This is VK2ATZ, the official station of Westlakes Amateur Radio Club This local news appears each Sunday on repeater VK2RTZ at 9am local. Following at 9:30 am is a relay of the Australia-wide news from the WIA.
The first item today is an important announcement. The monthly meeting for July has been put back one week. It was scheduled to be held next Saturday but it will now be held on Saturday 17th July in the club library at 1.30pm.
By now, members will have received their July Magazines in their letter boxes, or those Who get the electronic version, will find it has magically appeared in their inboxes (The correct way up too!) The reason for the early magazine issue is that the "temporary" Editor left for a week's break in Melbourne and got the magazine out before he left.
The meat tray was again well supported by those present yesterday. Last week’s winner Alex VK2ZM drew out the ticket of. Brian VK2BRI, who I might add arrived 10 minutes before the closing time of 2:00pm. Enjoy...
Congratulations to member Col Cuneo who has successfully passed the Foundation exam and is awaiting his chosen call of VK2FCWC. Col already has his radio set up at home and one in the Ute as well. Talk about keen... Well done Col and welcome to the fellowship.
The activity room was busy with Les Smiths class on assembly and use of a Signal Tracer project to be held in 2 parts. The next class is due to be held on Saturday 17th July and constructing a companion Signal Injector. These are both valuable pieces of test equipment.
The results of the Club's CQ Repeater Contest for 2010 have been tabulated by Allan VK2JED. They will be presented at the next monthly meeting which will now be on July 17th
Members visiting the club in the last fortnight may have noticed the latest incident of Vandalism. Two holes had been senselessly kicked in the sidewall of our building. Well That’s not the latest incident - an inspection of the club during the week reveals that A third hole has been kicked in.
The club's Ezybee Net, named after its founder Eric VK2EZB (now a silent key) has fallen on hard times. It needs a co-ordinator to run the group. It only runs for half an hour at 8am on a Saturday on repeater 146.775 MHz. The purpose of the net is to inform listeners Of happenings at Westlakes that afternoon. Anyone interested in running the net or joining a roster, please advise the secretary. It would be sad to see the Ezybee Net fold.
Now some trivia from overseas. Nicolas Hayek, the founder of the "swatch" plastic watch, passed away last Tuesday. He was 82. In the 1980s, Hayek transformed two Swiss watch firms, Omega and Longines who were struggling to cope with Japanese competition. Sales of Swatch watches soared because they were trendy and affordable. The other Swiss manufacturers rode on the back of Swatch to dominate the quality segment of timepieces today. Nicolas Hayak is credited with saving the Swiss watchmaking industry.
A purchase of 5 desktop computers was delivered to Westlakes during the week. These are to replace the aging models installed around the clubrooms. Our I.T. man, Michael VK2ZEN, is in for a busy time hooking them up and getting everything running.
The Mildura Sunraysia region in Victoria's northwest became the first in the nation to rely on An exclusively digital television signal when the Government switched off the analogue signals there at 9:00am last Wednesday. The Digital Switchover task force says most viewers have already bought a set-top box or a digital television, and it’s not anticipating many complaints when the analogue signal goes. About 24,000 people will be affected by the change.
A number of 55 Amp/hr Gel Cell batteries have been donated to the club. Most are less than 12 months old and would make an ideal backup power system for the shack. See Aly at the store to get hold of 1 or 2.
We have a nice story to finish with. Congratulation to Westlakes President, Geoff VK2EO, who became a proud grandparent last Tuesday. Twin girls no less - Lucy Hannah and Lyla Grace. And what little charmers they look.
Well that' all the local news we have this week.
Now to wind up. Westlakes Amateur Radio Club Inc. is located in York Street and is open on Saturday Afternoons from around 12 noon until everyone goes home. Also on a Tuesday evening from around 6pm again until everyone goes home. Although a Radio Club, we are on the telephone. Try dialling 49581588 An answering service operates after hours. Visitors are always welcome and we have plenty of tea, coffee, and long-life milk. Plus, as we were reminded last week, there are biscuits too, Just dont take too many..
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