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A few of us have been battling with our HF transmission knocking out our NBN connection. This creates all sorts of problems especially to our loved ones who are trying to use the home Internet. I stumbled across this page on Andrew's VK3FS Blog page. Here! Comments from his site: 40m and Australia's NBN delivered over FTTN just doesn't mix. It's like oil and water. Transmit on 40 metres and kill the internet.... For further information Click here to visit's Andrew's VK3FS Blog Page. UPDATE! 4TH AUG. Update as of 4Th Aug. I received this tiny RF Choke from my good friend Richard, VK3TXD on Monday and installed it just as the image shows above.. I have been testing it over the past few days and since installing this tiny piece of magic, so far.. it works!!!! Amazing.. Thank you to both Andrew VK3FS and Richard VK3TXD.

𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟬 𝗮𝗺! This Sunday's Special Interest Group digital modes Net will be at 10 am AEST (00:00 UTC) on VK3RCV repeater, 147.150 MHz. We will host a Zoom session after a brief catch up on the repeater. What have you been up to with digital modes? Discuss your activities, issues and questions. See the Zoom details below. If you use FreeDV and will be part of this weekend's activity day, please join us and share your experiences. We will also take a look at the HF chat mode 'VarAC'. 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐃𝐕 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟔! From the 'DigitalVoice' group" "We'll be doing another FreeDV Activity Day on Saturday, August 6, 2022! This event will bring together people interested in HF digital voice on the air for conversation and fun. Contacts usingthe official application as well as the SM1000 handheld microphone are welcome. Event time: 9AM Pacific time (1600Z) on August 6th to 8:59AM (1559Z) on August 7th (24 hours), though you're welcome to operate before or after this block of time :) Suggested frequencies: 80 meters: 3.625, 3.643 or 3.693 MHz 40 meters: 7.177 MHz 20 meters: 14.236 MHz 17 meters: 18.118 MHz 15 meters: 21.313 MHz 12 meters: 24.933 MHz 10 meters: 28.330 or 28.720 MHz (Note that LSB/DIGL is used below 10MHz as per current convention for voice modes, USB/DIGU otherwise.) As this isn't a contest, there's no pressure to make contacts or send logs, but you can always confirm QSOs via the usual means if you'd like (LoTW, eQSL, QRZ, etc.) Enabling PSK Reporter in the FreeDV application and joining theQSO Finderare recommended, however, so others can see that you're on the air and hearing them (for instance, here'sthe current map of listeners). :D Feel free to spread this far and wide among your local ham friends and groups! :) Let me know if you have any questions about the event and definitely post here if you have issues getting the application working prior to the event. Thanks, -Mooneer K6AQ" http://groups.google.com/group/digitalvoice BAREC Digital Modes Net Zoom details. Time: 10 am, Sunday August 7th. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82422573906... Meeting ID: 824 2257 3906 Passcode: 633786 A reminder to mute your Zoom microphone and computer audio while on the VHF Net. This avoids feedback and confusion. One person will relay the repeater audio on Zoom.

Hello Famparc Members. We now have within our Forum Area the For Sale section. Peter vk3tq has added some items that he wishes to sell. Click Here Don't forget to sign in so you can get updates etc and also follow the Forum. If you have any questions on how to sign in, give me a shout. Cheers. Craig vk3ncr

'𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨' 𝐚𝐧𝐝 '𝐌𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡' 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐒 - 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝐩𝐦 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦. There will be a combined Zoom session for both Special Interest Groups this Sunday, July 31st at 2 pm via Zoom. Tony Falla VK3KKP will be hosting the session. The Zoom details are: Meeting ID: 814 0232 7501, Passcode: 454389. There will also be another Zoom session on Sunday August 28th.

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Recently one of our members had a small problem with his IC-705.. Nothing major, but it was a situation that it best not to use the rig. The problem is that tricky little Micro SD Card Slot.. It can be very fiddly to eject and insert the SD Card. Mainly because of the position of the SD Card Slot and size of the SD Card, being a Micro Card. The problem he encountered was when he tried to insert the SD Card back into the slot, what can happen is that you may insert the card beside that actual carrier of the SD card (The Slot), and when this happens the card can be pushed further inside the case, thus causing a nightmare. The SD Card can then not be retrieved. Once this has happened, it is best to contact Icom as did the owner, and it was quickly fixed. Or if you are game, dismantle the radio to remove the misplaced SD Card. (Not Recommended!) The good news is that the repair was done at Icom and no damage was done to the transceiver.. Good news hey !! So.. be careful when inserting that fiddly little Micro SD Card, as it's very easy to insert incorrectly. Craig. vk3ncr

Hi Famparc Members.. Don't forget to try out our Famparc Website Shared Gallery. You can post your own pics.. It's very simple, however to do so, you may be asked to create or sign in as a member. Once you have done that, you can upload images, make comments on your pics or all the others... Don't loose you sign in details. Click Here! Give it a try ! Cheers. Craig. vk3ncr

Join one of the best nets in Australia. Run by Ron VK3AHR.. Ron gets some great operators from around Australia and it's on everyday of the week. Time: 10am Melbourne Time. Freq.: 7.100 LSB Come on and join this very friendly and fun net. Cheers. Craig vk3ncr

Results for the 2022 VK Shires contest have been released! well done to all who participated! https://www.vklogchecker.com/Contests/Contest/80947c69-1dc2-4e4d-a5ed-cda1202033b0 VK Shires The VK Shires is an international contest with a distinctly VK style. VK Stations work VK Shires and CQ Zones whereas international stations only work VK Shires. For more information, check the contest website: https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/wavks/

Five-year spectrum outlook 2021–26 The five-year spectrum outlook (FYSO) 2021–26 provides a broad overview of trends that provides a broad overview of trends that affect spectrum management and factors used to inform the ACMA's planning and spectrum allocation priorities. FYSO 2021–26 includes a detailed annual work program, with activities and milestones for the 2021–22 financial year. Our extensive planning activity to support the deployment of 5G services in Australia continues to inform priorities in our allocation workplan. Click here for more.

This Space Weather News forecast sponsored in part by Millersville University: https://www.millersville.edu/swen This week our Sun switches gears and brings big flare players back into Earth view. Several of these regions have X-flare potential, but thus far have only been firing M-class flares. Solar flux also rises well into the 150s, even into the 160s at times. This means radio propagation is back into the good range on Earth's dayside, although the noise floor is also rising right along with the solar flux. Expect the bands to be noisy this week, not only because of the flare activity, but also because we have been dealing with a waning radiation storm over the past few days. In addition, we have some potential for solar storming due to a glancing solar storm passage and possibly some fast solar wind hitting Earth over the next few days. GPS users should stay vigilant pretty much everywhere on the globe until all this activity dies down, while aurora photographers at high latitudes could get a nice show over much of the week. Learn how much solar storming to expect this week, see the details on the new big-flare players, and find out what else our Sun has in store. Want early access to these forecasts, tutorials on Space Weather, & more? Visit: https://patreon.com/SpaceweatherWoman For daily and often hourly updates (during active times) visit me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TamithaSkov For a more in-depth look at the data and images highlighted in this video see these links below. Solar Imaging and Analysis: SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ Helioviewer: http://www.helioviewer.org/ Flare Analysis: http://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest... Computer Aided CME Tracking CACTUS: http://www.sidc.oma.be/cactus/out/lat... GOES Xray: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xra... SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/ Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ GONG magnetic field synoptic movie: https://gong.nso.edu/data/magmap/stan... GONG magnetic field synoptic charts: http://gong.nso.edu/data/magmap/ LMSAL Heliophysics Events HEK http://www.lmsal.com/isolsearch Solar Wind: DISCOVR solar wind: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/rea... ACE Solar Wind: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/ace... NASA ENLIL SPIRAL: https://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/IswaSystem... NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wsa... Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, Atmosphere: GOES Magnetometer: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goe... Ionosphere D-Region Absorption (DRAP) model: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/d-r... Auroral Oval Ovation Products: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aur... Global 3-hr Kp index: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/pla... Wing Kp index prediction: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/win... USGS Ground Magnetometers: http://geomag.usgs.gov/realtime/ USGS Disturbance Storm-Time (Dst): http://geomag.usgs.gov/realtime/dst/ NAIRAS Radiation Storm Model: http://sol.spacenvironment.net/raps_o... Multi-Purpose Space Environment Sites: NOAA/SWPC: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov SOLARHAM: http://www.solarham.net/index.htm Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html Definition of Geomagnetic Storm, Radiation Storm, and Radio Blackout Levels: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales/ None of this would be possible without the hard work and dedication of those who have provided all of this data for public use. Images c/o NASA/ESA/CSA (most notably the superb SDO, SOHO, ACE, STEREO, CCMC, JPL & DSN teams, amazing professionals, hobbyists, institutions, organizations, agencies and amateurs such as those at the USAF/HAARP, NICT, NOAA, USGS, Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Intellicast, Catatania, rice.edu, wisc.edu, sonoma.edu ucalgary.ca, rssi.ru, ohio-state.edu, solen.info, and more. Thanks for making Space Weather part of our every day dialogue. Get on the air.. Cheers. Craig vk3ncr

Contest Manager Alan Shannon VK4SN Contest Introduction Next contest - 16 JUL 2022 The Trans-Tasman contest, held on the 3rd weekend in July, aims to encourage Low Band activity between VK and ZL Only contest bands 160 80 and 40M are allowed with SSB, CW and Digital (RTTY OR PSK) From 2018 this contest is an official WIA Contest and will count towards the Peter Brown Contest Champion Awards. Aim Of The Contest Work as many VK and ZL Prefixes and as many different stations on 160 80 and 40M in a short evening contest.. Upcoming Contest Date & Time The contest is held on the Saturday night of the third full weekend of July. 17 JUL 2021 Start Time is 08:00 UTC and finish time is 14:00 UTC Contest Rules 1. Contest Introduction This contest is to encourage Low Band Activity in Australia and New Zealand. The applicable bands are 160, 80 and 40M. 2. Objective Amateurs in VK and ZL will endeavour to contact other amateurs in VK and ZL. a. VK and ZL, means any station operating within Australia or New Zealand and their external territories. b. Points are only awarded for valid contacts between VK and ZL stations. c. The contest is made up of 3 individual two hour blocks. d. You are able to work another station once per band and mode in every block. e. Every different Prefix used by VK or ZL stations is a valid multiplier and credit can be claimed once per band per block. 3. Contest Date & Time a. The contest is held on the Saturday night of the third full weekend of July. b. Start Time is 08:00 UTC and finish time is 14:00 UTC 4. Categories (All band, All Mode) A. Single Operator – High Power B. Single Operator – Low Power (100 watts) C. Single Operator – QRP* E. Multi-Operator – Single Transmitter F. Multi-Operator – Multi Transmitter * QRP stations are limited to 5 Watts average (CW/RTTY/PSK) or PEP (SSB) at the transmitter output. 5. Permitted Bands and modes a. Bands: 160M 80M 40M ...SSB Voice transmission should be within: ...1843-1875, 3535-3570 and 3600-3700, 7080-7300KHz ...otherwise disqualification or score reduction may result. b. Modes: SSB, CW and Digital (Digital includes PSK or RTTY only) NB. PSK and RTTY are the only allowed digital modes and are combined, not counted separately. 6. Multi-operator Stations A. Multi-operator single transmitter stations a. are only allowed one transmitted signal on air at any time. i. If you are using three transceivers to scan the bands, simultaneous transmission will reclassify you as Multi Transmitter(Category F.) – your responsibility to stop multiple transmitters operating. B. Multi-operator Multi Transmitter stations a. Are only allowed maximum one transmitted signal per band, b. Simultaneous transmissions on different bands are permitted. c. Multi-operator stations are mixed mode only. 7. Contacts a.. Suggested Call: “CQ TT”, “CQ Contest”, or “CQ Test” b. Exchange: A valid exchange consists of RS(T) followed by a three figure serial number starting at 001 for each band or 001 for all bands. c. No cross band contacts are allowed. d. exchange of contact information via satellites, telephones, repeaters, Echolink, IRLP, or the internet is not in the spirit of the contest and is banned. e. (Operation of SSB Voice stations in the digital section (3570 to 3600) is not in the spirit of the contest and will be disqualified. - rule currently under review) 8. Scoring a. All contacts are worth one point b. Add the number of contacts made in the two hour block and multiply by the different prefixes worked on each band in that two hour block. c. NB external territories count as one prefix – eg VK0 counts as VK0 and not the separate DXCC same as for VK9 e.g. 160 80 40 total contacts 50 X 35 prefixes (total of each band added) = 1750 points. d. Final Score is the addition of the scores from the three two hour blocks starting at 08:00; 10:00 & 12:00 UTC 9. Logs Logs are due in within one week of closure of the contest. Submit logs via https://www.vklogchecker.com/ Logs MUST be in Cabrillo 3 format - this is the submission file produced by VKCL and N1MM Loggers. http://www.mnds.com.au/vkcl/ https://n1mm.hamdocs.com * The User Defined Contest (UDC)for N1MM is available for download from: vk4sn.com/downloads/VKTTRTTY.zip 10. JUDGING: The Contest Committee is responsible for checking and adjudicating the contest entries. Entrants are expected to follow the rules and best amateur radio practices. Violation of the rules of the contest or unsportsmanlike conduct may lead to disciplinary action by the Committee. Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Examples of unsportsmanlike conduct include, but are not limited to: * Arranging or confirming any contacts during or after the contest by use of ANY non-amateur radio means such as telephones, Internet, instant messaging, chat rooms, VoIP, email, social media or web sites. * Transmissions by the entrant on frequencies outside of license limitations. * Changing times in the log to meet band change or off time rules. * Taking credit for excessive unverifiable QSOs or unverifiable multipliers. * Signals with excessive bandwidth (e.g., splatter, clicks) or harmonics on other bands. * Running stations not identifying in a timely manner (i.e., 1 minute). * Use of Tag along operation where a restricted number of stations are contacted. 11. Disciplinary Actions: In the event of a violation, the entrant is subject to disqualification at the discretion of the Committee. Disqualified entries will be listed at the end of the published results and are not eligible for an award. Notification of Committee actions will be sent by email to the address provided with the log submission. The entrant has five days to appeal the decision to the Contest Director. After that time the decision is final. The Committee reserves the right to change the category of any entry based on its examination of the log or other information. Contest Scoring All contacts are worth one point – Add the number of contacts made in the two hour block and multiply by the different prefixes worked on each band in that two hour block. Final Score is the addition of the scores from the three two hour blocks starting at 08:00; 10:00 & 12:00 UTC Submitting Your Log LOGS ARE DUE WITHIN 7 DAYS OF CONTEST COMPLETION. After completion of the contest you need to: 1. Upload Your Cabrillo Ver 3 log to the log checking website at https://www.vklogchecker.com/ OR submit via VKCL one click upload after you create the cabrillo file/log. 2. Putting EMAIL: followed by your email address in the Cabrillo header will get you an automated reply. or failing that... 3. Email your log with ONLY your callsign in the subject to ttlogs@wia.org.au where an acknowledgement may take 48 hours. Logging Software VKCL N1MM Both Cater for the Trans Tasman Contest Logs MUST be in Cabrillo format - this is the submission file produced by VKCL and N1MM http://www.mnds.com.au/vkcl/ https://n1mm.hamdocs.com/ (* The User Defined Contest (UDC)for N1MM is available for download from: vk4sn.com/downloads/VK_TT_RTTY.zip)