WESTLAKES NEWS BROADCAST FOR APRIL 21ST 2013.

At the club yesterday was the annual car boot sale. Not many car boots were open due to the weather which was absolutely terrible. There were about 10 tables selling off various goodies. An estimated 50 - 60 members and visitors were at the club. One visitor was Tim VK4HFO long time friend of Paul VK2HV. On display were brand new screwdriver type HF mobile antennas. Very well constructed and the quality was of a very high standard. Details of the vendor can be obtained from the club secretary if anyone is interested in purchasing one. Michael VK2CCW was busy cooking on the BBQ while Diane VK2FDNE and Penny prepared the salad and bread for the steak and sausage sandwiches. On behalf of the Westlakes Committee we would like to thank everyone who attended and made the day a great success. The weeks lucky meat tray winner was Warren VK2UWP. Yes, you can smile Warren as it is a great prize to take home. Enjoy the meat tray. Also sold out was the clubs Rickety Kate tickets. 1st prize went to Richard VK2FRKO, 2nd prize went to Joe VK2JHB and 3rd prize went to Karen VK2NYL. Congratulations winners and thanks to all members and visitors who bought numbers in the Rickety Kate. Thanks must go to Garry VK2DBI who sold all the tickets. A message from our friends THE A.C.M.A. ACMA advised on Friday that the Licence fee has increased to $73.00 effective immediately. A new 2 metre repeater came on air during the week. It is VK2RWH located on the Sugarloaf Range, west of Newcastle. The frequency is 147.150 MHz with a 600 positive offset. Please note that to access this repeater a CTCSS tone of 123HZ is required. The repeater is operated by WICEN NSW. This item was supplied by Dennis VK2XDW. The ILLW reaches a milestone. The honour of being the 200th registration in the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend in August, goes to the Whitby High Light GB2WHL in England. The special event station GB2WHL, by the Denby Dale Radio Club, is on the North Yorkshire coast near the historic fishing town of Whitby - well known as the place Captain James Cook became a seaman before leading his epic voyages of discovery. Built in 1858 it helped ships avoid the Whitby Rock, close to the harbour entrance. The lighthouse, now on private grounds, is reached with its owner's permission via narrow roads. A special QSL card is available on request. So far there are registrations from 29 countries. To read the guidelines for the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend on August the 17th and 18th or to register online a lighthouse, lightship or maritime beacon, visit the website at illw.net That Item From Jim Linton VK3PC HF radio call gets accident scene help. Recently a mobile radio amateur was in an emergency communications exercise deep in a remote Victorian forest. The drama unfolded as Terry Murphy VK3UP and several others were on a day outing to Mount Disappointment, an hour north of Melbourne. They were accompanied by a crew from 4WD TV, the program with around half a million loyal weekly viewers across Australia and New Zealand. The TV crew was interviewing the vehicle owners when a trail biker arrived to announce that his mate had come off his bike, injured himself and was bleeding profusely. Terry VK3UP drove 7 km down to the accident site where he and a mate performed first aid. There was no mobile phone coverage at the accident scene so Terry set up his mobile transceiver on 40m. He contacted Andrew Davis VK2UH of Yass, New South Wales, who made the phone call to emergency services. Paramedics were transported by Terry VK3UP in his 4WD vehicle. Hours after the accident, the patient was taken to hospital. It will be some time before he can start his new job as a plasterer. AX prefix available on ANZAC Day. The Australian Communications and Media Authority allows radio amateurs to substitute their normal VK callsign prefix with the letters AX every ANZAC Day April 25. Those radio amateurs using AX are strongly encouraged to have a QSL card under their alternate callsign. To help commemorate ANZAC Day, the use of CW and AM is used to keep alive those modes used during World War 1 and 11, the Korean, Malaysian and even in early Vietnam conflicts. The Port Stephens A.R.C. will be once again be operating out of Fort Scratchley next Thursday (ANZAC DAY )from around 1200 onwards until about 3 pm. Give them a call either on 40 or 20 meters. Everyone is welcome to come along. WORLD NEWS: GPS jammers used by taxi drivers. To track of the modern taxi by finding the closest one vacant to a job and for security reasons, cabs are fitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. The supply and use of a GPS jamming device has been outlawed in Australia since 2004. Certain intelligence received by the ACMA indicated the illegal devices may be in use by some drivers to block signals. An initial investigation was held in Melbourne. Then in a joint initative called Operation Signal, the ACMA joined with the Victorian Taxi Directorate at the Melbourne Airport taxi holding yard to re-educate drivers about the unlawfulness of GPS jammers. ACMA field staff were armed with fact sheets and a spectrum analyser, where they spoke to drivers. The information given out was well received, with drivers engaging in conversation and asking questions. The operation was a success and hundreds of taxi drivers should now know that GPS jammers are prohibited. Google makes a bold prediction. Everyone will be online by the year 2020, according to search engine Google that has 2 million connected to the Internet and other 5 billion in the next decade. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt reveals that for every person on the net there are two without it. The International Telecommunication Union figures had about 38 per cent of the world's population is using the Internet in some way. Google supports a not-for-profit group Geeks Without Frontiers, that donates computers and related wireless access technology to poor areas. Its currently helping to bring WiFi access to parts of Mexico, Central America and Africa. Google rarely makes predictions that they know won't come true. Time will tell whether it is wrong in 2020. Well that's all the news we have this week. Do you have a news items 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 from around 11:00 am. 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, a good Canteen and an interesting selection of biscuits.