NZART Headquarters Infoline Issue 177
08-February-2009
NZART Website: http://www.nzart.org.nz/
Greetings
Welcome to Headquarters-Infoline a twice-monthly bulletin of news from NZART Headquarters e-mailed directly to Branches, the amateur radio packet Bulletin Board Service and to others that subscribe through the NZART Website at:
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In This Issue
-The NZART Business Manager Debby ZL2TDM Says
==Subscription Reminders
==NZART Election
==Remits for Annual Conference in Hastings/Napier
-FMTAG Notes for February 2009
-ZL7 Chatham Island
-ARISS: Humber College contact with the ISS
-ARRL Amateur Radio Mobile Operation Policy
-Swedish Amateurs Granted New Privileges
-A New Youth Association Seeking Members
-John Moyle Field Day
-Contests News
==VHF/UHF/SHF Contest Notes
==HF Contests From NZART Contests Manager
-Upcoming Events
-Break-In/Infoline Information
==Break-In Closing Date Reminders
==Auto-Subscription and Un-Subscribe
==Dates for Official Broadcast (OB) and Headquarters' Infoline
-Editorial Disclaimer
-Attachment for Branches:
==NZART Headquarters Infoline 177.doc
Next Official Broadcast is on SUNDAY 22-FEBRUARY-2009
Next Infoline is to be e-mailed on SUNDAY 22-FEBRARY-2009
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The NZART Business Manager Debby ZL2TDM Says
Debby says...the first month has gone already - wow the years are flying past now!
Subscription Reminders
By now those of you who have yet to pay your 2009 subscriptions will have received a reminder notice. Just a point, I am human and can make mistakes, so if you believe that you have paid your subscription, please let me know as soon as possible. However I would really appreciate if you could advise by what method the payment has been made, i.e. cheque credit card or direct credit and more importantly the date it has been debited from your account.
If this isn't provided you will have delays in getting your Break In as quite search is involved in finding a missing payment.
NZART Election
This year is an important as your election voting forms will also be included with your first Break In for the year. Please make sure you have your say and vote for the candidate you wish to see representing your area.
Remits for Annual Conference in Hastings/Napier
There are two remits for Conference this year, so in order to have your say within your branches on voting for these come conference time, you will also need to be a financial member of the Association. If you know of people who are unable to pay their annual subscriptions and perhaps may be able to pay on a monthly basis, please get them to contact me.
Talk soon...Deb ZL2TDM
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FMTAG Notes for February 2009
At its February 2009 meeting, NZART Council approved publication of the following notes for the information of, and seeking comments from, NZART members.
INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS TO NZART COUNCIL
Branch 05 Christchurch ARC has applied to modify its 144.575 MHz APRS digipeater as follows: change the transmit and receive frequency to 144.650 MHz, increase the output power, and change the licensed location by 400 metres to NZ260 M36 804330. An engineering investigation confirms that there will be no interference to co-located and near-sited stations.
Branch 13 Hastings-Havelock North has applied for an APRS 465 digipeater, to be located at Taraponui, at map reference NZ260 V19 333234. The transmit and receive frequency will be 144.650 MHz. An engineering evaluation confirms that there will be no interference to co-located and near-sited stations. This application replaces the Interim Recommendation published in March/April 2008 Break-In and the Final Recommendation published in May/June 2008 Break-In.
Branch 60 Taupo has applied for an APRS 465 digipeater, to be located at Maroanui, at map reference NZ260 U17 735940. The transmit and receive frequency will be 144.650 MHz. An engineering evaluation confirms that there will be no interference to co-located and near-sited stations.
FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO NZART COUNCIL
None this month.
COMMENTS AND APPLICATIONS
Please send your comments and suggestions on the above matters and recommendations, and on any other FMTAG matters, by e-mail to fmtag@nzart.org.nz
Applications for repeaters, beacons, digipeaters, point-to-point links, and so on, should be made on the latest version of FMTAG Form 10. The latest versions of FMTAG Form 10, and the explanatory Form 10A, are available on the NZART web site:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/fmtag/index.html
Completed forms should be sent by e-mail to fmtag@nzart.org.nz
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ZL7 Chatham Island
A team of nine ZL operators will be activating Chatham Island in March 2009. The team leaders are Lee ZL2AL and Morrie ZL2AAA, The rest of the team will be Lee ZL2LE, John ZL1BYZ, Mike, ZL2CC, Phil ZL2RVW, Mark ZL3AB, Wayne ZL2WG and John ZL1ALZ. Chatham Island is located about 550 Km east of New Zealand about 3 hours by air. Although ZL7 is not particularly rare but is in the top 100 at 87 needed for DXCC and it still generates much activity on the bands. Our Pilot will be in Christchurch Duncan ZL3JT in Christchurch zl3jt@paradise.net.nz The team will be hosted at the Chatham Fishing Lodge in the fishing village of Kaiangaroa on the north eastern tip of the Chatham Islands www.chathamfishingexperience.co.nz/ .
This DXpedition has been in the planning for over a year and the team can't wait to get on the air from ZL7. We will be looking for newer ops wanting to work ZL7 for the first time and will be listening for VK/ZL and Pacific stations at the end of each hour for a few minutes. We will not be working specific call areas or any region to the disadvantage of any other region. The Icom four station setup with some amplifiers will operate 160M to 10M with CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK modes. Wire loops will be used on 80M and 40M, a vertical on 30M and Yagis on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10M. We also may try on 160M with the 80M station from time to time.
Most of the experienced operators are DXCC members and look forward to the usual pileups. Frequencies will be in the usual SSB and CW DX haunts on each band with SSB split up 5 kHz and CW split up 3 kHz. Our callsign will be ZL7T The operation will commence March 6, 2009 and end on March 11, 2009. Although Icom New Zealand has offered limited sponsorship, donations would be appreciated as the team will have to cover all expenses including the QSL printing. Donations would be appreciated and I will post a NZ ZL7T Acct number in a separate posting. The website will be up and running in a few weeks and the URL is www.zl7t.com Logsearch will be available on the team's return as there is no way to get the logs off the island from our remote North East location. Logs will be uploaded to the LoTW within six months. QSL via Buro or Direct via ZL2AL CBA or QRZ.com
73, Lee ZL2AL See you in the pile-ups
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ARISS: Humber College contact with the ISS
I just received this via the NASA ARISS Channel. Tom Clark, K3IO is the originator.
"On Monday, Feb 2nd, 2009, CBC show "AS IT HAPPENS" had a nice ~6 minute piece on the Humber College/VA3JUV contact with a very enthusiastic Sandra Magnus (KE5FYE) on the ISS end. Here in the Balto/Wash area, AS IT HAPPENS is carried on WAMU (88.5).
To listen to the AIH audio, fetch http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/asithappens/20090202-aih-1.wmv and QSY to a time ~16 min 50 sec. The ISS audio is really great at ~21 min 30 sec. ARISS is referred to as an "offshoot of NASA" at ~18:40 and "ham radio" is said once."
73,
Daniel, VE2KA
From and with thanks to the RAC-Bulletin (Radio Amateurs of Canada)
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ARRL Amateur Radio Mobile Operation Policy
On January 30, at the instruction of the Board of Directors at its January 2009 meeting, the ARRL Executive Committee adopted a policy statement on mobile Amateur Radio operations. The statement addresses the growing number of proposed state and local laws and ordinances regulating the use of cellular telephone and text messaging, inadvertently affecting Amateur Radio mobile communications. See website with URL
http://www.arrl.org/govrelations/MobileAmateurRadioPolicyStatement.pdf
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Swedish Amateurs Granted New Privileges
On January 29, the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) announced that Amateur Radio operators in that country will now have access to 50-52 MHz (6 meters) with a power output limit of 200 W <http://www.pts.se/sv/Radio/Amatorradio/>. Before the change, Swedish amateurs were allowed on the band only with arer (SSA), Sweden's IARU Member-Society, also announced that as of April 1, Swedish amateurs will gain access to 7.0-7.2 MHz (40 meters), bringing Sweden into line with the WRC-03 decision to shift broadcasting stations in Regions 1 and 3 out of the 7100-7200 kHz band and to reallocate the band exclusively to the Amateur Service in those two regions as of March 29 <http://www.iaru.org/rel030703.html>. Each country in Regions 1 and 3 is permitted to determine their own timeline for the amateur allocation. While the band has been vacated by commercial broadcasters, no country is required to give amateurs privileges on those frequencies.
The above two items came from The ARRL Letter/American Radio Relay League VOL 28 No 5 Friday-6-FEB-2009
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A New Youth Association Seeking Members
A new national youth association based in the USA is seeking both youth and adult members to join and help them get active!
The Amateur Cowboys Radio Club which was recently renamed to Amateur Radio Youth Association (Club) was founded by three young hams in New Mexico. The founders are Dustin N0DRC, Jared KE5LZV, and Phil KE5LZX.
Since November of 2007 the club has taken a new outlook on Amateur Radio and is now dedicating its self to the education of the general public and youth. The mission of the Amateur Radio Youth Assn is to further educate the public about the importance of Amateur Radio and to help students learn several middle school, and high school subjects through the use of Amateur Radio.
You can visit their website at http://www.ke5rpv.org
(Dustin Cox, N0DRC Website: http://www.ke5rpv.org on January 29, 2009)
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John Moyle Field Day
The dates this year unfortunately the dates coincide with the BERU contest on the 14th and 15th March. The date was moved last July at the request of number of operators, however next year the dates will follow the usual system of the third full weekend in March.
It is worth noting that there have been a few changes to the rules for the contest.
You are invited to check them at the site: http://www.wia.org.au and follow the links to the contest area and the John Moyle site.
The rule changes will be examined and discussed next week.
(Denis Johnstone ((VK4AE)) Contest Manager)
The above two items come from VK1WIA-news for FEB-8-2009
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Contest News
VHF/UHF/SHF Contest Notes
RESULTS OF THE FIELD DAY CONTEST 6th and 7th December 2008
One hundred and seventy eight stations active in this contest held in early December 2008. The total number is made from fifty-six VKs from VK1 to VK7. The Auckland VHF Group ZL1BQ, gained the highest number of point with a total of 19 056. Auckland Branch ZL1AA, was second with 8684 points followed by ZL1AOX, with 6201.
Band Frequency Band Frequency Callsign Locator Points Callsign Locator Points 6 m (50 MHz) 23 cm (1296 MHz) ZL1BQ RF64sg 3470 ZL1BQ RF64sg 1569 ZL1AA RF73ir 1896 ZL1AA RF73ir 585 ZL2QS RE89je 1247 ZL2IP RF70br 567 ZL2AS RF80iu 547 ZL1AOX RF72mv 440 ZL4DK RE54fe 522 ZL2AS RF80iu 95 ZL1AOX RF72mv 85 ZL4DK RE54fe 25 2 m (144 MHz) 13 cm (2424 MHz) ZL1BQ RF64sg 2464 ZL1AA RF73ir 873 ZL2AS RF80iu 823 ZL1AOX RF72mv 720 ZL4DK RE54fe 713 ZL1BQ RF64sg 533 ZL1AA RF73ir 712 ZL2IP RF70br 295 ZL2QS RE89je 470 ZL3TY RE57om 435 9 cm (3399/3400 MHz) ZL3TJ RE78iq 372 ZL1AA RF73ir 1746 ZL1AOX RF72mv 261 ZL1AOX RF72mv 1440 ZL2MA RF70ke 161 ZL2IP RF70br 170 70 cm (432 MHz) 5 cm (5760 MHz) ZL1BQ RF64sg 1974 ZL1BQ RF64sg 4928 ZL1AA RF73ir 658 ZL1AOX RF72mv 2702 ZL2IP RF70bs 610 ZL1AA RF73ir 2048 ZL2AS RF80iu 588 ZL2IP RF70br 1777 ZL1AOX RF72mv 553 ZL2QS RE89je 531 3 cm (10368 MHz) ZL4DK RE54fe 283 ZL1BQ RF64sg 3987 ZL3TJ RE78iq 193 ZL2IP RF70br 2962 ZL3TY RE57om 100 32 cm (925 MHz) ZL1AA RF73ir 165 ZL1BQ RF64sg 131 TOTAL SCORES BEST DX ZL1BQ RF64sg 19056 6 m ZL4DK - VK4SIX 3920 km ZL1AA RF73ir 8684 2 m ZL1IU - ZL3TY 831 km ZL1AOX RF72mv 6201 70 cm ZL1IU - ZL3TY 831 km ZL2IP RF70br 5771 32 cm ZL1AA - ZL1BQ 121 km ZL2QS RE89je 2248 23 cm ZL1BQ - ZL3DC 631 km ZL2AS RF80iu 2053 13 cm ZL1BQ - ZL2IP 391 km ZL4DK RE54fe 1543 9 cm ZL1AA - ZL1AOX 97 km ZL2IP RF70bs 610 5 cm ZL1BQ - ZL2IP 391 km ZL3TJ RE78iq 565 3 cm ZL1BQ - ZL2IP 391 km ZL3TY RE57om 535 ZL2MA RF70ke 161 CHECK LOGS ZL1TX, ZL2DW
THE NEXT CONTEST
The next contest is the Low Band Contest, 50 MHz to 440 MHz, on Saturday the 4th and Sunday the 5th of April 2009. The operating times are: Saturday 1700 to 2300 NZT and Sunday 0700 to 1300 NZT.
The rules are available at:
http://www.vhf.org.nz/VHF-UHF-SHF-ContestRules
Logs should be sent within two weeks, to:
zl2wa@clear.net.nz with Contest Log in the subject line,
Contest Manager
Wellington VHF Group
P.O. Box 12-259
Thorndon
Wellington
Email: zl2wa@clear.net.nz
Website: http://www.vhf.org.nz
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HF Contests
Only three weekends to the 2009 Jock White Memorial Field Day. By now it would be reasonable to expect most branches will have virtually finalised and to those who haven't I guess these matters will be receiving attention over the next week, or so
2009 ARRL INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS
When: - CW - 21 and 22 February 2009 - 0000Z (21st) - 2400Z (22nd)
Phone - 7 and 8 March 2009 - 0000Z (7th) - 2400 (8th)
Rules and other contest information - refer to the ARRL Website
2009 JOCK WHITE MEMORIAL FIELD DAY CONTEST
When:- Saturday, 28 February 2009 and Sunday, 1 March 2009
Times :- Saturday - 1500 NZDT (0200 UTC) until 2359 NZDT (1100UTC)
Times :- Sunday - 0600 NZDT (1700UTC) until 1500 NZDT (0200 UTC)
Bands :- 80m and 40m
Modes :- SSB and CW
RSGB COMMONWEALTH CONTEST
When:- 14 and 15 March 2009
Time:- 1000Z (14th) to 1000Z (15th) - All Bands - CW Only
Contests Rules and other operating information is, or will be available at :- http://www.beru.org.uk/
73, John Powell ZL1BHQ, NZART Contest Manager
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Upcoming Events
Te Puke ARC Market Day - Saturday 07-March-2009
Wellington Region Expo - Saturday 28-March-2009
Technology Convention Hamilton - 12/14-April-2009
For Further Details Please Look at:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/events/index.html
14th IARU R3 Conference - Christchurch 12-16 October 2009
Editorial Disclaimer
Headquarters Infoline Issue 175 of 21 December 2008 contained an article titled 'A Reply To "Being a Councillor of the NZART"'. The reply was a response to an article published in Headquarters Infoline Issue 174 titled "Being A Councillor of NZART".
I wish to acknowledge that it was a mistake to publish the article in full.
At the time Headquarters Infoline Issue 175 was published, I did not know who were to be the candidates for the next NZART Council Election.
Jamie Pye ZL2NN
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The WIA Weekly News Bulletin and The Weekly ARRL Letter can be found at:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/html/2009/wia-weekly-news.html
http://www.nzart.org.nz/html/2009/arrl-weekly-news.html
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Break-In and Infoline Information
Break-In - From the Break-In Editor John ZL3IB
1. Closing Date Reminder: Copy for the MARCH/APRIL issue of Break-In closes on 10-MARCH-2009.
2. Document File Format: Please do not send copy for publication as Word 2007.docx files; they cannot be processed. Please send in Word 2003 (or earlier).doc or *.rtf file format.
3. Early receipt of copy is much appreciated.
4. Break-In Contents Index from 1947 can be found at:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/breakin/index/index.html
Copy for the AREC Break-In Column - From Geoff ZL3QR
The close-of-copy date is the 03-MARCH-2009 for articles for publication in the AREC COLUMN OF BREAK-IN. Photos, if available, to be on a separate floppy or CD (with captions), posted DIRECTLY TO US Call Book address. All other material can go to e-mail: zl3qr@nzart.org.nz or zl3ov@nzart.org.nz.
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Dates for Official Broadcast (OB) and Head Quarter's Infoline
* Next NZART Official Broadcast SUNDAY 22-FEBRUARY-2009, * and
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Regards, Jamie Pye ZL2NN, Editor zl2nn@nzart.org.nz