Well, it only happens at Westlakes. Yesterday, a large bag of onions was placed on the table by Gloria for the canteen. Greg (VK2CW ) challenged anyone to eat a whole raw onion for $2. Well, guess who stepped up? Ted (VK2UI ) just out of hospital. Knife in hand and with the large salt shaker from the canteen Ted pealed and ate the whole onion. Well Greg had to pay the $2 to Ted. Well done Ted - what will you do next week for a free ticket in the meat tray raffle.
While on the meat tray raffle, Frank was unavailable to draw this weeks ticket out of the tumbler so the Secretary was called upon to draw a ticket. Barrie (VK2BXD ) then gave the ticket to the Steve VK2LW our Vice President who read read out the name. On the ticket read VK2CW. Is there a conspiricy going on here? Congratulations Greg.
After lunch the members going to the Norah Head Light house met in the libarary to discuss meals and equipment required for the weekend.
They will be eating very well I must say. Roast lamb and vegies and desert on Saturday night. I wonder what the rest of the other lighthouse crews are eating.
Over heard in the Common room was Richard VK2FRKO advising that he had been elected as Deputy Unit Commander for Marine Rescue Lemon Tree Passage. Good on you Richard - more work for you to do. Richard also advised that no arrests so far for the damage done to the rescue vessel.
Listen for the big signals to come out Glendale. Leonie ( VK2FHRK )advised that she has put up a loop antenna. The loopy idea is catching on.
Australian amateur radio licence renewals
Recently, an amateur forgot to renew his amateur radio licence because he failed to advise the ACMA of his new address, and was upset when his two letter callsign was allocated to someone else.
The "Comment" in the June 2009 issue of Amateur Radio addressed this problem in some detail, and further information can be found on the WIA website www.wia.org.au under the tab "Australian amateur licensing and callsigns" under the button "Get your Amateur Radio Licence".
The Radiocommunications Act does not impose on ACMA an obligation to issue a renewal notice. ACMA does so, but failure to receive a renewal notice is no excuse for not renewing a licence.
Obviously, failing to notify the ACMA of a change of address will mean that even if the ACMA does send a renewal notice, it will go the wrong address.
But the Act does provide that a licence can be renewed from 6 months before and 60 days after its expiry date. It is the licensee’s responsibility to ensure that the licence is renewed in that time.
A callsign is only a condition of a licence, and if the licence is not renewed, after 60 days from the expiry date the callsign will be placed on the Public List, (the list of available callsigns on the WIA website) and after 7 days the WIA will issue a Callsign Recommendation to whoever wants that callsign.
WORLD NEWS FROM SOUTHGATE AMATEUR RADIO
Codar radar on 24 MHz
Wolf DK2OM reports on the IARU-R1 site that a Codar ocean wave radar is disturbing 24920 - 24990 kHz daily and all day.
The location is believed to be Venice, Italy.
Medical use of Wireless Power
ScienceDaily reports on the use of Wireless power for heart pumps.
The report says:
Mechanical pumps to give failing hearts a boost were originally developed as temporary measures for patients awaiting a heart transplant. But as the technology has improved, these ventricular assist devices commonly operate in patients for years.
Prolonged use, however, has its own problems. The power cord that protrudes through the patient's belly is cumbersome and prone to infection over time.
Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have tested a wireless power system for ventricular assist devices.
Using the wireless system means no power cord poking through the skin, dramatically reducing the risk of infection and improving the patient's quality of life. Researchers envision a vest that could hold an external transmitter coil connected to a power cord or battery. A small receiver coil implanted under the patient's skin would connect to a battery that holds enough power for about two hours, meaning the patient could be completely free for short periods of time to take a bath or go for a swim (current users of heart pumps cannot do either).
Entries arrive for the ILLW
With four weeks to go to the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend, a total of 290 entries have been received and many more expected in coming weeks.
This year so far 13 Lightships are entered mainly from Belgium, England, Germany and the USA. There’s one each in the Netherlands, Sweden and Wales.
Lightships are a rarer breed of the long-gone era of magnified flashes a light used by ships as they navigated along the coast and around the world.
With entries rapidly nearing 300, the latest has Australia in the lead on 51, followed by the USA on 48, Germany 39 followed by England on 23.
Since 1998 the 48-hour fun filled third weekend in August attracts more than 440 entrants, from around 50 countries.
Be part of the action, or just check the newly refurbished website at ILLW.NET where you will find more information about the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend, on August the 20th and 21st.
CLUB REMINDER LIST
Wafflers net is progressing well on Wednesday nights. Operating frequency is 146.525 MHz simplex and commences at 1900 hrs. All welcome.
Our club Field Day will be held on the 18th September this year so clean out your bedrooms, radio shack and garages for anything that
might be of some value that you might like to donate to the club for it auction table. If you have any items please bring them down and
give them to a Committee member.
Do you have a news item that you would like read out on a broadcast? Contact Richard VK2FRKO on email address vk2frko@tpg.com.au
or give the item to Richard at the club.
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