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1960sDocument1962WIA VK7 Monthly Bulletin 1962

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IHL.. WIBB^ESSrjNSTITUTE
                      OF             ^USTR^UA                                              —
MONEBti Y BULLETIN.                   Tasmanian Division*                            JANUARY &^62 •
                                            Box 851J«
                                                 G.P. O.
                                                HOBART. :

PRESIDBKr:,.1';- .                          ^S^fi.SURER,
                                            .
                                                                                   SB3REIARY,
№-» T. Alien,                          Mr • C < H&rr is s on.r, .              Mr, K« Millin.
    TKTAL. • •                              . VK.TC. E.                            VK7KA.,

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GENERAL №ETING.
                      The next General .Meeting of The-TasBianian DivisionOfThe.;
          Wireless . Ins-bitute of. A.us'b^&liawill be held on the fir's-b Wednesday
           in January 1962, . i-. e. lJanu&ry^rd. at 2000 hrs, PLEftSE'NOy'S,, ;THIS
           DATE« The same Wenesday in"the non-bh as usual, natwitft. standitig''the
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LEETTOS. •' •:i,. :•..,                              ; :.••;,, ;^;,; .;•, -,.•,,
     The Leoture at t'he January .Meeting will'be a .dem'Qns-fcra,'b'iott...of. &n
              .




  ":•. :-... tmpbB'fetedt Ootuawi.ioa-ti.ons Reoeiver. The demonstration :w^;l:]/be.,^;iven
           by Mr» John Manly, of Hqneor&fts, 'who will no doub^ be . pleased •fco
           answer . any ques-biona-. 'V'lsl-fcors of oourse will "be welootnQ. as usu&l*
           ONE AIID-ALL^ eOME~AIJC№, and see 1968, of -bo . & good starfc. -wi-bh
         - 4^®^' &POSS. at •th? 'G-eneral . Meetings • '.          •         •    „.

FUND RAISINS ACTIVITIES.
                                                                                                      '•. '-IV.:
                       THES. E WILL NEED YOUE SUPPORT.

           20fch» miTU&KT 1962. . . . ; ;•-:•. -                              ; . L. ;-. "";, . / -
  •^                ^:-.:'":: '•:. • Yow •E'u. nd. Rais.iag CoRani'b'fcee has organized. :a» .©veQing
           f'br'-fcMs tda,^e,,-rto b^ held at . Sonierleps Farm, halfway between Fern Tree
           sad Kingst;on, ocminenoing at 2030'hours. Adtnission is,Ten Shillings
           (10/«) per head* For this prioe, all liquid refreshmen'fcs will be
           prcwidea, bu-fc. you. will need •bo bring along some-fching -fco Qook over -fche
           fire for supper. Cups, ooffee, and -bea will'b~e'provided. .-•;;:a. :i:
                               'This event is NOT res-brio-bed -bo Ins-bi'bu-fce Memberg-'-ordy-—
           s,o organize a party, bring •fch^^Talong and. №KE THE EVENIM? A GRBA.T
           SUCCE^*. No •••biiae limi't for departure has been set dot7u, -bhe only
           res tr lot ion is -bha-b oars MUST ent'er by ^ he main gate"and leavo by •the
           subsidiary ga-fce, so as to keep annoyance •to •the residents nil* Danoing
           will be available w i-bh musio froni a radiogram, so bring along your
           XYL, your'girl friend, or bo-fch*. ,
                                •PL E'A S E    le-b.'.'youxtr Coiami-b-tee know in plenty of
           •fcirae •fcha-fc you are o oaing, and also how maxiy will be in your. party,
           so •fcha'fc adoqzia'te liquid refreshtnen'fcs oan be ensured.

3rd.       3rd. FEBRQ&KY 1.962*",           ^ , ., , ., .•"':'"/-•'—". '. vr
                                  Follow ing the' February ^General Meeting, ••bhe Putid " •—
           Ra. isifigCofflQi-b-bee proposes •to aoriduo'fc an Auo-fc.ion of doiwi-bed equipmen-fc.
           Bring along gsnd give -to -the Ins'bi-fcute any sur. plus geo.i' you .have
           around the shook so -bhati it o an be -turned into money foii' the be^6.fit;
           Of     our future C'lub •Rooms •.
           SCRAP.
                                   The Fund Raising Commi-bt. ee proposes •fco sell all sorap
       • . ',. on hand af-t. er •the . Ja. n, General Meo-bing. Ifyou have small qua.n'fcities
           bring i-b along -bo the Club Rooms a-b this MQG-bing*'If you tove a larg'e.
           bulk of sora.p inet&l, let the Comni'fc'bee know so, •fcha-fc ^Etf'rangemen'bs oan
          '•be made fco pxa-k; i-b up froR your Qjril. Sorap rags are also very aooeptable,
           :th© Oorami-b-be. e ,<3an.dispose of i'fc very profi'tably,
                 The Mon-bhly Bulle. 'fcin of; The Wireless Ins-fci-bu'fce of Australia.
       ~:~ ''•'^•{PaStn^^n''ITivi$ioi^'i'",Page'?. ^^     \ _.^^ .^^.'•\;^;'/      -^^••^ '•
             \ Y,,' \ }. \ .. C. V H . ''.. 1 C.-.C-^'....-': •... vli. '' '•'^i •.. ;''' •
                              .,.^^g.^^^.
                                        ^y^..^.^.g.^. -^^^.^-^^^^                                                                     Coramit-bee
                 have not tnet wi-bh •the suppqrti. froni Menbo^s of whi-ch ••fchey are deserving.
        ......Reneiriber •bha-t;. when"ou^-\Cli. ib', Roocs b^ofaie.; a. fea. lt'fey, . you will benefi-b
                 from •fchem &s.'TauchHgths Members                                                 their... suppor't •fco •fchese
                 funo-fcions* iTothing is tnore disopursiging than to put a'loto. f. ;.•bine and
    ^,y:l. e^>flort, ;l"to organizing •tlie3ie'iiuho:bi6ri5^;lC or aiything .^sQ^^or^bab:.'-..'
           aa-b'fcei*) ftnd -fchon •fco have only:a handful of Members attsnding. At •bhe
           last fufao-bion there wero Q.otua.'l'ly 'tnore visitors proscn'b •than Members
           of the Insti-bufco, which, i state2-Qf-. :a.£>fairs, you will agree, is pretty -
              er- -poor. Tho following exlbraQ-h fr.pn QST may serve to illusta'fce
        \:;. Jib^.;pj6iicA I am trying to ma^:^<—^— . •':'^. -:.. -'—-^
        •J;. ;'. r. [l^:. ».;•: .••"'•. '.       .. :.-. "-,. ';'-"'^"         k;: , ), ':'   •     "      .•".                  .        ; . ', •*, ;":

                   ..№en the tnembers of a olub 'are ao-tive, i-b oan be a smooth'running
                 en,)<^ble oi'gsio.isatioii, Bu-t let us suppose, ono member says .-bo hiias.elf^
             .
                 ?to^afe^wai::ii^3sl;'B№,.. ^Q.;ttllI^tay... home:and^         '.,...,... ''....\\ ^-r''
                      So ha starts skipping olub inxxtiags,. and thx oluh lias •fco limp along
                 with oox Ixss tnxmbxr,. Of ooursx,. thx oluti oan gxt by wi-bhout hiin,. 'but^
            this      nxans     onxof        thx    raoaaining iQxabxrs haa -fcQ doublx                               up aai           do fcwJLx, as'
            jB.iiQ.h worlc as. lrxforx. . . .,,. . . .                                                                  -    •       • .....,...... -. -,,
                  ; Taxll, -, supposx thxnthati . o&x. inorx. -mxmbxrdxoidxs'-fco givx up his sbarx.
             of olub ao-<:ivi-t;l?i:s». :.:NGw •fc. yL» w<%3?.s,:-fch2.t. 'taiT& o'bluy cccaibaere 'bwx. to do
        ,   4jcu^ly::4iyfcy, -'/;-c--- . r :•;..,, . -            :.•-. :-. . ,'
                    If z third mxmbxr drops out,. -bhrxx jf thx jthxrs^vx •bj                                                          mjrk hzrdxr
            •fchzh xvxr,-            ;                 ..,.,                                                  ,.,                                   ,

              ^ 2 .fjurth drjps. ,]ut, '. znd , j)iue .m3rx'.. jf. -qhx:.. rtQ№ia-j. fig zeqivx mxmbxrg
            %zrqs wjrking. hzrdw th-zn xna;,. - --Njw, if xnjugh jf qhx oluti- mxmbxrs Ijgx
             iaqxrxa^ E(nECLqy.. sjj&4J;utolub is-:K^^ T^^y.^ty ^ •fyjs . vziQbTrs. ^ JLnd'la
            ^jlss litoc,qhis». .' ;.,:;.- ,, :. ;., .,.,. ;-..!: :..^ ;•,., ..••; ., •, • • . ':..
                    QfcJ'Iraqxx kzxq -jxk 'jztexqk kqja':xjq .kajx- xja,, ^U^;kqx,a-k^ kzjx
            xjzkxqk, kjz ztezxjqk zkk xkkq x'xJcz jq :-les:jxq» . ' ':':
                So if you are a member of a olub, support its aQ-biv-ttiQS arid. 'atterid
            its mee'fcings, beoause .. w^Qn. Qo^;nK^b^.;aiM              ' th&\oJli^'aia»<»'
            him*                     .. -.-—. :..........

ELECTION FOR FED ERA.X-COUNCILLOR                            1962-65... .. ^                      ^.....-..•.•.... :.-^^.,...-..--......... .

       ^':.ii. ii^. -';-^: .•:l;no:Iudedi'in t;his:;Bull^i№., :LS^a. ,Ballotr;P^ -for, -bhe-
          • elecstion of the. ^deral:Counoillor. £orfchis,. Di7i&i№^ . The 'BEfc^dd; will
     ;_ .^olos'e on 8a .turdsy. Jan, SOfch.. ^ nex-fc, at 1800'hrs'. Send youf. Ballot
             'Paper D I:R:E;'C;;T . to'.the Returning... Officer, Mr. /J, Brown, W7BJ,
                                                                        . . :..... 12. Thirza'S.t. NEW T(y№.

                      '. ;..- Do:'ffi S El® THE PAPER -TO THE DIVISIONfi. LBOX. '. lTo." and:do;.. not le-b
            • •the-'-nutnb:er of yotep reoeived: be governed 'by "laaving. it •fc p. some one
        ; ; else to a. 0". ; ^ Or' it^wlll be lik^-fche previous paragraph,
S, YlT. L« Grou                 .       •
      .,, . ^,,. _       ^h&s-relyo-b&n'tly^9en.depid,ed.,by.. 'the;:,S^W. L« Group Members
            .•bo aisoori-fcinue their'HeeMngs;,;.at'loas-fc for -bhe'•time'be trig. "This has
             been br ought •abou't; by the/popiE!:'. at1;end':ame at; the Grbup^^^^       over
             •the past few inon-fchs^ Possibly the Group will be revived la-ber on if
             thero is going to be aayono in-beres-tod. No doybt Group. Members'will be.
             keeping in •fcouoh^ith one snothor -fchrough th6ir--Freseri-fc 'Searetary,
        "Mr»         Mike'Jenner •-;.., }:;-, '„ ;•' . ; ....'•.•'• '•: '•'•': .                            /';"- '••'           ': ;';

V. H". -F'»'-Grou •" •'          ! , ""1'' •i;- '. ' '•;". ' ' ' ". "" "-' '   " .'
                              V© ry lit'tle -bo report as Deo, 'mec-bing. has noi -baken plaoe a-b
           •time of wri-bing,
 ^•'"•;'1' 6-^Mx.^-'^ r::- •:'. ^-.'. '-" ;:^'^ ;•::•;' .. ; •;•-. . ; :. - ,
                 y';;!-; f . TIiis^tiarid;;h^s^pr o?ed,to be:'up.to expeota^                                                          qui-be good
     '_ ^•bpenirigs^tG'date. ;'%oH;Jmqre;. aQt^                                                                 and irrters-t&te, is
             notea. ^l800;hr&,^s^ee^s;to''be,^,QonEipn^i^ for'., flpeniags •fcp TKZ^and VK4.
 , ..,,. • ' "'• '• ' - . ^Pirs'b^gdcid.fopeuiDg 'was 'ffn^oy.,.'l7th«^.withJVK4 .said 'Noffchern VK2,
                              Nov, 28th^^Kg;;;,&»d^ea.. :;4th. VK4,statiQQs,, ;., :. ; ,. ;:/^ . ;:..
                      The weeS:-end' T?Gg inning Friday 8't;:h., » D eo,. was ver y goodj! opening
             to VK5 gad Western VK3 on Friday evening:,- VK5 again •fchro^houfc Saturday
             and VK2 on Sunday morning. Dec llth» brough-fc Sydney g'fcations at 9 plus
          The Mon-fchly Bulle-tin of The Wireless Ins-bi'fcube of Aus-bralia,
              Tasnia-nian Division»    Page 3. -

        for over an hour wilsh only VK7ML and VK72A.V opera-t. ing. Deo* 14:-bh also
        good with VK2 & 4'»
                •During abOT.e, period VK2 havs heard 2L aAd KH6

        2 Mix.
                       Over effort     on M-fc« Wellington on Nov*             19-bh. was very suocessful,
        5 VK5 portable s'fca-fcions oontacted and 4 Northorn iVK7 s-fca-bions* No
        Melbourne stations were heard but we were heard by VX5ARZ} due •fco -bhis
        fao-b   w;e   oonsider   ti ha-b   oon-fcao-bs   were   via   ground   wave   propagation*
                      VK7BQ was heard by VK7Z-Z. -'in Hobar-fc on this day. VK7ZAI heard
        VK7DK o.'b Po.a-fcina on Deo» 3rd and VK7BQ on lOth. Deo, so •things seen
        promising for Nor-bh-Sou-bh oontao-ts during the'season. . •
                      VK5ZCG is keeping skeds on 2 fe. -every evening at 1930 hrs.
        w i-bh VK7LZ . and o-bhor VK7' aro invited -bo partloipate.
                 "^•KSZDR (144..17) is beaming our way while keeping skeds with
        VK5AW every evening oxcopfc ^Wednesday a-b 2030 hrs, E.A.S.T. At 2100 hrs»
        he works VIQIM* '                  •     ,        .      .
                      Asyouknow, noodoub-t, "Oscar" was launohed on Dec* 13't;h. This
         is emi'fc-fcing CW id Gntifioa-fcion "HI" on 145. 0 Mo/s., no traoking da-fca was
        av&ilatile ^t titne pf writing. However i-b is no doub-b worth listening <
        on -the frequenoy flrom -fcirae to •fcitne. Irtforma-bion of use •to -the organizers
        i.nolude •fche •fciine of firs'fc hearing signal, (oorreat •fco 1 minu'fce) -time
        required for the' •fcransmission of -ten "HIt^ ,, and the -bearing of the beam
         every, minute.
         &6E3C.
                       VKSAIg is in'fceres-fcod to keep skeds wi'bh SotffchCTn s'ba-bions-
         preferably capable of transforing -to Mt, Welling-fcon-bufe'apparen-bly-there
         aro no takprso
                                                           (Signed) R. K.Efams-b-fc* VK72A. O,. .

NORTHERN and ITORTH^TESTffilT 20NES •
                       No inforina-bion regarding ao-tivi-fcies in -bhese Zones at; •bime
         of writing.


          OV. ER        THE          AGE F                 THE        BALLOT           PAPER.
        The Monthly Bulle-fci&n of T'hs Xireless Ins'fci-bue of Aus-fcralia.
            Tasinanian Divis.ion.          Page 4.



                       WIRELESS      IMSTITUE OF AUSTRALIA.
                         (Tasinanian Division).. •
                           '''                   '    '    .   .


1.     -FOR FESDEB&LC'OUNGILLQR vote for t;ho Member of your ohoioe by
        plaoing a cross opposi-fce his name .

        Vo-fcing for acre 'fclan one will render your vo'te invalid*

2« DQ ITQT SIGN. the Ballot, Paper, but fold it: and p.1aoe it in an envelope.
        SEA. L IT'and endorse i-b " BALLOT PAPER 01TLY". . Plaoc your namo on •bho

        baoK of'the envelope, this is for oheoking purposes only and the

        envolope will be disda, rded before the Ballot Paper is unfolded*

i^:     In order for it •feb be inoluded in the ooun-b, •tho Ballo'fc Paper mus-b

        be re-fcurned -bo -bhe Re'burntog. Offioer, 12 Thirza St* NEW TOW-N.-
                                                                                                          t
        BEFORE    6 p,m, on Saturday, January 20th. 1962, DO NOT send "bhe Paper                          /
                                                                                   ..


        i 6 the Divisional       Box No,
                                                                                                    !11

                                                          (Signed)   J» Brown.
                                                                        Re'tyrning Offioer.




                   CRUISE. E. J.              VK7BJ.


             /     NICHOI5. I. A.             VKSEZ,
                                                                                                              ..1




             ^ Indioa-bes retiring Member.




                 All -bhe news     for this month.        Will have a -fceohnioal ar-fclole   for
        next mon-bh, and, I hope, a li-b-fcle more -fcicie •bo spare,, with -the Snas
        rush over*

                                                 73

                                                      K. E. Millin., VK7KA..

                                                               Hon, Seoro-bary*