m.
SE ARP.
PL5ASE NOTE THEC5AKGE.
LECT-JRE. ^ ^^ ^^^^for-buna-be this Mon'fch in_th£6l; ^ onr.,T:;;';;r ^;,W1'1T be^Dro
>3C. MoC;aoken/VK7™''v/ho^Ul'g^e^us^alk ^^^ ^^^ ^"£'s~
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THIS IvIEA. BS Y OU.
a is owing to lack of ^ondanoo tlrt this measure is rented noco^sar,.
NEXT MEECOT. ^ ^^. ^^ ^^ ^ ^he sooondWbdnosd^y^of So^^ho^-U's n^.r,
w, i3^^^^^^^°^^^^uj^i^6
AtTe+ffort'+o"a:fctcnd~.
In faoi; no-fc only rnske •fcKe-offor. ;., DU^ ^ ^orc.
Send, Mike JcKno rV L7007/V5-%A:;7.
•Hon. 3c3o S^!L, L^ Group/
•Eho o onolus ion of-Oo-b. Technical ar-biclo is included oiscv?hcro in ^^
PullG -tin* Thanks Mike. (Ed. )
Rooms-,
_ The nex-fc Meeting of •'-his Group will bo r. jid &T, -l-h. •;.;
147 L. verpool S-fc. on Wed. Deo. 2&bh. a-b the__usu&l^^me, ^ ^ ^
T^e havo'reire i^ed a tape frota -bhe VK3 V. 2, F 3rou^ ^-or^iE^ us
of -bheir ao-fc^iti:-'s-and general equipment used ^Jh^ ^^Q^^!U^G^'
'a~'s'ysteni'of "tape recordings exohangings o^^-Fo Bm d p^ods ^opr'/^de
ijls"onbetwcn-S-fca'tcs on V. H. F. ac^iTi-bies. This sce;^; qu. be an oxcol^iA
The Mon-fch^y Bulletin of The Tfireloe Ins-bi-butc of Aus-bralia*
Tasmanian Division. Page 2.
idea and no doub-fc you w ill hero more of i-b.
In -bhis regard Ted. VK7EB? has offered his sessvioes, whioh_wero_
gra-befully aooep-fced, -bo provide piason, when required, via the H. F. Bands.
FKEQUE^ICIES OF VK5 STATIOliS. ( 7.H. F.)
Keep this for reference.
Policing is a lis-b of l.fe.inland S-bations ao-fcivcly looking our way forDX.
(in order of frequency and oall area*? )
VI^ ZDF. ga-bcr sea c 144. 08
VK5 QZ . Graham Traralgon 144.28 (approx.)
VKSZKO/^ 144.30
VK5ZAQ RO.SS Warragul 144«S6
VK5DY ' David Ma-ffra 144.5.8
VK3NN Herb Yanao 144.41.
v VK5ATN Ray Biro hip 144.42
VK5ZAB Stan Traralgon 144,42
VK3TH Gordon Yinnar 144. 55
VK2ACT Cliff Poarsondalc, 144,65
VE3ZBW Jia Morwcll 144.69 »
VK5SCG Goorgo Morwoll 144, 75
VK5MU David' Ripplebrook 144. 7&
•V-K3BLT VKSSia1 Me Ibour no. 144. 85
VK3WH. Hug o F orb cs 144.005
VK5GJ Lee Mt. Gambler 144. 50
VK5ZDR Mio 1c Adelaide 144. 17
VK5AW Penola 144, 65
E&siest VK5*s -to work Should be VK3ZCG? 5ZDP, 5DY and 3Z&Q. ......
(Signcs-R., K. Emme-b-b. VK7ZA.O*
COUNCIL I.IEETIBG.
Tho next Council Me -ting will be Bold an the SECOND Thursday
in Deoemb^i r, i. e« DOG. 14th. COUNCIL MEMBERS PLE&SE NOTE, li'H6 'Venue of
this Meeting will be a-b -the ros'idenoe of №. D. Wa-fcson, VKTDVi', The da'fce
has been changed bocause it is oonsiddred •fchafc -bhe nornial 5rd. Thursday
w ill be too olose -bo Chris-fcmas.
APPLICATIOII8 FOR MEtffiEESHIP.
Tou-aFe-agIan reminded •fchs'fc all Appliba'fci.ons for ..Membership MI]ST
be aocompanied by -the requisite Sub, If -this is no-b adhered •fco in futurs
applio at ions will be re-fcurned to -fche ApFlioan-b* Still a lo-t of work but -bhe-
lesser of -fchree or four evils, DON'T FORGET* • ' ...
CH&IIGE OF ADDRESS *
Changes of Aduross, Non-rcoeip-fc of A. R* or the Bulle tin Mus-fc
bo no-bifiod diroo-b to ^hc Divisional S ocr e-b&ry, NOT To "Ama-teur Radio". Any other
aotion •bha. n •bhis will only add -bo •fcho oonfusiori*
TRA.HSM3TTER _B1INI • (or FIRID DA.y} .. . <
On fiod« 10th. nox± a Transmi'btor Eun-fc will bo hold AT Sou'th Ani
Tho gcberal"idca is -fcha-fc e-TQryone will -brave 1'•to Sou-th Arm a.vsS'TiBsr iTaS' dispoagd
of -fcho XYL and harmonics , or tho YL, •the QM S can proooed to ohaso arour;d
so arching for sundry hidden piece s of radio apparatus* No nocd •bo litnit it
•bo one hun'b •fchoso in-bcros-fced oan o&rry on all day as long as they can •talk
some ono in-feo hiding •fcho Thing for than. The. prosQc-ds-from:-fchis oveni-b will be
f or the Club Rooa fund. The ohargo is 10/- per o&r (. or 'bus) -so BVffiYOI®,
please oome alo ng and faake this even'fc a suooes. 3'*-"Thef ktds-and'al oan
have a rea3. ly good day a-b the bcaoh, t-hoy m&y gct'sun-biu'n bu-t; i-b'll pass.
BE IN IT FOR THE LIST SOCIA. L №EIff THIS YEAR.. ' •• •
Jamboree- of •bhc-Air, ,
I have reoeivcd -fcha following lo-ttcr,
^Te would like •bo express our sincere •thanks for all that your
ins'fci-bu-be have done •bo make •the reoon't; Jamborec-on-'thQ-Air suoh
a suooess* TiTould you please convoy -this -bo your aembcrs -fchrough-
ou-b -bhc S-fca-be,
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) D. G. FINL1YSON
Organizer a& oree-on--fche-A. ir'
The MorAhily Bullc-bin of The Wireless Institute of Australiac
Tastnanian Divisiono Pa ge 3,-
CALL BOCKS AM) LOG . BOOKS,
e are sx AcEiel-fc: pleased -bo advise •fcha-b a-b long las-fc tho . 1961-62
Call Books, and a reasonable supply of the new s-byle Log Books are new -bo
hand* S-o if y ou require one or the other or bo-bh of those ploase notify •bh©
Hon, See s BS s oon as possible^ S'oinc of you have already ordered your re-
quiremen-fcs, but is now tha-b long ago' tha-t; perhaps I o an prc'vail upon irou •fco
re-order. T&'i.HIC YOUo ThQ prioes arc Call Books 6/- Ga« and Log Books 5/6•
OOF? FOR BULLEffIN.
IN -fu-buro, at loast until March next year, ALL oopy for the Bulletin
MOST be in -fcho hsands of -bho Secretary on or before ti hc 3rd. Thursday in each
month. Anything roocivcd after -bhis date Eay go-b in but is, goin;;; •to be luoky
880 to do»
TECHNIGALs ( Con-b-inuGd froa Co-t*- Bul. lc-bin, )
Cons'truo-fcion Points 5 .-11 leads should be kep-fc as shor-b as possible. Fixed
aon onsors s ould e nioa or ocramio.
•The ooils should be-shielcded from each other, a. nd f;rQm . -bhe assooia'fced valve.
High •bcnsion oan be pieked up from th^ reoeivor in-bo which -bhe oonvcr-ber is
being fed, as a3ao--fche-filamon-bs* These . iQads , oan ,bQ ^n.ordinary plas-fcid.
2 lex or similar;
The variable-oondens or s MUST bo mounted rigidly and -bho leads from -thoso
kop-fe as shor-b as pass ib 1c •
For bos-b resul-fcs •the oonneo-fcing cable bc-bwQcn oonvGr-fcer. ou-bpu-t;'and roc'Giver
antenna. Terminals' should ~be ooax -bo r.oduo'-' or elitnin&te bro&doas-fc
s-fcation interfering.
Tho 50 P. P. variable condensGr aoross -bhe Seoondary winding of -fchc an-beima
ooil is -bhe po&k -bhc signal on a given frequency and nay have -be be repe&tod
as -the oonvortor is -fcuncd froin one end of •bhc band •fco •b ho othor on each
sc'fc of o oils*
The 100 P. F* Condenser across -fcho osoila-fcor grid winding. is -bho band set
oontrol* ••
The 35 P. F, oondonscr should have a slow t;unii:ig .dial on it al-bhough'.;''P-did
not find this nooossary. This oonc.cnsor -fcunes & sinall ban(q of frcquonoies
so-fc by •fcho larger oonctcnsor*
If -bho 7 niQ, ooils arc plugged in and. one wishes to -bune -tho 7 mo ama'teur
band, tho band set oo&cLcnsor is slowly -tuned until ama-bcur sigs arc heard.
Those oan -fchon bo tuned by'ti hc'bandsFroad oon-brol,
If a no-bc is kcpb of dial readings for various frequenoios on eaoh se-fc of
ooils, •fchon •fche recuircd froqucnaies oan bo oasily looatod*
To -bune up -bhc oonvcr-b^r when first; aons'fcruotodj: oonnco-fc tho ou'tpu-fc of -bhe
oonvcr-tier •to •fche&a^rial -bGrminal on •fcho rcooiver, oonnoot filatnon-fc and high
•tension supplies'and, of oourse, switoh on, Tuno B.C. so-fc -bo 1600 K/s and
•bhen tune the oonver-fcer band sc-b oontrol un-bil a signal is heard(Any band).
Now adjust the -brimtncr and s lug'on the ou'tpu't o oil un-bil a peak In volume
is heard. Now adjust'the an-fcenna •trianing oon-brol for a fur-thc. : ino^ease
in'signal, and your in businessc The adjus'fcnen-GS on -bhe ou-bpu-fc ooil should
no'b have •t;o be -bouohed again*
In'-the r-iroui-b of •the an'fcenna conneo-bior^s shown •bhus
t
I-fc o&n 'be seen -fcha-t the unit can 'be used on a balanoed an'tenaa. feed systom,
or by e ar-thing, ths Tio-b-bora end of -bhe ooil wi-bh a pieoc of wire. This o&n
be done like -this :-
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ropo^ •€oli
ffolfo^^r
Cft'ii.
The Monthly Bulletin of the ^i^eless Ins-bitu'fce of Australia
TASmNIAM DIVISION. PAGE 4.
¥oll, -fclia-b should jus-fc abou-fc oover i-fc. If any diffioul-bics in cons-bruo-fcing -bhis
aonvor'tQr are Gnoountcred,. don't; hosita-fce -bo drop me a line and I will be only
too pleas od -bo help you out,
73's MIKS JBNN№
Thanks , Mike for a very useful Tcohnioal ar-fciole,
FOR SALE.
Mrs» Johns on has requested -fcha-fc we adver-bise -bhe following equipmen-fc
whio h belonged -to -bhc la-to Mr* A'bhol Jonhson, VK7AJ.
2 Metre final P. B. 8012. £5.
2 Metre Receiver. 8 valve with speaker, £8
" Metre •bransni-fcter. £8
Power SupplyS £3
V. F. O. £8.
Speech C.lipper £4.
Reooiver. 11 va Ivc £18,
Transmit-tor, Power Supply, £15 •
"' Modulator. £20
" R. P... Unit;. . £10.
" Rack & Arial Unit;, £5
Power Supply. £7.
Wobbula-fcor. £8
Osoillator £4.
Multivibiwfcor. 1000 Ko/s o-bo, £8«
Other bits and pieoes, iLiao oryg-sals^
A-b home ovonings & vAoek-onds, Phone 26401»
NOMIHATIONS FOR FSDBRAL COUITCILLQR.
Nominations are herby qalled for -hhe posi'tion of Fedsral. Oounoil3Loy,
Nomina-fcions oloso on -the 14-fch', day of Dos, next a'fc 6 p,m« NomiBEfbickns mus'E *B®
forvra. rded" to the Returning Officer, №« J« Brown 12 Ihirza<. 5'fc New Town*
The a'fc-fcaohed fora dhould bo self-cxplana-fcor;?-,
WG« •the unders . igned, w[;o 'are Full Memtiors of •bhe Wireless Ins-bi-bu-to of Australia,
(Tasmanian Divis ion) do hereby nominate. ,•,•.•••,.••«.•• ••. • •
who is fclso of the above standing, for -bho position of Federal Counoillor for
•the year 1962-65,
Proposed*. ••....•.. ••••• Date, • •• •• •• •••
Seconded. ••«•»•••» ••*•• Da. t©,
I agree -to aooop-fc tho above nomination <md, if eleo-bed, •to ao'fc in hhe abovo oapaoi-ty
(Signed). .............. Dab e,
Rll -the news for this mon-fch. On behalf of -fcho President and
Counoil of -bhis Division I wish you all a Morry Christmas and a Happy and
gc-osperous New Year, also a aooidGnt-frce holiday,
73
K. S. Millin,
Hon* SQorc-fcary*
FCR SALE ; Universi'fcyi-Oscilla'fcor. 5 ranges 170 Ko/s -to 52 Mo/s
plus 400 Cyolo Modulation, PRICE; £12. or near offer,
tPhone 77399. №. HUGHES.