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ZL1AMW
Mar 14, 2013, 5:08:14 PM3/14/13
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NZART Headquarters Infoline Issue 269
15 March 2013
NZART Website: www.nzart.org.nz
In this issue:
· From the desk of HQ
· VHF Convention
· Review of 70cm Bandplan
· Jock White Field Day Logs
· Digital TV tests
· FMTAG
· IARU E Newsletter
· Enigma World Code Group website
Debby says…
Anyone able to help? Peter Le Quesne ZL4TCC has a request for
information as follows:
There was a Ham who got the first message out of Napier by Radio on 3rd
February 1931 when the earth quake hit. at 11am his messages were
received in Canterbury/Otago at 1pm
Can you assist me in locating any article that may have been published
in Break In, I have a feeling there was an article many years ago.
His name was G.E. (Dick) Tyler ZL2GE Vigour Brown Street, Napier.
Peter Le Quesne. ZL4TCC email: pa...@clear.net.nz
Election results will be advised as soon as possible after votes are
counted on the 20th March here at NZART headquarters.
A full list of Council members and their biographies will be included in
the June Break In.
Talk soon…Debby ZL2DL
Technology Convention, Easter, Auckland 2013
Don’t forget to register for Technology Convention, to be held
at the Western Springs Garden Community Hall, Auckland over March 30 and
31 (Easter).
See last Infoline or http://www.qsl.net/zl1bq/ for details
Review of 70 cm Bandplan
In response to concerns expressed by a significant number of radio
amateurs NZART Council has resolved that there is to be a review of the
New Zealand band plan for the 70 cm band. A copy of the current NZART
plan is appended below.
At the NZART Council Face to Face Meeting in Wellington on Saturday the
16th of February a working group was formed comprising of Councillors
Warren Harris ZL2AJ, Neill Ellis ZL1TAJ and Phil King ZL1PK with members
of FMTAG David Andrews ZL2SX, Doug Ingham ZL2TAR and Terry Thomas
ZL4TAE. It is intended that it also be discussed at the 2013 Technology
Convention over Easter in Auckland.
Submissions are invited from all NZ radio amateurs so that this can be
achieved. Please send all submissions either by e-mail to
70cmr...@nzart.org.nz or by posting to “70 cm Bandplan Review,
NZART HQ, PO Box 40525, Upper Hutt 5140.”
All submissions should contain your callsign and contact address.
Some matters you might like to consider in your submission are:
Any issues with the current plan with a solution if possible.
Amateur Television operation in the 70 cm band including both Digital
and Analogue and the effects on weak signal operators on the band
(Satellite, EME and DX).
Interference to 70 cm operations from Low Interference Potential Devices
allowed under the GURL.
70 cm Repeater inputs being in the frequency range of the Low
Interference Potential Devices.
Compatibility of our plan with the Wireless Institute of Australia plan,
noting that Australia has an additional 10 MHz of spectrum (see below).
Compliance with the IARU Region 3 plan (see below).
Any significant usage or suggestions for future usage that is not
covered in the current plan.
Please make your submissions by 20th April 2013.
Jock White Field Day Logs
I have so far received a few logs but there are still a lot more to
arrive!
It is vital that I receive all logs for field stations (i.e. if you gave
out a branch number other than zero) as it makes my job considerably
easier for working out who was a valid multiplier/branch point.
If you do not wish to submit an entry I would appreciate just the raw
log sheets. If you are having any difficulty scoring your entry please
feel free to contact me at the e-mail address below.
The closing date for logs is the weekend of the 23rd of March. I am
flexible so late entries will be accepted within reason but it would be
appreciated if you can work to the above date.
Thanks for your help and participation
73s
Stuart Watchman ZL2TW
clarean...@xtra.co.nz
BRANCH 74 – WELLINGTON VHF GROUP DIGITAL TELEVISION TEST
TRANSMISSIONS FROM MT BELMONT
Transmission of the unmodulated CW carrier continues on 506 MHz, with
horizontal polarisation. Reception reports are welcome.
Adjustment and testing of the digital modulator is complete. The
prototype power amplifier module has been constructed and is now
undergoing quality testing. Once testing is complete another three
modules will be constructed. The four modules will operate in parallel.
For more information, and frequent updates, go to:
www.vhf.org.nz
FMTAG NOTES FOR HQ INFOLINE 269
FINAL RECOMMENDATION
At its March 2013 meeting, NZART Council approved the following
application:
ZL2WHO has applied for a 2-metre beacon at Waipuna, co-located with the
existing 6-metre beacon, at TOPO50 BJ33 890.46 298.11. The frequency
will be 144.271 MHz.
COMMENTS AND APPLICATIONS
Please send your comments and suggestions on the above, and on any other
FMTAG matters, by e-mail to: fm...@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 website:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/fmtag/index.html
Completed forms should be sent by e-mail to fm...@nzart.org.nz
IARU E-LETTER
The International Amateur Radio Union
IARU Electronic Newsletter
1 March 2013
In this Issue:
World Amateur Radio Day 2013
IARU Michael J. Owen VK3KI Award
UK Amateurs Gain Increased Access to 5 MHz
World Amateur Radio Day 2013
Each year the IARU Administrative Council selects a theme for World
Amateur Radio Day (WARD) for the following year. WARD takes place each
year on April 18. At the November, 2012 Administrative Council meeting
the AC adopted the following proposal: "The theme 'Amateur Radio:
Entering Its Second Century of Disaster Communications' was adopted for
the next World Amateur Radio Day, April 18, 2013."
The selected theme for 2013 is a excellent opportunity for amateur radio
emergency communications or disaster communications groups to take
advantage of the WARD to highlight the role amateur radio plays in
disaster communications and disaster response. IARU member-societies
could arrange amateur radio demonstrations in public places such as
parks or shopping areas. Prepared handouts could explain the benefits
of amateur radio in times of emergency or disaster. A ham radio
demonstration in public areas usually generates inquiries and questions
from the public about amateur radio and it also provides a great
opportunity to attract new ham radio operators. If you plan on such a
demonstration, don't forget to include some young people from your
society so that young people who happen by the demonstration can see
that amateur radio activity can be enjoyed by people of all ages.
In 2013, April 18 is a weekday. However, that doesn't prevent the
public activity from taking place on the weekend before or after April
18. The idea is to gain as much exposure and publicity for amateur
radio as possible.
Emergency communications groups might also combine a public
demonstration for WARD with a simulated emergency test (SET).
WARD also provides an opportunity for amateurs to give presentations
about ham radio to such groups as civic organizations, charitable
groups, etc. For example, Rotary Clubs and Lions Clubs are only two of
many worldwide organizations who have weekly meetings and these
organizations are always looking for interesting and informative
programs to present to their membership. There are very few experienced
hams who can't talk for 15 or 20 minutes about ham radio in a positive
fashion. Don't make the talk too technical. Stress the fun aspects of
ham radio and the opportunity to assist in times of disaster. Keep the
presentation to about 20 minutes to allow time for questions.
The fact that World Amateur Radio Day only happens one day each year
shouldn't prevent IARU member-societies from promoting ham radio all
during the year of course. Some member-society officials have expressed
concern about a decrease in the number of new amateurs entering ham
radio in their country. Upon further examination and discussion, it
turns out there are many activities that societies could be involved in
to increase public exposure to amateur radio but many are not taking
advantage of those opportunities. WARD provides an opportunity to get
out and make the effort to show the public what ham radio is about.
And, if your member-society is involved in promoting amateur radio on a
regular basis and it has been a success, let me know. I will publicize
the activity in this newsletter so that other member-societies can
benefit from activities that have attracted people to amateur radio.
IARU Michael J. Owen VK3KI Award
The IARU Administrative Council created the IARU Michael J. Owen VK3KI
Award in November, 2012. The Administrative Council Summary Record
states: "10.13. The AC created the IARU Michael J. Owen VK3KI Award.
A recipient of the award will be named from time to time and the award
will be restricted to those individuals who perform above and beyond
their volunteer roles either for a specific task or for long standing
involvement on behalf of IARU. Nominations for this award should be
directed to the IARU Secretary and will be forwarded to the AC for
consideration at an AC meeting."
Michael was the President of the Wireless Institute of Australia at the
time of his death in September, 2012. He started his involvement in
IARU affairs in mid 1970's as a member of the newly formed IARU Region 3
Association, an organization of IARU member-societies in the
Asia-Pacific region. He was involved in WARC 1979 when amateur radio
gained bands at 10, 18 and 24 MHz. He was heavily involved in WRC 2003
and the Article 25 re-write which contain the rules that apply
specifically to the amateur and amateur-satellite services. From
1989-1999, Michael served as IARU Vice President. After stepping down
as IARU VP, he became involved in WIA and had an important role in
transitioning the WIA from a confederation to a national amateur radio
society. He then turned his attention once again to IARU Region 3 and
served as Chairman of IARU Region 3 since 2006 until the time of his
death.
Michael's enthusiasm and experience was beneficial to all of the IARU
member-societies and his passion for amateur radio will remembered well
by those who had the good fortune to know Michael.
If you know an any deserving individual who has contributed time and
effort to the IARU and the IARU member-societies, please send along the
information about the person to me as IARU Secretary and the individual
will be considered for the award by the Administrative Council.
Amateur Access to 5 MHz for UK Hams
After 1 January 2013, UK amateurs who hold a "full" license have been
allowed to apply to operate on frequencies within the 5 MHz band.
Following a request from the Radio Society of Great Britain for
increased access to the 5 MHz (Experimental) Band, Ofcom (the UK
independent telecom regulator) secured the agreement of the primary
user to increase spectrum access from the current 7 spot frequencies of
3 kHz each. Details of the change can be found at
http://www.rsgb.org/committees/spectrumforum/5mhz.php Congratulations
to the RSGB for their effort to gain additional access to 5MHz. Let's
hope this news encourages some of the other IARU member-societies to
approach their telecom authority with a request for access to the 5 MHz
if they currently have no operating privileges in that band. (Credit:
RadCom, March 2013 issue and RSGB)
73, Rod W6ROD
Distribution Of This E-Letter
This electronic newsletter is sent to many IARU member-societies
headquarters around the world. Individual amateurs should encourage
their IARU national society to forward the newsletter to its own
members. The newsletter can also be read and downloaded from the IARU
web site at www.iaru.org.
If you are an ARRL member, you can subscribe to this E-Letter directly
on the ARRL web site. When you log into the ARRL web site, go to the
page where you can edit your profile and choose the electronic
newsletter options that are available.
If you have any information that would be appropriate to publish in this
electronic newsletter, please contact me at w6...@iaru.org.
Rod Stafford W6ROD
IARU Secretary
The IARU E-Letter is published on behalf of the Administrative Council
of the International Amateur Radio Union by the IARU International
Secretariat. Editor: Rod Stafford, W6ROD, IARU Secretary. Material from
The IARU E-Letter may be republished or reproduced in whole or in part
in any form without additional permission. Credit must be given to The
IARU E-Letter and The International Amateur Radio Union.
Enigma World Code Group and website
The attached flyer and website was designed especially for those
interested in learning about and using the German WWII Enigma code.
This subject seems to appeal to amateur radio enthusiasts because of the
use of code. I encourage all hams to try it out!
Housekeeping
1.. Break-In-Closing Date Reminder: Copy for the March/April issue of
Break-In-closes on 10 May 2013.
2.. Copy for Break-In: Copy is welcome in most electronic formats but
word.doc files are preferred. Photos and other graphics should be send
as separate discrete files (*.jpg preferred); not as embedded pix in the
body of the text. Please ensure that suitable descriptive
captions/legends are included with your copy. All received copy will be
acknowledged to confirm receipt.
Thank you for your cooperation.
John Walker ZL3IB Editor.
3.. Break-In: Early receipt of copy is much appreciated
4.. Break-In-AREC Column: The close-of-copy date is the 5 May 2013 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. Use the Call Book address. All other material can go to
e-mail:
zl...@nzart.org.nz or zl...@nzart.org.nz
5.. The ARRL and WIA Weekly News
6.. Subscribe TO/FROM Infoline
Next NZART Official Broadcast is on Sunday 31st March 2013. Next
HQ-Infoline e-mailed on FRIDAY 5th April 2013. Closing date for this is
Thursday 4th April 2013.
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ZL1AMW
Mar 14, 2013, 6:59:35 PM3/14/13
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The attached additional information on the 70cm band review was intended
to be circulated with Infoline 269.
ZL1AMW
Mar 21, 2013, 8:54:45 PM3/21/13
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NZART Headquarters Infoline Issue 37s
22 March 2013
NZART Website: www.nzart.org.nz
Results of the 2013 Council Election
NZART President
Vaughan Henderson ZL1TGC 514 votes
John Andrews ZL2HD 210 votes
Vaughan Henderson is by the above result, duly elected President.
Northern Region Council – No election required
Stephen Hayman ZL1TPH
Phil King ZL1PK
Neill Ellis ZL1TAJ
Central Region Council – No Election Required
Warren Harris ZL2AJ
Fred Johnson ZL2AMJ
Ted Linney ZL2TB
Midlands Region Council
Stuart Watchman ZL2TW 154 votes
Phil Holliday ZL3PAH 134 votes
Ann Fraser ZL3TNT 43 votes
Stuart Watchman and Phil Holliday are duly elected as Midland Region
Councillors.
Southern Region Council – No election required
Terry Thomas ZL4TAE
Scrutineers for this election were
Mark Gooding ZL2UFI Upper Hutt Branch President. Steve Morgan, Debby
Morgan.
The above positions become effective 1 June 2013.
Evan Sayer
NZART Returning Officer
20 March 2013
ZL1AMW
Apr 5, 2013, 1:25:27 AM4/5/13
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NZART Headquarters Infoline Issue 270
5 April 2013
· Situation Vacant – Records Co-ordinator
· World Amateur Radio Day
· Wellington VHF Group Test Transmission
· Radio Electronics Group – annual equipment sale
· VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF Contest News
· FMTAG Notes
· QRP Day 17 June 2013 - attachment
Debby says…
I was recently advised the following by a sharp eyed amateur….
In a huge shop called Junk and Disorderly at Northcote North Shore sits
an old ZC1 with no case but looks complete. They ask $65.Collectors
maybe interested.
http://www.junkndisorderly.co.nz/
Branch secretaries will all receive a circular from headquarters in the
coming week, included in this will be the branch membership names of all
those who are current financial members of the Association. This ensures
your vote is counted on the remit to be discussed at the upcoming AGM in
Masterton.
This is your last chance for branches to send their nominations, for
Young amateur of the year (2012), Amateur of the Year (2012), and the
Jumbo Godfrey service award.
Please send in all nominations to me by the end of April. We are very
lucky to have two sponsors for the Young Amateur and Best Examination
Result for under 20 years old. So be sure to send in those nominations.
Talk soon…Debby ZL2DL
Situation Vacant
NZART Council is calling for expressions of interest for the following
Officer Vacancy. All applicants must be NZART members.
VHF, UHF and SHF Records Co-ordinator
The Records Coordinator is responsible to NZART Council for the
coordination, maintenance and promotion of the New Zealand VHF/UHF
records. A job description is available at
http://www.nzart.org.nz/council/jobs/vhf-shf-records/ or from NZART HQ.
Applicants for this role can be located anywhere in New Zealand. The
ideal person for this role would have experience in the area of
VHF/UHF/SHF operating and/or contesting.
The VHF, UHF and SHF Records Co-ordinator reports to NZART Council
through the Officer Liaison Councillor.
The position is voluntary, however operating expenses will be refunded
as per the NZART policy on officers expenses.
Applications for this position will be accepted from interested persons
in writing with supporting documentation through the General Secretary,
NZART, PO Box 40525, Upper Hutt 5140.
This advertisement is authorised by NZART Council.
World Amateur Radio Day
On April 18, 2013 we’ll celebrate the World Amateur Radio Day on
the 88th Anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio
Union, IARU.
This theme for this year World Amateur Radio Day is:
“Amateur Radio: Entering Its Second Century of Disaster
Communications”
The REP-Rede dos Emissores Portugueses with the group the operators,
will activate the special callsign CR5IARU from April 13 to 19, 2013 on
all bands.
QSL via CT1REP (bureau or direct).
Logs will be available in ClubLog.
Branch 74, The Wellington VHF Group, has been granted the special
callsign ZL2WARD for World Amateur Radio Day 2013, Thursday 18th of
April.
The station will be active on The National System, and possibly on other
bands.
An email QSL Card will be sent to all stations requesting one.
Branch 74 – WELLINGTON VHF GROUP
Digital Television Test Transmissions from Mt Belmont
The unmodulated CW carrier on 506 MHz has been turned off, on completion
of coverage testing. Our thanks go to everyone who provided reception
reports.
The digital exciter has been completed and successfully passed all
tests.
Four power amplifier modules have been constructed and tested with the
digital exciter. Their gain and linearity match within half a dB. The
four modules will operate in parallel to achieve the licensed output
power.
A prototype 2-way splitter, being one third of the 4-way drive splitter,
has successfully passed all tests. A similar prototype, a 2-way combiner
designed for higher power operation, being one third of the 4-way output
combiner, is under construction.
Radio Electronics Group Inc
Annual Equipment Sale
Glenview Club Inc.
211 Peacocks Road Glenview
Hamilton
When: Saturday 11th May 2013
Time: Doors for Public open 10am
Cost: $2 Lucky Ticket Entry
Trade display – Refreshments – Door prizes
Plenty of parking,
Motor Homes welcome,
Easy access
Vendor Tables available.
Vendor registration and enquires
Contact Trevor ZL4GJ (07) 843 7365
tre...@xtra.co.nz
Radio Electronics Group Inc
reg.z...@gmail.com
Talk in on 438.875 & 145.675 Repeaters
VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF CONTEST NEWS
REMINDER – THE LOW BAND CONTEST IS TOMORROW AND SUNDAY
The next contest is the Low Band Contest, all bands 50 MHz to 440 MHz,
on Saturday the 6th and Sunday the 7th of April 2013.
The operating times are: Saturday 1700 to 2300 NZ Daylight Saving Time
and Sunday 0700 to 1300 NZ Standard Time. Remember to put your clocks
back one hour before operating on Sunday morning.
The Contest Rules are available at:
www.vhf.org.nz/VHF-UHF-SHF-ContestRules
All contest logs should be sent, to arrive within two weeks, to:
zl...@clear.net.nz
with Contest Log in the subject line.
Or by post to:
Contest Manager
Wellington VHF Group
P.O. Box 12-259
Thorndon
Wellington
Please include your email address if you wish to receive the results as
soon as they are available.
FMTAG NOTES FOR HQ INFOLINE 270
PROPOSALS
Branch 26 Nelson has applied for a one-way link from Grampians, located
at TOPO50 BQ26 234283. The transmit frequency will be 439.350 MHz. An
engineering evaluation, in accordance with RSM document PIB38, confirms
that there will be no interference to other stations.
Branch 49 Westland has applied to transfer its 6 metre beacon to
Stafford, located at TOPO50 BU18 417747. The Branch has requested a
change of transmit frequency to 50.055 MHz. The new frequency has been
coordinated with Region 3 IARU. An engineering evaluation, in accordance
with RSM document PIB38, confirms that there will be no interference to
other stations.
Branch 49 Westland has applied to transfer its 2 metre beacon to
Stafford, located at TOPO50 BU18 417747. The transmit frequency will be
unchanged at 144.286 MHz. An engineering evaluation, in accordance with
RSM document PIB38, confirms that there will be no interference to other
stations.
COMMENTS AND APPLICATIONS
Please send your comments and suggestions on the above, and on any other
FMTAG matters, by e-mail to: fm...@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 website:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/fmtag/index.html
Completed forms should be sent by e-mail to fm...@nzart.org.nz
Housekeeping
1.. Break-In-Closing Date Reminder: Copy for the March/April issue of
Break-In-closes on 10 May 2013.
2.. Copy for Break-In: Copy is welcome in most electronic formats but
word.doc files are preferred. Photos and other graphics should be send
as separate discrete files (*.jpg preferred); not as embedded pix in the
body of the text. Please ensure that suitable descriptive
captions/legends are included with your copy. All received copy will be
acknowledged to confirm receipt.
Thank you for your cooperation.
John Walker ZL3IB Editor.
3.. Break-In: Early receipt of copy is much appreciated
4.. Break-In-AREC Column: The close-of-copy date is the 5 May 2013 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. Use the Call Book address. All other material can go to
e-mail:
zl...@nzart.org.nz or zl...@nzart.org.nz
5.. The ARRL and WIA Weekly News
6.. Subscribe TO/FROM Infoline
Next NZART Official Broadcast is on Sunday 28th April 2013. Next
1.. Break-In-Closing Date Reminder: Copy for the March/April issue of
Break-In-closes on 10 May 2013.
2.. Copy for Break-In: Copy is welcome in most electronic formats but
word.doc files are preferred. Photos and other graphics should be send
as separate discrete files (*.jpg preferred); not as embedded pix in the
body of the text. Please ensure that suitable descriptive
captions/legends are included with your copy. All received copy will be
acknowledged to confirm receipt.
Thank you for your cooperation.
John Walker ZL3IB Editor.
3.. Break-In: Early receipt of copy is much appreciated
4.. Break-In-AREC Column: The close-of-copy date is the 5 May 2013 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. Use the Call Book address. All other material can go to
e-mail:
zl...@nzart.org.nz or zl...@nzart.org.nz
5.. The ARRL and WIA Weekly News
6.. Subscribe TO/FROM Infoline
HQ-Infoline e-mailed on FRIDAY 19th April 2013. Closing date for this
is Thursday 18th April 2013.
Attachment – QRP June 2013
ZL1AMW
Apr 19, 2013, 3:38:01 AM4/19/13
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NZART Headquarters Infoline Issue 271
19 April 2013
· VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF Contest News
· FMTAG Notes
a.. Malaysian Special Expedition 9M2SE
· FMTAG Notes
b.. Thelma Souper Memorial Contest 2013
· Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
a.. The Michael Owen Plaque.
b.. Annual Accounts
Debby says…
Due to an omission of one page of the annual audited accounts, they have
been attached to this issue of HQ Info-line for your convenience. They
have also been included in the branch circular posted out this week.
Also included in the circular is information on your branch purchasing a
customised banner that can be used on filed days and junks sales.
I urge you all to order one of these so that your branch can be seen in
the community.
Talk soon…Debby ZL2DL
VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF CONTEST NEWS
Reminder
Low Band Contest Logs are due by this weekend. Please send all remaining
logs to:
zl...@clear.net.nz
Future Contests
The next contest is the Hibernation Contest, all bands 50 MHz and up, on
Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th of June 2013. This is the weekend
after NZART Conference and Queen's Birthday.
The contest after that is the Brass Monkey Contest, all bands 50 MHz and
up, on Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the 4th of August 2013.
The operating times are: Saturday 1700 to 2300 NZST and Sunday 0700 to
1300 NZST.
The Contest Rules are available
All contest logs should be sent, to arrive within two weeks, to:
zl...@clear.net.nz with Contest Log in the subject line.
Or by post to:
Contest Manager
Wellington VHF Group
P.O. Box 12-259
Thorndon
Wellington
Please include your email address if you wish to receive the results as
soon as they are available.
FMTAG NOTES
None this time.
FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO NZART COUNCIL
These were published as Proposals in HQ Infoline 270, for the
information of, and seeking comments from, members. No comments have
been received.
Branch 26 Nelson has applied for a one-way link from Grampians, located
at TOPO50 BQ26 234283. The transmit frequency will be 439.350 MHz. An
engineering evaluation, in accordance with RSM document PIB38, confirms
that there will be no interference to other stations.
Branch 49 Westland has applied to transfer its 6 metre beacon to
Stafford, located at TOPO50 BU18 417747. The Branch has requested a
change of transmit frequency to 50.055 MHz. The new frequency has been
coordinated with Region 3 IARU. An engineering evaluation, in accordance
with RSM document PIB38, confirms that there will be no interference to
other stations.
Branch 49 Westland has applied to transfer its 2 metre beacon to
Stafford, located at TOPO50 BU18 417747. The transmit frequency will be
unchanged at 144.286 MHz. An engineering evaluation, in accordance with
RSM document PIB38, confirms that there will be no interference to other
stations.
COMMENTS AND APPLICATIONS
Please send your comments and suggestions on the above, and on any other
FMTAG matters, by e-mail to: fm...@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 website: http://www.nzart.org.nz/fmtag/index.html
Completed forms should be sent by e-mail to fm...@nzart.org.nz
The Thelma Souper Memorial Contest will be held on the 27th and 28th
April 2013 from 0800z - 1000z on Saturday and Sunday evenings. All
Contacts to be held on 80 meters phone or CW may be used. YLs contact
YLs and OMs. OMs contact YLs and OMs. One contact with each station
permitted in each half hour period. Call "CQ WARO CONTEST" exchange
report, serial number (commencing 001) and name. To qualify as a
multiplier WARO MEMBER stations must have contacts with at least 10
different stations.
A Bonus Station using the WARO Callsign ZL6YL will be in operation for
random periods and will count as one multiplier on each night of the
contest if worked. All radio regulations must be observed.
SCORING:
To Qualify: Enter date at beginning of each evening. Each log must
contain: Time of Contact, Callsign of station worked, cypher sent,
cypher received and the name of the operator contacted and points
claimed for contact.
Score 5 points for each WARO contact including ZL6YL .
Score 4 points for Non WARO YL contacts
Score 3 points for OM contacts, . Multiply by the number of WARO members
including bonus station if worked.
Logs to have each contact claimed as a multiplier underlined. Include a
separate summary sheet showing: Your Callsign, name and address. The
number of contacts. The number of WARO members worked. Your score.
Declaration that all radio regulations, have been observed. Logs that do
not comply with all the above requirements will be disqualified.
LOGS:
To reach the Contest Manager no later than May 15th 2013
Send to: -
Bev Osborne ZL1OS
34 Cobham Drive
Kawerau 3127
New Zealand
No logs will be returned and No Correspondence will be entered into.
AWARDS:
The highest scoring WARO member will be awarded the Thelma Souper
Memorial Cup to be held for one year. The highest scoring OM operator
will be awarded a trophy to be held for one year. Certificates will be
awarded to: The first three WARO members, the first three OM operators,
the highest scoring VK/YL operator.
Please Note:
Contacts made during the contest will count towards the NZ WARO Awards.
Malaysian Special Expedition 9M2SE
9M2SE (Malaysian Special Expedition Team) will operating and activating
Perhentian Besar Island IOTA AS-073 on May 1st, 2nd and 3rd to promote
Malaysia's beautiful island and also IOTA activities. Our operators are,
Piju 9M2PJU, Khairul 9M2KRZ, Rizal 9M2RDX and our special guest from
Poland, Jacek SP5APW. Jacek will continue to operate till 7th May as
9M2/SP5APW.
Our operating equipment will be two 100 watts transceivers, a vertical
antenna and a tribander yagi. QRV from 40m to 10m CW, SSB and also
digital. For QSL information, please read carefully on QRZ.com.
Some infos on Perhentian island,
The Perhentian Islands (Pulau Perhentian in Malay) lie approximately 10
nautical miles (19 km) off the northeastern coast of West Malaysia in
the state of Terengganu, approximately 40 miles (64 km) south of the
Thai border.
The name "Perhentian" means "stopping point" in Malay, referring to the
islands' traditional role as a waypoint for traders between Bangkok and
Malaysia. The islands were sparsely inhabited by fishermen for
centuries, although tourism now accounts for most economic activity.
The Perhentian Islands appear on many maps of the nineteenth and
twentieth century as 'The Station Islands'. This arises from the British
colonial period, as an English translation of "stopping point".
Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
It is my great pleasure, in the name of the board of USKA (Union of
Swiss Short Wave Amateurs) and the board of GAREC, to invite you for the
attendances of
a) The Global Amateur Radio Emergency Conference in Zurich,
Switzerland
b) The HAM RADIO Exhibition in Friedrichshafen, Germany (optional)
The Global Amateur Radio Emergency Conference is the premier annual
event, attended by those with an interest in amateur radio providing
emergency communication during training exercises or in response to
disasters.
In 2013 GAREC returns to IARU (International Amateur Radio Union) Region
1 and will be held in Zurich, Switzerland between 25th to 27th June.
The conference has been timed to precede Europe's largest amateur radio
exhibition
HAM RADIO in Friedrichshafen so that people can enjoy both events.
In the attachment to this email you will find general information on
GAREC 2013 including information on the venue, registration fees, the
tentative agenda and the registration form. This information is also
available on http://www.garec2013.ch/
We kindly ask you check with the Swiss Embassy or Swiss Consulate in
your country whether a visa is required for Switzerland and in the
affirmative to obtain a visa. If you intend to attend the HAM RADIO as
well, please also check about the visa for Germany.
If you want to be on the air during the GAREC it is possible to get a
temporary license. Details may be found in the attachment as well.
I should like to mention that this conference will be open of course to
all Radio Amateurs involved in emergency communication in their country
but is basically open to every Radio Amateur.
Note to IRAU Representatives: It would be very beneficial, of course, to
have from every country two or at least one delegate attending the GAREC
2013.
Furthermore I should like to ask the recipients of this email to forward
this information to the Radio Amateur Clubs / Organisations in your
country and to your HAM Radio friends who might be interested in
emergency radio communication and who might be interested in attending
this interesting conference.
Together with my team I am fully at your disposal for any question you
might have in connection with the GAREC or the HAM RADIO exhibition and
I look forward to meeting you in Zurich.
Yours sincerely
Stefan L. Streif
HB9TTQ
USKA
IARU Liaison Officer
Emergency Communications Coordinator
The Michael Owen Plaque.
The Wireless Institute of Australia are proud to announce the
introduction of the Michael Owen Plaque for competitors in the IARU HF
Championship Contest held in July every year.
A Plaque will be presented by the WIA to the Highest Point Scoring
single operator station in IARU region three (3) in the IARU HF
Championship.
Regardless of mode or bands used the Michael Owen plaque shall be
awarded annually to the Single Operator scoring the most points in the
IARU HF Championship.
This is to encourage excellence in Region 3 contesting in memory of the
work and dedication of Michael Owen former president of the Wireless
Institute of Australia.
Who was Michael Owen ?
IARU Region 3 Chairman Michael Owen, VK3KI, passed away September
22.2012. He was 75. Owen, who was also President of the Wireless
Institute of Australia (WIA) -- that country’s IARU
Member-Society -- participated in many IARU committees and was a member
of the IARU Observer Team at a number of World Radiocommunication
Conferences. He is perhaps best remembered for his work on Article 25 --
a package of revisions to the international Radio Regulations that are
specific to the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Services -- at WRC-03.
Amateur Radio societies around the world have benefited from
Owen’s enthusiasm and experience; he was passionately involved
with the Amateur Radio Service since the 1960s, and served as IARU Vice
President from 1989-1999.
In 2004, Owen led the WIA through the progression from a federal
structure with state divisions, to an efficient national organization
with affiliated local clubs. Through Owen, the WIA became highly
regarded by government agencies and the Australian Communications and
Media Authority (ACMA) for its professionalism and efficiency,
especially in relation to the WIA examination and call sign management
service. He championed and guided the introduction of the Foundation
License class in Australia, a move which bolstered the numbers of
Australian radio amateurs, while other countries’ numbers were
declining.
ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, recalled first meeting
Owen 36 years ago:“IARU President Noel Eaton, VE3CJ, had called
the first-ever meeting of representatives from all three IARU regions to
coordinate global preparations for the 1979 World Administrative Radio
Conference. WARC-79 is memorable primarily because it’s where
the Amateur Radio Service gained the bands at 10, 18 and 24 MHz, among
other things. Michael came to that meeting in Florida in April 1976 as a
Director of what was then called the IARU Region 3 Association, which
had been formed just a few years earlier to bring together the IARU
Member-Societies of the Asia-Pacific region. His day job was as an
attorney, but he was also an active radio amateur and very involved in
the WIA. I got to know Michael much better three years later, because we
spent 11 weeks in Geneva together at WARC-79. He had found a place on
the Australian delegation and I was part of the IARU team. He was not
simply a colleague; he was a friend.
“Among the assignments that Michael drew at WARC-79 was to draft
a resolution to exempt the Amateur-Satellite Service from coordination
procedures that otherwise would have bogged us down in endless paperwork
and great expense. As an attorney it was just the sort of thing he was
good at. His work has stood the test of time, and it remains in effect
to this day. No good deed goes unpunished, so in 2003, he was brought
back to Geneva as a member of the IARU team to handle the rewrite of
Article 25, the rules that apply specifically to the Amateur and
Amateur-Satellite Services. That turned out to be as much an exercise in
diplomacy as in drafting, but Michael was up to the task. I shudder to
think what he would have billed a commercial client for the same sort of
job but this, as all of his other contributions to Amateur Radio, was
service performed as a volunteer.
“Michael did not go into hibernation between 1979 and 2003. From
1989-1999, he served as Vice President of the IARU. Later, as President
of the Wireless Institute of Australia, he choreographed the transition
of the WIA from a confederation to a truly national body. Today the WIA
-- which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010 -- is one of the few
other national Amateur Radio organizations in the world that is growing.
Simultaneously, Michael served as Chairman of IARU Region 3 since 2006.
“Michael Owen was a strategic thinker; he saw past short-term
pros and cons and could envision how decisions made today would affect
the distant future. He also understood that working in the background --
doing one’s homework -- was essential to success. There is
simply no way to replace someone with Michael’s experience and
wisdom. His death is a searing loss for both the IARU and the WIA, but
both organizations are stronger today because of the enormous
contributions he made to their well-being.”
73 es gud dx
Trent
Trent Sampson VK4TS
36 Balyarta Crescent Mooloolaba 4557
Po Box 275 Mooloolaba 4557
Mobile 0408 497 550 vk...@wia.org.au
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Attachment – annual accounts 2012
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NZART Headquarters Infoline Issue 272
3 May 2013
· FMTAG Notes
· 70cm Band Plan Review update
· Jock White Field Day Report enclosed and attached
· Special Event EA3DBE
· 80m Phone Trans-Tasman Contest 11th May
Debby says…Getting ever so close to conference now, and sadly I
have had only one response from branches re awards and recognising
members of branches for their service to amateur radio, in the community
and nationwide. I fear we are at risk of losing any sponsorship that we
have carefully negotiated for just such events.
This is the last opportunity you have this year of nominating any person
for the awards I have previously advised, in HQ Info-line and your
branch circular.
I will be away on the 16/17 May as I have been generously offered by
Tait Mobile Communications to attend the RFUANZ conference to be held
here at Te Papa. I am not exactly sure how this may benefit you as
members of the Association, but having seen the conference agenda, there
are people who will be there that I have dealt or continue to deal with
in my role here.
Perhaps understanding what they do in the commercial industry may help
you also, I dare-say time will tell.
This said, the next issue of HQ Info-line is due out on the 17th May, so
please send any articles you wish to have included early, so I can
prepare this and send out to you.
Talk soon…ZL2DL
FMTAG NOTES FOR HQ INFOLINE 272
PROPOSALS
ZL2WHO has applied for a beacon at Waipuna, located at TOPO50 BJ33
890.46 298.11. The transmit frequency will be 432.271 MHz. This beacon
will be co-located with existing beacons on 50.024 MHz and 144.271 MHz.
FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO NZART COUNCIL
COMMENTS AND APPLICATIONS
Please send your comments and suggestions on the above, and on any other
FMTAG matters, by e-mail to: fm...@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 website:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/fmtag/index.html
Completed forms should be sent by e-mail to fm...@nzart.org.nz
Submissions on the 70 cm band plan have closed.
I want to thank those 27 hams who placed a submission or supported other
hams. In addition I would like to thank the 3 Branches that also took
the time to prepare a submission.
Once analysed, and as soon as practical, we will be putting out a
proposed band plan for you to offer any final comments on.
Phil King ZL1PK
Chairman 70 cm Band Plan Review Group
80M PHONE TRANS-TASMAN CONTEST: 11 MAY, 8PM-2AM
The popular 80m phone Trans-Tasman contest is coming around again, and
will be held on Saturday 11th of May 2013, from 8pm to 2am NZST. As
usual your best 5 hours of the 6 count toward the final result.
Contact as many ZL's and VK's as you can each hour on 80m SSB. Bonus
points for QRP, and for each group of 5 different call areas. Full rules
and last years results are on the WIA contest pages:
http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/transtasman/ [8]
The contest logging software VKCL has been updated to cover the latest
revision of the rules. VKCL can be downloaded here:
http://www.mnds.com.au/vkcl/ [9]
This is always a great night of contesting, not too long or too serious,
but there's enough activity and challenge for an enjoyable evening. For
extra fun many stations go portable with simple wire antennas.
160M PHONE & 80/160M CW & DIGITAL TRANS-TASMAN CONTEST: 20 JULY, 8PM-2AM
The 160m phone contest in July is always popular with 160m enthusiasts,
and is a great chance to have a go on the band, or to go portable with
simple antennas.
The Trans-Tasman CW and Digital contests are held on the same night.
They can be entered separately or combined with 160m phone to compete in
the multi-mode category. This is a great opportunity for clubs and other
multi-op stations to work both bands and all modes with 2 transmitters.
CW scores double points this year!
Rules and results on the WIA page above.
Rob, ZL3AKM
Contest Manager
2013 Jock White Field Day Report
The weather was excellent over the entire country this year which made
for an more enjoyable weekend.
Thanks as usual to all of you that participated, with the same number of
field stations there was more activity (4 more branch points than last
year for the same number of stations: 35) on 40m than last year which is
great to see.
For some reason there were no CW only or overseas entrants, the latter
would be explained by the reduced VK activity this year.
The Northern and Central regions first and second place getters swapped
positions this year. Napier and South Taranaki were very close in
contacts but somehow South Taranaki missed two branch points on 80 which
sealed their fate.
Propagation on 80 was better than has been for a while, 40 performed
well but with deep QSB on Sunday and the usual dead loss for the first
hour or two on the Sunday morning.
With even the ‘big gun’ stations making five contacts or
less each for the first hour on 40m on Sunday morning one wonders if we
should start 40 at 0700? This has been the situation for a number of
years with poor propagation first thing written off by over the horizon
radar.
Interest seems to be fading in the single station 80/40 section I will
watch this over the next year or so and see how things go.
>From my own listening I think there were less poor quality signals
around, I only noted one station that was probably running low on
‘volts’. Your average solid state HF transceiver likes
to be well fed: keep DC lead resistance low, batteries in good shape and
you could consider a DC-DC booster, MFJ have one available.
There are always a few Elecraft kitset transceivers out there, but this
year we heard a more basic QRP SSB kit (MKARS 80) on the air from
Stewart near Nelson.
A few branches made their first appearance for many years: Far North
Districts, Tararua (ZL2AJ as a single operator) and Reefton-Buller
(ZL3DAC as a single operator).
Claiming branch points (multipliers)
I understand that when you are scoring your entry and filling in summary
sheets many of you are hesitant to claim a callsign for branch number
that you fear may not be valid. Each year there are a few stations that
appear for a short period, make a few contacts giving out a branch
number and then vanish, not achieving the minimum 20 CW or 50 phone
contacts on a particular mode/band. Some of these will be obvious to
you, others not.
My suggestion is that you go ahead and claim them anyway, I check every
summary sheet and have to make corrections every year, it’s not
an issue for me.
Contacts needed to become a valid branch point (repeated from last year)
Note that 20 contacts are needed to achieve this on CW for field
stations and 50 on phone. These numbers are required as too few contacts
mean many teams miss out on the chance to gain that branch point.
It is getting tiresome seeing the same branches year after year coming
on and ‘giving out a few contacts’ then going QRT.
Those contacts are of no use, I remove them from the raw data when I
calculate the final scores.
Field Stations not submitting logs
There were three stations this year that failed to do so, one achieved
the minimum number of contacts the others did not. To find this out
requires me to troll through submitted logs to work this out and is a
complete waste of my time. It also prolongs the time my family loses
partial or complete use of the dining table!
If you operated as a field station you make my day by submitting a log,
and vice-versa!
Home stations not valid as branch points
Please note that you cannot claim branch zero
Correct use of Summary Sheets
Another annual problem. Download the sheets and use them to do your
scoring. It makes my job much easier, please note this includes sheets
two and three for listing callsigns claimed for each branch.
If there is any confusion feel free to email me.
Team Comments
Great contest, 40’ pole broke in half, ‘someone’
forgot to tighten the bolts! Great family weekend and BBQ, nothing burnt
this year
Operators well behaved
A very successful club event in glorious weather
My CW is still @$#%, who is at branch ** (deleted but in Taranaki!) that
insists on sending at 25 plus WPM!?
80 metres performed more consistently well throughout the contest than
in previous years
Less VKs than in previous years
Late starting on Sunday morning “they said the generator would
not start!!!”
Thank you for a good experience
As we lost one of our team members to the ZL@%$ team, we should get a
percentage of their points!
Full marks to those that dusted off neglected Morse keys and had a go
Deep fading on 40m on Sunday
Supported by a local tractor driver/dairy farmer
Aussie DX poor this year?
Lack of operators this year
Band conditions good, stations just weren’t there
Statistics
35 Field stations (same as 2012) with 169 operators
Log format (field stations): 26 paper based, 9 electronic
6 Home station entries
Valid Multipliers
Total of 94, maximum available to a field station is 90 (you
can’t claim your own branch point) although a home station could
claim this many if
80m phone (total 34)
02 03 05 06 08 10 12 18 20 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 34 37 40 50 53 56 58
61 62 63 64 68 69 77 86 87 88
80m CW (total 17)
02 02 05 12 22 24 25 27 28 30 53 56 69 77 86 87 88
40m phone (total 28)
02 03 05 06 08 10 12 18 20 22 25 28 29 30 37 40 56 58 61 62 63 64 68 77
78 86 87 88
40m CW (total 15)
02 03 05 12 22 25 27 28 30 37 56 77 78 87 88
Invalid Multipliers (insufficient contacts made)
80m phone: 13 41
80m CW: 18 29 37 40 41
40m phone: 27 41
40m CW: 29 40 41 86
Check Logs
Received with thanks from home stations: ZL2YT ZL2AFT ZL1RL and ZL4NR
73s
Stuart Watchman
ZL2TW
Jock White Field Day manager
clarean...@xtra.co.nz
Special Event EA3DBE
Members of a local section of URE in Tarragona together with the RADIO
CLUB DEL TARRAGONES will activate this special callsign EA3DBE from 13
to 26 of May.
>From the above dates, a large number of exhibitions, workshops and
conferences how to visitors of Tarraco, one of the most magnificent
cities at the time of the Roman Empire. These events take place at Roman
monument sites such as the old city walls, the circus, amphitheatre and
aqueduct.
In these spectacular settings, different groups give demonstrations of
how competitions of gladiators and equine sports took place, or what
different aspects of daily life were like in a Roman city.
For more info in http://www.tarracoviva.com
EA3BDE Secretary of URE SL Tarragona
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Attachment – Jock White Memorial Contest Official Results
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NZART Headquarters Infoline Special Issue 39s
7 May 2013
NZART Website: www.nzart.org.nz
Dear Members,
Over the last year there has been an on-going difference of opinion
between the majority of members of NZART Council and Fred Johnson ZL2AMJ
over the copyright of the NZART examination question bank and Study
Guide.
Your Council has been trying for some time to update the existing
examination material on the NZART web site and has made some changes to
examination questions (16 out of the 600), reflecting feedback from
Branch examiners.
Fred Johnson ZL2AMJ initially agreed to work towards updating the whole
examination package but subsequently decided not to do so, instead
insisting that his “new” package should be adopted as
the NZART examination system. Council had some reservations about
adopting this package as ZL2AMJ insisted on having total control and
also that it would not be hosted on the NZART web site.
I have received a letter from NZART Councillor Fred Johnson ZL2AMJ,
along with a legal opinion that he has sought. The letter from Fred
Johnson, and the legal opinion that he has sought are both attached.
(Appendix 3 and 4 respectively). Members should note that we have only
received part of the legal opinion and do not know what ZL2AMJ
originally wrote, nor do we have the full text of the reply from
Baldwins Law. A request for this information has been ignored by
ZL2AMJ.
Fred is demanding that the NZART examination question bank have his
copyright acknowledged. He is also demanding that we cease using what he
asserts is his copyrighted title “The New Zealand Amateur Radio
Study Guide” and the shorter “Amateur Radio Study
Guide”.
In the letter from Baldwins Law Limited you will see a reference to an
email from me dated 9 August 2012. In this email I said that I had
received advice on the question of copyright and the essence of that
advice was that we (NZART) did not hold copyright, that it resided with
the owners of the intellectual property rights.
Subsequent to this email, other information has come to hand in the form
of notes prepared by Fred Johnson in 2006 in which he clearly states
that the question bank is the intellectual property of NZART, and
details its complex origins and lists many of the contributors. I have
also attached an e-mail from Fred to the then MED where the same
position is taken. (appendix 1 and 2 respectively)
On the introduction page of the amateur radio study guide there is the
following paragraph:
Please note: Every effort has been taken to make this STUDY GUIDE as
accurate and as complete as possible. We're still working on it! The
information is provided on a free as is basis. The compilers have
prepared this information in good faith and accept no responsibility to
any person or entity for any outcomes. Your feedback will help us to
improve it.
There is no mention of copyright being attributed to any person or
organisation and you can see from the wording above that input from
multiple people is acknowledged.
NZART relies on the voluntary work of officers to prepare a variety of
material that is used in its day to day operations. I am sure you share
the same concerns that I have over the correspondence that NZART has
received from Fred Johnson.
It is the intention of NZART council not to follow the demands of Fred
Johnson. This infoline release has the majority support of your
Council.
Vaughan Henderson ZL1TGC
NZART President
Appendix 1:
The Amateur Radio Examination and NZART’s part in it
Background to the amateur radio examination:
a. The present 600-question question-bank lineage can be traced
back to questions brought forward from the NZPO in 1990 and revised and
updated many times since. It has been developed by volunteers with
professional experienced in examination work and in multiple-choice
questioning in technical institutes and universities. Countless
voluntary man-hours have been invested by many individuals. The present
questions bear little resemblance to the handed-on 1990 questions.
b. The examination question-selection and examination paper
preparation software has been written and developed by a volunteer with
very specialist skills. Many precautions have been built-in to the
examination software to ensure the security and integrity of the
question-bank.
c. A 60-question examination paper is produced by a controlled
random-selection from brackets of question-bank questions covering the
approved examination syllabus. Each examination paper is unique, no two
examination papers are the same. Each examination paper is given a
printed-on examination number to identify the paper, the
candidate’s answer sheet and the correct-answer sheet.
d. The syllabus, question-bank and the examination preparation
procedure have been submitted to and have received the approval of the
Ministry.
e. The NZART examination paper preparation and testing system is
used nation-wide, examinations being arranged as-and-when-required.
f. Each actual examination is supervised by two Examination
Supervisors arranged with the candidate(s) at a suitable and mutually
convenient agreed time and place.
g. Examination Supervisors are experienced radio amateurs
generally nominated by NZART Branches on a local basis and the names
submitted to the NZART Examination Coordinator who can make further
enquiries and can accept or reject a nominee, deciding on persons with
integrity.
h. As arranged in 1990, a representative from the Ministry is
welcome to sit in and observe any examination.
i. The requirements when selecting a room for an examination and
the examination room procedures to be followed are well documented and
details can be provided.
j. Examination and contact information is provided on the NZART
web site inviting potential candidates to arrange an examination when
they consider themselves to be ready.
k. The software used for generating and printing each examination
paper also prints a correct-answer sheet which is held confidential by
the Supervisors and used after the candidate has completed the
examination for “marking” a candidate’s answer
sheet. The printed examination paper numbers identify the documents.
l. Immediately following an examination, both Supervisors in
private check the candidate’s completed answer sheet against the
confidential correct answer sheet and work out the candidate’s
result.
m. The examination result and the pass/fail decision are notified to
the candidate on a specially-prepared notification form. If the result
is a pass, the result form is used by the candidate to support an
application for a callsign. Various precautions have been used to ensure
the security and integrity of the result form.
n. The question-bank and the examination-paper preparation software
are in the public domain, freely available for downloading from the
NZART web site. Candidates are welcome to use the examination-paper
generating process for generating “real” examination
papers for self-testing as a part of their preparatory studies.
o. The standard of the examination has been firmly established and
continues from its NZPO origin as the sole New Zealand qualifying
examination to become a radio amateur.
p. NZART has continued the running of this nation-wide standardised
examination system with a successful 16-year service record. Any
difficulties experienced have been rare and minor and promptly and
satisfactorily fixed.
q. On accepting the national examination task, NZART recognises
that the approval of the syllabus and the question-bank have remained
with the Ministry.
r. The Ministry is regarded as “the examiner”,
NZART being an agency running the examination on the Ministry’s
behalf.
s. The examination-room “Supervisors” are
administrators/invigilators of prepared examination material and by
using a “correct answer sheet” for each
candidate’s unique examination they are not
“examiners” and do not themselves make pass/fail
judgements on the correctness of the technical content of
candidates’ answers.
t. NZART has appointed an “Examinations
Coordinator” with facilities to handle the examination process.
Policy considerations:
1. Anyone or any organisation aspiring to set up a rival and
parallel examination system is welcome to do so.
2. The parallel system is expected to be in the public domain and
freely available to all.
3. The expectation is that the Ministry will approve and monitor
the standard of the intended syllabus, the questions and the examination
procedures.
4. NZART by its long involvement with the NZART examination
question-bank and the examining process asserts intellectual property
claims on the NZART website examination material.
5. An “MED-approved examining body” and
“MED-approved examiners” outside the NZART system are
welcome to negotiate an arrangement leading to using the examining
material that can be downloaded from the NZART website and on payment to
NZART of a licence fee to do so. A fee of $150 per attempting candidate
to be paid in advance of the examination is the expectation. This fee
includes a component for maintaining the website material.
6. If the NZART Examinations Coordinator is to process the
examination results of successful candidates originating from outside
the NZART examination system, further charges will be necessary based on
the time and work involved.
(Prepared by ZL2AMJ, cleared by ZL2WP and others, 27 July 2006)
Appendix 2: e-mail from Fred Johnson ZL2AMJ to NZART council
>Subject: FW: Examiner Approval for Amateur Operator Certificates
>Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:42:30 +1300
>From: Fred
To: Council
Greetings All!
>From time-to-time someone, somewhere, with no NZART affiliation, seems
to want to run exams for the Amateur Ticket using the NZART material
from the web-site. The last time is documented below and in the document
attached. Again, as is usual, nothing further has been heard!
This matter is being raised because, in checking a copy of the
“New Rules Explained” booklet, the MED RSM has suggested
that an entry could be included:
“Can I suggest a comment here along the lines that "The question
bank is the intellectual property of NZART and can only be used within
NZART systems and procedures to ensure the integrity of the examination
process is maintained".
This will avoid non NZART examiners claiming rights to use the NZART
question bank as per earlier emails.”
A good idea, and I have now included those words into the Introduction
part of the booklet, on page 2. However, it should also be included
into the Question-Bank book. Please see the latest attached –
with the words included.
For your information and for any consideration needed.
73,
Fred ZL2AMJ
Appendix 3: Letter from Fred Johnson ZL2AMJ
18 March 2013
The President and Council,
The New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters Inc.,
P.O. Box 40 525
UPPER HUTT 5140
Dear President and Council,
Copyright of Question Bank and training material
I have received legal advice on this matter from Messrs. Baldwin Son &
Carey, Solicitors specializing in Intellectual Property. The relevant
section of their advice is attached.
In view of this I assert my rights as Author of the Original Question
Bank and Study Guide (2006), and the title “The New Zealand
Amateur Radio Study Guide”. Further, I request that you identify
and attribute me as the Author in any publication of this copyright
material, whether electronic or paper based.
The major proportion of the question bank published by you remains in
original form, with only a minor proportion amended by you.
I request that a notice along the following lines be stated:
All original work Copyright J F C Johnson, 2006.
Derivative work Copyright New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters
Inc.
I do not give my permission for you to use my copyrighted title
“The New Zealand Amateur Radio Study Guide” or the
shorter “Amateur Radio Study Guide” for your derivative
work.
Yours Sincerely,
Fred Johnson, MNZM, FIPENZ, CEng, MIET, ZL2AMJ
J.F.C. Johnson, 15 Field Street, Upper Hutt 5019, NEW ZEALAND
[Attachment: Baldwins statement.] 2
Appendix 4: Legal Opinion sought by Fred Johnson
[Attachment to the letter of 18 March 2013 from ZL2AMJ to the NZART
President and Council.]
15 February 2013
Copyright — authorship
By way of introduction, copyright is a property right that arises or
"subsists" automatically in an original piece of literary or artistic
work. Unlike some other intellectual property rights there is no need in
New Zealand for copyright to be registered. In our opinion, the
compilation of the original Question Bank qualifies as a literary work;
although in general compilations are not considered to have a high level
of originality.
The Copyright Act 1994 defines a person who creates a literary work as
the "author" of that work and accords that author with certain rights.
You have never been an employee of NZART or been commissioned by NZART
to produce the original Question Bank. You have explained that the
compilation and editing of the original Question Bank was conducted by
you as a voluntary contributor of NZART. You therefore fall within the
definition of an "author” of this work. Also supporting this
position is an email from Vaughn Henderson, the President of NZART, to
you dated 9 August 2012.
The Copyright Act incorporates a number of distinct "moral" rights
directed at the author of a piece of copyright work — for
example, where a literary work is placed into an online repository. It
follows that as the author of the work, the author can require that his
or her details are acknowledged. You are empowered by section 94 of the
Copyright Act to assert this moral right, to be identified as the author
of the copyright work.
You are in a position to require NZART to identify and attribute your
authorship in all formats of the Original Question Bank, whether
electronic or paper based.
Baldwins Law Limited
ZL1AMW
May 17, 2013, 6:55:55 AM5/17/13
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NZART Headquarters Infoline Issue 273
17 May 2013
· VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF CONTEST NEWS
· GAREC 2013
· Special Event CRS25ARVM
· RSGB Centenary Day
· Project Goodwill South Sudan Report Z81X
· Attachment to this issue – LGLO Annual Report
Debby says…I recently sent a letter to one NZART Examination in
each branch listed on the NZART web page. It was not sent to ALL listed
Exam Supervisors in order to keep costs down, however can those who
received this information please pass it on to your other approved
examiners in your branch.
I would like to thank you all for the tremendous work you do to
encourage newcomers into the hobby. This is a great opportunity to also
given these new amateurs a snapshot into the roles of the Association as
each one receives one year’s complimentary membership to NZART,
commencing 1 January of the year they pass their exam.
With the recent update of the RSM document PIB46, specific attention
must be made to prospective amateurs who were not born in New Zealand.
As per PIB46 dated May 2013 ( a copy of which was also included with the
letters sent to Examiners);
1.9 Residency
Only natural persons who are New Zealand citizens or permanent New
Zealand residents may be granted a New Zealand General Amateur
Operator’s Certificate (GAOC). Any application not fulfilling
this criterion must be referred to the RSM Licensing Manager.
I have recently allocated call signs for a number of amateurs who fell
into this category. Please wherever possible, can you also include a
copy of the residency status, i.e NZ citizenship and year attained? They
will have received a certificate advising of this.
If you wish to place an apology or proxy vote for the upcoming NZART
Conference to be held over Queens Birthday weekend, please send them to
me by Friday next week.
Attached to this issue of HQ Info-line is the Local Government Liaison
Officers annual report, not included in Break In as I understand due to
timing.
Talk soon…Debby ZL2DL
FMTAG NOTES FOR HQ INFOLINE 273
PROPOSAL
Branch 26 Nelson has applied for a one-way link from Grampians, located
engineering evaluation, in accordance with RSM document PIB38, confirms
that there will be no interference to other stations.
that there will be no interference to other stations.
COMMENTS AND APPLICATIONS
Please send your comments and suggestions on the above, and on any other
FMTAG matters, by e-mail to: fm...@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 website:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/fmtag/index.html
Completed forms should be sent by e-mail to fm...@nzart.org.nz
VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF CONTEST NEWS
Please send your comments and suggestions on the above, and on any other
FMTAG matters, by e-mail to: fm...@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 website:
http://www.nzart.org.nz/fmtag/index.html
Completed forms should be sent by e-mail to fm...@nzart.org.nz
REMINDER
The next contest is the Hibernation Contest, all bands 50 MHz and up, on
Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th of June 2013. This is the weekend
after NZART Conference and Queen's Birthday.
The contest after that is the Brass Monkey Contest, all bands 50 MHz and
up, on Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the 4th of August 2013.
and Sunday 0700 to 1300 NZST.
The Contest Rules are available at:
www.vhf.org.nz/VHF-UHF-SHF-ContestRules
The Contest Rules are available at:
All contest logs should be sent, to arrive within two weeks, to:
zl...@clear.net.nz
with Contest Log in the subject line.
Or by post to:
Contest Manager
Wellington VHF Group
P.O. Box 12-259
Thorndon
Wellington
Please include your email address if you wish to receive the results as
soon as they are available.
We do hope that you have well received our invitation, which was sent by
email, beginning of April 2013. With pleasure we can inform you that the
first registrations are already in the house. We are also pleased to
inform you that the preparations are in full swing and are progressing
well.
We would like to take the opportunity to remind you of the following:
· All the details of GAREC 2013 may be found on our home
page www.garec2013.ch
· As a GAREC participant you will have an early booking
discount of 10% of the regular hotel price. We therefore recommend to
make an early reservation in one of the 3 Hotels mentioned in the flyer.
· Registration must be completed and sent by e-mail to
regist...@garec2013.ch. All documents must be received by 20 May
2013. Upon receipt of the documents and bank transfers, an
acknowledgement will be sent to the registrant’s e-mail address.
All remittances must include all bank charges, and all payments must be
made out to GAREC2013.
· If you need an official invitation, for example in
connection with visa formalities, send an email at in...@garec2013.ch
with your name, home address, date of birthday and your number of
passport in-side. We will send you an official letter of invitation
(.piff document) by email.
Together with my team I’m fully at your disposal for any
question you might have in connection with the GAREC or the HAM RADIO
exhibition and I look forward to meeting you in Zurich.
Yours sincerely
Stefan Streif
exhibition and I look forward to meeting you in Zurich.
Yours sincerely
USKA Emergency Communication Coordinator
Telefon +41 44 737 00 19
Natel +41 79 217 88 50
Telefax +41 86 079 217 88 50
E-Mail hb9...@uska.ch
SPECIAL EVENT
CS25ARVM
A special event station signing CS25ARVM will be active May 20-26,
celebrating the 25th aniversary of ARVM - Associação de
Radioamadores da Vila de Moscavide - Radioamadores do Concelho de
Loures.
Activity will be on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters, SSB and CW, and also
V/UHF at 145.350 MHz and 434.350 MHz.
Qsl via CT1RVM
http://www.arvm.org/index_noticias.html
ar...@arvm.org
Radio Society of Great Britain Centenary Day
2013 marks the Centenary of the Radio Society of
Great Britain (RSGB) the 20,000 strong body that represents
Britain’s radio amateurs. The RSGB is pleased to announce that
its Patron, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT will be
joining the Society for Centenary Day at the National Radio Centre at
Bletchley Park on 5 July 2013. He will meet with Members and invited
guests before unveiling a plaque to commemorate the Centenary.
A number of activities, talks and displays are
planned in which RSGB Members and members of the public can take part
during the day.
Background
Starting life as the London Wireless Club in
1913, the RSGB has since its inception brought together people with an
interest in radio communication. The Society provided the framework
within which the pioneers and experimenters of radio technology have
thrived.
RSGB members have been at the forefront of many
of the major contributions made to radio technology. For example, the
development of Radio intelligence, television, radar development,
re-designing the Iron lung and the discovery of Pulsars all involved
radio amateurs. The influence of amateurs across science, technology,
medicine and the communications industry has been huge.
One hundred years later, the RSGB still provides
a platform for the exchange of ideas amongst experimenters and, although
the technologies may have changed, the amateur spirit has not. With this
background the many thousands of radio amateurs in the UK are proud to
celebrate the Centenary of their organisation, the Radio Society of
Great Britain (RSGB).
History
The London Wireless Club started after Rene
Klein had a letter published in English Mechanic on 6 June 1913. He
expressed surprise that there wasn’t a wireless group in London
when other major cities had such gatherings. A meeting of interested
parties took place on 5 July and the London Wireless Club – with
a membership of four – was born. Just ten weeks later the
membership had increased to 40 and by the end of the first year there
were 151 Members and 11 Associate Members – 69 of whom held
transmitting licences
.
Through two World Wars the Society was justly
proud of its Members war service. Its younger members, ready trained,
flocked to the wireless units of the Navy, Army and Air Force. Here they
served with distinction. Many of those who stayed at home during WWII
were recruited to become Voluntary interceptors used to monitor enemy
radio signals and pass them to Bletchley Park for decoding and analysis.
Since WWII and into a new Millennium, the
RSGB’s membership have taken part in propagation experiments,
pushed the boundaries of radio and electronic knowledge and shown what
international amateur radio relations is all about. Whether it’s
proving that VHF communications is more than line-of-sight, showing the
world how far radio signals can travel or putting satellites into space,
radio amateurs have been involved in it all.
Future
Whilst Centenary celebrations are a time to
reflect on our past achievements, there can be no question of
“resting on our laurels”. Amateur radio today is as
relevant and vibrant as it has ever been and the RSGB takes very
seriously its responsibility to work with partners around the world in
providing leadership to safeguard and develop amateur radio over the
next 100 years.
Worldwide
There are around 4 million amateur radio
callsigns worldwide, with 78,000 on issue in the UK. Radio amateurs
around the world are required to pass an examination before gaining
their licence. There is an international body governing amateur radio
called the International Amateur Radio Union. The RSGB is a founder
member of the IARU, which was formed in 1925.
Further details from Elaine Richards
elaine....@rsgb.org.uk
Copyright © 2013 Radio Society of Great
Britain, All rights reserved.
Our mailing address is:
Radio Society of Great Britain
Priory Business Park
Bedford, England MK44 3WH
United Kingdom
The following is from OH2BH, Martti Laine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Helsinki, Finland, May 15, 2013
PROJECT GOODWILL SOUTH SUDAN INTERIM REPORT - Z81X
As part of the April 2, 2013 visit to South Sudan by a delegation headed
by
the Foreign Minister of Finland, several supporting elements were
discussed.
Just three weeks later, following a series of meetings focusing on
practical
matters in Juba, there was a high-level presentation, with relevant
endorsements, made to the South Sudan government. The presentation was
made
with a view toward enlisting support on telecommunications matters in
general and Amateur Radio's role in society in particular. Ultimately, a
Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) was signed specifying several elements of Amateur Radio as a study
case for local administrators. These elements include Amateur Radio's
role
in society, frequency allocations, regulatory matters and promotion of
Amateur Radio as part of an educational agenda. The MoU calls for a
workshop
to be held for the senior staff of the Ministry of Telecommunications
and
Postal Services. Members of the Ministry of Higher Education and the
Research and Technology agency will also attend the workshop.
In early June, a senior South Sudan telecommunications official will
attend
an IARU Administrator's Course in Accra, Ghana to observe ITU and IARU.
This
travel will be made possible thanks to the valuable support of the Yasme
Foundation <www.yasme.org>
As Amateur Radio is only provisionally regulated in South Sudan, the
Radio
Arcala Fellowship Group of Finland, OH8X, was granted a provisional
license
- Z81X - to facilitate operating events during visits by the project
representatives. We expect that Z81X will be activated several times
during
the course of this project, notably on low bands and in CQWW Contests.
Just today, the initial Z81X activity, with one radio only, was
concluded
with more than 20.000 QSOs. QSOs were split evenly between the three
major
population areas of the world - Europe 8693 (43%), North America 5774
(29%)
and Asia 5162 (26%). The Finnish duo - Olli, OH0XX and Martti, OH2BH -
has
now returned to their native Finland. See <www.qrz.com/db/Z81X>
As the entire project is carried out on a voluntary basis, the group
will
accept donations to be used solely for offsetting direct project
expenses
incurred in South Sudan. Club Log OQRS is now active for QSL requests
(bureau or direct) and project support.
We are pleased to acknowledge the support of Mr Pekka Haavisto, the
Finnish
Foreign Minister's Special Representative to the Horn of Africa and
Sudan.
We also acknowledge the supporting efforts of Mr. Amul Behera of Rock
City
Investments, Juba, Dr Anu Kantele of Helsinki University Central
Hospital,
Massimo, Z81B (IZ0EGB), Diya, Z81D (YI1DZ) and Ken, Z81Z (K4ZW) for
supporting the project and welcoming the latest country of the world to
the
valued ranks of Amateur Radio.
Z81X QSL manager is OH0XX, QRZ.com
Housekeeping
1.. Break-In-Closing Date Reminder: Copy for the May/June issue of
2.. Copy for Break-In: Copy is welcome in most electronic formats but
word.doc files are preferred. Photos and other graphics should be send
as separate discrete files (*.jpg preferred); not as embedded pix in the
body of the text. Please ensure that suitable descriptive
captions/legends are included with your copy. All received copy will be
acknowledged to confirm receipt.
Thank you for your cooperation.
John Walker ZL3IB Editor.
3.. Break-In: Early receipt of copy is much appreciated
4.. Break-In-AREC Column: The close-of-copy date is the 5 July 2013
word.doc files are preferred. Photos and other graphics should be send
as separate discrete files (*.jpg preferred); not as embedded pix in the
body of the text. Please ensure that suitable descriptive
captions/legends are included with your copy. All received copy will be
acknowledged to confirm receipt.
Thank you for your cooperation.
John Walker ZL3IB Editor.
3.. Break-In: Early receipt of copy is much appreciated
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. Use the Call Book address. All other material can go to
e-mail:
zl...@nzart.org.nz or zl...@nzart.org.nz
5.. The ARRL and WIA Weekly News
6.. Subscribe TO/FROM Infoline
Next NZART Official Broadcast is on Sunday 2nd June at Conference. Next
HQ-Infoline e-mailed on FRIDAY 7th June Closing date for this is
available, to be on a separate floppy or CD (with captions), posted
DIRECTLY TO US. Use the Call Book address. All other material can go to
e-mail:
zl...@nzart.org.nz or zl...@nzart.org.nz
5.. The ARRL and WIA Weekly News
6.. Subscribe TO/FROM Infoline
Next NZART Official Broadcast is on Sunday 2nd June at Conference. Next
Thursday 6th June 2013.
Attachment – LGLO Annual Report
ZL1AMW
May 29, 2013, 11:26:21 PM5/29/13
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NZART Headquarters Infoline Special Issue 40s
30 May 2013
NZART Website: www.nzart.org.nz
Council Vacancies
As many of you will be aware, Ted Linney ZL2TB and Fred Johnson ZL2AMJ
have resigned from Council. Their departure creates two casual
vacancies on Council in the Central district.
In accordance with the NZART Constitution, Council is required to fill
these two vacancies.
If you are an NZART member resident within the Central Electoral
District and would like to put your name forward for consideration for
these positions, please send me an email to zl1...@nzart.org.nz If you
would like to know more of what the role involves please feel free to
contact me.
The central district comprises, Wellington up the East Coast to
Napier/Hastings. Across to Taranaki, down the West Coast of the North
Island back to Wellington and all areas in between.
Vaughan Henderson ZL1TGC
NZART President
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