NZART Headquarters Infoline Issue 262

16 November 2012

NZART Website: www.nzart.org.nz

In this issue:

· From the desk of HQ

· Top Monitoring Service Award

· FMTAG Notes

· VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF Contest News

· Dark Future for Ham Radio in EU

· ZL9HR Update

· IARU Region 3 15th Conference report Ho Chi Minh



Debby Says…We are nearing the end of the year so it’s
now time for all branches to remember some very important activities and
events.



Elections will be held in March next year, therefore all branches are
urged to consider nominating someone they feel can best serve them in
their respective areas and help the growth of amateur radio and NZART
membership in future years.

I have attached a nomination form to this issue of HQ Info-line for your
convenience. Please complete this and return to me before 31 December
2012.



Remits…all branches considering forwarding a remit to the AGM
next year, a reminder that I need to receive this also before 31
December 2012.



So far we have had a good response to the membership promotion, however
if you know of anyone who is still considering joining/rejoining with
this special offer, please urge them to do so.



Talk soon…Debby ZL2DL



Top Monitoring Service Award

John Martin ZL1GWE Monitoring Service Officer, advised the recipient of
this years award goes once again to Phillip Conza ZL2TZE.
Congratulations Phillip on behalf of NZART Council and members and
thanks for your continued efforts.



FMTAG NOTES FOR HQ INFOLINE 262

Proposals

Published for the information of, and seeking comments from, members.



Branch 74 Wellington VHF has applied for a Digital Amateur TV Repeater
at Belmont, located at TOPO50 BQ32 570.40 396.30. RSM has chosen a
transmit frequency band of 502 MHz to 510 MHz. An Engineering
evaluation, in accordance with RSM PIB38, shows that there will be no
interference to other stations.



Please refer to Infoline Special No 35s for background information
regarding this Digital Amateur TV Repeater application – ZL1TGC



Final Recommendations to NZART Council

None this time.



Licence Renewals

FMTAG has sent Invoices, for $51.11 per licence, for repeaters owned by
the following Branches:



05 Christchurch 26
Nelson

28 Whangarei 34
South Canterbury

37 Southland 38
Taumarunui

49 Westland 51
Eastern Bay of Plenty

56 Christchurch West 67 Kawerau

78 Far North 82
Southern Wairarapa

84 Bay of Islands 86
Musick Point

87 South Taranaki CARDS



Please contact FMTAG by email if the invoice has not been received:




Payment to NZART is required before the end of November, to avoid
automatic cancellation of the licences by RSM's SMART system.



Many thanks to the Branches that have already paid.



Comments and Applications

Please send your comments and suggestions on the above, and on any other
FMTAG matters, by e-mail to:



Applications for repeaters, beacons, digipeaters, point-to-point links,
and so on, should be made on the latest version of FMTAG Form 10. The
latest versions of FMTAG Form 10, and the explanatory Form 10A, are
available on the NZART website:



http://www.nzart.org.nz/fmtag/index.html



Completed forms should be sent by e-mail to



VHF-UHF-SHF-EHF CONTEST NEWS

The Next Contest

The next contest is the Field Day Contest, all bands 50 MHz and up, on
Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd of December 2012. The operating
times a Saturday 1700 to 2300 NZDST and Sunday 0700 to 1300 NZDST.



The contest after that is the DX Weekend Contest, all bands 50 MHz and
up, on Saturday the 2nd and Sunday the 3rd of February 2013. The
operating times a Saturday 1700 to 2300 NZDST and Sunday 0700 to 1300
NZDST.



The Contest Rules are available at:
www.vhf.org.nz/VHF-UHF-SHF-ContestRules



All contest logs should be sent, to arrive within two weeks, to:





with Contest Log in the subject line.

Or by post to:



Contest Manager

Wellington VHF Group

P.O. Box 12-259

Thorndon

Wellington



Please include your email address if you wish to receive the results as
soon as they are available.



Dark Future for Ham Radio in EU.

Polluting Draft Standard EN50561-1:2012 Approved Despite *RSGB*
opposition,

the CENELEC Working Group 11 have voted in favour of draft standard *

EN50561-1:2012* for polluting Power Line Communication apparatus.



This draft standard means the polluting radio interference from PLT
devices

could be 10,000 times higher than the previous standard EN55022, ruining

people's enjoyment of radio.



Hat off for RSGB and a few other IARU R1 members who took up the fight



To achieve growth and new jobs in the EU-market shortwave will be

sacrificed.



Mo http://www.rsgb.org/news/articlelinks.php?id21



Goran SM7DLK



One of the most important DX'peditions of the year is about to start.
ZL9HR will be active from the UNESCO World Heritage Campbell Island
which is 650Km south of New Zealand in the Great
Southern Ocean. This Sub-Antartic island is sought after not only for
DXCC and IOTA (OC-037) awards but I have been informed by August HB9TZA,
also for the World Flora and Fauna radio award where the island has the
reference ZLFF-019. Please checkout www.wff44.org for details of that
competition.

I am glad to report all plans are still on schedule and ZL9HR will be
active on all bands from 160m to 6m from November 28th to December 9th
from Campbell Island. Here's hoping for mild weather and good
propagation for the event.

As always please refer to the DX'Pedition's website zl9hr.com for all
details and latest updates.

Thanks, this is Ed VK2JI Australian Publicity Officer for ZL9HR.





Housekeeping

1.. Break-In-Closing Date Reminder: Copy for the Sept/October issue of
Break-In-closes on 10 Dec 2012.
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body of the text. Please ensure that suitable descriptive
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acknowledged to confirm receipt.
Thank you for your cooperation.
John Walker ZL3IB Editor.
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Attachments to this issue:

Nomination form for Council Elections



International Amateur Radio Union Region 3



RELEASE



Date: 10 November 2012



The 15th IARU Region 3 Conference,

Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam



The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 3, 15th Triennial
Conference was held on 5 - 9 November 2012, hosted by the Vietnam
Amateur Radio Club (VARC) in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Viet Nam.

The Conference opened on Monday 5th November, under the shadow of the
passing away of the former Chairman Michael Owen VK3KI on 22nd September
2012.

The meeting observed a minutes silence in Michael’s memory.
Throughout the duration of the conference a series of photographs of
Michael were placed on the top table to remember him.

The Conference was declared open by the Chairman of VARC Mr Nguyen Minh
Duc 3W2REH. Local officials Mr Lee Manh Ha Vice Chairman of the HCM
City People's Committee and Mr Nguyen Van Thu Deputy Manager Radio
Frequency Management Department and Director of the Centre for Regional
Frequency Management 2 of the Ministry of Telecommunications of Viet Nam
warmly welcomed everyone to HCMC.

Mr. Tim Ellam VE6SH President of the IARU and Peter Lake ZL2AZ Chairman
of Directors of Region 3 also participated in the opening ceremony.
They also paid tributes to Michael Owen on behalf of the IARU, Region 3
and radio amateurs all over the world.

The conference saw participation with a record number of 16 societies in
person and one by proxy. (ARRL/ ARSI/ BDARA/ CRSA/ CTARL/ HARTS/ JARL/
KARL/ MARTS/ NZART/ ORARI/ PARA/ RAST/ SARTS/ VARC/ WIA and PIARA
represented by JARL. This compares with 10 member societies and 3
proxies at the 14th Regional Conference in Christchurch. Also attending
were the IARU President Tim Ellam, from Region 1 President Hans
Timmerman PB2T and Secretary Dennis Green ZS4BS and from Region 2
President Reinaldo Leandro YV5AM and Secretary Ramon Santoyo XE1KK.

Terry Carrell ZL3QL from New Zealand was nominated as the Conference
Chairman by VARC, and accepted by the conference.

Two Working Groups were formed:

· WG1 - Policy matters that included education, training,
development of amateur radio and international and regional conferences
involving radio administrations

· WG2 - Operational and Technical Matters, including
emergency communications, the IARU R3 Award and band plans.

In addition the Finance Committee was convened at times when all
delegates were invited and available to participate.

A total of 61 documents were discussed by the Working Groups and
recommendations submitted to the conference.

One of the major items for consideration was the possible increase in
subscriptions, a subject that had been initiated at the last conference
in Christchurch. This has engaged the attention of all societies during
the past three years as the current rates of subscription payments just
about balanced the expenses of the region without generating much for
building up a reserve or covering inflation etc.

The conference debated this issue and recognized the need, and voted for
an increase of 20% over the current IARU Region 3 subscription rates.

Two societies had submitted resolutions for increasing the number of
directors from the present five to either six or seven to provide
greater representation from societies, and to be able to work on the
many issues that need attention. This item was discussed in detail and
it was agreed by the conference to increase the number to six.

Attendance at APT/APG meetings is vital to the build-up for WRC 15, and
budget has provided for the region to be adequately represented.

The conference noted that ORARI were in an advanced stage of
preparations to launch an amateur satellite from a launch pad in India.

Steps will also be taken to modernize the IARU Region 3 website.

The Conference accepted a proposal from WIA to sponsor and implement an
annual award in memory of the late Michael Owen, VK3KI. It is to be
awarded to the highest Region 3 individual score in the annual IARU HF
Contest. The WIA will fund and present a suitable trophy each year.

Consequent to the decision of conference to elect six directors the
following six nominations were received and declared elected, unopposed:

· Peter Lake ZL2AZ

· Joong Guen Rhee HL1AQQ

· Shizuo Endo JE1MUI

· Geoff Atkinson VK3TL

· Wisnu Widjaja YB0AZ

· Gopal Madhavan VU2GMN

The Directors then elected Gopal Madhavan VU2GMN as their Chairman,
which was endorsed by conference.

Katsumi (Ken) Yamamoto JA1CJP was returned unopposed as Secretary. The
auditor was also reappointed.

Most Regional Coordinators were reappointed. The Conference appointed
Onno W Purbo YC0MLC to the vacant EMC Coordinator's position due to the
resignation of Chang HL3QVU. The EMR Coordinator's position remains
vacant after the passing away of Keith Malcolm, VK1KM. The Directors
are tasked with finding someone to do this job.



The Administrative Council of IARU met just before the Region 3
conference with Chairman Peter Lake ZL2AZ and Secretary Ken Yamamoto
JA1CJP participating on behalf of Region 3, with Shizuo Endo JE1MUI also
attending as an observer. The Administrative Council members also
participated in the conference.

The Directors of Region 3 also met before the Region 3 conference. Most
of their work was concerned with preparation for the conference. The
re-elected and new Directors met after the conference, on 10 November,
to prepare for the next triennium of work.

The conference was in praise of the VARC organizing committee, headed by
Mr Nguyen Minh Duc 3W2REH, and the Royal Hotel Saigon, for their
arrangements for meetings etc.

The conference thanked Terry Carrell ZL3QL for taking on the role of
conference chairman and conducting the meetings with efficiency.

One invitation was received from ORARI to host the 16th Regional
Conference of IARU Region 3 at Jogjakarta in Central Java, Indonesia in
late 2015. Presentations were made by ORARI. The conference adopted the
motion to hold the next conference in Indonesia.



Ken Yamamoto

Secretary, IARU Region 3

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