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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Hi Everyone<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Tonight’s Zoom meeting will need to be cancelled as I am unwell. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Apologies – I hope to see everyone next week.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Kathryn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'>Mark Hudson <hudcomm@optushome.com.au><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, 1 July 2020 at 1:22 pm<br><b>To: </b>WICEN distn list <wicenvic@vic.wicen.org.au><br><b>Subject: </b>WICEN Vic: Weekly WICEN Vic Zoom Meetup</span><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Good afternoon all,</b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>A smaller group last week but a good discussion around many radio and WICEN related various subjects. Today I noticed that the call sign for MFB had changed from VKN8 to Fire Comm. NSW and QLD metro fire services also use Fire Comm. CFA is still known as Vic Fire. Why the change I’m unsure off. However with the changes in play for the MFB and CFA this may be part of that. Below is some VKN8 history and you can’t deny the technical advances that our response agencies have in the way of communications.</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Hope to see you tomorrow evening if you can make it.</b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Short history of the Metropolitan Fire brigade Medium Wave Radio <br>system Melbourne Victoria Australia - By Lionel VK3NM/VK6DC </b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><br></b>VKN8 was the callsign used by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade dispatching fire trucks to <br>various jobs on approx 1620 Khz at the top end of the AM broadcast band with replies from <br>the fire trucks back to base on about 83 Mhz FM. <br><br></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The station operated with a power output of about 1000 watts into a loaded " T " vertical <br>with a ground plane on top of the Eastern Hill fire station just east of Melbourne CBD a <br>quarter wave ground plane was mounted on one of the poles for reception of replies <br>on 83 Mhz from the fire trucks. <br><br></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>A carrier with some power supply hum was transmitted continuously 24 hours a day with <br>a beep every 30 seconds and sometimes when you hear the base operator giving out <br>jobs you could hear the fire truck replying due to leak through from the VHF receiver <br>on to the MF carrier. In the evenings VKN8 could be received interstate and I have heard the station in New <br>Zealand , It was very rich in harmonics with the 2nd heard many miles from the <br>station. <br><br></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Sunday mornings VKN8 conducted radio checks with all the fire trucks usually <br>with Henry VK3EN as the operator conducting the tests, Henry designed and maintained <br>the station for many years up his retirement, Henry is now a silent key after many years <br>being very active on 160 metres AM. <br><br></p><p class=MsoNormal>Because of the frequency used VKN8 could be received on any AM radio including <br>car radios and many years before Victoria Police also used MF before moving to VHF <br>and VKN8 closed down on MF in 1972. </p><p class=MsoNormal><b> </b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/108878629136279/posts/3646001712090602/?vh=e&d=n">https://www.facebook.com/108878629136279/posts/3646001712090602/?vh=e&d=n</a></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>So please join us tomorrow night (Thursday) 18<sup>th</sup> June to share your thoughts and ideas.</span></p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Join Zoom Meeting</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/861209169?pwd=SEdlMnpibGhzbnA5TU1hSUYrdGhGUT09"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>https://us02web.zoom.us/j/861209169?pwd=SEdlMnpibGhzbnA5TU1hSUYrdGhGUT09</span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Meeting ID: 861 209 169</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Password: 055413</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>73’s</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Cheers,</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Mark</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:450.0pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:382.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:382.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 9.0pt'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 9.0pt 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=393 style='width:294.75pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FA8214;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Mark Hudson</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3A3839;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3A3839;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Communications Officer & State Ordinary Member </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3A3839;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FA8214;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>WICEN Victoria</span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 12.75pt 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 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