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THE WiR T. I TUT E
OF AUSP-R'AUA
MONTHLY BULLETIN. TAStB&niam Division. SSRIL 1962.
Box 86XJ* G»P<0»
HOBART.
PRIQB fid.
PRESIDENT • TREASURER. SECREPAEY.
Mr. T. lien. .
Mr. C. Harrisson. Mr. K. M lin.
VK7AL. •VK7CH. VK7KA..
Registered a-t G, P. O. Hobar-fc, for •fcjl'ansinission by post as a periodioal.
GENERA. L MBETIIIG* The next General Meeting of The Tasmanian Division will be
held at -the Club Rooras, 147 Liverpool St,, Hob&r-b^ on Wednesday April
4-bh, at 2:000 hrs. Visi-fcors will be very welooine as usual, and will you
please introduos your gues-fcs to the pfeside nt or Seore-tary«
LECTURE. ' ''i"'", 'l:, ':::
The Leo-bure -this Month will be given by Mr«, D., Thqrne,, •VKT&lI and Mr,^
B, Eyre, VK72BE, and is en-bi-fcled "A Transis-t;ori»ed Gpj.d-<lip Osoillator
•feo 300 Mo/s. " I understand '•that;1 t. his unit also opera'fces a't the lower
; fr:equenoie3 so tha-b will make i't; of oonsider&ble in-berest •to all
members, a 'o we should have' a; real-'good roll-up 'bo hear abou-b i-b. Be
very handy for -the por-feable/ mobile gang 'so th&'fc a bit of troub-Ie sfiCKiti^g
oan be done in -bhe field where there is not eilways aooess -fco an A,C^
out let •
NOHTH-WBSTERN ZONE.
he date of the nex-fc Meeting of this tone is April 3rd,. next
at l&kin's Ball Ul'vers'fcone at •bhe usual •t;ime,
NORTHERN 20NB. ,„,.. ^'
^.
At the Annual General Mee-bing of thts 'one •the following Cffi.eers
vssv eleoted:-
PRESIDENT* №. D.
SECRETARY) Mr. J. Foster, VK JF.
TR5&SURER)
ZQSmemSSP °miont^Mr. c. wri^-rou-
Librarian*. Mr* M, Chaplin, "7K7CA,
The next Meeting of -this Zone will be held a-t; the residenoe of VKTJF on
April 13-fch. next and the Leo'fcure will be a tape; on V, H, F, ao'tivities by
W1EIDQ. Zone Mcribers ai"e reques-fced -bo roll-up in;'goodly numbers •fco this
•Meetiingg, . i
ANNUAL GEIIERA. L MEETING & DIIIKEE.
The 51st« Annual General Mee-ting and Dinner Is now
history and it; will goaacwn &s a very . suocessful. evening, A realJy g@od
•bime was had "by a, ll.. -We were-very pleased-•to welooine Members from •fche
Noeth and Nor-bhwes-bern Zones', also Bert Cl&rke from VK5. The Senior Radio
Inspeotor, Mr. Aleo Munro and №s, Munro were our guests on -this' oooasion»
Various means were emplyed during the evening to obtain some more oash •bo
assist in building our. own Club Rooms,. as-all •fchis only •fcook plaoe last
night no figures are as ye^i-available b.ufr'S't' a rouieh guess I reokon it .
9ould be classed as a finanoial suooess ,as well as a sioial suocess. Our
'.'tfe&fiSiB are. due -fco -bhe Mem'bers: who. •a-b-b ended •fcp -bho many defeails which orop
.
4p on -bhe'se ©renings^TKer'e ,is ho-t muoh roQn left on this page for Us-fcwg
'the Off^loers (^leoted feo"! 'wU. l have. -fco use ano'fcher stenoil. (Next page
.
pl^tse). ' •". l'"i *>. ;';'^'i '
The Monthly Bulletin of The Wireless Ins'ti-bu-be of Australia.
Tasinanian Division. Page 2.
ELBGTIOII OF OFFICERS FOR TAS. DIVBION 1962-65.
PATRON. ' '' Mr, L.. Crooks. •TK7BQ.
PRESIDEIff., . ...)
HON. S 03RE9tAR¥. '-);... To be elooted: by Counail. ,
HON. TRS&SURER. )
COUNCIL. Mr. T. -Alien. Mr. K. Millin,
Mr, T, Connor. №. A. Morrisby,
Lfc, L. Edwards. ^,Mr. I. Niohols,
Mr* C, ''iH£trrisson« Mr. E. Cruise, (ex offioio),
FEDERAL COUNCILIOR. Mr. E. Cruise., VK7EJ,
QSL MA.N&GER. . -; *.c.r :-Mr* J. Ba-bohler, VK7JB*
TRAFFIC. WINAGER. •-. '' • Mr. «... R. . O'May^ VK7QM.
BRQ&DCAST OFFICER. •' Mr;^.,-J. Batohler, yK7<JB,
ASSISTANT-B'CAST OFFICER, Mr» G. Spiegal, ' VK7BS.
HON. -SOLICITOR. Mr* I. 'Niohols, VK7Z. Z..
1
AUDITORS. Mr. L. Jensen* VK7LJ,
Mr, G* Riohardson. VK7GR*
•w
LECTURE ORGAUtZEE. Mr. L* Eflwards'*: ,,' VKT№. ^^
7. H. F. OFFICER. .. . . -. Mf. A.. Mprrisby, . ••VKTMY,
'. I. '. '-
DIVISIONAL CORRESPONDENT'. Mr. I. Niohols. VK7ZZ.
DISP08AIS COMETT^E. ^ №. 'E, Cruise, . VK7BJ*
Mf'. C. II&rrisson. VK7CH,
№. K.» Millin. VK7KA,
T.V.I. & NOISE COMMITTEE. Mr. L. frordSUl. VK7KC.
Mr, B> Eyre, VK7ZBE.
Mr. D* Thorne, VK72A. I..
№, D, Watson. VK7DW.
For the election of Counoil a -bo-bal of 45 Ballo't Papers were reoe&ved, oas
of whioh was invalid*
The Presid'efat , Treasurer andSeore-.t&ry will be eleoted at the Counoil
Meeting-whioh will be held on April 19-bh, All Counoil Members, las'fe'fcyear?
and this years are reminded -fcha-fc a Speoial Cpunoil Mee-fcing will be held at
the Club'Rooms on Tuesday April Srd, nex-fc.
SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE NCff^ DUE.
As a mat-fcer of. fast, OVERDUE* Included is a remi-t-fcanoe form,
so will you please oomple'te it and send it in righ'fc away. It only has to
be paid ouoe, so PL^-SE do it nov/. •Subs reoei-ved'-bo da-te for 1962-63 are. »-
(to S;4-3-62) VK72A.V, VK7RM, VK7DJ, ••VK7JO, VX7Z2, VK7AL,., VK7BJ, VK7DC,
VK7MH,. VK72BE, VK7JB, VK7LB, VK7My, -, VK7I33, VK7DK, VK7EB, VK7AI, VK7GA
VK7J5, VK7JD, 7K7AB, 7K7ZAY, VK7CT, VK7GR<-VK7KG, VK7SJ, VK7&IS, VK7FJ,
VK7SF, VK7FM, and from Messrs. R. Jaeger, A, Bedelph, R, Harwood,
A, Beaumont;, D. Maodonald, W, Wood, G, Thofapson* G. Lu-bwyohe, F» Pieniaoki
R» Stranz, D. Ford. R« Gran-fc, G» Crompton, .J. Gelston, 0« Winter*
Donations from VK7BQ, VK7BJ, VK7CH, TO71 LJ»
The Monthly Bulletin of The Wireless Ins-bi-bu-fce of Aus-tralia,
Tasmanian Division. Page So
V, H* F. GROUP.
The V. H. F. Group is still hale and hearty despite our non-
appearamoe last month. Next Meeting is April 18th* a-t the^club Rooms*___'
Six'metres has been fairly quiet DX-wise: during February
and March VK2, 3,4, 5, and 8AU worked mainly at lunoh •fcitneorlSOOhrs,
periods "of tnos-bo'onoerted local aotivi-fcy I). Believe tha-b V.K2 and 4 did
have some reasonable JA op.enangs in spite of -the suns po-bs. .
Nor-bhern s-bations seeined to have & good 2 mx. season
VK&'s- nothing heiard fran the South, believe vb5's wero listening in on one
oooasion" very annoying.
VK7I^ and VE7PF were running through the VKS's'^fromMt. ^Bar-
row on the IJ. FoD. Nothing heard from -bhem in hobart in 'spite of muoh oo.ll-
and listening, throughout the Sunday a-fc least,
"I'weloome re-appearance'on 6 mx. is VKTZAI, ^now operating.
mobile. Unless P&ul'gives a little more attention -to suoh things as bcake
fluid he may be mobile no more. _ .._.. _. .. ... _.. _..
Geoff, VK7ZAS, now has abou-b the best V. H. F. . looale
jtown, would be capable of blocking at le&st nine 2 mx. receivers from M-t.
S'fcuar-fc. . . _ . ..
Neville, VK7ZEE, whose driving has at last oaught up wi^n
hitn, now has d eoidor:-fchat'Garlands will not have a "Voioe" until the end of
the year, Helen or Joyoe?
The Athol Johns on Memorial Contes-b should have^more
•bhis year* I guess'lTeddy (VK7ZBE) did his bes-b bu-fc why should he journey
to m\ Welllng-bon, mobile, at 2500 hrs?
J* "'^"^'"'i^ersta-b^ visitors have included VK* s 6SCI, 3ZIO, 5 ZM^
and S ZNB, -bhe la-bter t-.io operating por-bable on 2 mx.
(Signed) R. E&mett. VK7^AO,
Fro^\ime to --uime .a crop of rumours float abou-fc ^e^ether oonoerning
this ."that'or" the othw, said rumours o®usto&iq@it^ a lo^°".unneoessary
oSn^rning."How"they"start; is anybody's guess but the followinp; letter
from-~-t:he Federal Seer e-bary will soo-boh, one of •fcheni"afiyway.
Federal Councillor.
Tasmanian Division.
Dear O. M. ^ ^^g^tive of the restrictions which must inevitably
suuround'Qertain."doou^en^s and information ·bhere. is always the soul who
^r^eu;'i^ide"s:boryl?;~ln"oonsequenoeyou ho^d^r..wh^J,01,1 ^e^l;,im,
^Tisuo^nfidan^ you^iil"hear--the s^or ~ that "amateurrs will be required
•fco oonver-b -bheir -telephony •bransmissions to SSB by 1970" in -berins of the
reoorarnenda-fcions of'-fche R. F.A. RoC. As •though -tha-fc were no-6 enough, •-bhey go
further and state -bha-fc similar fate is in store for amateurs in the
Uni-bed Kirigdoiaa. •
It is reques-fced -bha-fc such repor-bs 'bs repudiated by effeotive
use of Divisional BroadoaS'bs and General-Mee-fcings to present •t:he -fcrue
s-feory, i. e. tha-b this roootnmenda-bion ( and ·fcha-b. is all -fcha-t-it is I)
.
applies s-fcrio-bly . -bo c oS'S^'o la 1 . s -t;a-t ions only, Fur-bhermore, an enquiry to
R. S.G. B. Headquarters •brough-b foriih the Tiply -bha-fc -fche Bri'fcish Pos-b Qefioe
has no intention of applying such a res-brio-fcion •bo amateurs in the United
Kingdoin,
(Signed. ) J. R. L&noaster.
Federal S ocr star •
So you want have -bo -bear around and buy a SSB fil-fcer af'ter all I
^.
The Moc-fchly Bulle-fcin of -the Wireless Ins-fci-bute of Australia,
Tasmanian Division. Page 4»
PROJECT OSCAR. I have r-soeived -bhe f'ollowing le-b-fcer froni Mr, Pe-ber Fri-bh, VK7PF.
which is reproduced for •the benefit of all Membsrs, '
As the. result of da-ta on the reoeption of OSCAR whioh-X
;seBfb":-bo. "bhe OSCARj-oFganiza-ti.on,. Ihave'bGehmac!.e, one of the 25 world-wide
OSCAR-Co-ordinators., , , , : .
I now have .-bo. .pass on as muoh information as possible to
•. in'fce.res.'fced; persons and. encourage ; grea-fc.er part ioipation in the next OSCAR
orbit ^ligh^.. expected in. April or l&y.
The Assooia-fcion will supply me wit.h the la'fces-b da-fca whioh I
hope-•bor'be,, able.,'fco supp-ly to anyine interested.
From the la-bes-fc infortnation received it has been shonsn •fcba-fc
•Ibhe-bemperature. of OSCAR 1 dipped abou-fc 2 days after launching. This !
informa-tion was ob-bained. 'by 4, 5.00 . pbserva-fcions of jus-b oounting the number
of HIrs hoeird in 10 seoohds,»;This oan be :don© by anypn.e wi-fch a .receiver and
a watoh* •
1, hope. tha-b yduqan publicise this ans see if we oah do
be-fc-fcer nex-fc -fcine,' it looks like -fc'he number of first class' reports reoeivod
WBB& less •bhan oxpGc'ted.
73 peter. -'7IC7.PF.
OSCAR Co-ordina-bor ffo. 22.
Personally, I think •bha'fc' Pe'fcer' should be oongratulatod on his
efforts in this regard and also t;ha'fc here is an oppor-buni-ty to really be
able . to assi-fc in no small way with a really wor-bhwhile -projeo-b. So all
•fchose in-beres-fced can get; more infoma-fcion froin Pe-fcGr direo't, and any
o-ther inforraa-fcion which will be helpful ^will be published in •this Bulle-bin.
DISP06AIS.
Items advertised in las-t months BullStin are s-bill available
a It hough'stooks. are somewhat depleted, viz,
Crys-bals, new in FT243 holders at 10/- or five for £2-2-0.
3590, S640, 3680, 3720, 3760, 5800, 3885, 5500, 6000, 6450. Ko/s,
Crys-t&l and Coil sets. for BC611, containing -bwo orystals &-t:.,?5.40 .&. S995.
Xo/s and receiver and -transtni-t-fcer ooils* Prioe £1-0-0'per? se-fc,
Bi§'p%rig'.
To the Seore-fcary, 4/62.
Disposals Commi-ttee,
W. I. A, Box 851J. G.P. O.
HOBART.
Items applied for, •Prioe,
Casly^oheque/MO/PN for • • * . . . enclosed herowith,
I C9i"fcify •bhat these i-fcems sire for ny cwn use and not; for resale* "
Address. • • • •
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
7p Hon. Sepre'tary.
;W. I»A.. T&s, Div,
Box 851J. G, P«0.
HOBART. Enolosed.' is QaBh/Ghcque/MO/PN. for £. , . • . being my annual Sub.
for. the year 1962 -63.
Name,
Addr es s
Tims has oaught up with me, so •fcha-b is all for this mon'fch.
73 K. E. Millin, Hon, Seors-bary.