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Tasmaman Exodus_Itmerant Key-Punchers — Improvements on 40 Metres
g0THISweek has brought us'awhole By MAX HOWDEN, VK3BQ a 59 in a tri-tet oscillator feeding an F443
series of surpnses ‘The first of as power amplifier. He modulates this
these ‘was & telephone message from with two 250’s in push-pull that are fed
V'K7CH saying that he was over here
been robbed of his old call. He had just | by a three stage speech amplifier with a
had a new batch of cards printed, too. 245 in the output stage. His power is
" for good and that his station, that has
VK2HU came on the air caling VK3KR, about 25 watts, and he is modulating
.'been known on the air for years all over
and before long we heard the cheery very deeply. His aerial is not the usual
the world, will be heard no more. He
voice of VK30OR at the mike. 30R has half wave forty metre zepp, but a half
was only in thecity for a couple of days
before he received a notification that been away for nearly two months on a wave eighty metre one that he finds even
. he had been'transfered to: Shepparton, trip through the islands up north, and better on the lower frequency when used
-and he had to-leave straight away. Up he was visiting some of the Sydney sta- against a sixty foot counterpoise instead
there he is*in the good hands of both tions as he passed through. He worked of with the usual feeders.
VK3DR and VK3DW, so the chances with 3KR for a couple of hours, and then
Some tests were carried out at VK3BQ
‘ are that, before long, he will be on the started “rag-chewing” with 2HU.. It was
on different parts of the band, and these
"/ air again under:a VK3 call sign.. . nearly sunrise when they.turned in.
showed that for modulation the actual
Poor old Tasmania” has never’ had the; -~ A few days later VK30R landed in
length of the aerial is very critical. A
sttength of numbers‘in \transmitters that§ Melbourne, but could only spend a change of only fifty kilocycles on either
Lany of the other States have had, ‘but couple of days here before he had to go
side made a difference of two points in
b has”made up.in’ quality -what’ was lack- back to the farm. They are hoping to the strength of the transmission.
i ing in' quantity. . Now, however, the! hold an amateur convention at Kerang VK3KR changed a few weeks ago his
Seventh District is faring worse than over the King’s Birthday week-end, and
old frequency of 3550 KC to his reserve
" ever, The passing of TDX was Aus- are-expecting a number of visitors from
frequency of 3990 KC for his Sunday
'tralia’s loss ag. well as Tasmania's, but: Melbourne as well as those from the sur- morning 'phone QSO’s, and was at once
. “when TJK came over we gained for a rounding districts.
reported much improved at both VK3DW
time, and now he is in Queensland . An 80-Metre Outfit and VK3PY. The conditions down here
' operating under the call of VK4JX. Next VK2HU has been: putting out some very have not been good enough for any de-
" ! VKICDarrived,here and is known as good 'phone on the finite comparison, but his signals seem
eighty metre band
' 'VK3CS, and now -Snowy :i8 over and at times when few other stations were to be weaker, if anything.
'+ another prominent 'VKT7 is shortly com- working there, and this helped to make Another surprise we had this week wag
'“. ing here for good as well. We should contacts with him even more enjoyable, to hear VK3WG calling DX. His signals
+.be able to hold the Fisk Trophy with as there was practically no QRM. His were very strong and clean, but he did
! these active amateurs, added to our outfit is rather novel, and according to not come on until the peak period had
vt ‘ranks. rumor, rather;“haywire.” It consists of long past.
\' . A Promise for the Future
" After very ordinary conditions exist-
50 Trade-In Sets Sacrificed 50
"/ ing on the 40 metre band practically all
the summer, there was a sudden clearing
‘. 'last Saturdayand good DX signals came
through- from all over the place. In-
+ deed, it seemed as though we were back -4 VALVE AC TABLE 3 & 4 VALVE A.C. £5
“Uin .928. Let us hope these conditions
hold until after October, so that we can
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attempt at a world-wide contest organ-
ised in Australia. Even if they only last 3 VALVE BATTERY 5 VALVE BATTERY SETS
until the end of June they will help very SETS 35 NEUTRODYNES 90 _ i
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" materially in making the next series of
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We learn that VK3ML, who, for the
last couple of years has been one of our
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most active officers in the W.LA., and
who is also the O.C. of the R.A.A.F.
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wireless Reserve, is leaving at short Interstate Model A BARGAIN .. /
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notice for New Zealand. He is on a
business trip for his firm and will be 3 VALVE BATTERY _ 6 VALVE A.C. CONSOLE
away for nearly' four months. It is
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time for the Centenary contest. His ZL
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be on the air from some of the stations
over there, and it will be interesting to : tFA]t)? 7MV1dul,VE A.C.
get his ideas as to the real merits of
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that “ham paradise,”
~ When the conditions were at their best
‘we heard a splendid C.C. R9 signal call-
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ing DX and signing VK2YT. This is a
new call-sign, but =signals were too Pty. 267 SWANSTON-"
cleanly cut and ‘confident for us to make
the mistake of they came from Ltd. STREET
a new station. We learned that Opp. Tattersall’'s Club—Phone Central 2806 — Melbourne, C.1.
it was our old frlend VK2W0 who had