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QTC 56 Sep 2015 - Christchurch West Amateur Radio Club

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1. 8 5 Ah with 6 3 mm terminals The cost of the ones I bought was 42 06 each plus GST Size is 150 x 65 x 95 mm Be careful when fitting the new batteries Make sure the 230 V supply plug is pulled out Put the new battery in in the same way that the old one was found Make the final battery connection as if you were dealing with live wires you may well be if the UPS is still switched on Note that some UPS may have battery wiring at mains potential when operating due to internal circuitry Ross ZL3TFK HAMADs For Sale for Club funds Ex deceased estate Telequipment oscilloscope dual beam 25 MHz Any offers to John ZL3IB 03 3489084 lt john z13ib ihug co nz gt for more information etc Wanted USB keyboard John ZL3IB 03 3489084 lt john z13ib ihug co nz gt Radio Classes Amateur Operators Certificate Winter weekly classes for the Amateur Operators Certificate have started with 4 attending It is anticipated the duration of the study course to extend to a maximum of 12 weeks 73s Mike Duncan ZL3MWD Ph 338 4942 Communication From Don Hudson ZL3QI Communication consider the alternative if we didn t have the luxury of Amateur Radio Pigeons can now be put to roost or roast 1836 Samuel Morse invented the first telegraph and tapped out a message which his friend at the end of the wire received simplex 1876 Alexander Bell invented the first telephone and spoke at his end and his assistant on the other end
2. Please note change of Secretarial email address lt dougpratt orcon net nz gt QTC56 Newsletter editor lt john z13ib ihug co nz gt NB New Bank Account Subs etc can be direct credited to our SBS Account No 03 1355 0709371 00 NB Please ensure your name is against the bank payment If cheques are made non transferable or account payee only please ensure they are made out to Christchurch West Amateur Radio Club Inc The banks will not accept other names e g Branch 56 Thank you Minutes of General Meeting Christchurch West Amateur Radio Club 25 August 2015 Present Denis Coulter ZL3DEN President amp 19 Members Apologies Doug Pratt ZL2BCF Baden ZL3VI Don ZL3QI John ZL3IB amp Alan ZL3GX Visitors ZL3TOY ZL3DRC ZL3VP ZL3PX amp KB2YQS Minutes As the minutes of the Monthly Meeting held on 28th July were confirmed and accepted Maurice Brent Matters Arising Nil Correspondence In Ragchew Out Nil Financial Report Financial report Peter Maurice 41 financial members Classes Report Mike Duncan reported that he currently has two students ready to sit their exams Free n Easy No report General Business Combined branches will be held on the 2 of August at Branch 05 JOTA will be held on the 20 of October There was no further club business the meeting concluded at 1945 hr Following the General Meeting Blair Kenton gave an interesting talk on DMR From The President It has be
3. force forward or reverse and transfers the force to the ship s foundation Further electrical load is taken by auxiliary machinery such as sewage pumps and treatment and water production The ship can produce 1 6 million litres of potable water per day which is about twice the daily consumption I won t mention food As much as you need or can eat available from 0600 to 2230 hr Ross Weir UPS Uninterruptable Power Supply These are commonly used to safeguard the 230 V mains power into computer work stations In a power failure the UPS will give you time to save your work and shut down However it seems that many domestic UPS s fail after about 4 years due to the internal batteries drying up It is a good idea to turn the power off now and then to see if your UPS is still working The batteries are often 12 V 7 2 AH Ampere Hour sealed lead acid batteries Prising these open after the UPS stops reveals cells with no electrolyte Down to Jaycar and buy one or sometimes two new replacement batteries Stop Have a look at the push on terminal lugs These are normally 6 3mm wide to adequately handle the current drawn when the UPS is called to deliver Jaycar stocks only batteries with 5mm width terminals These will not connect properly with the connectors on the UPS and will fill up with chemical corrosion Not far from Jaycar at 57 Carlyle Street is Century Yuasa batteries They have started stocking a PS1285 battery sla
4. of the wire heard him duplex 1896 The first dial telephone was invented and two people were able to communicate at the same time complex 1973 The first cordless phone was invented enabling communication to be made while mobile multiplex 1990 Mobile phones enabled audio communication between units far apart perplex We now tap out text messages with our fingers and wait and wait for a reply reflex 5 Negating telex and circumflex Now that is progress or is it Never underestimate the difference a space can make when morse coding Budget bud get women wo men unique uni que inaction in action alight a light underway under way blackout black out alot a lot nothing no thing bailout bail out manslaughter mans likeable like able blowout blow out laughter connote con note pickup pick up gentleman gentle man proofread roof read apart a part setup set up whoever who ever nobody no body makeup make up superscript super increase in crease police po lice script indefinite in definite carpet car pet therapist the rapist Oh dear I had better stop there Abbreviated text has its problems A text without a context can be perplexing OMG FOL NPL etc Makes purfect cents now doesn t it EEE KE K E K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K Club Room Workroom The workroom is now habitable and available for testing calibration project construction and or electronic repairs A shadow board minus shadows
5. 930 7 30pm Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 20 18 17 21 19 16 21 18 15 20 17 General Meeting Fourth Tuesday at 1930 7 30pm Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 27 25 24 28 26 23 28 25 22 27 24 TBA Free and Easy 8 Sept TBA General Meetings 22 Sept for Branch meetings Club Nets Your committee urgently needs suggestions for topics speakers and or offers of talks The combined North Canterbury Radio Clubs net is held every Sunday at 2000 hr on the Cass Peak 145 625 MHz repeater 5625 Our club spokesman ZL3TUL gives our Branch 56 news and events This is transferred to the Marley s Hill 147 050 MHz repeater 705 if the Cass Peak repeater is down the M It is sent via the National link which comes out of Marley s Hill National Link repeater on 439 875 MHz and also on 3900 kHz lower side band The local net above is held off until the NZART broadcast is concluded Full details are also available on the Br56 website lt www radioamateurs org nz gt Interested in Vintage Radios The Christchurch section of the NZ Vintage Radio Society now meet in our club The Official NZART broadcast is held on the last Sunday of the month at 2000 hr on rooms Meetings are normally held on alternate months on the first Tuesday of the month If you are interested please contact John Dodgshun lt dodgshun ihug co nz gt for more information Next meeting Tue
6. D ZL FF Cordinator Cruise Ship ms Zaandam Recently my wife and I travelled from Seward Alaska via Haines Juneau and Ketchikan to Vancouver on the ms Vaandam Length 235m passengers 1407 crew 612 Cabin accommodation was excellent as was the entertainment On shore visits were interesting and ship concerts were of a very high standard At the introductory session to the new lot of passengers the Chief Engineer spoke of the engine room and on board services like water production Since 9 11 they have not allowed anyone to visit the engine room but he gave a talk illustrated with good quality pictures The ship is driven by diesel power alternators There are 5 off Wartsila 12 cylinder marine diesel engines with an output of 8 64 MW each Bus voltage is 6 6 kV and they are automatically synchronized and load balanced Synchronization and load sharing can still be done manually in an emergency The number of alternators run depends on the speed that the at which the Captain wishes to cruise Fuel consumption is about 380 litres per nautical mile dependent on speed The two main propulsion motors are Alstrom at 13 MW each The Chief showed a dry dock picture of the port propeller shaft being reinstalled after removal for checking and it was big The propellers have variable pitch blades Spares blades are carried on board and can be changed if needed in port with assistance from divers A huge thrust bearing takes the propulsion
7. _ Christchurch West Amateur il Radio Club Inc NZART Branch 56 Official Newsletter Q T C 7 SS Wi iON p e ST sO WW Qe eae 0 8 oe Ue What s on at the next meeting Doug Pratt ZL2BCF will talk about Aircraft surveillance and future developments Qi Tuesday 22 September 2015 Visit the Br 56 web page lt www radioamateurs org nz gt Clubrooms Auburn Park Upper Riccarton PO Box 31 095 Ilam Christchurch 8444 Br 56 web page lt www radioamateurs org nz Branch Officers President Denis Coulter ZL3DEN 342 9013 Vice President Baden Melhuish ZL3VI 027 6103 144 Immediate Past Pres Maurice McNab ZL3MEM 327 3710 Secretary Doug Pratt ZL2BCF 322 9961 Treasurer Keith Stanton ZL3QH 358 4108 Committee Brent Officer ZL3TUI 027 437 0224 Peter Tyerman ZL3IA 332 4885 John Walker ZL3IB 348 9084 Ross Weir ZL3TFK 332 8370 Mike Duncan ZL3MWD 338 4942 Trustees Doug Pratt ZL2BCEF 322 9961 Baden Melhuish ZL3 VI 027 6103 144 Auditor Branch Officials 850 Repeater Mgr Doug Pratt ZL2BCF 322 9961 Free n Easy Coordinator Baden Melhuish ZL3VI 027 6103 144 Librarian Ron Rowlands ZL3AIV 348 2747 Morse Admin Des Borgfeldt ZL3ACS 980 9705 Newsletter editor John Walker ZL3IB 348 9084 QSL cards Keith Stanton ZL3QH 358 4108 Radio Classes Mike Duncan ZL3MWD 338 4942 ZL3VV Station Mgr Maurice McNab ZL3MEM 354 1958
8. d more parks into the system Many NZ amateur s may already have contacts logged that count towards the awards available without even knowing it How does it work Activators submit their logs in either adif or csv format to the NZ coordinator to load into the database previously they would have had to submit them to the UK based log master Activators and Hunters awards are separate so you can have one award level as a hunter while also collecting points as an Activator Awards status and applications are all handled on line via lt http logsearch wwff co index php gt Full rules and guidelines are available from lt http www wwff co p about wwff html gt How do you find the WWFF action Well there are two good DX spotting sites available one based out of Australia and another one based in Europe Parks and Peaks spots from VK are relevant to our time zone while the other site is good if you have the station ability to hunt the European stations lt http www parksnpeaks org gt lt http hamspots net wwff gt If you are a keen SOTA hunter you will often be able to catch or give a WWEF reference as well this is a very common occurrence in Australia where their Summits are inside Parks as well For those amateurs with Facebook there is a WWFF page a good VK page and a new ZL WWFF Activations and news page to follow So summer is coming so lets all get out and about and play radios in the great outdoors 73 Ken Duffy ZL4K
9. en decided that it is essential to get QTC56 out to the members as early as possible However the From the President item is more useful if it appears after the cttee meeting So from now on it will now take the form a of a simple email message sent to all financial members Whats on at the next meeting Doug Pratt ZL2BCF will talk about Aircraft surveillance and future developments Tuesday 22 September 2015 Press Release 5 09 2015 Finally the World Wide Flora and Fauna program is up and live in New Zealand Following taking part in hunting a number of Australian activations it was suggested that New Zealand should also come on board and join in the fun What is World Wide Flora and Fauna program anyway The WWFF program wants to draw attention to the importance of protecting nature flora and fauna In this spirit amateur radio operators set up and operate their radio stations from designated nature parks and protected nature areas generating attention for these areas whilst giving the ham radio community an interesting activity to contact WWFF is an international and non commercial program run by the coordinators of a large number of national Flora and Fauna programs There are a number of parks with references in New Zealand on the WWFF list and it also includes several off shore islands and small overseas entities Currently there are only the National Parks but once 50 of the these have been activated I can ad
10. es 113 kg of transformers 41 kg of flexible copper cables and 19 kg of 6 aluminium This netted 208 70 for Club funds Thanks Allan ZL3GX John ZL3IB Mike ZL3MWD and Ross ZL3TFK A big thank you to all contributors Ross ZL3TFK Missing from Br56 library The following issues of Break In magazine are missing from our Club library December 1995 Jan Feb 2011 July Aug 2013 Sept October 1999 July Aug 2011 Mar April 2014 May June 2007 Sept Oct 2011 May June 2014 Jan Feb 2009 Nov Dec 2011 July Aug 2014 May June 2009 Jan Feb 2012 Mar April 2015 July Aug 2009 Mar April 2012 Sept Oct 2009 July Aug 2012 Nov Dec 2010 Jan Feb 2013 If you have taken these please return them to our Club Library Anyone with spares to fill the gaps Thanks Ross ZL3TFK The New DXer s Handbook If you are a new amateur radio operator or shortwave listener then you ll find Bryce Anderson s K7UA introduction to DXing of particular interest Entitled The New DXer s Handbook there are plenty of tips and techniques explained in a simple and straightforward way Bryce is to be congratulated for making the book available free of charge to all hams You can read a review and find details on downloading the e Book at the Mount Evelyn DX Report lt http medxr blogspot com au 2015 07 free e book new dxers handbook html gt Free User manual downloads See lt http www central manuals com gt for free downloads of user manuals instruction guides for compu
11. has been installed populated with tools fit for purpose for the facility There is still work to be done to further enhance current options and this will happen once retention removal of excess componentry is finalised Serviceability and specification assessments of current test equipment including power supplies to be advised soon watch this space 73s MikeD ZL3MWD Br56 Loan Equipment The club has a number of useful items of test gear etc available for member to borrow for short periods Dip meter A Grid Dip Meter Leader model LDM 810 is available for members to use It covers 2 250 MHz See Brent ZL3TUI to borrow same MFJ 259 Aerial Analyser Did you know that our Club has an MFJ 259 aerial VSWR Analyser No Well I didn t either until Mike ZL3MWD told me last month I arranged a loan and proceeded to test my home aerials after first checking the instrument s calibration as per the manufacturer s instructions Ross ZL3TFK A Warning Before testing an antenna it is absolutely essential to short the antenna to ground to discharge any static that may have built up Failure to do this can lead to an expensive repair job Scrap Metal Drive Allan ZL3GX donated electronic junk old copper flex and scrap metal from our sister branch Branch 05 To this was added copper flex and other scrap aluminium cans old batteries etc from Branch 56 Taken to the scrap metal dealer was 1 kg aluminium cans 15 kg lead acid batteri
12. sday 8 Sept QTC56 m QSO Monthly Newsletter Christchurch West Amateur Radio Club Inc NZART Branch 56
13. ters software cameras watches etc It could be really helpful to many of us BES 8 8 2 EKE EEEE SS fs he EKE EKE ofS oI EK fe he E K E E K K K K K K K KK KKK Some humour When I was young I decided I wanted to be a doctor So I took the entrance exam to go to Medical School One of the questions asked us to rearrange the letters PNEIS into the name of an important human body part which is most useful when erect Those who answered spine are doctors today The rest of us are sending jokes via email EKEK KOK K K K K K K K K K KK KK KK Ron Chestnut 89 years of age was stopped by the police around 2 am and was asked where he was going at that time of night Ron replied I m on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body as well as smoking and staying out late The officer asked Really Who s giving that lecture at this time of night Ron replied That would be my wife 7 Calendar for 2015 ZL3VV on air Tuesday evenings contact Maurice ZL3MEM Theory and CW classes Workshop activities etc Wednesdays at 1930 hr when required CARDS meeting 3 Wednesday All welcome Free and Easy Second Wednesday at 1330 1 30pm Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 11 11 8 13 10 8 12 8 14 11 TBA Committee Meeting Third Tuesday at 1

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