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THE WlREhES s STITUTE
OF AUSTRALIA
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PRESIDEITT. TREA.SUKER. SECRETASY.
Mr. T. Alien. Mr, C. Barrisson. Mr.. K. Millin.
VK7AL. . VK7CE. VK7KA,
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GENERAL MEETING.
The nex-fc General Meeting of -bhe Tasmanian Division of The
Wireless Insti'tu'fce of Australia will be held at -bhe Club Rooms^ 147
Liverpool S-fc. on -fc he first Wednesday in February, i. e. February 7th,
at 2000 hrs. Vis itors will be very weloome as usual* Please no-be the
•bime of aoinmenoement of the Meeting 2000 hrs* Please introduoe the
Visitors •bhat aoooopany you to -the President,, or Seoretary*
LECTURE. ""•"•
There w ill be no formal Lecture -fchis. tnon-bh, instead, as
no-fci^ied in las-fc tiion-bh's Bulle tin, -fchere will be an Auotion of equiptnen'b
whio h is more or less surplus -bo the donor's requiremen-bs, in other words
you are requested -bo bring along some of -fche s-ur plus? equigraeh-fc. or-bits enud
pieoes gaiiheri,ng ^us-fc in your shaok and donate it '-fco -bHe Ins-bi-fcu-E'e aind w-e'hope
•Kha-b we will ha-ve a ve ry energe-fcio Auotionee r -fco ex-fcrao-b from Members
present': •the largest ainount; possible in order to svroll -fche Club Rooia Build-
ing Fund.
NOETH-STESTERIT Z.OIIE ffiET.IM}.
I have no inforniation on -bhe ao-bivi-fcies scheduled for •bhis Month's
Meeting of the N. W. Zone, but am infortned •bha. -b it vi i. 11 -bake plaae at
Lakin's Hall, Ulve rs-fcone, on the firs't Tuesday in Feb* i.e, Feb. 6-fch. NQ
doub •fc -fchis da-fce is well known -to- Members rssiding in -fche ffor-fch tester n
zo ne, t;he first Tuesday in the mon-bh, -bha-b is, liu-fc jus-fc in oaso anyone h as
forgo-fc-fcen, you are hereby reininded. So roll up and Get 1962 off to &. good
s tar-b*
NOEHTERN ZOIIE.
The Monthly Meeting of "-bhis Zone -bakes plaoe, bel&ive, on the
second Friday in .eaoh mon'fch. No doubt; Zone Metnbers mill know •the venue of
•this month's TVIee-bin, 'unfor'tuna-be ly I hesre no informa'fcion on same* Hcnne'nsr
roll along and kiok 1962 off -to a good s-bart,
BLESGTION OF FEDERAL COtTNCILLOR 1962 3,
Total number of B&lio-b Papers returned %=
n; "• " valid Ballo-bs ai
Mr. E. J. Cruise. VK7EJ. 16
Mfc. I. Niohols.- VK7ZZ. 15
I' -bherfore deolare Mr* E. J. Cruise, eleo-bed,*
(Stgn-ed) J-, ; Broi-m.
Returning Officer*
BLBCTION GF COmiCIL 1962 63.
Inolu ed in this Bulletin, for oomple-fcion by FULL 1ISMBSRS ONLY,
is a IToBiination Forin for YOU -to nomina-be %OUR oandi-fcate for -bhe Divisional
Counoil. N0l?r is -the oppor-buni-ty •bo have z'vho YOU w.an't on -bhe Gounoil, DonS-fc
s-biolc in •fche baokground grriping about •this tha't; or -bhe o-fcher, or how you
think things should be done, yo'u oan easily ge-t sotneone to nominate you
or you oan nominate some one whose views ooinoide wi-bh your own. If you
d oh* t oonsider •fcha'fc Counoil Meet ibg s should be held a-t -bhe Counoil Members
hones, e-b oetera, e-fc oei;®r&» et &e-fc£ra« ge-b s-buck into i-b. (by -the way,
The Monthly Bulle-bin of The VOrelo ss InS'fci-bu-be of Australia.
Tasmanian Divis ion» P&ee 3.
ATHOL JOHNS ON MEMORIAL CONTEST.
This. Con-best;, organized •bo perpe-bua-fce -bhe memory of one of •the
yK 7yE Fen'fchusias'fcs, -and designed. -to . enoourage portable and r'lobile opera-fcioa
in -bhe VHP bands, will be. held from 00.1 hrs. 'Feb. ' 17-b:h. to 2559 hrs/Feb.
?;. . ^ ^ ?^1GS* 6en®ra.lly speaking, will tie -bhe sane as published in the
Fob* 1961 Bulletin:'however, note the following.
I' . I'fc is likely-fchat sooring for '.nob i Ie and por-bable. s-ba-bions (running fron
_an_lnd®pende'nt Pow®r sourpe) will be nodified'via a bonus system- lis-ben -to
VKW^ for derails. Scoring is based on 1, point; per mile*
2. Serial numbers, consisting of R S report plus nap grid referenoe must be
exchanged. (i. e. 6 figure referetaoe)
5. A station is allowed only one oon-baot por band with ary 0-bher s-fca-bion,
.
portable, mobile or fixed. To qualify D&bh another oohtaot wi'fch •the same'
s-ba'fcions, one of the following rules mus-fc be observed,
(a) Change -bo ano-bher band.
(b) One or both stations nove -bo or outside a 5 mile radius
from the posi-fcion of -bheir-previous oon-fcao-fc,
(o) In -bhe oase of -bwo fixed s'ba-fcibns, a 6 hour period must
elapse between cont. ao-fcs. (This period may be~modifie4)
4. Coii-fcao-fcs wi'thin VK7, only, will count.
5, The. o losing date for logs, scoring details'and infprma-bion required will
be supplied in March Bulletin and vis VK7WI.
(Signed) 7ZAO
SUBStSRIPTIOHS 1962 65,
•Te rrible, isn't; i-fc'. SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE DUE-FROM IMRCH Is-fc.
tie xfc* What; &b out go-fc-fcing in early. a. nd saving ti he iaooniing Counail'a lot
of worry and, eventually, having -to delete your natne fr oft the Membership
List* After all it only has to be paid fenoe so DO 3T ]SOK»
TECHNICAL. 'G5EV AM'ENM.
This antenna is excellent for use on '80, 40, 20 and. 10 metres
wi-bh a low V. S..W,R. If you want it for 80 and 40 only, use 25 ft. of 500
ohm Tw.inle ad in •bhe s-fcub, for 80 only use a 15 f-b» s-fcub and a 34 ft. stub
for- four band use. The 50 ohm oo-ax can be any length, remembering the
nornal a'fc'benua-bion in a length o'f feeder. • - •••
. ;If you have ever heard G5RV s . signal, you will be ihteres-bod -bo
know tha-fc he uses this an-benna wi-bh quite low power.
- lor 9""
500 ohm Twinlead*
50 ohm oo-sex,
All for this Mon-fch. Don'-b forge-t -bhe Counoil nomina-bions.
75
K. E. Millin, Hon. Seore-bary.
We, the ^ under signed, who-are Members of The Wireless Ins'fci'fcute of Aus-bralia,
(Tasiaanian Division) do hereby nomina-te.. , <,....,.........,.„.. who is
also of the above s-fcanding, for •the position of Divisional Counoillor for
•fche. year 1962/63.
Proposed .„..... <>....,. «.. .,... ».. D*;-ke*. ,;..
Seconded i DSS3Q.
I agree to aooep-fc the above nomination and, if elected, -bo ao'b in -the above
oapaai-fcy,
(Sigtied)..........,....... „....., Da-be,. ......................
Re-fcurn this oomplcfre'd form. t;Q
T.he Returning Offiwer. №« J, Brown*
12. Thirza St, Ne?w Town, Hobar-b.
The Monthly Bulletin of The Wireless Ins'fcitute of Australia,
Tasmanian Division, pa ge 2.
for the benefit; og my typing oritios, the two r's in "Griping" is inten-bional*
I wonder how one can roll R's on a typeiivri-ber? Anyiway, joking apurt. let us
have nomina-fcios for Counoil right away. Nominations olose on Februa ry l7th.
nexfc. ALL nominations DIRBGT -to The Reiurning Offioer, Mr. J. Brown 18-. '
Thi2r2a'~S"E". NEW TOTN* and3. NOT •fco the Divisional Box Number,
W. I. A. CLUB ROOMS. (BRESENT)
During this mon'bh a few of the hardworking Members have given the
old joint a bit of a faoe lift, cleaning ou-t an aooumula-fcion of junk, and, I
mean junk, and painted the walls and generally tidied the place up a bit.,
What; we now require is a QSL Card from eaoh and every Member, and also., if
you possess one , a QSL o ard of -the Divisions "Silent Keys", I-b is intended
that; these oards le inoun-fced on one of the walls in suoh a manner -tha-fc later on
they will be able to be displayed in our own Club Rooms* So if you will help
in -this raa-bter, it will be greatly appreoia-fced.
AKNU&L GENERAL MEETING AMD DnmER.
This ighlight of -the Division's ao-fcivi-fcies will be held this
year on March 24-fch. The ao-fcual •fcime and place has no'fc yer been decided, apayt
from the fao-b -bhat i-fc will be held somewhere here in Hobar-b, As was -bhe a as e
las-fc year, we will have the Ladies presen'fc wi-fch us at; •the Dinner and no doub-t;
dancing and refrsshmen-bs will be available, SO KEEP THIS DATE CLE&R; Come-
alon g and help tnake this funotion a suaoes'§~»witn tnis adv&noe no-fcioo you
should 'be able -bo organize things so tha-t YOU oan be present.
AMA.TEUE ADVISORY GOIffiIITTEE.
Your Ama^e ur Advisory Commi-fc^ee for the ensuing 12 months i8t<"
Mr. W. i|2 M. Nisbet;. VK7BN.
Mr. L* Jensen. VK7LJ.
Mr, I. ITiohols. VK722.
IIr* P. Geeves* VK7GV.
Mr, C» Spiegal. VK7GV
Mr. B. Beard. 7K7EB.
VHP GROUP.
The next Meeting will be on Feb. 21s t in the Glubrooms, Our
January me eting was well a-fc-bended and included GQprge VK7XL* The leo-bure.
oonsisted of a l|- hr. -tape presen-bed by Ed. Til-bon W1HDQ on -bhe presen't; s'fca-be
of -bhe VHP art;. Various fornis of propagation were discussed snd examples of
s ignals reoeiired fia these modes were give n. The oommon use of high speed
CW m as very noticeable and showed oao&sions vjhore -the uso of CW is manda-b-
ory. A aonsis-bent; range . of 450 miles is expQ G-bed for 2 lix.
Visit&ng stations worked have be&n VK7ZAA and VK52MV", both of
whom wore operating on 2mx. during their stay in Hobart.
6 Mx. Notes.
"Quite a good season this year- muoh be-b-fcer -fchan the last few .
years: open to somewhere praotiaally every day from early December: during •
•the Ross Hull Contes'fc there were only eigtrb days oirt SO when aondi-fcions d, id
no't allow oon-fcao-ts.
Mos -t ooirimon DX was Nor-bhern VK2, VK5* Sydney, and VK4- the la-b-ber
being no-fc a s plen'biful as normal^, nor-bh and wes-t VK3 also ootnmon.
Tw o good openings -bo Melbourne (SCrt;h» Deo« & Jan. ISth*)-
oonsidered ra-fcher short skip quite an cxperienoe- lcrw end of band full of
s igs . all a ailing the few VK7's ao-fcive-a number of ssb. sigs on,
A number og good openinhs -to ZL- ZL2, 3, provided most oon-fcao-fcs»
VK8AV worked on 19-fch. December.
VKG's worked on 29-fch.
Some Mainland stations made over 400 DX oon'fc&ots in the oontes't.
BGSx.
This band reaally showed what i-b is capable of: VK4's con-bao-fced^
from Hobar-t on 27-fch. Dec;, via sporadic E (1200 mis)- interes-bing -fco note
•bha-b only 10 oases of this propagation a-fc this frequency noted in U. S.A.
Gonsis-bent 2 way oontao-ts be-bween Hobar-fc and La.unoes'ton on 22 mx.
have been e s'tscblished-Nor-thern sta-fcions look soubh, whero possible, a-b 1945
and 2015 hrs» nightly. Although sigs pluctua-fce below the S7 mark, with
improved beams eto, a lOQS reliable channel oan be produoed.
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