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I'm pleased to report that our group continues to expand - over 160
subscribers to the RagChew

newsletter now, and I’ve dropped

behind

contacting the stations heard on our Tuesday arvo / evening Slow CW
Practice QSO

net - so it’s likely to keep growing.

And even better, | hear and read comments

at how things have started

turning around - I'm told that there is now more hand / keyer CW QSOs on
the bands than we’ve had for some time.

Tell your friends, slow CW

where it’s at now!
However, the other side of the coin is that | can’t tell whether we’re still
having a good uptake of brand new operators - which is of course our key
raison d’etre.

|t’'s been quite a while since I’ve had or heard of any first

QSOs on our net.

Again, let’s keep trying to spread the word - | know

there’s people out there who have recognised the fun to be had, love a
challenge and are starting their learning journey - we just need to
encourage them where we can.

Ditto for those considering coming

back to

the CW wilderness after some time in the phone / digital urban sprawl.
Last Tuesday’s

Net

RSS

SO on last Tuesday’s net there was a good number of stations on 40m
earlier on, but things tapered off a bit later in the evening and on 80m.
Nevertheless, we still had at least 40 stations heard... plus hopefully lots of
listeners.

With huge thanks to Nigel G4RWI

for his work on our webform

reporting system and his Python data extractor, here’s this week’s list of
the stations heard or worked:
2Apr24 CQ QRS Net
Total

active

stations

Total

QS0s

{note that this figure won't be correct - QSOs may be counted twice or more):

this week

{note that this figure isn't correct because it adds duplicate lines):

Black text- Q5Led, Green text - heard but not worked,

Team Member | CQ

aso 1

59
146

Blue text - incomplete Q50 (not OSLed).

gso 2

Qso 3

Qso 4

VK3RU

VK5A0

VK3ADX

VKLPWE
VK1TE/m 40m
VK1TE/m 40m cont
VK1TE/m 40m cont

VK2GAZ | VK3VMM
HC1ILUA
JO1UG
VK2DLF
VK2ZGAZ

VK5A0
JQ6EQD
VK2GBR

VK7JB
JRIADA
VK2I10/P

ZLIAlY
KSBTV
VK2KI

VK1TE/m

40m cont

VK3ADX

VK3AE

VK3DBD

VK3XU

VK4DRK

VK4JN

VK1TE/m 40m cont
VK1TE/m som

VKSFA
VK2KI

VK6MK
VK6IS

VK7HK

VK7TA

WS5AID

ZL2GB

ZLIAIY

VK2TER

ZL3TK

VKSCZ

VK6MK

VK4JM
VK1CT

VEKIKA

VK7TA

ZL3GD

[insert CO or Listening if mo QSOs)

VK1HF
VKLKVS 40m

VK3AE

Qso5

QSO 6

Qso7

aso 8

VEI1KVS 40m cont

VKIWA 40m

Heard

ZL1iHJB
ZL3TK
ZL4BDG
\WK/G4RWI|
VKICT
VKIWA
VK2TER | VK3ABX | VK3ACU
VK4MFX

VKSCZ

| VK3ADX |

VK6NT

VK7TA

VK2AE

ZL3TK

VK2DLF

LATE

VK4DRK

on the net.

VK1ZDJ
VK2A0E
VK2BHO
VK2COS
VK2DLF 40m
VK2EBN
VK2GAZ 40m
VK2GAZ a0m
VK2IK
VK2IOW 40m
VK2IOW 80m
VK2KI 40m

ZL4BDG

VK2GAS

£L1HJ

VK3XU

VKSPL

VK2KI 40m cont
VEK2KI 40m cont

VK6FN
VK7TA

VKLTE/m
VK2GAZ

VK2DLF
VKIWA

VK2TER
VK3AE

VK6KHZ | VK6MK | VK3DBD
ZL3TK
VK30CD MK/G4RWI] VK7KPC | VK4MFX

VEK2KI 40m cont
VK2KI som
VK2NAP
VK2NV
VK2NNW
VK2TER
VK2WEF
VK2/G4RWI

VK3RU
VK3ADX

VKSAO
VK6IS

VK3BTV

VK3ACU 4am

VK6EMK

VK3ACU

VK2DLF
VK2KI
VK5A0

40m cont

VK3ACU 80m
VK3ADX

VK3AE 40m
VK3BAP

Heard on the net.

VK6EMK

VK30CD

VKLCT

VK3MJ

VK6IS

ZL3TK
VK2K1I

VK2KI

VK3MJ

VK3AE

VK3A0

VEK3BAP cont

VK3BTV 40m
VK3BTV 80m
VK3BU
VK3BYD
VK3CLD/p
VK3DBD

Heard on the net.

VK3DPH
VK3FG 40m
VK3FG

40m cont

VK3KLE 40m

VK3KLE 80m
VK3KO
VK3RU
VK3TBR
VK3VMM
VK3 WOW
VK4DRK 40m

VK2KI
Heard on the net.

ZL4BDG

VK4DRK 30m

VK4JM

VK3AE

Heard on the net.

VK210/p

VK3RU | VK4MFX

ZLIAIY

VK4MFX
VK6TX/4

ZL2GD

VK2KI

VK5CZ

VIK2AE

VIK2DLF

VKSAO 40m
VKSAYL
VKSCT
VKSCZ 40m

VK3ACU

VK2KF

VK1TE/M

VK6MK

VK3ADX

VK6MK

VK7KPC

VK2DLF

VK3ADK | VK4MFX

VK3XU

VK3DBD

VK3BIV

VK3ADX

VKSMR

VK4JM

VES5CZ 40m cont

VKSCZ 80m
VKSET
VKSFA

Heard on the net.

VKSFD
VKSHAA 30m
VKSIP
VKSKFG
VKSLA 40m
VKSPH 40m
VEKSPL

VK6AAV
VK6BEK 40m
VK6BEK 80m
VK6CK
VK6DEV
VK6DV
VK6FN

Heard on the net.

VK6GAL
VIK6HD 40m
VK6HRC 40m

VK6KHZ

VK6FN

VKG6HRC 20m

VK2KI

VK6IS

VK6WE

VK2KI

VK6WE

VKSCZ

VK3ACU

ZL2GD | VK2DLF | VKSAO

VK6KHZ

VK6MK

#L3TK

VKSAE

VK4EK

VK6IR
VKG6IS 40m

Heard on the net.

VKG6IS som

Heard on the net.

VK6JDM som

VK6JK
VK6KD 4am
VK6KD sim

VK6KHZ 40m

Heard on the net.

VK6KQ
VK6LD
VK6MK 40m
VK6MK 40m
VK6MK 40m
VK6MK 20m
VK6MU
VK6NC
VK6NT

VK6KHZ

VK3AE

VK6PZT

Heard on the net.

VK6ENW som

VK6PZT 40m
VK6PZT 80m

VK6IS
VK6MK

VK6NT

VK6QI 40m

VK6HRC/p

VK6FN

VK3DBD

“L4BDG

VEK6QI 40m cont

VK6WE

VKSAO

VK3BTV

VK2KI

VK6QI som

VK3ADX

VK2KI

VK6IS

VKLCT

VKSCZ

VEK2KI

ZL2GD

VK6MK

VKSCZ

VK6ENT

VK6MK

ZL3TK

VK2DLF | VK30CD

VK3BTV |

JASOUV

VK3AE

VK6TY
VK6XU
VK6VZ 40m
VK6WE

40m

VK6WE

gom

Heard on the net.

VK6YV
VK7WW
VE7WW

cont

VE7KPC 4om

VK210/P

VK7TA

Heard on the net.

ZLIAJY

Heard on the net.

ZLIANY
ZL1HJ
ZL2GD 4am

Heard on the net.
VK2GAZ

VK7ZA

ZL2GD 40m cont

ZL3TK

VK4MFX

VK2AE

VK7TA

VEIWA

VKLTE

VLIWA

VK2DLF

VK2GAZ

VK3DBD

VK6MK

ZLIASY

JO1LIG

ZL2GD 40m cont
ZL3TK 40m

ZL3TK 40m cont
ZL4BDG

ZL4TE

|
Heard

VK3ACU

on the net.

ZL1HJ

Reports
A reminder - please send me a list of who you worked and / or who you
heard using our you-beaut web form
https://forms.gle/KWNZovWvtemLkdS69
Getting reports from stations and listeners is important to me - even if you
listened and didn’t hear anyone or weren't able to copy anything - the fact

that you had a go needs to be recorded so we know that the net is working
and attracting new and old team
Thanks again to Nigel G4RWI

members to have a go.

for building the Google Form and the Python

software back-end that does the processing.
International

Morse

Code

Day Month

Our Chinese Whispers event is underway

Events
between April 1st and April 30th,

and please put the return of our riotous IMCD Quiz on Saturday April 27th in
your Calendar.
New

Team

Members

Allen VK3ARH
VK5AO

at Lal Lal was referred to us by Sue VK5AYL and Maitland

at Banksia Park was referred by both Paul VK5PH

and lan VK5CZ -

thank you for the QSPs VK5 team.
Masthead

Image

Thanks again this week to Lance VK7ZA for the masthead
Mountain Topper doing what it does best.

image - MTR-4B

And another left hander among

our team as well.

Cheers,
mb
Mark Bosma
VK2KI / VK6QI

Beautiful South Bowning

mark.bosma@icloud.com

NSW

non impediti ratione cogitationis

Reports

& Comments

Here’s this week’s
The spreadsheets above show the known
Comments

reports.

stations on last Tuesday’s net.

distilled from the reports I’ve received are below:

Comments:

From

Pete

ZL4TE

at Cambridge:

Not good

band condx, plus the

contacts on my vibroplex
paddle were
dirty.
e Tried cleaning on the fly and
managed

to stuff up the spring

settings!
e

Now QRT trying to reset the
paddle!

From

Peter VK6KPC

at Evandale:

Running QRP 4 to 5 W into end fed

From Grant ZL2GD

at Oxford:

o A real surprise to find out Mark VK4MFX
when
©

| worked

was only running

1 Watt

him on 40m.

Heard a couple of VK's in the noise at 10.20 UTC on 80m

- just

signing so
didn't get their callsigns.

From

Nigel VK/G4RWI

at Wooyoung,

South of Pottsvile:

First problem was a very high SWR which took a while to fix.

problem was operating in total darkness - couldn’t see

what | was writing!

e Third problem was a mosquito
attack when

| solved problem

with a torch.
e All good fun though, and
managed

a Whisper exchange

with Mark VK2KI.

From Stuart VK6MK

at Australind:

e Got excited when QTH of station | was in contact with was
Oxford!

didn't realise there was

an Oxford

in ZL :)

° Still, a big signal into VK6 from ZL2GD.

From Stan ZL3TK at Waitarere Beach:
© Only average conditions which deteriorated markedly around
0915Z.

From Garry VK2GAZ

at Hobartville:

o Very nice to catch up with VK7TA on 40m

after many years.

° Always great to have a QSO with Chris VK1CT, this one was
unexpected
on 80 meters.

From

Mark VK4MFX

at Cardwell:

° G'day everyone.
o

Firstly I’d like to thank all those whom

| contacted on Tuesday

night and also those where we tried, but failed due to QSB.
© Asa

quick brief, on the 1st April | set myself a personal challenge

to do
everything at 1 Watt for the entire month. Why not? Just for fun.
(LOL).
© So cranking down to 1 Watt last night.

Initially my signal wasn’t
getting thru very well (Il was
testing on several KiwiSDRs to

see if | could hear myself at

various

locations around

Oz).

| went and had tea and on coming
what’s more, the background

back, the band opened

up and

noise level dropped down to around

S-1 and all the signals were crystal clear up here in FNQ, with
varying signal levels from S3 up to S7. Excellent!.
Allin all, it was a great night!
So I'd like to thank ZL2GD, VK2KI, VK5CZ, VK2AE

and VK2DLF.

As for the VK7... and VK6.., | could hear them at around 536 and |
was hoping to get them as well, but they were involved in ragchews at the time.
| also heard a lot of other stations, but they also they were also
involved with rag-chews. Anyway, that’s ok, hopefully next week.
Later | went down to 80m to give that a go, but the noise level
was an S-9, so | shut the radio down
So thanks to all whom
but failed.

and called it a night.

| contacted and to those where we tried,

Hopefully we can do it all again next week... at 1 Watt.

73's Mark VK4MFX

[Perhaps one of the reasons why
Mark had so much success with 1
Watt... superb workmanship on his
home-brewed DX Commander.
[Great report - thank you Mark.

I’ve

heard comments that it’s the
thoughts of the team members that
makes the newsletter interesting well done Mark.
And a terrific challenge - QRP from way up North;

well if the Tasmanians

can do it, so can you!]

From

Claude

VK1TE/m

Hi All.

QRS240402
FT857

at Pearce:

was primarily a listening session for me, utilizing an

in my vehicle and various KiwiSDRs.

Nevertheless,

| did

manage to enjoy a few QSOs as well.
This session appeared to be even busier than the last, at least
from my
perspective.
The end time was notably abrupt, with activity quickly tapering
off as we reached

it. Out of curiosity, | continued to CQ for some

time after the official end time on 40m,
Afterwards,

but to no avail.

| switched to 80m on the TECSUN

SDR,

listening to

the late owls, namely Mark VK2KI & PJ VK6IS in a QSO.

It seems

that Mark nearly always has the last QRS dot, as after that final

QSO,

he kept sending CQs until he ran out of breath before finally

capitulating!

;-)

o Apart from a few digital modes, the 80m

band was virtually

deserted.
o

| received my first two Chinese Whisper messages from Stan
ZL3TK, who was very patient with me.

Unfortunately, the promising
conditions on 40m

deteriorated

badly as soon as he began
sending the first message.

| had

to rely on
an SDR on my mobile phone to
continue, but it went on
Standby several times during
transmission, causing me to
miss a few words and
prompting

me to ask Stan for

repeats. What was supposed to
be straightforward quickly
turned into a saga! ;-) Thank
you, Stan, for your
determination.
e Overall, it was a very enjoyable
session.

Thank you all.

e CW sn, 73s, kK vklte
[Another terrific report Claude.

One of the things that some of our

RagChew readers really like is the comments from other operators after the
net - thank you for making it interesting for us mate!]

From Maitland VK5A0O at Banksia Park:
o Great fun - thanks for organising the net.

From lan VK5CZ

at Clare:

0 VK4MFX was a LW QRP op.
© Could not stay long on Tuesday night sorry.
°0 73 VK5CZ.

From Richard VK6PZT
o

at Dalyellup:

Kept it short tonight on 80m.

My key was giving me extra dahs

for some
reason , it may need some TLC.
[Hate it when your key produces extra dahs!]

From Ketran VK3BTV

at North Ringwood:

o Very little activity heard on 80m

here apart from VK2KI - very

NOISY.

From Richard VKGHRC
o Very quiet when

portable at Gidgegannup:

| put out calls on 80m to no avail.

From
oO

me VK6QI

via the VK6QS

KiwiSDR

at Brookton:

Having spent dinner time listening to theTecsun
below), by around 0800z | managed

SDR in NSW

(see

to get on to the VK6QS

KiwiSDR at
Brookton for a peek at 40m.
Richard VK6HRC

portable at Gidgegannup

and Max VK6FN

Manjimup were chatting away happily, and | could also hear both
David VK3DBD

at Yakandandah

coming through

nicely.

and Ben ZL4BDG

at Upper Hutt

A while later | heard Stuart VK6MK at Australind and Ron VK6KHZ
at Yangebup. A

bit later still | heard Max trying to work Stan

ZL3TK without success - which was surprising for both well set-up
Stations.
| then heard Dylan VK3AE

at Ballarat thundering

in to WA while

chatting to Stuart, and also heard Daniel VK6OWE at Cottesloe.
When

| was working

Maitland VK5AO

at Wattle Valley and Keiran

VK3BTV at North Ringwood from home as VK2KI, our signals were
coming through very nicely into WA.
VK6QS

KiwiSDR

at Brookton

e On 80m, when
VK3ADX

| worked

Merv

at Ballarat from home

as VK2KI at around

1130z, we

were both coming through
nicely Q5 into WA on the
VK6QS
e

KiwiSDR.

However,

it seemed

time | got to 80m

that by the

most of our

other friends had headed off to
bed, and despite many calls
from NSW over the next hour
on both 80m

and 40m, there

were no more contacts to be
had... so | took the hint!

e Also from me VK2KI
oO

at Beautiful South Bowning:

| was running a bit behind as usual on Tuesday, so started
listening
on the Tecsun SDR at Araluen NSW on 40m

using my mobile

phone at the dinner table (again).
It was kinda fun (for me anyway) calling the letters
out to MS Elizabeth as we listened in to the dits and dahs;

the

things you do in a relationship!
The ZLs and Eastern Australian stations were rolling in on 40m
nicely.

| also heard Max VK6FN then later, Stuart VK6MK and Ron

VK6KHZ

as the Absorption

Layer Frequency dropped and the

band started opening across the continent.
By 0830z the band was rocking along with QRS QSOs.

V marker

K marker

——
ree
er
————

© Around 0900z | decided to have a go at sending some of the
Chinese Whispers that I’d received from Stan ZL3TK on 40m on
April lst and 17m on the 2nd;

so to make things easier, |

advertised “Chinese Whispers available” and my frequencies
using our terrific WhatsApp Alerts group.
©

Nigel VK/G4RWI jumped

in from his new campsite at Wooyoung,

South of
Pottsvile NSW - great that he was able to get on - having
predicted
that antennas at the campground

might be a challenge...

especially so
close to Easter.
©

See his report above about the other challenges.

| had fun sending the second Chinese Whispers message for the
day;

I’d worked

Richard VK6HRC/p

at Gidgegannup

on 15m

earlier in the day and | struggled to get the first message

(CWA2)

out - | got tripped up trying to send a KA (start message)... a
prosign | hadn’t used since passing my AOCP CW test over 50
years ago... my wrist just refused to send it.... so | gave up trying
that prosign after three attempts - sorry Richard!
° Anyway,

| didn’t try the prosign again when

message with Nigel.

So 1 managed

Whispers message CWB2

exchanging the next

to struggle through Chinese

ok - and amazingly,

received a QSL

from Nigel in response on the first go.
o

Next up | chatted to Peter VK7KPC
mighty 4000mW

Then

another QRP

in Far North

on the VK6QS

and | could even read his

SDR near Perth.

miracle - | worked

Queensland

who

was

Mark was a nice RST 479 to me!

Mark VK4MFX

running

a whole

up at Cardwell
1000mW;

| then caught up with David VK3RU

at Burwood

member,

Maitland

VK5AO

| rounded

out 40m

with a chat to our old mate

at Banksia

and our new team

Park.
Keiran VK3BTV

North
Ringwood - it’s been a while since I’d heard Keiran, so it was nice
to

chat again.

Keiran consented to accepting a Whispers message,

and
CWC2

was transmitted with much

laughter at both ends.

Ms Elizabeth’s Morsle rescue delivery
- a home-made

hot-cross

bun

what’s

more!

By about 1130, 40m

had gone

strangely quiet so | moved
down to the similarly-quiet 80m
band where | had a nice chat
with Merv VK3ADX

at Ballarat,

followed by a chat with Peter
VK6IS to round out the evening.
e

| then put out two thousand
CQs

litthe gathering

on 80m,

had gone quiet, so at around

then

40m,

but our

1330z | skulked off

to bed to give my lady a cuddle :)
©

In alll heard or worked
80m;

27 stations on 40m

and two stations on

a terrific night - thank you all for being there.

International

Morse

Code

Day/

Month
Join the Celebration
In previous years, we've celebrated International Morse Code day with a
Quiz

hosted

videoconference.

Mister Morse

Code

himself,

Richard

VK6PZT

via Zoom

In addition, we’ve run the International Morse Code Day

Corroboree, an on-air QRS event held close to IMCD.

Well this year, we’re

doing two things for your entertainment - the popular and definitely fun not
serious Quiz will be held on Saturday April 27th once again.
a one-day on-air Corroboree event, Stan ZL3TK has saved

And instead of
me some effort

by stepping up to run a fun and challenging Chinese Whispers event for us
over the whole month of April.

Celebrate

International

Morse

April 27th

Code

Day - Saturday

CQQRS = &

International

Morse

Code

Day

Quiz

0845z April 27%, 2024

Chinese

Whispers

- International

Month

Event

Hosted
IMCD X

we |
Morse

Code

Day

1 - 30 April

by Stan ZL3TK

Chinese Whispers

Month

To celebrate International Morse Code Day (IMCD) this year,
provide an opportunity to hone your CW skills,

as well as to

we will be running a

Chinese Whispers project from 1 April, ending 30th or earlier if the exercise
is completed

and we’re out of new stock.

Don’t worry, this is not a contest,

there are no winners per se, yet all are winners from the experience to be
gained.
Our Chinese Whispers works like this:
e Twenty-six, single-sentence Whispers have been prepared and are
ready to be sent to willing volunteer recipients.
e When

a Whisper has been received, it needs to be passed on without

text change to one (and only one) other station via QRS CW.
e

Each Whisper has been assigned a name

in the range CWA

~ CWZ

followed by the digit 1 in the first instance.
e That digit is incremented as the Chinese Whisper is on-sent without
change (apart from the serial number) four more times,
becomes CWA2,

eg CWA1

which becomes CWA3.... until it’s passed around four

times and produces CWAS.
e The recipient of CWAS

is the end of the line for that Whisper.

she sends the received text by email to
the subject line CWA5

completed

He or

zi3tk.radio@gmail.com

(or CWB5,

CWC5

with

etc as appropriate).

e The resulting message will be compared with the original and the
results will be published

in RagChew.

Hopefully some

may be quite

amusing.
e And don’t worry, the identity of the stations along the path won't be
known to the organisers... we’ll Know only the identity of the first and
last stations in the chain.
e

Exchanges won't be limited to the Tuesday net - as long as they’re
passed

by QRS CW during the month

of April, we'll be happy.

The whole Whisper send and receive procedure can be conducted
language,

in plain

however for those wanting to extend their skills by employing

efficient traffic-net-style exchange,
e This Whisper-passing

here’s a suggested gentle protocol.

protocol is very gentle... no pressure.

e This is also an opportunity to use RSN (as an alternative to RST) if
you'd like to clearly indicate your reception conditions to the other op
so they can decide how best to send the Whisper... soeed, Farnsworth,
repeats, etc.
e

Let’s say conditions are pretty poor but you’d like to proceed anyway.

e The sending station could send

‘QRV CWSPR?

BK’ (ie are you ready to

receive a Chinese Whisper?).
°o Affirmative response:

Acceptance could be in the form of a signal

report followed by QRV BK (eg
mostly readable,

| am

BK’ (Roger - break)).
receive as much
meaning
©

‘RSN432

QRV BK’ (your signal is

ready to give it a go, break) or simple: ‘R
One way to give yourself a better chance to

as possible in one go is to send

PSE QSZ,

‘Please send each word twice’.

Negative response:

The other side of the coin is to decline.

Simply send: ‘NO TKS

BK',

‘QRX 15 MINS

BK’ (call me again

in 15 minutes) or simply ‘N TU’ (negative - thank you).
e

So let’s say the receiving station is good to go.

The sending station

sends:

-’ followed by the text of

[callsigns if needed] then (say) ‘CWG3

the Whisper then

‘QSL?

BK’.

If the receiving station misses a word, they could send ‘PSE RPT
WORDS

3 ES 7 - WORDS

3 ES 7?’

Alternatively:

°0

'RPT WA

XXXXX’

(ie repeat word

after XXXXX)

‘RPT WB

XXXXxX’

‘RPT AA XXXXX

(ie repeat all after XXXXX)

(ie repeat word

after XXXXX)

‘RPT AB XXXXX

(ie repeat all before XXXXX)

‘RPT BN XXXXX YYYYY (ie repeat between words XXXXX and

or,

YYYYY).
e

But if the receiving station has enough words to fill in the blanks, they
could send ‘QSL ALL - TU BK’ or similar.

So it’s a fun thing to try through April in celebration of International Morse
Code Day.

Remember:

e Astation can only pass a
particular Whisper to one other
station, regardless of its serial
number. So if someone

offers

you CWTS3, but you’ve
previously sent the same
message to someone

else (eg

as CWT1), you'll need to
decline - eg ‘SRI NO - | SENT
CWT1

BEFORE’

e There is no restriction on the
number of Whispers any one
station can pass to another if
they have them

ready to go.

To keep track of the Whisper
messages you’ve handled during
April, you could use a spreadsheet
like this one from Stan.
If you'd like to receive a Whisper with serial number 1, please email Stan at
z|3tk.radio@gmail.com with the subject line ‘Chinese Whisper Volunteer’.

Stan can also send you the spreadsheet in case you want to use it to keep
track.
[The messages have started flowing both in the CQ QRS net and via CW
outside the net - any band can be used, and it’ll run for the rest of the
month.

You could also use our CQ QRS WhatsApp Alerts to advertise:

‘CQ

7032 - | have a CWSPR message to send’ or ‘CQ 7032 - anyone have a
IMCD CWSPR message to pass?’ etc.
And of course, if you're asked if you want to receive a Whisper but don’t
want to - just reply “NO TKS” - no explanations needed!

It’s just fun if you

want to have a go.
And by the way, I’ve been surprised at how challenging receiving and
sending accurate messages can be. Normally | use plain language head
copy on CW when !/ can, so having to concentrate and write letters without
sneaking a peek at the words ts a challenge | haven't had for a long time.
And by the same token, I’ve been surprised how hard it is to re-send the
texts accurately].

pom

Other
Other things
From

Kees VK1KVS

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ity Ef

Nesko Sf Vijay knows
| wonders) \ three Hindus/
) \ what todof S\
A

I’ve received

- as advertised

Lr
ti

News
from

our 155-odd

in VK Classifieds:

readers.

Junker M.T.
Seller Info
Name:
Email:

Amateur
Callsien:
First Name:
Last NameCountry:
State/Region/P
rowince:
Cite
Post Code:
Website:

Listing details
Tithe:
Posted:
Price:

Quantity

Kees van der Spek
kees vanderspek@netsp
eed. .com.au
VEIKVWS
Kees
van der Spek
Australia
Australian Capital
Territory
Wanriassa
2903

Junker M.T.
Mar 28, 3024
$ 140.00

Available:

Description:

Junker MLT. (= ‘Morse Taste’, Morse Rey). Post-1978 model, when the Joseph Junker factory in Bad
Honnef, Germany,

first began using their simplified gap adjustment mechanism,

using a rubber “C’-ring

to provide friction on the adjustment thumb screw (replacing the previous spring-loaded ball-bearing
‘click-stop’ mechanism, 1978 being the earliest date found for this change so far). At the same time
Junker introduced the plastic resin cover, replacing the previous diecast aluminium covers. Both
developments were likely cost-saving measures. This model offered here is mare, as most of these
post-1978 Junker keys carried the silver hammertone

colour (the Kriegsmanne* or German

Navy, and the

so-called ‘citizens’ versions). The dark green versions were ordered by the Rohde & Schwarz company for
supply with their army radio sets, although there is mo Robde & Schware name plate inside the cover as
found in other specimens. The green cobour used by Rohde é& Schwarz is of a darker shade than the
NATO Olive drab green used by the German Bundeswelr since 1955. The cower here has seen a fair bit
af wear, both through use, but also because the smooth resin surface of the cover meant that any paint
never adhered really well, an issue found on both these green as well as the silver hammertone versions.

The key is fitted with the standard RFI electronics inside the Bakelite base. The key is in perfect working
condition and comes supplied with a spare genuine Junker rubber (O-ring. The orange cardboard
insulation card inside the Bakelite base is stamped “7? AUG 90’, its manufacturing date (the exact day mot
legible). A spare unpainted original cover can be added for an additional $20.
Accessories Included:

Shown in pictures

Condition of Item:

Very Good Condition

Payments Options:

Direct Deposit

Whelassifieds
bopvkiclassifieds
meta

Postage - Freight:
Estimated Postage:

Buyer Pays
$ 15.50

A Selection

of 160m

From

VKI1TE:

Claude

Antennas

You might find this one page
interesting or useful as a condensed
reminder:
As High as

Practical

httos://toobandhams.com/techpage/6-22-different-wire-antennasfor-the-160-meter-band

CW sn,
735s, Kk
[Thanks Claude - this is a very useful guide, that’s for sure].

NZART Autumn

and Winter Sprints

From Peter VK7KPC
The NZART Autumn

and Winter Sprints are on each Tuesday in April

(Autumn) and August (Winter) 80m-9pm

NZT

8:00pm-8:29pm

8:30pm-9:00pm

NZT) CW only - suggested frequencies: 3520-3550

kHz
NZT) SSB only - suggested frequencies: SSB 3630-

3660 kHz
Exchange

RS(T) and Outside Temperature to the nearest degree. You can

get the temperature from the BOM

website,

put a thermometer outside, or

take the predicted overnight low from the newspaper/radio.
your best estimate.

Once you start, don't change

denote a minus if the temperature
For details:

it.

Failing all that,

On CW use “m” to

is below zero.

httos://www.nzart.org.nz/activities/contests/sprints/

| have competed

previously and my Morse is better now.

[Thanks Peter - this should work nicely with our net].

Morse Training
Nic VK7WW

Net

runs a Slow Morse training net every Wednesday at 7pm

EDST

on 3580 for 30 mins. He uses the callsign of the Northern Tasmania
Amateur Radio Club VK7TAZ on that net.

Many of our team

learned Morse

code with the support of Nic, and the weekly training session comes highly
recommended

for anyone who wants to learn the Code, or simply brush up.

Everyone’s welcome - 3580kKHz at 7pm
Contact Nic VK7WW

Eastern time every Wednesday.

for more info nicholaschantler@hotmail.com - or just

join in on Wednesdays.

A Special

RandomGram

Event for Oceania

From Stan ZL3TK

ream
\

Since RG (RandomGram)
popular among

events began

in October 2023, they have become

CW operators in other parts of the world, especially the US.

The activity hinges on correctly exchanging
An operator’s

log showing the exchanged

one or more 5-letter groups.

groups is checked against a

master list and points awarded for both transmission and reception.
How has RG been received down

under?

RG is pretty much

still unknown.

Most activity in Region 3 has been out of Japan, but typically-poor daytime
HF propagation for the southern

hemisphere

scores for operators in Oceania.

A table showing statistics for the World

compared

has resulted in low point-

with VK and ZL participation can be seen at

https://gsl.net/zl3tk/rg/rg.htm
Could we be doing better?
RG was created by Drew AF2Z.
down
better.

He noticed and commented

on the trend

under and agrees that, given the opportunity, we could be doing a lot
Putting his money where his mouth

is, he has generously offered to

run a trial 2-hour RandomGram

event to suit our down

under conditions,

likely during our early evening hours to optimize propagation across the
region.

The fact cannot be disputed that we need significantly more

operators in southern

Region 3 to make such an event worthwhile.

Setting up an RG event is time-consuming.

Drew responds to every

intending participant by providing a unique list of random,
letter groups.

To make

it worthwhile,

registered, 5-

Drew has asked for a list of at least

20, preferably upwards of 40 operators, who are interested before he
commits to run this proposal.
I've been tasked with collating that list.
subject line ‘Oceania

Please email zi3tk@gsl.net with

RG’ to indicate your interest.

registrations is 1200z on Sunday 28 April 2024.
reached,

The closing date for

When the goal has been

instructions and a date, tentatively mid-May, will be sent.

Scores will be calculated and published after Drew has received your logs
showing the groups sent and received.

Even non-transmitting folk may

participate by logging groups heard.
Comprehensive

information about RG can be found at
https://groups.io/g/RandomGram

All non-WARC

bands can be used, however,

based upon the resounding

success of the weekly VK CQ QRS events, and considering our tight
geographical focus, RG will probably be served best by the 40 m band.
73

de Stan,

ZL3TK

Why

no VK&8s?

From

Claude

zl3tk@qsl.net

VKITE:

Hi Mark,

At one point, you were curious about why we don't hear many VK8 stations,
if any at all. After a quick check on the ACMA callsign registry, here are the
numbers of stations by states, including beacons and repeaters:
VKO:

VK1:

932

Australia

VK2: 3756
VK3: 3753
VK4: 2663
VK5: 1277
VK6:

1277

VKA4

\evaisaaaraae
.
—

VK7: 558
VK8: 141

eee

vk9: 30

_vKs
Ba

Queensland

“a
™

“en

nh
Tasmania

So, while distance might play a part in the situation, the very small number
of operators in VK8 seems to be a significant contributing factor, especially
considering that CW seems to be a marginal

part of overall HAM

activities

in Australia.
Another noticeable aspect of the perceived
in Australia, at least in my observation,

low adherence to amateur radio

is the scarcity of young CW

operators or young

radio amateurs

in general. Could this be attributed to

the omnipresence of easy mobile phone communication,

which might

render amateur radio as outdated and obsolete? If so, it's incumbent upon
us to promote amateur radio vigorously among

the youth to ensure its

survival. One crucial element in achieving this goal is identifying the most
effective incentives to spark their interest and encourage them to take the
first step into the world of amateur radio.
Some

interesting figures:

China appears to have the lowest percentage of radio amateurs.

In 2000,

there was only around 800 licensed operators in a country of over 1.4
billion people, accounting for only about 0.01% of China's total population.
However, the number of registered radio amateurs

in China as of 2024 is

likely to be over 174,000, which represents a significant increase from
number reported in 2000.
In 2000, Japan was by far the highest percentage of radio amateurs,
accounting for around 50% of the total worldwide amateur radio population
with around
estimated

1.3 million licensed radio amateurs, which is about half of the
2.6 million total radio amateurs worldwide.

That represented

approximately 1% of the Japanese population. However more recent data
points to a declining number of registered radio amateurs
2024 figure expected to be around 389,000,

in Japan, with the

rather than 1.3 million. The

global total also appears to be lower than the previously cited 2.6 million
figure.
In comparison,

in 2000 the United States had the second-largest amateur

radio population, with around 679,864 licensed amateurs, which is about
25% of the worldwide total, roughly 0.235% of the total US population.
Based on more research, the number of registered radio amateurs

in the

US as of 2024 is likely to be around 780,000.
Australia has 14,399 amateur call signs registered (including repeaters and
beacons), around 0.06% of the total Australian population.
It appears that North Korea generally does not allow private or civilian
amateur radio operations, and any such activities are extremely rare and
tightly controlled by the government.

Some other countries are noted to

have very restrictive policies and licensing requirements that make it
effectively impossible for the average civilian to participate in amateur
radio, such as:
Eritrea
Vietnam
Singapore
India
WORLD

- Given the

more recent information gathered,

it is reasonable to

expect the worldwide number of registered radio amateurs to be around
1.75 million as of 2024, rather than the often-cited 3 million figure. The
global amateur radio population has been declining in recent years, with
the US being a notable exception.
Overall, the trend and current figures have changed
early 2000.

significantly since

The figures previously provided for Australia are correct and

the most accurate.

Figuring out the current correct statistics is more

challenging than anticipated.
However,

it's a good feeling to see the increasing number of CW operators

Showing

up on the net that you created. Thanks for that.

Hoping that you read this just before bed, in case it helps you sleep.
All the best and

next,

73s,
kK
[Thank you Claude for doing the research and taking the time to write this
article for RagChew - very much appreciated.
numbers...

Interesting to see the

and yes, thank you to everyone who’s been on our net, re-

kindling the fine art of CW for everyone’s enjoyment].

Post Morseum

Get-together

From Richard VK6HRC.
Hello

Mark,

A good turnout for Wednesday

morning's net via the South West Allstar

network - even going international this week!
On this morning

K3BMS

Hank (our self-proclaimed

VK6FN

Max

VK6KD

David /m

VK6QI

Mark

VK6KRC

Bob

Big Manure Spreader from Pennsylvania)

and of course, our shortwave listeners.
We started on time at 06:00 WST and signed off at 07:00 WST to let
another net get going.

We had a very interesting discussion on noise

cancelling devices of various types and costs, some apparently costing as
much

as a decent HF transceiver!

There was also some discussion on how people got on last night - I’m
looking forward to their reports in the next RagChew.
Thank you Mark
73 Richard VK6HRC
[Thanks very much for running the net at 6am in WA every Wednesday
Richard - really appreciated, and I’m sure we'll encourage others to
consider having a go at CW.

Anyone anywhere in the world is
welcome to join our chat (2200z on
Tuesday

which is 6am

Wednesday

in WA) connect to AllStar node
47482 direct if you have an AllStar
node,

via your local repeater if it’s

connected to AllStar, or to VK6RMH
on Echolink].

Update
Hi Mark,

from

Matt VK6XU

at Willetton.

As you know I’ve been unable to get on the net lately - but now | am fine.
did take a long time to get over the post-COVID

brain fog though. All good

now, but do find it hard to get up and motivated.
| have lots of noise at my QTH

and have not managed

to work and sort it

out. Got a second

hand MF] noise canceller but initial tests did not show

any improvements.

| think | need some outside help on working out the

QRM.
All my gear is second

hand too so | also do not know if it is also

School

Really

holidays

now and have a few other things to fix first - pool heater, leaking toilet etc.

Looks like your QRS CW

project has really taken off. The Chinese whispers

looks fun.
Will see if | can sort out my station.
Kind regards, Matt VK6XU

Hi Matt. Great to hear you’re slowly getting better - phew!
Yes | have also got a second

hand MFJ-1026

bought from a friend’s estate;

it just doesn’t work on 80m and 40m, and makes a marginal change on
20m.

I’ve checked all the FETS - they seem to be working as expected,

but

| really need to get mine side-by-side with a known working one to compare
performances using an oscilloscope or spectrum analyser.
Meanwhile

my <$100

Chinese one

modified with the VK5TM

fe) ese

kit’s

balance transformer works like a
charm with just a short horizontal
whip inside my shack as the noise
pick-up.
| recommend

this one as a quick and dirty way of getting on air;

knocks the noise down

from

$9+20db

to around

$3-5,

and

on 80m

it’s often

even

better on 40m.

Is your noise lower on 40m,

now that the net starts there?

Yes the net is going very well - over 160 subscribers to the newsletter now!
Matt’s reply:

I did test mine with a signal generator and oscilloscope but

found that there was not enough

phase adjustment to null the signal.

only a quick and dirty test but | did think there was something

strange with

the high/low button.
Have called lots of people to try get my pool heater re-gassed. No one
wants to do it or even returns calls, very annoying.

Was

| do have noise on 40m
My original antenna
80m.

- not sure how it compares to 80m though.

idea was a shortened G5RV using some coils to get on

| could not get any 450 ohm

antenna.

ladder line so | made an end-fed

| think it is ok. It can tune up to an acceptable SWR.

It’s only 6m

above the ground and stretched between flag poles.
Have not had the chance to test out other HF antennas to see if it improves
the noise. Just think modern

urban houses have problems with noise - a big

shame.
[Thanks Matt - and | look forward to hearing you on the net again - perhaps
with a Chinese copy noise canceller, or even better, the original VK5TM

kit

variety if you have time to build].
Community

Radio

Many readers know already that | do a stint as a volunteer presenter on the
local Community

radio station, YassFM

on Friday afternoons NSW time.

We usually have a number of the CQ
.
oo,
;
QRS team listening-in via the Live

Mark Bosma
SMS: 0418161773
Piseoriiiied arn Vaea FAL

4pm

Live Stream:

Stream on the internet.

1pm until

Weta SRG

NSW time | have a guest, my

mate Dennis who has a Vineyard in
Yass is a great classical music fan -

Neneas

weaww.yassim.oarg

m
yass fix

100.3

and he brings his music to
share from 1pm

until 49m.

And from 4pm

until 59m,

| do the Your Shed

program - things of interest to local rural businesses primarily.
To listen, www.yassfm.org

and click on Listen Live.

Send

me an SMS to say

g'day if you’re listening in.

This Week’s

Topic of Interest

Human
from

Subconscious
Stan ZL3TK

This ismerely a teaser, if you will,
from the amazing

‘Amateur Radio

Courses Project’website where
Walter H. Candler’s wisdom
revealed in its entirety.

This excerpt

looks at one man’s
experienceinvoking the power of our
‘Human

Miracle Subconscious’

This ismerely a teaser, if you will, from the amazing

‘Amateur Radio

Courses Project’website where Walter H. Candler’s wisdom
entirety.

is revealed in its

This excerpt looks at one man’s experienceinvoking the power of

our ‘Human

Miracle Subconscious’

By 1904 Candlerhad

learned the American

Morse code and had worked for

two years as atelegrapher.

He had practiced diligently and felt qualified to

apply fora job as commercial
AtlantaGA.

relay operator in the Western

Union office at

But he lasted less than a day, and had to take a night shift job

astelegraph operator at a small town railroad station instead. He was
deeply hurtand

puzzled.

What was the matter?

What mysterious

ingredient wasmissing from his skill-set?
One night onthe job, quite by accident, he discovered that when

once ina

while he dozedoff at the operating table, he could read the fastest code
coming over thelines to his sounder. Yet when
could catch only aword

he was awake and alert he

here and there.

It was thenthat he began to realize that telegraphy is primarily a mental
process, andthat the so-called ‘sub-conscious mind’ must play a vital part
in it.

Hebegan

experimenting

until he had solved his own problem and

thoroughly masteredthe code, and in time he became
others how to do it,too.

By 1911

he had established his own school in

Chicago to teach ‘TheCandler System’, later moving
Although

qualified to teach
it to Asheville, NC.

hedied on 23 April 1940, his wife, who was already an

experiencedtelegrapher herself when they married

in 1924, continued to

administer thecourse for many years, until it was advertised for the final
time in QST in1959.
The coursemay seem

rather verbose at times, however it is dripping with

litthe gemsthroughout,

so sit down with your computer,

eyeglasses and a

cup tea in preparationfor a long journey through this extraordinary
exposition at
http://www.9himrlorg/ukrae/arc_cd/extra/morse/index.htm

....please let me know so we can share more thoughts and ideas;

to mark.bosma@icloud.com

Brain Teaser
How

did you go?

Jules Perrin JP VK3JFP has created a terrific resource to help guide learning
for all levels of amateur radio licenses:
httos://www.julesworkshop.net/Amateur%20Radio.html!

With thanks to Baz VK6MU

for he idea, and Jules for the good

learning

website, here’s this week’s quiz questions from Jules’ Workshop example
test questions:

What is the formulae to calculate the power if the voltage and current are
known?
The ability of a receiver to distinguish between
frequency is Known
e

readability

stability

selectivity

sensitivity

This block diagram

signals that are close in

represents a:
CONTROL

balanced

LOOP
ee

modulator

VOLTAGE

discriminator
PLL synthesizer
triple conversion
superheterodyne

Frequency

receiver

What is the recommended

maximum

Select

OUTPUT

number of times the callsign of the

station you are calling should be sent?
(a) 1

(b) 3
(c) 10
(d) Does not matter

Answers

next week.

Answers

from

last week’s

Quiz:

How is the value of a resistor displayed?
Answer:

Colour coded

bands

around

For a moving coil meter to measure
components would
e

the resistor.

resistance which additional

have to be used?

battery and diode

resistor and capacitor

capacitor and battery

battery and resistor

Answer:

Battery and resistor

Filter capacitors in power supplies are sometimes connected
e

resonate the filter circuit

in series to:

increase the total capacity

reduce the ripple voltage further

e withstand a greater voltage than a single capacitor
Answer:

Withstand a greater voltage than a single capacitor

An amateur station may be closed down

by an ACMA officer when:

(a) Interference is caused due to faults in the amateur station
(bo) A planning permit has not been obtained for antenna structures
(c) No accurate means of measuring transmitter power is available at the
amateur station
(d) A low pass filter fitted to the output of the transmitter overcomes
overload of nearby equipment
Answer:

(a) Interference is caused due to faults in the amateur station

How did you go?

Di-dah-di-dah-dit
Here

So back to the Slow CW QSO
Next Tuesday’s

go.

practice net.

Net

Our CQ QRS Net will be on as always on Tuesday April 9th from around
0700z until about 1300z;

see below for details.

Doesn’t matter whether you're brand new and want to try just exchanging
callsigns and RST reports, or you're ready for a good old rag chew.

We'll

have fun.
Reports
Please let me know via our Reports form
https://forms.gle/KWNZovWvtemLkdS69

who you work or hear on

Tuesday’s net.
Post

Morsum

Richard VK6HRC

will run our Post Morsum

on the South West AllStar net

(via repeaters and hotspots all over WA) from 0600 WA time.

If you’re in

WA, all you need is an FM 2m or 70cm transceiver and an AllStar node
nearby.

If you’re elsewhere in the world, you may be able to connect your

local AllStar-enabled

repeater to the net, or you can connect via Echolink.

Let me know (mark.bosma@icloud.com)

if | can help with that.

Teamwork
Thank you so much to our team of 17 contributors this week:
ZLATE, VK7KPC,

ZL2GD,

G4RWI, VK6MK,

ZL3TK, VK2GAZ,

VK5A0O, VK5CZ, VK6PZT, VK3BTV, VK6HRC, VK6OXU and VK3JFP.
team.

€U CW on Tuesday,

VK7ZA,

VK4MFX, VKITE,
Thank you

mb
Mark

Bosma

VK2KI / VK6QI
Beautiful South Bowning NSW
mark.bosma@icloud.com
non impediti ratione cogitationis
“Without antennas, amateur radio just wouldn't be the same” - author:

dah-dah dit!

About

the CQ
Here’s

the

QRS

Net

details.

The team will be on again for our usual Tuesday arvo / evening
QSO

Practice

Net.

Frequencies

and Times

VK CQ QRS NET

TUESDAYS

WA Standard Time

pustala
New Zealand

1500

2100

=< SA Summer
Time | 1730 = 2500
|

Eastem Summer Time

1800

2400

NZ Daylight Time

2000

0200

orooz ~ 11002

10007 ~

40m

171007

11002 ~ 13002

7.025 MHz

~ 7.040 MHz

40m

7.025 MHz ~ 7.040 MHz
A pee ASR ASS EA Sere

80m

3.540 MHz ~ 3.570 MHz

80m

3.540 MHz ~ 3.570 MHz

So tune around and call anyone you hear, or find yourself a quiet spot in
the designated segment,

send “QRL?” and if the frequency is quiet, start

calling CQ QRS at about 75% of the speed you're comfortable receiving at;
hopefully responders will match
we’re on 40m

(or send slower to their comfort level).

and you can hear that the band is open outside Australasia,

perhaps consider calling 500Hz above each

1kHz slot - to minimise the

chance of having to copy our team through QRQ
the kHz markers.

QRM

that’s often dead-on

Speed
If you're proficient at CW and can race along at 20 or 30wpm - terrific, but
please remember,

the net’s aim is to encourage,

not show how fast you can

hammer the key.

Please send slowly where you can and concentrate on

rhythm - listen to your side-tone, get that wrist action going and make a
special effort to make

it sound

like perfect CW;

net, the more | understand just how many

the longer we go with our

non-transmitting

listeners we

have - and they will most likely appreciate your QRS!
So, if you’re an experienced operator, please try to send nicely-balanced
slow CW to give them a chance to practice and gain confidence.... they'll
reward you one day by coming up on air to say g’day and thanks - how
good is that?

And if you’re new or like me, rusty.... ignore the above... just

have a go - the lather of sweat will be worth it and there’s plenty of time to
get the details sorted out as you practice.
Matching
And also for the oldies like me, when you hear someone
their sending speed - or slower.

new, please match

The person you’re replying to may not be

as deft on the decoding as you - it may be their first ever CW QSO remember your first?

Lather of sweat, key that refuses to send that you tell

it, brain that refuses to decode those complex letters that were right there
half an hour ago, etc!
PSE

QRS

And if someone

is sending too fast to comfortably copy - “PSE RPT PSE

QRS” or “AGN?

PSE QRS” will make

life easier for everyone.... and might

just encourage other listeners to have a go themselves.

The other thing to

remember - most operators are writing down what they hear... so when you
put it back to them, expect a delay while they read your words of wisdom,
before replying.
Whose

frequency

is this anyway?

The aim is to give everyone a go at
contacting others - no-one owns
their calling frequency on this net.
So unlike working DX, if you hear
someone

signing off - jump in and

call one or other station - doesn’t
matter who was first on the
frequency - we really are all good
mates on this net.... and besides, at
the speed we’re sending, after a
QSO

most of us will have forgotten

who was first!
If you really want to move off frequency (eg because of a spurious switch
mode

power supply signal that’s just drifted into the conversation), you

could try sending an abridged callsign of the person you’re after, followed
by “UP 5” or “DN 5” then K;

then call that person on the designated

frequency and keep your fingers crossed, they may have understood you
and followed... or not.

Landing

Zone

If the band goes really quiet, call and listen on 7032kHz or 3555kHz;
with a “QRL?” check to be sure the frequency isn’t in use.
someone, there’s no need to QSY - enjoy the frequency.
tune around

start

If you catch
But don’t forget to

if it’s quiet - we have lots of operators with crystal locked

transmitters - and they could be anywhere within the segments.

For those

who are locked, or can only transmit outside the segments, send a
message on our WhatsApp CQ QRS - Alerts group advising of your current
frequency.
CW Tips
As always, for newbies, operating suggestions are available from the
operating

hints link here:

https://www.parg.org.au/
files/ugd/ebe236_ 3ca5ca08bb38429db4eee524b
da2f97a.pdf.
There's usually people around until after 1300z - so keep calling until you
catch someone.

| should be on as usual from home

in NSW and via the

Remote at Bedfordale WA, and I'll also be watching the proceedings using
the VK6QS

and Tecsun SDRs in WA and NSW

respectively.

VK2KI / VK6QI

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