The first
AMATEUR
TELEVISION
GROUP
in
Tasmania
JOTA - 2009 Activity
A very good
event was had at the Burnie Scout Hall with good attendance by cubs, guides,
and scouts with excellent organisation by leaders.
Excitement was
good when a Zs contact turned out to be from MAFAKING the place where
scouting concept was originated by the founder.
The station
controller was son of a former Burnie amateur, other station worked included ZL,
Philippines
Special thanks to Lucas VK7FLSB, Dave VK7DC, Kirby VK7KC and Graham Anderson
for help in this event.
Report from Bob VK7MGW.
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The Camp at Paton Park, North Motton was home to approx. 30 Scouts
and Cubs.
Unfortunately
conditions on HF were very poor, however this was made up by the use of IRLP
and EchoIRLP Nodes connected to the VK7RTV repeater Network.
Many stations were connected all round Australia
from as far away as Darwin and New Zealand,
with many Scouts and Cubs having 2-3 different QSO's at various times.
Thanks to Ivan VK7XL, Neil VK7ZNX and Steve VK7ZSJ for manning the
radios and assistance
given to all the scouts and Leaders.
Camp Boomerang at Port Sorell was home to approx. 60 Scouts, Cubs, Joeys
and Leaders.
HF was marginal at the best with 3 Jota stations contacted on 80, 40 and
20Metres.
Again , much use was made of IRLP Nodes and VK7RTV for contacts around
VK and ZL.
This certainly saved the day with many contacts being made via the VK7RTV
Repeaters.
Thanks to Ron VK7RN, Andrew VK7XR, Steve VK7ZSJ, Jim VK7JH and Tony VK7AX
for acting
as control for this Jota Activity.
Special Mention goes to Jim VK7JH for demonstration of his APRS activity
of Shipping Movements
between VK7 and Mainland VK3. Many scouts showed interest in this activity
which
was demonstrated by Jim at The Burnie Camp and Port Sorell Camps.
Overall, a very successful activity by the members of NWT-ATV Gp. and the
Scouting fraternity
have stated they are already looking forward to next years JOTA/JOTI activity.
Sincere thanks to all involved.
Report by Tony VK7AX
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