Seminars
There are six sessions of 45 minutes each ( 30 minutes presentation the remaining 15 minutes for questions and change over of seminars.
The starting time will be 0930 hrs and finish at 1400 hrs
Seminar Program
0930: David VK2CZ
" Contesting is Fun "
1015: Ray Robinson V2ILV
Historical Radio Society of Australia
ARNHEM and the WIRELESS SET 68P
I attended the 65th Anniversary of the WW2 parachute drop at Arnhem in 2009, and walked around in the woods with a WW2 backpack radio of the type used there.
The "Bridge Too Far" operation Market Garden was a partial failure, and much was blamed on the radios used.
Photos of the reinactment and discussion of the WS68P operation.
1100: Mike VK3KH
VHF - UHF Group
1145: Dan Joyce VK2GG
Microwaves
1230: Lunch Break
1315: Jeff Johnson VK4XJJ
Gulf to Gulf Walk - Synopsis: Across Australia on foot with an FT-817
Jeff Johnson, self-confessed 'bushie' of no fixed abode, decided almost on a whim to walk across Australia, south to north, to raise funds for charity. And at the age of 66. Spurred on by the memory of his deaf-blind niece, whose death was the catalyst for this extraordinary undertaking, he battled hoons, the fear of an attack by dingoes and the vastness of the interior to achieve his aim.
Surviving on what he could carry on his back, and without back-up, he walked 2500 kilometres in 151 days. Jeff will talk about his walk, the outback characters he met along the way and, of course, the untamed grandeur of inland Australia.
Jeff had been interested in radio since his teenage years and worked at AWA while studying as a Production Engineer. Amateur radio was always "on the horizon" but he did not sit for a license until 2003 when he was asked to "mentor" a friend through the course. The friend gave up part way through but Jeff went on to become VK4XJJ.
When it came time to consider communications for the walk, Jeff renewed his license, purchased his FT-817, lined up his brother Bill (VK2FWGJ) in Newcastle and Roger (VK4BNQ) in Gympie and bumbled his way through the first few weeks to establish a daily 40M sched including many contacts with other hams that followed his progress.
Pictures on www.jeffswalk.com
1400: End of seminars
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Examinations
Foundation, Standard and advanced examinations will be held at the field day.
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Raffles
- Q5 QRP Kit donated by Genesis Radio
- Tecsan PL pocket sized short wave receiver donated by AV-COMM Satellite TV Specialists
- Soldering Station from Ludatronics
- TZ-1840 HF 1KW High Power Balun donated by Rippletech Electronics.
- Three pairs of communications head phones supplied by Emtronics
Meetings
VHF / UHF Group meeting
Meeting in the Thorate bar 11.45 for an hour.
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