December 2013 – January 2014

Kouga Dam, 10 November 2013. Photo by Eric ZS2ECH.

This Newsletter is published by the Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society

P.O. Box 10402, LINTON GRANGE, 6015

Editing by Eric ZS2ECH

QSX-PE - Newsletter for the discerning Radio Ham

Download QSX-PE from www.zs2pe.co.za/Newsletter/Newsletter.htm or www.commco.co.za/pears.htm

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PEARS Monthly Meeting Tuesday 21

st of January, 7:30 pm

at the Italian Sporting Club, Charlo, 17 Harold Road. Why not wear a name badge with your call sign to the meeting so that everyone can get to know each other.

Merry Christmas

and Best Wishes for

a Happy New Year!

Congratulations to the following new amateurs that passed the recent RAE: Dale Palmer ZS2DP Andries van der Walt ZS2EE Grant Randall ZS2GT Johannes Potgieter ZS2JA Matthys Potgieter ZS2MP Matthys Potgieter ZS2TP Also many thanks to Donovan ZS2DL and his team for all their hard work.

WRINKLY RAVERS The regular monthly lunchtime meetings of the Wrinklies take place every first

Thursday of the month at ‘Beyond Beans’ in Newton Park. You will only be excused if

you have a "more" important appointment, or you do not have any wrinkles. Come join

the folks for some tremendous company and fun, whether you have wrinkles or not.

SEE YOU THERE!!!!!

DIARY OF EVENTS

30 November High Altitude Balloon launch from Klerksdorp

airport between 06:00 and 08:00

1 December SARL Digital Contest

5 December Wrinkly Ravers

6 – 8 December ARRL 160-Meter Contest

7 December ZS2 Speedy Sprint

14 – 15 December ARRL 10-Meter Contest

4 – 5 January ARRL RTTY Roundup

17 – 19 January PEARS VHF/UHF Contest

21 January PEARS monthly meeting at the Italian Sporting Club

24 – 26 January CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW

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THE PEARS NATIONAL VHF/UHF CONTEST 17–19 JANUARY 2014 LETTER FROM PEARS RE VHF/UHF CONTEST RULES “We as a committee have decided not to drastically change the rules of the PEARS VHF/UHF contest, we have taken into consideration the conversations on the forum and we are not here to make any enemies or upset people, we thought it might be nice to change the rules a little bit for some dimension to the contest but clearly it wasn’t what the people wanted. So as a compromise we have only changed the way that the certificates are awarded, the two changes are as follows: For a national winner a minimum of 5 logs needed to be presented to receive a certificate and for regional winners a minimum of 3 logs are required for a certificate to be issued. Also the certificates will now be created in PDF format and e-mailed to the winners to print out at their own cost. This is in an attempt to save printing and postage cost to the Club. I hope these changes will be accepted and we can move forward with the planning of this great event. – Greetings from ZS2NT, Nick Thompson (Chairman) and the Committee of PEARS.”

1. Introduction The PEARS National VHF/UHF contest will take place on 17–19 January 2014, and is open to all licensed amateurs in the RSA, as well as non-members of the SARL, including those from the neighbouring states. The aim of a VHF/UHF contest is to stimulate activity on these bands, make many long distance contacts possible, establish new records, encourage the improvement of VHF/UHF equipment and advance amateur radio. This is a 44-hour dual contest for analogue and digital modes; it will reflect changes of propagation over the two days and offer a wonderful camping period with lots of fun for field stations. Amateurs are requested to participate in both the contests and keep the bands alive.

2. Dates and Times. The first 22 hour session of the VHF/UHF contest starts at 18:00 CAT on Friday 17 January and closes at 16:00 CAT on Saturday 19 January. The second 22 hour session commences immediately after 16:00 CAT on Saturday and ends at 14:00 CAT on Sunday 19 January 2014.

3. Categories (a) Base Station - a base station is the normal home or fixed station. It may be operated by one or more amateurs as long as they use their own call signs. (b) Field Station - a field station is a temporary station set up in a caravan, tent or motor vehicle and may erect any type of antenna system but must use their own portable power supply. One or more amateurs may operate it but they must use their own call signs. (c) Club Multi-Operator Station - A Club Multi-operator station normally forms the hub of VHF activity and should encourage beginners to come along; all five bands can be worked at the same time. A club multi-operator team may operate either from a base or a field station as desired, but the Club call sign must be used by all the multi-operators. (d) Rover Category – Rovers are encouraged as they create a lot of extra activity during a VHF contest and should appeal to townhouse amateurs. All restrictions have been removed from this category and a Rover may operate from as many four digit grid squares possible during each session. Please note that a Rover station must sign off with his call sign followed by the word “Rover”. (e) Limited Category – This category is limited to a total of 4 hours divided into two 2 hour periods during each session, and may be scheduled during any part of a session operating from any fixed grid position as a base or field station or from a stationary mobile.

4. Frequency Channels 50,200 – 50,250 MHz SSB/CW 50,250 – 50,300 MHz Digital 50,350 – 50,400 MHz FM 70,100 – 70,150 MHz SSB/CW 70,150 – 70,175 MHz Digital 70,200 – 70,275 MHz FM 144,200 – 144,250 MHz SSB/CW 144,250 – 144,300 MHz Digital 144,350 – 144,400 MHz FM

432,200 – 432,250 MHz SSB/CW 432,250 – 432,300 MHz Digital 432,350 – 432.400 MHz FM 1296,200 – 1296,250 MHz SSB/CW 1296,250 – 1296,300 MHz Digital 1296,350 – 1296,400 MHz FM

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NOTE 1: To avoid pile-ups during heavy traffic on the calling frequencies of 50,200 MHz and 144,200 MHz SSB, it is suggested when activity is high to call on these frequencies but continue the contact 5 –15 kHz higher up the band, as done during HF DX contests. So tune around at times. NOTE 2: CW stations call 1 kHz above the SSB frequency, (for example 50,201 MHz), so as to be audible to SSB stations too, but must listen or work CW stations 20 kHz higher in frequency (i.e. 50,220 MHz). NOTE 3: The 70 MHz band is a shared band; please avoid QRM to commercial users. NOTE 4: Exchange of locators during meteor scatter contacts are no longer required, but must be supplied on the log sheets to calculate the distance. NOTE 5: Spotting or liaison via repeaters are not permitted during the contest period.

5. Contestants All *ZU/ZR/ZS amateurs may participate as well as amateurs from the six neighbouring states i.e. Namibia (V5), Botswana (A2), Zimbabwe (Z2), Mozambique (C9), Lesotho (7P), and Swaziland (3DA), and only contacts with these states will count. [*ZU stations are not permitted to operate on 50 MHz (6 metres) or 1296 MHz (23 cm) according to the Government Gazette].

6. Reports & Scoring A valid contact consists of an exchange of call signs, signal reports and the location, such as the 6 digit Maidenhead Locator or co-ordinates. Stations in all five categories claim one point per kilometre, but points may only be claimed for one (1) analogue and one (1) digital contact per station on the same band during a session. A Rover station can be worked on different grid squares and will count as new contacts. The number of four digit grid squares worked on a band, multiplies the scores on that band.

7. Log Sheets (a) Separate log sheets are required for digital or analogue, but please separate the different bands. The top of each log sheet must indicate CATEGORY, FULL NAME, CALL SIGN, LOCATOR and E-MAIL ADDRESS. Certificates will be e-mailed unless otherwise requested. (b) The simplified log sheets require only the DATE, TIME, FREQUENCY, CALL SIGN of station worked, SIGNAL REPORTS received and LOCATOR of station worked. Please note that every Rover station worked must be identified with the suffix /R (ZS6XYZ/R) (c) All entries must be submitted to PEARS not later than 15 February 2014 and their decision will be final. The postal and e-mail addresses are given below. A list of the winners will be posted on the SARL VHF Forum and a complete list of all the scores will appear on the PEARS website in March 2014.

8. Awards PEARS will award certificates to the analogue and digital winners as listed below. The only proviso made by PEARS is that for a national winner a minimum of 5 logs are needed to be presented to receive a certificate, and for regional winners a minimum of 3 logs are required for a certificate to be issued. (1) The grand overall national winner and first and second runner-up on analogue or digital modes are based on the stations which scored maximum points on all the bands in the three categories (a) Base, (b) Field and (c) Club Multi-operator. (2) The longest distance on analogue or digital achieved on each band. (3) The Divisional overall winners who scored the most points on all the five bands in each category on analogue or digital modes. This will offer every division an opportunity to win certificates. (4) The Rover and Limited categories, respectively, qualify only for an overall winner and runner-up based on their maximum scores on all the five bands.

9. Further Information For further information please contact the Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society, PO Box 10402, Linton Grange 6015, Port Elizabeth, or e-mail: mcbosch[at]webafrica.org.za (replace [at] with @).

ONE-YEAR LICENCE NOW DUE FOR RENEWAL ICASA has advised the SARL that persons who have a one-year amateur radio license should reapply before 31 December to renew. Regulation 9 stipulates that radio amateurs must reapply annually for a license renewal unless they opted for a multi-year license in which case they only need to reapply when their license expires.

ICASA will issue invoices for renewal during January. If you are a one-year license holder you must complete the new Form B which is now available on the SARL website at www.sarl.org.za. Complete the form and send it by email to dkuhrau@icasa.org.za before 31 December 2013.

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Earthquakes not unknown in Eastern Cape, and ancient fault lines cross Port Elizabeth By Ivor Markman HERALD PHOTOJOURNALIST

Copied from The Herald

WITH newspapers and television screens filled with tragic images after the Haiti earthquake, it is only natural for Port Elizabeth residents to wonder whether it could happen in Algoa Bay. This is because earthquakes are not unknown events in the Eastern Cape, with tremors having been felt in Port Elizabeth more than a few times and the last quake in the region a mere two months ago offshore. (This article was published on the 2010/02/08)

One of the earliest recorded earthquakes struck at 10.15pm on Tuesday, May 21, 1850. The shock was not very severe, but “sufficient to alarm the more nervous members of our population and to awaken from their first slumbers those who had retired at a very early hour to rest,” reported the Eastern Province Herald. The earth shook for about a minute and those inside their homes described the shaking as though it was a very violent wind. The newspaper reported that there had never been an earthquake in the young town before.

“The shock was felt most severely towards the north and west ends of the town. It was sufficient in these quarters to move lighter articles, such as glasses, mantle-piece ornaments, etc, from their places,” the Herald reported.

After the earthquake had subsided, most residents went outside to inspect their buildings for damage. The air was very still and a heavy dew had descended. Several people said they had perceived a sulphurous smell during the earthquake. There are reports in Morse Jones’s Lower Albany Chronicle in which it was noted the tremor was also felt in the Lower Albany area and had been violent enough to inspire the local Xhosa community to come up with a special word for it: inyikima.

In January 1900, a quake was felt in the Tsitsikamma area strong enough to dislodge crockery from shelves in some houses. Another tremor was felt in Port Elizabeth in 1912. On December 4, 1920, a tremor lasting about 20 seconds, the result of a strong earthquake out at sea, was felt in Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and George. In 1929, an early morning earthquake large enough to cause damage to buildings was felt in Grahamstown. This was followed on August 9, 1932 by a fair-sized tremor felt in Alice, Queenstown and Graaff-Reinet.

There have been several other occasions when Port Elizabeth felt the earth shake. At 3am on January 12, 1968, a tremor shook the Eastern and Southern Cape and was felt in Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Mossel Bay and Graaff-Reinet. It lasted about two minutes and was hard enough in Uitenhage to cause furniture to move and pictures to fall from the walls of homes. In Joubertina, Leon Olivier, 14, was shaken off his bed. A glass containing false teeth, which was knocked off a table, became a talking point. On October 3, 1977, a tremor felt at many places in Port Elizabeth between New Brighton, Summerstrand and Seaview, was recorded in Pretoria. It was not to be the last.

The Herald reported that at 8.55pm on Sunday, October 5, 1986, a strong tremor – registered at 4.9 on the Richter scale – “rocked buildings and sent people fleeing from their homes” as it rippled its way through large sections of Natal and the Eastern Cape. The tremor was felt in Port Elizabeth, East London, Aliwal North, Queenstown, Elliot, Mthatha and Durban. A caller to The Herald said it had been violent enough to knock ornaments from a table. On the Port Elizabeth beachfront, residents in Mutualhof (now The Beaches) in Humewood and Marine Towers in Summerstrand reported a severe shaking which “seemed to last a few minutes”. Residents in Swartkops, Greenbushes, North End and Kini Bay all reported feeling the tremor.

Dr Robert Kleywegt, of the Mineral and Energy Affairs Department, said at the time that coastal towns and cities were particularly prone to the effects of minor tremors.

“Along the coast, a lot of high-rise buildings are on poor foundations – piles driven into waterlogged sand.”

It is believed that the tremor’s epicentre was in Lesotho or the north- eastern Cape.

The worst earthquake to hit South Africa struck on September 29, 1969, when nine people were killed in the areas of Tulbagh, Prince Albert, Ceres and Wolseley during a 6.5 magnitude earthquake. Damage, which included many historic buildings in Tulbagh, totalled R20-million.The most recent earthquake occurred two months ago – on December 1 – 10km off the Transkei coast. South Africa as a whole does not normally get large tremors except in the Witwatersrand where they result from mining activities.

However, there are three ancient fault lines in Port Elizabeth where some slight movements can still occur. One of them, the Moregrove fault, runs along the Port Elizabeth beachfront from Pollok Beach, Summerstrand, along the shoreline, through the Baakens Valley and ending at the Moregrove quarry near the Kragga Kamma interchange. The water which continually runs across Lower Valley Road near the old PE Tramways building is underground water seeping to the surface through the Moregrove fault. Another, the so-called Chelsea- Noordhoek fault, runs parallel to the Schoenmakerskop coast, while a third fault runs in the Coega area.

Dr Steffen Buettner, senior lecturer at Rhodes University, said: “Major seismic activity in the region ... was linked to the break-up of the super- continent Gondwana (about) 150 to 125 million years ago.

“At that time, the Earth’s crust was stretched and extended, forming faults, fractures along of which crustal blocks moved downwards.

“The major tectonic movements came to an end more than 100 million years ago, and what causes occasional tremors nowadays is just an aftermath which is not likely to end up in a significant earthquake.

MOREGROVE FAULT ... Prof Peter Booth of NMMU’s geosciences department points to the quartzite rocks of the Moregrove Fault in the Baakens Valley. The old sandstones have been heated to such an extent all the grains interlock, making it a very hard rock. One side of the rock has dropped down relative to the other as a consequence of Pangea breaking up and the formation of the super-continent Gondwana. →

Photo: IVOR MARKMAN

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Microwave signals turned into electrical power

Copied from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24897584

An electrical current capable of charging a mobile phone has been created from microwave signals.

A team from Duke University said the technology they had used had been as efficient as using solar panels.

The device they created used metamaterials, which capture various forms of wave energy and convert them for other applications.

In the future, satellite, sound or wi-fi signals could be "harvested", according to the US researchers.

"We're showing... these materials can be useful for consumer applications," said engineering student Alexander Katko.

Using fibreglass and copper conductors on a circuit board, the researchers converted microwaves into 7.3 volts of electricity. A USB charger, which is often used to recharge mobile phone batteries and cameras, provides about five volts.

"We were aiming for the highest energy efficiency we could achieve," said team member Allen Hawkes.

"We had been getting energy efficiency around 6-10%, but with this design we were able to dramatically improve energy conversion to 37%, which is comparable to what is achieved in solar cells."

Metamaterials are artificial materials that display properties not usually found in nature.

Alexander Katko and Allen Hawkes Alexander Katko and Allen Hawkes designed a "power-harvesting" device

In future, the two students and their colleague Steven Cummer hope that the technology can be built in to mobile phones. This would allow the handsets to recharge wirelessly when not being used.

They also believe that it could help users living in remote areas without access to the power grid. They would be able to "harvest" the energy from signals generated by mobile phone towers.

"Our work demonstrates a simple and inexpensive approach to electromagnetic power harvesting," said Mr Cummer.

"The beauty of the design is that the basic building blocks are self-contained and additive. One can simply assemble more blocks to increase the scavenged power."

The full report will be published in the journal Applied Physics Letters in December.

MIDLANDS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB 6 M CROSSBAND REPEATER

The Midlands Amateur Radio Club has just completed installing a 6 m cross-band repeater. This is a very unusual development for Amateur Radio in South Africa and the results are going to be interesting. Please monitor and transmit on this frequency. Signal reports or comments can be sent to admin@marc.org.za

The repeater operates on 50.550MHz FM Simplex and an 88.5Hz tone is required. Any activity on our vhf/uhf repeaters will go out on 50,550. Voice time announcements are made every hour on the hour. If you trigger this 6m repeater, Sunday 08:00 is our weekly club net, Sunday 09:00 - 10:00 ZS0JPL-R SwapShop and Monday 20:00 Amateur Radio Newsline.

The repeater controller hardware is a RTCM, the software is AllStar (a HAM version of Asterix PABX VoIP software)

All thanks to Shaun Rudling (ZR5S) for a job well done!!

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ANTENNAS AND TRANSMATCHES – PART 1 BY AL AKERS – ZS2U

I will commence this series with what appears to be a not so well known fact. Modern transceivers have an output designed to feed into a 50 ohm resistive load. They have a reflected power sensor which cuts the drive to the final transistors and therefore the output power, proportionally to the mismatch, so protecting the output transistors. This usually results in a greater reduction in output signal than due to the mismatch loss of the antenna. Thus it is so much more important to have the antenna properly matched.

The most popular antenna is the half wave dipole because it has a centre impedance of about 75 ohms resistive and no reactance. As it is resonant it has a good radiation pattern and is very efficient. It is used as a reference antenna for beam antenna gains. It can be matched to 50 ohms with a simple L network as shown.

Where:

XL = inductive reactance of L in ohms

L = coil inductance – µH

XC = capacitive reactance of C in ohms

C = capacitance of C - pF

There may be some odd reactance which could require compensating for by means slight alterations to the calculated value of L and C.

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

PEARS end-of-year social held at the Italian Sporting Club on the 19 of November 2013.

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Garden Route Rally Roundup by Raymond ZS1RAY

I think all there is to be said that the weather won the final round of the South African National Rally Championship last weekend…..

Five stages took place the Friday, Day 1, through the Bergplaas Pine Forests - stage 6, the 1st stage for Day 2, ended up being the only stage for the day due to highly unpredictable weather conditions and heavy rains. Many of the officials as well as medical support vehicles could not reach some of their designated positions. The inability of medical support vehicles to reach certain areas created a safety risk to the participants. Abe may also have a word or two to share afterwards with regards to a locked gate and the forces of nature during day 2…HI

Tony ZR2TX manned the control Station located at the Garden Route Mall. Members from the PE Amateur Radio club as well as the South Cape Amateur Radio club met here on Friday morning, and where mobile installations were completed in the relevant Support vehicles. Seventeen radio hams in total - one from as far as Div 6 & one from East London also participated. SKR members Fransois ZS1Q, Beat ZS1HB who teamed up with Abe ZS1ZS, departed to relevant start and finish points for the stages on Day 1. Myself operated during the 2 days from the FIV (1st Intervention Vehicle) where I found myself strapped in to the roll cage of a slightly modified Hilux 4X4 Double Cab - Equipped with medical & emergency equipment together with two medics.

If not for the 18 Radio marshals, the weather would not have been the only dilemma facing the event. Shortly after the 1st stages started - problems occurred with their timing instruments at start and finish point. Vehicles also relied on GSM networks to provide tracking and emit warning signals in the event of an accident - due to no cellphone coverage it was up to the Radio Marshals to report times and vehicle sequences. Sequencing was of the utmost importance in order to determine whether there may have been a participant lost or in need of medical assistance - Radio marshals did an excellent job in passing stage times - sequencing and tracking through to all relevant parties involved. Fortunately, besides for 1 or 2 mishaps and some mechanical failures among the participants, there were no serious incidents.

On Day one in the field - RADIO marshals operated mainly on 145 500 simplex. Thanks to Chris ZS2AAW, stationed on a high point, who relayed from simplex into the 145 700 repeater linked to control, made for excellent comms throughout Day 1. Day 2 mainly operated from the Montagu pass - the only stage for Day 2. Unfortunately the use for HF comms as originally planned for was not called upon - the 700 repeater did the trick just fine!

In all a fantastic event and a privilege to have been involved once again- with some adrenaline pumping moments of rally vehicles careering around corners and turns – meters away from your location - leaving trails of dust and the sound of high performance engines revving to its limits.

As per e-mail received from Tony earlier today..........I quote - Firstly, now that we have all dried out and got back to normal, I would like to thank everyone for the great effort put in over the Weekend, I do not need to mention the trying conditions – It is a pleasure working with professional motivated people and this makes the job of keeping the organizers happy so much easier. We did a good job and kept the name of amateur radio high.

73’s

SIX ELEMENT 70 CM BEAM – BY AL AKERS ZS2U When considering the construction of a beam, the more elements, the greater the gain, but also the more unwieldy the beam becomes, so a compromise has to be made. Bear in mind that each extra element you add to a beam, the less extra gain, the law of diminishing returns. Also the sharper the pattern becomes and this makes it more difficult to keep the beam in the right direction. It has been known too that a contact was missed because the beam was not in the right direction. My compromise for a portable 70 cm beam, or even a base station one is six elements and claimed gain of 10 DB. The elements are 3 mm diameter brazing rods and using an insulated boom, in my case Indian cane which is light and strong.

There are several matching options, you can consult me on this or take a chance on my dimensions. Use 3 mm diameter rod for gamma section spaced 11 mm from driven element and connected 66 mm from centre coax connected, screen to centre of driven element and centre to gamma section. My SWR is 1,2 = 1

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Sunday Bulletins PEARS bulletins are transmitted on Sundays immediately after the SARL English transmission, i.e. at about 08:30 on 7098 kHz as well as the 2 metre linked network that provides from Butterworth to George and

up to the Free State and their environs. PEARS 7098 or 3640 kHz transceiver facilities are also remotely linked as needed. In addition, the SARL's 40 m operations on 7082 or 7066 kHz or Hamnet's 7070 kHz can be remotely patched to the 2 m network in receive only mode or with full transceive capability for interactive events. A recorded rebroadcast of the bulletin takes place on the Eastern Cape Linked Repeater Network every Monday night at 20h00 courtesy of various volunteers who rotate this duty. The bulletin readers are always looking for something to announce. If you have something to contribute, please forward it to the next reader.

Bulletin Roster 1 December Johannes ZS2JO

8 December Tony ZR2TX

15 December Theunis ZS2EC

22 December Chris ZS2AAW

29 December Nick ZS2NT

5 January Glen ZS2GV

12 January Patsy ZS2PTY

19 January Clive ZS2RT

26 January Johannes ZS2JO

CONGRATULATIONS

BIRTHDAYS – December 05 Clive ZS2RT Fife 06 Lionel ZS2DD Coombe-Davis 07 Dawid ZS1PC Petzer 13 Thian ZS2Y De Jager 15 Derek ZR2DJH Hislop 17 George ZS2E Pearson 20 Donald ZS2BW Jacobs 20 Gerrit ZS2XD Rautenbach 21 Ron ZS2MF Clarke 23 Noel XYL of Cyril ZS2EJ Hislop 24 Colette ZS2CR XYL of Mitch ZS2DK Rundle 25 Graham ZR2ABQ Pearson 25 Mike ZS2FM Bosch 28 Elize XYL of Garth ZS2HB Laaks 29 Susan XYL of Neels ZS2ND du Plessis 30 Alida XYL of Dirk ZS2D Ligthelm

ANNIVERSARIES – December 10 June ZS2JJ and Mike ZS2MJ Jones 11 Ingrid and Dawid ZS1PC Petzer 12 Jane and Clive ZS2RT Fife 15 Dawn and Derek ZR2DJH Hislop 19 Alida and Dirk ZS2D Ligthelm 21 Llise and Mark ZS2LLD Dodd 23 Noel and Cyril ZS2EJ Hislop

BIRTHDAYS – January 02 Yolande XYL of Nicholas ZS2NJ Joosten 09 Bill ZS2BIL Hickson 09 Trevor ZR2MCL Lloyd 10 Tony ZR2TX Allen 14 Jacques ZS2BZ Human 15 Ashley ZS2AG Goosen 20 Barry ZS2EZ Murrell 27 Gary ZS2GA Anderson

ANNIVERSARIES – January

02 Chantelle and Linton ZS2ICE Rohl 03 Brenda and Alan ZS2R Whitehead 09 Pam ZU1PAM and Phil ZS2PP Hopper 22 Renette and Andre ZS2BK van Deventer 29 Margaret and Ken ZS2OC Victor

If you are a member and your birthday or anniversary details are omitted or

incorrect, please notify Clive ZS2RT (or any committee member) to update our

records.

Four Metre Net A four metre net has been started on 70.2 MHz FM at 19h00 on Monday evenings. Antennas are horizontally polarized. This net will serve a dual purpose. It will get amateurs together to discuss various aspects of the hobby. It will also provide signals for stations further afield to listen out for and hopefully, when there are openings, to make contact with net members. You are welcome to join in. 73, Al ZS2U

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HAM RADIO OUTLET-SOUTH AFRICA cc “Where Radio is a Passion”

Launch of the long awaited ICOM IC7100

Complete with touch screen and DSTAR as standard.

Orders taken @ ONLY R16995 incl VAT.

For all your Amateur needs from plugs to coax….

give us a call 041 3711425 Speak to Donovan (ZS2DL) or Andre (ZS2BK)

We Ship Country Wide!

Visit http://www.hamradio.co.za

For all your ham radio requirements!

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Your Society’s Committee for 2013/2014 Chairman Nicholas Thompson ZS2NT 082 490 0824 Nick.peham[at]gmail.com Vice Chairman, Technical/repeaters

Glen Cummings ZS2GV 082 411 2743 glen[at]peham.co.za

Secretary, Functions organising Patsy Kruger ZS2PTY patsy[at]peham.co.za Treasurer Clive Fife ZS2RT 041 367 3203 clive[at]peham.co.za Public Relations Johannes Geldenhuys ZS2JO 082 320 3032 Johannes[at]s4.co.za Events, Rally organising Tony Allen ZR2TX 082 956 2920 tony.zr2tx[at]gmail.com QSX Distribution, Contests, Awards, ZS2PE

Theunis Potgieter ZS2EC 082 766 8830 zs2ec@vodamail.co.za

Technical/repeaters, WiFi Chris Scarr ZS2AAW 082 925 6367 christopher[at]peham.co.za

CO-OPTED POSTS RAE Examination Admin. Donovan ZS2DL 082 852 4885 zs2dl[at]hamradio.co.za Assessors Rory ZS2BL

Chris ZS2AAW Donovan ZS2DL Bill ZS2ABZ

072 026 8909 082 925 6367 082 852 4885 041 581 2580

rory[at]commco.co.za christopher[at]peham.co.za zs2dl[at]hamradio.co.za zs2abz[at]isat.co.za

Hamnet scoring Al ZS2U 041 360 2983 al[at]peham.co.za Contest Committee Theunis ZS2EC

Mike ZS2FM 082 766 8830 084 612 9600

contest[at]peham.co.za mcbosch[at]webafrica.org.za

Meetings catering Bill Hodges ZS2ABZ O41 581 2580 zs2abz[at]isat.co.za QSX Editor Eric Hosten ZS2ECH 072 8414 693 qsx[at]peham.co.za

Replace [at] with @ when you want to send an email (this is done to try to prevent spamming).

PEARS' VHF/UHF, Packet & Other Services

Local Repeaters: These repeaters form a separate sub-net in the PE - Uitenhage - Despatch area. Town VHF

145,050/650 Town UHF

431,050/438,650 Uitenhage

145,075/675 Tygerhoek

145,000/600 Longmore

145,025/625

Cape Linked System Repeaters: These form the PEARS long-range 2-metre repeater system, in conjunction with the Border, Southern Cape and

WCRWG systems. See www.zs2pe.co.za/Repeaters/repeaters.htm for more details. Lady's Slipper 145,100/700

Grahamstown 145,150/750

Cradock 145,050/650

Noupoort 438,750 / 438,675

Colesberg 431,075/438,675

Kareedouw 145,127/725

Plett 145,175/775

Brenton 145,075/675

Packet network: ZS0NTP-2 Packet Node

Lady’s Slipper 10,151 LSB 300bd APRS

144,800 1200bd 438,275 1200bd (FWD)

434,875 9600bd 434,800 1200bd APRS Cape Linked System

ZS0NTP BBS Lady’s Slipper

On all node frequencies

ZS0GHT-2 Packet Node Grahamstown

144,800 1200bd 434,800 1200bd (FWD)

439,850 9600bd

ZS0CDK-2 Digi Cradock

144,800 1200bd

ZS0KDJ APRS Digi Mount Road

434,800 1200bd

ZS0KDB APRS Digi Longmore

434,800 1200bd

ZS2ABZ-4 WMR918 WX Station

144,625 1200bd

VHF Beacon: 50,007 MHz FSK – ZS2X, 25 Watts into 2 element Yagi beaming north.

Banking details (for subs & donations): NEDBANK SAVINGS ACCOUNT No. 221 252 7594, Bank code 121217, A/C name: Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society. Please use call signs as a reference.

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IF NOT DELIVERED RETURN TO

Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society

PO Box 10402 LINTON GRANGE

6015

AMATEUR RADIO is the hobby for RADIO EXPERIMENTERS

and those who like to fiddle with ELECTRONICS, COMMUNICATIONS or COMPUTERS