Broadcast - 8 June 2025
Thanks to Tony VK7YBG, Paul VK7KPA, Eric VK7ZPE, Colin VK7ZCF and Stuart VK7FEAT for last weekend’s mountain climbing trip up Mt. Arthur. They volunteered to visit VK7RAA repeater to conduct equipment maintenance and a winter hibernation check. If that alone isn’t hard enough in winter, on the return journey, they filled their backpacks and brought a load of no longer required items to help clean up and tidy our occupied repeater site. Anything no longer required, no matter how small, removed from the repeater area is that much less to eventually remove and bring down the mountain. Thanks fellows, very much appreciated by all.
Although last Wednesday evening’s opening of the NTARC club rooms was a bit short notice a dozen or so members braved the cold weather and turned up. The NTARC club rooms opened for the specific purpose of members getting together for a live presentation on the REAST YouTube channel, entitled “Class Licence – Myth Busting”. The doors were opened by 7:00 pm with members soon seated ready for the start of what turned out to be a very engaging and informative presentation. The fact that the stream is now in High Definition certainly adds to the “being present” feel. Thank you Peter VK3MV and Justin VK7TW for the presentation and REAST for the video stream availability. Local discussions on Class Licencing continued on well into the night.
Now for a reminder, this coming Wednesday night is a club room presentation night, even though doors are open at 6:30 pm the presentation won’t be until 7:30 pm, also no show and tell items for this week please.
Trevor VK7TB and Eric will be enlightening us with a presentation on the challenges of radio restoration.
This restoration centres on the British Marconi R1155 communications receiver which was commonly used with its associated T1154 transmitter unit. The R1155 was extensively used by the Royal Air Force during World War II, mainly in larger aircraft such as the Lancaster Bomber. From the pre-restoration pictures, one should probably call it the restoration from hell! Not just a replace all capacitors and send it on its way refurbish, but a total strip down back to chassis level. Their endeavours even involved learning the art of vacuum forming plastic covers and re-manufacturing front panels. This journey appears to have been a very dedicated undertaking by Trevor and Eric. Hope to see you there for this “interesting on so many levels” presentation.
UPCOMING EVENTS
On Air Test and Technical Net session - Every Wednesday, Test-Net and CW course on 3.580 MHz from 7 pm, then a Technical Net on 3.567 MHz from 7.30 pm till 8.30 pm. Your host for the evening is Nic VK7WW.
Club Room Technical night presentation - By Trevor VK7TB and Eric on restoration of an R1155 communications receiver. This coming Wednesday night the 11th. June at the Archer Street Club Rooms, Rocherlea.
Club General Meeting - Saturday 14th. June at 2:00 pm. Held at the NTARC Club Room, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street, Rocherlea. If you have items you would like added to the agenda please email the secretary at: secretary@ntarc.net no later than Friday the 13th June.
Coffee Morning - held every Friday in the NTARC Club rooms. Time is from 10 am to noon and we look forward to seeing you all there. So why not pop in check the QSL cards and join us for a cuppa, there is endless tea and coffee along with biscuits available for a donation.
Finally - A reminder to all members that if you have any items of news you would like added to our weekly
roundup, no matter how trivial, then please email them to the Secretary at the following address news@ntarc.net all items to be received no later than 5 pm on the Friday prior to the Broadcast.
That’s all folks,
73, Stefan VK7ZSB, Secretary NTARC Inc.
