WESTLAKES NEWS FOR THE 14TH SEPTEMBER 2014

This Morning, our broadcast comes live from the Westlakes Amateur Radio Club grounds located at Teralba. Today is the clubs Major field day and the gates opened at 9:00am. Stall holders got in earlier to setup. Looks like we will have quite an attendance today as there are quite a few early birds already here, waiting to snatch up a bargain. Its FREE ENTRY, BBQ lunch, cold drinks, tea and coffee, ice creams. There may even be some cakes for sale. No Andrews comms this year people, but good bargains at the auction table. Yes a small freebie table will be available. The auction will start about 11:30 am so be here early. The clubs Major raffle will be drawn at 12 midday with the prize being a Yeasu FT817D. A very handy multi band and mode transceiver. Discussion regarding next years special event call of VI*100ANZAC was held and various points were brought up. This could be an opportunity for the club to once again be in the limelight as we did with the VI100WIA call. More on this as the event gets closer. Yesterdays meat tray was won by Barry VK2VBF. Enjoy the meat tray Barry and see you next week. The club is sparkling after a brush down and wash and inside all floors swept and mopped and a final vacuum through out. Grass mowed where we could, dodging between the saturated grounds but all well for today. During the week the new box guttering was delivered to the club. 8 meters in length and to be installed sometime in the near future. Hopefully this will end the water from coming down the walls in the front door entrance. The new exit door in the library was finally good for something. Dave VK2RD decided to open it and carry the new box guttering through the door way and place it in the hallway. This brings us to our next it point. Please if you have to go up to the library take extreme CARE as the box guttering comes down the hallway a fair way up. A barrier has been placed in the hallway to stop traffic up into the library. Interested in upgrading your licence? We are holding an assessment session for those who wish to upgrade their licence on Saturday 4 October, commencing at 12:30 hrs. If you would like more information, please contact Steve VK2LW at VK2LW@wia.org.au If you are interested, please contact Steve as soon as possible so he can make sure the exam papers are available for the day. Many thanks.Steve VK2LW WIA NEWS.- Important Notice - News Broadcasts: The WIA has been contacted by the ACMA in relation to material of an advertising nature being aired on an amateur radio news broadcast. Upon investigation it was found that the offending material was part of a state based broadcast, and not the WIA national broadcast originating from the studio's of Graham VK4BB. The WIA wishes to remind all amateurs involved in preparing broadcasts for their local radio clubs that the Radio communications Licence Conditions (Amateur Licence) Determination prevents the transmission of material that is, or includes, an advertisement or any form of entertainment. Short music tags introducing the WIA news are not considered entertainment. To avoid any future confusion, all news broadcasts should clearly identify the originating club or group, and a clear distinction should be made between the national WIA segment and any following broadcast segment originating from another group. Regards Phil Wait This is VK2ATZ ARNSW would like to advise listeners that the 3.699 kilohertz morse transmission from VK2WI re commenced a couple of weeks ago. Additional speeds of 20 and 25 words per minute have been added, along with more text. It is a continuous service except at Sunday broadcast periods. Reports are most welcomed - which can be emailed to callbacks@arnsw.org.au Don’t forget the EZYBEE net at 08:00 am every Saturday morning on 146.775 where we discuss what is happening at the club that day. And for the early risers we can’t forget the Stone the Crows net on 80 metres, 3.588 Mhz at 06:00 am Do you have a news item that you would like read out on a future broadcast? Contact Richard VK2FRKO on email address vk2frko@tpg.com.au or give the item to Richard at the club. 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 6:00 pm. To make contact at other times, try dialling (02) 49 581588 where an answering service operates. Visitors are always welcome at the club. We have plenty of tea, coffee, long-life milk, a good Canteen and an interesting selection of biscuits.