Editor: - Don MacDonald ZL3DMC
Distribution: - Alan Wallace ZL1AMW
NZART Website: www.nzart.org.nz
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Issue 339
Date 01/07/2016
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In this Issue
From NZART Headquarters
The CW open contest
Hamilton Market Day
Trans Tasman Low bands Challenge
Official Broadcast
Off Shore News Links
NZART Housekeeping
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1. From Headquarters
Debby says…
Conference is over for another year and once again a great weekend was
had by all.
One very important point made during an excellent data display of the
new NZART website by Chris Hellyar ZL3LF. Now more than ever in this
technological age we need to be able to contact you, the members of
NZART by the most efficient method, being e-mails.
Therefore I urge you all to forward me your contact e-mail address so I
can include in the database. The annual subscription invoice will be
posted out with your August Break In, included in this will be another
reminder to supply this to me.
I have also undertaken an update of the NZART examination supervisors on
our current website as much of the information is either obsolete or has
changed. In order for prospective candidates to contact the right person
it is really important to have this as up to date as possible. I will be
in contact with each branch to make sure the details are correct.
Regrettably there are some examiners listed who are no longer members of
NZART and others have incorrect e-mail addresses, can you please respond
to my e-mail and advise amendments accordingly.
Finally, an unusual request from John Longden:
I volunteer with the Thames Coast Kiwi Care Group. We track kiwi
(carrying radio transmitters) with small yagi antennae as part of a
population rebuilding project.
We often have a lot of trouble finding birds in deep bush, and are
trying to find out about some possible improvements to our technology.
I wonder if it is possible to mention us in your communications with
members? We would love to find someone, possibly but not necessarily
local, who has the knowledge and skills to advise us on the radio side
of our project, in particular the construction of yagi antenna suitable
for field use in our terrain.
John Longden
408 Thames Coast Rd
Te Puru
RD5 Thames 3575
Mob 0274 595 596
Talk soon…Debby ZL2DL
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2.
The CW Open 2016
Open to amateur radio operators worldwide
The Friendliest Contest in Ham Radio!
Saturday 3 September 2016
Everyone works everyone: CW only, Single Op only
Three sessions, each 4-hours long, at 0000Z, 1200Z and 2000Z
Any or all HF non-WARC bands (160-10 meters)
Exchange: QSO number and given name (e.g. 12 Yoshi)
Work stations once per band per session
One point per valid QSO
One multiplier per callsign, first time worked, per session
Logging supported by: N1MM, WriteLog, SD, Skookum, TR4W,
YFKtest, GenLog, DX Log, CQPWin
Trophies to winner of each session in each ITU region (1, 2
and 3)
Plaques to winners of each category in each ITU region (1, 2
and 3)
Rules at
www.cwops.org/cwopen.html
Teams welcome
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3.
It’s that time again.
Hamilton Market Day is just over one month away. It will be on the 13th
of August at the Waikato Table Tennis Stadium in Edgecumbe Street,
Hamilton.
(Street map on the Hamilton Club web site.)(
zl1ux.org.nz/market_day.html)
Sellers start at 8 am and buyers can enter at 10am.
As always there is free entry for buyers and there will be food
available at the cafeteria.
More details on the Hamilton Club web site at
zl1ux.org.nz/market_day.html including a sellers registration form.
I hope to see you there.
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4.Trans Tasman Challenge
The Trans Tasman contest has undergone a metamorphosis into a faster
more interesting low bands challenge.
With three modes catered for in SSB CW and Digital (RTTY/PSK) the
contest is now divided into three two hour segments for reworking and
160 80 40 is on the same evening.
This is in the prime time for Low Frequencies (LF) the month of July.
VK6 was long felt left out of the action and the inclusion of 40M will
help them be part of the contest as well as a new Open power category
means that those have trouble making the trip over the ditch are now
able to do it easier.
QRP Medium and High power categories as well as single op and multi op
round out the offering.
Trans Tasman Low Bands Challenge
Prepared by VK4TS and VK4SN
Last amendment 9th May 2016
1. Contest Introduction
This contest is to encourage Low Band Activity in Australia and New
Zealand – The applicable bands are 160, 80 and 40M. The modes
are SSB CW and Digital (RTTY and PSK only)
2. Objective
Amateurs in VK and ZL will endeavour to contact other amateurs in VK and
ZL.
* VK and ZL, means any station operating within Australia or New Zealand
and their external territories.
* Points are only awarded for valid contacts between VK and ZL stations.
The contest is made up of 3 individual two hour blocks – you are
able to work another station once per band and mode in every block.
Every different Prefix used by VK or ZL stations is a valid multiplier
and credit can be claimed once per band per block.
3. Contest Date & Time
The contest is held on the Saturday night of the third full weekend of
July Start Time is 08:00 UTC and finish time is 14:00 UTC 16th July
2016
4. Categories
A. Single Operator – High Power All Modes All Bands
B. Single Operator – Low Power (100 watts)
C. Single Operator – QRP
E. Multi-Operator – Single Transmitter
F. Multi-Operator – Multi Transmitter (One per band)
* QRP stations are limited to 5 Watts average (CW/RTTY/PSK) or PEP (SSB)
at the transmitter output.
Each category will have High Scores for SSB, CW and Digital awards.
Any station in Single or Multi Op may win the Single Mode awards
– BUT Multi ops will not be eligible for single op categories.
NOTE: The Mode scores are purely on the highest score and may be from a
partial log. You do not enter SSB only – rather the log is
determined as having the highest SSB score.
5. Permitted Bands
Contacts may be made on 160M 80M 40M in SSB, CW and Digital (PSK and
RTTY Modes)
NB. PSK and RTTY are the only allowed digital modes and are combined,
not counted separately.
6. Multi-operator Stations
A. Multi-operator single transmitter stations are only allowed one
transmitted signal on air at any time.
If you are using three transceivers to scan the bands, simultaneous
transmission will reclassify you as
Multi Transmitter(Category F.) – your responsibility to stop
multiple transmitters operating.
B. Multi-operator Multi Transmitter stations
a. Are only allowed maximum one transmitted signal per band,
b. Simultaneous transmissions on different bands are permitted.
* Multi-operator stations are mixed mode only.
7. Contacts
A. Suggested Call: “CQ TT”, “CQ
Contest”, or “CQ Test”
B. Exchange: A valid exchange consists of RS(T) followed by a three
figure serial number starting at 001 for each band.
C. No cross band contacts are allowed.
D. Exchange of contact information via satellites, telephones,
repeaters, Echolink, IRLP, or the internet is not in the spirit of the
contest and is banned.
8. Scoring
All contacts are worth one point – Add the number of contacts
made in the two hours and multiply by the different prefixes worked on
each band in that two hours.
NB external territories count as one prefix – eg VK0 counts as
VK0 and not the separate DXCC same as for VK9
e.g. 160 80 40 total contacts 50 X 35 prefixes (total of each band
added) 750 points per hour.
Final Score is the addition of the scores from the three two hour blocks
starting at 08:00; 10:00 & 12:00 UTC
9. Logs
Logs are due in within one week of closure of the contest.
Submit logs to
http://www.b4h.net/vkcc/transtasman/
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Official Broadcast
The Official Broadcast is made on the last Sunday of each month except:
December when the Broadcast is made on the Sunday before Christmas.
January when there is no broadcast
The broadcast is made on 3900 kHz, and on the National System and local
VHF repeaters.
The broadcast is made at 2000 hours (8:00 pm), with a repeat at 2100
hours (9:00 pm).
Members and Branches are welcome to submit material for inclusion in the
Broadcast to the e-mail or postal address shown below.
ZL2BHF
NZART Headquarters
P O Box 40-525
UPPER HUTT 5140
E-mail
73
Jim ZL2BHF
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Off Shore News Links
ARRL News & Features
RSGB News
IARU Region 3
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NZART Housekeeping
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