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.
Our Meet n Greet Luncheon held at the club house 15 Feb 2014 had over 30 people attending and a great time was had by all.
Well it was a day of light rain and drizzle for our region so just the right weather for some warm sausage rolls. We had a good roll up of members turn up despite the weather. There was myself Rick VK4HF and Brian VK2BLP, Richard VK2EIK, Steve VK2SL, Maurie VK2MOZ, Angus VK2IY and Phill VK2AFX….
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…
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…
We were approached by the Variety Bash communications team to assist them with setting up their HF radio base in Armidale as it is half way between Brisbane & Sydney being the start & finish of this teams run for 2014. The plan was to set up in our club rooms and erect a field…