The club meat yesterday was carefully choosen from the barrel by Alex VK2ZM. The winner of this weeks meat tray was Diane VK2FDNE. Yes,Diane does smile. Congratulations Diane.
Gloria was busy in the kitchen preparing salads for lunch. Its good to see members eating healthy.
Well the activity room was busy with Norm vk2knc checking over Richards (vk2frko )FT 301. Barrie vk2bxd was also there assisting. From richard - Thanks guys for your help.
This weekend saw a number of members take part in the CQ WORLDWIDE DX CONTEST. On hand was Dave vk2rd,Richard vk2frko, Allan vk2jed and Michael vk2ccw, Steve vk2lw and Leonie vk2fhrk. The weekend was intended to show new commers how contesting is done,show how propagation works on different bands and generally get Westlakes ARC back on the air again. The contest runs for 48 hrs and started 1000 am Saturday morning and to finish at 1000 Monday morning.
Wafflers net is progressing well on Wednesday nights. Operating frequency is 146.525 MHz simplex and commences at 1900 hrs. All welcome.
Licence upgrades are now once again available from the Westlakes A.R.C. at Teralba. Those budding amateurs wishing to obtain their
Foundation licence or those current Foundation licence holders wishing to upgrade to Standard or Advanced Licence please contact
Michael via email vk2oi@wia.org.au Its a great hobby to get involved in. You meet and talk to so many people locally and Worldwide.
News from Southgate Amatuer radio.
Titanic Wireless Operator - Yesterday Channel Oct 27-28
Radio Amateur David Barlow G3PLE may appear briefly with a relative of Titanic wireless operator Harold Bride in the Yesterday Channel show 'Find My Past'.In the show the relatives of wireless operator Harold Bride, a passenger and a steward discover how their lives intertwined in April 1912, when the 'unsinkable' Titanic capsized.David G3PLE says "Part of it is about a relative of Harold Bride. The film crew came to the Lizard Wireless Station and I may appear in the programme talking to her and demonstrating the spark transmitter."
The show will be first broadcast on SKY channel 537; Virgin Media 203, Freeview 12 at 9pm Thursday, October 27 and will be repeated at 12am on Friday, October 28 (or 1pm on yesterday+1 SKY channel 538).Harold Bride http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Sydney_Bride
Lizard Wireless Station http://lizardwireless.org/
K4E - Special Event Station 500 years of Coat of Arms of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico's Coat of Arms was granted by the Spanish Crown in 1511, which makes it the oldest currently used in the Americas.This coat of arms was officially recognized by King Fernando of Spain on November 5th 1511 and was officially granted to the government of Puerto Rico in November 11, 1511.The Puerto Rico Amateur Radio League (PRARL) will be operating a special event station celebrating the 500th aniversary of our Coat of Arms. This special event station will be operated by several stations in Puerto Rico from November 5th to November 19th.The Puerto Rico Amateur Radio League will send a special QSL to those who submit their QSL card in a SASE and appear in our log.
Please QSL via KP4ES to: “PRARL-K4E – PO Box 191917 – San Juan, PR 00919-1917"
More infromation on www.prarl.org
Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes The BBC 2 TV documentary about the WW2 codebreaking at Bletchley Park is now available on the web.The BBC description says: Documentary that reveals the secret story behind one of the greatest intellectual feats of World War II, a feat that gave birth to the digital age.In 1943, a 24-year-old maths student and a GPO engineer combined to hack into Hitler's personal super-code machine - not Enigma but an even tougher system, which he called his 'secrets writer'. Their break turned the Battle of Kursk, powered the D-day landings and orchestrated the end of the conflict in Europe. But it was also to be used during the Cold War - which meant both men's achievements were hushed up and never officially recognised. It can be seen on the web by those in the UK or elsewhere if a suitable proxy server is used. Watch BBC 2 TV 'Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes' at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016ltm0
Expat Shield (DM-232.exe) is software that reportedly enables people overseas to watch BBC TV
http://www.ExpatShield.com/
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.
Now to wind up. Westlakes Amateur Radio Club Inc. is located in York Street, TERALBA - and is open on Saturday Afternoons from around 12 noon. Also on a Tuesday evening from around 6pm. To make contact at other times, try dialling (02) 49 581588 where an answering service
operates. Visitors are alway welcome at the club. We have plenty of tea, coffee, long-life milk, and an interesting selection of biscuits.
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