November 8th 2014 saw a working bee at the club house and as storage is always a problem we decided to address at least some of the storage problem so we could de-clutter.
Well, said Richard, here’s an idea…. How about we store that Cushcraft R7 trapped vertical antenna on a tower outside instead of under the radio bench.
What a boomer of an idea…..so outside we went.
ADARC took part in the John Moyle Memorial Field Day 2026, operating portable from Richard VK2EIK and Megan VK2FMEG’s property at Wollomombi in the HF Multi-Multi Portable 24 Hour category. The team finished 3rd place with 33,069 points, behind VL5X Amateur Radio Experimenters Group from Adelaide in 1st (73,920 points) and VK4IZ Redcliffe & District…
A bunch of hams chiefly in the S.E Qld region are promoting radio activity on VHF-UHF and above and they have a regular event every month they call 23 on 23. This event is 23cms on the 23rd day of each month and when that date falls on a weekend, then a few of them…
Our next project was to get a HF signal into an antenna and not the dummy load we’ve been using to test the gear. Brian VK2BLP brought in a Coman HF Multi Band Vertical for us to play with…. and play we did. We assembled the brute and attached it to the fence palings with…
Last Sausage Roll Saturday (3/1/15) a few members brought in some of their gear for testing. Iain brought in his VHF vertical and Richard busily set about dissecting it to ascertain its construction and promptly put it on an analyser. Meanwhile Hon Sec Brian VK2BLP is planning a trip to the wilds of remote Australia…
Another SSR bites the dust and we all had a great time of it today…… Leap Year SSR Feb 29th 2020 Special guest John VK2ZSI brought along our new “Box of Smarts” repeater controller that he has constructed for us. This will enable us to control our two repeaters to suit different club needs and…