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July 2012
Antenna at the Cape Recife Lighthouse (currently being painted).
What type of antenna is this and what is it used for? 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

PEARS Monthly Meeting
VW Rally meeting (see page 4)
Wednesday, 11 th of July, 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.
From The Chair:
Your new committee has settled down quickly to the task of managing the affairs of PEARS for the next
year.
The calendar is already filling up for the next few months with the first major event being the VW Rally on
13-14 July. It is really heartening to see the large number of members who have made themselves
available to assist. This is a sign of a healthy club and something which we hope to build on over the
coming year.
Other events to take note of are the Trans Baviaans over the weekend of 18-19 August followed by the RTA
on 1 September. Next is a Spring Supper Evening planned for early September.
Much thought has been given as to how we include the newly licensed Hams into the hobby and club. A
suggestion is that they be personally invited to attend a PEARS meeting. I will be making contact with them
all and hopefully we will see them at the next meeting, if you know any of these Hams please speak to
them and make them feel welcome.
For the DX maniacs (and I mean no offence with this term) there is a new column in QSX focusing on DX
events. Please support Barry ZS2EZ with this effort and keep him informed of your endeavours.
Ok enough from me, enjoy your month and I will probably speak to most of you over the VW Rally
weekend.
73 Tony ZR2TX
WRINKLY RAVERS
The next regular monthly lunchtime meeting of the Wrinklies will take place on Thursday the 5 TH of
July 2012 at the Cattle Baron, Sunridge Park Shopping Centre. 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!!!!!
To get notifications from PEARS (e.g. when the new QSX comes out) join
the PEARS mailing list – for more info go to:
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pears
To send an email to everyone on the list – send the email to:
PEARS[at]mailman.qth.net (replace [at] with @)
PEARS FUN CONTEST
The Port Elizabeth amateur radio club held a fun contest on 26th May. There was only one
winner, Gerrit, ZS2XD, with 54 QSO's and a total of 675 points. Congratulations Gerrit!
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THE VHF SPECTRUM AND ABOVE
UNDERSTANDING TROPOSPHERIC PROPAGATION
In pre-war years the highest band allocated to radio amateurs was 5 metres (56-60 MHz) and was regarded as "Ultra
High Frequency" at the time. The range was limited to line-of-sight and only extended to the horizon, and ‘UHF” was
assumed to be useless frequencies for longer distances. Ross Hull, Associate editor of the ARRL, started to
experiment with beam antennas on 5 metres. He lived in West Hartford and on some days he could work stations in
Boston 160 km away, but on other days the signals were inaudible. Hull soon realized that this unusual form of
propagation was weather related; he discovered Tropo propagation.
TROPO SCATTER (TrS)
Today we know that Tropospheric propagation manifests in three different forms, Tropo Scatter, Tropo
Enhancement and Tropo Ducting. The scattering of VHF and UHF radio signals in the atmosphere can cover the
whole country and is best at night and early morning, but is very weak with deep QSB. The principle is similar to a car
approaching from a long distance at night, and its headlights are illuminating the sky long before the actual lights
become visible.
TROPO ENHANCEMENT (TrE)
A temperature inversion occurs when a layer of warmer air forms above a layer of colder air, and refracts (bends)
VHF and UHF radio waves back to Earth. This effect is similar to a stick being pushed into a bucket of water, where it
enters the water it is bent upwards. If the temperature inversion exists below 450 metres a.s.l. then it is referred to
as Tropo Enhancement that can extend the range of VHF and UHF with strong signals up to about 400 km.
TROPO DUCTING (TrD)
If a temperature inversion occurs higher than 450 metres a.s.l. up to 2000 metres then it forms an elevated duct.
Tropo Ducting can propagate very strong VHF and UHF signals over long distances on land, and many thousands of
kilometres across the sea. Temperature inversions can appear throughout the year but peak during hot humid days
in summer, or often an hour after sunset or just after sunrise, or during approaching cold fronts. So keep an eye on
the weather for Tropo openings.
A TROPO SIGNAL IS A RADIO MIRAGE
Tropo propagation is caused by temperature inversions in the atmosphere and during such an event the receiving
antenna can “see” the transmitting antenna. Allan Bowles, ZS2BO, related an interesting Tropo experience to me.
When he was travelling in Botswana he could on occasions make cell phone calls to South Africa via the nearest
tower in a town located south of the Botswana border. (The name of the town has escaped me). One night when he
could operate his cell phone he noticed some distant street lights low down in the sky and in the direction of the
town mentioned. As the signal of his cell phone started to fade out so the lights started to disappear one by one until
only one was left which also faded out after a while. This was an optical mirage often experienced in desert areas,
and the cell phone signal was the radio mirage and both were caused by temperature inversions.
Regards Mike ZS2FM
WHO’S WHO ON VHF & UHF?
VHF NEWS
It would be interesting to know who are all equipped for VHF and/or UHF operation in South Africa as well as in the
neighbouring states, and how many of those are actually active. Please supply me with your locator, city/town, cell
or landline number including the following information, i.e. power and antenna for each of the VHF bands for which
you are equipped on 50 MHz, 70 MHz, 144 MHz, 432 MHz and 1296 MHz. State the bands that you are active on and
the transmission modes used. Please help to prepare an accurate list of VHF/UHF amateurs in this country, and make
an effort to submit your info and/or of your friends as it will be of great value to the VHF fraternity. Thank you. You
could post your information on the SARL VHF forum, or zsvhf mailman list or send an e-mail to
mcbosch[at]webafrica.org.za (replace [at] with @).
Local amateurs are invited to contribute to the VHF news.
Regards, Mike ZS2FM
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As all of you should know by now, the VW Rally will be held
on Friday 13 July and Saturday 14 th . We have received the
provisional tracks of the special stages, so preparation is in
full swing.
On the Friday morning, the vehicles set out from the VW
Pavilion at noon to the start of the first stage, which is in the
general vicinity of the Gamtoos Ferry Hotel. From that point
they work their way back to Uitenhage via the Longmore
Plantation – the last stage on Friday being a spectacular
stage on one of the main roads just outside Uitenhage.
There are 5 special stages on Friday. Control/Results will be
located at the VW Pavilion, together with the Timekeepers.
On Saturday, the competitors make an early start (+/-
08h30) from Culturama. From there they work their way
through the Longmore Plantation to the Gamtoos area, then
back through Longmore to Kings Beach for the grand finale.
There will be 7 special stages on Saturday. Control/Results
and the Timekeepers will set up station at Kings Beach for
the day.
With regard to stage times, the new-fangled automatic timekeeping
system will transmit all the start and finish times to
the timekeepers via GSM. If Murphy and Sod do not
interfere, then there will be no need for us to transmit any
times. However, it is vital for the PA vans to get the elapsed
times as soon as possible, so that they are able to deliver
meaningful commentary at the spectator points. It could
prove problematic for the PA vans to get the elapsed times
from the timekeepers’ on-line database, therefore the
elapsed times will be transmitted to them via our radio
network. Field operators will record the start and finish
times as per usual, but only transmit the elapsed times to
Results. If Murphy happens to come visiting, then Results
may request a field station to send whatever times are
required.
All the repeaters (625, 650, 675, 700) will be linked – both
Control and Results will make use of this common channel –
it should not be too busy, because only the elapsed times
D R Glenny ZU2DG
Eugene v Heerden ZS2EA
Francois Searle ZS2FS
Homan Grassman ZS2HA
Jaco Kotze ZS2JK
LLS Somlota ZU2LS
Ross Minaar ZS2ROS
Shaun Baumeister ZS2L
IT’S RALLY TIME AGAIN!
will be transmitted to Results. The repeaters being linked
like this, there ought to be 100% coverage over the entire
route.
Happily, we seem to have sufficient operators, and these
are:
Mobiles: ZS2WG, ZR2FM, ZS2JO, ZR2JH, ZS2Q, ZS2TED,
ZR2NT, ZS2MAT, ZS2RA, ZS2ABZ, ZS2GV.
Control: ZR2TX (Fri & Sat)
Results: ZS2PTY (Friday), ZS2LLD (Saturday)
PA Vans: ZS2RS & ZR2SAM, ZS2ILN & ZS2IJ.
Field stations -
Friday: ZS2AL, ZR2PEL, ZS2BK, ZS2DK, ZS2RL, ZS2R, ZS2LLD,
ZS2HD, ZS2ECH, ZS2IW, ZS2VA, ZS2U, ZS2XD, ZS2SJE,
ZS2ROB, ZS2DD, ZR2SDL, ZS2AAW, ZS2VS.
Saturday: ZS2VA, ZS2AFB, ZS2BK, ZS2RT, ZS2XD, ZS2PG,
ZS2SJE, ZS2ROB, ZS2EHB, ZS2HD, ZS2AL, ZS2ECH, ZS2IW,
ZS2RL, ZS2R, ZS2PTY, ZR2PEL, ZS2DK, ZS2DD, ZS2U, ZR2SDL,
ZS2AAW, ZS2VS.
Not yet allocated (available both days): ZS2GRL, ZR2CRS.
Puhleeez, if the above list shows you to be where you
cannot be, or your call-sign is missing from where it ought to
be, then let me know A.S.A.P! It is not easy to fix errors
once the concrete has set.
Concerning the insurance/indemnity forms: only the radio
operators reflected on our list of radio marshals (i.e. the
listing above) need to fill in forms and will be covered.
Anybody else that tags along (friend, children, wife and or
girlfriend) do so at own risk.
Finally, a word of thanks for getting all the forms and info
back to me so promptly.
The final briefing will be on Wednesday 11 July – please be
there!
73 & 88. Beavan ZS2RL.
Congratulations to the following new Hams!!:
The new RAE classes will be starting in August and Donovan ZS2DL is
already taking names for that course – so far there are already 5 or 6
names on the list. Interested parties must please e-mail their name to
Donovan[at]hamradio.co.za (replace [at] with @). He will then send
e-mails with complete course details 2 weeks before the course is due
to commence.
PE-QSX page 4

A Humanitarian Aid Mission: J52EME QRV on EME from Guinea Bissau.
In autumn 2011 the first announcement was communicated by Lucio I3LDP, on behalf of the Verona DX Team: They
were planning for a 144 EME activity from J5 Guinea Bissau, scheduled for March/April 2012. And so it came: In the
early morning of 23 March 2012 the team and equipment departed from Bologna airport and travelled via Lisbon to
Bissau.
The DXpedition location was the Cumura Mission, where a Franciscan Friar, who is an OM and member of A.R.I.
Verona, offered his assistance. Father Gianfranco Gottardi has worked for nearly 20 years in several missions in
Guinea Bissau where his presence was requested by the Bishop of Bissau. He was active on HF from these missions
with the call signs J54OFM, J52OFM and J59OFM. The OFM suffix standing for Order Friars Minor, which refers to St.
Francis.
The DXpedition team's goal was also to help Father Gianfranco with their work: All the money received with QSL
cards is already or will be donated to the mission. During the stay also some work was planned, such as the creation
of a LAN in the Hospital of Cumura and the connection to the Leper Hospital. Also fixing and improving the mains
power system which then worked only for a few hours a day for the hospital was on the to-do list. Work at the
generators was also planned so that for the periods of power outage the 24V batteries would be charged and ready
for emergency services, such as incubators and medical equipment.
Lucio I3LDP sent a detailed report: "Immediately after arrival to the Cumura Mission in Guinea Bissau, we started
assembling the two 8 el. yagis, cross polarized. This was a tough job as we had to work in a dreadful heat of 40° C!
After finishing the assembly of the structure, we added adapters, cables and an aiming system taken from an old
telescope. The relay H/V DowKey 402A was placed before the excellent preamp donated by Pete WA2ODO (gain
23.9 dB and noise figure 0.14 dB).
Cables were Ecoflex 10 for the connections to the antennas and 18 m of Ecoflex 15 for connecting the PA type Colibri
lent to us by Nico of ITB, exceptional for low size and weight, only 7 kg with 1000 W out. RTX type IC-7000 and
home-made sequencer completed the setup.
We placed the antenna system on top of a container, near the place where we had installed the HF equipment.
When the Moon rose we were ready to go, but we immediately realized that the place was wrong; big noise and
even worse: increasing SWR when the antenna was elevated. So we dismantled everything, placed antenna and
support on a tractor and went to a field near the house of volunteers of Cumura Mission. Characteristics of that
location were: open field with some papaya trees, big mango trees on the north side and a big mango tree in
direction 270°. To the East the situation was even worse: a house and very high trees made us see the moon only at
elevations greater than 15/20°. We had no decent cover.
This was not quite a classic DXpedition working field-day style. We had a pool, air conditioning, and an "a la carte"
restaurant: Our accommodation was named the "Sheraton Hotel", that instead of having 4 **** had 4...mangoes:
some rooms were derived from an old structure that was part of the old hospital, and here we transformed the old
reception into a kitchen and a dining room.
We accepted these conditions and we placed all the antennas there, for 144, 432 and 50 MHz. First equipment turnon
was on the 25th March. As we had a temporarily internet connection we could see that I3MEK was calling on
144,138 MHz. Shortly after we lost the connection, but we went on that frequency, pointed antenna to the moon
and soon we decoded his CQ at -22dB with V pol. After some calls we finally got OOOs at 1913Z at -20, then RRRs
and 73s. WE HAD COMPLETED OUR FIRST EME QSO! At last J52EME was alive. We toasted, but then closed the
station because we had once again lost electric power. Next day we recovered a 4kW generator and placed it near
the border of the field, with the line fully extended. At moon-rise we had some problems first, having to wait until
20° elevation. So unfortunately the window towards JA, ZL, VK soon closed. We made only one JA station.
During the entire DXpedition we kept having a lot of problems, particularly with electric power. Also fuel was very
difficult to get, a mango fell on the head of one of us who found out this painful way how heavy and hard it was,
permanently fighting red ants (see left the visitors on the note book) and also defensive actions against mosquitoes.
If you print the moon graphs of those days, you will understand the problems of moon pointing near the equator.
The Moon-rise was at az. 68°, this increased till 85°, then came back till az. 15°, from which it went to az. 340° in 6
minutes, remaining at el. 88°. The following day was different: Moon-rise at az. 78° going to 82°, then moving
quickly, in 10 minutes, to az. 170° where it remained without change for 18 minutes, then a quick movement, in 5
minutes, to az. 230°.
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Stunning!
At least for someone who is accustomed to see it rise in the east and set in the west, passing by south.
We copied good signals most of the time, with a reasonable pile-up, but very often we got high noise and big birdies
coming from the East, direction airport.
This then obliged us to change QRG and telephone to Renato I3EJ or Mario I3MEK asking to announce the frequency
change on the logger. At the end of the activity we had more than 220 QSOs in the log, and had an excellent feeling
having made so many EME stations like us happy.
On 430 MHz we had terrible problems with noise, although the preamp and our 18 el. LFA home-made worked fine,
with the PA Colibri by Nico which regularly put out 450 W. Doppler was very high and drifting, so decoding was not
easy, even when the signals were very strong. We ended up with just 6 QSOs and we sure did our best. More wasn't
meant to be.
On 50 MHz we had some skeds with American stations, but we could only see the trace of Lance W7GJ, in JT65A.
Unfortunately the very high trees interfered with moon-set, and we had only a 5 el. LFA. We will contact Lance to
find out whether he heard all the info from us.
Luckily we had a big ES activity towards EA and CT on 50 MHz. Sometimes we had to to ask the callers to leave us
space in the pile-up in order to find other countries. So we completed with CN, 7X, F, IS0, IT9, DL, 9H, SV9, I, EA6,
EA9, CU2, LZ.
This is the conclusion of the first EME DXpedition for the Verona DX Team, which gave us a lot of experience and
lessons learned that will be useful for the next radio and humanitarian expedition, since we intend to go on in this
way: bringing, in addition to our willingness to do radio, the help necessary in many underdeveloped countries.
After our return we received regards from a Franciscan Nun, Sister Stefania, who had become used to see our
antennas pointing up: "Hello, happy Easter to you. Here all is well, but every night the moon weeps because it does
not see you anymore. An embrace to all of you, hoping to see you again. Peace and Good. Sister Stefania"
Now also in Guinea Bissau and in the Cumura Hospital hangs the pennant of ARI Verona that we are proud to
represent; and our thanks to all that helped us and sent donations. Our work continues, and every donation we
receive from you will be sent to Father Gianfranco who will use it for works of charity in a country where red earth is
king and permeates everything.
All donations, already arrived or future ones, will go to the Cumura Mission. I am asking everybody here, whether
having made a QSO or not, to make a donation. For donating money, please go to
http://www.ari.verona.it/veronadxteam/en/
Beyond helping the mission, you will give a deserved satisfaction to the team who worked also for giving you this
DX."
73, Lucio I3LDP
http://www.ari.verona.it/veronadxteam/
SOURCE: The 144 MHz EME Newsletter by DF2ZC
PE-QSX page 6

Hayterdale MTB X-country race held near Addo on Sat 26 May
Many were brave, some less so ......
Photos by Beavan ZS2RL
2 m half-wave vertical antenna
By Al ZS2U
This is a simple but yet effective vertical half wave antenna. To match,
start with two turns from the bottom. Adjust the trimmer to resonate and
check the SWR. If this is not low enough, change the position of the tap,
tune to resonance again and check the SWR. Continue this process till the
SWR is at or near 1:1.
L is 5 turns 10 mm diameter, 25 mm long.
(See next page for photo of matching unit)
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Matching unit for the vertical
2 m half-wave antenna.
DX CORNER – JULY 2012
As we move into winter in the Southern Hemisphere, the level of DX activity drops in line with the temperature!
Traditionally the months of June and July are extremely quiet DX-wise, with activity picking up during the second half
of August in preparation for the Contest season beginning in September again.
Those who watch the DX Clusters on a regular basis will have noticed very little of interest over the past month or so,
with the possible exception of the Special Event stations commemorating the UEFA Soccer Tournament in
Poland/Ukraine.
Almost as if in sympathy with the lack of activity, the Solar Flux index has also plummeted in recent times, dropping
below 100 for an extended period for the first time this year. This is however expected to be temporary….
July should be a good opportunity for antenna maintenance, before the windy season (traditionally in August). Also a
good time to focus on the lower bands (40m and 80m), which come into their own around now.
PLANNED DXPEDITIONS FOR JULY
There is at least something to look forward to: From July 26 to August 2 there will be an activation of St Paul Island
by a multinational team using the callsign CY9M. St Paul is a small island off the East coast of Canada, and is subject
to dramatic and unpredictable weather changes. This promises to be an extremely challenging location for the
operators, and this needs to be borne in mind when trying to work them! More on this expedition (as well as online
logs during the operation) can be found at www.cy9m.com
Some others to look out for:
Chad (TT): June 12 – Aug 6 by TT8PK
Benin (TY): June 28 – July 31 by TY2BP
South Cook Island (E51): July 2 – Aug 25 by E51AND
CONTEST ACTIVITY FOR JULY
The only major contests this month are the RSGB IOTA Contest, which takes place on 28-29 July, and the IARU HF
World Championship on 14-15 July. There are also 2 RTTY contests in July – the DL-DX Contest (July 7-8) and the
DMC RTTY Contest (July 21-22)
That’s all for this month. See you in the pileups!!
73 de Barry ZS2EZ
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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.
Bulletin Roster
24 June Chris ZS2AAW
1 July Patsy ZS2PTY
8 July Theunis ZS2EC
15 July Johannes ZS2JO
22 July Tony ZR2TX
29 July Glen ZS2GV
5 August Llise ZS2LLD
The bulletin readers are always
looking for something to
announce. If you have
something to contribute, please
forward it to the next reader.
BIRTHDAYS – July
03 Julie ZR2EY XYL of Trevor Scarr ZS2AE
04 John de Villiers ZR2JDV
05 Nico Oelofse ZS4N
07 Jim van Loggerenberg ZS2LR
08 Douglas du Toit
08 Ronel XYL of Basie du Plessis ZR2BA
10 Mitch Rundle ZS2DK
11 Marius Rautenbach ZS2JR
12 Sandra XYL of Neville Bowden ZS2N
13 Cyril Hislop ZS2EJ
16 Hendrina XYL of George Pearson ZS2E
20 Marelyn XYL of Ettienne van Niekerk
20 Sally XYL of Donald Jacobs ZS2BW
22 Beavan Gwilt ZS2RL
CONGRATULATIONS
22 Gerda XYL of Robert van der Merwe ZS2VDM
24 Ingrid XYL of Jan Marè
29 Des Pettit ZS2ABU
ANNIVERSARIES – July
01 Laetitia and Gerrit Rautenbach ZS2XD
02 Sally and Donald Jacobs ZS2BW
06 Joy and Fredrick Leibach ZR2FM
10 Hendrina and George Pearson ZS2E
15 Margret and Martin Ras ZS2MR
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.
DIARY OF EVENTS
11 July VW Rally briefing meeting (Wednesday meeting!)
13 – 14 July VW Rally
14 – 15 July IARU HF World Championship
21 July SARL Winter QRP Contest
21 – 22 July North American QSO Party RTTY
22 July Boland ARC 40 Metre Sprint
25 July SARL 80 m Club Championship - CW
28 – 29 July RSGB IOTA Contest
5 August SARL HF SSB Contest
9 August SARL YL Sprint
18 – 19 August Trans-Baviaans Cycle Race
1 September RTA in Port Elizabeth (NMMU South Summerstrand Campus)
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Your Society’s Committee for 2012/2013
Chairman, Events organising Tony Allen ZR2TX 082 956 2920 tony.zr2tx[at]gmail.com
Vice Chairman,
Glen Cummings ZS2GV 082 411 2743 glen[at]peham.co.za
Technical/repeaters
Secretary, Events organising Llise Dodd ZS2LLD llise[at]peham.co.za
Treasurer Clive Fife ZS2RT 041 367 3203 clive[at]peham.co.za
Social, Meetings Patsy Kruger ZS2PTY patsy[at]peham.co.za
Public Relations
Johannes Geldenhuys O82 320 3032 Johannes[at]s4.co.za
ZS2JO
Events Fred Leibach ZR2FM O86 619 9650 fredl[at]postnet.co.za
QSX Distribution, Contests, Theunis Potgieter 082 766 8830 zs2ec[at]qsl.net
Awards
ZS2EC
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
VHF, Hamnet contest scoring Al ZS2U 041 360 2983 al[at]peham.co.za
Contest Committee
Theunis ZS2EC
Mike ZS2FM
082 766 8830
084 612 9600
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
contest[at]peham.co.za
mcbosch[at]webafrica.org.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
Town VHF
145,050/650
Local Repeaters:
These repeaters form a separate sub-net in the PE - Uitenhage - Despatch area.
Town UHF
Uitenhage
Tygerhoek
431,050/438,650 145,075/675 145,000/600
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
Grahamstown
Cradock
Noupoort
145,100/700
Colesberg
431,075/438,675
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
145,150/750
Kareedouw
145,127/725
ZS0NTP BBS
Lady’s Slipper
On all node frequencies
ZS0KDJ APRS Digi
Mount Road
434,800 1200bd
Packet network:
145,050/650
Plett
145,175/775
ZS0GHT-2 Packet Node
Grahamstown
144,800 1200bd
434,800 1200bd (FWD)
439,850 9600bd
ZS0KDB APRS Digi
Longmore
434,800 1200bd
438,750 / 438,675
Brenton
145,075/675
ZS0CDK-2 Digi
Cradock
144,800 1200bd
ZS2ABZ-4
WMR918 WX Station
144,625 1200bd
VHF Beacon: 50,006 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
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