
VK2 DIV. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

This is Michael Corbin, VK2PFQ.

        Well it seems like I got my weeks mixed up.  I thought I would not be 
        here this week, but in reality I have "been and gone" to where I was 
        supposed to go...and I had enough time this week to prepare this 
        item, but I won't be back in time next week.....If you can work that 
        out.

        During the week I attended the Local Government Association 
        Conference, where the "Old Chestnut" of Amateur Radio Antennae 
        reared it's ugly head once more.  Perhaps a little background is 
        in order.....Way back in 1980, when I first joined Local Government, 
        there was a dispute raging about Radio Towers in backyards.  Rockdale 
        and somewhere else.... I can't remember exactly where.  In an effort 
        to standardize this across all Local Government in N.S.W., Blacktown 
        City Council, the Council on which I am a Councillor, sponsored a 
        motion suggesting that subject to certain restrictions, antennae 
        would be allowed by Councils without the need for a Development 
        Application.  The conditions were:
        Maximum height 50ft. (15.24 metres) All guys to remain within the 
        property.  That is, NOT attached to the dividing fences.  No 
        intrusion of antennae elements over the adjoining properties.  If 
        all these requirements were fulfilled, then only a building 
        application accompanied by a structural engineers certificate would 
        be required.

        The motion passed the conference..... AH! a commonsense solution to 
        the problem at last!  BUT, the Department of Planning in their 
        wisdom would not agree.  It was left up to individual Councils to 
        decide the fate of antennae in their own backyards.  Well, it was a 
        good idea at the time, and had it been agreed to by the Dept. of 
        Planning, then the troubles and woes of Hams would have been a thing 
        of the past. Well I tried!  Blacktown City Council, I am pleased to 
        say, judges each case upon it's merits and after notification to 
        adjoining neighbors. another Department of Planning requirement, not 
        a Council requirement. This was introduced sometime in the late 80's. 
        An acceptable compromise is always reached.  That doesn't mean 
        Blacktown approves 100ft. monsters in residential areas....However, 
        to return to the original story .........

        The motion before the Conference used the words..... 
        Transmitter/Receiver Masts and Towers.  Again a little history.  
        It seems that under the Telecommunications Act, 1991 Telecom, Optus 
        and Vodaphone can erect Mobile Phone Towers as, when and where they 
        wish.  Sure, they tell Councils that they intend to erect these 
        Towers, but Councils are  powerless to prevent their construction. 
        Inevitably, these monstrous things, the height which is the envy of 
        all of us,  are sometimes put in the worst possible places.  There 
        seems to be no concern for aesthetics ....Just put'em up wherever 
        there is a good site.  I sometimes wonder how the Government would 
        react to one just outside the Opera House or, dare I suggest, on top 
        of the Cahill Expressway!!!! At least that would give the Politicians 
        a better excuse than they currently have for pulling the thing down!  
        As you can imagine, this makes the Planning Departments of Council's 
        furious, not to mention of course the neighbours.  The consequence 
        is then, that when us poor little Hams appear at the Counter with an 
        application for a Tower.  The wrath of a majority of Local Planning 
        Departments throughout the State and indeed, all Australia, descends 
        upon the heads of us poor little bloke on the our side of the 
        counter..... all we want to do is pursue our hobby. A hobby from 
        which we don't make a "Brass Razoo".... quite unlike our 
        telecommunication friends. 

        Well, so what, you might say.  Why's Corbin telling us about this, 
        well it's simple.  If any of you could have witnessed the debate, 
        you would have seen elected people getting up and agreeing with the 
        proposition..... The reason? They wanted the power ONLY so that they 
        could.... knock the applications back.  Fat lot of hope that leaves 
        the Radio Amateur.  For everyone's information, these Councils 
        included, Sutherland, Marrickville and Wyong amongst others. Mosman 
        had the idea that these Facilities should be shared by all service 
        providers on a single Tower. At least they did not want to knock 
        them all back.

        Despite the attempts of yours truly and VK2DFZ, Councillor Metcalfe 
        from the Greater City of Taree Council, the motion was carried.  A 
        sad day for Amateur Radio.... It might pay all Ham Radio Ratepayers 
        at Council Election time next September to write to all candidates 
        and ask them of their opinions on Amateur Radio Towers.  In fact 
        there is no reason why the W.I.A. could not do that come to think of 
        it!.....Anyone want the job?

        There was another motion on Satellite/Microwave dishes in Residential 
        areas in relation to Cable/Satellite T.V. Hornsby Council sought to 
        develop a Statewide Policy to cover approval of all such structures.  
        This meant that if the Local Government Association decided that 
        dishes of 30cms. (that's 1 foot) were the go, then everyone from 
        Bondi to Broken Hill would be bound by such a rule.  Fortunately, 
        Conference listened to my views on the subject and the motion was 
        defeated.  This means ladies, gentlemen, boys and girls, get those 
        dishes up before your council places a requirement upon them. 
        Blacktown  allows l.2m dishes without the need for any 
        application....Progressive is the word you're all looking for HI! HI!

        As promised Part 2 in the series from David 9VIRH/VK3QV on the IARU 
        Region 3 Conference.....And I quote...

        "A couple of rectifications.....about two weeks ago, when I 
        summarised Mainland China's report to the Conference, I mentioned 
        the various  CW speeds required, up to 80 words per minute.  Well, 
        when Mr. Chen Ping, the Delegate, presented his report, he 
        apologised for a small printing error, the "w" for words per minute 
        is in actual fact a "c" for characters per minute.  And this brings 
        the certificate requirements more in line with normal practices, 
        80 words now becomes 80 characters or 16 words per minute.  Let me 
        assure you that it had quite a number of the delegates confused.

        The delegates were split up in three working groups, A, B and 
        Finance.... lets first start with the Finance Group under 
        chairmanship of Anthony Jayaranjan, 4S7AJ....an important suggestion, 
        to base subscriptions on the NUMBER of transmitting amateurs in each 
        country, was not accepted and the present system of a structure based 
        on the number of transmitting MEMBERS of each society was maintained.

        Expenses at the Secretariat are kept to a minimum although, for the 
        coming years, money has to be found to cover costs for the new 
        position of Coordinator for beacons in Region 3.  The outcome of it 
        all is that the fees had to be increased by 13%.  The rates are now 
        as follows:  number of members up to 5000 is US $ 71 cents per member, 
        number of members from 5001 to 10000 US $ 44 cents and organisations 
        with over 10000 members pay US $ 12 cents per member.  The WIA is 
        most likely forced to pay US $ 71 cents per member unless membership 
        grows to over 5000 when the subs will drop to 44 cents per member.  
        Smaller organisations, such as in some of the Pacific countries, must 
        pay a minimum of US $25 per annum to remain members of IARU Region 3.  
        And if you think that all this is big bikkies, the total expenditure 
        for next year is 42.750, then 45.250, growing to 46.800 dollar for 
        the period 1997/1998.  All in all, a real shoestring budget.

        Now to working group B, the technical group under chairmanship of 
        Kevin Olds, VK1OK. A sub-working group was established to review 
        packet radio. And I will start with this one, as many amateurs are 
        gradually sliding into this mode. The packet radio guidelines 
        established in 1991 by region 3 and subsequently improved on in 
        Region ! in 1993 were further discussed and the group resolved that 
        the term DIGIMODE be adopted to cover RTTY, PACKET, PACTOR, AMTOR, 
        G-TOR etc. It further resolved the revised guidelines for Digimode 
        operations and recommended that the region 3 Administrative Council 
        adopts those changes.

  Some points from the new guidelines....Digimode operators take pride in 
  being self regulated, they should like all other amateurs, observe the 
  published band plans, they should not send the following traffic, either 
  direct or via mail boxes.....all advertising for selling, buying or 
  trading goods, all statements of propaganda or political or religious 
  subjects, all appropriate language such as swear words, obscenities, 
  defamatory or libelous language, all material that may infringe copyright, 
  all material which infringes privacy, whether personal or corporate. As 
  a matter of fact, Digimode Bulletin Board Operators are now more or less 
  held responsible for all messages forwarded by his or her system and may 
  take action to exclude a user who persistently contravenes the guidelines 
  for Digimode operations. This exclusion should only be used as a last 
  resort after local regulations. finally, Digimode Bulletin Board operators 
  should be aware of their responsibilities for the content of messages and 
  are encouraged to use authentication mechanisms."...Where Have I heard 
  that before?

         " The subgroup further requested the Conference to endorse the 
         establishment of a region 3 IARU Digimode SYSOP Forum to coordinate 
         Digimode Bulletin Board activities, implementation of Digimode IARU 
         Guidelines throughout the region and liaise with similar forums in 
         regions 1 and 2.

  As this sub-group's recommendation were accepted by working group B, 
  whose final recommendations were ultimately adopted by the plenary closing 
  session, these recommendation can now be looked at as being the final rules 
  to be adhered to.

  Next week more on beacons, EMC and standards, IARUMS, satellites and 
  satellite bandplans......."


        Thanks David.
 
 Part 3 next week....
 
 See you then.


    WICEN News

    We  would  like to thank all who took part in  last  week's  Canoe 
    Classic; we are advised that the event next year will be on 14th
    October, so hopefully this will not conflict with any other event.

    This  weekend  is  the WICEN Co-ordinators conference  at  Charles 
    Sturt  University,  Bathurst,  and a full report will appear in  a 
    later broadcast.

    WICEN has been requested to assist with the NSW Water Ski Associa-
    tion  Ski  Racing Division "Lion Island Classic",  on Sunday  11th 
    December  1994.   Long distance communications are  required  from 
    Croppy Point to Laughtondale,  and this will probably involve 80m.  
    Three stations are needed, from 0900 to 1430, and those interested 
    are invited to contact David Ramsay VK2KLX.

    Those regions wishing to have their activities publicised on this
    broadcast  are  requested  to get the  details  to  the  Publicity 
    Officer,  Dave  VK2KFU,  by Thursday night at the latest.   Packet 
    radio  is  the preferred medium,  to either VK2AAB or  VK2OP  BBS.  
    Alternatively, you can use the WICEN telephone BBS.

    WICEN is always looking for members to provide the community with
    communications assistance.  Write to WICEN (NSW) Inc, PO Box 123,
    St Leonards 2065 for further information, or come up on one of the
    WICEN  nets:  Blue Mountains on the first Monday of each month  at 
    8.30pm on channel 7175 simplex, Hunter each Wednesday at 7.30pm on 
    channel  6900,  Northern Rivers each Wednesday at 8pm around  3610 
    kHz,  Central Coast each Thursday at 8.30pm on channel  7125,  and 
    Sydney each Thursday at 9.30pm on channels 7150/8275. If there are 
    any other regular nets then we'd like to hear about them.

    WICEN (NSW) Inc. operates a telephone BBS, and it is accessible at
    speeds  from 300 to 14,400 bps on (02) 888-2763.   Brett VK2XMU is 
    the  "Sysop",  and  all listeners are invited  to  use  it.   Many 
    programs,  such  as "virus scanners" and "PGP",  are available for 
    downloading.

    -- Dave VK2KFU, WICEN (NSW) Inc. Publicity Officer


    News briefs
    -----------

    Listeners  who own a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver  may 
    have noticed some funny goings on in the last week. According to a 
    recent  advisory  to NavStar users,  "USERS OF GPS  TIME  TRANSFER 
    INFORMATION  ARE ADVISED THAT THE [positioning] DATA IS SUSPECT AS 
    OF DAY 266 (23 SEP 94) BEGINNING AT 1500 UTC AND CONTINUING  UNTIL 
    FURTHER NOTICE."

    A subsequent advisory noted that "INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED THERE 
    IS NO CURRENT OR PAST PROBLEM CONCERNING THE TRANSFER INFORMATION. 
    WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT SOME USERSETS MAY NOT ACCOUNT FOR ROLLOVER 
    OF THE 8 BIT GPS UTC REFERENCE WEEK. ... THE USER MUST ACCOUNT FOR 
    THE  TRUNCATED  NATURE  OF THE UTC REFERENCE  WEEK.  THIS  USERSET 
    DISCREPANCY  WILL OCCUR EVERY 255 WEEKS AND WILL LIKELY  CLEAR  AT 
    END OF WEEK ROLLOVER."

    In  other words,  it appears that some GPS receiving systems use a 
    single  8-bit byte to represent the "week" field of the  GPS  time 
    reference.  As any computer buff can tell you, a computer byte can 
    represent  numbers  from 0 to 255...  If the  receiver's  software 
    can't  cope  with  the "week" rolling back over  to  0,  then  the 
    displayed position may be incorrect. Hopefully though, the problem 
    will  sort itself out sometime today,  but even so will return  in 
    just under five years' time. You have been warned.

              *********************************************

    If  you find it a bit difficult to get hold of 3 1/2 diskettes  in 
    the coming months, blame it all on Microsoft. It appears they have 
    bought  up four months' worth of the entire world supply of floppy 
    disks,  in  preparation  for their Windows 95  product.  How  this 
    product release will affect worldwide supplies of CD-ROMs  remains 
    to be seen.

              ********************************************

  A  new astronomical observatory at the University of Western  Sydney 
  was  officially  opened  this  week by NASA  shuttle  astronaut  and 
  planetary astronomer,  Dr. Jay Apt. The new 60 cm telescope, costing 
  $360,000 can be remotely controlled by computer.  Eventually,  users 
  will  be  able  to dial in from  their  home  computers,  point  the 
  telescope  at areas of interest,  and download the resulting  images 
  via modem.

               *****************************************

  News  briefs  looks at communications news items that appear in  the 
  mainstream  media  and  elsewhere.  Thanks  this  week  go  to  "The 
  Australian",   "The  Sydney  Morning  Herald".   and  the   internet 
  "comp.risks" forum.  If your local or regional paper runs an item of 
  interest  to  Radio  Amateurs,  why  not send  a  clipping  to  the 
  Divisional Office?

  -- Richard Musnane VK2SKY


    Dural Report

    Here again is another report on activities at the Dural broadcast
    station.

    A long-standing intermittent fault in the 2m repeater controller,
    which manifested itself in various ways such as random "resets"
    and apparent deafness (the micro-controller was actually "out to
    lunch" at the time), has finally been fixed.  For the technically-
    inclined,  the problem was a hardware watch-dog circuit triggering 
    at random,  and those with a Latin education will merely say "quis 
    custodiet ipsos custodes?" ("who will guard the guards?").   Thank 
    you  Jeff  VK2BYY for your persistence!   Some  minor  calibration 
    problems, present since early this year, still remain to be fixed.

    A 2m SSB transceiver is being modified for broadcast service, to
    replace the 2m/6m unit that was written off.  Should anyone have
    a 6m SSB crystal-locked transceiver surplus to requirements then
    be assured that a good home will be found for it here at Dural.

    Work continues on the 6m repeater and the 10m FM outlet; both are
    starting to negotiate a paper-warfare maze.

    Is there any interest in re-forming the Dural Committee, which was
    apparently disbanded last year?  The upkeep and development of the
    Dural site is too much for one person, and a dedicated team ofvol-
    unteers with relevant skills is sought to take on this task.Beware 
    -- those on the team will be put to work immediately!  By the way, 
    those who have previously volunteered have not been forgotten.

    -- Dave VK2KFU, Dural Engineer


                          IPS WEEKLY REPORT 
                          -----------------
                       21 OCTOBER - 27 OCTOBER

    ISSUE No 43

    DATE OF ISSUE: 28 OCTOBER 1994

    INDICES:

    DATE     21    22    23    24    25    26    27

    10CM     88    86    84    82    89    93    93
    A         1    18    37    24     8     8   ( 7 ESTIMATED)
    T        27    37    15    15   -21     7    38


    SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW 21ST,  AND 26TH-27TH OCTOBER,  AND 
    LOW 22ND-25TH.

    THE  GEOMAGNETIC  FIELD  AT  LEARMONTH (WA)  WAS  QUIET  21ST, 
    INCREASING TO UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE ON 22ND.  ON 23RD THE  FIELD 
    WAS AT ACTIVE TO MINOR STORM LEVELS, RETURNING TO UNSETTLED ON 
    24TH, QUIET ON 25TH, AND QUIET TO UNSETTLED 26TH-27TH OCTOBER.

    IONOSPHERIC   F2  CRITICAL  FREQUENCIES  WERE  NEAR  PREDICTED 
    MONTHLY VALUES 21ST-24TH OCTOBER, THEN UP TO 20 PER CENT BELOW 
    PREDICTED VALUES ON 25TH-26TH.  ON 27TH THE FIELD WAS ENHANCED 
    15-30 PER CENT DURING LOCAL NIGHT.


                 FORECAST (28 OCTOBER - 03 NOVEMBER)

    SOLAR:        LOW

    GEOMAGNETIC:  ACTIVE  TO  MINOR STORM LEVELS  ON  30  OCTOBER, 
                  UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE OTHERWISE.

    IONOSPHERIC:  NEAR  NORMAL  UNTIL  31  OCTOBER,  15  PER  CENT 
                  DEPRESSIONS EXPECTED THEREAFTER.


    COURTESY OF IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES

    SUMMARY BY PAT VK2JPA ANARTS BROADCAST OFFICER


CLUB NEWS

    From the St. George Amateur Radio Society
    -----------------------------------------

    The  next meeting of the Society will be held at the usual  venue, 
    that is in the 1st Allawah Scout Hall, corner of Bellevue Pde. and 
    Blakesley Rd.,  South Hurstville at 7.30 pm next Wednesday evening 
    the 2nd of November 1994.

    The  Society's  guest speaker for this meeting will be David  Peck 
    VK2GIO. David will be giving an interesting talk and demonstration 
    on Amateur Television.  Members and interested visitors should not 
    miss this opportunity to improve their knowledge of this  emerging 
    facet of our hobby.

    Visitors  are  always welcome to club meetings,  coffee,  tea  and 
    biscuits  are  provided and the members look  forward  to  meeting 
    those interested in attending.

    from - Allan VK2XF Publicity Officer


    Blue Mountains

    The Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club invites one and all to their 
    Trash and Treasure Sale on Friday 4th November,  1994.  This is  a 
    marvellous opportunity to buy some Trash or sell your Treasure.

    The  meeting starts at 8.00pm but the door is open from 7.30pm for 
    vendors.

    The Trash & Treasure Sale is preceded by a brief business  meeting 
    of the Club.

    The  venue  is  the  usual club room at  Springwood  High  School, 
    Faulconbridge,  corner of Grose Road & Chapman Parade.  Enter from 
    Chapman Parade.

    All are welcome.   Refreshments are served.

          -----------------------------------------------------

    The  big  event in the Blue Mountains on Saturday  26th  November, 
    1994 is the Computer & Communications Show.

    There  will  be 15 different Trade displays,  a large indoor  Flea 
    Market and an All Day Sausage Sizzle.

    IF  YOU  WOULD LIKE TO BOOK SPACE IN THE FLEA MARKET  PLEASE  CALL 
    ALEX, VK2KAS ON 047 57 3256.

    DON'T MISS THE COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS SHOW!


    B.M.A.R.C. Publicity Officer, Alex VK2KAS


    Mid-South Coast

    Next Saturday,  5th November, is the date for the quarterly social 
    gathering and meeting of the Mid South Coast Club.

    The  site is the famous "H Ranch",  on Little Forest Road,  Milton 
    and  it  offers  spectacular ocean and  mountain  views  from  the 
    eastern  fringe of the Budawang Range.  The Ranch is 10 km  inland 
    from  the  Princes  Highway and the turn-off is 3km north  of  the 
    township of Milton.

    Visitors are particularly welcome - please bring your barbecue  or 
    lunch. The club will provide the tea, coffee, etc.

    These  are social gatherings with a minimum of business and an  we 
    have  arranged  for  an interesting  speaker.  Club  members  look 
    forward to welcoming you to the beautiful South Coast!  

    from Stan, VK2EL, Club Secretary


    News from the Castle Hill Amateur Radio Club
    --------------------------------------------

    The  next  meeting of the Castle Hill Amateur Radio Club  will  be 
    held this Wednesday, 2nd November.

    The  lecturer for the night will be our esteemed President,  Harry 
    Tyreman,  who  will  complete his lecture on  antennae  and  Smith 
    Charts.

    Visitors  are  always  welcome to  our  club  functions.  Meetings 
    commnce  at  8  p.m.  and are held at Castle Hill  Military  Radio 
    Museum.

    For further details ring Ian O'Toole VK2ZIO on 680 2112.

    From Ian O'Toole Publicity Officer


    A.A.T.C.

    The next general meeting of the A.A.T.C. Inc. is on the 2nd Sunday 
    of the month at 1.00 pm at Chipping Norton -- more details later.

    The  technical lecture on the day will be announced closer to date 
    as  it  will  be a Christmas AATC members bar-b-que  end  of  year 
    function.

    The Committee  of the AATC wishes to thank all those who  gave  us 
    time  and assistance to our club in the staging of the  television 
    internet  for the Scouts and Guides to be involved in a 'hands on' 
    for the JOTA.

    The  A.A.T.C.  also wishes to thank the Gladesville ATV group  for 
    its  technical  input  at the sharp end,  thus  making  the  final 
    product very professional.  Watch ch35 for future info re AATC and 
    ATV.

    For  more  information about the A.A.T.C.  listen to  the  net  on 
    Tuesday  nights  from the Liverpool area on 146.625  MHz  - approx 
    19.30 hrs - or watch us on 1250 MHz from our Oakdale repeater any-
    time.

    --AATC Publicity Officer Bob Barnes VJ2R


    Gladesville

    GLADESVILLE UHF VOICE REPEATER BACK ON AIR

    THE  GLADESVILLE  AMATEUR  RADIO CLUB REPORTS THAT THE  70CM  CLUB 
    REPEATER VK2RRS ON 438.475 MHZ HAS BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE AT ITS 
    TEST  SITE IN LANE COVE WEST. SIGNAL REPORTS WILL BE WELCOMED  AND
    WE  REGRET  THE INCONVENIENCE CAUSED BY ITS ABSENCE.

    AND A REMINDER -- GLADESVILLE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB INC. CONDUCTS ATV 
    TEST  TRANSMISSIONS  ON UHF CHANNEL 35 ON  WEDNESDAY,  FRIDAY  AND 
    SUNDAY  NIGHTS,  COMMENCING  WITH  A  TEST  SCREEN  AT  7.00PM  ON 
    WEDNESDAY,  AND 6.30 PM ON FRIDAY AND SUNDAY.  ALSO,  ON WEDNESDAY 
    AND SUNDAY,  CONDITIONS PERMITTING,  THE TEST TRANSMISSION APPEARS 
    ON  UHF  CHANNEL  16  IN  THE CENTRAL  COAST, ON VK2RAG,  VIA  THE 
    AUSTRALIAN AMATEUR TELEVISION CLUB'S REPEATER VK2RFM AT OAKDALE.


    FROM PAT LEEPER VK2JPA CLUB SECRETARY


    Summerland Amateur Radio Club
    -----------------------------

    All  members  are  reminded of the Special General Meeting  to  be 
    held, in our club rooms, on Sunday 6th Nov. 1994, at 2pm. 

    Important changes are proposed to some of the  by-laws,  regarding 
    Associate  Membership  and voting rights.  Also it is  planned  to 
    rationalise the membership fee structure for all grades of member-
    ship.

    Please  make every effort to be there and to voice your opinion on 
    these matters.

    For more information check the details on your October newsletter.

    VK2GJ - Graeme - Publicity Officer

    P.S. Don't forget our Computer Expo on the 26th November.


                               Coming events
     
       Now, a summary of upcoming events of interest to members and
       other Radio Amateurs ... 

       CQ WW DX phone contest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ends today
       WICEN Coordinators Conference at Bathurst . . . . . .ends today
       Parramatta ARC Foundation Week station VK2ARE active. . . today 
       Australian ATV Club PCB Open Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . today 
       Westlakes ARC Field day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . today
       Castle Hill ARC meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday
       St George ARS meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday
       Parramatta ARC meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thursday
       Central Coast ARC business meeting. . . . . . . . . . . .Friday  
       Blue Mountains ARC Trash n'Treasure . . . . . . . . . . .Friday
       Mid-South Coast ARC quarterly meeting . . . . . . . . .Saturday
       Summerland ARC Special General Meeting. . . . . . . Next Sunday
       Northern Corridor Radio Group Hamfest (Perth) . . . Next Sunday
       Central Coast WICEN meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . .11 November
       Cave Rescue "Vertical techniques" exercise . . . 12-13 November
       Australian Amateur TV club meeting . . . . . . . . .13 november
       Blue Mountains ARC Computer & Communications Show. .26 November
       Summerland Computer Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 November


       Do you have an event you'd like publicised on the weekly broad-
       cast?  If  so,  then  please  send details  to  the  Divisional 
       Broadcast Officer, Michael Corbin VK2PFQ, by phone on (02) 626-
       9288,  or by fax on (02) 626-6066.  Items can also be forwarded 
       to the Divisional Office.

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