The purpose of the Net is to overcome the lack of member contact
since General Meetings of the VK6 division were discontinued.
As with the General Meetings of the past, visitors (non-members) are welcome to attend.

Call Sign VK6WIA 146.750 MHz Lesmurdie Repeater
and 80 Metre Gateway on 3.564 Mhz controlled by Will VK6UU.

Net Control Tony VK6TS - Meeting Opened at 1930 Hours.

No formal check-in called for except 80 Metres.
VK6BH Bill (Allanson) VK6KBC Basil (Leonora)

A roll call of Divisional Council produced the following check ins:
VK6HK Don Council Minute Secretary VK6IW Dave Membership VK6LZ Cliff President
VK6NE Neil Vice President VK6OO Bruce Treasurer VK6TS Tony Broadcast/Net Control
VK6UU Will Federal Councillor VK6ZLZ Christine Secretary
Apologies from VK6XH Keith and VK6ZSE Eddie

Those participating (22) were:
VK6BH Bill Allanson VK6BSL Grahame VK6CSW Clive Perth VK6HAO Peter Perth
VK6HK Don Perth VK6IW Dave Perth VK6JG Gwynne Perth VK6KBC Basil Leonora
VK6KZ Wally Perth - Federal Director VK6LZ Cliff Perth VK6MOT Tom Geraldton
VK6MT Mal Perth VK6NE Neil Perth VK6PM Con Toodyay VK6PO Rob Perth
VK6RF Ron Perth VK6RO Graham Perth VK6TQ Kim Perth VK6TS Tony Perth
VK6UU Will Perth VK6YCI Greg Perth VK6ZLZ Christine Perth

VK6TS Tony opened the net and invited participants to raise points of interest for discussion.
To start the ball rolling Tony suggested the following Topics,
How to promote Amateur Radio to the General Public.
New Community TV Channel 31 is looking for items.
There was no response

Federal Conference

VK6WZ Harry noted that June AR
carried pictures of 20 people attending the Federal Conference.
He asked
(i) was this the total, (ii) what governs who gets to go, (iii) who pays, and (iv) who votes ?

VK6UU Will (VK6 Federal Councillor) gave the answers:
(i) The ones pictured were the main attendees plus one or two VK2's assisting
(the conference was held at the VK2 offices).
(ii) The Federal President, the three Federal Directors,
and the Federal Councillors (ie ONE DELEGATE) from each division
attend at the expense of the Federal WIA.
(iii) Additional attendees who have been ACCREDITED as Alternate Federal Councillor s
by their division attend at the expense of their division or privately.
EG Those attending from VK6 were:
VK6UU Will, Federal Councillor paid by Federal.
VK6LZ Cliff , Alternate paid by VK6 Division.
VK6ZLZ Christine Alternate Private (Paid her own air fare and expenses)
. (iv) ONLY the Federal Councillors (ONE from each division) Vote.
However the Federal President as chairman has a casting vote (traditionally used to maintain the status quo).

Promotion of Amateur Radio

One participant said that in response to a request from his 8 year old grandson
for help with his science class, he had attended the school
and gave a demonstration of how the Titanic would have sent out an SOS,
he also answered a dozen or so questions from the class.

The new Community TV channel 31 (apparently using the studios at Mt. Lawley TAFE
and the transmitter/antenna at the SBS site) was discussed as a possible way to publicize AR.

Overseas Trip

One participant who is visiting Europe and the UK
needed Information on what was required to operate AR in the UK.
A discussion ensued with a recent returnee advising that there were two options
For a short stay,
contact the UK licensing authority,
pay a fee and operate using normal VK call stroke G.
For longer stay obtain a reciprocal G licence.
Further information would be given if he cared to phone,
however it was essential to apply early before leaving Australia.
It was also pointed out that the necessary forms were available on the internet.
A 1750Hz tone is required to operate some UK repeaters, and some use 12.5 Khz spacing.

Wireless Hill Museum

At the Conference of Clubs, it was mentioned that Melville Council
were interested in establishing a working AR display, a participant asked what progress had been made.
Tony VK6TS reported that Melville wanted to re-install the Amateur Radio section,
they had quite a bit of equipment in a store room,
this subject would be covered in detail on Newswest on Sunday next.

Morse Beacon

The recent failure of the Perth Morse Beacon was discussed,
and an update was given by Clive VK6CSW:
It failed 6 to 8 weeks ago, and it was initially thought that the xmitter PA had failed
as it had a range of about 150 metres, however this was not so,
the xmitter had detected a mismatch and had shut down,
it was now necessary to check the antenna,
unfortunately the site owner was happy to allow the use of the redundant antenna
but would not allow the tower to be climbed so that an alternative site may be required.

Internet/WIA Home Page

A lengthy discussion eventuated on Internet URL's
particularly in relation to Federal and Divisional WIA home pages,
the linking of such, and easier ways of accessing them.
eg. The Federal address is www.wia.org.au and division pages are linked.

There being no further comments or questions forthcomming the
Net closed at 2055 hours.
Notes prepared by VK6LZ apologies for Errors and Omissions if any.

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