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1/2026

Thanks this week to James VK7JZ who set up briefly at Montrose Bay TAS on Tuesday evening.
Weather looks charming.

Reports and

Comments

Post Morsum

Report

iPad

Control of Transceivers

| Use Ultimatic

Bluetoothing

Beefing-Up

Remote

e Xmas

Cheer and

e World

Domino

Telegraph

Morse Training

M32

Collective

e Variable Capacitor
e

2024

Museum

Plate Slots

Net

e VHF/UHF

Summer

Field Day - This Weekend

Siemens

Brothers

Key

Update from Tumut

IC-7300 Tricks?

Navigating

e CW

Net

DX Antenna

Tim VK5AV

Beechworth

CQQRS

Mode
a Morserino

e QRZ?

from Tuesday’s

on Kids & CW

the Al Frontier - Nexus Review

Practice

Prosign

of the Week

Di-dah-di-dah-dit

e About the CQ QRS

Group

So many newsletters like this one start their first edition of the year with
silly words like “welcome to....” etc, implying that something
there’s something
of?

new, perhaps there’s something

has changed,

readers may be wary

Luckily I’m not going to patronise our readers like that!

We have, dare | say it, one of the friendliest gatherings of CW learners and
practitioners this side of the horizontal datum.

Why?

| think it’s because

RSS

we offer a place to come each week for a bit of Morse Code fun and
practice, where you'll find just the nicest of types.
something team

members

So to our 230-

- thank you - brilliant work!

In this week’s edition, we again have a bunch of contributions from 30 of
our members

- every one of which required quite some effort to put

together - thank you on behalf of our readers who enjoy reading what
you've written.

Some

of those who in the past have told me “but | can’t

write...” have discovered that in fact, they can..., and they can actually
enjoy the experience... and others enjoy what they write!

Doesn’t matter

whether it’s a quick sentence or two, or a tomb... our readers enjoy what
our team

members

write.

Good eh?

One thing that has changed this year is the Head Copy section from John
VK2RU;

rather than focusing on head-copy practice, John’s audio

segments

may now be used for hand-copy or head copy, noting that they

now include the punctuation that John would

previously laboriously

manually remove from the Head Copy audio.

This will extend the value of

the training, while making

life much simpler for John.

Well done mate.

Now a serious side - below in Readable Five, I’ve written about a book that
Elizabeth and | have nearly finished reading;
book, Nexus.

contribute to solving the problems ahead?

and thinking ‘it’s a world governments’

(he explains why).

I’m

problem’ isn’t the answer

So if you do have any thoughts, and indeed do get to

work through that amazing
moment,

Harari’s new

And I’ve asked for your help - how can we, as a cross-section

of the community,
stumped,

Yuval Noah

book, I’m keen to hear from you.

all | can do is recommend

At the

the book to others in the hope that that

continues, and eventually there’s enough

brain-power put to the task.

Back to the present - please enjoy the RagChew

newsletter below, and |

hope the year ahead.
Website
If you'd like to find out a bit about our net, or would like to pass information
to others about our Tuesday get-togethers,

here’s the link to our website.

bit.ly/COORSWebsite
So here we go - please enjoy the newsletter.
Cheers,
mb
Mark

Bosma

VK2KI / VK6QI
Beautiful South Bowning
cagrsnet@gmail.com

NSW

non impediti ratione cogitationis

Reports
Here’s

& Comments
this week’s

reports.

Last Tuesday’s

Group

Here’s the 65 stations reported by 42 members
CQQRS Team
Member

cQ
Worked

qQso1
20m

Worked 40m

Heard 40m
Heard on air
Heard on air
Heard on air

Worked 20m
Heard 20m
Tried 20m
Worked 40m

Heard 40m
Worked 80m
Heard 80m
Worked 40m

Heard 40m
Heard 80m
Heard 40m

Worked 40m
Worked 40m
Heard 40m
Tried 40m
Worked 80m
Heard on air
Heard 40m
Heard on air
Worked 20m
Heard 20m
Worked 40m
Heard 40m
Worked 40m
Heard 40m
Worked 40m
Heard 40m
Heard on air
Heard on air
Heard on air

Worked 40m
Worked 40m
Heard 40m
Tried 40m
Heard on air

Worked 40m
Heard 40m
Heard 80m
Heard on air
Heard on air
Heard on air

Worked 40m

Heard on air
Heard on air
Worked 40m
Heard 40m
Worked 80m

Qso2

Qso 3

Qso4

of our team on Tuesday:

qso5

Qso6

Qso7

Qso8

VK6IS

Heard on air
Heard 40m
Heard 40m
Tried 40m
Worked 40m
Worked 40m
Heard 40m
Worked 80m
Worked 40m
Heard 40m
Worked

20m

Worked 40m
Worked 80m
Heard 40m
Worked 40m
Worked 40m
Heard 40m
Worked 40m
Heard 40m
Heard on air
Heard on air
Heard on air

The spreadsheets above show the known stations on last Tuesday’s Group;
the comments

in the team

members’

reports (submitted via our webform

bit.ly/CQOORSNET ) follow:
Comments:
This week’s comments from our members
the clever software built by Nigel G4RWI
Patrick VK2IOW;

have been compiled for us by
and the layout perfected by

thanks Nigel & Patrick.

From Nigel VK/G4RWI at Oxley, nr Brisbane
[40m]
Naiara

lietanin«a

than

winrlrinn

atl

Wawar

aniosrohia

AVANING

IVIVIG HOIGIINIY Wiall WUInIy, VULa Voly GIyVyauic GvoIry.
Chanced my arm on 20m to see if | could hear my countrymen,
but no joy. My CW seemed better, which | attribute to Gin &
Tonic. Seems to work better than red wine.

From Jordan VK3ACU at Meredith
[40m]

After reading the reminder about QRS Night and seeing
there might be fewer stations on air (including myself), |
decided it was time for a bit of a CW session. | ended
up making 15 contacts during the evening, plus another
5-6 earlier in the day.
| strung about 10 metres of wire into the tree that holds my hammock — now officially
named the “Hammocktenna” — and

it worked brilliantly with the KH1 on 40, 30, 17

and 15 metres. Band conditions were fantastic! | had two contacts on 80 metres
before my battery finally gave up during my last QSO with Mark, VK2KI — sorry
mate!
Happy New Year to everyone. Great to see some new members on air too!

From

Chris G7BED

at Northampton,

England

[20m]
Conditions started poorly, but improved as the hour progressed. Plenty of non-OC
stations called despite my CQ OC de G7BED, but that's life and | didn't mind. | hada
wonderful QSO with JJ1VEZ before VK opened up, he was booming into the UK. VK
stations were barely readable, but with the help of the Ironstone SDR, | managed to
pull a few out of the noise. ZL3XDJ (Brian) was spotted on RBN landing into LZ on

40m, so | had a quick look and he was also readable
in the UK. | didn't stop to work him as he was mid-

QSO and | didn't want to lose my CQ frequency. All
cee

ee ee

LILY

In all,

a VETY

CIYOYAVIE

SESSION.

INanKs

lO dll ne

guys for their patience whilst | tuned in my everfailing ears :-) ... Wishing you all a very Happy New
Year and look forward to working you in 2026.
Thanks, 73 de G7BED

From Jeff WB2GDZ at Florida, USA (using VK6SR remote)
[40m]
understanding that | was in Florida but operating
mj

through the VK6SR remote therefore using the

== call VK6/WB2GDZ

From Tim VK5AV

at Mount Gambier

[40m]

Running about 30W. My antenna is an end
fed wire not all that high, sloping form about
4M up to about 7M at the end. Noise was low

at this QTH which made for a good night. All
stations worked were heard well, with a bit of

QSB towards the end of the session.
Hope to be able to join more Nets. Thanks for
the welcome.

From Wayne VK6NW at Bridgetown, which is always warmer and dryer than
Manjimup

[40m]

40m was in great condition later on with eastern stations
booming in to the west side of the island.

From Jim Semmens VK7JZ by the water @ Montrose Bay (Hobart)
[40m]
After two weeks absence | was really pleased to be
back.

In my quest for finding a 'good spot' this week |

set up on the shores of Montrose Bay where the
MyState Bank Arena is situated. My noise floor was
S3-S4 which was so much

better than my QTH,

but

also had wide open flat ground so could go with any
antenna | like. This time | went with the portable
vertical.
| could hear a few stations this week but the conditions did seem to come and go.
First | had really nice QSO with Ron VK7ME, comfortable speed, and a signal that
was booming in.

| am expecting we were direct wave as Ron was only in the hills

behind me in Hobart. | realise now | forgot to turn my power down so hope |did not
light up his screen too wide and too bright.
Then a QSO with Paul VK3KLE where the fade was starting to pick up, | missed his
call sign the first time, perhaps it was more fade in my brain than the conditions.
Finally a QSO with Abhay VK1AM and then | knew the fade was both conditions and
my brain combined as | had to ask for some overs to be sent twice and a bit slower.
Abhay was gracious happily re-sending, this was (in my measure) my best contact
for the night as | was pulling characters from close to the noise floor that a few weeks
ago | would not have bothered attempting as it would have been beyond my

concentration capacity.
In the end, Tasmania did what Tasmania does and it started bucketing rain.

All of my

packup was in the rain, | protected my radio, but packing up the antenna and

associated gear meant | returned to the car a bit like last weeks flushed cat.
A good night, hope to hear you all next week, think | will try the same spot again.

From Richard VK6PZT at Dalyellup WA
[20m]
Not much luck with long path to our DX team again,

even

with a 20m two squid pole parasitic array pointing via ZL to
Europe.
| could hear them via SDR in VK5 and ZL but i
guess there was too much noise and attenuation to get thru
to VK6.

However, turning the array around at 10pm local

time | found | was getting into Europe easily. With 4 contacts
including Croatia and the Swiss. All signal reports were 5-7
= S points but | suspect the actual figure was SS....

Small lawn, big antenna

| founda

= new method of adding longer radials to my system, so this
= may also have helped.

eT ere

ene

From Manny VK3DRQ at Blackburn
[20m]
| try listening for OM Chris at about 0800Z. | noticed

he was calling CQ Oceania, gave him a couple of
calls but no answer.
Went to the NZ Net and came back at 0840Z when
Chris was a bit better, RSN 322. Gave him acall and

we had a nice QSO. Thanks for that OM Chris.

‘

OM Edi was nowhere to be seen.

[40m]
This was a very busy and enjoyable night for the end of this old year 2025.
VAln

chaiild

thantl

all

thana

ORMNe

fans

VVI

utha

havin

anlilaharatad

wunith

COORDS

WVG

O1FIVUlU

LICGIIN

WiNvoe

VWIVId

[aly

ATROF)

WHY

1IAVOo

VUNQWUICGLOGU

VVILIT

Wri

Group during 2025.
And Special THANK YOU to those who, behind the scenes, made it possible for us
all to receive week after week so much information.
THANK YOU GUYS

FOR AWELL DONE JOB.

To all... Happy and healthy 2026.
73&77

From your editor Mark VK2KI at Beautiful South Bowning NSW
[15m]

g Nothing heard from Edi DO2EMR this week.
[20m]
| blame Daylight Saving!

For the second time this month | was

hot to trot on 20m, waiting for Chris G7BED

14042kHz.

to come

up on

Very quiet, so after about half an hour | flashed him

a WhatsApp message. Yup - Wheetabix time - getting ready to
go.... but | was an hour early! So again, | was there at 0700z instead of 0800z! Brain
the size of a planet sometimes :)
So instead | had a quick chat to Richard VK6PZT at Dalyellup who was RSN 511
using his two element half wave vertical Yagi (end-fed half wave fed 2m off the
ground, with a parasitic reflector behind).
Anyway, when the planets finally aligned, Chris was coming through RSN 411, and |
listened to him chatting to David ZL/VK3DBD at Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands.

| tried

calling Chris when they finished, but there was a bit of a pile-up, so | missed out this
time.

[40m]
| got on 40m right at the kick-off this week - and was pleased to chat to Jordan

VK3ACU at Meredith using his Elecraft KH1 and his Hammocktenna.

Good to hear

that Jordan's crushed foot was slowly getting better... but operating from his
hammock sounded like a good idea anyway.
When Jordan hobbled away to dinner, | was called by a new station for the net Helen VK3RY at Ballarat;

Helen's 50W was very strong here.

Later | hooked up with John VK2RU portable at Blowering Dam near Tumut using his
QCX+ for the first time in anger;

sounded good.

John was followed by Nigel VK/

G4RWI with his massive 5W from his IC-705 from Brisbane.

Nigel reported that the

weather had settled down to a pleasant 26 degrees at last.
Elizabeth and | disappeared for neighbour dog and chicken servicing then a nice
dinner.

When

| returned | had a nice chat with our new team member, Tim VK5AV

Mount Gambier - who seemed to be having a great time.
| heard several others, including Greg VK5KFG - but with an early start volunteering
at FoodCare the next day, | gave it away early this week.
[80m]
Around 1020z | saw that Jordan VK3ACU

had posted on WhatsApp, so | tuned up on

80m for a chat. Jordan's 5W was a decent RSN 572 to me. A while later | heard
Peter VK6IS calling CQ but he was very weak here. What fun.

Also from your editor Mark VK6QI at Beautiful South Bowning NSW via the VK6SEG
KiwiSDR near Northam WA.
[15m]

Nothing at all heard from Edi DO2EMR; he posted on
Mike's web page that he was on air - but his signal
didn't make it to this side this week.
[40m]
When listening to Tim VK5AV and myself on the
Hoddys Well KiwiSDR, the geomagnetic storm and

auroral conditions were having an interesting effect.

The signals had a very rapid

and deep flutter - making the CW sound more like a growl than a tone. There wasn't
much sign of auroral buzz on the waterfall at that time though.

From Allen VK5FD

at Blakeview
[40m]

On 40m fewer stations heard and low in signal
strength. Only one side of QSOs heard. | managed
to contact Manny VK3DRQ despite QSB. Happy
new year to the group.

From Peter VK6NQL at Wundowie
[40m]
Most stations that were there were fairly weak.
[80m]
The bands have been fairly quiet around here, maybe not so much
where you are?

From

Daniel VK6WE

at Cottesloe

[40m]

Unfortunately the band was silent, | only heard one signal
while | was active. Happy New Year to all!

From Richard VK6HRC at Padbury
[40m]
Or\nhs

lanal

etatinne

haard

oat

firet

nannelitinne

imnrniad
aac

Wily

Wal

OLAV

MGaIU

GAL

THIOL,

VYULIUNIVITS

HlVivvou

started hearing the Eastern states.
[80m]

After chatting to Peter VK6NQL on 80m called for a while
but no more contacts in the log.

From John VK2RU at Blowering Dam, NSW
vie

= By

[40m]

y“Wagga Wagga
‘

y
Canberra

“©
.

;
;
My first QSO with my QCX+ and a 40m inverted V
EFHW went OK. Mark says it sounded good but |

lost him with QSB. Later | fired up the IC 7300 with

the 1/4 wave vertical and had two good contacts

with Manny and Paul. Later | changed to the Codan 9350 auto-tune antenna and
found Sava coming in strong from Brisbane, but he reported very bad noise at his
end. A good night on the edge of Blowering Dam.

From Ron VK7ME at Hobart
[40m]
| had a quick chat with Jim VK7JZ on 40m and used

the opportunity to test out my shiny new QRP QMX
transceiver that arrived just before Christmas. Talk
about timing! Not really a proper test as Jim lives
500m away as the crow flies. I'll need to spend a bit
more time on it and get some longer distance

contacts. | also had a short QSO with James VK3JFR
on Boxing Day while spending Christmas with the

Mathinna, NE Tasmania

rellies in Mathinna, North East Tasmania using my 705.

From Sava VK4PN at Mount Ommaney Brisbane
[40m]
On grand-kids duty again so did not get on air until after 9:30. Not much on the band

this late so just called a few CQs and to my surprise | managed two lengthy QSOs in
quick succession.

Conditions appeared to be quite good, my noise was way down

for the first time in months.

Despite this | couldn’t see much activity on Ironside SDR

so moved to 80m.
[80m]
Exch

| T

Probably

lato

iar

anything as | couldn't
s see much activity on
lronside, regardless |
kept calling CW and
=
we

finally was rewarded by
2 QSO with VK2NA.

#=t—=

He was RSN 477 but to
my surprise he gave me

599 in return.
10W.

| was even more surprised when Dave told me he was running only

Out of curiosity | logged on VK6QS SDR and could see my carrier but no other

signals.

As the conditions were reasonable on 80m | had a quick check on 160m as

well — no activity but | could see my trace at Ironside and just detect FT8 traffic at
1840 kHz.

The attached snippet of Ironside waterfall shows my faint signal at 3550

kHz and a very empty CW section around a buzzing FT8 at 3573 kHz.

All the FT8

signals were DX (worked a few of them a bit later), so propagation on 80m is very
good later at night. | am really puzzled why so few QRS net members ever venture
to 80m any more.

Reporting
After next Tuesday’s Group, please remember to send me a list of who you
worked and / or who you heard using our web form here:

bit.

ly/CQORSNET

Even if you didn’t hear anyone, we’d still like to Know that you had a go.
And to make your report more interesting, please consider sending a
photo to be attached.

If you have a photo (compressed

if possible) that

you'd be happy to include, please email it to:
cagrsnet@gmail.com
So, please help attract new and old team members to have a go by
submitting your report each week.

Submissions close 1300 (Eastern

Australian Summer time) on Thursdays.

AVAVAVAVAYAYAYAY
TAT AV AV AV AV
AY,
POST MORSUM

31st December

From Richard VK6HRC.

Seven on the South West repeater and AllStar / Echolink hub this morning.
VK6FN

Max

VK6QI]_
VK5AV
VK6KD

Mark
Tim
David

VK6NW

= Wayne

VK6MBB

Mulligan swl.

VK6HRC

WE
~

*
*

Max managed to get on and had a contact on 40 m and then went into listening
mode and enjoyed following along.
Mark listened out on 15 m for Edi DO2EMR

but nothing heard unfortunately,

worked VK6PZT on 20 m and heard Chris G7BED. Worked five on 40 m heard
four, worked Jordan VK3ACU

on 80 m and heard Peter VK6IS. Mark also had a

contact with Helen VKSRY first time on the net, hopefully a regular in future.
Tim first time on the net enjoyed 40 m and got eight in the log, enjoyed the

contact with Matt VK3PP.

David was not on as he had a social event which kept him away but is looking
forward to getting back on early next year.
Wayne had six contacts on 40 m tried 80 m later on but nothing heard. He also
commented on the interesting conditions on 40 m caused by latest solar storm.

| got three on 40 m and one on 80 m, only local stations heard at first but started
hearing the Eastern states as conditions improved.
A big thank you to all on last night and this morning, wishing you a happy and
healthy New Year all the very best.
73
Richard.

This Week’s

Topics

Interest
iPad

Remote
Waterfall

Control
and

of Transceivers

no-latency CW

by Andrew

keying

VK1DA

from the VK1 SOTA Group Reflector

| have experimented with a remote control app from ham-radio-apps.com for l|OS
devices (Apple MAC, iPad or iPhone) written by Markus Roskosh DL8MRE.
—

Ine ihad version tor Icom Is capable of remotely controlling the radios tnat nave an
Ethernet or wifi connection, my radio is a ic7610 and other options are shown on the
website. They also show remote control apps for Yaesu and Kenwood as well as
general coverage receivers.
| don’t know whether this app
will remotely controlling the
1IC7300 mk1, but an
announcement says it has
been set up to interface with
the mk2 version of the 7300
as that radio has an Ethernet
Aveiebie for all maior

FlexRedio

ICOM

Brands

port

([BSESRMB KENWOOD Geveceart

you

can

connect directly

your shack router or hub.

| had some contacts yesterday on 40m via the iPad, one of them was while
connected to the internet via my phone. There seemed to be no problem of delays or
distortion. As the audio channel is digitised there should be no distortion introduced
by connecting via internet. | had contacts on SSB and CW on 40 and 80m.
The app costs $77 or so, which is much more than some other options. But for the
convenience of being able to remote into your home station using an iPad you
probably had with you anyway, it is half way between the cost of icom’s RSBA1 and
the free Wfview. | don’t often pay for apps so this makes up for it. The user interface
is stunning. And it caters for CW with a decoder and keyboard sending, includes ft8
and RTTY and SSTV etc.
As discussed in previous RagChew newsletters, the other app I’ve used is WF View,
also connects similarly but for the 7300 you’d need a local computer which can

connect to the radio via the USB socket. One local | know of uses a raspberry Pi for

that purpose. In that case you can install the windows version of wfview on your
remote pc or laptop, or the Linux version on whatever hardware you like. Or the Mac
version on a Mac.

As discussed, WFVIEW

suffers from latency delay on CW, making

keying almost impossible unless you use a keyboard.

If you are interested in remote control, to access your home station when not at
home (or in the lounge or dining room), you might find this interesting.

Andrew VK1DA

Ulitimatic

Mode

The Art of Not Over-Thinking
by Ross

Perhaps?

MONNK

| Use Ultimatic!
From Ross MONNK
I snent mv first four months

of Morse

entirely on convina

nractice. as that was the

ner ee

emer

cen

nen ee

een

eee

Meee

eee

per ee

eee

recommended way. In that time of tedious practicing, | had plenty of opportunity to
think about how | would be going about my sending.
Morse sending hardware evolved over time, as you would expect of any cutting-edge
tech. The early days of straight keys, cooties and sideswipers gave way to bugs and
automation once the waste of human talent due to "glass arm" (or telegrapher's
paralysis, now known as Repetitive Strain Injury RSI) was recognised.
The apotheosis of manual sending arrived with the double paddle and "squeeze

modes", reducing hand and arm movements to trivial levels whilst increasing speed
considerably. Not only that, they look strange - more like alien tech than human
mechanicals.

Despite being a Morse operator, | really do like modern tech, so that had to be the

way for me.
With the Koch character set under my belt (albeit at only 8 wpm), | started my paddle
sending practice the way everyone else does - with lambic A.

Oh dear, that didn't go at all well.
| just couldn't get my head round that lambic dit-dah-dit. | tried lambic B, but it was
essentially the same. Would | have to give up with the double paddle?

“

My wife regards my biggest fault (naturally, | have many) as "thinking too much". But,
in this case, | put my thinking cap on and decided to try Ultimatic mode. To my mind,
it seemed so much more logical than the lambic modes - dits are always done with
your thumb and dahs are always done with your index finger. And the proof of the
pudding was in the eating - | took to it like the proverbial duck to water.

Things didn't go entirely smoothly though - | always had difficulty with the letter C, the
full stop, and the prosign . These are exactly the dit-dah-dit combinations that

the lambic modes excel at! Fortunately, a wise old ex-RN telegraphist advised me to
try a single paddle (one that repeats dits when held one way and repeats dahs when
held the other - so, like Ultimatic but without the squeezing).

This was a great idea and my error rate dropped markedly due to fewer mental
gymnastics.
Much later (relatively recently, in fact), | decided to have another go at Ultimatic on
the double paddle. This time, though, | had done some more of that dangerous
thinking. My plan was to use the single paddle technique for those pesky dit-dah-dit
characters. In other words, | would rock my hand from side to side for those, rather

than squeeze them. Bingo! It worked. So now, although | say that | use Ultimatic
mode with my double paddle, I'm really using a somewhat hybrid technique.
| have this sneaking feeling that many operators of double paddles don’t use any
squeeze mode - they use their double paddle as a single paddle. Not that it matters whatever works for you is the best technique. And nobody else will know (nor care)

anyway.

Hopefully you'll understand now why it drives me
crackers when people refer to the double paddle
as an lambic paddle. It certainly can be an
lambic paddle but it is not solely thus - it can also
be an Ultimatic paddle, or even used as a single
paddle if you forgo the squeezing. After much
arm-twisting by that editor of ours, I've agreed to
a follow up article about the differences between
Ultimatic and the other paddle modes.
In summary, and you have been warned, if
anyone accuses me of having an lambic paddle,
i's “pistols at dawn”!

If you have an article or two that you think might be of interest to our
readers, please let me know so we can Share more thoughts and ideas;

for

guidance on writing for RagChew,

see Articles below.

material to Mark VK2KI:

Please email

caqrsnet@gmail.com

Bluetoothing
From

a Morserino

M32

lan VKLHF

| made this for people with a m32

pocket

morserino to

see how much they could do with it. Ross suggested to share it with you as
it might be of interest for our newsletter.

Here itis:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1Awazi9dgnc&si=3edMNtiquiWlik-r
Cheers,

lan
e : lan.vklhf@gqmail.com

M32 Pocket Morserino with VBand and Veil Morse repeater

Beefing-Up my DX Antenna.
From Richard VK6PZT

I Mave

Mad

SUCCESS

WIUI

all

OU"

TOM

NUOMNZOUTILAl

UlIPVIE

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IUCdI

COTILACLS

alld

20-10m vertical end fed dipole for DX to the Eastern States and USA.
The 20m vertical end fed dipole has a great low angle radiation pattern when fed
about 2m above ground. It’s easy to build, just 10m of wire up a 12m squid pole, fed
with a 64:1 UNUN. Radials are not required, just a counterpoise around 1-2m long.
Hence, it makes a great DX antenna for a back yard like mine with limited space.
Mine is located in the center of a small 5x3m lawn. | use a 65mm plastic pipe with
end caps to protect the squid pole when not in use, and this supports the bottom of

the mast when in place.

The whole assembly then slots into a larger 80mm

Poly pipe

sunk about 35cm into the center of the lawn. And for me it has worked well working

VK 1-7, ZL and USA.
Although radials are not required, the addition of around 20
radials did improve performance a little and allowed the same setup to be used as a

quarter wave vertical for 40 -10m with a 1:1 BALUN.

al yrath

small lawn big antenna

Ty ond A

pie

ck S

center 80mm pvc pipe with ground rod and about
20 radials all under a small retic box
12:53pm

60mm cut sleeve 15cm long is adjustable and
helps stabalize inside the 80mm pipe
4:06pm

elements for reflector driven and director
uns and a 1:1 for ground plane config

However, after many failed attempts to contact our

DX team in the UK and Germany | have decided to
beef it up a bit; Santa delivered a second 12m
squid pole this Xmas.

64:1 un
4:03pm

So with some extra 30cm lengths of 80mm polypipe
sunk into the ground around the perimeter of the
lawn, | can now use the second pole as a reflector
with a wire element 5% longer than the driven
element. To steer the array, | simply move the
reflector from one side of the lawn to another. |
have about 8 choices of reflector positions with
long- and short- paths to Europe, USA and VK4 -3and ZL.
This Tuesday's DX experiment was again

OHO

DX team all the way to VK6. However, later the

unsuccessful with way too much noise to hear OUr _

same evening 1430-16002, 2200-0000 local WA

vse

multiple 8omm pipe for placement of reflector /

time, the antenna came alive with short-path contacts to Europe, with excellent

reports of 539, 559 and one 579. Avery promising result for this 2-element end-fed
vertical Yagi.
The next step is to add a director and

then learn how to tune the 2 or 3

elements to maximize gain or front-toback ratio.

73 Richard VK6PZT

—

._
=

ots

dissapears into the ground when

not in use !!

2:58 pm

lawn back in wife mode

3:57 pm

Click here for a short video.

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think might be of interest to our readers, please let Mark VK2KI know;
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see Articles below.

QRZ?
Who’s
Tim

VK5AV

from

Mount

calling

me?

Who’s

on the other end?

Gambier
RUSTRALIA
nis) f'CQ 30 | QFOIE

Hi Mark and thanks for the welcome.

I’ve been doing CW for some time now, although not to the level | would
like.
Consitency with practice is probably my downfall. | handle quick exchanges
like SOTA and Parks easily, but I’m not much

of a rag-chewer yet.

| am aSKCC

member and look forward each year to SKM

| listened around on last Tuesday,
near the end

as | had

visitors.

in January.

but could not get into the shack until

| did hear a few QSOs

for about

30 minutes

at the end.

Regards,
Tim VK5AV
[Thanks Tim and welcome;

| look forward to hearing you.

Hopefully you'll

quickly start to enjoy longer chats with the team - no hurry of course please enjoy!]

QRZ?
From

Who’s

the

other

your editor Mark VK2KI

end?
/ VK6QI

Key to the success of our net is helping to make
people enjoy returning to each week.

it a get-together that

But when you're on the key, it’s

really hard to find out a bit more about the person you’re chatting to.
So I’m really keen to share the backgrounds of some of our team
- it’s really nice to know who’s on the other end of the QSO.

members

How did they

come to amateur radio and when, and what on earth was the motivator
that got them
planned?

interested in CW?

How’s the journey been so far, and what’s

Perhaps, what they get out of the net and the newsletter, and

how it can be made

better?

So, would you be willing to share some thoughts about yourself? Please let
me (Mark VK2KI) Know: cqgrsnet@gmail.com For guidance on writing for
RagChew,

see Articles below.

Other

News

Other things we’ve received from our 230-plus
readers.

Xmas

Cheer

From John VK5ET
I’d like to pass on my best wishes to the QRS operators / listeners for
Christmas & the New Year.

| look forward to hearing from our members

the New Year.
Tnx again - catch you in 2026

...@

73, John VK5ET

World

Domino

Collective

2024

From Jeff WB2GDZ
| have never in my life seen something

like this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=gjiqgMEOm-l7c

;

900,000 DOMINOES - World Domino Collective 2024

Beechworth

Telegraph

Museum

From Wayne VK6NW

ee. ae

Keeping It Alive | A Morse Code Documentary

Click above

And

more,

Mal - VK8MT VK6MT Good

to view.

thanks to Mal VK8MT

re 5

and

David

Morse code lovers and navy
trainers persist with skill others
deem a dying art

VK3RU:

Even

as digital

technology

continues to evolve,

Click to read

"Morsecodians"

—->

®&

Variable Capacitor
Ever wondered

aim

to preserve

the

world.

abc.net.au

Plate Slots

why some variable capacitors have slots cut | n the outer

plates?

Why The Cuts In The Capacitor Plates? Here's Why With Circuit Examples!
Thanks

to Will VK6UU

and the WAHAMS

Morse Training
Our team

member

every Wednesday

reflector for this one.

Net
Nic VK7WW

at 7pm

runs an on-air Slow

Morse

Many of our team

learned Morse code with the

Support of Nic, and the weekly training session
ramac

hinhhs

tra ining

net

EDST on 3580 for 30 mins. He uses the callsign

of the Northern Tasmania Amateur Radio Club VK7TAZ

rarnmnmmannAad

far

anvinnoa

\athna

once-essential way to communicate
across

on that net.

LVUILTICOS

Plnyiniry

ICLUVILIIPICPIUcCcUu

Gailryvlile

WVIIIVW

wants to learn the Code, or simply brush up.
Everyone’s welcome - 3580kKHz at 7pm
time every Wednesday;
CQQRS

Eastern

a aahi

Learn Morse Code - Slow Morse

you'll hear lots of the

team on that net.

Jordan VK3ACU

eat
Lee

has

CIENCIA

recorded the complete set of lessons which you
can

now

find here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?
list=PLHSOmZz6fBXO/7swAfbTmutrbbEL1
7fUQL
Contact Nic VK7WW

for more info nicholaschantler@hotmail.com

how to join the NTARC

DISCORD

including

group to follow the action, or just come

along and join in on Wednesdays.

VHF/UHF
From

Summer

Andrew

VKIDA

Field Day
via the VK1

SOTA

Reflector

On Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th
the WIA VHF/UHF

Summer field

day is on.

All bands from 50 MHz

upwards.

A number of locals in

VK1 have plans to operate from
Mt Ginini, Snow Gum
Cowangerong

Mtn, Mt

and Mt Coree.

Repeat contacts after 2 hours on
each band and both phone and
CW are legit. Event starts at 12
noon Saturday (Eastern Australian
Summer Time) and runs for 24
hours.

Just add a serial number to

the usual report.
Hoping for increased CW activity
in these events.

73
Andrew VK1DA

Siemens

Brothers

From Chris VK3KIH

Key

at Forest Hill

This is the key | used on the 30th. It was made
apparently in the 1880s.
Looking the dings it has received
reminds me of how when

as a

child | used it as a hammer!!!
lt came via my father who always
wanted

to be a ham

but never

did... family etc.
But | still have his key and his

by Siemens

Brothers

copy of the 1957 ARRL handbook.
He worked
WWII

before and during

maintaining telegraph

circuits across northern
Queensland.

It must have been a

bit

tough as he never talked about it save the odd comment
visited some

remote location mentioned

of how he had

on the news.

Regards
Chris VK3KIH

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on Kids and

From

Patrick VK2IOW

and Nigel G4RWI

| went on Vband

a few days ago;

| find it good for straight key practice.

had a nice QSO with a high school teacher from Wick, in far north Scotland.
Chris MMOWIC

teaches computer science at Wick High School.

The school started their own amateur radio club about three years ago the callsign is GMOWHS
kids think CW

and they are listed on ORZ.com.

Chris said the

is cool and they were the ones who got him on Vband.

Probably not many schools in Australia have radio clubs any more.
Actually | think there is one college near Melbourne that I'm aware of.
Well it's what | understood from Chris, the high school teacher.
Patrick
VK2IOW

If you're interested, Chris did a presentation at the RSGB

convention.

in the

second

Nigel

G4RWI

half of this video:

Mi YOTA and schools

Inspiring the next generation
Rhys Williams, MOWGY / AJ6XD and
Chris Aitken, MMOWIC

He is

A
V

RSGB 2024
Convention

SGB 2024 Convention: YOTA and schools - inspiring the next generation

Update

from Tumut

From John VK2RU
Hello Mark
We're still at Blowering
Blowing Dam.

Dam, although last night it would be better named

Big wind coming through with the storms causing a bit of

mayhem.
The photo with the Chev shows all
the antennas up. On the bullbar is
a 7m squid pole supporting the
EFHW.

| was stuck for something

to attach the far end of the wire to
so it ended

up being an offset

inverted V. On the front of the van
is a L1Om squid pole with 1/4 wave
wires. And just to the left of that is
the Codan 9350 autotune antenna

which has been getting a bit of

work lately. The Codan 9350

B eyo

works well with the IC7300, all

|
a

you have to do Is join up a couple
of wires and it's good to go.
| get plenty of questions about
the antennas. The best one so far was whether they were for Optus or
Telstra.

The

EFHW

transformer

is the

Richard VK6PZT design.
Double 18x10x6

(Jaycar LO 1230)

toroids with 3 primary turns and
20 secondary using the Holmans
retic wire from Bunnings.
The

SWR

QCX+

is about

and the QMX+

work ok with that.

73
John

1.7, but the
seem

IC-7300 Tricks
From John VK2RU
Jordan's advice below on Tuesday night re the IC 7300 CW Synchronous
Tuning

makes

me wonder what else I'm missing. It looks like there's a few

of us here using the 7300 and it would

be interesting to see what settings

are being used.

“T-

1 Jordan VKZACU

Someone | think is calling you a bit higher James your on 7021.93 ;

lf your running the 7300 turn on CW SSB Synchronous Tuning in the features
menu

18:01

ue
1 Jordan VK3ACU
ae
aida

ere

ery

ete

ira) eel

Cerenk

ume yt )

That might help you out

18:02

1 Mark VK2KI
1 Jordan VK3ACU
oi

IT YOUr TUNING

The

/SU0

TUM

On CW

SSB

Synchronous

|uning in the teatures

What does that do Jordan?

18:09

1 Jordan VK3ACU

automatically shifts the frequency to match the CW pitch 18:09

kt!
1 Peter VK6IS

an CW offset 18-10
1 Jordan VK3ACU

TEP

18:10

1 Peter VK6IS

Nice Feature 12-17
1 Jordan VK3ACU

Very handy. 18-11

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Readable

Five

What have you been reading lately?

Compiled

Navigating

on the track somewhere

the AI Frontier:

by John VK2RU

Insights from Yuval

Harari's Nexus
From

Mark VK2KI

/ VK6QI

Yuval Noah Harari is a historian who has written a number

of books, including his 2011 best-seller Sapiens - A Brief
History of Humankind.

|n his new book Nexus - A Brief

History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to Al,

Noah

Harari delves into the transformative power of artificial
intelligence (Al) and its profound implications for human
society.

Why?
So what has this to do with QRS CW, and why on earth am |

telling you this?

| think this is one of the most important books of our time;
Harari has a pragmatic writing style and Nexus is no
lightweight read, but his book provides a deep insight into
what is likely to change the course of human history - and not necessarily in a
positive direction. The writing is structured nicely and definitely isn't boring, but it's
still fairly voluminous - what he describes needs to be explained carefully to people
like me, and he does a great job as a mentor. The book is very difficult to put down.
But the Why Still Isn't Clear
So members

of our team of 230+ readers are from different walks of life.

Hopefully,

on their own or in response to my niggling, at least some of our team have had a bit
of a play with some of the new Al tools and chatbots (computer programs that
simulate plain language interaction) and may now be ready to learn why people are
so concerned - it's not (just) about job loss or employment change.
In particular, | think that a broad population-wide effort is needed to sort out how to
best manage this new revolution and its consequences. ‘The Governments’ - in
whatever form and whatever locations aren't going to get it sorted on their own. In
my opinion, States can be pretty poor at dealing together with common threats;
humans from different places, and systems of belief seem better at fighting each
other than understanding, cooperating and working together.
impact
Harari’s exploration is insightful and cautionary, shedding light on the capabilities of
modern Al systems and the cascade effects on governance, social structures, and
human autonomy. For the first time in history, Al algorithms can learn and re-write
themselves on their own — evolving beyond both the comprehension and the control
of their human creators. Unlike traditional software, which operates within defined
parameters set by programmers, these advanced systems can adapt, optimise, and
generate solutions in ways that are invisible to the experts who designed them. That

ability raises concerns about predictability, accountability, and the potential for
unintended consequences.
Harari has deep concern about this technological leap, in particular the erosion of

‘human agency' (the capacity of humans to make their own choices, take actions, and
influence the world around them according to their own volition) in decision-making.
Al systems already outperform humans in many areas; there is a risk that critical
decisions — government decisions about national security, for example — will be
delegated to algorithms whose inner workings are inscrutable. Even our systems of
government are expected to change in the future.
Regulation
Traditional government and social regulation struggles to keep pace with the
development of Al technologies. The concentration of Al capabilities in the hands of
a few tech conglomerates and state actors further complicates the balance of power,
potentially leading to unmanageable levels of influence and control over populations.
Harari emphasises the urgent need for global discourse on the ethical, political, and
social dimensions of Al. He advocates for international cooperation to establish
norms and safeguards that can mitigate risks while harnessing Al’s benefits. Public
awareness and engagement are crucial, ensuring that the development and
deployment of Al technologies reflect collective human values rather than the narrow
interests of a few.
Call to Action

So Nexus is not merely a reflection on our technical progress, nor is it an exponent of
a conspiracy theory; it's a call to action.
As Al continues to evolve, societies must grapple with fundamental questions about
control, ethics, and the future role of human

intelligence in decision-making.

Harari’s

work serves as both a guide and a warning as we navigate this uncharted frontier.

By advocating that as many people as possible read this book, | hope that together

we may be able to do something to steer our future. Left to its own devices, who
knows where we'll end up.

With thanks to Pixar Animation Studios
for this image from the very apt movie,
WALL-E.

So - what do you think?
thoughts.

é
~

Please let me and other readers know your

In particular please tell us if you’ve bought or borrowed this

game-changing

book, and what you think as you read through.
cqagrsnet@gqmail.com

If you've read something that you think might be of interest to our readers,
please let me know so John

and | can share more thoughts and ideas.

guidance on writing for RagChew,
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CW
Compiled

see Articles below.

For

Please email

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Practice

on the track somewhere

by John VK2RU.

This year I’m using Aesop’s Fables. These are short moral stories, often
using talking animals, that illustrate simple truths about human
and character.

behaviour

Aesop’s Fables originated in ancient Greece, traditionally attributed to the
storyteller Aesop who is thought to have lived around the 6th century BCE.
The fables are generally smaller files of two to three hundred words that
have been recorded at 15 wom

and run for about 15 minutes.

| suggest that you read the text file before listening to the audio file. That
will make it easier to follow the audio file and prepare you for any unusual
words. All punctuation is included in the MP3 files, and it is not limited to, .
/?
This week’s fable is ‘The Wolf and the Lamb’
attached

and the MP3

and TXT files are

here:

Mes ee oe

ee,

THE WOLF ano THE-LAMB. |

If you prefer a different speed or tone, you can create your own
by converting the text file with the Ebook2CW

MP3 files

app -

https://fkurz.net/ham/ebook2cw.html
You can either play the MP3 files in any media
into the Ditto CW:

player, or load the text file

Morse Player app - https://dittocw.andro.io/.

Both options work well, however Ditto CW gives you complete control over
all Morse settings, while a normal

media

player only allows changes to

playback speed, and does that in steps (e.g. 1.25x,

1.5x, 1.75x).

73
John VK2RU

[Do you have a question or two that are worth sharing?
discussion-starter?

How about a

Please let me know cqgrsnet@gmail.com

and /’// pass

them to John VK2RU for compilation each week. ]

Prosign/Character/Sig

nal

or the

Montn

See if you can use this one on Tuesday!

Prosign:

Meaning:

Stand

[Suggestion - put it on a sticky note near your key as a reminder for
Tuesday.

Tell us how you went!]

[lf you have some intel about other team members...

or even yourself...

that’s worth sharing, please let me know cqqrsnet@gmail.com

Di-dah-di-dah-dit
Here we

So back to the CQQRS

Next Tuesday’s

Slow CW QSO

go.

practice net.

Net

Our CQQRS

Group will be on as always on Tuesday from around 0600z until

about 1200z;

see hitps://bit.ly/COORSWebsite and navigate to the Net

Details page for details.

alasian
Coordinated Universal Time

0600z to 1200z

(Note - 20m DXperiments will start at a different time if required)

Australia

Western Australia Time

UTC +8 Hours

1400 to 2000

Central Australian Time

UTC + 10.5 Hours

1630 to 2230

Eastern Australian Time

UTC +11

Hours

1700 to 2300

Queensland Time

UTC + 10 Hours

1600 to 2200

Ni Time

UTC + 13 Hours

1900 to 0100

New Zealand

| red

06002 to 08002

20m

iu Li

14039-14051 kHz

Note - 20m times and frequencies will be allocated by Mike DL3YZ prior to the net.

0600z to 1200z

4om

YO20KHz - 7O40KHzZ

3535kHz - 3560kHz

160m

1855kHz (-5kHz for QRM)

7000

7o20
yj

40m

ORO

70406
||

o)|

3500

| eal Re

CO ORS Net

3535

80 m Is

ORO

1800

Thanks

to Lance

3560

VKFTO

CO ORS Net
1455.

for the GOQAS

=
1875

band-plan

Wednesday (VK/ZL)
Post Morsum
Callback

eee 2a

(Tuesday UTC)

WA FM AllStar Network
(Use AllStar to connect to Node 42482 or use
Echolink to connect to VK2KI-L)

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.
There's usually people around until after 1200z - so keep calling in the
segment of the band designated
someone.

in the table below until you catch

| should be on as usual from home

in NSW or via the Remote at

Bedfordale WA, and I'll also be watching the proceedings using the VK6QS
and Tecsun SDRs in WA and NSW

Reports

respectively.

Hope to hear you there.

& Photos

Please let us know via our Reports form bit.ly/COORSNET who you work or
hear on Tuesday’s Group.

The report form closes at lunchtime (Eastern

Australian time) on Thursday.
And how about helping to make the reports even more interesting by
sending a photo?

If you have a photo that you’d be happy to include,

please email it to:

cqarsnet@gmail.com

To make it even easier for our Reports editor Patrick VK2IOW,

see if you

can reduce the size of the image (to less than 100KB file size by
preference). No problems if your computer or phone can’t do that - just
send it through anyway please.
And of course, I’m always on the lookout for more photos for the
newsletter, so if you have something that might be of interest aside from
the reports, please send it through as well - | always enjoy the photos that
our readers send - and I’m sure our readers do too.
cggrsnet@gmail.com

Email them to

please (reduced size if possible - but whatever you

send will be great).
Oh and by the way, | recommend
website open

that you don’t keep the Reports Form

between submission of reports from one week to the next.

you’re unlucky, there’s an undocumented

feature in the software that

could cause your current week’s report to be combined

with your previous

report - it’s happened to your editor several times - much to the chagrin of
our Reports editor

Post

Morsum

Richard VK6HRC

will run our phone Post Morsum

on the South West AllStar

net (via repeaters and hotspots all over WA) from 0600 WA time, then from
0700 WA time on 80m

(3605 LSB).

See https://bit.ly/COORSWebsite and

navigate to the Net Details page for details of how you can connect via
Echolink or even possibly via your local FM repeater.

Articles
The newsletter is interesting to readers because of the material
contributed by so many people - be it the reports each week or the various
articles.

Could you write a short article or articles for RagChew?

Writing not your strong point?
much

You bet!

Don’t worry, I’m very happy to help as

or as little as needed.

Here’s a thought - although our readers will much
perhaps have a go at using a Large Language
tool such as ChatGPT,

prefer your own writing,

Model Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Copilot or Google Gemini to check your

writing or even to actually draft the whole article in a relaxed easy-to-read
manner!

You can find out more about how to do that on the Newsletter

page on our website bit.lv/COORSWebsite.
suitable prompt (the command

Our website also includes a

you feed to the Al to make

it do what you

want).

Please remember though - you must fact-check anything that an Al tool
drafts for you because Als ‘hallucinate’ - ie if an Al can’t find what you're
looking for, it will make up an answer and present it as a fact!

This is one

of the dangers of using Als - it’s quite probable that the tool will create a
very readable and convincing draft that is 100% wrong!
submitter are responsible for fact-checking.

You as the

But it’s a learning experience

- please let us know how you went if you had a go with this new generation
of tool.
And by the way - | am very concerned

about our future in a world of Al -

but I’m pleased to see that school and university curriculums now focus on
understanding the risks - for instance, kids are now learning critical
thinking something that used to be taught mostly at post-graduate level.
When the typewriter was invented,

people predicted the downfall of

handwriting;

when the word

processor was invented, the art of writing was

thought to be on the way out - ditto for the spreadsheet and arithmetic,
AM, SSB and FT-8 for amateur radio etc.

We can ignore Al and hope that it

just goes away... or we can learn to handle it through experimentation

and

use.
For more guidance on writing for the RagChew

newsletter (including help

with using an Al), head to our website bit.ly/COORSWebsite then click the
menu

on the top right and then click RagChew Newsletter.

Material
A reminder;

if you send me any information by email, our report form or

WhatsApp - unless you specifically state that material is not to be
published, I'll assume that you're happy to see your thoughts in the
RagChew

newsletter.

Teamwork
Thank you so much to our team of 30 contributors:
MONNK, VK1DA, VK1LHF, VK2IOW,
VK3DRQ,

G4RWI, G7BED,

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